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THE ASHEMLLE CITIZEN. THE WEATHER: SHOWERS Citizen Want Ads Bring Results. VOL. XXVU., NO. 99. ASHEVILLE, N. 0, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 28. 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS OUR ADMIRAL IS RECIPROCITY WITH CANADA BLOCKED He's Nailing it on. Id HAS i a FORCED TO RESIGN TO SAG DOW BY REPUBLICANS T iiicnn in p FREE TEXT BOOKS . ,. Democrats Catch Representa tive Marshall In Nicely Laid Trap emsjssaaafteji mm m "FOR GOD'S SAKE NO" SAYS FLOOR LEADER it Is Present Outlook and President Admiral Barry's Resignation Tafu Believing It Will Reduce Cost Demanded For The Good of The Service Of LivingnMay Turn to Democrats IIUUUIIUUU COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF PACIFIC FLEET Outgrowth of Charges Affect Ing Moral Character of High Officer WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. By direc tion of the preildent. Read Admiral Edward B. Barrey. the former commander In chief of the Pacific fleet, today submitted hlu resignation ' "for the good of the aervlce." It was immediately accepted. The en forced resignation la the outgrowth of chargea which have been In circu lation Jn affecting the moral character of the naval officer. Name Stricken from list Secretary of the Navy Meyer today announced that on instructions from the president he telegraphed last night to Admiral Barry asking that he submit his resignation. The re signation severing the officer's con nection with the American navy after 46 years of active service was re ceived today and his name was im mediately stricken from the list of naval officers. Tihs act naturally terminated nis salary iraii me v ernment. In response to a tele graphic request. Admiral Barry was placed on the retired list of the navy on January 14, several months In advance of the date on which he would have been retired by operation of law. His right to seek voluntary 'retirement was his privilege under the law permitting such action afr ter forty years active service. The secretary took up the request with the president and It was prompt ly aproved. Later, however, reports began to emanate from San Francisco 'to the effect that Admiral Baary's retirement was forced by a demand tnat he resign on account ur trnegetj scandalous conduct It was added that Ihe officers of the cruiser West Virginia, Admiral Barry's flagship, were not satisfied with retirement, but Insisted .that he resign. The sec retary took cognizance of the reports and called upon Captain Orchard of the West Virginia for a formal state ment, meanwhile ordering Admiral (Continued on Page Four) FL PILLIPlilSLl .WAT Funeral of Author Held Yesterday In New York NEW YORK. Jan., 27. The funer. al of David Graham Phillips, author, who was assaslnated by Fitzhugh C. Goldsborough, brought together In St. George's Episcopal church near Grammercy park today several hun dred men and women well known In Bits, letters, science, finance and thr professions. Outside the church! was a great crowd of less prominent peo ple, attracted by curiosity or admir ation of his writings. The only near relatives present were the author's brother snd sister. Harrison W. Phillips and Mrs. Caro vn Frevert. Senator Albert Bever ldge. of Indiana, who was one of the author's closest friends, was one of the pall bearers. The coffin waa nearly hidden by a blanket of violets and smilax. Ajrchldieacon Nelson, assistant to Ptshop Greer of the New York dio ces. officiated, assisted by the Rev Geo. F.' Norton and the Rev. J. C. Scott, -curate of the church. A male sextette sang "Nearer my God to Thee" and "Rock of Ages." Two carriages laden with flowers were In the procession to the Marble cemetery where the body was placed In a receiving valt pending prolmble removal to Phillips' former home In Indiana. Two organizations were represen ted at the funeral by a large attend -dance of members "The Sun Al nmlnl Association" an dthe class of 87 at Princeton university, of both of -which Phillips was a member. There were also representatives of the Indiana society. MRS. MORGAX IN GEORGIA BRUNSWICK. Ga.. Jan. 27. .Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan, wife of the New York financier, arrived here late this afternoon and left at once for Jekyl island for an extended stay. It was reported that Mrs. Morgan was not feeling well, but there was nothing serious about her condition. She .was accompanied by a retinue of maids and traveling in one of Mr. Morgan's private can, . WASHINGTON. Jan. 27. Snags began to loom up In the pathway of the Canadian reciprocity agreement before It had been in the hands of congress 24 hours and confident pre dictions of Its failure were made free ly by the pillars of the protective faith. It was said that even should the house accept the terms of the arrangement (which republican high tariff advocates did not concede for a moment) it could not pass the