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THE WEATHEE: SHOWERS VOL. XXVII,. NO. 97. S I SENATE FLOOR Jeff Davis of Arkansas Opens up on Former Carolina Senator INDIAN CLAIMS FURNISHED CHANCE Something Dead In Denmark t When Butler Is Hanging A Around Says Jeff WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. Former United States Senator Marlon Uutler, of North Carolina, was denounced on the floor of the senate by Senator Jeff Davis, of Arkansas, today. The denunciation was administered in connection with an amendment to the Indian appropriation bill, offered by Seator Owen, ot Oklahoma, provid ing; for the payment of fees of at torneys for the Colville reservation Indians in the collection of a claim of fl, 00,000. Making a point of order against the amendment, Mr. Davit said: "Humethiiig Dcutl In Denmark." "I am advised that ex-Senator Marion Butler is interested in this matter. 1 have seen ex-Senator But ler hovering around here, and I want to say when I see that gentleman here 1 at once form a suspicion that there is 'something dead in Denmark.' Ha has secured more claims than any other man within my knowledge and the fact ''hat he has an interest In p. claim la In itself enough to put the senate on Its guard." Senator Davis statu! also that tho claim had grown out of a contract with the Indian procured liy Colonel Hugh Gordon, a son of ex-Senator Gordon, of Mississippi, and Congress man Mapsh, of Pennsylvania, but he said that in committee the statement had been made that when the con tract was made Colonel Gordon was the secretary of his father as Sen ator. He said also that $60,000 had been paid the attorneys. Bacon Defends Action. , . Defending the provision. Senator Bvi)rf -TBJrt'l--ll ihs tb. -attorneys naaeen promised 10 per cent of the $1,500,000. Her added that $4,000,00 had been collected by the Indians as a result of the work done. Ha also declared that no Im proper Aifluenoe had been used hn connect""1 with the claim. The point of order was sustained and e dI" carrying about $9,000. nrin .vaji nasseri. Tie bill Is the first of the general J myroprlatlon hlllg to pass the senate. GOVERNOR DLEASEPLACEO GLUB BY ATLANTA LAWYER Insinuations Against Feld er .Promptly .Answered. With Denial ABSOLUTELY UNTRUE ATLANTA, lla., Jan. 25. General Clifford L. Anderson, law partner of Thomas B. Felder. in the latter's ab sence from Atlanta, today made a statement in reference to The Asso ciated Press dispatch from Columbia, S. C, In which Governor Blease is quoted as Inquiring, "Why Felder as not prosecuted when it was found 1k was attorney for a liquor firm which was favored with liquor pur chases and rebate were paid for these purchase " The statement was as follows: "Since the Goodman und Fliesch mann' compromise refered to welt also made uuler the advice and through the instrumentality 'of Mr. Felder, I assume that the governors reference to these matters and de mand that they be inquired into is likewise an uttempt to relied upon Mr. Felder. "Throughout the entire course of the Investigation of the South Caro lina state dispensary and the dispo sition of the matters ojinnectcd there with 1 have been closely associated with Mr. Felder and am familiar with the facts connected therewith. "Mr. Felder Is out of the city und in his behalf. I desire to say that the charges and Insinuations contained in the governor's message which refer to Mr. Felder are absolutely untrue and without foundation In fact. "If Governor Blease tins been In formed' by any persons that the ex isting facts give color to these charg es he has been skilfully mislead by designing persons who have probably felt the weight of the iaw growing out of their own nefarious transac tions with the state dispensary, and seek this method of revenue." CONVICTED BANKER APPEALS NEW ORLEANS. La.. Jan. 25. At , torneys for Wm. Adler. the convieed banker, filed a motion in the Federal. District court late today for a new trial. No 'time was fixer for the hearing. MARION BUTLER DENOUNCED THE El RESTS IN RIDS OF J Late at Night Jury Disagreed is Locked In Hotel Room ATTORNEY HANDLAN