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THE ASHEVILEE CITIZEN. THE WEATHEE: FAIR Shop Early for Christmas ..VOL. XXVH.NO. 56. ASHfcVILLE, N. 0., THURSDAY MORNING, DKCEMUKU 13, 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS THOUSArfOS GHEEB VERDICT FREEING HATTIE LEBIIC Remarkable Scene In Massa chusetts Court as Girl is Declared Not Guilty MRS. GLOVER IS SAVED BY RULING OF JUDGE Refuses to Hold Girl as Wit ness Declaring Evidence Is Insufficient CAMBRIDGE, Mass.. Dec. H Hat tie LeBlant's pathetic plea that he be allowed to go back to her home In West Artcbat. C. B.. with her father was granted today when a Jury, after deliberating an hour and a half, de cided that he was not guilty of the murder of Clarence F. Glover, a laun- dryman of Waltham. The verdict was a popular one so popular that the traditional decorum of a Massachusetts court was swept aside while men and women cheered, shouted and wept for sheer joy. The demonstration continued for fifteen or twenty minutes, and the court officials were utterly powerless to stem the tide of enthusiasm. The crowd In the corridors took up the cheers of the throng that was packed In the court room, and there came- answering cheers fro a a company of more than two thousand men and women who had assembled on the quadrangle in front of the court house and in the surrounding streets. Jadge Saves Mrs. Clover. Immediately after the girl had been discharged from custody assistant Dis trict Attorney Wler endeavored to per suade Judge Bond tahoM Hattle as a witness to give evidence before grand Jury which might warrant the Indict ment Of Mrs. Lillian M. a lover, the widow of the murdered man, who had been' accused by counsel for the de fense of being the real culprit in the case,"'' " 1 '" : Judge Bond declined to grant the request, saying that the evidence pre . w nted against Mrs. mover In the pres ent trial itwrufitclent to convict, and that If a Jury In his court should convict on such evidence the Judge would set aside the verdict. Last prlng Mrs Olover was acquitted of a charge of being an accessory after the fact. Mm. Glover was not In court when t:ie verdlot of the Jury was returned. When informed at her Waltham home Continued on page four). ELECTRICAL TRUST NEXT TO FEEL WEIGHT OF THE SEniUUm-TRUSTUT Government Will Test Ap plication of Law to Pat ents Giving Monopoly ' WILL COST MILLION WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 The government's attack on the so-called electrical trust will begin before New Year's day unless present plans are changed. On a certain date being kept sec ret between now and the beginning of 1911 a bill In equity aganst one section of the combine will be filed In . some United States court east of the Mississippi river. Then will begin what the depart ment of Justice considers the mam moth trust busting suit of Itg his tory, and one which involves a test of the Sherman law as never brought before: The government's case will depend largely upon the Interpreta tion of the patent laws. One of the government's prosecu tors declares that when the action Is instituted it would be recognized as far eclipsing the Standard Oil case In magnitude and public Importance, and one conservative estimate Is that it will cost the government no less than $1,000,000 to prosecute to the end. This latter fact Is said to he the answer of the department of Jus tice to criticism of delay. Attorney General Wlckershnm has been very unwilling to Involve the government In that great expense without the fullest Investigation of the govern ment's chances of proving what it will allege. The investigation is not completed, but It has disclosed an object of at tack of such proportions that the department Of Jusjice Intends to fight the so-called trust in sections. The billsoon to be filed- will he against one of the eighteen or twenty divisions of the alleged combine which- investigators of the depart ment of Justice report having found doing business under a general head. All the commodities in the use of electricity have been divided Into groups, the investigators say. and all of them are controlled by a central organization. u FOREIGN INVADER WOULD FIND UNITED STATES EASY PREY Secretary Sends tional Report Marked "Confiden- tiaT Before Army Appropriation Bill Comes up. WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 A sensa tional report from the war department showing how Inadequately the country is protected against Invasion from for eign governments was sent to the house today as a secret document, and after a nvml t r of conferences and hurried telephone messages was re turned to the war department on the ground that the house could, not re ceive a secret report. Among 3V1 members of that body the contents of the report would stand a chance of leaking out to the public Immediately In the opinion of those who conferred on the subject, Members of congress' who saw the document btfere its withdrawal say the report of Secretary Dickinson points out that the country is wholly unprepared, and there is a woeful In adequacy of men,' guns and of ammu nition; that the army should bo reor ganized, and that a council