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ASIIEVILLK, N. (. WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 9, 1910.
VOL. XXVI., NO. m
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
YOUNG KNOX GOES
SADLY BACK 10 HIS
BRIDE UHFORGIWEH
Secretary Uses "6hlrt Sleeve i
Diplomacy" On Son Who
Married From School
YOUNG HUSBAND DENIES
WIFE IS A SHOP GIRL
Will Work To Support Her
If Dad" Still Remains
Obdurate
WASHINGTON. March S---Philander
C. Knox, Jr., son of Secretary of
Stato Knox, discreetly left his young
bride in Baltimore today when hi
hurried on here to brave the (inter
nal storm and ask his father and
mother to forgive their hasty mar
riage. A few hours later Mrs. Knox
Jr.. arrived, and a few minutes after
that the younK son of the secretary
of state and Ijis new wife were on
their way back to Providence, it. I..
To all appearances the expected
"God bless, you my children" was not
forthcoming from the young man's
parents.
young Knox was discovered in the
lobby of the hotel after he had been
to interview his father. The young
man slipped Into town with Dr.
French, principal of the Morris
Heights school. The professor went
with young Knox to break the news.
Will (Jo to Work.
Krtnn his manner, it was very evi
dent that young Knox's interview
with Mb father had not been what lii'j
expected. 'I'm srlad we re married'
he exclaimed. "Of course my mar
riage was a big surprise to my fath
er and mother in Tact, a shock. Hut
1 am hoping they will forgive me and
thai everything will be all right be
fore long. We're going back to Provl- j
dence to Ret my things together and
I shall go to work if necessary to
support my wife."
The Interview at the secretary's
borne evidently was snort. The young
-'ma ld (bead no reason to be
lieve he would hear "from his ?athcr
before, leaving Washington,
.'I am expecting and hoping to
hear from him In Providence after
he gets used to the hb a of ine bring
married" said young Knox rather
nil d I v.
"And that's all rot about my wife
being a shop Kill" added younn I
Knox. "Her mnthev pot married the ;
iCoiillimeO en Vnev Three.)
CONGRESS DOLES OUT
ITS ANNUAL SOP OF FEW
Which Tib-liulos Fiivpstry
and Range Fences on
Donndarv Lines
REVIVE OLD DISPUTE
WASHINGTON. March 8. After
adopting three amendments of im
portance and listening to another
vbal eastigatlon of the forestry bu
reau by Senator Heyhiirn, the senate
today passed the agricultural appro
priation bill. As passed the bill cur
ries a total appropriation of $13.
n '2.634. n increase of Slfl-.SHO over
the' amount carried by the bill as it
passed tho house.
By the amendments adopted today
"the Secretary of Agriculture is au
thorized to build fences along inter
national boundary lines to keep nut
diseased cattle; the making of lump
sum appropriations for any bureau
of the department is prohibited, an I
1 10.000 is appropriated for an inves
tigation of the orange grove p-st
known as the while fly.
A resolution introduced in the
house today hv Representative Sls
j.on of Mississippi declares that the
fourteenth and fifteenth amendments
to the constitution were null an 1
void and directs the attorney gener
al to submit the question tn the Su
preme court.
Mr. Siawn's resolution ret ites that
the Journals of the senate and house
of the thirty-ninth". fortieth and
forty-first congresses show that th
two amendments relating to the en
franchisement of the negroe were not
ndopled in. the two houses by a two
thirds vote, and further that thrc -fourths
of the several states did n t
ratify them, as required by the con
st itutlon.
The attorney-general is "ordered
and directed" to submit tho question
of their validity to the Supreme court
and to file at the same time with th
court copies of the Journals of both
houses of congrepi and of the legisla
tures of fhe states which acted upon
the matter.
WHOSK PICiKOX IS THIS?
TlP.At'-FOnT. N. C. March 8
Exhausted after a long fight, a car
rier pigeon was caught here today.
STRIKE BREAKERS
DISTURB QUIET OF
UNEVENTFUL DAY
Angered by Stone Thrown at One
of Them,Sieze Car and Rush
Wildly up and Down Street Fir-
ing Into Crowd.
