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1 AMk feette ggg. Bj TBI ASS00IAT1D PRIB1 DISPATCHII VOL. XV. NO. 43. ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 30, 1910. Sc PES OOPV I EJfKD SIN CLOSE GREEN SATS IT WILLBE GAYNOR POLICE TRAP THE ROBBERS TO The BiLL TOTHE GERMIII Mr. Webb Files Minority Report Against Bill Creating Another I). S. Circuit Court in Fourth District. TWO OTHER MEMBERS OPPOSE THE MEASURE Maryland and Virginia Members, How ever, Are Expected to Busy Themselves Very Soon. Gazette-News Bureau, 46 Post Building. Washington, March 30. Representative Yates Webb will op po.se ihe bill creating another United States Circuit judgeship in the fourth circuit, which comprises the states of North and South Carolin:;, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland. As a member of the house Judiciary com mittee which considered the measure. Mr Webb submitted to the house a minority report giving the grounds of his opposition. Standing with the North Carolina member in opposition to the creation of this new judgeship are Representative Sheffield, of Rhode Island and Howland, ol Ohio. The majority report in favor of the meas ure was submitted by Representative Carlln of Virginia: The bill has al ready passed the senate where it had no opposition, but it is not expected to have such plain sailing when it is considered by the house. Representa tive Webb and other members will be heard In opposition to It. Cause of Opposition. Mr. Webb pitches his opposition on thi ground that another circuit judge is not needed to attend to the business of the fourth circuit, which he pro duces figures to show has less business than any of the other circuit courts. The fourth elwult has only two cir cuit Judges, tJoff and Pritchard, while every Other- .-circuit hat. three and several of tfioiij "four Judges. A study of the business ..f all the circuit courts courts has led Mr. Webb to the con clusion that the people of the fourth circuit do not engage In as much liti gation as do the people In the other circuits. It Is likely that the Maryland and Virginia congressmen will be very ac tive In support of the bill Tin two states are epectlng the appointment in he event of the creation of the new Judgeship. The chances of Mury landland nre considered the best for getting the plum If the bill should become a law. And, This Senator Having Been Con victed, There It Likely to Follow a Thorough Graft Invettiation. Albany, N. Y., March 30. Jothari I". All. Is went to his home in Norwich last night a private cltisen, branded as a bribe taker by his former col li a;;ues m the senate, and by his own act no longer a member of that body. Senator Conger, who tiled the charges ngalnst Allda, stayed here to light. The battle that confronts Conger Is o longer to prove his charges. To this extent the senate vindicated him, wh n forty of its forty-nine members voted that the charges had been sus tained by the evidence brought be fore them. it Is believed that Conger came to the senate yesterday prepared to re sign aa soon us he received this vindi cation. However that may be. he did not resign, anil developments make It lik-ly that he will not do so. The cause of this Is a resolution In troduced by Senator Cobb, the "ma jority leader, providing for the ap pointment of a committee to present to the senate charges against Conger, "growing out of his connection with legislation and the use of funds to In fluence the members of the legislature or other persons with reference there to!' ' The Cobb resolution was referred . t'i 'he judiciary committee. It Is ex pected that the committee will re port it promptly to the senate. There m-cms to be no longer any doubt that the present legislature will I ondm t 1 general "graft'' Investlgu Hon. Wfth Allds case out of the way the question of a thorough search Into the dark allies of past legislative hlstiry Ilea unavoidably before the republican leaders. TOT WKATHKIt. Forecast until I p. m. Thursday for Ashevllle and vicinity: Partly cloudy weather tonlfht and Thursday. The KusMo-Ftnuiali Mil. Ht. Petersburg. March SO. The it usso-Finnish hill, giving the dums euthorUr over Finland, wa.' Introduc ed In the duma today. ALLDS GOES HUM AN UNDONE IN A Simple Love Letter Has Affect ed Albert Molter More Than all the Third Degrees. MOLTER, IT NOW SEEMS, LIKES INSPECTOR FITUS And, as a Result of This Liking the Suspected Murderer