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B ASHEVILLE OITIZEN TH CITIZEN WANT ADS BRING RESULTS THE WEATHER SHOWERS KTOL. XXDC., NO: 331; ASHEVILLE, N. 0., FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER, 1013 PRICE FIVE CENTS. HOUSE (PASSES THE The First Day Of School IBEUEVE HOW THAT CURRENCY BILL BY TREMENDOUS VOTE FORGEDJ-ETTEBS link by link Chain Is Forged Tending to Show Him to be Rank Impostor Republicans and Democrats Joih in Doughty Old Warrior May Voting for Measure Which is Ex pected to Bring Financial Relief. Prove to ke Solution of Mexico's Troubles D!AZ. MAN OF IRON, IS GALLED BACK TQ MEXICO BY HUERTA REV' HftNS SCHMIDT ftm ( 0H'MA-1 ( r-T A 1 f mi " v PmdATmi i L-L- TOILS TIGHTENING ABOUT THE "DENTIST" Advices From Germany Lend Color to Belief That Muret Is Related to Schmidt NEW YORK. Sept. II. While steps were being taken today to have a jury pass on the sanity of "Father" Han (Schmidt,, bit upon bit of evl dene Was piling up, Unking closer y.nd closer the lives of 'the slayer of Anna Aurnuller and his alleged f-iuinterfeltinB: partner. Dr. Ernest Muret. Muret was the central figure In the day's developments In the case. The priest, whose very right to the name he claims and to the cloth he wore in being called In question, grew morose In his cell and talked little. Muret appeared In court to plead guilty and be held on the charge of having a dangerous weapon In his possession. But thla charge was more of a formality than anything else, serving merely to hold him in the hands of the state authorities while the mysterious twists and turns of his many-sided life are being follow ed up and his association with the Aumuller girl's ' murder is traced to Its beginning. , , The pseudo dentist who , appears from information the authorities al ready have gained to have practiced medicine under other names in Chi cago, in England and on the conti nent, has been thought by the police almost from the beginning to bear some blood relationship to Schmidt. Thus the advices tonight from AschafTenburg, Germany, Schmidt's Iblrthpl&oe, that Muret la how be lieved to be the murderer's cousin, Adolf Muefler, caused little surprise ' among the Investigators. Muret His Pal. This development hrmslag. -with i' the statement that the cousin were clowe friends and that Mueller Ions ago disappeared, perhaps was the most Important of any along the line of inquiry which seeks to establish a connection of long standing between the two men. It came out also, how ever, through the discovery of 'an engraver, who -made copper plates or Schmidt, that Muret, seemingly had far closer knowledge than he; has t any time admitted of Schmidt's counterfeiting operations, having ac companied Schmidt to the engraver's hop when the plates were secured, A 4 l - 1 . . . . . .i ior ocnmmt nimseir, the many .aliases. he used led Inspector Faurot, In charsre of the case, to suspect that the clerical prisoner might not be the Hang Schmidt of Aschaffenburg, but (Continued on Pntr Seren). REIDY FDflTHE EflVEfiKBR New Offer on Freight Rates To Be Submitted To Him Today. FURTHER REDUCTIONS RALEIGH. Sept. 18.-The proposal In detail by the interstate carriers for the settlement of rate contest In ..North Carolina goes to Governor ralg tomorrow - .through OhairnM Travis, of the corporation commis sion, and consists of nine typewritten pages, including rates from the west to the various North Carolina zones, ratos from the eastern, seaboard ter ritory and miscellaneous Tates. the proposal being signed by freight traf fic "managers for the. Atlantic Coast line, Seaboard 'Air Line, Norfolk & Western and Southern railway com panies. It is a notable fact th-tt the reduc tion of rates into North Carolina from the Buffalo-Pittsburgh zone incorpo rated into the latest amended pro posal are equal to those from the west heretofore published, ranging from 12 cents from Buffalo on flrst . class to' 1.0 cents from Pittsburgh on same class. Greatest reductions from the west ire on grain, hay and grain products; from Buffalo On manufactured prod ucts; Pittsburgh on steel and iron products; Philadelphia on manufac turing machinery, especially for cot ton mills, and general merchandise; y Baltimore, , general merchandise. In cluding canned goods; New