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yoL. xxvh.,no. 77,
ASHEVILLE, N. 0., F1UDATT MORXINO," JANUARY (5, 1911.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
RIVAL GYPSYKINGS
TEi.lEGISLATIll
APPABENTLYABQUT
But he Came Back,
COflgRESS BYDEATH
E
5
TO BREAK IN ROW
'TRIENDLY"SUIT?
Vice-President Franklin so De
scribes Complaint Filed by
Federal Government
BotriJBranches Appoint Com
mlttees to Attend Funeral
on Saturday
New Arrests on Many Charges
Regulars Insist That all Con
Made at Wades- -boro
tests Must be
Dropped
GLOOM CAST OVER
5IE11PT15T
INVESTIGATION A
GONTINUETQ GftllS
OFSENATQR ELKfN
CONFLICTS III CAMP
NO PUBLIC SERVICES
hELD IN WASHINGTON
'Congress Reconvenes Amid
Gloom Caused by Death of
i , . .-
Distinguished Member
WASHINGTON, , Jan, S. "Sadness
and gloom marked the re-convenlng
of congress today, after" fortnight'
recess over the holideya, for senators
returned to find the seat of Senator
Stephen B. Elking. of West Virginia,
vacant. Immediately after the an
nouncement of the death of Mr. Elk
Ina had been made In broken tones
by Senator Beott, the senate adojurn
ed, v - .
" The house was formally notified of
the passage of the statesman "by Rep
resentative GAlnes, of West Virginia,
and promptly adjourned. The sen
ate was In session six minutes, the
house a scant half hour.
Before adjournment both, houses
nppolnted committees to attend- the
funeral which will be held In Elk Ins.
W. Va., at noon Saturday. The con
gressional mourners will leave here
tomorrow night on a jjpeclal train,
returning Sunday .morning. There
will be no public ceremonies of any
character In the capital, but private
rites will be performed at the J"lkins
residence here tomorrow afternoon.
. Chaplain Pierce In the Senate and
Chaplain Couden in the house, bothj
referred feelingly to the deatn 01
Benator Eiklns, the latter referring
to him as one of the foremost leg
islators of his time, i
In announcing to the senate" the
death of his colleague, Mr. Scott, who
was almost overcome with emotion,
feferred to Mr". Eiklns' brave 'flght
for his life after a long Illness. He
raid his course , In this matter had
been characteristic of him. He had
nlways fought and contended! tnanful--y-
f or, ,Teie- "belloved f to be
right, , '
The senate adopted a resolution
expressing Its "profound sorrow," and
appointed the following committee to
attend?1 the late senator's funeral:
Messrs Scott, Hale, Frye. Aldrlch.
Cullon. Oalllnger, Lodge. Bacon. .Till
man, Kean, Baily, Foster. Stotts,
(Ootitlnned on Page, Fonr.i
BEVEB10GE WILL IKE
MINORITY REPORT ON
SHTIKJf HMEB
Sweeping Vindication of In
vestigating Committee
May Be Set "Aside
DEBATE WILL BE LONG
WASHINGTON, Jan., 6. The ad
journment of the senate until Mon
day on account of the death of Sena
tor Eiklns made material changes in
the plans of those opposed to Sena
tor Larimer of Illinois, being per
mitted to retain his seat. It is ex
pected that Senator . Owen would
speak today tn criticism of the re
port of the committee on privileges
and elections and! mat ne wouiu
trodu.ee a resolution to declare the j
election of Mr. Lorimer Illegal. The
adjournment until Monday, however,
makes It possible for Senator Bever
Idge to complete a mi.iority report
and it la now believed that he will
submit such a report Monday and
make a speech upon it.
There Is aome question now wheth
er Senator Owen r Senator Bever
idge will fire the first gun in the
fight against Mr. Lorimer.
Mr. Owen is understood to desire
to speak against Mr. Lorimer because
the show of corruption in the Illinois
legislature seems to offer a good ar
gument in support of thte Owen reso
lution for a constitutional amend
ment to provide for the election of
senators by direct vote.
