EYILLE CITIZEN. THE WEATHER: FAIR. Associated Press -Leased Wire Reports. Vol. xxvi. no. 23. AS1IEVILLK, N. C, FIJI DAY AfORMXC. NOVEvMBKK 12, I!MKi. PRICE FIVE CENTS. THE ASH BOYJUNK DEALER TURNSBANKROBBER AND KILLS CASHIER Shoots Three Men Wounding Two Seriously And Takes to River WHEN CAPTURED GIVES STORY OF HIS LIFE Confessed That he Planned Robbery And Did it Singlehanded LOUISVILLE. Ky., Nov. 11. In an attempt at bank robbery, a yuung man who has been partially Identified s Arthur Hall of lyiulsville, a dealer In second hand furniture, intend ilie Marchants National bank at New Al bany, Ind., shortly before noon today and killed 3. H. Angary Fnwcett, cashier ofthe bank, seriously wound ed John K. Woodward, president of the bank, and wounded James H. Tucker, a negro, chauffeur, proobably fatally. When Hall entered the bank he carried a pIstoT In each hand. After commanding every one to throw up his hands and "Ret Into the vault." Hall began shooting. Cashier Fuwcett was shot through the chest and neek and his intestines were perforated Woodward was shot through the liver and hlslntestines were perforated. Tucker the chauffeur, was shot through the body. Uses Stolen Auto. Following the shooting tin; mur , derer rushed from the bank and tried to escape In an automobile which he had taken from the curb in front of the residence of its owner. Mrs. Wal ter Escott, at Louisville. He hud forc ed the negro chauffeur ut the point of a pistol to drive him to New Albany. After the (shooting at the bank the chauffeur was paralyzed, with terror and apparently Incapable uf action, sat still when the robber Jumped hir to the machine and ordered him to fep ar the robber- then jumped out of the automobile, snoi the negro in the back and ran two blocks to the Ohio river. He seized a skiff and was on his way to the Louisville side of the river before the frightened citizens of New Albany knew what had transpired. An alarm was given through a megaphone on a dredge boat and In a short time (Continued " pane fo"r-. TAFT MAKES SOJOURN FDR li WHOLE DAYS IN TIE NUTMEG STATE! With Vice-President Will iteeeive L. L. I). From Weslevan University. JUST A QUIET TRIP. WASHINGTON. Nov. 1 l.-l'resident WAS l.vuioiv, 'VUV. I i. I ' -" I ' . , f, u..luhiL un Senator Aidnch talked here tonight Tnft and party left Washington on, 1,1,1 , ,. ., nnKV, ' to the local bankers' club. He again the federal express over the IVnns!-. r r . , , ,i ..n,.,.,,,,,,., discussed the necessity for the refor vania at 5.35 o clock this a 1 1. moo.. . for Hartloi'd ami Mimnciown. o,.,.., ( for a two day trln. ' The departure was made on schedule time and was without incident. In the president's private car were Vice President . Slurman, Attorney C.eneral Wiekersham and Mr. Tuft's military tilde. Captain Archibald Butt The vice president will accompany ; . . , . , ., . i made in comic anil with mention ol the pres dent to .Miildl. tow n where mam in mi i ,.,, he degree of LI. 11 will be conferred 1"" ''"" of ,he late .Senator Allison on both of them tomorrow by W-,"" ;1 ,7'" Uvan university. I'"" haw around any but the kind- Mr. Wlekersham's presence on th I '' feeling- u , r , train was for the purpose of discuss- Mr. Aldr.ch was the guest o bono, ing with the president matters con-' t a bankers dinner given al the Su pected with his department. The at-i voy hotel. ,rnev general will g-. as far as Phiia- . i"l'lr Mr. Aldr.eh spoke .leltihla and expects to return lo Wash-(especially of the growl,, importance ngtnn tomorrow. Only a few per- "f the west as afford ng the b., sens were present at the v, ill m station reason why the people of Iowa to the see the presidential party olf. sh.l.ild Ulr,: a ta -l banking svs 1 jtem and he appoab-d to them to Join htt mTncst7Ti Tn with hini iM ,lrvisin,'r 3 ,,"n ,hl," AKIm JlrrUaiU 1U would pla. e the I'nlted States In ad- INFANT MORTALITY. ' vanee ..f all other nations ha . fman- I ,.ia eenter. Here he gave si.mewhai NEW HAVEN. Conn., Nov. n. more attention than elsewhere to the The opening selon of the confer-; important part that commercial pa 1 ne upeni.i seoi I .,r .,aVi, the banking systems