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THE ASHEHLEE CITIZEIST. LJl THE WEATHER FAIR ' VOL. XXV. NO. 180. ASIIEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY MORNING, APRIL !!)(). PRICE FIVE CENTS. INSANITY WILL BE DEFENSE OFFERED films LAWYER Claimed That, Ms Mind is Permanently Deranged By l tho Tragedy DOES NOt KNOW NOW THAT ANN1S IS DEAD Prosecution Maintains That Prisoner ts Sane And Was At Time of Killing. (By Aa-oelf.ted' Press.) NEW YORK. April 18. Insanity, not of the momentary and vanishing character usually invoked as a de fense for emotional crimes, but per manent and incurable, will be urged. It is stated, as a defense .In the case of Captain Peter C. Halns Jr., whose trial for the murder of William E. Annts, on the float of the BayslOe Yacht club last August begins tomor row at Flushing, Long Inland. "Captain Halns' insanity" said John F. Mclntyre, chief counsel for the de fense today, "will be made a matter of fact, not of personal opinion, no matter how expert." The Halns' lawyers contend that Captain Halns' mental condition is such that he does not know that An nls is dead. There Is a possibilltv, should the prisoner's derangement be as palpable as bis attorneys declare It to be, that the trial may be halted pending the appointment of a com mission in lunacy before which the captain would be examined. District Attorney Dewltt who will conduct the prosecution, believes the "prisoner Is in full possession of all his faculties. Just as, in his opinion, he was at the time" of the killing of An nls. i H has . intimated that Mrs. Halns would take the stand for the prosecution. Thornton Halne. who accompanied Captain- Halns- Wether. . to Bay Side and atood Vf him while the lat ter emptied his magatine revolver into Annls, will be a witness for the defense, as will the captain's father, General Peter Conover Halns. an! another brother. Major John P. Halns, Mrs. Halns, sr., the captain's mother, also will testify In behalf of her son, it la said. - - i (Continued on Pg four. FIVE THOUSAND MEN President Gomez Says "Tic Will Not Begin to Rule till Army Is Complete. OFFICERS ARE SCARCF (By Associated Pre.) HAVANA, April IS. Extraordina ry progress Is being made in the or ganization of the Cuban regular army. When fully recruited, It will number about Ei.OOO Infantry and artillery. That the president considers this as Indispensable to the maintenance of the government Is shown by nis rci erence to It as "a powerful Instrument for the preservation of peace In his recent message to congress. Privately the president is reported to have said that He will not really begin to rule until the army Is fully ready for ser vice. Already more than three-fourths of the force has been enlisted and the work of training is going on rapidly. President Gomez has authorized contracts for furnishing the infantry with the new German Mause r rifles, model of 180, and the artillery with the latest Schnelder-Canet guns made in Franca. Whil "there has been no trouble in getting; an excellent class of recruits the main difficulty has been to secure competent officers. Sons of the' first families In Cuba have applied eagerly for commissions, but many appoint ment have been made for purely polit ical reasons and hardly any have more than a rudimentary knowledge of mil itary duties. It Is Intended. In course of time, to establish a school for cadets on the model of West Point. The pay of the , army la liberal. MAT TAKE ON COKIlETT. CHICAGO. April 1- If Jack John son, heavyweight pugilistic champion of the world defeats Stanley Ttetchel InltAeir.fight.Jn October 11. he will likely be matched with James J. Cor bett, former heavyweight tllleholder, lo,a light at Sen Francisco on Thanksgiving day. ,, RUITIHOF CUBS' TO STANDARD OF TURKEY I2V POWER OF THE RED DEMON OF WILD ANARCH Feat ful Massacres of Christians Feared While Have Empire In (By Associated Press.) CONSTANTINOPLE, April 12. Confirmation has been received hers of the killing of two American mis sionaries at Adana. The murdered missionaries were Mr. Rogers and Mr. Maurer. The others connected with the missions are safe. Including Mr. Christie, who Is at Tarsus. Three French warships are hurry ing to Morslna, where the situation Is desperate. B'orelgners and many Christians have taken refuge In the consulates. Tlte local troops and the governor are doing their best to pro tect the town, but there Is great fear that It cannot hold out much longer against the Invasion of the Moslems, who are sweeping down In large num bers. The American vice-consul at Merslrva, John Debbas, has been una ble to proceed to Adana, owing to In terruption of communication. A Brit ish warship Is proceeding to Alexan dre tta, which is threatened iby the Moslems. ' . The