THE WEATHER:
BAIN
VOL. XXVU., NO. 229
RECEIVES IMPETUS
Enthusiastic Audience Heard
Notable Authorities on
Tuesday Afternoon
ASSOCIATION HAS
DONE GOOD WORK
After Meeting. Several Autos
Take Advocates Overran
ous Roads of County
An enthusiastic audience the
number composing which was by no
means Indicative or the. good roads
sentiment in Buncombe county
listened with intense interest yester
day at the court house to the short
talks and speeches of H. H. Varner,
chulrman of the trustees of the Cen
tral highway; State Geologist Joseph
Jlyde Pratt: Hon. Locke Craig, T.
J. Murray, V. H. Henderson, James
A. YVellands, E. C. Chambers, Dr. C.
P. Ambler, R. M. Phillips, Col. Fred
A. Coles and James A. Hartness
all in the Interest of the State Central
highway from the Tennessee line to
the Atlantic coast.
E. C. Chambers, trustee of the
highway, and president of the Bun
combe county good roads association,
opened the meeting, classifying him
self as a good roads crank and tell
ing briefly of the great accomplish
ments of the good. roads association
in this county.
Mr. Chambers Introduced Mr. Var
ner, of Lexington, who presided over
the meeting. He briefly congratu
lated the people of Huncombe coun
ty for Its activities in good roads
buulldlng and Impressed upon the
audience the Importance of the pro
poses! highway.
He introduced Dr. Pratt as the best
good roads authority in the state if
not in (he United States. Dr. Pratt
stated that it was useless to try to
Impress upon the citlsens of Bun
combe county the Importance of good
roads, as they had taken the initia
tive and showed their desire f.ir ex
cellent highways by their activities
during the past few years. He de
clared that Buncombe county has the
best good reads organisation to be
found In the state. Dr.' Pratt aid thnt
the 460 mile highway embraced much
territory through which one rout-
would be as feasible as another. The
two most difficult links In the road
he said, would he from Old Fort to
the Swannanoa gap and from the
Buncombe county line to Tennessee.
He stated-that the road mush meet
the requirements of the trustees
have a four and one-third per cent
frade, twenty to thirty feet wide, the
Fame In be built of. macadam, sand
cla.v or gravel and to be in good con
dition 366 clays In the year. He said
thnt there was. not a county through
which the highway will pass that
cannot easily build the road if deter
mined to do so. It is the purpose
of the trustees, he said, to hifve the.
(Continued on I'age
TO DELVE INTO WHOLE
MATTER WITHOUT STINT
Sources and Uses of Alleged
"Jackpot" Will be
A Investigated
NQ miNG OVERLOOKED
i
w llNUT., June 6. Carrying
out t program agreed upon yester
day by he senate committee on priv
ilege and elections. Senator Dilling
ham today introduced in the senate a
resolution authorizing the special
committee of eight members of the
regular elections committee to rein
vestigate the charges against Senator
Lorimer, of Illinois.
Senator Culberson objected to the
immediate consideration of the reso
lution and It went over. Mr. Culber
son said the document differed some
what from the original resolution and
he desired time to consider it. The
resolution names Senators Dillingham,
(nmhle. Jones. Kenyon. Johnston,
Fletcher, Kern anr? Lee. They are di
rected "forthwith to Investigate
whether In the election of W m. Lor
imer as a senator of the I'nited States
from the state of Illinois there were
used and employed corrupt methods
and practices and whether he Is now
entitled to retain his seat."
The committee Is authorized by the
resolution to sit during the sessions of
the senate and during any recess of
the senate or of congress to hold ses
sions at such place or places as It
halt deem most convenient for the
, purposes of the Investigation: to em
ploy stenographers, counsel, account
ants, and to send for persons, books,
records and papers, to administer
oalhs, and as early as practical to re
port to the senate the results of Its
Investigation. The committee hi fur
ther especially Instructed to inquire
fully into and report the sources and
use of the alleged "Jackpot" fund or
any other fund, In Its .relation to and
- effect upon the election of Mr. Lori
mer. - - sf-- '.
GQODROADS'GAUSE
BY GREAT MEETING
THE
MADERO WILL DEAL
RIGOROUSLY WITH
ALL CONSPIRATORS
Plots and Counterplots Dis
covered Which Bode III if
Not Nipped in Bud
OFFICERS SAY THEY 1
ARE ONLY NATURAL!
