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THE ASHEVI5LLE CITIZEN. THE WEATHER: FAIR. Complete Associated Press Reports , .VOL. XXVII., NO. 151 ASIIEVILLE, N. CVTUES DAY MORNTNO, MARCH 21, 1911 PRICE FIVE CENTS 0 STOYPIf! TI8ED OF IT Rejection of Self-Government Bill Causes Premier to Step Down and Out KOKOVSOFP IS NAMED AS HIS SUCCESSOR RESIGNS FROM mm CABINET QEmperor Quickly Accepts Res ignation Of the Premier and Finds A New One BT. JPETERSBUna, Mar. JO P. A. . Stolypln, premier and minuter of the Interior reetgned today and hit reelg Mtlon waa promptly accepted by Em peror Nicholas. V. N. Kokoveoff, min ister of finance in the Stolypln cab inet, will be the new premier, and un lets unexpected ctrcumatancea Inter vene hli appointment will be gaietted tomorrow. i Tha council of ministers la in ees aiort tonight with reference to the situation and It la believed that the members will decide formally to ten der their' resignation! as an Indica tion of solidarity and adherence to the ex-premler. . Premier Btulypln presented nil ree. tgnatlon personally to the emperor. j,nii action wae aue to we rejection JT))f'a council of the empire of the t,5aSemstov bill for self govsrnment in the nine; western provlncea. The pre mier decided to make the crlals a personal issue, and the qulcknesa of the emperor's answer was accepted In certain Quarters as substantiating; the report current recently that the emperor had abandoned, the premier ' to his fata by telling the conserva tives n the council of the empire , through M. Trepoff to vote "accord ing to their consciences." Named Successor. But It was learned later that the selection of M. Jtokovaoff was made , by the emperor On M. Btolypln'e rec ommendation, after his majesty had exhausted all means to persusde the latter to retain his poet. The reaction ary groups .which plotted Stolypin'S fall thus get small satisfaction. The present crisis If like that In 10 the question of the re-organisation of the Russian admiralty -came near to disrupting the cabinet, seems to Indicate that the reactionaries lack a statesman o the proper calibre to command his majesty's confidence. ABSENCE OF THE INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM FEATURE LOST RALEIGH ELECTION Commission Advocates Slip ped a Cog and Invited Defeat by Omission POOR ORGANIZATION RALEIGH. N. C. Mar. JO. Com mission government was defeated In Raleigh today by a vote of 801 to 431. The result is freely attributed to the absence of the Initiative and referen dum clauses from the Italelgh char ter. Many who were at first commit ted to the commlselon form of gov ernment changed their views three days sgo when It wss freely pro claimed that the charter, as prepar ed for Raleigh did not have the Ini tiative and referendum features as embodied In the Wilmington, Greens boro and Ashevllie charters. Circu lars drawing attention to this defect were scattered broadcast over the city Saturday and today and the com mission men scenting defeat practi cally let the election go by default. Only 1,100 votes were cast snowmg that many remained away from the pollls. The opposition to the commission form was well organised for some weeks before the election, while the commission government advocates had no organisation. - In a meesage to The Cltixen last night Editor Joeephus Daniels, editor of The News and Observer, stated that ths election was lost' by the fa- ess tal omission of ths Initiative and ref erendum features from the Raleigh charter. He said that some werm commission advocates had declared that Raleigh did. not want half a --Charier but a whole one. like the rharters of Wilmington. Greensboro jdCand Ashevllie. With these errors cor B jfreeted Mr. Peniels declared that Rsl eswelgh would certainly adopt the com mission form when ths opportunity next presented Itself. DRANK CARBOLIC ACID ADKU Os., Mar. !. While visit ing at the home of friends In this county. Miss Ids Griffin, member of s well known family of thla place drank the contents of a bottle of carbolic acid, She died ia sn hour. No as known for Us act. LIMANTOUR WARNS MEXICANS AGAINST INTERNAL DANGERS He Urges