THE
E CITIZEN1.
Associated Press
Leased Wire Reports.
VOL. XXV. NO. 197.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 5, 1909.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
LANDSLIDE FOR DEMOCRACY
EXPRESSES CONFIDENCE IN
After The Cyclone.
F
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TRADE WDMEN FOR
THE CITY ADMINISTRATION
IENDSSLAY
BUM
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SES MO GUNS
Atlzchs From Heterogeneous Mass of Opposition Are Indignantly Re
ecfef By Regular Avalanche of Aroused Democratic Work
ers Who Voted From Early Morn Until Sunset
EffuE PARTY
ELECTED BY
Uzjonllzs Range From
Average Democratic Majority of 589.
leaders And Workers Celebrate
Their Victory,
ALDERMEN.
AT LARGE
WARD t.
PRECINCTS
'S a -
go-
First
Second v,, . . . . .
Third .v,....
Fourth , ..
Fifth ,i'
- 11
1S
tJ
176
' 161
1188
7
T
98
93
131
90
668
170
93
.183
236
132
1
980
;? Total
C Fltxpotrlck' majority (30; Patterson'!
743; Jtane majority 409
Vint . .
becoftd
Third .
Sixth . .
Totala
" ' '.' Pulloe Jn. Collector f TrwwinT
7 7 I . I
i5 M i i ll 1 il J
i ....... 1 L) H . 1 W : JftBJ?fl J B-1 M B I
....'..!...' 182 1 7 1 216 62 189 82
....... 108 J 71 134 45 I U I 33
' 189 13J j 274 I 62 243 92
r.. I 22S 128 303 j ? I 286 -j 84
' 1 . 128 147 176 L HO I t sl
j)....,;, 171 138 243 71 - 224 I 90
J ' ... 1004 704 1344 I 407 1 1209 642
CockeJ majority 80S;" Bartletf majority 937; Erwln'a majority 667.
TOTAL VOTE FOR AUDITORIUM 1480
TOTAL VOTE FOR ADVERTISING TAX 1440
By a record breaking victory Ashe
vllle dmocrfccy yesterday triumphed
over the republican in the munici
pal eonteat, Winning: by majoritlea
which rmrHred f rom 303 to 937 and
completely vindicating; the preaent
city; administration from the attacks
mad o It.
The aver&ge majority waa 689, a
larger on than that two years ago.
The contest while lacking any
features Of VoUble yesterday was
characterised 'by the aharpcst interest
know fwrs In years. In fact some
FOUn LOSE THEIR LIVES
IHSttm-ISIPTS
Barges hrxA Shipping Suffer
ed Great Damage in the
Wkst Oale in Years.
, By Aoctatd Press.)
NptP HAVEN, Conn.. May 4.
Driving with terrific force owr the
Upper Waters Of Long Island Sound
and along part of the Connecticut
shore, one ot ttie most severe storms
experienced In several years claimed
a toll of four lives during last nicht.
sent four bargee to the bnt'om of the
sound off Bratrford. cast one ashore
In that vicinity, and plied three oth
ers on toe rocks off Faulkner's Island.
The. persons drowned were Captain
Marshall A- Percy of the barge Sus
qtwhanna; ble Wife, eleven year old
on. and a deck hand whose name
has not beep learned.
The togs Resolute and Hokendau
qna left New Haven yesterday with
their tows, coal Uden for Providence.
They had barely . gotton outs! the
harbor .when they encountered the
gale. When off Branford the haw
ers parted and their tows went
adrift, four ot the bargee later sink
ing and one going ashore. The re
mainder of the tows were hter re
covered and brought back to K?w
Haven. ' m . .
i, The tug Charles B. Sanford, bound
east .with a string "of barges, laden
with coal, felt the full force of the
storm wtien off Faulkner's Wand.
Poor ( the barges broke away. Urer
ot them being driven on tho rocks.
The fourth drifts about the sound
tor several hoars until found and
tewed here today by the tug Bultay.
whlch aunipund the body -t a-
TICKET IS
LARGE FIGURES
303 to 937, Giving
VAKI 4. WARD O.
