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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-11

Washington, SUPPLEMENTARY
after the church services last Sunday
Nh. Taft and Mr.. Roosevelt met at
the White House. While the Presi-
dent was afcot he stepped in his usu-
al lively fashion and was at the front
portlco of the mansion just in time
to receive Mr.. Taft, who came as lbs
guest. They were greeted by a throng
OF people the moment they reached
the vicinity of the mansion. The
Court of Honor, which was-receiving
its finishing touches from decorators,
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-11

was thronged with thousands of peo-
pie. The air was balmy and spring
like, and this increased the size of
the crowd. The crowd poured into
the White House grounds and be-
came so large that the police had to
clear the grounds of people until the
President and his prospective success
scr had entered the building.
After a conference of nearly an
hour with the President Mr.. Taft
was hurried in an automobile over to
Senator Hale's house. F.,
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-11

Washington, Special. - President
elect Taft attended divine services
at the Unitarian church. Then he
sped over to the White House in an
automobile for a conference with the
President. After leaving the White
House he went to the home of Sena-
tor Eugene Hale, Of Maine, at Six
teenth and X streets. for luncheon.
At 4 O'Clock in the afternoon he re-
turned to the Boardman House,
where he and Mrs. Taft were the
guests Of honor at a large reception
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-11
Negro Rurned at Stake.

Rockwell, Tex, Special.-Aftet
having been identified by Mrs. Ar
thur Mckinney as the negro who at
tempted a criminal assault upon her
Friday morning, Anderson Ellis was
taken from the Rockwell county Jail
Sunday night and secured to an iron
stake driven into the earth and was
burned to death in the presence of
about a thousand persons.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-11
General Items

Servia has withdrawn her demand
for territory from Austria-Hungary
and will be good in the future.
The man who tried to get 10000
IN jewels in London and cut his
throat when caught has not been
identified.
Some $4,000 visitors were in Wash
Ington to attend the Inauguration OF
William FL. Taft as President.
The Maryland and Virginia capital
loan claims e stricken out OF the
General Deficiency bill, which was
passed Thursday.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-11
TAFT A RIDER Ton
His First Sunday in the White
House Spent With Simplicity
FOLLOWS ROOSEVELT EXANpIF

Refuses to See Any Callers Wbo
Have Business in Hand-The pirst
Lady Of tie Land Takes UD Har
Duties Without Dissemination or
Ceremony-Already Making tho.
Changes She Desires in "rousn.
hold Cabinet"
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-14
RABBI PARAPHRAsEs KING

Rabbi Nieto in an eloquent address
in which he paraphrased the speech of
King Henry on the field of Agincourt
making it apply to hotelmen, said that
of all the perplexins questions that
confront the city were left in the hands
of the hotel keepers, he was sure they
would be satisfactorily settled. He
characterized the bonifaces as the lat
ter day good samaritans, and said that
they alone by reason of their training
which taught them to compromise diff
culties and make the best of every
thing, could foster the feeling of fell
lowship between California and other
parts of the country.
j. F. Douglas. district attorney OF
Esmeralda county, New, said that Cali
fornia was noted throughout the world
for extending the glad hand of fellow
ship, and the reputation of harboring
men of the. type Of Reuf and Schmitz
who extended the itching palm, had not
compromised the state, which still was
known as the most hospitab1e in the
union.
] The following committee had charge
fr -
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-14
MRS. MAUD EVANS
LOSES ENGAGEMENT
Vaudeville Agency Balks at
Terms of Divorced Woman

4 No vaudeville curtain viii raise to-
day on Mrs. Maud Evans. divorced
wife of Naval Constructor Holden Ev-
ans of Mare island. The former naval
woman was to have appeared in play
let at local vaudeville house, but
owing to a difference as to terms the
negotiations that had been pending
between Mrs. Evans and the vaudeville
agency fell through.
At the oface of the suIlivan-Con-
sidine booking company yesterday it
was stated that Mrs. Evans wanted
a contract for 20 weeks. but the agency
would only venture four weeks en-
gagement. The two parties could not
reach an agreement, so. the appearance
of the young woman who figured in
the sensational divorce suit has been
delayed indefinitely
While waiting for a new engagement
Mrs. Evans is coaching William Frantz.
the son of Mrs. j. NJ. Frautz, her Cali
fornia street landIady. Young Frantz.
who will go on the stage under the
name of William Gillett,. is studying
assiduously for the light comedy parts
IN which he hopes to- appear with the
former queen of English musical COM
edv.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-14