York on ganprnl merchandise, Chairman Travis will follow the presentation of this detailed states ment with a special communication to the governor and the general as sembly, urging that the proposal be accepted and setting out the reasons fr. t h isjr e cp mm en datl o rjb yJ,h e, corn-. WASHINGTON; Sept i8v-Com-plete revision of American banking and currency methods proposed in the democratic currency bill was started on Its war, to the statute books today. By a vote of 286 to 8 i, the house passed the bill in practically the same form in which it was originally proposed. Twenty-four republicans and fourteen progressive Joined with the democrats in voting for the bill. With this overwhelming house ma jority and the' endorsement of Presi dent Wilson behind It, the measure was Bent over to the senate. There it was referred to the banking and cur rency committee, before which hear ings on the subject already are in progress. The committee may not be ready, to report for several weeks. The measure would eliminate the present American bank note system under which banks issue currency against government bonds, and estab lish a currency to be issued by twelve federal reserve banks ibased on sound commercial paper which the govern ment assumes the responsibility of re-; deeming In gold or lawful money. Fruit-tail Reserve. It would place practically very phase of banking under the control of a federal reserve board of seven mem bers, to be appointed by the .president, and a council of bankers which would have only advisory powers. The sys. tern would be administered through the revenue banks situated in twelve geographical divisions of the country, each capitalized at about $5,000,000, which capital must be subscribed by the banka in the reserve district. At the eleventh hour the house wrote in to the bill a disclaimer ,of any In tention to alter the gold money stand ard fixed by law. Ten days of earnest consideration in the house failed to alter the bill in any material (particular and it passed virtually as drawn by Representative Glass, of Virginia, chairman of the house banking and currency commit tee, after conferences with Senator Owen, chairman of the senate com mittee; Secretary McAdoo, of the treasury department and the presi dent." iSentlment regarding the measure has not yet crystaliised in the donate. The senate committee is hearing In terested citizens from all over the country on the principles of the hill. These hearings may continue for sev eral days at least. The committee it self Is expected to take weeks In the diEcussion of the measure, although the administration forces in the sen ate hope to force an early report to the floor where further extended de bate is expected. Three democrats voted against the bill today. A final fight on an amendment re-affirming the present financial policy or a gold money standard caused some defec tions from the democratfcj side. Three Democratic Nays. The three democrats who voted against the bill were Representatives E SOLITUDEJFJHE CRAVE Uncertain Course of Love Prompts Princess Sophia To Suciide. WAS VERY POPULAR HEIDELBERG, Germany, Sept. IS. i Princess Bophla of Saxe-Weimar-Elsenbach, a beautiful young woman, unusually popular, of sunny disposi tion, and much courted by the officers with wham she often rode behind the hounds at the Baden court hunts, committed suicide last night. Her 'body with a bullet wound in the temple, was found this morning In her room In the ipalace of her father. Prince William. The death of the princess was due to a love affair, She was engaged to Hans Von Blek'hroeder, the eldest son of the, senior member of one of the most powerful banking houses In Ger many. When the engagement was an nounced prematurely some months ago. It was learned that the reigning grand duke, Prince William Ernest, strenuously prohibited the union un less the princess renounced all her titles and dignities. This she refuesd to do. Much Beloved. Princess Sophia and her parents were much beloved in Heidelberg for the Interest they had taken In tho poor and the general public welfare. As head of the family the grand duke objected to the union of the princess with a man who occupied an inferior station In life. , Since the princess had been pre vented from