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ASHEYILLE, N. C, FRIDAY MOHNIXO, JULY 30, 1MW.
PRICE FIVE CENTS, j
SHADOW OF PA 1 NE
ALDRICH BILL NOW
He Won't Be Happy Till He Gels It!
CE"CITIZES
REPUBLICANS OF
lull An 01
.larome Finishes Merciless
Grilling to Test Sanity
of famous Murderer
LOOKS AS IF HE
WILL BE TURNED OUT
Jerome's Alleged "Ferocity'
Believed to be a Sham.
Friendly to Thaw
(By Associated Press.)
WHITE PLAINS. N. Y., July 29.
William, Travers Jerome, district at
torney of New York, prosecutor at
both murder trials, finished his Inqui
sition of Harry Thaw in the Su
preme court at d.25 o'clock this ev
ening. This ends perhaps the moat
surprising chapter of the long couit
procedure In which the young Pitts
burger has figured, certainly the most
surprising In this latest phase of Urn
case Thatw's fight to prove himself
sane and obtain his release from Mai
teawan asylum for the criminal in
sane. . All told, yesterday and today Har
ry Thaw faced Mr. Jerome's light
ning thrusts for ten hours, yet he
held his own at all times.
Frlendx Today.
Tomorrow he will be in the hands
of frtend9. His attorney. Charles
Morschauser, expects to call him in(
the morning. This examination mayi
be as long as Jerome's and after it,
the district attorney may have a few
more questions to ask.
Notwithstanding the mental strain
he was under yesterday and today
Thaw labored far lnt the night with
his attorney In Justice Mills' ante
room going over the multitude of
records used today by Mr. Jerome
In his rapid lire cross-questions.
On the whole Thaw and his at
torney are well satisfied with th
day's work. Thaw showed even more
confidence than he exhibited during
the ftrsi, encounter; In fact his self
satisfaction 'at "otui time almost cost
him rjear when he ventured into a
heated passing at arms with the dis
trict attorney. But he checked him
self when he realized that he had
nothing to gain and everything to
lose by a show of temper. Except
for this squall, the exchange of ques
tions and answers with iuwe nnri
(Continued on page four.)
IE
BADLY WANTED BY THE
"DBy FOLKS OF BRISTOL
Plats Hide and Seek Across
, the Line to Avoid ISer
'' vice of Summons.
SAYS HE WONT COME
Bfi ISTOIj, Tenn., July '.'.9. An
unique situation arose today In I hi
Bristol, 'a.. local option election con
test. Bud Detherldge, who was ac
tive In the campaign for the wets, and
who Is believed to possess all the in
side secrets, touching how and where
monty was spent to influence the
election, declined to cross the state
line into Virginia In order that sum
mons might be served on hitn. Coun
sel for the drys adjourned the sitting
at the Virginia court house and came
to the court house in Tennessee hav
ing Detheridge summoned tlu-re. By
this turn they hoped to catch Deth
erldge in their drag net. Counsel for
the wets turned the trick by citing a
Tennessee statute providing that in
order to adjourn the taking of depo
sition from the Virginia to the Ten
nessee side of the state line, a special
commission from the Virginia court
would be necessary.
"Since the new Judge of the corpora
Ken court of Bristol, Va., has not yet
qualified there was no one to make
application to for a commission.
Magistrate Pile dismissed the pro
ceedings Upon the ground that under
the circumstances he had no Jurisdic
tion. Counsel then adjourned to re
,ume taking deposition on the Vir
ginia side tomorrow, but without any
gisu ranee that the much wanted wit
(9S would appear. Every possible
tort will be made to entrap Ofthcr
(jge If he persists in remaining out of
Virginia.
RAILWAY KTKIKK AVKUTKD
NASHVILLE. Tenn., July 29. An
understanding was reached tonight
utween the Tennessee Central Rail
road company and its locomotive en
whereby a threatened strike
fineers.
