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TJNBAY CITIZEN THE WEATHER BHD WEBS VOL, XXVII., NO. 296 ASIIEVILLE, N. C, STJlpAY MOUSING, AUGUST 13, 1911 PRICE FIVE CENTS AO PAGES 0 TODAY IN A SUIT OF G Q N FED EB ATE G RY IS Veterans o f Blue and Grey Gathered to Pay Tribute to Memory of Dead FUNERAL CORTEGE OVER MILE LONG Active Pallbearers Old Friends of Deceased Named by ' Him Months Ago 'MEMPHIS, Tenn.. Aug. 12. Clad lu a uniform df Confederate gray, th body of Gen. George W. Gordon, commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans and member of congress from the Tenth Tennessee district, was laid to reat in Eilmwood cemetery this afternoon. Gen. Gor don died In this city Wednesday after an extended Illness, Veterans of the Confederate and Union armies and representatives of the nation and state joined In paying tribute to the memory of the dead. Procession Mile Long. Former fnes marched Bide by side in the military procession that formed a conspicuous part of a funeral cor tege more than a mll In length. The procession passed the court house where the body has rested In the headquarters of the United Sons of Confederate Veterans since Thurs day to the Second Presbyterian church, where a brief service was conducted by the Rev. It. Lin Cave, of Nashville, chaplain general of the Confederate veterans' organisation. The general procession ended at the church, the military guard of honor, pallbearers and Gen. Gordon's official staff accompanying the body to the cemetery. The aotlve pallbearers were all close friends of Gen. Gordon residing in ijJbls city. They were named by him rLiii.) waX."Jaseiwt'-;i-.. v:: CongJcelaonal lWleKtloo-' 1 ' Tha delegation from cengres In cluded Repreeentatlves Padgett, Hous ton, Garrett, Hull, Byrne, Austin and Sella, of Tennessee; Richardson, of Alabama.; Lamb and Slemp, of Vir ginia; Cravens, Arkansas; Thistle wood, Illinois: Tllson, Coneetlcut: Kahn, California; Bradley, New York, and Anthony, of Kansas. INTO MOUNTAIN OF GOAL RESCUE PARTY DIBS FOR Constantly Urged on by Faint Tappings Prom Men Believed Dead WORK IN RELAYS POTTS VILLE, Pa., Aug. 12. Working in relays and oonstantly urged on by faint tappings, a large party of rescuers are frantically dig ging Into a mountain of coal and rock tonight to reach three -ntombed cn thraclte mine workers who were caught behind a heavy fall of roof at 1 o'clock Friday afternoon In the Bast collier)' near Ashland. Whep :h fall occurred It was believed the men had been either crushed to death or had died of suffocation and the mine officials set about Id the ordinary' nay to dig out the bodies. While this work 'was In progress lote last pight faint tappings were heard on the tracks over which mine cars are hauled. In vestigation convinced the officials that It came from the men caught In the fall 'and extra help was quickly summoned. Whether only one or all three of ,the men are alive cannot be deter IT X mined but the mine officials late to- Ight announcpd that they hoped to each the men alive tomorrow morn ing. The three Imprisoned men are John Xolan, a miner, married, with Ave children, and Anthony Thomassenner and Peter Zebelusfcle. his ' laborers. They had completed their day's ork and were on their way out of the mine when the roof over the gang way In which they were fell without warning. TACHT TTTLK TO BE PETTI, KD. NEW TORK, Aug. 12. Four of the fastest steam yachts In the world have been Invited to take part In a race to decide tbe blue rlbberrtltle of the eeas. It was announced tonight The boats that have ben asked to com pete are the Sovereign, built here this year for M. C. D. Borden: the Vlttesia, built here last year for Gen. Brayton Ives; Tarantula, the famed yacht of Win. E. Vanderbllt Jr., built ngland. and the crude oi; burning Winchester, built In Eng land yaat year taf Peter W. Rousa. Each boat- has a, guaranteed spaed f mare thai SI mil aa boar. c n r n n rj BURIED UUUUUII PRESIDENTS'? WISH SET AT NAUGHT AS TO TWO TREATIES Taft Keenly Disappointed Man by Action of Senate Committee Elim inating Special Powers of Joint High Commission WASHINGTON, Aug. 12. Disre garding a telterraphed -request from President Taft for a contrary course, the senate committee on foreign re lations today agreed upon an amend ment to the BrltlBh and French ar bitration treaties, eliminating the provision conferring special powers on the proposed Joint high commission. In thla form the treaties were report ed to the senate and the president's wishes that action be postponed until until next December were set at naught. The sen.te at most gave two hours' consideration of the trea ties during