A THE Mm IZEN THE WEATHEE FAIR Associated Press A. Eeased Wire Reporti. VOL, XXV. m 136. ASI1EVH.LE, N. C JFBIDAY MORNING; MARCH 5, 1909. PlttCE, FIVE CENTS. PRESIDENT TAFT INDUCTED V INTO OFFICE WITH SIMPLE, Why Not? DIDNOTBREAK FAITH ON BILL SAYS WEAVER BUT IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY Denies Senator, Mills' State Storm Prevented the Outdoor Exercises; Oath Was Ad ministered in the Senate Chamber; Distinguish ed Assemblage Hear d Inaugural Address THOUSANDS MARCHED IN PARADE THROUGH THE ANKLE DEEP SLUSH 5 Thousands Others Were Caught On Stalled Trains Out side the City. Capital Cut Off From Whole World Early in Morning by Blizzard. WASHINGTON, March 4. Th first chief executive to tak tho oath of office In the chamber of tho senate In seventy-six yearn, William Howard Taft today beeame president of Uie United States. Accompanied to the capital by President Roosevelt and a guard of lienor through a swirl of blinding snow, Mr. Taft returned to tlie white house Just as the son began to force Its way through tho thinning clouds of gray. A sadden blizzard sweeping In from 4he northwest last night, set away the weather bureau's optimistic promise of "fair and somewhat cooler," and caased an abandonment of the out-door ceremonies on the famous cast front of the capltol, much to Mr. Toft's chagrin, and threatened for a lime to stop the brilliant pageant of the afternoon. By almost super-human efforts, a passage way was cleared along the center of Pennsylvania avenue and for nearly three hours President Tart and Vice-President Sherman reviewed a passing- column, which was replete with martial splendor and picturesque civic 'display. Following the brHllant and impressive ceremonies In the senate, during which both president and vice-president took the oath or office. President Roosevelt again a private citizen bade an affectionate .adieu to his suc cessor while all in the historic chamber looked on In silence, and thru lie hurried away through side door to take the train for New York. A be passed out of the chamber Mr. Koosevelt was given an ovation quite the equal of that tendered to the new president. f President and Mrs. Taft were the centers of interest at the culminating feature of the memorable day the Inaugural ball In the pension building. The scene in the vast cavern of the building, which had been transformed into a canopied court of ivory and white was another of the brilliant picture Which are Quadrennially ''painted bo by the -gathering of a ! vast; nd Mlliant assemblage from every section bf th country. With all the color and movement of a military spectacle,: with the softening Influence ,,?. of delicately tinted gown and the in , T- tetest of sY'parsolinel seldom, equalled ,' ' at a social function, tfte Inaugural ball holds a place unique' in the ihlstery making or the day. While the ball was in progress in doors, a display of fire-works on the monument lot in the rear of .-the white houBe marked tho end of the outdoor celebration. For hours the thinly clouded heavens were alight with screaming rockets with sun clusters that challenged brilliance of day, with fiery "cobras," aerial salutes, floating festoons and illuminated .balloons. Yale All There. Prior to .his visit to the ball Prcsl dent Taft had entertained at tea In the white house the members of the Tale club; had dined, with Mrs. Taft at 7 o'clock, and had stopped in at the Metropolitan club to say a few words at the dinner of the class of '78 at Yale. Mr. Taft'a day was one of continu ing cheers from his appearance on the white house portico this morning un til he returned late tonight, an un willing leave-taker from tbe dancing. Mr. and Mrs, Taft were the guest of the Roosevelt's at the white house last night, setting a new precedent in the courtesies of the executive mansion as they did again today when Mrs. Taft accompanied the newly made president, and Mr. Sherman, the new vice-president, from ' the capltol at the head of th elmposing parade to the white house. The presidential carriage, drawn by four bay horses, which had been closed against the storm as President Roosevelt and Mr. Taft made their way to the capltol, was thrown, open as the return Jour ney was begun, and President Taft, quickly recognized by the crowds which stood enthusiastically unmlnd "f the ankle-deep snow and slush about them, was acclaimed all along the great distances of the avenue. Both Expected Storm. When they met at breakfast this morning with the world all white out side and the song of the blizzard wind ringing in their ears, Mr. Taft and ANNOUNCES HIS POLICIES MID LOUD APPLAUSE Taft Declares He Will Carry Out Reforms Begun by Roosevelt INDICATES HIS SOUTHERN POLICY if Will Not Appoint Negroes to Office Where it May Cause Friction. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, D. C, March 4. President Taft won applause at the very outset of his Inaugural address by announcing his adherence to the Roosevelt policies and of his Intention to carry them out by means of further legislation which would also have for Its purpose the freeing from alarm of those pursuing "proper and progres sive business methods." The galleries I ' ! -: ' Srifj y riff- yit'v Wt n ? r Jyjlll V - y ' liF - . 'j - , ' , k . . f 1 -' -"V v s- a J '" MISS HOOD ON HER pH0ME WITH MOTHER CORY RIGHT. ISOBBY ACM BROS.. N.V. WILLIAM H. TAFT, IWENTT-SEVENTH PRESIDENT. President Roosevelt wi re as happy as two boys. "I know it would be a cold day when I was made president of the United States." exclaimed Mr. Taft. And I knew there would he a bliz zard clear up to the moment I went out of office." rejoined President Roosevelt. Mr. Taft was deeply disappointed when lie found that committee on arrangements had practically aban doned all hope of an outdoor cere mony. He said he was anxious that (Continued on page seven.) THE INAUGURAL BALL WAS MOSTLY BRILLIANT SPECTACLE AND PARADE (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, March 4 The In augural ball tonight was the climax of a day of trlumphof William H. Taft. In the vast ball of the pension build ing resembling a dream of fairyland, mingled fair womeni beautifully gown I were not alone In applauding the sue ceedlng points made by Mr. Taft. The staid members of the senate constant ly Interrupted with applause, while the representatives of the house were even more demonstrative In expressing their approval. The diplomats listened Intently to Mr- Tart's outline of a foreign policy and his frankness n dealing with the various subjects touched upon in his address won much of commendation The new president's expression of friendship for the South and his again asserted belief that the so-called negro problem was in a fair way of proper settlement, aroused a storm of ap plause and cheering. President Taft said: My Fellow Citizen: Any one wht takes tho oath I have Just taken must reel a heavy weight of responsibility. has no conception of the i lodulged in as the hours progressed, hut this was Impossible earlier in the ieveninar owause oi mi uc j nHt np wnicn was conservauve.y ,n, , , powt.,, and dut)ft ftf the n ten thousand. j which foe Is about to enter or he is i-remumii mm mr. mu v..i ; lacking In a proper sense of the ob- supper in me presmeni ro..m nuru, , . which tha oath Imnn... ed and from every clime; men whose ; after ten o clock. By this time tne nan : The nict. t nausural address names are known in every corner of was so crowded that only a smaii i js to give a summary outline of the the world; diplomats in court raiment: space at one end could De Kept clear j man policies of the new edmlnistra tatesmsn In anmbre attire: officers of i for dancing. j tlon so far as they can be anticipated. the army and navy In their gorgeous ! With the approach of midnight I have had the -honor to be one of the uniforms, and ordinary American ctt-! there was perceptible dimunltion In advisers of my distinguished prede- Uens whnan nnmnrt testified to the I the number of couples on the floor cessor and as such to hold up his deriKI-nu-v of th affair land from this hour on the crush was hands In the reforms he has initiated. President Taft aDDeared particularly ' gradually relieved. "With the arrival I should be untrue to myself, to my Hrht-hearted and unmlndfulof serious iof twelve o'clock the disciple, of Terp- promises nd to the declarations of things, is with Mrs. Taft and Vice-; ischore found better opportune ia . j akm.n ihev Wlanc nr ana tne enure noor was sooni" - flii.il with a moving mass- that nre-, the maintenance and enforcement President and Mrs. Sherman, they made their, promenade 'around the "reat hall room, Where' on every side they Were flanked by members of the reception committee- Utile Danclnr Boom. . Music was furnished by the marine hand and by Minster' orchestra, the former varying lis promenade selec tion of -Hall to the Chief,", hy "The