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VOL. XXV. NO. 159.
ASHEVILLE, N. C. SUNDAY MORNING. MARCH 28. 1909.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SCIENTISTS ARE
The Man Without A Country
INDIANS REPULSE
ATTACK OP POSSE,
IN ITS ALLEGIANCE
TO
LIQUOR ELECTION
TO ANGIENT FAITH
T
f.
May Admire Taft Person
ally But Has Little Use
For His Politics
Mrs. Eddy Bars New Work By
After Parade of Children
Harjo's Band Have Given
Rev. Haldeman Attacking
Her Faith
Feeling Runs High and
Saloons are Closed
Trouble Before and Re
quired Service of Mllltla
t:
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TARIFF GRABBERS ARE
NOT REPRESENTATIVE
Southern Interests Discrimin
ated Against As Has
Always Been Case.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, March 27. In or
der to expedite discussion of the tariff
til! in the house, unanimous consent
today was given that the sessions
h reafter shall begin at ten instead of
eleven o'clock a. m.; that a recess
should be taken at six and that re
suming at eight o'clock the sessions
should continue until 10:30 p. m.
each day. The request for unani
mous consent was made by Mr. Payne
vho said that there already were for-
t.. or fifty members who had indicated
their desire to speak. .
Mr. Clark of Missouri, the minori
ty leader, asked how lonlgr general de
li:iti' would continue. He said he was
n uch embarrassed by his. lack of in
formation. When his democratic col
leagues asked for time In which to
evcak he found It difficult to make
alklments. Mr. Payne replied that
he was suffering- under similar em
barrassment, but did not supply the
information desired. Without any In
t' mat Ion (having been given as to when
the geiMral debate on the measure
fhall cease the bill was laid before
the house.
Mr. Hardwk-k of Georgia maintain
ed that the south still condemns and
denounces protection in spite of what
has been ssld to the contrary. He
raid he was opposed to the Payne
bill as a whole. He contended that
it is a revision upward. He also de
clared that It was not true that the
south is turning- to Taft.
No Change in South.
' 'iaelhfroi$Bday-lBeh-reMntativo
of the south, a resident
of one of -her amaller towns In the
very heart of her great cotton- belt,"
sr.ld Mr. Hardwk-k, "that the south
of today Is no more inclined to bless
th-- system that loads her down with
great and grelvous burdens than she
hit ever been. Human nature Is
(Continued on page seven.)
VICE-PRESIDENT OF
CUBA HEARS FUTURE OE
A -a (k-ni ic Settlement of Co
lonial Questions At
tempted in Quaker City
CANNOT BE ANNEXED
1'IIILADELPHIA, March 2". With
the Hon. Alfred Zayas, vice-president
"f Cuba, as the principal speaker, the
American Academy of Political Social
science held a notable meeting in
Witherspoon hall here tonight when
the past and present conditions and
the prospects for the future In Cuba
and in the Philippines were discussed.
Dr. L. W. Rowe, professor of politi
cal science at the University of Penn
sylvania and president of the acad
emy. Introducing Vice-President Zayas.
"aid that rightly or wrongly, Cuba is
now looked upon as the testing ground
"f popular institutions and that the
hopes and wishes of the American peo
ple are with the present government
on that island. Among the other
speakers were Major General Leonard
Wood and General James H. Wilson.
Former Governor Magoon, who was
unable to be present In his address
ready by Dr. Power, said the two
questions most frequently heard about
Cuba were: Will the present govern
ment of the Island continue to be
stable and should the United States
annex Cuba? The dangers which im
peril the stability of the Cuban gov
ernment, the address says, arise from
the racial characteristics of the people
"id it is not to be presumed that
these characteristics of the two and a
half millions of Cubans have been
'hanged by administering their gov
ernment for two and a half years.
Therefore, the address says the ques
tion as tq whether that government
ill prove stable cannot be answered
except by the test of ttme.
