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(feette New THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES LAST EDITION. 4:00 P. M. Weather trcasv : Fair, moderate temperature. mm VOL. XIV. NO. 295. ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 19, 1910. ScPZR COPY A DOZEN LIVES, MOSTLY THO ' OF YOUNG WOMEN, probAh; y lost CHAIRMAN LOGAN i I STATEMENT 1 Many Others Terribly Injured, Result of Holocaust of Factory Building in Philadelphia. HUNDRED MEN DIGGING FOR BODIES IN RUINS There Was Fearful Panic and Many Leaped from Windows and Were Hurt, Some of Them Fatally. PIIII.AnKI.PII I A. Jan. 19. A il.izf ii persons, mostly young women, are bi'llevcd to have In ! their lives In a tire that today do u a six story fartory building, ; nii Chancellor street, In the heart of tin- itri-iluee market section. 'lu.nt lad) and Rlrls are in hospital-, suffering from burns ami injuries lie- i -iveil In jumping from win- ill. .ll.l' were 100 men, w. men an I in (he building, and Hie niim- I,. i -I dead will not be known until 1 , i:ii m i n complete the search of II- i miii-j The lire started either from a -hulii ' ploslon or the blowing of .1 Ins- in : 1 1 i electric ewitch-bnnfd. I'XMC: ISl.OCKFD STAIHWAY. AMI i i:vnc stiuggu: ixm 1,111:. 11 t.Mil, only n moment for the ex 1 a- ii- iit tn reaeh the three upper ii'i.l then a wild rusli for life .1 Many of the girls were young. rllvM line practically helpless In tile I'M Ta siilni 1 1 Sonic sci.ois. i.i rway was blocked with a i - of people, fighting for life. I through, some fell uncon i in rs rushed to the windows to lump Aliinit .mi made the leap from the ilitYiriMii Moors; half were so badly Injured tiny were removed to hospl ..,.Ui. avm-fuC aidvp,-iU -4l.w tetl lulu iin Hist floor, stopping rincud work, i in.' hundred men are now dicu'iioj i' the ruins Several women and Kir!.- in the hospitals are expected One of the Two Was the Well Known House of Lathrop. Haskins and Company. . u York, Jan. 19. The failure of io stock exchange firms, lathrop, Haskins & Co.. and J."-M. Klske St Co., was caused today by the collapse of tic stock of the Columbus and Hook i" "oal and Iron company, which fell to $:ir, a share, a decline of 62 1-4 points from the day's opening. Pro- 'ipitate crumbling away in the price "I Hocking Conl oecured within a pe riod of 1.1 minutes. INQUIRY OF MR. HEYBURN 10 BE FULLYANSWERED He'll Be Told All About Closing, of the Custom House on Lee's Birth day, etc. Washington, Jan. 19. The treasury bpartment' answer to the Heyburn senate resolution, inquiring Into the urcier closing the Newport Ncwi cu torn house today, the anniversary ol General Lee's birth, will be most com prehensive, showing not alone prevl ouh occasions on which the office was closed In honor of Oeneral Ixe and JeftVrson iHivis, but also covering other sections of the country, where HiuJIar action has been taken In honor of distinguished persons on cer uin bolldays. Th answer will be sent to' the sen- C I O either Inl ImImi n Inmnrfnfr. Ovlc Federation C.Mmldcrs Hie Regu lation of Hullwtiy.- Washlnitton, Jan. !. The regula tlon of railways and public utilities was the first subject presented at thlr morning's session of the national civ I' federation considering the unifor mity In state laws. Martin Decker. ' 'eshlent of the national association f railroad commlsWloners, urg4 a uniform system, of laws regulating railroads, . . . tininia Salute Fired. Ulchmond.' Jan. II. Hobert R. Ie'a birthday la being celebrated to day. It Is a state holiday In Vir ginia, and the state nd city offices, l'anks and schools are closed. Rich mond howitxcri fired a. msmortal in lute of minute guns nt noon. TWO FAILURES ARE ANNOUNCED TODAY A IN BEHEADED T Two Men Killed Were Unloading Car, When Another Car Crashed into it. Special to The Oazottc-Nows. WaviK s ille, Jnr,. 1 it News reached here this afternoon of n ,listr,.Uui.,,, and fatal accident whleh oecurieil at! Ml. Sterling, along the line of the new I Tennessee .iml North Carolina rail- ' road. Mail; Simmons and Austin Swangcr : were employed by the Pigeon River 1 l.umlier company to unload a car on a ; .