. thA engineers Is undoubtedly avert
j General Manager Clark's order
quiring; the-' engineers to undergo an
liamtuafidrf becomes effeetrve nnder
,heKgreernehl September I. Instead of
jugurt 1, a originally Issued.
READY FOR BOUSE
Bold Stand Made by Taft May
Give The Country a Bill Half
Way Decent.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, July 29. Thu
Payne-Aldrlch tariff bill tonight
stands completed. An agreement on
all disputed points was reached lato
this afternoon, and the conferees re
port was signed by the rt-publican
conferees. It will go to the house
tomorrow and be voted on by that
body , on Saturday. The senate will
begin consideration of the measure
as agreed to by the conferees on Mon
day. Halted by the mandate of President
Taft. the tariff conferees were com
pelled to turn back and revise
their rates on lumber and gloves. In
a communication to Senator Aldrlch
and Representative Payne, the presi
dent demanded that the high rates on
gloves aa fixed by the house and the
high rates on lumber as fixed by the
senate should not be made a part of
the conference report.
Surrender to President.
After struggling over these ques
tions throughout the entire day the
conferees surrendered to the presi
dent's view and signed the report.
The report will go to tne nouse 10-
morrow at noon and will be ordered
to be printed. i ne nuuse may
called to meet at 10 o'clock on Satur
day for It is the Intention of the lead
ers that the report shall be pushed
through in one legislative day. Prob
ably a week will be requireu m u.o-
nose of the conference report in tne
1 . . fiv.1,1
oom.te. When tne coniureea ..a.:.
lumber and glove rates yestcray by
nhadlng very slightly the higher rates
on each they were so certain that the
president would consent to the ar
rangement that notices were sent to
the democratic members of the con
ference committee to be present at
10 o'clock today to approve or disap
prove of the conference report.
The president had other ideas of
what the rates should be and express
ed them forcibly In a letter to the tar
iff conferees today. He l thRt
lumber should not be more than $1.25
per thousand fee tor rough, with the
differentials fixed by the senate on
He declared also
that the senate rate on gloves, which
are the same as the Dinghy rates
and much less than the house rate.
uld have to be adopted in m"
obtain his endorsement
For Free unlet.
Not content wltn issuing an In
y .ion against high rales on lhese
STATE BOARD MAKES AN
ANSWER TO THE IDC"
OIL BILL OF COMPLAINT
Now Makes Specific. Denial
of All its Essential Al
legations. PRESENTS THE ISSUE
(Sieclnl to The Citiien.)
KALFHiH. July 29. The answer
jot the (:lal. .board of ,agrlc lilt lire
to the bill of complaint of the Red C
Oil companv, in the suit for Injunction
aeain.st enforcement of the Illuminat
ing act. Wed this evening, makes
specific denial of all essential allega
tions, especially notable the state
ment Hint the legislature delegate.!
legislative powers to the board of ag
riculture. The answer maintains that the In
sertion act in no way violates the
t'iiitei St:itrs or the state consti
tutions. Furthermore, that the rules
and regulation adopted by the board
for the enforcement of the act are
reasonable ami Just. Tim complaint
of the oil companies had alleged also
that under the guise of police regula
tion had levied a tux on intiisi.il'!
commerce.
The answer presents squarely thu
Issues as to constitutionality. The ar
gument will be heard Monday by
Judge Connor.
A FKiHT POK FltKKIJOM.
I.ITrXF. HOCK, Ark., Jnly 29. A
light for freedom will be commenced
at once by V W. Rllis who shot
and killed Nathaniel P. Willis, of In
dianapolis. In a court room In this
citv Tuesday. It was stated tonluht.
It is expected tliat habeas corpus pro
ceedings will be instituted in Jefferson
county, the home of the prisoner.
