THE ASHBVILLE CITIZEN. THE WEATHER: BAIN. Citizen Want Ads Bring Results. VOL. XXVII., NO. 122. ASHEVILLE, N. C, MON DAY MOUSING. FEBRUARY 20, 1911. PRTCE FIVE CENTS so v.. 1IIDTIII I ITTI T hlfinilllLUkL ISNOW TON CANDIDATE TOBREA DEADLOCK VIII Appeal Directly to People of New York For His Election ANNOUNCES PLATFORM ON WHICH HE STANDS Relieves Neither Sheehan nor Sheperd Can Win so En ters Race Himself NEW YORK, Feb. 18. Martin W. Littleton, newly elected demo cratic representative from Theodore Roosevelt's home district, announced tonight hli candidacy for the United States senate, to succeed Chauncey M. Depew, and supplemented his for mal statement with verbal' declare- tlon that he will put hla cause be fore the people on the stump. He will speak In Brooklyn Tuesday night; In Manhattan Wednesday night, and perhaps thereafter up state. Re chose to make known his candidacy through a letter to Lieut Governor Conway. The addition of one more name to the list of candidates al ready In the field caused no excite' ment among the leaders, . though It stirred some curiosity as to Mr. Lit tleton's motives In coming forward at this time: why he should write to Lieut Governor Conway and what counsels had aided him in reaching decision to run. Wants to Break Deadlock. Mr. Littleton himself was explicit on all these points.' Re said lie came forward at this-time because he had grown convinced that neither Mr.' ' Sheehan nor Mf. h.epe.rd' can be elected. They -had- been 'the- lead ing candidates, when the legislature convened and hitherto' he had heei . tated to dispute their premlnenre. He chose to write tq Lieut. Governor Conway because' the lieutenant gov em or presides over the election of AJnlted State senators and therefore a communication addressed to htm would come before the Udlnt assem bly in a Wanner, befitting the, proprie ties and the legalities demanded. In netting Jorth. M political creed, .Mr. ' lAUeton, says. ha.. been Seconals-. '"" tent democrat, that he- believes in the direct election of United States senators; reciprocity with Canada; , government' supervision an regula- - tlon of railways and corporation do ing an interstate business; the im mediate remission of all duties on o (Continued on Pago Four) PRESIDENT TAFT SAYS HE WILL CALL AN EXTRA SESSION Authorizes Statement by McCall That Unless Senate acts Favorably On Reciprocity he Will at Once Reconvene Congress. WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. me first authoritative announcement that President Taft will call an extra at slon of congress if the senate falls to act on the McCall bill, carrying Into effect the Canadian reciprocity agreement, came today from Mr. Mo Call himself, following an interview with the president at the wta'te house. According to Mr, McCall'a an nouncement the president feels that he is under an International obliga tion to summon an extra session, If it be necessary, to .secure action on the reciprocity agreement. The ses sion would be called. Immediately fol lowing the adjournment of congress t noon March 4. Action Too Late While It is the evident purpose of .... .... i. me president in permitting tne an nouncement of Mr. McCall, Is to avoid an extra session by Inducing senators to act upon the agreement, It la the opinion of many about the caplto) that ' In rail probability the statement has come too late. Few senators are sanguine enought' to pre dict that action Will be taken on t agreement In the upper brunch congress at this session, while some insist that there will be a vote, With appropriation bills in a badly congested condition, with the Lo rimer case pending, . with the permanent tariff board bill pressing for consid eration, with the general service pen sion bill being urged by many sena tors and with 'the resolution for the popular selection .of senators; coming up daily' as the unfinished business, it seems that tne chances for action upon the Canadian, reciprocity agree ment are slight, but ot course; con ditions may change. - t -; ' Lorlmcr Case 'Wednesday There Is some prospect that the Lo rimer case may be disposed of on Wednesday, following a speech which Senator Larimer will make in hla own behalf, but there is no ap parent likelihood ' of early votes on any of