THE WEATHER: FAIR. VOL. XXVI. NO. 9. E PLANS E Grove Park Enlarged to In clude Four Hundred Acres And Mountain Side UNIFORM SCHEME OF DEVELOPMENT Good Roads And Counter weight Railway Will Make Every Part Accessible The purchase yesterday by Pr. K. W. Grove of S78 acres of land on the Bide and top of Sutmet ill. untaln roans a developmrnt of more value and importance to Ashevllle than any of recent yearn, one which assures an addition of the highest attractive ness -to the city and means employ ment to many men. The plana were made public yester day upon the securinR of deeds to the last piece of necessary land call for the building: of a counterweight railway from near the Oolf club sta tion to the highest point of Sunset mountain, the construction of an uu tomoblle boulevard from Charlotte Street to a point near Overlook park . and the macadamizing of rouds along the mountain sides which will be Exnnsn FOR 8R0V ANNOUNCED turned into spacious residential lots Interspersed with prks and plots of grass and flowers. In brief the prop erty will become a pnrt of the exist ing E. W. Grove park which It Is of ficially announced will be made the most beautiful and extensive residen tial park In the South. Since his exquisite heautiflcatinn of the original tract of 40 acres on the west side of Charlotte street and the purchase of the IB-acre Deake prop erty on the opposite side of the thor oughfare Dr. Grove's plans have been developing i.ntil today they are on a seals' which undoubtedly means the expenditure of more than half a mil lion dollars, possibly a million since the matter of expense will not bo CfmifteTWerTr Dr."' r rove has acquired from, the Proximity Park company 15 acres adjoining the Deake prop erty. 36 acres of the T. D. Johnston - toads, rom the T. V. Patton hefrs, the IB-acre Mills place, thp H-acre Dawson place, the Vance orchard of 9 acres, and 282 acres from H S. Howland, this being all of the hit ter's holdings except 15 acres sur rounding his reside nee. the total of "(Commuron7'"gP "three. I " ' ' ' " " (ConVmi bfc'fce fourV Vtm.U ftagc thrw. ) lOTSuUlillLriTO'SlSSpnTl iBflMEfilCIINUS HE WAS LOCKED IN CELL PIOEifi PLOT . ISIpiS JEBBIBLE ON COMPLAiNTSHEMADE FOR ITS INDEPENDENCE : li NAME SOUNDS When lie Refused to Return toller, Wife Draws Pis tol and Fires' POLICEMEN PRESENT OHICAflO, Oct. ;. Through the liars of the cell wtiere he had been placed only two hours curlier on a warrant sworn out by her (barging abandonment, Mrs. Ksth. r 1-evy to day fatally shot her Husband, Abra ham Levy, a tailor. Mrs. Levy visited the cell room of the police station where her husband was confined and before the startled lock-up keeper hud a chance to in terfere, shot through the liars at Le vy. Indicting a fatal wound In the building at tbe time wen- a score or more of policemen. Mrs. !vy had no difficulty in obtaining permission to visit lie-r husband. She stood In the corridor of the cage talking in a low voice to the prison er, who remained locked in hiv c-ll. Suddenly she drew the r.volwr which had been concealed beneath her jacket and fired. She was taken to the women's an nex of the station where she became hysterical. The victim of the shooting was re moved to a hospital in an unconscious condition from a wound in the abdo men. When Mrs. Levy secured the war rant for her huband's arrest she told the magistrate that Levy had neglected his home for other women and that she had to work as a sales woman to support their four chil dren. A prisoner who occupied the cell with Levy said Mrs. !vy betrayed no excitement in conversing with Levy. "Are you coming back to ov- and the children?'' asked the visitor. "No." answered Levy, "you put me here and here I will remain. You tell your story tn the judge." Mrs. Ievy then stepped hack a pace and drew her weapon. Ievy jumping to one side of the cell in an attempt to dodge the bullet. THE SUFFRAGETTES IN TURN DESPERATE Throw Bottles of Acid In Bal lot Boxes at Election In London Borough METHODS APPROVED