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u Of , . $.-" '-"ir '"-, , . ... . . R- YitU'r!t:-'' THE ASHBflJjJEE (3I3IZEN ,ttIB7EATHEE: ; : COOLER. Citizen Want Ads Pay All Sorts' of. People; t .yOLl XXVL, NO. 112. ASHEVILLE, N. C.f THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 10, 1910. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. - SAYS LUTHER WILL NOT BE DISTURBED Hi BILTMORE P. 0. 4- : : Claim fjow Made The Presl dent Sympathizes With'. Hint In fight HONTflQS, SETTLE IS STILL IN RUNNING Good Federal Appointment Is ' Waiting For Him Some where But Where ? ' (By Knell Smith.) , WAfilj INGTON, Feb. . President Daft isstlU giving vent to expressions to the effect that there Is no disposi tion 0 the. part of the administration to , employ drastic measures attains IcffltUo&te corporations. Nor Is there anylbieg to show that a carefully planned crusade against corporations of, questionable, character is to be team-bed In the " Immediate future. The president Is known to have de clared !hah "P01"1 of the alleged crusade weae circulated and encour aged, by designing speculators. ' Kays IiiiUicr W ill Win. The North Carolina colony has dwindled, down to almost impercepti ble proportions and the political muddle arising out of affairs In that stab appears to be settling down. U was Mated today by friends of Con gressman. Grant, thai the congress man: will be, upheld By the president whose sympathy, rather thsn antitg onfcsav 'ha been, aroused by the per sistent warfare on the Tar. Heel statesman. It la said, too, that Mr. Luther wlU, not be disturbed in the Blltmore nostmaatershlp. It Is learned here that the Hon. T(io Settle of Ashevllle, Is still u warm proposition for federal appoint ment ut; the' nature thereof cannot be definitely determined. He has been frequently menttoneo as a successor toi idr. Kills who recently resigned as assistant to the . aiorney-gcneral to undertake th .management of the Ohio,, republicans' campaign. It .Is n :-arfJUi7naidiit.''1teftt0kHi the brilliant North Carolina attorney With , friendly .eyes and the announce ment of some appointment is expect ed dally.' ' ' The war on Speaker Cannon grows apace, his. foes Increasing l:i num bers every hour. The insurgents have buckled on their armor, and they plaint to have enough adherents to throw Cannon In the first round. CONSCIENCE PIED MIEDME MONEY Investigation Into Alleged Carruptioiyrf N. Y. State Legislators Goes On WITNESS ON RACK ALBANY, N. Y Feb. 9. The rep utation of , two senators were the Stake for which one 'of the foremost cross-examiners In the country bat tled today In the stute senate. Before them sat Hiram G. Moe, the bank cashier from Groton, whose asser tion that he gave Senator Jotham 1. Allds $1,006 to suppress a bill hoxtile to the bridge building combination had made him the foremost figure In the senate's Investigation of the brib ery charge mode against Allds by hin colleague, Ben Conger. Moe was tin der cross-examination for three hours today but did not retract his startling assertions of yesterday. Allds corps of lawyers tried to show that, as the giver of a bribe, Allds licenser. Conger, might be equally guilty. Their questions in dicated that -It was Senator Conger and not His dead brother Frank, the vice president of the American Bridge company.who engineered the allowed transaction in the ways and means committee room In the assembly on Which the whole Investigation Is based. Moe, however, insisted thnt he took his Orders from Frank Conger and .that Ben Conger's part began undrended with taking him to the capltol and pointing out the men to whom he delivered the money. Few witnesses In a criminal case have secured urh an assnllment as Martin W. Littleton, Allds' attorney, directed this afternoon at Moe. Osborne tried hard to save his wlt nees and against the attack Mne shielded himself as best he could Pressed to recite countless details of his action ha replied: "I can't remember." Asked why he was willing to be the" Instrument of .a bribe giver, he declared the not until after the mon ed had been delivered to Allds and his colleagues did he know the purpose for which K was Intended. Ben Cottf gertoid him he said on the train that (foatiiiMed ea page four.) CONGRESS ASKED TO PROHIBIT ALL OP1ION TRADING Farmers Union Demands That Gambling on Exchanges be Eliminated. Destroys Competi tion A mong Actual Buyers. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. "This question Involves hundreds of mil lions of dollars and the welfare of millions of people," declared T. J. Brooks, of Atwood. Tenn., president of the Farmers' National Union, In opening the hearing on the anti-option bills before 'the house committee on agriculture today. The proposed legislation is designed to prohibit dealings In futures on boards of trade and exchanges. The committee room was crowded with congressmen from the states . Interested. Mr. Brooks declared that dealings In futures of cotton were no more necessary than In wheat and wool and farm Implements. Hedging ' op erations "on "change" he character ized as no different from gambling on the rise and fall of prices. OrlKlnfll Purpose Lost. "On what moral principal" he ask ed, "Is one class of cltisens obliged to. make up for the losses of another cluss. for where one . gains another must lose. The original Intention of the cotton exchange to bring the buyer and seller together has leen eliminated In the development of the present exchange practices. "We are willing to abide by the results of abolishing futures." lie wild, depleting the temptations held out to the prospective victim' who later "come Into thu game" and get "froz en out." He declared the exchanges aggra vated the natural situations and de nied that they tended to steady prices. He believed that "suckers are not all dead" and by the way of cor roboration he read newspaper re views of scalping markets, sudden dentines and "things done In the dark" to affect prices. - ?. ' Competition Eliminated. Under the shadow of the exchanges competition among local buyers had Vsaia, and he? charged ,.i existence of a tacit understanding, in the. cot ten and tobacco belts for division "f territory, ; Thtt iarflWrl,tinloif : wtiicft. Mr. Brooks represents, has a. mem bership extending over twenty-nino states. Characterised by Mr. Lever of South Carolina as the largest con sumer of cotton In the South, Lewis W. Parker, a Greenville, 8. C. man ufacturer, contended that abnormal conditions ought to be represented in spot cotton and contract cotton at SEINE RISING AGAIN BUT REPETITION OF DECENT FLOODSJSJT FEARED High Water, However, Han Greatly Retarded Work of Repair RELIEF WORK GOES ON PARIS, Feb. 9. The river Seine i had risen seven Inches here during? I the twenty-four hours ending nt noon today owing to yesterday's rain and melting snow. The hydrographlc department pre dicts a continued rise until Friday when It will reach a height of over twenty-two feet at Pont Koyal, which will equal the level of 1882. Although confident thut there Is no danger of a repetition of the recent disaster, the authorities are taklnt: thorough precautions. The level of the parapets at low places through put the length of the city Is being haf tily raised by Improvised dykes. Th9 return of high water threatens to greatly retard the work of repair which is in progress. The water, which had dropped below the mouths of the sewers, are again pouring Into the conduits, drowning tho electric light and power lines in the vicinity of the Place Del Opera. The series of linanekil measures for Jhe relief Of flood victims which he government has been elaborating in now complete. Besides the 1400. 06.0 additional appropriation by par liament the plan includes first, a loan of H. 200,000 to small formers from the Cuisses du Credit Agrlcole, second, loans to small shop keepers ind tradesmen from the Bank of France and other credit institutions with cer tain government guarantees worked out by Minister of Finance Cochery; and, third; loans to small property owners by banks making a specialty of loans on real estate securities, gov ernment guarantees also being fur nished In the present emergency. Flood conditions In the eastern sec tion are becoming worse. The Mnrnt near Kheims has risen about fifteen Inches today and Inhabitants of the valley are fleeing with their belong ings. The river Aisne rose three feet within