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THE ASHE YIMJE CITIZEN. THE WEATHER: RAIN Complete Associated Press Reports VOLXSVIL, NO. lio .j.ovu, iV C, K1LAY MOHNING, APRIL 14, 1911 PRICE FIVE CENTS TURN SEARCHLIGHT QfJ EXPENDITURES DIRECT ELECTION OF SENATORS GOES t Such a Joke! L THROUGHTHEHOUSE OF By Vote of 296 to 16 Measure for Popular Election Gets 'Nearer to Enactment.-r-Goes to Senate. hamp Clark and His Confrer Testimony Given by Mr. Frank es Begin to Whet Their Knives Funk Corrobated on Stand by Mr. Hettlcr '4 to sera I . GHOWSBLACKER AS GOVERNMENT HEARING PROCEEDS CONFERENCE CALLED FOR NEXT SATURDAY Leaders Are Convinced That Many Government Positions Are Soft Snaps WAfHIINGTON, April 13. System is to mark the searching Inquiry into expenditures in the governments de partnmatta and in order that the work mgy go forward rapidly and thoroughh . Speaker Champ Clark to- .. -tiri.il fnr rnnffrnce for Sat- UDJ -OiH ' V uurday between chairmen of the nine departmental committees. At this meeting a comprehensive plan will be mapped out whereby during the sum mer the economy campaign will be conducted with a view to presenting to the democratic house, when It con venes in regular session in December, full facts and figures as to economies that may, be put In force: Democratic leaders are saind to be anxious to have this information at hand when the real work of revising the tariff is taken up. It is their hope to be able to offset the loss In revenue through tariff reductions by the sav ing made in the operation of the gov ernment's vast machinery. They are tlons that are entirely useless, others that could be consolidated and still others that with benefit could be abolished. Top heavy salaries may be trimmed and a number of ornamental sinecures done away with. The nine chairmen who will form the. Inquisitorial committee are Re presentatives Hamlin, Missouri, state department; Cox, Indiana, treasury;. Helm, Kentucky, war; Hardy, Texas, fContHincd on- Page. Three) T SPEECH DISCUSSES THE Devotion to the Rights of the People Rather Than Privileged Interests A PARTY OF ACTION INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. April 13. urging the democratic party, to state Its creed in the concrete and define clearly the especial farms of privilege It declares against In general cam paign "for the rlfrhts of the people." Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey In an address to the National League of Democratic clubs here to day set forth the objects of the -party as ie believed they exist and should be stated. Governor Wilson said In part: 'We are fond of speaking of our selves as the party of Jefferson and Jackson, not because we are a party of old men, reminiscent of things gone by and In tve with which what has been, btlt because we are a party touched with the ideals which made these men great, whose names we call with such reverence and enthusi asm, because the breath of our party's Ife Is Itt utter faith In the principles of democracy. It Is Its devdtlon to the rights of the peope of whatever class or degree as against all claims of privilege, as against all selfish vested interests which seek to con trol Instead, of freely serving the life and development of the nation. "It la so far from being a party of mere reminlscenece a party which tries to draw the country back topoll cles which belong to another time, to the circumstances of another age. that It la, above al others, a young man's party, because a party of move ment, of readjustment, a party that presses toward the future with un shaken faith, with unwavering confi dence and ever renewed hopes and aspirations for the principles o free dom, which are none other than the principles of opportunity, the princi ples of men not made, but on the make, struggling from achievement to achievement In a Tree exercise of their powers. . "These things are embodied In Jef ferson, the thoughtful philosophical, penetrating thinker for mankind, and In the rugged Jackson, who seemed to cut his way toward the right by rough instinct and the mere energy of an honest, indomitable nature; and so we see embodied In them the two sides of Democracy, Its thoughtfull ness. Its vision of hope. Its confidence In the progress and liberation of man kind, and linked with these 4. s force as of the common people. Its abound- '(Oontlnoed' on Pago Fowr.) ' WASHINGTON. April J I. The house of representatives by a vote of tit to 18 passed early this evening the Rucker resolution proposing a constitutional amendment for the di rect election of United States senators. This Is the first of the democratic program measures passed by the house. Backed by a solid democrat ic phalanx it went through without modification, and with a speed that brought protests from the republi cans. The resolution, as the house ap proved it, is in the form of the Bo rah resolution, reported out