Them to Rally to the Sup port of Diaz and Save Country From External Fdes.Offieial Greeting. MEXICO CITT. Mar. JO. With a warning to all Mexicans that with ev ery day the rebellion continues the danger of international complications Increases, a plea to them to rally to the support of General Dlas, and a declaration that the government can not enter into peace negotiations with indlvtduala under arms. Finance Min ister Jose Yves Ltmantour has en tered upon the task of ' pacification' which the world at last has set for him, and upon the outcome of which the whole world ia Interested. The special car in which he traveled from New fork reached the National station here at 10 o'clock to the mln- ma todav. Hundreds of persons. among them were many officials and a sprinkling of women, were on hsnd to greet the trsvelers. President Diss's greeting was con veyed through one of his official fami ly, the meeting between the two most talked of men In the republic having been deferred until later. Mr. Llmantour and the members of his family went at once by autOr mobile to the Llmantour home la In Mlxcoa a nearby auburb where la ter the minister received the repre sentatives of the press. Mr. IJman tour declared that the statement that he was the bearer of conditions to form establishment of peace, placed In his hands by the Maideros In New York was an absurdity. "With bad grace could I be the bearer of such a paper when publicly I have declared that the government could never enter Into negotiations with Individuals in srms. A govern ment should do that which a reason able public opinion but it should not and cannot on pain of extinguishing Itself accede to the armed pressure or a group of misguided sons of the country. They must lay down their arms If they wish to bring about the reforms that may be necessary." As to Insurrection. Of the Insurrection itself. Mr. Llm sntour had nothing to add, he said. e what he has previously eaid that It constitute treason. , "It Is a crime of 'lesa patria' that hose Mexicans who are fighting In the ranks of the Insurrectos sre com mitting, because every day the da ge of International complications In crnases. I hope earnestly that those misguided citizens who have taken MAYOR SAYNORSAYSTHIT OISTRIGTITTDRNEYOUEHT TQ ACT IN EXPRESS STRIKE Says "Conspiracy to Scar the Folks., With General Strike is an Offense STRIKE ON DECLINE NEW YORK. Mar. 20. The dlstrlot attorney ought to take charge of the situation precipitated by the strike of drivers employed by the Adams, Wells-Kargo. and l'nltet Express companies. In the opinion of Mayor Uaynor, expressed In a letter this sf teroon to General organiser Wm. II. Ashton. of the strikers, commending his opposition to the call of a gen- j eral strike. j 'It may well be a criminal offense to conspire to scare anybody In any : Such way ss this," the mayor writes. ' "The present strike Is only Tor the I most frlvlloiis reasons and unjustified ; and bound to fall after causing com- j merce and the community great loss and trouble, thereby Injuring the cause of labor." j Representatives of the express com- I panics declared tonight that the hack- , bone of the strike had been broken. ; The Adams company claimed, to j have restrained more than 200 strlk- j ers who applied for their old Jobs. CHANCE TO ELECT NEW YORK SENATOR i ALBANY. N. V.. Mar 20. On his return tolght rrm conference with Chss. F. Murphy, In New York. Speaker Daniel D. Friable of the ss sambly. voiced the opinion that a United states senator will be elected before the extra session of congress convenes ch April 4. The speaker said that another caucus probably would bs' called, but whether this week or next he ass unable to say. "1 f the democratic party falls to elect a senstor before April 4." he added. "It will make a grave mistake." Today's ballot railed to develop a quorum. STKAMKR AFIRE. ,.. - NEW TORK. Msr. 0.