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ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 23, 1?00.
PRICK FIVE CENTS.
VOL. XXVI. .NO. 34.
CONFERENCE ENDS
WITH THE LIST OF
THE APPOINTMENTS
Wong About This Time
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III!
VJOUUD OFFICER IN
4Q0JACKTARSAR
DRU
lEbROES
DRDEREOTO SAiLTQ
SL1ALL-SIZEDRI0T
I'f
Nine Members of His Posse
Are Also Injured by The
. flying Shot -
OLD KINO ALCOHOL
WAS RESPONSIBLE
Deputy Sheriff Retired From
Fight With Eighty-Three
Leaden Pills
UNION, S. C Nov. 22. Following
two day of tense excitement, with a
race riot of serious proportion
threatened, a a result of the whole
sale wounding of a deputy sheriff's
posse by drunken negroes In the east
ern portion of the city late Saturday
night, quiet prevails here tonight and
the officials believe they have the
situation well In hand.
The negroes who' did the shooting
made their escape and this probably
accounts for tne fact that further dis
orders were not recorded yesterday
and today,' Late this afternoon one
of the negro charged with the shoot.
Ing was arrested and lodged In Jail.
Three others for whom warrant were
Issued have not been apprehended.
Following repeated efforts on part
of Deputy Sheriff A. 8. McCall to put
a stop to the noisy revelry at a negTO
frolic" Saturday titght, he with a
small party of citizens, started for
the house occupied by the negroes,
when the latter opened fire with shot
guns, wounding nine members of
the officers force, including the dep
uty sheriff, Who received wounds hi
each let-.
One negro was found In the house
seriously, wounded. ,
It to Bald that he got within rang
of his companions shots when the
attack was made upon the officers.
Sheriff O. M. long was summoned
knd Immediately went to the scene
iritif.vrriw!rfit"-',tb wM,
. . v.n.1 GaA however.
rinee, vine
and the sheriff and his men directed
heu- attention to a systematic search
of the negro section for the guilty
ones, but without result. A lurge
inifr of whiskey was found in the
house occupied by the negroes. I-ater
the wounded negro was found by the
officers near the house, where he had
crawled after his compainlona fled.
TO C6ME1N THE FUTURE
SAYS JUSTICE BREWER!
Her Increasing Familiarity
With Business Will Do-
mand 'Ballot for Her
NO BRITISH METHODS:
NEW YORK, Nov. 22. "Female
suffrage will come. t fully or at
once, but by varying steps."
j
Court Justice David
itr-wer thus expressed CotfTldence In
the ultimate success or woman suff
rage in an article which will appear
in the December Issue of The LudieV
World.
"Woman's broader education," s;iyt
Justice Brewer, "the increasing famil
iarity with business aJ public affairs,
will lead to it. And why not? Th.
chief reply is the home- God forbid
that It should be Jeopardized. For
upon It In nil Tts fullness depends the
best social life. In fact, it Is the basis
upon which growing humanity de
pends. And in it woman must ever
t,,' the great factor, the unchallenged
iliieen.
But female suffrage will not de-
liMse the home or lessen Its power and
Influence. On the other hand It will
Introduce a' refining and uplifting
power Into our political life. It will
not stop marriage, neither will a high
er education. The great natural l.n-.a
of our being will always assert them'
selves." ' '
Justice Brewer' article is a careful
consideration, of . the," facts and statia
tics of womari Miff rai in the various
states in which it has been tried,
either partly or for all offices. The
spirit of the article Is indicated in
these further elttracts:
"It has passed beyond the days of
ridicule, and we hear no more of its
advocates a short-haired women and
long haired men. It Is being consid
ered by thoughtful men and women,
animated by th desire of doing that
which shall be for the best Interests
of all.
"Speaking abstractly, it is difficult
to see how the capacity to vote, and
to vote wisely, depends on the mere
natter for or; against Temaie aunrage.
Yet? htit. alwaye aoe. awtraci ;twi
Dr. Rowe of Central Methodist
Goes to Charlotte. Will be
Succeeded by G.H.Detwiler.
Aslicvtlle District.
AshevKle; Bethel D. J. Miller.
Central O. H. Detwller.
Haywood St. T. L. Lallance.
North Asheville S. P. Morley.
Haw Creek circuit W. L. Edwards.
Biltmore and Mt. Pleasant C. H.
Christenberry.
Burnsvllle station A. P. Kutieuge.