of the senate Judiciary committee in the closing days of the last congress. Re publican opposition to the Rucker resolution in the house today was based on the fact that it did not con tain the changes afterwards made In the fight in the senate which assured congress continued control over elec tions in the several states. After si; hours of debate. In which many demands were made for this change in the resolution, all but fif teen of the republicans voted for the passage of the resolution. Mr. McDermott, of Illinois, was the only democrat voting against the res olution. Cannon Objects. Former Speaker Cannon, Republi can Leader Mann and others of the republicans who voted against the measure, declared that Its form was such s to threaten the federal gov ernment with the loss of the control over senatorial elections In the states given to safeguard the Integrity of these elections. They Insist, as did other republicans who ultimately voted for the resolution, that the di rect election amendment should be offered without any language attached that might be dangerous to the fu ture congressional supervision of sen atorial elections. Democratic leaders declared that the Rucker resolution was open to no such construction, and that It of j,., ; .. . ,t jxjij,i,0 wit PART OF MANUFACTURES AND THEJOIEBNMENT Mr. Miller, of Charlotte, and Mr. Michalis. of New York, Outline Plans FAVOR ARBITRATION BOSTON. April 13. The necessity of co-operation between the various departments of the federal govern ment and textile manufacturers was explained at length by Albert Far well Bemls, of Boston, at today's ses sion of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers. Other speak ers Included R. H. Miller, Jr.. Char lotte. N. C. and George V. S. Mich alls, New York. He outlined the nu merous Improvements lrt cotton mills which has been designed to safeguard the operatives. One of the Ills of the cotton busi ness, the cancellation of orders, was spoken of ky Mr. Miller. "The can cellation of contracts," he said, "Is like an Insidious disease, uncertain as to when and where It will break out.' A complete or even temporary cure therefore la difficult. "I would advocate an expert board of arbitration covering all branches of the Industry, to which board all questions of differences between buy er and seller should be referred." Officers elected Included Franklin W. Hoffs, of Brookllne. DEMOCRATS TOGETHER. WASHINGTON, April 13. Efforts of republican partisans to discover a split In the democratic party were ridiculed tonight by Speaker Champ Clark In an address before the Col lege Men's Democratic league. In cel ebration of the birthday anniversary of Thomas Jefferson. "We are not going to'get together," said Mr. Clark, "for we already are together. We always have been to gether." Mr. Clark referred to recent dem ocratic caucuses to the unanimity of the democrats at the last session of congress and to the fact that demo crats passed the reciprocity treaty "In the house. IX HAXD8 OF RJCCETVER AUGUSTA. Oa.. April ia. Frank L. Dulfon, of this m,, nas been ap pointed receiver of the Bon Air Coal and Iron company, a $(,000,000 Maine corporation, which operates coat and iron mines. In Tennessee. The appointment was made on pe tition of Clarence J. Housman, of New York, and grew out of a suit brought by Charles W. Ho ten kiss against the corporation. In which he recovered judgment for tllO.000. An attempt Is" to be made to enforce the Judgment through receivership proceedings. v . fered the most nearly perfect consti tutional amendment that could be de vised. An amendment, offered by Repre sentative Young, of Michigan, adding language that resembled that of the Sutherland amendment, adopted In the senate two months ago. was de feated by a party vote, 121 to 1(0. The republican Insurgents, led by Representatives Lenroot and Cooper, of Wisconsin, forced a record vote on the final passage of the resolution. The house voted overwhelmingly In favor of the measure when Speaker Clark called for the viva voce -vote; but the Insurgents demanded a roll call in order to put the house on rec ord on the subject. The democrats quickly seoonded this demand. It was a day of lively debate. Prac tleally every man who spoke favored the direct election amendment The differences arose mainly over the con stitutional argument of whether the powers of the federal government were in any way threatened. ODD WILL CASE SETTLED. NEW YORK, April IS. A settle ment . was affected today among; the heirs of Gen. Robert G. Dyrenforth, of this city, and no attempt now will be made to probate the remarkable will of the one-time acting commls stoner of patents. - - In his will Gen. Dyrenforth direct ed that , his grandson, eleven years old, should at all times avoid "the op poslte sex." including his, own grand mother! that he should complete a course at Harvard, graduate at' West Point