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VOL. XXVH., NO. 55.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, 'WEDNESDAY MORNING, DKCEMIJK1M4, 19100
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ISSl
TARIFF SPEECH OH
FUjOBJFSEHIE
Develops Surprising Fact That
Aldrlch and Lodge Will
Consider Schedules
FIRST STEP TOWARD
PIECEMEAL REVISION
Finds Stand Patters.However.
Opposed to Making Nec
essary Changes
WASHINGTON, Deo. 13 The sen
ate today listened to the first tariff
debate of the session and while neces
sarily the discussion was largely aca
demic. It served to develop the Impor
tant (act that acme Eastern sena
tors, among them Messrs. 'Lodge and
Aldrlch, are- willing to Join with
Western associates in the piecemeal
revision of the tariff. The subject
rame up on a motion to refer to the
committee on rules the Cummins Joint
resolution providing for the limita
tion of the power to amend bills look
ing to the modification of paragraphs
and Schedules of the Payne-Aliirleh
111).
Mr. Cummins' speech was the. first
attack of the session on the Payne
Aldrlch law, and It received careful
attention. The Iowa senator disavow
ed any Intention of opening up a gen
eral tariff discussion. He contended
tliat the people generally believed that
the law should be amended. De
claring then that under existing par
liamentary usage in the house and
senate the amendment of a tariff law
Is out Of the question, he contended
that the first step to be taken was
the .modification of the rules so as to
render It possible to amend an indi
vidual provision of the tariff law
without taking up the entire tariff
question.
Lodge and Aldrlch.
Senator Lodge declared his willing;
ness to do all in his power to advance
legislation tor the amendment of the
tariff schedule. Mr. Aldricb , favored
KmenamenCtriit said that Its wotitd
prefer tstktng vr the question by sub
ject rather than by schedules. lie,
however, was emphatic In his oppo
sition to the Iowa senator's method of
proceeding which contemplates the
c Iteration of the rules of both the
house and senate by joint resolution.
Penator Hale, who opposes the
amendment, did not participate in the
debate. It Is expected that he will
(Continued on Paw Four.)
OF CORPORATION STOCK
Trio of Up-to-Date Finan
ciers are Convicted and
Awaiting Sentence
MISUSED THE MAILS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. James
N. Huston, treasurer of the United
States from 1889 to 1891, was con
victed tonight together with Harvey
M. Lewis of Cincinnati, O., and Ever
ett Dufour, of this city, by a Jury
In the criminal court on indictments
charging them with use of the malls
to defraud' in connection with the
operation bf tho National Trust
company and other concerns.
The trial lasted five weeks, but the
jury was out only a few hours. The
maximum penalty for the offense is
two years imprisonment and .a,. fine
of $10,000. The three'men mlicted.
however, were allowed to remain rt
liberty tonight on their bonds, pend
ing the hearing of a motion fur a new
trial which will be. made within a few
days. The trio was indicted January 3
last by the federal grand Jury fol
lowing a raid on the offices of the
National Trust company by post of
fice inspectors in September, 1909.
The company which was incorporated
in Delaware with a capital stock of
one million dollars, it is alleged,
guaranteed the stock of other com
panies on a commission basis. The
inspectors declared at the time they
made the raid that they failed to
find any material funds to justify the
guaranty assertion.
KILLED BY NEPHEW.
ENTERPRISE. Ala.. Dec. 13.
Late this afternoon Berry Caraway,
who Hved near Enterprise was shot
nd killed by hi nephew, Henry Car
away aged 18. The boy and his sis
ter were engaged in a quarrel and
the elder Caraway seeking to settle
the trouble end separate tWem, took
the side of the girl In the quarrel.
Upon his interference the young man
drew his pistol and shot him in the
head, Inflicting a fata) wound.
1
CHARGE OF COURT
5T50IGT
FAVORS
HATTIFJEBUINC
Argument of Counsel Con
cluded and Case Goes to
The Jury Today
WIDOW'S ACTIONS WERE
VERY SIGNIFICANT
Pointed Out by Court That
Her Statements May Not
Have Been True
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 13.
