THE WEATHER:
! PAUL
THE ASHEWCEE CITIZEN.
Associated Press,
Leased Wire Report
VOL. XXV. NO. 231.
ASHVTLLE, N. C, TUESDAY MOUNfN(3, JUNE 8, VMK
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
REVEILLE TODAY
lllvAKEHEiES
OF COflFEDERAGY
Are Bivouacked in Hospitable
Camp of Bluff City of
Tennessee
STARS AND BARS FLOAT
BESIDE OLD GLORY
Arrangements For Entertain
ment of Visitors Are Well
Nigh Perfect
MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 7. With
the stars and the bars and the Star
Spangled Banner flapping largely and
amicably In the soft breeze of a typ-
tial .Southern day; with the pictures
of the Southern heroes aligned With
those who fought for the North; with
the streets filled with thousands of
visitors, with here and there through
the throng the soft gray and gold of
the cause that millions revere, the
Confederate Veterans' reunion began
today.
The formal program does not begin
until tomorrow. But all day long
special and regular trains puffed nois
ily Into the bluff city of Tennessee
and debouched their thousands of
passengers upon the platforms.
' . Hotels Crowded.
The hotels, taxed to their capacity,
have utilized every spare inch of
space and tile halls and corridors are
filled with narrow cots Upon which re
pose good natured. but "enthusiastic
visitors to the reunion. From evory
store and office and private residence
are atring the national colors. Th
stars and the bars and the united
country's flag float side by side on
every hand. Big signs toll the state,
department and division headquarters.
Uniformed and courteous guides are
at the service of the visitors, and to
even look In dotxbt means a polite
offer of assistance from both the men
and Women who wear the. badge "I
Live Hre-vAs Me."
Arrangements Complete,
"fcer ijrobaibly rver has been a
Confederate reunion at which the ar-j
rangements ftvw been so complete or
thie details so ebly worked out- It Is
almost JmposaVble to walk - through
any aepoi in-Jrhls without some
courteous strangar Inquiring "are you
ft visitor?"
Information bureaus abound and
no one can complain that accommoda
tions are not furnished. At a huge
mess hall In Main street a com mis-
Continued on Page Four).
PER
BROKE Dill
SEND! ELEVEN
10 WATERY GRAVES
Children Returning From Ex
cursion Drown In Hu
man Maelstrom
SEVENTY FIVE IN
WATER AT ONE TIME
Boat Company Denies Re
sponslblllty For Landing
at Unsafe Wharf
PROGRESSIVES
SENATE ARE G IG
ALDRIG
TROUB
L
Reps. In Lively Row Among
Themselves Over
Tariff Bill
PARTY LEADERS PUT
ON THEIR METTL
(By Associated Press.)
MANDEVILLE, La., June 7. tip
to an early hour tonight eleven bodies
had been recovered from the waters
of Lake Pontchartrain at the scene
of yesterday's disastrous collapse of
a small pier upon which score of ex
cursionists had been crowded to board
the steamer Margaret about to return
to New Orleans. As far as can be
ascertained, no other persons are
missing but .searching parties contin
ued to drag the lake until a late -hour
tonight.
All of the victims were residents
of New Orleans. The bodies recover
ed follow: Lizzie Lots, aged fifteen;
Marie Goiteln, aged eighteen; Kath
leen Gotten, aged twenty; Laura Ray,
aged eighteen; Alice Choppln, aged
sixteen nonths; Lizzie Everhardt,
aged nine; Eugene Pabstaged, aged
thirty-four; Mrs. Charles Bruno, aged
twenty-five; Mamie Pazos, aged thirty-three.
The responsibility for the catastro
phe which precipitated seventy-five
persons into the lake has not been
fixed, but a rigid Itrqulry has been
Instituted by the authorities of Mande.
vllle and New Orleans.
