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A&HEVILLE, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 8, 1909.
OL.XXV.NO.80.
PRICE FIVE CENTS. ,
READING OF OWN 0SSAGE
BYGOVERNOR GLENN AROUSES
tt
Hands Across the Sea"
TILLMAN WAS
SHADOWED BY
TAFT CABINET !
DISCUSSED
Senator Knox and Presi
dent-Elect in Conference'
Yesterday Afternoon.
OPPOSITION IN LEGISLATURE
SECRET POLICE
MWWSWMWSSSSWWWWWSMSSW
Governor's Innovation Does
Not Meet With Very
1 . Warm Reception
bodies of 1300
Interred in
Charges Preferred by Presi
dent's Sleuths Lead to
Investigation of Affairs..
'
7
GOVERNOR MAKES
RECOMMENDATIONS
'Among Other Things Ho
Favors Elections Held
Every Four Years.
THE GOVKRXOIVB HECOMMENA
TIONS. In' Ws biennial message) to the state
legislature of North Carolina Governor
Glenn makes Hie following recommeo
datlomi: Amend the (Hiiwtituflon so as to give
the governor tlie power of veto.
Amend tho constitution ho mm to elect
II state; oonnty, tow null I p and munl
f'lal officers for four - years Instead
of two. T.
Amend' the constitution no as to lot
the general assembly meet only once
" In four yearn wiles for aome extraor
dinary purpose. .
Increase the governor'! and commis
sioner of labor's Mlarlca.
Equalise taxation by adopting a bet
ter mode -of assessing both real and
personal property.
Pass a legalised primary law and
a inriul the election law.
Amend our criminal procedure by
putting solicitor on salaries, dividing
the mate Into two Judicial circuits, ap
pointing fecordeni or trial Justice to
try misdemeanors, thus relieving the
superior court a, and Jiave cxecatlotis
In capital canes take place at tn state
prison and by electrocution.
To avoid r inhumanity, acandal and
to Institute more effective system of
working convicts, thus making the
state prison setf-sustainlng, place all
convicts under the management of the
Mate authorities, though still to work
the roads of the various counties desir
ing sucli labor. (See Superintendent
Mann's suggestion.) "' 1 '
i Restore the formVr powers of tlie
( corporation commission and even give
ft&tHore-ptwer- with contempt prowenV
, fngs to enforce Its orders. ' .v-v
Strengthen tlie reformatory already
established, and ret pass such laws
a wlH prevent thoi terrible practices
that render turn institutions a neces
sity. ' :
. Provide a suluble and sufficient ad
ministration building, thus protecting
valuable records and papers, and also
giving needed room in which the var.
Ions departments can transact their
business and be better equipped to
render more efficient service.
Pass all laws necessary to protect
our forests, Insure tlie building of
good roads and better govern and con
trol our fish and oyster industries.
Either adopt a policy of going for
ward or of standing still, if you be
lieve In letting well enough alone, but
If you decide that we shall go forward,
thus keeping up with the times and
other states, pass such appropriations
as will enlarge and better equip ail our
state institutions, so as to make tbeni
In every respect suitable for tlie work
required and large enough for tlie
numbers demanding admittance, and
do this, even though necessary to have
a bond Issue to meet tho necessary de
mands. tfptelal to The Citlicn.)
RALEIGH, N. C, Jan. 7. The leg
lalature was today stirred by a repeti
tion of the Sensation of the 1907 ses
sion precipitated by opposition to the
Innovation by Governor Glenn of In
sisting on reading his biennial mes
sage in person. This time the oppo
sition was very much mare formi
dable, the resolution that he be al
lowed to read the message being pass
ed in the senate by only five votes
while the vote in the house was 36
to 7.
Morton, of New Hanover, 1M the
fight against the governor request
and Doughton, of Alieghaney, cham
pioned it. Doughton's declaration
that there was no harm could come
of acceding to the governor's wishes
in this matter as he was retiring from
office, stirred considerable applause
about the hall.
