THE ASHEWLLE CITIZEN.
THE, WEATHER
Associated Press ,
Leased Wire Reports.
VOL. XXV; ;(tl39.
ASHEVJLLE, N. C, MONDAY MORNING MAR?II 8, 1909,
PRICE FIVE CENTS, -
FIRST LADY OFTHE
Some New Bait Might Help
mi ei
AI IMPENDING IfJ
THE WEB TRIAL
1,1 t L
TARIFFATSESSION
HER TRIM
Heavy Expenditure of Repub
licans Brewing Revolt
Against Party
Several Pledges of Party's
Without Compensation Mie
Warrant of Arrest for Per
Platform are Clamoring
for Pullfllment
Must Order Her Household
jury of Prominent Do. ,
fenso Witness :
to the Nation's Glory
DEMOGRATS IE
GOOD CHANGE TO
CONTROL HOUSE
MAYTAK
EOF OTHER
MO SENSATIONS
UTTERS
BESIDES
ITERS UPON
HEAVIER OUTLAY IS -
STILL JN PROSPECT
Meanwhile tiio Treasury De -
flclt Is Constantly
Mounting Upward.
(BY TAV.)
WASHINGTON, March 6. Will
the republican party be able to hold
its majority In the slxty-aecond con
gress? Mors than a few experts on nation
al politic are answering this question
In the .negative. Some that held dif
ferent views a few months, ago now
concede there Is good ground for the
growing belief among the democrats
that they will dominate the congress
to follow' the one which goes Into ex
istence March IS. After that date
the house of representatives will con
tain i 18 republicans and 172 demo
crats, which gives the republicans a
majority of 47. This, however, Is a
democratic gain of 10.
Because of the undupllcated waste.
fulness and extravagance of the six
tieth congress, coupled with Its utter
disregard "Of party promises and Its
abject Indifference even to the consid
eration of legislation that was recom
mended either by President Roose
velt or the people, many believe the
republican majority in the house of
representatives will soon be a thing of
the past.
This belief is strengthened by the
probability that -the sixty-first con
gress wlllmake no better record than
the one that has just passed on. The
same leaders Speaker Cannon, Dal
selt. Aidrlch and Hale will remain
In charge of the national law-making
machine. ,
'And MiU Will Spend.
It is certain the congress which
comes in with Mr. Taft will go the
sixtieth congress one better in the
; spending of publift. money., -.-The first
tCentinued en page two.)
LEGISLATIVE SCROLL
WILL BE ROLLED AND
SEALED III
Session Productive of M ass
Local Laws, But Did
Little Harm
TOKENS EXCHANGED
' (Special to the Citizen.)
RALEIGH, N. C. March 7 It's
practloally over the biennial agony
of sixty days' lawmaking. The legis
lature of 1909 has written its scroll
f history and nothing Is left to do
but put on it the great seal of the
state. This will be done by noon to
day, when, In pursuance of the reso
lution adopted Saturday tho legisla
ture will adjourn sine die.
Editorial comment on the work of
the session has generally been of ap
proval, .more perhaps for the things
that haye been left undone than for
the things done. At any rate there
is no prospect of long, expensive liti
gation with railroads or with any
other important business Interest of
'he state as an aftermath of tho
session.
The usual exchange of fcllcltlous
speeches accompanied by the pre
sentation of gifts to the presiding of
ficers and employes took place Sat
urday, so all that is left to do is to
clean up the debris of tho session
and get away. There is no danger
of a reconsideration of this resolu
tion, for the legislators get no pay
for the session today.
The bill by Senator Ormond to
amend the constitution so that the
general assembly might be relieved of
the mass of little bills creating muni
cipal and ether corporations and
amending such charters, was put on
its readings with favorable report
from the committee. The bill requires
three-fifths vote of the senate, and
failed by two votes to get this, the
roll call showing a vote of 28 to 7.
Therefore alf this small grist must
Continue to be ground at the state's
mm.
