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H THE ' ASHE VILLE CITIZEN. Associated Press. Leased Wire Reports. THE WEATHER FAIR. VOL. XXV. NO. 350. ASHEVILLE, X. C, TUESDAY MOkXLMJ, OCTOBER 5, 1!H!). PRICE FIVE CENTS. PROSPERITY BIVES GRASPiiNG TRUSTS NOIiPSLICEfiSE I E E The Haywood County Fair Opens Today LOWEST AVERAGE WATCHER FLIGHT HARD BLOW DEAL COTTONSHOWSTH BIAS GOTHAM RAGlNb INTERESTS BIG-EYED WONDER FOR MANY YEARS BY IfJDICIMENT Brooklyn Grand Jury Returns Batch of True Bills For Gambling VANDERBILT AND DWYER INCLUDED Lower Courts Have Always Held That Oral Betting Was Not Violation NEW YORK, Oct. 4. After two years agitation uKainst rare track gambling In this state, marked by the passage of the drastic anti-betting bill, generally referred to as the Ilart Agnew law, It remained for the Kings county (BrooU.'ynl grand jury to write another chapter In- the crusade today when there were handed up In court Indictments against the two big Kings county race tracks, three police of ficials, five private detectives and twenty-live' boo makers. The Brighton Beach Racing asso ciation was similarly involved last year .but the ate failed and action haB heretofore been mainly against book makers or bettors, the defend ants in which proceedings have been generally exonerated by the lower courts which held that oral betting was no crime. The first test of thoBe cases will be made by the Court of Appeals this week. Bets Made Orally. It was the Increase of "oral betting" conducted by the so-Wiled "memory brokers" that resulted In this latest evidence of Oovcrnor Hughes' contin ued activity and the Indictment as a i mporatlon of the Brooklyn Jockey club and the Coney Island Jockey club. for some time past it Was known that G vernor Hughes was dls Eitlsne,d with the apparent increase in oral bettliiK, conducted on a com paratively small scale during the lirst part of the racing season, and for several days there have been rumors of Indictment. But it Was not until irtfrty-that1'tt:Jip'mt definitely known rho the defendants were. Big Racing Men in It. Foremost ae the Coney Island and Brooklyn Jo.kcy clubs, charged as a corporation with conspiracy in allow ing betting to t; .on. This Involves a number of the most prominent sup porters of rucln in tin- I'nited States. W. K. Vander.bllt owns and controls interest in the Coney Island Jockey (Continued on page four.) OF THE FEDERAL COURT Oklahoma Bank Guaranty Law Put. to Tost in Two Different Ways. MAY BE IN CONTEMPT. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. Oct. -I Notwithstanding the restraining order Issued by the federal court at Outh rle. state bank commissioner Young, under direction of Ooveruor Haskell, continued payments to the depositors of the failed Columbia Hank through out the day. Judge Cotterall will come to Oklahoma City tomorrow and hold court to asiertuin If the bank commis sioner is in contempt. President Morten and his associates have offered $S0I).000 to the state banking board for a return of the bank to their hands and the banking li ard mcmber-i said tonight that the bunks probably will be transferred to Its original officers tomorrow. Attorneys fur the state today offered Judge Cotteral certllled hecks Tor th nmounts claimed by the petitioners for a receiver but asked that the checks remain with the court until it can be shown that the bank has off sets against these deposits. I Commissioner Young and the other members of the slate hanking board declared tonight that the restraining order does not apply to them because they sssert. it enjoins thein Irom pre. ferinK one creditor above another, which they deny doing or having done In the past hi:i:i(. I'osTi'oNKi UrTHRIK. Okla .. Oct 4 -After an extended hearing In tie- ledtral court here today further application in the matter of a temporary inhimtlon und application for the appoint nient of a receiver In the case of the Columbia Tank and Trust company r Columbia ma City was postponed by agreement until tomorrow, at