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THE A SHE VILLE CITIZEN THE WEATHER FAIR CITIZEN WANT ADS BRING RESULTS Vol. XXIX, NO. 219. ASHEVTLLE, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 30, 1913. PRICE FIVE CENTS JURY. IS mil OFT LTRlflL Theodore ' Is Being Chased Around the World by At torneys'. Engaged EX-PRESIDENT SOBER. WHO SAID NAY? finally Admitted -That Teddy the Teeth" Does Sometimes Take Small -Nip" MARQUETTE. Mloh., May 29. after four days of court proceeding in the libel ult of Theodore Roosevelt against George A. Newett an Ishpem lng editor, who charged the plaintiff with drunkenness, it waa indicated tonight that another week would be consumed in completing the case. To. morrow being Memorial day, court today waa adjourned until Saturday morning. Colonel Roosevelt said he had no plans for tomorrow except that he would not participate in public tunc tiona. Atorneys Pound and Van Benscho t . for the plaintiff, and Belden and Andrews for the defendant, today fol lowed the colonel's trail through nearly every state in the union. across the Atlantic, through the Med iterranean sea, the Suez canal to Africa; through the wilds of that con tinent, back to Khartoum, through some of the capitals of Europe and back to Oyster Bay, figuratively smell ing his breath for traces of liquor. Substantially, the testimony was a repetition of that recorded at previ ous sessions: The colonel does touch liquor, but so rarely. and so lightly that ha is, in the eyes of today's witnesses, virtually a teetotaller. Those who testified today were An drew W. A. Abels, a former railroad fireman of Ohio; former Judge A. Z. Blair, who "disfranchised hundreds of Ohio voters for selling votes when he was on the bench; Charles Willis Thompson, a New York newspaper man; James R. Garfield, Gtfford Pln chot Lawrence Abbott, O. K. Davis, secretary of the national committee of the progressive parry; "Philip Roosevelt, whose father Ms a first cousin to the former president;; and Edwin Emerson, a newspaper man. who was field clerk to the colonel In the Rough Riders regimen. Story of Life. Including witnesses already heard and depositions and witnesses to to Ills sobriety will cover his life from young manhood to the present time. The record of the case will in- ( Continued on Tag Seven.) mm LOBBY" TO DEFECT TIFF It TO BE INVESTIGATED following a Sharp Debate Resolution is Finally Adopted by Senate. KERN LEADS OFF WASHINGTON, May 29. After a Sharp debate over terms the senate tonight adopted a resolution instruct ing the Judiciary committee to inves tigate the charge that a lobby is be ing maintained in Washington, or elsewhere, to Influence pending leg islation with particluar smphasis upon Its efforts for or against the Under wood tariff bill. The resolution was In direct . response to the public statement made by President Wilson against the tariff bill. " PrA.trtnnt WlUnn In hla fnllr with the newspaper correspondents today, declared he was In sympathy with the proposed investigation and would be glad to furnish the names of the lob byists to whom he referred if "pub lic necessity requried." . Under the resolution which was adopted as Introduced by Senator Cummins, with amendments by Sen ator Kern, the Judiciary committet Is directed to : report its findings within ten days. No provision was 'mads for open hearings. The resolution directs the commit tee to report the names and methods of lobbyists and the bills they are "seeking to change." The names of senators to whom representations by "such persons- or any persons on the question were made and under what circumstances, all persons to testify under oath. Whether any senator Is financially or professionally interested in the production, manufacture or sole o any article mentioned in the tarir bill. BBEATH AI HUH The president Is respectfully Invit ed to "aid the committee in Its in ! jrestigatlon by giving to It any In JrWmation In his possession" relative f to the Investigation which he Con siders proper w mita puunc There was little difference of opinion over the need for an invest! gallon. A sharp colloquy arose, how ever, when Senator Kern proposed an , lutlon dealing with the testimony of senators and Information to bs ob tained from tha president. TRAGIC DEATHS TO