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C5TI . emlk feette News. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES LAST EDITION 4:00 P. M. Weather rorecast: Low Temperature Tonight. VOL. XV. NO. 256. ASHEVILLE, N. 6., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 3, 1910. 3c PER COPT 2'TT KING GUTS OUT Toy Dog Show in Astor Gallery; the Annual Exhibition Mm Ash DID NOT LIVED III GHE MR. GHUflGHILL SEtKTHE PLAGE Post of Third Assistant Went to Him Unsought Would Have Preferred Staying in the Legal Department NO TARIFF REVISION BY SIXTY-SECOND CONGRESS? Insurgent Republicans Express Opinion That Despite the Fact That Demo crats Will Be in Control Nothing Will Be Done. Gazette-News Bureau, The Hotel Hamilton. Washington Dec. 3. T Is common departmental talk that In the elevation of J. J. Brltt to the position of third assistant to the postmaster general, there is found an Instance of the office seeking the man as striking as it Is rare. Those familiar with the Asheville man's pre dilections say that his personal choice would have been to remain in the legal department Blnce a number of Important cases which he has pros ecuted with signal success are now pending In the United States Supreme court but to the postmaster general is ascribed the fixed belief that Mr. Brltt is peculiarly fitted to discharge tertaln duties which devolve upon his third assistant. The nomination will be transmitted to the senate by the president upon the assembling of that body next week. In a previous dis patch mention was made of the Star's White House story with reference to Mr. Britt's appointment. That paper said: Politicians Turned Down. Mr. Britt's selection, It Is explained, Is fully in line with the policy of the postmaster general to promote worthy and meritorious subordinates to high er positions and to make the postal business of the country as far as prac ticable, a business affair, unlnfluj enced by politics. Mr. Brltt Is, by reason of his law work In the. department, thoroughly familiar with the business of the office, and It was that kind of a man Mr. Hitchcock wanted as assistant. Much influence was brought to bear in favor of "dead duck" and other varieties of politicians, It Is declared, but these were resisted by Mr. Hitchcock. It was several times rumored that certain politicians left in the cold by the Voters In November would get this place, which has been Vacant a long time. The position was held by A. L Lawshe for years. His health failed, ana he went to the southwest to recu perate. Mr.. Hitchcock would not fill the position pending the outcome of Mr. Lawshe's health. It having been decided that Mr. Lawshe would re main in the pouthwest ss superintend ent of the Moqul Indian agency, Mr Hitchcock acted favorably to Mr. Brltt. Arthur Travis, chief clerk of the third assistant's office, has been act ing third assistant (or some time. The Colloctorshlp former State Chairman Adams, who spent yesterday In Washington, snys he Is not aware of It if Cowles and flrant have concluded to make a fight for the collectorshlp. It Is thougt here, In the event of a contest between these men, that, un der the circumstances, if the office is located in Cowles' district it would prove an Important factor In his fa vor. No Revision of the Tariff? A number of republican insurgent senators are said to be strongly in clined to tHa opinion that there can he no general, or even extensive re vision f r the ti.rlff by the next congress defpite the fact that tho democrats will be in absolute control of the house and a majority of the senate will bi rep- ' "lean insurgents and dem ( ra!... There can be no coalition between these forces, say the senators, because of a lack of unity of democrats on the sibjert of the tariff. These repuVI-tn insurgents hold the bal ance of power In the senate, and there fore in the last analysis, the hope of revision rests In them. One of the senators Is quoted as saying: The insurgents want a tariff based on scientific principles, on the differ ence between the cost of production at home and abroad. The democrats don't want a revision on scientific lines any more than they did when they re vised the taiift before.' Thus an In surgent senator summarised the rhan.es for tariff revision In the next roivoroM. "The insurgents, however, concede the possibility that the democrats maj (Continued on page () Ninety-Nine Engineers in Favor Strike Chicago. Ills. Dec. 3 Representa tives of approximately 