i the asheHcee citizen: Qo TITO 7EATHEB ASHEVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL i, it MO. yauxxv. no. 171. PRICE FIVE CENTS. But It's Only A Crumb Doubtful Quality When Loaf Was Asked of HOURS ARE HEAVY mi MUCH TALK Vigorous fight Was Waged On Iron And Steel Wire Increase For Farmer. . ) ify Amoctoed Press.) WASHljidTON, April 8 When consideration of the Payne tariff bill was resumed by the house today, fur ther commutes amendments In the nature tf .Verbal corrections were tak en up and adopted. The, mica schedule was stricken out and new one substituted providing that unmanufactured mica shall pay a duty of flve cents a pound and twen ty percent ad valorem and that mica tut or trimmed, mica plates and all manufactures of mloa shall pay ten cents per pound and- twenty percent ad valorem. Steel ingots, blooms and slabs -were reduced" from one cent to eight-tenths of a cent per pound. The ad valorem proposition on. boiler and plate Iron or steel was stricken out and the duty made specific, In some cases the rate being reduced. A vigorous fight was wagod on an amendment increasing the duty on . round iron and steel wtre smaller than . number stteelt guage from one and a ; half to one and three-fourths of a cent a pound. It was claimed that , ' the proposed Increase was an outrage ' on the farmer.' The committee amendment was vot ' ed down IBS to 146 and in its stead was adopted a '.substitute presented by Mr. Clark- of Missouri, fixing the ' i rate at threefourths of one cent per pound. "' v "" " -&j A la:iranl:iBaoed over the bright to IOTHInjrTJther portion of 4 paragraph 1 SI. ' ' 'Payne Get Hot. The chairman: rufed that such . amendments except the Clark amend ment Which ;Waa adopted, were out of order. Alt appeal from the de cision was lost 17S to 139. On the final vote the Clark amendment was adopted. (Continued on page four.) SAYS MRS. COULD DIDN'T CHASE THE SPARKLING E BUBBLE Maid To Howard Gould's , Wife Places Halo on Herjkistress' Head NOMAD LANGUAGE (Br Associated Press.) NEXV YORK, April 8. Howard Gould's charges that his wife's habits were intemperate came In for a com plete denial yesterday from Ada Kent Bradley, Who was formerly Mrs. Ooald's maid. Commissioner Charles A. Rathbun, the lawyer appointed by Justice Fltx gerald to take the woman's testimony at her home In Morristown, N. J., submitted the answers, every one of which declared Mrs. Bradley's convic tion that her former mistress was above reproach. "Don't you know that it was Mrs. Oould't habit to drink brandy, then become excited at a trifle and scold and discharge ller employes, several at a time?" was one of the questions, which brought forth the answer "No" from the former maid. "Have you ever been close enough to Mrs. Gould to smell brandy or li quor on her breath?" "I have been close enough but I a.,Hl.,l it." "Don't Jrou know that Mrs. Gould kept brandy or liquors In her room and even took ihem with her when she went riding in her carriage? "I never knevr It. and 1 never saw it, either,'- was Mrs. Bradley's posi tive reply. ,. , . State whether Mrs. Gould kept her brandy bottle in her room or In the bathroom, adjoining." "I can't say; 1 never saw It.' "Don't you know that when Mrs. Gould became vexed or excited at an) of her employes she wouio su they were d fools, or use such lan guage that came to her mind. "I do not know any such thing, and I never heard that Mr. Gould had the reputation of being a 'drinking woman' among her employes "Wasn't ahe known as being able to ditak a great deal of liquor with out Its showing on her? ,..itv -Not to my knowledge certainly not While I was In, her mJ'w-' . "And you never heard her curseT BASEBALL PL A YERS SMALLPOX VICTIMS; CL UB MA Y DISBAND New York American And South Atlantic League Players Make Runs to the Hospital. (By Associated Press.) AUGUSTA, April 8. Hal Chase, first baseman of the New York Americans, Is at the Detention hos pital here undergoing treatment for smallpox. His physician diagnosed his illness Monday. The case was reported to the Augusta board of health and the patient was ordered to the smallpox hospital. He has the mildest form of smallpox and Is responding to treat ment finely. He will be detained sev enteen days longer. His wife wires that she Is on her way here from Jersey City. She will not be permit ted to see the patient. He Is In Jolly spirits and has the run of the big hospital. He is the only patient