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ASHEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 19, 1910.
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President Taft, Colonel Roose
velt, Griscom and Bannard
Presumably Discussing
New York Politics.
MEETING WAS ARRANGED
BY THE TWO LATTER MEN
The Colonel Got Away from Oyster Bay,
Without Anyone Knowing of It
Until Some Hours
After.
NEW HAVEN, Sept. 19. Presi
dent Taft and Theodore Roose
velt will hold an Important con
ference here this afternoon, presum
ably on the New York state political
situation. The conference is to be
held at the request of Colonel Rooso
velt, who is now on his way here from
Oyster Hay on a fast motor boat,
(iriscom and Bannard, Too.
Lloyd C. Griscom, president of the
New York county republican commit
tee, anil Otto T. Bannard, republican
candidate for mayor of New York last
fall, will also take part in the con
ference. The meeting was arranged
Saturday last, when Secretary Norton
was visiting his family. GrlHcom and
Bannard telephoned Norton asking
that an arrangement be made by
-which Col. Roosevelt might hold u
conference with the president in New
Haven. Norton said he kimw nothing
about it except that the arrangement
was made In response to a requeat
from Griscom.
What development In the New York
situation caused the request could only
be conjectured here today. Since the
Sherman episode, Mr. Taft Is disposed
to keep entirely out of the New York
situation. He was reluctant- drawn
in, in the Qrst place. Word was re
ceived here this morning that Roose
velt had lofl Oystor Bay by automobile
and would stop at Bridgeport to pick
up Griscom, and Bannard Is to join
the party her.
Mlpixtl Away; Sadden Cliangn of Plan
Oyster Bay, Sept 19. Nothing was
known here of the departure of Colo
nel Roosevelt until hours after he left
It Is known that as late as last even
ing he proposed to remain at home to
receive a number Of visitors from New
York.
F
Does not Believe in Leaving Canal
Open in Case of War More
Battleships.
. 1 1
Beverly, Mass., Sept. 19. Ilefoie
having Beverly for Boston last n'ght
by automobile to take the midnight
train for New Haven and Cliclnnatl.
the president announced 'hat ir his
mestage to congress In December he
will recommend the appropriation of
62,000,000 to begin the work of forti
fying the Panama , canal. Mr. Ta't
always has favored the protection of
the canal with great guns, and he
thinks the time has arrived to ht-gln
the work.
The president also will recommend
to congress .that provision bo made
for two new battleships of the dread
naught type. Mr Taft does not be
lieve that the economy plans should
preclude tlte construction -f at least
two battleships a year until such time
s the Panama canal to completed.
He believes that the canal will have
the effect of doubling the efficiency of
the navy and that after It Is In opera
tion the building of new battleships
can be cut down to one a year.
The president's last day hero wts
passed quietly. Secretary Norton win
Join the president at New Haven to
day and go with him to Cincinnati.
The president will reach there Thurs
day afternoon and will remain tlir
until next Saturday. Ho will return
ot Beverly October I- for a firtnlght.
after which ths summer white house
will be closed and the family will re
turn to Wsshlngotn. Mrs. Taft will
reach Beverly during the presidents
absence on the present trip, rresi
dent Taffi Itinerary in brlaf follows:
September llth. leava Boston mm
night; September IS arrive New Ha
ven S a. m leave S p. m.. tame day
for Cincinnati direct by way of hprlng-
neld. Albany, Buffalo, arriving at t-in
lnnatl 1:60 d. m.. September 10
leave Cincinnati for Washington Sep
tember 14. arriving there 9 o clock
following morning. The Atlantic City
end of the trio has been abanaonua,
The president will reach Washing
ton next Sunday the t5th. The ciLt
etNwlli begin a series of dally meet
ings on the morning of Montay the
lth. It U expected that the cabinet
will meet with the president probaDiy
very day while he la In Washington
Economy of administration In all
off the departments will be one of the
many subjects considered by the cai'
Inel.
