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TH2 ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES VOL. XV. NO. 92. ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, AFTERNOON, MAY 26, 1910 So PER COPY BOOSTER BUNCH, RESIDENTS AND FRIENDS OF NEW ORLEANS, w Urging New Orleans as Logical Place for Panama Canal Ex- position to Be Held When It Is Finished. FOURTEEN CARLOADS; ; THE WHOLE LEGISLATURE Governor Sanders and Many Mayors, Presidents of Board of Trade, etc., in the Party. WASHINGTON, May 20. Four teen carloads of enthusiastic V " men, boosting New Orleans as the logical place for the exposition to celebrate the opening of the Panama canal In 1915, arrived today headed l,y Governor Sanders and the entire Louisiana legislature, which specially adjourned to come to the capital and nresent their clalms'to congress. Be sides the Louisiana legislators In the party are Mayor Beherman o. New Orleans, President Ellis of .the board of trade, President .Thompson of the cotton exchange. Mayor Welsh of Alexandria. Henry McCall, collector of customs, New Orleans. A Mobile delegation was headed by Mayor Lyons, an Atlanta delegation was headed by Asa O. Candler of the Atlanta chamber of commerce; Mayor Jordan of Jacksonville, Mayor Thompson of Chattanooga, President Patten of the Chattanooga chamber of commerce. Delegation from Vlcksburg, Miss., headed by Mayor Hayes and Mayor MacKae of Wilmington have Joined the party. Senators McEney and Foster and the Louisiana congressional delega tion met the special train. A hearing before the house committee on for eign a flu Irs occurred this morning. This afternoon Secretary of the Navy Meyer entertained the delega tw on board the V.' B. B. Dolphin. They vltltea Mount Vernon and plac ed wreath upon Washington's tomb. IS He Tells His Story of the Tragedy, Mak ing a Complete Denial of Guilt - . Ways Landing, N. J.. , May 26. Wlllium Seyler, charged - with the murder of Jane Adams on a piur at Atlantic City last February, was last night acquitted. The Jury was out a little more than five hours. The feature of the closing day of the trial was the testimony of the prisoner. His story was a complete denial of the charge of killing the girl. - As he was closing his argument, the defendant's two years old daughter, Bessie, ran to her father, crying, "I want to be with papa." Prosecutor Goldenburg was on his feet in an Instant objecting to what he said was an attempt to Influence tne jury Improperly. Judge Trenchard In his charge re viewed case from the moment that Jane and Alice Adams left their home In company with Orvls Beyler and later met William Beyler, who Joined them and walked with them to the pier. He told them that after listening to the testimony of- the Physicians on both sides regarding the wound on Jane Adams' head, that they must determine whether it had been Inflicted by a blow before or after death. - "The defendant Is corroborated In his narrative by the testimony of his brother Orvls; he Is also corroborated by Walter, the engineer of the hotel where he applied for work," stated the court ontlnulng Judge Trench ard said that It remained for the Jury to decide upon the credibility of the witness. , He Informed the Jurymen that a deliberate taking of life, no difference how short the time for de liberation, made It murder In the nrst degree. He tnld the tuivmen that he could recall no evidence to now mat the alleged crime was man laughter. He warned the Jury that reasonable doubt of the defendant's guilt entitled him to freedom. Court of Geodetic Survey Under Fire. Washington. May 16. Charges that the coast and geodetic survey charts have been whollv InefYicnt and that the survey has been guilty of gross extravagance and misappropriation of funds were made before the senate committee on commerce today. In "ligation by a sub-committee was ordered. . . Attorney General In Convention. St. Paul, May 26. Attorneys gen "hi ana the4r assistants from morn than half the states in the union are i. ending h fourth annuul conven- "n Of the National Association of attorneys C1hi,,th1, which opened at e stale capitol today. H U H K h R H II HI I UlW UIIUIVLIIU JIULni LU TUf DrPIII ATIRMC IIIL IILUULn I lUllU As Result Firm of Hutton and Company Is Suspended from New York ' Stock Exchange. ' New York, May 28. Announcement is made by the brokerage tlrm of E. F. Hutton & Co. that the firm had been suspended from the privileges of ihe New York stock exchange for one year, following the submission of charges that the firm was guilty of violating exdhange regulations re garding the sharing of commissions. WHEAT PRICES TUMBLE Huge Line of September Option Un loaded, and Private Settlement of a May Deal. Chlcngo, May 26. There were sen sational declines In the wheat market at today's session of the board of trade. Following private settlement of a May wheat "squeeze" that option de clined 6 5-8 cents from last night's prices. September declined 44 cents on the unloading of some 5,000,000 bushels. Patten Is reported to be a seller of the September option. S1111N ON TIL The State Has so far Failed to Connect J. C. Hunter With the KillingC3 ofhree Women. Savannah, May 26. At the trial of J. C. Hunter, charged with murdering his wife and Mrs. Amanda Gribble and her daughter, Mrs. Ohlander, Liz zie Grlbble, today Indentlfled John Coker, a negro under Indictment with Hunter, as the man she saw In the Hunter house yard the day of the murder. 