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THE WEATHER: FAIR. VOL. XXVI., NO. 47. THE I RDEPARTED Impressive And Beautiful Cer emonies Mark ( Annual ) Exercises of Lodge LARGE AUDIENCE AT OPERA HOUSE Excellent Addresses by Messrs Ctnin And Frwln And Fine Music The Features With ceremonies that wore beauti ful and Impressive the Ashevllle lodge of Elks observed Its ninth annual "Lodge of Sorrow" at the Grand opera house yesterday afternoon, .before an audience that packed the theatre. The eloquent memorial address of Hon. Locke Craig, the splendid eulogy de livered by Marcus Erwln, the excel lent musical program rendered under the direction of Mr. Burnette Jordan, and the fine Invocation offered by the Rev. Dr. Swope were the features of the afternoon. Sharing largely In the honors of the day was Miss Mne Kim berly, who has been the accompanist at the Elks' njemorlal exercises for several years. Her nolo number and her accompaniments were of a high order. A new feature of the program this year was the quartet, composed of Mrs. F. J. Clemenger, Miss Ida Ham ilton, Mr. J. Q. StiKeleather and Mr. Burnette Jordan. The opening number by the quartet "No Shadows Yonder" was an excellent effort, and the quar tet again distinguished itself with Newman's imperishable hymn, "l.ead. Kindly Light." Mrs. I". J- Clemenger has seldom been heard to better ad vantage than yesterday when she sans; as a solo, "Hy the Waters of Babylon." Mrs. Clemenger was in splendid voice and her singing was warmly commended. Mr. Thos. It. Sander,' a .comparatively new singe In Ashevllle, sang a pleasing tenor oftl,ltft'''r!'l''''"'.'," ' ,' Mfc1r!.C0tmell. who Is no stran ger to Ashevllle music lovers, made a fine impression with his violin solo, "Legende." . The opera house, well cleaned and comfortably warm was Kindly do- (Coiltlnucrt on page- llvfj OF HER CARGO IS STILL STUCK FISTIN THE MUD Dixie Takes off Animation and Marines and Will Probably Oo to Colon TITOS PROVE USELESS PHILADELPHIA. Dec. R Despair ing of quickly freeing the auxiliary cruiser Prairie from the mud Hats at Pea Patch Island in the Delaware riv er, where she has 'been stuck since last Thursday, the marrnes and stores aboard the strandeos cruiser were to day removed to the auxiliary cruiser tixie. It la probable that the latter vessel will get under way tomorrow and continue to Colon, the original destination of the Prairie. Two more vain attempts were made today to free the Prairie. Lighters nad removed more than eight hundred tons of coal and the eight thousand rounds of ammunition when a dozen tugs strained and pulled In an effort to get the Prairie Into deep water at high tide this morning. The warship did .not budge from the shoal and when the tide began to recede again the work of removing additional stores and the eight hundred marines to the Dixie was begun. This work continued all afternoon and at Hood tide this evening the tugs Sonier N Smith, New Cestle, Modoc, Samoseta and Vidette and the steam dredge Delaware were ftttaend to the Prairie and another effort was made to pull the vessel clear. This attempt failed and tonight the Prairie remains stuck In almost the same position as when It first grounded. The cruiser Dixie which will prob ably sail tomorrow is a sister ship to the Prairie and bas been in readi ness at the Philadelphia navy yard for some time. BISHOP GtMWSrXli IK.I. NEW YORK, Dec. 5. The Rev. Dr. Daniel Ayers Goodsell, resident bish op of the Methodist Episcopal church, died today at his residence In this city. EtIOT TRITE TOTHEMEMORYOF THE I El Grower And Dealer Alike Mis led by Fictitious Quota tions on Exchanges NEW YOrtK EXCHANGE IS SEVERELY SCORED Commissioner Smith Declares no 'Attempt Has Been Made to Improve it WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. Both the 'producers of cotton and the dealer In that commodity are the victims of the system of trading in vogue on the cotton exchanges of tile country. This is the burden of parts 4 and 5 of the report, of Commission of Cor poration Herbert Knox Smith on the conduct of such exchanges. The prac tice of dealing in futures, as it Is car ried on at present is condemned, al though the report does not condemn the existence of the exchange. "The brief discussion of general speculation in this report," says Mr. Smith, "recognizes the possibilities for good inherent in a greut central market like a cotton exchange, and the need that this good lie developed and evils eliminated by regulations in line with economic law." The report Is especially condemna tory of the dealings in futures, brand ing this form of speculation as pure gambling "and hjghly injurious to le gitimate trade. In quotations for "fu ture" deliveries of cotton, the mar ket is so uncertain and so many ele ments of chance enter Into the trans action that all bids are made at a .much lower tigure than (hose effcrod for cotton actually In existence. The effect of these fictitious quota tions, the report points out, tends to mislead the cotton planter as to the true value of his crop, honestly grown. In addition, it leads brokers to "play" both sides of the market to protect themselves against loss in such trades with the result that the producer Is foreod u pay in the end, white the farmer loses likewise. JfevtJtalJt KJf a Scored" The report, while recognizing that, the exchanges in New Orleans and New York are to canary, does not mince words in crrtieising the New Yolk evehllllLIe Al'.