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THE AS EE CITIZEN. THE WFA.THEB: EAIN. yt Leased Wire Reports. Associated Press -VOL. XXVI., NO. 88. ASIIEVILLE, NC MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 17, 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BREACH IN PARTY MIS CONTEST TO TH EB 1TTER EH D Temporary Truces Cloze Ov er Underlying Bitterness on Both Sides PRESIDENT MAY HAVE TO TAKE A HAND Dycd-ln-ma-Wool Republicans See Folly of Cannon's Persistence (By Siioll Smith.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 6. Out of thn electrically surcharged atmos phere of the national capital during the past week have come fresh In dloationa of a fight to the finish be tween Speaker Cannon and the In surgents. They are short sighted who contend that because temporarily warrlmjr fac tions within the republican party In the last few years have buried their differences and presented a united front In the elections, they will do so In this Instance. They overlook the fact that differences heretofore have been more or lest superficial nnd that the basis of the present great contest Is fundamental. It nnnm be terminated without final defeat for "Cannonism" or the insurgents. . This Is demonstrated by the an nouncement of the speaker that he Is In the fight to stay. "I am not wring to quit," he Is quoted as saylnp. "I will quit public, life when my constit uents fail to elect me and not before. If I should quit public life I should be not only a coward but a poltroon." War to tho Knife. This puts an end, for the present at least, -le the hopes of those bpponcntF of the speaker who had an idea that the storm of party dissention might be overcome by a statement from him that he would not seek re-election I" his present position of power, second only to that of the president. Anothrr indication that the regular forces of th house are closing up their ranks "and preparing for a general attack la the.' declaration of BopregentaUve Bwlght, of New York, the republican wK1P.V thajt-vhreaifter the system ol pairing, in vogue for years, by which absent members were automatically paired and thus recorded by the clerks us voting, will be discontinued. No courtesies will be shown. All must be In their seats and ready for t.n (Continued on page four.) DEATH OF MILLIDNIE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN OWE TOjPOISON PLOT Poison in Stomach of Nep hew who Died About Same Time and Manner SUSPECT WATCHED KANSAS CITY, Mo. .Jan. 16. Con firmation of the rumor that poison had been found In the stomach of Chrisman Swope and that this caused the belated autopsy of In a millionaire uncle and philanthropist, Colonel Thomas H. Swope, was given tonight by Attorney John H. Atwood, counsel for the Swope -estate. Tho poison found in Chrism in Swope's stomach may have been strycTRTlrne although Dr. Hektoen. who repotted the finding of the poison has not been able to say just what it is or bow much whs present, ho said. Attorney Atwood and others knew that the nephew's stomach contained poison before the body of Colonel 8wope was exhumed lest Wednesday Chrismjan Swope died on December 6. Dr. B. C. Hyde, husband of a niece of Colonel Swope, signed the death certificate. The cause of death was jtiven as typhoid fever. Suspicion of murder was aroused at the sudden death of ChrUnnan Swope. An autopsy was held, the stomach Is now in Chicago, where it fs being analyzed. "It will be several days before ;:n arrest Is made," said John H. Atwood, of the law firm of Ileed, Atwood. Yatcw. Mastln and Harvey. "We have the evidence well In hand." The plot, which Is said to have been planned 'with more deliberation and with even more hinous intent than even the now famous Gunnras affair, had for its alleged end the extermina tion of all the Swope heirs. Shortly before Chrisman Swope's death, it is charged, the man under surveillance visited the office of a. well known bac terlologlst of Kansas City and secured some typhoid germs. With these deadly bacilli, those pushing the mat tr beileve.; he hoped to Inoculate