Has Promis ed to Tell Inspector All He Knows. New York, .March 30. A simple love letter of not more than halt a dozen lines from the young woman who has been his companion Tor the last six months brought Albert VV. Wolter nearer to u confession that he killed little Ruth Wheeler than all the "third degrees" to which he has been subjected since the discovery of the girl's body on Saturday. This remarkable youth ol eighteen, who is charged with one of the most revolting crimes in the history of the cits and wno stood the hammering of skilled detectives and newspaper men for three whole days without weakening in his denial of the charge, collapsed completely and fell to the Hour of his cell in a heap when he received Katchen Midler's love letter. "My Cod! My God!" moaned Wol ter. "She says she still loves me. My Katchen! My little Katchen! Oh, she's been such a good little girl!" Wolter rolled around the floor of his cell repeating these words over and over again. He pressed the let ter to his hps and kissed it while the tears rained down his cheeks. It was the llrst real emotion he had shown and the otflclals who stood watching htm were amused, I.Ikes Inspector Titus. Wolter seemed to take to Inspec tor Titus, who addressed his ques tions in a fatherly manner. IK. .. I..vc Ki.l.lun. aske.1 lie Inspector. "1 love her deuTly." sobbed Wolter. "and I ahi sure she loves mo. She has proved it by this letter." "What does she say'.'" ' She says she believes in me und that she will always love me," said Wolter with an unsuccessful cort to control himself. "She says no matter how It turns out she will always be true to me. She begs me to till the truth. She says" At this point the prisoner would have falJcn again if the Inspector had not supported him. He suffered the inspector to take the letter from him. It was written In German and had been sent from the House ol Deten tion, where the girl is being held. An interpreter vrrilied Welter's statement that it contained nothing but loving phrases an dexpressions of conlldence In the prisoner. "I want to answer her letter," cried Wolter. "All right." said Inspector Titus. "Here's a pencil and paper. do ahead and write what you want, and I'll take. It to her." "I'm too nervous to write now,' said Wolter. "I'll do it tomorrow." Will Not Write Now. "I'll write It for you. pal," volun teered i youthful prisoner who has been placed In the cell with Wolter, and whom the police say has been do ing splendid work. He is awaiting trial on the cliurge of grand larceny, and the offlciuls say that several times yesterday he had Wolter on the point of admitting the crime. "No, no, no," said Wolter. "I'll begin It 'My Dear Katchen.' said the other youngster. "1 hat s all right, ain't til That's the way I'd start a letter to my girl." "No I suv," sobbed the prisoner. I'll write to her myself when my nerves settle down. I f! write to her and when I get her answer I'll be ready to talk. Come Into see me Wednesday. Mr. Titus, and 1 will tell vou everything 1 know. I will tell you the truth when I hear from her." "Will It be different than the story you have been telling?" asked the In jector. ...... tm "I huve nothing more iu . tell you on Wednesday and I'll tell you alone." , nspeetor Tltui and Captain Hughe visited Woltere cell for the express purpose of Informing him that the case ugulnat him hud been strength ened still further by the finding of Miss Wheeler's umbrella In the house in East 106th street, where he hud been arrested on Friday night. Wol ter stuck to his denial of everything concerning the murder. Insisted ,e .een the girl and did not know how the umbrella came to be In i.iu (lfir-n I fullv realise thut everything Is pointing against me." sad M pnaw sr. Where was the umbrella found. In the fireplace?" ....... i found In the rooms oc cupied by youraelf and Mlsa Muller at No. 12 East mum nrr" Place Is located- ...... tmm now li that It can be '""' ........ !. I oro J that 1 bougni mai .... ..a. r w. ... mi, ,.t nine o'clock lust i nun- day morning. " said wouer. - maintained that ne w.. F.ast Seventy-fifth street house all Thursday He has stated that he splut ins home In time to have dinner with M2r"5. t much hope left fur you on that score. " said the Inspector. "We huve located tile place when yuu ooiigui ootii unifies ami lie yonug woman who sold them to you. She says you made the purchase at one o'clock on Thursday aft. rnoou." I Uncle Joe's Parliamentarian Is Liked and Admired but He Will Hardly Be Made Speaker. Washington. March 80. Thiil sug gestion by one or two of the "insur gent" republicans of the liou.se of rep resentatives that Asher Hinds, Speak er Cannon's parliamentarian, should be electod to preside over the body In pluce of "Uncle Joe" gave th demo- prats something to have a good laugh over the other day. Such ' thing might be the logical outcome of Ihe present lendenev to lake power from the speaker, hut it certainly stands very little chalice of happening. A reporter asked Itcpresentntlve Champ Clark of Missouri, leader of the democrats in the house, what he thought of the idea. "Is this April Tool's day?" he ask ed. "Have 1 taken leave of m, senses entirely?" Mr. Hinds Is regarded by s'.i of the members of the house as an estimable gentleman, and not a few of them would like to see him elected to con gress from the Maine district, where he Is running. Hut this administration ends there. They haven't any more Idea of choosing him to 1111 the speak - r's chulr than they have ol choosing Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, who was suggested for the place about a year ago by some enterprising persons who did not know what they were mining about. CHARLES HENSLEY IS STRUCK BT II T Sat Down on Track Below Marion and had a Narrow tscape irom Being Killed. Special to The liaxette-Ncws. Marion. March 30. Charles Hens ley, about years old. said to have been under Ihe Influence et whiskey and after leaving the town last Mon day, sat down Ml the railroad truck about a mile below here and went to sleep. An east houftd freight train struck him and the blow came near proving fatal. Ilensley was brought to Marlon, where he received medical ...... ,., II was focnn rivi " .. ..... .. ........ ,, ..... nones -... "- .- - was mill, led In his side. Sail for Naples. Alexandria Kgypts March Former P' esldent Itoosevelt, Koosev. It. Kermll and Ethel, for Naples this afternoon on steamer Prlns Helnrtch. 30. Mrs sailed the IDS BOOM NO TAKEN SER QUSLY mm u whs i IE MENEL1K El Monarch Will Be Succeeded by H is Grandson, Fourteen Years Old - Children 'flamed. A. lis A hohn. Abyguiu. liireh :;o. Mcuclik II. kiag tit.V liyssitiin, is dead at the age of sfMtsl "years, and in the twenty-first ycarWs lib" ,ri Ign. The king was Silrlckcri with apo plexy last fall anil never recovered his health. The heir 1" the throne, Prince I.iilj .Tonssu, grandson of the late monarch, is fourteen years old. About a year ago he married the sev en years old grand daughter of the late Kmpeior John. THE INVESTIGATION Ssnate at Jackson After he Facts Re lating to the Bilbo Charges Against Dulancy. JackKin, .Miss.. Muri !i "' IJehind closed doors lasl night tie- state sen ate commenced Its invt-etigntluri of the stateini lit made by Slate Senator Theodore U. Bilbo thai he accepted n bribe of $B1'. from the hands nf I, c. Dulancy to change his vote from former Governor Vardumun hi la-roy Percy the successful cniididutc in the recent senatorial contest. All doors and corridors lea ling to the senate chamber were guarded and no statements relative to the proceedings will be made public until the Investi gation is completed. Kllllg Most Pay SiOU Fine. Cincinnati. March 30. John C. Klhig. premier catcher of the Chicago Nationals, will be reinstated in organ ised baseball upon his payment of a line of $700. according to a decision ol the national commission made public today, the decision being signed by Chairman August Hermann and Thomas J. Lynch, president of tht National league. B. B. Johnson, pres ident of the American league, did not sign. The commission will requlri Charles W. Murphy, president of the Chicago Nationals, to show cause wh he should not be fined Si! 00 for viola tion of role 47. which forbids no base, h.all Flub to submit new contract to In eligible players. IS NO MOR j Remarcah1 C Jail Delivery . At Portsmouth Last Night Norfolk, March SO. Two negro murderers, condemned to death In the electric chair, und a while man. charged with highway robbery, es enped from the jail In Portsmouth last night, by cutting through the Employes Got Passengers to Foot the Bill Washington. March SO. The New Haven, New York and Hartford Rail road company has filed with the In terstate commerce commission sched DR. SRMTHERS GOT n. AFTER HORSE Incident on Hendersonville Road Today Which Caused a Bit of Blood to Flow. I Special to Hoinlu The GuiicUc nivillc, Marc 30.