.--, ,if.aym W"f THE XSHETIOEE CITIZEN-. THE WEATHER Associated Press Leased Wire Reports. iVOI XXV NO. 168. ASIIEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 6, 1909. PRICE FIVE CENTS. -V j-A RENDUNGES BRYAN . 1100:111 ilia sii Clark ITpridi?Says His People Want to Get In on Protection Deal ALL HE WANTS IS TO C V CETAaiiEIMNTS Then Will Vote for Anything Anybody Else Wants. Does n't Quote Sis Hopkins. ' ; ; (r Associated Frm.) ' WASHINGTON, April 6. In antici pation Ot the bringing by the com m it tee on rales of an order for the final vote on the tariff bill the pre clacta of he house of representatives were the scene of great activity and the, center of intense Interest from an earljrlour today. Indeed from the moment that the outer doors of the eouth wing of the capltol were open ed members began to congregate, and toy ten o'clock, a large majority of the member of the house were In the building If not. on the floor. Mr. Clark, democrat, of Florida, .got round of republican applause when lie said that incidental protection ab solutely, watf necessary in certain cases, Mr. Clark declared that all legislation was the result of compro mise, don't expect to write the tariff bill for this majority." he ex claimed, "but I say to you that If they put into this what my people want, what they tent me here to get. I Wall not dictate to them what else they hall put 'Into it. "The republicans ' agalir applauded and cheered, and the house Was thrown Into an uproar when Mr. Randell asked "if the gen tleman believes In the doctrine that if. a, representative here gets some of '. the swag, ha ought to go with the re publicans 1b making this bill." Mr, Clark took violent exception to .4.-lii u t fpywiier, nd (tela , that as long as the 'people of the -.1 .kAbifc - 4-'. C ... - .1 . protective tariff system, they at least, ought to have a division of the bene fits. "Call It swag If you will," he aald. Km Been Instructed. Speaking slowly and gradually raising his voice to its highest pitch, Mr. Clark evoked thunderous republi- ONE OF YEGGMEN v CAPTURED AFTER JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, e Adults ftstsaj e "BMoMty to.UMt mt the Standard Oil Co.. aaa Golf , Katksslast. DESPERA TEFIGH1 Deputy Sheriff ? Rogers Arrests t Most Notorious Criminal Country at Craggy Station. in (Continued on page seven.) ATter W. desperate struggle with liarner Moore, alias "Tennessee Dutch," and George Barton, alias "Chicago Army," the two notorious yeggmen and poatofflce robbers wbo dynamited the county Jail at Green ville, S. C, and escaped Monday morn' lng, Deputy Sheriff Arthur Rogers suDauea ana captured Barton at Craggy station and sent him In to the Jail here yesterday afternoon. Mr. Rogers who made a nervy light against both men at once was so se riously Injured in the melee that he had to have the care of a physician. His hand was badly lacerated and one ear was nearly chewed off by "Tenn essee Dutch," who In the encounter succeeded In wrestinok the officer's pistol from him and making his es cape. A small posse of officers Including Deputies Jordan. Mitchell and two or three officers from the city police force followed the trail of "Tennessee Dutch" all the afternoon and far into the night, but he succeeded in eluding them. The Citizen Helped Some. Monday afternoon the local officers were notified that the two yeggmen had escaped from the Greenville Jail and were asked to be on the lookout for thorn as they were thought to be heading this way. A description of the two men was given and this was published briefly In The Cltixen yesterday morning, In whleih It was stated that one of the men was short and stout and of a Jewish appearance and the other had but one arm. It was this description that enalhled Deputy Rogers to spot the two men yesterday morning. He was crossing the railroad track near Craggy station when he saw two men sitting on the ban of the railroad cut. One of them he saw had but one arm, and he at once suspected that they were the two escaped Jailbirds. He approaehe1 them casually, and when close at hang drew his pistol, but before he oould cower thlem both men were upon him and a hand to hand strug gle for' the possesBtmmf the .revolver ensued. Fought Uke Savages. Mr. Rogers fought desperately, but the two ' men were more than he could manage, and Anally after a terrific fight JUi which the deputy's hand was badly lacerated and his ear almost chewed off "Tennessee Dutch got the revolver and Immediately took to the woods. Barton, the other des nerarto. also tried to get away, but as he made his break for liberty, Mr.1 Rogers caught him by the foot, throwing hhn heavily. In a moment the deputy was on top of his man, and the odds being more even now held him securely until some of the