the; asheyicjm: citizen. THE WEATHER FAIR Citizen Want Ads Bring , Results -; i . 1 - VOL. XXVHI, NO. 57 ASIIEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 18; 1911 PRICE FIVE CENTS SAYS HE HAS KEYS OF DEATH AND HELL fi SP0SSESS10! Leader of Holy Ghost and Us Society Spends Ten Hours in Supplications SAYS HELL ITSELF . CANNOT HURT HIM Rev, Frank W. Sanford Ap pears Today to Answer to Serious Charge i DURHAM, Me., Dec. 17. For ten .hoars today Rev. Frank W. sanford, the leader of th Holy Ghost ud Ui oclety -who tomorrow" Is to appear la the 'United States DUtrlot . court at Portland for sentence on a charge of having- 'been responsible for the death of -six of his follower, stood la Che pulpit at Bhlloh, talking, preaching and praylne. Hi hundred odd' men, women and children wti made up tile strange teligivwa ;i,..y attended the services. Tears streaked the faces of the faithful and several times the leader himself wept. , " "Hell Itself canpot hurt me," said Sanford in referring to his punish ment : "God , Sis done so much for re that nothing hurts.' Many of the people stayed though the long ten' hour service without dinner or sup per. fiandf ord predicted . war, ',. famine and pestilence. "War, war, war, from th Atlantic to the Pacific,", he de clared to be in sight, - ' ''You will not - have many Years before you will see th Son of Ood come, I promise you," He said at another time. "I shall ihy perfect peace when that day comes. I have the keys to ' death and bell in my hands.'! , ; . "I've got North America, by the hair of the Siead,"' th speaker ex claimed, and added: . - ""lt.f go, down, North America will go jwttR me." ' wnen tne cisra. or the united States District court at Portland to morrow calls ... the " name of '- Rev. Sandfofrd, sjxty "years jn fc federal nrtaon. or. a fine' Dt $80, 000 opfeothi la the maximum penalty that he may be called upon to pay.. But for ad verse winds Saadford might yet be engaged In the vangellaatin voyage on which ha embarked on' the yaote Obronet , with a "handful of the faith ful IT months ago, praying for the conversion of Inhabitants th far countries Bo was driven into-port a month ago mi a singing ship to face arrest on tn charge of faIHnr to provide proper food for his follow ers at"1 so causing the death of six of thorn By 'scurvy. When called before the bar of Justice, Elijah II, as he In known among the Shllohltes re fused to mloy counsel and his only defense was tmt he but done th , bidding of his Lord and Master. Re- lpa'd nn .iall after conviction Sand ford returned to Shiloh to ppepare for a term of Imprisonment If the 'court Should decree, declaring that the work which he started will go on as before. The life jftpry of th man (Oonttaned on Pago IS TO Two Generals of Federal Army and Score of Con spirators Arrested . PLAN DISCOVERED MEXICO CITT, Dec. 17. A con spiracy to assassinate President Ma- dero and . proclaim a provisional presidency pending the coming of General Reyes 'to toe oapltal assume .the office of president has been frus trated at the last moment in the 'opinion of the authorities by the &r- .rests today of Oeneral Hlgio Agullar and Mellton Hurtado, of the federal army and a score of co-consplrators. The plan, learned of from corres pondence and documents' found In the possession of the prisoners, was complete in all details. Madero was to have been shot from, a balconv of the Reforma Ihotel, In Tvendia ds la Reforma as he rode from Chepul tepec tomorroy morning,, During the the conspirators, who called tneran th onsiprators. who called them selves the "Independent contotltu tlonaj army," were to swoop down upon' the national palace, kill or seize the ministers and take possession in the name of Reyes. The secret po lice were non-committal as to knowl edge tSiey may have acquired regard ing the plans the conspirators count 4 upon, further than they' had re cruited them from suburban towns and the surrounding country. ' Upon assumption,; 'of power by Reyes. alT Maderlstaj and Clentlflcos were to be eliminated from the gov ernment and shelr , property confis cated with all that or the wealthy: clae not In sympathy with the move-' eo PRESIDENT WOULD VETO SULZER PLAN FOR ABROGATION Nothing That Can be Construed as An Offense to Russia Will he