Morton declared his opposition was
constitutional rather than personal in
that the executive was Invading the
legislative department of the state
government He declared at the last
esslon the message read by the gov
ernor 'had Included a bill drawn by
the governor himself and later act
ed an j It. In the ; legislature without
having been Introduced by a member
at all. :-,.'-
Mm Harshaw. leader-far the minor
ity, favored the governor's reading the
message because he thought the gov-
(Centlnucd on pass two.)
EXPERT EVIDENCE
TO PROVE
f By Asseelsted Press.)
FLtiBtPNO, N. Y, Jan- 7. The
s trial of Thornton Jenkins Ha ins pass
rtr,;', td today to that stage frequent In hom
;,: ' fcJde; cats where the testimony Is de
odw ,?,T'Ww m 'medical exerts. Bains'
. Coins. Vjac14 on the sund Dr. 6am-
' tie! Masifi, an alienist,' who, after lis
tening to a .. hypothetical Question,
containing the lay facts ; : regarding
' ;" Captain llalns' sanity, declared that
on Augur 15, when Captain Hains
SAME GRAVE
Impressive Funeral Cere
mony Near the Ruins -'
of Messina.
GRAVE BLESSED
BY ARCHBISHOP.
Italian Chamber of Deputies
to Open in Extraordinary
' Session.' ..,
MESSINA, Jan. 7. A most Impres
sive funeral ceremony was witnessed
near here todayinrhen Archbishop Bar'
rlgo made his way through the town
through the ruins of the city to the
cemetery at Mare Grosso, and biesaeo
a grave 100 feet wide and thirty feet
ten. containing 1300 bodies. The
dead were piled one on top of the oth
er, and the bodies covered with quick
lime. !
Subsequently the archbishop walked
throush the ruins and blessed the
military hospital, the military college.
the barracks and the archbishop's
house, considering these wrecked edi
fices as so. many cemeteries under
them were the corpses of soldiers, stu
dents, policemen and monks,
, All the valuables found among the
ruins are being taken on board the
steamer Duca Dl Genoa, In the bay.
Yesterday currency to the amount of
S3. 600,000 Including the contents of
the safe of the Sicilian-American, bank
was transferred to thtg vessel. A
banker named - Mauromatle, who was
one of the richest residents, lost ev
ervthing. , Yesterday he went to the
authorities,-barerfoote and half Cloth
ed, and asked for a pair of shoes and
an overcoat. ..
With the exception of Saint Andrea
Avelllno, ail the churches In Messina
have been destroyed.
. - ' f UNtJSIJAI SESSION.
ROME, Jan. 7. The Italian cham-'
ber of deputies will open tomorrow in
extraordinary session to adopt such
legislative measures as are necessary
to relieve the distress and make good
the damages in the earthquake dis
trict. To the Associated Press today
Premier Olollttl said:
"In spite of what has been said and
written, It is still difficult and almost
impossible to realize the extent of the
catastrophe and the work of succor
already accomplished. Perhaps a bet
ter idea can be had fsbm, a report to
me by Minister of Public Works Ber
toilnl. Writing from Messina, Slg
nor Bertolinl says that only one house
In Mssina Is habitable. It was con
structed by a reputed eccentlrc, who
for years past had been strengthening
hie residence with Iron bars and other
Ingenious devices, In order to make It
strong enough to resist an earth
quake," ' '
FIRST TRAIN.
VILL BAN GIOVANNI, Jan. 7, Via
Regglo, Jan. 7. The first train
crawled Into Villa San Giovanni short
ly before noon today, re-establishing
the link with the outside world, the
distracted people here for the past ten
days having been m complete Isolation.
Ships, however, put ashore enough
stores to be distributed to the suffer
ers by the relief party.
Many persons were killed at this
place and practically all the houses
were overthrown and the survivors
have suffered greatly through lack of
shelter, cold and rain and lack of
food.
The Anglo-American club of Rome,
is represented by a small party of res
cuers, who are camping in the vicinity
of Villa Ban Giovanni, where they
have erected acamp hospital. Several
ships Nave passed along the coast
leaving supplies and retaining only
sufficient for the next port where re
IJef was needed.
