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THE' ASHEljOGE; CTTTZEN) 155 mm VOL. XXVII., NO, 343 ASHEVILLE, X. C. WED NESDATMORNIXQ,'.OCT OBEK 4, 1911. PRICE FIVE ENTE SOLICITOR MCE IS Chief Antagonist of Dr. Wiley "Resigns" and Resignation Quickly Accepted LEAVES DR. WILEY IN COMPLETE CONTROL Associate Chemist Dunlap Given "Leave of Absence" , Until Tatt Returns WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. In a Hid den succession of orders) an Initial Move In the unexpected reorganiza tion of the department of agriculture. Solicitor Oeo. P. McCabe was relieved from the pure food and drug board; Associate Chemist F. L. Dunlap, close ly Identified with McCabe, was allowed leave until the president's return, and Chemist Harvey W, Wiley left appar ently in supreme command of the board. Dr. R. E. Doollttle, of New York, was temporarily appointed to the board to succeed Mr. McCabe, These changes were announced by Secretary Wilson today, following a conference with Dr. Wiley, who has been on a long vacation. They were deemed inevitable in view of the of ficial and personal antagonism aired before a congressional committee the past summer and Dr. Wiley's exon eration by President Taft after At torney General Wlckersham, with views aligned with those of Secretary Wilson and Solicitor McCabe, had rec ommended Dr. Wiley's removal from office as head of the chemistry bureau because of a technical irregularity In appointive methods, the responsibil ity for which he denied. The pure food and drug board Is the agency .which passes upon many Important cases arising under the enforcement of the pure food law. Dr. Wiley, on the other hand, and Solicitor McCabe and Dr. Dunlap, on the other, were the members of the board. Dr. Wiley drlaaW that he was usually out voted, and made a number of sensa tional statements in the Investigation of the controversy. Smarting under the overruling of his views wherein -.r , mltte that he regarded his assort ate. Dr. Dunlap, aa his superior offi cer. . Just "Resigned." . Secretary Wilson's brief announce ment of the ohange stated that- 80- Continued on Page Six) MAY SOON PUT END 10 1 1M IT1ATI VE-REFEfl EN OU M LEEISUTIONIN THE O.S. Attempt to This End Has ' Been Begun in the U. S. Supreme Court PRESIDENT QUOTED WASHINGTON, Oct J. The task of attempting to put an end to all initiative and referendum legislation In this country was begun today In the Supreme court of the United States. Counsel for the Pacific States Telephone Telegraph company filed a brief with the court attacking a tax ing law of Oregon because It was en acted by virtue of the iniativw amend ment to the state constitution which is alleged to be In violation of the federal constitution. It Is urged, first, that the failure of the-, company to have a hearing before the raising of its taxes by the inlative method placed the telephone company at a disad vantage with others taxed after belny heard by the state legislature. In this way It was claimed equal protec tion of the laws was-denied it The Inlative amendment and the Oregon tax were denounced in the brief as violative of the right of a re publican form of government, w!ch was guaranteed by the federal consti tution. It was contended that in leg islative the minority rarely. If ever, fails to moderate the wishes of the majority, however powerful, but that government by direct legislation Is government by brute force. Gov. Woodrow Wilson, of New Jersey, was quoted as saying that a government oteKht to have' Its law-making body as "it can no mote make law through Its voters than It can make law through Its newspapers." Reference was made to tire claim that the initiative method of legisla tion 1s a check -against corruption of legislators. "It were better." the tele phone company contended, "tha? the struggle against abuse and corruption should continue than that they should be eradicated by the cries and prac tices of government revolutionary In character and founded on error or In-J Justice.' Replying to the contention that Ue Initiative Is a reserve power for rare use. the attacking brief quotes from the elect Wn records of Oregon to show thst In 104 two messures were on the ballot: In I SOS. eleven; In 