SUNDAY CITIZEI THE WEATHER: FAIR. PAGES TODAT VOL. XXVI., NO. 220. ASHEVILLE, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 29,1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VMM AUGUSTA OFFERS TO PAY MR. TAFT'S TRAVELLING BILLS Indignant and Mortified at Treatment of First Citi zen of City PRESIDENT. HOWEVER. CANNOT ACCEPT OFFER Will Pay Rest of Expenses For Fiscal Year Out of His Own Pocket WASHINGTON, May 28. A pro test against the action of certain democratic members of congress in opposing the appropriation of - r , -000 for the president's traveling ex penses covering the president's Inst southern trip and an offer to make up the deficiency wa, telegraphed to Speaker Cannon today by the Augus- . ta, Ga., chamber of commerceand cotton exchange and Georgla-CiMN-na fair association today. The lJe gram announced that at a called meeting of the three organizations held today the following memorial was ordered sent to the speaker, to be presented to the house, and to President Taft: "Augusta, the winter home of President Taft stands Indignunt and mortified at the action of certain democratic members of congress in defeating by technical objections, the proposition to make retroactive so as to cover all the expenses or his last southern trip, the appropriation of $25,000 for the president's travel ing expenses. "At a Joint meeting of the cham ber of commerce, the Merchants and Manufacturers association, Cotton exchange and board of trade, and the Georgia-Carolina Fair association held this day. It was unanimously agreed that we respectfully tender through you to the government of the United States the $5,000 neces sary to meet the deficiency of the president's recent transcontinental trip, which did s Tnurn to cement the ties between the different sections and bring the nation and the nation's chief executive in closer touch and sympathy each with the etfcw." The resolution contains the signa tures of the presidents of the asso ciatlons named. Cannot Accept It. - Representatives Hardwtck and Bartlett of Georgia denied that the uuxnniru-n-i-i- .kwh (Continued on page four.) T IT CHAPEL HILL WITH CLASS DAY EXERCISES Class of 1910 Elects Perma nent Officers and Delivers. i Seniority to Juniors 76 GRADUATES CHAPEL HILL. N. C, May 2S. The llith commencement of the I'niveraity of North Carolina bes-m Saturday morning when 76 black robed senlois formed In front of me morial hall, at ft.JIO and marched to the chapel for an hour's prayer. Af ter the prayer and service, which was conducted by Rev. R. W. Hogue. the class elected permanent officers as follows: W. R. Edwards, president: I). H. Teague, vice president; W. H. Ha.ni saur. secretary: C. C. Garrett, cap tain of last year's football team, treasurer. The regular class ""i exercises then took place. Pri$nt A. H Wolfe addressed his classmates on "The Problems of the University Graduate." J. H. Nixon read the the class history. J. M. Reeves pro - phesled the future of each senior. W. II. Ramsaur read the last will and testament. This concluded the, regu lar class exercises and Phi Beta Kapim society took charge. Dr. T. J Wilson. Jr.. permanent secretary of the North Carolina chapter read the names of those juniors who having made th- average grade 92 1-2 were eligible to membership: K. W. Tur lington, lirst scholar of his class. A. L. Fields.. Roy i)eal. W. A. Dees. J M. McKay. S f. Mann. W F Tay lor. Q. W. Thompson. The Phi Beta Kappa address was delivered by Wil liam Lyon Phelps P. H D.. prof.-s-sor of English literature at Yale I'ni verslty. At 6.30 p. m.. the seniors gather ed around the T. 1J. Davie poplar for the last cxercTses they should hold as a class. D. ft. Kramer read class statistics, class song.s and class yells were given, seniority delivered to the Junior class and the claei of 1910 disbanded finally -.as an un dergraduate body. The inter-society banquet was held Saturday night with Clarence H. Poe. '40. of the alumni and H. E. Hifhsmith. W. R. Edmonds, of the students, as speak ers and D. B. Teague, toast master. LORIMER FORCED TO DEFEND CHARGE OF BUYING HIS TOGA State Senator of Illinois Confesses That he Was