Oklahoma City. This was done to tain time for the settlement of the $r..0H0 rl aim of the plaintiff-petitioner, 'the National Life Insurance company of Chicago. Attorney Ames filed two motions with the clerk of the federal court, one asking for receiver for the Col ombia rank, and. tuu..tl)er asking for a citation for contempt against bank Commissioner .Touhg. Government Report Within Fraction of Lowest Ever Recorded ACREAGE SHORT AND SEASONS BAD Louisiana And Mississippi Sh9W Heavy Falling Off From Previous Years WASHINGTON. Oct. 4 The most unfavorable report on the condition of the cotton crop Issued by the de partment of agriculture at this sea son of tlie year for many yearn was made public today. Financial and weather conditions combined to make the report unfavorable. Todays offi cial report indicated that on Septem ber 25, the condition of the crop was only 5S r per cent, of normal, as compared with 6:1.7 per cent, on Au gust 25. and 69.7 on September 25. 1908. 67.7 on September 25. 1907. and 67 per cent on the average for ten years on August 25. After the announcement by the department of agriculture of the figures recording the average for this month. Dr. H. A. Knapp. chief of the co-operative demonstration work for the department of agriculture in the South, after the conference with Sec retary Wilson, mild that the serious fulling off in the figures especially for lyiuisiunn and Mississippi were due to conditions. Season Ibid All Through. It was the excessive rainfall in the early part of the cotton crop season followed by :i serious drought and the second was the failure of cotton plant ers to obtain advances tin their crops from bankers. The latter reason forced the planters to dismiss a con siderable part of their labor at a time when the boll weevil was a most ser ious pest, 1 Dr. Knapp stated that another Teiz son which Induced a falling off In the general average of Louisiana was that there was practically thirty per cent, less of acreage In cotton than In previous years. The boil weevil did serious damage duiug the past year in the Southwestern uuurter of .Mis sissippi. Secretary Wilson Mum. "In my Judgment," said Dr. Knapp. (Continued on pu three. ST. LOUIS SHOTS WEEK OE CENTENNIAL WITH GREAT BALLOON RACE Ton Big (las Bags Get Away For Loiir Flights for Prizes and Medals. TWO DISPALIFIKI). ST. Li il'lH. i i. t. 4. With atmospher ic coin III io us ideal, ten balloons sailed from St. I.ouls this afternoon toward tile southeast. The passage above the city from the grounds of the Aero club was made at a height ,.f live hundred feet. Sixty thousand persons, many centennial week visitors, were on the Aero club grourifls. Two of the balloons, the IVorla. and the Missouri hail gas bags of 40, Out) cubic feet and ucie in a speeial race. The others were 7V.II1111 eubie footers and raced lor medals ami prizes. The smaller ;i.i hafci are expected to remain in tlie air eighteen hours and the larger oiks forty hours, lly rnorn they ought to be over Kentucky or Tennessee unless the wind changes. The Cle. eland was the lirst to get away in the raee of tlie big balloons. It was follow. by St I.ouis III. 'en- tenoial, I'onniierv. New York. Cnivor. sity Cilv. Indiana and Hoosier. Al though II 11 ic;ill. pilot ,,f the in (liana had not rercived his license, his elllrv Railed and protest of his ellgibil itv will be settle, I later. The Hoosier was disqualified as lr. P. M ("rune Is not a licensed pilot. However, he 'sailed away for tlie sport of ballooning. All the balloons carried as much biillast as possible and expect to make long lllghls. I'nder tlie conditions in which they sailed they will not have to let out gas until late tomorrow. The Lahm cup, now held by Captain F. Deforest Chandler Is one of the prizes soiighlTVi, Ihe aeronauts. A flight of more than47.', miles will get it. The Indiana basket carried a ham mock in which Mcdll rested. He was Injured on the grounds and sail ed against the adv ice of his physicians. It Is thought the Indiana's