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VOL. XVI. NO. 32. ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 16, 1911. So FIR COPY Soldiers at Fort Crockett Waiting Patiently For Something to Happen E.P.WHITSOHTELLS One of These May Succeed Geo. J.Gould u ft PATHETIC STORY E HEADQUARTERS 111 ETON . . -, ,i , , . . . CRIP CO DIM Asheviile Hopes of Being r.. HeadquarteVs for Acquiring Forest Lands' Dashed to Earth by Secy. Wilson. SENATOR OVERMAN STRONGLY URGED ASHEVILLE, IN VAIN Goo. S. Powell Was Recommended at Agent for Purchase of Land but Graves Will' Have This Matter in Charge. A: KHIIVILI.E'.S hopes or becoming i the headquarters of the com mission created In the forest iiw ric til II to liavehtirge of the pur chase or uctiulrlng 'of forest lands lmvo been diibhed to the ground for a while ut least by statement of Secre tary Wilson of the depHrtment of agri culture thnt all matters In regard to the purchase! of lands will be man aged by th9 forestry department. This department Is how In charge of H. L. Graves, who succeeded Mi. Plnchot. When the matter cam uprecently Seiiator Overman was verv desirous of obtaining the headquarters for-Asheviile, tliu birthplace of the 1dou of a Southern Appalachian forest reserve, mi account of Its central location, and lia'l recommended thnt George 8. Puwell be appointed as an agent of the department, in charge of the pur chase of these lands. Anyone dextrine to sell lands to the government for forest reserve purposes should address -Mr. (jraves.v Senator 'overman has given out th billowing interview, on the forest re serve mutter which will be of Interest tn people In this section: -Senator Overman's Statement. "1 have just have a conference with the secretury of agriculture .on this subject. Secretary Wilson is one of the commission created by the law to puss upon the purchase of lands, ami die price to be paid. The other mem- - - -.'- ...... , reuiry or war, . wno is lis cnairman, the secretary of the Interior, and two representatives each of the senate and the house of representatives. The two members appointed by Speaker Cannon to this commission are Rep resentative Hawley of Oregon and Representative Lee of Georgia, 'While Vice President Sherman ' appointed Senator Oalllnger of Now Hampshire und Senator Smith of Maryland. "While the commission will pass fi nally on the lands to be purchased, the forest service Is to have charge of designating the boundaries within which It Is desirable to acquire land, provided It ran be obtained on terms sufficiently favorable to the govern ment, and of examining lands which are offered. This work Is. Secretary Wilson pointed out to me, exactly like tho work which the Forest service has long dune In the examination of west ern land to discover whether or not they cun best serve the public welfare through being made national forests. Consequently the forest service has tralnod expel U who are prepared to push the work vigerously. This work will be exclusively In the hands of surh men, to there will be no need to build up a Held force of new employes, who would necessarily be Inexperienced at first In the particu lar kind of work now to be done. "A circular is now tn course of preparation which will explain fully the procedure to be followed 4n con nection with the purchase of lands. The circular will designate a num ber of region In which it Is desired tlrst to coqslder purchases. Offers for the sale of land within the areas specified will be requested and the bids will he publlcally opened by the sec retary of v agriculture at specified times. After the bids have been opened, experts from the forest ser vice will be detailed to make field ex amlnatlons. "The result of these examinations will furnish a basis upon which to conduct negotiations with the owners of the tracts In question. After the examination have been concluded, re ports will be prepared upon which the commission will take action prelimin ary to purchase by the . secretary of agriculture. . Offers to sell need not necessarily wait until the publication of the circular, since the secretary ef agriculture will be glad to receive at any time bid for the sale of lands In the White Mountain and Southern Ap. palachian regions. The secretary has expressed himself as very strongly In ""lies mat some - of the owners of 'ana in the two regions In question may he found who will be public Jplrited enough to offer to sell their tract tt a nominal or a very reasnn- Me rate, n order that favorable tart may be secured in executing the ew iaw, only lends which are not chlcffy valuable for agriculture will be considered for purchase." Italpli JiihtiMDno niinl a Vvor Man. Kansas City, March 16. Rulph Johnstone, the famous aviator, who i"t his in, m , ,rHptl(1 fall from an MeroplHn at Denver November - 17. died poor. According to a will filed he l.rt :m ,,ttllh and r M,at VHt. " at I F.00. 