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THE ASSOCIATED , - Vl L T'A 1 V-'"V": :r Tl'tf'r .-MA f ' - LAST EDITION PEESS DISPATCHES VOL. XV. NO. 71. ASHEVILLE, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 2, 1910. 3c PER COPY TAFTS ADMINISTRATION ENDORSED BY ROOSEVELT "aTaTisaMBi . Wasb S( ' Paper Says the E x-President Has Written to the President Says He Will Nov'.?-. ential Candidate in 1912, Nor for Other Office Meanwhile His . Chuv, if Governor of New York Is William Loeb. WASHINGTON, May 2. Theodore Roosevelt, ac cording to a local paper, has written letters "to President Taft endorsing the present ad ministration. The letters also show that lie will not be a pres idential candidate in 1912, nor for any other other office in the meantime. - ' It is said Mr. Roosevelt wishes William Loeb, jr., his former private secretary, to be governor of New York. pnisSIled inauto. accident Dr. Latane of Winchester Was Hurryinfl to Patient When Machine Went "' Over an Embankment " - Winchester, Va May 2. While responding in his automobile to a hurry call into the country to render medical attention to a patient. Dr. Samuel P. I .atone, Jr., was Instantly killed late last night, when his ma chine Jumped over an embankment. Dr. lAtane's neck waa broken. The chauffeur, Leslie M. Brown, waa In jured. The failure nf the brake to work caused the accident. The physician was a member of a prominent Vir ginia family and was 36 years old. in So tt It Said, and Another Sensation Grows Out of His Tragic' Death. Filtsfieid. .MiihA, May 2i Another sensation will Krow out f the tragic death of Wellington Smith, the aged millionaire paper manufacturer of Lee, Mass., whose neck was broken In a foldiiiR i,c,i last Tuesday In a. New York iMiarilliiK house, where he was with a woman not his wife. It was told confidentially here that Smith left certain legal papers In the hands of ;i Ijcal attorney in which he maae ample provision for the woman, The nature of this provision will be uisciosed when Smith's affairs art set tled and it is hard to see. how the re- vealment of the woman's name can ue prevented then. It was said also that the manufac turer had made a will In which he provided for her. , ' . . Efforts have been mad by ' ac quaintances of the woman to get into communication with her. She is a ruident of New York, It Is under stood here, but she maintained a simmer home at Lee. Telegrams di rected to her have not been delivered. Articles that Smith carried when In . New York have been received at Lee but they contained no clue to the woman's Identity. The only thing they did was to strengthen the be lief that she was an old acquaintance of hit. In his efforts to obtain the papers known to have been in his father's missing waistcoat. Augustus Smith had a man to go to New York and esnvey the information that if the papers and keys were returned no questions would be rked. The pa pers were valuable onlv to the family, No request was made tor the dead man s watch and money. In reply an express package came addressed to the Smith Paper com pany, n contained the waist coat, ""is, papers, money and watch, There was no mark to show who had snipped it from New York. -The address was printed In Ink. , , However, thn Kmllh fumllv la tnnk no effort to learn the woman's Wentlty, in fact, does not desire to now who she is. Members admitted that, from a description, they suppos- wi sue was the woman referred to requently since the death who "for merly lived In Lee. COMMANDER PEARY TO RWE1VK MEDAL IX LONDON wmdon. May I. Commander Peary fam here today to receive a gold wdal from the Royal Geographical 'y. and to dlelver a lecture on In. ,north pole tr,I- The "Plorer u in Europe several weeks. ' THE WEATHER. . . . ,nvuie and vicinity: Fair ... V Tu1ay partly cloudy with cnani-s In temperature. r worth Carolina: Fair tonliiht lueniay fair In saatem, pHrtly cloudy portion. light to moderat mostly south to southwest. , M'rr Forecast: Temperature, Trust Case Decisions By the Supreme Court Ouster Decree Against Standard Oil in Tennessee Affirmed ; Lumber Injunction from Mississippi Affirmed -s ' Heike Must Stand Trial. ' It It it Washington, . May 2. No It It decision by the Supreme court' K t of the United States ' Is an- It P. nounced today In the corporn K tt ttan tax cases. The court took H It a recess until May 16. V- It It - .