tension at Constantinople Is great, although this afternoon there seemed' to be some prospects of a peaceful solution of the trouble. The people of the capital ore more con concerned with the advance of the 3a tonlkl troops than with the man-acre reported from various quarters. The army, which Is concentrating at Tchatalje, has promised not to en ter Constantinople, but to await there the fulfillment of Its demands. Making Terms Willi Troops., The officers of the Balonlkl army control the train service to Europo, and the service, as a consequence, is much delayed. The council of minis ters took the demands of the troops under consideration. The first of these sema to be easy of solution, provided the deputies agree to return. The second demand, however. Involving the punishment of the ring leaders, will be difficult to meet, and might cause trouble. Constantinople Is now tranquil, although the public hi ex ceedingly nervous and apprehensive. The garrison appears to be under !betteitlclpUns, and. the treopa.luwe lateen rne oam on me ioran 10 re main quiet and obey their officers. At today's sitting of the chamber of deputies. Mustapha EfTendl. the deputv for Aleppo, wns elected president. The members of the house appeared to some degree to have, recovered their assurance, and many of theme were outspoken during the enure! ofjhe do bate. Members of the deputation sent to Interview the Salonlkl troops pave JOAN OF ARC NUMBERED AMONC SAINTS OF THE AT ROME After Long Centuries Sav ior of France Receives Beatification. SOLEMN CEREMONIES (By Associated Press.) ROME, April 18. In the presence of 30.000 Krench pIlgrlmB, practically all the bishops of France, many cardi nals and descendants of the new mar tyr, the solemn ceremonies In the beatlfllotitlon of Joan of Arc were car ried out In fit. Peters today. Accord ing to the Rubric, the Pope does not attend beatifications In person, but 3i a mark of special devotion, he assist ed this afternoon at a solemn bene diction, which replaced the ceremony of the veneration of relics, none ex isting In this case. Streams of pil grims crowded the great edifice anl at half past nine o'clock myrladS of electric lights hurst .out and - the or gans thundered. The long accession of cardinals took their place. The Faslllca presented a falry-like appearance. Huge pictures, repre senting the miracles of Joan or Ar.-, and her statute were placed over the high altar, but they were veiled. At the last word of the brief the veils fell. The statute appeared framed with electric bulbs: the bells pealel forth and the massed choir Intoned the tedeum which was taken up by the vast throng. Many of the pil grims, overcome, hurst Into frantic cheers which were Immediately sup pressed. In the afternoon the ceremonial will be no less Impressive. The Holy Father paused through the ranks of kneeling (pllwrlins, 'pillowed by his court and picturesque guards to th? altar. The pope will hold a special audi ence for the pilgrims at Bt. Peters to morrow. ftneuals ixnrcr: SnCTDE. (Bv Associated Press.) PITTS BURG. Apprll 1. Mrs Eliz abeth Hiimmell. elghtv-two years old swallowed carbolic add In a glass of eggnogg todar and died. From her window she looked constantly over the Allegheny cemetery, seeing noth ing but graves, tombstone and fun erals. , . . the Young Turks State of Dread. conflicting accounts of the result ol their mission. All agreed, however. that they found the soldiers determin ed to uphold the constitution at all costs. Do Not Want War. The spokesman of the soldiers I repot ted as saying: "We are not here to promote f fratricidal war. We shall avoid ex tremu measures. Nevertheless, w have the means of entering Gonstanll no pie without tiring a shot, if neews sary. Try to restore obedience and be assured we shall remain here untr satisfied no fresh attac k will be maJt upon the constitution." The chamber sent a deputation tr the barracks to explain to the aoldleri the evil results of disobedience, Tip deputies for Aleppo and Adana dc manded Immediate . measures to re store order In the Adana district an I to punish the ring lenders of the ma acre. A motion to this effect wai adopted unanimously. According to the latest new from Adana, the missionaries do not durt to- leave the mission house. They ' suffering from lack of provision anc medicines, and have sent an appeal the military authorities for protection Adana is still burning and It is ro ported that not less than three thou sand persons are homeless at Tarsus THOUSAND MASSACPED. BEIRUT, Byrla, April 18. A terrt- hi., om-lalns has. nnCtirred Ilk Adana. Btreet fighting has""been going on for ihpu Aavm. nt leant 1.000 oersons hav ing been killed. The city has been practically destroyed by nre. Ameri can missionaries named