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VOL. XV. - NO. 94.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 28, 1910!
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LORIMER GIVES THE LIE
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TO CH ARGES OF BRIBERY
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Telegraph Congress They'll Make
up That $5000 Defiency.
in Expenses of the
President
HIS WINTER NEIGHBORS
BECOME VERY INDIGNANT
Also Mortified A Meeting of the City's
Principal Organization Held
to Make Pro-
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oHTNGTONv May 28 Pro
test against uie action ui
..ertaln democratic members
' .An.roM in opposing an appropria
tion of $20,000 for the president
traveling expenses, covering the presl
' lust southern trip, and an oner
" to make up the deficiency, was tele
graphed to BpeaHer Cannon today by
the Augusta, Oa., chamber of com
merce and cotton exchange and the
Georgia-Carolina Fair association.
The telegram announced that at a
called meeting of the organizations
he fniinwlna memorial was ordered
sent the speaker, to be presented to
the house and President Taft:
"Augusta, the winter home of Pres
ident Taft, stands indignant and mor
tified at the action of certain demo
cratic members of congress defeating
Dy a technical objection of the propo
sition to make retroactive so- as to
cover all expenses of his last southern
trip, the appropriation of I2B.000 for
thi president's traveling expenses.
"At the Joint meeting of the cham
ber of commerce, Mercnanis, ana
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ASHiNGTON, Mny 28. Stren
uous denial of the charge
that he obtained his seat in
the United States senate through br'
bery was made before that body to
day by William Lorlmer of Illinois.
Soon after the assembling of the sen
ate Mr. Lorlmer arose to a question
of personal privilege and begnn to
speak. There was practically a full
attendance, and earnest attention was
J Illinois Kenntor riwa to a question 6f personal privilege and de J
dares he was Oie object of an attack by Uie Clili-ago Tribune, for 4
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Illinois Senator riww to a question 6f personal privilege and de
dares he was the object of an attack by Uie Cliicago Tribune, for
hnslnesa reaHoiis; ami denounces Medill McCormick as personally
roKpoiiKible. lie says White, ulio signed the article, is a vicious,
- perjured scomulrel.
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given him. Foremost In the senator's
answer to the charge stood his asser
tion that it had been formulated by
tlie Chicago Tribune to destroy a new
hanking association which Lorlmer
had organized.
" Concluding, lorlmer offered a res
olution calling for a senatorial Inves
tigation. Relating that the bribe was
said to be paid through Lee O'Neil
Browne, the democratic leader of the
Illinois house, Lorlmer defended
Browne , as entirely above participa
tion in such proceedings.
Denounces McCormick.
; Senator Lorimer then proceeded
with unmeasured words of bitter In
vective and epithet in an attack upon
Medill McCormick of the Tribune,
personally, lie detailed the Tribune's
publication of a story over the signa
ture of Charles A. White, a member
of the Illinois legislature, who lodged
the bribery charge. Lorimer asserted
that White did not write the story, as
claimed, but It was the "work of a
trained newspaper hand." It Is also
Manufacturers association. Cotton Ex. PHOTOGRAPHS OF KING EDWARD'S FUNERAL,
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HE accompanying pictures are- nrst to 'reach this . country depleting
1 'scenes at the funeral of "the late King Edward VII. In London, and it
niay.be interesting to know Just how the pictures wers secured. , A
soon as theploUires were taken they, were rushed by speolal messenger to
8otiMuunpton.and' tbert placed on board,,'tba,-Kronprinas .Wilhlm. The
New York Herald's dispatch boat Owlet steamed outside the New York
harbor and .met the 'steamer. s"V " - ,
The Owlet; bv special arrangementrlth Collector of Port of New York
Loeb. had Acting Deputy Collector Max Bimbo, Inspector John W. Jeffry ,
and Appraiser W.' McKenzle aboard, and through the courtesy of Dr.
