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ASHEVILLE, N. C WEDNESDAY MOHNTNG, FEBRUARY 22, 1911.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
T1 BATTLESHIPS
SENATOR BAILEY'S
SNEERING REMARK
'Every Little Bit Helps."
GREETED WITH HISS
HOUSEOFLQRDSTQ
LARGEST III VVQBLD
BE REGONSTRUCTEO
f COME ACftOSS.
TODAY
IS BILL NYE
Day
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Will Have Heaviest Batteries
EVcr Placed on Ships In
- All The World
UOBSON IS CALLED
HIGH PRIEST OF WAR
-Proflram For War Will Call
11 M For Expenditure of Num
erous Millions
' WASHINGTON; Feb., Jl. Th
house late today completed the naval
appropriation bill and will $asa It to
morrow morning. An agreed to when
read for amendment today It pro
vide for the construction of two new
battleships, two fleet colliers, eight
torpedo boat destroyers and four
submarine torpedo boats. The two
battleships are to be the largest ev
er constructed in this country and
While the authorizations nxes me dis
placement of these superrdead-
naughts at 87,00ft tons, there is a'Uke
lihood that they may go tip to 20,
C00 tons.
The new battleships will have
twelve 14 inch rifles, the heaviest bat
tery aver placed on a battleshtp In
this country or in the world. These
Kuns will be arranged in four turrets,
three funs in each- turret. 'This ar
rangement is entirely, new.. . . .
&j0 Russia Is building such a ship hfe-w-fjTver.
and Japan has ordered -a bat
Tvleship cruiser, carrying, a- similar
pattery. ... . . .
, "High Priest ot War"
The decision- in avor-jOf two bat
tleships came on a test vote on a
(notion to cut the number down to
one. This motion was defeated 13
, to 114. A motion by Mr. Hobson' of
Alabama, who was referred to by
Chairman Tawnej" of the appropria
tions committee as the "high .priest
of war," to Increase the number of
battleships to three, was defeated 161
to 8. Mr. Hobson sought to add. a
battleship of 38 knots speed to the
building program, but was again de
feated. " '
The vote la favor of the two bab
tVeahtp program was non-partisan.- A
large Dumber ot republicans voted
against it and a considerable number
of democrat voted In favor of It.
Numerous) amendments were Jacked
. 1 thA maurare. most of 'them
against tho points of order mad by
One Revolution Follows
Upon Heels of Another
, Down There , v
ft EW ORLEANS CENTER
NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 21. Before
Jjeace Is restored in Honduras, pre
jiaratlons have been started for an
other revolution in Central America,
ffhis time Guatemala is selected by
the band of alleged Insurrectionists
Bald to Infest New Orleans. Jose E.
Pantos Zelaya, for years the dicta
tor of Central America, from his
place ot exile in Belgium, Is said to
be financing the new movement.
. "Junta Llbertadors de Guatemala"
the title of the organisation which
opened headquarters in this city
to further their plans to get rid of
Manuel Estrada Cabrera, president of
Guatemala. Today four page circu
lars In Spanish and English were dis
tributed in New Orleans. The post
office box of the junta is given and
the organization has even filed a ca
ble address with the telegraph com
panies. As Indicating the freedom from
possible molestation which the pro
moters of the movement feel, they
say:
"We have to begin our work in a
foreign country, for In our own coun
try we could only do so after the
hinni nt th tvrpnt and his helDers
i(OonHniwl on PsgO Fonr)
REVQLI1TIQN NOW PLANNED
III .UATE1LAII REPUBLIC
IUeTO UNSEAT RULING TYRANT
Jlsatejiave satisfied the hungry soil; but
we undertake our work in a free
country, where the constant danger
of ever Impen-dlng death or cruel
punishment does not haunt us every
where." v
FINAL DECREf IX CARTER CASE
OtVANNAH. Gfc.. Feb. tl. Final
ee was -signed by Federal Judge
Emory Speer tonight covering the
decisions and agreements that have
been reached already in the various
branches of the litigation which in
volved Captain Obrlln M. .Carter In
Uhs district The t'nlted States took
ever about $42,000 of Captain Car
ter's assets and allowed1 certain at
torneys' fees and trustees claims out
f that amount '
Made Slighting Allusion to Galleries
And Sibilant Hiss Followed. Lor"
inter Case Under Prolonged Dis
cussion.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. Shrilly
rising above the expiring applause
with which the galleries had greeted
a comment reflecting upon the In
telligence ot those occupying them,
a long, sibilant hiss floated over the
chamber of the United States sen
ate today. So far as many who have
long been connected with It can re
call, never before had a hiss been
heard in that dignified body. The
incident followed a remark by Sen
ator Bailey, of Texas; Senator Craw
ford, of South Daota, had made a'
statement bearing upon the Lorlmer
ease that brought forth an expres
sion of approval from onlooklng op
ponents of the Illinois senator who
sat in the gallery.-
"No applause will be permitted
from those in the galleries," said the
vice-president severely.
