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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES Slje Aslrevtlle fecttc LAST EDITION 4:00 P. M. Weather Forecast: Fair Tonight and Wednesday. VOL. XVI. NO. 65. ASHEVILLE, N. C.TUESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 25, 1911. 3c PER COPT Ifffll ISSUED TARIFF GHDST AGIIH STALKS iti&sw California Federation Asks That Benefit of Doubt Be Given Mc Namara and the Others Ac cused of Dynamiting. ON CHARGE OF KIDNAPPING THREE MEN ARE JAILED Bond ol $10,000 and $5,000, Which They Are Unable to Give, Required Warrant for Burnt. "We Propose to Revise Tariff Schedule by Schedule," Says Mr. Underwood, Discuss ing the Free List Bill. IT IS NOT TO PAY FARMER FOR RECIPROCITY LOSSES Duke of Connaught Is Successor Of Earl Gray as Gov. General SAN FRANCISCO, April 25. The California Federation of Labor Issues an appeal to the public to give the benefit of a presumption of innocence to John J. McNamara and the others accused of being im plicated in dynamiting the Los An geles Times. A resolution passed by the executive board denounces the crimes charged as "so heinous and revolting that no Just punishment could ever be meted out.' Arrested on Kidnapping Charge. India nil I"';';'. April 26. Walter Drew, counsel for the Erectors' asso ciation; W. J. Ford, assistant district atorncy of Los Angeles, and Frank Fox, chauffeur, were arrested last night on affidavits charging them with having kidnaped J. J. McNa mara, secretary and treasurer of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers. The men were arraigned this morning before Justice of the Peace Manning. They waived preliminary examination and were bound over to the grand Jury. William J. Burns the detective employed by the Structural association who arrived from Toledo today, was sought by the constables with a war rant for his arrest on a charge of kidnapping McNamara, but they could not find him. Bond to hold them for the grand Jury was set at $10,000 each for Drew and Ford and $5,000 for Fox. Their attorney, after trying to obtain bail, failed. The men were taken to Jail. A crowd collec ted about the Justices' office and when the men started to Jail there was applauding and Jeering. The general charge against the men is that they conspired to take McNama ra out of the state "without due pro cess of law." It is alleged thst Mc Namara did not have opportunity to consult counsel and1 resisted extradi tion after his arrest Saturday. After Gov. Marshall had honored the requi sition papers for McNamara Police Judge Collins turned him over to Po lice Sergeant Hossick of Los Angeles. He was put Into an automobile driv en by Fox and taken to Chicago Sat urday night, bound for Los Angeles, to answer-an Indictment charging One Object to Made Tree Farming Tools, and the Other Is ti Reduce Cost of Living to Masses, He Declares. w him with complicity in the dynamite explosion at Llewelyn Iron works. Some of Burns' Evidence. Columbus, O., April 26. Detective W. J. Burns, who was in Columbus last night en route to Indianapolis, divulged some of the evidence on which he bases his charges that the McNamara brothers and O. E. Mc Manlale were connected with the dynamite outrage in Los Angeles. Burns said he learned that J. W. Mc Namara was In Los Angeles at the time of the explosion; In fact, had been there for several days prior to the disaster. "When J. W. McNamara reaches Los Angeles this wsek he will be Iden tltled as the man who purchased dy namite from the Giant Powder com pany and who used the alius of J. B Brlce at the time," said Burns. "I am positive that he will be recog nixed as the purchaser of the dyna mite. "Two sticks of the dynamite placed under the Times building failed to ex plods. They were taken to the Giant Powder oompany and identified as pieces which were purchased by this man Bryce "We have learned that McNamara (J. W.) was in the pay of the Iron Workers association during the time that he was in Los Angeles, and we also have proof that McManlgle was in the pay of the secretary," continued Burns "Did McManlgle have anything to do with the Times explosions?" "No. hs is not charged with having h hand In that. He was the man who blew up the Llewellyn Iron works asv era! weeks later. Kxami nation of tlx Books and Papers Indianapolis, April tt. By an or der of Judge Thomas T. Markey of the Marion County Criminal court, issued late yesterday, only the coun ty prosecutor, the members of the grand Jury and the officers of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers can be permitted to examine the books and papers taken by the police and depu ty sheriffs rrom the ottlce or tne asso ciation In connection with the Los Angeles Times explosion Inquiry. This action, taktn on application of attor neys for the association and with the approval of the county prosecutor, bars private detective ai.