Permitted With Taft's Consents Difference of Opinion. ------V-y- WASHINGTON, . Dec ' 17. The Russian treaty situation-cleared ma terially today and the administration plana for the abrogation of th lsS pact with the St Petersburg govern ment became more definitely known. President Taft, tt Is said, has indi cated emphatically that ho would Veto the Sulser resolution Instantly If H should be forced through th senate tomorrow without modification. Noth ing that can be' construed as an of fense to Rossi will permitted, if the president can help It According to plans announced' to-' night Mr. Taft tomorrow wHl send two communications to the ' capltol, one a' message addressed to th sen ate to.be considered In executive ses sion and the other a letter directed to Chairman Cullora of the senate committee oh foreign relatione. In hMe communications, Mr, Taft,' It hi aid will outline his attitude plainly ana will call pointed attention to the fact that International relation are not llgvuiy to be dealt With. , Will Ignore House Despite the advice of certain of. the republican leaders of the house that the. lower branch of congress should be considered In the matter, President Taft tonight was said to fee . deter mined .to Ignore ; the house entirely in his further dealing with the Rus sian situation. '"'iy '! 'fnate leaders expect to hear to morrow that the president, through American f Ambassador Guild at St Petersburg, already has notified Rus sia of the Impending abrogation i of the treaty. This notice is believed to have been .couched in the politest tennis ,of diplomatic language and to ihave stated that the American peo ple have come to regard the treaty as obsolete in many of its phases. The expiration of the treaty , Is fixed for January 1, 11. ' v President Taft Is said to have taken the ' ground t that If he -chooses he can abro irate the treaty, by . executive decree without "warti n$ or or taking Into eonsdssetiuh any aiiltle action either by the house or the) senate. Me Is supported in, this view by .various members' ofth senate committee of foreign relatione and Is said to base his 'attitude upon precedents laid by hla predecessors. . .. , .",.,,;'., Dlfferenoe of Opinion -' There . appeared to be a decided difference of opinion today ; between Che house and senate leaders as to what parf the house should play In sa T NATURE BY PAPERSOF RUSSIA US TO TREATY Russian Ambassador to U. S. Has Not Protested Against' Abrogation ONE PAPER'S VIEWS '-ST. PETERSBURG, Dec..' 17 The Russian foreign office declares that M. Bakhemeteff the Ruseiao am bassador at Washington has made no formal protest against, the abrogation qf ye IRusso-AmerioJan Jlreaty jbt 1SIZ. Dispatches from Washington announcing; that tentatH-e efforts to reach an agreement on the passport question are going on were publish ed here yesterday morning and ap peared again In the newspapers of last evening and, this, morning, un accompanied by comment of any na ture. .With respect to these nego tiations, the foreign office has noth ing to " say, considering that the re sponsibility for the reports, which sre of a divergent nature, rests on those who send them. - 1 The semi-official Russia prints a signed article by the editor who de clares against restrictive laws and In favor of the abolfejtn of the pale. "Pro-government Russians," - he says, cannot confine themselves to attacks upon and blind , hatred for tne dews nor senselessly repeat the saying: "The Jsws will ruin Russia." The Jews haws not ruined Polish or Lit tle' Russian cities and they won't Russian ones. "The solution of the question, which Is the most important ques tion " now facing the government of Russia cannot be deferred eternally. We cannot leave millions M people to roast in their own Juice. The pale Is a low economical state dreadful in Its sanitary conditions. If Rus sia has too many , Jews , she must assist In their emigration tout the possibility bf emigrating Is restrict ed by; measures Adopted by the Brit ish and' American governments and would be further diminished by the abrogation of the. treaty Of Jill." FOWLER AT LAKE CHARLES . LAKE CHARLES, La, ,Dec.. '., Aviator Robert G. Fowler, reached this city lata today on a flight from Beaumont Texas, covering the. die- He plans to start