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THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN. THE WEATHER: FAIR. Associated Press. Leased Wire Reports. VOL. XXV. NO. 359. ASHEVILLE, N. O, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOHKR VA, 1909. PRICK FIVE CENTS. CRANE LOSES HIS S! BEFORE HE GOT IT Knox Promptly Asks For His resignation After Breach of Diplomacy DEPOSED OFFICIALS HITS BACK VIGOROUSLY Blames President For His In discretion And Knox For His Dismissal WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 2. Charles E. Crane of Chicago, minister lesl ncte to China, today was iirartically deposed by a demand from .Secretary Knox for his resignation. Tnus a new chapter In American diplomacy was written. A citizen chosen with special regard fur his qualifications for the post was re called before he had embarked from San Francisco, and discharged from his high office because of alleged in discreet disclosures through the prese. Moreover this minister, break ing through all the old traditions, in sisted on defending himself from the aspersions cast upon him by (he sec retary of state by the Issuance of a statement which most people here comment upon as certain to be em barrassing to the administration. Thfc history of this extraordinary st'talr, which began about a week ago with the announcement that Minister Crane had been stopped at San Fran cisco at the moment of embarkation for his post by a demand from Sec lettry Knox for his return t Wash ington, reached at least its first cris is soon after noon today, when the secretary In formal statement an nounced that Mr. Crane's resignation had been lnvlied. and the minister designate replied in an equally formal statement that while his resignation aleady had been tendered to the president he felt himself very unjust ly treated . "'""Attacks Department. Moreover, Mr. Crane In his state iBnf reflected very severely upon the officials of the state department, charging that not only had they re fr'i'ned from giving him the instruc tions usually issued to a minister or post, but that he had been denied ae ce.iS to them even after be had made repeated appointments with them. He enters a sweeping denial of the ( Large that he "gave out" a newspa (Contlnued on page four,) s 11GTH. ANNIVERSARY OP ITS Fl Students (tiven Holiday to Hear Inspiring Addresses On Its Great Record. DR. MITCHELL ORATOR CHAPEL 1111,1., N. C, Oct. 12 A holiday was declared In nil depart ments of the university today for the celebration of the 116th anniversary of its founding. Promptly at 10.4a o'clock the procession headed by the university band and composed of ttie faculty and students started from the aiumnl building and marched to ,Mc niorial hall where t her exercises wore li--ld. President V'etmbb- ope nod the exercises and introduced the chief N'cake-r of the occasion. President S. C Mlt"h"ll of the I nivorsity of South ( arollna. Pre sident Mitch. -II. in the begin ning of his spee-rh, paid a tribute to Hon. W W Hr Inax of lllllshoro. the oldest Ir ing grailuate- ef the uni er8ity, who entereel in the year that Victoria ase. -ruled the throne of Eng land, and also to ev-pi-esici. nl c.t t he university, Tr. Kemp p ltattp- From the former he caught tbe spirit f a day far removed from the pres'-nt. end in the latter he saw the father of the new university I ir Mitchell slat ed that he bad no address to make, but came merely to speak out of the fullners of bis heart of the cliarai ler Is'lrs of the I'nlv. rsity of North Car olina. He spoke as one at ii;iinied f t a Ion" tim with the unive rsity rnd her men. In all of the strides that the state has made In the past two elc aeles. in Industry, in the elevation of the pub lfc school system, and in the growth of banks, the university lias taken a most vital part. He showed then how vital n part the University of North Caro lina has taken In the development of our great American commonwealth. The hour of Its birth was significant Inasmuch as It came In the same year and within five days of the date of Washington's oath of office; this date marked the birth of a true democratic spirit and the university has done her part to uphold and build up this spirit during