THREE VETERANS AT THE REUNION Sad Ending to the Annual Gather ing of Confederates at Chattan oogaBig Parade Was Feature of the Final Day. CHATTANOOGA, May 'With flags furled and kits packed, many survivors of the Southern army, who attended the twenty-third annual United Confederate reunion here, de parted for their homes tonight. Death stalked In the tnidat at the cheering throng which today partici pated in the impressive veterans pa rade. Three aged soldiers, who cams to renew campaign friendships made during the war between the states re sponded for the last time to their regimental calls. Robert Nolan, a Veteran from Houston, Texas, fell down the steps of the city auditorium. His neck was broken. B. F. Moore, of Fugue, Texas, who was Injured In a fall yesterday, died at a local infirmary today. . O. W. Mullenix. of Llndala, Ga., en tered a restaurant Just alter the vet erans' parade was ended and dropped dead., Several veterans were exhaust ed by the trying ordeal of today's march but at a late hour no addition al deaths had been reported. Climax of Reunion. The climax of the reunion came to day when several thousand veterans marched and rode through the city streets in their annual parade, ac companied by sponsors, and escorted by national guardsmen, from several states. General Bennett H. Young, of Louisville, Ky.. commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans, led the parade on a prancing horse from his native state. Upon reaching his headquarters he dismounted and, standing bareheaded In the sunshine, watched the survivors of the Confed erate army pass by. Members of General Young's staff. Governor Hooper, of Tennessee, Miss Kate Daffan, of Austin, Texas, , sponsor for the south, and others were guests of General Young on the reviewing stand. - , , - . A picturesque feature of the pa rade was the presence "of several ne gro "uncles" who followed their masters through the war between the states. A number of these carried live chickens illustrative of the manner In which they foraged when food was scarce during the flcroe campaigns. Tehy were heartily cheered by spec tators and acknowledged the greet ings with unique bows peculiar to the ante bell mm negro. Battle Flags Unfurled. Proudly bearing tattered battle flags dimmed by powder, smoke and time, the gray clad survivors of the Confederate army marched through streets, walled on each side with cheering thousands. Standards borno by cavalrymen almost encountered overhead arches formed of entwined Confederate and United States flags. Nearly a thousand of the gray haired, veterans were mounted on the prancing horses of the 11th United States cavalry tendered by Fort Ogle. thorpe officials and offering another mute testimonial of the burial of the bitterness which characterized the war between the statea Hundreds of applauding spectators, who witnessed the Impressive sight. L T IE BY THE QQGTORS Resolution Directed Against Dr. Friedmann is Adopt ed in New York. REFERS TO "CURE." NEW YORK, May 29. The board of health adopted this afternoon a resolution forbidding the use of living bacterial organisms in the lnnocula tion of human beings for treatment of disease unless permission is first ob tained from the board. Athough Dr. Friederich Frans Friedmann is not mentioned In the resolution, the effect of the resolu tion. It Is announced, will be to pro hibit the further administration of his treatment for tuberculosis except un der special permit from the board. The resolution, however, refers to the Friwlmann "cure" as follows: Certain tests of the efficiency and safwy ui an alleged cure for tuber-i culoais now being made in this city are being rendered unsatisfactory, unscientific and practically futile, through the Insistence of the origin ator of the alleged remedy on condi tions which Involve inadequate ob servation, inaccurate methods of ad ministration and the insistence on secrecy regarding the substances em ployed In some phases of the treat ment. Evidence Is already at nana to show that the so-called remedy not only does not fulfill the promise of efficiency and safety under .which its use was at first permitted In this trary-durlns tha administration many patients have suffered serious and undulv . rapid rotXss of their dis were mowed to