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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS j DISPATCHES Cfeetie LAST EDITION. 4:00 P. Zl --III Weather forecast Rain, Cooler, VOL. XIV. NO. 228. ASHEVILLE, N. C , MONDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 1, 1909 3c PER COPY G OVENOR WILLSON AS BLOODY jl" s A.THIT T IS MAKING TROUBLE, HAS BEiiN SENT FOR They All Know Where the Biggest Melon Grows T u IS YET REACHED Turned His Face Homeward When the Intelligence Came: Hell Has Broken Loose . In Breathitt." JACKSON IS NOW UNDER MILITARY SURVEILLANCE arge Forces of Armed Men, Says Judge Adams, Are on the War Path Heavily Armed. Jackson, Kv., Nov. 1. Because there arc ominous portents of trouble In Jackson and Breathitt county on election day tomorrow 22 members of the Lexington militia aro encamped here, and Governor Wlllson Is hurrying to Frankfort from the Waterways con vention at New Orleans. Advices In Jackson are that a mes sage t'rom Frankfort to the govern ment was laconic and startling: "Hell has broken loose In Breath itt." As some of the bloodiest nfTnlrs in the history of Kentucky have been fought In Jackson on political occa sions, the state authorities have wast ed no time In putting the town under military surveillance. Circuit Judge J. P. Adams, republican candidate for re-election against I). 1!. Itcdwlne of Sandy Hook, Klliott county, sent a call for troops to Acting Governor W. II. Cox last night, declaring there were largo forces of armed men es pousing the respective republican and democratic causes, that the nlHclals were powerless and that a fight was imminent. Hall Cartridges lo He I'wd. A special train with militiamen on board arrived before daylight. De tachments will be- sent today to Crockettsvllle. War Creek, Kcbnstlne Branch, Oakdnlo and other precincts where trouble Is feared. This Is the second time an- election has been hedd in Breathitt count under;, pro vC.atnt troops. , Ball cartridges will be Issued to tho soldiers today. Heretofore they had been given riot ammunition, Jackson is crowded with excited mountaineers and it is believed the track of one gun will start bloodshed. More Militia Asked For. Frankfort, Ky., Nov. 1. Acting Governor Cox this morning received an urgent request for more state militia for duty at Jackson. The mat ter Is now under consideration and troops probably will be sent. JUSTICE, PULLER Because of Nature of Papers. Yellow Poplar Co. vs. F. S. Chapman Is Stricken Out Washington,. Nov. 1. Chief Justice Fuller created a mild sensation in the Supreme court of the United Stated by announcing that the papers in the case of the Yellow Poplar dumber company vs. S. F. Chapman would be stricken from the records of the court because of their scandalous nature. The case came on a petition for a writ of certiorari asking for a review of the decision of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the fourth circuit. The controversy Involves a contract by . Mr. Chapman to deliver to the company 60.000,000 feet of lumber in Virginia, The chief Justice did not quote any portion of the pa pers but referring to them In a gen- eral wav said they were "so Imperil- nent and Improper that they would le trieknn from tha docket In order to protect tha records of the court from scandal." The petition for a writ of review was denied. LOT Of TROUBLE CAUSED '. , BY TWO SMALL COMMAS Attorney Kays Their Insertion Caused . ' the Trouble lid ween Capt. Car- ' , ter audi Government. Washington, Nov. 1. According to Attorney' John ft. Daish,' tha diffid ence between Captain O'Rerlln M, Carter' and the government In the '. matter of allowance of fee to vCap taln Carter's eounsel, la all due to the Insertion of two comma. This fact was brought out In th re ply filed In the Supreme court tf'the United States today, by Daish, to the petition of the government for the writ prohibiting the United Btates Clr cout today at Chicago from making further allowance of counsel fee. On Curtailment Schedule. Lowell, Mass., Nov. 1, -Five of aev en mill corporation located In this city went on a curtailment schedule today, which will carry out the vote e-f Ih Arkwrlght club that 214 hours of working time be cut off before next August. , SCANDALOUS SAYS THE LEADERS ARE MAKING CLAIMS Murphy, Speaking for Tammany Hall, Declared Gaynor Will Be Elected, and Hearst Will Run Second. New York. Nov. 1. NYw York's mayoralty campaign this year will be carried right up to election eve, and tonight there will be. speeches In vat rlous parts of the illy by Otto T. Bannard, republican nominee for mayor, and Judge tiaynur, wlio heads the democratic ticket, William It. Hearst, leader of tin; Civic Alliance, i closed his campaign tast night. ! Leader Murphy said today that j Judge Gaynor would be elected with- j out any doubt. He predicted that j Hearst will run second, nnd liunnurd ! third. ' I Herbert Parsons asserted that Ban- nard would be elected by about 70,- j 000 votes over Gaynor, and by 120.