65,000 conduc tors and trainmen employed on 0 rail roads west of Chicago, who demanded a. IS per cent, wage Increase, are holding daily conferences with gen eral managers in presenting argu ments for pay advance and improved wnrkiM conditions. It Is estimated iiui ih incraaaad asked for by the England's Monarch and Home Secretary Do not Speak Now as They Pass Eliminated Socially and Politically. FIGHT FOR THE CONTROL OF PARLIAMENT ON IN EARNEST The Campaign Issues Involve Future Status of House ol Lords, Home Rule for Ireland and the Tariff. L OvDON, Dec. 3. The right for control of King George's first parliament, involving the fu ture status of the house of lords, home rule for Ireland and tariff reform be gan today in 60 constituencies. The unionists are putting up a much stronger contest than In two previous fights. The betting is even that they will secure a net gain of 20 seats. Churchill Cut Off the King's List. King George is reported on the high est court authority to have cut Home Secretary Winston Church off the list of his acquaintances officially as well as socially. If there is business to pass between them, it must be through an intermediary. The king is under stood to have told Premier Asquith he would never see Secretary Churchill again. As a matter of legal right, As quith might have forced George to re voke his order, but that would have created a mighty scandal and the king would certainly have had the sympathy of his subjects In demand ing that he pick his own acquaintan ces. The quarrel between his Majesty and Churchill is said to have arisen from the former's habit of reading over personally every state paper submitted to him to sign. Inasmuch as the home secretary must have a vast number of papers signed by the king, tnls entailed a great loss of time. So wl.cn he laid a big batch of papers on the king's desk, Churchill remark ed, significantly, that they were mere ly routine which was true and need not bi read. George replied with a solemn rebuke for such careless bus iness methods. Upon this, Chruehlll, whose worst enemy has never accused him of lack of confidence In tho lnfal ibillty of his own Judgment, Is said to have responded tartly that tho king's business was to sign what papers his ministers laid before him, and that it really made no particular difference whether he ever read any of them. Instantly, so the gossips say, Maj esty bounded out of his chair with a flow of that language he learned In his early days In tho Royal navy, and ordered Churchill out of the place ordered him to stay out, too, as long as George V. was on the throne. Churrhin Not the Only One. Churchill is not the only one of Kins Kdward's favorites who has practically been banished from court. Most of them, though, saw what was coming and went of their own accord. Sir Ernest Cassel, Edward's intimate and business manager, is utterly dis credited. Those who used to go to him on bended knee for social ad vancement, now cut him in ltotten Bow. Sir Thomas LJpton will not come near the court again; he Is too shrewd to expose himself to a certain snub. Lord Marcus Beresford main tains a discreet retirement among his horses at Newmarket. Mrs. George Keppel has gone for a voyage around the world that will occupy two years Mrs. Hall Walker, wife of the multi millionaire brewer and racing king. Is staying quietly at Iv r country home. The old. staid nobility has come hack Into Its own. The court Is ex actly as It was under Victoria, fifty vears ago. At Balmoral all the lights go out at 10:30 at night. In the even Inn. about the time Edward was get ting ready for his game of bridge Oeurnc and Mary are putting the chit dren to bed. There will be no scandal In this reign. Henry W, Miller Assumes Duties. His New Snecial to The Gaiette-News. Atlanta. Os,, Dec. 3. Henry W Miller, formerly of Raleigh, where he was assistant to First Vice President A. B. Andrews of the Southern Rail way company, has arrived In Atlanta and has taken up his duties as assist ant to the president of the Southern, with offices at $19 Equitable build ing, succeeding J. 8. Barbour Thomp son .who recently resigned to accept the presidency of the Atlanta Com press company. Per Cent of men exceeds those asked by engineers recently which aggregated $5,000.oou since the breaking off or negotia tlons the engineers of several of the big western roads It Is reported have completed a strike vole, showing nor cent, favoring a strike unless the .m.nita for a 15 per