-The British i steamer Paxon Prince which left New I Orleans March I snd Norfolk on the j ninth for Bremen, with a cargo of ! cotton, was apoken on fire at sea j March 1 7 hy the Atlantic transport liner Mlnnnehaha, from London, which arrived In port this evening. part in this movement will seon open their eyes to the light of reason and, not remain longer deaf to the persua sive voles of patriotism." In reply to a suggestion that great results were expected to follow his return to Mexico, he said: "It Is a heavy burden that public opinion would place upon my shoul ders sod no on man can carry it with out the co-operation of all good Mexicans. I furthermore csnnet un derstand why such an effort la de manded of ma, when the direction of the policy of our government la In the handa of no lesa a- man than the Illustrious statesman who haa formed the country1, who haa developed it and has given It a high place among the nations. "Thers awe published this morn ing." it wss suggested, "a deapatch from New York In which Oustavo A. Madsro declared that you had re turned to Mexico to take charge tem porarily of the prealdency of tlje e public." Bays It's Absurd. -Another bsurdlty,"sald Mr. Llm- antour. "Already in times past when some of my friends have besought me to become a candidate tor the vlce-prealdency, I declared my firm resolution not to accept any post In the militant polltlca of my country being disposed to lend my services to the administrative branch as I might be considered useful by the majotty of my fellow countrymen. Not hav ing been willing then to acecpt a mili tant political post, much less would I think of such a thing at ths present time, when It Is the duty of all good Mexicans to rslly about General Dlas to avert the dangers that menace our common country." GRAFT CASES CONTITJED NEWBERRY, 8. C. March 10. Ths rase against P. H. Evans, former member of the old South Carolina board... . dispensary 4treotoi trader Indictment In one of the so-called "graft cases" Vea continued In court here today until the next term. The continuance la probably the last which will be granted, ths case either being to trial at the next term of cobrt or nolle proesed. according to Judge R. C. Watts, presiding. MINISTER TO CHINA HAS BEEN MURDERED ATPEKIN Rumor, However Has Not Been Confirmed Says The Associated Press THINGS ARE MOVING FT. PETERSBURG, Mar. 20 - It Is j rumored here that M. Koroetovetx, ' the Russian minister to China, has . been murdered In Peking. Neither the ! foreign office nor the war office haa j been able to confirm the report thje aflernoon. Advices received by The Assoristed j Tress direct from Taking late this j afternoon mentioned the Russlsn le- J gatton In connnectlon with the Kus- i so-Chinese negotiations but make no reference to any ntoeard event ; which might have furnished the bssls j for the rumore at 8t. Petersburg that i th Ruaslsn minister to China had been assassinated. SVMPATHV FOR ROOKF.lt NEW YORK, Mar 20. Many prominent men offered aid and sym psthy todsy to Hooker T. Washing ton, the negro educator, whose ban daged head Is mending from cuts and brutsea Inflicted, he charges, by Al bert ITlrlch, a carpent'er and dog fan cier, during an encounter last night. Vr. Washington was unsble to press (he charge of assault In court today and his secretary said tonight that it was doubtful If he could appear to morrow afternoon when the cae la scheduled. Many sympathetic t.-le-grams from every section nf the Uni ted Htatea and telephone calls were received by Dr. Weshington all day while scores or persons railed at the hotel srcnrdlng to his secretary. i I cijcvi-xaxivr Btn.oixc, np:i- t'ATKI. CLEVELAND. o March 19. The dedicatory exerclees nf Cleveland's ItAQ.aoa federal building were con clude with n 1anquet under the auspices of the chamber of com merce at which K00 of the city's most prominent and other distin guished men were present. The main address wss made hy i Attorney General Wlckershsm who spoke on ths "ttaU and Nation." ' ALL SIGNS POINT TO S WEEPING VICTORY FORCOMMISSION GOVERNMENT ATTHE POLLS OF ASHEVILLE PRECINCTS TODAY At Headquarter CommiMion Advocate Clcam Majority One,-Busm8s, Professional and Laboring Interests Worked Actively 4 v. -f Yesterday for the Cam of the Commission , Ths polls for today's election on the question whsthsr AAshevllle wants the commission plan of city government