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THE ASHEWCEE CITIZEN. THE WEATHER: RAIN. Head th "Poultry nl Egge Classified AO. ' iVOL.XXVH.,N0.132. ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 2t 1911. - PRICE FIVE CENTS ft -i V 1. 0 i) A ll CM 0 0) (9 2EIAYA COMESOUT IHLOHG PAMPHLET ABUSIHERIGr Safe In Belgium - Former Nic aragua .Tyrant Opens Gates of Wrath PRESIDENT TAFT IS CALLED SLANDERER, Declares we Fostered Revo lutlon In Central America and Will Take AH NEW; ORLEANS, March 1.- In a sixteen page pamphlet bearing the ti tle "Refutation of the a atement of President TsiV' received here today from Bruseela Jose Santos Zelaya, ex ile former precedent of Nicaragua in dulges In bitter denunciation of Pres ident Taft and this government pol ley of aggression In Latin America Calls Taft Slajwlcrer. , He brands Preeldent Taft as a slen derer. accuses the Untied States' gov ernment of having shamelessly aided the rebellion In Nicaragua; of .'having "bought consciences" - 'to further its scheme, of aggrandisement anil warns Latin-Americans that' the puf.-poee of the Taft administration Is to seise the (Central American rejmblk. The pamphlet has been widely distributed, i Zelaya auaca upw whs ministration was called fontti by what 'he terma "unjust acousatltons, full of bitterness against me," contained In the, president's annual message to coin (rein In December. '' t ' In that message President Taft re ferred to Zelaya as tha "disturber of Central America" said the people of Nicaragua were finally, driven Into re bellion hy hia ' lawlesa exactions aud. that Zelaya violated: laws of warfare by the "the unwarranted executionof two American cltlsdns who had reg ularly enlisted In the ranks of the revolutionists." ' Other Interferences. Zelaya discusses '"our interference" in Cuba, Santo Pomingo, , Panama, etc., and declares "that the conduct of the United State has given? a solemn -denial to this candid elluBlon" the 1Monr6e doctrine. y' In place of " the .Monroe doctrine, he says, the United estate government, has adopted the policy of "America for the Yankees." Referring to the recent leWrauguan revolution which finally brought abou Ills downfall, Zelaya says: "The, United State government r Continued on Page FVmrQ II WREGKER RDBIIi IN COURT PLEADED GUILTY This Sensational Financier Throws Himself on Mercy Y of Court y t WILL BE SENTENCED NEW YORK. Mar. 1. Jos. G. Jtobin, the fallen banker, pleaded .-guilty today to an indictment charg ing him with the larceny of 127,000 'front the Washlmrton Savings bank of which he was formerly president Seven indictments against him re main. He was remanded to the Tombs until March 17 when he will be sentenced. Within the' next few days District i .Attorney Whitman will question Rob on about the share of others, not Hinder Indictment, In the collapse of he banks with which Robin was connected. It Is understood the prts oner had professed willingness to talk freely but he has already said that person high up In authority were equally as guilty as he. There Is till pending an indictment charging perjury against Dr. Ion I me Roblno- irltch and her brother, enr relationship with reouple named Roblnovitch who swore they were her father and mother. "District Attorney Whitman would not commit himself positively about thl Indictment .but left the Impression that It would not be pressed. Dr. Roblnovitch, It Is learned, has informed Mr. Whitman and Justice (Seabury that she la now convinced her brother Is no$ Insane. EMPLOYS UNIQUE METHODS. ATLANTA. Go., March 1 Fifty thousand person principally the leading business men of Georgia and nearby states, today received a tele phone message announcing the meet ing of the Southern Commercial con gress in Atlanta March t to 10. ac cording to the estimate of Secretary W. O. Cooper Of the Atlanta cham tr of commerce. . Several days ago, Mr. Cooper made arrangements with J. R. A. Hobson, general commercial wperiritendent of the Southern Bell Telephone company whereby the man surer mt more than S00 local ex changes pf the company are instruc ted personally to