tho members oftbe Swope family. , Colonel Thomas H. Swbpe and Chrisman Swope are said to have both died after the "same manner. The former showed no symptoms of seri ous Illness when he arose on the' fate- (Con tinned on Page Three.) MISS GAZZAM PAYS $5O,0O0TO SETTLE ALIENATION SUIT Wife or Nlblo Astrologer. Gets Substantial Balm for Her Injury SENSATIONAL CASE CLOSED OUT OF COURf Attorney for Plaintiff Declares he Settled on a 30 Per Cent Basis CHICAGO, Jan. 16. Rather than ' tl-- esse go to trial Miss Antoin ette Ellxaboth Gazxam, heiress to Si,- bub.Uuu and owner of a marble palace at Cornwall, N. Y., who was -sued a few months ago for 1150,000 by the wife of Marshall Clark, known ns Prof. Nlblo, palmist and astrologer for alienation of her husband's affec tions, has settled the suit out of court by paying the plaintiff $50,000. This was the report current In New York yesterday and confirmed here tonight by Frank Oomerford, attorney for the Injured wife, who has. Jpst returned from New York where two days ago he accepted a compromise). "Ves, it is true that the Uazzam Clark case has been settled," said Mr. Comerford. "I went oh to New York for that purpose. My client had brought an taction against Miss- Oan zam tor stealing the love qfjKT hus band for $150,000, und wo settled on the basis of about 30 per cent. Wife Won't Set lilm Free. "Mrs. Clark in no circumstances will consent to a divorce. While we wiNre engaged In our action agitrist Mlsa Gazzam he made an effort to obtain his freedom by' alleging Irios'u laritice In bis wife's divorce from her first husband, but this was defeated In the courts. That is all I oaru to say- While the Clarks made Chicago the theatre of many of their spectacular operations, in the fields of psychics, astrology, palmistry .and clulrvoyaney Mrs. Clark. paving been known in those efforts as Mme. Mizpah they are known in New York and. on the I'aelHo coast. " where' they lived in ios Angeles, Cal. It was. there that Clark, as "Prof. Nlblo," met the wealthy young woman from New York, wl.h whom, it Is alleged, he had a violent love affair. Mies Gazzam Is tho daugh'cr of Senator Joseph Gazzam, of l'hiladel (Continued on lngc Three.) CONTEST OF CHRISTY'S FOR CHILD LAYS BARE SOME m INCIDENTS Artist Charged With Scan dalous Conduct with His Models NOT RESPONSIBLE ZANESVILLE. O., Jan. 16 Mrs. Howard Chandler, Christy passod through the ordeal of examination and cross-examination during the hearing of the habeas corpus case she has 'n stltuted against, her husband for the custody of their daughter Natalie. "I have been ft kind and indulgent mother to Natalie," she told the court. "I taught her to pray, and when she became a Christian Scientist 1 taught her a pretty little prayer of that faith." When the crisis was reached In their lives, she said, she put it.up to her husband straight and asked him whether she should stay or go. Hi reply was to bring her suit case and with a lantern lead the way to the river landing. Dramatically Htft. Christy exclaimed "That grim figure with a lantern. ! can see it now. 1 screamed I shrinked."- Tlfo :real ordeal for Mrs. Christy If to come, probably tomorrow, jvhrn her huband's side of the case is to be presented. IMr k Hull, a brother-in-law of Mrs. Christy and a former model for Christy, told of some "seances" in the Zanesxillo studio. Christy, according to Hall, compelled his models to ap pear In the nude and at one time practically, disrobed one in Kall't preeenee with the remark that "She'f a peach, ain't she?" Girls danced, he said, weiring nly "stockings and smilee" In Christy's studio, Mrs. Hall also testified: She told of tho home life of Mr. ami Mrs. ChriKty In New York and of Christy knocking his wife down and "'sitting on .her." A Miss Britt, a French model, wh. Is posing now frtir Christy, followed and declared the defendant had al ways treated her properly. She denjAl any wrongdoing at Christy's New York studio and said that when Hill (Continued on pace four.) ROOSEVELT VENTS PE1INP FEELINGS T Witnesses Natives Killing Lion on His Last Trip