iLE CITIZEN. Associated Press Leased Wire Reports. THE WE ATHEB : PRICE FIVE CENTS. V(?fy XXVI., NO. 55. ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY MOKNING, DECEMBER 14, 1909. THE ASHETO READY MATCH FOR usbana's Counsel Unable to Trap Her Into. Expected Damaging Admissions RQVES TO WM THAT SWE;H AS BRAINS LEFT" oclety Women Prom Gotham Motor. Over to Hear Fam ous Trial at Mlneoltf NEW . YORK, Dec. IS. The ready It and cool head of Mary Blair Hro- w, wnq seeks a decree of sepnra- on with alimony of $60,000 a year om her millionaire husband, W. ould Brokaw,' flashed injiiin and sain today, , through, the persistent todding of her cross-examination. At the time you say your husband ireatened to blow out your brains, did ou believe him?" asked John F. Me- ityre, counsel for the defense. "Not when he wasn't drinking." r -- irned the witness adroitly. "Did he say he would or could do ! pursued Mr. , Melntyre. "In Paris he said he could ami in ie South he said he would." WeU he-aidn't, did he?" asked Mr. Iclntyre as clincher. 'I think," said the witness sweetly, you find I still have a few left." Manlng of "Paralyzed." At another ttnje there was a quos- on of what Mrs. Brokaw meant by paralysed." un adjective she applied Mr. Brokaw condition on a night hen she, telephoned for his seere- iry to take car of him. Mrs. Brokaw mpllfied her definition Into "a con- Ition of helpless Intoxication," and Ir. . Mqlntyrelraioedlately wished ti now now trie witness nau quainieu s a Judge In the symptoms of drunk- mess. 'My varied experience after mar- age mad nte an expert," she re brted. , The worst wsather an Atlantic coast ortheastw can show did not daunt he curious today. Many women, chlv robed 1n' furs, motored over to lineola, U l-, throuh the slush and ntn and - crowded the little court oom.'-Thsi 'testimony flldn'f dlsap- olnt them. ., Wherein Sonfebody Me. Mr. Brokaw gave out a statement h part as follows: I have been grossly misreprescnt- d by Mrs. Brokaw and by members (Continued on page 7.) mum nrni cr thfy JUIILU UUMUUL IIILI COULD NOT AGREE ON H NAME FOR THEiR CHILD Pinal Rupture Came Just ' as Rector was About to Christen': little Follow WAITED NINE YEARS NEW YORK, Dec. 13. Parted at he altar after they had lived together or twenty-three years, during which lme they have raised five children, neither Mr. nor Mrs. Frank H. Barr, of Summit, N. J., will agree to a divorce. The cause of their aapara- lon was the naming of their nine- year-old son, Andrew Barr. This pe ruliary family Jangle came to light t the hearing in Chancery court. Newark, when Mrs. Barr made appli- ntion for alimony and separate main- enance, but not for divorce. Andrew Is the baby of the family Mr. Barr wanted him named Andrew Meredith Barr. Andrew being his father's named and Meredith the married name of nis sister. Frank H. Barr Is well known in Summit, where the Barrs have lived for ten ..ar unit in Hoboken. where he has been In business all his life as treas urer and principal stockholder of the Barr. Thaw & Fraier stone company. Tk ii.to of Andrew's' christening had been deferred from time to time, but when his eldest daughter, Mrs. Alice Mary Weeks, was going to have v..,- mile bov christened on Easter Sunday last spring, Mrs. Barr thought was a good time to get Andrew oi- ficlally named. inrim to Mk Barr. the first word he got of the proposed chrlsten- f hl man was when he met the minister on the street. He hurried home to Join the family party anu -,...dH with them to the church. Mr. and Mrs. Weeks and their little son George, and Mr. and Mrs. Barr and Andrew lined up nerore ine auar. just as the rector was about to begin. Barr leaned over and whispered in his ear: "You have the name right Andrew Meredith Barrr" The minister looked' nonplussed. "I don't know about the. middle name." CLEVER LAWYERS STEER A GE IS MORE FIT FOR PIGS THAN CIVILIZED BEIlSlGS Conditions Found by Immigrant Agents Repulsive Arid Unspeak able; Women Kind of Indignities. WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. A report; on steerage conditions baaed on in formation obtained by special agents of the immigration commissions trav eling as steerage passengers on differ ent trans-Atlantic steamers was made public