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VOL. XXV. NO. 105.
ASIIEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, FEHKUARY 2, 100J).
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
PRICE OF ONE
SHIP THROWN
TAFT EXAMINES
CULEBRA CUT
He Must be Mistaken
"Of Course We All Know Why."
DEFENSE ASKS
THAT A JUROR
BE DISMISSED
Judge Declares , Whit worth
Physically Fit Then At
torney Makes Charge.
SEEKS TO MAKE
CHANGE IN THE
HOMESTEAD LAW
Long Expected Bill Makes
Its Appearance in tho
liower House.
AWAY YEARLY
IN PANAMA
Revelation of Rare Misman
. agement in Navy Depart
lnent Made.
Engineers' Endorsement of
Dam at Gatun Creates
Optimism.
; THE WEATHER
'f. FAIR
BUREAU FIRST TO
BE WIPED OUT
No Nation on Earth Ever
Wasted So Much Money
as Ours.
BY T.W.
(Special Washington Correspondent
of The Citizen.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. Revela7
Hons of mismanagement and stu
pendous extravagance are coming to
light with monotonous regularity
Ince the Investigation of the navy
department business method have
been on.
The decision to- abolish the bureau
system at the navy yards is taken as
an undeniable admission the govern
ment has wasted J10.000.000 or tho
price of a first class battleship, every
year. Representative A. F. Dawson,
of Iowa, who as a member of the
naval affairs committee is' insisting
on legislation to wipe out the bureau
system as well as a half down other
wasteful policies of the "navy, con
tends the reforms If made will
eavte the United States $10,000,000 a
year.
Mr. Dawson Is not satisfied with
the reorganization plan of the secre
tary of the navy because It Is not wide
enough In Scope. The reforms advo
cated by the reorganization commis
sion appointed by President Roosevelt
and put Into effect by Secretary New
berry, are all right as far as they go.
In the opinion of Representative Daw
son, but still permit the wasting of
hundreds of thousands of dollars an
nually. While the senate naval committee Is
investigating the expenditure and ad
rolnlstrtitiofl oftlM navy, ( there Is a
danger of a clash at any moment be
tween the president and gongrta
Er1,lent Jlooscvelt wants an Imrae
! dlatr'fcndi Complete1' reorganization of
the navy, while Senator Hale, chair
man of the senate navat committee,
wants a reorganization, but not an
"Immediate" one. Senator Hale is
not at all in sympathy with the pres
ident's views, and Is Incensed because
the president -failed to place a mem
ber of either branch of congress on
his navy reorganization commission.
Hccord Extravagance.
In the meantime it is being proven
beyond question that no nation on
earth ever wasted so much money on
Its navy as has the United States
Foreign navy Journals are pointing to
the practice of our government
placing lawyers and bankers at tlio
head Oa? our navy as a huge joke.
One Journal calls attention to th
fact that not one of themi remained
In onice long caough to get well ac
quainted with the heads of the d
partment. Secretary Newberry, the
present secretary was u banker an
railroad man before entering tho navv
a few years ago. It is contended that
while a man may be an excellent law
yer or banker, that does not signify ni
Would make a good secretary of navy
"It seems almost past belief, and yet
It is true." says Representative l):iw
kon. of tho house naval committee,
"that there is no man or body of
men provided by law, below the sec
retary of the navy himself, whose duty
It Is to decide the purely military
questions, of th3 naval service It Is
not fair to Impose thl tremendous
responsibility upon a civilian secre
tary. He is responsible for the pro
per administration of the entire navv
In time of peace, and- Its 8uccessf.nl an3
effective employment in time of war.
"We see the baneful effects of the
bureau system not only in the wast
ing of millions of dollars, but even in
the movement of ships. The captain
of battleship recently received ord
ers to sail at once, while he was
threatened with a court martial by
another bureau If he did so.
No Defense.
"Can any one defend a sygtenl
where the Installation of the fire con
trol apparatus on a warship is divided
tip among three separate and distinct
and distinct bureaus? Is It business
like to have the engines and pumps of
a ship under the Jurisdiction of one
bureau while the steam pipes leading
to them and necessarily an intecral
part of them are under the control of
another bureau
"There re eight separate ami dis
tinct bureaus in the navy, each In
. dependent and supremo In itwlf. At
the navy yards we find three or four
(Continued on page four.)
