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THE ASHEVIEEE CITIZEN. Leased Wire Eeports. Associated Press ASHKVILLE, N. 0., WEDNESDAY M()KXIN(i, .IANTAKY 12, 1910. VOL. XXVI., NO. 83.' t ICE FIVE CENTS. THE WEATHER: FAIR. SENATE LOAFING; HOUSE GRAPPLES IVIIHJIG BILLS Upper Body Having Nothing to Consider Adjourns After Short Session WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC UNDER DISCUSSION After Passing Army Bill Low er House Takes up Vexed Question of Immorality WASHINGTON, Jhn. 11. Thut the committers of the '.ennte have not taken up the work uf the real earnest was made evident today when. afVT a sitting of llfty-tive min utes' -ettendur was exhausted ami It became, necessary for the senate .,. f.,r the day. Purine the ill o.ii jvi " " .-iuf axsalnn four or tiv I. Kill bills ..,- ,.r three comuaralively nil- important resolutions were favorably acted upon. With the exception of r,r three bills, to ttie consiue,.. lion of which objection was made fh,.. embraced the session output of the committees, ho that when they were disposed of there was nothing left hut to suspend business for the day. The committees are beginning to take notice however ami -soon the sena.e vyiH hnvi- all the work it can do. House Passes Army Kill. After pusslng th- army appropria tion bill, carrying the sum of Hf.,- IIOO.UOO for the tnainlenaiu f the army during the lineal year of MM a, the h today proceeded to eon slave" irMa. Upposltlon developed to that por tion of the measure reported by ihe Immigration committee, which makes It a Telony for any person U assist to go from one slate to another for the purpose of engaging In prositu tion. It was contended by K. prcseiita tives Uartlell of Georgia, tloebel. of Ohio, and Rli'hurdsnn of Alabama, that,, such, action wou,ld, b& an en croach ment'tepon. state's rights as un der the constitution each statu had the sole power to regulate its own morals. Defend (he Measure. Representatives Henneti. of New York, Austin of Texnnessee, Ituructt of Alabama and Adair of Indiana, spoke in favor of 1 ho bill which Li (Continued on paw- four.) TARIFF IB THREATENS IF GERMA IS( United States Protests Pas-j sage of Proposed Potash ; Law I FOSTERS MONOPOLY BERLIN. Jan. 1 1 The I'niied States government today informed the) German foreign ollice that it would regard the aitoition hy the TTelchstag of the jiroposed potash law as a discrimination agiinst Amcr - .'an interesta I It Is understood Ihe Anierica.n po sition Is that the adoption of the Measure would constitute such a dis crimination ajrainst the I'niied States us Is described in section two of the 1'ayne tariff act. The potash bill, recently laid before Ihe federal council by the I'russlun xovernment. Is designed to create a trust of all the potash mines of tic country under the ausp'ces of the im perial government. The Prussian government owns live potash mines and a government ofltclcil, llerr Paxmann. is chairman of the German potash syndicate, vhich, up to the present time, has (ontrolled the potash business of the 'vorld. list July Ihe syndicate was temporarily dissolved, and before it was reorganized individual members of tho syndicate had contracted heav ily with American fertilizing compa nies. The American market amounts to sixty per cent of the export trade and Is valued at 7.ono.nif The hill presented to the federal; council provides that the output of ! potash shall he sold through the Joint j felling concerns to which the pot mli miners belong at Inland prices, sub ject to approval of the federal court Contracts with Amrriians will be tak en over by the syndicate provide,! they are not for longer periods than two years. According to section two of the fayne tariff act If It should he shown that Germany was discriminating against the United States. It would be : Kiley. obligatory upon the "president to pen- ! The statue w as the work of An iiHKftitll Oermnn imtmrts bv ihe drew fi'Connor of Paris. It in seven position of twenty-fivo per cent duty feet in height. The tigure clad In in