Paid $2,500 to Cast His Vote For Illinois Senator. RPI?I.VFIELD, III.. May 28 Fiurstlng like a bomb within a few hours after Cnited States Remit or William Lorimer's speech at Wash ington, state Senator John llroderick. a leading Chicago democrat, was In dicted n bribery charge by the grand jury here today. Broderick's Indictment was the dc r-ct result of a confession min' to the grand jury-by state Senat .r I) V. Iloltslaw, of Iuka, 111., who says Hro derlck paid him $2,500 to vote for Lorlmcr for semitor. A capias was ordered at once for llroderick and u bench warrant Issued for his arrest. The unexpected turn in the Lorlmer scandal was an off-shoot of State's Attorney Uurke's Investigation of al leged Kraft in a legislative, furniture deal. Senator llolslaw had been in dicted on a perjury charge In con nection with the furniture contract and upon ji.lvlce of his lawyer when offered immunity agreed to make i confession. Then he told the grand jury that h had received $2,500 for his vote for Lorimer; $700 as his share of the state house furniture deal. F.vldencc CoiTolHiruUil. Senator Hultnlnw's confession re garding the furniture deal was cor roborated before tin grand Jury by itlo 1'reler, who, ns agent for the Ford-Johnson Furniture company, of Chicago, obtained the furniture con tract. The two confessions regarding the furniture contract resulted In two additional Indictments, one a con spiracy rharg- . These were State Senator ". Pemberton, of Oakland, and' Representative Joseph S. Clark, democrat, of Vandalia, 111. Although an indictment charging conspiracy was returned against Sen ator Iloltslaw. immediately it was nol pruescd and immunity for Ilolt slaw vtNis ordered by Judge James A Cntlghton upon the recommendation of State's Attorney Burke. When the indictments had been re turned and the court orders enterei in the two separate, scandals, tht membrs of the grand jury adjournec until next Tuesday. Ti-lU Story In lctail. Following his appearance before the Inquisitorial body Iloltslaw re peated his conversation I Ti e Asso ciated Prrss. lie told In detail ot tb. meeting he had with ;vn,ttr John Broderlck, of Chicago, in front of the Kl Nicholas hotel in this city the day before William Lnrimer was elected L' LIKE RULES PASTED ON 1LLSOE OFFICE Discourses on Accepted Standard of All News papers REPORTER'S MIRROR SEW YnliK. May 2S. Henry' Wartei'.-on. the editor of The Louis ville courier-Journal, at a hunnuct tendered in his honor by the New York Press club tonight. In a speech told of. the duties and .ideals of the. newspaper profession. Mr. Watter son said: I was born next door to a (Hint shop and grew up In a newspaper office First and last I have filled every newsimner function from gal ley boy to leader writer. I am proud my vailing and jealous of its good name. Fntil I gave up all-around, all-night work. I was never so happy 11H toward the wee srna' hours, when, with MnV boys around nve, wires were flashing and feet were hurrying, and the presses were beginning to thunder lieloW. "I think I know what news is and how to prepare It equally for the tea table and thy breakfast table. Like victuals .it may be served hot and savory, or raw and unsavory. be brought on plain, or be dressed and decorated, to suit the ever varying public taste. There Is in this, as in (ookine an art. A fine, ruddv mur der, like a fair round of be'f, may be ruined In the roasting, and a scandal, fat and Juicy, blonde and frowsy, wholly spoiled by a figurative excess of oil and garlic. A skilled chef can take a few senilis and fabricate :i dish to delight a gourmet. So a deft report.T can put this and that to gether and piece a storv to set the town a-talking. In' both cases, how- ... .... ihAr& miml Ik. t h basis Of CS- i.,,ie,l fuel It is irlven to no man to make a silk purse out of a sow's tar: to no cook to render a saute out of sawdust ana nooi-neeia, u no nnrlar In turn H MCOOO Otlt Of ft liC. -i riv-ju- th linn t straight Iving and the station house. The city en-iir- hu1,1 nAVfir consider himself s brevet chief of police, the r porter a .ini.nrofMslonal detective. Th newspaper, with the