the important measures men tioned.;.): . "Opponents of the reciprocity agree- mimt iu- tha ssnais. are viewing cow-- placently, not to say With satisfac tion, the existing conditions. - The de mands of the public business are such that a vote on reciprocity can be avoided easily without the ap pearance of a filibuster. The bill car rying the agreement Into effect will not be reported out of the finance committee before Thursday next at GRAZED PASSENGER ON TRANSATLANTIC IINER Al MOST CREATES PANIC Hans Amuck on-Steamer Firing Revolver in All 1 Directions PLACED IN IRONS ' NEW YORK, Feb. 19 For the gecond time this week a trans-Atlantic liner arrived today with a crazed passenger aboard. Dennis Lynch, a second cabin passenger on the Lau rentlc Which came in today from Liv erpool, created great excitement among the 6J8 passengers on the high seas by running amuck with a revolver. The Amerika, an Itallian line steamer, arrived but two days before with Natalie dl Tempore, a musician. In irons. He went mad in tjifi dining saloon when the ship was jK days out "of Naples end wound V' two nsssengers by the reckless flVSCharge of a revolver. Lynch bolted from his cabin on the Laurentic last Friday night and fired Wildly along the length of the port corridor of the state room deck. Men and women darted into their cabins fearrowiy escaping the seven snots fired. One bullet entered the pur ser's cabin and the others lodged n the woodwork of the ship. The several officers rushed at the man chile tie was reloading the weapon hnd disarmed him. He was locked up imtil the arrival of the ship here and turned over to the immigration authorities. the earliest. At that time there will remain only seven and a half legis lative days of the present session , Will Veto Tariff ' Following nis Interview with Mr. Taft, Mr. Mcail also made the inter esting announcement that- the presi dent would yeto any tariff legislation passed by the democratic house and aproved by a nearly democratic sen ate If that should be necessary to maintain the republican party's pro tective principles. Mr. McCall's statement, which" Is generally, understood- to have been aproved formerly by the president, Is In. part as follows,: "I bellsva republican .senators are gradually coming to recognise that with the certain prospect ot an extra session unless they bring the rectproc-It- bill to a vote, there will be very sertos. Inconvenience and embarrass ment if not danger to the business and Industrlaol enterprises that fcre really entitled to protection; , The president feels (hat he In under an In ternational obligation to summon an extra t session. He will do this re luctantly because It is bringing Into power democratic house and a sen ate much more nearly democratic than the present senate. But it the senate should fall to act the presi dent, feels that under his agreement With the Canadian government to use his utmcet endeavor to have the re ciprocity agreement confirmed, he will be compelled to call the session Im mediately. I imagine, the democrats are not anxious for an extra? session. They would feel that they cannot ex temporise a' revision of the tariff schedules. The light remark that you can prepare a tariff bill over night, or In two weeks, or a tnonth, everyone knows to be utterly unsound.' . ' , , : Mr-ems More Agitation . "But what an extra session l likeiy to .mean is -a constant agitation and a continuous investigation into the in dustrles that are mads: possible by protection and interference with their purines mat woaev n gooa orDusi that If anr one whflillS "prevent action on the reciprocity bill h would be in the position of helping to bring about a condition most injurious to those Industries which really need pro tec Oon. -What follows in an extra ses slon will be the president's fault The president Is a pro. About to Take a Plunge. IS l.'J"U:ttr-:f:.rt;t:mit;'.'