-1 000 votes over Hearst. He predicted 1 an overwhelming plurality for Un rest of the repuiyican fusion ticket. The Hearst Con-en declare that the Gaynor campaign has completely col- I lapsed, and that Hearst will be elected by a tremendous vote. i The weather forecast for tomorrow indicates rain. Whirlwind I'hiMi. With red fire sputtering on every street corner, with speech- making in every available bull from the Battery to tho Bronx and in Brooklyn ami the outlying Imr oughs, and with speedy uiitomolilt j carrying spoll-blnilcrs bltlier and thither about the city, the most In tensely exciting campaign New York has seen in years comes to a close to night. Within another twenty-four hours the citizens of the metropolis will know whether Bannard. Gaynor or Hdarst is to bo their mayor the tie!.' four years, whether Tammany or anti-Tammany la to control the city purge. Not uotlj midnight tonight will the leaden. In the three-cornered mayor alty contest leave off the campaign. The managers of each of the three candidates have planned a whirlwind tour for tonight, will) short speeches im'tia many parts of tho city as can be covered. It Is estimated that near ly a thousand meetings will be held at various points in (lie live boroughs. An esMmnte by a member of the board of elections fixes the coHt of tomorrow's election In this city ut i 700,000, to which is to be added over JIOO.OOO spent In the primary elec tion. The ballot is the largest ever used here. Nearly 3,000,000 of them have been printed, including several hundred thousand which are to be us ed to explain to voters how a legal haling should be cast. The otliclals to be elected are may or, controller, president of the hoard of aldermen, borough presidents, dis trict attorneys, sheriffs, county clerks, registers, three supreme court Judges In New York county, one supreme court Judge in Kings county, ono su premo court Judge in Queens county, municipal and illy court Judges and coroners. Tom I,, the Issue In Cleveland. Clcvelund, O., Nov. . The voters of Cleveland are decide tomorrow whether Tom I Johnson Is to have a fifth term as mayor. Since the street cur pence plan went through the is sue of tho campaign him become purely one of Johnson and entl Jnhnson. Today even money Ih being wagered that Mayor Johnson will win. His opponent for mayor on the republican ticket Is Herman '. Itaehr, who is serving his third term us co recorder. The republicans accuse Mayor Johnson of Insincerity and cite us proofs 'of their charges his alleged effort to secure control f the street ear system, his use of the railroad company's funds to further his pay-as-you-enter fare box scheme, and his refusal to consent to a settlement of the street-car war until the approach , of the campaign forced him to do so j to save the election. j The democrats, on the other hand, j openly rhnrgo the republicans w ith promising 10 lurn over 10 a niimrmin political ring tho taxation machinery of tho city In return for support of Maehr. Ho far the Republican can didates and campaign managers have not replied to these charges. Negro the Tim Issue In Mnrylaiul. ' lUiltlmore. Md., Nov, 1. The pivot al Issue In the slate rampnlgn which closed In Maryland today Is an amenumem 10 ino consuiuuon uin- franchising the colored voter. More than usual attention from the outside has been devoted to the contest by reason of the furt that President Taft manifested his personal Interest In the naht by writing a letter to the state organlautlong saying that every good cltlsen, whethir he he a Dem ocrat or Republican, should vole ofnltiat link amendment. The contest over the amendment Is the culmination of a movement be gun several year ago la'fore Senator Gorman died. Under his direction an amendment almllar to this was pro posed, but It met with so much oppo Itlon from Independent Democrats that It was.not pushed. Many of the most Influential Independent In the state are out. against the pending amendment, but on the other hand It appear