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4 4 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES LAST EDITION, 4:00 P. M. Weather Forecast: , Probably Showers. mm VOL. XIV. NO. 153. ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 4, 1909. 3c PER COPY. IIITIIIG Oil" From Bay of Biscay to Mediterranean DO HOT FORGET Tilt PLUSES Spain Is Tranquih Government Says IS THAT Of THREE i BOGUS" NOTES DEFENDANTS OS IE IDE YOU 1 ; Mr. Dorsett, Who Was filler of the Bank, Identifies Mass : of Papers Previously Put in Evidence. EFFORT OF GOVERNMENT TO SHOW CONSPIRACY wj bviiiicbtiiiy mi iiib uciGiiuaui With Transactions Certain o! ureeses Leuers Identified. S. T. Dorsett ot Spencer, teller of the First National Bank of Ashevllle at the time of the failure of the In stitution July SO, 1897, occupied the witness stand the entire morning to ddy 1 nthe trial In the United States District court of Messrs. lireese, Pen land and Dlckerson, charged with con spiracy to defraud the bank and with embezzlement of the bank's monies. The session, with Mr. Dorsett on the stand and with little accomplished save the going over again of all those numerous "bogus" notes, was tedious and tiresome. The witness was used by the government almost exclusively today In Identifying the handwriting of MaJ. Rreese, Mr. Ponland and Mr. Dlckerson In the nilling-ln of the notes; the endorsement on the back of notes, where endorsement was made, nnd the Identification of certain let ters In the handwriting of Maj. Lireese. The Ilnrker Notes. j .With the convening of court Mr. Dorsett was promptly called to the stand and handed several notes by the district attorney. Witness identitied the body of notes ns In the handwrit ing of Penland; figures in Breese's handwriting. A doxen notes, all num bered and Identified with a list; ' all signed by the late Thomas M Barker, in Breese's handwriting, were handed to the witness. - Witness identified the handwriting In the body of the notes and said that Barker was an ofd man bout town; he did not have any prop erty that witness knew of; didn't have any business that witness knew of. Mr, Dorsett was handed two letters purporting to be written by Breese; he Identified the writing as that of Breese. One letter was dated Novem ber -2, 1880; the other November 20, 1896. ' Letters. were addressed to a Philadelphia banker; one said In ef fect: "Barker tells me It is all he ran do to pay 1300 on $1030 note." The other letter stated In effect that "we had hoped to get a payment In (Continues on page 4.) Nomination Ballot I hereby nominate M. ...... ... ..... ......... ... ' Address. District... ,.. ... ... ....Vi. My Name is: ' ' m... i:. ;.v... "... Address '.. Profession .. . Date Hour... This nomination ballot, when properly filled out, will count for 1,000 votes. Only one nomination ballot will be credited to a candidate. Under no circumstances will the name of anyone mak ing' a nomination be divulged. Win a Q65 Prize': . $65 COLUMBIA"5 GRAPHOPHOBIA NOMINATION PRIZE This splendid prize will b riven to the person who nominates the winner of the Bulck Touring Car. The Oasette-Newe determined to overlook no one In this big prop osition, has decided to give a valuable prise to the person who nominates the successful candidate. Clip out the blank published In this Issue, nil In properly and send to the Contest Department. Ton may nominate yourselC 17 you w5n the first grand prise, you will also be awarded the IWColumbla. But you need not neces sarily be a contestant to win this prise. If you are fortunate enough to have sent In the name of the winner of the Bulck Touring Car, the talking machine will be given you at the close of the contest Make as many nominations as you like. It costs you nothing to All jut the nomination blank and send It to the 'Contest Department of he Gasette-News. If you do not send In your own name you may win a prize anyhow. This paper feels that this Is a magnificent offer and should result In the selection of none but the. most active and aggressive candidates. Try to name a winner. The Columbia was purchased from snd guaranteed by T So Senator Simmons Thinks Sen. ators Seem in No Hurry About V Tariff Bill. Washington, July 4. There was no apparent haste when the senate con vened to take up the conference re port on the tariff bill. Senators of fered various morning business In the form of petitions and bills. Every amendment offered to the concurrent resolution to correct the tariff confer ence report so as to make reductions in boots nnd shoes and harness and saddlery apply to manufactures from ralf skin as well as leather from hides heretofore