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THE WEATHER:
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VOL. XX VII., NO. 145
ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MA KCII 15. 1911
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"A New Light In The Firmament"
CAVALRY IflOOPS
. EXISTING BETWEEN
S ADVICE GIVEN
PETTY POLITICS IS
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BY
Ultimatum of Russia Delfv
ered to Chinese Foreign
Board Yesterday
The South Is the Place to Get
But Doesn't Answer Question
Smuggling of Arms and Ammu
unltlon to Insurgents
Will be Stopped. .
Rich Declares Next Speak
r er of house
' as to Where 13 Holstlaw
Deposit Slip
THE AS
SITUATION
GO SOUTH MidOY
SUBPOENA MERELY
AUGMENT FORCES
ALONG BOiDAOY
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CHAMP
CLARK
BAILEY'S
OPINION
CHINA DISTRUSTFUL
. OF RUSSIAN PEOPLE
Reported That Japan is Aiding
China In Enlarging Force
4 ' On Border
ST. PETERSBURG, Mar. 14. The
Russo-Chlnese Imbroglio hss awaken
ed Russia to the fact that China's
deep seated distrust and resentment
la responsible more than anything
else for . the failure of amicable ne
gotiations., Disquieting despatches
from the army of occupation on the
the Chinese frontier have effected
much concern here.
These advlcea describe a disturb
ance among the soldiers over the
poor quality of the food provided for
them. An outbreak was prevented by
h commanding general, who order
ed the governor general of Russian
Turkestan to adequately organise sup
plies "tor the expedition.' The task Is
complicated by the primitive charac
ter the country and the bad roads,
muddy at the present season;
Political circles are Interested in
Japan's attitude toward the Russo
Chinese crisis. The recent speech at
Teklo of H. Inuan. Japanese minis
ter, to China in which he declared for
the integrity of China Is commented
upon in both capitals aa a possible
warning to Russia that Japan Is leal-
t eua lest Russia gain too great advant
ages aa an outcome of the clash with
China.
Is Japa" Taking Part?
Telegrama from Harbin suite that
the staff of the Chinese railway and
, the atepppea generally have been re
'i placed by Japanese) and armed sol
I diem Huge barracks, it la asserted,
(are under' construction at the princi
pal ' stations and the) Japanese' com
I mlasarlat ia gathering reports of the
quantity of grains held in private
latere in Kwantpng province.
I The military party frankly favors
, utilising the crisis to strengthen the
- Russian garrisons in the far East and
at 'China's axpense. This argues that
Ruaao-Chlnes relations are so straln
; d that nothing can. be secured from
j China amicably for many years to
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TIFT AND ROCKEFELLER
MEET ON GOLF LINKS AS
THEY PLA1MN ft DRIZZLE
President Approves Post
ponement of Dickinson's
Panama flfrip
. NO WAR NEWS
AUGUSTA, Ga., Mar. 14. President
Taff has approved Secretary Dickin
son's plan for a postponement of his
trip to the Isthmus of Panama.
It Is stated that this has nothing
(o do with the mobollzatlon of the
army along the Mexican border. The
secretary of war proposes to take up
and settle a difference of opinion be
tween the officials of the Panama
I railroad and the steamships operating
between New York and Colon as to
the freight rates.
It was cold and damp upon the
links of the Country club today, but
President Taft was out bright and
early with his golf clubs for a round
of the IS holes through a drizzling
rain.
No comment was obtainable here
today on the Mexican situation In
general or the assurances by the state
department to Ambassador De La
Barra regarding the movements of
American warships along the Mexican
Coast. It was stated that the presi
dent Is leaving the 'handling of the
situation to the officials of the state
department.
. President Taft and John D. Rocke
feller met today for the first time
since the president's arrival. The
meeting occurred oh the golf links
near the eighth hole. Mr. Rockefel
ler quickly recognised Mr. Taff and
called a greeting to him.
"Good morning. Mr. President," he
called. The president was about to
.drive and looked up surprised.
