North Carolina Newspapers

THE 0 j THE WEATHER, t. : Showers. :. T' IT WILL PAY .YOU. To tioatl Ttm ClUsrM Want Ads. VOL.XXn.NO. 210. , ASHEVILLE, N. C WEDNESDAY MORNJNG, AUGUST 14, 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS. OFFICIALS OF TELEGRAPH COMPANIES CLAIM TO HAVE SITUATION WELL IN HAND THE MODERN TR0UBEAD0R WOOS A LEMON. HEARING IN THE FAMOUS EDDY SUIT WAS OPENED YESTERDAY AT CONCORD Announce Themselves to be Y Well Satlsfled With Pro ff gresa Already Made. UNION OFFICIALS t ARE NOT GRUMBLING Offer of Reagan to Try to i Bring About Settlement I Declined by Both Cos. NEW YORK, August 13 From the Viewpoint of the employer of tel- egrsph operator the atrtke situa tion tonight waa declared to be Im proving hourly and the official of both the Western Union and the Po tal Companies announced themselves to be more than satisfied with the progress that has been made during the day and the early hour of the night toward the restoration of wire communication throughout the coun try: : f . r , These- officiate were frank to admit that some aurprise was occasioned by the action of their operators In addi tional cities going out today but de clared that none of the day striker left them with an entirely crippled force. These statements on behalf of the Company were declared to be based on reports all over the country. The officials' of the telegraphers union on the other hand expressed conflldenc and satisfaction with the progress of the strike. In New York at a meeting of the Wall Street Chap el of the commercial telegrapher un ion late this afternoon It waa decided to present a detnaBd tomorrow for a minimum weekly wage scale of thirty dollar.' The Wall street chapel has . about 0 members, all men who oper ate broker leased .wire in thla, and earby cities , The proposed 'con' UaaV Is Uqt, rua Jflr Jwk year but no timer limit waa-Tiet for 1ta signature. . r .j"' ; Offer cllned. 3. : Reagan, State meditator of the department of labor of the state of New York offered bis good offices to bring about settlement. Mr. Reagan called on the officials of both the big telegraph ' companies, ' General Supt. Brooke Of the Western Union declared his company had nothing to arbitrate and Mr. Nally of the Postal , made practically the same, reply. Local Union. Joseph F. Aheam, President of the local union said that he had told Mr. Reagan that the operator were per fectly willing to submit their case to "8ince.ro Arbitration." . General Superintendent Brooks of the Western Union said tonight after receiving late reports from all divis ions. " "i ' ;l- "The Western Union Is practically on a normal basis tonight. "The New York office answers to 1500 offices direct and today and. to night not a single call from one of these offices has been unanswered and without delay at that We have now on duty more operators than we ac tually need and so far as my reports from all over the country go the same I true of all other divisions.' E. J. Nally. Viee-Presldent and General Manager of the Postal Com pany said: "We handle In the New York office , today up to five P. M., J351 messages exclusive of press matter and when It is considered that the normal .traffic of our oftlco Is approximately 45000 messages per day you can Judse for yourself tha situation as it effects us." Percy Thomas, deputy 'National president of the Telegraphers Union said: "Twenty six cities in the United States an4 Canada struck today. The situation tonight is satisfactory in every way to National officers." The Associated Press wire were working tonight as usual. The entire force of day oper ators In the New York officereport ed this morning and remained at their key until late In the afternoon when a special order directing them to go out made by the president of the lo cal union. These obeyed the call. , ... - OCT AT BRISTOL. . , , tZltX(tiy Associated Press.) B-K13TQL, . .Tenn., Aug. 13. All IWeatern Union operators here walked out at i o'clock. ) .". j MUlUAL EXCURSI0II WILL BRlllG IMMENSE CROWDS TO ASHEVILLE The Seashore - to the Mountain" excursion is run today and this after noon and tonight will see the already large number of vteitors in AshevUle augum'ented possibly by several thou sand people many of whom will stay la the city until the first of September i Tills excursion I an annual affair run from Jacksonville, Savannah, Charleston. Columbia and other points In the South to Asheville the return tickets being good until the first of September. From 'Information re ceived from the Southern office late EXCITEMENT AT BELFAST INTENSE No Disorders Occur and Steps Toward Arbitration Are Now Well Underway. (By Associated Press.) BELFAST. Aug. 11. The strike situation