THE ASHEVILEE CITIZEN, m Sworn Daily Average for May ASHEV1LLE, N. C, FRIDAY MORN I Xtf.JIIXE-4-0 11 VOL. XXVH., NO. 231 PRICE FIVE CENTS The Downfall of "Booze" Era OF DENT TAFT A L TARIFF BILL TARGE NGWELGOME PROTECTSTRUSTS Assails Forty Per Cent Tariff on Worsted Cloths as Beinp Discriminatory She Wreaks Dire Vengeance -The Bill, the Whole Bill, and Committee by Vote of Ten to THE WEATHER: j RAIN ' , - WEALTHY GLUBMAf era RECIPROCITY BILL MURDOCKGHAIlGES 5ANFRANC15GQ ES 10 IFRIII ROARI Upon Hln for Alleged Ma llclous Persecution TOO HYSTERICAL FOR COHERENT STATEMENT Nothing But the Bill" Says He of Reciprocity Four Wll Report Bill With out. Recommendation 3 C. Fredrick Kohl Member of Many .clubs and wife . From Washington SAN FRANCISCO, Juno 8. C rrederlck Kohl, a leading capitalist here,; was shot and probably fatally wountfed today by Miss Adele Vergo, a French- maid, until recently em ployed by Kohl's wife. The shoot ing 'occurred In the corridor of the 'Want building, in which the superior ' rnnrti im housed. Knhl had von. brought by Miss Verge against him and Frank Miller, manager of a ho tel at Riverside, for malicious per secution. The suit which led to to day's tragedy was an outgrowth of a quarrel between ' Miss Verge and a .chauffeur andthe woman's-discharge from Mrs. Kohl's service. Miss Verge alleged that. Kohl and Dr. Miller, had prevented her from obtaining em ployment. The case agaln-ft Kohl was dismissed Yesterday and today he went to the Superior court as a fitness In the case against Mr. MI1 Kr. After court adJourned Miss' Verge descended to the main entrance. When Kohl emerged from the ele- ator she drew a. weapon from the folds of her skirt and fired. The built-; entered Just below the heart and the surgeons at the Central Emergen cy hoepital said that his condition was critical. , On the' operating table Kohl re tained consciousness and said he free ly forgave the woman for her act. M.SB Verge was so hysterical that he was unable to make a coherent statement to the police, who took her In t harte. ' Kohl is one of the richest men In Qnan rr.incisco. ne is a memoer or the Nw York Tach club the Met ropolitan club of Washington, D. C, the Richmond County Town and Count-, club of Philadelphia, and. af $romlhent clubs of the Pacific coast. He Is a son of Mrs. Wm. C. Kohl, a wealthy woman. His wife was Miss Elizabeth Godey, of Washing ton. IX C .The elder Mra. Kohl Is. now In Atluntlc City, whither she went from New Vcik after attending the Gould an-! Onltam weddi" UPON SEVEN PROMINENT "SUGAR TRUST" OFFICERS Committee Seems to Have Begun Investigation in Earnest SCOPE OF PROBE WASHINGTON', June . The 'sugar trust" investigation by the house special committee was begun In earnest late today when seven prom inent sugar officials of the past or present were summoned by telegraph to testify before the committee. They are to appear Monday. The men sum moned are: James H. Post, of the National Sugar Refining company of New York;- Washington D. Thomas. Ed, win F. Atkina, Chas. R. Helke, and Lowell M. Palmer, all more or less fa miliar with the affairs of the Amer lean Sugar Refining company, and Adolph Segal, formerly of the Penn sylvania Refining Sugar company of Philadelphia. United States ' District Attorney Henry A. Wise, of New York, and James M. Beck, attorney for the American Sugar Refining company. were in consultation with the commit tee regarding1 the scope of the pro-: posed investigation. LABOR FEDERATION OFFICERS ELECTED RICHMOND. Va.'. June S Philip Mets. of Richmond, was today elected presideat.of the Virginia Federation of Labor, In. annual session here, de feating his competitor, Howard T.' Colvlll, of Alexandria, by a vote of '51 to 19. The other officers chosen were: A. A. Hawley, -first vice president, Newport News: Jos. Augley, 'second vice pre.dent, Roanoke: P. P. Sutton, third vice president, Norfolk: R. ft. Cleveland, fourth vice president, Alexandria: M. L Lathram, fifth vice ' president. Fredericksburg. E. CY Davidson, of Richmond, de feated the Incumbent, M. R. Pace, also of Richmond, for the office of secretary-treasurer. L. C. Cole, of Newport News, defeated the incum- fcentj Ji W, Tatenj for sergeant-atd arms. " Lynchburg w chosen as th meeting placet of the conventions la .... ... v.