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TOBAY CITIZEN THE THE WEATHER , SpOWERS ASHEVILLE, N. C. STJXD Y MQKNIXG, SEPTEMBER 243911 VOL..XXVIL NO. 336 PIUCE FIVE CENTS The Harvest Moon. uml uimn KTERVIEWS WERE TO BEAT 'SUCKERS' Iff ENDLESS CHAIN Such Charge Broujnt Against Eight Men. Somo of Them Quite Prominent Dill TUFT DO AIL f THIS IN ONE DAY? Ja Speeches.Long Auto Drive, JUST A LITTLE OFF Ovlngton In Blerlot Machine Carries it Five Miles, Drop ped it at Signal. And That What he Said Was Not Meant For Publica tion Anyhow Ball Game. Corner Stone Laying. Then Some ' AQ PAGES , TODAY FIRST BAG OF MAIL EVERTRANSPORTED "BY AN AEROPLANE MP SAYS OWIflT HEWQRLD GIGA IC SG Si PHILOSOPHIZES ON I - CANADIAN ELECTION Among Other Things tie Makes Defense For Tariff Board In " His Night Speech ST. LOUIS, Sept. 23, President IJiUt carried out strenuous program ner today. He mad tlx speeches. ' i i took a forty - milo automobile ride, '.. opened the local football season by tossing the plgskfn onto the gridiron at St. Louis university, laid the cor eer stone of the now Y, ,-M. C. A. building, aot: through nine lnfrlngs of exciting baseball between the St Louis J and Philadelphia National league1' teams,- visited the Masonic club to be mads life member of that organisation, addressed a vastj tnrong in in fuoiiseum tonignt. t'neej Be sought tils private car to travel, all night in order to be In the In "Isurgent state of Kansas tomorrow. On the eve at entering this hostile terrltory,,tbe president put' forth the Suggestion f - wider power of Im peachment as a substitute for' the jmore radical proposal for a judiciary i recall. The president declared that the law's delay unquestionably was one . of 16s great causes at unrest in this" country and said that undoubt edly the recall idea had grown out of the fact that the courts in many Instances are not performing the functions that they . should. Judges should be held more responsible, the president declared and the method of Impeachment .made mors simple. Mr. Taft said the delay' in admlnis- ! Wring Justice In this country should bring the blush of shame to the cheeks of all good .Americans tnat th courts oi'W country made a very soar sjwwihs 'u uunijinui .jOlv ' hose of England, where the . Jr'l'es keep up witfetfeel dockets and rjwett criminals find swift punish I Jment awaiting them. .j u . , I I " '" Speak With arnestnes ', The president spoloe with much ) earnestness on the subject of reform sjQ Judicial procedure. Her said it was sometning wttn wnicn ne was most familiar and that both as a lawyer (Continued cm Pae Six) PRESIDENT TAFT RATHER I SERISJAILINS DOP Claims That Chief Execu- tive Was Disingenuous in ' "Arizona" Speech 'NO MIDDLE COURSE' ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Sept. 23. .United States Senator Jonathan 'Bourne, Jr., of Oregon, gave out a statement here today in which he takes issue with some of President Taffa remarks in his speech yester day at Peoria, 111. The senator says: 'To use one of his own favorite expressions, President Taft was die-1 Ingenuous in his speech at Peoria when be attempted to state his opin ion of the people and also to define his attitude toward the Arlsona con stitution. He says he has confidence in the sober second thought of the people, yet he vetoed the statehood resolation which proposed to submit to the people of Arizona a second lime the question whether their constitu tional provision for the recall should apply to Judges a well as to other officers. Here was a plain proposal to submit to the sober'second thougnt tot the people but the president was ingt willing and Insisted that the recall Sjudges must be eliminated regard J fit the most mature consldratlon. 1 1 would regret to believe his state- merit that he put his heart in his veto ' of the Arlsona resolution, for' his veto message contains two direct misrepre- j entstlons of the provisions of the Arts on t recall and another that Is false by necessary Implication. I had : entertained the charitable view that hi errors were of the mind and not of the heart. The president was . again disingenuous when he said that SENATOR BOURNE GiVES t 'many of the measures advocated by S Iprogressives are state and nr nat'ia- al questions. I Insist that the inula- i imm an i Mrrarannnm nirri nm mat i-w ,JftW mmtm l.