marrying Von Bleichroe der they had often been seen together at Heidelberg. He had studied for sev eral years at Heidelberg and made the doctors' degree last winter. It is not known whether the fair had resigned themselves to the deci sion of the grand duke. Von Blelch ;roederA it. Is reported, started frorr. Berlin tor &eideibec vestwdaj- Calloway, of Teiaa; Elder, of Louls iana and Wltherspoon, of Mississippi. The republicans voting for It were Representatives Baits, Browne, Cary, Cooper, Cramton, Dillon, Each, f'arr, Foss, Frear, Haugen, Helgensen, Kent, Lenroot Mapes, Lindquist, McLaugh lin, Nelson, Porter, Samuel Smith, and J. M. C, Smith of Michigan; Smith of Minnesota; Stafford, Young, of North Dakota. The progressive vote split, two pro gressives, Representatives Temple and Walters, of Pennsylvania, voting against ttfe bill. Fourteen others voted for It. They were Representatives Bell, ef California, Hlnebaugh, Wood ruff, of Michigan; Kelly, of Pennsyl vania, Lafferty, Lindbergh, Mac Don ald, Manahan, Murdock, Nolan, Nor ton, Rupley, Thomson, of Illinois, and Stephens, of California. CONFEDERATES MEET. BRISTOL, TennVa., Sept. 18. Several hundred Confederate veter ans from through southwest Virginia. and east Tennessee mot here today In the eighteenth annual reunion. The visiting veterans were enter tained by Local Camp S. V. Fulker son. No. 705. The local .chapter Daughters of the Confederacy, gave a, barbecue ana awaraea crosses oi honor. MAY ATTACK TELEPHONE CO. WASHINGTON, Sept. 18. -Whether to attack the American Telephone and Telegraph company, the so-called Belt telephone trust under the Sherman anti-trust law Is being considered by Attorney General McReynolds. More complaints from Independent telephone interests that the big com pany Is crushing comipetition have been received recently by the attorney general, who Indicated today that he must soon decide whether the depart ment of justice would await the con clusion of the Interstate commerce commission's inquiry or undertake an Investigation with the purpose ,': of bringing a civil suit If Che facts war rant. MAY WITHDRAW PROTEST. DOUGLAS, Ariz., Sept 18. Consti tutionalist leaders here advised today that the Mexicans withdraw their par test made yesterday to offloals at Washington and Phoenix regarding the light punishment of an American oowboy, for tearing down a Mexican flag at Plrtlevllle. The Insurgent agents said they 'did not wish to add to the strained relations between the United States and Mexico. The protest was wlthdrtn. THE WEATHER. WASHINGTON, Sept. 18. Forecast for North Carolina: Local rains Fri day and probably Saturday. HOUSE ACCEPTS SENATE T Both Produces on Free List With Duty On Foreign Imports. HARMONY PREVAILS WASHINGTON, Sept. 18. Differ ences between the senate and the house ver the proposed duties on wheat and flour were settled by the democratic members of the tariff con ference oommlttee today. The nature of the agreement was not made public but It is understood that the house members finally accepted the senate amendment almost without change. Under this provision, both wheat and flour would go on the free list and a duty of ten cents per bushel would be assessed against wheat Im ported from a country levying a duty on American wheat, and a duty of 45 cents per barrel against flour Im ported under like conditions. Today's agreement established a precedent, which, it Is Understood, will be fol lowed In other cases In imposing countervailing duties. It Is expected that the conference will approve a countervailing duty of 10 per cent on potatoes which both houees have put on the free list and that the countervailing duty on wood pulp, put in by the house and later stricken out by the senate, may also be adopted. The decision of the conferees to drop senate amendments proposing a tax of 11.10 a gallon on all fruit brandies used to fortify sweet wines and vigorously attacked In the senate "oday y Senator Pomerene; He critl lised the tariff bill managers more 4iarply than had any other democrat lnce Senator lHchcock denounced the caucus Tor the defeat ""of his "trust" tax amendment. He was Joined hy Senator Var daman of Mississippi. The. first. night. sIon-ptJlJOtoil; Terence was bald tonight. HIGH COURT OF IMPEACHMENT