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E CITIZEN. Associated Press Leased Wire Reports. ASIIEVILLE, N.C., WEDNESDAY MOKXIXd, MAY 12, 1!K)!). VOL. XXV, NO. 204. PKICE FIVE CENTS. But it Was a Lemon. L T RETAIL DEALERS GET ALL PROFITS ANOTHER STRIKE IVIOinLIDLUDI ROYAL ARGHUKE L EMPLOYES CALLED THE AS THE WEATHER: "C" FAIR ' ' ' niiuip iinninr AUNCH CARRIES ULAI OFFRENGH POSTA TWENTY DOWN TO OFTHEHAPSBURBS SENATORS INSIST Mechanic Working For $15 Per Week May Be "The Lost John Orth" ROMANCE IN LIFE AN HEIR TO THRONE Married Opera Singer Four teen Years Ago And Re nounced His Rights (By Assoxiated Tress.) CHICAGO. May 11 The Journal today devotes Its entire front page to the elaboration of the unequivocal statement that It has di8covered "the lost John Orth," otherwise Archduke Johann Sulvator, of Austria, prince of the house of Hapsburg. who disap peared nineteen years ago after mar rying Laudmllllo Stubel, opera singer, The Journal story says "John Orth" was discovered at Palnesvllle, Ohi.i, working as a machinist at $15 a week. Previously he had followed this oc cupation at Grand Rapids, Mich., and Cleveland, Ohio. Hta reason for mak ing his Identity known at this time, Th--Journal states, was due to his advancing age and his desire that he might be burled In Austria. WASHINGTON, May 11. Unusual In terest was manifested at the Austria Hungarian embassy In this city ta day over the report from Chicago that Archduke Johann Salyator of Austria, prince of the house of Hapsburg, who renounced his rights nearly twenty years ago, had been discovered work ing aa a machinist at Plalnesville, Ohio. It was pointed out in a recent cir cular from Vienna to the embassies, legations and cons ates that repeated attempts have been made of late In different parts of the world by some person or persona to Impose upon the Ignorance and credulity of uninformed people. by pretending to .hive been connected with the court of Vienna. The first attempt was made In Ar gentine Republic. On account of the Margarita on which Archduke Jo hann Salvltor Is supposed to have been a passenger when the ship went to the Ixittom of the sea during a Btorm off the coast of Chill, the Im poater reaped a profitable harvest. A man with a similar story was next hoard from In France. 'Continued on paire four.) 1 ATTACK PENAL CLAUSE OE SHERMAN L iT Wealthy Turpentine Men Who Were Convicted Will Make Stubborn Fight. NOT SENTENCED YET (By Associated Press.) SAVANNAH, Ga., May 11 The so called turpentine "trust" case In which a verdict of -guilty was render ed last night against live officers of the American Naval Stores company In the United States court will without doubt, find Its way to tb Supreme court of the United States. It was stated that in this case, for the first time, were the penal provisions of the Sherman anti-trust law attacked and this question will probably be passed upon by the Supreme court in the na val stores ease. Judge Sheppard did not pass sen-j tence upon the five men found gull- ty, this morning and It will probably j be Saturday before ho does pronounce j sentence. This will be the last day of the present term of court. Tho five convicted men are under' bond. It is expected that the motion for a new trial or for an arrest of Judg ment will be made when sentence Is pronounced. Barring the granting of a new trial Hie appeal will without doubt be taken. Tho court room was crowded by those who wished to hear the sen tence pronounced today, but none of the defendants was in court, having been notified of the postponement. It is stated that-therc may be two grounds In the main tor an appeal. The attack upon the penal provis ions of the Sherman law, and then upon the evidence Itself, providing the law is upheld. The'convicted men lire among the wealthiest In Savannah, and the nensattlon eansed bv the. ver dict of guilty la great Poor Manufacturer fiets Only Smallest Returns From Capital Invested TILLMAN HAS "INFANT" IN SOUTH CAROLINA And