1I0S. nineteen, end in 1910, thirty-two. It was asserted that no despot or mon- RETRED 1 PURE FOOD GUARD SOLDIERS HURRIED TO STRIKE SCENE . TO STOP Pitched Battle Between Strikers and Strikebreakers at McComb City, Miss. Several ported to Have M'COMB CITT, Mis Oct. S State, troops patroled the streets of this unusually quiet Uttlo railroad city to night following a pitched battle be tween a train load of Imported strike breakers and citlxeJU and strikers of McComb City lata today. A special train on the Illinois Central railroad bearing 450 striKeDreaKers was rnr- dled with bullets and several cttlsens of this town bear dangerous marks of the thrilling encounter. One of 4he may die. Fully X.OOft shots-were exchanged and the belief Is expressed here that not a few of the strikebreakers were Wounded. This, 'the railroad officials deny. Before the arrtval tonight of the trobps armed citizens ypatroled the streets under orders of Sheriff Holmes of Pike county. The citizens of Mc Comb City are outspoken in their de nunciation N of 'le alleged (Indecent conduct of the strikebreakers as re ported from Winona, Summit and Du cant XI these points according to telegrams received here early In the afternoon the strikebreakers brazenly insulted fadies who were at the ata- J Hons when' the special train passed. This information served 10 inunmt the .cltlsen of McCohb City where approximately IJ00 employes of the Illnols Central shops are on strike. Train "Protected" Statements Issued by citizens of McComb City absolutely contradict tie version or the trouble given by re presentatives of the railroad. After a Jklnor clash between the strikers and strikebreakers near the depot the train pulled down Into the yards below the city where it was soon surrounded by armed citizens of Mc Comb CHy, who claim tonight that they went there to prevent a repe. tltlon of the alleged Irdtgnltle charged against the strikebreakers by towns north at hl place. The bat tie opened almost as soon as the crowd got within sight of the train and was kept up until the train .got onto the. main line and with wide op- I t thrnttu nulled out for New Or- leans. ,-Xuat which side area tna op ening shot In the battle to a mooted question. , . , The coaches were riddled with bul lets. JACKSON. Miss., Oct. S. In a pinched battle In th freight yards of FEUDISTS OF TBJEEDUHOEE DEAD Shooting Done From Am bush and Guilty Parties Are Not Known SHERIFF IN ARREST KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Oct 3. Three men were killed and Sheriff Tucker of Lee county, Va., taken prisoner today when a posse of six men, led by the sheriff of Bell county, Ken tucky atempted to take Into custody Mrs. Birelda Barnett at Gibson, Lee county, Va., ' wanted as a material witness against her brother, Charles Denny on trial for the alleged murder of Chas. Barnett In Plnevllle, Ky. The dead: , John Collins. William Collins James Collins, father of the first two named. The killing occurred outside the home of George Smith where Mrs. Barnett wa staying. The shooting was done from ambush and the guilty par ty or parties are unknown. It is stated that Mrs. Barnett was willing to accompany the posse, but her relatives resisted the attempt of the posse to forcibly take her from the Smith -home. Sheriff Tucker of Lee county was reported injured, but reports state that he used Mrs. Bar- net aa a shield and In this way es caped Injury. It Is reported that .he was held a prisoner until he agreed not to attempt to take the .Barnett woman to Plnevllle. The Kentucky sheriff was armed with a requisition from the governor of Virginia for the detention of Mrs. Barnert as a material witness. It'll stated 'that an Investigation of the killing will be Instituted. ELECTION COMES TODAY ATLANTA. Ga., Oct. I. The sec ond day'a tension today of the Broth erhood of Blkckmltis In convention was brief. Officers will be elected ThiffsZlay. . arch would be permitted to rule In any commonwealth of the nation and yet the "despotism of the multitude Is arbitrary and complete as the absolut ism of a despot". . , In this connection President Taft's vicwa'rejardlr, the rights of the mi nority, as expressed -in his recent veto of the Arizona statehood