-tilling. While they were so engaged another car. which hail broken away i from a train standing on the grade above tin in, crashed into the ear In which they wi re working with such , teiritie force that both were killed. .Some heavy pi-c-x of timber were thrown against Simmons in such a way that his head was completely ' sevcrad from his body. This Subject Considered Today by Thirty Governors, Including North State's Chief Executive. Washington, Jan. 19 Conservation I of resources was the topic considered j today l thirty state governors now In conference. Governor Crowthers y iUl'vlanU made,, uu address on the subject of good roads. Governor Ifc'Cii- I'M of Illinois discus ,ci waterways, while Governor Qulnby of NVw llamp shire, spoke on forests. Among others who will he heard during the confer ence are Governors llrown of Georgia. Kitchiu of North Carolina, Ansel of South Carolina, Fort of New Jersey and Iladley of Missouri. The governors were entertained at a dinner last night at the home of .lohn Hays Hammond, afterwards go ing to the judiciary reception at the White Houso. They will be guests at a dinner tonight at the White House. 1UK' KKKrXM'.K IS TIIANKKI) HY THK H(MKWOH.M CHASKHS Then They KITcct Orgunljiiloii of the Southern llciiltli t'on fisrencc. Atlanta, Jan. 19. After extending a rising vote of thanks to John l liock efeller for his "iiiuliiliient and human itarian" gift of one million dollars for the eradication of the hook worm dis- ise, permanent organisation of the i Southern Health conference was el- ted at today's session. Dr. I'. H. Harris of Atlanta was elected president and Walter G. Coop er of Atlanta, secretary. Crow! of Ijcglou of Honor Conferred I'pon eviHiRMr Mini. Washington, Jan. 19. The cro?s of the legion of honor has been conferred upon Howard Thompson, the Paris correspondent of the Associated Press, according to .Information received In this city by his slsti'r, Mrs. I lurry lllngham. Thompson represented the Associated Press In Cuba during tho Spanish war, and subsequently In fit. l'etershurg and Paris. nishop Fos Very HI. Philadelphia, Jan. 19. The condi tion of Bishop Cyrus V. Fosa, of the Methodist Episcopal church, who was trlcken yesterday with paralysis. Is critically III. Plshop Foss Is 76 years if age. Turkish Parliament Ilulldlngs Horned. Constantinople, Jan. Cheragan palace, where parliament sits, was de stroyed today by fire. The chamber of deputies was burned out and the sen ate hall badly damaged. Strike Hlot In New York. New York, Jan. -. The clash be tween shirt waist, girl strikers and non-union workers developed Into a riot today. Police reserves were called out and restored order. School House lt H if CollunMCM. Coffeyville, Kans.. Jan. ! The roof of a public school building rol bm.Pit tndav. killing one person, ln luring three others, and - causing a panlo among the children.' Flood Pangrr ranees. rlttsburg, Jan. !. Pittsburg's Hood danger point was passed this morning. The loss due to the nood Is estimated at IJ0.009. , TWD WEATHER; Forcaste until S p. m. Thursday for Ashevllle and vlclnltvi Continued fair weather tonight. ad Thursday, with moderute temperriture. DY AN AGCIDEN CONSERVATION OF I OUR RESOURCES The New Y rk Herald and The Gazette-New . v JUST WHEN THE APPLAUSE Mrs. Howard C. Christy Fancied Her Chauffeur Colored Maid Tells Stories About the Artist's Wife Was Often Intoxicated Miss Christy Testifies That Christy Spanked His Wife. Zanesville, O., Jan. 1 Willi the interview with Natalie Christy, tile I'.' years old daughter of Mr. ami Mrs. Howard Chandler Christy, by Probate Judge White. Mrs. Christy's suit to obtain possession the girl closed to day. A. spanking administered to Mrs. Christy by her husband was told of by Miss Jiose Christy, the artist's sis ter, the Mrst witness examined today. Miss Christy said that one night she overheard Mrs. Christy in her room, at the Christy home at Imncan Kails, rummaging through u trunk, mum bling and swearing: when Mr. Christy said If she did not stop her talking and go to bed he would spank her. "I guess he diil spank her." Miss Christy said, "Judging Iroin soiimls which cume from their room. -Next The ' University of Copenhagen Has Completed Its Examination of Dr. Cook's Original Notes. Copenhagen, Jan. 19. The commit tee of the University of Copenhagen has completed the examination of Dr. Cook's original notes, and haa con firmed previous conclusions that not the slightest proof that the explorer reached the north pole was sub mitted. ,' CONGRESS' SAGACITY SORT OF DISCOUNTED (iarrelt Hay lrclilciit Hoc Hccm