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BHEIELE CITIZEN". THE WEATHEB Associated Press , Leased Wire Reports. CII0WER3. YOk XXV. NO. 169. ASIIEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APR II, 7, 1.HK-. PRICE FIVE CENTS. I THE A ftTEGOURTSTH E WATERWAYS IDEA ROOSEVELT VISITS IE VICTOR ON IS GAINING E FEW GHANGES MADE FpiS;PIGT YOUTH ATTEMPTS BLACK HAND CAME AND GETS CAUGHT Sunday School Scholar Want ed Only S35.000 From A Wealthy Banker WAS PUPIL IN HIS SUNDAY CLASSES PROPER TRIBUNAL VR TOnTRUElf S Court of Appeals Reverses CAPITOL ROYALBATTLESHIP Judge Jones Decisions ' In Rate Cases HIS INJUNCTION WAS BROAD AND INCLUSIVE Forbade the Railroad Com mission from Putting State Law Into Effect. (By Associated Press) NEW GBJEANS. La., April . The United. States Circuit court of ap peal today dissolved the-lnjunctton ordered 1y Judge Thomas G. Jones, in 'the United Statea District court at Xlontgomery, . Ala., restraining tho tats railroad commission from put ting a two and a half cent passenger rat and reduced freight rates In ef fact The opinion of the Circuit court of appeal was concurred In by Jus- tlee Shelby and. McCormick. Justice gardes dissenting. The court put Itsel fon record as -favoring an appeal to State courts as a first recourse and expressed regret that an opportunity had not been given the State Supreme court of Alabama to pass upon the laws en acted by the Alabama legislature. Th effect of today's decision will be tn remand the case to the lower court at Montgomery tor further proceedings. The litigation grew out of the en actment of certain laws In 1907 which provided , for mtxlmum passenger rate of J tt cent a mile and a mate rial reduction of freight rates on railroads Within the state of Alabama. The railroads attacking this statute were: the Western . railway of Ala bama, Central of Georgia railway company. South and North Alabama -rallrod company, NashVUle, Chat tanooga and Sti Louis railway and the Uouisvlile and Naahvllle railroad . company. ' Sill were filed to restrain the en forcement ! these proposed 'ate upon -the claim that they were con ttoattbrr an also, that the statute . equal proiacuoa - plaint was also made against pro Vlslona which made the charging of a htfcher rate of fare than that pre scribed a misdemeanor, and Imposed fine aftd Imprisonment upon any employe of ft railroad who violated these acta. - - i uli- -i1 - ffontlnned on page three.) MAN'S RHST WITNESS CULLED BY STATE AGIST HER Prosecution Outlines Case and Declares Suicide : Was Impossible t CAUSED BY LETTER (By Associated V.) LTONB. V T.. April 6.-Frank S. Allyn, te twenty-year-old brother o. Mrs. Georgia Allyn Sampson, who la charged with the killing of her hus band. Harry Sampson, was an inter esting feature on the witness stand today In the trial of his sister. In a thin, weak voice that could scarcely be heard beyond the Jury box. young Allyn told how Marry Sampson stag gered in the Allyn dining room on that fatal Satuday morning of Novem ber 1st and fell dead in the presence of Mr Ally and himself without uttering a word. The Witness said that on running to the telephone he found therln .k. Onmnann alining svom door leading to the Pantry. It was cocked and ft box of cartridges lay on the edge of the wainscoa Ing. Allyn waa still on the witness stand when court adjourned till tomorrow The prosecution outlined its cas. today, declaring Sampson's wound could not have been self ln"lcte and from three physicians. Dr. George P York. Dr. Edwin M. Rodlnburger. and Dr. Cyrus Jennings, the coronor of Waynes county, developed evidence that no powder marks were found around the wound In Samp.