resolution wre quoted. DISORDER Persons Are Re Been Killed. the Illinois Central railroad at Mc- Comb CWy between strikers and strikebreakers late today several per sons were seriously injured. Gov. Noel ordered out troops at 7.10 o'clock tonight and two military companies are now hurrying to the scene. . Adjutant Oeneral Fridge with a squad of the Capital City Light Guards left on a special train for BrooKhaven, where he will be Joined by. the Brookhaven and Natchez com panics. They expec to reaoh McComb, and 'take charge of the town ny mia nlnht. Details of the fight In the McComb yards are difficult to so cure.' The special train bearing the strike breakers continued on Its Jour nev to New Orleans where It is re- Dorted.none was killed. Citlxens of Magnolia say the train passed there at full speed; every coach window was broken and no one was visible at the openings, the. strikebreakers lying prone on the floor to keep rrom oe lnt fired on. Hundreds of Shots Several hundred shots were "ex changed during the hostilities and among the strikers there were numer ous bruised and broken heads. Many of. the wounded were carried to the headquarters of the artrlkets and, phy sicians summoned but It has been im possible to learn the extent of their injuries. It Is reported that several wtll die. . Scores of telegrams and telephone messages have been pournlng Into the governor's office tonight appealing for help. The governor was Informed by the authprltles ' at McComb . that or der could be restored only by the aid of troons. Gvernor Noel acted promptly, ordering Adjutant General Fridge to get at least two local com panles In readiness for service at the earliest possible moment The fight in which a Uvge number are believed to have been killed ana wounded occurred at the freight sheds about, half a mile south of the de pot closely following the first en- counter of 'the. afternoon In which onaj nW wa4; seriously wouBded. 3 The train bearing the strikebreak ers had pulled down tf the freight shed and was standing on a side track. Over one hundred strikers Immediately assembled, words were (Continued on Page Six) PREPARING IfflL TO DE TAKEN TO SUPHEME COURT Judge Sanborn's Decision in Minnesota Rate Case Point at Issue STATES "RIGHTS CASE ST. LOUIS Oct . With the arriv al today of Gov. Judson Harmon, of Ohio, no time was lost in beginning the actual preparations of the appeal to be taken by the governors' com mittee to the Supreme court of the United States from the decision of United States Circuit Judge Walter H. Sanborn in the Minnesota rat case. Gov. Harmon and Gov. Herbert 8. Hadley, of Missouri, rnet In the of fice of United States District Attorney Charles A. Houts. Discussing the task ahead of the governors' committee. Gov. Harmon "The governors are attempting nothing revolutionary. The question of states rights Is . not Involved. The only question Is whether a state can regulate Its own commtrce. "The committee of governors Is do ing in th)s matter Just what I have done many times. Under the decision of Judge Sanborn in the Minnesota rate case, the states sre left without the power to regulate railway rates on Intra -state business. "Our work will be confined to filing a brief In the U. 8. 8uperme court In all the state railway cases. I do not think any of the committee will ap pear In couit and make an argu ment." ' The work of the governors wes limited to a dlscursion of. the form of brief to be prepared for filing in the Supreme court of the United State". The preparation of the brief will beirfn tomorrow. Gov. Aldrlch, of Nrtraska, the third memlyr of the committee arrived tonight. ' MORE MONEY FOR TRINITY. DURHAM. N. C.Oct. . At ' the celebration today of Benefactors' day at Trinity college, gifts In the aggre gate of 1135.000 were announced. For building, James Buchanan Duke and Benjamin Newton Duke . contributed 1201. ftOO, and for running expenses 127, SCO. The North Carolina Con ference donates 14, If and the West ern North Carolina conference f 1.00. r.eeldent Henry N. Snvder. of Wof ford rollrte. fpartanburg, S. C., de Hverrd t,he address. - i . - The RUSSIA IS REPORTED TO HA GJBkMAN Y IN HER EFFORTS FbR PEA CE No Confirfetumof Bombardment of Tripoli -Which titow Appar Vnlikety-CotU tmtiance of TurhBh Cabin Given 'as Reason For Delay of War t i 1 Operation No Dinitne of Action. T; LONDON,., Oct, I. The lapse of an other day leaves ths Turko-Itallan war without furthbr developments, There la no confirmation of the re ported bombardment of Tripoli which appears unlikely t nave happened M It wllf yet bl several days before the expeditionary force la ready to leave Italian shores. Apparently the Italian government Is apprehensive, that the Turkish fleet may b able to hamper the passage of transports and great precautions are being taken. Th expedition will be started from porta In two seas tn" tom ith Ilr and ww. uruer cp minimis mat aan- ger and evldetitlr Italy Is in no hurry to get tn( expedition on the wa. An other reason for the delay of -warlike operations is the continuance of the Turkish ; cabinet crista, Clearly the old ministers are remalnlnr In office against their wllj and are un able to formulate or 'agree upon any definite line of action. It Is even reported that the minister of marine has resigned on account of flagrant disobedience of his orders to the fleet Russia May Join Germany Meanwhile the pourparlers of the powers continue without Intermis sion. It is said that Russia Is now Winning German)'' ... In efforts to bring ,about peace. A report comes from Agosta that the Turkish transport Derna changed her name o'"Eltel Frlederieh" and flew the German flag while running the blockade to Tripoli and that her officers were proud of eluding pur suit. But It Is pointed out in tha re port that she might have been cap tured -two .hundred, miles from Trl- nnll' nnt th. TtallnnH .nt.ii rrlval at Tripoli and the landing! of arm, as a pretext to declare war ' REPOIITOI) dTTMATTM CORFU, Oct. 3 Vic Admiral the Duke of theAbruczl he srnt an ul timatum to . t'm Vail or Prevesa, DEUD IN UFFIET HOTEL Whether From Natural Causes or Overdose of Morphine Not Known CHARLOTTE. N. C, Oct. 3. Hen ry 8. Drummond. a popular traveling salesman representing Crawford A Co., a tea, coffc, and spice house of Baltimore. Md.. a found ' dead In his room at th. ':ommernlal hotel, Gaffney 6. C, thin morning at ( O'clock, I) is impossible to say whether the young man came to his death from natural causes or by an overdose of morphine. An empty bottle, labeled morphine, was found on his suit case n-ar the bed. A coroner's Jury wa empaneled but ne verdict was rendered and the In quest wa adjourned until next Tues day. SHOWER?) ") WASHINGTON, Oct 'J. rorecast: North' Carolina: l(nl rain. Wedne- day slightly warmer In the Interior.' Tturiday :folr; tioderat northeast I wit. da l. ; 11 i .'- ' ' Passing of the Horse. threatening bombardment unless h surrenders ' the Turkish warships which hsve taken refuge In the har bor. . REPLIES TO APPEAL CONSTANTINOPLE. Oct. a. -Be-piles to the porte's appeal have been received from most of the powers, bjt, as was expected, afford little et'i faction. In effect the. power say tht will be unable to olTor mediation u:itll the porte suggest a basis of settlement on the lines of Italy's de mands. Turkish teltfgram report that an Italian warship has gunk two motor beats; near Wodieda, a seaport on the -rte4-cirTintrflnMuer'tis' Turkish flesfreyer Pelklshevket . . a large numuer or volunteer, both soldiers and sailors, well officered left today for the Dardanelles, where the larger portion of the fleet Is awaKIng orders. Two battleships, the Messu dleh and the Aear-I-Tewfik, and tor. pedo cruiser Berk-I-8atvet have sail ed from Wie Golden Horn to Join It Austria' Guarantee It U understood that Austria has given a guarantee to Turkey that ths status quo In the Balkans will be maintained. Mehmed Pasha, sun of Sheikh Adelkader. th last Algerian sovereign, has asked, the sultan to allow him to return to Tripoli for the purpose of rousing all Mussulmans, In Africa to repel the Italian Invasion. The porte has notified the embas sies that neutral cargoes In Italian bottoms will be .respected with tha exception of contraband articles. Rt'MOH OP ITALIAV VICTORYY. LONDON, Oct. 4. A ffport, which la urUliitnt i ftnftrmatlrtn from srv" .ur,.,.. cotl(,, from Vienna that tha porte has ordered the Yemen expuii' tkmary