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VOL XX NO 275 ASHBVUXB N. C, TUESDAY MORNING AUGUST 22, 19Qf i - PRICE FTVB CENTS. ! TELEPHONE COMPANY PREPARE JO SUBMIT PROPOSITION FOR NEW EXCHANGE TO THE I BOARD OF ALDERMEN NEXT Assistant General Manager The Citizen Outlines Plans Which Have Now Been Perfected Ashevllle's City Offi cials Will be Presented With Prop sition of the Company PRESENT TELEPHONE SYSTEM TO t . . 4 BE WIPED If the City Fathers Accept the Proposition, the Ex isting Telephone Exchange, Fittings, Wires, Poles, Cables, and Ail Present Appli ances Will be Relegated to the Junk Pile for All Time (Tho Cltts'en learns that the Asheville Telephone ana Telegraph company will on Friday night submit to the board of aldermen a proposition looking to the erection In Asheville at once of a tele phone system equal to any In the world. A representative of The Citizen palled upon Mr. J. W. Crews, assistant gen eral manager of the Southern Boll Tele phone and Telegraph company, and a director In the Asheville .Telephone find Telegraph company, yesterday and asked him the nature of the proposition which would be submitted. Mr. Crews frMkly.Jrtate4.ahft,c.ompany's position. He " "It to recognised by the officials of the Ashevllle Telephone and Telegraph company that the company's plant has deteriorated more rapidly than was an ticipated, and in order to give the 'peo ple of Aflhevllle the service contem ipluted by Its. franchise, the company must do one of two things. Either It must expend some ten or twelve thou sand dollars In betterments on the ex isting plant to enable the ompany to comply fully with all of Its franhcise obligations to the public of Asheville. or It must expend not less than $125, 000 In the erection and Installation of a thoroughly modern and up to date telephone system, equal In all respects to .the very beat In the world. The new rystem would mean the construc tion Immediately of a handsome build ing which would be an ornament to the city, and which would be devoted exclusively to telephone purposes, un derground wires and a cen ral energy common battery system embracing all the latest Improvements known to the present state of the art. Mater of Expedience. "It has been a matter of very grave concern to the dlrec'ors of the company as to which courre should be adopted. On the one hand, the ten or twelve (thousand dollars which would be neces sarily expended for betterments on the present plant would have to be thrown away In about three years, the time at which the company Is required un der its franchise 'to Install an under ground system. On the oiher hand, the Interest on the $125,000 which would be required to construct the new system would be $7,500 per annum, or about $22,500 for the three year. remaining of the five-year jeriod within which .(he conrirany Is permitted by its fran chise io. operate the present plant, be sides the depreciation during this term upon the new plant, which would not be less than $15,000. : As a cold-blooded business protiMltlon. therefore. It would seem that the telephone company could far better afford to throw ftway 110, 000 or $12,000 In bettermen s to the ex isting plant than to lose over $30,000 In interest and depreciation charge on a new plant. , To Give Fair Dal. "There Is another consideration, how ever, which appeals to the officials of the compan wfch a great deal of force. The. company sincerely deMres to so deal wfch the Asheville public that It will have the friendship and good will of It patrons to which It deems Itself enttlled. and the company Is 'willing to make any reasonable sacrifice wt'hin Its power to attain this desired end. INFERNAL MACHINE IN CIGAR BOX IS "U RECEIVED BY A NEW YORK POLICEMAN Shew Terk , Aug. -n Guncotton enough to kilt a man, arranged in an Infernal machine and dirguised a a gift cigar box. was received today by Preelnrt Captain Miles O'liellly. This to - the third deadly explosive under similar construction discovered In the last four days, the other two having been r-cH ved Inst. Friday by Jacob Sc-biff. the- banker, and If. Guggen heim's COIMk ' Captain O'Reilly received a ctgar box. Crews in Interview With OUT OF EXISTENCE This In the consideration which moves the company to propose to the mayor nnd the hoard of aldermen of the city :;hat 1' will at once ret about erecting the building nnd Installing ihe system described above as rapidly as men