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ASHEfVSLLE CITIZEN. THE "WEATHER: BAIN Phone 80 fis AS1IEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 2, 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS yoL. xxvn.; xo. 73. The Straight and Narrow- STRICT ECONOMY POSTAL BANKS TO CATHOLIC CHURCH TO FDR DEPOSITS HIS LAST REPOSE mi u it n b- JL JLJLJUJ TEAM MATES BEAK DEAD AVIATOR AGAINST T0I6EWATGHW0BO New Experiment In Govern . mental Banking Will be . . Given limited Test RULES. GOVERNING ALL - DEPOSITS FORMULATED No Account of Over Five Hun ' dred Dollars Will be Car ried by Banks WASHINGTON. Jan. 1. Through the practical institution of the postal Bavins bank system next Tuesday, January , the United States govern ment will afford to the American people facilities for the saving of part of ..hell earnings. The establishment of postal savings banks is regarded as the moat important and far reach ing financial step taken by the gov ernment since the authorization of national banks and their operation will be watched with keen interest ty the financiers of the world. The new system is to be inaugu rated on a comparatively small scale. One postoffce in each state and terri tory has been selected as a deposi tory. In those 48 offces a thorough test of the hew system will be made. It was decided to make the beginning thus small not only because no ade quate appropriation was available to put It in general operation, but also Lecause the plan of operation dif fers entirely from that of any postal savings system in the world. i Will Issue Certificates No pass book will be furnished the depositor, buf'all deposlsts will be evidenced by,, engraved postal savings certificates Issued in fixed denomina tion of one, two, five, ten, twenty .and fifty dollars, each bearing the rahie of the depositor and the date en which Interest begins to accrue. The- ertiflcatea are non-transferable and non-negotiable, interest Will be. ,pjcahl nnalljrt toe , sataaLXW per cent per annum. By the terms of the law, no ac count for less than one dollar may be opened and no person may deposit more than one hundred- dollars in any calendar month or have to his cre dit at any one time more than five hundred dollars, exclusive of accumu lated interest. Accounts may be op ened by any person over ten years of age in his or her own name and by ' ( Continued on page foor.I SENITOAIP FIGHT IE TO BECOME E With Two Candidates in Field and Others Yet to Hear From REGULARS CONTROL NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 1. The general, assembly of Tennessee will begin its R7th biennial session at noon tomorrow, which under the constitution, wll last for seventy five days: Tonight more than one hun dred of the 132 members are In the city. Others will be in on night trains and early tomorrow. The ses sion promises to be a momentous one Inasmuch as a United States senator will be elected, provisi6n made for funding the state debt, some ten mil lions of dollars, districting the state for assemblymen tinder the new cen sus and repealing, modifying or strengthening the election laws. The regular democrats control the senate, with 19 put of S3 members, while the house Vill probably be In control of the fusion forces. The senate democrats in caucus yesterday, nominated N. Baxter. Jr., for speaker. The house democrats will caucus Monday. Tlje fusion hA VinvA n?rprt unon their candidate for speaker of the house I will hold a conference also at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. It Is asserted this afternoon that the regular democrats would have a majority on Joint ballot. The United States aenatorehlp is very much In doubt. Neither cx Oovernor McMillln nor Senator J. U. Frailer have yet shown that they could secure a majority. General Luke E. Wrisht, ex-secretary of war. has not yet said whether he would or would not enter the race. If he comes In, the situation would be com plicated.: - CHURCH DYXASOTED -- INDIANA, Pa. Jan. 1. An effort waa made today to destory the Holy (oaa Roman Catholic church at Iselin. near here with dynamite. 4 Only a portion of the explosive Went "off, but this, which had been placed under the altar, wrecked the santu- vy and a portion of the auditorium, -.there la bo clue to the plotters. Tributes of. Flowers -from all Parts of World Cover Mols sant's Casket HAD NO PREMONITION OF ACCIDENT IN AIR Investigation of His Machine Fails to Show Any Reason For His Fall .T'V.'i" NEW ORLEANS Jan. 1. The fun eral rites over the remains of John Moissant, the famous- aviator who was killed here yesterday morning when he fell with his Bleriot mono plane breaking his neck, were held this morning, Rev. James M&lone, of St John's cathedral officiating. The body Was placed in a vault in Me tairie cemetery until other arrange ments are made. Among the large list of honorary pall bearers made up of