When the senate Investigating com
mittee made. Its report there did not
seem to be much opposition to it In
spite of the fact that it contained
what was-termed a sweeping vindi
cation of the Junior Illinois senator
n all charges of corruption that
were filed against him. Since that
time, however, many senators have
studied tine testimony and several
ha4e become outspoken In denunci
ation of the report made.
Every indication points to a long
and heated debate before the Lorimer
caae is disposed of.
SAILOR KILLED BY DERRICK.
NEWPORT NEWS. Va., Jan., 6.
One man was killed and another ser
iously injured about the avo.l col
lier Hector here today when a heavy
steel derrick crashed to . this . deck.
Tb-4d man was a sailor.
BOTH KINGS CLAIM
TO BE HIGH MASONJS
Costs of Habeas Corpus Pro
ceedings PId and Men
Released
WADESBORO, N. C. Jan. 6. Tfc&J
trouble between - the rival clans "of
gypsies opened again today when
warrants -were Issued for Stephen
Joan, Gregory Joan and four more of
that clan at the Instance of Emtl
Mitchelle who styles himself th
"King" of all the Gypsy tribe tn the
United States. The warrants charge
assault with deadly weapons. The ar
rested men all gave bond for their
appearance for a preliminary hearing
which' will be held next ' Thursday.
The local members of the Masonic
lodge have been approached by Ste
phen Joan and son, Gregory, who
both- bear credentials from a Span
ish Masonic lodge- Bhowlng that they
are In good standing. Members of
the Mitchelle clan aiso claim to be
reguljar Masons and several wore the
Masonic emblem, but Stephen Joan
states that they are members of clan
destine lodges.
Another chapter in the story of (he
Gypsp troubles was written yesterday
when Win-Ren Mitchelle paid one. hun
dred and seventy cents as the propor
tionate part of the court costs in the
habeas' corpus proceedings for the
men of tile Mitchelle tribes who were
still In Jail. After tho payment of
these costs,' which was made under
protest, Sheriff Lowrey released the
ten men on bonds In the sum of Jwo
hundred dollars each, signed .by R.
t. Bennett, jr., at d T: V. Jones.
"King" Mitchelle and one of the
men arrested had been released be
fore Sheriff Low re y realiased his lia
bility for the costs In the case and
have? refuaafl-ta pay, .their rt of the
costs.' The eases are set for trial at
the Jlanuary term of the Superior
court, which convenes January 18.
Both cta,ns those led by Emll Mit
chelle and Stephen Joan have em
ployed attorneys and the case ex
clta considerable Interest. "I'Chlef"
Joan will also bring charges of rob-
(Continued on Pago Four.)
T
Suggest3 Prudential Mar
riage System as a
Help
COURT GRANTS 428
CLEVELAND, O., Jan., 5. The
high cost of living Is blamed for
most divorces by Judge W. B. NefT,
who, during the term of court Just
enleJ, granted 428 separations,
breaking the record for this, Cuy
ahoga county.
"High prices coupled with small
incomes, resulting In an Intense
struggle to keep up appearances and
gratify social ambition, are respon
sible for the wrecking of a large
number of homes" said Judge Neff
today. , y
Whbt makes divorce frequent is
tho fact that women now find It
easy to be, financially independent of
their husbands.
"PerhapH If we adopt the pruden
tial marriage system of Euroflo we
should be better off. Courtship in
America is often a mere social mas
querade. Ijovers never see each oth
er except when at their best and con
sequently the young woman marries
a hero and the young man an angel,
only to be disillusioned shlortly after
the wedding day".
COUNTRY MAY BE
DONE OVER AGAIN
WASHINGTON. Jan., 5. Two bills
providing for re-apportionment of
th country for representation in con
gress will be presented to the house
tomorrow by Chairman ("Tumparker,
of the house committee on census.
