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THE ftfflEBLLE CITIZEN. THE WEATHER PAIB ' Associated Press Leased Wire Beports. yOh.'XXV. NO. 148. ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 17, 1909. PRICE FIVE CENTS MAY HAVE CLUE 10 ASSASSIN OF NEW YORKDETECTIVE New Orleans Police Think They Have Track of Important Evidence PRESIDENT TAFT'S T Sr. Patrick's Day PROTECTION LIKE OLD DOMINEERING RULE IN THE HOUSE YAN KEEB R OTH ER OF TERSE BREVITY Is Something of A Novelty Hearings Seem to Prove that Appoints Committees Without After Seven Years of Diffuseness 0 CAION BEGINS HIS MESSAGE A MODEL Tariff is After all A Local Issue CLARK DISGUSTED Consulting Democrats as to Minority Members , NOTORIOUS MEMBERS OF THE BLACK HAND Aldermen Deplore i Death of Officer. Murdered Unarmed When Killed. (By Associated Press.) NEW ORLEANS, March 16 In re sponse to a request from Inspector McCafferty of New York, the New Orleans detective department has se cured evidence which may prove of much value In running down the as sassins or Lieutenant Petroslno of the New York police department - A report bas been forwarded to the New York police department detailing the departure of three Italians from New Orleans for Italy about the same time Petroslno sailed. Their names are being withheld from the public. They are declared to have boen con nected with the workings of the so called blackhand here. According to the authorities here these men returned to Italy by way of New York and should have reach ed Palermo previous to Petrosino's as sassination, Loral Mafia Involved. The name of another Italian who was driven from New Orleans fol lowing the activities of the police In the celebrated Lamana case, in which the young son of a wealthy local Italian was put to death by reputed agents of the so-called blackhand, was given to the New York depart ment Inspector O'Connor of the New Or leans police department declared to night' that ho does not doubt that a branch of the Mafia In New Or leans Is furnishing aid to the Italian branch of the organization as re ported In Rome. "I can make no definite statement about this tonight," he sald.' but It Is possible that the efforts of the de- ( Continued on page Six.) JUDGE HART TAKES DAY TO GET INSTRUCTION! J Charge Will Be Long One, Covering Every Phase of Murder Case GOES TO JURY TODAY (By Associated Press.) NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 16- Another one of those tedious delays which have marked the Cooper-Sharp trial Tor the murder of former United States Senator E. W. Carmack pre vented Judge Hart from charging the Jury today. . Attorneys on both sides fairly swamped the court with re quests for Instructions and compelled him to go over much of the work he had completed. It was nearly mid night tonight when he finally dictated the last paragraph. The stenograph er had promised to have It trans scribed by 10 a. m. tomorrow. Judge Hart will then go over It carefully for errors and says he hopes to begin reading It to the Jury about noon. The charge complete makes about 80,000 words, probably the longest set of Instructions ever glwn to a Jury In Tennessee. It covers the entire range of the case, the various theo ries and explains exhaustively and simply the law. Attorney General McCarn was quite sanguine of a conviction. "I look for a disagreement as far as John Sharp is concerned." he said, "but nothing can save the others from conviction. Our case against Sharp was weakened by the" absence In Colorado of a cous in of Sharp's, who was at the appli cation for bond, swore that as1 Sharp turned away from the scene of the shooting there was a smile of satisfac tion on his face. If this witness would be able to come bark Sharp would suiter with the others." The Jurors are chafing under the dela ana can be heard pacing rest lessly np and down the large room In Which they are confined. When It became apparent today that the charge would not be completed Judge Hart ordered the twelve mn taken out for a walk, which they seemed to enjoy immensely. KILLS GUEST OP HOXOR. (By Associated Press.) PENBACOLA, Fla.. March 1 In the midst of merry-making A. B. Geb iiardt shot and Instantly killed John Waxwell here shortly after midnight this morning. Gebhardt was host at n entertainment given In Waxwell's honor. The shooting was accidental ad was due to Gebhardt giving an illustration of how he would defend himself from the attack of a blgh rayman. - , JUST TELLS CONGRESS TO REVISE THE TARIFF Leaving Ways, Means. Details to Pleasure of Law Makers. (By Associated Pre.) WASHINGTON, March 16. Presi dent Taft's message was received by the senate and house today with dem- onstations In both bodies. The mes sage was as follows: "To the senate and house of rep resentatives: "I have convened the congress in this extra session In order to enalble it to give Immediate consideration to the revision of the Dlngley tariff act. Conditions