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THE WEATHER BAIN. VOL. XXV. NO. 151. T E Swamped Their Represent atives With Letters Pro testing Against Him UNPOPULAR AMONG WESTF.RN PARTY MEN Are Surprised to Find That President Taft is One of His Supporters. (Spcsial correspondent of The Citizen) (BT TAV.) 'WASHINGTON, March 19. Now that the smoke of battle Is lifting, and 6ur old friend "Uncle Joseph" Is revealed behind the marble speak er' stand with gavel In hand still In charge of the making of laws that rule 80,000,000 people politicians are asking "How much damage has the republican party sustained?" Not a few believe the retention of Cannon as speaker is one of the best things that could hav happened so far as the democrats are concerned. His success In winning over the "In surgents" Is taken to mean that he dominates the republican party which includes President Taft particularly. In the next congressional election Speaker Cannon is almost certain to be an hssue. The democrats will bo in a position to assert that a vote for a republican Is a vote for Cannon. Unless Uncle Joe changes wonderful ly, he Is expected to make enough campaign material for the democrats to enable them to win in a walk. Taft With Him. The fight over the change of the rules developed a peculiar situation. More republican wrote letters to their congressmen protesting against "Uncle Joe" than democrats. The average republican voter, particularly In the west, considers Speaker Can non a weight on the party, and their amazement was unbounded when they heard that President Taft was In reality working hand in hand with Cannon instead of being "at outs" with hlm as he was made to appear previous to election. As a result there is fast developing an anti-Cannon faction of no small proportions. Thousands of anti-Cannon letters haw poured Into the congressional postofflce since the adjournment of the sixtieth congress. By far the largest percentage of these letters were written by republicans of con siderable prominence In their home districts. The speaker and his rules have been more potent than two-thirds I (Continued on page Four) HOUSE INFLICTS UPON ITSELF UNUSUAL AND Listens to Tariff Bill For Four Hours as Penalty For Framing It SOME FEW ESCAPED (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. March 19. For four and a half hours the house of representatives today listened to the reading of the tariff hill which was the only business transacted It was perhaps the dreariest legislative ses sion of any held by that body in re cent years. The monotonous tones of the reading clerks had a depress ing effect on most of the members, some of whom early in the morning took to the cloak rooms and lobby back of the speaker's desk, while others left the building for the day. It remained, however, for Mr Sims of Tennessee to inject even a breath of life into the proceedings He first wrfited the reading of the bill dispensed with, asserting that It was farcial when no one was pay ing any atentlon to it. This proposi tlon was objected to and a short , while afterward he asked unanimous REPUBLICAN RANK AND FILE OPPOSED 0 CANNON S RUL consent that the bill be put on IU . stanl,, ,n return home that he might Large squads of blue coated police passage, saying It was evident no op- f sr.0ure witnesses and the request was m, n W(.re thrown about the hotel, portunity would be afforded " i granted. He went to his home, took r na i j the corridors fairlv swarmed BLmend the measure In the house. To , this suggestion Mr. Mann, of Illinois. objected. j There was no further Interruption j and when the reading had been con cluded the house at 4.55 p m.. ad journed, until Monday noon. George T. Oliver took the oath of ; office as United States senator, from Pennsylvania Immediately after the j senate met today. Mr. Oliver was ac: companled to the desk of the presid ing officer by his colleague, Mr. Pen rose, and the oath was administered by Mr. Frye, president pro tempore. The census bill was received by the senate from the house and re- ; ferred to the committee on the cen- , aua After being in sessslon eight mln- ntes the Senate