which the danger of Old World dominance pd any Joint high commission was discussed. Inciden tally there was considerable talk about a criticism upon the senate con tained In "The American Common wealth." written by Ambassador Bryce long before he ever thought of coming to this country on a diplo matic mission, in that work Mr. Bryce attacked the senate upon the ground that it kept diplomatic trou bles alive so Ion; as there was any political advantage to be gained by so' doing. No conclusion was reached by the senate the general opinion among senators seemed to ha that the teas, ties would received very little If any further consideration at this session of congress. The telegram from President Taft was sent from Beverly and waa received by Chairman Cullom prior to the session of the foreign re lations committee. It was addressed to the oommlttoe aad requested that If the treaties were to. be amended that action should be postponed until December. Personal Plea Before leaving Washington, Presi dent Taft had made strong represen tations to Individual mombers of the committee urging as vitally Important the retention of the provision giving to the Joint high commUalon the tight to determine disputed questions wlttt. wi ;r etr ' pi th. hrt & j?Btofr President Tafl. anil Secretary of State Knox have taken the position that tha. paragraph which the foreign ro tations committee purposes to amend Is necessary to the proper operation of the agreement. The president gave .senators to understand that ho would not recede without a severe struggle, and his friends express doubt whether he would not prefer WELL SOON BE NON EST EE Fate Will be Decided To morrow Members Al ready Resigning TWO HAVE QUIT WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 - The fate of the national monetary commission swept by unfriendly breer.es In tin senate this week, virtually will be de cided next Monday afternoon. ' tacked for unnecessary delay In sub mitting Its report to congress and for extravagant expenses the commission, headed by former Senator Aldrlch of Rhode Island, and consisting of sen ators and representatives and former members of both houses and appoint ed more than three years ago to maka a report on which congress could base financial legislation, bids fair to be wound up by Dccemhnf 4, next By unanimous consent the sen ate agreed today to vote at 1.43 p. m. Monday on t3 Currrmtns measuro, which calls on the commission to make It final report by the. date named and then cease to exist. Form er Senator Flint, of California, today resigned from the commission. Sen ator Bailey of Texas, the only demo cratic ' senator on the body, resigned yesterday. STEPnEXSON INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON. Aug. 1!. Another Important Investigation of a senatorial election, a. full fledged legislative In quiry Into the alleged irregularities In the election of United States Sen ator Isaac Stephenson, of AVIsconsln. was directed In a resolution adopted today by the senate. Today's action aligned with the recent request of the Wisconsin legislature which already had probed Into the same matter through . committees, One of which found against Mr. Stephenson on the charges sprung suddenly. I'NDERWOOI) BOOM STARTED BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 1 2. A "boom of . Congressman O. W. Under wood for president was formally launched today at a conference of Birmingham citlsens at which a large committee was appointed to take the matter In cbarje. .It is expected to enlarge this committee until It cov ers tha aatlra country. tbe failure of the treaties rather than ratification with, tha paragraph eli minated. There la considerable mystery about the manner In which the views of Ambassador Bryce, as expressed In his book, were brought Into the pres ent controversy. Each member of the foreign relations committee received In today's mall a neatly printed two page pamphlet quoting an extract from "The American Commonwealth" In which the opinion was expressed that a minority In the senate may control the action of tuat body ad versely to the will of the majority In "a narrow, sectoral, electioneering spirit." In this connection was a re ference to the fact that under the constitution, a two-thirds majority of the senate Is necessary to ratify treaties with foreign powers. Ambassador Bryce'a Book Tloth in committee and In 'the sen ate the characterisation of the sen ate In Mr. Bryca's work waa re ferred to as indicating a hostile dis position on this part of the ambassa dor towards the senate's exercise of Its functions. Senator Bourne en tered ft motion, which the senate