ASIIEVILLE, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, ;FEBRUAKY 26, 1911. PRICE F1YB CENTS A EXTRA SESSION WILL BE HVEHEI STATE ILL LEND AID TO COUNTIES FOB BETTER ROADS Waiting to Plug Him. FORTIFICATION OF . m-. IS ruFUUiour : ON API FOURTH f SmallVote of Confidence Leads I to Determination to ON Provided Senate Does Not Amount For Any One County Three Million Dollars Appro I . VOL: XXVEL, NO: 128. Tnrrip i MIH511 ULIIUII HEADED PANAMA It DECIDED BY HOUSE This Week Pass Recipro city With Canada CLARK AND UNDERWOOD Is limited to Not More Than $200,000 prlated Last Night For Preliminary WorK i 101 rvoaiyuauuii J PREMIER HAS BEEN CONSTANTLY ABUSED dlcal Socialists In Chamber of Deputies Immediate Cause of Downfall PARIS, Feb. 25. Premier Brland and the members of his cabinet will resign on Monday. , They reached this decision this afternoon at a confer ence In the premier's office when the poltlcal situation was thoroughly canvassed from beginning to end. The bare majority of sixteen, which the government received last night In a vote of confidence in the cham ber of deputies, following the pre. inter's arraignment by the radical socialists, Louie Malvey and 'Paul Meunler, was a sore blow to the premier and his associates, who had been sustained many times In pre vious crisis by much larger votes. In the end, M. Brland declared that he was "sick of It all." The only reason for waiting until Monday to present their resignations to ths president is thai? the mints- ters ' TSrae ers wish to snow their respect for memory of their late colleague, leral Brun, whose funeral will take place Monday morning. Much Uncertainty. ' '. There Is much uncertainty tonight to 'what will happen. Whether president Fallleres, after taking coun sel with the leaders of the parlia mentary gToup, will ask M. Brland to stay In power or whom he will In vite to form a new ministry. The decision of the mlnistery to withdraw has caused a,n enormous political sensation. The conservative newspapers are sounding a note of alarm, They declare that the forces of extreme radicalism are triumphing over sane and progressive reform re garding the elerleal Issue, which was . raised yesterday a( a mere pretext J point ont 'tht 1 rtatWWnitaiiiBirtulit'" As' v matter of fact no 'one to. attain. Bruvna-s aowniaii, : xney aceum the man who constructed the ssparaUoft " lai of clericalism, and " new that th- church and, state are completely divorced, Mr, Brland has been merely following out a general (Continued on Page Four) NEGOTIATIONS FOR PEACE REACH DUQLOGK STAGE All Envoys Suggest Names For Provisional President of Country DAWSON IS HOPEFUL PUERTO CORTEZ, Honduras, Feb. 25. Via wireless to New Orleans. The peace conference between the envoys of provisional President Man ual Bonilla and President Davila is still deadlockekd. Rosales is contend ing' for the selection for temporary president of one of his three men suggested, claiming that all of them are non-partisan. He objects to the three men suggested by the Bonilla envoy on the ground that they are .i Wrong- partisans of Bonilla. Dr. jLtftbreno Is contending for the se lection of one of the three names suggested by himself, asserting that It is necessary for one of them to be chosen to ensure the safety of Bonllla's supporters in Honduras. Dr. Membreno declares the three men suggested by Rosales are antl-Bonilla men. troptr Dawson is still hopeful, however, that the conference will agree among themselves and he Is deaf to their requests that he se lect a provisional president The next meeting of the conference Is scheduled for Monday. FOREST FIRES WERE COSTLY WASHINGTON. Feb. 25 The great forest fires of last fall cost the government 11,050100 for the actual expense of fighting the flames, ac cording to statements made by Sec retary Wilson of the department of av-teultnre before the. appropriations nittee of the house. McCTRDY STILL FLYING WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Feb. IB. Aviator McCurdy made two suc cessful nights from Bethseda park her today' before a large crowd. On the first flight he circled the park several times and on the second flew across lake. Worth and returned at a height-of two thousand feet. He wU nvskt another flight torwfow. v SEE PRESIDENT TAFT Democrats Want Month to Frame Policy of Sixty Second Congress WASHINGTON'. Feb. 25. So prob able is It that an extra session of congress will be necessary In order to get action on the Canadian reel proclty agreement that President Taft has 'fixed April i as the date on which such a session may be called. The April date was selected after consultation with Champ Clark, who will be speaker of the next house, and Representative underwood, of Alabama, who will he