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THE ASHEWLLE "CITIZEN". 1THE WEATHEE: SHOWERS. Associated Press Leased Wire Reports. VOL. XXV. NO. 225. ASIIEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 15, .1909. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ELECTION OF OFFICERS WILL BE EXCITING CLIMAX OF DA Y'S She's Little, But She's Loud. m TRIBUTES TO THOSE 10 HAVE PACKED LAST GRIP Dr. Wilson Conducts Special Memorial Services For the Dead CONVENTION PROCEEDINGS Candidates Hastling For Votes Bat Find Alignments do Not Hold Over night Secretaryship is Great Matter at Issue And Missouri And Indiana are Waging Strenuous Warfare Over it VOTE. DOW AMENDMENTS TO LIMIT BENEFIT LIABILITY Memorial Services in Afternoon And Entertain ment at Auditorium at Night Closed Yester day's Program. Business Finished Today Business, the honor ing of the memory of the members who have passed Into the Great Beyond, and an enter talnment unique and mirth provoking, char scterlzed T. P. A. day yesterday. The member transacted Important bus iness at the morning1 and brief af tfrnoon session, adopting amendments to the constitution and unanimously petitioning congress not to remove the Internal revenue tyt on leaf to bacco, animated discussions featur- ng the meetings. The memorial exercises were Im pressive and the entertainment at night In the Auditorium was a bril liant success. The ladies enjoyed a drive through the Biltmore estate In the morning. Fight for Secretary. But everywhere, apparently enter ing into every matter, is politics, the one great question ibeing who shall have the two years term as secretary, Recretary -Douls T. LeaBcaumfl of St. Louts, backed by tjie "Missouri fac tion." and Schuyler Logan of Indian apolis, supported y the "Indiana fac tion." Selection of men for every other office:,, are' made dependent on the i&Hrtt -r the secretaryship, the choice of the president and the place of meeting fur the next convention hlng but secondary considerations, Politics is suspected In every move and yesterday the humorous spectacle wis presented of the convention re fusing to adjourn because it was thought by some that one of the fac tions was playing for time, whereas In truth, each deligate was as hungry as another. Political Trades. The "steering committees" of th. two state delegations, Missouri am Indiana, are busy an the traditional henvor, not, however, as the T. P. A "beaver" who was entirely unharmed by his encounter with the bulldog. Trades are arranged half hourly and fall to pieces every fifteen minutes Different state delegations are prom ised certain national officers 'by th Fleering committees provided they will support Logan or LaBeaume for sec retsry, but shortly appears the othT steering committee and promises that Mate something "better and the trade I ofT and the first committee comop bark with another trade to rapture th.- elusive state delegation. "We have had this thing fixed a dozen times today." lamented one of the steerers. "Hut everything chanc es as quickly as this Ashevllle sky which smiles on you one minute and then threatens to wet you." Incidentally Indiana Is not fo "dry It was and no particular lack o moisture Is complained of by Mlssou rl. Who for President? P. J. O'Meara. the gentleman o Imposing appearance and pleasing manner, from Indianapolis; First ice President A. L. Byrd of South Caro lina, and Thad P Howe of Chicago, are the leading names sugested for president. Missouri Is backing Mr O'Meara but Indiana Is pledged to Logan and it Is said that unless Iridi na sees that it can get both offices It will rive Mr. O'Meara but three of Its 4 votes. It was reported last 'light that Missouri had therefore ngireed tio snpport Mr. Byrd In conslci eratlon of Soulh Carolina's support of LaBeaume. Mr. Howe Is more of receptive than active candidate. It Is conceded that Irrespective of political feature F. Hewitt of Ashevllle will be selected as one of the five vlce presldents as a compliment to Ashe vllle. It is said that the Southwest in supporting Missouri while Indiana has the solid support of such states Virginia and Wisconsin. Mr. O' Meara's friends are cnutnlng on a general support regardless of who Is made secretary and so are Mr, Bird's friends. "It Is anybody's flKht said a member of the North Carolina division which has its hands off and will di vide Its vote between LaBeaume aril Logan. , Coiie-iiiing Constantly. Last- Might- there were c aucuses and caucuses, all achieving a result whh h may or may not stand 'before the morning sun today. The election Is most likely to occur tonight since the morning will be occupied with the drive to Biltmore and most of the afternoon session will be taken up with" the unfinished constlutional amendment business and other mat ters. ( "I will not be In the least surprised If we Arc In session most of tomorrow