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VOL. XIV.. ns m ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 13, 1910. JcPIBCOPY H F f IIIFi i Wk0PARlys SA , . UUIIIULfX' M It is Understood That Mr. Dun can Favors Him as Sue cessor of Harry Skinner. CARTER SEES HITCHCOCK; HAS ANOTHER ENGAGEMENT Grant Proudly Exhibits Impressive List ot Democratic Endorsements ot Chief Green- ".'' wood. The aaaette-News Bureau, Koom 46, Post Building, Washington, Jan IS. Frank Carter nw Hitchcock for a short time today. He haa another en gagement and gave out nothing for purification. Ncawoll for District Attorney. Herbert F. 8eawell,,who wa the choice f the s"4 republican organ button for the eastern North Caro lina district Judgeship to succeed the luti' Judge Purnell, la picked here to succeed District Attorney Harry Skin ner. .Mr. Sea well wal not originally a candidate for the Judgeship, and at one time he wrote a letter to Harry Skinner advocating his selection ail Jiidito Purnell's successor. In this letter, which became a matter of rec ord In the department of Justice, Mr. Kcawell expressed an ambition to rei ceive appointment as district attorney to succeed Mr. Skinner in the event of hi elevation to the federal bench. The Moore county than was unwill ingly forced into the Judgeship fight, while his real ambition was to become the district attorney In the east It Is to be presumed that Mr. Seawall has lost none of this ambition to be come the federal prosecuting officer in the eastern half of the state, and those who know of his close relations with National Committeeman Duncan irrrFrrTtmclrnf-nt pttrto that-he will he named as Mr. Bklnner's sue cessor. It' Is expected that an ap pointment will be announced from the White House In the next few days, ns Mr. Skinner's term of office ex pires on February 1. I'oti a Notrti nigher. The death of the late Mr. Orlggs of Georgia places Itepresentatlve E. W. ou one notch higher on the ways mid means committee of the house. If the next house Is democratic' as many far seeing politicians are pre dicting, the congressman from the fourth district will be the ranking democrat on that committee, provid ed he is re-elected, which Is hardly to be doubted. Champ Clark of Mis souri, the minority leader, will be certain to be the speaker of the house with the democrats In control. This would result in the appointment of Itepresentatlve Underwood of Ala hama a chairman of the ways and means committee with Mr. Pou as his first lieutenant When Mr. Clark Is not now In his seat Mr. Underwood now acts as floor leader. When both Mr. Clark and Mr. Underwood are absent the honor, according to prece dent .fulls to Mr. Pou. Occasionally the North Carolina, congressman has been called upon to exercise this Im portant function during the present congress. What Victors Say, "visitors In Washington from the tenth district say that Representative Crant is going to have a hard time securing a renomlnatlon. They say that his action In the BUtmore post office matter has been an unfortunate political blunder that Is already hav ing its effect on the republican con gressional contest Richmond Pear son, who Is Just back In the .state af ter a long diplomatic service In for eign countries, la said to be taking ad vantage of Grant's errors, and has made considerable headway with his congressional aspirations. Mr. Grant Is quoted as having said that demo crats are behind the movement to have Mrs. Reed reinstated. A tenth district democrat remarked today that Mr. Taft could not render the democracy of the Ashevllle district more severe blow than to reinstate Mrs. Reed. In other words, ths selfish desire of tenth district democrats would .be for the administration to refuse to correct the Injustice done Mrs. Reed. An Ashevllle man here today said It looka very much like the political situation In the tenth district is so shaping itself that Jim Gudger and Richmond Pearson will be ths opposing congressional candl dales for Representative Grant's seat in the next congress. ' WIU Luther Land ? it la not believed here that Byron J. Luther will ever serve a term as postmaster at Blltmore. Although he a now In office as the result of a re cess appointment, his nomination must be formally sent to the senate for confirmation. . For some reason Mr. Taft haa not forwarded the nom tnatlon to the senate, and haa It un der consideration at the present time. The corroborative vldenca rjroduced by Mr. Grant is an effort to show that Mrs. Reed was offering money for re appointment Is not very Impressive, ana some of the testimony plainly oears the taint of suspicion. The talk "re la Washington Is that Mr, Tsf will never nvi Luther enother ao Polntment when i th fncts sre plac- u ucr,,r, i,im. i llt lf , H ,he h n e, Li.