History Debate.
These local bills have In many
cases occasioned almost as much de
bate as general bills. Indeed, minor
b"l of all sorts have received more
than their share of debate. As for
Instance In the Ashe school history
proposition which was thrashed over
lth animation and animosity both.
In the house yesterday. The discus
sion of this matter revolved around
the date of the Mecklenburg declara
tion, although Incidentally It was
charged that the publishers were us-
STATEHOOD AND THE
CENSUS BILL WANTED
jWUlbe Waiting Interval Be
fore the Tariff Measure
Is Ready.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, March 7. When
congress meets on the fifteenth in,
stant to consider a revision of the
tariff, there will be no constitutional
restriction upon the nature of busi
ness that may be transacted. It Is
generally conceded that at least two
months will be required for the
house to conclude considerations of
all the schedules Involved. The com
mlttee on ways and means will re
quire considerable time to report
the measure. After the bill leaves the
house it will be in the hands of the
senate committee on finance for some
time before the debate begins. Then
will begin a long wait by the house
until the senate amendments are
known and conferees appointed to
bring about an agreement upon them.
In view of the period of Inactivity
that would face each house should
nothing be considered except the tar
iff, many senators are considering the
advisability of entering upon other
legislation. The advocates of postal
savings banks who were unable, to at-
cure legislation In the last settslonj
believe 'there are abundant votes to
pass such a measure and point to
the last republican platform as, giv
ing proof that the majority in con
gress, as well as the president, is
pledged to postal savings banks.
Advocates for statehood for New
Mexico and Arizona do not desire to
deldy action until the regular session
of congress because they fear the
mass of legislation which will then
come up will crowd their claims to
the" background.
The president's veto of the - census
bill makes ..mandatary some actiea to
provide the enumeration of the thir
teenth census
r. M. G. A. IMPORTANT
EACTOR IN EFFICIENCY
President Finley Says They
Are As Necessary As
Good Road Bed
NO PARING AS TO THEM
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C March 7
Impressed by the benefits derived by
Its employes from the work of the
Railroad Young Men's Christian as-
socuttjon
the management of the
Southern Railway company proposes
to continue the policy which it has
pursued In the past of co-operating
wltfi the branches of this association
along Its lines.
Speakhig in particular for the com
pany which he represents and in gen-
Pral
for the railways of the entire
country, President W. W. Finley, of
tho Southern railway, declared today
In an Interview with a representative
of the Associated Press, tha( the work
done by the Railroad Y. M. C. A. Is
Just as important an economic prob
lem in railway management as that
of the maintenance of the roadbed, the
provision of trackage, terminal facil
ities and equipment.
"We have aided in the gradual de
velopment of the Young Men's Chris
tian association work, with special
reference to the needs of particular
localities," said r. Finley. "As time
goes on, we hope to aid In the ex
pansion of the work on our lines, and
I am sure that I speak for practically
all of the railway mnagcrs of the
country when I say that we heartily
welcome the Young Men's Christian
association in the railway field and
wish it Godspeed In its good work."
Both Are Benefitted.
President Finley himself has
watched the growth and work which
has been done by the Railroad Y. M.
C. A. along his line and along other
lines, and has come to realize the
Importance of this work in improv
ing the personnel ofthe employes of
the company. He said that he has
found that those employes who spend
their lay over time at the Y. M. C. A
return to their work in good physical
condition and with a clear head and
that both the men and company by
which they are employed are benefit
ted thereby. He expresed the belief
that no other work done by the as
sociation exceeds In Importance that
done in the railway field.
MILITARY ASPECT
.DONE AWAY WITH
Plain Footmen In Livery Re
place the Officers
and Policemen.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, March 7. Mrs.
William Howard Taft, "first lady of
the land," has assumed duties without
public ceremony or oath of office,
which, in weight of responsibility,
magnitude of Importance, delicacy of
execution, and absolute lack of com,
pensation, except in love for her hus
band, the president and loyalty to the
nation as Its first woman, have no
comparison.
