THE ASHEviLLE CITIZEN.
THE WEATHEE:
RAIN.
Associated Press
Leased Wire Reports.
VOL. XXVt, NO. 44.
ASHEV1LLE, N. C.,' FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 3, 190!).
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Something To Crow About.
E
IE
RYAN'S INTEREST
AND SIARTS FIRE
Prairie With Admiral Kimball
And Seven Hundred Ma
rines Grounded
Several Persons Injured In
Disaster Which Shook
Camden S.C.
Deal Carries Half Billion Dol
petiil of Large Number From
Line Encourages Lack
of Discipline
4
lars of Assjts Shown by
Last Statement
CRUISER ON HER
EXPLUDING T
M
MR
OFF
WOIRGETS
PECKS BIDING
NEEDED FOR ARMY
STUCK IN THE MUD
IN EQUITABLE LIFE
SAYS DICKINSON
GOES EQUIPPED FOR
AN ACTIVE CAMPAIGN
Officers Will Not Disclose Or-
ders But Admit They go
to Nicaragua
PHILADELPHIA, Dee. 2. -Currying
a rear-admiral of the l'nited
States navy, two battalions of mu
rines, and sufficient implements of
wax to conduct a v'gorous campaign
against the turbulent Central Amer
ican republic of Nicaragua, If neces
sary, the auxiliary cruiser Prairie ran
aground on the soft mud of the Dela
ware river about thirty-live miles be
low here tonight a few hours alto
weighing anchor ut the Philadelphia
navy yard for the Carribcan.
Information that the Prairie had
run aground came In a wireless mcs
. Bage from Admiral Kimball to the
Red Star line, asking that two power
ful tugs be sent to the assistance of
the stranded craft.
The tugs were at once dispatched
to the aid of the vessel. It is expect
ed that the Prairie will be released
from the mud at high tide, aoout four
o'clock tomorrow morning. The cru
iser is aground between New Castle
and Delaware City.
Seven Hundred Marines.
It Is not believed that trie veasi 1
sustained any injury, but If neces
sary the cargo can be transferred to
the cruiser Dixie which lies In readi
ness at the Philadelphia nnvy yard.
The reports that stern measures
would be adopted lagainst Nicaragua
were given added weight today when
Rear-Admiral William W. Kimball
reached here from Washington and
boarded the Prairie as a passenger
bound for the turbulent acme. In ad
dition to the battalion of four hun
dred marines under the command of
Major JSmedley D. Butler, which had
already been slated to go to Panama,
a second battalion commanded by
aasiW4awsMl
(Continued on (mjtp 4)
MARRIED WIFE TO KEEP
SHELIVEUPTO CONTRACT
Russian Peasant Girl With
Thousands Wants Hus
band Give Her Money.
HAS SEVERAL "PASTS'
NEW YORK, Deo. 2 If you had
been a famous beauty, tlv toast of
,he army and navy and tlv revenue
cutter service, and known on two con
tinents, wouldn't It make you angry
If your husband wouldn't work to
Kiv,. y.ni all the money you wanted''
Apparently it has Mrs. Harry Feitel
herg, who, wearing a I'rcm h broad
cloth suit, lafge Ida -:k velvet hat anil
plumes, costly furs nnd J'-wels, ap
peared in the Harlem court xestcrday
against Harry Fcltelhcrg. better
known as Harold liuckley. an em
ploye of Wallacks theatre. She t. Id
the court she had been married to
Keitelberg more than eight months
and he had given her only $9 in -ill
that time.
She don't need Keitelberg re
plied; 'she's rich. My wife ir the fa
mous little 'Widow' Steinberg, better
known as 'Fannie Fobs, t!i" Daugh
ter "f the Regiment.' You've rmid
about her often. Why. Jmlg-, she hid
n moving picture theatre In Itridge
pnrt -whc.l I married, and sbo sold
out at a big profit and we were mar
ried on condition that I wouldn't have
to work. She has a furnished room
house from which she makes a lot or
money, she has 4.000 In a safe de
posit vault on Fifth avenr.e, $5.00.1
worth of diamonds In another vault
and a bank account of $1,800."
