THE MJWBAY CITIZEN H THE WEATHER: FAIR. PAGES TODAY , VOL. XXVI. NO. 18. ASIIEVILLE, K C, SUNDAY MOKNING, NOV.KMl.iKH, 7, VM). PRICE FIVE CENTS. AUGUSTA CLAIMS TAFT AS 0 N E 0 F ITS FIRST CITIZENS Therefore ;Kakcf His Vlsli Merely a Hortecomlng With Incidental Entertainment COLUMBIA CAVE HIM A STATE LUNCHEON Will Leave Early Tomorrow Morning For Visit to This State AUGUSTA, Oa.. Nov. 6 After trending toe entire afternoon In his toric old Columbia, & C, with Its many reminder of the. withering blast o: the Civil war, President Taft ar rived In Augusta at H.50 o'clock to night' to rest until Monday when he trill resume his Journey to Washing ton. T.he preaident often speaks of Augusta, as "home" and bis reception hera tonight aa he rode through the crowded and Drtlllantly Illuminated streets leading from the train to the home of Major Joseph B. Cummins, whose house guest he is, waj In the nature of a home coming celebra tion. Mr. Taft has stated several time that he was a resident of Au gusta when elected president of the United" States, that Is when the elec toral votes were cast in Washington. The Augusta people are proud, to claim him as their own and hence the name of "Taft. William H., president of the United States, Terrett cottage, Sum mervllle," appears in. the current city directory. was from Augusta, last Winter that the president-elect went to Washington to take the oath of office, - ' To Visit Tar Heels Next. Mr. Taft has been looking forward to his vlsltxto Augusta and the resi dents of the city are going to make his stay as pleasant as possible. They have asked him to make only one speech during his two days in town. Tonight an Informal reception at the Cdmmijig home left the president free to, retire sarly for a much-needed long night's rest - Tomorrow the piesldent will attend services at -the Church- the Good Shepherd. EpiaU copaiianr will lunch with Landon A. Thomas and dine quietly at the Cum ntlng home Int he evening. Monduy morning bright and early the presi dent will play sjolf on the links of the Country club where he spent so much time last winter when the snows drove him from Hot springs to seek a wurm er ellmatv At noon, or shortly there after, he will officiate and speak at the .0EBltirfyltdVt0-rfMV---WV---------- - I Continued on finite MM UU FOB FOURTEEN YEARS UNTIL HIS STOMACH GAVE OUT Then Quit Both and Became a Preacher to Get Heady For Hereafter, a PKAYED ACHE AWAY. ST. LOUIS, Nov. On the eve 01 his fiftieth birthday lawyer Eli F. Cunningham of Clayton, has renounc ed and denounced his profession and announced his intention to become a non-sectarian preacher. He declares he cannot remain a lawyer and be a Kood man. His practice Vi.is been chiefly In criminal discs. He says he u ill sell his home in Clayton, so that he can pay back, on demand, any fee Mch he. has accepted us a lawyer. I take this stand," Mr. Cunning ham said, "in order tc ease my con science of a load it has carried for fourteen years. I have been practis ing law that long. "I have been a lawyer and a liar, I am going to quit being both, and try to be a good citlsen. "I shall preach. I am not going to connect myself with any particular sect, but will take up independent ministerial work, possibly as non sectarian evangelist. I want to work for the good of the people. That is mr decision. "I have quit drinking. A man who drinks Is a liar, anyhow. He will give his wife sorry excuses for sUy'ng out b.te or for having spent the money which he should spend on his family. That Is lying. I have done that sort i,,in. hut r hull do It no more." Mr. Cunningham made his definite statement of his Intention at a ieni camp meeting conducted in Clayton by a traveling Methodist revivalist, known as Mother Barnes. Cunningham astonished the worsh- , 1 ..i.in. st (hi. meetinir and 1 t. in ' ' J " t'l ' r - " acknowledging that he felt like a little a,. hMrkins- at a locomotive m nis i.iinn t rtnil and retisrion. He said ho had barked and scoffed at the meetings, hut would'do so no more. The next day Clayton was discues Inr the Cunningham utterances from .... Knnao. Mr. Cunnlmrham did not open his law office opposite the -.,.