TAFT RECOMMENDS
ORIS FOR PANAMA
Weymann, the American, and
Chavez, Peruvian, Gave Pretty
Exhibitions of High Fly
ing This Morning.
HIGH WINDS AND CLOUDS
CAUSED BOTH TO DESCEND
Promise of Better Success in FaiWea.
ther Chavez Went up 7546
Feet, Weymann About
1700 Feet.
BRIG, SWITZERLAND, Sept. 19.
Despite unpropltlous weather,
Weymann, the American, and
Chavez, Peruvlun, attempted today to
cross the Alps by aeroplane flight.
Both gave pretty exhibitions of high
flying which promise better success in
fair weather. The stiff breeze of the
night hud gone down some this morn
ing, but It was still cloudy when they
started.
Chavez roso to an altitude above
the towering mountain wall, a height
ho said, of 6500 feet, when he was
caught in a violent wind. The sum
mlt of Slmplon puss was obscured by
neuvy clouds, so he decided to return
ratner than chance landing on the
rocks. Weymann arose about 1700
feet, encountered baffling winds and
descended.
The aviators have until September
26 to make the flight. To clear Slm
plon pass It will be necessary for them
to maintain an altitude of about 7000
feet the llrst hour of their flight.
Official examination of the barom
eter shows that Chavez reuched a
height of 7546 feet. His world's alti
tude record is 8409 feet.
Postponed oil Account of Religious
Fete.
Tho cross-Alps aeroplane flight from
this place over the Slmplon pass to
Italy which was scheduled to begin
yesterday, was postponed until today.
The local authorities declined to allow
the aeroplanes to depart before noon
on account ormrcllglout fete .held In
honor of a local Swiss hero, where
upon the race committee announced a
postponement, Two thousand specta
tors had assembled on the aerodrome,
which is on a plateau about 900 feet
above sea level, and they strongly
manifested their discontent over, tho
disappointment, some of them de
manding tho return of their money.
Many of the visitors even went so far
as to assert that it was a trick to keep
the crowds here.
Experts here continue to believe
that the flight means either victory or
death, as there is no single available
lauding place In the first seven and
one-half miles to the top of Slmplon,
and thence for the next 18 miles down
to Domodossola.
This section is a perfect wilderness
of rock gorges nnd tumbled moun
tains. Tho remaining distance to
Milan Is over plains and lakes and is
free from difficulties. Chavez elected
to try to mount from tho start over a
mountain range more than 6500 feet
high, while Weymann chose a route
up the valley of the river. The for
mers main fear was that oil and pe
troleum In the tubes would freeze in
the high altitude. Consequently he
nacked the tubes with care ana oe-
clded to carry as little weight as pos
sible. Telegraph and teiopnone sta
tions were established and automo
hiiAM with doctors and Alplno guides
sent to various points ready to give
aid In case of accident.
10 DEATHS AS RESULT
Owner of New Car Took Four Friends
to Ride In It and Now Two ot
Them Are Corpses.
m . c,.t 19 Two are
dead as the result of an automobile
accident lato last night on the road be
tween Naserotn ana nere. jn
was taking four friends to ride in his
new car. On a fine stretch he put on
speed, lost control and struck a tele
phone pole. All WM. u.;..
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. ii. wini William Walker
was imwDiv ...
of the sams place was brought to a
hospital Wlin ooin is
ternal Injuries; he died this morning.
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The two omer gin i"
Fry wera palnfuUy hurt. . ,
Bus for Belmont Park Aviation Mert
rk Hnt. H. The aviation
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rn ths International tournament at
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...... hnit nl ot aviators'
certlflcates. Issued by a club affiliated
wua in r . .
ternatlonale. The machines must be
kept on the grotinas.
. . TIIR WEATHER. , .
r.. a -win. and vicinity: Fair
weather tonight and Tuesday; warmer
tonight. , . , , .