adopted, directing the committee on foreign relation to prepare a writ ten report giving, the fullest possible Information, ' Both In committee and In the sen ate fear waa expressed that the ratlfl cation of the treaties would have the effect of throwing open the doors of arbitration to all questions involved In dealing with such Oriental nations as China andiJapan and Involving Im migration and admission to the public Bchools. Senator Borah and other western senators pointed out to the foreign relations committee thla dan ger. On this account as well aa for other reasons, Mr. Borah moved the cancellation of the paragraph con' feriing extra privilege! on tha Joint high eommlssloa. ' Alt the- senators conceded that none oX. the Qtlon luJd Walafidf under tjtu compacts with Franca gad E&giapd but tax ing these at mere forerunners of like treaties with alt the civilised power, they pointed out the strong probe blllty of bringing Japan and China within the circle. In this connec tion, reference waa made to the pres Ident's recent suggestions to Admiral (Continued on Page Eight) GONOITiON OF POPE PIUS IS HOT YET PAST Temperature of Patient Still Remains Above Normal Less Pain ABSURD REPORTS ROME, Aug. 12. The feeling of extreme 'pessimism that prevailed with the masses until Thursday con cerning the health of Pope Plus X has now given way to one of great optimism. l"p to Thursday, when a change for the better was noticed, there were those who believed the end was ap proaching. Today the same people are responsible for reports In circula tion that the pope Is almost well that he Is walking about his room and even working. These reports are absurd. The truth Is that while the Improvement has been steady It also has been slow and the temperature of the patient still remains slightly above normal. The violence of the pains In the gouty leg has decreased but Is stilt trouble some. Above all, the weakness of the pontiff and the depression that has fallen upon him are far from having been overcome and In the opinion of the physlrlsns remain the greatest drawback to his ultimate recovery. If all goes well, the doctors say. and especially If the weather remains cool, two weeks must elapse before the pontiff enters Into the period of convalescence. If there should be j return of the excessive hest, serious fars are entertained of a relap. BliOODHOUNOS OX SCENE, AMERICFS, Ga.. Aug. 12. At the request of officials of the Central of Georgia railway, Sheriff Hicks, of Ma con eonnty, with a pack of blood hounds, went to the scene near here of the wreck of the Central's passen ger train No. 11, In which two men met death early thla morning.. An open switch caused the smash-up. SCALDED CONDrCTOR DEAD. RAI,EIOH. N. C, Aug. 11. Walter C. Finch, of Hamlet, the railroad con ductor who waa scalded last night when the holler of a locomotive ex- pluded. died here today Stephens Stoger, the engineer, and John Maxey, the negro fireman on the train, who also were Injured, will recover. . One Way sjBgjBjBjsjsjBjjgjfjMBJMgaB WOOL BILL MAY BE READY FOR TAFTS SIGNATUREOR VETO BY NEXT TUESDAY -'". .vvv;;' .. ' , - . Not Believed That Congress Will Hold Together for Action on Cotton Tariff Bill After Final Action on Wool and Free List BillsImmediate Demand r for Adjournment A fter President Acts Expected 4 ' ' WASHINGTON; Aug. 1. Tariff revision legislation moved swiftly on ward In congresa today toward the ex pected presidential veto, The com Plata conference' agreement on the wool bill waa reported to the house with a view to flna action In that body report on Monday. The free list, quickly discussed. In committee aa a matter subsidiary to the "wool meas ura waa disagreed to on its two chief amendments-, the single house amend ment adding leavon to the free list and the Kern senate amendment lim iting free maaUnorl products to thoss fj-om counJllfcf jVwhich: in Vattao) State has rwrlprbeal trad a r ran gem en t. ; All Its other amend ments Ware -accepted. This disagree ment will be reported to both houses Monday with a view to another vote In the senate on the Kern amendment and in tha home on the lemon amendment. The cotton bill was dis cussed without nrtlon In the senate. Democratic leaders said today they believed adjournment of congress would come within a week or ten days. STEEL I TO BE Committee Votes a Recess and Carnegie and Morgan Are Yet to Testify WASHINGTON. Aug. 11 Inquiry into the affairs c,r the United States Steel, corporation a special com mittee of the h"i"' of representatives, which hae been in progress since May, was halted tr.div, ro be resumed In October. The "inmlttee voted a re cess until Oct 1. but It Is probable that no publl' hearing will be held until a later dm-. Several phns.