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(jc Adwritfe (Sazctte News THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES LAST EDITION. 4:0OP.M. Weather rsrccaiv : J'uir; Warmer. VOL. XV. NO. 5. ASHEVILLE, N. C MONDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 14, 1910. 1c PI COPY NO Mil S yO I I" ! Glavis Says If He Had Found Evidence of Corruption) He Would Have Taken Matter to the Grand Jury. THE MOSS-EXAMINATION BEGUN BY J. J. VERTRES And Statement Elicited Refers to the Land Office and the Department of the Interior. Washington, I'Vh. 14. Louis (Mavis, the principal accuser of : rctary of I h - Interior Rullingcr. un derwent liis first oriloal of cross-.-x-aniination whrn the l'.allingcr-Pin-iIikI controversy was resumed I y the .ioliil congressional eommiltee today. The eross-examination was iimlerlak- ; .it by John .1. Vertres, ol' Nashville. attorney lor Secretary I lullinger. V. tr.s drew from the witness the fai l : that lie made no charges of eorrnp-1 tion against anyone in the land nt- lio or the department of the interior. ' (ilavis deelared that if lie had found evidence of corruption he would have taken the matter to the est ml jury instead of to the president. State Geologist a Busy Man Road Projects That Are of Interest to Asheville. The Gazette-News Bureau, Chnii'.ber of Commerce Itnoln.-, Ilollcinon HuildliiK-, i UnlciKh. Vvb. 14 State ('.eulogist Pratt Is easily one! or the busiest men in all North Caro lina and he has a multitude of eiiKUKe- ments to make addresses III this state and in others durins the next three months, lie is pushing the Kood roads movement and announced that three more counties have Just organized tf.'e-d roads associations, these bein . Craven, Alacnii and Vudkin. The Yad-; kin people Intend to briiiK about the, construction of a very tine road from , Yadkinvllle to Winston-Salem and this will be an important link in the line to Asheville, intituled to connect the piedmont region with the high moun tain section. Ir. Pratt sn s the Hiincombc county commissioners hae shown a very tine, spirit by their promise to build any ' roa.l suggested by the good roads eon- urei-s which met' at Asheville last Oc- ' tober. He wants to hear from Mud-' ison, Rutherford, Cleveland and (ins ion counties on this sump subject, as he fuearcls it very important to have, a great highway from Charlotte to Knoxvllle. ' , 16 YEARS OF ACE He Stabbs to Death a 1 4 Years Gir', Mary Tedder. Near Glenwood, Fla. Old DeLand, Kin.. Keb. 14. I'ollowlng the Uncling of the horribly mutilated body of fourteen year oid Mary Ted l. r at the home of her father at Glcu ttood Irvln Dunchett, a sixteen year old white hoy, was arrested yesterday. He wa Immediately spirited uway by the sheriff to escape the enraged posse of citizens In search of the mur derer. . Additional tl, tails received here fol lowing the arrest are horrible In de tail. A bicycle, which the girl was riding, wag found one hundred yards :r.:,r..hr lT.y ,VT;I struggled with her for this distance niter knocking her from her wheel. In the body of the girl lxty-t1ve knife wounds were counted. She was llter ttlly ettt to pieces. Thut the girl's assailant had other motives than murder is believed from the condition of her clothing. Hhe had been beaten about the face be fore being stabbed, aa bruises Indi cated. A TOinrt'O'M AXrFACTl'RKR DIES IX TOK&YTII COl'NTY Hpeelal to The Qaxette-News. Wlnston-Balem. N. C Feb. 14 N. H. Sullivan, a prominent tobacco