1 f : li t ID tlri THE WEATHER: PAIR. VOL. XXVIL, NO. 117. III CASE AGAINST Senator Bailey In Concluding Speech Says Holstlaw's Signature is Forged INTIMATES THAT DINEEN KNEW IT I Effort to Set Day For Vote on FORGERY CHARGED SENATOR LOR MEH Illinois Senator Is Defeated .VT bv Friends WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. An f fort to fix day fur vote in th i senate on the Lorlmer case was I made today,' but one more It failed Assurance was given, however, that ultimately there 'Would be a vote per- Ji mltted. r Upon the conclusion of Senator f Bailey' speech in defense of Mr. M t Lorlmer. which he Lad resumed after Wis having talked, throe hours yesterday. Bsverldge tried to obtain unanimous consent to fix a date for the vote. Objection was forthcoming at once from Mr. Burrows, chairman of the committee on privileges and elections, which had presented the report In favor of Mr. Lorlmer after its Inves tigation of his election by the Illinois legislature. " lay Will Be Set Soon . Tempering his objection with 'some measure of balm for the opponents t the Illinois senator, Mr. Burrows said that in time there would be a vote. This was taken to mean that Oater . during the session the friends f Mr. Lorlmer considered that they might face a vote with less danger to him than now. - Mr.' Bailey soon, entered upon sen' satjonal grounds by practically charg ing forgery against the Illinois State jLicfrun. -. 1 1 1 v np v, 1.1 ,v..av.,. ii. Governor Dlneen 1 interested. Th s .'v Texas senator returned to the con- 1 stderatlon of his charge that the bank r' deposit slip evidencing State .Senator Holstlaw's deposit in the State Bank of Chicago had been a forgery. He referred to the fact that yesterday Senator Cummins had ' sought to In troduce the original slip, which it war claimed had been nfade out by Chief 1 Clerk Newton of the bank.. Mr. Cummins, Mr. Bailey said. ''lSed .permuted, bloi-tcs take .m.j(ipet ' had in)ff ha the effect of confirm ing his theory that the slip had been a forgery.; -He was sure that the f ntnnM on Vax Fonr) OF FOR DIG? ELECTION OF Final Effort For Vote Will Be Made on Next Thursday BORAH LEADING WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. As the result of many conferences In cloak rooms and out-of-way corners of the capltol - the especial friends of the resolution looking to the li-ctlon of senators byi a direct vote of the peo ple today determined upon a decided move forward in Its interest. Sena tor Borah voiced that purpose in a formal notice that on next Thurs day he Hkould ask the senate to sit until a wote should be reached. If th!$ purpose Is persisted in It will mean that Thursday's sesion will be exteyided into and, If necessary, , through, the night. jf0 Jconfldence In success than they ( "hav J man I rested for some time. 1 Thl (frenewed hope Is due to a can- ,of the democratic side of the nafflfe, which convinces them that evens with the Sutherland amendment 'lccSrrirn.td some democratic votes still be assured. 'rhat amendment provides for ul- nate federal control of senatorial ons In case congress should de- e such control to be desirable. . jHwhum. mtaae 11 tviaent loa&y uini A; he will press his opposition to the f uttermost Before giving his notice of a continuous season, Mr. Borah sought to obtain unanimous consent for a day for a vote. Mr. Meyburn was th only senator to oppose that rmiru Hl manner was very em- r?"thatlc, rendering evident the fact that h ana nis coneague win oe arrayed directly against each other In the promised confltct Thursday. WATER AS ANAESTHETIC Q BALTIMORE, Feb. 14 Luke ina water is no used as an an sthetlc in most of operations for I appendicitis at Johns Hopkins hos- 1 pltal, according to tne sxaiemeni 10 f -day of a surgeon of national repute. connected with the Institution. In tn operation for appendicitis declar , u the surgeon, all that is necessary to inject lukewarm water In suf ficient quantities under the skin in tlx vicinity of the part operated on. THE DEMOCRATS VOTE ALMOST SOLIDLY FOR RECIPROCITY After Bitter Debate in House With Republicans for Most part A gainst And Democrats for ii, Canadian Treaty is Passed. WASHINGTON. Feb., 14. Prest dent Taft's reciprocity agreement with Canada was ratified