- i?!:fi:e:nSUfca!fiilB. J-:i5Vi:it f; (.'JN-ili'"3 -S;; i : Slsinf MKmm lliiiilia-WmiMw Wi M.mm I, :WMmM Z : t, BANDITS WHOHELD UP FIST Till ME STILL NOT CAUGH T AFTER CONTIto UO US SESSION FOR TWO DAYS HOUSE;- ADJOURNS TILL TODAY SeBsioA Continued Until Late Sunday Afternoon." -Filibuster Dropped by Representa tive Mann But Immediately Taken up by Othera.llatde$tFightof i Present Session to Resume This Morning. Vigorous Search for Five Men liflll k. n - . j -,. win uo Roaumoa curiy This Morning OFFICERS THINK THEY II AVI? hlcrniuorr. Vt tin wmii uupibivua VI I'lOll ,. Willi Skulked Into Town and -1 Escaped Pursuers. (Continued on page Atp) Removal of Ministers Threatened by Force of Arms SITUATION GRAVE to ' the tlr jT ( MEXICO OFF GUARD DEL RIO, Tex., Feb. That so Far as he can learn, the Mexican sjovertment Is making little effort the borders on Its side of mst neutrality law viola asserted by General J. C. ,.1 command of United States ,lon the frontier. A perfect of troops are guarding the 7d 8tates side. General Duncan declares, but so far as he could see or ascertain on a tour of inspection, . Mexican troops are absent at many points, only the usual force of cus toms collectors -being on duty. Unit ad States eMl officials and the army gra working in harmony, he said, but are handicapped by the publishing of exaggerated reports. General Dun can left this afternoon for Eagle LISBON, Feb. 1 8. The relations between the government and the na vy have again reached almost the breaking point and as a result of i demand by the navy for the rein statement and the appointment to the command of the battleship Almlrate Rels of Jose Cerejo, one of the naval heroes of the revolution, who had been pensioned off the active list by Premier Franco on, account of his disloyal attitude. The minister of marine objects to Captain Cerejo holding this com raana, as he believes such a conces sion would be, tantamount to plar lng the government In the hands of the extremists who are supporting the naval officers in their demands. The navy has expressed a determi nation to remove the minister of marine, Amro Aseredo Gomez, by force and the minister of the lnt nor, Antonio Almeida, who Is very popular, has exhausted every argu ment to Induce the extremists to ex ercise patience, pointing out that such a step would result Inevitably In civil war. The extremists, how ever, stand firm. Jose Azevego, former minister of foreign affairs, and Countlno Chagas, also a former member of the mon archist cabinet, have been expelled on the ground that their presence In Portugal would constitute danger for the new Institutions. CARGO OJ FIRE NEWPORT NEWS, Feb. 19 The steamship Bloterdijk. of the Holland American line, reached this port to day from Rotterdam with the cargo la her forward hold on fire. Tax and fire engines were called and af ter streams had been played upon the burning cargo for hours, the flames were extinguished at 4. It o'clock this afternoon. The fire was discovered st on o'clock this morning, jfough-it may have been burning a long while be fore Its discovery as the hatches wert tightly closed. The damage to the vessel and cargo has not been asre. talntd. CIA'S PROCRASTINATION HAS6R0UGHTAB0UTIUIANI OFPRESENTDIFFICIILTIES Government Steadily Ret rograding Is Opinion Expressed JAPAN MIXES IN PEKING, Feb. 19. It la conlsdered as significant that the Japanese here are anxious to direct attention to tHe British Investment of the dis- Dated Tfun Nan border which occurred owing to the procrastinat lng tactics of the Chinese In negotiat ing a settlement of the long standing dispute. This Anglo-Chinese dispute arose over the failure to dellmlnate properly 220 miles of the Burmah Yun Nun frontier and the consequent troubles with marauding tribes which led to the despatch of a British force tinder orders to remain until the de Hmlnatinn was completed. The sus picion of a Russo-Japanese concert is still strong, and Japanese action Is looked for at the auspicious moment. The officials .of the British legation having had their patiences exhausted frequently of late, do not sympathise with the Chinese in the difficulty which has arisen with Ruseta and the concensus of opinion in the legation quarter Is that the Chinese govern ment. Instead of advancing In recent years, has sleadlry become Incapable. It Is declared that It is almost Im possible for the legation to obtain ac tion on any question. They Instance the delay In the American loan. Among, the gavemment officials the talk Is nndiess and little proirreas Is made. Both the friends and foes of China see hopelessness Inthr llijilr,n