-l unofficial investigators from inspecting the books, correspondence add docu ments. The material was locked up In the grand Jury room to be sub mitted to the grand Jury during the Investigation as to the Identity of ASH1NOTON, April 25.-Thc tariff ghost again stalks through the halls of con gress. Tt made its appoarance today in the shape of the free list bill, calle 1 up Just before adjournment yesterday. It threatens to lead tho house a merry dance before ft Is finally passed along to the senate. Leaders on both sides foresee sev eral days of dreary debate. That the measure will pass Is generally conced ed. Amendments are already pouring In. Efforts are being madn by free trade democrats to enlarge the scope of tho measure. 'liiilrnmii Underwood Spoke. For several days the free list bill will hold the center of the legislative stage. Chairman Underwood, of the ways and means committee, explain ing the proposed measure, acknowl edged that It would mean an annual reduction In government revenues of $10,000,000, but declared that this would be more than met by the economies Instituted In running the government machinery. Mr. Under wood Insisted that tho introduction of a free list bill was not for the pur pose of paying the farmer for the advantages lost through passage of the Canadian reciprocity' measure Underwood said: One of the bill's objects is to re move from the protected list those Implements the farmer uses In pro ducing his crop. The other purpose is to reduce the cost of living to the masses by putting their food products on the free list." Underwood an- ounced that the free list was only the beginning of democratic revision of the tariff. Schedule by schedule. We propose to revise the tariff schedule," he said. "That Is in our opinion the only proper way to han dle the tariff question In congress The democratic party does not stand for wiping out customs houses; we realize the expenses of government may be borne by a Judicious sys tem of duties, but by lowering and djqusting prohibitive duties we can fully maintain the amount of customs revenue." The minority report on the free list bill, signed by all the republicans on the ways r.nd means committee, de clares th measure represents i transparent attempt at manufacture of political capital." The session of the republican com mlttee on committees of the senate drew to the capitoi an unusually lnrge number of senators. The senate was not in session. Considerable advance was made la, the task of reconciling differences between regular and pro gressive member ot the party with relation to committee assignments and the committee adjourned to meet at a later day. Chairman Gallinger hopes to have appointments ready for submission to the senate when it meets Thursday. Clark Does Not Agree With Boot. Speaker Clark does not agree with Senator Root that congress Is likely to adjourn by June 1. At the White House today, where he said he talked neighborhood gossip" with President Taft. Mr. Clark declared that nobody In the world knew how long congress would be here. "I know as much about it as Senator Root, and he knows as much about It as I do," said Mr. Clark. "I have attended two special sessions of congress called to revise- the tariff, lasting Into August. There you are." PKINCE AKTHURAhCD HIS OTTAWA, ONT., April 25. Canada's advancing importance In the British Empire and the world will be sig nalized In September by the arrival of the Duke of Connaught to serve as governor general of the Do minion. It will be the first time that the vice recal nnat in nnif nt tho ;.... i i . , . ... . . j . . .... uuiiiiniuiu una ueou new by a member of the royal family. The duke is a brother of the late King Edward and therefore an uncle of the present sovereign. He comes to Canada at a time when the enuntrv ha. not, .,-,, ho stage and is facing great political and economic problems. As the duke approaches the shores of Canada can uray, tne present governor general, will depart, leaving a record of activitv