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THE WEATHEB: FAIE VOL. XXVH., NO. 87. F CONSERVATION TO Policies of Roosevelt Adm(n- lstratlon Alleged Uncon stitutlonal COLORADO JOINS WITH CATTLEMAN Forest Reservation There Ex 'coeds In Area More Than ' ' ; Three States WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. An at tack on the conservation policies in augurated by the Roosevelt admin istration more serious probably than any heretofore made, will be contain ed in an appeal next week to the Supreme .court of the United States to declare unconstitutional the crea tion of the big foreBt reservation of the West. Failure to win on this proposition to not to end the campaign of anti conservatlonlsts. They have prepar ed to fight a step further against the alleged independence of the forest reservations from the state laws on the theory that the federal govern ment In creating them holds the land merely as a big land proprietor and not with any peculiarities of sov ereignty. The fight over the conservation policies of the government has arisen out or the attempt of the United States to enjoin Fred Light, a Colo rado,' cattleman, from "allowing his cattle to trespass" on the Holy Cross forest reserve In that state. Despite Light's claim that the formation of the reserve without the consent of the state was In violation of the fed eral constitution and that action for trespass could not be maintained un der the Colorado laws unless the land In question had been fenced, the Cir cuit court of the United States for the district of Colorado lsued the in junction. The case was appealed to the Supreme court of the United States. -It has been advanced-- for oral argument on Monday, January J J.. . ..... , . , 'itVformOii Join fight The state of Colorado has Joined In the fight against the federal gov ernment. Attorney General John T. Barnett heads the corps of attorneys carrying on the fight for Light. An outline of- the arguments that they will present to the court has Just arrived In Washington In a brier. (Oontlnned on Pnct Fonr E Southerners to be Brought Back From North and West WORK ORGANIZED ALTAPASS, N. C, Jan., 15. Last week's session of the Immigration board of the associated railroads in the South marked the beginning of co-operative action on the most re markable plan of Immigration ever undertaken in this country. The "Back Home Movement" In Simply that of specially Inviting each person who has moved from the South into states beyond the Miss issippi and Ohtlo rivers to re-visit his old home country with a view of again lining there. With the invi tation are given facts concerning the changes and wonderful improvements which have taken place In the South In the last few years. The plan was inaugurated by the Industrial depart ment of the Carolina, Clinchfleld and Ohio raihvay last August, and a ten der of the methods it has employed was formally mado to and accepted by a majority of progressive rail roads of the South in a conference which closed here last night. Throughout the day yesterday letters and telegrams were received from Southern editors and commercial or ganisations offering support, and sending long lists of former South erners in other states. Another con ference will be held at Chattanooga February 15th, when the organisation will be perfected, and a permanent press bureau established. Until then W. D. Roberts, assistant Industrial iagent of the Clinchfleld road will continue the press work for the board, the gathering of names and addresses. The governors of the Soutttern states will appoint one del egate front each congressional dis trict and two from the state at large to attend the Chattanooga conven tion, and confer with the railroad representatives, and all newspaper editors are Invited t obe present. The Industrial department of the Carolina, Cllnchfield and Ohio rail way la now receiving several hun dred names snd addresses a day of former Southerners In the West and STRONG in nFMflnFinnni rt V HllMIWHlll WWW! (Continued on Pace. Four.) THE HIGH FOOD WILL TAKE TUMBLE y SAY STORAGE MEN ACold Storage Warehouses Will To- , -n- r4.0 xru;U uuy JLdUUi i& wfiiciiko v w iukii nuit Been Laid Away CHICAGO. Jn. IB. Millions of pounds of butter, eggs, cheese and poultry held in cold storage ware houses here will be thrown on the market before May 1 and a general tumbling of food prices Is expected at once, according to commission mer chants. Numerous Chicago commission men are said to be facing failure as a re sult of their efforts to maintain an artificial price on the. necessities of life. The Inability further to uphold this price Is said to be due to ft com bination of circumstances, chief of which are the open winter of 1911 and the banner cros of 1910. Three commlsion men failed In the last week as a result, it is said, of holding great quantities of butter, which they purchased ut an average price of SI cents a pound and now are unable to market for more than 27 