"Why, good morning. Mr, Rocke
feller," he answered. The president
And the oil magnate waved thetr
hands at each other and passed on.
Missoi ri wnnc directors
ST. LOUI8. Mo., Mar. 14. Four
men not originally on the Kuhn Loeb
Company ticket as given out by
George 3. Gould last month, were
among others elected directors of the
Missouri Pacific Railway Company at
the stockholders today. R. Lancaster
'Williams, who represents an Indepen
dent faction among the stockholders,
was ona of the four re-elected.
SAYS RECIPROCITY
TREATY WILL PASS
If republicans Dont Like Com
mittee Assignments
They Can Cuss
CHICAGO, 111., March 14. Con
gressman Champ Clark, of Missouri,
the coming speaker of the national
house of representatives, today
amanded the famous saying of Hor
ace Greely, saying: "Go West, young
man; go West," and made It to read:
Go South my boy; go South."
"The South Is the place, and my
advice Is to go there. You won't
eat as much as you do here in the
North. If you do, you'll die. Tour
clothing must be lighter and there
fore less expensive. You won't have
to buy fuel to speak of and you can
allow your horses to graze out of
doors the year aroUnd.
"Believe me, the South Is the poor
man's land, and you'll live to see the
day when the South Is going to be
the richest part of the United States.
"Why say, I know a man who made
tit, 000 In one year off three acres
of lettuce. Sounds fishy , boys,
doesn't It? true though, for I took
the pains to find out. It's a great
country, boys, and if you want a
good tip, follow my advice. That Is,
go early to the Southland' and grow
up with Its progress.
Congressman Clark," admitted," he
would make a good democratic can
didate for president at the next Sec
tion, saying:
"well, the democratic party might
go farther and fare worse and I
think It. will." . .
He prophesied victory for the re-
ctproclty measure and sail) of the
tariff-: "We can get by Mr. Tsuft
with a few schedules we hope, where
we never could gee past with a whole
bill."
Mr. Clarke Intimated that If re
publicans In- the ' next bouse did not j
like the committee appointments
they could go hang, for all the good
It would do them. Only he said It
this way:
'Those who don't like the appoint.
menta can take advantage of the
great American privilege of 1cussln'.M
NEW LIFE TO HEARTS THAT
APPROACHJENO OF CABLE
Bare Things Are Promised
for Future Through
Wonders of Surgery
OPINION OF EXPERT
BOSTON, Mar. 14. Dr. Maurice H.
Richardson, the noted surgeon, took
a very optimistic view of the future
of his profession In a talk given to
day In the Harvard Medical School se
ries of popular free lectures when he
said possibly the surgeon may yet be
able to give sight to the blind, to
furnish hearing for the deaf and even
give new life to a heart that has al
most stopped beating from valvular
obstruction.
He .also hinted that It Is not Im
possible that sorte day healthy hu
man kidneys may be some sort of
cold storage or other preservative
means be kept till needed, and then
substituted by a surgeon for the worn
out and useless klndneys of some pa
tient, who may then recover.
He said that whereas cancer Is al
ways curable by the surgeon If he be
given the opportunity early enough,
not one In fifty cases of cancer of
the stomach and not one in one hun
dred of certain other kinds of Inter
nal cancer reach the knowledge of
the surgeon early enough to save the
sufferer.' The one thing above all oth
ers that has hitherto defied the sur
geon, he said, has been obstruction of
the circulation of the blood, located In
either the arteries or in the valves
of the heart, but the wonderful things
accompanied by Dr. Carrel In New
York by putting a clamp on the heart,
the speaker believed, open up a won
derful vista of - possibilities for the
future surgery.
If some way can be found to clear
out an obstructed valve, he assert
ed, a man who finds It almost Impos
sible to mound one flight of stairs
would be Just as well as anybody else
as soon as the obstruction to his blood
circulation was removed.
WELL KXOWX ATTORNEY DIES
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.. March
14. Micajah Woods, one of the best
known lawyers in Virginia, died here
today of grippe after an Illness of
a week. He was a distinguished
Confederate veteran.