senate. These prophesies were car rled to the white house by members who visited the president ostensibly on other business, but In spite of their entertaining a pessimistic feel ing, Mr. Taft received them with smiles which Indicated one defeat would not turn him. If his own party, before surrendering control of the house of representatives, falls to seize the opportunity Hmi the credit of putting Into operation this recip rocal trade pact, the president, it Is believed, will not hesitate to submit his program to the democrats, per haps even In an extra session of the new congress. Taft will do All He Can One man In the confidence of the president who has been the adminis tration's mouthpiece on more than one occasion, came from the white house with the declaration that the proposed Canadian arrangement would not die an easy death so long as Mr. Taft was In the white house. The president was never more In earnest In his life," he snld. "He intends to 'stay with it' through this session and to carry it to the next If necessary. He would not hesitate to call an extra session IF he thought such a course would do the business." President Taft believes that the mu tual concession arranged by the United States and Canada, especially the large number of foodstuffs which would be put on the free list,' prom ises a great humanitarian movement that ultimately would mean a ma terial reduction In- the cost of living. Disappoint With" ThW It is well known that Mr. Taft waa greatly disappointed that the tariff board had not completed its lnevatl- gation of "Schedule K," the wool tar iff, bo that he could recommend at the same time a reduction in the du ties on clothing. He believes that this combination would have applied so forcibly to the great army of wage workers who have felt the plneh of constantly advancing prices on REVOLUTIONISTS PREPARE T S Capital of Republic Ex pected to Fall Very Shortly BONILLA VICTORIOUS CEIBA. Honduras. Jan. 27. General Francisco Oiiererru, the government leader who was killed In Wednesday's battle, was buried to day with military honors. General-Lrf-e Christmas, the victorious insur gent leader, rode at the head of the band of insurgents. Thirty Ameri can hltie Jackets from the cruiser Marietta marched In the procession. Medical treatment Is being given to the three officers Injured at the emergency hospital where Surgeon Irvine of the Marietta is in charge. General Christmas has Issued rations for all families In need. Nearly nil of the former members! of the government garrison here are now enrolled under the Honllln ban ners and sympathizers are n ming In every few hours to join the insurgent ranks. An atark upon Puerto Cortes has been planned and the Insurgent here expect it to fall into their hands be fore Monday. The fact that the Ta coma left here and went to Puerto Cortex with Instructions tn protec t American lives and property lends support to the confident expressions of the insurgents that the attack there will not be long delayed. The Insurgents are active in the Interior and today captured Yoro, a fity of 3.000 Inhabitants and the most important place between this city and Tegucigalpa. A concerted attack up on the capital from three sides Is expected within the next few days. Honduran revolutionists have com plete control of MouHUjUI'n depart ment, the extreme northeastern di vision of Honduras, according to a-d-'. Ices received here today on the steamer Hiram, irionla and nearby towns were captured on January 12, while the steamer was at Irlonia and a band of several hundred revolu tionists that day started on a march to Ran Carlos in the department of Colon, where they planned to effect a juncture with Manuel Bonllla's main. army. From the latter place It is planned to begin the march against the capi tal. 1 what they eat and what they wear that they would have manifested at once an overwhelming demand throughout the country for the adop tion of his program. - U"he overturning of the republican majority of the house and the great change that will be made in the com plexion of the senate after March 4; Is thought by some to supply Presi dent Taft with more than an even chance of success. If the attitude of the democratic leaders of the house proves a true index of (he position which minority members of the ways and means com mlttee will take on a joint resolution to put the trade agreement Into force, then such a resolution can bo brought out of committee. Democrats in Sympathy The seven democrats on the com mlttee are believed to be in sympathy with the agreement and It is certain that four republicans will vote to report it.