Newspapers / Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.) / Sept. 13, 1910, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
THE ASHEVIEEE CITLZEM. THE T7EATHES: . CLOUDY. Citlxen Want Ads Bring Results. ,VOU XXVI., NO. 327 VASHEVILLB, N. C TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 13, 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS. CRADLE OF EtmsmWCRATIC GOV.AW 3 DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMEN i - Legislature Also Democratic Will Elect Successor to Senator Hale. Host Remarkable Political Upheaval of Recent Years Stag gers Republican Leaders of The State. POSSIBILITY THAT ALL FOUR CONGRESSMEN ARE ELECTED For The First Time in Thirty Years Maine v Cast? Off The Republican Yoke.Plaisted's Majc ijority For Governor Near 9,000. -v ? BEVERLY, Mats., Bet 12 No oommeftt upon the results i of the Maine election was giv en out at the summer white house tonight, although Pres ident Taft was Informed of the general nature of the returns. tJYSTER ,BAT, Sept. It. CoU Roosevelt was told of the -f democratic ' victory In Maine, tonight, but he made no com-"'-f ment on It except to say that he had nothing to say. - -. ," - PORTLAND, &, Sept. tt-Maln went democratic today. It elected Fred'k ,W. Plalsted of Augusta ft dem ocrat as governor; upset the hither to solid republican congressional del egation In at least two and possibly all four of the districts, and to the surprise of the political leaders, dem ocratic as well as republican, the re turns late tonight indicated the pos sibility that the next stae legislature will be democratic. The senate will surely have a democratic majority. SO CRITICAL PRESIDENT Republican Leaders Con vince Him That He is . 'Badly Needed at Home TO HELP OUT OHIO BEVERLY, Mass.. Sept 12. The trip to Panama which President Taft had planned in November to inspect the work that has been done on the isthmian canal may be given up. It is understood that several of the re publican leaders have endeavored to convince the president that the polit ical situation at home required his presence in this country. Next Sun day Mr. Taft will leave Beverly for two weeks. Visiting his home city, Cincinnati, returning by way of Wash ington where be will preside at the first cabinet meeting of the season. At New Haven next Monday forenoon he will attend a meeting of the Yale university corporation; resuming his Journey Monday afternoon he will proceed to Cincinnati arrrivlng there on Tuesday. While in Cincinnati he will stay at the home of his brother, Chas. P. Taft , Although personal business Is as signed as the reason for the presi dent's" trip to Cincinnati, It Is under stood 'that while in his home state the resident will confer with sev. eral of the Ohio republican leaders. He will remain in Cincinnati until Saturday, September 24, when he leaves for Washington. arrivlngat the capital Sunday morning. The first meeting of the cabinet will be held the foltowlng day. Leaving Washington September JOth, the pres ident will go to New York where he will address the national league of re publican clubs.. From New York the president will come direct to Beverly to remain until the middle of Octo ber. The president attended the fu neral In Boston this forenoon of So licitor General Lloyd W. Bowers, re turning florae. shot ily afterwards.!. , At , o'clock this . afternoon i, the president pressed a button at his eot- ' tigs hlco the signal for the 'Opening Of the Appalachian exposi tion at Knoxvtlte, Tenn. , REPUBLICANISM The house complexion Is t n doubt Returns from all but it of the elec tion districts of the state showed a plurality for Plalsted for governor of 8,600. The missing districts are hearty all in remote parts of Aroostock county and in outlying islands along the coast Democratlci Congrcssmn. In the second district, which was formerly represented by the late Nel son M. Dingley, father of the Dingley law, Daniel . J. McGtlllcuddy was elected con gressman by 3,000 over John P. Swaiey, the present Incumbent,' and Congressman Edwin C., Burleigh, who has represented , the third district sine 't8J. aw .defeated by Samuel W. Gould; another democrat, by a small margin. . The result In the first and fourth districts wts much In doubt late to night, although the Indications were that Asher C. Hinds, republican had won over Wm. M. Pennell, democrat, in the former, and that Congressman Frank E. Guernsey, republican, had been defeated in the latter by George M. Hanson, democrat, by a small , vote. F MILE A MINUTE IN FLIGHT CIRCLING BOSTON LIGHT Harvard - Boston Aviation Meet Develops Remark able Feats of Skill RIVALRY INTENSE BOSTON," Sept 12. One world's record and two American records were broken by the flyers at the Har vard-Boston meet today. Ralph Johnstone, in a Wright biplane, made new marks In accuracy, duration and Sistance event An achievement io less marvelous, was a flight of Claude