- ... - r - J ' eorytopt practices act are more than Star measures. Stttmtor Bourne, after declaring that President Taft, does not trust the peoftls, said: ..""President Taft' declaration that be ts keeping m 'the mldtffc of the roeia ( progrrsstve issue 4a aso dls tngwaon. ifhere rtin be 'no mfWJle ovn on the quneflDo of UjMuptTon of the ftujfJai&entala of pomfJar grv ernrrrant. B-who I aot for popular gu'urwiA as!TiinsJ .. LEADING FEATURE OF INTERNATIONAL MEET Bore Special Postofflce Stamp "Aerial Station No. 1, Special Service" "MEW TORK. Sept. 23. The first United States mall ever transported by aeroplane was carried today from the aviation field on Nassau boulevard. Long Island, to Garden City, a dis tance of five miles, by Earl L. Ovlng ton In a Blerlot machine. His flight for this purpose was the' leading fea ture of the International meet's open Inff day. . 1 Ovlngton took 'only one bag of mail, held it between his knees and when he was over. Garden City he dropped It on the signal of a man who waved a flag as prearranged. This bag con talned about 76 pounds of letters and postcards. He left behind fully 300 pounds of mall matter which was later sent by automobile to the Garden City postofflce, although It bore the special postofflce stamp of "Aerial station No, 1: aerial special service." The flying contests today were mediocre, the most Interesting being the search , by a number of aviators for a .detachment of the Eighteenth fnfantry, United States army, which had been secreted in a clump of woodsy' three miles southeast of the field, Six of the prominent aviators, including Tom Sbpwith, of England; Qrahame-White, Eugene Ely, J. A. D. McCurdy and Beatty scoured the countryside for an hour but none was able to And the soldiers. Eugeme Ely made a spectacular flight late In the afternoon, showing the perfect control of his machine. He dansled the crowd by turning hta machine bend down and dropping 300 feet and then checking his flight when near the turf and floating oft. .?- . WW WWf'! Mlt Matllde" Molaant was the only woman to make a flight In' the H mlle breese which prevailed diirlnB the afternoon. She circled the course several times In a monoplane and made a safe landing. Dr. Henry Walden, who has had a number of falls before, had a bad spill this aft- (Continued on Page 81) WHILE CORONER HOLDS INQUEST MURDER TIKES PLAGE NEAR HIS OFFICE Sensations in Henderson ville in Rapid Succession Negress Killed VERDICT RENDERED HENDERSONVHiLE. N. C, Sept. 2. While Dr. William Reddln Kirk, coroner of Henderson county, was listening to the Jury's verdict In the Will Fletcher murder case at 7.15 to night, another killing was in progress a block In the rear of ' his office. Anna Williams, colored, 28, literally carved Mamie Bridges, 11, also col ftre1 to plecea. 1 Wllnaml woman Is In Ja.ll. The house was a shambles. When the police arrived the girl was sprawled, hideously rumpled on the floor, around her, streaming In every direction, her life blood traced fantastic patterns, while from the mob outside negro lamenta tions roee dcVrously. Peputy Sheriff Stroup arrested Anna Williams, who was quietly seated on the porch of the house within three feet of her victim, twenty rolriutes after the com mission of the crime. She had made no attempt to escape. It was three : a u arters of an hour before a physician i arrived. He said the woman could j not live. The terrific slashing inflicted I was done by a rasor, not yet found, but its case was discovered In the j woman's open grip. ' The quarrel ; started In a bed roorn- occupied Joint- j lv by them. The walls of the room. the door casing and the floor of this room and two others were almost cov ered with blood. Jealousy Is said to be the cause. The verdict in the death of W111 Fletcher, found on the Southern rail way tricks, was to the effect "that death was caused by a blow inflicted by a blunt Instrument In the hand! of persona unknown." "LITTLE JOE" IV THE FTEIiD ATLANTA, Ga.. Sept. 