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l ' 'ft 1 ' f ; i THE WEATHERS " t FAIR. VOL. XXV. NO- 270. ; (PRWiTiir i HISPARTYTOSTICK THE ASHE VILLE CITIZEN. Associated Presi $ Leased Wire Reports. ASHEVILLE, N. C, HATUIJDAV M( HJN1NC1, 3ULY 17, 1!0!. VHWK FIVE CKNT8. ! I SSL TO ITS PUTFDHM Tariff Must be Revised Down Ward he Declares to Conferees CITES PROMISES OF PLATFORM TO THEM Takes Broader View of Quest Ion Than Politicians And Special Interests 'i (Hv Associated Press.) ' WASHINGTON. July 16. All doubt as to when? President Taft stands with ,i ' J regard to the downward revision of s r the tariff was swept away today when K a statement wan riven out at the wnite house setting rorth in detail what the president had to say to I twenty-three republican members of -a congress who called to protest against ; putting raw material on the free list. The president declares that the repub lican party Is committed to a down . ward revision; that he has never had any other idea of the Chicago plat form, And that he personally has promised a downward revision to the people. This statement is Interpreted In some quarters here tonight as a direct notification to the conferees on the tariff bill that If the measure they finally agree upon does not constitute a material reduction in speciilc duties, : the president will veto It. White House) Statement, .h The story of the conference is out lined In the white house statement, In the third person, which" follows: 'i "Mr. Young, of Michigan, opposed ' free ore: Mr. Mondcll otinoseil free V: COfll and reclnrneitv with CunaJii ant I I free hides; each on the ground that f I the 'policy would injure the Interest r, . Of his state, and a discussion was par it ,S tlclpated in by other representatives I. J wlu urged that the doctrine or freo , raw materials was not a republican , doctrlhe. J" "Tiie presidirt ipiie that-he was not committed to the principle 6f free ra material; hut that he was com mitted to the principle of a down ward revision of tho tariff, which he had promised, and that he was obliged to look at the matter, not from the standpoint of any particular district, but from the standpoint of responsi bility for the entire republican party. He sai l I he question In each case was (Continued on page four.) SLIGHT TAINT OF BLOOD ? BARS FROM CITIZENSHIP ONE OF DEWEY'S HEROES Court Rules That Chinese f Descendant Cannot Be i come a Citizen. WAS NO PRECKDKNT (Special to The Citizen.) NEW YORK, July K- William Knight, a hero of the bailie of Manila a resident of America since 1S82, and now a seaman aboard the battle ship Connecticut, lias been denied the right to' be a citizen because his mother was half Chinese, liis father w as an Englishman, bis tool her half Japanese and half Chinese, and he was born under the liritish Hag on the Yellow sea. The medal of bravery awarded Knight by congress for his services under Dewey was of no weight with the court. The court said in effect. Inasmuch as he was not a white man and not an African nor the descendant I of an African, he could not iM-come a citizen. I The Chinese blood barred him. Nor 1 would1 the court rule Just how much . of this blood was necessary to make I a man more Mongolian than Cau- caslan There was no precedent by ' which to rule, the court held. Knight is forty-two years of age. Is ; healthy In mind and body. Ills fath- j er was captain of a steamer that plied netween Indian and Chinese ports. He -afell In love with a little almond-eyed girl and they were married at Shang hai. She sailed with him from port to port and when the son came the Knight ship was tossing upon the Tel- - low sea. William was brought up on the sea. so when he came to America and ' taught a glimpse ot- the white squad ron, he determined to enter the navy He enlisted in 1882, his llrst work be ing aboard the Monacacy. The matter came before Judge Chattield, and he pondered it for many a dav. The pa pern showed that. Knights had passed the physical lamination, was Intelligent and all (f h If nt mere was me simm--. ;,Hally the judge rendered this de- V sliwiwhrch put an -nd to Knight's ,';f si n 1 1 