THE ASHE VILLE CITIZEN so
THE WEATHER
PAIR
vThc Want Ad
Phone
VOL XXV. No. 104.
ASHEVILLE, N C, MONDAY MoiiXLVd. KKBWl'AKY 1, 190!).
VUICK FIVE CENTS.
ICY WINDS, FROZEN CLOUDS
AND SNOW CLAD MOUNTAINS;
Cut Loose
UNKNOWN SHIP
GOES DOWN; ALL
HANDS ABOARD
BULLET FIRED
ACCIDENTALLY
KING WINTER IN ASHEVILLE
KILLSWOMAN
Brother of Mayor of Chicago
Was Demonstrating Use
of Pistol.
Mercury Stood at Zero -at
TELLS JEROME
TO GO AHEAD
No Clue to Corroborate Tes
Daylight Sunday A
Slight Raise Later.
timony .of Those Who
Saw Tragedy.
CONGREGATIONS AT
CHURCHES SMALL
Police Have Little to Report
on Cases of Destitution,
However.
Winter t lta worst was all pervad
ing; yesterday; overhead leaden col
ored, ttitten clouds, under' foot, streets
ivept Immaculately clean by bitter
ncrth winds from the white encircling
riountalns. and the mercury standing
Oi sero at daylight- The cold of rl-
day wide sweeping over a great sec
tiot of the country had been whipped
by the fierce winds into every nook
and cranny not protected by steam
Hires or red hot stoves, and many
shivering all through the hours of the
nleht waked to near the carols of the
nipping blasts and realized that
though the graas showed green under
the srow patches old King Winter
reigned and his icy fingers bau
If ached into houses and gripped the
cltv fast
The streets In the early morning
lucre deserted, save for the milk wag-
or.3 and street cars crawling with
clutching brakes and "skidding
wheels on coated rails and churofc time
brought otvt far lees than the usual
rumber and they mostly on foot for
tew cared to use carriages or auto
nomies, and calls of frozen pipes and
exploded water backs excused many
regular churchmen on the ground of
rrcesslty. It was a day like hriday
Srte that the cold was a trllle more
lr.tense the cold was more general be
cause It soaked Into every unprotected
place and besides every one was fully
convinced that the weather was cold
because this official assurance was
fl en by the weather bureau from
M'.tshlngton a notliicatlon not so de
ferable aj? would have been a notice
oh Friday which would have fully in
formed the public Of the unexpected
flange which dropped the mercury
40 degree between 4 on Friday even
. -4 an Mr Saturday noraiNg the
Jubllc giving little attention to the
l"lr and colder tonight and Satur
. J."
Bitter Cold.
K waa bitter eold all night and the
r.i:roundlngs fitted well. The big
I-iuuntalns loomed large In snowy out
line and the wind cavorting over them
Jinked up snow and whipped it
against the rubicund faces of the quite
considerable number of people who
found the atmosphere most bracing,
tnat Is for a time, and every chimney
6-nt up clouds of smoke. The ground
vit!, white generally and the pave
ments were slippery with powdered
Know and all the talk was of the
a puttier and tnles of pa-st weather, the
tlmo In 189 b when with the thermom
eter S degrees below zero firemen
fought a big fire which gutted the
Carolina hotel and the building now
used by the Pack Square Cafe, and
the February in 1899 whi n it is al
leged that same thermometers marked
15 and the go froze in the mains.
As the day wore on the mercury
rose fairly high in the tube, showing
as high a 60 tn protected sunlight
places and even as high as 20 on the
streets about 4 o'clock but the breezes
continued to gnmliol immune from
molestation by the police who had a
hard time on their beats, but the peo
ple were not to be fooled by any ague
smltted mercury and they showed this
by an Infallible thermometer of their
own, a human weather gunge, the line
of people formed each Sunday after
noon to get their mail .Major Hoi
linn, driven hither and yon by the ac
tive rebullders of the postnflhe, peered
irom Jiis wrecked-by-an-i arihuuakc
establishment and saw that half of bis
usual patrons had staid at hone- and
the faithful few wen- embracing the
radiators. The postoflice people were
glad yesterday was Sunday and thcro
was no mall delivery by carriers, but
they were not happy because they saw
the little weather bureau notice thai
the cold would continue today.
