THE ASHEVIELE 'CITIZEN. THE WEATHER: FAIR Associated Press Leased Wire Reports. VOL. XXV. NO. 210. ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 18, lJK)y. PRICE FTVE CENTS. 0HIN SQUIRMS BROKERS FAILED Ah Look Who's Here. E ANNIVERSARY OF TO COMMEMORATE MANUFACTURERS UNDER PIN PRICKS THROUGH VENTUR CHARY 0F ATTACK IN PARIS TAXICABS CHURCH'S RIDER U UNIONS OF EOITOR'S PEN Mr. Holllngsworth Finds Him self iTarget for Fierce Editorial Onslaught PROMPTLY SQUELCHED BY SPEAKER CANNON Tried to Stir up Old Sectional Discord And GotOnly Ab use of Hlnself (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, May 17. A ruling t Speaker Cannon today prevented, pcrhups, the re-opcnlng In the house .if old wounds of the civil war. Mr. i lolliriKHWorth of Ohio, sought to jus tify as a matter of privilege, his rt- . nt resolution objecting to the plac oik of the portrait of Jefferson Davla on the silver service to he presented t- the battleship Mississippi, because of editorials in certain Mississippi i.cwspupers hurling all sorts of epi thets at him. The editorials were lead. The speaker declared that as the editorials did not attack Mr. llol luiKsworth in his representative ca pacity, he could not continue. TIk Jesuit of Mr. Hollingsworth's attempt was to pet Into the congressional rec ord a whole lot of uncomplimentary H inn Hi about himself and with noth ii. g to off-set them. Ah the editorials were road in turn the house was con vulsed with laughter. Were Rough on Him. "An ass of the first mannltude": ' perhaps one of Sherman's bums who t'lblied defenseless men and women"; "contemptible little whelp"; "a pollt :eal nonenity from Ohio"; "a pale laced lumirary"; "a pusillanimous pig my from Ohio." These were some of the character izations of Mr. Holllngsworth, in the editorials. Other editorial accused him of "waving the bloody shirt," and appeared In The Dally Clarion Led er of Jackson, Miss., The Southern Sentinel, Hepley, Miss., Shreveport cnucauslan, Shreveport, La., and one other paper, name not given. Finally Messrs. Bartlett, of Oeor cia. and Fitzgerald, of New York, ob jected to further "lumbering up the lecord." Mini demanded that the speak it rule on the question of privilege. In an elaborate opinion Hpeaker c .union held that Mr. Holllngsworth I 'Continued on page four.) MRS.TAFT ILL; WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE CHARLOTTE FESTIVITIES! !s Taken with Nervous At tack After Visiting Her Sic): Son iu Hospital. IS NOTHING SERIOUS (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. May 1 ". Mrs,-Taft fullering from a slight break-down "as taken ill today while on her way Iron) this city to Mount Vernon on tlie 'jacht Syllph with u "party of ti lends and was hurried back to th" whit- house. It was said at the white li"iise lhat there is no cause for alarm and that Mrs. Tuft probably will be all right again in a few days. She was unable to be present at an of ficial dinner at the white house. Pie.-'ideiit Tuft himself tonight lire I u. .I tin. statement in regard to Mrs T.iit's vundition: Airs. T;it is suffering from a slight iiiTMiiis attack. She attended the '. ear und ithroUt i hospital this morning where Charlie Taft under cut a slight operation on his throat. Mie was with him for several hours. She then started with the president "'hi a small party of friends on t!i. NMph lor Mount Vernon. The excite ment, heat and exertion were too much fur Mrs. Taft's nerves and the Party was obliged to turn back before ' a. bed Alexandria. Mrs. Taft was 'luiekly carried to the white house The doctor says that after a few day: "! ei.mplete rest Mrs. Taft may "h able to resume her social duties. lr. Ii'laney is in attendance. Mrs. Moore Mrs. Taft's sister, acted as hostess at the of tidal dinner at the White house tonight." Mrs. Taft's illness probably will no' interfere with the president's trip to lvterhurg, Va.. and Charlotte. X. C on Wednesday and Thursday of thi week, but Mrs. Taft will not be abb t" accompany him. She had already decided, after visiting' the hospital this morning,, to' abandon the trip, as she felt that