her lifetime, he declared. (Continued on page five.) CHINESE MISSION PEARY GIVES OUT HIS REASONS FOR DOUBTING COOK Bases His Skepticism Almost En tirely on Statement Made to Him by Two Eskimo Boys Who Ac companied Cook. NEW YORK, et. 12. The follow ing statement of Commander Robert Peary, which he submitted, to gether with an accompanying map, to the Peary Arctic lub in support of his contention that fjr. Cook did not reach the North pole, is now made public for the first time. The state ment and map have been copyrighted by the Peary Arctic club. Introduction by IVary. Pome of my reasons for Baying that Dr. t ook rho: not kh to tbe North pole will be understood hy those who read the following statements of the two Eskimo boys who went with him, and who told me and cithers of my party where he did go. Several Kskimos who started with lr. Cook from An oratok In February, 1K0K, were at Ktah when I arrived there in August, I !l 0 8 They told me that Dr. Cook had with him, after they left, two Kskimo hoys or young men. two sledges and some twenty dogs. The hoys were 1-took-a shoo and Ah-pe-lah. 1 had known them from their childhood, one was about eighteen and the other about nineteen years of age. On my return from Cape Sheridan and at the very tlrst settlement touched (Nerke, near Cape Chaloni In August, 19(19, and nine days before reaching Ktah, the Eskimos told mil in a general way, where Ir. Cook had been; that be had win'ered in Jones Sound and that he had told the white men at Etah that lie had been a long way north, but that the hoys who were with him. T-took-a-shoo and Ah-pe- lah. said that this was not so. The Eskimos laughed at lir. t '.ink's story On reaching Etah, 1 talked with the Cs'cimos there and with the two boys and asked them to describe Ir. Cuok's journey to members of my party and myself. This they did in the manner stated below. (Signed) Ft. E. PEAKY. Kskimos' Statement. The signed statement of Penry. Rartlett, McMillan, Hortip and Hen son, in regard to testimony of Cook's two Eskimo boys follows: The two Eskimo boys, I-tonk-fl-Bhoo and Ah-Pe-lah, who accompanied lr Cook while he was away from Anora tok in 1 90S and 1909. were ipiestioned separately and Independently. and were corroborated by Panikpah, the father of one of them ( I -look-a-shoo) . who was personally familiar with the first, third, and the lust third-of their journey, atid who said that the route DR. COOK SAYS ESKIMOS STUCK TO PROMISE AND LIED LIKE GENTLEMEN They Promised i (Jive Peary No Information and Have Kept It, He Says. WILL BRING Til KM ON I CI,KVKI-A.'I, ., .t. 1 1' .-"It i the sit mi old stm y." s.i id I n 'nk vvh' tl lit- was shown the Ntalrnniit 1s sml hy 'ornmand- r I'ary, t'n'Un-r with the map arcompanyiiiK it. "I have replied In thf points niiMd a dozen tunes," he oontinnd. "Tin map published hy Nimm'uidr J Vary in it. If indi att'H t hat (lie K.skinm.H have respected tie ir promise innd- to me that they would not ive any in formation to Jvarj or his nun. "The imos v re i nsl met ed not to ti ll Mr. IVary, or any of his partv, oi our trip to the polar s.-a. They wire (old to say that we had been far port h. They ha e k pt their word. .Mr. Whitney haw said that dtimit; the cr Kss-ea m i na t ion cimdncleil bv Corn-n.and'-r I'eary and othws of his -x-peflihori, th'- Kfikimos did not under stand tin- ft:i'flt!oris put to them fir th map w hi' h was laid before t h m. Tie ir r- don to the msl ions put Imv Im . ii tuiMtid to smt a p rert"d inter est. I will ted about the rnatt Kskmios t' W peribe, a nd t hej enier anv argument r, hut I will ( ring tie York at my own ex will prove, as did Mr. Wlii tn "Th . Jill that I have claimed. f-si-. irons.' he Hicicl, "are onlv too willing to say something that the y think will please t heir 'lue-stieiners. "I fully expe-lted to see Some-thillC of this kind." he said. "The doc uno iii le oks formidable over so many signa- tnres. ami will proh.chly appear so to tie- public. The-re is .however, nothing i in i(. as it is based upon the- distort! -'1 1 and evasive replies of persons who ; were told not to give any details." " ItasmuKsen, whei will he here short ly, has seen the Kskimos and knows tbe real story. They did not fry