to have the support of a good many republicans In the country oi trlcts. who fear negro local rulo. The election of an honest board the election of a mayor. Here SIGN BOARDS ARE TO I At Instance of Members of Good Roads Association Commissioners Made an Important Order. MAIN THR0UCHFARES ARE TO BE SURVEYED l-'nr Muii) Weill's Till Mutter of ISoiul Signs I Ins llecil Agitated in the County. Tie- lii. aril of county commi.H.sioier.s this moruiiiK, ' the Instance t lr. 1. Amliler, a committee or one up- noliited In the matter, and other of the AslievHIe and Hun- ounty Good Honda nssocia-1 ilc an order authorising the member of the AslievHIe and llun- combe ( lion, mad (lood Houds association to have sign boards places along all the eight main thoroughfare In the county for the Information and convenience of trav eler anil sightseers. The indexes or sign boards will be erected ut all cross-roads with directions In. Hi to and from Ashevlllc The I. .nisi posts and tho sign boards have la i n order ed and the roads will be surveyed by chain. A. 11. Hamlet will do the sur veying and tho erecting of the slims and posts. The county I to pay all the expense. There will be between 400 and R00 Indexes throughout liun comiie. For Instance between Ashe vllle and Hlack Mountain there will Is- a total of 60. The roads to be sur veyed and covered are: AslievHIe to llluek Mountain, returning via Haw ("reek; Fairvlew road: llenilersonvllle road; Turnpike road; lirevard road; Wcavervlllo and llurnsville road, re turning via Heavcrdam, and the two Leicester roads. ThlH mutter of signs In the county has been ngltaieii ny uie uimu n.mo. association for the past ten years, nnee tho association furnished suffi cient funds for the work ami nun ii" boards all ordered ami mane. in' boards were ill the Hwaniianou lire some lime, ago bum Hlnce then tho association nas noi felt able to pay for tho work, and 30 rfnv. ami Dr. Ambler was appointed a committee of one to again' take up the question actively ana 11 possju.c Induce the county .commissioners' to Interest themselves and cause to be made and erected the 400 to S00 slitn or Indexes. The Hood Hoads associa tion feels that this Is a most important matter; that It will add greatly to the pleasure and convenience and. Inci dentally, pleasure of visitors to this section and others who desire to drive or ride over the county. THE WEATHER. Forecasts until p. m. Tuesday, for Ashevllle and vicinity: Threat ening weather, with probably rsln late tonight or Tuesday, followed by cooler Tuesday. . Declare It Jl'usual Dividend. Philadelphia, Nov. I. The Penn sylvania railroad declare It regular semi-annual dividend of S per cent. ARRANGED of estimate is considered of more importance to the taxpayers of New York city than is the comparison of Cartoonist W. A. Rogers. ;records for endurance BROKER BT LIEUT. HUM I He Remains in the Air, in a Govern I mcnt Aeroplane, for 58 1-2 ! , Minutes. l'ol.lc p ill. I nr. all former Md,, Nov. I, -Ureal, - r ndnrenee i-cod mi ni aviation n. id. I.i- h . in an army ;. rii.iti'.. ih" nlr during .1 :;iir.:l. '3 minutes. Tills i v I lie jjiiVel lill ti mint I 1 1 1 1 remained mi tlinht today eeeds any ' ntinuouH flight made Iiv pupil el' iih.a Orvllle or Will. iir : WrlMit in ' puplla aim I Ills Hit: III i America, nllliouKh tlieir .I have greatly exeeeili-d .I. nation. n A Wrlclil 00 over I III'1 lun hours l.otll o!' tie aliroail. 11, h hine lias been ! .l hours by iirvilL .n l ..! 1 nuarti r by Will ".1 . records helm; 111 oh- J if 11 1 p-ei KM I r II 1 Two Englishmen and Three Chinese Reported to Have Met This Fate. Manilla, N Hehree reporl Slates paclll. mliallv Islnn. , 1. Hear Admiral Hint when the l ulled fleet touched at Ad It was learned I hat recently imnih ils from the Islands captured a boat containing three l'.n glishmen and three Chinese. One of tie' Kngllshmen wl s- caped. through the ronhince of n friendly tribe, said that companion had iH'en killed and eaten. 135 MILES PER HOUR is ! ran FAST Ml Typhoon in the Philippines Reported to Have Blown it That Rate I Last Week. Washington, Nov. I. No anemome ter could stand pressure much greater than that which was Imposed on the Instrument of tha Philippine wen I her bureau In the typhoon which swept over tho llunils; Inst irR, when. R cording to cable advices, the wind reached a velocity of 135 miles an hour. The Trip a Kiioreo. nmrclnnnr, Italy, Nov. 1. The dirig ible balloon, one bis propeller of which struck and killed lieutenant of engineer. Pletro Knvrttl, a the land Ing wii being made In noma yester day, arrived here early today. The trip from , Itracciano to Naples and return wa a success. IS They Will Be Required to Appear Before Supreme Court Nov. 15 for Sentence. Washington. Nov I ! ( 'Iimi l.uioim.i. 