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Till ASSOCIATES ? PUIS DISPATCHES LAST EDITION 4:01 P. M. Weitner Torecaat: Fair; warmer. VOL. XVI. K ASHEVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 24, 1911. V 3c PER COPY NVESTIGATIUh 'f-TTER KCENE0 ShakespeareMemorial Theater for London J K (INDTR W BfMRS.J.B. 5, U UIIUUII llll CONTRACT TBI ROBBERS BET 111 1UL HOOD BRICKS State Department Takes Cogniz ance of Press Repoits of the Execution of Eight American Citizens by Mexicans. MORE EVIDENCE PRESENTED AS TO, CONVERSE AND BLATT It Tends to Show That Both the Men in Mexican Prison Were Captured .. While on American Soil. w Purports to Be from Her Daughter, Mrs. Cavendish. Unheard of for Six Years Past. ASHJXGTON, March 24 Tnk Ing cognisance of press re ixirtB that four Americans worn executed by Mexican soldiers'in i'hliiiiiihiiu and four other Americans at Aguit Ptieta, the state department has Instructed United States consular .idle r in tho vicinity of the two places tn investigate the reports Immediately. The consul at Chihuahua was In structed tn Inquire Into .the report thnt John Hamilton Dignowitty and three ntliiT Americans were shot to death in Chihuahua under orders of a Mexi can court martial. The consul at Nogales will Investi gate the reported execution of four Americans, Adams, Young, Howard mid Shnnlcy, after being- captured by instirrectos. Mexican Kcady to Repel Attack. VA Pnso, TfX.v March 24. The Mex icfn troops' activity at Juures con tinues. The sentries were doubled l.-iKt night In expectation of a possible attack by insurrectors. 1. H. Converse of Glendors. Cul.. ii.ir (lied additional evidence that hi ion, Lawrence, and Edwin Blutt of Pittsburg, now In Jail here, were cap tured on American soil. He has for warded to the state department coun ty and federal officials' statements Unit what is called Ancon DeGuadn r u hare the opn it Is said weri cii uired, J In the United State and thnt tha I'nlted Suites has exercised d fncto Jurisdiction over that terri tory for two years. Is Mrs. Cavendish, formerly Miss Josephine Hood ot tills city alive? Keliitlvcs here a short while ago rec eeivod a letter addressed to Mrs. John B. Hood, and purporting to be signed liy 'our loving daughter, Josophln .This letter was supposed to have been j written while on a train and stated that she and her htishnnd were en ronte for the Orient to straighten out some of her husband's affairs. Ashevllle people have heard so many stories druing the six years in tervening since Miss Hood's marriage to C, A. Cavendish, a reputed wealthy Knglishmnn, lit New Iher, Iji., that Ashevllle people have become decided ly Mlssourlan on anything touching her whereabouts. One of the things that makes a lingering of doubt In the minds of many people that she Is still alive. Is that for six years she has nut been heard from, while even the United States and Mexican authorities have been searching for her at the reipicst of relatives. Krom time to lime re ports have been received here that a person resembling Mrs. Cavendish had been located In the west but no ac tual proof has been received. About three months ago there was a story to the elTect that Mrs. Cavendish stay ed for while at Cour De Alene. Idaho, but she could not lie located. The whole affair is still one of mvsterv. the supposed letter adding even more to the situation. RA1LR0AQMEET HE LD IN GREENVILLE Whether the Line Comes Through Here Depends on What Asheville Will Do for II NFORMFR S STORY IS BEING RELATED Defense of the Camorrists Will Be That Abbolemaggio, the State's Wit . ' . . :. ness, Is Insane.'-: Vlterho, Italy, March 24. Today's session of the trial of the Camorrists was devoted almost entirely to an In terrogutlon of Oennnre Abbutemagglo, the Camorrlst Informer, about whose confession the state built up the evi dence upon which it Is hoped to rid the country of the criminal organiza tion that for years has exacted tribute from rich and poor, robbing and mur dering with practical Immunity. The defense, so fur as Abhatemag- gio is concerned, is that the man is insane, a theory which Is strengthen ed by his desperate boldness. -At an Bpeclal to The Gazette-News. Greenville. 