chairman of the ways and means committee, which will have charge of and report the reciprocity 0111 in ine nouse. t The president had intended to con vene the extra session at an earlier date, but Representatives Clarke and Underwood- told him that they Would like to have a month's time after the present congress adjourns in which to, map out the democratic plans for the next session. There was no change In the sltua-( tlon in the senate touay regaraing the Canadian reciprocity agreement and the leaders see no hope of bring ing to a vote at this session the Mc- Call bill to carry the agreement Into effect A rumor that Senator Aldrlch was speeding to Washington at the urgent solicitation of President Taft to take charge of the situation In the senate, apparently was a distortion of a tele gram .which the senator sent from JekyI Island, Georgia, where he has been for several weeks In search of health. The telegram was to one of the senate leaders asking that a pair be arranged for him In favor1 of the MeCalt bin If it comes to a vote this believes that the coming of Senator AJdrlch would alter the situation In respect to the McCall bill. The meas ure Is opposed by Insurgent repun llcans and others who aided Mr, (Contlnnod on Page Four) IN RAPIDITY OF PASSAGE OF APPROPRIATION BILL Great Part of Sundry Civil Bill Goes Through With out Question CARRIES $140,000,000 WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. In pass ing the sundry civil bill, carrying ap proximately 140,000.000 tonight-the house of representatives made a new record. Never before In the memory of the capitol attaches has the sun dry civil bill, the blKgest of all the supply bills, been put through the house in two days under the general rules and without a "gag"- of any sort resorted to. This fact is taken as another evidence that the house is doing all It can be avoid an extra session and Is anxious to trot the last of the appropriation bills In the hands of the senate In amile lime to permit of their con1li-ratlon. Only tho general deficiency hill re mains to be passed by Ihe house. Constituting what Is believed to be another new record, the house pass ed J67.000.000 of the total in the sundry civil bill by "unanimous con sent." . Of this amount the public building Items, aggregating more than $21,000,000, were adopted without being read hy the clerk. The general Panama appropriations amounting to nearly $4fi.000.000, were passed without discussion or question of any sort. The Item for the forti fication of the canal was considered as an entirely separate provision. DECLINES COAD.TUATORSIIIP ALEXANDRIA, Vs., Feb. 25 Rev. Dr. Berryman Green of the fa culty at the Episcopal theological seminary here, has lust declined a second time the office of assistant roadjuator of the diocese of Virginia. Dr. Green's declination was mare last night to Bishop. Gibson and will necessitate of a new bishop coadjuta tor at the regular Episcopal council meeting in May. . Dr. Green recently suffered a stroke of. paralysis. may pay wrrr. checks WASHINGTON'. Feb. 25. The bill authorizing the use of certified checks In payment of Internal reve nue and custom duties wa passed by th senate today. BILLS ON CALENDAR MUST TAKE CHANCES Question of Deficit In Treasury Made Special Order In Senate Tuesday RALEIGH, N. C, Feb. 25. The house passed on second reading the committee bill that would authorise the state to endorse county bonds for road Improvements to the amount of not exceeding $200,000 for any single county. Members gave notice that while they voted for the bill on sec ond roll call, they reserved the right to oppose it on final reading after in vestigating. The senate and house hold a Joint session at one o'clock for the elec tion of a great number of trustee for the University of North Carolina, whose terms expire In 1912, 1113, 1916 and 1810. The senate passed the bill to es tablish a state school for feeble mind ed .providing 160,000 bond issue and annual maintenance appropriations of $50,000; also the bill amending the general state drainage law and th bill to incorporate the Greensboro, Roxboro and Norfolk Railroad com pany. The bill by Senator Graham to pro vide for the deflclt in the state treas ury by empowering the state treasur er to issue short term notes until revenues enable htm to meet the ob ligations, and for bonds to refund those falling due January, lUi, Is made a special in the senate for Tues day night The house, has already passed such a bill. Many local bills Were Introduced. Woodsen offered a bill to punish by fine and Imprisonment any member caught smoking 111 to representatives' hall or lobbies, The house .refused tp advance on the calendar the bill to prohibit whiskey lockers In clubs