PHll.ADRLritlA, .March 8. -Six
persons, including a young girl, Were
wound -d tonight by bullets fired by
a party of alleged strike-breakers,
who rode widly up and down l-'rank-lord
avenue iti a trolley car and shot
into the crowds that lined the side-
I walks.
After one of the most uneventful
days since the beginning of the strike,
the stoning of cars was renewed to
night along 1'rnnkford avenue. A
stone thrown" by tine of the crowd
injured a strike-breaking motormun.
Infuriated at this, a crowd of about
fifteen of his comrades took out a
car, all of 'lie windows of which they
broke with their clubs. As the ear
loaded with armed strike-breakers
sped down Krankford avenue bul
lets were rained at the Jeering
crowd.
fhihlien Wounded.
Policeman llragg of the Krankford
district, vv ho w as standing on th"
sidewalk, received i bullet In bis
helmet about an inch above hi?
bead.
Helen May. aged.- fourteen years,
was struck In the let' by a bullet.
John Maloney. aged eighteen your,
and Michael Osborne aged twenty
four years, were also shot in the Ies
and 1'ranl; liroiniley, aged twenty,
three years, received a bullet in bis
fool. These wounded were removed
to the rrankford hospital. Tw.i
other injured were taken to their
homes..
After reaching Allegheny avenue
the car was switched to the north
bound track by its crew and the ilas'i
back to the barn began. So swift
ly was it driven that before the crowd
realized that It was coming back it
had sped past them and into the
barn again.
The shooting of the inoffensive by
standers worked fhe crowd lo a high
pltsjh of excitement and as other cum
came down the street the mob pro
ceeded to wreck them, In several in
stances leaving only the trucks on
the rails. About a dozen arrests wev?
made.
Day Had Keen Quiet.
There were a few minor outbreaks
in the downtown district late tJ
night. There is no, disturbance of
auv kind reported and both the po
licemen ami the labor leaders busied
themselves all day preparing statis
tics to support their widely divergent
ELSE IF YOU HAPPEN TO
Wlievehy Oik1 May Doenme
President, or a Sofa Pil
low, a Do' with Ease
uioiinnow SEANCE
Ni:W YotlK, March S The ad
ventures of a young, frail and pretty
woman witli a leather pillow, forme 1
the chief sensation of yestcrdav after
noon's session of the Society of Ap
plied Psychics, held at No. I'll West
Sixty-third street. by enslave A.
Oay.r. I'll. P.. its founder.
To the hundred or more men ard
women mostly women who filh d
the parlors of the holle the pillow
was only an ordinary object of loois"
in ni -hipg. but to a young womai:
hum Kingston, under the hypnotic
suggestion of Dr. flayer, the pillow
became a log. a baby that wept un
til sin- volunteered the opinion thi'
there must be something lb- matter
with its lif.le "tummy;" a snake and
a fllowerpot.
The vootig lady with the pillow
had rivals in a black-haired girl
who sang a wildly-cadi need song
with very wibl cadences indeed, under
tile plainly unwarranted belief that
she was a great prime donna, an l
in a worn in who was able to sc.
through her closed eyelids walk
downstairs unassisted and bring the
hypnotist a glass of wafer.
Dr. flayer is a large man, Willi a
big bush of iron-gray hair and
heavy black brows. lie possesses a
glowing, hypnotic eye. a modilled ex
ample of the Svongali nose, a re
sonant voice and impressive man
ners. He tbliv.-retl an hour's lec
ture on the Oreatest "Thing In Hf
Wor d." the same being, tn bis opin
ion, tho proper application of sug
gestion in the correction of wrong
mental attitudes. He expressed the
interesting opinion that not one of
the suicides of the past year would
have been committed if a professor
of suggestive-theraupeutics. who
really knew his business, had been
able to treat the unfortunates when
their minds were forming the reso
lutions of sflfdestriic linn. "And," he
said, "there were 11.000 suicides last
(Continued on page six.)
IS ANYTHING
claims of the strength of the sym
pathetic slrike.