BUr Spangled Banner." Dancing was sented a brilliancy of color and gaiety seldom equalled. Diplomats and other officials mingled with those pn- the floor. ' ' i The president's party left the pen slon building shortly before midnight Mr. Taft did not Joint in the danc ing, and gracefully refused when call ed upon for" speech. , f. those, reforms a most Important feature of my' administration. Ihev were directed to the auppressloa of the lawlessness and abuses of power of the great combinations of capital Invested m railroads and ' In ' indus trial enterprises carrying-on In terstate - commerce. : ' . The steps vContlauatf an pfle three.) , . News Agency Says She Has Been Found in Vera Cruz, Mexico WAS LIVING UNDER AN ASSUMED NAME According to Report the Mctifig ktwen. the - Two Was Pathetic STORM SWEPT FROM NEW YORK TO VIRGINIA ' " - Wires Down and Trains De layed For Hours With Their Heavy Traffic MANY PERISH IN BLIZZARD'S FURY Weather Bureau , Cannot Understand It, But Says It Was Remarkafeie FARMER JURY S JIREDlWANTS TOGETTO WORK Asks Judge Hart to Hasten Cooper-Sharp Trial for Spring Plowing STATE RESUMES ITS CASE IN REBUTTAL Its iK. Kj Witnesses Contradifct The Citizen has recently been re celvlng alleged newa of Miss Josephine Hood, formerly of this city, from the Central News agency" of New York In view of the great local interest in the fate of this young woman It has tried In every way to learn something of her whereabouts, and in doing so has given publicity to all the news that has come to it. The following dispatch from the Central News agen cy, received last night, is given Just as It was given to The Citizen, for what It Is worth: The Citizen, Asheville N. C: The Hood story we have came from our Dallas, Texas, correspondent, who usu ally Is reliable. We give It to you for what it's worth: "Josephine Hood, the pretty North Carolina victim of the bigamist and bogus 'Iord Hholto Douglas' has been found by her mother In Vera Cruz Mcx., and tonight they are en route home. Mrs. Hood arrived here yes terday and was not long In getting trace of her daughter, who despite many telegrams from friends and rela tives had endeavored to hide herself. Her identity here has been hidden un der an assumed name, and no one sus pected that th pretty and demure lit tie woman was other than she rcpre- pocted that the pretty and demure lit and fought shy of all strangers. Miss Hood sought seclusion and did not wish her friends or relatives to know hec. whereabouts, preferring to fight life's battle al"ne and unknown. There was a most affectionate scene when mother and daughter met. Both broke down, and as they embraced broke Into tears. Their sobs were most heart rendlnc Thy were left alone. and for three hours talked over the events of the past three years. The daughter was assured there was noth ing but a warm welcome awaiting her at home by her relatives and friends She was told how all had grieved over her absence and assured that the fault was not hers. The mother and daughter left for the east today. C..T STAND SALOME. (By AsNOdated Press.) KANSAS CITT, March 4 Gertrude Hoffman, the actress, was enjoined by the circuit court here today from presenting the Salome dance during the remainder of her engagement Here in the leading part of the "Mimic World," oa the ground that the dance is Inimical to puplic morals. NEW YORK, March 4. -As a re sult of a March blizzard which swept down unannounced during the night, the middle Atlantic seaboard from New York to Norfolk found Itself to day buried in an avalanche of snow and swept by destructive winds. Fiir a time here today conditions seemed to threaten a repetition of the great blizzard of March 12, 1888, but the storm sunk to less alarming propor tions. For the telephone and telegraph companies the storm was one of the worst in years. The worst of the snow hurricane struck a wedge of territory which Included Washington and Bal timore. The regoln south of Phils- delphla was well night blank on the map for the greater part of the day. imports from Perryvllle, Md., .sixty miles below Philadelphia said tonight that for thirty miles beyond that point every wlro Is down. These lines In clude some of the best and most ex- pensively constructed wire In the country. The first train from Washington to reach Jersey City today arrived at o'clock this afternoon and It was due at 7.08 a. m Threw Lives It. In New York City three lives were lost In the sinking