4 So far the stute has failed to con nect Hunter directly with the murder. TOWNSEND-GERRY WEDDING OCCURS IN WASHINGTON DlHtlngiilshcd Company, Including Pmddent and Mrs. Taft and Mr. Sherman, Present. Washington, May 26. A distin guished company, representative of diplomatic, official and social life of the capital, witnessed this afternoon the marriage of Miss Mathilde Town send to Peter Qoelet Gerry of New York. President Taft, Mrs. Taft and Vice President Sherman, were among the guests. NOT TO MEET ROOSEVELT WHEN HE REACHES HOME Pretdtleut Taft Has an Engagement In Villa Nova, Pa the Eighteenth of Next Month.' Washington, May 26. President Taft will not attend the 'home com Ing celebration in honor of Theodore Roosevelt June 18. Mr. Taft that day will be at Villa Nova. Pa., to receive the doctor oi ..prudence from St. Charles coi lege. HORSE SELLS FOR $45,000; FORMER OWNER PURCHASER A. C. WUIreth, Who Bold Fits Herbert to K. K. Madden for $35,000, lias Bought Him Hack. New York, May 26. II. C. Hltdreth, who some time ago sola tne great horse. Fits Herbert, to H. E. Madden fnr 19K.O00. has re-purchased tne horse for 145,000, it is announced. TUB WEATHER Fnr Ashevllle and vicinity: Con tlnued fair weather tonight and Fri day, i For Nort Carolina: Fair tonight and Friday; moderate temperature. Lliiht north winds. Loan Broker Convicted of Fraud. Kansa- tty. Mo., May 26. Olecft Cult, a loan Broker of New York, was ronvlcted -In Federal court today of uulng the mulls to defraud. A Royal Hunter Visits New York Uncle' of Portugal's King Shoots nig nnil little Game and Likes Moving Picture Machine. - THE DUC DE MONTPENSIER. New York, May 23. Royalty at the wheel of a moving picture machine which was making photographs of the harbor as the Touraine, of the French steamship line, came up the bay greatly Interested the first-cabin pas sengers, who already had Identified the tall, distinguished looking young man so employed as the Due de Mont- pensler, uncle of the King of Portu gal, brother of the Due &' Orleans, grandson of Louis Philippe and him self an officer of the Spanish navy. The royal tourist, however, Is no stranger to New York, having made a visit here two years ago. Shooting everything from rhinoce ros and elephant down has taken Duke Ferdinand into many lands, but ho is growing fonder of sport with the camera than with the rifle, he said yesterday. Although his very large collection of luggage includes 20 cases of sporting arms, he seemed most in terested In the machine for making moving pictures which which he In tends to seek living dramas of the wild things of Canada and Mexico. !E PUIS 1,11 He Journeys from London, With Wife and Daughter, to Receive. Honorary Degree. Cambridge, Eng., May 26. Theo dore Roosevelt today received the honorary degree of doctor of laws from Cambridge university. The for mer president was accompanied from London by Mrs. Roosevelt and his daughter, Mrs. Nicholas Longworth. Mr. Roosevelt yesterduy received a deputation from the British group of the Inter-parllamentnry union. This was composed of Lord Werdl, T. P. O'Connor, Sir Edward Sassoon and Arthur H. Croslleld, M. P., who pre sented him an address setting forth the alms of the union and the hopes of the British group for universal peace. Mr. Roosevelt In reply expressed his sympathy with the cause repre sented by his visitors. He spoke briefly as his throat Is still bothering him somewhat and his voice Is not normal. - The Royal Society of Arts elected Mr. Roosevelt a life "member. The first American member of the society was Benjamin Franklin. Mr. Roose velt began the day by breakfasting with Sir Edward Grey, foreign secre tary. Then with R. J. Cunningham, Leslie A. Tarlton of Nairobi and Seth Bullock he proceeded to the zoo. Other visitors learning of Mr. Roose velt's presence soon gathered around, but kept at a respectful distance. Several big game hunters, whom the former president met In Africa, Joined him at Lieut. Colonel Lee's. A committee of the Hamilton club of Chicago, before which Mr. Roose velt will make an address In autumn next, paltl their respects and assured him of the great reception that await ed him In Chicago. Among his after noon callers were Lord Avebury, Rud- yard Kipling and several members of parliament. Mrs. Roosevelt call was made at the suggestion of her majes ty who, when she received Mr. Roose velt, expressed the hope that she might see the former president's wife. Mrs. Roosevelt remained for more than an hour at the palace, and the conversation between the two had a wide range. The queen mother was especially Interested in her visitor's description of the place occupied by women In the life of .the United States. 