THE WEATHER:
. BAIN. :
VOL. XXVI., NO. 61.
'Jl
Suefl
custom!
round
EniDloyee Who
Crooked Scales
Will be Well Paid
COtMifeoEB
Endorses claim
mm.
Oilier Claimants For Reward
Offered by Law For Smug
filing In Formers
NEW YORK, tec. 19. William
Loeb, Jr., collector of the port of Ni
York, has approved the claim to a
moiety by Richurd Parr, the deputy
collector and original Informer ill Die
sugar frauds of Ihe 2.t3,4lS paid
Into the United States treasury hy the
American Sugar Refining company as
dcrwetghing. The announcement will
be mnd? by' The Tribune In the morn
ing. According to the statutes regulat
ing uch awards, Parr will receive
"not exceeding In amount one-half of
the ne( Proceed," which will mean
In this case If the rluim Is approved
by the treasury department, approx
imating ii.ooo.ooa.
Mr. Loeb approved the claim only
after a thorough Investigation by
Harrison Osborne, solicitor of the cus
toms. ' He held that the cWim was
valid In that Parr, on November 20,
1907, discovered a steel spring which
was Used by the company's checker
to influence the weight of draught-
of sugar adversely. This laid bare
the scheme to defraud, and it was due
to the' evidence obtained as the con
sequence of the events of November
20 that a Jury In the civil suit against
the company lust spring gave a verdict
of guilty, 'which was followed by th
paying of fhe penalty, ln6. titfi.j-,
and the restitution of 2,000,000 fol
lowing. ;
Others Ctalin Reward.
Parr is not the only claimant for1
the award. He hae had a serious ri
val 4n Edwin Ln Anderson, another
,ettstsr&Joft ' but the inference
Is that Pirr will win out for the treas
ury department has rati fled practical
ly rjf' .'tnov of ' Mr. Loeb in the
vast sugar scandals.
There is some conflict of statutes
concerning payments of this charac
ter, but it Is said that In any event
(Continue! on pa (re 4)
GIRL DFf.HSTERY WHO
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
Asked that Man's Handker
chief and Withered Vio
lets be Buried with Her
WILL PROBABLY LIVE
NORFOLK, Va., Dec. 19. Having
thus far successfully resisted every
effort to ascertain her identity, the
strange young woman who at
Wrightsvllle Beach last week signed
herself "Ruth Morton, Chicigo," pri
or to attempting suicide both by laud
anum and shooting, still lies conscious
at St. Vincent's hospital tonight with
the mystery surrounding her as deep
as ever.
Though with three 22-cnlibre pistol
wounds in her head the girl today
began to improve, and tonight it was
said that her attending physician n w
belinves her recovery quite likely. For
tlie' first time since she was secretly
brought to Ihe hospital last Thursday
the girl Idday agreed to take food.
For tb1efirst time she manifested n
teresftn Bejrobabl recovery. She
has repeatedly declared ?he wanted
to die, ahd have buried wllh her a
man's handkerchief and a bunch ol
withered violets which she brought
with her to Virginia Beach.
(ine of the strangest features of
the case is that the police department,
after all the publicity given, has not
lesirelved a single inquiry from the
outside world concerning the girl. In
an effort to obtain some -Lie to hci
Identity a woman was today sent to
her bedside to question her. The gir,
was firm and the woman left without
the deeired information.
Apparently the only possible clue t,
her tdentlty is the laudanum phir.I
found with the girl marked "Willow
Drug' company, Bummerville, Mass "
She had destroyed everything b
which she might be identllied even
having cut from her hat the name o:
the place where it was bought
"I came to Virginia Beach to dh
because of the remoteness of th
place," wrote the girl in the note shi
had left, which also told of $25 Bh
had with her. to be used In her burial
NO RECORD FOfND.