e rst wwwwww s-s- H win beVjntitiueil on page four.) MR. J. L. ALEXANDER GETS NEW LEASE OF THE BA TTER Y PARK Famous Southern Hostehv Goes Into Hands of blew Lessee Oc tober 14. Extensive Improve ments to be Made. The Battery Park hotel, one of the most famous hoslclries in the coun try, which for the past two years has been successfully operated by Hugh LaBarbe, 1', It. Moale, J. M. Chiles and J. L. Alexander was yesterday leased to Mr. J. J- Alexander, the new lease going Into effect October 15 for a term of live years. The rw'W lessee has had the personal management of the hotel during the tlmo mentioned, and, in conjunction with his associates, has made a most satisfactory showing. Although the fact that the present lease expires Oct. 1 was not generally known, fourteen applications for the new lease were received from various sections of the country, some of them being from hotel men of national fame. The 'oxe estate, owning the hotel, felt that the best Interests of this community would be better served by giving the lease to an Asheville man, Mr. Alex ander, who has secured the best prirtig and summer business enjoyed by the Battery Park in many years. Under his management the hotel has advanced rapidly In popular favor and has retained the national fame it acquired under the hands of the late R. P. McKlsslck. For live years pre ceding the regime of the present hotel administration, th e Hattery Park, leased by I). C. Waddell, Jr., and managed by Mr. Frank Darby, main tained the high standard of excellence which had been set for them by Mr. McKissick. ! Extensive Improvements. i With the announcement of the new lease comes the statement that exten sive Improvements will be made In the hotel, and no expense will be Spared to make the Hattery Park one of the most modern hotels in the country. Although thirty-two new bathrooms were recently added, it Is the Intention of the owners and new lessee to add as ninny more. The plumping of the hotel will be over hauled and op-to,-Jate-eulprnent In stalled. The house will be refurnish ed throughout, a marked feature fbe- lng the equipment of every room with twin, brass bedsteads. New furniture, eluding specially designed ward robes, will be put in the rooms, and carpets and rugs will be laid throughout. Most interesting, per- haos. to tin- young people of this city. nnd Intending guests, who revel in the Terulschorean art, is I he announce ment that the ball room will be over- I Of OESEBT UNTIL THEY FORCED MELIN TO CLOSE IltiW Standard Oil Majjuato (Jot Kid of an Undesir able Neighbor. BOOZKUS ALL LKFT (SMH-lal to The Citizen.) NKW YOKK, July 16. Is It Itock efeller or rheumatism which is re sponsible for Johnny Melin's action in selling bis inn at Sleepy Hollow and his announcement that he will auction off bis steins, beer glasses, bar fixtures and dispose- of bis usque baugh, eau do vie. the superior liquid refreshments which is drawn from the wood. Oosslp says that the shrewd old Stand. ird oil magnate has been play ing in a game of boss with Innkeeper John in which the surrounding prop erly was pressed nto service as the oil mans pawn". A fast as a piece of properly fell into Mr. Rockefeller's hands, or that of his agents, employ ees of the financier were put In as tenants, and all these tenants were teetotallers. Nearer and nearer the Rockefeller tenantry approached. They hemmed in the picturesque in on the storied, tree-shaded road until one fine morning mine host. John stood in his doorway and looked about on a country In which the only thing which didn't belong to Mr. Rockefeller was the inn landing like a rock in tht wilderness a rock from which th waters still flowed. Then Mr. Melln tumbled to the fact that the pawns had been pushed further and further toward his king row until he found himself checkmated. The Rockefeller tenantry drank nothing but buttermilk. The autolsts no longer whirred in over the Rocke feller property to stop themselves at the old stand and occupy themselves with the science of Irrigation. There was no more an ebb tideyin the pol ished decanters behind Jotipny's bar and the taps from which av