-on brea or around the bullet hole In the shir which he wore. Dr. Rodinburgp thought, that the edge of the ouiw hole In the shirt was slightly charred. Concerning the motive Distr.ct At torney Gilbert said there :0'd.b evidence concerning a letter which had been sent to Mrs. Simpson but which waa found by her husband, who told li. that he would not live with Mr. Simpson any longer. On the night before the shooting Mr. Gilbert said there was a quarrel over one of the letters ana Sampson and his wife had frequent quarrels over , her numerous visit away from honv Mr. Gilbert asserted that Sampson made a will at the solicitation of his wife, making her th sole beneflclarj to ate estate. The fact That It Would Pile up T)vo Billions Indebted ness Staggers Some TOLLS EXPECTED TO PAY THE INTEREST Would Give Work to Thou sands of Men for Years An Argument. (Sheldon 8. Cllne.) WASHINGTON. April 6. If what la at present. a very large faction In congress can be Increased to a major ity, two billion dollars of national Indebtedness will be rolled up In the next twenty years. This faction pro poses to issue bonds to an amount of fifty trillion dollars each year and to expend the proceeds in improving Inland waterways. The Idea Is not a new one. It has tbeen ' advocated, In some degree or other, for more than a generation, but . It -was given standing by the waterways congress called by Pres ident Roosevelt. What was originally set down as the dream of visionaries now has standing and the endorse ment of practical men of affairs. When the waterways congress first proposed this fifty millions a year ex penditure the Idea was roundly de nounced by most of the Influential men in congress. Rut they have been thinking since then. The condition of the national revenues has furnished a lot of food for thought. It Is be coming plainer every day that, so far as concerns current revenues, In stead of Its being possible to enter upon an enlarged program of water ways improvement there Is going to have to be a curtailment of the pro gram of the past. . Good Investment. Now, no attempt Is made to disput! the fact that to carry out, at least Ui part, the program or tne waterways congress would be the very best of business. The Improvements would pay for themselves many time over la., ft steneratlon, 1ft Increasing th a wealth of the people. But there Isn't the remotest possibility of seriously undertaking the work and paying for It out of the cufrent revenues of tha government. And as f,uture genera tions would largely get the benefit, the argument that future generations should foot the bill makes a powerful (Continued on page Six. ) TO - PREVENT LANDING OF VENK SCOURGE United States Takes Hand In Proposed Scheme of Castro to Start Revolt ENGLAND JOINS IN TOO (By Associated Press.) PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, April . At the urgent request of the state department ot Washington com municated to the London foreign of fice, the Britloh government has de cided not to permit Clpriano Castro, former president of Vencsuela to land at Trinidad. Castro is returning to the West In dies from Europe with the avowed purpose of recovering the presiden cy of Venezuela. He left France March 26 on board the steamer Ouadeloupe. Where he proposes to land in the West Indies Is not defi nitely known. The Guadeloupe Is due at Trinidad April 10, and at Colon April 15. The latest advices from Caracas Intimated that Juan Vicente Gomes, the prewnt president of Ven ezuela,, contemplated resigning In fav or of one of the vice presidents of the republic. Great Brltatln's change from a pol icy of non-interference In the situa tion that threatens today In the Carib bean, to a decision not to allow Cl priano ("astro to land at Port of Spain, Trinidad. Is a friendly act to America and the other powers more directly Interested In Venezuela, WASHINGTON, April . The news that the British government has de cided not to permit Castro to land at Trinidad Is in conformity with the understanding of the state depart ment The Netherlands, France, Co lumbia and Panama are all In accord, i, i. understood. In their desire to avoid any further complications and It is believed that they are an using their utmost activity as neutral na tions to prevent Castro from making their territory a basis for any strate gic move to advance any personal ambition. Vigorous Assaults Made on All Open Points of Payne BUI In House MODIFICATION IN LUMBER SCHEDULE Both Party Lines Broke Badly In the Preliminary Sklr mlsnlng Yesterday. r.y Associated Press.) w a rhino tom. Anrll 6. Wrang ling, contusion, captious objections. personalities ana language .mnwrai on vituperation marked the first day's discussion of the Payne tariff bill for amendment in the house of reprcsen tattvea