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ASHEVILLE, N. 0., SATURDAY MOKNINO, NOVEMBER 21, 1903.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
EDUCATIONAL ANNIVERSARY
OF METHODIST CONFERENCE
A plaster Piece by John D: Entitled An Honest Trust
J. D. ROCKEFELLER ON STAND
FACES UNCEASING FIRE OF
INTERROGATIONS UNSHAKEN
ADDRESSED BY WATERHOUSE
1ZEN
.:y Iff m
Immense Audience Heard
Address by President of
Emory and Henry.
HOLD MISSIONARY
SESSION TONIGHT
Women's Meeting This Af
ternoon Will Be Address
ed Bv Mrs. Roberson.
(By Rev. V. It. Iticharson, Pastor of
Spring Garden church, Greeuaboro.
Before an audience that occupied
. very foot of apace In the main audi
torium and Sunday school room and
packed the church to the corridors.
Dr. R. O. Waterhouse, president of
Krnory and Henry College, of Vir
ginia, delivered a masterly address un
the relation of Southern Methodism
to education before the conference
at the Central Methodist church last
evening, the occasion being the edu
cational anniversary.
Dr. Waterhouse traced the rise of
the present church colleges and re
lated the difficulties the church had
to contend with In Its fight for high
er education. The address showed
m.ich thought and that the speaker
was thoroughly familiar with the his
tory of Christian education in Ameri
ca. At the afternoon session, Rev. D.
H. Comann preached on the person
ality of Christ.
The missionary Anniversary will be
held this evening, the speaker being
Mr. W. B. Stubbs, head of the lay
men's movement and other members
.if the conference.
Mr Roberson, president of the
'Ireensboro Female college, will ad
dress,, woman's meeting at three
thirty o'clock this afternoon.
Third Day of Conference.
Dr. Dan Atkins led the devotional
jarcUsa at the opening of the con
ference yesterday morning.
After the minute wars read and
:tpprowoV- teIegrara . of brotherly
wseetlng from- Bishop Rodthe4er for
the Moravian synod, now In session
In Wineten-Sftlem., The secretary was
instructed by" the conference to re
spond to the bishop's telegram.
Question 20: "Are all the preach
ers blameless In their lire and offi
cial administration?" was called and
the list of superannuates was first
called, and the names of H. L. At
kins. R. Q. Barrett, T. A. Boone, J.
D. Buoy, O. .W. Callahan, V. II.
Cooper, 8. M. Davis, T. H. Edwards.
J. F. England. M. C. Fields. 8. S.
Gasque, T. F. Glenn, J. J. Gray, S.
H. Helsabecky W. Legette, A. M. Long,
W. B. I-yda. J. S. Nelson, R. W. Pick
ens, J. P. Reynolds, J C. Troy, J. W.
Wheeler, J. A. Wiggins and F. H.
Wood were referred to the committee
for superannuation.
From many of the absentee letters
of lqve were read, and those present
made remarks.
There is nothing more pathetically
touching about an annual conference
session than to see and hear some of
Ihe old fathers In the conference, in
their feebleness, speak words of
cheer and love.
Dr. Frank L. Wood, though a su
perannuate. Is not living In the past,
as he said In a talk, but Is keeping
up with the times. He said he would
like to live a hundred years to wit
ness new developments and onward
movements.
Under this twentieth question, the
names of R. 8. Abernethy, W. W.
Bayes, A. Q. Gantt, C. M. Gentry, A.
H. Whisner were referred to the
committee on conference relations for
the supernumerary relation.
W. T. Albright. A. R. Bell, M. B.
Clcgg, V. E. Edwards. P. W. Tucker
:ind N. M. Madlln were continued In
the class of the fourth year.
J.W. Kennedy, C. H. Neal, C. R.
ttass, C. M. Short and E. E. William
son were elected eiders.
Several local preachers wi re .elect
ed to deacons' orders and other local
preachers were elected to elders' or
ders. A resolution was offered by Dr. C.
O. Weaver that all undergraduates
Wall appear before the committee
on examinations on Tuesday before
'te conference opens hereafter or not
he examined until the following yenr.
whether they have or have nut taken
i he correspondence course, that the
ommlttee should have the linal pass
ing on all cases. The resolution
Mrongly advocated the taking of the
nrrespondence course at Vandcrbllt
university. This resolution elicited
considerable discussion, engased In by
n dozen members of the conference.
