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THE SUNDAY' CITIZEN THE WEATHER: BAIN. ASI1EVILLE, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 12, 1911. PIUGE FIVE CKNTS VOL. XXVH., NO. 114. SJA PAGES 41) TODAY "GOD BLESS IfOU" PABTHeWORDSOF ARCHBISHOP il Serene and Peaceful Aged Pre Mate Passes From This World to Next EMINENT CAREER OF EIGHTY YEARS One of Foremost Churchmen in America For The Past Quarter of a Century PHILADELPH 'A, Pa., Feb. 11. Serene and prepared to meet his God, whonj) , he had nerved bo well, the most Rev. Patrick John Ityan, D. D., UUt D., archbishop of Philadelphia -and Metropolitan Pennsylvania, and one of the greatest archbishops on the American continent, passed peacefully into eternity at 4.08 o'clock thla af , ternuon at the arch-episcopal real-' ) dence, adjoining the cathedral in Lo gan square. For weeks the disin-, gulshed prelate, who would have been , to years old bad he lived until the 20th of this mon'h, fought off death, but a weak heart, enfeebled by the arduous duties of his high office could not stand the strain and he passed away breathing the benediction "God Bless Ton" ' upon those who stood about the bedside. Suffering Since La Kail The venerable archbishop had been suffering since larrt fall but- hta con dition did not become alarming until two -weeks ago when his physicians publicly admitted that he was slowly dying from a weak heart. . Occasion ally he showed signs of improvement and this week his condition was such as to rekindle hope! that he might be about again. At dawn today, how ever, the fatal change came and he slowly lost ground. At noon it was thought that he was about to breathe his last but he rallied only to again lapse into a sinking spell later. The four' attending physicians, who had been resorting to artificial means to to keep their age.l patient alive, shook . their heads at 3 o'clock and whispered that the" end was not far off. . About t$jam tpnm 4n' iswwkfl"WeiPo!tfti , roused himself nnd ' murmured the - dying words of St Paul: . "I wish to be dissolved and be with Christ." An hour later the end came. The funeral will bo hold Thursday and It is expecttd to be attended by (Continued on Page Four.) OF GREATWORK BY 1913 Shipping Interests Will Have to Reconstruct Ocean Rates WITHIN ESTIMATE WASHINGTON'. Feb. 11. Coi Co. W. Goethals. chairman of the Isth man canal commission and chief en gineer of the Panama canal by ar rangements made by the house of representatives today. will nddresn that body Monday night describing the progress that has been made in the construction of the waterway. Members of the senate will be invited to attend. The need tor immediate action toward fixing the rates that shall be charged vessels using the canal was Impressed upon tho house committee on Interstate commerce today by Colonel Goetlials. He said that the canal would h completed by September , 191.1: that it would practically put the Tehan lepec railroad out of business, and that the shipping interests of the world must have at least 18 months to reconstruct their ocean rates upon the basis of charges imposed at the canal. Colonel Gm'thals sld the canal would be completed well within the limit of cost of 1275.000,000 prob ably $15,000,000 under, this amount This will Include the coal stations, machine shops and supply stations and probably the dry dock. He said the government by operating govern ment controlled coal stations must prevent private Interests from mo nopolizing the coal supply at the canal. Under any ether system, salt' Colonel Goethals. the danger wouli' exist of the private coal Interests Indirectly controlling the operation of the canal. rorn weeks of deadixjck ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 11. The fourth week of the legislative dead lock over the election of a United States senator to succeed Ch'uneey M. Depew, ended today with the twenty-second Joint ballot showing practically no change In the voting. The Insurgents are still firm In their fight against Wm. F. Sheehan, the organisation candidate. PRESIDENT TAKES ADVANCED STAND ON RECIPROCITY fSaSSl Declares That if Golden Opportunity Now Presented Opposition will Will Destrov All Protection. SPRINGFIELD, Ills, Feb.. 11. President Taft today took his most advanced position with regard to Canadian reciprocity. In an address before a Joint session of the Illinois legislature he warned the leaders of his party that If they should defeat the concessions contained in the reciprocal agreement now pending In congress and should persist In re-, retaining in these times o( high prices and gradually exhausting food supply a tariff not based solely upon the dif ference In cost of production at home and abroad, with reasonable profit to the American producer, an opposition will be aroused that will know no moderation, and will wipe from the statute books the last' trace of a protective