Hrc Fell tiood-
Most people sat beside the lie s and
were warm In good tight homes hut
others there were and many of tin in
among very poor people who lived in
up-and-down construction cabins and
had little; lire und not an overplus of
food and these were far from happy
While it is tiue that there are many,
in need of food and fuel there was by.
no means the misery that one might
imagine, and the police on' the look-
(Contlnued on page four.)
TRIAL OF WEALTHY PLANTER
CHARGED WITH POISONING WIFE
(By Associated Press.)
UNION, R C, Jan. 31. The tria.
of W. T. Jonea, a wealthy planter of
this county, who is charged with the
murder of his wife last July, is nt
to begin here tomorrow. Jones is ac
cused of administering poison to his
wife.
Because of the prominent and In
fluential connections of the parties
concerned and of the almost unparal
leled features of the evidence brought
out at the inquest and in the hearing
on the motion for ball, indications
are that the trial will be of a most
i stations 1 kind. . Over MS witnesses
WITH ACTION
IT. S .District Attorney Ans
were in Regard to the
Panama Libel.
STATE ON BEHALF
OF D. ROBINSON
Mr. Stirnson Does Not Say
That Federal "Prosodi-
tionsAVill Stop.,
(Bv Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Jan. 31. Henry L.
Stlmson, United States district attor
ney for the southern district of New
York, made public tonight a letter in
reply to one written by District At
torney Jerome on the subject of be-,
ginning an action for criminal Hoc!
In the state courts against the pub
lishers of The New York Work be
cause of published charges regarding
the Panama canal purchase. Mr
Stirnson tells Mr. Jerome to go ahead
assuring him that such action will
not be regarded as interference.
Mr. Jerome had asked if action In
the state courts on behalf of Hougla
Itobinsone the presidents oroiner-in
law, who was mentioned in the ar
tlcle, would be an unwise Interference
with the actions begun under federul
Jurisdiction.
Mr. Stlmson answers this Negative
ly, but does not state that the federal
inquiries or prosecutions will cease II
Mr. Jerome begins action.
The reference to the "gentleman
who occupies the position of the hea1
of the war department" gave rise lr
some quarter to speculate as to th.
person meant by Mr. Stlmson. Ar
official, ot tha government wiux declin
ed to permit the use of his name, sab'
the statement was intended to refer U
Elihu Root, who was secretary of wai
when negotiations for the purchase of
the Panama canal property was con
cluded, though the deeds of the prop
erty were actually turned over to till
untry when William II. Taft was
secretary.
His litcr.
Mr. Stimson's letter, in part, is at
follows:
In answer to your query ns tr
whether a prosecution on your pari
as to the alleged libel of OctolN-r 3rc
upon Mr. Robinson would be regarded
as an unwise Interference with a ni t'.
ter over which the federal court"
ive taken Jurisdiction, and in uhi h
action has already been taken bv tl:
federal authorities, I heg to assure
yon that such action on your par'
will in no wise be regarded fis sue!
an interference, but. on the contrary
we shall regard it as our duly to co
op rate with you in all proper ano
lawful ways. In all of these sev-ta
jurisdictions the truth of the albedo
libels would In the present rase con
stitute a complete defense to tr.f
prosia utlon. Should such a d-fe.sf
be attemuled. It Is manifestly of the
utmost importance that this question
as to the truth or falsity of the pub
llcntions should be prist ntcd to the
court in the light of the fullest pos
slide evidence, and be settled for
all lime beyond the possibility of b
doubt." '
THREE FIRES
AT ONE TIME
(By Associated Press.)
Y. I.I uiSTA. (ia., .Tan. 3 1. fl. es
destroying eleven buildings and c-vjb
ing a loss of J20.00D. vcr- fought h
lirem-n here today in freezing wc.ith
er. Three of the fires were going
at once. The residt nee of Mrs. 1,.
M. Plltch was burned, wilh a b.sp ol
ln.OOfi. Seven houses were irit :J
in another section of the city as th'
tir. uu n were at work on this blaze,
and caused a loss of Jll.ofi'i. An
other building, owned by Ousley
Co. was gutted, with a loss or ft. 200.
Ii.-f-etivo (lues, used for the tirwt time
in many months, were responsible for
the fires. The homes of Mrs. Mitchell.