-s r,f the Inquiry are yet to be devest" and there are still on the list of wimeaaes two of the most prominent men In America, An drew Carnegie .ml J. Plerpont Mor gan. Mr. Carney' last spring, Just before he sailed ' r Europe, notified the committee thm he would be glad to appear In the full, and It Is likely that he would he tha first witness when the public s.nlons are resumed. During the r'-'s Chairman Stn ley la to have headquarter In Wash ington and a for. of assistants will be with him working up evidence to be submitted at the fall hearings. Today. W. Temple, of Pittsburg, who was rommlsMoner of sovcrnl steel pools. testlfWl He denied the existence of ill-go I pool at the pres ent time, and deplored that he regard ed the 'United Ftnte Steel corpora tion as a model trnt. CAMPAKJN FOR RECIPROCITY. WINNIPEG, Mm- Aug. 11. The feature of the re.-lproflty campaign thla week has " ,h large number of farmers nomlnat-d by government conventions to support Laurler and th trade agreement. SHOWERS WASHINGTON, Aug. V IS. Fore-coatiT"- North ' Carolina Unsettled Sunday; showers In central and west portions; Monday' generally fair, warmer in Interior; light to moderate variable wind. , to Win a Woman's Heart Utile Argument, y There was little argument In con ference over the free list amend ments. Chairman Vnderwood, of the J housa conference committee, de clared the house could not accept the I Kern amendments, which were In- ........ ..... .... VIII ... it,-. .(.,. 1 jrt-uru iuiu imp w( biii hv v ,- free list bill had been lost by a tie vote 'In the senate. Senator Bailey said the senate would not approve th free lemon amendment, " though ha himself favored It. On the motion of Mr. Vnderwood th -conference com mittee agreed to th feriata amend ments putting binders, cement and all kinds ttoots and shoe on the free llt -"and 4ntruHd that a t disagree ment en the ottier amendments re ported to tha housa and senate Mon day. To Force Another Vote. The result will be to force another vote In ths .senate on the Karn amendments and In the house on ths lemon amendment. Following 'such action the bill prohably will again go to conference and a final agreement on It Is confidently predicted. Over the objection of the repuhll- Will SWllll SOON Indictment Will be Made Tomorrow and Selection of Jury Will Follow RICHMOND, Va., Aug. 1 i. Henry Clay Pnattle, Jr., of South Richmond, who stsnds sccused by a coroner's Jury of having murdered hls-yung wife on tho Midlothian turnpike of Chesterfield county on the night of July IS. Inst, will be Indicted Moti Iday. There Is great Interest In the ' case throughout Chesterfield county and the diminutive and hlatorlc court house st Chesterfield will be packed with sper-tators during tho proceed ings. The Indictment of Beattle will be purely perfunctory and Just when the trial will begin Is problematical. It I snot probable however, that both sides will be ceady for several days after the Indictment Is returned and those who have followed the (fsse vredlet " that at least a week will elapse before tho selection of a Jury i begun. I.ITTTE DVMA.OE TO SHIPPING PENSACOLA, Fla., Aug. 12. Re ports from the gulf coast in the vi cinity of this city tonight Indicate that the hurricane of Friday after noon raused but little damage to ship ping. In this city, the principal dam age was In cutting off telegraphic communb a'lon with outside points for sevoral hours and to the electric lighting ar.d telephone service. Tho stcarnor Tsrpon, which was schedule- to rech here at 7 o'clock this mornlriK. nas several hours Iste. WOMAN IDENTIFIED. MAN' -HKHTKH, N. II.. Aug. 12. After lying In a loral hospital for nearly thlrty-elx hours with her Iden tity a mystery, a young woman who was badly injured by falling from an electric car In this city yesterday, was definitely Identified tonight as Miss Gertrude A. 1-ambert. of Washington, D. C. VIRGINIANS WW W TEXXIS OMAHA. Neb.. Aug. if H O. Whitehead' and J. H. Winston of I Norfolk. Ve., today defeated Walter,1 T. Hatch of Chicago and F. G. An- j derson uf Brooklyn lathe challenge I round of the National Clay Count; Tenols championship and thus be-1 champion of th United States. The cor waa -l: J-l; cans the house today received tha conference report on th wool tariff revision bill and ordered It printed, preparatory to a vote Monday. Mi nority Leader Mann objected to th house receiving ' the, report making the point of order that th house having asked for the conference and the senate having agreed to It, tha senate must act on th report