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VOU 2. NO. 34
far and Pieparation
fot War is The Stoiy
Today in Old World
Uprisings, FoodRiots,
' ud General Strikes AJftct
I0y Important Country in
lurope With Possibly Three
jtBiof Exceptions.
iulysis of Situation Gives the
Cause, in Every Case, as
i^ialtst Agitation And the
Rapidly Increasing Cost of
Iwing-
^.^rn 23.—Today’* news
a'Sert- ^ world
of upriaiugs, food ri-
«) general 6tni^eB uars, or prepara-
, ' in e/ery impoitan: coun-
M - I'f >e. ^i*h the minor excev>-
^-roi Hollaed. Sweden and Swit-
.Ja-: A c--reful analyald of the f.it-
y-O' cjaniries which
r-u taking part In a general
of unre':t Buca as Europe
bef^-re experienced In the
:nera'i?>i reveals the lact
C.1J5 S'jcl iii^t asi’.auun cr
'rut the fast increating
V u is At the bottom of me
■j.-rUr Evotywlic a there is evl-
^ ?e thj: 'vo*klnj men a.’e becorrltg
they Hro not getting tbtlr
ih£’* of the wealth wtilch they
"rod-ce ind for ibe flrat time tHey
Slle ipDly 28 the principals cf a ge»’
r’’ »tVu.- Wwi:h has so iong totn
"^aclied uv sociP.Ust agitators.
Kleing -ani rates and declining gnr*
eruneat «ecurittes show the serloua-
ir*h •' hlch the gituation is re-
pi^ la flniacaJ quarters. British
which have been gradually
off for month*, established a
if lov record of 76 and a fraction.
G«»rman and other continental
:'v«r;n:'!nt securities tell the same
: mottt critical condition at
r’esent niomeni undoubtedly ex*
: S iin Dcdi'ite the temporarily
K-r^.r reporte thai are being sent
;• ever ih-5 censsied vires, there is
£=^“ evidence tfaa' the revolutiona-
- e 5'rong: hopes of overthrow-
it ’.he monarchy. Vi'hile the Spanish
HI6H FINANCE
W S''
jreME'
tUt
1 ^
New York, Sept. 23.—Jared Flagg,
one time dive keeper; Daniel N. Mor
gan, former treasurer of the United
States; F. Tenaison Neeley, who has
figured in several big financial col
lapses, and five of their associates
including a clergyman, are sleeping
in the tombs prison tonight as fed
eral prisoners. They were arrested in
a raid on Flagg’s mftcnificent suite of
offices in the Tilden building, where
he was operating a fifty two per cent
a year stock brokerage lyndicate-
Since the aimdicate began operation
its receipts are alleged to have been
11,500.000 or more.
Flagg himtelf wa« held in 126,000
bail and Morgan and Neeley in $10,•
000 each. The United States attor
ney’s office annouaced that it would
accept nothing but gilt edged secur
ity for ball and as a result the
priBoners could not aecure their free
dom.
1^2?/ Stick To
Her Husband
New York, Sept. 28.—“Now is the
time to prove to my husband that there
Is one good woman in the world who
is loyal to him
“My husband is a good, noble man
and I shall stand by him ae long
as life lasts.
“Mr. Barrett would not have done
this thing but for a mental aberration
and but for the terrible and persistent
attentions this woman showered upon
him.”
Mrs. George Harwood Barrett, beau
tiful young Boston wife of the por
trait painter, who publickly caned Mrs.
I has been toatared for momhs Yvonije Dumont, wife oif Edgar R.
- i' lSts and revolutionists they Dumont, a wealUiy New Orleans tim-
- bJ>ve acii«ved“th»ir'pre«ent ber exporter, on Broadway early Friday
t, it no: been for the pen-
f . facti'^n d’le to the war up-
ca " -' pj^'eiument has embark-
e: is .Morocco.
x~ :c'*rview in Paris with an Tnter-
1: jociaiif*: leader ; iii'V'shed l.a
morning, declared tonight that she
would stand by her husband “to the
end.”
She portrayed Mrs. Dumont in the
dual capacity of Ned Orleans society
leader and as a “vampire” who makes
ENGLANDIUD
RECmCITY
WAS DEFEATED
P«H Mall Gazette quotes him, periodical visits to this city to take
s= t ^92 “We have secret informa-j part in afFairs du coeur free from the
t.': nonitnslamlia^ the censorship, irksome supervision of her husband.