The former governor said that he
lad no hesitation in declaring that
the Cubans are capable of self-government
On the question of annex
ation, the address says that the United
States will not and cannot annex Cuba
except with the full consent of the
Cubans.
"I am glad to say." the former gov
ernor concludes, "that the thought of
annexing tha island of Cuba Is enter
' tained by but few Americana It Is.
sod for a number of generations will
continue to be an iridescent dream."
MATRIMONY IS THE
POINT AT ISSUE
To Read Book Is Offense Pun
ishable By Expulsion.
It Is Said
(Special to th Cltlnn.)
NEW YORK, March 27 Mrs.
Mary G. Baker Eddy, leader of the
Christian Science cult, has just Issued
an edict barring all Christian Scien
tists from reading Rev. Dr. I. M.
Haldeman's book condemning Chris
tian Science as immoral and opposed
to the teachings of God.
Though Dr. Haldeman's book,
Christian Science in the Light of
Holy Scripture," was published only
last Saturday, Mrs. Eddy got quick
action and it was learned today that
'the order making it an offense pun
ishable by expulsion from the church
for any member of the cult to possess
or read the volume was issued Sun
day and telegraphed to every "X"
Science community In the country.
Attacks Views on Marriage.
Dr. Haldeman's attack on Christian
Science is particularly severe with re
gard to the teaching of that church
regarding marriage. When seen at
his home today by reporter
Dr. Haldeman declared that Mrs.
Eddy taught that In a few years
marriage would be done away with
altogether In the church, and that
children will be brought into the
world without the necessity of mate
rial relations between men and wo
men. "What is more," said Dr. Halde
man, "Christian Science says that
such spiritual creativenoss could be
and has been invoked among mem
bers of the church at the present
tlm. )
"Mrs. Eddy and 'her associates as
sert in print that the beginning of
the- atoalMh-mwtf of .marrtago -must- be
started with the wife. Who will grad
ually bring her husband to her view.
Mrs. Eddy's edicts seem to have a
remarkable effect on members of herl
cult, hut I doubt If they can alder
human nature.
"Suppose for tnstnee. that mar
riage Is abolished, by order of Mrs.
(Continued" on page Six.)
ESCAPE FROM MOVING
TRAINEES GUILT
Also Denies Her Parentage
and Maintains Croat
Air of Mystery,
JAIL WITH HUSBAND
(By Associated Prow)
PITTSBURG, March 27 Making a
serxational and fool-hardy attempt to
escape from a train going at the rate
of thirty miles an hour: denying that
she had a hand in the kidnapping
of little Willie Whltla: asserting that
!.e is not Anna McDermott of Chi
c:i(!; Niving that numerous other
stories are absolutely Incorrect, and
through it all strictly maintaining the
great air of mystery that has sur
rounded her, Mrs. James Boyle, wife
o( the man who kidnapped the Whlt
la boy. left Pittsburg today for the
jail ai. Mercer.
Although three officers accompan
ied Mrs. Boyle on the train from this
city to Mercer, she scared them so
badly in an attempt to either escape
o.- injure herself that the experience
ill never be forgotten.
lioth Boyle and his wife are now
In ked up In the Jail at Mercer where
th.;. will remain until brought to
trial for the kidnapping.
Ii is likely that the prisoners will
, given a preliminary hearing before
Sl"ire. I W. Met 'lain early next week
but the date has not yet been fixed.
The charge against Boyle will be
kidnapping, but the nature of the pro
ceedings to be In.-rtituted agaimrt the
woman has not been divulged by
those in charge of the case.
r .UIIMt Hllili " r.n. .
PITT-HRI7RO. March 27. William 1
McDermott. the retired Chicago fire
man, who believes that Mrs. James H.
Boyle, one of the alleged kidnappers
of Willie Whitla. is his daughter, has
retracted his declaration made yester
day that he would not assist the girl,
and on his arrival In this cKy today
is said to have retained an attorney
to look after the case- McDermott
did not get a chance to see Mrs. Boyle,
the woman had been taken away.