In the house of representatives tonight through the support of an almost solid demo cratic vote. The McCaJl bill carrying the agree ment -into effect was passed 221 to 82. A majority of the republicans present voted against . the measure, the division being 78 ayes and 87 noes. The democratic note was 141 ayes and only Ave noes. A majority of the republican insurgents present voted for the bill. Now Up to Senate. ; The McCall bill now goes to the senate. What 1U fate will be In that body la problematical at this time President Taft believes that If a nil buster can be avoided and a vote tak; en, the bill will pass. He Is Insistent that the senate shall act one way or the other, and has Indicated that he would call an: extra session of con gross If it does not do so. The passage of the bill in the house came at the end of, a long debate which at vtimes was as bitter as has oeen oeai on me noor or tnat chamber In years. The fight was confined almost wholly to the repub lican , sMe. .Democratic members Joined in from time to time, and taunted; the majority members for their lack of unity. - The democratic leaders also put in the claim that the reciprocity agreement was good dem ocratic doctrlno and . declared they were glad to welcome President Taft and many of the Juxifc republican into the democratic fold. ' Cloture Rule Adopted. A final vote was reached tonight only through the application of cloture rule which shut off all amend ments and even dispensed with - the reading of the bill. The republicans opposed to the bill fought the rule to the very hut, denouncing It in caustlo language, They directed their fire especially against the democrats and accused them, on the eve of going Into power in the house, of enforcing a "gag rule" as drastic as any. against which they had so eloquently . Inveighed in the past. The democrats laughed loudly at this and seemed thoroughly to., enjoy. hls(lrwretJWwatfi iliisift viu .lino iir;riiin. Motion To Re-Conttider Lost. Under th cloture rule which was adopted by an overwhelming vote, the only loophole left to the oppon ents of the measure was a motion to recommit the bill to the committee PRESIDENT TUFT VETOES REIH5TATEN1NE CADETS Boys Expelled from West Point Cannot Now Return WAS FOR HAZINO WASHINGTON. Feb. 14. Presi dent Taft today sent to congreas a message vetoing a joint resolution au thorizing him to reinstate nine for mer cadets of the West Point mlllta-; ry academy who were discharged up on convictions of having violated the law prohibiting hazing. The cadets affected are Wm. T. Rossell, Harry G. Weaver, John H. Booker, Albert E. Crane, Richard E. Hocker, Jacob C. Fortner, Gordon Le febvrc, Chauncey C. Devore and Earl W. Dunmore, They were dismissed from "the acadomy on the charge of hazing under tho old law permitting no alternative for dtsmlsal when found guilty of this offense. Since their dismissal a law has been passed granting a trial and the object of the bill was to give these young men the benefit of this -provision. In his message President Taft gives his reasons for disapproval as fol lows: "These cadets had a fair and Im partial trial in accordance with law as It existed at the time of their trial and were punished by dismissal. Their connection with the military acade my has been entirely severed and they are now In civil life. The superinten dent of the military academy, the chief of staff, and tlie oecretary of war are of the oplnlun that the en actment of this joint risojutlon would have a very injurious effect upon the nlitary academy and would tend to seriously demoralize the discipline there. In this opinion I concur." MAY TAKE GUARDS THROUGH WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. The state department has given permission for the passing through American ter ritory of a body of Mexican guards to protect the employes and materia along the dike now i elng constructed to control the Colorado river. The guards will be gathere dup m lower (California and it Is desired to send ifirui u i ubb me iiue ity way oi I uia, Arizona, re-entering Mexican terri tory in the neighborhood of Mexican which town is reported to be now in the hands of the insurgents. ASHEVILLE CITIZEN: ASIIEVILLE, N. of the whole with Instructions to re