1 . imOCK-HOYDE INQUIRY. South Carolina Aiwlxtant Attorney UeiirraJ Takes Witness Stand In His Own Behalf. Columbia,. May 26. The Brock Roydo court of, Inquiry resumed tak ing testimony this morning with As sistant Adjutant General Brock on the stand. , He. explained alleged excessive en tries for hotePand carriage bills In hlr expense accounts by stating that in Instances where an entry reed "hotel bill" It in reality Included Incidental expenses. k' Philadelphia,' May 26. Tha general k'aaemhly 'i.! tho United Pr-.byterlan Church of North America Is holding US Dlty-iH'iond annual convention. If I IfJGS INVENT! But Spitzer, the Inventor of the Steal- ing Device, Says He Got Nothing for It. New York, May 26. Oliver Spitzer, former superintendent of the docks of the American , Sugar Refining com- puny in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, who recently was pardoned from the peni tentiary by President Taft, explained yesterday afternoon why he did not confess during the trial which ended last February with his being sentenced to two years at Atlanta. Such a con fession, he declared on the stand, "would have carried him to a ceme tery." In other words, he would have implicated . a diad man Henry O. Havmeyer,- late heud of the sugar trust. ' 1 Confessed for Conscience Sake. Spitzer was Under cross-examination by the defe.nse at the trial of Charles R. Helke, secretary-treasurer of the Amerlca'iuSugar Refining com pany whi, with five subordinates, Is charged' with conspiracy to defraud the government by uuderwelghlng sugar. . He gave his direct testimony tor the prosecution on Monday. He repeated that he had made his con fession not with : the hope of pardon but to ease his conscience, and added that after his conviction his attorneys, now appearing for several of the de fendants, had urged him to tell all he knew. "What did you say when advised to confess?" asked Clarence Lexow for the defense. "Into a Cemetery." "I said the only confession I can make will carry me Into a cemetery, and Mr. Stlnnon, the government pros ecutor, doesn't want that" "You are referring to Henry O. Havmeyer?" asked the lawyer. "Yes, t am," answered Spitzer. , This closed the court Indictment,! but Spitzer talked more freely after leaving the stand. He said ho had met with H. O. Havmeyer two or three times, and that Ernest W. Ger bracht, former refinery superinten dent, another of the defendants, had made his reports direct to Mr. Hav meyer. The frauds, he Insisted, had begun this time.,, although he work ed on the dochi ,1 years. He ad mitted that tho steel springs used to manipulate 'the scales on the docks were his Invention. - What He Sees in Mirror. "Why did you not tell the truth In the first place?" he was asked. Every time I look Into the mirror I see a damn fool," was the. answer. I was a fool not to do it, but I was ashamed to let anyone know that I did these things. My credit was good; could get anything and I did. not want people to know that I was fool enough to do these things for nothing. I got nothing out of it "Another reason why I committed perjury was because I thought noth- ng could happen to the sugar trust. We all thought the trust was so strong that the government could do nothing with It" Aside from Spitzer's confession, the government attaches most importance In Its cause to the testimony given by Miss Viola C. Mertens, stenographer employed by the sugar company. She said that she made three copies of the so-called technical statements con cerning sugar weights which have dis appeared, and that ont copy went to Helke and another to Zebracht The government has eight or ten witnesses who, it is said, will confirm her state ment and attempt to prove that Helke received these statements. TROOPS HBREST MINERS, AT DURHAM, EL Soldiers Ordered There on Reports of Disorder All Quiet on Their Arrival. Durham, Oa., May 26. The Lin dale Rifles arrived here this morning and a detail was left on guard around the offices and commissary while Lieut Marshall took the majority of his men to the mines. The soldier wera ordered out by Governor Browne on reports of trouble at the mjnes. - All Italian miners were arrested by the soldiers under orders of Captain Meikleham of Lindale, who assumed charge of the military on his arrival. There