tariff. Opposition Keenly Felt. This announcement came on the heels of news from Washington that the reciprocity agreement bad met with a favorable report in the house committee on ways and means only through the help of democratic, votes. President Taft feels keenly the op position to reciprocity by members of the republican . party but he is san guine In the hope that they will "see the light" before it Is too lute. Ho was Immensely gratified by the man ner in which his reciprocity speeches were received, especially by the au dience, at the state capltol. His' first announcement there thiit lis theme was to be reciprocity called out a burst of applause. Proceeding then to outline some of the schedules of the Canadian pact, the president was listened to with the greatest atten tion. As he reached a summing up of the situation the interruptions of applause became more freequent and when We had concluded the plaudits were fairly deafening and this de spite the fact -that Speaker Cannon had sent a message from Washington to the legislature strongly opposing any sort of reciprocity, For lual Puriwso. The president came to Springfield today for a dual purpose. The first of these .was to place a. .wreath upon the tomb of' Abraham Lincoln and to pay a tribute to the memory of th "Great Emancipator." "He was the greatest citizen of your state." the president said, "and with Washington the greatest citizen of the 1'nlted States." Mr. Tti.ft's second purpose was to drive home additional arguments In favor of reciprocity. Ills speeches In Man Arrested at Maxton Friday Night Positively Identified OTHERS IMPLICATED KALF.IC.II. N. C, Feb. 11. Identi fied today as LowiK .West, one of the outlaws charged v.ilh the murder al Wilson a week a-:o of Deputy Sheriff Mumford, the eiixed breed t'roatan Indian who wis captured lain last night In .-I. negro restaurant at Max ton, today was placed behind bars lit the state prison here,. He says thai I lave Young, who he was thought to he when captured last niuht, was with him In WllMin when Mumford was killed, as also were Wade Wil liams. Matthew Mebnne and Kd Nel son, in pursuit ri,' wliom officers have started. West was Identified by Deputy Sher IT MonKhan and by C. 1.. Mansfield of Wilson. When capture,:, West, who stands feet 2 Inches, had on him se en plHlolsand a quar: of cartridges. To wounds which he hears, one above, the heart and the other In the left leg. were caused by phot fired by Chiet f Police (Hover of Wilson. West said be had bcn hhling In the woods near Vilw,n ami Maxton for the last week, but last rilKht ho was so tired and hungry he had to go In the store u her'- he was captured to get something to eat. GOVERNOR MAKES ORDER OVER JUDGE RICHMOND. Va., Feb., 11. He cause Judge George Hundley refused to grant a change of venue for the trial of Richard Perkins and Edwarl Jones; two negroes charged with the murder of the Stewart brothers, Governor Mann today ordered Judge Witt to go to P.ucklngham court house and enter the order granting the change of venue. Judge Hund ley held that the Supreme court 1n ordering the trial to a specified court "appeared to lack that fine spirit of courtesy and comity which one court has the right to expect. from an other." - MWMHrS is Lost That an he Aroused Which I this city came as the sequel of a morning campaign at Champaign, Monticello, Decatur and at Mlllkcn University. The crowds which greet ed Mr. Taft at every point were the largest of any of his tours as presi dent. The streets at Springfield were thronged as tho presidential special system. Arriving here the president went di rect to the capitol. He is the first president who ever addressed an Illi nois legislature. The state senators and representatives were In many cases accompanied by tSnr wives or other members of their families. Prrelilritt's Npwh Speaker Adklns Introduced the president. Mr. Ta.'t launched at once into his prepared address. He re viewed the tarllf provisions of the Chicago platform of 1S0S and said that the conditions or production in Canada and the Culled States are so nearly similar tlict a train based on a difference of cost ns between this and other countries w.iuld amount In the case of Canada to substantial free trade. The president explained that is was thousht wiser on behalf of both gov ernments not to rmike a formal treaty. "but to make an agreement between the executives by which each, exer cising his constitutional power In his government, should submit the agree ment, In the form of a statute to be enacted and to go Into force on con dition that a similar statute was pass ed States and Canada must necessarily tries." The president declared that the cri ticism that reduction had purposely been avoided on manutactured articles was wholly unfounded and that a re ciprocity agreement between the Unit ed States and Canad must necessarily relate more to agricultural products