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A A THE ASSOCIATED PRESS , , DISPATCHES v LAST EDITION. ,.4:00 P, XI.VV WvatZier Toncasv : - Fiilr? Colik-r. VOL. XV. NO. 4. ASHEVILLE, N. 0 SATURDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 12, 1910. tc PER COPY m mm 15 OPPOSED TO mcofispii Mr. Spooner Against Taft i of Federal Incorporation and Tax Upon Cor porations. BUT DON'T CRITICISE TAFT OFFHAND, SAYS MR. SPOONER He Suffered a "Horribly Embarrassing Heritage," Thinks the For " nier Wisconsin Senator. 1 New York, Feb. 12. Kx-Senator John C. Spooner. told 600 members of the American Paper and Pulp asso ciation assembled In the banquet hall of the Waldorf that he did not believe there was a single senntor or repre sentative who would dare to put into the form of a constitutional amend ment for submission to his constitu ents the provisions of the act. for fed eral Incorporation and the tax upon corporations. An effort was being made, he said, to rely upon a new and dangerous construction of the constitution to compass enda which were extra-constitutional and which should only go before the people of the country in the shape of an amendment to the instrument of government Itself. Has Not the Power. "I cannot believe that congress has the power to create manufacturing and trading corporations," said Sena tor Spooner, "except In the District of Columbia 'and In the territories of the I'nited States. Nor has congress the power under the constitution to do what Is solemnly proposed now to adopt the federal incorporation act. J do not believe that the people at large realize the portent that lies In this proposition. "It has always been the law that congress can create a corporation to build a bridge across a river bounding states, or.lt can create corporations to do a banking' business. But it Is a fundamental part of our law that nik- foreign"-corporation may do- busi ness within a state without the per mission of that state, with the excep tions that 1 have cited. The theory is that all corporations created by congress are created under the com merce clause of the constitution, but no stretching of the sense of consti tution can Justify the creation by the federal government of corporations to do trading over all state lines from ocean to ocean without the consent of the states Involved. Supreme Court Ruling. The Supreme court had ruled fti a case brought to restrain the American Sugar Refining company of Philadel phia from certain alleged violation of the Sherman act. Senator Spooner con tinued to say, that while congress can make rules ta govern commerce it cannot In any way control production. "If congress construes the possibility that because a manufacturer has a manifest Intention to sell his product In a market outside of the state In which It is manufactured his product thereby becomes Instantly a matter under the purview and regulation of (Continued on Page 4.) Vessel Wrecked Off Island of Majorcan and of Ninety Passengers There Is but One Survivor. Purls, Feb. it. Among the passen gers aboard the wrecked liner. Gener al Chsnsy, lost oft the Island of Ma Jorcan, where two acrobats from Ban Francisco. Derenda and Green, the only other Americans aboard was a young woman, Elsie Henry, whose au dress In this country la unknown. Bodies Itecorrred. Palm Island. Majorlca, Feb. 12. Bodies are floating ashore today from the wreck of the steamer General Clumsy. The authorises have posted men along the coast to recover the bodies. Marcel Rodel, the Algerian customs official, and the only known survivor out of about ninety passen gers. Is still unable to give a lucid account of the disaster. When the vessel went down Wednesday night, he . clung to a tlec of wreckage, and was washed ashore. The pluce where the vessel struck Is known as Uosa. Borne reports say the steamer broke In two, and sank at once, others state that an explosion occurred. The heavy loss of life Is attributed to the probability that dur ng a howling tempest all passengers were below. ' Many bodies and sacks of mall were washed ashore and recovered during the day. The KwoM Mystery, Kansas City. Feb. II. A hew char ler In the Hwope mystery began today, with the grand Jury begun Its Investl AMERICANS Oil WRECKED