23. Former Governor Jos. M. Brown, who was defeated for re-election by Governor Hoke" Smith, today announced hts candidacy for the governorship to be made vacant when Oovernor Smith resigns next month to assume his dut ies as United States senator. This makes three avowed omtldales in the field, the other being Judge R. B. Russell and B. Pop Brown. FORCED TO DEFEND ALLEGED UNTRUTHS Remarks Attributed to Him About "Beef Trust" he Says Are Wrong BRETTON WODS,.N.iH.. Sept IS Replying to many, .Inquiries con cern the authenticity Of a reported In terview published in a New York newspaper this ' morning,'' Attorney General Wlckereham, made the fol lowing statement tonight: "The purported Interview is a1 sum mary of two conversations which were neither understood nor Intended' to be for publication. Circumstances un necessary to state here led me to ex press myself much. more freely upon the subjects discussed than I would have done for publication. The re port contains some Inaccuracies. For Instance 'I did not state that the United States Bteel corporation Was a combination In violation of the law nor . did I state that the men under Indictment In the beet trust cases In Chicago would go to' prison If I had my way. There ere also other 'inac curacies, In the main, however, the Interview represents, with snch cor rections, the views expressed In the' conversations referred to, p The- president has ststed that 'the Supreme court has decided what the :;ZZ?ZZ 'T.Z yi t imjiii wiiii tun t a, id m the Intention of the detriment of justice to bring .Indiscriminate prose cutions nor is ltts Intention to resort to criminal ninal .proceedings sxeept where wilfnl and dellbfrate violation of law and the suppression of competitive conditions by opposition and unfair or otherwise Illegal methods. "It Is hoped that monopolistic com binations which sr ., ln. Illegal re straint of interstate tfade and .com merre wHl-Toln ntariiy' T;ecognlle s nd establish competitive, conditions with out awaiting prosecution. The gov ernment would very much prefer vol ontnrr action to the necessity of legal prosecution. The department of Jus- tlce Is prepared to give careful con-, Blderatlon to plans for such reorgan ven -1 ization submitted In good faith, and (Continued on Page Eight ) LATEST REPLY OF FRENCH What Few Differences Re main are Hoped to be Easily Smoothed Over SLIGHT DIVERGENCE PARIS, Sept 23. The latest reply of the French government to the German proposals, which was ap proved today bj President Fallleres, who received the cabinet at Ram boulllet, was dispatched to Berlin by special messenger tonight. A semi-official communication Is sued this afternoon says that the re ply shows some slight divergence from the text of the German notes but adds, "The changes are inspired by the general views expressed at the last conversation between Herr von Klder-len-Warechter and M. Gambon." The communication says: "It Is stated tat France Insist that 1 the relations between Mag,. Moroc- 7i, V .w i ! shall be carried on through the Inter mediary of the French minister to II orocco. In the matter of consular courts and foreign protoges, France, In order to remove the abuses com- plained of, desires that not only Ger many but all the powers shall agree to the revision of the Jtladrld conven- tlon until French Jurisdiction has be'n completely re-established In M rm-co. Finally Ffirelgn Minister Selves propones a new wording for the clause relating to the control which France agrees to exercise over transport enterprises. "It is hoped that these difference will be easily smoothed over." BVKX3 HFOilV'8 CLOTHES WILKE8-BARRE. Pa., Sept 23. To' prevent tier husband from being popular with other women, Mrs. Mag gie Rellly burned up all bia rood clnthes today wblle he was at work, and now he has only hi working clothes until pay day. Last . night Mrs. Re!l:y got the belief her husband wa partial to other women. ... She made a fine bonfire this morning, and tho police and fire department rushed to the pktce. Mrs, Rellly wa arrest ed and fined 35. But she said She was satisfied since Rellly eould not matt a bit without hi Joy toga, :':: !? !f 'fi : til Jkfor . .