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THII ASSOCIATED PEEC3 DISPATCHES LAST EDITION, 4:00 P.M. Weather rorecast: ' - Occasional Shower. y i i i! ill I ' VOL.; XIV. No. 160. " ASHEVILLE, N. C, TOUBSPAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 12, 1909.. So PES COPY. HL BU3$ 1 THE SI10, TELLS flBDUl THE DflfiK BOOKS Thaw Is Remanded to Matteawan ul M. YOU SMTGG As Insane by Justice Isaac N. Mills ID GAZETTE-HEWS GOflTEST ? A 1 6 Some Now Believe the Govern ment Will Close Its ' Case Very Soon'. CHECKS OF DEFENDANTS I ARE PUT IN EVIDENCE Effort It to Show That They Got Out Large Sums of Money When T Bank Was in Bad 1 Condition. . Edward P.' Moxey, bank exam iner, expert accountant and since the failure of the First National Bank of Aahevllle twelve year ago, employed by the government In connection with the criminal . cases against Messrs. Brceso, Penland and Dlckerson, charg ed with conspiracy to defraud the bank, went on the stand 'for the gov ernment this afternoon In the trial of the cases before Judge Newman The ennuis muAcy iv iue mtLnti is taken to mean that the government Is fast nearlng the close of Its case. Mr. Moxey's testimony had to do .largely with the books of the bank; the dls ' count registry and the rediscount book, a. little red-backed book that was placed In evidence today for the first time. He had his figures and evidently facts at his finger-tips and rattled off testimony In a manner that kent the court stenograoher on the rush. The testimony of Mr. Moxey Is regarded by the government as most Important. Albert Brown Testifies. The trial of the cases began this morning with Albert Brown on the stand for the government. Mr. Brown was bookkeeper for the bank at the time of Its failure. The witness was shown checks and Identified' them aa passing through the bank. There were wvraj batches of ttaeae.cheelte, drawn, and still others by Dlckerson during .i ... .dak .oaa .1 . . j i. UlV!)VCtrB AO?, JOPV UIIU Uf IU lllO close of the bank July, 1897. ' Bank Examiner Fred A. Hull was called to the stand after Mr. Brown had been excused and further testimony was had concerning the checks. Mr. Hull read from slips taken from an adding machine showing the. totals of the checks batches and bundles - of checks offered In evidence. The to tal checks drawn by J. E. Dlckerson from January 1, 1806, to the close of the bank aggregated $97,931.90; checks drawn by W. E. Breese for 1895 aggregated J10.421.OS; . 189(, $14, ( Continued on page 4.) Nomination Ballot I hereby nominate M. ...... Address... District... My Name is : M... ... ... Address... 1 I I it M Profession . . . Date... ..... Hour 4 . 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. Wb a QS5 Prise $65 COLOIA GRAMOPHONE r;o:.:i:iATio:i phize .Thta splendid prise will be given to the person who nominates the Winner of the Bulck Touring Car. The Oasatte-News determined to overlook no one In this big prop osiuon, has decided to glvo t valuable prise to the person who nominates the successful candidate. Clio out the blank published In this Issue, All In properly and send to the Contest Department Tou may nominate yourself. If you win the first grand prise, you will also be awarded the 1(5 Columbia. But you need not neces sarily be ft 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 fill iut the nomination blank and send It to the Contest Department of -the Qasette-News. If you do not send In your own name you may win a prise anyhow. This paper feels that this Is a magnificent offer and should result In fntf selection of none but the most active and aggressive candidates. Try to name ft winner. The Columbia tu purchased from and guaranteed by . tj w - UIQIC 11 CA LIE 0(1 LARGE SCALE Invasion Aln Defence Maneuvers, in Massachusetts, Will Conlin ; ue for Seven Days. WILL COST HALF A MILLION; 16,000 WILL PARTICIPATE Certain New Tactical Theories and , Methods of Tra importing Troops, Etc., VU1 Be Tested. Boston, Mass., Aug. 12. War Is to be declared against the United States by a foreign power tomorrow night and promptly at midnight the hostile Invaders will cut off all telegraph and telephone connection In the attacked territory, somewhere between Boston and the southern state line. In Its extremity the federal government will call upon the coTnmonwealth of Mas sachusetts to defend Its free soli against the Invading enemy. These