CITIZEN THE WEATHZB FAIR - Associated Press Leased Wire Reports. A. VOL. XXV. NO. 128. 'ABBEVILLE, N. (01, THURSDAY MOHNING,' FEBRUARY '25, 1909. PRICE FIVE OENTa"; STATE COMPELS COOPER TO ADMIT IRREGULARITIES THE MOVING SPIRIT THE PATH OF GLORY LEADS BUT JTOA JAIL Suffragettes Sally Forth DOES 'MILADY' YEARN FOR THE RIGHT TO VOTE? ' r p-p-S:p ..;....' Illinois . Association . Ajk swers Big Question in tho Negative 1 MWMMrrrrr r vtMm rrrrrrrr 1 '.' rrr rrrrrr;'v 1 1 IN HIS OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS Purpose to Show . That His SENDS POLICE BILL BACK FOR Sense of Honor "Was Not High. Three Times torStorm House of Commons THE ASHEMi mm turn I HE DECLARES THAT CARMACK SHOT FIRST Aged Defendant Will Be on Stand Probably for An other Day. (By Associated Press.) NASHVILLE, Term., Feb. 24. Af ter a day replete with exciting Inci dent! the session of the Cooper-Sharp trial for the murder of former Sena tor Carmack closed with the aired defendant, fcoloncl D. B. Cooper arttl 1 upon the stand. The direct exam I nation of the colonel which began early yesterday morning- lasted until nearly noon today. Almost the first thing the state did on cross-examlna tlon was to announce that it would try to prove that Colonel Cooper was a defaulter to the extent of over $100,900 while clerk and master of chancery in Maurey county;. This preclptated a bluer fight between counsel, . during which harsh -words were used and much anger display ed, despite the efforts of Judge Hart to hold the reins tightly. The state won a. partial victory and straightway sprang another surprise. It resurrected some old leg islative records concerning an Investl gation into an alleged defalcation of State Treasurer M. T. Polk In the early eighties. They offered to prove that thousands of dollars of the state's money was Invested by Polk with Col. Duncan- B. Cooper and oth ers In a Mexican silver mine scheme, a walnut log scheme in North Caro lina, and a scheme to buy the Nash ville American. Admits Irregularities. Colonel Cooper admitted that there were irregularities In his office of clerk and master In chancery, but aid they were due to bad manage ment and poor bookkeeping, and that every dollar was made good. He ad mitted that Polk was his partner in Ul venture . named., but declared that M'40atftuif never, handled a dol lar of th money, and had no know ledge that; Its was taken from the state's strong box. Colonel Cooper made an excellent witness, but one hard to handle even by his own counsel. Repeatedly he urged Judge Anderson to let the state ask "any question on any subject," and at times answered over his own attorney's objections. Now and then he displayed great heat, but he did not contradict himself upon any point. When court adjourned, the rrnss-examination had reached only the commencement of the trouble, the early editorials. It is likely that the witness will be on the stand all "flay tomorrow. Dtfgerlhea gliooting. Today's testimony began with Colo nel Cooper's description of the shoot ing. "Robin urged me to hurry, ne said. "1 told him to wait a minute.. He and Sharp stopped, and I caught , up. Then he grabbed me, and said I 'let's hurry, papa.' The nervous grasp! of his arm aroused my suspicion, and j intuitively I turned and saw Senator Carmack. Instantly, I decided to go over and have a plain talk with Car- j mack, to see if this affair which was worrying my friends, my children i and myself could not be stopped. Thel impulse came over me at once when I saw him, to go over and talk to: him and have an understanding. First I thought I'd wait for him. j Then I thought that might carry some ; significance so I walked towards him. J I saw Um speak to Mrs. Eastman. I ; said 'Mr. Carmack.' He threw up his: head as though he had not seen me, I and at once drew his revolver and , stepped In front of Mrs. Eastman, putting her between us and stepping towards the curb. He was five or six feet from the curb when I called his name. He had his pistol In his hand and passed In front of Mrs. i Eastman. Mrs. Eastman became wild-, ly excited, and grabbed the old man , with her. I made no hostile move- j ment" "What did you say?" "I said. I think, that it was damned . cowardly to get behind a woman with pistol In his hand." "Did you have a revolver out?" "Not at that time." uji LiLws-juiiTjLnr.innii''" " CoMlnua4 on papa !.) ' FIRE CRUSES LOSS OF $500,000 THREATENS TO SWEEP ENTIRE CITY (y Associated Press.) JACKSONVILLE, Fte.. Fob. 24 The three-story brick building on the