in th direction of New Orleans tomorrow '- the abrogation of a treaty. .The' house leaders held that the treaty was the supreme law of the land, and, that in abrogating it .without a inew. treaty, to take Its place, a .law wan being, re pealed.' Under1, these circumstances they pointed out that action by the house Was essential. Senate leaders Contended that treaty making and treaty breaking were affairs .of the senate and toe president ' ' -i According to Information received by senators tonight. Mr. Taft In his communications tomorrow will dwell at length upon v the friendly relations that long have existed between the United States and Russia and will say that while.' the termination of the treaty 'of Its seems desirable, the friendship . between the two nations la of too1 long standing to be Ugitvtly brushed aside and -possibly .broken Mr. Tat, is was said, would point out Wiat Russia, because ' of . her friendship with the Urflted States had listened to America's ' proposal of peace ft the war with Japan. It asserted that Russia would not have received any such suggestion from any of her European neighbors. - ; ; Those professing to know the presl dent's purpose, also declared tonight that he would call attention ' to the fact tiat the United SUtes levies a head tax upon every Russian sub Ject erho enters this ' pountry and would not or a minute entertain a suggestion by Russia that the right to levy the tax was debatable. ; Each Country May Deride In many of Sils speeches in sup port of the arbitration treaties with Great Britain and France, President Taft expressed the view . that each country has a right to say who: shall and who shall not enter her domain. It was generally believed tonight that eh- senate would solve the. problem tomorrow by passing a resolution of abrogation couched In strictly formal language. Before this can be brought about ihowever lively sessions of the foreign relations committee and the ensfe'-ltsew ar OTpecteoyTm-?qm mittee meets at it a. m. The sen ate wilt net convene until two o'clock. .' President Taft's message, although expected to be read in executive s ston,, probably will be made public at once. : This was the nlan of aeverat Of the senate ieaders. tonight They declared that the country should be fully Informed of the gravity of the tContmned on Page Three) LODGED HGST FOUR II Postal Inspectors Trace Clue Leading to Arrest of " Business Men BV DECOY PACKAGE CHICAGO. Dec. 17 Four . South Side Armenian business men were arrested by Postal Inspector James E. Stewart, today, all charged with attempting to secure $10,000 from two of Chicago's wealthiest .Armen ians by means of alleged blackmail. Garabed T. Pushman and Karekln T. Pushman, rug merchants are the men against whom the - blackmail plot was directed, according to fed eral inspectors. The men arrested are Dr. Alfred Gelbert Starkls Deckmedjl, Arap Chutljan and Apkar H. JerTerias. In spector Stewart said Deckmedjl and Dr. Gelbert had made, confessions. A series of special delivery letters was received by the Pushmans In which .they and their families were 'threatened with death unless the money was delivered to the writers according to directions. The Push- mans wsre told to wrap the money In a ' package, take it to a down town hotel, where they would And another letter awaiting them at the clerk's desk,' and follow the direc tion contained in the Ktst letter. - A decoy package was prepared and under guard of federal Inspectors the Pushmans did as ordered. The letter at the hotel desk ordered one of the Pushman brothers to take the money to a south side drug store. When Pushman reached the drug store.' however; 'plans miscar ried and Pushman could not And the man to whom he was to deliver the money.' Information secured by the Inspectors at this point however, led to the arrests, v. DAMAGE OP $2tM,0M HUDSON, N. Y, Dee. , 17 Fire starting at 4 o'clock' this afternoon in the large storehouse of the New York and Hudson steamboat com pany here burned that building and contents, , spread to the Washburn lee ; house, which was also 1 destroy ed, and to the Hudson wholesale grocery company's building, all but one of which was saved. The total loss Is estimated at more than $204.