Orahame-White in which he went twice to Boston light and re turn from the field, a distance of 33 miles In 24 minutes, 1-5 seconds, or almost a mile a minute for the entire distance, with a Blerlot monoplane. Fearing the mark pf 40 minutes, 1 3-5 seconds he set last week over this course might be bettered. White cov ered the course again today and fin ished tils remarkable exhibition of speed in front of the grand stand on the aviation field where 35,000 peo ple applauded htm. A feature of slightly less interest was target shooting from an aero plane with a regular service rifle, by Lieut. J. E. Fickle, a sharp shooter. The army officer went up with Chas. F. Willard, who went round and round the field while the marksman cracked away at the targets on the ground. , There was a large percent age of hits, and from an experimental standpoint the work was considered highly satisfactory and valuable. Wilbur Wright and Glenn H. Cur- tiss were again In the air together today and at the same time Chas. F. Willard and Claude Orahame White were circling the course In various events, making four competlt Ing appearances. Wright was fen gaged with Brooktns In a tomb drop ping contest over the model battle ship, and with 17 of his allotted bombs, he made ; 77 points, which put the "Wrlftht Camp In the lead In this event, which formerly White felt to be secure with 7 points, , i- The first district seat was formerly occupied by BpeaW Thomas B. Reed, vvTille the late Chaav A. Bouteile was distinguished for many years as the fourth dlstrlot representative. Wilt Elect Senator. There will be 'at least sixteen dem ocratic senators out of 31, and 4S democratic representatives out of 151 in the next legislature, with indica tions that the democratic party will have the choosing of a successor United States Senator Eugene Hale next winter. t The vote for- governor with 8 small districts missing was: Plalsted (democrat) 72,708; Fern aid (republican) 03,715. The corresponding vote In 1S06 al so an off year was Cobb (republican) 68,087; Davis (democrat) 0,784. The missing districts in ltOI gave Cobb (republican) 1,143; Davis (dem ocrat) 68. Col, Plalsted a Winner. Colonel Plalsted, the governor elect, goes up -to the capital with s plurality larger than that given two years ago by his defeated republican opponent, Governor Bert Fernaid, of Portland. Colonel Plalsted was born In Bangor In 1864. He ran for mayor of Augusta Ave times and won four elections. The republican leaders as a rule were at a loss tonight to account for their overwhelming defeat. The weather was perfect. The Issues were well understood and most of the speakers had confined themselves to state matters, scarcely mentioning na tional affairs. Governor Fernald'a administration was stoutly defended against demo cratic criticism of extravagance. Close observers, however, early heard mutterlngs not loud, but deep. The so-called old guard had to stand a lot of party criticism and even the leaders were out of harmony with s (Continued on Page Three.) BM .EXAMINERS EET SEVERE SC0LDIN6 FROM Reports at June Call Show ed Overdrafts of Twenty Six Millions LET WEAK BANKS FAIL WASHINGTON, Sept, 12. Speak ing to the bank supervisors of 25 states who gathered in convention here today, Lawrence O. Murray, comptroller of the currency declared that the results under the banking laws ot this country were In a large measure unsatisfactory. The reason' he did not attempt to explain, though he Intimated the fault might be in a weak administration. In proposing a working co-operation between the national banking system and the state supervisors, the comptroller mentioned some practices which he considered highly objectionable. The June call for condition of na tional banks showed 126,000,000 In overdrafts, he said, and there is no statue which allows his office to con trol such a condition. There are some' state laws, and he urged co-op eration from the supervisors on that point, , . . Weak banks shpuld be forced Into liquidation, Mr. Murray declared, and he said he would use every power conferred on his office to force un steady Institutions to discontinue busi ness before they fall. He asked the state officials to urge such' a prac tice In their home territory. Bank promoters he condemned in unmistakable terms. A list, of them is kept. In the comptroller's office, and he promised the state officials it would be available for their use in event of application. Clark Williams, state superinten dent of banks ot New Tork, is presi dent of the supervisors association. DEMOCRATS IN ARIZONA WIN PHOENIX. Ariz . Bept 12. Unofrt clal .figure available atlvo'ciock te night Indicate- that . the democrats are certain of 'a majority of the 12 delegates to the. constitutional con vention.,. i.;(,it..; v,v.. SOCIETY LADIES SHOOTING CRAPS nTlKllflSETT Proprietor o fi N'arragansett Club Indicted Tor Running GambuW Joint BRANDER AlATTflEWS