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THE ASHEVIEE.E CITIZEN". THE WEATHER: SHOWERS. Associated Press. ' Leased Wire Report. VOr. XXV. NO. 237. ASIIEVILLE, N. 0., MONDAY MOIiNINU, JUNK 14, m. VMVK FIVE CENTS. REVEHUECUTTERS- keep mm Have Alleged Filibuster Safe ly Penned up In Pam lico Sound BELItVED TO BE ONE OF CASTRO'S SHIPS Federal Authorities May Search For Warlike Car go If She Sails (By Associated Press.) HEAHKOHT, N. C-, June 13. With two revenue cutters, the Seminole unit the Pamlico, on watch and with great seas making the Inlets connect ing the North Carolina sounds with the Atlantic Ocean Impassable for any but the strongest craft, chances of success of a filibuster expedition from these waters directed agalncst Ven -s:ucla are today small. Yesterday the Pamlico left Newbcrn, N. C. under Instructions to get In touch with the. ancient side-wheeler Nantlcoke, sus pected of filibustering intentions. This vessel was at last accounts at Den ton, N. C. The treasury departments aid was Invoked because of persistent rumors that ex-President Castro's friends were, planning a hostile expedition against President Gomez's govern ment. It Is alleged that ten or fifteen thousand stand of arms had been shipped from Belgium to America for this expedition. Waiting For Arms. According to advices the promoters of this enterprise realizing the Im possibility of transhipping these arms at any Atlantic port, planned to send them to soma Interior port of entry, whence they would, be transported quietly to some flnmll South Atlantic port and shipped to Venezuela. It was discovered that two vessels suitable for filibustering purposes had been sold by & New York ship brok erage firm to, unknown parties. Both were near Norfolk. One was found to be the Nantlcoke. The name of the other ejrnnot' be ' teamed. There IS no warrant out for the seizure oflhe Nantlcoke but there Is nothing to prevent them from search ing the vessel, which they will doubt less do If they fall In with her. It In reported from one quarter that the vessels are designed to ply in peaceful trade upon some of the In land waters of Venezuela. SENATE MAY SEND TARIFF BILL TO HOUSE IHIS WEEK Prospect That It Will be Com- pleted In Upper Body by Saturday Next DR.WfLSON WARNS AGIST MODERN TREND OF AFFAIRS Cites Labor Union as Ulustra tlon of Unprofitable Servants DISPUTED POINTS LEFT FOR CONFERENCE But Jttle More Time Will be Sp nt on Schedules Which ave Been Contested j (By Associated Press.) WHlNOTON, June 13. J The feellnj In nil factions In rhe senate Is thai the tariff bill Is approaching the lit days of Its consideration In the sejttc. Senator Aldrlch Is hope fu. thj the end may be reached by next fturday. The leek will he devoted to a gen eral cltnlng up. With the exception of nneldisputed point In the silk schedul the senate last week dis posed i all paragraphs of the sched ules onWhlch the committee had re ported.) Among the questions not acted ljon In committee were many dlsputej points, but there will be an effort tj clean them up rapidly and It Is beived that comparatively little time wl now be taken on any of them, j Koug,lumber remains on the du tiable II but the question of the amount if duty and the differential betweenjhe duty on rough lumber and on jo manufactured article re mains rjbe settled. : In the paper schedule! the principal Items to be consider! are the duty on ground wood nnfnulp paper. It seems prob able tlinihe ground wood pulp will be left f, but that the rate on pa per will I fixed at four Hollars per ton Instep of two dollars, ns by the house, anjslx dollars as in the pres ent low. i Hides, r1 and petroleum are giv ing the c4mlttee on finance no little concern. It present Indications arrf that the late will place a duty on all of th articles. Zinc, nine ore and zinc ; blocks, pigs, and sheets, and othrrlnc products are still to be ronsldtty as aro sulphate of am monia andnrytcs. Sulphate of am monia Is (d In fertilizing and the farmers atfnaklng strenuous efforts to have ltjtaincd on the free list. 11- - -,- - - - - n . ii m.n.n.n.i r.' .'i.rni.n.i-Lfru-un.