Doty, health officer, the pictures were transferred, examined, appraised and
the duty paid" in' two minutes' time, the Owlet thence proceeded to the
Battery, whence the photographs were rushed to the train and put aboard
the fast mail for Ashevifle. v i' . - , - ,
phanee and Board of Trade and Geor
gia-Carolina Fair association held this
day, It was unanimously agreed that
w respectfully tender through you to
the government of the United States
the HdOO necessary to meet the de
ficiency of the president's reoent
transcontinental trip which did so
much to cement the) ties between the
AtttTnt (actions and bring the na
tion and the nation's chief executive
into closer touch and sympathy each
with the other."
. Hesnlutlon contains the signatures
of the presidents of the associations
named. Representatives Hardwlck
and Bartlett of Gieorgla denied the
telegram reflected on their action,
Theyatated that they took part In the
house debate only after Representa
tive Tawney had criticised southern
hospitality and charged that Taft was
forced to pay for board while in Geor
gia. They characterised the attack
upon southi-rn members In congress
and upon the hospitality of the south
at "unfair and unjust"
President Pleased.
When President Taft received the
telegram from Augusta It gave him
latk.nH,a,ue ,rnd ."SIT hl,m It Cauied the Death, to Physicians Say,
the kindly feeling for 'him In the I
of W. C. Baldwin of New
Yorit.
THE FIRST RECEIVED; HOW THEY GOT HERE
ICE CREAM SODA
IS RESPONSIBLE
south was not Impaired by the house
controversy over traveling expenses.
Augusta is the principal city in the
district of Representative Hardwlck,
one of (he congressmen who partlcl-
Will Pay His Own Expenses. . New York, May 28. ice cream soda
The president could pot ' possibly was responsible for the death of Wll-
accept the offer of the patriotic Oeor- Uam f. 'Baldwin, according to hospl-
glans. He Intends to pay, out of Ms pnyilcIans. Physicians say that
own pocket his traveling expenses for p ' . , . ,,,
the remainder of the fiscal year. drlnkingice cream soda Bald-
These will amount to U0Q0 or win developed ptomaine poisoning.
$8000 as the president proposes to
make all visits planned by him be
tween now and end of year. . , (If IVIirPMII I T hTMII T
m HU ILLL TLUN.L
MEMDBIAL DRY SERVICES rfiifvf thfyii
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Judge Pritchard this morning sign
ed an order confirming the recent
sale of the property of the Esson
Granite companies, located In Rowan
county, to Charles J. Haris. The price
oaid was 140.000. These properties
are regarded as very valuable, and it Exhibits Prepared by a Wholesale Or Was Discoverer of the Bacillus of Tu-
IB unueraiouu mm jur. xiuiiib hu-chui i i
ganization Place Blame on the berculosis and Cholera, and
IN NhTlONAL CEMETERIES
President Taft Will Review New York
Parade-But Few' Veterans Will
Be in Line.
Think They Have the Best Proposition
for Site , of the Proposed
Chautauqua.
' Oaiette-News Bureau,
The Bon Air,
Waynesvllle, May 28
ki- inni. f riianusalon by the
Richmond. May 21. Memorial dayl
.i.i .) u.nnuiilUi 1uat now Is of
- ... . civiaciw w
-ry,u on an eiaDoraie acaw wu. "-ith. nronosed Methodist cnatauqua,
neia Monday In tn national ceme-i b iocate(i n western
terles. at Beven Pines. Cold Harbor I , . At dlfferent times
and Petersburg. Petersburg women t) entlre chatauqua committee has
will pleace wreaths and nowers upon vllte(, tne pr0posed site two miles
Ihe monuments and markers of the (rQm here near tne station of Tuscola
Pennsylvania heavy artillery at Fort . ,h 4riOHs exDresslons from the
Monroe and Fort Bteadman. members have been very encouraging
vuuiruerat memorial exeroiee 1 10 tno waynesvllle people,
be held la the cemeteries here and I tnwn of waynesvllle through
throughout the state. . I - u. moat Dubllo spirited cltl
Parade In New York. gen, naB added many strong Induce
New York. May SI. The memorial menU to the original propoaltlen; and
day parade of grtssled war veterans (t u ciBimed that the grounds for
which President Taft will review wnlch options have been taken for
Monday will ahn a. "thin Una of .... are more available
Blue." nrohahlv mi mnra than 1500 ... thmr .In western North
soioiers wuj be In the line.
