THE ASHE VILLE CITIZEN. Associated Press Leased Wire Reports. THE WEATHER: PAIR. VOL. XXVI, NO. 49. ASIIEVILLE, N. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING DECEMBERS, 1909. PRICE FIVE CENTS. I MESSAGE MAPS OUT PRESIDENT TAFT'S PROGRAM PRESIDEN MAKES ANAPPEALFORTHE REDGROSGSQG ETY BYTICUT1 Baptists at State Convention Elect President And Vice President STATE MEETING HAS LARGE ATTENDANCE Rev. G. T. Watklns. of Golds boro Delivers The Annual Convention Sermon WADESBORO, Dec. 7 Alter a close and- exoitlng contest. W. C. Dowd, of Charlotte, was elected pres ident of the convention at tonight's session of the Baptist stilts conven tion. Mr. I. H. Tucker, of Ashevllle, who wu elected vice-president, miss ed the presidency by only a narrow margin. C. W. Brewer, and N. T. Broughton were re-elected recording seopetarle and L. Johnson was olect ed corresponding secretary of the mis sion 'board. The convention sermon wu delivered by the Rev. O. T. Wat kin, of Qoldsbo.ro. It was pronounced to fee- one of the best convention ser mon yet delivered. The pastors' conference today was featured by the splendid sermons of the Rev. Bayliss Cade, of '.Jim-eland county, and the Rev. Dr. (.;. R. Doan, of Hendersonvllle. Tonight'!" session was the opening of the convention proper which has an attendance of ; nearly 600. The -pastors' conference organized by electing W. R. nullum president; Henry Sheets, Lexington, vice-president; and J. L. Vipperman, Spencer, secretary. A petition will be sent th convention asking for a mass meeting on evangelism Friday night. The contest for the presidency was the feature of the opening session. For an hour the convention listened to nominating speeches and then went into the election. Rev. Braxton Craig nominated' T. M. Arrington. of Rock Mount Editor Archibold Johnson, of ThomaavMe, ' nominated W. Carey Dowd, of Charlotte, C. W. Scarbor ough, ofWOodlahd, placed In nomina tloa K. F. Aydlett, of Elizabeth City Rev. J. Crutch, of Rockingham, nom inated, B. C. Dockery, of Rockingham. B. W. Bplllman, of Klnston. nominated J. H. Tucker, of Asheville. J. J. Hall, of Fayettevlfle, nominated F. P. Hob good, of Oxford. On motion the con vention decided to drop all names (Continued on Page , Seven.) OBERAMMERGAU PREPARES FOR PRODUCTION OF ITS FiOUSJMN PIM Decennial Fulfillment of Vow Will Attract Its Thousands Next Mav LANG THE CHRISTIE ANTWERP. Dec. 7. Gre it prepa rations are being made in the liill" mountain-hidden village of tber Am mergaii, Bavaria, for the production of the Passion Play beginning In May and continuing until the middle of September next year. Many Improvements hav alre.ulv been made. Three of the streets lead ing to the great auditorium have been widened as has also the pluxi in froir. of tho ticket office, A large photog rapher's studio has hc-en erected next the dressing room and as protection against fire a station has been estab lished In which 21 men are to be de tailed. The representations are al ways given during daylight, without the, use. of artificial light, m-king Die possibility of fire a most remote con tingency. To care for visitors who may become ill, from any cause, a temporary hospital nas been establish ed under the direction of Dm village doctor with attendants and nurses. Seamstresses have been engaged in making the multi-colored costumes for the past six months. These a'one Will cost in the neighborhood of $25,000. i .The, Orineipnl roles together witn their Impersonators, as furnished -the North German Lloyd offices in New York, the official representatives of the Passion Play committee of 0'er Ammergau are: Prologue. Anton Lechner; choir leader, iacob Ruiz, who acted in the same capacity in J 900: Christ, Anton Lang, vho acted this role In 1900; John, Albrecht Blrllng; Peter. Andreas Lang; Judas. Johann Zwink, third time; Pilate. Se bastian Bauer, second time; and Mag dalene, Maria Mayr. BANKER'S ESTATE. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. The estate of Robert Henry Linn, late president of the American National hank, who waff drowned Saturday while duck hunting near Havre de Grace. Md . is valued at about S150.000. Of this amounts $30,000 Is In life insurance. His father, W. F. Linn, president of the Loudon bank, of Leesburgh. Vs.. has qualified as administrator. No Furthet Tinkering With Tar- iff at Present; Calls Attention to Nicaraguan Trouble Advises Law Against WASHINGTON, Dec. T.