For North Carolina: Fair tonight
a iri.xinf. warmer In west and
central jwrtions tonight.
COLONEL INVADES
ENEMIES' COUNTRY
Puts Fight up to the "Old Guard" and
Dares His Opponents to Come
Out in Open.
Syracuse, N. Y.. Sept. 19. Cuming
Into a stronghold of the opposition,
ex-President Koosevclt Sunday bold'y
challenged the opponents of his politi
cal doctrines to come out in the open
and fight if they dared, lie prophe
sied that if they did they would be
bea ten.
The former president also gave
warm commendation of President
Taft as a public official and express
ed his. .approval otu. minbCR of the
accomplishments of the Taft admin
istration. Colonel Kooeevelt did not
endorse the administration as a
whole. What he did havo to say,
however, placed him on record for
the first time In regard to inuny of
the more important features of it,
.lenklnir thi Hilennf, which lift 1i:lH
maintulned steadfast on the sub-
lect. excent fur his few brief refer
ences to his successor made whll ! he
was on his Western trip.
He also defend!: 1 his recent criti
cism of two decisions of thn United
States Supreme court made in a
speech In Denver and quoted the words
of William H. Taft, written when he
was a judge, to support his contention
that the people have the right to crit
icise derisions of th courts.
Colonel Konsevelt, who arrived here
from New York thi nfternoon. snoke
to a crowd estimated at more than
4 0,000 persons at the state fair
grounds. Colonel Roosevelt also rode
around the mile track at the head of
a parade, and received a cordial wel
come.
Almml nil of the members of ihe
committee which took the colonel In
hand here ure Identified wltli tno
iinnnilnirn i-onntv republican organisa
tion of which Francis Hendricks, ex-
superintendent or insurance, is me
head. Mr. Hendricks is a member
of the republican state committee,
and voted against Colonel llooseelt
when the state committee refused to
endorse him for temporary chairman
of the republican state convention.
The colonel spent the evening at the
home of Lieutenant uoverner Horace
whit who iravn a dinner for him.
There, too, he was In the hands of
men who are taking part In the fight
against him. Timothy Woodrulf
chairman of the republican state com
mltec, and one of the leaders of the
opposition to Colonel Roosevelt, was
here today, shook hands wun ino
inni nH ntn dinner with him. Col
onel Roosevelt and his adversaries met
each other with cheerful laces ann
Jested about their differences.
Wants Kiieinlcx MH in ticn.
t inniunnnt novernor White made
one of the shortest speeches on record
when he Introduced Colonel Roosevelt
at Ihe fair grounds.
"We are here to welcome ami io
honor Theodore Koosovclt." ho said.
Thn ninnei looked ud In his sur
prise as the lieutenant governor fin
ished. "Do I speak now?" he asked.
Mr. White said that the time had
nmn and the colonel arose, lie was
In fighting trim as he faced the crowd.
He himself said so. rieverai limes no
Mnnartnri from thn text of his prepared
speech to Inject remarks to show how
earnestly he meant wnai ne saiu.
"I wish that my opponents would
come out Into the open," he said.
They shoot rrom tne nusnes, nn
AmmTA. at another place, "and you
couldn't make them come into the
open and nght the Issuer
Further along ne again anna mn
nnnn.nia tn nut themselves on record
as against him. "Friends, they won't
do It," said he. W may criucina
me. but they will walk as though they
were treading on eggs before they take
the other side."
After hs had asserted that leaders
In tnls age must act as servants of
tns people and that tne corporations
must be the creature and not the mas
ter of the people, he added: "To par
aphrase the words of Patrick Henryi
'If that be socialism make the most
of It."' .' ... '
GOING FAST
Murdered
He Found in His H ome
C. D. Hiller, Chief Clerk of C. R. I. & P., Chicago, Shot to
Death, In Struggle With Negro, His Wife and Two
Daughters Witnessing the Terrible Tragedy.
