THE LEE CITIZEN. TEE T7EATHEE: Associated Tress i " Leased Wire Report. VOL. XXVI, NO. 41. ASIIEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER, 30, 1909. P1UCE FIVE CENTS. ASHBW :y of 111 GETS 11 JOLT mm. HEYEB Will Abolish Unbuslness Like Methods In Vogue in The Department ACTIVE LINE OFFICERS HAVE MORE INFLUENCE Bureaus Will be Compelled to Act In Harmony Under One Head Washington, Nov. 29. Heeding the cry for reform In naval affairs Secretary Meyer day -after tomorrow will Inaugurate the moat sweeping changes In the navy department since the establishment of the bereau sys tem In 1842. The secretary hopes to put the department on a business ba sis beyond the dreams of his predeces sors. Til key-note of his reform Is the subordination or the bureau chief of the past. Reforms Instituted. Summarised, the essential changes In the Meyer plan are: The selection of four responsible advisers on subjects within the four groups into which duties of the de partment frill, to be known as the Aide for Material, the" Aide for Personnel, the Aide for Operations of the Fleet, and the Aide for Inspections. The grouping- of the bureaus into two divisions of material and person nel, according to the nature of their flutles. . me establishment of a ervtsion of operations of the fleet. The establishment of a comprehen sive inspection system. The establishment of a modern and efficient cost-keeping system in the navy department and at navy yard. The separation of navy yard work Into two divisions of hulls and ma chinery, , , The establishment of the board of construction. The abolishment of the bureau of equipment , ... - terlw: Pgm foir tine. ' henceforth the pffleers who fight the ships' are to have more influence In thff nftvy department. Chosen men from among- them are to be the of ficial eyes and ears of the secretary, laden with full responsibility for their reports but not his hands. The (Continued on page 4) I (Convicted of Wrecking traiu and Never Opened his lips To Confess or Denv it DIED MERELY NO. 5,954 CANYON CITY, Col., Nov. 29. Serving the sixth year of his life sen tence for wrecking a train on Oct. 31, 1903, John Devlne, convict No. E. 951 died In the Colorado penitentiary a few days ago. He was also known as a man of mystery, for from the min ute he first entered his cell and heard the door clanged behind him and locked, he never gave utterance to .-vn audible word not evn when he Wiin dying That language was not essential to the formation of friendships and the sustaining of Interest In his asso ciates Is proved by the general grief expressed by officials and prisoners over the death of the mat! who nev er spoke a word, kind or unkind, gentle or harsh, to any person for six years. It was on the morning of Oct. 31, 1903, that another wreck was an nounced on the railroad. The tnin. made up of Pullman sleepers, day coaches and treasure-laden express cars, pulled out of the union station at Denver and was making excellent progress eastward when, at a cre-k west of Fowler. In Otero county, as the 250-foot bridge over the stream was reached, the rails spread and the train dashed onto the bridge, which collapsed and went down with a crash, dragging the train with it. Officials of the railroad announc ed immediately that spikes had been pulled by train wreckers, whose mo tive for the act was robbery Thev didn't explain why it was that the bridge went to pieces like a structure of straw, but cried "wreckers," and to prove their cry provided the cul prit In the person of a tramp found asleep In a clump of bushes about 300 feet from the scene of the catas trophe. The tramp was John Devine, sixty flve years of age, who was so daxed at being shaken from his sleep, so am axed at what he saw that he was BUUi ' (Cttrttlnueil on img-t PROHIBITION MAY DO, BUT ALABAMA WANTS ITS BOOZE Voters of State in First Expres sion of Sentiment Turn Down Constitutional Amendment by an Overwhelming Majority. BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. Nov. 29 All indications point to a majority of between 18,000 and 20,000 in Alabama against the prohibition constitutional amendment today. Chairman J. Lee Tong, who has been In charge of the fight against the amendment, claims that the majority against the amend ment will be fully 20,000. Jefferson county, in which is Bir mingham, the largest city in the state. In spite of the fact that the fight has been concentrated here, gave a majority of over 1,000 against the amendment. Mobile, Montgom ery, and Cullman counties show the largest majorities on the