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VOL. XXV. NO. 2G8.
ASIIEVILLE, N. C, THUliSDAY MORNING, JULY lfi, UHK).
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
BURNED TO DEATH
IN EXPLOSION OF
The Tug of War.
LETGREDITGOFOR
H;
WILL PROVE TO BE
WORLDLY GLORY
Prominent New Orleans
Declares Laxity of Law And
Not Ministers is Re
sponsible Laughter of Outing Party
Mistake (of Jury That Sent
Banker Alleged Default
tor For $100,000
Smothered by Mantle
of Flames
Him to Matteawan Be.
comes More Obvious
TOOKtHECASHAND
CARDINAL REPLIES
MS INSANITY
T0JU5TICEBRQW
VIEWS ON DIVORCE
AD M T
REAL6E1SINE1
7
SAID TO HAVE MADE
FULL CONFESSION
Stood High In Social. Club.
And Business Circles
of The City
(By Ahmm iated Press.)
NEW OltLEANS, July 14. Wyatt
II Ingram, Jr., trust officer of the
llibeinla Bank and Trust com-
uanv. was arrested at nis
home, 184 State Street, shortly before
eix o'clock this evening on the charge
of being a defaulter. It is alleged that
he U between 175,000 .aid SlUO.fti"
short III his accounts..
Ingram was said to be too 111 when
the arresting officers reached his
home, to accompany them ito the po
lice btation, but District Attorney Ad
ams, upon being communicated with
insisted that the accused ba brought
to prison without delay. He was car-
ieu to police headquarters In an am-
bulannc.
HSH Confessed.
It was reported that Ingram had
made on attempt at self-destruction
late today but this is without confir
mation. It U believed rather, that the
strain . under which he has labored
and the recent excessive heat result
ed In his partial collapse.
The trust officer is said to have con
fessed lo VIIvu President Pool of the
HI hernia Bank that his defalcations
would approximate -4 100,000. It is
said that a check for $5,000 on which
Ingram forged a signature of a prom
inent business man of New Orleans
led to the disclosure of th embez
zlements and forgeries now charged
Vtgalnst him. He haa been under po
lice surveillance for the past several
pays. .
J Prominent duliinau.
; Ingram for a number of years has
stood high in business and social cir
cles of New Orleans, fie is a prom
' neat ,m Whmis iwV Am bean av.lad.
Ing member if commercial organiza
tions, lie married hern six months ago.
He Is s native of Henderson county
Kentucky and Is thirty-five years old.
le has been a resident of New Or-
eiias for about fifteen years. His fam-
(Continued on page four.)
EERD AGED NINETY SIX
IRRfliGNED ON CHARGE
OF DELIBERATE MURDER
Defense Will Attempt to
I 'rove Shouting Was
i.,r A..ii...
'A
iJCiERS (JET OFF EASY
(Special to'Tlu Cllixeii.)
KALEIGIt, N. C, July 14. There
has Just been arraigned In Wake
Superior court the oldest man in the
only to sland trial for his life on
the charge of murder. His niunie is
Leonard Shaw, colored, his authen
ticated age 'being Hfi years. As a
-lave, ; hV ' lie.lon.ged to the grand
father of J. U. Johnson, a well known
farmer of high standing, himself now
years old. It scorns th.it the old
Metro is now supported by a legacy
b-fi him iby his former master. Hhn.v
barged with having shot lo deaih
I 'avid Hall, a young negro who had
tnditeed, his yt-anifclnugliti r to sii,
nwav from the house and K" m .i
i'. ir.Mwrhood party over the protest
1 the old man. However he denies
having dvme the shooting which took
I'laee when the young- people return
ed after teh o'clock at night, and
p trying to get Into the house,
whl.-h was kicked for the night. Th"
'rill Is et' for Thursday of next week
n,l the defense will w that some
one outside Of the house did the
'h'siting, using a brecch-liKidiniT
"hot gun such as the old negro nev
'i possessed. The defense will ln
lt that the husband of the woman
"'ho was In the party did the (moot
ing on account of Jen lousy.
