7 THE ASHEVELLE CITIZEN. THE WEATHER: BAIN: Complete Associated Press Reports VOL. XXVIL, NO. 164 ASHEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 3, PRICE FIVE CENTS WASHINGTON FULL OFASPtRANTS FOR E Today's the Day. INSURGENTS ARE E E PEACE MEXICO Important Conference Will be Held This Week In El Paso. Texas J FIERCE JACE RIOT Mob With Arms Swooped Down Upon Crowded Thor$. . oughfare and Opened Fire rasnF diaz Confidential Agent In Washing ton Points Out Two Solu tions of Trouble After Many Lean Years Hosts of Democracy Flock to Rich Rewards lEGQIinS AM D NEGROES IN PRDER SSTOWARD DELAWAR ENCOURAGED WITH DEMOCRATIC DBS JUST A PRELIMINARY TALK ON SITUATION Tentative Proposal Has Al ready Been Submitted to In surgents by LImantour BAN ANTONIO, Tex., April 2. As forecasted last Tuesday the first steps looking to the restoration of peace In Mexico are proceeding with-all possi ble speed. Francisco I. Madero, se nior, Alfonso Madero. Lie Estrada nd Hernandez Gonzales will arrive at El Paso tonight. Qoniales. It was stated today by Jua,n Benches Azcona, a member of the Junta, is the representative of Minister LImantour. Benor Azcona emphasized the state ment that the El Paso program is of a necessity Informal, looking to the bringing about of a real andblnding conference of representatives to be appointed by either side If the pres ent negotiations succeed. Lie Es trada is a lawyer and a member of the Junta. His home Is in Mexico at Masatlan. Will Meet at El Paso. Benor Azcona stated that the dele gation named will wait at El Paso, if they go to Mexico at all. for pass ports giving them the fullest assur ance of safety and freedom on their mission. It may not be necessary for them to leave American soli In case Francisco I. Madero, the younger, has digested Limantir's tentative proposal, and. as Is honied, has already dispatched a nssenger from his camp to El Paso. It may, however, be necessary for the negotiators, after the receipt of a letter to secure a personal Interview Bhould the corre spondence fall to be full and explicit. Should the trip into Chihuahua be made, automobiles will be used over the direct route from El Paso, the railroad being out of commission. Members of the party today reiter ated In a general way their comments on Gen, Diaz's message to congress as being unsatisfactory. It makes no direct reference to any real move on the government's part to secure peace. In fact It Is held rather to minimize the Importance of the revolt. Import ant reforms are advocated but the pressure of the revolutionists in se curing them s not recognized. The Jnsurrectos held that Diaz must do more than his message promises. IS UNMANAGEABLE AUTO One Killed, Two Fatally In jured and Machine Burn ed Up at Daytona WOMEN INJURED DATTONA, Fla., April 2. Felix Fanst, a chauffeur of New York, was killed. Misses Doris McDonald and Gertrude Pflffer of Boston fatally In jured, and Miss Emma Laird, of Bos ton, hurt Internally In an automo bile "Joy ride" accident on the Port Orange road near here early today. The car was the property of P. A. Warner, of New York, who left for his home Friday after spending the winter season here. He left Instruc tions with Faust his chaffeur, to ship the ear to New York today. last night Faust Invited a party of his friends to take a farewell "joy ride" and they were on their way home hen the accident occurred. While the car was proceeding at a high rate of speed. It Is said It became un manageable anl left the road, plow ing through a ditch and striking a tree. The tree tore away the steering post. Drone rausts neck and crushed his skull. The car continued for a hundred feet and collided with an other tree throwing the occupants In every direction. Miss McDonald suffered a broken Jaw. broken shoul der and concussion of the brain and Is said to be dying. Miss Pflffer's injuries also are expected to prove fatal. William Thompson, of New York and Clyde Spring, of Daytona. who were also In the car. were thrown out but their Injuries are Blight The car took Are after the accident and was burned up. NEW ORLEANS WON. NEW ORLEANS. April 2 Five hits, two of which were two-base drives, the New Orleans team, Cham-, filons of the Southern league, won the final exhibition game of the series ; from the Cleveland first team today, j 4 to J. Tonight the (Cleveland first team, headed by Manager Jim Mc Oulre, and accompanied by President j Somers, departed for Chattanooga, where a game will be played Monday before Jumping to Cincinnati for a eerlea with Griffith's Reds. SENATOR SIMMONS WILL OPPOSE RECIPROCITY Outlook Is for Long Continued Session Once Congress Gets to Work CI lien Bureau, Congress Hall. By H. K. C. Bryant. WASHINGTON, April 2 Congress convenes next Tuesday at noon In re sponse to a call from President Taft to consider a reciprocity bill and oth er matters. . The new house la over whelmingly democratic while the sen ate has a small republican majority, counting insurgents and regulars. Champ Clark, one of the most charm ing of gentlemen and loyal of demo