and money can accomplish these results. The company is willing to do all this without any modification whatever of ho rate claure In Its franchise so far n the same applies to EXISTING SUD SCItlBEItS, and ihe only concession, if It can be called a concession, which the company asks is that the existing rate agreement shall be held not to ap ply to persons becoming subscribers AFTER HUE N,EW PLANT IS IN STALLED. In other words, persons who are now subscribers, or who MAT BECOME SUBSCRIBERS BE FORE THE NEW PLANT IS IN STALLED, would have the benefit of the five-year limitation of rates con tained in i.he company's franchise for the remaining period thereof; and new subscribers after the installation of the new system would be charged such rates as are charged In cities of simi lar size and under fimllar conditions. The proposed rates to such new sub scribers would be the same as are charged In Greensboro, Charlotte and Wilmington, cities whh nipproximatcly the fame number of subscribers nnd equipped with underground, central en ergy sys ems. "The reason for making this a con dition to the InTmedlate installation of the new system Is that the company would furnish the now and Improved service to its existing subscribers at a loss under the rates named under Its franchise, and this being entirely out side and beyond any obligation which the company ha& assumed, either to Its subscribers or to the city. It feels that it cannot be reasonably asked to fur nish ".he new service to new subscribers at a loss. 1 . Never Cleared a .Dollar. "Neither the Asheville Telephone and Telegraph company nor Its predecessor, the Asheville Telephone company, ha ever real led a dollar by way of divi dends on the money Invested In the telephone business tn Ashevljle, and tinder the (proposition which the com pany will submit to the city fathers the company will be compelled to place a second mortgage of $100,000 or more on Its property, which will stand asi a new and very formidable barrier to the real ization of any future profits upon the money already Invested. "The company has tho assurance of being able to secure all the money re quired for the new plant, provided only this slight concession can be secured. We cannot believe that the oWy will fail to recognise this as a highly advantag eous arrangement for the city and for the telephone using public. If, however, the city fathers should lake a different view of the matter there . would be nothing for the company to do except to maintain the present plant until the expiration of the flye-year period." KILLED CONDUCTOR. Savannah, Ga,Aug. 21. Julius T. Lansburg, Jri a conductor of the Sea board Air Line railroad, was shot by William Sims at Ellnby, Bryan coun ty, today, and died, while being brought to this city Pirns escaped. Vhlch la weight and every other detail misled him into taking It for an actual present, Unusually heavy and tenac ious nails fastening down the cover, caused a suspicion. When IM box had been carefully opened at the ends, matches were foand glued to Its Inner surface In such a manner that they would be Ignite-1 on emery paper frn the friction whn the lid was opened. It was found that the flare of one of the half doxesi matches would have caused the. deaAa of Captain O'Bellly. FRIDAY NIGHT - - - - - -i-i-rr,-i-i-i-n-irw--yM-w,rwmjr.ij HYDE HAS LAUGH OVER THE REPORTS Former Statistician Says Es tlmates Will Become Laugh ing Stock of the World London, Aug. 21. John Hyde, for mer statistician of the fiiltcd Stales clcpjrimetu of agriulturc. who at pres ent Is In London, has been under tho care of a physician fir several weeks and Is still prohibited by his physi cian from ateiiding to business. To the Associated Pros tonight ie said: 'I have Just seen for the first lime the revised cotton acreage report. Is sued by. the United States department of agriculture on July 20. To rhls statement I give unqualified denial and assert that the most trustworthy various sots of figures on which i ii-- reports June 2, are based afforded the most ample warrant for my esti mate. 