today through presentation to the senate with recommendations for legislations to better conditions. Con ditions found on many of these vessels are described as appalling. i The general report of the commls- j slon eohiains the reports of individual I agents giving their experiences on board steamships where they posed as j steerage passengers. A woman ngent, j who was herself miserably Insulted and compelled to withstand repulsive privations, said: . "During these twelve days In the steerage, I lived in n disorder and In surroundings that offended every sense. Only the fresh breese from the sea overcame the sickening odors, the vile language of the men, the screams of the women defending themselves, J the crying of children, wretched be- j cause of their surroundings, and I practically every sound that reached the ears irritated beyond endurance. ! There was no sight but which the eye did not prefer to close to. Everything Offensive-. "Everything was dirty, sticky and disagreeable to the touch. Kvery Im pression was offensive. Worse thon this was the general air of Immoral ity. For fifteen hours each day I wit nessed all around me this Improper, Indecent and'forcea mingling of men and women." The woman agent had told of the mingling of the crew with the women of the steerage and said that the same conditions were true of the association of the men steerage passengers with the women. Agents of the immigration commls- slon say that on many of the steam- , ships, men stewards and members of j the crew as well as male steerage 1 passengers, crowd Into the eomparti ! menU set "aIdfo the women ana ' constantly pass through the passage- ways of such compartments so that" no woman In the steerage has a mo ment's privacy." Crew Offer Insults. "Members of the crew," says one woman agent, "never failed to deal a woman passenger a blow when she was found standing on the frame work of a lower berth to get anything THREATENS TO BREAK Johnson of Americans Warns Nationals that he is Not Wanted CITES HIS RECORD NEW YORK. Dec. 13 The Amer ican league simply will not stand for I John M. Ward being elected president of the National league to succeed John A. Heydler according to Ban Johnson, the American league presi dent, who arrived ?n New York to day. If he is dieted, says Johnson, it means war. As outlining his position in the mat ter on the eve of the National league meeting. Johnson eave 'jut a letter dated Chicago, November 30, which he has sent to August Herrmann, at Cincinnati, chairman of the National commission, who was instrumental In ending the war between the National and American leagues in 1903. The letter says: ( "When Information was brought to me from an authentic source that John M. Ward was seriously consid ered for the presidency of the Na tional league. It occassioned me much surprise. Since the signing of the peace pact and the creation of the national agreement, organized base ball has moved along in a broad, straight channel with moderate fric tion. "The chief snag encountered was our effort to recover Player George Davis after he had been awarded to the Chicago American league club at the Cincinnati peace conference. Mr. Ward, acting as attorney for Player Davis, drew up the original contract with the Chicago club. It Was a three year agreement, iron-bound and riv eted. At a subsequent date ' Davis signed another contract with the New York league club. 'The New York club sought to re tain Davis, regardless of the Cincin nati award and In fact did play him in one game, despite a vigorous pro test from the American league. The Chicago club was Anally obliged to go in the courts to enforce Its contract, and John 11. Watd represented the player In the proceeding. Subjected to All from an upper berth. If n woman were dressing, they always stopped to watch her. anil frequently hit and handled her. "One night, the chief steerage stew ard entered our comportment, but not noticing me, approached a Polish girl who was apparently the -one occu pant. She spoke In Polish, saylii(0 M' hed caches, please go on imd let me alone.' But "he continued and soon was Insulting her. The girl. Weakened by sea t?ckness, defended herself as best she could, but soon was struggling to get out of the