port certain amendments. When the time came to do this, half a do en members were clamoring for rec ognltlon. Mr. Dalxoll was recognised by Speaker Cannon. Ho proposed that meat and meat products, flour, prepared cereals, lumber, and sever al other articles be put on the free list The democrats were not shaken by this and the motion was lost 11 to 151. " The cloture rule had been agreed to previously by a vote of 19 to 107. . Predict Republican Defeat. Borne of the old guard republican leaders like Palzell of Pennsylvania, and Fordney of Michigan, veiled but thinly their predictions that the. re publican party would be defeated by reason of what they characterized a: departure from the principle of protection and the espousal of free trade. Mr. Dalsell proposed to stand where he had stood for forty years and "go down with his patty". Mr. Fordney said that he feared that democratic times were coming and it made him sweat blood to contem plate the melancholy fact. The other speeches from the rte publican opposition were in much the same vein. " . ; Speaker Cannon took no part in the debate either yesterday or today, He was in the chamber constantly on both sides with the keenest In terest. There was loud applause and cheering in the house tonight when on the first record vote that was ordered the speaker called tone of the leaders of the democratic Bide to the chair. Mr. OUie James sat there all through the roll call and when he announced the vote . the cheering was renewed. This is said to be.. the only time a democrat has been called to preside over the house since the republicans gained control President Taft tonight gave a dinner to Speaker Cannon. The meal was delayed an hour while the house was voting on reciprocity. It Is said the president sent word that ha - would change the dinner Into a breakfast if it was necessary to puns the bill. The three republican congressmen from North Carolina voted against the measure. Grant of the tenth, t-toptal-hliHuS...Mo)ehead of trie nun. uniy rane democrats voted against the bill, included In the quintette being Hon. Yates Webb of the ninth. The other four demo crats voting against the bill wore Broussard, Pujo, Hammond, and Bstoplnal. i AMMUNITION EXPLOSION IN NICARAGUA LEAOS TO THOROUGH INVESTIGATION Balieved to be Widespread Plot Against Existing Government ARMS DUPLICATED MANAGUA, Nicarafuat Feb. 14. A council of war has been appointed to Investigate the explosion .which occurred yesterday In the ammuni tion barracks sltuatctd within the grounds of the presidential palace. It is believed that the Investigation will be of a sweeping nature. For the opinion Is held that there Is a widespread plot against the adminis tration. Managua Is now under mar tial law. When it was found that a vast quantity fif arms and ammuni tion would be destroyed by the fire which followed the first explosion, President Estrada, sent a cablegram to New York ordering that the thou sand rifles, ten Maxims and two mil lion cartridges be duplicated. This was an Indication of how ho viewed the situation. Reports from Granada state that there is much anxiety there owing to the measures undertaken by tbn gov ernment and partly due to the un founded rumor that 500 men were to be sent there and that other troops were making ready to move to that territory In anticipation of possible disorders. Following tho arrest yesterday of many of the opponents of the Estra da government. Including Dr. Kspln osa, the former minister to the United States, Fcllz Zclaya, former minister of finance anil General Rivas, a strong supporter of ex-president Ze laya, the question of making further arrests In other cities has been taken under advlement agd It Is believed to be the Intention n? the government either to imprison or place under surveillance all those who are In a position to assmne leadership In a revolutionary u.oement. OOTTO.X SPECULATOR ILL. NEW YORK, Feb., 14 Wm. P. Brown, of New Orleans, a prominent figure In the cotton market Is seri. ously III at his apartments at the Waldorf-Astoria. He has such a se vere cold that It Is feared pneumonia will develop. Mr. Brown is 40 years old. C, "WEDNESDAY CORNING, FEBRUARY 15, 1911. GIGANTIC TIMBER MONOPOLY IS RAPIDLY FORMING IN AMERICA Concentration