Rogers and Maurer, the latter from Hadjin. are .luini Ail other Americans are safe. The British vice consul is among the wounded. At Tarsus there was lest loss of life. The Armenian quarter horover wns destroyed. Pour thous and refugees are housed In the Amer ican mission.. The need of relict urgent, for Shortly the fugitives will be on the verge of starvation, f Conditions -Mr .th vicinity l Ale andretta also are most serious. ' WASHINGTON NOTl MED. WASHINGTON. April 18. Th statu department today received a cablegram from Minister Lelshman; at Contsantlnoplc, stntlng that the situ atlon nt Adana was reported to b Improved. The two Americans klllec tfurxi ,ttnjm.rLnj-u-ii-n-i- ----- -- -- '-- (Continued on page four.) SECRETARY DICKINSON GOES TO PANAMA TO MAKE AN INSPECTION Expects to Spend Ten Day? in Zone Returning About Middle of May. PARTY COES WITH HIM (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, April 18. Hecre tory of War Dluklnson and his pari) who are to accompany him to i'ana ma left hire tonight for Charleston 8. C, where they will embark on thi president's yacht, Mayflower for thi Isthmus Wednesday morr.lng. Tomor row they will spend at Fortress Mon roe, reaching Charleston Monday morning, where they will do sonv KiKht-seelng before the ship leaves The secretary expects to get back ti Washington about the middle of May Mr. Dickinson's purpose Is to ac quaint himself fully with every detail of canal administration and construc tion that may be possible In the ten days he expects to spend between Col on and Panama. It is President Tafff wish that members of his cabinet shall do more or less traveling so that they may come closer SHRDLUITI' they may come In closer contact with the people, particularly where worV under their departments Is such that personal Investigation will be helpful i The personnel of the party In addl ; tlon to the secretary of war, include i Mrs. Dickinson, Oeneral J. Franklin Bell, chief of staff or the army; Mis Edna Wosley, of Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. James Ross Todd of Louisville: Dr. and Mrs. W. O. Ewlng of Nash ville. Tenn, and Lincoln Clark, con fidential clerk to the secretary of war. IRISH GOING HOME. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. April 18. "Ireland for the Irish 110 meet me at Killar- ney." With this as their slogan. th friends of the proposed "Irish home going" movement In 110 want not less thsn fifty thousand sons and daughters of Erin ' to make the pil grimage to Ireland then for an Indus- trla revival of that country. The oc casion promises to J the greatest epoch-teaklng event In ths history of Ireland. . ,. . POPE PILS X. . . If'- (' M I r , W'l -1 , A' Who Assisted at th solemn Widlo1lmi " n'e I S " 'i iis I fv ftfit4, lii'V-' 'r-f .7' JTY &i'f. V !, I f ft tit. Jf' ' COUNTRY NOW IN FOR SENATORIAL DEBATE (By Associated Preas.) WASHINGTON. AdMI 18 Th tnt- Ift debate In the senate will begin to morrow, Senator Aldrlcb, chairman of the committee on finance, will nm.n the proceeding with a general slutc- rnent In support of the bill, followed by Senator Daniel, senior democratic tenator, who Is expected to outline he democratic paslUon on the mea sure. Senator Alilrlch will evnhiln In "rl,- tull the various changes made by his committee and It Is understood will undertake to show that the bill as re ported will be ii strong revenue pro- lucer. Beniitnr Dante) and other lemocrats will tiike the oppoHltc view The democratR will tirfre an Income tax as the b h! means of incrcuHlng Ihe receipts, nil of them supporting uch a provision. Some of them alxo will streniiotiHly urge a tax on nil TREASURY AGENT DIES THE VICTIM OF PLOT Mystery Surrounds Last Message of Special Agent at Paris Who is Suicide. TAIUS. April IS. "I am the vic tim of the most diabolical plot i-n r devised to ruin -'in innocent rniin." This was the message contained In a farewell liti. r found In the effects of William K. Itniobrldge, confidential agent of the I nited Ktates treasury department In charge of Its l:um customs bureau who committed sui cide yesterday. Mr. Balnbridtte's colleagues at th American consulate are not able t i throw any HkM 'n thie tragic wi.r N. The Amerii in 'onsul-aen. Frank llT Mason, contini.'es, tt believe tht Mr. Balnbrldge for whom he had lb highest regard, had become Insan". IFATR WASHINGTON". April 18. Fore, cast for North Carolina: Fair Monday-; Tuesday partly cloudy, possibly hewers In west noition; somewhat cooler in the Interior; light moderate smith wins, becoming northwest Tues 7 day, M Jf sMs ( ( ,,,.,, beatification Today. dealings In futures. They will have the support of some republicans, none ; of (hem being members of the com j inllti-e on finance, as the latter hold j that with