and get a degree from Oxford, all before attaining his majority. Under the terms of the settlement filed In court today the grandson re ceives 11,000, which la o be held in trust and used for his education along such lines as his guardians shall dl rect. TO FIZZ AND BUBBLE E But Action of Government Has Deadening Effect on the Storm in Glass ISSUE AN APPEAL EPERNAY, France, April 13. Ow ing partly to the unrelaxlng vigi lance of 1,000 troops and partly to the vote In the chamber of depu ties last night, nullifying the action of the senate with reference to the delimitation of the champagne dis trict, comparative calm now prevails In the department of Marne, and there Is every indication that the popu lace will act with more moderation from this on. The fury of the wine growers has subsided as suddenly as it rose. Man ifest ants are now offering no resis tance to the troops. The last maraud ing band from Rllly la Montagne. which was marching In the direction of Rhelma. was Intercepted and brok en UP by the soldiers before any dam age was done. Leaders In the movement tonight Issued a manifesto appealing to their adherents to await In calm confidence the deliberation of the council of state to which Premier Monls decided to refer the question. NEW YORK'S BALL PARK IS DAIUIAEEDBT BIG FIRE Home of National League Club Falls Victim to Flames NEW YORK. April it. Fire ori ginating from some unknown cause swept through the National league baseball park (the Polo grounds) at 156th street and (th avenue destroyed most of the grand stands and la threatening the bleachers. The park seats forty thousand persons and had Just been renovated for the 1(11 base- 'ball season which opened Tuesday. The park haa been the home of the New Tork National league : club for years and is one of the most beautiful In the country. The grand stand was a double deck steel and wood affair and the field Is surrounded by per fect amphitheatre of bleachers. The fire started In the bleacher on the south side and inside of ten minute had, traversed th covered grand stand at th westerly end of th ground. CHnF.IPJlENE CONTINUES AMERICAN CA STOP ADVANCE OF MEXICAN FEDERALS Uucla Sam's Soldier $ See a Citizens of AQUA PRIETA, Me. April it. T..rlm tha h-tMa Which lasted all afternoon and resulted In the tapture of this city by the rebels, eommanu . hv "Rii" Lnnaav American troops crossed the border and stopped tho fighting. The action Was taaen aiier three men had been killed and sev eral wounded in Douglas, and the continued Bring was endangering the Uvea of Americans art United State territories. Douglas was under con stant lire for three hours. , AOUA PRIETA, Mi. Aprl II. .Agua Prleta, surrendered to the reb els tonight after one or us msai spectacular battle of Ihs Mexloa tn- rJCtipB.? ".ft'f-tj s?r ' t 5 There are many deaf) and wounded, Including one American, B. W. Crow, who wa struck- by a stray bullet in Douglas. Others In Douglas were wounded. ' ! First KUIed. This is the first time during the in surrection that any person has been killed on the American side as the re sult ef the border fighting. The dead and wounded of both the rebels and federals are being taken to Douglas. Federal soldiers, to the number of thirty, fled to the American side DEATH LIST OF KANSAS GYCL0NESMEACHES19 Telegraph and Telephone Wires in Various Dis tricts Out of Commission KANSAS C1TV, Mo April 18. Although the weather Is fair tonight throughout the tornado swept dis tricts of Kansas, ikahoma, Missouri and northern Arkansas, the major portion of the telegraph and tele phone wires are still down and only meagre reports of the death and de struction wrought by the storm yes terday are obtainable. It now appears that at least H persons were killed. Four deaths are reported from Meeker, Oklahoma, and three from Plummertllle, Ark., are of unidentified persons. The list of Injured' will number more than a hundred. The monetary loss in Kansas alone Is etslmated to be In excess of 6n.000. It Is thought the damage in other sections visited by the storm will bring the total to more than $1,000,000. Of all the stricken cities. Blc Heart. Okla., suf fered the greatest damage. Three people were killed there, sixty Injur- , ed, J$ fatally. All th Injured from Big Heart were taken to Tulsa on a relief train and they are now In hos pitals there. Little of the town was left standing. Lawrence, Kan., sustained the larg est property loss or any Kansas town. It being estimated at $200,000. Hev enty four residences were wrecked and the street car lines and elec tric lights were put out 0( commis sion. The city Is still dark. 6MOWER& WASHINGTON. April, 1 J. Fore cast: North Carolina) local showers Friday and probably Saturday: slight ly cWer Saturday In interior; mod erate southeast to south wind. VALRY MAKES CHARGE TO Real Fight Close to th American Boundary Lin. Two the Urvted States Ar . Blown Up In th Fight. an hour before the battle ended, and were disarmed by the American troops. The rebels shot down many federals as they ran.' ' . " ..?