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THE MMf ILIiE CITIZEN. the weather: FAIR. Associated Press Leased Wire Reports. C, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 18, 1909. VOL. XXVI., NO. 29: ASHEVILLE, N. PKICli FIVE CENTS. FIRE STILL RAGES FUTURE OP SOUTH TRUST DICTATED SEniEOOITO !' I ' ' T E COfiFERENCE WILL If wont fl N SHAFTABOVETHE i DEVELOPMENT APPOINTMENTS III N.Y.GUSTOMHOUSE REAL WORK NTOMBED MINERS BFITS RESOURCES ODAY i Twentieth Annual Meeting Featured by Unusual Dis cussion Anent Bishop ASHEVILLE REPORT HEARD WITH OTHERS Presiding Elder Mierrill f ur nished Sensation of The Day With His Request HICKORY. N. G. Nov. 17 The Western North Carolina conference of the M. E. Church. South, met for its 20th annual session -n the First Meth odist church here today with a large attendance. Bishop James Atkins, 1). D., called the meeting to order. The names of presiding: elders when call ed all passed with nothing; against them until C. F. SherriH's name was called, Mr. Sherrlll said rumors hud been circulated touching his moral char acter and he asked for an investiga tion during this session of the con Terence. An Investigating committee consisting of Revs. J. C. Rowe, Par ker Holmes and L. T. Cordell was ap pointed. A resolution was offered by R. U Durham, a lay deletaie, to the effect that no verbal reports be made to the conference by the pastors In order to save time. This resolution brought up quite s discussion and some asper ity was displayed by the speakers, but it was lost. Speaking In connection with this paper, Dr. H. V. Chreltzberg, said that he objected to the time of the conference being taken up with long winded speeches of the connec tion! officers. He said .further that tie was tired of the big men of the church going up and down the coun try canvassing for the bishops. Bishop Atkins objected to these re marks, and fir. Chreltzberg recalled thsmA- Rr, -tDt Atkins, of the; Ashe vllle district, report very encouraging -'WW,'1tIWvrvte. have beau held in every charge but one, and there has been e. net gain of 400 members In the church. Several new congregations have been, organized during the year and several new churches erected. There were five ministers received by transfer from other conferences, iilshop Atkins an nounced that he had transferred Itov. (Continued on paste four.) RULES ADOPTED BY THE Time for Loading and Un-i loading Oars Eree Fix- ; ed at Forty-eight hours I CAUSEH DISCUSSION WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. Despite opposition to the "forty-eight hour free time rule" and the failure to em body a "reciprocal demurrage rule," the National Association of Railway commlsloners. In convention hire to day adopted a uniform code of de murrage rules to be applicable alike to state and Interstate transportation. This code was Incorporated in a re port of a committee headed by Com missioner Lane of the Interstate com merce commission. The object of the commission In approving the code was to facilitate Its actual application to all transportation on the ground that demurrage rules, loosely drawn and laxly enforced, constitute one of the last strongholds of those who seek to render the law against discrimination impotent. The light against the adoption of the code was led ty O. P. Gothlln, of Ohio. Who with Wiliam F. Shea, of Virginia and John A. Webb, of Miss issippi, minority members of the spe cial committee had prepared a num ber of amendments. Instead of allowing only forty eight hours free time for leading or unloading cafs with all commodities as recommended by the majority of the special committee, the three mi nority members reported In favor of seventy-two hours on cars containing more than 68,000 pounds. Their rec ommendation was defeated by a vote of two to one. One of the most determined advo cates of a limitation to forty-eight hours was C. F. Staples, of Minneso ta. "I have often wondered why our farmers could not get cars In which to ship their grain." he said. 1 now una out that it was because you fellows in New England and in Florida were keeping them ninety-six