call up the leading :usinesa men on their lines and give -them a message from the Atlanta rchamber of commerce. MEMBERS OF CLUBS MAY KEEP LIQUORS IN PRIVATE LOCKER . I , l J - ,N Sale or Handlmg of Intoxicating Liquors by Clubs Otherwise Pro hibited. Farm Life Schools Passed Primary Law May Fail. RALEIGH, N. C. Mar. 1. The house spent from I to nearly 11 c'colck. tonight thrashing out. amend ing, and finally passing on all read ing bill by Latham to prohibit sale or handling of intoxicating liquors by clubs or associations, an amend ment being adopted that eliminated the clause that would prohibit mem bers of clubs having liquors In their personal lockers. ' The greatest opposition wan to fea ture that Interfered with lockers In clubs and Devln of Granvllje offered in amendment striKing out me words "Or where members are al lowed to keep Intoxicating liquors or In storage devices of any kind." ' This was adopted (5 to SI and. on final-vote for passage on the roll call was S3 to II. The -bill as It passed follows: "Section 1. That any corporation, club, association or person who shall directly or Indirectly keep or main tain by Itself or himself or by asso ciation with others, or who shall In any manner aid, assist or abet In keeping or maintaining a cjub room o'r place where intoxicating liquors are received or kept to be drunk or for barter or sale or distribution or for division or use among the mem bers of any club or association by any means whatever shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, providing that nothing In this act shall be construed to prohibit hospitals, drug stores and dispensaries and asylums from keep ing intoxicating liquors for medicinal puropses. And provided further that nothing in this act shall be constru ed as preventing any person rrom keeping liquors on his own premises. And provided further that nothing In this act shall be construed as re pealing or modifying any local laws regulating theae matter. Section 2. "Thl act; shall be In force from and after July 1. ml." Discussion of the bill was spirited, and characterised by cross firing un ttl tha Devln amendment was pro- Pj8'dLnA paeeed. amj, then .the port of the diu was n-y scnn.. Representative Battle; of Wake, old est member of the house, voiced the opposition when he declared that to invuix the right of a club member to have liquors In his personal lock er would be too great an Invasion of personal liberty and endanger the general cause of prohibition. However, personally he was op- JOHN MITCHELL TO REM! 15 OFUNITEDMINEWORKERS So He Has Resigned Po sition With National Civic Federation ACTION FORCED NEW YORK. March' 1. John Mitchell. fOTmer head of the United States Mine Workers of America, and lately chairman of the trade agree ment department of the National Civic Federation, today made public hla res ignation of his office and membership In the latter organization. It was also announced that President Seth Low of the Civic Federation had accepted the resignation to take effect at the close of the present month. Mr. Mitchell's scrwerance of rela tions with the civic federation was the rewilt of the aland recently taken by the mine workers In declaring that any member of thut organization ac cepting a position with the National Civil Federation would thereby for- ,.( membership in the union. With Both denied j tnls choice plaaed before Mr. Mltch an elderly ; he decided to reelgn from the Civic Federation, ' His letter of resignation, made pub lic today. Is dated February 15, and addressed to Mr. Lowe, says: "It is needless to say that I regret the action of the miners convention not so much because It requires me L choose between the two organiia ton u because of the unjust and gratuitous attack upon the Civic Fen eration, svhlch in addition to Its many other useful public activities has stood consistently, as an advocate of right eous Industrial peace.!' MINISTER TO PORTUGAL. WASHINGTON. March 1. Repre sentative Henry B. Boutelle, of Illi nois, was today nominated by Presi dent Taft to be United States minister to Portugal. Representative Bou telle was defeated for the republican congressional nomination In this dis trict at the last primary election. Mr. Boutelle has been a member of con gress since 187, when he was elected to nil an unexpired term. He was graduated from Northwestern univer sity in 1874 and In 1104 received the degree of L. I. U from that Insti tution. 