The king was frantically proclaimed
by the survivors, who presented a
pitiful appearance.
ESTIMATE OF DAMAGE.
ST. PAUL. Mlna., Jan. 7 According
to a cablegram today from the pre
fect of Messina province, to Dr. Fran
china, local Italian consul, the dam
age In that province and in that of
Reggib from the earthquake, will
reach six milliards of lires (approxi
mately 11,200,000.000). - .
IS PRESENTED
INSANITY OF HMNS
shot William E. Annls, he was suffer
ing from "impulsive insanity."
' Thornton Hains' long examination
was concluded at the morning session
and t'ie 'cfense began the presenta
tion of expert, evidence td prove the
Insanl y t Captain Hains. The prir
on physician was not permitted to
tell hli opinion bf Captain Hates' sgni
ity, and tt looked aa If the defense
would he unable to get the alienist's
testimony before the Jury. '
SIX MGHT RIDERS FO UND
Verdict of Murder in Second
(By Associated Prsss.)
UNION CITY, Tenn., Jan. 7 With
Verdict of guilty In varying degree,
the Jury In the night rider trials re
ported at t.tu p. m- tonight.
The twelve men found Garrett
Johnson, Tid Burton, Boy Ranson,
Fred Pinion, Arthur Cloar and Sam
Applewhite guilty of murder In the
first degree, with mitigating circum
stances, and Burt Morris and Job
Huffman, the other defendants, guil
ty of murder In the second degree.
and fixed their punishment at twenty
years In the penitentiary. The punish
ment of the six first named defend
ants was left to the court and may be
death or life Imprisonment. Tho de
fense filed a motion for a new trial.
which was set for hearing Saturday
and which will be over-ruled, as In
dicated by the court, when sentence
will be pronounced.
The court will sentence the six first
named defendants to death.
The Jury had been out since 2 p.
m., but because of the illness of Juror
Rosson, had not been able to consult
BITTER IN ATTACK
ON THE PRESIDENT
Senator Culberson Calls
Wednesday's Message as
"Arbitrary and Lawless"
(By Associated Prsss.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. Character
ising tbe action of the president In
directing the attorney general not to
prosecute the United States rltecl Cor
poration for its absorption of the Ten
nessee coal ana iron company, as
another arbitrary and lawless act of
the chief magistrate," Senator Culber
son of Texas, introduced a resolution
hi 'the senate today instructing tbe
committee on the Judiciary to report
at as early a day as possible whether
In the opinion of that committee the
president was authorized to perm't
such absorption. Mr. Culberson, et
considerable length, criticised the
president and insisted that congress
had the right to give directions to a
neaa or an executive department un
der certain conditions.
Senator Hopkins declared tbat the
Texas senator was not properly repre
senting the president and said that
Mr. Roosevelt had not approved the
action of the steel corporation, but
that he .had merely "not felt it bis
duty to oppose such action."
Senator Foraker gave notice that
he would speak on the Brownsville af
fair next Monday when he said he
would ask to make his bill for tbe re
lief of the soldiers of the J 5th regi
ment, the unfinished business of the
senate. ; ; , ;'- . , I - ,
tim. ft
TTal
I. n . 1 I a n 1
1 biStejsie-.
t Triin i
OF 'MVRDERiN THE FIRST DEGREE
Decree for Bob Hoffman and
Circumstances Verdict Meets With General Appioval
Judge's Charge Was an Able one.
until 9 p. m. There was a difference
of opinion among the Jurors as to
the degree of guilt of the defendants,
but an agreement was reached quick
ly. Court wai convened at 8 p. m.
and the Jury s.-nt word that It would
be able to report' shortly. The room
was crowded as It was .during the
argument. The minutes passed and
at 8.15 p. m t!i bailiff called for the
county ph.vHii i.in. . Juror Rosson was
In a state l oIIipse and needed at
tention. It win half an hour before
Rosson was revived. The Jury filed
In uml six tli iiutlea were summoned
to curry In tin- bed upon which the
sick Juror r-r lined. The foreman an
nounced the w-rdict, the defense call
ed for a poll, which was made, dnd
the Judge dismissed the Jurors. Ros
son' condition is such that it was
deemed in.nl ; -able to move him to
night. The defense demanded until Mon
day to move inr a new trial, but the
state oppusci it, and the court lixi-d
Saturday n the day. Intimating that
tho motion v is a mere form anyway
which w ou hi li" overruled.