The. fate of liattie. LrBlanr, the Cape
Breton girl, who is charged with the
murder of Clarence V. Clover, will
be in the hands of tho Jury tomor
row. Judge. Bund in tho morning
will complete his charge bcgim today,
and after the girl lias mounted tin
stand und declared her innocence,
tho Jury will take charge of the
case. The Jurymen listened today to
earnest nppeuls by Melvin M. John
son, senior counsel for the defendant
and District Attorney John G. llltr
glns. Mr. Johnson made an impas
sioned plea for the acquittal of the
girl, and District Attorney 1 1 logins
ased for conviction.
Judjia Bond then began his charge
and much of what he said was con
sidered to be distinctly favorable to
the defendant. Especially so were
his words bearing on the question
whether tho girl had the courage
and the ability to use for the first
time a revolver that required the
grasp of a good hand, and the
knowledge how to release a safety
attachment. He said the government
had not shown that Hnttle LeFlanc
had ever used such a weapon. While
on the other hand, Mrs. Glover, the
widow, did know how to use one.
Dying Kialdiiient Kxcluilnl
Judge Bond called particular at
tention to what he said was ve.ay
Important testimony given by Hattle
LeBIanc In which she said that she
heard - what she thought was an
other person in the laundry when
she was therewith, JSJpJgt . M. ali
thai the Jury must determine
whether there was any "one else there
who might have had tho opportunity
to shoot Glover.
He charged that the Jury should
exclude altogether from the case any
reference to an alleged dying state
ment by Glover.
Referring to the girl being found In
hiding under the bed In the Glover
house. Judge Bond said the Jury was
(Continued on Pago Four.)
TO
PREVENTREVOLUTIBN
Government Believes Them
Soldiers of Fortune Ready
To Start Trouble
PREPARES FOR WAR
PCHKTO. CortTKZ, Honduras, Dec
8, via New Orleans, Dee. 13. A guard
of soldiers is placed every night
around tho local hotel here where
foreign visitors and business men
stay. Ostensibly this guard Is for pro
tection, but the real object Is. to
watch the actions of the Americans.
The government, fear a revolution
and suspects that an American sol
dier of fourtunc may lie masked be
hind every Yankee passport presented
here. It is reliably reported that the
hotel guard is tinder Instruction to see
not only that Americans are not per
mitted to join In any fighting which
may start, hut that they Khali not
be allowed to Jf-avc the hotel to start
trouble on thei.- own account
The ordinary business of the re
public goes on undisturbed, but Mich
enterprises as Americans ami other
foreigners are likely to be interested
In are badly hampered.
One feature of tho government's
military preparations Is ominous,
namely, the mounting of machine guns
and reliable reports that other guns
of this type have been purchased.
The llonduran gunboat, lj& Tumhla,
lies In the harbor here with steam
up day ami night. She Is snipped
with itrupp guns of small calibre,
and is expected to have file or two
expert gunners aboard to handle
them.
It is not known whether fortifica
tions are being erected at the other
important I'ar-lbean ports. t'aiba
and Truxlllo. as there is little com
munication between them and Puerto
Cotter.
SOlTWEltX HEALTH CONGRESS.
ATLANTA, Ga., Dec, 13. More
deftlnite plans of organization and
specific lines of work were outlined
at a meeting of the executive com
mittee of the Southern Health con
ference here today. It Is the Inten
tion of the members to direct their
first effort toward the eradication of
the bookworm and pellagra.
FEDERAL TROOPS
ROUT INSURGENTS
IN SHARP BATTLE
Seventy Insurrectos and Four
teen Mexican Soldiers Re
ported Killed
REBELS INTRENCHED
FOUGHT FIVE HOURS
Overpowered by Numbers are
Finally Compelled to Flee
to Mountains
MEXICO CITY, Dec, 13. News of
an encounter between federal forces
under General Navarro at Cerro
Prlcto near the city of Guerrero, Chi
huahua, was received at tho depart
ment of war here today. Seventy of
the rebels were reported killed and
many others wounded and captured.