today. With practically a full attendance, the members were wrought up to a high tension and were ' prepared to fight to the last ditch for those things which their constituents were demanding. TX enure day practically waa con sumed -in discussing the lumber and hides schedules. Led by Mr. Tawney of Minnesota, the advocates of free lumber In the rough went down to rirnt h the narrow morain of six votes, following the striking out of the countervailing duty on lumber. An overwhelming majority was mustered against an amendment by Mr. Scott of Kansas, taking nines rrm tha free lint and fixing a duty upon them of ten percentum ad va lorem. The barley schedule came In' for a lively discussion and when the bill was laid aside for the day there wore pending two amendments, one rals ing the rate in tire Payne bill from fifteen cents to twenty-five cents ft bushel, and the other fixing the rate at ten percent id valorem. ,. The sum total of the day's work, with the exception of the elimination of the countervailing duty on lumber, which was a committee amendment was to leave the bill in identically tne cbndlttbA in which the committee' re ported It. This grants free raw hides and a duty of one dollar per thous and on sawed lumber. The Fordney amendment to the lumber schedule adopted by the house strikes out the proviso tti paragrapn 197 of the Payne bill. The para- (Continued on page Six.) LAUDS STANDARD OIL AS BENEFACTOR OF ALL PEOPIFJFILL NATIONS The Oil Can Has Followed Flag of Every Race to Earth's Desert Places HAS SPREAD TRADE (By Assoc la tod Press) ST. UHJI8, April 6. John G. Mil burn of New York, the Btandard OH company's chief counsel of record, late today began the presentation of the defendants' side of the case In the government's suit to dissolve the Standard OH company ot New Jersey for alleged violations of the Sherman act, now 'before the United States Circuit court. Although Mr. Mllburn addressed. the court only forty min utes he found time in that brief pe riod to tell much of theearly history of the Standard Oil corporation from the viewpoint of the defense. The two principal points made up to th' closing hour by Mr. Mllburn were tha: the corporation had done much for American Industries and commerce and that the oil business of the early days was of a nondescript type. "Wherever." said he, "the foot o' civilized man has trod; wherewr th hoof of the camel has made Its Im print upon the sands of the desert, or wherever an artificial light It burned, and wherever files the flnp of any nation, there will be found th product of the Standard Oil company the product of America and Ameri cans." The federal attorney, Mr. Kellogg concluded this opening address fo. the. government shortly after noon and then C. B. Morrison, formerlx United States attorney In Tilcago anrt now Mr. Kelloggs chief associate, finished the government's opening ar gument by a discussion of the al leged unfair competition, scoring the Standard Oil company for Its allege.! secret gathering of reports, showlnx the business of competitors and charg ing It further with -maintaining a se cret spy system. Among other In dependents mentioned as having been "spied" upon was the firm of Hlsgen brothers of Albany, N. T.; the senior member of which. Thomas Hisgen was the independance league candi dal lor th presidency. Who as Ciutlrnian of tlio Senate; of permanent MR. Pi C, COCKE AGAIN WINS IN 2ND. PRIMARY Defeats Mr.? flilas O. Bernard In Second Race For Fo lice Justice Fight Free From Factional Bit ; terness Philip C. Coclje yesterday won In the second primary the democratic nomination for police Judge, receiving 447 votos to 331 tut for BHas Q. Ber nard. The total vote coat was 128 which shows that there was much Interest in the contest although only two candi dates were In the field. It being a larger vota thai was expected In vl. w of tha fact thai' only lf votes were cast In tha flrst primary when there were a dozen contestants for different offices. The total was disappointing to the republican wild'' boned for a small. yot.ip y,40 The result was not certain until the count waa completed although It was currently believed In the hits after noon that Mr. Cocko had won, the number of folded