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VOL. XV. NO. 36.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 22, 1910.
Sc PER OOPT
THEY HIVE LOST
IRLIITIITI
Democrats, Say i litical An
alysts, Made Mistake in
Giving Aid to the Insurgents.
LOSES CANNONISM AS
AN ISSUE IN CAMPAIGN
The Insurgents Are Still Irritated Over
the Speech Delivered Saturday
Night by Speaker
Cannon.
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Washington, March 22.
Republicans will hold their
caucus for the selection of the
six republican members of the
new committee on rules next
Wednesday night. The demo
crats have agreed upon Thurs
day night for their caucus.
FEARFUL WRECK
IT
HIS PROVED
List of the Known Dead as Re '
suit of Wreck in
Iowa, Forty-Four.
FOUR MORE BODIES
IDENTIFIED LAST NIGHT
Those Who Have Visited Scene Say
There Was Hardly a Body But What
Had Both Legs and Arms
Broken.
"Old Masters" Made to Order;
"Rubbed Down"' to Any Period
AHTltUR
cuvwOOST,
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Washington, March 22. All shades
of party politics are engaged In infor
mal, individual conference over the
situation in the house today.
On the house floor. In cloakrooms
and In some committee rooms, there
was dlscusslo not the Insurgent posi
tion. There was considerable specula
lion over the probable personnel of
the rules committee under the Norrls
resolution. There were various slates.
A prominent western republican
forecasted that the following republi
can members of the committee would
be chosen:
Dalzell and Smith, present members
of the committee; Fassett, Denby, Me
Klnley and Gardner.
No Telling What Mm Happen.
New York, March 22. As a result
of a counterbalancing of the declara
tions of the members of both sides In
the house, a statement call be made,
with a considerable degree of author
ity, thaf an open war Is not likely
w ithin the ten days set as the limit for
the selection of the committee of ten
members by the house to succeed the
present rubs committee of five. After
that, there II no telling what may
happen. The members of both fac
tions are angry, and should this spirit
of enmity pot decrease, It Is regarded
as probable that the slightest evidence
of hostility displayed by either side
will provoke an opposition that may
develop into another series of contests,
us dramatic as those which crowded
the sessions of the house from mld
aitcrnoon on Thursday until the close
of Saturday's balloting.
It Is evident that the democrats are
eliminating as a factor In the cause of
the hostile line of cleavage between
the two wings of the republicans
Thev are regarded by the members of
both organisation and Insurrection as
h iving -played the game." Not even
the most ardent advocate of Speaker
Cannon can be found to express any
criticism of their support of the reso
lution which took from Mr. Cannon
all the direct pocr he possesses as a
member of the now retiring commit
tee on rules.
Wisdom of Action Questioned-
The wisdom of their action In giving
an undivided support to the resolu
tion was questioned yesterday by some
..r n... ,.. u,,h,ru of the uractical school
.n.i. fh Insisted that the
1 HID.
Marshalltown, la., March 22. Two
more victims of yesterday's wreck on
the Hock Island railroad died during
the night, bringing the list of knwwn
dead to 44 and making the wreck one
of the worst In the history of the
stal.'.
Four more bodies were identified
during l he night, making the Identi
fied dead 37. Seven are still uniden
tified. The crushed and bruise con
itlon of the bodies made ientiflcation
almost impossible in some cases.
There was hardly a body but what
had both legs and arms broken. Debris
from the wreck was not cleared dur
ing the night, and trains this morn
ing were running over temporary
tracks.
Hunnlng at about thirty miles
an hour ip a cut north of
Orcen Mountain the head locomo
tive struck a spread rail, It is believ
ed, and jumped the track into an em
bankment of soft clay. A second
locomotive just behind the first rolled
over and the sudden stop crushed the
trailer cars together.
A coach, a smoking car and a Pull
man car were almost smashed to
splinters, almost all the occupants be
ing killed or injured. The superstruc
ture of the Pullman was shaved off
and Jammed like a ramrod through
the smoking cur and day coach.
Many passengers wre apparently
killed outright but the suffering
among the Injured was terrible. Arms
and legs were cut off. The wreckage
was almost crimson with blood, some
of the bodies being crushed beyond
recognition by the mass of twisted
rails and splintered cars. A few of
the passengers were foui.d still living
with a rod or a splinter impailing
them In the wreck.
