LE CITIZEN.
THE WEATHER:
RAIN
Complete Associated .
Press Reports
VOL. XXVII., NO. 181
ASIIEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, APR! L i!0, 1911
PRICE FIVE CENTS
THE
ASHEVIL
MAJORITY
REPORT
ON FREE LIST SAYS
TARIFF ISTDO HIGH
Intimates. Too. That Even the
- President Admits That Such
Condition Exists
RECIPROCITY TREATY
PRACTICAL CONFESSION
Tariff Revenue Reduction More
Than Compensated by Gen
eral Benefit to People
WASHINGTON, April 19. The
majority report of the ways and
means committee on the so-called
farmers' free list bill submitted to the
house today by Chairman Underwood
4s a- merger- of democratic political ar
gument and an analysis of the pro
posed duty exemptions.
The report ihows that the bill
would reduce the tariff revenues
$10,186,498, based on the Importations
for the lost fiscal year, an amount de
scribed as "Inconsiderable in compari
son with the great savins and advant
ages to all of our people from the ad
ditions to the free lift provided for."
Quoting President Taft's recent Ca
nadian reciprocal speeches, the report
seeks to convey the Impression that
the administration Is convinced that
protective tariff rates are too high.
"In several public addresses," It
says, "he (the president) has admit
ted tariff rates are too high; that such
rates have resulted In excessively high
prices felt and especially In the In
creased cost of living, which now
bears heavily on our people, and that
they have not received the long prom
ised benefits of domestic competition
under high protective duties."
Is Confession.
Referring to the president's state
ment that the republican party had
modified Its tariff policy so as to lim
it It for purposes of protection to the
difference in cost of production here
and abroad with a reasonable profit to
the American producer, the commit
tee report says:
"This isia confession, as was the re
publican platform of1908. that the
theory of high protective duties as
nut ?ttt. Kv tha VAniihlttfln n.rtv ha.
Droaen aown, inm com oi nations ana
trusts which prey upon the people
have been fostered by the tariff, and
that under tariff protection American
manufacturers have forced unreason
able profits from the people."
Again the report declares:
"The Canadian reciprocity agree
ment now before the house Is a rec
ognition on the part of the adminis
tration of the Injurious effects of the
extreme protective policy which hns
so long been Imposed upon the coun
try, and Is an effort to mitigate its
effects."
The reciprocity agreement, the com
mittee asserts, cannot afford the
American people all the needed re
lief from high prices, "action on the
agreement invokes the necessity of
further and Immediate action In re
moving a number of duties on lm-
fContlnuod on Pajre. Three)
MEXICAN AUTHDRITILS
FI6HTING RL0NG BORDER
Believed That Peace is Not
a Dream and That Pro
gress is Now Rapid
ZAMACONA IS HERE
WASHINGTON. April 19 Devel
opments late today indicated to Pres
ident Taft anil other administration
oli ials that peaceff In .Mexico may not
be a dream and that there Is reason
to believe that the Mexican authori
ties will adopt a definite "restrictive
policy alor; the border" to prevent
hcirder conflict!.
Senor Manuel de Zamacnna, the
new ambassador from Mexico, was
presented to the president and decla
rations of friendship were exchanged.
nformation was given out at the
white house that the rough draft of
Mexico's formal pole of reply to the
state department's demanil that
American border towns be not en
dangered by Mexican battles has been
placed in the h:tnd? of American Am
bassador Wilson at Mexico City. Mr.
"Wilson reportc'i to the president that
the note as liraf.ed was satisfactory
sad it is expected to reach the state
department In final form shortly. A
sub committee of the house committee
on foreign affairs will meet the pres
ident and Secretary Knox at the white
house' tomorrow to confer on the
Mexican situation. Ralph Cameron
of Arlxona announced that he had
received a letter from a business man
at Douglas that Mexican lnsurrectos
who were at Agua Prleta were put
t death by the iCtors. The Red
Cross here had no enflrrruitlon of
his report. lt res formal speech
to the President. Senor Zamacona
predicted pesce in Mexlcoc within
s short, time. Thfc president assured
the r.ew umlKissadrr that this gov
ernment writ not crouching on the
border ready tt vrlng upoti Mexico.
BLIND MAN AND HIS
WIFE PERISHED IN
PATTON
Fire in AsheviHe Claims First Vic
tims in Twenty-Seven Years.
