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THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN. THE WEATHER: FAIR. Citizen Want Ads Bring Results. .VOL.' XXVI., NO. 219. ASHEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 28, 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS. DEBATE III HOUSE The Lightning Change Artist. ALGHEMISTS'HQPE REALIZED AT COST OF BANKER'S LIFE DELAYS PASSAGE GAVE TAFT A PAIN Thinks Argument Used in Chemist Declares he Has Dis covered Secret of Trans mutation of Metals Senate Finally Includes Tele phone and Telegraph Lines in Bill Writer For Collier's Weekly Travelling Expense De bate Was Proper Sues Attorney Lawler For Slander NEW AMENDMENT GROPQFLAWSUITS Oil APPROPRIATION IMPEND NG OM OF RAILROAD BILL PINGHOT NQUIRY REPRESENTATIVES WHO INVITE SHOULD PAY Declares That Reflections on Hospitality of South Were Unfair WASHINGTON, May 27. "In all my experience, ana I have enjoyed hospitality of many sections and coun trie of the world, I never had a more cordial, generous, open and lavish welcome than I had in the Southern states during: my trip, and the slightest hint that puts me In the attitude of a ci-HIc of that hospitality give me great pain." "This In part, is the manner In which President Taft today in a let ter to Chairman Tawney. of the house committee on appropriations told how deeply he resented criti cisms pawed by democrats In the de bate in the house yesterday upon the travelling expenses of the president. The president says he is especially distressed by "sugggeeted reflection of hoepitaity." - Visiting; Part of His Job. ' President Taffs tetter continues: "I am deeply grimed over the phase which the' discussion of the appropriation far the travelling ex penses of the president took yester day. I think It Is a legitimate argu ment In favor of such an appropria tion that congressmen and many oth ers pressed the acceptance of Invita tions to visit their sections and dis tricts, because the urgency of such requests Indicates the opinion on the port of the people that one of the duties of the president Is to visit the people In their homes. "But the Intimation that accept ance by congressmen of the presi dent's Invitation to travel on the train with him In their respective dis trict or states was a reason why they should not vote their free opin ion on the question of such an ap propriation,1 la to me a most painful one. In travelling upon the train they were not receiving my hospital ity they were only making a little more elaborate the cordial welcome (Confirmed on page four.) ZEALOUS OFFICIALS OF Well Known Virginians Em barrassed by Suggestions of Smugglings. WAS ALL A MISTAKE NEW YORK. May 27 Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Stuart, of the well known 8tuart family of Virginia, had a clash with the customs authori ties today on their return from Eu rope on the Maurctanla. Both gldes admit tonight that there had been misunderstanding. Eight of Mrs. Stuart's twenty-five trunks were seiz ed and sent to the public stores as containing valuable goods not de clared, but as Mr. Stuart has ex pressed his willlngnesg to pay duty In full they will be released when he does ao, and he may appeal for re dress, If he considers the appraise ment unjust. George Smith, a deputy surveyor of the port, ,held a conference with the Stuarts late this afternoon. After Ward he acknowledged that Inas much a8 Mrs. Stuart had been liv ing abroad for the last two years, she thought she was a non-resident, and this misapprehension caused all the trouble. The fact that Mr. Stuart l a resident. however, said Mr. Smith, ac jrdlng to rulings of the treasury department, made hls wife also a resident. "But X am sure." he added, "that the declaration a, made out In good faith and that there was no Inten tion on the part of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart to evade the payment of du ties." Mr. Stuart, he concluded, was ready to pay all the