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TH1 ASSOCIATED PUII DISPATCHX1 LAST EDITION 4:00 P. M. V Watfter Torecast: jIVAIll AND COLDint. VOL. XVI. NO. 38. ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 23, 1911. 3c PER COPY Li Sill 1 President Taft Refuses to Recall SURVEY OF STATE Miss Fownes Led the Field s at Mexican Envoyrs&ehest IK TIE MI SAYS RYAN ROM THE CAP TA : I : ' . I IB. W?TW ..,. . ... . I i. . I Michael Cribben, Oddly Missing, Left Letter Telling of His Flay With Death in- Soli taire Game. IF LOSER, HE PLANNED TO KILL ENTIRE FAMILY Played Solitaire Constantly and Played One More Game to Decide the Fate of Hit Family -He Won. N'hiir KV YORK, March 23. Six lives liiir on the turn of the cards In i. gome of solitaire lust Friday night by Mlentwl Crlblien, an automobile- mechanic, In his home, at No. 411 West Fifty-sixth street. When nil the P(i4tj from ace to king were j nently tilled In sequence Cribben, hia wifi' ii nd their four children were sa ed from the nind destruction which tho player, according to hia own writ- ton statement, had planned for him-1 self mid his family. Mrs. Cribben noticed that her hus- brnJ was nervous that evening. She beard him walking ahnut another mom of their apartment and saw him write a letter, which he ,took out l.i pout. When he returned he waa very iilel and Airs. irionen went to the dour and looked in on him. Ifcr husband was seated at a table Willi a deck of cards, slowly exposing thc'tn one after the other and laying them In lines before him. i His figure wns tense, perspiration stood on hia forehead and tin seemed struggling under sh-nntf f xcltement. ' What on earth are- you doing, .iienne.r snr . JuBt flaying iiotttalre:' answered, never raising his eyes from 1 he curdrt ' . "And whaUnre you playing that fur?" she persisted. , . ,J "You'll know soon enough, sn I'nliben In a voice, so strange Unit Mrs. Cribben left him and hur ried nil the children to bed. Cribben went to his place of em ployment In, .Yonkers 'on Saturday, urew his week's pay and disappeared. Ills cousin, James McCormlck, of No. i:i: West Fifty-eighth street, received liome "Thank Ood!" he exclaimed, when he found Mrs. Cribben and the Crib l.en children sals and sound. He did not tell them or any one about the letter until yesterday, when It was decided to ask the police to look for the missing man, "Dear Jim," the letter ran, "I am going to kill myself, my wif and all tho children. I have something press ing on my l.raln that makes me want to kill them. I must do It. I can t help It. "The only way IXe kept from Joins is before Is by playing soltaire. l ve been playing U all the .time at home so 1 won't kill them, but If I don't make It. I will." Cribben was seriously Injured three ve'irs aco in stoDDlnc a runaway at f 'nlumhiifi nlmlA His recent conui Unit, which was -unsuspected by his 'rlends and family, is attributed to skull depression resulting- from tha Hcciaent. The police and CJrlbben's family ara uncertain whether he has made away with himself fir fears to return home because of his letter to McCormlck. ENJOYED PROSPEROUS YEAR Gross Revenue of the Big Corporation Aoare.stei Over $165,000,000 , Number of Stations. v New York March SS. The Amerl - can Telephone and Telegraph com. pany s report for nineteen-ten snows ih.i a i a i ...... ins iiid iiiij ... -.....j i... .k nn i uui i ii K L II a r i b.ubw revenue whs cunvriuu vr 9 ,L. fA. ..rVlPJI - j .nu irum low iiuuiiu . Th. n,,,! teleuhone ..i .i . ....... t. . rriior, '".--" .iJ.71S and total wire mileage near- ly twelve million miles. , New DIorvr, mil In Xevatta Signed. ..... ... ,. n.,.ni Hldle has slgnod th. "time lock" dl- ' "uii. icy,, xnurvu i vorce law stipulating six months' , con- uniions physical presence of plaintm ,i.. ........ w ..i..., in n in. .iifci a,.t.. . - . ...i. ranuii le i, letter from Cribben Saturday night h president made it clear when he returned from work. He J emphatically de- ren.l It half way through "nd then ne information alut rushed oft at a run for Crlbben s "l" ' , , npfore. Tne .llv.ir,.. v..rttf .Uvar.lwMeh he snys. "caused removal or e--- "v.,. .. r i genl v.,s n resident biuied upo:i Intent, eaused ronfuiilon among thdllng amount. Jtidges of various dlstNcta ' Hungary Has llipulatliiu of aO,8SO,()0 I , H4r.lr, The !! , l ux a i ,i IlutiKf-y. March 23 shoos Ihitivary r : ;ihI. nu lit v k;N. v;7:v;r. v" wr 7yj . t- -iSi sX& VJRTi- VIE W OP CAMP 7 "" Xl " r" T Chief Executive Insists That I " 7 Mexico Must Crush Revo- . . , , ! lutioh Before American jSi ' ' - ' V ' GovenActs EW Washington, March 2". President Taft will not recall, for the present al heast, the American army which lie ha. sent to the Mexican frontier to preserve neutrality. Ho will remain firm regardless of the international complications which have resulted from a misconception of his purposes In sending the trops there. He made this clear in an emphntic statement last night following sensational anti adminlstratlon reports that ho hud given In to Mexico and that ho felt tho troops most I recalled to rectify aj.tuta.of affulrs to which the Menl- .... ,, . i.Wni can ambassador, lienor uwi n-uncm-cp.de la Barra, objected. 'The revolution In Mexico muni cense, summed up me president position when the troops were first sent. This statement stands. When the president returned to the White House late yesterday afternoon, after having attended the Fort Mycr horse show, he found newspaper cor respondents wnltlng for some word on the Mexican situation. An after noon newspaper had announced the Mexico was as meager as before. statement Issued yesterday from the White House that the Mexican nm hnasador made an appointment with the president Immediately upon his return and called to Inform him that a note had been received by President DIbi remained the only explanation or what went on .during the ambassador's conference. Other auestlons were answered u the simple statement that the status quo in Mexico prevailed. In other words, senor oe la wm hopes that the time will shortly come when Mr. Tart will say to him: "Mr. Ambassador, conditions in your country are now so satisfactory trftit you can Inform you president that 1 find the presence or iv.vvv men near the frontier no longer necessary. I will leave a few thousand for pa- tro1 nu rposes, but the remainaer i " - '" R de , Barra hopeg This 1. what Mn r thg In view. Mr. Taft hopes, too, that he will be .ki. in take this action, but before he .!,.. it h wants to be very sure that conditions In Mexico Justify it He Is not sure yet by any means, wne uuot. ! MPi.in when the revolution ends In Mexico the army will be ready to move away. If there were no revolu tion there would be no orjecuon w .v.. ,u.i. of the 20.000 troops at Bom Houston. Hut singularly h ahould the revolution end the desires of President Uias to nave i army back In old quarters would sud- eeuA. The Bliuauun i"r mc nresent Is In a deadlock of a firm but .lon.iiv charibcter. When Senot de U Barra tnkes the view that the presence ot tne Amen ,.,. win no longer be neces sary, after two or three weens, ..u ..ii. vroMent Taft so. he ngures on hhe revolt being stamped out c- ICIl w " ' , . j hy n that time. t. nroriunaieiy, Ver, tne revon nu. . , "i .t ririiiiLr inirivci. -- i-iiv v - v. I t.,t t.i.t it Is sttu soing on. iu - , ... j.hi I mualHAllI U Hll AnieiUHIl . - ... ment necessarily wish first to see me rt..n that they may be sure of -"--- -.. , , .... their it. rney no nui w.. chickens before mey are Il Wants Inl-Tltancc Ts Repealcl. All.nnV N. T.. MHrcn I -- - ... . ncr Dlx ha. sen ft spec.n. rns- .u the leuisiaiurr W"""V"VT " peal or dlniirv i tax ihw ib . - I ..minn nt the legislature Inst vrr -- -- ...... ... . iL.n, capital lorm in " - I Tonne !layr Jolinson of Cltvtlaii(l Is llct to. Cleveland. Marcn ' ''"' tiin of former ninjnr i-n. - 1 ho has been critically in. "n- I .......i.inni'a rincinlnn to recall the to li""-" AtRDELANE- FLV1NG CVER CAMP 90VERNMENTIVIUST MURPHYGAMENEAR1 CONTRObWIRELESS HUG FIRE Experience of Admiral ScJiroeder Plain ly Demonstrates This, It Is