dutiable probably will bo laid upon the table. Senator Simmons of North Carolina declared that the "so-called revision of the tariff" would not satisfy even republicans and would not meet the wishes of the country. The court of customs appeals, pro vided for in the pending tariff bill, will not be organized before the beginning of the next session of congress. The question of making appropriations for payment of the salaries of judges and officers of the court hail been under consideration by the conference com mittee of tho two houses at congress and the urgent deficiency provision has been stricken out. It is dillicult to forecast the length of discussion on tho concurrent reso lution. Many southern senators have Indicated A desire to support amend ments putting cotton ties and cotton bagging on the free list. ' With A view of hastening the hour n( signing of the Puyne tariff blli, the government printing office has nenrly every page of the measure printed on parchment so that It can' be submit ted for the signature ot the speaker, vice-president and . president, almost as soon as congtess has Anally agreed to It. It Is estimated that within' 30 minutes after the final vote the docu ment will bo ready for signature. In the House. Objection from Macon of Arkansas forced the- house to take a recess Im mediately ; after convening today la order to enable the. committee on rulet to bring In a special order to ennble It to consider the conference report on the urgent deficiency bill. The rule was reported and adopted when the conference report on the urgent de. tlclency bill was presented for consld-t eratlon, ' The conference report on the Phil ippine tariff bill Is agreed to by the senute. no SATISFY REPUBLICANS ri". -r - - - -T TT "i TTfir"1" f v m&CBEXJ Of THE frozoccjav COSTS Tf3JQ?f JYOTVi W. fCAZUtro. Pretender Is Pacific; Thinks the Mor occan War May Last Long Reports from Melilla. IANY MOORS PERISHED IN THIS WEEK'S FIGHTING UOiilbreak nt Barcelona Knltl to Have Been the Itesult of a Plot of Ilcpublicniis. Madrid, Aug. 1. Tlx government has bwiiccl an official announcement Haying tltnt iie erl.slM In KmiIii Im now at an end and tlint the etiunlry Ih IrHiiquM fnHti tlo. llayvf .Blwey, to the Meirlterranean. The cabinet Is considering a plan for extending the time for th pay ment of commercial paper which has been afferted by the cessation of com merce durlng'thu Insurrection In liur- culana. Mnneiivcrx AgaliiNt Mmirs. General Marina reported yesterday afternoon a successful . Hnanlsh munenvers aguinst the Moors. He set a trap for the Moors, while he maneuvered several battulions In front of the Moorish position, the battleship Niiinuncia moved down the const to take the enemy in the rear. The Moors took the bait, moved forward und nt once fell tinder the concerted fire of tho fort and Numancla. They retreated in disorder, leaving many dead. The attack upon a block house In course of construction began at mid night 41 f Monday. A large body of Moors stole out In the darkness from the foothills of Mount Guruga and rained bullets for three hours upon the half completed fortress. The small Spanish contingent defendeif the block house valiantly and then a Span ish column of six companies hurried up to tho rescue and succeeded In dis persing the enemy. A large number of their dead were carried off by the Moors In the' retreat. . 4 1 .- General . Marina has Issued urgent orclcri for the completion of the block hiinse, which Is necessary to assure communication. , A balloon was sent up and observa tions were thndo of 54 gorges and ra vines on Mount -Guruga where thous ands' of tribesmen were seen prepar ing for a great battle. Barcelona. Aug. 4. A large number of prisoners who were being held on board the Spanish gunboat Temerarlo have been liberated. Communication by train with the outajde world Is In creasing and commerce Is being ac tively resumed. Workmen have returned to, their labors and the authorities announce that order has been restored. Movement Wss Premature. Paris, Aug. 4. In aMIspatch from Son Bebnstnln, a correspondent of the Temps says he has learned from an authoritative source that the outbreak at llarcelona was a result of a repub lican plot, which was timed to coin cide with a general strike throughout Rpnln, scheduled for August I. The movement at Barcelona was prema ture. The plot was betrayed to the gov ernment, which was able to block the efforts of the organisers at Bilbao, Madrid, Alicante and elsewhere. Statement from the Pretender. ' Vienna. Aug. . Don Jaime, the pretender to the Spanish throne, says he has no Intention of Interfering In the