President Taft is charged under his
oath with "executing the office of
president," Mrs. Taft Is charged, with
out oath, with administering the social
and domestic affairs of the white
house In a manner consistent with al
lowing that revered and historic pile
to be the public property of the na
tlon, and at the same time the of
ficlal place of entertainment of the
representatives of foreign nations and
domestic dignitaries. Mrs. Taft will
execute these requirements primarily
by means of her long experience In
public life. As the wife of Mr. Taft,
she was "first lady of the land" In the
Philippine Islands: she was his wife
as a federal Judge and a cabinet min
ister. In the latter position, Mrs.
Taft learned the requirements of
Washington society. ' Mrs. Taft is to.
day in full possession of the detailed
requirements of her position, and la
already making the minor changes In
the administration of tho executive
mansion necessary to met her own
Ideas.
Officers Arc Baulslicd.
The addition of the executive office
building permits of one entire divoce
ment of the official business of the
president front the- white house prop
(Continued on page three.)
MYSTERY SHROUDS THE
FINDING OF BODY NEAR
Motive For Killing is Not
Known. Money Found
in His Pockets
HIS SISTER IS FOUND
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, March 7. The
body of a welt-dressed man, partially
covered with snow and with a ragged
wound in the neck was today found
near Alexandria, Va, a short distance
from Washington. In the pockets of
the clothing were a traveler's check
for- $300 Issued by the Wells Fargo
Express company at Los Angeles,
Cal., payable to Waiter F. Schultz, a
card bearing the same name but with
an address of 1314 Douglas street,
Sioux City, Iowa, and another card
which bears the name of Mrs. Alma
Hume Gillette.
The police regard the case as one
of cold-blooded murder and as one of
the most mystifying crimes ever com
mitted In this section. A motive for
the murder Is lacking, and the Identi-
ty of the man supposed to be Schultz
is by no means complete. Cards and
others papers found In the victim's
clothes are believed to have been
placed there by his slayer.
The thvry that It was a sulcldo Is
not credited, necausc or me peculiar
character of the wound and tho factl,
body. The police do not think rob-
bery was the -motive, as 12 In cash
and a gold watch were found in the
SLSTKK IS FOCVD.
SIOUX CITY. Iowa. March
77.-
Walter F. Schultz. the viictlm of the
mysterious murder at Alexandria, Va.,
has a sister living In Sioux City. She
Is Mrs. Almore F. Gillette, ' of 1114
Douglas street, her husband being
a purchasing agent for Armour and
company. Mrs. Gillette's given name
is Ellen Dorothy. 8he has been pros
trated by the news of the fate of her
brother. Schultz never lived In Sioux
City but made his headquarters In
Chicago where hie parents still live.
He was an artist and has been trav
eling forxhls health. He was In
Washington for the Inauguration. Mr.
dinette tonight wired the chief , of
police of Alexandria to hold the body
for further instructions. Mrs. Gil
lette will go to Chicago to break the
news to her parents tomorrow. O. T.
Schultz Is the father of the murdered
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KENIL WORTH INN LEASED
TO MRS. ANNIE D. MARTIN
She Will Take Possession
Move Her Guests Into It From Victoria Inn.
f .J'''
Will Also Open Mountain Meadows Soon.
Mrs. Annie. P. Martin has Just
closed a teas . for Kenllworth Inn.
The negotiations which she has carried
on for sometime with Senator Joseph
Gazzam have Just 'been concluded on
such terms as will hisure the revivify
ing of the beautiful old Inn on the
hill which has done much in the past
to make Aahevllle famous.
Mrs. Martin also annnonces that she
will manage Mountain - Meadow Inn
during the coming season.
With two such hotels In such cap
able hands, there Is promise of a
better seoana BnAslwvi)le -this year
than- it n as seen tor several years.