Rurnsvllle circuit Kufus K. Brady.
Elk Mountfln Elmer Simpson.
Falrvlew circuit J. A. Fry. V
Hendersonvllle circuit C. B. Hypes.
Hot Springs circuit D. R. Aldson
Riverside To be supplied.
Swannanoa circuit D. R. Proffltt.
Tryon and Saluda W. A. Newell.
Weaverville station W. K. Coovey.
Weavervllle circuit C. L. Keecr.
Marshall E, O. Lawton.
Mars Hill L. H. Griillth.
The appointments for the Asheville
district made at the Methodist con
ference at Hickory last nigh', win w
read with Interest in this city by rea
son of the fact that Rev. Gilbert 1.
nnwe. for four years pastor or ine
Central Methodist church in this city.
goes to the Tryon street cnurcn i
rhnrlotte. to be succeeded here by
the Rev. G. H. Detwller wno nan oceu
at the Charlotte church for onty one
year. Mr. Rowe's departure will be
greatly regretted by his congregation
in this city B he has endeared him
self to all during his residence here.
Dr. Detwller has the reputation of
being an eloquent preacher.
Another feature ot interest in hub
city Is the fact thpt the Rev. T. L.
Lallance, or tne naywoou iinv
ehurah. will remain here. Since he
came here from California over a year
go Dr. Lallance nas greatly strengin-
ened his church. He is regarueu .
one or the strongest infnri. ...
district. .
Following are the appointments iw
the other. districts:
Charlotte Dltrtrlct.
II, K. Boyer. presiding elder; Char-
lotte: Belmont t-orij, ... -
Brevard street, Ira Erwin; caivary.
13. E. Williamson; enaawica wu
wmwHiai w W H.-RooWns: DHWorm,
lotte,, w. U. uomif, iinnj,
Bain A. W. Plyler assistant; Tryon
n T Rowe w. i.. iiii ".
.nnerniimerary: Derita. Seymour Tay
lor: Lllesville, C. II. iiyoe.
E J. Poe; Monroe, Central, H. K
Chreitzberg; Morvln, to be supplied;
u wion .1 W. Clegg; North Monroe,
r'n A,ii,-ihf Plneville. W. S. Hales:
Polkton, L. T. Cordell; Prospect, O. C.j
BOGUS COUNT IN JAIL IS
EAGER TO CLEAR HIS WIFE
DF
IDelaws She Had No Part In
; His Swindling Operations
In Paris
AN ADVENTURER
PARIS. Nov. 22. "Count" otnuir
Carl ell GiitmtH. formerly dishwasher
lat the Hotel Belleclaire, incw i o. ...
land his handsome .wife, daughter of
'Unrein do Thomscn, an American jtk-i-
chant whom Don Pedro of Brazil en
nobled, who were arrested here a
fortnight ago on the charge of swind
ling merchants out or goods valued at
$t0,00O. are still In prison here await
ing trial.
The count" has been clamoring to
be heard In order that he may shoul
der ail responsibility , and clear his
wife. Adventurer as he doubtless is,
there Is that much decency in him,
and both he and she havu won u good
deal of sympathy on account of its
display.
His lawyer was engaged in the
Stelnheii case and had no time for
anything else until this week. Since
he has been free he has been pushing
for !i trinl and these seems a fair
chance that the woman Will be dls
charged.
The pseudo archduke is not a stran
ger to adventure, although oply twen
ty years old. He was born In Schar-
dtng, Austria, in December. mis
father had a government berth, nut
resigned on account of brain trouble.
From early boyhood the youngster
WHS H lwevs eettlne into scrapes. Tir
ing finally of school, where he made a
bad list of it, he ran away to Mainz,
Germany, and hired nimseir out as
apprentice to a cook. The work prov
ed too hard and paid too mtio to suit
him and he went back to his family,
then living in Lin. There he succeed
ed in raying hands on his mother's
jewelry. She thought of placing him
in a reformatory, but decided Instead
to ship him to the United States.
That was five years ago, when he
was fifteen. On the voyage across he
cultivated the ehlp's cook and on lamt-
ingwa accused -of having medeon"
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Brinkman; Dnlonvllle, A. J. Burrus;
Wadesboro, J. H. West; Waxhaw, C.
M. Campbell; Wedd(ngton, J. m.
Bradley; principal Weddlhgton acad
emy, J. W. Downum; principal Pled-
mont Industrial school, J. A. Baldwin;
missionary to Japan, 8. A. Stewart;
student Vanderbllt university, N. S.