was called upon to make at the re
dedication of the ST Francis hotel,
when the new walls were put in after
the fire. We stood then among ruins,
and our lunch that day was eaten
among ruins. But among the privi-
ieges of California stand the hotels of
California. They rank with our free
dom, our climate and our elbow room in
the eyes of the world.
I'm London and other foreign cities I
have heard the hotels. sof California
spoken of as the best in the world, and
have heard them designated by name.
SO it is privilege to live in California,
i say, because California has climate,
elbow room and the best hotels on
earth"
Mayor Taylor. who followed Presi-
dent Jordan, referred to the hotelmen
as the knights of the stomach" pay
ing them tribute for their ministra-
tion to the material happiness Of man
Kind He followed this with a his
torical sketch of the hotel life of San
Francisco during the last half CEN
tury, mentioning many Of the famous
old inns of the city by name and
telling anecdotes OF their life.
The knights of the stomach he
said, are the greatest Of all knights,
for they minister toa that want which
unfulflled leaves US without the power
to do great things. Napoleon said that
armies marched on their bellies, and
nothing that I know Of that was worth
while was ever accomplished on an
empty stomach. A full stomach leads
to good; never to. evil. But it is not
this want alone that the hotel has to
fulfill. but a greater want. 1t is want
that goes hand in hand with human
happiness San Francisco is now on d
new career, and let us hope that, as in
the past, her people will remain reso-
lutte to maintain the highest and the
best in all things Though gay, let the
people of this city strive that the city
may endure, and strive always for the
best"
Bishop Nichols spoke of the hotel as
a factor in the moral life OF mankind,
citing the many ways in which. it can
assist in the uplift of humanity. lie
dwet on the ministration of the hotel
to the life of it's guests and declared
that he hoped the time would come
when a closer relation would exist be-
tween the hotel and the church.
REPUTATION OF THE CITY
Our reputation. as a city for gent
a1ity and Hospitality said Bishop
Nichols. "depends largely upon our ho-
tells. for it is in the hotels that the
tourist and the visitor find their enter
tainment and gain their Impressions OF
our hospitality And we find. among
hotelmen a unique feliowsHip-a fel-
lowship that bellies the rivalry and the
noise of the buses at the ferry depot
1T is evident from the spirit shown
here tonight that the only kind of
buses in which the hotelmen are in
terested are the kind Which King Ed
ward and the kaiser have been ex-
changing during the last few days You
members Of the Hotelmen.s association
have been. united, fraternal and work
! ing shoulder to shoulder in the very
best way for the -uphuilding of our city.
Not only that. hut Your hotels elevate
the tastes of our people. make for the
i.conservation of morality and contribute
to the uplift of humanity You are
building better than YOU know
Attorney George a. Knight paid an
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-14