.Mrs. Hoorlng and of three Syrian
merchants, with the homos of Mrs.
litltch. It. Pearlman and Ft. G. Kta-ke,
were destroyed.
have been summoned, and many ol
them will come from a distance.
This case was called for trial 1 Ji
September, but was postponed, pend
ing an appeal from the state supreme
court from an order of the circuit
court refusing bail for Jones, who
has been In Jail here since his arreat
last July. '
The attorneys on both sides ar
among the most able criminal lawyers
in this state.
Jones is about forty-two years eld
and has a son about fourteen Terrs
old. ,
CHARGED WITH
HIGH TREASON
Russian Police. Director
Handed Over Agent to
Revolutionary Vengeance
(By Associated Press.)
ST. FKTKHHBUKG. Jan. 31. M
lopuklne, former director -of police In
1 le department of ministry of the in-
I "rior, has been arretted on a charted
1 1 hlirh treason In connection with
1 te revelatlonB rec ently made at Pat Is,
when Azef, the head f the llghti is
organisation of tho Russian socialist
revolutionary party, was convicted of
being the paid agent of the secret po
1 ee. The technical accusation Is
made that Ipukine waa a msmber
of the revolutionary organization
The actual charge is that he fur
nished to CnrtseiT. tho leading socfcil-l-tt
revolutionist in Paris, the Infor
mation on which Azef was denounced,
iiprebv handing over the government
agent to revolutionary vengeance. It
Is also i hunted that Lopuklne fur
nished ( urtseff with two highly Im
ortant documents, betraying the
vhole organization of the Russian ro
1 tlral police.
A total of seventeen other arrests
have be, n made. Including a number
(f callers at lopuklne's house. Ths
ise promises to throw light upon a
Host Interesting chapter concerning
tie relations between the police and
errorlst organizations.
FOUNDERS DAY AT
HAMPTON SCHOOL
'looker T. Washington, a
Graduate of Institute, Is
Principal Speaker.
(By Associated P. ess.)
HAMPTON', Va, Jan. 31. Found
ry' day at the Hampton Normal rind
grlctillurul institute was observed
oday with appropriate exercise.-,
looker T. Washington, president of
'.he Tuskegee institute, who was g-a 1
mted from Hampton Institute In
1ST.", anil taught here for son.'
years, was the principal speaker of
he day.
He paid a glousng tribute to (i'.n
ral Armstrong, the founder, and his
vork. and said that In following the
trim iples laid dow n by him the rcla
lons betwef n the black and white
-a ies would improve year by year.
"Kverythlng thlt can happen to dis
rupt the relations between the race. '
nntlnued I)r. Washington, "has al
ready happened. We have r ached.
n my opinion, the extreme of racial
friction, and reaction has already set
In. The finest typea of Southern char
acter are becoming more and mere
ach year disgusted with the extreme
adlcallsm, with the extreme legisla
tion, with the extreme methods ef.
lunishlng the negro, with the ex
reme utterances against his educa
lon. From now on, in my opinion,
e are going t" witness a sanity of
wlf-control, a liberality on the part
f the men of the hlte race In the
louth toward the negro that we have
lot witnessed in the past. The wlsot
veoplo In the South have recognized
he fact that the South must depend
or years to come, mainly upon the
legro as a common and skilled la
orer. I have always claimed, end
itlll do so, that It is an Insult to the
hlta people of the South for any
no to assert that the negro should
') kept In Ignorance."
IOI XTF.SK DIE8.
(By Associated Press.)
PARIS. Jan. 31. The Countess De
Leaseps, widow of Count Ferdinand
De Leaseps. the promoter of the ship
canals of Suez, Corinth and Panama,
dld here today.
J
; KKVKKAIj IH NIMtF.I)
KlIiLKD
(Bjr Associated Press.)
CEUTA. Morocco, Jan. 31.
Native accounts of tho ava
lanche which occurred recent
ly at Romara say It .'a mo
during the night and was pre
ceded by loud subterranean
noises, whloU' threw the Inhab
itants into psnlc. A sudden
and terrlble shock occurred,
and huge rocks swept down
down, completely burying the
village. None of the vral
hundred ln'hbltants had time
to escape. '-Hi
; ...