- lit his an nual message, read to congress, l'resi dent Tuft said: To the senate and the house of rep resentatives: The relations of the United States with all foreign governments have continued upon the normal basis of amity and good understanding and ai very generally satisfactory. Euroie. The American rights (in the fish eries on the north Atlantic const un der the fisheries article of the treaty of 1818 have been a cause of dlffen ence between the United Ktute ano Great Britain for nearly Seventy years. The interests Involved are of great Im portance to the American fishing in dustry, and the final selllcnymt of the controversy ; by the permanent court of arbitration at The Jlagiie) will re move a source of constant Irritation and complaint. This is the lirst case involving such great International questions which has been submitted to tho permanent court of uibltration at The Hague. Negotiations for an int-rnatlona! conference to consider and reach 'an arrangement pro'viding for Hie preser vation and protection of the fur seals In the north Pacific are In progress with the governments of Oreat Brit ain, Japan and Russia. Tin attitude of tho governments interested lends me to hope for a satisfactory settle ment of this question as the. ultimate outcome of the negotiations. The Near East. Tho quick transition of the govern ment of the Ottoman Empire from one of retrograde tendencies to a consti tutional government with a parlia ment and with progressive modirn policies of reform and public phenom ena of our times. Constitutional gov ernment seems also to havo made further advance In Persia. These events have turned the eyes of the world upon the near east. In that quarter the prestige of the United States has spread widely throagh the peaceful influence of American schools, universities and missionaries. There Is every reason why we should obtain a greater share of the om merce of the near east sim-p the con ditions are more favorable now than ever before. Ijitin America. One of the happiest events In re cent pan-American -dlplnmacv wan the pacific. Independent settlement by the governments of Bolivia aro. Peru of ATLANTA WOMAN ADITS T WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC Asks Chief of Police to Jlead off Two (lirls She Is Sending to Ohio FFKJNS KKPKNTAXCK ATLANTA. On.. Dec. 7. Cle . Evans, a strikingly handsome Atlanta woman, confessed to the polic this af ternoon that she was an iij? nt in He while slave trade, and asked the of ficers to detain two youm; women who were to leave for Columbus. Ohio, this evening. The police found the young girls al the station, waiting for Mi.-". Evun:. The latter lino" two tickets lo Colum bus, which she said had been sent her for the girls' use by :he keeper (if a disorderly house Dure. Th Evans woman was lormerly a book keeper in this city, but sal 1 she line1, been in Columbus and was sent on here to recruit young women. Th' girls she had selected were "nut fifteen years of age. They sat in court and laughed and giggled as though th whole, affair were a joke. The Evans woman said: 'I strayed away myself,, but at th last moment 1 had not the courage to lend those two children inti that life I want you to know what I have done and I want you to have those children saved." Police Judge Hroyles believes Mint the woman thought she was under suspicion and took this means of es caping punishment, but he was forc ed to dismiss her. His suspicions were strengthened by the fact that the brother of one of the girls was following the trio. The younger girls will be Bent to the House- of the Good Shepherd. In dismissing the Evans woman, th magistrate said: "If I ever hear of your doing IHf again, I will do what I can to send you to the penitentiary." BRYAN GOING TO FIvORIOA. BROWNSVILLE, Te.. Lec. 7. With William J. Ttryan opening the throttle which set the great engine in motion, the pumping plant at Mission. Texas, through which is to be forced the water supply for the lower Rio Grande Irrigation canal, was