law. should as sume the accused innocent until prov en guilty; should be the friend, not the enemy, of the general pupne. I'nlted States , nator He and llro derick talked for some time about other matters and then the senator ship ueslion was brought tip. Iloltslaw says that llroderick asked him if he could vote for Lorlmer, and he replkd that It was possible .for him to do so, that some "of his dem ocratic constituents bad told him lb. t such a move would be n good ihinn toward disrupting the republican party in the state. Iloltslaw said that when llroderick said to him that II he would vote lor Iorfmer there would be $2,500 m it for him be then agri-ed to cote the next day. May 26,- for Lorimer. He said that he had never been approached on the subject before and denied that Lee o'Nell Browne or Senator Iorlmer had ever brought the subject to his attention. The bill charging conspiracy to per forin the felony of bribery contained three counts directing at Senator Stanton C. Pemperton. of Oakland, anil H W. Iloltslaw, of luka, and Representative- Joseph Clark, of Van dalia. Capias were Immediately ordered issued and lh ir ball fixed at $50,000 each. Others Involved. State's Attorney litirkr believes the confession of Senator iloltslaw and the other evidence before the grand jury today opens new avenues for 'n vcstlgntinn which probably will In volve several members of both th house and senate and he would mil lie surprised to have a number of applications for Immunity bath tick ets. Three big gates to the Held of corruption are thrown open: 1.. The "Jackpot.'' 2. Furnitnr deal; 0. Payment of money for votes In the iinntorial contest. State's Attorney Burke says he is satisfied the ramifications of corrup tion In each of these lines will mnkf Springfield the mccu of legislators for some time to come. Nothing Is likely to develop, however, before the grand jury re-i olivines next Titesdiy. When Bennor llroderick is ploced on the grill some more sensational evi dence Is expelled. ruder live. Illi nois laws the crime of conspiracy to commit a felony Is punishable bv a term In the p nitentlarv from i no to five years, or line not to exceed twn thousand dollars, or both. The fen- (Ountlnuivl on Page Three.) SPEED DEVILS SMASH ALL RECORDS UP TOM MILES ON SPEEDWAY Two Cars Smashed to Smithereens and Only Two Men Hurt NARROW ESCAPES INDIANA POL IS. Did., May 28. In desperate struggles for supremacy among drivers of the most powerful American cars, records went down furall distances between dye and 200 miles at the Speedway today and in the grind only two on n were injur ed. Herbert Lytle, the driver and hi niectvanic ia n. Wm. Clifton, were hurl ed from their car, an American when a front tire buisi its they were turnlne into th" home stnch in the last lap of the ten mile free-for-all class. The car plunged Into the sand at the inner edge of the track and was smashed. Ly tie's left leg was broken and Clifhm was Beverely bruised. Harroun, drhing a Marmon achieved the mont sensational long distance triumph in the hitory of lutoinoblle track racing jn this coun try when he won the 200 mile race in 2:4i:31. breaking the record which had been heii by Chevrolet who went the distance in " : 4 1; : 4 S at Atlanta The five mile record for cars of 1", 1 to (i0 cubic Inches piston dis placement was broken by Barney iildrield in his Kre.x. Jumping into the lead at the start Oldlield led all the way around the two laps on the two and one-half mile course, with llerr and Aitken In Nationals follow ing closely. fMdfleld's time was 4:n. Aitken (National) took the honor of breaking the record for ten miles for cars of r.01 to 450 Inches displace ment. His time was ft. 08 aralnst the former record of S:17. Dawson had a miraculous escape from death in the 200 mile race. On 'he back stretch a tire burst ad his ear plunged to the Inner cushion, turned completely over, landed on Its wheels and crashed thrnugti a fence. Dawson did not lose his seat and when the car stopped against a heavy post, he found himclf unhurt. The car, however, was a wreck. Where WA RRING DEMOCRA TS OF WAKE MA Y MAKE LOCAL OPTION BURNING ISSUE