prominent oitizens of this city were the team mates of Moissant, Rene Simon, Reno Barrier, Roland O. Garros, Chas. K. Hamilton, John J. Friable, Edmond Audemars and Jos. Sey mour. Affecting scenes marked the fun erul, which wag private. Great banks of flowers, including handsome of ferings from the Aero club of Amer ica and of Great Britain, another from the team mates of Moissant, and many admirers and friends over the country rested about the cusket. The two ulsters of Moissant and his brother. Alfred J. Moissant, and A. 8. Irfveno, general press agent of the International Aviators left tonight for Jacksonville. l-'rom there the party will go to Havana and later to New York city aing in the latter city about Jan. Aa Inventory of ' the personal ef fect of tho dead aviator today show ed that he haoabout firooo in cur rency and gems ' It is believed his estate will total one -hundred' and fifty thousand dollars, which will be held In trust for his boy now in school. The International Aviators go from here to Dallas, Texas, thence to Oklahoma City. No Fear of Accident That John B. Moissant believed himself safe in an aeroplune under any circumstances is shown by a : Continued on page four.) TIFT SENDS UT1JN0 HIS Diplomatic Relations Be tween The Tow Countries Are Again Resumed MINISTER COMING WASHINGTON', Jan. 1. President Taft today authorized formal recog nition of the new constitutional gov ernment of Nicaragua, following the receipt of official dispatches announc ing the election yesterday of General Juan J. Estrada as president. The president also sent the fol lowing message of congratulation to President Estrada: "His Excellency General Juan J Estrada, President of the Republic of Nicara gua, Managua, "I send your excellency my mom cordial felicitation for the New Year, with which I hope will begin an era of progress, peace and prosperity for jho peoplo of Nicaragua. I congratu late you upon your assumption of the presidency by popular mandate, unanimously expressed through the assembly recently elected, and I as sure you, and through you the gov ernment and people of Nicaragua, of the sincere sympathy and friendship of the government and people of the 1'nltcd States In ihe work of regen eration which we hope will be so successful. I add my wishes for your own personal welfare. (Signed) "WM. II. TAFT." Dr. 8alvatorf' Gastriiio, who has been appointed Nlcaraguan minister to Washington, probably Will be re ceived by Secretary of State Knox this week for formal presentation of his letter of credence. Confirmation of Associated Press dispatches from .Managua last night, announcing Estrada's election reach ed the state department during th day In a cablegram from Thmaa T. Moffatt, the American consul. JEWISH CHAMPION DEAD ST. PETERSBURG, Jan- 1 . M. Karuloff, a constitutional democrat and one of the most Influential mem bers of the doll ma, died today from meningitis He will be a great loss to the Jewish- cause of which he was champion. MODEKIENCE Priests. Students, and Semin arians Required to Take Oath Against It M.UST ADhERE STILL TO BELIEF IN MIRACLES American Priests Take The Oath Required Without ' Any Hesitation NEW YORK, , lan. t -Following the mandate contained in the recent motu proprio of the Holy See at Home, every camollc priest and every professor and student semi narian In the world, has been requir ed before this day to take an oath foreswearing what Is known as -'modernism," that is the present day beliefs which tend to disprove by means of up-to-date science, miracles, wonder-workings and the like as nar rated In the Bible. Quietly from time to time, priests of every Catholic diocese In New York have been taking these oaths. Yesterday, through the. fact chat thirty-five, priests In the city of Tren ton hod appeured before Bisnop Mc Faul and pledged their allegiance to all the tenets of the church, this state of affairs became known. And it became known also that the same pledtng on the part of the priests was going on throughout the world end that it was In response to a let ter Issued by Pope Plu 3. Danger of KcIcucb. The Holy Father some weeks ago Issued1 what is known as a motu proprio a guide to Catholics, espe cially priests, concerning modern- Ism. He had previously issued an encyclical entitled "Pascendl Doml nlcl Grcgls," warning Catholic against those who taught that there was no God, but that all miracle were simply the workings of natural forces. j.--..-' -.: .iii' vj'-v . U3n,i hi mu propriotW .smp .de clared that there still existed a ma-) licious group of men throughout tnr world who, by their writings and teachings, threatened the peace of the church. "All the errors of modernism In theology, in history and in philoso phy arc summed up and formally re jected In this comprehensive oath," quotes an authoratlve Catholic paper. "Specially to ha noted is the nttltudf (Continue! on Pago Four.) 