displaced last night by the state building bill. "Equal rights to all bills and special privileges to none" ( Continued on Psge Four) POSTMISTRESS HELD UP TEN THOUSAND TAKEN But They Missed Two Oth er Packages Containing Twice That Amount AT RAILWAY STATION PITTSBURG. Kan.. Feb. 25. Mrs. Gus Joseph, postmistress at Fuller, a coal camp near here, was held up by two highwaymen last night ond robbed of . $10,000 which she had Just received by express. The money was to have been used to pay off em ployes of tho Sheridan Coal com pany today. Two other packages containing $10,000 were not found by the rob bers. Tho money was sent from Kansas City last niKht on the Kansas City Southern railroad. There was $30,523 in the three packages. The train arrived at 6.30 o'clock and was met by Mrs. Joseph and Albert Bright, cashier of the company. The money was consign ed to an express company of which Mrs. Joseph Is agent. Mrs. Joseph took a package containing I10.52J and left the depot first. As ahe stepped out a masked man with a revolver confronted her and demand ed the money. Another robber stood nearby. Mrs. Joseph handed over the money. Brlggs, who was close be hind, saw what was going on and threw his two packages Into a cor ner. The robbers ran to a buggy and descaped. MCCII DAMAGE FROM COLD AMITE CITT, La., Feb. 25. It Is claimed that the damage to straw berries and other rjops In this vicin ity as a result of cold weather of the past few days will reach half a mil lion dollars. On one farm 6.008 bushels of radishes and large fields of beets and lettuce were destroyed. tVIXS BACQCET CHAMPIONSHIP NEW YORK, Feb. 25. Reginald R. Flnck of .New York won the na tional racquet championship title to day by defeating J. Gordon Douglass three out of four game. FAILURE TO VOTE ON LORIMER MEANS NO APPROPRIATIONS SAYS SEN. BAILEY Texas Senator Threatens to Start Filibuster in Senate Unless Lorimer Case is Reach ed. Question Before Senate Dut Goes Over as no One Was Ready to v ? " : k Speak. McCumber on Reciprocity. WA8HINOTON, a Feb. 8.-8o anx lous are the senator supporting 8n. ator Lorimer for ota to be token on hi case In th senate that lata today Senator Bailey threatened to meet any filibuster that might b made against such; a-vote with an other filibuster of ?hl own against appropriation bills. He . wanted an agreement reached optm data for votesavina' that unless the senata should so agree he wa folng to In sist upon a ot even it every appro prlatlon bill should fall. . Nobody was Ready - j ' It ti after .S o'clock when Ben ator. McCumber concluded an address on reciprocity VM hour and half remained "before euioate on the late Representatives Levering and Tyre could be proceded with. The Lbrlmer resolution was laid before the senate but no one was prepared to speak on It. Senators Btone, Craw ford and Owen, all of whom desire to be heard, pleaded for a postpone ment. Mr. Borrows Insisted that there must be either-a vote or a speech. No one responding the vice presi dent proceeded to direct 'a vote. The ayes had been sounded and the noes called for when there were signs of much disturbance on the part of numerous senators. Mr, Craw ford shouted, "I object." When re T One lulled Conductor on Train and Bath Are Swung to Same Tree AUGUSTA. Ga.. Feb. 25. Robert Jones and John Veazy, negroes, fliargcd with the murder of white men, were taken from the Warren ton, Go., Jail by a mob at midnight last night and lynched. The negroes were strung up to the limb of a tree on tho outskirts of the town and their bodies riddled with bullets. Jones and another negro engaged In a dispute with Conductor Thomp son of a Central of Georgia, railroad train at Camack yenterday. It ended In the murder of the conductor. Jones was captured but the other negro escaped. While Sheriff Brink ley was In search of the fugitive, the mob broke down the Jail doors, removing Jones and another negro murderer, John Veaxey, and hangea them from the same tree. OPERATION CfltES BLINDNESS RICHMOND. Va.. Kel. 25 Blind ness has been cured here nf a surgi cal operation. Two weeks ego Na than Spllberg, without premonition, was stricken suddenly totally blind at his desk In school. Surgeons di agnosed brain trouble and removed .moll niece of skull from above that portion of the brain which con trols the optic nerve. Today tne ran lnar wer removed under prepared conditions as to light and the boy could ee as well as ever. FAIR WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. Fore cast for North Carolina: Fair Bun day; Monday probably rain; moderate south' wind. 1- M 7 i. it i minded that an objection would not prevent a vote, ha announced that he was ready to proceed with a speech notwithstanding be was III. He said that he didn't