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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES azette LAST EDITION. 4:00 P.M. Weather T&recasv : I'arlly Cloud'; Wanner. vol. xiv. no. r ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 27, 1910. So PER COPT mm. 'it. w IT'P I FIRED IN BANK Basil Browning Killed by Con stable Allen Green in Way nesville After Brief Quarrel. THE LIE WAS PASSED AND FIGHT FOLLOWED Browning Said to Have Accused Green of Misrepresentation to the Employer of the Former. s'i Thr greatly (iuzette-News Bureau, v The Bon Air, Wayhesvllle, Jan. 27. people of , Waynesvllle were shocked about noon today over a shooting affair which cost the life of "Basil" . Browning. He was shot ami Instantly killed by Allen Green, a constable. The tniBcdy occurred In the Bank of Wuynesville. It was observed by those in the bank that the men seem ed to be having some misunderstand ing, mid were talking In a rather loud tune of volet Some of the bank of ficers spoke to the men, admonishing them to be Quiet. This wus shortly before noon. I'.rownlng was employed by Alden Howell, jr.. In looking after his shoep ranch. It seems that Browning ac cused Oreen of having made some misrepresentations to Mr. Howell shout his, Browning's, management of the ranch, and this dispute ended by Drowning telling Green he had lied. Oreen struck at Browning, when the latter drew a knife, and Green his revolver. He shot Brown ing through the face and death fol lowed In a few moments. Green then tamed and walked from the bank ' ind gave himself up, tilling what he had done. Both Oreen and Browning are mar ried and - have families The men were neighbor. ACTED IMPROPERLY IS CHI E MADE Counsel for Glavis Sums up Case for the "Prosecution" Against Secre tary Ballinger. Senator B. JR. Tillman Discusses His Son's Domestic Difficulties BOY AND BIRL LOVERS DRINK POISON AND DIE Commit Suicide Together Because of Parental Opposition to Their Marriage. Ih-s Moinee, Jan. 27. Because of purental opposition to their marriage on account of their youtn, vernon ltarr, aged 16, and Llna Ammer, aged 14. killed themelves today. They were found near Monroe, clasped In each other'e arms, sitting upright In llsrr'a hnirirv. In which they were riding home from a dance today. On the irirl's Ian rested a cup part . ly idled with tr!chnlne. They both had drunk this. Their horse proceed ed on his way and stopped at the gate of the girl's home. . , , LIKFl.Y TO BE DIFFEUEXCEH I1KTWEEN BIU BALIj LKAGl'EK Por Murphy Kay He Will Never Vole For liule Cliangca Being Advo cated by Jolinwm. Washington. Jan. 27. The I'.alltn-ger-Plnchot cungressinnul committee of inquiry begun Its public sessions as stated yesterday, with Louis R. Glavis, the chief accuser of Secretary Bulllnger on the witness stand. Due to many Interruptions and the final decision of the committee to insist that Glavis' counsel should make an opening statement of what specific charges were made against Mr. Bal linger, the witness did not get very! far along In his narrative. Inure a opportunity, however, to draw some conclusions as to the preliminary line-ip of the committee. The special counsel for Glavis, Louis D. Blandeis. of Boston, summed up the "case for the prosecution" in this way: That prior to entering the govern ment service In any capacity H. A. Ballinger acted as attorney In draw ing; up an agreement In escrow and deeds in the Wilson Coal company I cases In Lewis county, Washington, these cases being an alleged fraud ' upon the land laws. Mr, I'.ullinger's I name did not uppear In the courl records of the case. Mr. Ballinger, as commissioner of lands in 1907. did not show due dill-1 gence In Investigating the alleged frauds connected with the Cunning-j ham coal lands claims In Alaska. ; That he had knowledge of all the cir cumstances surrounding these claims and in spite of this entered the em ploy of one of the claimants after leaving the land office and before be coming secretary of the Interior. That he ordered these claims to be .la.. Iiutori' r..r imtont without dim ! Carolina Investigation and that they would have gone to patent If Gluvls und oth er