The Pontchartrain company which
owns the boat denies all responsibility
for the accident. They declared that
the wharf gave way under the weight
QCllMwJftrw number of people upon
It
'There appears to be considerable
doubt as to why the Margaret -landed
at this pier Instead of going to the
larger one where H was accustomed
to touch. Captain Neihysel stated
that he was directed by the commit
tee of Benevolent Knights of Ameri
ca, In charge of the excursion, to land
at the smaller pier. This the com
mittee denies.
Western Crowd Making Strong
Play to Live up
to Pledge
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. June 7. The sen
ate cliamber was again today trans
formed Into a mental arena and Sen
ator Aldrleh, leading the conserva
tives, and Senator Beverage heading
the progressives, were the chief glad
lators. Both Were frequently on their
feet and there was many sharp con
dirts between them.
Beginning the session with a vote
on the recommendation of his com
mittee for a duty of three cents
square yard and twenty per cent ad
valorem for the fabric known as win
dow hollands, Senator Aldrleh was ap
parently somewhat encouraged over
the prospects of making decided head
way with the cotton schedules. His
hopes were, however, doomed to early
disappointment, for only a few mo
ments afterwards Mr. Beverldge took
the floor, and before he concluded had
opened such a gap that the Rhode
Island senator himself could not re
slat the opportunity to walk in. Mr
Beverldge having said that he had
been Inclined to support the recom
mendatlons of the finance committee,
the admission led the chairman of the
committee to say that he had not
shown such inclinations by his vote,
Coming back, the Indiana senator as
serted his right to follow his con
science rather than the leadership of
any Individual.
South Not Begging.
From that time forward, the two
senators were engaged In Joint de
bate much of the time during the
day. In the course of his remarks.
Hr,. Aldrleh, while contending that
many prohibitive tariffs were Justi
fied.- said ha never bad favored, a pro
hibitive policy. He predicted that in
time the South would become the
greatest manufacturer of tire finer
grades of cottoti goods. Replying to
this assertion. Senator Bacon declar
ed that even If such should prove to
be the case he would not favor any
(Continued on page seven.)
tut tiunauiiBP UCHT.
ITi
Accepts Not Opinion of So
licitor General on So Del
icate a Matter.
COLORING ALL RIGHT.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Juno 7. Lloyd W.
Bowers, solicitor general of the United
Wales today submitted to President
Taft his opinion as to what the term
"whiskey" means In law.
In effect Solicitor General Bowers
holds after discussing at great length
what the term "whiskey" meant at
the time of the passage of the pure
food law. that the public does not
consider fbat added coloring for flav
oring matter can make whiskey out of
what otherwise Is not whiskey. Whis
key is regarded generally and nat
urally as having a flavor and proper
ties of Its own. "There Is no more
reason for saying that alcohol be
comes whiskey because colored and
flavored like some true whiskey than
for saying that alcohol becomes bran
dy because colored or flavored like
some brandy," he says. On the other
hand, the mere addition of harmless
coloring or flavoring matter to what
If previously whiskey does not destroy
Its character unless such addition un
duly dilutes or otherwise affects the
essential properties or the whiskey."
Solicitor General Bowers holds that
'he name whiskey has no different
ope whether It be used as a drug
or as a beverage. He also holds that
the contention that whiskey may be
made from molasses Is Incorrect.
While the opinion of Mr. Bowers Is
not final, and may be over-tnrned by
a subsequent proceeding. It Is dlstinct
l a victory for the contention of the
blended whiskey distillers and ls a
reversal of the .position heretofore
taken by the department of agricul
ture, -
President Taft authorized the opin
ion of Solicitor General Bowers to be
made pnbllc, but announced no opin
ion himself becanse It was his desire
to hear farther testimony taken from
what ars known as "straight whis
key" distillers.
LEADER IN BREATHITT
Ex-Sheriff Callahan is Mor
tally Wounded and Son
Fired Upon.
ON THEIR PREMISES
BF
IN SLAYS HIS SUTER
E
Political Feud in St. Louis
Culminates in Second
KilHng.
USED DEAD MAN'S GUN
(By A fisocla ted Press.)