of national defense, with a secretary of war at its head, should be created by congress. Gen. -Wood Admits It. The report of General Leonard Wood, chief of stair of the army, which was marked "confidential," dealt with these matters The real significance .of the document is that It makes official admission of condi tions already well known among army and navy officers in this country and abroad. ' General Wood, In his testimony be fore the house military committee to day, discu?sd the whple subject of national defenses, told where the weak points lay, and la'.d particular emphasis upon the possibility of at tack from the Orient. He did not give vent to any alarmist views as to dan ger of any Immediate Invasion, but talked confidentially of the need of congress as c prudent and effective act to take Immediate action to guard against any possible trouble from Japan-or China. General Wood contended that while the country is. reasonably defended! much is needed to be done to place it upon a secure basts. He argued that congress should provide for more artillery and field guns and for a greater stock of munitions of war, so as to be prciir.red for any emergency. He believed that the standing army should ba expended from 80,000 to 100.000 men He favored reducing the term of enliHtment from three to two years. lie believed in the active encouragement of the militia of the DLD FRENCH SPOLIATION f SOUTHERN WAR CLAIMS Bristow Insisting That Whole Appropriation is Outrageous Filibusters AVERT RULES FIGHT WASHINGTON, Dec, 14. : filibusters marked tho sesslofs In both) houses of congress today.' In the senate practically the entire time was taken up by Senator Bristow of Kansas, wnose opposition to the French spoliation claims Included In the omnibus claims bill, prevented the passage of the measure. What for an hour threatened a re newal of the bitter fight on the rules marked the opening of the business of thje house when opposition devel oped to the taking up of the bill for the codification and revision of the laws relating to the Judiciary. Speak er Cannon declined to sit in Judgment on tho question whether the house under the rules could take up a mea sure from the calendar which It had up for consideration on the previous calendar Wednesday. Accordingly the house voted and by 146 to 51 de cided to take up the bill. It was still being considered when the house ad journed. The century old French spoliation claims amounting to IS 40.000 con stitute an essential part of the omni bus claims bill, and there was a de termined effort to press them to fi nal consideration. In addition to the spoliation claims the bill carries about f 1,500,000 which for the most part covers Civil war claims arising In the southern states, andf the Kansas senator charg ed that they had been Incorporated in the bill to assure its acceptance. He asserted that the French claims were indefensible and outrageous. The bill was defended by Senators Burnham. Gallinger, Smoot, Warren and others, who explained that the spoliation claims had originated dur ing the trouble with France at the beginning of the last century and contended that this country had ob ligated Itself to pay them, , ' There was a sharp division over an effort on the part of several southern senators to have the bill chorjged by (Continued on Page Three.) a . s i i Hill I l ( to Congress Sensa states as lire, national reserve, and that the 30,000 or more men annually going out of the army to resume prl vate life should be In close touch with the government so that they could constitute a second reserve. Pacific Coast Seared. Itepreser.t.itive McLachlln, of Call forn la, the arthor of the resolution passed at the lust session which brought ab.iut the official exposition of the weakness oTthe defenses said to day: "A foreign country Sould land 200,' 000 troops on the PnclHy coast In thir ty days and the onlyi Intimation of trouble the Kant woijrtd have would be their blowing up -of the mountain passes, thus preventing any commu nication with the East, in the three states west of the Rocky mountains California, Oregon and Washington we have throe thousand regular troops and five thousand of Btate militiamen The best n. Hilary authorities say that It would fake years to dislodge for eign troops !f they ever securod a foothold un.Ur these conditions and that It would cost the United States millions of dollar." H!iHn to J")reach. The bill Introduced today bv Repre sentative Hobson, of Alabama, embod ies the a (In lnlstratlon idea of a 'na- tlonal council for defense, and Is the result of his conference with Presi dent Taft. Htcretary Dickinson and other officials. The secretary of war would be president of the council, the other members being the secietary of the navy, the chairman of the senate and house mll'u'.ry and naval affairs com mittees, the chairman of the senate finance and the house appropriations committee, the chief of the general staff of the army, and tl.e presidents of the army and the navy war col leges. . .