tears by the flood of memories it aroused. ' No division appeared in a sem blance of its entirety. Only a few staunch survivors were left of the mors than 600,000 soldiers who 'rep resented the Confederacy in the fierc est struggle of modern times. Command ( and Staff. General Young's staff waa follow ed by the Eleventh cavalry band, the survivors of the trans-Mlsslsslppl de partment, the Department of North ern Virginia, the Department of Ten neesee, Forests' cavalry corps, ana 1.000 unmounted veterans. Inter spersed among the different com mands were the sponsors of the divis ions of the United Confederate vet erans, in each instance followed by aged soldiers riding In automobiles. Th Richmond Howitzers and other militia, acted as official military es corts to 'the veterans. The ranks of the Veterans riding In automobiles were swelled from time to time by those who had be lieved themselves equal to marching in the parade, but who were unable to stand the trying ordeal. The trans Mississippi department was headed by ' Lieutenant-General K. M. Van Zandt. of Fort Worth, Texas, com mander and his staff. Following in close formation were the state brl fades. Next came Lieutenant General Theodore 8. Garnett, of Norfolk, commander of the Army of Virginia. North Carolina There. Brigades in numerical order and their commanders In this section were Virginia, Commander Gefeeral Stlth Boiling; Maryland, Commander Gen eral A. C. Trlppe; North Carolina, Comamnder General Julian 8. Carri South Carolina, Commander General B. H. Teague; West Virginia, Com-, mander General Charles S. Peyton; Lieutenant Oesrgs P. Harrison, of Opelika, Ala., commander ' of i the Army of Tennessee, rod at Ibe head of the state division in that section. What was considered one of the most .impressive and inspiring spec tacles in the parade formed, the rear of the parade. One thousand mount ed veterans preceded by a cavalry corps of the late General Nathan Bed ford Forrest, who won the name of the "Wlzzard of the Saddle," during the war between the states, composed this section. General H. A Taylor commanded. The veterans for the fkrst time since the war between the states were mounted on United States cavalry horses. Many humorous seneu were enacted when the members of the Eleventh United States cavalry turned over their mounts to ths aged veterans. Some of the soldiers had to be assisted Into tha saddle but all maintained their seats during the pa rade despite the capers of the pranc ing steeds. Memorial Issued. In an official memorial to the Unit ed Confederate veterans tonight Gen eral Young calls attention to the significance of today's parade. Ths (Contlnned on Page Five). DOUBLE MURDER NEAR ATLANTA BAFFLES THE AUTHORITIES THERE Nineteen Year Old Boy is Carried Back to Scene of Tragedy. FATHER AT REUNION ATLANTA, May 29. Efforts of the authorities of Fulton and DeKalb counties to solve the mystery sur rounding the murder of Mrs. Sarah Stevens and her daughter, Nellie, whose charred bodies were found Wednesday morning In the ashes of the Stevens home near here, have so far failed and tonight the crime is as .puzzling as ever. Wads Stevens, 11 year old son of the dead woman, who was sought up on direction of the coroner's Jury, was , located In Chattanooga and brought back today. It is said that , no0fra early w,dneiday morning and therefore could not have been con nected with tho crime in any way. William Stevens, husband of the murdered woman, did not know of the tragedy until he returned today from Chattanooga where he was attending the Confederate reunion. The aged veteran says he will hunt down the persons who killed his wife and glrL NEW HEAT RECORDS. - KANSAS CITY, May 21. Heat re orda for the month of May In this part of ths country were broken to- dag sfhsn thsmarcury rlftrfoed. above the hundred mat In most parts ox Kansas. Abilene, Kan., with 101. ap peared ta be tes heat oeoCsr, Theyll FREE WOOL AND SUGAR AS IN UNDERWOOD TARIFF BILL ARE SAFE Ueneral impression that Secret cl nfererice Is WASHINGTON", stay . Whether to put cattle, whes anf oats on ths free list or to put a products is on of uty on their lie . absorbing problems of ths senate ftnanoa corn- mltitee lust now In: remiing the Lin derwood tariff bill tor lunate consid eration. Senator