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miMM CITIZEN". I5 jn. Till; WEATHER FAIR ' .YQL XXy, NO. 170. ASIIEVILLE, N. C, TUUIDAYi MORNING, APHIL 8, 1909 PRICE FIVE CENTS. 3 THE mm. DECREE 5;" k Convicts on one indictment Wth.Two Others for Uke , vfc Crime Ppndlng VERDICT CARRIES THE DEATH PENALTY Crime One of the Most Atro cious Ever Known In State of Louisiana. (By Associated Frew.) AMITE CITY, La.. April 7. Late this afternoon the jury in the cane of Ayery Blount, chcfrged with the mur der of J. O. Breeland and Mrs. Bree land; and Mra. Joe Everett brought In verdict of guilty n the first degree The verdict tarries the, death penal ty. The accused man received tho Verdict with comparative coolness. .: Judge Ellis fixed Friday of this week " for 'the hearing oft motion for a new trial. Blount, a prosperous merchant of ' Tlckfalr, was Indicted on the charge ' of murdering "Bub" Breeland, Mrs. Breelaad and the latter' daughter, Mra. Joe Everett, and waa tried first on -the separate Indictment of Buz Breeland killing. Garfield and Ben - Klhchen, two brothers, indicted for complicity in the assassination are yet t f be' tried, j The killing of the Breelands and ' Mrs. Everette was one of the most liorrjbje crimes aver committed In the Ufte,.. The tragedy occurred on the 'night of January 22, near Ttckfaw, aevetal. inllea south of Amite City. . Breeland and his wife were bringing their ' daughter, Mrs. Everette, from ' her former home in Livingston parish to Hv4 i with them near Tlckfaw. Mrs. Everette'a ijusband had been killed by Ben fCtnchett a few days before. ' , V araelansl waa ahot from ambush. W waa on toot, , and the two women ware rtding in a buggy. . ', .. : Vt.t Accord Ingttf Breeland'e'dylhg state- Sent, Avery Blount, accompanied by ma other person, then levelled guns " oft Mrs. Breeland and her daughter. The latter held her young baby in her arms,' The elder woman was first hot indented. Mrs. Everette, in the meantime was beseeching the aasas Sina to spare her baby's life. Kef supplications finally resulted in the child being taken from her arms and laid by the roadside. The moth er waa' then ahot to death. TUFT SUITS QUESTION 'WIS WHISKEY?" OFF Nobody Seems to Know Just What Constitutes Broth er to "Demon Rum" BONAPARTE " GUESSED f (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. April 7. The bit ter controversy which has been in progress ever since the pure food law was enacted as to "what is whiskey " was renewed at the white house to day before President Taft as referee. Th debate enlisted the services of many distinguished lawyers, among them Joseph . Choate. former ambas sador to Great Britain and John G. Carlisle, former secretary of the treas ury. In addition there were present the representatives of practically all the trig distilleries of this country. Mr. Choate appeared for Canadian Interests. Mr. Carlisle represents distillera of his native state. Kentucky. Attorney -General Wlckersham. Secre- .cri-nitiire Wilson and Dr. iiawey W. Wiley, the pure food ex pert, Were among the government rep resentatives heard. The Irearlng con tlriued' for more than two hours. Thl was thejsecond time the president had been called Into the controversy. Under a rtrllng of former Attorney General Bonaparte, in consonance Vltr a opinion by Dr. whiskey noted aged, and freed from luael oil by several years of storage In white oak barrels which have been charred on the Inside, has been made object to labelling under the head ot "imitation" or "compound" whis key. 