had not Intervened. Questioned by his own counsel. Glavis charged that when the escrow agreement In the Wilson case wub drawn up by Ballinger, It was nn un- j lawful proceedings us the entry-men j had no right at the time to enter , Into It. I Glavis said the Information enme j to him second hand, that h Btlpulu- 1 tlon had been entered Into by the j government counsel in the Wilson j cases, and the attorney ior me claimant whereby the name of Mr. Ballinger was not to appenr. The witness said the records would bear , him out. Olavl claimed thut Ballin ger' participation amounted to a j conspiracy In a fraudulent claim ; against the government. He descrlb-j ed In detail the location and extent t " ' ' V 1 ' 4 f y.'j E ' -.''if ?-,., - 'MwlllllMaWMiJWWiMCflJy'.-JM PnYNETIRIFf L 1 DEFENDED TILLMAM BENJA.MIK TILLMAN i Boutpll. Defender, Admits Will Have to Be Justified by Results of Practi cal Operation. It MUCH NEEDED PLAN TO LOWER PRICES OF FOOD IS PRESENTED InjusticeiDone Judges Ppitchard and Goff by Failure of Con gress to Create An other Judgeship. NO LITTLE SPECULATION AS TO WHO'LL BE NAMED Put It on Free List Says Sabath An ; The New Judge Would Likely Bo Named Made Attack by Insurgents on Speaker of the House. from Either Maryland or Virginia It Is Said. Washington, Jan. 27. Admitting that the l'uyno lurnl law would have lo be justiln-d I results of practical apcruliun, KeiM-vscniainc I'.oulcll ul Illinois muue .tie mw in 1 1 ii lalt bail Imi ii criLieiscii, in- sum. be cause lie hud declared Hie I'aync act the best tariff law ever passed by con- 1 .azotto-Ncws IllireHU. 41! Post Building, Washington, Jan. 21. The bill creating another Circuit i wgoious uciciise. ul I judgeship in the fourth circuit, which bouse lliuy. llesldclll ,.nsist of the states of Mnl-vliilul W.st ' Virginia, Virginia. North and South Carolina, is regarded as certain of n'less. Air. l.uuu'H declared ilic ! Iiassage at tlii- session of congress, "common sense and ssigaciiy of l'rcs-; The fourth is the only one of the nine lUeut lait will ne rccogiinsed by his i ,,,, . tj....... i.. i . . v'Miiim in mi: Lllill lintl Washington, l. ('., Jan. '.'7. Silling ill his Washington n-sliloiicc, with his two grandchildren pliiying happily at his feet, Senator Tillman of South Carolina mid a dispatch telling or a suit for the custody of the little girls In which Mrs. II. 1(. Tillman, Jr., wile of the senator's son, took legal action looking to the recovery of her child ren. "My son and his wife have been twice separated," he said, "and are now living apart. She is in South They disagreed last Febru ary, my to i- but later were n suggestion went main. 'Cllllcll west, 'd, anil ut intciKliiiL' A i w weeks uv I hey again i be done l a fulln r fur the g I of t bis children, or by the wile in case the father is not living. Thai is wh ! they arc now with nie. They ere two ol tin- brightest liltle agr.-i d. Mrs. Tillman left their apail monts here In Washing!!!!, and after wailing for three-On s my son took thtso little girls to my wile, who was then in Washington. They went with her to our home In South Carolina. "Finding tbat his wife showed no Inclination to return to him. my son deeded the children to me. I'nihr girls I hux ! Ti l 1 iomitch the inciter eared for Tillman, jr . i. ver Si n. ' h- . diled, e f . "and my sole interest in is t'i hnvr tli'-m property mil guarded. .Mrs. B. Ii. , has been told by eminent counsel that sin- cannot recover the children." There seems to be a rather peculiar law in South Carolina whereby child- tbe law of South Carolina this may iron can thus In deeded." ie-ehetion in l'.IIJ Agricultural Appropriation Bill. The agricultural appropriation bill wus taken up oy tin- housi louaj, null agreement lor general debute. Su lull lis I'hin to Lower I'rii cs. liepi-escntutive Sabuth, dcmiarat, of Illinois, believes the way lo lower Hie prices of food stuffs is to place them on the free list lor Importation i nun foreign countries. lie has introduced u bill to accom plish this. The Mulshing touches on the postal savings bank bill are being made by the suh-commlltce composed of Sen utors Clark, Owen and Uolllver. The