present crisis In Spain and that his retirement to Frohsdorf In lower Austria, far from the Spanish frontier, was proof of his peaceful purposes. ' "The Carllst party Is a party of or der," said Don Jaime. "I never Will take upon myself to bring an entire people In'O danger for my own ends. Never wit. I lead Spaniard against Spaniard." Don Jaime is of the opinion that the war In Morocco was unavoidable and he fears It will last a long time. Dividends Declared. New Tork. Aug. 4. Directors of the American Tobacco company today dc clureil a quarterly- dividend of J V4 P'r cent, and 7 4 per cent extra on the company's common stock. llNm: ' 'lf" ' ' in 1 1 1 fsjitiiMSSSssr?? rTsWjien ) I LABOR CONFLICT General Strike. Called Icr Today Has nol Becftme Entirely - . --.-. ... . Effective. Stockholm. Aug. 4. The Uilsir con flict In Sweden shows signs this morn ing of becoming more acute. While the ranks of tho strikers are consid erably swelled, the general strike cull ed for today has not yet become en tirely effective. Many organixntlons, although sympathising with the strik ers, hesitate to Join them actively. In Stockholm a miniature revolu tion Is the form into which the strixe treatens to develop. The employes of tho Stockholm municipality ami the state telegraph linemen have joined the movement but the Hallway Men's union has de clined to do so. Tho present strike and lockout will aggravate the troubles greatly. Members of the ' young socialists party are striving to give the move ment a revolutionary character und the government Is warned that a po litical cumpulgn Is going on at the same time, hits tuken steps to nip the expected disorders In the bud. The authorities have decided at the first signs of Insurrection to declare Stockholm In st.ito of selge. The entire stiimllng army of Sweden Is ready for eventualities. Soldiers are being quartered In different sections of Stockholm and suburbs. 1 Qrent consternations prevails In the capital. A civil guard corps la being organised for the protection of prop erty. Banks are closed and -carefully guarded. The labor conflict at the bottom of this trouble originated In a dispute over wages In the woolen and cotton Industries. In the beginning 13,000 men were locked out, and other in dustrlea since have become Involved until the Employers' federation de dared a lockout of the Iron foundry hands, numbering about 10,000 men. A total of 10,000 men were report ed locked out, and their numbers are Increasing rapidly. THE ELECTION IS L Circuit Court Holds lhat Oemoctatlc Officials ol Lexington Were Elect, ed by Corrupt Methods. Lexlnerton. Kv.. Auc. 4. Judea Par. ker. In the circuit court today declared the election for city officers, held In 1807. null and .void on the grounds of fraud and corrupt methods. The ef fect of the decision la to oust Mayor Skaln and three other officials from office. The officials, all democrats. entered motion for appeal. THIS WEATHER. ' Forecasee until S p. tn., Thursday for- Ashevllle and vicinity: Partly cloudy weather, with prolinbly light showers to night or Thursday; slight ly warmer tonight , SWEDEN flu VOID i I) r MeW4M lieWMa1 HOLDING CHILDREN FOR BICI1S0M Police Believe the Little Ones Were Taken Out ol St. Louis in Trunks. St. Louis, Aug. I. Three additional arrests were made early today In the kidnapping of Oruce and I.lmbsso Vlvluno, who were taken from tlielr home Monday and are being held Vor :'!;, UU0 ransom. With the arrest Yf the suspects the police unnounccd that they believed the children Were In trunks and shipped out of tho city. Tho distracted relatives of the miss ing children are now reported to be willing to pay the ransom of $25,000 demanded by the ululiictors. The po lice yesterday arrested Joseph Plgnno, his wifo and IiIh niotlier-ln-law; Rosa Dragotu. The women were released later, but Pnguno is still in custody. It Is said that Knniuel Turrisl, who Is alleged to have coaxed the children awny, was seen nt I'ngano's home af ter the kidnapping, accompanied by two children . TO Governor Concludes That He Has Had Ample Time to Straighten Affairs ot Defrauded Petitioners. New Orleans, Aug. 4. To begin serving the sentence of fourteen years. Itobert J. Mnloney, formerly a lend Ing laywer of NVw Orleans, will be taken to state penitentiary tonight. Moloney was charged with forgeries exceeding 1150,000. Many of the cli ents' Whom Mnloney defrauded peti tioned the governor to let him remain In New Orleans, with the hope of straightening out some of the tangled transactions of which they were vic tims. This was done. The governor decided last night, however, thut six months was long enough