man ufacturer at Walkertown and one of the county'a wealthiest cltisens, died thla morning at the age of 80. I lev. filrphen Kelly Dead. Philadelphia, Feb. H.Rev. ftteph n A Kelly, a-widely known Jeult Priest, formerly President of Iyta College, rialtlmnre), died yesterday, ted it. i nmnnr Rk MM IVlHuL STILL PUNHIBG mSU Theodore, Jr.'s Engaged to Wed His nridr- to ISc Miss Mcviiudcr Sn- '" Not ii l.itllt- KHi'in iscil at the Announcement. Ni'v York. I'Yb. 1 I. SurrVty li re anil ;i In hi il is "nntlv :m. anil not u ptllc surprisiM at tin- en gagement anncine, .1 by Mrs. Ilonrv Addison Alexander of lie r daughter. Misw Kleannr Butler Alexander, ami Theodore Roosevelt. 1r.. eldest son of of .Mrs. Al. x.iudel No. West fortx was il.tro.lll'-ed t ago, and was at of the Junior I. a ne.it part in 111. that v ear at the Air. l;..ns,-velt that tini. a ue and had cute la llllllellt I'la.a. .Inline; the when his t.illi. r was seldom in Washington holidays from school a Soon alter I aving th. id. nl was escept ill his I at Harvard, i.lux ersity he '.i.e., to learn went lo Tl,oinpsii,, iile. ('.. I lie technical parts . f tl.' ,histr Iron, its be"iiini,,e .New V-!; slate he lives a country place at i iv st,.,- I carpet in Wh. n in II, nml Interesting Discoveries Being Made ' Ohio as Result of the Activity of Governor Harmon. in Columbus. (., I-Vh. 14. i 'ha i rina n 4 Leatty, of the legislative grail probe committee, appointed tl, rough the in sistence of iov. Ilarmon. litinonnrcd today that II. S. Hrelsford of Iiayton. former partner of .Mark Slater, loi iner supervisor of suite printing, had con fessed to him of wholesale grafting In the department of printing at the time Slater was In charge. UU TAFT WILL PRESENT : MEDAL TO SHAGKLEFDFIQ South Pole Hunter Coming Over to Give Series of Lectures in the Early Spring. Washington, I'eb. 14. Klom the hands of President Tafl Lieutenant Ernest II. Shackleton. the Antarctic exploier. will receive the lluliblird medal i f the National Geographic so cletv, recently awarded him. The Intrepid young Hrltith explorer is coming to the I'nlted States to deliver u series of lectures, during the early spring To Wrllc a, Hook. V -.:A Relies ,u Mtaeks on ,.,e X .-. fcf4 f.' L Ml . f jB ni . 3 , ,,, xew ,w s r xmrni Sec-' - 1 , ...... ..... . .. . Ill fS . ' "P'M... V. -X- -, "'-WO's. ' r i- ' JE,a. ! sun nearxnire nesumea at "VVlf::-! crSk- tfr" . : " '51;; ;':' Kansas City. I- . mf-:i& ! ! aslitnnti.il. I'.!.. It. --I'lesUI.-at 7 M.W.;v f j: - f 111 - L&. Toll's I in. ..In .lav soeeeh in X. w ,. . "7 lWf-i -y:tCj& f II l ' J V.-U in .... p-inted as a .v. run,, nt 1 :' "'; ' ",.. ,, 1. y, f ' I ' ' MBS BtBANOR B. ALEXANDER i I. ..-. ,1 and e;,vlai.-,l 1 1, r..,,-lu.n t " ' I"'' .m.. I lfm A -S 45 I ,HMa5w lit. ratvi ". i ni in. .ii. .n ..I s-nator Male . ' t " -.-i -:- -e SI I ! Rpo&BVEI-T JP ; ,"H 'v,'m,,B w,l "' ' ! M.-. i's ,.P his deposit..,, I IIL u i n I L n I UlimiLU I I L UU I - ill ill. slander sun I r MMi.i.Iiii I l"ol. and Jlrsi. Theodore lloosrvelt. , M was at tin ..conclusion of a .1-ta il- ,. .,,,,., ,,,,, , , ....... I n-r nrnnnllllPni in Pfllllin r f m n i heen a , at the entertain,,,,,,, of I ,1-esiilerit came 7 a d senssion ...r"". "::l,l"".Ml"1:" ,VIS LflU IILUUUIIILLU' U UU II U ULnil ,. ., , , , , i 1 ' s i , 14 1 1 , 1 . 