(Continued on pane four.)
SPENCER WOMEN SENDS BULLET
INTO WOULD-BE BURGLAR'S BODY
(Special to The Citizen.)
vSPENCER, N. C. Nov. 20. "If
you move I will kill you," were the
words that fell upon the ears of Mrs.
Mauri Feamster at her home In East
Spencer, last night when she was
awakened by a- burglar who had
crept close- beetde her bed. Without
a word or scream Mrs. Feamster fir
ed her pistol twice In the darkness
in the direction of ber assailant. The
FIFTEEN BURNED
UNDER TONS OF
DIRT AND ROCK
Ten More Reported Miss
ing as Result of Explosion
of Gas in Brooklyn.
SPARK CATCHES
ESCAPING GAS
Scores of School Children
Standing Nearby Have
Miraculous Escape.
(By Associated Press-)
NEW YORK, Nov. 20. Twenty
five persons aro believed to have lost
their lives In an explosion of gas
which tore up a great section of Gold
street, Brooklyn, today. It is defi-
nately known that fifteen persons were
burled under the hundreds of tons of
earth and timber that were thronw In
to the air by the explosion, and ten
more persons are reported as missing.
The exact number of dead cannot be
determined until tomorrow for those
working for the recovery of the en
tombed bodies must dig through 50
feet of dirt, rock and a tangle of
pipes and timbers.
The explosion occured In a 50-foot
deep excavation that had been made
In. Gold street, between York and
Front streets, where a water main
was being laid. The gas main recent
ly sprung a leak and in a manner un
known, a spark came In contact with
escaping gas today. Immediately
there was a terrific explosion that
lifted the surface of the street for
half block fn both directions and hur
led dirt, paving stones and debris Into
the air. When the smoke and dust
cleared away It was seen that the
street had been opened from doorstep
over an area of nearly a block. The
loosened earth and debris had fallen
Into the excavation, burying the score
of laborers who were at work when
the accident happened. Great ton
gues of flames shot out of crevices in
the street, and besides them geysers
of water leaped Into the air from the
water main that had been shattered
by the explosion. Two bodies were
sticking out of the wreckage.
Children In Danger.
Gold street was crowded with
school children when tho explosion
occurred and that scores of children
were not killed or Injured was rem
arkable. A woman and three children
were almost opposite tho excavation
when the earth crumbled under their
feet and they were swept down Into
the hole under tons of wreckage. Two
other children were on the opposite
side 'of the street when the street
caved-ln, and they lost their lives.
Samuel Trout, foreman of the gang og
laborers, who were laying the water
main, was near the woman and three
children who lost their lives. He
rushed forward as he felt the street
tremble, in an endeavor to save them
but he, too, was drawn into the death
hole. His body was the first to be
recovered. Trout had been roasted
to a cinder.
Only four of the men working In
the excavutlon escaped nnd their es
cape was remarkable. They were dig
ging near the opening of a four-foot
sewer and the force of tho explosion
blew them to the entrance of It. Ar
thur Strand was hurled farthest and
he pulled the other three men after
him.
Water Main Breaks.
, Water from the broken main be
gan to pour into the sewer and the
four men. In danger of being drowned,
started to run toward the river, where
there was an outlet to the sewer.
The explosion shook houses for
blocks around. Thousands of per
sona were attracted to the ficene. Wo
men living In the neighborhood whose
children had been on the street when
the gas main blew up, rushed to the
scene and ran about the excavation
wringing their hands ami culling for
their little ones. In ninny Instances
they found their children after a
brief search, but a number of boys
and girls had been Liken Into a
school nearby and their parents were
frantic by the time they found them.
The gas and water supply were
burned off shortly after the explo
sion. A force of 100 firemen was then
put to work, digging for bodies, hut
the task was necessarily slow because
of the nature of the wreckage, which
had to be removed.
Intruder fled Immediately, earning
one ball In his body and leaving a
trail of blood showing that the aim
of the plucky woman had been good.
In raising her hand to shoot Mrs.
Feamster struck the burglar's arm.
The officers are without a clue. The
home of Fisher Correll In East
Spencer was entered also lat night
the family being chloroformed by the
burglars who fled without taking any
valuables, ,
WANT PROTECTIVE
LUMBER TARIFF
Lumbermen are Flayed by
Clark Who Refers to "Un
iversal Grab Game."
