North Carolina Newspapers

C THE ASHEIfl ZEN. THE WEATHER: FAIR. Associated Press. Leased re 'r' epprts. ASHEVILLE, N. Q., FRIDAY, MORNING, OCTOBER 1, 3909. VOL. XXV. NO. 316. PRICE FIVFENTS. MM SHORTS IH WHEAT FOUrJD THEMSELVES CAUeHTINSQUEEZE , w 1 t 'V-'- ' Compact Corner on Last Day .. of Month Is Engineered by v ' Mysterious trader PRICE JUMPED UP 14 CENTS IN HALF AN HOUR At Dollar And Twenty Enough Long Wheat Came Out to 1 Square up Deliveries . : CHICAGO, Sept. SO. The wheat ' "KUMe" which disturbed the ennui Mfef speculative buyers routine with a f fourteen cent advance l the Septem ber option on the board of trade here , . today lacked none of the features of farmer years when "Old Hutch" Cu dahy, a Bartrldge and others were wont . to, 'explode bombshells under : the trade." . It ww the cleanest cut of any cor ner in many years. ILcnmc out of a Clear cfcy. September wheat had been : lagging, toward- the end with every evidence" of cbbfhg vitality. For a month thewsT had ' been practically nothiug doing in the option, Septem ber closed yesterday at $1.06 and sluggishly slept through most of to day's session slightly above that fig ure. " In a vague yort of wav there was i known to be a short Interest out, but , " that some particular individual or clique had secured control of the long side was undreamed of bv all not in the deal. The trader or traders In control are said to have held about 1,000,000 bushels while the scattered ahort Interest ran between five and ten millions, according to the aver age expert guess. In volume this does not begin to compare with some deals which beard of trade history - reveals hut In compact efficiency it is said to be the peer of any . Lost I ortunc. 8eptembef was at $1.07 when the 'riot ojfbe .shorts began. Conditions had batk wtlsli and although Sep tember 0v "Vld sturdily Jn short " tili lJeBVeB'fhB, break would come. Slut they did not materialize. . One long with five thousand btiBh els to his credit snatched his profit at 11.10 and then watched what be came of his sale. In the next thirwty minutes it chanped hands twenty eight times. The last man who se cured It paid tl.20 for it. Kefore It rested in his hends brokerage coin-, ' (Continued on pSge four.) I SUFFERERS TO RECEIVE IT Secretary of War Authoriz- es Issue of 20,000 Lots to the Homeless SENATORS' REQUEST WASHINGTON. Sept. SO By di rection of the si'i retary of war, Gen eral W. W. VVilhf rspoon. acting chief of staff, today authorized the issue of twenty thousand short army rations to the cyclone su.. tiers in Terrebonne parish, Louisiana. This action was taken on the ropiest of United States Sentaor Fostr and Representative Broussard. Sorrje days a no these gentlemen Joined in a request for government aid. but suhse'jUf ntly withdrew it on the ground th.it the people of Louis iana would he able lo meet the situ ation without outsidv assistance. Tel egrams received today however, state that the withdrawal of the request was based 01 -. misapprehension of the facts, ami they aain asked the department to e.nne to the aid of the sufferet-s In iccordatu e with the roc-! ommenditions of Colonel Font, of Jackson barraein Complete Imesllgstlon. Colonel ' l-'o iv Iras Just completed an Investigation nt conditions in ih" stricken dUtre t. where lo- found that the storm h i I d..siro.,l ,.r carri. d away abut tlrr -e hundred houses occupied by Mshtonen and tlieir fani liles. Approxlmatelv niiotv fieople were drowned and 3 6 r, families aggregat ing about tw.. thousand pers-ns were In desperate leed. lb- recommended that the government furnish one hun dred tents and mattresses, eight hundred hlHnkets und twenty thou sand short rations. ' Secretary Dickenson found, howev er, that ther? was no appropriation available by which tents, mattresses and blankets could lie supplied but directed that the rations be delivered a promptly as possible and distribut ed under the- direction of Colonel Foot. . GORDON IS OH! GUILTYflND GETS SENTEHCEFOR LlFE Convicted of The Murder of William' Faulting. His Paramour's Husband WOMAN'S EVIDENCE SEALED HIS FATE Her Story on Stand Wednes day Brought Trial to Abrupt Close HINESV1LLE, (la., Sept. 30. For the murder of William Fanning Jr., at Walthourvillo, this county, Charles A. Gordon today was found guilty and sentenced to life Imprisonment. Mrs. liolen Faulling, wife uf the slaiu man and confessed cause of the murder, was tried as a result of her confession of intimacy with Gordon and was giv en her choice of six months lti Jail or exile from Georgia. She chose, exile und before the Gordon Jury returned Its verdict, was on the