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THE WEATHER:
FAIR.
CITIZEN WANT ADS
BRING RESULTS
VOL. XXVII., NO. 209
ASHEVILLE, X. C, THURSDAY UOKNIXG. MAY IS. 1.U1
PRICE FIVE CENTS
CRITICISM OF THE
PRESIDENT GAUSE
CHIEF JUSTICE OF
STATE CANDIDATE
FOR SENATORS!
Chief Justice Walter Clark
Announces Candidacy to
Succeed Simmons
He's Getting Anxious
OP
S
THIUK ESCAPE
Hundreds of AshevilllansGaz
Breathlessly on Unusual
Spectacle of the Air
Three Officials of Exclusive
Metropolitan Club in Wash
ington Resign
Macon. Georgia. Is Selected as
Place for the Next Re
union of Veterans
THE
CONFEDERATES
PARACHUTE
FAILS
Ml COMPLETE
ANDY0UI1
IS
RESIGNATIONS
BSINES
SESSION
SOCIAL WASHINGTON
THROWN INTO FLURRY
Club, Has Recently Rejected
Several Close Personal
Friends of President
WASHINGTON, May 17. The res
ignations of two members of the
board of governors and the socre
tary of the Metropolitan club In this
City made known today following a
speech by President Taft last night
In which he denounced "Small head
ed men,'1 who. In clubs, attempt to
manifest their greatness by black
bailing men of prominence, pro
posed for membership, have stirred
official and social Washington to the
lore.
President Hwentful,
President Taft, who Is a member
of the Exclusive Metropolitan, was
reported recently to have felt some
resentment over the exclusion from
-the organisation of several newly
elected congressmen and senators,
proposed for membership by some
of the influential men in the club.
Among the men excluded was one
of whom the president was said to
be particularly fond.
The flurry caused by the club's
action at that time had partially
died down, when President Taft last
night,- in an address at the Jewish
Tempte, revived the subject by say
ing that he had had friends gentle
men kept out of clubs "by people
who were not worthy to button up
their shoes."
This was followed by the annunce
ment today that Brigadier Oeneral
Clarence K. Edwards, of the bureau
Of insular Affairs,, an Intimate friend
of President Taft, -Lieut. Col. Me
Cauley, of the marine .corps, former
ly a white house aide, and Captain
T. M- Potts, of the navy, and re
slgned their official positions with the
Metropolitan club.
Resignations In a Hurry.
General Edwards and Captain Potts
Wer?lWmber f the board1 of sjot
ernors and Colonel McCauley secre
tary of the club. All three of these
officers has asked that their resig
nations' take effect at once, but Cap
tain Potts and Colonel McCaulpy lat
er agreed to serve until next October
on account of the difficulty of filling
their places at this time of the year.
General Edwards, however. Insisted
that his resignation should be ac-
(fontlreupil on page Ave.)
RIPPLE ON THE SURFACE
HAS ENTIRELY VANISHED
House Democrats After
Sharp Fight Again Get
Together in Accord
COMMITTEE PASSED
WASHINGTON. May 17. After a
full day's fight over the proposal to
elect the sugar trust Investigation
committed nominated by Chairman
Henry, of the rules committee, the
democrats of the house came togeth
ar late this afternoon and elected the ,
committee practically wi.tnout ais- ending the usefulness of the commit
eent It consists of the following j tne fnfl, r, of tne 8tB,e br)b.
members: Representatives Hard
Georgia, chairman; Garret. Tennes- , ery Investigating committee was made
, see; Sulier New York; Jacoway, Xew to the senate today. The report con
Jersey: Keeker. California; Malby. ,ain8 ,n adliltinn to 8tP! ,akpn by
fw York; Fordnev Michigan; Mad-1
ison, Kansas; Hinds. Maine. I tne committee the report of the
The union of democratic forces j I'nlted States senate's sub-committee
came after conciliating words had
been spoken by many of those who
attacked Mr. Henry and hl resolu
tion yesterday and after democratic
leader Underwood had urged the
election of the committee named by
Mr. Henry. Mr. I'nderwood stiid it
was apparent that the democratic
sentiment favored a caucus in the
future for the selection of any Im-
portant committees, buf that he be-:
...
lleved tne house snouiu go aneao and i
approve the sugar trust committee
now presented as it had approved
the list of names presented by Mr.
