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THE ASSOCIATED DISPATCHES LAST EDITION 4:00 P.M. Weather rorecast: Unsettled weather. VOL XV, NO. 150. ASHEVILLE, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 2, 1910. 3c PER COPY 1IMD UPOII THE 11 TO HEir-fciSTUT" CRIME REPORT OF JULY ON GDTTDH CROP Miss Le Neve the Central Figure, in Police End of the Tragedy Subtle Influences to Get Her Story. "THIRD DEGREE" METHODS ARE NOT BEING EMPLOYED The Girl's Conditon Much Improved Crippen Tactturn and Composed Her farenti. Are Urging the CM to Talk. ' OUEBEC. Aug. 2. Ethel Clara L Neve, who gave up home and friends for the love of Dr. Hawley H.. Crippen, and now find herself sharing with him the odium of a murder charge. Is the central, figure In the pollco end of the tragedy. Dr. Crippen, taciturn, composed, volunteers nothing to help the police solve the mystery surrounding the dis appearance of his wife, Belle Elmore, the American actress. It Is expected that Crippen and Miss he Ntve will be returned to London fur trial at the expiration of the IS days grace provided by -the extradi tion laws of Canada. It Is generally believed the police are resting their hopes upon Miss Le Neve. If she does not possess a key to the mystery, the police think, she can at least aid them materially In reconstruction of the cir cumstances leading up to the disap pearance of Crlppen's wife. Mrs. Crippen Was Jealous. It is known that Mrs. Crippen was jealous of her husband's typist. "No third degree" methods will be employ ed with Miss Le Neve, but more subtle Influences are at work. Miss Le Neva was too ill to appear In court yester day but this morning showed vast Improvement She haa never been placed in a cell but remains confined in un of the rooms of the women em ployed In the provincial jail. Mitts Le Neve haa received numerous caUltigrauis from- her parents ln Eng land, urging her to tell all she knows. Her parents maintain that she was in nocent of any part In tire tragedy. In spector Dew ot Scotland Yard, who arrested the fugitive couple, has re peatedly stated he believed the girl was Innocent of wrong doing so far as the actual disappearance of Crlppen's wife is concerned!. The police's ease against Crippen la believed to be yet far from complete. PRIMARIES BEING HELD IT Champ Clark and Five Other Democrats Have no Opposition Vote Is Ex pected to Be Light 8t. Louis, Aug. S. Missouri voters began at o'clock this morning to choose nominees for congress, three Mate officers, state legislator and many county officer It Is expected the voting throughout the state will be light Six of the ten democratic congressmen will get renomlnation without opposition, In cluding Champ Clark. ROOSEVELT LEAVES FOR FOUR DAYS' AUTO TRIP Intended Keeping His Departure Se cret, but Enterprising Automobile , Agent Gave Things Away. New York. Aug. J. Theodore Roosevelt left New York yesterday af ternoon on a four-days' automobile tour ot New Jersey and Pennsylvania. It was not his intention to permit hews of his Journey to become known, and he refused to talk either of his Destination or the ofclect of his trio. An enterprising automobile agent was the cause of the Colonel s discom fiture. He called up every newspaper "nice in town and asked that photo Caphers be sent to the Colonel's edi torial office to make pictures of the departure. Mr. Roosevelt was , very much annoyed, but would not expand n the bare fat that ha la to ha mill four days. Lawrence Abbott, a son of r. Lyman Abbott, accompanied Mr. nuoseveit. Anotlier Japanese) Schooner Seised. Washington, Aug. I. The selsure of another Jininnu iitiAAn.p nMnh. ng In Behrlng Sea Is reported to the treasury department by Captain Fbler , ' revenue cutter Tahoma. which - su.rging tne sealing fields. . C. H. K. Curtis Weds. Milwaukee, Aug. t. Cyrus H. K. li'T1"' Pronln""t Philadelphia pub "her, was married today to Mrs. Kate - rmsDury of Milwaukee. and Queen of Kpaln In Paris. rris. Am. S. King Alfonso of i'.iii end Queen Victoria, stopping - enroute to Kntftand. were Pres- -"II suorles' rumIi et lunch. MURDERED ON EVE OP HI5JEDDIIIG Dr. Stuart , Pittsburg Physician, Found v. Dead Today Beside Corpse Un derworld Woman. BELIEVED WOMAN KILLED PHYSICIAN AND SUICIDED Slain Man Had Wedding Clothes Pack ed and Intended Leaving Tonight for Hume of His Bride. Pittsburg, Aug. 2. Dr. George Mur ray Stuart, 27 years old, a physician of the fashionable East End district, who was found dead' In bed with a bullet hole In his head last night at the Bide of Edna. ' Wallace, a well known character of Pitsburg'a "un derworld," who, it is believed, shot the physician and then killed herself, was to have been married on August 10. Invitations to the physician's wedding were received today. Dr. Stuart's parents live at Win chester, Va., and his bride was to have been Miss Alice Pauline Simpson of Laws, Va. In Dr. Stuart's bachelor apartment his wedding garments were carefully packed and he was sched uled to leave for the home of his In tended bride.