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