Ogburn.
Franklin District.
J. E. Gay, presiding elder; Andrews
station, L. D. Thompson; Bryson t.lty
and Whlttler, A. S- Raper; Diltsbmo
and Bylva, C. H. Neal; Franklin cir
cuit. W. I. Hughes; Franklin station,
M. F. Moores; Glenvllle circuit, K. I..
Andrews; Hayesvllle, J. R. Warren;
Hiawassee circuit. Gay Bryant; Jud
son and Almond, S. I.. Mcintosh; Ma
con circuit, A. W. Jacobs; Murphy
station, W. E. Abernethy; Murphy
circuit, J. H. Hopkins; Robblnsvllle,
A. P. Foster; Webster circuit, J. A.
Peeler.
Greensboro Circuit.
W. It. Ware, presiding elder; Ashe
boro circfuit. James Wilson; Asheboro
station, C. A. Wood; Coleridge, R. L.
Fruit: Lenton, H. V. Clarke, East
Oreensboro, Curawuy Memorial. 8. E.
Richardson; Centenary, V. M. Lltaker:
W. L. Grlssom, assistant; Spring Gar
den station, J. W. Long; Walnut
street. J. W. Ingle; West Market, B.
K. McLarty; West Greensboro, W. I..
Dawson; High Point, South Main, O.
P. Adler; Washington street, J. 10.
Thompson: Liberty, C. N. Coviness;
Pleasant Garden, R. A. Taylor; Rum
seur and Franklinsville, J. F. Woul
sey; Randleman and Naomi, G. E.
Eaves; Randolph circuit. L. E. Stacy;
Reidsville station, L. T. Mann; Ruflln
circuit, J. P. Hornbuckle; Uwharrlc,
J. A. Sharpe; Wentworth, A. Lay-
cock; editor North Carolina Christian
Advocate, H. M. Blair; assistant eui
tor, W. L.Bherrlll; secretary-treasurer
Greensboro college, W-. M. Curtis;
missionary to Korea, J.,R. Moose.
Morganton District.
It. M. Hoyle, presiding elder; Be
kersvllle. M. A. Osborne; Broad River,
J. L. McNeer; Cliffsdale, A. C. Swaf
Jord; Connelly Springs, E. G. Husty;
Elk Park, Wm. jt. Johnson; Jreen
River. W. 8. Cherfy; forest City. J. K.
H6"ser: Henrietta, Caroleen, L: P. Bo
irle; Morganton station, W. F. Worn
ble; Morganton .circuit, N. M. Modlln:
Marlon station, H. H. Jordan: Mc
Dowell circuit, D. S. Richardson:
North Catawba, J. J. Brooks; old
Fort, W. O. Malonee; Rutherfordton.
T. J. Rogers, J. B. Carpenter assist-
(Coiitmuctl on MBy six.)
MRS. STETSON RESIGNS
MEMBERSHIP IN FIRST
OF NEW Y
Requests That Name Be
Droppd But Will Follow
Mrs. Eddy's Teachings
LIVES IN SECLUSION
NEW YORK. Nov. 22. Mrs. Au
gesta E. Stetson, who has been liv
ing in seclusion since here, ex-commu-nlcatlon
recently by the Mother
Church of the Christian Scientists, In
Boston, announced tonight that she
has resigned from the membership of
the First Church of Christ. Scientist.
New York, of which she was formerly
Hist reader.
In announcing her resignation to
night after the action of the Mother
Church, Mrs. Stetson said:
"As this may place the members
of your board In an embarrassing
position I have decided to resign from
membership of the First Church of
Christ. HclentUt. New York City, and
I now request that my name be
dropped from the membership roll
I shall continue to make it my sole
effort to obey In princ iple und to rol-
lot our beloved louder. Mary Baker
Eddy."
BUYS OLD PALACE
FINDS TREASURE
MADRID, Nov. 22 Lawrence Rerln
of Baltimore has purchow! a ancient
Moorish palace ut Honda. Kpaln. Kx
rnvations have ben going on there
for the past few days and valuablt-
Roman archeologlcal remains and
much treasure have been found. The
government has sent an architect tr
make an examination.
Ijiwrence Pertn went to Ronda re
cently frotn Paris, with the intention
of erecting a memorial there to hi
wife who committed suicide at liar
row, England, last September.
STRrCK BY LIGHTNING.