4 I rank W ork. Multimillionaire, lead. New lni k. March Id. Frank Work, a multimllliiiiiHire railroad man, died si m Itoim. ,r pneumonia today. se 11 I'lM'-rxioort he leaves an i tlll . 1 , ; (!,() (,,)). . LQAP1NO AMMUNITION CN.THE UW, fU "T JZjb Troops Have Settled Down to Routine Work Three Hour3 of Company and Battal- ' ion Drill Daily. E L PASO, Tex., March 16. Aurez spent a sleepless nlaht with the streets patroled by double forcen of KunrOs anil pruAlcally the entire garrison under arms In front of the barracks and General Nnvarros' head quarters.. At - daybreak the sleepy guards swept the. country for Insur rectos. The coming of daylight les sened the anxiety of last night's ex citement resulting from an atack upon the barracks when a small band of In- surrectos slipped through, the llnus Into the city, demolished a portion of the barrack with bombs, escaping with the loss of two of their number wounded and" taken prisoners. The I authorities iiersist In the declaration mm - nt, reuerai suuerco... no loss In klllfd or wounded. . Aladcro. with a hundred men, 'is farther south waiting to effect a ' Junction" 1 with Orozcos' force of 800, after which. It Is reported, the- insurgent lender will begin a ; march northward to tho border. . , Waiting Arrival f (.'oast Artlllcrynicn. Army maneuvers now waiting ar rival of 3,000 coast artillery troops from Hampton Roads. General Mills hopes to have his entire brigade in camp at Fort Crockett by the end of the week. Transports expec ted to ar rive tomorrow according to latest ad vices. W'infield Jewell, soldier, stab bed In the tenderloin district Satur day night, starting a race riot, con tinues te Improve. A provost guard of twenty men hag been detailed to os sist police In preserving order. J. A. McDanlels, an engineer on the Mexican Northwestern Hallway, arriv ing today on u hand car, reported the road cut to piece from Jtiurex to Us southern terminus at Penrsoiu Ho saw many ipaurrectos heading south. lirM. Maneuvers Today. San, Antonio, Tex., Manch 16. The first maneuver of troops In camp were on the program for today. It waa proposed to send out a company of Infantry several miles to seek cover and 'or an acroplano to look for thorn. Southern Pacific officials have waited to' ee If Mexican Insur reoto would make good 'a threat to blow up the wall bridges entering their country. Gal"3Ston, Tex., March 16. T-Ue soldiers encamped at Kurt Crockett have settled -down to a dally routine waiting for something to happen. They are having the three hours of company and battalion drill dally In extended formation and Colonel Rat ley Is, planning to Increase the time (Continued on page 4.) He Was out Early This Morning for Usual Round 1 8 Holes-Will not Act on Pardons Now. ' Augusta, March 18. President Tnft was early to the links of the Country club today for his usual round of 1 holes of golf. Weather clear and chilly. Mr. Tuft has spent little time In hi Improvised executive office dur ing th last two or three days. Sec retary Norton also has been on the golf course daily. Yesterday the me ter on the president car registered 10 miles travel,' - It l now certain the president wll not act in the pardon, janes of Charles W. Morse and John It. Walsh until after hi return . to Washington on Monday. ' Thp president this sfternnon had conference with Clark Howell, editor of the Atlanta Constitution, and his hrnther, Alliert Howell, Jr., on the subject of second class postaire rates with especial reference to mna-Ilnes. PRESIDENT TAFT , EfaJDYING LINKS 'TOM "TRICKrCAT.'QN BOAKD THE XJt . S..OE5'lvlC5INES MEXiOAN MINISTER IS OFF FOR MEXICO Slips' Quietly out of New York for St. Louis -May Ask for Military Escort New Vork, March 18. Senor Jose Yves lamuntour, Mexico's-minister of finance, slipped quietly out of town yesterday afternoon, apparently bound direct for Mexico City. p'rom what ' could be learned ho has abandoned hi idea of going home by way of Florida and JIavunu, for ho left New York ut t p. m., over the Pennsylvania railroad in his private cur cu route to St. Louis. Hallroad officers sny from ' St. Uouls ho would go direct to Uarodb, Tex., and from that point travel to Mexico City by rail In a course to bo detor mined by conditions on the bonier. It is understood that should Snimr Llmantour usk for u military escort through Texas his request probably would be granted to the extent of guarding him to thu burdur between Texas and Mexico.. ' ' Dehlnd 'hlnt Kenor Umantour loft a ltig typewritten' statement and .the clerk at the desk of the hotel euld he had inquired particularly about the suitings on or about March 29 of, all lines running between Havana and Vera Crux. It wilt be recalled that on his arrival from Europe he said he Intended to go home by way of Florida, Havana, Yuen tan and Vera Crus and that he hoped to arrive in Mexico City within ten or twelve days from the date he left New