( (By Associated Prats.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. "A uni
versal grab game" is the appelatlun
given to the tariff by Representative
Champ Clark, of Missouri, today at
the hearing t before the ways and
means committee, on the schedules
for wood and wood manufacturers.
The administrative' policy for the
preservation of forests; figured large
ly in the Argument today.
Several lumbermen said tbey want
ed protective tariff on lumber . because-
other articles are protected by
the present law. This called fdrth the
term of "grab" from Mr. Clurk.
Representative Koutell, of Illinois,
asserted In defense of a protective
tariff, that tho government must se
cure (300,000,000 In revenue and
that, as a result, some Industrie must
be protected.
That free trade for lumber would
tend to prevent the devastation of
the American timber land was the
opinion expressed by Mr. Clark, who
said that It didn't matter If Canada
devastated her forests. Mr'. Boutell
argued that the American forests
would have to supply the lumber for
both countries If the Canadian forest
are devastated, and suggested that
some broader scheme than the tariff
should be adopted for reforestation
of the United States and Canada.
RELAY RUN FROM
N.Y. TO CAPITAL
Y. M. C A. Boys Start 240-
Mile Sprint Bearing Mes
sage to President.
(By Associated Prats.)
NEW YORK, Nov. 20. With
cheers from several hundred school
mates and fellow members of the
Young Men's Association to spur
them on, the young athletes engaged
In the relay race organized by the
physical department of the Y. M. C.
A. between this city and Washing
ton, started on their 241 mile sprint
at 3:45 today, the runners hearing a
message in a silver tube to President
Roosevelt.
The start was made from the In
ternational headquarters In East 28th.
street, Where R. C. Morse, general
secretary of the international com
mittee of the association, delivered
the silver tube Into the hands of the
first runner, George Watson, a high
school pupil. From the East 28th.
street headquarters, the runner car
ried the silver tube to the West 23nl,
street ferry, each runner sprinting a
100 yards with it and passing -It on.
Krom Jersey City to Newark, the re
lays were 150 yards, and from New-
rk on they lengthened out to a
quarter of a mile. From Newark the
Itinerary is through Elizabeth, I'laln
field, Princeton, and Trenton, where
the message will remain overnight. At
6 o'clock Saturday morning the race
for Washington will lie resumed by
way of Camden, Wilmington and
Baltimore.
Unless some unexpected hitch oo-
curn the message will reach the
hands of the president at 11:30 Sat
urday night.
Altogether 700 runners will par
ticipate In the run. The message con
tains a request from the boys to the
president, whirh the lutter will make
public if he so desires.
INDIAN'S HEADY FOR GAME.
(By Associated Press.)
ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 20. The
Carlisle Indian football team Is here
In good shape for tomorrow s game
with Minnesota. Today the team went
out tor a practice which was said topor North Carolina: Fair Saturday
be satisfactory all around.
TAFT GABINET
NOT YET CHOSEN
President-elect Says No One
Has Been Decided Upon
for Any Place in It.
(By Associated Pre.)
HOT SPRINGS, Va., Nov, 20 A
general discussion of affair with
Senator Scott, of West Virginia, hls
morning, and a visit from Former
Senator Henry Gassaway Davis, of
the same, state, who four year ago,
was the democratic ' candidate for
vice-president, this afternoon, Were
the only demands made today on the
time of the president-elect.
"I wish yon would, JjHilndy.lhat. my
cabinet is not. made up. ar slated. No
one has been decided upon for any
place In its and no offers of any cab
inet positions have been made to any
one." . ,
This was the response of President
Elect Taft today to the statement
from Minneapolis, that Frank B.
Kellogg had been Invited to become
attorney general in the Taft cabinet.
Senator Scott said that If the busi
ness yien of the country, large and
small could realize the qualities, de
sires and determination of President
Elect Taft, there would be no hesita
tion whatever in the upward trend of
business.
"We are going to have a period of
great advancement and prosperity
under tho administration of Judge
Taft" the senator uilded.
Thansgiving Day here is going to
be the occasion of a general reunion
of the Taft family. Thanksgiving din
ner Is to be partaken of at the home
of M. E. Ingalls, whose son Is the
husband of a daughter of C. P. Taft.
