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THE ASHEWLLE CITIZEN. Shop Early for Christmas THE WEATHER: FAIR Hoe VOL. XXVIL, NO. 54. AS11F.VILLE; X. G, TUESJDAY MORNING, DEOEMHKK 13, 1910. PRICK FIVE CEXTS HEPORTAGREEDTO WILL EXONERATE Sub-Committee of S c n a t c Finds he Had Nothing to do With Bribery BEVERIDGE AGITATES TARIFF COMMISSION Secures Promise From Aldrlch That Bill Will be Report ed This Session WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 Tho mib committce of the senate -which 1ms been Investigating tho charge of bribery In connection with tho elec tion of Senator Lorimer of Illinois, decided unanimously today that the testimony does not prove any of the charges made. The committee took up the evidence In its entirety t an executive ses sion. It canvassed the testimony, weighed th evidence and the argu r.irnts, and; took into consideration till of the fc-ts that have been ad vanced in connection with the charg es concerning Lorimer's election and decided fhoro had been shown no foundation for the charge that brib ery had enterred Into the cai In connection with Mr. Lorimers elec tion. Tho motion was finally offered to report to the full committee of the renate that the charges had not been proven. On this motion there was no dissenting vote In the jub lommlttee. Folowing this action the suh-com-mittee's report will be prepared for the full committee at once: and the report will ho sent to the senate with in a short time, BoTeridge Starts Tariff The start of the fight for a perma nent tariff pommission began in the .senate today when Senator Beverldere esked what action the finance com mittee proposed to take upon his tariff- commission bill. Whether the fight develops will depend upon the retlon -of "the finance committee, of which Senator Aldrich is chairman. Tho latter stated In reply to Senator ileveridge'a questions, that the com mittee will report out a tariff com mission bill satisfactory to Mr. Beve rldge whllo the latter and Senator Aldrlcb are still members of the sen- (Continued on page four) TRAFFIC IN OPIATES TD BE CHECKED BY ACTION BE State Department Has Suc ceeded in Having Inter national Conference Called MEETS AT THE HAGUE WASHINGTON, Dec, 12. The state department today announced continued; negotiations looking to the holding of an International confer ence with the object of suppressing tho opium traffic. With tho excep tion of Austro-Hurigary, all of the nations addressed on this subject by the department have agreed io the conference und word came from the Hague that May 30, next had been unanimously aiycptedi as the dint and the Hague as the place for tbe conference. The American commis sioners have riot yet been appointed. Among the. nations which tune in cepted tho invitation besides the United Stales arc China, Ureal Hrlt tiiin, France, Ocrinany, Italy, Japan and Russia. Great Britain has Injected Into the program to be considered a propo sition to Include morphine and co caine with opium irt the prohibition to be enforced. America rigidly will support 'this proposition, It Is declar ed. In view of I he frightful ravages caused by these drugs In th" Cnltc I States. Secretary Knox has report ed to congress that the manufacture of morphia has come to be an Ameri can monopoly with an enormous growth of production. Cocaine also he said, has proved to be a creator of criminals and of unusual forms of violence. Last year 185. 