?{tte pro'?r€3'? of the mcvement. Itj
1- as» ..ispl'‘l»ig from our p^Mnt of
".r Ii ir iioe« not succeed now. it
111 in six raonrhs cr a
jei.-. Th? v.B'- was the last effort of
tie pres«n* regime, it has poured
tilt of S:/a‘n‘: a'^*»’ojle army irto
Morcx'co. Forty fl/e thousand trooi-s
gon“ u: on this ridiculous uxj.cdi-
tloD and 'he remainder will find dif-
ficlf?' in copit? wnh a mo7pment co
:;"er^al j?3 tn» present. In the mean-
t’.oe HiB Majesty occupies hi.*n3**lf
iih Si jfi ud th(> kingdom is really
dlr»''tet’ ’)v Qis m';:a:?r and tutor, tL*at
1; to lar by Jeani*s. The end of jvch
nile 1b not far off. ’
ne^’s from Oveldo states
the s^rle continues gt^neral in
industries, except the government
rtfle facton’. Martial law is still in
iorce throughout the peninsula.
Censored news from Lisbon inti-
Dttefi that a battle has l)«eii fought
‘ '€«c Portuguese royalists who ofd
«thered on Spanish soil and endeav-
to cross the border and Portu
f-ieie government troops. Apparently
ro: aliats were driven back.
The Portuguese royalists are 'veil
=^ppl:s,- with money, but snffered a
*«'■«:« blow wnen their three thips
wirh guns and ammunition
t’e recently seized by the Brltit»h
■ crn’nent
, ‘hue be seen that the entiie
imbrian Peninsula is in a virtual con-
fi’lon of war. with the forccs of 'ie-
■Contin on Page Tw’enty.)
A ht‘phoiogr^h of oB*e of the
most unique pitoceaelons Ih the hlsr
tory of New York City. Six fair,
demure arid welj-dreM«d: young wo-
rtien, all piromifient auffra^eetes, are
ihown in »the picture carrying,boldly
lettered »lfln» advertising the big
meetrng In,Cooper Union hall ad
diieased by the governors of the five
state* where, “the cauee”' has won.
The" young women paraded down
Broadway at “theatre time’’,, and it
Is .eatlrnated that the signs they car
ried were rei(d by over 50,000 per
sons
Bell Company
Gets Decision
Over Two
Moh Murders Now
Oil SI. Loins
While Boling Inquest Into
Death oj Negro Man Mur
dered Thursday Morning—
Coroner is Notified or Mur»
del Behind Eis Offite^
Ashebofo Local Exchange
Must Connect With , Bell
Long Distance or Town Can
Grant Bell Franchise Says
Corporation Commission.
Special to The.News.
Raleigh, Sept. 23.—The corporation
commission today issued citizens or
der dismissii;ig the petition of* the
that of Asheboro for the Asheboro
Telephone Company and Southern
Bell Telephone and Tele^aph Com
pany long distance lines to be re
quired to connect, holding that it the
Asheboro company persist in refus
ing to enter into a contmot with the
Bell Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany and secure long- distance ser-
vice, the town could grant a local
franchise to the Bell company and
thereby secure, long, distance service,
setting out that ; the B^l cbnipa^y
hfs, before »^d: afterp^tttipn,
sought to arrange with' the' Afeher
boro' company^:.ior «ena«G^0&-'0# -4%
lines on terms that have proven sat-
isfactpry in. a. ]iuihber. :of other places
in the state. The town of Aahebbro
had refused the . Bell ‘ conipahy a
franchise for local exchange.. The
Bell company ohly ha^^ng long 4is*.
tance 'booths. Tfre. commission 'hojiis
that if Asheboro, people'^ wish relief
they can gk iF by'allowing' the Bell
company', a franchise. I’he Ashe
boro company -had refused the Bell
company’s proposition for connec
tion.
0peMii
^t’lS^ritueior: it it
81. SPPHREO
mm\ THIEF
, Washington. L. 1., Sept. 23.—
««c Gaggenhelm. the millionaire
r. of the National Smelting
f. . >an and a brother of Uni^d
Guggenheim, was the
aining witness against Otto
, before Justice of the Peace
-V 1 ^ 'Veeke, on a charge of
larceny in the second degree
■ accused of stealing
‘ • of Mrs. Guggenheim’s jewel*
pri.-oner plead not guilty and
j. in $1,000 ball,
hr entered the Guggenheim
t *.5° d at Sands Point about three
. a?n gg second butler. Later
■''^'^^^nheim complained that
h#?r jewelry had mysteriously
-Iv int Guggenheim person-
i /I hia servants, but they
of the theft,
he hr Kleesatel because
- access to Mrs. Guggenhfim’f
.1
London, Sept. 23.—FYom one end
of Great Britain to the other today
there is one glad shout of rejoicing
over the defeat in Canada of reciproc
ity with the United States. Even the
liberal organs, which mildly professed
their attachent to any cause that
tended to bring the Englisli speaking
races closer together, can hardly con
ceaJ their secret glee over the fact
that Canada has rejected the United
States’ offer of closer commercial
ties.