there. Chase Complained. Sunday half of the Stalling club went to Savannah and half came to Augusta from Macon to play practice games. Chase was with the Augusta visitors. He complained of being 111 Sunday night and Manager Stalllngs, who arrived Monday morning, was summoned to his room. Stalllngs called In a doctor. The doctor pro nounced the illness smallpox. The American League men who played In Augusta were with Chase in Macon, on the train and In the hotel here. The second team was with him in Macon, where the spring practice of the club has been had. The physi cian called in by Stalllngs is Dr. James B. Morgan, former president of the Augusta board of health. He immediately requested Chase. He also Informed Stalllngs that the smallpox had not at that time reach ed tjie contagious state and that there was absolutely no danger or contam ination to the other men. However, every man was stripped and vacci nated and - every article of clothing and everything In the hotel was fum igated by the officers of the board of health. CLUB MAY IHSBANO. MACON, Ga., April 8. Hal Chase, of the New York Americana, contract ed smallpox here by .coming In con tact with two "hell boys at the hotel where the team was stopping. These boys are now in the contagion hos pital. HAS NO PUCE WHEREON TO REST HEART HEAD Castro Warned By French Government to Get Out of Martinique CASTRO IS VERY SICK (By Associated Press.) PARIS, April 8. The French gov ernment decided today to expel .Cl priano Castro, ths former president of Venezuela from the French Island of Martinique, on the ground that his presence there is likely to foment a revolution in Venezuela. This decision followed consideration of a cablegram from M. Jusserand. the French ambassador at Washlnon, giving an account of his conference with Secretary of State Knox yester day. The decree of expulsion will be communicated to Castro Immediately through the prsfect of Fort De France where Castro now Is. CASTRO KICK. FORT DE FRANCE. Martinique, . ,. a ai.n..titr nfier returning f ro m April . n"ui iiJ " - , a drive through Fort De France this morning. Ciprlano Castro became sud denly ill. He complained of severe i v. ahrtumen and It was ap- uaiu in - parent that he suffered greatly The scar left by the operations performed in Berlin has opened for a distance of several centimetres, and his con dition undoubtedly Is grave The former president of Venezuela was informed today of the decision of the French government to expet him from Martinique. He appeared not to believe the news. Bulletin will stand. WHOLESALE RAIDS . Tver mnp "Tfc TECS" MAUBm JDX ux (Br Associated Press.) MOBILE. Ala.. April g.-Wholesalo raids by detectives in the employ of he prohibition party startled the clt today and resulted In the selxure of Quantities of liquor, at prom inent hotels and cafes. At the new S. house and the Cawthorn hotel, more th.n a car load of 'nl""0" seised. The search was made -w which forbid, the pos session f Intoxicants-' barter. Catcher Eddie porrett of New Tork and Pitcher William Brunner of Gulf part, Miss., members of the Macon club. South Atlantic League, have been sent to the hospital suffering with clearly defined cases of the di sease. Brunner U very ill. Eleven members of the Macon club were vaccinated today, which will probably cause ths Mam to abandon Its schedule. TROUBLE BREWING NEAR Colonial Office Issues Orders toTake Every Precaution in Protecting Roosevelt (By Associated Press.) MOMBASA. British East Africa. April 8. According to native reports the Mullahs of the Bomalis, Inhabiting the desert country north of the pro tectorate, are showing further signs rf unrest and are massing on the northern boundary of Kenya province. There is today some local anxiety, particularly as the majority of the protectorate troops are at Berbera, In British Somaliland. It is said here that the colonial of fice In London has issued Instructions Lto the governor of the protectorate to surround Mr. Roosevelt on his hunting trip with every possible pre caution for his safety. It ha been decided that Karm.lt Roosevelt Is to take a number of short separate hunt ing trips with a Portuguese guide, named Silva. For the first fortnight of their stay the Roosevelt party will be the guests at Athl rlvi-r of Sir Al fred pense, a well known hunter, who has a large estate at Klllna. The second fortnight they will be the guests of Oeorge McMillan at Ju Ja