4 s Si 5-3
3a 6 5c. fcfi 3 a
bb I aa I I hi eg ,.,
96 201 68 184 26
30 126 I 64 I 114 C6
138 239 j 93 j 242 92
118 289 j 80 271 99 '
130 176 j 106 149 134
.120 216 j 98 220 9
0T0 1246 497 1180 671
majority 210;
Hardin' majority
claim it was the most notable since
the memorable fight between W. J.
Cocke and H. 8. Hark Ins years ago,
and a great crowd gathered around
the polls and on the streets at night.
Ashevllle democracy was aroused by
the Incidents in the last few days of a
campaign which had lapsed Into quie
tude since the sensational withdrawal
of the original republican nominee for
mayor and had on "Its fighting
cloths."
It waa recognized that party lines
had been drawn on the democrats and
MOTHER'S TEARS GIVEN
FOR SDN'S FREEDOM
Mrs. Hains on Witness
Stand Breaks Down and
Weeps Bitterly.
By Associated Press.)
FLUSHING. N. T., May 4. Mrs.
Virginia Jenkins Halns. mother of
the defendant, conclude! h-;r testi
mony this afternoon aft.v a trying
and pathetle ordeal In an effort to
save her son, Peter G. Hains. Jr , on
trial for the murder of WIHiain K.
Annls. Now that father, mother and
two brothers of Captain Hain hav
testified, the trial will soon reacn the
"alienist stage." The defense has
but two more lay witnesses to exam
lng snd as thla will e done tomorrow
the five alienists retained to thow
that the youngiarmy officer Is Insane
vrlll- probably testify on Thursday.
Feeble snd on the verge of nervoj
collapse the testimony of Mrs. Halns.
who la sixty-nine years old, her ref
erences to "her boy." and her plead
ing to be allowed to tell "everything
ahe knew"' made the most dramatic
Incident of the trial so far. She
broke down and sobbed convulsively
throughout her direct examination by
John F, Mclntyre, chief counsel for
the defense, and when District At
torney ' DewlU. suited his cross-examination
the strain proved too
much. She sank mto the witness
chair and, covering her face with her
handkerchief, sobbed toitterly. At
this point Mr. Dewltt promptly an
nounced that he had. concluded -Cross
examination- and th old lady was
taken fsdm1 thfr'ctfurf rdotti. u, ,
FOB MAYOR.
Precinct Campbell' Brown
Dem. Rep.
First .. .' 18
Second Ill 6
Third ilt 110
Fourth IV 101
Fifth 141
Uth .'. 1S in
Toteli 1,117 1? .
Campbell majority, 600,
by their party most energetic efforts
were put forth by the workers and
party members to present a solid
front The effort waa a moat notable
access and one which will long be
remembered. The vote for the can.
did&tes of the two parties Is taken
to Indicate relative strengths, because
although some democrats scratched
soma of the men on their ticket or
voted (or the opposition candidates,
soma republicans did so also, though
there were not so many of these. . -
Auditorium and Ashevllle.
And with the democratic victory
went the success of the Auditorium
and "Ashevllle Development" meas
ures, these receiving a majority of
the registered vote It will be found
when the registration books are purg
ed of the names of unqualified voters
by the canvassing board which will
meet today noon In the mayor's of
fice. There are about 3,800 names on
the books trot several hundred of
these do not represent qualified voters.
The day at the polls was marked
by intense Interest from the time
they opened at eight o'clock In the
morning until they closed at J.19 In
the evening, and by the most arnica'
ble relations between the rival work
ers who were spurred to eager efforts
In the forenoon by reports of ex
tensive "scratching" of democratic
ballots In three precincts and the vot
ing .of the "hybrid ballots" which
showed the names ot most or the
democratic candidates but carried' tor
names' of the republican opponents to
P. C. Cocke for police judge, W. R.
Patterson for alderman from the sec
ond ward and Mayor Campbell.