BITTER IN SPEECH In Address to Jury Scathingly Arraigns Defendant Wo man In Case WHEELING, W. Va.. Jan., 2r. After wrestling for four hours and a night session, with tho evidence in the case of Mrs. Laura Furnsworth Schenk, charged with poisoning her husband, John O. Schenk, the Jury was unable to reach an agreement, and at 10 o'clock tonight, Judge Jor dan ordered the members of tho Jury sent to their hotel to be locked' up for the night. The Jury will resume consideration .of a "Verdict at o' clock Thursday morning though it Is possible Informal consideration will be continued during the night. In event of an agreement being reached, however, It would not he reported until the convening of court tomor row morning. Predictions of dis agreement are general, (hough some followers of the case belle;e a ver dict finally will be reached. After the jury had been excused for the night a crowd numbering into the thousands packed the street and sidewalks in the vilcinlty ofhe court house. Tim crowd swarmed from an adjoining wpiaro where It had stood from 7.30 o'clock until 10. A squad of police ami all the avail able deputy sheriffs .had to be called upon to clear the streets before the Jury was taken out of the court house. When Prosecuting Attorney J. Ti. Tlundlnn concluded his argument to the jury at 3.5 8 this evening the end of tho trial of Mrs. Laura Furnsworth Schenk. charged with poisoning her husband, John O. Schenk, had been reached, and from that moment, her case ..was la the hands or the jury. il.loNi ' nmiSlt1iO-W' il.ll . sider a verdict. At B o'clock the jury had not re turned a verdict and when a deputy sheriff went to the Jury room to take !t to supper, he found them appar ently In the height of heated discus sion. The jury asked for ft half hour more before going to supper. In which time they expected to reach some decision. At the end of the (Continued on Page Six.) JAMES E. MAMIE MADE Was Choice of People at Fall State Pri maries WILSON PLEASED TRKNTOV. N J., Jan. 2 5 Se curing 47 of tho 79 vntos rant in the Joint session of the New Jersey gen eral assembly, James E. Marti ne of PlatnfioWl, who was the onoice of the majority of the demor ratio electors, who wt'iit .to the polls in tho primary election last Re pt ember, was today formally elecUd Tnili d States senator to succeed John Kan, jr., ropuhil can, whone term expires on March 4. Mr. Martino received all lt four of the democratic votes in the legisla ture James Smith, jr.. who pave up the fifth t against Martino, yesterday, received three oT these and the fourth man declined to vo'e. Kdward C. Stokes, former governor of New Jerney, who received I lie senatorial endorsement in the September pri mary, was Kn -1 of the 2! republi can votes east. The ether votes were scattered. Th uk ended a unique arid one of the niont intenKtiiiK' rontests ever fotiKht in New Jersey for the. I'nlted States He nn ton-hip. Senator-eiect Ma nine, who was backed by tJuvernor WiJfon, pave out a statement after his e lee t Ion In uhi.h he said that hfr candidacy "'personified tho eternal truth of unv-i-rnment which was italized by pub lic opinion." Thtr ietory.ho said, was not that of an Individual, but of the people and added that he did not upend one dollar In seeking hi. eb-t Hon. With regard to his course In con resf. Mr. Martine Ha id that "neither honest capital nor labor need have any apprehension of adverse action" on his part at Washington. Governor Wilson said that It was a matter of congratulation that the senatorial contest had been so hap pily settled and so soon. ASSASSIN'S FYNKKAIj WASTUVOTOX, Jan. 2S.