duties. Mr. Stuart said: "I do not charge that there l any Intention on the part of the custom officials to do mo any injustice, but I believe that there had been some "misapprehension. But I do claiti non-residence for my family. I know the law 'Ttnd I am going to stand by my rights. I am sorry that this whole thing ha, at tracted so much attention and the superfluous vigilance of the customs officer has put me In a queer light." - BALKS AT CLAUSE AGAINST MERGERS Decides to Put Off Final Vote Until it Can Investigate Further WASHINGTON, May 27. At Un hurt moment before reaching the point of voting upon the railroad bill today the senate took the Important step of adding an amendment plac ing interstate telegraph and tele phone lines under tiie suiwrviHlon of the interstate commerce commission. This action was followed ly an effort to restore a portion of section 12, affecting mergers,"' which heretofore was voted out. Uoth provlshmn were Introduced bo suddenly as to surprise the senate, and the latter was con sidered so lmM)rtiint thru rather than vote upon It without more consider ation thHn It was able to give, the senate took an adjournment 'until tomorrow. The action of the senate on tele graph and telephone companies in sures their inclusion In some form in the proposed law as the subject is covered In the house bill. The sug gestion for the Inclusion of telegraph and telephone companies within the control o fthe interstate commerce commission was muilo by .Senator Dixon, of .Montana, but ultimately his amendment was superseded by one In simpler form which was offered by Senator Ijifollette, of Wisconsin. Kornl of AmicikIiimiiI. The senate reached the voting stage at four o'clock alter en animated de- hate which was carried on largely on the democratic side of the chamber and which dealt espt dally with the question s to whether the Dolllver amendment regulating the stock and bond issues of railroads was in ac cordance with the last democratic plaform. Much dls-ipprobatlon .iffainst voting upon the Dixon telegraph amendment without an opportunity for ixamlna tion was cxircerid. While the dis cussion and tho votlnu' Ht-rc in prog ress on the Dlxiin amendment S'-n;ttnr Mifollette prepared on amendment (Continued on page Five.) AT BOTTOM OF CHANNEL WITH ALL HER CREW DEAD Rescuers Unable to Make Investigation Because of Strong Current. SIGN OF EXPLOSION CALAIS. France, May 27. The 1',-iih li submarine riuvlose which was struck by the cross channel steamer 1'as do Calias yesterday to iniing, was again located tonight lifter- having been driven rrom her mini moorings at the bottom of the Knl:!i ehanned today and -carried hither ami thither by the swifl How tin- currents. TonlRhl ' .nous craft are moored alsive the spot anil are sending down diver.-; In an endeavor to fasten the chains about the wreck so that it n.ay be rab-1t' the surface. 1 Joihi 2 7 officers and men of the Plml-'se -all perished. Is the opinion of navy officials who are assisting an iihunrlance of notha on tho sur fai e or t lie water and this lends them to Hi.- belief that the Inner shell of the submarine was shattered by the .... 1.. , -..li .r.,1 tl.ilt blow or me I as uc ,.an,in all the crew were drowned. j LOST HIS MILLIONS AND GOES A FISHING mrtMINGHAM, Ala. May 27. Creditors of Knight. Yancey & Co, the bankrupt cotton firm of Decatur, adojurned this afternoon to me-?l tn Birmingham again next Wcdnesiiy. William Yancey and W. D. Nesbitt. two members Of the bankrupt Arm, were on the stand this afternoon. John D. Knlsht, who was in hax-re of the company's office at the time of the failure, was still absent, the special deputy marshal! who was f nt for him bringing back the summons marked "Fishing, not In Decatur The abseni-a of Mr. Knight - iertttOea - Referee Jere- Murphy, who at one time during the proceedings 're marked: "The continued absence of John Knight, following hi failure to tine tune of 16.000. 