adjourned until Mon- j day, THE SHARP A CQ UITTED NO AGREEMENT AS TO THE COOPERS Mistrial Is Likely Sends The Deliberate Further. (By Associated Press.) NASHEVILLE, Telin., March 19. When the jury today returned a ver dict of acquittal for John 1). Sharp, charged with the murder of former United States Senator E. W. earmark and declared it was "hopelessly tied up as to the Coopers," it was Kenefally conceded that the end of the famous case had been reached. Nothing daunted by the expressive firmness of Foreman Burke's declaration of a dis agreement. Judge Hart sent the twelve men out for further delibera tion and announced that he would not discharge them until he was abso lutely convinced that an agreement could not be reached. Judge Hart fully expected a ver dict today. Several times during the morning he consulted with one of the Jury deputies and when he had con cluded the day's docket at noon he sent to ask the Jurors if they had any thing to report. The reply "nothing" came back. Evidently the judge had some informatinn, however, for he or dered the prisoners brought in to court and Instructed the sheriff to "carry in the Jury." Sharp Discharged. Instead of S. J. Hyde, to whom the charge was given, E. M. Burke, the first man chosen, carried the papers and acted as foreman. In response to the Judge's question as to whether a verdict had been reached. Burke re plied, "we are tied up tight as to the Coopers, but we find John D. Sharp not guilty." The verdict as to Sharp was an nounced at 12.32 p. m. "Is there any reason, General Mc Carn, why John Sharp should not be discharged?" asked the court. "None, your honor." "Mr. Sharp, you are discharged from custody, acquitted," sajd the court with a smile. Sharp sat stolid and Indifferent. Not so with his wife. When she had grasped the significance of the verdict her eyes filled up and she eaught her husband's left arm with both her hands and seemed about to break down. "We want the exact words of the Jury recorded," said Judge Anderson, of the defense. "We understood the report was hopelessly tied." Not Final Verdict. "I do not recall the exact language, but I am told by the clerk and a news paper man that those were the words. Let the clerk bo record them." "Is that a verdict, your honor?" said Anderson. "It Is a verdict as" far as John Sharp Is concerned, hut It certainly is not an far as I). B. and Hobln Cooper are concerned. I sent the Jury back for further consideration," PEHY QUARREL LEROS TO DOUBLE CRIME AND ! SUICIDE OF MURDERER Asks Leave to Procure Wit nesses, and does to Kill His Prosecutors WOMAN SHOT IN ( II AIIl! m. Ablated Press.) ! r. . MArch 19 The; ' ' ' ,.. worren 1 dead bodies 01 r. anu " "' Briggs. with hoi'- irom , with hob- from w men' si' i rille bullets in their nr.-asis "--; found at their home, ten miles east j r, ,., ..,,1.,. The as me ursi i an: pn-Moi ui oi hit ,f T onesta Forest count. lotiay. jo- -,r noii.-sia. rl1 United fStates by more than le.tlu body of Amos w anon, a n mi..,.,.. was found in the house with his head almost blown otr. K is ii'-ii'-v "" ton killed Briggs and his wife and i York, was served at in- vt anion as-th'-n committed suicide. Walton was- "'rla' tn. n Th( onU. B-t ,.,.,.,. ( th ,,v,.n. .fifty years old and Mr. and ine were made bv President Taft and Briggs each thirty-five years old. president Hadley. The latter spoke Kecently Walton beat a son ofl(jr(j, responding to the toast "Neath Briggs. who mad' information against ,n(, j.;i , vihlle the former, speak- hirn before a Justice of the peace at Marlonville, charging assault and bat-1 ! terv. Walton was placed In the ous- j tody of a constable. I ne nearing was to have taken place this morning, w-atnn a8i,pa permission of the con- forty-eight calibre Winchester rifle and was seen going to the Briggs res. idenee. arriving there about 11 o'clock. The body of Briggs was found near a barn from which ho I was evidently coming when killed. Mrs. Briggs was killed In the kitch en of her home and the body of Walton was found another room. on a chair In COXSEXTS TO HEAVY VEnDICT. BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. March 19. 