LINER gatlon of the complicated ce. PRIMA DONNA BRINGS SUIT ASKING $100,000 DAMAGES Miss Hoffman of Boston Opera Co. Alleges That Kraut Broke His Promise to Marry Her. Breach of promise proceedings In which damages of. 100,000 are asked have been brought against Samuel Kraut, Importer, whose office is at No. '7 Warren street, by Miss Emma Hoffman, 21 years old, prima donna In the Boston Opera company. The de fendant Is 35 years old. Kraut's attorney said- that - Mr. Kraut had spent more than S 15,000 on Miss Hoffman's musical education In Europe during the last four years, and that when' she returned last De- 1 l til L cember he and his wife went to Boston to be present at the operatic perform ance in which Miss Hoffman made her first appearance in this country. "Mr. Kraut never promised to marry Miss Hoffman," said Mr. Franklin. "Ho met her first In Chicago four years ugo. She told him Caruso had told her she had a line voice. Mr. Kraut, who Is a lover of music, offered to send Miss Hoffman abroad that her vclce might be trained. He paid the expenses abroad of herself, her father and her mother. When Miss Hoffman came back Inst Decem ber Mr. Kraut met her and took hi wife to Boston to hear her sing. He spent more than $150 on flowers fat her at her first appearance, "You can imagine his surprise when the dny after that first appearance he was served with the papers in a suit for. JJOO.uoo in .breach .of promise proceedings, which Miss Huffman had brought. We have many letters writ ten by Miss Hoffman from abroad. Mention of love or marriage occurs in none of them. According to, the complaint In the case Miss Hoffman says that so long ago as 1905 Mr. Kraut promised to marry her; that he promised to go to Europe In June, 1909, and marry her there, but that In the summer of that year he married Instead Miss Selma Kothschlld. SIX MEN BURIED L Fatal Accident Occurred at Pottsville Today at the Landingville Stor age Yards. Pottsville, Pa., Feb. .12. A rush, of coal. at the Landingville storage yards of the Philadelphia and Heading com pany this morning, burled six men. It Is believed all were smothered. Une ven on a spwlul engine along with big ven on special engine ulong with big gang section hands. A NISPKXH.VriOX FOR LFAT TO FUKNC1I tIAHm VICTIMS They Are RHIoi-eil From lire Final Failing b Archbishop, at the Direction of flip Pope. Purls, Feb. . 12. Monselgnor Ami- ettu, archbishop of Purls, at the direc tion of the pope, has granted a dispen sation to Catholic victims of the flood, relieving them from the usual fasting during Lent. Robber Makes Confession. St. Uiula, Feb. 12. A broad-brimmed sombrero found by a newspaper reporter on the scene of the robbery of the Missouri Pacific passenger train, was a clue followed by postottlce In spector! hundreds of miles, resulting finally In the arrest of four men, one of whom confessed the crime. The lo-em Agree. Paris. Feb. 12. The foreign orTlce announced today that four protecting powers. France, Russia, Italy- and Great Itrltsin, had reached a . com plete agreement about representation to be made to Crete concerning pur tleioatlon of the Island In the forth coming Greek parliament. " Agetl fanmllun Legislator Dead. Uvnedoch, Ont., Feb. 11. John Charlton, for 32 years a member' of the Canadian parliament, Is dead at the age of 80. Three lnjtired. s De Molne. Feb. 12. In ft head-on rolllsslon of two Wabash passenger trains an engineer and two pnssen ji'm v.-re Injured.' MR. TIFT NOT MI In His Speech Tonight Presi dent Is Expected to Give "Business" Soma Need ed Assurances. INTENDS TO CLEAR AWAY CERTAIN MISCONSTRUCTIONS No Sympathy With the State of Political Hysteria That Prevails in Parts of the' ." Country. : Washington, Feb. 1 2. President Tuffs speech at the annual dinner or the New York Itepubllcun club ut the Wuldoi-r-Astonlu tonight will be In In the nature of a message to the big 11 naclnl and industrial interests of the country. While the president will adhere-to whut he has said in previous speeches and his speeiul message of January 7 recommending federal In corporation, and amendments to the interstate commerce law he will en deavor to make clear that hi- bus not started to run amuck In the business World. There Is u possibility that