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Nov. 22
Th large wholesale dry goods store
f the Bernard Frank company wa
struck bv IlKhtnlng during a ' severe
electrical storm here tonight and was
totally" destroyed by the tiro which
followed. .
HIGH OFFICIALS CONFIRM REPORT
OF POSTAL'S ENTR Y INTO ASHEVJLLJZ
State That It Is Intention of Company To Operate Here Within Ninety Days; If
Possible. Work of Construction Will Be Pushed Forward as Rapid-
ly as Possible. f
Mr. George K. I'sher. general su
perintendent of the Southern divis
ion of the Postal Telegraph-Cable
company, and Mr. C. W. Kibble, su
pedintendent of the Richmond dis
trict were In the city yesterday to
complete arrangements for the entry
of the Postal Into thin territory.
When seen by Cltisrn represen
tative yesterday both gentlemen eon
firmed the announcement in Sunday
morning's Cltlsen that the Postal Telegraph-Cable
company expected to be
operating In thla fity within ninety
days. "It 1 pur .fntentlon tc? come
here as soon a e nan," said Mr.
Kibble, . "Wa are jfinn o psh tha
work or cdnstructwff-wt rapidly" "as
possible, and uftfefs unforeseen delays
occur we will be In full operation
here In ninety days or thereabouts.
The Postal has hero considering the
advisability of entering Aahevllle for
the past three years, but It made no
definite move until it felt that condi
tions were ripe. The policy, of the
Postal has always been one of con
servatism; it does npt take any new
steps without due consideration."
Continuing Mr. Kibble gave some
Interesting data In eonnevtldn with
the growth of the 1-ostal. "The Postal
Telegraph compnti- and 1U connec
tions," he said. "In the United 'States
and Canada na.h about 26,000
points and. combined with the Crnm
mercial Cable company, of which It
E RESIGNS AS
TREASURER Of T.P.A. S
Directors (jive
Him Vote f
Bookkeeper
mints
Confidence;
Short in Ace
ST. UH'IH. N
22. Louis T. Lu
ll cretary and trcas
irs' Prot.-tlve ns
i ;i has resigned and
ior today a'- epted
A shortage of at
iieaume, national
urer of the Trav
soclation of Amcr
the board of dlr
the rei;natlon
I
east $27.1100, it " announced, exists
n the books of 1 1 . order. The di
rectors in acceptiio; Lnbeuume n?s-
gnation gave him i vote of confidence
and will continue with the orKitn
isation in anotln r capiclly. 1-
.caume tonlsht sild the words of
William Ilensch. ri. head bookkeeper,
who committed suicide last July,
shows a shortuge.
WATERWAY MJKT.
COLUMBUS, O.i . Nov. 22. l) le -
gates from Georifoi, Alabama and
Florida gathered liere today for the
annual convention of the Chlpola-
Flint - chatttthoi.i hie - Apalachicola
Waterway awoc i;. i ion. Cungrcwsman
'1. I). Clayton pi' Stded In the ah-
icnce of President Milton, of Florida,
v.nrrearoan AilHinmn and Judge
Mlllyar of the Gc
i.rgla railroad com
.ng the Rpeakera at
iiiMoon. were a ii i
today's seslon.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 22. Forecast
North Carolina: Fair Tueday.
colder near the coast; : brisk aooth-
west to northwest Wind.
Is a part, It is the largest organisa
tion of its kind In the world. Be
ginning at Paris, Franco, It crosses
the Atlantic with seven cables, ex
tends across the United States, and
then by ruble through Honolulu,
Guam, to Japan, the Philippine Is
lands and Chlnu, the one system an-'
circling more than two-thlrd of tha
globe."
Mr. Kibble then touched upon tho
reported merger of the, American
Bell Telephone and tha Western Un
ion. "It has been Intimated," he uld,
"that tha reported merger eliminated
competition between the Postal. and
tha Western Union. Thlsjs arronpnua.'
If It were true tha ' PoataP'compan)'
would not be Incurring; the heavy eg.
penae of pushing Its competitor's lines
Into thla new terlrtory. The statement
Issued by President Mackey of thla
company explains its position clearly
and concisely." Mr. nibble then hand
ed the following statement of Presi
dent Mackey to Tha Cltlsten repre
dilative:
"We have had naming to do, eith
er dlrectely or Indirectly with the
combination of the American' Tele
phone and Telegraph company with
the Western Union Telegraph font
puny. We have not wished to join It,
and have not bees fnvlted to Join
It. There have been no negotiations
whatever with us In regard to tho
matter and there Is every reason why
L GET
THE PEABODY COLLEGE
Chancellor Porter in Re
signing Hays Vanderbilt
Cannot Get the School
NARIIVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 22 For
mer Governor Jann-s I). Porter today
announced his resignation as chan
cellor of the University of Nashville.
