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VOL. XXV. NO. 227.
ASIIEVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY MOUNIXU, JUNE1, 1909.
P1UCE FIVE CENTS.
O'MEARA ELECTED PRESIDENT
OTHER OFFICERS CHOSEN BY
TO CRAWL ON THE
CONVENTION AT LATE HOUR
ALDR1GH
HH INCIDENT
Fight Between LaBeaume And Logan Compromised By Election of Latter
As Assistant
ciple
CONVENTION PAYS HIGH
Social Features of The
Biltmore Estate Carried Out In Spite
of The Heavy Downpour of Rain
The twvmtteth convention f the
Traveh-rs' Protective association which
hue been in secmlon here since Mon
day morning Adjourned at 1.45 this
morning, the dt.legatea, however, have
another day hre since most' of thein
will accept the trip to Lake Toxaway
tendered tfieim by Aehevtille.
The IncluVjnts of "the day were the
!lve tluutfeh BWitmore estate anl an
Important seafrton In tha afternoon,
the day culminating In a fierce con
test at night for the various offices
which had been contended for by the
eo-called "Missouri faction" and "Jn
cliana faction" from the first momnnt
of the meeting, a contest which gave
to the. convention every aspect of a
poMtical assembly. Thieire were evi
dences of "trad," Intrigues, scheme
l and the finesse of the trained
politician and the main floor was a
muss of excited men, msiny ladka
looking on Prom boxes andparquet
seats. -
Unexpected ItaHeneI.
What waa -expected did not happen
and then th' Unexpected happened.
1ouia T. Lalieaume, was re-elected
eertihf wlthptlf a dtaarnting vote,
because an arrangement had been
made -mtu ashy frJjclHirler Logan of
inoiana, ine . opposing candidate, was
to be elected fuwietnnt accnetnry with
the wmne salary as the sec-reliary, con
ecrvatlvca effecting this arrangement
shortly bffore the convention met In
the hope of procuring harmony.
Whon the armngcm-nt waa made clear
It was supposed of course that there
would be little contest of a factional
nature for thin other offices, 'I wit on
the contrary the tight was intensilic
and the Missouri side swept every
tiling, including the next meeting
place, the vutte In many cases belns
exceedingly close. The public should
not t ike the evidences of dlffcrvnci -s
loo strongly because the delegates arc
rohiiMt political fighters nnd enjoy n
contest, all reforming ranks to light
fr the T. P. A. As has been re
marked before they form a tine body
of Intelligent man who are friends
to Ashevilk.
The delegates met with an Intcnrc
spirit of excitement pervading thvm.
some cnatlcsa, and prior to calling to
order, roared out popular songrf
many delegates rising and giving
chants or state, gongs.
Chiaplain Wilson reported that th
eiiUwtalnirunt for orphans had netted
1472, and to make Jt even $500 he
passed the hat, getting a total of
over ir.44.
After convening, Delegate Itroyle
of (.ieorgia, rising to a question of per
IOClft T. InEAFMK.
Ile-Kleotetl Srt-ntary T. I". A.
sonal prlvlledge, made an earnest ad
dress. He mid politics was greatly
Injuring the T. P. A. and the struggle
for office At .Norfolk was disgraceful.
He mid h was Informal that some
of the older delegates had met during
the aternmin, RmMh, ' Crnndall and
Thompson of Indiana, and Hudson
and Johnson of Tennessee, and hlm
f, to so- If harmony could not be
secured. They adjourned without re
'ilt. but to meet later with hope of
success, but alas It came to him that
a certain prominent candidal had
Issued an edict that nothing would be
agreed to unless It met with his cau
cus Ideas.
shaplln Wilson appealed to the
delegates to play tilve part of men and
brothers ami got a round or applause.
Chairman ' Brunei . presented the
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Secretary At Same Salary As His Prin
After Long Series of Caucuses
TRIBUTE TO ASHEVILLE
Day Including Visit To
report of the resolution commit!
The features of recommendations
were:
Reasonable rompenKitlon to rail
may Regulation by the inter-statk- com
merce commission; gra.iua.1 substi
tution Of steel coaches.
Keduutlon of fiU', 3 to large users
of transp.wtatiion.
Kxcem boggugc rate similar to the
Indlaan plan.
Good roads, rccmmmendliur T. P. A.
attending at .St. Louis.
For nn Inventor.