-.", s-r-.:. . F... Vy.. v - ,.,y .. TOLD SOUTHERNERS THEIR ADVANTAGE Cotton crop of Southern' States Determines Price of Com modity of World NEW YORK, ' June 8. "The bill, the whole bill, and nothing but the bill." Thus President .Taft summed up an earnest, plea for the unamended adoption by the senate, of the Can adian reciprocity agreement before a representative audience of southern' men tonight. The occasion was a ban quet tendered by the New Yprk Pro duce Exchange to the Interstate Cot ton 8eed Growers' association. The banquet tiai resounded to a roaring welcome for the president as he en tered the room tonight. He had spent a busy afternoon in Brooklyn, where he reviewed parades of more than 150,000 Sunday, school children and saw the Crescent Athletic club team defeat Montreal at LaCrosse. Governor Dlx, who arrived about the same time, was also the reot- ptent of a cordial greeting. - In his address President Taft point ed out to the Southerners the ad vantages which their section would derive from the enactment of the agreement, but did not recur to his main argument for the pending bill on the broader 'lines of general In terest. .There was no - questioning the sympathy of the big. bulk of his auditors with the president's plea. From the start every fnentian Of the word 'reciprocity" wa greeted with cheers and the president at time! had difficutly to proceed. He voiced decided opposition to amending the agreement by tacking on the farm ers' free list bill, which of course, he said, would drive away from Its support enough vote to defeat the agreement. ', I K The president then said that "the effect of the reciprocity treaty as. 4 whole Is certain to bi of the highest usefulness to the country at large and , will increase rapidly trade that now exceeds 1300,000,1)00 into figures double that sum. "The treaty has obponentev.. how ever vigorous, active land vociferous (Continued on Page Four) LIBERAL OFFERS TO SECURE SCHOOL FOR FEEBLE MINDED PEOPLE Several Others Expected Before Final Action is Taken June 22 LOCAL MAN TRUSTEE RALEIGH, N. C, June 8. Trustees of the proposed North Carol sja school for feeble minded In session here to day heard proposals from towns for location of the Institution and took recess to June 22, when there will be a meeting In Klnston for final ac tion. In the meantime the trustees will personally Inspect the locations offered. Klnstoli offers one tract of six hundred or another of 870 acres, Washington guaranteed adequate in ducements. Lenoir offered one thou sand acres of land. Lilllngton of fered $10,000 cash, 1,000 acres of land and a spur track- from the Ral eigh and South port railroad. There are yet to be definitely pre sented proposals from- Raleigh, Greensboro, Durham and Fayettevill and possibly other towns. The board has investigated conditions In this state eto the extent that It Is esti mated that there are about 800 per sons tn -alms houses and Jails that ought to be .In the school for feeble minded, and 'hundreds of others that should be gathered from homes. The trustees are J. Y. Joyoer, chairman ex-offlclo; Dr. Ira M. Hardy, secretary;" W. A. Thompson, Aurora: Mark Majette, Columbia; Senator J. R. Baggett. Lllllngton; Dr. L. B. Mc Brayer, Aaheville; R. E. Austin, Albe marle. . ", . INSTRUCTIONS TO , JURY ."NOT GUILTY" CHATTANOOGA, Tenn,. June Judge Sanford, in the Federal court here today. Issued peremptory Instruc tions to the jury . t return a verdict of not guilty in the case against W. J. Oliver et al, In which the. defen dants charged with , violating the eight-hour claure of the federal stat utes In connection with the work at Hale's Bar, where, the lock and dam are under ontTOft,lonr -Thts-' to" the third Jlm this rase has been thrown out or court after betngr revived by new indictments, y - " . - WILL BE REPORTED . , ON NEXT TUESDAY Reason for Delaying Vote is Giving Minority Time to File Reports . WASHINGTON. June, 8. The. Can adlan reciprocity bill la ready for con sideration by the senate, the finance committee today having voted ten to four to- report the bill Tuesday with out recommendation ana with tne Root amendment to the wood pulp and paper clause tacked onto the measure. 