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THE ASHE VILLE CITIZEN CITIZEN WANTEDS BRING RESULTS THE WFJvTHER FAIR ASHEV1LLE, X. ., WEDNESDAY MORN. I NO, MARCH (, 1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS VOL. XXVIII., NO. 135. DEMANDS OF GOAL MINERS REJECTED BY ALL OPERATORS ellef Crowing That There Will be a Ceneial Strike In Anthracite District MINERS MAY BE GIVEN COUNTER PROPOS1 HON Miners Want Shoiter Working Day. More Money and Rec ognition of Union NEW YORK, March 6 The anthra cite coal miners' demands for In creased pay, recognition of the union, a shorter Working day and other changes were unanimously rej-ected this afternoon by 4? operators. The operators adjourned sine die after ap pointing n conimlue - to acquaint ths United Mine Workers of America with t.-elr decision. This committee was clothed with full power to act and will formulate Its reply Monday ftr pre sentation to the mlntrs March 13. The decisive action of the operator was unexpected. It was believed that a compromise course would be sug gested. Aftr the meeting, however, one of the operutnrs declared that the action would not prevent tiie comlt tee from making a counter-proposition to the miner. Ths belief Is growing among the operator that there will be no general strike of the ISO, 000 men in the Pennsylvania fields Hffect d by the decision, he said, but the operators would rather face a general strike than advance wages 20 per cent, and in consequence be compelled to Increase the price of coal. None of the miners' union official were In the -.ly tonight. Price (Joes Up. The price of coal went up In many sections of the city and its environs during the day. Wholesale and retail dealers were swamped with orders. They Justified the Increased prices by statements that th? cost to them had been advanced on coal for Immediate rielluarv. anil were Inclined to be pes- Valmlrtlc regarding tne outlook, especl- ;ally In view of the coal strike In Eng land. Bituminous coal and sutMclte MB:ok)' tiJiiirk- up trm, art ctnts to a dollar a ton by many deal- - Ten operator wer appointed to serve on the committee which will draft the reply to the miners. illiTlflll TREATIES LIKELY TO BE MURED 81 THESEMTE TDMT Regarded as Consummation of First Great Move To ward Universal Peace. TO PASS UNAMENDED WASHINGTON, March 5. Four hours' debate in the senate today seemed to indicate that the pending arbitration treatlps with England and France prohacly would be ratified late tomorrow. The ratification will be vhe consummation of what many statesmen vietv as the first great move toward universal peace. The target for th opponents of tb treaties Is the much discussed clvse thr.;e of article three. Some senators hold tha. this Bectlon dele gates treaty-making powers of the senate to a Joint high commission. Around t'.ls clajf.t- ranges the run ning Are of amendments, ratification rei',ti"P:) jaml tho real light upon the treaties then-selves. tienaior Lodg? stated tonight that be expected a vote tomorrow and that while the vote on the comr.iltfc amendment proposinj to strike cut clause three rv-ji.i tho treatise prob ably would be rlox ha believed that the treaties, unamended, would be ratified with his resolution. The speakers tod'iy ere Senators Brown, oi Nobraska. and Willi a'r.a, Of Mississippi, who favored th tnat t M and hiMnt.-ir Wmbufp. nf Xflaho. j-ho opposed them "We are em Vbarklr.g upon a gene.-ai scheme which begins nowhor and ends no where.' said Mr. Smith, of Michigan. ind If we pas this treaty In th toi In which It comes to us ther If not a senator In this body K.f cn tell what question we have re solved to arbitrate with Ores) Brit am and France " Senator WIHUms said he hoped tc see an International court of arbitra tion to which r.il d.a;ute among na tions should hi- submitted He said that none of the prerogatives of th senate would be surrendered by re ferring disputes tc the proposed joint high commission TEXAS JXJIt KOOKEVEI1. FOHT WORTH Texas. March 6 The republican state esecutlve com mittee today selected Fort Worth as' the meeting plao of the slate eonven-, lion which is to assemble May 2s. and ! indorsed - former Presiafnt Hoosevelti for the presluoutial nomination. i YOUNG HUSBAND IS VICTIM OF BULLET FIRED BY HIS WIFE Walter A. Harrison, Southern Ry. Fireman, Met