The parade will comprise it.000
marchers, all told.
' ' f , Id personal privilege and begnn to I J.M.
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4 '( v t .HJl'M , that White did not write the story, as
t4;.VI'..I 1 ar -r- t ST T n T ' li i l t,o norf ncuiumi rwr hnnrt." It IS also I
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GREAT BACTERIOLOGIST. IARGUMENT IS CONCLUDED
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THE RECENT SALE
CONFIRMED
J. Harris of Dillsboro Secures the
Property of the Esson Granite Com
panies, in Rowan County.
'TEBBIfIC ADVANCES"
IN COTTON FABRICS ROBERT KOCH, IS DEAD
Payne Tariff Bill.
Was 67 Years Old.
New' Tork, May 18. "dross and Baden, Baden, May 28. Prof.
to develop them on a large scale.
Judge Pritchard also made an. or
der allowing Judge W. P. Bynum, Jr.,
special master, 11500 for his services,
nd A. H. Price, counsel for tne re
ceiver, George 11. Collins, a like sum,
cd at a million dollars, was placed In I au.au tu u "" """"-
the hands of a receiver about nine I the result of the Paynes-Aldrlch tariff gist, died here yesterday afternoon
months ago upon complaint of thehaW ara shown by exhibits prepared I from a disease of the heart He was
National Trust company. Mr. Harris h wholesale dry roods orsrnnlza- born, at Klnusthal. Hanover. Decern
tlon. ber 11. 184 J.
It Is declared that among ten typl-1 Prof. Koch become distinguished
cal classes of popular, white goods. las an lnyestlgator of mlcro-organlams.
percentages of advance up to SO per but probably gained most renown as
cent. Increase are exposed In goods! the discoverer of the bacilli of tuber-
actually Imported since the law be-lculosls and cholera. It was In 1882
came effective. that Prof. Koch first announced his
discovery of the bacilli of tuberculosis.
Tho following year he was sent by
the German government to India and
BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
Attorneys Allowed 1 5 Days for Filing
Briefs Not Known When Re
port Will Be Made.
today paid In 125,000 cash as requir
ed by the terms of the sale.
STUART PAYS THE DUTY
AND TRUNKS ARE FREED
Did not, Declare Dutiable Stuff, not
Knowing of a Recent Ruling
of Department
IT
ALONG THE SAVANNAH
CONFLICT SEEMS INEVITABLE.
paratlons for War Bwwn Pom
nd I'xusdor Ai-e Beirut Bad- -Idly
PuhImxI Forward.
Washington, May II. Official dis
patches received at the state .depart
mni from Uma and Quito Indicate
"t warlike preparations between
Peru and F.rutirtor are being rapidly
pushed forwnrd.
A coiifli. t sikii.x inevitable, -r
Carolina. , ,.. i.
Part of this vast track of lands Is
the most fertle portion of Haywood
a,, mi,..-..-. v -- .... ,,, h.
WavnesVllle believes una
chosen. . .
Former Banker OeiM Five Yews.
- T.....K,,, May 18. Charles B. Mul
. . enahler of the Farmers
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ana m-i . . . ..,..
uiMunr.i Fa.. IS lOlinu u...j
of misapplying tno nana m iu....
nl.'iU'Kd to five years In me neiiuen-
tiry. , ...
New Tork, May IS. Henry C.
