THE ASIIEYILLE CITIZ EX, FRIDAY, JITXE 27, 1913.
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This afternoon at four o'clock, the
conference reconvened, but with a
Viler attendance. A perfect day
had proven too strong for many of
the visitors end they were busy ses
Ing the sights from Eagles Nest end
other nearby mountain peaks. The
auditorium however, wu comifort
ably filled. Hie devotional excrcis"!
were conducted by Rev. C W. Eyrd,
formerly of Ashevlile, and then. came
the first real disappointment of the
conference in the Announcement that
Bishop R. O. Weterhotrse. of Los An
geles, Oallf., had found It Impossible
to reach the conference In time to
fill his place on the program tills af
ternoon and speak on "The Challenge
of the Oreat West" '
The disappointment caused by Ails
absence was soon forgot ten, however,
by the strong address delivered by
Rev. diaries Stelze, IX .. of New
Tork city, en "The Church and the
Industrial Classes," a theme which
has rarely been touched by such
master hand. This subject, which In
the past few years has come to be a
rltal one to many churches In differ
ent portions of the country, was han
dled simply and yet so forcefully that
the seeming difficulties which have
surrounded It were swept away, leav
ing a blazed path for the churches to
follow.
"The Southern Highlander," was
the subject of an address by Mrs. J.
H. Splllman, of Harrlsburg, Ky., a
woman who has given much of her
life to the work among the people of
, the mountain sections and who this
afternoon ctpoke for them sympathet
ically and with knowledge. -Dr.
Andrcsnn.
Rev. Stonewall Anderson, D. D., of
Nashville, Tenn., had for his subject
The Student in the State School,"
and Dr. Peter Roberts, of New Tork
city, spoke of "The Immigrant," lay
ing special stress upon the need of
energetic and Intelligent work by the
churches among the foreigners who
land In such large numbers upon the
shores of the United States.
Tomorrow will be one of the big
days of the conference, though as a
matter of fact every day Is a big one
according to the program arranged.
It Is true that never In all the south
has there been gathered for any one
.conference such a numier of dUtln
pulshed leader In religious work.
The ranks of the Southern Methodist
church have naturally furnished the
most, but other churches have been
colled upon the supply their best men
for these five days upon the assem
bly grounds at Waynesv1I!e. On the
program tomorrow are Bishops Hes,
Hendrix, Murrah, Dr. Egbert W.
Smith, Mr W. T. Ellis and others with
reputations wider than the confines of
America.
? . n lYrfeot Weatlier. :
The weather has been perfect and
this had added rmioh to the pleasure
of the occasion. Waynesvllle la car
ing for the crowds perfectly. No one
has had to suffer Inconveniences In
finding a home while here, and the
only orltlcivmis heard have been
caused by the fact that the work up
on the great assembly grounds ha
nut progressed quite as far as some
had expected. The water was turned
tn to the Immense bake Junualuak.-t,
covering two hundred and fifty-two
acres of valley lund, on Wednesday
evening of last week for the flrxt
time, and today the stream which Is
'(tiling, it has carried the sheet of wa
ter over nearly half the area. . Iat
night the string pf Incandescent lamps
around the lake ws lighted, and the
effoct was most beautiful.
, About a dosen cottages have been
completed on the ground Bishop
James Atkins with his family have
moved Into hi, Hew George Stuart Is
occupying his, Mr. James R. Pepper,
of Memphis, Tenn., has one of the
honddomost, and others are also oc
cupied. The proposed hotel Is. only
to the firm floor slap as yet, and the
general utility building Is not com
pleted, but tins reached such a stage
that It baa been thrown Into active
use. About fifty miles of roads and
walkways Imve been finished and al
together, while somewhat new and
crude, the assembly grounds show
the wonderful possibilities contained
upon them and the thousands here
are as a whole mere than well
pleased,
The Southern rail road has added
much to the suooejss of the conference
and the convenience of the people by
supplying what amounts to a street
car service between this ctty and the
assembly grounds, operating a shut
tle train every half hour.
A. J. ROBERTS DIES AT
LITTLE PINE CREEK
MARSHALL, K C, June tl.-nA.-J.
