iff Ls L ; f aN ,' -7tLZLz7 rt.;;:.;y: I'alrj continued cold. VOL. XIV. NO. 278. ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY AriEIttTOON, DECEMBER 30, .1009. TIE SOUTH IS STiLLfl-SHlVER BELIEVES HE HAS A TWIN BROTHER, RICH PARENTS Strange Story That Londoner Kays Was Told Him Ity a Woman Who Reared Him. v : MOST DECENT WHAT BECAME OF FORTUNE LEFT BY EMPRESS CARLOTTA ? 01 ;:eiiot E, ME Vafv Cold TemnpriiliiPM k ported from Away Down on the South Atlan . - ; tic Coast. ' IT IS ONLY 20 ABOVE AT JACKSONVILLE, FLA. . -..I..-. . . ; . .-v,- . Tlie Cumberland River, for the First Time in Many Years, Is Frozen Over at Nash-. . - ville, Tenn. .Washington, Dec. 30. The extreme cold wave now prevailing throughout the south, extending as far as Miami, . Florida, falls far below the cold weather records for that section, caus ing anxiety among orange growers and .truck gardeners. In the opinion of the weather bureau officials the present cold snap will not. have a considerable effect upon the orange crop. Freexlng weather was record ed through the south last night as far as Jupiter, Florida. At Tampa, the thermometer registered 28 degrees. The warning that the cold wave would reach southern points. In the belief of officials, was sufficient to put orange growers on guard to protect the groves. Another warning is that cold weath er will continue In the south tonight, as far south aa Miami. I A Ixng Cohl Streak. Louisville, Dec. 30. The cold wave which has set the south shivering fol lows almost a straight line from Win nipeg to the Oulf of Mexico. . Not only did the central south feel Its ef fects, but on the South Atlantic const, far south as Miami, Fla.; freesing temperatures are reported. Jackson ville Is' the coldest place In Florida wwwt'W ....- - w - - Cold lit New York. New York,, boo. 30. New Yorkers awoke this morning to find the cold est day of the, winter. Six degree above zero was registered by the of ficial thermometers. At Nashville. Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 30. For the first time since 1893 the Cumberland river is covered with thin Ice. The thermometer this, morning recorded six degrees above zero. Coldest on Record. Atlanta, Dec. 30. Today was the coldest day of the coldest December on record In this section of the coun try. In Virginia. Norfolk. Va., Dec. 30. It was the coldest weather In five winters here today, when the temperature dropped to IS degrees. Sonic Zero Weather. Winchester, " Va., Dec. 30. Zero weather prevails over northern Vir ginia. The thermometer registered 2 degrees above this morning. Rail roads are In bad shape. Terrible Weather at Pittsburg. Pittsburg. Dec. 80. Half a dozen persons dead from exposure, manufac turing plants suspended, trains late, the mercury registering Ave degrees below zero, and much suffering, are Ithe results of a cold wave that struck the city lost night Five to Nino Degree Below. Indianapolis, Dec. SO. The temper ature ranged five to nine degrees be low zero lo Indiana this morning. Very Cold Were und In Msnj Towns. Asheville last night and this morn ing experienced the coldest weather j of the season: In fact, the coldest weather for December for many years. The local weather bureau today gave the minimum temperature at 3 de grees above zero, while unofficial ther mometers throughout the town re corded the low temperature at from 2 degrees sbove to 1 degree below sero. On Pack square an unofficial thermometer this morning at 7:30 o'clock showed zero weather. Al though the mercury went lower last night than at any time this winter persons on the streets did not feel the cold near so much as a week or ten davi a no when, 12 above was recorded but when a high Wind was blowing and when such damage was done to telephone and telegraph wires In this , section. Ti e wind velocity lant night was liven at only 14 miles per hour. Asheville apparently fared better In so far as weather condition go, Inst nlrht than other places hereabouts. . In the country, and especially In the mountainous section. It became bitter s cold