'It Is only by an entire disregard ot the reports of the country and town ship correspondents that tho depart ment's acreage reports can be pre vented from one more becoming the laughing slock of the world. When these correspondents report upon the ncrengo or upon the slse of the crop In bales their reports are absolutely worthless. TAFT ENJOYS BULL FIGHT WITH MOROS Jolo, Aug. 18 via Manila, Aug. 21. -(delayed In transmission.) Secre ary Taft and party arrived hero at rtaoij , and.; immediately; proceeded , tp he parade grounds to witness an laborate program arranged for hla mteralnment. The Sultan of Sulu, with his retinue, and other Moro dig nitaries, occupied seats on tho grand stand alone with Secretary Taft and Miss Roosevelt. In the afternoon there were cara bao and bull fights of an amusing but not bloodthirsty character. Secretary Taft and Miss Roosevelt were pre sented with many Moro presents by the sultan, who offered his hand In marriage to Miss Roosevelt and would make here sultana of the Sulu archi pelago, saying that his people desired her to remain among them. To WvCATlOZVtLf, , ti two wlek; LATttU i - . , "T ior t . "Vs . ' STAID Ari0TlX l1LJ tJ V J CONTOIS!?? (T'. WSir ' if itf Why this Joyous joy of Mr. Vou-M Wslt II you over wont on a vacat BOILERS WERE NOT DEFECTIVE Bennington Board of Inqulrv Makes a, Jteturn of Its Findings ENSIGN WADE WILL BE COURT-MARTIALLED He Alone of Those Responsl ble for Accident Survived Explosion Washington, Aug. 21.- Secretary Ho napurte today made I'ublic the pro' feedings of the court of Inquiry which investigated the explosion on the gun bout Ilenniiigton at San Diego, Cal. July 21. ,The findings were a complete surprk-e, for. they at on nt at rest the stories that aI been circulated to the effect that the i:nnliigton's boil ers, and perhaps those of other naval vorhcIs of the same a:e, were defective. As a matter of fact the court found that the explosion resulted from the closing of a valve whl h connected the exploded boiler with Its steam gauge, ro that the pressure of that holler may have been several hundred pounds to tho square Inch when the accident oc curred. While .praise was no or, led to the of ficers and ship's company for their con duct during the harrowing scenes fol lowing the accident, the officer and men who were responsible, In tho opinion of the court, are pointed out and court martial proceedings suggested In the case of the only one of them surviving, Eivslgn Charles T, Wade. The finding of the court says In part: "Tho court) is of the opinion that the explosion was. caused by excessive steam pressure In boiler 'B,' which came about, Arst by shutting the valve connecting the- boiler with the steam J gauge, Instead of the valve on the air cock alone, as was Intended, so that the steam gauge did not Indicate the pressure In the boiler; second by un usual and heavy firing in the boiler to get up a pressure which the gauge failed to show; third jy the failure of the sentinel and safcty. valves to lift at the pressure for whlt; they Were set, and the pressure InireaSeA without re lief until it was beyond the strength of the boiler, whleh gave way in the weakest purt." ' ANOTHER .CASE. Jackson, Miss., Aug. 81. Secretary Hunter, of the state tooadti of health, received a report today from Mississ ippi City health authorities saylnir that one new case of yellow fever ap peared there today 1 dJS -Mm in both theso- pictiixssf " wa I"'1" on knowrV CRISIS TO BE REACHED TODAY AT Presentation of Protocols Will , Force All Hands to the Table JAPS AND RUSSIANS SEEM PESSIMISTIC Have Little Hope of Reaching any Agreement at the Eleventh Hour Portsmouth, X. H . Aug. 21. The re sults of President Roosevelt's effort to save the peace conference from failure remains In suspense. No direct reply to the president's proposition, commu nicated by Mr. Wltte yesterday, has ome from Kmperor Nicholas tonight. but other udvi.es received from St. Pe tersburg Indicated that the emperor and his councillors are unshaken In their determination neither to cede ter rltory nor pay war tributes. What the president la doing on the Japanese side remains1 a deep a mstery as ever. Lit tie light Is shed upon the visits of liar on Kanekao to Oyster Hay. The Jap anese do not even admit that he Is their medium of communication with the president. They go no further than to elterate that Mr. HooseveK under- tands their position and that they have the fullest confidence In him. They show not the slightest Indication that they have in any wife changed their fo- itlon or are prepared to yield more than they were last Friday, when the plenipotentiaries adjourned until to morrow. Crisis Today. If Mr. Wltte does not receive fresh Instructions before 3 o'clock tomorrow evening, when the