Shortly after noon however, most of
thla character of vote seemed to be In
and then the republicans lost heart
and the question became one of dem
ocratic majorities.
Burprtiring Majorities.
The heavy democratic majorities
surprised many of the most optimis
tic and there was great jubilation by
a big crowd at police headquarter
last night when the returns from the
precincts piled up the majorities. The
second precinct was the first to re
port and in a satisfactory way but It
remained for the first precinct re
turn to stagger the few republicans
present, the democratic candidate
sweeping the precinct by majorities
unexpectedly large, of a largeness Joy
provoking because some democrats
had feared up to a few days ago that
they would have to work hard to get
any majority there. The fourth
which by the way. came In early with
Its report, showed In old time form
(Continued on page five.)
PEACE CONGRESS TAKES
UP PLANSJOR FUTURE
Various Classes Profession
al Men Advocate World
Peace in Addresses.
CHICAGO, May 4. Having viewed
the present aspect of the neavs move
ment fram various standpoint. In
cluding those of the politician, th
business man and the educator, dele
gates to the second national peaci
congress tonight considered plans for
the future. At Orchestra hall. Pr-s-Ident
David ritarr Jordan of Islanf
Stanford, jr.. university, prisliled ovei
oratorical efforts Illuminating, "Next
Steps In Peace Making."
In the Fine Arts bulM'nr Presi
dent John S. Nolien of lMka Fire
university wielded the gav-!l over
special session devoted to the retailor
of schools and colleges to the peace
movement. At this meeting Hamil
ton Holt drew a verbal picture ol
The Federation of' the World" an-?
Illustrated his -points wlth( stercoptt
csn views.
At Orchestra hall, EdwH Glnn !
Boston outlined a systematic cam
paign of education for peace, for In
education the militant p-aee maker)
base their hopes on universal abol
ishment of war.
Edwin D. Mead of Boston discussed
"The Arrest In Competitive Arming
In Fidelity to The Hague Movement,"
and Congressman Richard Bartholin
of Missouri, among other things, re
ferred with sarcastic emphasis to the
Inconsistency of a race of people that
Insisted that the Individual shojl.l
settle his differences by peaceful
his differences by peaceful I
in -the eoarta. while nations I
means
wese -teftito: refer their dw fe-dtt-1
ble,tpeisrt!nt
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HOLD CITY- ELECTIONS
Will YI1US RESULTS
Hendersonvilli Elects Re-
publican Mayor and one
Democratic Alderman.
RESULTS ELSEWHERE
(Special to flic Cttiaen.)
HEJyDERSONVILLE, N. C. May 4.
The republicans carried Henderson-
villa at today's election try1 the, nar
row margin of 17 majority lor their
nominee for mayor, and the demo
crats auoeeeded la eleottngr on Alder
man by a, Majority of tw votes. The
election was hotly contested and
full vote Was polled.
For mayor, R. H. tKaton, republi
can, won over Michael Bohenck pres
ent incumbent, by a majority of 17.
A. W, Mclntyre and J. C. Davis, re
publican candidates . for .aldermen,
were elected by praotloally the same
majorities, and J. McRhodi-s, demo
crat, pulled through by majority of
two votes. ....
The democrats have been In undis
turbed control of the city for so
long that considerable dissatisfaction
had grown up with the party man
agement. . RTJTHERFOItnTON BONDS.
(Special to Ttio Citizen.) ,
RUTHERFortDTON, N. C, May 4.
Bonds to the amount of ten thous
and dollars for the construction and
equipment of a modern graded school
building were carried by ninety ma
jority in the election held In Ruth
erfordton today.
RE8CIT AT MtftUMIV.
(Special to The Cltlara.)