Fannie admitted that nil this wn
true and the court dismissed the cisc
Soon after the hearing the famous
beauty of other days talked freely of
her experiences.
"You see," said she, "I need lots of
money to keep me in the way that I
hare been accustomed to live ever
since at sixteen I came to America
from my peasant home in Russia. It
Is true that I have some money, but I
(Continued on page two.)
OCCUPANTS CAUGHT 1M
FALLING BUILDINGS
Half Block of Business Bulld-
Ing Burned at Loss of
Over $100,000
CAMDEN. R. ('.. Dec. 2. With a
shock which made tho whole town
tremble a presto-carbon tank In the
Southern Express office here explod
ed about 7.30 tonight, wrecking the
office building anil causing a lire
which swept half a blin k of Camden's
finest business section with a loss of
over $100,000. One negro man Is re
ported to have been killed, two prom
inent citizens injured and live others
are more or less hurt.
The 'seriously injured are:
Andrew Whitaker and Arthur Wat
kins. Slightly Injured:
Willie Salmund, Willie Watkins
and Charlie Watkins, W. R. Deluacli
and Tom Ooodale.
The exact nature of the Injuries of
Arthur Watkins and Whitaker have
not been determined.
Walls (VII on TIhiii.
The explosion threw down the wall
of the express uffietT anil precipitated
It upon the next building, the store
of Watkins brothers. This building
caved under the pressure, ami the
walls fill in n the live occupants.
Whitaker and Arthur Watkins were
burled under the debris and sustained
serious injuries. The other occupants
of the building though slightly In
jured rescued the woundiKi men bare
ly savin? them in time, as the tire
instantly began to sweep along Main
street and was checked only after
every building fir Its path wa: swept
away.
Flro Sweeiis Street.
Beginning in the rx press office and
overwhelming, the . store of Watkins
brothers, the fire spread rapidly to
the adjoining buildings.
The burned buildings are:
Bruce and Langs store, J. N.
Trepp's grocery store; Hurueh-Nettles
general furnishing store, (southern
(Continued on page I)
HAN'S ESTATE IS
UUUl
IN THE APPRAISEMENT
This is Exclusive of Largo
Fortunes He Gave His
Children Before Death
STATE GETS SHARE
NEW YORK. Dec. 2. Edward II.
Harrlnian when he died, was worth
$149,000,000.
This became known yesterday w hen
the appraisers appointed by the Sur
rogate's court completed their esti
mate of his holdings.
Before the railroad wizard's dealh
and shortly after It, all sorts of esti
mates were made about his fortune,
ranging. from $ r.O.OOO.OOO to $250,
000.000. Hut there were no means of
telling even aproximately how much
wealth the mysterious little man luid
accu mulated
The $ I 49.000. 000 is rather more
than most guessers at Mr. Harriman's
riches though he had. The general es
Imate of his estate was $ 1 00.0iiii.000.
The stal.' of New York, undi-r the
inheritance tax, will receive from Mr.
Harriman's estate the comfortable
sum of $1.490, 000. as it collects 1 per
cent of the total where the estate is
left to one person.
That was the case with Mr. Harri
man's hundred and a half millions.
He bequeathed everything of which
he was possessed to his widow. Mar
Averiil Harrlman. whom he married
in Rochester when he was merely a
small trader in Wall street.
Mr. Harlman's fortune may have
been more than $149,000,000. now
discovered, however. It was said about
the time -of his death that he had
distributed a large part of It large
in ordinary terms of money, though
not large when compared with his
total wealth to his children. This,
though, was not confirmed, and it
may be that the present estimate rep
resents his total amassment during his
wonderful career.
In his beautifully-worded will, leav
ing everything to Mrs. Harrlman, the
railroad builder seemingly left to her
the future distribution of his millions
as well as the present holding of
them.