The federals are said to have lost 14
men Including two officers.
Tho light which occurred on Sun
day lasted live hours and ended In
the rout of the Insurrectos. witio fled
toward Guerrero. Tho latter num
bered, according to estimate of Gen
eral Navarro, from four hundred to
five hundred. They were entrenchod
In the mountains. The federal forces
numbering about 1.P00 Infantry, cav
alry and artillery, made a series of
Klruteglt! movements Intended to
draw the enemy into the open. Im
mediately after the battle began Na
varro sent a report of the affair to
General Hermandez In Chlhuahiua by
whom It was officially communicated
to the war department. At that time
It was believed that a further en
counter would occur near Guerrero.
TONSIL NOTTFIFD.
LAREDO, Texas, Dec, 13. Seven,
ty Mexican revolutionists were killed
and a small number wounded In a
battle Sunday with federal troops In
Cerro Prleto, state of Chihuahua, ac
cording to a telegram received to
night by Miguel E. Dlebold, Mexican
Consul stationed at . Neuv"a Laredo,
front Enrtqua 'CL Creel, Meakmn min
ister of foreign relations.
Cerro Prleto is a small station on
the line of the Mexican Northwestern
railroad between the town of Con
cepeion on tho west and Cosahuerla
chls on the northwest.
Commenting on the situation Col
onel Dlebold said:
"For some time past a small body
of alleged revolutionists have been
operating in the Chihuahua district.
(Continued on Page Thro.)
MEET TO OUTLINE NEXT
National, American and
Eastern League Officials
all Meeting in New York
j i -i
LYNCH CONFIDENT
NEW YORK. Dec. 13. With a
meeting of the national committee
the Supremo court of baseball a
meeting of the board of directors of
the National League, a session of the
National League itself, the final ses
sion of the Kawtern League's annual
meeting, preparations for the Ameri
can League's annual meeting tomor
row, tlii.s was New York's busy base
ball day. The National League oc
cupied Itself only with routine busi
ness. President Lynch's supporter!
said that bis re-election is assured.
President Ban Johnson, of the
American L.-,ii;ue, said it might In
authoritatively stated that the season
next year will open on April 2 and
continue for I 54 games, or until a limit
Octobir s, and "that the National
league probably will adopt a similar
schedule."
The Eastern League Increased the
salary of the president from 15. 000
to UT.O'j'i and authorized Its new presi
dent. Edward (. Barrow, of Montreal
to open anil maintain league head
quarters here.
The board .cf directors of the Na
tional league Ldmlnlstf red what wa
considered a rebuke to President
Lync h of the league in the McMillan
case. President Charles Ebbets, of
Krook I n, last season released player
McMillan to Rochester of the Eastern
Ijcafcuo and a number of major league
clubs complained that Khbets had
fnlatcd ,me of the cardinal rules
of organized buselr.jll In falling to
obtain -waivers. President Lynch
considered the matter and promptly
fined Ebbets $:,00 Tho.-1.oard today
remitted the line without comment:
Tho National League officially
awarded Its pennant for last season to
Chicago and decided to continue the
payments to Mrs. Johnson, sister of
Harry Pulliam, the league president
who, under heavy strain, ended his
life a year and a half ago.
The mat ter of Pitcher Cnmnltz, who
claims a bonus of 11,200 from Pltts-
( Continued on Paso Four.),
ROOSEVELT ELOQUENTLY SILENT
ON CAUSE OF RECENT DISASTER
His Promise to Explain How it All Happened, Fulfilled by Long Discourse Teem
ing With His
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Deo. II.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, as the
guest of the chamber of commerce
at Its annual "banquet tonight, made
his first publlo address since the re
cent elections. Ma vu cordially
greeted by the gathering Of upwards
of 600 men, representatives of the
business and commercial Interests
and the professions of the state.
The banquet, had more than ordi
nary significance through the pres
ence of th chief guest who so re
cently waa tfW'cohtrovwrsy with th
former rhlt-f JnstfclrTlBrf HBUpreme
Court ' of Errors,- Judge Blmeon E.