- 0. - SENATOR GORE WILL FIGHT PENSION LEGISLATION IN Contends That Matter Should be Postponed Until After ' "1 ' v . ' ' A. a .. : '.-.1' h& ilams mere wih rvot oe o mucn sxnxiery loruss it-7vyrc--:f Wiil Have Plenty of Work Before k This Week. - WASHINGTON. .Do. 17.--A sharp division pf sentiment among senators regarding service pension legislation! protests against large congressional expenditures. A the Russian . treaty question, continued investigations, and enactment '." the i urgent aeneiency bill Into law, will keep cootress busy this week. Both houses will adjourn next':. Thursday ;f untll,v'v February .f , 1. Plans are going, forwards tor 1 wnat promises to prote a congestion , of legislation' aftet the reees ' - ';:":fi: The Sherwood so-called dollar-a- day pension bill, whldh the nous nas passed, probably "MU net ' find, an easy way la thasenate.' Senator Gore; of Oinbma.Tait?A Ae-motsratW membar of th pensions oom-mlttee, already ha started n - inquiry Into the possibility of postponing action until the ; next eesslonv whsn there rill tbe' no presidential election. In th house proceedlneTS on the Sher wood 11L the effect noon either par ty of marked liberality to the Mexi can and olvll war veterans, aggregat ing possibly - 76,000,000 ' ultimately, was a conspieuoas factor and Bena- GENERAL WOOD FAVORS RETORI) OFTHE GIllirEEN Declares Consensus of Opin ion in the Army Favora ble to This View WASHINGTON, te. IT Major- General Leonard , Wood, chief of staff of the army, favor the restor ing of the canteen to army post. He declares In hi annual report that the consensus of opinion In the army Is that tbe canteen should be re-established. - - . General Wood also makes , some recommendations for the garrison ing of Panama canal forts. He says It I necessary to provide garrisons to BTotec the canal and Insure Its neutrality and for that recommends twelve compsnles of coast artillery? four reeimenta of Infantry at full strength, one battalion of field ar tillery, one squadron of cavalry and some auxiliary iroops. In recommending short term en listments, the chief of staff says the ara-ument that men would net re turn to the colors In time of war is "an unwarrantable reflection on the patriotism of men who have served th colors and returned to private life." DAM BROKE' BIG LOSS ' ATrniTHTA Oa. Dec. 17 Heavy rains In this section Frldsy and 8et iAmv mn fnrnd the headwater In Horse Creek valley that the big dam of the Carolina ngni ana power company 27 miles from Bangley In Aiken county could not withstand the strain and last night at ten o'clock broke through. The entire dam and nower Dlant was swept away, leaving only one large dyna mo' standing. The loss is eiumaioa at $S,000. WASHINGTON, Dee. 17. -Fore cast: North Carolina: fair Monday and Tuesday; moderate north and nrOiaat wind ..-. t .'. The Christmas Hah. tor Gore contends that Oh subject will not be so popular In congress af ter the presidential election.' Senator MoCnmber. chairman of the pensions committee, while hot Committing himself to th Sherwood bill, today expressed the - opinion that general penlon ' legislation would ' be enaoted during this session of oongress. Th house demoerat will auus on g number pf pendldf questions proba bly oon after the receas. t The load ers contend that th economy pro gram must be maintained that some of th demands of committees' and democratic memlbers for appropria tion must Refused hut in 'such a way u to avoid "oarty insionrr"1 Drafts on Treowwiry The pension bill, already passed by the house carrying from 140,040,000 to $71,600,000. th -demand of .th public . building committee - for an omnibus measure to carry between $25,000,000 and $80,000,000, and oth. er large drafts on th treasury have complicated th situation. Democratic Leader Underwood Insist that the public building bill shall not be put PUNS MADE FOR MURDEB Latest Development in Case Against the Two Ross Negroes SHELBY, N. C, Deo. 17 Tbe lat est developments In the murder of Mr. and Mrs. John Dixon Early Tuesday morning at their country horns, ten -miles from Shelby la th arrest of Bert Gardner, who volun tarily told of hearing John, and Hack Ross, negro brothers charged with the crime, planning th double mur der at a corn shucking several weeks ago. Gardner says ths crowd at th corn shucking had gons