-a WILL ESTABLISH CENTRAL BUREA U . DESPITE ACTION RECENTLY TAKEN Attorney For Committee of Understood all Southern Shippers Will Co-Operate--Sending Out Let- MEW TORK, Sept 2S. The central i bv , j io validation of cotton Lbllls of lading,, recently established In " prevention of fraud. In connection v with forged bills, will . ahsndoned despite the recent rejection of the plan by a conference ,., trl th. ' , ' i vew,:rl'an. Chas, 8. f from New Orleans, said todny that tne action of -he New Orleans meeting did not fairly reflect the opinion of south. rn shippers. Of ths fifty r more flippers and bonkers wh attended the meeting, he said only 11 voted to rreet th. plM. tb '4tharsjr fused to go: on reortrd, either for or against it. . ' ! ,,..;. The answer' received from ship- n " "ply , to letters, sent out to ,h'm explaining the new rules and the "vantages to be obtained hrvrom. rmigni, su m an ovfwwneini- Ing majority In favor of co-operation. "The facilities of the central bu reau are at the disposal both of ship pers and of exchsnge buyers, and they have been so advised, but tho who do not wish to avail themselves of the facilities offerpd and insist upon trying to keep alive the old loose and risky methods have complete freedom of action. In contrast to the attitude taken by the Liverpool committee, eleven men, repmnontlng less than a dosen of the many hundreds of ship ping points In the many cotton atatj, assembled In New Orleans "for the CAN BET SERVICE ONLm CONTRACT Corporation Commis. Holds Southern Bell Telephone Not Under Obligation RATjEIGH, N. C, Sept. 23. The corporation commlnnlon Issued today an order dlsmlsxing the petition of the people of Asheboro for the Ashe boro Telephone company, local ex change, and the Hell Long Distance lines to be required to connect, so that the local nubscribers to the Aflh.g)nro exchange could have the benejflt of the Hell long distance IL""'. commission holds that ifful,on questioning ' relatives and . A.n.wra company pern in re-, fusing to enter Into a fair contract, . that the 8outtu.pi Bell offers, the . .. . . , - BeUmpany lZiuZ with long distanre service. CONCEfchloV XOT CIVEX "WASHINGTON. Sept. 21. Pasjen Ror fares over the Southern railway between Augusta and Savannah, and Richmond, Va., must not exceed the sum c.f the Intermediate fares, ac cording to an oror issued today by the Interstate enmmere Commission. The Southern railway nsleed authority to establish tbc hl?ber fares, but the commission held that nufflclent reason was not shown to llKcrlralnate against through passengers WASHINGTON, Sept. 23. Forecast for North Carolina: Local showers Sunday an Monday; moderate east ill SHOWER& l Liverpool Cotton Buyers ters Explaining Advantages to be Obtained, , . avowed purpose of opposing reform, Jiave undertaken to say tnut, if they can help it, thy will not allow ship pers to co-operate whether they de sire to do so or not. .. That sounds somewhat like dictation. Opjxhioiim' Vlw. V v : I "The New . Orleans opponents of the 'new rules have reiterated, again and again-, ; the tatemtt that it la unnewssary . to take any . preCjftutJ tins gainst fraud. With nothing to ug. est of constructive character tlioy content .themselves-, j bjc : expressing their determination tq opifoar the cen tral bureau dan-tint only bv tWnalh 'TS comply ym tn vreuuiremeni thereof but by organHufng among their several constituencies V. militant re istance to the proposed, rtflectlon upon the rights of the Southern cot ton trade. The Now Orleans shippers and bankers can speak only for them, selves, hovvovf r loudly they mv speak. The Interior shippers to whom a railroad throng bill le a Vital ne cessity wIi appreciate the fatal injury which would be done them If New Or leans could prevent safeguards against forgery, and the . Ruropean Interests should for that reason ?arry Into ef feet their statement that without some rafeguarrts through bills of lading must be discontinued. The Interior shippers will see their own salvation, and are seeing It In the successful operation of the new rules, n4they will express their willingness to co operate In greater numbers every day. SATS ALLEN'S . DEATH KINTAL Relatives and Others Testi fied that He Was Subject to Vertigo' CHICAGO, fifipt. 