of ence on prevention of infant mnrul tv M . ..xplained was here today wai. devoted to the reiid , h )f medlcC ?X?ermZr'VZ::Z i" - --ad J suggestions looking S ..r vice-president of the ; - - Impr-,emet over our mone Academy of Medicine. tar' -v8ten Dr. J. H. Mason Knox, ol jonns Hopkins, presided The addresses and j 1nkr al ! ine i"ir"mi , lilt? VII" v - tion of Infant mortalltv from the phil anthropic aide. Dr. Edward T. De r Von.. Vrirk chairman of the me, " meetiivaald that the object of the n.M.ihjl said max me oojeci o. me fenmcf wa not only to prevent baWeTnyNr but to keep therri Well and Increase tneir strengin. INFURIATED MOB JN L USTF OR BLOOD REVELS IN CRIME Run Down And Lynch Negro Wij6 Murdered White Girl And Then to Satiate Appetite Wreak Ven geance on White Man. CAIRO, Ills., Nov. 11. Henry Hal nor. white, a photographer who killed his wife last July with an aw. wab taken from jail at 11.40 o'clock to- niirhi bv :i moo and naneed to a tel egraph pole and his eody riddled with bullets. This lynching followed close ly on the lynching of Will Janus, a negro who earlier in the evening hud been banged for the murder of Miss Annie l'clley. The governor, who Is in Chicago, ordered eleven companies of the stale guard to Cairo at once. The mob gave Ki.lvnor n chance to confess after the rope w as around ins necK, nut to- was so frightened that He could only mumble that his sisters bad killed his wife. Held Religions Service. The mob became furious at tills and it was hard work to Keep mom on Sal.m r long cnoujh to pive him a chance to pra. The inob finally sub sided and a short service was held. lifter which lie vvus strung up, the rope lielng placed over a telegraph pole at Twcnly-lirst ami Washington streets. The mob fouml sonic difficulty In breaklmr the cage, as it was an en tirely steel structure, but after a half hour of telling blows upon the door. It gave way and Salzner was secured. The mob rushed him out of the back door of the jail, which is In the basc 'inent of the court house, around the building, through the yard and out Into Washington avenue and U to Twcnty-tlrst street which Is a promin ent corner and lias a public square. lb- cried iinil- begged piteously for his life and wns met by cries and blows from the mob. When Salzner was asked for his last statement, a mini,' a stranger in the crowd, stepped forward and said lie believed Salzner vvus Innocent, whereupon the mob fell upon him and kicked him and llnally knocked him down, and It was only the pleas of cooler persons that saved his life, lie was compelled to beg for mercy of the mob and anounced ill a loud voice Hint Salzner should be lynched, alter which he was driven from the mob and all attention was given to .Salzner. Afler Salzner was hanged and vvbile Hie body was being riddled nidi bullets, the rope broke and Ilie body fell to the ground, where it now TALKS TO BANKERS AND BUILDS HJSAIR CASTLES Thinks That The West Is The Coining Fl Dorado For American Youth. WAS (JUKST OF JIONOK. MOIXB 11. Uj ()r()cr () proV,il, against pan ii s like that of 1907 He went Into detail eoneerning the , 1'i.nlrul banks in Kurolle. Iterations of This is the home ot .Senator Cum mins, who lias clinwii an inclination t,, antagonize the Aldrieh polloi.---. Mr. Alih-ieh's onlv allusion to Mr. MOKE 1'EIJj.Vt'H V IH'RHAM. X. C. Nov. ll.-MI.ss Maggie Hutehins. daughter of well-to-do parents, died here last night of pellagra, making the tenth victim of the disease In this city. She wm the -- - . ! second white patient, the other also woman, to die from the strange PERFORMER flLDRICH lies, the mob going away and Icuvuik if- Hal.ner was born and reared here. He had been married about two years last July when his wife was found at her home with her skull fractured. A bloody axe was found under the bed. Two babies were playing In the mother's blood. Salzner was found at the home of his mother, win re he of ten slept at night. JSefore Mrs. .Salz ner died, she recovered enought to ac cuse her husband of attacking her. Keeling against him had been bit ter, and tonight alter the lynching of Junes when some one suggested .Salz ner, the mob ruslied for the counts jail, got Salzner ami lynched him. Will James the negro sus pected of being the murder er of Miss Annie 1'elley was killed here tonight by a mob. James was strung up to the public urch, the rope broke and ut bast live hundred shots were poured into his imdy. He made a partial confession and impli cated another negro, Arlluir Alexan der, whom the mob is now searching for. James was lynched in the most prominent square of the ciiy and hanged to the arch at Kighth and Commercial streets. 