000, does not set well on my stomach." GOT HIM MIXED WITH ANOTHER MUCKRAKER Lawyer Thought he Was Man Who Was Far-Hero on Republic WASHINGTON. .May 27 Christo pher 1. I'oniutlly. a lawyer of Mon tana and New V(irk, and a well known writer for magazines, today tiled suit In the Supreme court of tin District of Columbia to recover 120,- 000 damages for alleged slander from Oscar l-iwler. assistant attorney gen eral, for the interior department. The suit Is the first of threatened legal proceedings growing out of the Ralllngcr-l'llichot imitiirv it was ru mored around the court today that Secretary Riillinger was prepared to Invoke the law against some of his alleged traducers. The basis of the action Is the tes timony alleged to have been given by Mr. Lawler May 17 before the Bnllinger-Plnchot Joint committee wherein Mr. Law ler is alleged to have referred to Mr. Connolly and others as ''despicable scoundrels who would sloop to any depth of degradation." He Is further alleged to have testi fied that "a man named Connolly stood on the deck of the steamship Republic Just before she went down and trumpeled down women and children in an attempt to get to a life boat." When asked to Identify the Con 11 v- referred to. It is alleged Mr. Lawler said "he Is an employee of Collier's Weekly anil Is a lull, slender n-iin with a short Bray moustache." This. Mr. Connolly says describes him. Air. I-awler Is further alleged to have said that he 'had considerable contempt for the Connolly connected with Colliers Weekly anyway and v oiild not put hrm above anything of the kind. .Mr (Vrinnllv cli-irge that this con necllng of him with the person on board the Republic is false and that the accusation whs maliciously made. Mr Connolly said later that at the time of the loss of the Republic he was In Los Angeles, California, GENTLEMAN FARMER IS WANTED TO EXPLAIN HOW TRUNKS WERE STOLEN Old Skooth" Indicted in Virginia Fights Aganst Extradition. DENIES IDENTITY KINC.STliN".. N. Y.. May 27. iji-nrsi- Washington Thomas, arrested as "Old Skooth" whom detectives say was tin- head of a band of Sou thern baggage thieve bitterly fought against extradition to Virginia la-fore County Jii'hic I'antine till afternoon lie was indicted in Virginia on a eli.irRi- of fcrand hnc-ny anil 'iovcru nr Hughes has Issued el ra-lil l"ll pa pers. Immediately the 'court informed th" prisoner of his rliiht to a writ of habeas corpus, two Kingston law yers retained by him applied for and obtained the writ u.n the prisoners' affidavit that he n.-ver had been In Virginia and was not the person who was wanted there. I'pon this state ment they contended' he could not lie a fugitive from lhat state and even if operations bad been carried on from an adjoining state, lie could not be extradited. By agreement the hearing was fix ed for next Friday morning. Judge amine meanwhile refusing to admli the prisoner on bail. Thomas was arrested recently at his courttry place near Marlboro, 11 ster nautity. where he had been liv ing as a gentlemen farmer He is charged with lieing the leader of the gang that made Its headquarters In Richmond, and by means of fraudu lent baggage checks succeeded in get ting away with 200,000 m tffBf? baggage. X CKSE FIRES OF HATE. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., May 27 The state encampment of the O. A It. today adopted a memorial' to th j - T - tttlonai encampment protesting against trie placing oi ine si&iue oi Oeneral Robert E. Lee In statuar hall at Washington. The same me morial also protested against th use of the Jefferson Davi silver service on the battleship Mississippi. PROMISE TO Local Board ofJTrade and Retail Merchants Undertake Amount At a Joint meeting of the directors of the board of trade imil the Iletall Merchants association held yetterdny afternoon addresses 'in the interest of the proposed students' conference to he established near Black Mountain made by prominent national r M. C. A. workers resulted In the commit tees' agreeing to urge the