Rupture in Party in That County May be First Gun Fired in State Wide Revolt Against Compulsory RALEIGH. N. P.. May 2. The Wuke county contest in the demo cratic ranks between the "regulars" and the "reformers" or "Insurgents" or rather the light of the latter against the "regular," Is very much of an enigma In several respects. especially In the variety of opinions as to Just what the 'Issues" that are disrupting the party are. one expla nation that seems to meet the appro val of not a few, Is that It Is the effort of outs" to become "ins." Jn control tuf offices and county affairs. Another is that Wake's big majority against state prohibition at the prohi bition election Is bog in flu rued and kept In such a threullnglv Insurg ent state by the leaders of the reg ular democratic organization that the leaders of the prohibition ele ment feel that the cause of pro hibition for the whole state reuulres that these Wake antl-prohibltlon democratic lenders ne crushed out of (lower once for all to stay a swelling tice of antl -prohibition that Is as suming a threatening aspect in a number of counties, nowhere more formidably than In Wake. What Are Issues. There are these itw figure It out that the personality of the chairman, Colonel Aruiistead Jones, retiring so licitor of this judicial district, and his advocacy of .1 C. Clifford for the PUBLISHER Of TIMES- Prominent Newspaper Man of New Orleans and Ex Confederate Dies NEW Oltl.KA.VH, May 20. I'age M. Baker, for the last 21 years pub lisher of The New Orleans Times Democrat, died at his home In this eity late Ibis atlerluwn. Mr Itakcr had suffered from a complication or diseases for s. M ini years but bis Ill ness did not Inn him to release the active lllilllllKi-Hlc-lil of The Times Democrat unti' iiu-ee months ago Mr. Halter '.v.s l.orn at I'ensacola. Fla , In into. II. came to New Or leans when a voting man and enlisted in the Confederate army In Ibis city. He served with the Washington ai tllllery at Aiitl't.im and In several battles In V'l-ihi.i. Later he was transferred to die Confederate states' navy anil serwil as a mldrhlpuian until the t lo e of (he war. lb- was identified as i reporter and arious editorial cap:i'i'.-H with The Picay une, Delta, Bull' Hn and other news papers In New Orleans. In 1H! be became the publisher "bf The Times Democrat. He is urvlved by his wid ow, one daughter and a brother. Ma jor Henry II liik'-r all of whom re side In New Orleans. WASHINGTON', May 28. Forecast for North Carolina: Fair Hunday and Monday; light easV to south winds. Maggie Wore The Prohibition.No Other Issue Been so Far Suggested. judgeship nomlnapnn along with what is believed to be his Intention to give Wake's vote In the judicial convention to Clifford tis amtlnst Frank Daniels, of Wayne county, la a dominant Inspiration for certain of the leaders of the "reformers" In the fight that is being waged. It is point ed out that Frank Daniels is a bro ther of Editor Josephus Daniels, of The Raleigh morning paper, who Is really the head ind front of the or ganisation can lie overthrown It will insure the sending of a delegation very much stronger for Frank Dan iels. Kttitoj- Daniels" :eTT1wiHntJ' tlint the situation In the? Judicial non test has the least bit of Influence with him In the Wake county fight he Is nut king. Volcjing the "reform" faction, he Insists that the fight is purely to put an end to the corrupt use of money and fraud In the pri maries that he declares has sprung up under ' ring rule;" put the county officers on salaries as a matter of economy In management of the af fairs of the county; and knock out what they allege la "boss rule" through which a few men dictate to politics and government in Wake for their own selfish Interests. The "regulars" Insist that there In no "ring rule" in Wake and that the primaries are fair and open giving HETTY GREEN FEEBLE; SON CALLED TO HELM Financial Affairs of Rich est Woman in World Too Great a Burden for Her NKW YoltK. May 2d. Mrs, Hetty Oreen, generally credited with being the richest woman In America, will be asslited hereafter In the manage ment of her financial nfflra by her sou. K. H II. Oree.i. This announce ment was authorized last night. Mr llreeii, who Is president of the Texas Midland railroad when asked in Dallas If the report were true that lie uiih coining here to assist his mother In loanaiilng her affairs said: "I am going to rfew 'York to as Hist 'uy mother 111 carrying on her biislio-hs affairs. I expert to reach '-w Votk about July 1. but any statement regarding the new ar rangements will have to come from my mother. 