cent, advance are srantsd. The railroads offered nine per cent. Increase, which the men declined. m neicnonxa. smwa swSURfsi i i -----c-astsfif fc""" APPXCAt t AkTI-N n?m he -rrt w TO BE I . . I , fHAWMr"rJ " -T z BULL DO CW YORK, Dec. 3 The tiny ar- stocrats of the dog world were shown yesterday in the Astor Gallery, at the "Waldorf Astoria hotel, where the Toy Spaniel Club of America is holding its eighth annual exhibition. There are 231 dogs entered to strive for the prizes, and they make up an entry of 319 to be shown in 219 dif ferent classes. This will give James GIVE SPEGIAL ftTTENTIONW.N.C. Southern Railway Company Inaugurates Line of Work Outlined by Presi dent W. W. Finley. M. A. HAYS, EXPERIENCED MAN, IS SELECTED FOR THE WORK In Addition to Mr. Hays, a Trained Agricultural Agent Will Be Placed in This Section. Special to The Gazette-News. Washington, D. C, Dec. 3. The Southern Railway company, through ts land and industrial department, is taking steps to inaugurate a line of work recently outlined by President Finley in which western North Caro lina is especially interested. M. A. Hays, who has had long ex perience in development work of all kinds as a representative of the Southern railway land and industrial department In tho New England, east em, central, western and northwest ern states, Is to give special attention for the present to western North Carolina. He Is well equipped for this work by knowledge of tho re sources and opportunities of that re gion. He Is making a special study of those resources and opportunities and is to concentrate his work on a campaign for more people and more Industries for western North Caro lina. Mr. Hays has opened an office of the land and industrial department In Harrlaburg, Pa., a convenient loca tion for reaching a large extent of territory In which there are many people likely to become Interested In the mountain and piedmont sections of the south. In addition to the work which Mr. Hays will give his special attention to, a trained norticuitur.il ano agricul tural agent will be placed In western North Carolina, with headquarters at Asheville, for educational and Intensive demonstra tion work among the farmers and fruit growers already there and those who may settle In the region. This agent will co-operate with the state agricultural department, the United States department of agriculture, and all other agencies engaged In advanc ing the farming interests of the sec tion. SANTA CLAUS WILL CARRY TOYS OF IMMENSE VALUE German Shops Have Made Ready For Christmas Round of Old Kris Krlngie. Washington, Dec. 3. When Santa Cuius starts on his rounds Christmas eve he will carry toys of greater value than heretofore. This Is Indicated by the consular reports from Germany, the greatest toy exporting nation. Toy exports to America for the present quarter will reach 1030.000, making a total for the year exceeding $2,000,- 0'i0. Leluiumn Is Appointed Sollrttor Gen eral. Washington, D. C, Dec. 3. -President Taft has announced the ap pointment of Ferederlck W. Lehmann, of 8t. Louis, as solicitor general of the United States, succeeding tho late Lloyd Bowers. Rioting Follows Outbreak of Bubonic Plarue. Victoria, B. C, Dec. S. Serious rioting followed en outbreak of bu bonic nague In Shanghai, according to steamer advlcea Recent outbreak against foreigners was fomented by aatl-dvnastlc followers. Bight thoua and troops suppressed the uprising. WILL GfVEN AVAT $ &a Mortimer, who is going to judge, a very busy time 0 it. E. H. Oldham will be the superintendent of the show. Thursday night a It o'clock the offi cers of the club took possession of the gallery and worked till late getting things in shape for the crowd which is expected today. Toy spaniels lead the list in numeri cal strength of lis various types to be shown, with sixty. There are forty- golf committee MAKES ITS REPORT While No Meeting Was Held That About $7000 Has Been Raised Asheville Must Have 18-Hole Golf Course. .Stirred by a realization that Ashe ville must have an 18-holc golf course and an enlarged Country club the Asheville business men are beginning to come to the front with financial aid to the proposition. Vp to yester day afternoon $5,800 had been raised and today the committee has been hard at work and while there was no meeting of the committee this after noon it is believed' that the sum to date will be something over $7000. Many of (hose who originally favored the Beaverdam site, but realizing that such Is