people of Asheville to subscribe til, BOO of the tr.0,000 needed to Carry out the great project. A Joint committee of ten rep resenting both associations having as. Its chairman Mr. ! George H. Powell was appointed, nt this committee will Immediately M&Mte-eamMlgn towards raising the amount promis ed. Announcement is made that $2, 000 of tills amount has already been subscribed by local cttlxens. When seen nt the Swannanoa ho tel last night Messrs. W. O. Weath- erford, student secretary for me in ternational committee In the South, Made Famous by His Dis covery of Tuberculosis and Cholera Bacilli. HA DEN BADEN, May 27 I'n.f Robert Koch, the famous bacterloi- gitt, died hro this afternoon, from a disease of the b 't. llo was born at Kln-UHthnl. Hanover, December II, 1S4.1. Prof. Koch became distinguished as an Investigator of micro-organisms, but probably gaini-d most renown as the discoverer of the bacilli of tulnr eulosis and eh . b ra. It was In DO2 Hint Prof. Koch 1 1 rut annoiini ed his discovery of the bacilli of tuben ulo sis The following year ne was sent by the Herman and Egypt ! m discover d tie- ' presence of v hp infallibbi test it cholera. II " .is lug of till- intern 'ovcrnrnent i,,. n -1 , . lily ehoierit ;U!'I Im immt baelllus (lh !l Is regarded -1-1 -it diagnosing A-u..l. n I 11111 II I i lie lie I ill'illal in. ill. -I mi grese that I'rot Koch annnuni ol H discovery of a km i itlc for tnlH-ri nio-'-but whll" his announcement r.-.iid much sensat ion, the medical pr-.f- sirm generally' -lid not accept it a fact and so bsi-quent expi neo. , ,,.., l-ilins. I ! did not fully substantial, th, of Koch In this direction. THOl'IJI.K IV SAIJY l,IC.;U:. mil'-, Kim aid broke another record, j ivtnnimr oer Ihiwson and Ifarrouii, COMTMRI'." Mav 27 r-.i. both driving Marmon, by a hurst lowing comiil iii't, made to President "f "l"" (l 1,1 '"' home stretch that Jovner of th. .-'-.nth Atlantic league !' arn-d from th- held to the fore by fmplre Kbiu-r that he had lie. -a j H's "I"'' wa!" bettering the for Insulled and In- life threatened bv 1 ,n' r record by -Ml seconds. Manager Yx mid' Players Kr.-bs and Harn.un had III; Inning in tho ten Iwls, of th- Columbus b am. Fox i mil"- event for oirs of 231 to 300 wn Indefinite!-' vuspened today investigation of the affair tnll made. t,o WASHINGTON. May 27. Forecast k-r e . u - a for North Carolina.: -Fair Saturday More than two hundred . employes and Punday; light variable winds, are thrown out of work. ' . - t mmi- inn II ill v. r -L AID DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS CONFERENCE SITE Necessary to Equip Black Mountain Grounds. - and V. K. Ober, field secretary for the International committee whose work lies principally among the city associations, appeared to be much pleased with the reception accorded them In Asheville, and were of tho opinion that the conference Is an as sured proposition. In speaking of the Black Mountain proposition they said that the stu dents conference department tf the Y. M. C. A., the Y. W. c. A. and the Young Peoples' movement had al ready secured lit acre, located Rear Black Mountain which It wa pro-nosed-. develop.! definite plan. The property will be equipped "with a hotel and cottages which Will ac commodate 400 guests nt the start and plans will he made to erect an auditorium, gymnasium, athletic Meld, and swimming lake. The pro ject when completed will cost In the neighborhood of $100,000 and a THE HOIfflSPEEDWlT Kincaid Cuts Down Chevro let's Time in Hundred Mile Race. INDIANAPOUH, Ind.. May 27 Records went down before tho on slaughts of desperately driven motor carM in today's races at tho motor speedway, and the new course, th, only brick track In the world. Justi fied all the hopg of its constructors that It would prove satiHfactory. In three different clause,, of Ameri can stock cars, time was hammered down. The greatest event of the day wa tho one hundred mile race, for cars of .1111 tn'tso cubic Inches plsto displacement. It was won hv Klinald In a national In 1:21)43. The .r,viiiN record, set by Cheviot-t in a iliil-k at Atlanta was I .'4 a III i'-rtii,i. took (hi race away ft on Di,.ii, ilming a Marmon. II I .