BY LEADING WOMEN Some Officials Were Burned And Brave Ladles Were Arrested LONDON, (let. 2S. With the evi dent Intention of destroying liallots in i box at the Ticrmondscv today as a protest against the clus!on of wo men from the rlnht of franchise, Mrs. t'hapin, a suffragette, this morning Fn.itshed a bottle containing corrosive u id upon the ballot box. What she accomplished was the painful burning of some of the elec tion officers and the assurance of her iwn arrest. Slipping into cue of the booths where perhaps a thousand bal lots had been deposited Mrs. Chapln drew from under her cloak n bottle n which Ink had been mixed with corrosive acid, and before she could be stopped -hurled the bottle upon The box. It broke into many pieces and the flyinw acid aplashcd upon the olecj lion oiiiecrs. A number of these were so severely injured as to require medical atten tion. .' ' . Government Responsible. About the same time a similar out rase was attempted at another booth by a young 'glrl who wore the suffraf. rette colors! In the latter Instance! little damage wag done beyond the' turning of . the finger tips of the elee-, tion official's 4Sho removed the bro ken bits of glass. So far ns could be escertalncd (t cBiCCh acid renehe.d the ballots in 'either case. Ijiter In anfjnjterylew Miss Chrlst f.bel Pankhurat iwhile deploring trie wounding ot, ths "officials, asserted with much emphasis: "It 1 the government that Is re sponsible. It'ts the government that d-ive women'ito these acts." JPa)ined..R-. Club. ... Tt appears thnttodny's violence was planned by 'tm wofrten's freedom league,- f he 'mombers of which glory r what , was 4"4l'!" T W"B "pn,,or ef this sam'e. Jeaw'M JvhQ picketed the bouse of:.f'dnJirti,ml' tot: fifteen weeks. The leogve'a-stPpeW) ' Mrs. Rdlth Assassin Admits He Was One of Secret Society to Kill the Statesman OTHEUS INVOLVED TOKIO. Oct. 2S. Hearing home ward tlie body of I'rince llo. the Jap nnesu warship Hate left Dair'i, this morning. The Imdy rents in a plain casket and is accompanied by resi dent Nakamuru, of the Southern Manchurinn railway and nine others. Prior to the departure of the war ship all music was prohibited In Dairen where also Hags were kept at half mast. Representatives of the emperor of Japan will board the warship at S.'isobo. The vessel is due to arrive, at okosuka, the naval si.i- tioii near Yokohama on Monday. All social functions, including the ball which was hi have been held at the foreign ministry on the emper or's birthday have been postponed. I 'reparations for an Imposing state funeral are benje made, .and a mag nificent shrine w ill be erected in t lie midst of the tombs and temples of the great Shoguns at Shiba. park. ASSASSIN llF.NTII"Ii:i. HAIUU.V. Manchuria. Oct. The assassin of l'rlnce Ito was iden tified today ns Indian Angnn, a former editor ut a newspaper at Seoul. He said that he was one of an or ganization of twenty Koreans who had taken an oath that they would kill the Japanese statesman. The assassin used dumdum bullets which had been poisoned with cyan ide. KOREANS NOT MOERMNfi. SKOl'L. Oct. 28. It Is evident from the attitude of a considerable seetion of the Korean population that the assassl'nation f Prince Ito was not impleading. Those compris ing this- section represent tie- ele ment which is now deprived of op portunities formerly offered here and (Continued on page four.) ASHEtlJGEE CITIZEN. ASIIEVILLE, N. IS OUTjRFTERHIIW Gives Million Dollars to Com mission to Spend In Eradl eating The Disease LAZY FOLK WILL HAVE NO EXCUSE LEFT THEM Standard Oil Magnate Ex presses His Great Love And Admiration For South NEW .. YOUK, Oct. IS. A gift of one million dollars by John 1). Kocke feller.to tight the "hook worm" dis ease was Jilinounccft at the off lev of the Standard Oil company late today. A dozen well known educators and scientists, selected in large part from institutions of learning in the South where the parasite Is prevalent were called In conference with Mr. Rocke feller's