crats, will preside over the house, and Vice President Sherman the senate. On the eve of the assembling of the extra session of congress Interesting things are happening at the national capital. For the first time in years the democrats are viewing the boun tiful pie counter of the house of rep resentatives, and their honest mouths are watering. More than GOO posi tions are to be given to followers of the democratic donkey and as many republicans will be turned out to seek livelihoods for themselves. As the blowing elephant . of the grand old party passes out the braying beast of the Jeffersonlans comes In. To a man back In the states this does not Indicate a revolution but to the Washington newspaper corre spondent it does. For more than a decade certain men have held posi tions about the capital and drawn salaries' ranging from $750 to $5,000 a year. Many men have grown corpu lent, gouty and Indolent sitting around doing nothing, drawing mon ey for keeping doors, running eleva tors, winding clocks or doing some thing easier. Senator Vance, of North Carolina, used to say that the horse that pulled the plow should have the fodder. The republicans have bean on good feed for a long time 'but' the democrats are about to supplant them In this neck of the woods. One of the most pleasant pastimes a student of human nature has here nowadays Is watching the new-comers, most of whom are prospective office Seekers, round up the man with (Continued on Pace Four.) ON WAY TO VISIT SICK FATHER AND HELD IN JAIL Mexican Officials Refuse to Divulge Reason for Ar rest of Harmless Man UNCLE OF LEADER LAREDO, Tex., April 2. Mexican authorities early today arrested Sal vador Madero, an uncle of Francisco Madero, Jr., leader of the Insurrectos, when he reached Neuvo Laredo en route to Monterey to visit his sick father. He was placed In Jail Incom municado. Mexlcsn officials will not say on what charge Madero Is held. EverlFte Madero, the sick man, Is the father of Francisco Madero and grandfather of Francisco Msdero, Jr., the lnsurrecto leader now operating in Chihuahua. Don Salvadore left this morning by rail for Neuvo 1-aredo. When he reached Mexican soil he wag taken from the train and planed. In Jail. While the Mexican officials refuse to announce the specific charge against Don Salvadore it is known the ar rest was one of precaution. Jt was learned from a government source In Laredo that Francisco Ma dero, sr.. and his nephew, Alfonso Madero, recently In San Antonio, had ' departed, ostensibly for El Paso.- j Ever since the receipt of this news, the Mexican officers have exercised a j close surveillance over their mote- i menls. Salvadore Madero will be held Incommunicado until a special j inquiry Into the motive for his enter-1 Ing Mexico Is found. I If It wss found that his sole motive! was to visit his sick father he will be; released. T. R. GOES TO RENO. SAX FRANCISCO, Cal April 2. With the departure tonight of Col. Theodore Roosevelt for Reno. Nev., the reunion of the Roosevelts at the the home of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., came to an end and Mr. Roosevelt began the last half of the Journey which he has repeatedly said is his final extended tour. He will spend tomorrow In Reno and will speak on "'Sood Citizenship." He will return to Sacramento Mon day night and after a brief stay, will go north, arriving in Portland. Ore gon, Wednesday afternoon. WHITE MAN KILLED AND MANY INJURED Tgnse feeling Between Races In Laurel. Del. Results In Fearful Tragody t LAUREL, Del , April 2 The Ill feeling which has existed for some time between white and colored resi dents of Laurel and vicinity culminat ed In a race riot that raged In the heart of the town from ten o'clock last night until three o'clock this morning, resulting In the death of a white boy. the serious Injury of two white men and minor injuries to a number of white and colored men and damage to a number of buildings. A lynching Is threatened If the negro who fired the fatal shot Is found. About ten o'clock Saturday nlgbt a mob of armed negroes swooped down apon a crowd of spectators In the main thoroughfare of the town and fired a volley or bullets and buck shot Into the crowd. Many Were Wounded. Orem Stokeley, It years old, son of a farmer living near Laurel, fell to the ground, shot through the head. He was taken to a hospital In Salts bury. Md., where he died today. Oeo. Hudson, 50 years old. a white man of Bethel, was shot In the leg, neces sitating amputation, and John Thompson, a white barber, was shot In both legs while shaving a patron. Other white men received minor In juries. It la known that several ne groes were injured but they cannot be located. Officers were unable to cope with the mob, and there was a fierce struggle between the two races until three o'clock this morning. Windows were shattered and the exterior of buildings was greatly damaged. Raided Negro Quarters. Today when It was learned that young Stokeley had died a number of white men armed themselves, and with Chief of Police Ellis and other off