-i AND HONEST ROGUES DEBAUCH A NATION Strong Baccalaureate Ser mon Preached by Head of Princeton PRINCETON, N. J , June 13. The members of the class of 190s of Princeton University and their fam illes and guests gathered in Alexan der Hall today to hear President Woodrow Wilson deliver his haccn Jaureate pennon. Th acadVmlc procession of faculty and trustees formed at Nassau hall at 11 o'd and a few minutes Inter Dr. Wilson began his last address to the grad uatlng class. President Wilson spoke from the scriptural text from the Gospel of St. Luke, "We arc unprofitable -r vants; we have done that which was our duty to do." He said In part: " 'Duty' is a very handsome word Is a very handsome thing but let every man look at It so that he com prehends what It really means. It conveys an obligation from within not merely from without. We have not done our duty, we have not even earned our wages, when we "'have done merely that which we were obliged to 'do. We have done orfr duty only when we have done that which we know complete! the scr vice, when we have put the best that wns In us Into the task, our hearts Into the bargain. I-Almr Unions, "You know what the usual stand ard of the employe Is in our day It Is to give as little as he may for his wages. Iabor Is standardised by the trades unions, and this Is the standard to which it Is made to conform. No one Is suffered to do morr than the average workman .can do: In some trades and handicrafts no one Is suffered to do more than the least skillful of his fellows rain do within the hours allotted to a day's labor, and no one may work out Of hours nt all or volunteer any thing beyond the minimum. I need not point on t how economically dis astrous such a regulation of lalnir Is. (Conlied on page , four.) NO LIGHT ON MYSTERY OF Coroner's Jury Fails Clear Up the. Char lotte Mstery. to SKELETON BUR1KD 1 BRIDEGR (Continued on page six.) MIS LOST OFF SH WHILE ON HIS IN ITALY Theories Suicide and Accidental-owning Both Ardvanced. I'liOMINjfT SOCIALLY (Special to The Citizen.) CHAIU.OTTR, N. C, June 1.1. The decision of the coroner's jury called In investlarate the manner of death of Kills M. Moore, whose body was found In an excavation for a sewer In this city a few days ago, was that the do- ci ased came to his death In some manner to -the jury unknown. Moore has been missing since May 20, 19C2. Among the most import.inj witness es were Mr. William llanliiie. a grocer t No. 1218 South Try on street; Mr James M. Ititch, of the Charlotte '"rdage company; Dr. C. S. Mc Laughlin, county physician, and Chief W. 8. Orr, of the Ore department. Mr. llanllne stated that he with Tom Broom met Moore about 10 o'clock on the mortilng of May 20. 102. and after loafling around, the et reels, both he and Broom got Into Mmnr'i hurrv and went to ltta park. After taking several drinks of whiskey, from a half-gallon jug. hieh belonged to Moore, he Ilan line was taken to his home by the two men and did not leave the house uiktil the next morning. "It wan about 2 o'clock in the nr t' rnoon when Moore and Broom left nie at my gate and I never saw Moore Hain," was the.statement made by llinline. Mr. James Rlteh testified that he IiHd seen Moore In the company of llanllne and Broom, about 3 o'clock In the afternoon, of the fatal dav. iliivlnip through Dltworth. towards I-atta nark. "Later, at about 8 o'clock In the evening," he stated. " "I went to Latta park and saw the three men near the old grandstand. I did not speak to them, but I knew all three of the men and thought they had been drinking." Bitch stated that he was with two of hla friends, Ed. Snuggs BOSTON, i 13. On the arriv al at Naplesjilay from (lenoa "f the North fftan I.loyd atean er Berlin it wniccrtalncd thnt Hol land Binnetffho was traveling with his wifi'B.s missing from the vessel .and r belief prevailed among the ptigers thnt he either committed si, ur fell overbourd and was droj. Mr. Bennejlsappeared Thurs day night vvt the steamer was making the ( from (lenoa. and while his wiifas with a number of friends in aloon. A thorough search of tb.-( I was made fi.r the missing n'nnd the command er of the stijr swept the a with a senrclj In a futile eff rt to lind him. j The Naplesjef of police ques tioned a numjof paswengers cm cernlng Mr. tiett but none of them was abhfelvc nn explanation of his disapp'Ve. though seveial advanced thttjeory that while leaning again tie steamer smok ing he may t fallen overlmar I Mr. and MgenneU had taken passage on tlterlln. Intending 10 return to the rd States, but Mr.. Bennett now cb-cided to remain to await the it of the search for her huKhand. j couple arrived In Italy from NeWk at the begin ning of Aprllle stopped nt tie Hotel Excelsi.ld made visits to Capri. I'ompe jrrenlo and oth'T places of lnt and afterward went to Bormt V'-nicc and then to Oenoa. fnhlrh place they sailed.. I Bennett waenty-scvcn years old and a mcrrjif the law firm of Forbush & B. with offices In the Exchange ng He was the son of Jnahuaflcnnett, presideni of the C'ambi Electric Light company, andi a graduate of Harvard, '04 rjhe Harvard Law I , t ,l f T -1 I - - V. 1 . and Dallas Bird, at the time he saw, sc nam. ... r. .-, o..v..