ATTEMPT TO
KILL DETECTIVE.
(By A
ssocistetj Press.)
RALKI'IH
successful at'
unknown v r
ham to assas:
Ashburn h i
cember Inst '
charge of lm
J. R. Holt.
The detec t im
gotten up te
the light, li.
through the
outside. "
feet.
V. C., Jun. ". An un
mpt was made by an
n early today In Dur
inate Detective James
aused the arrest In ie
Reuben Barbee. on the
ng murdered Engineer
Aias In his room and had
re dawn and turned on
i a load of shot crashed
ilnrtow fired from the
of the shoot took ef-
KAIITIHJCAKK SHOCKS.
(By Associated Prsss.)
MESSINA. Jan. 7. Karthqtiake
shocks ure si ill continuing hern at the
rate of about ten per hour. Pirn also
has again hr 'l ent out, completing the
destruction ' the city hall, and the
records stored therein.
WA'-urNOTON. IX C Jan; 7. Fore-
ramt-: North Carolina Itnow Friday,
except rain near the coast- Saturday
partly cloudy; fresh northeaat to
north wind,
r o o a B a o c j
G UILTY ' :
Bud Morris With Mitigating
The defendants took the verdict
with calmness, as they had been ex
pecting it slnco the closing of the ar
guments. Attorney Pierce turned to
them when It was announced and
said: i
"We will tear this case to pieces
In the supreme court."
The state expected a verdict of first
degree murder In all eight cases, and
whs visibly disappointed. Bob Huff
man, one of the men to escape With
20 yeurs. Is the man, Who, accord
ing to the confession of Frank Feh
rlnger, llred the shot which killed
Captain Hankcn as lit) was being
drawn up by the rope.
When the Jury's readiness to report
whs announced the military quietly
surrounded the court house and a de
tail of soldiers with revolver hfdsters
open, was deployed around the wuils
of the court room, but there was no
demonstration. The prisoners were
quickly handcuffed and under mlll
larv escort taken to prison.
The verdict is considered a com
promise one and no trouble is fear
ed by the authorities.
SIDETRACKED D.C.
BILL FORTHE DAY
Session Opened By Mr. Olm
stead, Who Defended
Kiiles of the House.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 1. Although
technically under consideration In the
house of representatives today the Dis
trict of Columbia bill was side-tracked
while the members Indulged In gener
al debate. This took a wide range,
the proceedings opening with a de
fense of the rules of the house by
Mr. Olmstead. of Pennsylvania. He
discussed the subject In all Us phases,
and gave the so-called "Insurgents"
under the leadership of Mr. Oardner,
; Massachusetts, an opportunity to air
; their grievances. Mr. Cockran of New
j York occupied middle ground on the
proposition.
i Mr. Taft's reported Intention ' to
j break tbe solid South was Incident
'ally brought Into discussion In the
1 course of a speech on the tariff by
Mr. flheppard, ef Texas; who remark
ed in thav connection that the presl-dent-elec
had made himself , ridicu
lous. ; . -
The only other , speaker , was Mr.
Russell of Missouri, who made a
strong plea for -river and harbor Im
provement, i'-l V: J-''V " ' ' :"
At 4: IS P. M. the house Adjourned.
COMPLICITY IN "LAND
GRAB" IS THE CHARGE
Senator Regards Charges as
Personal Attack of Pesi
dentHints at Trouble.
(y Asseelsted frees.)