hotelmen at luncheons, dinners and in
automobile drives about the city were
Charles Sadlier and II. J. Gosse of
Reno, J. +. Douglass of Reno and A. G..
Won Acke of Los Angeles. The latter
was the only Los Angeles representa-
tie at the banquet. for the larger party
of Los Angeles men who started for
the city were forced TO put back after
beginning their journey by the cancel
lation Of the Owl train on the Southern
Pacific. Those who started, but who
failed TO reach San Francisco from the
southern metropolis were Charles
Mitchell of the Iollenbeck, Harry Fry
man of the Hayward, Dwight Hart of
the Rossiyn and Natick, and All Levy
president Of the Los Angeles restau-
rant and hotelmen's association.
TELEGRAMs OF REGRET
Charles Mitchell was to have re-
sponded to one of the toasts Of the
evening. as were also Governor Gillett
and Horace Platt of this city. who
were unavoidably detained. kilograms
Of regret from the Los Angeles party
and other disappointed guests were
read by Colonel John c. Kirkpatrick
the POSTMASTER The speakers who
participated Were James Woods. presi-
dent Of the local association; President
David Starr Jordan OF Stanford uni
NtIsll4s AlagOT EuWdFQ 1ODeSOn Taylor
Of San Francisco; Bishop Nichols of the
Episcopal diocese OF California; George
A. Knight of San Francisco: Rabbi ia
cob Nieto and J. L. Douglas of Cold
field.
The tables were spread In the gold
ballroom in the form of a cross and
We're decorated with masses of poin-'
settia and greenery. At the center of
the tables were statuettes representing
the seal Of California and-the American
eagle, and American flags were dis
tributed among he diners. The menu
cards We're unique, being made up in
the form of a special edition of est
Bonifaee's Magazine" Containing hu-
morOus caricatures of all the members
of the local hOtelmen's association.
James Woods. president of the San
Francisco association, introduced Colo
mel kirkpatrick. who presided as toast
master of the evening. The latter. ex-
tended a hearty welcome to the guests
of the association and referred to the
good feeling that was bound to accrue
from such gathering. The time had
come. he said, when all who dined to-
gcther on the eve of St Valentine
should. during the ensuing year. stand
together rs true. loyal and sincere
friends. The first speaker introduced
by Colonel Kirkpatrick was President
Jordan. who compared the standard of
the hotels Of California to the climate
and the freedom of the state
I am forcibly reminded tonight, ;,
said the speaker, .of a speech that L
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-14
RECOMMENDS GRANT
OF TEN DAY STOPOVER
Believed That Western Road
Will Adopt Plan

CHICAGO Feb. Recommendation
for the granting Of 10 day stopover
privilege in Chicago on all forms of
first class and round trip tickets has
been made to the railroads forming
the western Passenger, association by
the executive committee.
Although it is believed that the rec
ommendation Will be negatived by the
roads it is said to be certain that an
individual notice of the acceptance OF
the plan will be served by one Of the
roads. with the result that all will
follow and the stopover privilege
finally made effective. This 10 day
privilege will only. apply on tickets
within limit.
ON continuous passage transporta-
tion for instance. from Boston 10 San
Francisco. this privilege viii not apply
The holders Of such tickets viii only.
s now be allowed the customary time
for transfer and interchange in chi
ago. Pittshurg. Cleveland and Toledo
recently obtained this privilege Now
that stopover privilege bids fair to
become effective in Western Passenger
association territory it is thought ser-
tain by railroad officials that Cmah,,
and other western points will plead
for the same consideration and OBJ.
tain 1t.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-14
MOVING HOT STOVE
PROVES EXPENSIVE
Mattress Piled on Sizzling Lids
Results in Cooking Van
of Furniture

OAKLAND Feb 13.-The energy OF
furniture movers was never so success
fully examplifed as today when couple
of husky teamsters disconnected an
active stove from its pipings. moved the
hot metal to the street. placed it in a
furniture van and as a crowning touch
of realism. piled soft mattress on top
Of the sizzling. lids. Then they left
their little combustion trap and went
into the house, which was in the north
size of Twentieth street between TeIe-
graph and San Pablo avenues
When the movers returned to their
van they found that the mattress was
being toasted. broiled and fried. The
active stoves ruling passion could not
be stihed by mere change in environ
ment- 1t was doing its duty as 1t saw
It, in the face OF all odds.
The furniture movers. who were con-
nected with the Belins van and NOV
ing company. jumped into the van and
tried to take the cooking mattress or
the stove. BUT it was too late The fre
had spread to a bedstead. parIor table
and picture OF washington crossing
the Delaware
The driver or the van thought first
Of driving to the nearest engine house.
but instead it was decided to send
in an alarm OF fire. But when the IRE
engines arrived there was little left
but the stove, which was smiling
warmly with sense Of duty done.
The inside of the van was badly
toasted.
In the excitement following the com
ing Of the engines the housewife who
owned the stove appeared I'm not
surprised, she said. after she had
heard the movers story. That al
ways was a splendid stove"
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-14
LEMP DENIES SWORN
STATEMENTS OF WIFE
Brewer Asserts Allegations of
Brutality Without Foundation