during the night and reports are 4o effect that several degrees minus were recorded. At Weavervllle it was Juct. two above according to one re liable thermometer while at Canton, according to a report received here to- ' day it was TM abovs sero. A perusal of the weather map shows that extreme cold weather Is prevail ing over practically all sections of the country. In Cincinnati . It was two degrees below zero; six 'degrees below at Chicago; 10 degrees below ' at Davenport; 10 below In St. Paul; with 18 above at Memphis; It at 1 Wilmington; 16 at Meridian; St at Mobile; 14 Rt Augusta; 20 at Little llock and 10 at ' Jacksonville.' The weiither report snys that 10 degrees above .to two degrees below freez- l i re i -rted ss f'r sourh p. i r, (!'" 1 ' ' i evidently i . -'.sand .nl-trop i7'"v 'r1 New York, Dec, 28. Somewhere In this world Edward Wlnstanly, of No. 112 Southhrldge roivd, Iomlnn, 8. E., believes thut he has a twin brother and wealthy parents. Mr. Wlnstanly hopes to find them and learn his real name. He has reason to believe from the dying stntement made to him by the woman he supposed to bo his mother that ho whs burn In New York city about 1882. The reasons for his search are an nounced In a letter written by Mr. Vlns(tanly, which reads as follows: 1 beg of you to ussist me to find my parents In 1882 or 1883 there were born In Fifth avenue twin lioys to a very rich lndy. When they were eight monthB old the mother came to England, not being able to recog nize which was which without tying a bit of ribbon around the necks of her two boys. She decided to get rid of one. and at fifteen months old I was given to a woman to keep, my mother paying the woman $750. But she soon spent the money and I was brought up In poverty and want, hav ing no chance to prepare for any trade, ' Hi wiwitMw ,.Wor this -woman's death, she tolil me that she wan not my mother, as I had supposed, but an old maid. She said my brother was supposed to be the dead image of me, and that is why I am scncllsg you my photograph to see. if he s like me now. He may see it In your newspa per. I would pay for the advertise ment. but I am out of work. I hope my mother or father or some one who knows will see my picture and that it may move the hearts of my parents and bring about a re-union with my brother If he Is alive. I will be very grateful if you could do me this favor. I remain your humble servant, EDWARD WTSTN!.F.V. No. 112 Soulhbrldge Road, London S. E. IE OF Man Who Killed Waitress Had Lett Two Wives Robbed to Get Car Fare. Peru, Ind., Dec. 30. A carefully laid plan of a love-sick and discouraged man, Involving robbery, murder and suicide, culminated yesterday In the staying of Miss Dora Chapcll, a waitress In the dining room of a ho tel, by Hoy McKinney, who then com mitted suicide. According to advices from Indian apolis, McKinney entered a tuncn room there early in tne my aim rmm the cash register while ho covered the man behind the counter with a revolver. ij.iir found In the Ueaa mans pocket Indicated that the hold-up and crime were planned. It Is believed McKinney committed the roouery iu get money to come to Peru. Three letters were addressed lo nw the girls father. Frank Chapcll of Peru and to McKlnuey's wife at East Qermantown. Ind. r - i,.tir n the coroner, jncivin- ney nrst directed that his body be sent to a medical college, and then A A A A BUuru. j . ..i mv first w e uui-au was not true to me. I left my second wife laht March. On March 1. 1S0I. I met Ior Chapell and went with her- two months, at the end of which t hne found that she w.a ..- ' . ih irlrl s fath me. weverai ohj -----"1 ...... tnrtlanaDolls and causei caused Pr . , ,..,K. Tkir me much trouble aim - To Pu II was impossible for me to forget her. I came to Peru. I ask 7 r to go to the theater with me IT.'.... .....I ,.iher arrangements. 