-t hnnas. hut remained at home. ihniit noon eight women who are workers at the tent revival called nt bis home and prayed witn mm. SLICK STRANGER CASHED A CHECK AND WENT AWAY After Paying Month's Rent For Fashionable House (by Check) And Laying in ions (by Check) Ashcville barely escaped pnjbabl being the scene of an arrest which would have been interesting reading to Washington people. A week ago yesterday , a prepossess tng and well dressed stranger came to the city and .went to Mr. J. J. Mc Closkey's real efltato office seeking a home for himself and family for the winter. His mannerswere suave and gentlemanly and he gave every ap pearance of being a thoroughly hon est and trustworthy man. Mr. Mc Closkey inquired what he wanted and found that his taste in a dwelling corresponded very well with his ap pearunce and told him of several cot tages and bungalows in the fashion able part of the city that he thought would please him. A tour of Inspection of several houses which Mr. McCloskcy had on his Hut was made, and the stranger at last found a bungalow In the Cum berland avenue neighborhood that seemed to please him. He agreed to take It and gave Mr. McCloskey hifl check for a month's rent in advance. The check was drawn on the Inter national Banking Corporation Of Washington and was signed "Howard K. Smith:" Mr. Smith spoke famll Inrtv of nlnces and oeoole In Wash ington and was very glad to find that Mr. McCloskey himself was a Wash ington man. Therefore, and thus tho deal went through very smoothly and satisfactorily. Mr. Smith saidathat his wife was coming on the iidnlght train Satur day night and In fodder to be prepared for her reception he w&ited the house put In order for his Immediate occu pation. That there might be no de lay In getting settled he also desired to lay in a supply of groceries and provisions. Itouglit HI" Provisions. He thereupon went to the Clarence Sawyer's grocery store and ordered a large bill of groceries of the, finest va rieties. , 80 complete was the stock he laid in, that even laundry soap and bluing was not omitted, and to Show he contemplated Immediate oc cupation of: the house he bought grapes, grape fruits, orange,!, and oth er perishable fruits and had them all sent out to the house. In payment he tendered. Mr. Swaycr a'check alxn drawn on the International Banking corporation for fifty dollars and re quested that the difference 'between the amount of his hill and the check AMERICAN WILL ERECT Frustrated by Her Family in His Plan to Erect Memorial in England. WAS ONCE IN ASYLUM. HONDA. Spain, Nov. 6 Lawrence Perln, the eccentric American million- aire, whose beautiful wife committed I suicide at Harrow, England, six weeks I afjo, arrived here today on the pri vate train of the Countess l'clls. IVrin proposes to e-.-U a "memorial to his wife in this place and has pur chased a plot o. ground for thut pur pose. With the money received from the sale of the ground, the -4ty has agreed to build a park around tne me morial. Perln, when asked, about his plans, r. tinted to talk. It is understood tn.r. he had planned to erect a memorial In Hurrow, whero Mrs. Perrin Kinen ner- sdf, but that his plans were upset be anie of the opposition 01 nis iamny and through the objections of the rela tives of the dead wife. Mrs. Perin was Miss Jane l.oraon- Siirtori of Philadelphia, sister of Mrs. Julian Story, and of Mrs. Ackroyd. whose husband Is music master at Harrow school. Perln has been confined In an - Item twice and released as cured when Miss Sar'ori eloped with him mis was In 1904. She was then less than twenty years old. In -the summer of ti ls the year the Pcrins went to visit the Ackroyds at Harrow. ! Perln after a time left there aa 1 , went to the United States. He was in America when his wife shot herself on September II. The cause of the sui cide, it is said, was because they h.id lived unhappily. He returned u fcnt? land for the inquest, and while 011 the stnd buriJd his head in his hands and was deeply affected. He denied his wife's suicide was due to an unhappy married life. It is said here that Perin has asked the Influence of the American pntrn ment in obtaining the permiiwlon of the English government for the re moval of his wife's body from Ens lard. When he sailed for America !. was