-The body of Fitzhutrh Cnyle GoldshoronKh, murderer of favd Graham Phillips, arrived here today. The funeral will be held Friday and will be private. mrs.sgh TWELVE IN ASHEVILLE CITIZEN. ASIIEVILLE, N. TO BE INCREASED TO SOOUSAND New CoiJnty of Hoke to be Cut From Cumberland and Robeson ASHEVILLE MAN LEADS IN FIGHT Governor Kltchln Issues State ment Regarding Conduct of Fire Insurance RALK1GH, N. C, Jan. 25. There Is much Jubilation among the advo cates of lioke county that the bill creating It out of Cumberland and Uobeson is to be reported favorably by the senate committee on counties, cities and towns, this decision being made by a voto of ten to six this afternoon. Charles A. Webb, of Ashevile, had made the concluding argument for the county. Ho has been leuiling the tight for Hoke coun ty and Is being congratulated on every hand on this "touendown" he has scored. The senate Judiciary committee will havo a special hearing Friday, Feb ruary -3. on the bill to change the name of the Croatun Indians to the Cherokees of Eastern Carolina. Tho Joint finance committee of thi general assembly will hold an Im portant meeting Thursday night al the rqeucM of the bankers of the state, who desire to be heard on pro posed legislation affecting the bank ing In 1 crests , Increase C.mcriior'n Salary. The senate by an -overwhelming vote today passed Senator Gardner's bill Increasing the governor's salary from $4,0000 to $8,000 per yerr, the bill to become effective at tt e be ginning of the term of the next chief executive. Senator Graham offered an amendment to Increase the salary to $5,000, but it wag lost, he and Senator Slgman casting tho only two votes against the Gardner bill. Tk .i4,ir-w4w dtthHte f yvrmrnfimn TrrowtnR' Hock Turn pike compnny bill was deferred until tomorrow. A new hill by Senator Hobgood ,ln Incrcases the salary of Superior court Judges to $3,500 per year, and allow them $1,000 for traveling expenses. Senator Cotten Introduced a bill pro viding for settlement, reglstwtlon. transfer and assurance of real estate and Senator Slkes one to encourage (Continued on page six.) Many Men of Letters Will Act As Pall Bearers FUNERAL SIMPLE NEW YORK. Oan. 25. David C,r,T ham Phillips' funeral will be a pub lic one. So many friends anil ad mirers of his works have been stirred by his assassination that the plens for a private funeral were abandoned tonight and Is was announced that the serlvcen will be held Friday afte" noon at ft. George's Episcopal church near the scene of the attack against I I'hlillps by Fitzhugh C. Ooldshorough, which resulted In the author's death, j The ceremony will be held at o'clock with Archdeacon Nelson, as sistant to ISIsIhjp Oreer at. the New I Vork diocese, officiating. The pall bearers will be United States Senator Albert J. KeveiidKe of Indiana, a former room mate ot Phillip at Kcl'anw university, who tame from Washington today to tal.e charge of the funtral: Hubert. W. 'chambers, the author: Jus. II. Sears. had of the Applcton 1'ubllshlng com- pany; tieorge Horace Eorimer, editor ' of The Saturday Evening l'ost; Ar thur . Ijltile. editor or j'earson magazine: Samuel (i. lilythe, the Washington writer; John. O'Hara Cosgrave. former editor of Kvery- jliody's magazine, and Otto Carml ichael. In addition to Dr. Nelson, the Rev. Hugh Hlrkhead. rector rjf HI George's, will asslt at the scrviceji and a male sextette will Bin? The services will he simple. After the funeral the body will be removed to a rn elving ault until taken to Phillips' fmer home In Indiana. Tonight the body was sent from an undertaking extabllshment to the room of the National Arts club, where Phillpls had made his home with his sister, Mrs Caroline Frevert. She is greatly overcome by the shock of the tragedy and has been too affected to see any but the most Intimate friends. She and Karri- son W. Phillips, a brother, will be the only nea. relatives at the funeral. fS FATE GOVERNORS SALARY C, THURSDAY -MORNING, JANUARY 26, 1911. llt 1 rr mmmhsion r P B J M KIT lA: Wfo our 0E6r of MtMOJMfi wtb t O OHi &R or commission foim of . $AVHILL MASS. WPEO 00T UfiOO A F1R5T yiAff Of COM' Municipal expends H if one IMMENSE SUMS WERE OFFERED NEW YORK JOURNALOF COMMERCE AS BRIBE If Business Manager of Financial Journal Before Ship Subsidy Investigating Committee f Tells of Repeated Efforts Made to Buy Editotia) Influence WASHINCJT0 r, Jan., 25. Reve lations of sev al attempts to buy the editorial tu 'port of tine New York Journal o Commerce In favor of ship subsidy ecislatlon which that paper has consl ABtly opposed waa made to the sh p Investigation com mittee