4 , ... . ' poaed to the use of liquor even .for medical purposes, believing It had no place' In the human system. How ever, some men live at their clubs and if they want, to .keep personal supplies there, , their right to do so should not t questioned. Revenue BUI Almost!; Finished. The senate tonight considered the revenue bill agreeing t on the first thirty-four sections. Few- changes were made In the measure a it came from the house. The school tax wa raised to twenty cent. . Section IS relating to Incomes was amended by Senator Pharr prohibiting publishing Incomes and prescribing a fine not exceeding fifty dollars for violation. Section IT. delating to theatre was adopted and the house aiuxhdment cutting the taxes In half rebooted. Section 8 relating to tax on trav eling theatrical companies' playing under tents, reduced to fliw dollars a day Instead of five dollar for each performance. ' Section 11 relating to practicing lawyers, physician, other profession al men. provoked prolonged dlsoue sion, but finally Senator BarhsJm's, substitute to leave the section un. .changed except to .- add expert - countants, opiomeinsui. r surgeons, insurance adjusters a id architect wa adopted amid varyng protests. The bill passed second reading' and took it plaea on the calendar for further amendment and Anal reading. The bill for a bond Issue for the redemption of the bonds faflimg due January I. 1U and authorising the state treasurer to give note "to meet the deficit In the treasury passed third reading and was ordered en- rolled. ; : : , :.. Oft motion of Senator, Bofden, the senate concurred , In '. th)o, house; amendment reducing the bund issue t hundred and fifty' thousand for the tata edminietratlori building, and the , bill wa ordered" -enrolled. j ZSii-itto'U 1L .n.U & night passed on second rending thj Rnbaood bill providing for primary election by all parties throughout the state, j. f r, nn nbiections it went ,owfor fhirfl readlns! until Thursaay Being; set s special order at ten ociock (Continued on Page 1F.) OF Hi HDOPT Place It as Plank in Party Platform After Heated Debate STRONG DOCUMENT MUSKEOON, Mich., March 1. Fol lowing the nomination of a ticket for minor stole offices and after a heated debate, the democratic state conven tion today unanimously adopted a plank on Canadian reciprocity. On that question the platform says: "Having been repudiated by the people throughout the country at the last election the national administra tion Is now seeking to escape Crom Its fatally wrong position on the tar iff by a movement to establish reci procity with Canada. "We recognize the merit embodied In the true principal of reciprocity properly applied In connection with a concurrent downward revision of the tariff and we commend the states-' manshlp of the demooratic represen tatives In congress who rose above partisanship In connection with tlye pending treaty; and declare that ' "We have full confidence' that W.ie democratic house of representatives will promptly enact measures o the downward revision of the tariff: on such commodities and products as will remove discrimination and ma'w the tariff equitable for all claws." The platform reaffirms belief . In the Initiative referendum and recall and charges the republican state legisla tion with pitiable Inactivity. LEAGUE ADOPTS SCHEDULE. ; NEW ORLEANS. March l.--T.l3 1911 playing schedule of the South ern league was adopted her talay at a meeting of the league. The wes son will open April It and oloseept i. ; ; NEW CUT-OFF OPENED LYNCHBURG, Va., March I. The Southern railway new cotMjff around Lynchburg, which Is ten ' miles long and cost 14.000,000 was opened to freight ' traffic . today.,' ' Passenger traina will use the new'.lln la about two week, , . t . . ; UNITED STATES SENATE SUSTAINS THE'ELECTION OF WILLIAM LORIMER ?V.:?l)(((r f-, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm : ,,. '"" i, t : ii?,tJSf - 3 .; i .," .... , . ., : 1 m-. I. .... ,' By Vote oft 46 to'40 Declares That he Was Duly and Legally tol.