GAVE IT TO TILLMAN
WHO PASSED IT ON
District Attorney's Acton Char
acterlzed as Contemptible
by Senator
WASHINGTON1, Mar. 14. Because
the authorities of Sangamon county.
Illinois, Issued a subpoena for him In
Connection with the proceedings
against State Senator Holstlaw, Sen
ator Bailey of Texas probably will
make no explanation relative to the
disappearance in the senate chamber
here of the affidavit of bank clerk
Newton and the Holstlaw bank de
posit slip, concerning which there
was much discussion during the pen
dency in the senate of the resolution
to vacate the seat of Senator Lorl
mer of Illinois. Mr. Bailey declares
today that the Associated Press was
In error In sending Tut from Wash
ington last 'Saturday the statement
that he wf at Work upon a "state
ment" concerning the -disappearance
of the papers.
Affidavit In Matter.
"Before the senate adjourned,"
said Mr. Bailey. "Senator Cummins
toid ma that he bad been asked to
make an affidavit himself reciting
that lie had received that paper and
delivered It to me, and asked me also
to make an affidavit that I had re
ceived it from him and handed It to
Senator Tillman, who had In turn
handed It to some other senator who
desired to see It. I very readily told
Senator Cummins that I would make
the afJJdavit and Saturday afternoon
Senator Borah told me that he had
received a telegram from Senator
Cummins asking me to prepare and
end theaffidavlt at once.
"I immediately prepared it and de
livered it to Senator Borah to be sent
to Senator Cummin. lit did not take
five minutes to prepare It and the
Statement that I was at work on a
IrtlrtwneWaf Httrles than ridioa.-
lons.rt Ths seflutor went on to say
that after he had riven the affidavit
to Mr, Borah, he saw for the first
time a news dispatch that a subpoena
had been Issued for him In ttpring-
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AT
E
ISHAM EXPLOSIVE TESTS
Did Not Expect to Sink
Monitor Puritan in Mak-
ing Experiment
ALL CARE WAS TAKEN
NORFOLK. Va.. March 14. Capt.
Philip R. Agler, a member of the
special board of naval ordnance of
which Captain Austin M. Knight Is
president, testified today at the open
ing of the presentation of the de
fense In the court martial of Captain
Knight growing out of the sinking
of the monitor Puritan following ex
plosive tests In Hampton Roads last
autumn. Captain Alger, who besides
his ordnance board duties, Is pro
fessor of mathematics at the naval
academy, stated that the explosion
caused much more serious damage
to the Puritan than was anticipated
by any member of the board.
He said that in the opinion of
Captain Knight It was unlikely that
any serious damage would result from
the tests of the Isham explosion.
Speaking of a memorandum which
had been prepared In Washington i
from suggestions of Captain Knight
and other members of the board, and:
which Is In evidence In the case.
Professor Alger staled that the mem.
orandum had been prepared more'
for the satisfaction of Inventor lsham !
and" Congressman Hobson than fori
any fear that the suggestions ron-
twined therein would be really neces- i
sary. He said that he did not think ,
that this memorandum had been'
transmitted to the commandant of
this navy yard, as It had no bviir-
ing on him at all.
In
COXFKKMXG OV
KATES
NEW YORK, March 14. Secreta
ry of War Jacob M. Dickinson con
f erred with the board of directors
of. the Panama Railway .company
with the purpose of considering a
readjustment of the division of
freight ratea between this port and
Kan Francisco by the way of the
isthmus. The secretary had noth
ing to say regarding the Mexican
situation. The meeting of the board
of directors lasted well Into the af
ternoon and at' its conclusion Sec
retary Dickisoa said .there would be
further 'conferences looking tat suf
adjustment of rates.