of thf U iu today by Alfred W, Wsdsworth, business manager of The Journal of Commerce and Com mercial Bulletin ' Ilallroadj DiwTlmlnato. Earlier In tb day Iaul a. Fourn ier, representlm the Uranium stsam ihio UM, jntt wtklch. y so-called London confemnc Unci, controlling what Is allege.! to be H percent of thp Atlantic rassenger traffb. aro ar rayed, told how railroad authorities In this country, notably the central passenger association at Chiiiatrn, had refused to sell tickets routed over the independent line until the Independents obtained the sanction of the conferonee lines. As tho re sult of today'! evidence Mr. Dod worths brothjer John W. Dodwortbs, the editor of The Journal of Com merce, will b recalled to Washing ton to explain why he failed to en lighten the committee during his re cent testimony. It is probable that Charles A. CVnant, of New York, a I former WosUiiKton correspondent, may he usked to throw light on an offer to subsidize the paper, claimed to havo been forwarded through him to The Journal of Commerce which he then represented, and1 the federal authorities may take notice of thle evidence as to the railroads' discrim ination against the Independent , steamship lines on foreign tickets . Mr. Dmb-worth KuiUmiui(. I Alfred W. Podsworth said that bis i paper never bad been subsidised by N.c. rlss E Urges Liberal Appropria tion for Jackson Training School at Concord WINSTON-SALEM, N. C, Jan., 25. At the closing session of the North Carolina PresH association today res olutions favoring state aid for good roads, conservation of naturals; re sources, and the public Wealth; a lib eral appropriation by the legislature for tho Stonewall Jtu-kaon training school, and a resolution urging North Carolina senators to support the bill to stop the. government from printing stamped envelopes were passed - . Secretary Kuykendatl of tb" Wln-ston-Salem boatd of trade addressed the meeting. A telegram of sympa thy was sent to Joseph P.- Caldwell, formerly editor of The Charlotte Ob server, who is III. A telegram was received from Speaker W. C. Iiwd of the stato legislature Inviting the association to spend tomorrow in Halelgh with tho legislature, which was accept el 6HOWER& wiatnvriTOV. Jan. tt. North Carolina: local rains Thursday and probably Friday; moderate tempra ture; moderate variable winds, most ly south. Commission Form of Government. form A At WfOTlM ti titfioo- 224 baa tN yew rriO i j of Paper. any Interest whatever and llo busi ness and editorial column had no relation. But, he testified, about alx years ajfo an unknown, man cam into his of lice and- offered to pay Th Journal of Commerce f 100,000. tak ing 1,000,000 copies of hi pager, for the Insertion of an article In on Is sue, supporting the ship subsidy leg islation. This man refused to dis close his identity unless his propo was sccopted. His proposition was in the went of aoceptanca, to mak a certified cheek !mmdtatiy (or fit, 000 to bind the agreement and to pay the be Is nee of IDO.ID avm pus licaxion of thle artlcl. Mr.. Wads worth said he Immediately called bis brother, John W., Into his office as a witness to the conversation and the proposition waa turned don, as an attempt t' make Tin Improper ar rangement. Tried To nrln rather. Pressed by the committee Mr. Dodaworth said that about thirty year ago his father was sitting In nils of nee, the same publication, and John Itoach, the ship builder, who waa then building ships and active for a ship subsidy bill, entered the office laid down a blank check, ask ed Dosworth pern to fill Out the chuck and slop writing against ship subsidy. The offer, was refused. About two years ago, Dodsworth' said another man tried to buy the so port of the paper for 140,000, an I during the Hpanlsh-Amerlcan war the Mpanlsh government tried to buy tho papnr'a Influence. Chalrtrian Olcott, Hepresenttttlve LonKworth of Ohio, and other mem bers of tiu commltU-e criticised the wo brothers for falling to submit ROBERT I UFOLLETTE RE-ELECTEDJO SENATE Progressive Leader Will Again Represent Wiscon sin in Upper Branch MADISON. Wis., Jan., S5, Tho re. election