1 Senator Root's amendment provides that wood plui,' paper and board shall not be admitted free of duty Into the United States from Canada until these products are admitted free! from this country Into every province; of Cana da. Preceding the vote to j-eport the Mil, this amendment wa adopted by the committee by a vote off! to S those opposing It being Senator Penrose, Cullom and McCumber (re publicans), and Stone. Williams anl Kern (democrats.) 1 An' effort to send kh bill' to the senate with a report, recommending the passage of the. measure resulted In a vote of to I, 'those favorlmr this action being Senators Penrose Cullom and Lodge (republicans) and Stone, Williams and Kern( demo crats). On a vote for an unfavorable report the result was a tie, Senator 8 moot Joining Senators Penrdsel Cul lom. Lodge. Stone, ' Wllllartis and Kern In opposing this action.. .. On the final motion, which" was to report the bill as amended and with out recommendation, Messrs. Penrose. Cullom, Lodge. Smoot 'and CSalllnger (republicans) and Stone, Bailey, Wil liams, Kern nd Simons (democrats) voted in favor of, and Messrs, Hey burn, Clark, - McCunvber and LaFol lette, all republicans, against the mo-aoiw- JaatiMr .. Johnston., of Mateo; w not, present Two reasons actuated the commit tee in waiting until next Tuesday (to report the bill I to the senate. , Thy principle one was that several mem bers desire T to present minority re ports to accompany the bill and ashed (Continued on Page Four) T LATEST ACCOUNTS GIVE DEATH UST OF ISO IN MEXICO'S EARTHQUAKE '7'. Late Reports Increase Num- ber and Total May Never "be Known CLOSE TO CAPITAL MEXICO CITY, Juno 8. Rolling frorn coast to coast through Mexico yesterday's earthquake brought death to at least 160 persons accrrding to latest accounts received tonight The area of the quake's destruction Is rectangular with Its northern boun dary ls thsn fifty miles from the capital and a southern line cutting Across the lower part of Guerrero. J The death toll crows as belated reports come In. The number of casualties In Mexico City, as compiled by the police, remains 63. Fifty-nine corpses have been takert from ruins In Ocotlan, Jalisco. It will never -he known how many perished in villages In remote parts of the eslsmlc xone. Catastrophes In those parts are taken as a matter of course. For instance. Tonala, Jalisco, was wiped out, to all outward appear ances, but the deatha there cannot be accurately numbered. Not many per sona were killed In the city of Collins, but a considerable amount of damage was done. FOUR PTE TP YINa TO SAVE A CHILD HATTIJE8BURG. Miss., June 8 Four persons, two boys end a air) lost their Uvea todav In an effort to save the life nt a five-year-old alrl who had ventured out too far while wading---In; Bowie river, two miles north -of here. RRSCMF OPKRATIOX BIRMINGHAM, Ala.l June g President Geo. J. Crawford, of the Tennessee Coal A Iron company, an-" nounced today that because of new orders for June delivery, the Enalev steel rail mm win resume operations June-IS. Instead of June 21 as pre- "lowryarfn-rrance-1. Coke ovens and No. 8-ynlne at Pratt and ISO oven st Bememer will resume operations about' July t. r-r-. . . . - """U1" . z : SOLICITOUS OF PEOPL ES INTERESTS GARY URGES STRONGER Claims to be Anxious About lhatv' s- MaV ;; Nations WASHINGTON June 8 Legisla tion to replace the Sherman anti trust law so ss to protect property Interests and the- peonle.'so' welfare alike -was urged, by Blbert M. Gary. cnairman or tn board of directors of the United State Steel Corpora tion,! in oonoludlng hta testimony to day before the house Soalled "Sfleol Trust" Investigating committee. Judge Gardenia he hoped ihe;6mmlttee In Its report ori