of The Control of Standing Timber. Vait Speculative Holding, and a Sinister Land Monopoly With Closely Connected Railroad Domination , 1 Are Findings of Corporation Commissioner, ' WASHINGTON, Feb. It Concen tratlon of the control ot the-atand- lng timber .In, a. .very few hands, vast speculative .holdings far la ad vance of any use thereof,": an enor mous increase in th value of this diminishing "natural . resource with monopoly-and great profits to Its own ers," ana incidentally,', "an equally sinister land monopoly and closely connected railroad - domination"- These are the findings reported to President Taft by , Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner of corporations, In the first installment of his long awaited report on the lumber Indus try of tha country. The report was made public - today when submitted to .congress by- the president. . It .con stitutes theflrst omprajenivndJ metnoaicai investigation 01 uie amount and ownership of our stand ing timber." - The report Itself com prises 31 printed pages but a sum mary of Its contents Is contained In a letter sunmiuta oy nr. cirnun. "There are many great combina tions In other , industries," says the commissioner, "whose formation is complete. In the lumber Industry on the other hand, the bureau now finds in the making a combination cause, fundamentally, by a long standing public policy. In tho last 40 years concentration has so proceeded that 195 holders, many inter-related, now have prac tically one-half of the privately ovn- BROTHERSHOOTSBROTREA Wounded Man Was at Sup per Table When Brother Appeared and Fired ROANOKE, Vd.. Keb. 14. Boyd Ramsey, 27 years of age, is in a.crlt- ical condition in a Lynchburg hospi tal as a result of a gun shot wound Inflicted by his brother, Sam Ramsey, last night in thoir home at Robert son, Bedford county. Tho shooting Is said to have been the result of a recent difficulty be tween the brothers. Boyd was at the supper table when Sam appeared at the door and leveled a shotgun at him. He fired, the load striking Boyd in th shoulder. The young man was taken to Bedford City, nine mlW -distant,, where he was put on a train and taken to Lynchburg. Sam escaped after the shooting and has not yet beer, appre'iended. The father of the boys was in Bedford City today and swore "ut a warrant for the arrest of his on Bam. The wounded man was operated on today, but there is little chance fur his re covery. The brother who did the shooting is r arrled ana nas two children. The wounded brother is single. WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. Forecast for North Carolina: Fair Wednesday and Thursday, tight south wind. s- m i Is it. a Fizzle? ed timber in the investigation area (which contains 10 per cent, of Jhe whole), .This formidable process of concentration, in timber ' and land, certainly Involve grave future pos sibilities of Impregnable monopolis tic : conditions - whose far-reaching consequences to society ft i now dif ficult to anticipate fully or to over estimate. ';,"' f i",",i " ' The' Fomndftt Facts - "The foremost facts shown are: "I. The concentration of a 'domi nating control of our standing tim ber in a comparatively few enormous holdings, steadily tending toward - central control of the lumber Indus try!' J vest speculative' purchuH rn1idimng'oT,bef"Tkn(rTarin advance of any us thereof! ) an enormous Increase In th value of thl diminishing resources, with' great profits - to Its owners, Thl value by the very nature of standing timber, the holder neither created nor substantially enhances "These are the underlying facts, of tremendou signlncanc to the public welfare. They- are primarily the results of our putflto land policy, long continued. The law that rep resent that policy are U1I largely operative, 1 The past history and pres ent status of our standing timber drive home -upon u th Imperative necessity of revising: our public r"Hr ON ELECTROGUTION EVE ' Killed Father, Daughter and Granddaughter and Burn ed Their Bodies RALEIGH, N. C, Feb. 14. Nathos Montague, the negro who killed I, U Banders, Irene Overton, Banders' grand-daughter and Miss Mattle San ders, Sanders' daughter, whom he as. eaulted, than petting re to their home In Granville county last De cern br In order