-er declaring that !lhe New Orleans methods of conduct- (font lulled on page I) TWELVE YEARS AND MAY BE DEPQRTEfl TD ITALY Took Ocean Voyage for his Health and Denied Ad mission to Own Count rv IS NOT A CITIZEN NEW YORK, Dec. 5 Deportation threatens Paul Ruggrero, a well-to-do cabinet mak.'r a ml furniture dealer, who is being detained at Kills Island. A resident of New York for twelve years, he may have to go back to Italy, which is a strange land to him. The case bas been referred to Ihe secretary of commerce and labor, In Washington, and James E. Urande. who lias been retained as counsel by his family. Is trying to procure his release. Ruggiero came to this country when he was seventeen years old with his parents and the rest of the chil dren. All are now living in this city. They are prosperous and own their own homes. Six years ago Ruggiero was married here, nnd his wife and five-year-old f.ii are at their home in Chrystle street. Hecause he was under age when he came to this country, Rti.ggiero did not think it necessary to take out cit izen's papers. A few months ago he caught a severe cold, and his physi cian suggested that an ocean voyage might be of more benefit that medi cine. So Ruggiero engaged passage on the Oceana and sailed for Italy on Oct. Hi. His wife and child, father and mother, and brothers anil sisterp were at the pier tf see him off. The young cabinet maker remained in Italy less than a week and boarded the Oceana when she was ready te sail for this port again She arrived on Novenib. r -I last. Whi n he at tempted to go ashore he was told he must Co to Ellis Island. There the doctors said he had con sumption. As he had never taken out naturalization papers he was ordered deported. ' Hut there Is not a soul I know over there." pleaded Ruggiero. "I have no home In Italy. My home Is in New Y ork, where I own property and where my business is situated " Commissioner of Immigration Wil liams says Ruggiero will have to go (Continued on page 4) COTTON GAMBLING IRKS HARDSHIP C ED ASHEWLLE CITIZEN. ASlIEVlLLEs X. (PISTCONGRESS For First Time In Years Lead ers of Both Houses Have no Program Prepared ALL ARE WAITING FOR TAFT'S FIRST MESSAGE Insurgents Not Inclined to Be gin Campaign Until White House Speaks WASHINGTON. Dec. 5. At no.'.n tomi)rri)U1"thc llrst regular session of the sixty-firs; congress will be enli vened. Vice President Sherman will preside in the senate and Hpenkir Cannon will yield the gavel In the house. The beginning of the session Is re garded, as u ways, with much interest, but there have been lew sessions In recent years for which there bus In . n so little planning among the members, ordinarily Kpeaker Cannon and Sen ator Aldrleh, who speaks for the ma jority of the senate, have a program ut the beginning of a session but this year they have none; or. if tru-y have one, they are not talking about It They are waiting upon the ;resldenl Hy common consent, apparently, all are holding la k pntll the presiden tial recommendations can lie received as they will lie on Tuesday in his first annual message. That his suggestion will be acted upon Is too much to say Hut there is a disposition 'o nceoinmn date him iib far as can be done am: there is a determination to hear his Intimations before entering upon any effort at legislation along lines upon which ho lias Intimated a desire I, lie heard. Insurgents Wnltln Even the insurgents generally ex press a. willingness to wait upon the while bouse before attempting In for mul.ile a plan of action 'i'bls is trot both in the sen:Ue mid in tin house. They manifest much interest In the forthcoming message, but say thai until It is rwe'ived they will be unable to form any plans. They orocbiin no tight against the president, but some at least of them are avowedly IijcveneilftMe. In their attitude to wards the speaker and Penntnr Al drich. whom they hold responsible, the one lor thi' hjiuse rubs and the ut hi r for the tariff law. I'nqiiestion ably they will be heard from In some vv i. before the session grows very old. and It is not hoped by the 'rlcntlH of (Continued on page 4) SHALL STRIKE OR NOT, TI MEN MUST DECIDE Committee of two appointed to Call Strike if Demand for Incrase Denied CONCERNS 52 ROADS NEW YORK. Dec. At a confer erne of the Urol herhood id ttailione Trainmen held here todav. Oram Master Lee and fifth Vice Preside!! M unlock were named as a committe. to decide whether the men shall y out or remain at work in ease tie demand which they will shortly pre sent to fifty-two eastern railroads for a. ten per cent Increase In pay is re fused. It is expected that the final schedule of grievances will be in lb. hands of the railroad managers "i Thursday r Friday of this week. The following statement was sued at the close of the eonf. renec "llefore a .T'-neral stiike can 1.