a, few hours. , , Pilthetic scenes were witnessed in many places for the (Continued n pace four.) the same time. He said that as a ruleVfutures, eontfol spot cotton. He declared that the exchanges are nat of advantage -either to, the consumer or the producer, and that It seemed impossible to make the exchanges' realise the fairness of the complaints against them. He said the fight of his interests is to have the farmer prop erly warehouse their cotton and to market It gradually during the sea son. He described Englishmen as chary of the 'speculation in futures, that the Liverpool cotton exchange Is not used by Englishmen for specu lation, and" that the Americans spec ulate In Liverpool to affect prices. "" ' Would KmilJuHt BiwlneHM. Mr. Parker declared . that In the position the 'American spinners oc cupied toward the exchanges, the English spinners stood with the American spinners. "Don't you think that we would have a picnic In buying cotton ( exchanges were abolished," Mr. Par ker was asked. "We would abide by the results," he answered. "The absence of ex changes would revolutionise the character of 'the present business. We would re-ad J nut our business. There would be no difficulty in effecting re adjustment. I recommend regulation of. tho exchanges. I would make the exchanges responsive to spot condi tions."' "Has the cotton, producer this year realized through speculation more than he would have without spec ulation?" he was asked yes," replied Mr. Parker, ''but this Is an exceptional year; nothing like It In the memory of the spinners. It is the first time we have had flf-. teen cent cotton since I have been In th business." Clt orge W. Nevlll an Important fac tor In the cotton exchange, arsalgned the report of Commissioner of Cor porations Smith as. a '.'masterpiece of. theorr" but lacking In fraetteabjutg;. lo 'iba'worklng'out of his Theories. Declaring that he had been selling spot cotton to the mills for twenty years ,ond that he had found ninety per cent of the spinners were bears, Charles. 8. Webb, a broker, contend ed for the necessity of "hedging" against future deliveries and predict ed that abolishment of the cotton ex changes would put the price of cotton In the hands of the spinners. E KILLS THREE ITALIANS TO AVENGE 0L0 GRUDGE Proprietor of General Store Terrorizes Miners so they Dare Not Work MAKES HIS ESCAPE WASHINGTON, Pa., Feb. .Three men were shot to death today, the re suit of a feud among Italians In the foreign settlement at the Shaw mine. John Marks, proprietor-cf a general store, is the alleged murderer and Tony Putchey Is said to have been his accomplice. The men fled after the shooting and tonight armed pos ses are searching the hills for them'. The victims the John Panelll, Mike Mania and Tony Yalll. Marks and Putchey It Is said, had long been at odds with their neighbors and this morning following a quarrel in Marks store. Marks and Putchey walked to the home of Panel 1 1 and shot him dead. He was sitting at the table with his family, and threw up his arms as an indication that he was un armed when he saw the men. In an adjotning house lived Tony Ysi.lll. He was attracted by the shoot ing and as he came to the window to Investigate, was shot. Marks and Putchey, are said then to have hastened to tho home of Mania. The cries of alarm In the streets had warned him. and as he stood in the doorway, the despente men opened Are and Mania fell dead on his own doorstep. Marks and Putchey then fled. The foreigners of the settlement arc terrorized by. the crimes and cannot be Induced to leave their homes.' To night many of the men on the night shift at the mines refused to go t- work. I.FWATIC RECAPTURED. AIKEN. 8. C. Feb.. . W. C. Rtone, who claims to be a lieutenant In the United States armv and alleg ed to be an escaped lunatic from the Richard Grundy Home, Canenevllle, lid, wse arrested here today and the Maryland authorities have been no tified. 'Letters which he carried in dieate "that he Is a member of a prominent family .