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
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101 rvoaiyuauuii
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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.
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