Cant Convkt Tigers.
Those In touch with the Wake
county courts are saying that It is
next to Impossible to obtain from
Wakp Juries convictions of pc1"1
hnrged with ibelng "blind tigers"
Wake county was one of those tha'
folic,) up a .majority against state
prohibition and it Is said that It is
hard to get together twelve men
without one or more being unduly
prejudiced against the prosecution
of people for selling whiskey. A'l
yesterday afternoon and last nigl-t
a Jury was out unable to agrev in the
case of J. A.'Ollwe, on trlo.1 for sell-
( Continued on page four.)
SANCTITY OF HOME (
MUST BE UPHELD
Basis of All Christian Law
glvjng For Centuries
Has Been Bible
RAILTIMORR, July 14. Cardinal
liiiittini in an interview today re
plied to remarks of former Supremo
Court Justice Henry B. Brown, on
the subject of divorce before the
Maryland Bar association at OU
Point Comfort last week. The car
dinal said:
"Justice Brown has taken excep
tion to my views on divorce and re
marriage. He is reported to have re
ferred to the founder of the Chris
lion religion as an 'Idealist,' whose
sentiments whUe suitable , to loss fa
vored times and circumstances are
not adapted to this enlightened age.
"The learned Jurist will permit mc
to suy that the teachings of Chr;st
have been the hauls of all Christian
legislation for nearly 2,000 years and
continue to he the light and guide of
hundreds of millions of souls. And
there,, is no subject which he treats
more fully and elearly than the ques
tion of marriage, the foundation stone
of our family and social life.
'In three of the gospels He pro
claims the unity of marriage and per-1
mJts separation of a marrlacV, couple
only In the case of adulter. I do
not see why a law which fiVy n
enforced and cordially ncepted In
cwery age and country where Chris
tianity dominates should be eonsld
tned oftwlplete or Impractlcalliie in
the United States.
Ministers Not Mamablc.
Thie 'multiplication lof divorces,"
the cardinal continued. "Is largely as
cribed, by some writers not to our di
vorce laws, iut to the eager and
reckless .manner Jo which ministers
of God officiate at ' marriage ser
vices. But are not those persons con
founding cause for effect? IMvorcc
nre multiplied not by ministers who
willingly assist at ill-assorted ma--rluges.
hut because looso legislation
(Continued on page fonr.
FREAK BILLS OFFERED
WILL IKE GEORGIA'S
LI
Would Try to Curb Spirits
of Youtfi and (larrulity
of Age.
AIMED AT FOTHALL
(Ity AswKliilcil l"rcsH.)
ATLANTA, July 14 To engage In
a game of baseball or football while
at any college or school either char
tered or receiving linanolal aid from
the stale, will become u criminal act.
If the bill Introduced Into the Geor
gia legislature by Itepr.scntath e Ad
urns of Hall county is passed. The
measure is entitled "an act to pro
hibit and prevent football and base
ball games between Institutions which
receive state aid or hold state char
ters and lo provide pcnaltl.s for all
violations.
Not only are the students who en
gage in the games to be arrested and
punished as mlsdcnieunents. but the
members of anv faculty who permit
or encourage the playing of the games
are equally guilty and must go to
too Alter a conviction any school
whose students are found guilty loses
Its "tate aid. if it be a state Insti
tution, and its c harter If It be a pri
vate school or college Adams says ho
will give the committee good reas
ons for a favorable report when the
time comes.
Thc penitent iarv stares scandal
mongers In the face now. The Geor
gia senate passed a bill today mak
ing It a penal offense to utter any
false or defamatory remark ialut
a woman. Heretofore the woman ho
defamed had no recourse except In the
civil courts. Hut the MeCurry bill
changes nil that and will, It Is be
lieved put a bridle on scandalous
tongues. It was not passed without
long debate, many senators believ
ing It Impairs the right of free sieech.
GLIDDF.MTI tiOING SOMTT
MAO.SON'. Wis.. July 14. Auto
mobile running in the (Hidden eu
durance test arrived late today, hav
ing finished (he third run of the tour.