impracticable at present and that Asheville must have the course as soon as possible, have made liberal subscriptions to the fund. Those who are soliciting are much encouraged by the response they are meeting with today. Golf Committee Makes Report. The committee at Its meeting at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon Issued the following statement regarding the golf movement: At a mass meeting held November 30 under the auspices of the civic bodies of the city, the undersigned were appointed a committee to secure $ IS, 000 subscription to the stock of the Country club for the purpose of developing the present golf links int i an eighteen hole course. As there is at present a lack of co operation among our people In respect to this proposition, the committee wishes to make the following state ment In order that the matter may be clearly understood. The property of the Country club CHUMP GLARK DOES ROT FAVOR THE AUTOMOBILE If Elected Speaker He Will Continue to Walk to White House Presi dent Busy Today. Washington, Dec. 3. The white house executive offices are crowded today with senators and representa- tlves who called to pay their respects to .,. .......)...., PrnslHant Tof . I . , . I . I tho president. President Taft devoted the entire morning to seeing legisla tors. Ann eg the early callers was Champ Clark prospective speaker of the next house. Mr. Clark walked to and from the wiilte house Leaving the white house It was suggested to Mr. Clark, that, as speaker, he would probably use an automobile In visit the white house. The democratic leader shook his head, declaring that he did not be lieve either the speaker or the vice president should be supplied with an automobile. CaltforDiana Call. Washington, Dec. S. Twenty-five Callfornlans representing the Panama Pacific International exposition, called at the white house to pay their res pects to President Taft. Later the par ty called on Speaker Cannon. NOTHEH ALLEGED MVRDKHF.lt GOKBKL NKKKH VINDICATION .lames Howard. Recently Pardoned by Governor nf Kentucky, Wants to Go to State Senate. Lexington, Ky., Dec. S. Another man, convicted In connection with the nasassinatlon of Senator Goebel, will seek "t Indication" at the polls. This man Is James Howard, who has an nounced his candidacy for state sena tor on the republican ticket In the Seventh Kentucky senatorial district Like Caleb Powers, recently eleoted to congress, Howard was pardoned for alleged connection with the assassins tlon. MRS. FRANK I. MULCAHT AND HtrK TOV tK.H!EL$ seven Pomeranlons and thirty Pekin ese spaniels, while the rest ure scatter ed. Some of the other breeds that may be seen are dachshunds, bull terrierB, Bostons, Schipperkes, pugs, poodles, Mnltesl terries, (rriffons, Bruxellols, black and tans, Chihuahuas, papillons and Italian Greyhounds. The show committee Is Miss H. G. Parlett, Mrs. Edward W. Clark, Mrs. H. Lee Ansley, Mrs. George H. Pell, This Afternoon It Is Believed consists at present of 52 acres of land on which is a country club Inns'- and a nine hole golf course Of this amount 42 acres Is owned in fee and Is unencumbered, and an option Is held on ten acres at the price of $4, 000. To pay for this property there has been Issued and sold $17,000 of the capital stock. The property Is valued as follows: Land 123.000. club house IB, 000. This nine hole course Is considered by some golf players as very good, by others as fair, and by still others as bad. Forfpeveral years there his been a demand on the part of the hot -1 peo ple and others Interested In the tour ist business for a first class eighteen hole golf course. In response to this the business organizations with the co-operation of the Country club brought Mr. Findley, an expert on golf matters, here last spring, and investigating the different places re ported that the Beaverdam site could be developed Into one of the bcEt courses In America, and that by changing the holes of the present course and with the addition of the Klmberly land, a good eighteen hole course could be laid out at the present site. The arguments used by Mr Findlay were decidedly in favor of the Beaverdam location. Acting on this report some of our business men hav ) been trying for the past year to se cure sufficient funds to buy and de velop" the Beaverdam property Into an eighteen hole golf course. Theso ef forts have been fruitless, and so far (Continued on page 4.) BOMB EXPLODES AND WRECKS FRUIT STOHE Panic Created Among Guests of