most iniDortant amendment tinder consideration is designed to prevent 1 passage of the measure from time to concentration of postal deposits In i tin,p- uut u appears that it will have eastern money centers. Resolution Aimed ut Cannon. Representative. Fowler of New Jer- i soy, one of the original Insurgent re- i only two circuit judges, the majority of them having three ami sonic of thcni having four justices. Sonte jears ago Senator Simmons secured tile passage of a bill in the senate lor the creation of unother circuit judge ship in the fourth circuit, but it was held up by Interested persons for political reasons. The late Senator McComus of -Murvlund was opposed to the bill, the reason for his attitude be l ii'K an ambition lo serve on the Cir cuit court, and he was successful In holding It up for several years. Other ! Influences have operated against th publicans of the house, has lntroduc a revolution 4ruvltliig fur u rejrgan- l..,..l.. .1... M..I..D ...M.!,. ....,1 . I .,..,. ..... .u,.D i. ,.,... i ,,u judge. Thev have- been overworked removal of Speaker Cannon from that ? ,.. . f ,, , th. IS VALLEY OF THE SEINE Raging Torrent Miles Wide Rushes Through Paris at 25 Miles an Hour Refugees Number 100,000, and 15,000 Laborers Are Out of Work Fissure at Auteuill . Viaduct Most Alarming Feature Today. immittce. The resolution aims straight at the house organization and would shear the speaker of a great portion of the power of his of fice. The resolution follows: "Resolved, that the house of rep resentatives shall on the seventh day of February, after the morning hour. proceed to the election of five addi tional members of the committee on PARIS. Jan. 27. This afternoon the fluvial i!cmrtmi tit predicted B further rise of eight Inches hutr. .r..at tif Mil. fli.oil 111 the of the Cunningham claims In Alaska. v(r gi.llKi ,g reu,.he,, ivimim Mr. Blandeis, Glavis' eounsel. was , , th. wllU.rg clnUnu,.iX u asked to outline the specific charges i J, agatnsi Air. twununri. "It appears first," suld Mr. Rran dels. "that Mr. Ballinger, took an .Morgan Si ml K.MUMin. At 3 o'clix k the river had risen two inches since a subsidence at noon. The residence of United States Ambassador Bacon became untenable, and the family removed to a hotel. The water three feet deep In subway lines. l!er- Chlcago. Jan. 17. Unless Charles W. Murphy, president of the Cubs, alters his attltuda toward dhanges In playing rules, there ara likely to be differences between the American and National leagues. Murphy says lie would never vote for changes In the rules, advocated by President Johnson of the American league. . , Tenement J'lro Causes Panic New York. Jan. 17. Panic reigned In nearby tenements while fire raged In a factory building on EMxabeth street. Mora than 100 persona fled to the street in terror. active part In the controversy and by ordering eome of the claims to patent, acquired knowledge of im portance. He personally acted and took part In the nctlon of the 1 de partment relating to the Investigation , streets In the fashionable Si. of these claims which we assert were mane quarter are submerged, fraudulent. This having been the ( j picrpnnt Morgan has cabled a case, when he ceased to be commie- ref check of 20,U00. sloner, he took the position as coun-i The stage of the waters this set for some of these claimants." ; m,,rnlng exceeded all records. Senator Sutherland, of t'tah, Inter-; -The river Helm- continues to rupted; ''You do not cluim that Hal-j linger acted corruptly as commission- 1J - er, but that he made Improper use ofj the Information which he had ob-1 talned ?" I "That Is not all," replied the at-j torney; "the fact that he acted at all ; with reference to the continuance ofj the contest, was not consistent with j the highest conduct as an officer of: the government." "Then yon claim ha acted corrupt-; ly, or Improperly?" asked Senator' rise ut the rale of three-quarters of un inch an hour. Perhaps tin- must morning was tin- lissure at the Auteiiil morning the lissure at the Auti-uil Viaduct at the foot of Paris. Should this give way it would uet as a dam, and submerge the entire city The valley of the Seine prisei 's a terrifying spei taele. The Hood Is miles w!d- for 25 miles above. Tin raging torrent inns through tin- nar row gut of the city at a rale of 2' miles per hour. Paris resembles a beleaguei ed .