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THE MHEMiiB CITIZEN.' .--'' - ' i . , , THE WEATHEE: ".; FAIR., , T ; ' 1 CITIZEN WANT ADS BRING RESULTS VOK. XXVII., NO. 210 y , ; : r ASHEVILLK, N. C, FHIDAylORNIXO, MAY 19, 1911 PRICE FIVE CENTS SOLDIERS OF LOST PUII J01ITE ALL JEWISH LEADERS TEAR REPETITIOn II E J Heroes of the Old South Move In. Effort to Christianize the World Far-Reachlng Reso lution Is Presented . Say Only Widest Publicity Can New YorKer and Greenville .. : ; , rhf Dove Jmmmv: 1ARGHAGAIN MISSIONARY WORK OFBAPTISTGHORGH BLOODLESS 0 UL1SS GRE Under Waving Banners ; of, Peace ' SEVERAL ARE VICTIMS Avert Reonactment of ' - Bloody Scenes Man Cross Words on Con- , ' . -X YWT; ' 'i ;' vent,on Flo : OF EXCESSIVE HEAT Last Event of This Year's Re union Was Grand Con ' federate Ball LITTLE BOCK. Ark.. M.ay It. While bands played war time airs, the Vsoldlera of the old South today marched through the. streets of this city la their J 1st annua? parade. Their commander-in-chief. General 3eo. W Gordon of Memphis, Term., was eon lined to his room by the order of phy eicjans.1 A the 'Hneof march passe the hotel.- the vetertths salutedi ,! The reviewing- stand, i that had been in tended, for pltlclaft aa' given over "to aged, and 'infirm, veterans, .although many .were in line who had - lost .a ' leg. i sn v arm -or ." were landed from wounds received at war. - Governor Dcmgbey,. or Arkansas, with his or derly and private secretary, occupied 4 carriage Id the parade. . Puring the. day several persons : we prostrated . from heat and ex haustion, tut ambulances had been distributed along the Una of march ' and the sufferers were cared for promptly. No cases proved fatal, ' . Closed with Ball The last event df this year's fre- union was the Confederate ball which was given tonight at the Auditorium, attended by those who remained for that purpose and who Included dignl- - tarles of the United Confederate Vet erans and kindred organisations, i Camp Shaver, where a large num ber of veterans have been lodged and pfoV toned y the elty.f will be de serted tomorrow. At breakfast lunch baskets with. i rations to last ntll ' he reaches home wilt be given to'each vetcrar, tomorrow morning, In the - Una of "march tally-hos carried- sons aa4 daughters of veterans, one with ' ten girls composing a brass band: carrmgvs bora such guests s Mrs. t W. G. BehaJr... president f tbs Coir federate fyemorlal association and squads of former slaves also In tine received showers of silver coins, from the spectators.1. V. In the 'place of General Gordon, General K. M. VanZandt of Fort Worth, and Adjutant General Wm, H. MIcked, of New Orleans, led the pro cession. Covering a distance of nearly two miles,-from starting point to where the turn of the- counter (Continued on Page Four) FIBED THREE ' BULLETS INTO WIFE BECAUSE HIS SOPPERWISPONTli New Yorker Tries Strenu ous Method to Hasten Evening Meal THEN SHOOTS HIMSELF NEW rTORK, May 11. Daniel Ober, an electrician, returned to his home In the apartment house at No. 131 West SljttC Second street last night and called to his wife, Elisabeth: "Have sapper as soon as you can. l-m Hungry. ' . .. "It'll be ready soon," answered Mrs. Ober from a rear room, where her five-year-old son, Daniel, Jr., was playing about the floor. Supper was not ready In . fifteen minutes and Ober quarrelled with his wife, who said: "Now, you'll get your own -supper or go without. I'll tyt get It for yos." - .. , . Ober, a revolver in hand, entered -the kitchen. Mrs. Ober ran through to the hall. -the. child at. her heels. Ober flred, the-bullet striking Mrs. Ober In the right cheek. As : she reached the stairs he fired twice more. One bullet hit her In the left side of ' the neck and the other In the - right forearm. ' Mrs. Ober grabbed up her eon and staggered en down the steps, scream Ing. Neighbors rsn to her aid and Ober retained to his apartments and fired a shot Into the right side of his head.