or prefers what It is get ting under the present msthodr will open at 'cloak and close at sunset which Is at 1.41 In the- evening. Ths day promises to be fair, a pro pltlous omen for the clttsen who favor ths commission plan, since they want a big vote, and ths representa tive of ths secret self-appointed com. mttte wWeh la running the "antl'' campaign who- wer lately predicting a small vote are nkelyto he dlsap peHate U Is not ielad that there will be at least I.Ws, tes cssf k oauss the peopl have seen stirred up in ths past few days. 11 Thers ars- many good eltlssns op posed to the commission plan, disin terested men) there ars many other good cltlsens equally dlslntereeted who are enthusiastically for It, In fact, It may be said with great cer tainty a considerable larger number. But unfortunately these cltlsena ars not to ba left to deride ths matter. A few gentlemen employed by the city, men supposed to serve all the people and not to boss any of them, sre so fearful, apaprently, of their positions that they are making des perate efforts to get votes against the commission plan. But aome very capable city at taches are attending to their business BY HEAVY WINDSTORM Four Residences Are Blown Down and Two People Are Injured WASHINGTON'. N C, Msr. 20 News reached this city today of a cyclone and severe rain storm which Isst night visited Core Point, shout ten miles from here on the Pamlico river- doing considerable damage o property and Injuring several persons. As nearly as rin be ascertained, four residences were blown down and the residence of Mr and Mrs. E K. Mayo were completely demolished. Mr. and Mrs. Mayo were both Injur ed by falling timbers. Mrs. Mno's injuries are thought to be serious. The storm continued down the west bank of the river doing considers ble demage to crops and outhouses on farms in the Aurora section. Build ings on the fsrms of Mrs. Ballla Mnyo and Mrs. Walter Mixon, near Aurora were blown from their foundations I BFX. AM)F.HSON HKAt ATLANTA, T.a Msr. 2ft N'ew was received by relntlves here today jof the desth f f' Iavld I- Arwier- son. head of the K'.rt Chow (Meth (odisli university st S"0 Chow. China, ion March It. of pneumonia. Dr. An I demon formerly lived el Augusts. C.s . land was well knnn throughout th Routh. FAIR WASHINGTON. Mar. 20. Forecaat: North Carolina, fair Tuesday apd Wsdassday; snodsrsts wast winds. - A ur i Will Bear Close Scruting. vf,rP ' - , - ' . , -J and, not Importuning votes, but It must bs said that others ara sparing no sffort against ths measure, but on the contrary, ars using ths people's tlms and unstinted "effort for things ss they ars. It la a fact that poor laboring men who sometimes work for the city hsvs been sent for and notified that 'they must "gat right." It Is strongly believed that mors than ons minor official eanvlncsd that lis would better work against his con viotlons or b prepared to take ths consequences.;;-'.. . Export Big Majority. - Tst ths aojntmsaKm peopla ars cob vlnced that the people of Ashevllis will give a big majority for ths im mission plan, and not a few of thoss actively opposing It admit privately that ths chances ara against them. The reason tor this llss In ths fact that while ths activity of thoss who have axes to grind gets soma at ths voles against commission rule. It has turned in favor of the plan a much greater number ef good man who, while at first Inclined against ths plan, will not stand ths Idsa of man employed by the people undertaking to dictate to them. Htlll olhere Inclined against the com mission plan are displeased and alarmed at seeing certain sinister ele ments lined up sgalnst It. They do not understand why - these elements are so keen for the present plen of HE SAYS HIS WIFE TRIED j Charges That She Tied Him to Bed and Then Set Fire to Bedclothes i halihbi:hy. n c. Msr. :o. Charging that his wife tied him fast to a bed hlle ivsleep ami then set fire to the lied clothes. Ham Young, a tenant of a farm five miles from I Hallsbury, me to town today in j I search of offlrers He declared that : he and his wife had retired In good I j humor, that he was awakened by the i j