Haldwln, who as the democratic nom
inee for governor, overturned the
political complexion of the state and
as governor-elect had been Invltad
to attend. Judge, Haldwiu was not
present and the place assigned to him
at the guests' table bore mute evi
dence of his absence. -
Colonel Roosevelt waa ' escorted
from Now York by a committee of
the chamber and upon his arrival
here a very large and enthusiastic
crowd wm In waiting:.
Judge Ita Id win Alwwnt
The coming here of Colonel Roose
velt had given rise to suspicion as to
whether Judge Baldwin, following
his statement during the election can
vass that a suit would be brought
against the colonel, having for Its
basis criticism contained In Roose
. SCHENK TO PLEAD
INSANITY AS DEFENSE
Court Postpones Trial to
Permit Her to Get Depo
sitions Outside the State
WHEELINO, W. Va., Dec. 13.
Insanity will bo alleged In defense
of Lauru Funis worth Bchun who Is
charged with the attempted murder
of her wealthy husband, John O,
Hehenk, by pm-ion according to af
fidavits filed l;- her lawyers today
In support of a. motion for a new
trial. JudRc Jordan of the Criminal
court granted H o postponement from
December 19 to January 9 on the
ground that the depositions of , wit
nesses outside this state were wanted
to go to pr
inherited un
Kor unotb'
Mrs. Schenk
ty Jail, who
that the defendant
'iridness of mind,
month, until the trial,
II remain in the coun
she has been since
November 0 when she wis arrested
In course of 'he arrangements In
court today. muol O'Hoyce, one of
her lawyers, as asked why Mrs.
Hthcnk did not furnish IkiII and said
that the reason was "lockel with
in his breast .' '! would not be divulg
ed." Mrs. Bcb' ok was present during
the proceed!: looking less ruddy
than usual, b it seemingly cheerful.
Her husband Is convalescing rapidly,
but was not a Mo to go motoring to
day as has 1" ri his custom for the
past few da .
WASHINOTOV, pee. l.lr Forecast
for North Carolina: Fair, continued
cold Wednesday; Thursday fair, not
iso sold; moderate north to northeast
T IHUA I ...
The Empty Stocking.
mil z1a vx
Usual Platitudes and Generalities. Judge
Baldwin Absent.
velt's Concord speech, would attempt
to serve papers In the action while
Colonel Roosevelt was In the stats.
At Judge Baldwin's office earlier In
the day It was said there was no' rea
son to believe that any such step
would be taken by Judge Baldwin.
It was a noticeable fact that Gov
ernor Weeks was not present to rep
resent tho state, nor -was any member
of the congressional delegation pre
sent; but their absence was dot to
other engagements, Th . governor
was attending-a reception at Mortden
ttrttitT-Nntioiml N-onrmiiiacrv or thf
Grand Army of the Republic, John
H. Oilman.
(Vilmiii Rises to KMNik
Colonel Roosevelt was greeted
with cheers which lasted fully a min
ute when hp arose to speak.
"It seems to me that nothing rould
be a better augury of the future of
this country," he said "than that a
republican president should appoint
an ex-Confederate of the opposite po
litical faith chief Justice of the
I'nlted States Supreme court. With
the permission of your president 1
shall propose two toasts. i first, to
President Taft, and second to that
learned Jurist, Chief Justice White."
After the toasts had been drunk,
Colonel Roosevelt said:
"I am a radical, but I am a radi
cal who most earnestly desires to see
a radical program carried out by
E
L CAREER
Wanted in Several .Cities;
His Activities are Stop
ped in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANH, iJi., Dec. 13.
William Jackson, Jr.,- the youthful
New Jersey street cur bandit who
was arrested last tilglrt after an un
successful attempt to rob the con
ductor of a street car almost In the
heart of the business section of the
city, pleaded guilty today to charge
of highway bobbery. He was re
nmnileil to the Parish prison to await
formal trial Friday.
Jackson, who gives his age as 19,
admitted that bn was wanted In Chi
cago for robbery. A t'legram from
Trenton, N J., stated that Jackson's
father was In the drug business there
and that the young man was under
indictment there.