Almost Instant Death Yesterday Morning Wife Held Without Bail Walter A Harrison, "a fireman of ceased wu pierced with one bul(. the- Southern railway, was shot no -"VI, had Pjohe through the bodv in a right axllary line. Th In killed yesterday morning at nis jurf) wa hMplng for br0un home at 116 Bartlctt street, by his and dl(j not utter a. word after he wife. who la being held at th coun- J was shot. He died within a rew mtn tv jail, withwit bail, a coronw'i jury ; the bullet was Bred, and . . T i , I the probabilities are that ho nevel composed of T. P. Johnson. J. , Richardson, J. E. Mlaerihelmer. Jas Com W. P. MoColltster and T. B. Kelley yesterday afternoon having rendered theafollowlng verdict: "We find that the deceased came 'to hi death by a pistol shot, fired by Ills vrtte " The deceased met his death at his hom, shortly after 7 o'clock yester- day morning, and within a snort time after he died his wife ws placed in, the county jail by members of tiie sheriff's department and the police force, who arrived on the scene with in a tew minutes after the killing and piaced the woman under arrest, n.e oouy ot me aeau man was taken to the undertaking establish- leni or .Miianu, nrv.nn o.. mint - ' a. M . A li AM A the coroner's inquest was held, and it Is expected that the remains w: be taken to Salisbury, tne rormer home oi the deceased, for ourial tins morning. inA uaie oi ine preiino- : irrong tor ner io K'e ine rnun ine nary' hearing of Mrs. Harrison has ; attentions which he believed It should not yet been named although it Is receive. M Is believed hy a number quite prohable that she will be given of persons that thlB preyed on Mrs a hearing within a short time; as Hnrrlson's mind until sMe was silgbt soon as her condition Is such thai I ly deranged and she fired the bullet. she Is able to leave her cell. The woman is in a very cimcw ronui- ; nuy kitoiii a niimeni warninn, j tnB (ac( tnt mjr silence Is dellber tlon; he.r nerves are,, almost smaller- : this mood. It Is a fact that Mrs. ' miureprented bynv enemlee, ed and she cries continually as she Harrison was, for some time, a P-j wlth the purpose ff confusing good "" ' thinks of the affair which has cans- ed the death of her husband anri 'hlch accountB for her present plight She" Is about twenty years of age. which was made to a Oitlxen reporter and her husband was twenty-seven : last, night. Mr. Young declared that They bad been married two years' she had ben away from the ssnl and havie a son, seven months of agi jtnilum for about three months and It who for some time past has been at wta generally believed that her the home of Mrs. Harrison's parents, j mind had Improved to such an en Mr. and Mrs, R. I.. White, of Hick- ; tent that It would be wise to allow ory. . 'her to reside with her husband. A Pistol 6hat Heard.. Ther pistol shot was heard bx, Mor-, esjUUrfiiov-nwus 0 -mttam, fct- wag" eiflprnvad "Hhavrf -sent jte child to the p-tren'.i the Harrison home as a cooK, and! of Mrs. Harrleon, who kept It and sh ran Into the room fVom .which the sound was heard. She was met ; Harrison Is. alleged to have fired tne by Mrs. Harrison, who It said, pistol yesterday morning, asked her to summon a physician. The bodv was viewed by the coro She ran to a neighbor's Iiome and nw Jury yesterdar aftemon, and telephoned for Dr. W. J. Hunnleutt, Coroner E. R. Morris had a num- vvho went to the place at once, whore j - he found that the 'body of the de- T" PROBE TD BE ACCORDINS TO PLANS Details Have Not Been Worked Out, But Inquiry Has Been Divided. PRELIMINARY WORK WASHINGTON, Merch B It is the plan of the banking and currency committee of tie house to trtgin Its In - ; vesttgation of the "money trust" Im mediately. The detalle have not been worked j out, but the Inquiry lias be'n divided. One is to be an inquiry Info the money -trust and the otner a consideration of the Aldrlc.h curency plan. This latter committee will also summons; witnesses but Its work will b.- mnrt. along the line of constructive legls- j latlon than Ihr.se of of Investigation. 