From that it was reasoned that he
left to her, also tire duty of giving
to their children what she thought
fitting.
PRICE PAID FOR STOCK
IS NOT MADE PUBLIC
Stock Still Subject to Voting
Trust Created After Big
Scandal
NEW YORK, Dec. 2 Control or
the Equitable Life Assurance society
which was secured by Thomas F.
Ryan soon after (he Insurance scan
dals of some years Hgo. has passed
to J. f'ierpi.nt Morgan with the $47i,
000.000 of assets which the company
declared in ltn lasr stati-inenl . The
transfer, apart from its ma ngiill uile
as a chapter in the history uf finance,
marks a complete reversal ( the old
order under which the insurance com
panics controlled the destinies of III
hanks and trust companies.
News of the transfer was contained
in the following brief statement issued
from the offices of Morgan and coin-
pan y :
"Mr. Morgan has bought the ma
jority of the stock of the Enultable
Life Assurance society, formerly
ow ned by Thomas F. Ryan. This pur
chase Is subject to the trust under
which drover Cleveland, , Morgan J.
o'llrlcn and Crcoi-ge Westlnghouse
were made voting trustees for the
benefit of policyholders, and it cov
ers all Mr. Ryan's Interest, including
ail the stock purchased by him from
James 11. Hyde."
Price Paid Not Known.
Tin' exact amount of, the stock
bought by Mr. Morgan and his part
ners and the price they paid remain
for subsequent announcement. Nor
would they name any other Interest
allied with them, although It Is com
monly understood In Wall street that
at least one large trust company may
take n hand in the deal. If the con
sent of the Equitable Is obtained.
I'nder the terms of the trust agree
ment referred to in Mr. Morgans an
nouncement the Ryan stock could not
be sold without the consent of the
surviving trustees, whose terms of
power hold until June llfteen next,
and who might continue the agree-
(Continued on page t)
MEXICO WILL REMAIN
L AMERII
Awaits Reply From Our
Government to its Sug
gestions for Peace.
UNEXPECTED PREACH
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 2 That Mex
ico does not wan! to be drawn Into
the Nicaragua,!! controversy but will
maintain a neutral attitude, was the
statement made by Scnor Marlscal.
minister of foreign affairs, today. The
action of the Cnited States in sever
ing relations with Nicaragua, is not
resented by Mexico, lie said, although
it cam,- most unexpectedly at a time
w lien bis government was awaiting
.1 reply to its suggested plan fin
peace, lie said:
"We do not resent the action of
the l'nited States. Why should we 7
We have absolutely no interests in
i 'etc i a I Aiini ica exeept in Guatemala,
where there are about forty thousand
Mexicans. We aie still waiting for a
reply from the l'nited States govern
ment to' our suggestion for an ami
;nhle settlement of tin- trouble. We
made tho suggestion spontaneously
because we had not lit en, us on sever
al previous occasions, approached by
(lie l'nited States on the subject of In
tervention in Central America. In
view of such advances in the past we
did not consider it dl .courteous t'
ff or these suggestions In the Inter-i-Ht
of huminiiy. What these sugges
tions were I still urn not at llhert
to state."
The news of the breach between Ni
caragua and the l'nited States created
a profound sensation here today. Thi
situation was tho chief topic of con
versation on the streets in the res
taurants anil at the clubs.
Francisco Castro, the Nlcaraguan
minister to Mexico and a close friend
of Zclaya, In speaking of the action of
the United States said:
"I believe it is unjust because the
main cause, apparently, Is the exec
ution of the two Americans and this
action of my government was perfect
ly In accordance with the laws of the
ountry and was executed by com
nand of a military jury and not b
lirect order from the president of
he republic, as has seemed the pur-
(Coiitlniied on page 4)
AMERICA WARSHIPS CLOSING IN
6N NICARAGUA FROM
Gunboats Hurried Forward to Protect American Interests in Present Tense Situ
ation. Admiral Kimball Will Take Command of All Forces. Army
, of Marines May Land.