'X consent verdict for J2.750 against Governor Comer of Alabama for the killing of J. D. Biles by the govern or's automobile was awarded her- ' today. The governors chauffeur was en route to the depot to meet the ; governor when tne acciucni happen ed. ASHEVILLE CITIZEN. ASHEVILLE, N. But Judge Hart, Jury Back To The defendants counsel advised to gether a while and assented. Then Judge Hart adjourned court until 2 p. m. Sharp, accompanied by his wife and sister-in-law, father and mother, the latter two reaching the Jail after the verdict, went to the room he had oc cupied for several months In the jail and there held a little re-union with the Coopers. As he left the court room, field Sharp, youngest brother of John, remarked: "This Is not the end of this case." Jury Worn Out. The jurors looked tired and worn and ill at ease. From the loud talking heard in the room they have been having a strenuous time. They are chafing under the restraint too, but evidently are conscientious In their determination to vote with their con victions. They sent word to the sher iff late this afternoon that their room was poorly ventilated, that the plumb ing waa defective and that several of the men were 111 from the confine ment. The room Is quite small and the sheriff decided to let them sleep tonight In the quarters In the Jail set aside for a woman's hospital, but which has no tenants at present. The Jurors put In the afternoon de liberating, but after supper at 6 p. m devoted the balance of the evening to amusing themselves with cardB and songs. History of Crime. The Cooper-Sharp trial has been one of the most remarkable murder caseB In the history of the south. Colonel Duncan B. Cooper, a former officer In the Confederate army under Forrest and a man very prominent In democratic state politics once lived at Columbia, Tenn. In that town also resided Edward Ward Carmack, a young lawyer who filso did some newspaper work. Cooper bought The Nashville American and induced Car mack to come to Nashville as its ed itor. Whether tho men ever were In thorough accord, Is a disputed point. Carmack's friends say not. Colonel Cooper swore on the stand that they were close friends until Governor Taylor opposed Carmack for re-election to the senate. This fight was long and bitter. Carmack lost. Cooper supported Taylor, but Robin, the boy who lulled the senator, supported the latter. Malcolm R Patterson was governor of the state at the time of the. Car-mack-Taylor fight, and he announced his candidacy for re-election. Car mack. Just beaten for the senate, was urged into the race for governor against Patterson. This was last June and the fight between the men (Continued on page Four) PRESIDENT TAFT SITS DOWN WITH SONS OF OLD ELI AT FESTIVE BOARD Enjoys the Merriment of a Yale Dinner as Much as Youngest .There IIADLEY TELL STORIES y Awwslauxi rrcw., NKW YORK, March 19 With songs of the- football team and bout ..... race course, wltn a manning cnecr aniJ a rousing chorus of "Hen's to K,)(1 old Yal-. unriK ner unwn. president Taft was greeted tonight tfnirtuat,, of tn,. famou8 old N,,w uavv. university. Th. dinner, one m un- moem no k.v.-h in in(f extemporaneously, had for his suoj,.t.t, "Kor God, for Country and for ya,..- Tn,. precautions taken to guard the president tonight exceeded anything t tnP kind ci-ff Kcr.n In thin clfi' wth detectives, secret service men anri special watchmen. Mr Taft confined himself almost entirely to an eulogy of Vale and of the Yale spirit, which hi- declar. d had been a guiding Influence In his life, since the time he was six years old. Mr. Taft spoke largely In rem iniscence of his own days at college and those of his father. Not con tent with graduating five of his own sons at Yale, the president declared his father had sent the boy of a dead friend through the college. And." he added, "it Is a great deal better to leave office with the plaudits of your countrymen thai to enter lt. The opportunities for mis takes, the opportunities for failure. or (f no, failure of a dead lew) of (Continue an pig four.) C, SATUDAY, MORNING, FOLLOWING UP POSSIBLE CLUES TO KIDNAPPERS OF THE WHITLA BOY