' BOSTON, Dfec. 1. An examination
of the poison record kept at the store
of the Wlilow Drug company, in Bom
eix'ilt Ims -a41ed to show a sale of
poison to any one namJ Morton
GETS MILLIDTJ
I
NG ON THE
A
GRAFTERS
THE
BODY OF LEOPOLD
LIES IN STATE IN
THE 001 PALACE
Is Viewed by Thousands of
His Loyal Subjects Amid
Splendor of Death Chamber
CATHOLIC EPISCOPATE
EULOGIZES HIS REIGN
Socialists Become Restive And
Will Not Swear Allegiance
to Prince Albert
HKITSSEIX. Dec. 19. The body or
King Leopold lay in state in the royal
palace today while thousands who had
patiently waited their turn to be ad
mitted, tiled silently before the cata
falque and paid homage to their late
sovereign.
In the presence of Prince Albert and
the officers and dignitaries of the
court anfl government, (he coffin had
been borne to the mortuary chamber,
while priests chanted the miserere und
a procession of nuns told the rosary
for the dead.
Passing through the garden and
courtway up the broad marble stair
case, embanked with magnltlcient flor
al pieces and across the vast recep
tion hull, those who hud come to 'he
pulace found themselves in a room of
state, the draperies of which were
black with silver fringe. It was lit
up with the glare of electric globes
and the softer glow of hundreds of
candles.
CuIIioIIch Laud Him.
The mahogony casket In which the
king lay wus half draped with the
colors of the old grenadier regiment
and surrounded by his daughters, flor
al wreaths. It wag guarded on either
side by three officers. In uniforms
glittering with gold and swords
brought up to the royal salute.
Against the walls and between the
tall palms other officers heldM, the
standards of the kingdom. In front
of the cofTIn were kneeling nuns and
priest. For three .tours the stream
of people passed through the palace,'
witnesses of the Impressive scene. The
Helglan episcopate today issued a pas
torlal letter eulogizing King Leopold
as the apostle of peace and Justice.
the glorftier of the v-atholic faith and
the promoter of Christian civilization,
(Continued on page 4)
THREE SILENT SISTERS
Will Be Indicted Tuesday
for Murder of Ocey Snead
and Will Not Talk
EVIDENCE FOUND
NEW YORK, Dec. 19. The thru
eccentric sisters Miss Virginia Ward
law, Mrs. Mary .Snead anrl Airs. 'ar
nllne W. Martin, all charged with the
murder of Ocey Snead, whose emacia
ted body was found in a bath tub at
East orange, N. J., will be indicted
by the Essex county, New Jersey,
grand jury on Tuesday next, accord
ing to the program mapped out by
the county authorities. Immediately
thereafter application for the extra
dition of Mrs. Snead and Mra. Martin
now held in the Tombs here, will l
made. It is believed lhat tin two sis
ters in New York on the advice ol
counsel will consent to ' to .W,:
Jersey for trial without a legal lit
tle. Miss Warillaw maintained the fam
ily's afmnst morbid desire for seclu
sion today when she requested thai
the bars of her cell be plastered with
newspapers In order that the other
prisoners might not look at her. Bu:
becauso of precedent that the granting
of such a request would create, her
plea was unheeded. Mrs. Martin mil
Mrs. Snead, in separate cells, spen
a quiet day at the Tombs. They on
to be arraigned In a police court to
morrow for a continuation of the
preliminary hearing which was be
gun on Saturday.
Prosecutor Mott of Essex countv,
N. J., says that he has positive evi
dence that both Mrs. Snead and Mrs.
Martin were instrumental In engaging
the house in which Ocey Snead died
Charles Kirk, an eleven year old mes
senger boy. will testify that he car
ried Mrs. Martin's suit case In Eflst
Orange on November 17, while the
prosecutor says he has additional ev
idence that Mrs. Martin was in tliO
house after Ocey Snead met death and
before Miss Wardlaw so tardily noti
fied the police.
PRKSIDEXT HOME AGAIN.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 9. President
Taft, accompanied by his son Charlie
returned today from Watertown,
Conn., where on yesterday he at
tended the funeral of his slster-ln-ln w
Mrs. Horace D. Taft.
ASH
ASHEVILLE, N.
Iff
AS
T
Makes Triumphal Entry Into
Capital as If he Were Al
ready Chosen
INSURGEN rs REFUSE
TO RECEIVE MESSAGE
Although Hailed as Deliverer
by People Situation Is Still
Very Tense
MAN'ACIUA, Nicaragua. Dec. 19.