The C. P. Taft family will be here,
likewise Henry W. Taft and family
and Horace Taft. as well as Robert,
Helen, and Chnrli . the three child
ren of the president-elect, and Mrs.
Taft.
GOMPERT REPORT
ADOPTED IN FULL
Vigorous Discussion of Some
of its Conf cuts. Officers
to Be Eledcl Today.
(By Associated Press.)
DENVER. 'ol.. .Nov.. 20. Approval
of the conventlnii "f the American
Federation of Lnle r was given Presi
dent Samuel Oomi' rs today by the
adoption of his umnial report in full
as presented.
The report was '" fore the conven
tion for a day nipi half, and for a
while there-was a Koroua discussion
Of some of Its con!' nta.
Tomorrow at ' o'clock tho elec
tion of officers wnl I iK the special or
der of businef. All the officers will
im re-elected, with the possible ex
ception of Vice I 'resident Daniel
Keefe.
It In reported Hi'' the miners have
decided to support Mr. Keefo for re
election, and tie t have tho largest
vote of any union ;n the convention.
It In nleo repurteil tluU. Mr. Oompcrs
will not oppose Mr. Keefe, but this
cannot be confirm I.
IFAIR
WASHINGTON. Nov. 20. Forecast
and Sunday light northeast winds. j
DEFENSE ACTIVE
FOR LAMPHERE
Two' Witnesses Testify That
Fire Occurred ' at 3 A, M.
April 20.
(By AsseoUtsd Prats.)
tAPORTB. lnd., Nov. gO Ex
cellent progress was made by the de
fense in the amount of testimony
placed before the Jury today in the
trial of Ray Lampher for the mur
der of Mrs. Belle Qunness, and her
three children but aside from two
witnesses to show that the fire at the
Qunness house occurred at I o'clock
in the morning of April 20. no .pro
position advanced by Attorney Wort
den in his opening statement Was
followed up. Court will be held to
morrow, the' expectation being that
Dr. Walter Han nee of Chicago, the
defense's main witness wilt be here to
testify that he found poison in the
stomachs or Andrew Helgeleln and
three of the four bodies found In the
ruins of the tlunnesa house. .
Dr. George Wasser, who was called
as an expert, was shown the toeth
and brldgework Introduced by the
state, and Identified by state witnesses
as having come from the mouth of
Mrs. Belle Qunness. He doubted
whether a gold crown in the exhibit
evef made made to fit the teeth stubs
to which it was said iby the state to
have been attached.
Tlui defense tried to show that Mrs.
dullness might have removed the
brldgework from her mouth and
placed it In the fire to lend the im
pression that she wan burned to
death. Dr. Wasaor says that crowns
could be removed Intact without
burning away the roots, but he did
not know whether these were remov
ed in that way.
JOSEPH BRYAN
PASSES AWAY
Well Known Southerner
Sueurabs to Heart Trouble
After Brief Illness.
(By Associated Press.)
RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 20. Joseph
Bryan, owner of Tho Times-Dispatch,
probably the best known citizen of
Richmond and one of the well known
men of tho south, died at hi home,
"Uahurnum," Just outside this city,
tonight. Mr. Hrynn had been dan
gerously 111 for several days with
heart trouble.
Mr. Ilryan was sixty-three years
of age, nnd was throughout his lire
a man of action. He was known In
this city and section us a doer of large
things, and there are many large en
terprises In the south toilay prosper
ing through his ability nnd genius for
organization and conducting on u
high 'business plane. Taking charge
of the Richmond locomotive Works,
he conducted It successfully, and con
tinued as managing director after Its
absorption by the American Docomo
tlw Works. He wa-s also a director
of the Kouthern railway, and at te
time of the reorganization of the
Kqiiilahle 1,1 f' Assurance society was
selected as one of the directors. lie
was a director In the Hl'iss-Shefflcld
company nnd In the North BlrmlnK
1mm I.and company.
Mr. Bryan was recognized as one
of the sooth's gnu test philanthrop
ists. Ho was a native of Gloucester
county, and at the outbreak of the
el,vll war was a student at the t'nl
verslly of Virginia. As soon as he ar
rived at a sufficient age his parents
acquiesced In his request and he was
.fllowed to Join the Confederate army,
entering the command of Col. John
S. Mosby. with which he served for
the remaining period of the war. Af
ter the war he was married to Mlm
Belle Stewart, daughter of Mr. John
Stewart of "Brook Hill" Henrico
county, Virginia. . ... I . . i
RAILROADS ARE
DISCUSSED BY
PRES. FINLEY
President of tho Southern
Makes Pino Address at
Spartanburg Banquet.
