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VOL. XXVI., NO. 38.
ASlIEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 27, 1909.
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ACM LITTLE
Prisoner Enmeshed In Net of
Almost Convincing
Testimony
Her Artist Husband From
"Scoffer Became Convert
And Broke up Home
Cummins. LaFollette And Fol
lowers Will be Treated
as Bryanltes
Indictment of Weigher for
Fraud In Figs Reveals New ;
Ramifications ,
THE WEATHER:
FAIR. .
RSCHHISTYLAYS
IL DISCORD
CE
STRONG
1DMDRE ANDETJnS
HOUSE
CLEIfiG
STETSON
CANNON DECLARES
PRACTITIONERS STILL
DOMINATE HIS MIND
Threatens to Roveal Secrets
She Knows If They do Not
Give up Her Child
NEW YORK. Nov. 2 - Mrs. Mav
blle Christy, the beautiful wife of
Howard Chandler Christy, model for
hl famous "American Girl," de
clared yesterday afternoon that their
home which was Idyllic for eleven
years, had been broken up by the
teachings of Mrs. SteUon, recentl"
repudiated by the Christian Science
church.
She had Just arrived from Zunes
vllle, Ohio, where Bhe began suit for
possession of her ten-yenr-okl
daughter, Natalie. The child had
been mysteriously whisked away by
the father, and yesterday detectives
were sent out to trace him.
"Please do not ask me whether I
will seek a divorce,' she said, tear
fully, when found in the upartmer.t
of her' brother-in-law, C. F. Hull, at
No. (29 West One Hundred and
Thh-ty-flfth street. "I love Howard,
and If It were not for Christian
Science as taught by Mrs. Stetson, I
1 would now be living happily with
him.
"Mrs. Stetson and her practitioner
have taught hlra that marriage is
wrong; that there Is nothing sacred
In It. He has coma to lose all sym
pathy and feeling. He Is no longer
the same man.
"It to my own fault, in a way," -h?
added sadly. "I took him to the
Flfst Church of Christ (Scientist) In
this pty and interested him In the
religion , taught there. At first be
scoffed.
"Remember, four or Ave years
afo,?that"T had- to hide my books on
Christian Bclenca and read them on
the. jmVo Wter Wamy husband tj
ward, the sect. A practitioner whom
I had consulted had urged me to give
UP Howard as a husband. I told
Howard what she had said, how she
Had declared that Mrs. Stetson, who
was one with God in her mind,
(Continued on page four.)
CASHIER ADMITS HIS
EMBEZZLEMENTS AND
WILL TELL EVERYTHING
At Ago of Sixty Three Must j Team Will bo Strengthened
flo to Federal Prison for- hy Purchase of New Play
Ten Years I ers at High Prices
HTOLE $1 S,(MM)
' Mimanw wi. v.,v. ?.PI1I
" , i , r -h. . 1
Allen, Jr.. ,rmer. president of ,-he.
First Nfotfonal bank of Mineral (,.lU, ()f wnirn Horace S. Fogel, of
Point, Wis., appeared today before ithis cfty, Is the head. The pi ice p.ild
t.-a. Bnl.m-n In ih foiled States' by the new owners is said to have
""r" )
District court, pleaded guilty to four
out of twenty-six counts in the in
dictment against him and was sen
tenced to ten years in the Federal
prison nt Fort Leavenworth, Kansas,
the maximum penalty under the liv
of any one count.
Allen was rharged
xllhg 1168.000 from
with
the
emhlcz
M ineral
Point bank.
Allen, who Is in his sixty-third
year, has been in jail for several
weeks, unable to give $5U,000 bond
He pleaded not guilty at La Crosse
to the Indictment rendered against
him by the Brand jury In that -ily.
He came Into court this morning,
unexpectedly. With bowed head
and almost inaudible voice he plead -
I'd. gutlty and when he wus asked If
be had anything to say he said no.
Allen was returned to jail.
He Will go before a grand Jurv
at La Crosse- tomorrow and tell all
he knows about the wrecking of the
First ' National bank of Mineral
Point, Wis., of which he was vice
president. GEN. CARE WILL
ADDRESS CONGRESS!