the pres ident may deoide to deliver this speech on some other occasion than the New York Republican club din ner, but he Is now engaged In prepar ing It with the Idea of making it then. Complaints from New York. Many of the complaints over Mr. Tuft's supposed purpose to startc gen eral crusade against trutn and com binations have come from New York, and it was regarded by his friends and advisors as appropriate that his res ponse to these complaints should be answered In the city. It was explained today that while the speech would not afford comfort to Illegal combinations . of capital, there was nothing In it to make the legitimate business combinations shiv er with fear. - According to whut the president has said to visitors recently, his attitude toward the trusts has not undergone a change since his expla nation of that attitude In his message of January 7. lie regards the prom ises made In the Republican party platform and his own declarations In the campaign of 1908 as binding on himself and the republican party, and will emphasize that position. From what beeume known today It is apparent that the president would not have regarded It as necessary to reiterate his Ideas with respect to cap italistic combinations If recent devel opments had not convinced him that In spite of all he has said business in terests and a good many people 'who are in favor of war on trusts do not understand the purposes of his ad ministration. To Avoid MIxumlerHtHixIln;;. Prominent men, recent visitors at the White Houso, have suggested that ho desist from any purpose to engage in a crusade against combinations of capital and Industry, and the presi dent gathered from what he heard from these visitors that they were (Continued on Page 4.) T OFF FOB Jffl .YORK He Will Hold an Important Conference With Republican Leaders This Afternoon. Washington, Feb. 12. President Taft left here at 8 o'eloek this morn ing for Now York, where ho will meet Oovernor Hughes, Lloyd C. Grlscom. Timothy Woodruff and other repub lican leader at an Important confer ence this afternoon, and will make a speech before the Republican club at the Lincoln day dinner tonight. Arrive In Xcw York, . New York, Feb. 12. President Taft arrived here shortly after 1 p. m. to day for an afternoon and evening of conferences, receptions and speech making. The president and party were taken In an automobile from the 23rd street ferry to the house of ths president' brother. Henry W. Taft, In West 48th street. With the pres ident were Mrs. Taft; Mr. Ander son, hi lister; Mis Torrey, the pres ident' aunt,. Captain Archibald Butt and Assistant Secretary Michler. Editorial Convention Kiuls. New Orleans, Feb. 12. The selec tion of officer and choosing the next meeting place, report of Import ant committee and several addresses Here feature of the last day's session of the National Editorial association today. lUxlles of Tlsree More Mine YMIm Taken Out. - Trinidad, Colo., Feb. 12. The bo dies of three more victims of the ex plosion In the Prlmero mine were re covered Inst night. The number re covered is now-12, PRESDEN IT E HOUSE Fifth District Man Visits the President on an Average of Three Times a c V Week. OUR INSPECTORS HAVE 2 3 NOT MADE REPORT AS YET ; "hen They Do Mr. Grant Will Have an InningThe Savings Bank Bill Opposed by North Caro lina Senators. The Ct'.ScMc-.N'cw.s Uurcnu, , 4; post imilillng, ' ,. Washington, Feb. 12. Tin- postal savings bank Mil, which Is championed by the president, Menu tor Carter of , Montana, Scuntor Aldiich and other hading stand pat ters, is encountering all kinds of op position in the senate Jt is said that it will receive only two or three dem ocratic votes, and tnere uri; a number of republican senators who look with suspicion on u measure For the cstah- , lishmcnt of a postal savings bank that ', has the approval nf Senator Ablrlcb. j They are of the oiilrrlon that the bill I Is so framed as tu niiike certain the j employment of the enormous postal savings that will result by the great bunks of the moneyed Interests. Ruth- er than see a bill puss which mukesi possible such a aituation a number of I senators will vote against the pending- measure. This is the attitude of Sen ator Overman, Sonalor SblVely of In