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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES LAST EDITION. 4:00 P.M. Snow; Coldeiv J ASHEVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 11, 1910, lo PER COPY VOL. XV. NO. 3. POPULAR WELCOME FOB 0 -;; Steps Have Already Been Taken in iiew York With This End in View. WILL NOt BE HOME, HOWEVER, UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF JUNE president Stewart, of League of Re publican Clubs, Discusses Subject , With the President. New York, Feb. 11. Ex-Presldent Roosevelt will not be back until after tha middle of June, but already prep arations have been begun In this city to welcome him home. It is the pur pose of those who are beginning to think out the plans to make the event not a local but national one. No attempt has been made yet to consider details, but It has been de termined that delegations from re publican organizations and clubs from all parts of the country shall be asked to join In the celebration. Robert C. Morris, president of the Republican club of this city, says that a communication was sent to Mr. Roosevelt relating to the proposed celebration and that a cable reply had been received authorizing the club to take the Initiative in the mat ter. Mr. Morris said that he would shortly appoint a committee to ar range the details for the reception to Mr. Roosevelt, and he added that the makeup of this committee would be national. John E. 8tcwart, president of the New York State League of Repub lican clubs, who will assist Mr. Mor ris In selecting the committee, went to Washington for the purpose of con ferring with President Taft. Mr. Stewart will not only represent the league but the Republican club, and he will meet the president by ap pointment today. It is understood that President Taft has already been told of the Intention to celebrate the home-coming of Mr .Roosevelt and that he is heartily in accord with the proposal. , It is ' understood further that tha president will give his hear tiest support to the carrying out of the scheme to make the reception a nationwide one. Not to Make Tour, It was said last night that Mr. Roosevelt would probably be asked to make a tour of some of the big centres of the country, but Mr. Morris said he had heard nothing of this proposition, because no details had as yet been considered and that every plan suggested would necessarily be sent to the committee. It is doubtful If President Taft will be able to take part In the affair. He has promised to go to Alaska in the latter part of May should congress have adjourned by that time, and the schedule which has been arranged for him would not bring hlin back east until the early part of July. Stewart at White House. Washington, Feb. 11. John A. Stewart, president of the League of Republican Clubs of New York, called at the White House. Mr, Stewart explained that he had exchanged cablegrams with Mr. Roosevelt and consulted with some of the friends of the ex-presldent In New York and had learned that It would be agreeable to him to be received provided It could be arranged on the day of his arrival In New York. "Before Col. Roosevelt sailed for Africa." said Mr. Stewart, "and while aboard ship, he was asked to permit arrangements to be made for his homecoming in the way of something like a popular welcome. The former President did not refuse the Invita tion, but said that he preferred to keep the matter In abeyance for a while. "About nve weeka ago I called at the White House to tell President Taft that, acting for a proposed com mittee from the Republican Club, which committee la about to be ap pointed by President Robert C. Mor rls of the club, as well as for those who aboard ship had asked ex-Presl dent Roosevelt to assent to a recep tlon being given, a telegram was about to be sent to the former Presi dent asking him to permit us to ar range for a national reception to take place on his return. "President Taft was the only person to whom It. was made known that a favorable reply had been received. t'pon the occasion of my first visit to the President he told me to go ahead by all means, and to 'count me In.' Just before cabling, I received a let' Tontlnnea w cms . The "Drys" WW Spend A Hundred Thousand Chicago, Feb. 11. On hundred thousand dollar I the amount which the "dry" will spend If the campaign Insiders, Knowing of Mel oh', Tricked the Stockholders New York, Fb. 11. Charge that eertaln "Insider" In the Wells-Fargo KJ tmi : :my, knowing in advance HE BEAT THEM HIS FISTS Alexander Peacock, One of Carnegie's Rich Young Men, Takes Another Leap Into Fame. SOME DISCHARGED EMPLOYES GIVEN A GOOD LICKING He Found They Were Stealing from Him, and Spending Money In Riotous Living. Washington, Feb. 11. A Pittsburg special to the Post says that Alexander R. Peacock, one