representatives ut tho Stand ard oil company's offices at 26 llroad w.ty hi( .Tuesday and at that meet ing Mr Rockefeller's desire to or KaiilziAia commission to carry on n campaign afcajnijt the malady was OUcuss'ed. As a, result of this dls ous8ldn,e.f the situation the "Kocko- (feller cVHhntlsslon Hor the eradication of the hook worm disease" wits or ganised. ' 4 I ! , . Mejn Iters .oj Commission. The members or this commission, afl -selected by Mr. Rockefeller arc: Dr.' Wtillnm 11. Welch, orofessor bf Ipalrfoldgyfn Johns Hopkins uni versity; i president of the American MeilR'a'r Association. . Dr., Jgltppii. ,i''lexner. director of "ckejrglkrlnstitut,.- for medical re- sea rcn D5;,ehrk W. Stiles, chief of the .aiWKjWi Ktjsoohigy, United States nub)lc'Mjfiht Htul marine hospital wi'ilo1scoverer of the Amer Jriiyi'lW 4iook worm, and the pi-eysifeiW the, disease In America. ' ty-&ti hVfrlfterman'. president tiVKSHi1 V ' rgl nla' pPav1rKmuinon. chancellor oWafl laptop i.Ufi Vi'rslty, St. Ixiuis, M lkV P. IpV Plifxton, professor of l..f(?V-4''j f'lyPfC. .state superln lendeT l0f .(fujcaiion In North raro- Next, VvTulH'ivulosis is the Onefpmit Scourge of f'-'t'lie South NJXSUOES VICTIMS &i.UAhli.;;S.tojl Oct. "8 -John m of one mll- lloji iiyfs.rV to rrlwl the book worm diiK-!(8o' rfiXuig ibat what heretofore .' H . . . n:is JKur.;:ln isolate ! and sporadic war on (Dnahidy which for decades has teeiffSpplng tin- strength of the South' feianry will now be an nr- Hi.nlzed Warfare against the "necator a nierlcHJgutr especially a menace to j the low latitudes of the fnited St;,1es nWr the climate and soil are f:i orable" o Its propagation. The dise.twv, which first was identi fied by. .Dp ' W. Stiles, hail a rather .v II defined geographic al limit it is not niarkolly prevalent north of the J'oIima.r icmd c hio rivers l'nsanitary conditions on the f irms, the rem-urihcs of Dr. Stiles, Dr. Wil liom Weston of Columbia and other plivsiclans 'kIium, have muc h to do .'. t' h ( the continuance of the menace of tlie hook worm. The disease. Is more prevalent in negroes than in whiles, but in the blacks Its direct ef fects seem to lie far less virulent. ''he effects of the hook worm, both 'i'-ec t and inelirwt, are distressing ,nd dangerous to the economic wel fare of the country. The direct results are retardation of physical and m'-ntal development, ex treme anemin, often mistaken for ma laria, ulcers on the shins and weak ness, frequently characterized as lazl re fs. Among the Indirect effects of the disease is predisposition to pulmonary diseases, increasing the death rate ap preciably, f A significant fact regard ing this feature of the disease Is that the negroes, who seem more general ly infrcted'wlth the honk wnrm, suf fer three times the mortality from tuberculosis -that the whites do. Dr. Wewton who has made an ex tended study of the disease, has found that thymol, the active principle of thyme, followed by salts. Is the'besf remedy for the disease and he has pchleved ssme satisfactory cures. HOOKWuRMMAYAS WELtQUITJOHND. C, FRIDAY MORNING, Probably This Is The JURY HAS HEARD ALL EVIDENCE 0F BOTH Testimony Closed Yesterday and Mr. Settle Began Argument for Defense. Ladies Gave Lighter Touch to Orim Court Proceedings By Their Flashes of Humor. All the evidence In the Superior court trial of V. C. Wutklns for the murder of John Hill Hunting at Ulach Mountain August 7 wus concluded yesterday afternotSn and tho first ol the arguments of counsel was com pleted at the tlmo of adjournment, lln. Thomas Bettle making a force ful and eloquent presentation of tho ste.te's contention that policeman Watklns, though he had a right to come to the hotel on demand of its proprietor to quell disorderly conduct bad without proper causa killed Bunt ing and wounded JUa companion, Paul C. Collin - . w-. n- . The day was featured by the testi mony of Miss Margaret Louise Wood lufT, formerly or Springfield, Mass., 1 ut now resident of Southern Pines that Hunting ami