7 5 A NEW ONE 'MV j
I ON ME, BUT IT ""wCCVgJ? UT
V LOOKS COO Pr1;,;
: J
THKEA TEN ED
MEANS OF
'Intervention Means War"
Leaders, Believed That Negotiations Are Now Pending Which '
Will Mean an End to Present Revolution,
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NEW YORK; Mar. 14. Before S-
nor De La Barro left for Washing
ton today, he gave out here the proofs
of an article which will appear to
morrow In The Independent on "The
Situation In Mexico," urging all his
countrymen, regardless of 'all divis
ions of party, all differences between
men," to recall the 'sacred Interests
of our country" and "to work to
gether for the progress of true de
mocracy and of the best development
of-the motherland.
Appeal Follows Conference).
The ambassador penned this appeal
last night after his conference with
Senor Llmantoui, the Mexican fi
nance minister, and he considered It
ml 'tmsjartant that.,!. tharf last
moment he had It orowded Into the
locked forms. .
Inaurrecto leaders to whom the
paragraph was showed tonight said
they considered It an Invitation to
come Into camp, and its issuance
makes more noticeable a trend of
events that has been discoverable for
the past three days. Underneath this
current ran a deeper tide of sympathy
between countrymen who might be at
odds but were still countrymen. "In
tervention menns war," said Benor Ll
matour In so ninny words. "Interven
tion," echoed Dr. V. Vasquez Gomot.
the Insurrecto HKent at Washington,
who has been here for the last three
days, "the moment there Is Interven-
MIGHTY TO SECURE
JDHT TD TRY
Drastic Measures Are Used
and Still Four" Members
of Jury Are Lacking
V1TERBO, Italy, March 14
Cavallere BlamhlH, president of the
court, today set about the task of
getting a Jury to try the thirty-six
members of the Neapolitan camorra
by Invoking methode that promised
result despite the terror that has
filled the hearts of' the citizens at
the possibility of being obliged to
condemn those whose deaths would
be pretty sum to be avenged unless
the whole dangeroua element of the
society was wiped out
When court opened today the pres- j
.
ident at once Imposed heavy fin
upon those known to have left town
to escape Jury duly and threatened
that he would have others who had
made excuses for not appearing when
summoned - brought to the bar by
carabineers.
The whole forenoon was taken up
in an attempt to nil the Jury bench
es. Nevertheless some progress w:is
made and early In the afternoon all
but four of the necessary Jurors had
been secured. At this point the re
sources of the court failed and an
adjournment until tomorrow was
taken.
WASHINGTON, March 14. Fore
cast for North Carolina: Generally
fair Wednesday and Thursday ; cold
er Thursday, moderate west wind
becoming variable.)
INTERVENTION MAY BE
CONSOLIDATING MEXICANS
Said Limantour and Sentiment Was Echoed by Insurgent
tlon there will cease to be an Insur
rection. -. Both sides will make com
nion cause against a common enemy."
Two Bides Are Joining.
In, short It became plain that two
streams of tendency were -flowing to
a junction. On the one hand there
whs a disposition on the part of the
Insurrectos to open negotiations with
the representatives of the Mexican
administration hers, on " the other
there was growing understanding be
tween the Mexican government and
the United States. Virtually Benor
Limantour Is willing to have It un
derstood that If th United States will
take care of smuggling, his govern
ment will take care pf the Insurrec-
ffr1"'
With Benor TJmantour and Secre
tary Dickinson, of the war depart
ment, In. town, the Midoro and Am
bassador Pa La Barra in the sum
hotel, the conviction grew that an
understanding between, them would
be reached today. Gabriel Madero. a
brother of Gustavo, chief of the Jun
ta here, let rail today that his father
bad recently paid a call on Benor Li
mantour. One of his friends said this
afternoon that Gustavo had spent part
of the morning with Secretary Dick
inson, but the secretary himself dash
ed all these Intimations with cold
water.
Dickinson Not Mixing In.
"I have not been In communica
L COMMISSI
Hereafter Players Must Re
ceive Contracts by First
of February
CINCINNATI, O.. Mar. 14 The
national baseball commission made u
a recommendation to the National
and American leagues today to ar
range section 1 of article 7 of the
national agreement so as to make it
compulsory for teams to tender a con
tract to Its players before Feb. 1.
each year. Heretofore this date has
been fixed at March 1. and, In case
no contract Is tendered a player by
that time, the player is declared a
frpc agent.