- -An iii- etdent In connection with the trip of tile Ahcvtllc motorists to ' lendersou vill. this morning occurred about seven miles from Hendersonville, when Dr. Wcxlcr Smothers' machine came up behind a man. driving in a boggy with a lady. Despite the re peated efforts of Dr. Smathers lo get Ihe man to turn out with the buggy, the man kept. It is said, 7.ig-.aggiug Iroin one side of the road lo the other, Hum bio. king the passage Finally, when Ihe automobile party came to a somewhat wider part of the road, Ihe chauffeur "siiuecsod" past the buggy. Jusl as he passed, however, the man I struck at the parlv with a buggy whip, striking one of the party. Then, mi is said. Dr. Smathers slopped his ! machine, and going back, took the whip from Ho man. and is alleged to have given him a .sound whipping. Anyway, parlies in machines, who i met the man later, had no illhiculty in I passing, and they wondered why the ( man s face was bloody. These facts were learned, later at Hendersonville. G. II. II. POSTS PROTESTS AGAINST STATUE OF LEE Forty Posts Through Senator Lodge Ask That the Statue Be Not Accept ed for Statuary Hall. Washington, March SO. Protests of la c. A. II. posts against the ac ceptance by congress of the stutuo of lien. Robert B, Lee for pluce In Stut uary hall, were presented to the sen ate today by Senutor Dodge of Massa chusetts. Scnalor Daniel No Heller. I ia I. ma, Fla.. March .10. Improv e mint which has been noted In the condition of Unttad States Senator John W. Daniel during the pust four days has ceased, and while' there has been no relapse a marked sluggish ness is apparent. roof of Ihe prison and lowering them selves to the ground by a rope made of torn bedclotlilng nnd pillows tied to v ventilating pipe extending above the slate roof or the Jull. The delivery ,v,is one nf the most remarkable In the annals of the slate. More Money ; ules of Increases in Its passenger rates. These advances are due to Increases In wages made recently lo the com pany's employe. MAN The People of Texas Backing! New York Mayor, Says Mr. Green, Son of Hetty. REPUBLICANS, HE SAYS, ARE HOPELESSLY DIVIDED I Mr. Bryan Will Arrive in New York i Early Next Month and Will Be Given Suitable Re ception. New I down i I Uaynoi York, March Texas ure la as the logical 'Ml. ' king eople Mayor andidato for the presidency in nil I am a republican and. although 1 agree with them." This was the declaration of Kd ivurd II. It. Green, former republican national committeeman from Texas, in an Interview today. Mr. Oreen Is the son of Mrs. Hetty Green, and president of the Texas Midland. Mr. Green declares the republican party Is , . , ,, , , , ,. hopelessly uiviueu, uuu he predicts success Tor the democrats as the next election. Bryan Coining Home. New ork, March 80. William Jen-I nlngs Bryan, will reach New York April according to an announce no lit made today, lie has spent the greater part of the time In South America. Mrs. Bryan and daughter. Grace, returned yesterday. Preparations are made among the "Bryan men" for n sidtable reception. NO REMEDY FOR Says S. H. Cowan Unless Some One Can Find Way to Repeal Law of Supply and Demand. Washington, March 30. "Unless tome one can Und a way to repeal j the law for supply and demand there j is no remedy for increasing prices," asserted Samuel H. Cowan, counsel for the Cattle Kaisers Association of Texas before the senate food invest! gating committee. "The People or the United Stales need never expect cheap meal again." he declared. Mr. Cowan told the committee that cattle raisers would be compelled lo main- J tain as high or even higher prices than at present to keep pace with In-! creased cost of grazing land and feed, j Like munv other witnesses Mr. Cowan! thought the high prices of beef was! due to the decreasing production and Increasing population. JUSTICE MOODY MAY RETIRE ON PENSION In Such an Event President Would Have Two Vacancies to Fill on Su prem Court Bench. Washington. March 30. At the cap iiol today there was u rumor thut I bill would be Introduced in congress allowing Justice Moody of the Su preme court, who has been seriously III some time, to retire on u pension, i his would leave two vacancies for the president to fill. Friends of Jus tice Moody conllrm the report that In has suffered a nervous breakdown complicated by rheumatic attucks, but they discount