Collins were Intoxi cated and using vulgar language a.id that at the time the shooting took place neither of the state's witnesses, Clem Jones und Hurley Oowan, negro hotel employes, were In the room ns they claimed, and by the evidence of Wrs. Llnvllle. housekeeper of the ho tel, who, called as 1 witness by tho s'ate, testified that Jones was In the room when the shooting took place. These were the serious features but by no means those which attracted I he attention of the spectators. n the contrary they were more Interest ed in the humorous Incidents which were brought out in the course of the cross examination of Miss Woodruff by Mr. Settle and of Mrs. Llnvllle by Ver. Craig. Tin former proved her tclf a young w..inan of girlish manner but of more than K'rllsh resource and In Mrs. Llnvllle Mr. Craig found thut he had captured the traditional Tar tar and he did sum nverse to escaping from her retorts although she assur- PRESBYTERY MAKES NEW DEPARTURE IN POLICY Violates Church Conslitu - tion in Passing "Pry Resolutions A.VVI8TON. All. Oct. 2S The ac tion of the- North Alabama Presbytery in adopting :i i solution at their iin ntril session le today declaring In favor of the i exposed prohibition amendme nt t" I b .etna's constitution i.-t to be made lie subject of charges pr-ferred again..! the Presbytery be fore the Alabama Presbyterian synod rind the ge ne ral assembly of the Pres byterian e bur' h. This was announc ed by P.ev. W. I Sinnott, stated cle rk "f the Presbytery, who asserts that the action of the Presbytery violates the constitution "f that body in that tin- resolution is of a political nature and is prohibited. The resolution declares the subject i f the proposed prohibition amend ment to be moral rather than a polltl cal Issue and non-partisan. WASHINGTON, Oct. 28, Forecast North Carolina: Fair Friday and Saturday; not much change In tem perature; moderate northeast wlndn becoming variable, jrir.'M'lS3 OCTOBER 2!), UK)!). Reason The "Oleander" Got Behind On Its Schedule! SIDES Ji WATK1NS CASE cd him that she was cuilte comfortable In the witness box and he could pro ceed as long us he wished with his questions. Oitciilng Testimony. W. M. Harris, Lafayette Burnett, J. J. Mackey, J. L. Btepp, Marcus Er vln E. J. Dodson, J. K. Chambers, testified that Watklns' ehanctar was good. W. K. Qoodson testified to th s tme effect telling on cross examina tion that he had heard, since the trag edy, people say he was too quick oa trigger. Hsnry Patton testified that on Friday ft(..UutJ(UUiw ha w W I.thg nf niltmore and on ne train and the latter had not been drinking. Miss Margaret Louise . . Woodruff testified that she occupied room 21 and her mother room 20, .connecting. Ph' heard two men come Into the ho tel abut 11 and they were noisy bs- wecn 11 and 12, going from one room bi another. Bhe fell asleep und later heard profane language, the worst fh- hud ver heard, which, continued from half to three-quarters of an hour. One of the doors of the rooms occupied by herself and mother was open, the scroen door being closed end fastened and she saw Watklns go to 17 and then room 19 where he knocked and entered, the two negroes following him Into the room. Wat l.ins struck a matc h as he went In and when It went out another was struck. If 'old Clem to light fi lamp. After the lamp was lit she heard Indistinct' talk, not noisy. The party had been In the roorr. oniy a few minutes when Ibe negroes began to back out so that only their heads were Inside the slowly closing door. The door being h: If open then slamme d ns hard ns It could and the two negroes were shut on the outside There was a scuffle,! MOTORCYCLE RACER HURLED TO HIS DEATH Tire Hurst, as lie Was doing at Terr ilk- Speed on Track at Mile a Minute Pace DALLAS. Texas, Oct. 28 While speeding a practice mile preparatory to starting in a motorcycle race, Ku gc in .1 Marsh, an amateur, of Dallas, was thrown from his motorcycle, and instantly killed at the statu fair grounds race course this