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THE ASHEWLLE CITIZEN. THE WEATHER; 'J SHOWERS Associated Presa Leased Wire Reports. VOL. XXVI. NO. 19. ASI1KVILLE, N. C, MONDAY MOIiXIXU, NOVEMHKUH, 1!. l'HICE FIVE CENTS. E AFFIRMS LO YALTY TO MOTHER CH VR CH A F TER HER REB UKE This Ought To Help Some! TO IKE PLEA FOR IE LIFE OF THE INJURED CADET Has Been Paralyzed For Three Weeks From Football Accident L Mrs.Stetson Anszvets Rumors of Tried Before Jury And Found Guilty of Every,. Crime In The Calendar Excommunication by Statement in Which She Protests Her Allegiance. NQTASOULAROS OPERATION MAY OLD KING ICO HO i . f CONGRESS OF EXPERTS DIVIDED AS TO "NIP" Cannot Say Whether Moderate Acquaintance With Demon is Harmful or Not WASHINGTON. Nov. T. Alcohol and alcoholism are two of the real and substantial enemies of moral, ar tistic and commercial progress of the human race, according to the report of the United State delegates to the Twelfth International congress on Al coholism, made public by the state department today. The delegates were appointed by Secretary Knox as one of his first official acts. The congress was held last July in London, and twenty-five governments, wen- repre sented, the delegates of each concur ring in the general finding that alco hol not only was unnecessary to hu man life and comfort but was Inimi cal to both. . 'Three departments of the United States government were represented by delegates, state, navy, and treas ury. Twelve representatives went broad, and all of them unanimously signed the report made public today, the finding of which is to condemn the drinking habit as dangerous to health and morals and subversive of national, moral, commercial and mil itary greatness. . According to the report, the Inter est shown In the congress was greater than ever was known before. Because of the Information evolved at the con- ;gress, the delegates accepted the Invi tation of the queen of Holland to hold their next meeting, two years hence, at The Hague in conjunction with the conference of the committee Jfoat is working for international 4 peace. y IWHmi.iSWWi..'. . . ; ,WJjl,As,cong,rJ?rge4Jhe' eesslty of imposing; tno mom rigorous restrictions on the sale and traffic in alcoholic liquors. It regarded as equal ly Important the need of educating :e" younger generation to a true knowledge of what alcohol is and what its effects upon the human sys--m are. The delegates believe that le numerous recent discoveries iuj to ju'Liu'inriri-i-,- - " .--...-.-.I. , j (ContiiiHed on page six.) ROOSEVELT CANNOT BE ILlNESSiT BELIEVED Government Officials Near est Him Have Heard no Rumor of His Illness. IIS FAMILY ANXIOUS. MOMBASA, British Eart Africa. Nov. T. The government, which has been inytlgating tho rumors con cerning the Illness of ex-Presldcnt RoosewT), while not successful In .getting it.to oireci communication 't-ath Colonel Roosevelt and hi party, has at least learned sufficient to sat isfy the officials that there is no truth In these rumors. The latest despatch received tonight from offi cials in the Interior says: "Nothing known here of reports. r-Momn Revldere report all well October 30. The Roosevelt party is j now ona lng safari. ROME, Nov. 7. John XV. tJarrett, secretary of the American embassy, today received another despatch from Messrs. Newland and Tarlton, of Nai robi, friends of Colonel Roosevelt, who' are following up their-..investigation as to the origin of the report of Mr. Roosevelt's illness. The de spatch was as follows: "Have ascertained that no uncoiled telegrams have been dispatched from this protectorate that could be respon sible for the Rooseelt rumor, which s obviously untrue. Colonel Hoose velt is away from a railway. We are trying to communcate with him. lie will wire direct. (Signed) Newland and Tarlton' Roosevelt, who has ' been greatly wrought up by the reports of her husband's Illness, remained in her apartments throughout the day. but Miss Ethel Roosevelt and Miss Carew took a short drive, accompanied bv Commander Andrew T. Long, the American naval attache. F.DITOU DECLIN ES JOB. ... AUtmi,oiiiiv.. ... - - , William W. Robinson, eunor oi im- , . .. ,1 ,1 an. r- KOSWCII nc6i.