- tonight Dr. Stuart's body will e shipped to Virginia. STILL HTIi NEGRO IN HOLMES COUNTY, FLA. Sheriff Bell: and" Posse Leave for t)ie Scene, In the Hope of Quieting the Situation. . Pensacola, Fla,, Aug.- . 2. Posses who have been searching all night In Holmes county for the negro having knowledge of the plot to assault little Berale Morrison, resulting In the girl's death Friday and the lynching of four negroes, continue the man hunt. Sheriff Bell left this morning with a posse of deputies, and will endeavor to end the trouble. T IT Washington, Aug. 8. The contract for the enlargement ot the dry dock at the Norfolk navy yard Is awarded to William L. Miller of Boston for ISSS.7S4. The enlargement of the navy yard will enable it to accommodate the largest vessels of the navy. The work Is to be completed within It months. Bids for Sldp Construction. Washington, Aug. I. Bids for the construction of one of two battle ships and- two colliers authorised by congress will be advertised for by the navy department October 1, ac cording to announcement made by Acting Secretary of the Navy Win- throp. . Strike Rioting at Winnipeg. Winnipeg. Manitoba, Aug. S. Fol lowing a clash with the Canadian Northern railway's police at the shops where 600 carmen are on strike, a mob of strikers stoned the enclosure where the strike breakers board. In another part of the yard SO freight and pas senger cars were burned.. Fatally Burned by Vitriol. Yt.ltaHolrMa Anir 4 Fourteen persons, most of them children, were badly burned by blue vitriol this at- partment supply wagon. Two of the children will die. and several of the otners are aiso laiauy mirnni. America Gets $3,000,000 In Gold. London. August S. America today secured three million dollars of the four million Ave hundred thousand dollars of gold available upon the open market. The price was half a penny higher. Sixth Division Target Practice. TCaahlnrtnn. A us. I. The sixth dl vision Of the Atlantic battleship fleet haa hmuffht un Ir. the southern drill ground for target practlve. Five destroyers and the parent ship Dixie have put out for Gardiner's Bay for maneuvers. New York Herald and The Gazette - TUFT TALKS OVER II. I. Has Conference With Sherman and Ward-Will Keep Hands Oil in the Fight Beverly, Mass., Aug. 2. President Taft followed up yesterday the recent conciliation ot his western and south ern engagements by announcing that hla speeches for the future will be few and far between. He politely but (Irmly told a committee of citizens from Providence, R. I., that he could not reconsider the cancellation ot his engagement to spaek before the At lantic Deeppr Water . association in that city in September. Mr. Taft expressed regret, but said that important matters of public busi ness would claim his attention from now until the convening of congress. The president did not give a definite answer to Governor Eberhardt of Minnesota, and a delegation of 16 men of St. Paul, who came 'to urge him td accept the invitation to speak before the National Conservation con gress in that city September S. Mr. Taft la Inclined to accept this Invita tion. The president is anxious that his position on conservation snail be fully understood. He contemplates devoting a large portion of his com- Ina- message to congress to this sub ject If he goes to St. Paul he will simply write the conservation feature of his message In advance, ana de liver It In an address before the con servation congresa The president's, only definite speak ing engagement, as matters now stand. Is at Providence on Friday, when the Pilgrims' monument is un veiled. , ' Nw York PoUUca Talked. , New York state politics brought Vice President Sherman and William T. Ward, republican national com mitteeman for that state, to Beverly late yeaterday. and they were In con fsrenca with the president for an hour or more. The visit had to do almost wholly with the situation In New York. General politics was also discussed and the president enjoyed his visitors. Candidates for the New York gov ernorship were talked over r"h the president Among those mentioned were Clark Williams of Albany, state superintendent of banking, and llenry L. Stlmson, former United States dls trict attorney, and now In charge of the sugar trust prosecutlona The president Is said to have confirmed to his New York callers the position he took In the Ohio state ffght, that of keeping "hands oft." The presi dent said that he was Inter ted In the choice of a good man to head the state ticket, but he would leave the ((election to the, state Conven tion. Ilooeevelt's Influence, As to the Influence of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt In New YorV, there Is every reason to believe thti (Continued on pa I) SIUIl News. jTHE BIG HENDERSONVILLE a STORE W. H. Hawkins' Jewelry Store Least $1000 Worth of Diamonds, Watches and Other - Articles Stolen No Clue to Perpetrators. Gazette-Newa Bureau, Hotel Gates, Ilendersonvllle, Aug. 2. Hendersonvllle was the scene ot a bold robbery some time between last midnight and early this morning when a robber or robbers entered the jew elry establishment of W. H. Hawkins and stole not less than $1000 worth of precious stones, watches, etc. "The property stolen Included six diamond rings, a number of gold watches, diamond pins and other val uable articles. 