affecting production, man ufacture and business generally have so changed In the last twelve years as to require a re-adjustment and re vision of the Import duties Imposed by that act. More than this, the present tariff act, with the other sources of government revenue does not furnish Income enough to pay the authorized expenditures. By July 1 next, the excess of expenses over re cicpts for the current fiscal year will equal 100,000,000. Recalls Pledges. "The successful party in the late election is pledged to a revision of the tariff. The country and the bus iness community, especially, expect it The prospect of a change in the rates of import duties always causes a sus pension or halt in business because of the uncertainty as to the changes to be made and their effect. It is therefore of the highest Importance that the new tariff bill should be agreed upon and passed with as much speed as possible consistent with its due and thorough consideration. For these reasons, I have deemed the present to be an extraordinary occa- (Continued on page Pour) T MIDST or Hl! ENEMIES BOLDLY OEEENDS HIS SERVICE Asks Colorado Legislature to Co-operate With Iliin Forest Work WANTS TO BE FRIENDS (By Associated Press.) DENVER, Colo., March 16. Invad ing the heart of the country which has been opposed to the policy of the government forestry service, Gifford Pinchot, government forester, in an address today before the legislature of Colorado vigorously defended his ad ministration from the assaults made against It After declaring that he had no apologies to make for the pol icy of the forest service. Mr, Pinchot stated that no backward step would ibe taken in any salutary policy adop ted. Mr. Plnchot's address was in re sponse to an Invitation from the Joint assembly. His opening statement was replied to by State Senator Elias M. Amnions, an opponent of the policy of the forest service. Mr. Pinchot made a rejoinder to Senator Amnions' address. ' In his opening declaration, Mr. Pinchot said that the forest service is anxious for co-operation wieh every in terest not antagonistic to the public welfare which uses or can use the national forests. He had come out here, he stated, not only to declare his principles but to stale also tnat fie proposed to stand by them. He said that he would treat every com plaint made with a view to avoiding misunderstandings, prevent injustice, promote development and carry for ward In co-operation with the people of Colorado a policy which means so much to them and future generations. "If the regulations are found to work badly," he pointed out "they should be changed. If the law Is unjust It should be amended, but until It is amended the forest service Is bound to execute It in the best way It can." Mr. Pinchot declared that he was authorized by the new administration to say that the general policy of cre ating and maintaining national forests may be regarded as definitely fixed and that the general lines of policy for which the forest service standi are endorsed and will be supported by President Taft. "What I have come here to do to to establish such relations with the people of Colorado who tise the na tional forests and are affected by them, and will be for the best Inter ests of the state and nation. "The forest service exists not only to protect the national forests. It exists Just as moch to develop the national forests and the states In which tbey lie, WITH CONFRERES Declares They Encourge Re publicans to Lift Duties Higher Each Time. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, March Is. Al though the southern states are not represented on the sub-committee of the ways and means committee which framed the tariff bill, the democratic members of the full committee made every effort, during the hearings which preceded the deliberations of the republican members, to bring out every Important fact regarding the articles named In the tariff which are produced in the south. The Influence of the American Sugar Refining company, the so-called sugar trust, on the cane sugar Industry was interestingly discussed by Colonel D. D. Colcock, of New Orleans, represent- Ing-the New Orleans Sugar exchange. Mr. Colcock declared that the Ameri can Sugar Reflining company refines about sixty per cent of the sugar re fined in this country and admitted that the company dictates the price which it pays for cane sugar in Louisiana. Trust Fixes Price. "Is not the value of the cane sugar In Louisiana, the price of it for re lining purposes, practically fixed by the American Sugar Reflnlngompany and not by the markets of the world?" asked Representative Underwood, of Alabama, while Colonel Colcock wss on the stand. "Not practically, but absolutely," replied the sugar man. "Therefore, Isn't It a fact that last year the Louisiana sugar producer sold his sugar to the refining company at a price largely below the world's price, with the tariff duties addod?" pursued