Such phrases as “American conspir
acy foiled,” “Victory for Empire,
“Canada still loyal,” are to be seen on
almost every editorial page, in news
paper headlines and on the large typ
ed “contents bills” with which the
English Journals herild their wares
to the reading 'public.
The Daily Mail heads its article on
Canadian elections with “Victory for
the flag.” The Express, not to be out
done in patriotic expression, heads
column in still larger type wiUi “Sav
ed to the Ehnpire ^the real meaning
of the liberal rout in Canada.” One
newspaper poster, printed in letters
ten inches deep, otters to tell its
readers "How the Empire was sav
ed”
Everywhere the assumption prevails
that the United States was playing a
double game with Canada; that reci
procity was . only th« entering wedge
for annexation, 'and that the Cana
dians in rejecting it have been guid
ed by distrust or dislike of the Unit
ed States and by loyalty to Great
Britaiin.
The same eattitude is shown in ex
pressions of opinion by English pub
lic men.
Captain Tyron, M. P.: “The Amer
ican attempt to undermine the im
perial preference and draw Canada
away from the empire has been de
cisively answered* by the Canadian
people.” „ ^ .
The regrets of President Taft and
the American press over the defeat
of reciprocity carry headlines which
fail to conceal tixe glee of their
writers.
SURPLUS FLESH KILLED HER.
Wakefield, Mass., Sept. 23.—Her
great burden of fiesh gradually wear
ing down her strength, Mra. L^&a ^
died at her home today. She ^was 33
years old and six feet tall.'
Whiting Beni^
Lay-Q^ Report
Ashesille, N; C., Sept. 23.—People
coming to As-heville from Graham
county' have brought reports to the
effect that’the Whiting »Mia-nufacturing
Company, operating _ in Graham ■ coun
ty, hjd stoppjed operations indefinitely
and that^ several, hundred men' were
thrown out of emiployment. It was fur
ther reported, th%t the men were leav
ing for ^bbihsvillex: and the cainp
and that some of them shed tears over
the loss of their employment.
W. S. Whiting,’ of the’Whiting Mjin-
ufacturln^: Coinpt^ny said that thefe
reports are not' true. He ‘denied that
500 men. are thrown oiit of employ
ment and stated *that the coiripahy
had. closed' down the logging plant
until it decided whether a certain rail-
rofid ‘ is to he built.. The planing and
saw mills are • running.
Colors Boy Killed-
Rtiii Over by W agon
One of Griffith’s. big wagons ran
over and fatally injured Henry Davis
a five year old negro boy, in-Winfrec.
(Middle) street yesterday afternoon
about 4 ■ o’clockJ . , ; '
The boy was hurriedly removed to
his home, 500 'West Wilsonstreet
where'he died at 7 o’clock last even
ing. .•
The heavy wheel of the wagon
passed over the •; boy’s ' abdomen. ‘ In-
fiamation set in, and -at his, death his
body was swollen to .twifce * its na
tural si*e. ..
The wagon in question was loaded
with a local negro band parading’that
section of the city,,. engaged, in ad
vertising a npgro excursion to Win
ston ,on Monday. ’ .
Up. to last night, no arrest had
been ma^e.; It is' pos^ible..that the
driver, will be taken in.. custody rt^
day and wUl be' before the recorder
in the mot^ing.- .
THE \WI'aTHE«.
^ Washin^n, Sept. 23.^Fore- ■
^ cwt for Sunday and Ifoaday:;
^ North Caifotli^i—Cloudy on
^ the coast, probably. t^ir^4h inte-^
^. ripr Sunday - and . Monday-;^ V- ■;
^ South. • Carplina^Lwal.. show-/
^ ers Sunday and Monday. V
St. Louis, Sept. 23.—President Taft
took St. Louis by storm. The republi
can stronghold turned out in immense
throngs with the most rousing greet
ing he has had upon this trip,
St. Louis, if its republican leaders
know anything about it. is for Taft’for
re-election. Governor Hadley, who sat
alongside the president at breakfast
at the Hotel Jefferson, where he was
the guest of the Mercantile Club, as
sured the president in a speech that
the state would return a hubstantial
majority for him. \
“No matter what may be thought
elsewhere, you may count upon Mis
souri,” declared the governor.
