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THE ASHEYILEE GITIZEM. THE WEATHER: PAIR. Cftiien Want "Ads Bring . Results.'' :,:?: . vol. xxvn, NO. 113. ASIIEVILLE, N. 0., SATUBDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 11, 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS SEIIATOB BOOTHAS CURIOUS IDEAS OF T F ANYTHING ABOU C T SUPT. J.Y. JOYHER NAMES FEBRU'Y 22 AS "BILL HYEV DAY Ml I. II. . X , : , Issues Statement to County Superintendents and School, Teachers y STATEPBOTESTING C01I1S HERE S1LJNKI1 DOHUTH ARNOLD AGAINST MORETAX Lugs Race Question Into Dls cussion of Electing Sena tors by Direct Vote POTS THE SOUTH AND COUNTRY ON NOTICE That Congress Should Have Power to Amend State Laws Regarding Franchise WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. Through the Injection of the race question Into the hitherto comparatively com monplace discussion In the senate of : the revolution providing for the elec tion of senator by direct vote. Sen ator Root of New York and Senator Bacon of Georgia, today lifted that controversy to a plane of almost sen sational interest ' The Incident arose In eortnectlon with extended remarks made by Sen ator Root In opposition to the Borah resolution. ' The New York senator said that the national government could not afford to barter away the privilege Of supervising senatorial elections in the South, if need should arise for such supervision. Also, In speaking of, the observance of the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the constitution, he said that from time to time, "things happen" in the -Southern states which should not be permitted by the slates and which 'should be corrected. If not by the states themselves, then by the .na tional government. Later he took occasion to empha sis 4 this statement. FolnUxl Bivtrfeiiw. . Mr. Root in response said that he had had reference to the voluntary gurrenaer y mo Kov.eriuiiwiii ui power to enforce the protection of the suffrage provision of Sou them' negroes. Facing Senator Bacon and speak ing with greet deliberation, Mr. Root enumerated the - peonage systenv ..the -6 lynching 'mbwi ffcs jtaf ran- ehlslng provisions, such as the grand father's clauses in the constitution of tnany ; Of the Southern states, as some of the things calculated to de prive the black man of that equal protection which the constitution guarantees. "tfh people or the United States arc willing to fold their hands and (Continued on page flve FiE PROMINENT G1T1ZENS FACE PRISON SENTENCES FBBEITWFBIIUOS Used Slag Instead of Ce ment on Cincinnati Streets ALL DENY CHARGE CINCINNATI, O., Feb. 10 . Fading prison terms with no alternative of a fine If convicted of a fraud upon the city in connection with city pav ing contracts and other public works, five prominent men of this city were Indicted by the Hamilton county gTand Jury today. Those Indicted are John II. Sund maker, public service director; II. F. Shipley, city engineer; August J. Ilenkel, paving contractors, member of the firm of A. J. H.nkcl & Hro.; Conrad Henkel, member of the same firm, and W. W. Coney, president of the Moores-Cooney company, contrac tors and dealers in cement. The Indictments constitute the sec ond report made this week by the grand Jury In Its probe, of alleged public corruption. The first report was made Wednesday when six true bills were returned against Jacob Dashchang, political leader and depu ty collector of the Aiken liquor tax. Raahchang is charged with pollen ing bribe- In his administration In " tne true hills returned today Hcrvh-c Director Sundmaker and City Fnei neer Shipley are charged with fraud. The specific chore" Is made that the contractors In paving work for the county were permitted to substitute "lag" for what was supposed to he a high grade of cement. All indict ed men Issued statement." denying the charges made against them They were released on bonds of ll.ooo each. FOR 8TATKWTDE PROIIIIHTION AUSTIN, Tex.. Feb. 10. Governor