way to Flor ida. No Itotsue. Iliimor that relatives of Gordon would attempt a rescue should the verdict be adverse were apparently unfounded as there was, no demonstra tion. Judge Paul K. Xeabrook, Kcntcnc ing Gordon,j,iold him he should feel grateful the sentence was no worse. Gordon killed Faulling, the widow said, as n result of her husband's knowledge of her Illicit relations with Gordon, the slaver fearing that lie and the woman would be punished. KNGLAND .JOINS SPAIN PA It IS, Oct. 1. A morning paper prints a letter stating that a secret treaty existing between Kngland and Spain by which Spain places her strong holds In Africa commanding the strait of Gibraltar at the dispo sition of England In case of war. This, It Is said, Is In return for England's support of Spain a program of Afrlpan conquest," VOTE SKCI'KKl). LOUISVILLE. Ky.. Sept. 30. Re ports tonight from the tlfty or more counties in which hurley tobacco is grown in Ketntucky. indicate Hint the eighty per cent vote necessary to de clare thet 909 hurley society pool has been secured. E DECIDES TO IRE RANKS OF THE WET MD THIHSTY Local Option llcction Re suits In Majority of (9 For the Wets AN ARREST FOR FRAUD nANKK. a, Sept. 30 Roa noke today in a local option election, voted by a majority d sixty-nine, to retain the llceni i d saloon. The wets carried three ut of four wards and got a good majority in all the pre cincts but two. The total vote cant was 3219 of which Hie wets K"l 1644 and the ilrys 1"i7"i. .( a local option elec tion Iieci mber last year, Ihe total vote was U 1 S 4 . and (Me drvs got a majority of Mi That elect lua was thrown out In Judge Staples after a contest by (he vo Is. Today Wuftir J Camper, an elec tion Judte In Kimball ward, was ar rested on a warrant charging him with irrt-KVila'-itiec. It was alleged that Camper did not deposit a ballot in the ballot be; after it was given into his hands. He stoutly denied the charge hut was carried to jail and later released in jr.ao bail. The campaign conducted by the drys was verv live, including many public spi-a klii';s. free use of the newspapers, a hiir torchlight proces sion, etc. tin the other hand, the wets conducted M ff mi shoe campaign. The Virginia lsrewin company Issued a letter which was mailed to the voters asking that tie saloon be retained, claiming that should the city go dry it would mean the confiscation of their large plant. IttH KV MOtNlVWFT ItO A NO K K, Va , Sept. ,10. A local op. ion election In the Rocky Mount disirlct nf Franklin county today re sulted in a victory for the wets by a majority of three. There la but pne saloon In the district. It is located at Rocky Mount and pays-a license tax of four thousand. The campaign was hotly contested. SANTA EULALIA SAYS SHE CAN SEE fiOCAUSEFORSUU Count And Countess Declare That They Know of no Agreements WIFE BELIEVES HER LORD AND MASTER Hubby sSays He Did Not Prom. ise to Pay Commission . For a Wife 4 PHILADELPHIA. Sr-pt 30 Coun less Santa Eulalla tonight at her country place, "Idro." in Elklns' park, declared inai tne rumors of a suit against her husband 'on account of pre-nuptial agreement impressed; her as quite queer. She said she w Sure there could be no foundation for such an action In the court. - "I do not know such a woman a Mrs. Josephine P. Ernst," said Mrs. Stetson, "and a statement that she brought about the meeting between mvseif and my husband is simply pre posterous. I cannot imagine her pur Kso in circulating such reports or threatening a suit. Count u trf'iitlciiiHii. "J shall pay no further attention to the matter, and I am sure that the count will follow the euitin course. He Is a quiet gentleman a?n artist who enjoys his work. He bothers no one. Why should he be annoyed?" Count Eiilulia, w ho is a member of the Arctic club and an artist of some note, was found last night at his stu dio, No. 119 West Fifty-second street, where he is at work on a medallion to lie present I'd to Or. Frederick A. Cook, (he Arclic explorer, and Is hurrying It to a Mulsh, lie laughed heartily and spoke very frankly about the threat ened suit against him. 