Jose Madrlz, Judge of the Central
American court of Justice, at Carlagn
who has been put forward as candi
date for the presidency to succeed
Zeluya, received an enthusiastic re
ccptlon on his arrivHl here today. Long
before he reached the. capital, .Ma-
driz was the object of cheering crowds.
He was met by delegations from var
ious departments and acclaimed all
along the way from Cnrlnto to Ma
nagua. At this place the crowds awaiting
the appearance of the candidate were
extraordinary. Troops and police
were out in force for the protect Ion
of Madrlx who proceeded on foot to
a hotel through an almost inextrica
ble mass of people, the soldiers and
detectives breaking a way for him
through the solid ranks, pushing and
throwing aside the frantic people.
CivllluiiH Make Way.
In front ofthe pant there were hos
tile cries against the attempt of the
soldiers to clear the street and imme
diately fifty civilians, all of them res
Idents of Leon, the home of Mutirlz,
and the stronghold of the liberals
who favor his candidacy, whipped
out revolvers, brandishing them in
the air. They formed a complete
compact around Madrlx, acting as his
bodyguard and escorting him to his
quarters.
For a moment the situation was
critical. There were shouts of "Viva
Leon; to hell with Managua." No
shots . were iired however, and the
procession . moved. The president-tall
candidate's face was flushed
and wore a look of anxiety. He was
accompanied to the hotel by the Mex-
i lean minister, and from this place
the crowds were shut out.
1 Dr. Madrlx arrived at 9 o'clock this
morning at Corinto aboard the steam
ier Acapulco from Santa Arenus, Cos-
w ws,'-
(('onlintictl on page )
Mm RESIGNATION
MERELY A PRETENSE TO
ESCAPE PUNISHMENT
Expects to Put in Tool
Whom he can Manage and
thus Control Government
MEXICO INVOLVED
WASHINGTON. Dec. 19. The Ni
enraguan Insurgents are growing tir
ed of awaiting attack, according ti
advices received here tonight and i.
decisive battle between the govern
ment troops nnd the army under (Jen
Juan J. Estrada ma wbe expected
within the next two or three days. It
a cablegram to I)r (astrlllo, the rep-
rrseniative hen- of the provisional'
government of Nicaragua, ncrV
Estrada says:
"The enemy has been out In front
for eight days. We are strongly en
trenched before Rama and are await
ing the first opportunity to take the
offensive In accordance with certain
plans."
What the military plans are is not
made clear, nor do the agents of tin
Estrada party know positively. They
declare, however, that Estrado un
doubtedly has been extending anfl
perfecting his system of trenches
Private advices from Bluefirlds,
likewise received hy members of the
Estrada party here declared that tht
resignation of President Zelaye Is the
veriest pretense. The Informants hen
also say that the entire procedure It
a plot. In which are involved Dr. Ma
drlz. General Irias. both of whom
are mentioned as Zelaya's successor,
and a representative of Mexico at the
Nlcaraguan capitals.
The machinations of the conspira
tors, It Is declared, would place Ze
laya In the background under the
stress of present circumstances where
he would be free to dictate the gov
ernment and direct the actions of hit
pupils. The Mexican referred to also
Is said to be a partisan of Zelaya'r
and to have worked hand In glove
with him In many of his official acts.
It Is this close co-operation between
the Mexican representatives and Zela
ya that gives rise to the suspicion Ir
Central American circle here that
Zetaya looks to Mexico as the agency
whereby he will be enabled to leave
the country-
EMI HAILED
NEK
PRESIDENT
EiDEE CITIZEN.
C. MQNDAY HORNING,
ASHEVILLE FLORIDA TRAIN
skRVICE TO BE IMPROVED MARCH 6
Southern Raflwafcr Makes Announcement To Effect T hat Two New Trains Will bo
Operated Between Asheville and Columbia. Means Much to The Future
of City.
"Washington, P. C, Dec. lfi, (!.
"J. H. Wood, Ashevllle, N. C.
"Heferrlna; to your recent
visit to Washington and Interview
vith Mr. Cary and me, and also
your letter to Mr. Cary. recom
mending the; Aahcvllle-Florlda
train service.