And That They do Not Detract
in Any Manner From Pop-
ularity of Madero
Jl'AREZ, Mex.. June 6. A wide
spread plot against Francisco I. Ma
dero, Jr., with ramifications in San
Antonio. El Pnso. New York and
Mexico City has been discovered, ac
cording to news coming from Mexi
can government officers today.
The first purpose of the Instigators
is said to be the establishments In the
cities named of juntas, similar to
those of the revolutionary party and
then to carry on a systematic effort
to hamper Madero and to restore to
power a political element that was
ousted when President DUiz resigned.
Secret service men in various parts
of Mexico have been Instructed to
make arrests In the hope that the
movement may tie broken up before
it assumes any considerable propor
tion. Abraham Gonzales, provisional gov
ernor of Chihuahua today announced
he had been compelled to postpone
his trip to Chihuahua because of a
threat n his life. He said he had re
ceived word that an offer of MO. 009
had been made to prevent his reach
ing Chihuahua. The Information came
from such a source that he did not
hesitate to postpone his trip.
In connection with the arresta of
Cruz, Rey, a former federal Jefe poli
tico, who is In Jail here, expects to
day to examine the bomb which waa
seized when about to be taken into
the ball room where Madero was en
tertained the night' before he left for
Mexico City. The bomb contained two
sticks of dynamite, a fuse and a cap,
and was loaded with 16 pieces of
rough iron.
'These plots do not detract from
the popularity of Senor Madero," said
a provisional government officer, "it Is
only natural after so swift a change
In government, that many of the old
regime had been reluctant to give up
their, power and that they should
even resort to desperate measures."
Before leaving here Senor Madero
said he intended to deal rigorously
with all conspirators when he reached
Mexico City.
i:W POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS
WASHINGTON. June 6 Fifty
poFtofflces today were designated as
postal savings depositories to open
July .1- making the total of such
offices snor Those today Included:
Bedford City, Ya.; Rcldsvllle. N. C ;
Kanford'; Fla. ; Lafayette, La.; Jones
Imr'o, Ark., and Gady and Palestine,
Tex.
ROOSEVELT TO SUPPORT
TAFT FOR RE-ELECTION
TO
T
Mutual Friend Brings Forth
This Very Interesting
Information
COLONEL "DECLINES
WASHINGTON, June 6. President
Taft in his candidacy for the presi
dential nomination In 1912 will re
ceive the unqualified endorsement of
former President Theodore Roose
velt, which will be uttered Just as cor
dially as It was prior to the campaign
of 1008. This is the best political news
Mr. Taft has received In many months
and It comes to him In a manner that
leaves no doubt as to Its authentic
ity. 'i lie Information that Colonel
Hoorevelt under no circumstances
will allow his own name to he pre
sented to the republican national con
vention was conveyed to the while
house several days ago. but It did not
become known until tonight. That
Colonel Roosevelt fcetg that the Taft
administration should he continued
was brought out partly as the result
of a cordial meeting between the two
men at the Cardinal Gibbons Jubilee
in Ftaltlmnre today.
Whether the Roosevelt approval nf
Mr. Taft's candidacy will go far
enoug to take the former president
Into the campaign as an active stump
speaker Is problematical, but that the
force of his personality will he with
the president Is assured. This fact is
not expected to prove pleasing to re
publicans who have made no serret of
their desire to bring Colonel Roose
velt forward as a formidable rival for
the 112 nomination. Many of these
republicans, no donbt. will refuse to
abandon hope until Colonel Roose
velt himself. In quoted statement an
nounces bis position and thus breaks
the silence concerning the admlnls-
miweineii
,rVwsluejer n Paste BUI
ASHEVILLE CITIZEN.
ASHEVILLK, N.
Result of Investigation of Steel
Trust Place on Desk
of President
REPORT RUSHED AT
HIS DIRECTIONS
Reported That Information
Gathered by Bureau Will
j go to House Oommlttee
WASHINGTON, June fi. Within
about ten days the resulls of the In
vestigation by the bureau of corpora
tions Into the organization and con
duct of the Cnlled States Steel cor
poration will be placed on the dest
of President Tart. It will then rest
with the president and Attorney Gen
eral Wickersham whether the admin
istration will start proceedings In the
courts against the steel trust for vio
lation of the Sheman anti-trust law.