DURHAM. N. C. Nov.. 16 C.en
eral Julian S. Carr has been invited
to deliver an address upon the event
of the great commercial congrern lning with Philadelphia or some nth"-.1
Washington. December 5 rvftd 6 and organized team. Then his case will
has accepted the Invitation. he taken up."
lienerai ho ua vnr umi vn....-
assigned to a North Carolinian and
will dlacuss "Opportunities for Manu
facturing in the South."
There are manv national figures
Who will make addressee at the con -
feren'ce.
"PERFECTLY WILLING
TO TRUST THE PEOPLE"
Boss of The HouseSays There
will Never be Any Change
In The Rules
KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Nov. 2
"When Senators Cummins, I .a Kol
lette, Hrlstow and their so-called
'progressive- following Join bands
with Mr. Uryan in making war upon
the republican members of congress
who passed the tariff bill and .upon
(he president, who signed- it. in that
contest 1 know of but one way to
treat them, and Unit is to tight tbeni
just as we fight Mr. Hryan and his
following."
Such was the declaration of Spcnk
Oannon, who delivered the princi
pal address before the Knife and
Fork club here tonight. Mr. Cannon
said Senator Cuinmliu alone had
read himself out of the republican
party. He defended the rules of the
house, saying they will remain sub
stantially us they have been and are,
so long as there is a congress.
Bot law lvrr, Hnl
Mr. Cannon asserted that while the
Payne tnriff law Is not perfect It Is
the best ever pussed under republi
can leadership; that since the enact
ment of the new law production in
this country and Impbrts from for
eign countries have greatly Increased
and day by day conditions are Im
proving. The Insurgents' and their
followers, he said, are seeking to hin
der the progress of prosperity by
criticism and denunciation and this
too within three mrmlhs of the enact
ment of the tariff law. Only such agi
tation can halt the prospective era of
prosperity, said ,tbe speaker.
Continuing Mr. Cannon said:
'The demagogue we have al-way
with us, an'd as ours is a government
of the people, the only way to dis
pose of him Is tn move on. 1 am
j perfectly willing to trust the verdict
of a prosperous and happy people In
the elections in November. 1910. af
ter the new tariff law has been In
operation for over n year." 1
QUAKER CUT BASEBALL
TEAM PAYING S35.D00
'want catcher kunu
PHI LADKLPI I IX, Nov. 2. The
Philadelphia National league base- I
bH t a gynd.
een 3r,0,000.
Charles W. Murphy, president of
the Chicago club, of the National
league, represented his organization
at the conference in order to see that
the provisions of the National league
constitution were properly observed.
The fuct that Mr. Murphy was pres
ent caused a rumor to be circulated
that be would be financially inter
ested in the new management, but
this Mr. Murphy subsequently denied
The Philadelphia club was former
ly owned by Clarence W lf. a bark
er; James 1". MVNti hol, n promim n!
Philadelphia politician, and the late
Israel V Durham, also a pollticiil
leader.
President l-'ogel said tonight Hint
it was the intention of the new own
sis to strengthen the bgal club by
the purchase of new players. An of
fer of $15,000 was made to President
I Murphy for the release of Kling
urovidinit l.e National commission
will reinstate the famous Chicago
catcher.
WILL COXHlDEft IT.
CINCINNATI, )., Nov. 26. Pres
ident August Herrman of the Nation
al baseball commission tinight w hen
asked concerning the matter of ihe
Chicago National league team for
$15,000 to Philadelphia, said
Kling Is Ineligible at present, but
the .commission will take no action
in the matter unless he starts play
WHOlKKAI.E ESCAPE.
OAMBOA, Oaxeiy,', Mexico, Nov..
2S. Twenty six prisoners in the peni
tentiary at Tehuantepec, many of
1 ihem murderers escaped yesterday
by digging beneath the prison walls.