Willis' mother, brother and sister left
here tonight for Indianapolis with
the liody of the dead man. Ellin
was brought back to Uttle Hock late
today from Newport, where he was
taken
Immediately after the shoot-
Ing,
articles the president specified that
hides must go on the free list ant)
the house rates on boot and shoes
and other manufactures of leather re
duced. Hosiery, too, he thought
should be reduced below house rates
which were advajn.es over the Ding
le y rates.
it was not until after the demo
cratic members bad assembled that
the white bouse communication was
received at the conference chamber.
After Its contents had been discuss
ed by the republican members f the
committee, the minority were inform
ed that the conference report could i
not yet be submitted. I
Senator Daniel, of Virginia, and
Representative (Jrlggs, of Oeorgla. fX
hibited some annoyance at having
been railed Into session prematurely,
but Senator Halley advised his asso
ciates to go In peace. The democrats
then held a little conference of their
own. The republicans were criticised
but Senator Bailey again came to
their defense by calling attention to
the fact that if the democrats were
in power, charged with the responsi
bility of making a tarlft bill, they
would not want any republicans to
help them. Later Representative
Champ Clark, of Missouri, was given
a copy of the bill as the conferees In
tend to report It, except for the sched
ules discussed by the president in his
letter. The democrats then went Into
session.
Offered Compromise.
The minority members were in the
conference chamber less than an
hour. Representative (Jrlggs, speak
ing for his associate, suggested that
If the republicans would consent to
put cotton bagging on the free list,
they would show the utmost celerity
In bringing the conference report to
a vote. Many of the conferees were
disposed to grant this request, but
Representative McCall, of Massachu
setts, protested vigorously on the
ground that It would injure the man
ufactories In hla state, which turn
out cotton bagging. So emphatlo
were" tits objections that It was seen
agreement would be delayed If such
action were attempted.
The republican members continued
In session after the democrats left
the chamber. There followed a liuay
scene. Scurrying to and from the
chambers were senators and members
(Continued on page tsyen.)
RICK PURSE IS OFFERED
FOR RACE BETWEEN THE
WRIGHTS ANO BLERIOT
Alaska - Yukon Exposition
Hangs UjMtieli Purse.
Aeronauts.
FRENOHY SAYS SURE.
(By Associated Press.)
PARIS, July 2'J. Louis Rlortot,
the French aviator appeared greatly
pleased when Informed by The Asso
ciated Press today that the officials
of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposi
tion hud offered a purs,- of 2u,000
for an aeroplane race between him
and the Wright brothers. He said:
"Your Information Is the first Inti
mation that I have had of any such
offer, but you can say that If either of
the Wrights challeugki me under the
Seattle condition I shall Immediately I
accept.
(let After Strike Hreakers
And Raise "Old Ned" in
(leneral.
(By AwwH'iaied Pre. )
PITTSM'lUS. Pa . July 29. Three
thousand other strikers, maddened by
seeing their food supply running low.
with no Immediate prospect of a set
tlement of the strike, surging In pur
suit of workmen from the Pressed
Steel Car plant tonight, and before
wtate troopers arrived on the scene
three persons were Injured. A score
of workmen from the plants fled Into
McKees Itocks, with the mob In pur
suit, and girls who had just la-ft the
company's offices ran about scream
ing, thinking the strikers Intended to
attack them. In a few minutes after
I he outbreak, started all waa quiet
again, about Ihe plant but tho strik
ers were feverishly excited and depu-
ty sheriffs and state eonstabulry re-
doubled their vigilance.