nearby residents came to his assist ance. Then securing his prisoner, he telephoned to the sheriff's office here for help. Deputy Sheriff Williams, Jordan and Mltetiell rushed to Craggy in an automobile, and the cnase after the fleeing "Tennessee Dutch" was begun by Jordan and Mitchell while Deputy Williams returned to the city with his prisoner and lodged tolm in Jail. Barton claim that some one struck him In the back, with a rock after he was rptured, and that he Is se verely injured. The neighborhood around Craggy station turned out en massa to Join In the hunt, and great excitement pre vailed among the residents when It was known that so desperate a char acter as Tennessee Dutch was running loose In their midst. The' officers of the adjoining coun ties all along the railroad line have been notified to be on the lookout for the fugitive, but It is not thought like ly that he will attempt to follow the track of steel Just for the present. He la"more likely to take to the mountain . fastnesses until the chase becomes less energetic. A wild report was In circulation last night that Barton has escaped from the county Jail here, but the one arm ed yegger will And Buncombe's new bast lie a little too much for his skill. Are Desperate Crooks. The yeggmen arc two of the most desperate and notorious criminals in the whole history of safe cracking. poetofflce robbing, and other forms of stealing. They have criminal rec- orda not only all over this .country. but they have operated In Europe a well. They were held In the Green ville Jail on the charge of robbing the, Pelser, ' -C. postofflo on the night of March 2. 107, Imf there- are charges pending against them In a dozen other states. The United States postofflce inspectors have been aft?r them for a long time, and after fhunt of two years succeeded In locat ing and arresting them at Birming ham, Ala., about the first of March. They were taken to Greenville by Postofflce Inspector Gregory and i " -'WV,; if fj BRIE FAMOUS KELLOGG FILES HIS F STANDARD CASE first Step In Government's suit To Dissolve the Oil Octopus CONSISTS OF U00 PRINTED PACES Mr. Kellogg Goes Far Back In- to! Early History of Standard's Formation. THIRD TRAGEDY CLOUDS NOTABLE LITIGATIOM (Continued on page seven.) Tl ' NE17 flOAD IS II Virginians JBanquct Him at Various Stations Along Line of Tidewater MARK IIAS GONE HOME OUR TEDDY AS HE RIDES Tl Spends Twelve Hours in Italian City and Starts on Last Leg of Trip E VOTES MUZZLE ON ITS 01 NOSE AS TO TARIFF AMENDMENTS Lawyer Engaged in Settlement of Litigation For Vast Tract of Land Mysteriously Shot Down While Preparing Papers in Case i Surrenders All Its Powers to Committee Except as to Hides, Lumber, Barley POSIES FROM WILLIE (By Associated Press.) ROANOKE, Va April 5 Henry H. Rogers, builder and owner of the Vir ginian railway, arrived here this aft ernoon on a special train. He was ac companied by a number of prominent New York business men and other friends who attended the formal open ing of the road at Norfolk last Friday, the Inspection of the terminals there Saturday and a large banquet Satur day night The party came from Nor folk on Sunday to Victoria, Va., a small station between Roanoke and Norfolk and proceeded to this city to day. On arriving here Mr. Rogers and his party were met by Roanokers and taken over the town in automo biles. Tonight a banquet was tender ed Mr. Rogers by the business men of the city at Hotel Roanoke. On to morrow the special train bearing Mr. Rogers and friends will leave here at an early .hour for Princeton, W. Va., where tomorrow night will be spent. ThU to Mr. Rogers .lrst trip over his new roadrwaich runs from Deepwater, W. Va., to Norfolk a distance of four hundred and forty-six miles. Mark Twain and aereral.otjher New Yorkers left the party before reaching Roa noke. At the banquet Mr. Rogers made a very brief speech, but declared it was the longest public address he ever made and was confident that were his friend. Mark Twain, present the lat ter would commend him. He thank Mi the people of Virginia for the very warm way In which they had receiv ed him and said he hoped and be lieved that his road would go far to ward the development of the state s resources. BIRMINGHAM S NEW STATIOX -ni-MtirferitriM' Ala.. April S. Promlnenr'offlclals of raHroa. in the . ' j. HiMhun tonight lor K90UCU RTIf 111 '-b h .form.1 MMialng of Birmingham s wi. IX.OOt-0 . terminal station o ' morrow .. . "' . . '. (By Associated Press.) NAPLES, April 5. Ex-President Roosevelt spent several hours in Na ples today. The steamer Hamburg, on which Mr. Roosevelt was a passen ger, coming In soon after noon, was Kreeted on her way to the anchorage wth the blowing of whistles, the dis play of many flags and the playing of bands. Great