south sides of Forsyth street. In the heart of the business district, was com pletely destroyed by lire this afternoon entailing a loss estimated at $300,000. The building was occupied by the Florida Electric company one of the largest electric supply houses in the South; i- H. Trebly, real estate, Mc Graw Brothers, phonographs, bicycles, etc Jacksonville Gas company on the first Boor, while the second floor was occupied as store-room for the Florida Electric company. Tfce third floor was occupied as lodge rooms for the Eag les." Brotherhood of Railway Train meat and other organisations. Tho firs started on tho second floor, the blase' being discovered at three o'clockv Aa alartn, was sent la wnlcn SENATE TO ACT Committee Agrees to Re port It Without Pre judice PROSPECT BRIGHT FOR LONGER SCHOOLS House Tables the Game Bill. Anti Trust Measures Are Debated. (Special to The Citizen.) RALEIGH, N. C, Feb. 24. The senate committee on counties, cities and towns this afternoon heard Rep resentative Weaver in advocacy of his house bill to create the Ashevllle police commission, and also heard Judge Jones and J. C. Martin against the measure. Tho committee voted to report the bill to the senate with out prejudice. Mr. Weaver insisted that there was a general demand in Ashevllle for the bill and presented petitions asking for Its passage, On the other hand Judge Jones and Mr. Martin declared that the commisUon was not wanted by the people, would bring about discord In the democratic party, would divide administrative responsibility, and in flict in the end an absolutely useless institution on Ashevllle. Many ques tions asked the speakers by commit teemen indicated a lively interest in the case by the senators. Senator Brltt did not address the committee, but is quietly opposing the bill. Weav er has seme strong friends on the floor of the senate who will represent him in the light for the bill on the floor. ... The house committee on records again acted unfavorably on Senator Ray's good roads bill for Henderson county. School Bill's Easy Ttoad. The general educational bill carry ing the regulations for holding local tax elections In the counties, and in- ceaslng by $160,000 the state appro priation to assure fodr months school in every district of the state, passed Its second reading in the senate today with only two votes against It. Be lng a roll call bill It had to await another day for final passage. It di rects every county to levy a special school tax of not less than one-half of one nor more than five per cent., and a poll tax of three to fifty cents. Anti-Trust Talk Again. The senate spent two hours dis cussing anti-trust legislation before recess was taken to eight night, which the anti-trust bills were under discus sion again. Senator Ormond for the Loekhart bill and Senator Travis for the Bas-sett-Blow substitute were the speak ers today, eaator Loekhart Btole a march on the opponents of his sub section "A" bill by offering It as an amendment for all. but the enacting clause of the Bassett-Blow substi tute. This procedure was sustained by the chair, president Pro. Tern. Kluttz. Game Bill Tabled. The house after a spirited discus sion voted fifty-two to forty-eight to table the Empire bill that had al ready passed the senate to prohibit selling quail in the state for two years and allowing sportsmen to shoot not more than fifteen in a day each. The consideration of the revenue bill in committee of the whole for second reading was completed, and the bill put through ready for final grind of third reading. The gradua ted tax on cigarette dealers and man ufacturers was raised so that it will be 1250 for 250,000.000 cigarettes and range up to $1,500 for 500,000. 000 cigarettes output. The question of Increasing the tax on express companies from 2 to 4 per cent, on their gross receipts was proposed by Speaker Graham, but action deferred to the final reading of the bill. (Continued on paa four.) called every apparatus In the serlvce. but upon the arrival of the firemen the entire upper portion of the bulkl lng was In a mass af flames. Chief Haney, of the fire department, called out reserve wagons as a strong wind was sweeping from the southwest, which threatened to spread the flames to adjoining property, but with (hard work, the firemen working until after 10 o'clock tonight, the fire was con fined to the one structure. The loss on the building will be to tal, while the Florida Electric com pany and the Jacksonville Gas compa ny, which carried heavy stocks, will