smell of moke that he found his j ! limbs tied to the bed anil that he ; I as unsble lo free himself until the : fir,, htirned the rope Just In time to j save his life. He bore several burns j ion bis face when he reached this' 'city. The affair is a mystery and the j i officers are making Investigation. j no ia;kk of war. j NEW Oltl.EANH. Msr. 10 There , Is not the slightest possibility of war! hetween the t'nlted States and Japan,! j declared Hsron f VEstournelles de I Constant, member of the French sen kale and special representative of the j Association for International conclll : stlon, who arrived In New Orleans to i dsy. j "As regards an armed Japanese In tervention In Mexico." said the baron. In discussing the Mexican situation ; with representative of The Aseoct- I ated Press."' think It Is noi even worth while to speak about eui.n pos sibility.' ALL OIII-T N POTOMAC. PAX ANTONIO. Tcjss, Mar !. All was quiet at the maneuver camp oday. A 'hike" of the first brigade ( composed nf the il. It snd lth In- fantry. under General Smith to Ln ' Pp rinse was announced for Wednee-, dey. The mar'-h will require water i wagons which are not at preeent evallj shle. However, there is enough nat ural water for a brigade along the rout of ths "hlks" planned. Vott Will Reach Two to government "Wat ; men" and try men" alike ars wondsrlng at this tins up, and If It Is to ths Interest of ths laboring men, the merchants, ths pro fssslonat men, who ara "All for Aehs. ville," for them ts vots as these els menta will trots. The commission men want a big vole because they want ths people to rule, and ths people went a plan which makes them boas, Thay want a plan under which If thsy And a maa not doing his duty, they can T" : Mnv .which ; they cannot do under .tha.prrsent.plafv. If. for t: ample, a commissioner charged with ths control of ths pollcs dspartmsnl under ths commission plan doss not measure up to his duty ths people can get in another man or ths publlo ser vice commissioner or the mayor, :: Judge Jones Prediction, "Ws win. win by an overwhelming majority," said Judgs Thomas A, Jonee, ' manager of the commission campaign committee last 'night, "I was never mors confident of any election result than t am of this ons. It would not surprise ms In ths least if we best ths opposition by mors than a two to tins vets. Ths differ ent precinct committees hsvs worked faithfully and hard and thslr work will undoubtedly result In ths adop tion by our city of the commission form of government FIVE OKOER ARREST ARE EI Curious Ones Are Hauled in for Peeping Around Ham burg Shipbuilding Yards HAMBURG. Msrch :0. rive per sons, Including one foreigner, ars uiwler arrest charged with espionage. Ths foreigner had been for some time under close observation by gov ernment detecthea while pesslng baok and forth between, Hamburg and Bremen, where ten warehlpe of all types are under varloua stages of construction. He waa suspected nf attempting to establish reletlohs with the ship ysrd employes. A ape clsl detective eent rrom Berlin to In vestlgste ths case placed the foreign er and, ths others under arrest. It Is asserted thai a second foreigner managed to elude the detectives. Four of the prisoners are ship yard employes and tbey are accused of supplying Information about the war ships. Bo rar as can ba sscerulned, the Incriminating material found Is not of a grave character, but the police are unusually reticent. Con flicting reports are current regard ing tha nationality of the prisoners. BULL WILL FILF:i NEWPORT. R. I., March 10. The will of Mrs. Msry Nevlne Bull, widow of he lata Dr. Wm. T. Bull, of New York and Newport, which was filed for probate here todsy practi cally her entire estats to her two sons. Jamea O. Blaine and Wtn.1 Bull. Jr Tha-value-of the property Is "not given. LINEMAN SHOT ROY8TON, Oa War. . Eugene Donaldson, telephone lineman of At lanta, waa ahot and fatally wounded st a hotel here early this morning by S. ft. Asher foreman of a construc tion gang. . Donaldson died at t o'clock this afternoon. Asher waa arrested hot declined to discuss the cause ef ths haotiftf. Thar srsrs as witness