ASHEYMjLE CITIZEN. THE WEATHER: FAIB. Complete Associated''-' Press Reoortt .- i 'k 73 VOL. XXVII, NO. 172. ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING APRIL 11, 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS 3 Fi EARTH CONTINUES TO GIVE UP BODIES The Passing of the Coal Man. 1CATI0NS ARE LEFT OF THE FIGHT BY BAGGING TRUST Eiiponi i PRIMARY TODAY )Southern Cotton Growers Pay Awful Havoc Wrought In Dep ths of Earth Retarding Work of Rescuers Senator Overman Took Lead- Pons Will Open at One This Afternoon and Close at Eight In Evening High Privilege Tax on Jute and Ties ding Part In Contest Which Made Martin Leader THE ftRMERSQFSDUTH JOTHINGBUTSGARS ANNUALLY ROBBED FOR HEAVY VOTING FROMBJBM MAO OS NEW ORLEANS COTTON EXCHANGE RESOLUTIONS Urges That Handicap b Taken off by Removing Tariff on Both Articles NEW ORLEANS, April 10 That the cotton bagging and tie trust "not tinned with robbing the American cotton planter of nearly one million dollar annually through unjust tar iff. placed upon bagging and tie un der the Payne-Aldrich tariff law are planning to Increase their levy on the cotton crop to 12,800,000 annu ally," Is declared In resolution! adopted today by the New Orleans Ittln exchange. The resolutions ap peal to congress ti place bagging and ties on the free list and urge the enactment Kthe necessary legislation t the present extra session of con gress. President W. B. Thompson, of the cotton exchange. The resolutions ap eddremed to each member of con gress, tells of the great Importance to the ' South If this alleged tariff teat. Mr. Thompson's Statement. He says in part: "The cotton crop of the South yields annually an average of about 12.000,000 bales of this total approx imately 'five eighths of 7.600,000 bales reresentlng an average money value of over 1500,000,000 are exported nd exchanged for foreign goJd. The mere statement of these facts attests the Importance of the cotton pro ducing Industry, emphasises the ob ligation which the country at large owes the producer of this crop and establishes, his right to at least Just treatment at the hands of the gen- erl llw making power. Under the present tariff law the duty on steel cotton ties amounts to .027 cents per bale or to 1124.000 on a crop of 12,000,000 bales This arlff Is prohibitive as is shown by the fact that no steel ties are Im ported. Therefore J the government e ttAh n this Impost - wHlch consilium simpiy ana solely trimite levied upon the cotton farmer for the benefit of the cotton tie trust. Bis; Sum In Jute. "The duty on Jute bagging Impos ed by the present tariff law MHCIynts to .05 cents per bale or to $630,009 In a crop If 12,000,000 bales. This Continued on page three) OF JIM RECALL IN rttt Seeking to Find Way to Have That Provision Stricken Out SUBMIT TO VOTE WASHINGTON, April 10. Al though President Taft might be un willing to disapprove the constitution of Arizona on account of its provision for the recall of judges, he Is seek ing to find a way by which that pro vision may be stricken out through the action of the people of Arizona themselves. The president looks with disfavor on the proposition for the recall of udges. H ehas. however, consulted further with Attorney Gen eral Wlrfkersham and other members of his cabinet and ras concluded that it might be unwise for him to dlsa prove the Arizona constitution on ac count of one clause. To Representative Flood of the house committee on territories the president today outlined a scheme to solve the problem. OThe president's proposition was that he legislation pending before con gress be adopted and later the people propose an amendment to the consti tution. As the president understands now the people of Arizona no matter how they felt upon the recall of the udlclary did not care to vote against the constitution as a whole and thus endanger their prospects of state hood. If there Is a sentlmstit against the recall of Judges In Arizona a sub mission of the question to the voters ' would reveal It. 40,000 BOXI FORFEITED f ALEXANDRIA, Vs., April 10. Be cause