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THE WEATHER: FAIR THE ASHEVXLLE CITIZEN. Associated Press, "f Leased Wire Reports." VOL. XXV. NO. 215. A8IIEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 2-1, VMK PRICK FIVK CENTS. 0L0 DISPUTE OVER CARNEGIE MONEY CALLEDJJI P AGAIN Gen. Young Wants Central Uni versity Squabble Opened By Genera! Assembly MATTER PROMISES TO BE SENSATIONAL Charges of "Ecclesiastical Im propriety" Are Madeby 1 he General (By Associated Pross.) SAVANNAH, Oa., May 23. A enn-ter-i that bids fair to bo sharp, and may be on thfl order of the, sensa tional Is promised for tomorrow af tcrnoi n at 4 o'clock when the general Bjisemlily of the Southern Presbyterian church In session here will consider the complaint of General Bennett H. Y'liin;:. of Kentueky, and others over the withdrawal of Central university of Kentucky from the control of the church. The controversy arises over a ques tion of jurisdiction. The Central uni versity was taken from tho control of the church In order to qualify for a donation from Andrew Carnegie. This, It Is contended, was the action of the Kentucky synod and an appear was taken from the synod to tho gen oval assembly by General Young and others. Seek R-conslderation. Col. T. W. Bullitt, one of the com missioners to represent tho synod of Kentucky, presented a plea to th Jurisdiction of the assembly in the RUBBERS HOLD IIP TRAIN AND STEAL TWBMAILPBUGHES Made Good Their Escape so Completely That no Trace of Them Is Found ' MAY HAVE GOTTEN AWAY IN AN AUTO Police Find Empty Pouches And an Old Chauffeur's Glove Near by (Hy Associated Presx.) OMAHA, Neb.. May 23. I.ate last night robbers held up a Union Pacific train on the outskirts of this city, stole several mall pouches from the maM car, and made their escape. The robbery which was planned must have bci n participated In by several per sons, as the train was stopped at rignul and held by two of the robbers while others wont through the mall ca r. AlthouRh the police and the sheriff bavc had largo forces of men scour-inp- the' country around the place where last nights hold-up occurred, l'ttle progress has been made toward tracing the robbers. Two empty mall p.niehes were found today some dis tance from where the robbery occurred. Well 1 41 id Plan. That the robbers laid their plans well iy apparent. They dropped f r im sight so quickly that not a single pi rson has been able to give a clue to the direction in which they went BARBER ROBS HIS BOYHOOD FRIEND AN if FLEES I Her New Summer Top Piece. Tonsorlal Artist of Charlotte Deserts His Wife And Two Children LEFT WITH WOMAN OF LOOSE MORALS Incidentally He Lifts a Wad of $300 From Person of Arthur Yonng matter of the complaint. The synod i Ali four of the men wore long rain coals and their features were entirely masked. Thi) t'nlon Pacific railroad has made every effort to trace the men. but has found llltle In the way of clews on which to work. The postofrice de partment has taken steps to nld In the discovery of the robbers, whose means of escape Is thought to have been either an automobile or fast horses. Captain Savage, of the Oma ha detective department believes his men will be able to find, some trace of the outlaws before they get far away. Find n flew. The automobile th' ory is strength ened tonight by the discovery of a Rronry glove which the robbers had dnppod where tho two empty mall of Kentucky contends In this plea that the matter has passed from the con trol of the highest church body and that Is has already been irrevocably settled, so fas as the church acting alone Is concerned. General Young and those with 111 in see a re-conslil-eratlon of the amendment to the uni versity's charter, through which It was made possible for a Carnogio endow ment to be obtained. ft bavlng been stated that copies of the lev to Ml Jurisd lotion of the assembly had been distributed among the commissioners, General Young re ferred.. to the methods of the "oppo sition" as "ecclesiastical Impropriety" and termed It "buttonholing" com missioners. He asserted that distri bution of tho copies of the plea was (Continued on page four.) (Continued on page Six.) (Special to Tlie. Citizen.) CHAHL.OTTE. May 23.