steady, cooling stream formerly floweM gatn ered cobwebs from misuse. hauled and remodeled. The floor will be reluid and put In the most desirable condition. Improve Kxterlor. While the interior of the hotel Is being transformed no expense will be spared to make exterior "a thing of beauty and u Joy forever". Mr. C. 1). Beadle, the well-known landscape ex pert of the Rlltmure estate, bus Just finished a survey of the hotel grounds and is now engaged on a map therof. The grounds and roads adjacent to the hotel will be laid out In the most attractive manner, all the "ugly spots" being obliterated by the pres ence of attractive foliage. The own ers of the hotel, representing the Coxe estate, stated yesterday that the Hattery Park Would be made the equal of any hotel In the country, and that the excellent standard of the hotel In the past would be maintained In the future, ami even surpassed. Ke oent Improvement at the Battery Park were the installation of tele phones In every room and additional dynamos for lighting purposes. Among the intended improvements is the erection of a cold storage and Ice plant. The titling up and f a grill room ami overhauling of the pool and billiard room were also re cent improvements. New Car. Hi15!3!0 Another Item ol interest In con nection with the new lease is the an nouncement that two high power touring cars will be purchased for the purpose of conveying guests to and from the hotel. These machines will replace those now in use and It Is stated that they will meet the re quirements of heavy traffic. Should occasion arise, a third car may be purchased later on. Hotel History. The Buttery Park hotel was built by the late Colonel Coxe, and was op ened by him July 12, 1886, C. If Kouthwlck being in charge. Mr. Southwlck was succeeded the follow In (t year by Mr. J. 11. Steele, of Char elston. S. C, who held the reins for three years. In 18(10 the late K. P. McKlsslck tool; charge of the Buttery Park, and under his administration the hotel became famous throughout the country. Millionaires and busi ness men from every set-rion of the t 'tilted states flocked to the hotel which became synonym for hospl- (( ontiuuwl n page four.) AFTER UJK STRUGGLE Fought for Their Lives While Current Hwept Them on for Mile. OXK MADF KSCAPK (Special to The Citizen.) HOT HPR1NOS, N. C, July 18 Rattling with the rapids of the French Broad river while the current swept them on relentlessly to certain death, two men, John Kurke. white anil Hid Jones, colored, were drowned in the French Broad hero about noon today The details of the tragedy as re ceived here late today were very men grv, but from the accounts so far re ceived It appears that Hurke and another man whose name has not yet been learned went out boating on the river taking Jones along to row. None of th party was familiar with the swift currents of the stream, and soon after they had started the eddies car ried them close In to the bank nnd into a fallen tree which entangled them nnd upset the boat. The man whose name has not been learned clung to the treo and escaped, but the swift current caught the bout, overturned it and sent It rushing on down stream with I'.urke and the ne gro clinging to It desperately. For a mile they clung fast while the boat swirled among the eddies, swung around rocks, and plunged on and on bringing them to where a little way ahead the brink of certain doom awaited the two men. Still they fought for life and clung to the sides of the little craft until the unequal struggle wore out their strength and they had to let go. and sink down into the swirling waters. Immediately searching parties were sent out to locate the bodies but neith er had been recovered at a late' hour tonight. The search will be continued today. KILI.KI) BY IJCillTMNCJ. 1 WINNKHORO, Ia.. July 1. John S. Sullivan, a prominent business man and his daughter were killed by light ning here today, while they were re turning home from a picnic I " n k - -v:-' 1 Ffl I !, , ! - . . y ly t'K-;-! BEST MlSHMtM MINIONS OF THE TRUSTS GO DOWN IN DEFEAT BEFORE COMMON PEEPUL Baseball Game Between Democrats and Republicans in Congress that Will Oo Down in History as the Most Remarkable Exhibition Ever Witness ed on Any Diamond. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, July 18. With "Uncle Joe" Cannon looking on an I powerless to call the minority to or der, to bring In a special rule shut ting off base hits, the democrats ut the house of representatives wailope I all sorts of tariff aerheduleg out of the republicans at tho American league park today and won the taunt famous congressional base-bail fame on record (by the thrilling score Bf 28 to 18. The democratic vlthjry -tho first ol the extra session, whsi followed y a cloudburst. The denj&fr- aid not ,1e srend until the seven Inning battle hnd ended with the gtnut members all puffing and grogxy from runnlm; bases and chasing hulls, and the lean members prone on the grass from ex hnusted energy. The crowd whlc n witnessed the game wo equally weary from laughter. The throng Included many distinguished ofBclals. President Taft did 'Jmi ntle,nd he was at Chevy Chase with Vice Pres ident Sherman playlrjy golf. Fifty Seven Varh-tles. More different kinds of baseball were played than ever lxfnrp were crowded Into seven innings". String" as it may seem. It wasn't nil bad. Representative Heflln of A.htbama playing In one of the outer" gardens. reminded one strfVingly o ty '!). .no one ventured tn tell Mr. TIetlln Jus' collided with fearsome results Hep why. One he had, a ehnnoe td be a regentntlve Burke of Pennsylvania, hero. The republican suddenly rnmcj who was nt the receiving end of the to life In the fifth, lrilng and Were majority Is of slight build, and wh ;n scoring eight, or nine or ten runs, he crashed Into Pitcher (lalnes of when a line fly went winging out i West Virginia, the little catcher wo Into left field straight at Hellin Th-jsent heels over head In the ground, portly Alabaman, wh' played In while; He picked himself up undaunted, nnd flannel trousers with a black s(!lthen while lie and the pllelwr wcr watch fob dangling from his belt. , doing nn "Alphonse and Onston." RED LIGHT I'll SAYS GRANT WASHER "ANGEL" Dissoluto Woman puts Clerk of Federal Court in an Ugly Light. (Special to The Citizen.) RALKIOII. Jolv Hi. In. the seni tlonal trial of M.h Kelly and Wil liam Joiick, the l.i'ter a negro ha-k-man, for Illicit rel.it: "us, the Kelly wo man went on tin- t 'lid this evening, and testllied that tlie negro was at her house only a- i hackman in the employ of Major II 1- Grant, clerk of the United Mate-. . -mrt here and thot MaJ. Orant helped h-r buy the fui ni ture and loaned I -i lars to buy the le Governor Aycock i Grant fought the i Kelly's reference It was held to be ing why the mm the house so nuiel . p al from eigin. i against both th the negro. . ne thousand dol i e she kept. Kx -r defense of Ma. I iinlxelon of Maud. Major Grunt, bin ioM-tent ns show -Ii.k kmari was at I he case is an up -months sentence lill woman ami (FAIR WASHINGTON'. July l--"Forecast for North Carolina: Fair In west showers In east portion Saturday; , Sunday fair; liht west winds. Gone But Nyt Forgotten, CERTAINLY f NJOVED -7:-Jr--. :T:-'rJ cast one weather eye at the ball anl another at his bare hands, and then "ducked." The hit ought to have been good for a home run. but Repre sentative liowland of Ohio fell ex hausted on the second sack and yelled for somebody Ut runic out and finish the run. Mi-k 1ookiil Fine Km Representative Nicholas lxingworth of Ohio, signed ut a tremendous out lay, it was said, failed to live up to his advance notices. He presented u 4iutty Appearance In golf trousers, Brown stockings ami neglige,, (hlrl, Ibut he Cnseyed out" twice wlih two men on hnnea.'got a bnse on bills olu'e niiil then in the last half of the sev enth, showed a flush of rare spend when he beat out a tlnv little Inllclil hit. The official score looked loo milch like a bouse tarllT bill coming out ofi tin- semite commit te- on finance to bo printed In full. i The nearest the newspaper scorer old hands at the business cou:l come to the law hits and errors was to glv the democrats 23 of the for mer no Jest Intended and five of the latter. The republicans are cred ited with 20 safe hiiH and ! errors. Texas leaguers were there In Inju ries nnd once In chasing n pon 11 I he republican catcher and pltchVi FIVE TEARS FOR WORKING E Sua in County M.