I Iodic Are Found.
Decapitated bodies were found and
it was almost Impossible to assort the
dismembered parts.
The wreck occurred at a point
which was difficult to reach with
prompt relief. Such bodies as could
be pulled out were stretched out in
an adjoining pasture.
The cries of the wounded coming
from beneath the cars and from
places which were walled In, hurried
the efforts of the rescuers.
The wreckage did not take fire.
The Injured were rushed to a hos
pital as soon as possible, several of
them dying on the way. Two of the
bodies were not taken out until night
so difficult was it to remove wreckage
from the narrow cut.
Fatalities occurred only In the first
three coaches. The rear coaches all
remained on the track.
inm..B - - r hit nTwism g :
" I x&vzs. mi v
' fjj "v i ryg y :
BEING GUARDED
BY DETECTIVES
Officers Keeping Close Watch on
,Man Who Stirred Pitts
burg With His Confession.
FEEDING THEMSELVES
OUT OF GRAFT FUND
! That Is the Charge Against Officials
and More Disclosures Calcul
ated to Startle Are
Expected.
MB. PEARSON
WOULD ACCEPT
Two-Thirds of Swain's Delegates
Being instructed for Him,
Mr. Pearson Is Asked
Two Questions.
WAS HE A CANDIDATE
FOR CONGRESS?" "NO."
Has Date Nothing, Said Nothing to
Give His Friends Reason to Sup
pose That He Cared for
Their Support.
Former Employes of Art Shop
Tell Some of the Marvels
Wrought Therein.
Nil RE
New York, March Wyants,
perfectly aged; early Homer Martins,
with the perfect gray tone; Blake
locks, fresh dally and rubbed down
to any period with rottenstone; tine
copies substituted for originals; ex
cellent Imitations of canvasses In pri
vate galleries supplied for auctions.
These are a few of the magical
works accomplished in William Clau
sen's picture shop, according to men
who once worked therein. Six of
these persons went Into the Supreme
court, where William T. Evans, an
art collector, is suing the dealer for
$5350, the purchas price of two
Homer Martins and Innesses, now al
leged to be spurious, and related un
der oath an amazing story of the
painting mart.
Tiny told it so blithely and so nat
urally that the attending artists, con
noisseurs and collectors gasped. A
messenger recounted how canvasses
went from Clausen to Dawson blank
and came from Dawson to Clausen as
Homer Martins, Innesses and Wyants
long after the distinguished artists
had been gathered to their fathers.
"Here comes another live one:
used to chirp Charles, the glider, and
Alfred, the mat maker, according to
the testimony, as they Baw a canvas
ozzlng with fresh paint spirited Into
the store bearing the signature of the
dead.
First of all came Otto Karch, who
had worked his way up In the em
ploy of Mr. Clausen from an errand
hoy to he the superintendent of what
he seemed to consider the Martin-
tnness-Wvant works.
H declared that a Wyant which
had been taken to the Clausen estab
lishment to be cleaned for Richard
v Tonrott was delivered Into the
hands of Arthur Dawson, restorer of
other men's canvasses, and that
through the machinery of business.
Mr. Leggett got a fresh new copy of
his Wyant and the fate of the origi
nal hr- knows not. What purported
to be the copy was exhibited In court
and a fair picture It was to see,
ihnnih now getting a little dark
paintings might which arc
Of
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as
done In
materials
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Pittsburg, March 22. Nine
former members of the city
council of Pittsburg before
noon today confessed to the
district attorney to acceptance
of bribes paid them for their
votes in the street vacation and
bank ordinances.
SKETCH
BXNIOITBD
WOMEN IN A DUEL;
BOTH THROATS CUT
They Fought Over a Man and He, with Drawn Pistol, Com
pelled Crowd to Keep Hands off and Let Them Fight
It Out Qce Dead; Other Is Likely to Die.
Nashville, March 22. News recelv- is said the man about whom the dif
ed here today of a duel between two riculty arose Interfered and with re
women at Kingston, Tenn., Sunday volver ordered that the women be
night, just alter church services. Rosa
Cowan and Nellie Taylor quarrelled
over the affections of a man, and both
drew knives. While others attempted
to prevent the women from fighting, it
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allowed to light It out.