One or the bills will be based upon
n i.finl Iriun nrp of the tiresent mem
bership of 381. This will fix the baV
sis of representation at one congress
man for every 234,000 people in the
United State The other bill will
fix a representation of one congress
man for each 211.877 inhabitants,
making a total membership of 433
in Uie house. Chairman Crumpacker
will offer the two bills in order that
both' may formally be considered by
the committee.
NO COMPROMISE .
SEEMS POSSIBLE
Agreement Is Signed to Re
main Out of The
House
NASHVILLE, Teun.. Jan. J. The
only statement the fuslonists leaders
will make tonight Is that they will
enter Into no further negotiations
with the regular. The regulars, on
the other hand, declare a determi
nation to go ' home,- some of them
have already gone. -So far as can
be learned -at It p. m. both sides
have stopped all-negotiations. There
are rumors that an effort will be
made or is elng made to bring
about peace. . ,?,
At 8 o'clock tonight It wns stated
that 41 of the 48-regular democrats
In the house tuad signed the agree
ment drawn up earlier In the day, to
remain out of - the house until the
fuslonists agree to dismiss the con
tests which they had instituted Mon
day Involving eight or more seats
held by regulars. One other regular
who was out of tike city, is ready to
sign the agreement, an It Is assert
ed that three of the remainder will
sfgn as soon aa they can be reached.
Many of the regulars aro growing
restive and say they Will go home to
night or tomorrow.
The house held session this after
noon and received .the reixirt of the
committee appointed to ascertain
what mem berg have certificates of
election but have refused to be
sworn in. Thirty seven names were
reported, but the houfie took no fur
tbter action. i - , .
The situation is extremely acute,
and each side appears to bo determ
ined to sfand Its ground. Unless th
fbsionlsu agree" to .dismiss the eon
tests the regulars stty they will never
help make a quorum, preferring to
let the session go by default. Th
senate will meet again tomorrow, but
probably adjourn until Monday.
It Is announced authoritatively to
night that all efforts at compromise
have been abandoned and that neith
er side will make any further effort
t'o reach an agreement.
ITIIUCEDIN HOUSE
BY L0NGW0RTHOF
Five Commissioners to Be
Appointed By the Presi
dent -.
. MAY PASS CONGRESS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. The tar
iff commlHlHon bill was introduced In
the house today." It was framed by
Ftopresenative Longworth of Ohh
after conferences with President Tafl
and with Insurgent republicans, pro
viding for a permanent tariff commis
sion.
Mr. Longworth said that he pur
posed to push his measure and hopeu .
tt obtain a favorable report from thi
ways and means committee promptly.
The Longworth bill confers on tin
tariff commission tue general power
to subpoena witnesses and call foi
books and papers from persons en
gaged in producing. Importing or dis
tributing articles under tariff Investi
gation. Much of tho information
which will prov.i most valuable to
congress Is expected to bo acquired
through confidential statements to
the commission on the understanding
that the names of persons, giving the
information will not be made public.
The reports of the commission are
to be made only when called for b
the president or congress. The bib
provides for the appointment by the
president of live commissioners at
17.500 annually, not more than three
of them of the same party. The of
fices are to he In Washington but the
commission may conduct its Inves
tigations annually anywhere, In tht
world. Practical i ndorsement of the
Longworth bill h;is made tonight by
John Chandler Culfb on behalf of the
National Tariff Commission associa
tion, of which he Is president.
"I most cordially endorse the bill
presented by Mr. ' Longkorth," said
Mr. Cobb after a conference with Mr.
Longworth and other congressmen at
the capltol.
I-OSTOFFICE ROBBED
ROANO(Hp, Va., Jan. 8 Robber
last nightwiew open the safe in the
Troutvllle,,V., postofflce with nitro
glycerine end stole' $210 and 125 In
money. It Is believed, that the burg
lars were professionals.