and th Ross brothers did not know h was around. They spoke In undertones and agreed that Mr. Dixon would not live un til Christmas because of a mortgage he held on Hack' hog and mule. John and Will Ross are now In Gas tonia for safe keeping- and Hack la In the Charlotte jail. Gardner and two other material witness are la Jail hr also. TEN MORE BODIES BROUGHT OUT KNOXVILLK. Tsnn., Dsc. 17, Ten bodies were removed from Cross Mountain mine at Brlcevllle today, leaving either seven or elglfit mere la the mine. Today's removals bring ths total of Identified dead up to sev-enty-seven, while the total number of victim I estimated at eighty-four or eighty-five. The funeral of Mayor . Thomas Watts, , of Coal Creek, prominent In the work of relief for the Brlcevllle sufferers, who met death Friday morning, was Oisld today. Mrs. Watts has been eonfliad to a hospital for a week a a result of an operation for appendicitis and at her request the , funeral cortege today stopped at the hospital, the'coffln was removed from the hearse and carried by th pall bearer Into the hospital that Mrs. Watts mlttit get a last look -at the feature of her dead husband. lT "Wmi ALL POSKIB DIGNITY" WASHINGTON, Dee. 17 President Taft is anxious that the bodies of the dead sailors found In th wreck of th Maine which sr soon to-be brought to this country, shall be transported with all - possPMe digni ty. He ha written a letter to Secre tary Meyer expressing th wish, that if possible - the bod lee be brought from Havana on on of th large vessel of th nave; convoyed by aa otaer vessel-. 'v.-v. -, -,. SHERWOOD THE SENATE presidential Election, When " r2.' a 5 through.' . Th work ,pf Wis Investi gating committees also Is piling up xpens accounts, ' Th tariff (board's report I expected from the president this week, but the way and mean committee prob ably- will, not recommend action on the wool or ether schedule until af ter th recess, but -will then proceed vigorously, The democrats wr not grd last summer a to n raw wool tariff., many favoring free raw wool. The question of trust legisla tion and other thing will b oonqld rd In eauous.1 f v'v ' ;-t: -'.V " All the -wltnesse who will heard If! ' th defense of Senator Lorlmer, except Mr.-tiorlmw nimseif, will an pear before th' serial Jnveatlgttttrii committee ,thjs week, and the fcom mlttee will then adjourn to meet after th Ohrletmas -recess.-' Senator Lori. mer' wlll testify under-oath for th Brt tlm.' -' The stest trust Investigation eom mitt of th house, and th senate committee on Interstate commerce, which Is Investigating trust problems, will b in session this week. FOB American Sugar Refining Co. Will Consider . This . Plari at Meeting NEW TORK, Deo. 17. fltockhold ers of th American Sugar Refining company will b called upon at th next annual meeting to. approve a plan to provide pensions to th com pany's 7.100 officers and employe. Director of th company, it was an nounced tonight, have worked out detail oif tit plan which - Irilud provisions' for 'retiring employe over tS year of age or after thirty years of servlc. An appropriation of $200,000 is Suggestel a th neckeus of th pension iund. , -. No pension under the proposed plan, will be las than $20 a month and none will exceed $(,000 a year. In th case of women, the age limit la set at sixty and th una . of service at 21 years. Should th plan be rati fied, male employes who have served the company thirty year and women twenty-five years in the servlc may be retired without regard to age. The amount of the pension will be "a urn annually equivalent to one per eent of the average annual, wage ' or alary during th ten year preceding retirement multiplied by the year of ervlo.. ,. All officer nd employe of th company. or of any corporation owned or controlled by th company,, the announcement state. would be eligi ble for the pension benefit. ' GIRL BABIES BORN TALLER BOSTON, Dee. 17 Girl babies ar born taller and with much more vitality than used to be the case, according, to an . authority In thl olty. Mia Charlotte W. Dunn, as sistant superintendent of a hospital here, patronised by the stork to th extent of three . thousand ' babies A year, say: -., , "' . . - ' V . "We ;hay notloed . that girl babies ar getting taller and that they are appearing In this world lately with more real vitality thaw formerly. The boy-babies continue on the average, both in weight and height." 