ON tyimESS STAND Testified That in, ins Opinion Club Was Nothing But Ordinary Joint WAKEFIELD, IMI- Im probably ouiity of maintaining "gambling nuisanor and a "gaming place" were h findings of the dis trict court today In the case of Wm. H. Arnold, proprietor of the fashion able Narraganseut club, which was raided on August , when several prominent New York and Philadel phia society people were present. ' Ar nold was held In f 1,000 on, the first count and 11,000 on the second count for the November term of the (rand Jury. Bonds wr furnished and Arnold was released. r j f , -A 1 Horary flavor was given to the case when Pro. Bender Matthews of the English' depaftment of Columbia university, sn f ifthe' witnesses for th prosecution testified that in bis opinion th elul Wui "Joint." "A Joint," he explwrnd, "4 a place where MIQ VTVIItOf U UlUUst AUU wvrv are .steered in oa lose) their money." Robert F. Bobtail prominent tn Phil, adephia society ; (re tea, who had been summoned to attend the Clearing, 'did not appear, and she prosecution, con ducted by Nathan W. UttlefteM and Wm. M Ivlne, of Nw Tork, asked' for a writ of arrest-' which finally granted. The papers hare not yet been served. Tells of the mid. When the eases, growing out of the raid by Constable JoHfc J. Cries, came up, Cries took the stand and told the -story of the raid. , He designated the lavishly fur nished club room as a "gambling house." He told of remaining In the place from midnight. August (, until am. the next morning in order to make the raid. When he appeared about thirty persons, half of whom were women, were In the ' place he said. The constable testified he tin man ed names but all gave fiiotltlous ones. He testified he saw three rou lette Wheels, a faro layout, and a lot of chips, at the same time a so called game of basard, declared by the witness to be a fashionable name for craps, was going on. Mr. Crlss produced in court a lot of po ker chips, score cards, roulette balls and other gambling paraphernalia, which he said he seized In the club rooms. Constabln Crlss said that ef forts had been marie to Induce him to withdraw the prosecution of the case. SUICIDE QUEEN FAILS OH HER TENTH AITEMPT Has not Tried Same Method Twice, Otherwise She May Have Succeeded NEW ORLEANS, La., Sept 12. Mrs. Caroline Himms. whose many attempts at s ir-detruction during the last two years have gained for her the soubriquet of "The ' Suicide Queen," made anuther effort to kill herself at her Vlllere street home to day. .. She took a dose of sugar of lead . but the Clmrlty hospital ambu lance surgeons pumped It out in time to save her life. Her friends assert that this Is her tenth attempt at sul clde, but only seven such Instances are on record In the police depart ment Mrs. Simms has never tried the same method twice. Mrs. Simms, who is a young-widow, attributes her unhapplnesa to disap pointment in love. WASHINGTON, BPt ttrVoti- train No. I J we wrecked at Wai cast, North Carolina. tthsettHdibrlgg,' Ohio, tbl afternoon killing weather Tuesday - and - Wednesday east winas, increasing. -.- -i, - CHICAGO PACKERS ARE INDICTED BY FEDE1JUR0RS Ten High Officials of Packers' Trust Must Answer True , Bills THREE CHARGES MADE IN EACh INDICTMENT Special Grand Jury Summon ed by Judge Undls Ihves UgatedCase . CHICAGO. Bept 11 The f.uaa. grand Jury which has been investi gating Chicago packer late today re turned Indictments against ten high officials of Swift, Armour. A Morris concerns, There rs three ' Indict' ments against each charging combi nation, conspiracy and illegal monop oly.. The men indicted are I FY Swift, president of fewlft Co.; Edward Swift, vice president of Swift Co.; Chas. II. Swift, director of Swift Co. Francis A. Fowler, director of Swift ds Co.: Edward Tliden, presi dent of the National Packing Cat J. Ogden Armour, president ot Armour Co.t Arthur Meeker, general marv ager of Armour Co.; Thos. 3. O'Connor, superintendent of Armour A Co,; Edward A. Morris., president of Morris Co.; and Louis H. Hay man, manager of Morris A Co, ; The Three Charges.' The first Indictment In detail charg es sit defendants with engaging In a combination In restraint of Interstate trade in fresh meats, . t ' The second charges eonspisaey. ""The third charges the defendant with monopolising the trade in fresh meats by unlawful means. Tn investigation just ended was the second started by Judge Kenesaw M. Landls, who Imposed the 2,000, 000 Standard Oil fine within 8' year. On January 20, the order against In quiry which on March 20 resulted In the conviction of the National Pack ing company and ten subsidiary con cerns. Attorney for the packers filed a demurrer to the indictments on June it- Judge Landls sustained the demurrer, killing the govern ment's case against the packing com panies. At the same time he Issued an order for a special grand Jury (Continued on page) these.) GREENSBORO PAHTIf HAS