Said. Washington, March 23. The expe rience of Admiral Schroeder's battle ship fleet Tuesday In trying to com municate to the nuvy department re suits of tiring by, the New Hampshire upon the San Marcos as a test, may have the effect to renew the ifforts of the army and nnvy officers to secure legislation by congress to regulate the use of the wireless system of teleg raphy. No message could be got through to Washington by Schroeder although the air line distance from his fleet to the navy yard wireless receiving plant here is only about 01 or 70 miles. This was due principally to 'Intcrfci'ei'ce of many private wireless outfits belgy; operated by in dividuals in this vicinity. Tho Inci dent demonstrate- clearly to naval ex perts the necessity for absolute gov ernment control over all such plants In time of war. NORTHWEST BALE PLAYED PRANKS 1NJ1EW YDRKC1TY Plate Glass Windows Were Torn from Their Frames While Vessels Strained at Anchors. New York. March 23. A roaring northwesterly gale that blew away all touches of spring that had lingered In the air and at times reached a ve loclty of 60 miles an hour, played many curious pranks here during the night and early this morning. Plate glass windows were town from their frames and shattered by the force of gusty blast. Vessels In the harbor strained at their anchors and rivers craft navigated with difficulty, t PQSTOFFIGE SAFE ROBBED; SHARP FWIS-RESULI Robbers Pursued by Deputies Led by . sn Ohio Mayor In Darkness Thieves Escape. Columbn, O., March S3. Follow Ing the robbery of a safe In the post offlco at Gnhonna, 10 miles northeast of Columbus last night, a light oc curred hetween deputies and citizens, led by Mayor Dawson, nd live fleeliu robliers. Two of the . thieves were wounded. The robliers took refuge In n barn. They were surrounded and subjected to a sternly fire, which they returned. The robbers later esHM" In the riarkiieas. i But for Town' Splendid Water Works System Much Property Would . Have Been Destroyed. Special to The Gazette-News. Murphy, March 23. Monday night Murphy came ' very near having a serleus tire. At about midnight the boiler room of the Andrews Planing mjll was fouqd to be on fire. The alarm was given, and xi the water supply of the city water system was available the tire was gotten under control, but not until the huildimj was destroyed. This boiler room was sit uated a few feet from the planing mill and the loss was not very heavy. Kut for the city water supply It Is very likely that the (Ire would have destroyed the entire plant of the An drews Planing mill, the Murphy Fur niture factory, which was separated from the burned building by" only u narrow street, would have burned, and u great quantity of lumber und several dwelling houses. It seems that the city water system, which was In stalled less thun a year ago, saved enough property Monday night to pay Its entire cost. F. D. Dickey has been appointed postmaster at Murphy to succeed D. W. Deweese. Mr. Dickey took charge of the postofflce Monday. The law llrm of Dtllard Bell, composed of J. H. Dlllard and M. W. Bell, has been dissolved. Mr. Hell will practice alone whilfe Mr. Dlllard has formed a partnership with T. J Hill. E Thomas Gudger and Palmer Goliohtl) Given Their Freedom Today by Gov. Kitchin. Oasette-News Bureau, Chamber of Commerce Rooms. Hollemon Building, Raleigh, March 23. Governor Kitchin today parJoned Thomua Oudger of Buncombe cOiuity, serving Ave years for stealing one dollar. Three years of the sentence tuts been served and this punishment Is considered sufficient. Palmer Oo lightly, also of Buncombe, Is pardon ed from a similar term for stealing J7, the reason being also sufficient punishment In thre. years' service. Om-lla IWtnk StuijH-ntlH. Onltv March JJ.Th First Na tlonal bank has suspended husln The bank has 1800 000 resource, niul tr.'iO.OOO rti-posits with an enim Hiiwiunt of loans and illscnuuts. It I cziKfted the lank will pay the ti,' . Mtors la full. , Counliei Moving for the Establishment .of Farm-Life Schools Under Recent Legislative Act