-... - ' -- Bounced that he would decline the n-.h! f Vow Mexico .recently offered him, The resignation of Gov ernor Oeorge Curry is effective next NEW YORK, Nov. 7. Annoyance at a headline In a morning pa per which read, "Mrs. Stetson's followers defy the mother church," today prompted Mrs. Augusta E. Stetson, the former first reader of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, to write her own newspaper story and her own headlines. The latter read: "Mrs. Stetson's answer. Declares her loyalty to the Mother Church. Emphatically denies Mr. Htrickler s interpretation of her teachings." These captions appear on a four page typewritten statement which Mrs- Stetson's secretary distributed tonight in her home In Central Park West, adjoining the church of which she was the recent leader, and frojn which pfisttion she was deposed be cause of alleged "mental mulprac lice." Of this charge she was acquit ted by a briurd of Inquiry and the verdict of exoneration was endorsed last week by the congregation, but tho controversy continues. Declares Jler lyoyally. Mrs. Stetson re-affirms her alleg iance to the Mother Church In the following words: "I wish to state here most emphati cally that 1 do not defy the Mother Church, neither do my followers." Answering the charges that she hail attempted to Invoke evil by thought upon the heads of several persons she savs of Virgil O. Htrickler. the pres ent llrst reader and her opponent: "I was surprised mat ne mines ler) seemingly could not grasp the metaphysical points that there Is a difference between mental malprac tice and self-defense. I will give as an Illustration what I understood the dif ference to he between menial mal practice anil indispensable defence of self-protection: If I felt sure that I was being attacked, either ignorantly or maliciously, by any person, I should H my thought with the qual iiio. nr Rnd truth and love, which alone renders one invincible to. what t!vo proceeds from' the carnal ntin.- Froni th s fortress or aeiense, i should speak to the person, address ing him by name, and then speaK m th nrrnr which mlaht be operating through tho human mind, for which he has been an avenue, then 1 wouio declare that malicious animal mag netism In all its phases and forms was powerless to work through his h n man personality, using himasan PRESIDENT TREATED IIKEIME FOLKS" Ai Augusta Makes no Demands Upon Tired Traveler tor Ki leeches or the Like. 'L PRESENTS A CUI I AUOUSTA, Oa., Nov. 7. President Taft enjoyed a real rest today and will j start for Washington tomorrow af-. ternoon, greatly refreshed by the two. lily days he will have spent in An- Kiista where he has been treated as j "home folks." This was the first j Sunday since he has I men "on the road" that President Taft was not cMled upon for a sermon or anad dreBs of some sort and he appreciated the novelty of the change. i rt..- u nnir nichi'i- Aleeo the ores- d('.nt arose late and attended morning services at the church or tne uoon Shepherd where he heard a sermon i... t..v rir William Johnson, the rctor. Mr. Taft attended this Epis- I copal church when he was here last ! winter waiting for his term ot omce 1 to begin. The presidents entertain ment in Augusta nas variea nine irom : that ..vinmled him as nresldent-elwt. I He had luncheon today at the home of Langdon Thomas with twenty-nve residents of the city. During, the innrhmin Mr. Taft was presented with a silver loving cup as a remembrance r hi. ,iir rtavs on the course or the Auirusta country club. The cup wasi Inscribed: 'Eighteen holes 88, indicating tne president's best record on the local links. After luncheon the president had sn lllUlomoiMie rim: ,.fcu,,.vru ... .... I heme of Major Joseph P.. Cumming. hl host, for an afternoon lea arrang ed by Mrs. dimming. The day ended with a quiet dinner for twelve at the Cumming home. Tomorrow the president will spend tho mornin? st Eolf and at 1 o'clock will open the Georgia-Carolina fair, leaving at z.30 p. m., for Klorence. KIXG OX JAO'T. LISBON. Nov. 7. King Manuel left