- After drug. ging and robbing Arthur Young, his boyhood friend, David Hitehle, a bar ber at the Buford hotel, this city, to night eloped with Pearl Kootor, i denizen of tho "red light district," de sorting his wife and two children. Hitehle came to this city sever! years ago and married a daughter of Mr. W. H. Torrence, a well-to-do resi dent of Charlotte. He, In communion with several kindred spirits, celebrat ed the Mecklenburg anniversary on i large scale, making a determined of fort to stretch the Job to the end o the week. I.at night he fell in with Young, a citizen of Cabarrus county, whom ho had known in his boyhood days. Tho meeting was an affecting r.nu and Ritchie tinik Young under his wing In true brotherly fashion. Sev oral loads of liquor were shipped by the twain, and It was thought that Hitehle Buccumbed to the haneful In- f'uonoe of a $300, roll of bills which Young, In his exuberance of spirits lepeatedly Hashed. Calling to his aid Pearl Hector, a woman of careless morals, Hltchi- tho tonsorlal artist, Inveigled Young to a room, and after treating his vie dm to .drugged whiskey, laid him ten rterly on a bed. The drug speedily took effect, and the barber thought fully removed the three hundred dollar roll from the clothes of tho sleeper The possession of so much money made Kltehh; feel like ono of Roose velt's "malefactors of great wealth," and hearing the voice of tho female vampire to flee to pastures new. Wo yielded to temptation and the ton serial population of Charlotte was ro- iluoed by one. while th "red light' district of this city sustained an equal loss. ItKchle and the woman left Char lotle on an evening train. When Young came to and discovered his loss (Continued on page Six.) THAWS SAf THEY DID NOT AGREE TO FURNISH Mother and Son Both Deny That He Was Employed to Keep Back Scandals. SITING FOR $70,000. '.' (By Associated Press.) POCCJHKEKPHIE. N. Y., May 23. - Harry K. Thaw and his mother. Mary Copoly Thaw, both issued state ments tonight attacking the affidavit made and statement issued in New York yesterday by Clifford W. Hart ri'lge, formerly counsel for Thaw in which the lawyer said that he had pent approximately $40,000 "hush money" to conciliate persons whi would have otherwise hare injured his elimt. Mr. Hartridge is suing for counsel fees, Harry Thaw Is In Mattenwan asyi lini and his mother has been almost constantly In touch with hlrn. Her statement says in part: "While sorry for the state of mind that Inspired It, I read tho extraordi nary affidavit and, statement or Mr. Hartridge with no 'small satisfaction. They show the groundlessness of his claim. I never asked him to 'hush nything.' gallon." Harry Thaw's statement is similar, but In addition it bristles with person al attacks upon Hartridge. Tlio state ment says: "The affidavit published by C. W Hartridge is composed of falsehoods from beginning to end. Were there any truth In It. I should have him dis arred, but there Is no truth In It. He never spent forty thousand nor one thousand nor one hundred dollars in 'hush money,' as he protends. "Any newspaper man In New York I an tell you that Hartrldge's pretense "f having suppressed anything Is bum bug. A. person like Hartridge could not close one eyelash of the thousand eyed press. All Hartridge does Is Jo repeat vaguely some rabrieations. then iretend he spent money to keep thb from the knowledge of the district at torney or the newspapers." Mr. Hartridge Is suing for approx imately $70,000 In all, for counsel fees and expenses, and more than haU "f this ha says $40,000 to be exact was spent as "hush money." TARIFF, THRIFT, TARIFF NOTHING BUT TARIFF IS OUTLOOK FOR A MONTH Senator Aldri.