CHICAGO, Sq.t. 19. Clar
ewe D. Hiller, chief clerk
of the Chicago, 7ock Island
and Pacific, shot and killed ear
ly today by a negro burglar he
found ransacking his home.
The murder was witnessed
The "Man
Is Given His Sentence
Eight Months-in Prison and $5000 Fine for Charles R. Heike,
Secretary and Treasurer of Sugar Trust Stay of Exe
cution on Appeal, Bail Is Reduced to $10,000.
I
New York, Sept, 19. Charles R.
llelke, former secretary and treasurer
of the American Sugar Refining Com
pany, called the "man higher up" in
tho sugar trust, was sentenced today
by Judge Martin, Installed States Cir
cuit court to eight months in the New
York penitentiary en llluekwcll's Is
land and to pay lino Of IfiOOO. on con
viction of conspiring to defraud the
government by sugar under-weighing.
Stay of Execution.
Judge Martin granted a Htay of ex
ecution of sentence pending appeal to
the United States Circuit Court of Ap
peals and reduced ball for Jar,, 000 to
)10,000.
llelke's sentence Is the culminating
"Spite Church" Result
Of Saloon Competition
NEW YORK, 'Sept. 19. A "spito
church" has been erected in the
Uronx as a result, It is said, of
the business rivalry of two saloon
keepers.
The church, a little wooden build
ing, opened yesterday, with a congre
gation of SO. A State law forbids a
saloon within 208 feet of a church,
wherefore one saloon-keeper, it Is
THE PRESIDENT ATTENDS
MEETING WME COLLEGE
Several Matters of Much Importance to
Come Before the Corporation's
Fall Meeting.
New Haven, Conn, Sept H. Presi
dent Taft arrived here this morning to
attend the fall meeting of the Yale
corporation. He, stopped here on his
way from Beverv to Cincinnati.
The meeting Is one of the most im
portant of the year,
It Is expected arrangements will be
made whereby President Arthur T.
Hadley ot Yale IU be able to devote
a portion ot his time to the raiiroaa
bonding commission to which Taft re
cently appointed him.
The question or raising salaries of
feasors also wll( be considered.
Pan Antonio, 'Tex., hepf -Traf
flo between here and the city of Mexico
Is Indefinitely suspended by washouts.
by Burglar
by his wife and two daugh
ters, who woke when Hiller
attacked the burglar at the
head of the stairs. Men fought
several minutes, finally rolling
to the foot of the stairs.
Higher up
11
point of the government's prosecution
of sugar company officials and em
ployes growing out of extensivo under
weighing frauds at tho Williamsburg
doc ks of the trust, brought to light by
Richard Parr's famous raid on docks
In 1907. Four weighers for company
and Oliver Splt.er, dock boss, con
victed on lirst criminal trial connected
with frauds, are still serving sentence.
Hpltxer, sentenced to two years in At
lanta penitentiary, pardoned during
trial of lleike, turned state's evidence.
Krnest W. Oerbrocht, refinery super
intendent, sentenced last week to two
years In Atlanta penitentiary and 15,
000, but allowed stay pending appeal.
said, decided to put his rival out of
business by building a church near
him.
The property belongs to the saloon
keeper and was donated by Mm. The
other man says he will build a church
within 200 feet of his rival's place of
business. The result may bo to force
both out of business when their li
censes expire.
IS TO BEGIN T
Many Legislators Who Voted for Lorimer
Will Be Summoned Heyburn
First to Arrive.
Chicago, Sept. 1. Senator Hey-
burn of Idaho, one of the republican
members of the senatorial committee
to Investigate the election of Senator
Lorimer of Illinois, was the first mem
hnr nt the committee to arrive today
In preparation for the committee ses
sions which begin tomorrow.
It la expected many state legislators
hn voted for Lorimer will be sum
moned as witnesses, particularly thoee
against whom formal cnarges brmery
and conspiracy .have been made. )
Weil Known Oratorio Singer Is Dead.