waa no disorder while the ar rests were made. JEWISH FAMILIES' EXODUS FROM KIEV BEGUN TODAY The Exphttlon of Many ProstTlbed Families: Is Attended with Har rowing Sights. St. Petersburg, May St. The en forced exodus of Jewish families from Kiev has begun. The total dopsrt urea already has been 100 proscribed families. . The expulsion waa attended with harrowing sights. Earthquake Felt Iri Kwltserland. Berne, Bwltsorland, May IS. An earth shock was felt throughout ttwtt xerland this morning. Household fur niture lt some Instances was over- FRENCH WOMEN'S AERO CLUB HOLDS ITS FIRST SPRING FETE i j -; i- - :j , V f7 iji -; v SLSsaor. mok? a xs'-rlsnc arwnsi w Paris, May 18. The first of the spring fetes organized by the women's aero club, the Stella, suffered some what from the weather, which, how ever, Improved sufficiently to allow the event to take place. The Aero club enclosure at Saint Cloud was thronged all the afternoon, the com pany being received by Mine. Surcouf, president of the Stella club, assisted by the stewards and the committee. Souvenir fans were given to the wom en and toy balloons und aeroplanes to the children. Among those present were Henri Twenty-Three Drowned In a Submarine Vessel London, May 2G. A tele gram received at the Admiral ty says a French submarine was rammed and sunk in the English channel ly a mail boat runniug between Calais and Dover, atid all aboard were irowned. The foundred submarine's name wns-'the Pluviose. Her crew numbered 23, and all Aged Bishop Flies up Dayton, 0., May 26. Orville Wright .made five flights yes terday afternoon, once reach ing an altitude of 2700 feet. For the first time in his 87 plcFciFraiEii DISMISSED BY MAYOR Charged With Gross Immorality, Drunk enness and Disobedience Will Fight It Out Cleveland, (f., May 2fi. Chief of Police Trcdeiick Kohler, known throughout the country as the "Gol den Rule chief," and lauded by Pres ident itnosevelt as the best chief of police In the country, was suspended yesterduy by Mayor Baehr on charges of gross immorality, habitual drun kenness and disobedience of orders. The tentative date of Tuesday had been set for Chief Kohler's trial by the civil service commission, and statements by Kohler and his accus ers point to the development of sen satlonal testimony which may In volve many of the city's prominent men. Mr. Kohler has Intimated that he Intends to fight the charges against him to a finish, and that if he la dls graced he will not be the only ons to fall. Among the charges brought against Kohler Is one that during the seven years which he has been at the head of the police department he has utllUed the detective force for the collection of facta concerning prominent officials and others to be used In the event that he was allaca ed. The present charges are the culmi nation of a long series of attacks on the nolle chief. "These charges are the woric ot the same crowd of character snatch ers, grave robbers and blackmailers who have been alter me lor years, exclaimed Kohler. Chief Kohler Joined the police force aa a patrolman 14 years ago. Disastrous Mine Explosion. El Paso, Tex, May 2-One man was killed and several were Injured aa the result of an explosion at Dol ores mine In Chihuahua, Mexico. The explosion started a lire which destroy ed 100 houiiei rendering 500 pcrooits homeless. . . . ' NicgQ. bumot jt tmbj w n intuit Deutsch (De la Meurthe), Comtc De Vaulx M. and Mme. Jacques Polia koff, De Sayignac, Besancon, Gerge ron, Andre P. de Saint-Gillcs and Mme. Blcriot. While awaiting the start of the six balloons in tho competition for cups offered by Mme. Jacques de Pollakoff the tea room in the club house was the popular rendexous. A thunder storm, with rain and hail, delayed the start, and the rain and hail, delayed the start, and the first balloon, the Wpcred (600 cubic metres) did not get away until 40 minutes after the time fixed 4 o'clock. were lost. The submarine was sunk by the ferryboat Pas De Calais, two miles northwest of Calais, The Pluviose sank in 100 feet of water. The crew had no chance for escape as their craft plunged to the bottom in the moment of collision. The submarine's length was 1G0 feet and her displacement H!)8 tons. Wright With His Son years Bishop Milton Wright, the father of the aviators, Wil bur and Orville, left earth yesterday with Orville in a six minutes flight, going 1500 feet into the air. MISS MARY HARR1MAN Extreme Simplicity Marks Marriage of Daughter of the Late Railway Magnate. New York, May 26. In the quiet little Episcopal church at Arden Miss Mary Harriman, daughter of the lute Edward It. Harrlm-n, was married today to Charles Cnry Rumsey of Buffalo, the sculptor. Extreme simplicity marked tne ceremony because of the recent death of the brides' father, who lies burled In the grave yard beside the church. OPENSJNEXt THURSDAY Hearings Will Be Behind Closed Doors Case Is Sequel to a Sensa tional Suicide. Manila, .May 1(1. The courtmartlal of Lieutenant Colonel Robert F. Ames of the Twelfth Infantry opens Thura day next behind closed doors. The courtmartlal is a sequel to the sensation created when ' Lieutenant Janney killed himself, following quarrel during a dinner at the Ames home. 