here today for Madrid en route for frnnr. anit Knirlnnri. The Duke of Oporto will act as regent during the king's ahMsnce. ; - avenue to injure nu or any one, or to hinder the progress of Christian science. It is the superiority of spirit ual newer over material sense unJ is not malpractice.' f i There was an unusually large at tendance at the First Church today In anticipation of some developments in the controversy Invoking Mrs. Stetson nt Boston, it was announced ufter tho service that a special meet ing would be held on November 1j "to take up the matter of the meet ing held on Noven.ocr 4." This was the meeting which upheld Mrs. Stetson. V hut Kiienilc Say. Leaders of the anti-Stetson faction of the First Church of Christ Scientist, prophesied yetter dav that Mrs. Stetson probably would be excommunicated its a result of the -church meeting Thursday In which she was exonerated ot all the serious charges made by the board of directors of -the "mother church" In Boston. It was made public yesterday for the first time that Mrs. Stetson had been admonished twice, and thut the next step would be 'excommunication. On September 2 4 she was warned to correct hor views and mend her ways. In addition her license to teach and practise was taken awav. Last Mon day, owing to further Inlormation the Boston authorities had received. a letter was sent by special delivery, admonishing her for not hooding the first warning and for her general "contumacious" attitude. Tho board of directors objected particularly to her gathering tho admonished practi tioners together In her house, after the church hud reprimanded them. SuccttililiK Mrs. Ikldy. The laMt notable excommunication i was that of Mrs. Hellii M. Oilbort. who attempted to set up u church of her own. The rumor thut Mrs. Stetson was making herself the active leader of the entire.. Christian Science movement and wti planning tb succeed Mary Baker tJ. Eddy, was confirmed yes terday by M. J. Kalns, associate edi tor of the American Agriculturist, a Christian Science writer of note and a mom hor of the First Church. He made public the following excerpt of a letter which he hud written last Tuesday to Judge Clifford P. Smith, (Continued on logo three.) FOR THE OTHER HALF j.One Side of Her Face Pink i and Baby like and Other Sallow and Wrinkled i WANTED AS EXHIBIT. NEW YORK, Nov. 7. Like the Ik rolne in a recent novel, who found herself only half rejuvenated when her beauty doctor suddenly died, Mrs. Ella Houghton, a wealthy widow liv ing at the Hotel Ansonia, appeared yisterday in the West Side court be fore Magistrate Krotel, as complainant ugalnst Mrs. Ella Harris of California. Mrs. Houghton was two faced on one side was the pink of twenty on a pliimi rosy cheek, on the other the sallowness of forty on a lleshlcss, loose skin. MrR. Harris effected the semi-transformation, but stopped because her 'subject" refused to exhibit herself to her neighbors and society friends In the hotel as a "demonstration." "I agreed to make an exhibition of myself when the Job was finished," explained Mrs. Houghton. "That was more than a woman of my standing ( ould afford to do; but 1 felt I ought to he grateful, In spite of the agony It caused me. I suffered for two weeks and was willing to suffer that much longer, but Mrs. Harris refused to tinish the Job." "Mrs. Houghton is one of a group of six women who clubbed together to take the treatment at $200 each. I have been rev Italixing faces In San Francisco for fifteen years and many of my customers come from this city," said Mrs. Harris, who was represented by lawyer Chamberlln. "Mrs. Crosby, a friend of Mrs. Houghton, who Intro duced me to her. is one of my clients. Vou see how exuulsite her complexion U" Mrs Crosby Indorsed Mrs. Harris' Statement, and then Magistrate Krotel beard the accusation of Almuth C. Vandlver, counsel for. the county med ical society, who charged Mrs. Harris with practising medicine without a license. Mrs. Harris denied she was a prac titioner. She said her treatment was a scientific process, discovered by her. She denied that either knife or med icine was used. She