night," Mid a politician yesterday. "The boys are worked up, ar.d when they get that way they will stick all night. We will start with the election of president and come down to were. tary which Is seventh place on the lis: and you may be sure there will be. plenty of nominees put up, oh yes. But of course a bunch may be strong enough to exchange the regular order and take up the election this after noon. At Biltmore Today. The delegates will leave the Audi torium on the Biltmore drive at nlno o'clock this morning and the national and state officers and ladies will be entertained by Dr. ". A. Schenck of the department of forestry in a modest way. It being Impossible to provide In this respect for all the members and ladies. There will be a session at 2.30 o'clock in the afternoon and one at 8 p. m. It Is the Intention of the delegates to close all business tonight In order to leave nothing un done before going to Lake Toxaway Friday morning. The trains will be run In sections of six cars each, the first starting at 7.26 and others follow Ing at 20 minute Intervals. There are different colored tickets for ea.h train and they are good only on that train. Lunch will be served at the lake. , . .... Morning Session. ' The business session, yesterday morning was featured by animated debate on the proposed amendment to the constitution and by-laws and was characterized by the sharp play of pol ities which now pervades everything T. P. A. The meeting had all the appear ances of a congress or political gath ering In session and the debate and play for position among the attendants proved conclusively that there are many bright minds among 'the dele gates, while spectators were aKsorbod with the Interest tho occasion afford ed. The arguments for and against the adoption of amendments were able and the parliamentary play was adroit. President (Iray displaying an acumen Which would indicate that If he over left the road he could get a fine place as presiding officer. Against the Trusts. Two Incidents of Importance trans pired during the session. The first was the unanimous adoption of a resolution protesting against the re peal by congress, of the internal reve nue tax on leaf tobacco. The conven tion has' received many telegrams from Independent tobacco manufacturers urging It to take a stand against a re peal or modification of this tax on the ground that such action would Im peril the Interests of the "Indepen dent' or non-trust manufacturers and at the suine time decrease the nation al revenue, and .tcrday Jumes H. Crawford, of Indiana, moved that a committee of three be named to ex press the sentiment of the convention on the subject. The president named as sucn committee, ,ir. i rawioru. James A. Ilarwood, of Virginia, Kd win Altsheler, of Kentucky, who brought In the following telegrams which they recommended be sent to V. 8. Senators Nelson W. Aldrleh of Connecticut. T. S. Martin, of Vir ginia, and Albert J. Hevcrldge, of In diana, by the convention Made I'lianitiioiiH. Whi n the motion to adopt the re port was put, one or two notes wire heard and on a rising vote It was seen that two delegates were against the resolution Mr. Crawford asked If these Ecntlemen would not recon sider. One of the two, Mr. eJsman. of Indiana, said that he voted no on the supposition that Ihe move was In the Interests of tho American Tobacco company, but wnen assured mat me contrary was the rase, changed his te to an affirmative one.' Mr. un man, or ueorgia. saiu mai ne jmu been unable to hear the message and so voted against It on general princi ples but would vote for it. There were cheers as the vote was made unanimous. Mr. Ilarrtwlck Speaks. Mr. W. E. Jenkins, of Maryland. offered a resolution thanking me Southern railway for the entirely sat isfactory transportation furnished the delegates " Ashevllle and for Its courtesy In sending lis passenger offi cials here to make matter pleasant the travelers. The resolution was unanimously adopted and therafter Passenger Traffic Manager H. S. llardwick, of the Southern, wa Intro. duced to the convention which rose to greet him and gave him the T. P: A. "shake", which Is a waving of both hands In the air. Mr. Hardwlck cap tivated the audience with bis pleasing TODAY'S I HOG RAM. f a. hi. Drive through Biltmore estate. S.30 p. ill. eBusiness session. 8 . m. Business session. talk which though without any pre tense in that direction was really an oloquent address. In pari Mr. Hard wick said, addressing the delegates as 'Fellow traffic agents;" "Ashevllle at once the most beautiful city on th contlnvnt of North America and the pride of the Southern railway system, It was therefore, an unusual pleasure to the Southern railway to learn of the great honor conferred on this olty and so on tho Southern railway by selecting It as your meeting place. Ashevllle has welcomed you and the Southern railway began to welcome you from afar, meeting you at the rivers, which bound this beaut'ful Southland." 