- The bullet struck a bone and glanced off and only a flesh wound resulted. Then he hurled the revolver , on a roof and sat down to die. , Husband and wife were sent to Flower hospital In the same ambu lance. The doctors aaM neither was badly hurt Ober was charged with attempting suicide and with felonious assault Neighbors took charge of the mall Ober boy. DEATHS FROM HEM. ' CHICAGO. May lg. Four deaths . and more than, a score of prostra- Uons resulted today from heat The . thermometer showed si degrees at 4 i o'clock the highest point the mercury Ince the . establishment - of the weather bureau. CONVENTION ADOPTS PLAN UNANIMOUSLY Committee Is Appointed to : Present Plans to World's Baptist Alliance JACKSONVILLE, Fla- May 11. -A movement which contemplates the onion of . all Baptist' missionary so cieties In an effort to christianise. the world as speedll.'y as possible was launched at today a session or tne Southern Baptist convention which Is In session here. The purpose of the movement was outlined in a resolu tion which was offered by Ft: M,;,:MC' Connell, of Texas, and adopted bythe convention.; It provides for' the ap pointment of a commutes of five to formulate "plans to be presented' to the world's Baptist alliance, which will convene In Philadelphia In June. Rev.'B. W.! Bpilman, of North Car olina, read the . report of a special committee appointed a year ago to look into a protest made last- year against some features of a new aeries of graded lessons which had been Is sued by the International Sunday school leenan committee. In' his re port Mr. Spllman announced that the International lesson committee had since announced a pqllcy which .fully met the protest made a year ago and the scheme of graded lessons had been modified so as to meet ail the objections made. It was . therefore recommended that the Sunday .school board at Nashville should Issue peri odicals for the revised grade lessons, snd that a Southern Baptist lesson committee should . be appointed. -. Thereport - was adopted , and the committee appointed. It consists of E. C Dargan of Georgia, B. H. De ment of Kentucky, i. P. Green, - of Missouri. O. 8. C. Wallace of Mary land and B. W, , Spllman of : North Carolina. i I ' -' .- Have S.OOO fnlona. . ' ;. The convention .today considered the work of the Baptist Toting Peo ple's Union - The report of the ' edutfve committee was read by. T. J. Watts, the secretary. -It showed that there are . now. nearly 2.000 unions In the churches In the South with a membership of (0,000. . ; . . The union i conducting a. syste matlo course of Bible etudy, Is ar ranging weekly programs for ; devo tional meetings and Is preparing books for use In stfdy classes. The convention re-elected the old (Continued oh Page Three) MAY CHANGE DATE OF THE INAUGURATION DAY TDLAST TUESDAY IN APRIL Chairman Henry of Com mittee on Rules Presents Revised Draft , MEANS LONG SESSION WASHINGTON, May 18. A revised draft 'Of the proposed constitutional amendment changing the date of the president's Inauguration to the last Tuesday In April, providing for the convening of congress the second Tuesday of each January, and eli minating the biennial short session of that body, was presented to the house today by Chairman Henry of the committee on rules. " The new resolution Is the result of prolonged conferences to reach a satisfactory solution of the Inauguration problem. The Henry resolution extends the terms of president' andvtce president from March 4 until the last Tuesday In . April, making their ' terms begin and end on that date. - The draft changes the sessions of congress so that the newly elected congress wll convene in January Immediately after electelon, Instead of the following De cember. Congress thereafter wilt sit in long session each year, the Inau guration of president taking place without the breaking of the session. It also empowers congress "to desig nate a successor to the president elect between the time when the vote la officially canvassed In February and the lime of Inauguration, . If both the president and "vice president should die during tha period. MICHIGAN PeR TAFT WASHINGTON, May H. Governor Chase Osborn, of Michigan, a visitor at ' the white house today, told. Presi dent Taft that he could expect the support of Michigan In the 1111 pres idential campaign. 