conference Is re sumed, the situation will be exactly what It was when the adjournment wa taken on Friday. Both tides will pre- sent their protocols for signature. One Ide or the other must then make move or all that will be left will be to go through the formality of tlgnuig brief final protocol certifying that they have reached the parting of the ways and to bid each other farewell. But such an abrupt termination li hnrdly anticipated. Baron Komura, if Mr. Wltte has nothing to propose, might produce Japan's Irreducible min imum, or the final concessions he is prepared to make or formally propose collective consideration of all the arti cles still In dlwpute. Any move on either side would involve another ad Journment or such an adjournment might be frankly proposed by Mr, Wltte, an he would not be guilty of the discourtesy of allowing the conference to go to pieces before receiving a ape elfiV reply to President Roosevelt's proposition. Witt Sympathizes. There Is warrant for the statement that Mr. Wltte personally sympathises with the president's proposition, no Of ICE SUDDEN CHANGE FOR THE-; WORSE IS NOTICABLE .IN ? YELLOW FEVER REPORTS matter how it may be regarded by his Imperial master and tho hitter's advis ers.. The spirit of all the advices re celved has been moh as to almost pre elude the hope of an eleventh hour hange. Japs Without Hops. Among the Japanese tonight no note of hope is sounded. With genuine re luctance they seem almost resigned to the shipwreck of the conference. They declare that their position is unchanged and they speak of renewing the war with a snap o fthelr eyes which speaks volumes for their conference In the sue-ce.-s of Oyuma when the word is given to advance. We have fought for a laxtlng peace.' said one of the attuclus clos est to the chiefs. -"We have been vic torious. If Russia came to Portsmouth unprepared to pay the price of defeat ull Is over. We do nut believe that the president consider our terms unreason, able. He knowr Japan's position as accurately as does either of the Japan ese plenipotentiaries. We don't believe he will even ask us to weaken at the last moment and yield, even to save the negotiations." DATE FOK I. F.N. A. CONVENTION FIXED The manufacturers of fertilisers all over the country are preparing for the mooting ot the International Ferti liser Manufacturers association which will be held at Kenllworth Inn near this city for five duys, beginning Oc tober 10, The attendance at the meet ing will doubtless be large as an In teresting program will be presented ami members of the association from Kurope, Canada and the Unite States will attend. The association includes among its members practically every large fer tilizer manufacturing company In the world and few of the companies will be without' representatives at l the meeting. The attendance Will be be tween 160 and 200, The selection of Kenllworth Inn ft the meeting Is another of the many recognition Asheville Is receiving as an Ideal place for the holding of conventions'!, of all kinds. GRAND JURY WILL ASK ABOUT BANK ACCOUNT Washington, Aug. 21. In connection with the cotton, leak investigation by the grand jury hers It was asserted today that an effort was being made to secure from local banking Institu tions, the financial standing of Ed win 8. Holmes, the dismissed associate statistician ot the agricultural depart ment, and of Former Chief Statisti cian John D. Hyde,. So far the banks huve refused to divulge the character of their business relation. If any, with the two men, and It Is understood that unless they do without delay the bank officials will be duly subpoenaed before the grand Jury and required to furnish the Information desired. ' ENGINEER KILLED IN ENGINE COLLISION (Special to The Cltlsen.) Spencer, N. C Aug. 21. Engineer II. Bulloch, age 40 years, of Spencer, was instantly killed between Salisbu ry and Spencer at 10 o'clock tonight In a collision between a runaway lo comotive and the engine which he him self was running. J. W. Freeman, fireman on the engine with Mr. Bul loch, nanowly escaped death by Jumping from the cab window and sustained only a few slight bruises. Without a moment's warning the fiery monster dashed Info the shifter at the rate of 60 miles per hour and the crash between the two engine was one of the most terrific ever seen here. Bulloch was caught between the ten der and cab and was frightfully mash ed and mangled. An