-....:.. it tKKKKItltKltltitl'.ktKftltKIt Washington, May 2. The decree of the Tennessee Supreme court ousting the Standard Oil company of, Ken tucky from doing business In Tennes see is affirmed by the United States Supreme court By affirming the Mississippi ' Su preme court s decision, the United States Supreme court makes perma Snow, Haih Rairi and Wind Work Havoc A Town of 400 Inhabitants Reported to Have Been Destroy edTelephone and Telegraph Service Demoral y feed Five States in Storm Path. ' tatatttatattKktttttKetaeeat It - - . ? R - Topek. Kas.. May 2. Ply- It t i mouth, a town of 400 people, It It Is reported to have been dc- It sf strayed by t'a, tornado ' last. It It night. All telegraph and tele- . It t phone wires are out of coin- It It mission, and particulars hax e It It not been obtained. It It tttttttttttttttKtK ' Telegraph Line Suffer. : , , ; Chicago. May'?, TriegTaph ' wires PACKERS ARE INDICTED FOfl RESTRANT OF TRADE Aliened to Have Sold Meats Below Cost '.' in Savannah to Injure An other Concern. - :, Sayannah, May. I. The grand Jury of the United States court Sat urady afternoon returned Indictments against ScwarscHild, Sulzberger Co., Swift & Co., The Armour Pack ing company and Nelson Morris com pany, as corporations and against the following Individuals: Emmett B. Adams, local agent for Swift & Co., William D. Cooper, agent for Armour Packing company, ana Fred JI. Bull, Jr., agent, for JCelson Morris ft Co. There are two counts In the In, dlctment. one charging that the cor, uoration sold meat at less than cost. for the purpose of putting tne oouin Atlantic Packing company of Savan nah out of business and the other that the local aaents entered into a combination to arbitrarily to fix the price of beef, eliminating competition. The aaents Indicted have not been In the employ of the packing houses for more than a year. EBPS CHEER l'ESTOil AS HE WALKS till Pedestrian Finishes His Record-Break- ing Tramp from Pacific to Atlantic tlcean. New York, May J. Edward Fayson Weston's record-breaking walk across the continent h virtually at an end. At 8.55 this morning he set foot on Manhattan IkIhikI. Cheered by thou sands of perw.nB, h walked down Hroadway on the last few miles of his Journey. , Two mount, i policemen TiMiu beside him from Y.".ker I'm the UiaH part of the walk Mr. ton w escorted by comnaoy U, Heventh regiment. On tlrf 1,8)4 Jji. Yonkers. K.. Y M-f Kefrexh ed from Huii.t .y rent, Iviwt.r.l 1'iiy .n V ti. "it ear old pfilcs- !i i, ,. ,.n I ! v In l.i.-t t nent an injunction aguinst future op eration of thw 'Retail Lumber. Deal ers Association of .' Mississippi. ; and Louisiana" as- being in restraint of 'rada. ; - . ' , Charles R. Helke, former secretary of the American Sugar company, will be compelled to-tnd trial on an-indictment for : conspiracy to defraud the government out of sugar customs, the. Supreme court decides. s ' v "Another, Ffpht' for- Morse. Another fight -for -the freedom ot Charles W.. Morse, the New York "Ice king," serving a 15 years' sentence in the federal penitentiary at Atlanta, was begun today in the Supreme court when Martin W. Littleton risk ed leave to file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. in the West over a wldo-area, extending from Denver to Cleveland, la., 'and .from St. Paul tp the Ohio' river are report ed, in serious condition as a result pf rains,-high wind and enowj .f Fruit ami Crops Damaged. Kansas City, May 2. Last night's heavy rains and hailstorm, general In Missouri,'. Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa and Nebraska, demoralized telegraph and telephone 'service,' and ' caused dumage to fruit and growing crops. WOULD ASK PRESIDENT TO FURNISH INFORMATION ' .e r Resolution Introduced by Harrison to Get Facts as to Summary of Clavis Charges. Washington, May 2. llepresenta' tive Harlson, democrat, of New York today Introduced In the house a reso lution calling upon the -president to furnish the house Information bear' Ing upon the preparation by the at' torney general of a summary of the Olavis charges, which the Balllnger Pinchot Investigation committee, re fused to request from Mr. Wicker sham. - To Create Bureau of Mines. - , The senate today amended and passed the bill creating a bureau of mines In the interior department. The bureau's chief object will be In vestlgatlon of the causes if mine ex plosions EEE"I!I B!!iH HOLDS ' : TD AEOMIH,! Contends That Former Sultan Is not in Position to Maki Voluntary Demand for IL fterlln, May 8. The provtneal court of Berlin has frustrated efforts of the Turkish government to secure posses, sion of f 3.000,000 deposited with the Imperial Hank of Germany by the former sultan, Abdul Hamld. The bank contends that the former sultan, being a prisoner. Is not In po sltlon to give a voluntary order for the disposition of the money. PWITECTED nY POMCEMEV 1IIOM KTIUKIMJ IIODCAIUUEIU Ilrli-k C'iMilractors of IU' liimmil tee cure Their Non-l'nlon Workora AgaiiiNt Annojamv, , Ilfchmond, ' May I. Tlek con tractors this morning asked for po lice protection a Kill nut the annoy nine of th.'ir non-union .hod-carriers l,y ii n ton im n who struck Saturday. I', V , r .!iii-,-, t I making 1 -i'r ( L i ' Jri v I ' r . ' " 1 -f ' v ' v ' r s . ; if ,,r ' ' - ) . ; i. 1 ' ; . " ! -" '-'' ' r 1 - ' ; . 1 , 1 " " - , I ' ; h ' ' . li . .11 DiANp MBS. 6.C.,HYPB. ENTERING-CRIMINAL. COURT, Kansas City, ay. 2. Frank Ti the trial of Dr. 11. t. Hyde for the "murder of Col. Swope. Dr. Hektoen Is the testimony very damaging to the defendant. ; The progress of the cross-examination. is slow, and there are many wrangles between counsel and the witness. .. . -: HIS PROGRAM TO ; BE STREHUOUS President Taft in the Smoky City, Where He Will Sit With the Fans at , at I Ball Came. Pittsburg,' May 8. President ; Taft today faced a strenuous program. He first delivered a speech at-tho Found er's day celebration of the Carnegie Institute, ' later visiting . the Forbes1 Hold, witnessing .the pitlxbura- and Chicago National league teams play baseball. The feKifWtie conchiile .to night with a banquet at the Ameri can club. 0 Will Sit With Faus. ; The ball game today was especially arranged so the, president could at tend when It was learned that he would be here lor the .Carnegie found ers' day celebratioiii;.-.. Forbes Held has never seen a more elaborate ar rangement for the comfort of his party.; a section has been arranged In ho midst of the fans, when the pres ident declares he likes to sit It was on last Memorial day. May. 30, that the president saw the same teams play in Pittsburg. Tho old exposition park was the scene ot the battle. At that time -Secretary of Stater P.. Knox. Chaa. 1 P. Taft, the president's brother, and President Arthur Hart ley, of Yale, university, were with the president at the game. The president discusHed the ap pointment of Governor ' Charles b. Hughes to the bench f the Supreme coWt of the United .States and ex pressed his satlxfaction and pleasure In the acceptance of his choice. The manner In which bis tribute to the governor was received as well as his reply to criticisms of the possible atti tude of the governor on the Income tax bill at the reception of the re publican business men In Buffalo was source of especial gratllication. tit Buffalo. Buffalo, N. Y., May 2. President Taft and Secretary of State "Knox 6M guests of the Buffalo "Ad" club at luncheon Saturday made1 two lime Impromptu speeches which won them enthusiastic plaudits. The president and Secretary KnuK breakfasted at the home of Ansley Wilcox, after which President Taft spent two hours at hard work In the library of the Wilcox home work where In 1901 Theodore Roosevelt took the oath of office -as president of the United States., following the death of Presl, dent McKlnley a few blocks away. Ho Broke PrcocoVnt. ' Mr. Taft broke a precedent by al lowing himself to be Quoted at an In terview with reporters. He asked his Interviewers to keep away' from pol itick but they plunged Into ths New York situation and the appointment of Governor Hughes lo tho supreme court bench. . ... . ? I saw Governor Hughe,! 