As proprietor of Victoria Inn for
the past several years Mrs. Martin has
made that hotel one of the most popu
lar In the city. The recent sale of that
property to P. H. Branch, and the
termination of her lease are her rea
sons for leaving it to take up the
management of Kenllworth. -
Mrs. Martin will take with her to
Kenllworth about fifty guests who are
now wfth her at Victoria, and she will
begin transferring them to her new
hotel today. Although her lease on
Victoria does not expire until April 1,
she will at once take possession of
Kenllworth In order to be In readiness
for the spring travel. Mrs. Martin has
already made numerous booking for
the spring season, and sho has every
prospect of Ixlng able to restore the
splendid old chateau like inn to some
thing of Its former glory.
She has not yet fully matured ner
TWO HOMICIDES WITHIN
WEEK IN MADISON CO.
Zeb Bl'Ook.S Killed in ROW
Between Charley Bryan
and Wife.
(Special to the Citizen.)
MARSHALL. N. C, March 71
Charley Bryan shot and killed Zeb
Broks last night near this town.)
Brooks and Bryan lived In the some
house. All th- parties were drinking
Bryan and bis wife got Into a row. I
' i
when Brooks Interfered, using a ban-
1 M a weapon
Bryan took hi wir ,
and went t' Jack Caldwell's. Brooks j
followed him into' Caldwell's hou , ;
at which time Bryan killed him with
a shotgun. Bryan gave himself up to
tho officers toilay,
News has Just reached here that
.,,. , , ,,,.
"f this county, was shot from ambush
land killed by Klifus Pate last Wednes
,,,
The killing was near the state ,
And.rs had made a present-
I ment before the grand Jury here f,n
last week ajr'tinst Ite. Pate is still !
at large.
WASH1NGTON, March 7. For,
cast: North Carolina Rain Monday:
lnd Tuesday, colder Tuesday, Incrcas-1
lng easterly winas.
of the Hotel at Once and
plans for the season. Lynn Hahn, who
has been manager of the hotel for
some time past will remain with her
for a while and until she ran make
permanent arrangement for her office
force.
Mrs. Martin plana to provide the
characteristic southern entertainment
at Kenllworth which has made Vic
toria famous, and in addition will add
many new features for the entertain
ment of her guests. The splendid
grounds and ample facilities of Kenll
worth will give room for the display
of her talent as one of the most suc
cessful hotel managers. In, the state.
Mrs." Martin will" open Mountain
Meadows Inn for the reception of
guests sometime between the middle
of this month and the first of April
Her successful conduct of this cosy
little hotel a year or so ago Is suit I
The people of Ashevllie may well
sjo)BA pun ijnoj m qi .tndod
mountain retreat.
quiet and relaxation of a secluded
atrt Xuna .wi)y o) suioo oq.u
clent assurance that It will again be
congratulate themselves that these two
Inns have passed Into such competent
hands.
When Mr. Branch, the owner of Vic
torla Inn, was asked last night as to
the future management of the Inn, he
stated that ho had bought tho hotel
with the Intention of running It for
himself In connection with Margo
Terrace, and this he will do, but at
to make public his future plans.
the present time he Is not prepared
PINSON MURDER TRIAL
OPENS AT LAURENS S.C.
Result of Tragedy of No
vember in Which Promi
nent Families Mixed
(By Assox-lntcd Press.)
LAURKNH. H. C, March 7 In the
court of common pleas tomorrow will
be aralgned young Wade Cyitliran
I'lnson on the charge of killing his
rl()n Thornweil Boyce, both of Cross
Hill, this county.
n the morning or
November 7 of Inst year. Plnson.
iinvn mid M MiirV Ilrnwo were
',,,',., ....hr i h,,ow tho
hom(. from ()Hr,y Hn( th tragedy
occurred about one o cloc k in the
morning.
It Is recalled that at tho Inquest
Miss Brown testified that Plnson
drew his pistol and exclaimed:
"I am going to shoot like hell," and
fired twice, one shot taking effect In
the back of Boyce's head, who was
at the time sitting on Plnson's lap.