C. Jones Rlxer, president of the defunct Virginia Safe Deposit and Trust corporation, failed to make his appearance In the corporation court this morning for the purpose of re newing his bond, his bond in the sum of 140,000 was declared forfeited by the court and a ' rule returnable at 11 o'clock April 21 next was Issued to show cause why the bond should not be forfeit' RAPID INVESTIGATION ORDERED BY GOVERNOR Only Fifty-Four Bodies so far Found and Some Are Hor ribly Mutilated BANNER, Ala,. April 10. Only 64 bodies of the 1-8 victims known to have perished In the Pratt Consoli date coal mine have been brought up at f) o'clock tonight. Sixteen bodies are at the bottom of the pit and will He decided to convert the fan from Change Apparatus There was considerable delay in the rescue work this afternoon be cause of the change in the air supply ordered by Mine Inspector HlllhouHe. He decidede to convert the fan from an outlet to an intake, in other words to push the air in instead of pulling It out. This work began at 10 o'clock and required several hours and when It was finished the experts from the federal rescue car went down for an Inspection so that It was late this af ternoon before the workmen could re sume the removal of bodies. Nine bodies brought from Number 7 this morning were horribly muti lated. Parts of one white body were found scattered for several yards, the rails of the track were twisted and mine cars had been hurled for some distance, tl Is believed that the cen ter of th'e explosion Saturday morn ing was at this point. The accident oocurred from careless handling of powder, bringing It In contact with an exposed lamp. Mine officials still maintain that there were 128 men In the mine although there were rumors today that ten or fifteen of this number might not bo found. My Take SereTa! Bays ' The first eight bodies were shipped away tonight and seven others are ready to be sent tomorrow morning. There is no way to tell tonight Just when the mine will be cleared. There are two rather bad tails of rook and . If the bodl-Bt-e "under these It "wfft take aeevrat days to get them out. t Dr. Burns of the state board of Con vict Inspectors was here again this af ternoon. It la understood that Gov ernor O'Neal has ordered an unusual ly rigid Investigation of the disaster In order to recommend suitable legis lation to the legislature which la now In session, but which will adourn at the end of the present week. FAVORED NATION CLAUSE IS CANADIAN RECIPROCITY Commercial Treaties Now Existing Have No Re strictive Effects COMMERCE COURT WASHINGTON, April 10 The cus toms court In a decision today held In effect that the so-called "favored nation" clause In the existing com mercial treaties with England, France and Germany does not re strict the United States In effecting the proposed reciprocity agreement with Canada. , The court's decision was brought out by a comparatively unimportant contest over the rate of duty which should be. Imposed on whiskey Im ported from England and France. The point involved Is the same rais ed in opposition to the proposed Canadian reciprocity agreement by those who claimed It whs practically forbidden by the "favored nations" clause. A. D. Saw & Co.. a flam of New Yor Importers, protested payment of duty on whiskey from England at the rale of J2.25 per gallon, hold ing they were entitled to a rate of $1.75, which is imposed on whiskey and other spirits from France. The essence of their claim was that un der the most favored nation clause with Great Britian Importation from England are entitled to be entered at the same rate of duty levied upon such merchandise when Imported from France and the other countries with whom similar treaties have been executed. BIG DECISIONS NOT ANNOUNCED WASHINGTON. April 10. By rea son of the failure of the 'Supreme court of the United 8tates to an nounce today Its decision In either the Standard Oil or the Tobacco dis solution suits another week at least must pass before the outcome of these cases will be known, Neither was any case decided today which