Report of Clue at Cleveland ent Are Afraid to Divulge Contents of Letter Because of Threats to Kill Lad Contained Therein (By Associated Press.) SHARON, Pa., March 19. Frank H. Buhl, the millionaire uncle of William Whltla, the eight-year-old son of Attorney James P. Whltla, of this city, who was kidnapped yes terday morning from school and tak en away by fcls abductor or abduc tors in a buggy, left on the 7.30 o'clock train tonight for Cleveland. It has been reported from that city that two men and a boy answering the description of the kidnappers and their victim have been seen there, consequently the supposition is that Mr. Buhl has received word which makes him believe his nephew is in Cleveland or that vicinity. The buggy In which the child was taken from this place was located at War ren, Ohio, and as the Cleveland pap- DR. ELIOT MAKES PLEA Each Child Should bo Train ed For Calling Which Hp Must Follow COLI'MBIA. S. C. March 19. Dr Charles W. Kliot. retiring president of Harvard university, tonight, speak ing in the hall of the house of rep resentatives, under the auspices of the alumni of th" University of Houtli Carolina, made an eloquent plea that the state glvi each child ' Its own best chance." :ind so trHln its youth that they should be best titled for the callings wlui'h they wanted to follow and which as Individuals in a great democracy, tlw-v must follow. Dr. Eliot said that lb" modern methods of education were far su perior to tlios, of sixty y nrs ai?" The methods had chang'-d from tie deductive ui'iliod, dependant on memory ami discrimination, to the inductive ni'tiiod. baaed on actual observation ntel influence. The mod ern system, to said, taught tie- stu dent to do. not primarily to know. Bducatlon he held, should be di rected 1'iwanls the end of training ;t nation's youth. -n masse, for the du ties of citizenship. It Is hindered In this bv everv f-hange which tends to decrease tie physical and mental vigor of a pi'ipie -c h a n i h from out door industry to indoor work. In conclusion he uried th;it Jimpl' provision be ncide by the stiites for Institutions of higher learning, th" educational Inspiration corning from the top. not from th- bottom of a school system. HURT FINISHED TIIK JOIl. KAMtMuNT. VV. Va., March ! Captain Oeorgc Harrison Kidd, llfiy three years old, fell today, severely injuring his hip. While alone for a moment aft-r receiving surgical at tention, he a revolver and shot himself in the head, dylnir Instsntlv He was n native of Fredericks coun ty. Virginia. WASHINGTON. March !. Fore cast: North 's.rollna: Rain Saturday and Sunday; moderate to brisk east winds. ernf" i(M J"l'i MARCH JO, 1!,0I. Still On The Job Sends Boy's Millionaire Uncle Hurrying There. Par ers among those specified in which the demand of the kidnappers for a 110,000 ransom should be answered by a personal advertisement, all evi dence seems to Indicate that devel opments In the mysterious case will center about the Lake city. Mr. Whltla, the father of the miss ing boy was away from his office for a time today and returned late this afternoon bespattered with mud as If he had been driving over country roads. He said nothing had been learned regarding the boy or his cap tors. The lawyer and his close friends and assistants In th kidnapping In vestigation refuse to give ottt for pub licity a letter received from the kid nappers. It Is reiki, however, that the letter contained some striking LYENS MURDER CASE IS ARM TO JURY Former Sheriff Testifier! As to Details of Killing in Drug Store (Hy AsmocImIccI Press.) JIWI'l'. On. M.ii-cIi 111. Arguments were begun today In the trial of for mer sheriff W. H l.y iis an his son Archie, charged w ) 1 1 1 the Fleming Smith, and thi proibably go to the jury The court loom was cr murder f spectators until h Lit' hour tonight, when court adjourn l until il o'clock tomorrow morning The ex -sheriff in.nli his llrst stati -inenl today, tin th- w It rusrt st arid he we.Ol lle.t I,,- :,rel An 1 1 le hud lio II a.sked bv Smith whether they wished! I rniiki any iin li;iK''H jn X- druK hit vvh- n Smith mm at wrk t i ; t III. t li:iil u.'lid ft.. Jlllfl Ueri' Il itVitlL' umit,i -.Mk.