or 28 cnta a pound. Whllo the wholesale prices of but ter and eggs have dropped within the last few weeks, there has as yet been no decline in the retail prices. Held for Jive Years Some of the produce which now Is to be unloaded on a falling market has bceeen In warehouses for as long as five years. By means of the cold storage houses, commission men have been able to maintain an artificial price, not only to the consumer, but to the producer, it is said. Thirty-two warehouses are said to have 44,000,000 pounds of butter, eggs and poultry. The Increased sale of oleomarga rine Is given as an added cause for the situation that the commission men now find themselves facing. Thousands of consumers, unable to pay the price at which butter has been held, have become users of oleomargarine, according to infor mation gathered here by dealers. Butter is six cents a pound lower wholesale than It was a yeear ago and Is selling to grocers at the low est figure in five years. 8AMK TONnrnON fS NEW TORKi NEW YORK, Jan. 15. Commission jnej in New .. "or!s, announces 4 the same condition In the trade as out lined In the Chicago dispatches. In fact. It was made known here last night that the butter and egg men were greately overstocked and tht reductions to the retailer would be made Immediately. The wholesalers were emphatic In their statements that substantial reductions would be made and they wanted the news made public in ordr that the consu- UNITED STATES INSISTS THAT UATAMftLA OBSERVE STRlCTNEOTRflLITY LAW Must Not Mix in Honduran Revolution In Any Way GUNBOAT SENT WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. The American legation at Guatemala City has been instructed by the stato de partment to make vigorous represen tations to President Estrada Cabrera for the enforcement of the Wash ington conventions In connection with the revolutionary movement in Hon duras headed by Manuel Boiiilla. A statement Issued by the state department today dec lares that Amor lean legation at Guatemala City was Instructed because of "repeated com plaints" that the Honllla movement was receiving active aid and support in Guateemala and In view of infor mation of the arming of the Hornet. The protected cruiser "Taroma" has been ordered to join the gunboat "Marietta" in patrolling the Atlantic coast of Guatemala and Honduras and the "Hornet" will be kept under surveillance. The statement follows: "Upon repeated complaints that the present Bonllla revolution in Hon duras Is receiving active aid and support In Guatemala and in view of information of the arming of the Hornet, which was lately permitted to leave N'ew Orleans Invaufe. of lack of evidence of the warlike purpose of Its use. the department has In structed the legation at Gu.'iteinub City to make to President Estrada Cabrera vigorous representations for the enforcement and observance by him of the Washington, '.conventions and has requested the navy depart ment to order the Taroma to Join the Marietta on the coast of Hon duras and Guatemala where a collier has been stationed In order that the presence of American warships may be uninterrupted and the important American interests concerned may be protected." The Hornet will be kept under surveillance pending decision as to investigation by the attorney general to determine whether the neutrality (Oontlnued on page three.) ASHEYiLLB CITIZEN. ASHEVILLE, N. PRICES for Five Years. mers might demand corresponding cuts from his dealer. In other words they feared that the retail man, al though buying from the Jobber at cheaper rates, would maintain their prices to customers. According to the Jobbers the finest fresh eggs should sell tomorrow at from S3 to 35 cents a dozen, as against from 50 to 65 cents last week. The finest .grades of butter, they said, should bring from 33 to 35 cents a pound, as compared with 50 to 56 cents last week. Overstock Ing Is given as the cause of the pro posed cut. NO CUTS IN MEATS KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Jan. 15. "There has been no decreeaso In price of meats or provisions so far as 1 know, and the price of meat promis es to Increase soon,'" said a leading pucker tonight whe nasked regard ing a reported change in food pric es. Ho also said that none of the packing companies had any surplus supply of Hve stock and the prices which were strong last week would probajdy bo higher during the com ing weeks. CHICAGO Gl'II.TY CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 15 Cleve land packers and wholesale grocers assert that the condition in the food market is due to the action of the Chicago cold storage dealers in accumulating vast supplies with the purpose of forcing an artificial price. It is belleeved here that, a fall In prices Is Inevitable In the near fu ture and three causes are given: the open winter the largo corn crop and over-aceumutetlon of supplies in Chicago. WIFE OF BISHOP DIES. HE IS ILL BALTIMORE, Md. Jan., 15. Mrs. William Paret.wlfe of the Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Maryland, died today at the Johns Hopkins hospital, where she has been a patient about four months, of cancer of the stom ach. She was 59 years of age. Mrs. Paret was Miss Sarah ' Hayden of Windsor, Conn., and when she mar ried Bishop Paret in 1800, was the widow of Henry T, Haskell of Chica go. She was also the bishop's second wife. Mrs. Paret died unaware of the fact that her husband Is very III of pneumonia as she has heen In a state of coma almost from the time she entered the hospital IN REPLY TO ROOSEVELT Accuses Ex-President Simply Playing Politics of HOT RETORT BOSTON, Jan. 1 5. Congressman Butler Ami s Issued a reply 'tonight to former President Roosevelt, who last night denied certain statements attributed to Mr. Ames regarding the alleged connection of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge with an effort to sell some colliers to the navy. Congress man Ames says in his statement: "I do not question your denial of the conversation between ourself and Senator Lodge and the secretary of the navy. In fact, I expected you to do so and a cabinet officer can not be expected to verify the accu racy or inaccuracy of a conversation with his chie f. "I was authoritatively Informed thst you did use tho words I have cre dited you with: hut wether you did or not. is of minor Importance, and this particular part of the contro versy may be nafely left to somo fu ture time. "Has It oc curred to you that the de nial of these charges or an explana tion thereof should have been made by Senator Iiclge himself and on the floor of the senate for the name of Masachusctts. If not for his own? "Has It occurred to you that the time and place for you to have come to Senator Lodge's rescue was even befrxre you came to speak In his behalf at the An na in Boston Just be fore election? "Has It oc curred to- you or to Sena tor Lodge that this rush to his defense In the press, on the day before the caucus in th legislature on the sena torial election in this state, was to lay yourself open to Ihfi charge, in tho minds of some uncharitable peo ple at least, of trying to suppress full Information in the matter and your choice of time makes the delicate compliments you pay me In your tele gram to Speaker Walker take on a political rather than a personal com plexlon ?" C, MONDAY MORNING, It DEMOCRATS j - mhcE EK9SSHK) ' -ylL I ' 'B ' 1 ' . . , 3 FQR ORGAN IZ A TION OF ,i ' Kitchm of North Carolina f: and Champ Clark Fotmally Nominated as the WASHINGTON, Jan., 16. Demo cratic members of the house of rep resentatives are! busily engaged in preparation for, the party caucus which 4s to be held next Thursday night and which all democratic rep resentatives-elect are expected to at tend. The actual effect of the caucus Is intended to commit the democratic majority of the next house to an or ganization to be, perfected next win ter. , I It Is expected fhat a committee on wava and mean the- body which frames the tarlfH laws (n their Initial Stages, will ' b vhosen; the method of (reatgnaunjr tne personnel or standing committees will be determ ined, and a selection will be made for speaker of the house. The selec tion of Champ Clark of Missouri, the present minority leader, for the speakership, apparently Is a fosegone conclusion, as more tlnan a majority of .the democrats of the next house already have pledged themselves to his election. Ways and Means OomniftU. Nearly all of the democratic load ers favor the selection now "of the membership of the -ways and means committee, In order that there shall be no delay In beginning work on the tariff revision program to whdeh the democrats are pledged. Tho majori ty of the committee Intends to begin work at once although tho republi can minority of the committee will not be chosen until the new house Is organized next winter. E6YPT EXPERIMENTING NCREHSEJOTTON YIELD Has a New Kind of Seed Which is Said to be Ex ceedingly Prolific WASHINGTON. Jan. 15. Exped ients in cotton culture are being made by the Egyptian government rlth a view of Increasing the tho pro uctlon of that country, according to United States Consul D. K. Birch, at Alexandria, Egypt. The government conducting these experiments on Its Korashler estates with a new cotton wed styled Aslll which has produced pproxlmatcly fc00 pounds per acre. I is like a retrular flower In color, but better In quality and Is expected to 'etch 2 more per nuneirea wemni than any other riuallty cultivated, In Egypt. The record for the arrivaf of raw f.tton at the Alexandria market from the growing districts was made on ovember last when 11,538 hales, the irgest ever received. In a single day, ere unloaded. '!" l-i ml ntt i-i.' of arrloulture at Con stantinople has asked the Ottoman Igh commissioners at Cairo to send quantly of Egyptian cotton seed of le best varie ties, with a view of be ig tried In Turkey. WASHINGTON, Jbil IS. North Carolina; fair; mnch colder Monday; Tuesday