Slmmfns, chairman of the committee; JohirBharp Wil liams, chairman of thai sub-committee handling the ggrtcltural sched ule, and Representattvol Underwood, chairman of ths i houseT ways ana means committee,' discussed the mat ter with President WUsiri today. The president is reported toihave agreed with Senator Wllllamsfand Senator Simmons that , raw Kesris Is And their products In the agriculture schedule should be equalised In the bill Instead of placing raw products on the dutiable list and , making meaits and flour as In the bill at present. - To equalise them was de termined upon several weeks ago and the ertnaAe Imb-commlttee to (lay- is reported to have deoided also to put cattle, sheep and tiogl and wheat and oats on the free list. Action Was Secret. Whether the president agreed to free listing of the raw materials or urged that the agricultural products be made dutiable In conformity with thfl Underwood rates on raw mate rials, was not disclosed after today's conference, but democratic senators were resigned to the generally ac cepted report that all these articles would be placed on the free list. They were also generally In accord with the definite announcement by Sen ator Simmons after his conference with the president that the 5 per cent, tariff discount on imports in American ships would bef stricken from the bill. Representative Underwood and other house leaders, however, are not satisfied that the discount conflict with treaty provisions and they are expected to make a fight to have the clause Te-tnaerted wffien the win reaches conf ererif. Wool and Sugar. Free wool and free sugar as pro vided f ir In the Vnuerwocd bill to night are regarded to be In a stronger position than ever and tightening of the strings on these administration measures is reported to be due largely to President WI1- Tennessee Proposition Pre sented to the Senate in Resolution of Senator. (By George H. Manning.) WASHINGTON, May 29. (SpeclaJ.) Another step was taken towards se curing for North Carolina a per manent maneuver ground for ths state militia today when Semvtor Overman introduced In the senate the Joint resolution authorising the sec retary of war to accept the title to approximately 6,000 acres of land at Tullahoma, Tenn.. on which bo mobi lize the militia from the states of North Carolina, Bourh Carolina, Ken tucky, Mississippi, Alabama, Oeorgia, Florida and Tennessee. This is simi lar to the resolution introduced In the house a few days ago by Representa tive Byrns of Tennessee, and reported in these dispatches. Senator Over man Is taking great interest In the proposition, believing it has consider able merit and today Introduced the resolution on behalf of Senator Lea, of Tennessee, Who was absent Gen. Leonard Wood, chief ot staff ttie United States army, is en thusiastically (n favor of the propo sition and believes that It would be of-lJnmerjse.adantasie.to, jiUJitla of the ooontsT K several states) would rrancs to mssMsmst Qvetr XOkttim at ths awe tta . Soon Be Ready To Has Gained Much Ground in Held by Leaders with President Wilson-Sena tor Simmons Hard at Work to Finish son's recent attack on efforts of lob byists to change ths sentiment as to these schedule One democratlo senator who heretofore has been of ths mind that a small duty should have been placed on wool and that free sugar In three years should not have been Imposed, changed his mind today, lie now says he Is con vinced that both industries can get along without protection. The cotton schedule is reported now to be very unsatisfactory in many Instances to ths finance com mittee and It 1s to be' generally re arranged and many ; ltm. to be changed, the dulUefl. In most oaS.,to tm ' tnwsase TroTsr nha ' Underwood rates. ' ' - - '.' - iw'n today ths Williams , sub committee waa at work on tha In corns tax section of the bill and .a comprehensive brief, supplementing his oral testimony, was died by Dar win , P. Klngsley, president of the New York Life Insurance company, opposing the taxing of mutual lire insurance companies. Xew l'oint Brought Out. ' , Mr. Klngsley revealed a point hith erto not discussed that "the bill en tirely Ignores the fundamental . pro vision which says that Incomes un der 14,000 shall not be taxed." "Not 10, per cent, , of the