Henry aa a committee for the in
vestigation of the steel trust. Re
publicans chlded the democrats with
having gone back on their original
proposal to select all committees by
caucus nominations. The democratic
forces lined up In the end and sup
ported Mr. Henry and his list of
nominations, after It had been made
plain that no committees would be !
selected in the future In that man-'j
ner. The resolution for an Invest!
gatlon of the American Sugar Re-
fining company was passed last week.
FAVORED RECIPROCITY
WASHINGTON". May 17. The ad:
dress of Governor Osborne, of Michi
gan, favoring the passage of the
Canadian reciprocity bill, featured to-1
day's hearing before the senate fi-
nance commmee on tne reciprocity j
And free list Mils.
ANNOUNCED PLATFORM
VERY PROGRESSIVE
Gives Standard Oil Decision
as Chief Reason for Can
didacy for Senate
RALEIGH, N. C. May 17. In an
open letter, to Solicitor A. Hall John
son, Marlon. N. C, Chief Jlustlce
Walter Clark, of the North Carolina
supreme court, announces his candi
dacy for the United States senate,
making the contest a three-cornered
one, with himself and Senator 81m-
mons and Governor Kltchin as the
contestants. Justice Clark outlines a
platform on which he will make the
race that takes the position that the
ruling of the United States Suprome
court Just delivered In the Standard
Oil case 'flakes It clear that the fight
for the control of trusts must be
RhVted now from the courts to the
I7ned States senate, where the anti
trust laws must be amonded.
Progrcswive Platform.
The people, he says, now control
the Jiouse of representatives. He de
clared himself a progressive democrat,
whlcfi he insists s simply Jeffersonian
democracy. He advocates tariff for
revenue only and constitutional
amendments that will elect United
States senators by the people, federal
Judges by the people of the 'districts
In which they are to serve; election
of postmasters by the people of the
territory to be served, terms to be
four years.
He declares for "Initiative and ref
erendum" and the recall for such of
ficers as the law may provide. He ad
vocates a primary to be held in the
same day all over the state by the
democratic party to nominate all
state officers and United States sena
tor, this to be held under restrictions
that will assure publicity as to money
expended and second primary to be
held for senator in the event thensj la
no nomination, .In .the first, the two
highest to stand In the second con
test. Psychological Moment.
The letter announcing candidacy is
addressed to Solicitor Johnson In re
ply to a lengthy letter from Johnson
Insisting that if he Intends to he a can,
dldate his friends are entitled to
know it with the least possible delay
and reciting many things that con-
(Continued on Page Six)
SAYS SENATE COMMITTEE
Report is Laid Before State
Senate of Illinois for
Action to be Taken
RATHER SWEEPING
SPRINGFIELP, III.. May 17.
Holding that the election of Wm. Lor
imer to the United States senate
would not have occurred had it not
been for bribery and corruption" and
censuring Judge Petit, of Chicago, for
evidence In the Lowmer case and the
transcripts of various bribery trials
all of which have resulted in veMicta
of not guilty, The committee report
Intimates that most of the persons ac
cused seem to the committee to have
been acquitted without sufficient evi
dence of guiltlessness.
The whole question of bribery and
' . ...
Irnmm ttee hefnre th sennte fnr what
ever action the members deem fit.
MEDICAL EXPERTS MEET.
XEW ORLEANS, La.. May 17.
Medical experts of the L'nited States
and Central and South American
countries will be present tomorrow to
attend the eighth annual meeting of
the society of tropical medicine. Re
ports will be read by President W. 8.
Thayer, of Baltimore. Secretary John
M. Swan, of Wstklns,
Lincoln Furbush, of
N. Y.. and C.
Philadelphia.
Surgeons of the army and navy will
attend.
AVIATOR FALLS TO DEATH.