The run of mlb'S from Chicago
was finished ahead of the time llmif,
with only heat and dust to annoy the
drivers.
WO ARE DEAD AND
TWO OTHERS MAY DIE
Machine Backed Into Bridge
Puncturing The Gas
oline Tank
(By Associated Press.)
SYLVANIA. Oa., July 14 Two
persons are dead, two He mortally
Injured, while three others are mon
or lees seriously hurt as the result of
an explosion of the gasoline tank on
the touring car of George M. Hill,
late last night at Jacksonboro bridge,
five miles from this place. '
The dead are: Hewlett Hlil and
Miss Fannie Mills.
The fatally injured are: George
M. Hill Jr.. twin brother of Hewlett
Hill; Mrs. George M. Hill.
The seriously Injured are: Miss
Ruble Thomas, badly burned; Qeorge
M. Hill, severely burned about head
and trunk; Miss Lurllno Cooper, se
verely burned; Oeorge Hilton, aged
fourteen,' painfully burned.
Mr. and Mrs. Hill had taken a
party of young people for a moon
light outing. While preparing to
leaye for town the car was backed
Into the bridge, the tank containing
compressed gasoline being ripped off.
The fluid was thrown over the occu
pants and flames quickly spread cov
ering the entlro party.
The clothing of the two Infants
and the women was almost entirely
consumed. Several youths gave such
aid as they could but it was not until
the shrieking women were dragged
Into the water of the creek that the
flame were'extlngulshed. "
News of tho accident was tele
phoned here from a farmer's house
two miles from the scene and physi
cians were rushed to the bridge.
The Injured wi re brought here at
an arly hour today.
DIES FULL OF YEARS AND
HI
John (Joode "Grand Old
Man of Commonwealth
Passes Away.
ON EARLY'S STAFF
(My Associated Press.)
NO It POLK. Va., July 14. John
Goode. aged eighty years, Virginian,
statesman, lawyer and soldier, died
at St. Vincent's hospital, this city, at
IMG a. m., today following a stroke
of paralysis which he suffered sev
eral weeks ago, while on a visit to
his children In this city. With hint
at the enil was his youngest son,
James C Goode.
Mr. Goode's funeral will take place
from St. Luke's Protestant Hplscopal
church tomorrow afternoon with sim
ple Episcopal services. Interment
will be at the old home of the de
ceased In ftedford. Va.
John Goode, affectionately known
in late years ns "the grand oltl man
of Virginia," was without doubt at
the lime of his death the most con
spicuous man in the state
He was the sole survivor of the
Virginia Secession convention and the
oldest ex-mcml,ier of the national con
cress. He had the distinction of be
ing a member of the convention that
framed the constitution for Virginia,
and fifty years later (1901-2) he was
president Of the convention that
framed the present constitution.
Mr. (Sonde was born In Bedford
county, Va., May 14, 1829. At the
age of twenty-one he was a member
of the Virginia legislature. He served
In the Confederate army as a mem
ber of General Early's staff. While
on the field of battle he was elected
to the Confederate congress.
During President Cleveland's first
administration Mr. Gxde was sp
piintcd solicitor general of the Uni
ted Slates anil served with distinction
for some time He failed of confirma
tion In the senate, however, because,
it Is said, of political differences ex
isting between him and General Wil
liam Mahone. then a senator from
Virginia. President Cleveland during
SSMMSMaSSBgsM(apsMttfMMwl
(Continued on page two.)
' TIGER' ' FILLED TO SA TIETY, LICKS
CHOPS OVER SAVOR OF "FRESH MEAT"
After Day Filled with Interesting Events the Beaat Was Turned Loose on Large
and Well Fattened Bunch of Candidates for the Mysteries of
"Dokieism" Last Nigght.
I'rlze Drill Winners. 4
.First Prise iBakoo Temple.