-I the . .i, by the fouling of . .nii iiiiig mill 1 1 ii hi not regain if It in., nl pounding down the I ..n, lr,l. ii. hiirely esca ped crash ing ni l Hi,- t-rens stand when one .f I... l..,r trie, ripped off ami ' 1 1 1 -1 I uli in the air . lly sheer -tr.in.-th. be ImIiI his car to the k In the live mile race for ears of th. name r lasi Us entered the 100 lneheH oispiacement. ne wion in 1 5 . smashing the former record of , 9 03. Chevrolet, driving a ftulrk In the five mile race nr th little car of ' 11 to 230 Inches displacement, won with a hrllllaiil dasn in breaking the previous time of S.13. There were no serlouH accidents to: day?' The feature tomorrow will b the 200 mile race which was called off last Vcax because of fatal ac- cldents. MH.b hUlTW injmx. MERIDIAN, Miss.. May J7. The Meridian cotton mills closed today for sn Indennlto period, on account of the high prices of raw material. to Raise Sum to Complete friend lias offered to contribute ISO,- 000 If a similar amount ! raised by June t. lU. The Asheville board of trade and - the Retail Merchant as sociation hav sympathised with the movement from the beginning and It la believed that the portion of the subscription alloted this city, til, 60S, wilt be quickly raised. The re. malnlng 188.000, Included the offer of 160,000 will be subscribed by outside parties. ' 1 There are already three . confer ences in operation including the stu dent T. M. C. A., the student Y. W. C. A. and the Young Peoples' . con ference, These conference bring" t;S 000 visitor annually to Asheville and It I believed that when the new con ferences are organised the number of visitors will exceed .600. Messrs. Weatherford and Ober will remain In the city several day to assist the Joint committee In soliciting . sub scriptions, "PENNSY" ATHLETES ARE IEADW EVENTS Enters Fourteen Men in Meet and Carries Off Honors at Trials. i PHILADELPHIA, May !I7. -Penn sylvanlu. showed up so well In the trials today a to make It appear that tin, Philadelphia Institution will probably carry o(T the lliter-colleglate championship In the II mils which will Im- held on Franklin Kleld tomorrow Tim Pennsylvania athletes camn up to the expectations of their coach", and in a number of instances qualified men In events that were not looked for. r . I'na Idlng Pennsylvania wins the m. et It looks like a warm battle .for sisond place with Michigan, Yale, llarv: id and possibly Princeton as till! -illtellllers. Pems Ivunhi qualified fourteen mi ti for the llnuls; Yule and Prince ton twelve each; Harvard eleven; f'on efl eight; Michigan six; Amhirst four; Wyrncuse and Colombia, and Wi-'eynn two each, and Rutgers, Col gate, Dartmouth, New York and How. doln one each. No records were broknn today but the performances were all of a high orib-r. In the 220 yards dash, Minds, of Pennsylvania, ran In 21 3-S, or- ens fifth of a second slower than the rec ord held by Wefers. Harvard, the pittcnt Intercollegiate track cham pion, did not eonie up to expectations, III luck following tho Crimson team. OI'POSK I'AIH'KI.K POKT. RO.MK. f!a . May 27 Determined opposition to the parcels post propo sition was expressed today by the (ieorgia Retail Hardware association In convention here, and a resolution was adopted urging the Georgia del egation In congress to use their best ttfort to defeat the measure should It be brought up for consideration. IIAIXEY'B COMET. May 21. (alley's comet sets today 11.22 p. m.; to morrow, 11. 2S p. m. Comet's spce-d today about 1.S71 mile per minute. Con-vet' position Right Ascension, hours, 24 minutes, 36 seconds; declina tion, 4 - degree. 