000 ounces of cocaine were Imported while 6,000 ounce would have supplied every medical need. The Hague conference Is called to place the traffic In these drugs under the control of International law. The conference will seek to have the delegates recommend to their own governments measures for the sup pression for the growth and use of opium, morphine and cocaine except upon physicians prescription; the control of' their sale and use, the closing; of opium resorts and the ex- , (Continued on Pago Four.) SENATOR LOR IM ER CLUBMAN SHDTBY WIFE 111 DISPUTE OVER VENTILATION He Wanted and Needed Lots ol Air. She Didn't, and They Got Down to Guns SHE INSISTS SHOOTING WAS AN ACCIDENT Wounded Man In Precarious Condition Refuses to See Her in Hospital PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Iec, IS Herbert llason Clapp, wealthy eluo man of this city, is in a hospital with a bullet in his head and likely to die, BJid his beautiful young wife Is lock ed up charged with having shot him. According to tho police, tho cou ple quarreled in their bedroom at 3.30 this morning and Mrs. Clapp Jumped out of bed. secured a pistol and shot twice at her husband. One of the shuts went wild, but the other crashed through the man's mouth, emerging near the left ear. At first the family. physician attempted to conceal tho facts, saying that Olapp. who had been drinking and was suf fering from nervousness, had acci dental? Inflicted the wound, Clapp is 38 and his wife is 23, Clnpp bus had a career which has frequently brought him before the public. He Is a grandson of "Mason, the Shoe Hliick King," ,and Inherited much money from that source. Mill not Kcc Wife When the physicians at St. Jo seph hospital notltled the police that the man's condition was serious, "Mrs. ClHpp was taken to the Institution by two pollecment and a magistrate. As she appeared before Ctnpp he cried: "Take her away; take her away." She said she would get me and she did," said Olapp. "She is the best one I know with her six shooter.'.'J he added. "She, Is not afraid of a gun. man or devil. Her name Is Marie Leakwell, and she was a mani cure in, a Market street hotel." Olapp then made a statement to the poltco which 1h not jse been made piihllc. Mrs. Olapp denies that she did the shooting, and snys she rHnnot under stand why her husband should say sho shot him. 1VI.il to Kill Her After being cross-examined. Mrs Olapp said that the shots were fired (Continued on page four.) CANNOT COMPEL CITY TO Of Supreme Decision Court Reverses of The Court Below COLUMBUS WINS WASHINGTON. ,-c 1 J. After defeat In the Federal circuit court, tbe city of Columbus, Oil., today won a victory In I ho Hupreme court, of the Tolled States In Its fight against be ing compelled to buy the plant of the Columbus Water Worli.H enmpuny. Tbe decree of tlie lower court was re versed. In lflfKI the Mercantile Trust nnd Deposit company of naltlmorc, trus tee f,,r certain bondholders of the Ooltiinbus Water Works company, brought suit to enjoin Columbus, Oa., from sellfnj? bonds to build Ms own w Htcpworls. Tlie Ity bronchi suit to have the contract luliu-i n It and iiie water works company annulled on tho Kroiind of failure of the com pany to carry out its contract. Tbe final decri f the Federal c'n ult court in Oenrgia, where the Fruits were brought, was that tho com pany had the cji lusive privilege of furnishing waSrr to the citv and thst the city should be required., if it sought to end the contract relations to take (lie water works plant at h fair valuation to be ascertained by arbitration. I'ntil the valuation was fixed the city was enjoined froni. sell ing bonds to build a water works sys tem. From this riivrw an appeal was taken to Ihi- Hupremo court which held that It was a vital part of tbe cohlr..ct that tbe company should furnish an adequate and con tinuous supply of water for the city. Since the Georgia court had found thnt tho company had tailed In so do ing, hence It had erred In decreeing that the city should not build Its own water works. KILLK HIS KTTP-FATIfKK PPARTANrtCRO, ft. C Dec. 12. While protecting his mother from sn attack by her husband, who was his step-father, Jim Chambers, today shot and killed Corry Palmer, near this citv, Iliisbnnd and wife were uar- Ireting when the son walked In, in an 1 attempt lo quiet them. - ' SMUGGLING LADY T OFltfSpSHES Her $8,000 Necklace Cost Her $25,000 In End. But She Escaped Jail JUSTICE SHOWS FINE DISCRIMINATING SENSE Inflicts Upon High Society Woman Penalty She Can Easily Afford to Pay NKW YORK. Dec. IS. A pearl necklace worth IS.OttO has cost Mrs. Ada V. U. Adrlance, of Poughkcep slc, N. V.. more than 2!i,000 because she attempted to smuggle it Into this country on her return from Kurope Inst August. The terms of the set tlement In tho case were announced today by Wm. Loeb, Jr., collector or the port. Mrs. Adrlance made no mention of the necklace in her declaration. The customs examiners were suspicious, and her clothing was searched. The necklace wna found concealed In the ling of her hat. It an dsome ar ticles of clothing not mentioned In the declaration were seized and Mrs. Adrlance was indicted for smuggling. She pleaded guilty and was fined J5.000. Mrs. Shouts III. To regain her necklace Mrs. Adrl ance was compelled to lay me iun foreign value of the Jewels, about $8,000, besides tho duty which was about $1,000 more. These amounts with the S, 000 originally paid for the necklace, the IS.0O0 line and consul fees, make tho total cost of the necklace more than $26,000. Mrs. Theodore P. Shonts, wtfe of the president of the Interborough napld Transit Company, from whom Jewels worth s6,0OO were taken When sii arrived from Kiirepo last week, was too 111 to appear for a hearing today. Mr. 8hits told Collector Ieb that his wife did not believe the gems were dutiable, because she obtained them In exchange for other articles of hers on which sho had paid duly. , Collector Ixicb told Mr. Shonts he would make his derision known to morrow. WIDOW SEEN NEAR PLACE OF TRAGEDY ABOUT TIE TIME OFJIE SHOOTING Other Witneses in LeBlanc Murder Case Testify For Accused Girl EVIDENCE ALL IN CAM lilt! IHI K, Mass, Ixw... 12. The evidence upon which a jury will convict or acpiit Iliittlo ijphlane of tho murder of Clarence- V. (Hover was completed shortly after tbe begin ning of the afternoon session of the trial lodav and the remaining two hours were occupied by Melvln M Johnson, the leading counsel for lit tle Cape Urtlon girl. In his plea for iicr life. He snld I hut the little girl was brought from the province sole lv for the "white slave" traffic, find the t ii rii I iik lo Mrs. Lillian M. (Hover, who induced her to leave her home Mr Johnson denounced the widow as a va-mplre. Mo will finish his ur guinent. tomorrow. District Attorney John (!. Iligglns today made one last effort to Intro 1 dueo mower's alleged dying slste i mini that Mntlle Lelllunft shot him. I but when he said thnt Mr. Johnson himself said thut llnttle admitted th shooting, there was a burst of pas- slonate protest by thm defense.. Judg. Hoyd ruled tbe evidence mit of the i esse When Mrs. 'Hover was on the stand tho district attorney became in vnlved In a healed argument wHh Judge Bond upon the admissibility of some of her evidence and the col lorpiv became so bitter that the dis trict attorney waa threatened with expulsion. Two more witnesses were intro duced who said they saw Mrs. filover close to the laundry on the evening of the shooting, whereas the widow (Jetiled that she was out of her house on that night. Then the principal defender of Hsttlo Lel'.lanc bdgan his final effort to obtain her freedom It is expected tonight that Mr. Johnson would close before noon to morrow and that ths remainder of the day would be taken up by the district attoraty. PAYS HER IT OH f CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE PROMPTLY CONFIRMED WITHOUT REFERENCE No Objection Made to Elevation of Southern Democrat WA8HINQTON, Deo, II. The sen ate today confirmed the nomination of Edward Douglas White ,of Louisiana, to be chief Justice of the United States, tha highest Judicial position In the government, president Tefta promotion of associate justice White was received by the senate shortly af ter It