The hastening of the report Is the
result of directions Issued by the pres
ident himself to Secretary of Com
merce and Ijibor Nagel. It Is report
ed that the Information gathered by
the bureau will be turned over to the
house committee, which Is now con
ducting the steel trust inquiry-
The alleged activity of the admin
istration, since the house committee
instituted its Inquiry today drew from
Chairman Stanley a statement In
which he said:
"Senator Culberson, myself ami
others who have studied this -question
have Ions harbored the suspicion
that somewhere In the archives of the
government there was evidence that
would throw a flood of light upon
the acts and doing of the I'nlted
States Steel corporation. The Judi
ciary committee of the senate made
the most strenuous efforts to ascer
tain these facts at a time when the
absorption of the Tennessee Coal and
Iron company by the steel corporation
could hardly have been called con
summated. I retret that reasons of
state then existed which prevented
the giving out of this Information to
the people of the I'nlted States.
"One year ago I was advised bv
Representative Parker of New Jer
sey then chairman of the house Ju
diciary committee that neither the
president nor the attorney general
favored a resolution of Inquiry Into
the I'nlted States Steel corporation.
When the resolution to have the de
partment of Justice advise congrem
as to the very conditions Into which
we are now inquiring van favorably
reported the attorney general with
the advise and approval of the presi
dent, so I am Informed, flatly refused
lo furnish this Information on the
ground that It was not compatible
with public policy. It was well known
that this resolution, although hastily
approved by the people and the press,
was, over my repeated protests, plg-
( Continued on Page Klx)
SUIT AGAINST AMERICAN
TOBACCO COMPANY BEGUN
BEFORE 'JUDGE CONNOR
Ware-Kramer Tobacco Co.
Wants $1,200,000 Under
"Trust" Law
MUCH EVIDENCE
RALEIGH. N. C. June 6. -The
suit of the Ware-Kramer Tobacco
company against the American To
bacco company for 11,200.000 dam
ages under the Sherman unti-triiKt
act was begun today before Judge
Connor In the Federal court
Matters argued were concerning
production of hooks, records and pa
pers and exceptions to depositions by
! both parties. The Jury trial of the
jcase Is set for next Tuesday and is ex-
pected to continue about a month.
About 4.000 pages of depositions
have been taken from all parts of the
country from Atlanta to Boston and
I many witnesses are to be examined In
person.
NO HKX EIPT OK VOITHKR
WASHINGTON, June ".Senator
Root was enabled to give the house
committee which Is InvestUatlng the
state department rdiich information
today on the disbursement of the II.
4S0 spproved for the payment of a
picture of former Secretary Day for
which Artist Rosenthal received
$050. While secretary of state. Mr.
Root said he hsd the matter Investi
gated. It resulted only In the finding
of a paper showing Secertary Hay's
approval of the payment of $2,450
from the emergency or "secret" fund
of the department. Paymente from
this fund were made upon approval
of the secertary wltbo'ot receipts or
vtfuchera.
ATTORNEY GENERAL
AND PRESIDENT TO
DECIDEPROCEDURE
C. WEDNESDAY MORNING, .IUN K 7, 1911
wait a minute
"TILL I DASH Off TWO
on THntt wffKS woin
ANt iil Ql WTrr 0U
TH WAY HC ST
PtOPit 5f THL
NMiPAPlI TJT
VENERABLE CARDINAL GIBBONS HEARS
HIMSELF EULOGIZED BY GREAT MEN
His Bright Eyes Attested
Fifth Regiment Armory Crowded to Doors and Its Capacity is More Than
15,000-Senators and Congressmen Present
V
BALTIMORE. June . -James
Cardinal Gibbons missed his after
noon walk today, fur the first time
In years one of the very few In the
25 years that he has been the only
prince. of the Catholic church In thej
United States, he missed that after
noon .stroll over the streets of Ital
timore where he listened lo bankers
and beggar and took to heart the
troubles of "his people"
Instead of the walk tluit had be
come a feature of that part of the
ilty In which he lived, the cardinal
sat this afternoon on the temporary
stage In the Fifth regiment armory,
and listened to the great men of toe
nation speak In euhaw of his life.
