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THE SUNDAY CITIZEN THE WEATHER FAIR. 24 PAGES TODAY VOL. XXVII., NO. 177 VSIIEVILLE, N. C. JSUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 16. 1)11 PRICE FIVE CENTS :e of TROQFSRUSHEDTQ DOUGLAS, ARIZONA, TO PROTECT LIVES Another Incident Such as few Days Ago Must Not Oc cur on Border liS. PETTY GREEN WILL ESTABLISH A Suggestion, E DEPARTMENTS WILL BE STRING OF IS crnpcrats Will See Why It Costs so Much to Operate the Government With ' Headquarters In New York Woman of Millions Will Start Business Judge Raker of California Is Not Nearly so Amusing as Was Murdock EXTRAVAGANl DEMOCRATS NSURGENTWRO INVESTIGATED TROUBLE THOROUGH INQUIRY WILL BE INSTITUTED Expect to Uncover Many of Frauds andAbuses In Vari ous Departments WASHINGTON. April IB. With a iv -ft ........... . an inquisitorial court for a thorough Inquiry Into alleged extravagancees In the government department, the chairman of the nine house commit tee on .expenditures in such de partments met with Speaker Clark this morning.' As a result of the conference a resolution was intro duced when the house convened at noon.' It ' gives the committee weeping powers to conduct such an investigation In the. interest of econ- the committee on rules to which it wis referred is certain of adoption. The chait-man of the committee on expenditures on public buildings also met with the chairman of the de partmental committees so that the new committee Will be composed of. ten members. Mr. Hamlin, of Mis souri, cyalrman of the slate depart ment committee. Introduced the res olution In tile" house. ' Sweeping Examinations. The resolution authorizes the com mittee on the state, treasury, war, navy, postof flees, interior, commerce and labor, Justice and agriculture departments and on public buildings to examlrte into the arcetont - and expenditures- of the various depart ments. "For, the purpose of enabling the committees to comprehend fully the workings of- the various departments or branches, of the government." the resolution says, ' "the Investigations may 'cover- such period as each com mittee, may deem necessary for the protection of the public Interests and for "the exposing of frauds or abuses jf any Kind." . Tbe resolution further empowers , TJie committees to subpoena and ex Ism ins" witnesses- tender 'oath and te .Attend for records, bookB and papers And all other evidence necessary --to-f make the Investigations complete. The speaker lit, empowered to sign and the clerk to attest subpoenas during, the. recess of congress. It also authorizes the committee to sit during the recess of congress. If necessary. BOOXF GOES TO M NTHBinO. AUBURN, N. Y., April IB. The board of - arbitration of the national board of the Association of Profes sional Baseball leagues announced the award of F. L. Boone, claimed by Wheeling, W. Va.. to 'Lynchburg. VI FINAL. REPORT ON PULP AND PAPER WILL GO TO THE PRESIDENT IN TWO WEEKS Expected That Chief Exe cutive Will Send it to Congress in That Time EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH CINCINNATI. O., April li. That the final report of the federal tariff board on pulp and newspaper print nutter will be laid before the presi- dent for transmission to congress in two weeks and that the board will be ready to report comprehensively to the next congress on the cotton and wool schedules of the tariff law was the announcement made here to night by Henry C. Emery, chairman of the board. Mr. Emery spoke before the Com mercial club of Cincinnati at its an nual dinner the affair being given over to tariff and reciprocity subjects. A"iie other speakers were William M. IJoward 'of Georgia, a member of the jboard and Nicholas Lonsworth, re , presentatlve of the first ?ia district : In congress) Mr. Howard discussed i extemporaneously "the business uses ' of a tariff board." and Mr. Longworth defened the reciprocity treaty with Canada. Much Work Mr. Emery outlined at length the scope of the tariff board's . investi gations and reviewed the work it has accomplished thus far. He said in part: "We laid out our work for this year, the expectation that the tariff legislation would not be Introduced