Oazette-News Rureiui. Chamber of Commerce Rooms, Hollemnn flullfling, Rnleigh, Man-h 23. What Is believed to lie the lirst woman's suffrage aet North Carolina has had was enai-te.'l by the recent legislature In a special act for Wrightsvllle Beach, tin- famous sra-sl-le resort mar Wilmington. This Is an act that provides lor a vole on issuing sewerage bonds and It pro vides that women who own property on the bench shall be allov.c l to vote. Also that every corporation interested shall have one vote in addition to th votes of any individual officers. The Atlas Manufacturing company of Bessemer City is chartered today with $100,000 capital for general cot ton manufacturing and textile busi ness, the Incorporators being C. fl. ifusse, A. A. McLean and J. J. Or inond. Other charters are to the ttrown Burnet Telephone company, capital J10.000 for maintaining a farmer's telephone exchange for that territory. Incorporators J. C. Hardlc and others; and the Pridjen-Jon"s Co., Durham, capital $,(lft0, by .1. 1). Pridgen, T. J. Jones and others for n The Indications are now that with-i in a lew days the placing of the last section of vitrified tirick paving along, the street railway trucks where the city hnii put down asphalt will be completed, the section of i-'ayetli-vllle street from the State House to Duvle streets, four squares having been left all winter. The work was resinned 1 today and is being pushed at the rate j of marly u square of paving per day. When completed Raleigh cun boast of more than eleven squares of street paving a round capital square and down Fayettevllle and Martin streets to the Union station that cannot lie rivaled. . Swain Man Committed to Penitentiary Sheriff R.' G. Roane of Swain county has committed to the. penl tentiary Jessie Hplvey ' to serve Hva years for brea-Mwi, Into1 o-- ;sti-e. fMtei-Wf- -fttninc- te. Wry "lt-Lt-elgh.. Ha says the Rwain court was held by Judge Cllnc, one or the new Superior court Judges and that he made a fine impression. The sheriff Is tho first democrat elected In Swain county in twelve years and is serving his second term. , l-'ann-Ufti Schools. Movements by counties for the es tablishment of farm-life schools un der the stnle aid act of the recent general assembly nre being Inaugurat ed and the Indications are thnt very soon there will be on file definite ap.- pllcatlnns for the state aid more than taking up the ten for the year to which the act limits the stale. Gas ton county got in the first formal ap plication with complete presentation of arrangement for S25.000 ' school plant and the 32500 for maintenance that counties must assure. The first county to hold a county mass meet ing for the farm-life schools Is Meck lenburg. Dr. D. II. Hill of the A. ana M. college and State Superintendent Y. Joyner have gone to Charlotte to take purt in such a meeting Satur day. The state is to extend aid to the amount of 32500 per year main tenance when schools are estab lished. The tree surgeons are pushing their work on the giant oaks in Capital square and estimate that It will re quire all of next week to complete it. If not longer. There are six of tne tree specilillsts and their contract with the state calls for 80 cents per hour each for the time that it takes to treat the trees, the state reserving the right to discontinue the work whenever the state officers think they have spent all they are justified in spending In this work. There Is con siderable anxiety being expressed about what will become of the squir rels in the square when all the holra in the trees have been treated and sealed up. It Is probable that there will have to b. provided some suit able and attractive squirrel houses or else the squirrels will change their residence to trees in other parts of the city. Many have gone Into other parts of the city already , Sill IN INTEREST OF MM MAIDENS" Wisconsin Legislator Desires Estab lishment of "Matrimonial Com mission Its Obict Madison. Wia,, March 33. A bill to tax annually every unmarried woman over 13 years old and to create "matrimonial commission" consisting of th. governor; superintendent of public property and chief clerk of itrw assembly was Introduced in tne as sembly today by Assemblyman Han sen of "trouscrette fume. The mat rlmnnlal commission Is charged with Its duty of bringing together kindred souls when application Is made for affinity by any love, lorn maiden. Meat Packing l'.tablllimont tlnrnrd, Baltimore, Murdh S3. The mm paekltig establishment of. Christopher K. K'jiii, In North Baltimore ws burned today entailing a loss of J:,0 nun. two-t'uhJi. tnaiiri'd. i ? 