'The distillers who purify their product by higher forms of mechani cal rectification and re-dlstlllatlon aro . .. hl ruling reversed. fgcj,! lulls r nt declaring- they are suffering damage from th system of labelling no In vogue, whereas their whiskey Is as pure and free rrom - ...iliw rectified in tne menu as no ino-w oM-faahioned way. and now regarded ... . i. ' ,,'Viiairtf.v on tne market. Most Scotch whiskeys and some higher granes oi re - oiasaja ae in this country are classed asa !'' a rintJPnt. , t tha conclusion ef the conference It waa announced mat T. ,.Z nB .s.weuld be referred to ellclt eral Bower, of the department of Jus 13 URRICAUsE 'S PA1 H A GRUESOME TRAIL OFDEA THANDR UfiS Many Perished Swept from Great iMkes East ward to Seaboard. r (By Associated Prese.) DETROIT, April 7. A severe rain and electrical .storm which swept over lower Michigan early last night was followed by a windstorm of unusual violence and many accidents and at least one death have been reported. Near Ionia lightning shot into a farm house along a telephone wire and killed eight year old Benjamin Helmer and severely shocked two other children. Dosens of barns in Western Michigan were set fire by lightning. The wind has averaged from fifty miles an hour in the western part of the state to as high as slxty'slx miles In this city. One child waa severely Injured on Michigan avenue here by a sign blowing down on her. At least eight persons are known to have lost their lives in the storm that visited Detroit and Michigan last night and today. Anthony Kaup, a saloon-keeper; Joe Kadich, a barber, an dAdam Felln. all of Wyandotte, attempted to cross the Detroit river in a row boat from Wyjyidotte to Canada this afternoon in a fifty mile gale, to settle a wager, and all three were drowned when heir boat cap sized. Kadich bet Kaup five dollars that he would not dare to cross In the smallboat and Felln was the stake holder. At Jennings, in Missaukee county, three young men, Bernard Carlson, Charles Jacobson and John Torrey, were killed by being caught under a wall that was blown down by the wind at the Mitchell brothers' mill. Ray Moore was killed at Brightwood today when he was struck by a roof that had been blown off. Rumors that a little boy and girl were drowned while Ashing at Bollslo, Detroit, have not been confirmed. The damage to roofs, chimneys, plate glass, etc., will probably reach 160,000 in Detroit and Michigan. The wind velocity reached seventy miles and hour. " - v gtnPFTOG MISS tlfO. , CLEVELAND, O., April 7. The fishing tug George Floyd, with seven men aboar'f, and the sand sucker Mary H., with nine men, are missing, and the barge Norman Kelley, with a crew of four persons, was rescued to night after a desperate fight, as a re sult of a fierce windstorm which ragi ed on Lake Erie today. The wind blew a sixty mile gale throughout the day. Life savers have been un able to do effective work. CASTRO Hi RAGE LANDS IT ONLY PORT OPEN TO IN WEST Ordered Off Ship, Buffetted By All Nations, He Fumes in Wrath IS APPARENTLY ILL (By Associated Preae.) FORT DE FRANCE, Martinique, April 7. Clpriano Castro, In a rage against the British government and the state department at .Washington left the steamer Guadeloupe at this port today and has taken up quarters on shore. Finding all ports in the West Indies excepting Fort De Franee barred against him, the present course was the only one left open to the former Venezuelan -dictator. Benor CaBtro's wife will continue on board the Guadeloupe to La Gualra. The American Crutner Montana came Into port this morning. The Guadeloupe, on board which Castro and his party sailed from France March 26 after four months spent In Europe, came Into Fort De France late last evening. wnue ai Pointe-A-Pltre on the Island of Gua deloupe, where the steamer toiiched yesterday, Castro was notified by the British consul that tne urmsn gov ernment had decided not to permit him to disembark at Port of Hpaln, Trinidad; consequently Castro decided to leave the Guadeloupe nere. The decision of the Bri-tlsh govern-o.-tinir on a request from the state' department at Washington not to let him land at Trinidad was un officially communicated to i.atro second time this morning. He ex pressed himself as exceedingly annoy ed and angry at this derlnion, which he characterized as a violation of the rights of man. He is furiously angry with the American govci-niiiem " teamship company. The latter refused to let him continue on board the Guadeloupe to colon. e-rnresslng his annoyance at this unexpected turn in his affairs Cas tro disclaimed the bellicose imen.."..