I'ntil such a change Is made, how-
! ever
the commission rules Uat the
P'vr does nrft necessarily have to
receive his contrsct by March 1 .but
the contract must be In the malls by
that time.
WHY NOT CHOW PEANUTS?
WASHINGTON, March 14. The
possibilities tor the profitable culti
vation of the peanut In the Houthern
states, especially In the cotton boll
wee.il belt, where this Insect has
rendered It almost impossible to grow
cotton with success, are pointed out
in a bulletin on the "peanut," Just
Issued by the department of agri
culture. In fact It is shown that
the peanut may be grown in the boll
weevil districts In the South with
muih more profit ihan the white
fltapk-. When the value of the com
mercial peanut crop of,he Vnlted
mate for lftOft was estimated at 112,
000,000, the wonder Is expressed that
this article at food Id Wt more gen
erally cultlyad particularly In the
South and Southwest' where ' It can
be grown at great profit
fT, IXl'IH WOX I TO I.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark., Mar. 14.
Although Manager Griffith nf the
Cincinnati Nationals nut the regulars
of bis men In the line tip today
against the St. Louis Americans, the
latter outhlt and outflelded the Na
tionals and won J to I. This Is the
third of a series of nine game. Cin
cinnati won the first and St. Louis th
last two. t
tion with Maderos either directly or
indirectly," he said tonight 'My pre
ent s tier has nothing to do with the
Mexican situation.' j-
The belief growing here among
those closely in touch with both the
csmpe that some understanding .-will
be reached. The Maderog are consld
ered the wealth and brains of the
revolution. They art act In, sympathy
with the socialist movement in south.
ern California. None of the family
was willing today to discuss in much
detail what would constitute a satis
factory basis of settlement
- Hottest Admlnlotratlon
"What th revolutionists are flghv
tng tor said Gabriel, ; the younger
BW. Walker and r. '
trillion of th onstHutlonT"Theoret
Ically. there is universal suffrage but
we do not get It, We want honest
elections."
lienor Ltmsntour was not much
more definite. "It Is true," he said
that there has been Intellectual
awakening, among the lower classes.
They demand a larger' share in pub-
lie affairs; the government has been
criticised an oligarchy. Reforms
are under advisement, but I am not
the person entrusted with ,, formulat
ing them. I have been absent- from
my country, and I prefer not to be
precise about them,
Continued on Vnit Hit)
GOVERNOR WILL IH
lim GUARD OFFICERS
State Militiamen Desirous
of Going to : Front May
Get the Opportunity
WASHINGTON, Mar. 14. A num
ber of officers of the North Carolina
slate guard have written Senator
Overman requesting him to have th
secretary of war send them to th
front on th Mexican border with th
United State troop. In a confer.
enc with th secretary of war today
that official Informed th Senator
that he would send to the Mexican
border those officers of th flats
guards who are recommended and
designated by the governors of th
several state. Those who are first
designated will go at the expense of
the government and their salaries will
be paid and they will be allowed to
remain for several weeks after which
they will return home and others will
be designated from time to time In
their places as the occasion requires.
By this arrangement no officer will be
required lo remain sway from his
business too long," unless war should
arise, and, of course'. In that case they
will be required to remain as long a
their services wer needed.
KILLED OVER DEHT
BANFORD. N. C. March I4.-In
a dispute over an old debt near her
today Paul Wood- Iwcame enraged
at a remark made by Dr. J. L, Cox,
aged 10, and a Confederate veteran,
and struck him -across th head with
an Iron pip. Dr. Cox died two hours
later. Weod succeeded In making his
escape and has so for eluded a poss
which started In pursuit Wood cam
here recently from th turpentine
district of Alabama.