-. -. Wounded federal prisoners were escorted from Agu Prlete to the. bor der, where they were released as fug itives on: American soil. -' v, T ' Lopes' band numbered not more than 1B0 white th federal defender numbered . ',-,;.;' Hvs" ' v' It was stated tonight that ths r els wtll try to hold Agua Prlet 1 th hope of winning recognition as 'bel ligerents by th "United States., Au Prleta t a, port of entry. ' A.OUA PRl'lTA Bonora. APrtV U. Vb, VMfJI.jIaTiThJM attacked Ague- Prleta and s nro battle is In progress. .vjta AmeH csns have been shot, one of thm IB. W. Crow, is dead, and the other, Ben Armstrong, has been taken to the hospital In Douglas, seriously wound ed. Americans rushed to the Interna tional line but as the firing continued they had to seek shelter behind adobe buildings and In ditches. About fif teen minutes after the, "ring on th town began the headquarters of th commlasarto blew up with terrific report It Is not known whether, Suffragettes of Kansas Be lieve They Have Demora lizing Effect on Young HUNNEWELL, Kan., April 1$. The first meeting of the city council of Hunnewelt under the new suffra gists' administration was held last evening. Mrs. Ella Wilson took her seat as mayor. After the old council had disposed of Unfinished business, the new mem bers organised and the mayor pro ceeded to deliver an Informal Inaugu ral address. She pointed out conditions In Hun newell that needed rectifying and ex pressed the hope that her associates In the council would co-operate with her In seeking to Improve the stand ard of morals by reforming certain abuses. Bafl Influence) on Young, Mrs. Wilson's remarks were under stood to be directed especially toward the pool halls, which Mrs. Wilson be lieves exert a corrupting Influence on the young. She would put the Insti tution out of business with a high li cense tax. The council meeting was rut short on scrount of the mayor having to crch a train for Hramnn. where she had an engagement to lecture before a lodge. Mrs. Wilson said that she would ap point Mrs. Ross Osborne, defeated candidate for police Judge, to the of fice of chief of police. Mrs. Osborne, It Is understood, has agreed to accept that, office provided she gets sn as sistant. For City Hall Bond Issue. In addition to the appointment of a woman as chief of police and her pro posed high license for the pool halls, Mrs. .Wilson favors voting $10,000 In bonds to erect a city hall If the men of the council will work with her. The councilman, however, have not shown much warmth toward Mrs. Wilson's plans. They say Hunnewell iloes not need a city hall and that the bond proposition Is ridiculous. One councilman went so far a to say that the council wpuld not sup port Mrs. Wilson's appointments, and that there would be no license for th pool halls slthar. Shot.-Commissario J rebel bullet (truck th magailn al th headquarters, where - dy'nsmlt wag recently stored, or th federals blew up th magastn to prsvent th rebel yetting (applies. ; ' Th rebels arrived on th train they raptured at Krontera earlier In the day, nd their apeparanc was en tirely unexpected. Th federal gar rison of $1 men has stood Its ground well,' as I indlct4 by , 'th ' fUro , The rebels attacked from th west. Af ter . detraining Jut below th town they marched te th west, and then with I1U1 (hosi rushe took shelter behind the . railroad : (mbankment raaUn telrJW, vt-!HfcfJl a may ni into ins town. . . , -. On federal officer on top. of th commissario neaaquarter remained and directed th- movements of th federal troop. Th federals fired from -doorway and from any barri cade thst eould be used. Two groups of rebel advanced un til they war n the shadow of th American cus'oms house, whsr they continued te Are. Th federals a few minutes later essayed a rush from th cjsntsr of th town and took pos iwm0mtw00iw0i0wAwwAmii&ww (Continued on Pago Four.) FOB LOWTSATN.Y.OPEBA It Will Cost You Six Big Simoleons to Hear Night ingales Sing in Gotham NEW TORK, April 1$. Th day of five-dollar opera In the Metropoli tan will pass next Saturday at mid night. Thereafter holders of seats on the main floor, Including both orches tra and oroheetra circle, will pay $( for every chair. As was predicted at th time of the operatic merger a year ago, (he Metropolitan's control of the opera business of this country haa been followed by an official an nouncement ef a rise In the prices of the choicest seats. This changes a condition that has existed since the early days of th Metropolitan opera company. There have been occasional ad vances In the price of main floor seats for "all-star" casta, but $SS has been looked upon as the highest regu lar price. The new scale affects the 1,048 seats of the ground floor, lens fifty eight regularly