'S CDMPETITI DEPRESSED BY HIS DEATH FIT 1THJTTLE SPIRIT Take Air Cautiously and At tempt None of their Thril ling Flights MEET SOON ENDS LOS ANGELES, Oal Jan. 1. There were Hying events at aviation field today, hut the memory of Arch Hoxsey's death hung like a pall ovei the aviators and spectators. Tin filers looked as cautiously as did tht Pioneers in their experiments thai brough flight within the realm of ac complished sciences for the wind wat almost as treacherous as it was yes terday when It caught Hoxsey ant tossed him to death. All the aviatort ascended, hut they Hew apparently only because their contracts caller: for daily flights and because there were people on tho grand stands. None of them remained In the all more than a fevr minutes, and long before the program wa completed the committee dismissed the specta tors with the announcement that the meet, which us to close Tuesday, would end tomorrow. Tuesday it the day set for the funeral of Hox- ey. Walter lirookins, Who coached Hoxsey in the art of flying was pale and nervous toduy when he hrought his biplane on tho field atid, in the short flight he made, he never once attempted the thrilling spiral diver Which he originated and which Hox sey was emulating when he fell. While Eugene Ely was making a flight, a guy wire parted and becom ing entangled In his propeller brokt a piece off of the blades.. Ely poln d his machine downward, taking a sharp angle to get to earth aa quick ly as possible. A shout of apprehen sion arose from the spectators, but Ely landed safely with a Jolt that only Jarred him. Hoxsey's body was removed to Pasaadena today where It will lie in a "mortuary chapel until Roy Kna- benshu. manager of the Wright team, completes plans for the fun trel. ' . -' All fueral expenses will be borne by the Wright brother and a com petent sum Will be given, to Mrs. Hox sey- It was learned tonight that (Continued on Page Two.) j' i TRUST CASES WILLPUT TO TEST POWER OE GOVERNMENT OVER MONOPOLIES M - : 1 Standard Oil, Tobacco, and Will Mark Notable " y Millions WASIIINQTONi, Jan. J.Prosecu- Hons by thy government, designed to accomplish the dissolution of "Stan dard. Oil", and of the American To bacco organisations embodying the greatest "anti-trust" fight of the gen eration, will be taken , up for the sec ond time- by the Supreme court of the United State at the beginning of It work t o-th ne w , year, v Con- UnoUur" Tt colldoramn"eftfir of government, the -court will Im mediately afterwards give Its atten tion? to tho constitutionality of the corporation tax provisions ot the Payne-Aldrlch tariff act. All three case attracted world wide attention when first presented to the court about a year ago. With the object of procuring considera tion by a full bench, they were set for re-argument on January Z In torvenlng : cases will cause a delay, until proiiahly January 5, ' when It Is believed the arguments In the To bacco case will begin. The Stan dard Oil and the corporation tax irguments will follow. About threo days will be required for each. Text Mhunnan I-Atv The Standard Oil and the To bacco cases put the Sherman anti trust law to the most crucial test to which It has iiecn subjected during the twenty years of its existance. The corporal Ion tax cases plice on trial the power of the federal gov ernment over corporations. Ta con- entlon has been made that If the Standard till and the Tobacco or ganizations are dissolved the govern ment will be forced to licence cor porations In order to allow leglt mate business to be carried on. The orporatlon tax decision may define . AKED LAVISHES HIS PRAISE ON GREAT GIVERS First Extols Carnegie, and Then, to Tickle Rockefel ler, Gives Him Bouquet NEW YORK. Jan. 1. John I), rtockekfellcr hoard his pwstor, Kev. Dr, Chaw V. Aked, of the Fifth Avenue liaptlKt church, priilne An drew Carnegit today for his ' Inspired 2nd Inspiring gift of 1 1 0,000.000 to the furtherance of international peace. "In all the amazing records of philanthropy." he continued, "there has been nothing springing from a purer motlV than this gift of Mr. Carnegie's and nothing has promised more for the ultimate blcmiing of mankind." Mr. Rockefeller also eatrio In for hi meed of pralce as "The great hearted founder of the University of Chicago," and his latest gift was -ailed "a testimony to tho deepest truth of humanity's need of God." SHOWERS"' VJ ASHINGTON, Jan, 1. Forecast for North Carolina: Rain Monday, eold wave Monday night; Tuesday fair, brisk south winds, shifting to high northwest Monday. For a Few Days. Corporation Tax Cases to Period in History of Our Industrial Development, I of Dollars Involved in The Decisions, the power of the federal government over corporations so aa to zulde this proposed subsequent legislation. In cidentally, about 125, 000,000 annual ly In taxea depend upon the decision