MEETS TO SIT ON TAMMANY HALVS CHARGES AGAINST THE GOVERNOR f Governor Suhir Fails to Put ne His Guilt or Innocence Adjournment Taken ALBANY. N7Y.. Sept 18. Wil liam Sulzer, governor of New York, charged by the assombly with high crimes and misdemeanors, failed to appear In person today before the high court of Impeachment, when It convened to begin the trial which will determine his guilt or Inno cence. Instead his attorneys "entered a special appearance" In the gov ernor's behalf and challenged the organization bf th court and Its ju risdiction over the accused The objections '. of counsel were swept aside terwporarily by . Chief Judge Edgar Mr CttytMi, jpttho court or appeals, presiding, ana me im peachment tribunal proceeded" to or ganize. The court convened at noon and adjourned an hour later until tomor row to permit a oommtltee of throe to prepare and report rules of pro cedure, No objection was Interposed to a ruling of Judge Cullen that tho three designated judges of the court of appeals Judges Miller, Chase and Hlscock be permitted to sit with the election judges as members of the high court. The first challenge came when Senator James J. Frawley was called upon to take the oath. Admitting the right to challenge, Judge Cullen ruled that members ofthe court must be sworn before any proceedings were taken, and Senator Frawley took th oath, Other diallengie. Judge ' Herrlck announced that Senators Ramsbwrger and Banner, members of the Frawley committee, and Majority Leader Wnwr would TRAIN LEAVES THE TRACK 1 Passengers on Great North era Flyer Have Narrow Escape from Death. WTNONA; Minn., Sept II. Blx cam of the Great Northern' east-bound Oriental limited were hurled from the track by a burning bridge on the Burlington railway three miles east of Winona today. Mrs. A. T. Traynor and B. Q. Hanawat, both of St. Paul, were, hurt, It was said, .. but. onl7 slightly. : The cars were later de stroyed by Are., The passeners were taken to LaCrosse and put on board another train bound for Chicago, The train was running fifty miles an hour and was within S08 feet of the trestles when Enffineer A. J. Had ley observed the Are. The emergency brakes were applied, but It was too late to atop. , The burning trestle was about forty feet long and the tender and baggage car tipped over on the northsld and the two day coaches, two tourist cars! BURNING BRIDGE and the dining car fell on the south- or ned before they arrtwed, No de Bjg, Iscrlptlon of the bandits could be Three car remained on the track. I secured tonight . A switch engine sent from Winona pulled one of these away and passen gers pushed the other two back from the fire, which threatened them, VETERAN FALLS DKAD. RALEIGH. N. C Sept 18. Joshu B. Hill, a Confederate veteran and a leading business man of Raleigh, fell dead from heart, failure at his home here about 10 o'clock tonight, aged 72. For fifteen years he was United States marshal of the eastern district of North Carolina, serving under the administrations of five presidents- Hayes, Garfield, Arthur Cleveland ad Harrison, " man' Appearance Before Tribunal Which Will Deter- Objection is Overruled. be challenged at the proper time Senator Wagner, Senator Elon R, Brown, the republican leader, and Judge Wliiard Bartlett, of the court of appeals, the committee arnnLntMi to draft the rater of piw dure, had p radically completed their work to night, Apart from the adoption of these rules Interest In tomorrow's proceedings were focused on the ex pected legal hattl over the right of the challenged sonatnra a it n. members of the court. ' The governor's amm-nava fn4 to eXDkUll WhV thv vmrntiMmA in Challeng' Sefcatrw Wagner. - - '"' ";' me impeachment court as consti tuted today numbered 67, of whom 48 are senators and nine liirfms nt the court of appeals. Two-thirds ma jority of tt.o court is required by the constitution to convict. Scores of witness" are under sub poena to testify. Whether Governor Sulzer would be nut nn the mtxnA in his own defense, and whothr hi. wife, who Is reported to be able to exipiain many of the governor" ques tioned stock transactions In Wall street, will be called as a witness, were secreta which the governor's counsel tonight refused to dlvuHge, Louis A. Karrvkv wtnrMarv in M Bulzer during the gubernatorial am- paign, wanted as one of the star wit nesses for the prosecution, Is missing. , Sulzcr's Friends GaUier. The ranks of counsel for Governor Sulzer were Increased today with the appearance of Kllhu Root, Jr. - As filed with the court, the governor's attorneys f record are, in addition 1MnJttoot, D. Caddy Herrlck, lrv- T One of Latter Killed In stantly and Other Is Fa tally Wounded. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Sept 18. Two robber with drawn revolvers entered the Jewelry store of J. J. Thompson here early tonight, com manded the clerk to throw up then- hands and, when they1 refused, open ed fire. John A. Thompson and Ed Smith fell dead and Paul Townsend was probably fatally wounded. The bandits escaped. The three victim were alone In the store when the robbers entered. Townsend, who was taken to a local hospital, was able to tell the authori ties ohly a few words concerning the tragedy. The Jewelry store Is almost In the heart of the business district and pe deetrlans passed while the robbers were within. One person Informed the police that he heard three shots fired. Policemen nearby also were attracted by the shooting but the rob- PRESIDENT IS LKXIRVT. WASHINGTON. Sopt, 18. Pleas that a widowed mother and depend ent wife and child needed the sup port of Arthur J. Stensel, convldtel of embezzling 15,400 of the funds of the Galveston City National bank. In duced President Wilson today to com mute the prisoner's flve-year sentence to one year, stenzet's voluntary sur render and plea of gulMy at Galveston, Texas, January 31, last, were taken Into consideration by the president The prisoner, whose father has died Since his .confinement, leaving th i released the latter pw 4 November, OF NEW YORK Until This Afternoon lng Q. Vatuit Harvey p. Hinman, Aus ten G, Fox and James Gay Gordon. Counsel for the manager of the as sembly are Alton B. Parker, former Judge of the court of appeals; John B. Stanchfleld, Edgar T. B racket t, Eugene Lamb Richards, Isador X K-reesei, Hiram C. Todd and Header son recK. The proceeding today Were con auatea with great solemnity. Each senator as he took the oath, standing In the center of the semi-olrcular pace between the senators' desks and the dais, seemed to realize, the un usual significance of, the occasion The remark of oounseU were couched In formal term and each bowed low as he arose to address the court. Spectators In the galleries watched the proceeding In alienee. Among them were many women. In the po lice patrolled corridor outside hun dred of disappointed men and worn en clamored, threatened and pleaded for an opportunity to catch a glimpse of the history-making tribunal. The governor did not come to th capltol today, hut remained at the "people' house," closely In touch with the proceeding going on In the high court. He rose at 7 o'clock, an Joyed his usual fifteen minute' tnU about the executive ground, and breakfasted alone with Mrs. Sulzer, After the morning meal h wa clos eted alone with Mrs. Bulzer for half an hour, when the various possible disappointments of the day were dii cussed. " ' " v " " Later he participated In a coafor (Con tinned on Page Eight.) LONDON THREATENED WITH STRIKE MJE DRIVERS Traction Employes Demand a General Recognition of Their Union. LONDON, Sept 18. Despite th Intervention of th lord mayor, which led to tho concession fcv the Tilltngs 'uss company ov th tight of the men to wear union badges, a general strike of traction employes 1 still emminent on the clear-cut Issue of recognition of the union. RxpUlnlng the failure of confer' ence held at the mansion house today, Organizer Ben Smith at a mass meet ing of the striker tonight declared "We are preparing to stop every pae senger-carrylng vehicle In London be fore we will lose the fight Tilling will come first; then ths General Om nibu company; then th Tubes, an after that if we are forced to It the street cars." Mas meetings of employes of th bus companies have been called for tomorrow night The Tilling service was badly crippled today and will probably be suspended tomorrow. The freight paralysis at Burning' him I affecting other points in th midlands. The London Northwestern railway is not accepting any freight for Birmingham, Negotiations