equalled by few if any of his predecessors. ' ' rtoM tc 99iflSflsfiRHBsBM asfliMgsal "" Peaqe Agreement Almost Certain Madei-. vt ail- Appointment ' Government Commissioners Insurrei-tos Fire on Train. of El Paso, April 26. Interest in the peace situation at Madero'a camp centers In the hope that word may come from the Mexican government of the appointment of its commis sioners for a conference, at which it sremsi almost certain terms of ain in Mexico will be agreed upon. The Insurreetor commander. It Is under stood. Is ready to announce his ap pointees as soon , as the government representatives are named. Train Fired I poo: Bridge Destroyed New York, April 2,". Mexican in surrectos fired on a passenger train at Presidio yesterday, according to a private telegram received here. No passengers were struck. The equip ment sustained damage. The insur rectOH destroyed two small bridges sooth of Presidio. A trestle, one hun dred and five feet long, north of Ma zatlln, was completely destroyed. ANCIENT MIPS BEING COPIED The Lands of the Original Chero kee Country in Western North Carolina One Was Made Ninety Years Ago. WO NORTH STATE TOWNS BIDDERS FOR CONVENTION m y SUM IS JJSJ?" 7 COWOVUGHT.TO SUCCEED EARL GREY AS CANADA'S GOVHPNrtf? -GENERAL , WIS DAUCiHTFiK?. AND CEPATlcAci III OUR T Several Road Sentences Imposed by Judge Webb True Bill Against Hugh Ivey. AN INVESTIGATION OF POSTMASTERS How Much Time Do You Work At Your Job? What Other Business Are You Interested In? Do You Do Politi cal Campaign Work? Etc., They Will be Asked. W ASHINGTON, April 25. Th, postmasters of the country will be subjected to rigid In vestigation by congress. The house committee on expenditures in the postomoe department has decided to act In response to a resolution by Rep resentative Saunders of Virginia, pro viding for such an Inquiry. The committee will ascertain how much nctual time, postmasters devote to th- service ,.r the iluBftrtme.u t, their outside business jitniltUSims, their po litical activities; and whether they are personally active In campaign work, especially with reference to col lecting political assessments. PENNY POSTAGE S HITCHCOCK IS CONFIDENT Judging by Reductions in the $17,- 000,000 Deficit When He First Took Charge. Washington, April 2B. Postmaster General Hitchcock is confident that "penny postage" Is a probability of the near future, as a result of reduo tions In the 117,600,000 postal deficit, which existed when he took charge of the department. He made this statement, acknowl edging letters recently received re garding the situation. OF MM HORROR Asheviile or Charlotte Likely to Get Educational Meeting Favorable Comment oti Shipman's Report. u IN WEST VIRGINIA Twenty-Three Mine Workers, Caught by Explosion. Are Believed to Be Dead. In Superior court this morning sev eral submissions were hud while just befon adjournment for the noon re- cshh the caBe of Mitchell Cteasmon, charged with forging a check, was culled Tor trial. This was the first jury trial of the day. The case re sumed thin afternoon and will be con cluded before adjournment this after noon. Among the submissions were Claude Wade, abandonment, four months oh roads; Ed. Potty, embez"'ement, six months; lien Brown, larceny, four months; James Fall, larceny, four months. In the four cases against Estis Davis and Floyd Fowler, charg ed with house-breaking, the defend ants waived bills of indictment and plead guilty. Punishment has not yet bee Imposed. The grand jury this morning M-oushi In a truce bill against Hugh Ivey, charging him with larceny and receiving. Ivey Is the young man re T Elk Garden, W. Va., April 25. Fif teen bodies had been. token out of Ott Mine. No. 2, rf the nvtn Oal pany, by 10 o'clock this morning, vie tlms of yesterday's explosion. Eight other bodies are supposedly In mine, cently discharged from the army who Rescuers are trying to recover them I is charged with entering the house of fourteen of the bodies were founllMuj. Corey and stealing $100 and also half mile from the entrance. The I with tho larceny of a pistol, the prop- bodies were charred and badly man- ertv of J. A. Coston. It Seems That Washburn. Who Was Killed, Had Not Been Pardoned -Slayers Now in Jail. NEBRASKA BANK IS ROBBED; THIEVES CARRY AWAY $1300 Building and Safe Badly Wrecked Sheriff ami IV --. Well Armed, Pursuing, STEEL COMPANIES' MERGER TO BE CONSUMMATED SOON Grand Island, Heb., April 25 The State bauk at Giltner, 25 mile- south