Two Suffocated in Smoke Before
Rescuers Could Reach Them.
Caught In a trap, with ihelr escape
cut off by raging flames, Hattle Fox,
a fortune teller, and her blind hus
band were early yesterday morning
suffocated by smoke in their room on
the third floor of the building occu
pied by the H. Redwood compuny on
Patton avenue. When found the
woman was lying on her face In one
corner of the room and In another
corner lay her husband, his face also
to the floor. He was entirely dressed
and the wife was partially so. It Is
thought that hearing the fire so close
to them that they drersed, or par
tially so, and attempted to escape by
the" half and stairway; t'pon opening
the door into the hall the must have
been forced back by the lnrushlng
smoke and fell, suffocating within a
short time. The members of the fire
department worked heroically to
reach them, but It was some time be
fore the firemen coui." enter the room
on account of the clouds of dense
smoke and gases, and when the room
was entered the two occupants lay
dead on the floor.
Oil Move, Kxploricri.
The fire started from the explosion
of an oil gtove In an adjoining room
occupied by Mr. nnd Mrs. R. C. .Cocke
on the third floor. This floor of the
building is cut up into several rooms
and apartments, most of the parti
tions and the celling being of In
flammable pine. These rapidly caught,
and within a few minutes the whole
building wag filled with a dense black
smoke, and the flames were eagerly
licking the walls of the room. Mr.
and Mrs. Coche, with their two chil
dren, escaped In safety to the street,
as did also Mrs. Whitaker and her
one child, who were; on the second
floor.
The alarm was turned In from the
square at about 6.20, and the entire
Are department was on the scene
within a few minutes. Streams were
hastily turned on the building, and
the firemen were soon breaking holer.
In the windows of the third story in
an effort to make an entrance. A
line ol hose ..wag taken up the stair
way,' and the fireman were almost
driven back by the awful clouds f
smoke. They kept the water going,
however, and did all possible to reach
the room where the two victims were
known to be. but In vain. Mrs. Fox
hud been seen at a window a f-v
minutes before, and the extension lad der
as quickly raised. and Ralph
Hampton of the department smashed
In a window, to be almost knocked
from the ladder by the dense smoke
which poured forth, andiwutenwU
descend. Two of the firemen on th
Inside were also forced out. but others
took their places. and the fight
against the fire went on. On the roof
a hole was made, and the windows in
the rear were smashed in order to get
the water to the scat of the fire, and
in each case the work of the firemen
was rendered almost impossible by
the smoke, which as soon us an open
ing was made niHhcd forth
GANNON LEDD ATTACK ON
RECIPROCITY YESTERDAY
"Tammany and Dixie Com
bination Against Welfare
of Country," Was Called
OUDGER ALSO SPOKE
WASHINGTON, April 19. Former
Speaker Cannon, Representative Gud
ger. of .North Carolina; Manna, of
North Dakota. Nelson, ol Wisconsin,
and Sloan, of Nebraska, attacked the
Canadian reciprocity agreement In the
debate on the reciprocity hill in the
house, today. Representative Hub
bard, of lovva, spoke In favor of reel-pro-
ity.
Mr. Cannon, fortified by a large
map of the I'nlted States and Can
ada, played the role of school mas
ter to a. crowded floor and tilled gal
leries. He attacked the proposed
agreement as dangerous to American
trade, inlmlcable to the best Inter
ests of American farmers ami certain
to result In depreciation of American
farm lands. Representative Oudger
characterized the bill as a republican
measure. He attacked his c olleague.
Representative Claude Kitchin, for
his speech of Saturday, declaring Mr.
Kitchin was marching side by side
with the republican standpat leaders
and that he had Impugned the mo
tives of at least three members of the
North Carolina democratic delegation
who proposed to vote against ths
measure. .
Mr. Sloan referred to the house
supporters of the reciprocity ball as
"a Tammany and Dixie combination
against the welfare of the country."
The general debate on the reciproc
ity measure will continue tomorrow
but Chairman CndermoOd, of the
ways and means committee, will en
deavor to get the bill before ths house
under the Ove-minuts rule before ad
journment. -
AVE. FIRE
4
Stumbled on Hodlcs.