u4iitiflRc to whui would l vol- the uniform of a ma js.r- neral of lected !oriahrlly , upon them. . i Ihe United States. army. BOSTON TIRES OF REHANDVOTES FOR FITZGERALD After Hottest Campaign In Its History Elects rormer Mayor PARTY LINES WERE ENTIRELY IGNORED; Balloting Was Under New Charier Which Provides no Party Names WiSTiiN, Jan. 11. lioston today In the llrts partyless lection held un- der a new cha.'tor, elected former Mavor John V. Fitzgerald to again till the mayor's chair, this time for a Tour year term, giving him 4 1! S votes and a plurality of 1, :':!:! over his nearest opponent. James J. Storrovv. former president of the clinmlxT of commerce and former chairman of the school board, who received 4", 7 4.',. The remarkable reature of the el.-otion was the small vole of 1,783 given the present mayor. George A. Ilihhanl. who received :',x. ()) vot-s two years ago, being elected on a "reform" ticket, over Fitzgerald. The fourth mayoralty aspirant, Nathaniel II. Taylor found only f,2!l supporters. Mr. Storrow's campaign manager gave out a statement declaring that While he acknowledged I he eleetfi.n .if I-ic.gciald by an apparent plural ity of 1'IH votes, he would ask for a re-count. Was Hot Campaign. Thi' campaign, noteworthy in many ways, was easily Huston's greatest. With a total vote .if !)T,.I-T., nmre than S4 per (nl of the total registra tion was cast. Mr. Fitzgerald won his victory today in spite of the fact that not one of the daily newspapers of the city advocated his election. Hu i .1 i. : .... .i el..., lor vio. liaSCO I ,1 I I I ll I K "II . l"1 I dil ation, bin previous term in office having be i n conspicuous for the ex posure of graft among a number of his so hard I nates, Like Mr. .Storrovv he Is a democrat. I'nder the prlvistons of the new charter the ballots today lro 4m party b signn lions, tint only the can didates' and street addresses. Storrow's game Fight. Mr. Storrovv has made a ihi.rmii)- sl lit: ht to Knill the chief cxoeiitive ship cif the city, piomising the cili 'Ai'tis a progressive business adminis- (Coiiliniicil on Pago Throe.) HOQSIERS HONOR THEIR STATE S GREAT AUTHOR, T Statue of (Jen. Lew Wallace rnveiling in Statuary I Iall ;d Capitol PI LEV HEADS POEM WASHINGTON. Jan II. A statin of General lew Wallace, of Indiana soldi) r. author and diplomat, unveil , il today in statuary hall at the I'nit id States capitol. mided another P o,,, g list of Ametuan nolaldes rowtn thus honored by the stales nurtured them. To honor tin w hlch nielll- orv of Me distinguished uthor of "lien llui" a liatlelield. md gallant hero of many statesmen. diplomat! and authors assembled today in th.' south wing of the capitol Indiana was represented by its nov el nor. its senior senator and its best known living poet, till of whom tool; active part in the exercises, the two lust by address, the last named by an original poem. The Turkish empire. to which General Wallace was for I many years minister from this coun- j tiv. was represented at the ceremon- i lis hv the charge d'affaires of its em- I I bassy here, who also spoke. i The unveiling was made the occas ion of an imposing ceremony. Captain John P Mi llr, iv who served as aii officer in G neval Wallace's command I in th Civil war and pr.sident of the I.e.v Wall, sj,,., n,,. ice statute com iii i.ssiiuV pre- i liguri ing unveiieir-hy 1 w Wjfllaee. Jr.. grand-son f th general. GovcniAr. Thomas P. Mar shall of Indiana accepted the statue oil behalf .,,' tile Slate from the I'liMI- n.issioti which had charge ,.f iis prep aration. line of the notable features of the ceremony was the reading of an original po,m by James Whllcomb ICOTTON FIGHTING ITSlYUPi SPITE OF BEARS With forced Liquidation Al- most Over. Recovers Part of Its Loss j SPO T HOLDERS NOT i FOLLOWING DECLINE Market Continued IVervou With Wide Fluctuations Throughout Day NKW YORK. Jan., 1 1 . Yesterday's sensational break Ih the cotton mar ket was followed this morning hy con tinued excitement ami very erratic fluctuations at the iv-opcning of busi ness. The calls for additional margin in couseiiuence of yesterday's sudden decline of nearly $'i per bale in prices had brought In a perfect avalanche of nolllng- orders from out-of-town, and after openng from in to IS points higher, owing to relatively lirm I.lver. pool cables, tile H'"!vo months broke about 21) points in less than that num. her of minutes, with March selling al lo. us and May at 1 r. . 