fair; moderate to brisk winds. JANUARY 16, 1911. s Coming Our Way. WILL MEET THURSDAY Will Probably he Placed on Ways and Means Committee Next Speaker of House. The slate which seems to find fa vor with most of the democratic loaders give the chairmanship of the ways and means committee to Under wood of Alabama, and disposes of the-remaining places as follows! Peters, of Mass; Harrison, of New Yorir: Palmer, of Penna.; Dixon, of Ind.; James, of Ky. ; Hammond, of Minn.; Hughes, or N. J.; Shackelford, of Mo.; Randall, of Texas; Brantley, of Cla.; Kltchln, of N. C; Hull, Of Tenn.; nd Ralney, of Ills. The selection, aside from reasons of fitness, JiaMs been mads along geo graphical. JinsJbAm 'fefes-?' ' The method of selecting commit tees Is not expected to be deposed without a contest, although the pre diction Is reely made that two thirds of the democrats of the next house favor the selection by caucus of a committee on committees. Situation In Hcnule. In connection with the namelng of a committee to frame a tariff bill the situation in the senate Is Interesting. In that body the tariff measures are handled by the committee on finance, . - 'v -". i i nun ti n ii. unuvi C ' a jMitlaf rinrn bin nhflliffM tit tiMvt I session. Although tho senate still will bo republican, four of the re publican members of the uommtttee as now constituted will not bo mem bers of the nest congress. Those who will drop out at the end of this session are Chairman Aldrlrfi, Bur rows, Halo and Flint. There will be changes also in tho democratfe mem Man of Sixty Eight Creates Panic Among Pedestrains As He Commits Suicide ST. LOUIS, Mo., Jan. 15. H. B Whltmore, KH years old. leaped from a window In the eight story of the Marejuctte, hotel to the pavement to day, klllltiK himself Instantly and creating a small panic, among the pedestrlHns. Despondency ovor the continued Illness and death of his wife, who was a duughter of George Knapp, one time publisher of The St. Louis Kepubllc, aro given as the causes for the act. Wliltinoro was a member of a wealthy St. Ixmls family and for a number of years wan secretary of the Merchant's exchange. He retired about eight years ago and shortly following the death of Mrs. Whltmore, four years ago he was stricken with partial paralysis. He left a sanitarium today and went to the ,Marci)' t ' - hotel where he was as signed to a room on one of the upper Moors. Whlioioro was a native of Newton, Mass. rOIl.MKIt I'ONGKKKK.MAN DEAD ALLENTOWN, Pa., Jan. 15 For mer Congressman C. J. Erdmnn died tonight at his home here after a lingering lllncs, ag' d 64. Ho nerved two terms In congress from the Thirteen Pe-nnsylrtjnla clls trist and wag the author of tho Erd man act,' which applies to arbitration In labor disputes and which was used several tlm's In tho post year to set tle labor troubles. STOLKV PltorKKTY KFX'OVKBKD All of tho property reported U have been stolen from the Country club has been recovered by the po lice, having been found In various places. A great part of It had been sold to people of the city, and some of It had been pawneo, NEXT HOUS& bership, as Senators Money and Tal later ro have not been elected to the next congress and thers is a vacancy because of the death of Senator Dan iels, Ths total membership of the committee Is only 14 and therefore In the next session half of that number will be new to tariff making, Insurgents Demands. ' Insurgents are planning to demand places on the finance committee on the ground that their selection Is necessary, to Insure downward revis ion. On this Issue they confldoatly count upon democratic support in the event, they ..ariaxcJtudcd by jiajka puimcan committees - wh len nomi nates for a committee place. If the committee on committees of the sen ate should recommend for places on thee flnanco committee only such sen ators who believe next year Is too early for another revision of the tar iff the prospects are that there win be a contest on the senate floor over the adoption of the committees re port A combination of insurgent republicans and democrats, It Is con ceded, might easily overturn repub lican control of the senate and allow tho democrats to revise the tariff as they please. Administration senators hsjve glve'n no little thjought to this situation. In case of a combination such as has been suggested In Informal exchanges of vlows In cloak rooms and corri dors the only hopo of senators who """"""-"---i-"n'ii firn tTi n n irvxnjtruT. i tToitlmio1 on Kiiur.l NEW JERSEY SPLIT ON May Have Deadlock and a s Jts . m juect aenner smitn or Martine Is Outlook TRENTON, N. J., Jun. 15. The democratic members of the legislature re expected to hold a conference to morrow night at 7 o'clock In the state house cm the United Stales senator ship. The conference Is not likely to re sult In anything more than an Inter change of views as only an hour later both houses of the legislature will convene. The men who favor James. E. Mar line are still opposed to the