In East Africa ONE OF HIS BEATERS WOUNDED BY BEAST Does Incident Typify What he Would Like to do to Some People at Home? NAIRBOI. British Africa Decem ber 11. A long stream of porters came winding across the veldt towards the station at Nairobi, looking for all tlnT world like a string of antfl. ThV stars and stripes were held aloft by a giant native, and the sound of horns made strange discords with the chant. Ing of the. weird and eHuflive sallr song. Shortly Colonel Roosevelt arrived on the back of his favorite horee "Tran quility". It was ,tho end of his last trip in tho British East African pro tectorate. The safairl, which was the fourth to bo made out of Nairobi, gave Col onel Roosevelt and his party on oppor tunity to witness an exciting hunt at A. K. Hoy s farm at. islrgol, in tne Guasu Ngulso country. The spearing of a Hon by Nandl was a feature. Native Grasp the Honor. Seventy of these pcarsmen had been aakod to take part in the drive, and they assented readily, for when a warrior spears a Hon He becomes a leader of the fighting section of the tribe, and may wear a head dress formed of the lion's mane, and walk at the head of the file of Nandl war riors when on the march. In these hunts they display extraordinary cour age. The band of seventy almowt naaea men. with their long sharp spears and attended by the chosen spectators, the- latter being mounted, proceed (town a a long valley where the graao was thick and thorn trees lined Its cage Very soon a Hon was observed not mora than four hundred yard. I" front. Immediately tha warrior gav chase, and In less than two miles tnej bad rounded up the king of the wilder nroi. The horsemen then approached, and It was seen that tho lion at bay wan a 'fully grown, black maned one. Every man went to his allotted po sition and the circle slowly closed In (Coin limed on lage Three.) CASE I Missing Silverware Found Concealed in flue of Coach man's Room MAKES WEAK DENIAL rOCGHKEEPBIE, N. Y., Jan, 1 The silverware stolon from the home of Mr. and Mrs. Barnva Conipton at Millbrook, the night Sarah Brymer, their governess was strangled to death, was found toitay in a chimney flue of the bed room In the home of Coachman Frank Bchermorhorn, who is charged with the murdor and who attempted to commit' -suicide, by cutting his throat when the officers began their investigation of the case. "There were 161 pieces of the si Ivor, also a gold enameled watch and some; Jewelry, all of which were scotched and blackened. In the wood stove, in Kc hermerhorh's slttlngroom . down stairs, there were traces of fresh fire, and out of the ashes were picked fragments of silk stoc kings, silk and lace waists buttons from drosses, u clasp from a Jewel case, partly burn ed, half of which was found In the chlmnny and other things stolen from the Compton house the night before the murder. The stol'-n silver waa taken tonight to Vassar hospitul, the officials be lieving that Seherme rhorn would con fess when he saw It. The coachman denied that he knew anything about the silverware and clothing. Shortly before" midnight, however, KclK-rmer-born. according to the police, said: "After I got back from my drive thai night I went down to the Compton house and there met Ohaahl, the Jap anese butler. He ga . me a bundle containing the silverware, at the kitch en door. "1 look the bundle home and the dresses 1 burned in the parlor stove. I also put the silver knives and' forks and spoons and tho Jewelries in the parlor stove, but when I found that I could hot burn the silverware 1 put it in the stove pipe hole In the chimney and It Ml down the flue. Ohi shl wanted to give mo. some money but I would not take It. Ohashl gave me a drink of Whiskey when I got INFINALLIOriHUN EH (Continued on pace two.) ytZSzf 5 ( VVONDIR WHO , -"N. CT )' Bt ON TOP N. ZZ&T JlsJ THE N. hlZ clears away? ' l n tt ra n m m mf&i- $ &J'--ffll"'"n i vs B h H B I $Jj TnTfe rwy " J 3 a a n n WmlhW-V x-iiHP' T7 INTERVENTION OF ENGLAND IN NICARAGUA PROVES EMBARRASSING British Captain Orders That emment Troops are Harbored There and Insurgents