started In operation today. Injunctions. a boundary difference between Ihem which for some weeks threatened to cause war and evji to entrain Ini Idtternient affecting other republics less directly concerned. Our Citizens Abroad. This administration, through the de partment of state and the foreign service, is lending all proper support to legitimate und beneficial America! enterprises In foreign countries, Die degree of such support being meas ured by the national advantages to lie expected. A citizen himself cannot by contract or otherwise divest him self of the right, nor can this govern ment escape the obligation, of his pro tection in his personal anil property rights when these are unjustly in fringed In a foreign country. To avoid ceaseless vexations It is proper that m considering whether American enter prise should be encouraged or sup ported in a particular country the government should give full weight not only to the Rational us opposed to the individual benefits to accrue, but also to tho fact whether er not the government of the country In ques tion Is in Its administration and in Its diplomacy faithful to tho principles ol moderation, equity and Justice tipen which alone depends. International credit In diplomacy us well as In fi nance. , The Monroe Doctrine. The pun-American police of tlib government has long been fixed In Its principles and remains unchanged. With the changed circumstances of the United States and of the republics to the south of us, most of which have great natural resources, stable government and progressive Ideas, the apprehension which gave rise to the Monroe doctrine may be said to have nearly disappeared, and neither the doctrine as it exists nor any other doctrine of American policy should be permitted te operate for the perpetua tion of Irresponsible government, the escape of Just obligations or the in sidious allegation -of dominating am bitions on the part of the United States. My meeting with President Diaz and the greeting exchanged on both Amer ican and Mexican soil served. I hope, to signalize the close and cordial rela tion which so well bind together this republic, and the great republic iinme- ( Continued on page six.) RACE ACROSS TO DYING BROTHER'S BED Mil lioai aire Xewhouse oi Salt Linke Breaks N. Y. Centilil Kerords Fast di:la vim) half noun NEW YORK. Dec. 7. All e.-isl bound records between N't w York and Chleugo on the New York .""iitral railroad for trains carrying passen gers were broken today by the special tarrying .Samuel Newhouse of Sail Uike City here In his hurried trip tc calch a steamer for Europe, when- hi brother is dying. Approximately th"' train traveled the distance in 17 hours and :!0 min utes as againat Is hours, which tie Twentieth Century Limited makes, the fastest time on record easl-booio! between thi' two principals. Thlf record was made by the Newhouse special in spite or the fact that li lost forty-'-lgbt minutes by the dis ablement of an engine at Hudson, N Y. Had this mishap not occurred the train probably would have made th run In approximately 10 or 15 min utes under 17 hours The west-bound record is still held by the Vanderlip special, which made the run to Chi cago on March 2X last In IS houri" and H minutes. As indicating the grpat speed of the train today the run of 842 miles from Chicago to Albany was made in S.'SO minutes. An especially fast bit of running was that between Rochester and Syracuse, the 8a miles being cov ered in 75 minutes. The time t the twentieth century between Chicago and Albany was beaten by the New house special by 56 minutes. The special reached the grand cen tral station at 3.19 p. m.. being de layed through a series of slight mis haps as it was nearlng Its destination. The exact running time between Chi cago and New York was 17 hours and 46 minutes, thus lowering the east bound record by It minutes. SHERIFF FOILED MOB. DUBLIN", Ga.. Dec.. 7. A mob of several hundred citizens came here last night determined to lynch Han som Newsome. a negro, who was placed in the county Jal last week charged with criminal assault upen a white woman. Uncle Sam-"By lingo If These Fellows j Start Millie War Myself.". SENATOR ROOT REVEALED STATE SECRETS OF SECRETARY M' VEA GH