Finally Ralph Harklns and Law
rence fought their way Into the rear
room, where they stumbled over the
bodies of the two people. Feeling of
their hearts, both were found to be
dead. Acting on orders the fight
against the the flames was continued.
the hodles being Inter removed.
For more than an hour three
streams of water were kept pouring
on the building, and this flooded the
second floor occupied by the clothing
department of Redwood's and also
the first floor and basement. The
greatest demise will be to the stcrk
of Redwood from the water. This
Is estimated st about twentv thous
and dollars, although the full extent
of the damage will not be ascertained
unt'l a thorough examination can be
made, i The bultdinir. the property of
Mrs. Alice T. Connally. who Is at pres
ent In Rlrhmcfid. Is probably dxmnired
to the extent of ahont 12. linn. wit
110.000 Insurance. The Insn-nnce rn
the stock of Redwood Is said to he
lt.niV
"McCsnless' photograph gs'lerv on
the second floor wns co"ip'eiv
ruined with no Insurance. Mr. Me
Cantess was unnhle last night to make
an estimate of his loss. ,
The bodies if the two victims of the
fire were veVrdav morning removed
to the establishment of Hare-Ttnrd
Co. In the pocket of the wn were
a few cents In chanae. a collection of
roots and herbs and around h't neck
a few shoe strlnas which he has bee"
selling on ftton avenue. Around
the neck of his wl' wss a bna- crn
telnlng another collection of herbs
and roo's nnd In an Inner frnv -"S
flften dollars, ten ones and one Ave
dollar hill.
Kxplanatlcra of Origin.
In explaining how the Are originat
ed Mr. Coche said yesterday:
"The fire started from an oil stove
In the kitchen about 8 o'clock. My
wife was up and she asked me to go
io jLUft-miUKt't and I. did so. . She saw
a flash after the stove had been light
ed. She ran to It nnd tried to put out
the Are but the stove was In flames
and she ran down and shouted for
someone to turn In the alarm. She
and the children started out and I
met them on the stairway as I was
returning from market. I went up
to the room but it was so full of
smoke by that time that I could not
do anything but throw out a small
tri nk. The blind man and his wife
ill lived In an adjoining room, nnd I
elStmited to them but do not know why
they failed to get out. Patrolman
Lominuc turned In the alarm and then
ran up the steps but could not get to
the people for the smoke. Mr. Israel
of the fire department was with him "
The Coches lost practically all thev
had. the children being tnken out In
their night clothes. Yesterdnv there
Was a harty subscription taken for
them and shout flftv dol'ar rald
FOR INCREASED PRICES
AND NOT BATH TUBTRUST
Combination Actually Gave
Better Ooods at Less
Cost to Consumer
ALMOST HAD WINGS
P1TTBBCRQ, Pa.. April 19 That
the agreement entered Into by sixteen
manufacturers of sanitary enameled
ware, charged by the government with
violating the Sherman anti-trust act,
was advantageous to Jobbers snd con
sumers of the I'nlted States and that
only a certain class of plumbers and
their exorbitant charges were affect
ed, was testified to by a number of
prominent manufacturers from differ
ent parts of the country during the
bath tub hearing today. This was far
the most important given since the
government Inquisition begun here.
Among the witnesses ui. Wm. H.
Clow, president of James P. Clow II
Sons, Chicago, who readily admitted
that his company had signed the
agreement for the reason that It
would cause en Improvement In the
enameled Iron wares offered by the
manufacturers to the Jobbers. I'nder
the agreement the company was en
abled to use a patent process that
both facilitated the Industry and
maintained a standard price for sani
tary ware. After the agreement was
signed, he said, the Jobbers 'made
more money. "Prices may have been
higher," he said, "but the coat to the
consumer was less."
"What was the cause of this?"
asked Mr. Orosvenor, special assistant
attorney general.
"The plumber," was the laconic re
sponse. Mr. Clow said the plumber loaded
ths Jobber down with alleged claims
for Imperfect wares and these claims
under ths patent process manufactur
ing, did not have a leg to stand on. ...
MACVEAGH PLEADS FOR SOUTHERN
STA TES TO DESERT ON PARTY RULE
Secretary of the Treasury in Speech Before South Carolina Bankers Says Present
System is Not Good for vs. Independent Vot Means Emancipation.
He Has Changed and Would Have Others Do Likewise.