diana and other democrats. Senator Simmons believes In a postal savings bank law, but he is not satisfied tii it the administration measure is consti tutional, nnd ho is not yet prepared to say how he will vote. At the White House. Representative 4 Morchead, of tho fifth district, was a culler ut the White House yesterday, this being his sixth straight visit within the past two weeks. Air. Msrhead has not dis closed the objectyof these visits to the president which- use oecurlng with such frequent regularity, but they are not being overlooked by republican politicians here. There is much spec- ulation here as to whut Mr. More-j head is pouring into the Presidential ear two or three times a week. It moy be that he is taking up the patron age matters in his district, hut some people here think that he may have a hand in the distribution of some of the offices1 of state Importance. One thing tha is. giving Mr. More head some concern is the Durham postofflce. J. 11. Mason, a cundidate for the position, hag been here. Hi ts strongly endorsed, but It Is declared that he will be unable to secure the O. K. of the republican county exec utive committee of Durham. Mr. Morehead has promised to follow the recommendation of the committee. Mr. Mason left for home today with - out knowing what disposition will be made of the postnfllee. Grant Keeping (julct. Representative Grant is keeping mighty quiet these days. He is get I Hi WHIT ting a breathing spell so far ns tin- "use of Mrs. Held is concerned for the ; first time in week. The report of the! Washington. Feb. 12. Owing to the p.mlottice Inspector who have been 1 fai l that members or the house oni Invcstigatlng the Rlltmorc affair haslmlUec on agriculture are getting be not reached the president. When it j bind in the other congressional work, doe Mr. Giant expects to be heard, j because of steady attends m c ut the Ho Is said to have Postmaster General ! hearing on the untl-nptinn bill, there Hitchcock on his side, but If Mr. was no session of the coinmillce to- Tuft ascertain that the appointment cannot by confirmed In the senate, he Is apt to hesltato before naming Luther again. Representative Small has introduc ed In the house bills providing for the payment of 5,77T to the legal repre sentative of the Int Thomas C. Fuller of Wake county and a like sum to the legal representative of the lute Jesse R. Stubh of Martin county for salary j In the thirty-ninth tongress. They were elected to congress In 1880, but were denied their euts by the repub- Ilcans. With the object of providing a chaplain for each of the thirteen llfo snvlng districts In the United States, Representative Rmull has Introdrrced a bill In congress believing that It will i receive serious consideration. Mr. Small makes the point that the life aver are practically without oppor tunity for rellglou worship by reason of their confining and solitary life at remote points. He also says that there Is no more religious class of peoplo In tho world. The North Carolina dls-j trlet extends from Cape Henry to 1 Cape Fear, and It embraces thirty-one j stations, which the chaplain would be expected to visit. Washington Hotel Burned: ' fiuests Driven Out Into Know. I Washington, Feb. 12. Guest Woodley Inn, suburban hotel, wert thrown Into psnlo by fir thl morn ing. In night clothe, they were driven forth Into the snow and rain by the names. . The hotel will be complete loss. Severe Worm Along Coast. Norfolk. Feb. 12 Nearly all In- coming coasting and bay steamers wore Ueluyed today as a result of last less tney nave ' ") night's severe coast storm, when the reet order of the president. Is the wind reached a maximum velocity of amendment adopted bsJny by the sen 40 and 60 miles an hour. No cosetjsf committee on Irrlgnt.on. tO( the wreck are reported. . .. Carter bill. HA V EM EVER' WEBB WEDDING BRILLIANT EVENT OF WEEK MES.