-h : i r ,. 1 t),, i - HN HIQ TDA She Was Preparing Three Beasts for Exhibition When One, Enraged, Sprang Upon Her, Inflicting Serious Inju ries She Barely Escaped.' New York Herald Syndicate Corre spondence. , New York. Jan. 11. In a fight with a half tamed leopard which she was training for exhibition purposes Mile. Pauline Russelle. of performing animals, was so badly clawed and bitten at Huber's Museum, that at Bellevue hospital, where ahe was taken after the condition la said to be very serious. n.e. nusseiie entered the cage on the top floor of the mi m tn ., three leopards, which she bought a few months ago, through the tricks which Bhe had planned for her exhi bition. The largest of the animals, Clayton, who had not given the trainer much trouble previously, snarled at her when she commanded him to mount a chair, and only became ug lier when she cracked her whip at him. Mile., Russelle then drove the other animals Into an adjoining cage and turned to aak her assistant to get her an lronNbar to punish Clayton. As he turned the leopard sprang at her shoulders and bore her to the floor of the cage. It then turned her body over with a blow from Its naw that tore a large piece of Mile. Rus selle' scalp from her head and at tempted to. sink its teeth Into her W. J. 1TS0II DIES IT II E til Was Found Dead in His Room at the Gordon Hotel Last Night by a Boy. A telephone message from Wayn.es- vllle this morning conveyed the sad Intelligence of the .death last night at the Hotel Gordon of former Chief of Police W. J. Watson ot Waynesville. M, Watson was t the Gordon . and while not ilP had been feeling badly for some time. He was in his room and called a house boy who res ponded. ' The boy remained with Mr. Watson talking with him for a time and leaving the room was gone for short while. Returning he found Mr. Watson lying across a trunk dead. Death was due to heart failure with which, ft la understood here, Mr. Wat son had suffered for some time. The remains will be taken to Hlllsboro for Interment, accompanied by the widow and brother. News ot Chief Watsons death last night came as a shock to Ashevllle friends, and especially members of the police force ot this place, who knew him. He was known as a brave officer; one who feared neither man nor death; a man who did his duty conscientiously, without fear or favor and one who, when pressed, would use the weapons at hand and effect ively. He was not a large man phys ically, but he1 was n man ail over when It came to dealing with crimi nals; a man who never flinched tn the face of danger; an officer who always got his man. , HEIRESS AND WAITER AHETOMJIVETOMIEHT Cohen Is Under Arrest on Charge of Abducting Miss Roberta , Da Janon. Philadelphia, Jan. IS. Passengers on a fast train, Fernando Cohen, the former waiter and Roberta De Janon, the IT years old grand daughter or Robert Bulst the millionaire sea man. with whom he eloped, are due to arrive here from Chicago tonight tn chare of detectives. Cohen Is under arrest, cnargea wun abduction. There Is .- no charge against the girl. : Cohen's picture ana measurements by the Bertillon system were taken before the party left Chicago, fnhen was taken to the Harrison street police station during the day and met Miss De Janon for the first time since he was arrestee, tonen pinched her cheek and said "I sea by the papers that you ap pear to think more of your dog than you do of me." "Why that la untrue," replied Mlsi De Janan, ."You know I don't" j suppose they will give me about five years," said Cohen, "but I don't care. I had the pleasure of making you happy for a while, anyway. When you get back home don't tell anything but the truth; that Is all I can do. I guesa everything will come out all right .