Wants That Infant Indus try Protected Even If It Taxes Breakfast table (By Associated Prens.) WASHINGTON, May 11. Consid eration of the tariff bill was resumed In the senate today. On motion of Mr. Aldrk-h the section relating to soap was amended so as to plac a duty of lifty per cent, ad valorem on perfumed soap. The house provision on sulphur was further amended so as to place crude sulphur on the free list and to provide for a duty of i a ton on refined sulphur. The sched ule relating to mica w,as passed over. Speaking In favor of a reduction of the duties on stono and earthenware as a means of giving the people gen erally cheaper goods of that kind Mr. Bacon offered an amendment reduc ing the rate from sixty to thirty five per cent, ad valorem. " Mr. Ha con'i. amendment was defeated by a vote of 25 to 64, Senator La Follette being the only republican who voted In tho affirmative with the demo crats. Retailer Get Prodis. Mr. Scott exhibited various pi,eoes of glassware, giving their wholesale and retail prices, which showed a wido disparity. Ho was seeking pro tection for the Industry. Senator Flint and Senator Smbot also contributed Instances of the undue pro HU that acruo at the expense of the consum er to retailers handling such wares as Havlland china and razors. Senator Fletcher Inquired whether there were not agreements between the manufacturers and the jobbers and later between the Jobber and the retailer to sell at stipulated prices. "I have been manufacturing glass for forty years" declared Mr. Scott indignantly, 'and I never knew of any such contract or agreement to main tain the price." "Prices can be adduced here to show" said Mr. Flint, "that the re tail nitre hauls make a larger per centage of profit than In any other line of business. I undertake to say t.i . . . . ' "mi ii iinTi; was no nuty on Havl land china that article would sell no cheaper than It does today." Mr. MrLuuiln dofended the retail 'Continued on page four.) BOOST WATERWAYS AT BANQUET TENDERED OFEICERS OP WARSHIP Would Cost Half Billion but; Would Fay E en at Such j An Expenditure. I SHIF SAILS OX TODAY; (Hy Associated Press.) Ni;V i:l. KAN'S. My 11. Knr the double purpose of celebrating the lirst passage of a big modern warship up the Mississippi river ,to a point as high ns Natchez, thus giving great impetus to tin- deep waterways move ment and also a public reception to the officers of 111' battleship Mississippi, the citizens of New Orleans, enter .... i an eialiorale ban-met to night In 111- plm Card, n of tho St. t'harles hotel. - Ttie battleship starts for Natchez. Miss . tomorrow morning and the ban tpiet .''m made the occasion of sev eral addresses expressive of the good will of the people of the Mississippi valley and best wishes for a success ful trip up the river Mayor Behrman presided Captain Kr. moot of the Mississippi responded to the aiiir ys of welcome by the may or and told of his appreciation and that of his men for the (-.,ur'esies that had been extended them Representative Joseph E Hansdell. of Louisiana, president of the national rivers and harbors congress, was the principal speaker of the evening. He predicted a successful completion of the project to make the .Mississippi river a great thoroughfare. Representative Hansdell said: "It 'iermany and In France trans portation by water costs about one firth as much as by rail in the United States on our few th. .roughly improv ed water courses, about one-sixth as much as by rail, hence It would be well to Improve ouf waters. "The cost will be large probably one-half billion dollar but It would pay heavily as an Investment and If funds are not available out of cur rent revenues, they should be provid ed by bond Issue of fifty million dol lars per year for ten years." Failure of Government to Keep Its Promises Brings on New Crisis DEPUTIES DEBATE: CLERKS WALK OUT Postal System of France May Again Be Tied Up in Long Struggle (By Associated Press.) PARIS, May 11. The chamber .