policy holders in co-operation or mutual companies have incomes over $4,000," Mr. Klngsley asserted. "Tet this bill proceeds to tax a man, however small his Income, merely because he insures his life." Declaring that there are no prof Its In mutual life Insurance compa nies and that .they should be exempt ed from the Income tax Just as mu tual Are Insurance and other organ isations, Mr. Klngsley pointed out that by state and federal govern ments life Insurance companies and their members already were taxed $2S.00.0(M annually, 11,600,000 be. Ing the corporation tax which Is to be re-enacd in this bill, . Levies the Tax. "As It lies before the senate," he added, "the bill taxes what are mis takenly JcaUed 'dtvldl-rnd paid to members nf mutual companlea H levies the tax, although our own federal government has declared that such returns under the corporation Not to Blame for Insults to Women During Recent Big Parade. WASHINGTON, May Superin tendent Sylvester and the Washing ton police are absolved from blame for the disorders which attended the big woman suffrage pageant here on March 3, by the report of the senate oommlttee which Investigated Ove affair, presented to the senate today. The immense crowd that flocked to Washington for the inauguration and the fact that street cars were per mitted to operate along the line of march up to the last moment, were charged with being principally re sponsible. The committee held that while some of the uniformed and some special policemen acted witn apparent "in difference" and made little attempt to check the crowds, the whole force should not bs discredited. Chief Sylvester was exonerated of -hostility!, to the suffragists. ' THE WEATHER. WASHWOTON, May ! roraoast tor North Carolina! OsnarsJly fair jTrtdjqr and arturft Pick. PROVIDED High-up Circles of Capital, Big Job. tax used In the abatement of future premiums are not 'dividends.' To tax them is to levy a tax en a tax; to punish individuals for effectually doing ths very thing ths stats Is pre paring to do when It levies a ta," Representative Hull, of Tennessee, author of the income tax, has urged ths senate finance committee to be careful ' in revising the section les they leave any loophole through which ' hotdlnf ootnpanlef might evade the tax. ' Senator Simmons declared today that objections of foreign nations to the clause to compel foreign mer chants to submit their books to an American agent .In cases of disputed Valuation,' wohia be "met ' In ' this case, Ss in the preferential on goods Imported in Atnerlaan vessels, ths state department holds that protests are Justified. The president upheld that view. eioutfirnirr Oiled. ' ' More than 100 witnesses' from ths New England and aouohern potion sections are reported to hajvs favor ably impressed the senators of the flnanctp -committee with- their' argu ments that some of the cuts were too great - - - i The committee also Is expected to recommend some changes In the chemical schedule, among them to be the free listing of certain dyes used in the manufacture of cotton which the house bill has Included in the dutiable. list Senator Bane's sub-committee still Is working over the wool and metal schedules. Some - reductions ars known to have been decided upon In the steol schedule. Structural steel will go to ths free list Senator Cummins today introduced an amendment to the tariff bill to put a tax of 10 per cent ad valorem on' stock market sslea Ths tax would be levied upon the sales of capital stock, shares, bonds or other (bliKtilons of corporations, all sales ot pioduc'i of the soil, meas or pro visions of any character, made under the regulations of any stock exchange, grain, cotton or provision exchange, board of trade or other such Institu tions wherein the seller is not the owner of the property. The finance sub-committee headed by Senator Williams already is considering the .proposed amendment Negro Accuses Factory Su perintendent Frank of Se rious Crime in Atlanta. ATLANTA, May 29. In an al leged confession which local police tonight say was secured from James Conley, retro sweeper at the pencil factory, where the body cf Mary Pha gan was found on April 27, he Is said to have admitted personal knowledge of the 'murder. ; . t r-- The police claim that Conley accuses-Leo