1 The sub-committee l' investigate! the money truft will corwUt of Rep-1 resentatlve P-iJ' of Ioujsiana. chair" man: flepresentatlvc Brown. Wept : Virginia; Stephens Mississippi; Dough-; ton. North Carolina; Daugherty. Mls-; so.irl. Byrnes. So,-t.T Carolina, and Neely, Kansas, democrats, and four! republican member wno wlli be designated by Representative Vree land, cf New Yorki th senior repub lican on the commlttfo The nommltUe which will make it which will taka up the Aldtich p'an will consist of Representative Glass, of Virginia: chairman Talt.oM. Mary land: Taylor, Alabama, Korbly. In diana: Moore. Texas. Bulkley. Ohio, and Kindred, Ne York, de:r.ocra1a and three republicans- Mr. 'r. eland also will select these committee ap pointments i Considerable time was taken today ( discussing the counsel to b selected, j It was practically decided tc have: two attorneys one for eacj commit-1 tea The first witness to be heard by the rr-mmlttet on the money trust wlli be; government offlchls who will describe1 banking and currency conditions and trace, as far as possible the sffilla-, tlons of the banks wltr each other and with Industrial and other li'.rtltutione ' Th: pTeltmlnarv work will be uu j dertk n simultaneous!) with ar. in-i vestlvation of the qualifications of attorneys whe are eugger.ted as coun-, se! for tie committee Their em-! ployment -with -previous clteuts wlilj Uc be looked Into Mrs. Harrison's Story. Mrs. Harrison is said to have stat- j ed to Patrolman Fred Jones that i she was making an effort to commit j milclde. when her husband grasped i h.m.. u.n ...u mo bullet was discharged with fatal rc- I To others, she is reporter as ! having remarked that she killed her ! husband, although the firing of the bullet was unintentional. Just exactly how the affair hap pened, is not definitely known, hut a number of rumors assign various I causes for the deed. One that has j been circulated rather freely and men m Kenera.i, oeiveveu, .u.. the woman was provoked because of me lci mai ner nusuanu irceuny ' Jinn Li AW KJktrkn .. Wl At ttajljtnl14vn 'sent her sewn-mrwiths-old child to her parents to he cared for, having stated that ho did not believe that . his if's mind was sufflcjently j which hurled her husband Into eter- "" """""" "' . i where she was treated for mental , weaknese, according to the statement , of Perry Young, her brother-in-law. , short tlms after she . went to .the 'in whosp posseeslnn' It was When Mrs. Mtontfnaetl on Pare Five) i GOVERNMENT EXFECTS TO REST ITS CASE IN PUCKERS' TBI TODAY Materially Shortened by Both Sides Agreeing on Presenting Facts. NOT GUILTY MOTION CHICAGO, March B The govern ment expects to rest its cse in the trial of the ten meat packers c.nars;ei with criminal violation of tne mer man law, either tomorrow or "murs dav. The trial, which began December 6th was materially shortened tortaj when both sides agreed '.o hav. read to tho Jury stipulated corporate state ments, describing th" rcanlaabion and Inanclal condition c fhe rour romf-onles controlled by the dfeni ants. Ir.stcad of calling a score of wltncwes to prov the facts. The firet of these statements wat that of Armour and company whlcn was red to the Jury In fie afternoon by Government Counsel Pierce Bus ier It showed that the company was Incorporated In 1990 with a ca Ital stick of 520.100,000 and has a sii-plus of 170,000,000. Government Counsel James i . Khivan Introduced In evidence bank checks amounting U JSKi'.oof1 wh!cti we-e used by the National Packing nompnny in purchasing the ynr Torn Pufchers' Ircssed ' M t company rr. 1C07. When the government rete Its case the defense win make n forma) mo tion asking Judge Carpenter to n stnict the Jury 1o return verdict of not guilty In the cae of each de fendant on the arcund that the gov ernment's proof If Insufficient. Vh argument on this motion will occupr several dava PIETY BRINGS HER 110 BJUU GREELET, Colo., March 6. Read ing the" story of the birth of Christ to hor two children from a Bible given h-rr years ago by ner mother, resulted lr Mrs Martin Harrison wlfs of a ho:7iecedr. near here, getting the mean to prorlde for her ohil dren. - , Mrs. Harrison found fhe sacred volume several days gn when rum maging through a trunk to find arti cle! that might be used as gifts When she began reading t story of Bethlehr.ti. i 120 'bill, hidden In tne leaves dropped to ths floor. ROOSEVELT STILL TRIES TO EXPLAIN WHERE RE STANDS Digs up Letter to Frank A. Munsey Where he Said he Would be Receptive ANXIOUS TO SERVE THE "DEAR PEOPLE ' Would be Shirking a Plain Duty