Governor Porter Is In his eighty-first
year. In a stntement he says:
"I will remain hero until the new
Peabody college is established on the
campus of the University of Nash
ville. It will nq be located at Van
derbllt. although parties Interested In
that school and In adjoining property
are seeking to persuade the puhll
that if It is not located there,
'the mil
lion' will he lost.
"The Vanderbllt Is n church school
and will so continue. It was establish
ed bv tho Methodist church, South..
(That great organization will not per-
jmlt u, amt,iion of a few men to
) diVrt it from the purpose of Its or-
ganlzntion.
; Governor Porter is n member of the
I pahody board .If trustees which has
I aispcwltlon of the million dollars en-
i ii,,wm,.nt and location of the Georgia
j p,.hcdy s-hool for teacher.
SPKKIIY DETAILED.
i ' tl S
WASHINGTON, tips: 22. Admiral
Sperry has been detailed by the sec
retary of the navy to aslst the Na
tional Waterways commission In its
work. He will give attention to var
ious questions an (iwlll uld the
forthcoming report. The 'mmliwlon
will report to congress about the first
of next January.
KOKIV TAHIl'K
WASHINGTON. Nov. 22. The let
ter of Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury Hilles to ' the collector of
customs at Philadelphia fixing tho
new tariff of one-quarter of one per
cent per pewnd and an additional per
cent advalorem on
rosin wa made
public today.
wa slrauld not have Ha anything to
do with It. Wa knew nothing about It
until tha day when U wa publicly an
nounced. It la true that wa own a
large block of stock In, tha American
Telephone and. Telegraph company,
but that 1 one of aur many Invest
ments. W never hava had and have
not now uny representation on the
board of that company and our stock
la not -consulted or considered any
mora than' tha stuck at any other
stock huldor, as you will awa from
tha fact .that wa. knew nothing about
thla deal until It was publicly an
neunceik The statement that air. Wm.
I L. Psker, represents us la Incorrect.
hlidoea' norfepraenf tia hi anything
In the slightest degree. Neither have
wa had anything to do with purchas
es of telephone company In tha Mid
dle west Our company la alow and
conservative In Ita Investment, but
awtft and aggressive In Its service.
"Wa are not disturbed In any way.
We hat aucoeafully met hard com
petition for over twenty-five years
and hava prospered and ara In first
class financial condition, better than
ever before. We have waited until thU
matter had simmered down so that
we could biaka our statement cover
ing the whole subject.
"As I slated several weeks ago,
competition will continue and It will
be real competition, the same aa here
tofore." TWO KILLED IN FALL OF
DIG T(
Wedding Party in Auto
Plunges oft' Railway with
Above Result
OUTHBERT, Gs . Nov. 22. Two
persons were killed and three others
miraculously escaped Instant Heath
near here lat night -when a iblg
touring car containing a wedding par
ty, plunged oft the bridge over the
Central of Georgia railroad track for
ty feet below. Curusa William, th
chauffeur was Instantly killed while
Horace Bheppurd. the prospective
bridegroom, died or his Injuries this
morning.
Miss Helen Mattox of Coleman, the
bride-to-be. and James Lumley, of
Edison, also were Injured. Miss Mary
Mattox, etster of the bride-to-be es
caped without Injury.
The party had been to Culhbert to
secure a preacher to perform the
ceremony, but unsuccessful In their
search owing to the youth of the
couple, had started for Fort Gaines.
Williams. It Is said, lost control of
the machine while attempting to light
a cigarette.
It was erroneously reported last
, night that a brother of Bheppard al
so was killed In tne acciueni.
REFV8ED TO DANCE.
MOBILE. Ala.. NoV. 22 When the
daughter of Blmon Nelson refused to
dance with Wesley McKenxie at
social affair being given In her own
home at Barnwell, a town in a rc
mote section of Baldwlnc unoty 8atur
doy night, a bloody duel followed.
Two men are dead, and four are In
juxed, and four are under arreat on
the cnarge oi miaow,
WOMEN KTRIKE.