"The applause," said the Texas
senator, who was In controversy with
Mr. Crawford, "Is a fair measure of
the intelligence of the audience."
From that portion of the audience
that had not Joined In the previous
applause came a slight outburst, de
spite the presiding officer's caution,
but as It trailed, out came the hiss.
No notice was taken of the inci
dent by senators or officers of the
body..
Bevertdse Makes Speech,
The 'day In- the- senate largely was
glvon over to Mr., Beverldge who dis
cussed the Lorlmer ease. He did not
couelufle and suspended with the un
derstanding, ihat he would continue
tomorrow after the conclusion of Mr.
Lorfmer's speech in his own behalf,
Senator Burrows, in charge of the
question in behalf of the committee
on privileges and elections, had pre
viously given notice that after the
conclusion of Mr. Lorime'r's speech
he would ask that a vote be taken.
There was general acquiescence in
this plan.
The most spirited part of today's
discussion came toward the close., of
the Beverldge speech and was be
gun by Mr. Balllnger.
Where Did They Get It?
"But where did Brown. BioderlokJ
and Wilson get the money 7" per
slstad Mr. Balllnger.:- Mr. Beverldge
confessed that he did not know, and
to assist hfm somewhat the New
Hampshire senator suggested that as
the men who confessed to receiving
the money were a "band of liars,"
no one could tell whether three was
any foundation for their charges in
SIX THOUSAND PEGPLEIN
LONDON SEE AUSTRALIA!
FALL BEFORE UNGFORD
Championship Fight at Ter
rific Pace Lasts Just Six
Rounds
LANG WAS NO MATCH
LONDON, Feb. 21 Bill Lang,
who once held the heavy weight
championship of Australia, was no
match for Sam Langford, the Ameri
can colored pugilist, in a scheduled
20 round bout at the Olympla to
night. Langford won in the sixth
round, when " Lang was disqualified,
but the contest could not have gone
much longer as Lang was almort out
when he committed the foul. Six
thousand spectators gathered at the
Olympla to witness what they expect
ed would be a long and fast fight
and they showed disappointment
When the contest ended so abruptly.
After six fierce rounds, when Lang
ford was down, the Australian In a
dazed sort of way rushed at the
American and struck him and im
mediately tlus referee proclaimed
Langford the winner. The Austra
lian, with all his natural advantages,
Including -an- extra 52 .pounds in
weight, was hopelessly, outclassed by
the colled fighter, who walked
into him and hit him from all an
gles, where and when he willed.
Lank was all nerves. He seemed
scared to death, and his disqualifica
tion was the best thing that could
have happened, for he- was so grog
gy that lie was bound to have been
put out If he had not transgressed.
The only redeeming feature of
Lang's showing was his gameness in
taking punishment. As early as the
first round Sam punched him all
over the ring. In the second the
net ro forced the Australian Into a
nuetral corner and dropped him for
a count of nine with terrific left and
right swlngB to the jaw.
PREPARING FOR PRACTICE.
MONROE, La.. Feb., 21. Harry
Tuthlll, trainer of the Detroit Ameri
cans arrived here today' to get every
thing In readiness for the arrival of
the team later in the week. He de
clared things looked good, for . the
spring training of th Tigers.
this Instance. In this connection, Mr.