MURPHY, N. C, May 4. The
town election today went off very
quietly but more interest was taken
In this election than In any former
municipal election here. The new
ticket defeated the old board of town
commissioners by good majorities
electing for mayor P. B. Nelson, for
aldermen, Ben Posey, Jno. K. Fain,
P. C. Hyatt. N. Z. Ieweeee, W. M. Ax
ley and W. H. Griffith. The old
board had made some progressive
steps among thum letting waterworks
contracts, but on the other hand had
made some mistakes which they could
not overcome, one of which was some
months ago without any good cause
requesting the mayor who was elected
with them to resign, but he refused
to do so and their term of office will
expire with his. Mayor Hill will ad
minister oath of office to the newly
elected board tomorrow.
HOT SPRINGS ELECTION.
(Special lo The Cltlun )
HOT SPRINUH. May 4. In the
election here today, wherein capital
vs. labor was the Issue, the labor
ticket won over the capital ticket In
the municipal election by a vote of
two to one In favor of labor. The
capital ticket was headed by N. J.
Lance, former postmaster at Hot
8prlngs, for mayor, with 3. F. Ooren
flo, D. A. Robinson and J. N. Gen
try for commissioners. The labor
ticket was headed by Plato D. Ebbs, s
member of the Hot Springs Supply
Continued on page four.)
.WASHINGTON. May 4 Forecast
for North Carolina: Showers and
warmer Wednesdstr
Thursday;
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I moderate j southerly winds.
IIS
SHOWER&
PROSECUTION AGREES
TO ACQUITTAL Of
TUBPENIETRUSB1
Defense Will Ask Court to
Rule That Government
Failed to Prove Case.
CHARGE OF THEFT
(By Associated Press.)
BAVANNAH. Ga.. May 4. Prefied
lng the announcement that the pros
ecution rested Its case In chief at the
close of -. today's session of the i
called naval stores "trust" oase, events
of Importance In .the rlai. eame In
quick succession.""., The -vroeesutiee
through Assistant District Attorney
Akerman announced that a case had
not been made out aganst Charles J.
Deloach, secretary of the American
Naval Stores company and asked that
a verdict or not guilty oe returneu
Ip his case.
The examination of W. F. Coach
man of Jacksonville, Flu., president of
the Consolidated Naval Stores com
pany, prevod of unusual interest
apart from the fact that the morning
session ended abruptly because It was
announced that ho had become
suddenly III, and that at the after
noon session he was assisted as he
walked to the witness stand.
As to the other defendants after
announcing the close of the opening
battle, Attorney Akorman stated he
believed a case had been made out
Judge Kheppard dec-lured a recess un
til tomorrow w hen It Is expected that
the defense will ask for the direction
of a verdict as to all the defendants.
Mr. Coachman denied turning over
to Senator Taliaferro of Florida, some
Utters which the defense contends
were taken from the third story of
the building at Bit Magazine strset.
New Orleans, without their owner's
consent. He stated however, that he
was aware these letters got Into the
hands of Senator Taliaferro anil
were used by him In congress. The
letters In question were roferred to by
special agent J. F. Martin as "or
phans" and It was stated that while
he was In search of evidence against
the defendants these letters were ta
ken from a room In the New Or
leans building referred to. It was
claimed they were written nineteen
years ago.
Mr. Coachman told of a confer
ence he said he had with Mr. Board
man in New York early In 10. He
discussed with him he said a clause
referring to storage charges In the
contract between the two companies,
the consolidated and American. He
stated he told Mr. Boardman he did
not think ils company would con
tinue to pay storage charges for re
ceipts that never went near the de
fendants' yards.
HLAVIN KNOCKED Off.
SAVANNAH, Oa., May 4. Wllh a
smashing right to the Jaw, Oiuk Mil
ler of New York tonight knocked out
1Mb Slavln of California In the ninth
round. They were scheduled for fif
teen rounds. Salvln's eagerness tore
down the ropes but when Miller's
punch reachecj him. he fell U th
floor badly hurt. The men wcighe-l
IH pounds.
ACKD WOMAN 8UCIPE.
NOI;FOLK. Va.. May. 4. Mrs.
Sarah Nash, aged sixty years, a mem
ber of one of the most prominent
families here, presumably despondent
over Ill-health, shot herself through
the head with suicidal Intent at the
home of her son today. Her cook dis
covered her lying unconscious in a
pool of blood. Physicians say her re
covery Is impossible.