The spirit of the crowds that cheer
ed him everywhere put the'* president
in fine trim and he swung into the
four speeches of the day with great
energy. He warmed up to the defense
of his administrative policies, touch
ing tonight upon the tariff board and
earHer in the day upon his veto of
the Arizona statehood bill for its pro
viso for the recall of judges. He reaf
firmed his position of campaign poli
cy. He wanted the people to “get at
the facts” before jumping at any con
clusion, he said.
In his speech at the Mercantile Club
t^ president made a passing reference
to the defeat of the reciprocity pact
in Canada.
Mr. Taft caught the ecrowd and it
cheered him.
Mr. Taft brought in the name of
Governor Harmon of Ohio, in advert
ing in his speech to the states’ rights
move put under *way at the recent
governors’ conference in New Jersey,
When Governor Hadley, Governor Al
drich and Governor Harmon were ap-
point$d a committee to taklb up the
agitation with respect to interstate
commerce tr^de.
The presiiSfont was introduced by
Atdhhiihop Glennon |Ar.^ throng pt
Itudentk the
NjBgro J^oman Slashes Another
With Razor and Makes no
Attempt to Escape—She is*
in Jail-Latest Mystety is
Still Unsolved.
Special to The News.
Hendersonville, Sept. 23.—While in
the midst of hoMing' an inquest in
the death of a negro, Will Fletcher,
Coroner William Redin Kirk was no
tified that a murder had .been com
mitted in the rear of his office this
evening about 7 o’clock, when Anna
Williams, enraged by introxic£^ts, fa
tally slashed her victim, Mamie
Briggs, a girl of 17 years. Both par
ties are colored and said to be from
Spartanburg^
The , affair took place in a house oc
cupied by Alex Miller, a family ot
colored people.
Crowds quickl:^ gathered' at the
scene, where the dying girl lay
across the front threashold in a Dool
of blood. ‘
The murderess sat only a few feet
fronj her victim when Deputy Sher-
■iff Zeb Stroup arrived and placed
her under arrest.
The ghastly deed was committeed
with a razor, according to an eye
wi^ess.
T^e dying girl received deep cats
on the shoulder and also several bn
the left side over her heart. Medical i
attention was rendered three-quarters
of an hour after the occurence. '
The doctor says the victim cannot
live through night.
Upon search, the razor could not^
be found, but it’s Cjpfie was found in
the murderess’ open «rip.
The coroner’s verdict in the Will
Fletcher case was “he came - to hia
death from a Slow inflicted by a
blunt instrument at the htnds of
perso^i or persons unknown to the
The PleteJier Case.
Three purple, iwo white aad
4tmie $,%
pnj'lef^ r't:
t
-i. i
Cars
Fof^^td*$jg^ Five
out
SpartanJ^rg, 1; S. sept
ductbr R. and
severely b^tfen; this* afterhoon^at five
p’clock^.^ l^jrJl^alKir^ sympathizers / after
the- anno^c^^ti-w^sf: Akdey that* t^he
company, hi|E,dVrefvl9ed :to a^,ee.' to - the
agre^ent' with the t union/.VHe had
stopped l^is c^^r Ip turn a'Switch; when
J. , GrovW > ;^wler ■ is .* said to; > have
attacked 'hife.*'^^^ / - p \ ■
The conductor,, a
S!^yere fa,Sh bfeing^'’cuti|n ^his head.