Colquitt, this afternoon signed the Joint resolution ad pted by the present legislature providing for submlsion to popular vote of the Porter amend ment, to the constitution for state wide prohibition. The amendment will voted on at a special election to be teld.Jaly 23. I Supposed Sweetheart Home From Europe to Help Fam Hy In Vain Search FAMILY NOW SAYS LAWYERS NOT NEEDED Young Grlscom Besieged hy Reporters and Process Ser vers Upon Arrival NEW YORK, Feb. 10. Without his luggage, which had been seised n debt proceedings, George Grlscom jr., fcurrldely left New York for At lantic city this afternoon. He had arrived from Italy o.ily last night with the expressed purpose of aiding in the seach for Dorothy Arnold, who, he was confident, ic e live. While his father was engaged in a series of con ferences with the Arnold family and counsel today the son stayed with his mother at an apartment hotel, all forenoon practically In a state of siege. The hot j had, at the request of the Qrlbcoms. denied any commun ication with them by newspaper re porters. Meanwhile a process server waited In the ho'.el corridor. , He re presented a Kith avenue haberdash er, with a claim of $250 for goods suld to have been purchased' by Grlscom five years ago. Abandoning hepe of serving the papers on Grlscom in person a blank et attachment was placed on all his belongings und he made the trip to Philadelphia with only the clothes he wore, excepting a few necessities bought oh the way to the station. Father and son left the hotel in a taxicab together. They dashed out of the building, slammed the taxlcab door and whixzed away to the Penn-, sy Ivan la station where the younger man sought;' police protection from the persistent reporter V The . father.' returned to the hotel after seeing bis son -.-off but refused 44AW':wj&ef or of Uw conference which he (the father) had had with the Arnolds. So far as I know," said Francis H. Garvan, of counsel for the family, af ter the conference, "the case stands lust wher It did the day Dorothy dis appeared.'' Asked point blank: "Will your son marry Miss Ar- ( Continued on Page Two) LONG STANDING TREATY BETWEEN U.S.& RUSSIA i Because of Mistreatment of American Jews By Latter JEWS INSISTENT WASHINGTON, Feb. in. Claiming that Kusiia lias violated that treaty of 1 K32 w.th the United states by dc liyintx' Jewish citizens of this country the privileges extended to other American travellers, Representative Parsons of New York, introduced a resolution In the house today calling upon ' President Taft to declare the treaty vo'.d. Mr, Parson' resolution declares that tha fundamental prin ciples of tills government I that the rights of its citizens shall not be lm puired at home or abroad because of religious belief. The government of Russia has violated the treaty of 1S3L', the resolut'on states, by sub jecting American Jews to the same restriction that are placed on Russian Jcm's. The president is askeil to no tify Russi-i of the termination of the treaty vi:hln ono year. Shall tie I'nited Ktatcs abrogate its treaty of pe ice and comity iPlth Russia adopted In is;t'j when James fiuchanan, later president of the I'nited Stati s. was American minister to Russia? that is the question which will be ilifcupse'l at the. white house next Weil nesday at a conference be tween President Taft. tfeerctary Na cel of the department of commerce and labor, a representative of the stale and leaders of three leading Jewish orsranizatlons In this country Tt is because of Russia's refusal In certain esses to honor passports In the hands of American Jews that this demand upon the government is be ing made by the Jews of the I'nited States. LIXCOIA' lIOMDtr IV OlU.KANS. NEW NEW ORLEANS, Feb , 10. Out of respect to the memory of Abraham Lincoln whose birthday annlversarry falls on Sunday, the New Orleans pot ton exchange will be closed tomorrow and on Monday. The board of trade will slso pay tribute to the memory of the martyred president