than to manufactures. "It will give tho United States much greater control of the wheat market than it has ever had before," continu ed the president, "It will enable ' Its milling plants to firn Canadian wheat Into flnur-and send abroad the finished product, and it win stimulate the sule of manufactures nod other things that we have to sell ' Canada. A Oolilcn Opportunity "We shnll bo iillnd Indeed to re ject this golden opportunity to add to the strength and virility of our coun- (Continued on Page Four) FAVORS DIRECT ELECTION OF SEKATDRSOF NATION Argues Constitution Should Be Amended to Provide For This AT LINCOLN BANQUET GUANO RAIMOrf. Mich.. Feb, ii. Reciprocity with Canada and the lection of United Stateg senators by direct vote of' tho people Is favored by Korun r President Theodore Moose velt. Colonel Rooseveli came here from New York to be the chief speaker it ihe Lincoln anniversary celebra tion of the Lincoln rlilb. Ills sub- t was "Lincoln and Progressive Republicanism." The banquet hall, seating more than 2,000 people, was crowded. 'i 'no of the progressive policies upon which I think the great ma- Jorit of progressives are agreed is that United States senators should be lected by popular vote, "said Colo nel Roosevelt, "The constitution should in my Judgment be so nmcno- ed as to provide for this. The In sistence upon the elections of sena tors In some way which shall not per mit the people to pass directly upon them Is merely a relic of the same feeing which made the founders (if the constitution trust the election ol the president to the electoral college Instead of to direct popular Vote. The same fears of the people expressed now by those who arc against choice of senators by popular vote were ex pressed a century and a quarter ago by the good and wise men who fcrro neoiisly felt that It was not safe to trust the election of the president to direct popular vote." Senator Bradley's Spw. United States Senator W. O. Brad ley, of Kentucky, was a speaker at the Lincoln club banquet tonight. "No man has ever lived whose memory Is so much cherished by our people, Irrespective of party, as that (Continued on Pace Four) " ... l jV TM'AT I bit p OPTION 6 CANADIAN RECIPROCITY MEASURE FAVORABLY REPORTED IN THE HOUSE Important Analysis of Proposed Reciprocal Agreement Canada Shows That Bread Would be Cheaper, Agricultural Interests Would he Helped, and Interests of Both Countries Advanced, WASHINGTON, Feb. U. The Mc- Call bill carrying out the provisions of the Canadian- reciprocal trade agreement whs reported to the house late this afternoon, by Mr. McCall, of Massachusetts, acting chairman of the committee on way and means. It came In wWh the favorable report of 12 of the S members of that committee, who ufge Its passage hi "a measure In the Interest of thf great moss ; of the people , of the country.' . The . sown members of the com mittee! who opposed the 1)111 at the oommtUaw's final scston this morning were given permlselotf to file A: ml norlty report next week, llepreseti' tatlve Gaines, of West Virginia, ask ed for specific permission to file that statement next Wednesday. While the house agreed lo this, Mr. McCall declared he would not be bound by such action to delay the reciprocity bill until that time. A motion will be made Monday afternoon, said Mr McCall, to take the measure up for Immediate discussion and final action. Unless the house by a majority volt, refuses to consider the bill at that time It Is likely to be finally acted upon before the day is over. An Important Analyst. The McCall report Is an Important analysis not only of the pending reciprocity agsecmcnt, but of the trade situation itetween the two coun tries, the development that may be expected on each side of the line, and the Influence that tariff barriers have had on the development of both countries. The agricultural Interests. the fishing Interests and tne lumncr Industry, from whom the principal protests against the measure have PLAN DISTRIBUTION OE BOIL WEVIL IN ILL SOUTH Two Men Have Hundred Thousand Live Insects Ready to Turn Loose ATLANTA, la,. Feb. II. What purports to U a plot to distribute hr.ll we'evht throughout tho cotton raising districts of (leorgla and Houth Carolina was exposed today when nni.,nnr.i.li.ct Hol'o Hmllh irflVA out a Icttif he received telling of the details of the plan to project a plague. ' According to the letter, two men, one of whom Is n Texan, have In their poss'-sslon 100,000 live insects uhlrh ihev Intend to distribute. The writer declared he had promised to conceal the conspirators names nut felt It his duly to fustnito their scheme. HAVANA WANTS TWO MILLION HAVANA Cuba. Feb. 11 The city council adopted a resolution today looking t' the making of a loan of 12,000,000 for city Improvements. 