2!. (he latter month being a, shade under the lowest point reached yesterday. Southern news indicated that primary holder" of spot cotton wen- not following I he decline in lulures. and this feature ol the .situation, combined with the bet ter showing of the Liverpool ir.urket was an encouragement to the remain ing bulls. Kallv Sets In. After the llrst hurst of forced lhiii Ia!ion. the maikct rallied on covering ami renewal of bull support with March selling up to 15.30 and May to l.r..r,2 of about $1 per bale from the lovvi st -before the end of the llrst hour. Fluctuations were very Irregular during the middle of the day hut the lall.ving tendency which de, eloped right after the early break continued until March contracts Hold at la-Hi and May at 1. ".!( or 34 to 4N point. ufrove the low pricemf the morning. A fresh burst of liquidation caused a break of about I'll point from t ) 1 1 levil but generally speaking tradim: was less active, with sellers left ur gent and while the market was ex tremely nervous in the late trading thi- lose wan steady al a. gain of Irt.lii points of Hi,' day with March closing al I. "...10 and May at 1.r.T,n. or L' 1 'o Jl points above Ihe low price of the movement. INFATUATED OLD DAME TRUSTS BOGUS BARON Married Him Against Fami ly's Protest and Sticks lv Him Faithful. v A I I K NOW IX FLOHlDA ST. A CGI STINK. Jan II. A man who i- registered at a local hotel ;ti Paul Anderson, hut who is bilieved to be Ha roll Villi KoellitZ. Who WIS recently married Miss Louisiana U -Kvven of New York, alter a brief courtship, narrowly escaped death in a eountrv road near here today when ihe automobile in which he was rid ing I ii en. d turtle, pinning him be neath the vvicika-e. e ,-seapcd with nuini ions bruises ami cuts A bursted lire caused the accident. lifgisternl at the St, George hotel, a fashionable winli r reaort. as "Mr and .Mrs Anderson." and know! Co re as mother ami son are Ih. j ! rir.i :pa!s in a recent romance which i i letesied New Vol k and Germain land v. hich. ill iis develo,mi-nt. lirollght together two W'delv divergent J r pes- Ihe man worldly wise and vvllh a record that included a penitential y j ieiiii. and the woman an example o; i"isoi!i ist ica t ion a. id elderly inno cence. Thev ale Ihe "Itarnn" Polo vol 'loellitz and his bride. Miss Louisa K'.ven. the nentle old spinster of th'v i .tv, whom lie married after a whirl wind courtship. As will lie remem bered, just one day after Von Koenitz had pet. -mailed ihe aged maiden iad'. to slip over to Jersey t'4y with him and hive the ci-rernony performed his exposure as an adventurer came. It appeared that the "Karon" bin" served a sentence i:i Trenton prison '"' ' 11 'v"" n. ...... i ... . taurant in AewarK. an i mat ne wa. uy no means what he pretended to be Tho wife had placed a mortgage oi her home at No. 2:: West Kighly-sixtl street and had -'ivcn him about :,(), MOO from the proceeds. In the face of the utmost efforts of her family and friends to have hei leave him she remained obdurate She had heard the story of his past life, she told her two sisters, wh were seeking, they safd, to save hei Irum herself, and had forgiven him 11. At thai lime ii;. bridegroom still (Coiillniieil on Nigc four.) A LOGAN MIXING IN BILTMORE ROW HAS Aligns Himself Squarely Squabble Mrs. Reed ' ' ' Citizen llurean. WaslilrtBton, It. C-, Jan. 11 Congn vsniah Ornt'a chnlrman. W 10. Logan, is still in the running for the place of United State marshul lor .he WMtern "jdltrict but vei., 'nn. 1 1 In the senae that a man pur sued by a husky bull dug Is in the running. In embroiling himself In ihe P.iltmoro postuflliw tlrfht, or