leers, .entered the eorored .section and raided the house which was said to be the headquarters of the negro rioters. Three men alleged to be the ring leaders were arrestd and taken to the Sussex county Jail. Earl Rich ards, a 15-year-old white boy, stole his father's revolver, and captured Oeo. Wright, a negro, for whom the Continued on page) throe) C1NILEJAS Will REMAIN REQfleANIZETHE CABINET Believed to be Only Course Which Will Avert Ex ceedingly Grave Crisis ALFONSO ASSENTS MADRID, April 2. The ministe rial crisis which appeared fraught with the greatest possibilities, seams to have ended as abruptly as It be gan. It has resolved Itself, seeming ly to the general belief. Into a sec ond reconstruction of the Canalejas ministry. King Alfonso on his ar rival from Seville this aftesnoon Immediately received Canalejas and requested him to continue In power. The minister consented on the con dition that he be permitted to make such changes In the ministry as he deemed necessary and to this the king readily consented. The minis ter hopes that the work of recon struction will be completed tomor row'and that the new ministry will appear in the cortex without delay. The retiring ministers probably will b Genera) Asenar, minister of war, who was mainly responsible for the crisis by his attitude In demanding that the Feme debate be suspended Immediately by a vote of the major ity, and Senor Cobian, minister of flnnnee. who appears never to have been wholly In sgreement With the religious policy of the premier. It Is understood thst one of the first steps of the premier will be to relieve the Captain-general of Ma drid of his command. The continu ation of Senor Canalejas In power Is universally regarded as the only pos sible solution of a crisis of excep tions! gravity. Canalejas Is support ed both" by public opinion In Madrid and the, province and all sections of the liberals as well ss by many con servatives STRIKERS THROW BOMBS ML'BCATINE, Iowa. April 2. Three bombs were thrown early today at the homes of button workers who took the places of employes who are on strike. No one wss hurt, but the houses were damaged. A re ward has been offered. TARIFF REVISION AT EXTRA SESSION TO BE BLOCKED B Y REP UBLICAN SENA TE msmmsmmsssmfmsmmmmmmaswsmmswmmmmmisaKmammmmstm ' i, ' ' - Democratic House May Go Ahead However in Effort to Fulfill Pledges.- Reciprocity Treaty Will Take Several Weeks for Consideration, Probably Until June,-Some Democrats Against Tariff Revision Now. WASHINGTON, April J Despite the fact that the democrats of the house by official Caucus have declared a purpose to enact tariff legislation during the extra, session, the predic tion was freely made In Congressional circles tonight that no Mich; legisla tion can be put through the senate at this time, and .that the tre session will adjourn earlier than has generally been anticipated. Sentiment among the - regular re publicans In the senate, to overwhelm ingly against any sort of tariff revi sion at the eUtra. session. Without the support oth progressives the democrats cannot tWlbly get any tariff bills through tha upper branch at congress. i, It Is apparent that. the regular re publicans of ths senate will do every thing In their power to postpone all matters of general legislation until the regular session next December. President Taft. by sending In a mes sage dealing with Canadian reciproc ity alone, will pave the Way for the program which the senate republicans propose to sdopt at a caucus to be held probably on Tuesday afternoon. The promise made by the president that the tariff board will be ready with a complete report on the textile schedules of the tariff by Dec. 1 next and the hope he has Informally ex pressed that congress will decile to wait for this report, makes I he sltua atlon a little more difficult for the democrats In thai the Insurgent vote in the senste Is likely to be won over to the president's proposition. GENERAL PUBLICITY Ul Extra Session May Enact i Measure Providing fori This Before Elections WASHINGTON. April 2 The dem ocratic house caucus having decided to consider during the extra session a bill requiring the publication of campaign contributions in congres sionsl elections prior to the election, the executive committee of thp Na tlonal Publicity Law association, of which Perry Belmont is president, held a meeting here today at which It was decided to support vigorously the plsn of securing action st the extra session In both houses. The-association Is particularly anxious for action now so that the campaign for pub licity before election may be carried through the various state legislatures prior to the presidential campaign of 112. Borne 'twenty states already have laws requiring publicity after election. The publicity association thinks It will be easy to get these slates to adopt amendment providing for publicity before election If con gress would blaze the way with such a national law. Representative Mc Call, of Massachusetts, will Introduce a publicity bill on the opening day of congress. 