said she was a chemist and had a diploma from the slate of Carolina. proud family dragged in mire of Disgrace by a worthless son : ' Son of Gen. Lyttle, of Tennessee, Dies Drunkard's Death in Colorado Springs Hotel While Accompanied by Disreputable Woman. Second Scandalous JTragedy in Family. iJHNVKIt, Nov. ". According to The News, the man who was found dead in a room at the Antlers hotel in Colorado Springs1) crduy, is William l.yttle, a member of one of the oldest and moat prominent fami lies in Tennessee, Which h related to that of ' former President llenjamin Harrison. The News asserts that l,yl tie's father Is Kvanoor Lyttlc, of Mnr frefsboro, Tenn., and that W. K Lyttlc, a confederate general and one of the richest men In Tennessee, Is his grand-father. 1 The cause of Lyttte's (hath is sOU a mystery,' but th Woman. Wlsfl Jen nie Mitchell, recently of this city, but who halls from Chicago, who had been with him for two days previous and who was In his room In Colorado Springs when his death was discov ered, is being held pendiiiK investiga tion. She declares that at Lyttk-'s re quest, she administered a dose of aro matic spirits of ammonia and that then they 'both proceeded to take n nap. When she awoke l.yttle was ly ing dead on the bed. Sister's Tragic Kwniule. Further facts concerning tho Ident ity of l.yttle, published In Tho News, credited him wlih being a member BLOODY BATTLES FOUGHT IN LITTLE REVOLUTION Two Eiigagcnic'iifs Ueporlci in Which Many Soldiers Were Killed on lOaeh Side. I!I.CEI''IEI.1H, Nicaiagun. Nov. 7. News was received here this morn ing by General Ksinula that in an engagement near Guatuano, Chbntales province, on Thursday and Friday General Kornos Diaz, "f the revolu tionary forces, won a decisive vic tory against six hundred government troops. The reports Kt.iie that a hun dred of the Zeluya soldiers were kill ed or wounded und that the loss to the Insurgents nas hliglii IteporU from .Maii.igou '" sterday stated that the government troops had defeated the revolutionist In the engagement in ('honlale province on Thursday arid Friday with heavy losses to the Estrada followers. The same dlsaptch staled that General Kornos Diaz while defending I'aso Jrft Jasa with four hundred men was routed. two ii:i,i..;it victims. CHARLOTTE. N. ' Nov. 7. --Pellagra claimed two i Urns in Rowan county last night, Ih'w being Mrs. Ju lius A. Peeler, a widow, fifty-seven years old ami i negi - woman living beyond the city limits of Salisbury. Mrs. Peeler had been ill three months with the disease. Tie- name of the other victim was not learned. These sre the first and only eases of the disease reported In that county. WASHINGTON. Nov. 7. Forecast: North Carolina: Local showers and warmer Monday; Tuesday fair; cooler In west portion: light to moderate east to south winds. m SHOWERS) p of tho First Tennessee regiment of volunteers in the Spanish-American war. He is also snld fchave beon mix ed up In the shooting of a negro in Chicago in August, 1HIIH, following a trip tliroiiKh the Tenderloin with a girl he claimed was his sister. The latter committed suicide u few days later in the Auditorium annex, l.yl tle's father Is suld to havu spent a fortune to clear him of-his trouble, l.yttlo returned to this city from I40 Angelas sovej'a.1 days afro and an nounced that ho had Inherited a. for tune from -v relative , who hd dU'd recently tn his native '"statK'Hffa without funds here, however, snd the trip to Colorado Kprlmrs wus maileto et money that hud been sent to him there. The woman who had been his companion 'for several days claims to have loaned lilm money to help pay the expenses of the Journey. Tho cor oner found only a few cents In tho pockets of l.yttle'a clothes. The police or Colorado Springs at Irlliiitc l.yttle's death to over-indulgence in drink. MAItY lATTLE'S SUIOIOID. ('II ICAOO. Nov. 7. The suicide of Miirv I.yltle nt the auditorium nnnex (Ji-iiid Council and (tnuid Chapter Will Both Meet at Savannah Tlii.H Week. HA V ANN' A 1 1, Ga.. Nov. 7. Kaviin-J mih is to be the host of two bodies of the Masonic order during tho com ir;e, week, (in Monday thorn, will as semble the general grand council roy al and select Masons of the United Htate's'vf America. It will continue ii session through Tuesday, conferr ing the degree of the order of the priesthood. This degree will be con ferred by Past Grand High Priest W. I.. Goldlng of this city. On Wednesday morning there will convene the general grand chapter rove I anli Masons of the United State of America. At least five bun dud members of the order expect to attend and an elaborate program of 01 t rtainiiienl has "' I'll prepared. The grand council will be tendered ,1 lisinrpi.