ballots making the result somewhat problematical. The friends of each candidate worked hard and carriages were called into requisition to convey voters to the polls. The feature of the election w,om the absence of harsh feelings among the supporters of the rivals and the expressed determination to elect the winner In the May election. Mr. Cocke's supporters, while of course greatly gratified at the result, maintained that It was only a confir mation of the will of the majority as expressed In the first primary when Mr. Cocke hail a niajorlty'of 80. Mr. TARIFF COMMISSION BE Aldrich and Root Favor Creation of Permanent Body for Tariff Measures (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. April 6. Tlvit tlif tariff bills in It" llnal form will p'" vide for a permanent tariff lioanl was confidently predicted today ly H. K. Miles, i h. firman of the execu tive committee ..r the committee one hundred .-ipi ninted nt the recent Indianapolis lanff convention to fos ter such a sele trie. Mr. Miles announced that Serial )t Aldrich, chairni hi of the commut e has informed hini that he favors hook such arrangement and added that "Senator Aldrich may be expected to dlstincolsh hims' If by working out the problem. Senator lmt, according to Mr. Miles, has- alxo declared himself in favor of the tariff board. "The mistake in the present bill." said Air. Mil' x. norne of great con sequence. Hum. small, and one whole schedule know n to be radically wronn with no chance of muking it ritfot in either house at this senxlon thin and the general need of world mar kets are milking the need of this tariff hoard -P ar to every one." 6HOWER& l WASHINGTON, April . Forecast for North Carolina: Partly cloudy Wednesday, shower and cooler .n west portions. Thursday cooler and generally fair; moderate southwest to west wit da Finance Ooinmlttre Favors Creation TsnlT Hoard. Bernard' friends grieved ovor the de feat of their favorite, but have muph cause for prldo In the largo vote poll ed for a gentleman who Is held In thi highest regard by all and who wai somewhat handlcappod by th foci that he entered the race so late thai some of his friends had pledged t 'other candidates, ' Mr. Cocke's campaign In the sec ond primary was managed by hl brother, Hon, y 1, Cocko, and the efficiency of the organisation built u I by him is cvldonceir by the large ma Jorltles piled up. Mr. Bernard's cam paign waa, managed by Mr. JU-M It I announced that'"'T5nno",I. Gudgn-r has entered .the raca for th republican nomination for polloi Judge the other candidates being W Scott Itadeker and W. O. Fortune with Col. V. S. Lusk a possible "re ceptive" candidate and talk of J, J. Hrllt and T. H. Itolllns hanging over all of them. The vote by precincts was as fol lows: Precinct Cocke Bernard No. 1 112 47 No. 2 48 41 No. 3 S5 1 No. 4 91 107 No. 6 OS 43 No. 6 87 45 Total 447 SSI TORNADOES LEAVE PATH OF DEATHINTHEID WAKE Five Kileld in Wrecked Sta tion in Temu'Msee Town and Property Destroyed. (Special to The Citlztn.) MRMI'IIIS. Ten n . April . A swirling tornado which utrnck Aher de, n. MIhk.. tonight almost wrecke the town, killed several pernons out right, ami Injure! many olhers. ! Ikih been ImpoHfilile yet to learn th fall extent of the damage, or th number of livi-H lout hut up to nil'l night lie bodies had been nscoverc fruin the ruins, and It is though that th'-ie are many other, still bur led under the wreckage of the Iwnn destroyed. Th-- storm, while of short duration was of terrlllc vil.ieliy and sw. pt through the town In a few minute: having a trail of .lean, Mulled building: in its oat!- The depot was destroy-! and several rejddencen were hlo-vr down, while many others were s badly damaged that they are practi cally ruined. Imim dlalely after the xtorm hai' pawned r lief partJcn were organized ami a ("arch made of the ruin.