to de ceive him. He will be with them for fourteen days. Ilo speukB the Kskl mo language for he is a semi-Kskimo himself and the people have the most complete confidence In him. That Is all I have to say now." for the remaining third, as shown by them, was as described to him hy his son after bis return with Dr. Cook. Notes of their statements were taken hy several of us, and no cine of us has arty doubt that they told the truth. Their testimony was unshaken by cross-examination, was corroborated by other men in the tribe, and was elicited neither by threats nor prom ises, the two boys and their father talking of their Journey and their ex periences in the same way that they would talk of any hunting trip. To go more Into details: One of the boys was called In, and, with a chart on the table before him, was asked to show whe re he had gone with Dr Cook. This he did, pointing out will his linger on the map, but not making any marks upon it. As he went out. the other boy came in and was asked to show where he had gone with Dr. Cook. This be did also without making any marks, and Indicated the same route and the same details as did the Mrst boy. When be was through, Panikpah the father of 1-took-a-shoo, a very in- lelllgent man, who was in the party of Eskimos that came back from Dr. Cook from the northern end of Nan sen's Strait, who Is familiar as a hunt er with the Jones Sound region, and who has been In Commander Pearv's various expeditions for some fifteen years, cam In and indicated the same localities and details as the two boys. Marked Out Konte. Then the first boy was brought in aKain. and with a penc il he traced on the map the route, members of our party writing upon the chart where. according to tbe boy's statement, they had killed deer, bear, some of their dogs, seal, walrus and musk oxen. The second hoy was then called in and the two went over the chart to gether, the second boy suggestlnK some changes as noted hereafter. Finally, Panikpah, the father, wat again called in to verify details of the portions of the route which he war personally familiar. The bulk of (lie boy's testimony wn not taken bv Commander Peary, nor In his presence, a fact that obviate my possible claim that they were i wed by him. Certain ciuc-stions cm independent lie '-8 from the direct narrative of the Ki i mi boys were suggested by Com (Continue!1 on page four,) AS E OF T Baseball Pitcher Wants Over Thousand for Each Year of Married Life., HIS WIFK IS WEALTHY HHISTHI,, N. II. 'let. 12. Ten thousand dollars is the price demand ed from his wile- by William J.. l)i. oato, a baseball pitcle-r, In payment f..r seven years wedded life and as a r. c iiinpcnsc for bi:i playing the pari o a faithful husband. She Ik suinn fe-r divorce. 'Ihlx money, he declares, lie will re- else hee-aiiM- of his agreement not i'j ce. ntest ( he divorce suit. While Oie twirbr admits the pay iricni has not been actually made, he is lirm in the belief that before the chise of Ho- ii-iobi-r term eif tin rourt at W-iodsville, he will be In receipt of tin- money. Iiecnto says his contemplated ac-d'-r. will be elrnppe-d as soon as he I;; paid the- Jtd.iKiu. ?irs. t'Htherin.- In-c-at is known as the- richest woman in llrlstol and one of (he; wealthiest in Orafton county Kin- is ore- of l be best eli esiceel rnem- ' le-rs eif tin- liristol and t'onc'ird so . oh ty. i F xteen years ago, while employed I '.i the Moson eerkins Iapcr mills at lh ..-.'.ol, (lie head of th lirm. t'harles A. Mason, fell in love with h'-r and their wedding followed In a year. Jlrs. Iterate! was then sixteen years old. Four years afterward Mason died leaving her his fortune, estimated at J.'HO (KIO. Il.-feir" his d-alli Mr. Ma son built the handsomest residence in lirlsted. with connecting stable- aod lawns. As schoolmates and neighbors, ''IJIy'" Oe'rato and Catherine Hener-s-n. late-r Mrs. 