'MVHITE SLAV EH" SENTENCED. Ilolle Moorr, Negreea, Ret Not More Than live Nor licm Tlun Two and a Half Ymrs. New York. May 26. Pelle Moore, neRmra convicted In the "white slave' trial for placing two girl for Immnra purposes. Is sentenced tn Auburn prison for not le lhan two and half years nor more than five jeais. ISSENTIOHS OVER POLITICS Prohibitionist Gets Northern Gen eral Assenbly into Disorder Which Continues for Hours. NEW YORK HERESY CASE WAS ARGUED AT LENGTH Both Yesterday and Today Liquor Quest ion Came up and Animat ed Discus- sion. Atlantic City, May 2G. The general assembly of the Presbyterian' church was today torn with dissension over the effects of Homer Castle, the recent prohibition nominee for governor In Pennsylvania, to force the convention to adopt a resolution declaring Itself politically against the liquor traffic, amid hours o disorder. The assem bly finally passed a resolution elimi nating political reference. The Judicial committee of the gen eral aHxembly yesterday afternoon completed the hearing of the commit tee of ni in Intern In the New York York prf xbytery heresy case. The minititers heard were the Rev erends John Fox, Frederick Shearer and Walter D. Buchanan of New York, representing the minority of the New York presbytery, who are ap- . pealing to the assembly against the action of the presbytery of New York city in licensing Steen, Black and Fitch, students of Union theological seminary after they had admitted that they did not believe In the Immaculate conception, the raising of Lazarus mini the tomb and certain other Bib lical miracles. They also are appeal ing again t the action of the synod of. New York state In sanctioning the licensing of the students after the minority of the presbytery hud tiled a protest against such action with that body. The synod is represented by Revs. Bonner, Uuiley, and" I'lorbes. Thev up- ld the licensing of the students. Or. Buchanan was the lirst speaker. He said the students had failed to affirm their belief in the virgin birth f Chriiu.and asked If the church was to submit to doctrines that were con- trary to Its teachings. He contended that the belief of th? young men was ngnostic. Dr. Fox said the trouble Is that the young men have no Bible and added that their minds may have been twisted by the teachings of "Hleh Bible philosophy." During the afternoon session a res olution touching upon the temperance uestlon was Introduced by Homer U Castle of Pittsburg. ; The Rev. D. H. Sharp of Red Bluff. California, said while discussintr the resolution: '1 know some excellent Presbvte- rlan ministers and laymen who drink wine and they are as good as we are." There was a chorus of "No. no." from the commissioners followed by ' hissing. Well, any way," Dr. 8hurp said, they would not hiss a man who has courage enough to stand in the opmi no give his opinions. The Rev. J. W. McOowan of Mon tana, asked what were the limitations f sales of books by the book stores onductcd by tho church. He con- luded by saying: "I would rather teach my box- If I had one, to drink beer, or .whiskey huti let him read some of the books sold." The assembly voted down a plau for that body to hold meetings every two or three years. 75 PER CENT. IDST TD hat Proportion of Boy Sunday School Pupils Do not Join Church, It H Asserted. Washington. May li. Seventy-five per cent, of nil the boys over 1J In the Protestant Sunday schooli of the I'nited States are lost to the church and never make professions of faith. Such a statement, spoken by Eugene C. Foster of Detroit. In one of the workers' conferences which followed the World's Sunday School convention, astonished Sunday school workers from all parts of the earth. "That la the most astounding state ment I have heard In this country," exclaimed an English delegate who said he was a Sunday school worker In Haverhill, Suffolk. "There must be some mistake and something wrong with the system which permits It. In ICngland we do not lose mort than three per cent." "I have made that calculation after study, observation and experience," replied Mr. Foster. Practical! all the delegates In the meeting agreed with him. ,. Town I'lTM'tlcnlljr Detntroyed. Ft. Smith, May 2d. Practically the entire blness portion of Wisicr. Okla , Is destroyed by fire. Twenly eiaht husitvsh lioo' were (nittinl. 'tUM)lltf U 1"M C-llHi.O'i! itl $1 M),OlO,
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