be the heaviest losers. Firemen dM ex cellent work in saving the principal business district of Jacksonville, for at one time It looked a If the entire block of handsome building would be destroyed. . , 1 GOING TO A FIRE IN PHILADELPHIA r j 1 . i 1 ' 1 . i ' VICTORIA INN SOLD TO MR. BRANCH No Announcement Made Yet As to Future Man agement of Hotel. Victoria Inn and its adjoining acres In Victoria were purchased yesterday by Mr. P. H. Branch from Mr. Gay Green at a price which cannot be as certained but which exceeds $40,000. This is the third time this, hand some property has been sold in the last few days. It was first negotiated by Its owner, the (board of home mis means of the Northern Presbyterian church, to Mr. Alex Porter, who trans ferred the right of purchase to Mr.' Green, and the latter has now trans ferred his interests to Mr. Branch. Mr. Branch Is well known as the proprietor of the beautiful Margo Terrace hotel on Haywood street and Victoria Inn will be conducted with the marked success which has featur ed It under Mrs. Martin's manage ment The Citizen told several days ago of the purchase of Victoria Inn and its adjacent acreage of 15 acres' by Mr. Green and with barely timo for further negotiations even when expe dited by traders so active as Messrs. Green and Branch, it again announces the sale of the property, the different transfers In rapid succession showing the activity which pervades Ashevllle real estate of high class. No definite statement can now be made as to the future management of Victoria Inn, but-It Is certain that the hotel will be run on the strictly high elass plane which has featured It In the past Victoria Inn has been conducted with notable success for several years by Mrs. Annie D. Martin and In this connection it may be said that It has been known for some days that Ren ator Qazzam and Mrs. Martin have been considering the mangement by the latter of Kenilworth Inn and It Is hoped by those who know of the sit uatlon that this arrangement will be made. Kenilworth Is a magnificent Inn, beautifully situated, hut because of late years It has been conducted by the owner through a manager the sale of the property to a girl's school was considered, the proposed arrangement not howewr being made. GOULD DIVORCE GETS WITNESS IN JAIL NEW YORK. Feb. 24. Mrs. Mar garet Teal, charged with attempted subordination of perjdry in connection with the Nelon Kelly Gould-Frank X Gould divorce action, was committed to the Tombs prison by Judge Foster as the result of developments at the trial today. She has heretofore been under 15.000 bail. The witnesses to day Include Mrs. Juia Fleming Mc- Cabe, who was Indicted with Mrs. Teal and Detective Mousley. Blanche Hale, a manicurist, who said she was asked by Mrs. McCabe to sign a false affidavit In the case, and Margaret Folk, a colored dressmaker, who tes tified that she was approached with a similar proposition. Lieutenant Rayens, who made the arrests In the case told of finding a photograph of Gould and some of the affidavits signed by prospective (witnesses In Detective Mouseley's pocket. PEARL NECKLACE WORTH $50,000 STOLEN SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 24. A 150.- 006 pearl necklace belonging to Miss Jennie Crocker of this city was stolen during the Mardi Gras ball gtven by Mrs. Charles O. Alexander at the St. Francis hotel last night. The theft -was not reported to the pollco until tonights The necklace, which has been ranked as one of The most vsl vabls In tho country, uf composed of fifty-three all flawless specimens, which were brought by Miss Crocker from Europe some year ag ; HOUSE FRUGAL, PARESjSALARY MEASURE DOWN Does Not Concur in In crease for President and Other Officials PARTY .IatjrES WERE lost DririiE voting Increase in Judges Salaries in jlanssk Gp JBack to Conference. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. With Its war paint on, the house of representa tives today by sweeping majorities many times defied the senate by re jecting Its amendments to the legisla tive appropriation bill providing for salary Increases for president, the vice-president, the speaker, the Judic iary and for the creation of the of fices of under secretary and fourth assistant secretary of state. Party lines were obliterated completely. It was a regular Held day in the lower l)orly where oratory and con fusion viled with each other for hon ors. Hot during the present congress has the speaker Been compelled to wield his gavel with such force to bring about order aa