45 minutes, north. Comet' distance rfom the earth. J,00,000 mile BANKER KILLED BY GAS IN WBRATORY Was Watching Final Expert- mentsand Got too Near . Crucible , . ; : Bt'RANTHN, Pu., May li. The lure of gold led Charles i Coulter Dickinson to hi death.' '-. .?, Eveh Paraeeunw C old died of a draught of his newly discovered -. "elixir of llf,'so th young financier whose meteoric career md wall street RaP. died of the fume that were, he thought, to mag him th richest man In th world, . . - - To manufacture gold, or at (east create a metal that would pas for gold the dream of th alchemist for centuries untold wa the will o -tha wisp that drew th banker along until nature, In rebellion at uch' daring Inqulsttlvenee, nuffd out hi -life with a breath of dnieth desllntl a from th eruelbl tn which h had ouht to discover her ecret, fhendst Tell lor. Dr. F. W. Lange, th chemist who conducted th experiment which Dickinson wa watching when h In haled th fatal fume, ha mad pos sible a atatement of what ws being attompted- what. the banker had pected to realise. 4 Behind thl technical drerlptlon by the chemist Ilea romantlo story, nr, Lnga did not touch upon it when, making hi statement, but a- friend who wss In th secret told some 'iif, the slory today. v t, v' ' - ' Four -year ago" a man who far, ther had been 9 frtend of Dr. Lange, and had dabbled, with him In eheml cal experiments, vlaltod the chemist and told him of ftv wonderful dream he had some night before. It earn ed to hlmv thl man told Dr.' Lang, that hi father hod come to. him charged wtlh a weighty eecrtt, ;. - , ; The secret ran: In th term of chemlcsl formula, and wa 00 com prehenslbl to the dreamer, who) had little or no knowledge of th Intri-rnx-le of the science. But th dream made uch a vivid. Impression on. him. iruiit ne rememnesea every newt oi th formula which It Seemed hi fa ther wished him to convey to Pr. Lang. .' - . ., Would t'nrael Mjrsterr. ' . By man of thl formula, so It wn explained In th dream, -the , chemist . would be ; abl . la unravel the great mystery of th ret., latlon between Inorganic substance, especially between th metal. ' Prop erly applied, , th dream went on, it would result In th actual trans mutation of bene metal Into tho more preclou. - The dream wss told to Dr. Lang a.nd the extraordinary familiarity with chemical term which It Involv-' ed convinced Dr. Lahgv coming a It did from the mouth nf a man who (Continued on pa a four.? LINE WILL SOON BEGIN Convicts From State'i Pris on Will be Put to Work on Construction.. HTATF.HVIM.K, May 27. Th news that work will begin on th Klalesvllle Air Dine railroad from Htatosvllln to Mt. Airy within a few wee Is Is now given out authoritative ly. The annual meeting of the stock holders of th.- 8'vtevllln Air Uni railroad company wa held In Btates- Hie yesterday and wa attended by delegstVi from practically every townshliKIn Iredell, Yadkin and Sur ry counties, Interested In the road, tho ewnt being on 1 of unusual In terest to the railroad promoter. After the formal, opening of th meeting Mr. D. M. Ausley spoke bo fore the body regarding the progress being mnd- toward building the road and in connection with the preven tion of the bright outlook, read ..ttets from Governor Kltchin, In which tho governor gav asnirann that 79 convicts, those now at work on the Matamuskeet railroad, -would) b,. ready to turn owr to the State vllla Air Dine by July 1st. A letter was also read from the president of the Matamuskeet road saying that hn would be through with the con vlets in 40 days The Stateevllle Air Dine has had the promise of the cpnvlrte for some time, conditional when the Matamuskeet road would be' through with them. , v It was explained at the meeting that with th convict, supplemented by an equal amount of other labor, 24 of the CO mile easy b built In m year. Several construction com pa- , nice are willing to build th road) -and. rush It through at one on cer tain terms, Th totat amount of bond already, voted for th rond i $857,600 and m large amount of thl 1 now aval labia. it
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