formalities will mark the beginning of the greatest war game which , this country has ever seen. The mimic invasion and defense, which both will be made as reallstic as possible, under existing conditions, and will serve several purposes. The pretended war Will Involve more thun 16,000 men, mostly members of the state militia of New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts, with a few men from Washington,. D. C, and a small force of regular cavalry, to Increase the available cavalry force required In the maneuvers. The operations will be conducted under, conditions as nearly as possible . corresponding to the conditions of actual warfare and the troops takng part In the maneu vers will thua.be- given valuably ex perlence In actual Held work. Another object of the " mimic war will be the testing of certain new the orles of a tactical nature and of cer tain methods of . moving, handling, provisioning and transporting large bodies of troops and war material un der conditions which would prevail in case of actual war. The Plung. In answer to the call of the Fed eral government the state of Mossa chusetta will mobilize a force of about 7,000 state troops on short notice and rush them, fully equipped and armed, and provided with United States army (Continued on page I.) I I Decision Handed Down Today Dismisses Writ of Habeas Corpus Under Which Slayer of Stanford White Sought to Sepure His Release From Asylum for Criminal Insane. White Plains, N. Y.. Aug. 12 The state of New York won a complete vic tory over Harry K. Thaw today, when Justice Isaac N. Mills decided that the slayer of Stanford White is still in sane, dismissed the writ of habeas corpus by which Thaw sought his re lease, and sent him back to the crim inal insane asylum at Mattewan. Not one of the many contentions mude by Thaw during his recent hearing were sustained. He la however, somewhat better off than before, because Justico Mills In his decision suggests and the sugges tion amounts practically to an order that Thaw at Mattewan be restored to the privileges he enjoyed during the i- i . ' ' ,-..,. OFFJLCtGDAST The Clyde Liner Breaks a Shaft Drills to Soundings, and Will . Be Towed in. Beaufort, N. C, Aug. 12 The Clyde Line steamship Arapahoe, for Jack sonville and Savannah from New York, was still adrift off Hatteras lightship at 4 o'clock this morning but was In a safe condition. Several steamers are on their way to the dis abled ship. The wrather la fine and the northeastern has moderated. No fears are entertained for the vessel's safety or for the Uvea of those aboard her. Later Intelligence Is that the Ara pahoe is 20 miles southwest of Dia mond Shoals lightship today, and an chored In 21 fuihoms of water. The vessel will require new stern bearings. The Arapahoe was In communication today with the Iroquois and the ltlo Orando, which took station close by, and will wait for the steamer Iroquois and the revenue cutter to assist her Into port this afternoon. The Arapahoe broke her tall shaft yesterday afternoon at 3:50'' o'clock and reported by wireless at this sta tion at 4:60 o'clock that she was drifting helplessly. Tho ship at the time that she flash ed her "C. Q. D." was 21 miles south west of Diamond Shoals lightship. The wind waa strong from the northeast and was drifting the ship In shore. She Is heavily loaded and has quite a number of passengers on board. HUSBANDS STILL HAVE SOME FEWPRIVlLEGES May Swear at Their Wives, Come Home Drunk. Threaten to Leave, Ssys Chicago 'Judge. Chicago, Aug. 12. Husbands may swear at their wives with Immunity from arrest according to the opinion of Municipal Judge Oemmlll. Kiirthrmore. he believes that ft wir has no redress In court If her husband has threatened to desert her, If the husband return home Intoxi cated the wife may not have him ar rested unless he beat her. The Judge emphasised his position by refusing to Issue ft warrant to ft wife who told the court ahe believed w h.. .hand Intended to leave her and that she wished him arrested. Jark Johnson Signs. fhleniro. Alls'. 