'Lea, I know Mrs. Ernst," said Count Eulalla. "I met her four years ago at the French Alliance in Chi cago. I met her several times aftrr our first Introduction. But I have Hot h.unt frnm ItMrr Sni onm.' 4(mir, "All nosh." IK-clures Count. "Do vou know afcvthing about a suit lo be brought against vou alleging thai vou contracted to pav $10.0(10 to he introduced to a rich American woman, provided a marriage was ar ranged ?" "Oh, (hat is all bosh." laughed the ci nnl. "(if course f never entered Into such an arrangement. In fact, (Continued on page five.) GENERAL F. D. GRANT IS NOT CRITICISED OT THE SECRETARY OF WAR Scc'y Dickinson Holds that J rant Acted as Individ ual and not as Officer. IN RE TEMPERANCE. WASHINGTON. Sept ,Ki. No criti cism Is made by Secretary of War Dickinson in the action of General Grant in taking part in a temperance and law enforcement parnrie In Chi cago In his uniform as a major gen eral of the United Stales army. As to such movements Secretary Dickinson says each soldier and officer has a right lo deti-rmine ror himself. Secretary Dickinson in replying to a letter rrom W. R. Michaells, of Chicago, received today criticizing General Grant's riKht to appear In uniform at the head of a .to-called temperance parade In that illy lasl Saturday, says: "I do not know the fHi-ts, but I have seen It stated that It was not a pro hibition parade, but a temperance and law enforcement parade. Vou state that It has been iiimored that Ihe federal government and the army in general have taken Hides with the prohibition movement. If the federal government lias In any way taken part in any such movement. I do not know it. What Individual members of the army may feel about such movements. I do not know. Kach soldier and offi cer of the army has a right to deter mine that for hlni.-rf'if. I do know, however, and state that the army as an organization, has takep no side and will have no right to take sides, either for or against the prohibition movement. "General Grant participated In the parade an an individual, and not as in any way representing the army or the war department." MONTFOI.: SCHOOL OPENS. Montford school was opened again yesterday after being closed for two day while the heating plant was In the course of repairs. The pupils at tended each ii.Drning however and were credited with attendance. - The -4- " yjjyi f yB 01NN morn THlfa G10KV j feiL SP Ptrt zvoBOOY ENOUGH FOR L fllf NEW TtORK'S FEATURED Two Million Citizens, Cheer Nation Pass by in Grand Review.. Applause Without Stint Given to Sons , of Foreign Climes NEW YORK, X8pL 30. Twenty- five thousand rien-at-arme today marched past the; massed represents,-. llvn. and nriAclnl ' entPOVM 'of thll'tv. seven nations, wbjll wo million tltl- sens shouted themselves Jijiarsw .-.In cheers. The great military parade was the climax ol the Hudson-Fulton celebration. s'.S : 4 Although there; ttr , tremendous ovations for each! ody of American troops and unstinted applause la over-' whelming volume . lor ! th ltrltlstl sailors, the most neptcum.rcep turns of the" rtarTTrtrtr-WH'h nullom of the German fleet, a picked body of magnificent men, who as they reached the reviewing stand, fell Into the formal slap-slap of the parade pooso step and burst Into "My Coun try 'TIs of Thee" with an overwhelm ing volume of brasses and it fervor which took away the breath of the listeners. There ws ample evidence today that whatever may Isi the In-ten-st In historic pageants and pa HE WANTS VIRGINIA TO LET REPUBLICANS WIN Brother Taft Is Man of Heavy Dimensions, Rut of Modest Desires. ROANOKE. Va.. Sept. 30. Con gressman C. H. Slemp. state republi can chairman, has received a letter from President Taft In which (he president says lie has been watching with Intense Interest the campaign In Virginia with the earnest hoM- that "you are enlmtnm in i.ennlf of the re publican caudal. it,- a large number of young and pronresslvc men of tin slate, who, without abating in the slightest degree I heir pride In their section and its history are. neverthe less, anxious to arrange lln'in -Ims on the progressive side In politics, and who Is-lleve that by the rehabilita tion of the republican party In Vir ginia and the selection of abh and upright men for candidates upon Ihe republican llck. t. and tin Ir ch h linn, (he political condition In Virginia may he greatly improved." Mr. Taft adds that he shall not re- republican ticket, and their i lection, and that tie writes the letier' al (he present time to express to Mr Sh inp his best wIsIicn for a successful result of the campaign. PKLLAGRVK FA IKY TALK. VAI.DOSTA. Ga , Kept. " 0 - Two well defined cases of pellagra have developed here and both victims are dangerously III. The suit, ret are a prominent ladv and a young m tff '. Attending physicians today i-albd in onsiillatlon an Atlanta practitioner who has had experience in treating the disease. He pronounced (lie iIIhk nosis of the kical physicians cornet. WASHINGTON, Sept. ao. Forecast: North Carolina: Fair Friday arid Sat urday, light variable winds. Man And The Insect GRAND CELEBRATION WITH MILITARY PAGE AN! Themselves Hoarse