remaining closed Monday. Banks. Express and Telegraph Companies Opposed to, ' Additional Taxes MANY MEASURES OF LOCAL NATURE Bill Creating State Game Com mission Has Hard Road to . Travel Through house RAI-EICH, N. C. Feb., 10. The senate and house finance committees are devoting much time to hearing various corporate interests on quo tlons of taxation. They heard a com mlttee from the state bankers associ ation, this afternoon, representatives of the Southern Express Co., tonight and will hear representatives from the telegraph and telephone compan ies of the state Monday night. The bankers convened that the hanks are already taxed too much and far out of proportion to the general taxation scale the Btato over. Express anf telephone companies are opposing, especially, additional . burdens of franchise tax stato or municipal. The Dll lard bill to create a state game commission to succeed th state Audubon society Is ihiavlng a hard road to travel. The house com mlttee on game, after a hearing last Ing several hours, today decided to report It favorably with eight mem bers of the committee exempting their counties. Secretary T. G. Pearson, of the Audubon society, ad vocated the bill before the commit tee. It provides three game and fresh water fishi commissioner and retains the $10 non residence license. Mud! Work Done In the Seriate an Immense amount of work was done In clearing the calendar and "'In advancing bills on their readings, nearly all. however. local measures. Senator Gotten' bill to provide the Torton land title y- y the eommfttee on agriculture and sent to the committee on Judiciary. The 'bill Increasing the salary of Judges re ceived a favorable report from the committee on salaries and fees but action was deferred. Dr. Kent's house bill prohibiting thto sale of near-beer, beerlne and other like drinks, was reported favor- (CoBtlnued on Pago Fonry GIVEN TOQMtIS SENTENCE AS EXftMPLETO OTHERS Judge Says Women Are More Prone to Smuggle Than are Men TEARS OF NO AVAIL NEW YORK. Feb., 10. As an ex ample to womeii who have no cju&lms against smuggling, Judge Martin In the criminal branch of the United States District, court today sentenced Mrs. Roberta Ci. Hill to the Tombs from tonight until 8 o'clock Monday morning and fined her $2,000. The fine was promptly paid and Mrs. HIH was led away 'sobbing hysterically. ho Is the daughter or Morris Men ges, a well known Itrooklyn horse man, and the dKorcnd wife of Cap tain James Hill of the British army, i Counsel for Mrs. Hill made a strong plea for the court's mercy but Jadga Martin said that he felt that a Jail sentence was necessary as a lesson. "I regret to say", hie added, "that women are much mre prone to attempt smuggling ttian are men". Mrs. 11111 had pleaded guilty to smuggling into this country a sable coat and other goods valued at IS.000 Her mother sat near her during the proceedings and sobbed bitterly when sentence was pronounced. TRANSYLVANIA MAN PAYS DEATH PENALTY RALEIOH. N. a. Feb., 10.30 o'oloek this morning 1'hnt,, Mills paid the death penalty in the electric chair of the state prison here for th,e murder of bis wife tn Tran sylvania count v. the crime being one In which he broke bis gunstork over the head of his wife and at the same time brourbt about Injuries to their infant that caused Its death. The mother was fleeing from him with thie child I nher arms. Phillips was s negTo 2:1 years old. The plea of "brain storm" was made for commu tation by the governor which wa re fused. The eb-ctrocutinn, the second In this state, was without a hitch, tbie first voltage having evidently caused death. The prisoner was thoroughly composed and died with out speaking a word In the death chamber. w7. ill il ltd W 1 PRESIDENT TAFT APPEALS TO;PEOPLE In SpeeclcBefor Great Gathering of Farmer et National Without Reservation That Agreement Would he of Benefit Rather Than " ' Detrimental to Agricultural Interests, ' ; t COJUUMBU8,: Feb. 10. srry- ng torwtud'hls campaign for Cunu. dlun recliirocitf Preidet Taft made direct appeal tu American farmars on that Issue. II declared that tha Impression whlnli had gone abroad that reciprocity - with the dominion would injur tha farmer waa entirely without foundation and by statistic and argument . sought to lend getuti proof to his srtlon. Itonefit and H lntrlm-nt - M r, Taft drelaftd jrltlviut ruserva! 