-ity. The government hus place! the mili tary barracks and the public school buildings, at tin- disposition refugees, who number Mm. 000. Fifteen thous and lalxtrcrs arc out of work. to Ix-ave I Ionic-. II I siluuMou c'ltiliniieH critical. Clue- i.ick-is and soldiers with boats and barges worked throughout (he night, rescuing persons imprisoned in their hollies at Ivry and Alfortv Hie. Many rcluse to h ave their inundated houses. At I loi-ciu-e. Florence. Jan. 27. -The River Arne is mil ul its banks ami is Hooding adjacent districts. I'm vers i-c Oflercil. Naples. Jan. 27. The damage from the storm increases. The roads along the sea front are under wa'cr and the countrv de astateil. Refuse Charenton, France, DECLINES IRE SENSATIONAL fltitherl&nd. res Improperly; that he acted without due regard to the Interest of the government while commissioner; also that he acted lmproerly after ward In taking employment from the claimants who had been before - him as commissioner. " We claim that Balllnger's action aa commissioner was improper In his Prices Again Crumbled on the New York Exchango Before Noon Hour. Jan. 2 7. The, lew mm MADE FDR RURAL CARRIERS I The cluiri lii'S sons ir;iing l, r, ,,l He c il. ire filled with per 1 1 V lor the passing BOARD OF TRADE Will Not Be Required to Collect Loose Coins Alter February 15. New York, .'an. ST.-T-Scnxutlunal declines In prices of stocks occurcil Cleaning I'p In (Jary, Iml. , Oary, Ind., Jan. 17. Thirty persons were fined fSw and coata and sen tenced to 10 days 111 Jail for violating the prohibition law. Nearly 100 war rents were served on alleged vlolatere. To Prevent Tariff War. Berlin, Jan. 17. Non-lnsletence on the part of the United States, that Oermany admit American meat more freely, la regarded aa simplify Ing the pending tariff negotiations. Hanged for Murder of Girl. Philadelphia, Jan. 27. Alfred Wnek was hanged today for the mur der of Kmma Kurner. W yeara old, whom he shot because ahe refused to marry him. Jesnnrlle Ford Placed ml TrlaL failure to thoroughly Investigate the (again today "before the noon Imur, Alaska claims; that he acted Improp erly In ordering; these claims to pat ent and we charge that they were on the road to patent, with undue nasie, when Olavia Intervened ann aaveu them; that he acted Improperly In allowing the Alaska claimants to see all the papera on Hie In the depart ment. Cunningham said in a leuer on file at Juneau that Commissioner Ballinger gave him the papers." "Tou are aware," Interrupted Rep resentative Olmsttmd, "that Becretary Ballinger apeclflcally denies all this?" "Yes," replied Mr. Brandela. "and we will ask you to consider all our statements In connection with this denial." ' " . "Then." lnlerjeted Mr. Mautson, "you do elHltu that Mr. Ballinger act ed corruptly" "I . have not used the word cor ruptly." he exclaimed In a high i.ufc.rf voice. "I have desired to News over nlnht of a copper mer ger caused a few upward spurts In opening dealings, but heavy liquida tion was attracted at high level, und prices liegan to decline. The market whowed almost an entlro lack of or ganised support, and a stream of li quidation was allowed to carry Its own effect on prices. p.vrimmK. ukacii iiaruih. MIST HKltVK HIS I J W, TKIIM Ruling to This Kffixt It Hamlctl Ikmn by Kentucky Court or Appealx. U bring the facts before thla commit- Cincinnati, O., Jan. IT. Jerfimettc BWwart Ford, charged with black mailing Ctmrles K Warrlner. the con victed lllg Four treasurer, was placed H trlul today. tee. 1 deem It a manor oi rri lemnlty and that no charge of corrup tion should be made. It Is a matter for this committee to determine whether great trust of holding this land for the benefit of the people end tContinooi on page I.) V .... .!... - . ?, Vrnnkfort, Jan. 27. Beach Hnrgls mukt serv e hs sentence of life Imprls onment. for the murder of his father. J ii men Margie, the famous feudist. This ruling was handed drtwn