crowds, too, waited for his appearance.on the streets, and when he rode along in on automobile he was greeted with an enthusiasm that astonished him. He met various official delegations at the Hotel Ex celsior, scorea of prominent Americans and the representatives of other coun tries and to them all he expressed his warmest thanks for the welcome. He -Luari the Duke and Duchess or Aosia at Capodlmonte and later dined in .., . oi the hotel, going on noaru. the steamer Admiral about 10 o'clock in the evening. Tne Anmirai. w... will convey Mr. Roosevelt to Mombasa. was ready to sum The ex-president's quarters ao.,.. were filled with flowers which had come from admiring friends. Chief among these were bunches of red whte and black carnatons from the German emperor and a great . cluster of fragrant blossoms from the em press. The German consul general, n the name of the emperor carried to Mr Roosevelt the warmest greetings, and a letter In which the emperor ex-m-essed the hope that he would see Mr Roosevelt In Berlin on hi. re turn. Mr. Roosevelt told the consu general to inform the emperor that he would certainly go to the German DUa" and would tell his majesty ow ihe white man can live and fight '"Mr Roosevelt received In Naples ral thousand letters and tr"; ZZf ZL having a secretary at his dis- (orTlm to reply to theae. FINAL VOTE FRIDAY (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. April 6. Thi house rules committee today reported and the house adopted an order lim iting amendments to tfhe Payne tarin bill to those whlnh the ways an I means committee will report, and ti the lumber, hides, barley and barley malt schedules. An amendment im posing twenty-five cents ad walorum on petroleum Is provided. Vote on the bill is fixed for 2 o'clock next Friday. At 2.25 p. m . dehate wh suspended, and Mr. Dalzell of Penn sylvanla from the committee on rules reported the order of procedure on the bill. The republicans loudly ap plauded as the order was sent to tin ciiesk to be read. Trtie order reads In part as follows: "Resolved that Immediately upon the adoption hereof, general debaL shall be closed, and the house shall resolve Itself Into committee of thi whole house on the state of the union for the consideration of said bill for amendment under the five minute rule but committee amendments to an' part of the bill shall be in ord- r at any time and also preference shall be given to amendments to para graphs on lumber, hides, barley and barley malt. "That said specified amendmen'n Shalt take precedence of commltt- e amendments. Una I Vote Today. "That consideration of said bill for amendment shall continue until n-t latur than Friday, the ninth day of April, at J o'clock at which ttr the said bill, with nil amendments that shall have been recommende.l by the committee of the whole on lit" state of the union shall be reported to the house and the previous ques tion shall then be considered as or dered on said amendments and said bill to its engrossment, third eafl Ing and Anal passage. "A separate vote mwy he had on the amendments relating to tildes, Continued on page areu.) (By Associated frsss.t McRAK, (ill., April 6. That Pour Hill, a prominent attorney of Macon, who was found shot to death today. Is the third victim f an assassin In the Dodge land Case. Is the belief of polli e officers. A coroner's Jury, after a care ful examination, declared that HIP was murdered by "parties unknnwri" Hill was fouml dead In the office of an attorney early today, a bullet In his brain and it revolver, with on- chamber rilsdutrgcd, grasped in th- rlght hand. The condition of the of- flco Indicated a desperate struggle. Tin stove was upset, the coal scuttle was crushed and the furniture was broken. n the lloor lay nn unllnished court motion In the Hodge case and vvliliii Hill had drafted and brought to Me Rac to file. Hill arrived In M ltao at noon Hunrlny and went Into a friend's law office to work on the case. jlMtcr he went to the home of the proprietor of a hardware store, and said he wanted a revolver, thnl ho had received some threatening let ters. He was so Insistent that tlx hardware man opened the store ami sold Hill the revolver that was founi today clasped In his hand. Today Hill returned to the law office and wif not ngaln seen nllve by friends. Vvien found Hill had been dead sev eral hours. The bullet had plercei the right eye and entered the brain Hill, who was forty yniirs old, am was a member of tho law firm of Harris and Harris. A widow and one liild survive him. His friends ir employing detectives. ' (By Asatkriated Pres.) ST. LOUIS, April S. -Special as sistant to the United State attorney- general. Frank B. Kellogg, filed his brief of 1400 printed pages with the clerk of the United States Circuit