4- la. tK",'iL 'flan ' Wd.y.lU.M.I AiMMftfttlinl 1 fth Canada would he a benefit rather than a detriment to the agricultural ntcrests of this country. He said he slated thlB In answer to the criticism which hud been directed against the measure presumably on the part of the farmer. As for hlniscUft the president said, i felt that the undoubted general benefit of the pending agreement would entirely vindicate those who re responsible fc r It . The greatest ason for the adaption of the agree ment, he argued, Is the fact that It going to unit i two countries with kindred people, living together across Vide continent In a commercial and social union to the great advantasv f both. Such a result," added the presl- ent, "do?s not need . to be Justified bj ny balancing of a pecuniary profit o each." M-tn KuritMTH Present Mr. Tail's address, the first of his esent trip into the middle west, was llvcred at the National Corn expoal- 011 of llie aiiunorium or inn siaie fair grounds. It was beeause of the grleultural character of his sur roundings and the presence of a great any Influential farmers of this sec- h that the president choose to take JIUST SERVE SIX MONTHS OR SELIIM LETTER Private Letter Sold to Mag azines for Muck Raking Article Causes Trouble NKW Ydl'.K, Feb. 10. Thomas Riley, formerly an employe of the nterfitale ci.rnmerce commission. must serve m months in the peni tentiary on I'dackwell 'island for In formation 011 siisar frust material to ho maguxin- He was found guilty 1 Jury In ibe I'nlled Htates Cir cuit courl la'- today of causing lo be published without authority a tter from Attorney flene.ral Wlk- rsham to I n,H States Mmrlct At torney Wise, with reference to the prosecution ef the American Sugar eflnfng n,m; ny. Within half an our he Wiis on rns way to s.-rvc nis sentence. The con i 1 on enme solely as re gards the Wi- k rsham document an-l nder a slat law prohibiting the publication of private documents Ithout permu-!on. FAK WA8HINOTOV, Feb. 10.Fore-cast- Norh Carolina: fair (Saturday; Sunday rsln ami warmer; moderate northeast to east winds. FOR RECIPROCITY TREATY up arguments in behalf of the pro posed agreement from tha standpoint of the agriculturist ' ' ,. Tha auditorium, which has a aat Ing capacity of mora than cj.ooa, was crowded n tuveriUiwinig., ,Tna crush about the doors was so grsat that the services of sew f pollrsmen were called for. Mr. Tnft address waa listened to, apparently,' with the duep est Interest -and ho waa warmly ap plauded at bibrmais, - '; vltsclpreoltjii with Cufinda will bn fit the entire" Viilled JjirrsTTarnier, manufacturer, rullroud company, mid dleman, yarehoimmifln. This was the ditclurntlon made by President Tsft In an address here today at tha Na tional Corn exposltlorl. . While his speech whs dovotcd prtnctpally to showing Hint the farmer hHd noth ing to fear from reciprocity but that it would lu to his gain, he sought la prove also that the other Inter ests ef the country would b bene fitted thereby. In reference to the criticism that had been made of the proposed ngremnf "as art a murk up on tho farmer by depriving lilm of protection," 4 President Tart said: "How Is the farmer to be hurt?" II declared that "In refpecl to 're rels the American farmer H king and will remain so. r.clproiity or no reciprocity. It is n mere, truism to say thn the farmers of 11 country constitute the greatest wealth pro ducing class of lhnl country. When we have bad good crops the wheel" of all Industries have- moved and wealth Has been stored. Any one, therefore, who would Initiate. ; rioll ci to