0 Women I'ollcil Hope. Women present were the lilsl In pull the rope. Whi, n il broke, the frenzy of the ne b was uncontrollable and I hey fired volley after volley into James' IhhIv . shooting him lo pieces. The moli I lien dragged the body over the streets for more than a mile, to Twenty-sixth and Klin Htreets into an all'-y and burned it where the morder was committed: At least 111,000 pi-. pie ivillussed the lynching. a 3iici'iii n r.uoriH i am, James was found with Sheriff IVivIh belvvien Karnak, Ills., and llclknapcr, by the Cairo crowd who went up this afterncpii. The. crowd overpowered the officers, and took the negro from t h m. and after a conference It waa decided to bring their prisoner hack lo till?, i :iy and lynch him. Sheriff Da vis bad been fleeing the mob for tvv i:l .v-four hours w ith the prison, r. Iiriviii i'rnni town to town by rowds. Hie shetjlT had taken to the woods Willi James, but the persistent search i Cont limed on inuc three.) SHESHOTHIM BUT SHE OFHISPTSIIIDWIFE Knoxvillc City Turns Up 'ilh K'cal Sensation In Fverv Dav Life. FOLLOWFI) IILM CI'. K.t,X'lLI.M. I'enn., Nov. II.- would nnl hurt a hair on bis hejnl fur Ilie world" were the wolds littered by .Mrs. Ann i 'eker. in In r ei II at the illy prison tciight nlti-r she had been arrested f.-r fatally sliooting he, linsliallil. Janus CoIm r. when she toiiiid him in company vvr.li bis d vor. id wife on an uptown street. Tin Ceke.s liv. three miles in tie enqu iry ami ai cording to .Mis. Coker. net hu.-daii'l lias lor some weeks been holding seer, t i -lings with Mrs. "Sa rah Keagan. his. former wife, who re ci ntly retuiiied from Cincinnati, while her second husband died. Ti lling In i leiiiand tonighi that he eimld not come tu town unless she cane wilh him, he proceeded to show her i therwise. Coin.; to tne boose of a in ighbor. Mrs. Coker secured a pls tel, CidlnwiMl lier husband to lnwn and went to a house where she licllovcri he would be. Wailing in front, sli was rewarded by seeing them come out W lo n within arms length of the pair. .Mrs. Coker raised the pistol and while wrestling with her, the weapon discharged and he received the bullet In Ills left groin. Coker will die. Mr. Coker says she wanted to kill the woman anil not her husband. Mrs. Keagan was Coker'a first wife, lie having married her twenty-rive years ago. They were divorced fifteen years ago. Coker was married to his second wife eleven years ago. HFOICKS PI1ICK OF GAS. ATLANTA, tin.. Nov. II. Kxtuh lishing a precedent In the matter of the regulation of municipal utility corporations by a state board the Georgia railroad commission today ordered material reductions In the rates on gas and electricity in Co lumbus, Ga., supplied by the Gas Light company of Columbua and the Columbus Railroad company. ' " nnni in i ! i n in mi i mi i ii ii mw illl'i iwi jrw NEW MISSION HOSPITAL TO BE BUILT TO REPLACE OLD BUILDING Directors Considering Plan to Erect New and Modern B rick Structure in Rear of the Present Hospital. Money to be Raised in Par t From Salo of the Present Building and the Lot on Which it Stands. A new anil modvm Mission hospital to be erected to replace the present building If present plans of the board .1' directors can be earned to fulfill ment. While the plans are as yet In formative stage, Itfciin he stated that a new hospital Will be built juit ai soon as the board can advan tageously arrange for the sale of th'o 'Id building. I'or. several year the .resent build ing has been totally lltndi Miiato to the needs of the. city, and while every patient baa been taken thut the Iiob pital could possibly, accommodate, still many