Roberts, of Little Prne Creek, one of
the leading cltlxens of Madison coun
ty, died Wednesday evening at (
o'clock, after an Illness of two weeks.
"Unole Jack" Roberts, as he was
familiarly known, has been considered
one of the? most substantial men In
this section of the country and a man
who had a great number of friends.
He had accumulated considerable
property by hard work and Industry
and was regarded as one of the saf
est business men In Western North
Carolina,
Mr. Roberts I survived by his wife
and two sons, J. II, Roberts and Wi
ley M. Roberta
The funeral will take place this af
ternoon at the home of the deceased
at o'clock, and the Marshall Ma
sonlo lodge, of wtrioh he was a mem
ber, will have charge of the burial
service.
GES. CARJR INVITED.
General Julian fl. Carr, command
er of the Confederate veterans of
North Carolina, has been Invited to be
present at the Western North Caro
lina fair on Military Day, and make
I a speech. General Bennett H. Toung
I of Louisville, commander-in-chief of
the principal address of the day.
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Reported at Montreal That
Negro and ' Whit9 Wif3
Passed Through City.
MONTHKAU June 28. Jack John
son, the negro puglllut, under prison
sentence In Chicago for violation of
the white slave act, and out on ball.
Is In this city on the way to England
or France, ao.xirdlng to report here
today. A man believed to be Jnhn
son, accompanied by a white woman,
resembling his wife, arrived here on
a Canadian Pacific railroad train this
morning and Immediately disap
peared. Reports reached here from To
ronto that Johnson and his wife had
beeen In that city, where the fighter
had had an Interview with his for
mer manager, Tom Flanagan, and had,
started for Montreal shortly after
ward. Flanagan Is quoted as saying
Johntcui Intended forfeiting his ball
and going to Paris. His presence
here hsd not been confirmed up to a
late hour.
CLASSIC THEATRE
TO FRESENT CARMEN
Much Interest will be shown In
the announcement of the tnanflge
ment of the Classlo theater llsat
"Carmen," a Thanhauser production,
will be ths feature film at that
amusement house today. The booking
agency has Informed the management
of the local theater that the picture
has been received with enthusiasm at
the cities at which it has ibeen shown
and It is expected that It will be seen
by many Ashevlile motion picture en
thusiasts today and ton'ght. The usual
number of other pictures will he-
shown at the Classic,
VAUDEVILLE TABLEAUX
AT THE DlEIfIA0
The management of the Dream
land theater presented an unusua'.ly
enjoyable talking picture e.t the per
formances of yesterday end ia.it night,
showing Edison's minstrel tnbleau.
The picture shows up well and the
eounds are all that could be expected.
,It Is announced that this klnetophon
production will be presented agatn
today.
The vaudeville bill for the latter
part of the week Is a good one. The
Louise Buckley company, booked
direct from New York, Is feeing pre
sented, snd two'ft!aekfaced come
dians stage a good act
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TERN IBE1RC5-
01 OF SflTHEBUHD
PASSED AWAY LftST HififlT
With Exception of Emperor
of Russia, Was Largest
Land Owner in Europe.
LONDON", June It Cromnrtle
Sutherland -ix'veaon Cower, fourth
duloe of Sutherland, died tonight
The Puke of Sutherland, who was
bom July 10, 1851, was with the ex
ception of the Emperor of Ruierta,
the largest land owner in Europe, tils
Scottish estates embraced nearly a
million and a half seres, lie owned
10,000 acres In Staffordshire and
Boropahlre and much - property In
other countrtea '
The duke was noted as a sportsman
and a fine yachtsman. As tlie Mar
quis of Stafford he several time vis
ited the United Ptates on shooting
trips. '
In ISM he married Lady MUUcent
Fanny St. Clalr-Ersklne, daughter rf
the fourth Earl of 'Romlyn, two sons
and one daughter being the result of
the union. In recent years the duke
had been deeply Interested In a col
onization scheme for western Canada
and to that end had purchased vast
tracts of territory.
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case."