INITIATIVE, KEFKHEX Dt'M AND
. '., REC.tLfk '
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Mar 14. A
bill providing for the Initiative, ref
erendum and r"ll for all munici
palities was signed by Governor John
son today. It will become
Ixty days.
law In,
REORGANIZATION OF
ARMY IS PROPOSED
Idea Is to Assemble Brigades
and Give Officers Some
Real Service . 1
WASHINGTON. Mar. . 14. Th
present patrol of th Mexican front
ler will be increased In fw days by
vral troop of cavalry from th
mounted forces now being asaem-bled
In the southern border ttv It la
announced at th war department
that th lucre will amount to
or seven troop of cavalry who will
b added to th patrol fore la order
to prevent the smuggling of muni
tions of war to th Mexican revolu
tionist. In making thl announce
ment th war department emphatl- -oally;
declared that Hon of th In
fantry regiment now , mobilising at
Ban Antonio, Galveston and Ban Di
ego would b dispatched to th bor
der. , - - ' :
Increase Wm Requested,
Th Increase In th patrol of th
Mexican border line will b mad by
th war department at th request'
of Brigadier General Duncan,- com
mander of the department of Texas.
Previous to th receipt of , thl re
quest th department had ; not In
tended to augument th southern pa
trol. Ther are already stretohed '
along th frontier thre rsHments f
cavalry, on regiment ot Infantry and
two companies of th signal corps.
Bcoaut of th great xtnt of th t
boundary Hn, over 1.100 mile Jn v
length, th patrol of th frontier I '
mammoth f- task. Constant report
ar reaching Washington of th smug,
gllng of arms and ammunition across
th river and It Is th intention of "
th American government to atop thl
practice, s That part of th boundary
In th southwest which la marked by .
an arbitrary Hit I rar1d as ade
quately patrolled at th present time.
Aviator In th Service,-
ley, who have besrt learning .ilia art
of aviation at clan Diego, have been '
ordered to San Antonio tq determine
the usefulness of aeroplanes for mil
itary purposes. " . t
A- re-organisation of the army Is
under consideration by th war de-
psrtment The central idea of th
new plan, which yst I In th form,
tlv state, contemplate the esssm
bllng of a number of , brigades of
troops In various part of the noun,
try nd giving a mny gensrat of II- '
ear as posslhl actual field command.
it I th desir to deors the work
of officer of the enmmand rank and
to attach them directly to th troop
In th Held. '. : . .- '
Th schema has not yet been com-
pictciy worked out and be for It can
be put Into operation must receive th
approval of the president Major
General Arthur Murruy, wh Was pro
moted to th rank of major general
today . will be attached for th tlm
belay to th officer of th chief of -
staff of th army, taking Major Gen
eral Carter's place as assistant to th
chief of staff while aenerat Cs Her
is In th Kouth commanding th '
''maneuver division,' Later when '
General Carter ha served his tour
of duty at San Antonio. Oeneral Mur
ray probably will be mad command
er of th "maneuver division." '
VICTORY WAS FOLLOWED
BY DEFEAT AFTER REBELS
RIO CAPTURED TIVEHTY
They Caught Detachment in
Church but Federal Be- .1
inforcements Came ! '
A NUMBER KILLED
MEXICO CITf, March 14. After
having captured a detachment of
twenty state troops, a band of 104
rebels was driven from th town of
Santa, Eulalla In th stat of Chi
huahua by 109 federal troops. -Their
victory waa turned $nto a . defeat.
Fifteen of their number war lft;
on th field dead. Th rsoort of
the engagement contained In a tel-.
gram received her today states that .
but on federal soldier was killed, i
According , to th message recelv- .
ed the federals wer surprised while f
attending . a aervica , In on . of tha i
churches at Santa Eulalla. For thre
hour they defended their position
but by means of dynamtt bomb '
the rebel destroyed th ' building
and took Its .defenders prtsBMraU
Late In the afternoon reinforcement ! '
arrived and the rebel ' Wer forced t
out of th town.
I
TOIiKDO EVENED P.
''Chattanooga. Tann., Mar. 14 To-.
ledo evened np with Chattanooga this
afternoon winning by a score of 1
,ti.