FLEET DIVISION
Connecticut, Vermont, Kan
sas and Minnesota Under
Command of Spcm-.
(By Associated Press.)
GIHltAl.TKH. Jan. HI The lirst
division of tlo I'nlled Stao s Atlantic
fleet, compos, u of the i 'onneci icut,
Vermont, Kan:-:i and Minni sola, un
der command Itear-Admiral Spcrry.
arrived here tbi.-- morning. From the
moment the glistening white hulls of
the American -'hips wen- nu-r,- ,-tpeeks
upon the Idle- "ater of the Mediter
ranean cc iy c '.u-n of vantage on the
rock of CHuaM-r was occupi' d. and
by the time tl ' were ready to round
majestically Int Hie harbor, lie Mitlre
population s - le-d to b maw. d on
the water fr m
Two llilt'."h I'lBleshipH and four
blpri of tie- e nd miiNcr -mo-oIiou
lU'-t returned I r Mil South A'n- nean
waters; two i: -vdan batt l- ii i ps an-1
two proteifd iuiers; a Fr'-te h gun
boat and a Uui li gun-boat, i: iug In
side of th" lu-akwab-r hiIIi si.. -manned,
Hag- , eplng and bauds pl.i
ing, greeted tl- Vmericius a.- -.on m
turn entered ano IsTthed. 'l ie Am. r
Iran ships r
iniiMfr. th-- I'.iJi
rHicticijt ll.
'if each t-fHjni r.
The orrn
the vlxitintr sli'i
At fmii'lo' n
hraska uii'h r
miral Witinw r i
tel. r- l-'iw ':'.
I'anth-r ac! '
h'-n- mii J t:i-
nn will In ' iii
I siii(t- t ! '
ai-ti-r f II '
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p' Hr.lIir -- ; '. '
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Kngli. h '-'rN i:'
A in- rl i m .' '
l rtn in !' r. I
thr nu n ! i'
T''WS, tl' h
row Ini? ni tt i
t m-k iislmr'' ;
thv f him ? i'-r ; 11
nded with flag.-, ami
on board 1h 'on-
the national antlo-m
repreW-nt'-l.
.Is began a so..n as
were moored
e frOf.rgi.l a 'el N -
miand of .': .u a d -
arrived fr m T ui
i and tlo- a ; i!i n- s
-nkton a!r n-i ar
:ng of the til -t d -. , -
norrow -
her unoffi' iai ' ha r -and
It- ar- A im ii a I
l dlseotie.-nii-i: !i
fleet two '! .'' i ' ' f"1
Was i Y i t, I II
Intep.) 1-, fi- II
Utlon tie '- nili e.r
s enti-rt-iiniie i,t , t
mgerl by tie -i r e
thletie. b'exii.L' ;i f
nd dinner ;u.'l p '
loat f'.r tie ot'l. r
include a dune r
ISO 'f-(lnesij;i ' h
md a dime r t" i
tary go ' rreif ' e I
Ml Koresie r i'I-.-iwed
by a h ill .ii li
arranged by Ki luu
Ameriean --'.s'.
a big g mMein.i
an of fit-' rx ;ir- ,
;ate as competitor
be held Friday
th" A'lnijrai't f
a r,i rn- i n .
jfivi n hv th !
:ral .Sir 'r '
which vill 1" i
aHH(-:n hly r in
I .. H.r iK ij. '
Th. r.' w ill
whi'-h th Air,
pertfd to i trf
This will tr. .I;.l
mm
WA8HIXOTON. Jan. Jl. Forca'd
for North Carolina: Fair, continue 1
cold Monday; Tuesdaj Talr. not so
cold: moderate northwest to north
wind.
KEPqilTKO
AT GIBRALTAR
I
PLAN CONSERVATION
CONFERENCE FEB.18
Canadian, and Meixcan Gov
ernment Have Accepted
President 's Invitation.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. Now that
tho Canadian and Moxlean govern
ments hnv! both formally accepted
President Itoosevelt's , invitation to
send delegates to a North Artvorlitm
conserviilion conference, the final ar
rangements are being rapidly put into
shape. The conference will be hold
probably at the state department and
will begin on tho morning of Tues
day, February 1. From present In
dications, the sessions fw111 continue
about three days, although the length
of the conference will depend very
argely upon the desires of the visit
ing delegates and the thoroughness
with which they may wish to go Into
various "picfttlons which will come be
.ore the meeting.
i 'ana la and Mexico will each send
thre ilelegates. Resides these, the
only others present wdll be the mem
bers of tin- natloiuil eonservallon com .
mission and representatives of the
stale ib p.u t ment and of one or Iwo
other oeeiillve departments which
ileal with natural resources.