set aside for the use of the press. This will affect sub scribers as well as single seat pur chasers and gives the Metropolitan management an Increase of $((( a performance when all placea are sold. As there are virtually no unoccu pied chair at the .110 regular sub scription performances In a twenty two weeks' season, the aggregate net return due to the rise In prices will he $101,(10 next season. Adding the probable Increased returns of one dollar a seat for the usual extra per formances the total financial better ment from this new mdre should be almost $1111,000 In the 1(11-11 sea son. Andreas Dlppel, of th Philadelphia-Chicago opera company, could I not he reached, and It Is not known whether his organization Intends to follow the lead of the parent opera company. An attache of the Metro politan said, however, that uch ac tion probably would follow. WILL- NOT RACE : ' BERLIN, April II. It Is announc ed on, high authority that Emperor William wilt not enter his yacht for 4h American cup this year. Thjs seta at rest all reports to the con- trary, HEARD HIM TA&C ABOUT LORIMER DEAL Unless Tllden Produces Bank Book Ho Will Held tor :; Contempt s : SPRING FIELD, M, April , Developments in today hearing of ' th stat senat commute Investi gating th election of United State Senator Wm. Lorlmer were attempt by attorneys and investigator of th committee to discredit th denial of, Kdward Mine, a f Chicago lumber 1 man, accused of having collected a larg fund to elect Senator Lorlmer,. and th practical refusal of Edward , THden, a' Chicago packer and banker, to produca before th committee hi accounts la th various banks through -which he doe business. Mr. Tllden attitude on th witness stand resulted lit th aervjng of a second subpoena ' upon him a h stepped from . th -wltneae chair this afternoon, It com mand Mr. Tllden to produce before th commute next Tharaday th r ' ord of his various bank account In th year 1(0$.' Refusal to do so, Mr. Tllden was gtvn to understand by r th committee, will result In an order tof contempt being Issued against htm, x"unfc Corroborated, - t Th testimony given a wk ago by Clarence S. Funk, general 'manager ! of thf International s Harvester com- pany, was today corroborated to considerable dsgrs by Herman H. Httlr. nt Chlrss-o. nreatrieht nf th . Herman HV Heuir Lumber J com- pny. Although Mr. --.Hettlcr stated that Mr, Hlne said nothing of the; us of money or Improper methods In th alectton of Senator torimer, Mr, Hlne was quoted a boasting of ft personal ahlevement - In "putttn Lorlmer arr,f ' " ; : . Mr. Hauler seH lis had th con-i vereatinn with Mr, Hlne In th Union tieagu 1ttb' th same plae In which! M". funk testified that he met 1 WhnvS'llgd propo: ,.i to. ctn' trlbust tlO.OOt W the Lorimtr elec tion fuad was mnd to Mr, Punk, ,t TABIFF REEVISIQ.1 SLATE, ' HAVING EASY PBOSPEGTS ' fltBEPUSIIEDKG: Encouraged 'by Smooth ' Working of Machine the ' Leaders Going Ahead : SOME FAST WOEK WA8HINOTON, April Encour aged by the smooth working of their legislative machine which today b gan to grind, democratic leadsrs of th house are planning to extend their tariff revision program. Until this time the only tariff tinkering deter mined upon Included Canadian red., proclty, th free list , to benefit th , farmers opposed to th reciprocity bill as It stand and th wool and cotton schedules,- but now It baa beenv deter mined to revise the agricultural ch. , dul. ' ? Chairman Underwood, of th way and mean commute stated tontght s that th house at th rat of progre - - set today would complete the business outlined' at th present much earlier , - than was generally anticipated and that other tariff schedules would b " taken up after th wool and cotton schedules have been revised. The agricultural sceidule will b . assailed by the democrat because of, the high cost of living cry. and an : effort will be mad to reduce th du ties on those products that ar neceo- - sary to the public -- PATENT MEOICI5ES. . WASHINGTON. April 1$. Doe the pure, food and drug act of 1(0 prohibit knowingly false statemsnt on label about th curative proper tie of medicine or doe It merely. prohibit fats statement about th Ingredients? s - ;: - . That question was answered today : before the Supreme ; court of th United States. Solicitor General Leh- , mann, for the government, argued that the law should b , given th' broader Interpretation, . admitting that the effect of such an Interpret- tton probably would be to break up the patent medlcln business. 'I know of nothing wHhln th cop of congress that would be more beneficial," he added oa thl point LOOK1XO FOR NEGRO MONROE. Oa.. April 1$. Po-s tonight ar scouring this (Walton) County for th negro who mmmltic 1 a criminal assault on Miss 1 -Knight at her horn.'. ;ten n-s: f-- f - Monrj late yestcr suspicious chr 'today but It f rsro has r
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