man's arms. Just then other passengers en tered and he released her. Such was the man who was our highest pro tector and court of appeal. "Several of the crew told" me thnt many men marry girls from the steer age. When I Insinuated that they could scarcely become well enough ac quainted to marry during the passage, the answer was that the acquaintance had already gone so far that marriage was imperative." Keiwlswl Advance. The writer tells of repelling ad vances on the part of the crew and stewards with a hard unexKcted blow In the offender's face. She says: "The manner In which the sailors, stewards, firemen and others mingled with the w.omen passengers was thor-. oughly revolting. Their language and the topics of their conversation were .vile; Their comments about the wom en, and made In their presence were coarse. .Concerning other conditions in the old type steerage, which still exists on many of the steamships, the agents of the commission as Just as severe. In the introduction to the report. It Is stated: "The universal human need of space, air, food, sreep and privacy, arc recognised to the .degree now madn compulsory by law. Beyond trat the persons carried are looked upon so much freight, with mere tiansDortatlon as Iheir only due." The sleeping quarters' are described' as being In many cases filthy. Inade quate and all that is bad. Oood conditions are described In connection with the Investigation of some steamships and It is declared that competition was the most force ful Influence that led to the develop ment of the improved type of steerage RAYNER DEMANDS THAT ZELAYA BE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY FOR MURDER Advocates Extraordinary Step Against Nicaraguan Ruler CITES PR EC EE D ENTS WASHINGTON. Dec. 13 Vigor- ously denouncing President Zelaya for having "murdered"' Cunnon and Oroi't- otfleers of the revolutionary army, Senator Raynnr of Maryland advocated the passage of his resolution author ising the president of Hi.; United States to apprehend and try the pres ident of Nicaragua for his crime against the two American citizens. "What I am concerned in now," id Senator Rayner. "Is not the ques tion of the helligrunt rlhts of the revolutionists, or in case of their suc cess their recognition either as the. de facto or the de Jure government, but In the speedy apprehension and punishment of Zelaya. This desper ado is everything lhat the secrelar; of state says about him. and a rea' deal more. If the country knew whal Is known in official circles in reference to his general depravity, it would regard the secretary's communication as exceedingly temperate, as It shows upon Its face the restraint under which he was laboring in dealing with such a character. "This government Is a eowardl government if it does not make an example of Zelaya before the eyes of the civilized world. This case will not admit of any trilling r conces sions. If two American citizens I care not who they were or what they were, citizens in high standing as the.v have been reputed to he. or soldiers of fortune have been murdered by Zelaya, then he must be made to paj the penalty of his crime. No matter how it was done, no trial by court- martial can Justify it. These men. iif I have shown, were prisoners of war. and they were not subject to trisl by court-martial." Senator Rayner asserted that Ze- laya's only anxiety would be lest he lose "the money he had stolen; that he would rather lose his head thnn his money. The senator declared that if Zelaya could not obtain a f-ilr trial In Nicaragua In the event ol Insurgent success In that country, be might well be brought to the Inlteu Slates and tried for murder In this country TALKS MISSIS SPEAKS 1NB0WERY, SEES BBEAD LINE President Taft After Doing Christmas Shopping Put in Busy Day ATTENDS CELEBRATION OV DIAMOND JUBILEE Applauds Missionary Work of Methodists In Dark Continent NEW YORK. Dec. IS. With u smiling reference tq the ".ittack of the Methodist church mi Africa." President Tuft addressed un lmmensf gathering at Curneglej hall tonight at the diamond jubilee of the Methodist Episcopal ehnr.ch, eaid to celebrate the completion of a ctpipstgn started In January last wherelHr 1320,107 has nen raised to further the mission