t!) Investigation would flv the United States. Steel Corpora tion What tha committee thinks ought to be the corporation's standing un der the law. "I wish." said he, ''that this committee will tag advantage of its opportunity to aus-a-net lealalntlnn and use W Influence to brlngbout tha enactment of !jfl?pery legislation raicuiaiea , to prooariy protect tne property interests of the country, the nterest of tha government and the people at large, so ss to permit us to continue, business progress along lines crtSposperity. f What Is Needed, "Constructive legislation is what Is needed In this country' If we are to retain ovr position In tha ranks with competing nations of the world." "Would, you believe lf sensible." asked Representative Littleton "to have congress appoint a Joint commit tee to hear representatives of capi tal and of labor end of so-called re strained and unrestrained trade with a view Jo preparing an anti-trust law whlch j would correct meatures of the Sherman law or ermri that might he come through rnoiirt decisions on that law, arid to strengthen and elab orate tjat ,!law." . 1 "Yes, 1 dV," responded Mr. Gary,1 BURGLARS SUPPOSED TO HAVE DONE FOUL DEED Woman Found With Stock ing Around Neck and in Mouth, and Hands Tied CHARLOTTE. N. C. June 8. With a stocking tied around her neck, another crammed. Into her mouth, and her hands tied behind her. the body of Mra. Ida Hill was found at the home of her mother, Mrs. J. R, Ragsdale, at Jam'-monn, N. C, to day. The murder ! supposed to have been committed by burglars. Mrs. Hill is the widow of DnT Joe Hill, who was a prominent physic ton of Lexington,, N. (' He died .about four months ago. Mrs. Hill was on her way from Philadelphia where she was treated In a sanitarium following a nervous breakdown after her hus band's death. She waa accompanied from Philadelphia by her sister.' Miss Jennie Ragsdsle. hn Is a member of the faculty of Flrvn Mswr college. Miss Ragsdale waft In the house when the murder was committed. AVTO ACCIPRVr MOBILE. Ala.. June . Seven peo ple were Injured an-l one fatally when a touring car driven by J. E. Perex, was struck by a street car and de molished. SHOWERS I! " WABHWGTON. JBB roi-iTl for North Carolina: Occaaiional local showers Friday, Saturday winner and generally fair People's Welfare and Wants Constructive Legislation Maintain Its Position in Ranks of the World- Still Under "and I would be glad. to hava such an undertaking result fi something more practical and to be .the first one to" fall Into line to live up to such a law." About "Gary Dinners." The so-called "Gary dinners" where steel men of the country acquainted each other with ell facts relating to their business and suggested the maintenance of prices to prevent "d. ntructlve competition" were delved Into by the committee. Representative BeaJI sought to show that the result of those understandings was tanta mount to a signed agreement to ron trol prices, a violation of. the Bller man anti-trust law. . , i. I have stated repeatedly." said Mr. Owy. that .1, believed and all -ot -m In the steel business Believed that open and frank disclosures to each other of our bualneas conditions and suggestions as the best Interests of ll brought about an equilibrium In the trade and prevented destructive competition. 1 "The only question Involved In those dinners Is whether It Is good Isw or good morals to endeavor by friendly Intercourse to maintain to a reasonable extent an equilibrium of business and prevent destructive com petitltno. "If the department of Justice or the president should say that this Is not the right thing to do It would not be contemplated for one minute. If the members of this committee be. Ileve It is better for all concerned for the steel Interests to enter Into de structive. competition than' to- try to legally maintain an equilibrium , of business. It Is up to you." Of EL Representative Webb Inves tigating Case in Behalf Mail Clerks WASHINGTON'. D. C. June 8.