-,!W Cannot Say Just Where The l Amount of it WA Bit INCPT.ON, March 1, .William Lortmer retain hla seat In the United State senate by , vote of 4 to' 40, that body ? today , having defeated tha revolution Introduced by Sena tor Beverldge dedarln the junior senator from, Illinois had not legally been sleeted.'. Ths end to the case that for , so many month had been before tha senate and which had, pro voked on of the most bitter fight In that body for years fight Inwhich th personal . equation served sv.to heighten and Intensify ths feIltig--eamsrf shortly sijrwt1; rVslseki Promptly at that hour ths.Mc' pres ident '. - brought hi t',, gavel down sharply upon hi desk and called for 'Vote on the resolution. ;, The agreement' entered hit by the mem ber yesterday called ' for the shut ting off of all debate at that hour un til settlement, of the issue by a vote. Senator LaFtallette had the floor at the time and the ' rap of the gavel forced him to an abrupt termination of hi atytl-Lorimer speech. The aye and noes were sounded, and the crowdod floor and galleries fol lowed the roll with Interest most In tense. ' Breathless Interest. Upon the conclusion of the roll call and ."the announcement of the re sult applause was heard from the gal leries, ' while on the floor Senator Lorltver'a friends hastened to ten der their congratulations. Not un til Senator Wetmore next to the last name on the list had voted was the 46 pro-Loiimer total complete. The result had been expected,; but every body waited breathlessly for the an nouncement. It wa received with applause from the galleries but as usual this was quickly fcuppressed by HEAVY REWARD 'OFFERED FOR RETUmiJIF JEWELRY No Trace Found of Priceless Gems Stolen From Ocean Liner Sunday LONDON, March 1. The London underwriters with whom Mrs. Mald syrln Prummond had insured lier stolen pearls and rings offered a re- r'ward here today of 10,000 for their return. Mrs. Drumrnond who was formerly Mrs. Marnhail Field. Jr., of Chicago, has previously been quoted as saying on her own account also that she would willingly give at least M.M0 for the return of her Jewels. tsteamshlp Amerlka some time-bween 19.2 Saturday night and 30 o'clock the following morning and was flrst reported here Sunday night when the Amerlka docked. At that time the value of (the Jewelry wes estimated at 1130,000 though through sentimental associations Mrs. Drumrnond held It priceless. tfrASHlNGTON..' March - 1,Fore- east; . North Carolina, rain or' snow 'toUewed. by , Ulr ;Tbuiedajfc . 'YM.C.A. Circus. Friday. Money Came From But tve Know That a Large Was UeecT Declared LaFollettem Speech. the presiding officer. ' ' "llesoluUun I Lost." " "The resolution 1 Jost" announced the vie president, and Instantly the senate wss In an uproar of people leaving; the gaiierle and (the . floor, It was 'some minutes before the sen ate could', resume i lt proceedings. Precedlhg th taklni of the vote on the - resolution' speeches were made by Senators Owen, Smith, ef Michigan, and LaFoilette, all In opposition . to Lorlmer .retaining - his seat, "and ,by Sena tor gj mrnMfc ,WarJiwMMs rn favor ef th nnnoi session Mr. Lortmer also spoke briefly in answer to a telegram from Governor Dineen ef Illinois,' produced In the senate by Senator Owen, denying Senator Lori mer'a statement regarding himself. Mr. LaFollette, ' the. last speaker of the day, was proceeding to say that every lip of the ' testimony convicts Mr.- Lortmer not only of obtaining his seat but of being a participant In that bribery when he turned with trembling voice end gesticulating hands toward th seat of Senator Lor Imer on his left, r People In the gal leries above rose to what the ob ject of all. thl denunciation would do. There wa an" Instant of tense silence. A Drsmstle Moment, "The gentleman ' Is not ' In hi seat," Mr. LeFollotte said, and, turned away to face the senate. He went on then to review circumstances which he considered s substantiating hi position and declared that It wa Impossible that Mr. Lorlmer should not have known what was going on. 