In congress until December. The r necessity for an extra session was not then anticinaterf "We have had proposed by experts here and In Europe reports on separ ate schedules, analyizing the different1 Items In each schedule, the relation of the various tariffs to each other the system of classification, with' cri tical comments on the operation of the different clauses.". MEXICAN GOVERNMENT HAS MADE NO REPLY YET Acute Situation Would Arise Should Another American Town be Threatened - WASHINGTON. April 15. Brought by the battle or A''ga Prleto to a full realization of the danger to which American settlements along the south ern frontlor are exposed by the civil strife of Mexico, President Taft has moved swiftly and vigorously , along all the lines of precaution to prevent and repetition of the Douglas, Arts., episode. With various rumors floating into Washington of the Imminence of an other conflict at Agua Prieta. the" president late today ordered the en tire regiment of the Sixth cavalry to Arizona from Des Moines, la., to re inforce the posts yiere. This will add 800 men to the guard In Arlsona. Supplement Warning. This step on the part ft the pres ident supplements his warning to the Mexican government and revolution-1 ary authorities that American lives and interests must not be endangered by unrestrained border-line fighting. No reply has yet been received' by the state department to the represen tations made to the Mexican govern ment in this connection, but already assurance has been received from the rebel commander at Agua Prieta that the .-Douglas incident Willi not . be re peated., ' Officials are loath to .discuss the acute situation that would arise in case n American ' town is again threatened. It is made .plain that It would create, a diplomatic Incident that would be immediately referred to and dealt with by the president di rectly. . '. : As far as the customs situation at Agua Prieta is concerned, Involving the question of recognising the 'con trol of the revolutionists there, offi cial Washington is awaiting develop ments. The administration. It 1a said. wll tpmplete ofTlotal reports be-a rore determining a line ot pency. Nothing has yet been decided on this Important phase of the question, and It Is pointed out that all discussion of it at the present .stage , Is purely , an academic one -of International law. OFFICIAL XOTK SENT. MEXICO CITY, April f5. The American embassy, following Instruc tions from the state department at Washington, sent to the Mexican for eign office a note Conveying the pro- (Continued on Page Fonr.) STREAM OF MOLTEN STEEL A Huge Container Turned Over and Men Beneath Caught in Fiery Metal SERIOUSLY HURT PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. April IB. Five workmen were killed, two were fatally injured and twelve others seri ously hurt at the MIdvale Steel' works at Wayne Junction this afternoon when a huge container, filled with molten steel gave way, the fiery liquid pouring or splashing over more' than a score of the employes. The acci dent occurred in what is known as open hearth number one. Several tons of the molten steel had been poured Into a huge container, and It was being slowly propelled along a traveling crane across the shop to waiting moulds. More than twenty men were under and around It, guid ing the huge vessel with long tongs when, without warning, a plug In the bottom of the container burned,, out, and the molten steel Instantly be gan pouring through the hole. It spluttered and splashed over some of the men and they were compelled to let go of the tongs. In thus releasing their hold the huge kettle became un steady and In the next Instant It tilt ed over and poured down a solid stream of the molten steel. The big whistle of the Mtdvale works brought prompt assistance. A quick examina tion showed the physicians that noth ing could be done to save six of the men and five of them were dead tot night. MEETING IX GREENVILLE. SPARTANBUCRG, 8. C, April 16. Greenville, 8. C, was chosen as the place for the annual meeting of 'the Southern Textile association at a meeting of the beard of governors of the association held In this city to day. The annual meeting