North Carolina Newspapers

" . . . " - :..v...v.;.,,. .. A A THB AKOCIATSD DISPATCHES LAST EDITION - 4:00 P. IX. : Weather Torecast: : Portly Cloudy. mm VOL. XV. NO. 182. ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 8, 1910. 3c PER COPY. A ish Aviator Is the Star COTTON Gill : KECUTIi'S Of the Meeting Near Bosto, REFCRT IS ISSUED ii p!,!MITII OIVEO 13,000,000; Engl mm t - Quorum or no Quorum ? Did the Co mmittee Off icially Throw Bal - inger Down Stairs, or Did f it Refuse to Do so ? FIVE OUT OF THE TWELVE COMMITTEEMEN ARE PLACED Republicans Say That Quorum Was Broken up, Democrat! Main tain Action Wat Regular. Sensational Evidence Heard In the Bank ruptcy Case of Steele, Miller & Co, ol Corinth, Miss. WHAT BECAME Of THE MONEY WHAT NONE SEEMS TO KNOW The Books and Evidence Fall Entire ly to Show Wliere Any Part of the Loot Went to. . Jackson, Miss., Sept. 8. Sensational evidence relative to the alleged fraud ulent methods of the defunct Steele. Miller ft Co., cotton factors, at Cor inth, Miss., developed during the tak ing of depositions In the United States vaum upn-y in u 11 nere loouy. r igures spun or aviation remain here to wl- expert accountant ne8s the erlej of flights by foreign vinnwnnolla. Sept 8. Representa- ... nonhv of Michigan, one of the compiled by T... ...i., Bn member, of the Balllnger- Bmw n" liabilities of the ttrm ex . . , .i.i .mn,i ... ceeded more than three million dollar Finenoi ,,,, - nd thRt ,he worklng t.apta, dld no, rived today ana wni aiienu me ,xceed ten thousand dollars cutive session tomorrow. Representa-1 No effort has been made to ascertnh live Olmstead, another republican how far back the series of alleged , .k.n..( frM1" perpetrated upon European memoir is ,i gpinnera extended, by testimony has morrow. The presence or uenDy anaDe(.n gVen th8t the compnny entered nimstead will give the republicans the new cotton year, 1909, with a live votes on any action that may be ,hortne ot HMOO bales.1-Up to this taken, mere are .our un.-UK how wnere ftn . f ,n , members here and one Insurgent re-heged to have been fraudulently ob- Dubllcan. Madison of Kansas. The talned was used, or diverted to any . -ii hi. ...nnnrt other business. OPinw ram lvl - - i.'ib v.. " -' i on the questions at Issue. What act ion would be taken respecting the III 11 11 DTI! resolution adopted yesterday by four democratic members and one Inaur nenl republican was. not known. Mr. Madison has stated that yesterday's action could be reversed by a major' lty of the committee if It saw fit. Any plans the republicans may have were iw.t riliula-ad. ' ' condemnation of the course or I Meager Reports Indicate That There Is Blchard A. Bellinger in me aa l:' " Hit H" -j L; -V" ft S 1 - , ; , ' "" " J , " " j L"i 1 "C -Wilt. nil ... ,.. 3 tots tevkb.adlbb" . Idvj i J " "Trr:!!? B OSTON. S,t. s:-The English 11'" ;;Vv. ' ?4 Qv!v.1 aviator. Claude Orahame-Whlte. V ll , . ' ' , i I-TXXaTI ft 1 1 i The Total of This Year's Crop pinned up to September 1, Is Given at 356,825 Bales. DECREASE FROM LAST YEAR MAY BE DUE TO LATE SEASON UHTU.N, Bent. S.The Fnellcl, aviator, Cla.ide Orahame-Whlte, continues to be th aviation meet nt Atlantlo. Ho h.. made a number of brilliant fliinu Thousands of enthusiasts In the new ana American aviators. Tho nniv a. cldent to mar the first day's meet was the wrecking of Clifford B. Harmon's Farman machine. The mnoh damaged so seriously that It probably is out or the running for the rest of the meet. Mr. Harmon was unln1ure! though he had, perhaps, the narrowest escape of his career. The new "head less" Wright biplane to holding th.; attention of the experts and some new stunts In aerial navigation peeted. I; n Tiiiin fl8 in m NO ACTION TAKEN OF OIL Qfj FIRE BYWAK E DOCTORS In the Sensational Matter of the N. C. Medical College Cooper Suc ceeds Hollingsworth. ministration of the department of the Interior, of which he Is see- jretary. and a declaration 'that a dkould ua longer be xetained In that office, are contained in a resolu tion adopted by Ave members of the congressional commltte which has been Investigating the Balllnger-PIn thot controversy. These Ave, four democrats and one republican, claim that their vote Is binding upon the committee as a whole, but this, however. Is disputed I nrmed ,)ere Dy mc oiner inree memiwri ui o committee who were present But Ave of the It members of the Commit tee voted for the adoption of the res olutlon which was offered by Rep resentatlve E. 1C Madison of