Bailey undertook to show that noth
ing had developed to connect Mr.
Lorlmer with tlje use of money In
the election.
declaring that there was not a
scintilla of evidence connecting Mr.
Lorlmer with the charge of bribery,
Mr. Bailey asked Mr. Beverldge If
he believed that Brown, Broderlek
and Wilson had supplied the money,
and the Indiana senator replied in
the negative, expressing the opinion
that It had been furnished to them.
The Texas senator then declared that
if there had actually been money In
the possession of Holstlaw, Beckmey
er. Link and White, Its source'could
easily have been traced. No effort
had been made, he said, to show
that five cents had been drawn from
Loriroer's bank, and he argued that
If money had been" used for Lorlmer
the : bank books would have shown
this fact.
"That position Is against every
rule of common sense," declared Mr.
Crawford, Interrupting the Texan.
"The burden of proof is not on those
making the charge; the presumption
la that those who profited by the
transaction furnished the money."
Spirited Kotort.
Mr. Bailey was Just as complimen
tary in his response.
"When the senator suggests a re
sort to the rules of common sense,
he should not violate such rules him
self," he said. The trouble he urged,
was that It assumed that money had
been used as the witnesses had
charged, which he did not believe to
have been the case.
"Then," said Mr. Beverldge, "It
was all a dream,"
"No, not a dream: It was all a
lie," responded .Mr. Bailey. -
"Does not the senator blev that
Holstlaw deposited the 12,600 as ap
pears In vldenoeT" .lr.-Hyas
asked by Mr. Beverldge. and he
promptly replied did not
"What motive could have prompt
ed the testomony ?," the Indlanan
demanded.
"The same motive that caused
others to want to destroy Mr. Lorl
mer' character," was Mn Bailey's
explanation.
PRESIDENT TAFTSUBMITS
TO SENATE A NEW TREATY
NEGOTIATED WITH JAPAN
Reference to Restricted
Emigration Are
Left Out
CREATES SURPRISE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. The text
of a new treaty with Japan, designed
to replace that of 1814 and drawn
with the special design of eliminating
the restrictions upon immigration
contained in that treaty, was laid be
fore the senate today by President
Taft.
The essential difference between
the proposed treaty and the existing
convention is said to be in fact that
It omfts all reference to such restric
tions and leaves to the national hon
or of Japan the enforcement at her
own ports the limitations upon emi
gration from Japan now expressly
placed upon Immigration Into the
United States.
, The document is said to provide
that either country may denounce
the treaty at the end or six months
If It fails to operate as expected.
Because It embodies this radical
departure from the' existing treaty
and touches the question of the deep
est Importance and interest to the
Pacific slope, the Injection of this
convention Into the closing hours of
the present congress created a sen
sation today. That thn new treaty
will encounter opposition seems cer
tain for even If It should be speed
ily reported to the senate from the
committee without serious controver
sy In the committee room.- The
western senators are expected to In
sist upo the opportunity for debate
which Will develop the full extent of
their opposition to the treaty. This
new treaty la one of "trade and com
merce Intended to replace the
treaty. af H04 which Is antiquated. ,
It was . drawn simultaneously with a
number of other Japan treaties of
similar scope negotiated with all of
the great powers. But unlike the
others this particular treaty was net
promptly ratified and did not go in
to effect until about a year after
others were In force Japan has al
ready negotiated treaties to replace
those of the nineties with nearly all
of the other powers except the Uni
ted States. If our government were
to insist upon its rights tho existing
treaty could be continued. In fores
until Jul.lZ, 112,
CONTRIBUTE TO
THE NYE MEMORIAL
- Fund
CITY GRADED SCHOOLS OPPOSE BEING
PLACED UNDER TEXTBOOK COMMISSION
Would Cost Cities Many thousand Dollars. Wilt Use County Registration in Ashe
vtlle Elections. General Revenue Bill For Next Two Years Ready.
Propose Bonds For State Schools. ,
RALEIGH, N. C. Feb., ll.na.
tr Martin of Buncombe today intro
duced .a bill to authorise the election
officers of Ashevllle to use the county
registration books In all elections,
thus doing away with the additional
work and Inconvenience ' ot a ,- tirw
registration for the city elections.