want to be "whipped into service." ' Adjournment Voted Down Senator Btone voted to adjourn, but the motion was voted down. Yield ing to tha pleading of tha unprepar ed speaker, Mr. ; Burrow moved to lay the resolution aside. Mr. , Bailey was not pleased with the suggestion, declaring that ther could not be before th senate any matter of high T Importance ,; than that involving tha seat of a enator, and. said con gress should fcettl the matter before final ajjournment. ' H td ' ther wa an evident purposa to flllbuster alnst on though he did not believe that there wa any purpose to pre vent a vote, "But," he added, "un less we can have some agreement t vote, I arrt going to lnlt on a vote If every appropriation bill falls. This matter Is of greater Importance than the appropriations." Kxtra Session Not Calamity Proceeding, he said earnestly: "I am not so sure that an extraor dinary session of congress would be a public calamity." v Evidently referring to the Novem ber elections and to the prospect of SENATOR HALE JUMPS ALL Says it is Inefficient and Ought to be Better for Money Expended WASHINGTON, Fob. 25. Senator Hale today severely arraigned the weather bureau for Inefficiency. His criticisms were offered while tho agricultural appropriation bill, carry ing $17,000,000- was before the sen ate. Mr. Hale asserted that the prognostication of the weather de partment were mer guesses. Inas much, ho said, al rage sum of money is expended on tho service. It should be more efficient. Senator Warren replied that i out of 10 of the bureau predictions proved correct and Senator Young said that the farmers of the Mississippi valley are In the habit of relying on them. Mr. Hale offered no amendment. The agricultural bill had not been disposed of when the senate adjourn ed. CAUSE OF PELLAGRA NOT DETERMINED WASHINGTON. Feb,, SS clen tlr.ts of the public health and marine hospital service after an extended re view of tho latest investigations of pellagra and Its possible relation to corn, are In as much doubt as ever as to the real cause of the disease. The general conclusion la that pella gra and pellagold affections may be due not only to the us of corn as food but also to the use of cither grains and plant stuffs of various lo calities. HIIJ.I.8 TAFT8 KECItETAIlY WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. Cha. D. Hllle. of Oobbs Ferry, ft. Y., at pres ent assistant secretary of ths treasury, has accepted the position of secre tary to the president offered to him by President Taft In succession to Cha. Norton, It was learned tonight on unquestionable authority. Mr, Hllles, who tonight Is on way to Chicago and St. Louis on business for tha treasury department, 1 to be succeeded on March 1 In hi position In th treasury by Kobert O.1 Ballsy. former newspaper man. tariff legislation, h declared that th peopl of th country had ordertd congress to do certain things and If necessary to do thos thlnta h would not object to coming back to Washington. . After a further xohng of re marks, Mr, Burrow decided not to press Mr, Crawford 'to prooesd and th question wept over. .. Responsibility for the condition with which they ara now confronted wa charged In part to the farmer themselves by Senator McCumber of North Dakota In hi peoh against th, McCall hill which puts .into form for mmotmont lnt law th provisions of ths),Coadlaa reciprocity "free men. - ,fir',y v r-jt'.-.; ' Holding that th rntlflostlon of th agreement would pll disaster to tha agricultural interest. Mr.. ItcCumber referred to the sectionalism that de veloped in the tariff situation and th desire of on part of the country to have Its product protected while those of another part should ba mad to compete with tha fre food brought In from abroad. "Under, these condition,'- he said, "they allowed protection an food pro duct and thereby increased th cost of living, Out of this turmoil a new WfresssVNsssWMrssr(isv OonUnwd on Pays Four) STATE TAKE If General Exclusion From Canada is Proposed It Will Violate Treaty WASHINGTON. Feb. $. Th stat department official are In ciinea to Deilev that too . broad a construction ha been given to th action of tha Canadian' official at Winnipeg In stopping a party of ne groes from th United States who otfght to cross th boundry Into Western Canada, It la believed that if such action wa taken it wa based upon objection to th indi viduals of the party. If it should appear, however, .that the dominion government ha decid ed to exclude a whole class of Amer ican citizens because of their color, the state department would probably feel called upon to protest against such action as a clear violation of the treaty rights of America. filRRKNDKUED BY BONDSMEN ST. PAINE, Ala., Feb. 