-JAMES WATSON" ( 'orrcsuondence of New Syndicate. York Herald I N'ett York, Feb. !t. The marriage 1 last evening of .Miss Kleclra Have-1 inever, daughter ol' the late Henry . j eldest son of r. and Mrs. W. Sewurd I " ' ""' K'"""8"1 "' 1 ii.f-i ii. ;m.:ri inn, was wiincMscn o ,i hi r;a I ei io., winu i uiumi.v aim ail Uisemblage representative of New I Ethel Cowdln. .Mrs. Frelinghuyscn York society, and most brilliant. As the ! and Miss Jackson wore tones of purple wedding guests were gathering In St. j an-! nuruve fatin. the others all being Harth'ilomew'8 church there was ailn white ehilfon, combined with pearl full choral service by the vested choir and crystal embroidery. All the at- of men and women. Seldom have there been handsomer floral decora- j tlons in tile church than those urrung- chancel was massed with lofty palms hit) and 40 feet in height, and even I the choir stalls were shielded from I view by a screen of foliage. The altar was banked with white roses and lilies of the valley. Interspersed with white orchids, while near the chancel irt were masses of white flowers, lilacs. i roses, daisies and azaleas. On either 1 side of the chancel steps was u high J Ire- of Japanese almond in full bloom. The bride wore a trained gown of j ' white satin, embellished with old rose point lace the veil, also of lace, falling almost to the end of the train. A gar- land of orange blossoms held the veil and a small cluster of the same (lowers OF I j VICC President Of tllC NCW YOrK tX- change Among Those Who Will Be Examined Monday. I duy. Vice-President Marshall of tho New York Stock exchange, who was on tire stand when the hearing adjourned yesterday afternoon, will be examined Monday, George W. Neville, a promi nent memlrer ,of the exchange, will tile the rules of the exchange uuil other data usked for by the committee to guide It In Its delinerutlons over the proposed legislation for prohibition of dealing m ruiures on excang. "' bourds of trade throughout tht country. NOT TO SPEAK IN But Mr. Roosevelt May Have His Say in Senatorial Hall When He Visits Rome. Rome, Feb. 12. The Methodist as oclatlon denle the Jlubllshed state- ailment that It has been arranged for former rresiu-m rio. -e-- at th Methodist church during his visit here. Senator Nathan 1 pre pared to offer Senatorial Hall In the capltol for the lecture If Mr. Roose velt consent to deliver one. lYfwiileiit Must Approve. Washington. Feb. 12. Hereafter no Irrigation project in.u oe i.e-.... SESSION COMMITTEE TODAY DDI STCHURGH was worn at the corsage, as well uh a liriji cli of diamonds. She carried a shower liouqnel of white orchids and lillies of the valley, The bridal attendants were Mrs. the bride; Alisv lionise Jackson, a cousin; .Misses KHinenne Aiieruur,. li nilae's carried muffs of mauve satin and tulle, to which were attached clus ters of nmuvc orchids. Their hats were of mauve satin and tulle wreath ed Willi orchids. V. S-'ewnrd Webb, Jr., was bis broth er's best man. The ushers were Van derbllt Webb. Walbrldge 8. Taft, Ham ilton Hadden, Whitney Kernochan, Krnest 11. Truvy,, Howard Roome, .Tames f. fligglnson.' jr.: George Whit ney. Joseph W. Rurden and Robert h. racou. Major X. Crelghtoii Webb, uncle ;f the bridegroom, gave assist ance in directing the many guests to their places. The ceremony was performed by the lev. It. Heber Newton and the Rev. jEndicott Peabody. Mr. and Mrs. Webb will live for J awhile In Chicago. SHAW IS OPPOSED TO CENTRAL BANK If Established, He Says, It Will Controlled by the Standard Oil Company. Be Philadelphia, F'-l. 12. Former Secretary ot the Treasury Leslie M. Sliaw, In an address beToro tho Penn sylvania Ranker' association, us serteil today that if the central bank Is established in tills country It will ',be owned or controlled by the Stan dard oil Company. "There ure two diseases prevalent, either of which are liable to prove ratal, namely: Wall treet maniu, and Wall street lobla." He declared it un-American to place with any group oi men power to contract or expend the currency at will, or withhold credit at their pleasure. Wall Street Takes a Holiday. New York. Feb. 12. Lincoln's birthday anniversary was observed generally throughout the state today us n legal holiday. There was a sus pension of business on Wall street. In lluiuls of lUvclvers. New York, Feb. 12. Tire Central Foundry company, capitalized al 114,- OUO.UOO, which manufacturers cast iron pipes and IHMngs, went Into the hands of a receiver today. Itulsull Dead? Tangier. Morocco, Feb. 12. It Is re ported that Itulsull, governor of Dje bala province, and former Moorish bHiidlt chief. Is dead