JmBK ,1,,. liiitg
fete V!f ,,nU Z
MOTHS AND RUST OF TWELVE YEARS
DISTURBED IN QUEST FOR EVIDENCE
Witnesses in Bank Case Tell What They Recall of Certain Transactions in Notes
gome Signed Things to Be Accommodating, And Others Didn't
Proc eedings of Yesterday's Session. t
On Wednesday District Attorney
Holton placed boore the Jury evidence
showing that witnesses without prop
erty had signed notes in 'blank which
hail been filled IB by Major Breeaa
for large amounts and used for rais
ing money through the fallod First
National and other bank. Yester
day he marshalled other men to tell
the Jury hat though they were not
financially able to pay anything, never
expected or thought of paying any
thing, they had nlgnco note In black
which had afterwards been turned
Into such ImmaoulnJ financial Insti
tutions h the Chemical National of
New York for extensive credit and
the drive waa turned principally at
defendant J. K. Dlokerson. whose
handwriting In some of the "lllled in"
notes was identified. To add to the
Interest of court and jurors If was
told hy witnesses that signatures had
been obtained by fnlse pretenses ami
that though they had paid nothing on
notes Major Ilreese' had written to
out of town banks stating that they
hud and that they asked ptcnlonn
on their pnpers. One witness said
that he was only 17 years of age at
the time he was Induced to sign.
A feature of the day was the re
WITH fl GRAVE OFFENSE
('hanged Name on a War
rant for Stealing Hog
Several Oilier Tilings.
(Special lo The Citizen.)
ELIZABETH CITV, July 29 Bclplo
Jenkins, a prospermia farmer of thin
county, was yester.Hy afternoon in a
preliminary hearing before Justice N.
K. Parker, plai , .1 under a bund of
$1,750 for hU ii p. nrance at the next
term of Huperi .r court upon the
charge of havliiK i ntul knowledge of
a girl tinder 14 y. -im of age. ' The girl
Ruth Marshall, m orphan from the
Streeter home.
Oreensboro. She
i Jennings' mother
.-ars. Jennings Is
has been living
for the past U
about ?,U years
I.I Hid Is unmarried
The ruse is ex. i
terest and much i
of contention Hi
ing the liveliest In
mment. The point
age of the girl it
is claimed by pr.-eeutlon that she I.
under 14. The :icirn authorities have
announced that ihey will help to
prosecute the ca. Solicitor Ward is
taking consider Interet In tin
case. He was represented at the
henrinr; this af nn by Attorn. .'
Grime, his law partner.
The Marshall i-iil Is now an Inmate
of the cour.tv hone-, where. It la said,
she took refiiii" .n account of bad
treatment tit Jcnr ngs' home and af
ter her unfortunate condition was
learned.
WASHINGTON. July J J.- Forecast
for North Carolina' Local showei
Friday and prrtbebly Saturday; lighl
southwest winds, becoming west.
Ill
SMOWER&
ceipt by Mr. Dlckerson yesterday
morning of a telegram from Rich
mond announcing the death of his
mother there, the effort to keep the
news of this from the Jury and tho
consultations between Julge and coun
sel with reference to a postponement
of the trial a few days on aceunt of
tho calamity. It wns later learned
that it waa Mr. IJIckcrsonV aunt who
was dead.
11. E. Holing testified at the open
ing of thu session that In May, 1 SD7.
he waa a street car' man and w
to the pickorson atoro to turn In
hla report, it being impTIeJUy auggeiit.
I'd that Mr. ntckorson was connected
with the railway management, and at
Ills request signed his name on a
piece of paper and he Identified his
signature on the back of a note da
ted Muy tith, but when a note for
$050 of the same date wus presented
to him he said it looked like his sig
nature but he did not remember "lull
ing but one note The witness proved
n gratifying contrast to some ofhvr
witnesses who. though able bodied
men, do not In some caws speak loud
enough to reach the Jury. He knew
what he wanted to say and he aald It
Oiilckly and distinctly i
BRIDE OF FEW WEEKS IS
CALLED JTO ETERNITY
Itaging Waters of Mountain
Torrent Take Mrs. Smith
Across the Jordan.
(Ity Associated Press.)
CIIAItl.DTTK, N. C. July 29.
While 'Attempting to cross Khoal Creek
In a remote section of Yancey county,
last nluhl on a foot log. Mrs. Winnie
Smith, twenty-two years old, fell into
the Mr. ii in unci was drowned. Though
attended by several neighbors Ihe rag
ing mountain torrent swept the victim
beyond aid before woiiliMin rescuers
could formulate plans to help her
Vfl'H Hmilh was a bride of few Weeks
and a belle of the moiinl.iiii count).