- This makes a clear major ity of 19 members. Should the reso lutlon be brought put of the way and means committee within the next fortnight a vote could be had on it in the houBe during the session. It Is In the senate that the barriers now look Impregnable. A republl can member of the finance committee said" today not one of the majority of that body favored the proposed ar rangements with Canada, some being opposed because they believed inter ests of their states to be jeopardized and others basing their objections upon. the ground of supposed menace to the principle of protection. The estimate by this member of the senti ment of the committee concerning the agreement may not . bo entirely correct. It Is admitted that a major ity cf the committee as It Is now con- s.iuted is opposed to the proposed ar rangement and that It probably will iorlty vote of tn senate for the discbarge of the committee If a resolution to put the measure In force Is brought out Into the open. After March 4 there will be seven vacancies, half of the membership In the finance committee. It Is not doubted that the filling of these va cancies when the senate organizes for the next session ' will Increase the (Continued on Page Four) II ' TRUSTS DICTATE RATES ON LAND ANOSEA fS GHARGE Representative Humphrey Would Exclude All of Them END DEPREDATIONS WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. Foreign steamship trusts dictate transporta tion rates both on land and sea In the opinion of Representative Wrn. E. Humphrey of Washington, who ad dressed the Commercial club hero to night on the subject of ship subsidy legislation. "The whole country for several ycars' said Representative Humph rey, "has been hysterical because' of the action of domestic, trusts yet, ap parently, we have viewed with perfect complacency any robbery or plunder ing that may have been perpetrated upon American people so long as It was done under a foreign flag and by foreign ships. All foreign nations recognize these combines as perfect ly llgltimate and uphold their agree ments by law These combines today practically admit that they are guilty as charged in the courts of this coun try, but their answer is that we have no remedy." Mr. Humphrey declared that the bill he introduced into the house which provided for the exclusion of ships of foreign combines from Amer ican ports would put an end to the depredations of he foreign trusts. ILLEGAL VOTING IN SAVANNAH 8AVA.VNAH, Oa, Jan., 27. Judge Waller G. Charlton In the Superior court here today, urged the grand Jury in a sih-JbJ charge to a thor ough Investlfration of the charges of vote buying ami vote selling in this county. The charges follow the ar rest of several persons here during the! recent municipal election. A fevf days ago the local ministerial association refused to ask Judge Charlton to deliver just such) a charge "presuming that he kne-ws the law" The charge was made public during the city election that many vote had been bartered. ' . - 'S , AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LEADERS B EFORE S UPREME COURT - y- - Judge Akon B. Parker Argues For Compere, Mitchell and Morrison Before Highest Court of Land in WASHINGTON. Jan. 27. Reach ing the conclusion that the Bucks 8kv and Range company of St. Louis, Mo., and the American Fed eration of Labor had settled their dis putes out of Court, the Supreme court of the United States today stop ped the oral argument of the so- called boycott case of the former against the latter on the theory that no Issue In it remained for I ho court to pass uponv.t Following Hint actkin ths- Court listened to oral- argument- on the "contempt" case embracing the charges of the Bucks Stove and Range company that Simuel Gom pers, president of the American Fed eration of l.Mlior; John Mitchell. Its vice president, and Frank Morrison, its secretary, had violated the In junction of the Supreme court of the District of Columbia In the "boycott"' case, Keen was rein to lie guilty and sentenced to fall. Today they sat side by side within the bar of the court listening to the arguments as to whether or not mey snouia serve their sentence. Is Itasul. 'It Is commonly stated Hint this case is dead." said Justice burton. Interrupting argument of the "boy cott" case. 'I wish you would tell us If we are trying moot case ?" I Modified Local Option Bill May Pass Legislature Af ter Hard Fight MONTG'i.M Kit Y. Ala., Jan. 27. I.ocal optlonlstM practically agreed that there was no hope today for the Smllh bill in lis present shape. It Is frankly admitted that an attempt was made to placate I ho prohibitionists and the proposition had failed, now the fight will he made first on the floor of the senate. In all likelihood the Smith bill will be allowed to per Ish In committee. Is reportcdj that practically a sub stitute measure will be Introduced In th-- senat" early next week. There is little doubt at to the favorable report on any administration local option measure by a senate commit tee or favorable action by ihe sen ile. There Is also little doubt but that the houwe committee on temper ance will report the measure favor ably. Representative Merrltt, floor lead er of the prohibitionists, stated to night: "We will accept no compromise measure." 