LOS ANGELES Cel..- May 17. A. the commlselon to be composed of clt
V. Hartle. a young Ohian. ambitious: izms of the. two governments who are
to become an aviator, fell to hsi members of The Hague court.
doalh today at the
vlatlon grounds!
where Arch Hoxsey met a similar fate I
on December ji. it was Hartle o
second day's apprenticeship as a bird
OFFICIAL REPLY TO
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Today They Will Parade the
Streets and Finish With
Ball Tonlcht
LITTLE ROCK. May 17.Macon,
Ga., was chosen today by the United
Confederate veterans as the next city
for the annual reunion of the old
soldiers. The following officers were
re-elected:
Commander-in-chief, General Geo
W. Gordon, Memphis, Tenn., depart
ment commanders: ,
Army of Northern Virginia. Lieut.
General G. Irvine Walker, of Charles
ton, 8. C.
Army of Tennessee, Lieutenant
General Bennett H. Young, Louisville
Ky.
Trans-Mississippi department, Lieut,
General K. M. VanZandt, Fort Worth.
Texas.
Seven cities sought tne reunion
next year.
Adjutant General Win, E. Mlckle
read Invitations from Macon, Houston,
Jacksonville, Louisville, Chattanooga
Tenn., Fresno, Calif., and Atlantic
City, N. J. When the vote was an
nounced Macon had a long lead, with
Houston second.
Business Sessions Ended.
With the election of .officers and
the selection of the next encampment
cty the business sessions of the veter
ans ended. Tomorrow the parade will
take place, followed In the evening
by the last scheduled event of this re
unionthe Confederate ball, which
will be held at the Auditorium. To
day the veterans put the stamp of
their approval on the telegram sent
earlier , to President Taft In response
to his greeting to the gathering.
Through Adjutant General Mlckle the
message was made official. The. Texas
standard, of the United Confederate
veterans was brought to the platform
luting the -enenierial eaenlseo today
and after the flag had been draped in
mourning, and Charles M. Meng. of
Dallas, eulogized the life, character
and achievements of the late General
W. L. Cabell.
Other events at the memorial ser
vice' Included1 a brief address by the
chaplain general who opened the ser
vice; a poem "The Confederate Sol
dier," written and read by Father P.
(Continued on Pago Six)
DRAFTS OF CONVENTION
FOR ARBITRATION IRE
TO
France and England Given
Copies by Secretary of
State Knox Yesterday
MAY END ALL WAR
WASHINGTON, May 1 7. The prin
ciple of arbitration of practically all
disputes between nations, including
even questions of vital Interest and
national honor, assumed vitality today
when Secretary of State Knox submit
ted to the British and French ambas
sadors at Washington the draft of a
convention to serve as a basis of ne
gotiations. Secretary Knox has
evolved a document which has re
ceived the approval of the president
and the other members of his cabinet,
providing that all differences which
are internationally Justiciable shall be
submitted to arbitration. It expands
the scope of the existing arbitration
treaties by eliminating the exceptions
referring to "questions of vital Inter
est and national honor." This elimi
nation Is the real accomplishment of
the proposed treaty.
Rftrnimltlnff that thttA mav lu
Questions of nollcv and other matter. I
likely to force nations to yie brink of
war but which no people would be
willing to arbitrate the tentative draft
of the treaty provides that differences
that either party consider within this
category shall be referred to a com
mission equally empowered to make
recommendations for their settlement.
In this connection the treaty will take
another advancod step by binding
the disputants to arbitration in case
the commission of Inquiry declares
that the controversy shall be arbitrat
ed. AMtration In p 11 cases will be a
last resort. After tbe two countries
have concluded that It is impossible to
settle a dispute through diplomatic
Interchange, the question will be sub
mitted to r commission of Inquiry
charged with the. duty of suggesting a
way to avoid arbitration If possible.
The submission of the drafts to
Great Britain and France marks the
vw-.....v. ,.
(Continued on Page 8I.)
DIAZ WILL RESIGN. BEFORE JUNE FIRST
AND PEACE WILL REIGN IN OLD MEXICO
Vice President iWill Follow Example of Chief According to Formal Announcement
Madero and De La Barra Will Form Joint Presidency Temporarily
Armistice is Signed by Factions at Juarez
MEXICO C1T. May 17. President
Dies and Vice President Corral will
resign before June lind Minister of
Foreign Relations De la Barra will
become president ad .Interim, accord
ing to official announcement made to
day. 1 i
Francisco I. Meder. jr., the revolu
tionary leader, will b called to Mex
ico City to act----. l Barmc chief
adviser and to serve as the greatest
guarantee possible that every pledge
made by the government to end the
revolution will be carried out. As
viewed by the public It will be vir
tually Joint presidency pending the
calling of a new presidential .- elec
tion, ' 2. ' - ' L . .