she should remain here with her son. The operation p- rformrd on Charlie was not of a serous nature and he will be taken tomorrow to the white house. Well Known Firm of Tracey & Co. Goes to Wall With Liabilities of Million NO OBLIGATIONS ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE Receiver ,'Appolnted for Firm By Bankrupt Court on Petl tlon of Creditors (By Associated Tress.) NKYV YORK, May 17. m the ap pointment today' of a receiver for Tracey & Cu . members of the New- York stock exchange and the Chicago board of trade, Wall street had a million dollar failure with an inter esting variation from the usual. Tax leabs, not stock manipulation or mar ket conditions, are said to he Indi rectly responsible for the firm's trou bles. While no announcement as to tile exact cause of the failure has been made, E. A. Henedict, the re ceiver, said tonight that he under stood that money lost in backing local taxicab concerns llgured In the outside ventures. The llrni has no stock ex change obligations. The local liabilities are estimated at I.OIHl.uou. the assets at half that amount. floth these sums, however, are approximated. News of the firm's failure came out with the tiling of an involuntary petition in bankruptcy in the HTnited Sates district court this afternoon, but as it was rather late In the day no offi cial notice was received at the stock -.xchunge. Mr. Henedict wan guickly . amed as receiver and gave bond for jr.o.ooo. There were but three petitioning creditors and their claims are stated ire iuitB Inconsiderable. They are Henry F. Woodward $3,000; William a. Austin $100, and William A. Scott, 1300. Was Not s Surprise. The firm of Tracey & Co., was or ganized In 105. It consists of Wil liam W. Tracey. It. D. Covington nnd Frederick W. Parker. Mr. Parker, was the board member. Messrs Tra cey and Covington were In conference with the receiver during the afternoon but they declined to make any sate ment. Mr. Parker has been abroad for several months. Anions stock .exchange houses with Chicago connections the embarrass- i Continued on page four.) 'SPRECKLES TELLS WHY I HE FOUGHT THECflLHOUfJ STREET RAILWAY GANG Boldly ( lues mi Stand to Re fute Insinuations of lTlte rior Motives. ONLY lTliLIC SPIRITED (lly AsKNH'lutcd Press.) SAX KK A NCI Si 'i I. May IT Itu dulph Spiei'Mc. a San Francis,., banker who contributed tluu.uuu to prosecute an inifiiiry into municipal conditions In riot: was called to tie witness stand today In flic bribery trial of President 1' iti i. k Calhoun of the l'niled railioails. lie gave a de tailed account of his reusoiis fur op posing Mr, Calnoiin's plans for street railway development and of tlie man ner in wbi' h he became a supporter of the prosecution. Assistant IMstrut Attorney ibney. replying to a statement by on.- of the attorneys for the defense, declared that he had thrown down the bars, bad summoned .Mr. Sprecklcs as a witness for the first time in any ol the bribcrv trials, and that he st ml ready to meet any line of irupiirv tile defense might choose. "We have b. n trying .Mr Calhoun and no other," said Mr. Ileney. ' hut from the time we began the selection of the Jury the defense has endeavored to try lludolph Spreckles and James P. Phelan at the same time You have insinuated, tinies without num bs r, that Mr. sprecklcs nan buck' of the prosecution for a malicious pur pose, for his personal gain and profit, ami in an effort to gain control of the I'nited railroads. You made this Is sue. Surely you are riot afraid to meet It now that he Is on the stand prepared to meet your questions. " Mr. Spreckles testified that he first came into conflict with the I'nited railroads in 1905 when he learned ol a proposal to substitute the over-h'-ad trolly for the cable on the Sutter street system. Ab an owner. of property on this system's lines and as a member of ithe ttutBer iStreet Improvement club. Mr. Spreckles said he actively opposed the change and that he met (Continued on paffe four.; General Assembly of Presby - terlan Church Convenes y at Savannah DISTINGUISHED MEN COME FROM ABROAD Special Addresses on ( alvin s Life And Work Will be Made by Prominent Speakers (By Associated Pre.) SAVANNAH, May 17 The gener al assembly of the Presbyterian iiurch in the I'nited States will ! held lii the First Presbyterian chinch In this cjty from May Sloth to May -9th inclusive. in connection with this meeting will be held the iiia rai l ntemilal celegiation of the liirlli if .John Calvin, the founder of - t'u Presbyterian church. The Joint as semblieH will bring to Savannah some thing like three hundred delegates. They will come not alone from many points in the I'nited States but from foreign countries. The people of HuYunnah irrespee tive of their religious beliefs hav made .-xcelteiit preparations for tin entertainment of the visitors during their stay in Savannah. Hundred." of homes w'll be opened to receive delegates ml J as the railroads havi made cheap rales for the occasion it Is believed that the attendance will h1 larger than that upon any church convention held hn-rc for several years. Highest Court of Church. Tlie general assembly Is the highest court In the Presbyterian church and brings together something like 2 10 or 300 of the ablest ministers und most prominent laymen In the South as Its delegates. In addition to the delegates there are usually a large number who attend the assembly as isitors. This year, however. It Is expected there will be a larger at tendance than usual because of th observance of the birth of the great Protestant leader. Much of the time of the convent! will be taken up with the discussion of the subject of missions and the raising of n milion dollar mission fund during the coming year. The un ofllclal congress of Presbyterian lay men recently held at Birmingham. Ala . w hich made this work u feature (Continued on page two.) CONTINUES STRUGGLE Cumberland Presbyterians Will Hold General Assem bly in Arkansas. COURT DECISIONS (By AHWM-laU'd PmtH.) ItK.VTOVVIU.K, Ark.. May 17. Iuring I lie present week men promi nent in l'i tsh t'Tijtn affairs will tftith- r at Itentnnville from many Bectlonn f Iht I'niteil Stabs, to have, a part in the third freucrul HHWinbly of the t'urnhcrland Presbyterian church, that fart md h rr fii; i t t nt i into thf amalgamation of th ( 'urn berlund hurrh with the PrHhy terian church .f th; I'mb-d StattH, more popularly known an the church of th north, which wan brought about three yearn i.gn. While the Cumberland church ' VronK,,t in the central pouth and south went and f rum these Htatem the greatest number of detcgatcH will come, Indiana, Illinois. Ohio, TennHyl- viinia and the western states, aa far as California will send representatives. Tlie initial iiegHjon will b on Thurit- lay. the meeting to extend over ix days. The denominational ladles miB :ion society, an auxiliary organization, . il be in session at the same time. It is planned to bring matters of v:lal import to the church before the assembly. The principal theme, how ver. will be the controversy between he. Cumberland church a.nd those who entered the opinion as to property rights of the differing organizations, a controversy which is now having its jay in court in several slates. While i is possible that an effort may be made to arrange a compromise this If rardly probable. It is more likely that plans will be laid for a con tinuation of the contest, now more vig orously than ever. Courts Ie'iioii. In the highest court to which the Fsuf has been brought, th Supreme court of Tennessee, the faction which retained the old name, has been vic torious. It was held by the court hat the church named still remains an independent organization of which nly a portion has dissolved their connection and identified themselves with other ecclesiastical organisations (Cuntlnved on page three.) GRANT BRIGMAN SLA YS HIS UNCLE IN DISPUTE OVER SMALL DEB1 Escapes to Woods After Night. Both Slayer and In h dispute over H0 worth I lumber, (IrHtit Brlgmnn nil"! "d klll- d hla until?. John llrlifninn, t-arly ycBtcrday nmrnltig. Thf tragrdy oc curred about 6 .20 o'clock near the BrlKmanH' home In the Uig Ivy sec tion about three mll8 from Harnarda villn on