6HOWER& WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. Fore cast: North Carolina: local rains Saturday: colder Saturday .night; Sunday probably fair and coldr; moderate west wind. Famous Contempt Case Crowing Out of Boycott of Stove Company. Daniel Davenport, addressing; the court In behalf of the company, said that his client had Informed him, after two appeals, that neither the controversies at the base of the case, nor the case Itself had been settled, although a friendly relation existed between the company and the fed eration. As an officer of the court,' Mr. liavenport added thai he suspect ed than the disputes between the company and the federation had been so adjusted that there waa nothing left, for the court to decide except who should pay' the &-'-' ft ties) produced a copy of an- agreement which he said hit client had nt him very recently, providing for the adjustment of disputes and for the publication by the federation that the company was on friendly rela tions with the company. Chief Jus tice White asked Judge Alton B. Par ker, one of counsel for the American Federation of ljkbar, what he had to say. Mr. Parker responded that there was doubt hut that It was moot, thereupon the chief Justice announo ed that the court would not continue to hear the arguments, when the only luestlon possible whs to determine who should pay the cost. m Argument In CoiM erupt Case. Judge Parker then began his ar gument of the contempt case. The principal charges Against his clients CONFLICTING REPORTS F But Whatever Cause of Revolution It la Appar ently Spreading MEXICO CITY, Jan., 27,- - Posse n cers arriving at Vera Crux from Tux tepee declare that the ujtrlslng In the south of tho reMibll has been In stigated by n 1'iilmn of evil reputa tion and two or three agitators who have represented In the Indians that by such means thy could rlfl them i elves of injres zr-A rentals Imposed by local authorities. The Indians be lieve themselves to be the owners of the land they occupy snd oppose the proprietorship of the recognized owners. Other reports, on the contrary, ap pear to Indicate that tha rentolt is fathered by other Influences. In mmn Instances receipts aro said lo have been given for goods and money taken by the rebels bearing the cap tion "Junta revolutclonsrla de Kan Antonio Texas" awl signed by Rlc Brdo Flores Magon, a revolutionary who has achieved such notoriety In I ho past. SUPERINTENDENTS CLOSE SESSIONS RAI.EICH. V. C, Jan., 27. At the session of the North Carolina as sociation of city school Superintend ents tonight tho election of officers resulted as follows: President, W. D. Carmlchael, Dur ham: vice president, ft. t. Bheep, KIlZRhcth City; secretary, A. T. Allen, Salisbury Thero was a stirring dis cussion this afternoon over resolu tions regarding Ihe 'membership of the state text hook commission In which Superintendent Bruce Craven, of Kinston made a fight against the peposed tIH of Hut Superintendent J. Y. Joyner providing; that the text rook commission be composed of th state board of education' and seven teachers. Prof. Craven contended that the text book commission should consist of teachers entirely. LABOR were summarised as being; that they had Issued publication in violation of the Injunction against boycotting the Bucks Stove and Range compa ny. According to Judge Parker, th Court of Appeals in passing on the validity of the injunction had held that the lower court was wrong In enjoining publication against the Burks Stove and Range company a well , as against its customers. 1 contended that tha Court of Appeals held that the' lower court had powe to enjoin only publications In further- anew-etf -Irect mni asalnat 4 a. Bt. -Louis concern, hence,- he; argued that the other portion of the In June Hon was void from tha time it -wrs issued. Sine the acts of his client were only prohibited by the void por tion or tne decree, he urged,' th district supreme court could - not punish them for contempt, under the statutes of the United States. He declared that a portion of tha Injunc tion decree being void, the entire de cree was void and even If the act of his client were not a he claimed they were, but the court could hot punish them for violating a void de cree. Tho acts of his client were de scribed1 as the exercise of the con stitutional right of freedom of speech and of tho press. The argument of the case wilt be concluded Monday. Case of Illinois Senator Still Being Debated In United States Senate WAHHINOTON, Jan., 27. Con tending for a rule of proceed u re that would deny a seat in the senate to any man whose election had been ac. rnmpanled by fraud, Mr. Cumrnlns of Iowa, today concluded1 his speech In tho sonata In opposition to the re port of the commltteo on privileges and elections holding Konator Lorl mer's right to his seat to be unlm peax'hed. He declared that at least eenen members of the Illlnlos legisla ture had been Involved In bribery proceedings - in connection with the Lorimer election and, holding that hese should be subtracted from Lo ri mer s vote and not from the total poll; contending that the untainted vote had not been sufftHent tu acr compllsh Mx, Lorimor's success. The senate Was urged to protect Itself against such proceedings. FOUND DEAD WITH BULLET HOLE IN HEAD BOANOKB, Va., Jan., 27.