If 1 Denied Them Their Desires" NEW YORK. March S To clewr up conflicting statements as to what hf nad gal(J (n y1 n Tegur. to th presidential nomination Co.. Roosevelt today made public a letter which he wrote- last January to F'rwiK A. Munsoy, ths , u Mi nr. , t'oi. Roosevelt's ofcsct in glvtro? out the communication, ha said, was to refute the rharg that h was nreoKing a promise In agreeing to accept tne , nominatlon )f It wer. offered to mm. j He CAi)ftd particular attention to a e , Ule ,etttr ln wWchi w-nile ! gtttling. tnBt na would not be a caii- dMatP he declared that he WoulO not I go on record as being unwilling to ; accept ths nomination. "To every man I talks to," Bald CJ, RooBeVBlt( .-i made In substance that same statement, and I made tt ln literally hundreds of letters." Portion of 1ettrr. The portion f the Munsey let ter to which thrf. colonel called par ticular attention follows: "I entirely agree with you as to p,pje and getting them to lako a wrong wlew: and moreover I entire- jy agrve wth yotf' that this purpose Is at least partly achieved. The trou ble Is that, as so" Of ten happens, this Is a case wheres .anyfeourse . pursued would lead to Jim such 'misrepresen tation. Just sudfc mttJUflrraent, just such pussltng of the minds of good people. Pfii sonally. f think tnat any other cnurse th. f one , I . am adopting; would at present lead to mo nori nisrjr)4.iseioii mojii f h,v, and JMira7n'altf' 1 am o.- nghi to state-mv position Wily an frankly, not only to any sincere and honest supporter but to any smceii and honest opponent. What 1 line said to you. and im about to say to you. I have, for Instance, anld not only to other friends who think I ought to be nominated, hut to friends (and even foes) who think ought not to he nominated, provided onlv I could trust their sincerity. Intelli gence and truthfulness. For in stance. T have said the eame things to Secretary Srlmson. Secretary Mey er and Congressman Longworlh. who are supporting Tart: to Mr. Plncnot ar.d Congressmen Ienreot and Kent. wiho are supporting LaFnllctte. 1 hsv saIiI to editors like Mr Nelson, Mr. Van Valkenhura; and Mr. Wrlgnt; 1 practically said them to the entire Aldlne Club democrats, republican, everyone. I am not and shall not bo a candidate, I shall not seek the nomination, nor would I accept It If It came to m, as the result of an In trigue. "But I will not tie my har.es lv a statement which would make It diffi cult or Impossible for me to serve the public by undertaking a great task 1f the people as a whole srer. ed definitely to come to tee ronci-j-slon that I nuKht to do that task. In other words, as far as In me lies I am endeavoring to look at this mat- tor purely frfvm the standpoint of 1 the public Inlwes! or the Interest of ; the people as a whole, and not m the least from rnv own stanopoint. j "If I should consult only my own pleasure and 1nti-ret I s7iou:d most erophatlcallv ar.d Immediately an- I nounce that I would under no clr- j Cumstr.cea run. I hav had all the honor that inv insn can have from j holding the ofrW nf president . iTrom ! every personal standpoint ther. Is ! nothing for me U, rn1n either In nin- ' nlng for the office or In holdlmr ihc I office once more, and there Is very much to loe " I Declsrtnr tha! if he consulted onl j his own Interests, h- would not obey any pooular man !, would not run If nominated, Col Koosevelt goes on j to say: "I shall not fallow this course, be- j cause I am sln-er-'y endeavoring to look at (he ms.r.'-r only from tbe standpoint of th- popular Interest it Is not only nws ery for the people to have the right Instrument. th 1 rlirht tool, with which to work in sny ' emergency, but It ! necepsarv thai thev themselve shall cboos. and . shsll believe In the sufficiency of tht Instrument, if at !h! particular crisis ; with the ps.rtlrulr problems ahend of! us tt this partlcu'ar time, the people j feel that I am the nne man In sight j tr do the Job, then I should regard myself a shirking s plain duty If I refuted to do It What I am Interest- ' d fu, retromber i not In the least j holding the office but doing a Jo1- that ls acuta 11)- worth doing; tMs ! , the position ths; to tht best of mv . belief t have iltv Ufcen. and al ways shall take. If tbe people shoiTlj , fee; t.'a: ! was the instrument to be usej at this