-I treated you like my own daughter." -- AGED BAPTIST Ml W18TER DIKS I CHATTANOOGA nv, Daniel Guwa, Who Hail Reach rd 101. Waa a Natlva of lsmor County. ' . Chattanooga. Tenn., Jan. 11. Rev. Daniel Glass, aged 101 years, a Ilap tixt minister, la dewd at his home near 1(.ns..n ! i v. li wn. a nullve of Yancey county. Noith t uHMiiio. ivijrcuii i llfll ILdl LL a ttack JVCD A lrAM A XI throat. The assistant had found an Iron bar by this time and rushed to the side of the cage, where he suc ceeded In grasping the animal's tall, which he hitched around a bar of the cage. With one hand he held the leopard to one position in the cage while he pounded It repeatedly on the head and nose with the Iron bar In his other hund. FORAKER APPEARS FOR CAPT. GARTER -i Well Known, Case, Being Prosecuted by Government, Heard Today by Supreme Court Washington, Jan. 13. The case of Captain O'Berlin M.' Carter, Involving the disposition of about $1,000,000 of which he Is charged with defrauding the government,' was argued today In Stales. : 'PoniV'r 'Seiato WkiKia p-; peered tor' fartft-j and pec(u) 'Assis tant trwin ror tne government :IS E T He Is Director of Yale Forest School, and in Sympathy With Pre- f sent Policies. Washington, Jan. 13. Proaldunt Taft yesterday afternoon appointed Henry S. Graves, director of the Yale f.nxst schools, as forester of the Unit ed States to succeed Oifford Pinchot and Albert F. Potter, at present act ing forester, as assistant forester. Both men have served under Mr. Pin chot, and both are in sympathy with his policy of. administration ,, , lit was largely through Mf. Puv chut's efforts that tho Yale forest school was established! and Mr. Graves went from the post of assist ant chief of the division of forestry under Mr. Pinchot to become director or the school in 1800. . Mr. Graves graduated from Yale in 1803. He was trained In forestry In this country and Europe. Mr. Graves will take up his duties as for ester February 1. Mr. Potter, the new assistant for ester, who succeeds Overton W. Price. Is a native of California and has spent all of his life In the west until he became a member of the forestry de partment nine years ago. . Favors Pim-hot's Polh-y. New Haverf, Jan. 13. Prof. Henry 8. Graves of Yale, the newly appoint ed national forester, la an Interview todav expressed himself as favoring the policy pursued by Gilford Pinchot as chief of tho forestry service here tofore. PHILADELPHIA CLVB'S MEN ARB RELEASED TO ALTANTA Georgia City Gets Two OutfleiuVrs; and First Baseman from : j Americans, ' " Philadelphia, 'Jan. 1 1. Atlanta's baseball aggregation today ' was sup plemented by Outfielders De Haver) and Belts, and First Baaeman Horn, hurst of the Philadelphia American league baseball team. " Manager Connie - Mack today -released these players to Atlanta, CALHOUN HTATTK IB TO f BE ACCKPTKIi MARCH It Washington, Jan. IS. The house sgreed. to the resolution offered to day by Representative Flnley of South t'arolna fixing March 11 as the date of the ceremonies foi the formal ao ceptancs by congress of the statue of John C. Calhoun. The statue Is the offering of South Carolina to the hall of tame tn the capltol. Dirigible Iamea Citattanooga. Chattanooga. Jn. IS. A white dl rlgfble balloon passed over 'Chatta noogn this morning. Tt came from ths pnnt'i A mnn was ilmci'i nlMo In the In.ti iiine. ,j -- 1 Si "?(rr IE Shippers ; Using the L & N. - Make 'a Complaint . to Commerce Com mission. THEY CHAF6E DENIAL . OF WHIfiFAGE FACILITIES The Corporations Have Been Ordered to Make Statements With : In Thirty Days. Washington, . Jan. 13. Charges of discrimination among shippers have been made before the interstate com merce commission against the Louis ville & Nashville) railroad, and the Uulf Transit company, In the opera tion of wharfage facilities at Pensa- cola, Fla. The commission today or dered the two corporations to make statements of .the mutter to the com mission within 30 days, and instituted, on Its own motion, an Investigation of the use of terminal facilities at Pensacola. ., It Is challenged that some shippers are denied the. wharfage facilities ac corded to others who use the steam ship lines. - 'i CHAFIN DISCIPLINED BY SWEXCHMGE Suspended 60 Days and His Partner 30 Days Rock Island Fiasco the Trouble. Chlipln, head of the ; New York and Chicago firm of S. B. Chapln, was suspended, from the privileges ot the New York stock exchange for a period of ' 60 days' for participation in the Hock ' Island fiasco of December 27 last, when alleged ill-managed