- Im oidefeil it most have the oltli ial sum tlim of the grand master, in the event of the refusal of the demands a pol. will be taken for the purpose of re endorsing the demands, in i rder that the general strike when called, ma he unanimous and effective The de mlind already lias been endureeil once by more thsn a two thirds voti of Ihe membership. "The movement planned will ha nothing in common with the general strike being conducted at present by the switchmen's union of North America which Is distinctly a rival and an enemy of the Brotherhood ol Railroad Trainmen." This statement represents 101.0'i'i switchmen and trainmen. ANOTHKIl IMPENDING. I5CKFAI.O, N. Y., Dec. r, Author Ity to rail a strike of all union switch men between IJnfTalo and Cnicago, it such a course is diem-d r.ecessur Is vested In a committee of the union which goes to Chicago tomorrow t negotiate with the general mane.gen- of the nineteen railroads fir a hi tlment of certain demands. A referendum vote to secure the sentiment of the organization and to give their committee a free hand was taken some tim a ego. acrordlng to Orand Vice President Burt. REGULAR SESSION CONVENES TODAY C, MONDAY MORNING, Itf. II t-"lo DATS- fc- --r --- -T- i ' -Ng LEPER IN ONE ANOTHER, mmmmKmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmKmmmmi Confusion of Medical Men Puts John Early in Peculiar position. Is Leper in Wash ington but Not in New York; Leper in Health Department but Not in the Pension Office WASHINGTON, Dec, 5. John Ear ly .the alleged leiper who was qunr-' un tined- a second Uma on his reap- j poa.ranee hero last week, din'lar that he is going to light the capita! authorities to, th list ditch. That the district 1 to be a defend ant In some action brought by Early was presaged when there tame a tel egram both to the pension olllce and the health office from Egbert . iSv erst, a 1'liUtsburg, !, Y. attorney, which read aa follow: , "On whatrnrrV(i -ta John Tt. Early held prisoner mid by whose orders .' Wire me briefly, as ids attorney, at my expense." Today developed, too, a.n anomalou i situation as regards the views held bv two branches of the government. AI the United 8 tat en pension otllee It was said that In the eyes of tint brunch Early Is a "sound" man and thut bis pension waa discontinued In accord ance with a diagnosis of that char acter. To Health Ollieer Woodward the man who Is being detained Is a leper and ho will nm be allowed to re main in the district unless under quar antine. If Early Is held and again applies for a pension for total dis ability, such will lie granted II Is ex plained by Commissioner J Daven port, only after oillclals of the pension bureau again declare he Is n leper. Early has in bis pocket a voucher for back pension at the rate of Vi per month, fnon June 4 to August T Artists Wife Takes Uaek all j the Harsh Things Slid l Said About Faith i NEW YORK. ! ird Candler ('In ec., 5 - Mri How ;sty withdrew yi'H 'ale ai ralgiuneiit of credited to her the She ascribed the e broken up her tieri'e. Her c.per stlun Science were irst Church in this terday the wliol I'hristlun Seieie other day when troubles that i. home to that hi' lenees With ('In. confined to the ! city and to pr htudentii and b i titloners who were "Wirs of Mrs. Stet- ile I have 1,-arned of 'rigs of Christian I yeeterday. "1 b -i itiful and true and help morally and c deal of the Innt- Which we received nets of the First harmful. I do not -tlnn S( ietice lead , or rouses the baser nor do I l.elic. o t hat I v It coiih! break iroy the mother' son. "From what I i the real tea' I Cclence," she s; " lleve they are b could only In mentally. A trr merit and advi. from the jiraet Church was -i believe that CI young girls a'tr passions of men If tapght fori' up homes or 'I love," TOR WASHINGTON, Deo. 6 For eras for North Carolina: Fair, colder Mon day, much colder at night; Tuesday fair, colder In east portion; moderate west to northwest winds. DEOKMIiKR , 1!H). The "Holdup" Season. f - -- ' DEPART MEN! NOT IN EARLY WILL 25, the- latter diUe built HiUt upon which he Was taken from fie rolls. Health Ollieer Woodwork made the following statement regarding Early's prompt arrest upon his teturn to Washington : "Our duty is In protect the public." aid Dr. Woodward