- ' -:cs. MLast 1 MlbtlQNS hOR WA TER WA MANY MILLIONS MORE TO FOLLOW :i:.vl.. ' ' "Pork Barrel" for This Year as Proposed by Rivers ries Forty Millions Hundreds of WABHINOTOSJ, Feb. .i-Th rivers and harbors appropriation bill, ear rylng an oggremtte $40,000,090 an an annual budget, aside from pros pecting animate expenditures of som4 hundreds of millions of dollass In coming years, was virtually completed tonight, by the, house committee on'j rivers and harbors. The committee wag n session olf day In an effort to press the matter to a, conclusion and when he tcom mlttee adjourned ail that i was left were a few minor matters , which Chairman 'Alexander was vested with discretion to adjust. The4tll tU 1e Teportsd -to'the nu "Mmorrow'sfi' ternoon, and If Chairman Alexander s expectations are realised, will be tak en up by the house on Friday. Borne of Projects. - Conspicuous among the large projects provided for In the bill are the folio wins': Improving the upper Mississippi, all north of Bt. Louis I2.ft00.600i from St. Louis to Cairo $600,000, in addition to the $256,000 carried In the sundry civil appropriation - bill, from Cairo to New Orleans $2,000,000 In addition to the $2,000,000 carried in the sundry civil appropriation hill. For the Ohio river $1,000,000 Im mediately and $2,500,000 In continu ing; contracts. There are numerous other projects. A notable feature of the bill Is the vesting of authority in the secretary of war to appoint a board of five members to be composed of four en gineer officers of the army and ne civil engineer, taken from dlvll life I STDMIIS FIRIUIj REASON Fk3RHIGH PRICES May Go On Stand to Ex-'Enters Upon Its Splendid ' plain That He. Did Not . Act for Bell Interests NEW YORK. Feb. . J. Plerpont Morgan, may voluntarily testify In New York In a i"W days concerning the recent purchases by his firm of a controlling Interest In the United Ktntes Telephone company of Cleve land and the Cuyahoga Telephone Company of the name state. Protesting minority stockholders of the companies are In New York tak ing depositions to be used m the Ohio courts In suits t check the consum mation of the purchase, maintain that 1. Plerpont Morgan, acted for tho American Telephone and Telegraph company (The Hell Interests) In ac quiring six Independent companies in Ohio and Indiana, and that competi tion has ceased to exist In that terri tory, hence the illegality of the transaction. Morgan anf company have held all along that any purchas es they made were simply an In vestment of the firm. WASHINGTON, Feb. Forecast for North Carolina? ; Partly .: cloudy and colder Thursday; Friday, fair; moderate west to northwest winds 3 and Provides for Projects ' Millions to Complete n to co-operate with the'lllinole author- Itles In securing a suitable waterway la conjunction with the development of water power by Illinois between Lockport and Utloa. (or. which Illinois has already authorised in appropria Uon or $20,000,00. ' it. Duties or Board. ' . The president of the board Is to be the same one who was president of the board of five member authorised under an act of March t, 1(07, to ex- mjna ,jUie Mfnajaalppl flver, below St, ' lxiuls and to report to congress on . tho project of s, fourteen-foot channel. ,', " s?'.1- jW.iJ,,' ,m , The provision of the bill,, as m)lt ed, fellows: -;' y-', "Tho- board shall, utter full, con ference with the authorised agency of the state of Illinois, submit report upon the extent to which ths "United States may properly co-operate with the state of Illinois In securing the construction of a nsvlgaote 'waterway In conjunction with ths development of water by said state. . The report shall state the extent and character of the . co-operation recommended and the conditions con sidered necessary In connection there with to protect fully the Interests of the United States. Should the board consider co-operation to be advlsnbls, the report herewith called for shall Include plans and estimates of cost of the work recommended to be done by the United States alone or In co dlieratton with the state of Illinois; ! and until these plans and estimates have been submitted and a project for the Improvement adopted by oon- SENATE WILL FIND OUT Political Bluff in all Seri ousness WAHHINOTON. Feb. 9. As finally determined upon today the Investiga tion of the Increase In prices of food ami other necessaries of life which