WO.MAMS CONFIRMED.
WASHINGTON, May 4. The sen
ate today cos Armed the nomination ef
James Thomas Williams Jr.. of. South
Carolina, (to be civil service eommts-j
loner.. " v .
OOLLIVER ARGUES LIKE
.OLD TlfUUOCRATS
SEN. ALORICH DECLARES
Denies that Tariff Schedules
Were Prepared by Em
ployees of Custom House.
BORAH ON INCOME TAX
(By Associated Prase.)
WASHINGTON, My 4. Notable
speeches provoking debate of Intense
Interest characterised , ths aessla of
tha senate today. Benator .DnUlver,
of sswa, eaaaa aa attack pa the
method Jinder which proteotlyd ,Ur.
iff ibltls are formed-and engaged In
constant exchange of word witn Ben
ator Aldrlc), who waa a careful Hot-
oner to the addres of the Iowa oaa.
tor. OA the democratic side senators
remained mute, no member of the
minority Interposing a word . in th
controversy over the tariff, -which oc-
upled the republican senators alone.
When Mr. Dolllver declared, a ho
said, upon the authority of Mr. At
drlch. that the schedule of thi pend
lng bill were made byvofflcers of the
New York custom house and not by
the committee on finance, Mr. Al
drkh promptly denied that he had
made a statement orj which such Bu
assertion could be made.
When Mr. Dolllwr reiterated his
statement Mr. Aldrlch aga'.t protest
ed against what he declared was ' ab
solutely false." Still declsrlnj that
ths senator from Rhode Island naa
said that the officials had written
the schedule, Mr. Aldrlch a third time
arose to protest, tie explained m
what he had said was that thosr
officers, experts of the government,
had been entrusted with the duty it
calculating the amount of the spe
cific duties Imposed In place of ;he
ad valorem rates, but that he had
turned over to them the making Pi
rhe duties he denied.
After Mr. Dolllver had critlctsel
the practice of applying t)J wool
tariff to articles of clothing that have
In them a trace of wool Mr, Aldrlch
Interposed to say he wished to Intro
duce in the records remarks by the
late Senator Jones, of Arkansas, and
Vest of Missouri, both democrats, on
precisely the same line.
"The statement the senator Is now
making." said Mr. Aldrlch, could
have been read word by word from
speeches of Senators Jones and Vest
and they would have produced the
same effect."
For Income Tax.
Continuing his speech on the In
come tax amendment. Senator Horah
of Idaho again referred to the legal
status of the Pollock case In which
the Supreme court, of the llnit'id
States decided that the tax not
constitutional, qvm1iatt!ng (th" Id"
that the constitution's framers dl 1
not know what were direct taxes. He
believed that they had In mind a
definite Idea of the nature of ueh
taxes which did not apply to s jch a
tax as was proposed on Incomes.
Mr. Borsh contended tha. the piln
clple of the Income Ux applies to
the Inheritance tax which Is either
a tax on real estate or on th right
to take real estate. If one was un
constitutional, the other was equally
so.
Senator Root of New Turk follow
ed Mr. Horah. He submitted im.
statistics to show the extent to which
the wealth of the country U now
taxed by states, counties snd munic
ipalities. "Is It not a fact" sold Mr. Root,
"that in this republic property does
not bear a very great proportion ol
the burden of taxation." Ho gave
figure to show that the ad valorem
taxes levied upon that property r at
th rate of about three-quarter of one
aper cent,- wtilch. he Mid, would.
equivalent to an' Income ef nneea
per cent throughout tha country.
Inhuman Barbarity iof Turk
ish AtrodUos Almost Un
believable In Til's Ago
VICTIMS MAY REACH
(FIFTY THOUSAND
Soldiers Burning And Looting.
Throw Keroseno on Flames
To sfftod Thorn. ;
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(By Asaeci'tc4 Pre.)