of here, was robbed early this morn -ing. The safe and building were bad ly wrecked. The robbers got about 11300. The shorlrl and a posse, well armed, are in pursuit. Smith Baker. a civil engineer ot Almond, Swain euuatf, is In Asheviile today ami gave me of the particular of the killing ol Tom Mashburn by Deputy Sheriff Will- Hyde in Graham county about a veek ago. Art-online killing was about as t first reported. It to Mr. Smith, th atrocious us u seems though tie escaped f n m th gla, had not bi reported. The to arrest hlni, H Held, were drlnl best Informatioi that after th t Mashburn. who had chain g-ing in Gcor- n pardoned as was ihree men who went de. Crisp and Pur nig, according to the i to be obtained, and had Mashburn in rus- gled. identification will be difficult AS soon as the accident became known Supt. Robert Grant organized a rescue corps of the miners off duty, nnd these attempted to enter the mine after notifying the officials of the cool company of Cumberland, Md. The rescue party ha.l not advanced far into the workings before they dis covered it would take several days to dig through the heaps of roof coal and slate that had been loosened by the explosion. It then Was decided to effect an entrance near the probable point of the explosion by cutting through the wall of an adjoining mine. I.ate yesterday afternoon the Judge's Charge to Grand Jury. Little was done yesterday afternoon In Superior court except to make the routine preparations for the trial of cases. Court convened at S o'clock and after Judge Webb had heard a short argument in a habeas corpus case the drawing of the grand jury proceeded. The calling of the docket followed and then Judge Wel de livered a very comprehensive charge to the grand jury, which consumed about an hour and a half. In his charge to the grand jury Judge Webb began with the more im portant offenses. Taking up the crime of murder he denned the different de- ,... .11: I .J h.H .t ,-. I ... 1 ,.. Ih. V,. ' mine at a point about 1000 feet from rec' nrl nnd second degrees and the outside entry. There still re- manslaughter. He then passed on to mm,.,l .ham the .nme distance tn burglary, which in the first degree Is before reaching the miners. The Ott mine No. 2 is almost directly under the town of Elk Garden, which Is on a hill. The mouth of the mine is about half a mile from the town the entering of a houi of the door knob thereto with felo- nius intent provided the house Is Be uupled. When the house Is not occu pied It Is burglary In the second de- n striking contrast, to the usual ree The flrln,ofa dwelling was NEGRO, DELIGE, HANGED Mart Who Assaulted and Mur.ler.il a Woman Near BeUcfonte, Pa., Pays Penalty. Southern I and 8. and Alabama C, C. and I. Original Agreement III likely Stand. New York, April 15 Plana for meriting the Southern Iron and Steel company and the Alabama Consoli dated Coal and Iron company will be consummated thl week. No change from the original rfgree ment will likely take place In the matter of exchange of securities. RAVAGES OF THE BUBONIC IN INDIA ARE APPALLING llellefonte, Pa April 25. Bert De lia, a negro, was hanged In the jail hers today. Dellge some time ago encountered Mrs. John Bnudls, a wid ow, In woods near her home. After mistreating her, he cut th woman's linnet with a raaor. Ha confessed. , tody he hung hack and said that he would nther dn than go back to the roads; that Hyde aaked what was to be done with him and Crisp said to kill hlni; that he reiterated this ad vice unu that hnaltjr, while the two other men were holding Mashburn, Hyde shot him tlirouSh the heart. The three men did not escape, Mr. Smith said, but surrendered to the authorities and are now In Jail at Koh-blnsvllle. mine explosions, the victims In this case, with one exception, are Americans. The mine usually employs 200 men on the day shift, and about the tamo number at night. A temporary sus pension of work, however, required fewer men In the mines, else the cas ualty might have been greater. Pittsburg, Pa., April S5. Upon re celot of news of the disaster at the ex ecutlve offices of the bureau of mine of "blind tigers" and stated that It given as a capital offense. Itape was classed as the fourth capital felony. He then explained the different forms of embezzlement, false pretense, assaults, gambling and the carrying of concealed weapons, public distur bances, perjury and slander. He Instructed the grand Jury as to their