touched in any way upon the con troversy In the big corporation- cases. FEELING AGAINST OWEN OF OKLAHOMA Democrats in Spirit of Econo my Have Cut off Jobs and Have no Patronage Cltlsen Bureau, Congress Hall. By H. E. C Bryant WASHINGTON. April 10. All is quiet after the storm among the sen ate democrats. . Senator Martin, al though he bears the battle scars Is as affable as over. He does not blame any one for tho fight precipitated upon him at the last moment of the contest H Is not a man of harsh words. "It is all over and we will have har mony," he aald today. "We must pre sent a united front to the enemy." Senator Overman of North Carolina took a leading part In the senatorial fight He was for Senator Bacon for leader. In fact he managed tho Ba con boom, mustering more than '20 votes, cut when tho Georgian saw that he could bring peace by with drawing, he did so, and Senator Mar tin was entered and the Bacon sup porters became Martinltes. Feeling A a Inn Owen There la some feeling against Sen ator Owen of Oklahoma who has been very aggressive against the South em senators, for his vote on the oil schedule was far from democratic. They ssy he should be the last man to try to , dictate to a fellow demo- oorat. He Is pointed out as being the only democrat in the senate that vo ted the way the Standard Oil com pany wanted him to vote on oil tar iffs. Senator Btbhe torff iome one Satur day that the "progressives" would be good now. 'Senator Martin has the satisfaction of knowing that only two Southern senators. Smith of South Ca- dollne-end Davis of Arkansas, and neither of them rank,.n feigh -voted agarest, him. senators, uore.mna uw- en and Stone and Reed are not class ed as Southerners. Frsnk Plckey, apolnted post mas ter at Murphy, will not be confirmed If some of his fellow townsmen can help It Serious chargea are to be field against him. lit is alleged that he was convicted under Indlotmeats (Contlmicd on page five) REPUBLIC PROCLAIMED A SPANISH PROVI IS NOT TAKEN SERIOUSLY But at Same Time Republi cans in Spain Are Said to Be Actively at Work ATTACKED MILITARY MADRID, April 10. A republic which has been proclaimed at Canl las de Aceltun In the province of Malaga Is not considered seriously by the government. The populace of the town rebelled against the royal authority and attacked the barracks of the civil guard. Several persons were wounded in the fight that followed. Reinforce ments of troops are being hurried to the scene. The republicans are somewhat ex cited over the movement In Malaga province. The easy overturn of the Portuguese monarchy appeara to have Inspired the republicans who dur ing the past two weeks have been using the Ferrer debate In the cham ber of deputies as a means of agi tating the monarchical regime; Had the Insurrectionary break oc curred near the Portugese frontier It would have given more concern to the government which la determined not to tolerate the Intervention of the Portuguese republicans in Spanish affairs. Canllas de Aceltuno Is a town of about (,000 Inhabltiants In the Vrlas Malaga dlstrolct the southern psrt of the province of of Malaga. Mala ga province borders on the Medl teranean. Its capital, Malaga, being 15 miles northeast of Gibraltar. STATE DAIRYMAN IS APPOINTED RALEIGH. N. C. April I a. Com missioner If Agrlculutre Graham an nounces the appointment if W. H. Eden as state dairyman to succeed J. A. Connover.- ' resigned to take charge of the mammoth dairy of the Naval Academy, Annapolis. Eden is an A. and M. college graduate and hae been assistant to dairyman Con nover two years. 1 t" "" . . "' ' 1 ! 1 i ..... i i" " TOM JOHNSON, THE STORMY PETREL ? OF OHIO POLITICS! PASSES AWAY y . - '.-. 