today. Of par liamentary tunnies there were many but the veteran presiding officer em erged from theirv ail with his decis ion undisputed. The battle waued for more than six hours at the end of which the bill was sent to (inference. Bo much time was consumed In consideration of the conft ri ie report on that meas ure that a niwht session Was made Im perative in order that further discus sion of the sutelry civil appropriation bill, which had dragged along for sev eral days mlKht be ha3. Although the members were primed for discussion of the secret service, the subject was allowed to go ever until tomorrow. The I, 111 was less than one third completed when the house, at 8. OS p. m., recessed until 10 a. m. tomorrow. Itccln Paring Dmni. In the course of the debate Messrs. Underwood of Alabama and Clark of Missouri, criticized the senate Increas es especially In reference to salaries. Br. riark In reticular was emphatic In his objection!! to what he said were the "continual impositions of the sen ate in the mutter of appropriation bills." When the discussion turned on the Increase in the salaries of the pres ident, vice-president, speaker of the bouse and Judges about which the conference could not agree, Mr. Clark declared there was much misinfor mation about the amount the presi dent receives. nd said that instead of its being rfl."Q. It actually Is 1291.- 000 per annum. By sryntn ( 57 to 102 the house refused to accept the senate amend ment Increasing- the salary of the speaker. President Cot To 75,000. The Increase proposed In the pres ident's salary from $50,000 to $100,- (Continued en page four.) tFATR WASHINGTON. Fsb. 24. Forecast for North. Carolina,: Fair, considera bly colder Thursday with brisk to high northwest winds; Friday fair. BRIDE DIES ON HER MARRIAGE NIGHT Young Italian Husband Awakes to Learn of Frightful Tragedy. ?. NEW YORK, Feb. "Mttl Italy" Is In mourning today because of the dire tragedy which overtook Marie Mentone, the bride of one day. Bernardo Traviesaro and Marie Men tone were married toy FathrTToT the church of Our Lady of Pompeii, on Blceker street last Sunday. Blxteen hours later the bride was f All to A rfe.il In th. tfmnl Mtm nl ttiAlr little flat at No. M.tl..tij?-V-M"fw Tho young husband lay unconscious on tne bed peatd sr. Aa open gas Jet had turned the hf ymooa Into tragedy. The priest who made them man and wife Inst Sunday will read tho burlat service over the body of the bride al most before the white carnations of the wedding bouquet sre wilted. Bernardo Travusaro came to this country Ave years ago. The daughter ofthts friend, Andrea Mentone, landed in America only two months ago. The lovemaking progressed speedily, and soon the girl was at work on a wed ding dress. The Itralli March. After the wedding the party went at once to the new flome. The neigh- bors came In. the wedding cake was cut. the bottles of red wine were bllt tne leaders of the movement de opened, ciare their intentions to sdopt still in oriors minor remainea in me flat as did Susie Travesaro, sister of th- bridegroom. At 9 o'clock the lat ter awoke. Her head ached and there was a drumming In her temples. She aroused the father, and he at once no ticed the strong smell 01 gas. TTe shook the door and called to the young people to got up. When they failed to respond he broke open the door and rushed Into the room. The wedding dress wn folded neat ly over a chair, the bridal bouquet stood on the table and the young couple lay as If asleep. The bride was dead and the young husband was barely breathing. The Travesaro girl rushed Into the street and hor screams brought two policemen. Murphy and Ryan, who bhvwI young Travesaro's life. They kept him alive by artificial respiration until the doctors came. At first he refused to believe that the girl was dead, repeating over and over that it could not be so. But when tho undertakers came and placed the body In a casket he turned his face to the wall and wept because they had not let him die too. EXPRESS TRAIN CUTS CROWDED CAR IN TWO (By Associated Press.) rLKVELAND. O., FVh. 2 4. ThrP" pf-rftfnM wpr fatally Injured anrl twenty othorn hurt in a colliHlon be-twt-en a Pennsylvania ral'way trafn and a utroet car hero tonight. Th ntret ear wan out-bound and hfav!ly loaded with paMnsrerf. A the (trade rrontilnfc Mtwim from an rx haunt pipe In a narby factory ob ivurtd a view f the approaching paaaenRer train. For thin reason the Kate werq not lowered and tb ear pro-f edd, although th car con-, dttctor had run ahead and