JACKSON, Ky.. June 7. Ex-Sher-
Iff Edward Callahan, famous through
out this section of the state for the
part he played In the numerous
Breathitt county feuds, was shot from
ambush today, and It Is 'believed, fa
tally wounded, at his home In Crock-etsvllle.
Reports tonight from Crocketsville,
the home of former Sheriff Callahan.
are to the effect that the feud lcadei
cannot survive until morning.
Later developments regarding the
shooting are that at least two assas
sins and probably more were engaged
In tine conspiracy to wipe out the Cal
lahan family. At the same time the
elder Callahan was fired on, another
party attacked his son, Wilson Calla
han, who had gone to a barn about
daylight.
The son was returning to the house
when a bullet fired by an unseen ep- nln, Alfred Nellson. who was nasslnz
my plcwed Its way through nis nair 0 nhi way to work In a dairy, was
and carried his hat twenty net away, mortally wounded. Wright Is also
Stooping behind a paling he made aun()pr arrest for this death.
(By AwuK4atel Press.)
8T. LOCI3. June 7. Frederick
Mohrle who killed Samuel Young In
North St. Louis several weeks ago,
was killed In the corridor of the crlm
Inal court building today by William
Kane, n former deputy under Young.
The shooting occurred as Mohrle
was -being taken to court to stand
trial for the death of Young and Is
the culmination of a bitter polltl o-l
feud. Knne used Young's revolver on
Mohrle,
When the shots re-echoed through
the Ibuildlng William Wright.
defendant with Mohrle In the Young
case became hysterical. He begged
to be placed In jail and his bonds
men surrendered him to Judge Fisher
who ordered Wright locked up.
Only a few days ago Wright became
frenzied on the streets late at nlKht
and .began shooting wildly under the
Impression that thie "gang" was after
successful run for the house while
palings behind him end In front of
him were splinterfcd by bullets. The
assassins were shooting from ambush
in the woods, two hundred yards
away as they did when firing on ths
elder Callahan. He was unalle to go
to his father, and the wife of the for
mer sheriff went to her husband's assistance.
Mohrle killed Young on April 4
News of Young's death was received
with clseers at a political meeting a
few minutes after the tragedy.
KILLED IV ELEVATOD.
NEW YORK. June 7. On her first
visit to New York and her first ride
In an elevator. Miss Lena Schoon
maker, nineteen years old, one of a
sight-seeing party, was crushed to
death this afternoon when her head
was caught between the floor of the
elevator and the sixth floor of the
Flatlron building. The party was be
ing chaperoned by Mrs. Charles M.
Hall.- daughter of Judge Alton B.
Parker.
BACON MAY GET
WHITE'S PLACE
(ny Associated Press.)
PARIS. June 7. Private advices
received here from Washington state
that Robert Bneon, ex-secretary of
state, has accepted the ambassador
ship to France and that he will suc
cted Henry White at the end of the
year. According to these advices.
Mr. Bacon, when he was first offered
the poet declined to accept It. pre
ferring that Mr. White should be re
tained as ambassador, finding that
President Taft had resolved In sny
event to replace Ambassador Whit",
he finally agreed to accept the posi
tion. . I
Oft, Joy I
BALLOONS 1 TO
FLY HIGH TQ AVOID
1
Z
6 BULLETS
Mountaineers Thought That
They Were Largo
Birds of Prey
Hold Cartoon to the light and see what is on Willie's mind.
BAPTISTS MAY EXPEL PROFESSOR
ON ACCOUNT OF RANK SCEPTICISM
Hi3 Book on 'Religion Put3. Chicago Preachers in a Ferment. Son Hearing His
Father Excoriated by the Ministers Calls Upon Them to Be
Fair and Review the Book. v
(By Associated Press )
CHICAGO. June 7. Prof. Qeorg"
B. Foster of the University of Chicago
whose writings, denounced by some as
bitter indictment of the Christian
religion before the (bar of skepticism,"
have harrowed the clergy of Chicago,
today at a meeting p'f Baptist preach
ers of Chicago was galled on by Rev.