-li Will Try t Force Vole hut Others Want to Keep Talking MANY FN J I ITS AHEAP WASHINGTON, May 23. -The sen ate program for this week Includes 1 "thing but the tariff. The sessions will continue to begin early and there Is now a possibility that they will not only continue until late in the day bur that they will bo extended into the night. No plan of operation has been out lined beyond that of hammering away at the various schedules as persistent ly as possible. The lumber schedule. which was taken up yesterday will continue to receive the attention of the senate on Monday when it is ex peeted Mr, Heybiirn, of Idaho, wtl1 ronrludo his remarks. He is plead ing zealously for a high duty on lum ber, while Senator MoCumbor of North Iakota Is Just as earnestly exertinir himself to prevent the imposition of any duty on that article. With tho lumber paragraphs dis posed of, tho finance committee will undertake to have tho senate go back and gather up the odds and ends of the bill which have been passed over. with a view to cleaning up as mu li of tho measure as possible before th cotton and woolen schedules are leached, on which there will lie much discussion and sharp conflict. It is not probable, however, that either of these schedules will be reached during the present week. i Senator Aldrirh will continue to urge tho fixing of a day for the tak ing of the final vote on the bill. He discourages all morbid prophecies of an all-summer session. ,. The house will make no special ef fort to keep together a quorum dur ing the week, but if there Is a quor um present at either the Monday or the Thursday session the Philippine tariff bill end the Porto fltiran hill will reccire attention. CUBA EMBARRASSED IT UNCERTAINTY OVER BER FINANCIAL Imports Have Declined and Hevenuc. Fallen Off Until Funds Are Scarce. MAY ADOPT LOTTERY (By AHMfiHiilPil Pre.) HAVANA, May 2S. KlnanrbM irotiUms const i tu ti th- ki aM t fVa ttirr- of onxh'ty n tho part of th Cuban govornnn'nt and with tho pro (raxtMt i May in the prcjwntation of th1 burl cot for th rominff ypfir thr general frrlintf if uncertainty ami lark of conftix-nrw' broom oa accent u- iteil. (.'an tlu Rovcrnmi tit. In view of itfl enormously inrreafn-n expen NeH. rnwt Its obligation) out of t h onl inn ry sources of revenue, & th- jueHthm anke.il on all stldeg. While thenv H nr doubt that Pres ident Oom7 is fully alive to the fwr- ounofw of -Mip situation and In dolni? everything' in his power to rftVet re- d notion in the coat of qll depart ment. It Ih f'-arod that political ex ipenclew will rmpel him. to refrain from lnitliif? upon retrenchment, on the Roale that M in believed to b- absolutely neefwci ry. Importation through the ountnm hoiiwr have deel ind ma terluMy over those of lat year and the yf-ar b-f'wrK ongrenn, after In-inc in ju-wdnn 'or mono than three monihu. has aenoro- pNHhed little iiMoful legislation. 1U time beintr frit.fl red away in flisrhtn of oratory and the discussion of trl uiai matters. TMr lottery bill Just passed by fh ! house Is probably on of the moM 1 important a ts of th mnprfw. a.nd j whin it will dotiMl'w become a law the bill, so far, ha only ben panset 'in totality. ' 11 AY I J j(u0lJ ro THAT ( I A GEORGIA RAILROAD LI STOPS RUNNING OF TRAINS ON LINES Is Prepared to Resume When ever State Will Afford It Protection it Says STRIKE PARALYZES ITS ENTIRE TRAFFIC Will Not Accept Freight For Direct Shipment on Us Own Lines : - NEW KENILWORTH WILL SOON RISE FROM ASHES AND RUINS OF THE OLD f ' Senator Gazxam's Representatives are Already Considering Various Plans For Re ; building the Famous Hostelry on Old Site. Will Prob- ably Adopt the Villa Plan. I'lRns are now being cnnsllorrd for rohuilding Krnllworth Inn, wliUh was destroyod by lire early on tho morn Inij of April 14th. : While a definite llnn has not been-decided upon yt. It is a certainty" that within the next few months negotiations will he en tered Into betwwedi - ttunatnr (laxxam anil other parties,-'who are aixlous erect a large rainii rn hotel on tho old