WASHINGTOHf, Jan. !fBy direc
tion of President Roosevelt, secret
service men shadowed Senator Till
man, of South Carolina, on the theory
that he possibly was Interested In n
Oregon "land grab," and the result
of that Investigation la now before
the senate.
The Information wag contained In
communication front President Roose
velt sent In request made by Sena
tor Hale, to the heads of the execu
tive departments for a statement of
the activities of secret service opera
tives.
Exhaustive replies were made by
the various department and all of
these were forwarded to Senator Halo
by the president. They have not
been made public and Senator Hale
announced that they , would, not . be
given opt .until after they had beep
considered by a sub-committee of the
committee on appropriations, which
will be charged with the duty of act
ing upon that portion of the presi
dent's annual message relating to the
secret service and criticising mem
bers of congress for their restriction
Of ItS Use, v,
Boon after President Roosevelt's)
communication to Senator Hale was
received at the capital' yesterday It
became noised abroad tbat lf con
tained a reflection upon a senator
from a southern state. The name of
the senator .in question .Was not di
vulged for a time and aa a result the
atmosphere of the senate wss sur
charged with curosHy and much spec.
ulation. When it finally became
known that Senator Tillman was the
member named, further efforts to
procure Information concerning the
character of the charges were made,
but they were without avail.- ' ,
Followed Attack.
Through the fact that several sena
tors had advance Information of the
character of the report which waa to
be sent to the senate, it was learned
that the Investigation of Senator Till
man followed an attack which he
made In the senate nearly a year ago
upon an Oregon land company which
had used his name as one of the per
sons Interested in the concern. Pre
vious to that attack. Senator Tillman
had Introduced a resolution directing
the attorney general to prosecute suits
against an Oregon railroad corpora
tion which had received land grants
In the late sixties for a line from a
California point to Portland, Oregon.
Mr. Tillman had said that the use of
his name wss without authority and
as a result it is declared that sev
eral persons interested in the land
grants became angered.
Some of the Interested parties are
reported to have sent to President
Roosevelt copies of letters alleged to
have been written by Senator Tillman
Indicating that he had an Interest
either In one of the land companies
or would be benefitted through the
land company's obtaining possession
of the grants In question. After re
ceiving .his Information, It is said
President Roosevelt directed a sec
ret service operative to Investigate
the part Senator Tillman was alleged
to have In the land cases.
Welcomes Charges.
, Senator Tillman was not aware of
the fact that his name figured In the
reports until late today. He then
took pains to assure himself that the
reports concerning the mention of
himself were well founded, but he
refused to comment upon the fact fur
ther than to say that he, would not
make any statement until the fact
of the use of Ms name had been of-
nctslly prornulnated. when he would
address himself to the subject from
his seat In the senate. It la known,
however, that Mr. Tillman regards
tho mention of his name as an attack
upon himself by the president, and
he has Indicated to friends that he
will not "mince" matters In his re
ply, fie also had declared to those
with whom he conversed that he
would welcome the opportunity to ex
press his views and explain the sit
uation. It Is possible Mr. Tillman will be
heard on Monday next
CHARGES WAT PRESIDENT-ELECT
WAS UNJUST TO SOUTHERN PEOPLE
i (By Asseelsted Press.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-Dlgresa-Ing
from a tariff speech to the house
of representatives today. Mr. Shep
pard. Of Texas, charged that President-elect
Taft did the South a seri
ous Injustice when he said a fair op
portunity was not presented In that
section fc the free exercise of suff
rage.' M-. Bheppsrd emphatically de
nied that such was the, case, and said
WILL NOT TALE
FOR PUBLICATION
Mr, Knox, as Chairman, of,
Inaugural Committee,
Has Great Plans.
a. . (ty Asseelsted Press.)
At'Qt'STA,' OA., Jan. 7, President
elect Tuft today took counsel with
Philander C. Knox, his secretary ef
state, on - the subject ef cabinet ap-
nnintmenta Mr. Toft haa heretofore
announced that the Judgment! of Sen
ator Knox Is to have great weight with
him in sulecttng the men who are U
he In his cabinet 'With this tn mind
it may be stated that the prelimin
ary and formative) periods of this rm
nnrtant work have been merged into
that of making definite decisions and
of offers and acceptances of places.