After the departuure of the prisoner It
was learned that her sudden removal
(Continued on pas four.) -
NEGROES ORDERED
TO STAY INDOORS
May have to Call out Mllltla
to Preserve Peace
Monday.
(By Associated Press.)
SPRINGFIELD. O., March 27.
Following a week of strenuous local
option campaigning culminating In a
monpter parade of 6,000 school child
ren, the local authorities spent many
anxious hours tonight fearing an out
break which would rival the trouMe
a few years ago. Shortly after the
great parade was hleld, an order went
around compelling the closing of the
saloons at 8 o'clock. As the doors
closed and the arguments over the
situation became more heatied, the
day force of the police were kept
busy moving the debatora. Tha ne
groes were cautioned to keep indoors
and within a short time had disap
peared from the streets.
Sheriff Lawrence summoned his
deputies and shortly afterwards word
from Dayton and the surrounding
towns indicated that some one had
given an order for the mobilisation
of the troops. These rumors could
not be confirmed.
COLUMBUS, O., March 27. Adju
tant General O. C. Weybrecht at mid
night tonight denied the report from
Springfield to the effect that tie had
ordered the saloons there to 'be closed.
He also said that the report that he
has Instructed troops to bu held In
readiness was unrue. Colonel Wey
breoht said he knew nothing of con
ditions at Springfield beyond the
knowledge that an option election
was to be held Monday.
PHEACHER FOUND GUILTY.
(By Associated Prow.)
TLOKENCB. Aki.. March 27 Itev.
Dennis Livingston, a Methodist
rti-cher charged with the murder of
Atidiew Jackson, a -white man, last
O'-tiber, was today found guilty of
l-iunslaughti-r and his punishment
f xed at five years in the penitentiary.
L.vingston claimed self-defense. He
bras.n bis sentence today.
FATHER ATTEMPTS TO
KIILL WHOLE FAMILY
Fires at Wife, Succeeds in
Slaying Little Son, and
Commits Suicide
ENTICED THE BOY OUT
(By Associated Press.)
P1TT8BUKG. Pa.. March 27 After
(.ring two bullets at his wlfe, point
Ir.fc a revolver at his mother-in-law,
v. hen she attempted to help her
daughter, and trying vainly to get his
little daughter out of a neighboring
house that he might kill her, Harry
Smith, aged thirty-one years, a motor
man, living at Coraopolis, near here,
t.-day sent a bullet through the brain
of his six-year-old son, Russell, kill
ing the boy Instantly, and then shot
himself through the head, dying In a
few moments. The cause of the
tragedy is said to be liquor and Jeal
ousy. Smith, who has been marrlei for
thirteen years, came home from work
tliis afternoon and upbraided his
w.ife about a domestic matter. Fear
ir trouble the woman sent the two
t iiildren t othe home of a neighbor.
Ourlng the quarrel which ensued.
Smith is said to have drawn a revol
ver and fired two shots at his wife,
who ran from the bouse. He then
pointed the revolver at his mother-in-law,
who tried to quint him, but
did not pull the trigger, and left the
h-.ise, going to the home of the
neighbor, where the children bad
been sent- He called to his girl to
ome to him but the child did not
reapond. Hearing his father's voice,
Kussell came to th door and was
(hewn a bag of peanuts which Smith
on red to give him. Unsuspectingly
the boy ran to bis father, but the lat
ter. Instead of giving the lad the pea
rt!, drew his revolver and fired a
shot through the child's brain. With
out paustnac the man turned the
weapon upon Wmeeff and sent a bul
let Into his temple, falling beside the
body or his murdered son and dying
almost instantly.
A UTOMOBILE
FIRE TO HOUSE, BOTH ARE CONSUMED
Or Perhaps House Caused Gasoline Tank to Explode, Intending Purchaser of Farm
Sees Machine and House Both Go Up In Flames
the Premises With Owner
(Spsclal to Ths Cltlxsn.)