the senate Is sbout to enter upon will cover a brood field. The measure providing for such In vestiguitlon was passed today with comparatively little discussion. It authorizes an inquiry by a special committee of seven-senators Into the general enhancement of values, cov ering not only foods and clothing hut many articles used In every day life. '" ' ' ' The Investigation will also cover the questions of salaries, earnings and the tariff. Not only will prices In' the markets be Included, but also those at the farm and the factory. At the instance or Benato Burton, the resolution was made to cover "all commodities" while Senator' Warren procured the insertion of hides, leath er and hoots and shoes; . Senator Johnston obtained the Insertion of beef, sheep and hogs and, Senator Bacon the Insertion of steel. The Inquiry Is expected to begin shortly and will be conducted with the greatest dispatch. SKfiKEKS OIF-H AT lid. DURHAM, N. C., Feb. 9. Mary Cain, a negress, died today at the age of one hundred and sixteen. She was of, snch clear mind until last year that minute details of the war nt 1812 and the part that Orange county soldiers played In It were fresh to her. The old woman lived on a farm nine mllea from Durham, ' . ; VS AND .- : .t-''.'" .I.-- '. v.' . ' and Harbors Committee Car- That Will Call For the Future. . 1 gres th appropriation of ons mil- llon dollars herein made shall not hs avails We tor expenditure.. - . Other Projects. 'Ths board alto shall consider and report upon ths Improvement tit tho Mississippi between the mouth of ths Illinois river ad . the mouth of tho Ohio river, by the construction , of- u dam, at or near Jefferson Barracks, and' a dam at or near Comnsero and ths development of .water owr .im'l dentally created y, such flam, ' ''in the performance ,nf Hs duties the, boord. saay. .consider, all, reports heretofore mads; and tho force, plans and records of ths Mississippi river commission and ths severel. engi neers districts hstwesn Chicago and Cairo shall be available for the use of the board. Ths members of tha boird hre tat authorlaed shall , be sntttlod to eomnensatton at the rata of tlx thou. sand dollars Der annum, but the of. Hclal salary of any officer appointed on sold board from the engineer corp of tho army shall be deducted from tho eompenaation provided foe In this act. For salaries ana expanses oi sold board, inncludlng all necessary clerical and other, person!, servli, there Is hereby appropriated tho ira of $50,000." ,?';,.-ft& . Th. nmvlslon Is made 'bat the re ports must be submitted io the chief of engineers on or miun 1, 1110. be passed upon, by (he hoard of engineers for rivers and harbors and be presented to congress on Its convening; next Decern ner, OH. F.VSEHEE ELECTED ; DEAN OF UW SCHOOL . .'"-I-' Former Member of Faculty Succeeds Late JmiRe Mc Crae in That Position' rtALEIOU. N. C. Feb, . The trustees of tho , University of North Carolina today elected nr. i.ucius r McOehee. now of New Tork, dean Of the university law school to succeeg the tale Judge James C. MaCraee L. MeOehee I a native of ftalelgh, son r th Int. Montford McOehee. graduate of the University of North Carolina, and for nve years a mem i... r iha university law faculty. having resigned one year ago to take u lucrative la.w position In Nw rorh. Th. trustees voted to abolish tt ftalelgh department of the university medical school after tne prewmi ibfui. this action being taken on reeom ..,.ii,,n t,f President VelUible and the faculty, because of Insufficient funds to maintain th department in a manner creditable to the university The executive committee was In creased from nine to fifteen and Ihr following electod: Col. A. B. An drews, C. n. Aycock, R. If.. Batt.e. J. S. Carr, J. O. Carf, J. Bryan Orlmeo. Jowephus panlele, Claudius .Dockery. It T Orny, J. W. Graham. Major 15. JT Hale, Col. T. B. Kenan, Chas. Whed bee, W. E. Breese. pr. t. H. vii hln was directed t'i appoint ,a visiting committee to In- spect the university ana commencement meeting... Tuesday was restored as commeif cement, day Instead of Wednesday. IXDIAX VEI8 W1IITB GIRL.' RICHMOND, Vs.. Feb. . Thom as B. Dennis, a full blood Indian, asc end chief of the tRamunkey trlb. which makes Its headquarters on the reservation near White House on the Pamunkey reserve, was married here this evening, his bride being ; Mtas Kva Bleward of New Jersey, ' - L Commissioner Smith's Ro port Inline With Presl dent's Policy; "... 