The Boyden bill to appoint a stats
building commission and authorise a
1500,000 bond, issue for a stats ad
ministration building in Raleigh
passed third reading and was ordered
sent to the house. . The bill -to es
tablish stats farm life schools and
the bill to increase salary of adjutant
general from tl.lOQ to 42,000 a year
took th same course.
Maiy new .bills -.wsra dntcaauoed
the moat Important probably being
one by Senator Baggett for a bond
issue of 1500,000 for the state uni
versity, the state normal college and
the A. and M. college to be divided
llO,00O for university and 1166.000
each for A. and M. college and state
normal college.
Baggott also Introduced a bill to
enlarge the territory of Harnett
county out of a portion of Cumber
land county.
The bill to consolidate the charter
of Elisabeth City passed a long de
bate. Anti-Trust Bills Soon.
The Turlington anti-trust bill with
IT
Were Charged With Voting
Absentees in Democratic
Primaries
NORFOLK, Va., Feb., 21. The
Norfolk city Judges of election accus
ed of fraudulently votlns) absentees
In the democratic congressional pri
mary of August last were today
found not guilty on all fifteen counts
upon which they had been Jointly
indicted. The trial occurred In the
court room in which the defendent
were charged with committing fraud,
the robm having been used in the
election as a voting place. This ends
the election prosecutions In Norfolk
but not in Portsmouth and Norfolk
county. In Portsmouth late today a
special grand Jury returned trua bills
against six Judges of election in the
August primary in whose cases a re
cent grand Jury returned "not true
bills", fo whk-h Judge Bain discharge
ed them with reprimand.
PRELIMIXAKY SPARRING
PUERTO CORTEZ, Honduras,
Feb. 21. By wireless to New Orleans.
Merely preliminary sparring was
Indulged in by Thorns A. irawson.
United States mediator; Maximo Ro-
sales, representing tne. uavim io.
eminent, and Or. Alberto Membrsno,
representing General Msnue! Bonilla,
provisional president at the first
meeting of the ps-e comerenc neio
hirre this morning.' Both sides ex
pressed a desire for peace.
H3I
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FAIR
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WASHINGTON, Feb.,' 21.Fore-! hardly entered when the xplston
east: North Carolina, fair Wednes- j occurred, . seriously though not fat
day and Thursday, warmer Thurs-1 ally injuring him and less seriously
day. light Aariabla nlDda,, injuring George, Glenn, th negro.
farvorabla report and tht Ewart ,blU
without prejudice cam back to th
house from committee today . and
ordered printed preliminary to taking
their place on the calendar. A num
ber of feature of both bill have
stronf opposition among members of
th committee and they were - hur
ried from eommiltte on appeal . of
Mr. Turlington to gain ttma for con
sideration on the floor In the closing
days of the session. . , ,
Th house want Into committee of
th whol to consider th revsnue
bill, all up to section 21 being adop
ted without change. Section IS, in
come tax, was amended striking out
th clause that would make tux 11st-
s fruUWvo -misdemeanor- Ht hy
Hvuma tnes list to other than
the proper officials, An amendment
by Mr. Privott to prevent newspapers
from. publishing thex lists was voted
down. Bection 21 on theatres was
amended to prevent any additional
county tax and'to provide for equal
division of tax Imposed between cities
and county, 1
A motion by Dr. McPhaul to
amend section II so as to make li
cense taxes for lawyers, physicians
and others 110 instead of 15 was vot.
ed down after spirited debate. Vet
erinary surgeons and optomattots
were added to th list. Th commit.
tee of the whole reported; progress
DEMENTED MURDERER IS
CAPTURED AFTER FIGHT
Probably Fatally Wounds
One of Posse and Carves
Up Still Another
WIN8TON-8 A LE M, N. C, Feb.. 21.
After a desperate fight In which
two men were seriously stabbed, the
sheriff of Yadkin county and a posse
about midnight last night arrested
Moses Hpeakt who last Saturday kill
ed his wife and son-in-law, William
Miller, at High Point,, using a batch
er knife as his weapon. The arrest
was made at a house near the Wilkes
county line. Bpeak I believed to be
insane.