ATLANTA, March 2 7. A two-story
farm bouse near Center Hill, on the
river road, and 13,600 automobile.
the property of 8. A. Osborn, of this
city, were completely destroyed by
Are following the explosion of the
automobile' gasoline tank. Leas
then ten minutes before the explosion
three ladles and a gemtleman of the
city quitted the machine, most prob
ably escaping being horribly burned.
The negro chauffeur, working on tha
car at the time, miraculously escaped
Injury.
Ths accldtnt occurred shortly after
o'clock. A. W. UrasHton, a woll-
known pharmacist of this city, In
company with Mrs. IV I. Hardman
nd her two daughters had gone to
a form of 8. A. Osborn, the purrhasc
of which was contemplated by Bras-
plton. Mr. OelH-rn's machine was
used to make tha trip.
SCHWAB AGREES WITH
y ON STEEL DUTY
Declares American Work
men Will Maintain Su
premacy of Our Trade
(By Associated Press,)
CHICAGO, March 27 "Cut the tar
iff on steel or anything else, you
please. American labor can stand It.
I don't care," said Charles M. Schwab,
president of the Ilethkihem Hteel com
pany today as be stood in the lobby
of r. local hotel waiting for train.
' I believe In a reduction. I feel
Just as Andrew Carnegie does on that
matter. American labor can -make the
beyt steel In the world and with it
we can compete with the world. I
know nothing about other lines, that
Is. technically, but I have enough
confidence in American labor to be
lieve that the tariff can be cut with
out Injuring business.
"I have been in contact with labor
o." all kinds for many years, and I
know what it can do. I know that
American workmen can produce
mutt steel In a given time than any
others In the world. We have noth
ing to fear from a cut In duties, bo
cause we have the best goods. It Is
true that we pay our workmen more
money than oth- r nations, but you
always have to pay skillful workmen
the highest wage. Therefore the
highest paid laborer Is the mot
piofltable to the employer. The skill
ful man makes money for his em
ployer." 8HOWER& pl
WASHINGTON; March Vofa-
cast for North Carolina: Bnowert
Kunday and Monday with slightly low
er temperature Sunday; moderate
winds at natty northwest.
i mm
ri ? y m
EXPLODES SETTING
Some distance from their destina
tion the chauffeur had troublo with
the car. He stated that something
was wrong wlh Oic sparker. Little
was thought of ths matter, however,
and the trip continued. When the
Osborn farm wh reached tha car was
stopped near the farm house. Mr.
Braselton. In order to inspect a peach
orchard, eft the car aindi walked
some distance from the road, llm was
accompanied by the three ladles.
The party had baen gone only a
short time when they noticed a dense
smoka In the direction of the house,
and they made their way back With
all haste, They nearcd , the anene
to find both the house and ths ma
chine a roaring mass of flame. II
was seen that neither could be saved,
but a portion f the furniture was
rescued from the house. "
A peculiar feature of the accident
is that no one seems to know px
aetly how the fire originated. The
chauffpur states that after being left
CRAFT CASES
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Five ArroHtcd for Cotnspi ni
cy to Obtain Documents
Vivm Attorney's Office
(IJy Associated Press)
KAN KIIANCIHCO, March 27
Kive men were arrested this afternoon
and locked In separate cells in the
cKy prison, aax-.uaed of conspiring to
secure confidential records and tran
scripts of evidence of value to the do
finse In tho graft cases from the pri
vate offices of the district attorney
7 lie men arrested are: Heed N.
I.'umlln, confidential employe of Dis
trict Attorney I.atigdon, and for two
yrars private secretary to detective
William J. Bums. At McKinley, Will-am
Corbin, K. A. Piatt and Joseph
Van Wormer.
After his arrest Hamlin broke
rltnTi and made a confession of his
part of the affair, lie was the only
man In the district attorney's office
that possessed a key to Burns' desk
and also the combination to the safe.