Stuart of Elk Oarden, Vs., a nephew
of General MJeb" Btuart, the Confed
erate leader, and candidate for con
gress on the democratio ticket, today
received his trunks, seised yesterday
on the arrival of the Btuart family
from Europe. - Btuart paid $1,490 to
get the trunks, that amount of duty
having been levied.
The goods eor-'tcd of gowns, a seal
skin sack, dresa goods, etc., Mrs. Btu
art had been abroad two years with
her daughter, maid and governess.
Btuart went to Tarls to bring them
back. That he fulled to declare tbs
dutiable goods was due to the fart
that he was not aware of a recent
ruling of the treasury department
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They Mke Atlantic City.
Aliunde City, Mny 28. The Pres.
hytiMinn general e-aembly has voted
to h.ilJ iu-xt year's meeting here.
Egypt to study cholera and he discov
ered the comma bacl'lus, the presence
of which Is regarded as an Infallible
test In diaanoslnK Asiatic cholera. It
was In 1800 at the meeting of the In
ternational medical congress that
Prof. Koch announced the discovery
Lf a merino for- tuberculosis, but
AugUStanS Come Promptly to the Relief while his announcement created much
sensation, me meim-ai pruiciun
Washington, May SS. Arguments
of counsel before the Balllnger-Pln-chot
Investigation committee were
concluded this afternoon.
Attorney Vertrea for Secretary Bal-
llnger concluded by discussing Bal-
nger's attitude toward the Cunning
ham claims In Alaska. He was fol
lowed by Attorneys Brandels and Pep
per for the "prosecution," who pre
sented half hour rebuttals.
Fifteen days will be allowed the
attorneys to file with the committee
any briefs desired. It Is not known
whether the committee will be ready
to present a report to the present ses
slon of congress.
of Their Distinguished Win
ter Citizen.
erallv did not accept It as a fact am
I subsequent experience did not fully
substantiate the claims of, Kocn in
this direction.
"PEACE FESTIVAL" FIGHT
General Fight Amongst Negroes near
Callmun, l.; Nine uikImi,
Three Fatally.
Augusta, Ga.. May St. At a meet
Ing of all Augustas commercial
bodies this morning, resolutions con
demning the action of certain demor
cratlc congressmen - opposing Presl
A,i Tmfi'm rAilat PAinirntncr travel
Ins sinenses was adopted. Monroe. IJ... May us. nepur vi
I 'oDlea of thn resolutions were sent I .v., wounding near Calhoun, la., oi
ti Preeldont Tnft and Speaker Can-l,ne nt.trot.at three of whom will die
have been received at the sheriff's of
nee. and deputlos have left for Cal
I noun.
In a "peace festival" last night tw
Knornfm nnened a revolver-dml an
the fight became general.
Army and Navy Baseball Game.
Annapolis, May 28. The West
Point cadets and midshipmen meet
this afternoon In the annual Inter-
wrvlte buiteball gains. .'
tSPEGtAL SESSION
is line of
Gasette-New Bureau.
Chamber of Commerce Rooms.
Hollemon Building,
. Raleigh. May 28.
The bids for the proposed tesue of
$1,430,000 North Carolina four per
cent, bonds were opened today
noon. There were 43 bids covering
tt, 195, 500, running from par to
above. No action has been taken yet
and the council of state Is In execu
tlve session discussing what to do.
Outstanding bonds are redeemable
July 1, next, and something must be
done to meet them. There la talk
of a special session of the leglilatur
a!no of borrowing on railroad stoc
I Action will be taken this afternou,
plain, Lorlmer continued, "that every
word was passed upon by a lawyer
before it was signed by that poor, low
creature. White, who does not hesi
tate to commit forgercy for a few dol
lars, and to whom perjury is no .
crime, who is a part of the lowest
forms of depravity, who to secure
money to satisfy the instinct for de
bauchery, sold what little was left of
his ntanhood cand became the pliant
tool of the Tribune in this timed and
malicious attack.