8 .C. March 24. enthusiastic meeting' of the board of trade here last night stirring address es were made tn the Interest of the Greenville & Knoxvllle railroad. It Is practically assured that Greenville will raise the $200,000 which is asked. W. J. Oliver, the well known railroad contractor, who Is greatly Interested In the Knoxvllle, Bovlervllle ft Eastern railroad, and W. H. Patterson of At lanta, president of the Greenville and Knoxvllle railroad made talks which Indicated that they Nneant business. Mr. Oliver brought loud applause with the statement that Knoxvllle wilt do her part and that the road would be built if he lived. . Major Lee, the con sulting engineer of the Piedmont ft Northern interurban lines, the Duke lines, la to go over the proposed route between Greenville and Knoxvllle and mak a detailed report within two months. It was stated that the road would certainly come through Brevard and Canton but whether It comes through llendersonvllla and Asheville.' depens upon what the people of Ashevllle do for the enterprise. If they give prop er encouragement and thla aeems certain then the line will come to Ashevllle. In fact It la stated that Ashevllle Is a point which tho rail way proposition can hardly afford to give the go-by. Among the visitors to Greenville for the meeting were: William i. Oliver, R. E. Oliver. San- ford H. Cohen, James K. Kelley vice- president of the Hltumlnous Coal com l'ny, of Knoxvllle; E. C. Chambers, of Ashevllle; (representing the mayor of Ashevllle), president good roads asso elation of North Carolina and one of Aahevllle'a leading business men! H W. Plummer. of Ashevll.e, nrst vice I resident of the Ashevllle board ot trade; N. Bifkner. of Ashevllle, W retary of the Ashevllle board of trade Milliard BU'on, mayor of Henderson vllle; W. A. rimlth. of Hendersonvltle William P. Chamberlain, of Knoxvllle, president of the Manufacture and Producers' association; J. M. Btarrett, f Knoxvllle, secretary of th Manu facturera and Producers' association Wl,y Morgan, managing editor of tn Knoxvllle Rentlnel; David C. Chap man. of Knoxvllle, James A. Hensley , ertary of tha board of trade, Knox vle; J. U Hell. Welch Galloway, Benjamin Kates, at Brevard. RUSSIA 10 DECLARE WAB , SO REPORTS SAY Rate at Lloyd's to Cover Risks on War Within Ten Weeks Is Increased 100 per Cent lmdon, March 24. Private cable received by London business houaua from representatives In the far east are disquieting. They assert that li It i O far as The Gazetto-News' In . quirles have extended, the busi ' ness intn of Ashevllle appear to a expected Russia will soon declare j j)e practically unanimous in favor of war against China. the plnns outlined by The GaseUe- The rate at Lloyds to cover risks 'News for th-i erection of a woodwork- on an outbreak of hostilities within four weeks this afternoon Jumped from nve to ten guineas per cent. Owner of St. Louis National Lrwgne Club Is Dead. 1 1 " : r I 4 - lit, V. .- ''( m&u PlilH ' . e, ,v ' mmyH, An Asheville Man Gels the Biggest Brick Contract Ever Let in North Carolina. MILLION DOLLAR C0IT0N MILL TO BE BUILD Al GREENVILLE UrUktoit Product Win on Quality Ahem Kixht Months Kiipiiiiil to Till (outrun. Bunch Hold up St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Train, and Blow up Express Safe. The hirsrrs! conlruct for lirick ever awank d a North Carolina in ic k con ceni ik hi'lil ly I). S. I tilileliraiiM. 11 will take about J, 000,00(1 brick anil these are to lie used In the construct- on .ot a imliiiin dollar cotton mill known us the Duncan .Mills, at Greens ville, S. t'.. Mr. Ilililebrand will namiluctiirf these brick at his plant al Mricklnn, Henderson county. 1 he inaKMitmlc of the contract can lie Grasped with the statement that it will take about 350 freight cars to haul ilieKc brick. The contract was let by W. S. Pack fur this mill, "f which J. IMtfur Swytbe of Greenville, president. The contract was awarded Mr Hildebrand upon the (itality of his brick, the mill men helieviinn that the kind of brick made by Mr. Ilil ilebrand would be the most substan tial. He was in competition with Charlotte und Augusta lirick men. The new mill at Greenville will make lawns and linens and will be tho erond one in the south inanuiactur- lni; this kind of goods. The lirsi miLl, also a million dollar plant, wat comph-tcd a short while ago and Is near the location of tills one. Mr. Kmythe. is prominent In cotton man ufacturing in the south and his father only a fey days ago perfected a $12,000,000 cotton mill merger In South Carolina. The delivery of the brick will be Kin about April 15. 