Mr. Taft would not discus for pub
lloation or otherwise what he said
waa the long and most satisfactory
talk he had this afternoon with Ms
premier. : The two men are to be
together practically the entire day to
morrow, a the result' of which me
president-elect indicated that It might
be possible to make a partial report
for publication, but he waa not pos
itive, i Mr. Koo waa very 'rank to
say that with hie chief accessible, It
woukt obviously - be ' undesirable roe.
him to give the pt'blla Information.
Besides, he added, the final decision
on matters talked over rested with
Mr, Tart, and these decisions may not
haVe been made. v
Senator Knox arrive fritm Wash
Ington at noon today. He went at
once to the Bon Air hotel, and after
lunch to the Taft cottage, After a
lengthy conference there with Mr. Taft
the two went : for an automobile
drlv together, A dlnneT engaem!it
which Mr, and Mrs. Taft had 'or this
evening.. precluded further talk with
Mr. Knox. The penilsylvsnle senator
Is all enthusiastic gnirenand wilt begin
the day with game with the presi
dent-elect tomorrow.
Stay Leave Sunday. ''
While expressing the willingness ta
spend as much time here aa Mr. ?aft
desires. Mr. Knox Indicated that he
hoped tb leave, for Washington Bun-
day. 1 .'.; :-v;v-:.:?,:;-ii-';fr-ii;:f-.'
Mr. Knox la chairman of the lnau
gural committee ef the senate " and
house of representatives, and with at
pleasant smile he said tonight that
he had told Mr. Taft today that he
Intended to see him properly inaugur
ated as president of the United States,
and his own appointment as secretary
of state, made and confirmed, before
he ceased to be the Junior senator
from Pennsylvania-' All ef whkih Indi
cates clearly that there will ' be no
vacancy In the senate caused by Mr.
Knox's retirement until' after: the
fourth of March.
tlenator Nathan Bourne, Jr, of Ore
gon, came with Mr. Knox.: Mr. Bourne
expects to remain some days.
That the orgnlsation of railroad em-
nloves favored the selection ar Mvron
T. Herrlck, of Ohio, for a cabinet place
was Indicated to Mr, Taft today by
Warren A. Stone, grand chief of the
brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
Mr. Taft will partake of a barbecue
Saturday afternoon as the guest ef
the Beach Island Farmers' aaeochv
tlon, an organisation of farmers form
ed more than BO years ago anA de
clared to be representative) Of South
ern organ Isations of agriculturist.
The barbecue will be given about
seven miles from this city on the Car
ollna aide of the Savannah liver.
Acting upon Information end sd
vice. Mr. Taft today wrote a letter
to Mr. Asa l. chandler, president of
the Atlanta chamber of commerce,
withdrawing his engagement to ad
dress the nesroes of that clt on bis
forthcoming visit.
A lively nnv is in progress among
the Atlanta negroes. It Is understood
here, over the question of whlere 19'.
Taft should make this address. Con
tinued i imsldiratlon Increased the bit
terness. It is said, so the advice to Mr
Taft to withdraw from, his engage
ment, came from members of that
race.
BUt MKKTING.
(By Asseelsted Press.) V
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 7. The SX
ecutlve committee of the American
Bar association, which met here today
selected Detroit as the next meeting
place of the association and fixed the
time for August 4-17, Inclusive. .
Mr. Taft had made himself ridicul
ous. ..- . , . '. ....,
The Texas member had reached the
point In h.'s remarks where he spoke
of the southern . political, situation,
when he was Interrupted with a query
by Mr. Bates. ..of Pennsylvania, who
asked If It waa not Mr. Tafta purpose
to procure a tree oportunlty for the
considers tlon of public questions In
the South. The qii.tinn brought fer n
he declirai!' u r f i to.