"We arc glad to Inform you
that as our management Is de
sirous of doing all that they con
sistently can ln behalf of Ashe
vllle, it has been decided to op
erate this service beginning first :
Sunday in March, the sixth. This ,
will mean a 'ow train .between '
Ashevllle and mimWa' in- eh
direction connecting Immediately
at Columbia with our Florida
trains Nog. 29 and 30 and the
Cincinnati-Jacksonville car via
Ashevllle will be handled on
these trains, making the lay-over
a few hours at Ashevillo and no
lay-over at Columbia for this
service.
"Please give this Information
to the citizens of Ashevllle who
may be Interested Including the
mayor, board of trade, hotels and
newspapers.
''If this service Is to be suffi
ciently remunerative to be main
tained the fullest co-oporatlon on
part of the people Of Ashevllle
will, of course, be nectssary as
you are'nware . ;
MRS.BELMDNT PRACTICAL
IN HELPING HER SEX
Remains in Police Station
Nearly All Night to Mail
Out 1 i i-l Strikers
NEW YORK. Dec. 19. Mrs. I'
H. Helniont dc ioonsirated in Ihi'Sni.'ll
early hours of today that site has
the interest of her Hex of the working
class at heart
fhree o'cl. k this morning foiiul
her in the ii:kIiI court awniting tii
disposition of tin- eases of lour wo
men shirtwaist workers eh'irged wrli
disorderly couilin-t in connt-i-l ion with
the strike. Several lawyers hae h. n
retained by Mis llelmont to defem1
the strikers but with the approach "I
morning they h nl disappeared, nol
w lien the girls re called to the b.ir
no one wa piist'iil to appear for
them.
.Mrs. Belmont here stepped into lb-
gup and offered ball for the girl,
tendering her leime In Mailiyon ave
nue as security.
"Is your house
worth ?S0(r.'-' in
Hutts, in routine
replied Mrs. llel
quired Magistrate
manner and tone.
"I think it Is."
mont. "It Is valued at 1400, (too. bo;
I think there ma he a mortgage open
It for 100,0fl which I rained to help
the shirtwaist strikers and the woman
suffrage movement."
The security was accepted.
WASHINGTON, Dec. !. Forecast
for North Curolina: Local rains or
snow Monday. Tuesday generally fair,
moderate to northeast win-'s.
DECEMBER 20, 1909.
Nothing For Them?
"Detailed schedule figures will
be furnished you In a few days.
"S. H. HARDWICK."
The foregoing telegram from Mr. 4.
H H ardwlck, passenger traffic man
ager of the Southern railway, speaks
for Itself. It means that the much
needed- through service between this
clty and Jacksonville, Florida, Is to be
a reality on March 8th, the- time for
the returning Florida reporters to vis
it Ashevllle.
The addition of these two trains
each day between this tlty frnd the
South will enable the hotels i.td board
of -trade ot .AshavUla to make, jtHUMtr
effort to secure their share of lhl
high class patronage to which this
city Is entitled. There will he a greatly
Improved chance of bringing tha Nor
thern tourists around this way with
a good train service, and the number
of our visitors in the early sprtng
hnuld be greatly increased.
A portion of th advertising fund
has been withheld for the special
purpose of attracting the resorters
from Florida In the event of this ex
pected Improvement In the train ser
vice, and the winter advertising cam
paign will now be extended to In
clude the Florida and the Southern
resorts.
The action of the rtouthe.rn raillwjy ;
while not entirely surprise, comes
as an unexpected piece of good news. I
AT FUNERAL
BARRED BY WILL
Man Who Carried Political
Prejudices to Grave Un
able to Protest
KINOHTiiN, N. Y Dec. 1 9 Menty
I'.rannen of Samson' ille trb-d to carry
his political beliefs and prejudices be
yond the grave, anil, although he di
rected that no republican shou'd be
allowed to have anything to di with
his funeral yesterday, by mistake one
pall bearer turned out to be u member
of the party he hated.