of Andrew Carnegie's 30 "young partners," has again as tonished Pittsburg. Finding that some of his employes had squandered about $250,000 of his money, he locked him self In a room with each of these men, one at a time, and, it Is alleged, beat them soundly with his fists. Then he drove them from his olllce. He de clines to prosecute them. Before chas tising them, however, Mr. Peacock, who has about $15,000,000 left, made the employes sign over to him the real estate and other property that they owned. The discharged employes of Peacock for a year have been living extrava gantly. Some months ago Mr. Pea cock became fearful that something was wrong, and he employed detec tives to trail his employes, instructing that daily reports be mude to him. In the first report Mr. l'eaeoek was told that two of his most trusted men had "bought wine'' for chorus girls and men about town at the Hotel Lincoln until far In the morning. Girls in Poker flume. Peacock refused to believe this. He ordered that the hotel be watched again. The next report was that not only were there two employes "buying wine" nt the hotel, but one of them appeared in public places with a wo man, who was showing a coat given to her by this man, which, she boasted, had cost $400. After midnight one of the men, who was being watched, started a poker game With only chorus girls and him self for players. He gave each girl $25 with which to play against him. With $500 in front of him he was overcome with the wine and had to be carried off to bed, while a male friend of ono of the chorus girls took the vacant seat and lost the money to the women. It required only a few days of In vestigation by Mr. Peacock to Hud thnt from the particular branch of his busi ness, in which these men were em ployed, there had been taken $250,000 iu prolits In the last year which he had never seen. knocked Down Nine Times. One of these employes, on his es cape from Peacock's office, declured he had been knocked down nine times by the Infuriated man. Mr. Peacock some years ago was the principal referred to in a magazine article entitled "The Curse of Too Much Money." He paid $25,000 for a social train from Los Angeles to Pittsburg in order to vote. He telephoned for $14,000 worth of additional automobiles before break fast one morning recently. Salome Young Men, v The very rich younger set of Pitts- burgers went to bed about daybreak and rose late this afternoon with a dark brown laite. It was the mask ball at the very fashionable Pittsburg Golf club thnt did it. Stories from that mask ball will be leaking out for many months to come, but there arc enough loose now to keep Pittsburg gasping fr some time. It was per haps the "warmest" thing In the way of mask balls that has even been In Pittsburg. Men who can write their checks In seven figures had spent weeks figuring out costumes, and there were some startling combinations. A pair of Salome dancers, true to life, having not more clothes than the law allows, caused much Interest during the early hours by mingling with the crowds In their beautiful pink bare feet. They were each masked heavily, and kept timorously near each other all evening, as If fearing some approach by a rude man. Shortly after midnight the shapely Salome dancers were set upon by sev eral male maskers, who, with loud cries, tore the masks from the shrink ing Salome, revealing Harry Darling ton, Jr., one of the richest and shape liest young men of millions In Pitts burg, and Grant McKlnney, another very young man, whose sense of honor Is keen. jt. against the saloon In Chicago, be tween now and the election In April, according to Chairman Shield, of the anti-saloon organisation. that a $00 pf cent- "melon" would he Cot, tricked certain stockholders out or their holdings, III he laid, before the InlcrNlHte commerce comnilnVon. WITH He Tells of Bribing Legislators O f "New York With "Cold" Cash lr Wp?iW v I f - -! - j t i vsj . Hrry m ... t .- r Ji' ""j 1 ,-,V '- inimwinnniisf i-mriiiii r - j V 1 I ' 1 ILwiJ 1 MARTIN WLTT.TLETON Deacon in a church and as mild mannered as a woman, a little man named lllvnm O, Moc. under oath de clared thnt he paid $0000 In cold cash to members of tbj legislature of Nev,' York In lilOli to prevent the passage bf bills which "wotrnrhaviflhjiired the business of Senator Conner, with whom He was Hnrlirfrd1 - - ' One thousand of this, he declared, was given by' hl:n personally to Juiham P. Allds, republican leader of the N'ew York senate, then a member of the assembly. Four thousand, he asserted, was given to another member of the assembly rules committee and another to still another member. Both these names were withheld, thoimh they were several times on the tongue of Mr. Moo, and the listening crowd which tilled the iloor and the galleries was