ranch. STATE CLOSES CASE IN THE SAMPSON TRIAL; REACHESJURT TODAY Black Shirt Worn By De ceased Husband Was Produced in Evidence BRIEF WAS DEFENSE (Br Associated Press.) LYONS, N. Y.. April 8 The state's case against Mrs. Georgia Allyn Sampson, the young woman charged with killing her husband, Harry Sampson, last November, practlcall) came to a close tonight. The pros ecution will rest Its case tomorrow morning when Albert H. Hamilton, s gun expert, concludes his testimony. The defense's testimony will be firh! and It U the general expectation thai the case will go to the Jury late to morrow afternoon. Early today when District Attor ney Gilbert sought to place the blacl outer shirt of Harry Sampson In evi dence. Justice Rich ruled against Its admission because sufficient groun1 had not been established for Its in troduction. Without the shirt in evi dence the state would not be able ti show that the bullet hole was net a contact shot and that Sampson wa fired at from a distant, thus pre i.,jln the theorv of suicide. Bill District Attorney Gilbert succeeded In getting the outer shirt In evidence this afternoon through the gun ex pert of the defense, Albert H. Hamil ton. Who placed the undershirt with i .ho hlaek shirt so as to show thai the perforation in both shirts made by the bullet coincided. MURPHY WANTS NEW WATER WORKS SYSTEM (special lu i , MURPHY. N. C. April 8. Jos. B dij.. . engineer of Louisville Ky . has recently made a survey an'l estimated the cost of a system of water works here, and I. now In New . ..... -..tl.tlnv a 4eAl hv Whll'h lorn .uy Hirw... : - , to dispose of the forty thousand dol- lars oi woici - ", . ent board of aldermen la Waking - - . it.i . l I a imhw of the every enwi K bonds and. contract and get worn started before a new ouaru which election will be the first Tue- day J May. . . . i MELVILLE W. FULLER. Cktof Jasttes el the Uattea Stale SapresM Ceerl. . : Humors lii Connwflon With tilf Ju Saprrme lourt mcwii mm GROUND FLOOR THEATRE Report To the Effect That the City Substantial Improvement Modern In Every Respect t on. .inte.i veaterdnv that the Coxe estate will erect a handsome ground floor theatre on tne property between the Medical Dunning u j D.,,n nnrf Knii'a store. The plans .., Aur eniili. ration provide for an arcade slructure, with stores in each side of the theatre ana oince rooms on the second floor. The theatre as at present conicm mill hn nn .if the best eaulppet! In the South, having all the modern safety appliances. Including an os Amn f.nrHin. The seats wl'l be of the most comfortable design with plush upholstery. The stage vim i ..h o.itn iat which now does service at th- Orand. Modem dressing rooms, with all the standard equipments, will gladden the hearts of the members of Ihe theatrical pro fession While complete details ar- llfficut to obtain. 11 Is Known inn n" SIX HUNDRED MADE HOMELESS fly FI Tenement District of New Hampshire Wiped Out Yesterday Heavy Loss (By AiH-liit-l Pro.) MANOHESTKIt. N. H.. April . A large portion of the tenement hou district Just south of the buslnesn cen ter of tills city .is wiped out tod iv by fire. It destroyed about fift; wooden three or four story buildings. Six hundred men, uomen and clilldr. n mostly (ireeks. re made homeless aini the los i estimated at about tir.O.OOO. The II. lines were driven l tierce westerly gal.-s through the cit . wiuares. Help had to be summone I from Concord. Nashua, ii.m-ih-sI'T. Dover and lorltn outh. N. II . and from Lowell, Man. 8H0WER& I . . a tl riMnit WABHinulOi. fri . u KVL1a for North t:aronn. Saturday fair; moderate nortbrast Wiuue . . - stl e Fuller's IlrtlremiHit from tlie .xm mm in wwihiiuii. the Coxe Estate Will Give expense will be spared to give Ashe vllle a theatre that will comfortabb house the best attraction on the roa.1 It ns learned that present plam provide for the completion of th" theatre In time for the best part ol the season of 1K10. When asked whal arrangements would be made with tht Klaw and Krlinger syndicate to aecun the big attractions for the new thea tre The Cltlscn's Informant statei' that while she was not at liberty t speak unreservedly, she knew thai there would lie no trouble on thai score. A citizen representative asked Mr Rosenstein, manager (f the Grand opera house. If he hail heard anything about the proposed theatre. Mr. Ro sensteln said that he had heard soni' talk to that effect but he knew noth I ti k definite