'Commerce, trade and transporla tlon are one and the same," said the speaker, "and our hope Is that we may go forward from this day with a elcare- understanding and comrade ship and that nothing will be allowed through oratory or excitement to In tcrvene between us. The traffic of a groat continent can be safely entrust ed only to tho agencies directly con cerned." Mention was made of the difficulties under which the railways lubored in adjusting all differences. Mr. Hardwlck was given an -ovation by the delegates at the close of his re marks, cheering continuing several minute. Convention Opens. The convention,,' waa . opened with pfayf-r offered by Ttev. J. J. Oravatt chaplain of the Virginia delegation and after the minutes were approved the two resolutions referred to above Were taken up. Delegate Alex. Law rence, Jr., of Pennsylvania, then offer. ed a resolution to President Taft which told at length that the revolving turret on the original "Monitor" was nvented by Theodoro Kugglcs Tindy of Brooklyn, N. Y., who had been de frauded of his invention and was now lying in poverty In Brooklyn, and asking the president to send a mes sage to congress to Investigate thi lalm. Delegates Kown, of Tennessee, ami Smith, of Illinois, made points of order against the resolution but were overruled and It was on motion of Cradlnal, of Alabama, referred to the ommlttee on resolutions. Committee Reports. The report of the committee on the report of tho secretary and treasurer was presented by Chairman Paddock, f Texas. It 'commended the admin Istratlon of the office at length and Mr. Paddock extolled the great scr ices Secretary LaBeaume had ran ered the association during his 19 years of service. Some of (he friends f 8. T Logan seemed to think that the chairman was making a bit of a stump speech and there were some udlble criticisms, but no objection was made to a rising vote of thanks to the secretary, The report of the committee on the national board of directors compll mented Ihe work of the board and en dorsed the view that apllcatlons for membership should be sought only from men of high character. No lcg Puller. Delegate John S. Hardwood, of Vir ginia, ri.sing to a point of personal privilege, humorously said he had been libelled by the newspapers, one of w'blch said he had been chairman of the legislative committee for 71 years w hile the other said that he was chairman of the leg committee. He desired to say that he was not 71 years old and while It might be that thera was some "leg pulling" going on he was not in charge of It. Tho resolutions of Delegate Mc Kown, of Iowa, that the convention be not held on the last or first days of the month In future was adopted. Constitutional Amendment. Proposed amendments to the con stitution were then taken up and the first one was promptly adopted. It provides that men not eligible to ac tive membership In local posts or state divisions may become asseiciate members of such with dues to be fix ed by posts or divisions. The second amendment, however, developed a hoi contest. Article 10, section 1, pro vides that the association shall not be Hairdo for Injuries received In certain cases and among tiiein are enumerated Injuries from apoplexy, vertigo, etc., and It was proposed by an amend ment to add to these "dizziness, at tack of fainting or unconsciousness, nightmare, somnambulism." Julian Williams, of Virginia, said the mem bers would be hazarding their laiur ance If they adopted this and explain ed that Its effect was simply to add more cases In which the association would not be liable for claim of members Injured. The motion of J. P. WoUersteln, of Maryland, to table the amendment was ruled out of or- (Continued oa page four.) MOB A Hundred or ore Wounded (By AHd, !ed Prwta ) Pa., June PHILADELPHIA Z. The attempt of the hlladelphla Tran -rate its cars to sit company to o night with strlkcbJ-eakers Imported from othor cltlp tf suited In the first serious rioting .which had occurred since the strike o tho street .oar strike began on May 21. In tho Ken sington district Where many mnw are located the feeling ran high. Mobs of men, women wd children pulled the motormon fanl conductors from their car and fcwui'hc.m severely. In many instance caiw were e on (Irs and In other cases thrown across the track. The police were powerless to ontrol the angry strike sympathizers. When they charged the mob It sepa "IPX HI6HF ATTHE 'roceeds Devoted to Fund for Widows and Orphans of Deceased Members. EXCELLENT PROCJ RA M. The Auditorium was filled last night for the T. P. A. entertain nient, the proceeds of which will be de voted to a fund for the widows and or- hans of deceased brothers. F-ong be fore the curtain rose t was seen that the boys" had