The labor leaders after receiving
reports from the secretaries of mnnv
local unions reiterated their claim
of 125,000 on strike, and say thai
many additional recruits will leave
work tomorrow.
Director of Public Safety flay, on
the other hand, staled tonight that
a re-canvass of the tlty's indiisil.il
establishments made today shows
that wlille 1.900 workers walked nut
today. 2, tint) strikers returned to
work.
Leading manufacturers of hosiery
met toifay and derided to close tlovV?i
their plants, employing 20,000 work
ers, until Monday. The employers
stated that 000 "boarders" who are
in the sympathetic slrike, made this
step necessary.
This announcement was coupled
with the statement that if the em
ployes hosiery plant ttffccled diil not
return to work by that time the mills
might remain closet) down until fall.
While accession to the strikers'
ranks today were reported from some
of the manufacturing planta, Includ
ing tho udnritted walkout of a low
men from the liahlwin locomotive
works, there were many reports of
strikers returning to their old places.
Manufacturers declared that many
union men were disappointed over
the failure of tho general strike tj
force the Itapid Transit company to
arbitrate, and that they went buck
lo their places of employment.
I'nlon leaders denied that there were
any defections.
May Delay Ituacliall.
One, interesting development In
connection with the strike was the
appeal by the Philadelphia National
liuscbull leugue to ih strike leaders
Into today. The baseball Interests
asked that the union men who have
been working on the hall park im
provements be permitted lo continue
and complete the work.
I nlcss Hi,- entire work is finished
by April ir fhe opening ,,f the Na
tional league, season, the hall men
represent. II. ill the ,., WM ,,
handicapped. The l,il,r leaders
promised to place the matter before
the full committee.
BILL HUSTBE PASSED
Approves Severe Criticism
of Manufacturers Associ
ation METHODS PEWNIOIOUS
WASHINGTON, March S.. Presi
dent T.if lay 111. id. puhlic copies
of tellers t v, hinged between hlm--ell
. ml I .'e;,i , .sen l.i 1 1 e Moon of
Pcnnsv Iv an,. i. author of the a.;mlnls
itution "anii-injunctbin ' hill Mr.
.vlo'in answers reeeni eiitieism level
io.l ag.iii.M the hill In the National
issociali I .Manufacturers and
speeiliiali.v . I, rges tlo t organization
of having ;..!oi!ed ; 1 1 unfair and per
nh ious re. ile.d or niaoiilaetnrliig
plltilie sel l.-nellt "
The pi e n.,, in i,, ,.n,.r to Mr
Moon s;mh:
"I have .already written you ho.V
important I regard this legislation
and how in-essary I think it Is for
ongress to .oh.pr it j carrvinic on!
i be ph.lgo ,
md this i!t
republican party,
the 1,111 does not
the extremists on
Pl' el t be v it vv s of
either side.
It merely embodies what is th
best practice pursued ,y chancellors
I experience and actually adopted
bv the- rubs of some of the l-'cderal
courts.
" 1 concur with you fully In you'
view of t.c injustice of the criti
cism In thi. statement lo which you
refer, anil lo which you offer so full
a repl.v."
lleferrin,- lo a circular Issued by
the National Assoi lation of Manuf.-te-
Hirers under fhe captain "A Criti
jenl Situation." Mr. Moon declared
jlhat the statements matte therein
, anil the interpretation placed thereon
are erroneous and misleading and
I intended to create an artificial public
j sentiment iigajnst the pending meas
ure. NOT KOH VIItf.IM.V
niCHMONP. Va.. March 8. The
ghost of state-wide prohiotion wa
finally laid, so far at least as the
present general assembly Is concern
ed. In the bouse of delegates totJay.
when the. Mvcrs bill was tlefeated
by a vote of 4 9 to 45.
SUMNER, SONS AND COMPANY WILL
RETIRE FROM BUSINESS ON APRIL 1
Old Esablished Dry Goods
Of unusual Interest to commercial
ircles of Ashevllle ami the citizen
ship generally will he the announce
ment that the hell-known firm of
Sumner, Sons a)d company, which
has done business hero for twenty
two years, will retire April 1. The
corporation of Sumner, Sons and
company will Dtaiitl however, to
engage In soma other kind of busi
ness, probably the real estate. The
entire store hnbeen leased for de
partment store purposes, but the
Identity of the purchasers cannot bt
made known t,VMll4ll;''-.Cf;.
n is Known, tmwover, unit ine en
tire building now occupied by Mr.