Although the Tobacco case 1 to be argued first, the Standard Oil suit haa attracted more attention, At torney General Wlokershanv haa re ferred to tlffc Standard Oil case as jtfobably ,th most - Important bat ever came before the court, -i Standard Case Ijnur Finding The Standard Oil suit wn Insti tuted In lo In'iho Circuit court of the United States for the eastern di vision of the Eastern Judicial dis trict of Missouri. The federal gov ernment was the complaining party. It claimed that the Standard Oil company of New Jersey, as a hold ing company, acquired since ISSO and held by direct stock ownership, D companies. These 65, It was alleged, owned the stock of 40 other compa nies, making a total of, 114 compa nies. The government asked that this organization be dissolved under the Bhcrman anti-trust law. A year wna taken by Iho four judges In the Circuit court to pass on the case. Tiy unanimous agree ment, a decree was entered hy the court dissolving tho organisation, both because It, waa In "restraint of interstate commerce" and because II was "attempting to monopolise." Be fore the decree became effective an appeal carried the case to the Su preme court. Tnbiteeo Case Old Onn, Too. The Tobacco case waa Instituted in 1007, In the Circuit court of th United State for the Southern dis trict of New York. The government BETARGETS FOR ASSEMBLY Only Matters of Importance to Come Before Next Ses sion of Legislature CHARLOTTE, N. C. Jan. 1, The only matters of Importance slated for Dim biennial gcHsion of the North Carolina general assembly which con venes at Rulelgh Wednesday, are, the propositions to amend the state's ami trust law, and to render more stringent If possible the prohibition lawn, violation" of which have be come mi flagrant ss to demand legis lative action. Democrats control both branches by a large majority, and W. C. Dowd, publisher of tile Charlotte News, will probably be elected speak er of the house without opposition. The speakership will ho settled In a caucus to be held tomorrow night. Governor Kltchln, who was elected on an antl trtixt platform, will urge more drastic antl trust legislation, the sta tute enacted at the last session be ing a material modfftcatlon of the governor's Idea. More stringent pro hibition legislation sem certain, and this will be aimed at the near beer Mloons. ;" EMPEROR TEfANKS CARNEGIE FOR GIFT BERLIN, Jan. 1. Andrew Carne gie's gift for the establishment of a fund for German heroes was the leading topic of th emperor's New Year reception at which the Ameri can ambassador. David Jayne Hill and other members of th diplomatic corps and the members of the cabinet were present. The emperor ha dis patched a second letter of gratitude to Mr. aCrnegl. . be Decided in Few Weeks, here, too, waa the complaining par ty. Allies In the various branches of the tobacco buslnees, with com blned assets of more than 1409,000,- ooo, oonstltutsd the organisation which th government sought o hav th court dlssolva. The four Judge eaeh rerdered separate opinions in th Tobacco esse but three ot them united In a'de- oree, holding. mny sf-th corpo ration had entered Into combina tion "In restraint of trad" in vio lation of th first section ol the Sher man anti-trust act These thrr de creed th dissolution 'of this combi nation. Other corporation, includ ing th United Cigar Store company, th Imperial Tobacco company and the British-American Tobacco com pany, were found not to b in the combination. None were held to be "monopolising" In violation of th second section of th Sherman anti trust law. The application of th Sherman anti-trust taw to the two organisa tions, Involves not only an Invostlga tlon Into the facta, but Includes an Interpretation of th law Itself. Th principal uncertainties In regard to the law cluster around three word In th atatutel The word form the basis of three question: What la "commerce?" What I "restraint" of trad or commerce? and what Is It to "monopolise?" Wltnt Is Comnww(? Around "what la commerce," th principal light In th Tobacco case probably la to be found. The com merce which the government clalma I being restrained and monopolised (Continued on Page Fonr.) FOUND OEAD UPON SOFA EVE OF Ml MARRIAGE Death of Betrothed Couple Being Investigated for Evidence of Foul Play CUMHERLAND, Md., Jan. 1. That Mis Grace Elosaer and her fiance, Charle B.t Twlgg, died of cayanide poisoning was established today by chemical analyst of the stomach of the dead girl and num. Further than thla little or no light hna been thrown upon the mystery of the deaths of the two, whose bodies were found by the mother of the girl seated upon a sofa In the par lor of the Elosser home yesterday. The theory of a double sulci la deciarnd Impossible by he family and frlenda of Miss Eloswr, and also by those, who knew and Intrt saw alive the man who was to have to nlght made her his