12. (Utilletln) Jack Johnson has signed articles to ngm ARAPAHOE INJURED j James J. Jeffrie first three months of his stay there, and that his mother) be allowed all possible privileges and be treated with every consideration when she culls to see him. -r . , Thaw Hear the News. Thaw received the news of the fail ure of his second attempt to obtain , discharge from Matleawaiv with tl'ght display of emotion. His man ner Indicated that he hnd expected an adverse decision. The Information was brought to him first In his cell In the lorul Jail. Thaw road the court's opinion without run n.ent until he came to the following sentence: "If those beliefs constltut-1 AMERICAfi S: A: S Raleigh Mayor Seemt to Win Second Fall With WIncfietter Some Evidence from Asheville. ILLICIT LIQUOR MAKING IS STEADILY INCREASING Blind Tiger Caws In RnlHgli Hard to Oct Convictions in Wake Superior Court. AOTTS-jrrWg -BVMUIV Ohamtw t CoetsMros knoml, ! Jia Sakrtjs. -V. 0. . .,. August 12. Following ft conference among Mayor Wynne, Aldermen Joseph (I. Hrown and Sherwood Vpchurch, City Attorney Walter Clark, Jr., and Cap tain Frank Winchester, an American Salvation Army worker, the latter was officially notified that he must not hold any more street preaching ser vices or solicit funds for his work in Kalelgh until he has explained charges that were read to him, to tho satis faction of the mayor and aldermen. It was In Winchester case that J. W. Bailey, aa attorney for Winchester and wife, declared In ft meeting of the city aldermen when resisting a revocation of privilege of street ser vices and fine for preaching In de (lance of the order, that when the people of Ilalelgh elevated J. S. Wynne to the mayoralty they did not put in his hands the keys of heaven and that when they made Alex. Htronach police Justice they did not Intend creating a second Pontius Pi late. At that time the aldermen vot ed to allow the Winchesters to carry on their work in. Raleigh. Mayor Wynne yielded as gracefully as he could but gave notice that they would probably hear from him later. V eater day he called the aldermanlc com mlttee together and laid before them a volumnous correspondence with the authorities of Norfolk, Asheville, Greensboro, Washington and Phila delphia bearing on the work of the Winchesters In those places. Chief of Pollco C. a. Klser of Norfolk, In writing a deal of evidence against the Winchesters, expressed his con viction that they are "Imposters of the worst sort" The police of Ashe ville wrote very disparagingly of their work there and the Falk Music com pany of Asheville wrote Chief of Po lice Stell to arrest the Winchesters here for obtaining ft bass drum there under false pretenses. They . had signed ft contract not to take the drum out of Asheville until It wns paid for. In the face of this they have the drum la ulolgh now. There were bad records ln,n :ited for them 111 TROUBLES (Continued ca 19 4) e' delusions In his mind whn l:e committed homicide, they arj the mm now." . "That's not so," he said, and muck ed the lines with a pencil. Is Mill fool. Thaw took the decision coolly. In concluding that Thaw is now in sane, the court gives llrst Import ance to hiB family and childhood his tory. Thaw evidently mude a bad Im pression on the judge by his actions both on and off the stand. The court said It was more convinced by the testimony of alienists called by the state than by that of the prisoner's experts. f IRBINi TUIEl: IS STILL Damage to Southern's Tunnel in Lynchburg Is Estimated al $100,0,00. Lynchburg, Aug. 12. Spreading rapidly, and with a portion of Hlver moot avenue caving In and firemen overcame In the light against the llames, th'. fire which broke out yes- erdaj; In the railway tunnel here raged fiercely today. The damage to the tunnel la estimated at upwards of $100,000. Over 300 feet of the construction seemed doomed nt noon, and nearly luO feet reaching up to the street car trucks had fallen In. The tire Is grad ually eating its way back Into tunnel Several holes will be drilled this af ternoon Into the top of the tunnel to permit flooding the tunnel. Southern railway officials arrived from Washington toduy and looked aver the situation. AGENT OF DUD But Did not Take tho Company's Cash Dogs on Assassin's Trail. Louisville, Ky., Aug. 12. J. A. En gelman, night agent of the Queen Cnscent railroad at King's Mountain, Ky., 'was assassinated. In the office of the company some time after mid night. Ills Jewelry was taken and his pockets were rifled, but ft considerable sum of money belonging to the rail road company was left untouched In drawer. . ' ' 1 1 Engtcman evidently was dosing on his hair between trains, when ft shot was fired through an open window. striking him