-John M. Hurt,. 25 years of age, a promi nent and wealthy cattle raiser, living near rounding Mill, Tazewell county, Va., was found dead this morning on a ridge a short distance from his home, with a bullet bole In his head and a revolver In his hand. He was the son-in-law of Geo. W. Gillespie, president of the -Tazewell National bank. A widow and seAn children survive. Na cause can be assigned for his act DOKS.Vs WAJfT TO MIX. AUOTIN, Tex., Jan.. 27.-4n the upper house of the Texas legislature a resolution calling on Texaa noif to take part In the rebellion in Mexico was Introduced by state Senator W. O. Murray today. The resolution was referred to the committee on federal relations. Much Talked of "Teeth" May be Added to Anti-Trust Law RAMMUH, N. C, Jan. 17. Repre sentatlve Marshall : of Hurry waa a republican mouse In the hands of thai democratic cat of the house today for ' a most amusing and spirited play ot party politic, Mr, Marshall's bill to provide free school book In North Carolina, aa amended In committee by the democrats to apply only to Hurry county, waa up for considers -tlon. The democrats were bent on putting Mr.' Marshall and -other re publicans In the hols s, to this free school book plank that was Jn the republican stats platform, and In the nd, while Mr. Marshall stood out for stats wide free books, hs backed down front having it apply only In his awn countv. althoush ha Insisted that It was. working fins In Lenoir county. As the ''political play" - progressed, there wss brought from Represents tlve Kwart, republican leader In the noose, the declaration that he did not believe the state wide measure was practical, particularly on account of the depleted condition ot stats finances, snd' the exclamation, when- some member proposed that ths bill spply to Henderson as well as Hur ry, and he was asked if hs wanted. It for Henderson county, "For God's u no." mA-v;;,;? Tire outooms off ths whole Incident, was that- the bill ' was- Indefinitely; postponed - with the declared under, standing ; thai lt will not corns up gain, , Add Teeth to Trust . Representative Kwart ', has Intro, ducei In the house a bill to amend ths .. tsss smsftwsa taw snd Impart, ss h ays. ths much tutksd, about "teeth' that it M charged to be in. need of. It empowers the attorney genrsl 14 Institute prosesdjngs upon his own motion, snd in case of conviction for violating ths statute, denominates the offense a felony instead of a misde meanor with Imprisonment from two to five years as ths penalty, ' Ths Ju dlnlary eommlttes No. I of the house has decided to act en this bill M Dir. dav ifhiMlfrnfl ' " - ' . -. . It will also pass at ths sums mseti Ing on the joint resolution by Kwart for an Investigation as to the opsrajf tlon of trusts In North Carolina- -, . 1 Invocation Clatuse In Charier ., . The house committee on corpora' tlons deeldes to report favorably the bill by Representative Ray of Macon county, amending ths charter of the Carolina and Tennsssee Southern railway by revoking 'all rights and powers conferred upon ths company If It falls to begin construction . of ths line or railway from Franklin. , Macon county, within sis months fnam ths dels of ths ratification of ths set. and hav the road oompteted and In operation by the ltn of August, ill. Mr. H. w. Miller, assistant to the president of the. railway, ! neared In opposition to ths bill. Insist ing that Ihe wcrk had been suspended to choke up the only natural pass through the mountains Into Tennes see, but on account of the deplorable condition of tha money market, ths (Continued wit Tsge Frmr) I III LEGISLATURE UNABLE T( Republicans Still Insist on Having Presiding Officer TRY COMPROMISE CHARLEBTON, W. Va, Jan. 7. Overtures from ths republican mem bers of the senate renewing ths efforts . at compromise In tha fight for son- trol of that body were made this af ternoon simultaneously with the ex piration of the armistice which had been entered Into with the democrats last Thursday under which ths repub llcan senators returned from Cin cinnati. The proposition sabmitted by republican leaders to tha demo cratlc steering committee Is a modi- "cation of former ' demands and of fers to permit the democrats to nam the president ' of the senate provided publican members; tha ,- proposed - terms are the asms as those rejectee? : by the democrats last night Tba democrats are expected to answer ths proposition " tomorrow. - Meantime- a "gentleman's agreement" holds that . until this has been disposed of no at tempt will be mads to arrest ths republican abssntssa,