ATLANTA'S WEATHER
RECORDS BROKEN
hnliratioiiK That Told Snap
Is (icncral Througlnuit
(iroria, Alah;nnatHoriht
Associated Press !
ATLANTA, i ia.. .Im :' I - Mltll lie
ther-io'on'-ter liitvoiiii ar'uind il'teen
ileurei aln.w zero tlii, morning- re
vIouh r-' .rds A'-ie bioli' ii In Atbmti.
and i' I-'. us r-ieiveil lu re Indleato ibar
H PI snap wan general throiruh-
liei.rt'ia. Abibama. and Honda.
Th" l',.M i temperature recordc I In
Atlan'a a at 5 o'ebu k tills m-iru-Inc
no above; at Mirmlnghar.i the
, ,,!,. t a: I- - ' ii ab"V'-, at r.!-,nt-kmoi.
ry Mxtei-n and at Mobile tW'-nt -three
. ! .,r, hiirdlHtH l.eli. vn that uif
,,l-l -."-either -,'. ill be of inept i rnahlc
hen, 'it to the pea' b i n,i In fienrgia.
i, -..,ti.M :ii.(ie-iie that slrawberrle,. .!nrl
-,..-, t tl !' s let .' IjI ' JI ptaeti'- il!
r ., ( i r south hp tin- north- tn
pan of Fb.iida. A report from '"eo-
. ;,. -, J . , .-aM that I be cold there t.duy
A t- ni--r- He ., re than that experi
, I iinnng tlo lie..., ef t-ii year
1 i-' ' 1 .
Ilii-b niinli prevailed throughout th
-lay. ri;,d v-ral hundred thousands of
.1.-11. us' worth or property was de
Hirov'd In- tin- in ijeorwla and V. tr
el... MORSE 'FEIENDS
I PREPARE PETITION
(By Associated Prass.)
VI.U' Vii:K. Jan. 31. Announce
ment was made tonight that friends
,,f Charles W. Morse, the convicted
bunker, are preparing a petition to
th- juiigis of the I'nlted States elr-
i t court of appeals asking them to
a. belt Mr. Morse to hail pending his
appeal from. Judge Hough's sentence
.if fifteen years in the federal prison
,t Atlanta for violations of the na
tional banking laws. Mr. Morse at
present In the Tombs prison here.
fieth M Mllllken. once preelden: of
the Mercantile National bank, and
J.rfcies Taleott, commission merchant
ami capitalist, are heading the movement-
Others working In behalf of
Mr. Morse are Charles M. Schwab,
Edward J. Berwlnd and ex-Oovernor.
Cobb of Maine.
KINdLK FUNNKLKI)
VESSEL, THE BELIEF
May Be Several Days Be
fore Anything Is Dis
covered. (By Associated Press.)
NORFOLK. Va., Jan. SI Hidden
beneath the turbulent waves that roll
wildly over Diamond Shoals, fourteen
miles off Cape llatteras, N. C the se
cret of the Identity of the mysterious
steamer which went down there early
yesterday probably with all hands on
board, remains untold.
Tho daylight of another day gave
no evidence, furnished no clue to cor
roborate hs testimony of those few
aboard the Diamond Shoals light ship
who witnessed, helpless) to aid, this
latest tragedy of tho well-named
grave-yard of the Atlantic." When
darkness full upon the scene tonight
not a single piece of wreckage had
been detected either on shore or on
the ocean's bosom and it may be sev
eral days before anything Is discov
ered.
Neither the government weather
station nor the local cuiumeicial wire
less station recolved any uddithmal
news relative to the ill-fated vessel to
day. No definite news, has come to
the Norfolk navy yard from the reve
nue cut'or Onondaga which Is at the
no of the reported disaster.