With the same knife which he
used In committing the two murders
8 peaks cut and probably fatally in
jured W. H. Gregory and seriously
injured J. W. Gregory before he was
overpowered. He was finally taken
to Vadltlnvlile and placed in jail.
Kpe&ks told the sheriff he had been
back to his home for th purpose of
killing a doctor and two other men
who had wronged him several years
ago, but was unable to locale them.
Speak will be taken to Guilford and
placed In jail to await trial.
IIOBSOX TO MAKE MHHKHH
ATLANTA. Oa., Feb.. 2!. An
nuiummw.
by Clarence J. Owens, Commander in
nouncement was made here tonight
chief of the United n of Confeder
att Veterans, 'that Congressman
Rk'hmond P. Hobson, of Alabama,
Kill deliver the annual oration at the
reunion of that oi , anliation at Lit
tle Rok, Ark., May 8-I. in con-.
Junction with the annual reunion of
the United Confederate Veterans.
EXPLOMIOX AT IIAWVILLE
DANVILLE, Va., Feb. 21. At mid
night an, explosion occurred In the
gas purifier house of the Danville
munlclpul gas plant, wrecking the
two story brick structure and putting
the plant out of commission. Pore
man J. W. Durham, who .with a ne
gro employe had entered the pftri
Per house to investigate a, leak" had
to th house at I o'clock and passed
th entire bill on second reading with
th understanding that it will - be
amended further -If desired on th
final reading tomorrow.
At th joint meeting of the senate
committees on rtvlsai and aducatioa
this afternoon there was a long hear
ing on (Senator Barham's bill placing
all graded schools in th stats now
operating under special charter un
der th text book commission. Stat
Hupt J. X, Joyner in an extended
speech advocated the bill. There wits
strong opposition by JJ W. Bailey
and tit, R, H. Lewis representing
the schools of llaleigh, C. H. Irulund
and . Hrnator lirvligond for the
"Ormsxira school, ttenatur Martin
of Asbwvllle and others. Letter of
protest were filed . from eighteen
graded school in th state, The ar
gument developed th fact that th
scnoal authorities in Greensboro,
Nawbern and some other place own
the text book how in us and rent
them to th school children at so
much per session, and spakrs ar
gued that th passag of th bill
wouia worn a hardship on thm. An
amenoment wa suggested that th
graaea schools operating under n
eiftl charter be given thre year In
which to imi under th
ommllion, ' but no dcflnlt action
was tanen py th committee.
ASHE SPEAKS IN CHICAGO
Hungarian Minister Shield'
ed From Threats of Chi
cago Slavs
wikaw, yen, 2i.- with a score
of detective rurrounding th house
and scattered among his auditors,
Count Albert a. Appoynl spoke to
night before the civic club. He de
sort ber th , Hungarian school laws,'
scouted th threats, said to have been
made against him by fllavoks and de
nied any responsibility for the riot
ing which resulted In the so-called
massacre at Csernerva, Hungary.
Count Appoynl declared that he
did not take seriously the opposition
which the announcement of his
coming here had created and said his
only crime had been the enforcement
of the law more rigidly than tils pre
docessor. .
SHOOT UP TOW
ANDRADES, al., Feb, 21. Twenty
six Jnsurrecto from Mexican tonight
shot up Algodones, a smalt town In
Mexico opposite this place. The chief
of police was killed and a Mexican
customs officer seriously wounded.
The reber bullets cjtuse a panic
among the Inhabitants.
DEPKKfi LOCAL OITIO.V BILL
COLUMBUS. O., Feh. 21-The
Dean hill to amend the Rose county
option bill, so as to permit munici
palities to decide for themselves
whether liquor shall be sold, was de
feated In the house today, tl to 0,
It needed 00 vote to pass.