"No republican shall have 'inv'Y ig
to do wiili my funeral." he said fre
oiieiilly during his lifetime, and In his
last hI knexs he impressed upon his
family ami friends that they were to
be particular to select a democratic
undertaker, democratic dominie and
democratic pull benrere.
In selecting the pall bearers the be
reaved family chose men they thought
were true blue democruts. When the
mourners assembled for the funeral
they recognised among the bearers
one wan who was ua strong a re
publican as the deceased bad been a
democrat.
The situation was explained to tin
republican, who iil-tly withdrew. An
other friend was selected to fill hi"
jlar e. After the burial It was learne j
that the substitute was a fl'onj re
publican, too, but his republicanism
was unknown because he never dis
cussed politics.
RICHMOND CAS DRINK.
RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 19 Rich
mond's long delayed water settlement
hufcln system is pronounced complete
at last and water from the baeins will
b turned Into the city reservoirs
through a new flume Just constructed
tomorrow or Tuesday, clear water
for the city being definitely promised
by Christmas day.
EXPIX)KION KILLS flVE.
NAPLES, Dec. 19.A manufactury
of explosives near Casert exploded
today .live persons being killed and
five Injured.
It might be termed a Christmas pres
ent from the railroad In the city of
Ashevllle, for it has not generally
been supposed that the desired action
would be taken until after tht offi
cials of the road had visited the city
to confer with th commltteo recently
appointed to discuss Urn matter with
them. ''
.The movenient tor a better train
service to and from the South . was
begun by ,.'Tte;Ci.tke it;1 several wfeeM
ago who It was discovered that the
plana for advertising this city in 8ou-
capped by lack of railroad lucuuias
M nanuie ine people wno mignc want
to come to Ashevllle. Private corre
spondence with the railroad officials
was supported by published Interviews
from many prominent cltlsens. As
a result of the discussion Mr, 3, H.
Wood was called to Washington for
a conference with the passenger offi
cials, and he endorsed and urged the
addition of the desrred trains to the
present service, The .outcome l told
In the telelgram printed above.
Mr.!'. L. Alexander, proprietor, of
the Ijflttery Park hotel, upon receipt
of a py of the announcement of the
Improved service, sent the following
(Citilimfl on page )
CANNOT FIND PLACETS
After Trying Two Locations
it is Found That Fund
Cannot be Used at All
SPARTAN DUKU, B. C, Dec. 19.
The mayor and members of the city
council will breathe a sigh of relief
when Nichols and Nichols, city at
torneys, announce tomorrow thn'.
they ar of the opinion that the
city cannot use the proceeds of tin
sale of the colored cemetery, now
held In trust for the colored people
of Ihe city by council, for the erection
of a hospital. The report will bf
mad at the regular meeting of coun
cil tomorrow ui let noon and action
will be taken.
With every section of the city that
has been spoken of as a suitable lr
cation for a colored hospital up In
arms against the project, and Key
J H. Walklns, pastor fo the Firsl
Presbyterian church, threatening ttir
city with a suit for not building tht
hospital, the council Is In a dilemma.
The money in question, amounting
to $5,000. was realized from the sutr
of the colored cemetery near the C.
& W. C. depot about two years ago.
Home time ago the negroes of the
city decided that they wanted the
money applied toward building and
maintaining a, hospital for their race.
An option was taken on a lot on
Hampton avenue and coitncilc wai
about to locate it there when a war
like petition protesting against a negr'
hospital In that section of town cam?
In from the residents of nearby
streets. An attempt to locate In an
other port of town met the same fate.
Finally a site In the midst of a negro
section on South Lberty street wiu
selected and had practically been
agreed on when council, at Its meet
ing Monday afternoon, received a pe
tltion from the people of that sectlot
refusing "to stand for such an Institu
tion in their mdst.- Notice of the
threatened suit by Dr. J. 8. Watkint
woe received at the same meeting, and
the matter went over., . .
Associated Press "
Leased Wire Reports.
PRICT FIVE CENTS.
BE INVESTI6ATE0
LURTON
ON THE BE
NGHWILL
His Pro-Corporation Tenden
cles Not Liked by Some "
Senators '
NOMINATION WILl BE
CONFIRMED. HOWEVER ? ?