-f deputies after a stormy session of four hours today adjourned the debate on the Interpellations on the postal situation until May 13. The response of the postal employes was quick and decisive. Within half an hour the the federal committee had Issued an order for a general strike, and the railway mall clerks walked out In body. An hour later a meeting of 6.000 postal employes at. the hlppl drome took up the gage of battle and unanimously voted to strike. There was no great enthusiasm- shown, but determination and resolution to force the hand of the government were ap parent. "The government is playing for time: we must not be caught nap ping," was the spirit of the meeting as expressed by Pauron. a dlsmlssel postman and one of the most active organizers of the movement. Socialists IVfend Strikers. During the debate In the chamber, M. M. Sembat, and Wlllm, socialists, defendedthe position of the strikers, affirming their r'ght to organize themselves Into a syndicate na the only way of redressing their griev ances, and charging the government with failure to keep Its promises at the conclusion of the previous strike, especially with regard to the retire ment of M. Simysn. under secretary of posts and telegraphs. M. Dcschanol considered the crisis very grave. He laid the responsibility for the present situation largely on "parliamentarism," which ha - - aah) "vt'as working In a vicious circle, and he consWered that the only remedi would be the Introduction of real clv'l service, based on merit, to end favoritism and the spoils system." M. Tlnrthoii. minister of public works, the government's only spokes an. insisted that neither he nor Premier Clemcnccnu had promised secretary Himyan's dismissal. He pro duced the official journal as proof ol what he had said. (Continued on page Six ) . NIGHT RIDERS REJOICE WITH MUSIC AND JIGS Fourteen Convicted Meu Hold High Revels in Their Cells After Sentence. TEN HAYS AND (Ity Associated 1'reas.) ' WA VKRI. Y, Tenn , May 11. A ver I diet of guilty was returned late thi afternoon Ii. the case of'the fourteen all. Kid members of the night 'riders organization charged with whlpplnc j F.siiulrc J. M Reese on uetoocr in last The punishment was fixed at ten i days in Jail and a fine of $500 foi I each. They were remanded to Jail i under a strong military guard, to re appear in court tomorrow when a ' motion for a new trial will be made After the verdict was announced th. d. fondants shook hands with each other and tonight they secured a band ! of music and. dancing was heard in their' cis. The uann'-s of the men convicted are Wyart Cowart .Charier i rite, Ie Warren, Walter Warren. Jim I Devlnney, Charles Hopper, Walter ! Cordon. Gorge Hodge, Harry Mnr '. .hull Jim Mnrr'eil. John Morsn. WV lie .Sand. rs, Sam Iiiekerson, and Frank F.stes. The Indictment on which thc were tried contained four counts, go ing masked through towns and villi ages with unlawful purpose in view: going In disguise upon the premises of another with Int'Tit to do him bodll harm; assault with a deadly weapon while wearing a disguise, and assault and battery wHile masked BRANDENBURG WILL RETURN FOR TRIAL SAN FitANTIH'V i. May 11 Hroughton Brandenburg, the newspa per man and magazine writer charged with grand larceny in connection with the sale of an article purporting to have been written by Orover Cleveland created a surprise today by waiving extradition and agreeing to return East without further resistance. The writ of habeas corpus obtained In his behalf, was dismissed. C APT AW HA MANSLAUGHTER IN Carries Maximum Penalty for aNew Trial on (By AsswrtaU-d Press) FLUSHING, N. Y, May 11. After four hours deliberation the Jury In the case of Captain Peter C. Jlalns. U. i. A., charged with the muraer oi William K. Annla, on August II, last, brought In a verdict of guilty of man slaughter. In the first degree thla af ternoon. The maximum . penalty Is twenty years Imprlaonment. Quickly following the young army offlcer'a conviction hie