Sandwich, Mass., flept J. -MyTon
W, Whitney, the well known oratorio
singer, Is dead, agea 7 4.
Half-Mad With the Green Mon
ster, Landlady Says, as She
Waited for Dr. Crippen to
Make Her His Wife.
BELLE ELMORE THREATENED
TO GO WITH ANOTHER MAN
And This Is What Crippen and His Typ
ist Were Waiting for, She Says,
so That He Could Pro
cure a Divorce.
1 ON DON, Sept. 1 9. Something of
Lwhat Ethel Clara Le Neve suf
fereJ, ns, half-mad with jeal
ousy, fhe waited the fulfillment of
Dr. Hawley Crippen's promise to make
her his wife, was reveali d at today's
session of the Inquest into the death
of lielle Elmore, with whose murder
the doctor and his typist are jointly
charged.
In her distress Miss I.e Neve con
fided in her landlady, Mrs. Jackson,
and the latter gave sensational evi
dence. She said the girl gave up her
room at her house March 12, explain
ing that she was leaving to be married
to Dr. Crippen. Until the first week
of February Miss Is- Neve slept reg
ularly at Mrs. Jacksons. After that
she stopped there only occasionally.
She said she spent the other nights at
the homes of friends.
About the middle of February, the
witness Bald, Miss Le Neve appeared
depressed, so much so that Mrs. Jack
son followed her to her room to learn
the source of her trouble. Miss l,e
Neve was terribly agitated, the wit
ness said, her eyes fairly staring out of
her head. The landlady Insisted on
an explanation and Miss Ix- Neve re
plied, according to the witness,
"Would you be surprised If I told you
it was the doctor and Miss Elmore?
she is his wife and when I see them
go away together, it makes me real
ize my position, as to what she Is and
what I am. Miss Elmore Is threaten
ing to go away wrth another man... Dr.
Crippen Is waiting for her to do so,
when he could divorce her."
PcpiH-r Repeats Ills Testimony.
Prof. Pepper, the pathologist, re
peated his testimony given at the trial
in Bow street court. In response to
questions by the coroner Dr. Pepper
said he could form no definite opinio i
as to whether the parts found were
those of a man or woman. To the
suggestion that they were from the
body of a female he said he had
formed ,i slronpr opinion. Inspector
Dew, who arrested Crippen and Miss
Le Neve in Canada, testified briefly to
facts already brought out. One juror
was anxious to know why Dew had
allowed tho doctor to get away, once
he had fallen under suspicion. The
coroner would not permit him to an
swer, declaring the subject of Crip
pen's flight outside the scope of the
present inquiry.
Drs. Marshall and Willcox, who ex
amined the human parts, were also
called; neither added anything. So
licitor Newton notified the coroner
that he would not Introduce any wit
nesses before the coroner's court on
behalf of Crippen or Miss Le Neve.
The Inquest adjourned until Septem
ber 26.
I F. Dl
IS
Attacked With Augina Pectoris, Auditor's
Life Was Despaired of for a
Time This Morning.
("iazette-News Bureau,
Chamber of Commerce Rooms,
Jlollenion Building,
Kaleigh, Sept. 19.
A terrible attack of angina pectoris
seized Major B. F. Dixon, state audi
tor, this morning, and for a while his
life was almost despaired of. He is
still a very ill man. Dr. Dixon was
carried In an ambulance from the
state house to Hex hospital. The at
tack came while he was In his private
office. He had been out for a walk
including the soldiers' home, of which
he has general oversight. The attack
came suddenly. Half a dozen physi
clans responded to hurry calls. There
Is s.lil the greatest fear as to his con
dition.
Asiatic Exclusion Agitation.
Hun Francisco. Sent. 19. The
Asiatic Exclusion league In a report
nn thn mihlect criticizes the local Im
migration bureau, and Insists than
steps be taken to check the Influx of
nrlnetnlK The secretary of the leaaun
will endeavor to ascertain the views
of all political candidates upon ex
elusion.