site. Mr. J. Oaxxam Mackensie. a nephew of Senator Gaisam. . from Toledo, Ohio, is now In tfio city looking after i he various Interests of Mr. Uazrain here, while , ha Is unable to attend them. While Senator. Oazzam is steadily li,prvlng,t-;wUl be .several weeKB eerore ne win ne ruiiy sine to tnke charge of his affairs. Noth ing definite can be done In regard to the building of a new Konllworth nn hundred acres In an adjoining tract. Mr. Mackenzie also suld that several propositions had been mado hy firms In i liferent parts of the country to erect n large hotel modern In every expert and absolutely fire proof and that the owner would consider np proposition to erect any other than a large hotel equal to a first-class hotel In any of the representative cities of tho United Htatus. According to Mr. Mackenzie, Benntor (laniani has ncvr loo'ii rt upon tho situation and tin 1 reiit conditions for u new hotril In other than a most optimistic wnj, Plr. uaxxunt Is devoted to Asheville And Is very anxious to do ai within his ixiWfT V improvs it In ntsrs. mufJ pack. haVa. must attractively carried out. The M'hcme so far as It has lievn outlined, would call for a large and roomy cen tral building for the hotel, properly sumiunded by handsome villas set on terraces and Jlth spacious grounds in near rnotlhfn to the main building to be a part of the hotul, and yal s',srnted far enough from It and from each to ace u re all tho privacy of a private home. While this plan Is much the same r.s that , of the Manor and Albemarle park grounds, the large tract of ground' arouad the Kenllworth sltf would make It possible to give each L villa a- more attractive-. sBUln -mnt more room than ttiose at AllK'marl Suggested lfHlgn. Oiif of the firms that has submit- In this scheme for the development of the Kenllworth Site, a place wtiulfl ted a proposition Is a well kmfwrt firm : be centrally chosen for a pavilion as In the North which opi-rale severs I til Mr. tiaszam Is entirely recovered. I prominent first-class holds In varl- Maay iToposlUon. "uh I iinIimhs centres and resorts. They Av'hcn Mr. Mackentle was asked laxt 'are anxious to Add one morn and night In regard to the building of have that one here tine matter that Kenllworth he said )hat It was being' hits n'ready pnwented Itsi-lf for ron- discussed by various parties who know h riition Is the style of the struc- vell no other buildings for social pur MICH. Iilkrs AmIicvIIIc Mr Mackenzie was warm In his l.rulHi' of Asbevllle and her prospects lie I; ww of no belter place, ho says, for .1 larae, modern flrst-dsss, flre- the situation here and feel the m-pil ; tine. Hevernl plans Mpl d from the i proof hold. Hi. reiterated the state of another hold to meet the reipilre- , nn-hit'M tore of well knriwn resort ho rnenl (hat no roposlto'n would be ni' iits of Aahevllle. Tho hotel had . H hn bci n conHldered for the new i -onfiilnred by the owners for other been successful and Its reputation was; ni'worth Inn. The plan that has than a modern hold anil as large or Known far anil wide. I'eupln from b n most favorably considered Is the I larger than any now In the city. parts of the country from Maine llhi Idea patterned after the foreign nil to California have been Inquiring IIIjih seen on the Itlvlera and In about tho plans for rebuilding. The KwIkh resorts The spacious grounds I resent property comprises about I on Kenllworth hill nuike this plan forty-eight acres with more than one ! very f uslhlo and nrie that could be These plans and propositions nrc to be presented to Mr. (lar.Tiirn with irt a few weeks anil a definite plari sdtled upon. Work will ffl1ow soon n h Die plans are adopted. ARRIVES HOME BETTER WALKED OUT OF JAIL ON BOGUS RELEASE OROER JUDGE CLARK DECIDES T lias Partly Kt i-ovcrcd Krmn Illness Tlmt Cut Short II is Trip to Panama. (Hy Axsoeliiled Pre. ) WASHINGTON. May 23. Wc-ik from the effects "f his Illness which impelled hlrn t" cut short his trio Heeretary of War Ilekinson stepped nphore from the government wir'it Mayflower here tmlay ufti.