Johnston Myers-to -withdraw from the
Baptist ministry ml to yield up his
ordination fiapers. The criticism was
directed chiefly at Professor Foster's
recent book. "The Function of Relig
ion." ' ' . v '
Only the oBfctltt, of ene 'man.
Prof. A KL. ParJter" .Instructor at
the University of Chicago, prevented
the eviction of Prof. Foster. Prof.
Parker prevented action y calling
attention to a constitutional provision
Drventlng action without a week's
deliberation. The case accordingly
was postponed until June It.
It was after Prof. Foster had been
characterized as "an jndesjrable Bap
tist" end as a teac.hter who "would
dethrone the church end defy evolu-
tlon" that Ihe effort to eject him from
the councils of the denomination was
made. '
"Prof. Foster declares," snld Rev.
W. A. Mathews, of the Tabernacle
Baptist church, "that any one,, who
calls himself a believer In the Bible,
Is a knave. Thank heaven I am
knave."
"May I ask how that word Is spelV
edT" Interrupted Prof. Parker, ,
"K-n-a-v-e," replied the4spakr, -"If
you will -pardon the correction."
dbierVip Prof; Parker, "f Tiv, 'lit
hook ; in my hand and the, word Is
sillied 'K-n-a-l-v-e.' ..
"Professor Foster states In his
book," continued Mr. Mathews, "that
Ood did not make man In his own
Image, but that mini mads Ood In
his own Image, )h says we are not
fallen angels but developed animals,
lie says that miracles have always
been the refuge of Ignornncw end that
modern technic must take the piece
of magic. I wonder 'what he means
'by 'modern rechnlc?'
"He declares that science has un
dermined the trinity of course ttml
Is In his own mind. He says thai
Jesus was a child of hit time and thai
to copy Jesus Is to kill th soul. H
makes a tirade against the clergy; II
says that the book of humanity I
greater than the Bible. - "
"The tills of his book should havi
(Men 'Religion Without Christianity.'
He l guilty of the supreme ooneel-
of ranking- self greater than- Christ,
He styles our. grand eld book as tUi
"rw lrllled" remains of tK (Thrlstlrin T
llglon,'" ..-. - mj,
Through It all Prof. Foster's
teeen year old son sat with flushed
cheeks and shining y.
(At last, unable to restrain himseli
longer, he half rose and cried:
"Why don't you review tho book
and not the mnn?"
' The speaker paid no attention !
the Interruption.
When the motion was made to ex
pet Professor 'Foster there were rrlei
of "second It" from sit over the hall
T
TTO
OFFICIOUS POLICEMAN
U. B. District Attorney
Takes Part in Meeleo at
Railroad Station.
(By Associated Press.)
HAN ANTONIO. Tex., June 7. 3.
W Bennett, prominent attorney and
brother In law of n F. Koakum. pres
ident of the Rock Island-Frisco rail
road lines; S. Ham, lawyer, and
Charlies 8. Creeson, assistant United
Htates district attorney, were he! I
Justified when arraigned In police
ourt today In connection with dis
arming Eugene Wahrraund, police
man, at a railroad depot last night.
According to the statements mude
fn court today, Mr. Bennett and party
f friends, had accompanied Ml
Bessie Yoakum, vho was leaving to
Join her father In New York, to the
depot. Mr. Bennett , was oruVred
move his automobile and his Inalillltv
to do so resulted In an altercation
with the policeman. In the melee, II
is said the oflWr clubbed Bennett.
He was finally disarmed. Mr. Wahr-
mund resigned today.
KILLS PROWLER WHOM
HE CAUGHT ON PREMISES
M t
Unknown Man Falls Victim
to Shot Fired by the
Owner.
SUICIDE CAUSKS BC8PEKSIOV.
CETROIT, Mich , June 7. FolloW-
( By Associated Press )
HOANOKR. Vs.. June 7. nichnrd
Board 'went to Hab-m st 3 o'clock this
morning and surrendered himself to
Sheriff llnlclier si Koanoke County,
miyfng he bad shot nml kllhd an un
known while man at his home three
miles away.