- PU a l"? urui I J OUIIK lit a M FATHER OF KIDNAPPED BOY DESIRES TO ACT AS STRONG ARM OF JUSTICE Requests Permission to Ex ecute Sentence of Death on Son's Murderer. At Last SUPPOSED LEPER EARLY, IS MADE VICTIM OF OFFICIAL RED TAPE May Not Ber.6iven Opportunity to Take Free Treatment Offered Him by Leprosy Expert jwhf Declares He Has Not the Dread Disease at all Nothing . jTlnna ah TTim U ni.l.-l V A A I -uo iui mui uy o taxes Acpreseaiiativ es. Further delay In jtha proposed re moval of John It. Rflrly, the aupposed leper, from hi qutlantlne lp the opt- skirts of Washington to New York for treatment, ander'Ur. Bulkeiey, the leprosy expert la indicated by a special dispatch to The GlQXen from Wash ington, r- Some weeks ago,;fTr. Bulkeiey ex amined Early, wi!ha been, detain ed as a leper outfitter of Washington since last SeptajnU !juid after his examination ne- prmtmncea mi cam not ba leprosy at all, 4ut merely skin poisoning due to his long exposure to the fumes of acids In the plant uf the Champion Fibre company at Can ton, where he had been working. ollowlng this examination and report another celebrated specialist was brought over from Berlin who like wise made an examination, and hi report was that the man has lip-rosy. Thereupon Dr. Bulkeiey proposed to take Karly to a canoer hospital In New York and treat him free of charge In order to demonstrate that his diagnosis was c orrect. Then came the usual difficulty of red tape and now according to the special to The Clllieen, Dr. Woodward, health officer of the District of Columbia, will re fuse to permit Rarly to he moved un til he has received express permission from the city of New York to send him there. "Fven If satisfactory evidence were presented to me to show that the au thoritlea of New York city and tate are willing that Karly-. should 'oome there, I would still Insist that he sub mit to nn examination by a disinter ested physician: before permitting the transfer to be made," Dr. Woodward said to The Citizen's correspondent. lroffHHloiint .leskiiiHy. The special dispatch continues: "The Karly rnse, while It has aroused great Interest Is, n the opin ion of many people, being made matter of profession jeulousy among' many people are Inclined to think that this has much to do with h! re luctance to give the unfortunate man the chande that la offered him to gel rid of a terrible malady, whatever 11 may ba. "It has been suggested here that the stain of North Carolina and es peclally the representatives of the con grcsslonal district from which Karl? come have shown a remarkable lack of fhtweet Irr the man' welfm. The state after refusing to permit him to be sent hack across It borders ha apparently abandoned him to whatever fate strangers, professional arrogance and official rod tape may see nt to mete out to him." Will S Object. NEW YORK, June 13. If John II. liii"ly, the alleged leper, now In quarantine In Washington, chose to come to this city for treatment he the physicians. Dr. Woodward" J may do so without objection on the dlagmiKls of the case as leprosy and) port of tho New York city board of his professional standing are some-j health. Ho said lr. Thomas Dar what In Jeopardy should It turn out llngton, president of the board of that Karly has not leprosy at nil, and'heslth tonight. BLACK HAND CRIME the men and that after the disappear ance of Moore he talked to Hanllne and are emphii expressing their belief that It vbt a case of sui cide. (By Asoolalel Press.) NEW ORI.RANH, June 13. Fol lowing the signing of the death war rant of Leonardo Uebbla late yester day by fjovernor Sanders, Peter Ijimnna. father of the youth for com plicity In whose murder the condemn ed man has been sentenced to pay the penalty on the gallows, today de clared thnt he had formally request ed the governor and the sheriff of the St. Charles parish, to permit him to act as executioner. The crime for which (lebbla was convicted and for which It has been decreed he should hang, was commit ted two year?, ago. Waller I-uni.ina. the twelve year old son of lvtcr mana. a well to do Italian of thla city was kidnapped nnd a ransom of $5,000 demanded for him by tho per petrators or the deed who operated under the sign of the black hand. The father declined to comply with the demands and the lad some days later was found dead, his head having been severed from his body, in the swamps of St. Charles part h. Four Italian men and two women were tried about a year ago In St. Charles piif .ihes for the crime, were found gullly but received a recom mendation for mercy. They were sen tenced to life Imprisonment. Some months later Leonardo and Nlcolina (iebbia, who It was Claimed shielded the murderers, were