1 lire nas or, u - .. - - Dora and take puy " "' . ,,. i clos. I hope that "W JJ lake a punch at m. before I pass OV?teae,rtoirw.r.McK,nney "'-I only wish you were with me so 1 .. . ..... --UH us tOO. could iaae yu " fcn, .n(l McKinney came" to the hotel and a - r. n. lnhart of i ni marshal and flispsy' - vice hedge. It Is nt known where bo obtnlned the badge. .. he ha, not ,,, m t),e government jw-rvlco. l) But, the Matin Says, U. S. Re port on White Slave Traffic Constitutes French Na tional Disgrace. CALLS ON GOVERNMENT F01 ENERGETIC ACTION Circulation of ''Scandalous French Literature' in This Country Also Source of -Regret Paris, Dec. 30. The M'ltm declares the limllnKS of the United Slates iin mlgraiion commission, whirl) placed France lirst among the nation ns the exporter of "white slave" recruits. constitutes a national disgrace, ami appeals -to the government to com mence pour parli-rs with Washington for the miiti'ixlnn of the trallU. The pnper Insists that France is the most decent country on the globe; yet, abroad, especially In America, ncamhil'HiK French literature is cir culated and the exten of the mon strous "white slave-' trade has given her the reputation of being the center of depravity. What the ConuiUsslon Found. Washington. Dec. 30. The . com mlsHlon reports chowlng the national ity of girls, deals especially, so far as nationality Is concerned, with Impor tations and trials In the . courts. Eighty-two women have been deport ed from port at New York on ac count of prostitution In the last two yeurs. Forty-six were French. 13 Hebrews, 13 Germans, and ten Ital ians. V! A table Is given showing the num ber of convictions In court In New York by nntivlty on account of sollc- Mlug or. th streets . and - practicing prostitution. The total for the year Is 2093. (If foreigners, 164 are French, 226 Hebrews, 69 Germans. T ARE THftliET State Chief McNeil Here Asheville May Be Home of Firemen's Insurance Co. The annual banquet tendered to the firemen of Asheville by Proprietor Frank loughran of the Swannunoa hotel will b served to the firemen, the mwvor nnd members of the board of nldcrmen and heads of city depart ments tonight at S o'clock t the Hwunnauoa. The banquet bids fair to he one of the moat Interesting and plctsing of the seafnn. Among the invited guests at the banquet will be President J. D. McNeil of North Caro Una Firemen's association, who ar rled In th city this afternoon on train No, II. Prior to the hour for the banquet the -members of the Asheville fire di pnrtment will gather at lira head quarters uX 8 o'clock where they will meet with President McNeil for a dis cussion of the plans looking to the launching of the. Firemen's Insurance company of North Carolina. Presi dent McNeil Is enthusiastic over this project and Is certain of Its success. One of the most Interesting featur4 to Asheville In connection with the Inau guration of the new fire Insurance company les in the fact that Ashe ville may be chosen as the company's home nniee; In fact. It la said that Akhevillo Is considered the logical place for the home ottlce and strong Influence lll be brought to have this place selected when the company mel ts to perfect permanent organisa tion and elect officers. TO DESIGNJS SELECTED Miss Kinney the Successful Artist- Committee Named to Get Funds. Aibinta. Dec. 10. The design of the memorial to the women of Con federacy was selected yesterday by a committee of Confederate veterans appointed at the Memphis reunion In Jun- . ... . ... The design, suhnuuea ny miss i Kinney, a Nashville srtlst, wss chos- For the purpose of ralelng f.inds 'to erect one of these memorials In the .it..i of each southern state the ..nr.,in eommlttee wss appointed Oen. Walker, Houth Carolina; General Cnrr, North Carotins; uencr.11 n T.nnvmce: Oeneral Waddcll Oeor'gla: Major Febler. Honih Csro, (Inn; Major "lt. Mississippi, Dickens, Iulsln- . Col FIREMEN TDNfbH All SortSyOf Stranoo Stories Concerning, 8 V ; v i xm Belgium. . ' KING WAS HER GUARDIAN Some Say the losniic Ki-Fjnpnfw 1m Diid, Others That She Hag Krtiivercd Her Itcawin. Unissels, Dec. :!0j For years the name of the ex-Wmpress Car lot In. widow of the lll-futed. Emperor Maxi milian aof Mexico, has, been an un spoken oi)e in lielglum, but since the