'the cabinet will "b reorganised. The
minister of war will be named by De
la Barra. Other cabinet members will
be chosen by De la Barra and Madero
jointly.
A new election win be called within
six months and amnesty will be rec
ommended to the chamber of depu
ties.
The foregoing tire the conditions on
which President Diaa will compro
mise With the rebels. Virtually they
are admitted In high quarters to lie a
complete surrender to the revolution
ists. The resignation of Diaz and the
"Joint regency" of De la Barra and
Madero are said to constitute a guHr-
antee. so complete that the original
Insurrecto demand for fourteen gov
ernors no longer need be considered.
In HCwrton Two Hours.
The cabinet a In almost contin
uous session for two hours today, oe-
snlte the severe illness or I'resmem
Dlas. The president's entire face Is 1
PRESIDENT IS ASKED TO
USE STRENUOUS METHODS
American Manufacturers American Cotton Manufac
Wnnt. an End Put to All! turers' Association Will
Use of Boycott
NEW YORK. My 1 7'. President
Taft was asked today to end The boy
cott for all time h- seeking the pun
ishment or dls" -nlon of organiza
tions enforcing it. The petitioners
were the Natl'i.il Association "f
Manufacturers n. the American
Federation of I.at or w declared i
be "persistently prosecuting and in
tending to further prosecute such
boycotts." The h iatlon also sel(
to have government publish or tils
solve organisations which adopt, force
or Intimidation ! compel manufac
turers to accede to thelr'demands. The
resolution requests the president to
Investigate
those already organize!
through the department of Justice
A message urx.nE the establishment
of an American Men hant marine was
also adopted.
John Klrby. Jr. of Dayton. Ohio,
was re-elected president and F. 1'.
etlllman. of New York, treasurer.
Among the dire, tors elected were:
D. A. Tompkins- charlotte, X. C., and
H. L. Chamberlain, Chattanooga.
Tenn.
WASHINGTON. May 17. Porccaet .
Fair and continued warm Thursday j
Qd Friday; light variable winds.
I till j&i0$&z
. Infected from an ulcerated tooth. His
upper Hp Is swollen far beyond Its
I normal else and his face Is Inllamed.
He showed fever yesterday hut this
symptom was eliminated today. He
speaks with the greatest difficulty!
but. while he Is In severe pain, his
condition Is nut alarming at this time
despite his advanced age. The gov
ernment's conditions were telegraphed
to Judge Carbajal this afternoon with
Instructions to submit them to Gen.
Madero. They were accepted appar
ently as an armistice covering the en
tire republic of Mexico was agreed
upon at Juares this evening. Inas
much as the government bellevee that
It has made every concession that the
revolutionists , requested It 1 firmly
tiellgeetr that tri'iV'$ll
follow, 1 ''.'
Pulilln I FatWIctl.
The public received the announce
ment of Diss's Intention to resign
with apparent satisfaction. Since the
battle of Jare the people have real
ised that the president's renunciation
of his hjgh office alone could bring
about peace. Business throughout the
republishes suffered severely, and the
people, generally .were eager for an
honorable peace.
The scene wherein Porfirlo Dlas re
nounces the sceptre he has wielded so
many years would have been pathetic
had It not been for the , heroic char
acter of the man who was Its central
figure.
!lnz In Agony. '
in an agony of pain, relieved only
by narcotics, able, to utter only a few
words with difficulty, recymbent on
his bed, relinquishing power, he was
COTTON MANUFACTURERS
GATHERING AT RICHMOND
Protest at Exchanges
rili'HMfi.VO. Vn., May 17. From
all parts or the country delegates are
arriving tonight for the H.Mi annual
convention of the Cotton Manufactur
ers' jtssiicjatlon to open he're tomor
row morning. The membership of
the assoiiutioti numbers 1,1 til and of
tills total ii bout half, it Is anticipated,
111 attend the convention. C. H.
lirynnt. of Charlotte, N. C. secretary
of the association, was busy today
preparing for the convention. The
meeting will be called to order by I.