'About 'eight months will he required to complete the contract. ', .' SUPPLY OF COTTON CHOSE STRATEGIC POINT, WORKED LIKE ARTISTS Six in Bandit Gang -Get Away in Automobile Sheriff and Deputies Are in Pursuit. yville. Kans.. .March 24. I'nr urs last night six masked men The Shakespeare Memorial theater enthusiasts in Kngland are becoming more energetic than ever. The lmdon county council is building for Itself a beautiful place on the Thames embankment. It Hill then have to vacate Its offices in Spring Gardens, which will undoubtless be destroyed und the space immediately occu pied by buildings. A deputation of Lord Lytton, Sir John Hare. Sir Arthur Pinero, Sir Herbert Tree. Robert Donald, and liornaril haaw submitted a plan for erecting tlie theater upon the site which it is desired the County' council shouM give up for tho purpose. The artist has constructed n theater upon this site, his theater being bused upon the, National theater at Vienna. Report of Census Bureau for Six Months Period Ended February 28 Issued. BUSINESS MEN ENTHUSIASTIC Expressions of Hearty Approval cf Plan Looking to Estab lishment of Hardwood Manufacturing Industry by Co operative Efforts of the People of Asheville. ROUTE INTO CITY BRYAN, CLARK AND WILSON WILL BE CHIEF ATTRACTIONS Will Speak From Hanm Platform at IKiikhtuIIc Sleeting in mining, ton, X. J., April 5. Burlington, N. J., March !4. Wil liam Jennings Bryan, Champ tiara, and Governor Woodrow w hbou win speak from the same platform Wed nesday evening, April ft, ronowing a Jh ner of dhe Burlington County Uem- ncrRtle club. Kverv prominent democrat in jew Jersey and many adjacent states will. attend the dinner. Ing factory of some description ny ire o-operatlve efforts or me people m Ashevllle. fSelow arc Interviews wim various represetnative men on this subject. Many others nave promiscu to give expressions nun suggestion us soon us they have time to think lbs mutter over careruliy. ivo on" of course Is yet committing himself to anything dellnlte, for nothing defi nite has been presented. However, . suggestions or a nenimu in of action are In order, and an- one having sucn ukk-"" - - communicate with this office. The present Idea is to secure iur Interest and co-operation ot people In .it evocations. In order to take the lrltlal step In what Is hoped will tho' establishment ot IT"" Ct.try. ' NO DARK SPOTS, NO MENACE, SO FAR AS HILL CAN SEE Kays Sentiment for Canadian llerl pitMitjr Is increasing as j "i"r I'nderxtaiMl It. Washington, March 14 "Sentiment for reciprocity with Canada la grow im steadily", said James J. Hill, I caller at the white house today. "The ublect Is very little understood In this country, but It will In In the near futiir.. Business Is good. There are no dark spots, no menace anywhere, so far as I csn aes." Cleveland, March 14. fltanluy, Rob 'ion, nwm-r ef the Ht. 1uils Nations 1 a..e I ,. ., I iluli. died today I''"' 1 t : t ' l-i.rne Of hlS It Is Now Major Archibald null Vashlnot m. March , 14. CsptHln Archibald W. Ilutt. President Tart's military aide, who aerved In like ca l.acllv with Hoosevelt, todoy becun-e c full eilneil major in m arni)-. ti ii,.M i,el his examination sup t iime siro. hut ' " w-icm inn reclv to be sinned ny prrmueu i . i -. Ing scheme worked out, I believe the people will rally to this enterprise. One sort ot hardwood factory would help another. This wagiin making business that has- been started here should be encouraged and expanded. There Is a great future for such an industry here, properly financed and properly conducted. Now Is the time. In my opinion, to strike, right along this line. Here are some handsome chairs that were made for the Nichols Shoe company.'s store, right here In Ashe vllle, and made In competition with the market. When we cun get a thing like that made at home, we are glad to patronise home Industries, nd we expect these chairs to sell many others for the man who made them. In- RCIlin.Ln NICHOLS: You may nn me for anyming in "i in mish this project iiinum 1 know of many men who have left k.M and son weat uecause ,,M not ret employment wnereoj they could support their lamiues. must stop this, and the best way la to besln manufacturing, along such lines as can be logically conducted here: nri that of course include hardwood tsrwl lift We shall never have any factories In Ashevllle, to amount to anything, unless w start building them our .nd a plan like this effers a means of getting ins people i community interested. mat is no way manufacturing has oeen mint up in nther communities. We must not neglect the tourist business, but our people are too much centered on thla bujHnesa. One successful