- Representative Webb Is Investigating charges of discrimination against postal railway mail icrks on the Washington and Hamlet division. Ac cording tii the complaint filed with the congressmen from the Ninth dis trict today Clerks (Hfnba)l and Mitch- all have been promoted over forty men In the Carolina twrrltory, about twenty of whom are No.rjh Caroli nians. It la said in the aomplalnt to Mr. Webb that the postal officials are violating thelvlf mjrVloe law and it Is also alleged that Mitchell, one of the clerjis promoted. Is. a son-in-law of one -of- the- assistant supf rln tendents. rnteresltng developments are expected when the' blatter Is fully Investigated.. ....',. TRUSTEES NAMED FOR SANITARIUM nALEIGrr. N. C. Jrfna no.ver- nor Kltchln Ijsues rommlslsons to. Dr.: 1. E. fireen.- Wcldon; J. D. Dewes, Elizabeth City, and E. W. Breese, Jr.. Brevard, as Members of the board of trustees for the North Carolina Tu berculosis sanitarium. TACOMA SA1I.8. OALVEHTON, Tex, June . . The TJnlted f4tates cruiser Ta;oma sailed from here today for' League Island navy yard, Philadelphia; The Taeoma came to Galveston last 'March while ! the situation appeared squally in Mex IcoT" The Mont trrutrer Ratem.twnlcn" cam her shortly before th arrival of the Tacoma wil) sail In- few day for OuaoUnam, , "TR US T" LAW With Competing J T 2 Subpoena Mr. Llndahury, counsel for the VS. 8. Steel corporation, referred to the efforts of men In the steal Industry througif the Gary dinners, as an at tempt to put Into practical operation the golden rule. : Littleton Interposes. "You meen the steel rule, don't you ? asked Mr, Littleton. Mr, Gary declared he had made no attempt tu disguise the fact that the steel men of the country sought to maintain prices as near a level as possible through friendly Interchange of ideas for the purpose of getting between the restraint of trade and monopoly pro viHione of the Sherman lew, on one hsn. and desrructlvatcnmnatiHnn the ether, H had never stood for unonanjjing prices,, he declared. Iiut ma wmi iiuciusiions. i ' FornMw Itrmarka KcmrA. Mr, Gary's attention wss- again called to his former declaration that he favored government control of corporations. He said that he would nave tne government license corpora tions engaged In Interstate commerce, first deciding whether It was so enti tled under ' the antl-truat . law. II would make the license revocable for misconduct, but in all cases would re tain the right of appeal to the courts. wnicn na added "is the mlvatlon of this country. His onlnlon nt w.11 street was drawn out when asked concerning the capitalisation of tne united states fltael corporation and concerning Intrinsic values. The capitalisation of the steel company, he insisted, -was not too groat In view of the additional value given all com- (Contlnnix! on wgw Ave.) SOME HOPE OFFERED OF T As Result of Long Confer ences Firemen and Sou thern May Mediate WASHINGTON. June i.-Two long sessions between representatives of the firemen of the' Southern railway and the board of mediators under "the Erdman act marked todsy's devel opment of brJntsltig ro a settlement the controversy between the Houthern railway end its firemen over the ques tion of wages and better working con. dltlons. , The conferees went over the entire situation today and. It was said after the conference this afternoon that It is now hoped to reach a set tlement by Haturday. The railway officials Mvlll confer with the "mediators tomorrow. DEVELOPMENTS IN CASE TO BE HELD UP NEW YORK. June . Develop ments In the rase of W. K D. Stokes, the millionaire hotel proprietor, real estate .owner and horse breeder, who wss shot last night by two young women, will probably be held up for sevcrsi days. The wounded man is in no immediate "danger, It was said at the Roosevelt hospital tonight, but his condition was regarded as serious until It could be determined if blood poisoning would set In. Barring such ll luck, Mr. Stokes will be out of the hospital in about ten days, but pending the outcome of his Injuries, Lillian Oraham and Ethel Conard, the young women In the case, wilt be held without ball. . ' ' MORE POSTAL BASKS . . . WASHINGTON. June l.The number. ot postal savings banks today were Increased fifty In number, mak ing their total now 6&0. Thoee desig nated today will begin operation July Thr "tnetude"." " CUTpe pper, Va.; Plant City, - ria.; Huntsvlll. Ala.; Maysvllle,'. Xy.: Eureka Bprtngs, Ajrk.j .