hour after the accident a second engine was turned loose on theSpencer yard by some unknown miscreant and after running one hair mile was turnea over nio he ditch. , j STREET CAR CRUSHED BENEATH TRAIN 7 ' - - ; NINE BEING KILLED AND SEVERAL HURT Butte. Mont, Aug.' Jl. NJne person were killed, one raiany injured ana about thirteen more or lefst Injured In collision between a street car filled with returning merrymakers from Co lumbia gardens and afrelght train on the Itutte, Anaconda Pacific rail road last night. Loaded with . passengers, many of them women and girls, the car return ing from Columbia Gardens was struck by the engine ot a freight train near Number of Deaths and DIsf ease Centers are Greatly t Increased I ; iu CASE OF FEVER FOUND AMONG JAIL INMATES Panic In Criminal Court Where Italian VIcUm is Placed : on Trial YESTERDAY'S RECORD. New Orleans, Aug. . SI, Offi cial report to 8 p. m: , New cases, l. , Total to date, 1,446. ( Deaths, 9. Total, 205. New foci. 16. i '. ' -.. Total,322. Cases under treatment, 828. New Orleans, La., Aug. 21. Yellow fever took a bound forward today In New Orleans and the situation In the state Is far from satisfactory. The official figures for New Orleans today show a material Increase In new eases and In disease centers., Nino persona died today of yellow (ever, mors than In any one day since August 14. when a record of 12 deaths was made. Health officers explain that the report Is always high on Monday because of unavoidable laxity In ' reporting 'on Hun day. ' Troublo About Freight. Numbers of merchants called on Dr. White today, to ask his mterces nlon In the amelioration of ithe res- trlctlves imposed against freight by towns like Luke Charles, which de sires no" Intercourse ' with JNew Or leans. Merchants believe " that Dr. White's Intervention may bring1 many of the smaller communities to a reoog nttion'of the harmltasnesa of rcoclv Ing merchandise from infected places. President ' Janvier, of the Cltlasena Committee, whose work of raising funds and arousing public Interest In their work Is 'acknowledged by fede ral officers, today Ins sted on being : found guilty of fallufe to screen a tank when arraigned before Recorder Talln. The tank was of running wa ter In his attlo. ' Court Room in a Panic. " Prisoners, court attaches and bang-, ers-on t the Second criminal court were thrown Into' something of a pa nic today when a genuine case of yel low fever was discovered In the dock. The man was found 111 among a num ber of prisoner and the doctor who was called promptly, diagnosed the, case as yellow fever. The screened, ambulance Immediate'. ", carried the man to the emergency hospital. A flying squad 'was sent f- and, the dock and the court room were tho roughly disinfected. , ' . The patient was an Italian who was arrested on gaturuay night s,nd ' re , malned In prison until today. . The., Jail will also be fumigated. Unless precautions under 4he supervision of the marine hospital service, or other wise taken 10 prevent A recrudes cence of the fever next spring. It has been demonstrated by scientists hat the stegomyia mosquito hibernate. A vigilant, watch will therefore he kept when tho winter passes for any cases which may then appear in the south. ' '. ' . ''.'' .: RUSSIAN REFORMERS LANDED IN PRISON St. Petersburg. Aug. 21. The police at lust have applied a check to the activi ty of the central huroau of the league and confederation of professional re form organlatlons, by descending today on a meeting of the central committee and arresting ten of the leaders pres ent. In this community are Included university lecturers, doctors, lawyers and other professional men. ' The or ganisations of which the league Is. made up are composed of the most ad-. vanced reformers nnd since Its organl- satlon the central bureau has passed through radicalism to the verge of rev- olutlon. . : . .. VI " . ' . v. the Butte, Anaconda sV Paclfle depot, and crushed beneath the weight of on -freight car. killing nine and fatally In juring one and perhaps another. Num bers were more or lees hurt and taker to their home for treatment, their names being unobtainable at this time. The street car wa approaching from the south. Conductor Hoagland says be waa oa top of the train with a lan tern and warned the motorman, but the latter put on speed and attempted t cross ahead of the train.
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