Injure the larriu-r has much In answer for nt the l.nr or. public opinion. "The total prodyciicin of corn 'In the foiled HlMlcH III HUH," II- Said, m INDICTMENTS ARE FOUND BY IlLiBUD JURY City Attorney, Former County Treasurer, and Others Included iMNvir.u:. ni ., Feb. grand Jury today returned bills and adjourned until 10 The 2! "5 true Monday A birxe number of subpoenas were (Hsiod tills evening returnable next week, when, Il Is nelleved, llie real work of sifting the j-liarg or polit ical corrupt. uri win be c-oninu-n-ed. Amoriir the indl' iments returned today were blllit at-alnst city Attor ney Frank W. Jonei and Peter Hanl cbasi a c!rce merchint, v. ho are charged with perjury lu eoi ioion Willi ibelr tesilrnoiiy In lin election Inquiry. It was stateil that sev-ial Indictments were returned (.gainst vote sellers and. at least one against a vole buyer, but th nanus will not be dbvloseij until the bench' war- rants a,,. K An Indl counts n.is rved. tmejif eontnlolng 210 returned against" Hardy 11. Wliitloek. former cniinfu who lH supposed fo lm In Ietrolt, charging him with embecelemrnt and malfeas.'inen. An order was Immedi ately telegraphed to Ietroit for his arrest. His ball was fixed at $7,600 by Judge Klmbrough. An Indictment was also returned against Marry It. Freeman, clerk of the Probate court, charging him with being accessory to embezzlement. DIRECTLY Corn Expvahion Declares "wa M,125,tll,l(n bushtda. of which . Muunm ,ci,g ntl) d the 1 fund for tha erection of a central or rast'ln domestfo consumptloa, 'The j m,Utl t't'l'dlng at. II. "Ntone ill Oinadlau product ' wn iiTssniiw kncwn aa the "Jilil N; Jl.i- lMi..i. A . "" of tha total production of h mited Bhitiw, W acportel slit million Inishel to Canada. ' ."Hut tt la tld that' the farm land of Ohio." Jn a Hum and other states Is muoh more vuluubl .thn i.,. .... 01 anaoa suit, that to Ktve f.'anadlun fnrmera free entry of pro- raiscju on cneaper land will be certain to lower -farm land in value In tin country. -Nothing could ln "'"c crom mo rant. The Cana dian binds re farther removed trm tha Minneapolis and Chlcmtd market man tno land of MlnUuota, WIs- aiosin. ana iow and proximity to market la most Imnortant airnn.nt -c me vaiue or rarm land. 1 ne price of wheat less trans. portallon and other charge for ware house and delivery Is fixed by Wht all the wheat exporting countries, In eluding the United-Mutes and Cana da, can get for their surplus In Mvi erpool. Hence tho sending of any part of Canada' urjilu through our country Instead Of through Canada 10 oe mnioa or to be exported with uK win n. n perceptibly or ercpp- rrct the prleo of wheat lor our 1 arm era 1 th. ki cement b adouted and go Into operation und in six month me xarmer on the border who now have fear will rejoice in this grat e u.warn closer buslnesa and ,. c lal relations, wilh our neighbors. 111 whole country, farmc r, manufacturer, 'rl,V'aaatJ --'J!!ni'.,,lI?' lMo Tlir-) ERW'30' James Elverson, Veteran Publisher, Passes at Age of Seventy-Three 1'IH.AiK!.P!!;a. Feb. 10. .tnm.s Klverson. sr., proprietor And edftor "f The I'nlladolpiiia Inquirer, died st bis home l,.-ie tonight, aged 73 year. He bad linen III f,,r several weeks. Mr. Flversou pm chased' (be con trolling Interest In The Iixpilrer In ItiS. .mong bis earlier ventures In Hoc I'ullluhing field were The Mat urity Night, a story paper which be estiibllshod In 11.",, and "flolden I'ays," well known Juvenll. j.ubll eallon which he started In !.na. Rom in England, ho came to this country In 1M7. Il began life cc a messenger boy In Newark, N. J He wa a telegraph operator at the age of 16, and beforij ha was 20 was made manager of the Consoli dated offices in Newark. At the out break of the Civil -war he went lo Washington as manager of the Amer ican Tub-graph company and person ally handled much of tho important business of the departments. He wa In close touch with the Lincoln ad ministration and wa on IntimaU term with the president and mem bers of the cabinet, .He was dele gate at large to tha national repub lican convention of 1900, 1(04 and 10. CALLS ATTEMriOM TO PROGRAM FOR THE! DAY Noble Work of Stonewall Jack son School School Receive , Every Encouragements CHARLOTTE, Feb., lO.