court of this city today and com menced his argument after two years of evidence taking in the govern ment's suit to dissolve the gigantic Standard Oil corporation of New Jer sey for alleged violation of the Sher man act Mr. Kellogg commenced with a' rather full view of the evidence taken by the government, before discuss ing the law applicable to hie ease. Ha told of the combination affected by John D. Rockefeller, William Rockefeller and Henry M. Flager In imt, conceived, he declared, to effect a monopoly of the petroleum trade, both domestic and export It was at that moment according to the federal lawyer, that the alleged Illegal con spiracy, to monopolise the Pll trade of the country was conoelwd. Later, aid Mr, Kellogg, Henry H. Rogort, John D.i Archbold, QllvPTj H. Payne and Chterlea M, Pratt were taken Into the .conspiracy by tha other defend ants. To tell more clearly the story of iHtandard Oil, the apeclal attorney. general divided the alleged conspiracy Into three periods the first from 1170 to 11(2 wh4tn It wu. ha said simple combination, acflnjr In har mony wlth 'lts Bftok1 fnteresft p)(iI In the hand' of three trustees. From I HJSV .continued Mr, Kellogg,, to 10 the defendants' Interests were,. in tho form of a trust controlled by nine trustees. This trtiat.r deotsyred-Jllegnl uy wo oaw courts was liquidated and from ll to the present time.! said Mr. Kellogg, concluding that por tion oi ma narrative, ,ha taken - the form of a holding corporation, the Standard Oil company of New Jersey. controlling subsidiary corporations (Continued on page Rfx.) JUDGE PrllTCHARD OVERRULED l!l THE mam w$ Supremo Court Decides That ' ' Suit Against Commission , Was Suit Against State " CASE WAS DECIDED HERE LAST YEAR Nearly A Million Dollars from 1 South Carolina Saloon ' System Involved. (By Associated rrea.) . r'Jt WASHINGTON. Apr! 1. -The fa mous South Carolina dispensary ease Involving;, the disposition - of about 1100,000 of dispensary fundi held, by the atate dispensary commission- was," '' decision of tha Btata oourt m tha ea'.' eourt today in favor of tha- oomaiia- , alon, .'..,;-.' The supreme eourt also affirmed tha' decision of the state eourt In the case V of dispensary commission vs. . Tha f.i 1 State, Involving the demand of tha ' T attorney general for setting aside by ' commission of funds, for prosecution of violation of dispensary law. '' Justice White declared that the fun- damental question anderlyng all -tha . contentions was whether, In substance, ' the suits war against the states, and therefore beyond the Jurisdiction of Circl ut eourt because of the ex pressed prohibition of the eleventh amendment ' to the constitution, lie proceedud to ' how that the aufta were' directed ' against tha state and tha commission '. . era did -not occupy tha position, of trustee; of the dispensary fund, . Suit Against' Mtata, ' Tha purchase ' of liquor had been ' made, h said, by tha atata fof Its so count This lrresltabls conoluslon, was, , he declared removed beyond all possi ble controversy by former decisions of this court and by the Bupreme court af South Carolina. "We oould not, , tHereforo," ee'ssld,' "sustain the exer- Msb f Jarisdlctloi) by the CircuH court without f effect deciding that tha -state can be compelled by compulsory judicial process to perform onntract obligation.' It I certain, that at least :'' by indirection, the bills of tha claim ant ought to compel tha slat tfti.. , specifically perform alleged contract y ; with the vendor of liquor by paying for liquor alleged to have been sup plied. But it 1 settled that a bill lit MiuMv 4n comtiel th ansclflrt IMrfnrm ance of a contract between Individual : ,' 1 (ContlnuM on piM Cftx.) it nntlnilrrl tii pai wwn.) WOMAN EMPTIES TWO TO Slavs ISrotlicp-in-Law Who Sought Kcfonciliaf ion With His Wifo TIOANOKK. Vii.. April G. A speeiiii from Huena 'iHl;i. Va., says Henry VV. Amos, of tluit lace was torlfiy shot and killed by l" slNter-!n-l;tw. Mrs. William Cnnidell. Amos' wife n- cenly left him and went to the Camp bell home to I i v with her sister. When Amos returned to Buena Vista todxy from Richmond he called at the Campbell rt-nid. nee and soutfhl a re conciliation will) hia wife. The latter refused to (;, with her hUMh;iml and the qunrret f-ill-twed. Mrs. Camphtdl fired several shots from a revolver at Amos, none of them taking effect. Kh" then seised a shot gun and discharged It at Amos at elose rahge. OUT OE PRISON CELL lias Stirred lj Criticism Against OfTiccrH who Sen tenced Her f.o (.'liaingaiiK WAHHI.VOTO.V.1 April S. Forecast for North Carolina: Oenerallr fair Tuesdar and Wednesday: moderate south to southeast winds. (Ry AsMedatod Press.) ATirKNK Ja.. April f..---Kl-'('lyi r last night hrok.- tl sh.e k le that r-n'.