pulled the derailing h'vrr. The locomotive! gtnirk the ear near tho roar end.; npllttltiR' It In two. Many paonKor were hurled aeveral foot. That many were not killed was due. to the alow npeed of tho train. SOCIETYMAN GETS YEAR IN PRISON (Sv AKKlUd Pres'.l NTCW YORK. Feb. 24. The trial of rarl Fischer Hansen, the lawyer and society man under Indictment charg ing him with the bribery of a witness wA brought to a sudden close today by the entering of a plea of guilty by the defendant to an amended com plaint charging attempted bribery. A sentence of twelve months Imprison ment In tho penitentiary was Imposed on Fischer-Han ssn by Justice Down ling. In pleading guilty, Flscher-Han-sen completely exonerated his "law partner, Alexander Mlchaelson, who bad bea isdlctsd with blm. t UNGALLANT BOBBIES HAVE TO BUTT IN Thirty Society Ladies Find Themselves in Limbo for Asking Ballot. LONDON, Feb. 14 Every effort of the suffragettes to force the hand, of the government becomes mors determ Ined and It Is increasingly difficult to predict how their demands may be successfully parried. The situation has taken on an embarrassing aspect for the government, owing to the high so cial position of many among some thirty or mora woman arrested this evening, these Including Mrs, Pethiok Lawrence, Lady Constance Lytton, a!' ter of Lord Lytton and daughter of the former Viceroy of India; Miss Stratford Dugdals, daughter of Com mander Dugdals and cousin of Ho. William It. W. Peal, wtio was elected yesterday In a hy-electlon as member of th,houseef commons for Taunton; Mlas Daisy Solomon.- daughter of the ex-premier of Cape Colony, and Mrs. Catherine Elisabeth Corbett, an aris tocratic supporter of tho uffragwtte movement. , . Both sides were wall prepared for tonight's attempt on the part of tho suffragettes to fores 'themselves on Premier Aequith, who yesterday had declined by letter to receive a deputa tion. Tho women held ' parliament at Caxton hall, and number of them started on "danger duty," In a solid phalanx, led by Mrs. Lawrence. . -. Horrid Folic Butt In. The police, abandoning former tac tics of barring the aproach to J the """ "l " "if yw..u. oloeo to Caxton hall. Finally several 'of - the .-wmi Including Mrs. Law J re nee, the leader, were placed under arrest. Word of (he reception of this depu tation being brought to Caxton hail, much excitement ensued, and Mrs.' Haul Solomon volunteered to lead a sec ond deputation to the house, This, In effect, met the same fate, but led to mors exciting street scenes and al much larger number of arrests. A I third attempt was then organised at the hall, but this tlmie the destina tion of the deputation was Brooks club, where the premier was dining. The demonstration tonight did not occasion such, scenes of roughness and j violence s on some former occasions. ,nrr,M. m,.liu,Am Miss Chrintabel Parkhurst during the course of a speech said: "When I speak of stronger meas ures, I speak in all earnest. We value neither our liberty nor our lives un less the women of this country get a vote. The women who were arrested were locked up for the night and will be ar raigned In the Bow street court to morrow. ALLEGED ROBBER BURIED HIS LOOT (By Associated Prsss.) WAHHlNjlTON, Fob. 34 A Jar of coins, sggrt-gatlng $1,236, which is al leged to be part of the money stolen from the Forsyth Hank and Trust company of Kernnrsville, N. C , today was dug up from beneath a dwelling where It had been burled In that city by the robber, according to advices received by the detective bureau here tonight Deputy Kherlff Hobert Flynt, of Kernersvllle, left here for N. Car olina tonight with (Jalther Bodcnham er, a young man, who was arrested yesterday by the Washington police, charged with having stolen more than 2,000 from the vaults at the bank. PERMITS nOXI.XtJ. NA8IIVII.LK, TVnn . Feb. it. The senate today passed on filial reading the house bill prmltttng w-lentlilc box ing In this state. Tho bill now goes to the governor for his signature. FLEET, SAFE IN ROADSTEAD, MMW BUFFETED BY WIND AND WAVES (By Associated Press.) . FORT MONKOK, Vs.. Feb. 24 After being flooded In brilliant sun light throughout the morning the American "battle fleet" In Hampton Roads Was swept by another severe storm this afternoon. The big battle ships and cruisers did not suffer In the least from the blow, but the steam launches running to the shore made decidedly heavy weather of It. Two sailors on snipes launches were tossed overboard during the afternoon but tMh were rescued without great difficulty. A launch belonging to the battleship Rhode Island was partly wrecked In trying to com alongside the ship' gangway. A luncheon party of ladle was aboard and when th wave-tossed boat crashed into a slds boom of the armordad, several -'of tho on board fainted, .: . . COMMITTEE TO LOOK INTO MATTER Committee, However, Is, as Usual Busy Doing , Nothing. tJ BT TAV. ' , (Hjwlal correspondnt of Ths Cttlaen.) WAHHINCJTON, Fab. 4.