Kan ,r Some. Serious Trouble Aboard fteBio.BttIesijip.x; Newport News, 8ept 8. A report has reached here from Old Point that the battleship North Dakota is aground In thel lower Chesapeake bay with her bunkers afire and that 75 men were overcome by smoke and heat The report cannot be con- y sat, an insurgent - republican, as a substitute for the one previously pre- ff ald semea Dy senator uuiichii vr. riiL-ir er, (democrat) of Florida. . Conse quently the question has arisen as to what course If any the full commit tee will take. UueHtion is as to Quorum. The republicans assert ' that the withdrawal of Messrs. Sutherland and McCall broke the Quorum. In this view. Representative Mad- Norfolk, Sept. 8. At 2 p. m. a re port came by telephone from Fort Monroe that the North Dakota was off Ocean City with her oil tanks on fire and that several men had been nwmim. hv mnkff and bul A hos pital ship was said to have gone to attendance. aasetteVNews bureau, Chartbr"rjtrrrnerce "Rooms,' Ho'nnnoh, Building! - Raleigh,. Sept. 8. The Wake County Medical society today heard read the sensational For syth County society's resolutions as to the North Carolina Medical college and the movement to have the leglsla ture take from the college power to Issue diplomas because of the Came gie foundation, criticism, also the statement of a committee of the fa.- ulty In refutation and then decided to leave the matter over without action to some future meeting, with a fuller It Is regarded as probable that au- Mrf..tu At 1:40 n. m. a teleDhone win not De lanen at an aunougn, message from old Point says that a ' "u 1"' ne aentimeni in me hospital ship Is now on her way In meeting was decidedly , In favor of , th. ..i frnm which standing up for the North Carolina .mi.. ar-i.lnr In the lower bav. Medical college, Three Killed, Eleven Injured. Washington, Sept. 8. Unofficial ad vices received at the navy department later In the afternoon were to the ef- .VE1F.1ANN LOSES $20,Q0Q PRIZE IN DENSE FOG toon Joins. He said: "Final action nasi feet that three men had been killed not been taken. No report has been and eleven Injured on the North Da- adopted and a majority can reverse kota. today's action." Another leading republican senator aid: "It Is well known in parliamentary law that when a quorum is not pres ent no business can be transacted but to adjourn." Incidentally he charac terlted the action of, members of the committee as "the play, ef party poll tics of the grossest' K'ud, T V. . - u n . . v. 1 1 .... .... . W . . ttiai. Ail not see how the assertion can be Completely Lost His Bearings made that a quorum , was present when seven constitute a majority of this particular committee and only six were present The resolution adopted Is believed to be along the line of the minority Report which la being prepared for presentation possibly at the meeting friday. The members at the meet A commission Is issued to Col. W. Cooper of the governor's personal stall of Fayettevllle, as paymaster-general of the North Carolina National Guard to kucccod the late Col. Holdlngworth who lost his life In an automobile ac cident at Richmond last week. LDI IS -Will Try the Flight Again Next Week, If Weather's Favorable. It Has Passed San Domingo and Haiti, and Is Now Apparently Headed for Jamaica. Washington. Sept S.--The tropical I disturbance which caused considerable damage In Porto Rico Tuesday tias ad Ro Statistician Think The Falling; Off Is 103,48.1 Bales From Figures of Last Year. Washington, Sept. 8. Cotton ginned to September 1 from this year's growth was 356,834 bales, counting pound as half bales, according to to day's report, a decrease of 103, 483 bales from this time last yeur. Cotton ginned by important states la as follows: Alabama 4505. Florida 04. Georgia 2818. North Carolina 4. South Carolina 198. Texas 328,625. Census bureau statisticians do not consider the falling off In the figures Effort to Identify Body Found in Crippen's Cellar as That of Belle Elmore Little Progress Made. CRIPPEN VOICED BELIEF WIFE WENT TO CHICAGO In Explanation of His Departure from London, Said That He Thought -She Went to Join Bruce Miller. "CK OP MR. CtTTTDRO HARMON? London, Sept. 8. At the resump tion today of the trial of Dr. Hawley H. Crlppen and Ethel Clare Le Neve for the murder- of the former's wife, the public prosecutor Introduced evU dence to establish the claim that parts of the mutilated body found In the Crippen home once formed parts of ; the person of