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(feette NeM. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES ; A A LAST EDITION. ,4:00 P. M. Weather roicast' : '. Fair and wirmer. ,. mmm VOL. XIV. NO. 288. ASHEVILLE, N. 0, -TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 11, 1910. So PER COPY TIE SSBTTC ' "ii . ill , s STILL RhnnTIC OUT OF T - ' r . - j ; WILL BE Eli : TO GET HOME , ,..,ii i .i j iSlt; M. T Own . . . ; n . . , Excitement Which Began Yes terday Over Prices for Cot-' ton Continued Today in New York. STRONG BULL FEATURES HELD PRICES IN CHECK Liverpool Cables Were Good and Hold ers of the Real Stuff De cline to Get Ex- , cited. . -v i, New York,. Jan. 11. Yesterday's wmHtliiiil break In the cotton mar kit wan followed this morning byefon ' tiniuM excitement and very erratic lliicluallons. at the opening of busi ness. . , '. .y, , J .f- , ' V Calls for uddltlonal n. .rgln In con Miiiifino of yesterday's n sudden de cline of nearly SK per hale In prices liail brought in a. perfuct avulanche ol selling orders from out of town, ami niter opening from 10 to. 18 point higher, owing to relatively Liv erpool calilea, the active months broke about 20 points in less than that num ber of minutes, with March selling at IS. us. May lit 15.29. Southern news Indicated that prl nuirv holders of spot cotton were not following the decline in futures and thin feature, of the situation, combin ed with the better showing of the Liverpool miirket, was encouragement to the remaining bulls. Aftur Op' first burst of forced liqui dation, consequently, the market ral lied mi covering and- renewals of bull support, with March selling up to Ki.:;o and May 15.62, or about $1 pef bale from the lowest ' before the end of the first hour. ... - Income Tax Amendment One of Prin cipal Questions to Be Consider- ed by the Solons. Colombia, Jaa, 11. -The Income tax amendment will be one of the princi pal question considered by the state legislature, which convened today. In liH annual message Governor M. V. Ansel simply referred the proposed a tin mlinent to the legislature without commendation. , . Among other public questions In cluded in the message were better K.vHtcni of assessments, larger appro priation for school, a new Supreme court building, Increase in the salaries of rtiiie officers nd increased appro priation for pensions for Confederate veterans. -V ....... . , ': . ' . FUNERAL RITES HELD Oil CARDINAL SATDLLI '-, All the Cardinals, Vatican Officials, etc, and Many Americans '. . '. Present". ' , Rome, Jan. 11. Impressive funeral rites over the body of Cardinal Satolil were held today. There were present all the- cardinals. Vatican 'officials, di plomats, accredited to the Holy gee. members of the Roman 'aristocracy nd many Americans. The latter Included Princess Rosplg Host, formerly1 Miss Marie Jennings Reld. of New Orleans, who wss as sisted by Cardinal Catolll in securing the annulment of her marrlnge to Col. H. Parkhurst' " Kcwilutliyui of Regret Offered, , Washington. JaK 11. Resolution xpressing profound regret at the "ath of Senator MclJiurln of Missis sippi were adopted today by tha Na tional Immigration commission of which the senator was a member. Wreck on Seaboard. t Weldon. N. O, Jam Jl. A Sea card passenger train crashsd Into freight late yesterday. The wreckage was set aflre, and three bog cars burned. Nona was Injured. fceirctary WUwm'a Stcpntotlier dead. Cedar Rapids. Ta Jan. H.--Mra. John WI1non Is desd, aged 0. Mrs. Wilson was the stepmother of ftecre tnry of Agriculture Wilson. Tl'E WFATIIFll: Forecast Until 8 p.m. Wednesday for Ashevllle- and vlclmtv: Kslr weher MhTlr;ritr tmi , ,..uir.-, t,.., . The Very Rich De Janon Girl Was More Than Willing to Be -Captured by ' Friends. ' OPPOSING VIEWS AS TO WHICH IS GUILTY PARTY Mrs. Cohen Says Her Husband Was Faithful Before He Met "That Foolish V Girl." v Chit-ago, Jan. 11. Roberta l)e Janon, tlio Philadelphia heiress ar rested yesterday with Frederic Cohen, the hotel waiter with whom, Mho eloped December 29. suld today that If court proceedings wore begun against Cohon she would be his chief defender. She was emphatic in the declaration that the elopement wus all her ruult, und thut Cohen, was In no wily to blame, ' . --. 'Mr. Cohen is in the "right," she said. "It was 1 who persuaded him to leave Philadelphia: It was he who refused. It was he who asked me day after day to return to my grand father, and it was he who cured for mo. Jf they start court action against Frederic I will certainty go to his de fense. He has done nothing umiss. 