0s WASHINGTON. April 2. Fore cast: North Carolina, fair warmer, Monday east rain Tuesday rain, ---erate east to southeast winds. mir i 3 : V The republican Insurgents regard the tariff board Idea as of their own creation. President Taft may send In a second message to the extra session on a permanent tariff board. Many Wrvk of Discussion. It Is pointed out tonight that with a report on the much discussed cot ton and wool schedules promised by next December the Insurgent republi cans will not stultify themselves by voting for house bills amending these schedules without regard to the tariff board. There is little doubt but that con sideration of the reciprocity measure will occupy many weeks of the sen ate's time,. It Is argued that it would be- lata in Sum before consldqratloa bill dealing with even one schedule of the Payne-Aldrlch law. With de termination of thirty or more senators that there shall be no house legisla tion at the extra session It can be easily seen, according to the republi can leaders, that attempts to get such measures through the extra session would, be futile. There Is every rea son to believe that the regulars will promise the Insurgents to ncllile consideration of schedule by schedule revision of the tariff at the regular session of congress If no sttempt is made to put through such legislation at the extra session. With such an agreement between the republicans. It Ih believed that the democrats might not attempt to prolong the extra ses sion until late In the fall. There Is said to be no disposition on the psrt Of the senste republicans IT Thousands of Meetings Are Held in Churches All Over! United Kingdom IiNDON. April 2 The attitude ot the Imperial Herman chancellor, Dr. Von Hethmnnn-llollweg, has not cooled British eal for arbitration. The projected demonstration to be held In Albert hall has been aban doned In favor of a wider national movement. II took the form of nine hundred meetings yesterday and to day In all the cities of the kingdom. Councils representing ten thousand evangeli' al free churches adopted a resolution In support of the proposed treaty and welcoming the Idea of American churches observing April 2 as arbitration Sunday. Copies of this resolution was forwarded to President Taft and Fir Edward Grey, the llrlt Ish foreign secretary. News that the negotiations had actually been begun was received f these meetings with grent enthuslusm. Arbitration was these theme of the sermons In most of the churches again today, and a great peace demonstration was held at the Whlttlelds tabernacle. where Lord Coleridge presided. Augoatlii iilrreil, chief secretary for Ireland, was the principal speaker After quoting "There Is a tide In the affairs of men" he satd: Today there Is a great tide and peace wave rolling across the Atlantic. It ousht to be taken at the flood." SALLY LEAlil'E OPENS. MACON. Ga.. April 2. The South Atlantic league season will open to morrow. The Macon club will open at Columbus, Jacksonville st Albany, Augusta at Columbia and Savannah at Charleston. The league will operate under a sal ary limit of $1,00 and a player limit of thirteen. A schedule of 140 games will be played. to block legislation of comparatively minor importance at the extra session, Caucus Tills Week. The senate republicans will caucus either Tuesday afternoon or Wednes day. Senator Cullom, of Illinois, will be chosen chairman of caucus to succeed Senator Hale. After Senator Fry, who ha declined on account of Ill-health. Mr. Cullom Is the senior republican. In the senate. Senator Oalllnger, of New Hampshlret will lie mad chairman of the senate commit tee on committees. It is said that the committee assignments In the new conrress will clearly Indicate the pur. pose of th regulars to give Increased attention to the progressiva republi cans In ths senate.' ; (J, ..t.-; night indicated tnat tney win go ahead with their program regardless of the probable fata of their meas ures In ths senate until such a. time aa the senate clearly demonstrates that It will give no consideration to . gener al legislation during the extra session. In this way the democrats feel they will have done their utmost to fulfill their pledges at the earliest possible moment. Some of the senste democrats are strongly In favor of watting until the regular session convenes before revis ing the tariff. They declare that ths republlcsns have already passed big appropriation bills for the next fiscal year and that revenue must bs raised to meet them. During the regular session the tariff could be revised and the new appropriation bills scaled accordingly. I III MIXED IN CHICAGO Merriam and Carter Harri son Both in Peculiar Con dition on Election Eve- CHICAGO, April 2. Despite san guine claims by campaign manager of Prof. James Merriam, republican candidate for mayor, and Carter H. Harrison, four times former demo cratic mayor who Is seeking re-election, political forecasters admit themselves st sea on the result of the municipal election next Tuesday. The campaign which practically clos ed last night, has been