WASHINGTON. Dec. . Naval
forces of the Unite States ere being
moved forward tonight to both coasts
or Central America for the purpose of
protecting American life and tiroperty
In Nicaragua by force of arms. If the
necessity urisc.
With the departure lute today from
Philadelphia of the troopship Prairie,
with seven hundred marines aboard,
for the Isthmus of Panama, and If It
be so decreed, for Nicaragua and with
the sailing from Magdelena bay of the
protected erutaer Albany and the gun
bout. Yorktown for Corlnto, on the
Pacific coast Of Nicaragua, the war
like activity of the navy department
was becoming manifest on both the
oceans that wasfrtfte" Nlcamgmtn
shores.
An Array of Marines.
The cruisers Des Moines and Taco
ma. and the gunboat Marietta are ly
ing off Port Union ready for any
call upon them and the guns of the
little gunboat Vlcksburg are pointed
toward the custom house and town of
Corlnto. The gunboat Princeton Is en
deavoring to tniike her way from the
Bremerton navy yard. Washington, to
Corlnto, also.
In addition, the transport Ruffalo,
according to wlial fa said to be the
NDICTED
WITH TQBhGCDTRUST!
' . j
federal Court Charges hot li J
With Violating l'w hy ;
Rebating
I,oriSVII.I.i:. K. Dec. 2 The
special nr.ui.i juiy wiiicn ......
slttlnK in the I i denil court to Inves
tigate alleged filiations of the inter
state commerce l.iw today returmtn
indictments against the Louisville anil
Nashville and tin- Louisville, Hender
son and St Louis railroads and the
Xineri.aii Tob.n.o company lor I u-
batlng.
i.iniit inilli t in' ins aggregating for
ty-two counts wre returned against
tho former road
no, Indictment of twenty-flve
counts was returned against im
Aim ricaii 'I'lliit -oinpaiiy.
The ind let no ills were returned
Jointly against the Louisville, Hender
son and St. Louis and Lin ten Irwin,
now president of Hue road tut at the
time of the alleged offenses, the gen
eral freight agent and traffic manager
TIIRFK t llll.llltKN CHKMATKD.
RoANoKK, V.i. Dec. 2. A Mar
tinsville, a . spec ial says news rem h-
tliern today ol th burning of 'lie
homo of Morrison I'lildijess, of Axlon,
Vii . anil the cremating of three small
children of Cablnesa.
lJ l
WASHINGTON. Iec. 2. Forecast
Cot North Carolina: Friday local
showers and colder.
lllllkiiwnuw
plana of the officials responsible, will
sail from Panama for Corlnto. with
probably as many as 1,100 marines
aboard, soon after the Pralrl, which
left Philadelphia this afternoon with
ubout seven hundred marines, arrives
at Colon.
On the Albany are about 280 blue
Jackets and on the. Vlcksburg, York
town, and Princeton about ISO each.
These together with the marines,
would make an army equal to any or
ganization reported to be sewing un
der Jtelaya.
At the same time, the United mates
Will have la formidable force within
striking distance of the. .AUantJl cpasjUii
IiTeaaft of danger to American Hves
or property In that section of Nica
ragua. At Port Llmon. Costa Rica,
are anchored the cruisers Dee Moines
and Ta-coma, each with UNO men
alum rd and the gunboat Marietta With
ISO men.
Admiral Klmlrafl Commands.
With the probability of many del
icate questions arising In Nicaragua
and of their demanding Immediate
response, the navy department decid
ed to send a flag officer to Nicaragua
to take command f the American
naval forces. Rear Admiral William
JACOUITTAL FOR BATTLE
WISE ONES FORECAST
.