reported that Perin was under tiie care of a. physician. He far aceompt nled now only by a strenuous valet Supply of Provis - Vanished. amounting to something like twenty seven dollars be given him in cash. The bungalow was put in order, the groceries were sent out and the fruit put In the Ice box and everything was ready for Mrs. Smith to begin- her housekeeping whon she arrived on the midnight train Saturday night. But Mrs. Smith did not come. She (lid not come Sunday or Monday or any day at all, and In fact she has not come yet, but the check he gave Mr, McCloskey did come back "110 such account in the bunk." Mr. Saw yer did not deposit his check imme diately and It has not come back yet, but as it was drawn on the same bank he ha little hopes of having It hon ored. Inquiry at the hotel where Mr. Smith stopped revealed the fact that he left before breakfast Sunday morn ing after leaving a note for Mr. Me Closlcey saying that his wife had wired him that she could not come on at once. It appears also that no such telegram was ever recehed here for Howard E. Smith. In connection with this matter it is recalled that two secret service men were In the city Sunday and Monday tracking an alleged defaulter from Washington. It 1r Impossible to learn tho name of the man they sought as they kept very close and, of course, did not let even their own nnmes be known, but those interested In the matter have connected the two co incidences together ih their own minds. ASSAULTS AND ROBS GOOD SAMARITAN. ItOME. Ga., Nov. . Thomas Beard and his twelve-year-old son lie at the point of death as the result of a hold up. nd.tobbery committed by ah tin known negro on the highway within three miles of the city shortly after dark tonight. According to the father's story the negro hnd been given a ride, when he struck them from behind with a sand bag or heavy stick, after which he secured $24 which had been paid to Beard in town. Officers with blood hounds are scouring the woods for the negro, who drove off with the Beards' team after the robbery. GOV. COLTON ASSUMES REINS OE GOVERNMENT INISLANDOEPORTORICO Makes Favorable Impres sion on Natives by His Conciliatory Promises. OUTLINES POLICY SAN J CAN, P. H., Nov. . Col. O. It. Colton wa-t today inaugurated gov ernor of Porto Hlco, succeeding Hegls It. Post. The ceremony was held In the municipal theatre, which was lin ed with an audience that manifested a keen and sympathetic Interest. The feature of the inauguration was the reading of a congratulatory cablegram from President Taft. Colonel Col- ton's speech win well received. His references to Porto Hican cof fee, American citizenship for perma nent residents of Porto Hico who d-jslrod It, and that he' would exer cise his appointive power regard livis bf political or religious affiliations, wero liberally applauded. The peo ple are favorably impressed by the personality of the new governor and expect that he will govern them (irmly. Arter his speech Colonel Colton re viewed the Porto Hico regiment, the marines and the police, and later held an informal reception at the place, which was attended by distinguished Citizens of the Island. The Inaugural ceremonies closed tonight with a grand ball at the mu nicipal theatre. Governor Colton warned the coun try against "legislating ourselves rich In a day," and recommended rather a calm, sustained, thoughtful effort to take advantage of every oppor tunity presented at home and abroad to extend the Porto Hican market and develop its trade. He araured the Porto Rlcans that complete self-government under the stars and stripes eventually would come to them w-hen a sustained pub lic opinion arose among the whole people that coold not be wtslly sway ed by the specious arguments of the few who might seek to advantage themselves at the cost of their coun try. In the exercise of his atHiolntlve power. Governor Colton said he would place only the most deserving men In public office regardless) of politieal or religious affillstMni; save The JUR Y NOT IN MOOD TO A GREE WITH THE COURT OR PRISONER'S COUNSEL Having Failed to Agree Among Themselves, Declined to Accept Compromise Ver dict Until Court Threatened to Discharge Them and The Were Sorry When Sentence Was