wniiinp; breathlessly for the mention of the names. As Mr. Hoc made his sensational declaration nmld nlmo: oppressive silence Ills glance met that of Senator Allds, who Klared nt him half in wonder ami half in awe. Martin W. Littleton and James V. Osborne are acting as counsel to Senators AIHa and Conqer, respectively. IMMEDIATE TRIAL HYDE'S ARRESTED; IS NOW PROMISED MURDER CHARGE Negro Who Assaulted Mrs. Ellerbe Near Tampa Has a Narrow Escape from Being Lynched. Tampa, Fin., Feb. 11. In an effort to prevent an outbreuk against Row land Flower, the negro convict who escaped from a turpentine camp yes terday, after assaulting Mrs. Jane Kleibee, aged 50 years, and who fired on a posse before being captured, the case today was pluced before the grand jury. The Indictment and trial Is expected Immediately. The fact that Flower fell Into the hands of a posse headed by deputy sheriffs was the only thing thut saved him from lynching. Mrs. Klerbee. after the assault ran two miles to a neighbors, without shoes and scantily clothed and gave the alarm. When captured Flower was brought Into Tampa. Notwith standing the report that Mrs. Elerbee Is, heading the posse to come to Tam pa lo lynch the prisoner, no further trouble Is feared. HELD FORMURDER And a Legal Tangle Over Extradition Is Likely to Be the Outcome of IL Augusta, Feb. 11 William B. Stone, an nlleged lunatic of Baltimore, Is un der arrtst at Aiken, 8. C, on a techni cal charge, but In reality is suspected of being the murderer of Dr. Charles W. Hickman, who was killed here last week, -"" A warrant was sworn out for Stone lost night by a lieutenant of police. Stone Is said td answer the description of the man wanted. An officer from Baltimore Is on the way to Aiken, and a leaal tangle as to extradition Is expected. Ill TTlh ttlrthdny. Washington, Feb. 11. -Thl Is the seventy-seventh birthday anniversary of Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller of the Riipremn Court of the Fulled Kt a tel. lie h served almost 22 years hh chief Justice. ALLEGED ii . r JAMES OSBORNE. Warrant Charges Him With Giving Col. Swope Strychnine With Felo nious Intent. Kansas City, Mo., Fell. 11. As a climax to the lengthy investigation of the mysterious death ol Colonel Thomas II. Swope on October :i. iafl!, Dr. P.. '. Hyde, husband ol the lute mlllonairc's niece, was arrested late yesterday charged with the murder ol the aged philanthropist. The warrent upon which the arrest was made was issued at the request of Attorney John Q, Paxton. executor of the Swope estate. First degree murder is charged. The warrant says that Dr. Hyde with felonious Intent administered strynchnlne to Colonel Swope on the day ot 111 J death. Across the back of the complaint nled by Mr Paxton asking for a war rant, Prosecutor Virgil Conkllng wrote above hi signature: "I hereby endorse this complaint." Dr. Hyde surrendered quietly. He learned that a warrant was being sought, and with his attorneys went to the prosecutor' office to await the return of Mr. Conkllng. lie submit ted to arrest without demanding to hear the warrant read. From here the party went to Independence, Mo., where Dr. Hyde was arraigned before Justice W. F. Loar. The physician pleaded not guilty. He Vas released on a bond of 150,000. His prelimi nary hearing was et for Fenruury 17. The calmest man In the Justice's otnee In Independence was Dr. Hyde. While attorney busied themselves making out the papers In the case, and while the few spectators whisper ed loudly and vied with one another for a view of the accused physician, he sot nAir County Marshnl Joel H. Mayes, who mad the arrest and read a paper that told of the developments In the Bwope investigation, "Ry the way, Mr. Mayes," he said folding up the paper. "I wish you would cnll up my house and have my wife Informed that I will not be home for dinner. She will be worried about me." Just as soon a the bond was ac cepted Dr. Hydo hurried to his home. lty dismissing his libel suit for 1600.000 against - attorney John M. Paxton, Ir. Frank L Hnll and Dr. Edward J. Stewart Dr. Hyde removed himself from the range (it attorneys who have been using every legal means known to them to get his dep oit!on in the case, fine suit for $IO0,lniO Is still pending against Al lot ro-y I'axton. it alleges slander. JOTHAM E. Is Pleased Over the Act of the Senate in Passing Bill to Promote Himjto Rank of Rear Admiral. Washington, Fell. 11. Commander liobert K. Peary returned to Wash ington lust night, expressing gratifi cation thut the senate passed tho bill which will promote hi mto the rank of rear admiral, and that the Na tional (icouraphie society has accept ed the offer from the Peary Arctic club to conduct a Joint expedition to the so' th pole. House Committee Opposes It. A medal of honor Instead of promo tion to the iank of