--.,h to the existing political situation in Venesuela with which he has been credltea. una ne that his only purpose In returning to Venesuela waa to give hia attention to (Continued on page ttiree.) h !''f:.'V in Storm Which JThe steel barge Kollcy'a crew, three men and a woman, were picked up after floating fifteen miles from Kel ley's Island, whence the boat broke away and drifted to sea. There was neither an engine nor an oar on the barge, so the crew was at the mercy of the waves. - 8everal small buildings were wreck ed and buggies overturned In Cleve land. Two men were blown from the shore of the lake Into the water. Both were rescued. IX SOUTHERN' STATES. CHICAGO, April 7. Reports ' of last night's storm damage' received here today are .that ten persona are known to have been killed In Missis sippi and at least fifteen were Injur ed. At the Terrell plantation east of West Point, Miss., a number of ne groes were killed. Reports from Western Tennessee state that the storm wrecked many buildings. At Wabash, Ind., Mra. Jamea A. Hayes and four children were pinned down beneath the wreckage of their home which caught fire. The moth er was badly burned, being . rescued, and will die. The children were aer lously hurt. The high winds waa fol lowed by a cloud burst. Many bridges are washed away. A dozen houses were demolished In Wa bagh. The damage will reach sev eral thousand dollars. At Peru, Ind., four factorlea and several school buildings, many small structures, wore wrecked by the wind. DAMAGE IN TOLEDO. TOLEDO, O., April 7. Hundreds of men out of work, thousands of dollars damage done and many persons slight ly Injured are the results of a hurri cane that visited Toledo and vicinity today. The wind attained a velocity of sixty nine miles an hour In thla city The roof of the plant of -the Maserilon Bridge eompany, 180 by 400 feet was ripped off and hurled Into a field anil 800 men were thrown out of employ ment until the damage can be re paired. Pedestrians were Injured by falling signs, parts of roofs, chimneys and limbs of trees and many women were bowled owr by tho wind. In small tow ns near Toledo considerable dam age was done. Many houses were Continued on page three.) CONFERENCE FAILS TO T, T Operators Insist on Exten sion of Award Made Three Years Ago MAY APPEAL TO TAFT PHILADELPHIA, April 7. At a meeting held here today between com mittees representing the coal opera tors and the officials of the United Mine Workers of America, represent ing the anthracite workers of Penn sylvania, to consider demands made by the miners, the operators refused all the demands and submitted Instead a proposition to extend the wage agreement brought about by the an thracite strike commission for anoth er term of three years. In order that the proposition be laid before the of ficers of the mine workers organiza tion of the three anthracite districts who are now In this city the confer ence adjourned to meet again tomor row afternoon at 3 o'clock. The wage agreement which the op erators seek to have renewed expired on March Jl, The miners, however, pending the outcome of the confer ence are working under lis terms. The agreement does not provide for recognition of the miners' union and this, It is said. Is the bone of conten tion, as the operators absolutely re fuse to recognize the union. It Is said that should the operators refuse to make any concession and Insist upon the offer to renew the anthra cite strike commission's award the miners will appeal to President Taft for the appointment of a commission t.- Investigate conditions controlling the mining and wiling of hard coal. It Is also said that If the conference comes to an end without an agree ment being reached the miners will not declare a strike but will leave It to the operators, if they see lit to do so, to declare a lock-out PES. OFFICERS CHOSEJi. (esclal to The Citizen.) RALEIGH, April 7. The new board of directors for the penitentiary elect- a t,Am aM 1 1. TjAiiarhlnsrhouse. Pitt county, superintendent; T. W. Fenner, Halifax, clera; ur. t- . ioung, rran lln, physlcisn. Election of warden waa left over to. next meeting. I : GEN. WILLIAM BOOTH, On OM stea ! the lihUlii'tw tw Uflaeace Ru km rM all Ik. warle. " " j " ."" ." ' "" 1 -7 -; )mt- ml af Tie (V'ttrtton! of In FlghiMh Birthday Begins, tit fmndrwi Tomorrow n a r i? i ttc v j? Tfn i? xrnn X iAlViJit M. J-4 W. AGAINST DAUGHTER Their Testimony May Bring Mrs. Georgia Sampson Husband (By AsNopiahMl I'rem) LYONS, N. Y., April 7. Tho father and mother and two hrothera of Mr. Georgia Sampson, charged with the killing of her husband, Hurry Samp son, were called to the witness stand today by District Attorney Olllwrt to give evidence on which the ntHte lx depending to convict Mrs. Georgia Sampson of murder, A sad figure In the court room was the widowed m:thr of Harry Sampson, Mrs. Geor ge Sampson, who will probably be called as a witness tomorrow. The defense scored several material points today through the testlm my of the members of the Allyn family. It was established, notably, that short- FOR ANNUAL ELECTION Promise of Lively Contest For Successor of Mm McLean (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, April 7 Mrs. !"" aid McLean, president-general r th" Daughters of the American Hevilu tion, arrived here today and presided over the final meeting of the national board prior t the convention whli li will meet h r. April 18 Plans were perfected for the convention, and 87'i new members were admitted to society. More than t-10,1100 was ported In th" treasury, exeluslv. the 20,000 building fund for completion of continental hall, t hi re -of the the permanent niarblo home here of tie Daughters. Mrs. McL'-an expressed the belief tlrtrt Mrs. Matihew Scott, thu admin istration candidate, will be elected :im her successor to- the presidency 'if tlie soclety. The 'insurgents'' in the or der. It Is said have decided on Mrs William '' Si"ry, state resent of Nev York as their i aiidldate for president- general. IFAUT 'iWASHlNGTOW. April 7. -Forecaa for North Carolina! Pair gad aqoM Thniyday: .Friday fair; moderate northwest winds, . . tJ? 2ary I. wmrnf,, 44Mit mm ..... I ' .1 ." About the Conv&tion of For the Murder of Her ly before Harry Sampson staggered Into the Allyn dining room and fell dead that Mrs. Sampson waa Men on the second' tloor of her home. Through Mrs. Allyn, tine state's at torneys brought out the fact that Rob ert Manson, of Niagara falls, had written to Georgia Inviting her and n friend, Miss Mildred (,'ervoss, to spend a few days In Niagara Kails. Harry oj'urrclcd with his wife over the letter. Mrs. Sampson's lawyers xliitc that Msnson hail written asking Mrs. Knrn'n to act as chaporona. A sensullotinl bit of testimony was of fered by John Kberl. a neighbor, who Continued on -page three.) OF Scuds Uiick Message to His P c o I e CoHgratulat in4 Them on Practical Charity (lly Associated Press.) Ito.Mi:, April 7 Just before hli depurtiire last evening on the steamer Admiral for Mombasa, ex-1'resident ltoo.evelt wrote the following uics iiK" to the American people: "in fore leaving Messina i desire to say that I am sure the American peo ple do not reulize the splendid work that is helng done at Messina and Hi KKlo with the lumber sent fr'.rn tin I'nited States. I have visited the American camp and seen 2&0 houses already completed, and arranaem' nts have been perfected fur the rapid con struction of 1.2i0 more Tin1 whole work, which Is under the general di rection of AmlniHsudor Orlscom, has been organised and perfit ted by Lieu tenant Hucharian, Knsigns Wilcox and Hhofford, Dr. Donelson, 1'uymaSter lingers, forty enlisted men of our navy and a number "f stalwart American carpenters. In addition there Is a fine group of Americans, such as J. Klllot, Wlnthrop ('handler, J. Hush and I:. Hale, who are giving their time and energies to help the philan thropic work. I wish to say I consider that the American people are deeply Indebted to each and every one of these men. I cannot exaggerate the pleasure It gave me to see the officers and en listed men ot par navy adapting thorn selves to strange and unexpected cir cumstances and successful perform ing with ability and thorough good will this most difficult task. Our na tion can well be proud ot them,' LEARNS TIE GAME OF POLITICS FROM SLY 0LDSEHAT0 President Taft Not Such A Novice as to