1 " . ', assssssssBesessssssssssssaaessssssssBsssssssssssssss , . Twice Congressman and Four Times Mayor of Qeveland.Once Nominee for Gov ernorsAdvocate of Three Cent Street Car Farce and of Single Tax t CLEVELAND. O, April 10. Tom L. Johnson, twice Congressman from the Hist Ohio dkrtrtcw tow, times mayor of Cleveland;-champion vt three cent railway, fare and advocate of single tax theories of the Ute Henry Goerge died at) his' apartments In the White Hall t ,M. O'clock to night f fter long Illness, Death wa caused by cirrhosis of the liver. He was 67 yearn, eld. .; , , III Over Jfnr Mr Johnson haa teen lH for more than a year, but his condition was not thought serious until, he suffered relapse on Wednesday. March 16. He had been gaining ssreBgth .ever since he came home affer eoetdlng . the summer on NantUCk.pt tatamdion flat" nrday. March 11, he left his apart ments and attended a banquet of the Nisi Prlus club, an organisation of Cleveland ' lawyers. He- remained until 1 a. m., Sunday morning and when he returned to his home com plained of not feeling well. The following Wednesday his con dition was such that he waa obliged to go to bed. From that day to the time of hla death his condition was grsve, tnougn several times ne mine seemingly impossible rallies and de spite the fact that he realized he did not have long to live, the former EARTHQUAKE FELT THROUGHOUT ITALY Prisoners in Rome Prison Attempt to Mutiny and Rumblings Felt in Sicily ROME, April 10 Two earthquake shocks were felt here today. The first occurred In the morning and the second, somewhat lishtsr. sbout noon. Some alarm was mused In the city but In the prison there was conslder- abel panic, the prisoners making two seperate attempts to mutiny. These however, were qult kly suppreasea. In the villages surrounding Home the shock's were more severe and at various places people showed great alarm, although no damage was done. RUMBLING IN MCILY MESSINA, April 10. About seven .i.v this vpninit In various dis tricts of Sicily earth rumblings were heard. A suaaen unn ui jigm yaw lso observed and an electrical con dition of the atmosphere. No earth shocks were recoredo and it Is be- iuvvi tht th disturbance was caus ed by the falling of a ball of Are. WOTI.l) STOP KXPREM COM PETITION. WlsHlNOTOX. Ai.rll 10. A bill to nAhihit ..nr... rfimnanles avid com mon carriers from competing with he postofftce department In the transmtss on of mall matter weighing less then eleven pounds was intro duced In ths house today by Repre sentative Howard of Georgia. 7fW FAIR WASHINGTON. April 10. Fore- cast: North Carolina: fair Tuesday; showers at nfght or Wednesday morn ing in west portion; fair, warmer In east; moderate northeast to east inds. 1 System. Man of National Reputation. mayor was cheerful and cptlmlstlo al most to the last, -.-i " "A Stormy Pntrrt" ' ' "Tern ' L Johnson onoe- refered to himself In a publle address as ' stormy petre.l" and this metaphor, aptly described blm and Indicated the course of, his career.- From the time he entered the offices of the Louisville Street Railway company a boy of It until hla defeat for a fifth term as mayor of , Cleveland on Nov. 1. 190 , ha was ever IB the center, of some storm, political of flnanotaK And he Often said that I wanthaj that he enoyed himself best. r'- Johnson, wag bord. In Oeorgatofn, Ky. July IS, 16 He started, to. work ...,1,.vAoilUl.,-. traction office and when sttir a youth" seemed -awf-flcient backing ana bought A control ling Interest In the Indianapolis street railways. In the eighties, with hi brother Albert, he came to Cleveland and became Interested In the street system Here and assisted In a par tlal consolidation of them. Had Wide Interests He also entered Into the steel man ufacturing business at Pohneton, Pa., Moxham. Pa., and Lorain, Ohio. In April. 