V. Cooper, of Henderson', N. C pres
ident of the assoi iiition. who will then
deliver hi nnninl nddrce. It Is tin
derKtood that one of the most Im
portant discussions to come before
the lonverillnn "III lime, reference to
the triefhnrlM of the cotton exchanges
n hich 'ill have in en the subject of
i o : n c v, hat sew-re irHI-lsrn on the
part tit leading tna n u( act urer for
rome time.
H!i:cn minus in ik..th
I'AKIS, Mai is. -The Journal of
fi'ial publishers an article by Ur
Jaeriues Herlillon, hlef statistician of
Pans railing attention to the disas
trous ref.ults of the hirtli and death
standi' s In France for la 10. The
complete figures are es follows.
Marrlaire J09.2HJ, divorces 1,1,
04H. births 774,Sr,t; deaths 703,777.
AM t l i ritS IN HKLIrti;K,T.
N'KW i iMI.KANS, May 17 The an
nual field day and meet of the .South
ern Association Amateur Athletic
I'nif'ii wero set for June T and 10 at
a meeting of the board of managers j
held too' a v. Two new events a h If
walk and tavelln tlitow. were added :
j to the program. The Junior champion- f
Ship events will tase place June 3 at
city Park and the seniors will contest
: week later at the some place.
still the dominant figure of the coun
cil, "1 venture to predict that in a
year or two, when the new order of
things shall have been established
Mexico will regard him as her greatest
hero," said Br nor Llmantour, minister
of finance. "His resignation must
forever silence those Who could find
no other criticism than that ha lusted
for power, He has ruled with the
single-hearted aim of his country's
welfare, and he resigns for this same
reason.'' ' ,
it Is stated on authority that Pres
ident pint has no wish or Intention
to leave Mexico following hie resignation.-
He la an old man and new
scenes and faces hva no attractions.
He hag no fear of remaining -among
h.s tmrmit. ""rhetg wtit 'ntrnty
to him personally. Hit Integrity has
never been questioned. Political dif
ferences ha-.-r arisen hut he feels thst
the people over whom-he hag ruled
are his friends. Among mem ne
wishes to end 'his days. While the
present ministry is not completely
convinced that tranquility, could not
more speedily be restored with Dlas
In power for a few months after the
signing of a peace pact, the public at
large feel little apprehension on that
point. '
ARMISTICE MfiXED.
EL PAHO, Teg,. May 17. At 11
o'clock tonight Judge Carbajal re
celved Instructions from Mexico Cltv
to sign the general armistice which
Provisions! President Madero already
had signed earlier today, A general
armistice of five days Is to take effect
rnnrtmwrt on Pago Sis)
NEGRO DN ELEVATED TRAIN
Assaults and Fights Desper
ately Wounding Many
Bystanders
t
NEW YOftK, May 17 John Kane,
a negro tailor. In desperate resistance
to arrest and to the attack of a mob
hli li tried to seize htm after'he had
shot and fatally wounded a white
tun n tonight, shot or stabbed two men
to death, fatally wounded another
man mid Intllcled more or lets se
rious Injuries upon six other persons,
one of them an R-year-old girl Ills
mad career was baited by a levolver
bullet wbl' h penetrated his lung and
he was taken to a hospital dying. i
The trouble- started on a Ninth!
avenue elevated train when Kane WASH I.VtlTON. Msv IT-Presi-drew
a blackjack and assaulted a t()dny ,,,,,
w hite man who reprove.! hlrn lor . fu) flf
smoking In the car. He then leaped , .,,,,, . .,, .,, .., -.wi ..rlnt
from the train to a station, threaten
ed his assailants with a knife and
ran to the street shooting or sbii'h
InK with his knife at thore who tried
to Intercept him us he fled up tho
avenue, leaving a trail of victims un
til he was finally captured after be
ing shot by a bicycle policeman.
WKM'OMF. TO KMPEKOIt
LONDON. May 17. Drury Lane
theatre was transformed into a fairy
flower garden and drooping foliage
tonight at the gala performance of
Mulever Lytton's old comedy. "Mon
ey." given In honor of the German
emperor by a star cast. The king
and queen and their Imperial guests
drove In proceesion to the theatre
through crowds of cheering specta
tors. Drury line's dingy exterior
was brightened with festoons of
greenery and illuminated with the
royal and Imperial ciphers.