furniture fsctory will surely bring another. A third one will be easier to secure than a second. If we had three factories, In different lines, the Industry would 1: UHd on a scale pointing to big de veli.i'nienls If we csn set the rlsht , i,1ir,,..inf an1 a definite, promt- CHOSEN Interurban Company's Afjent Making Arrangements to Press Application for Franchise. S. LI PIN SHY. I heartily approve of It. If our people put off much longer the manufacture of the forest products the opportunity will be Inst It is passing with every east-bound freight train that passes. The weak est point In our municipal advertising campaigns Is the showing we make as In manufacturing Industries. We have the climate, the scenery, excellent streets, splmdid water supply, good roads: religious and educational Insti tutions, and many things highly de sirable of a material nature, but the showing we make la not Impressive to people who cannot conceive of a pros perous city, a city of business oppor tunity without pkmty of factories, uffordlng employment for skilled la bor. If our people once could get to gether with a united front for the good of Ashevllle, such Industries would be established. tieorge I. McKay, financial agent of the North Carolina Inlerurbsn Rail way company, is in tlio city making arrangements to press his application tor a frum-hise in the city of Ashe villi. Borne while ago Mr. McKay liled nn application but this was held up until he was able to assure th board of aldermen Just what streets the company proposed to use. Mr. .McKay stated that he probably would he unable to have the mutter In shape for tonight s meeting but would do so within n short while. The line la to enter the city In the Victoria section near the Hwannnnon hill property BJid enme through the Victoria seatlon to Southslde avenue, across that street on a high treatle or bridge and thence up the branch between Asheland ave nue and Church street to a point back of Paul's bakery on the Coxe estate property. This would give the line convenient terminal near the business center of the city. Mr. McKay stored that everything was coming along nicely for the road and he hoped to be able to begin con structlon work In the early summer or late spring. He says he has com pleted the tabulation of the desired data and thla has been forwarded to the company which la to Hnanca th road. t.KOItCK 8. roWKLL. Ashevllle is the commercial, geographical, an-1 railroad center of the hardwood dis trict of thf ' Southern Appalachian mountains and out of this territory there la shipped each ' month about )S0A car ot what should he termed rough lumber. Thla converted Into finished products , before shipment wkuIiI make this section rich In a ftw years. 1 Jo- tiot, know enough about mn iiu fact urti:r, to gte an opinion, but "(Continued on pane I) STKAMKIl LOST; THREE PEIUBH. Newfoundland Mail Vcaarl, Bruce), Strikes IfaM-ks Off Scatter!, In tlir Night ; Will lie Total Ism. AND DISTRIBUTION Wi'shiiifUon, M.irch -4. The censu bureau report of the supply and dls tii button of cotton for the six month ieriod ending February 28, 1! shows the total supply 12,764.173 run nlng bales, mude up of stocks at th beginning of the period, 1,040,040 ginnlngs, 1 1,58, 5j2; net imports, 135,581. The distribution was, exports, 6 33S.418: consumption 2,400.778, stock .t close of period, 4.024,927. tw. held St. Louis, Iron Mount. iln & Southern li'iln No. 104 ;if a standstill ix miles south of hero while they blew niK-ii the safe in the express car est a peil in two automobiles, car rying ii.oney -ind valuable amounting o 20.000. The train lea Little Rock at 8:30 a . yesterday for Kansas City. It wai mi le op ill a combination nnggagvv xpri-SM car, li ly conch, chair car. sleeping car, .lining car. anil obBerva- on smoking car. Just after the train left lenaph. iklu., about 10:: 0 p. m.. Engineer ynch heard a cry, "hands up!" A masked man sitting on the tender. minting a revoher at him, said, "I'm - goitu' to ride it littlr way with yo':. rive on." About four mile out of Lenapail tin in. i li ii Hile '.be engineer stop th-J rnin near a clump of trees. Klvt more masked men came up, taking positions on either side of the train, and, began shooting In air alongside of the train. Then while two men stood guard pre venting pussengers from coming .out the other J'our marched- th engineer and fireman to the day coach . and One man took position In guard. ThR" rear of the train. Three went Into the express car and