Belle Elmore, and so to of the first ginning report from the strenen what h" bee" .Ppular!y Bj , . . v-. MBS r regarded as a weak link in the chain ot circumstantial evidence against the accused. Witnesses identified hair eastern states so significant as they might appear. They attribute the de- rather than to any cause which in the and bU" of 'eml.nln frwT but end would affect its volume. They Bay the spring was late throughout the eastern states, retarding growth and delaying its maturity about two j weeks. Without having any other dell I nlte Information they expect a ma terial Improvement In future reports. upon cross-examination admitted they "resembled thousands of others." . The chemist who claims he sold hyosclne to Crlppen was called and testified that Crippen signed the reg istry book at the store: . "Munyons, per H. H. Crippen." Inspector Dew The season has been unusually good d a lengthy statement signed by In Texas, which accounts for a pros pective larger crop there. Report on Grain Crops. Crippen when the police first asked him to make an explanation of his disappearance from London. ' Dew 83. S; tobacco, 77.7; rice 88.8. Washington, D. . C. SepU 8. The ,1'"u rm" - department agriculture crop report ",e "ppen " "'h shows the condition of corn as 72.2: a ,oa,ed revolver and a box of car spring wheat, 63.1; barley .8; oats trlX,f.e' , ... ' . ended: "My belletf Is that my wife has gone . to Chicago to Join Bruce Miller." . Says Fleeu Was Still Firm. - '' The cross-examination of Dew by 8ollclter Newton drew out the state ment that throughout " - the earlier stages of the Investigation Crlppen ap- peared perfectly cool and collected. courteously affording the police every facility for searching the house. The Col. Roosevelt Will Be Central Figure counsel tried to get witness to say tne parts louna mignt nave oeen buried long prior to the disappear- ance of Mrs. Crippen, but Dew In sisted the flesh remained quite Arm. The trial adjourned to September 14. in ibe fiircm in Manf Social Affairs During Chicago Visit . CliAl'DH GIUIIAMK-W1I1TK, "Business Politics" Is The Only Obstacle Corrupt Control -of. Legislation by Privilege, Graft and Ad vantage, Pinchot Says, Is What the Conservation Forces Are Today Confronted With, t t it t it n t it n t W M k) a) II M H H Chicago, Sept. 8. Extensive pre parations have been made for the en tertainment of Theodore Roosevelt pon his arrival here from Freeport, Ills., this afternoon, The colonel will be the central figure In a number of social affairs managed by members of the Hamilton club, In cluding a large banquet at which the guests will Include several United States senators and governors ef near by states, and other notables. Clermont Ferrsnd, France, Sept S Welmann, the American aviator Ins decldfrt k. th.tr rnnrt should I who yesterday attempted to win the anced ,60 miles from Porto Rico be mat n..i.n mt th. ...inn ktn ui.hlln iii-lie of 120.000 of- left in Its wake destruction In San Slonr With th malnrltv AnrilnvS Snd I . . . - m . .ha Wllh I DomlHCO and Haiti. .v.n Thi MbK immediately. 1 Z bos from m.. i.ani(insi i f in mram reniercu Kuuainiuii n m tt ISV V OMHsaUBM I ... . , . T.., I " . A The resolution as offered by Mr. the Frencn capital to m m i of Haiti and eastern uuua. neaaing 10 Madison and adopted is aa follows: De Dome, was beaten by the -lementa ward, Jamaica. Pir.i- Th.t k. h- mad bvl.K.n ih tronhv was almost within I Kev West. Sept. 8. Heavy north U R. Glavls against. Secretary Ballln- his grasp. ' , lesst saualls and a falling barometer ger should be sustained; that In the The airman followed, the railroad this morning indicate the approach of matter of the disposition of the Cun- tracks out of Paris ana everyimns the tropical storm wmcu w- rc... nlngham coal lands, Mr. Balllnger was running smoothly 'until Mount yesjerday from Porto Rico. It Is ex- Was tin a ful.kri.1 M.Hu nt ihm tn-lt.tioan was teresU of the people snd did not per-j town Welmann ran Into a fog ' and form hla litf in nmh a. manner as I MiniUnr rain, and although he reach- to Ti.t.,i ..t, in(....t. I.a ...lu. within II miles of his "Second-. That tha ehaj-rea madeUnal. at half past five, he completely by Mr. Pinchot should be sustained; lost his bearings and wandered for an that Mr. Bellinger's course in the ad- hour and three-quarters In the f'm, ministration ot the department of finally re chlng Volvlo at 7:1 o clock, the Interior has been characterised by where he was obliged to descend on lack of fidelity to the public Inter- account of the darkness. " sis: that this has been shown In his while he failed to win the Mlchelln miles. Weather conditions here at noon had grown appreciably worse, wun th wind continually rising. Since daylight, however, the Bar ometer has been stationery. Ran ' Negro With Kmpty Gun- Nashville. Tonn.. Bopt. 8. Breaking treatment of th. Cunningham coai pr,M th. American aviator sw.y t JJl claims, the restoration of th. water of the most noiaui. .