Mr. Underwood. --------- - -,n ri n.n.njVul (Continued on page Six.) NO TELEPHONE MAIL OR PETIT BLEUS FOR PARIS jURING STRIKE Mail Sacks Are Left Un opened in Postoffices: Strike Spreading KICK AGAINST 1 MAN PARIS, March 16. The Indications tonight that the strike of he tele graph, telephone and postal employes will swell to serious proportions to morrow. J"he widely varying esti mates of the opposing sides renders most difficult an accurate summary of the situation, hut it ia certain that at the present moment the postal, telegraphic and telephonic services throughout the country are demoral ized. With exception of the United States France Is practically cut off from foreign communication. Mall sacks are arriving In Paris from the prin cipal centers, but they have not been sorted and millions of letters are de layed. A basis for the increase of the general strike is found In the action of the telephone operators at the var loty exchanges who have voted to quit tomorrow while the letter car riers have adopted resolutions. The far-reaching effect of the movement is seen In the vote of the employes and attaches of the ministry of post and telograrhs to go out In sympathy' with telegraphers. Meeting have been' held at Lynn, Lille. Havre and Hrest In support of the strikers At Bre.t the men have decided to work the minimum; at the other places they will probably abandon their keys. The whole cry of the strikers 1 centered In opposition to M. Slmyan, under secretary of prists and tele graphs. .It Is stated every where that Secretary Slmyan's resignation would be followed by the Instant ending of the strike. RALEIGH VOTES FOR NINE MONTHS SCHOOLS RALEIGH, N. C, March 1 Th. election for a special tax of fifteen cents on the one hundred dollars of valuation and forty-five cents on the poll to maintain the schools of Ral eigh township for nine months. In place of six, was today won by the schools which polled 1.154 votes or-l of 1.849 registered, over coming the registration by 45 votes. The opposition polled only 34 votes. The .deficiency In funds was caused by the voting out of the liquor dispen sary and for two years the schools have had only a six months term. The Increase applies to next year's term as the schools are now closed. ... CHALONER IN WIFE A CCIDENTALL Y KILLS HUSBAND Fleeing to Him For Protection She is Followed and Beaten in His House; In Scuf- fle Which Ensued Pistol Goes Off. Chaloner Fully Exonerated by. Jury Has Had Most Extraordinary Career. (By Associated Press.) CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., March IS. John Armstrong Chaloner was this afternoon fully exonerated of all blame In connection with the death or John Glllard, who was struck In the tempi and killed by a ballet from Chaloner' pistol for th possession of which th two were contesting. The victim waa an Englishman who came to Virginia about two yearn ago from Australia, and was living within three miles of Chalonor's county . home, The Merry Mills." near Cobham, this county. Hla wife yesterday aougnt Chaloner1 protection from her hus band, who had beaten her and threat- ened her life. 8hs had arrived at "The Merry MBls"'ls tUvanee of th man, and with her children was waiting in the dining room to tell her story when her husband entered and as saulted her with a pair of heavy tonga , At this point Chaloner snd Ernl Q. Money, who was with him, entered the room and Interfered. The Eng lishman was In a frenzy and during the scuffle Chaloner drew his pistol to restrain him. Th man seized the pistol and tried to turn it on his wife. In the scuffle It was discharged with fatal results. A magistrate was at once summon ed and made acquainted with the "UNCLE JOE" AND CLARK EXCHANGE AMENITIES Left Handed Compliments at T.nnrr Ranire. Savs Speaker Has Paresis (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, March IS. Speak er Cannon and Champ Clark, the mi nority leader of the house, swapped tart remarks about each other at the white house today. The speaker called upon the president early In the morning, ami when he was leaving the executive offices made this answer to a question as to the fight in the house yesterday. "Th amendments to the rules greatly improved them. All this stuff about the speaker being a czar is the purest tommy rot. There has never been a time when the majority could not control the house. What they wanted to do was to make a commit tee of fifteen czars dominated Jy Champ Clark and' La Follette. That Is alxo tommy rot. La Kollette is a fake." When Representative Champ Clark called on President Taft later In the morning ho was told what the speak er said, he answered briefly: "Uncle Jone bas paresis." Mr. Clark would not comment further ex cept to say that tho amendments to the rules amount to very little. FAIR' (By Associated Prm.) WASHINGTON, March I. Fore cast for North Carolina: Fair Wed nesday and Thursday, warmer Thurs day: moderate west wind