rip and valve cords are tangled. If this proves so, McOill will h ive a rough landing as he cannot control his craft In the usual war. t i; JfJJB Sees One New Thing Under The Sun as Wright Cir cles Grant's Tomb BUSINESS STOPPED WHILE PEOPLE GAPED Noted Aviator Gives Metropo Us Sight of One of His Finest Exploits NEW YOIiK. Oct. 4. An aeroplane flashed past the white done of Oruut s tomb today, then turning gracefully In mid-air over the waters of the Hudson, shot like a falcon back to Governor's Island, ten miles away. Wilbur Wright, or Duyton, Ohio, thus placed his name in the rank with Hudson and I'lilton today in one ot the most spectacular teats in the history of aeronautics. Over the masts of warships from whose decks hoarse cheers of the sailors were borne up to him in Ills elevated seat, he Hew for twenty miles ten miles up and ten .miles buck remaining In the air for forty-three minutes und thirty-three so unds and alighting at the aerodrome without mishap. All Stood Agaw. During the fight business' was practically nt a standstill in all parts of Manhattan from which a view of his remarkable performance was available. Harbor craft shrieked their applause, cheer after cheer swept up from the banks of the Hudson and the lower bay, for the aviator had "made good", crowning t he aviation program of the lludson-Kulton cele bration with a record. Wright started on his flight up the Hudson at 9.56 a. m., and finished at 10.29.3:1. He had Intended to Im prove upon his achievement of the morning by making a longer and more hazardous .flight ut sunset, but tho crippling of his motor just as he was about to start caused him to postpone this lllght. The flight was1 made under condi tions only moderately favorable. The wind was blowing about ten miles an hour while an overcast sky added to the uncertainty of the weather. Amid the (latter of the machines exhaust ,vhlch coiiriile.l like musketry lire, (Continued on page three. KI160 SEES NO TAINT IN TOBACCO TRUST MONEY AS LONG AS HE GETS IT Donations on Benefaction Day Brings. Paeans of Praise for Wall Street. HE KEARSTHK POOR lit' It HAM. N C. Oil. 1 Koln tlons of IM.Oiio to Trinity college were announced at the celebration tonight of benefactors day In an address. President Kilgo. In referring to the gill of JiO.OOl) by C. N. Iuk- for 11 rection of buildings, declare! that he was the type or npui who gives tin eountry no concern as to what to do with our millionaires Wall street, he said Is a pi; of gnat traffic and strife, hut its gilts of $i;0, (lull. (OK) to school ami libraries, showes more of tie- money comes from ib-li men than from any other source, while the state compels a re sort lo the power of the sheriff to force the people to support its llistl- lotions, lb- declared that the country has mole to fear from the selflshm ss of the poor than the sell ishness of rich men. in exhorting Trinity to live up to high ideals President Kilgo declar. I thai he recently walked through the streets of Chicago slid was ainay.ed that such social sin and politics! gralt could exist in the shadow of the I'ni- verslty of Chicago. PLUM TREE HEAVY WITH JUICY FRUIT WASIIIN'OTO.V. ct. 4. New York with Philadelphia following a close second bails nil other states In the number of chief and assistant special agents who will be assigned to gather statistics relative to manufacturers; mines and quarrirx for the next cen sus., it was announced by the r cni'ios bureau today. The total numb.T of such employes will be slightly Inex cess of l00. To New York 2f0 chief and assis tant special agents will be assigned, while Pennsylvania will have 220. Alaboma will have thirteen; Florida ten, Georgia twenty. North Carolina twenty. South Carolina ten and Vir ginia twenty. fctrrtR than sroc JWk A n 0 v "' POLAR PARTIES ALIGN THEMSELVES ON THEIR Cook and Peary Stop Throwing Bricks at Each Other ond Acctpt the Bouquets Their Admirers Shower Upon Them.. Factions Getting . Set i n Their Way of Thinking, ing. N ' WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 "This Is the home of the American Ha which you curried to the North pole" was the hearty expression of recognition given Dr. Frederick A. Cook by H. n. K. McFarlaad, president of the district board of commissioners in officially welcoming the explorer at the municipal building this morning, in the presnoe of u crowd that tax ed its capacity. : . , "President Taft; Admiral . ewy. General Oreely, and Admiral Schley, and other distinguished residents of Washington, have Individually e pressed their appreciation of your great achievement," said the commls cloner. "It is fitting that the entire na tional capital through its executive government, should give you a hearty welcome, and cordial congratulations. This is the home of the America I flag which you carried to the North pule. It Is the national city where every American registers his greatest at tainments and expects his greatest re wards." LIFT MGEFROU FILTH Washington Urgps That His People Have More Phy sicians of Their Raee. WASill.VOli S, Oct. 4 "I do not mean to snv that the negro doctor should do all !o practising among his race, but I do think that any fair minded peraoi will agree with me that we ougot to have u pair propor tion of negro doctors to practice among negr tlents," said Profes sor Hooker T Washington of Tuske gee institute, in addressing the nia- triculating st verslly todn. There ar- ib nls of Howard unl- ie directions, he said, l"r line can hi- drawn, ase and lilt h. Point "ssibllity of the Igno i comes Into HU h close In which no . referring lo oi Ing out tin , runt negro v. ! i contact witti H dlsense gerno sor WashiriK'oi the mission white man, lurrying the latter. Profes- oii declared that It was the nero physlcan yospel of health to his n '.'.rnest appeal for the ' ilbdenci- ,,f the peopb' . regardless of race or( m dlcal branch of llow .' The Booth, especially, odd realize what the In- ii g for It In helping to lo alth of the n gro Washington admonished Unit the high ju-di.al ly established must be " said there are about to preach tli people. He made a support and of the rou ii 1 1 color, in the rd unlversif he nriftied, sli stitution Is l preserve the Professor the students standard air' maintained. three thoilMa physicians In el live hundred ru-Kro :he eountry and urged that the ninnbrr be doubled. WA8ITINOTON. Oct. 4 Forecast for North Cnrcttna: Fair Tuesday and Wednesday, not, much change In tem perature; lidi'. to moderate variable winds. CANDIDATES' PLATFORMS AMONG PEAHVITKS. NEW VUHK, Oct. 4 A resolution was passed today by the officers of the Peary Arctic I'lub gathered to pus formally upon the proof that Com mander Peary has obtained to Show that Dr. Frederick A. Cook did not reach the North pole. The resolution follows: "That the Peary Arctic club cor. dlnlly welcomes homo Commander Kobert K. Peary, C. E. U. 8. N. and congratulates him upon the attulrtr mcnt, April 6, 1909, of tha North poloV crowning years of arduoua Aretlu work, of devotion to Meals an ot loyalty to country, and Invites him to honor it with his company at din ner at a date convenient to him. "That the club tenders to the offi cers, scientific staff und men of the expedition. Its thanks and aprerla tlon for zealous performance of duty, which with superior discipline and ex cellent team work resulted In com plete success." The crew of the Arctic ship Iloose velt was paid off today and given transportation home to New Found- land. PULITZER'S BROTHER IS A SUICIDE IN Suffering From Nervous Breakdown Puts JJullet Through His Brain, VJICNNA. Oct. 4. Albert Pulitzer, a brother of Joseph Pulitzer, publisher of Tin- New York World, committed suicide In this city yesterday. Jt whs evident that he made doubly sure of death, for all the Indications pointed to the fact that he nail nrst swallow ed poison, and then, standing in front of a mirror, luul sent a bullet from a revolver through his right toniple An empty poison bottle lay on the table in Mr. Pulitzer's room. Kurly