la held to have Improved to day, Insomuch a steps are underway to arbitrate the differences between the laborers and their employers. The experiment of keeping both the police and the troops outside of the dis turbed area of the city has been at tended with a great measure of suc cess and the day passed without a serious conflict between the strikers and representatives of authority, the soldiers and constables. ' . There has been much effervescence among the striker, but no actual out break of violence. Large and excited crowds collected and assumed threat ening attitudes, but confined their demonstration to shouting. At 11:30 o'clock tonight the streets of Belfast are practically deserted. Troop and police were withdrawn to their bar racks. Apparently doubting the sin cerity of the authorities, several large crowds spent some time today In dig ging up and stacking paving stones to be In readiness for the soldiers should they reappear. Tonight Joseph Devlin, nationalist 'member of the house of commons for Belfast, and a number of priests and magistrates pa trolled the disturbed area, urging the people to keep the peace and avoid collisions with the Orangemen.;' At the same time, the troop were held in readiness In their barracks should their service be required. This af ternoon a body of the city workmen attempted to repair the streets which had been torn up yesterday to secure ammunition in the form of paving Ntonea with Which to pelt the , sol diers. vTbey had - pot- Seen- at work for five minutes .before a mob of young men an "girls began to stone them, nd they had to run for their Uvea. MILITARY BOYS ARE OFF TO JAMESTOWN A telegram received -In the city last night from MaJ. Eugene B. Glenn, who is In charge of the hospital corps of the First regiment, now In camp at Morehead City, stating that tne First regiment broke camp there yes terday afternoon and took the train for the Jamestown exposition. Major Glenn stated that the health of the regiment was excellent, and that the Asheville companies would arrive home Saturday afternoon. RALEIGH MEN - JOIN THE CROWD RALEIGH, N. C. Aug 13 The four operators in the Western Union office quit work tonight and Joined the strike shortly after 7 o'clock. Only four men are concerned, two union and two non union, the union men having won over the others. The manager, H. O. Ban nister remained at work. There Is no strike yet in the postal office wlrere there are no union men. MANAGERS IS ALL BY HIS LONESOME (By Associates' Press.) ROANOKE, Va., Aug. 13 All West ern Union operators walked out to day leaving only the manager tn the ffice. It Is said Norfolk and Western operators are refusing to work, with Western Union men who refused to go out. RICHMOND MEN STRUCK AT NOON (By Associated Press.) RICHMOND, Va., Aug. 13. The Western Union operators here struck today at noon. The superintendent of the Western Union stated that 33 men went out and 24 remained. He says he expects to be able to handle the bueiness. . '.. i " - ' ', last night, the number of people who will take advantage of the exceeding ly low rates to come to the mountain will be largely In excess of any pre vious year. One Indication that an mutually large crowd will make this trip is the fact that three trains will be run to accomodate them. These trains will probably be made up of eight to ten coaches and from all Indications they will all be crowded. The first train No. will arrive about two-thirty, the other two following an hovr or more later raimUta; a second and third section of Jfo. t. . , ! ' Jp" V-O -.11.11-- 0? . I CHAHLIt ? I f 4 INJUNCTION IN BECKWITH CASE IS CONTINUED Two Important Decisions . - Were Rendered by Judge Pritchard Yesterday. WILL TAKE APPEAL r . trt. FROM DECISION Case 'Argued By Col. Rod man for Sou. and By Mr. Beckwith Personally. Two highly ' Important decisions were rendered by Judge Pritchard yo terday morning in the celebrated North Carolina rate case. . They were rendered in the ancil lary suit brought by the Southern Railway Company to prevent B. C. Beckwith, an attorney at law of Ran dolph county, and his clients to pre vent them from bringing any penalty suits against the railway company for failure to observe the new rate law, which came on to be heard yesterday morning by Judge Pritchard In the United States Circuit Court on motion of the railway to continue the tem porary Injunction he tainted at ' the time the bill was filed. The Injunction waa continued by Judge Pritchard until the final hear ing. The holdings of the Judge were these: A lawyer can be prevented from bringing penalty suits for clients In any court. Such suits can be forbidden analn.it the North Carolina Railroad and oth