'harle-s Mason, were 1V1" the- In -st of friends, but no one suspect d a romance until a year af ter the death of Mr. Mason, when It bec-i'me known that the g-n!al bait player had an enthusiastic! feminine r-toter for bis victory. Seven years ago the culmination of the second romanr in Mrs. Heeato's life recurred. The ball player, one of the most popillar young men in town led hii fair bride to the altar in tbe village church. MULLIN MAKES OTHER BASEBALL STARS LOOK LIKE DUST OF A COMET Pitched Wonderful Game Mercy at All DKTROIT. Oct. IS Iietrolt de feated f'iltsburg 5 to 0 today, and ev ened up the count in the world's championship series, each now having two victories to Its credit. The game was played with the mercury at 34 degrees above snro, but 17,030 persona braved the chilling temperature and the great majority of them felt well tepald for their polar experiences for they were with Detroit. The American league champions outclassed their rivals In every de partment of the samfcjiuid the Pitch ing of Oeorge Miillin will make one of the brightest hits in the baseball ilstory of Detroit. It Is hard to con elvo of any pitc her having his oppo ients more tit his mercy than Mullin liad Pittsburg today. He was at his iiest with men on the bases. Four tills represented the ability of the vis itors nnd no two of these were made in the same inning. Struck Out Mighty Ones. Mullin performed a feat In the third inning that will live long In the tnnals of baseball ami was frozen on he minds of those who saw it. In he third Inning In- struck out the mighty Wagner, with two nut and nen on second and third. That was i mighty feat hut lust previously he tad struck out Manager Clarke, a lard hitter with nun on Hrst and cecond. A double steal cm Clarke's bird strike moved the men to second end third where tln v were when Wag ur came to bat. l.c-ifleld was also a .Ictlm on strikes In this same Inning. :lvlng Mullin three- strike outs In me session. All told he struck out the Isltors te-n times ISCIPLES OP CHRIST FLOCK TO CONVENTION Fully Thirty Thousand are Attending I'ilt.sburj? (Um- ntioii. PITTHBUKO. I' erred by a disc' ' tet. 12 Not di cing assortment f weather raneiiu- from ila.zliiu-. tunshine to hllliiu-. rain, the vIsltinK mats of the disciples of Christ ccjn entlon Increase el in numhe-rs b 'housands, began Hc-lr second days ibservance of tin denominational entennial today. This is the first hie lay of ttie convention In whic h al ready nearly HO.o'ui persons are said be taking part Four meetings or 'he delegate's we-i.- held simultaneo usly during the d ; which Is ofllcial- ty known as "ladies day." At the I.una p:erk meeting It. A Une of Cincinnati president of the Urotherbood of tin I nsc iples of Christ. auxiliary to tie Christian rhitn b f-ored ex-President l-Illot of Harvard for his recent statements concerning revised religion. (FAIT? WASHINGTON, net. 11. Forecast for North Carolina: Fair Wednesday and Thursday, colder tn east portions moderate west wlndi, becoming va riable. - . He is on The Way Against Buccaneers' Heavy Times. Wagner and Cobb Both Had Off Days. , Will Play Today at Pittsburg. 1 Detroit scored because It was able to hit when hits spelled runs, man age, Jennings' young catcher, distin guished himself in the second Inning hy sending Detroit's tlrst two runs across the plate with a drive Just out of Miller's reach. In the fourth In ning Rush's ringing; double Into the over-flow crowd 111 the left field scored another run and It wu Immediately followed by another two bagger Into the same place by Ty Cobb. The onslaughts by petrolt In the second and fourth Innings drtive, bvl fleld. Pittsburg's star left hander from the Blub ..WJMI Occ,4,9,lJf th; Veteran Phllllppe who was able In stem the Detroit tide although they pressed him hard In the eighth In ning. Klght hits were made hy De troit and six of these came In tho twe) innings when the scores were made; only two were wasted. Good Team Work. Outside of Mullin there were no stars on tho Detroit team but their ensemble work was brilliant. Kvery man did the right thing at the right time and only one lleldlnur slip marred the otherwise perfect performance. The cold apparently affected the, Pittsburg fielding more than It (lid Detroit's, as the National league cham pions put up a miserable exhibition In that d epartment. The two teams left for Pittsburg tonight and the fifth gome will be played tit Forbes field tomorrow. The scene will then shift back to this city where the sixth game Is scheduled for Thursday. Detroit Is celebrating lt:i