TARBUB. Aslatio' Turkey, April M.
via Constantinople, May , 4. Authen
tic detail of th atrocities Commit
ted by th fanatical Mohammedan
In the village and farms In thla dis
trict are now coming In to Tariim
with sickening abundanc. , h wont
particular of those .narrative taa
not be mentioned, but they Bra get ;,
forth without doutM Ihst 1M0 per
sona lost their live In thi provtnee,
and soma estimate plao tka , total
casualty at IJ.OOO. VillagM ' Ilka
Oamanleh, Baiacti. Hmdlh, Kara) ',
KrlstlsB. Keoy and Kasolook were o- ,
tualiy wiped out ' Sack of the flr
or had population of front- flv
hundred to alx hundred peapl. ' la
on town of 4,eo peopl there ar
lees than on Hundred left, atarly
all women and . children, Sntlr '
ramtilles Nvr burned to death Id
their homes, , Hundred of girl and ,
women were maltreated: and carried
off to the harem. ' Th correspondsnt
wa Informed that fin onplac a
party of on hundred Armenian nr -rendered
to th totdlara , Th ptl
oners -were taken t ' an open HI4
wher ' tha woman were ordered t
tattdf apart' fram tha nn. - Hverf '
ana of th men w ahot, . i- :
. Tn Turk around Trn r f
day teadlag Armenia -girl mon
each other for her and modern r
peailng rifle, - t 4 V?"
arnix woTtJfcr.tJf adawa.
ADANA, Asiatic Turkey, Monday,'
May I. via Larnaca, Cyprus. May , :
Adana to tllt tawloa Mor peopl
were killed in th city ytrday.
There ar 10.000 dead ln Adana
province 'a a result of the massa
ores, and 10.000 homele and aunt'
br of refugee ar wanJerlng In th '
vilayet. The death In Adana eliy '
alone are estimated at 1.100,
Adana I terrorised by 4,000 sol'
dlers, who are looting-, hootlng nd
burning. No respect 1 paid to foreign
properties. Both th French ohol -have
been destroyed and it I leafed :
that the American school, co miner
otal and mltslonary Interest la Adana ,
are totally ruined, ' f '- . i;
The new vail ha not a rn In
spired ronfidsnee. Thar I reason to
believe that th authorltlee still In- ,
tend to permit th extermination of
all Christiana Th troop here art
making a pretense of throwing water
on th flame! Instead of water they
use kerosene, and ar thug purposely
adding to the conflagration. -
Apprehension I fslt bar regarding
th American missionary station at
Hadjln and Trua
All letters and tslegram sent ont
through Turkish channel gr en
ored, - -. '.-
JUDGE PHILLIPS HOT TO :
ASK All INiESTIGATIOd
t
Railroad Attorneys' Rush to
His Defense with Letters
and Telegrams. '
(By Asjtrwlated Pre.) '
K A NBAS CITY. Mo., Uy 4 JTudg
John V. Phillip of th United (Hate
Circuit court of this ally, who of
ficial conduct together with that of
Judge Hmlth McPhrOft of Red Oak,
Iowa, waa criticised In a resolution
Introduced in the hops of represen
tatives by Congressman Murphy of
Missouri, today decided hot to ask for
a congressional Investigation of the
charges.
Attorney Frank Hagerman, leading
counsel of the railroad la Missouri
rate litigation, sent a telegram to
Attorney General Wlctsraham at
Washington, saying that Representa
tive Murphy resolution Is an outra
geous Issue of misrepresentation.
AT. LOITI8. May . Judg Smith'
Mcpherson issued a long statemat
here today reviewing hi work In tha
Missouri rate cases and defending th
course taken by him In those r!l
He asserted hi wllllngnesa to under
go a congressional Inveatlgstloa "tf
any on member of congress aside .
from Mr. Murphy think thr should
be such a commute." and added , ,v
that the Missouri congressman hai,,,. ,(
dona Judge Phillip "great wrong.; 1'.,.i
as tha latter had "practically "noth
ing to da with the Missouri rata -cae
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