York. "There have been, frequent and per sistent rumors." his farewell state ment read In part, -"that I would not return th Mexico, that If I did it would not be to assume the duties of the of fice I have tried to fill acceptably for some years. Jt affords me pleasure to say that'l am returning to Mexico, not only to assume those duties, but also to do whatever may be within my sphere of action to help the general conditions of my country." ' ' "How long will tho insurrection last?" "Quien sabe? .That will depend as much upon acts of Americans a the Mexican. May the American people never forget that Mexico Is a country of wonderful resources end possibili ties but that their fullest development can never come except through the complete co-operatUm, of every one who has the best Interests of Mexico at heart. Shall not all such unite in one determined effort to bring about the desired result this Is my last and most erlou .word to the American people," . . The minister complimented the press on Its personal treatment of him, but chides It for printing sen sational accounts of condition In Mexico to which In a large part hp attributes the present disturbance. Kor many years h declared President Pins has told Ms visitors that "all he desired to have t"Ul about his coun try was tho truth: he pr-A discouraged fulsome prslse as, well as . muck raking" and this all, says Benor 1J msntour, 'that I ask of the press of the t'nlted Rtates of or the country In Heating with Mexico, the truth." HUSBAND JEALOUS OF E ,i. When He Attempts a Little Peculation She Tells Him Women's Rights Are not for Men. New Kochclle, N. Y., March. 16. City business waa seriously, but pleaa aittly Interrupted ' yesterday afternoon by the activities of a kissing bride, The young lady, whose visit will long bo remcmhered by several prominent officials, was Mifcs Ucrtha Eaaton Bar ber of New London, Conn., who came here with Tyler Council McNamara, tho brldcgroom-to-be, and John O'Urien, Jr., a mutual friend. Mr. McNamnni is an electrical engineer. The two made the trip from New Ixindon in an automobile. After ob taining a marriage 'license from the city clerk, they called on Judge K. McKlnley Power to perform the mar rloge, ceremony. He was trying a case hut declared a recess and took the bridal party to the private recep tiou rooms of Mayor Harry E. Col well. City Clurk George II. C. Uachke and William J. McAloon, his deputy. stepped In from an adjoining office to he on hand for emergencies. When the ceremony waa ended Mr. Mc Namara threw her arm around Judge Power' neck and planted two hearty kisses on his cheek. Then Ignoring the bridegroom she did the same for Mr, O'ltrlen. Mr. McAloon was standing In line and got his kla on a claim that he had acted as bridesmaid , , "Don't forget the -man who gave the license." (aid the city clerk, and Mr. McN'atnam proved she wasn't stingy, The husband meanwhile caught glimpse of two pretty stenographers liii the city cierg otTlce. He was flunking a wild duah In their direction when hi bride caught his coat tall. "No, you don't, dearie." she said aa she puckered her lip for a kia "Wo men rights are not for men espe cially bridegroom."' OF THREATENED BY FI Ten Buildings In Eight Different Blocks Had Been Destroyed at Noon . Stiff Wind Blowing. Montgomery, Ala,, March 1. lie ports by telephone at noon Indicate that lire threaten to destroy Pehsa coin, l-'la. The tire gained headway In ten block and Damies are Tanned by 3 rtlfl northwest wind. Ten build- Inge in eight efferent block are al ready destroyed1.. Th fire started near the Cnlon depot. vMohlle. March 16 At t o'clock long distance telephone message re ported the Pensncola fire practically tinner control. , The lose Is $159,000, Nine build ings- Including the Ho'iithem hotel Inii ned. KISS BRD Doet not Know Whether He Killed Man for Whose Death He Goes to Prison to Serve Life Term. SAYS HE HAS LIVE0 G000 LIFE SINCE HE ESCAPED, 17 YEARS AGO m rmiine .li-iisc jvw v Illiaoll s V Ho I Story or His Lire In Kentucky He Expects Pardon. Late yesterday afternoon a man of small stature, meek-eyed and pleas ant In appearance Was taken from a carriage at City hull heavily shackled and handcuffed. The man was G'. P. Whltson and wua in charge of Warden Bale of the state 'penitentiary. . The warden hud brought "hi man from Lexington, Ky., and en route to Ral eigh stopped here for the night. In Jail the shackles and the handcuffs were removed and Whltson talked freely to a newspaper man. His case Is one to excite sympathy. It, was In 1882 that h-e and his broth er and a man named Staunton became involved in a difficulty In Mitchell county with a fourth man, the trou ble arising over Whltson's wife. In the shooting that followed the fourth man was wounded, and later he died. Whltson declares that he does not know whether it was his rfliot that In flicted the fatal Injury. He did