Sumner will be overhauled rind made
suitable Tor a mammoth di pitiimenl
store, currying dry goods and gener
al lines. All live floors of Hie build
ing will be used by the new pur
chasers. Two passenger elevators will
be Installed and the store fitted up
In metropolitan slyie.
Sumner. Sons and company have
sold their b use and fixtures and. as
prev iously slab d. will retire on April
With the retirement of Mr. Prank
Sumner there steps from local com
mercial life a truly reinnrkalile fig
TOBACCO TRUST CUTS
DOWN THE DAMAGES
Suit Against it Must, be
Prosecuted Under Slier
man Anti-Trust Law
riAI.KIOH, N
American Tobae.
in eliminating '
from the two ;
dollar damage
the company 1'
C March 8 The
o company succeeds
ne million dollars
nil one-half million
ult brought against
the Ware-Kramer
Tobacco, contpanv, pending in the
1'nited States li strlct court, and also
in eliminating a mass of exhibits
against the company that were In
cluded In the bill of con, plaint pend
ing. Judge Hi nrv ft. Connor delivered
an opinion, this afternoon sustaining
the demurrer to the complaint as
made by A mere an "Tonaecu company
and holding that the plaintiff can
only proceed null the suit under the
provisions of :lo- Sherman untl-trust
n for such 'I images ax the plain
tiff has actuali sustali.cd to be
trebled under no provisions of the
anti-trust law The suit is Ware
Kramer Tob.o i ,, company Norfolk vs
American Tol.,.,o company and
Wells Whitehead Tobacco company
for Illegal trust methods of destroy
ing the business of the plaintiff with
a view to monopolizing the trade.
Judge Connor s opinion Is of great
length reviewing arguments In detail
citing a long line of authorities.
WASHINCTON. March 8. Fore
cast: Kulr Wednesday and probabK
Thursday; not much change in tem
perature; light variable wind.
Will It Come Our Way?
91 m$ ia b;,
, , , , . .. ..
Firm Sells Its Lease and Fixtures to Syndicate of Pur.
chasers. Mammoth Department Store
Present Building.
ure. The story of Mr. Hnhiner'a start
In business, as far back as 1172,
rends like a romance, but It Is sur
prisingly true and noes far to dem
onstrate that thrift and energy, ac
companied by sound business sense,
can pave the way from comparative
obscurity to the comfortablo posses
slon of this World's riches.
Horn In ltutherford county, Mr.
Sumner started life without the
proverbial silver spoon, HI boy
hood days were replete with th
hard grind at th farm life of those
Uuiesana It waa not until 17 tluu
he looked Into thjouler world. Tha
hoy's dreams wer the forerunner of
the successful life that was to coma
after. Ills first step Into the comnier
i lal arena was rewarded with a
weekly stipend of two dollars and
board. The young man plodded stead
ily on for three years, and at the
end of that time he hail saved titifi,
his entire earnings for three years,
with the exception of 1S which he
spcht for clothes. With his $l!fr Mr.
Sumner bought his first stock of dry
goods und ho opened a store at
SHamtunon, 12 miles from Ashevllle,
in 1872. At the end of the first day's
busbies the young merchant had
FARMERS AND PACKERS
MAKE MEAT PRICES HICK
Retailers Tell Investigating
Committer; That No Ono
I Else is to Hlame
i WASHINGTON, March 8. Retail
I meat dealers placed upon the far
I meiH ami packers, responsibility for
fhe high price of meat. In testimony
given before the select senate com
j mlttee which began Us Inipilry Into
the increased cost of living.
I'lve retail men from New York,
Philadelphia, Maltlinore antl Wash
ington were heard, and Walter
Brown, a Washington dealer, who
kiils his own meat, was the only one
; who dlil not admit thut the price
or meat bud gone up at least ten
; per cent, during th past five years.