vic tory In due style tonight. TRIG TO STRIP COOK BARE OF REPUTATION An Investigation is Now Started Into His Ascent of Ml. M. Kinlev. NF.W V'iHK. i tet. 1 ! invcKdga (ton eif the MKsertlon of I ir. Freeloriek A Cook that tie climbed to the lop of Mount Me Klnley, the highest point in America in 195, was slarted to ri!iht by (lie special committee ap point'el bv the Kxplorcrs' club, com prising I'rofe-sKor Marshal H. Havllle, e.f the- American Museum of Natural History; Caspar Whitney, F. R Hnl eribaiigh, explorer unci author; Charles If Townsend. cllrec-tor of the New York Aquarium and Anthony Fiala, Arctic explorer. Tip: committee found awaiting Its p. nni.'il many letters sent In from various so'-le-ties. seeme tending to show t li.it Or ''ci'ik did not acc-omplisli the Mount Me -Klnley feat and others ex pressing ''orilidc-iice that he has hiic cifwfully climbed the peak. The committee will spend th" next few days In going over the evidence it has accumulated. Dr. Cook Is expected ha k In the city next Friday and by then It Is possible the Kxplorer's club will have gone far enough Into Its Investigations to Justly call upon him for a statement on the Mount McKlnley trip. FOI'lt KII.I.KD IN WRIXK. DALLAS, Tex.. Oct. 12 Four peo ple were killed, one man fatally In jured and a score of others were less seriously hurt In a collision near Orcenvllle today on the Missouri, Kan sas and Texas railroad. A freight train had stopped for water when a passenger train carrying a crowd of carnival people en route to the Dallas state fair, ran Into the freight Batters and Had Them at His Hans Wagner failed tn star as he did In yesterday's game. His best play came in the fourth Inning when he fumbled a grunder by Slanago for the fraction of. a second, recovered It quickly and touched second, forcing Tom Jones, and then threw to first In time to double up Btsnsgo. If he had fumbled the grounder for an appre ciable time ' longer, Detroit might have had many more runs, as three rtm tan 'after the double play. J , j Day for Star. .-.-' ivv- -rMmat-t)wr-hlt-i two buir and reached first once when ha Was hit by Iycllleld. The other two times the Georgia star tried to beat out bunts In front of the plate but Gibson threw him out both times. In the field he only had one chance and ac cepted that gracefully. Pittsburg's real opportunity to score enme In tho third inning but the ad amant. Mullin stopped them. T-eelfleld mado an Inauspicious start by strik ing out, but Dyrne hit a two bagger In the left field overflow and Iaeh drew a base on balls. ClarkeTsTruck one, but a double steal moved the run ners to third and second. The decis ion of Umpire Kvan at third base re ceived much unfavorable comment from the crowd. Then came the striking out of Wagner which ended Pittsburg's chances. The attendance was 17.0116 and the receipts (21.103. Tho receipts are (Continued on Page Three.) Congress Will ho Urged to AfflHopriate Sum to Keep iftorir I Mace i Hi? in Repair. WASHINGTON, Oc t. 12 With the object of having removed the charge now aascssed patriotic persons who visit tho tomb and homo of Oeorgo Washington at Mount Vernon on the Potomac, the Mount Vernon Anti-Foe association has Inaugurated a move ment to have active steps taken In congress to secure an appropriation for tbe maintenance of the historical estate so that It shall no longer be necessary to conduct Washington's home as a species of "museum." Many organizations throughout Vir ginia have been enlisted In the move mejit. At a meeting of the associa tion extracts from the annual report of the Ladles Mount Vernon associa tion, now In charge of the estate, were read showing that In HOS there was on hand an endowment fund of over f 100,000 by which Interest In the sum of I1.16S accrued besides which tbe r'"iiairr of tbe estate for the year from the admissions collected and other sources aggregated H6.000. ANDERSON TRACTION COMPANY IS SOLD ANDBItHON, B. C-. Oct , The property of the And'JTspn tractlqn company was sold under the hammer today for 1 1S4.7G0 the ptirchasaer be Inng E. W. Robertson of Columbia, S. C, one of the receivers. The sale was made under the order of Judge Prltehard of the federal court to sat isfy t a, claim