counsel an nounced that they would produce af fidavits to ahow that he Jury had not been properly guarded, during the trial and upon- thin allegation- win urge that a new trial -toe granted,. These -affltravlti" will be submitted on Monday, at the time set for passing sentence and for any motions that the defendant's counsel desires to make. There will, of Vourae, be the usual motions to set aelde the verdict aa against the weight of evidence and contrary to law. but the unguard CHARGED WITH PLOTTING DEATH OF HER HUSBAND Attack on Him at Midnight by Anotlit r Man Laid at Her Door. (Ity Aws laled Prewi.) BUTI.Ki:. fin.. -May M. Develop ments of a sensational character ma terialized today In the case of the 'mysterious assault committed upon ,'harles Wlgwlnn, prominent business nan, at the mid night hour Hatiirdny light, when his wire. Mrs. Sarah Wlg ;ins whs placed under arrest charged is an accessory t" the alleged crime. VI rs. Wiggins hud been visiting her ..rni nt Columbus, fla.. It Is said, ind had comniune nled to her husband hat she would arrive on the midnight ralr Kunday nlgl.i He went to On itat. n to meet le r but she did not irrlv. Instead. H Is charged, a plot van made hetwe, n her and Clmrl. tmlth nd Smith was sent to sbiv. Wiggins. Sniiili w.is arrested y ester lay. The w.imtn attempted sue ide oday . PRAYER IN COURT CAUSED MISTRIAL a (fly Associated Pri-sa.) MT. VKKN'iN May II. Fol lowing a pray r at Hi" opening of the court's session. "!f- red hy K'-v. .!. M Danb-1. a r)i- of V. O. Iteasb-v. 'or whose alleged murder Jordan wain Is on ulnl lore, the defense In 'lie case nt finee moved for a miwtiial ind it was grain d. He v. Melianl-I in bis prayer asv ' .I for compassion 'or Swain, refcrrlnir to him as a "man whose hands are .laineil hy th hlood if his fellow man." The defense then isked for a new trial before another lury but the state asked for time "FATR WASHINGTON. May 11. Forecast: .Vorth Carolina Kalr Wednesday and Thursday; moderate temperature; light variable winds mostly East. ! JL Jlfc '''"'Sttift INS FOUND GUILTY OF of Twenty Years in Penitentiary Counsel Will Ground That Jury Was Not Properly Guarded During the Hearing of Case. ed jury feature Is the only departure from the stereotyped procedure ltmk ing to a new trial. O'K'rllly's KtKtenictit. Daniel O'ltollly, of counsel for tho defense said: "There was no evidence In thla case to warrant a verdict of manslaughter. It should either have been murder In the first degro or acquittal on tho ground of Insanity. The Jurors were permitted to roam about the county In an automobllo and go right to the verge of the scene of the homicide which Is clearly against tha law. We will have affidavit to prove that mich la the ease and also that the Juror ww prrmmeit-tir-ltWHrp "tfr "JirftWMr tion of the county and have been on! government property at Fort Totton, ! all of which will be urged aa ' ground for setting aside the verdict." i Insanity plsnt'gnrdcd. I The conviction (lime as a general! surprise. It had befrrf expected that I DAVIS'S VIGTIMS TELL OF THEIR INVESTWIENP River Pilot Will he lined as Slate'n Kvideneo Against Him. (Hy Associated I'rcsH. ) WASIIIMiT'lN', May 11. --The story ' ..r the fortune alleged to bo Involved in I he charges agiilnsl Attorney John r. Imvls. eluirged wlih obtaining on I false pretenses and bin brother Mr , 1 1 n T. Davis, secretary of the 1'otoinue ' r.uil'lirig and l-oan iiHsoelatJ.in, who was also arrested was told to the grand Jury today. Tie r.- were a number of i witnesses Thomas A. (iwena. the river ! pilot, whose name whs signed to a ; number of not.s kI-.. ii by John Da is to persons who had Invested mon ey witli Davis, told of his knowledge of tlie ease liwens was charged bud Saturday I" an Information Ml. id In the p.,i, e c ourt w iiti being n eo i onilrn l,,r ot l.h. Davis brothers and was re-I.-.-ls. .1 on a small bond It Is said that the information against him wlllbe piashed and that be will b.- used by lie . ,i 'i.