25. K. C, Drew, president of the Fort Paine Fuel and Iron company who was un der a 15,000 bond on two charges for operating an alleged lottery and for using the mll to defraud, was this afternoon surrendered by his bonds men "to United States Deputy Marshal Willis, of Birmingham. Rumor had been afloat that Crew was seeking to avoid summon, as a result of which United States Com missioner R. 3. Guest this afternoon committed Drew to Jail at Birming ham. SATh BOWMNO ASSOCIATION BttTFAI), ' N. Y. Feb. 2. Th National Bowling1 association tourna ment opened here tonight when May or Louis P. Furman and 1 Tother prominent devotees of ' th gam from, this country and Canada, each ent a ball rumbling down the 18 brand new alley at th Broadway arsenal. The , tournament. V , J i will continue until March lfr brought together on of th lj gathering of 1 bowler ; vr OVERWHELMING VOTE AFTER LONG DEBATE . Tawnoy Arflues That Action ; Will Invite Destruction of Canal by Europe . . WASHINGTON,,' Fob. tl.ASlW nearly nv hour cf debet the hous of representative shortly befor It o'clock tonight voted evrwhslmJng. ly in favor of th policy ' of ' forti fying tho Panam canal, and appro priated three million to begin tha work, tho total cost of which hn been estimated at 111,000,000, ; Th action of the hous practically ettle th question of fortification for the sentiment In , th senate I to be mora than twe to -on for for tifying th Itthmu waterway by lea. eoast batteries. IleprescnUtlv Tawn y, of Minnesota, chairman of th committee on appropriation, ha been opposed to fortifying th canal and offered an amendment which provid ed that no prt of th money set aside for fortification should b used until th president of th United Stale had attempted tt negotiate treat) with all ot th leading marl Urn nation guaranteeing' ths neu trality and International protection of th ennal. Th amendment wa vot d down by 110 to . )mt IMiaie HM. f Th fort meat Ion of ths .canal w provided for In th tundry civil bill hut wa considered in the house prac tically as a prat measure and af ter U the other Items of th gun. dry civil, bill hd been disposed of, Th debate, began shortly after I O'clock.. Hepresentstlv Waltr -1. Smith, of Iowa, led off In favor of fortification and was Immediately fol lowed by Rprntativ Kler, who led th force opposed ta tortlflc. tlon. Mr Umlih wt generaly re- garuea as representing the adminis tration In the fight-er fortification; A "number: of th: democrat who Kok. iut voted, gnlnst- th fnrtf fation declared that they were In fvor of fortifying th eanal.tftsr It wa Completed, but thy did not think that th work had progred far enough t do so at thl.tlm.t Bspre. tentative Rmlth explained that If th fortification were not begun and car ried on while - th present ffeet!v construction force wo on th Isth mus tha work would cost vral mil lion dollar morn, , Tawney In OnixMMIna. Represents tlv Tswney In oppos ing fortification declared that l( such a proposition had arisen at th tlm th Panama canal wss first contem plated Jtg construction never would have been authorised. : He asuertsd that In opening th canal to th com- (CoVitinuiM on Ymy Tlir) JUSTICE LURTOl SPEAKS OF BROADENED EMU OF SOUTH SINCE I Affections No Longer Lim ited by Border of Vari ous States PEWTEB PLATE CLUB NORFOLK, Va., Fb; I6-i"It'i no less the duty of a stat court than of United states courts to re fute a state law which conflicts with th constitution of th United State, ' State Judge sr sworn to support the constitution of the United States as well a the constitution ; of th state they hold," declarsd Justice Lurton of the Supreme court of tha United States in pakinr her to night at a dinner tendered by th Pewter Platter club, of Norfolk. In Justice Lurton, referring to slavery . a tne "source of the power as well - as the weaknem" of the South In 1 ' tlm past, dec lured as a Southerner that slavery4 has disappeared and with 1 it ha vanished - every soeclal hum for' Jealousy t - th powar of ths ; union and It rourt. , 'f , ft.iii I,. mm ivn nuu n.. ' inai - sense that we as a section of thi union are to limit our interact. mA - affection iy th border or our tales. Our h orison ha broadened ' we get away from th old Isola tion. Ther ha com with It a genu. - of th union is our government and prime of our pride and affection." Thank God for th ' opportunity for that spontaneous outburst cf old ? ttms catrlotism Which tn 180 I s ut from every hamlet in - T)Iti' I lland." Othw speaker at tonight's I dinner wre Attorney General Wick- j ersham. Judge Keith, president of ! ' tha Suprem court of Virginia; Unit- V State Circuit Judge Jeter C. ! 'irnara. jiiirea l n o m uia wm i r"" Bunn, president of 1 t Philadelphia. i v V. r. f- th Clover ! i -L