victorious side, and it appears the amendment has carried in but three counties, Talladega, Macon and Sumter, with I.ee in doubt. Politics Involve). Today's election, being the first tittle the state has ever had an op portunity to pass on the prohibition question, is regarded as especially significant. Still it cannot be re garded as a straight antl-prohlbltlun victory because of the personal poli tics that has been injected Into the Issue. Its association with the ad ministration of Governor B. B. Com er and his reputed ability to name a Successor to the governorship In ! Judge 8. D. Weakley, author of tlio prohibition bills, have figured promi nently in the result. Gov. Coiner Repudiated. A significant feature of the result is the fact that sentiment against the Amendment la so widespread. Rural precincts, small towns and eitlei alike are, for the most part, return ing substantial margins on the win ning side. There has never been seen here anything 'ike the enthus iasm shown In . Birmingham tonight over the "result. Thousands of peo pie from Jefferson and adjoining counties were here to see the re. turns flashed and the down town streets were one billow of enthusiasm. The result everywhere is regarded as a distinct repudiation of the pres ent state administration which has been particularly radical In its so called reform program. REJECTED SUITOR SET HUE TO SWEETHEART CAUSING HER DEATH Broke into House, Bound, Saturated Her With Oil and Applied Match TWO CON FEDERATES TAMPA. Fla., No. 29. Marie Cos ta, a young Cuban widow, died here this afternoon from frightful burns Inflicted upon her by a rejected sui tor. Miguel Gomez is under arrest. Be fore she died the young widow charged Gomez with having set her afire. Hhe declared that she had re jected Gomez's suit and that with two confede rates hi forcibly entered her hnme in West Tampa last night. She was bound hand and foot. Then the men saturated her clothing with gas oline and touched a lighted match to her. The unfortunate woman was found today, frightfully burned from head to foot and she died at 2 p. m., af ter making a statement to the police. She did not recognize the men who were with Gomez and who aided him. she charged In perpetrating the awful crime. IKON COMPANY BANKRUPT. NORFOLK. Nov. 29. Judge Ed mund Waddlll, of the I'nlted States court, today appointed Messrs. E. V. W'olcott of Norfolk, and George W. Dusch of Wheeling. W. Va., receivers for the Norfolk Iron company, against which concern involuntary bankrupt cy proceedings were begun today. The receivers qualified under bond of 820, 000. LOCATE BATTLE ABBEY. RICHMOND. Nov. 29. The council committee having the matter in hand tonight decided that the confederate "Battle Abbey" be placed at the West ern extremity of Monument avenue, provision being made. for the purchase of a suitable, plot of ground at the point - designated. This action practi cally .settles Anally the long pending question of a sits for the memorial. While today's election was an up parent landslide in repudiation of prohibition, it is not regarded her. as likely that the state will ever go to the conditions that existed before the adoption of the state-wide prohi bition laws. It Is generally believed that today's results will mean ulti mately a modification of the present drastic laws, but not necessarily their repeal. Prohibitionists were largely re sponsible for today's results. Counties which have had prohibition for twenty-five years voted against putting it into the state constitution and cities and towns of Jefferson county (Hlr mingham) which went heavily for prohibition under local Option, today reversed the former majorities. Congratulate State. A street procession was sturted here at 7 o'clock headed by a huge coffin labeled "amendment." Chairman J. Lee Long, of ttv state Alabama anti-amendment con-. mlttee tonight issued the following statement: "I want to congratulate the peopl of Alabama on their reat victory, won through the efforts of the press. "This will serve notice on future generations that the people of Ala bama will not allow any of their personal liberties abridged. "I hope that the gentlemen on the other side will shake hands with us, .-if. we have malice towards none, and join us in a forward stride so that we can go tm and make Alabama the greatest state in the union." City Majorities. Birmingham gave (a majority of OSS cgtijkist the amendment; greater Birmingham (Inchjdlnr suburbs) re cords a majority of 1,253 aga'nst. Montgomery county complete and official gives 1,718 majority against the amendment. The total vote was 3,896. The city of Mobile gave a majority against the amendment of 2,356. ('onllnii'r on page three.) 