by the Court of Appeals tixlev . lit Years Old, 1 Ii-mI Now. Elyrla, O.. Jan. 27. "Uncle" John Bamsey, 11 years old, the oldest per son In Ohio, ,1s dead. Itamsev wit a slave, and escaped 0 yeara before the civil war. ENDS METING National Body Is Very Much Opposed to Proposed Federal Inspection of Grain. Tho fourth assistant postmaster general has announced tiiat after February ID n-ntl free delivery car riers will not be required to collect loose coins froni mall boxes. Follow ing la the not Ideation: "In view of t lie extent to which the nractlco of id. icing loose coins In boxes by rural patrons bus grown, j and the delay In delivery ami collec tion of mall und the hardship Impos ed on rural carriers Incident thereto, you are Informed that, commencing February 15, rural letter carriers will not be equired to collect loose coins from rural mall 'boxes. "Patrons should enclose coins In an envelope, wrap them securely In a piece of palter, or deposit them In a coin holding- receptacle, so they can be easily anil quickly taken from the boxes, and carriers wlU I required to lift such coins and where accom panied by mull for dispatch, attach the requisite stamps." Washington. Jan. 27. Ftnlorsiiig tin sweeping amendments to th Sherman anti-trust law. so radical in character us t" alter its present elfec ami placing Itself on record us unal d rably opposed to the Federal In spectinn of grain, the national board of trade ended Its annual meeting to day. clear sailing at this session of con gress. The feeling of lawyers In both the senate and the house Is that nn in justice has been done both Judges Oolf and Pritchard, the two circuit Judged of the districts, in tho failure of con gress to provide for un additional in their efforts to attend to the cir cuit court business, and this fact is realized ut both the capital and the White House. X. C. ami W. Vu. Klliiiliialod. There is no little speculation here aa to who will be the circuit Judge. North Carolina and West Virginia am eliminated from consideration for the reason thnt they have representation on the. court. South Carolina has mnll claim hiivino- hnd u memlier rules, four of whom shall he repub- , , .., , ,ha ..,., tu i,.t Judge Simcnten for a great many t'ciiiR ThB now circuit Indira will in passage of this resolution, the speuk-i ,r(lIlhiii... i1P .PiPcteH from the lieans and one a democrat. I 'Itcsolved, that from und alter the1 of the house of representatives shall no longer be a member of the committee on rule, but that the com mittee on rules shull consist of the four members heretofore appointed and the live members elected under the provisions of this resolution. llesolved. that the said committee on rules, consisting of six republicans states of Maryland or Virginia. Mary land hus the best claims for the rea son it Is politically independent, alter nating between the two parties. Would (pHse Wailtlill. In Virginia an effort is being mabi to boom District Judge Waddill tor the po-dtion of circuit Judge. If Judge Waddill should receive the appoltit- ,-ind three democrats, shall elect one I mt.nt wllit.h s t regarded as prob- of their number us chairman of such committee." . Speaking of his resolution. Mr. Fowler said: 1 It Is now time thut we should take another step toward the restor- uble. he could not be confirmed In the senate. There are senators who would fight his confirmation by reason of his attitude In the appointment of receivers of the Norfolk & Southern railroad, which they say was niado atlon of representative government , the ol.n thing of political favorites. in the house of representatives and Although a Xorth Carolina railroad. It that step is to remove the speaker of; la purged it wus administered by Vlr- the house Irom the committee on jjnia politicians. One of the things rules. The house resolution which 1 ' II)fwl criticized in the receivership was haw Introduced today had for its ob- ! tH. pnvment or a six thousand dollar Jcet the broadening of the committee i fPp to John Wise, a Virginia poll, on rules and the exclusion hereafter : t loliin, resilient In New York, for an of the speaker of the house from that , errand