of th conference first. Speaker Clark over ruled the point and was sustained In that action By a party vote of 111 to ii, ' length Debate). ' Tha vote was preceded by a lengthy technical debate In -which Demoeratto: Leader Underwood and Representative Htnry, of Tesas. nd ritsgereld, of Nw York, defended til action of the house conferee. ; Re publican I-eeder Mann. x-pakar Cannon and Represent tire Cooper, of Wisconsin, argued In favor of th point of order, Ths fight in th hous wa largely a question of "who has (he paper," although they war In possession of th house.. Minority (Continued on Psgn Eight) BOOM FOR TIFT ALREADY STAHTEDATS REPOHT Popular Sentiment aa to Administration Being In quired Into Diligently CHICAOO. Aug. 12. According to Information published here today, there has been brought to light an extensive catnpalgn conducted from the whit house and other federal offices In Washington In behalf of President Taft's candidacy for re-elec. In 11)12. Chas. I). Hllles, secretary to President Taft, and Oeo. C. Ran kin, who Is a national bank n Silver are said to have sent out a large num ber of confidential letters in the na ture of Inquiries concerning popular sentiment upon the president and his administration. Koch letter sent out by Mr. Hllles upon white house sta tionery has enclosed another com munication which In detail seta forth all of the claims for achievement and benefit under President Taft's admin istration. Tha enclosure Is a type written copy of a letter sent by the president's secretary some time ago to Frank P. Mclennan of Topeka. Kan- sss. Nominate a Candidate Nomination Blank Good for 1,000 Vote3. The Ashe ville Citizen $5,640 Subscription Contest Candidate .... .... ; , - Address .. ... ...... Telephone No. .. ....... . . : Only One Nomination Blank for Each Candidate Will Count at 1,000 Votes. . Cut out and bring or send to The Citizen. L UNG CHASF ENDS WITH CAPTURE OF GEOBGUMFUGITIVE Greensboro Officers Nab Man Who Is Charged With Rather Serious Crime CHARGED WITH FALSE PRETENSE Alleged George W. Bishop of Gelnasvllle. Ga.. Secured Large Sums by fraud C1REEN8BORO, N. C, Au. Jl, ! After a chase of a week extending across three state Deputy Hhertf! XT, A. Crow, of Gainesville, a,, thll l rv ernoon, with th aid of local pollc, arrested Georg w. Hlhop, an g cahier of a Gainesville bank; who i charged with false 'pretense and, who It. I alleged secured nimi ' ranging- between1 HO.000 and ttMOQ from i Georgia peopl by fraudulent 'repre sentations. Although Deputy Bherlff Crow was armed with requisition pa per th prisoner consented to return to Oeorgia without such and Is a fsw ' minute after hi arrest hoarded a ' train bound for " Oeorgia. Bishop yr heha no 'fear of Mr-result -whan ha I brought fac to fac wit ' hi accuser. t 1 Bishop's Claim. ' '"' It 1 alleged that Bishop promoted . a company to manufacture a drink,. : "II Uke It," the formula for which he claim to hav owned, and upon . which h placed a ralu of 110,000. He claim that tbe fund received from stock st.ld wa In part payment for the formula. It la-claimed by th prosecutors that 8lhop , -rprentil that the fund wr Intended ta t used in promoting tha company and manufacturing the drink. Th asset on which h. worked r said to hava been less than MO,.. ElOPi::S CQuPLE f-FFEO TO BE LITTLE 170HBIEC CONCERNING THE FUTU8E Honeymoon of Automobile Rides, Sightseeing and, Datocing at .Eesorti NO (DEFINITE PLANS SPRINGFIELD, Mas., A honey moon of automobile ride. lahueng and dancing at nearby pleasure parka la being passed In this city by Mr. and Mrs. John Edward Paul Oeraghty who eloped from Newport last Wad. neecday. The romance of tha young daughter of Mr. . and Mr. Amo Tuck French of Tuxedo and Newport and the Newport chauffuer hi at tracted much attention from th rsl. dents of IM cltyand already -tha young couple have made many friends. Neither of the young people appear to be worrying about tha future. Osraghty consulted lawyer here this afternoon and waa told that there was no danger of th French ' family charging him with bducilon. No definite plan for tha future have been formulated by Mr, and Mrs. Geraghty. They said tonight that they expect to remain at tha home of Geraghty' coualn, Mr. Jo seph Harris, for about two week , and then they may return to New. port and engage a cottage. NEWPORT, H. I., Aug. ll.ohB, a. Oeraghtjr, father of th eloplne; brldgegroom. John Geraghty. applied to the police today for a permit carry a revolver, saying he Is hound ed by newspaper men seeking inter. -views, morning, noon and nUtht. II declared He waa In danger of bodTty injury and that hi wife was pros trated. '