6HOWER6 WASHINGTON, Fett. 11. Forecast for North Carolina: Bain Sunday and probably Monday; moderate northeast winds. This Will he His Finish. come, are handled t length In tho report. The opinion is expressed that the fish catching Industry that cen ters In Gloucester will not be mate rially Injured by the free admission of Canadian caught flsn; while thf fish packing Industry and tho con sumers of the country will be "direct ly benefitted. As to wheat, the final benefit to the consumer of bread Is placed paramount to the Interests of the wheat raisers, 1 The H cent duti against Canadian wheat cannot great ly aid American farmers, It s claim ed, so long- a MvftrpooJ rh world wheat price and tho United States has a substantial surplus t export. When the United States consumes all the wheat It produces, the report points out, the tariff wHI have ' i subtle effect in making the price of wheat and consequently of bread. "When that condition shall exist, will It be desirable," says the report of the committee,' "to employ a' tariff rate to make still higher to our con sumers the prlea of wheat in the world's market? "It would be Inhuman to tho great mass of the peop'e to enter upon the policy of Increasing ' by law, at the moment that there should be n do mestic scarcity, the price of the bread they eat In order to Increase the pro tils of an alroda.v profitable Industry. When the time shull come It will bo u hlcHielng tit all our people and In a larger measure to those who are poor that they can turn to tho nearby wheat fields of C.inudii. "The most odious of till tuxes ever devised by government Is a rax on SALOONKEEPERS IN TENN. Federal Judge Says Those Engaged in Liquor Busi ness Cannot Take Oath MKMI'IIIH T. mi.. Feb. ll.- Haloon keepers, bartenders and all others whose Is to sell Intoxicants in Tennessee wc declared Ineligible to ciily.i'iishlp In the United Rtutes In a ruling announced by Federal Judge John K Mi ( 'oil today, Hnm iiiarllnK. Judge Mofull said: 'No man can st pport tho constitu tion of the t niter: Slates and of the stale of Tennessee and uphold the laws of both, as they are required to do under oath in securing naturali zation papers, and .at the same time e image In the u llawful vocation of selling llipior in a state where Its sale Is prohibited by law. ' For this reason Judge McCall re. !us-d the petitions of Fllllpl Vanril, an Italian, and (ieorge Congots, a (Jreek. The former. It was shown, was engaged as a bartender and the latter In the general sale of lUpmr, Others whose means of a livelihood were said to be similar Immediately withdrew their petitions, KH.HT FFDEIULS KILLED MEXICO CITY, Feb. 11,- A special to RI Darlo from El Passo dated Feb ruary 10, contains newt of an en counter between the- forces of Gen eral Lii'iue and' Insurrectoa under Torbio Ortego and Emlllo Balgado at Cerro Mulato. without giving the dnte of the occurrence, In which eight federals were killed. The rebel loss was unknown. Between United States ,and bread. That food has place near and water which ere necessary to the preservation of our ilves. Much a tax Is not felt by the rich end well to do, but It bears with especial weight upon the poor, ' , tsinilier InhwM ''When we yielded to the Influence of the lumber intervals end denounced the ' Elgin treaty," It continues, "we suffered In consequence the, tragic waste, of our forests and we forced upon Canada a condition under which he fca had but slow and cramped growth, v Remove thla condition and she will soon tain the strength and statue of a great - nation." . It Is pointed out that Canada now takes nyjtre American products than any other natlor, but the United Kingdom, when the Item of raw cot ton Is omitted from the exports. II adds: ' , "He must be blind Indeed who can not see the significance of her re markable pre-eminence In the com merre of the United Htates, In me thods of production, scale of living and in racial characteristics no other nation so strongly resembles this country. The fotces of nature draw the two countries commercially to gether with a potency which cannot be nullified by mutual tariffs and by the other device by which states men keep nations asunder. Mr, ttroussard voted against the otherwise solid democratic member ship of the committee In accordance wlrti his attitude at the recent demo critic caucus, wun h declared for re ciprocity. In tho caucus he Invoked (Continued on Page Four) And Heavy Turret and Ar mor Belt Penetraterd by Explosive Projectiles WAHJflN'JTON, Feb. II. Carrying out the specific directions of con gress has demonstrated that projeo tlles fired from a high powered gun will penetrate the heavy turret and belt armor of a warship at a battle rangn of over 8,00a yards, or men than four end one-half miles. The test was hi Id yesterday al the mouth of the Potomac river. The monitor Tallahassee fired ten 12-Inch shell at two turge'ts of "armor plates, vary ing In thickness from dght lo eleven Inches erected tin the ram Kutnhdin. Four or the shots hit and