NARROW ESCAPE Motor Car in Which They Were Riding Turns Tur tle and All Are Injured SPENCER, N. C. Sept It. On person iwas seriously hurt and four others were slightly hurt In an auto mobile accident near Ana polls, Cabar rus county, fifteen miles south f this place this sfternoon. The Injured are: A. J. Kluttss, druggist of Greens boro, badly hurt In head, tongu cot and otherwise bruised; V. W. Fera son, Greensboro, slightly bruised; C. O. Ferguson, of Charlotte, slight bruises; Mrs. C. G. Ferguson, of Charlotte, shocked and bruised; MlM Bessie Rankin, of Greensboro, shocked and bruised. I -l The party was In an automobile en route from Charlotte to Greensboro and when rounding a sharp curve at ZS miles per hour the brakes failed to work, one tire exploded and the machine turned turtle. With Miss Rankin seated by his side, the ma chine was being run by Mr. Klutts, both were pinned . fast under the body of the mauhlne wblle the other mem bars of tha party sustained only severe flesh wounds. Irs. Young and Rogers were hastily summoned from Concord and rendered) temporarM and. iThe In jured were placed upon a northbound passenger train which was flagged In a field near the scene of the accident and brought to Salisbury, Mr. Klutts was unconscious for several hours after the accident? but is re ported resting well at a hospital In Salisbury tonight snd it Is thought he will recover. The other members of the party continued their Journey to Greensboro by train. ' ' 1 1 1 WRECKED IS TESTCrO TOLEDO, O., Sept. 18. Travelling at a terrific rate of speed for the purpose of testing a new model lo comotive, and with the road fore man of. equipment and the superin tendent of motive power :tn the cab t to wsfe'h the tests. Hooking dallcy J three railroad men and . Injuring a duki jhkuci TOMAKECAVALIERIt DISGORGE FORTUNE TAKEN FROM "BOB' Family of s The MiMonaire-Artist May Make Effort to Recover Million Lifted From "Bob? Under False Pretenses. NEW YORK, Sept, 12. The devel opment In the apparently shattered romance of Madame Cavalier! and Robert W, Chanter has excited wide spread Interest In this section of the state, and throughout - the -r country generally. Tonight it was stated that the family : of the luckless Chanlsr will not allow the fickle songbird te K-r r way with her spoils If legal step prevent. But until the Chanlsr f..i,;;y decide In council, no definite plan can be announced regarding the recovery of the fortune "Sheriff Bob" Chanler, of Westchester, made over to the international song bird, Llna Cavallerl. Cable report make her out to b not only an International song bird but an International coquette, She I aupposed to have married Chanler en tirely for his fortune. She la declar ed to have arranged the nuptial In such a subtle, sweet manner that the big, boyish artist signed away his rights to everything he possessed, in order to saln Cavallerl' consent to be his wife. (lot Million, Cava Pittance. Having secured his million, she al lowed him 1 10 a month on whieh to llv: then cast him off for Prince polgoroukl, a Russian. ' Step probably will ba taken In be half of Cavllerl' husband to set asld hi assignment to her of hi In come. The headquarter of the es tate In which Chanler participates I at No, Jl Liberty street, where Lewis Stuyvessnt and Wlnthrop Chanler, relative, have connected offices. Here It was 'stated tfcat U of young Chan ler's securities wars upon this slds of the Atlantic. - The family estate 'Id Rokesby, near Poughkeepsle, N. T., and there "Sher iff Bob" lived and peacefully did landscape until he cams to New York and grew Infatuated with the International beauty. At Rokesby live Sherlff Bob'" sisters, Mr. Chapman and Mis Mar garet Chanter. For a time they knew nothing of his love for the foreign woman. Whatever they way have felt when they did com to know of It they made no active opposition. His brother, Lewis Btuvessnt Chanler Is now at St. Paul, Minn., attending the conservation congress. t . Other Brother Won't Hrln. - - The only other member of the I NEIBJOKUIF LIST Weather Bureau Sends Out Warning Against Ex pected Coming of Storm WASHINGTON. Bept. II. All in dications tonight point to the ap proach toward the Louisiana and Texas coast of the West Indian hur ricane, the edge of which was severe ly felt and caused much damage last Tuesday evening at San Juan, Porto Rico. Since it was first noted by the weather observers in Porto Rico, the progress of the tropical disturbance has been watched closely by the weather experts In Washington who have kept fully advised sll Interests along the gulf coast as to the prog ress of the storm. So meagre, how ever, have been the reports of the disturbance on account of Its being so far away from the observing sta tions on land, that only a vague Idea has been read of the proportions of the storm. Reports from observing station along the gulf coast made at o'clock this evening