1 will always defend Fred." Miss De Janon declared her chief desire was to eliminate future trouble and return to her grandfather. - She related the story' of her travels and said her relations with Cohen had been those of a father and daughter. .Miss De Janon was appar ently none the worst today for a night with the matron of the women's annex to the Harrison street police station. Cohen remained all night In a cell at Chicago avenue police sta- J.ton...Tb eloiars will bajjurmally ,- aminod today and plans formulated for .their return to Philadelphia. 'MWl p Janon ailmlts she. will - be 'glad when Philadelphia authorities! arjrlve to take her back home. She says she Is perfectly willing -to return to her home and go back to school. " It is likely the pair will leave or Philadelphia tomorrow. . OppOHillg VlfVVH. Philadelphia, Penn., Jan. 11. Op posing views as to which Is ithe guilty party In the elopement of Roberta II. De Junon, the 1? years old heiress, and Frederick Cohen, waiter st the Uollevue Stratford, which terminated yesterday in Chicago by the capture ol the pair are held by the girl a grand father, Robert Ilulst,, the millionaire seed man, and Mrs. Cohen, the wait er's wife. Ilulst declares thut his granddaughter-was the victim of a cunning adventurer. Detectives will . bring Cohen here to face the charge of ab duction, i According to Rulat's attor ney, the prosecution will be based on the law providing severe penalty for the wilful taking away of another per son for the purpose of profit or a per sonal motive. . . ."He was loving faithful husband until he became the victim of that foolish girl," said Mr Cohon. She refused to say whether she will proceed' with the suit against Hiiist and Miss De Janon, for alienation of her hustiand's affections. Bulst ha forgiven. the girl for the escapade,, and will do everything In the world tn Risks her happy.- It Is believed that the girl will plead to aav Cohen go unpunished. The extent of the punishment for Cohen Will depend upon the Influece the runawey girl may have with her grandfather. . i r IE ROOSEVELT WRITES TD K Jl J His Letter Dated November 1 5, When He Had Just Heard of Her , Husband's Death. ' 8t Paul,. Minn., Jan. 11. Written with an Indelible pencil on plain not paper, a letter wua reeclved today by Mr John A., Johnson from Theodore Roosevelt, under data of November 18,. stating that he haa Just heard of Governor Johnson's death, and offer ing sympathy. The letter follows: I'On Kufarl, near Mount Elgon, Ced- tral Africa,' Nov. 16. 190. "My dear Mrs. Johnson: Whils out here, afar from all chance of hearing news with any speed. X have Just learnod of the death of your honored and distinguished husband. ' t trust you will not think me Intruslva If 1 wrlta a word of respectful sympathy) I greatly admired your husband as' an upright ftnd honorable public servant. and a one of those Americans who we nil like to believe are- typical of our poopl a whole, lis Is a loss to us all, a loss to good ellizenshlp. "With nwtnrani'frs of my profound xvmi'ilriv nun rexpeet, neiwve me, " . r- p uri i.t v your. "i : : i " V I '.LT,"1 New York Herald and The Uaicttu-NcwH. THREE MEN KILLED IN AUTITACGIDENT Atlanta Chauffeur Running at a High I Speed, Drove Machine into a Street Car. , Atlanta, Jan. 11. Three men were killed and two others injured, when an automobile collided with a street car. The automobile was wrecked, and the car badly damaged. The accident oc curred on Peach tree road, as the re sulo of in attempt offtie chauffeur to pass another automobile going in the same direction at a high rate of speed. The- dead: ,- . WILLIAM W, GARNER, aged 21. . FRANK GEORGE, aged 21. HAROLD E. OEORGR, aged 18. Injured: '"; ' , 1 m . W. II. GKORG E,- father of the dead brothers. ' ... . ' " ; K. B. CA HIE, chauffeur. ' ' WHITE SLAVE" MARKET 4 bt A Waiter, Charged With Being a Slave ' Agent, Is Arrested on a Girl's . V ,' Complaint ' New Turk, Jan. 11. The "white . ,iave" mart has boon located by lis trict Attorney Whitman In his In quiry Into tho unmoral trafflo. !. Girls of tender years. It Is alleged, are lured to the selling place for Bos ton, Chicago and other cities. The district attorney Is searching for the man who controls the . white slave market. The statements of several idrls have been taken and will lie a part of the grant) Jury's records. The polios today took 'Into custody Paul Drinkle, a waiter, charged with being a. whits Slavs agent. A 11-yeara-old girl furnished the Informa tion against him. . ' If. M. K. Twoiubly Vtmd. New York, Jan. II. Hamilton M Keotvn Twomhly died today. He mar rled Miss Adele Vanderbllt, the dauRh ter of Willlsm 11. Vanderbllt. t Twomhly was a director In 40 rail roads and other corporations. Plain TwiH to Germany. Berlin, Jan. 11. Tht TTnlted States government today Informed the Ger man foreign oftlce thnt It would re Irani the adoption by the relchstHg of tU prepuied Polish law nap dlncrlm lisfilinn n - iii"t Anieiu mo Inlert .H. "IMMllflllllllMlmmHIl p'V-- ' Jl ' 1 WHEN PIE ROOSTS HIGH wi-uxgqaf!