8UMMERVIUJC. S. C, AAprll If.
Secretary MucVeegh, speaking before
the South Carolina Bunkers' associa
tion here tonight, made a plea to the
Southern slates to break rrom one
puny rule and become blpurtusair In
their politics for their own good,
Not a j'artlsaii.
"I do not speak as a republican,"
said he. "1 am a member ot the re
publican party, and 1 am a member of
It became I believe In it. 1 was a
member of ths democratic party dur
ing Cleveland's time. n4 1 was a
member of It becapse J tisllived In' It,
but my hatarasl In bf party politics Is
not the ititerert of a party man but Is
the interest of cUlxen of n Amer
ican. I want you to believe that my
Interest In seeing the South under a
two-party system Is wholly Independ
ent of the question whether one party
or the other shall prevail.
"If the South were alone concerned,
blpsrty government everywhere would
still be a matter of slncero aspiration
to me. It Is In the Interest of the
North and South alike that I look
forward to a time very near when the
party unanimity of the South shall
be Invaded us II bus been InvHded In
the North by the converting Influx of
n active und powerful hlparty senti
ment. We Have Complex Problem.
"I know how long It hns lnnon to
ameliorate the situation thrurt upon
the fiouth by tin error of certain fea
tures of the reconstruction incisures
PICTURE FROM BEING USED
One in New York Got Judg- i
ment for Thousand and
Case Appealed
WASHINGTON, April 19, Mem
bers of the Hupr'-me court of the
Tutted States lo'luy put their heads
together to determine whether a
pretty woman, particularly pnttv
New York woman may prevent the
use of her photograph for advertis
ing of trade purposes. Photographers
newspapers and moving plot -e mi o
are said to be vll illy concerned Tli.
court was considering the case ol
Mrs. Alda- T llh.-les of Brooklyn N
Y., One day arrayed In her wedding
gown, she had lor photojraph taken
for a birthday present for her hus
band. -
Not long afterwards her sister-in-law
remarked
. "I saw your picture today In the
window of s tracing stamp store."
Mrs. Rhoden obtained from the
company exhlbltl; her photograph a
f 1,600 Judgment No' the Supreme
court of the I'nlted States Is asked to
declare as unconstitutional the Now
York statute of I SOS making It a mis
demeanor to use a name or photo
graph for advertising or trade pur
poses without the ronsent of the sub
ject ,
6HOWER&
WASHINGTON.. April '. 1 Fore
cast: North Carolina: shower Thurs
day; Friday fair ; - moderate to brisk
wtt to aortb vloda. A
'Lest You Forget
leTME SEE;
- NOW WtfAT Dlt)
adopted by the North, t realise, as
vast numbers of Northern people real
ize, the prol lem thrust upon you and
with which you have wrestled for
many years. 1 do not say that in
dealing with these extraordinary con
ditions you have In every Instance
found the very best way, 'What peo
ple dealing with vital and complex
problems have In every Instance found
the very best way? Self-preservation
Is a stern responsibility. It does not
always admit of ths nicest dlacrlrnlna
tlone. . t .' .
"I am a particular friend of th Col
ored race and I have always wondered
that we of tho North should have
believed that It was good for that race
to suddenly load them down In their
unprepared condition with a full
share of the responsibility of govern
ment, and 1 have always realised ths
happiness of the North In Its exemp
tion from the tax problems of the
people of the Fouth but happily time
has mainly worked the needed repara
tions und us I conceive It the South
has urrivod, at any rale, at a time
when It Is practicable to have . that
credit necessary of party government,
two equal parties. And I know no
"recti r political boon than that op
portunity and privilege, and no great
er deprivation that has come to the
Forth out of reconstruction days than
the necessity of trying to live under
party government v!th only hns party,
OF
AI.Q STATE IN PORTUGAL
Religious Freedom Will be
Granted and Property of
Churches Respected
I.IHlioN, April 19, The cabinet has
: cone luiled the finishing touches on the
i decree of separation of church and
jiiate This kIM be promulgated on
; -Idny or K.ilcirday. The main point
if the dei-.-ec ( I e :
Fcinte concedes entire liberty
of rfed, Ihe c'ufhollc creed resslns
in be the sl ite rdlglon from the date
! of -he promulgation. Henceforth all
I chore ties will be maintained by the
i faithful 1 ho beneficed ' clergy will
continue to receive stipends until
July I after which they will be paid
penHon.