GOVERNOR'S
WITH
Both Branches of Legislature
f ing Strengthening of Anti-Trust Law and Changes in
i " Many Othert.' .;'.. '
II A LEIGH, K ? Jan. 5, Read
ing of the biennldl message of Gov-
rnor Kiu-hln in sr-nnta and house and
th passage by the house of a bill
jy Ray of Macon prohibiting the sale
if near beer, mail; and beerina and
tnd any drink that contains any alco
"lop whatever, were the feature of
the general assembly today. The. bill
inocklnj oat neatj beer saloons was
ntrodttced early rfnd-1str called 'Up,
snd by general consent, put on lis
Htssage. There was quite a number
f "Nobs" on the final count, but the
1 1 1 was clearly receiving a big ma
jority support. Jt was ordered sent
o the senate.
The governor's message was listen
ed to with closest attention in both
.muses and evidently created quite a
favorable Impression. In the house,
Bwart of Henderson, offered resolu-
:ions asking North Carolina congress
men to support the parcel post bill
nd endorsing New Orleans as the
iiliice for holding the - Panama cele
bration. Also u resolution adbpttng
the federal constitution amendment
for the Income tux.
officers of both houses are urging
members to Introduce their local bills
arly In the session so that state wide
legislation may h ive true course dur-
ns tho last weeks of Ihe session.
In the appointment of the standing
ommiltees of the senate. Martin of
Buncombe was imide chairman of the
omnilttee In countlos, cities and
ftMNEY WANTS TEDDY S
EXPENSESJHVEST1GATED
Travelled Over various
Railroads, but Question
Is, Did He Pay?-,
WASHINGTON
Jan, 5. Ilepre
of Illinois, offered
-tentative Italitey,
a resolution In 11
tin house today nsk
ntntmcnt of a corn
investigate: the ruil
,f Theodore Itoose
ihlle lie was presi
lition proposes to
,e autlwlty to ex
,f the Pennsylvania,
I vay and the North-
v, to ascertain what
. I vrere paid by the
' and what propor-
d by the railroads
Ing for the appi
mltteo of five to
i-oh1 expenses
velt, for travel
dent. The resu
give tho commit
limine the books
Ihe Southern ral
era Pacific rsllw;
expenses of trnv
former presided'
Hon wu furnish
themselves.
MRH. WHITE! IKAI.
F R B I BR ICK P 1 ! UKO, Va., Jan.. 5.
Mrs. Helen Sll.i-y White, -widow of
the late ex-Mayo- W. Seymour White
ii nd daughter of tho late GeneraJ
Henry it. Sibley, a Confederate com
mander, died hero today, aged 70
years.
WAlftnNaTON, Jan; 5.-Forecast
for North Carolina: Fair Friday and
rising temperature; Saturday fair, va
riable wind.
A
fair44?
MESSAGE IS FILLED
MANY RECOMMENDATIONS
Attentively Listen to Reading of Message Recommend-
towns,' and a member of the privl
leges and elections committee.'
Governor m Mcasagn
Governor , Kitchln'a 'nuiesage .'iays
of prohibition that results already
Justify Its adoption through advance
of morality, Industry and frugality.
He urges that near beer aaloons be
prohibited. .
H-rf;i -that MJIre passencer
fares be made two cents and mileage
pulled on train. He asks amend
ments to state ami trust law that will
make acts to crush competition .crimi
nal and give private prosecutors and
solirlttore and associate counsel In
prosecutions forty per cent of lines.
Kire Insurance companies he Would
require to pledge not to charge high
er rates of pay less commissions than
In other states under similar condi
tions and forbid compacts to destroy
competition In rates. He would for
bid control of water "power corpora
tions for light and powier and would
have corporation cominlssion to regu
late charges to the public. Ha wants
assessment of nil property at near
est money value claiming the state
has billion dollars property and only
six hundred millions tax assessment,
He disapproves a proposition to tax
the capital stock of banks as this
would have the effect of forcing all
bunks to become national banks.