SUIT IN HIGH FEDERAL COURT
AGAINST FORMER PRES. CASTRO
(By Associated Press.)
CARACAS, via Port of. Bpain, Feb.
l.--Ia accordance with Instructions
from Senator Alcantara, minister of
the Interior, the attorney-general will
bring suit, la the high federal court
against Cipriano Castro, the former
president of Venestseia. on the charge
of having instigated th assasi nation
of President Gome. . -n
Minister Alcantara commvuucauoa
SATISFIED WITH
CULEBRA WORK
Taft Acting as Pacification-
er in Strong Post-Election
. Factional Feeling.
(By Associated Press.)
CULEBRA, Panama. Feb. 1. Wil
liam, H. Taft and the engineers accom
panying him reached here from Pan
ama today on a special train and
made a detailed examination of the
fourtocn miles of the Culebra cut.
The fact that the existing plans- for
the lock and dam at Gatun are satis
factory to the visiting engineers has
created a local feeling of optimism
and the fears of delay in tlje comple
tion of the work have been relieved.
Mr. Taft expected that the views of
the 'engineers regarding the situation
at Gatun would be favorable, and
their findings consequently did not
come as a surprise. to him.
Mr. Taft and the engineers areH
very much gratified at the extent of
the work accomplished at Culebra.
Mr. Taft will call this afternoon on
former President Amador, who Is
quite 111.
TURKS-BULGARIAN
DEAD-LOCKBROKEN
Novel Plan to Conciliate
Turkish Claims of $24,000,
000 and Bulgarian Offer,
(By Associated Press.)
ST, PETERSBURG, Feb. 1. The
Turko-Bulgarlan dead-lock over the
amount of money to be paid Turkey
by Hulgaria because cf the Bulgarian
declaration of Independence is prac
tically broken and the war cloud in
southeastern Europe has been dissi
pated by the acceptance of a plan
proposed by Russia which' reconciles
in a novel manner the Turkish claim
of $24,000,000 and the Bulgarian offer
of $16,400,000.
This plan is based on the war in
demnity of $1,600,000 a year, in ac
cordance with the British treaty of
18 78, Turkey Is to pay Russia for a
hundred years. These payments bear
no interest. The Russian proposal is
to remit them until the Turkish claim
against Bulgarlu Is satisfied. Russia
will collect instead of $16,400,000 from
Btigarla in similar instalments. These
payments will bear interest, and th"
amount of this Interest will recoup
Russia.
Bulgaria has formally assented to
this proposal, and the Russian gov
ernment has assurances that the plan
is satisfactory to the Turks.
The settlement of the Turko-Bul-garian
difficulties. It is stated in well
informed circles, involves recognition
of the kingdom of Bulgaria, whose
proclamation of independence precip
itated this crisis. As soon as the de
tails of the arrangement have been
worked out ,the protocols will tie
signed. It Is understood that Turkey
will take the lead in recoKnlzing Em
peror Ferdinand, not waiting for a
conference of the powers to do so.
The other powers will perforce follow
this example-
ONE CALIFORNIA
BILL RECEIVED
(By Associated Press.)
SACRAMENTO, f'al.. Fib. 1. The
rules were suspended In the house to
day and the Drew bill prohibiting
aliens from owning land in California
was received as amended by the au
thor and as passed upon by the Judic
iary committee. The measure will be
first special order of business on
Wednesday.
Louis W. Jullliard, chairman of the
assembly democratic caucus, said to
day that the minority had not yet de
cided upon a course of action.
President Roosevelt's letter to Gov
ernor Oillett on the Japanese question
made public today, was eagerly" read
by members of the legislature.
to the attorney-general was accompa
nied by a large quantity of documen
tary proof which, it was state, "was
collected at the investigation into an
abortive plot against the life of Vice
President Gome, the constitutional
charge of the " Prealdency."
i The court already has decided that
adequate proof hss been furnished for
he beginning of the action against
Genera) Caauno. - ; ..
ij
h-flttSX& ciK-v.-
Perlians the nrofessor
just ought to see some of
most any afternoon.