The property necessary for the
celebration of pullc. worship will be
re. led to the c lergy free of cost. All
tie i'ortugiiese and foreign clergy en
gnted In religious work will continue
;i hlthi -no. but all others must obtain
suth .rtzatlon. All the religious pro
perty which Is proved to belong to
pr:vt tnul-l'iusis. either PofUiguaee
or foreign, will be respected. British
mid Oilier foreign seminaries will be
allowed to remain, hut persons con
nected with the seminaries will not
tie allowed In the streets In ecrllas
i lr nl garb. As the 'tholo will no
longer h the state religion, priests
may marry. In cee of death, pen
sions will revert to the parents, wid
ow or children 1
CiOKH O I'KACK MIHHIOJf
PAIEHTINK. Tex., April !. On
a peace mission to Kranolseo Madero,
Jr., the rebel leader, lienors BranlrT
and Obergon of Mexico passed
through here last night. They are
travelling from Washington where
they saw rr. Oomei on a similar mlr
sio nto El Paso, whence they hope
to reach Madero. They did not ap
pear to be optimistic over ths .out
look, for seaco. ' '(
Mcnuis tCnian4ptlon.
' "Ths Independent te means ths
political emancipation of society, and
It doss not mesn at all hurtful de
tachment from party nor loss of w
senile! party fealty t tt doss Include,
however, higher fealty as well ths
fealty of Ideas, to policies, to prin
ciples and to country, th only Anal
support of party government.
. "With- th earns psrtlei established
everywhere North and South and
everywhere marshaling and dividing
th people on th same lines of
thought a ad action, the tsnrt stem, will
para been added to the Immovable
foundation of our perfect union."
MAKING CAMP FKR.HANKNT.
AN ANTONIO, April J.Th big
maneuvers ramp at Fort Bam Hous
ton la dally being mads more perma
nent TH troops have resigned them,
selves to the belief that there will be
actual service and are settling down
or a long stay. Company kitchens
snd messes are housed In frsmetf truo
tures with walls and roofs of canvas
and with screens. Improvised side
walk are building and supplies are
accumulating.
nnvAN in nxmiiM senator.
TALLAHASSEE, Fie.. April 1
Nathan P. Bryan was declared elected
17. S. Senator today from Florida.
Impressive Ceremony at
Consecration of Cathedral
of St. John the Divine
NEW YORK, April 11 With ool
emn ceremony and In the presence of
t potable gathering of clergy and
laity, the completed portion of ths
cathedral , of HI. John the Divine, on
Mornlngslde Heights, were conse
crated today according to the rites
of the Protestant Episcopal church.
The Impressive offices were presided
over by Kr. Hev. David Oreer, bish
op of ihe diocese of New York.
Among the guests Invited to witness
the function were Ihe representatives
of msny communions, presidents of
universities snd officers Of city, stste
snd nation.
Hlshop Greer preached the sermon
of the day, dwelling upon the value
of the present day cathedral as a
force for righteousness In modern
life.
IJIshop Greer read a letter written
him by the Archbishop of Canterbury
In which, after praying Mod's bless
ings on the new edifice, he advocated
International arbitration as proposed
by President Taft.
NEW MAIIATIIOX KlXtllll).
BOSTON, April 1. Clarence F.
DeMer, of the North Dorchester.
Mass., Athletic association, young but
experienced runner, won the Boston
Athdetle association s fifteenth Mara
thon race today and established a new
record for the 2h miles of rolling road
of t hoars, 21 minutes and tt 1-5 sec
onds. The previous record. J hours,
24 minutes, 24 seconds, wss mads by
Tom Longboat four year ago.
VIRCIIXM LEAGVK OPEN TODAY,
RICHMOND. Va., April 1.Th
Virginia State league baseball season
will open tomorrow with games . at
nichmond, Norfolk nd Boanoke..
I'S-SPEEGH
GETS GIJOBER GDAT
Also Webb and Doughton are
Hopping Over the Red BrlcKs
Since the CaWest
MEANWHILE "CLAUDY"
SMILES AS OF YORE
Doughton Says He's "Agin
Reciprocity and He's Going
to Vote It Down' V
Cltlson Dureatt,
tvmgrcrs Hall.