seeking ndmlltiuice to both (he charity and tne private wara have been unable to find accommoda tions. Moreover, the old building la antiquated and out of date, and ln facilities are not Hiilllcienl veil Tor the accommodation of the patients iinU It receive While In a fairly good condition it nevertheless Is a costly building to maintain In such a ituto as la required by Its uses and last year over $700 had to be spent In re pairs and alterations Itrlok Itnlldlng. The plan Is to o .it a new and modern brick building on the lot in the rear of the pr sent hospital ac cording to plana especially adapted lo hospital uses. Tin new building Ih to be equipped vviili every modern convenience, and i ouslrueted with a special view to its sanitary complete ness. It will also be planned on audi i scale as to accommodate all future requirements of tin city. The plans will lie so drawn lb ' a win:: can le rected as souii as lands can le- pro vided, and later when more room is deiT addil iona 1 w ei.'s can he added CUSTOM OFFICERS TO WATCH ALL TOBACCO Scrutiny ;is f,, Killers juwIiXi, Contesls at National Vi'ai'TN v. ill Save Tlioii-j Convocation Kxeept for saiuls to Com I'linient. j Minor Positions. WASIIIMIToN. ' ov. 1 1 I low lis will In- saved io- a more rigid eeo Import to product com in,; :.ity for filler to- matieal but tlo- Ho- a tti ill ion of . w York. The last month took I - rigid s rutin-. ' s iznr-s mUlit . .eeo when mixed many thousand do! Ill tile eoyerlHllellt examination of to prevent the wrae n under Ihe lower baeeo Is Still pro!. matter in engaging customs experts in treasury depart men steps looking to in ami announced tli be made. Filler l or packed with ovii liftecn per cent of wrapper, if unM'-mmed . Is taxed $l.ir a pound and ti 50 a pound if stemmed, while fill- r otherwise is tax ed only thirty-live ais if uustemmed and fifty cents If mined. Reports indicate that an examina tion of only ten e r cent of eac h Im portation as at Si w York, doea not safeguard for th" government inter ests. WASHINGTON. Nov, 11. Foreeiut North Carolina: Kali" Friday warm er In Interior Saturday fair light to moderate winds mostly northeast. i ," yiLA i! V I Another Dash For The Pole. on without Impairing its general eivle of architecture or In any way blocking the light or ventilation of the wards. Would Sell Old IliilMlng. The hospital ow ns a large lot In tho rear of the present building extending all the vuii' back to the alley leading loir Wooillln atreet, and this will give ample room for the new building olid all future needa and will, at tho mim.e. time, be off the main thoroughfare where there la always morn or less noise and dust. The lot teeujieit. by the present building la one of the most valuable sites Jrt that part of the city end with the building conlrt probably be sold for enough to build the pro posed new building, and such addi tions to the funds as the hoard of di rectors may be able to secure. It Is proposed to set aside the fund collected on the last Hospital Hundny us a nucleus for the new building fund rather than expend it In altera tions or Improvements on the old building which must necessarily In Ilie course of a few yeurs lie abandon ed as a hospital. Splendid Work Done. The splendid work done by the Mis sion hospital Is not entirely apprecia ted bv the people of the city., but a few statistics from the report which the board of directors Is preparing to send lo the state board of charities ill show the great good It Is doing 1n In Ho- community. Tnirln gtho year from October ft, 190H, to October ft, !!,, according lo this report, 6D8 eases were treated at the hospital, and of these two. thirds or. to b" ex act. 4ri0 were charltv patients. When (he comparatively small and precar ARE MOVED UP A PEG SAVANNAH Nov. II -I'm- I mot inns wer, ilje nrder In he b-rfb.i, of officers of Ho- general grand ehap il'i of ro-.al anii .Masons tit the eon j vocal. on of that body lu re today. I l''oii,w-ine a.e ill" new ofticcrs: ;e.i'ral er.iinl high prl'-M Naihan O. K ii.elc.v ,. Ai.siii.. Minn, i l pl.v k ' u i ' i a I grand high priest ' llcrmird !. Will, Henderson. Ky. leneral wraiid king i;ei,,,rc K. '.'o.