and ridicule the Idea or China defy ing Russia. Boms of them hop for American or other Interference. BIG fcEAGt'ErtH IN TEXAS MARLIX, Tex., Feb. 19. Squad J, of the New Toik National league tewm, including Raymond, Hendricks. Latham, Hartley. Nagle, Khont and Tesreau arrived today for spring practice. XanAgtr McGraw . was de tained enroot. , He will arrive early tomorrow. Ilbsthaven, MeKnlght and Perkins are also enroute. They miss ed train connection at St. Louis. In, all eleven members of the team are at the training quarters, an ad vance guard of four having arrived several days ago, ' WASHINGTON, Fb. 19. A truce entered Into shortly before four o'clock this Afternoon brought the long fllllbuster In the house against the omnibus war claims to an end, The agreement to suspend hostilities was reached following an intsrmis slon of thrse hours devoted to mem oriai services ana eulogies to tne late Senator Clay, of Georgia, and the late Representative Brownlow, of Tennessee. . These services, occurring at midday of Sunday, seemed to put the house combatants Jin a mors peaceable frame of mind. A recess Was ordered until, 10 a, m. tomorrow when the fighting wilt .be assumed, ;,7-A-"i Begins :Again 'Jtodnr.','. When the. house convenes tomor row an effort will be? mad to adopt a rule shutting off further delay, it will be bitterly fought" by a new band of fillbusterers, made up' of former advocates Of the measure as it came from the senate. Representative Mann, of Illinois, who conducted the original filibuster ended his fight when he succeeded In having the French- spoliation and navy yard overtime claims stricken out This 'was accomplished when the house voted to substitute a house bill for the senate' bill) The house bill car ries only war claims which have been adjudicated In the court of claims. The democrats, who were particu larly Interested In the war claims affecting Southern people, were op posed to the spoliation claims. When they voted to strike out the latter, however, they lost the support of the republican memliers who favor ed the omnibus bill because It In cluded the French claims. Realis ing that the new house bill prob ably has not the slightest chance of passing the senate, Mr. Mann ceased his filibuster. It was Immediately ' taken up, however, by Representative Gardner, of Massachusetts; Bennett and Persons, of New Tnrk, and sev eral Nsw England members. The New Englanders declare that unless the bill contained the spoliation clulma it should not pass, ' , Cut Out All Donate, There was talk tonight that gen eral rule will be adopted In ' tb house tomorrow providing for the consideration of all bills during Hit rsmaindsr of the session andsr sus pension of the nilea This means that debet will bs cut down almost to nothing and that measures will be rushed through at fast as pos sible. , This action would dispose ef fectually of ths' rumor that some of the house leaders were planning to Wing 'about aw xuwws9aIirww 'Trk' b . extra session I called, as now seems probable. It I bsllsved the house will h in a position to throw ths entire blame for it an the sen ate,' ' . The house remained In session all last night end until a few minutes before 4 o'clock this afternoon. Practically nothing was seeompllsh ed during the last twelve hours of ths sitting, except the pronounce ment of the eulogies, which were permitted by unanimous consent The remainder, of the day was spenl in waiting for a quorum. Sergnt-at-arm were sent broad cast through the nlty at six o'clock this morning. Generally sueaklng they did not serve their warrants on members until along toward I o'clock. Even then there were no physical arrests, the members being quite willing to return. Half of the demo crats had been sent home to sleep, so as to relieve at noon their fati gued comrades, who were "holding the fort." , Disorder and Confusion, The waits for a quorum were marked by occasional disorder and confusion. Most of the time, how. ever, the house was being entertain ed by humorous speeches and songs. Represents tlv Edwards of Georgia, stirred the house shortly before noon today by declaring that at the height of th debate last night a "lobbyist" fur the French claim cam into the speaker's lobby and to ths very doer of th chamber In an attempt to psg tme puprr to a member of the bouse. "That member," said Mr, Edwards, "come from New York and I one of th men now' In charge pt this filibuster. 