force to occupy the coast th Italian colony of Erllreat, sup ported by a Turkish flotilla In the Red sea. Eritrea borders the Red sen from Cape Kasar to the Strait of Bab- I FIRST DEGREE MURDER VEICTJEIST LOVE Taylor Love Will go to Elec tric Chair Dec. 22 for Kill ing Morehe; WATNESVILLE. N. C., Oct I. Taylor Love, the negro who ha been on trial charged with the killing of Zeb Morehead, near. Haxetwood some time ago, was this morning found guilty of murder tn the first degree and sentenced to be elemrocuted, thej felt for some weeks that he wss re date of hi death having been named covering. as December ti nft" suffered from obesity and The case consumed little time and! complications and interruption of eh. rt,.fnrfnt did nt r. nn thai heart action on this aecount caused stand. It was claimed that he had threaicned the life lit the man he In allotted to have killed several weeks before the killing took place. It is said that he shot Morehead with a shot gun through the window. The negro's attorneys made an ef fort to maTie the cane one of fcconi1 devre murder, but trie case eoerned to be a strong one agatost htm. It Is ealrl that he confeased to th mur der when he ,wa caught In Trans1 vanla coun-y.'.a short, time after Au gust 13. the date of'the killing. HOLY G1IOKT 8FA.T 8TAIIVIXO NEW YORK. Oct t. The steamer Lapland which arrived kmt night from Antwerp sighted Friday afternoon flyitig the signal 'short -of. provision ancV starving, the schooner yarht Cr- onet owned by Frank W. Hanfunl; leader of tv- iloly O'host and U sect of Shlloh, M i' . Vf? rnrw'pn el-Msndeb. . A dispatch from Chlasso say that th Rom Trlbuna tn a spe cial edition last (Tuesday) night stat ed that Italian erulatrs had entered the harbor of Tripoli and bombarded the fort and the governor's castle, and that shortly afterward a landing was effected and the Italian flag hoisted. -, ... RAILROAD WILL OPERATE TROLLEY UPARTANBURO, 8. C. Oct I. After months of discussion the rttv council by a vote of 4 to I tonight jfranted'(o .the Gjeenvliiw, Apitm- ourg nnt Anderson' railway company frachlse to build and operate trol ley liiKt In Spartanburg. 1 . - The franchise expire on May t, :'" "i h franchise of th Spar, tanbug - Hallway, Gas and. Kleotrlo io..n.iy terminate.; Th ahtirt term of th franchise may mak It unac ceptable to th company which ha 10 day In which to accept or reject It. Tho most Important clause of . the frs"chlf is a follow: - - '.That th (right, privileges and frnncnlse hereinbefore or hereinafter granted shall be operative upon all treet and avenue . of said city of Kpartanbug for th operation of pas singer and express car except on such harrow street a may tn th Judgment of tb said council be un safe, or dangerous to operate jprs." The said city council reserves th rtgnt to pais such ordinances n t ier rrinv deem proper regulating th op. ration of freight cars and to de signate upon what street th earn may be operated." MKTAL EXPLODED, EIGHT TORT. ' PITTSBURG, Pa., Oct -ElBht men were seriously, probably fatally burned tonight when a ladl of hot metal axploded at th Edgar Thomp son steel works, WELL KNOWK CITIZEN OF IS Wm. E. Faison Was One of Leading Secret Order Men of the State RALEIGH. N. C. Oct. I. Wm. E. Fslson, prominent In secret order cir cles and most highly estermed by all who knew him, was found dead In his room in the Bheppard building this I afternoon. He had been In falling ' hewlth for a long while hut his friends death. He was past national council- i lor, Junior Order United American Mechanics, the highest office in the sift of this order for f!ie United States. For a number of years he had been editor of The American, the na tional organ of the Junior Order. Also he was past maatr of Raleigh lodge of Masons and Knight Templar In ad dition to being an honored Odd Fel low and Knight ,of Pythia and Red Man. He was a native of Raleigh and was deputy commissioner of labor and printing under R. B. Larv and later under H. B. Varner. The funeral will most probably be soma tlm Wodneaday afternoon. ' nntAiLMFNT ixarREi b."xtkex. B A f. TIMOR!. Md., Pet I. Thrnuirb the derailing of the Oetty ! h-irg exprers on the Western Mary- 1 land railroad nesr the setntlon