'IVnn m t. -miaul-' in i ii.- siicniT , at"l fi e . ciilioli b hipp ; f Ins the j III. j I 'nil. Su.l II PI" I Sl.it I. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 of 1 ...lit. Will lie le 1 r liefoi't the court Nov .1 to mher I.i. hands or t Mil l.-rn.i sentence of the III.' court. Their p. tillnii lor a re-hearing wa !':. denied l.y lie- court. I.i. I with ..ill at. i.. 1 ens I., un: MaP-il I'-ir th ,1. r.ci 1. MAJORITY OF DELEGATES CLING TO OLD SLOGAN I ' , . .1 1, 11 .. I Tourtccn Feet Through the Valley Animated Scene at the Deep Water ways Convention. N 1 irhans. Nov 1. -Tin ssi. in id Hie Lakes second to the invention animated day s ses.si.ii lilllf lee. lil'est'lllell e Wateras e a more scene than when PicbIiIciiI Tall was Hie principal spcuKer on the lust liny. S. nlilll. Ml was divided, but a ma jority of Hie delegate seemingly clung to the old slogan "fourteen feet through the vallcv." CAPITAL OF MISSISSIPP E 1 Jackson, Miss., Nov. 1. The presi dential train arrived In Jackson shortly before 0 o'clock this morning. The full committee In ehargo of the day's arrangements, including distin guished representatives of the stale of Mississippi and city of Jackson, were In waiting at the station. Escorted hy the local ramps of f'nnfedrrate vctcmiis, and Hpnnlsh war veteran, the president was driven lo the Kd wanls hotel, where a brief Informal reception was held. At 10 o'clock a street parade wi formed and escort- til the president to the state fair' grounds, where he delivered a public address. The presidential party were guest of Governor Noel at luncheon. Utter In the afternoon the president delivered a second address from the step of the state rspltoL An elabor ate banquet tonight conclude tho en tertainment program. t The president wa received by com mute of 100 Mississippi ns, and after Introduction shook hand with ev erybody. At th race track Immense throng wa present to jrreet the chief executive. EDM curs NOVEMBER TERM Cases of Interest on Docket Include That of Man Who Sold Whiskey Recipe. CHRISTAIN PEONAGE CASE IS LARGEST ON THE DOCKET Term Itcglus Tomorrow, anil Judge Itoyd ami District Attorney not ion Are Kxpcvtcri Today. ; The regular November term of I111i.1l Slates Ciiruit and District (..nils, with Judge James K. Huyd, 1 j presiding, will convene tomorrow I morning, lor two weeks. Judge Itoyd Is expected to arrive today from Ureenshoro, and District Attorney Holtoti from VVInston-Salem. ' Hever- al of the revenue officers came in yesterday to await the opening of court. Tlo re are some cases of In- ,,.re.,t on th- docket including the case against i:n lingers 01 norse Shoe. Henderson coiintv, charged with tlie fraudulent use if the Unit ed Stales mails. It Is alleged by tho government that Rogers was using the mails to sell a recipe by which men In dry territory could be supplied with the festive "corn Juice." It Is stated that Rogers was doing an ex tensive business, and using tho malls for bis correspondence. The recipe, I II is stated by those who tried It, did not gle as good results as was antiiv Ipated; In fact the whiskey so manu factured was not up to the stand ard, and contained more than Its share of headaches, regrets, etc., and "the morning after" using the prod uct was truly blue. Tho recipe and some of the correspondence will be produced at the trial. Fred Jacobs and John Holland of Macon county are under Indictment for tampering with a United States mall box, and their trial la expected lo come off nl this term. My far th most Important case. and the one which will probahly take more than a week to dispose of. Is the case against Hubert Christian and others, charging them with peonage; .In that they held certain workmen on the Franklin and Tallulah Kails railroad against their will until they had worked out money advanced by the contractor for their transporta tion. The alleged peonage act were committed tnMacon county about three years ago. It was learned' oday that Mr. Christian bad recently been arrested In tleorgla and would Je here for the trial. There are two bill of indict ment, one found at Ptatesvllle In April, lo7, and one at Charlotte, June. 1907. The Htalevllle bill charge W. L. Hmlth. W. A. Averv. Itobert Christian, Jo Goodwin and Ed Dance with con splrncy to unlawfully hold- Bandy Tillman. Ernest Dyer. alls Crucy Mountain, and Henry Walter, against their will until they had worked out their debt for transportation. The Charlotte bill of Indictment charge W. U Smith, Robert Chris tian, Henry Christian, pomp Dixon W. A. Terry, Oeorg Brown and Jo. (Continued wa pfa O At Last Accounts the Jury In the F. C. Watklns Case Is Still Hopelessly Divided. SIX ARE FOR ACQUITTAL AND SIX FOR CONVICTION Members of the Jury Entered the Court Room Today Looking Tired but Determined. 