admit, however, that he disarmed his adver sary; that he shot downward and that the bullet may have glanced and wounded the man. At any rate he and his brother were arrested and tried, and G. P. Whltson was sentenc ed to he hanged while his brother was given a prison sentence. Later the sentence of death imposed on G. P. Whltson was commuted to life im prisonment and he was taken to the state penitentiary to serve the sen tence. Made His Escape. Seventeen years ago while a peti tion for pardon was pending and about the time or Just before his brother was pardoned, G. P. Whltson effected his escape. Nothing was heard of the man from that day until a few day ago when an officer of the law was "tipped off" that he was liv ing near' txihglon," Ky. His arrest followed and he is now en route to Raleigh to serve the life-sentence. The case la peculiar on a and not on- like in many respects that of Strip ling, the Georgia man who, unless the governor pardons, goes back to pris on for life. Wept As He Told Story. In th cell yesterday afternoon Mr. Whltson with tears' In his eyes related his story. He Does not believe that he is guilty: he feels certain that hit life during the past 17 years has wiped out any sin and any crime of which he may be guilty.' "How did 1 escape from the prislon?" asked Mr. Whltson In reply to a question. . . Had tho Aid of a Guard. "Well, I won't go Into detail but 1 had the aid of a guard. After leav ing the prison I remained In North Carolina for a time and then went to Kentucky. Six month After the trouble in Mitchell county my wife died and after I escaped from the penitentiary I married again. I mar rled In Kentucky and have raised a family of several cildren. t worked hand and succeeded In saving some money. With the money I earned J went Into farming and at the time of my arrest had amassed a considerable sum. I waa a poor man and had to work hard but I seemed to succeed and now own a very - comfortable farm near Lexington and was well fixed. Yes, It Is hard to leave my wire and children and go bark to prison fon a life term but I believe I will be pardoned .and that very soon I will be a free man, an4 then I won't have to hide and dodge from the of ficers of the law. Since my . escape from prison I have lived an upright and Christian life and' have tried to make a good cltlien." Mr. Wltson is 64 year of age. Hic kory Mills Starts t'p Again. Special to The Gazette-New. Hickory, March 1, The tvey cot ton mill have started up again after a week' rest. During the last four weeks' work at the mill 10,000 yards more cloth waa made than ever before In the history of the mill. This fine record la attributed in large part to tne work of the new weave room overseer, Capt C. B. Cole, and It is admitted by all the mill people that he knows how to run to secure a big production. Harvard Student Had Narrow Escape cam nr tags. Ma.,, Marcn II. One student waa rescued In an unconscious condition and many other barely ea caped, scantily clad, to th street in fire partially destroying Randolph hall, on of th exclusive dormitories of Harvard university. Loss to struc ture, US. 000. Carrie Nation Critically 111.. Leavensworth, Kansas, March 16. Carrie Nation, the saloon mahr. is critically 111 and gradually growing weaker. Her condition I due to a general breakdown. 8 he I now In sanitarium. Explosion Fuel Oil Cause of Bad lire. San Franclaco. March II. Explos ion of fuel oil caused fir Irvtht middle of a block of automobile stores. Five building with contents wer practi cally destroyed. Loss hundred thousand, ' I A-DELAHOj. St. Louis, March 16. The annual neetlng of the Missouri Pacific will be held here some time today when n successor will lie chosen to succeed George J. Gould in the directorate of the company. Among those moxt prominently mentioned as the suc cessor of Mr. Gould are Frederick D. Underwood, A. E. Smith and F. A. Delano. ' , STRIKE TROUBLE IS WELUN HAND Only one Outbreak Occurred Yesterday Authorities Can Cope With The Situation. Somerset. Ky., March 16. County Judge Tartara, County Attorney Wad dle and Sheriff Waddle, united in a statement explaining the situation arising from the strike of the white firemen on the Queen & Crescent route. They declare there has been no disorder In Pulaski county beyond the control of the authorities, and no special deputy sheriffs will lie sworn In. Only one outbreak wa reported yesterday from the entire terrltrry between Danville, Ky., and Oak- dale, Tenn., In connection with the strike. That took place at Atkins Mountain, a Chicago strikebreaker being the victim. He was beaten by crowd which afterwards tied a rope around his neck and dragged him about the railroad yards. He Is In a hospital. Gct-Ricli-Oulik Promour Get Three Year. New York, March 16. George H. Munroe, promoter of "get rich quick" schemea. who. It I said bv govern ment officials, obtained $600,000 from cnnflHlnff