COTTON CLASSIFIES
BEGIN THEIR WORK
Will Try to Establish Nine
Grades of Cotton, as Pro
vided by Congress.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. The com
mittee on expert cotton classifiers re
cently appointed by Secretary of Agri-
Culture Wilson to fix an official stand
ard, of the various grades ot cotton.
begaa"!ta taU at the department of
agriculture today. The commission Is
composed of nine members, in addi
tion to, three special assistants, rep.
reserting the leading cotton concerns
of tlie country. In its effort to estab
llsh tie nine grades of cotton as pro
vided by an act of congress, tho com
mittee will havo the use of cotton
standards of the cotton exchanges of
this country and Europe. A week
will be required to complete the work
of the committee.
Practically the entire day's session,
which was not of a public nature, was
devoted by the committee to work of
a preliminary character. It was an
nounced that until some dcftnlto con
clusion was reached no statement
would be given out-
Representative Burleson of Texas,
who was largely Instrumenta in secur
ing the adoption by Congress, at Its
last session of a provision authorizing
the fixing of a standard of the nine
grades of cotton, addressed the com
mlttoe In regard to the necessity of
un official standard for th various
grades. The members of tho commit
tee also called on Secretary Wilson o
get the benefit of his views on the
proposed work.
PLAYERS DRAFTED
IN MAJOR LEAGUE
National Baseball Commis
sion Issues List of Players
Purchased or Drafted.
(By Associated Press.) it
CINCINNATI, O., Feb. 1 The Na
tional League lias-ball Commission to
day Issued a list of players who have
been purchased or drafted by Major
League clubs and whose names also
appear on final reserve list Issued by
the National Association, Issued Octo
ber 20, 1908. Tho commission, after
verifying that the players named have
passed the major league clubs, wl!l
strike their names from tho reserva
tion list in order to avoid disputes
over possible contention of title by
the minor league clubs that formerly
owned the plyens in question. The
first Included the following:
National League slayers:
New York Club: Artnur Fletcher,
purchased, reserved by Dallas.
Boaton Club: Outfielder Coles,
drafted, reserved by Augusta; Inflelder
Hornhorst, drafted, reserved by Au
gusta; Lavender, formerly with Dan
ville, a., drafted, reserved by Holyoke.
yoke.
American League players:
New York Club: John Qulnn, draft
ed, reserved by Richmond; It. H
Revelle, drafted, reserved by Richmond-Boston
Club: Whltemao, purchased
reserved by Houston; W. A- James,
drafter, reserved by Columbus. .
Washington Club! William (Jray,
purchased, reserved by Los Angeles;
B. C Collins, drafted,- reserved by
Ban Antonio; Harry Dieters, drafted,
reserved by For .Worth. . .j j
i
means men are more beautifu
Asheville's belles strolling up
lASHEVItLE AND
EAST TEKM.R.R.
BILL FAVORED
Introduced bv Kepresenta
tive Weaver to Incorpor-
ate .Railroad.
BRANCH llNE ABOUT
Track is New
From This
Being Laid
City to
Weaverville.
(Speeial to The Citizen.)
ItALKKJII. Feb. 1. A bill
duced today l.y Representative
Intro-Wea-
ver to inrorpi.iaie the Ashevllln and
Kast Teiiniss..- Railroad company
was acted upon favorably hy the
committee on corporations of the
llOUSe.
Work has iiirendy been begun on
this road, win. i is to lie a branch line
from the ( '.n "Una, I'lire lilielil nl
Ohio railroad. a Huntdalc, In Yancey
county, to A1 li
long. A pnth
tho traek is i.
AshoWlle to
operating uti-I'
this one will
to push thi'
Another hill
pasted on mi',
tee. It is to
llnu-Tennoss. i
operate in le
vclopment of v
wassee river.
A bill all...
Una Power an
pany an ext.-n-In
which to I .
favorable r. p...