-m Who Victimized Credulous Wo man Sentenced. (Special lo Ibe Citln-n.) WAVNKSVII.I.K. July IC Judge i I' erKosou. u lin Is holding court lieie. this being his first r-golar court in 1 1 1 m home low ii. gae .1. B. Barrett t li t t of five e:ir on Ilie loads l'ir ii ttiui.lng .Mis I.. 1,. I.oiil:, of iuMou S ib ni. B ini It. who had a living wife and ilanMef in Hvv.-ilfi county, about four mouthy ago, was in Winston-Sab m w to n to- under the pretense of being irtfalHiite.j uitli Mrs. Long, persuaded lo i I i tut r i j. t her money, one hundred and thlltv dollars, to him and go with him I t Va re hvIII-.- when tlie would be married. After they arrlw-d lo-r.- Burett kuh the woman a ilodge and let i on the first train with h i moiiov and baggage. When she found Ii. bad I'M her In this plight she put tie- offi. ers on his trail ami he wa-4 Htm i.K arrested, brought here and tri'd I, .for, a magistrate, who committed Mm to Jail till Oils term of eourt. Ills wife and daughter were with him durinr the trial. 1 m ibiM) in ciit'itrir. ROA.VOKI-:. Va . July IB Dan Rice, alias Joe Thomas, was arrested early today (barged w'ith being the burglar who yest'Tday had ft desper ate fight with Rev. W. II. 11. Joyce,, pastor Trinity Methodist church, when the minister entered the .church and found Rice In the ibulhllnK. Rev. Jovce lib-mined Riee today. Rice Is from "anvllle, Va He denies that he is the man wanted. three democrats with warped Iden it chivalrous courtesy raced home and added three runs to their already opulent total. The first, victory of the day for tho free traders was won at the gat-i. The lama wns supposed to H for charity, but everybody seemed to have a pass. The re pub Means wre yiillned .by Re prenentatlv Teller "of PeiinsyWa nlti who played short. Representa tive -On I nes and- Representative Murk made an excellent battery. The democrats had for Ihelr lend er Representative Klnkoud of New Jersey, who played second In a wa I fiat would turn IjjJoIc green wllh envy. Representative Webb of North Car olina pitched for the democrats and outside of the fifth inning, "had the game well In hand." Representative oldflelil of Arkansas, the catcher, hud a shade on Mr. Ilurke. Once a thin democrat began to chase n fat one around the bases af ter making n long hit to center, caught III in at (bird nnd then the two men ran home together., ditcher Burke got the hnll-ln plenty of tlm to. muke-.tht) most phenomenal doub le .play on record Iby taglng the two runners- out with a "take this, take that." Rut he dropped the hs.ll. Th problem of securing s satis factory umpire was a hard one. Tin democrats declared that If Hpextker Cannon ncti-d they had no chance on earth. The fiordlan knot was cul when the Rev Father James Rey nolds of lied Bank, N. J . was select ed. OVER CAPITALIZATION Commission Is to Find Just What and What Is Not of Value in Stocks. (SMS'I (o Tile CII lell ) RAI.KIGII. July 111. I'lli;rimaes of corporation official and their at torneys to RalelKh for conr.-rem es u ltli the corporation omnia. i-luti to ploloKl agulriSl the olutlle ,,f e enr- porate cxi ss ,i Ilia t ieui awsenHcd a Kill nst the corporation l.e in., com mission for taxation onlmue in a steady stream Im-ten-lng in volume rather than thing anv indication of fallliii; off. Tin tenor ..t their nitua lion was strikingly illu tral'd today When SUI'Jirisc Was e V i e-.