No. 28, OolmrtbuB, O., H4.87,
$600. 4
Bocond IPrle-tKJbla Tern- 4
pie. No. 123, Atlanta. 87.23. 4
$300. . 4
Third Prlss flil Kedan. No. 4
120. Chattanooga, H.65, $175. 4
Election of Imperial officers other
than Imperial prince; who was select
ed, the day before, tho, tUPerb compsU.
tlve drills of the criscks teams of three
temples on Itlltmoro green, and the
long session at night at the Auditor
ium for the conferring of ranks on
half a hundred applicants filled full
tor the members of the Imperial
Palace Dramatic tinier of the Knights
of Khorassan, the day yesterday when
tne sun shone with cheery smile on
K'H- null Bll'JIie Willi l IH Bry millic .Ml
the hundreds of knights and ladles
FINO FIRE ESCAPE ACT
Western Trip of Assistant
Commissioner PrmVd
Satisfactory.
HALEKHI, N. '..
July 14.-7'-of
Insurance
slstant (VmmlsHloner
W. A. flood, Just hack from a trip j ceremonious departure of II. L. Kd
through the greater part of the sta e(in y. proprietor of the Palm Lunch
InveetlgutjLng ,th situation as to
compliance on the part of owners
of hotels, factories theaters an I
other ibulldlngs of a public charac
ter With the new dr.- escape act ef
fective July 1, says the law Is being
compiled with much more readily
and generally than he had hoped for
Howewer he found a number of lar
hotels and factories especially that
require Immediate attention, facto
ries, for Instance, Hh three storlen
and Just a small stairway leading up
and no other way cut In case of lire
except to leap fr on the window,
certain tiotels with three and fo.ir
stories, frame, with long hallways lo
traverse to reach single stalrwav
and no other mean.-, of exit save the
risk of Jumping fr "ii the wlndous.
Practically all th. people. Mr.
Scott says, readily consented to In -I
stall approved fire - apes. Ills prlu-1
ciimi inspections inns lar nave liecn
in italcigh, rwirlinm, Hurllnglo.i.
Greensboro, Wl-ston-Salem. Kall
bury, (Vmcord, Charl-tte, High Point.
Ashevllle and Win nesvllle. He will
take a turn through Eeastern ran -
Una very soon now. He gets In touch
with the local chiefs or fire depart
ments and other ainhmrltlea, co-om.
crating with them in the lnspei -
tions. i , ,
8H0WER&
WASHINGTON, July H. Forecast
for North Carolina: Partly cloudy.
probably local showers Thursday:
Friday fair; light variable winds.
m
gathered from every part of the coun
try In Ashevlllo In possibly the great
est convention the O. O. K. K. has
known; tnd at It close they were
many more knights of the purple, red
and yellow since It Is said that all the
trembling nenphltns passed safely
through tho. desert Inhabited by the
voracious tiger of renown.
Officers Klwted.
The knight entered on the day
wllh the praises of Ashevlllo for, the
superb parade of the night before
still ringing In their ears and proceed
ed to elect officers with much unanl--tnKy.
promotion being the order mt
the dny. Those honored wer ttM'sitr
Thomas II. Hlnellm1, of Minneapo
lis, Imperial Haulm
Chas R. Itlce, of Iluffalo, Imperial
Kadi.
H. W. Melding, of Webster Groves,
Missouri, Imperial Secretary, (reelected.)
C. V. Htansbury, of Los Angeles, !m-
-. . nin ru , .., i,..n ni.Ht
perliil Treasurer, ( n-eleelBil, )
LEFT WIFE AND CHILDREN
WITH ONLY ONE DOLLAR
Spartanburg Man's Absence
Causes Much (lossip in
That Town.
(SM-lal to Tile Clllwn.)