for such as sistance, and ornored that the penl tentlary term be begun at once. THOUSAND RF.NT Foil RELIEF OF THE STRICKEN CITY Federal anil State fiovemments Aid low tlie Sufferers In " Arapulco, MEXICO CITY, August 4. Ten thousand dollars In cash and 110,000 In provisions, tents and supplies are to be sent at once to Acapulco by the federal government, acting under the direct order of President Dlas to re lieve the sufferings of the victims of the recent earthquakes In Guerrero. The state of Guerrero Itself has set aside the sum of $10,000 to be dls tirbuted among the victims and a general appeal will be -made to each state government to donate money, provisions and clothing. Quakes continued Tuesday night according to telegrams from Acapulco. An epidemic among the homeless is feared. ILONEY MUST PENITENTIARY SHE INTENDED TO KILL HERSELF This Is the Slory Told by Mrs. Castle at Police Headquarters in New York. BULLET STRUCK AND INJURED W. 0. CRAIG Man's Ufo Saved by Fountain Pen, Which Deflected the Bullet from .33 Revolver. New York. Aug. 4. The bullet from her revolver that struck and slightly Injured William D. Craig yesterday In tho Waldorf-Astoria, was Intended for herself, declared Mrs. Nevlllo Castle, at police headquarters today, when she was taken, before arraignment In court, after a night spent In the cell in the Tombs prison. The man's llro wus saved by a foun tain pen, which deflected the bullet. The woman used a 22-culiber revolv er and the bullet, after striking a silver fountain pen, Inflicted a slight tlesh wound and dropped harmlessly In the man's coat pocket. Mrs. Sastle Is 38 years old. is a. de cidedly good looking matron, and Craig Is a lawyer. . t'ralg, who Is a member of the Rocky Mountain club, which has a suite or rooms in the hotel, was on his way to the club rooms to dress for dinner. Mrs. Castle, who had been waiting for him, tried to detain him, but Craig shook her off Snd went to the elevator. Mrs. Castle kept pace with him and as he was about to step Into the elevator, she shot at him when the muxxlu of the little revolver was within an Inch qf his coat. Wh detectives arrived the woman wns sitting on a lounge weeping hys terically. Taken to a police station. she said she was an Insurance agent and had a brother. Captain Henry Hcntt, stationed at Fort Moran, near Mobile, Ala. She pointed to Craig, who was standing nearby, and after pleading for him to forgive her, said: "He is tho cause of my trouble. He has thrown me over." Crntg said he would press th charge against the woman. Frederick Dean, to whom Mrs. Cns tle sub-let her apartment In Sixty seventh street, interested himself In her case. He conferred with the po lice and said that Mrs. Castle's home wus In San Francisco and that she was the wife of Nevlllo Castle, who Is well-to-do and is traveling nt present in Alaska. She and t'ralg, he said, were friends In Snn Francisco .as children. Mr. Denn Is a lawyer. After her arraignment Mrs. Castle collapsed and had to be supported to an ante-room wheve she revived and wits taken back to her prison cell. Her counsel said ho expected to get ball for her during the day. '5 E Has Paranoia ol Degenerate Type Has Never Attained Normal ' Type. White Plains. N. T.. Aug. 4 Dr. MacDonald, the alienist called by dis trict Attorney Jerome In the hearing to determine as to Harry Thaw's san ity, concluded his testimony by declar ing that Thaw Is now suffering from "paranoia of a degenerate type." By "degenerate" he explained was meant a person that has never attained the normal type. He pronounced Thaw Insurable. Three of those medical man known as alienists, who have become such familiar part of modern criminal court proceedure, united In the Su preme court yesterday to make it tin pleasant for Thaw. All three testified that he wss In sane, and then Thaw took the stand briefly, after some disconcerting tes timony. He was plainly ruffled and nervous, but Mr. Jerome dismissed him after a few comparatively unim portant questions. Of the alienists who testified, Dr. Austin Flint, Dr. William Hlrsch and Dr. Amos T. Baker, the last named gave testimony of the most Import ance. He Is acting superintendent of Matteawan and appears as a witness without compensation, the only alien ists In the case with this distinction. Justice Mills called attention to this fact and took a hand In questioning him. Shortly after this. Mr. Jerome quickly called Thaw to the stand. He was pale and apparently shaken. The district attorney put some rsther In coherent notes written by the prisoner In evidence and asked him to explain them. After parries hack and forth THAW SAYS MAGDONALD