to conceal his crlmt and who will be electrocuted hero l thn state prison tomorrow morning, today made a full confession. lie says that he went to tho San der home on the overling of thl tragedy to see about klling sonic hog. While there he chopped some wood and while so engaged Miss San ders came out and carried It Into the house. He then planned the crime. Words passed between Sanders ni Montague when the farmer told tht negro to go home. Th negro then grabbed a chair and struck Sander over tho head killing him. He then killed the grand daughter. Miss Sanders ran out Into the yard and h: followed and seized her. He says he had to cut her With a knife and beat her Into nsenslblllty before he could accomplish hi purpose, after which he dragged her body into thf house and tired it. ARGIE8 FOIl l)E I ASSY, 8T. PETERSBURG, Feb. 14 -Counsel for Count O'Brien de Lassv today presented hie argument on behalf. if his client who is charged with the murder of Count Vassllll Bouturlln, Jointly with lr. Pantohenko and Mm. Miiravlpff. He said that the public had clamored unmercifully for a verdict against l'f Iassy, whereas the court was '.expected to be lenient with Pantchenko, on account of hi senility and with MuravlefT on ac count of her sex. The whole esse against DeLassy, he said was based on hi debt, but a wide chasm sepa rated commercial shortcomings from murdera for th ' futur management of our remaining natural resource." Private Ownrmlilp fh commissioner then trace the Interval during which ' timber land passed from government to private ownership, ' 'There I now 'left," h continues, in continental United State about two thousand billion feet of private ly owned standing timber. Of which 1.T47 billion 1 in th Investigation ara covered In rrt data!! by ' th bureau, Thl area Include th pa cific northwest, th , Southern " pin region and the lake tt and con tains about tiO per' Pent Ot U the prtvat timber ot tn country. In addition there- are about 3 billion tiet In. th r.f'luiuj forest rnil n'mut lands. Thus th total amount ot standing timber in continental Unit ed tltate I about t,00 billion board feet, Th present annual drain upon the supply of mw timber is about 50 billion foot At thl rate the tim ber now standing, without allowance for growth or decay, would test only "The prent commercial valu of th prlvaUly owned standing tlmbw in th country, not including th valu of tbe land, I Atiinatud s at least six billion dollar. Ultimately the consuming publlo will have to pay such price for lumber a win uLi"Lr,r..irirnnrriiiiiii"ii- -r--i-rr -i-',-ri- -"- (Continued on Prure Tlirwr) . SGHEDOLE FOR SEASON Games Will Begin April 12 and Continue Through an Extended Series CHICAGO, Feb. 14.--Flay!ng date for tho 1111 season of th American Baseball league, a tentatively arrang ed in a schedule drafted by Presi dent Johnson several week agi, wer adopted without a chango at th meeting of the olub owner and of ficers of tli league today. Th season will open on April 13, with th Eastern club appearing on Eas tern fields and th Western club playing In the West. Chicago will open the season at Detroit; Cleve land at St. Louts; New York at Phil adelphia and Bunion ut Waahlngtoa After a four-Kam series, Chicago will go to St. Louis and Cleveland to Detroit, while the Eastern term remain Idle. Chicago landed the lion's share o( Sunday games at home, leading the list with 17, while St. Louis gets IS Sunday games and Detroit 15, Thn majority of holiday games will be played in the East. PKKPAUI.Mi H I PItlHIXO ROME, Feb., 14. General fticj-l-ottl OarlhaldJ, the last surviving son of the Italian hero, in an Interview today said he was preparing an ex pedition of volunteers to aid an al banian ruling. He added that Tur key ha been successful in conceal ing the f,i' t that a battle has recent ly been fought In Albania. Thl last ed four days am) great numbers were killed or wounded. The leader ac cording to General Garabuldi took refuge In Montenegro where the of. flcfaiM set aside a tenth of their sti pends to support them. ON WKtmiXG TIUI KEY WEST. Kla Keb. 14. Baron and Bareness kochscHlld, who left hngland three month ago en a cruise around th world, arrived her last night on the Iirltlsh yacht Maund, of Southampton. The