death of King Leopold, who was her brothel, guardian and trustee, all sorts of wild stories have been set allot concerning het , During the past week or so senpntiomil reports have been widely clrculntijd that the ex-em press long ago recovered . her reason, but for years hml been kept prisoner by King lipoid. Other stories have it that the unfortr.te ; woman died years egoi hut that nvr fealh had been kept secret by order of the king. It In scarcely necessary to state that llttlo credence la given these stories. On the other hand. It is regarded as pon-lblo thnt there may be some foun dation for the report that- the reign ing house of Austria, to which Maxi milian tieloi.ieil. Intends to make an Inquiry concerning the vast fortune belonging to Cnrlntta. During the 4.1 years that she has been Immured In Pslace Ijickon no one except those designated by King Leopold was per mitted to communicate with her. The king was the side custodian of tlx large fortune left her by tholr father, lopold I. The papers of the late king are said to contain no reference to his sister's fortune and it Is be lieved by many that It was squandered In Its entirety by King eopold In some of his early buslne ventures, which were not so successful financial ly as were his later enterprises. A BIG FIRE TODAY For Awhile it Looked as if a Twenty Million Dollar Plant Would Be Destroyed. New York, Deo." SO. Fire which threatened to destroy the twenty mil lion dollar plant of the Htandard Oil company started with an explosion In one of the forty thousand barrel star age tanks. The loss was tf.00.000. T ARE TAKEN TO NEWARK Mother and Aunt of "Bath-Tub" Mur der Victim Made no Fight on Extradition. New York, Dec SO. Bundled into an automobile, Mrs. Caroline Martin, the mother of Mrs. Ocey Snesd, the bath tub victim, and Mrs, Mary Snesd were taken away from the Tombs to day to Newark, N. J. The two aged women made no fight against extradition. Mrs. Martin de cllned to sign an affidavit that she was the person named In the war rant until she carefully scanned all the documents. "This is the most important thing In my life." she said; "I don't propose to be hasty In signing any papers." - Earl Percy Dead. Paris, Dee. SO. lEarl Percy, Lon don member of the Ilritlah parlla ment. died today of scuta pleurisy, In a second class hotel. Satolll Is Falling. - Home. Dncj SO. Cardlfml Batolll falling rapidly today.- -Ufa Is twin prolonced by artificial administration of oven. ' AND CUSTODIAN OF FORTUNE ' ' t - i 7 .' tl ' ' NEW YORK CITY V. iV m ft W AtbElCT I, KING OF THE Albert I., King of the Helslans, with his ouoen, Elisabeth, made a Mate entry Into the capital from Laekcn. Cannon boomed forth a royal salute, church bells rang out merrily and hundreds of thousands of subject lined the route, crying "Umg live Albert!" and "Long live Klixabeth!" When the procession arrived at the chamber, where the oath of ascen sion was to be taken. Hie succeator of ception by the Hssembled Senators and Deputies. A , feeble attempt of the socialists to make a republican demonstration failed . miserably. Since his accession-It htm h-ton V-Hv that tourage. ' RESIDENT TAFT He Is Present When His Niece, Miss Louise Taft, Is Married to Mr. Snowden. New York, Dec. .10. With the pres- dent of the I'nited Htutcs a gucnt. Miss Louise W. Tuft, his nlei'e, will be married today to (icorge II. Smm den, of Heatlle, at the rexiilence of her parents, Mr. and Mis. Henry W. Tuft, n West 48th street. The wedding this nfternoon will be quietly celebrat ed because of the recent death of Mrs. Jlloruee Taft, the bride's aunt. Only relatives and a few friends attended. The groom la a graduate of Yule uni versity. The couple will tour ICuiopc several months on their honcy-utiHut, rhey will make their home In Seattle, Will llclurn Tomorrow. Washington, Dec. 30. President Taft, accompanied by bis daughter. Helen, and son, Hubert, nnd ('apt. Archibald Ittitt. military aide, left hero this morning for New York to attend the wedding of the president's niece, Louise .Taft, daughter of his