4 TO JOIN ATLANTIO FIjEET charlbt6n, a c.,' W. it Fifteen destroyer of th eighth, ninth and tenth divisions now stationed at the Charleston navy yard, have been ordered t New Tork and Newport to Join th Atlaotlc fleet. RIUROERED FAMILY BURIED TOGETHER 1(1 KEWYORKTQWfi Many or Tremendous Crowd Tragedy Occurred MOTHER VvAS BURIED ' BESIDE CHILDREN- In Some Respects Scene Took v on The Appearance of a L 1 Farmers Fictile ' ' TROT. l. T., Th last con in th Blooming Orov tragedy was enacted thl afternoon when the hodle of Mr. Mary Morner, her son, Arthur, and two daughters, - Blanche and Edith, - who were murilred Tuesday noon, presumably by an Italian farm hand, war laid at rest side tby aid In ths cemetery at DefmeUvllle. Mor then 1,000 person congregated about the house or 'morbidly explored th barn where th bodle were found, previous to tn funeral which was held at noon. Many of the crowd brought Jundhs with them and th scene In some rsspecu took on th appearance of a farmers' picnic. profusion of Flower , The bodies were laid .-out in th parlor, that of th son, Arthur, I an oak coffin and those of his mocuer and two slstsr In - whit caskets. There was a profusion of flowers, for two hours th crowd wa permitted to file through the rooms and then th doors wer ordered closed but It required th combined efforts of th alherlff and twelve assistants to keep back thus Who had not yet viewed th remain. Great confumon ensued and tn th crush vrl women fainted. :' ..;'...''.:' Th servioes were conducted by Rev. John Butnas, pastor of tho Bloomlniy Grove Reformed church, of whl(9i th four of th Morner family bad been meinljer. - C8PECT ARRESTED NORTH ADAMS. Mass., Dc. 17. An Italian whose description tiM- wUh-iaat jot Edward . Dotiaiu. Ui ! 1. 1 m hand sought In connection with -the murder of four mem here of the Mor.-. her family In DFreetavlll, N. Y , was arrested her today.-' He 1 helil pending th arrival of Officer from Albany. -": ' : The man, who said his nam wa Antonio Oerato, wa greatly exhaust ed, apparently from a long tramp on th road. XV ,' - ILFBEfl X Uil WEODEO TB fJBS. rVKi:.l -AFTEB U111T - BECL15 Names nave Been Closely, Associated For Very . ' ' ' Long Time' ' BOTH DIVORCEES LONDON, Deo, 17-Alfred Gwjnn Vanderbllt and Mr. ' Smith Hollin -McKlm, formerly Mis Margaret Em. merson of Baltimore, wer married at Keigat - at 1 o'clock thl afternoon, th bans having .been .announced in ths customary manner,.'.- Tne coupl have goAT on t meter:, wedding tour. - For several years past th name of Alfred a. , Vanderbllt, the chief heir of Comellu Vanderbllf million and Mrs. flmlthi Holllns McKJm hav. been clpsely associated. At varlou time It was reported they wer oon to b married. Mr. Vanderbllt, wh I accounted th richest of the young, er set of millionaires, wa born In 1177. He married Msl Ellen French' an January 11, 101. His wlf wa granted an interlocutory -dec of divorce on May tS, 1001, their ..son,' Wm. Henry Vanderbllt,' remaining la the mother's care. The decree was maU : flnal thr - month later. ; It was said at the tlm that Mr. Van. derbilt settled $1,009,000 on hi form' er wlf. -, ',,.!;:-; y-VV .,nui,i-, ' - Th name of Mme. Rule, the dl. vorced wlf of Antonio Rule, a form r member of the Cuban legation! at .Waahlngton, came up In the trial, of the suit. - Mra. Rul committed suicide In London on May II,. It0,: th manner of her death being sup-' pressed for a eonslderable time. MiJI. McKlm , i th daughter of Isaac B, Emmeraon of Baltimore and th dl- , vorced wife of . Dr. Smith Hollin McKlnf ofNew Tork and Baltimore.1 Mrs. McKlm obtained a dtvorce front' her husband, which threatened va rious suit before th courts, but early In '.February 1010, an agreement was signed bringing to an end alt ponding or possible litigation Involv ing Dr. McKlm, his father-in-law ' his former wife and Alfred VsnderJ bllt The "attorney for "Dr. McKhn' stated at Vam Ume that Dr. McKlm had agreed to end the litigation rela.' tlv to the alleged alienation of his, wife's arecttona It was aliw stated that Dr. . McKlm in consideration of thl release wa to receive a larg sura of money In semi-annual Install-' meal i r