& IS FELT J HOUSE Preparations Being Made to Appcir.i Committee to Conduct Ballinger Pinchot Inquiry. Washington, Jan. .11. Another of tho large appropriation bills Is expect' etl to pass the house during today's sesxlon. CoiiHidi nitlon of tho unnv bill Is practically completed. The formication appropriation bill Is i-x- pected to pass tlio house during to day's session. Consideration of the army bill is practically completed. Tho fortlllcation appropriation bill Is expected to lie considered following the pasage of the army bill. Generat satisfaction Is expressed among members of the house this morning that tin- senate adopted the Plnchot-Hallinger Inquiry resolution In practicolly the same form in which It was approved y tho, house. Prep, ara I Inns for tho selection of six mem bers of tho committee to represent the house are proceeding. . ARMY APPROIMUATTON BILL . 1H PASSED BYT1IK IIOI SK It Carries 95.000,000 For Malnten- ance of Army for the Next FIm-uI Year. AVashlngton, Jan. 1 1. Carrying, an appropriation of 135,200,000, for main tenance of the army for the next fiscal year, the army appropriation bill passed the liouse today. 1 Cashier Is $lMN-t. Kcneaw, On.. Jan., 11. W. I. Wliltaker, cashier of tha bank of Ken esuw, Is being sought as a result, of ths alleged shortage In the cashier's ..-counts to the extent of $10,000. The discovery of the shortage followed Whltaker's recent disappearance. Wr,x;:;: w" 'S?:K;ix;?rs,:S'r SATISEAGTION Pension for Mrs. Cleveland; Senator Root Offers Bill Washington, Jan. U. A pension of IC000 a year Is due Mrs. , Orovcr Cleveland, 'according to precedents. Senator Root today presented to the Mrs. Morse Seeking to Get Freedom of Husband New York, Jan. 11. "I will devote my entire time to freeing my hus hand," Mrs. Charles W.1 Morse declar ed .today. Mra. Mofi- in buck St home i n 1 , H aB fi.m a visit to her i wiii.-Ui.iuiw.tuMiijiL,i!ririiJlt BURLEY PEOPLE They Were Expecting Thomas Lawson to Buy Outright Their 1909 Pooled Crop. Iicxinglon, Jan. II. Thomas W. Ijuwsnn of Mimton, who camo here yesterday In outline a plan to the liuriey Tooacco society, by which he and uasoeiates would handlo the 1909 pooled crop of tobacco, left today for Boston. The Hurley society expected tho financier to purchase Hip crop outright, and was disappointed at his plan for forming a great combination to handle the crop in opposition to the American Tobacco company. SENATE WILL ACCEPT Marble Statue of the Great Carolinian to Be Placed in the National Capitol. Wushlngton, Jan. 11. John C. Cnl houn Is about, tn return to his former haunts at the national cspitol, in the form of a mnrhlo statute. It is to be erected as one of Houth Carolina's con tributions In Statuary hall. Tho statuo will be formally accept ed March 13, In accordapce with a resolution adopted today by tho sen ate, on request of Senator Tillman. senate a 1M making the grant. The amount Is the same as allowed Mrs. McKlnley, Mrs. Garfield, ' Mrs. Pol and Mrs. Tyler, the widowed . wives of former presidents. . husband, who is serving term of 15 years In the federal prison at Atlanta. Ga. 81a Intends to Invoke avery pos sible legal means to secure the for- mi i- banker's release. '. ARE DISAPPOINTED .Jaaf,-J,",'?j-SfWrai. GOVERNOR EORI'S Conditions in Atlantic City "Permitted, in Violation of Law," for Filthy Gain. Trenton, N. J., Jan. II. Governor Kort. In his annual message to the legislature, refers to defiant, wide open, conditions at Atlantic City last sum mer, saying: , "For what Is all this permitted? Blmply for the tilthy guln that cornea from open violation of the law. .The sucrcrineag of the Sabbath, the purity of the bullot, the virtue of women, tho protection of life all seem Inconsequential when weighed In! the scale against the illicit sale of liquors." FATAL FIRE IN ATLANTA It Has Resulted in One Death and Two MESSAGE'S 11 i seek to mnuence tne repuoncsn i Fatal Injuries General jtronnge situation In the state has not vet di vi loped. A story was in creu- Al'drm Sounded. Atlanta, Ga Jan. 11. One man Is dead and two are fatally Injured, the result of a Are destroying tho ware hoiisn of the Georgia Railway Klcc- trie company, near the union station. Several are reported missing. A general alarm has been sounded. Considerable railroad property Is hreateped In the heart of the city. MAY BE SETH BULLOCK South Dakota U. S. Marshal Said to Be Favoradly Consid- ered. . Washington. Jan. II. In casting about for a, successor to Glfford Pln chot, as head of the forestry service. it i is reiMirted that President Taft might offer ths place to Beth