of six Baltimore and Ohio coal barges at Ht. Qeorge, Htaten Island. In New York harbor barges under tow were blown ashore while tugs and small boats went scur rylng for cover. Between Baltimore and Washing ton hundreds of telegraph poles were carried down by tho weight of snow and Ice and the wind. North and east of the city trains are merely creeping along without aid of tele graphic orders. It may be a week before normal conditions are restored. At no previous time In the city's history has tho street car service been dealt so severe a blow. The financial oss is Incalculable. Thousands of people Who expected to attend the Inaugural ceremonies in Washington were unable to obtain transportation there. i . Many Points Testified t to by Defense juvuio tl3 MJ-'JTUUCQ XU1 t' Squabble5 '' j LAW PRACTICALLY ON STATUTE 1 BOOK Nothing Has Been Done YeJ to Endanger Its Final , . Enrollment , iFAm WASHINGTON, March 4. Fore cast for North Carolina: Fair Friday and Saturday with rising, tempera ture; Light west wind Decerning var iable. BAITIMOHK CTT Off BALTIMORE. March 4 By United Wireless via Washington. -Thousands of people bound for the Inaugural ceremonies In Washington were de tained here today by reason of par- lyscd train traffic resulting from a blizzard. For hours Baltimore was ut off from communication with the outside world. Almost the whole rlty lay under a net work of fallen wires. Neither of the two telegraph companies had a single wire working out of Baltimore and the telephone service was badly crippled locally and altogether use less as to outside points. The storm caused the death of policeman Thomas H. Worthington, who was re moving a fallen "dead" wlrs when a live wire fell, killing him Instantly. A woman was reported killed In Northeast Baltimore. A telegraph cable strung across the track of the Baltimore and Ohio rail road at Oreen Mount avenue sagged so as to stop trains and had to be cut to permit them to pass. The damage to wires extended in all di rections within a radius of 'thirty miles of this city. NAflHViiXB, Tenn., March 4. When court adjourned tonight In the Cooper-Bharp trial for the murder of former Senator E. W, Carmack, after a day marked by little progress and much wrangling between attorney, the jury , sent word to Judge Hart through a bailiff, "that they had a complaint to make-" The court called up one of . their number, wiuaun Hows. The latter said: "Most of the jurors are farmers. The time for spring planting Is her. We want to get home. The entire crop for the year depends upon the planting. We feel that there are too many de lays and too much argument. We ask the court to hurry things along. We would be glad to have night sessions and work longer during the day, but we Want to get through and get through oon." Judge Hart told Hows he realized how the Juror felt snd that he would use every effort to make the case move more rapidly. The state this afternoon caused a post to be referred at the spot upon which stood the second telephone pole at the soelTe of the tragedy. This pole was cut down soon after tha murder. The new pole Is a rough, short piece of timber and was erected In order to get a photograph, which tho state will try to get before the Jury. Witness Btate Hold. Dr. McPheeters Glasgow was recall ed to the witness stand when today's testimony began. He was asked many technical questions by the state, which attempted to break down hi previous testimony, and apparently wished to show that Carmac k might have lived long enough to shoot twice after Itobln had shot him. 8. J. Ucnnlng, who claimed he saw Carmack twirl the cylinder of his re volver Just before the shooting, was - (apselsl t Th' Oltlnn.) ' RALEIQH. March 4. Representa tive Weawr " makes tha' following statement a to th police commis sion Incldontm th tenet last nlgUtl The atatement mad by Senator Mill on the floor at th senate tt night la grossly misleading. ' unluat. and not baaed upon facts, The state ment that I had th polio commis sion bill called up la, not trui and was not true to W knowledge, Th laota are that I Dad showed him th , courtesy of allowing nlm to hav th consideration of my bilj.taet lor his convenience some two or three tlm. Whn th IU first earn up for con slderation on hut Saturday h got' th floor Immediately and movd to ' table. ' Till was lost, and tha bill passed it second reading. ' - upon hi objection tha bill went over and I agreed not to here it