Fowler, wijs .art;est'^fand",ph^ under
a' $50:00' borid^' jwrhich; wasjjiui'clsly rais
ed‘by.the ljftbrmiph..i
G^>ss^ claims' thjit.'he wa^,‘'attacked
by ‘ I^oSceifflan; ■ Johnson, (Jwas ’ not
on ^ityfe'^t=;the‘ t^me. 'Mr. Johnson
strongly^ di^hl0?'{ha^ jarid^states that h^
was^dbiBf^h^'. duty’ andrthet\he made
th,e.• arrest.'4 '', •„ •
Cara' ha(0':run'~througto day
until thewjw- made at
5 o’,Clocjti|^at^ th;e cpm^ re
fused to; apeepj^f&junion’s‘terms and
had ' ^sk^? to i^byMyen^
wheq v'it possifte^timt * they would
subMV fc^nter VpTO
The , n«(w.s r^jit^ly,.,;aEJead. and, .the
men. ’vhp.'.w^re kii^^ woiie vilified
by tlieeiiit^i’" #ni^^itti4*e}^ situar
tion Vj^idk^; Ifeciijae - * that: it
was V tiii^lflit ’ t.the . cars
back ,tb>tire i shed f W'to have
*; .. '■ „ - ,
, Theret^wttl 1^^^ un^;
less vfiiiit^thMe is", made
The 'aw^iiic4.>^f;ahy whiskey' has. pre-
venl|ed!J^y»WMl^
more- $11)^3!^: pl^pprti^ ..' 1 .
’ Th/e' CTty> ble to,;, cope ,;i^th
thjB. sijt^at^9ha?id>c;fiar|;ei^^
that' pf^peiiaen care ;syiap^ of
the?‘uilop.-^^ ^
^At. a->|^e.hp^ .tpi^fh^
has q^e^^^ api^jipvft
I^ntoe is 'iMSp^ed; lU^fs ^ either "elfoAs
to TOh ‘ t^^cS^^ vare njij^d^. • • ? .
0lio,uti, I^^a&'and Texas rail-
liien'qUi^ at 10:30 a. m.
11 over t^e. ay stem because the
fail^ to set a date for a con
li.^00
roaa
roadiw^,.
fer^ntK^ -i^twee^ ■ officials of the ,ca-r
fiieh’sl u1hion;,a^^’the road to make' a
hew wage s(^dule and working agree-
ihent^C^i:.- M‘;Wi^tkins, general chair-
nito" of the brbt^rhood of railway
caifmeh’ .\ir^'li.^e„'when the, men went
oiit: He, said =they wpuld remain away
frOih w6tk» until the road set. a date for
ihie conference a'^ked by the men
Nx> shopmen • afe out. .
^!ever General
Special to 'The News.,
i^sheville, S'^pt‘ 23.—Since the coun
ty ■ commissioners haye agreed to pay
fuU 'cpsts-of •’Prosecution in order to
induce other Qoiinties* to send their
convicts to Buncombe .to work on the
roads a nurnber of^cbnviots have been
sent here, and . there , are nb;w about 20
ih: the camps .from other.-.counties,
that is Madison and Burke counties,
for it is said that ih most>pf the other
cbiintjies of the^'s^tibn'.they are work
ing the convicts on their- own roads'.
This would pijsjve 'that the good road
fever 'is general. The Madison county
court in the- spring. sent 11 donvicts
and a few weeks*, ago, Biirke county
sent 7. Last week Madison sent six
more -but ,the 'trems of some of the
first have’expired., _
knowh.
reply that he was not sure he cduld
agree with the archbishop.
Mr. Taft, now theroughiy warmed
up over the deraonstratlon he had
been accorded all morning, plunged
into a speech defending his disapprov
al of the recall of judges.
After the luncheon speech the pres
ident rode out to the national league
ball grounds, wliiere he thr^w a ball
into the field, starting the game be
tween the Cardinals and the Phillies
He remained until near the end of
the game, closely following the play.
The president made his speech on
the tariff board tonight to a crowd
that jammed the colllseum.
Successor To
Frye Appoint^
best preHdent. the • cb^ti^. has everf ^
I’he pretidftilt i^einarked in
ntbmihg, £bund the body' of a
lying near the railroad track. On ih-
spection he was found to be Will
Fletcher, a colored man about 40
years old, and that he*had been mur
dered and placed oh the track af
ter, the crime had been committed.
The authorities at Fletchw, 10 miWS
from Hendersonville, were immedi
ately notified of the death and they
telephoned Dr. Kirk-, the coroner ot
Henderson county. Dr. Kirk left, for
the scene of the murder the same
afternoon and upon arriving there;
empaneled a jury and started the in--
vestigation into the case. One negro,
named Cunningham, was held by the
jury as he m^e many conflicting
statements before, and during the in
quest and is thought to know more
of the matter than he says. There
! seeihs to be no doubt that the matt
was killed and then placed on the
railroad track by the murderer in the
hope' that a passing train would.
ed a tentative cabinet roster to sue
ceed Laurier’s cabinet.