duties In Inspecting the public buildings, the requirements aa to cleanliness being very strict, he stated. Judge Webb spoke of the existence DENIAL BY JUDGE GARY Wury That He Is Kaon lo Retire I 'mm Head or Steel Corporal Ion Is Not i True, He Haya, Total of W,as Deaths In starch and 4S.50S In February. In Cen tral Provlnees. London, April . Official figures of the ravages of 'nibonlc plague In the central provlnc -a of Indiana show tha parsons that deposited a quantity of appalling total of gft.ass deaths from lynamlte In tr Iron Workers asso- the disease In March. compartment In the The fatalltls In February were 43,- on page 4 ) 50. New York, April 6 Format Judge Elbert II. Gary, chairmun of th United Stales Steel corporation, has authorised a denial of the story thnt In the near future he would retire from th head of the trgnnlsatlnn. New Haven itnilroad Has si.mi.ooo Plrr. Danbury, '"onn.. April tt. The round house repair shops and wveral big locomotives of the Nfc-w Haven railroad war deatroyed by Are aarly this morning, with a loss of 1 150. Odd. here rescue car No. I, stationed at I wa posstme ior me ponce onicers or Wilkesbarre, was ordered to Elk Oar-1 the tate t0 Put n end to this form den. and a crew dispatched from here I ' lawlessness. for relief work. From the executive Superior court will be In session offices went W. D. Roberta, first aid for two weeks and It Is probable that miner, and George T. Kellam, mine there will be one murder trial for foreman, while from the government each week. The Watklna trial Is set testing station went L. M. Jones, as- for Wednesday of this week and the Hlstkiit mining engineer, John T. Ryan Pickens trial Is set for Wednesday of and Duvld IX Davis, first aid miner. tne seconu weeg. it was learned After penetrating about a mile I yesterday that the two Olllls brothers down the main entry, the rescuers last I will not be here to testify In the night found the body of a man, net yet Pickens trial but It Is likely that the Identllled. It had been crushed be- trial will proceed without them The tteatli n fall of slate, aa though the trial of this case was continued until roof had crumbled as he waa running this term on account of their being out of the mine. The discovery at In the west. They are vary material this body disheartened the rescuers, I witnesses aa they passed the place who are positive that none of the I where the Cappa brothers were shot others can be alive. I by Dr. Pickens shortly before It was Several yards beyond the passage done, Jatnes Buronl. m arrested. From ; was completely blocked by the col- The following men were drawn as a notebook found on tha dead man lapse of the roof. Behind and under" grand jurors: waa taken the .. S. drl Robbery! this wall It Is bell.-ved tha bodies of Ml T. Arrowood, foreman: B. C. was the motive. the miners lay. Havor wrought in the Brown, L. K Btdwarda, J. H. Sluder. mine would Indicate that tha explo- H. F. Olllls, A. D. Bridges, E. H. islon was terrlnc. For a square mlUlWIld, Dolf Anders, J. W. Bller, V. F. I or more the slate and coal was split, I Brown, S P. Fox, John H. Sexton, T. ah I props were splintered lotting the I B. Carson, C. H. Bouthwlck, M C. roof fall In In large portions. Foster, J. M. Sams. W. J. Naablt and ITALIAN KILLS ANOTHER NEAR A POLICE STATION Bobbery Hotlve or Crime, Committal In Chicago This Morning Slayer Under Arrest. Chicago. April 25. An Italian mur der, which the police think a Mafia aflalr, tool, plan- almost In front of the "Pjranty-second street police sta tion today. Tha slaver, giving ' the name of FOWLER IS TO HAVE CHARGE OF TRUST PROSECUTIONS Succeeding William 8. SUMJTOn. Ac cording to I iio4Skial Informa tion Hi Whit House. Wr.sliiir'r. ..prtl ii. Jamas A. Foirler of Tenm-Hse, one of the as sistants to Attorney Oenernl Wl.-k.