-eiHljon as a witness. Mrs Ariila Oraevis. who ,ll I I ' I ofo re has been mentioned as a client of tin Washington attorney, and who says she llivsl,.! t I . ft 0 ' with Attorney John I .i , i. ; Miss N'llie Kin. on who" om.laint ill- original warrant for John 1 i.i ls was Ksue-I and other alleged h limn of Davis testified. BAPTIST CONVENTION OPENS WITH BANQUET (Hy H'Snn I'rcss.) I.nriHVfl.l.lo Kv, Mav 1 I - The biennial convention of the Baptists of the K.uIti began tonight with a Imn- (! I Sll'l Hi" delegates diCIIKS I th' j.ro). el of ral-iiic more than their share ..r a billion four hundred mill ion do liars for th- evarig'-llxatfon of the heath n and also to Increase the endowment the Southern f'.ap'ist the,, logical seminary, at Louisville. Manv prominent men in the South participated In tonight's festivities fol Thomas D rib.,rne. prominent ss a confederate veteran and philanthro pist was toastmsster snd responses to toasts were made and J. T. Henderson, of Bristol. Va . president of the league and Joshua Ix-venng. of Haltlmore, Md., president of the. convention. The sessions of the convention will open Thursday night ant sill continue j throughout Saturday. FIRS! DEGREE Ask tho Jurors would deliberate much lunger and that a verdict of acquittal on the ground ot insanity, or a (11 agreement would result. There was no demonstration In court when the verdict was rendered. Captain Hatiui stood up and faced th Jury, squaring his shoulders, thrown back In mili tary fashion, while Foreman Hundllng recited tho verdict. As he heard the decision of the Jurors Mains' face wj as white as chalk, fie stood for a few momenta, motionless, staring at the Jury after he heard the verdict One of Ii1s lawyers touched him and he (juletly sat flown. A few moments later, apparently little affected by th Mmi'il.. b. walked - from, the court room with a steady stride and wss taken back to the Queen's eounly Jail In striking contrast to the demean or of the prisoner was the grief pf ,hls aged father, Menoral Peter . Ilulns and his brother, Major John Power I In Ins. Vnr a momenet they wit as If dar.ed, then broke down nnd wept. Dr. While Declares It Force ; Working for better Things I in Soeiiil Involution. (Ity sm dated I'ress.) IPiMTDN'. May II -The Natlonul ICpIsc jial congress begsn tts conven tion today Hishop Will liwrenee of Massachii .elts presided. (Socialism In relation to t'hrl.i! Innliy," was. discussed at length hy half a dozen speakers. Among the papers on the subject read was one bv Silas M' ltee of New Vork. editor of The r'htirchrnan who thought that the demand for unity wss growing , throughout Christendom. It'W Klllott White of Worcester gave mi address on the same subject lb- said that the eorlallsl movement of the world cxpri-sscs the most Im portanl fm t of modern social evolu tion tip- advance to political con trot .rf all nations by the producers i of wealth. 'Theiie are to t the. arbiters of On times that nr.- not far off." he d" eland "What will b" their esteem of a i huroh wlilc'o refuses to aid or even opposes their toilsome ascent of povvr'' Christianity must ehoos bffwocri the producers and those who bv force of ownership now exploit I to to. "In the race of the 1 n i'u ! tons co exislaii' e today In Aunri. a of multi millionaire and striding seekers f,.r i opportunity to ea.ru tir.-ad, of wealthy i lhrs and child laborers, of monop- 1 oll.ed natural resources and public utilities whose owners dv.oil In pnt .,. and crowded slums w re sO.001 babies die every year from Ills direct ly traceable to povrtv 'Mirlstljns who declare for socialism. on I . churches who give it open hearing, should not he condemned until it Is shown to t.e adverse to the practice of Christianity In P' rsoiial snd nation al life, as well as Inadequate to di minish grievous burden and nilhutory peril of social problems. cmirrr in iast rixomi. HAI.TIMOltK. May 1 I . - -!r t he last second of the linal round of- a fif teen round fight before the