Let Them Steal Glory ADOPTS NEW METHOD OF CUTTING EXPENSES Which Will Give Upper House Small Chance to Play to Galleries. (Hltekhin 8. til tie.) WASHINGTON, April 7. Theodore Roosevelt left the white house with th reputation of bolng the greatest master of politics who ever occupied that mansion, but his successor i Is showing surprising accomplishment In that direction. Those past masters of the art political In the senate who ox pec tod to find the new president "easy" have been rubbing their eyr of late. Mr. Taft has gathered In several tricks which the sonata al ready ha4 counted as won. ; - It would ho unfair to say the ac tion ot the senate In creating a a pedal committee to cut down appropriations waa nothing mora than, a shrewd move In the game of politics. Nq doubt the senate leaders are genuinely im pressed with the need for economy but it waa, nevertheless, a shrewd po litical move. Th senate la very hun gry for a share . ef the popularity which has been denied It in recent years, and the senate leaders thought ihey saw a road (to popularity In being IBS WmCH-UUg Wl MIW. MTOIMIl " the past the senate haa been note' rlously liberal In the matter of appro- prlatlona. It had gotten to a point where even members of the house wanting appropriation! thai would not bear too close scrutiny would waft until the appropriation ' bills 'had passed the house ' and reached- the senate and there-would hawthe, an- proprlatinne thejr-jwnted tacfcod 4u as wmendments. The chances were about even that In tine stress of eon ference aa the sslon neared lie end the appropriation which could not have passed the house In the first In stance would be allowed to stand When the senate finally awoke to the fact that the house and officials of 'the departments, not to speak or outsiders, were habitually taking ad vantage of Its generosity. It saw a opportunity of turning the tables. The creation of the "committee on ex pendltures" waa the result. Visions of Popularity, It readily will be seen how large a feather It would have been In the ann ste's cap to haun been alone reapon- tlblo for saving (he treasury so mo (cores of millions of dollars at each session of congress. The public Is proverbially of short memory, and senators saw visions of past grievan ces forgotten and themselves as pop ular heroes. By lopping huge chunks off tlw es tlmates sent In by the heads of de partments and doing the same to the appropriation bills sent ovor from the house aide of tho capltol. sternly In sisting that tho government's outgo Should bo kept within It Income, th opportunity would have been a splen 1ld one for the senate to enhance Irs nopulsrlty. And no one would have been churlish enough to withhold a full mede of praise. But here enters Ihe president, and mows hliimi'lf a skilled player at Un political game. Ho waa quick to snc that If the senate, In its new-found agerness for economy, succeeded In placing the ewciitlvie branch and dls Ipllned by congress t koep It from bankrupting the trensury, his ml min istration would bo at a serious dis dvnntage ' ' ' Taft MkiII (sm. The counter-move was decided up on at a cabinet meeting. It was plain (Continued on page Six.) FOR HER CELEBRATION InvitcH (JoveniorK of the Thirteen Original States To Meet Taft (Special to fhe Cltlien.) C1IAHMTTE, April 7 The cen tral committee which Is directing the program of exercises to be held here on the twentieth of May In celebra tion of the 1.1th anniversary of the signing of the Mecklenburg Di-clara-tlon of Independence, has invited the governors of the thirteen original states to como to Charlotte for the three days' festivities. Governor Eben 8. Draper has accepted. The people of Charlotte are pre paring to give Mr. Taft the greatest reception ever accorded a president of the United States in a southern-city-Local officials of both the Southern and Seaboard railroads have given the assurance that ample train accommo dations will be provided and that re duced rates will be offered. , Special trains will be operated Into the city on the 0th "Taft Day" from all directions, ,'. . -.'; ' LEADER NOT ABLE TOGARRYTHRQUGH DEAL