Dillingham reek. According to Arthur llrlgman the son of John Brlgmn who wa with hlH father when the hootln(r occurred he had gone with hla father with two wagons after some of the lumber whk'h had been ro!outy bought by them. The lumber Is midway be tween the home f Grant Brlgman and the old homestead of Joel Brlg man the father of Urant Brlgman und the brother-in-law of John Brlgman While the son. Arthur, was unhitch ing the teams from the wagons his father climbed upon the lumber pile and begun throwing off mime planks. At tlila time (Smut llrlgman cume up to the lumber pile with a. shot gun In his hand. Warned Him to Stop. firnnt had previously, it Is under tood. forbidden Ills uncle to move the lumber, cluimiiiK that there wux t J40 unpaid on the whole lot As Irani approached the lumber pile he told John Brlgmnn to get off the lum ber plh'. This roiniiiund was repeated three times, and according to the son of John Brlgman the Inst request was accompanied with a threat. John Brlgman after this threat suggested that they stop and talk the niattei over. It is said that tirant llrlgman became angry at this sugg.stion and stepped back u' '! forty feet from j INVITES DEATH MAY NOT COLLECT POLICY Heirs of Man Who Sought !)ud and Was Killed Loscj 8ui or Insurance. NKVV OULKANS, May IT. A w 1.1 c or lit-ir f ;i nun kllletl Ui a tin I , r a llKht that h- han sought, mvonl-j ing to u decision t"day by th I7nttpl , StateH court of App'-alH cannot cullcci Insurance on a poll, y held by tb man KIIUmI. The case In whdh the (leclnion wa r endereil camp up f rm the northern 1 district of Texas und was fftyled Mrn. I-ee Manor vb. The Penn Mutual Ufej Inaurance comia ny. Their record h show that the huftmnd of the plaintiff, Or. Franklin B. Mam-r. of Hill county Texa; wan shot and killed In a utreet , duel In 1905 by K. K. Griffin with i whom he had (u;irrtded. The de- j renne contended that the duel waH pr- fpitated by Miiior and on thin Krouncl i louKht the ciiwe. The amount of ItiKur-; ance Involved wan 1100,000. The de-1 . 'fcfon of the owr court wax in favor, of the Innurance company and this de cision wan MURtatTM'tl by the Court of ippealH. wm WASHINGTON. May 17. Forecast: Fair and moderate temperature Tues day and Wednesday: light to moder ate variable winds. Tragedy and Had Not been Captured at a Late Hour Last His Victim Well Known Their Neighborhood. the lumber pile, raised the gun and fired. He then dropped the gun und ran to the woods. The uncle who was shot dropped from the lumber pile to the ground He lived for fifteen mln utes after the affair. lteMiri of Suicide. The sheriff's office here was notified, of the tragedy early yesterday morn ing and Deputy HherllTs Williams and Jordan hurried to the scene of the shooting! which Is some twenty mtlos away. They searched the neighbor-; hood all day for Grant Brlgman but war unable to find, any trace of him and returned to town late yeathrday afternoon leaving the scorch to loral deputies In Hint neighborhood. At a lute hour Inst night, according to the reports of the officers. Grunt Brlgman was still at lurjc'; A message was received at The Citi zen office, however, after the search hud been Klven up by the officers for Hie diiv thnt tlrnnt Itrlgmtin hnd com mitted suicide und Hill I his body had been found In the woods near his house. Iiupilry at Itnritai'ilsville, Dem ocrat und Mnrs Hul over the telephone fulled, however, to confirm this nies hiiki'. ;unl the latest reports from those places w;ii thnt nothing more had been heard of the slayer. Otlyr Near At Time. At the Inquest yesterduy afternoon nlioni one hundred nnd fifty No. :i shot wert found in the body of John ilrigtiian on the right side between the hip lllll HllOUliler. y The onlv witness to the nffulr was Arthur HriKinnn. who Is IH years of :iKe. Two men. J. Clinton und John Banks were passing along the road WOMANMURDERED WHILE ASLEEP BESI CHILD !Insl;ml WIm Was N-jmra-; t'd from Her Anrslnl Charged with the Crime.1 (By AsMfH'laU'ri Pre. ) AI'III S'IA. ;.. May IT. -Mrs. t firui' lluri?i' w an miirlt-rfd nirly ilay y a nmn who rr-jit In lh w i r I -uf h'-r lied wliil h Bl'-pt. and f-u' hir thrriat with a razor ll.