-rl ' 'Sli'Tlff. 'll'l 'Mj emu in - t-.nlKht "" ; I , v -1 1 m I'Hfifii'rl ih.'il hi' r-'pliwl "no"; iill'I .It III' i n-i ,i nt hi rni d I. Km it h 1 1 UK ;i h kuti ut him, th.it h .in! An he irow" '1 to tb' lr kn t jhi'I h Mrmk up th'- K'iri h:trr I Jurtt ;'; Smith llrfl Thfn, tuii ..-mm. Im -Hi'! An hi" ;i'luiri(d tn w;inl Smith, hrinii ;imt ;i f t .m pt i nK t.. t p,iM Smith. Ahu h;oI nt off th- ir i x it Sm it h . Hi- w It ri' mm mi H, h-Mt hi hot jfun t n t h tiiM.l'- and f n;t 'I - ,t motion n if ( j dr;irv a r'Volv-r. I.y ttH Hi-n M r nek him ov r Hi with th" nhot i:uu. BASEBALL BETTER THAN THE CABINET (fly Ahwh-IuC'iI lrcH.) flllCAf;i, Mar. h III. ---A sp. clal dlspat'h to 'I'be lutilv News from I.oh Angeles today sliites that I'rcidcnt, Comiski v will off' r rubier Jones a salary "larger thun that tfiven any member of I'rewidenf Taft.'n cnMn"t" to iminagc tie- I'hh ago American Ijigue I'lub this season. Jones is heavily interestci jn tirnbe rlands .-n the I'.ieiMc coast und has named J0. O'i'I lis the price of hi services, not with any idea thai be would get ft, hut as an Intimation that his business interests nr.- paramount. IIHVAX I'OltTV-XI.VK. LINCOLN'. Nb, March 1 9 In recognition of nis forty-ninth birth day, William Jennings Hryan was to night the guest of honor at a ban quet tendered him at the Lincoln Au ditorium by prominent democrats and personal friends of Lincoln and over the state. sentences In addition to those mads public. One alleged remark is "our perceptibilities are as keen as yours and we have 'brains to help us." It threatened Instant death to the boy should the letter be made public or shown to detectives, according to re ports here. A squad of statu constabulary reached here today to assist In the search for the boy. CLEVELAND, March 19. Frank H. Buhl, the millionaire uncle of Willie Whltls,,, arrived;, here ,ttihVllBtiff WIU from tinaron ana immediately assum ed charge tit the hunt for his nephew. Accompanied by a detective and Clerk Doughtery they departed In an automobile In a continuance of the search. EOR SHOOTING CHIEF Resented Doing Rebuked for Dad Langiuige. Chief of Police Will Recover (My Associated Press.) KI.KINH. W. Va , March IK Jo seph llrown. said to have been an ex-convict who lust evening shut and serolusiy wounded Chief of I'ollco Keott White at VVhltirnr, near here wiih taken from ia.ll bv a crowd of case vvillm.n ,1( j jo o'clock this morning and tomorrow, j lynched. Hrown was hanged upon a wded with ! telegraph pole. Last evening White, who Is a son of Mayor Washington White, of I Whit rner, remonstrated with Hrown for using offensive language. Hrown drew a revolver arid shot White arid then took to the mountains, lie ."""Wed by a posse of citizens, -up- tured and placed In Jail. Karly today II seemed that the whole town was aroused arid Hrown wim (juW tiy tukt.-n out of Jail an i luiriK' 'i 'hl f of Tolif fr ed, will n-covt-r Whit- , lt Is n U i itrown ih fJiJil to iittvi- m-rvwi w j vral terrow of InjiirlnonrrH nt. ONLY THREE LEFT FOR FINALS TODAY (fly Associated Press. ) I PINKIItJilHT. N. '., Marh 1 . ! 1'lny In the nfth annual soring golf 'tournament advnrii ed to the critical stnge with today's seiril-tlnal round. t.i-r rriiitcties ruling in all of tin- eight divisions. Thirty-six hole final rounds in all divisions will conclude the tour nument tomorrow. Intercut of tec day i entered In the president's or flrnt division and ;in exciting match In (wen H 1'. M.rrirruin of the Water bury lolf i 'lull, Connecticut, and c. I.. Itecker, "f the Woodland Coif Club. Massa' biisettH. whb-h the Connecticut man won on the home green two up. The remaining survivor In this di vision Is John K. I'orter. of tho Al legheny Country Club, Pennsylvania, who d. fcHted (1. A. Miller, of the De troit Coif Club, four up and two to phc. IIICII POINT IIANQIKTS. LAI.KICH. N C, March 19. The annual bari'iuet of the High Point Manufacturers' club h Id tonight at High Point, was a notabh- evsnt. Fifte. n visitors were present from outside cities and among the promin ent guests were Senators. J W. Bail ey of Texas, a-i- 8 Overman, of