as the Who Caught the Enthusiasm rades of merchant ships past anchored men o' war gold braid, bugle and the roll of the drums' have lost none of their fascination for the great mass of tho public. For the first time duri Ing the Hudson-Fulton celebration, all tho small towns, within striking; dis tance of New Yorh suspended busi ness today to watch the parade pass, tho court of honor and the official re viewing stand of th saJlors and marines nf seven visiting nations, the regular soldiers,, tha rdus-japlu-U. the national fnard aad the naval militia New York- elty. e . ' vi Ho many men representing so many brunches of tho war department of tho world have not been seen on American streets before, so many wearing American colors have not been seen since the days of the Civil war. The total count of those In line today outnumbered the enlisted roll of the American regular army before the Spanish-American war. Four Compel Withdrawal of Reso lution to Furnish only Re- publichn Papers News. HALKIGII, N. C. jHept. 30. The association of North Carolina post masters recorded a storm of protest agniunt a political turn that was given their third annual convention here this iiflcriioon by a motion lodged by Post master Hancock, of New Herno, thiil only republican papers of the stale be allowed copies of Ihe general resolutions adopted. Tins motion was quickly withdrawn. The resolutions adopted express application for the presence of Fourth Assistant I'oslmas (er General P. V. DegTaw pledged full co-operation in tbo campaign of re trenchment and economy by Post master General Hitchcock and deals with technical mailers. C A. Rey nolds, ol Wlnston-.Hiilcm, whh chosen president; Post masters W. VV. Rollins, of A.-b"V ille, llamrlek, or Hickory, and White, of Mebane, J. O. Fitzger ald, of pelhain, vice-picHdletit; J. H. .love. , of Reldsville, secrelary-treas-ii r- r. posi master Rollins, of Ashe ville, Wallace, of Wilmington, and Urigg". of Raleigh, were designated committee, to strive to bring the na tional convention of postmasters of I to- third class offices to North Caro lina for tie- i convention, MEXICO ANXIOUS TO SEE MR. TAFT F.L PAS . 1m pi Ilia, has snipned ins of litem, und his hot :'i President ariagrs, three , to the hor aslon of his der for use on the o tint' with President Taft. Silver from the Cbapullepcc castle and the head ihef itl the cadl", have also been sent here for the hiimjuct which General Diaz will give Mr. Taft. It Is declared that the h f once filled that position for Kinir Alfo iso UNVEIL MONUMENT IN HONOR OF DEAD FRANKLIN, N C Sept. JO. A handsome mitfiumenl erected In memory of Iho Confederate dead of Macon county, was unveiled today with interesting ceremonies. The event was attended by a large crowd that Included several distinguished guests from Isewhere in North Caro lina and from neighboring states. Warriors of Thirty Seven of the Stars and Stripes. thousand four hundred polloe kept the people In line. Tonight marked the climax so far as apectaolea go, but though different In appearance It does not differ In essential from tha hi torlcal pageant of last Tuesday. ' The airship and aeroplane flight continue,, but the public haa alrmady had a first taste of them and tomor row sees tha departure up the jriver, of par at: least Jot the wavai; o6n - course which mora than any one thing ha -drawn' the Wawfl and 'given the eBIenratIomeWaflonr flliuity;"Tflie torpedo flotilla submarine and naval auxiliaries, with one of .the light draught scout cruisers, followed by a parade of merchant craft will leave tomorrow to escort the Half Moon and the Clermont from their present anchorage to Newburgh, where they will be formally turned ovor to the celebrations "upper Hudson division" which will continue the featlvitlea for a week to come. PEARY ARRIVES IN TIE TO GET SOME NOTICE His Steamer Reaches New York to Take Part in the Big Naval Parade. NEW YORK, Kept, 0. Looking In outward appearance little like a ves sel that has braved the Ice and storms of the Arctic xone, the little steamer Roosevelt, which boro Com mandeer Peary on his quest of the North pole, entered New York harbor today. It was barely daylight when the lookout descried the vessel off Sandy Hook, coming slowly. Off the point of tho hook, the Roosevelt gave three triumphant screams of her siren and ran up the Peary Arclic Hug at her masthead, then the flag of the New York Yacht club at lu r fore, and the American ensign at his ml.zen. Commander Peary's ship arrives In the nick of time to participate in Oie losing ceremonies of the lludson-Fu'r ton celebration. Shn will take part in the