1 The governor told the newspapers later that he is a pro gressive republican, "the earns sort of progressive republican ae Mr. Taft Is." Governor Oeborn said he be lieved Mr. Taft to be the man to unite i the factions In the republican party for the 'llt campaign. ' SAY RUSSIAN STORIES WITHOUT FOUNDATION Denounce Prince Mentchlkow , as a Slanderer-Stronrj f Statement Issued NEW TOBK. May 11. The Amert- can Jewish committee when asked to day by the Associated Press for Us views respecting the recent dispatches from Kiev, authorised the following statement: , " "The .committee Is satisfied that only a wide publicity can avert a recurrence of the horrible massacres, Instigated by the Russian government, which- took, place between. 110S and 10I, especially st Kishlneff, Odessa and Blalyatok when : thousands of Jews were foully massacred and mil llona of property destroyed. "The monstrous - and infamous stories recently sent out by. the Rus sian government from St Petersberg, Kiev and Moscow, and published In American newspapers,' respecting the alleged murder of a boy at Kiev are precisely similar to : ths unfounded tales circulated by the Russian, gov ernment previous to the Klshnlaff, Odessa and Blalystok pogroms. Rtortr False "Investigallon shows thst the stories which havs been sent out te American newapmpers are founded upon baseless calumnies hlch appeared In the welt known an tl-Sml tic and reactionary organs, " Russkoye '. Znamva, Kolokol Zemschtlna and especially In the fore moat organ of the reactionaries, the Novoe Vremya, . which, : as Is well known, Is the mouthpiece of the Rus sian government In Ht. Petersberg. The. author of the artiste In the No voe Vremya Is one : Prince Mentchl kow, one of the star editors of that paper. He waa formerly ' a liberal and follower of Tolstoi, but within the last ten years he has sold himself to the editor of the Novoe Vremya and since . then has attacked; -every pro gressive movement In Rossi and vile ly slandered the Jews at every oppor tunity. A brother of Premier Stoiy pin, A- Stolypln, la ,one of the prin cipal editors of Novoe Vcemya, 'The political situation. In Russia at the present time, due to the recent reactionary, victory of , the caar, and his prime minister Btlypln, ,ls one of Intense excitement , The Russian gov ernment has always resorted to' mas- (Contlnne4 on Psge Ws) POTASH SYNDICATE K ITS CONTENTIOSTO MAKE CHEAPER Says That it Can Make Bet ter Terms for . Home Agriculture CONTRACTS DRAWN , HAMBURG, May It. In ' the agreement , reached at the German- American potash conference yester day the German potash syndicate, ae cording to authoritative German Intl. matlone. won its cnntnin - e,... nlsh fertilisers for home agriculture cneaper tnan those sold to foreign countries. The new contracts now be ing drefted are to remain In force fo five and a half years. They raise the prices of raw salts considerably and provide for a further Increase of per cent during the term of contract The price of concentrated salta re. mains practically as It was before the potash war began., - '. j The AmerisB potash interests prof Its by Inereesed rebates averaging It Instead of per cent,. German com panies are entitled to sell potash di rectly to the American market and American firms are forbidden lo pur chase the product except through the German syndicate. There is no inti mation that the settlement of the eu percontlngcnt Us will be made pub lic. - Ae the representatives of the Amer ican potash Interests throughout the negotiations have consistently refused te talk, it is Impossible to confirm the above statement. ? , : ' ,v; The German press greatly regards the settlement of the potash dispute sa a German victory, attributing it to the changes a ttitude of Washington which government, they say, withheld the support expected by the Ameri cans and to a desire of. the United Stetes government not to provoke tar iff hostilities. . : ; WARM TS RICHMOND. ' ... RICHMOND, Vs., May 1 l.