wife. The au thorities are working upon the theory that murder may .have, been com mitted. State's Attorney David A. Robb went today to Keyer, W. Va., the lata home of Twlgg. In connec tion with the case, but' nothing t known of the result- of hi vlaH Th remainder of a boxiof candy and some chewing gum found In the Eloaser home- will -be examined for traces of the poison, but aa ail th members of the dead girt' family ate from th box of candy without suffering Inconvenience, little la ex pected from tht. , SHOCK IX TURKEY CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan, t A strong earth shock at Bruaa, In Asia Minor, yesterday damaged th cupola of th Mausoleum of Sultan Or khan Ghaxl. No lives wer lost but many houses wer partly wreck! t-; OF LEGISLATURE Governor Kitchtn's Message Will be Extremely Conser vative In Tone NEW BOND ISSUES WILL MEET WITH LITTLE FAVOR Will Try to Make Good Deficit by Stricter Enforcement v ofToxLdws RALEIGH. N. C, Jan. l.dover nor Kltchln Is putting in some hard Work on hi mwuag to th general assembly and expects to hav It prao. tlcally completed Tuesday or Wed nee day at latest, , It wilt scarcely b sent to th senat And nous befor Thurs day, Thursday I th usual day for th message, Wednesday, tht first day, Is always taken up with th routine ot organisation, Ther Is no intimation just yet as to any special features of th forthcoming message of th governor, It Is said that the anti-trust law and heeded amendment are to con stitute a principal section of th mes sage and that th principal feature that h will urge a amendments will be for giving additional force to th law rather than to any multiplication f machinery, Th recommendation of th attorney general that ther be proton mod for the state to meet tb ex pens of working up case against violators of ths anti trust law, and conducting ths moat vigorous prosecution possible will com In, It Is said, for hearty en dorsement by tb governor, Nw llond lasiiM. . , it I nut believed that that mes sage will advocate any very extensive bond btsue. especially In connection with th permanent Improvements for th Mat institution and conserva tism will b insisted upon along alt fines. The message Is certain to tak t ,mv1 out ioc lur n mnn ei fectlv. steps; possible for getting all peronai -property on- th books for taxation, th view being that if this was done th, revonu of the. state would be greatly increased end th burden of taxation would b much mora evenly distributed. - Change in Ranking taw A 'bearing on th Impending ques tion raised by Chief Justice Walter Clark as to whether the banks of ths stats art paying taxes, It I notable fact that, 'th 'forthcoming recommendations of th state bank examiner, Mr, J, K. Doughton, to b mads through th corporation com mission to th legislature will tak th position that th banks are now paying their full shore of the bur den of taxation In this tate. It Is understood that th bank xn miner Is preparing a complete revision of th Mat banking 'law as affecting their control, and th sat guarding of th Interests of -th depositors, a bill being prepared that will ret In the desirable feature of the present, banking laws of th Stat nnd Incor porating a number1 of new features. However, there Is not likely that ther will any contest aria over th proposed change and additions. - Mr. Ooughton has, In hi travels through : th stats, examining banks, v talked with th banker and says that prob. ably nine-tenths of them will approve all the proposed change In th law. Of course hi recommendations will not Include any . tax matters. But he will vole th conviction that th taxation th banks ar now under Is their full share, , , , NEW BANKS INDICATE THE OF Three Hundred and Ninety Three Were Established During Past Year ATLANTA. Oa, Jan. 1 During Ihe year J ia fhre hundred 1 and nlntey three new banks wer organ Uxl and began business In th South with aggregate capital of 17,410-000 says the Southern banker, nfty five , bank that began business previous ,. tb lvtO Increased their capital 12.-'. $44,500 in th aggregate during th year Just closed, making the total c- cessions to th banking capital of the Mouth 9,i54.500. The total number jf new banks includes nfty national-: and tit state, private bank and : trust companies, ; im ,tv national banks In th South have capital, ur- piu ana unmviaea pronis or &.- 020,000 as against 1340,401,009 at th close of 1909, net Increase of nearly $1 a. 000,000 for th national banks alone in thirteen state. ' POLICE DISPERSE ; STRIKERS MEETING TAMPA, PlaL, Jan. I. A meeting of striking cigar makers held at th labor tempi today waa dlspersed by Mayor McKay and several ; police. Speeches of an alleged Incendiary na ture Were- being made and convinced th mayor that troubln would rei.lt if th meeting was allowed to con tinue. , ,
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