4lie pres hlent said, "before he was-nominated and we went over tho question of his running again for governor. I urged him to do so, but he gave me many reasons whv he could not. When man like Hughes makes up his mind. Its not done without caroful constd eratinn and Its usually made up for good." As to the Income tax the president said: "My views on that subject have not changed in any way. 1 am deel dedly In favor of giving the govern ment the rlrht to levy such a lax In times of iiecenlly." - At the Ail club luncheon the presi dent was presented with a gold foun tain pen which enahlud him to say to Democratic Notional Chairman, K, Mack and W ' J. Conners thut If their expectation of a ueniocrutle congress were realized he might have to use the pen more frequcntl- to explain whv he didn't sign than In hIkhiii bills. "lint," he a.Meil, 'I h.x.p at leu that I shHll h ive the i t u i . -a of u. Intf It In fu;mnK thoM.' .m'ifHlir have I. .'I'll rl.b-l flr i. t" V.ut n.i.i v t. v ... ,. ,. i if v, . , Slow Progress in Walsh' today' resumed the cross-examination1 of Dr. Ludwlg Hektoen in WOMAN IS KILLED BY fiflJXPLOSIOJl Enemies, It Is Believed, Put Stick of , Dynamite in Stove of Mrs. :" - Friedmann. Philadelphia, May 2. Mrs. Votta Friedmann," 70 years 'old, was killed today, by an explosion of dynamite in arrange of her-home" on South Ran dolph street. Several other pemons were badly Injured and the houxe was baBIyVITamaKed.'--. " V. ; It Is believed the . explosive was placed In the fuel by enemies. MM.taMtaalM!a1tot WlROQRAPtiSl Late Afternoon News 8 lories tu 9 Condenaed form of World' ' X i tug and Little Evenu. ' lllilslM)lslM1t)lX1a1a1ilil)IM The Annie F. Kimball Floated. Southport, N. C. May 2. The schooner, Annie K. Kimball, Baltimore for Wilmington,, ashore since' Satur day" nlght'off ' Cape Pear bar, was floated without assistance and put In here today. The. extent of the dam age is not known." for Study of Tubennlottl. Washington, May 2, .The National Association for the Study and Preven tion of Tuberculosis began a two days' siSHlon today with hundreds of dele gates attending from all parts or (he country." rtiarnuu4Kta Gather In Rldimoiul. Richmond. May 2. Pharmacists from "all over the United States, Can- n,in Cuba and other countries are fathering for the annual convention of the American Pharmaceutical as sociation tomorrow. -. Three Thousand Go oil Strike. Providence, R. I., May 2. Three thousand worklngmen laid down their tools today, answering May day strike call. Various trade branches are crippled. The Aurora Sighted. , St. Johns. N. V.. . May 2. The steamer Aurora, which was reported missing with a crew of 181 men, was lirhted yesterday by the steamer Diana. Some Cars Running In Columbus. Colurfibus, O.. May 2. The strike situation here Is at a standstill. Some street cars are under police protec thin. . ' Ih Sent lo Prison.' , Hong Kong, May 2. The Japanese spy caught sketching ithe harbor fort has been sentenced to Imprison ment. ROOfiEV ELTS GIVEN A PALACE WHILE VISITING COPENHAGEN They Arrive at DimiIkIi Capital and . Arc Welcomed ny trowii IrliH Christian. Copenhagen, May 2. Theodore Itoosevelt an.l party arrived at the Danish capital this afternoon .from the Netherlands. Mr. Roosevelt was welcomed by Crown Prince Christian and escorted to the Christian - VII. lutliice. which has been assigned to the Hoosovelts during their stay. RATE It E A DJVKTM EXT. AnVilIng Hallway Ik-twn-n MImiIn, slpil ami Ailanllo Kuld to Bo I'ndcr l'reparallon. New York. April !. A rate re-nd-liiHlmcnt, stToctlns: the railroads be- lwr.ii the MiwilnHlppI ftiver an.l At :ui; h' S nh,.ri. Ih uni.''nloo.l to llf Hy de Trial OUILDING? KANSAS CITY, MO. pathological expert who has riven The Issue Today Is Between ''Defend ;. v ers" and "Amenders" of Constitution. Mtnitgomcry, Ma"y . Democrats of Alabama In a primary election today are nominating a stato ticket and members of tire legislature, one Unit ed states senator and nine congress. men. Nominations are equivalent to election.