1 . lie- acK,lowi...lL;"iii.'li, ... . the season, there has unci- been a anti-trust law and Wall street on , . ,., M ,.Xillui, ,,, riiiiior ol an eiiKiiKernrnt. which his iilt. r.inces had heen aw aile.1 ' ,.,lhl,.n,s (. s,,iniieli ' XI s.ii-' ; - Miss Alexander is the only daughter ""' K'',;;"'st interest The presi- 1m, ,,,,. , .,. ., ;, Mi, ,i. . Tjr Hnol Dnmihliranc Will Rn Rftlnir. I Wilhlir Allison Found in Philorfitlnk:. wh.we home is at.'"'1" "ciare-l that the administration sl1. is , "!''" - "-i"- ; """-'i""" 7:.7::;t ! .""m-al.Ti;:ar.:,"!. ;;;::;':";;: vrz.r, .t, cd ,o Know Thal Misa sPicrs wil1 1 With Faco on Col,on Sa,uratcd 1 ADMITS GFSAFTING 1 try exuetly what the legislation and Washington, I'eb. 14. Former Its effect are,." President Zelaya Intends to publish aT President Taft then quoted stalls book defending his administration In j Ilea from the government bureau on Nicaragua, criticising Secretary Knox; the results of the first six months In and the state department, and charg-1 tho operation of the Aldrlch-Paynu Ing that Intrigues set afoot and main- hill He showed thnt the. average rnto tlii'd through Central America and, of duty paid on all dutiable Imports In Washington by a Inrge mining com-J for that period wa 11.01 per rent iianw were, llio cmi... of his down- ad . vnlorem as , jm pared with the fall, PRESIDENT IT AGA N EXPLAINS Says if Business Methods Are Opposed to Law. They Arc Probably Wrong. leclaie.l that the adminisira lion "ran be counted on to enforce the law In the best way calculated to prevent a destruction of public con lid. .pee in business, but that it must cut .ice the law, goes without saying." Attacks on Ibe Administration. The president then discussed at tacks made upon the ailuiinistralion. Hie danger to the success of the party as a result of the jnsuri;enl inoxelileiil and other dissensions. Republicans feared defeat at the polls in No- vembor, he declared, however, should take courage from the demoralized oiiditions of the denii.crats. The president, after referring to the occasion as an opportune time to re new the pledges of the republican partv to keep its part in the countrys history as high and as useful as it was .luring the administration ,,f Abraham Lincoln, alluded lo present (rials of the party as compared to the trials of Lincoln's time as m tall In deed lie then launched Iniine.liately into tin- defense of the tariff hill. Mind ing tii's-t the republican platform of (lie Chicago convention In 1'iiiK in which revision was promised. Kxprcss Declaration. "Wo did revise the tariff." said the president. "Nothing Was expressly said In the platform that this was lo ! a downward revision It was not downward with reference to silks or li,,ioi-s of high priced cottons in the nature of luxuries. It was downward in respect to nearly all other articles evcept woolens, which were not af fected at all. "The one substantial defect In com pliance with the promise of the plat form was the failure to reduce wu.il- ns. Dors tliut defect so color thu action of the republican partv as to make It n breach of faith leading to Its condemnation? I do not think so. Parties are like men. Revisions, like the work of men, are not perfect. The chaos, which this tariff affected was a marked change downward, a recog nition by the pmty thnt duties must b" decreased, that the liroiicr measure of protection was the difference In the cost of production of articles here and abroad, and Including a fair prolit for the manulaetilrer." Concerning the criticism of tin- tarifl bill the president referred to the re duction on print paper ami said: "The failure to make a larger re duction