Board ut midnight heard a nols
in his spring house a ml arming him
wlf wllh an automatic rcvolwr went
lo Investigate. II saw a man run
away and lireij r,n hloi In the moon
light. The intruder dropped to the
Itroiind and when Board reached him
he whs d.-ad. one bullet having cut
tine Jugular vein. There was nothing
on the man to Identify him. Board
was released on ball and the coroner
will Investigate.
MOTHER CHURCH ELECTS
AND HEARS MESSAGE
Mrs. Eddy Promises' to He
at Annual Meeting Hut
Not Uodily.
FIRE SWEEPS OVER
MAINE VILLAGE
(By Associated Press.)
BOSTON, Juno 7. The board of di
rectors of the mother church oi
Christian Hclenee lole today elected
William I'. McKenzle president; Hie
plwri A. Chase of Fall Illver, treas
tirer; and John V. Itlttrmore of New
York, clerk, the latter succeeding
William li, Johnson resigned.
The following letter was received
from Mrs. Baker U. Kddy. addressed
to the hoard of directors:
"llelove,! students: I thank you foi
your kind Invitation to be present ai
tin.- annua! meeting of the rnothvi
church on June 7, 10. I will attend
the meeting, but not In person. VVatcti
and pray that Uod directs your meet
logs and your lives and your leader
will then be sure tlu-y are blessed In
Ihelr results.
"Lovingly yours.
"MAHV BAKU It KIIY.'
IN TENNESSEE ALSO
THEY WERE TARGETS
Indiana Apparently Has Re
cord For Time up But Not
Tor Distance
HOUSE PASSES THE
PORTO RICAN BILL
PRErlQVR IKI,K, Me., June 7.
The en tiro northeasterly section of
this Hinge comprising the district
where were situated the most preten
tious residences, was swept by fire to
night, a high wind curving flames! having truvi led a thorny path for ii
Ing the suicide today In his home hereinnl i-rnlx-rs from street to street until "month, the house of representative
of Adams M. Ilolden, of the broker-, one hundred dwelling houses and thet' day passed 'he Porto Itlean hi
(By AewtriatTil Press.)
WA8HINOTON, June 7.-
Aftel
age house of Fred . Osborne and congregational church, the masonic
ompany, Fred 8. Osborne stated that hall ami several other structures had
the firm will suspends temporarily, 1 been reduced to ashes. The Canadian
I cannot tell how I stand. I am, pacific railroad station and two large
going to suspend temporarily," Mr. ; sjore houses for potatoes were bprri-
Osborne declared.
ed. The total loss Is estimated at
$.100,000.
INCENIHAHY m ux. cni'IU'lf.
WASHINGTON. June 7. Forecast:
miCAOO. Jtime 7. The Austin
Methodlxt Episcopal church. Ohio
street and North Central avenue, was
destroyed early today by a fire lw
lleved to b- f Incendiary origin.
This theory Is strpgthened by th"
fact that the Ilollrv, ss church, only
a short distance away, was damaged lo
the extent of $1,000 by fire shortly
before the destruction of the Metho
dist church. In oth csss the fire
started near the organ In the rear f
the building. The damage lo the
North Carolina: Fair , Tuesday and Methodist church Is $75,000, covrrsd
Wednesday; light variable winds. by Insurance.
without amendment. The bill pro
vides that whenever the legislature
shall fall to make the neressary ap
propriations for the ensuing fiscal
year those for the current year shall
be considered as In force and effect.
It also provides that hereafter all re
ports of an official character shall
r,e made direct to sn executive depart
ment of the government of the Unit
ed Htates to be designated by the
president and snch department Is au
thorized to take Jurisdiction of all
matters pertaining to the Island possession.
RT1I.L AUK FKillTIXJ.
BERLIN, June 7. A ftalonikl des
patch to The Frankfurter Zeltun
says that fight lasting eleven hours
has. occurred on the Bui go- Turkish
frontier between Bulgarian and Turk
ish frontier guards. Ths casualties
are not known.