GOVERNOR 111 DRDEHSr.UGEf.TTQ LEAVE JHS-' OFFICE New Jersey's Chief Executive Resents Implied Insult from Democratic Chairman LATTER HINTED AT THE "USE OF PATRONAGE Nugent Expresses Himself to Effect That Governor Is Not A Gentleman , TRENTON. N. Mar. lo-na Geran Election bill which Governor Wilson Is so earnestly advocating, wag ' expected to some up on second read- . In tm Ih. inMl.kt t-... .kl. . aftsrnoon Governor Wilson sent for nemocratio Stats Chairman Jamas 9 Nugent with a vlaw st talking mat." tars overv Ths interview terminated In Qoverodr Wilson practically order. Ing Nugent out of his sxecuUvs of- llos), i :.,: -:-,- -Vi' it,v ,!t After the meeting fefUH Qovaraor Wilson ana Chairman Nogent gays out stats mania which were practice le IP ths earns as to what actually hap pened although differing In thslr eon. elusions. , ';Vv.f v.-:-. Governor Wilson asked Nugent If I wsg trus that ha waa Apposing tha hilt and Nugent replied that ha was, ' Nugent said that he Udarstoo4 tha governor had tha votes Hut f tio, , know how yen secured. This anger ed the governor who Inquired what,' Nugent meant, Nugent replied that It waa sommon talk .that ths governor "had obtained tha neeeesary votes tha governor characterised as aa In. -suit and bads Nugent good afternoon,, at ths asms tlms waving his hand to. . war tha door. Nugent retorted that he had always keen Satisfied that "you v wars Mi, a gentleman" and left. Just before ths house oonvenea Assemble man Matthews, the democraUs lead, sr whs haa bean opposed to- ths hill -expressed a willingness t resign. As soon as his purpose wss disclosed ths democratic members drowned out Ms voles and refuse ta llstan t him., " .. -' fl' f.r......, ,(, -V.'. UrtliluvllLLUl.., POniSBtiEOSTO. ' THEJIREOfSStrT Coca-Cola Now oa the Rack Target for Army of lied ical Practitioner! - V 'FULL OP CAPFEINE" CHATTANOOQA?'Tsnn'Msr. . Three experts from ths depsrtmsnt of agriculture testified for ths gov ' ernment when ths soea sola ease wag resumed In ths federal court hers to' -dsy. Ths evidence produced wss s to ths effect of cefflna, ons of ths Ingredients or coca cola, on animal. Dr. r. P, Morgan, of ths bureau of chemistry, agrlcultursl department, who had previously had testified as lo ths effect of caffeine on rabbits and other animals was recalled to tha stand but no. new avldanna ..waa. brought out In his tsstlmony. the first wltnsss of ths dsy was IV. Formad, In charge of the bureau ef animal Industry at Wsahln,gton. Ha told of having performed post mor- -ism examinations on many animals which had died under treatment with caffslne. In all cases, ha eeld. ha d!s covered abnormal conditions nf tha Intestines, congestion and sn arrest ing of the functional eotlvitles. Hs aatd the stomach showed fullness ol the blood vessels caused by ths usa -of caffeine. . '.' ' Dr. B. A. Gallagher, of Washing, ton, a graduate of Cornell and1 nor ronnnected with ths bureau of anl ma) Industry, testified as to holding post mortem exsmlnstlons on rabbits . which had died while under caffeine, ' which drug the government contends ; i l -1 . . u . . . , . i m is iaiai pivnHi in i.-tivi vwm mm mis st soda ' fountslns throughout tha country. Several other physician tee tided slong similar llnss. ' I'LAYINO AT WAR; OALVESTON, Texss. Mar. . Ths troops, transports and naval ves. selr'sseemhled at Galveston are rsadr to move. They could get away from here In an Incredibly short '. Wms If necesesry. - -e", 'v.-i out st Fort Crockett, ths 1 eem . panles of coast srtlllery are being gradually whipped into Infantry sr enlsatlone. Down at the 'docks tha three transports ars being equipped with supplies tot all tns soidiera they can carry, Out In ths harbor tha cruiser Tacoma and Salsm ere pre-, paring to fill their bunkers ta thels capacity with coal. , MR. JEMIHO.V HrRTRD. , The funeral services of Mr, ,. ICIla Jamison, who died at tha home nf ma son Mr. Charlie Jemisen at Cendler Frlflay 'afteraoon waa conducted r-"n Plney Mountain church . Sunrfnv four Vetocfc la ths afternoon. Ha 'wags eighty rears of leaves two sods to mourn '
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