greater economy and Improv led business conditions, the bill will ! Inmire sufficient revenue, j There will not be In the senate, as In the house, any sharp dividing line ! between general debate, and the dls ; cuiwlon of amendments to the sched- tiles. K It Is found necessary, there ' will be a lengthening of dully sessions. ! The democrats profess Hs great anxie ty ns the republicans for the early dis position of the measure. Among the democrats who will speak on the bill are Henators llalley, Hucon, Itank K,.a.t elm- fi,ir Johnston. Money, Newlunils, ituyner and Hinlth of Houthl Carolina. RECTOR OE OLD TRINITY DENIES THE REPORTS Recent ArticlcH on ItH Mis use of Wealth Without Foundation in Fact. NKW YOIIK. April Is In a reply l the recent public criticisms of Trinity church, Its Administration of Its tenement property and Its suppos ed Int' nllon to abandon Ht. John's chapel for the purpose of erecting ineome-le arinc Imprnvemi-nts on the site, the Itev Dr. William T. Man ning, rector of Trinity, made a de tailed reply In a sermon at the Moth er church today. The rector announce. 1 that Trinity would transfer the communicants of 8t. Johns to St. Lukes, and establish In KU Johns evangelistic work aimed especially at the welfare of the work ers In the. shops and warehouses of that district. Dr. Manning denied that sny of Trinity's dwelling house property was rented to Immoral tenants and assur ed them that the sanitary condition of such property would compare fav orably with any property In the city. Incidentally, the rector annodnced i hni inaieml of being a "rich man's church" Trinity was going more and more Into the work for the poor. OIL MAGNATK !ltOWNKI. Ml. Aiworlats! Prena.) HONOLULU. Aprlf Is. John fhansler. an oil magnate of Los An geles. was drowned today while bath Ing in ths surf at Wslklkl beach. PITIFUL REPORTS OF CONDITION OF THER1JSS1AN JEWS Have To Wrap Babies In Newspapers for Want of Better Clothing FIGHTING FOR RIGHTS UNDER LASH AND KNOUT Special Taxes Levied Upon Members of Race For Almost Everything. (Ily Associated Press,) WASIHNUTON, April IS. One wtHKlen spoon sufficing for entire fam ilies, newly born children clad only In newspapers, and the levy of taxes even on chickens killed after the Jew mnde public today. The report Is from Spencer V. Bddy. A special feature of the report Is the reference to the extreme poverty In the Agra rian colonies established for the Jews. "One wooden spoon has to sufflee fur an entire family." says Mr. Kddy, "as the cost for each member of the fam ily cannot be borne: and yet a wood en apoon can bo bought for one and ons-half cents. There la lying in ti hospital supported by charity In Kt. Peterstnirir Itself, where It Is a com mon occurrenc for women to wrap up their newly born children In news papers whn leaving the hospital for their home, almply because they can not afford to buy even a piece of flan nel doth suitable for the purpose," Special taxes are paid by the Jews apart from the taxes common to all subject. Oeneral taxea are assessed an all animals killed for foot). 'Th Jewa are not taking ths 111 treatment and oppression with pence and resignation," says Mr, Kddy. "During the past twenty year their opposition, while unorganised and misdirected, has none ths less been so strong and so unquenchable that neither prison mt bodily Buffering. nor 'the whips of the Cossacks, nor transportation it , the farther limit of Hlberla, nor ?vn tha death penalty has been able to keen them quiet. It seema Just to hops that the near fu tur will bring the sams betterment of conditions to Jews as It bids fair to bring to the Russian people gener ally." DAUGHTERS ELATED OVER THEIR ELECTION WASHINGTON, April H. The eighteenth continental congress of tha Daughters of the American Revolt! tlon will convene here tomorrow and last throughout the week. Tha main Interest will center In the election of a president-general to succeed Mrs. Donald McLean. The organisation Is stirred up as never before over this proposition. The so-called n.l minis tration candidate Is Mis. Matthew T. Bcolt, of Illinois, the antl-admlnlstra- tlon candidate, Mrs. William Cum- rnlngs Htory, of New York. The contest already has assumed a lively turn. WILL GIVE CONGRESS PRACTICAL OF FLIC AIRSHIPS So that Rural Mcmlx-rn Mav llo Induced to eminent to Appropriation. KKlNAIi COUPS TO FLY (Ry AvHM'tatrcl Pros.) WAHHINOTON. April 18. Mem bers of congress are to tw- given a prtK-tleiil demonstration of the pro gress that has been msy In aerial flight and of Its possibilities In war-fur'-. The signal corps. In making an Htly start In Its trials at Kort Myer has In view the opportunity which these tests will offer to Impress the notions! Ihw makers with th- necessi ty for appropriating