showed Itself clearly in the cdultorial columns of a great number of newspapers, whatever their party I predilection. The amount of misrep- I resentatlon to which the tariff bill in lis eftect us a downward revision, was subjected hus never been exceeded in this country and It will doubtless take 1 the actual operation of the tariff bill ! tor several years to show to the coun- IV , Continues on page 4.) ; , ,so CJ 4pj ; I o! the ,,-,s , Wi ,ed to r X'W" V-J 'J 1 - r K. Store !.lisil,e. loaiid.llee 9. I IjvJS ' ' ' f J JV . if - - --::::;:k . - - -. fls KM L'N m h M my y m,inl,(.1.r-j'.st r,.r u. ,i,.;,sro r ,i ,, , ,j , ,, 1,. :l sll. hll. Be Secretary to Mrs. Talt. With Chloroform. i lip'iiii- , rt-c ovt-irti CASE AGAINST DR. HYDE ASSUMES MORE GRAVITY tili,k- in Hi-- tt.M-nts tf Swop" - s.oiiiacl, I. I.,. Viet..- Vat.hn.- "'ashiim I-V!.. I I. - .Miss Alar l-hil...leiphia. I VI,. I l.-TI.e l..ly ..f aael Aliss VM.., I'. Spies, a native of .North I V I olnl.i . ' 1 '-: .VStlTday S. an-eh i Mr. I'.-,M.. said 111 - ,., , .,,,.,, 1SJ"' ' " '"rk- """ l,iS f,"-' .,.,, v. .... . ., "' " I"'.'. .-.I on a pi.- of eolton saturated ' N AUrr l;l"r'' aM "n:"" .tl. .....,. was identined , odav " I ,' ' . 4 , v , , . I"'-"- - ,s Will.ur A.lis a law student, and 1,1,1 ' ' " 1 i '-'"' - iM.-ch. alt.-r K.i-.ier. will inari .i.-ui. , ... , , , ' Kmc Swop. ' ' icinber II, : All. I', xton. "bin an told me II, ii j 1 1 -1 Swope had goto- inl i Hyde had giwu her .mister t . him S'ic ' Miss Anna I . before Clinstio. cor iilsi...,s, I t a c-i,. sole to .e ga e Inn, Ibe , lit. .-- I 'll ; CI i' coin ui.-ions. Story ol The slot .a the Swope II", . I S. that .lay v Oiled to lea M , missed all. I a!', e.l lo car.- I.. i the family, v . Ion. He t..bl of tile hurs. s w to the open la Alls. Logan II .Miss llolllehab lllsill'l'.'ctio,'. Just before Airs. Swopc. ton. and sal. I : "People ale house." The depart,, l wife from Ho ! tearful s.-em . : regarding the i : the house ..I b by him as Ic hor pari nlal ,b Much lime iv lug Mr. Paxtoi 1 wrote to Stuart I Swniie heirs. t -III. an. I III Swop. i I. I n 1 1 1 -l int. Mormv S. cue. I lie storm S. ell-' : stead on lie. .-mi ii the mi rs. s I b i .-. I a . Ilv.l. v as not .1 er physician ..blaio .ae si.k nieiiib.is Ol . I. tailed by Air I'ax llle a';ile sl,s., K'lis il. -h evelltlialh I' I up i U betw een tli. ni an. I oMipe." It appears that was the leader in the I Wng nihil sin- Ah ing mill .1. nil ii I ! i is of l.r llMle ,:.! his I 'llle followed ambl a .'.'Usatlons w ere m t.le bisielan. Mis wile, in r mother, stood lir, lib i as turned awa from .us. ..s passed in .iieslion legardlng a letter he S. Fleming, one ol Hu lling him of the ms- tery. It was upon tills lette brought suit. 1 1 vile I "What did .n ineiin w hen ..u said in that letter Ibe murder of Colonel j Swope should b. was nsked Air I brought lo jusliee." nxton. "I meant lir. j I lyde," he i rcpH.il. ill T i William Silei Last Seen with Girl Whose Frozen Body Was Found in the Surf. Atlantic City. Keb. 1.1. The police huvc been unable to And a trace of William Filer, u young married man. last seen with II years old Jane Adams, whose brnnen corpse was found In the surf yesterday. A police tracer carrying the man's description and headed "wanted for murder." was today sent to every po lice department In the country. Arvls Wllnr, a younger brother of William, r-T'' also -wanted hy the polloa, . i. ,i .musk, i. o, i uaii'iiie, I : i . 