be tween the strikers and the railway official at Liverpool "are suspended because th latter decline to discus the refusal of the men to handle goods from Dublin, In Dublin add! tlonal firms closed down today. What little work was done at the dock wa under police protection. The situation Is becoming graver in Manchester, If the carter fulfill their threat to strlk th traffic of the port will come to a complete tand ttllL The only Item to th credit o. Industrial peace today wa an agree ment on th basis for ' settlement, o th London building, trade strlk MAY BE CANDIDATE FOK THE PRESIDENCY resident Wilson Does Not Believe That Huerta Will Bo Candidate MEXICO CITT, Sept. 1. Instruos tlons have been sent by President Huerta to den. Felix Dial, who no. 1 In Europe, to return immediately to Mexico. It la expected that h wiu sail within a few days. 1 This fact Is regarded her a la dloatlng that Oenoral Ilueru Intend to abide by the $iot lgned at th American embassy last February to. pKvce no obstacle In the path of Oenj eral Dia In hi candidacy lor ths" presidency, It Is considered possible that un- eral Huerta will throw his Influence to Bias, which would practically In sure hla eleotlon. The partisan of Dl ' have not ocjed to labor in his behalf, and assert that they have organised up wards of 8,000 "clubs" throughout the republlo. Up to the present Gen eral Dtai 1 the only candidate In th . field. Much comment ha been caused by ; the selection by President Huerta ot Eduardo Tamarls, one of the most prominent among th younger leader of th Cathollo party, for th port folio of public Instruction In hi cabi net vacated by Jos Maria Loiano, who ha been transferred to th de partment of communication and pub llo work. It la learned that th banker who reoently agreed to finance th admin istration to th extent of 18,000,000 or 18,000,000 peso hav declined to offer ny hop of assistance dating beyond the coming elections, General Trevlno, who wa selected by General Herts, to head th mili tary court,' has' declined ' th post. giving a hi reason 111 health and hi' advanced age. . PHEKsr attitcdb. WASHINGTON, Sept. 18. Presi dent Wilson let It be known today that he take th view that there wa nothing in General Huerta' messag to tho Mexican rongres last Monday (Cotuinnrd on pag Figiit) "lSTEWBLEO.iyi;i YEARS" SITS UP 117 AFTER AUT0L7GBILE RIDE Accompanied By the Sheriff He Takes Auto Ride In Country. . GETS AN OVATION CONCORD, Sept. J8-'Thl tatf Ibeen th most enjoyable day I hav had In years," said Harry K. Thaw a h returned from a long automobile) rid In th country today, Th outlns; was arranged by Sheriff Drew, who baa Thaw in custody pending th out come of the extradition hearing be fore Oovernor Felker next Tuesday. Accompanied by the sheriff and hi assistant newspapermen and photo-, graphers, Thaw was cheered by crowd as the party left the hotel. Th automobile whirled out of the city through th village of Penacock, twelve miles distant to Bosc&wan, There the Inviting fields . stretching alongside the state boulevard attracted 1 Thaw, who got down to stretch hi legs with Police Officer Steven a his escort. Thaw for over two mile hit up a pace that forced Stevens to d his beet to freep up. When they climbed back into the car Thaw' cheeks had a healthy flush and h wa In better condition, apparently, a to wind than was hi guardian. Upon the return trip a visit wa made to St Paul's school where - . . I U . was a student seven year ago. "This .has made me feel Uk going to hed early and getting a good sleep," said Thaw when he got back. But be fore carrying out that part of the pro gram he went over with hi lawyer the result of their all-day search la the law ibook of th state library fo precedents bearing on the extradition proceeding before Governor Felker next Tuesday Mall for Thaw and hla counsel and communications to Governor Felker concerning the case continue to pour in in great quantities, A New York man who bas been In Concord since Monday circulating a (petition asking the governor to release Thaw, was forcibly ejected from Thaw's hotel late today. During the evening re marks made by him were construed & a threat against William Travers Je rome and the o!!' eit s i
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