The house .
cities and l.." i
vor Mr. Wnn
development -
one per cent
expended In a-:
llle, about sixty mile s
i has been built und
v being laid from
ivervllle. It has been
r1 another barter, and
Hithorisse the company
: It on to lluiilrl.il. .
f Mr. Weaver's was
fuvor by the i oininit
nicorporate th-' t'aro
I'owcr company, to
kee county in the de
btor power on the liia-
r g the Western 'aro
i 1 TrariHpoi'tntion cnn
i n of two y. ars' lime
. ; n operation also gets
mmittee on (..unties,
n- will report with fa
:'s bill to aid In tin
' Ashcvllle. by allowing
: the city taxes to In
1 "rtlslng the place, th.
the charter of Ashevilh
orovements, the hill to
. to purchase the au-
bill to am. ii.l
as to Ktre. t i
allow Ashevt!
ditorlum pr'j
Senator H;.
'V.
ti nger's bill
t.
a mend
the
the (.barter
priate certain
hands of J. 1:
aucr of the .V
' ' Ireensboro t
'ooneys Is no'
Swann, former n
dlson county .li"
sary.
DR. BULL HAS
GOOD DAY
(By Associated Press.)
SAVANNAH :A., Feb. l.--Th-
fol-
lowlnir bulb tin was Issued today
b.
Ir. William 1 . Bull's physician:
"Ir- Bull p.. 'd a quiet and com
fortable da-i He was in the un
about an hoi r this morning Tem
perature fin;J i-iiise normal
"(Signed i John B. Walker, M 1
William B. Crawford, M. IV
I
M'ASHINOTON, Feb.
Carolina: Fair and warmer
Wednesday fair; light north
east winds. - -
1. North
Tuesday
to north-
1 in the morning but he
and down Pat ton avenue
UMBLETO GET WORK
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
A Discharged Brakeman
Drinks Ounce of Lauda
num at Montford Hotel.
Because, he said, he was weary of
life, Will Melton, of Atlanta, until a
week ago a brakeman on the South
ern, attempted to take his Ufo at th)
Montford hotel by drinking an ounce
of laudanum about six o'clock last
afternoon.
The 'cause of his attempted stilcldo
was said to be his business 'troubles
A week ago, he was discharged as a
brakeman on the Southern railway.
Since then ho has tried all over the
city to secure work elsewhere but lids
been able to get nothing. It Is said
lie has been drinking heavily for the
past week and was under the Influence
of whiskey when h attempted sui
cide. According to Mrs. Melton, she and
her husband w.-re silting In their room
at the Montford, when ho declared
that he was "weary" and drank an
ince of laudanum. Dr. Hunnlcut was
summoned and after working over
the roan sonie time declared him out
of danger. His life was saved only
by (he timely arrlvnl of the physician
who stated that if he had arrived fU
ty minutes later the poison would
have iione Its deadly work and th.
rase would have been a hopeless one
At an early hour this morning, he
was reported as helm; out of dangor
ti nil resting well.
Melton Is about thrlty-two years of
aye lie has been In Ashcvllle foi
about eight weeks
Nf WBtRRY'S PLANS
OF RE-ORGAMZATION
Says Thai lie is Not in Fa
vor of (icncral Staff for
the Navv.
WAKH I.Virn.V, l-'.-b 1. Hi i rotary
o! the Navy N wlicrr' today explaitw-d
to the s-nat-- (ouiinltt.e on naval af
fair tlo- r. -orjranlitloii s Ip-iih-will,
h he in putting Into eff- t in ac
cordance with a recent circular lie
ai'l that lie In not In favor of a cn
eial Kiaff for the iiicy, HUeh as the
nen.-ral (vlaff corp of the army, nor
.J... 4 he approve any staff which
tTiiht come ii-twi-(-n the secreUiry and
the president or between the secretary
and consrreHS
Sp i ral democratic no rnbers of the
committee twitted Secretary Newber
ry about I'rctddcrit HHevelt'M domin
ation of the navy department and his
experience In naval affairs trained
through the assistant secreturysjilp
which he held prior to the Hpanish
Amcrican war lly questlonlns; Mr
N -wherry the fact was brought out
that frequent chanKO kn - the naval
Rccretarsshlp was larsrely responsible
for lack of progress. It was said that
a secretary if the navy no sooner be
came familiar with the system in. the
department than he retired from office
and a new head was appointed.