President JCafJ. Vice.' President Sher
man. ' Chief Justice Htfhlte. Former
President Roosevelt. Ambassador
Bryce of Great Brlllan, Hpeaker
Clark, Senator Hoot of New York.
Governor Crowthers of Maryland,
Former Hpeaker Cannon and Mayor
Preston of Baltimore sat with the
cardinal and all of thorn except the;
chief Justice spoke In praise of him. j
Among the four hundred guVmsl
sealed on the platform behind the!
president Ihe cardinal and the other j
speakers, were more than a score ofj
senators and members of Ihe house
of representatives.
Probably a more distinguished
gathering was never held in this'
country outside of Washington. The
armory holds 15. 000 people, lis build-i
ers sa, and It was crowded to the!
doors.
The cardinal sat In a red plush1
chair In the centre of the stage. To
his right was President Taft: then.
TOUNG MAN GOT A WIFE
And Result is That it Has
Not Been Altogether a
Complete Success
CHICAGO. .Tune 8. --Municipal
Judge Stewart today held that thou
sands of weddings of the Immediate
past were Illegal and void because
they had been performed by a JiiMtb e
of the peuce from outside the itv
limits In an office he occupied in the
county building In Chicago. This Jus
tice of the peace was recently ousted
from Ihe county building. The JuilKe
volunteered mi opinion fri.m the
bench thai tbc Justice of ft- pi-;i. i
had no legal riKbt to marry any one
In Chicago being ;i Justice from out
side of Chlcngr, and because Justios
were abolished In the city In Ior,.
At the sain time. Phillip Fishman
was telling Judg. Cooper how be
waa married without knowing It. lie
wanted the marriage dissolved lie
said he Inquired of a clerk In the
county clerk's office for a prddb-r s
license. With him young friend.
A slip of paper as 'landed him, he
said, and the', were taken o Justice
Stacey's offp-e He told the court b"
thought he was swearing to some
thing on the permit when he and the
girl said the customary "I do." loiter
he found he had a wife. T-ater tbev
trleo to ma'.ie the most of It he siild
but It was not a success.
8M0WER&
WABHINGTON. June . Forecast
for North Carolina; Unsettled with
occfaional showers Wed need, ,
Two Points of View
rmcivs
' Te IMC
Hi 'x? ri"" T'i
I V oi"ici ecy
ly
MLjM
BUT this -s-irsr
IS THERfAL X i-
SITUATION
, '
to Pleasure That Great Tribute Afforded Him-Great
came Former President Roosevelt
and Chief Justice White, and on Ihe
cardinal's left were Governor Hrowth
ers of Maryland, Ambassador liryce,
Hpeaker Clark and Representative
Cunnon. The ovation that greeted
Mr. Roosevelt an he came up the
steps with Chief Justice White was
remarkable, but that which greeted
the cardinal as he climbed the stairs
with president Taft was far more
remarkable. ' The cardinal wore the
red robe, the skull cap of red and
deep green ring of office.
Through all the speeches he sat
smiling, tftory changing expression
Of his wrinkled and kindly face end
his bright eyes attesting to the pleas
ure that thin , tribute afforded him.
He smiled like a boy when Presi
dent Taft Introduced him to Mr.
Roosevelt. He laughed with glee
when the chief Justice shook hlls
band, and the ghost of ;i grin flicker
ed over his face when Speaker Clark,
mixing for a moment politics with
religion, declared lhat he had been
a polenl force for good "among both
Catbollrs and republicans."
Following Governor Crowthers, who
presided, Presldi-if Taft maikn the
first speech. Ho said in part.
This assembly, I venture lo say,
ca'n find few counterparts In history.
We are here as American citlsens
to congratulate the American primate
of one of .ihe great churches of the
world upon Ihe 2Mh anniversary of
his accession to fhe highest office
In his church, but one, and upon
liie &oth anniversary of his entering
ihe church as one of Its priests. We
are not here as members of any de-
YOUNG MAN BEATEN UP
BK NEGRO DIEO TUESDAY
Negro Who Made Assault
Has Been Captured and
is in Jail
TtALF.IGH. N. C. June li Kd
1'earce. the young white man brought
here from Xebulon last night terribly j
beaten up by a negro, died foduy at
Hex hospital and the negro who made
ttie assault was captured late last
night In Nash county and brought
to Jail tins afternoon. Will Weaver
Is his name and lie Is seventeen yeses
old. Pearce was drunk at the time
be had the row with the negro who
beat him terribly about the head, us
ing a big stick. Pearce leaver a wife
and five children.