-d her to work on i.h chain Kanif and -seap.d hy aAiriK the bars of her cell. Hbe hud h.ien s nt'-iH-' d to tit- K'MH Utv tA-'lvj months f-ir disorderly conduct. The seiiten.e was suspended on condition that sh- leave th" -ounty and never return. She returned a month ag are! was arrested. She was ordered shackled arid rhainert day and night a despr rate men ronvlets wen . K r tn atmt rtt became public when an at torney asked fur a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that no one can he condemned to Infamous punish ment except by Jury. Governor Smith took up the case, and the prison commission issued an order that no women prisoner was ever to e shackled . hereafter. The woman is a notorious offender in the red light district and hus been repeatedly arrested and sentenced for maintaining disorderly houses. While a great deal of criticism has been caused by the fa-t that she waa aent to the chain gang, the of flcera , jus tify the sentence on the ground that every other means of. driving hef from her vicious busJnes ha failed. I NOT ENOUGH FOR BOTH KILLS HIMSELF SO WIFE CAN HAVE EVERYTHING She was Sojourning at At' lantifi City When Hus band Decided to Quit' WAS RETIRED CAPTAIN (Hy Amociatcvl Prom.) NKW YOKK, April S. leaving a letter addressed to his wife n Which he explained his act by saying that reverses of fortune had cut down his 'competence until not enough of It wss left for two. Chambers M. Craig, a re tired captain of the United mates army, tonight committed suicide In his apartments by shooting. "The time has now srrlved," sold Captain Craig In his letter, "when there must come the Inevitable smash which always follows living beyond ones means If the hard times had not put an end to my opportunities I would have gone on for a year or more. I have made a little money and left a little for you, I wish you the greatest happiness, and I wish I could remain with yon; and 1 am con fident that matters will be all right with you. Hut there la not enough for two. You will realize 175 a month some times and other times there Is 1125 a month." Captain Crslg was a native of Pitts burg and at one time owned consid erable real estate In Atlanta. Oa., and this city. A brother, llvlnsr In Kes wick. Albemarle county. Virginia, is a retired major, U. H. A. Mrs Craig, who has been staying In Atlantic City for some weeks, started at once for New York when told of her husband's- death. COUNSEL PLEASED IS in oismr case CominiHsion Will Now Re' sume Its Invcstigatioiw and Settlement "of Bills FILL TWO VACANCIES niXH'NT KVIDKNCK IV. AMITE CITY. La., April .To day tho trial of Avery Blount for the killing of "lius" Hreelund, on of the three members of the Hreeland fam ily, whom it la alleged Blount murder ed, was concluded In so far as the submission of testimony Is concerned. Argument will be begun tomorrow and It Is expected that the esse will reach the jury early Tuesday morning. Even If Blount should ba freed by the Jury, he still has to face a trial on the' charge of murdering tin. B res land and her daughter, Mrs. Everettei (By Associated Press.) COLUMBIA, 8. C April (When asked about the decision of tho Su preme court in the dispensary case, Oovernor Ansel said: "1 urn very much gratified at the decision of the Supreme court In thla case. 1 am not surprised that the contention of the state has been sus tained for I felt all along that an iplnlon would be rendered In our favor. Hoon after Judge Prltchard rendered his derision against the dis pensary condition, I spent two or hree days In tho state Bupreme oourt llhrur; examining the authorities and the law and I whs satisfied then that he highest court would decide thla matter favorably to Bouth Carolina. It Is a great victory for us and I am delighted that It baa been won and the commission will not be hindered nger in Its work of winding up tha affairs of the old state dlspenmry." Further than this Oovernor Ansel would make no statement. There are now two vacancies on the commission caused by the resignation of C. K. Henderson and B. K. Arthur, who were named as receivers along; with Joseph McCulloUgh. The gov ernor will akpolnt the two members of the commission to All out tha places made vacant by the resignation of the two former members and tha Investigation of the claims of the 11 iuor houses against ths state, whloh was proceeding up to the time of tha receivership order, will be resumed. KILLKH CKDER WALI WILMINGTON, N. C.. Aplrt I. HI. M. Gregg, a leading merchandise . broker of Wilmington, and a member of a prominent Bouth Carolina fami ly, was Instantly killed en the streets here today by the. collapse, of pile of brick and other building material ' against which he waa standing while, talking with a friend.- He waa Ofty ' two yeare old.- .j ..-., 1 u