Cannot Get at Them American Warship Watching Situation. "'..TT' BLIIEFIEUDS, Nic, Jan. ; via New Orleans, Jan. 16. The offlela1 declaration of Captain Relslnger, uf the British warship Scylla, stationed In Nlcaraguaa waters, that iliere shall be no BjhtlngNatxfreytown, Is still regarded by local Americans as move, not aa Jnnntvnt as appears on the surface. Many declare that It looks like a covert slap at the Unfted States, With a similar order with reference to Blusnelda, before the battla of Recree, waa given by Cantflin Jlhlrilev ilia rta Kfninoa II Is pointed, iiMhattwttuiMons wr' not parallel. There were no troops within sixty miles of Blueflolds and Shipley's mandate occasioned no em barrassment. The government troops are In Oreytown, and Just how General Ma uty Is to defeot them unless Captain Relslnger compels them to move out side the town, which would put him In the position of Interrupting armed Intervention, Is puzzling tho Estrada government. Km KiigllKh Interest. Greytown Is the sole British legacy INSURGENTS HAVE NOT BEEN MUCH PACIFIED Will Insist on Knowing All Terms of Agreement Be fore Surrendering WASHINGTON', Jan. 16. -That the republican Insurgents of the house insist upon having a complete guar antoe In advance In regard to tho re publican caucus on the Balllnger-l'ln-chot investigation In order that they may not walk 'inwittingly into am bush, was made apparent by the ul titude of the insurgents today. "Did you read all three of the statements Issued lust night," Inquired one of them. If you did you must hacvo noticed that they were all dif ferent.' "We have gol to see the perspective before we go Into caucus. "We have to know the program In thn minutest di tall. President Taft'c statement was lirlef and did not go very Jar In explanation. It was well that it didn't tor tho deUiils would show that the regulars of the house have- surrendered on every point of the limited agn ement that has been reached." Representative Norrls was anr"n: those Interviewed. "That statement of tho agreement of the regulars and Insurgents as given out by John Dwlght Is a Joke," he declared. Mr. Norrls n f erred to the state ment Issued yesterday by t,he repub lican whip of the house. WASHINGTON, Jan. !.- Fore-i cast North Carolina partly cloudy Monday, rain In extreme west portion; fhursdajr unsettled probably rain In west, rising temperature, light to mod erate east and southeast - winds. I I Watching The Mixup In Washington. No Fighting Shall Take coming from tho "Old Mosquito" coast. Although the town has fallen into dcay, such property as there Is owiiAi by British subjects, many of themlnegroes from Jamaloa. Notwithstanding- this the United Slates recognlsAd the blockade which Estra da declare against Greytown. British consul Glnghamlon, of Grey town, la generally reputed to have been Intrusted In certain enterprises with Zelaya, ...-, ,. It 1 said that he requested that a warship be sent to that nort unon th outbrealf the insuWecfloni -The appearance of ths Scylla followed. The order of Captain Kelsinger that there should be no combat In Grey town, stated that there Is opon ground beyond the town where tho combat may bo waged with justice to both sides and safety to non-combatunta. American Hlil Watching. Captain Kelsinger requested Cap tain Shipley to attach hii signature to the no combat order. Captain Shipley is said to have forwarded the request to the navy department for Instructions, and in the aibsenre CONFERENCE OF HIGH Will Include Everything From Marriage and Di vorce, to Pure Foods WASHINGTON, Jan., 1. Repre sentatives of every phase of the com plex citlr-enship of the. United States will assemble In conference tomorrow, Tuesday and Wednesday, Under the auspice of lite National Civic Feder ation, at the Helasco Theatre, for the purpose of devising ways and means to bring about uniform laws relat ing to marriage and divorce, child la bor and pure food and drugs. I-abor nnd capital will Join with lawyers and business men, educators find politicians, clergymen and aol dlrtrs. scientists and artists