In the back of the head The body was found by ft night eon stable at 8 o'clock. The sheriff put bloodhounds on the trait PUT TP PESPKRATE FIOIIT AUAIN8T FEDERAL OFFICERS John Moyd, Relieved to Re One of Counterfeiter dang, Caught In OWo. QaJllpolla, O., Aug. 12. After put ting up a desperate fight on his shanty boat on the Ohio river last night, John Lloyd, believed to belong to a gang of counterfeiters, waa captured by gov ernment officers. A counterfeiter's outfit and ISO spu rious ' five-dollar gold .pieces Were found In the boat. RAGING EVIDENCE CLOSED E Medical Expert Testifies That Sutton Could not Have Fired the Fatal Bullet. SCENE OF THE KILLING IS AGAIN RE-ENACTED And Adams, as Sutton, Pulls Trigger, but the Medical Man Remain Unconvinced. Annapolis, Aug. 12. After Dr. E. M. Schaeffer of Washington as an ex pert testified at the naval court of In quiry in the case of the death of Lieutenant Sutton that Sutton could not have shot himself, Lieutenant Adams again panlomlned the shoot ing of Lieutenant Sutton, the scene being re-enacted on the floor of the court room, with Lieutenants IHley and Ostermun and Sergeant De Hart placing themselves upon him. Lieutenant Adams pulled the trig ger of a service revolver but Dr. Schaeffer declared that he could not thus have Indicted a wound duplicat ing the one which killed Lieutenant Sutton. This closed the testimony and adjournment was taken until to morrow. ' i A gruesome feature was yesterday afternoon Introduced Into the pro ceedings when the legal representa tives of Mrs. Sutton, mother of the dead lieutenant, brought to the wit ness stand Dr. Schaeffer. The peo ple In the room crowded around the table and gaxed with the keenest in terest at the doctor while he placed upon the table glistening skulls to the exterior of one of which he affixed In little lumps of wax, steel roda intend ed to Indicate to the members ot the court the course of the' bullet In the skull of Lieutenant Button. Lieuten ant Adams had given dramatic Illus tration ot the position of Lieutenant Sutton when the fatal shot was fired. The doctor was equally dramatlo as ho stretched himself upon the table and showed how It was quite Impos sible that Lieutenant Sutton could ever have tired the shot and put an end to his life. The Doctor's Theory. One of the points upon which the witness dwelt with special stress was the Impossibility of Lieutenant Sut ton's being able, under the circum stances described In the testimony, to exert sufficient pull on the trigger of the revolver to bring down the. ham mer of the weapon upon the cartridge. Dr. Schaeffer stated that he had had much experience In the examina tion of gunshot wounds, and had per formed many autopsies upon bodies upon which such wounds appeared. Illustrating upon himself, the wit ness assumed on the table the posi tion In which Lieutenant Button was described to have been on the ground when shot and declared that he, the witness, was unable to pull the trig ger of the small pistol he was using In his demonstration. With any one sitting upon his shoulders, he said. It would have been utterly Impossible for a man In Sutton's position to have shot himself aa has been described to have been done. Mr. Blrney cross- examined Dr. Schaeffer, questioning him with an apparent Intention to show that ft man of Sutton's age might have done what one of Dr. Schaeffer'a could not. Sergeant Todd, who was on the stand during the afternoon, session, said he had seen Lieutenant Roelker pass the guard room. After the shoot ing, he said Lieutenant itoeixer came Into the guard room and said: "My Ood, Archie, I've been shot" The witness heard four shots nrea He acknowledged having said he had often wondered why he waa not aum moned. Mr. Hlrney took the witness over the events of the night. The running light, he said, was going from the vicinity of the camp toward the bridge over College creek. After the shooting he saw Lieutenants Adams and Osterman In the room of the of- llcer of the day. In response to questions of Mr. Da vis. Todd said that it was Lieutenant Adams who aaked the witness "If he had any spare guns," saying there was trouble In the camp and he wanted them for protection. Todd said he did not' hear until next morning that Lieutenant Sutton hud been shot. He was not asked by anyone If he knew anything whatever of thet rouble. The first time, witness said, that