'We cannot saf Just where the money came from, but we know that a large amount of It wa used." Senator Burrow of Michigan, chsir- BRUTAL WIFE BEATER IS SEI Beat Wife, CHoked Her and Took Money, Gets Five Judicial Lashes BALTIMORE, Md Mar. I. The spectacle wae witnessed In the crim inal court here today of a white man who hsd brutelly beaten his wife pleading for mercy with tear streaming down his face when he heard the sentence of five lashes at the whipping post and Imprisonment In Jail. But there wss no mercy pcaue the testimony showed that Frank McCauiey (truck his wife seven or eight time, choked her and then took from her more than no." It was the second sentence of a wife beater to the post by Judge Duffy w-lthln. a month. VACANCIES ABE MLLEI WASHINGTON. Msr. 1 The house today adopted a Joint resolution fill ing two vsnr,ancles on the board of managers of nntlnnnl homes for dis abled volunteer soldier. ' Represen tative Z. D. Massey, ' of Tennessee, was named to succeed" the I Rep resentative Brownlow of that state for the soldiers' home at Johnson City. Tenn.. and Csptaln Luclen S. Lambert of Oelesburg. III. was named to succeed the late General Thomas J. Henderson for the home at Danville, 111: - REBELS KAIL TO ATTACH DOUSLAS. Arls, March 1 The re bel bend which threatened Naco, Mex ico. yenterdar did not attack the town today but Instead withdrew Into Ad 'a mountains It former headquarter 11 mile, southwest Douglas. , , - man of the committee on privileges nd elections,' whlchtnvestlgated th Lorlmer case and In Its report eson erated the : accused senator, was on hi feet trying to interrupt fie tried to read from : the minority report which declared - that the V evidence eld not prove complicity en Lorl- mer's part In the alleged bribery. '? "Doe 1 ths senator ' yleldu: asked the presiding officer. The hand of th clock, hovered over .the half hour marked and people held their, breath. The ehainmsa's gavel, was In the air. YJJut ; mlnut, jut "a' rnlnute.' crfed the Wisconsin senator. I know what the senator wants to say, You never - can prove a ' thin Ilk that but you., can know It. , I don't knew where the money came from that wa used to defeat my own .re-election to th senate but t do know that a part of It came from Wall treVt." Bang, the gavel fell and Senator LaFollette sank back with the phrase Wall street" on hi lips. A titter of hysterical laughter ran over th gsl lerles. , Cluiraber Wss Crowded. , Th hour of t.lt having arrived,' said the vice president, the secretary will repeat the resolution. It we re solved, "Resolved, that 1 Mr. Lorlmer wa not duly and legally elected to a seat In - th senate of the -; United metes by the legislature of the state of Illinois." "The secretary . will . call the roll." . . "Mr, Aldrlch" and the vote was i. ' " practically all the senators were In their seats and all the surplus space on the senate floor wa occupied by members of the house who remained T1P06RAPUI So Declares President of In ternational Union in Statement About Strike WASHINGTON, Mar, 1. President James Yynch of th. International Typographical union, who is In Wash ington, gave out a statement tonight In which he said that the strike of the printers against the Hearst news papers In Chlcsgo was unwise, ille gal end. irrespective of the outcome, could not be otherwise than disas trous to "the Cause of union labor. He edded that when -the members ef the International Typographical un ion understood the facts tbey would be unanimous In condemnation of the Chicago demonstration against a publisher of eight newspapers. . Ths 'International Typographical union, he said, would stand for the protection and fulfillment ef Its contracts, and that the member of the Chicago. Ty pographical .union would be, the flrst to take this stand when the real conditions were understood ty them. Font FWGHTS