-t at Thunderbolt the night Of November 10 which will be one of the most elaborate ever attempted at this well known place of enjoyment, most of the members of this council an expected to remain over for the arch Masons council and will be pres ent at the barbecue at Colralne on Thursday. November II. On Friday there will be an oyster roast and Fri day night 1 here will be 11 big banquet n- one of the hotels and will close, the week on entertainment. FALSE START WAS CAUSE OF NEAR RIOT. VIENNA. Nov. 7 V false start, leading; to the disqualification of two horses in a trotting race today In the Prater, a park on the outskirts of. the city, find the victory "f an out sider caused a riot slid an attack upon the Judges. Cries of "lynch them" was the signal for thousands of spectators to attack the Judges' stand. They smashed windows and reduced stand to matchwood. The Judges made their escape and a large body of police with drawn swords re stored order. Manv persons were In jured nnd nbont fifty were arrested. created a sensation In C'hlcugo and In parts, of (he South In August, 180.1, The woman shot herself twice In the right side after s, slunimlnr tour with a man believed to have been hor brother, whoso name nt that tlmo was suld to be Henry It. little. Ths WO man was reulstered ns ''Mrs, Henry Olover, M(mlif(mtjry; Ala." The sul- rcide's Identity was established Whif Mrs, Bvandur juyttie of Murrveesboro, Tmaru, pain' to ChlcK snij (dentlnnd Khn iody as that of her Uauhtirr. The mother fallea to .throw llgrht on the mysterious man who had been " the girl's companion, It was found at the time that Miss Lyttlu was related to Mrs. Carter B. Harrison. Bhe wss ft grand daughter of General William Lyttle. Tho slumming trip resulted In the shooting of Jacob Htnlth, a nero mu sician, by the man now bflleved f have been William l.yttle. Lyttle es caped after tho shooting and It Is be lieved thut fear of tha notoriety which would follow the affray caused the young woman to md her life. L Contempt Sentence Hanging Over Ijewlcrs One of Mat ters to b Settled. TORONTO, Nov. 7. Kor the llrst time in tho twenty-nine years of its existence, tho American Federation ot Labor has crossed the border line ot tho United States and beginning Mon day will hold Its annual convention In Canada. Delegates frm ll parts of the United Status and Canada are here. With Jail sentences hanging over the heads of President Samuel Gom per;i, Vice-President John Mitchell and Secretary Frsnlc Morrison for contempt of court ss a result of tho Ilueks stove case, the question as to whether an appeal to the United States Supreme court shall be taken, will probably be decided by the con vention. Mr. Oompors and his asso ciates contend that tho conMltullonal right of free spevfMi and the freedom of the press Is Involved. Mr. (jumpers returned recently from 11 four months' trip abroad to study labor conditions. His report is expected to he of ma terial aid In determining the question of afflllutlon with tho .labor unions of foreign countries. Industrial training Is likely to prove a live topic as tho problem la. the one that differs radically in the different branches of Industry. Tomorrow's session will be given over to addresses of welcome and the report of President Oomper. Secre tary Morrison and Treasurer Lennon. MINI! OVKIt M.TTEH. "Much may be done." said . th Acute Observer, 'by an authoritative voice. Now, If a 'man says to a dog, 'Come here!' with a note ,of. absolute authority In his voice, the dogs comes '. Immediately" "Yes." said the Traveler. "I've no. ' ticed It. And It Is especially marked : In oriental peoples. Why, when 1 ; was In Khailsandjharo. I heard a man iwy, with that authoritative note in his tone, 'Oh, King, live forever and Immediately, the King lKved forever Carolyn Wells, In "Success Mag' zlne," CHANCES STRONGLY 4 FAVOR HIS RECOVERY Fracture of Vertebrae RosulU Gd In Dangerous Pressure on plnal Cord . 