-, foi the dead and Injured. Those knoAr to have been killed were n the ib-pol when Th. utorni struck and the llvi dead bodies wire taken from It l-'otir nth. is who were badly Injured were rescued, and others still an thought to be burled beneath the debris. ANOTIIKIt HU)WOl'T. I MAItlON. III., April Many per j sons were hurt and considerable prop erty was damaged by a tornado which ! struck this city and vicinity today. I The storm came from the southwest I and was preceded and followed by heavy rains. The monetary loss l . $150,000. The Marlon Btate and Trust bans and a number of offices were partly burned down. The Methodist church was also wrecked. At Pittsburg, the Methodist church was blown down. The King Thanks Him for Aid American People Gave Earthquake Sufferers BEHOLDS THE RUINS OF WRECKED MESSINA Women Throw Kisses and Flowers After Ex presldent As He Takes Departure. (By AswH'lated Pre,) MKS8INA, April . Theodore Roosevelt and King Victor Kmaniie) met today on the Italian battleship. e Hmberto, In Messina harbor. The meeting was rharacterlned by; the utmost cordiality and tha king took the occasion to express the gratitude or himself and the Italian people for the generous assistance of the Ameri can people to the earthquake suf ferers. Mr. Roosevelt went ashore and In' speeted the ruins of the city, the des olation of Which moved him strongly. He then boarded the steamer Admiral which, Just at sunset, hoisted her anchors and proceeded on her way to Mombasa. The Admiral arrived at Messina n bout two o'clock In 'the afternoon nd was saluted by th, He Umharlo with the king on board. Almost Im mediately Captain Pfelster. the for ner Italian military attache at Wast) ington and now aide to Admiral Ml rabello, was taken, to the Admiral In launch and inquired for. Mr. Room- velt. To him lie said tha king sen his compliment and would have grei olessure In receiving the former pre dent of the United States. Mr ttoosevlt' face lit up with a pleased mile, and, accompanied, by his son (Cermlt and Ambassador Orlscom, hi proceeded at one to the battleship Greeting Ctordlal. The king greeted ,th s-prldeni effusively, shaking- hlmr warm! Jbv th hand. He did not wish, he said, a Mow th opportunity 4o pas oi making; tha personal acqualntano of to distinguished a man. , Apov all ha wanted pronally to thank the x-pcesldent for the nlp fenrted v America at the time of the earth tuak. "You aro now able," he ad led, "to understand better what's terrible disaster .It waa"' Mr. Roosevelt repllinl. saying that 'he American people did not wis)' thanks for what they bad done, a they had merely tried' to do thalt duty and knew no better way tc confront th Immense need than by heir work of contributions. Th conversation then turned to the hunting trip to Africa, the king say Ing that his tastes also ran In that direction. He mentioned the expo- lltlon of the Count of Turin In Afrlc and similarly with the Duke of Aosta expressed the hope that Mr. Roose velt . would meet the count there. After more than an hour's conversa tion the king accompanied his guest ashore, where a photograph was madr of a group consisting nf his msje ty, the ex-presldent, Kermlt and (hi American ambassador. At the sug gestion of the king Mr. Itooseveli mapped a picture of his majesty, Ad miral Mlraihetlo, Kermlt and A in has ador Orlscom. amid much laughter Before leaving1 the king salute.1 Mr. Roosevelt, wishing him a happ and successful trip and much goo' uck in the way of hunting. Hi asked Mr. Roosevelt to promise ths' he- would visit Rome on his return when the queen would be pleased t make his acquaintance. The kins then took his departure, not wlshlni to accompany Ihe party over th ruins. Mr. Hoosevelt was charmer with the courtesy of the king. (Continued on page filx ) BUTLER FOUND GUILTY OF CRIMINAL LIBEL Scntow'cd to Fine of $"00 For His Attack on Repub lican Chairman Adams WI.NHTON-HAI.EM. N. C. April 6 Former fulled states Henator Mar- on Hutler and his brother. lister fiutler, were convicted In Guilford Huporlor court today of criminally Ihellng Republican Htatc Chairman 8. fl. Adams, by the publication In The Caucasian, a weekly newspaper own ed and operated by the Butlers, of serious allegations against Adams' In tegrity and honesty. Adams' acts us chief Justice of the Indian court of Oklahoma In 1906, were severely condemned by the pa per In Its fight against Adams' re election as chairman of the republi can state executive committee. The trial lasted six days, was hard fought and created wide-spread Interest Judge Long Imposed a fins of 1500 upon Marlon Butler