rear admiral for Co iiinandcr Peary, Is proposed by a ub-commlttee of the house committee on nuval aflairs. The sub-committee today unani mousyl disapproved the bill passed by the senate, inak'ng Peary a rear ad miral. Neither branch of congress will be In session tomorrow, on uccount of Lincoln's birthday anniversary. TO HOE OFFICE Will Take Charge of All News Depart ments of New York Sun Company. New York, Feb. 11. Richard V. oultthan, for many years head of the Washington bureau of the New York Sun, has been transferred to the New York office, to assume direct charge of all news departments of th Sun Printing and Publishing association. according to an anouncement made today by the publishers. He will not assume the place of the late Wlllinm M. Laffan, who wa pub lisher nt the Sun, a first report In dlcated. Mr. Oulahan has long been a prom Inent figure among newspaper men at the national capital and at present Is vice-president of the Gridiron club. Gustavo Is Doing Nicely, Stockholm, Feb. 11. King Ous tnve's progress toward recovery from the operation for appendicitis contln- MUCH GRATIFIED DULAHAfJ TO BE NO DECISION FOR TWO WEEKS Justice Wright of the District of Columbia Supreme Court Granted an Adjournment in Case Which Has Resulted in Conflict Between Congress and Courts. i Washington, Feb. 11. Whether the Joint congressional committee on printing is an executive branch of the government, outside the Jurisdiction of the courts, will not be decided for two weeks. Justice Wright today, in the Su preme court of the District of Colum bia, granted a two week's adjournment in the mandamus proceedings against the committee, instituted by the Val ley Paper company, of Holyoke, Mass. Attorneys representing Congressman Cooper, Sturgis and Flnley asked time to familiarize themselves with the case. The senators of the committee, Messrs. Bourne, Fletcher and Smoot, were not represented, the senate hav ing refused permission for .their ap pearance. Justice Wright told the attorneys representing the congressmen that their presence In the court today would not be considered a waiver of any prerogatives which the committee might claim us being exempt from the Jurisdiction of the court. A Night Session. Washington, Feb. 11. A night ses sion of the house followed the us ual convening of that body yesterday. It wus the first time during this ses sion of congress that either l.rnnch has found it necessary to meet after nightfall and this resulted from the inability to decid during the three I hours the matter was before the nouse yesterday afternoon whether or not the house members of the joint committee on printing should obey the summons of the Supreme court of the District of Columbia to appear before It today to answer man damus proceedings brought by the Valley Paper company of Hollyoke, Mass., which is dissatisfied with cer tain paper awards made by the com mittee. The senate was prompt In Its ac tion in denying the right of the courts to Interel'ere with its legislative func tion and instructed Its members of the committee to ignore the summons. The secretary was instructed to In form the District court that the sen ate took the view that the court was without jurisdiction to summon a congressional committee before It,. A feature of the senate's session was a set speech by Senator Borah, In which he took issue with Governor Hughes of New York, In his contention that the proposed income tax amendment to the constitution would not affect a tax on state securities. After receiving from Its Judiciary committee a majority report recom mending that its members of the printing committee rvspond t the Supreme court's summons, the houBe engaged In a long general debate on the proposition. Three members of the Judiciary committee. Including Chairman Parker took the view adopted by the senate, and presented a minority report advising the print ing committee not to respond to the summons. The senate gave positive instructions FATAL EXPLOSION Accident Occurred at Shelton's Mill, One Man Being Killed and Two Injured. Special to The Gazette-News. Marshall, Feb. 11. An explosion oc curred yesterday at the Crlttenden Shclton mill, on laurel creek, 26 miles from here, with fatal result. Oideon Cutshall was killed, a man of the name of Ramsey, from Tennessee, was seriously injured, his nose being blown off, while Mr. Shelton wa also seriously Injured, one arm being broken. Noted Men at Lincoln Banquet. Grand Rapids. Mich., Feb. 11. The greatest array of public speakers ever heard in Grand Rapids is sched uled to appear at the annual banquet of the Lincoln Clul her tomorrow night. Included In th list ar Vic President Sherman, Commander Peary, Gen. Frederick D. Grant, Sen ator Julius C, Burrows and Bourke Cockran. Cover will be laid for nearly 2,000 guests. Met In Secret. Frankfort, Ky., Feb. 11. Th en- ate committee named to Investigate the alleged Insinuation of Senator Watkln. that four of the upper branch of the Kentucky assembly were bought by th liquor Interests, met again thl morning in secret. Will Fly Today. Naw Orleans, Feb. 11. Loui Paul he m, th French aviator, is expected to resume hi aeroplane flights at City Park race track today. The flight; will be concluded Bunday. , , n . , , r. Opposed the Bill Washington. Feb. 11. Robert B. Walker, general counsel of -tne Chi cago, , Rock Island and Pacinc rail road 'vigorously optoed the admlnls trutiVi mlisuad bill today in a herli given I senstei committee on In torstHt" i ' meres.