Passed. A verdict of manslaughter was ytsterduy afternoon entered by con sent of the stute and defendant by the Jury which has been for three days considering the case of Grant I'rlgman, charged with tho murder of John W. Brlgman, and the d t'en.lan; whs sentedced to serve to-.n- und a hnlf years on the Buncombe county roads. . . ' .. Most unusual were the circuniMuu- ees attending the rendition! tho ver dict In the Brlgman case. Xfhe case hud been given the jury A&tfUeBituy afternoon, a few minutes 1for the Jury In the Watklns Paso had been discharged because of disagreement, and when tho Jurors came Into court next mornihg and reported that they could not agree It was the geneiMl opinion that there was no possible hope of a verdict. All Krlditv the hunchbacked defendant, surrounded by his children, wife and aged mother, sat In the court room while the Simons trial progressed, awaiting the judg ment of the twelve men who wers to decido his fate, but there came no Jury. Itefttwrt lo CoinprntiilM'. . Yesterday morning, however, the Jury did appear and those concerned letpcd to keen interest, but Hi" jurors merely wished to ask that they lm sent In automoliil' s to view the phu c of the killing 011 I'.ig Ivy. Automo bile not being available the trip was not taken. At 4.16 the jury ucaln appeared mi l being asked for a w-rtllet foreman J. M. Campbell repm-ii-d thai th jisrnrs Hid not agreed. L ASSOC! WILL MEET ST MEMPHIS I Southern Lciim M:i;n;it's ! ami Arbitration Board j Will Meet At Same Time.' MEMPHIS. Tin: Nov. . The at tention of the .1.1 II world will b' attracted to M'-n.nliis Monday when tho National Aw" latlon of Profes sional Ilaseball I. annual session In . 'injunction with ni1 national board of arbitration. At the same time the X'.'iniorn League mug- natc will bold u here. This is I In tlonal board of dn ir annual meeting first lime the na ! ' lors has evi r m t ..latino has sixty-h-I'OHeil of and will nKhout next week. In tho South. The national ;.- nine cases to ! be In session tht About one hundnd delegates ure ex pected to be In attendance. The mosrt Imimrtarit case to lie de cided by the natl'.i al body is that In volving the ndmi-i'n of the Califor nia state league, it present an 'out law" organization. Into tha ranks "f organized bas'i.ii The entire tiny Monday will l- devoted to the settle ment of this fiuemi' ti. IFAfR WASHINGTON. Nov. . Forecast for Korth Carolina: Pair Sunday and Monday; light winds, mostly south- east to south. Winning Of The South. )ilpKS1 . Promptly Frank Carter stated lo the court that the defense would agree to a verdict of manslaughter and Solicitor Murk W. Hrnwn reioond- .et! that under tho circumstances th slate would agree to tha pruiionttlon. The court formally Informed th Jury what they had' Just heard and when the Jurors sturtud to retire said thut It was unnecessary for them to lai so. Jury Kt'hiwu. The spectators were surprised when the foreman told th eourt In ffeci; tl.at th Jury wlshsd to consult. vastly more surprised were they when a (ow minutes later the Jury re-fcp-peared and foreman Campitell grave, ly Informed tho court that the jury wouhUnot consent to this verdict ex cept on condition that tho judge Im pose the minimum punishment, Juds'e, counsel and spectators showed signs or astonishment at the refustl to agree to a verdict approved by defend ant and Judge Adams promptly in formed the foreman that the oouvt would make no terms; that thy Jurors had no right to Impose conditions on tin court and that the matter of sen-' teru o rested entirely with the Judge.: The Jury Hill making no sign, Judite Adams turned to counsel for the de fendant and said he supposed they would not object to a mistrial. Moved in Haxtc Foreman Campbell, whom every body believed was the head of tha side which wanted acquittal, took alarm at the judge's words and hastily esked that the Jury be allowed to retire. The suggestion was mado by Mr. Car ter that posxibly a recommendation of N.M. fillD SHOPS AT NEW BERNE DESTROYED , locomotives and Ivtuiipmcnt Biujicd I7j at. Total Los,-! of 500,000. NKW tiKKN. N. '.. Nov. Fire. NEW Vt'KK, Nov H Mary Garden early today almost completely li - ! wearing a Iiiiik mul cunt, stepped of! nlroyed the plant of the Norfolk tndi,, white Star liner Adriatic yestcr- Henlh.