-r hiiK lanil Ij iinlT arrc'St fhari?f(l will) Hi" kllliiiK. A rrmiirkal'l1 fi-aluri (if the rn Is lh.it the Klayrr. afl.r kllllnn tin woman Mi kcil up hi r iliirli-'-n ni'irnh old lialiy from rradlc and f-rv-nl-ly kiw('d it before runniiiK from t Ii room. It N alle(re,j that HurK' who haji separated fr'im hlw wife, threat ened her with violence If nhe d(l not Klve him ruHtody of Ihelr baby. Three other rhlldrt n of MrH. Hu ri M step-children of Bur' were asleep In the room at the time. Frank Uriiton, the eldest of these was glluhl ly cut by hiB mother's slayer, wli'inl he flaims he recognizes an hl step father. Hurifc wan arrested at his board ing house. The police claimed that he had Mood on his shirt sleeve, bur he said ir was merely dirt Me -aid that he could prove an alabl. TIRED OF I.I1T: Ql'ITS. (ny AftMOciaU'i I'rese. ) HOT 8PHINGS. Ark.. May 17 I M. Rosen, a former merchant of this city, committed suicide by firing a 3-callbre bullet through his brain at Spring Lake, a summer resert near here today. Rosen made a will a wek ago giving all his property to his wife and two rhlldren, residents of Philadelphia -and from wUbi he had separated. , A note left hyWosen ad dressed to his attorney stated that he was tired of life. Men and Prominent in .. which Is about sixty yards distant at the time. When asked about the shooting they said they suw a man raise a gaun and then they heard tip shot. They had heard very - little talking. IfcHb Well Known. Grant Brlgman Is a man of medium height and about ii years of age. He has lived In that neighborhood all hla life. He Is a cripple and bears a good reputation. Hla father, Joel Brlg man, was one of the early settlers In that locality and the Brlgman family la a vary large one. John Brlgman who was shot Is about 'fifty yean of age. He has also lived there all his I If, Both of the men were well known and It was not known that there hud been any previous misun derstanding or disagreement between them previous to the time of the shooting. Grant Brlgman has a family of five hlldien. nil of them under twelve years of age. Mr John Brlgman leaves a family of three children and Wife. Coroner's Verdict. Dr. K. It. Morris, county coroner, was untitled of the tragedy yesterday morning and went nut to the Brlgman home to hold an liutuewt. Ho Im panelled a Jury w-ho aftr viewing the remains, and lifter heating what ev idence hey could llnd rendered verdict that "John Brlgman cauiM t his death from a gunshot wound In the right tilde Inflicted by Grant Brig num." The only evidence adduced by tic jury was In substance the facts men tinned above. iHAINS WILL BE TAKEN TO PENITENT!, T Will Bogm Honing Ilin Kon- tonce rending an Appeal to Supreme Court. (lly AmuxIuIciI Trews.) I U'NIII.W). N. Y. May 17 I'n le.S Mollie lllllooked for leKBl otiStacle Is lull rposed. Captain I'eter r. Jlalnn Jr., r. H. A . who was convicted of maiislntikTliter In the Hist degree for killing Will In in AiiiiIs at the May side Yacht club last August will h taken to Hlng Sing tomorrow and at once will begin serving a Hcnlcm Impost il toilay by Justice riarretson In the Huprcrrip court. The senten Is tin intermediate one, under which 1 he minimum period of Imprisonment will be eight years and the maximum sixteen years. And his time In prison must be spent at hard labor. Counsel for llalns late today prac tically agreed to their client's Imme diate transfer to Hlng Ring when th' y announned after a consultation with (ieher.il Mains, his father, and Ma.lor John P. Mains, a brother, that no application would be made for a cer tificate of reasonable doubt to act as a slay for execution. An appeal, based on the general court record In the case, will b taken In regular course, however RABIKS AJTKIt TWO YEARS. (lly Associated Prew.) WINHTON-8ALKM. N. C. May 17. Miss Maude Klmel, sixteen years old, daughter of a Korsythe county farmer, who was bitten two years ago by a rabid dog and who for the past two days has been manifesting signs of hydrophobia, was declared today by attending