hours for un loading." The majority of committee re ported that it winsidered the question of V'rectprocal demurrage" or a fine oft lb railroads for failure to deliver effrs after they were ordered, did not com" within lis province. Two Brave Men Make Attempt to Explore Mine And Al most Collapse SULLEN MEN TRY TO BLAME MINE OFFICIALS Troops on Guard to Prevent Any Disturbance Have Nothing to do CHERRY. HI., Nov. 17. For the lirst time since Sunday, two men to night took their lives in their hands and descended the ventilating shaft of the St. Paul mine in the fiery galler ies of which more than three hun dred men and boys lie dead. The exploit was successfully carried out by Thomas Morris and R. V. Wil liams, both of the United States geo logical survey. They were nearly ex hausted when hauled to the top but were quickly revived under the admin istration of stimulants. From what they discovered it is thought the fire has moved back from the main shaft and that it may be possible to enter the mine soon. It was declared that no other at tempt would be made tonight to de scend the fatal drift. Morris and Wil liams said that the scene In the pit was weird. "All about us," said Williams, "the si earn seemed to whirl and toss. There was little smoke and much less heat than last Saturday. Ninety feet down I noticed the timber supports were considerably scorched but lower down this was less noticeable. As we slowly descended I gave the signal frequent ly to stop, hoping when I reached certain depths to look into the galler ies, but the steam was loo dense. I did not see any bodies." After four days the St. Paul coal mine . lnwhich are still enbimcd the bodies of three hundred or mora miners as a' result Bat furday'a fire today refused to yiold up the dead. Utter failure to devise any satisfactory method of recovering the bodies left the situation the same tonight as It was last night. The Interior of the mine is burning almost as fiercely us ever, partial opening of the seal over the'mouth of the hoisting shaft today allowed puffs of smoke to escape. (Continued on page four.) HIRED AS SLUGGER FOR Witness Confesses Scries ol Outrages instigated lie Savs lv lTnion (JOT T: VKU SLU001XO I'HK'AliO, Nov. 17. The slugging ol non-union men. the firing f bnild irgs because union carpenters were not employed on them anil the pre paring of dynamite bombs were told of todav in the trial of Vincent ami Joseph Altman who were Indicted in nn l,.n ..OH l.nml, r-ritlnaitin lh:it partly wrecked the mills of the Stand ard Sash and Door company in May. 1908. It whs Verra confession that caused the arrest and Indictment of the Altman brothers. Verra testified that he hudi been hired by Vincent Altman as a "slug ger" and that he received $! each for several Jobs or "slugging." lie told of burning a garage with Vincent Alt man because non-union carpenters were working on the building. Verra told or setting fire to a building own ed by a policeman for the same reason. Another building at Harvey. III., was also fired according to Verra. "In April. 1008. I met Vincent Alt man in a saloon." said Verra. "He showed me three sticks of dynamite and said he was going to blow up some place. I was afraid of dynamite and said I would not go. Later f met him again and he told me he wanted to blow up the Standard Sash and Door company's plant. .1 said I would not." Verra told of making a bomb at Altman's house. After the explosion at the sash and door plant, Verra testified. President Meta! of the carpenters- union, sent for him and told him If there was any dynamite at Altman's home to get It oiit of the way. Verra said he took the dynamite from Altman's house and bid it In a shed In the rear or his own house. Verra will continue his tes timony. SOME MOXKY IX COTTON. GAINESVILLE. Gh.. Nov IT. H A. Pickett, a prominent local planter, today sold to Savannah parties , 22S bales of this season's crop of sea Island cotton for approximately 121,000. This Is the third big sale consummated in Ahiehua county this sen son. President Flnley Optimistic astoOutlooK For Indus trial Progress SEES BEGINNING OF