- One congressman only has opposition. ; In. the fifth district Mr. Heltirrls opposed by A. J. Driver, pro bate Jude . of Chambers, the home county of .Mr. Heflin. Senator Bank- head is opposed by John B. Knox of Annlston and Frank S. White of Bir mingham. Both are lawyers and both were membors er ' last national con. stltutionul 'convention' over which Mr. Knox presided. . Weathor conditions are ideal for the primary. I rated Contest lor Governor. The contest for governor has been heated 'between Emmett "O'Nell' of Florence and II. S. D. Mallory of Sel ma. Both , are lawyers.' The issue Is tho constitutional amendment for pro hibition, which was defeated ' in an election last November, by 27,000 majority.,- Mr. Mallory led the fight for the amendment and Mr. O'Ncljl waa mi: leitutr ui mv upposiiiuii. - Mr. Mallory stands for the present prohibition laws while O'Nell Is a lo cal opuonist - It Is contended that while the prohibition amendment was deleateil by 27.000 majority, this was accomplished In. a general election where party lines were not drawn. It Is argued that thousands ot demo crats have been able to qualify alnce the amendment election and that their votes will more than offset the votes cast In the amendment election by re publicans and prohibitionists. Due to these conditions, the contest is popularly regnrded as one between the extreme prohibitionists and those who favor modification of the prohi bition laws. . Judges to Bo Named. A chief Justice and two associate Justices ot tri9 Supreme court are to he nominated. ; Chief Justice J. R. Dowdull la oposed by Judge C. C. Nesmith, a young lawyer of Birming ham. The candidates for lieutenant governor are E. P. Thomas, of Eu tula, and Walter D. Seed, of Tusca loosa, the present state treasurer. The campaign has been bitter with ths lines sharply drawn. The terms amendors" and "defenders" Of the constitution which has had such widt colloquial use lu the November elec tion have figured In this campaign and both factions, have candidates for an (.trices. Other offices to be filled are those of attorney general, socortary of state, two railroad commissioners, delegates Ic tho state convention which meets her May 17, state senators and rep- rmieutiitives and many. county tickets, Mallory leaders estimate the state's vote at 110,000 and O'Nell leaders at 129.000' to 140.000... , . 'The result ot the leading race, that for governor, promises to be received with Interest unexampled in Alabama. Tho 'result v Is expected to dt finitely set at rest the prohibition . Isfcue; IICGIIES NOMINATION Tim Konatct Judiciary Commlttc Ha . lHx-lnVd to lloxrt It Favorably. WuxhlnKtou, May 2. The Senate Judiciary committee has decided to report favorably tho nomination of Charles K. HuKhes to be associate justice ,of the United States Supreme court. . . , QUARTERLY DIVIDEND Ono one! One-Half piT Cent, Declared by Dlrwtors of Pennsyl vania Knll.var. I'hllii.l-lphla, May 2. The fori of Ih" PAnii'ivlvt.nla r d I rec ALABAMA PRIMARY FEATURES LIQUOR ARRIVE IN CITY; Number of Delegates to the Great - , General Conference of M." : . E. Church, South, Are i ; Already Here. EIGHT OF THE BISHOPS ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND Bishop Wilson, It Is ThouQht, Will Touch Upon Some Matters of : Moment to Whole Con- $ vention Body. - The dclegatos to' the 10th annual " general conference of 'the Methodist 5 ' V Episcopal church, gouth, have begun.: . .. lo arrive in the city, and before mldi '.." ::' '. night tomorrow night it Is expectext' " that most of tho Sio accredited dele-i " '''' gates will be' here preparatory to the ." opening of the sessions of tho su- . '. preme legislative body of the church .. W Wednesday morning promptly at 8 ' o'clock. It la certain thut seven of , v the eight bishops will, be here. It Is -( hardly thought probable that Bishop Oscar P. Fitzgerald of Nashville will be ablo to attend, as he is in feeblo ' health. r-The bishops who will attend 1 are Alphous W. Wilson of Baltimore, who, as senior bishop, will open the session of the conference and will de liver the Gplscopul