The duel continued until the throats
of both women were cut and Rosa
Cowan lay dead. The Taylor woman
is not expected to live.
FIGHTING
HANG
Carries $129,037,602, and Is About
$2,000,000 Leu Than Depart
ment Estimates lor the Year.
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Washington, March 22. The naval
appropriations bill, carrying $129,037,
602 was reported to the house today
by the naval committee. This amount
Is about two million dollars less than
the departmint's estimates.
The bill provides for a naval In
crease ot two first class battleships,
one repair uhlp, two fleet colliers and
live submarines.
Among the increases for dry docks,
the bill provides $550,000 for No. J
,i,.nU hi Norfolk. Va. The committee
... .ml,. enlMraement of
principal dry docks to accommodate
the great battleships now being built.
It Is proposed to lengthen the dry
docks to 700 feet, widen them to 100
feet and deepen them to 35 feet.
I ot iriieinciil of Kiupnrw OMM.
The substantial enlargement of the
engineer corps of the army Is provided
in ;, hill favored by the war de
,...,i..,..,, i mill aun eil uuon by the
house military affairs committee1.
CHICAGO COMMISSIONERS
DECIDE AGAINST DRYS"
Ami It I Said There Is Slight Clianoe
of Loral Option
Voted on April 6.
minority had destroyed its opportunity
of using Ihe "Cannonlsm bugaboo" as
an issue In the coming congressional
campaign by taking from the Speaker
the authority which has been the sub
ject of so much criticism In the news
Continued on rage Woar.
Chicago. March II Owing to the
decision of the Chicago election com
missioners board today adveree to the
drys'' there ts aald to be but slight
chance that Chicago will vote on lo
cal option April 5.
The "drys" contemplate bringing a
mandamus ctln to compel Pb"n
the local option Issued on the ballot.
haste and constructed
tun M,-lel't
John Collins. John S. i-asiornu u....
Francis J. Potter, all former employe-
of the art dealer, gave similar
mony.
Artist Testify for l lansen.
P. Hopklnson Smith, painter of wa-
... ir and oils, author, lecturer,
critic, and civil engineer, testlged that
he is 72 years old; tnai ne new s
ed In oils for 16 years, and that four
of his pictures had been hung In the
Paris salon. He was very positive 1
his testimony, ana proi.......,
pictures involved In the Evans suit
unquestionably genuine.
There Is not a man
nounced Mr. Smith, "wno
a Homer Martin so as to receive a
on Sector, a con-
painter a urain, . ...
nolsseur. yes; but not a P'"ter- ,
The way the color here is shoved
ahelS oT he brush. " he continued.
king the painting "Normandle
, h.d. "is characteristic of
Homer Martin. Again, In this picture
Homer mu Qr 20 hour
ne """I over It uln. drag-
'glngTh" : brush along the surface. No
man living could Imitate that.
Mr Smith said he had known Mar
tin IntfnTale.y, and that he had seen
him Paint the very picture in ques-
" Mwirt Vaan artist, and lifelong
friend of Homer D. Martin, testified
that the work "Near Newport, sold
hv Clausen to Evans, was a genuine
Mal-Un and "a very fine specimen of
Man n;. work." He gave a descrip
tion of some of Martin's characters-Martin
had what might be called
""- nf nalntlng." said Oay.
LfflT-a w always Impressive.
In 'Near Newport' the rocks are
real' there U no defect In the per
fective; the planes move right along
Ind all the part, hang together very
well
The painting "Normandle Bridge."
Li.k vi r Evans aaya Is a forgery,
was brought Into court and shown to
the wltnoaa. In response to questions
he declared that In hU opinion It was
a tannine Homer Martin
The Condition of Senator Daniel, Ac
cording to His Physicians, Is
Satisfactory Today.
Daytona, Fla., March 22. United
States Senator John Warwick Daniel
still has a lighting chance for his life.
according to a statement issued this
morning. During: the night he was
more restlesB than yesterday, and was
easily aroused. A slight Involuntary
movement of the paralys's was noted
today.and although the pulse was
slightly more rapid the doctors assert
that general conditions were satisfactory.