All the parties concerned In the esse
are of prominent families and the
ease promise to be the most sensa
''"'' " lh" h"'t'ry of '"na.
JNlUXl I ItlUXiB, DtlAXkO
JAIL AT DEE3REN
! (By Associated Press.)
UNION CITY, March 7. HIrschel
Hogg, a confessed member of the
bsnk of "night riders" who murder
ed Capt. Quentin Rankin at Walnut
Log In October, escaped from Jail at
Dresden last night and has not been
recaptured. He Is supposed to be in
hiding in the lake regions. The mil
itary at Fort Regan has been notified
and are instituting a vigorous search
for the fugitive. '
j While Hogg was hold a close prls
; or.er by Sheriff C. A. Brasfleld,' he
' had recently been accorded the' 11b-
that he was Implicated In an attack
made on Sheriff Brasfleld Saturday
nignt ny a negro prisoner
LT.
LEAPS FROM WINDOW
WITH SUICIDAL INTENT
Was 111 in Hospital and Sent
Nurse Out Before Com
mitting Deed
INJURY MAY BE FATAL
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, March 7-Ueuten.
ant Commander James H. arid, United
States navy, today leaped from a- sec
ond story window of the naval hos
pital, where for two weeks he ijhas
been under treatmsnt and was serluus.
ly, if not fatally Injured.
Lieutenant Reld sent his nurse from
the room to procure a glass of water.
The attendant had hardly left the
ward before the officer barricaded the
door tightly. Then seizing a heavy
oak table he rammed It against the
window sash, tearing It from Its fast
enings. Reld took a running Jump
and dived headlong from the window,
striking upon his head on the ground
thirty feet below. Tho attending sur
geon discovered that aside from lace
rations of the face and head, the of
ficer had suffered a serious fracture
of the collar bone and concussion of
the brain, field Is thirty-five years
old, a native of Baltimore, and receiv
ed his appointment In the naval ser
vice from the state of Maryland. He
has been on sick leave since October,
1907.
MA.fOH UIBHON DIKM.
(By AseoHated Press,)
NEW OKLKANH, March 7 MaJ.
Kenton W. Olbson, for the past eight
years surveyor of customs of the port
of New Orleans, db-d at his home here
today. He was a native of Texas and
sixty-three years old t the time of
his death.
"SIX WEEKS"
FOR REPORT ON HOMES
Copies Have All Been Gobbled Up Since Senators Ask
ed to Have It Excluded From the Mails For
Indecency.
(Spsclsl to The CUIen.) ,
WAHWNUTON. O. C, March 7.
Now that Mr. Hoosewit Is safely
away from Washington politicians i
and society and openly laughing over
llie report of his homes commission j
which Senator Tillman asketl to have ,
xcluded from the malls on the ground I
of Its obscenity, copies of It are very!
scarce for they have all been snapped
up by Indignant statesmen, who .hav
ing heards that It Is Indecent, are fev
erlshly galloping through pages in
search of the Juicy bltB of Improprie
ty that are said to exist there.
It wasn't fifteen minutes after Hen
ator Tillman had Jumped on the dcu
ment as untit to go through the malls,
till members of both sides of the ro
tunda were deeply Imersed In the
book. The supply was exhausted, and
the demand has become Incredible.
If nobody had said anything about
It. there never would have been a run
on the document room. Outwardly,
the report looks harmless enough.
But It's a stem-winder when you get
Into the plot of It so say the states
men who have read enough to be sat
isfied that their worst fears are Jus
tified, and who refuse to loan their
copies till they can read more, in the
hope of being further shocked. '
But having been advertised on the
floors of both houses as utterly be
yond contemplation In good society,
the book Is having a run that makes
BRIEF SUMMARY OP I ,
STATUS OF THE CASE
Irreconcilable Contradiction
In Some of the Most '
Essential Details!