tried In the same parish, with the result of death sen tences being Imposed upon them. Nlc olina (Iebbia escaped the gallows when a few weeks ago sentence was com muted to life Imprisonment. FATHER AND DAUGHTER LIIEDJIIHICABLI Were Arrested and Held on Charge of not Iking Fath er and Child. HAYKS QlIT RACE. KANSAS CITY. June U John Hayes, winner of the Olympic Mara thon, after running nine mile of a twenty mile match this afternoon with John Hvanberg. of Sweden, was selxed with a cramp and forced to retire. Svsnberg finished the . race in 1:62:31 2-5. (Special to The ( Itlien.) RALKKIir, N. C, June 13. Vesti day morning Constable llyrum urrest- ed In the park In front of the I'nlon station here a white man George liar rls, aged about 4',, und a white wo man about 20, giving her name, ui Bertha Harris. Several months ago they came here and Immediately con nectcd themselves wilh the Central Methodist church, giving out that they were father and daughter. They boarded at several places, occupying the same room, the constable says. The man told the coriMlahle as soon as he wos arrested that the young woman was not his real daughter, but an adopted one and that while there was only one bed In the room they had occupied he had always slept on the floor. The young wiman said that she was married and it Is understood that Harris made a statement to the same effect as to himself. They were held In bonds of 150 e.uh to appear at noon 4riay for a hearing, and Har ris, who hod some jr,00 in his pocket, put up cash for their appearance. He had had a small grort ry store her-, but sold it two days ago and was t" have left town today, ho and the young woman both slating; tn fact. iney were waiting for s train. They are from Richmond The case wu continued until June 25. SOCAR TRUST AGAIN IS SUBJECT OF SUSPICION Terms of Settlement Be lieved to Violate the Sher man Law. 11 SH0WER5 WASHINGTON. June 13. Fore cast: North Carolina: Shower fol lowed by clearing Monday: Tuesday fair; moderate southwest shifting to west wind. (By AswM-lateil Press.) WASHINGTON. June 111 Beyond the statement that the department of Justice has assigned two agents to duty In New York under Instructions to examine Into the renditions under which the recent coiniinonlse was af feeied between the American Sugar Kctinlng company and the Pennsyl vanla Sugar Kenning company no of ficial Information can he obtained her regarding the purpose of the admin iMlrailori. It 1h, of course, understood, that Ho- special agents are looking in. to the allegation that the compromise disclosi d conditions In the original Rettlrment beiMien the two corpora tions Involving a violation of the Sher mn n a nt 1-trunt taw. A local paper print what purports to In- an Interview with ex-Attorney - 'Jere-ral Bonaparte, ubleb. In effect. amounts to a declaration that during his adoilnistral ion the departrnept of Justice was without the evidence nec essary for a successful prosecution iffli la Is of the department of Ju when pressed for a statement 4f la red that the pro- TO DEAD PLAYWRIGHT Thousands Throng to 1 lonor Jewish and Kdueator. Bowery Writer lint til e. Its intentions CM lie ding In thdr present stage n Karded as confidential. must LEOPOLD GLAD TO BE RID OF CONGO ANTWERP, June 11. King Leo pold, made a remarkable statement b re fin the occasion of the festivities In connection with the annexation of the Congo Independent Htnte, He said that the gift of Congo to Itelgiun', v as the greatest satisfaction in his life lie declared that Congo would play a most Important ffirt In the expan sion of Ilelglum. The new tariff wall i of her neighbor had placed Belgium in a Msition where a merchant mu rine and new outlets for her products were Imperative. The fact that the king conversed at bnglh with Henry W. Dlederlrh. the American consul 'general, wa the sub ject of remark. NEW YORK, June 13. Twenty five thousand persons who had appre ciated his Interpretation of Hebrew life In drama and novels, and his lib eral ti t hings and hnnianltarlsm thronged the Dowcry today to pay tribute to the memory of Jacob 'M. I in , Jewish playwright and edu- iurdll Htor. The funeral was held In the Thalia theatre In the heart of the Kast Side A sweltering crowd of 3,000 packed the theatre, while outside a gather ing of 20,000 or more awaited the conclusion of the services and fell Into line with the funeral procession. Klve hundred sncjeilc and labor un ions were represented. Though Gordln left no directions its to the ceremony, his friend, be. lievltig they were rlghtlylntcrpretlng his liberal view of life, omitted re ligious features entirely CORPORA SHOOTS HIS CAPTAIN V