-r a t'iui f Inspection of lint I'uriiirnn emeil. Until yesterday Mr. Dieklnson hud not left his berth since tho Mayflower hf Havana. He assured the awaiting re porters that he would be ail right is soon as he had regained his hri strength. Mr. Dickinson expressed pleasure at the progress l ing mailn In ilr- onst ruction of the Panama, canal lei' when asked regarding conditions in f'uba. the Mayflower having ton' lie f there on the return trip from the i -nal zone, he laughed and replied: "I only saw Culsi through a porthole." The trip to I'snama was made i-i ronsonanee with president Tafl's p-.. ley of having the members iif his ;ih Inet bi'fjmc personally familiar i'h the various pnijeeta under their dl rectlon. ( 'lia Hollo's .Jailer Prove 1 1 In Recent Decision I I Jlasy Mark for Notrioinj AIosiiitoes From Crook and Con federate. I Old ISreetliii Place, iiijoins Tlieir I'll A KI. i iTTK. John V. I ih Id of M.IV tWerilielh I pi klliK e li' t. ( lied by a f " t 1 1 vh e man as a (aped from the i ie- I'.y poing N. ' . . arreHlt i I- luate May i:.. - - I during the n here for and who was Iden- d Slates secret ser- nolorious rrn'ik. i m -o-iiniv Jail this i-ven -as one of a sot'-ne of f-.urilili'is for whom a P leas'- order '. as .i.s.nl-d lo Hi- sheriff. Kavld sen walked out with the lil.erated nff n 'l h'- man presenting th'- release .rd' r was a -drurmer and Is presumed lo ha lieen a eonf'-di rale. When .irr- sl'-i Iiavldson had s- reted on Ills -on s er.'il val' lies and diaotoni nd a huge siim of inooe.v. SVKS MfJHT KID KHS. WAVK1U.KT, Tenn.. May 2.1 J Keece. whipped by night riders In tills county last October, has sued the rien recently convicted of perpetrat ing the outrages, for $10,000 damages. The men, on being convicted, were each given sentences of ten days In bill nnd fined 1500, but sentence was suspended until next term of court. If AIR WASHINGTON. May 23 Fore cast for North Carolina: Fair Monday and Tuesday; ' not much change In temperature; light variable winds. r'nt.'i CONEY WAS NOT SO DRY AFTER ALL NKW VOUK. Ma. t'S. --Two him lr-d thousand p r-Noiis. H is estimated V.' Ill o-'WI to I'onw y iHl.-ind 1'Mlny t" wali h I he ,ol t h r t . n. -I l.v rml de. laral i 'logins,- laiW W' Who .-vpeet.d l.-l'. (Shs IiI to l lie ( lll-n.) l:A I.K.H ill. N. "., May 2.1. fhb-f .Inline I'lark in a declMlon in the case ef Mill mi. I'liaihaiTi, from Meeklen I'lirg. affirming an order of the lower 'o'.it afrlrmlng a report of arbitra tors sili et'd from physicians which held that a inlll pond, which tho de iendant had drained, should not b ;il(f'led to be re-established on He- outii of I,. mg a breeding place for hios'iultoes which would put plain tiff family In danger of malaria "It is an old saying that 'fragments of all tin- selenees are tak'ii up In ilie aMi'-s of the law.' It is not long mim" that our progressive brethren of the medical profession bavo dis i overeu thut one kind of mos'iulto (anopheles cause malaria; that .-itioilfr fslegomyla) currl'H yellow fever; that fleaa on rats communi'at tii'- dr'ad'-d Asiatic i-holera. and les ser fc-i rrns as baetfirla and bacblili are the agents of other diseases, for liiiis dr tin- 'weak things of the world (oiifoiind the tilings wlil'-h are Mighty.' I '"or, 27. Acting on these dUeo erles, und'T autiiortl.v of law. the stegornyia nnd yellow fever have been extirpati'd In f?ult and the ' liulera stayed In Han Francisco, not by a magician's wand, but ' because rats were destroyed hy legal cim- w.re peddh rs and two w-r- for Mo- ; 'nana. mere ih no .reason mai ne latlon of the exeis- Ij, w s. The genet- ! Plaintiff's home should not be freed a! gavetv of tie l..land was not dis- of malaria by authority of a Judgment turl.ed. whlih I. a-Is to the lrivr that i'afeil upon medical advice especially gambling and uuestlonablu places " ,h! parties agreed that such rem- a,l'rtie are to be molest-d. I'oney Isla-n'b'rs ari- iiappy