Mr. Mann charged that the new
cabinet officers seemed to have an
exaggerated Importance In their own
Vf-j a.nA an erurftf-sfed l1a. ef the
I M - . . V. I
"A former member of this house
(Secretary Wllsonr" he said, "tele
phones to the a Horsey-general's of
fice, and the attorney-general says
that "without stopptng to go through
the flies and refresh my recollection
concerning any particular clrcum
stsnces of the ease, I sent the follow
ing telegram to the district attorney
ordering him to postpone the case
"What sort of a department of jus
tice is It? - "What kind of an attorney
General la It?" Mr. Mann asked. "No
doubt the attorney-general Is a great
lawyer and a great man. But If the
democratic tdncSftrtratlon' Intends to
proceed upon the theory that when a
cabinet officer telephones the attorney-general
or when some wealthy
defendant, as happened In the West
ern Fuel case, walks Into the office of
the Bttorney-genera." and asks to have
a case postponed, it is done, there
will not he many democratic admln
lstrwtrorm tn the next hundred years."
Henry B. Warner will open his sec
ond season In "The Cheat Breaker"
tn Boston next Laf-nt fay, snd Iplay
continuously until the following June.
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i, y. PALMER TELLS
STARTLING STGRY
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never seen you; I have never spoken
to yon, directly or over the telephone,
or had any communl.Uim with you.
You will have to explain yourself a
little further.'. ,.. , . ,
"Ho then went on to soy that If that
was true, there was a very strange
and remarkable conspiracy afoot, In
which my name had been used, and
he then went on to tell me what was
to me a very smating story,
Had a "Pull."
"He said that he had been called
on the telephone a short time before
that, by a gentleman who, after some
hesitation about glvln f his name, say
Ing that he was a representative In
congress, finally said he was Repre
sentatlve Palmer, of Pennsylvania,
and this person told Mr. Ledyard that
he was In a position, by reason of his
mem-benmip in the house, snd his re
tain with prominent tnembejrs of
the house, to he of service to Interests
which Mr. Ledyard represented, sven
going so far as to say, as I recall It,
mat he thought the money trust In'
vestlgatlon report could be controlled
that various Investigations then pro.
cedlng both In congress and In the
courts, affecting large financial tn
teresta In New Tork city, could be
satisfactorily adjusted snd promising
most amaitng results of his efforts
here In Washington,
"Mr. Ledyard detailed the conver
sation to me and during the next two
or three days, he had perhaps a half
dozen other telephone conversations
with the same person In which this
person went Into even greater details
about how and why he was In a posi
tion to grant legislative favors.
"After each of these telephone con
versations that Mr. Ledyard had with
this party over the wire In Vew Tork,
Mr. Ledyard called me on the tele
phone and repeated them to me, for
tha double purpose of having evidence
at hand that It was an Impersonation,
that I was actually at that time msny
miles away from New Tork and also
to acquaint me with the proceeding,
thinking that perhaps as a member of
the house, I ought to know about It
He Was fihy.
"Mr. Ledyard endeavored to get a
pei-Moiral interview with the man. He
fought shy of that, as I recollect It,
saytnx that no good would be accom
plished from a personal Interview
with him, but promised to see him
lator, and even went so far as to de
clare that In the next dsy or so, he
was obliged to be In Bethlehem, which
Is In my district, so that he could not
meet Mr. Ledyard at an hour that
Mr. ledyard suggested for a confer
ence. '
"Mr. Ledyard, through " the " tele
phone company and I think through
vwrlous other agencies, made a very
earnest effort to locate the , person
who talked with him over the tele
phone. The best he could do was Vi
trace the telephone calls, and he
traced them to a place which satisfied
him as to who the party was.
"If the committee wants to go Into
that further, It seems to me Mr. Led
yard and I will leave k for him to say
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commutes were not In a position to
discuss or crttkilste the hill until thty
had attended the conference to
which they had teen Invited. Hut in
the meantime, the chairman ut the
committee on banking and currency,
the secretary of state, and th presi
dent himself, have taken ooeenlon to
commend this preposition and an
nounce that It Is the'ollcy of the ad
ministration to push It to a paaeago,
so they have done all they can do,
It seems to me, to make an admin
istration or a partisan measure of
It."