convened. It Interrupted bus- neas t go into executive session to make th necessary confirmation the rule requiring, reference of nom ination to committee does not apply n case waara. th appointees have served aa members rf n-the wcrtete. Chief Justine Vhhe f oVmfsslontli be Issued before another session. Accompanying Justice While's name n tho list of nomination were tnose of Judge Wllllo Vandovanter. of Wyoming, anil Judge Jos. Lamar, of leorgla, formerly of the Huprettte court of his slate, to be associate iistlcea of tho Miiprema court of the 'tilted States No action was taken n their oases, aitnougn mere is no Hp parent opposition to either Jurist, nor was an attempt made lo confirm he Judges named for tho new court of commerce. Judges of Common Court All were referred to the senate Ju- Jlclary committee. Tho nominations for the commerce court were: FROM Wireless Call for Help Brings Succor in Time of Great Peril VALIiKZ, .Maska, I'ec. 12 All I tin pHssetigrrs of the Alaska Mteam- shlp c.ompMii's sleamhlp (HymiMa which went on tho rocks at lillgn island, Prim e Willlrfm sound, Hundsy nifcht were in i:. ii off tho ship hi four nfiock yesteidiy afternoon together with the malln ani tNtggogo ami were uiveyed to tildes iiml Klli-msr. Most of tin- passengers sri. lure. Pilose, at Kill mar are well cared for In the little i Huge. Tho Olympic left Cordova Satur day evening a 'er unloading n large pianllty of "al In her after hold and Soon ran '"to a tlereo gale, the empty stern ml too blgli out of the water ami u Hie lenilMSt the Kli'p boenme iinm 1 1 i.geiibe iind was simn about by th' ind. About mldnlgtit she went h ri und fuel on Hllgb Island reef Wlrelf 'M ratnr Males sent out ill which was picked and Valdez. Tim gov - h, I lonablsiti, from nd the steamer June Itllgh Island and took igers without mishap I ho dist ress ' up at Cordov i ernment lu; I'ort Llscum left st onc ! off tho pw lo any of th an ved. . It Is feari n. Tho cre-w also ( vessel will Is a ro'k be a tots through hr WAHHIN'ITON, Vc 12 Fore cast; North Carolina; fair; continued eold Tuesday; Wednesday lnTlnir cloudiness and slightly warmer; pro bably rain; moderate northern to northeast wind . i, .1 that the J. :', J n'T" .o, I hold PJeasc Shop Early! in Land.--Other Nominations Sent to Senate Referred to Committees. Martin A. Knspp, now chairman of the Interstate eonuorce commis sion, for a term of lv years. Robert W. Archibald, ' now United States district Judge tor the middle district of Pennsylvania, term of four years, Wm. If. Hunt, how a Judge of the Court of Customs Appeals, formerly United mates district Judge of the district of Montana, term of three years. Johil rOmmett Oarland, of South Dakota, for- a term nf two years. - This. J a chnnpa from tha original 1 Ktates Judge for the western district of Michigan, having first been select ed for this place, Jullcan W. Mack, how Judge of the Appellate court of the first Illinois district, term of one year. New Commerce Cimintlsshiiie To lie members of tho Interstate commerce commission! II. 11. Meyer, of Wlscdnsln, and C. C. McOhnrd, of Kentucky. The appointments to the Interstate commerce commissions are lo fill the vacancies caused by th elevation of Mr. Knapp and for the forthcoming retirement of former Petistor Francis M. Cockrell, of Missouri. The com mlssbm will select lis new chairman. Discovered in Home of Lieut, Gilmer Where He Had Stolen Jewelry liHMKNHII'iHO, N. ('., Ilt5e. IS, About midnight Monday, Will ftnillh, a negro entered the residence- of I, lent. J , 1), tiilmer, I'. H,. A., end before being discovered, secured Jew elry valued hi !loo. The intruder wss dlsi over' nd recognised by l.ieut. (ielmer, thoiiuh at the time be mini" bis escape. Karly this inorniiiK be was i-apturiMl by the po- ll' i. ntul I'll milled find at U .'l'l was nrrnlgned In 'ity pollen court.. A warrant charging a capilal offense wa ni-nt acroew lo Ihe HUierior court, and tin grand Jury being In session, al 4 4i n Hue bill whs relumed, At i.att the negro was placed on trial for bis life, dm prisoner entering a. pliii of. not guilly There has been an epidemic of thieving hle and Ihi re Is a sluing public demand that ih eilieiiie penalty "f Hi" law he iuipoRed in case of conviction. POSTAL REORGANIZES ITS SOUTHERN FORCE ATLANTA, On, In-. 