It is alleged that Hamlin, for a con
sideration of $200 a month has been
tr the practice of transcribing re
cords and documents which he
thought would be of Importance to
the graft defense and turning them
over to McKinley, who is declared to
hove acted as a go-between. About
:wo months ago Hums became sus
picious of Hamlin and since then he
bos been allowed to handle nothing
of importance.
Piatt Is alleged to have sold reports
of Invfcstfajatlons of members of the
grand Jury panels In the graft cases,
and tho others are said to be impli
es. ed in the matter.
LAST OF FAMOUS
BEAUTIES ENGAGED
(By AssorlaU-d Press)
ItlCHMONO, Va., March 27. Colo
nel Chiswr-ll Oabney Langhorne, of
Mlrador, Albemarle county, today an
nounced the engagement of his young
est daughter, Nora, to Paul Phlpps,
of England. Mies Langhorne was a
debutante of last year. She possess
es all the charm and beauty of her
sisters, Mrs. T. Moncure Perkins, of
this elty, Mrs, Charles Dana Gibson,
of New York; Mrs. Regnsld Brooks,
of Long Island, and Mrs. William
Waldorf Astor, of Kngisnd. No time
or place has yet been announced for
the wedding.
While He Investigates
i
he drove the car to the rear of tne
house for ha purpose of getting water
for It. This was done, We states.
with the permission of the negro oc
cupant of the house. He was busily
at work on the car, ha states, when
he noticed that the house, less them
Ave feet from Ma machine, was
ablaae. An instant later the gasoline
tank exploded, throwing biasing gaso
line In ewry direction. Tha negro
believes that m. small quantity of
burning gasoline from the rear of the
car Ignited the house before its was
aware of the presence of ths firs in
the. machine.
7 Both the machine and tha house
were totally destroyed. When lb fire
hud burned llMolf out th ear was
only n almost unreoognlseable heap
of Iron, whlln the bouse had burned
to th" ground. Mr. BraeoHon and
the ladles were forced ta return to
the city In a wagon faired from a
nearby farmer.
IN ITS JUSTICE COURT
Entries of Fines Blotted Out
During Night; Alleged
Shortage in Accounts
(3pecl.il to The Cltlxsn.)
KALEKHI, N. C. March 27 When
Police Justice Badger opened his
docket book about noon to enter cas
es he found some one had Inked out
numbers of entries of fines and de
stroyed most of the warrants Imued
during thejtt past six months. The
chief of police examined his books
and t: und that with a wet cloth the
record of fines had been erased, some
entries yet showing dimly, other be
ing entirely oblWerated. The board
of aldermen offer two hundred dol
lars reward for Information leading to
the discovery of the culprit. This
e-enlng the police commission and
piajor met In special session to con
Klder the cast. The News and Ob
server Issued an extra saying one of
Its reporters had yesterday begun an
Investigation of records and found a
shortage of seventeen hundreds dol
lar. The obliteration of the records
books which were not locked up but
were on top of the desks was don
between midnight and nine o'clock.
The matter has created a great sn
stiiion. MIHIIOP IIOHrl WKIiL.
(By Aseoclatexl Press)
H ALTBMOI t K, March 27. Bishop
K. K. Iloss of the M. E. church,
south, who has been a patient at the
IJo-hns Hopkins flifpttal Tor some
time past folowlng an operation, will
leave for his home In Nashville.
Tenn., tomorrow afternoon. The
bishop Is considered out of danger.
COL. POIXIKB BKAD
(By AswK-latcd Press.)
KPAIITA.VBUIHJ, S. C. March 27.
Col. L. S. Polnler. a native of Cin
cinnati, O., who for twenty-one years
was postmaeter at this city dfc-d to
night, aged seventy-one. HI death
followed a second attack of paralysis
suffered three days ago. After serv
ing In th tTnlon army, he came tc
ftpartanhurg almost Immediately upon
ttie close of the war between the
states, ..." ;
CHAFE AT RESTRAINTS
OF WHITE MANS LAW
Hundred Men Arm Thcmself
And go to Village to Find
It Deserted.