1 If 1 MISS "MARY ?OWtfi5. Plnehurst, N. C. March 23. Miss Mai-v I-'oHiies. of the OalimomU Cnun- "'.., " l"e ",sl uayB qiii'iim-i'tioii round ot the women s event of the eleventh annual United north and south amateur golf cham pionship, with a card of ninety-thre-.. Two strok-s away Miss Kthel Check, of Ihe Pineliiirst Country club, linlsh ed vccoii'l In ninety-live, with Mist Louise li. Hiking, a cluhmute of Miss l-'owiies. third in ninety-six. SUFFERING IS RESOIT Food. Supply Is Curtailed In Sinaloa v Distitrrarmerf AM flat WorHnTrT' Famine Threatened. Sinaloa. Mexico, March 23. Suf fering prevails In tin siSjte. The food supply Is curtailed and In some instances supply Is cut off. No furms are being planted and a famine is threatened. Majority of farmers are going Into the army and many Ameri cans are leaving. Washington, March 23. Announc- ng that they will not lay down their arms until formal negotiations for peace are under way, the revolution ary party of Mexico, through Dr. Vasquez Gomez, their representative in Washington, Issued a statement resterday outlining the attitude of the revolutionists toward peace overtures and reforms In the republic. The statement says: The revolutionary party, which Is constituted of the best men of the country, cannot accept as a guaran tee only the promise of a government that has for more than thirty years een promising, and has never fulfill ed a single one of Its promises. "The revolutionists think, and with reason, that Immediately alter ho ng down of their arms, many of the eaders would dye mysteriously, no re forms would be gruntxd and the op pression mould be greater than ever. For this reason the revolutionists will not accept as a guarantee Mr. 1.1 mantour or any other individual, be cause one man cannot an.1 must not serve as a guarantee for a political party fighting for the liberty of a people, and much less when such it man has been, and is, the right ha ml of the oppressing government. The revolutionists do not dslre the com plete diminution of the opposing party, because one knows that it Is necessary to have opposing parties in a nation In order to maintain party equilibrium and righteous administra tion." 'The revolutionary party must be represented In the government of the states. In the congress and In the cab inet. It is well known that up to the present not a single member of the people has ever made the least pro test In regard to the great political abuses, the unjust Imprisonments, and the . numberless political assassin ations. "For all these reasons the revolu tionists will not lay down their arms until the time when these reforms that guarantee the Uvea of the peo ple, th. administration of Justice and political liberty shall be In effect," IVlntnnt Will bend) Ills Race Horses to England. New York. March 23. On. of the first consequence, of the Jockey club decision In closing the race tracks of New York state during the coming season Is the announcement of August Belmont that he will ship to England his beet two year olds. Most of his racing hereafter will be In England and Canada. Belmont will not with draw from this country entirely but wll! he represented at Pamlico and Norfolk. .. I Roosevelt In Oakland. Oakland, California. March 23. Theodore Roosevelt arrived to give the ' annual charter - day address to the University of California student Benjamin Id. Wheeler, resident of thu university, bade Col. ll'MiM-vell Welcome. A Israe crowd ii ns greeled trim with chci-m. If Democratic