Senators May Vote Against
Hlmlo Put Themselves . ""H
on Record
WASHINGTON, Dec. II. With
probably fewer than a' quorum f
members of either house In the city,
all legislation in congress during the
n .xt few days -will ,.oa, by vommon
. onsen t. The htu.se wU undertake s
nothing more than the passage of
some bills of minor. Importance, .and
the completion of Its worka on the
bill, which already ha been under
consideration for two or three duys. v
It had been hoped that the' army :
supply bill might be taken up and
disposed of before adjournment, bnt
that program hat been abandoned In
the fare of the departure of se many
members. It . is expected that very
little time will be necessary for the
disposal of the District of Columbia '
bill, and with It out of the way the
bouse, in the ntaln, wll simply "tread ,t
water" until the time .for adjourn
ment for the holidays, ' .,.".
. Will Conllrm Lurtnn, j
The senate will undertake very lit
tle except the connrmalUm of .Hon.
Horace' H, Lurton to be en associate.
justice of the Supreme court of the
United State. The nomination Will be
reported favorably to the senate on
Monday and an sort will be made In
have H acted upon. The present In-
dlcatlons are that there' wit be no ob
jection to such a course and. that Mr.
Lrtirton' confirmation win take place
before the beginning of the holidays '
thus enabling htm to take hie seat on
th Supreme .court (henehiupon the- re .
convening of that body after the hol
iday. .tv.f-v'l'.-.-tvf 'f!' '
'.'It la nnt exepcted that ft nvurumr'
writ Present -'either.', on Monday , or, -
Tuesday, arid If uch should prou; -to
be, th cae a call .for an Jiw .nnd;
M V6te 'would ?huve the . effect of
postponing action tnt II January. Ha
one eeems willing to' Bcoepl this' re
sponsibility, and Senator Duron of
th judiciary committee : who has
chargo of the, nomination Is hopeful -that
the expediency of suck a call
will not be resorted to. . ' . .
imereetlug Record. '
Undoubtedly there are a number, of
senators ,who consider Mr. Lurtoo
age to be against him but the ebjec
tlon doe,.noi go to, t)f extent of
pronounced opposition,
Borne Investigation I being made of
Judgu Lurton' decisions M a circuit
Judge with a view to determining th
foundation of the charge hat they -are
In the Interest of corporations and
a statement covering this phase of the
(jiH stlon probably will be . presented
tc the senate when "the subject is
taken up for consideration.
In the main th disposition I to
allow the president to have his way
In the selection of successor to'
Justi.-e P-ckhnm, but many of , th
tn.itors r disposed o mull, a rec
ord regarding Mr. .Lurton , hort-r
comings, I he has any, If It were ft
question of success or defeat Mr, Irfjr.
ton would havn many ehainplcu nnd .
there Is no doubt would be connrmod)
urt a vote. TV only quetl.n Involved
at this time Is the advisability of 4- ,
lay. He would be confirmed soon af
ter the holidays, even though the
question should be deferred M Ion?.
Uoth house will adjourn Tuesday
for two week, the day for re-con.
venlng being fixed far Tuesday, Jan
uury .
Swanson Asks That Requi
sition for Officer be with
drawn '
RICHMOND, Va.. Dec. !. Upon
assurances from counsel for' Judge
Samuel W, Williams, attorney general-elect
of Virginia, that the latter
will appear at the January term of
the McDowell county, W. Va , criminal
court for trial on the charge of as
saulting ex-Judge Bandera In a court
room altercation. It is understood tnal
Governor Swanson ha asked Govern
or Glasscock of iWest Virginia to
withdraw hi requisition tor the at
torney general-elect.
Th requsltlon reached Governor
Swanson yesterday and almost at Ihj
same time with It there camn a tele
gram from Judge Williams, Wntnscr
at Roanoke, Vs., as follows:
"'We' assure you that Judge Wt
Heme twill appear at .the January
term of th criminal court of McDow
ell county, and that no requisition Is,
or ever has been necessarv."
, It appear from the affidavits act
compaoylng the requisition for the
person of Judge Williams that, the
Indictment charges malicious and fr),
5 ri i IU