holding f a caueMis which would be bind ing upon those participating. The supporters of James Smith. Jr., are making every effort to have the Mar line men consent to a oaue-us but without avail, despite the fact that Governor Elect Wilson claims that a good majority of the democratic leg islators are In favor of Marline. A canvass of tho democratic legis lators, which Is more or lens of an estimate, divides the 54 democratic votes about evenly between Martlno and Smith. This Is Interpreted by many as pointing to a deadlock which may last for some time and flflnally re sult In the taking up of a third man. It Is not too much to say that at the present time the senatorshlp ques tion Is far from settled with possi bilities of the election of either Mr. Smith, Mr. Martine or a third man, or a deadlock that may continue throughout the entire legislative ses sion. The legislature will take Its first vote on tho senatorshlp on Jan uary 24. PROMINENT BAPTIST DIES DALLAS, Tex,, Jan. 15. Mrs. J. B. Gambrell, aged 53, widely known In the South In connection with the affairs of the Baptist church, died today. Mrs. Gambrell was a ra'lve of Chuckatuck, Va, Citizen Want Ads Bring Results. PRICE FIVE CENTS LYNCHES THREE AT SHELBYVILLE One Hundred Without Masks Storm County Jan For Prisoners TWO WERE CHARGED WITH ASSAULTS Bodies of Three Negroes Later Found Hanging to Pub- lie Bridge HUKLBYVILUS, Ky.. Jan. Storming tho 8holhy county Jail here this morning a mob composed of less than one hudred men lynched three negroes, two ot whom were charged with assaulting white girls and the third sentenced to hang for the mur der of his wife, and held In Jail here until the day of his execution could be set. - The three were lynched In different placs. . The body of Eugene Marshall, sen tenced to hang for the murder of his wifo, whom he had beheaded, was found hanging to e bridge over the Eminence pike only short distance from the Jail. ' . - Were Charged With Assault . Jim West, employed as a ohauf four for several months, and who. Jt is said, had been seen on several ee naalons throwing kisses at white girls, and who was charged with assaulting the daughter of a Bhelby oounty farmer, was one of the victims. He. too,, was hanged to the bridge by the moo, Wade Cntterson, the third negro lyn- . ched watf also charged wltn assaulting . a white woman, - - . Patterson attempted trf escape and was shot, and bis body thrown, Into a creek.. i ,,. , The mob which attacked the jail went about Its work quietly and few persons knew of the triple lynching until the - bodies were - found several hours later. Few of the mob were masked, The Jail -lock was smashed with a sledge hsmmer nnd ther wh"lltt dllculcy tA rgetUn.. to ' lit prisoners,1 ""' . 1 Jailer's Statement ' - - According to Deputy Jailor Horn- hack, Jailer Edward Thompson hid the keys 'when, the mob approached end later when ths mob became more Insistent Hornback lot the men Into the Jail office. ,1.,'L. ..I J ,L.u Iku. rroes here whom they were foinsj lij (let or else blow p th fall, Bora , l ack said. They kept yelling, t the dynamite While souie o( 'the tnuw ttrted to beat on the cell locks with a sledge hammer. About twelve men . had their guns pointed at me demand ing the keys, but I Insisted that I did hot know where ther were.' Finally they broke open ths cell door and took; ' out West, Marshall and' Patterson. ' . : Many Prominent Men Will Address Important Gath ering IN NEW YORK NEW YORK,. Jan. 15,Matiy Im portant problems, among them thatof immigration, will be discussed this week at the 22nd council of the un-. Ion of Young Men's Hebrew associa tions which will meet this week at the hotel Astor. The session will be gln tomorrow and end on Thursday and will bo In many respects the meet Important In the history of Ameri can reform Jewish, congregations. 1-cadlng rabbis and laymen from all' over the country will attend as dele gales. The objects of the union in brief are: , ,:"1jvf-:;,:; "Tu establish and maintain instltu i Ions In the higher branches of 'He brew literature and Jewish theology. To provide means for the relief of the Jews from political oppression and unjust discrimination, and for render ing them aid for their intellectual" elevation. To promote religious Instruction. All this without, however. Inter-' ferlng In any manner with the wor ship In the schools or any other of the congregational Institutions. ' Among the Important religious ' snd civil matters to be discussed at the present meeting Is Immigration, which, In view ot recent utterances and government reports ; favoring greater restrictive measures, has be come a matter of Intense Interest In Jewish circles. .5 . One of the most Important meet- , lngs of the council - will take the form of a dinner at the hotel Astor oa Wednesday evening, at which Ja- . con H. Sohiff will be ,toastmaster. Among the speakers will be Theodore Roosevelt, Mayor Clay nor, Oscar & - Straus, and others. ' KENTUCKY MO