afternoon. Marsh was riding at a rate of about lifty-elght rnibs an hour when a tire burst and the rider wax thrown against the outer fncc- of the race iiilince All of the ribs of Ills left side- were c rushed Into his lungs and bis left jaw was broken. lb) die-d instantly. The state fair automobile meet Is the llrst held In Texas under the sanction of the conl'-sl board (yf the Arne'rl'-nn A utomobiit- association. The track was fast and the aver age time was fifty-eight and fifty-nine seconds for the mile. The ride rs In cluded Iturman, Dewitt and George Clark. The fate-st mile of the day was made by De Ilymcl. of San An tonio. In a Stoddard-Dayton. who completed lb" flfih mile of the first race In 01 3-j seconds. De Hymel won the five-mile, cemtest for the oj.e ri state championship. Time, 4.50. titlLTV OF MIHD1JH. LEE8VILLE. La., Oct. 28. A. C. Krwin, tried lure Kir the murder of Charles F. Mag'-e. town marshal of Hornbeck. La . was found guilty as charged lale todav. Erwln' killed Magee several months ago when the laUtr attempted to arrest him. some ono turned the handle of the door which opened allghtly, then there was a shot and another. The room was dark when the shot were fired. On rrosa examination by Mr. Settle ritnese said that her mother was yery nervous and excitable, unduly so through 111 health. Wltnssa heraelf ra net afraid that nlcht an told how aha had taken horseback rtdes at night and rlddait long distances sJons. Before the shooting aha saw the men uiggering alone the hall aupporttnt thrmaelvea &ijtat th wall n CoJ una helping Bunting, Her mother, aha aia, was in the city and had been In th court room but waa not able to testify because such excitement would add to her heart trouble. Her mother wus not confined to her room but Had been shopping. xnat is soothing end not ncrvs racking," Mr. dottle suggested. Defendant Watklns took the stand to Identify a printed copy of the town ordinance fixing the duties of officers, p.inishlng disorderly conduct, etc., but the court hold those not suffliclently proven. Mrs. Llnvllle. Mrs. Emma Llnvllle, housekeeper si the Gladstone hotel, told of Mrs. Woodruff complaining of the drunken men, of her notifying proprietor Man ly who said he was not physically able to go upstairs and quiet them. 8he started to tell of the conversation she had with Mrs. Woodruff but the de fense objected. When the officer and tho two darkles came, witness said that she was standing In front of room No. 20, and there was no noise to amount to anything In ffo. IS. Borne (Continued on page fonr.) FIRST TRAIN ON C.C.dD, El The Citizens Will Celebrate Event Today With Great Doings HPArtTANBimo, B. C. Oct. 28. The llrst train over the Carolina, Cllnchfield and Ohio railroad between this city and Dante, Va., arrived here tonight at S..10 o'clock with eight hundred visitors from Johnson City, Tenn., and other points for the celebration here tomorrow of the completion of the road. Flvo thous and people were at the station to witness the arrival of the first train over the new road and to welcome tho visitors. As tho train pulled Into the station a mighty shout went up from the assembled multitude. The officials of the road will ar rive on a special car tomorrow morning. Among those arriving to night were representatives from the commercial bodies of Johnson City, Tenn., Bristol, Marlon, nnd other places. Tomorrow Spartanburg will celebrate the opening of the road with a big barbecue', amusements of all kinds nnd a display of fireworks at night. The entertainment Is giv en at a cost of 110.000 and will be attended by fifty thousand visitors from all sections of this state, North Carolina and Tennessee. FOR VlAHm MtTFERERg. MEAICO CITV. Oct. 28. The gov ernment will advance $1,000,000 to alleviate the suffering caused by the corn famine among the poorer class es, $50, 000 of which sum will be put to immediate use Dy the special junta. Associated Press Leased Wire Reports. PRICE FIVE CENTS. FILLING VACANCY Southern Man Most Likely to be Selected to Succeed Justice Feckham JUDGE LURTON WAS ON BENCH WITH TAFT Geographical Considerations Weigh But Little With Presi dent in This Case WASHINGTON, Oct. t.