as the result of being poisoned. Five Less BrrwrleH. Washington, Penn., Feb. 12. There will he Ave breweries less in Washing ton county this year, as a result of the activity of the Antl Saloon league and temperance organization. E. C. Simmons Iknl, Kenosha, Wis.. Feb. 12. Z. C. Simmons, multl-mllllnaire philanthro pist, Is dead at hi home here. THE WEATHER. Fort-cast until I p. m. Sunday for Ashevllle and vicinity: Fair weather tonight nnd ftnilay; colder tonight.. BIGSHL: IN NEW YORK Empire State, and Pennsylva nia, Caught Most of the Beautiful Snow That Fell Yesterday. HURRICANE SWEPT THE ONE SECTION OF FLORIDA One Small Village, North of Lakeland, ' Is Reported WreckedWires Down Local Con ditions, j .. Washington, Feb. .12. The' storm I which bus rpreud u' mantle of snow ; over th.i eastern states is today cutt i tral over Newy l'ork. AaiUi .tonight It i will move on . through the St. Iaw j rence valley, fee porta to the weather ; bureau indicate that the I a 11 of snow has been general as far south us Ten nessee and North Carolina. Llttla hurdship from cold has resulted. The licuvlxst snowfall was in New York, and Pennsylvania.' Through tho suu- i them stoles it was light. ! Damage in Florida. j Tampa, Flu., Feb. 12. Advice this j morning states that a hurricane dealt ! huvoc to the middle section of tho - j state. A small village north or Lakc- I land is reported wrecked. Tho station j there was blown from Its- foundation, telegraph wires down, and crops are badly damaged. Severe lit New Fiiglnml. lfoston, Feb. 12. New Engluml was visited by a severe storm of wind and -snow today. Several wrecks of sailing vessels are reported, but without loss of life. , In Now York. New York, Feb. 12. Bight to 12 Inches of snow is reported from cities in central New York, impeding rail nay traffic and local trolley commu nication. ' " , In TeniHwee. ' Nashville, Fell. 12. The snow Is 10 Inches deep on a level In this sec tion and still falling. This is the , heaviest snowfall since JS92. The fell Is general throughout middle snrt -"-estern Tennessee, varying In depth'' from four to 10 inches. Art I'niisiial Accident Caused ly Snow. Greenville, Miss.. Feb. 12. Drift ing biiovv storm on the lower reaches of the Mississippi river was today th urinsu:;! cause of a steamship accident. I'he Rolle of the Bends struck upon a bar near Fitler's landing, panic breaking out among the 40 passengers. . Many of them were restrained for cibly from leaping into the rlvor. floats were lowered and all taken safely ashore. Naval Tug Missing. Ronton, Feb. 12. Tho navnl ' tug Nina, bound from Norfolk to this cltv, was missing this afternoon and the Rostorr navy yard has asked revenue cutters in this vicinity and other ves- . sels to keep a lookout for her. - Clearing up in Aslievlllc. A corps of men with the aid of shovel und carts and tho sunshine Is today removing throughout the central portion of the town evidences of the big snowfall of yesterday. Enrly this morning the sanitary deimrtment got busy while proprietors of 'business houses along Patron avenue, the square und on tho Main streets sent their help to the sidewalk clearing pathways and by noon much-of tlin "beautiful" had disappeared. -While the snowfall was tho greatest of ,tho season it was not so heavy as In form er years and with moderating weather the sidewalks were easily cleaned to day than formerly and. burring a re- (ContlntMki on page S.) A Representative of Daniel Guggenheim Will Be Present Monday When Bel linger Hearings Are Resumed. Washington, Feb. 12. When the liulllngcr -Pint-hot congressional In vestigating committee resume It ses sion Monday, It Is said there will be present a representative of Daniel Guggenheim prepared to Introduce evidence to show the exact amount and character of the Guggenheim holdings in Alaska. ' ' ).. DESTRUCTIVE FUL1ES RAGING IN VIGKSECF.G Vlcksburg, Miss.. Feb. 1. What Is feared wll be a destructive fire broke out In the business center of the clly at 1 o'clock today. Mayor Hayes has wired Jackson for Bid and a special train wl'l bring the tire department from there. Indica tions are tht the fire will burn at lenst one entire block. GUGGENHEIM WILL show ciin
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