enough to discuss. DESTRUCTIVE FIDE Al OCFJVIEW BEACH Five Cottages are Destroyed at Resort on Jiayshorc Near Norfolk (By Associated Press.) NdlU'OI.K. Va., April K. KIth ol unknown origin early today destroyed live cottages on the Chesapeake Ha front at Ocean View, 'a summer re sort l ight miles east of Norfolk. Tlv Iohh will be about 126.000, with par tin 1 insurance. The destroyed cot t.igcH are ihose of Captain W. H Fob ter of the Virginia Pilots' associa tion. K. I! Mlarx, the larg- "Hatch eliler'' boarding cottage Just opened for the seuson; T. C. White and an unoccupied cottage between Mlars and llati h Idcr'' cottages. The occupants of several of the cot tagei barely esraped with their lives, losing m arly all their effects E. B Miars was Injured In Reeling his wlft and children from their burning cot tage. Captain Foster, III In bed, had to be carried out. This Is the third lime in five years his home at the seaside has been destroyed by fire. JMKKMNA TIUH'ULKD AGAJX. (By AwKM'Uicd Press.) MKflSINA. April . A violent earth iiuake was experienced here last night at .45. It was accompanied by sub terranean rumblings. "WET" E TO T Every Town Votes For Llcen- se By Majorities Ranging From 75 to 200 EASTHAMPTON WET FIRST IN 100 YEARS Bitter Fight Was Waged In Rlverhead. But It Follow ed The Balance. (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, April . Prohibition received a setback on Long Island yesterday. Every town from the city line to Montauk Point was carried by the license Interests by from seventy five to i0 votes. Kven Kasthanipton, where, it Is said, there has not been a barroom for more than 100 years, or since ths people of the tonth had the right to regulate their own excise question, was carried by the "wets" by more than 100 majority. Southampton, "dry" for years, and the town where there have been many convictions for selling liquor by stealth, declared for license by more than 100 votes. Rlverhead, where the bitterest fight was made because of the Ill-feeling engendered, was carried for license by 100. Bouthhold's plurality Is est! mated at 150. Shelter Island, a "dry' town voted for the sale of liquor In hotels end drug stores. Huntington, Isllp, Hrookhaven, Da bylon and Bmlthtown were all carried by the liquor men by substantial ma jorities. These ten towns make up Suffolk county, "Wots Successful In Naseaa. S In Nassau county, where It was ex pected that Hempstead and Oyster May would be carried by the "drys," the "wets" were successful. The victory was celebrated - Inst night by the license 'nten hd most of the business men and ; hot! keepers im' fhs Long island villages. The m lorlty of these were opposed to prohi bition from a business viewpoint. For the first time In the history of the present generation It will be possible for the summer boarder or the resident of any town on Lung Is land to buy llquur without resorting to subterfuge. The battle to make Long Island a Sahara was fought In every hamlet of Suffolk and Nassau counties. For a week, while New Yorkers have bee taking more or less notice of the proposition to have saloons opened during certain hours on Sunday, the residents of Longi Island beyond the city line have been having a war over the question of (JJ-ohlbltlon. The "wets" admit It was the best organised fight they ever huve been up against, and place the blame fur (Continued on page thnse.) LOOKS LIKE HOT FIGHT IS II HUflJN SENATE Democrats Talk of Amend ment Removing all Duty from Refined Sugar COMMITTEE AT WORK Iy Associated Pre.) j WAHH1NOTON. April 8 Indira-1 tlona jKilrit to a contest In the senate, ever the sugar schedule In the tariff j bill, not only liecause of the proposed. Tree admission of 300,000 tons an nually from the Philippines, but b-I rause certain democratic senators plan to open up the whole subject by Intro, j duclng sn amendment to remove the duty entirely irom reuueu .! i Th. rf.irtwriir rAnks witl be bro- ! Oi.n however, as aln ady the cane I sugar states have lined up v.lth the beet sugar states. Most of the big contests over tne taeisr 1. 111 Vtvo been fouaht in .h- ..mmit.,M .