0 HEAVY VOTE EXPECTED "Grandfather Clause" Constitutional Amendment Proposal Is a Principal Issue. Guthrie, Okla., Aug. 1. In the state-wide primaries throughout Ok lahoma the greatest interest centers about the democratic gubernatorial race, voting for the proposed "grand father clause" constitutional amend ment, and republican congressional contests in the first, second, and third districts. A heavy votp is expected. PYTIIIANS ARE ELOQUENTLY . WELCOMED BY MAYOR SEIUEL Ad'lress of Wllwaukoe's Chief Execu tive Feature of Herond Day Of Supreme Lodge. Milwaukee, Aug. I. Mayor Be I del delivered the address welcoming the delegates to the Knights of Pythias Grand encampment and Supreme lodge convention. After the ' public welcoming ceremonies, which' formed on; of the features of the. second day's proceedings, the convention went Into executive elon. The parade of tin unlfoim rank, Knights of Pythias, cm I red-this afternoon. riiOCEEMNGS INSTITUTED. Action Taken Agslnvt N. Y., If. H. II. Hallway for Advance In Com mutation Passenger Hales. Washington, Aug. I. The Interstate commerce commission announces that It has' Instituted proceedings against the New York, New Haven Sc Hartford railroad, on account ot tnat system's recent advance In commutation pas senger rates. SILENCE IS ROBBED Entered Last Night, and ' at The thieves attempted to enter the cash drawer where had been left $10 to IU, but In this effort they failed. There is apparently no clue to the identity of the robber or robbers. It la a fact, however, that two suspicious looking negroes have been In town for the pout several days Mid some of the citizens ot the town cast suspicion upon them. The highest priced gem that was stolen was a $200 diamond ring. The robbery was not discovered until the store was opened for business this morning. FIRST GENUINE TEST OF II.SURGENTSTRENGTH As Such the Kansas Primaries Are Regarded, and a Heavy Vote Is the Expectation. Topeka, Kans.. Aug. 2. With In dications for a heavy vote, the Kan sas primaries opened this morning. Thoy will furnish probably the nrst genus test ot Insurgent strength In the west. Candidates for congress and state offices will be nominated. COLONEL IN PENNSYLVANIA 1 STl'DVING MINERS' BUSINESS Will Make a Day's Examination of Working Conditions in Dela ' ware (Jap Region. Delaware Water Gap. Pa., Aug. I. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, accom panled by Liwrence Abbott, came here today to make a day's study of working conditions among the mln- era ' Joe Gana Dyeing. Presrott. Aria, Aug. 1. Joe Cans, the former light, weight champion who has been In this City for months critically III with consumption. Ift here last night for his old home In Baltimore, la physician stated that his condition was unchanged. Qans a 1,1- "I know that I am going to die for all the time I am growing weaner day hv ititv. I want to see mother and the two children In Baltimore before I die. I did not realise my condition K lat two Ashta broke down my con stitution and mads me en easy victim for consumption. ,rX BALL GER USES E Says There Has Been Too Much Lying Calls His Enemies "Demagogues." St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 2. In an In terview which he gave out last night at Minneapolis, Itichard A. Ballinger, secretary of the Interior, bitterly ar raigned his enemies' as "demagogues," and charged that not only are they seeking to make a scapegoat of him but that they are also trying to foment trouble between President Taft and Theodore Hoosevelt. He said: "Plnchot, Garfield and that bunch have been after me, trying to make a scspegoat of me. "The president and I have done all we could to make this administration a success. The president is heaMlly In favor of a rational conservation and so am I. "There are a lot of demagogues that would like to see a breach forced be tween Theodore Rnoaovelt and Presi dent Taft It's just the way of things. But President Taft haa been wise He has taken a broad and liberal stand for constructive and upbuilding policies. There's too muh lying about this constructive and upbuilding pol icies. There's too much lying about this conservation. There are certain fanatics who would lead us to believe that we won't have enough timber left to keep it going. Why they are deluding the people of the east abso lutely fooling them. They employ fig ures with recklessness. They tell the country that their