-.r iHrfef'&oUUw up the report grew sot of opporfllon of Representative Tawney, of Minnesota, chairmnn of the appropriations committee. It Is said. He la understood to have had his attention called to the report some time ago, and ho hurried to the white house, called the attention of the president to the report, and ad vised him that figuratively. If the con ditions cited In this repot t were made (Continue! on Page Four.) MRS. EDDY'S WILL FILED LEAVES BULK OF ESTATE TO CAUSE OF Makes Several Small Be quests Among Them One To Mrs. Stetson RELATIVES GET MORE VNCOKD, N. II., Dec. 14. "For the purpose of effectually promoting and extending the religion of Chris tian Science aa taught by me," Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy in her will, filed here today makes the Mother church of Huston her residuary lega tee, after various other bequests are paid. Among these other bequests Is one of 100.000 to the Christian S'lenrc board of directors to be held in trust for the purpose of providing free in struction for "Indigent Christian Scientists." Conservative estimates in advance of the official appraisal of the Eddy estate places Its value at approximately 11,500,000. In addition to the previous gifts made to her son, George W. Glover, of Lead. S. IX. 110,000 is given him in the will; and the same sum Is given each of his five children. Dr. E. J. Foster Eddy, her adopted son. gets t5,000; Calvin A. Frey 12,- 000, and there are several more be quests of $1,000 to 13,000 each : to relatives and to attendants of the Eddy household. By codicils, Mrs. Eddy directs that an Indebtedness upon the church edifice of the second church of Christian Scientists in New York shall be cancelled from her es tate and bequeaths her "crown of diamonds" breast pin to Mrs. Au gusta B. Stetson of New York. The will was filed this afternoon by Henry M. Haer, the sole executor. Judge Charles R. Corning received the will In common form and Mr. Baer petitioned for its approval In similar form. A hearing thereon was ordered to follow the mailing of no tices, as required by law. The will filed today was executed on September 1 1, 4901, and re-executed as an original will on Novem ber 7, 10, the previous will having been lost or mislaid. There are two codicils, the first dated November T, 10I, and the second May 14, 104. . Do Your Shopping Now and VICTORIA INN LEA VES THE TO BECOME Purchased by The Sisters of as St.Genevieve's College. -Extensive Improvements Are Contemplated. Will Open to Young Lady Boarders January 10. The deal looking to the purchase of Victoria Inn by the Ijidlee of Christian Education; now in charge of Hiilslda convent,; which has been pending for the "laat ten dayr"wa successfully closed yesterday evening, the sisters becoming the' owners of the famous c!d hostelry and the four teen acres cf land adjoining. -The inn which has fsssed through many hands and has heca associated with historic events of this city, tvtli hereafter b known aa "St. Geneuie vr's College for ottng LAdiee." After nurwennsary alterations and repairs have been made, the college wllf open on Janu ary 10 nxt, with nearly rtxty. board Illlli-M nvent and M kin dergarten atmex on North MWtn street will be use! fur the day eiholnrs and he younger pupils from distant sec- Ions. The college III Vn-tortn, as pre viously staled, will bo. used for the older girl boarders Hi mill it the sis- ers decide to Inter tal.c day pupils at the college, they will be transfer red from the car line t. Hie college a 'bus which will make dully trips from tho c'.ty to llifl college. The bus lino will bo established. In any ase, for the purpose ;f taking 'the Isters froni the colleg't to Hillside convent I'ald $10,000. The purchase price for the entire hotel property v;ih 148 000. Of tills sum 137.000 was paid for the Inn and seven acres, owned tiy Mr M. K. Cray, or rather held in option for Mr. Zlmlel, the present proprietor of Vic toria Inn. .0IJ0 additional was. paid Mrs. John II. Carter for the remaln- ng seven iierew Negotiations for the purchase at the property were open- d by the ?ev. .1.ther Del'lunck. of Hillside (Viivenl. Thursdsy of last week. Several of the sisters were shown over the building which was found he adm'i'nbly Milted for a lrls' school, ha'irg iieinly a hundred bed E DEVASTATED SPAIN Crops Have Been Destroy ed and People are Threat en ori With Famine .-j I!ARCEI)NA. I'cc. 14. Storms of a cyclonic churn, ter are flooding a urge part of tb "untry and tho st ation Is beconi.i'i' desperate In the provinces of Malaga, Seville, V'alla- olld, liadatosc. Zamora, Ovledo and 'orunna. Pr.n ii ily all the crops In hese districts )' been destroyed nd the people rre threatened with famine. Many .: !.ige are now sub merged and ro :iitlesa bridges have been swept aw Railroad and tele graphic common;-aliens are broken everywhere and it has been found ol most Impossible to send assistance to the sufferers. WASHINGTON. Oec. 14. Forecast for North -Carolina: Fair, ' warmer Thursday: filday fair; moderate southeast to west wind. SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES Hillside Convent For $46,000, h Will Hereafter be Known rooms, several large class rooms, a ball room or theatre, a gymnasium i and an excellent laundry One of the! conditions of purchase Insisted