An unusual feature was the endorse
ment of the action of the Pennsylva
nia convention in behalf of Dr. Theo
dore Haggles Timhy of Hrooklyn, NT.
Y.. who claims to Im' thie real Invent
or of the "Monitors" turrett, anil that
congress be petitioned to grant Dr.
Huggl.-s a rchuarlng before the court
of claims. The resolution recites that
Church's life of John Krickspn proves
amply grossest errors In the history
of the Monitor.
Thanks to AhIm-vIIIc.
The following resolutions of local
Interest were reported and adopted
iby a rising vote:
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PATRICK .1. O MEAIU.
Klected President of T. P. A.
"WHEREAS, the good peopio of
Awheville have b on so confcido.rut
in their hospitality nnd have extended
to us such splendid entertai nniTfft.
and as we have found much in and
about Asheville that appeals to tin-
hearts of us all, and as our conven
tion as a whole unanimously decided
that if they could they would make
Asheille our permanent meeting
place,
'Therefore be It resolved, that the
thanks of this convention be extended
to the good people of this fair city
in The Land of the Sky."
'He it further resolved that our
thanks are due the Governor of North
Carolina, Hon. W. W. Kiichln, nnd to
the representative of the mayor of
Ashevllle, Hon. Iocke Craitr, for
their splendid addresses of welcome.
"Re It further resolved that a vote
of thanks he extended tfhi. entertain
ment committee for their splendid
services in looking after the welfare
during our sojourn among the good
people of this town.
"Itc it further resolved that our
thanks be extended to the North
Carolina division of the Travelers'
Protective Association of America, as
well as the local Post F of this town.
"Re It further resolved that j our
thanks are due lr. CA. Schenck for
the courtesies extended our conven
OFFICERS IXKCTKII.
President. Patrick J. U'Mearn,
of Indiana.
Secretary-Treasurer, Louis T.
LaBeanme, of Missouri.
Aseiutant secretary. T. SchuyhT
I.ogan, of Indiana.
First vice-pro). lent, Knank Pe-
gucs, of South Carolina.
Second vice-president, Kdward
J. Warnlcke, of California
Third vlce-presblent, John A.
(iiilce, of MkssMprl.
Fourth vicM-presideot. W. I
f Digging of Florida.
Fifth vice-president. I'Yank R.
f Hewitt, or North Carolina.
4- Directors from St. Louis.
George W. Smith and
f l-'rwd R. Sharladi.
V- Directors:
John T Rock, of Iowa.
Oorge W. i.".!hl, of Teas.
f . -W. W. St. John. .f New York.
Chttirman of nuilrond commlt-
ten F. V. Crnnthitl, of MIs-4-
sonrl.
Chairman of LoRlnlative rom-
f miltilee, W. K. Jenkins, of
Maryland.
Chairman of press commltlmi.
William II. Has, of Arkan-v-
sns.
4- Chairman of hotel committee,
Max Hanner, of Georgia.
4 Chairman of employment com-
4 mMtiee, L. W. McKown, of
4 Jowa.
4 Chairman of good roads com-
4 mlttee, Frank Lnucka, of
4 Illinois.
4 Naitlonal chaplain, Homer T.
4 Wilson, of Texas.
4
4 Next Meeting Place, Clintta-
4 nooga, Tennessee.
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tion In so courteously giving us an
opportunity to see he magnificent
scenery In TUltmore.
"He It further r solved that our
thanks are extended to the ladles of
Asheville for their magnificent work
In making our ente rtainment so pleas
ant while here, and
"Whereas we would not be unmind
ful of the most excellent service ren
d red our members and their families
and friends by the hotels of Ashevlll
"Therefore be it resolved that our
thanks be extended them for same.
"Whereas the press of this city has
extended So many courtesies to this
convention in that they have so splen
didly and aeV-urately published the
pi oc ee.il pks of said contention from
day to day, together with many other
courtesies not herein mentioned
"Therefore be it resolved that this
convention show Its appreciation of
said courtesies try a rising vote of
thanks.
"Whereas the Southern Railway has
utcd every effort to make the Annual
convention of the National Travelers'
Protective Association a success, and
done everything in their power to
(Continued on pag-s two.)