Party Hopes for Future Success Should Stand by Caucus Nominee Is the Advice of Mr. Ryan. ALTON B. PARKER MUST NOT BE CONSIDERED CANDIDATE New York Democrats Will Hold Another Cauda to Decide upon Candi date for United States Senatorship. NEW Vot ing the ship, o UK, March 2 3. Regard - United States senator- over which the New York legislature is deadlocked, Alton B. Parker, William F. Hheehan's law partner, denied the statement he Kt one of six candidates for whom the Influence of Thomas Fortune Ryan was sought indirectly. "I deny," he said, "any one with my consent or knowledge sought Ryan's Influence or that of any other person at Shy timto secure for me the United States senatorship. I made it as clear as I could both he- , lore the election and In public speech- j es and the day afterward In Interviews my obligations were such that I could not accept the senatorial office. From thnt day to this there has been no change in my position." Allan A. Ryan, through whom It Is Rupposod his father's influence was sought, refused to deny or confirm the Interview accredited to him. "My advice to Sheehan," he said, "and to the democratic party, If they hope for future success. Is to stand by tho choice of the caucus which Is Shee han." Xcw York Democrats Will , Concur Again. Albany, N.' Y., March 23. Without opposition or debate the democratic member of the legislature at a con-faw-itft irae--yritteTday JkfteriSimiv f "' voted to hold another caucus to select another candldiute for United States senator. The Insurgents Joined the regulars In the conference, which lasted but a few minutes. This fact . tended to strengthen the belief ex pressed by many that William F. Shetbun, the present cnucus candi date, has been practically eliminated despite vigorous denials by some of his friends. Senator Roosevelt, after the ad journment of the caucus, would not say whether he or his fellow Insur- -gents would enter the new caucus. Gov. Dlx seemed more hopeful of an early solution of the matter arter the conference than he has ever been. "I want the party to settle the ques tion." he said, "so that the demo crats may be represented in congress when it meets In special session." Various opinions were expressed as to the probable outcome of Monday night's meeting, one report was enough, Sheehan men will remain loyal to him, even though he should with draw, to prevent the election of any man named by insurgent co-operatloa. FOUR AMERICANS SHOT TO DEITHIN MEXICO They Were Tried by Court Martial and Promptly Executed as Revo Intionists. San Antonio. March 23. John Ham ilton Dlgnowltty and three other Americans were shot to death today under order of a Mexican court mar tial for participation in the Insurrec tion according to a despatch received by members of the Dlgnowltty fam ily. The news was brought by Fred Dlgnowltty, a cousin of the executed man. He had no particulars aside him the allegation that the execution was an order ot a drumhead court martial. Dignowitty was 30 years old and was engaged in the cattle and mining business in Chihuahua. Ship Return l'nnn Destruction Old Texas. of Norfolk, March" 33. Eleven shlpa of the Atlantic batletthlp fltt return ed to' Hampton Roads from ths Tan gle sound where they observed armor and unnecessary tests to which th second class battleship San Marcos or Old Texas wss subjected Tuesday an t yesterday with the result of complete destruction of that vessel, which now les In mud a battered and twlstel , hulk of steel with no hope or reason for her ever being , wised. The ships of the Heet remalr. In these wateii until April I when the regular spring mnneuver and practices begin on tl southern drill grounds. Aviator llrcgntH Make. Itiinrtl. ' Douiil. France. March 23 Aviator ltuls Bregnet made record per formance carrying 11 pntwenaers In n. monoplane a tllsisnre of two nilhs Woman Huffi-ago BUI 1'iis-cs. Springfield, Ills., March 'M. '1 woman siirrriiKeite bill, with refer, tliim unienilm'-ttt. -'I f''- i" ' t-. ! ,-.-, t-i I"
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