19,000 FOR EVIDENCE TO When She Failed to Get it Had Impostor Arrested on . Chnrgt' of Larceny CREDULOUS WOMAN NEW YORK. Nov. 29. Mrs. Mary Branded of No. 17 East Eighty-seventh street, seems to be a somewhat credulous person. Running through the remarkable story of alleged extor tion which she told to Magistrate O'Connor in the Yorkvllle police "court yesterday, a narartlve of the loss of $15,000, one saw this vein of credulity standing out. Mrs. Rrandes appeared before the magistrate to make a statement against a woman and a man. The woman is Miss Delia Goff. a trained nurse, who formerly acted as mas seuse for Mrs. Hrandes. The man Is Jacob Iumensdorf, an employment agent, of No. 40 Seventh street. The charge Is that the two defendants had obtained J 15.000 from her by Improp er means. Mrs. Iirandes Is the wife of a welt to do saloon keeper. She said she met Miss Goff about nine years ago. She was Ml at the time. Miss Ooff was her masseuse. One day in 1900 Mrs. Brandex, who has been living apart from her husband for nine years told the nurse confidentially that she wished she could get a divorce. Miss Goff. she says, told her she knew how the separation might -be obtained, and that is where the clairvoyant entered Into the case. Mrs. Brandes was in formed that this clairvoyant had brought about the marriage of Kath erlne Clemmons and Howard Gould. Miss Goff. the story continued, mad a proposition whereby the evidence was to be obtained. Mrs. Brandes swears that on I.ccember II. 1906. she drew $10,000 from the Fifth National bank ostensibly for the seeress. She was told that there was a' plot to poison a friend of hers, a man. Two Jars of marmalade were shown to her. She was given to understand that they had been prepared by the wicked conspirators. A celebrated chemist had analyzed them and had said cyanide of potassium was mixed wHh the marmalade. Cost of the (Continued on page 4) Do ZELAxSA TO ESCAPE REVOLUTION IN NICARAGUA Reported That He Will Place Resignation in Hands of f Anarchy f WASHINGTON, 'Nov. . The re port that 'resident rteluya of Nicara gua is about to Wave that country us the result of the revolution he now faces. Is declared . be absolutely false by Senor sRodrlguew, charge d'affaires of theV Nicaragua n legation here. He saya ttiitthe revolllon Is at a standstill. , i "it is lotas tbalZeluya In not friend ly toward the Americana residing In Nicaragua," said Senor Rodriguez; in denying reports.' Americans hold the bear ranAMskmr in Nicaragua. r He. added-hat ifTe 'proT-eai reTOTfoj' to the executions of Oroce and Can non, the two Americans, were on their way to the .legation and that they would show they had been executed In an entirely legal way. ' ATLANTA METHODISTS PROTEST AGAINST ELDER Objected to His Appoint ment and Send Round Robin to Uishop lend fix ATLANTA. (In.. Nov. 29. What promises to be t lie hottest light In Methodist circles in this state in recent years was Riven new Impetus today when the minim, i of that denomina tion in this city protested to Bishop K. It. Hendrlx iiKiilnst the appoint ment of the Key. It J. Blghani hh pre siding elder of thin district, In place of Key. J. T. Daves, transferred to Au gusta. The action of the Atlanta ministers follows the announcement of a change for Mr. Blghani. after the majority of the board of stewards of HI. Johns Methodist church of Augusta, pro tested against his appointment to that charge, made at the recent conference. A resolution :i ft .tressed to Bishop Hendrlx, and sanl to have been tele graphed to him immediately after Its adoption, wax adopted by the At lanta ministers at a secret meeting held shortly aft. r their regular Mon day meeting in Trinity church. Fif teen or twenty ot the leading pastors of the city uttcti l, .1 and the discussion in said to have I -. rt of a heated na ture. Names ete freely mentioned at this time, it 1h lared, though they were omitti d In t!i- resolution sent to llishop Hendrix. FKUOW OK It. G. S. NAHrl VIM.K. i'enn., Nov. 29 Dr. W, It. Lambuth, of this city, sec retary of the hoard of missions of the Methodist lCpiscopal church South, received nformatlon tonight that he ha) been elected a fellow of the Koyul Ge.n ruphical Hoclty, London. He is the only one In tin- South. WASHINGTON. Nov. it. Fore cast for North Carolina: Fair Tues day and Wednesday; moderate northeast winds. vr. Your Shopping Early- m And Avoid This. MAY RESIGN Likely o