and $250 upon Lester Butler. A motion for a new trial was erer-raled and notice of ap peal to the Supreme court was given, the defendants being released on bond In th sum of 1,0 each. Officers NabbedfHm When Ho TrledtoGct Away with , Decoy Package. Cy Associated Presa.) : ATLANTA. Ga.,-.Aprll ,-Charf4 with attempting to blackmail At a, Candler,' president? of the Atlaal Chamber of Commerce, banker and, Atlanta' wealthiest cltlien. Out of IS, ooo by "biackhand" methods, Daniel W. Johnson, Jr., eighteen year of ag and a member of Mr. Candler Bun-i day school class, wa arrested tonight at the Instance of postofTlc inspector and lodged In the Fulton county Jail. Johnson admit writing the letter and takes his arrset vry eoolly, j Hs, however, declare that h wa th catupaw of three straasers. whom h claim dictated hi every action In connectlon. wllh the affair and forced him to writs th demand for money under penalty of death.- He furnish, ml the officers with-a description ot the three men, j- . - t - tin r rluay of lost week.MrTCandler received the first of th two letter written by th black hand plotters. In which he wa asked to place tst.ooa under th step of th pastor study of th In man Park' Methodist church en Monday' night,- April. I, ."or you and your family will meet a horrible death at our hernia" Sunday h re ceived a ocon4 letter ' warning him to comply with th dmand, and further threatening him and hi fam ily If ha failed to .comply, or j( h mad mention, of ,h maur to a II v(- LsJr( iCandl-, called George- M.-Rut- ton, ciwcf postoffic rtiepector of th Atlanta dlvtoloa, in -consultation' and It was decided W trap thtf Blackmail er, , 'Cendlor drew 130,000 la cash from th bank,: of Which he I presi dent, so a to guard against any pos sible betrayal of his plans,- : Monday night ha mad op t package and Plsa d It at th point designated, the raal money In th . meantime- remaining at hi residence guardsd by detective, Two detectives kept, watch near Whr th fake package wa placed, hat no one appeared during th night for Ik Thl morning Mr, Candler rolvd a telephone message demanding that he place 11,000 at a eludad pof pa Moreland avenue, between Annabel- street and Walker aily. Again a fake package wa prepared and- plao- ed at the spot designated tonight, and Johnson appeared from the darkness, grabbed it up and atartcd to run, but was In the grasp of petetlves Lock hart snd Coker befor h waa awar that he had been observed. letters were ftaloaev . He wa taken to th station and after a gruelling examination mad a confession, admitting having written the two letters but 'saying ie acted undCT-compuIslon. Th pollca glv little credence to hi story of having been forced to writ . th letter by three strangers. The first letter, dated April t warn ed Mr. Candler that If he failed to put the sum at th spot' Indicated, "you alone shall meet death. Tell anyons of It and you and your house that I til that live with you- shall meet th most horrible death at our hand. Pony up with the sum and keep your face closed about It and all will be well. Kail to put th sum there or hlab It and hall will be to pay, noth ing more nor less than death. ' PENALTY IS WOEFULLY TO Negro lirut Who Made Wreck of White Woman (Jets 25 Years in Prison (By Associated Press.) rillLADRLP HIA. F.. April e. Twenty-flv jiear lmprldonnsnt in the Kustern penitentiary und a ii.l'8 fine was the sentenc Imposed by JuilKe (iarrett here today when Oeorg Washington, a negro, waa convicted of holding Mr. Ella Curtain, white, a prisoner In hi room and Ill-treat ing and robbing her. Mrs. uuruua went to the negro' home to make arrangements to have her trana moved to a storage house. She alleged that Washington kept her a prisoner in his room from March II to St. Khe was rescued by th polio who had been notified ot the matter by another negro roomer In th house. The woman, hospital physician tes tified today, I a physical wreck a the result of her experience. ; times while tetlfylng today to to revolting nature of her experience she collapsed on ths stand. Th Jury, oulckUV convicted .Washington anu h wa given th full penalty of tha law, - : .. , .... , , . :v-
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