becoming variable. ''.' DEFEMSE OF facta He held an Inquest this after noon at which the widow told th story of her husband's brutal treat ment. She was positive that her hus band discharged the pistol In an effort to kill her, and other testified to this fact Her fourteen-year-old son, who was present at the tragedy, said that his father had fully determined to kill his mother and that he would have succeeded but for Chaloner, The body was kopt at "Merry Mills" all night in the position In which It waa when death ensued, and the Jury, consisting of substantial farmer, mad a search'ng investigation and cam unanimously to th decision' that death was due to accident which oc curred during an effort to save the life of Mrs. Ulllard. . At th time of the Inquest the room still showed evidences of the great struggle. The woman's hat was In one corner of th room and hair pins wer scattered about the floor. The tongs, bent from the blows, were bloody and contained clumps of hair. Mrs. Ulllard showed evidences of her bad treatment Her head wss badly cut In many places and her clothes were torn. At the inquest she told how her husband had fre quently mistreated her and that when I ever she tried to escape to seek pro-' UNCLE SAM NOT NEEDING CHIRITHET AWHILE Has a Few Tj00c Coppers btill Lett m JI.13 Jeans to Buy Cheese (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Ma; li 1 (Declar ing the treasury outlook Is better than It has been before In months, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Coolldgn to day authorized a statement giving figures to show a marked Improve merit, so far as government receipts are concerned. The statement In part follows: "Thero Is no foundation for the widely circulated report that the pay ment of over fifty million dollars of claims against the government now due has been postponed by tho treas ury for want of ready cash. On th' contrary, the department Is abreast of demands upon It In honoring re qiilHUIomi. and no nenary payment arc poHtponed for future action. "Ko fur from the treasury being a In desperate way, the outlook is better today than It has been before lr months. The revenues for the first fifteen daB of March have been $2, 4T:0,7r, as against t SO, 7 S f,, 2 . for the corresponding period a year ago, an Improvement of over 27 per cent., while the excess of expenditure over receipts for the same period has been l.f.0.2 4 3. as against 14,374,743, an improvement of over r, per cent. The revenues for the first fifteen days of March were greater than for any cor-, responding period In tho past five years. ' "The excess of expenditure over, receipts for the fiscal year to date Is1 $i 7, 71.22 3, which Is slightly In excess1 of the estimate of Secretary Cortelyou at the beginning of the last session of' oongre'ts. "The new administration comes Into office with the general fund of the treasury in as good condition a It was at the beginning of the admin istration which has. Just com to au j end." j WELftlb AND DO.NOHCE. NEW ORLEANS. March 1 -Fred- j die Welsh, the English lightweight; champion and Young Donohue of j Boston fought ten round to a draw before the Park View Athletic club I her tonight AN ABUSED taction hs would over-take her and fore her to return. Glllnrd wa about forty-five years of age and wa of powerful build. Chaloner had frequently befriended him, a h waa In poor circumstance snd only recently had offered to give him a mule so that he could get around the country hotter. After the adjournment of the In quest this afternon, Ulllard' body wa placed In a coffin and removed to his lata horn near Campbell', from which the funeral t will take pJac to morrow morning. . i John Armstrong Chaloner has had a picturesque career In th . past few year. H I tm former husband of Amen River, now Princess Trou betskoy. Mr. Chaloner .waa confined for some time In an Insane asylum In New York state, and leaving that In stitution after a . hard fight for hi liberty sought restoration of valuable property of which h claim h wa Illegally deprived during hi Incar ceration. Legal proceeding In hi fight for recovery of a fortune ar.i still pending and promise sensational development at th trial which Is ex pected to be held about September 1 next. He recently had his name changed by legal process to the old form of the name Chanler. L INCIDENT UNDER TAFT Appoints White Man to Suc ceed Negro Collector at Port of Charleston (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, March ls.The president sent to the senate today the nomination of Edward W. Durant, Jr., as collector of customs for tho district of Charleston. 