address, oorres- -ponding to trjo president's annual ad dress to congress; Eugene R. Hen dricks of Kansas City, Joseph S. Key f of Sherman, Tex., Warren A. Candler 1 of Atlanta, Henry C. Morrison of ' Lcesburg, Flu., Elijah E. Hoss of Nosh vllles, and James Atkins of Waynes- -villo. . iTom thei Far Welv , " Many of the delegates from the fur . '.; .. west and southwest aro already on . their way towards the, f'Land of. the ' Hky." coming on special trains and . special Pnllman' 'From the gateway of St. Louis the Southern railway has Information that three, .extra Pull- : .r . mans wilt be handled for AshavtHe: while, thai.' "Texas-Tar- Heel special," " ' bearing the delegates of the five Texas v conferences, is due to arrive here at " 5 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. The j address of Bishop Wilson. 4 wlilclt la concurred . Ju by th other, m bishops, will bP awaited wlfh Hrteresl, as It Is expected to, touch upon somo ' of the ' points of great Interest that , ; wlU-como up for discussion and final action atvthls session. Among tho ', things that have been, greatly discuss ed in the Christian Advocate . and other church papers Is the" propoal-, , . tlon to elect the presiding elders at the annual conferences instead of the present system of having them ap pointed by the presiding Disnop; in . - abolition of the tlme-llmlt, which has ; .,. by many been regarded as a distin guishing feature of Methodist, pro hibiting the residence of any minister at on? place for a greater period than. four years; modification or tne epw copacyhaa received attention, while it la understood that many; or inn ladles' organisations will present petl- , tidns and memorials asaing vnai, inn women be given a voice equal to tho ( men In the management of the church affairs. ... '. As to lust what will come before ine conference for discussion . and , what various and sundry propositions will , tl die In the committee rooms Is uncer- , tain; for nothing can , come up on tho Ooor of the house for discussion with out a committee report . ;4 i The Election of Bisliops. . , Oreat Interest will naturally attach to the election of the Mshops an'i connectlonal officers such aa the sec retatlcs of the various boards. Th Interest In the conference Is centered towards- the last on account of tho elections which come as climax to the whole. - There are six vacant places In the bishopric, according to the present plan of organisation,' and it seems probable that at least six win be .elected. , . ' , i There are 44 conferences of ui.i Southern Methodist church. Including all of the southern states, and Call for- - . nltt, Oregon and Washington as well as two conferences In Mexico, one In jirar.il and one in China. ' An Important Body. . , A'; Never "perhaps in her hlatory, lias $ Ashevllle had the opportunity of t- ' tertainlng such an important and rep- j resentatlve body of men as will ho here during tho next three '.weeks. ' ' Besides numbering among Its dele- J1 gates, many of the leading miniater of the Methodist faith In the- south, the conference also has many of the j,' loading laymen ot the church aa dele- gates, there are -ex-govornnra, bank-V era, manufacturers, capitalists, . an I . prominent professional men. Tho entire expenses of the delegate: an 1 paid by the church, which has a ; fund set aside for General conference ( purposes. The various . delegations t have been grouped at the Battery, Park, Manor and Margo Terrace. Prominent among the fraternal d.d-', eate that Is delegates from other Methodist churches throughout the world are two; ex-Oovernor Hanley ; of Indiana, who represents the Meth- J odlt episcopal church, and Dr. John J 8. 8linons, ex-presldent of the Wes leyan Methodlat church of Kngland. l"toth of these gentlemon will addrcsv the conference and bear the greetlnK from their respective churches. A queMion which may receive s. rl ous consl.lerat Ion at this Hloti li thut of a propoKi'il union of tho M.'ih ...!-! I I . nr. h. a,...- h. ,'irxl l 14' V, V: e ""nnweiMwnrrt will f-,l o n.-.r "', T.I. .1,.V I - !;l I
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