time I should accept even althmigh I knew that I should b broken and cast aside to the us ing - THE WEATHER, WASHINGTON, March Fore cast: For North Carolina: Ralr on the coast, snow followed by clearing In Interior Wednesday; Thdrdar fair, NOMINATION OF MR. TAFT IS CERTAIN SAYS THOS. SETTLE One of The Pillars of New Repub lican Organization Discusses Po litical Qutlook in State andhlation. Dwells on Roosevelt Record. The Hon. Thomas Settle, fresh from warm contest at the meeting of the republican executive commit tee which endorsed President Taft and his administration at Kalelgli lust week, returned to Ashevllle Sat urday, preimratory to taking up the cudgles In behalf of the president In this state. Yosterday Mr. Kettle gave the following statement to The Cltl .n wherein the eulojlw Mr. Taft and disiis Interestingly with the Rooseveltlan record. He says: "Mr. Taft will be re-nominated and re-elected. This is as certain as anv human event can be. As to affectini this result one way or the other, It niktteis nut how North Carolina votes lu the Chicago convention, or at the pulls on election day. It would be pleasing to have her contribute to this result, but she cannot prevent It. Her Inleteat and welfare cry aluud to those of her rltliens who have ears lo hear, lu help with her votes In tie nominating convention, and also with her vutes in the electoral col lege. "I have, of course, heard the noise of the HooaeveK movement In the ktete. The questions Involved are too great to be decided on the Issue of personality; and this statement by no means admits that were they (o be so decided, Mr. Roosevelt would win over Mr. Tal't. "The maintenance of the Institu tions of our country, which are Invol ved In the Issues of the contest! and the adherence of 1 North Carolina republicans to the fundamental prin ciples of the republican party, which Is also Involved, are of vastly more Importance than 'the -personality of Mr. Roosevelt or Mr. Taft, either or both. For American Institutions. . "Regardless therefore or ths lisue of personality, It so happens In this contest that Mr. Taft stands for ths maintenance and perpetuation of th Institutions of our country, for th constitution of our country, ths won der and admiration of the world; ths Independence snd integrity' of he JiidHlrryr-smiromtIIlrtr) referendum, snd against ttis recall -of Judges or Judicial decisions except as provided by the constitution, and for the maintenance and perpetua tion of the fundamental principles of th republican party, while Mr. Roosevelt does ont. ''I have canvassed (he state of North Carolina on two occasions for Mr. Roosevelt, but the man I can vassed for then was a different man from the Roosevelt of today. He did not then stand for the revolutionary doctrines he now advocates. I have rendered him more service than any of the gentlemen In the state who now advocate his nomination, but I rendered that service when he was standing on, for and hy rhe constitu tion, and advocating the principles of our party. "If. however, republicans of North Carolina must choose between Mr. Taft and Mr. Roosevelt under the In fluence or at the dictates of emotion and passion, how then does the rec. ord stand? Every republican should ask himself this question, and should know the record before he decides. lluI Roosevelt's Approval. "It has been the fashion to refer to a speech made by Mr. Taft to the republican convention In Greensboro some years ao. Democrats have done this when they wanted Ip make re publicans feel bsdly. Some republi cans are now doing so In the effort to arouse Roosevelt sentiment. "That speech was made when Mr SENATOR PERCY ASKED TD RESICN FROM U.S. SENATE Resolutions to This Effect Passed by Both Houses of Mississippi Legislature. JAftKSON, Miss. March a. A Joint resolution demanding the resig nstlon of L'nltod Slates Senator Ue roy Percy was adopted by both houses of the Mississippi legislature today. The resolution recites an alleged promise of Percy to resign If he should be defeated In the democratic primary election of last summer. For mer Governor James K Vardaman won tne nomination over Percy In the primary PKRtT VOl'LUNT TALK. WASHINGTON. March Senator Percy tonight had not received the Mississippi legislature's resolution calling for his resignation, and didn't care to