-.r Him hmiM' and sena'1' The sugar question Is proving diffi cult. It Is-came Known louiiy that Senator flay of Oeorgla hart pre pared an amendment to the tariff bill that strikes out all of the differential duties, the effect of which Is to admit refined sugar free. This amendment Is said to hav- the endorsement of the minority of the finance commit tee. Two sessions were held today by the sub-eommlttee on sugar, at both of which the senators from the beet sugar raising states were preeent. At tho morning session the senators from Louisiana Joined with their re publican colleagues In asking for pro tection for the sugar Industry. The matter which most alarms the Amer ican sugsr producers Is the propo sition for the admission of 00,0 gross tons annually of free Philippine sugar. This is looked upon a an entering wedge with view to setting th emonnt Increased at another time. 0NCIS1D FROM CITY LIN in P N PLUMBER BURSTS PIPEAND STARTS Kills Woman. Wounds Anoth er And Then Shuffles off This Mortal Coll BEGAN TOUR WITH PORTABLE ARSENAL Blows off His Head As the Frightened Crowd Watched on the Outside. (By Associated Prom) AUKOKAv Ills. April I.Wohn An derson, a pliiTiiber. becoming violently . insane, today armed himself With two pistols, a shot gun and three bombs and killed Wrs, John MoVkiker, Mr - rawly missed slaying her huahaud, wounded Mrs. John Ilelford, and then committed suicide, blowing hit tfead off with a shotgun. . - , ; He started out to kill the Inhabi tants of an entire square In which he' said malicious gossip concerning him - hud been circulated. .:, ; , . Anderson's mind had bsea affecitd for some time and when he appeared today with his armament of bomb and revolvers he terrorised the entire s square to which he had announced his Intention of laying waste, The bombs ' be had strapped to his body, That his already weakened mind had eom pletely given way was obvious.: Doom , were looked and barred and women ti and children fled to cellars and attic as noon as they saw the maniac walk ing along the street, scrutinising th different houses as if undecided where , to begin, ' Ills first stop was at the homo ot Mrs. John MoVlcker, probably his ol'dest and best friend. ftulh't In Her Heart. . With a pistol In each hand Ander snn began firing'.' The ' first bullet . grated- Mr, McVlckor's scalp.' Mrs. HVlckej.rfirt toward the kitchen to arote(t her tour children, who were playlnf fhPe."'Mie ttftl dwwlacrose true r threshold With ,V .bullet through, her heart. . , ' , And.rsoa then went to the home at John Hertford, a few doors distant. Anderson's resentment wa concen trated on Ilelford, whom he accused ? (though neighbors say it Was without ' a shadow of reason) of circulating slanderous stories about him. Mrs. v llelfirrd and her mother. Mrs. Amsn da Minton, eighty year old and blind, , were alone In the house. " , ' Mlserd Illlnd Woman, , 1 Anderson opened fire with one of his pistols on Mrs. Belford. On bul let Inflicted a flesh wound atid Moth er shattered her arm and she fell to the floor. Mrs, Minion,' hearing th shots rose from th couch on which she had been resting, and began grop ing her way across th room. Th j li Ln.r rui -i.r.. ------ ' --fc- (Continued on par Wtnse.) II SETS SICK AND THE STINDHSE IMS Watson Changes Views When He Finds Shoe on the Other Foot NO SINS OF PAST GO (fiy Associated Press.) Bt. Iuls. Mo., April . The tem porary indisposition of the Standard's 1 1.000 a day lawyer, Murlts Rosen thal, of Chicago, Interfered slightly with the progress of the defense this afternoon In the presentation of its reply to the government' suit to dis solve the Standard Oil company of New Jersey for alleged Bherman act violations. John O. Mllhurn, of New York, the Htandard's chief counsel, completed his opening argument com menced Tuesday afternoon, at noun. Mr Rosenthal will make his argu ment tomorrow. lawyer David T. Watson, now one of the Standard's attorneys in this ,.nw renreaenterl thti government In the "Northern Securities" csae and Is credited with having won that suit for the government. In his Interpre tation of the decision In that now oft-quoted authority, Mr. Watson In sisted that in the present case and that suit, two separate and distinct principles were Involved, and that un der no stretch of th Imagination could they be Identical. Th ecus of his argument wsa that th defend ants could not be held for their con duct of years past, and that th only" . point th court could consider was whether it was acting In restraint of commerce, engaging In unfair com petition, or doing any ot tho many other diverse things alleged on th fifteenth day of November, 1I0, th day th petition In the present eas waa Hied. ; v - ! TO CLEAN U T (Continued V bB') 'v