1 demand to know what the connection 1 between thl mem bur and the lobbyist.' 1 "Doe the gentleman refer to met' demanded. Representative Bennett, of "I do not," replied Mr. Edward. '.The gentleman from Georgia ,wa pressed to hams' th member. "My information, derived from SUUIt HtfvniB, IIS SHI, i IS II1MC WIS gentlemen is Mr. Parson, ftepresen tatlv Foster, of Illinois, In this house interrupted thl lobbyist when hs was attsmptlng to seqd a pamphlet to Mr, faraon. It is a sad day In the history of this country, gentle. mop, when th very halls ot congress are invaded by lobbyists; when wo are compelled to transact business on th Lord' diy and when th wilt of the great majority can be thwart ed by a few gentlemen wno nav private Interests at slake," Mr. Bennett took, the floor and id that in the absence of , Mr, Parson he would speak for Ms col league. ( ... Merely He lng Information "If it be orlms." he said, "for my colleague to seek Information coriceralng matter pending before this house, then 1 wish my democrat lo friends would commit a few more crime on that side of the cham ber." When dayllgfit came, a sleepy lot (Contlnned on Pagw Three) HER DEAOjESPITE NEWS Has No Faith in Story from Idaho of Detention of Girl There NEW YORK, rb 19. Notwith standing the news '!!.patches, telling of the detention at Hand Point, Idaho, of a girl answerlnK the description f Dorothy Arnold. hr father, Fran cis R. Arnold, was s certain as ever today that his 1.i lighter Is dead. 7 have received a private tele- gram similar to the press dlspstche from Idsjp," he salrl. "but I talse no stock In the clue. We have re ceived dozens of surli tqiegrsms since Dorothy disappeared. " Mr. Arnold sdml'tefl today that he had a conference yesterday with District Attorney Whitman, but de clined to discuss the report that they had any positive ciue that his daughter had met death. The police made m. further move today in the InvestlKntlon. .ISDIEJEPNEUMONIA Representative Allen Has Served Continuously Since Succeding Reed WASHINGTON, Fek. 19, Fore cast: North aroiioa: rain Monday; ,Tuadaj! fair and colder; moderate soatawett winds, becoming northwest. WABHINTON. Feb. 19 represen tative Ames Lawrene Allen, who succeeded the later Speaker Thomas P. Reed a congressman from the first district of Maine, is critically 111 here a-lth pneumonia and Is not ex pected to live through the nlfht, Mr. Alien, who is nearly 74 years old, suffered an attack of grip a week ago which developed In the last few days Into pneumonia. His son, Dr. Ed win C Allen of Alfred, Maine. and Dr, Jesse ShoUp of this cltv who are In constant attendance at Representa tive Alien's bedside dectii rod tonight they had given up hope of his re covery. Representative Allen was first elec ted to the Sth congress in 1S9 to nil the vacancy caused by the resig nation of Speaker Reed for whom- he had been private secretary. He has been continuously since in the lower house, but was not re-elected iMi fall. XOKTFiKR SWKfcPH TKXAH DALLAS, Tex., Feb. 19 Following spring-like weather snd gentle rain In the past week, a norther swept over Texas today, sending th tem perature down thirty degree or more, In ome Instances below' the freez ing point and fesrs are entertained for the fruit crops should the wind dl tonight, Orchards sr in lull bloom over ti state, T PREVAIL JUJLJHIS WEEK Frost and Freezing to Suc ceed Balmy Spring Weath er of Present WASHINGTON, Feb, J. The coming week will be one of low tem peratures in practically all districts east of the Rocky mountains and generally fair weather prereeded by snows In northern and central and rains In southern states east of the Mississippi river Monday and Mon day nlKht, according to the predlc tlon nf the weather bureau. An ex tensi.e area of cold weather that covers the plain state and the north, est will advance eastward and southward and cans frosts and freezing temperatures Mumbty and Tdy In tbjr gulf states and Tues day snd ' Wednesday In the South Atlantic states except southern Flor Ida. OAlNteSVrU.K, Os . Feb. II. After a posse mobilised