(tad. Cuero, Tei, ; SAYS QUALITY OF GOODS IS LOWERED Brantly or Georgia Defends Democratic Idea and At tacks "Protection". ' I 1 ourvnTov t., a a v nt th damncrattn wnnl tariff bill OS1 the ground that it iff or 1s. protection , . to the so-called worsted ' trust, wag made In the house today by Represent tatlve Victor Murdock or X ansae, Mr, Murdocg attacked the -forty, per cent . ' duty on worsted clotha which the bill contains, declaring that It meant Jm medIateTim6IdrTS"ineo that controls the worsted e-Jtput. "( " . cannot see how any man hsre.a si4 Mr. Murdock, "knowing the worsted " trust, knowing It : gross and ' cruel brutality In the fabric field can back It 'u"p . while In continue to tviel It long strangling - flnier ground the American consumer, ,' X canno) see for,, the life of m how any on la th American -congress can aid the wo:-sted trust by putting a tariff e worsted,:; either a . frankly avowed me-eur for protection or under th ; ' pretense of a, tariff for revenu." , Mr.. Murdock said that the worsted ' trust had so lowered the quality o( good thHt th consumer uya, that "the. clothing manufacturer., have, been ashamed to pa th fabric onto th wearer." At. the asm time, he aid, the cost of worsted goods has been Increased, i ' . - " "Worsted trust hss been stock ma. nlpulatlon," ald Mr; Murdock, "pgl4 eut In 1 1 year 1 probably not over I U. 009,000, original Investment 12 2, . ' 000,000, In dividends and . ha built up bwrlde an establishment carrying nrOXTil(U)00,001,onjop of, that. It ha dominated its own field, manl pulated Successfully the field of It Is rlv', he curded (woolen Interests, ha dictated in th woolen trad and ha twisted nd turned the thumb crw ; on th purchaser of fsbrlcs without stlnl, mercy ,jr conscience. . It ha hnd th prlvllf g of a Joker In the rw wool Classification and of another i Joker In the duty on yrn and topa1 .... ' Republican leader Mann opened the -attack on the democratic bill with u criticism of It effectiveness as rev. nu producing men sure, r . nt this bill m. examined from the standpoint ' of protection to the in ductrlrs ft the country it Is a fl. ure,". id Mj, Mann tf'if tt be -smlned from the standpoint merely of raising revenue it i cruel and un just. It Will feed no. children. It will ilvo tio-puy lo laborsrs; it wilt dl nothing the profit of capital in thi country. It will not bujld up our man iifacutrea; jt will abandon th wool Industry to destruction." 1 Mr. Mann kecused the democrat in th house of following misinform -matlon In the Ir support of the bill. Mr. Brantley of Georgia, demorra tic member of th wy and mean committee, mpportsd the bill In speech eltacklng protection prlnci. SENATE INTO DISREPUTE BT CORflUPT PRACTICES IN ELECTINC SENATORS ' - So States California Senator Before Adjournment Till Monday VOTE TO BE TAKEN WASHINGTON. Jun !. After ; : peech by Senator Work, of Callfer- . ' . nia, urging . the resolution for th' -., election of United State senator br -direct vote of th people, th senate - " today adjourned . until next Monday, " when under agreement, a rote wilt be ." taken on the resolution. - Mr. Work ' declared that the senate hed been : brought into disrepute through cor rupt practices attending the election v- of senators and he predicted that d -ftructlon of the , L'nlte-I State form of government If such practice should continue. ' !' ' . ' . . ATLANTA MAY TRY ' COMMISSION FORK ' ' ATLANTA, O.. Jim . Necessary legal notice wa published hr today ' that - at tha-, coming "session of th ; ' state legislattfre which opens the lat ter part of this month, a bill will he ' Introduced seeking a new charter, for"" -the city of Artafita. and th mUn' of a form of commission government. A committee of eltisen Is at present ' engaged in formulating charter. j .