8. C, and Rentfro I). Cr eager for the district of Brazos de Santiago, Texas. The appointment of Mr. Durant ends the contest which was waged for so long over the election of Dr. Wll lam D. Crum. As the only objection to Dr. Crum was based upon the fact that he is a negro, It I presumed that Mr. Durant's nomination will m con firmed In due course of time, although hi nominally was allowed to lie owr when the senate met In execu tive session today while other nom inations, which were sent in today were promptly acted upon. Dr. Crum's nomination had been beforo the sen ate at each session since January C, 1903. While he was In office all this time, he wa never once confirmed by tho senate. The one confirmation took place at the fifty-eighth con gress. The remainder of the time wa covered by recess appointments. The selection of Mr. Durant Is gen erally accepted as the Introduction of President Taft's announced policy of appointing white men to federal po sitions of responsibility In the south. LIVELY McCOY FEUD STILL KEEPS MOVING HUNTINGTON, W. Va., March 1(. John and Frank Fleming, alleged members of a feud gang that has ter rorized Harts creek in Lincoln county, forty miles south of this city, were shot from ambush last evening. Frank waa killed and John waa seriously wounded. John Fleming waa released Saturday from the penitentiary where he served two year for conspiracy to defraud the government- When he learned that hi young wlf had cured a divorce and had married John MoCoy, a bluer enemy of his, th Fleming brother started for Mc Coy's horn. Tby wre rabuhsd n rout. , .: : , . . . . TRIES TO PUNISH MINORITY LEADER Democrats Greet Announce- "ion, oicacnNamo with; Loud Hisses and Guffaws. 2 (By Aamclated pre.! ' ! ,.' WASHINGTON'. u.ZZr!. wcond dav'a m.in ... '. nm con,re lthaou.. of amative, found th mmbTr much calmer mood, , Th tension was noticeably relax., .d fnn im"0?1 ll0-l wa. appar! T wln for aeate waa th first -business. : , iA.a "I""' bmplhnnt Mniuirs. Bingham, of Pennsylvania, th "fath er of th house": Hharamnrf .. v.,. er, of Ohio! Pavna. s m . Clark, of Missouri; Tawncy, of Mln- h.hui; uvingsiun, or Ueorglai 8per ry of Connecticut; the oldest mem ber of the house, DeArmond or Ml-, tourl and Talbot of Maryland wer allowed to select their seat without reference to th result of th. rmm. Ing. A storm of laughter at- tha Dense Of Mr. dark, ttt Mlaanuel M,m created when h u-gtd that th democrat who wr forced to occupy the so-called "Cheroke atrip" to th extreme right of th apeaker b al lowed to Ahnnaa aaajta In th la 4la and not be compelled to "mix Up' wnn the repunncana in view of th alliance of th republican Insurgent, ' nil th rtlaetiiuilcifk am tha loa r. modfylng th rules, th 1 humor of in suggestion Became at one an-' parent, but It nevertheless prevailed. (wntmiiu) Announced, flneaker Cannon announced tha following eommlttecsi ' ' ' RuleaTh teakr, Palll. of Pennsylvania; Smith, of Iowa;' Clark,' of Missouri; Fltngoruld, of New York, Committee on Way and Mean Pgyne, ,ef Nw to-K; pniw ii. of Pennsylvania; MsOath of.. .Massachu setts; Hill, of Connecticut; Boutwsii,, of Illinois; Nesdham, of California; Calderhead,' of Kansaaj Forny, of , Michigan; Gaines, of JVt Virginias (Continued on pg Pout) TREACHERY. IS CHARGE AT OTHER DEMOCRATS Failed to AMde by Caucus and Went Over to Ene-' my in Rules Fiffht .v WILL CLOSE UP GAP tr uly AMorftttcd Pre.) 1 U WASHINGTON, March . AfW, a stormy debate tonight ovr th al leged failure of twenty-two demoA crats of the house to aJHd by tho " party caucus on th rule fight, th house democratic cauou decided to . have a select committee draft mora stringent rule to govern future cau cuses of the party. Thl commltte will be selected by Chairman Clayton. The adoption of this resolution waa preceded by onu of tho most bitter debutes heard In a democratic caucua for several session over a resolution directing minority leader Clark to ap-' prove Speaker Cannon's appointment' of Representative Francis Burton Harrison of New York and Repre sentative Hrousxard of Loulalana as democratic member of the commit tee on way and means. Both mn voted for the Fitzgerald amendment to the house ruins yesterday. Mr. ItroiiMiurd voted with the republican on other questions during the rule light. During tho debate on thl resolu tion the alleged bolt of democrat was discuswd. Representative test ifier of Massachusetts defended hi course In voting tor the Fitzgerald amendment. "My people wanted some relief from those rules and I was willing to . give them what I could get," he de- . clared. Question were asked of him fcy several members. Finally the Ma sachusntts man shouted: " "Th democratic party will not ' amount to much until It get tnoro men from the north in It." Representative Harrison aald that he believed h waa not bolting In voting for tha Fitzgerald amendment. "I would vote the cam way under similar circumstances," h added. "But I am aJway willing to abid by the caucua of my party. I attended . th caucua last night that adoptsd th resolution placing; with tho minority leader th approval ofal! commute assignments of democrat, I aha!, abid by that action. U waa greetad with loud applause.
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