manip ulation sent the common shares of the Rock Island company from GO to 81' and back again In a period of 12 minutes. F. D. I'ountlas, one of Mr. Chapln's partners, and the only other board member of the firm, was also suspended for 30 days. ' Notwithstanding rumors involving the name of Daniel G. Reld, chair man of the board of directors of the Rock Island company, for whom. It la said, Chapln and Company execut ed their buying orders, the verdict of the stock exchange governors in dicates that the Infractions of the suspended members are not regarded very seriously. They were found guil ty as announced of "acta detrimental to the welfare of the exchange." Contrary to general expectations no other members of the exchange are to be punished though it is known that the Investigation of . the special com mittee ,appolnteil by, the governors brought out fuels supposed to have Involved several other firms. The session of Investigating com mittee were executive and the "In side" of the entire transactions Is thus kept from the general public. Aa Wall street has analyzed the sit uation however, S. B. Chapln and Company acted for Mr. Reld or others In the purchase of Rock Island, stock whlls a looked for selling order was not forthcoming, thus nipping an In tended "match sale" which would have threatened a corner. The firm f 8. H. Chapln and Com pany was organized in the latter part of (1801. Their main offices are in Chicago and their connections have always been of a powerful and profit able character. Terrible. Nitroglycerine Explosion. Franklin, Pa., Jan. 11. Three men were killed and a team of horses blown to atoms when a nitroglycerine magaslne at Brandon' Ferry explod ed. A house across the Alleghany river from the magaslne was totally wrecked-by the force of the explo sion. , ) Vlnlng Found Gulfty. Atlanta, Oa.. Jan, 11. D. M. Vlnlng, the suspended superintendsnt of the Atlanta stockade, and Pets Coratt, the guard, were found guilty late yesterday of the charges of assault and battery, growing out .of the ' alleged brutal beating of a negro convict. , Killed by Train. Cochran, Ga.. Jan. II. M. Bmlth. a merchant, was killed lata yesterday by a Southera railway train. Bteln was crossing the main line when a fast train struck him. TW WEATHER: Forecsst until 8 p. m. Friday for Ashevllle and vicinity: Unsettled weather, with rain tonight or Friday. Warmer tonight . Cotton Is Burned. N'ew Orleans, Jan. 11. Eighteen hunrtred bales of colton, valued at $i;'i . '1.. was dmrfvi fn a fire In a coii.pi,. xi jtsierilsy. I IS SI LEARNED MEN ASTONISHED B V SMALL BOY'S ERUDITION Willie Sidis, Eleven Years Old, on Fourth Dimensional Bodies" and Other Complex Problems of Mathematics. William: james sidis. IHE ELEVEM YEAR OLD PRODUCT M HARVARD UKIVttSlTY HE entire scientific world Is today discussing the remarkable accom plishment of William James Sidls. an eleven years old prodigy who a few evenings ago amazed the professors of Harvard university with T his lecture on "Fourth Dimensional Bodies" and other mathematical prob lems which to the average student of mathematics is a subject complex and ditllcult. Young Sldis was born In New York, of Brookllne, Mass., one of the professors nt the Harvard Medical school. He still wears knickerbockers and outwardly shows no evidence of his mas ter mind. Young Sldis is registered at Harvard as a SDecial student. . DEMONSTRATION ' I'jIM EXPLAINED Dr. Knapps Tells How Government Is Seeking to Aid the Farmers. Macon, Ga., Jan. 11. Much of the failures of crops and the limited amount of such that are produced. Is attributable to the failure of the American farmer to take advantage of the national govenment's offer of assistance. This, in effect, was the statement made by Dr. Seaman A. Knapp of the department of agricul ture. In an address here today, ills talk was devoted to an exposition of the Farmers' Co-operative Demon stration work and the benefits It held out to such farmers aa took advan tage of It. Dr. Knapp, In the beginning, ad mitted that the government experi mental stations, while they were do ing a great work for the advancement of agricultural science, were deficient In that they could not reach the farm ers with the results of their experi ment He declared that although the government endeavored to get such Information before the farmers through the