will be held July 1. fltronjt bids for the conven tion were made by Columbia, Ander son and Greensboro. HER BUSINESS CAREER MJJCH MISREPRESENTED Son Says Mother Wouldn't In vest In Foreign Enterprise at Any Rate NEW YORK. April 15. Mrs. Het Ue Green wth the. assistance of her son, Col. K. H. II. Green, has decided to consolidate her Interest in a private bank with a clialn of brunches run ning across the counrty. "In New York," doloncl Green said today, "our firm will probably be named K. H. R. Green and company. Branches will be opened In Boston, Chicago. Dallas and San Francisco. We have de cided that our Interests cun best be served from private banking house. Since the laws of the , various states do not give up the right to deal in rl estate in the name of one cor poration or trust company, comnaOn to all, we have had to organise like other- private bankers of this city whose Interests extend elsewhere." Colonel, Green pictures his mother as grossly misrepresented In the past. Although she conducts her business In careful conservative lines, he says, i.e has made It an Invariable rule to reinvest he profits in the territory from which they were drawn (or the upbuilding of that territory. 'Her argument has been." he ex plains, "that every community is en titled to tli tenejlts of Its own pros perity." The colonel was asked about the benefactions of Carnegie and Rocke feller. V , ,; , , Ftnunx'len are Sincere) "Both men,' ha said "are undoubt edy sincere In their present efforts to use their Wealth In doing perma nent good tQ the country from which they have Jerlved ft. I have -talked with my mct-her Jong and earnestly Hlor,g this line and when the tlmo comes I am -sure sh ,wtll. be found' in the (ore .ranks of those .endeav oring to .better economic conditions In our lard. h'ifSlnce my raollu r -began he busl" i.ess career, she hav ivr sk,J ix.r than six frt n: f'.". her oion rv bulk of her loans have been made at considerably low rates. You may set It down that the ratio of Income di minishes as the size of the estate grows. Bm-jiik of this attitude and widely known liberality to fier cus tomers In panic times, my mother has been able to Fklm the cream of the borrowers. "Another point that adds to , my. pride In her business name is her In- i- i - - - i - m m m . r-.-1rii-ii-irm n.nni (Continued on Page Kevein) BATTLE IS RACING NEAR OF EL PASDJSjMPORTANT Portion of Government Troops Ambushed by In surgents; Many Killed GENERAL ATTACK EL PASO. Tex., April IB. Fight ing which Is believed, to be prelimi nary, to a general attack on Juarez began this morning seventeen kilo metres south, near Pauche, and has been In progress all day. The latest ir formation received late today was that the battle still was In progress. Genotal Navarro today notified United States Consul Edwards that an embargo would be placed on all traffic from the United States. The El Paso chamber of commerce also conferred wkh Colonel Sharp, com manding tho United States troops here relative to the protection of this city from an experience similar to that in Douglas, Arizona, during the battle of Agua Prieta when Ameri cans were killed by bullets from across the border. Today's fighting opened when 100 federal cavalry men were ambushed by Insurrectos. The federals were later reinforced by 00 Infantry 'and fifty cavalry from Juarez. The in surrecto force is estimated at 600. The insurrectos came from the south on a train and took their po sition In a well protected canyon while the federals fought In the open plain. However, the rebels de clined to take the offensive through out the day being content to meet the federal assaults. Late today the federals sent to Juarez for field pieces with which they hoped to be able to dislodge the rebel force. Shortly before dark a newspaper representative and a Jurez physician returned from the battlefield bring ing with them two wounded federals. They were Informed by a staff of ficer that several federals had been wounded but none killed. No Infor mation as obtains ble on the field as to the lnsurrecto toss. How to Enjoy .the Plight Tuesday Without Getting a KITCHIN, OF NORTH CAROLINA, MAKES A STRONG SPEECH FOR RECIPROCITY