MOVEMENT TO FARMS Attraction of Country Life Un der New Conditions Call Young Men Back SAldSHl'K Y, N. C. Nov. 1.7 Pres ident Finley of the Southern railway addressing a large gathering of folk from the emfntry side here today, and later speaking at a banquet of the board of trade, expressed the convic tion that in no area of equal extent in the world Is the agricultural out look brighter than In the Southern states, and urged the farmers not to neglect the cultivation of cotton. "We may well look forward to a time in the not far "distant future." said Mr. Finley, "when the world will call on the American cotton planters for 20.000.000 bales every year." Mr. Finley said he did not view with any alarm i lie tendency of young people to leave the farm, but said he believed the Increased at tractions of farm life would soon turn the tide In the other direction. "In viewing the mures," salil Mr. Finley, "It Is not to be' wondered that tho'se responsible for the management of the railways of the South, seeing the agricultural advice going hnnd in hand with the Industrial development. should have faith n their territory ami should he slr'vir.g o tr? utmost to Increase the carryiog capacity of their lines so as to be able to properly handle the Increase in traffic which it joiie to come." . I "d usl rial Progress. Mr. Finley spoke on Southern In dustrial development and said in part: ,: "'Pile ll,cs along which the Industrial revival made the most rnpld progrew ir( determined by economic condi tions. 8cattc-ed throughout the South wer'" a f:- totton mills. T!iey were pvfi!i; f . : ig under the new conditions. Amp1" "uppllei i" cotton grown in the Pledmo-i section and In thy nearby roHHlnl i"T' 'lis were nana n was natural and 'tevltatde that rotton mjanufscturing should lead the Indus- (('(Miilnoed on fwge three.) I ANXIETY FELT FOR THE SAFETY OF COL. Sailed From Jamaica in very "Teeth of Storm Which De vastated fsland CUTTFliS SEARCH SEA NEW YORK. Nov. 1 7. Colonel John Jacob Astor, who is aboard his yacht Nuiirnuthfil, rias out bei n in communication wrwi New York for twelve days and it Is likely he has not heard that .Mrs. Astor obtained a de cree of divorce from him November K. Kurly that day, before the divorce formally was granted. Colonel Astor was reported to have Mailed from t'ort Antonio, Jamaica, since then no word has been received of his whereabouts, and s"ome concern has been felt for the safety of the yacht on account of the recent Western Indian storm. Mrs. Astor sailed for Europe on the Lusltania today. Vincent, the seven teen year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Astor. is cruising with his father. on board the yacht with Colonel Astor and bis son when the yacht sailed from Jacksonville, October 15, were Richard Peters a cousin of Mrs. Astor. Vincent Astor'e tutor. Herr Von Kaltenhorn. an da crew of forty five men and officers. tTTTKHK Si:lU IIIVJ U ASHINfiTON. Nov. 17. Search is being made by the government for the iniwlng yacht Nourmahal Ix-lonclng to John Jacob Astor of New York. She is supposed to be somewhere In West Indian waters between Jamaica and Porto ftico. The treasury department on request of anxious Inquiries today cabled to the commander of the revenue cutter Algonquin at Kan Juan, Porto Rico to search for the Nourmahal. The yacht is reported to have lett Port Antonio. Jamaica for Kan Juan. Porto Rico, over a week ago and has not since "been reported; CiOVKHXOK Rt'CLII-X. CHICAGO. Ills., Nov.. IT. District Attorney Edward It. 81ms this after noon filed the answer of the govern ment to the petition of John R. Walsh convicted of misapplying the funds of the Chicago Notional Bank for a re hearing of his appeal. MITCHELL DEFIANT DECLARES HE WILL NOT GIVE UP RIGHT TO SPEA K In Dramatic Speech Following Endorsement of Boycott Be Declares No Court Has Power to Keep Him Silent or Dictate What He Shal 1 or Shall Not Buy With His Money. TORONTO, Out.. Nov. 17. Endors ing a report of the t'ommitrae on boy cott, John Mitchell, no of the thres officers of -the American Federation of liHbor who are under sentence for contempt