work of the church IngAfrica. j After stating that It jecemed to him that the American pedjple acquired a world feeling from thejtlme we under took to free Cuba, th president said "The mission Is ueleiia and .in epitome of the civilisation that Is ex pected to widen out in that neigh borhood. I have hearf missions crit icized. I have hear if men say tha: they would" not cOBtritute to foreign missions at all; that had wicked people enough at hotnjt and we might Just as well leave theforeign natives and savages to pursue their own hap py lives In foret andf look after our Own wno neea agrefiif ueai ui minis tratlon. j The missionaries In China, the mis sloniiries In Africa, ar the fnre-ruu-ners of our civtllsatli and without them we should have to hope of con quering the love end fine admiration and respect of the millions of peopl-i that we hope to brlnif under the In fluences of the Christian civilisation. Interest In Africa. "It Is curious to se how the Al miarhtv works His way, due Interest in Africa 'for manyywfrsH wna In the slave trade. We are, all of as, were responsible. "New England got out of It a little earlier than the others, but we were all responsible for the encouragement of that trade and now we have living with us, ten million descendents or the negroes that were taken by force from that dark continent. And jet I think no one would say that th- descendants of those people brought here are not to he congratulated on the fact that they have been able to enjoy the proximity to civilisation, so that they are a hundred years in ad vance of their relatives In Africa. And yet they came hen- through gree 1 and sin." After speaking In Carnegie hall President Taft motored through o driving rain storm to the bowery mis sion, where he made an address t. a typical bowery audience. He af'er wards inspected the "bread line" room wh-ie each night hundreds of the un employed are given food. WANTSMQRE PROOF Will Make no Pecmion in Cook-Peary 'ontrovei-sy Without More Data WASHINGTON. ! 13. "The na tional geographic society will have to receive more proofs of Dr. Cook's claims to the discovery of the North pole before It can vn ler any decis ion as to his riKlit to make such claims." This statement w;is made tonight by Prof. James 11 .Core, ihe romissioner appointed by the r. "iiraphle socii t- to go to New York to gatner more evidence as to the troth or falsity of Dr. Cook's story of discovery. Although Professor uoro was un able to examine the data that was sent to Copenhagen. h- interviewed snrt cros examined i-apiain nrs.ni-.. Cowk's backer, and al Captain uoose and George II. Wunkle. the two men who declared In atlldavlta that they drew up the astronomical data used by Dr. Cook in describing nts aasu northward. Professor Gore declined to discuss his report to the geoKraphlc society, which will be made to that organi zation within a few days. IFATR WASHINGTON. Dec. ia. Forecast for North Carolina; Fair Tuesday colder In the east portion; Wedncs day fair- KINO LEOPOLD II. OF BR I OIITM, WHO IB DYING, KING LEOPOLD AT DEATHS DOOR FACES END BRAVELY Has Slight Chance of Life He Urges Surgeons to Perform. Is Pathetic Figure ,' Dying Almost Alone, Hated by Half the World , BRUSSELS. Dec. 13. Leopold 11, king of the Belgians, tonight Is mar king a destierate tight with death and the odds nre strongly against tho aged monarch. As a Inst resort the ur geon's knife will be tried tomorrow. If the operation is successful, King Leopold may live. If It falls the end In Inevitable. All will depend- upon the king's strength and vitality, which are fast ebbing. Rheumatism 1ms nl ready conquered tha aged and wasted frame. Dropsy htm 'atjrdvB"JIn obstruction of the , IntestHve." hlch must be removed, has grestly aggra vated his condition. The general opinion Is that the king will not survive the operation. Some say he may die at any moment. The king himself Is rather optimistic, and today exclaimed to his physician; , "Operate, and the sooner Ihe bet ter." But he added with a wan, wist ful smile, "Perhaps, doctor, the long Journey Is at hand." s Pslbctlc Figure. King leopold Is still as lucid of Intellect as ever. This masterful mind, which conceived and carried out the gigantic Congo project and roused the whole world Into bitter indictment and discussion, calmly directed whit seems to be the final chapter In his spectacular career. The picture was pathetic enough. Separated from his two eldest daughters by a tragic skein of events, with scsndiils of bin own NAMES JUDGE LURTON FDR THESUPREMEGQURT President Nominates Ten nesseean and Democrat for High Office WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 3 The nomination of .fudge Horace II. I.ur lon, of Tenness.