er North Carolina railroads although thee are not parties to the suit and were not protected by the Injunction forbidding such suits against the Southern Railway company. The holdings which were in connec tion with the signing of an ordor continuing and extending the original restraining order In the ancillary suit are important now only because of the principles Involved bncauMi of the new rates being now in operation there can of course be no penalty suit for violation thereof, but they will receive much attention because they are only less Important than the l suance of tho original Injunction against the corporation commission. Mr. Beckwith stated that he would appeal from the decision and signing of the order and ' that the appeal would go the Supreme Court In con nection with the main suit to which It is an appendage so -that tho Su preme court of the United States should pass on these matters of mo ment. C'onld hp Knjnined. Judge Pritchard held that the suits against the North Carolina Railroad Company could be enjoined because It was being operated by the South ern under lease and the lessor could not be held responsible because the lessee was obeying the order of the court tn refusing to put the' new rate Into effect and the court bavins; taken Jurisdiction of the subject matter drew to It all matter connected with It. -...-! The case wa argued yesterday byj Col. W. B. Rodman of Charlotte, di vision counsel for the Southern, and by Mr. Beckwith personally. The Ut ter made a vigorous legal argument despite the . fect that the court in granting the first order had Indicated (Coatlanrd. on Page FIto.) A mighty pain to love it is, And 'tis a pain that pain to , It is to love, but love in vain. . snow fits today- - t ' WASHINGTON, Aug., IS For North Carolina. South Caro- Una, Georgia? and East Florida Occasional enowcr Wednesday and Thursday light variable t winds. "-',, -., ..: :, TELEGRAPHIC .' Brevities v CHICAOO. 1VU. Aug.," 1 Ten men were Injured, one of tliem fatally, by the explosion of a giis tnnk. today at lint street an Cliftii (to avenue. All of the men were laborers.- . . i , ROCHESTER. N. Y., Am 13 The yacht Senect, defender of the Canada Cup today, won from A del, the Cana dian challenger, finishing more than one mile ahead. This concludes the contest, the cup remaining here. ' PRINCESS ANNB, MD Aug., 13 The large frame business building at the corner of Main and princess streets, and other frame store build ings and dwellings adjoining were burned today. ! 121,000 Insurance 7,000. NEW YORK. Aug., 13 The second trial of Harry K. Thaw, charged with the murder of Stanford White, I not likely to take place untlt the January term of court. This Information was developed today at a conference be tween Martin W. Littleton, counsel for Thaw, and district attorney Jerome WASHINGTON. .Aug. II. An of ficial report of the existence of yellow fever among the Cuban army of pa cification at Clonfuego baa reached the war dcpartm!nt ; In a . telegram from Colonel Taylor, chief surgeon at Marianao. He sty there are ten cases of yellow fever at Clenfuegos in tho command. ' CLEVELAND. 0 Aug, 13 John D. Rockefeller, referring to a widely circulated Interview criticising the present admlnlmrRtlon, purporting to have been given out by him and print ed today, said: "There la certainly some mistake about the matter. I neither gave out nor authorized the statements attributed to me." ;j WASHINGTON-. Aug.. 13 Advices to the War pepartment report that Sergeant Wesley K. Metcalf. of the Army hospital euros, died at Ceinfue- gnn yesterday from yellow fever and that there are "nly nine other cases of yellow' fever there,' all of them light. The infection la attributed to an unrecognisei ease, in tne civil enn of the hospital. KITt'ATlOV t SifHAGKI. " The local condition In the telegraph strike remained prac- tlcally unchanKed yesterday and last night denoite the various rumor that the boys here had gone out. Manager Calvert has two or three men at work with him and by strenuous work and long hours, agisted by them he ha furnished the Citizen with telegraphic news of the country although In somewhat abrevlated form. ' Yesterday afternoon some of the union operators tn towB wno have struck sent op a small baloon with the Western union hanging In effigy to It, and many people who were on the streets at the time supposed that the local operator had gone- out and that this waa a signal. Jims; Cowley. OPENING DAY OF MEETING OF BAPTIST ASSN. Twenty-Fifth Annual Ses sion of Buncombe Co. Baptists is Begun. OLD OFFICERS ARE I . . , ALL RE ELECTED Program Today ? Embraces Interesting Addresses. ' Many Visitors Present. The Buncombe County Baptist