nllnw Ing Congresmiu Grant to thrust him into It by fiuvinir hir make nn om ciuvlt In thiu,w,-liJtr--tjnu;: Hsu et Hie friends of Mis.HjVhI ugalnst him. uid now they chargn tluit he nd Postmaster Luther were parties with .Mr. Grant In a conspiracy'' to pu' Mrs. Uetl out of tin office. Is Mrs. Itc-ttl lllcIC Ills ailldavit. which Is tiled In Ihe secret archives of the postolllce de nartment, is said to be to the effect, that a friend of Mrs Heed offered him $S0O to keep her In olfhe. Ac cording to the Grant side, Mrs. lieed must be regular millionaire shier AGED WOMAN FALLS INTO Mrs. Plnninicr of Salisbury Found by Her Son Purne'l Beyond Recognition SALISRrnV. N. ., Jann. II- Wlth her head burned Into a crisp. Mrs. J. W. Pluinmer, aged HO vears, met an awful death at Ihe home of a son, Mr. J. "I nomas Morgan, in Ihh it V this i fternoou. Leaving her boil. she at l em tiled to repair the (Ire and fell headr.iretn.ei Into tho open blaze. Her liaii a. is burned from the head and her features burned beyond recogntlon when discovered bv her son. who entered the room and lound her dead. Th, l,.lv was frightfully burned. Heart : nlllle Is believed to have caused her p. fall into (he tire She is survived , two daughteiH an I Ofle sou, . SENATORIAL VOTE STILL IN DEADLOCK JACKSON. M -s , Jan , 10. Two vote tonight vv.-ie sufficient to demon, strate that the legislative caucus still solidly dead locked as to a ih - essor to the late Senator Melaurin After the second ballot the caucus ad ioiirned umil tomorrow afternoon Phe opening vote toniRht showed a de flection from ihe tanks of former gov ernor James K. V.irdaman, a loss of five votes from the 4'ioHttns; laillot o' last night. On tie second ballot, tin leventh of the can 'lis. two more votes were lost. His ovi y-eight "votes, how ever. isKtlll foriv-one in excess of hi-' neurit opponent. Leroy Percy ot Gre.mvllle, WASHINGTON.' Jan. 11. Fore cast for North Carolina: Fair and warmer Wednesday; Thursday, fair; light variable winds Get - Rich Quick Scheme. With TCjjj?r at 40c Per. IMPERILLED With His Leader Against Woman in The Post Office Must Have Been Wealthy to Offer as Many Bribes as Have Been Alleged. she offered Grant, Logan, Greenwood j pudlated by the administration, ln and any one else who happened In j !tan will hit the pavement alio, sight large sums to retain her In or-, .Mclirr n Clinni-e Kiittlil. lice. It is also said that It wus ligun j The chnnces of Al. J). McKeo for ho brought here the allhlavlt of I aiipolntineiit u marshal now loom G-eenwood whom Attorney li'riink lai'Ke, The ultuatlon is that the ap- Carter i hinges with all sorts of a bad record. President Musi Act. Now Mr. t.oipin will have to res) his chunc.os on the outcome of th HlUniore poBtolMca contest before the pctartdent. "Of noOr Mr'.' CWtfl' Wtll fee the president he hns nrriiniVeil lor that all right, and will have both i pub:. can and democratic Influences to ki'I him an iulorvicvv. The charges he innivcH will on Ihelr face demand .a invest inat ion by Ihe president. He fore this time he was not tangled up la the I'.lllmore matter and with the practical endorsement of the three i . publican l ongri-ssmen, it looked as it he was pretty sure of getting the appointment. Now lie Is on the same horse as Grant and If Grant Is re VIRGINIA KEEPS ALL ITS OLD OFFICERS IN JOBS Legislative Caucus Ivenomi nates Officers and v elect Daniels te HIi'll.Mii.N'll, Vti.. Jan. 11 -As foreshadowed, the democratic assem bly caucuses tonight re-nonilnated 'alward Kchols, of HtauiHoli, to be preslijent prot.m of the Semite, and Itlchard Kvelyn Hyrd, of Winchester, to he speaker of the bonne of dele gates, all of the present minor of iclals are being rc-nominated. W. W. Sale, of Norfolk, and Kdwln P. Cox. of Pi.hmond, were chosen to be iliainnen of the senate and house lemooratio caucuses. respect i v.dy. There was no opposition in any case. The nominations are, of course. euiv alent to elections. Jiiint caucus nom inations for a federal senator to sue i I John W. Iianiel and for