1 - ANNAPOLIS. 114.. Nov. 7. After lying in nn almost totally paralysed condition since the Injury to his spine in tho Villa Nova-Navy football game three weeks ago yestorday'Vlldshlp man Karl I. Wilson, quarterback of the Ksvul acftdcmv football ' team,' was operated on IhVi afternoon In an effort to wive his life. Tha operation was considered succesMful ami th chances strongly favor hit recovery, It IB Sall. ' :'.(' "":.':. After once abandoning tb opera tion a practically hopelem, tho sur geons at the tinval hospital hold an other consultation this morning and determined to perforin. - It. Wilson. who has' retained his mental facul ties, was anxious for' the operation.' The operation consumed nearly two, hours. It wss performed, by : Stir-' georvt Hlokes, Iden, Woods nnd' As sistant Surgeon Cottle, of the navy. Later the followlnir statement was Issued: , "The olieratlon wns successful In. every way. Vtirts of tti himlrluo of the sixth, fifth, fourth, und third cer vical vertitbrne ' werti femtivcfl, uinf nrewtire from bone Trnnments . re lieved. ' The casing of the spthnl cord' was opened and a wrvful Inspection, made. It was found that the cord had. been dangerously compressed beneath : the fourth vertcbrao due to the (lis-, location of that vartchrue. AM indi cations were carefully, met and .Urn patient left tho table in exetillenf con-. . dltlon With his chances decidedly im-, proved. Ttis outcome depends tin I ha estent f th original damage, to Ihu spinal cftrd," , . "H m Md that ttbnvrt and below this point of pressure tlin cord wus perfectly normal. Kspej lnieiits show ed that while sinnlli r and much com pressed there were some pulsations and signs of life In the Injured por tion of tits fiord. MM SAVK HIS LU'K. UTICA, N. Y., Nov., 7. Jowph K.i Pickering of the Cosenovla seminary ; football team wlpiim spins was frac-i tured in a gam with Colgate yester day, was successfully operated upufi at Fuxtoil hospital this morning. 'Tho operaUon disclosed the turt tluit both sides of the arch of the seventh cer vlcular vertebras had ; been broken and the spinal cord : lacerstsd. The' compressing bone was removed ' and following the operation the surgeon aid that the lad had a fair chance to recover, - ' ,' IT MM l! FOUR PERSONS PLULI5 F All OeeupantH )rmn Be fore Help Could bo Sum moned to Kenfue Them. BODIES NOT FOUND. CHICAGO. Nov. 7.-A uulomtiblls containing several persons plunged into the Chicago river tonight .wt Jackson boulevard und the occupants of the machine were drowned. No bodies have been rscoverd. A witness to the accident reported to the police that the bridge st Javk- son boulevard hud been opened for a steamer to pass and that the automo bile, which was approaching , tho bridge at a rapid rato struck the abutment, turned over and fell Into. the river with all Its occupants. A moment later he saw a man end woi. , man struggling In tl.e. wutrr the wo man clinging to the man. Shu scream ed for help and a brldgo tender throw out life preservers but boll) victims' sank. ' . Firemen and police reached the scene soon after tho accident snl be-v gan to drag for the bodies. The wit- ., mss to the accident reported that tho automobile contained four persons. ' NEW YORK HORSE SHOW OPENS TONIGHT; NEW YORK. Nov. 7.The twenty fllth, National Jtnrso show will open for it annual exhibit f five davs at Madison Square Garden tomorrow evening with over !,&0 entries, the. second largest numoer in Its history. The directors gave a luncheon In the garden this afternoon and treated, their guests to 'a ring display of th'or-Mighhreds-i Alfred Owyrt Vnnderblln president, t his brother. Reginald C. Vanderbiltj and other notsd horsemen Were present. " ' ' February.