responded liberally to the appeal of their venorable chap- aln, Dr. Homer T. Wilson, of Hous ton, Tex. The llrnt number on the program, a selection by the AhIic- llle double ouartet. was well received nd an encore whs demanded. The members of tins ouartet are Mesnri. K. riayton, J- D. Hllkeleather'. rank Hmlth. ('. T. Carr, Zoto F. Cur tis, W. C Hawk, James Cowan and Mr. K. I. Moore The humorous ad- ress by Dr. Helk of Atlanta was one f the hits of the evening. The "Than- atopsia" was splendidly rendered by W. T. Jackson, of Missouri. The tenor and alto duet by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene H. Clowes, of Virginia, was excellent effort. Mis Elizabeth Calne of Indiana scored a. nuecw 1 Ith her rendition of "Speak up. Ike.! nd 'Bpress Yourself." Mr. A. I.. I ftyrd, of Routh Carolina, covered hlm-i self wKh glory In a whistling and singing "stunt." Miss Iona Young, of Ashevllle, appeared to advan'sge Ith "fthe Wanted to Know." "From (Continued on page four.) "A 8HOWER5 pl WASHINGTON'. June S Forecast: North Carolina: Fair on the coast, local howers in the Interior Thurs day and Friday; light variable wind, mostly southerly. l :9 t-2S-nLL wi m rwoi j . TTACKS STRIKE BREAKERS ON PHILADELPHIA In Conflicts Between Strike Sympathizers and Po lice. Imported Men are Roughly Driven from Their Cars. rated only to form again In the vicin ity of nnother car. Tore OB Ttieir Clotlies. While the moat serious rioting oc curred In the mill district In Kensing ton, car were attacked In many oth er part of the city. In West Phila delphia dynamite cap were placed on the track and crowd stoned the strikebreakers when they attempted to bring out cars, forcing them to re turn to tho barn, in th downtown section conductor - and,,,motornuin wore pulled from their car- and th4 clothes torn from their back by mobs of strike sympathizers. In mm casen the terrified strikebreakers had to bo taken to private houses and guarded PROHIBITION WAVE IS RECEDING IS OPINION OF Cliarge Profcs.sional Agita tors with Misrepresenta tion and Exaggeration. SALOONS ARE BLAMED j (Hy AssoclHled Prens ) J ATLANTIC CITY, N. J , June 2 I f loclHrlnir tbat "the orofeMHlonal sd- jvocates of the anti-saloon league have I 'over-shot th" mark nnd that their statements are gnwsly exaggerated j where they are not purposely mis leading", the board of trustee of the United Htatis ftrewers' association which opened Its forty-ninth annual convention here lodav. went on rec ord with the additional declaration that the so-called "prohibition wave" has reached Ibc height and that "re action Is already beginning to set In." About three hundred delegates wer" present when Julius T.iebmann, of New York, president, d. Ilvedi ri d his annual address The members of the association are said to control two-thirds of the beer out put In the I'nltcd Slates. One of the features of the conven tion was the public meeting tonight at whleb the principal speaker wo Ihe Rev John P. Peters, chairman of the committee of fonrnteen, whic h Is InvcHtlgatlng the IPpior question In New York. All the speakers at Ihe public meeting advocated the wiping out of saloons that are not conducted according to law. They alo urged s better enforcement of reasonable and fair liquor laws W,T MOItK CAItrtlAfiBS. It Is announced hy Ihe Iik-hI committees that ll't'l delegates and ladles have signified their Intention of visiting ftlttmore estate this morning and that not enough ehces for trans portation have b'en secured. It is urged that sll carriages for hire report at the Audi torium at ft.20 o'clock this morning, a fare of II fof each person carried by them being ensured. It Is also suggested thnt tender of conveyance by pnhllc spirited cltlwn will b highly acceptable. " STREETCARS Used and hy police to save them from bodily harm. In Kensington there were five bis riots and all evening Kensington av mis, tho main thoroughfare) of th district was filled with a howling mob. Ho faf a can be learned, the striking street car men tnemseive uiu noi take any part In the rioting. They were , kept confined, by , their leader In their various meeting plaer. the Imported atrlknbreakora proved t.,J. disappointment ,!W tho com puny many of them deserting the! cars at the first sign of trouble and leaving them standing In the street Continued on psgw seven.) HOOKWORM 0JSEA5E IS PREVALENT AMONG THE CHILDREN OF THE SOUTH Rabies, leprosy and Othe Dread Affliftions Diseuss ed by Health OflWrs. WORK JSA KLKKKIN( WASHINGTON, June 2. An Inter estlng development of discussion ) rubles today at the annual conference of the stafe and territorial health of Id era with the United Ktules public health and marine hospital service was the fact that the disease frequent l Is contracted from tho bits of Mk links" wolves and other wild anl main. Doctors Jodfrey of Arizona, sn llrumby of Texas, deacrlleci