called up until Tuesday at th rqust of the opponent of th measure, ftenator Mill moved that It be mad a special order for Tuesday at 11.10, Not being reached,, h again mov4 to mak It a special order for I p. n. waa noing society. "In the afternoon he said that h waa Invited out to dinner, and asked m If I would Oblect to nnstnonln th matter until nln a'ctook, but that he thought he could be oreasnt at MO. J told him I would tsree ta later hour and when tha senat mt - t t oclor fow of flojiatnr Mills frldnds moved that the tpeolej order be displaced 'until nln 'clock on aerount, of th absence, of Senator miiia, : inn wa oon. , When th hour of nln arrived I i not in th senate; having fcune out into the cor- ridor aom few ;minntei before, and a I went in I heard (Senator , Lonk hert peaking In regard to the polic commission bill.', Th bill had ben laid befor th senat by ths presi dent of the senat a th pclai order for nln o'clock. It waa not called up by me or my friend, but cam up in th regular order a fixed by Mill himself. Benator Brltt waa present, whom, f had supposed, represented. Buncombe county, and did not ask for, : a further postponement of th bill,, and when It was stated that Senator Mills desired to b present SenatoiM Lockhard said h would pair with" Mills, and did not vote, Thar waa na design on my part or that of my friends to take advantage and none wa taken by m. Ill ' statement were gratuitous. ; 1 Bill Mill Safe. , "The bill I now In th enrolling clerk's office being prepared for rat ification and can only be considered again by the senate upon. a motion to recall and a further motion to re consider the vote by which It passed It' third reading. This course ha not been taken, and my friend stand ready and assure me th bill would ' pass again by a larger majority than before on account of the action of Senator Mill In the matUr." fl Buncombe Measure. To amend salary law officer of Buncombe county; to protect gam nd fish In Buncombe county; to 4 fine voting preclpct In Ashsvllle; concerning apportionment of school -funds In Asheville; to amend Ah vine's compulsory education law; rel ative to making calendar In civil 1 actions In Buncombe county. TYl'O 1ST THOCBLE. (Continue en page seven.) NEW OBXEANfl. March 4 Charge BATON HOUGH, March 4. To. have been preferred hers against Hen ry H. Hudspeth, former president of the New Orleans Typographical union, charging hhn with obtaining money by false pretenses while he was at th head of the union. CROWD CRIES "GOODBYE TEDDY" AND WE STRENUOUS ONE IS GONE (Continued a po seven.) (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, March 4. With thousands of his countrymen bidding him an affectlnate adieu, Theodore Roosevelt, the retiring president of the United Htates, accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt, took his departure from the national capltol for his Oyster Bey home at 3.30 o'clock this afternoon. As he was leaving the scene of seven years of strenuous activity, Mr. Roose velt gave every indication of delight over being relieved of official care. looking somewhat tired but happy, the former president was deeply moved by the affectionate demonstration In his honor while waiting for hi train at the station. He waa escorted to the station by the New York Republican commit tee. eight hundred strong. . Addressing the escort Mr. Roosevelt said: "I want to thank you heartily for escorting me down to th station, and let m say to yon how much I ap preciate your courtesy. I Good by and good luck to all.'' ' Mr- Roosevelt In conversation With friends said: "Jfy, that was a (In In augural address of Mr. Taft'a" As his train pulled out th crowd called "good bye, Teddy." After leaving Washington at I t o'clock Mr. Roosevelt's train wa held up by the bad condition of th road near Havredcgrace, Maryland. He did not reach Jersey City until tl-lf o'clock last night . Mr. Roosevelt' (pedal train left Long Island city at 12.21 this morning and a he wa mor than three hour behind the schedule tlm h did no expect 1 that hi neighbor In Oyster Bey . would remain up to greet hlra, at th home-coming as they had ex- -pected to. do. -He wa agreeably dlar appointed therefor, when hi train reached Oyster Bay, to find th sta tion brilliantly Illuminated with elec tric bulb and Japanese lantern whll a big Illuminated banned l id him, "Welcome Home." , Better than alt, there was a crowd of front 100 to J00 of bis neighbor on hand.