OAFS POLLING RESULTED
L CHANGE
English Elections Continue
to Drag Along With But
Little Interest
IONIo.V. Tire 13 The election
ntlnii' s to drag wearily along. The
public has lost Interest and the news
papers have given lip publishing lute
jdllloriM l'1-et street and other points
where the returns arc shown are di
verted. The standing of the parties tonight
is as follows- ,
Government 'oalltion liberals 19f,
nationalists f,; independent natio
nalists 9: laborltes 3S. Total 302.
Opposition t'nlonlsts 240. There
were polllnes today, but the results
In only six constituencies were an
nounced tonight. No change was re
corded In these. TJie coalition there
fore have one gain to the good In the
J election go far.
conservatives. I wish to sea treat
Industrial reforms carried out, not
by tho men who will profit by them',
but by tho men who lot by thorn;
by just tuith men as you around we.
I buiiovs most' emphatically in tho
progress which shall be sane."
Colonel Roosevelt Mid h wished
to see" ths hand of the state and the
nation placed on the treat corpora
tion, to rsgulrvto them. i"Th rights
Of man . must be paramount la a
ttmiWWsMrh n ou mt'-irB"ttd dd," 4
The president urged tho passage
of legislation to benefit labor. It was
his criticism of ex-Judge Baldwin's
attitude toward such legislation
which led to their controversy.
No CImmiro la Government
Colonel Roosevelt sold the govern
ent should deal with corporations
on the same basis as a man deals
with his grocer, In giving and exact
ing Justice.
lie sold that there "had tteen a
good deal of loose talk" about pro
posed changes In forms of govern
ment. The effort to get more com
pleta control over the agencies of
interstate commerce for tho federal
government represented, he said, not
an Innovation which was not contem
plated by the constitution, but a re
(Continued on Page Thrno.)
ASSESSES USUAL DUTY
AGIST MRS. SHOUTS
Must Pay $10,800 on Jewel
ry Which She Failed to
Declare o'n Landing
NEW YORK. Doc. IS. Collector
Ixieb disponed of the case of Mrs.
Theodore P. Hhonts, wife of tho head
of the Interborough Rapid Transit
company, today by assessing 110,800,
the usual sixty per cent duty on jew
elry appraised at 111,000, which was
taken from Mrs. Hhonts when she
arrived from Europe lust week. Mrs.
Hhonts did not declare the Jewelry
she was under the Impression that
it was not dutiable, inasmuch as she
had obtained it In Paris la eschatwio
for Jewelry upon which she had al
ready paid duty fit" this country.
An investigation by the surveyor In
to the facts showed that there was no
oncealmont of the Jewelry, and that
the failure of Mrs, fchonU to deeluo
It was not wilful-
The customs regulations state that
"no seizure should be made in the
absence of clear evidence of fradu-
lciit intent," and Collector Loob cited
this In giving his decision.
NEGKO HTAKT8 1UOT
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. In s
mlnature race riot In tlui business sec
lion of the city this afternoon, pre-
Ipltated by a remark of a negro, a
street car conductor named Gray Llm
strong, was struck on the head with
.in iron bar and probably fatally
wounded, while Churle Cans, another
street car employe, was badly beaten.
Llmstrong was taken to a hospital In
a serious condition. The police ar
rested several negroes.
CITY OFFICEJIS AItItESTEI
JCN'OXVILLE, Tenn.. Dec. 1 May
or Will J. Taylor, Health Officer Tur
ner, Chief of Folic P. M Ilaynes1 and
Dr. Allen M. Rlggs, - of LaFollette,
were arrested In that city today on
federal warrants sworn Out by A. 8.
Col Iyer, of Lafayette, and formerly
Of NMhvIUO, - .,Vr7.; ;.?