to Think Very Much of It. Not Washington, Jan. -8 President Taft does not seem to think there Is sufficient sagacity In the house and senate to draft an original bill, was the sarcastic comment In tho house today of Representative Garrett of Tennessee, referring tn the adminis tration measure Introduced amending the Interstate commerce laws. Flood Warning. Washington, Jan. !. .Warnings for floods of the Ohio river and some of Ita tributaries have been Issued by the weather bureau. PREVIOUS REPORT NOW CONFIRMED morning Mi said she uuc j. i hristy launhei 1 she deserved Mrs. I'hi'isii ami the Cliaiilfcnr. Anna Wash-.iton, a colored maid said she ol'tt m toxlcated, am! chauffeur, fin she served -Christy's boiei ( in one oci i Mrs. Christ) Purdy: "I'm 'sn't he him t wen- not fo with him al i i Purdy as sei how much I ferrlng to Mr was excused the case cmnp i.iw Mrs. Christy in ten called I'linlv. the r mistress, and that ks to I 1 1 1 iii Mrs. in, the maid l-still-il. id to her. regarding may about tin I man: line?" and thai "if it Natalie she would be - S." She also quoted iir "God only knows ve th's won. an."' re- Christy. The maid i each side aunoum ted. El Presidents of Various Companies Dis cuss Subject of Uniform Legisla tion and Health Topics. Washington. Jan. 19. The execu tive officers ol the principal life ln suran' e companies of the I'nited Hliitet, representing 20,000,000 policy holders, and $-1,000,000,000 in assets, began a conference here today, at the third annual meeting of the Associa tion of Life Insurance presidents. The rnsKiins will be devoted to a discus sion of milfoiii! life Insurance legls- la tlon In the movement for public health. arluus states, and the conservation the of INVITED TO ATTEND TAMPA CELEBRATION Says lie IToluildy Will Not lit N lo (Jo. Hut !m Willing to Help (Int. Able Washington. Jan. 1. President Taft was today Invited to participate In a celebration at Tampa February 12 to 2 next to commemorate the progress of work on the Isthmian ca nal. The president said he probably would not he able to attend, t but would do whst he coulii In the way f sending warships and troops to aid In Hit festlvlttea. U1G MEN IN CONFERENCE WAS DUE S ft BETTER TONE Cotton Today Sold for About $3.25 per Bale Above Yesterday's Low Level. New York. Jan. 19 The cotlon market was much less active at the opening today, and showed a decided h bettor tone, following the enormous liquidation yesterday. The opening was linu. and during early trading there were sales at 13.99 for March, and ll.l.'i for May, or :t r. to :I7 points above II losing prices last night, .mil about $3.2:. per bale above yester- , lav's low level. Foreign and domestic trade Inter ests were large buyers on advance. The nexl tinners' report will be is sued at 10 a. m. Monday, January 2t, ""c 1 nil show cotton ginned lo .lanu il. J. R. IN IBEraiMlfl Banker, Convicted of Misapplication, Begins Prison Term of Five Years. Iavenworth, Jan. 19. John It. Walsh, the convicted Chicago banker, arrived at the Federal penitentiary here at noon today and began serving his sentence of five years. His num ber as a convict will be fi8M. Walsh Is "2 years old, and won his wav from newsboy to the control of millions of dollars tn coal fields. The flnal chapter In the nnancler's long light against a prison term sum marized Is -i follows: 10 a. m. Appeared at his otiloe In the Grand Central station and con ducted business as if nothing of un usual Importance was pending. 11:40 a. m. Summoned to a hotel where he heard over the telephone that his petition for a new trial had been denied. 1 4 p. m. Heard read the mandate committing him to prison. 5:15 p. m. Made his wife, daughter, and Intimate friends good-bye at his Calumet avenue home and started for the station In an automobile. 