-i-Rich-mond suffered today from the warm est May weather It has ever experi enced, so far as the 'weather bureau records show. The mercury went up to IS in the shade. ' SA YS RESIGNATION OF DIAZ WILL Vc President Corrall, Who 4 Madera? Authority Does Not Extend Beyond State of Chihuahua ' Says Federals Must Pursue ReheU , PARIS, May H. ,"I do pot hells ve that the resignation President Dial will really stop the revolution." Thla emphatic declaration was made' this evening by Vice rsR)ent Correy bf Mexico, whose real jnatlon along with that of President Bias has been prof fered by the Mexican administration as a concession to the revolutionists. Sensor Corral has been fll for several days and although he 'has received only his, intimate friend, he consent ed this evening; tp give af statement on the situation In. (his country. He fald he had received no official advices or personal messages from President Dlas covering the latest developments In Mexico. Cntil he beard 'directly. from the .president' would -meke no decision about rs,tln. Neverthe less he Intimated that he foresaw a possibility that the condition of his health might ' necesslute Vhls retire ment from office. ! - i ' Ho RrpemU It Tha.vlna nreetiient ehowed Intense Interest In press dispatches bearing upon the peace arrangements.. After their perusal he exclaimed: .'i. , 'Let me ssy this again. The retire ment of- President Dlas will not end the revolution because Madero's au thority exists only in the: stste of Chihuahua. In the. ether disturbed provinces hs has no real Influence, I believe It almost certain that the re volt will continue throughout the af fected areas, st least In guerilla form. Asked as how to sn end could be put to the revolution ths Vice president replied that the only way was for the federal army to pursue the rebels per sistently and constantly until ,V they finally conquered them.1 ' Regarding the situation at borne. he waa of the opinion that It was a critical moment for a great country. "Not only Is It a moment of grav ity for the Mexicans themselves," ssld EIEHTY-EIGHT MIDDIES Sixty-Seven Graduates of 1909 Fail in Examination After Service, ' WASHINGTON, May 18. -The navy department today made public the names of the lucky 81 out of a claas of Hi midshipmen who gradu ated from the naval academy In 10, who after two years' see service have managed to puis the, examinations thst will entitle them to commissions as ensigns. The list Includes the fol lowing signatures: Carl P. Jungllng, Mississippi; Thomas B. Rlchey, Rob ert 8. Robertson, Jr., 7 Benmli B. McCandlish; Monroe Kelly, Wm. C. Wiekham, Robert B. Thornton, Hugh V.' McCabe. Virginia? Penn t. Carroll, Prancle W. Bcanland, Loulslsns ; James D. Mslony. Kugene M. Wood eon, Tennessee; Joe W. Bunkley, Howard H, J. Benson; Charles M. Kl der, Georgls; Marlon C. -Robertson. Thih.r k. Alford. Texas: Oscar C. nri Alabsma: He rv T. Kettle, -Kentucky; Auguatlne W. Rleger, North Carolina. v-- ; WASHINGTON. May ll. Forecast: Generally fair Friday and Saturday, except probably local thunder show ers, light te moderate variable wind f !, . 1 :'S.. ' fed.-.. Cr:fa7k: NOT STOP MEXICAN is Shted to Resign Makes the vice president, but for foreign na tions, like the United States, frame and Great Britain whose heavy fi nancial Interests aa well as brotherly concern, meke them earnestly wish that the future would bring about peace." t - Iferoio Measures. -Nevertheless as one who loved his country, Senor Corral felt that he should utter a warning that compli cations ' probably were not yet over and must be met by heroic measures. He said he had considerable faith In the plane of General Heyee for the re-organ lee tlon of he Mexican army and thought great Importance should be attached to these in connection with the oBiyn pf a. vawt country tn -whWi- InaurreeU'ftn ss likely - to exist until the strong hand of the gov ernment whether the government bt that of Pins', or another, should de feat the rebels. OX TO MKXICO tttarkz. Max.. May It. Prevl. slonal President Francisco t Madero's announcement today, that tie would leave for Mexico City within two days tn nartlclDate lit a reconUructlon Of the federal government was the slg nal tonight for a general aeparjurs of political chiefs, go-betweena and others who feel that the scene of peace negotiations is about to be shifted to the cngittal. t , Peace agreements,.