upon by Mother -De Planck wo that the damage caused by the 'recent fire In one wing ot the hotel should be fully repaired and the building generally put in first -class shape. This work will be undertaken at once, the Insurance cempanlea having yesterday adjusted the fire loss for the ium of 4,00. It Is be'Jevtd that this, entire sum Considered (several Kite. The purchase of Victoria' Tnn,"" Or some bulldln" sultubls for a girl' col lege, was authorised by the mother house of the Uidle of Christian Edu cation In Tiolglum several months ago. H"or some tune Mother Do Planck held an option on the Woolsey mansion. That, option was relinquished some weeks h;o when It was found that the property was not large enough for the purpose desired. Heveral other sites were considered am' each in turn abandoned, as being unsuitable. Wlinrt Mr. Oniy offered tho Victoria prop erty to the sisters it was believed that the right location had been secured and negot'ntlons ere at once opened with Mr. Ciny and Mr, Curler. Prullmlnury papers covering a part of tliii sale were signed Inst Monday, but the el "re deal was n..t completed until late yesterday evei Ing owing to the fact that Mr. Carter was out of town. It Is four years the tenth of next month since the Itev Mother De Planck and her little company of slit sisters of the ladles of Christian Ed ucation arrived In Ashevllle They opened a M hoo for young ladles on Kturnes ivnue, and it grew to such an extent that larger quarters were necessary. The school wn moved two years ago to the present site of Hill side Ce.nvv.rit on North Main street. Further enpanslon tool In the ofd IT HOPES TO SEE LANDSCAPE PURIFIED Hopes Some Way Will Be Found of Getting Rid of Isgusting Advertising TT'Affi 1 1 Nf 1T S, Dec. 14. A letter from President Taft expressing the hope that some way might ho found "of getting rid of the disgustingly un pli tiiresque advertisements which maf almost every rural view," featured today's opening session of tho Amer ican Civic association which has for its object tho cultivation of Ideals of clvie Mfo and beauty in America. "it would be a great thins If ac complished," wrote the president. "I do nut knew whether the civic asso ciation has ever talked about or the, ughl out any remedy." The president expressed regret nt being unable to attend the meeting of the association, which is being at tended by delegates representing all the national and International organ ization correlated to civic effort. A material portion of tho afternoon session was devoted to an exposition of the part that women have to play In the movement for civic beauty. Scenic beauty as s. national asset was- the topic discussed at tonight's session of the association. Various phases of it being treated by J. Horace McFarland, president of the American civic association, who spoke on the subject "Are Btate "arks Worth While," and Wm. El liott of Baltimore, Md., who delivered an address on "Forests a Pleasure Parks." ' v '-. -: Avbid This. HOTEL FIELD I Colonial house which is now used as a kindergarten annex to the convent The faculty vow consist of eighteen sisters, most ot them being graduates of French Jind English universities, and holding degrees therefrom History of Hotel, Victoria lnn'was built about twen ty year ago by Mr. It. U. darrett at a cost of about 1116,400, and waa operated as a hotel for two season with only Indifferent auccesm, After mat ffir, uerrett . trnri erru : t vnc ttronortv to. iba board, Jllome Mis sions of the Presbyterian church, jt was tjiken over a little Inter by a company headed by ex-Oovernor Charles M. Hteadman at a price of over 1100,000. and tr.M company made many Improvements It. it and renamed It Okland Heights. Mrs. Kmlly Vaughn was proprietor during the ownership ot this company and she made of It a successful house, during ths two or three years that she was in charge. The company, however, went , to piece, and the property reverted again ti the. board of Home Missions, It was next taken by Dr. 8. Was try mule nnd Dra. Paquln and Van Bergen, but after about a rear the property went back to the board of Home Mission. It wa shortly after this that Mrs. James Gieen Martin look chargf of it, under lease from the board, and she conducted It suc cessfully as a hotel for about eight year. In February, 109, It wa bought hy Menr, Alex. Porto; and Oay Green for about 140.000. and four days later iey sold It J Mr. P. H. Branch who operated it in conjunc tion with Margd Terraco during that summer. He sold it ist winter to Mrs. John H. Carter, and she In turn last sprlnr leased the house to M. K. Ztndel who has operated it ever since, under contract to purchase the title Janmry 1st MEXICAN TROOPS STILL FI Revolutionists Have Thou sand Men and are Hold ing ou Stubbornly MKXICO ClTf, Dec., 14 A spe trial to the Id Heraldo, Mexlcano this afternoon from Chihuahua say that tho main body of revolutionist who retreated upon CVrro Ouerro after Sunday's battle had been attacked at that place and the conflict was still In progress at the time of the tiling of tho dispatch . It is known, the despatch says, tlmt for three hours after Sunday's rout of