The Havunnah lino steamer City of
Havann'th, vhlch arrived at Havaiinah
todny from New ork, brought no
news that might aid In clearing up the
mystery although her wireless oper
ator caught the mes-iago from the light
ship and was positive that the ship
was described as &- single tunneled
VUSSL'I.
ltnltoras IU"xrt,
A mesfnge tonight to The Associated
Press from Keeper Btyron of the u
rant Life (laving statksn at Hatterag,
North Carolina, nad as follows: -
"No details known In this locality of
steamer Tcpnrtet foundered nosr Dia
mond HhoaU light ship. No wreckage
has drifted Ui here and none has been
seen from the shore.'
The government euhr ofllclals of
the Norfolk Hind Cape Henry stations,
who are In direct telegraph and tole-jThy wprf hnrrltteii ta fnd that Mm. -phono
communication with practically !Tuckerman was dying of a bullet
every point along the Virginia and wound, Mayor Rwm Wife Und
North Carolina coast have ha. no ; ,,,. M , m th WOUBde
word from any station that Indications h wmmotld . '
of a ship vreck hud Iweit discovered ... . . . " T ;
a.,,1 ,n L-ote of tho fact that those '1,' , WTf
aboard the light ship report that lhey,0r" tno l''y"' Wrivrt. .
how the s.csnicr mk they are in-!,No rr.i were made. Oeneral
.lined to doubt that a self-propelled 1 """d eKprasd himself as satlsflol
vessel win. human lives alK.ard n'ally ,"1"1 ,ho h..otlng was aocldental. .
founder.id. - According to the statements mad
Local (hipping authorities decbire i P'fl. Oeorg Bums was about
that the steamer probably wan an j l,,t,,,B Cincinnati on a business
.. . t.... ... ,i... trio. If., ffl.t nn( MaM a tttrm 1.1b. r
aoanooneii lo reiii v, . ..... . -. .., .
Th- wind which blew off shore at ; mother and the maid at home alone
a v. -loelty of forty-llvo miles an hour)w"hout some mean of protection,
yesterday moderated to wottie extent . ,,e therefore purchnsed a revolver nd
t'lilav- Tonight a -noderate north west ' w Instructing the maid how t us
wind I blowing off liu.!tera. As long
an the wind reniulns In this tpiarter
any wreckage or flotitWm from the
ship will probably bo driven far out to
-u.
Tho reporting of tho Carolina
St.-anifhip i'iiiiiihiiv'n Hteamer, Theo
dore Weimil. whleli pileJ in t'ltpe
ll-nry bouiid from i' urti'.-l'mn and
i 'liarl'-Hton for Haltlinore toilny. re
inovej tlo.t vesHirl from -fmsiilerat ion
ih poBtiblv- bi-lng the Ill-fated fnlght-
si;i,i; itn.mxi;i.
HA V A y'y A 1 1, ia, Jan. :; I Tin
-.OrcIeHK op. rator of the f'lty of Kavau
nnh wbb h reached her dot k today
slnt-s that the m-sMage from the Cap
Lookout light "hlp yest'-rdav. telling of
the sudd n Mtnklng of an unknown
steamer h scribed her a IrttvlriK only
.Hi- funnel int-ad of two as was reported-
The ',tv .,r K:iv.illllii, had ev
idently pas.-e.l (o South of th light
-dllp before th'- Mt'-'IUICI Slllllt, but the
tt-am-r miw no ve.n-l th-re answer
ing the ijcei iptu.ti ol the wr. it, and
"vi ,v no wrei kai-
KM K M.I..
II A I'TLI' H. N f .Ian ::i No b
t-iiln are known In Ibla o alltv to os
sist In a:ul-!ihliiK tin Identity of I he
i("amhii r, port' d t" have found-i'-'l
,-Mtcrdav near iiiainond .Shoals hJit
,lilp. .No VI, I I IK- liajv iln;t-.l ll.
here and n n
t-hore.
he-ri ween froto thi
m thi: wfkms
flAI.TIMOItK, .Ian- - All f-ar
that the -ti ain-r n ported from Kllza
both City. N. C-. y stcrdiiv a . having
foundern"! oft IHamorid Shoals tjilght
(Continued on page six.)