use of bulletins and newspaper and magazine articles. In many states not more than one farm er In a thousand ever read them or, If he did, was benefited. "Happily, there Is a system of ed ucation that can reach all the peo ple," Dr. Knapp continued. "It Is known as the Farmers' Co-operative Demonstration work and Its aim is to place a practical demonstration be fore the farm masses. Illustrating the best and most profitable methods of producing the standard farm crops and to present to them In the attrac tive way of an object lesson many lines of valuable knowledge tn such a manner as to secure their active participation, and to prove to the farmers that they can do much better than they are now doing.' The speaker explained the Farmers' co-oueratlve demonstration. It Is conducted by a special .agent In charge, who reports directly to the chief of the bureau of plant Industry of the department of agriculture. In addition to five general assistants, an office force and a corps of field agents, classified according to geo trauhlcal location, there . are state. district and local agents. The four last-named officials are supervising farmers, whose reports finally reach ths government through regular channels. ' The plan is to have some farmer In each county set aside his farm, or nart of It. to be cultivated according to scientific methods, ths methods to be directed by the government ex nerts. This farm is visited by an asrent of ths department of agricul ture at least once a month, who sees to tt that Instructions are being car ried out. Neighboring farmers are Invited to witness the improvement In returns from the scientifically tilled land, ,stid era offered the same as tOtitlnuca on jarge 4) Lectures Harvard Professors lie is the son of Dr. Boris Sidls ACTIVE MONTHS A LITTLE HIGHER The Cotton Market Recovered a Bit Today on Covering and Southern Bull Support New York, Jan. 13. The cotton market opened weak at an advance of 14 points on January, but gener ally 6 to 19 points net lower under heavy commission house liquidation and suit's of about 35,000 bales believ ed to be for a Wall street firm. The pressure resulted In a break of about 16 to 23 points from 'ast night's prices on active months, but May, selling at 14.75, was the only month to enter the new low ground, and shortly after the npeiiing prices rallied to a net gain of three and four points on covering and southern bull support. A rnUy followed the first burst of Itiliiklutlnn and carried January con tracts to 14.80, and May to 15.08, or about seven to ten points net higher during ' the morning. Subsequent fluctuations were Irregular, but busi ness was a little less active, and the general tone of the market seemed steady at midday, with active months ranging at about three to five points over last night's close. CH1H0 TELEGRAPHS BRTTLEISJMM1NENT Says He Will Meet the Opposing Army at Acoynpa in a Short While. Dluefields, Nicaragua, Jan. 11. Deneral Chamorro telegraphs that a battle will be fought at Acoyapa. His message, now made public, was sent on Monday last. At that Urns 1009 provisionals with 10 cannon and eight rapid fire guns had been con centrated and' were moving on the government forces entrenched at Acoyapa. ... Eurller reports that General Mm had occupied Acoyapa unoppotmd were erroneous, and grew out of th'H fact that an advance guard of 400 provisionals reconnoltered In that vicinity. They did not enter the town. The recent official statements based ,,n messages from Granada to the ef fect that there were no Insurgent troops In the state of Chontales. with in which Acoyapa Is situated, appear to have been promulgated in order to deceive the enemy Into believing that the provisionals were Inactive. The correspondents who left for the front were Informed Wat the expect ed battle would not take place prob ably before a week or ten days. rhamorro's meaiage rams as a sur prise to those who were thoroughly ,.,-. v.mi.,1 si to the situntlnn. There t,Coutiiiaei en l'ue S.) GRANT HOW HAS HI GOING Gentleman from Tenth Has Only to Point With Just Pride to Democratic Eulogy of Chief Greenwood. TRIBUTE TO HIS STANDING BEAUTIFUL BEYOND COMPARE Meanwhile It Is Assumed That Frank Carter Must Be Suffering - Most Excruciating Mental Pain. Increased interest has been aroused hereabouts anent the Blltmore post office and the ousting