the rebels, the federal forces pursued thorn, cap turing many prisoners. The fight was said to have begun last night but to have ceased when darkness came. This morning the attack waa renewed, General Navarro having posted his artillery In a fa vorable position to rake the rebel stronghold. The revolutionists were estimated to ba about 900 strong and were said to be making a. stubborn resistance. NIGHT KIDFIM ClIIIY MOBILE, Ala., Doc, 14. Rose H. Staple:, Oeorge Brooks, Robert Roberts, J. E. Ptppiey, Wm. B. Gunn, of Baldwin county, were today ad judged guilty of night riding by a Jury In the United State . District court here It I alleged that on March It, 1009. the party called at the home of D. B. Comstock and warned him to leave true county with in the stipulated time or take the con sequence. ', .: '... . , ., . , ,.: v.: ',- CARNEGIE GIVES TEN MILLION FOR UNIVERSAL PEACE Announces Foundation to be Administered by Board n; of Statesmen MODE OF OPERATION '( , NOT FULLY OUTLINED Not Purpose. However, to Use Income Purely In Idle Ad vocacy of Peace' WASHINGTON. Deo. li.Sur. rounded by twenty-seven trustee of hi chasing, crmprislng former cab, net member, ex-ambassador, ooiiese professors, lawyer and educators Andrew Carnegie today transferred ten million dollar In five per cent mortgage bund, value U,SOO,000. tt be devoted primarily to the estab lishment nt universal peace by the abolition of war between nations, and such friotlnn ss may Impair "the pro Kresa and hspplness ot man," When war between notion shall have ceased, the fund 1 to be applied to auctt altruistic purpose a "best wit) help man to hi glarioua ascent onward and upward'' by the banish ment ot the "most degrading evil or evil" then caressing mankind. A Mr. Cainegle read an Informal deed ot trust announcing at length the general purpose of bit gift, there waa prolonged applause. - Orcat Britlan Will Help. He then explained' the Incidents which inspired the giving of the mon y at this time, and declared with era phasle that If the English speaking race In the United Bute and Great Brltlan one consolidated In the move ment for International peace, the uc- eesa of the measure in the rest of the -.world , will ri jaured, : That Great Brltlan stood, ready to co operate with thl country, Mr. Car negie said tie 'fait certain, and all that Was. reeded,' he added, waa the concurrence of the president and he Crnste in promulgating the movement on behalf of the United fttntes. , Johu U "cadWBladerV or New York, proposed thnt a committee nf seven be appointed to consider ; the ub- ject of tho 'organisation of the body of trustees, the form of charter ,to be obtained and other detail of or ganisation. : This waa adopted and Senator Boot wa unanimously elect ed permanent chairman, and James Barry Hcott, solicitor of th state de- , partment, 't$ chosen permanent ee, . rotary of the board of trustee until a more definite organisation shall have. been effected. Mr. Carnegie declined to be Includ ed In the future organisation of the board of trustee, but expression of gratitude ;rr uttered by many, of the trustees at the meeting, who look forward to continued 'advice from the . donor, who, It wa declared, "perhaps more than any other man ha given constant tlhourht and .study" to plan for the development -of international peace. Parts' e of roaniutioa. Exactly what purpose will be serv ed by the gift of Jit, 800 000 and Us estimated annual Income of 1600,000 none of the trustee could ay, as the whole project ha been brought forward umKr the moat general term leaving wide discretion and compre hension to the trustee in the fulfill ment of tho promlisa of th gift On of the member or th board of trustees said tonight that while there had been no definite plan vet for the us of the fund it was certain that tSe new.eommltte whlcb (Contlnned on Page Three.) STATE PROSECUTION OF . STANDARD OIL BEGINS Raleigh Police Judge Hears Preliminary Evidence Under Anti-Trust Law , rtALErGH, X. C. Dec, H. Th hearing In state vs. Standard Oil Co.. la the Raleigh police court on the charge of violating the. North Caro Una anti-trust law by cutting price In nalotgh to crush out competition, started today and will take .three: day or longer. ' Grocer and ' othee- dealers from email cities, testified ag to wh.it they have paid for oil dur ing 110, the presecutlott - claiming there Is undue difference as compar ed with Raleigh prices In order to drive out Raleigh oompetKIon, Ral eigh price being TH cents. ; . It ia understood that all the testi mony today Is merely a ground work on which th prosooutlon propose 10 offer new evidence that the Ralolgh price are suicidal. " In Ma. testimony today as to the percent Of the oil . business In North Carolina th Stan dard Oil company does, Commission er of Agriculture w. A. Graham tes tified that oil Inspection tax paid on the basis ot gallon of oil sold In the state for the year aggregate t9.000, ' and that the Standard paid IS7.000 of this. State Oil Chemist Lockhart told on cross examination of vast in crease of oil fields and general de cline in price the country over.
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