done ut the war department, committee. which it Is claimed could eimlly huvo "Well." said Speaker Cannon when tH.en disposed of in a few minutes bv shown a copy of the resolution, "1 thP secretary to any member of con don't know of any law to prevent n Kr,,SH fuct Mr. Wise looked after man from Introducing any resolution:., i,ti,lKe right according to report he may see lit." I ncn., -i duty which congressmen fre- Champ Clark, the minority leader, j ,Ucntl attend to by correspondence said It did not provide a sufficient , r. I'ugcV Committer. proportion of minority memlH-rs on i,,,itlon to tho llalllnger-Plnrhot investigating committee another com mittee of congress Is Investigating the III Itl.FY TOBACCO MK IU'Vli CASK KKVKHSKIp O.Y APPKAIi question of Ixx-allng IUg Jlgtit. ; San Francisco, Jan. 17. Jack Rlea- n. the Mifht promoter, lenvee for Portland today to taJk with Jeffrie He wl:l take up tk question of the prnt.nhle location of the Jeffries-John soil light. - . Petition for Overruling of Society vs. baitsklil Ih iilcil by Appeals Court. Frankfort, Jnn. 27. The Court of Aimenls today overruled a petition for ,x rehearing In the case of the Burley Tobaeoo society against J. E. .Quit skill. The county court recently appoint ed a receiver for the society, but the cafc! was reversed by the Court of Appeals, n .1... ... .. i.nmm Un. llon.Mnnlntlvi. Norrls of Nebraska, one of the I .till ers of tho republican Insurgents, dc . hired that the Insurgents stood sol idly iiehlml the principles set forth in the Fowler resolution. I u Is Charge Fraudulent Purpose. Senator Jeff Davis of Arkansas to dnv charged fraudulent purpose In connection with the consideration of the bill providing for the sale of un allotted binds In the Rosebud Indlun reservation, Houth Dakota. "So many scandal have arisen In pnnnctlnn wKh the disposal of public lands, tho sn-nnto should act cautious ly In permitting this Invasion, of the treasury." he said. Henutor Crawford pronounced the danger Imaginary. Tail If PIITerc'iM'e Clearing Vp. Washington. Jan. 17. U la learned In official quarters that the proapects are Improving for an amicable Bet- tlement of the tariff negotintlona- be- tween America and Germany. (Juan l ho Floated. Jacksonville. Flu., Jan. IT. The Merchante and Miners steamer, Quan tlco. which grounded oft the Jetltea, has bt.v rt floated and proceeded to the nck undamaged. Mrs. Bol Smith III. New York, Jan. 27. Mrs. 8ol Smith, the oldest actress In America, la In a serious condition sa the result of an automobile accident. The wo man la now eighty yeara of age. conduct of ottlccr"! In the Interior de partment and particularly In the land otttce. This Is the committee on ex penditures In the department of thn Interior, of which Kepresentatlve Page Is chairman. This committee Is holding frequent sessions Investigat ing charges mnde against Rerrctary Ballinger by Ucpresentative Hitchcock of Nebraska. Extravagance In the expenditure of a million dollar appro priation la one of the principal charges, Heprf sentatlve I'ago Is tak ing un active part In the probing or these charges, and If they are justified by the facte, there I no man In con gress more capable of uncovering the situation. And what la mora Mr. Pag" will treat all hands fairly. Cliff Hhuw, the legal olltcer of till forestry bureau, who was fired from olhce along with Director Plnchot for doing hla duty as he aaw It, Is still residing In Washington. Mr. Shaw has an attractive Invitation to go back to his old home In North Carolina, which Is one among many that He has received, but he has not yet reached a decision aa to hla future. Waltliour la Going lo Europe. Atlanta, On.. Jan. 27. Bobhy Wal- tluMir, the bicycle rider, haa sold his feme here and will sail soon for Ku- rnpe. The Charlotte Observer's Washing- ' ton correspondent says: It Is, said that President Taft has indicated that ha would not appoint Judge Waddill. He Is endorsed. It la understood, by Judges Pritchard and floft and his state .organization. The place Is likely to git to a Virginian. Former Oovernor Meringue Is urgt with others.
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