-m- .... .. . y-. " ".l Ja an AAa.u la - .... . . a . a laisa.I.si Ik. uaa B ... I nntlll. sum iss OS u u v - K to -"and hi. sd 'l .".maihed the-world, record for emptV gun and -rev. the negro from . .. . " . I ..... run hv nvlnSMha Knuaa. wnere inf wa !'" muon ot tne reclamation service, in- a no-.iop r- Z "" T ..at,m- for the fugitive. tatter resulting in unnecessary humll- ltt.ll miles ana o " TlirenU-ned (Ires. By Forest latin . . . j, ... ... ,."i. in. ... rti.t.noa traveled within it nourai ards the disintegration of ths The aviator hopes to make another Vice; that he has not shown himself attempt to win the Mlchelln prise to be that character of frtend to the next week If the weather Is not too policy of conservation ot our national bad. resources that the man should be who occupies the Important position Two Towns of secretary vt tha interior In our ftovernment and that he should be no longer retained In that office." Amendments offered by Mr. James Providing f,,r the r-ri-M-ntatlnn of the cmnilti.-n iii,,i;ni hi i v.-l.m In this city ,) f,,r ,,.. publli-a-, , r i i ! v i t. tr.im Wash- Bept S. Forest fires threaten Btearnesville snd Aloha. lumbermen and pre ngnim r-. are .udeavorlng to suppress the flarues. The situation st Aloha Is ' TUB WEATHER. ' Kt Ashevllle and vicinity: Partly eloady weether possibly showers to night, or Friday cooler Friday. For. North Carolina: Unsettled with showers tonight or Friday; cooliy Friday afternoon or night. . , ' Town Fjiflrely I).troy-d by lire. Waltertnwn, 8.' t.. v Sept. I The t wn of l.ebau w cstlrely deKtroyed by fire today. Th. m H ,1 100,000. 8t. Paul, Sept. 8 At a meeting of the resolutions committee of the Na tional Conservation congress, T. Gil bert Pinchot of North Carolina, secre tary o fthe National. 'Association of Audubon societies. Introduced a plank fi r the protection ot wild birds. Jt Is possible the congress, which Is scheduled to end tomorrow, will close tonight. President Baker -Is anxious to bring the meeting to an end ana will perhaps hold a night session. The presidency Is expected to go to J. B. While of Kansas City. HIITnM Pinchot has told friend, he would not be a candidate. . , ; Mr. IMiicliot's Adilmut. "Uke nearly every , great . reform, conservation first passed through a pe riod of agitation and general ap proval," said Mr. Pinchot, one of to day's speaker "During this period, it met with little opposition, for as vet It Interterred with no man's prl vata profit. From the beginning of the world, the preaching of righteous ness In general terms has been con templated with entire equanimity by tha men who rise In violent protest the moment their owb particular priv ilege, graft, or advantage comes prac tically Into question. That protest marks the, second phase of the reform. "Within the Inst .two yeArs, conser vation has pasred out of the realm -of an unimpeachable general principle Into that of a practical fighting at tempt to get things done. It has be gun to step on the too. of the bene ficiaries and the protective benefl nciarles and the prospective beneficia ries of unjust privilege, and the result ing opposition, considering, the quar ters whence It comes. Is one of. the best of proofs that conservation Is live movement fr the gviierel good. "The people belltve In conservation. Now when any great movement has e9tal)llh?d Itwlf so firmly In the pub lie mind that a direct attack upon It will not pay, the regular method Is to approve It In general terms, and then condemn Its methods and its men. So now the demand from the opponents of conservation Is not at all that we shnll abandon the principle of the greatest good of us all for the longest time In using our natural reso irees. The soft pedal conservationists merely ask that conservation as applied shall be what they call rational, safe, anil sane. Bafo and sane legislation, as that expression is used by the men who dse it mont, means legislation not unfriendly to the continued control of