Opening of Debate onTaft's Measure is Featured With Brilliant Repartee. Insur gent Republicans Frequently Interrupt the North Carolinian Who is Frequently Cheered by the Democrats. WASHINGTON,; April 18. The opening arguments for sod against the Canadian reciprocity bill were made In the house. toeKy In two striking- speeches. - Churl e Kltchln, of North Csrellna, ane of the-leading democratic- epeakeri.1 addressed the house for three houtJ in favor of the measure, arraigning the republican argument of protection rot the farm er, and -characterising It as "ham bug." Following him, Asher Hind of Maine,' for. sixteen1 years' the; parlia mentary clerk at the; house,.imsd'fcts first speech, as. a new. msrnher ot' that body, and aligned hlnyclf In ( posi tion to the treaty In An adArsM devot td to the support of protection for the farmers of the' nation. The reciproc ity treaty, he said, threatened nation al prosperity In threatening to tike away from the farming communities the protection to the products neces sary to continued prosperity and de velopment. It was a dsy full of In teresting debate and Incident. Kltrliln Ilrilllant. Mr. Kltchln, skillful In repartee, drew frequent Interruptions from the republican side, and kept the house in a turmoil. He pared up and down the main aisle of the house, ar raigning the leaders of the republican side who have fouxht for the protec tive principle, paying particular at tention to Hepresentatlve Dalsell, of Pennsylvania. He pictured President Taft as coming jo the democrats on bended neem to solicit their support. The success of the president's desire WOULD READJUST RITES Takes Mutter of Rates on Coal to Coast Up With Commerce Commission WASHINGTON. April IS. A ques tion of Importance to both . carriers and shippers of coal from. Virginia and West Virginia points of origin to tidewater, the coal being Intend ed for export trade or for coastwise traffic, waa under consideration to day by the Interstate commerce com mission. The case was Instituted by the Caollna, Clinchneld It Ohio Kail way company In the form of a re quest for permission to establish rates from coal mines at Dante, Hur ricane and Clinchneld, Va., for the coastwise trade and for loading In bunkers of vessels lower than the domestic local rate" to Charleston. S. C, and Intermedia'" points. Phases of the controversy have been passed upon by the comml-wlon heretofore, but the matter of the determination of the question whether the roads have the right tto make a lower rate on such shipments never definitely has been decided. It Is scarcely likely that the com mission will reach a determination of the question involved for several weeks. FAIR WASHINGTON, April !(. Fore cast for North Carolina ; Fair Bun day and Monday; light te- moderate variable winds,' becoming west. - M for reciprocity with Canada depended, upon democrats, he said. "Oh. my friends." said Mr. Kltchln. with eloquent gesture, "how the vicis situdes of American politics humili ate the pride of even a president We were Impossible obstructionists and we utterly failed In anyf?llng that was sensible, -and yet before that li bel upoa a great political organisa tion Is cold upons his lips, ta des perate necessities of a discredited ad ministration send this president toil bended knees hegglrlg of this demo fcrsUc -majority ' '-. '" Insurgents Interrupt. 1 : '. InterruptioM, (row Ittsurgent re publlcan members Injected much In teresting debate Into the Kltchln speech. He was asked If he would vote for free lumber, free sugar, less protection on cotton goods and like reductions of the tariff, "J will vote for free lumber," said Mr. IsFollette, of Wisconsin, whom Mr. Kltchln had charged with rep resenting the lumber Interests If you will vote for free sugar." "All right," said Mr Kltchln, "I'll vote for both of them." "Will' you vote to put all trust controlled articles on the free list?" demanded Mr. Lenroot, of Wiscon sin. "Yes," said Mr, Kltchln, and with in four or five days we will bring In a free list that will give you all that opportunity." ' Mr. Kltchln expressed pleasure at seeing the Insurgents "dancing Says He is Creating False Impression by Circulat ing