a mem ber of die Supreme Court of Appeals and other Judges a,H well as for cer tain slate officers will be held Thurs day night. The nominee for the scnatorshlp referred lo will be Iianiel again, and 'ho choice for the Supreme court will In- Judge Caldwell, the Incumbent. The repiildioan members of the as-s-mblv met ir Joint lauctiH tonight and d. si. led to make no IcKiHhit.ive noinina I Ions. They may, however, nominate for the 1'nited Slates senate l.iicr on. AMERICAN LABOR SENDS BEST WISHES WASHINGTON. Jai.. 11. A cable, gram expressing a wish for the suc i i-ss of labor's iaiilmen(ary candidal. in the pieseni Knglish campaign was sent todav o J. Kelr Ilardle. London, lo lb.- ex. . ulive council of the Amerl- J.an Kedi-ration of Labor now In es ( slon her. . Tho common people of ICnghin.l are urged to Htand by (heir constitutional lights In Ihe contest. Congress is to b urned to Investi gate the methods employed hv cor porations In several countries in re gard to the tariff and its effect on the ct of IH Ing." In order to have Mount Vernon be come the property of the United States, tho public to be ndmllted free, it wa decided to petition the legisla ture of Virginia and conic'ess to pass necessary legislation. HIS CHANCES pot tit ment Is bound to cotno to the west, the tenth congreslonal district, ami If Mr. Logan should he found to bo n holler up of falsa affidavit against a woman what Is mors Hutu "ill than that the president will cut in front th whot political crowd and mi mo n man personally unobjec tionable who In strongly urged hy powerful influence. Mr. McKue hu the strongest sort of backing from Pennsylvanlit and In addition to this he has Ilia cordial support of Mrs. General I in ten. his mother-ln-law. and a lady whose political acumen I high ly regarded by th administration. 'I bo citizen has previously Indicated that Ml. MiKw stood an excellenl (ha nee of appointment and this hance Is now srrtly Increased. TAGAI LINES TO BE SETTLES Conference Held for pose of Agreeing Terms Pur- Upon WASHINGTON. Jan. 11. Neftotla tlons have been begun looking to n setdemenl "out of court" of the nov i rntnenl's suit for the dissolution of ihe merger of the so-culled Hjtrrlman ines brought under the provisions of the Sherman anil-trust law. Humors of such negotiations had '.con current for some time past. They took coneretn form at a confer enco at the- white house granted by . 'resident Tuft at tha solicitation of the railroad ofliclals. It can be stated authoritatively that ro decision of any sort was reaehed. .( was said that the conference was Ihe first of a series of meetings which are to he held for the purpose of dc lerminlng upon what ground, If any, 'ho representatives of the llarrlmnn 'ines and the government can meet for an adjustment of the situation. President Taft has given no Intl- na.tlon as to what his attitude will be and his final determination In the natter. It Is stated, will di pern) birge y upon Ihe proposition the railroBds have to make looking toward a com pliance vvllh tin- anti-trust law. The case will not be dropped. It Is said, except upon such terms as will look to a correction of the evils com plained of In the government suit or unless th" governmc-tit can be shown to lie completely in error. Tho conferenco was attended by Judge Hubert H. Lovctt, president of :h Cnlon Pacific and allied Ilarrl tiinn lines: Attorney fJeneml Wlcker sham, Prank H. Kellogg, "trust bust er" and special attorney for the I'nl ed Plates In the case airalnst the rail roads, and former Henafir John C Spuoncr and Maxwell Kva.rts, of New Vork. attorneys for the Harrlmun lines. No time was fixed for a resumption of the conference but It probably will be within a few days. IIKI,I fok Mciiincn. ST. A I'OPHTINK, Jan. 11. After a hcnrlng lnstlm; two days John and Fred Harddook, brothers, were today held for trial on the charge of mur dering Jefferson Foster, Jr., ft cousin, on New Year's day. Knster was shot in tho bach from ambush. PARTY FIGHT GOES IRRILYONUIDER SURFACE MOSTLY Republican