-r irmm. will become assistant attorney gancal In charge of trust proarcu tloaa, succeeding William S. Kenyott of luaa. rancntly elected Senator from that stats. L. U Whiteside. W. A. PURVIS DEAD INGENIOUS SUICIDE Sin cunilm to Injuries ItcceJved March t When He Fell With His Biplane. Trusted inmate of InaaJte Asyhssa Jumps Down Inside M-Foot Chimney. New Orleans, April 25 William A. Purvis of Chicago, who fall with his .Ran Jose, Cal., April 16. Pat To biplane March (., ..led last night of Ing, a trusted Inmate of th sU his Injuria, Purvis fell beneath his hospital for Insane, today killed hi engine, the weight of which drove a aelf, climbing to th top of a l-t. wooden stave entirely through hi smoke stack and Jumping down hip I slue of Gazette-News Bureau, Yarborough House, Raleigh. April 25. NDER authority of an act passed oy tne last legislature the sec retary of state la having made a copy of the maps of the Cherokee lands and of the original Cherokee country In western North Carolina. A blue print Is to be furnished to the register of deeds of each county in this boundary and will be of consider able aid to parties looking up old lines. One of the maps was made in 1820 by Robert Dove from the notes of sev eral deputy surveyors. The map lis dated Waynesville, July 16, 1820, and the names of the surveyors Include some of the best known families of western North Carolina. Among tho deputy surveyors were John Fergus. Daniel McDowell, Ellhu Chambers. James Franklin, James Gudger, John M. Welch, W. 8. Moore, John Miller and Robert Love. The survey Is sup posed to have started from the Megs line nnd to have Included all that ter ritory to th west lying In this state. The map includes a part of Transyl vania county, the upper part of Tox away river, and thence to the north ward across Jackson county to the Tennessee line. The original map Is in a tatriy good state of preservation for a map over 90 years old. . The map U.about eight (ret wide v more than It feet In length and it In expected the tracing wfll he com pleted by Juno 1, and the blue prints distributed to the registers of deeds of Transylvania, Jackson. Macon. Swain, Graham, Clay and Cherokee counties. The other map waa made by R. Deavjr In 1837 and covers the ex treme purt of the state from a north and south line some miles west of Brvson City. W. B. Brown and C. A. Spears are doing the tracing. stale Was Well Represented. Btate Superintendent of Public In struction J. Y. Joyner has returned from attendance upon the meeting of the Southern Educational association in Jacksonville. He aays that North Carolina, with about 8S delegates, was the best represented state at the con vention not only in numbers but In the personnel of the party. The ques tion of the next meeting place was left to a committee of five from the exec utive committee and among the invi tations presented were two from North Carolina. Asheviile and Charlotte or the turning Ntishvlllc, Waeo, Tex., and Charleston, W. Va.. are also bidding. It is under Ktn.nl that with its two chances, North Carolina has a good chance of having the next convention. Mr. Joyner left this afternoon for a several days stay In Robeson count In the Interest of the farm-life school which It is proposed to establish In that count). The election for a bond Issue Is called for May S. Mr. Slilpman's Report. North Carolina Is getting a great deHl of favorable comment by means of the annual report of Commissioner of Labor and Printing M. L Shlpman which was recently Issued. This re port Is circulated In every state In the union, all the counties of this state, to all Important manufacturers In Amer ica and lo a number of people abroad. A large manufacturer of New Jersey has written acknowledging th receipt of the report and adda "W take this opportunity of complimenting you upon the excellent report you hav published. Its detail la most enlight ening and It la altogether prepared In a manner superior to any state report which lias yet oom to our notice." The officers and men of th Second regiment are preparing for the target ride practice which will be held at Gnldsboro April tl, IS and II. Th First regiment practice at Qaatonta May S, 4 and S. Superior court began the trial of civil suits yesterday with Judge H. W. Whedbee presiding. The suit of A Eugenia Chadwlck, adiiilnlstratlx, .-.ilnst the Ufa Insurance company of Virginia, while Involving only S0. will likely occupy two day. It la a suit over a death claim, some ques tions having arisen aa to the condition of the health of th deceased at the time the policy was Issued. Among th witnesses brought here for t ie trial are Dr. W. I. Dunn and Dr. 1. W. llunnlrutt of Aahevlll. Th deceased lived for a while In AahevlU. .1.1 Injuring Cotton. The continued cold weather Is mak ing th farn.Me of thla section quit apprchrnslve is o thslr cotten crop and some predt. t 're win Be a I replanting this season on seed rotting In ths graund. on li already regarded aa on. B lateness can hart tribute,! thl year which was mad
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