of court, made a dramatic speech .to tbe i-onveiitlon ef th or ganization at today's session. Ma de clared that as far as ho was foncern ed, regardless of ConsnquMiwa Me In tended while at liberty to declare for the rights gusratitt'ert him by tho or ganic laws of his country.' The report which drew forth Mitch ell's speech and which u adopted toy the convention aiivong other things di-clarcd: "We say that hen your cause Is Just and every other remedy has been employed without result, hN colt; we say thai when the employer has determined to exploit not only adult malrr labor, but our women and liildren, and our reasoning and ap peal to lla fairness tind his conscience will not sway him, boycott; we say that when labor has been oppressed, browbeaten and tyrannised, boycott; we say that win n social and political ends liecome so bad that ordinary remedial measures are fruitless, boy--olt; and firm M w- say, we have i right to boyi nti mid we propose to exercise that rlghi. In the application of this right of boycott, to paraphaae the president (Compers) we propo to to strive on and on." The convention broke into loud cheering for Mitchcjtn he concluded And there were crlea for "Morrison.' The secretary did not respond. Presi dent tlompers was alsent. COMPLETES ITS 11 Ifcclnrtion in lVnaltics Against Lw (inule 't-, lon Iriin-i ;il (Jhaiitfc NKW YOUK. Nov. IT. The meet ing of the revini'-n committee of the New York cotton exchange was held ; ifter the close "I 'business tonight and ; differences-applvlng to the delivery of ' r-olton in contrails were fixed for the i balance of the i rude year or until , the meeting ol the n xt revision meeting which ill be held .luring '" he said he was the only repub- j r !. "rang,. ,'r": V'' .Mean representative who bad not been I '"Uniad. omlfnrd, iifllrmed; llrlttlng Sepiem'ber. I :i I " ! ,.,,,iii,.,i ..hi.m ih.. ,.,.i,,i ,.r ! hum vs. Htadum, flullford, afllrmed. VYidcsprcfiil inf'-tRHt has le-eii f. It in the action tonight and after the re sult of the i .on miUces deliberations had been made known, more or less Teneral satisfaction was expressed as the charges wen- comparatively slight imountlng to a i.-ductlon of from flf. leen to twentv-liM- points in the pen allies against l".v grade cotton, of which there Is comparatively little in 'he local stock nt the present tinv , and which Is also reporU-d to be scarce in the south. mm WAHHINOTON. Nov. tTv-Korecast for , Korth Carolina: . Fair Thursday, colder In east portion; Friday fair;, moderate northwest Winds. . . t T" Mr. MUchell eald liu realised that t every statement mads by those on (he convention lloor, and - Especially by lhon wha 41 n liext Monday will have to deliver themselves to Hie courts, Is being closely scrutinised. : "I want lha people ol the Vnllwd States to know my position," ho salt, I shall not speak dellantly but be!0 mnA fup " th nnUnifnt thfit thn eoiiBeiiuences what thy will, f 1 shall not surrender any rlghi guuruit- teed to ine y the constitution' of our country. I am nof euro how much mejitaj ana pnysicai nrrer ng . wdi nocesmrry in mime, me suniil).ouuil t know myself, not iuul a mo nut of suffering will persuade me that I have not the right to spend my motyy where I please or that I have not the right to write and speak M I please, Is'lng responsible under the law for my acts. "I understand that rognlxande Is be- I lug taken at Washington of (he ut terances of men op the floor of Ihls convention, and I want clearly to state my postilion, I propose In the future, as I have In the pust to exer cise the rights secured to me by the luuie oi my country; ana i propose t If 1 sin sent to Jail to declare again! whoii I come out that I shall nut for myself purchase any product of the i Mucks Ktove and llange company. I I repeat that so far as I am con- cerned. and let the consequences be what they will, 1 Intend while at lib erty to declare for the rights guaran teed to me by the organic laws of my country, f um proud of being an A merliHii." MUM'S PROTEST LANDS JOB E0H HIS MAN Sppiii-ck Appoinfinrnt of'Oon- Ktitncnt Al'trr Anotlioi'i liatl Mppii