4 X The Jury in the Watkin 4 f case had not agreed at 'i 4 o'clock this afternoon. At 4 that hour It was stated that 4 the Jury stood Just as It had ! from the start six and six. .t .t . .fTf . T ... . 9 9 .It f "f! TTTTTPTTrTer'rTrTsr'p' The Jury In the rase pf F. C Wat klns. on trial last week In. Superior court charged with the killing of John Hill Hunting at the Gladstone hotel, Hlack Mountain, on the night of August 6, has not yet agreed and Indication this morning was that the twelve men will not agree. The Issue was given to the Jury at 3:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon and so far as could be learned this morning the Jury stands exuiily as It did on the first ballot: Six for acquittal and six for conviction. There was a rumor Sat urday night to the effect that on one ballot, the third ballot. It Is alleged, the Jury stood seven for acquittal and live for convkrtlon. Yesterday, how ever, this alleged atandlng of the jury was denied and the generally accepted Information was yesterday and la to day that tho Jury stand six and six. Sunday the Jury spent tho day alter nately In the jury room, walking about , the streets and lounging In the court house vard. Last night and this morn ing It Is said that the Jurymen wran gled right sharp. Shortly after 10 o'clock this morning Judge Adam called th Jury Into the court room. The men tiled in looking a bit tired' but nevertheless with stern face and grim determination. Judge Adam asked the twelve men If they had agreed and Mr. (iarren acting as fore man, acroso and said "we have not." "Is there any question of law you desire Information on?" Judge Adams asked Foreman Garren. 'I think not," came' the brief reply. "Is there any part of the evidence that I could read you from the sten ographer's notes that would refresh your memory and aid you?" again asked the court. "I think not," the foreman again briefly replied. After these two brier statement. "I think not," by the foreman there wa Instant pause and then Judge Adams addressing himself to the jury said: "YVS'll, If that Is the case there I noth ing for you gentlemen to do but retire and make up your verdict." Continuing the court said In effect that the law doe not allow the court to discharge In a murder trial except where It Is overwhelming that there is no possible chance for a verdict; that the law does require the court to keep the jury together and that thl does not mean for a few days. Judge Adams further said that this did not mean that he intended keeping tho Jury together the remainder of their lives hut that it did mean, In effect. Just what was said, that the jury would be kept together more than a few days. Judge Adam Instructed the lurymen not to set their head or form their opinion In such a manner as to be unreasonable; that they must reason about the matter and try to ft together and to render a verdict The foreman had nothing further to say; the court had nothing further to say; the jury waa ordered to retlro and th" twelve men left the court room with fares apparently just a grim-set and with Just a much deter mination aa when they entered. MR. DUNCAN HERE ON ii Thl Receivership, Altogether Success ful, Will Be Terminated on. November 4. -' i) - ;? Hon. K. C. Duncan, one of the re ceiver of the Seaboard Air Une, waa In Ashevllle today, at the request of Judge Prltchard. who Invited him here to discus certain feature In con nection with th turning over of the Seaboard Air Line to th company November 4. With tha formal trans fer of the railroad from th receiver, th receivership will come to an end. The Seaboard Air Line ha been In the hands of 8. Davlea Warneld, R. Lancaster Williams, and E. C. Duncan, receiver, under the direction of Judge Prltchard, and during the ttma the railroad hs made money and 1 be turned over to the sto.kh n with about f lO.ooo. niio in p,,. i
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