Kunka A. C. tonight Young rvrhett of Den ver, knocked down Hurry Scroggs of this' city, biit the latter was saved by the -belli. and C'orbett was forced to content himself with the deilefon. In the third round Scroggs had tha bet : ter tit the argument and Corbett'e I handler were only restrained by the 1 polio from Jumping into th ring. Sank to Tho Bottom Sudden- ly With Twenty Nino Per sons on Board ONLY NINE KNOWN 'J. TO HAVE ESCAPED Heavily Overloaded And Went Down Under Sheer weight Of Passengers v (Hjr Associated) Prea,) riTTSIUJHO. ra., May 11. Twenty persons are missing and all of them are believed to have been drowned when a gasoline launch sank In the middle of the Ohio river near Bchoen vllle, four miles below Pittsburg to night, fir the thirty oecupanta ot th boat only ten are known to have ' e a pert. The mlsslnc are: Albert Graham, pilot and pert owner ot th boat; tleorge Thompson, formerly of Altoo na, l'a ; Moots O'Neill; James Con. ner; Walter low; ThoifiM Kennedy! Wlllliun (luthile; Henry Voell; Den nls Murphy; Tony Hole; Ruskmrand nine others, whoso names have not been learned. All the men were employes of th Pressed Hteel Car company at their McKoesrock plant. The boat Is said to have been Intended for not over twenty persons and It Is said it was dangerous to attempt to tarry as many as twenty-five In It, But all the men wanted to get across the river oa the first trip ot the. boat ' and thirty crowded In, . Ikmt CHtprrrtywdtNl. As the men started out In the boat one of them Is said to have remarked that It seemed to,, hint to.be ovar-' erowded and be feared It waa not sat to attempt thhe trtp In It Albert Gin nam,' the pilot nnd Oho of thoaa who Is mlaslit. la said to hava replied that U was safe thouvb. all right, as ha ' had had twenty-seven persons In It lust night. No mora was aald about kthe load, but wneri fhs boat, reached the middle of the stream whets tha water Is perhaps twenty flet deep, the boat suddenly sank, There was no explosion, no teak was sprung, but the boat simply sank beneath the weight It had been bear lug nnd went to the bottom. As It sunk It cttiisod a suction which took many of the men down With it Oth ers attempted to swim ashore, but were chilled by the Cold water and became exhausted before reaching th Um-cT Two of the men, who saved them selves were brothers of Henry Vofell, who was drowned. AMERICANS KILLED BY PANAMA POLICE 1.1 ROW WITH IM EMMS American Electrician and Negro Laborer in Attack Made in Oaual Zone. INVEST I OATH AFFAIR (Ity AsMoHated Press.) 'Of0,. May 11. In a conflict last night between Panama police and em ployes of the cnnal tone, near the dividing line, r. M. Abb tt, an Amer- an electrician, and an American negro was killed. 1 Tim police yesterday afternoon crossed the Hone at Cristobal. In an effort In arrest an escaped prisoner. They wire motrtied and pelted by West Indians, and finally were arret.-, hy the none police for dlsturb unce. I At night a number of Pan ama police armed with rifles proceed ed towsrd the zone In an attempt, It Is alleged, to find those who had mal treated their comrades earlier in the diiv. They en me Into collision with the canal forkers, snd many revol ver and rifle shots were fired. Rton-s and other missiles were freely used. Electrician Abbott was killed by a blow on the head, and the negro by a rifle bullet 7oth the American and Panama au thorities are ho Ming an Investigation t-i place the responsibility. DVNCKO TO DEATH 'HKAV, May 11. Marie Fron, twenty years old. danced herself to death In a public dance halt last night, according to the verdict Of coroner's i lury. The girl possessed a frail constitution, , but walUing was a mania with her. 'Sh -was warned by her parents not to esert herself, but th music caused iiefr to forget the, warning and danc continuously until sire had to be carried out of, the hall fainting. Phe dJt-d in a hos pital early today., , , " , (J'
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