Speech WASHINGTON, D. C. April 15. In his speech today Representative Kltchln, said that "a member of the North Carolina delegation" was sending an antl-roclproclty speech to the state on his frank to try to con vert the people to his way of thinking He said that the speech was calcu lated to create a false Impression. Mr, Gudger, of the tenth district, took ex ception to these remarks, rose and demanded the speaker to name the man and quit casting slurs on the en tire delegation The man from Ashe vllle had his danger up. Mr. Klt chln then said It wys against the rules of the house for him to say who It was but he supposed It was the man that made the speech. This meant Senator Simmons This Incident has i caused considerable comment. Mr. I Kltchln made a very excellent speech. ! striking InsufKent democrats and re publicans alike. He said that Senator Simmons had reversed himself Inside of ten years CHARGE!! WITH MI BHEH. HOT SPRINGS. Ark., April 15. Ben Murray and John Itutherford. former deputy sheriffs who were charged with abetting In the lynch ing of Oscar Chltwood at the county prison Dec. 2t were Indicted today charged with murder In the first de gree. Chltwood was charged with 'the killing of a former afierlff, brother of Bid Houpt, who was then sheriff. .Rutherford had the man In custody. He declares that a mob forced him to surrender his charge and 'shot him to death. ' t Stiff Neck. ground the fires with the distinguished standpatters of protection, singing hosannas and hallelujahs to the farm er."' 't'T:: i: .-',- ,-' , -, , ' '" ' Btrids'HprtHTh, ;:" ," . i Tho speech of Asher Hindi showed desn research and a. rap of the his tory of . American legislation. - j "When the manufacturer falls," Said Mr. Hindi, "every, one knows H; moke ceases- In the tall chimneys, put, .when thi farmer falls smoke does net cease because on the hearth below burns th onlf sialwirt firs of the rase.'' ...,. t t, ri ri 'i WASTsnEWr 'jMD!YAPrEJ7 HOT aPRINaft, . Ark., ; Aprlf II. Charles iW,; Bhomo, wanted In Seat tle, Wash., as a witness against a de posed chief of police and under In dWments charging gambling, Is miss ing, and' It Is believed by his friends that he has been kidnapped by rep resentatives ot a detective agency. Sheriff Roberts, of Seattle, was given the custody of Bhomo several day ago but pending a decision of tha Supreme court, on Bhomo's appeal re sisting extradition was Instructed not to take the .prisoner from the state. Roberts asserts that Bhomo escaped from him on the streets. Bhomp's friends say ha is being taken to Best tie. Investigation Is to be made by the grand jury. - ARRESTS ARE MADE FOR r Carefully Laid Flans Had Been Made to Secure Envelope of Bonds NEW YORK, April IS. Another arrest wss made tonight la the Ban croft bond robbery case. In which Daniel O'Reilly, the well known crim inal lawyer, has been Indicted, charged with receiving stolen goods. Harry H . Barrett, to years old, formerly a trusted employe of the Bancroft firm, voluntarily surrendered at police headquarters, admitted that he had hatched the scheme to rob the elder ly Tiancroft of M6.000 in securities, and was locked up charged with grand larceny. He also gave what purport ed to lie a detailed account of how the plans were msde, and how Chas. Rose, alias Chas. Murphy, and Ches ter :. Yates, alias "Cy" Watts, alias George Riddle, are alleged to have accomplished the robbery. Harrett says he got nothing for his dishonesty. Discharged by the Bancrofts for In temperance he went to work with an other firm as an accountant, and, through a friend, met Yates. Plans were laid and as Bancroft unsuspect ingly walked throtiKh the' corridor of the produce exch:e, Ystes. accord ing to Barrett, collided with him and knocked from his hand the envelope of securities while Murphy, he al leges, ran up In the guise of a good natured onlooker and handed him what purported to be the valuable package. In reality It waa a care fully prepared dummy. GOLF AT PJNEHCB8T. PINEHURST, N. C., April IS. W. C. Fownes, national .'amateur cham pion, wss sn easy winner In today's semi-final and flnai rounds of thi third snnusl mid-April golf tourney, defeating his father, Henry