(By Associated Press.) ' 1
NABirviLLK, Tenn., March T. It
Is not Improbable that before the ar
guments ' begin tomorrow In the
Cooper-Rharp trial for the murder of
former Senator B. W. Carmack. an
other arrest for perjury will be made
on the authority of Attorney Oeneral
McCorn. This time the accused, will
be a man of prominence whose ts '
tlmony was flatly contradicted by, a
half dozen people of unimpeachable
character. The - state's . attorneys
spent the entire ..day reading , the
transcript of the testimony and pre
paring their note: for the argu
menta. ' They also divided the testi
mony Into three sections so that there
will be no time wasted by dupllcatl"
ing their arguments. , ,
The attorneys for the defense Were
equally diligent and It was late 'to
night when they left Judge Ander
son's office for a final consultation at
the Jail With the defendants. -
Judge Hart has asked counsel on
both sides to submit to him such In
tructlon as they wish to roach the
Jury, Tho attorneys have been busy .'
upon this task for several days and
will complete it tomorrow. The Judge
has prepared the statutory charge re.
quired by law. wlttch defines the dif
ferent degrees of murder, explains
what Is necessary ta constitute each
and what the punishment may be,'
Judge Hart Is as famous for short
charges as tie 1s for never being re
versed in the supreme eourt; and he
has staled that this cbargs will' be ,
i brief as Is compatible with the ,
many , and varied Issues developed in "
the trial. - 1 ' - ,'
PolnU of Attacks ,v
The two points in the 'ease which ,
will be the subject of fiercest attack
add defense Will be the question of
who fired the- first shot and the quae-
tlon what were the Coopers dotnr on
Seventh avenue, the street . which
senator Carmack had to traverse and -about
the time he was wont to go to
his apartments.
Mrs. Charles Eastman who Is tho
only witness to the shooting aside ,
from the principles affected, and over j
whose shoulder, practically, the shot :
were fired, has sworn, positively that
Senator Carmack began to fall from '
the bullet wounds which killed hint I
before hn had his . revolver fairly .
drawn. On the other hand Colonel
Cooper and Robin swear that Car .
mack fired first, and was preparing to
fire RirHln when Rnhtn hra n 4a wirk
he deadly automatic pistol. Tho de- .
fense built up a strong; excuse for
the presence of the Coopers on Bev
enth avenue on the afternoon of No
vember 9. It prowed by Judge J. C '
Bradford, Adjutant Gefnerai i Tully
Brown, riovernor Malcom R. Patter
eon and both the Coopers that as the .
Coopers left the Bradford offloo ft
few minutes before the tragedy and
after the memorable conference at
which Colonel Cooper agreed ta drop
tti a quarrel or leave Its settlement to
(Continued en gsge six.)
FIT TITLE
the "Ten Best Sellers" look like Sno-
t literature .The suspicion has long
f.X,ten , hat a town with as many pol-
ucittn In It as Washington has,
must be a mighty reckless place about
Its morals. Comes now this seml-of-
liclal testimony In support of the tra
dltlnn. The whole country wants tho
books, and Is bent on having It. If It
were printed as a private speculation.
It would have the best piece of. press
advertising In twenty years.
Kverybody has resd "Threo
Weeks," but this Is about "Six
Weeks," so the inltla'ted say; but of
course, that can't be positively veri
fied, because everybody who has a
copy is afraid to let go of It One
man offered 110 for one, and the man
who was reading it laughed hint to
to scorn.
Pruned by Gallingcr. '
As the story goes, two or threo
chapters were cut out Of the report
before It was permitted to be printed.
Senator Oallinger, chairman of tho
senate District of Columbia commit
tee. Is credited with doing this bit of
surgery. Senator Galllnger Is a. doc
tor by profession, anyhow. And they
do say that those ttfo ' chapters. If
they had a- free-mall franchise, would
be worth a fortune to any man
they'rs Just so awfully bad that no
body ought to be permitted to read
'em, and everybody would insist osj
doing so. , 1
(CeetinueS e sage six.)