All. Hrown Insisted thut prices were
practically the same now us then. All
agreed, however, that competition
i among the retailers kfpt the price to
the consumer as low as possible,
, consistent with the price charged by
ilhe wholesaler.
Kach witness vigorously denied
the charge that the retailers were
responsible for prevailing prices, and
! none would admit thut any agree
ment existed amohtr them .as to
price. While no one charged that
the packers wire In a combination,
all of the witnesses who had dealings
vwith them there seemed to be no
i competition among them for the
; trade of the retailers, and that their
: prices ranged about the same. When
i complaint was made to the packers
'about atlvunclng prices, they said the
j latter explained that stock was
1 Hcarep.
The committee will meet again to
j morrow afternoon. The wholesalers
IWill he heard and after that th
i packers.
I 'ACKKItS' CASK UK AIM).
TKKN'T' N. N. J., Mrrh 8. Justice
jSvvayze, In the Supreme court this
i afternoon, heard argument and re
i served decision on the application
'of Prosecutor Garvcn, of Hudson
county, for an order directing Ar
mour & "o.t and other packing com
panies to produce their book for
the inspectors of the Hudson county
Jury. Justice Swayze say he will
decide, the case in a, day or two.
Will be Opened in
sold nut svery dollar' worth of
stock In tha place, and nightfall
found him with 1600 hard cash In his
hand. Young Sumner felt tha call of
the mercantile world stronf la bis
breast, and for thr.e year his busl.
naaa, Uid down on the solid prlnol
pie of "cash; no credit," grew and
flourished. Three year later Mr,
wumner moved to Old fort, where he
remained for six year,- still moving
on cash basis only. In 1H Mr.
Humner left the dry food business
and remained out of It for ten year.
With the promt of his yesr of In
dustry he had Invested judiciously
In real estate, and he was, as th
saying goes, "comfortably fixed." Hut
the call of the yard stick was too
strqng tn resist, and and In lilt Mr.
Sumner opened a dry good (tore on
South Main street. Fortune still
Imled on him, and three year later
he moved to hi present commodious
quarters on Patton avenue. HI last
move saw the Incorporation of Sum
ner. Sons and company, and the
same careful business method push
ed that firm to tho point of success
whorefrnm It can now retire,
TWO COFFINS AND ONLY
ONE CORPSE TO BURY
Keen Competition of Un
dertakers Results in Pe
euliur Condition Affairs
BTATEflVH.LB, March We of
ten heir of cases where there i
trouble in procuring a proper box In
which the remain of some unfor
tunate deceased may be laid away,
hut it is not often that there Is a
surplus coffin, and a real scrap over
the "Job" by undertakers, as that
which has taken place In the case of
Jim Henderson, the negro railroad
porter who died here Friday night
and was burled Sunday afternoon.
Jlm'a widow now ha a surplus corfin
on her hand, and the circumstances
of the cose are quite Interesting. Mc
1ollund ft Arey, the colored under
takers, say thut soon after Jim's
death his widow applied to them for
a coffin, plead poverty, and said she
would pay for the coffin when she
received Jim's Odd Fellow Insurance
money; that they investigated the
statement and found that Jim had
nothing coming to him; that they
hesitated to deliver the coffin In the
absence of further assurance as to
pay. In the meantime Henderson's
wife lost patience with the undertak
ers of her own color and made ar
rangements to buy a 140 casket from
Mr, Q. C. Crltcher, paying 120 down.
When they heard that money was In
sight and that coffin was about to
be: purchased elsewhere the colored
undertakers Immediately took a cof
fin to Jim's homeland placed the
body tn It, and sent a box to the
grave. The casket bought from Mr.
('ritcher was also delivered and the
box sent to the grave. Some of the
dead man's frlenda removed Jim' re
mains from the coffin furnished by
Mclelland tt Arey and placed It In
the one secured from Mr. Crltcher,
and in that coffin Jim was buried.