and pre dlrf a pasMlng of the much talked of blue cloud. . (Uy Associated Finns.) AI'OIWTA, Oa., May S3,--Tht Ocor, gia railroad is comphtly tied UP to night. The management Is not' tr Ing to movu trains, simply announcing that It lias tho men, the means and tl.c roulpmrnt to proceed and will dr so when tho state announces Itselt ready to protect Its property and em ployes. The strikers are Standing pat. They assert that they hav not been nnd will not be, parties o any' Vio lence. Sympathiser with the strik ers I? Is set out, have dona all, the harm that has been don. Osncral Munugcr Thomas K. Bcott, at t p. m., made the announuement that "no trains aro moving." (governor TakM Action. Oovernor lioke Hmlth has wired tha sheriff of McUuffy county to oo-oper-ute with the municipal authorities and to summon all deputies necessary to protect Ufa vand property. - It is In this county that Thomson la In cuted, and It is at Thomson that th crowd Issued their . ultimatum last night that no trains should pass ear rylnir either non-union firemen or ne gro fircmim. . Clovernbr Hmlth has al so asked the sheriff there to kep him fully advised of the situation. Tho governor has also wired the sheriff' or It'icl dale and Dekalb counties, glv. Ing them Information that wngineers claim to haa been rocked at Conyra: and Llthonla and urging upon them prompt action for the ' protsetlim 'nt the ikllroeds employe and property. wm Mats t'rslglfU,- ( -.a. T T-'rom iho 'offliws of -thew Oeorala railroad her tonight H la announced that nil freight accumulated at At bin I a for Augusta and points 'beyond will bn moved tonight by the Central and Seaboard: Tho Georgia road freight station here will be open to morrow for delivery of freight to) (nn. It-n' i s, but shippers are request ed lo withhold all shipments until further notice. Alter thus admitting how eolnpleln H tho flc-lip the rOS'l says. "Th fleorgla road is omitting noth ing Hint offi rs promise of early re sumption." Tim Deorgla railroad Is 171 miles from Atlanta to Augusta and brunch es at I'amak lo Macon, at Harnett Jn Washington, at Union Point to Ath ens, It Is owned hy a stock company and Is being operated by the Loulsvljto and Nashville, lease. Tho Atlantic. ( oast Line is Joint luase. It employ '.",4011 to 2.000 men, four hundred of fi'ontlniied on page four.) 'PURE OLIVE OIL" MADE SAYS CONSUL'S REPORT .fid th l'iot' d. Tor currid All as usual and ontv six mad- during t:h day e lap on ih'- lid a Mav-or M'-'i-liiui'd re n that th' Sunday Id be . nfon d. Tho. a ela-4h t i wi i.n th-- iii"i w re ft isa ;e i, , f i e i ion whatever If ariius. itient resorts ran srresis Were Two of these edy (whatever the majority of the nodical arbitrators should find It to be) should be entered as the Judg ment of the court. An Argument, for Tariff to Keep Home Product from Competition. Mi MADK IN' ritANCK WASHINGTON, My 21. The "ultima!'- I'ohsitiid r". tlie s'-epegoat of tlie tariff iliseuwlon In the houon and B'-naie, Is being eoligiiteued on many iii"Hi!mis iliiough t:l,- pubiieatkin of farts brought oue In debate. Bomn ii1 tr m now ledge lrings no ,y to tho heart of tho "ultimate consume!,' for h lie-Is that In many InaUane lie has l n .beelveil. Apropos ofi re. eui die' iissbm In tho senate gardingg the nec:rrslty for prob tie Aiin-ri'-an cotton s-ed oil. try. spe.-ial agent Julian I II" li..- depHrinunt of commerce ,'!-. H-nilN iiiforrrLatilon fn-Of sellles, I'mmJ", that tho "iiliiina4e consumi-r" has bis own c.ottm scrfKl oil fo dressing in rhe belief t' "fiurc ollvV oil" from Kn Southern representatives ate wiho opp'wd the fi iiuty on cotton sed o" that the industry nisd"d Hon on the ground thai vio v,inpw-i iiinoi aiiroai. nu give It list of oilM Wlhtl'l' comie with tho AmerF alw, refutes the ontntl ton seiil oil munufa-tuf' an American entiwprisiv "MHt of the cotton See ed with other olln olive, same ami sold as 'table Mr, Bro'lt!. aro 0
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