our public affairs by the special Inter- eMts. Safe .and sane conservation, aa that expression Is Uxod by these same men, means conservation so carefully Hterilised that It will do the special Interests no harm and the people no "When the conservation movement began to tell. It developed without de lav that the one great obstacle to practical progress lay In the political power of the special interests. Every effort to conserve any natural resource for the general welfare was met by the legislative agents of the men who wnnted to exploit It for their private profit The effort to get things done In conservation taught us clearly, un mtrtaknbly, and with little delay, that so long as the political domination of the a-rear business Interest, endures, their corrupt control of legislation will carry with Jt the monopolistic control of the natural- resources also. This Is what we face today In the effort tq ap- olv conservation."- "While I do note believe that the state alone can carry out the conser vation program In the face of Inter state attacks upon -It, I do not fall to recognise the great and useful part whlrhlthe states must play ln this greht movement for the permaneni (Continued on page I) lorimer Has Nothing to bay. Chicago, Sept 8. When seen at his downtown office Senator Lorlmer re fused flatly to discuss the attitude of I Colonel Roosevelt regarding tonight's and represented the fourth Massachu- banquet r setts district In the 15th congress. Ha "I have received no official notinra-lwaa a republican. He wa. general tloa of the reports from Freeport, manaaer of th. American Tack com- sald Senator Lorlmer, "Ana until i ao i ptny, president ot the American Shoe will say nothing wnatever regaraing Finding . company of Grafton, Mass., and director In several corporations. Re-fusea to Go to Banquet If Lorlmer I There. Freeport, Ills., Sept. 8. Colonel Roosevelt refuses flatly today to attend the banquet to be given tonight by the Ham ilton club In Chicago unless Senator. Lorlmer Is excluded. He demanded that a telegram to that efrect be sent to Sena tor Lorlmer. Invitation Withdrawn. Freeport Sept. 8. The com mittee has recalled the Invita tion to Lorlmer. 6. W. WEYMOUTH KILLED BY A BIG TOURING GAR essaasassssaaa-a-essi The Car Wrecked and Several Other Persons, His Companions, Seriously Injured. Bingham, Me., Sept 8. Pinned be neath the wreckage of a big touring car when It turned turtle at the- foot ot a steep hill, just outside of Bing ham, former Congressman Geo. War-. ren Weymouth of Falrhaven, Mass., prominent In "business circles, was In stantly killed. Two of his -companions, Perley R. Glass and F. A. Dins more, of Boston th. former promi nent In machine manufacturing and financial circles, were seriously and perhaps fatally injured. The fourth member ot the party, J. I. Landers, who was operating the machine, es caped without Injury. The accident was caused when the machine got beyond control . going down hill. . Mr. Weymouth was 10 years , old the matter.' HOW MUCH WHITE BLOOD S.LUM NAMED Definition ol Negro May Be Put up to Heads Democratic Ticket In ConnectN Supreme Court, from Dis trict of Columbia, cut Some Provisions of the Platform Adopted. ' Washington, Sept. I. United States Supreme court may be called upon to decide Just what constitutes a ne gro In the United States, if the Court of Appeals upholds a decision of the New Haven, Conn., Sept. S. The democrats In etste convention today nominated Simeon X. Baldwin of New Haven for governor. After declaring that the time was District ot Columbia Supreme court, I auspicious for the democratic party in which eight years old Isabel wall, in the nation and state, and accusing of one-sixteenth negro blood, was Whs republicans of breach of faith In barred from a white public school. Decision as to Bills of Lading Not Made Publie, London, Set 8. Th. committee of foreign banker, reached a decision to day on the subject ef American cotton bills of lading, but refused to dl.vulge the same until It has been submitted and approved at a full conferer .( bankers, to be hf)4 .-.'r-iitember 1. t lie ll-i-l Ru I I, enactment of tariff law, th. platprm declares for the extension of the free list and the reduction of many tariff rates; ratification of the Income tax amendment and popular election of United States senators. O. T. Perkln Deed. Akron, O.. Pi pL 8. (int-i kins, mllllmuilr ruMn-r rn-tn-died here Imluy, t - 1 71, T. r- r. e fi '.-ted frjfU i .... i . .. jr'-