RAILROADS ARE
MARKET ROUTES
Dwells on the Many Advan
tages to Accrue From
Late Developments.
(special te The Oltlxen.)
SPARTAN BURG, 8. C., Nov. JO.
At a banquet given by the Chamber
of Commerce of Spartanburg tonight
to celebrate the coming of the Caro
lina, Cllnchflnld A Ohio Railroad,
President W. W. Flnley, of the South
ern Railway company, responded to
the toast "Our Railroads"
After welcoming the new railway
and expressing the conviction that
"the resources of our Southland are
so great and varied, and their rapid
devulnnmAnr I MA ..Main " Ih.l urm
can confidently expect an abundance
of work for it transportation
agencies, both old and new both by
land and by water. Mr. Flnley spoke
of the identity of the interest of the
public and the railway, and said:
'The topic which you have assign
ed to me thl evening 'Our Hall
roads' -Is one which Is suggestive of
tn identity or interest to which I
have referred. The railroad whloh
serve your community are your rail
roads tn a very real sense. They are
your highway to the markets of the
world: they are essential to your vary
existence a a prosperous and grow
ing community. Great as are its na
tural resources, human existence in
this Piedmont region would be pos
sible only on a relatively primitive
scale, and your splendid agricultural
and Industrial development would
have been Impossible without mod
ern means, of transportation. The
railways which traverse your section
are, therefore, your railways. They
are part of you the veins and art
eries through which (lows the life
blood of your commerce. Your Inter
est In the healthy expansion of your
railway and In their ability efficient
ly to handle your commerce Is identi
cal with the Interest of a man In the
healthy operation of his circulatory
system and In the unobstructed flow
of his blood through his arteries.
Your agricultural, Industrial, and
commercial growth can continue only
If you are served iby carriers able to
transport a constantly Increasing vol
ume of traffic. Just as tho clogging
of the arteries would be disastrous
to human life, so would the choking
of your highways be disastrous to
your life as a community. Healthy
prosperity for your railways, there
fore, means enlarged opportunities In
every field of human activity In your
locality. This economic truth was
very aptly stated by a manufacturer
of cotton goods in your sister State of
North Carolina, who recently declar
ed to me that be considered every
addition to tho facilities of tho rail
way by which his mills wero served
as an Increase In the effoclcncy of his
plant and an addition to Its valus.
What this man said of the depend
ence of his business upon the ade
quacy of transportation facilities may
be said with equal truth by the farm
er and by every man engaged In pro
duction or manufacturing."
UNKNOWN SHIP
IS ABANDONED
(By Asseolstsd Press.)
PORTLAND, Kng., Nov. 20. The
British steamer Ruston, from Mobile
and Newport News, for Bremen, ar
rived here today nnd landed the cap
tain and crew of the schooner Laco
ms, which was abandoned and water
logged on November R, In latitude 38,
longitude 6,1.
FORMER WIFE OF BAKER EDWARDS
SEEKS TO ANNUL RECENT MARRIAGE
Thnt the Uvea of Mr. uml Mr.
Baker O. Kdwurds, who wi re mar
ried by a, Justice of the pence Wcd
in'Hilay will bo temporarily fhadow
ed by the annulment of their
marriage, appears poHSlhle according
to a dispatch from Norfolk to The
Richmond Tlmcn-Dltpatch yesterday.
It Ih stated that Mrs. Rdwardn, the
former wife of the Buck Hhouls hero,
Is busily engaged in Norfolk In an
effort to have her case reopened.. The
dispatch follns:
'Mrs. Kdwurds, divorced wife of
Baker Everett Edwards, who was
married yesterday to Mrs. Hophla
Harrison Hastman at Asheville, N. C.
will seek to have the case reopened
here with a view to an annulment,
according to a statement Issued to
day by her attorney, Captain J, J.
Burroughs,
Enormous Earning Power
of Standard Oil Combine
Is Revealed.
HALF BILLION
IN EIGHT YEAR
Mr. Roekefeller Confesses
That He Has Been Pros
porous' From Start.
y Asseetsted s-es.)