As Pro; Tern. President of Senate Turned His Report Loose on Inoffensive Public Prematurely. Tried Hard to Recall Release of Story When 'Too Late WASHINGTON. Dec. '.Senator Root, of New York, presiding In the senate today lit, the" temporary ab sence of Vlceirt'resldent Shermnn created nil unknown to him at th time, a. sensation among the news paper men whose effects were ven international. - ; Copies of the annual report of the secretary of the treasury were In the hands of the newspaper! throughout the country and In Europe, to be held In confidence for publication tomor row af tn-uii.JTmrtgiaiiif H self-was still unsigned on the desk of Secre tary MacVeftgh. ' Hy some means as yet undeciphered, two printed copies of the report found their way to the desk of the president of fhe senate Mr. Root handed the treasury report over the desk, with the routine announcement customary In such cases. Reporters Were On. Instantly the keen-eared reporters on the senate floor flashed to the wires the news Hint the report had be come a public document, and the "release." clicked off to Chicago, to San Francisco, to New York, to Eu rope. It was well-nigh two hours before the fact that a blunder had been made BRIDE OF A FEW WEEKS TRIES LAUDANUM ROUTE Becauso Husband Ceased to Love id r Tried to Die and Did Not Succeed MAKIO.N'. N C.. Dec 7 Declar ing that In-r '-unhand had censed to love her, Mr - 'buries M. Hawkins, a pretty eli-iil-i n-year-old bride of a few woks, ii'!--mpt"-d lo commit hoI cide Monday night about i c clock by ill inking Die contents of a foiir-ouiu - I, ..111 of hud num. Il-iu Charles. passing the li lurn and drli and mispectin enlered the I. she had ill-tin hiiHl-anil did clan was muni The girl a of Danville, she ran aw.iv Hawkins, a e- Me. noticed tli-- worn.'iii a botlle of -uriel liinn something -th- vvronj- ise. She lolo him th.it laudanum be- ;iiiho hei -t love her. A ph sl ued and her hie saved iormcrly l-'anni-- Veal, i. A few u c Km at-n nd married Charles M. ernmcnt dijo tilery -m- ploye of Hii I niond, Va. s. a. i-. mokt.m;k i m,i:d. ANNISTON. Ala., Dec. 7. The fil ing for recoi'i here today of adjur ing and refiie ting mortgages In con nection nil!. Mm iimnoaed luiiiiM of H 25.000.000 bonds by tin- Seaboard Air Dine is ,-iken to Indicate that the road i -.v'- initiates the earlv re sumption of u -rk on the AnnlKton ex tension. Tin- Seaboard owns valuable terminal property here. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. Forecast for North Carolina: Fair, much colder Wednesday preceded by rain near the coast, moderate- to brisk northwest winds; Thursday fair. i I wssreallssdi ilpoflutht secretary's In sistence an effort waa mad to rscsll the release, but he noon came to ap preciate that lh mlWJhlef In fact Irreparable and consented :o wlv the technicality and tho releaso'was con firmed. An amusing feature of tho mlx-up lies in the fact that the refmrt should not have been handed down In the senate at all, since In accordance with law It la addressed only 'to th speaker of the houae of represent Btlvea. Khnvca leflcrfr Tn his estimatea Of appropriations and receipts for the year 1911 Secre tary McVeagh shows that there will be a deficit of 134,075,620 exclusive of the public debt and Panama cnnul pay ments which will Increase It to $73, 075,620. Probably the most Important recom mendation made by the secretary Is that the tax on bank circulation se cured by United States bonds herc ffrter deposited bearing Interest high er than 2 per cent, shall be Increased In exact proportion to the Increase In the rate of Interest above two per cent. Ho advises continuance of the rate of one-half of one per .cent, cir culation bused on two per rent, bonds. Mr McVeagh says that If the Panama Si HEELS OF Middle West. Shivering in Cold and First Heavy fall of Winter Snows ClIICA'So, Dec. 7. Hliml.'iig clouds of snow accompanied by lower tem peraiuic and a thirty-live mile un hour wind swept over Chicago and the sol-rounding territory today, bringing "iuttli lo three pursons. On of the victims, a laborer, was found dead from cofo and exposure. Th. oilier two wire railroad switchmen, who Minded by snow, were run over li engines. CIIKItltY St I