the report that legisla tive action would be taken looking to his retirement. WILL BE NO NATION-WIDE STRIKE OF COAL MINERS President Lewis of Miners Say. How ever, Pennsylvania and Illinois Will Be Tied-up. Cincinnati. March 3U. As u result of a plan ndopted by the local miners International convention there will not he a country-wide strike or bituminous eosl miners, but President l ram of the miners declared toda that the Pennsylvania and Illinois will be "completely tied up." Miners In those districts number 1S0.000. This means a light In two of the largest bituminous fields In the I'ntted States HIGH PR CE MEATS Rich mond Postoffice Burglars in Two Men Named Cunning ham and Chester. MEN WERE TRYING TO GET AWAY WITH OVER $30,000 "Eddy Foy" Cunningham, One of the Men Arrested Has Criminal Rec ord Murderer and Sale-Blower. New York, March SO. With the lining up today at police iiead(iiar- Iters of Frederick Cunningham and Frank Chester, two men caught last night trying to get away with two trunks containing $.10,000 in stamp.'' and $800 In cash stolen from the Richmond, Va.. postofllce. the detec tive force believes It has made one of the most important captures in years. One of the men arrested for the Richmond burglary, the police be- iieve is "Kddy Foy" Cunningham, u much w"ted fugitive, whose picture is in everv rogue's gnllerv In the t. for whose apprehension j $20,000 in rewards have been offered in various cities. The prisoner is one J known as "I'n Cunningham." Ciiiiiiiii!-hum lilcnllfictl. Cunningham was recognised by De tective Peubody und other old timers who said that "Kddy Foy" Cunning ham was known us one of the best all round safe blowers in the country. The police say that besides innumer ably safe robberies, in different sec tions of ti e 1'nited State.s "Foy" has il record or four murders against him. "Foy", the detectives say. is worth over $800,000, and owns a string oC race horses. DcHii-tmcnt Officials Pleased. Washington. March 80 The post office department officials did not dis guise their satisfaction over fthe. re pbrt i ceived from lnsooctoV Harvi tbn telling of the arrest in New York of Frederick Cunningham and Frank Chester n a charge of robbing Utr Richmond poet office, n was Hie In spectors from Washington division who trailed the robbers by circuitous routes to New York city. MISSISSIPPI SENATE IS Both Bilbo, the Bribe Taker, and Dul ancy, Bribe Giver, Allowed Counsel. i -m Jackson, Miss.. March .10. Th stile senate met In executive session today to resume consideration of a statement of State Senator T.'G. BHbV, that in the role of detective for the ardaman forces he accepted from I.. C. Duluney, a wealthy delta planter. o bribe of SGaii to change His vote i from Varilumaii to Percy In the recent , sensational contest. Beth llilbo and . Dulancy were ullowcd counsel present ami the privilege of summoning wit j nesses. The taking of testimony Is preliminary to any impeachment pro ceedings. Three days will be required lor this feature of the Investigation. ii nnin a nuci ininiin a mjn v Late Afternoon News Stories In Condenm-d Form of World's a m- ,,.i i.iiiia Kvmsl X AAA Berlin. March 30. A Mulheln-Am-Itheln dispatch Btates that 50 soldiers were killed outright or wounded In a collision between passenger and mili tary trulns today. No details were re reived this afternoon. Muekegon. Mich., March 30. While in a state of high excitement over the catch of an unusually large pickerel J. B. Shuler was stricken with paraly sis today and fell into the lake, tie was rescued hut is in a serious condi tion. Wshlngton, March JO. The Untied Slates Supreme court will not only convene Monduy hut will remain In session throughout the day hearing arguments and announcing decisions At a later day memorial services will be held in honor of the late Justice Ilrewer. Washington, March 30. A gang of alleged counterfeiters was captured at Knoxville. Tenn.. yisterday, accord ing to a dispatch received by the treasury department from secvet ser vice agents. The officers captured a counterfeiting plant and a number of coins. The men irrested are rthnr Wyrick. Ernest Karnea and )avld Plumley. Tom Johnson In Tiomlou. Officers Believe They Have London, March 30. Tom L. John son, former mayor of Cleveland, reached here today aboard the Man retanla and will remain some time In Kurope In search of hee'tta.
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