MADE INQUIRIES ABOUT
OLDW'JMAN'S MONEY
After Staying Out All Night
Returned Wet And
Blood Stained
RICHMOND, Va.. Nov., 26. A
Tazewell, Va., special to the Times
Dispatch says evidence of the most
sensational and damaging character
was introduced today at Grundy hi
the triai of Howard Little for the
murder of Mrs. Betty Justly, her son.
In-law, George .cii'ws. Ids wife,
and their three children, and lit I lie
conclusion the case went to the jury.
Senate Justls, a son f the mur
dered woman was the first witness
loduy. He .dated that he had worked
with Little when he was foreman of
the (titter Lumber company and that
Little had frequently asked him how
much money his mother had "by her".
He told him. Another witness stat
ed that Little said to him that if he
was the old woman he would not
keep money by him; that It would be
an easv matter for someone to murder
the family, rob the hou.e and burn
the victims.
Mary tUacy, the woman whom
Little was to leave with, was 4he next
witness. She stated that Little gave
her 120 the dav before the murder
to buy clothes that she might be
ready for the trip, and told her they
would go as soon as he could get
some money from a bank.
Damaging Testimony.
Several witnesses test tiled as to the
time of night the house wus burned
nnd voices they heard ,gotng In the
direction of the building.
Mary Lee, the woman who made
her home in the family of Little, was
-the- most important witness of the
day being,, on the stand over two
llours. .She told of Little's relations
with Mary Stacy, and his troubles at
home with hl.i family. She stated
that on the night of the murder a
lump was kept burning when Little
went away nnd that he was absent
all night. She stated trim t she was
(Coot tuned on page four.)
F
FOR MORE THAN A WEEK
Department officials Believe
Nicaraguan Officials stop
ped Them
INTERESTS (iUARI)EH
WASHINGTON. Nov. I'll. As no
word has been received by the slab
department from Mr. Caldera. Ameri
can vice-consul at Managua, the in
ference Is that bis dispatches have
been intercepted by the Nicarguan ol
licials under President Zelaya at least
to the extent of culling the telegraph
wires. The department has no doubt
that Mr. Caldera has attempliil to
communicate with It several times
during the last week itr more. Owln;?
to the absence of specific information
which was sought to be obtained
through vice-consul Cald.-rsi and other
agencies, the officials here undoubt
edly will delay ai least for a short
time before taking further action.
A dispatch received from Minefields
reascures the Cnitnl States as to
whether American interests or Amer
ican citizens are being interferred
with by the revolutionary army. In
effect the dispatch states that great
care is being exercised to protect
American interests. It is also report
ed that Amelio Kspinosa, of the rev
olutionary provisional government has
given up his post as minister general
It H generally understood that Mr.
Espinosa will be elected president of
the republic under General Kslrada
should the revolution be successful.
IX)NDON XOT NOTIF1KD.
LONDON. Nov. 26. OITIclat confir
mation is lacking i re of the publi
cation of the despatch from Mine
fields, Nic. which round its way Into
the I'nited States by way of Colon
and was cabled to London to the
effect that Commander Thesiger of
the British cruiser Scylla. had paid
an official visit to Provisional Presi
dent Estrada.
The war despatches from Blue
fields, Nicaragua, should be read In
the light of the knowledge that Blue
fields Is the headquarters of the in
surgents, who are able. to. pint rol the
city Just as absolute! as President
Zelaya regulates press matters em
nnating from Managua, the capital.
JLTl 1 1 or .i , 7 W
MINISTERS AND DOCTORS AROUSED
BY DR. BURROUGHS' OPPOSITION
Prominent Members of Medical Profession Declare He Is Making Grave Mistake in
Rejecting Help of Pulpit in Fight Against Tuberculosis. Seems to Stand
Alone.
The statement of Dr. James A. Ilur
roughs, and ills letters to Governor
Kltchln, and to Dr. C. A. Julian, sec
retary of to state association for the
prevention of tuberculosis, published
In yesterday' .CHI Ken, In which he ex
pressed his strong disapproval of the
proposed "Sanitary Sunduy" stirred
up more comment and consternation
in church and. medical circles yester
day than any other event has for
many years.