Ensue. U.S. CousUl Threatened Seeks Protection. The United States consul at Mana gua, hue been threatened by President Zelaya and he has been granted per mission to occupy the legation prem ises as being more secure. The Nlcara guan congress will assemble next Wednesday, December 1, and It J ru mored that President Zelaya will tie tire and possibly attempt to escape from the country at flight by the Pa cific coast. Anarchy, It. J ,ald; may Janus,,,. P waiaUB -rumors Jranl Var ious quarters Indicate that Irlus hihy succeed Zelaya as president of Nica ragua. This Information Is embodied In tel egrams more or less delayed In trans- PRESIDENT GETTING HIS Revision of Interstate Com merce Law One of the Most Important Matters WASHINGTON. Nov.. 2 Follow ing a lengthy conference at the white bouse today It was announced tonight that the administration Will exert nil its influence toward se curing a comparative, revision of th Interstate commerce laws by the In coming congress. A rough draft of he proposed amendments to the law was submitted by Attorney-General YVickersham, anil while this was con sidered In all its details, no decision with respect to it was reached. The president had jib his advisors the attorney general, Commissioner Idine of the Interstate commerce commission and Henators Elgin and Cummins. , Frank H. Kellogg, iho specinl 'trust buster" of the department of Justice and Secretaries Dickinson also gtivo Wilson and their views briefly. While the president has not yet made bis selection of the men in the two houses of congress who will be entrusted with the task of putting the legislation through there ale said to be a largo number of candi dates anxious for the honor of ap pearing us champions of the white house. IDENTIFYING DEAD OF CHERRY DISASTER CHKItrtY, Ills., Nov. 2 Investiga tion as to the causes of the 8t. Paul mine disaster wa begun today by Coroner A. '11. Malm, with the taking of Identification statements of relatives and friends of the victims whose bod ies have been recovered from the mine. All day long women paseed Into the little hall to produce proof that their huabands. fathers, or sons were lost In the mine fire. Th Identity of thirty bodies was established. At least three days will be consumed In this tedious work be fore the stories of the survivor will be heard. VAXDEItBILT CAPTAITf NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov, J. At the annual banauet of the Vandcr- "bilt football team tonight, quarter back William Neeley of Nashville, was chosen to captain the squad next season. "- ' THE DAY BEFORE CHIU5TMAS PRESIDENCY Congress and Flee Country. mlsslon which have been received at the statu department from ths con sulate representative of the United States in Nicaragua and cams lit the order In which they are here given. APPEALED TO MEXICO. -BAN SALVADOIl, Nov. lt.-lt Is reported here that when President Ze laya of Nicaragua learned 'qf the In tention of the United Mates to seek reparation ha vainly appealed ,t MeiU cd for help, cablegrams received by the Italian minister here from Mana gua say that President Zelaya has rfow offered Jo summon congress and place the presidency In Its hands, thus practically abdicating, STILL GETTING EVIDENCE Military Court of Inquiry Probing into Ancient Es capade of Negro Soldiers BROWNVItXK, Texas, Nov, . In its investigation of the "shooting up" of the town of Brownsville In August, 1906, alfegedly by members of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, colored, the military' court fit Inquiry today visited every building shot Into dur ing the raid, examined several wit nesses and Incidentally Inquired Into the recent burning of the barracks buildings at Fort Urown. That with the burning of the buildings material evidence whs bothr produced and de stroyed la I he opinion of members of the court. The unique house to house visits, examination of bullet holes and the hearing of the evidence of the occupants preceded uti executive ses sion of the court. Hods were forced through the bullet hole and maps displayed Indicating that the bullets were tired from the fort. Witnesses heard today testified that sparks from burning; grass caused the recent barracks fire. What Is consid ered significant is testimony as to the explosion of rartr!d;rrs during the fire, several testifying that fully a hundred exploded, nearly all In the barrack occupied by company D of the Twenty-fifth Infantry at the time of the raid. It is probable that the present In quiry will conclude Wednesday. FIVE MEN ADRIFT FOUND BY COMRADES