today. "Early Will not be permitted lo remain at large in Washington, and under the health laws will he con lined In q.iiirantluc, but under the same agreement which was made upon the occasion "of his prevtirtis parftir f-n h alluWafl to hiue the district at nnv time he feels so disposed. "In my unlnlon, Early baa leprosy, but If the health authorities of New York or any oilier state are willing to Irene blni 1 shall not place obstacles in the way of his departure from the district." WII K IIK.UtH NEWS. RICHMOND, Va,, Dee. 5. Airs. John I!. Early, wire of the famous leper" who Is now ugaln under arrest in Washington, has lived a life full of bitterness and sorrow such us few women haw ever experienced, and when she was Informed In the home of her sister. In ( 'besterllebl county, thut her husband was again In the hands ol the law, after he had known a lew months of liberty, she suo ciirnbed to an agonizing hytitcria ot weeping that would have made ever, the health authorities of Washington pltv her in her woe. T Northwestern Lines Tied up bv Snow on Track in Dakota and Minnesota ST. PAl'l.. Minn, Dec. D. Cold and snow at.' now delaying freight tralllc on the Northern Pacific rail roads more than the strike of the switchmen, according to statements Issued b the pi-neral managers of these roads tonight. According In (is o ial Manager Klade of Hie North ern pin lib . freight Is more or less tied up all along the system on ac count ol the snow and .-sp "daily In Northern Minnesota and Nofth Dako ta. Passenger trains are from one 1" four hours late in St. Paul tonight. A cording to an offh Ial statement the Northern Pacific bus all the switch men her, that they neiwl now and new arrivals are shipped west. I' iltei'ii switch eng nes were work Inn at Tacoma and business lb opening at Snitlle according to Mr. Blade. President llawby of the switch men's union slated that he had re i-eived word from several KiiHlcrn points today to the effei t that swl'ch meii in those place are ready to strike on a moment's notice. THREATENING FIRE IN JACKSONVILLE JACKSONVILLE. Fla., Dec, 5. Fire which started in the Wholesale grocery warehouse of the Flynn-Har-ri.i Jiullard company and the C. W. liartbsson company alsiut five o'clock this morning caused a loss of about ITa.OOii. Tin- loss to the Flynn-Har-rls liiillar.l company will be 150,000 and to the Hartleson company $2f. 000 covered bv Insurance. The fire men fought the fire until 11 o'clock today and ai the building is situated In the wholesale district, caused much excitement. The damage to the buil ding was very llght. SUE DISTRICT The Early family came to VlrglnU and settled with Mrs. Early's married sister on her little farm In Chesterlield county, about eight mite from Rich mond. No one knew them, and thsy mingle little with their few neigh bors. They hud always the fear of the outcast the superstitious Igno rant. Ho for six weeks or two month tbe-y lived In rural seclusion, happy that they were away from the woild which had haraaeed, them co macn, ond pontent Hth' hl lrotW-tit-4ir.Tar Jshtt Early worked early and lata, and be came sgalii a strong, robust man. Ha tolled In the field, and dug the pota toes left behind by his brother-in-law, who had gone back to tits former work in New York state. He cleaned up the farm, and renovated the house, working side hy side with the wife who had never forgotten her vows and who would have gone, hal It been nwessury, to u leper's colony with her husband. Alone and. unaided, lor he was the only man on the place, he dug a cellar beneath the house, currying the dirt out on his shoulders. There was no horse, so he tilled and dug with his hands. Occasionally he wont to Manchester to make necessary pur chases, but his visits to the city were few, for Early did nut want recogni tion. At length unils ran low, and Early decided that he must go to Washing Ion and draw out the little lack pen sion title him. NAVIGATION CLOSED ON LMSTE1T Reckoning Shows Large Number of Disasters Dur ing the Past Year, DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 5. At 12 o'clock today night navigation on the Qreat Iakes for the year 108 offi cially closed and within a Tew duys the Immense amount of tonnage that has traversed the Inland waterways since early last spring will have sought shelter In the various lake ports. With the end of the season comes the reckoning. Twenty -live vessels with a total tonnage of 30. H and valued at II, 14.1,000, have passed out of lake h! tory and of those who operated these boats, sixty-two have perished. Twen oy of the boat wre steamers thus adding to the monetary loss. Of lives lost. Ilfty-nlne were drowned when their vessels went to the bottom, and three were killed in an explosion. chief anion the causes of the many losses of the last season have been fogs and collisions, the combi nation