-on. aslinik'ioti. I '. lo u i a I etand stnlie - l-'ia. il'i Ick ii'iai:. I.ch Moines, Iowa. 1 ijiniral grand cantain of ilie host William I-". Kubn. Si. Joseph, tin. j loiiera.) grand principal ieJourie v ' I'e ster O. Ilrown. Topi Un, Kansa.-. 'ieie ril grand royal af-h captain Charles N. Itlx. Hoi Spring. Ceneral grand master of Ihe third veil J. Albert lllake of Hoston. The gem rul grand master of the S'.ond veil and the grand noisier ' jthe liisl veil Will be elected tofliol- ! row. These are the only two i out.. sl ed places In the entire lil of officers. Major 11. I. Hamilton, of N. w York. Mr U A Ooiidard. of Illinois; Mr Henry If Manks of laigrane and Col. Kobert 1.. Coldlng, of Savannah are being championed by'fnends lor the vacancies. This morning twu hundred Masons and their wives mude the circuit of the grand prise automobile ruce track ears and this afternoon following a river trip were guests at an old-fashioned barbecue "under the oaks at Colralne." I '''' " ' 1 leWT J ious Income of the Institution la con sidered this great preponderant of charity patients Is llltlo short of mar velous. Moreover, the rates for pri vate patients are so moderate that but lllthi rent Income Is realised from them. The appropriations of 100 per monlh from the city nnd county do not cover the expense of the eharlty patients. The hospital is en to nil tho doc tors of the Uy, and It thus open to ail the people tit tho rlty aiirt eoutity when there la room.'. "Of emirs there Is a regular hospital jrtttff, hut any ihyslfllan aond hi patient, there ami continue i" irei. nii . Corps of Nurses. It In well provided With nurses who, under the superintendence of Miss Mary f jixton, are doing splendid work not only In the treatment of their pa tients but also In the education of young women to be nurses In the nurses' training school. M1ss Laxton has been a tireless nnd efficient work er In the advancement of the hospital. The mortality or tho Inslllullon for the past year Is sufficient proof of the excellence of the attendance. The report shows that there were but 47 deaths during the year, and of these is were moribund cases when re ceived at the Institution. And all of Ibis was done on the meriger sum of about $15,000. The receipts from all sources for the year amounted to (hut sum, and the expen ses took It nil, and it was due only to I ho excellent management of the dl rieetors anil staff that the hospital was not in debt at the end of the first year. rriniin i mvm SHEKEL'S SENTENCE Must Serve Five Months in Jail for Assault on South ern Ifailwav Conductor. KAI.KKill. N. ''. Nov. )!. Tlia! Kaxler Sin tnwell, ni"ii.l."T of a prom inent family In I-exingtou who shot I,, death Or. l'aviie. In that, town, a number of years ago, must serve five ( months in (inllfoid county Jali for drawing iwo revolvers on Houthern railway conductor, who refused lo vio late orders and stop a through Koiilh crn irijin at l.exiiigton for him to get off. Is the effect or the action ot the State Supreme court Ibis afternoon, in affirming Hini, conviction and sen tence of th" lower court. In iimiiliir ease. Slate vs. Hilton, from C.uillord. flu- court holds that Judge Long erred when lie called up a ease against the defendant and pass ed eneiiee after Judge Ferguson had three years before suspended Judg ment on Ihe payment of costs and bond for good behavior, which had been subsequently discharged. The court holds that tho former ir-ase had been fully s.ilislled and could not be revived, a punishment for subse quent violation. His offence was sell ing whiskey. other cases In the list of opinions delivered today follow: Jackson vs. Farmer. Hampton county. error; Young vs. Hrooks Mfg. Co.. Chatham, affirmed; Holden vs Daniel, Oullford, affirmed: McKlnnle vs. Developing Co., fiutlford. affirmed; Mangiim vs. ilangum, Durham, affirmed; Camp bell vs. Hufflnc. Oullford, affirmed Smith vs.' Furniture Co.. Oullford. af lirmed. State vfl, Kecord, Randolph, affirmed; Tlse vs. Thomasvllle, David son, affirmed; Moreflelrt vs. Lackey, Randolph, affirmed: Trust Company vs. Mason. Durham, new trial; Cox