Inquiry into th Mews of the min
isters and physicians of the city devel
oped the fact that Dr. Burroush
stands almost alone In a. position
whloh the Vigorous tons of his letter
howi. however;- & Timnded upon
earnest conviction.
Dr. Iuiiii'h Statement.
Dr. W. I Dunn, of this city, who
Is president of the North Curolln-
Society for the Prevention of Tuber
culosis, gave the following statement
to The Citizen last night:
"Editor Citizen:
"It Is with the deepest regret that
1 read In this morning' Issue of The
Citizen Dr. Ilurrough's delayed nnl
unexpected attack upon the Sanitary
Sabbath only two days before the
plan was to be put In action, and In
cidentally upon the work of th"
North Carolina Association for the
Prevention or Tuberculosis. It Is.'i
sad spectacle to see the president ot
FAKE DROWNING AVAILED
HIM NOTHING AGAINST LAW
Swindler ';uitfht after Tmtf
Search and Found (luilty
of Charge
PRINCETON. Ind., Nov. 2fi. H.
E. Asar, who an mged a false report
of his death h drowning to escape
those whom be swindled through
grain operations today was founii
guilty of embezzlement by a Jury be
fore whom be Iiih been on trial. Sen
tence was defer ie. I pending a notice
for a new trial
Agar was itiptoied at San I'.enilo.
Texas, several ueoiths ugo after a
chase which Listed for nearly two
years and extended throughout the
country.
Fearing expoHiir- In January. 19'IH.
Agar disappeared He arranged ap
pearances to hear out a report thai
he had fallen from a steamer In the
Wabash river and drowned. He '-,ir-rled
a large life insivance, and The
insurance companies and his credit
ors refused to believe the report of
his death and le t.m a search whli li
finally resulted m his capture.
He was convicted today of having
embezzled funds belonging to the
General Trout company of Evons-
vllle. Numerous other charges nr"
pending against linn.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 2G. Fore
cast: North Carolina: Fair: warmer
Saturday: Sunday fair; warmer tn
east portions: light to moderate
northeast to east wind.
lBjklff pjj? tU
FATR2
the North Carolina Medlcul society
take such an ill-considered position
against the little Red Cross Christ
mas stump which has done so much
to lesson the suffering or our poor,
and which has been one of the most
powerful factors in interesting th
people In th great tight against tu
berculosis not only In this, country
but all over the world. I say this ad
visedly because the Institution
of a Banltary Sunday was sug
gested and approved as a mean
of popularizing this , little tiwu
senger of good will . to men and
of hope to the sulTerlng., Iparther,
Dr , Burroughs . knew lAhttt till m
th csarfcMiM it was -dlscwwMl In
hi preenc, ' 4 '
"It 1 especially regrettable lie
cause Dr. Uurrough has used the
dignity and Influence of hi nlflce to
give weight to that which, 1 believe,
must be a purely personal eplnlon
and which cannot possibly have the
support of so philanthropic a profes
sion a our. Doubly regrettable be
cause the by-law of the North Caro
lina Medical society in chapter VI.
section 1, specifically state, In speak
ing of the dutle of the president.
'He shall be ihe real head of the
I profession of the state during his
I term of office," etc.
"llefore condgmnlng the governor
of our state It ffad been well If Dr.
Uurrough had been sure of the fads
POLICE WANTED MANWHQ
MASQUERADED STREETS
Part Ifequired hhn to Dress
as Uurjjlar and it Came
Near LandiiiLr, Mini
NEW YOP.K, Nov. 20 James F.
Meehan Is a wealthy builder who has
built hundreds of houses and apart
ments In the Hunt Point section of
the Hronx. lie Is Just now very much
interested In a play to be given for
the benefit of the Church of St, Ath
anaslus In the Harlem Casino tomor
row evening. In the cast the star!
part is that of a burglar, and the
play requires the burglar to work
with the aiil of a dark lantern and a
real set of burglar's tools. These
were secured for the production by
Mr. Meehan.