The body was recovered today.
POLICEMAN ON TRIAL
FDR KILLING II NEGRO
Wife of Dead Man Makes
Slafcnieiit That Material
ly Aids (lie Defense.
(I Associated Pre.)
YVINS'PiN KAI.l:.VI. July 2. Tin
trial of Policeman N. II Williams on
a ciiari;.- "f inoi'.ler, for shooting and
kllllUK Will I' i' eman, a negro. June
4. lant, 1 aiir.K llnx much attention
here. The slate rested HI noon today.
The strotiK. si point brought out for
the defense this afternoon was the
statcuii nt of I'r. eman's wife that her
husband h id a pistol like the one al
leged to him- been found In Free
man's pos "i vion nft.-r th" shooting.
A witness iilo minted the dead mnn'i
wife as KivlriK that Freeman's pistol
was not at home when the shooting
occurred.
Williams claims that Freeman was
endeavoring to shoot him when hrr
fired.
The trial may not be conclud- j
ed before Baturday.
He told counsel on cross-examination
that ho could not remember
testifying at Charlotte that he signed
two papers and that he could recol
lect signing bettor than to what he
hud testified. IIe laid that when ht
signed he thought he was signing
something about the railroad.
(I. It. Ooodlct said that hn had
workod for Dlckerson In selling aow
Ing machine but was living In Bouts
Carolina two or three year efor
the bank failed, - He. said that H
hi signature lo a "note, for J,t8U.4
which waa presented to him and he
hart signed In "tnnV that, and - an
other note, became Mr. Dlckerson
told him he wanted to borrow lomii
money and It took two names to get
It from the bunk. He was earning
tin week, he enid, and had no prop
erty.
Judge Newman ruled that defense
could not bring out new mutter on
cross-examination.
False IretenMc?
P. J. Rvnna was another employe
of the Dlckerson company and was
17 years old July IB. 1187 when he
signed a blank note which showed
(Continued ..ft page three.)
Suicide Verdict at Inquest
hut Police Uefuse to agree
with the Jury.
(fly Afwux'Utled I'rem..)
MACON, tin., July 29. That Ixdtle
Fulrcloth, the eighteen year old young
woman whose Ixoly was found In the
Oemullgit' river yesterday, was the
victim of murder Is now tho opinion
of Chief of Police Weslcott, who to
day bewail a searching Investigation.
The verdict at the coroner's Inuuest
was to the effect that the young wo
man commit! i(d suicide, being hawed
almost solely on the. Identification of a
note by lx ii I-evar, a young man to
whom It was addressed. Officers have
b.en unable to further Identify this
note.
That Miss Fulrcloth and I-var
ipiarreb-d Friday night Is believed by
the officers, who made a rigid Inves
tigation among friends of the young
couple today.
AOA'ITIi;i P MI HDKH.
I.AKR r'lIAIil.KH, I.a , July 29.
Harrison Iieane, formerly an employ
of a lumlx-r mill at Hon Ami. In this
parish, was ncipiltterl here today of
the murder ol John Austin, whom ho
killed saier, il months ago The un
written lay was apparently the hauls
of the Jury's verdict. It was shown
that Austin had made improper pro
posals to iit.irie's wife.
STKAMKIl DAMAGED.