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STORM CAUSES SERIOUS DAMAGE
THROUGHOUT MOUNTAIN SECTION
Unprecedented Rainfall of
Here and Cau
J
The continuous rain for more than
wenty-four hours has left Its record
upon Ashevllle and the decorations at
well as bringing in Its train great
damage all through this section of the
country. With scarcely a respite of
more than thirty minutes at a time
during the period of thirty hours tha
clouds opened and a steady rain des
cended. It was not violent rain for
any great length of time nor was
there any heavy Wind which generally
accompanies destructive rains. 80 far
no cloudbursts have been reported
and m,ost of the damage has been In
washouts. Flood are expected along
the water course today.
The storm came from 8e Atlantic
coast where It had been raging for
1 the past day. Tit North ' CaroHha It
was chiefly confined to Charlotte and
Ashevllle. It was stated at the weath
er bureau last night that the .rain
fall had not yet been, during this
storm excessive.
Last night the French Broad rK-er
had" risen several feet but It hud net
yet overflowed Its Imnksj At lilltmbre
the Swannanoa river had risen and
the velocity of the"ateam had In
creased to such an extent that it Was
possible to hear the mad rush of the
waters some distance. ' '
It was reported that , there was a
washout at Tryon due to the storm.
The telegraph connections were some
what Injured and tha telephones suf
fered as well. They resumed after a
lapse of nearly an hour during the
heaviest part of the Storm. Owlnrf
to the absence of an wind the storm
did less damage lo the crops than
was supposed at first.: In neighbor
ing townships many roads were made
Impassable and the smaller culverts
TO CONNOR'S PLACE
(Jov. Kitchiii Rewards His
Campaign Manager with
Judgeship.
(Special o The Cltlw-n )
RALBKIH, June S. Governor
Kltehln announced this afternoon the
appointment of Hon. J. g. Manning
of Durham oe UMsoci.bte Justice of the
Supreme court to succeed Judge II. O.
Connor, now Unite. 1 States Judge for
the Eastern dlstri- t of North Caro
lina. Mr. Manning is fifty years old
atul Is a distinguished lawyer and an
ablm legislator.
Mr. Manning nuuviured the campaign
for (Joviemor Kitchiii last year and
succeeded in overthrowing the forces
of Hon. Ljcko Craig of Asheville.
who, following made the strongest
light ever shown In a state convention
and succm-dci 1 11 holding up the con
- oixoi mr inret nays and as manv
11 1 gnus.
There has ln considerable oppo
sition 10 me appointment oc Mr. Man
ning. SHQWER&
WASHINGTON. Jun. Forecast :
North Carolina: Showers In the In
terior.
Ill
Thirty Hours Interfered With T P. A. Convention
sed Many Washouts on the Railroad Lines
Leading From the City. 1
washed away by the screams from the
mountainsides.
The rain In the city waa a (feat
rilsanDointmcnt to a great many of
the visitors who had planned trip
and excursions to the different points
of Interest near here.
n.n washout. . i
SPARTANBURG, H. C June ,
Following a heavy rain-fall for the
last eighteen hours bad wssh-opr
are reported on the Southern rail
way between Spartanburg and Ashn
ville, and the passenger trains on that
division are now reported six hiAir
off schedule. Tha largest wash-out
Is between Tryon and Landrum. tvfet
ty-four m Ilea west of hsrs" AH ""Mr
streams In this section are much
swollen and there Is rear of t repltl
tlon of the floods of last August When
great damage was done. All trains
out of here are given orders' lo run
slowly.
SVI.VANIA. C.fl . June S A half
dozen person,fcprobahly more, were
Injured In a terrific cyclone that pass,
ed over the lower part of Screven
county Ht four o'clock this afternoon
and while no life has yet been lost
been ime of Its pansuge many persons
escaped by seeming miracles, houses
fulling about and upon them without
Indicting fatal injuries.
The cyclone came from the direc
tion of Dover and disappeared from
there In a northeasterly direction.
It completely wrecked the home
of Hl. iilien Thomson, a white farmer
and burled under Its ruins the farmer
..1 i.. i.n.i..n . . .0 ..rl
and his wife and children. An act of
herolnm followed when the older of
IS
SHOCKED Of SCANDAL
Separation of Hurley's Vol
lowed liy (Irand Jury's
CoiiHideraion of Case.
(KpoHal lo TI10 Citizen.)
CHARLOTTE, N. C, June 8.-8)
llertor Herlot Clarkson presented y
let day to the grand Jury now in see
slon the case of the state vs. Mr. ten
His A. Hurley, charging him with a
nk.'iult with a deadly weapon with
Ihe intent to kill his wife, Mrs. Ka-
teerlne J on on Hurley.