The cast has been rehearsing
nightly In the hsll of the church on
Tiffany street, near Southern boule
vard. last flight after rehearsal
Mr. Meehan. John J. Conway and
Hobert A. Ilogan. all of the cist,
were walking along the Southern
P.oulevaril, which at this point Is
sparsely settled and dimlr lighted.
They were dressed as burglars and
carried their outllt with them To
policeman Hrgndt of the Morrlsar.l.'a
station, who is new to the Hronx,
they looked like "the goods."
The policeman watched until he
saw the trio seporate, and then went
after the man with the satchel, Mee
han. The policeman wanted the gr.p
opened. Meehan refused and told
who he wus. Hrandt Just laughed
and examined the satchel. When the
dark lanterns and Jimmy wer.?
shown he was sure he had made un
Important capture.
Finally seeing that he could not
explain to the policeman, Mr. Mee
han. asked the officer to go with him
to the church rectory, a few blocki
away. There he called out Father
Joseph Cherry, the assistant pastor,
who quickly explained the situation
and the explanation was accepted.
In the cae, because Oovemor Kltch
ln did not by proclamation, or other
wise, appoint November the 8th a
Sanitary Sunday. Ho, If explanation
are necessary, Dr. Uurrough I ti e
one to make Uietn.
Ministers lo Know.
"Furthermore,. It I not a fact that
the .minister' know nothing , about
the prevention of tuberculosis, In
deed, the great hope for - the final
limiting of this terrible scourge llfl
In the ,fact that tht prevention, of ,tu.
berculosi. Is sw simple that tne hum
Ulegt can understand It. Surely, ths
clergy -of jtr Mat represent lully e
:htgti'.''-i.vtC;otlntJlliiM the
member of our own prorewlon,
"Requests in reference to Banltar."
Sunday were-not mad In the nam
of the medical profession nor In the
name of the stnte board of health
but in that of the North Caroling
Association for the Prevention of
Tuberculosis,
"A fw facta about the North Car.
olina Association for the Prevention
of Tuberculosis:
"1, It la not it purely medical, but
largely a aoctologlc organization.
"2. Men and women from over
walk of life are eligible to member
ship. .
"8. A it name Indicate, it pur
pose I to teach the people how to
(Cont'imed on age lliree.)
DOPE FIEND FIRES INTO .
(Iroensbom Woman Barely
Escapes Death at Hands
of Her Crazed SjKiuse
OftEENHIIOItO, N. C. Nov.
Mrs. Cornelius M. Edward, who con
ducts a popular boarding house on
the corner of South Ahe and West
Sycamore streets, hud a narrow es
cape for her life yesterday morning
when her litislwnd, who was appar
ently under the Influence of a drug,
fired a revolver Into her room, Mrs.
Edwards, realizing the condition of
her husband snd being frightened,
locked her room cOor upon retiring
last night. A few minute, urter mid
night Edwards knocked at the door,
and upon being refused admittance,
became angered and llred his revolver
the bullet shuttering- the glass In the
door and passing directly over Mrs.
Edwards as she lay In bed, imbedded
Itself In the wall on the opposite side
of the room.
immediately after llring the revolv
er Edwards left the house, but was
arrested In a short while and carried
to the police station, where he was
linked up pending an Investigation.
Edwards denied that tie shot at his
wife or that lie had possessed a pistol
In many years. No revolver ai found
on his pereon.
The family and acquaintance of
Edward believe his mind ha become
unbalanced through the exceelve use
of whiskey and drugs.
The case of Edwards 1 most piti
able. By profession he I an expert ac
countant, and before his health be
came undermined by the ue of
whiskey and drug he I said to hav
been one of the best men engagea
In that line of business. For a num
ber of years he held a responsible
position with the American Tobacco
company In Durham, and rew young
men had brighter propect In Ufa.
MRSf OF SERIES WHICH
GOVERNMENT EXPECTS
Dismissed Civil Service Ap
pointees will be Replaced.,
NEW TURK, Nov, I". A pew se
ries of alleged cystoma fraud w .
brought to light her today' with th -
arrest or Thomaa C Cfddlngs, a cus
tom weigher, on ' ,a.n , .Indictment
charging hhr. with cimspiracy to de
fraud the government- In- otneetHni
with Importation of fig In I90G.