talk about It. A few weeks ago In the senate he bitterly attack ed Senator-Elect Vardaman, hl successor, and repeated a former deo. laratlor, that he would reslfD when the legislature convened ixsTRrorioNs fob taft. TALLADEGA Ala.. March S. Fourth distrlot delegates to the repub. llcer, national convention J A Bing ham and J. I. Abercromble, Instructed for Taft I Roosevelt was president, and Mr. ! Taft wai secretary of war. Mr. Taft j came from Oyster Pay. the home of ; Mr. Roosevelt, dlreci to Greensboro. All the circumstances Justify the statement that that speech was sub mitted to, approved of, and endorsed by .Mr. Hooaevcit. The following la a i part of that speech so much referred I to. Whatever sentiments are aroused In our breasts upon reading It, they are to be visited upon Mr. Taft and Mr. Roosevelt share and share alike. "In my Judgment, the republi can party of North Carolina would be much stronger as a vot ing party If all the federal of fices were filled by democrats. Or course, I cannot deny' that a wish to fill the public office is an honorable aspiration, whether by appointment or by election, but when all hope of choice by the people Is abandoned, and everything li given over to Influ encing a distant appointing pow er to choose particular meu to . perform official functions In a community politically 'hostile to thokj men, the result Is not good for ths men or the community. The struggle for federal political office producing as It does. Jeal ousies and strifes and disappoint mente, paralyses untied effort to make ths party strong at the polls and worthy of success. The men upon whoa change. of vote . success In ths election depends are not particularly Interested In ths success of an faction or an other, but they are Interested -that their vote shall ha rait for those candidates for local and tats offloe whose character,- de votion to duly, Intelligence and ability wilt assure good local and 'tat government, and for those representatives In , th national congress who will faithfully and courageously carry out th High -principles of ths national repub-' Ucap part with a du regard 10 '"' the peculiar Interest 'of, -the yat' 'Trftt arif tha sa!s they represent, .-. At lone, however, as the republl. can party In ths southern states shall; represent little save a fac tional chase for federal offices In which business men and men of substance In the community have no desire to enter, and In the re sult of which they have no Inter est we may expect the present political conditions In th south to continue. I accept with confl , dence the assurances of your rep resentatives that you expect to -appeal to the business Interests of your community, to the men who read aright the. signs or the times, snd who understsnd that the real hope of the south Is In having a number of her states break from the democratic col umn and assert their Indepen dence of past political traditions, In order that this section may be accorded that Importance In national matters to which her population, n,r wealth end In telligence entitle her. Republicans of North Carolina, In this great work of redeeming your state and your section from the pres ent Inrumluis of iron democratic rule, your fellow republican of the entire country bid you God speed.' "As the question st Issue are too big to be decided with the mind fixed MPERIAL TROOPS BEHEAD ALL CHRISTIAN CONVERTS First Put Out Their Eyes Saying That They Are Naturally Rebels. PEKING. China, March 6. A leu ter from a missionary at Hwang lielon near CM Ku, received here to day, states that the Imperial troop put out the eyes of forty Chrlstlai. converts and then beheaded them. I saying that they were naturally reb j el. ; Heads still hang warnlngly on tri , pods here and there In the streets of ' Peking, although some of the bodies have been removed and hurled. I ' Cheng Ting V,a, an Important city Ion the railroad about 110 miles to j the southwest of Peking was added yesterday to the list of places which have teen looted and burned. No de tails have reached here but It Is thought there need be no fear for foreigners there because the muti neers everywhere are observing the same rule of.net touching strangrs. Parties of mutineers returned here today. Intending to resume looting. They were arrasted and decapitated. A private