- official conces sions nd the machinery of the pro visional government have been tern? porarlly swept aside by the expects tlon that Honor Madero will quietly arrange with the federal government a lasting peace with political eman cipation. Judge Carhajal. the federal r,vv. will leave here ' tomorrow. Judge Carbajal Is elated because he thinks thst It will be unnecessary to WILSON WILL ' STUDY lEJOEGON PLAN He Declared That Its Appli cation is a Matter of Ex pediency" PORTLAND, Ore., May is, Gov ernor Woodrow Wilson, of New Jer sey, arrived today and spent the af imnon In conference with democratic committeemen from Oregon. Washing ton and Idsho. Governor wuon oe clsred his intention of devoting most of his time in Portland to a study of the Oregon primary. law, which, he said, he heartily endorsed, ' al though he was not willing to admit that it would work successfully In alt parts of the country, as It appeared to work In this state. It application, he thought, was a matter of expe diency, rather than principle. - Asked whether he were a candidate for the democratic presidential nomination, he said: "I certainly shall not seek the nom ination, but no man Is too big tp re fuse It." Tonight Governor Wilson was the cuest of honor and principal speaker at ths banquet at the . Commercial club. .." -," - AGAINST RECIPROCITY, WASHINGTON, D. C, May ..Is. The following named men, represent ing the North Carolina Pine assoila tion, appeared before the finance committee today and protested against the passage of the Csnadlan reciproc ity treaty: A. R. Tarnbull, W. B. Ro per, and George W. Jones, ot Nor folk; H. Clay Tunis, of Elisabeth City, J. Sam Wright, of Beordman; J. O. McNeal,,of Burgaw. and D. W, Am brose, of South Carolina,. The spokes men argued that the proposed treaty discriminated against the eoutb. REVOLUTION Emphatic -Declaration Says sign any actual peace agreement, sn artidcai .'document between two par. ties. , one of which will expire when the decree la signed. 'rV--v - (tenor Madsro also Is slated, Antici pation, eager and Joyous, beamed In his face, as hs walked up and down the ''east room" of his "white house," , "Peace, peace," he repeated slowly, as he meditated on ths fruits of his advisory powers, which he believes, when digested, will mean his rise to a presidential senlih. , i c liouml to Comr "PcAce Is bound to c'ome. ' I am going lo work ..very hard. Our de mands are welt known, "Wg" want merely what ' Is reasonable. ' But we mtiat ve guaranteed 4hnse thlntTK, am glad that I shall b able to tCied these1 guarantees by personal activity." The members of . the provisional cabinet met today to discuss the die patches of last night. ; Not a few of the teadera began to wonder about the exact proceed ure which is to effect peace. Dr. Vasquei Oomei admitted that there were many things to be done be fore a modus operandi could be de cided upon. He declared that peace was In effect ' now but he thought seme kind of an r unofficial under. standing by telegraph or otherwise should be established with the Mexl can government before the departure of the rebel lesders. .-He said that such things as a cabinet reorganise' tlon, the placing of the governors In power and , other details concerning the reconstruction of the federal gov ernment could not be written into any agreement.'' wf '...wy'i & - This Is the proposition which hs will submit to the provisional cabinet tomorrow and ; about which Judge Carbajal expects to receive some in structlons before tomorrow night AT MAKE NO NEW RECORDS First Prise in Hose Wagon : Contest Goes to Company No. 1 of New Bern CHARLOTTE, K. C. May It. The program for the second day of the twenty fourth annual tournament of ths North Carolina Firemen's ssso rfiatlon consisted of the state horse hose wsgon contest . and Interstate hand reel races. First prise In the horse hose, wagon contest went to eompsny No, 1 of Newbern, the time being t J-t seconds. The Capital hose team of Raleigh came second with 1-sV The Salisbury team won the hand reel race, with the Salem team the victor In the grab reel event., The day's events were pulled oft under auspicious conditions and were spec tacular as usual,- but no new records were hung' up. . . , . , '':;:; KOW BISHOP COPPLANW v WJNCHESTF.R, W. Va., May It. Rev.