of which has led to many a disaster. Twenty-four collisions are recorded and at least fifty per cent of these were caused by fogs. Fire, wind and wave, exacted through loss of money and life. The month of November added ma terially to the list of losses In the lakes, eight vessels being destroyed during that time. Every type of boat is Included among the vessels lost In 180. FIELft TRIAL BEGINS WAYNESBORO, Oa., Dec. 5. The seventh annual trials of the Georgia Field Trial association bean with the drawing today tor the open derby In which prlxes of l00 are offered. First prise $300; second prize 1200; third prize 1100. Associated Press Leased Wire Reports. PRICE FIVE CENTS. THE DIPLOMATIC President Extends Civil Ser vice Idea to Cover Ail Promotions APPOINTMENTS WILL BE TO LOWEST RANK Must Prove Efficiency Before Candidates Can Rise to Higher Position , WASHINGTON, Deo. &. To Im prove th personnel and efllelency nt the diplomatic service and lo encour age secretary of legations to qualify for promotion to the rank of minis ters President Taft hu upprovtd a plan suggested hy Secretary nf 8tat4 Knox and published H tonight as an executive order. The flew prospect provide for a hoard pr examiners . to pom upon all applicant for ap pointments as secretaries and Pre scribe the standard plan to. lh pres ident, point out th remarksblti growth of the political and commer cial foreign relation of the United Htates and the Increasing difficulty, of the problem to b dealt with. , Rouord ta ll Kept.' Record of efficiency of all , th under secretaries wilt be) preserved lu the stats department and appoint ment from outside th service, to sec retaryship will b mad only to tho class of third secretary of embassy or, In case of higher Vacancies, of' second secretary of legation, or of secretary of legation a,t posts Which hav assigned to them only oil seu retary. Vacancies In secretary ship of tho higher class will In the lutmu be filled by promotion from thut lower trade, and eflleney and ability dem onstrated In the aervtce win be the tet of advancement. ' ', Wfit Grade ttort-rtnrle, i ' , All the ecrtaryhlpa luthe future, will be graded according tJ th Im portance or dimnulty or other aspect of the work done at each mission and those . cU4sll)cUon , will be i mode known to the service bo that every man may. know just where ha etniuls. The examlhlrtu , bnurd will,. .deter mine the fttnc4i.if,4m.ndldie desig nated hy the president fur examina tion. ' ' . " r ' n.w . . . I'll'" 'I. i. ' .ia - A rin f XHllliiieuuils will oi' Ileal mi Washington and will be both oral and written. A physical ssnmlnatlon will be supplemental. - Candidates must be between tho age of twenty-one and fifty year. The department will examine to ap portion representation fairly among the state and terrltorie. DOMESTIC HAPPINESS - Minro nriiQ rranv ivin i mi ui nm lihiiilli Chicago Professor Finds Di vorce and Scandal May be Attributed to Dry Air ; CHICAGO. Dec. Y Men who feel urea are uiuy sissin iieaiww. r Women who clash with other wo men in tholr club are Uffering much from dry air. j, Many aivorce ana swanuais are d'e to lack of moisture In th air ot the home. If von are cranky and Irritable you are not the victim of a vicious tem per, merely of hot air. These are the deduction! drawn from the modern steam-hested apart ments by w. B. watt, principal or the Oraham school. He ubmlttd them to the Methodist Womens clutw ' Hteam-healed air f an Irrltant," he continued, "and bring all the deadly and foul disease. "When you And yourself sayinar things to those yoa love and weep ing bitter tears Immediately afterward do nof hliimc vourseff for your vlclou temper; It is only oecause you are steam heated. "When you cannot attend your club iiihont twins enraged at what U said or done by other steam-heated women, do not upbraid yourseir or them: remember that the club 1 steam heated, made up of women from steam heated home and run or thoxe who are drWen to desperatM measures by the kind of air they ub Jei t themselves to. "The steam-heated woman Is not satisfied with seventy degrees of tem perature. Kb learned at high school that her home should be between 6 and 70. Hhe runs It up the Mle on the way to the Insane asylum. "Agony may be averted by this slm ple exned'.ent. Divorces and sc-ndal hong on this warm glr Incompatibil ity of temper and disposition a'bound in this unnatural alf. Death Mid die ease of the lingering ar we l as the rapid varieties hovr over the steam, heated family." KIIXKI IS DUKU 1A PAZ, Bollvi. Doc. S. Senator Fernande Molina e shot dead to day In a duel with Senator Adolf Trlgo Acha. Th men quarreled dur Ing a discussion In the senate' over the promotion of the ex-president o Bolivia, Colonel Ismael Monies, to General. . " " ;. .:'' -, MERIT SYSTEM I S 0
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