C, In the morning, and P. B. McLaughlin, of WykagyJ, In thi afternoon. MR. GRANT IS LOOKING AFTER MURPHY OFFICE Southern Members Got Riled When Mlchgander Made Certain Remarks t'itiacn Bnirraa, Co agrees Halt. , By II. K, C. Uryenl WASHINGTON. April IS. Former Congressman John T, Urant'i .visit to. Dickey, appointed . post ; master at : Murphy, wss rucomnvnded by him. s The confirmation of Mr. Dickey hs -been held up for a time. Mr. Orant la looking Into the case, A fte)l Insurgent Tha democratic leaders of the house have a real Insurgent to hant , die. He oomeii from the first Call-, . rornia district and Is the: lone dem , ocral , from tha Pacific slope, . His najne ! Re ker, John E, Raker, and . , before coming to congress ha waa judge. His intimate frlsnds call him , Judge. He was the only member of ' his party to speak sjalnst the reso. , lutlon' to provide an 'amendment 114--. tha constitution to elect senators by the direct vote of tha people. Ml made a very vigorous speech, ad-.' 1 voce ting federal control of senatorial elections, and Intimated that thou who favored tha pending bill .war not serious and sincere in their ef- v forts to have an 'amendment, ! ' I believe," he aald,' "In leaving; article four,, section three, of the eon r ititution as It Is. Tha democrat! an , making a mistake. Let the times. ,, tho places and mannsr of holding , elections for senators and ripresen , tatlves hi prescribed by the legisla tures, but let congress it any tlmi. ' by law, tniki or alter sueh retuia-' , Hons.' ' ,,.,..,.. At -the caucus that named the or gatilaatioii committee a iportlon and kelp 4latHbwta patrtmat. Mr.' nikir broke out and made the welkm ring i so that the newspaper men -1n 5 the teHrrtdorr emiM' plainly ntf and'dls-';' tliigulsh Mi tremindous' VMce,( s Judge Raker li file V lost rst 16 . , of. I he shoe on the other foot Lest ear. and the year before, when Vic tor Murdock,' that daring republican Insurgent wn pawing thi urth la Uncle Joe Cannon's face, the demo. ' crsts were applauding him to t hi -word. But Judge Raker Is called a1' "crazy man,' Another bull Is being gored, '",''! i'J In the debate on the.Ruoker reso lution providing an amendment ' t . wia conaiuuuon 10 einci senator! Or -the direct vote of the people show of the Southern hot blood that oni hears about now and than cropped ' out Representative Young of Mlchi- gan. ranking member of tfii com mlttee on the election of president vice president and representatlvsse in - congress, intimated several times tnat -corrupt practices at thi polls might' thwart thi will of the people and . elects senators unfit to sit In the lul gust senate. In reaching his climax ' he tossed his head1 back and forth -and to the right and left, making his beautiful iron gray hair fly , up and (Oontinned on Pegs Fonrl - UNITED STATES JUDGE IN ALASIOIL CASES Takes Direct Issue With Previous Decision Jn j Cases Tried at Seattle " TO SUPREME C0TRT SPOKANE, Wash.. April IS. CnlU ed states District Judge Frank Rud. kin today overruled the demurrer of the defendants In the Doughton Alaska land case, taking direct Issue with United States Judge Hanford of Seattle, who had decided the same point In favor of the defendants la , the Sir Edward Btracy case in 8e attle. The defendants In the Doughton -rase are Harry White of Los Angeles, Cal., former mayor of Seattle; Chas. A. Mc-Kenxte. a Seattle capitalist' v. Donald A. McKenxli of Washtngloni Raymond Brown, and Wm. I Dunn, of Spokane, and Charles M. Dough ' ' txin of Pearson, Wash, v They were Indicted last . October for alleged conspiracy te defraud the United Ktates but of coal , lands la the Kayak mining district of Alaska. ' t At the Stracy trial in which the, defendants were accused , of crimes similar to those charged against thi promoters of the Poughton ' group, the defendants raised the same polnti as In thi Spokane case and Judge Hanford sustained every . Important point mads by the defense. , The Btracy Indictment were onashed and a record made up for reH-w by the Supreme court of thi United Statu on a writ of error. , .
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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