6 p. m. Left on the Chicago, Mil waukee and Bt. Paul road for Leaven worth where he is due tomorrow. By a coincidence Walsh started to prison exactly two years after he was found guilty. It was on January i 190S. that a lury In I-Yderal Judge Auderaon s court brought In Its vor diet. IT 5 He Does not Tell Just What There Is to Support That Charge of I Bribery. i THERE IS STRONG PROOF. i HOWEVER. IS HIS ASSERTION He Has No Apology for His Course Ally Honest .Man Would Have Hone the Same." W. G. Logan, chairman of the re i publican congressional committee, and Congressman Giant's choice for the : position of marshal, today gave tn .The Gazi lie-News a formal statement ' with ron-rciicc to events that have ; recently agitated the public mind. The -i.'ii-in-nt Is interesting albeit some things are 1-1't lo conjecture. He : does not lake the public Into his con- I tlilenee as to lust what rcpresenta-I i lions he mad" to Hie postotlice depart- .j, ni"iit coiieerning the charge of bribery j .J. against Mrs. Heed, but he docs as-i A ; si rl that his statement to the no- j. i partnieiit. made at the request of Jlr.!, ; Grant, contained "strong proof sus- .j. , tabling .Mr. Grant's contention." He j ! lik' wis- asserts that his statement can be "i-nrriili. rated by another person I of go. d reputation " Mr. lignn snys j "It was reported some days ago that j son..' -i my friends had gained the Im . pr-ssion bv leading newspaper ac ' counts, that I had inhireil my chances I of nppointtti-rit as I'nited States mnr jshal by making a statement that was lib d in the now far is BiMmorc posl- , otli-e case. I wish to assure these I friends that such is not the fact, luiw- j ever I think it proper that I should make a statement of my connection in I til if: celebrated ease. i No pologics to Make. j I have no apologies to make for the action t took in this matter, ! neither nm I ashamed of the course 1 took. 1 did nothing to discredit my j own reputation. 1 stated nothing but I t ho truth, and anv honest man would I have done as 1 ilid had he been placed ill iny position. "Congressman Grant suys that he I snld to M-.s. Tti'cd, while In his otftwM,ts nt,fVo UaS? firfwkC-r '' J.iJi -in Washington, that If she retired ; matter, and he Is anxious for the leg- from the oilicc at Piltmore willingly at the expirati-n of three inonlhs th time pieioiisly promised her, all wtdl land g I, but if she then refused to j acatc. he w'ould prefer charges of at l t-nipted bribery against her. at the i postottlce department. "Mrs. lied did not retire at the time mentioned, at Mr. Grants re quest I made n statement to be tiled wilh the postottlce department, as to certain infnrmaticn I was in possession of concerning th-se matters, which 1 did. The ninttct contained in this statement I cannot at this time make public, it is sutlicient to say, however, that the statement contained strong proof, sustaining Mr Grant's cont, n tion. My statement can be corrob orated by another person of good reputation. ''It is verv unfirtiinate that these matters should have gained such great notorietv and in my opinion would never have done i-o. hud not certain designing politicians thought they saw an oppi rtunilv to make political capital out of tho situation, thinking by stirring the thing up they would greatly lessen Mr. Grant's popularity and reputation, thereby accomplishing his deleet suonlil he again offer him self as a candidate for re-, lection to congress. "I ain informed that these persons hav.' recently contributed funds to help nay an attornev to go to vVash- 1 ington to keep up the fight principally throiie.h the newspapers, against .Mr. Grant, lor I heir own Hellish interest caring but little or nothing n.s to how lb. w idow comes out. A Plot Partially Disclosed. "U-cent events around Ashevllle partially disclose to the public the plot of the 'cheap John' politicians and In stead of dlstroylng John Grant as thi s no doiibt hoped to -do, they will tind thems-lves together with their nefail oils mdiemes uncovered and exposed to the public gaze to their own discom fort -tml sorrow, and possibly to the in., .ry "f those that they pretend to aid. "W. K. I.'IGAV." SUFFRAGE FOR WOMEN WOULD HELP, SHE SAYS Atlanta Suffragette Addresses the Civic Federation Is a States' Righter. ' Washington, Jan. 19. "I nm op posed to further encroachment of the federal government on the rights of the states," declared Mrs. Grace Kirk land of Atlanta, whose speech was one of the leading features of today's session of the Civic Federation. The Georgian advocated suffrage for wo men. "if you want all the beneflclent things you are asking for at this con ference,' she said, "put women In possession' aa clllsena to help you get them." Parliament Building Burned. Conatantlnople, Jan The par liament buildings caught Are this morning and the fir roes are spreading. Pothier Agrees With Kitchin That State Was Hoodwinked Sentiment of Islanders Against Suing on Bonds. PATRONAGE CLAIMANTS' SUSPENSE TO END SOON Mr. Duncan at the Capital, Mr. Adams Expected -Mr. Carter Sees President Taft About Mrs. Reed's Case. ! ft H if ? . K te t Hit K ft K It n ft Providence, Jan. 19. Rhode ! Island's repudiation of the J. gift of over half a million dol lars' worth of North Carolina bonds was practically com pleted today, when the senate voted lo reject the gift and return the hoods to the do nors. ;! l x x H H S kt H H It It The Gazette-News Hureau. 