any one had told him that any Information he had was wanted, was when ft newspaper man did so at Wakefield. Mass., Tuesday, FAVOR 8EVERR PUNISHMENT OF THE MUTINEERS' OFFICERS Report Submitted by Constabulary Board, Investigating Davao Mutiny of June 0. Manila, August It. The high rank ing constabulary board, which Inves tigated the Davao mutiny that occur red June 0, submitted today a report recommending severe punlubmeiit for the four o" ers who bud charge f the r i ":"-! . SUTTON S You Will Have to Vote for Some ; body, so You Might asiYYell Look 'Em Over and Pick One. TRUST NOT APPEARANCES FOR THEY OFTEN DECEIVE Many of the . Candidates "Playing 'Possum" A Leet from Con test Man's Experience Book.'." 4 A I I 4 I I l,al I i 1 I I A I I Another Bonus Offer. All candidates bringing or sending to the Qasette-News office Ave yearly RENEWAL subscriptions to The Oaxette news (MS) to be delivered by carrier, or aix yearly RE NEWAL subscriptions to Tho Qasette-News to be delivered by mall between Monday, August i, and midnight Sat urday, August 21, will be awarded a, voting certificate for 20,000 votes In addition to the regular scale. One two years renewal will be counted aa two yearly renewals. This Is positively the largest offer that will be made on renewal subscriptions during the en tire contest, and each candi date may secure as many of these as possible. In order to be absolutely fair and impar tial, this offer will Include all Jtarly RENEWAL business herd of ore sent in. . v Ronua Offer on New Subecrln Uons. Every candidate bringing .or sending to The Qatetts News office Ave new yearly subscription to The Gssette . News, 25, to be delivered by carrier, or six new yearly sub scriptions to The Qosetts News, $24, to be delivered by mall, between Wednesday,. August 11, and midnight Wednesday, August JS, will be awarded ft voting certificate for 40,000 votes additional to the regular scale. One two year subscription will be counted aa two yearly sub scriptions, and each candidate may secure as many of these clubs as possible. t I me uaieue-nnn gftaoo Contest Have you heard anything about this great I4C00 contest T Haa anyone asked you for a subscription? If not you are certainty a "mlirhtlv" nni.mk. uitiuum. you nave not been ap- . proached by one of the ISO hustler " in the race It Is either because you huve not been located hv ? of them or else none nf th.m considers you as as friend.' And that would be an awful state ot affairs, as those 260 are extrauielv popular people, and not to be on their list means that you are either a new arrival, or else you certainly are a- dead one. Those live candidates are out to rake the state with ft fine-tooth comb and there Is absolutely no chance for Mr. Cltlsen to escape, so you might ss well make up your mind, now, which one of your friends you aro going to support and Just drop In The Oasette-News-office and pay ft year's subscription 'and have the votes plac ed to his or her credit Now think It over. There sure Is ft likely bunch of our best people rep resented In that line-up, both from the city and the outside. Tou can take It from the Contest Man that there are quite a few of the apparent ly "down and out" ones who are sim ply giving ft perfect Imitation of the (Continued on ttftP S.) , . I ' Prominent Speakers Heard. Spokane, Wash., Aug. 11. Though this was the fourth day of the Na tional Irrigation congress the Interest In the proceedings wss apparently un diminished on the part of the many delegates In -attendance. The pro gram arranged for the morning and afternoon sessions waa one of the best ot the entire convention. Foremost among the scheduled speakers and their topics were the following: "Ir rigation from the National Point of View." Senator Thomas Carter of Montana; "Soil Utilisation." James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture; "Ap ples and Alfalfa," Alva Adams, former Uovernor of Colorado; "8cope and Purpose of the Irrigation Investiga tions of the United States Office of Experiment Btatlona," Dr. A. C. True, director, office of experiment stations; "Irrigation n Washington," Prof. O. U Waller, Irrigation expert UnKe.l States Department of Agriculture; "Ir rigation and Irrigation Development Id Canada," J. 8. Dennis, nf the Canadian Paclfto Railway company. THE vr.r: Forecast Until '.vl!!f and vt
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