- Robert 8; -Coupland.' rector" bf Trinity church, was elected, bishop co adjutor of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of ' Virginia ' by' ths council In session at Christ church here this afternoon. He waa chosen on the fourth ballot;: the election was later made unanimous. ; MO.VCRIEP PARK BVRXS , Jacksonville:, ria.. May - it. Fire believed to have started tn the r-'fsurant departments today com pletely dsstroxed the grand stand and paddock at Monc ef park. The loss Is estimated ut lit 809. -Owing to re cent legislation ar alnst racing In this state It Is believed the stands will not bt rebuild , - . . CHARGE MADE THAT , PRICES MANIPULATED President Marsh. penlcs the Charge But President par Ker Is Sustained RICHMOND, Va.;' May. U The feature of the llrst day's sertlon of the American Cotton Manufacturers' association waa a hoatrd dlecusHioti this 'afternoon berween Arthur L. M-trth president of theNew Yn fOtton exchange, and Lewis W. rrK er, of Greenville, ft C chulrmnn of the committee on reunion with cot ton exchanges. ; The otcsalun wns tln report of this com mil lee snd the in sult was practically an open ruptuie of the strained relations which hv existed for some time betV'n the arsoclatlon and the exchangfa. Mr. Parker's assertion that the N-v Tork cotton exchange caters to ai fc. Ulators rather than to the necvln t f legitimate buslneas,'; : and that.' t!i prices of cotton have been. nmnl;"i. Sated hy members of the exi'hn-' ' i the great detriment of both iinn. and producers, was cheered tn t echo by the f convention. Pre : ! Mnrh warmly defended the esc h u pointing out that It Is sn m"i of merchants trading In coin, v rules In the Intereeifof Hie nn-i-i i rsthes than In that of the nmnn turer or the producer, , Kutaln purUcr, ' The convention decided In fm-or i f Mr, Parker, adopting tit repot i. the committee unanlmnuaty nl tinning the committee: for I: conference with repreNentatives ci i exchanges snd wilh Inniructjioi i If relief Is not given it eluiil remedy .through IrKtolHtive i h.nii, The git of the roiimjltti s . . ts sa toih: f"1anufac'turera' gmi.iu-i. have no light against cotton rvlii es. : If those exchanges truly red,, t conditions, of spot cotton. On n -contrary; an exchange, If .legttlinntei managed and reguluted, and If tin prices ruling thereon s re truly rei resentatlvs of , spot Values, Js ami should be of decided advantafe to cotton manufacturers as also to pro ducers: but If on the contrary the prices reflected on the exchanges are merely the result of speculation for or against the value of the commoll ty or If those prices are only re flective actions of one element as against another element, then the exchange becomes a serious disad vantage to producers snd manufac turers and Ceases to be a lexltlmtite hridy. ' The two, principle exchanges in the United Steles are the New Orleans exchange the ' prices ruling thereon are In murh closer relation to the prices of spot cotton than a a rule are the prices of contracts on the New -Tork cotton exchange. FLORIDA LEGISLATE GANHOT TAKE VOTE 0.7 TflE INCOME TAX ICELIIEi'lT State Enactments :. Prohibit - - .....:., Such Action Until After ; Submission : f v JUST DISCOVERED IT TALLAHASSEE, Pla,, May, lt- The discovery that state legislation prohibits such action probably- Will prevent the Florida, legislature from ratifying the income tax emendment to the United Ststes constitution be fore that bodv. The amendment has passed the lower nouse ann was aie- cussod In the senate the entire day today without a vote, . .Following proposal to submit, ; the question to the people of , th state at: the next primary, election for Instruction . to the legislature, Senator G. W. Day ton declared that the senate, need not legally vote on the income tax amend- j merit as the house aid several weeks ago and quoted the following, sec- r tlon of ths state constitution: -"No "convention nor' legislature of the state shall act upon any amend ment to the constitution proposed bv congress to the several states until I such convention or legislature "hull ' have been elected after such amend ment la, submitted.", After' considerable discussion 1 the matter was referred to a committee of Ave lawyer members of the senate with Instructions to report nest Tues. day. v All of the hold-over senators, tvnn form more than half of the pre.-r- senate, were elect ed more than tv years, ago and prior to ths n! -. Sinn Of, the income to !C em. n : . by congress. The home !!' i h :!!.),, n h : the drahtlc prt-!:: .'i !. ?-.-::-ever from t;,-s -.!.
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