23. Coroner Hoff man, after spcuidlng several hours in vestigating, the death of Cha. W. Allen, the wealthy leather manufac turer of Kenosha, Wis., who was killed yestenlriy afternoon In a fall from the window of his room In a down town hot-I. xpremsed the opin ion today that the doath was the re- suit of an aocldrnt. f'oroner Hoffman em ,,K,ea 6f t;e luU, ,Ktrn4d ,ha, Mr APD hll(, b(J)m Bubpect tQ . v.rtien fr .ri ...a , h" " - ' J C 14 It U III) 111 on the street "I am convinced that ' Allan acci dentally fell out of the window, said the coroner. "He had no financial or other troubles which would leaj him to commit suicide." Tho body was shipped to Kenosha, Wis., for burial today. Ornt'ElW ELECTED PITTSBURG, Pa.. Sept. 2J At the closing session of the American Llfft i Insurance convention here today, the ! plac of next meeting was left to the executive committee and these officer.-, wcrg elected: Prsldent, P. V. Gould, Jr., Raleigh. N. C. Secretary and treasurer, T. W. Blackburn, Omaha, Neb. Reolecttd : executive committee. T. W. Vardell. Dallas; W. I. Lindley. Lincoln, Neb.; and George A. Orlms ley, Oreentioro, N. C. FAVOK TOBACtW ItX)L WIN8TON-8ALKM. N- Sept. 2J. --A resolution protd;r.g for the pool ing of their J011 crop of leaf . tobac co, was adopted ;y tie to!(CS County Farmer" union, at Danbury today. A lsrr dry- houso. to. be ued by the anion, 1 nearlng completion at Wal nut Corev . . . : ' ' . iiii."'-'" Say$ That a$ Soon an Plan h "It will not take long tor the com mlttee and the European buyers to ttwertnln exactly who those shippers are willing to co-operate with. When that information has been obtained We shsll till be able to quiet down and the cotton shippers who are so vio lently opposed to safeguarding Amer ican and European bankers against forgery can sell their cotton to Amer ican spinners while those who do nog feel 'Insulted' by being reiuetel to help' keep the' forger out of the trad ran sell to the Europitn spinners and very one will be happy and better til) , every on will be safe." ; - s iNJt'stTiosr fcorcnT r fJALVESTON, T;,', Bpt Jl. The right r.f steamship representatives to forward agents' receipts to the newly eeented central bills of lading vail dation bureau of NewTork 1 con " a petition filed In i district court today seeking an InJuhrtton -i. r-"f tilling order was is. sued and the case set for hsarlng on tientnmer JO. , The complainants, Alexander Ee cles A cpmpunv, of Pallas. W. D, Felder of Dallas and Campbell Cleaver of Dallas and Wild and Orme of Paris, Texsi, cotton factors, set forth In the petition that the for warding of the receipt to the cen tral bureau Is la violation of lnstruc tlona. and assart that request " that tho agent receipt be arrndr4 to hem were denied, . SIR MFRIO IAURIER I'll NOT BE DESERJER Will go Through Next Ses sion of Canadian Parlia meat, Maybe Longer OTTAWA, Ont, Sept. '23,',I. will remain In parliament as 'leader of the opposition for onv time. hould be a deserter, of my. party If I ran way. now." said Sir Wilfrid Laorler to tho newspaper men today. Rlr Wilfrid said that he had In tended to retire and no doubt would do so after mam time, but not 1m niidlately. He undoubtedly will go through the next session a leader of the opposltioln and he mav con tlnue there a good many sessions. Though 7 years, hi health Is good. The prime minister -stated that the government will realgn as soon as possible to enable Earl Gray to leave Canada and the Duko of Connatight to succeed him as Governor General, "HANDS OFF" NEXT SKSBION BIRMINGHAM, AJa.. Heut. 33. "I do not believe anything will be done In the next congress over the proposition of Canadian reciprocity," aid Chairman Underwood of the hnuse way and mean committee to day when asked what disposition would be mad 'of the matter at the next session. The reciprocity act could hardly come into action unless ths two gov ernment mske negotiation and this no! being possible now, I do not be lieve there will be anything said or done." TWINS IX FIRKLESS COOKER WILLOWS, Cal.. Sept. 