TOR ARMY. 4V LARBDO,' Texas. Msrcn -. i. Four flight were made today by the erie tion corps of the United- States) army under th direction of Lieut B. D. Foulole, rn the army's Wright biplane, the first of a series of experiment U-ei conducted along the border. "lOnSBe flight a photographer. taken a a passenger s-cutea ' mi photograph while I 'l no i- aeuvered about r-rt FORESTRY SYSTEM HOTLYAnflCKEDBY HiOFIIIO Declares Fores Rangers Are Guilty of Extenslvo Craft ing on Reserves.,': ATTEMPTS TO CUT V APPROPRIATIONS incidentally In His, Forensic Effort he Gives Definition : . . of Grafter ; , WASHINGTON. s March 1.en. tor lleyburn, of Idaho, tonight mad a futile attempt to reduce the annual expenditure for the malntnande of national forest reserve from more than five million dollar to on million dollars, by tha Introduction of an amendmsnt to the agricultural appro prlation bill and brought jflown upon hi head th Wrath ot friend of the forest ' service whe declared he we trying to kill a settled policy of th government -v i , - , . ' The ' question arose In 'connection with the consideration ef the agricul tural bill,, The amendment was d feated, ',- . . i , 4 Severe! senators said that they thought th forest ervlc too costly and the appropriation ought to be re duced but the amendment offered by Mr. Heyburn went too far. During his general criticism of the forest ser vice Mr. Heyburn said that In ohe way and another congros is appro priating almost 10,900,00" for th pro tection of forest. He charged the foresters with using the reserves fori their Own benefits. He alleged that they profit, by collecting bounties for killing, wild animal. 'They create the reserves, prevent other from hunting, killing th game themnelvr and then collect from the state, "They :,hv a private simp," he eld. ' .. Senator Clark of Wyomlnij dennunnl ed, tile forestry system In wurm tortus and in doing so -wariva t.in rn senators that the time would coma when they would rue the day that they had procured the establishment of .reserve In the White mountain and the Southern Appalachians, v. , Speaking of the foresters Mr. Hey burn declared that they were recruit ed from the ess tern state,,' " . , , "They are sucker, j grafter," , he aid, and defining grafters added: "The grafter is not- the man who pokee hi hand Into a till and take out what he gets hold Of, tie Is th msn who attache himself, to some other man' property, and draws it away from him," , ' , - RAO GOOD Tlf.!E III PARIS oiDRicHUfl.iiii::sD i NOWWOfJIBli'lTSPAr Prominent Socialist Defends, Self In Spicy, Creech it Promise Suit ' , TELLS ALL ABOUT XT- ., ' -5 ,r NEW YORK, Mar. lAWm, fcng.f llsh Welling, the wealthy oclst' nd writer, testified in his own de fense st a night conference of the heerlng ef the 1 1 90.00 ult brought'. against him by Anna JBertha Orun" span. He testified that he first met the women on the Champ Slysees In Paris. ' " ' , i , "1 was walking with a friend." Walling said, "and w saw two young women walking along. I said to one. "my friend think he t know, you." We talked about the way Paruilea met and talked with women on the ' streets at night, finally we. took a cab ' to an amusement place, a 'cheap' sort of coney island. i "What took place in the fab?" fee was akd. . . ' - - "Th same sort of talk about the street of Paris. .She put her head on my shoulder on. tha .way home." - Walling said that he met Ml Orunspen again in a few days and that they ' became quite, friendly, oft the third, meeting.. They, were to gather frequently after that lie de nied giving her.. ring or any token' of engegement. " - -j. Three foreign attorneys were brought Into the 'case today t ex ploln European Idea , upon such breach of promise suits. They d-s rlared that courts In their rountrtes looked with disfavor on such salt. Counsel for th defense contend that If Mis Orunspsn'a sctlon would not he maintained in French. German and ' Russian courts, her suit should not be entertained there,. ; ,. CAT11KTI FOR l'ItCTK WASHINGTON. " ! ;ht , torpedo boat , - llo fleet win ; Roads fm their m whl''' I i 1