physician to be suffering from 'tr-at dr4d disease. It Is sa!d she can live but a few days. Resolution Condemning Gompers And Union Modi fied to Condemn Methods ONLY ONE MEMBER OF COMMUTE DISSENTS Severe Arraignment of Lead- ershlp of Unions Held up Through His Objections (lly Associated Press.) NKW YOKK. May 17. All attaek nn the "methods of orKunlied labor oroko llio otherwise calm routine of ihe tlrt days' session of the National Association of Manufacturers, whluh onvciied today at the Waldorf Aalor- a. This arraignment or certain phases of labor unions, Ineluuln a ning at Hamuel dumpers, president of the American Federation of Labor waa embodied in a report of the commit tee on Industrial education of which nlbony Itlner, of Bt. Louis, la chair man. After consiueraoiu aiscussiun the report was referred to a special committee after the committee had gone on record as endorsing not an attack on organisation labor per ae. but "the methods of organised labor." The attitude of the delegate waa made clear when the motion to refer the report to a special committee waa made. Then Mr. Ittuer rose and of fered a suggestion "that this commit tee to which th report Is to be re ferred have the power to emasculate anything In the report that might ap pear to the member as improper an unfair attack upon tabor." He added that "we do not fight th la bor organisations by themselves. W consider" them beneficial, ' but w fight the method of organised labor and some of thsm are damnable. HI statement were followed by sp- . pis use and the motion, waa adopted. One Member Objenta. -Before the report waa read it be au in known that Frederick W, "Jen- yer, of Milwaukee, a member of the ommlttee hud refused to sign it on vhe ground that It contained unwar- untiid attacks on labor and further. n his opinion, the personal views of the chairman of the committee to the xcluslon of other member. The reference to Hamuel Oompers to which Mr. Benyor particularly ob-. Jecled reads as follows: 'To put organized labor In charge of a movement In the Interest of In- ltiHirlal education nnd trade training voiihl be like putting the lamb In the ure of the wolf or the chicken In are or me nawa. witness tne enorts f Mr. (lumpers and his lieutenant to secure cIiihh legislation in congress, their utlacks on the power of the courts tu Issue Injunctions and their proposed amendment to the anti trust law. "We see the president of the Amer ican Fedciutliin of Labor defying the highest court In the land and that loo while he was under Jail sentence. Who Is there amongst u that would assume the task of teaching Oompers the error of his way?" The committee on currency recom mended that the" association endorse 'he Kowler currency bill and advo cate Its passage by congress. If;ii(isfs ('lost; Convention with Strung Resolution in Favor of Prohibition. I.dl l.SVII.I.K, Ky May 17 Firm v for prohibition, the Houthern Bap tist convention adjourned In this city tonight, after a. meeting of five days MiiiomI the ilnni act of the thousands -.f deb-gules from every state In the' south was .the passage of a set of strong resolutions endorsing the south a light against whiskey. Appointment were madi-lurttig day sesHlon to complete the home und foreign mission boards and the re port of the committee on estlmutes 'in reusing the apportionments for these boards was adopted. The convention chose two years ahead Its convention i ity, ufler Hultl mioii; was ctuiMcn for lulu, the con lention recognized the brave light of St. Joseph, Mm., and will meet there In I 'Jit In today's session It wus announc ed that ti e total apportionments for home mlrslons were from $325,000 to 243, 5U0, and the total fur foreign mission from 1600.000 to $5f0.000. The following full roster of the missions board were approved and adopted at the session: Foreign Mission board, headquar ters Richmond, Vs..: president J. B. Hutson. Virginia: state vice-president include Joshua Levering, Maryland; rv. A. Ifobson, Florida: W. C. Tyree. North Carolina; R. B. Garrett, Virgin ,a- E. Her. Hwem, Washington, D. C: (Continued on page four.)