--, to be associate Jus tice of th- Supreme court of the United States In succession of the late Justice Peckham, was tn nt to the sen ate today by Presldi-nt Taft. Judge burton Is a Tennessee man and was appi.Nit-d judge of the sixth circuit by Preldnt Cleveland March 27. 1D3. He was a democrat In pol- tlcs at that time. President Taft was himself a Judge of the sixth circuit at the time he was appointed governor of the Philippines in 1H!)J and it was his association with Judge Lorton that gave him such a high opinion or the legal quali fications of ihe Tennessee- Jurist. PI.KASKS I'AKKFJR. NEW YORK. Dec. 13. Alton B. Parker, who waB mentioned from time to time a.i likely to receive inn su preme court appointment which now goes 14 Horace II. Lurton, said to night: , "I know Judge Lurton, both socially and professionally, and In my Judg ment, one better equipped for ser vice In that greatest of all courts the Supreme court of the United States could not be found. The country is to be congratulated." HEVKJS KF.AD IN FIRK. (Bulletin.) CINCINNATI, Ohio. Dec. 13. (rtolleiln seven persons are dead and several others Injured as a result of a tenement lire at Third and syc.i mote strrrts about midnight tonight. Trrough Operation Which personal lire whispered by every ton gue, lopolrt lay tonight in "Th Palms." a little' pnvllllon of six rooms, close to the great empty Lueken cas tle, surrounded by his faithful daugh. ter, Princess- Clrmehtlne, Crown Prince Alberij and the royal house hold. The castle Is emptyf, for the king sold nl lihe furniture, dismissed the servants and withdrew to (ha pa vilion. , .,.., j Tha dny.'WM picture of, anxiety! hope and despair, and, as hl strength ftUiedmt 1dng whispered to hi chap. Istn anil: the aged and. devoted priest, with tear wetting his cheeks, ap proached the bed and heard hi con fession and administered communion and extreme unction. Hetties III Affair. During the morning, the king as sisted by a notary and solicitor net tled his private affairs, He discuss ed points In his will with perfect com. posure. in the afternoon he took farewell of the , court Officials. , To Count Oultremont, marshal of the court, his majesty said; "You have served me well for? more than twenty years. 1 am tfmteful, Refore t "' I want to tell you so and, give you my thanks. The king then summoned Princess Clementine, whom h kissed several times, telling her not to ery. Bh wa led fainting from the room. Other relative. Including Prlnc Albert, followed. OF SERIES Ora THEFTS Was Commissary at West Point and has lieen Com mended for Valor NEW YORK, Dec. l.l.Captttln Thomas Franklin. U. S. A., twice com mended by General Chaffee and Gen eral tl for distinguished service In China and at Manila, pleaded guilty today to a long series of petty em bezzlements from tne mess fund of the West Point cadets ts commissary and treasurer of the ITnlted States military academy, and was sentenced by Judge Hand. In the Circuit court, to two years and six months In the Federal pH"n t Atlanta, Ga. HI counsel gave notice that they would apply for a writ of error and review. As commissary and treasurer, cap tain Franklin hud charge of the pay checks of the cadet which he deposit ed In the sub-treasury In this city and drew against for mess supplies, in total amount of his derulcations ran to -. r.-.n ,.r which 14 (til was renresent- ed by false vouchers, presented for approval to the suprr;nienaeni or ine United States military academy. At hlf first arraignment In last June he pleaded not guilty and subsequently a..m,,ri,.H The rienmrrprs were over ruled and trial set for today. The statute of limitation in ine courts martial bar offense committed only two years back as against three years In the Federal oourts, ana ior mis resson Judce Hand and not Major General Wood heard the case. Captain T 8. Ansel urged for tne n.i.,n,.r thai hU client had risen from the rank by'merlt and that his irregularities were chargeable io nis efforts to raise a large family on an officer's pay. The sentence, besfce the penalty It sets, automatically cashier Captain Franklin from the army aad deprive his family of any prospect of a re tirement pension. 