M. Frank, factory super- , Jntsndent, of the crime, but insists that hs did not see it committed. Conley is also said to have admitted making an attempt to dispose of the body. The negro Is alleged to have said that he kept silence until to night, believing that (be would be rewarded by Frank. While police officials tonight say that Conleys alleged confession strengthens their case against Frank, who is under indictment for the crime, the friends of ' the factory superintendent Insist that ths negro Is attempting to Ax his ewn deed upon an, lnnocenLLjnan.Xhey. refuse, to credit Conley'a allseed statements, and win eontimie their efforts to lay tlw'roiiraersjtCirfr";' 4oo9 OFFICIALS FBDM WASHINGTON WILL GOME in Three Members of Cabinet In Party Which Will Visit Mt. Plsgcl ARRIVE IN ASHEVILLE . BEFORE NOON TODAY President Wilson Sends List of Noith Carolina Post masters to Senate N. 01 POSTMASTERS. (By George II. Manuinff.) WAH11LNOTON, May It. (flpeotal.) President Wilson to- day forwarded to the senate ths following nominations ot North Carolina postmasters: Lumber ton, D. D. French. Jacksonville, John B. Pettway, Ooldsboro, U M. Mktoaux. Wakt Forest, O. K. Holding. Nominations Oonflrmcd. . Tha senate in executive session confirmed the following nomina tions ot postmasters: Charlotte, J. H, Weddlnglon. Winston-Salem, R.;& Ulllng ton. ' "' ' Wert Raleigh, NetUs Orow land. Frankllnton, Q. U Whitfield. Henderson, W. E. Gary. ' Klttrell.1. T, Hunt Lllllngton, B. J. logon. , Littleton, B. B. Perry. Roanoke Rapids, H, Mason. WAWUNOTON, May (Special) ' Secretary of Agriculture Hownon, 1 Senretary of tha Interior Lane, Secre tary of War atuTtson, and Congress- f man Lee, of Georgia, and Hawley, ot f Oregon, composing the national forest reserve eommlssioni Otis Smith, dlrea- ', tor ot ths geological survey, and. Chief Forester,, Oravea and Assistant Cilet . roTOBier Jraii leu. wsiun:'n at o'clock this afternoon for AishevlJle ta V Inspect ths . tract of. land which tha . commission contemplates purchasing ( from tha Vanderbilt estate, - . . ( They will arrive in Ashevllls at 11 o'clock Friday morning and spend , four days Inspecting the land In the, Ptsgah forest ' rsserve. The commis- , sion is . considering ths purchase of , 111,000 acres In one tract In ths vicinity of Plsgah Forest station and forest. . ' 4 Preliminary Inspection. Several preliminary Inspections, , have been made of this tand by the different departments ot the govern-, ment and ths present Investigation, , (Continued on Page Kirs.) AMERICAN STUMER 5 UL J10 SHED; .Wireless Telegraphy Again Comes to the Rescue of Stranded Ship, .i CREW STANDS BY QUBENSTOWN, May 21. Tat, American line steamer Haverford. which sailed yesterday from Liver pool for Philadelphia with 114 cabin ' and 160 steerage passengerd aboard, went on the rocks westward ot Corks Head this afternoon while feeling her ' way cautiously m " a dense fog. - A -big hole was torn In tier forward compartment The wireless again demonstrated Ita efficiency. Within a few minutes ths ship was In communication with Queenstown. First aid la the form . ot tugs which ply between the port and passage liners were sent to ths rescue. . Before dusk all the passen gers, with livht luggage, bad beetf safely brought ashore. When the hut passenger was taken off there were fifteen feet of water In the forehoht An attempt will bo made to towi the vessel off at high tide at mid-j night ' The admiralty station received tha first message of distress. This, II transmitted immediately to the AmetS lean line office and at tha same time dispatched the big government tags' Helleepoint end Btormoock to the liner's aid. ' The company's Queens town agent soon afterwards sent three, of the Clyde shipping company's tugs which, wttti the tender and tugs car-j rylng eighty Irish passengers who ex -pected to board ths ' Haverford al- ready on the way, soon arrived at the) scene cf the accident Thus the stranded vessel in a short time wasj surrounded by a small fleet i There was considerable anxlets' , aboard the Haverford, as shs was, shrouded In the densest fog. but no-, thing resembling a r'nle- The trr-l ler of passengers tvos i '- la I feet order. Th obtain aul trt T X. '
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