4ii Post Kuilding, i iLiMiiinmmi, ju FliANK 'A KTKK, who is the Interest of Mrs. K lliltmorc, 1i;ih itn enux Washington, Jan. 19. here In Heed of ngagement wilh President Taft today. Senator fivi-rman is to introduce him. C. Inmcan la here and Spencer 1'. Adams Ls duo today. Something is expected to be doing In federal pa tronage matters In the next few days. Mlt. KITCHIN' AND MK. POTHIKK SIDi: HY SIHK IX PICTCRE Governor Pothier of P.hode Island and Governor Kitchin stood together in the picture of the executives taken at the White House yesterday after noon, in which President Taft was the central tigure. Governor Pothier agri-es with Governor Kitchin t.hnt , islatiire of Ithode Island to repeal the old law and forget the matter. Kepresentative Sheffield of Rhode Island is very much opposed to any action on the part of his state look ; ing to the collection of the repudiated bonds, which were donated to tho stale authorities. In this respect he Is no different from the senators and ! all the Kb. de Islundera resident In Washington. Kepresentative Shef- field, who live:, at tlie same hotel ' with Senator Overman, says public sentiment in his state ls very much against the whole proceeding, and I that then' is general regret that the bill authorizing the acceptance of the 1 questionable bonds was slipped through the legislature. He has writ ten friends in the senate acquanlting 'them with the facts that he obtained from Senator overman, and has taken occasion to uree the repeal of the law under which the old North Caro lina bonds wi re accepted. 1'I.OPl.i: OP HHOKK 1SI.AM) NOT I.IKi; SOIT1I HAKOTANS All of the states are not in the same class Willi Ithode Island, where pub lic sentiment resents even the sug gestion of making the "ommonwealth a pawn brokerage agency for the col lection of bogus bonds by a lot of scheming shylocks in New York, whose only object In life Is to get money either rightfully or wrongful ly. The consi'.eiiee ot the people of khode Island is different from that of the people of South Dakota, who willinglv loaned their good name tn the New York sharks. There are other jack rabbit states like Mouth pakota. and it will not be the least surprising should one of them do what Rhode Island refuses to do. For this reason another suit tor nw col lection of carpet bag bonds long since repudiated by North Carolina Is to be expected. It must or necessity be brought by some state, and the scheming holders of these worthless securities will never reBt satistled un til they secure some state like South Dakota to act as their catspaw. It la not believed they will be able to make any headway In the east. They must do business with some small western state. sri'KK.MK COVRT HAS CHANGED MNCK OTIIKK BOND DECISION No longer is fear experienced by southerners as the result of suits such as that Instituted by the state of South Dakota against the state or North Carolina. Since the decision in that famous case the Supreme court of the United Statea haa under gone a very decided change. As will be recalled, the decision In that case was a five to four affair. In other words the majority had only one vote to spare. Two of tne judges who de cided against North Carolina and up held the contentions of South Dakota are no longer members of the court. They are Judge Peckham, who Is dead,, and Justice llrown, who Is re tired. In their placet are Justice Moody and Justice Lurton. Justice Lurton Is a southern man, and knows the history of carpet bag legislation, and while he would not be swerved or Influenced aa the result of his early environment, the cause of the states of the south which were outraged by tho carpet bagger who Issued bonds like they were so much hay, would have nothing to fear before him. The four Justices who Sided With North Continued on page eight.
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