pierced the plates which were of the most recent type and represented the the turret and belt armor of a. battle ship. The projectiles fired by the Tallahassee weighed 7S0 pounds. With an Initial velocity of 2.400 feet per second. One shot struck the eight Inch curved plate of the smell targei and two struck the ten-Inch curved plate of the larger target, all pen etrntlng completely. The four shot struck the roof of the forward target and glanced off. MSACE FUTIIEB DELAYED PfTKRTO crmi'EZ. Honduras.. Feb, 11 Pending the arrival here of Thomas C. Dawson, special diplomatic representative of the United States, (here win be m. delay of about ten days In opening the peace conference between the government ana revoiu tlnnurv envoys of Honduras, Mr. Dawson Is expected to reach here on yen. It from New Orleans. Rill TO MP ASF UILU IU IllWIIt-IIUI. COUNTY TAX RATE FOR ALL SCHOOLS SSSBM-MSMBSMBMSl ;r Raise orseven Cents on Hun dred Would Increase Rev. J enue About $ 400.000 - REFORMATORY FOR YOUTHFUL NEGROES Both Branches Protest Arjains Closing United States Mint ! at Charlotte RALNtOH, N, C, Tut. ll.yih house passed tin second reading by roll call the Daughtoft bill to provide : for Issue of fSBO.oaa bolide to re fund bond falling due III January, Kit, and carrying 'authority tor th4 lute treasurer to - issue short term notes for the present deficit of 4, ODt in the state .treasury until elate: revenues reeover sufficiently to pay It off. , - The battle bill empowering cities and town to adopt eommistloh or other form pf ' government ' and change charters at will wee deferred for final jrotl es.ll reading unfit Mon day on account of the instance by Mr. Qulekel that he wanted to look; Into the right of the legislature, to (.-legato, eo great power to munici palities. 1 1 , A bill pasrt'd to transfer the pow ers of the state board .of ' education. In the development of the Mattamusit' keet take drainage scheme to the tku them Iind end, declamation compa ny, which hea purchased the state's Interest. . p ' v ' ' Representative Marshall Introduced a bill to pension all Confederate sol diers and their widows IS per month. A bill by Carr of Duplin would establish uniform hours of labor. Increase HrlMKtl Tag In the senate' Blkea of) wake in troduced a bill to increase the coun ty, t for.sehoo'e the slste over from 18 to 25 cents on the hundred dollars' valuations estimated to ,. In crease the school revenue tinder pres. , ent Valuation evi 40,000, . The senate made the Boyden bill for a million dollars fire proof ad ministration building a peclat.order for next Wednesday at noon, 11 ' House and senate passed under suspended . rules' bill protesting against the. proposed closing of the United Htntss mint at Charlotte. genato Pharr Introduced bill to Allow mutual Are Insurance com panies to te formed by parlies en gaged In the same kind) of business, with twenty-five risks, 'also a bill to Incorporate an Industrial reform and manual training school for colored youths, a negro reformatory, carrying 15,000 appropriation, - : crmrnai roiii iwf ouiLiini. uumu.fi iuuulu STITEfJEIITTOCEHTBH. Setting Forth Reason JF, pi Present Revolution In ; ' TT AMiltt a o V" -tix: : uvuuuiaa c-. ALL WILL BE PEACE NK-VV ontKANfl. Feb. U, -In' H communication aorss m uhf plomatlc and consular corps ( Cen tral American countries, General .: Manuel HonlllaV provisional preetdm of Honduras, emphasises his desire to establish "relatione of sincere friendship" between Honduras and : ih rovernmnnls of other countries : and to guarantee to foreigner pro. tectum and tho fullest free enjoy ment of the fruits of . their labors In his country. .,-. A copy of the 'document follower , "The armed Intervention In 1101 of Oeneral Josm Kantoe Zelaya, en :. president of Nicaragua, not only de prlved my eountrv of government devoted exclusively to the material. ' Intellectual and moral progress Honduras, but the constitutional law nf tho country wae discarded end anarchy resulted..'. Following that un righteous war, Zelaya at up In Iny , country a government that not eniy was unnble to preserve order and es- tabllnh peace, but whleti nse Drougm com plications with erstwhile friendly nations through the unjust treatment of foreigners within ur borderavw. Thousands of my countrymen have been forced to exile themselves from their homes. These, together Jth othrrs remaining In Honduras, have almost constantly Implored me to return and fight for the vlndlca tloii of bur right and rescue from tho death of discredit the honor of our country, - X am today at the front vlth th armr: of vindication which within few weeks shall have re-established ordr and peace, "My administration will take pleasure In cultivating relations of most sincere friendship with the gov ernments of your countries."
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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