naval parade which tomorrow will go up the Hudson a far us Ni wburg. CLAIM THAT SLAYER WAS INSANE MAN GLASGOW, Ky, Sept. 30. Norrl- son Wlleonnscii, who ytwterday killed John MoniKomety, republican candi date for the legislature and one of the most prominent men In this sec tion, maintains an air of silence In the Jail here, where he wag lodged last night. The families of both men attribute the tragedy to insanity, the nun being life-hyig neighbors. PROPOSED PLANS FOR NEW RAILROAD. WINSTON-SALBM, N. C, Bep. 20. A meeting of representative business men along the line of the proposed railroad from North Wilkes boro, "N. C, to Mountain City, Tenn, was held In the former . . town today when plans were proposed looking to the building of the new road, which will be alxty-flve tnilea In length. 1 ; The Southern railway Is behind the enterprise. It, would give this compa ny a direct Una to the west. PRESI0ENT1GES SHIP SUBSIDY LAW Hil LATEST SPEECH At AlasKfl-Yukon ExposlUort Mr. Taft Addresses 20 . C00 People . ! IS NOW A MEMBER OF - ARCTIC BROTH "CRHUOD Does Not Favor Territorial Government For Far :t)ff AlasHw V. V faced til lh:,,'"2,"rt ' he bus faced , rtne. hi trip beg,n- rrowd Ih4.OVW?,W1 th ' '"Phl 4I fs ,hB A)ak-Tuko.,.i.clntf fxpAsitlon'wIih Its wstlng-CBpacij of nearly' 10,000. President Ta?t to af announced- that he would tirgs it- - fmln message' to congress theeiiactment 'of a ship .ubsidy law. Mr. Taft deoimed that the country to malta eueh "xriment ndtht omatbtng mnst be done to build tip an American merchant ma rttie. U utterance on this subject were received nlth great applause. . In Hflcarri to Alaska, When the president turned to Alaska, however, and declared thnt no waa opposed to granting a terri torial form of government to tbst tr off possession, the statement was received with sllonra. As th preM dent proceeded, however and outlin ed hi policy tor the upbuilding of Alaska of recommending government aid in the construction of rsllrpads of r a ' local govern nWht by commission of .Ave or more member appointed by th. president, and co operating with the governor, and when ha told of the great possibilities that He In .lnk, he plainly caught the favor of til hearer and was loudly cheered, "t-v " ' ' .Mwnbw Of Arrtlr hrotlierhood. 1 ter in-tin flay when he wan ad- J mltted to membership in "ih Arctic Brotherhood, an' International orr.ni- 'l i.,.um - e .oi Amejicuns interestud in the Uarolnp ment of Alaska Ihe president J n nounoed i that Intended to visit Alaska next mimmer and to go aa fur Into tha territory a time would per mit in order tim t he might com in contact with the people and' see for himself what might best be done for their welfare. Th president , frankly told the member of th brotherhood that he did not believe Alaska at this time Is ready for self-government I am a much In favor of popular government ss anybody," declared the president, "but I am In favor of (Continued on page four.) s IT POINT IN THE TRIAL OF Judge Sustains Objections When Defense Seeks, to ! Make a Smart Play. VERDICT IS FAR OFF, WARHENTON. Va Bept. ft.The prosecution in the trial of Professor D. Harts, who Is on trial for 111 life hore for the murder of W. A. Thompson, aso;ciste editor of The i Warrenton Virginian, scored a' point this afternoon when the court sus tained an oblectlon offered when th defense attempted to place on -. the , stand In rebut til ex-Judge Shumate.. foreman of the grand jury which In dicted Harris. " i , , " It was stated that the defense ex pected to prove by the witness that Irwin Maxhelnier, one of the witness es for the prosecution, contradicted his testimony given before the grand Jury when he staled that Harris had called to him to take Thompson away for fear of trouble which might result tf he continued bis aggressions. -Jtr It was apparent when court - ad journed this evening that a verdict could not be reached before Satur day. ' '.'';.' :;, f-'.)is i.- Mlss Etta Anderson, eii eye wltnc ( of the tragedy, testified for the -fense In rebuttal that she did not 1 ar Harris call for Maihelmer to t.tke Thompson away. i- , W. C. Marshal!, senior, part . r ' the dead editor, was crow mlr as to th trouble Harris and " he son had in October, 18, o-r sent the former for nra sci s r to The Warrenton Virginia a. V ld. that the tone of tf wa or n' that Albert Thompson VtesUfK" Harris remarked after the ntlllg shoot . that he bad botn comp lie ' Thompson. . mh .l , M H.I .. . Hlff ffKI'IW V : OIC 'JW T . panled by fiat bldeet Kf. B? ; Thompson', sinter rpl"" '' ,1. f court room for the fr i tu"' :.ht ternoon - but romelnt"! '" time. s