resources are about gone. They suggest all sorts ot ab surdttlea" THREE CITIES' INCREASE AVERAGES 47 PER CENT. Sacramento, B2.B per cent; Ft. Wayne, ina., 41.7, ana nouut aeuu, Ind., 49.1 per cent. Washington, Aug. 2. Census re turns are announced today as follows: Sacramento, Csl., 44,6ti. an Increase of 62. per cent over 1900. . Fort Wayne, Ind., 63,1J, an Increase of 41.7 per cent South Bend, Ind., 63,184, an Increase of 49.1 per cent. THE WKATKEB. Forecast until S p. m. Wednesday for Asheville and vicinity. Unsettled weather, with probably occasional hower tonight op Wednesday. . For North Carolina: Partly cloudy, with local showers tonight or Wednes day. Light to moder-vte variable winds. , , Sheriff Fatally Shot by Negro. Tole'do, O., Aug. I. Bherlff Samuel Dull of Monro, Mich., Is dying, the result et being shot by an unldentl fled negro, whom hs attempted to r rest for robbery. HARSH LANGUAb Condition July 25 Was 75.5 per Cent, of Normal, as Against a Ten Years Average of 79.4. HEAVY RAINS OF MONTH DETERIMENTAL TO CROP Report for the Past Week Shows Very Favorable Weather Through out the Cotton Bolt Generally. . Washington, Aug. 2. The average condition of the cotton crop July 25 was 76. 5 per cent, of th normal, ac cording to a bulletin or the crop rer porting board of the department of agriculture, issued at noon today. The average condition was 80.7 on June 25; 71.9 July 25 last year, and 79.4, ten years average. Condition by State). Conditions by states in 1910 low: Virginia, 80; North Carolina, fol- 71; South Carolina, 70; Georgia, 70; Flor-, Ida, 70. , Ten Year Average by States. . Virginia, 81; North .Carolina,' 80; South Carolina, 80; Georgia, 81; Flor ida, 83. While the average of tile cotton crop condition fell below the June average, when it was 80.7, the de crease did not surprise experta who had kept informed of conditions pre vailing In the cotton belt. Heavy rains occurring east of the Mississippi during July were detrimental to the crop. Week of Favorable Weather. In Its review of the weather for .the week ending yesterday the , weuther hure.au In the national weekly Weather bulletin says this of conditions which existed in the cotton belt: ; ';. , "Over. tlM eastern ' portion- ot. the- cotton belt much needed warmth and sunshine prevailed, and although gen-' era My dry, it was probably the, most favorable week ot the senson.- In the middle portion of the cotton belt con ditions generally were very favorable. Sunshine and warmth prevailed and showers were not too frequent" A BREAK IN COTTON M A It K I TT, Bl'T NO AGGRESSIVE H-XLING New York, Aug. S. A break in the cotton market immediately following the1 publication of condition figures carried prices about 9 points not lower, but there was no tggressivo selling for the short account and later the market recovered a part of. tho Iobs bn covering and trade buying, with prices about I to 5 points net lower during the middle afternoon. EIGHT WHITEMEN IN JAIL Special Grand Jury Investigating the the Recent Mobism in Ander son Co., Tex. Palestine, Tex., Aug. 2. Advices from Slocum, the scene, of the recent riot, say that no further disorders have occurred. Right white mvu are In jail, charged with being, ringleaders in the mob that wuged war on the negroes. A special grand Jury is mak ing en Investigation. The- saloons re main closed. i In his charge to the special grand Jury Impanelled here. Judge B. B. Gurdner of the' third Judicial district court, ordered that thorough investigation of the race riots In An- , demon couf ty be mado. 1 In Jail are: James Surger, Josh Bishop, Walter Ferguson, Ismun Gar- i ner, Andrew Klrkwood, James Jen kins, F. C. Bailey, and Morgan Henry- if Troop C, cavalry of the Texas state ..; . guard, under the command of Cap-j tain L. H. Younger arrived here and Is encamped in the court house yard. P The troop will, patrol the scene of tho riots and protect the prisoners now! In Jait f Deputy Sheriff Reeves who return- d from Slocum yesterday afternoon S" said: "I am positive that the trouble be-- tween the whites and blacks of An- , deron cnunty 1s at an end. It is my further belief that no more than fif teen white men participated In the riot Of course there were probably a hundred, or two hundred armed men In the community, but they wero arm- -, d merely for the protection or their j homes and quelling such uprisings as ( might occur. The great majority of i these men did not reach the scene of j the trouble. A coroner's Inquest over the eight negro bodies found returne d j a verdict In each case that the deccos , ed came to his death from gunsWo' wound In the hands ot a perrson ei persons unknown. i NeW York. Aug. 2. Three rhllrircr are reported crushed to dith an' three more missing In the eave-ln o an excavation for a ImlldliiK nt li z ard -avenue and Broadway, r.nn.k' i this afternoon. ' 4 J
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