HPAHTANMIIHG, July 14. the tin.
room In this city, and the simulta
neous absence from the Ity of Mrs,
Mamie Ewlng. a comely young widow
tq whom It Is said Edney has of late
been paving much attention In spile
of tha fact that hi Is married has
caused much gossip here The lust
hw n of him In ths city was at the
Southern Cafe Sunday night, about
11. .10 o'clock. He bud a fierce bull dog
and carried a grip It Is reported that
he told son lie that h was on
his wav to Greenville to nttcm! a dog
tight
Mrs Edney stales that the last she
saw of her husband Has Sunday night
about 10 o'clock, when I hey closed
the lunch room. She says that Mr. Ed
ncv had sold lo r horse and that she
cautioned blui nut to spend all the
,,,
Mrs. Edney savs that 'Mr
Edney had told her several times of
bile that be wai going lo Ashevllle to
work at bi- Mattery Park hotel for
j the smnmer. When asked If she be-
lieyeil lor husband was in Ashevllle
she mid
she did not know wnere ne
was. ,
It Is said that Ednev left bis Wife
and three little children without anv
money, save one dollar, which was
..und In 'he register In .he lunch
ro.m. Mrs. Edney says that up to
some wicks ago Mr Edney was ol
ways kind and considerate of her and
the i hlidrcns' Hants, but that of late
In had bi en keeping aloof from the
She said that It hid been reported to
her that h r husband was with Mrs.
Ew lng i on-ideraldv, but this ah
could not vouch for
Mrs. Edit y said last night that she
would make an effort to locale her
husband.
The first Intimation of Edney' hav
ilng left the city was when the offi
cers found the door At the Palm
launch room open at 11.30 o'clock
Monday night, and began to make In
quiry as to the wheraabouts of th
proprietor.
Hev. John H. Dickinson, of Mich
mond, Va., Imperial Hhlek, (re-elected
)
Geo. F. Eiibiink, Of Atlanta, Im
perial Adool.
J. A. Solomons, of Orand Rapids,
Mich.. Imperial Ikfir.
It. h. Hnowden, of Peoria, Illinois,
Imporlnl Ajtlm.
A I Uogers, of Chattanooga, was
elected Imperial trustee to succeed B.
I), nuffy, of Okluhoma. whose terni
expired. The remaining trustee or
Krahh K,' lender, ,of ClevelanJ
Oug'Messe, bf.'Brjokani. , , ,. '
-' Went to Overtook,
-. FoUowInt laa, business session
many of the knights snd lailles and
the ever present candidates seeking
knowledge Journeyed tu Overlook
park where two hours were ciijoy
ably spent, while others remained In
the city and put candldale. through
the nnllcs which had so am lined the
populace the day before. There was
(Continued on page four.)
CONFEREES AGREE ON
E
Vote to Increase Salaries of
Customs Court .Judges to
Ten Thousand Dollars.
WASHINGTON, July 14. Strenu
ous objections were raised by the
house members of Ihe tariff confer
ence today to the senate provision in
the muxliniim and minimum feature
of the tariff bill which gives to the
president authority to employ such
persons as be may desire to aid him
in enforcing the tariff laws and which
will be useful to congress In tariff
legislation n tiH, f ut ure, but It was
agroi-d to tcnlallvely.
The provision which provides for
the establishment of a Court of Cus
toms Appeals was adopted. It is In
tended that this court shall deal with
all cacn of appeal from the board of
general 'appraisers and ttiul Us Judg
ment shall be final. The salaries of
the live Judges were Hied at t in Hem.
-and dollars. Instead of seven thou
sand as provided by the sillate
amendment.
BIO POWER PLANT
SOLD UNDER HAMMER
CHA KLOTTE. July 14. Th big
llydi o-Ebs trie pnwi-r plant at Illew
etts Fulls, the properly of the Itock
iiighum company was sold today un
der the hammer at Wadesbuio by or
der of the federal court. I. II. Thom
as representing the bond holders was
the only bidder, securing the property
for one million dollars, over twice as
that amount has been spent on the
development and half that amount
paid will be necessary to complete
the project, which will develop thirty
thousand horse siwer. The ssle was
upon application of the S. Morgan
Smith company, who hold a claim of
$113.(100 for machinery Hugh MclUe
and company, of Wilmington are the
largest bond holders If the court ap
proves the sale the work will lie push
ed to completion.
KILLED BY OFF ICKIJ.