1801, he was elected mayor of Cleveland on a platform which promised universal three cent ear fare 000CED FLYINC BULLETS AND KILLED RIS PURSUER " JU I II III After One Man Was Dis armed Other Sent Bullets Through His Body 'SYLVAN! A, Os.. April 10 Eseap. Ing unharmed, though three loads from a repeating shot gun had been sent at him, C. E. Lee. a farmer of this county, thl s after noon kent three plslol bullets Into the breast of L. H. II Hon. president of the Screven County bank, mem ber of Sylvanla city council and one of the wealthiest snd ffost prominent men of this county'. Hilton was dead In Ave minings. Hilton, armed with his gun, approachsd Lee on he street and began firing. Friends dis armed and held him after hs fired three times and then walked up and sent three bullets Into his foe. l,p escaped but telephoned the sher iff he was ready to surrender. r.V.S. WILLIAMS WAH CANADIAN Kid PASO. Tex., April 10 Gener al Stanley Williams, who was killed near Mexican In an attack on the federal troops was a native of Win nipeg, according to T. P Black of Toronto, who has just arrived here from Chihuahua. Black seys Williams formerly was a sergeant of the Northwest mounted police and served with the Canadian vo!urera In the Boer vdtr. His brother. Dr. K Williams, Is said to reside at Superior,' Wis. MORE MIOOTIXG AT TEXAS. WASHINGTON, April 10. The San Marcos, known In the daya of her prime as the battleship Texas, will be the target for another ordnance on April 1. which probably will consign her to the Junk heap. The Monitor Tallahassee wilt bombard the old ship with U-lnch guns, fired from vsrylng rsnges .to obtsln tech nical data for the navy department's Information. SENATE TARES ADJOrRNMENT WASHINGTON, April 10. The senate today adjourned until Thurs day. Senator Raynor did not deliver his speech concerning conditions In Mexico. ..' . . 'After fight with the ttrest car company, which lasted until 1101. and through four ' elections, in eaoh Of which he was triumphant, tho Cleve. land Traction company lines passed Into the hands . of the Municipal traction aompany. After six month trial of the three een fre the pe6' pis at a refereadun election voted out the franchise and the municipal company passed Into ths hands of receiver where It remained until Feb ruary I10 One more attempt 'was made by Maro Johnson to sscure the passage, of the S oent grants but his proposal! were reacted at an elec tion held August S, If 01. Hti own de feat followed three months later and on January 1. 1J10, he surrendered th-rms of office to the present war or, IWman'fC.' BaMrr. "Tw "mtratfU later tore cent fare waa established, the result of Mr. Johnson's efforts. In 1 101., while. Mr. Johnson was mayor of Cleveland he was nominated for governor by the democrats of Ohio, Utas twsuooeaful at the election. Crlsned both In health and spirit, after hit defeat by Mayor Baehr, the former mayor went abroad. He hoped to regain his health, but came home no better. , , Besides big wife. Mr. Johnson Is survived by one eon, Loftln, and a daughter, Mrs. Bessie Marian I, nm i rnrn m 111 UULLLbLO IU BE STUDIED Bl EXPERTS Prominent Educators Begin Tour of Inspection in Southern States WASHINGTON, 'April 10. Ken drtck C. Ua brock, specialist In higher education, and Arthur C. Monohan, specialist in land grant and collage statistics ef the bureau of education left here fur u (our of the Southern states, the former study the stan ilitrls In colleges uP'l Ih is. look Into the conditions In agricul tural colleges Before returning to Washington, the last of this month, they will attend the conference on ed ucation which Is to be held at Jack sonville, Fla.. beginning April 1 Mr. Babcock will visit the stales of Florida, North Carolina, Ueurgla. and Virginia. Axt'iculturtl schools n Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, and Ten nessee will be visited by Mr. Mona han. AFTER JjAHM rtTJ" BAN ANTONIO, Te., April 10. H. E. Honeywell and J. W. Tolland, both of St. Louis. Mo., started at CSS o'clock tonight In Hnnevwell's balloon In an effort to win the Lahm cup and to break the world's record for long distance flights for balloons. The balloon carries an unusually small basket snd a lime atnve la carried for cooking purposes. MISSOURI SOCIETY MEETS NEW YORK, April 10 Two hun dred members of the Missouri society of New York had as their guests at their anual dinner tonight the presi dents of ten other state societies and Dr. Nail MacPhatter of the Cana dian club. Dr. MacPhatter predicted that Can adian reciprocity would soon be re alised and In speaking of the propos ed arbitration treaty with England, he said; . , 'This suggestion means more