in discuss ing problems vital to the home and society and which have become so Intimately, relatevl to the general wel fare of the nation. Coincident with the conference of tho National Civic Federation will be the meeting of governors, called by I'reddent Taft for the purpose of con sidering uniform laws looking to con servation and all matters' related to conservation whether of the forests or of the waters rt the country. President Kelh Ijow of the Civic Federation, will call the conference to order at 10 o'clock tomorrow, the opening address to be delivered by President Taft who In turn will be fol lowed by Judge Alton H. Parker, for mer president of the American Bar AsHoclatlon and Chairman of the Committee on Program for the con-j fi-ronce and Governor Augustus E. Wlllson of Kentucky, chairman of the committee oh arrangements for the conference of governors. '. I Many of the delegates have already! arrived fcr thn convention and as they are the picked' men and women of the country, prominent- In every section, the conference bids fair to be the nioBt notable In the history of the civic; federation. IMF. IN TLNNHI. MONTROSE. Oolo.. Jan. l.--Three men were suffocated to death by pow der smoke and nltro fume In the gunnison tunnel today. Thirty others narrowly escaped death. Place in Oreytown. Gov- of his name from the order. It Is believed that the American captain was told to have nothing to da with ; Meantime Captain Nlblack has been dispatched with the Tacoma to Greytown, ostensibly for provisions, out in reality to ears ror the wound in the anticipated battle.' But Americana here believe that Captain Relslnaer'a order furnishes a fnrthur reason for the presence of the Taoo- ma, Cauta.ln - Nil. lack Is In nnLlih,, to keep a, watchful ya on the Ueytla 4 4a,.xar,v Washlnrton aa result of. nelalnrer'a auiuiae. If Caotaln Relslnser'a oritur ituh It la probable that Matuy, with a tore oi pernapa on thousand men, will proceed to land to m point no tho jiver In th rear of th town and "Skmv there, . leaving a ahlo off the harbor. By this combination hs be llevea he can out off the town's food supply. , , - "If they won't soma out in ntit. let them atarva." Is Mautv'a iinrinn explanation of his plana. n civil n Governor Willson of Ken tucky Sees in Conference Means of Harmony WASHINGTON, Jan, Id "If there had been conferences of th governor from various state of the union In the days before the Civil war, similar to that which la to be held In-the na tional capital this week, th great conflict between the suites possibly might have been avoided." This waa the declaration mad to night by Governor Willson, of Ken tucky, who, as chairman of the pre vloua conference, will preside at th opening session Tuesday morning of ths coming meeting. He made th assertion In speaking of the purpose of the gathering, one of the principal benefits derived by these comings together, he aald, being the friendly personal feelings developed - among those present. Party strife and. poli tics ar forgotten and the question! discussed are taken up with minds open to learn any methods in which one state doea a certain thing or things better than some of Its neigh bom. - While only a tentative program lias been arranged as yet, conserva tion, tho question of water right, harbor and river Improvement and the Income tax amendment will be among those -discussed. About thir ty governors are expected to be pres ent. A reception to the governor tomor row night at the home of Miss Mabel Hoard man, a dinner Tuesday night by John Haya Hammond, after which ,the gbvernore will go to the Judlclur;' reception at the white house and, a dinner at the white house on Wednes day night will constitute the principal social activities) Interspersed among the business sessions of th state heads. ' FIRE) IH BRISTOU BRI8TOU, Tenn., Jan., Fir In the busloesa district todiy destroyed the Caldwell Book atore and apread to adjoining stores, on occupied By touts Strauss and th a other by Joe Strauss, both riotning ,eiaDiisnm'!nis. Total loss $60,000; Insurance JSO.r 