THE MHEWLLE OTIZEN "so iThe Want Ad Phone '4 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. - 1 r

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