23. A tire less rooker used as an Incubator has come to ths rescue of Mr. and Mr. A. K Pteper in sustaining life In their twin children, born a day or two ago. Curled in separate compartments of this kitchen appliance, the. boy, who weighed but two pound at hi birth, nd the girl, who weighed three, ar sleeping their way to health whea not receiving XaA aid of medtalne CLAIMED THAT MANY INVESTED FORTUNES Specific Charge Is fraudulent Use of Mails. BrouflhtDy " ' P. 0. Inspector NOW TORK. Sept. JJ. In a Tal on the (took Investment office of Jared rtatl, on West 40th strest, to-' day, Flagg i1 sven other men were arrested n a oharie of fraudulently using the mall In a specie of nd , lea ebaln schemos to dafraud Invest or. Among the prisoner war for mer United States Treasurer Daniel N. Morgan, of HrlJtfoport, Conn.;. Cha. K. He hook, said to hav been A minister of tb Dutch Reforinsd church: P. Tennyson Neely, formerly publisher on Fifth avenue, thi city;- 1 Joshua Brown and' Harold Jackson, brokers; Alvln M. I1igln, lawyer, nd JEdward U Hchlliei, Th . prisonar when arraigned pleaded not guilty. Bali wa fixed for Flagg at 125,000, Assistant District Attorney Smith asking (or high ball because, h said, he understood thnt Flsgg had 31,000,000. Neely, Mor gan and Illggln wy required to fur nish ball to th nmount of 110,000 each; while Schiller' bull was flxel t 13,000, and that of Drown, S"hoclt- ' nd Jackson at 13,500. ' They i.l b given bearing nxt Wednesday when they will nswer to th charge of vlo. bating Sertion lit "of th United State penal cod, 1 -' ' - Inspector Slake Coinptnliit , , Pot Oflio Inspector Elmer L-Kln-cald mad the complaint In the cnj. . Mr. Klncald stated today that thou, nd of customer of tli Flagg at--, pru had invested about li.too.ooo In th achem. Flagg, It I charged, bad : claimed that' h would Invest their money In guilt dgel smturltles wlifrh V: would pay them high Hftidviul. I'-tiMy" lnvtoi, It ,1 lieged, wer , pal l om to th concern from pew cus tomers, f , ,. j , 1 , According to Chief Potoff !r In- bpeetor Warrn W.. Dickson, 1)1 ' tentlon wai drawn to Flagg' business , by a conversation with a young worn- , n, calling, herself Lillian Qlbo Key, who referred to Flagg a a "financial wlsard.'V Inspector who. made secret investigation reported' that Flagg was conducting buiines fter th fashion of th "Miller syn dicate." They also reported that for. mer United state Treasurer Morgan wa Interested l th enterprise to tbs est en t of 1200,000. th chm. wording to th Authorities, hs bni In operation for mora than eighteen,; months. When arrested Flagg WU; ' defiant and asserted that h had vio lated no postal law, 1 1 ' At lots hour ball bad not been cured for my of th prisoners, and ' they wor locked up In tl Tomb prison. - - ' ' - Flngg' Sttcnunt "I can pay every dollar I owe, Flagg said tonight. "1 bandied It,- ,' 100.000 during th two yoars or raor ' that I hav been In this business nd I can account for every cent of It 5 In every transaction. I hay nothing to fear. Thl Is all vtl consplracyj 1 cooked up by big broker and Wall' treat Interests that jeatou of me." , , , , . BY GOVERNOR PLAISTEO LP.F By This Appointment Re publican Majority in Sen ate Reduced to Seven UNEXPIRED TERM PORTLAND, M Sept. 23. Gover nor Plaisted today appointed Obedlali ' Oardner, of Rockland, United State i senator, to succeed the late Senator, ' William P. Frye. This give Mam two democratlo senators and reduc the republican mtMorlty In the sesat ' to seven. Mr. Gardner was democratlo eandu - date for governor In I lot and was la ' the race for th senate when Senator t Cha F. Johnson wa ' elected iajt . January. It has a large farm near,.; Rockland and ha4 serve? . sever'! arm a mastr of the state grange.1 Th appolntmeni ' of Mr. (Wrdner li for th unexpired term ending March, : 1,1(13. Party candidates for th full term will b nomlnatetTu prlmarier" next June. EFTT3CT ON' VOTING FrmiSGJXX , nssninuivn,, miii, ine ao eeaslon of Obedlah Oardner, of Maine. 'mooratlo appointee from su tat for many yea stronghold ot th republloaa party mill hav rsa,. . - -ii - r
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