"When the truth Is known every
body will understand the publication
of the Tribune article signed by
White Is a part of a political conspir
acy to drive out of public life and to
ruin me, financially.
Ued by the Book.1, :
"When the Tribune said I had of- ,
fered or given money to any member
of the legislature,' or any money was
offered to any member of the legisla
ture for his vote for me, It lied and It
knew It lied, not one dollar was paid
a single member to vote for me." : ,
lorlmer confined himself closely to
his manuscript and commanded close
attention.
Senator Lorimer's resolution for an
investigation was referrod to the con
tingent expense committee. .
NO VOTE WAS REACHED
ON THEJAILROAD BILL
The Senate Will Hold no Session Mon- , s
day. and Bill Goes Over Until
Tuesday. ' 'j,;,;;,,:.;;:
Washington. May 28. The senate
will not hold a session Monday, owing
to the fact that It Is Memorial day.
Consideration of the .rail roadbill la
postponed until Tuesday.' ' ,
Near-adjournment apathy of; con.
gressmen was indicated; wnen m ,
house convened today, only nine con- ,
gressmen being present. Representa
tive Macon of Arkansas, 1 democrat,
raised the point of no quorum. "Count
the spectators in the galleries," sug
gested Stephens of Texas. - The call
of the house brought out sufficient
attendance to proceed with considera
tion of the sundry civil bill.
At the last moment before reaching
point of voting upon railroad bill the
.annm took the important step of ad
ding an amendment placing interstate
telegraph and telepnone lines uimr,
the supervision of Interstate com
merce commission. Tnis action wa
followed by an effort to restore a
portion of section 12, affecting mer
gers, which heretofore was voted out.
Uoth provisions were Introduced so
suddenly as to surprise the senate.
and the latter was consioerea wo im
portant that rather than vote upon It
without more consideration than It
was able to give, the senate took an
adjournment uiuu icmajr. .
Suggested: by senaior ..
Th. netmn or the senate on tele
graph and telephone companies In
sures their Inclusion In some form
in the proposed law as tne suDjeci
covered in the house bill. The sug
gestion for the Inclusion or leregrawi.
and telephone companies within the
control of the Interstate- commerce
waa made by Senator
ItDixon of Montana, but ultimately his
amendment was superseded ny one ...
simpler form which -was offered by
Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin.
The senate reached the -voting stage
at 4 o'clock after an animated de
bate which was carried on largely on
the democratio side . of the, chamber
and which dealt especially with the
question as to whether the Dortlver
amendment regulating the stock and
bond Issue of railroads was in ac
cordance with the last democratic
platform.
Much dlsappropauon againn ""'
upon the Dixon telegraph amendment
without an opportunity for examina
tion was expressed. While the dis
cussion and the voting were in prog
ress on the Dixon amendment uenaiur
LaFollette prepared an amendment
which waa In form so simple and di
rect that senators could nave no ou.
ficulty In comprehending It Mr.
Dixort Indicated a willingness w ac
cept the provision in place of Ms own.
and If went through without even a
division.
Manager Fox Suspended.
Pntumhu. Oa.. May 28. Following
complaints made to President Joiney
of the South Atlantic league vy ij--
plre Ebner that he had been imuiw
an dhls life threatened by Manager
Fo and Players Kretis ana tewia. ...
the Columbus team, Fex Is Indefinite
ly suspended. An Investigation of the
afflr will be maoe.
May Wheai Takes Another Drop.
Vheat Takes A
o. May S8. Mi
Ma xx May w
cllned an additional four cents today.
selling at 98 1-4 cents.
with $1.02 14 t the cose yesterday.
Wealthy Connection Man Dead.
NaugatnrkV Conn.; May $. John
IT. WhUtemre, a wl.lnly known m.-tnl
manufacturer, one of tha amies
wealthiest men, 1 '