IS
BEING
ay
BLOODHOUNDS
They Are Still After Robert Green, the
Former Banker, Charged With
Horse Stealing.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast until 8 p. m. Wednesday
for Asheville and vicinity' Fair to
night and Wednesday; slightly warmer
tonight.
Elyria. O., March 22. Robert
Circe n, iln former banker of Craw
fordsvllh', lnd., who escaped Jail while
being held on a charge of horse steal
ing, is still at large. A posse led by
bloodhounds tracked Green to the
swamps, but all trace of the fugitive
was lost.
THE HOOSEVEI.TS VISIT
HI' INS OF ANCIENT CITIES
Luxor, Egypt. March 22. The
greater portion of today was reserved
by the Rooscvelts for the most de
llghtftll excursions of the week, that
which took them to the plains where
they Insisted the majestic ruins of an
cient cities.
None of the Peace Plans
Was Found Satisfactory
Philadelphia, March 22. All nego
tiations are off between the strikers
and the Transit company. None of
the many peace plans devised have
been found satisfactory to both sides.
The committee of nine having
charge of the proposed statewioe
strike meets at Wllkesbarre today to
consider the advlaabllity of calling a
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strike immediately.
Dynamiters Held to Ball.
Thirty-five striking motormen and
conductors arrested last night follow
ing the dynamiting of a car In Ken
slngion. were today held In $1000 ball
each on charges of conspiracy to ae
stroy property of the Transit company.
Two English Girls Were
Mobbed at Bogota Monday
Bogota, Columbia, March 22 The I were mobbed and beaten yesterday.
.... .-..in.Hm.l.t nontlnuee to Subsequently President Qonaales
nnd emresslon In rioting. Two Eng- Valencia made an official call upon
llsh girls, mistaken for Americans,) Ihe American minister, Nortncou.
Pittsburg, March 22. Investigation
of graft among city councllmen is ex
pected to bring forth other startling
disclosures.
It is generally believed that "Cap
tain" Johnny Klein's confession has
not all been told ancr its complete tell-
ng will still further rip apart city
politics and politicians. "Captain"
Klein, who started the municipal up
roar, is being guarded by detectives.
Officials, it Is charged, have been
feeding themseives bountifully out of
the $100,000 graft fund during the
past two years.
Yesterday's Probing.
Forty present ' and former
members of select and com
mon councile under indictment
on a charge or bribery and ten
more with suspended sentences and
held in $500 bonds Is upon their own
confession of sharing In a pool of
$102,000 to Influence the votes of the
municipal bodies, is the result of yes
terday's probe of the grand jury fol
lowing the sensational confession of
Captain John P. Klein, former mem
ber of councils, who, as the chief dis
bursing officer of the fund, charac
terize himself as "chancellor of the
exchequer."
All day long Jud-e R. ft Praer sat
as a committing magistrate In the
criminal court room and his desk be
came a "throne of grace" to the many
councilmen under suspicion, who
swarmed before the judge to be
"washed of their sins." On one floor
of the court building the grand jury
would hear the conscience stricken
councilmen, who then would go be
fore Judge Eraser nnd take the Im
munity bath, offered last week by the
district attorney.
Up to the adjournment of the court
for the day at 5 o'clock, ten had con
fessed to accepting as a bribe was not
over $100. One man got $500, an
other $200, while others got but
$81.10. As fast as present councilmen
appeared, after they had relieved their
conscience, they were ordered Imme
diately to resign from the city gov
ernment and In every instance the let
ter of resignation was written in the
district attorney's office and mailed to
Mayor W. A. Magee before the guilty
ones left the building.
The greatest surprise of the day
came late in the afternoon when Mr.
W. H. Weber, member of select coun
cil, appeared before Judge Prazer and
made a confession almost aa startling
as that of Klein. Dr. Weber told of
receiving $10,000 in a shoe
vox. Six thousand of this, he said,
he gave to Klein for members of com
mon council, while he kept $4,000 to
"fix" members of the upper branch.
Later, according to Weber, It was
found that the additional councllmen's
share was but $81.10.
The men Indicted are from various
professions. Some are professional
politicians, one a private detective,
saloon keeper, physicians, marketmeik,
tailors and real estate men are re
corded In the list. One man, C. C.