JNIUANAPOMS, Ind., June t. It
ths balloon Indiana did not disquali
fy itssir by touching earth, It broke
the American endurance record Whlolt
has stood fot a year at forty-four
hours. Starting in the national dis
tance race of the Aero Cub of Amer
lea from Indianapolis Saturday after
noon, two reports have been recelvsj
from the Indiana. The first was wet
it had touched the earth In Tenne
sec and had taken on water end pre
ceedod . south. If ' this be true, the
balloon is disqualified under the rules
of the' International Aeronautic Fed
eration. A second dispatch signed bj
the pi hit, Carl Flsber, and the elds,'
U, U Bumliaugh, stated - that they
dropped down near enoagh ta earth
to let down a line and drew, up
bucket of -water, thereafter rising foil
riirthvr travel. Under the latter eon
dltlons, , the Indiana. Is , not diequall
lied. ' - ' ' t ,
' it Is not poslbla, according to avail
a hl information, that 'the Indians)
broke the distance record of 861 ml lee
for it would hdve readied the gulf,
Nt. ilinnis Comes Bowii.
Tho last of the six balloon enter
ed In the distance raee from which
a definite landing report has been
received Is the Mt, IkjuIs III, which
dropped at Kelso, Tenn,, hvur oov
etd about 140 miles. A, B. Lain
bert was the pilot end H. B. Honey
well aide, ' t
MIOT AT IlAMiOO.
CORINTH, Miss. June 7. The bat.
loon New York,' A.. Holland Forbes,
pilot end Clifford -It) ffurmon, landed
two end ' hslf. miles from here t
S.IO o'clock today, Mr, Harmon
said: ( , f . t
"The only Incident In mar our trip
was about ten o'clock fturiday night St
we were passing over the center of
Morgan county, Alabama, Expvetln
lo land In the wild Of Canada, we
wore loaded with guns, ammunition,,
heavy shoes and clothing and canned
goods. In an endeavor to And anoth '
r air current to carry ui higher we '
decided to throw away about three
hundred pounds of this stuff. Not
.lhlng that It should be lost III the
fiords we descended to within nine
hundred feet of the earth and began
distributing It, where It would be
found near houses and villages,-
"When directly' over a Very amall
village, eighty miles north of Blr-
mlngham, and In the center of Morgan
county a man with a rifle cried: '
'Coma down hero, you, or I will bring
you down.'
"We continued onr course and he
(Ired three limes, one of fhs bullets ,
singing through the basket Officers
have been sent out from Corinth In an
endeavor to arrest the man."
1
KRVTWKY MIOT AIXO.
NAHHVIIXK, Tonn.. June 7. The
Indiana landed within two mile of
Westmoreland and the aeronauts. R.
J. Irwin and Ir. Ooethe Link came
down to Gallatin today. Mr. Link
said:
"We were forced to fly more than
two miles high over most of Kentucky
as many people, not knowing what
the balloon was, repeatedly shot at It
and bullets whizzed around the ears
r the aeronauts, causing us to hastily
ascend."
Will (Jive History of Econo
mic Development of Old
North State.
II.AI,Kroif, N. C. June 7,
The North Carolina Historical com-
The Xorlh Carolina Ulstorlal conv-
mbwlon having Just held Its annual
mcttiiiK o4 ru.ele,.(rt (!oJ, J Hrysn
Urlmes ctwilrman, and R. D. WV Con
nor secretary, has set about the task
of collecting, wilting and Ihe publica
tion of a series of volumes on Inter
nal developments In Northr Carolina.
the series to eorh-prlso several X"1"
nm-s and Including the Journals of
the state board of internal Improve
ments, the proceedings of the various
sessions of tbe Internal Improvements'
nv-ntlon. laws, governors' messa
ges, and other public documents anj
letters. The publication will threw
light upon the economics, social and
Industrial life of early days as well'sa
llgUten up the political history ef
inte-bkllum days, very i much, since
much at the politics of the per led
turned on the question of the Internal
Improvements, "s.