1 1 : i .1 .,i,,u ri"hl. Jr.. t he v , , IrnpnFniKii Ann.. THE SUCKflLLE CASE HAS FHOSAIC END The Petition of Ernest Henry Sackvi lie West Was Dismissed, and Put an End to Romance. I. .11. 1 .11 I '. b. I Tl una m r . . nit are 1. ..la. wit h Ibe .1 1-1 a Km. -I iii-iii . sought I., est. the title ami . p.fiiion .. West, win i lain, 1 latll. r. Hie lair Lord I. ha West, former llritlsli Washington. Tin- prlilmi e.l by the present 1...I. UepheW of the late ., ground I hat his mi. le in , nppos O U ill.-. ,,), tile ma, l led .los. fa In, ran. niotlo r of tip- i er. lili. .Il- .ln 1 1 1 1 dehvrle.l a 1 1 1 V lllilu- was . on- ni. iil .h . I ii no: the e . I vliiclng that the lale I. .1.1 ii.m i lied (he Spanish dam . r. ami II lall.-r was the wife of Antonio iliirnur the whole period ..I Ih . on. The president added that it tin .Hi. a la the I petitioner's I. tier to sist, In "ill his V wrote "r. -member. w. an- ill male,'' showed plainly lo- knew lr..m llalllmore for Wilmington ITIic llaselmll lagiiHl- Held a Meet ing T.mIii.v ill New ork. I New Vork. nates ol lb. gethcr today Isli over the l-'eb. I 4.- Ilaseball lliae nalioitiil league g ,t lo- lor a prelimiiiary skirm seasoii's schedules. Th. league has been evenly divided as to whether the clubs shall play the usual number. 154 games, or stretch out the s.asou to cover a Kit game schedule. i'or M.Tcluiiil Marine. New Orleans. 1-Vh. ance of a movement merchant marl'"1 14. In fuiilier f..r an Increased delegate fro"i oigarilz,1lioiis In lending commercial the south gathered here today. Prominent speakers from various sections delivered addresses. Sentenced to IH-alh. Port Arthur, Feb. 14. In Chan An KHii. the Korean who assassinated ITlnce tto, waa convicted today and jientemeO to death. -TjffiT LOCATED Traveling under Name. T. Craig. Arrives at Valdwia. Chile, but : Shuns Reporters. He Tel.. 1 I I ir rrod- the explorer ami his i board the lier liaving taken a no I ISII i id-o. lir. Cook trav nallic ol T. Craig, lie il.il north esterday. interviewed .1 on. I til. 1 his wif .i t. mi' r i 'siris sailed from .lannarv I and from Anl- I lanil.urg , P ..im,.i i tor ('all.-io. Prrsuni.'i she lon. he.l ai .Montevideo, where c.a,s are said to have boar. led . but In r rail there has not been anted in I'leib on New . k A. ( '.ink vanished ik mysteriously Inst fall , lust after he sent the records of his j polar expedition to the t'nlv rslty of pciihaeoi, tor examlna.llon. Me has jsiure been porieu in any number oi , p s. but all the reports have been toiind untrue. When he disappeared II was r. polled that he was 111 and had gone lo a sanitarium to recuper ate, but shortly afterward the unfa vorable report from Copenhagen came out declaring that his records abso lutely failed to prove that he hail heen near the pole, and then on top of that .-ante stories of his crooked financial deals. Since that time the whole world has been raked over by news agencies to discover Ills ni.ling place. ltioibcr Won't Talk. New York. Keb. 14. Dr. Frederick A. Cook's brother. William L. Cook, of I'.r'ooklyn. refused to say where the long missing explorer was. He said that he had heard from his brother at late as three weeks ago, but de ellue.1 to say where the message came from J! said, however, that Dr. Cook was not in tliis country or In South America. Details BHnff Arranged. Washington. Feb. 14. Judga El 1, ridge Hannacey, president of the Irish Fellowship club of Chicago, waa at the White House tndav to arrange with the President the details of his Visit to Chicago, on Ht. Fatrlrk'B tiny RICE TO SAVE 1 Five Vessels Speed South to Rescue 88 Persons Cling ing to Stern of Founder ed Steampr Lima. 205 WERE TAKEN OFF BY BRITISH STR. HATUMET Hatumct Lost Four of Her Own People Before Abandoning Perilous Work of Rescue. II. I. I 'liile. el.. I I. Zentei racilh -The Chilean and five Naviftation miser Alinistre team, rs of Hie i.inv are ra.ciii" south totlay in th? p. rale In.pe they may save 88 per sons ,l:o. when last reported, wero .