for the advancement - of - the English speaking people than any ever pro CONTEST BETWEEN CANDIDATES WARAJ Qualifications Required from Those Who Offer Them selves at Polls Today : Featured by widespread popular ' ' Interest and with the prospect that an ' extraordinary vote will be cast, the ' democratlo primary te select nomi nees for the city election May will be held today. The polls at the km precincts will be open at one o'clock this afternoon and close at eight o'clock. ') - v t ' , , ' It Is eatlmated that, not counting duplications, the -names ef at least I.T00 cltlsens appear on the regis-v' tratlon books, and with an official ; weather bureau prediotion ' of fair ' weather for today It will hot surprise ' ome politicians If , 1,400 er , 1.100 votes ara cast. Certainly there Is the sharpest of interest manifested ' by the voters, as waa shown last night by ths orowds on the. square and a" : the office of the various campaign managers. ; The chief contests ar those between the three candidates for mayor, 3, B. Rankin, 3 Frsaler Glenn and A. U Fltspatrlek, and the V three, candidates r tor police Judge Judge P. C. Cocke. Junius O. Adams and W, R, Qudger. It wea nollieahle that people who dlscuaaed politics on the streets teemed Impressed by the need of considering the tnterests ef Asheviiie and th democratlo party rather than those of (the candidates. . The precinct polls will be opened at one o'clock this afternoon at ths following places:) . , J. Court house, '' - . . I Webb's stable, rollega street . -HvashB' store. Merrimon avenue. I 4 Brltfe stable? College street, 5 Barber shop, Buxton street, '. Blagle building; Petton avenue. Who can Voteif - ', The voter will be gives an official ballot containing the names of the varteu andJdawe-who are duly en. lered In the rees, and ha will scratch out the name or names of those for whom he' does not wish to Vote, leav- ? Ing only the name of th person whe -Is his choice. At ths bottom ef th ' bellpt will be blank space in which he may write th name of those he selects for members of th prednot executive commute. No , attention seems to have been paid to thl latter matter. ., Only those who registered for th democratic primary two years "ago or wha reelsterert recemtv fn H kx-. mary can vols today. ' Registration, ""I (Oontlnned on Pago Four.) "t 11 ' 11 vt: CAROLINA TUIIIIIj TABLE ' ON VIRGINIA JNO TAKES J GIHAGLOSEKJ Defeat at Greensboro Re venged by Glorious Vic tory at Charlotte FINAL SCORE 1 TO 0 CHARLOTTE. N. C, April 10fha University of North Carolina took the second of a series of three game with the University of Virginia her this atternnon by the narrowest possible margin of 1 to 0. A base en balls to Wliherton, Carolina's catches' his steal of second, and Driver's error of a line drive by Calmee, gave trie lar Heels the single run that spelled victory. The score was made In the third. Inning. An enthusiastic crowd of 200 fans, among whom were a large number of aupportera of the Old Dominion, kept things lively with almost eon. tlnuous cheering, singing and other varieties of rooting. Exoept that th ' air waa a trifle chilly, the day was' perfect for baseball. Carolina's victory is mainly due te the excellent work of pitcher Lee, who held the Virginians to three hit -and fsnned twelve men, three of the strike outs coming In three separate Innings. 4 , Rlxey also twirled a good game, a trio of safeties, one of which wag of the scratchy order, v Virginia had thrse good chances te . score, but each time the Tar Heels tightened up and the Impending run wae killed. The best chance the Virginians had came In the third Inning. 'when Rlxey waa thrown out at the plate.; He gone to the nair way r Jlifl bit snd MO out, , snd on Undery's error of Carter's grounder he attempted to come home. A beautiful Virow by Fember nabbed htm at hoifre by a hair's breadth. . . Both teams have won a rm and there la some talk tonight of third and deciding game ber?r p" 1 In Charlotte, Instead of at r - villa. , .. . t

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