Western Rating ScsHlon Open.
Lexington, Sept. 1. With more
than 600 horses the fall racing sea
son In the west began at the local
course this afternoon. The meeting
Is expected to be the biggest and most
successful held In Kentucky In 10
years. There are many eastern horses
at the track. .'
MAJOR
N
SERIOUSLY
This Is What the Republicans of
Portugal See in the Appoint
ment of 16 Liberal Peers
by King Manuel. ,-)
ANTI-CLERICAL CAMPAIGN
CONTINUES; MONKS FLEEING
King Was Told by Dr. Alpeim That Un
less He Insisted upon Liberal Re
forms His Monarch Was
Doomed.
L
1SBON. Sept. 19. It Is believed'
that King Manuel's appoint','
ment of 16 peers, all supporters
of
the present liberal cabinet, will give
sufficient strength to the government
to avoid the necessity of dissolution itt
the parliament and now elections,
hich the republicans say would mean
;volutkm. Dr. Alpeim, chief - of the
republican dissidents, told his majesty
that unless he insisted nnon liberal re
forms, political and financial, the mon-.
arcny was noomen arm a republic was '
levitanrt;.
The eoverTiment eonllnnes ltM enm.;
paign against the Jesuits nnd is.pro-
eeoing wun me expulsion ot other re
igious orders. The newspapers say .
he Monks are fleeing to the mountains
for' refuge.
GIRL CONFESSES
TO KILLING II
Her Father and Uncle But Authorities
Believe She Had an Ac- ' '
, complice, .w ' , i; , . .
Newkirk. Okla., Sept. 19. It is as
serted by the authorities that 16 years
old Kbby Shepard, who confessed last
night to killing her father and his
brother, had an accomplice. The cor
oner's inquest is being held this after
noon. ;. i .
The officers say they do not believe
the father and uncle whipped tho girl,
as she asserted, but that they were
killed when they returned and found
a young man with the girl.
J. W. Khepard and his brother,
Taylor Shepard, were slain at- their
home in Newkirk Friday. It was first
reported that the brothers had been
killed by a young man who after
wards attacked the girl. In her con,
fesslon the girl declares the cause of
the crime was that tho men whipped
her. She went to a woodshed, brought
the axe with which the crime was
committed, and gave it to the officers.
The girl has always been regarded as
feeble minded.
BELT LINE
L1
It Is to Run from Cranberry to Plum
tree, Thence to Some Point of the
C.C.&0. Railroad, 15 Miles.
Gazette-News Bureau,
Chamber of Commerce Rooms,
Holleinon Building.
Raleigh. Sept. 1.
The Mica Belt Line Railroad com
pany Is chartered with 1100,000 capi
tal, to construct 15 miles of road from
Cranberry, via Mineapolls, down
North Ice river to Plumtree, thence
to soma point on the Carolina, Clinch
held & Ohio railroad between Alta
Pass and Spruce Pino.
The Incorporators are T. B. Vance.
T. D. Vance, R. M. Burleson, Frank
and Sam Burleson and Ira Vance,
PROGRESSIVE REPUBLICAN
APPOINTED POSTMASTER
Kaliua, Kans., Sept. It. George M.
Hull, a progressive republican, today
received a letter from the first assist
ant postmaster general notifying him
of his appointment by President Taft
as postmaster hero.
The appointment Is dated Septem
ber 15, the day the letter was Issued
from Beverly saying the president In
tended to be Impartial In his attitude
towards progressives and regulars In
the matter of patronage. . ,
Price of Automobile Declining.
New Yoik, Sept. II. A tabulation
by the American Automobile associa
tion of average automobile prices since
1903 shows that prices rose from 1903
to 1907, but has gradually declined
hince. This decline was brought about
by a great Increase In the manufac
ture and sale nt machines selling rr
$1600 of less.
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