yesterday evening Mr. Pulit zer ' dismissed his attendants and asls. d lo bo left alone. Some time later In. Pollock, who hud been at tending Mr. Pulitzer, called to mufe. bis usual visit, und found him lying dead "ii the Moor in front of his dressing tabls, Mr. Pulitzer, who had suffered a nervous breakdown, was greatly de pressed over the falluie of his phy sician to hcncllt him. Ph slcluns have been treating Mr. Pulitzer for ncur-osthenla from which he suffered for many years, lie became so affected by differences la temperature and light that life was almost Intolerable urul latterly he hud frequently threatened to kill himself. Albert Pulitzer whs the founder of The New York Morning Journal, He had spent most of hi time In Kurope sine lkf, until two years ago, when h'o went to New York and announced his intention of starting a newspaper In that city. The project was not put Into effect and Mr. Pulitzer returned to Kurope. POMCi; OI AIU) MIM.S MA.SILIlN', Ohio. Oct., 4. A cor don of special detectives and police i was thrown about the plant of the Masslllon Holler Mills company to night lo protect 12f. men who are working there In defiance of a strike order Issued by the Amalgamated As sociation of Iron Hteel and Tin work ers. A number of assults have occurred ,t .1, n,.mnnni, hue tireoflred a nell tion fo rlnjunctlon to be rushedSto court If the violence assumes formid able proportions. PAVES AIIE PEEVISH. COPENHAGEN, Oct. 4. The an nouncement of Ir. Cook' willingness to request the University of Copenha gen to waive Us claim to the lirst ex amination of the records of his Jour ney to the North, pole causes keen disappointment and, whatever may be the reply of the university to the ex plorer's request, present Indication do not foreshadow a graceful acquies cence on the part of tha general' pub lic. . 4 i,. . i t-.u it r".,; V , The general jiubllc la Uiojined to be annoyed at the suggestion that foreign scientific bodloa shall nrat see the records. The people consider the promise to glv the university here the first opportunity of passing upon the records as nothing but Justice In view of the honors heaped upon tha explorer by both the university and the banish public and their ungrudg ing eupport and belief In his exploits. COOK KX PLAINS. BALTIMOHK, Oct. 4. Just before he left his hotel for the theatre where he delivered a lecture to (Contlnued on page six.) SPARTANBURG MAN LOOKING FOR HIS WIFE Loft Homo and Pour Little Children a Week Ago Without Notiec. CHAHLOTTB, Oct. 4. In search of his wife who. ho says, left home a woek ago, Mr. J. it. Lawsun, a prom inent contractor of Hpartanburg, 8. C. was In the city Hunduy. lie has noti fied tlie police to bo on the lookout for her und has engaged ono or more private detectives to assist in tna search. Ho far it hue been unavailing. Mrs. Lawson on leaving Hpartan burg went to Columbia. Thither her husband followed her and attempted to discover her whereabouts but fail ed. I.eiirnlru of his presence prob- ably there sho left and is supposed to have arrived In Charlotte ButurUuy afternoon. Iter numo -Is Mrs. Alllr JLuwson. Uhe Is described us good looking, which is ,of course, not a very dellnlte dorcrlptlon for any one In Charlotte, wh re nearly all of the ladles muy be thus character used. When Bhe lei", homo she was wearing a dark brown tullor made suit. IIKAD or' MS HH LINK DIKH. NEW YoKK, Oct. 4. William Watson, chairman of the Cunard Hteumshlp company, who died today Cheshire, ICnglund, was born, educat ed und made his early business suc cess In Charleston, H. C, and later took up his residence In Kngland. lie was for many yeurs prominent In the cotton trado In Liverpool where he amassed a fortuno and un der the firm name of Watson and compuny.of which ho wa the sen ior member and from which ho re tired a few years ago. WILL NOT HESIO.V ATLANTA, Oct. 4. Persistent ru mors to the effect that Major S. V, Hansen, president of the Central of Oeorgla railway, had tendered his res ignation to the