Ho recommends appropriation to
the state-hoard of health of 125,000,
TW0 MASKED BANDITS RGB
HOTEL SAFEJN DmiEHT
Made Rich Haul in Cash
and Jewels Bi Left
Much More
EL PASO, Tex.. Jan. 5. Two
masked bandits entered the oflfk-e of
the Arigeliis hotel today and robbed
the safe of about $5,000 In cash and
Jewelry The clerk and porter were
forced Into the. basement at the point
of revolver. Thirteen safety deposit
boxes were extracted and Carried
away.
The boxes were found hater in the
linsenient of the Angelus theatre ad
joining the hotel. All had been broken
open.
The 1m ml Its forced the night clerk
to deliver the key to the Inner door
of ihe ife before ilrlvln-f him Into
the basement. . One man stood guard
in the Iwsciricnt while the other op
ened and looted I ho safe. The com
I'inatl.on was not set.
About 2' boxes containing eever-il
thousand dollars In cash and dia
monds were left untouched. The ho
tel cash box yielded $000. One box
left behind is said to havo contained
Sft.OOO In gold. No arrests have been
made.
FLIGHTS lOSTIOXED
DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 6. Because
of a high wind today's aviation pro
gram was postponed until Monday.
Against the advice of his fellow
airmen. Hamilton attempted an as
cension today. Twenty-five feet up
a sudden veering of the wind tilted
the planes and Hamilton tumbled,!
The machine was allghtl damaged
but the aviator wa unhurt.
that provision be made for gathering
vital statistic in towns of 6,000 and
mors Inhabitants, .
' ltonrt Ismio tor Kduisation
He urges the most liberal support
and extension ot the suae' educa
tional Institutions! and points out tils
need of liberal bon(J Issue.
"fhe gorermif recommend1 properly
safe-guarded .primary election law,
In -hiding representative in congress
and senators at state expense.
ilia urges a constitutional amend
ment to curtail work.
That the governor's alary be, fixed
at 18,000; that the state be red is
tricted and two circuits added and an
increase in the number ot Supreme
court judges.
Treatmg appropriations, the gov
ernor calls attention to the 300,000
shortage in the state treasury and
urge that the council of state be m
pwered to borrow whatever money
may be necessary to meet appropria
tions and avoid possible serious finan
cial embarrcsstment for the stats.
And he suggest irteps to Insure the
Mating of property at more nearly It
real value. Ha Astlrtutt rauj I vihia
of property in stale at billion dollar
no mx valuation is only six hundred
million,
mm EIMCTED
Wants as Much as Possible
Helpful to Business in
terests of Country
WASHINGTON, Jan., 6. President
Taft desires that the -present con
gress shall pas as much legislation
a possible helpful to the business
Interests of the country. It Is known
that he Is particularly anxious thai
the smull business shall get his good
share of this fayorablo legislation.
Among the , measures tbereCor
whiclii th administration hopes t see,
passe.1 ure tariff 'commission bill, to
put at rest fekrs'of sudden changes in
the tariff; the Pasiama' csmtl toll bill;
so that shipper may. ksow : what
charges they must , prepare to meet
and to muke the .ihlp subvention bill,
providing for Increased prices to
vessels carrying mall to ports In
South America below the equator;
snd bill carrying at least a part of
the n-ionctary commrtsslon'e report.
These measures, the president be
lieves, win extend the country com
merce at home and abroad and add
to the prestige of the United States
In foreign markets.
STKAMER AGROUND
NEW OH LEANS, Jan. The
British steamship Jsconb Bright,
which left Mobile Sunday afternoon
for New Orleans to take on a cargc
for Mexican and Porto Rlcan ports,
was reported aground today five mile
north of Pass A'Loutre and sixteen
mile east of the mouth of the Mis
sissippi river. Tugs have oeen cent
to her assistance.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
SAYS HE'S SERIOUS
Mr.Franklin Makes Interesting
Statement Wherein he De
nles Unlawful Combine
NEW TORIC, Jan,' J.Ju reply to
the oomplalnt filed yesterday by the '
federal government against IS of the '
principal trn-Atlantio A temlilp
lines and it of their j offlosrs. Vie
President V, A. . Franklin, of th :
International Mercantile Marino com- .