M
obliterate all traces of his crime. The
Augusta, Maine, Sept. 23.—Governor! niatter v/ill be closely investigated
Plaisted today appointed Obediah and the authorities are sure that the "
Gardner, of Rockland, to succeed the solution of the mystery will not prov^
late William P. Frye, as United States very difficult,
senator. Mr. Gardner is fifty years
of age and for the past fifteen years
has been master of the state' grange.
This will be his first public office.
The new senator is a typical Maine
farmer. ^
Klext Premier Leaves .Halifax.
Halifax, N. S., Sept. 23.—The next
premier of CaMda, Robert Laird Bor
den, left Halifai today for Ottawa: Mr.
Borden says he has not even arrang- -and I hope to see it submit to the law
Wlckershan\ Denies Statement.
New York, Sept. 23.—Attorney-Gen
eral Wicker&ham denied today a state'
ment printed here this morning in
which he was quoted as saying that
the steel trust was plainly in- viola
tion of the law.
“The United States Steel Corpora
tion is plainly a combination in vio*
lation of the law as now made clear,
like all other corporations,” is the quo-
tatlon to which he refers.
Bad Coon
MA.Y T!
BA^V^RQAf) STRIKE
• ' Dqbtlfip; Si^t. iM.-jirirhe .s^ptt.i^i^
the; gr^t ’ i^lw^y frtr^ ^ vas 4aken
In ’ h^hd jt^\#rfternp5^. hy*4he :B«rl .erf
Lie)^^ of Ire-
la^ - ai||^n|&e.! ij^ a-Jii^ |bas|s ,fpf t|^'
/spyfiwin
cawy^WW^ V;
Special to The News.
Wake Forest, ' I?- ' C.> Sept. 23.—
Je^se 'Tho&aSf fibred, boarded ^rain
No, 30 at -]^l^ghiu.yesterda;y^ afternoon
anci as the train reached Millb rook he
fired 12 -ishots from, two rwblvers he
wa6' cfiiTylng./H« >was in the colored
coa.ch and the ’ shots. Went wild. There
was the .wildest dlMrdei:, among the
occupants or the ca'r but no one was
h^. The train, caine on to Wake
Barest where the man iwas arrested-
He ^ ^1 be carried; to, Raleigh ond^y
for; trial, TlW conijuctor of* the train
NOW 'oyiNQ
PROM HYDROPHOBIA.
Chicago, ^I^.,--Sei^. ’23.-TT.iJniable to
take. tha^sUghti^ aourishment, his
brain ratitedr i^^th" mad^hihg pains
ahd:^^iB^lil^^ .tp^ur^ With con-
vUlijtt^i&, ^
■ d: ■ ■■
Tv^e^Sf old,
cdiuty: hoiipital of fay-
•' i_. ., . -
Progressive Republicans
Have Begun Their Warfare
On Pres, Taft in Earnest
V
Washington, Sept. 23.—Progressive country into our confidence, Th«r
republicans today began their warfare will be nothing for consideration that
on President Taft in earnest. They
will hold a nation-wide conference in
Chicago, October 16, to consider the
nomination of some other man than
the president as head of the republican
ticket in 1^12. '
This announcement was made . at
the headquarters of the progressives
Here today, " and the following stfte-
iorent was issued by Walter L. Houser,
chairman in charge:
It is now simply a question wheth
er the great mass of republicans shall
rule the next national convention, or
*^wh|ther the pdiitical organizations
and the officeholders will dominate.
We are convinced that the people, not
the politicians. Will dominate if the
the entire country cannot know—
know.”
Whether the announement of th
conference was made, today in order
to take advantage of the low ahh oi
President Taft*s political foirtuMt,
following the defeat of reciprocity li'
merely conjunctured. Mr. Houser in
sisted that there was no such purpose.
The arrangements for the conference
had been , perfected to such a point
tha^Jt was now po^ible to make the
announcement and it would have come
at this time without reference to the
Canadian vote on reciprocity.
Despite th£s assurance, politicians
were of opinion today that those be-,
hind the anti-Taft movement have
people can be made to understand that ^skillfully taken advantage of a phycholo
they are all agreed on what ought to gical movement peculiarly favorable
be ione. This eonference is designed
to bring them together from parts
of the country and let each section
see it is not alone in opposition to the
president, but that /ill sections* are of
the same .znihd.
; “Ht, is our desire to take the whole
to their plans.
Soine idea of the proportions of the
work 'which, this anti-Taft committee
has been doing lhay be gained frcQtt
the fact that the committee^ mailing
lists now number over 1100,000 )Baacim,
representing every state.*