one In which party lines hsve largely been forgot ten and the fight waged chiefly on the personality of the candidates. A msyor, city treasurer, city clerk and thirty-seven aldermen are to be elect ed .two Important bond Issues are to be voted on and the question of the annexation of three suburbs to be decided. Both Merriam and Harrison were antl-organlxatlon candidates at the primaries and their victories have given rise to an unprecedented situa tion In which chsrges of knifing by the old time party leaders have been rife. ! OFFICERS IMSCIKMNO PLANS HAN ANTONIO, Tex., April 2 Senior army officers are unofficially discussing opportunities offered by the present mobilization to work out plans for tactical re-organixatlon of the army. Though nearly a omnth was ordered only 11,000 troops, 2, 000 of whom are recruits, have been ssscmbled. A division at war strength numbers 1M&0 officers men and civ ilian teamsters. To bring the pres ent force up to war strength would call for ths enlistment of approxi mately 9,000 recruits. The absorption ef ao many J'rook les" officers contend . would affect military efficiency. : HUMANITY DEMAMDS CESSATION OF WARFARE Message of President Contain ed Admissions of Conten tions of Rebels WA8H1NOTON. April i.-Polntlng out that the message of President Diss to the Mexican Congress Indorses the demands of the Mexican revolu tionists, Dr. Vasquei Qomea, head of the confidential agency of the lnur -gents, tonight Issued a statement sug gesting two solutions to the trouble In Mexico: 1 - "The government 1 ot President Dial," he declares, "by throwing aalda Its pride and furnishing proof, ot Its patriotism" may treat openly with the ' revolutionists, putting an end. to the conflict and arranging "the best man- ner nf guaranteeing the reform and Just demands of the revolutionists." or the war may continue to Its final triumph, which Dr. Cornea believes la not far. distant. , Dr. Qomea said that If ths revolutionist were obliged to pursue the latter course, he hoped that "In the Interest of Justice and humanity.' the .United States would recognise the belligerency of the In surrection. , In Intercut' of Humanity. "f ssy in the Interest of Justice and humanity," said Dr. Qomea, "because up to the present time, Inasmuch a the government of Oen, Dial has In stated on treating the revolutionists a bandits, they have not been able to properly organise a medical service to attend to the sick and wounded and the burial of the dead, A present If a member of the Insurgent medical service la taken prisoner by Dies' troop ha la shot Immediately." , - - In his analyst of the message of" President Die. Dr. Qomea said ha found much encouragement fpr the aaa of tha revolutionists, ; , " i Dr, Qomea say the message of friksMti ntaa arfmlls .ViriAiu vas tentlons of the revolutionists. Among these I that there shall tea no Indefi nite governing by the ssme group of men. President Dial ha been III power thirty-four year. Dr. Gomes say the Dlaa government - treated with disdain all effort to obtain tha reform, and Imprisoned all con cerned and then cam tha "actual national Insurrection," Dr. Gome say Gen. Dla confesses that these' reform are supported by the think- -Ins men throughout the country and that the government hss not been able to suppress the revolution. Dr. Gome concludes: Itofurtn Must Follow, "The revolutionary party alona 1st entirely cognisant of the necessities nf the people, and la tha party which ran and should carry out the re forms. Otherwise, It would b equiv alent to voluntarily delivering Into , the hands of the enemy all ths bene ftts of the triumph and reducing tha Continued on Psire Six) FAMOUS AGRCULTp'5T, nR SFIMINI KNIPP niFS UIIIWMIKIIMIIUIIIIIII I I r Work for Many Years Has Been of the Greatest Ben efit to States of South ., FRIEND OF FARMERS WASHINGTON, April 2. Dr. Sea ma Asahel Knapp. one of the .fore most experts of the department of . agriculture, who has made Investi gations In many part of the world. died at hie home here yesterday. He was 78 years old. Dr. Knapp wss from New York and II.. In xnnnaetlnn uilh rlr OfO- duitlon In the South and the promo- . tlon of various southern crops made . him famous among agricultural In . vestlgators. Dr. Knapp Introduced the Improv ed Japanese rice In this country af- ter extensive travels In Japan, China and the Philippines for the depart- ment of agriculture. His Investiga tion stimulated the rice Industry In Louisiana, Mississippi and Aarkan sas, as he frequently mad prolong ed lecture tours In the Interest of .. farmers. Throughout the South but particularly In Louisiana Dr. Knapp ' became well known for his effort in behalf of tba cultivation of rice, and cotton. He was one of the leader In the fight of the government against the cotton boll w vll. Of recent years he ha' beat di recting tha work of the department toward tha diversifies!- of crops In. the South and through hi effort many Southern farmers Were induc ed largely. to glva up their one sta ple crop, cotton, and to plant corn and ralsa hogs.