at th coun ty Jair tonight to start on th trail of Hire men believed to be member of the gang which held up and rob bed th Umnhcrn railway fast mall train ner $ hit Sulphur, Spring early yterd, morning, th man hunt wa suddenly railed oft" by the officer in charg. a waa stated that a fresh - start would be mad arly tomorrow morning unnder tha. ' direction of J. w. Connolly, hlcf . pedal agent of In Southern rail- y wnw wilt arriv her tonight hllr ths orficer here are reluct ant to discus any Information It is learned they ha reliable clue to ... wiiwr w m uunnits and ar rest ar expected within ths next day or, two. . Husplolon still points to th thre men , who war seen skulking Into town early thl morning. Thes ' men Kver followed by several eltlieu but when on of th men turned on his shadow ami showed tight they retreated nd th stranger mads their escnp. It is bullrve that the officer at work on thiuihav Informations to their whereabouts. Severn! posse whkih hve been scouting the coun try around the scene 4 tie hold-up 11 day, returned to the Ally tonight' nd reported - fruit Its imtit. , Ths ountry huiy gni hea lij- -wooded nd affords excellent numntt for th robbers to cover their tracks. In ad. dttlon' it has been raining all day and th man hunting dog have been untune p pica up th scent It is believed, however, that the bamllt ' still are in this secliorf of h eoiin. trr. - ' ' ' ' . ' . Information received here Int to. night t to. the erfeot that on of th package tnken from th expres rat saf contained 114,000, In Addition to tills a quantity of foreign mone, th amount of which la not stated, also is missing; Several forelan all. ver place were found on th around shortly after th robbery and thes ' ar believed to Have 'been In th missing package, . CA06HT IN DEATH TRIP, SEVEN DIE IN EllCES CAUSED BT CAS CRATE Only Father Escaped Out of Family of Eight" , -People ' BODIES CREMATED TRAIN DERAIILED, TWENTY J)NE HURT NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 19 Twenty-one persons were sHghtty hurt when train No. 14, on the Ten nessee Central, due to arrive In Nashville at . 7,16 o'clock tonight from Hopklnevllle, Ky., Was derailed at Adalrsvllle. two mile north of Clarksvtlie thl afternoon at 6 o'clock. Two of the passenger coaches turned over. . The accident was due to th dropping of brake hoe across a spring rail frog. Oreat excitement was caused by the coaches catching fire from the gaa laTpa Immediately after the ac cident Th coaches Were destroyed, ermwf, W. Va., Feb, l-HSUn person lost their llva In a fir which destroyed th horn of J, D, Hardin in thl city early today. Only -Mr. Hardin escaped, the six remain ing member of hi family and a little girt whs made her horn with the Hardin, perishing in th flamas. . Th dead: Mrs. J. D. Hardin, aged tit. ' Pembroke Hardin, aged Jl, Margaret Hardin, aged ft. James and Rlva, twin, aged I, Paul Hardin, aged three, Ada Oroen,' aged 14. The fire was caused hy s natural' ga grate. When Mr. Hardin swok the entire floor was ablet. Awaken ing her husband, he slesed two of he children and dashed for a stair way Which Immediately collapsed.: The two children war tost, while the father wa thrown to a oolnt of safety and made bis escape, Mrs. Hardin seeing, the stairway fail, Jumped from h second tory and received injuries from which h . died . lat-r. The bodies of the flva Hardin eMl dren and that ot Ada Green were cremated in the flames that destroy. d the house. , THOOPH tm frontier; MEXICO Clf , Kob. Th twenty-fifth battalion of Infantry from ' Qulntana Ron Yucatan, slved her today and will proceed at once, it I said, to rhe frontier. r r '. From Zacateea belated telegram bring new of an attack fw day t ago by (00 rebels vupoft San Juan, ' Ouad(loupv In the northern part of the state of Zacateces. They were siild to have been repelled br a smalt number of civilian and gendarme. Lais Moya, a rebel leader, "was - wounded ana. Captured. TralneJ on the Central rsllway be- ' tween Torreron and Durango are be ing stopped with considerable regu larity by rebels who search the r -sengers for weapon ' A bride i Malirwaa turned and many i, das along" the line have b. , i d during th last few 5

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