-Co-oper- Hunt with th Bill i Ny i jnemorial , eommltto, Ctiptiiintandcnt of Publlo Instruction J. T. Joyner ha Issued, th followlna; letter to th county superintendent and chonl teachers ,; m North Carolina designating Feti- , mnry it a UB1 Kye'W, ' Th lt(ar. follow.) 1 . - ; j '. ' JVruaryJ, 1I1. To tha county supermtendont and, , ' th publlii aohool teaclier; . , "Th frubUo press of North Corn- Una ha alwaya reaponded ganerous'.y . and tinselllshty to svery oall Of tha tubllar schools fur service, and net agency has been mora potent In pro moting thsi development 'of - thesa rhool and th progress of education In th stats. Th county supsrlntua- : dent nd tha puiillo school teachers. now ftava en opportunity to sx press their ppreolatlolt of i thl . ervlcct and to render at the SHine tltiio a valuable service to a most wortbv cause 4.y co-operating JieHrtlljc wltlt tha "'lull Ny Memorial cvmmtlten" In ,thlr. commediihla frort - to raisn mortal Hulldlng "Tho euinmitli-a Iihk pi , n, I on litnl-fltig program for the eel 1 1 1 tlotl of lilll Nva ilav In tha puI'M schools, An hour dnvoted In honor- lug the memorv of a man, who lined all childien pod all nun, w lu (l.-'it-Hi his niileiidl.l. fjileiils In tu il leg t'lpm baroder Had ht e throne li I i wtttut,, Alii bo l'i"i'i..j and profii. sinv spent, , ' "t earnestly rtnitest and urge tha county supsrlntorideiH of each coun ty to,dltrlbut theaa urogram to th public school teacher of th county, accompanied by a letter to . each toucher, directing ths setting Apart , of art hour in tha acbool for this eels bratlon, and urging th hearty co- ; operatlo of tha tachr for th sue cm of tW celebration,-! : Tha noblai work of th fltonewall Jackaon Tralnlnir school for, giving ' wayward -boy of ths atat a chanc to haA- a chanc to W trained lnU good el linen should appeal trongly ' ' to tho hearts of . the chlldrno of tha bftblta achoolit, who but for th msrey of Ood) might b Ilk ths wayward boy. It la a privilege, therefore, for these children to have an opportunity ' to make a contribution, to uch a work. It will do them good., roar neatly urge, therefor, that county uperintendenta and teacher land fConilnuod nn Pago Five). Scenes In Famine District are Most Horrlfyirig and Pitiful ' :V' NO CROP TILL MAY WAMflVOTON, Feb.. 10.-4Jnls relieved two million people In thlm wilt die of slarvstlnn. . This tlf calamity predicted by American Con sul lienersl Wilder at Hhanghal, Chl- mi. In a cablegram rocelvedl from him today by tho American National I ted Cross society. The consul gener- n appeals for quick assistance, fur the suffering fieople any say that, a. half million dollar la needed Immed tatoly. Thero will ti no crop until the end of May,, and Chines relief Is inadequate, he add. .In desrrtblng th pitiful conditions. Mr, Wilder says, the scenea In th famln dis trict are horrifyimr,' Children ar be ing" given away by the afflicted peo ple, aead lay ly ma roadside, and the misery of th suffering I being; Increased hy sevre cold and anow. The famine area stretches over an area lot) by 100 mile. Th Brt- Crosa today cabled to China ft. 000 which was contributed by JocbJo P. Rockefeller. - . . In a malt report to the stats ds- partment, dated December 19, front ' American Minister Calhoun, at Pakin, It la stated that th number of pgf- ; ferer In two province Ktagau and Anhul Is not less than three million with a prospect that : th affliction will beooma greater and more wide spread after tha Chinese New Year (January . "... Tide minister et. mate that two million gold do s"i M required provide rei In addition to th fnmi,. , plague t also making heavy 1 upon tno population. f -'.7
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