12.--In eon fortuity with clan of re organization if th I'ostnl Telegraph company in 'liti Mouth, Atlanta on January Is', aIII lie made general hesd'tunrters Tor all tho territory from the Vir ginia to Louisiana, Mcuordliig to an nouncements made here Indny. Three idditlonsl division superintendents will be located here In connection wild the office r,r Oeorgo II t.'sher, general superllitenrleiit of tho Bou- ; hi-rn division. Among Hio changes as announced are; Jesso IJaritrave to be general su perintendent. Chns. II. Burn, of Nor folk, to lie eiil'orlnteiidertt of the First llBtrtct, enibraclng Virginia, N'irth nd South Carolina. to Highest Judicial Position The members of the commission Who remain are Messrs. Clark, Harlan, Clements, Lane and Proutyi In ths ofnelsl nomination sent tn the senate today tha members of the new Commerce' court a ra designated as additional circuit judaef, in car rying this out Mr. Knapp Is named as Judge of the second Judicial cir cuit. Mr, Archbald for the Third Judicial circuit, Mr. Carland for the Eighth Judicial circuit and Mr. Macs for tha; Seventh Judicial liult, I Cimtltlpsioa nf tAnnrts. JimtU Carland. of Jiuuth Dakota. named Is one of the new Judges of the Court of Commerce, Is m demo crat hayinr been appointed to the bench by President Cleveland, : Ills appointment makes the complexion of the Commerca court, three republi cans and iwo democntsv. The senate committee on Interirtate commerce will meet lomorrow tr rm slder the nomination of C it,. MoChord of Kentucky and B. II. Meyer of Wis cousin, for membership on tha inter stale commerce commission It Is said there will he no serious oppo sition to the confirmation of either, but as the senate has no first hand Knowledge that Chairman Knapp, IMSIWI1SWWIWWIWSIIIWWWW (Comliined nn Pago tmr.) MERCHANT KILLED FROM or Was Third Dastardly At tack Made Upon Him by Unknowns (-'(HIT MILL, B. C, Disi, II. -F. Nevln, a prominent meclwtil, on?rl Ing a general mcroliandlso eatabllsh- mutit two miles from this place, was shot from ambush a limit six o'clock this nflnrnnnn, dying almost instant ly. No c)ii as lo tho perpetrator Is obtainable tonight as the dead man made no ante-mortem statement. About a yenr ago Nevln was at tacked In a. similar manner while entering his store. On that occasion ho was quite sorlousty Injured, A negro WM arrested soon afterward charged with tho crime, hut was nc ouliied by the Jury, Whllo Nevln wn In attendance up on Hi trial of the negro, his store was burned. A new building wss erected on tho same site and It was while entering this plan that ho was killed tonight. GOVERNMENT SUES FOR PENSION MONEY rtlCHMONt). Vs.. I'ec. 12 In the Culled States circuit Court of Appeal here today, there was argued a case from Ihe lower court at ftreensboro, X. ('.., Involving' the alleged right Of the government recover money given on forged pi nslon checks. Tho treasury department seeks to recover 744, the am'iurit of payments md to Mury Marley. She Is alleg ed to have defrauded tho periston de partment by representing herself to be Mary W. Webster snd thus having the assumed nam piaced on ths rolls. 1VW.V, B.MW!W FIltM ,KBW HAVKtf, Conn., Dee. H.--It was stated here today with some deflnltenes that Ooremor-E!ec Bl min ft, Baldwin will not attend the dinner of the chamber of commerce tomorrow evening at which former President Kooseveit wm d guesi, 1. E INEVITABLE II 01. ' ".,.-.'