(By Associated Press.)
OKLAHOMA CITY, March 17. In
a (Itched battle at Hickory Ground
tcnifht between a posse of five offi
cers and twenty Creek Indians of
the Bnake clan, officers fid ward
taunt, of Checotah, Bherman Odom
Checotah were killed. Frank Jonog
and William Carr, the other member
ot tho pesse escaped Without Injury
and fled to the settlement where the
new of the battle wm telephoned to
eht-tlff Odom, of Mcintosh county,
rnk Swift, a membw of the
posse of officer sent to th homo of
CnHtla Harjo, chief of the Bnake
Clan of the Creek Indian, to serve
a warrant on th chief, waa not kill
ed but fatally wounded. Herbert '
Odom, son of the herlff of Mcintosh
county, and Edward Daum, city mar.
ha! of Checotah, were killed out
rlnlit. Swift dragged himself from
the scene of the battle and was later
picked up by William Carr, ona of
thu escaping officers, and taken to
Phice, station one mils away,
I Yank Jones, another of the poses
who escaped, boarded a train at
Pierce and went to OhacotAh, bearhug
ix-n e details of tho battle,
l"ound Oune tVeyollod,
The officers having heard that the
Indians were again peaoeabla after a
reoent battle approached the cabin -of
Harjo near lidc-korr Ground with
out fear, Aa they were entering the
chief's yard, twenty guns were leveled
Upn them from aa many men in tho
In t re and around the ground Odom
f -II dead and 'Bwlft won seriously
wounded. Jones ran a few yard and v
hid himself in a clum of trees until .
the Indians dlsappeariMl. Iften tife
hurried to Pierce.
WHhln thirty minutes after the re
port of the battle reached Checotah
a Mindred men were arnmd. Every
avii liable gun and practically alt the
ammunition In town wore taken, In
on hour fifty men were marching
t-iward Hickory Ground. When the
news reached Muskogee, off leers im
mediately issued a call for men and
In a short time a posse of fifty wsa
tuitdy to march. From llonrtotta
and Weletka men will also go to
Plo-ce, the place selected for mobili
zation. Art 11 o'clock tonight adju
tant Goneral Conton haul wired Col
onel Hoy Hoffman, of Chandler, to
cull Immediately four companies of
the slates guard for tnoblllttntinn,
Companies at Oklahoma City, Chand
ler. Muskogee and Uurant probably
wi'l depart soon for Henrietta. A
despatch from Checotah aaya that the
R.iftks lndlaTW have been purchasing
rllles and ammunition for a month
and that they are supplied with pow
der and lead enough to lost thorn
two days.
Troublesome) Itcfore.
Mar Jo, who has often, within th
past few years expressed his displeas
ure at the restraints of law and has
has often called his men Into council
on that account, Is believed to have
determined to make a firm stand In
behalf of his Ideas of liberty. His
band has been outlaws for years. It
has required tho service of United
States officers and the threat of a call
for ths state mllltla to quell his band
last fall during a session of the coun
cil at Hickory Oround.
Officers reached Hickory Oround
today and found it practically desert
ed. They returned late this afternoon
and reported that four negroes killed
In the light of Thursday were buried
today.
E
Quotes Bible, Statistics and
Cities Own City to Prove
Theory;
(By Associated Press.)
Mll.WAIIKKK, Wis., March 2
Tin- first of a series of remarkable
debates was 'hf-ld toolght on the;
question. "Ilesolved, That prohibition,
as applied to the manufacture and
sain of Intoxicating beverages, la
right." Mayor David 8. Itose. of
Milwaukee, took the negative, and Ir.
Hnmuel Kk-kle, president of Albion
College, Albion, Mlcji., spoke for the
prohibitionists. The Hippodrome With
a seating capacity of 4,000, was jam
med to th doors and throngs were
turned away. There -waa no decision
rendered on the depate,'
A