ST. LOUIS. Mo-, Feb. IA hat de-
nial by William ]. Lemp Jr. OF the
sworn statements OF his wife and the
assertion by Judge Hitchcock that If
he sees mt to grant a divorce with ali
mony to Mrs Lemp the money will
not be awarded in a lump sum. but
in monthly or annual allowances, wers
features OF the Lemp divorce suit when
the trial of the case was resumed to-
day.
Lemp denied positively that he had
ever struck his wife. abused her by word
or deed, told their son that there was
no God or derided the Roman Catholic
church to the boy. He asserted that
his wife had read and knew the con-
tents OF the antenuptial agreements
which she signed. although she said
that she did so in ignorance or its
contents.
The only allegation which Lemp ad-
mitted was that he had engaged a de-
.tective TO watch his wife but ne said
that he had Gone this only after the
discovery of the Dear Little Pal let
ter which Mrs. Lemp acknowledged
wiring. explaining that it was intended
merely as a decoy for her husband.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-14
HARPER ACCUSES
JURORS OF LIBEL
Los Angeles Mayor Resents Re-
port That Scored Him for
part in Orgy
Especial Dispatch 10 The CALI

Especial Dispatch 10 The Cali
Los ANGELES, Feb. 1s.-seeking re-
dress by an action for criminal libel,
Mayor Arthur c. Harper today applied
to the district attorney for complaints
against the six members of the grand
jury. who in statement supplementary
to the jury's formal report made pub
lie the details of an orgy in the red
light district The issuance of the
complaint was refused.
Harper. Chief of Police Kern and &
member of the police commits ssion were
scored by the minority report OF the
grand jurors for participating in an
orgy" and dancing and buying and
consuming liquor in disorderly house
Mayor Harper also desires to pro-
cure the arrest of the publishers and
editors OF the Herald and Express
which, as leaders In the fight for a
clean city administration, published
the jurors minority report prominently.
Wesley Clark. leader of the grand
jury minority, expressed desire today
that action for criminal libel should
be brought by Harper. 1t is probable
that all the testimony that was heard
by the grand jury pertaining to the
orgy" would be made public in such
proceedings.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-14
ROOSEVELT IS
GIVEN OVATIONS
President Completes LOO Mile
Journey Made to Deliver a
Twenty Minute Speech

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-After a
railroad journey of $50 miles in each
direction, taken for the purpose of
making 30 minute speech on the
occasion of the laying of the corner
stone of a memorial building on the
site in Larue county. Ky. of the BIRTH
place of Abraham Lincoln. President
Roosevelt and his wife and daughter
returned to Washington at o'clock
this afternoon. The trip consumed just
so. hours
The return trip was practically with
out incident, the most interesting event
being brief speech to railroad en-
.p1oyes. at Harrisburg. Pa. In this ad-
dress, which lasted little more than a
minute. the president spoke of the rail-
roadman as a model type of American
citizenship and said that because of
his alertness. self-reliance and willing
ness to obey orders he was just the
sort of man that would be most useful
in case of another war. which. how
ever, he hoped would never occur.
At many places along the road there
were crowds OF peopIe. VINO waved
their salutations as the train flew by.
The president lost no opportunities to
show his appreciation of the interest
thus manifested. He would respond by
waving his handkerchief or lifting his
hat. In conversation lie spoke feel
ingly of these indications of popular
interest and expressed special pleasure
over the fact that the people generally
seemed to feel as much interest in him
49, = of
to close as they felt when it was be-
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-14
JOVIALITY SWAPS
HOTEL BANQUET
Gathering of Hostelry Men Is Emblenatic of
Fellowship Within Craft