Mr- Newberry was asked If he sec
onded the recommendation of the
general board and the board of con
struction In favor of 11,90 torf bs.tr
tleshlpa II replied that b did.
SAYS MAN MADE
VIOLENT OPINION
Governor Patterson is Men -
tioned in Cooper
Trial.
- (By Associated rrss.)
.uuj, 7,l,i.l -eW, i. r '.r )
ths Brat time the name of Qoveronor
rattarion was mentioned today In the
trial of f ol. Duncan B. Cooper, Hobln
J. Cooper and John D. Sharp, for the
killing of Henntor K. W. Carmaek.
But this was only one of the sensations
of the day. Tho othwr followed a de
cision of Judge W. M. Man that Juror
J- M. Whltworth was -physically abl
to continue In the box. Immediately
Judge Anderson of the defense annou
nced that he had evidence that Whit
worth had pressed a violent oplnoln
and waa therefore Incompetent. He
declared that the defense profcrrad,
because of Whitworth'a standing hi
tho community, to ee him excused
because of II incus. He added, how-
ever, that his duty to his clients com
pelled him to ask that Whjworh b
dismissed as incompetent.
One of the first witnesses called by
the defense swora Whltworth had d-
ers and that he, Whltworth, believed
tne governor lurd hand In tho mur
der. Another witness swore tht
Whltworth, a few days after tho slay
ing openly declared:
"Hvery damned one of hew men
(defendants) ought to be hanged."
At tho conclusion of the defense'
testimony tho state asked for time to
meet he charges and the court ad
journed until o'floch tomorrow
morning.
Whew tha oourt opened this morn
ing -Judge Hiart announced that he
hod another letter, the third from
Mrs. Whltworth withdrawing her de
mand that her huahund be exijiaed.
Bhe explained that ahe wa "un
necessarily alarmed" by reading that
a physician had been called to at
tend to a Juror.
Attorney darner for the slate an-:
notinced that ufforls had been mad
to ascertain how Whltworth stood on i
the Cooper case and through these
(iii-i oiin-r iiueries wnien reicnel nil
wife, Mrs. Whltworth had been fright
ened Into seeking to have Whlt
worth removed from the Jury.
Dcfcnw Kcplles.
(ieneral Washington replied for the
defense claiming thai the physician's
certificate and tho testimony of Ir.
Hnlllvun under oath, while Attorney
Garner's statements and JVfrs. Whit
worth's letters were not. He said that
ir Whltworth Is a victim of brlghts
disease he Nhould be exctiHed,
VOIGHT WINS CASE
AGAINSTTWALL CO.
Payment of Alleged Debt
Resisted on Ground That
Company Was Trust.
(By Associated Prsss.)
WAHIIINOTON, K'h. I The case
of the Continental Wall I'aper com
pany versus Lewis VoIkI.I and Sons of
Cincinnati, was to. lay ! elded by the
supreme court of the ( tilted Htutes
In Volant's favor. The suit was
brought bv the company on a debt of
tfi 7,000, the payment of which win
resisted on the ground that the paper
(ornpany Is a trust. In effect the do
elslon holds that un udtnltied trust or
ganized contrai v to the Sherman anti
trust law cannot uv.e the court to col
lect debts.
It was r presented that VolKhl had
bought over toi. nun worth of paper,
on which he bad paid aO per i-i-nt.
more than h-- would have had to pay
if there bad beert competition. It was
also set out thut tin- Continental
company had been organize, i to con
duet tlie btl.'dness of the various wall
paper factories of the I'nlted States
and that Volght as a JoMht in Its
products had been compelled to sign
u strict ar -ui, nt on tlo- thnat that
If he did riot do so. no paper would
be sold to him und that It would be
made Impossible for him to continue
in business.