. -i" kjasaaaapsMsaskaaBfl f BreaXing up Commerce . Com mission Will Interfere With Hearing NEW COMMISSIONERS HEARD NO EVIDENCI Would Have to Have Time U Study Question Before Clvlng Decision WAHHIN'UTON. Iem !. -A ' per rlemng, if nt seHmis, eltuntlcn ta re garded as having arisen otlt nf th rhanne In the personnel of tho ln teratato vommerca eommiesioa mad by Prasldent Taft'a itpimlntntenta to day. Tha two , new eonimlsbini t proposed C. C, McChord, of Ken tucky, and S. M, "Meyer, oi 'Wlscnn- sln named In auccessison to Commis sloner Cockrell and ciiatrihan Knapp. respectively, hav heard mono of the tostlmony In ihe Im porta nt rate caa ea recently heard by tha commlsslun Tho cases havo been aet down fm argument on Joiuiary , Jlii, l, that tlma the tMurt of Commero will be In process of orgahlitailori smi Chairman Knapp, If eonnrmed by the senate, - will havo retired from tin commission. Commissioner i;kreii term presumably will expir on tin 3 1st Instant, although his commliri Appears to t ttend the term tinil , January it. ' . . May Mean IWay. tn any avent two vf the commii sloner who have studied the l-.' cases fthd havo heard the tesllni.n at the healings wilt have retired rr,. the commission brfors the argum. m are nomilted. It Is (he opinio amnnr nfllcelr of the commtanlon th it probably will be necessary fuitlii to "pustpopo the effoctiva date i th eommuwUitt order in the rat ac io as to afford tha Imimilng ti n- iniaaluat,tipojrtuiilly to examine !! li.'tliiiiiy - eini, ferlisps, " tiierean. sear the oral arguhienia la.the W- f the evidence, , -; i .- Tho proposed adavances In rad were suspended ntitll reheruary 1. 1911, Vat several weeks It hs bet. ffgardod as likely that It would i necessary to make it further aiwpen lon, as t appeared Improbabla thf tha BtimmlssluNi would be awe to reach a decision r tna cassa in time ioi announcement by February It Th. uliangea In tha bereonnal of the cmn m lesion mak It almost teertaln tlui no determination of tha Important proceedlnir ran ba had by that lime The probability Is that In ths evun' of the confirmation of Chalrmim Knapp a presiding Judge of tha Conn t Commerce, Commissioners Judsnn C, Celements, democrat, of Oeorgi t will he chosen as chairman of the interstate com meres eommlsslon, . POLLING RESULTS SHOW PARTIES IT SUSfl-OFF Government ' Allies Won One Seat More Than Lib erals in Elections 1lNDON, Dec, II, Tha pollliidl resuiis show monotonous regular it snil the returns today leave the government one seat to tha good, the unionists having gained II seal from the government, afcd tha goo rnment cob Itlon 22 seats in ni election of tlH membera out of 7. Tha poslthm of the parties tonighi fnllows; riovornment coalition i HberalB 191: laborlt.es. I5 nationalists, l, independent nationalists, T, Total t 9 OnoosltUini Unionists ZJ. Ijtnrashlre by Increased unlonlxM and decreased liberal majorities I;i iiiBiilariiia4 a consistent tendency in favor of unionism, While ha ctruntry districts eontlguoua to Londlon are following the lead of th capital i favor of the liberal. Thus tha Bight Hon. Lewis Harcourt rttatna hb seat for Rosendala with a greatly re duced majority, While Tottenham suit Wftlthamstow in Middles! re spectively give big liberal rotes. Tomorrow's 41 polling will In clude a number of BooUh and Welsi onstltuenciea and will r Indicate whether Scotland and Wale will re main loyal to tha government, f WANT TO PUT ROBIN pnrmru nn ti?tat.i NABHVILLB, Tenn.. tc. 11. An effort will be mads In the Criminal court tomorrow. It l said, to hava a verdict of acquittal In th case ; llohln Cooper, charged with hlllin.; ts-fienator H. W. Carmack, set aside Tha petition 1s baaed upon an affida vit made by ft. C Carmack, brother of the deceased. Attorneys for Cir immK, however, refuse to divir.-j V nature of the affidavit i s t reeding will be uti'n s I I t T' ' sea, ;"' ' FURTHER DELAY RI1 CIS ESS
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