-tn railroad h I he los i estimated at ,'Mift.OOO. in addition to noes convenes In'th. round-house, foundry, blacksmith iol holler shops, the flames reduced to scrap two locomotives, two passen- j ,,r,.Hteil In religion anrl that when she Mi coaches and three freight cars. r,.turrm to her dear Paris In the spring Ni w Machinery valued lit over 2 I,-W , .onllrme.d In the Catholic uiiii In included In the loss. Ichurch. The Hi" started at or near the! jt ,ecaue of n man do you hoih r room and had made consider- ( ,-ontcmpliite murrylng a Catholic?" able progress before Its discovery. Hy j (,(, ,,.Hr r,.,,ii Mary. "Men jiih k and skilful work of a number of i miy ,(V(1 m), ,j they cannot Inllu locomotivcs were (Ired and consider-; m n matters purely aesthetic aide rolling slock was thus moved illI(j r,,Kns. I am a Catholic be out of danger. cause I hHve always been the contrary The New Item properties of the t,ln n Scotch Presbyterian. I lovs Norfolk und Southern ntilwuy were 'w II insured. The company, through iy receivers, carries blanket Insur- .l ie . premiums upon which were r- c, ntlv paid to the exlent of f H.d'IO. AUTHOR flFFKRED MAMTMTAtt ! UUKKl Q rUSlllUJn.i ItOSWELL, N. M., Nov.-. WiillamJ Tloblnson. of Roswell, editor and an- thor. was today offered by President 'n-aft ihe tuition of (iovernor of New .Mexico to succeed tSovcrrior Curry. 'resigned, according to a report cur- 'rent here tonight. The report was later confirmed lis , u.. i,,,i.,..,.r, who is helng urged by his friends to accept. vt- uoi.in.on i. editor of The Ros - well llegbrtrar-Trihune. and Is author of "Impressions of a Tenderfoot. ii- in connected with tol It 1- cal affairs of New Mexico for years, j Mrs. Robinson declined tonight to in- dicate whether he would accept the I appointment. mercy would serve tho end desired and the jury retired and pronitly ren dered a verdict of manslaughter with recommendation to tho ' mere) pC the court, " , "' !v ' Judge Ha j (Jullly. In sentencing defendant to yve four years and chrven months on the county roads, , tt t)titt.-ncs shortly af terwurds reduced to Tour yours and six months on tho suggestion if Mr. Craig that defendant hail already served six months In Jail, Jude Ad ams Informed the Jury thut lis b llfVed.- the. 4ufendaAL. was, guilty of either murder or manslaughter. He sold that the overwhelming weight of ths testimony was against th de dendant, who said merely that h thought he saw John Urlgman draw k pistol and that tha jurors could not under the evldonce and the court have cleared defendant. Judge Adams said that he iiad tha utmost confi dence that ho Jurors did their duty as they saw It, and he discharged them with thanks. Ma said that he hid Intended to Impose a fifteen year sen tence, but respecting the doulst of Jurors he vould reduce this 10 four Vears and eleven months. H Could hot think, he sutd, nf Imposing tha minimum sentence for mansUiiKhtttr, four months. Tbe Utile Children. Huddled In a chair the deformed defendant sat silent while around him played hi little children, to whose childish minds the whole trial has been a show afld not a tragedy Involving them. They were taken away und nf- -'-I-- - i-i-i-ir.n i-i-iiru'ii'i.riJui.n.T.nLiui (Continued tin page" fone.) SREOISSjLVEOIN TEARS Will Become a Catholic and Never Marry Perhaps At Lea.st Not Yet. ,:,yi looking younger and more vlvae I (,v Marv comes back in Ions than ever j H, N4 lltu humility, for she says ; ( ,m( nxt t,, her career she Is most In (h Catholic: church because of Its iim,uty. Its warmth, Its color. The M,rvlc-, the ritual, all appeal In a ,i,., ,y artistic yet religious sense.' i And Mary has made another vow- i 1t.rhaps not as binding a that to enter the Catholic church that she will re main sineie. hv wi mv hesrt In France, ah. yrs,' and here Mary heaved one of her "Thais" sighs, "but I will go back tJ it I cannot marry but I can love. j , When asked If she was interested In M. Hrland. the prime minister of Fiance, she replied: "oh. he is a very dear friend, i charming, charming, but not the man I love." I Around the singer's neck was t-riatn Wlin an enormous umniuuu io iiitngly. "Isn't