WITH TRUST Democrats and Insurgent Re duce protection on Crude -01! to Small Figure OVERRIDE DECISION OF THE COMMITTEE Cannon Makes Vain Plea for His Friend, the Standard Oil Trqst. : : WABIUNOTO'AprUrrifcTijto waa . a bad day for the republican organi sation oi the house, f By coalition ' betwnen some republlean insurgents r and democrats, the ways and means committee was bowled over, and the uvocHius or iree cruae oil ana it products won a signal victory when an amendment by Mr, Nerrls, of Na braska, placing the Insignificant duty , of one nercentum ad valorem en those articles was adopted by a auhstantlal majority. A decision or tha chair, man that amendments could, not ba offered to the oil schedule other than , the one ooverod by the special rule ef 1 1. Unn.l... ubUk I - . L - . w ll IV yrvviUQU WW Ul removal of the cuuntervalllng duty on imirvwum nii applying suq Ma valorem duty of twenty-five percent was overrule and not even a fervid appeal by the speaker, In an endeavor rally the, republican foroes, was ', sufficient to 'stem the tide vowedly against the iBtandard Oil company. By a praetloally unanimous Vols the countervailing duty ysnt out as the committee recommended. On alt oth' er propositions the committee was sustained. The barloy schedule ran the gauntlet without change, tea' and coffee were placet) on the, free list, and duty, on barytea Increased from eventy-nve renu a ton to a Collar and a half an. , ' k Oil enwule Kactrd. When the oil schedule was .taken Up Mr, Vreelnnd otNew York prompt ly offered an Hincndnjent striking out the countervailing duty on emde p-' troleum and Ita produut,) and Bilng the rata ef duty at II percent ad va lorem. Immediately - Mr, Norrls, of Nebraska, presented an amendment fixing the rate at one percent ad va lorem, t ' ' St "Point of order," shouted Mr, Dal sell, of Pennsylvania, and then a dos- en mamoers were, on inoir leei, "Is that schedule so sacred ' you cannot amend It at allT" asked Mr, Clark of Missouri. Mr.' Devlsell an- swernd that that waa the situation.. "Well," Interjected Mr. CUrk, ut will try It anyway." He then-offeredj an amendment putting crude petrol, eum nd Its products on tho free list, In ar. elaborate decision the chair .' sustained a point of order, that the Vreeland was the only one In Una' with the rules. The Norrls amend ment m consequence, '-waa barred." from the deolslon, Mr, dark, of Mls nourl, appealed with, the result that on division the ruling was reversed 162 to 173. Many republicans, most ly from Wisconsin and Kansas' voted with the democrats. ' I This result finally rendered nega tive the chair's decision and opened, up the whole petroleum schedule fog any number of amendments. i Cannon Work for Trust. ; A hltte rattack against the Stand ard rill company was matle rjy Mr. Cooper of Wisconsin, In favoring th Norrls amendment. Heelng the wave of sentiment In favor of the amendment, Hpeaker Cannon took the floor and warned the mem hern of the dangers ahead. He made, a plea for tho American pro ducer of oil. The amendment, he de clared, whs designed to punish the wicked Htandard OH company. "Oen- (Continued on page Four) ADMITS KILLING BOY Tramped From New York to Texas Only To 13c Traced Uy Miscarried Letter , POUT A ItTML'Jt, Texas, April 7. William linrraxli. wanted In New York city, charged with having run down and killed Ingvaard Trimble, the thirteen year old son of R. 0. Trimble, a Kentucky lawyer, was ar rested when he arrived here today, after "tramping" from New York., Darragh, when arrested, admitted his Identity and expressed a willingness; to return to New Tprk. i ' Oarragh admits that he waa driv ing the automobile which ran down,, young Trimble, but declares that Mia accident was unavoidable, , that he struck the boy while endeavoring to t avoid running down .others. He at tributed his arrest to letter he wrote to a young woman acquaintance In New York when he left the etty lm. medlateiy after 'the' accident, 'Inform Ing her df hia destination.' 'Tho leU, ter, he declares, fell Into the hands of a rival and thus hia whereabouts was learned. v ; . - ;" . tree. WHO la w ias.a