of Knlted State Senator Kobert M. IjiFollette today wo rati fied In Joint assembly of the Wlscen sln legislature arter the announce ment of the vote taken In the sepa rate branches yesterday had been made. Tills showed that he received 2 4 votes In the senate and 60 In the nxKcmhly out of a grand total of 12V votes. Senator EaFollette Wa cheered when be was escorted to the assenib ly chamber, which was crowded with Hjfctators. , The senator In an address declared strongly In fa.or of the progressive movement anil one of his strongest declarations as that the nation had profited by the movement as exem plified In Wlwonsin. Senator I-aFollelte Sftoke of the orbrln of the National Progressive league, lie declared that If the con stitution stood n the way of a gov ernment for the people the constitu tion should ! amended. The new progreitslve league he declared would be kept up until the battle had been won for the people. When he declared that progressive legislation had been taken up In all parts of America and even in some parts of New England, the applause ami laughter lasted long. TKOOP8 OJf DVTY DEIj RIO. Texas, Jan. 25. Troop D.. third cavalry, from Fort Sam Houston, arrived thi evening. The troops sre under command of Cap tain Julius T. Conrad. Eeverythlng Is quiet at this point At 4 this Information to the eommltee be fore now, pointing out that John W, Dodsworth In his testimony some time ago had been asked categorical ly as . to such matter" and bad , de nied any infonr.aion uch as that cXarloard today - The witness said be e-ould ask 'he brottner why ' be fall t ie rfi."'oa the Information, Ck '-.-,! ikou asked the witness whe eanted the Rpanlsh govern ment bea tt tried to buy Its paper' upper, Mr. Dodsworth replied that the Information of the propoaaj propuaiUna came front Che. A. Coa WU rtULJM the papery Wash ington correeponilehC-T''" pomn'l Know Who It Waa, Proseed as to th Identity of the man who made the offer, Mr, Dods worth said that his father or brother may have been told but he, himself, had not been told. Mr. Conant com municated the proposition In a let ter, according to th witness, who afterwards Qualified this by saying he thourht It waa a letter, after the committee had stated It would Hk to have the letter. Representative Hawley of Oregon, asked how mucH money was pro posed in that offer and the witness said he Aid not know. His father waa the'marvaging editor. The 140,000 proposition waa from a "tall, dark hatred man" who said he was a lobbyist In Washington. Mr. Dodsworth said he could not undertake to name the persons who made trie 1100,000 offer but he be lieved It came from ship subsldory in. terests and when pressed as'to what he meant by that he mentioned the Cramps and the Itoochos as Interests coming under that head. ICANRE Fl Under Cover of Night Train Load of Arms and Ammu nition Carried Across MEXICO CITY, Jan. J6 El Plus today printed u telegram dated Jua rez, as. follows: "Many persona In this city and In El Paso declare that on the night be fore last a strong party of rebel were oberved protecting the mug gllng of a ihlpment of arm aero the Hio .Jrande, six miles wet of (iuaduloupe, a small town east of here. The contraband wa unloaded from freight car of the Houthern Pa cific railroad under cover of night. More than 200 mule and burro were employed In Its transfer to th river. There It was delivered Into the hands of the rebel without having been examined by the government agents. The rebel took a route south as though heading for OJInaga of the Hacienda San Carlos. "Modesto Hornandes, who conducts a milk business at Hleca Blanca. and J. W. McCurdy, a railroad man, wit nessed the Introduction of the con trntmnri Th latter consisted of sev eral large wooden cases and a number of smaller ones. On the Mexican siae they were received by a group of more than 100 men. Other groups, apparently acting as lookouts, were discovered In the vicinity." The dispatch added that. in all dis tricts of Chuclllo Parado. including Fortln, Alamos and other points, the number of rebels Is Increasing. Citizen Want Ads Bring Results. PRICE