it lovelyT sne askea j "It's a present from one, oh, from THE ; .n. wno nas earn- mw w i tears all the way across the Atluntlc j It's a waste of tears to shed them OP , tne ocean, tor no matver now ni.u, lone sheds hfy are as pared to the great expanse of brine. THEASUR E T Four Men Killed And Over Mil lion Dollars Endangered Inl he Mishap HEAVY GUARD PLACED OVER SPILLED MONEY Officials Lay Blame For The Collision on Broken Rail But win Investigate: NEW YORK, toov. . row per sons, all of thorn railroad employe, were killed and six pussengors uerlous ly, and a sour slightly Injured In tt collision between a Pennsylvania rail road passenger train from Philadel phia, and an engine running light, on the elevated tritrks In Jersey- City today. (; '' ' ' The engines and all the t-ara except the rear one on the train left 4 he rail and the amoklng car and both engine were overturned. . Tho killed: John- 8tllly, "Trenton, N liXf engi neer of the puwtiiikrr train, John Mnnroo, Pcrthamboy, tingtnear Of light trat rain. , 1 1 James McChtre, Newark, ttretnun light engine. -, ' Hpeclo Dfoskle, truck walker,- ' A steel box containing 110,000, the proHrty of the Adams express com pany In tho express-car, wh imme diately placed under' guurtj when thu collision occurred and' later safely re moved from tha wreck. t- The malt ear of tha wrecked train carTlet5 cotw Ignment of gold aald to amount to 11,000,000 from tha Philadelphia mint to the New Turk sub-treasury, and waa closely guarded by the' Jersey t'lty polio and railroad detectives. Ths consignment remained Intact. Daniel (Harrington, a, towerman, who was arrested, wa discharged by the police after it had been shown thut the switches were all pro)H-rly tt at tho tints of 4 lie (tiiiilent. , , An Investigation by the ofriclals led to the declaration that tha accident probably aa cnusi-d by ,0, broken rail near tha twitch. ,' ' - Tha wreck cnuattd a serious Inter ruption to traftit , tho track being blocked for aeveral hours, - :? " ' Tha membors of tha Dartmouth col- Inge football team, ort their wa lo Prlnt;eton for tha annual game trier with ths Nassau eleven, wero among thoM delayed by tho wreck, A num ber of excursion tralna crowded with Princeton alumni on thttlr way t' witness .tha contest wore atallsd sev eral hours. . IT IMPUTATIONS CAST E Ooutnwlli'tory I'lvideiice as to Whether or ,tiot ho' Knew of her KHiapwks. . 1NFAM()U8,'811KCH1I:H Hit C tn iIia friut Ififlntr of MmJuriif! Ktclnlittll, frlmrf! with .... . . . , ... 1. u k...l..inj " ' '1 ll . step-mother, the first witness called was Itemy couillaru, rormerry. a ser vant In the Htelnholl household, but now In tljir military x:rvlcc, lit op- pearea in trie utiiiorrn u k iirniwin 11 was touuiaro woo uiw-ytvi vii Uufium. ttinitihIt l.iiiitol and tuuraed u 1.... 1.,1 n twl tl.rt ltflt.f nt ht.r tins. band and step-mother In adjtdnlng rooms, lie rocourticu umiiy: n which he had told tho police but nothing new was developed, Coullluril was followed on the stand by police witnesses. li.t.lnu tit., nftaetioon much otllltra-. dlctory tMMtltnony was given Vegard- tng just now Manama oieinoeii h,u,n Baltntul llllttlll'linilM . tf 17. .1. L.U , " .. . , V . VI. , - - things In the household on the morn ing after, the crlmo was coramilled and also as to whether tho artist knew of his wife's Intrigues wttn om- r men. One of Btelnhell's modHs, a man 1 i.i.nvi,, bwiNi thnt a few days beforo the murders, tbo painter told him that no inionaeo 10 nivmto his wlfo for the sake of their dsught-. er. On tha other hand,: M. Bouii. eaud, a brotner-ln-law of Stelnheil. testified that the painter always had Insisted nia Wire nna oeen nii...-.-n. u h. nt-tnhi.ll sdored hi wife and was In no way auspicious vt her. 1 M. Bouneaud and hit family, how ever, knew Madame Stelnhell's char acter and severed their relations with her after the gossip ' following tha death of President Kaura. Another brother-in-law of Madame gtelnheil on the contrary, testifletl that' the artist wet familiar with his wife's escapades. This ..i .- statement aroused an outburst or Indignation from Madame titelnhell. whp cried out: . . You have dishonored the memory uf mv husband. H Is Infamous." RAIN COLLISION ELEVATED