as soclatlon met a Gash's Creek church, two mile from Blltmnre, yesterday. All the officer were re-elected, to wit: Moderator, 3. P. Morgan! clerk, Clarence Creasman; treasurer, J. M Stoner; historian, Rev, W, T, Brad ley. . ; ' The following committee war ap pointed; Foreign Missions Dr. L. B. Mc- Brayer. Rev. 8. J. Morgan and W. 8. Roberts. State Missions Rev. 8. C. Owen, 3. A. Codell and J. Terrell Justice. Education Rev. A. I. Justice, Rev. W. H. Hooker, J. H Woodard and A. II. Plnkerton. Home Missions tr. John E. White of Atlanta. J. f. Dillingham and J. H. Holcombe. Schools J. H. Tucker, R. A. Mor gan and Rev, A- H. Slmma, Temperance E. J. Morgan, Levi 8. Clark and Rev. W. Robinson, HUte of the Churches RV. W. T. Bradley, R. D. Buckner and O, W. Hales. Orphanage J. M. Stoner, I. I Miles and U'D. Brookshlre. Woman'', Vork J. A. Brookshlre, Ell Oarren and J. O. Wall. B. Y. P. U.V, V. Brown and Rev. E. Allison. Periodicals Rev., E. Allison, J. B. Oosnel and L. Plemmons. The following visitors were pres ent: Dr. John K. White, pastor of the First Baptlxt church, Atlanta, Oa.; Rev. 8. W. Hall of the "Piedmont Evangellt," Rev. 8. J. Conrad of the North Carolina Baptist," Rev., T. H. Plemmons of Kentucky and Kev. t. Bright of Dublin, Oa. Dr. John E. White of Atlanta was a welcome visitor and was heard with great pleasure. At the morning ses sion he preached the annual sermon and at the afternoon session read the report on home missions and deliv ered a masterful address on that sub ject. Today two of the Important tntngs before the association will be a report on foreign missions, which will be spoken on by Rev. T. n. riemroon of Kentucky, and the historian' re port by Rev. W. T. Bradley. The historian's report la most Important at thla time because the association la now one-quarter of a century old, thl being the twenty-nfth annual session. It Is also the centennial of th organ ized work- of the Baptist denomination in thla county. The association will continue It session today and tomor row. ' OCT AT IYXCHBCRO, (By Associated Pre.) LYNCHBURG. Va., Aug. 13. Three union operator In the Lynchburg of fice of the Western Union Telegraph company left their key at noon to day. Thl leaves ten operator and re peater wen l the off lo at' work. ROOT SAYS HE "NEVER SAID IT" Denies Report That He Had Been Hobnobbing With Bloated Bond Holders. OYSTER BAY N. Y., Aug.. 13 Beo retary Root cam ti) Oyster Bay late this afternoon. II spent a greater part of the day In Ney York, On hl. arrival he denied absolutely the wide ly published report that he had been In conference with a number of New York, banker In the office of J. P, Morgan and Company " "Thar I ab. olutely no foundation for the rumor" he said. "I had no conference with Morgan and Company or with any other -New York banker, or with any one else. The Secretary who was accompanied by Mrs. Root went at once to Sagamore Hill where he will remain over night. - ' 1 . LEXINGTON NEXT MEETING PLACE . NORFOLK. VA Aug., II Th con ventlon of commissioned ofdeer of the Uniformed Rank Knight of tha Macabee of the World in bl-ennlal jointly with tho bl-ennlal encamp ment of the uniformed rank at the Jamestown exposition elected Major General W. H. Slotscr tit Cleveland, Ohio a commander on chief and se lected Lexington, Ky., a the' next place of meeting. Additional compan ies arrived today and Joined th camp at th exposition. The competitive drills for the 3H00 'silver trophy cup began On the Loa parade at the ex. position grounds today. The Judges will announce the winner of the con teat tomorrow. . NO FURTHER ROW AT ONANCOCK (By AisaefaUd Press.) ONANCOCK, Va., Aug. 13,Whlle some II soldiers are still on duty her and at Onlay, there I no excitement her and no further trouble I antici pated. The town council ha decided to allow Dr. Moone, th colored phy sician, to remain, it having been shown that he had nothing to do with tha recent rioting, ., The people , of On ley becam greatly excited last night upon the discovery that about 2 ISO negroe had assembled In a wood to hold consultation. Trouble waa feared for a time, but before midnight citizen from Pocomok City, Md,, and Virginia troops arrived on the scene Miu luv JirTgi i?v .uispni squ . .. very quietly. TELEPHONE CO. IS RUSHED WITH WORK Although the local Western Union offico Is still working ail of its men with on exception and is receiving messages subject to delay, the tele phone company Is literally swamped with message and finds It almost im possible to handle, the long distance mettsagna that came In yesterday. Ac cording to the statement made last night by Manager Wood th business they are handling I for individual, and so far they have not been called on to handle anything for the Western Union. Whether they would handle anything for tha telegraph company or not If asked to could not be learned, a Manager Wood declined to y. ...