brother, Henry W. Taft. to fleorue'll. Snowden, of Seattle. The party re turns tomorrow. SUIT AGISnOUTHERN Mrs. Allison Demands That Sum for Alleged Injuries Sustained at Graphiteville. Mrs. Minnie Allison, through her attorneys, Craig. Martin Thomason of this place, yesterday instituted suit In the Superior court against the Southern Hallway company for t20,' 000 on account of alleged personal In juries sustained November at Qraphitevlllo. It Is alleged . that Mrs. Allison was alighting from the train at Qraphitevlllo; that there was no adequate plat form and that she was compelled to step from the car step to a stool; that the stool turned and she was thrown heavily to the ground, sus taining. It Is alleged, serious Injuries that may prove permanent. KXTOMBKl SH HOl'RS IS TAKEN I'ltOM MINEAMVK McAllister. Oklo., Dec. SO. After having been entombed SS hours In the Ilolen Darnell Coal mine. Superin tendent John Brown was today res cued alive, but unconscloua Physi cians believe he has it chance for life. Drown risked his life In sn heroic at tempt lo rescue Anselti Asnlcar. who was entoniln d. following an explosion Oil ib) lower level ATTENDS Wl EDD IN G RELfjlAKd Leopold 11. was given a notable re Artr-r wm retire nll-of Leoiiulu's cu ACROSSJHE LINE Men Familiar With Locality Say Cabin Where Tragedy Occurred Stood in Tennessee. Another interesting chapter In tho story of the murder, 18 years ago, of the t'hiimnmn, Ling Oun, revived re ccntly throiiKh a coufeaslon of Tardee Morris to the effect that Morris brother, hob Morris, killed the China man at the cabin of Nance Williams anil that several persons divided tho ( blnainnn'a money, was learned today in conversation with W. Jt. Oudger esq., of Asheville and Sheriff Cole of .Maillsnii county, who was In the city Ibis afternoon. Mr. Oudger said that he was familiar with the section wIh io the Chinaman was killed and that If 1'ardee's story of the crime Is In be believed, then the Chinaman was killed In Cocke county, Tennes see, and that It Is up to the officers of Cocke county to take action rather Ihiui the authorities of lluncombe or Mailisoll, It has been generally supposed that the murder occurred In Madison coun ty and that the body was hauled across the Hue Into Tennessee and thrown away. The confession of Pardee Morris, as readers of The tlaxette-News will remember, recited as rnct that the Chinaman was killed at Hie cabin of Nance Williams; that his throat wss cut In the chimney corner. Mr. Oudger said this after noon Hint he remembered well where the Nance Williams' cabin stood; that It whs fully one-half mile across the line In Trnnensee; that a big white slake marked the boundary line be tween North Carolina and Tenn-usee, This statement of fact la shared In by Sheriff Cole, who, when asked this nfternoon if any action had been tsk en by the authorities of Madison county, sa'd no: that It was now (alma the confession of Pardee Mor rls) grnerMly conceded thst the mur der really occurred in Tennessee and that It was the duty of the Tennei authorities to take sctlon If, In their opinion, there wss sufficient evidence on wh'ch to act. Injured In a Fir. New York, Dee. SO. More than score of persons were Injured, five possibly fatally, In a firs which swept the big double tenement on Belmont avenue today. Six of the Injursd were nremn, who wars overcome by smoke In aiding the Imperiled peo pie. Clinching It. lllrmlngham. Dee. SO. The city council of lllrmlngham has adopted the :.tt-Wlde prohibition . laws as regular city ordinances. About 3300 Ilalca of Cotton TJurncd nalvoMon, Dec. 10. Fire at Tier N'o. II toibiv jtHniiic'l about J300 I iib-s Of i n; " 1 i. SCENE OF MURDER Roosivelt's Friends on One SidaJarYs on the Other In vestigation, the First Bust- ness Undsrtaken. ' LIKELY TO OVERSHADOW SESSIONS OF CONGRESS Pinchot's Attitude of Bold Defiance Interest Now Centers in Selee 7 Hon of the Probinfj - 7 ' t Committee. ; Special to The Qasette-Ncwa Washington, . D. C, Dee. SO The investigation of the administration of the department of the Interior undr Secretary Ralllnger, will be about the nrst thing congress undertakes when that body meets Monday next, . It has been decided : that the investigation will be conducted by both the senato and the house or representatives. All ' Interest now centers In tha uwtun of the members of the Investigating vummiiier. 