1 isisltlvely refuse to scy another word about the matter." At the residence of Matthew Astor Wilks. Mrs (Ire. n's son-lti-lsw It was said that Mrs ;rci- could not be seen under any Ircur istsnres unless an appointment was made through the National Park bank All Inquiries regarding her health were met with a i.Hionse that "nothing Is to be wild." and no information wss lven regarding the coming of her son lo the llt Monday last Mrs. Green lost her lirst lawsuit, a Jury ordered her to pay for -slors-e on boxes con taining papers worth $17,000,000, r. presenting part of her father's es tate At the time of Mrs. Green's ap pearance In court she was so voluble that the court stenographer, accus tomed to taking the most rapid testi mony, had to ask for a little time 10 get down the statement being made. MAXlTAtJTVRKtt DEAD. . 4.YXCUBi:Ht;,-V"i May- ll. Bd- win A. Hancock, senior mem w-r or Hancock Brothers, plug tobacco man ufacturers, died this afternoon after a stroke of apoplexy, sustained this morning. i Beads. of Any Moment Has much more democratic opportunity for expression of will by th people than could possibly be had in coun ty convention in which but small per cent of the voters of the party could participate at best In, view of (he territory the county covers. Jlow Trouble Ktsrtcxl. The trouble atartw In Wake coun ty so far as public outbreak is on cer tied at the meeting of the county executive committee then th leader of, the faction now termed "reform ers" made a fight for two primaries, one for th election of dl)ates ta the convention , nd th other later lirtwT iimmes tor 'mofflhnttnt th county officers. Advocates on th one primary Idea out-voted th other aid after a spirited contest led by J. W. Halley In the Interest of th two-primary Idea.' It wa very soon attar this meeting that the call for a mM meeting April 80 wa Issued that precipitated on that day th stirring events that forreJ the "Insurgents" to hold their meeting on fh aide walk Instead of In the Academy of Music or the county courthouse, be ing unable lo get hearing in either place. II I a notable fact that at 'this same executive committee meeting at which the fight wa made for two (Continued on page four.! OCEAN RICE TO HAVANA Motor Boat Yachtmen are Guests at Entertainment in Their Honor HAVANA, May 2S. The ocean race fur motor bonte from Philadel phia to Havana, In which five con testants started last Saturday after noon, has ended In a victory for the Hcmeyo, owneil by 8. W. (Iranbery, Brooklyn Yacht club, which with her time allowance, of three hours and forty-live minutes over M. E. Ilrlg ham's Caliph, beat the latter boat by two hours, 44 minute and 1 sec onds, Tho Caliph srrlved here last even ing at 1.03.14, followed by the Ber neyo, a trifle more than an hour be hind. The llye, owned by J. O. N. Whltaker, reached the finish line about 10. :i8 o'clock this morning, while the Carolina did not broasi Motto Light until 6.3S thl evening un.-re.oy winning fourth placu. The fifth contestant, the Loantaka, owned by II. 8. Peters, met with trouble soon after the start and abandoned the race. The Caroline was greatly delayed M heavy seas and high winds cross- ...g the gulf stream. Many entertain ments have been arranged for ln yachtsmen. Including a break'1 to morrow at th Havana Yacht fiiflbYM excursion on Monuay to juatautua, tin nonet on Tuesday, a reception al J.he American club on Wednesday and a ball at th Yacht club on Thursday. TIIK COMKT TODAY. May 21: Halley's comet act today 11.25 y. m.; tomorrow r S pv m. Cnmet'g wpoed to day about 1,55 miles per min ute. Comet Hearing the ce lestial equator. WON BY THE BEHNEYO fiUMSUUTES ARE KOT FAILURE TO SELL