7 PUBLICITY HAS PONE MUCH TO MEND ABUSES Those Who Have Expanded. Operations of Commerce ; Cannot Object ' ? WAaUrwGTON, 'Feb. i.--Oreat In. terxtuts Industries can be brought un der a permuhent uperrlslon through a system of itguW report to a' fed. 1 era I agency. In a 'rallunal effective way, 'which will1 involve no drasllo action, , but will, i on the "''' contrary; forestall It, ,'M " .,'-' . Buch Is the conclusion drawn. In the annual report nt Herbert Knot Hmlth, commissioner ot corporations, to the secretary of commoroo and ! bor, which was mads public today., Coming closely upon th heels of the administration's -federal Ineorpor-T ation bill ' which has teen ' presented to both houses ot congress. Commie , sinner Smith's recommendations are ot unusual Interest, , . ' ( . . Publicity Needc4l. . "Publicity, will -Improve- the stand-' Ins; of, our; corporate securities both at hunts anil abroad," Mr, flmlth de olares, "and will help to five' to out business machinery that foundation ' of fairness and openness and public. confidence which lt mdst hav' If' It Is to ba a permanent 'factor In our national advanos." - -' ' ' ' 'H will bring together" tha ' gov ernment and the corporate manager, In eonfertmCs ' and co-operation,,' Which alon'tt can serve to adjust ron-f tlnuousty 'the' compleg "and i-hangtng' snlattonsttlp between "our bualans forcesv and ths pbbllo Welfare." , ' f Mr. Smith oontends that- alrfady, ander public condemnutlnn ,nnule seaslble' byfaets jilfitr'iv (.tntert, great -cornorate abuam have "'been alsin- doned, Hd asserts that a glgdntlt system . of ' railroad rate discrimina tions has ben wiped away, and nutti- ' erous forms of .cohvtnerclaj oppres sion diminished. Corporate manager themselves, declares fir. Smith, are frankly advocating a more open Ac counting. . , - .'. Natlonallxallon Requlrstt .. , , , "Th Issue I national," tho report continues.. ','Aotlon by ths ' federal government I. Imieratlv under. Itsj unquestioned power and duty to reg-; ulate Interstate comwtarae. On of, the primary: motives .for the, creation of the federal government was for, tho national control of. national business. Those directing th grsat corpora-., tlons have deliberately nationalised, them in sise and soops; ths' cannot ; now be heard to object to a central Ised control which they ' themselves have made necessary." - PROMOTION US OEIBD ; -FORPEIBmCIIIEfELIEIIT' Bill Making Ilim Rear Ad-,,, miral and Hetiring Ilitn, Quickly Passes Senate WASHINGTON. Fel- ; Promo-, tlon to the high) rank of Rear Ad miral as one of th honors lo ba bestowed upon Commander nobeft E. Peary, U,t8, K., for Jtlsachlevu ment In dlscoverln th North pol j received the endorsement of the sen- ; tte today, , . The Hale bill adding Peary's name to the list of rear-admirals-in the' navy and providing for Ms Immediate - retirement with th highest pay re ceived by one of thu rank was fav-' orably reported by ths committee on naval affairs, and wa almost Imme- . dlately passed without debate or comment. ' ' ' & i. " ' A similar measure offered Jn the s house by Itepresentatlve Allen of. Maine was forwarded to ths navy de partment by Chairman Koss of the i house committee, who. stated that h 4 expected It would be approved 4y that department and that he would then uurg Its passags by the house as lUtlng recognlttpn d( ;the- . work of f Commander Peary. . , gks. wood doing well. BALTIMOKB. Feb.'' .-ilr. MsN" vev Cushins. who Is tin chars of General Leonard tVood's case, wrote and authorised the use of the fol- ' - lowing statement tonight: 4 "Owing to conflicting; reports con- ' cernlng the reasons ' for General; Wood's presence In the Johns Hop- y kins hospital It may be stated that " ail operation has 4wen performed for the repair of an old wound which had led to a slight lameness, and that' his condition is satisfactory." FEDERAL GONTRO OF CORPORATIONS OFfUlSuOPE
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