NEW YORK, Nov. no. For ores
five hour today, John D. Rockefeller,
wttaeas for the defense In the gov
eminent') suit to dissolve the Stand
ard OH company, faced an unceasing?
fir of question from ' the federal
counsel. Prank B. Kollogg, and Whan
adjournment was take until Monday
he was still being c roes-examined on
the charge that the company, la kg
early day, accepted - rebates to tho
disadvantage of it rivals. i '
The enormous earning power ot
the standard Oil combine was sharp
ly brought out in today' hearing,
when Mr. Rockefeller, after otatlng.
that the Btaodard had paid dividend
amounting to H0.e00.000 m 17,
aid It had earned as mucH more,
and that this was added to tho corn
psny'e surplus, which was atated by
tho government's counsel to be II0P,
000,000. It was further tated by
Mr, Kellogg that the company within
the last eight yean had earned over
half a blllhJn dollar. , '" V
The rapid Are Interrogation of tho
prosecutor were always mot with un
shaken Imperturblllty and Teadine,
to answer except when, as Mr. Rocke
feller explained,' "It Is Quito tm possi
ble for mo to remember, after .
year. I do not recoJl.'V.! . .
Mr. Rockefeller I wa - questioned
closely regarding rebates) which the
Standard wao charged with receiving!
but wHh the exception ot tho agree,
ment with the Pennsylvania railway,
which. Mr, i Rockefeller .'explained.
govs tho Standard a- rebate, because
It offset an equalisation of oil ship
ments, Mr. Rockefeller' could not r ,
call any 'other rebates, , though " he
thought It was likely that ho might
have heard of It at tho time.
"You have been prosperous sine
the beginning?" asked Mr. Kellogg of
Mr,-Rockefeller, when tho latter r
sumed hi testimony.
"Ys," he replied.
'1
Trust Agreement,
He was asked about tho trust agreo.
ment of 1112, and whether tho trust
certificates did not show a value ot
170.000,009, and that tho stock held
under the agreement an actual value
of B,T1,I. Mrv Rockefeller said
he believed those figure Were oor- .
rect. , ':v,.:rr 'V'V-,;:H.--';
"The record shows that up to HOI
the net earning of tho company were
tfiil.m.m. Whist was flu OKI-
dnd In U07T" '
"I should say about it per cent.
"That was about III.OQO.OOOT" . .
That would be a, million in favof
of the poor old Standard." ' M Mr.
Rockefeller. Ho added that tho net
earnings for 107 wore approximately
HO, 000,000. He assented to Mr. Kole
logg's figures showing that tho com
pany earned $410,00,000 from US!
to KOf. Adding tho earning of
107 would give a total earning ot
B70,000,00. '
'Then, where does tho haxard of
the business come In 7" asked Mr.
Kellogg,. r,--;i,: .-,
"In the first place, since tho flrf ;
refinery wa built, more than fifty
years ago, wt havs been prepared at
any moment, day or night, to hear
the fire alarm. We ar dealing wlfhj
a very exptoelv product. Fire ar
constantly occurring." ' ?
"Hut your profits war above your
Are losses, whloh haws been charged
to protlt and loss account?"
"Yes, sir."
Concerning Pennav R. R.
Mr. Kellogg then asked Mr. Rocks
feller about the Standard OH agree- ,
ment with the Pennsylvania railway
In 1177, In which tho Pennsylvania
agreed to pay back 10 per cent of
the freight rates which the Standard
paid. The wKnem said this agree
ment followed the rate war between
the northern and southern lines, and
(Continued en pegs six.)
"Mrs. Kdwards, It Is understood,
will claim that the dlyorco was ob
tained through fraud, in that ah
was never notified or given a chance
i to entur a defense, and that the al-
legations supporting the ground oil
I which the decree wa based, that it
I desertion, are not true and not prop
i erly proved, as Is provided for in th
I laws governing the granting ot
divorces In Virginia."
other reports state that the forme
' Mr. Kdwards claims that sho never
i deserted her liege lord, but that hO .
himself "lit out" when she told him
I to keep "hands off" In the manage
l ment of a boarding house which she,
' Mr. Edwards, was then running In
New York. Bhould tho former wire
of Mr. Edwards succeed in having tho
case reopened, the bridegroom - o(
Wednesday may have his honeymoon
interrupted. i -.