Hy 11. K. t Urya.it),
WASHINGTON, April , Jl.-jTh
North Carolina delegation has not ft
. ."..t.:".1." : xtiue'riiini. 'tna roc as
that Claude Kltluhln flung about th
camp mads the boy hop. Oudger la
reeling Here about It." Bo hi Webb,
and. perhaps. Doughton. About ten
democrat in th housd wilt not vol '
three Tarheels, four Buckeye, una'
Mlnnesotan and three Loulelanlans,
and perhaps other. The party lash.
In the old North fitat ha not driven
Webb. Oudger and Doughton back on
tho reservation. - la the meantime -Claude
Kitchin, the Idol of a drove of
democrat, moves among hi fellows
smiling-. , Born people are accusing
him of making medicine for til
brother's ..campaign again! , Bonator
Klmmotl. hut thos who know the
"god ot Halifax" believe that he llkae
not a dull time. No matter what li
Ilka he has made three atubbora In- ,
surgents, Webb Is the Victor Mur
dock of the democratic aide, ' He hat
the rd hair and th grit. ,
i am opposed to csnaaian reel .
proclty and shall vote- against it,"
laid Repreeentativ Doughton today.
"It was pot an Issue In my campaign,
nd It I now pressed hy leading re-,
publican of the Taft, Mann, WcCsll, 5
Lodge and Crumpcker school. A
democrat should feel free to vote as ;
hi judgment dictate, nd a major:
Ity of hi constituents deslrs him to!
do. . tatters received from every j
county In my district lead me to he I
Iter that my constituents op pec the
measure anerta,
"They tell us that reciprocity Is ,
cardinal principle of the democratic (
party. This may be true but sham
reciprocity has been condemned In
pur platforms. It Is argued y the
advocates of this measurd tht It will:
hot reduce th product of the.fsrnt,'
but will lower th cost of living. Ouch I
a thing Is Impossible. It I shsm, '
or tt will hurt. Cattle, hog and other
dock are on the free list, nut mar
meat products and the like brindled
by the beer trust are protected. ' -
Mr. Doughton I " very emptistlo,
He think his constituents are wit k
him. . ' ' . i i
Mr. tiodgrr Tlfplles,
Representative Oudger replied to
Mr. Kitchin today, "Thl country,
said Mr. Oudger, "demand tariff re
vision, but no personal criticism I
musl confess thst I wss greatly sur
prised at Mr, Kltchtn's impugning tha.
motives of three of hi North Caro-i
Una colleagues. I shall not crltlelaa
him for .voting with Mr, Payne, tho1
republican loader, and Mr, Crtlm pack
er, the man who hs don more than
any other on the floor of thl tiousa
In humiliate the Mouth by fore blil,j
yet these three men, Messrs. Payne, (
Crumpecker snd Kitchin, get together j
on a measure, two calling It a repuh- .
I lean measure and one calling It a
demorratlo measure. It will be ft
grand picture to ee them msrchlngi
together. Where did thle bill comet,
(Conilniwd on Pge Tsrei) '
Bill 00-BPEBT1IS
TOPIC OF OH IN
EDUCATfDNJILGflNFERENCE
Robert C. Ogden, President
of Conference, Delivers
Annual Address !i
NOTABLE SPEECHES
JACKSONVILLE. Fla., April tl.
Robert C. Ogden, of New York, pre- ' ,
Ideht of the conference on education "
In the Houth, delivered hie annual ad
dress at tonight's session of the eon '
ference, which began a three day' V
convention here thl morning.-; Th '
president took for hi subject rural
lO'operallon on which speech war t
made also by Count Carl Moltke. or
Denmark; Dr. Mollis B. Frlsset, prin
cipal of Hampton Institute, Virginia,
and Dr. John Lee Collner, of the de
partment of agriculture, Count Molt
ke's address was an Illustrated lecture
on the co-operative movement 1 In
fJenmark snd the henflts to be derived .
from It by the United Btstes. Th .,
conference convened st ten o'clock
thl morning with about "0 deiecntes
present, representing every inrt of
the South. ; At this si" -i t , prin
cipal speaker1 wss r i iui i .
fiwtaa minister t
Tha conference
through Ft' .
UN
and
E S REAL MAD