NEW TORK, Nov. JJ. After hear
lna Samuel Gompers speak at Cooper
I'nioa tonight, two thousand member
of the ladies' walstmakers union voted
to. go on strike tomorrow for shorter
hour and higher wage. ;, s.. ,', :
Developments ? of The v Next
Few bays Will be Watch
ed With Interest '
FIRST ARMED FORCE ,
EVER LANDED THERE
Departure of Marines Result
of Rush Order to Tho
. Navy Yard , ;.
WASHINGTON, No. . M. Prepar
s atlona ara being made for four hun
dred marine to aall from. Philadel
phia, either rbr the canal son or for
Nicaragua next Saturday. Thla will
constitute lh tirst armed fore tti
land In Nicaragua if development in
tha situation within the nxt few day
require such a comae to b pursued! "
All will depend upon the action to -b
taksn by the atott department,
which la marking time pending th
receipt of additional details of tha
killing of the two American, Oroca
and Cannon. Tha departure of the
marine is the result of rush order
to tha League Island navy yard, af
ter the state department received tha
preliminary report of the alaylng by
President Zelaya' order of tha two'
mn. H had been Intended to send tha
marine to Panamtv to relieve about .
ISO marines now tin duty there. The
date of departure from Philadelphia
had been aet for December I by
which Jttlm the troop, ah Ip Tralrla
vpuia neve poen rrsuy to sail, oy
working night and day, tha league
island . fore . will bi abla to fluish
repairs on the ship by Nowmber 17
and that date has now been set for
tha sailing of the marine. .. .
, Kaally Transferred.
In event of necessity the SIO ma
rine now on the canal gone could fa,
utilised In Nicaragua In addition to
th four hundred to be taken Houth
by the Pralrlr, Wllh tha troop hl
liuffalfl on tha Pacific coast and thu
Prairie on the ' AlUnllo th marine
piMild be, transferred ,; from cn. iMt
ofNitfaragua to the other In a com
paratively short time, by way of th
Panama railroad, ' Rear-Admiral
lore wer u the navy-department to-
day ut In no instance waa It admit
ted that their presence there had to
do with the trouble In Nlcarat.ua.
It wa mated today at the navy
department that the (hallow water
along Nicaragua on. th . Atlantic!
coast made the sending of a battle
hip there useless and such action I'
not contemplated. ' : . .
It was admitted, however, that th;
Albany and the ' Yankton would r-1
main for the present. In Magdalen
Pay. tt''.
- l-1 .1 A . t
IRTBYjALLISGLllS
Movement of Heavy. Tim
bers Attended by Disas
ter at Wilson, N. C. ,
WILSON. N. C Nov. II-Thl af
ternoon while heavy timber were be
ing placed on the factory building of
the Continental Quano company, In
course of construction, part ot ,th
structure fell, killing B. B. Tyler, cot
ored and Injuring U. V. Bate,' white
boy, badly bruised, leg . crushed;
Speight McKeel, white, badly bruised;
Oeorge Farmer; Tobe Bellamy and
Junius Woodward, white, eriou1y
Injured. About ninety mon were'
I working on the building when three
rafters, weighing eight ton each, feu
catching soma of th men beneath,
and bringing down most of the build
ing. A heavy financial loss result.
GOMPERH BLAMES LAWYERK.
NEW YORK, Nov. 21. Bemuel
Gompers, president of th American
Federation of Labor, paid hi respects
to the legal profession today at th
opening of tha session of the National
Civic Federation' annual meeting.
He wo discussing th need in this,
country of new law to cover the uo
Ject of employer' liability and to pro
vide adequate compensation to wage
earner Injured In accident. "The
lawyera will prevent our getting the
beet and wisest law in thla matter,"
he uld. ;
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COMPLIMENT TAFT.
ATLANTA. O.. Nov. ft At the
annual tate conference of the Meth-
odiirt Episcopal church, South, here
today. President Taft wa praieea tor
hi declining to indulge In alcohollo
drlnka at any of the banquet re
cently tendered him In thla tat.
AFLOAT IX A HIIELL.
BEAUFORT, N. C-. Nov. ft Driv
ing through heavy eea and facing n
rtolng torm. Captain Charle A. San
to put in her today In a twenty-tw
foot power boat with cargo of Tib,
He atarted from Atlantic City, N. J.,,
und proposes going south along Ah,
outer course to Miamn, Flu. ,
(ConttiHietl on pafe four.)