of the International Trust company of Baltimore. JUDGE SUSPICIOUS OF PHI AFFAIR STOPSJJBEL SUIT In Remarkable Opinion Jud;o Anderson Says Deal Is Not Clear to Him PRESS JUSTIFIED IN MAKING ALLEGATIONS Will Not Permit Citizens to bo Dragged From Homes For Trial INDIANAPOLIS. lnd Oct. 1. Judge A. H. Anderson of the United ' States eourt of thlfl district today din- missed the proceedings against Dele- vun Smith and qiarlo K. Williams, t proprietors of ho Indianapolis News, ' who wtira resisting removal A to tho ' District of Columbia for trial under grand Jury Indictment charging c them with having committed criminal ' libel against ex-PreslcJent Roosevslt,' ' President Taft, Charles P. Taft. Wil liam Nelson Cromwell, J, , Pierpont Morgan and others In publishing ar. tides alleging fchat there was t cor rupt profit of 1 211, 000,009 In ths sals of the Panama canal to the On Had Mtatca. -! - Hllllg upiiiion, At the close today of argument In tho hearing, Judge Anderson said that he tvu too busy to writs a long opin ion In the case, but would sum tin at ' once his view of ths evidence and ths argument. . . v . The revolution In Panama, ths olr. - cumstances concerning It were un usual and peculiar. Ths people wer interested in the construction, of the canal. It Was a matter of great bub- . Ilo concern; a Urge portion of. ths , people favored the JVtcarwruan rpute; another portion, those who, were In terested In it, officially or pwsohally ' just interestedpreferred th Pana- , ma route. A committee was appoint ed to Investigate, ,h, ijehjtlvo merits oi ins wo route. Tiy investigated and reported In favo? rof the Kics- . raguan. Shortly .af tax wartla -'they changed to Panama. ' ' Now, there were a number of po- ' pis who thought there wus something ' wrong somathing hot just texaetly, right about that transaction, and' f ' say for myself that now t feel a net- ' ural curiosity to know what ths real truth, was, Judge Admits KusiKcfctrt, -, , "Thereupon ths committee of ths United States senate was appointed to investigate these 'matter about - ths only way It could be Investigated. ' The committee. met aa stated In these t articles and these men 'who knewsall' y about it' I think that Is the proper way to speak of William : Nelson - Cromwell well, these men were call- qd before the committee, and so far , aa tho record has. been read, Mr, Cromwell stood upon his privilege Whenever questions were asked, ths answer to which would or might re flect upon him or his associates; hut whenever a question was asked him which gave htm opportunity to say something In their behalf, he osten tatiously (hanked the examiner and proceeded to amrtver. To my mind (Continued on page seven.) TEAMSHIP ANTILLE las Many Passengers on Board, But All Are &ifo According to Dispatch. I HOUSTON, Texas, Oct 11. A special to Tho Post from the wireless station at l'ort Arthur, Ten., tonlfcht says: " p, m , Hou thorn Pacific steamship Antilles ashore latitude 14.43; lonnl tudo 79.07. Wants ssslstance to float ship and help tn take off passengers." (iovernor Handers of Louisiana Is among the passengers aboard the steamer Antilles. According to her schedule she should have been somewhere In ths vicinity of Jupiter IlKht, off the East Florida coast when the hurricane struck her, and the bearings given to the wireless message and the fact that she went aground confirms that Im pression. Her usual rours Is within few miles of tho coast ns f;ir us Jupi ter light, after which she veers off and gets further away from the roast The Antilles tarried seventy-five first snd second class cabin passengers and officers, and crew numbering about sixty men and many steerage passengers. A wireless message received late io night says that all on board ars safs. ' END OP O.MEGA. - : MOtTLTRIE. a., Oct 1 1 The town of Omega between Moultrie and, Ttf ton on the. Atlanta. Birmingham and Atlantic railway, wss practically wlp- , nd out by fire late last night Sixty bales of cotton wore also destroyed. ; . The depot of the Atlanta. Birming ham snd Atlantic railway, , and the stores of I- A. Co. J. 8.' King and H. ' T. Toung, wers among the principal buildings destroyed.
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