Argument of Attorney
Concluded Yesterday and
Case (Joes to Jury Today
UKKKNSHORO. N. C V"c. 2. In
tho trial of L.-n II. llattlo In the Fed
eral court, all ol today was consumed
In the two crucial arguments to lha
Jury between District Attorney Hol
ton nod Charles M. tttodnmn, the lat
ter Hosing Tor tho defense at flvo
o'clock. Mr . Iloltoti began speaking
al ten o'clock and prefaced his argu
ments for tho Mrst half hour by read
ing the law urrcctltig tho four specific
charges contained In the forty-nine
courts of tho MM of Indictment. Ma
jor Stednian In his closing argument
for the defense spoko earnestly and
eloquently for his client referring to
certain portions of the testimony and
lilMiiK his views on the subjects.
Judge lioyd will deliver bill charge
to I ho Jury tomorrow motning. The
outcome is .awaited with much Inter
est, tho universal opinion being that
tho verdict of the Jury will exoner
ate tho former cashier and prominent
churchman of any Intent to defraud
or abstract funds of the wrecked City
National bank.
ROLLINS COLLEGE
VISITED BY FIRE
WINTKR PARK'. Fin.. Dec. 2
For the second lime In three years
Rollins College was at three o'clock
this morning visited bv a destruc
tive fire which completely destroyed
Knowles Hull. Professorw and stu
dents worked side by side with lines
of hose and managed to save Pine
hurst, situated within a few yards
from the burning building, but not
before it had been badly scorched.
Knowles hall wa one of the first
buildings erected on the campMs. be
ing a girt of the late F. H. Knowles
of VV'orcester, Mass. It contained the
chapel, reception room and scientific
apparatus and collections.
BOTH OCEANS
W. Kimball was chosen for that duty.
Ue sailed for Colon, Panama today
on the Prairie. He will make his way
from there to Cor into, doubtless, M
rapidly as possible, v '
Admiral Kimball has been e mem
ber of the naval board of examina
tion and retirements, and Of . con
struction for. raore than year.
There wertlo developmenta today
regarding Nlcaraguan affairs. Al
though Secretary Knox In his not last
night to the Nlcaraguan charge d'af
faires, Mr. Rodrlgbe Intimated that
ha would to willing to that gen-
lleman unofficially the permission has
yet--Je 4ken--aavntg or,-
Having promptly Informed In a
lengthy cablegram, the Nlcaraguan
government that the American secre
tary of state had last night presented
htm with hi passport, Senor Rodri
guez was tonight patiently awaiting
Instructions from President Zelaya aa
to what course he Is to follow now
that diplomatic relations between the
United mate and Nicaragua
have been severed. Mr. Rodrlgues
would make no statement today and
hod received no further information,
he said regarding the progress of af
fairs In Nicaragua)
LONEL
Indications Point to Rob
bery. Has l11 Active
Against Moonshiners,
DURHAM, Dec. 2 Sheriff liar
ward and Coroner Jonhin returned
tonight from Lebanon township
where Jim Klmbull, an old bachelor,
was found with head and fate crushed
with an axe and partly devoured by
dog and rats. Kimball had been
missing since Saturday and yesterdav
was seen on the floor, presumably
drunk, but undoubtedly dead. Late
In the night he was found but com
munication with Durham could not
be established. The coroner thinks
ho has been dead several days.
Recently three raids resulted In
four moonshine distilleries being coi
tured and eleven men arrested. Kim
ball Is known to have reported sbmr
of them. Yesterday two stills were
taken and six young white men cap
tured In that section. Every raid re
cently was made there and the old
incborite declared a few days ngo
that moonshiners would murder him.
The six men caught, however, wer
not released until after the body had
been found.
An empty pocketbook on the floor,
fire applied to his clothes and other
appearances of murder for robbery
tend to make officers believe that It
was a case simply of robbery for mon
ey. The axe, bloody and placed un
der (he bed, gave no doubt of weapon,
but the house had not been broken
open. Tho robber undoubtedly meant
to fire the houre and cover his tracks.
There Is no clue yet.
C.KS ADAMS DEAD.
WASHINGTON, Dec. Z. While on
a visit to thl city from hi home at
Charleston. S. C Brig. Oon. Henry
M. Adams, V. B. A., retired, died ye'
terday morning. He was Identified
for a number of year with the engi
neer corp of tha army. Ho wa born
In Massachusetts.