- MASSACHUSETTS DAY AT THE EXPOSITION OPENS WITH CERELIQUY ' - NORFOLK. ' VA.. Aug., II Gov- ernor Custls Guild, Jr., surrounded by members of th ' Massachusetts Jamestown Commission the bay state naval militia and many distinguished citizen from Massachusetts wa the Center of attraction at the Joint obser vance of Massachusetts and' Boston day at th Jamestown exposition to day. The weather wa Ideal for the cele bration, and thousands were In atten dance. ' Th formal exercises of the day took place in tha auditorium early, this afternoon. Arthur Lloyd of Plymouth, member of the Mass achu setts Jamestown Commission pr Masters Appointed to Deter mine Competency of Mrs. Eddy Get Busy. :j counsel sats HE It- WAS HANDICAPPED Chandler Bays Mrs. Eddy Was the Victim of "Sys. tomatic Delusions." (By Associated Prate.) CONCORD, N. II., Aug. 13. Three muatere appointed by Judg Cham berlln of the Superior court to de termine th oompotency o. Mrs. Mary Baker O. Kddy, head of th Christian Science church,- In connection with a tilt brought by "next friend" for an accounting nf Mra. Kddy'a finances, began their hearing today. The mas ter are Judita Edgar Aldrich of tho United Stalee District court. Rosea W. Parker of Claremont and Dr. Oeorgo F. Jelly of, Boston, an alienist. Tho commission Is to determine whether or not Mr. Eddy, on March 1st of thla year, was mentally competent to execute a deed transferring her prop erty to trustee. Counsel for the. "next friends" contend that th trust deed I Illegal because of th alleged incompetency of th matter. For tha "next friends" Wm.-E. Chandler out lined the suit and defended Its good faith. Counsel for tho "next frlends,', he said, had been handicapped In tha preparation of their esse by th re fusal of th Court to allow many mo tions of Importance. He cited among the adverse decision of tha court th denial of the motion of the d fendant that counsel for the "next ' friends" b required to furnUh bonds for the cost of the suit; -that the court grant ' counsel for tha "next friend" an allowance from Mm. Eddy' fc'eio for tli proper p. tlona ami presentation of tl.oir cn of plaintiff's motion for a Jury (rial; th' denial of acccH of counsel or the plaintiff to witness on their sld under the control of oppotilng counsel, and the resumption of the taking of depositions !;; Hew Hamp shire. ' Judge Aldrlclt said that tha master regard thl as a friendly pro ceeding and that thor being no ad verse parties the statutory right to take deposition did Dot xlst . At the . afternoon session Mr. Chandler sold that th Incompetency of Mrs. Eddy wa established by th trust deed which h executed on March i, by which she transferred all her property beyond her control. Her Incompetency, he added, I further shown by her evasion of taxes In th , city of Concord. He stated In clos ing that Mrs. Eddy wa th victim not of a solitary delusion, not of a notion, oven Insan notion, but a -rle of systematic delusion which in fluenced her whole life, and which hava resulted, or will reult, In eanlle dementa. Just befor adjournment Judg Aldrich asked what oppor tunity tne masters were to have to examine Mr. Eddy herself. Frank 0. Mtreetcr, her counsel, replied that sh had not sufficient strength to com Into oourt and undergo an examina tion, but h would b glad to r- . celv th mutter at Pleasant View and confer with them there. 'A date for th visit will be arranged later. "LORD" BAKRINGTON'S ' SENTENCE COMMUTED JEFFERSON CITY. MO.. Aug. 1J Governor Folk announced today that th sentence of "Lord"! Frederick Sel mour Harrington la commuted to Ufa Imprisonment. Barrtngton wa sen tenced to be executed . at Clayton August 2 rr the murder of Jam McCann, June It, 10. , V, ; McCanna mutilated body waa found In a ston quarry pond, and Harrington wa eon-. vlcted solely or circumstantial evlv denes. II ha always declared that McCann I still aUva, : i .m.:u:t1 .sided and Introduced Governor Guild as a member of tha Staff Of the late General Fitshugh Lee la th Spanish American war. Governor Guild was given an ovation. Other speaker wer Governor Swanson of Virginia, and President Tucker of theExposl tlon. Gen. Fred D. Grant, V. B. A., was on the stage. - A military review followed the exercise and the format dedication of th Massachusetts build ing, a replica of Fanuel hall at Boston took place later In the afternoon. Governor Hwanson being a guest of Honor. Governor Guild started for Boston with th Massachusetts Naval Militia oa the gunboat rt ' day. .