0FFW1TH THE 0L0 ONWITHTHENEWIfJ JUSTTIMH Atlanta Woman Divorces Hus band And Immediately Takes Another HAS HAD SOMEWHAT SENSATIONAL CAREER Married Father's Chaffeur Un der compulsion as Sho Al-j lerjes 14 Months A0O ' ATLANTA, da., ! Dec 11, Twb " minute lifter Mr. Silvery " Bpecr ' " Thomas, daughter if W., A. Bper, well known In hnnnulnl circles, .w:,o',. grunted it total -divure ttam hr f'j.,- thor' chauffeur, Russet) J, Thomas, In J' ' tho Superior court today, a marring , . license was Issued to Marshall C. Mo- Kensie and Mis Dllvle Opoer. 1 ' Mi Speor's divorce was secured - on allegations that h Was forced to marry the chauffeur be causa the man v - had made thrsnta of vlulnno against her father unless the daughter eon- ' ented to elope with him. 7 . v Immediately after th parties In volved left the court house, they were ' .. driven tu th Bpoer residence, pn . Peaehtroe road, - where the wedding ceremony wa performed In th pres ence of a large party. of friend, Another chairfer in the ipeer ease t also wa concluded roday when ver dict w rendered to th.' Superior eourt In favor Of lV.'A. ipcr, who ' wa sued by hi chauffeur, Thomas, for 1100,000 for alienation of hi 1 wife's affections. 1 ' , J ' , Itoenll Klopetnent. 1 the elopement of beautiful 'BllviT , Bpr with her ; father' ; handeom chauffeur, fourteen month ago, ere- ated a sensation. , After being married In Atlanta, they left for Charlotte, N. C, 'where they, wrf i arrtd thsjf rsgistefsd t a 'pro(filnnt- hotel. . 1 ' Mr. Speer briHiaht the brlds baek to Atlanta, but the young husbatnl t made so much trottbl that the mother 1 took her daughter il Nw York. Here '? the brld was kept hidden to esc pa reporter and to evade a writ of. ha - ' bea eorpu fought by ths husband. , Finally Mr. Speed Mlled with her , ' daughter for- Europe, ' ' ,: 1 Thoma asserted -thai If h could see his bride alone she would declare thatebs preferred him to her parent. ThM ,ber. parent', rrued. tp . Attovr. , They', charged that h wa drugged ' ' " by Thoma the day of th wedding , and whll In this ' condition. , wa , forced under threat to content to a , marriage. .,.-, , i- IN THE TRIPLE WEB OF SlVf flNlfl B Husband of One of. .Them Now Believed to bo Guilty and Others nre Sought WIFE'S STATEMENT SAVANNAH, Oa., Dec. II, Devel opments tonight In the aftermath of the trlpl murder of last Friday af ternoon gave birth to the (tartllng theory that not a lngle murderer but two or posslblv three wer engaged In the commission of the terrible crimes. County officers tonight declare that of these J. C. Hunter, husband of Mrv Maggie Hunter, who death today added a third to the number of mur dcred women, Is certainly one. v They declare that th chain of vl dence Is complete, asserting that om clothing, badly Utindi , apparently spattered with blood which wa found lata today and belong to Hunter I the nnal link. Thl clothing It la declared, was worn by Hunter on the day of the crime, and a walking can found In the house Of th murder la declared to hv been carried by Hun ter on th same day. It was declared tonight by a physi cian at the Savannah hospital that statement made during a moment ot consciousness by Mr. Hunter early to Aav rhsrsed the crimes to her hus band, and that h wa being held by a negro man wheu , tha blow were struck that Caused her death. Riev. J. B. Wilder, pastor of Bap tist church here, stated that , M r. Hunter after recognising him declared a white man had struck the blow. Today and tonight th police offi cers continued their questioning of Hunter who ha been prisoner ince Saturday, He stoutly denle any guilt. Mayor Tldeman tonight asked that no extra edition of th newspaper be issued Carrying the developments 'n th( case 'nd-thfMih '-one paper v almost in the pf. th edition . suppressed. -i i (Continued on Page 7, . . X