vs. Railroad, Randolph, per curium, affirmed; )Urug Co. vs. Railroad, Ala mance, per curiam. arUmped: Lemons vs. L. & N. R. It.. Morgahton, per cu riam, affirmed. , . HIGH OFFICIALS IN T Investigation .Shows That "Alan Higher up"Was Be hind Weighing Frauds I COMPANY STARTS CLEANING HOUSE President Declares he Is Ready to Aid Gov't. Offi cials In Their Inqutry NKW YORK, Nov, 1 1, . Bvldence which is conilibntly expwetuil to r veal the "man )ilher up" In tho su gar welghlm frauds umjiiitlii'd dur ing the term of Henry U Htlmson United States district attorney for the Southern dlslrlvt of "New York has been placed In ptiKaesitlon of the uv ernment It was anthorltlvely slated today and Is being used as the basis of a federal Indictment soon tu be llled nmilnst one of the American Hu- igar Uelltilng company, Hlnce surren dering tho duties of United Slates dis trict attorney Mr. Stimson, aetlnit t a special United Ktntes attorney-general haa hud In hand tho work of building up the government' cevw opalnst the rustom -house weigher mid the employes of tho American Sugar Heflnlnj company who are charged with having consplned to- KCther to defraud the United State noveriiment t.f I J, 000, 000 of sugar du ties, The Inipiliy is now approaching a ellpiax. ''' ' Arter Man KtRtier Vp. ' Mr. BUmson himself refused to dls- ciihs the nature of tho evidence, but' It Is learned that the evidence fur-; nlshed by one of the Implicated gov ernment weighers- waa regarded a conclusive enough to make practical ly certain the Indictment of a high official of tho American Sugar Refin ing company. , , , . . , V,.'M., Tbomus, president- of Ihe American Hugar Hellninf, company, spaa King or - ine- gavcwummt. une gatlon sold today: ; , ; , ' 'Our company l just as anxious ss the Ktovernment to bring out the facts In the sugar frauds. We am doing ev erything In our power to aid Mr, Btlmson In his Investlgatln." ' Resignations ot James F, Pender- nagel, the superintendent of the WU- llamaburg plant ani? several other de purtment heads in the ploflt were ac cepted today. It Is said, and other changes are contemplated , In th house cleaning that the company has atarted. IrfsMt All Mettled. Henry U Htlmson, special rounset for the governine;it In tho sugar fraud cases, tonight denied a statcttKuit pub lished hero today that the true, losses to the fuderal treasury by short v welghirwc of imported raw . sugar would total $30,000,000. i Mr. Ktlmpson In hi denial says; ' "The reports that the record ahow a loss of titO.OOO.QOO to the govern ment from the weighing fraud at the American Sugar Refining company docks, are not true, nor is there the i slightest basin for believing that there was any such loss. If there, had been, the settlement for $3,13, 000 never would have been made. "The customs records wer careful- , ly examined under my direction be fore that settlement was made; and I believe that tho payment made wu 1 completo restitution to the govwn ment to tho amount of its los," TI S. Medical Association En dors" Taft on Health Department. ' NEW OULKANHi Nov. 11. -The third annual convention of the South ern Medical association adjourned to day after electing Ur. W. Crawford of llattleshurg, Hiss., president: select ing Nashville a tho next place of -meeting and adopting scleral reso lutions. A resolution was unanimously adopted endorsing President . Taft' proposition that there should be estab-; llshed a federal health department. v The association also went on record , us strongly favoring the acceptance of Mr. Rockefeller' gift of 11,000.000 for a campaign against the hookworm disease and Instructed the councillor to prepare resolutions thunklng the donor. The report of the council rec ommended that the association mag silne should suspend publication af ter the December. Issue. tr. Oscar Dowling of Shreveport. La., was elected accretary and treas urer. . - - SYNOD IV ItlLlTlCS. MOKTOOMEKT, Ala.. Nov. 11., Tho synod of' Iho Cumberland Pres byterian church of Alabama today endorsed tho constitutional prohlbU lion amendment. The meeting of the synod closed tonight with temper ance rally. SUGAR TRUS MAY BE GAUGHTI N TOILS