ASKS AUTHORITY TO
CALL RETIRED LIST
Rocomrpends Change In Mili
tary Posts to Points Near
Big Population Centers
WASHINGTON, Dec .-Compr
heuslve and complete reorganisation
of the army establishment of the
United States la the principal recom
mendation contained .in "the snnusl
report of Becretary of War PH'klneon
for the fiscal year ending, June J.
1U09, mode public today.- .More of
ficers, closer co-operation with the
militia of the various , atatw and a
general readjustment of the location
of the various army post are some
of the crying reform! urged upon tht
attention of congress, , Tho present
distribution of the troop of tha yg -
ular army, In the opinion oi tha sec
retary of war, la not only Itlogloal but
offer a aerlmia menaco. f ,s
At the lime of tha last report front
tha military deportment, which weie
received In October, It wa f und that
the regular army numbered tl,l40 ,
men with 4,201 officer, making to
tal fore of 7, 048, a net , Increase
during the year of I, til, ' Tha figure
do not Include tha 1,41! men of the
hospital corps, , f
Not Enough OrflMM,
Of tha active officer of the nrmv,
the report ealla attention to the fact
that TO art detailed to apeclal duty,
nearly half of these, of t46, 1 elng dl.
trlbuted among the various achooH
of instruction of the regular tstab- '
llshmcnt or acting as Instructor in
(at educational institution where a
feature la made of military training.
While there were no serlou breaches
of military discipline during the yenr,
lemaJT"1mojl'"aecUic""" "that "
there can be no doubt that tha dliclu- ,
Una and efficiency of troop wer low- i
ered by the continued absence of o
many company offlcera and tha result
ing frequent change of company
commander." " v - - ? "
The remedy for thl condition, tha
report dnctarea, may be found In In- -creasing
tha number of officer and
In the passage of legislation empow
ering the secretary of war, whenever
(Contlnned on paee threw. I
MANSION AT $400 PER
i '' i - -.-' A
Hinging and Dancing CaptU
vated Pittuburg Million
aire's Wife. ; - I
v i
PITTSBtma. Dec. . -Beeau ha
sang and danced ao divinely In the o
ilty production of "Tha Pirate of
Penane" hero lat wihteiV alia
Anna O'Nell halt just entered the
Henry C. Frick mansion a eorapaibn
to little Mum P. Helen Frlctu MlM
O'Nell's salary l $400 month, more
than that of a colonel In tho army
for the first fifteen year ot hi aer
vlce. She ha In addition saddle and
driving horses und a tnaJd.
Miss O'Nell Is from the fiquth. Sh
ha lived here for some time with her
sister, wife of a banker, and waa with
out fortune of her own. When tha
lillllon dollar" chorua pt daughters
of multi-millionaires wa formed in
the summer i.' 1101., tha banker'
wife contributed her siaeer to tha cho
rus. Mis O'Nell's ability and charm
made her so popular with the society
girl that when tha leading lady, Mis '
Lucille Roeaaing, eloped during re
hearsal with Paul Griffey, aha wa
Importuned to take Miss Roeaslng's
place.
In rehearsing for the rale. Miss
O'Nell earried the whole company by
storm, nd It Is declared that the
ttould have become famous had not
Mra. Griffey returned to fill her en
gagement, from which, she declared,
not even a honeymoon trip could keeo
her,
fin one of her recent trlpa here from
New York, Mis Frlck negotiated with
Miss O'Neil. "I will give yon 1409 a
month, your own horse, and provide
you a maid, if you will be my com
panion and teach me to danca and
ing like yourself," said the light hair
ed daughter of the man of millions.
Miss O'Nell demurred, saying - that
MIsa Frlck waa permitting her sym
pathies to run away with her Judg
ment. "No, t am not," said little Mis
Frlck. "I huve spoken to papa and
t Id him t wanted you and I must
h ve you." , . - . 1
And site got her.