caused the weather bu reau to order storm wsrnlngs dis played from Pensacola, fin., to Point Isabel, Texas. Winds from the east and northeast range from twenty to twenty-four miles an hour at all points on the coast from Burrowood at the mouth of the Mississippi river to Galveston. The weather sharps announced that the disturbance was centered some distance south of the Louisiana coast, but Just where they could not say. Since passing through the Yucatan Channel on Sunday the storm apparently has taken a more northerly course as hss been the esse in previous September storms. It path seems to be very closely ; the same as the West Indian disturbance of September' it-iT, 180, anil Bcp tembcr K-SO, 1809. It Is estimated that Its progress Is about ten miles an hour and a rough approximation of its distance from the gulf coast, to night, Is about between 100 and 150 miles. At its estimated , rate of speed It probably will be felt on th Ten and Louisiana coasts some time Wed nesday afternoon or vciiln.,'. Chanler family who will not be kctlv In the council thai, will probably b called to discuss the method of re covering Amerltap Hollars and prop ertle from the European operstio charmer. Is John Armstrong. Chale ner, declared Insane tn New York, but recognised by the law of Virgin la a being, of sound mind. In that state he work a big farm. II had hi nam a ' changed from Chanlsr to Chaloner because vf hatred for hi relatives, who caused him to ba oom- 2tftnmlnor1a!rt nsvlllm. from which ho escaped. , ' Cables from Paris and there have fcsen many rpresent Cavallerl as being highly1 Indignant over almost very particular ot the story that she mad Chanler a convenience of for tun and that while aha was hi bride she received attentions from the enor mously wealthy Russian prince. - She says Chanler Is not only hsr husband but her well beloved husband.'- She turn aside ..the. report that from being a millionaire he I left practically pens I less.' She as serts he left Europe for America hi order to execute a commission for a tto.000 mural painting, iron mtoniKn'R statkment. NEW TORK. Sept. 1 J. Orestes Cavallerl, brother of Llna 'Cavallerl, the, prima donna whose, affairs have been so much In the paper since she recently married Robert 'Wlnthrop' Chanlsr; gave out the following state, ment hero tonight., ., f - , "The recent v newspaper report concerning the affair of my "glut e, Mr. Chanler ins Mil. Cavallerl), and hsr husband, Robert W, Chanler. seem to have bse ndesigned to p)sce' my sister in a wholly false tight b fore the public,! - "Before hi marriage Mr. Chanler wished to mal some provision for my sister and made the usual mar riage tettlement by which h was given an income for her support sd certain parcel of real estate. "The equities In these properties r ftry mall, and their value, by reason of encumbrances, I problematical. The income provided for my sister Is In the same position, and It 1 doubtful If any more money will be available, for her use. - If sny income Is pslH (Continued on psgo three.) ' TENNESSEE OEMTS ' ARE GETTi;.C TGSETKEO Independents Make Bluff of vanying . uut . uompact With Bepublicans NASHVILLE. T.nn . , a.nl 1 Nashville 1 teeming with politician irom every section or the state to night Various theories anil aua tlon are advsneed in connection witu the perplexing - problem brought about by Oovernor Patterson's with- orawai rrom tn gubernatorial race. But, is alt chaos -and none can safely predict the outcome. Tbi the Independent convention will stand by the leaders' agreement, and en dorse Hooper, the republican nomU nee, seems now assured. - but h question of the , voters', attitude IS still open. Today, In Sumner oouaty a public meeting of the democratic; committee and votors adopted rese lutlons suggesting a plan for select ing a democratic candidate that both factions could support,- and it I nat di rstood that ' .similar ; meetings' are) planned In other counties. '' . Unnh 1..... k ' . ; t ........ ,M,n-.ii,u, umo wavia. ered by men prominent In both rss uons out it is saia her tonight that the independent leader are holding to their compact, .Oharglng that Pat terson's step 1 but a scheme to get nold of the '; legislature. Until tha state committee meet nothing tan glble will be known. HALE RENOMINATED . f . - KNOXVTLLB. Tenn,- Sept. 'II Former , Congressman Nathan W. Hale was unanimously nominated fer congress by tha. republicans f ths) ind congressional district , today in convention m this city, attended by. so delegates. Hon.V R. W. Austin. present congressman was renomi nated In a primary held three month aao and 4h nomination of Ifwlo n day means 'another bitter fa.--'- t light: between the two r.pn Hale barring bees defew t ago after serving two t r . ; gre-s. The district N rmiiik'tui.
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Sept. 13, 1910, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75