-."Do ths -majority' of women, or even any vsry considerable peroentags v of woman, really desire ths ballotT" Ths. "Illinois Association Opposed to the Extension of BufTrags to Wo men" propounds this questiua for ths sonato committee on woman suffrage, and then straightway proceeded to attempt to answer It In the negative. It may be news to ths reader to know that congress has appointed committee of senators, ths sol duty of whom Is to Inquire Into, woman suf frage, but such I th fat. This com mittee has s, regular committee room. regular clerk and ths clerk has regular, stenographer , The commit tee even has a regular colored door man who sits half asleep througlT ths ' Ions; days In his chair in ths corridor. usr iming Homing-. The commutes ! regular in evsry wayIt never dps anything. Well. It did bold ono meeting la th last year, remaining In session nearly an hour. Binos that meeting ths senats commutes, on woman suffrage baa latd only, by .virtus of It regular committee room, Its regular clerk and It regular stenographer and th reg ular colored doorman.' . with ths committee on woman suf frags In this Wmruidl Mute. ismt cams.th, sensational document from Chicago, asking whether women really want to. vote., Naturally .th regular clrrk and '111 regular , secretary , cam exciuia, . jcyen th regular door. Irian sjiowsd sign of resurrection. ' ins memur or . ins .committee wore hurried Jn. Some or them re newed acquaintance. mn5 th.oppol tlon to suffrage for womsn, w-dis cussed, .All .admitted1 thers was mora or less opposition. Thr being no dissenting voice . heard, no rsgular meeting occurred. There, will prob ably be on somettm In HOI, bow- 1 ever. . ,. . ., Thore are nln women' organlaa- tlon In ths United State that earn Into exlstencs forth sol purpos of lighting the advanc of uffrage for wonvn. These tins organisation represent a mem worship of , 11,009 women. Numerically, they, do not possess anywhere near th strength of the small army of women in th field for suffrage, but their rank In clude many of th most prominent , club women In th country, , Th . anti-women suffrage worker ar Just as determined a tho working for the ballot. Just a much convinced they are right In their belief and ap parently just as confident their effort will bo crowned with uecesa, ,., SOME WANT TO - VOTE SOME DON'T (By Asseetstsd Prsss.) . A LB AN V, N. Y Fsb. 14. Hosts of suffragists and anti-suffragists, sty lishly gowned, crowded th great as sembly chamber In the capltol today and for over four hours their chosen speakers argued before the member of the Judiciary committee of th sett ate for and against resolutions Intro duced by Henetor Hill and Assem blyman Toombs providing an amend ment to the constitution linking th "male" from th suffrage clause, Buffragiats wearing yellow badges with the Inscription "vnt for wo man," antl-suffraglsta who bore no distinguishing badge and women who attended out of mere curiosity, crowd ed every foot of available space In th chamber. Asm-mblyman Toombs was greetsd wth a storm of applause from th suffragists. He declared that when . a man of the Judicial mind of William H. Taft had coma 'out for woman suf frage there ought to be some argu ment in fsvor of reporting the meas ur'. "Will the gentleman please say when Mr. Taft said that?" asksd a member of the opposition, who denied that Mr. Taft had expressed uch views. The water was th roughest known in rocent years In Hampton Rnada Many tea and dinner parOe planned, on board the various ship bad to b postponed. Rear-Admiral Bperry will leav fof Washington tomorrow afternoon- In stead of on Friday, as he at first bad planned. He goe to consult with th -navy department authorities a to th further plana for th fleet, and Both, lng In the way ct inspecUVm' or de- ; t aching of any ship will be, dome until he returns. The commanding and other officer of the fleet were much icrartfled by th published report from Washington today that Admiral 8 rwry will contlou as omsnander In-chief of ths battleship fleet until the data of bi retirement in Septem ber. - ..