THIIIMJMTTIB Two Other Soldiers Wounded In Efforts to Disarm In furiated Alan REPRIMANDED FOR OVERSTAYING LEAVE Refusal of His Superior to Transfer Him Led to His Mad Act (By Asx'Uud Pre.) DKSMtilNKS. la June II. Cor poral I.lals Crabtrea today probably fatally shot Captain John C. Ray mond, commanding officer of Troop H second U.'H. Cavalry, at Fort Dee Molne, shot and serously Injured first sergeant James 11. Washburn and Corporal Fdljnh Much, who attempted to disarm him, and then shot himself, the bullet striking a rib abov thp heart and crushing the bone. He ma recover. Crahtree hail been reprimanded by Captain Itaymond, because of failure to report when a leave of absence had expired. He had spent the ntght hi In s Molne and wa to have returned to hi barrack at T a. m. The cor poral Insisted he had leave of ab sence tin 7 o'clock tonight. Captsla - Itaymond accepted this explanation. but litter Crslitrt demanded that he be transferred to another department of the army. ltaftan Ftrinc Thla Captain Kayrqontt refused tn consider, telling the corporal tie couU not do that a Inns he waa not ft good o Idler, ., s- Immediately Crabtrs drew revol ver and began firing, Mergeant Wash burn lumped to hi feet and cmppled with the soldier. Buffering; a bullet wound In the hand and another In the Jaw., .'," 1 . " ' Captain Ilaymond oid Crabtrte' arm and was about ki disarm httav when a bullet atrttuk .him In tit neck. lodging In the aplne. , The captain dropped to the, flvor, DttMlyMd. tV , , a Duunt aiao atcuuit, corporal Burn In the left arm. f..'rMree tha flrd 4 bullet Into hi owtt body. ,. . , , caplnln Itaymond fa the ion of Ilrlg. General Charles W. Kaytnond,, retired. He waa thirty-eight year old. He wa commlsslonod front Pennsylvania. , TI T LAST TRIBUTE OF LOVE TO GREAT UNITARIAN OlortfynM'ii of All Creed Pronounced Eulogies ou Rev. Udwurd Hale. 101 Y LAY IN STATE QUALITY OF COFFEE LEADS TO MURDER MIltMINOIIAM. Ala., June 13. I t.-H.-Ji 1 1 ii if the Imputation of c. II. Carper that Mrs. Ketly could not iimke good coffee, W. T. Kelly and his brother-in-law. Will Hpark. this morning met Carpt-r at Hoyle, a su burb of lllrmlngham, and proceeded to "settle" the matter. As a result of the affair, Carper Is dead. Sparks l fatally Injured and Kelly Is wound id In the arm and lei?, it i said Heit Kelly attacked Carper with s club, whereupon Carper drew a plsiol, ivi other pistols being produced by the brothers-in-law and a general fusllide of shots followed with above result. PAUIH, June 13. The work of res cue in tho south of France which suffered 'from the earthquake contin ues, tut owing to the fact that com munications are greatly Interrupted, details of the disaster are few. There were slight seismic shock again tbl morning In various districts, but no damage was reported, . HOSTOV, June U. Under the gold domes of the auditorium of tho) South Congregalonal church, where for ion ii y years Kdward Everett Hale broke the bread of life to hi people, them gathered today the grent Cnlttti'inn rum My of Boston to pay a Inst reverend tribute to the it leader of Unltarlanlsrn, the prahcr, author, philosopher and friend or nil mankind, while at the same hour a host of frleud and ad mirers of Ur. Hale gathered at the n rk Kind Trinitarian church to listen to eulogies by clergymen of many creeds. Throughout the clt roin sunrise to sunset flags were floating nt half mast by order of th city's ' hh'f executive. The liody of l)r Hale lay In state from 10 until 1 o'clock In the Month Congregational church and was view ed bv tlnMiHiiiiils. The service began nt 2 oYlm k. Itrltlsh Ambassador Janes Hryce and llovernor Wln I. tirnpi-r. witc among those present. Arthur Hale, eldest son of tho de cerned, gave tin- closing word, rising and saving: "In iin-ordarice with an old cus tom of my father, I wish to thank -'u for your attendance here. nd tliroiiKh you. all hi friends through out the whole world." Even a the (cope of hla effort and utialnmesis embraced nearly' every element of benefit to mankind, so did tho ministerial friend and a-meifit.-M of Irr. Hale recount and "X tol hla accomplishments In missions for humanity before those who gath ered st the Park street church. A ricenlly executed bust of Dr. Hale had a conspicuous place at t)i front of the church. AMKKICA OPEIIA A"KITKD. HKTII.IV. June 12. The royal ope ra of Hcrlln ha accepted the ope ra 'Tola" by Arthur Nevln, of Pitts burg, for production next, winter. Arthur Nevln. the author of the opera "Pola", ha returned to Pitts-' burg from Germany where ha mad hi home during the past two years. At present he Is visiting- tn Charlotte till, Va - (Continued on page four.)