telegram says that 1,00 troops mutinied at Kiu Klang, In the Yang-Ts valley, and looted the town. French and Japanese troops have been despatched by v special from Pao Ting Fu t bring their sompstrlou. train back I IN EVERY STATE ASKED FOR Chairman Roosevelt Executive Committee Challenges Taft Campaign Forces "MAIN PURPOSE IS TO ELECT A REPUBLICAN" Time to Find Out What Voters Want Is Before and Not After Nomination" WASHINGTON, March 8. Senator Joseph M. Dixon., chairman of in Roosevelt executive commute today chalenged the Taft campaign fore "to a test by means of primaries la ewry stale In the union." Henatur Dixon conveyed the proposal In a let- Klnley, director of til national Taft bureau, " ' i e Director McKlnley tonight it a letter to Senator Dixon asking if th proposal was made with th authority of Col. Roosevelt, and also asking 1f Senator Dixon were acting B chair man of ths Roosevelt executive com mltiee either by selection or authority of th colon 1. ; 1 j Senator niton' Irfttor, ; Senator Dixon's letter was as fol- "My Dear Mr. McKlnleyi 'Tor ths purpose of determining definitely whether th republican vot rs of the country deslr Col.1 Tho do re' Roosevelt or President Taft as their candidate. In ' th approaching presidential campaign, t hereby chal lenge you to a test by mean of pr. marles In rvery state In th union." ' , Senator pi on statei that th ob Vlou purpose of both th republican campaign committee fa to elect a re publican next fall; that both ar inter ested primarily In th success of th party;, and that th first requisite to surly suooei la to chons the candi date - with 1 th greatest popular siregigtn. .-- .:r:.'r. ,..,.:V-'.v.5v'-; "W ought to hv a free and votun. try epr.sslnn - of eptnlon f directly .front .;ii:,vot lwM: '.Will carry th ballots that will efrta!n filially the verdict at the polls," the letter eon tlnuc. 'ThVtlrfr to find out "what th voters want is. before the nomina tion Is mad rather than afterward. It will be too late ftr th convention Is held." ' -A'VvOrV y-" Senator Dixon state that Ihe repub I lean national commute was not Jus tified In 1'avlng the primary queatlon to th action of th states, . , i ' "In every state and district' In th union proper arrangements can t made and effectively carrkd ut" h says, "for securing a fre and volun tary exprenlnn of th WjH ot the re publican voter. If It cannot be don (rv nf'otied mi fug Fir) ' COMMISSIONER 010 NOT.: KNOW BY WHAT, AUTHORITY OF Women Tell of Insults They Resented, for Which They Were Fined. HEARING CONTINUES WASHINGTON, March . C. F4 Lynch, commissioner of public safe ly at lwrence, Mass., who hag charge of (he police department ther loday told the house rules commit tee, which Is hearing testimony ou conditions In the mill strike ln that city, that he did not know by what authority of law women with babies, In arm hod been taken to the po lice station after the riot at the de pot. Cnder questioning hy Representa tive Ktunley, Lynch said none of rh parents of the childien had appealed lo htm against their being taken away but h understood from one of his police raptalns ihat ell of them did not have pero'elon to leava. Mrs. VVtlllum H. Taft attended th hearing and gave clew attention to the testimony of th riot at the sta tion. : . Max Rogatln, of Philadelphia. wltnces yc'terday, recalled today, said ( he hod seen babies, little boys and g'rls ln cells, locked up. Women . arrested In the riot, he vild, had been"' fined SI for blocking the sidewalk. Oeorge K. Roewer, Jr., a float on. attorney, appearing for th strike committee, declared he fad difficulty In settlna- court officials lo show hint complaints-against the children. Josephine A . Lisa, a striker testi fied that when she went out for a walk a soldier stopped her with a . bayonet and swore at her. Then gh struck him with her muff -an was arrested for assault, locked up i and fined 110.' On another-occasion.' she ' testlled, " she bad seen , a womnsj struck on tha head by a policeman with e club and had ncn men ea en until (heir heads were covered : with blood. Th hearing will bs continued to morrow. PRIMM SENATOR Dl
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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March 6, 1912, edition 1
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