-c, ;i seeing a prominent Ivio-iern i-arolina IcKiirla tor w ho made a special re old lor an-ll-tru-t effort in the iis.hi inld. . coup out from a conference with the com mission. "Why s.iid he. Che situation i Just this I am hiirc In the interest of n corporation which like so many oth ers, In .organization set up fictitious values because they sounded big for business. They gave In a reasonable statement of real and equipment property valuation for state and coun ty taxation and when the corporation excess on which there should be addi tional tax. he corporation found It self asiHefsed for two or three times what the business was .really worth? Any equitable adjustment of this Is all 1 am seeking." BOIL WEEVIL Hi THECOTTONLONGS B0THI1MHAR0LUCK Misfortune of Former Causes Latter Loss of Two Dot lars a Bale BREAK IN PRICES UNPRECEDENTED Pyramided Contracts Made Whole Speculative Struct lure Top Heavy (My Associated Pi-fm.) NKW YORK. July U. n of th most remnrknble break In the hlatorv of the New York eollon market oc curred today as a result bt special report on the boll weevil situation by ha government entniiiidioim rw Meier. At the end of thi ducllns. eat' ton for new crop delivery was selllnj at 12 a bale less than the closing price of Thursday.' The break wa marked by panicky IliiuhJtUlun. ands excitement seldom equalled except- In times or complete demoralisation. Within half an hour prices decllnsd fully thirty-five points; and whlls th market recovered a few points of ths loss, the. close was barely aUady. tha general nervousness of the . traders suggesting a thoroughly nnsettltd stole of sentiment. IKeniMiid I'jised Off. The decline today was the culmina tion of a gradually Increasing lack of confidence in. the stability of prices wnicn nearly reached the thlrtMn cent level earlier In the week, whn the low July condition report was r- .eived, showing a continuation, of hot, Iry weather In Texas whsra tht crop was supposed to be rapidly dsterlor- aflnf. Bullish Interests wer disap pointed that crop disaster prediction did not create an enormous demand for contracts to Insure future supplies. the selling movement which started around 13.87 for December. early in, the week continued. In IntTessliut vol ume, until 'at Ihe opeiln this morn.' ins December contracu ,wer tl)Ui& at. IS. lft. , . i - - . - : --. '.w.. . . -: Tlien rame Klutiip, . I 'poh , the, publication of Ins . boil, ... ..II II-. U.a f,. wwui niuteji?;iii, uiyivviirihai IIIH low . Iest was less threatening this than lnst,riuidatlon reached record, breaking proportion and th decllna was not cliecked until December con tracts had sold at 11,1)7 -47 point t low the cloning figures of th prevlou night, and ninety-five point ( 71) per bale bulow the high record of lt Tuesday, There was a slight rranvtirf latr wlth Ik-cember closing at li.OS bid, net loss of 34 points for, th day. Rumors of rains in .Texas were da nled tonight nn'd nulla pointed out that the cotMlltlons which have restricted the ravages of the boil weevil hav also been very unfavorable to tfl plant In tho floulhwest. But It I b ik'ved that a stronger bear clique ha been formed under th leadership of Theodore II. price and that the cllqu exerted a strong Influence on th day market and will probably remain tv factor In the Immediate situation. MDHAMEO All GOES THE WAY OF HIS BROTHER IN Nationalists Depose Persia's Kuler and Send Him into Fxilc. f MOV ITT ON THRONE (II y AieuH litiiil Press.) TKMKRAN, July lit. sfohameil Ali, Sliuii of Persia, was dethroned Joo.iv ami tne crown prince. Sultan Atioieit Allr.a, was proclaimed snah hy tin- national uj4sernbl', composed of the chief .VI iiJichldM and tlm leader of the nationalist forces. In the pres ence of uri Immense crowd in parlia ment spuare. Mohamed All has taken refuge In the, Russian summer legation at Ze rende, where he Is under the protec tion of detachments of t'onsacks and Si polls nttuched to the ',, zenda by the Russian uml i'.rlti.-li dlplomatiu representatives. Kljiahdar, one of the most actlv lenders of the movement has taken 'ifliee a minister of war and governor of Teheran. General l.lakhoff, through. whose negotiations with tho national ists the surrender was affected, wa escorted this afternoon by mounted liaktitlarl riflemen to tha parliament building and was greeted with loud appluase by the people. He was In formed that he might remain tempor arily In charge of the Cossack pro vided he strictly obeyed th order of the war minister. , The shoos and nrJvate house ne copied by the shah's soldiers tiav been plundered. - - , The shah Js twelvs years old, ar- rangements had been .made to send him to England to educated.. i slga. iliil i k. i . K ( -