FIVE CENTS IT E STATEJFISTVA. In Course of Speech Both Praises and Condemns Action of Virginia APPORTIONMENT OF DEBT WRONG Suit of states Before Supremo Court Over Division of Bonded Debt WASHINGTON. Jan. It. Now praising and then condemning the commonwealth or Virginia, Former United Status Senator John C. Spoon er, today argued before the Supreme court of the United States that West Virginia should, not be held liable for one-third of the 111,000.000 debt which hung, over Virginia when West Virginia became state. He declar ed that neither population, area, nor ' wealth afforded a proper .basis for a distribution ot the debt. Ills con tention was that Virginia, still re maining In existence, the debt should be borne substantially according to locality .of expenditure. '. , ' The attorney braised Virginia" and the men of that state for espousing the cause, they .believed was right In' , the late war, ' But he condemned the state for Its manner of attempt. Ing to apportion 4he dsbt. , ; n ' "In view of the,, constitution' ' ot . Went Virginia to which Virginia agreed," argued Mr. Spooner, In con sidering tke utter subject. ''And lv view of the constlttulonal Injunction laid upon the' legislature ot VirglnlS by the constitution of that common weahh of 1IW, Hhls pportlunm.nt by the Virginia leg-tslaiure of two thirds ot the debt to herself and the other one-third to West Virginia and -the Issuing of certificates reciting that' Virginia had that day discharged her equitable proportion of the debt, without consulting West Virginia, was a gross usurpation of authority ar bitrary In Its character asd Insult Int to as sister state," ;?',,.,. , ,. -t , J Mr, Spooner went Into a detailed analysis e-ihe AUtmr in ttee- thirty -three mUltoa dollar -Virginia tfebt. He said that much ef the debt had been Incurred, by the state In bur -Ing stock In Internal ; Improvement corporations, "uch n expenditure, he argued, was hot to b considered . as a general, but as a looal debt. The fortunes of war mad Virginia m rhvii,iu 4c i,ovr mm m rvt,", . oi tnat or tor soma ctnes reason, tne stock became worthless, Mr. gponer said. , n -'-. ' "If '. the stoolt had doubted In value,'' said Senator Spooner, "Vir ginia would have remained Virginia as far as this debt wsa concerned. Now that, the stock has proven worth ies they are seeking to show that Virginia Includes Wt Virginia. , NVESTIGATIO:. OF VOTE TRlFFICIlili IN ILLIOiS. Mayor of v Danville and Judge Caught In Toils DEMOCRATS TOO DANVILLE, I1L, Jan. Ver mllon county grand Jury Investigation ot alleged vote traffic took, on, new life today and Involved, the Instiga tor, Judge E. R, Klmbrough, and a dosen other prominent polltlcan In Speaker Cannon's county. Judge Klirbrough, Mayor Lewis Playy and several others today were summoned to testify before the grand jury which the Judge had charged to make an Investigation ot ballots cast during the last it months. A little more than It months ago Mayor Piatt and Judge Klmbrough were elected to of lice and by tod iy's move their own election will be brought into Investi gation. Mayor Piatt and Judge Klm brough announced that they would go before the Inquisitors and tell all they knew. The subpoena were issued ' for Judge Klmbrough, Mayor Piatt, and other dcmocrate after the appearance or Charles K. Knox, unsuccessful republication candidate for sheriff at th primaries, before the grand Jury today. ' Until the Sudden turn of - affairs loduy those whose election : were chiefly under fire were Sheriff John T. Bhepurd and supporters of Speaker Canton, all republicans. If the In quiry goes back more tha n'elghteen, months as indicated by the list of witnesses narasd today, tt will open to attack tha election In which tho democrats. Mayor Piatt and Judge Klmbrough, were successful. ? ' How far the new situation will car ry the Inquisitors Is problematical. Nearly every public of fleer la ; Ver mllon county says he knows of voto trafflclnr but none has expressed wll llngncs to give this information to the Jury unless It be agreed to "clean up" the whole situation. OR SPOONEB ARGUES GAS 0