Hotels Nearby There Were Casualties. no New York, Dec. 3. A bomb ex ploded today, wrecking the fruit store of Queno Brothers on Tenth avenue j and created panic among the guests . , f l I Liv . , , , . I nnrl I -' 1 1 it, . r , h,iteln flrl. of Elkwnnd and Fulton hotels ad- Joining. There were no casualties. Martin's Chara-tOT Passed. Special to the Gaxette-News. Elisabeth City, Dec. 3. The con fen nee passed the character of J. W. Martin. Statonburg, against whom charges were intimated. The Investi gation committees reported the charges without ground. Population Fgurcw. Washington, Dec. 3. Population statistics of the thirteenth census are Issued for the following states: Col orado, 799.024; increase of 259.324 over 1900. Idaho, 325,594; increase of 163,822 over 1900. Nevada, 81, 875; Increase 39,540. S.vm.nnn Fire In Petersburg, Va. Petersburg, Va., Dec. 3. Seven business houses, located In the busi ness district, were destroyed by fire today, loss $500,000. Property par tially Insured. WtsslWssOssWI 1 " WW Twenty-two Days to Christmas DECEMBER S. Your Best Olrl Wonders What You're Going to Get Her. r WE kLTV VKVTC AND MISS MABV TEGU Mfss Mary Henderson, Mrs. James Doig. Airs. Katherlne Harris, Mrs. A. L. Reynolds, Mrs. Jacob Lltt, Mrs. F. J. Mu'.cahy and Mrs. Richard P. Me Granr A K ng Charles spaniel puppy val ued at $100 will be presented to the holder of an admission coupon w ho is lucky ,-noU7h to have his number drawn on the closing night of the show. Company Formed to Transfer the Great Hyde County Lake into Farm ing Land. SEVERAL ASHEVILLE MEN FINANCIALLY INTERESTED Lake Ih 15 Miles Long and about Five Miles Wide Has Bottom of 50, 000 Acres Trucking Project. Charles A Webb returned from Raleigh yesterday where ho had been In connection with the proposition to drain Mattamuskeet lake, tne largest fresh water lake In the state and per haps in the south. Interested with Mr. Webb are J. P. Kerr and Capt. W. ,T. Mason of tin. city and D. N. Graves of Boston. They met at Raleigh Wednesday to form a company and to proceed at once with the drainage project. J. D. Wright, a I'nitcd States government expert, who Is now engaged In drain ine the everclades of Florida and who has had wide experience In the drain- ing of swamps and lakes, several years ngo made a hydrographlc and topo- r.nnhlrnl snrvev of Mattamuskeet lake and reported favorably on the drainage of It. The United States soil survey had also made a careful soil survey of the lands lying In the lake bottom and found them peculiarly adapted to trucking and fnrming In terests The state owns the lake basin composed of about 50.000 acres of land and it is estimated that it will cost about $400 000 to drain the lnkos. The state boarrt of education which has charee of the public lands of North Carol! la concluded that the state could not drain the lands Itself, so the board entered Into a contract with the Asheville gentlemen to sell them the lake basin. Tho contract with the state will provide that the land passes to them In fee simple. Plans for Drainage. The last legislature passed an act empowering the state board of educa tion to form the Mattamuskeet drain age district and to appoint two of the three commissioners. Such a district .was formed, comprising about 70,000 acres of land tn addition to the lako basin. Since the drainage of the lake will be of Incalculable value to the adjoining lands It Is provided that the lake owners pay three-fourths and the other property owners one-fourth of the cost of drainage. The drainage of the lake seems to be a thing which the people of that section have long dreamed about and greatly desire. However when these people met In Raleigh Thursday to take up the op tion and pay the state for the lake basin, the Roper Lumber company. It was found, had excepted to the final order of tho court establishing the drainage district. This company owns some of the lands in the drainage dis trict and their representatives at the Raleigh meeting claimed that the plans under which the drainage com pany proposed to operate were not practicable. After an all-day hearing Thursday an agreement was reached between all parties whereby the plans and speclfl- C n tinner; on prge S. ITTiUSKtET IY BE DRIED Senator Tillman's Son is Sued by Wife for $1 3,730 Columbia S. C, Dec. 3 Mrs. Lucy Dougtes Tillman begun proceedings In Edgefield county court o recover from her husband, Benjamin R. Till man's son $13,730 which she alleges ths defendant owes