I'UKIWKIXi t'OII 4 OKOSATIOX
UiNlxiN, June S The Whitsun
tide holidav ar a brief respite to
tin foronatlon preparations which
are now being resumed with Increas-1
ed i D'TKv. London, so far as the
route of processions la oncerned Is
becoming unrecognisable In Its gsrh
of new paint, decorations and scsf-i
foldings for stands and pillars for
str-i t adornment.
In Westminster Abbey llaolf the
structural changes have been com
pleted. For the great Illumination
ceremony tributes have been erected
with a sealing capacity for 8,000
peo !e
WORKS Sl.lt K t.AMK
noSTON, June Scores of mem
bership cards, passes, tickets and
medals belonging to members of T.
M. C. A. In St. Paul. Cleveland, India
napolis, Columbus and Uuluth were
taken from Kdward Brooks when he
was searched today following his ar
rest on the charge of larceny from
tho members In the Huston V. M. C.
A. gymnasium. Watches, cuff links
and match taaes were also found In
his pockets according to the olce.
nomlnatlon. We are not here tn any
nfflclul capacity hut we are here to
recognise and honor In his high
virtues as a patriotic member of our
political community and one who,
through his long and useful life, has
spared no efforts in the cause of
good cltlcer.J hp and the uplifting
of hie fellow men.
"As American citlsens we are proud
that his prominence In the church
brought him 15 years ago the rank
of cardinal, The rarity with whlth
this rank Is conferred In his church
upon trishops and priests so far from
Home Is an Indication of the posi
tion which he had won among his
fellow churchmen. Hut what we are
especially , delighted to see confirmed
In him end his life Is the entire con
sistency which he ha demonstrated
between earnest end single-minded
patriotism and love of country on
the other hand and sincere devotion
to his church upon Ihe other. One
of the tents of his church Is re
spect for constituted authority and
always have we found him on the
side of law and orW, always In
favor of peace and good will to all
men, always In favor of religious
tnleranre, and always strong In the
conviction that complete freedom tn
the matter of religion Is the best con
dition under which churches may
thrive.
"Nothing could mere clearly show
the character of the man whose
Jubilee we celebrate than the living
testimonial that this assembly Is to
his value as a neighbor In the rom-
(Contfnuel on Psgc Him
RECEIVER IS APPOINTED
Affairs of Bank Will be
Wound Up but Depositors
Won't Lose
RALEIGH, N. C, June . The
corporation commission has pro
cured the amendment of T. It.
Rouse as temporary receiver to wind
up the affairs of the Hank of La
Orange, closed yesterday on account
of bad financial condition and mis
management. The appointment wss
procured lost night from Judge
W hod bee at t;oldsboro and Is effec
tive at once. Rouse has been for
quite a while cashier of th Rouse
Hanking Company of ltjrange. It Is
not expected that any of the deposit
ors wll lose anything by the (losing
of the bank.
MATCH AtJAI.X I'ONTI'ON'Kn
NEW YORK. June . -American
weather slipped n again today and
caused a second postponement of the
second match for the international
polo cup The match will he played
tomorrow, however. If something ex
traordinary doea not Intervene lo pre
vent. The definite ajipountmeot was
made tonight that In the event of a
Uritlsh victory lomofrotv that ' the
third and deciding . ,ruaub f'U". the
cup would be played on Saturday.
Should the Americans Wln'arfd" Ihus
retain possession of the, Irpphv. teams
of star plsvers will meet at Meadow
brook on Friday to rill mlt rhe 'three'
match schedule originally arranged.
MAXIM-WTO ISNIKO
MKXICO CITY. "June '. Tonight
the governor of the federal district,
Alberto Man-la Orandns. Issued. a
manifesto, beginning, "The apostle of
democracy ) at the gates of the
city," and urging all Mexirattp to
control themselves during the cele
bration. He begs all to observe the
lew and lo aee to It, "that his glo
rious day Is not marred by a single
flrop of Mexican blood," , f,;,r
70fff Sworn Daily
1 OM.O Average for May
PIUCE FIVE CENTS
IN SPITE - OF WORK
BILL SURETO PASS
President Makes Direct Ap
peal to Democrats to Stand
Against Amendments
RECIPROCITY BILL
WILL CO THROUGH
Friends of Measure Hopeful.