FORTY MII.MOV MORTGAGE
BRISTOL, Tenn., Feb, ' 21. Th
Consolidated Coal company In fur
therance of It plana to develops
100.000 acre of valuable coal lands
in the Eikhorn region of Eastern
Kentucky, near the Virginia and
Tennessee border, has just recorded
st Whltesburg, Ky., a mortgage for
$40,000,000. The money realised on
this mortgage will fe used at one In
developing . th properties of th
company. . ,
Seeks to Curtail Power of
Lords andCorUrofpuraUort
of Parliament ! '
IN TRODUCES BILL- IN -
HOUSE OF COMMONS
Great BatUe Over - Constitu
tional Change In England
Is Now on t 'I
LONDON, Feb. tt Th govern-,.
mnt bill to abolish th veto power
of the house of lord which, If th
government 1 able to pas It as it .
stands, promise to accomplish a hl- ;
torlo chang In . tha parliamentary
Warn of Great Britain wa Intro- ,
duced In th house of common to1
day by Premier Asqulth.
No on professes to foresee th
out com of th constitutional batl'a
' Endorsed t People, " '
Th measure, ' , th premier ' said, '
had gon befor th electorate at th
rcnt elections and had bn 'en
dorsed by th return of Its support
rs to th house, of commons with a
major jty ot 12. . , ' .
Mr. Asnulth ' declared that when
th lord rejected th budget of 109
they committed political suicide, His
tory would say that tt was the most
stupendous set of political bllndnes
ver perpetrated. Hereditary in ori
gin, ' Irresponsible la th exercls ot
lis (towers, and overwhelmingly par
tisan In It actual composition that
ws th body to which th law en
trusted th right to delay and check
th constdnred decisions, of Uctcd '
representative of th people,
Th prmir said that h did not
propose to dlspsns with 'a second
chamber.
Mr. Asnnllh said that the political
fortune of th representatives of the
government wer st stake, lie con
ciuded; A t)tiiit mop,
. "The government. ' prevents tlilt
bit) as the first end most urgant step
that It can take toward the attain
ment of perfection." ,
A, J, Balfour, leader of th oppo
sition, commented upon th bnc '
of all evidences ' of a conciliatory
spirit in the premier' speech. All
wer agreed, he said, thst ' ther
should be a modification of th re
lation of th two houses, but th ,
r-contttutlnn of th house of lord
should be th subject of cautious de
liberation. Th tilcameral system
must prevail and th hous of com
mon must b th predominant part
nr.
"Th veto bill,"; Introduced today
Is described h "a bill to make pro
vision with n.Pct to th power of '
the hous ot lord In relation to -those
of the i hous of commons, and
to limit th duration ot parliament."
Th preamble recites that "tt ts ex
pedient that provision shsll be mad
for regulating th relation between
the two house of parliament"! and -that
"It 1 intended to substitute for
th hous of lord as It at present
exist, a second Chamber constituted
on a popular Instead of hereditary
basts."
. This substitution, It I pointed cmt, -'
cannot be mad immediately, how '
ever, and future provision must b
made by parliament limiting and de
fining th power of thfitr eond
chamber.
In Connection With Gratu
ties Paid County
Treasurers ,
ISSUES STATEMENT
CINCINNATI. V., Feb. 21. Gsorg -
B. Cox, for years head of th re
publican organization in Cincinnati,
a prominent factor in stale and a ,
tlonal politics, and. widely known as ;
un owner of theatrical property, to- ."
day wu Indicted by th Hamilton
county grand Jury on , a charg of .
perjury.
The basis of th charge is that Cox ;
allegedly testified . falsely befor a
grand Jury on March II, 1100, In
denying that he received any of th
interat money which Several banks, .
according to disclosure befor th
Drake Investigating commute, paid
to county treasure a recompense '
for the deposit of county funds.
Th apeclflo case oa which th Ju- '
ry acted occurred In thadmlnlstra
tion of John H. Gibson, who rvd .
two terms as county treasurer from -
100 to 1904.
Mr. Cox, In speaking of th tmllet-
ment said; '
'I do not regard thl as an In
dictment In th true sense of m. '
action.- It was purely a pi?
move and was brought about
HUcal cunaitioaa."
ROSSCDKOFCUIIITI
INDICTED BY GRANO JURY
ON CHARGES OF PERJURY