-MnciaK t" tl:.- stern of the Itrltlsh steam, r Lima, as the vessel was t.ndiii"- he. lf to pieces on a reef in Hi sliait of Magellan. Tu . liuu.lr.d and live persons were taken iroin the wic k hy the llritlsli sleann-r Hat t under dilHeullies ... I,;, h iin.illy compelled the Hatume! ! al.andon the work of rescue. FViur of II,. II., turners crew saeriliced their lives l.ef re their captain commanded Ins crew I., cease their efforts. Tlei luiiiil arrive. I here tO'lay. NOTES OF DAY'S NEWS L Martin Introduces Resolution Denoun cing Sale of the Philippine Friar Lands. Washington, peh. II. Representa tive Martin (democrat I of Colorado today introduced a resolution declar ing the recent sale of ,r...,(Mi, acres of the l.'riar lands in the Philippine', which lie alleged p. have been made I., "a rrpresent.il i e of the Havenieycr stuiar interests."- to he a violation of tl,.- law. and denouncing the depart in. i,t of iii'dice for upholding It, and demanding an investigation. Rivers and Harbors Kill Taken I i. The 'rixers and harbors hill, which reach, d tile house froni committee las; iihi. was taken up In that body ' today. Te Repeal Corporation Tax Iw. The repeal of the new corporation lax law. the constitutionality of which ha,, been .niertioned, is sought hy Representatue Southwick of New ork, w ho introduced a bill for this purpose to,la . The house bill requiring census enu merators to Include In their reports rattle slaughtered in the United States passed the senate today. mm j j s J Her Captain and Six Sailors Arrive in New York on the Rhein, from Trinidad. New York, I'eb. 14. Another k at sea has been written in the of the marine casualties, from this winter's storms, by the sinking iof the schooner J. K. Iloskins. iiha.n- doned at sea February 8, while hound from llalllmore for Wilmington, . c. Captain Griffls and six sailors were taken off the Iloskins by the steamer Rheln, which came Into port today, from Trinidad. Sl,lt II KOK THK TV(i NIV STII.l, I'TTKRI.V I'NM CCKSKFl'T. Ml Resources f Navy and Uevmue Culler Service Fail to Find Mlvtlng Root. Washington. Feb. 14. AH resour ces of the navy and revenue cutter TVlrc are still unsuccessful In the search for the tug Nina, which left "hesapeake bay hist Sunday. The Mim Spoken February a. Washington. Keb. 14. The I'nlted States n ivy tug Nina waa spoken at noon KehruarJ- C, nine miles northeast or Hog Island, on the Virginia coast, in a heavy sea, by the Merchants and Miners steamer Howard. Kxplisilon mi Torpedo Seven. Root Injures t San Diego, Cal Feb. 14 Seven Tien were badly burned, two possibly fatally. In the explosion of a boiler tube In the forward Are room of the '.orpedo boat destroyer Hopklna today. The Injured are at a hospital. Three were burned In a heroic effort to rea ue their companions In the fire room. TUB WEATHER. Forecast until I p. m. Tuesday for Asheville and vicinity. Fair tonight mil Tuesday, with rising temperature.
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