The colored undertaker refused - to
take back the coffin they furnished
and It remained at Jim's home until
removed to the home of a neighbor
by friend of the dead man. The
colored undertaker declare that they
will not receive It and a law suit wilt '
likely result. -r - . .
BRIBERY SCArJDA
SMELLS NOBETTER
Mi TIED
New York Senators BothAp
pear tn Very Bad Ugnt
Under Investigation
TRACE ALLDS FORTUNE
TO MYSTERIOUS SOlRCE
Conger's Attorney Leavos Him
Loss Character Than Even
a Senator Should Have '
ALBANY, N, Y March Th
character of Senator' Allds nd hi
integrity a a legislator were the tar
get before the legislative artillery to
day. Th ?ro.xmlnutlon of the '
defendant- at th bribery, Investigation
began at noon and w unfinished
when the senate adjourned at ; 8.
o'clock. During that time Conger'
attorney tried lo exhibit the accused ,
senator as g man without conscience
and a publio officer unfaithful to hlg
oath.
When th session ended Attorney
Osborne wa onncentratlng his lire
upon Atld' : ownership of on hund.
red (hare of stock of the New York
Transportation company for th pur
pose of proving' that the defendant
got possession of tlh collateral In
1901 as the result of advocating a;
hill favorable to that corporation. Os
borne also strove to show that AIM
wa unfaithful to hi duty mu-"
Jority leader of tho assembly nine
year ago because, although he ad
mitted ill knowledge of legislative
corruption fund raid toy th bridge
companies, he made no effort to pre
vent It u,' ' av.i'J
. ; -aa of rot antl Kittle.
' Conger's chief counsel also ar.
rnlgnod (ho' witness for' hi willing
nsw to follow th behest of the late i
United Htate Hemitor Hiatt when the
latter wa republican slat leader, In
killing a highway bill which Allda
acknowledged wa food mrsure.
Th real of tho time Conger' attor
ney devoted to patching up tha had
break made In thtfr line by the fi
nal ahot which the delenee fired at
th clos of Allds' direct examination.
This wa the reading of a letter Writ
ten by Conger to Allds on May 21
1901, only month after th date f
the Allds alleged successful effort to
sqtteexe money out , of th bridge,
companies. Th letter Indicated a
feeling of extreme cordiality be
tween the bridge eantrautor unlike
any sentiment Conger might seem t
cherish toward a triumphant member
o the ''Black Horse Cavalry."
This letter mad too profound
sensation to be ignored and Osborne'
hasty attempt to explain It war o
unsatisfactory that there is little
doubt that he will return -to It later.
When, Did He (tot It T
The "prosecution" discovered that
Allds In l(0t had owned one hun
dred share of New York Transpor
tation by the schedule ho voluntarily
submitted last week. ''
It wae shown that In 1 K00 the os-
sotnbly passed a bill permitting the
New York Transportation and Elec
tric Vehicle company (which after
ward changed its name to "New-
York Transportation company") to
take over the Fifth Avenue 8Ug
company with It valuable street
franchise rights. By the record they
proved that Atld voted for tho bill
and favored It a majority leader.
General Thomas' Bon Take
His Own Life in Colorado
Springs Hotel
COLORADO 8PTUN08, Colo., Men.
8. Karl D. Thomas, Jr thirty years
old, a son of Urigadler General Karl
D. Thomas, commander of th do
partment of Colorado, with headquar
ter in Denver, shortly before It
o'clock today fired a bullet Into hi
brain In hla room at a local hotel,
dying Instantly.
Indication are that young Thom
as had premedlated . eulclde. llo
came to Colorado Hprlng on Sunday
from Fort ItOgan and registered a
J E. Franklin of Denver. Last
night he and several friend went
to Colorado City where they ar said
to neve drank much liquor. On the -return
to Colorado Spring one of
hi companions took Thomas' re
volver and removed the cartridge.
This morning Thomas called on hi
friend and got the cartridge. . After
taking short automobile ride, ac
companied only by a chauffeur, ha
returned to th hotel where the sui
cide occurred. .
; Young Thoma served for several
year a clerk to the commhs.iry gen
eral of the deportment of Colorado
and Wyoming at l"mt l.oiran.