INTERSTATE LIQUOR SHIPMENT
BILL OF ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. Jan. :il. Repre
sentative Langb-y of Kentucky will
introduce Monday the Interstate li
quor shipment bill prepared by the
Antl-Haloon league of America tj
obviate the objection of unconstitu
tionality urged against the Llttle'told
bill.
- The objection to the Llttlefleld bill
was that It made Interstate shipments
of liquor subject to state law lmme-
BULLET CRASHES
THROUGH WINDOWS
Crosses Areaway of Apart
ment House and Pierces
Woman's Heart.
(By Associated Prsss.)
CHIOAUO. Jan. 31 George Bums, -
brother of Mayor Tred A. Buase, of :
Chicago, tonight accidentally thnt
and killed 'Mrs. L C. TuckerrrmJl,
wife of a fruit dealer of Milton, N T.
The bullet struck Mrs. Tuckerman in
the heart, and she died almost in
stantly. t ,' r.
The shooting occurred In the Wat"
ton apartment building, Mrs. Tuck
(irman was visiting her father, Brig.- ;
(leu. A. C. Otrardi retired,' who live
In the Walton. Bhort!jr before ' T
o'clock (leorge Husse, In his apart
ment across an areaway from denarat
Olrnrd's aiiartment, was demonstrat
ing tho use of reviolvw to Miss Ber
tha I.ambke, his' house maid, m, that
ht could employ the weapon In esse
burglars came. The revolver was ac
cidentally discharged and the buMet
went through two window and
crossed the y areaway into the dlrard
apartment and pierced Mrs. Tuckr-
t"w,'t
Mayor Dumso whs present at the
shooting, and as soon as he learned
of the fatal consequences informed
thfl police, i
In Itcdroflin. "
. Mrs. Tuckerman was In a bedroom
urcmuig. ,trt neit . strut; vy ins ouiiul
which crashed In the area window -at
her side, ah staggered Into a hall
way, lleneral airsrd aed Mrs, Tuuk
errnan' llye-ywtr-old son t Alfred . .
rushed from sn adjoining sitting room
as Uih woman rrled: , ,
"Hi i vs uaviv snoi. anu a m uy
Ing.': - , ,, . , , ,
A minute afterward Mayor Puss
,and his brother floor entored th
Irard apartments to see whether .
the bullet had don anv damaira.
It when tho trlgg"r was pulled teal
dentally. '
SHOOTS WIPE AND
SELF ON STREET
(By Associated Press.)
CIIAKLOTTIO. N. C Jan. 81, Evi
dent eiirnged because she would not
return with him to Atlanta, or sur
render (heir seventnen-months-old
child, f'Mwiirtl A, .Mlr.er Intercepted
his young wife In a street tn the fash
ionable residence section of Wilming
ton this iiiternoon and shot her twice,
and then turning the pistol to his own
head, blew out his brains. Mrs. Miser
lied two hours biter at a hospital:
Mlzer was d-ad before, bystanders
could i"iich him.
TWO DISASTROUS
FIRES IN DUBLIN
(By Associated Press.)
IjI'I'.LIN. tin.. Jan. 31. There were
two illi,iiir,.UM IIi-.k In this city last
nixht, entailing it total Ioms of $75,000.
Tb- vein-, ring plant of th" Mouthland
Luinl-r '"ifi,.in huh destroyed In
the iir.ii lire, und in the second Jack
hoii'h Mt-.r-K were t.-orisumcd and ad
1'iito; property i.llghtly damaged.
NEARINO PORT;
RUDDER BROKEN
(By Ataoclattd Press)
NKW VoliK, Jan. :j.-Th tttram
whlji si ,ih. of th' American line,
whir h Ik n'nrlnjjf port wth h'r rudr!r
r.k ii. will iiiichor off Huri'Iy ilook
curly in lh itpniiinif. Kho 1b procoerl
Iiik ut rrriiK ((I Mprcd, tjtecrtd hy an
lmprovjff1 riuhtrr.
Hately upon crossing the boundary.
This was claimed by Its opponent
to he attempted delegation of congr
sional power, and therefore uncenstl
terrltory or district Of th United
the shipment of liquor to any state,
territorfy or district or th - United
States where such shipment could not
be legally made within same. - It I
designed to protect both; ' prohibition
states and dry territory within, local
option state . ., ' j ..m4