Kor the past few days the town
has besn agog with the stories afloat
concerning the sudden departure from
the city of Mrs. Hurley, who fcfft
Charlotte Katurday night for the horn
ct her mother, Mrs. W. T. Jordan, In
New York. Prior to her departure
she told her friends that her life
was In danger should she spend it
Willi her husband. She also Mated
that Mr. Hurley had fired at her
three times Saturday morning, and
t'.iat, under the influence of whiskey
his aim was had, otherwise he would
have killed her.
Mr. and Mrs. Hurley have been
rrominent in Charlotte society for a
numlier of years. Mrs. Hurley la the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. yv. T. Jor
dan, who made Charlotte their home
during her young ladyhood and for
some months after her marriage. Mr.
Hurley came to Charlotte from
Lynchburg, Va.. and was at first en
gaged In the cotton business here. He
connected himself with the best clubs
of the city and was to some extent
successfnl In business. His marriage
took place about three years ago, and
while there has been unbapplness It
wss generally supposed by mutual
friends to have been patched up.
During the past few years Mr. Hur
ley has been drinking more than he
should and to some extent his health
has been thereby Impaired. - i
the sons after working valiantly de
spite his Injuries, managed to extri
cate himself from the fallen lltnberr
and debris of the house and then res
cued the other members of the fam
ily In turn. Mrs. Thomson was very
seriously hurt, but the others of thr
family .sustained Injuries leas grave,
though very painful.
In places large pine trerts ' Were
twisted from their roots, so ,JTeut was
the, storm's violence.
Many of those who were ""taught
try, th .cyclone saw It approaching but
owlhg'to Its velocity were unabl to
find j.ii(Uea of. Baftjty before t gtruck.
Jt Is stMitd tht' tM .atotma Appoar
ancs was that of an ordinary whirl
wtndV such as are frequently Men in
"iiniineT,though It was very much lar
ger ahif ,fnnvjp4. II1 . tnuch. greater
rapidity. , .
MRS. BEBEE KILLED
IN A RUNAWAY
IIIOII POINT, N. C. Juno 1. Mrs.
KM her Mclulney Ilarwood Hebee, re
lative of the late President McKlnley,
who owns a summer home and other
valuable property at Elsie, in Mor
ganton county, was killed In a runa
way Saturday at thnt place, and her
body brought here to be shipped to
ner former home In Norwich, Conn.
Mrs. Ik-bee hud started to a neigh
boring house at 7 o'clo.'k Saturday
morning when her spirited horse took
fright and throwing her out . and
breaking her neck and Inflctlng ugly
wounds. She was a woman of consid
erable property, owning a gold mine,
a summer resort and other proper
ty. HAS CAPT. KIDD'S VAULT
BEEN FOUND AT LAST
Strangi! Underground Hid
ing Place is Discovered
Near Plymouth.
ROCKY MOUNT, ' June 3 RcmI
dents of Plymouth and I lie neighbor
Ing vicinity are puzzled over the find
Ing of an opened vault about three by
Mwo feet In width and about two feet
In depth on the bank of the Konnoke
river about one hundred and nf l
yards from the Atlantic Coast Line st
lion there. The vault was opened oni
night last week and by parties un
known, and the fact of the existence
of such a vaull was not known to the
residents there, nnd as to what was
contained therein Is also unknown In
that little hamlet.
The opened vault Is mads of old
style square English brick, and the
vault Is nicely sealed Inside and out
and has every evidence of having been
built a number of years ago. In ihe
bottom of the vault It is nicely sealed
by a stone slnb, and Its every evidence
Is that there was something valuahU
stored therein. The position of the
vault Is near the site nf the old cus
tom house of the government, that ex
isted there before the war between
the sillies.
That there Is no reason for the
Is'ence of an abundunce nf mystery In
the case Is evident, for not only was
the Pamlico sound and the rivers flow
ing therein In the hiding plnce of that
greatest of all American pirates. Cap
tain Kldd, or lllue Reurd, but It Is
thought by all of the older residents
there that his treasures are hidden
somewhere on the banks of these Wa
ters. Plymouth wss several times
taken and retaken by the Federal and
Confederate forces during the civil
war, and It may be that treasures were
secluded there In order that they
might not fall Into Ihe enemy's hands.