Sclfftcd WASHIXOTON. Nov. 1 7 President TuH today settled tu,, rvorth Carolina i census supervisorshlp which had been darkening tho political moon around the white house for several days, Hepresi illative Morehcud of the flflh .North Carolina district bad threaten- ed !, resltii his seat In congress Mr. Morehead has been a visitor nt the while house every day since Pres ident Ta.ft's return but left this after noon entirely satisfied. He hod recom mended for appointment u, friend anil : supporter. D. II. Dlalr. Tim director of the census, however, had si-cured the appointment of Prof. J. It. Olas son. Mr. Morehead registered a vigor ' ous pntest and today the appointment iof professor Olasson was revoked and the place will go to Mr. Hlalr. Pro I fei-sor Olasson will be given a position I In tho census bureau In Washington. CONFERENCE MUST WAIT ON ELECTION I H I HM INOHAM, Abi.. Nov.. 17. tCivltig as a reason the desire to have all the ministers of the church remain tin the ni li to work fe- 44-MloptUu i i of the prohibition amendment to ihel ! yine constitution whp h Is to b" vn'ed j I upon at aPecmi e.ect on or. -x . i i i of the methodist Eplaeopar Church. H ""'l uTlT ,th. today announced that the two governor was Issued tonight. He aays: annual conference, of the church to "A "-at and prosperou. people to be held in thl- state had been postpon- be happy must be MMul d from next week to the week begin- ble." H4 foUoWe with concise pur nlng December I. i"-Ph dlrerling ueual observance. Mr. Mitchell suld he had growh up as Hn American with a atep-mother o poor that she could hot Uiy bread, and related how ho had crept out of; bed tit night to gee his father's Ko. dler coiii. to keep him warm, h !'Hut I whiiL to see the word Amcrt- W s'iubatid ht lln. Us g of our t'oun- try.'V he continuing 'i want rtal 'lib. frty..-I don't beiU,e lit' the liberty enuticrtttud by some i r court that nand womep should have the right In work themse mselvca to death. I don't believe In lha liberty enunciated by Judge Tuthlll ot Chicago, who declar ed unconstitutional the ten hour law for women, and by that act compelled them to work fourteen hour a day." Mr. Mitchell said ha believed the present proceedings would bring homo to the people tho necessity of work ing 111 concert. "Is the time going to come In our continent when the badge or faithfulness to be labor must be the brand of Imprisonment ?" Ha suld In conclusion, "Hurely I hope not. 1 hope that the government may be so conducted that no t-ltixcn may feel that he has not been glwn JiiBtlcc and an cuihI right wllh every other citizen." The plan adopted of scltllnr the disagreement nmon.T the Klectrlcl workers was recommended to the convention by Its committee on law It called for the appointment of a committee of three trade unionists to call tint proposed convention of the Klectrleiil workers. SUPREME HOT HANDS llaiit'ock Kcntfiice of Five Vchih Al'finiieil by Kind hitf of Ai'pat' ('ourt ItALKKlll. N. I'.. Nov. 17. Klgh- teen appeals were disposed of this cv enlng by the Huprem court with opin ions and otherwise as follow: Newbern vs. Wndswnrth, (.'raven, new trial; Dull vs. Taylor, Pamlico, reversed; Drewry Hughes company vs. be-M'avls. Cnlon, error: Hhlves vs. Cotton State vs. Cox, Itutidolph, new trial; Commissioners vs. Iiorsett, Davidson, error; Howell vs. Railroad, U jwall, af llrmed; Purefood Klllott, Randolph, new trial; Htato vs. Hancock, Korsylh, no error; Dunn vs. Hallway, Hurry, er- ror; Wagon company vs. Rigging, Kor sylh, affirmed; Klrby vs. Manufactur : Ing company. M'r curiam, afllrmed; ; t'rown vs. Kallniud. Rowan, per curi am, ullirmed; IXiuglass Hhoe Co., vs. ! Vaughan, Korsylh. per curiam, af . lirnii d; Oeorgla Manufacturing' com I pony vs. Kerner, Korsyth, per curl jam. affirmed; Commissioners vs. Chap- iman, Cabarras, motion to dismiss al ' lowed. The affirmation of Htate vs. I Hancock means that I.. O. Hancock ZtJZT Co., of Wilialon-Balem, i was manager. ot which he HIUKF PIMH I.AMATION. RAMClOH. N. C. Nov. It. Gov . . . lltnLIn' H.niilamullnH f I -i in r niliJIIH v m ia,inatiiu iwi Thatlk)((rlv.lnl!r