POLICE BLOTTER'S
DAILY RECORD
The following arrests werre mads
yesterdayi
Tim Cooke, exceeding the speed
limit , .
Monro Ifensley, exceeding the speed
limit.
Joe Harris, colored, retail In.
Tom Johnson, running automobile
without the proper lights.
Nora Bhelton, colored, . assault
Rannle May Crump, colored, as
sault. James Forney, colored, assault
Press Daldwln, assault
Chas, rialss, larceny. ;
ITEMS OP ISTKIWXT.
The authorities of Camel, Germany,
so it Is reported, recently forbade the
performance of a translation of Eu
gene ; Walter's gilay, "The Easiest
Way." on-moral grounds,
William A, Brady will open hla
Thirty-ninth street theatre In New
York In August with "Believe Me,
Xantippe," a farce written y a Har
vard university student
E. J, Locke, author of "The Cass
of Reeky," has written a play called
"The fiilver Wedding." Alios Gala
and Thomas Wise will be featured In
the new play. '
Brleux's new play about the woman
who works, "La Ftonma fleuole," Is to
be translated by . Oeorge Bernard
ffhaw for the Woman's theatre that
soon will lis opened in London.
Thomas Dixon, Jr., author of "The
Clansman" and other plays of the
south, is writing a new play In whioh
he will act himself next season.
what he found out as to who this par.
ty was. -
''This person who declared that he
was Representative Palmer when Mr.
Ledyard was unabto to secure a per
sonal Interview with him, declared
that he would name a person tn whom.
Mr. Ledyard would have eonldenca,
and to whom hs could talk freely and
who would be able to produce evi
dence and this Representative Palmer
would hs able to do what they said.
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CO
IRA JONES IS HELD
FOLLOWING INQUEST
Coroner's Jury Returns Verdlc to tlie
Kffivt That McCluro's Death Was)
Due to Wound.
WATKKSVILE, June H.Thav
William C. MoClure, who was found
dead by the road near here Tuesday
afternoon, entne to hi death as the
reeult of a wound on the head Is ths
verdict' of the coroners jury 'which;
heard the evidence In connection with
the case this morning, and upon the
recommendation of the jury, Ira,
Jones I belnsr held In connection with
the death of MoClure. Charles Jones
and Minnie Brown have been requir
ed to give bond to Insure their ap
pearance as witnesses at the term of,
court at which Jones will be trled.1
MoClursi body was found by per-'
sons who discovered It In soma weeds
a short distance from a pubno high
way, about one mile from Wavnei-
vlllo, The body was taken home and'
examination showed that there was"
a wound on the head of the decased.
Coroner J, M. Russell, of Canton, was
summoned snd the inquest was held
today, the following composing ths,
coronofs Jury; t. M. Hlg. W. Jfj
Nichols, W. M. Hoyle, J. H. B. Mc
intosh, J. C, ftwearangan and Jerrv
Mefoffey, It was In evldencs that
MoClurs was to havs appeared at
the approaching term of court as ths
prosecuting witness In a case cnargi
ng Minnie Brown with retailing.
ALL MramKRS MEETOO.
The Ashevlile Merchants' aasoola
tlnn held an all members' meeting as
the headquarters of the association
is form stain street, last nignt. He
ports were read by ft. P. Burton. L,
B. Rogers and 4. E. Rector, (recent
delegates to ths North Carolina Re
tail Merchants' asnsoiatlon conven
tion at Wrlghtsvllle Beach.
. TAXED WITH COSTS.
J. O. Ramsey, of Oraes, was trie,
before Magistrate Walter Haynes at
that place yesterday, on the charge
of assaulting Everett armer. of Burns-f
vlll Hill lie was dismissed on pay 4
ment of the costs. The trouble new
curred Wednesday night about T
o'clock,
MTt JORDAN IU
Frank M. Jordan, denutv fire In
surance commissioner, with - head
quarters St Raleigh, is 111 at his horns
In city. Hs became suddenly HI
yesterday morning, although it wot
stated Inst night that hi conditio '
Is Improved ,
Hale Hamilton, of "WaUtngfora"
fume, has been engaged for the lead
ing part In the Drury. Lane, London,
annual melodrama' production ne.uj
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