Rothschilds wer on their wedding trip. : They) left for New York today. Citizen Want Ads Bring Results. " price five Cents STATE MUST IL Else Appropriations For AH State Will be Fought Says Spalnhour NEAR BEER BILL PASSED BY SENATE, Senator Gardner Argues That Proper Credits Aro Mot'. Given Paupeftfounties GOUNTYSGHOOLSOF ADDITION FUNDS RALEIGH, K. C, Tb. 14.Aftsr a long disoumlott of th 8plnhour bill for 400,01)0 additional appropri ation ror th public school of th H tnte during which Mr, Spalnhour tie- ' dared hi determination to fight ny all appropriation for stat build ings or for 'building at tat lnstl-, ' tutton until thl appropriation of hi 1 assured, th bill was referred to th commltWa ' on appropriation, having thu far been considered only . by the eommlttcVof education which reported It favorably. The discus- ' ion developed th fact tht a nuin,' ' br of the leader on th floor. In- ' eluding ' Mr, 'Dough ton, of'tha com mute on rlnsm-, do. not bellnv th tat .finance , will justify such an Increase in th general appropriation, for th school in, this time. la th houts Quick! Introduced a bill to change th nam of, th Ws. tern hospital at Morg&nton to "Mur phy Memorial Slat hospital," Th Conner bill to prevent rail road employes from, being member of relict association was displaced a " a special order and referred ' to th two Judiciary commute for aiUII-, . ttouftl report, - , ; .. DWmU! Unit mil. : Th senat debated tor two hour the Jient bill from 'th housa pro hibiting near .beer in North Carolina, passed if on llnat reading arid sent. It buck to thn houan for concurrence In some minor amendments that r designed u make more -clear Just what drink and medicine th 4ru' ' gist are to ,be permitted to handle,. ' However, th vote fn the bill on flnsl reading wns Si to f-eonior l;y-' den i . r r 1 mirth by offering - uh a ultltuU resolution prmldlnif U at nv member of the N-u' t t . - iins, I !! f,'tvr, i,f i " ' f I" 't- '. lv, who hav VulvU iul' luonii'iuoil . maasur and take a drink of vinous, splrltuou or malt litiuor shall he guilty of felony and b punished by; death. A' t , ' '-Senator Gardner tntroduoed a re lutlon directing th tat treurrf to hereafter credit counties With eor pontt xce and othr 'corporation taxes paid direct to the Stat treasury by deportation of a county before classifying them a "pauper counties." In a spirited speech he Insisted that" if thl had been don for part r-; port a larg number of th forty,,, eight "pauper" would act be o Classified. ' ; ' To rrolilWt Clgnrelt . i Th MePhaul bill to prohblt th " sale of cigarette in North Carolina, pending for sometime Dafor , th ' (Contlined ttn Pair Fonr) PRESIDENT TAFT SPEAKS . TO AH President Characterizes Movement as Notable Benefit . AT WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON, Feb. lt.PralM , for th boy scout movement as a no table benefit to American boyhood , was expressed by President Taft In , an address at th whit house to th ' National Council of the Boy Scout of America today and likewise in a let ter from Theodore Roosevelt read at' the bannuct of tbe organisation to night. Accompanying th member of -the national counsel at th whit -house was a delegation of boy scouta from Baltimore and Washington who saluted thn president a he entered th East room. "t am glad," ill President Taft, "to support such a movement aa thl : thn ubjec of which a 1 understand ' it la to take charg of th elastic: fluid that we rail th spirit of th boy between 12 and IS' and send It ' through the right channel. We hav 1 all been boy s at least those of a who hav not boed boy have missed t' life and undercUind th posslbllitte of Improvement en the one hand, and , of seif-destruutlnn on the other that that cflervenue of the spirit of boy hood offers. Anything that direct it tn the right channel for usefulness and for making cf manly men should be encouraged. To ebse upon thos ' things which thjjromantic period of. boyhood develops, or deems impor tant of course, is th genius ot th ' movement." - .... Among th speaker at tonight' banquet of th national counsel of th organisation wer A.nDiissador Br?,-, Glfford Plnchot, Dr. Charles It. K United Slates Commissioner t bor and othor, , , MYSGOOTS- EITREREDINlitSHIEETOii 1 . .