Ok score hoteimen OF California and
y their guests gathered last night in
- the great gold room Of the Fair
mont hotel at the second annual ban
Duet Of the San Francisco hotelmen' 5
- association-a banquet that viii be re-
.uembered In the hotel history Of the
state a s marking an epoch not only OF
..hoteI. growth, but Of the fellowship of
z csaft.
;. Elaborate though it was in every
detail Of arrangement and service. the
Assnquet was noticeable primarily from
. the standpoint Of its good fellowship.
,5oviality. informality and freedom in
expression. Never in its history has
lire white hostelry Of Mob hill spread
"a more perfect repast for any group
ef diners than that TO which the hotel
men and their guests were treated last
alizbt, and the feast was symbolic two
fold ia material expression Of hospital
Ity and plenty.
AS hospitality is the essence Of hotel
Life Of the world, so was il the key
note OF last nights gathering. in that
. the gracious welcome Of the local ho-
:felmen was not extended alone TO mem
. lfers Of their own fraternity, but TO
men from every walk Of life-men rep
resentative Of church. government pro-
fessions and business. 1T was after
midnight by a good hour when the
; diners at last arose from the banquet
fables. but the time had been spent in
tne heartiest of mutual good feeling.
and there were no regrets expressed
because Of the lateness OF the hour.
The banquet was not one where men
Of trade come together 10 exchange
business views and "reminiscences, for
ehere was little talk OF the shop. 1t
was a meeting OF friends whose COM
mon topic Of discussion related 10 lofty
ideals and the better reach Of humanity.
1T. was not the hotels place n the
business world OF today, but the hotels
place in the broader life Of The COM
lnuuity that was the chief topic upon
which the speakers OF the evening
dwelt As factor ia the upbCfiding of
snoral life and civic patriotism the ho-
Tel was lauded. as a business enter
prise il was forgotten for the hour.
Many guests from outside the city
were present at the banquet. and among
them were some Of the most prominent
hotelmen of the Pacific coast Nevada
WAS represented. as well as the cities
Of the north and the south Of Caiifor-
mia. but many who had planned 10 be
present were disappointed because of
the Generalization Of traffic facilities.
TWenty-e local hotels were repre-
sented at the banquet board. and the
'oHf of town guests We're royalty enter
tanned prior to tbe banquet by members
OF the san Francisco association.
day and who were the guests Of local
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-14
LIBERTY BELL TO HAVE
FREE FARE TO COAST
Historic Relic Will Probabl,
Come West This Summer

PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 13.-The in
terstate commerce commission has
granted a permit for the free trans
portation of the Liberty bell and a
guard of Philadelphia policemen to the
Alaska " Pacific exposit ton at Sc
attfe Wash-.. and it is probable the
famous old relic will be taken to the
far west this summer. Mayor Rev
burn has received a number of peti-
tions from several Pacific coast cities
requesting that the bell be sent west
and will recommend to the city council
that the request be granted.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-14
MUNICIPAL TRACTION
COMPANY LOSES MONEY
Deficit of S65,S77 for Year by
Three Cent Fare System

CLEVELAND. Feb. IA deficit oe
ss5,S27 for January was shown today
in a report submitted BY the receivers
of the municipal traction company. The
statement covers the operation OF the
streetcar system under a cent fare
and the shortage is stated TO be larger
than for any month since the property
was leased TO the municipal company.
The total deficit under the nine mOuthB'
operation at cent fares - t229,978.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-14

other glowing tribute to sthe initiative
in civic and moral upbuilding that has
been shown by the hotelmen. He COM.
pared the profession of the law with
the business of the hotel keeper. and
declared that each had equally inn
portant part to play in the worlds af-
fairs
In YOU rests great power of blend.
ing and educating the ideals of our civil
ization and our government for your
contact and your resultant opportunity
for extending an influence of good to
humanity is beyond conception. To-
night you listened to the singing by a
quartet here of My Old Kentucky
Home" and you all applauded until
this room resounded. 1t is meet that,
we should remember, then. at this
time an old Kentucky home that gave
to the world hundred years ago last
night a second Caesar. A Kentucky
cabin gave to the world man. and
God set him with a star. Let us not
forget tonight the memory of Abraham
Lincoln"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-06-21
George Early Visits Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

though he were looking for something
he had lost, and that he seemed un-
conscious Of passersby and very sell
dom spoke to anyone. because. as the
sexton said. what he had to say he
mostly writ"
Graves Of the Famous.
Just to the left Of Emerson's grave
is that Of Hawthorne. whose lot il en-
closed by iron paling fence. No stone
marks the grave. as It was his wish.
often expressed. that his grave should
be unmarked. On the opposite side of
the path from Emerson's grave Is that
Of Louise Alcott, whose Little Men,
and Little Women" have enchanted
Thousands OF little children through.
out the world. To the left Of her grave
IL that Of Henry David Thoreau. who
though he spent most OF his life In
the open air. died Of consumption 81
the age of As. When asked the SEE.
ton to tell me something of interest
about Thoreau he said he was q crank
that lived down at Walden Pond and