the dan ger from Hut bites of skunks and olh er wild animals In their localities am declared that wolf bites frequently convey the Infection of rabies. Dr. Kerr declared that public opinion was becoming rapidly edu cftlcd to Ihe necessity of muzzling dogs as Ihe only certain way of over c.inlng the disease. The general ron- elnyion of the conference, was thai II was quite as reasonable to require the muzzling of dogs as II was to prohibit the free roaming of cattle arid horses in the street. f)f leprosy Hurgeon General Wyman voiced the widespread feeling thai this disease was one whl'-h coiiecru- id all tho states collectively. The surprising prevaleiwe of th "hookworm disease-" In Ihe Koiith war fihowu by Dr. Charles W. HtlleM. who said It was dim to unsanitary condi tions ccnel the resultant pollution Pf the soli. He said that twenty-seven percent of the children In a large, section of the Hon t li liacl the: disease In such an apparent form that It could be derte-cted without a nile-reutcope. chllel tabor In the Houth. said Dr. Kllles, was a positive blessing, as It was Improving the condltleen ef the chlldre.-ii themselvt's and causing a general uplift In the eondltlon .f the peor pei'puiatlon. lie aiso nrtseTleei that It was decreasing the death rate smeing children. PeUlagra, the disease which I in mad its appearance in this country only In recent year, was discussed. Dr. C. F. Williams, of Houth Caro lina read a paper, showing Its preva lence in the South. Dr. H. U Har ris, of Georgia, said that the disease occurred chiefly In the fall and spring that it probably was due to eating ri rn ' bread made from unripe or mouldy corn, and that It most prom inent aymptom waa insanity. T.P.AS ILLUSTRATE MAN'S BROTHERHOOD Traveling Man's Strongest Tie Is Home. And Love ; he Bears Doar Ones Th T. P. A, paltl tribute to the memory of II two hundred and fourteen ma rnbifl who have died sine the last meeting at Mllwaukoo at pclal sen lews conducted by the chaplain, for. Homer T. Wllaon, at tha Audi torium yesterday afternoon. DeapUa Ihe rain, tha lower of the floor wa almost tilled. ' The audience had .the opportunity tu hear Mr. and Mr, ' Eugene 11. Clowes, the sweet l rigor of Virginia, who rendered two alto and tenor duets, "Our Mother' Way, , and 'PaVe to face," and res-ponded encores. The exercise opened wun l song by a double quartet and , piayer by Dr. B. 11. Helk, of Atlanta. Dr. Helk made a tow remark tell Ing Imw the singing of Mr. and Mr. Clowe carried him back to hi child hood day. "If I war a poet I would sing of mother. If I were an orator ( would devote my eloquence tn por truylng mother' virtue." ho laid, IN. Wilson' AiMrcM, , Dr. Wilson In opening aald that he bad a message to the living and not to the dead. ., ... . ' t 1 i'8r yu cjhij another1 - bnrden Ur ' the philosophy of enutlfut- life," hjH , aald.. The pnlUNsnmF ,ot lieatls tlful life consteti" W JrbMijni lr thV ers, . Wu that .are atrottg must bear the burden of the weak."' Bvery day no meet people of Variously' differ ent natures, ellffi rlng In temperament. In disposition, In Color . pf eye and bulr and In various ether respects, lie was struck with the difference in? people, very forcibly wheh ho entered Ihe ministry a a young man. Trav eling men aro ulway studying tha law of adoption and how to acquit themselves before those various type with whom they come into contact. Praise fSalvatloil Army. Dr. Wilson paid a high tribute to the Halvatlem Army. "I Will have no rltlciNin to pas on them till 1 can o deeper Into tho gutter than they slid bear men up," he aald. "Some time people may help to boar tho burdens of their followmen by very Hlle tilings." Ho told of meeting by hance a member of the Salvation Army whose father' died a drunkard and bis mother of a broken heart, who hue) been converted by hearing ' tH I Dr. Homer T. Wlle-en, of Kan Antonio, 1'cuiN, National Chaplain. lit hinr of inothar. "I haie no nncietnnatloii for the Ictlm of strong drink," he said. Ariel no man starieis so close to the throne of doe) h when he stands so lecse lo a frhnd that he cannot fall. believe Oocf take notion of Inten- lons to do good. It la a great thing le strive whether one aocornollshe r ytlilng'or not. One who has never ade u mistake has never made any- hlng. Tin' most beautiful, exhibition of bearing one another' burden la en In that beautiful palace, home. Mathematicians may estimate tha eight of a mountain or the number cubic feet In a shaft but none can estimate the lovo In the heart of a traveling man for hi loved one at ume.!' Dr. Wilson spoke of the growing brotherhood of man and related how hen people of one section are affile.- d every other section vie in carelng for their needs. This great wave of iimnn sympathy began to grow when Chicago wa In flame and reached it cllbsx when Galveston (ulfered from a great flood. WW