F0RAKER WANTS SENATE TO BEGIN
ON BROWNSVILLE AFFRAY AGAIN
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 Senator
Koraker t.day attempted to havo th
senate begin consideration of th sub
stitute bill Introduced by Senator Al
drich authorizing tha creation of a
court of Inquiry to determine ' th
guallflcation for reenlistmeat of dis
charged soldiers of th twenty-fifth
regiment. Involved In th Browturvffl
SUNDAY FREIGHT
BILL COMES UP.
iThe Uniform Divorce Law
Measure Recently Tahled
to Appear Once More.
(SH'clnl to tlio Cltisrn.)
It ALKtQH, Feb,,. Tha Ion .
pectrd bill to amend the constitution
as to the homestead exemption
which arrived In the lower hcuse of
the general assembly today, fathered
by llepreiM-ntntlvs Kotidrick, proposes
to change section 1, arttcl 10. to to
make the personal property exemption
two hundred dollar Instead of flva
hundred, with the provision: "But tio
merchant shall be allowed ' U ex
emption out of his merobandlta or
stock In trade" and ieotton I by re
duclng tho ral property txampllon '
from iini thousand dollars to fiv hun
drsd, providing "But no leal or per-
on, Propotty hH t Mempt from
sale for taxes or for payment Of ob
ligations coittrsted for purchase of th
same, nor shall partnership pro petty
be exempt from sale for purtnsrshlp
debts." The bill provide that tha vol
at the next eloctlon.
1 Expense ftllt. '
Representative Connor of Wilson I
the author of a bill to rcmova tt:t
restriction on tha etpsnse ollowanc
of the governor. It amenis th act
of two j'tnf ago, chapter 1.00J, which
allows th,tU( axeoutlvo tx hundrad
dollar Annually a travail n,i xptr
in attending to business for ths state,
and for erponses In tha tata, ind out
of the sti.te In representing Iho lntr
esfs of the state and people, by allow
Ihg the same amount lmply'"lo4:ovar
expenses incurred by him incidental to
the discharge of the dutle of hl of
fice wh.Hiier in or out of the nUte.
A Hunrlay freight train bUt by, Mr.
McDonald of Moor allow' Solid
t,.H,n maiU, up ot thorough Irtlght
cars reaching any point In th tat
on Hun. Inv to pus throcifh Without
stopping at station. Roprosantatlv
Pert y of Vance propose an act mak
ing Saturday tho sum um any othtf
ay when negotiable Instrument ma-,
ture on that day.
Mr. Howie, of Ash county, chair
man of the committee on federal rela. '
tlonti. announced that ho would Riak
a motion tomorrow to reconsider th
vote by which th house tabled th
senate bill looking to uniform legls- '
bit Ion by the states of the union r .
Kardlug marrlaKn and divorce, descent
and property right. Tha committe
had reported it favorably With
amendment taking away all compen
sation fro ma commission to b ap
pointed by the governor to confer With
commissioners from other states, ' Sen
ator Fry Introduced a bill In th ser
ate providing for the protection from
fire of forests above th two thous
and foot level, by warden to b ap
pointed by the governor and paid bf
the land owners concerned. Of tours
only the mountain forests are Includ.
od. The drainage bill for rh re
clamation of swamp and overflowed
lands or eastern North Carolina WM
made a special order for next Thura- -day
Instead of Wednesday In th sen
ate KiipreiiM- Court.
The February term of the North
Carolina supreme court convened to
ay, the llrst day being devoted to th
examination of applicants for license
to practice law of whom there war
forty-eight, six of these being negroes.
Tin- court will take up the hearing
of argument of cases on appeal front
the (irst district Tuesday morning.
. . . . . .
200 LI V I'M IjOKT.
(By Associate Press.)
CANTON, CHINA. Feb. 1.
At b ast ZOO Uvea were lost In a
lire which occurred today In a,
of flower boat. Tha charred
bodies of 170 victims hav al
ready Ix-cn recovered but many
persons arc still missing.
. . . . . . . .
affray. Senator McLaurln of Mississ
ippi said he would probably speak OH
the pending measure tomorrow and
Mf. Koraker replied that hs -would
postpone his motlott until then. Re
publican senator are said to irro
npoa th Mil, but a filibuster easily
would carry the bill over to th nxt
session beyond Mr. foraker' term of
ervlc. -
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