her from Income from her property. The suit Is the FOR SKKE6 Boy and Girl Ran Awayfrom Home Because Their Parents Said They Were Too Young to Marry. REMAINED UNTIL THE COLD CAUSED THEM TO MOVE OUT Ottainsd Supplies for Their Retreat by Using Shotgun and Fishing Rod Run-a-Way Couple Are Married. Y ONKERS, N. Y Dec. 3. After running away from their homes on September 18 last and living for six weeks In a cave In the Catsklll Mountains l.a Vere Tallinn n, 20 years old, of No. 128 Somerset street, New ark, N. J., and Miss Beatrice Sanders, 18 years old, of No. 196 Clinton street. that city, who have been living In a sparsely furnished room at No. 224 Riverdale avenue, Yonkers, were ar rested today and are being held to agait the arrival of their parents. Police Captain William N. Dent, who Is caring for the couple, speaks of the case as one of the strangest in is experience. The young man and girl were taken into custody by Po liceman George Monks, who was dis satisfied with their answers when he found them loitering in the New York Central station. They said they were Mr. and Mrs. Ward and that they had been married in Monmouth Ave nue Presbyterian church, Newark. When Information came from New ark the youth broke down and ad mitted that he and his companion had run away from home on account of parental objections to their wedding. He said he had been employed as a clerk at the drug store of A. Laird, Nb. 19" Clinton avenue, Newark, md that Miss Sanders and he had formed an attachment for each other s. year ag '. The girl's parents, he said, ob jected to their marriage because of her youth and his comparative poverty and they decided to elope. Walter Keller, of No. 12 Monmouth avenue, Newark, a mutual friend, had suggested that they go to Catsklll. He i old them of a cave in the mountains. In which they might live. They took a little clothing and $20 In money and made a start. They found the cave and bought enough rag carpet and other frugal household equipment to make the retreat habitable. They lived partly or. the fish they caught and the small game they killed. Tallman used a shot gun to good advantage and killed squirrels, rabbits and birds. Miss Sanders used a rifle equally well Occasionally, when meat was scarce or the flsh did not run well, they went to the village store, two and one-half miles away rrom ineir niuing , and purchased supplies. When colder weather came they took a boat to Yonkers, and since then they have barely existed, bocause their funds were vanishing rapidly. Lately they have been spending what little they had for food. They could not buy fuel to heat their room and went to the railroad station for warmth Miss Sanders, who Is good looking and well educated, tearfully corrobor ated her companion's story. She said they loved each other dearly and could not go on living apart even when their marriage was forbidden by their parents. She said she had entered Into the adventureous part of their romance no less eagerly than did Tallman. Her only plea was that Captain Lent use his good of fices with her mother and father to obtain their consent to a marriage. She was assured that every effort would be bent to have her father consent to a wedding. She says her father Is a prosperous merchant, own ing property In Newark and at Brad ley Beach. Runaways Are Married. New York, Dec. 3 Escorted by her parents, Miss Beatrice B. Sanders returned to her home In Newark. A few hours later the runaways were married at the Tallman home by the Rev. Dr. Lyman Whitney Allen, pas tor of the South Park Presbyterian church. The witnesses were the pa rents of the bride, the mother of the youthful bride-groom, Frank Crissey and John Hancock. It developed at the time ths mar riage license was Issued that Mrs. Tullman's husband had dlaapeared several years ago. Mrs. Tallman said that her husband had left his office in Trenton one day and had not re turned since. When Henry Sanders heard of the arrest of his daughter he hastened to Yonkers and obtained the release of the girl and the boy on his promise that he would bring about an imme diate marriage. Both Mr. Bandera and his wife refused to discuss ths romantic elopement. outgrowth of a sensational habeas corpus proceeding which Mrs. Tillman brought artlnst Senator Tillman and his wife for the recovery of her two children, whom her husband deeded to the senator. Ths action resulted in a victory for young Mrs. Tillman. .1
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