000, i - I TAMMANY FARES BADLY! AT HANDS OF JUDGE GAYNOR So Far It Has Pullod Out But Ono Plum In Dlstrlbu- . ' Hon of Offices MURPHY CALLS AND GETS BRIGHT SMILE Is Told to Submit Name Submits Thorn and Sees . Thim ail Turned Down NRW YOAK. Jan. !. Llk other demt-crailo anlmala, - the Tammany Tiger tnust b Icq, but since William J, Giiyliof was elected mayor of Greater New York ,th Tiger' dl has een - almost - eroluslvely kind wen:. Charles F. Murphy th load r of fummany, has puld turea villi lu Ilia Guvnor house hi imnklv.i SMi , t!tr t) 1 city htitiV out 1 h hM br iiirIiI away hardly mora than '"4 cheerful em Ho. Never th leiay pvery Tammany office aeehsr continue td : b told "you must e Murphy first. 'ihei sum of th orgftPisatlon havr worked out an explanation for tb.ll annmally which la both ingenious and Instructive, Th mayor la reported to have said to Murphy .. - ' l ant grateful to vnu fi.r your sun- I port in th campalsn, - - Any nini you rur.mil shall have ptornrnc. But ,; ihcy i nikt be good annca." (lie uii I'or jainniaiiy. 1 ;.! I hid airei-nimiL which t"nu fur has worked with automatic, or olslon. . Murphy submits th names and ths mayor rejects them, in tn , first two weeks' of h la administration, tha mayor haa distributed nearly 200 000 worth of natronaaa. and Is- sukd ofdrra that will affect tha dls- ' trlbutlem of hundred of thouaanda more without, giving Tammany : so much aa "a iiik in. " , vut oi imrcy flv Tammany district, leader,, just on ha got a job. Out of a long list of Raw commissioner appointed at salaries ruiiNuif jivin w,vwV aan ii am U a n?jam.ftisnv mm- Rhlnelander Waldo, th new flr earn. - mlssloner. And th first thing Wsldev. did waa to abolish th private stable th city haa bten maintaining for th - oommliiloner. ' - Joy IthllnK To o, In slaswhnrs Com nt roller jPrsnder gast announond on h la first day of office, that th subway waa goon enough for him, Th mayor walks- If tha flltv1 aiitanuihllea do not d monstrste their usefulness they and their chauffeur and th enantreura "Joy rldea" ar all to go. rarK vpm minainiuF Hltrirlns of tha Bronx laid nir lso men in th first week. Water Commissioner Thompson '" ha don k away with over-time and Sunday pay. It looki very lean for th amall fry. ; On bright apot, however, th Tammany men atlll ae. Thera I no sign that the, mayor will attempt to build up rival apolitical' machine. Thua far h has not played politic. TWO I'lUins uriw , TliaM remain .two Dosltlona to flit tiih h ha nubile ev bulk larger than any of th other th eommi4 loner of pollc and the conunlaslonna, of tret cleaning. Both ar ov : hld by McClelian- appoltee. Wil liam T. Baker ha tha pollc depart- ' rnent and "Big, Bill" Edwarde th treK cleaning department. Indlc tlona ar that Baker will fo. v On th cholc of hi aticeeor must rest a larg har of the.auocesa -or fall- ... .e an administration. No ad ministration la without enemlea, and eh fiiMt it essiest to critlclis th n forcemeat of th xcis law and th JaAAaB (Continued on Pago Three.) M.iKEREAOY TO ATTIIGK - THE HOOK WORM PEST Gathering of Scientists at Atlanta Will Chase Beast to His Lair . , . , '' ATT.ANTA. Os.. Jan.. II. Wtth three members of the Rockefeller eommiasion for th study of tho hook; urnrm llaeajia in aitendanc. more than two hundred prominent pihyslc- tana, life Insurance official ana rep ntanntntlvM of civic and commercial organisation will gather In Atlanta Tuesday of thl week for th opening" ecnslon of th first national conference called for th study of tho hookworm. The ennferenM will be In session two day, and a permanent organisation to be known aa th -outnern Jieaitn Conference" will b perfected. ' : The prlncliwt apeaker will bo Pr, Charle.W. Utile, of th department of public health, Washington, and member of the commlaston which haa the disposition of the million, aouar .ir r Jnhn O. ftockefeller. Other speakers wilt Include Dr. Wycllff Bo of Nashville, Tenn and B.. -K..BIU tenbouse. president of th frovldent avlng Ufe Assurance Society, Vtvl York. ' '
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