Schad, who Is a market man, Is also
a member of the legislature from Al
legheny county.
While before the grand Jury Dr.
Weber was unable to remember all the
en to whom he had paid money, but
he checked them up, by having the
list of councilmen read to him from
a city manual.
The ways in which the money was
delivered to them were many as de
scribed by the confessing councllmen.
Some had It thrust into their hands
while standing In public places, some
received It In the mall, while others
had envelopes adroitly slipped Into
their pockets while they admired ad
jacent buildings.
District Attorney William A. Biake-
ly extended the time limit by twenty-
four hours within which time others
msy come within his Immunity prop
osition. After thnt time warrants win
be Issued for all who have failed to
appear and these will be vigorously
prosecuted.
With the near approach of the re
publican convention of this, tho
Tenth, congressional district, conjec
ture is revived over the probable ac
tion of that body. What attitude, for
example, will the convention assume
toward the administration, when it
comes to the "latter of the adoption
of formal re- ilons and, after all Is
said, will Mr. Orant find the field clear
in the matter of a renominatlon?
Indications multiply that he will
not. For example, there is the action
of the republicans of Swain county,
who In county convention assembled
Instructed their delegates two-thirds
for Mr. Pearson and one-third for Mr.
Grant, a ratio that the present con
gressman would inevitably find em
barrassing should such action be tak
en by any considerable number of
counties.
With this news from Swain county
In aiind a n p'esentative of this paper
today asked Mr. Pearson if he was a
candidate for the nomination. Mr.
Pearson, who has devoted his time
almost wholly to bucolic pursuits
since his return, replied that he waa
not; that he had not by word or act
given his friends reason to suppose
that he cared for such support. The
action of the Swain republicans had
come to him In the nature of a sur
prise. But hold. M-. Pearson was then
asked If ho woul 1 accept the nomina
tion should it be tendered him. The
reply to this question was. in effect,
thai if the nomination should coine to
him, representing the pronounced
Judgment of the party as expressed by
the accredited delegates, he could
hardly do other than respond to such
a call to duty.
This, political analyists will prob
ably say, definitely places Mr. Pear
son in the hands of his friends, but
at this point one again enters the
field of conjecture, and the reader
will, of course, draw his own conclu
sions from the frank answers given
by Mr. Pearson to a couple of simple
questions.
PASTOR MAKES CHARGE
OIST5IX OTHERS
Rev. R. V. C. Freemen Says Ministers!
Brothers Libeled Him Wat rants
Are Issued.
Hutler, Pa., March 22. Warrants
were Issued today, upon information
made by R. V. Claudius Freeman, pas
tor of the Lutheran church, for the
arrest of six local ministers of several
denominations, charging them with
criminal libel.
The defendants are members of a
ministerial association, and it is al
leged, It passed a resolution in Feb
ruary charging that "a candidate for
school director shipped to Mara Pa.,
the day before election a barrel of
beer for the purpose of Influencing
votes." Freeman he was the can
didate referred to.
CHAMPIONSHIP RICE
IS WUDTHOTCHIUSS
Ten Miles in 9:27, Daytona Track
Oldfield Wins Stock Chassis, 20
Miles, in 18.60-100.
Contract for Bridge at Hot Springs.
Special to The Oasette-rfews.
Hot Springs, March 2 The town
council haa given a contract for the
construction of a steel bridge over
SDrlng creek, near the depot. The
contract was awarded to the Nashville
Bridge company. The bridge Is to be
completed by June 4. The coat will be
$3400.
Daytona, Fla., March S The three
days' automobile speed carnival at
Daytona Beach opened today with the
southern championship race. Barney
Oldfield, Walter Christie, George Rob
ertson, David Bruce Brown, Ben
K. r s. h. r and 15 other drivers with
fast colors entered the different races.
Hotchklaa n a Pope-Hartford, wan
the first event for the southern cham
pionship, ten miles; time, S:tT.
Hond (Stearns) waa second, tuner
starters were: Hlldebrand ( MltoMHs
and Davis (Chalmers-Detroit).
Oldneld, driving a Knox, won the
see mil event, 10 miles free-for-all
stock chassis race; time, 18.10-1SS.
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