POTASH
AGRKKMENT REACHED.
1
Hamburg, May
17. The German
American potash
conference today
rcsched a full agreement regarding
the prk'e of potash.
CUT WRONG ROPES
DESCENT WAS RAPID
Network of Wires on Pattor
Ave. Catches Parachute and
Averts Serious Accident
Fully three hundred, throats cheer,
ed and the same number of hearts be.
ttan to beat again yeterdy grternoog
when Floretta Lureni, a young tr(i.e
parachute performer, ' reached terra
nrma on Pation avenue after a thrill.
Ing escape from what Would ttndoubt.
edly have been a distressing trsguly
had not the overhead Illumine tin
wires on Pgtton avenue ' caught her
parachute and held It captive until
she dropped In safety to the street, ;
The young woman was taken In
half fainting condition Into the Peer
less Dry Goods company's store and
willing hands hastened 'to give her
water. Her thrilling experience left
her In a highly nervous condition, end
she was unable to speak for gome mo
ments. , , f .' '
Mile, Loren. who Is of . French
birth and speaks with. s. French ae.
cent, was taken back - to the show
grounds, where the told Cttigen rep
resentative the detail of her mishap.
Her unexpected fall from space wag
due to the) fact that on reaching up .
to cut her flrst parachute frer from
the balloon, wherein she ascended to
a height of nesrly one thousand feet,
she accidentally cut the Tope of the
second, and thlr parachutes which,
she carried with her. The last two,
however,, did not open, and the young
woman' begun a - rapid ' descent to
earth suspended from her first para
chute by only one rope. -
. '"Hk-iider Thread. ' '
The young woman declared that she
was more frightened by the knowledge
Hint her life virtually hung en the one
cord than by the unusual rate of
peed at -.'which ha wag descending.
Far down below,; it secerned J:
thousands of miles, the said she heard
the signal gun of her manager, Mr. J.
M. Coleman, who was himself crip
pled for t life in a parachute incident
ten year ago in UKisnoma. ' i ng sig
nal called for tho opening of the tec
end parachute, hut Mite. Lorens de
bated In her mind whether or hot it
would be wise to attempt to open t'te
other two parachutes, . tne unusual
weight of which, ddr-d to ner own.
wag rapidly .bearing her, toward the
earth. No more signal guns wre
fired from the ghow grounds, for the
anxious manager end hw family unew
that since the second parachute had
not ooened. something Wa - wreng
and there was no need to Org third
slgnsl. ,
Thrlllliur Hpertni'lr. 4
Meanwhile hundreds of people h4
scented thst Indefinable forerunner
of dire cottroph gnd ' they were
thrilling seconds which merited tho
young women' ; heart-oreagigg oe-scent-
For a moment Jt wag believe
that the parachute performer would
land on the roof of the postofflce, hut
(Continued on Pago fon.
PAPER AT CHEAPER RATE
THAN CAN UNITED STATES
Report of Tariff Board
Shows That Cost of La-
bor is About the same
BETTER MACHINERY
! paper Indtiftry In the United States
i and Canada
Hummurlzcd briefly the report say
that a ton r news print paper is
made In Canada for lu.JS less then
It Is made in the United BUte. The
average Canadian cost la given - at
127. C 3 and the average cost In the
United Blntes at 132.. The duty
upon a ton of nows print paper under,
the present tariff Is 13.76. The prtrt-:
clpal Increases In the cost of manu-
failure in the l'nited mate are said
to be due to the fact that a ton-Of
pulp wood costs nearly twice as much
in the United Btates as It doe Ui
Canada, and that many of the Amer
ican mllH hove much older and much).'.
Uws efficient equipment n than'' . the
Canadian mill which Is said to be
responsible for . large ,. Increased
manufacturing cost, fn th coet of
labor employed the difference In the
two countries ere shown fo be very
small.'- . "..
. The total ' average oast of a ton
of rround wood pulp In bulk at a
mill In the l'nited Slates Is 114.39;
In Canada It I 19. it. The total cot
of a ton of sulphite fibre In the I'nit-
CANADA CAN MAKE PHINT-
(Continued, on Page 8Lx.)