Whatever Becomes of Root
and Other Amendments v:
WASHINGTON,. June. Abaac
doned hope of defeating In commit
tee the Root amendment! to the,
Canadian reciprocity bill, - affecting
the print paper and wood pulp clause
of the agreement, friends of the
measure began an active campaign
to prevent acceptance of the Root
provision. The president showed
anxiety over the situation when, afte
an executive session of the senate;
finance committee today, he appeal
ed to the democratic senators ta
stand out again (t the amendment
Senator Stone expressed to the presU
dent his confidence that far, mora
than a majority would be found vot
ing against the Root and all other
amendments that may. be Offered,
The administration throughout rtai
contended that amendment to the but
probably would be fatal and by rea
son of this contention the -measure
waa passed by the house. In the form
desired by the stale department. The
same argument waa advanced When
the measure, waa turned over to the
senate finance committee, and Chair
man Penrose, of the committee, hea
endeavored to prevent consideration
of any amendment, Secretary ' of
Htata Knox waa to have been before
the oommlttee tndsy to urge the
committee to report the measure t
the senate In its present form and
to explain wherein the Itoot amend
ment would nullify or postpone the
agreement but previous engagements
prevented his appearance, ' '
The principal fight an the floor
will be based on the Root provision
hut whether it be accepted or re
jected the friends of reciprocity are
now hopeful of success, The reason
la found In the deotslon ,e( -majority
of the democratic Senators t
make no effort to attach the house
free list Dill to tng reciprocity meas
ure.
A decided majority of the demo
crats are favorable to reciprocity, but
until comparatively recently many of
them, disposed to ward political ad
vantage made the condition that the
Canadian bill should receive no con
slderatlon except In connection with
the pet democratic , mestir, : ;Thf
have abandoned lhat attitude and
now announce boldly that they will
oppose ell amendments of whatever
nature. They have even gone to the
extent of rejecting overtures frn
the progressives which are :, coupled
with a promise on the part of the
latter to tack the free list on to the
reciprocity bU, ,. ytm want a. vota
on the f re j list," they say, . "ana
shall Insist on having It, but it must
be separate from reciprocity, ! Ad
vocates of the bill are confident of
success but the vote Will be post
poned for several week with Intense
struggle and strong resistance in the
meantime. No one predicts a vote
earlier than July lty and some ex-
tend the time by a month.
Renator Tnnorse will make an ef
fort to get the reciprocity bill out
of the committee on finance tomor
row but ss many amendments will
be presented he may fall. The bill
will be reported without recommen
datton. .. 1
SENATOR SIUIOQT MAKES
CHARGE AGAINST HOUSE
ABOUT PRINTING BILLS
And Senator Culberson
Calls Him in No Uncer
tain Terms
DROPS OBJECTIONS
WASHINfJTON. June l.r-Thel
charge that the democratic house lei
trvlng to reduce Its own printing must
and swell those of the' senate was
made today by Senator Smoot of Utah!
chairman of the Joint committee onl
printing. The accusation ronoweo at
,.i.m i... sunotnr rulheraon for the!
''printing aa a senate document of thd
report of the minority of the seoaw
committee on Judiciary on me aoeorp
ii hv the I'nlted Mates Steel Cor
poratlon of the Tennessee Coal "andj
iron enmnanv which report was aubi
n.tttoi in lo. In presenting hH
reeuest- Mr, Culberson stated that h.j
did so "at the request . ot , severe
memt.en of the . house." Mr. 8moo(t
objected and In dotryt so ossertei
,hi there was an -effort on the par
of the "hos to eompel moat of tb
printing for congress o us qone n
the senste. "
"The senator' attrlbulee a ver
small motive to the house.' Respond
ed Mr." Culberson "and as a membe
of tho party In control tn the house j
am disposed to resent his charge." I
. Ultimately the Utah senator with'
drew his format objection sjid the ori
der wag adopted,, - I
OF ITS OPPONENTS