Bullock, United State marshal In South Da kota, Emperor of AusWta Bl. London, Jan. ".1. Thers was a ru mor on th stock exchange today that Emperor Francia Joseph of Austria was dangerously 111. The source of ths alarming news eould not b ascer tained. , -,, . . Will Be Back Tomorrow, How ever, When Biltmore Postof fice Matter Will Again . Be Taken up. - MR. CARTER WILL . CHARGE CONSPIRACY Charles G. Lee in the National Capital Wilhjthe Endorsements of . Mr.. Rol and. Tlio Gazette-News Hureau, ililibs Uulldlng. Washington, Jan. 11. Postmaster General Hitchcock Is out of town and Frank Cavt- r will not again tako up the case of Mrs. I'uiinle J. Keed or Biltmore with h4ra until Wednesday, lie will charge a conspiracy on the part of Congress man Grnnt, W. E. Logan and S. J. Luther, the present Biltmore post master, to get Mrs. Reed out of the office, based on false accusations. . Mr. Logan, who Hied an affidavit saying a friend of Mrs. Reed offered li'tn S00 to get her reappointed, finds a strong light being made against htm to prevent his appointment as United State j marshal. lie is assailed for bringing here an affidavit by Chief Greenwood, a man with a court rec ord, nncl attempting to make him a witness against Mrs. Reed for the pur pose of backing up Grant s charge of attempted bribery. The president will be told thai a man who would practice such deception is not lit. to bo nitirnluu. Lookrt Llfco KollliiH. Charles G. Le Is here with en dorsements of T. F. Roland for post master Of Ashevllle. It looks Ilk Major W. W. Rollins for fourth " ftlr. Du'iicaif Km, Wal-lng; National Committeeman E. C Dun can, who Is in tho confidence of ths administration more than any other North Carolina republican, spent the day 'here. " He carted at the White House and also talked yesterday with Postmaster General Hitchcock, the nmn who' fs handling the federal pa tronage situation in the southern states. The Beaufort man is not very loquacious, and of his doings yester day he was mute. It requires no far stretch or the Imagination to under stand that Mr. Duncan had business here, and that he. went to the front and told the president and his post master general what he wishes dono In the way of dishing out the NkHIi Carolina pieces of pie. If Mr. Pun can has confided his wishes in thas respect to any others the secret Is b' ing well kept. When asked whom he had recommended for appointment as district attorney In the east he promptly replied that he had not con sidered that matter. He did not know whether he favored the reappoint ment of Harry Skinner or whether he would recommend the selection of Herbert P. Seawell or T. T. hicks. Mr. Skinner's term of office explrea i February 1, 19 days hence. That Is the modest , Mr. Duncan haa no thoughts on the subject for newspa per consumption. Of course ha his his candidate, but it was plain after & rw momenta conversation with ths I Easy Boas from the east that he ia ' not yet ready to aprlng him on tha I public. ! JK'rcary Instead of Logan? i to what extent Mr. Duncan win jiatlon today "that he would seek to have McCreary of Davioson appoint marshal In the v.estcm district over W. K. Mgan. who is favored by Rep resentative Grant, and whom It haa been supposed Is slated for the posi tion, ltt Is said that Mr. Duncan haa rear bed the conclusion thnt McCreary will be a very valuable man In ths work of rounding up delegates to ths next republican national convention, and that In this respect he outshines an the other candidates. Krlends of Duncan assert that he is not going to mix up In tho patronage game In the western- district, and that whatever may be his views as to the possible usefulness of .McCreary to the ad ministration as a delegate getter, hs will keep hands off. This story comes from one who Is not In ths conndenea of Duncan, hut who knows much that is going on In tho Insldo of republican state politics. Button Tliere, Too. District Attorney Holton Is here. Ilia term of office expire March 10, a little more than two months dis tant, when he will hav rounded out 13 years of service. Although report k.a l hu "VI. Tuft hua nrnmlsod Mr. Holton's Job to ex-Judge Bpancer P. Adams,' the dltitTlct attorney has not given up hope of reappointment. Practically all the. borne are against him and hs is standing sWely on his record, which he believes entitle him ;o reappointment. Mr, Holton called at tha department of Justice and talk ed With Attorney Ooneral WtokeT sham. While hers he will endeavor to strengthen his hands, and ascertain exactly which way the political wind Is blowing so far as he is concerned. Mr. Holton Is accompanied by his on, Juhn. who hud the m-'eforluni Continued on T'lri fnor.
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