suffli li nt money with which the aerniiutleul division may make a beginning toward the es tablishment of an aerial navy. France, Germany. Russia, Itnly and other countries of Europe have kept abresst f the times by obtaining the latest equipment for aerls! flight, while the 'hlted Btati's lias bjt one small diri gible and only two free balloons of any practical value. Orvlllc Wright, who has announcsd his intention of completing th trials at Kort Myer In spite of the fact that he has Just fully recovered from the serious Injury whlrh he suffered In the accident to his machine last Sep tember has whllJ, In Europe construct ed a new motor ntended to material ly increase the speed of the Wright machines. The Ilerrlng-Curtlsa aero plane Is not expected to offer any ma terially new feature aa to th carry ing surfac. being. It la understood, similar to the "Junsmig" and othsr machines of the Aero Experiment as sociation. Ths motor, however, If successful, will he a msrvel of tight construction and durability. . E CHIEFSJS AT END Cabinet Members Must Not Let Subordinates Reign In Departments PASSING OF WILEY. PINCHOT AND MOORE Roosevelt Favorites Find Their Wings Clipped And They Soar Near to Earth. (IVy Klwfcion ft, Cllna.) . . . WA8HINOTON, April li. Mem- , bers of th cabinet mutt run their respective departments, not delegate , their powers to . subordinate, la tha edict which has ton forth from th whits house. This mesna that tha reign of the bureau chief la at nd, ills fall was accompanied, by that thunderous, crashing , aula yott ' no doubt hava heard, for varlly th bureau "chief was a mighty- man la hla day. Possibly not as a rule,' but" certain ly In a large par cantata of cases ha was mors aristocratic and exclusive than tha head tot hla departmsnt, an often harder to than tha preal dent himself. H la- rule ovsr hla bu reau wns autocracy personlflsd. Short shift was mad ot tha tindsrllng who dared question hla mandates, for tha chief had and the underling had not tha esr of th man higher vp. When thera was pending In eongrea a mess- -urs affecting hla particular bureau, the chief went to th capltol and lob -bled for or against It, accordingly hla Interest lay, and tt not Infra (juantly tiappened that the head of a department advocated on thing and the head bf a bureau within hla da prtmnt advocated annther. 1 r Ant fttty Tyranta. ', i The bureru chief's power had been ' a thing of grant growth through many yar.' A mnn ,jeomiru,.XKrL private lir to assum chntss of a cabinet portfolio found th chief Of tha bu reaus already Installed. Many of them had been in th department all their ' live and they knew ths rope from A to Z. Tha mw, minister had to look to them for information regard ing th department, and he got only ' such Information ea the ahlafe daemad twst that he should hay, x It wa nm surprising, wjio ne cuiei wns th only one having free acoess to tnr neaa of tne aepuriment, mat tnay s should be abl to mouId hi vlw i much after their own. , ,j . , Mor than on man coming fresh to th cabinet from signal success in private Ufa has struggled valiantly s against th msshst of what ha fait . to be an entangling net, but In moat cases the struggle have been vain. Mors than one sudden and unexplain ed resignation from the cabinet- wad i th result of discus at tha raalanlna member Inability to correct What he knew to be an evil syatanV (f'Oitifmied on page four.) SURPRISES WIFE WITH . PARLOR OF U Played llvm on Wife Wlom lie Had Suspected of Infidelity. ' BROTHER INFORMED ( By , Associated Pre.) AlTOONA, PA., April HI. Edward Russell, aged twenty.slx was shot late last night by J. E. Craig, who sur prised Mussel and Mrs, Craig together In the lutter's home In this city. Rue sell died In the hospital today. Craig, who Is twenty-five year of ag. la a locomotive fireman In the Pennsyl vania railroad yard here. Tor some time he has suspected his wife, th Information coming from hi brother who boards with th couple. Lest night the husband wajtt to work a usual, but at o'clock returned and rinding his wife had gone out, hid la . an upper room. About midnight Mr Craig returned home, accompanied by Russell and another young man and woman. Mrs. Craig pu nor three years-old daughter to bed and then Joined her companions In 'the parlor. A fw minutes later Craig ellppag down the stairs and hearing voice H the unllghted parlor, went In and found Russell In Mrs. Craig'a com pany. After Craig had shot Russell h sent bl brother for a physician ' and remained with th Injured man until th police and ambulance ar rived. Ha was then arrested. .: about seven year ago. He was mar ried four years g to I'ose Stttbel, ot Ellmra, N. Y. " , AUTOCRATIC RUL ON PETTY BUREAU
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