of Mrs. Fannie J. Reed; the affidavits relative to bribery made and secured by Repre sentative Grant; the bolstering up of these affidavits by Mr. Grant's cam paign manager, W. E. Logan, by tho C. C. Greenwood affidavit with strong1 endorsement of Mr. Greenwood by leading democratic officials of Bun combe, and by the presence In Wash ington of Frank Carter, that vigor ous criminal lawyer . of Ashevllle with the court records against, or which are alleged to be against, Mr. Greenwood. A Humorous Side. According to dispatches from Wash ington It begins to look as though Mr. Grant had In some way turned a trick; that he has the opposition going a bit: that he and Mr. Greenwood have the laugh on the "other aide." The situa tion here has taken on a humorous aspect. When it became known that Mr.Greenwood had made or was about to make an affidavit to the effect that Mrs. Reed had made an offer of money for his influence to keep her In the office at Blltmore, friends of Mrs. Reed gave vent to broad smiles. They thought Mr. Grant and his ad visers had "put thir foot in it", that Mrs. Reed's friends could easily at tack Mr. Greenwood's - record and Hnuw iv me president ana- nr. niicn cock, the dispenser of federal patron- Atfp. thnt Mr rtrpdnwnnA vm a mnn with a "very bad criminal record." All Went Well, But All went well, It seems, until yes terday when Mr. Grant produced a paper writing which bore the names of many prominent democrats in Ashe vllle and which went on to say that In the opinion of the signers Mr. Greenwood wai an excellent citizen, etc., a man of high character and truthfulness; a man to be believed, etc., that "we take g-r-e-a-t pleasure In testifying to his high character and standing," etc., that Mr. Greenwood la a man "whose character is above re proach," etc. It Is evident, even at this distance ' from the national capital that the production of this paper gave those attacking Mr. Greenwood's record a sharp surprise. In fact, one can al most Imagine a mild attack of heart failure. There it was all In black and white Mr. Greenwood Is an honest man, a trutnrui man; a man anove re proach. Then a glance at the names of the men to whom It "gave great pleasure to testify to Mr. Greenwood's standing" showed that they were the names ot the two leading candidates for the democratic congressional nom ination; the name of the chairman ot the Buncombe county democratic ex ecutive committee; the high sheriff of the county, the namea of the clerk of the court, the register of deeds, the late democratic candidate for nomi nation for governor of North Carolina and others. The Meaning. What did it all mean? Would these good democrats of Ashevllle and Bun combe county sign their names In their own hand writing to a petition for a man who, as It was contended, had such a black criminal record? As suredly thev would not. Leastwise that is what Mr. Grant evidently has told the president and Mr. Hitchcock. Mr. Grant must have enjoyed his laugh at the expense of the opposition. He must havo felt good In the thought that a man who had made an affidavit In support of his contention that Mrs. Reed had attempted bribery, stood so high in the community for honesty and truthfulness. - Where It Hurt. Ths knowledge that these endorse ments of Mr. Greenwood's character and reputation In the community had been presented by Mr. Grant In "bol stering up his charges against Mrs. Reed" came aa quite a surprise to the signers soma ot them at least Two of the signers of that petition upon learning that the petition bearing their names had been pesented In support of Mr. Grant made haste to wire Mr. Carter at Washington directing that their names be stricken from the peti tion. tion. It was said this afternoon that other signers ot the petition were con templating having their names erased. If possible. How Could He? But could Mr. Carter do this? The gentlemen nia sigrniia me peuuun in their . own handwriting; their signa tures were genuine. In, the request liat their namea come off these gen tlemen made the declaration that thev had signed the petition under a mis apprehension; that the matter had been misrepresented to them; that they thought they were signing a peti tion for Mr. Greenwood to secuie a )oh- as renmiB enuriieintor or "ri'tMu Continued on I T ,
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