- MAD SON to Senators Reed' Smoot, Jonathan the judiciary committee . was correct, P.purne and ' Duncan Fletcher, not .to respond to the order issued by Justice -Wright of tho Supreme court of the District of Columbia directing them -to appear before him. The refusal of the senate was based upon the plea of the constitutional prerogatives of member of congress. The senate took the position that as it was a co-ordinate 'branch of the government the court had no right to interfere with its business affairs. In- -cldentally the question was raised a to whether Justice Wright was' In , v contempt of the senate or whether the senate was in contempt ot Justice Wright Senator Nelson sought to have tha resolution adopted by the senate so amended as to permit the senator to appear only for the purpose of test the court's jurisdiction and in doing so said that if the recommendation of the judiciary committee was corect. Justice Wright might be called before the senate for contempt. Senator aBcon of Georgia declared that the exercise by the court of such , power as it claimed would result In the overthrow of the powers of th legislative department. The Nelson amendment waa voted down 14 to 45, the original resolution being adopted without division a wa another resolution directing the sec retary of the senate to communicate the views of the senate to the court. In the house there was division of opinion us to whether In this particu lar case the court was authorized to summon its members. The Judiciary . committee brought in two reports. The majority report recommends a compliance with the summons of th court on the ground that the commit tee was not summoned as members of congress but while acting undor the authority of a statute enacted by congress. The majority, therefore, recommended that Messrs. ' Cooper of Pennsylvania, Sturgiss of ' West Vir ginia and Finley of South Carolina be Instructed to appear in court. . The minority report in which Chairman Parker joined Mr. Clayton of . Ala bama, and Mr. Henry of Texas took the opposite" -view,- clatttrtnt; tmtt the joint committee was acting In a legis lative capacity. They ' recommended either that the committee be Instruct- . ed not to respond to the summons, or that the resolution recommended by the majority be amended so as to in struct the members of the printing committee "If necessary, to prosecute an appeal or writ of error from any judgment therein." " In addition to joining in the mi nority report, Representative Calhoun of Alabama offered a resolution de claring that the District Supreme , court "had unlawfully Invaded the constitution privileges of the house" that It was without ' jurisdiction to hale into court member of the house, and instructing such members to Ig nore the summons of the court. THE COMMITTEE 15 Ballinger-Pinchot Investigating Com mittee Resumes Consideration of the Controversy. Washington, Feb. 11. After a week's adjournment th Ballinger Pinchot congressional investigation committee met today to continue con sideration of the controversy which has waged practically line the day Bellinger took the oath of office, and has resulted In several dismissal from the government service. BREVARD ISSUES Amount Is $20,000, and Charles A.' Webb Is Successful Bidder - ' - for Them. I Til BONDS 1 Gaiett-Nw Bureau, , Th Franklin, , Brevard, Feb.. 1 . A bond Issue ot $20,000 has en authorised In Brevard for the purpose v of buying a complete water syun and lighting facilities. The present watet supply Is not u flelent for the town and th eoun i nronoae hnvlnv an entire wnree. sKi - c and building a new reservoir. J? u' since Brevard has had electric-)!' -v the property has been owned or,-' '"fr vat Individuals. In a short whl . tH present system, much Improved, h new one. will be under th cont T the cltv outhoritles. Five the rl dollars' wortb of bonds Issued 'in, f i. used In purchasing the power filt . -'A.-ta H the bond wer If persons were on the scene to. them. Charles A. Webb o' t A; was the successful bblde bonds for VI 01 and i-nv piiiidotr. , ImHi 'I t
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