invMtnra m-ns rvinvlcted Of using the mails In connection with fraudulent stock operations. Judge Hugh sentenced Munroe to three years tn tn Atlanta penitentiary. Skeleton of Child Found. Springfield, Masa, March II. Workmen while instiling a heating system at Alvah 8. Bralnerd' house near Haxardvllie, found a keg In an old fashioned chimney containing a human skeleton. The remains were those of a child. Nothing wss left but the bones and a few ashes. The Bralnerd family Is at a loss to ex plain the mystery. ( FrrlgtiU Moving on C, X. O. A T. P. Chattanooga, Tenn., March II. Freight began moving with more reg ularity on the Cincinnati, New Or leans A Texas Pacific railway. Since midnight five freight train started north. The superintendent of termi nals reports stuiw leas disorder. Cold Snap Unusually Severe in Eastern Section of the Country With Litite Propects of Let-, lh Before Tomorrow. THERMOMETER WENT DOWN TO ZERO IN NEW YORK STATE Cold Borne In Upon Wind That Reached Velocity of 56 Miles an Hour- In Asheviile High Wind and Severe Cold. 1 NEW YORK, March' 16. A coll snap of unusual severity: haj the entire eastern section of the country tightly gripped' with lit tle probability of its grasp being loos ened before tomorrow. Tlure was a drop of thirty six degrees to a mini mum of 16 degrees here. Tempera tures, following rain und brief snow flurry last night, dropped to nearly zero In the Interior of the state. It was l'our'above sero at Pittsburg Ihia morning and 14 degrees In Washing ton, IX C, the latu.r temperature be ing a remarkably low figure for thut city at this time of year. The cold wave w-us borne in upon a wind with a velocity of 66 miles an hour. Th storm has moved northeastward and today Is central in eastern Mulne. Potato Crop Severely Injured. Norfolk, March 16. With a drop from balmy weather to eight degrees below freezing last night, the early fruit crop in this part of Virginia is believed to be , seriously damaged. Plum, peach' and pear trees . were caught in bloom or with young fruit. Crops suffered heavily. In eoteru Carolina the potato crop is believed to be severely injured. ' ' ' ," 7 Seven Live Lost as Hcwult of Gale on lko Eric Cleveland, March 16. Seven Uvea (id ,tt -tlajiing tug .are the hot torn' of Lake Krlo aa the result of a guM which swept the lakes. The lug SII-" vcr Spray, operated by the Mooth Fisheries company of Cleveland wont down off this harbor. Crew of six men and a boy took a life boat and 1 tiwru hit- ss 1 1 11 h 1 1 1 1 1 wnru nuanmi nn the breakwater and drowned. Along the lake front it 1 rumored In ad dition 'to the crew the Silver Spray carried three unknown ' passengers. Almost Zero Wcatlier In Virginia. Winchester, Va March 16. Tho temperature fell sixty degrees In twelve hours last night Fruit is be lieved to be badly damaged. The thermometer registered close to xoru this morning. Drop of 46 Ir-grep In Mercury. A shrill, piercing, blustery, swift wind swooped down from tho north west yesterday afternoon and last night, causing a drop of 46 degrees in tho mercury in less man 1? hours. Automobillst abandoned the streets early In the night, pedestrians hurry ing home last evening were chilled to the marrow. The weather buracu' prophecy wa more than fulfilled for all previous March records were smashed. The. morning wa bright and warm and the little column of mercury creeped up to 60 degree, wavered a moment and begun Its rapid fall. Thls morning it ,. had sunk to the 14 degree mark. The dry atmosphere with a cloudless sky and a good wind probably caved much damage that a freeze when ev erything waa wet would have ac complished. Th fruit crop Is re garded as safe. Only In some places have the peach-buds swelled to open ing. The apple tree are still hiber nating, so to speak. The freezing line started In about Norfolk, crossed the Carolines and reached below Atlanta. The lowest temperature this winter was f.g degree January 4. That last night was the lowest for March since the establishment of the weather bu reau. The low record up to last night waa held by March SI, 106. with 16 degrees a It mark. Before that the lowest recorded wa tl de gree. The record of 14 last night, or four degrees rielow the March record and only four degrees above the lowest for the winter, Is a re markable one. The day warmed up today and Indication are that" the cold spell will ease off gradually. A temperature of about 20 degree I expected for tonight. . t ' 0PP0SE11. SUltS Statues Objected to as "Immodest Art," "Indecent Exhibitions." " "Abominations." ' Boston, March II. Nude statues re objected to "Immodest art." "Indecent exhibitions," "abomina tions." In vigorous protests loled by Bishop Mallallou of the M"th4t-t Kplscopal church and other clerK men In opposing the proposed bill ap propriating S r. 0.000 to support 1 1 , . Hosion Museum of Tine Arts.
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