and lnhorlons explanations by Thu (Continued on page 4.) Go Back Again, in the Three Days That Are Left in the Big Bonus Contest Vote Offer. D0N7 GIVE UP THE SHIP UNTIL THE CONTEST CLOSES Those in the Contest Have Proved Their Mettle tor All Time-Prove Your Staying Qualities to the Very Last. Until the newspapers took It away ( from him, Lew Dockstader used to tell . a thing about a friend of his who vis- Ited another friend who was in the "state hospital." : The visiting friend talked with one ' Incarcerated 'friend awhile and decided that he was a very much abused person; that he wasn't craiy at all. Just as the visiting friend was leaving the place he re ceived a kick where It would do the most good, and a parting Injunction was fired at him tn an apologetic tone, lest you forget" But Dockstader doesn't tell It any more. The magnslnes got It too quick. - lnt You Forget However, It does not matter much about that. If It was good one time. it Is good now. The Idea Is that you must not forget the promise that some friend has made you, or the promise you have made some friend "to go back again" or the big offer of bonus votea which Is being made : by The Guiette-Newa For each club of new ) subscribers you will receive -a Toting certificate for 60,000 extra votes In addition to the regular scale. This of fer expires Saturday at midnight. Au gust 7. All yearly business turned In, and NEW, up until that time, Will be counted In this offer. Just one lit tle -thing to remember. If you have nny money which you are . holding back, turn It In now. It will never do you so much good as now during the life of this contest The bonus of fers will positively dectease - each week. ttnlir IhPA. mnra Anm . big bonus vote. Contestants realise that this big bonus offer means a great deal to them and they are work ing hard to land as many of the $14 and 125 clubs as possible. No one should stop with one club, which means 60.000 extra votes; get two, which will mean 100,000 votes. Ev ery one realises the more clubs they secure the more votes to their credit Itcmcmhcr that this bonus offer ei llrea Suturdav. Auiruiit 1. &. m 1,1 ,,! I,t If you are unable to get to Use nfltc wttli your money and subscriptions, you must bsve tlieni In the mail la lit lime to bear lite postmark of Au gust 7.. This lias been arranged In iMrtlcr to give contestants wlio live In the far away iIImU-IcU tlie same op portunity as tluwe who live right here in AhIicvIIIo. Also brer In mlml tliat this period don! lively rials at midnight Saturday, August 7, and that this offer will not be repeated. It la positively the Urgent bonoa offer that will be nude during the life of tills great SeOO contest. - The past week has been largely de voted to securing as many bonuses as possible by the harder' working and wiser candidates, but from now on. it will be a race animated largely by the desire to be ahead ot some particular candidate. A "live" candidate does not hesitate to enter the race at this time. The votes piled up by some of the leaders does not appear appalling by any means. Those who are low in the race and have been making plana carefully can jump to the top In a few days of patient, consistent and Intel ligent work. As a matter of fart, this period of the contest Is really the opportune time. It la Easy. "I've been doing a lot of howling about it being 'hard picking to get new subscribers, and about the Held being gone over with a flne-tooth comb," volunteered a candidate to the contest manager. . Saturday. "And It's true to a great extent as It is pretty hard to find a man In this neck of the woods whn h nn( -..k .ti i for The Gaxette-Newa, but I am done now so far as the kicking la concern ed. - "Why. I ' started nut nt hl.' m yesterday and before I got across the uiock 1 iuok iwo subscriptions and got the promise of ft thtrd from another friend. Then I was-stopped by another lenow wno naa given m u subscrip tion some time ago. and he told me that It I thousht another vmf nnM do any good to come over and get It Then I called up my home on some matter and was Informed that two subscriptions had been left for me wirrv. 1 guess mere are quite a few tor me yet I'm not going to let up until the clock strikes the hour on the last night" That's the spirit of a winner. Only a few more weeks to go and no mat ter how much of a campaign you'vw made there's more to be gathered sn 1 they will beyond doubt have the mJ vital bearing on your final siami : Don't give up the ship unt',1 you n . counted out by the J-i ' . ? mind this talk about 1 it - , f.-llow hot In t (C 1 , .
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