WAHHINGGTON. Nov., 29. Five oif the member of the deck crew of the gunboat Marietta, who were adrift In a gig off Port Umon, Costa Hlca. were picked up by a rescue par ty of the pes Moines today, according to a dispatch received at the navy de. partment today. The men had made their way to the shore at Coleta Point, about twenty miles from Port Llmon. The gig was not recovered. The Ave men adrift In the whale boat of the Marietta have not been heard- of, but It is expected that their rescue will be reported soon as search ing parties havev been sent out for them. The men In "the boats were missed Friday, but owing to the fact that pro. visions are kept In the boats H Is be lieved that they have suffered little from hunger or thirat. . ,. , ill WITH GUN LEAVES A TRAIL OF N60EN Kills Mother And Officer Who Weritto Take Him Into . Custody WOUNDS TWO OTHERS THEN KILLS HIMSELF Shoots Down Neighbor Who Hesitated to Offer Him Refuge . f GREENVILLE, Ohio. Nov. 19. After murdering; his mother and an officer who had attempted to arrest him. and probably fatally Injuring another woman and her ' husband, t'lyde Weaver, thirty-four years old. today completed the tragedy by com mitting suicide.", ."''...". -' f& ' Weaver was declared by physician to be afflicted with ''exaggerated egu." He, was under impended mnlencs rrom the probate : court. Sheriff John P. Ilaber and Deputy. Bherlff William H. Farra went to Weaver' home today to arrest hint. The ape pea ranee of the officer teemed to drive the man mad. lis opened lire on them from nn -upper window wliu t shot !-.n and Farra fell woundeit. A moment , later t Weaver's , mother rushed from the house, crying "I'm shot." and fell dead at ths feet uf the sheriff. - i ' ( Demanded protection. 's While Ilaber waa trying to' revive' ths woman, Weaver walked from the houso to a woodshed Into which Far.'' ra had crawled,' and fired twice at tha wounded ' officer. . killing ' him-, Ho then Jumped Into the buggy In which the -officers had reached the, house, and drove to the home ot Lovl Minnlch, a neighbor, rrom, whom ,ne demanded protection.." ' ' ' ""When Minnlch heiltated, ' Weaver shot him through the bank. Weaver then5 turned on Mrs.. Minnie! and hot her twice. ' -' Armed dUxon quickly surrounded the house and two deputy sheriff's broke through ths rear doort .Thex discovered ths body of Weaver. ur. der a bed, Hehd ued hi last bullet to kill himself.. .... The "condition . of, Mr. and Mrs, Minnlch I critical, . . HEED SUITOR TIDES DF i SUITS FOR BREACH DF PR07.1ISEBY0;JE WOrJJLfJ 4 . -ft . m "Mm mi . - $ Had Hardly Settled one oiif; of Court Before She Camo -at Him With Another BOTH WHITE HAIRED. BLAIIl. Neb.. Nov. it. .The ver. dirt of a Jury In the Wualtlngton District court In' a case Just conclud ed has ennvfneefi Mrs. lfnnniih J. Loosing that she cannot twit secure1 money rrom the same man ou breach or promise suits. ' Mrs. Loosing, a Widow,, aged seventy-four years, gued Henry Monke, a widower, aged sighty-ont years, for 120. 000 dsmnae for breach of orom- Ise. Both of the old people are rich, Monke owning acres or mna nu Mr. Loosing 49 acres that Is equal ly valuable. s - r ' Mrs. Loosing Instituted auit Ust year. This case never-came to trial. but was settled by ; Monke payittif ver 12.000. A feW motlthl U'O another suit ot ths sam kind was brought, Mr. Loosing alleging tins a second time Monk had sought her hand and heart had . won both. ut refused to take either. Believing that breach ot promise, . aults were coming along with too ....h rairulurltv. Monks decided to nnn..t this one. and filed hi answer, declaring that during the time of the' settlement of the nrt uit ana - the widow but twice, and 'that' upoto ' nnniriiiK us. liis ; , -- - --r , these occasions he simply passed mo . time of day and spent perhaps ten' minutes dlscusln crop conditions. ' On the other hand, Widow loosing averred that Mr. Monk called at her ; km several times that year, ac cepted her Invitation to ait at tabic. and on oneroccasion, wnen mejr walking through the orchard and over the fields, he whispered words of burning love Into her ears. ' All of this Monk denied, proving ; an alibi to many ot the allegations by showing that on the, dates "er tloned ho was at homo wot king on his own farm. ' As mitigating clr cumstance. ha offered In evtden the contract of settlement In tha otl. er breach of promise suit, nd aft'-r being out an hour the Jury found for' th defendant. . Both principal. (ContinsMTd on :uH'e three.) DYIHflDil

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