--The Va cancy on the bench of the Supreme court of the United States, caused by tho death of Associate Justice Rufua VV. Pt'ckham, of New York, la tha subject of much gossip In Washing ton just now. It la popularly speak ing the most important matter which will confront President Tatt upon hla return to the national capital. , The luteal "frame un" of well in formed prophets here tonight names Horace M. Lurton. of Nashville, judge of tho United 8tuea Circuit court in - the sixth circuit, as moat probably Justice Peckham'a suoceesor, -with Hollcltor General Uoyd W, Bowera, b( the department of Justice aa a prob ability fur the next vacancy In th court, Mr. Mowers la thought by many to stand a very good chanca of getting this one. c Hat With Taft. Judge Lurton aat on tha same ju dicial bench with Mr. Taft and waa the latter's choice for' the vacancy tha,t waa Inter filled by tha appoint, nvent of William M. Moody,' of Mas sachusetts. Mr. Taft wm secretary of war whan ha made the recommen dation of Mr. Lurton to ' President Rooswelt, and it la said was very -much disappointed when his old as sociate and Irvtlmtvta friend waa n6t appointed. . Mr. , Lurton la now about " etxtytwo years old and - would hay tun yoare. to servo- before retirement. i President Taft baa- In the past ex pressed some, decided views about geographical limitations In ..Appoint- nvants oahat.body. 11 has taken ih ;poailiBi tthi(. geogtsphc(il ,con- ideratlon should figure only when ll other thinga war equal. This Is his present attitude aa described by those In m position to know. Orographic! Considerations, teooked at from the' geographical standpoint there' are some Inequali ties In representation on the Supreme court, Justice Peckham'a death, leaves three of the Judicial circuits , unrepresented on ,thi Supreme court; , the second elrouit,, comprising New York, Connecticut, nd Ywnjontt the ! third circuit, comprising Pennsylva- ; nla. New Jersey 'and Delaware, and ; the fourth circuit; comprising Mary- , land, Virginia and the Carollnas and West Virginia. Both Justice' Moody and Justice v Holmes are. from the first circuit and 1 Inallnaa T"et r akeil tiflmw fnm Ilia sixth In which Judge Lurton Is now presiding. Chief Justice Fuller Is from the seventh circuit. Justice Brewer from the eighth and Justice McKenna. from- the ninth. .. ' Solicitor General Bowera Is geaer- ally given second place In the specu lation. . i i. There are many other names man- tioned in connection with the va cancies but these two, in the order named, are the ones most prominent ly mentioned In the gossip In well Informed circles, CONFESSES HER SHAME TO SAVE FATHER S LIFE Girl of Seventeen Compelled to Submit to Scarlet brand on Witness Stand McRAE, Oa., Oct. J8,i-Hbventeen- yeur-olcl Elizabeth Miller told on the stand today. In the trial of her fath er, W. A. Miller, for the murder of her sweetheart, W. Thomas Poole, the story of the killing and admitted aa she wept bitterly, that her rela tions with tho young man were Ira proper. She was the only eye wit ness to the tragedy. . 8he withheld nothing in her pitiful story, but made, as she declared a clean breast of It an. ., She stated that she had carried on secret correspondence with .young Poole and on several occasions had met him clandestinely. Poole was killed June 1, this yenr. five miles from this place In the pub lic road. Miller and his daughter In' buggy met Poole driving In the op posite direction, Miller it Is Said. fired Udce at Poole with a shot gun, killing him instantly. . Miller admits the killing, but de clares he was justified. ' . Tha court room was crowded to day wheu the girl, who It Is said was the cause of the killing, took- the stand and told her sordid story. The case Is expected to consume all ol tomorrow. ',. PROPHETS BUSILY NSUPREMEGQURT