North Carolina. President W. W. Fln eyt of the Southern railway, and Im migration Agent M. V. Klchards, of the Southern Hallway, Leased Wire Reports. Associated Press PRICE FIVE CENTS SCHEDULES WILL CMUCELE South and West May Unite to Retain Protective Duty On Lumber BI;T WILL SPLIT ON LKATHKK SCHEDULE Rice Growing States Disturb ed By Provision for Free Entry of Product (lly AmocIsUh) Press.) WASHINGTON, March Thr Is a general disposition In the houss to eliminate as far as posslbls any academic discussion of the tariff. Members on both si !os are desirous of having as iittls general debats as ; possible and as much tints as Is prao tlcable for ths consideration of th bill under ths Ave mtnuta rule (or amend ment. When the Dlngley bill was bsfors congress less than a week "was devotsd In the houss to the discussion of th bill under th flv mkhuta rule, and while It Is likely that a rule will b brought In to limit th Jtlms tor con sidering amendment. It . la bellewd that sufficient thna wll be allowed for the consideration of the whol bill under the five minute rule. The main contention I to b over th cut mads In the, duty on lumber. It I understood that ths southern representatives are almost unanimous ly in favor of retaining th present duty of two dollars per thousand fb They will hav th support of many member from th northwest and P elflo coast states, - , i -.- Fight on Ivmtlior. c Hides and . leather manufacturers also will be the subject of considerable debate, An earnest effort will be mad by the democrat to hav shoe and other leathef! product reduced - t least Ave or ten per cent And to hav hides retained on the free list. .On boots and shoes, according. t the new be levied duty of fifteen per cent ad valorem. Whll this is a rednetion of -.tan per cnt edvalorem It Is contended by those who favor further reduction that th sho men themselves hav admitted that they could stand a reduction of flv or ten per cent mora If hide were admitted free. The representatives of western states will make an earnest effort tn -have a duty of fifteen per cent Stain placed on hide. . , Thv Louisiana, delegation met tod ny to consider the effect that the fre trade provision for the Philippine l lands would have on the rice Industry In the United Htates. They will n- leavnr to have the minority report of, the ways and means committee favor a small duty on rice Imported from the Philippine, or the quantity enti tled to free entry restricted, as ha been don t-wllh sugar and tobacco. A committee composed of Benator Fos ter and Ilepresentatlves Broussard und Pujo was appointed to consult vlth Cent ral Clarence Edwards, chief if the Insular bureau of the war de partment, regarding the Philippine ilee Importations. Oil Tariff. In explanation of the retention of the countervailing duty clause on pe- (Continued on page Four) WHAT YDU EAT MAKES YOU DRINK WHAT YOU DRINK-JU'HE CRAZY Scientists 0 i v 5oozcrs ( 'licit c of Vegetable Diet or Fun n v House DFVIL AN1 DEKP HEA (Hy Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, March 19 "If you hnve it nlrnng appetite for King Alcohol ind tobacco und want to be .nr.-. I of the habit. Just eat a vegeta ble diet for six months." Thlx whs the advice given today by Or O. 11. KrcKn. of this city. In an addrens entitled "Dyspepsia and Its It.litlon to Inebriety" before the Am. rican society for the study of alcohol und other drug nar cotics i, discussed the evil effects if an cxcewivc diet and declared that over eating leads to drunkenness. "If you would not become a drunkard," said Dr. Kress, "quit eating meat" The drink habit Is becoming a curs.- to this nation because Its peo ple are over-fed by the pampering; of a morbid tante which later finds It relief In a narcotic, declared Dr. Q. II. llenton, of Ohester, W. Va. "M.-n of today" he asserted, "ar overfed from the cradle to the grave. Nature pours out Just sufficient fluids to assimilate all the food that people habitually pour Into their stomachs.' Dr. Benton stated that aclentlflc men now believe that many people drink because they are In sane, LUMBER Ai hide
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