forced two ex pressmen to Jump out and stand where one of the side guards could keep them covered with revolvers. Alter nearly an hour's work the men succeeded in inserting a charge of nitro-glycerlne Into the "through" safe in the express car. They blew the safe to pieces and scattered the con tents over the floor of the car. They made no haste. They held the chosen strategic position in which to stop the train. They were three miles from any hu man habitation. After the three men spent nearly an hour over the packages taken from the safe, lights of two automobiles drew near from the Oklahoma line. Within 200 yards the automobiles stopped. The lights were put out. men and automobiles disappeared. When the train reached here, the sheriff was untitled and with two dep uties started on horseback southward In pursuit ol the six bandits. Appeals Court Holds That New York Law Would Take Property With out Due Law Process. GRANTED 10 BUNCOMBE MEN Albany, N. Y March 24. The workmen's compulsory compensation law, passed last year, Is declared un constitutional by the Court of Ap peals. The court holds that It takes property rights without due process of law. The compulsory compensation law provided compensation to workmen injured In certain specified dangerouf employments, regardless of employers' negligence. The court held thut the act deprived the employer of his prop erty without due process of law. In violation of the constitution. Lnulsburg, C. P.. March 14. Three persons perished In the wreck of the Newfoundland mall ateamer Bruce, which struck the rocka off Bcatterl during the night. The steamer Is a total loss. The Uruce waa on her way to khls port. when the disaster happened, Twenty to One Miot Win 8000 Kov erelirn Handicap. Liverpool. March I. The grand steeplechase handicap of 3000 sover eign for five yesr olds and upwards, is won by Olenslde. an outsider, igulnst whom the betting was 20 to I. T J cri'v-tlx horses started. FLAVORING EXTRACTS, COFfySBBAffl These Constitute the Most Common Violations ot the Pur Food Law, Government Reports. Washington. March 14. Th mis branding of coffee, Geneva gin, vsnllla ami lemon flavoring extracts consti tutes the mriet common violation of the pure food law, according to the deuartment of agriculture, upon an alysis It waa found that many vanilla and lemon extract are Imitation pro- durta colored with coal tar dyes. Government sleuths recently seised many consignments of food products. Annlysla showed that they were either mutations or contain Ingredient! IP jm iiua to persons uln thenw-v Gasette-N'ews Bureau, Chamber of Commerce Rooms, Hollemon Building, Raleigh, March 14. '.-'our imrdous are granted today by iowrnor Kitihlu, two for prisoners in iluncomlie county and one each In Haywood and Randolph counties. The Iluncomlie prisoners pardoned aro rhotnas Gudger and Palmer Uollghtty who has each served over three years of four years and eleven months sen tences for larceny, the amount Gudger -tole having 1m en one dollar and the amount Uollghlly atole 127. In each ase the reason for the pardon Is that the punishment is alresdy sufhVleni he solicitor and other recommending pnrdon on thia ground. Both ar conditioned on good behaviour. An other pardon la for J. li. liarrett ol Haywood county, who lias aerved Is mcntha of a Ave year sentence for lar cony and receiving, th pardon beinir on account If his having had his arm broken and the bone have fulled to properly knit and his condition la such that the pardon Is recommended by court und county officer. Th other pardon Is for Duvld M. Record of Randolph touiilj. This i the case of an aged man serving li montns on tho charge of recelvli.g stolen goods In thut articles stolen by hi son and others wero found on his premises, h Insisting that be knew nothlnr of tho theft. There Is the further complies tlou thut rotmsel and otlfers Insist that the trial Judge chanced th (entence o one year and that the clerk not be ng at hi desk there was no entry. He has already served over twelve months. There Is a charter Issued for thi Caldwell company of inton-8alem. capital 150,000 fur doing A genersl bouse decorstlii and contraction bus Iners. Th Incorporator are K. l. Caldwell, O. M. Phillip. T. J. Cnlil wcll and others. There I also an amendment to I lis onaner oi i"t- mumm ,-, j ...mi iiinir AstiMVllls. reduclll the liilill KtocK from $12,000 4,. m.imio. II K ,lliird Is president et the cupw i Hon.
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