REFUNDING DOrjDS IS EMBARRASSING Smaller Amount Bid For at Second Offering Than at The First -v.'M BIDS MADE SO FAR WILL BE ACCEPTED Will Have to Borrow Money or Call Extra Session of Legislature RALEIGH, N. C. May II. Th second bids for tho I3,46,0 refund ing forty year four per cent bonds to take up bonds fulling due July first were opened byV the state tree surer at noon today In the presence if tht governor and members of the council - ' of stat and large company of lu Interested cltlwns, In', the office ef the atata treasurer, d tt was found that there were bid for only 11,1 IJ,- , AAA iv V. - I .. I ..... W ' v v v rt , mmyi t iu.ii.. ctl Klin t ILTIfi.OOO that were , bid for on May , ISth, when all bids) war rejected.. . Thla time tho hid ranged In batches from 11,600 to MQO.OOO, whrM there was one 1608,000 bid a.t tit Mm effort to Mil iha Issue. Tho : $600,090 bid was by tho Nw Tork ; Ufa I nsurance oompsjiy, and was !, hot renewed. T iv council of tut was) In executive seoalott all (.fternooa -considering tho situation,, a number of prominent banker uid other bus- ; Ineao men tNlm with them in con fidential conference. , Late thla even ing announcement was mad that tho hid opened today are accepted nd that additional bid r on hand running up the ste to tl. 111,100. , May CM I Kxbr Hvsalott. ' .- ' Th bid In hand today leav III, 600 of tho Issue to bo taken ear of lit soma extraordinary way, several method of extricating tho admin Is- .: : tratlon from the , emhsvrrusslnjr di lemma are belnt luggealed tlthough the go vi r nor and council of state or not taJklng. On i tho calling of th general assembly 1n extra etslon to either Increase th rut .of .. (Merest s WM nwiei owv pr efff firnvnaww ft as t aefTct th tale in th ordinary way, empower -the trtiurer to ei-'; chant- new bonds for the old, or ' authorise some other mean of tiding -th state over th difficulty until thero cgft be permanent adjustment at th tuatt regular velot !n Janu ary. Another I to ell nil the bond that or now Wd for, or for whtoh blda can be secured before July lat, i to redeem thos bond that r pro ented for collection . and , t liorrow money lo take car of th ret until the regular elon of. th sembly,' This I believed' Itt ho th nollcy de cided on by the council. Thar I ft : suggeetion that th atata could t4j money on the railroad bond th uik owna aa aecurlty or effect other flnanT 1 clal arrangements that sava th state th 126.000 or more expense of an extra session of th teaatatur. Iff lUll POSTED OH RULINGS Detention of Travelers' Trunks Due to Inefficien cy of Service NEW YORK. Msv I Henry ft Hluart. , of Klk Garden. Va., nephew of General "Jeb" Htuart. the fonfed rut.. Ievler and a candidate for con gress op the riemocratlo ticket today received his trunk wnicn wers seis ed yesterday on the arrival of th Stuarts from Europe on the Msure- i funis. Mr. Ktuart nald 11.490 to Cet ' the trunk, the amount of 'duty hav-. Ing been levied on good not contain ed In his declaration of dutiable Ob jects, which were assessed by the p-, r.ruler ut 13 010. Th goods COn- tlsted of a mlscellaneou collection of goods of foreign manufacture- Mrs. . Htuart had been abroad for two year with her daughter, maid and a gov ern ess. Mr. fUuart went to Pari In March to brln them back. That h- . failed to declare dutiable goods wa due to the fact that he wa not awar tt a recent ruling of the trear.ry de partment. Before lie left Pari Mr. Btuart ob- ' talned from the American consulate . a ropy of ruling issued by th treat-, ury department governing the admis Ion of personal posekn of th traveller. It stated that persons who ; had been abroad for two year might declare themselves non re1-v dents and would not be obliged to pay duty on their Belongings H wns In Ignorance of th fact that tti ruling had been superseded y made last Mareh by Secretary - Mo- Veagh, which abollshe th two year, limit. ' . " ' ' t SHOT 11 OTKP-rAtltEIU f f BRISTOL, Tnn., ' May i 10. A. . Penlngton Oap. Vs..' deapatch tate that a tha reault of family row at Adliene in Eaatr Kentucky, Wil liam Napier it dead, having been ehot by hi ttep-father. As her Uttla, -