MOHH.F. Ala., July 29. With
parts of her decking and cabin roof
torn off by waves In last week's gulf
hurricane the Norwegian fruit steam
er Fort Morgan arrived hern today.
i':tijn oivlk, who Istock his
damaged bridge, was dashed against
the cabin and had two ribs broken
lie said that the hurricane lasted
iblrty six hours and at sea waa wor0
than the Galveston storm of 1(00,
FQB LOCAL OPTION
Place Themselves Square'y ort
Record as Being lit:
Us Favor
. :,t.' '
MAKE IT ISSUE
IN THE CAMPAIGN
Law Enforcement And Strict
Regulation Is Their Po
litical Slogan
(Ity Associated Preaa.) ' '
NEWPORT NBWH, Va.. July i"!.-
Placing themselves aquarely on ree
(ltd aa favoring local optiona with'
counties and cities aa the unit. In
stead of magisterial dlatricta aa under
fill) present law, the Virginia republl
cans today accepted the liquor que,
lion as an Issue In the approaching
gubernatorial campaign. Then, after
adopting a platform, of which ths 11
quor plank waa the principal feature,
and electing a state ticket headed by
William P. Kent, of Wythevllla, pres
ent American consul -general to Gua
temala, they adjourned their itata
convention sine die,
Tlie. Platform.
The discussion of prohibition waa
precipitated soon after the convention
met by the reading of the) following
plunk aa drafted by iha resolution
ommlttue:
"We fmvor the general principle ot
local option, high license, rigid pollcaj
protection and o strict enforcement
of the Jaw," y . ,
Objection to this resolution cam
Instantaneously and emphatically
from Houthwest Virginia. Tha plank,
aa reportod waa declared to bs mean
Ingless And Indicative of acquiescence)
In tha existing law. . "
Aa substitute, state Senator A. T.
Uncoln offered tha following; , ,
' "Wo favor the general prlnclpla of .
local notion. and that tha ' countlea
and cities be. a unit .In all elections on'
Mthahqu6r question' .with rigid anV
forewmutit of tha law,"
Mr. Lincoln led tha fight for It
adoption and 'wa. fcoiiapiruouaix
successful In Urging hla causa that af
ter the aubstlfufe had been inttorpnr'
ated In tha platform by vota of 709 .
to 310, that he waa Immediately put
forward aa a candidate for lleuten
ant-governor. Although a slat al
ready had been prepared, tht leader
thought it wise to nominal him fog
- - i '.'i' - -.-.-I -,-.-rf-ii-.-,-,-.rn ..-..nuLi ju
(Continued nn page, four.)
MADRID SAYS THAT THE
"REDS" IT BARCELONA I
HIVE BEENJOUELCHED
Nothing KeniaiiiH Now Bufl
The Choking Off of ,
"Small U roups." Vj
K1NU FEELH BETTER,
Ity Associated Preaa.)
MADKIO, July 29. It waa officially)
announced tonight that the cavalrj)
engaged at Barcelona succeeded today)
In driving into Ht, Martin square th
principal bands of revolutionist
against whom the artillery opened
Hie, cunning great losses. Th ur
vlvors surrendered.
The official statement further sayg
that It now remain only to master
small groups of revolutionists In th
villages in tho vicinity of Harcelona.
Official despatches received here to
day admit thai the battle betweea
Moorish tribesmen and th Hpanlsb)
forces outHlde of Melilla. July 27, wa
a dlHantrous defeat. The Moors cut
off the cominurilciitloriB with th
KpunlHh outposts and the main fore
of the Hpaniards was driven back unt
d. r tin wallH of thu city, where fight
Ing continued desperately In the city.
ALWAYS TIIK PHKTKNDKK.
LONDON, July 2t. A special dis
patch from Madrid says there la
pcrxlHtctit report In Carlld quarter
that Hon Jultne. the pretender, la
about to Issue an address to th
powers and a manifesto the the
HpanlHh people, maintaining his claim
lo the Spanlxh throne.
N U HIM IHK.
WASHINGTON, Ga July 29. Mr.
William Cox, not dreaming of her hus
band's desperate Intention today saw
him place a revolver to hla temple anil
pull the trigger. Cox had been IB bod)
health for some time and arhtlng thl
morning complained of Insomnia,
Without another word he secured hla r
revolver and Ored the fatal a hot, dy ,
inn almost instantly, liv waa on Ot ,.,,
the moat prominent farmer In Tallia-,
ferro county. He leave, pesiOti IM. .,
widow, thre children, , .
i