CENTEItVILLK, Ala, July 14
Sheriff J. G. Oakley shot and killed
an unknown negro this afternoon who
was suspected of the brutal murder
last week of K. M. Wilson, a promi
nent merchant of Mrliirfleld. When
the sheriff went to arrest the negro
he showed fight and was killed.
EVELYN'S ATTITUDE
PUZZLES LAWYERS
Cannot Figure Out Whether
She is For or Against
Her Husband
(My Associated Proas.)
W1IITK PLAINS. N. Y., July U.-.
Kvelyn Thaw's lips' were atlll closed
by legal tschlnaellltlea today and h
did mil nuiin. lh.
. ...... I u I , . . HiBliy K m .(ID. ll.l
to testify for the stats in oppo!n
Harry K. Thaw' attempt to prov
himself sans and his confinement In
the asylum for the criminal Insana
Illegal.
The state's attorney announce! at
adjournment yesterday thajt they
would show today that th much !
puted conversation between Thaw and
his wife at the asylum In which Thaw
la supposed to hay threatened to kill
her when h got out, waa not privi
leged, and therefor Bvlya ' Thaw '
would ba re-called and her testimony
on this point would be admitted. But
Mrs. Thaw waa not called to ' th -stand.
Instead, there waa a contlnua- -Hon
of the lay testimony In Thaw' -
behalf.
May be Called Attain.
Again tomorrow thSjSlata will at
tempt to show that this conversation -should
not bs txeluded. At th con
clusion today Justlo Mllla'anirouncsdi
mat unless runner reason ws ad
vanced for excluding Bvslytr Thaw'
testimony, he would be Inclined to ad- '
mlt it. Accordingly Blyn-Thaw.
was ro.sutipuenaea u appear v ana '
probably will be called as th first!
witness, fpr, tha. Mat tomorrow... H
I ,Aj ,reat crowd ! packed ths' ooart -
remn today as oo ystrday,:' hoping
to near Mr. Thaw testify, i - , .
Th testimony today waa anHvensd..
at times by hits of humor, ind sev
eral times J luil ice Kills had In Sail:
for order. No one seemed to enjoy
the humor more than Harry .Thaw.
Several times he laughed, heartily At
some remark at his exponas, ,
Attendants ut the State asylum, at
Matteawan testified that h always ap
peared rational In speech. And action
while under their observation, Hsv-
eral. physicians who attended .Thaw
ami his wife and other members of
the Thaw family testified along th
same line. ' J
Kvelyn a Pul, ,
Thaw's mother, his two sisters, Mr,
(Continued imi page four.)
IT EVIDENCE
BEARING ON DEATH OF
Chauffeurs Who Saw Fight
Have Been Summoned
to Appear.
WILL HE PUBLIC
(My AssiM-laled Pre.)
ANNAPOLIS, Mil,, July 14 Huhi-
nioiusl to appear as witnesses In the
rase of Lieut. James N. Mutton, U. H.
M. C. whose death here two sears
igo Is about lo be rc-liivestlgsted by
the naval authorities, were served to
day iiihiii William (iwens ami Edward
Griffith, the chauffeurs who saw tha
beginning of the light between the
officers which ended In Sutton
death Owens did not testify at th
previous lll'plest.
The story of the surviving officers
that Sutton forced the tight has best!
contradicted by Owens, who carried
the party to camp that night, and In
a measure by Griffith, a new man In
the case, who confirms Owens In
particulars.
Griffith will. It Is said, testify that
he took a party of murine corps offi
cers. Including Llioitenant Potts to
the camp Just before Owens automo
bile arrived and when he went back
toward town he suw Lieutenant But
ton and Adams with their coats off,
apparently about to fight, but that be
neither saw nor heard anything that
would Indicate which had provoked
the fight, nor that the others In th
party were trying lo prevent hostili
ties. ,
WASHINGTON, July 14. Giving
full discretion as to the holding of
secret or open sessions by the court
of Inquiry which will Investigate th
circumstances attending the death of
Lieutenant Button, Assistant Secretary
or the Navy Wlnthrop, will suggest to
the court the desirability of conduct
Ing tho proceeding In public. k