11 mw prone is to De made ' Into every feature of the Balllnger- Plnnhnl . . . . ... . must be above susDlcion. Mr. Bali linger has many chamoions on ih lioor of congress, and with the admin. miration endorsing all his official arts wremry or me interior. It si not difficult 1 1. v.... 1 1 k. . - ... -... . mm a rummiiin favorable to the man who Is to ba invastliiated mil v tut uluta.1 . 1 Of l4ira Importance. The Investigation has Its Dolltlesl phase, and for that reason promises oversnntiow the sessions of con gress In point of popular - interest. Balllnger wss removed bv former i innmni Kuoseveit as commissioner of tlie land office, while Olfford Pin. clisatlonK fiirnlfiat I K. w. ..... . 1 J VI (HI intcniir, was the favorite of the far awsy African game hunter among all i nose wno served during his adminis tration. All of the Roosevelt follow. Ing are siding with 1'inchuL and they are predicting that when the Rough nicer returns to American shores next year he will rally to the cause of the head of the forestry bureau. The conservation policy of Olord Plnchot Is exactly that of Theodore Roosevelt. The atmAcfi I u 1 1 ..... I l. .. t.i i. . i New lnrk Monday sounded for th world like one of Roosevelt's utter. an ecu. It must be said that It was a hr.ive utterance coming at the time It did. It Hung defiance at the Balllnger crowd, and for that matter tha Tft following, which has been gradually displacing all the Roosevelt oppolntees wno were In otllee last March fourth. Thut speech showed fight all the way through. Plnchot defied all of "em to show wherein the forest service has violated any laws, and In the aasump. uon or that position he Is certain to have the support of the former ores!. dent. Mr. ' Roosevelt boasted more' about the record of the forest service than of tho accomplishments of any other department of the government Thus It will be observed that Mr. itooseveu win iw brought into the controversy at Issue, which Is to be aired In a congressional Investigation. The trial of Secretary Balllnger In- volves much more than alleged con cessions from the public domain to the big Interests. It Is a row that marks a line of cleavnge between the Roose velt and Taft following. On the side of rj I fiord Plnchot are the champions or the man who Is now hunting ele phants in Africa, while almoat to a man the friends of President Taft are for Secretary Balllnger. Political Washington regards this as tha big gest feature of the controversy, and the Investigation Is expected to have an Important bearing on Presidential politics in the republican party. In Two t snipe. Two years ago the friends of Theo dore Roosevelt and William H. Tart were working In harneaa Today the friends of Mr. Roosevelt are not the friends of the man In the White House. The most ardent champions of the president are the "reactiona ries" who fought him for the nomina tion for the preeldency. They are such well known leaders of the "si- lie." as Nelson W. Aldrlch, Joseph O. Cannon and the champions of the big Interests. The Balllnger Plnchot eon troversy will result In the separation of the sheep from the goats. And thst Is why the political side of th forthcoming Investigation Is of such large Importance. REV. FATHER A. SCHMITL DIES AT THE AGE OF C2 Was long Prominent In Catholic Mission Work In North and ttouth Carolina. Norfolk. Dec. SO Rsr. Father Francis A. Bchmlta, for many years active and prominent in Catholic mo tion work In North and South Caro lina, and for seven years chsptsln rt Bt Vincent's hospital, this elty. u ' at that Institution today, following a lingering Illness. Father Schmlta was a native Germany, and was It years of s THE WF. AT' Forecast until 8 p. Asbevllle sml M.-lnlt-. ti ! - ' I - ' I ,