pany, on of the defendant, ; intu
mated that tha suit was friendly'
on in the nature of n act In equity,
and brought to determine what right
the companies .had In .co-operating lo ,
eoiitroi Ui ttualne. '
Ths suit pak for' itswir. ald
District Attorney .Wl tonight when
shown Mr. Franklin' -f reply, 'and 4
was brought by the government In all,
erlounes to obtain the relief asked
for In the petition." In this pett
tlort the government seek an order ,
fromr the United States Circuit Court
ot Appeal restraining the defendant ,
from entering at or clearing thslr -vmmiI
front f- iny 4 American port, v
while they continue to remain in an
alleged Illegal agreement to restrain
trade known a tho Atlantic con- -ference,
and entersd Into t, London .
on t'ebruitrjt i, uos. ': .
Ills HUttemenb
'Mr. Franklin' statement - follows
in part: ' - - . ' . ,
"Last spring th government be
gan an Investigation. Th line Informed-th
United State attorney ."
that If any of th practice wer Il
legal they wer perfectly willing to
dlarontlnu th unit, The matter,
we believe, was referred to, the sttor-.
nny general, and tt being .thuuuht A
that thar was doubt as to th le. .
gallty of certain way In "which the
steamship line were doing business, . ,
It -was determined to bring an equity
action which would rata th whol
question of th legality of the prac
tice and w understand that this
suH I th result ' " ' ,
"Looking at the matter a prac
tlcal business men it eem to .
that ocean carrier can never hav
a monopoly of their 1usines, became -th
ocean I free, and any person .
with capital can enter Into th bul?
ness with ease. The railroad ha k
comparative monopoly' of th terrl- ,
tory lt serve, while to the-ce of ,
ocean earrler, al th territory I
competltlv. - "''".- '.
The line have felt and tlll fel
that all they hav been doing and
that Is being don 1 entirely legal
end Is In reality -for the best Inter
et of the steerage passenger, but
If It Is determined in IMS mm that
any of th practice are in violation
of the law In any way, they htl
be only too glad to tuch prac
tic." . , ' i.
SDLDIERS LEFT SAWS FDR
MUERS TO BREAK. JUL
Murderer and Four Com-
panionji Escape But All
Are Recaptured . ,
ATLANTA, Oa Jan, .-i-Thre sol
diers stationed at Kort WcPhrsonf
who visited the Fulton eounty Jail
lust Sunday, left the saw with which
John Wllhrow,? convicted wlf mur
dorer, and four companions. Sawed
their way out Monday night, aoeord-
ng to With row. The aws, he aid
today, were given to Harry Lnngdon,
one of the jail breaker, who Was
revaptured.
, .According to the prisoner Lngdon,
under the alias of Glenn Allen, de-
sr(d from the army and a number
of men who served tn hi old com-
oanv, are not stationed , at Fort Mc
Ph'-reon. ' They learned of Langodn's
presens In th Jail and sought per-,
mission to Inspect the Jail on Sun-
lay, when they left the sbwsl . -
A. Tt. Knox, the New Orleans man.
known a the "drug stor bandit,".
me of the Moaptured prisoners, to.
day mutinied and 'attacked thre
is Hers with a piece of water pipe
which he had wrenched loos from
the floor of his yell. He we sdlf
beaten before being' subdued. The .
break In the pipe flooded tho entire
eaat wing of the Jail. , J
REVOLmON MOVES OH
PUERTO CORfEZ, Honduras, Jan. ;
I.. ,uy wlreleew vi New Orleans,
Tan. 5) Th Honduras rerolutionary
nedttlnn headed by Manuel Bonllla :
today arrived at Bay island and -
sbllshed a base , of operations en
Juatan island, one of the mall
group lying about 108 mile from this)
port snd abot- AO mile from