Inter-: r-ctlon near the Marylsnd-Pennsvh-a- nla line rar' - , sixteen jersor were badly Injured. - ' "KEEP Mil THE U Witnesses Who Handled Vast Sum to Elect Sen. Stephen son so Testify ALL ASSERT THE LAW WAS NOT VIOLATED Followers of Senator LaFoI letto in Wisconsin Known as "Half Breeds" MILWAUKEE, Wt., Oct I. Asld from hearing testimony that follow- irs or Senator Robert M. LaFollelt In Wisconsin are ., known "half, k.... . t. . . ......... u uiat mwy are ins pouu oal foe of Senator Isaao Stephenson, tn senatorial commute which la In vestigating . charges that Senator Stephenson' election wat sourd' through bribery loday devoted it at tention to digging into campaign x pens aocount. t - , Much of tb necessity for expending ' an amount a great as 10T.7M to get the nomination for Mr. Stephenson at th primaries in HOI wa oeolarcd by witness to be due to opposition x- pecisn ny senator . iar oiieue s lol lowers, T organise aoh of the l.lvt preclnot In th tat H wa neces sary to ptnd th money liberally, thy said.' But all - four q th Stephenson campaign managers is, A. Edmunds, bf Appleton; f. H. Pu. Ilrtivr, of Milwaukee! J. A. Van aav, of Msrlnstte, and Rodnry Beckett, ot Boalln, Wis. all testified that th funds were log Itlmntely used, Senator- Stephenson' campaign slo gan often repatsd to them when h gave th money, according to their testimony, was "keep within th (aw whatever you do.'. . ' While th entire amount expanded by Senator Stephenson, in th primary campaign which resulted in hi elec tion by th legislature In U0 was declared to b 17,78, no on of th witnesses admitted having handled th entire amount, . Van CI avo's Testimony, ' Van Clcav testified he remained at (Contlaned on rage Six) n 0 PBEDOMIKATING FIGURE IT STATE CONVENTION His Plea all That Kept Him From Being Endorsed for Presidency ' PLATFORM ADOPTED TRENTON. N. J Oct Gov, Wouumw Vvuson wa th predominat ing imiuiucu m touays dsmocraUo state convention which met for th 1,11 v ftMuh ft itttiilm.. hI. lorm. The convention under the pro-' visions of the Ueran election taw we mad of 71 men, Dev. ; Wilson, th democratic hold-oar state smatorg ' and the democratic candidate for tb ' senate and for the assembly. To platform adopted was eulogistic of the administration of flov. Wilson, and only the governor's earnest ap peal to the conmtitlon prevented th adoption ef a resolution endorsing ' him for ths drmocratlc prssldentlsi nomination next esr. The governor was chairman of tha committee on resolutions which dis cussed the various plank proposed for insertion in th platform. Whan ; the platform had been adopted, As--' semhlyman Eagan, of Hudson county, offered a resolution pledging th sup port of the convention t J Oov. Wilson '' for the presidency, Ths governor was on his feet in an Instant and moved that the resolution be laid on the table. In lining this h argued -that it wa rontmry to the spirit of the Goran law f jr a state convention to endorse anybody's candidacy. . Th Indication of a choice for the pre! dery, the governor suld, was vested . by tlie Goran law In the people thwuh the electlrm of delegates to the rmtlonal convention, and this, h s'tld, is where the matter ahotild be permitted to rest. After the govern- or a Ut in the convention aaopteu nis v motion to ))' the mattrr on th table. Governor Cheered. ' Ths platform adopted by th con veuimn begins with these wordi - i "We the democrats of New Jersoy, ' In convention assembled, endorse th" -able and brilliant administration of Oov. Woodrow Wllann and' rxprea our ntlre ipprovalpf th progressiva . 1 legislation enacted during the winter ' of 11-11." . ' - ' v, yi... , Ths platform et f6rh : certain proposition upon " which th demo- t; crats nak the support of ths voter in this fall' election. ' The first propo- ' . sltlon demanded a reform In the svs tern of selecting grand Juries and petit v Jorfe. The seend proposition advo' '. coted a chalffe Jn the system or taxft-.. Won In the state with a view to equal- IWWHATEVERYOU DO" HE TOLD THEM Ixln texts, but, made no apeclrio rec- (, ommeedfitlon. :. The other plnnks In y the platform related to purely local Issue. - -. . -r .-v wy;.y'.
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