Sen. Stone Makes Him Too
The Mark For Utterance
In Regard to Statistics
HEATED COLLOQUY
BETWEEN SENATORS
Wherein The Fixing of Tariff
Schedules are Advanc
ed Not at All
(lljr Asaot-laled Press.)
WASHINGTON, Juns I. Tha
senate waa not In nn'amtabla stata of
mind today, and a a conseuusncn
there were several clashes of tarn
per. The day wax begun with a
speech by Senator Stone, of Missouri,
In which ho asserted that the Ger
man officials had taken exception to
r marks recently mads by Senator
siurii-n ( i-in n vn m ma ws"
mi nt supplied by tha German govern
ment at the refuost of tha American
secretary of state. Mr. A Id rich had
characterised as 'Impertinent" tha ef
fort which ha claimed, , had bsen
made In that statement to Influence
American tariff legislation ana Mr.
Stone undertook to shoW tHht tha epl
diet hail been applied to the German
government.
MY. Alddcih, jWntVhla' Impli
cation, but ba ' repeatedly said that
the Gernwi manuTacXurnw had Un
dertniisn .to Influence the 'course of
the tariff ' iiill and ha charred that
In so doing they had beaa guilty of
Impertinence, .1 ,
( During Mie course or hie iwmarka
Mr. AMrtetv Intimated that Mr. Btnns
was artlmc a a reptesflntaitlvie of Ger
many and this remark arooaatf tha
anger of the Mtsxourlan, "' Declaring
his right to apeak hla tMnd 'aa an
American senator, ho' sruld that tha
uss of 'tins expression' waM "a ' groga
Impsrtlnenoe. ' r ',! ' v. ,,
f 1 1 iv I n - itt' AIAv4ntt.OiAMa 'aniens. i
Senator. La Follett resumed hla speech
In opposition tn ths cotton, scheduia,
which 'proved 'lo bs a'goouruJ crltl- "
clsm nf the methods of tha flnanoi
commutes. ' n sseerteo innt ins usn
man wage. report had, contrary to i
statement by Mr. Ahlrlch, reached tba-
commlttee before the tariff bill waa
reported to the senatls and h charged
the commute with vneral rteglect In
withholding Information from ' tha
senate. IK- opposed, tha new cotton
duties as excessive and 'mad an argu.
men! In favor of a general scaling
down. , '
At five thirty the' annate released
until eight p. m."
Mono Gets Mad,
Senator Aldrlch's recent character
isation f the course of any govern
ment which might send to this coun
try an anonymous statement concern
ing prices In the forertgn omintry with
a view to influencing legislation waa
made the stdijnct of an scrlimsilgus
colloquy In the senate today betwaen
Mr. Ahlrlch and Senator Stone. The
previous remark nf Mr. Aldrlch waa
bused uppon the fact that In responds
to a request from our awn State de
partment, the GUrfflan authorities
had forwarded to this government
siutements of manufacturers, con
cerning the rate of wages In Ger
many with a request that the names
of the manufacturers bu not used.
Senator Stone brought up (he ques
tion by reading a e-shlcgram from
lierlln In which It was stated that
the German government had taken
oflense ut Mr. Aldrlch's language bs-
(Continued on paga Six )
PARENTS JOIN TO SEND
TOT
Peculiar Case Ts Tried in
Recorders Court of Uuth
crfordtou. (Ssi-lsl to Tbo C'ttlxcn.)
RUTflKIIFOKDTO.V, June . In
the recorder's court yeetnrday Judge
Wyk.s as faced with an untiaiml and
unnatural suuatlon. John ttarbee, the
m of Waller Hjirbee, win charged
a lih being a vagrant. Ills father
swore that lie wan a vagrant, that hs
did not work and that he was sup
ported by his wife. The fath-ln-
law. I. c. Chappell. swore the sumo
thing. Itarbee came on the stand and
said It was false, that he ImiI been it
work and was now engaged In paying
off a I nd that his father had made.
He mis followed by his wife. She said
John had been working and 'bringing
tn money and added that her father
nnd his father had Interfered In their
family relations and wanted to get
her away from him.
The atate did not put up any new
evidence after resting and Judge Sykes
gave Ilarbee thirty days on the roads.
There was no appeal. In this casa
there appeared this: The father and .
fathor-in-lnw swore to facta that Bent
the.yoong man to the roads, while tha
wife and defendant swore that both of
the father had been busy In trying to
break them nn. It-was tn unusual
and unnatural case In criminal oourb