SED'
OF
FALSE
PnhltehftrV A::nrlflttrn 1W
Clares Consul at Quebec
Suppressed Facts
COLORED SITUATION TO
SUIT THE PAPER TRUSTS
Points Out That Available
Supply of Wood Pulp From
Canada Is Restricted
NEW YOHIC Deo. . Tho papek
committee of tho American Newspa
per Publishers' association has sent a
letter to tho government tariff board
pointing out that tho United Stater
consul at Quebec In reporting upon
tho available pulp wood supply for
American paper- mills from private
forests In Quebec "has suppressed
data that had bei furnished to th,
consul by tho highest official- authori
ty In that province, and that Urn
consul has misrepresented tho situa
tion.' Ths consul' report said thai'
tho recsnt prohibitions "will not have
tho effeot of reducing tho quantity-oi
pulp wood for export for some yean
to come and perhaps never." Imply !
log that all tho present needs of tin
American mills could b obtalnuu
from private forests, but according to
tho committee, tho suppressed data
from official sources showed that ontyi
130,000 cords per annum would under
present restrictions, bo available for
ths American market 1
Tho totter charges that an area of ,
H0, 000 square mllos of public for-(
ests has been withdrawn as a sou roc
of supply, and that tho private for
rats how avallabl moasura apprux
matoly 7, flOO squara miles or on'
twentieth of tho total forest are; tu
ther, that hdlf ths private forests tu
in hard woodsnut spruce; that nine
tenths of th private forests have be.
ruthlessly lumbered for their wood
that the eastern section tins been im
hniisti1 that furost tires have re
ducud thVavaftnble supply; thai un
Of the area Is Inaccessible; that Cu
nadlan mills art taking 800,000 ooni
per annum for ' thslr uses from th
private forests;, that five million cord
have already been out from thoss prl f
vsto forests to supply Amerlcua mlllt.
and that the countervailing and r
tallatory duties which v tho Payne
Aldrlch tariff Imposed hava - put
premium of t.8 per oord upon the
cutting of wood from . private landn
In Quebec, and that tho supply Is so
Inadequate that tho Canadian manu
facturers paid 1110,000 last year In
additional duties to tho United Statue
because they wora forced to use wood
cut from publlo lands.
Ono behalf of those who pay slsty
million annually for nows print pa
per, tho commlttoo "protests again'
one-sided and colored reports."
CUNNON OPPOSES JOB '
FOR COLORED in,
Wants President to Keep
His Own Appointee ' in
Till Work is Completed
WAHHINOTOf, D. C Doc.,
president Taft'a Inclination to ap
point Wm. H. Lewis, a negro lawyer
of Boston, an assistant attorney gen
eral, is. meeting considerable oppo
sition. Booker T. Washington called
unon Attorney Qeneral wickersnam
today to urge It and Speaker Cannon
called to oppose it. " . ',
Wimaker Cannon's opposition, how-
over. Is not ono of color or race, but
of economy, it is now Known hb
tho place President Taft had In mind
for Lewis was that oc assistant
tnrnev soneral In char go of tho In
dian department case John O.
Thompson, of Panvlllsv Ilia, Speaker
Cannon's home town, now noias tmii
place, and Intends to roslgn as soon
us hla work Is done. .-
Mr. Thompson has reported that
ha run clear up all tho Indian dep
redation esses Id a few months, and
Kneaker Cannon takes tho position
that there will bo no longer need for
an assistant attorney general in that
office.
There Is no vacancy of Important
rank on Mr. Wtclcorsham'i stair. :
JK. IIOLM31 XOOSES.
NEW YORK, Dec., IS. Zebyssko.
the Pole won two straUfht falls from
nr. n. P. Roller of Seattle In
wrestling match hero tonight thui
winning th hnnt. The flrot fall was
secured by a bar lock . In ono houj
i mIhoim sk adieAnHit- &nd the sec
ond by an arm roll In It minutes, 40
seconds. s
WKIJi KNOWN PREACHER DEAD
KOTASULG A, Ala., Doe, IS. Rev.
John C, Burruss well known throuKh-
out tho South' died hero yesterday ;
afternoon. For forty years ho was
editor of tho TJhlversalista Herald,
published In Montgomery and Notu
stilga. He was the recognised head
of tho Universalis! denomination in
tii South.
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