o..rvance. tho brief- Former Official Declares ho Was Ousted Because ho Refused Bribes 1 SHAW PROMISED TO y REINSTATE HIM But he Pound Ills Hands so Tied That he Could Not Keep His Promise i NEW YORK.' Nov, IT. Henry C'i Corsa, who once was employed nt government sampler at (Its American tfugar Refining company's docks In Jersey nty. added further Intoresln j material todny to the complicated, con- ? tro verity surrounding the fraud charg- 1 ed to the company and various cus toms officials and employes. ' Corsa was discharged from the gov'' iinmont service seven years' ug by ' reiiaoii, o he believes, of his efforts to ' obtain an Invesligallon. In a lengthy ?.' Interview today ha review th obstai cleg he met, umt rectltcs experiences ' similar in many respects to those of Itlehard Parr, ond Fdwln Anderson, i. who are. defending tlielr ,espeotlv claims by being (he ot iglnal exposers ot rorrupllon lr the custom house.' Trust Krtt Him Ont. ; AVIIbar K. Wakemunr former np p raiser brought Corrnla name nto th( case some tlm ago when he utt'cslud to the fact of his dlsvhnrga afler he' had brought to the government's ot-" tentlon convincing cvhTtnee of graft' Which, t'orsH Mtyi, -was successfully, blgcoB-hoIid after he was oitetod. HU j'fforts to olituln re-lnxtatenient, t'orsa ' Sdds, were allied fnuo time . to lime 1 by .Ipslbt M. Hhaw, lormer recrilnrr of the trciisiiry, and other prominent men, but none of them, he dei Luts, was able to ovcrcomu the grip the sug ar company had on the New Yik customs service or lo get for him Hi ' endorsement of Oeorgo' Whitehead, who succeeded Wakeman us appraiser. . Nhnw Mal Promlsff. ' In his Interview of today Corsa set forth that he went to Washington to present his case to Hecretary thuw, and the latter, ha says, uftcr a long , conference ali! i , "I'll see that you are put back. I could demand It right now. Hut thlngg' are working o smoothly between Mr, " Wkll,.hMrf mi..ulf Utul t - , M .M lltf-l, ..,.! If want to break in Abruptly on him with this demand." . A short time afterwards, according to Corsa, he rerrlve,d a letter from. Mr. Fhaw statins; that Hhaw found fiisf. hands so tied that he Could do noth ing. . . , Corsa suys hla evidence 'against the. sugar company was to the erect that agents of the company hus offered him bribes In return for his assistant') In substituting sugar of a low grade tit samples taken by th-t government for testa upon which cargoes were appraised,- As -a part of this evidence, he turned over to his superiors the money .given him as a bribe. -t-, The proposal for congressional Ine vestlgatlon wilt be opposed by at leant some of the officials In charge of tho present Investigation, H was openly said today ' by n government ottlcla' such an Inquiry would defeat Its own ends, In that many of the guilty lm-' porters would be able to obtain Immu nity by testifying for the prosecution. In fact it la suggested that the im porters themselves are working for an Investigation by congress.' UT HE DIES. E I'liiladclfihian DisapiwaiTd in July After Trivial D'm putt! About King Ct.v.VKI.A Vl'i ii. ' N'nv 17 The body of a, supposed trump who died In a ten cent lodging house lust Thursday was tonight Identified as the remains of W. C. Lytic, vice president and gon eral manager of the Motor Improve- , ment company, once missing trtnee July 15. '"" Identification was effected by 'Albr It. Talnott, attorney, and a ronstable : from a justice court who wrre eum-. nionvu 10 mo uif mw " vices from New Yirk. t.yle dlsap-; peared Immediately following a minor dispute over a diamond ring In which a woman procured his arrest, . Worry over the trouble affected I-ytle'a bear ing toward his friends, and-a few days before the day set for tils trial he vanished. Talcott was his bondsman, having signed tor th 1.88 t ail war ranty. tst week a ragged stranger appear--a .. . iu i,M.,lnir hiiuan referreil to and registered as M. Marlon. The next morning he was found dead, penniless. The cause of hie death la still a mys tery to the. coroner and othor physl-1 Clans who examined him. 1-ytle came here from Phllsdelphla.