According to th fatlsral prosecutor,
(lidding underwelghsd two ahlp
ment of fig consigned to local In
porter, recording th; weight ef 1ft
first ahlpment at .10,000 pound W
stead of 4, 000 end, defrauding th
government of duty on 1,701 pound
of the fig contained' tn fht ' second
hlpment, . , : , v
Mora Weigher Propim!. ,
ITT indictment agslnstjdlddlng, if I
1 estimated II th Hrt of ierw
which the government hope to ob
tain from the grand Jury now In ses
sion a a result of following up Col
lector Loeli' investigations and, dis
missal. , ,,' i ' , - , jU
Ten mor assistant weigher were
dropped by Collector -Lanb from the.
custom service today.- , ' ;
Mr. Loth announced that , with v
the dismissal ' th "general hmr
cleaning" In th custom house a iht
result of th Investigation into up
derwelghlng fraud had been' com
pleted. Horn individual ' cssnt re
mained, howtver, on which ha might
find It necessary to tuke -action,' ih
collector Added, . '
Made- Under (ho Rule.
Inoludlna- todaV dismissal. "a ' tot
tai of eighty-three men Jtsva' hj.i
rmovd .toy th; collector ln ti'
ork of readjustment of the stuff m
the cutom service Iwgan. The nun ;
dismissed tody wr civil ervle ;
appointees, snd their successor will
b ehoien from th civil rvic list
Of eligible. ' -
The collector o Id he wished to
correct misapprehension which ap
peared to him . to.bw6mwhat gen
eral, to th effect that th civil sf
vice rule had been disregarded In
the dismissal nd appointment pre-i
vlniisly mud during the upheaval.
Thl wu not th.c, h 'declare.!.
the civil rv!o role MaVIng bn
trlctly regarded nd ' appointment
of new men tn )l case having been
mad from th civil service list.
MARINKH nEADY TO MIU
PHILADELPHIA, Nov., I . Heo ;
rtary of th Navy Meyer today, r
vlswed at the Philadelphia navy yard
the marine who ; will Mil probably
tomorrow on th transport Prirl for
th Panama can I ion or pocwlbly
Nlraragua. Following the revlmw
there ws a dres parad In honor (
th ecretary In which all th aalu
ors and marines t aliened at the yard,
about 1,000, participated, ' -
Willi TIKES HER LIFE
Ix'ft Thanksgiving ; Dinner
to Commit Snicifle lc
caiiKp of 111 Health
DURHAM, -Nov. it. iSjrt. Rusun
R. Lipscomb, one of Durham' prom
inent women, committed ulcld yc
trrday afternoon at the home of her
daughter, Mr. T. Q. Sexton, with
whom he was temporarily living. t; ... -jl-The
deed was executed with won ,
derful nerve for a woman. Friend.'
and the family had. just eaten dinner
when Mr. IJpacombe went for her;.
afternoon nap. One of the ladle .
wanted her to come down and play . :
an old melodeon for amuaement and..
going to her room found her lying In f
her own blood with her head cut half (
off, the windpipe and carotid arte-.(
rle everd completely and death, . .
undoubtedly Initantaneou. Upon
the mantel wa laid carefully" Mr.
Sexton' rasor which had been taken
from hi room. No outcry waa ut- "
tered and the stillness ot death wa
upon the act fro mtha beginning. '
Melancholia,, superinduced by long
Illness and aggravated by the death
of her youngest daughter. Augusta,
are explained a the Cause. Bh had
suffered greatly with rheumatism.
She wss th daughter of Dr. ).
M. Holt, of Orange faotory, lter
of Dr. E. M. Holt, of Duke, and wid
ow of the late Thomaa Llpacombe.
county commissioner. Bb wned a
farm ten mile In the county and h.td
until her visit her lived there. He-
side the relatives she was relate J '
to Other well known people.