Ti:itlfJ. CIIKItltY. Ills, Dec. 7. A driving snow storm und bitter cold weather today added to the suffering of the women and children of berry who lorn husband and father In the recent mine holocaust. Many appeals for heavy clothing were received at the relief commissary. coi n ox i,.ki:s. Dt'l.tri'll , Minn., Dec. 7. The Pai-kiigo freighter Muncy, of the An i bor line, whli h arrived here lust night, had a thrilling trip, Morton to Duluth. Second Mate Smith said the weather encountered was the worst he ever went through on the lake. The water waahed over the decks and froze an fiuit as It struck. Water even entered thn cabin windows and at times It was feared the vessel must J surely sink. " KRKKZIXfi IV SXOW. DANVILLE. Ills., Dec. 7 Lying In six inches of enow on the steps of a bank building and slmort dead, a Hungarian woman and her dx months old child wore found at day break to day by a policeman. Attached to the woman's dress was a tax consigning her to her husband, a coal miner at Wast Villa Ills. She with, her baby Vrrlved in the night from where she landed with ether Immigrants from Hungary, ig norant of the language of tho new country ahe wandered about helplessly, the child clasped to her breast until she sank exhausted, and lay for hours In the blast of the heavy storm. Don't Behave I'll bonds authorised by the l,nv of At ut 6, llo, should be issued at t per cent, they would have a much better circulation privilege than the outstandinr two per cents., the tax Being only one per oent. Mr, Mae-for Veagh would make the Ux on them 1 1-1 per cent-: otherwise the already low market valua of the per oenU would, unduly decline. , No S Per Cent, Credit. t" At the aame time. Mr, MacVtagh aaya it la deHrable to oomplet the 5il4leg'tew respecting the Myr Panama bonda to. make them available o aa to begin th settlement of the indebt edness of the .general fund of the treasury of the Panama cwnal. lie suggests that (f the aale of any of tnm bonds should produce more cash than the treasury balance needs, some . . i.n: tivo per rents might be bought In the market for 'the sinking fund, thua keeping the market price 'of the latter class atoove par. Declaring that the government hue not, and never -haa had, a two per cent, borrowing power, Mr. facVeagh says It possi bly would have been better never to have Issued two per cent, bonds or bonds nt any rate below the govern ment's borrowing power In the open market. El Is Bought in hy Hepresen tatives of the Reorganiz ation Committee , NiiHKOLK. Va., Dec. 7. The Nor folk anil Southern property was laic today bid In by tho re-organliullon committee for eight million five hun dred thousand dollars. II. T. Thorpe, representing- Philadelphia Interests started the sale at seven million live hundred thousand und curried it up to seven million, eight bundled thou ho nil. Itnthbone Oardner, of New York, then bid eight million live hun dred thousand and the propfrty wnf knocked down to him In the name of the Norfolk and Southern re-organl zalloo committee. The Norfolk and Southern railway once owned by the Vand-rbllts and was long known on the stock market when It was the old Norfolk and Southern Railroad company as n "down South nuggQt." It was sold by decree of the Federal court In the receivership proceedings that have been pending since July 1, 1908. The Norfolk and Southern system now comprise upwards of six hundred miles of truckage traversing eastern North" Carolina. The last decade has seen leveral changes of management by reason of new ownership, but with It all the road has prospered and the present receivers will deliver the property to the purchasers in better condition and with a liner prospect than It haa ever known before. The special commissioners who sold the property were Harry W. Wolcott and Edward It. Baird, jr., of Norfolk, former Governor T. J. Jnrvls, of North Carolina, ami Frederick Hopf, of New York. , The Norfolk and Southern haa been In tho hands of receiver since July 1. 10K. DRYS WIN. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Dec. T. In a local option election here to day the drys won by an overwhelming vote, their majority being 180. Two years ago out of 833 votea cast there was a dry majority of only forty. Today a total vote of 702, waa cast. Is rte-elected Executive Head at Fifth Annual Mooting Held Yesterday ORGANIZATION NEEDS A LARGE ENDOWMENT Recites Work Done During Year In Great Disasters Which Moved World WASHINGTON,. Dec. J. President Taft wi, .r-elevtd president of the American Red Crosa. late today ami presided for a, time over the fifth an nual meeting of lh!r convention held here. -.'-.' , ,-.':-','' i The president nintle ft brief address) In which he expressed tho Uope that some one some day might present the Ited Cj-osn with an endowment fund of 15,000,000 to place Its beneficent work on a more ptrrmanent basis, . Mr. Tuft also personally presented a gold medal voted by ths Red Cross tu Ijloyd C. Orlseom, former embtt udor to Italy, tor wift-k rendered by him during the recent earthquake. In Southern July and silver medals to SUsa Katherlne U.. Davis and; Samuel U Parrish, who assisted in the Italian) relief work, : i President Taft tonight attended the Informal' reception to the delegate to the annual meeting at the home of Mln Boardman. ' Makta 1'lca for Stamp, . ( , "During the' lust year," said Pres ident Taft tn hie address, "the loeltjty haa ahown what It oould do in its assistance to Italy ; after the. earth quake, Eastern Turkey after the mas acres, and to Mexico-after the flood., It aeeme to be necessary In eotne way "r o mime American eye urn fore you can arouse them to contri butions and when you have a disas ter such as that In Italy, which ap pealed to all, we are most generous, ,"And so It la wtih respect to, the Christmas stamp. That eeem to till the eye-o( the public,, and ita conttec tloni with" tubariailoata .Barxleg a good revenue with It But when It eomeg to th contribution! of a dollar a yar, when It cornea to th Increaeed mem bershlp, and when It cornea to the establishment by these small contri butions of a Urge endowment (und. the matter move etowly, I am aure somebody Is going to be born, and I hope' he la born al ready, who will give ui a large en dowment. I think we ought to have an endowment or , anout is.uuu.uuu. We have been modest and have asked only for 2,ooo,odo, but If any one haa an extra 11,000,000 h need not be re stricted by the limitation put In and caused by our modesty. , I am glad to be able to aelie the position ot president of the Hed Crosa (Continued on PK SOUTH ON EVE OF GREAT Commercial Congress Spea kers Tell of Us Wonder Opportunities r WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. Opportu nities lying within the grasp of Dixie Ijind, and recapitulation of It vast rnaourcea were' d resented before the Southern Commercial Congress at Its onenlnir meeting today. The cotton - eron of the South la tho mainstay of all financial Institution of this coun try and Is In no wise Involved a a sectional question, was the declaration of Hnrvle Jordan, president of tn Southern Cotton association which opened the tlrst sessions a Its chair man. "The South of today. In so far aa th development df its resource la concerned, I In th first flush of ita youth," was the happy introduction to an address delivered, by Hugh Mc Hoa nf Wilmington. N. C. He declar ed that from an Industrial standpoint the South had to De born over again, and that it had requlred-orty year since the Civil war' to accumulate capital sufficient to do things, but that now it was on . the threshold of a great future, having great opportu nities within Its grasp. The South has a monopoly on yel low pine, the great structural timber, and Its hickory Is the best vehicle wood ever produced, declared Assist ant Forester Kellogg, of the United States forest service. He- also stated that timber had been cut in wasteful fashion. He pointed out that the gov ernment too. had m fluty to perform In the maintenance of the southern foreats, .explaining that great tract which could not be controlled by tho states in the Appalachian mountain should be purchased by th govern ment and made Into national forest. General J. 8. Carr ot Durham, N. C, deplored the fact that raw material oi the South waa more largely converted Into the manufactured product In oth er sections although the South con tained all the essential prerequisites for manufacturing.