directors of that roml effective November 1. brought fort ft an emphatic denial from the major tonight. It Is said that official an nouncement of Major Hanson's res ignation would be irQe on Wednes day of this week and that he would be succeeded as head of the road by Vice President William A. Wlnburn ot Savannah. President Taft Warns Monop olies 1 hat He is Carrying . The -Big Stick" MAKES LONG JUMP DOWN CALIFORNIA Lands at Golden Gate Where He Is to be Fittingly Entertained,. ;,y 8ACRAMBNT.O, Oil., Oat' 4. Aitaaj making ope of the longest jumps ot' his trip and traveling for twenty-fl) hours throuirh Oreson and the Norths ern half of California, President Taft arrived here tonight at 7.1 p o'clock. Tomorrow he will proceed to Oakland and Han f'rancisoo. .The president waa entertained at dinner, waa taken fur on autokoobllH rids ihrmiith th city and made an address In tha stmt capital grounds. I , ,t , The president sclectsd for the prln clpal feature of hla speech tha conser vatlon of natural resources, in which ha dnelumd anew that before many of the Uoosevofl policies of conservation can be carrion into eneci, connrma,-, tory and enabling legislation must be secured, and ho pledged himself to ua all his powei to Induce congress to pass wis laws nweBw-y. ; , . i Hav!na already made a number of set speeches covering the various sub- , Jeota, he expects to Incorporate .in hla annual measagt to congress, tha pres ident durlnsr the rest of hla tour. Will discus In mow ir leas detail, many of the phases of tha larger questions, for he bellevws that after all the do tails count moiM than a mere central declaration of roiicy, " Glires Trusts Warning. "t Speaking from the car and at tuna tnulr, calif. Prealdent Taft said In part. mi,. wtinta In this country 1 have found avldent cf prosperity from Boston to Portland ano w ina uu m fall we. ra. mum an era of business .tnriu mil asnanston that never haa been eett in this country beforo. Now with Utnt? I jeiiitrMi nve '" forget that hdr ars eertsln responsu .miu. wa hnvs had: evils growing out of proeprlty. Men bav elad power by mean ni accumulation ot wealth and f t t In method that are not local and cannot ta fit 4 a by way of monopoly and otherwlae. Now wa ara attempting by tha general law of tha United States to suppress. that kind of abuse, ' . "They ware frottght to tna attention- t.a luonU In a marvelous crusade by my predoc-ssur, Theodora Roosa- veil, ana n is 'r - those policies and lo enforoa them aa far ns I may, and reoomirtend to con gress that there ba put on tha Ameri can statute book those laws that shall clinch tho progress which waa made under Mm. which ha preached and which w all loelt forward to us a permanent condition.; "It is to tha i-eopla that we mim look for an enforcement of tbesa principles, "thu should aelect your representatives and have them know you are watchlny them In congress and see that they follow, tha aw,dr enforcement" .. -'i KENTUCKY COLONEL IS HT "T ii Most of Amount k Remittofi on Condition He Close His Drug Btore. DANVILLE. Kv.. Oct. -olf.l K W. Llllaro. lepresentativa Of tnul Boyle) count In the Kentucky lag Waturo, was fined t.t0. l U,. Ijo ce court In this city today nve warrant charging Mm M' il of liquor, l oiooc. " has been proprietor of a ... M av.nnu VM rtL WU i "Bunk'' nnmn, a negro, was fined and paid $1,201 tor a similar offtvs. Ml. line, dorln the teat TruK one of thi W democrats In H' legislator who VO teTfr the republican wnatorial nom in e W O. l'.ru,1lcy. and by thoir yotV. ci ted .m to th. rnlted Btate enate over former Qovernor 3. C, . Ssrtham. tho . democratic cauru. choice1. ' ' KILLED WHEN HE J TXTBNF.P NEQB0E3 OFF CAItHOLTON-. .KV.. j0 8. Harlow, a Vnfmlnent 'C,UB Worthv.1.0, this "ua ted with the United ?u''Vnlv .... JyWe, was shot a nd ''"J,, tallly wounded by two ' negrook appl'M" and being refund -f0; lon, when Hf t w,. f Th m ,, vl,r their 5 id s: M nl - -nt."ar;aT fell wounded, V n?gT"w,W'!5,Tf: I .nil (his Mil ' c - , " prevent mob whence.