Whip Tries Little Game on Insurgents Which Is Checkmated DEMOCRATS GIVING AID AND COMFORT Minority Party Will Soon Cau. cus on Plnchot Ballln ger Squabble WAHIIJ.W1T N, Jan. 11. No cau cus or tho house republicans on tho Halllii,r-Plnchot commute has buun Hilled, ucrortllnif to tha statement of Itepreaentiitlve Ciirrler, of New Hampshire, chairman of tha caucus. One may Issue at any time, however, and tha Insurgent may or may not he hidden to take a hand In It,. And they may or may not attend the, caw cus. depending upon futura Informa tion a to the sort of treatment thy nr to be accorded. Tha democruta will probably cau cus on the subject the latter part of tha week, and It is understood they will extend all the old and com fort possible to the Insurgent repub I loan. , i r f ' HcKiilar Caucus Toiiiicht.. . . The joint caucus and hnusa ropiiM Mean caucus which will be held tor 'morrow night In the hou Of repr. entallvea wilt result In no ftcrlit h tween the regit tors and Insurgents. Nothinn but tho selection of a. new ropubUcan conireaalonal commltteo can ba ronaldered undt-r the call and thla I not expected to cause more than a mere possible discussion . of Insurgency In some jtatea from' which members of the enmmlite are to be chiSH-n. All of the Insurgents have received the regular notices ,of th caucus and will attend. ' I'lujs Snumtli 1lck, Another mtv of ,th hou.se organ', ivnrjnn' afninh IS 4nnfrli.ul am m r.iw- ' ther effort agalntt the InsurgeniM, was made today by HenresenUttlve Dwiaht the republican whip, when ho fllvwt ed tHff Tep"tltilthtft P tr elwt'ks of the rmueo not to pair any members from tiim rffiiii i tt it'll n rn.it is nT .v wha 1 tiiuAi without the consent of "ffte whip.'; for a reore or more years It has been the house custom to 'allow tnlr at any time without question.- Th rule . of the house on the subject requires that, two membws desiring 'to be . paired must announce such intention 4 the speaker's desk. llalkiHl ti licmncrat. Representative Oarner, of Tftxas, the acting democratic whip, In.orderc to counteract the move, of jrfJ Owlght, gave Inetructloni to the dein l era tic nair clerk that no miles aera lo he allowed t the desk excepting in strict accordance . with the almost , forgotten house rule on the-subject. Under Mr. Dwlght'g order he would be able to control the voting, of ah. sen tees or those desiring to be paired which. It was pointed out, would not work to the advantage of the house insurgents, since the republican whip is working In harmony with the reg ulars. The move of th democrats, if successful, may result in greatly limiting ine proposition or pairing as well as perhaps nullifying the ; efort of the republican regulars t: 'tnhiirrae the Insurgents. f NOT STAND FOB CHITON AND CHLMF GREEKS Arrested tho Duncan Outfit for Permitting Child to ff( Half Clad iiKiiiAirr ouTnACirco NKW VOHK. Jan. 11. "Who start ed this shirt-tall parade?" extlalmed h stout policeman when he saw three figures from a Oreck frlese come' trooping Into tho West Side court. They were Raymond Duncan. In i hllun, chlamys and sandals; Penel ope Hlkellano Duncan, In chllton,, chlamys and sandals, with a, Tyrlan liurph' mantilla on her bead, -: and Menalkas Duncan, their four year old son, also attired in chllton, chlamys and sandals, and with a whits sweater' reaching half way to his knees;, ' . If the Duncans had put that sweat er on little Menalkaa when he went out to walk tip Broadway on Saturday afternoon with his aunt, Mrne. Eleul : Slki'llanos, an ucU'es. and Andreas Devurlcj, an artist, ho might have got by Patrolman Max-Nlsh and not been lent to the chlldrens'. society, , Mrs, Duncan, who was born on nn : Ionian Isle, was still boiling with In dignation In court iter 1 limited knowledge of English hampered hor somewhat, but she throw a tine scorn. Into her ejaculation of the word "Harbarlains!" . . ' ' v Raymond Duncan held a defiant at'. tUuile, a He comes from California.) (roiitliiuctl iu pai;i' four.)
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