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' (1 . fid V-ff 1T : THE ASSOCIATED ' PRESS DISPATCHES Ad AST EDITION 4:00 P.M. ; " Weather Tor ecast: Fair, with light frost tonight. VOL. XVI. NO. 71. ASHEVILLE, N. C.TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 2, 1911. So PER COPY nri l Pk nrp Is One of the Few White Men COST OF TRIAL, HERE'S A PICTURE OF DON MISSillES REPORTED SAFE i i- . rf . .;.:'' i ' 'II I "'. Advices Indicate That Foreign ersin Canton Have Escaped Harm Little News from the . West River District UL I I w k'e ILLLd , THE FAMOUS TALKING DOQ , vyiiu iMcis dccu tvuicicur ran si 111 B 6REIIT "svV I 1 1 n nil iinn : f ill i r i n ur UN llrrt L Three Homicide Cases from the Thirteenth District, All of Which Were Tried Before This : " .; Former Judge. GOVERNOR KITCKIN SPEAKS ATWAYNESVILLE ON FRIDAY : Wake Negro Arretted or Murder Raleigh's New Officials Take Of , . v ' flee Tomorrow-State I '.r'' : '.yy ,:- News Notes. ' i ; Gazette-News Bureau, , -V:iVi'! -'yarborough House,', -'''v'llVi.'.'Mi1 Raleigh, May 2. i When the appeals from the. Thir teenth district are called today in the Supreme court, three state - cased of interest are to ,be heard. All are appeals from Judge Pell, now an ex- Judge. - .. ' -'! ; .-.. " The case of state against Charles Rowe is from Mitchell county, Char les Howe and his brother, Wesley - Rowe, were Indicted for the ' murder of Fllmore Ross, Charles Rowe was convicted of tnanslaughter and Sen tenced to the penitentiary for several years, while his brother was cleared. The Rowe brothers were repairing some fence when Ross and his son came up, a difficulty ensued and the fatal shooting. took place. .... The first exception set up by the appellants Is an Interesting one as set forth in their brief. They contend1 that the court upon learning that' all the lawyers for the defense intended to address the Jury, the court became wroth and remarked that he "would not -be able to get home before he would be compelled to open court in an adjoining county: that counsel could go. ahead and speak as long as they wanted to;" and - adjourned i court On the following day, and Im mediately after one of the counsel for the defendants had closed: his argu ment before the Jury, the sheriff in formed .the, ,curt that on pf the de fendants' w&he( to retire, ' Where--upon the court said, "Yes, let him re tire.' You can, give the Jury water, and gentlemen of the Jury,. IT you wish to retire to your room, you can do so for a few minutes. We have no band to play between speeches" This was said and Is obliged to have been understood by the Jury as be ing In contempt of the number of speeches made and to .be made by counsel for the defendant." The brief in the case was filled by W; L. Lambert, C. E. Greene, M. I Wilson, Black & Ragland and Hud glns & Watson. ' ' On Ce trial the defndants entered a pica of self-defense. The Supreme courts ruling will aououes oe an interesting one. Cases from Watauga County. The case of state against Baldwin " from Watauga county Is again be fore the Supreme court. Baldwin was previously convicted of murder in the first degree but was granted a new trial and was on the second trial convicted of manslaughter. He was i j tit. i.imIh,. a mnllftA nffiffy iTimrBeu win mi-uus yvw . named Miller, of Blowing Rock. The evidence tended to show that Bald win, was suspected '- of concealing liquor, and that the officer had noti fied him to leave town and a few days later when Miller went to arrest Baldwin ther defendant shot him. The t other murder case is that of state abalnst Daniel Yates of Watauga county who Is convicted of killing Jack ' McQuIre November 16, ,1909. He was sentenced to serve seven years for manslaughter. In his brief, At torney General Biekett puts his con' tentlons eloquently: "The fight was In all essential fea- tit. a riiiAi. ThMA mpn nt th moun tains live close to nature. They are dominated by that elemental passion for the soli that has made the Saxon - the lord of the earth. They met on land that each believed to be his own and untutored and unweakened by the processes of civilization they barkened back to- the rude code of their ancestors that knew no appeal to Ceasar, Each fiercely resented the presence or me omcr aim wum io and cub stood by to witness me con fllct they submitted the Issue to the god of battle!." John Edwards, a negro of the Zeb- ulon section of Wake county, was brought here Saturday night 'and placed in Jail for the killing of Silas Dunn, another negro, April 16. The evidence tended to show that Dunn -..mA , V, A r,.,. line nf M tun rrltf linfl the' latter carried out his declared In teutlon to shoot. Governor to 11 Hero. Governor Kltchlu will teave Thurs day morning for a western trip and expecM to spend Thursday nlg'ftti i.nd probably Friday night 1n Ashevllle. Ho Is going west primarily to make a commencement address at the closing of the Woyiiesville graded school Friday. The city' election here pawed ofl practically without Incident, the nom inations In the recent primary llng utllrmed. The following are th" offi cers chosen: Mayor, James I. John pun: aldermen: Joseph G. Brown, W. A. Cooper, J. Hherwood 1'pchurch. (iiMirtu Harden, Alexunder Webb, ('. A. j,.hi.xi,n. i:. I.J. I'ecblcH ii ml J. V I ; ,,; iiiv bit coHci'tor, John H j ' , ' , i J. I-:. nlcnn. The r -l.'.Zl '"'Wl " ' " ' j ''''' ft " fi ! - 4 s- . X t ( J - ' 4-' i jj - a r f -r Wh.ff )riVY,vu'f"1miiffMfrilffiiiwij m -wmt,. tHram til J" " 'i' ' - ( - ft:' . l':"' J; ; , ' : : -..; ' ? " .rriJllr 7: SrlMvy Jla5nlr: C- a"rney general of British Guiana, has airived in New York on his first visit to the United States. He Is one of the few white men who have ever seen the Kaleteur fall, one of the most beautiful In thejvorld which Is far. inland Jn British Guiana. After a trip to Washington he will go to Niagara falls before departing for England to attend the coronation ceremonies. - -. 7, "Kaleteur fall is 200 miles from Georgetown," said Sir Crossley to a New York reporter, "and nearly that distance from civilization.' Having a sheer drop of 741 feet, then over a sloping rock 88 feet more t6 the Im mense pool at the bottom, it is 829 feet in height, or nearly five times that of Niagara. Its width is from 350 to 400 feet, according to the season of the year, and no one who has never seen it can hv nv ih. r it. ty and beauty. : ...., - TELLS STORY VERBALLY Cammorrist Prisoners Hurl Epithets at v Abbalemagoio as He Repeats ' , : f His Confession, ? Vlterbo, Italy, May 2. Genarra Ab batemaggio, upon whose revelations the state built agalns? the Cammorra, was called to the witneas stand today, to confirm verbally the written con fession made for the carblners after he was tricked Into damaging admis sions by a police spy. The informer repeated his stfcry coolly and eloquent ly. He was assailed with curses of the other prisoners In the great steel cage. ' . i . When ie concluded Enryco Alfano alleged head of the Cammorra shout ed: ' .-. "Abbatemagglo deserves SO years in prison." Tells of Camniorra Organization. The , informer Jald the Cammorra existed In well organized form both outside and inside Italy's prisons. Abbatemmaglo's testimony was con stantly interrupted by protests from the prisoners, accompanied by ugly epithets. , George B. McClellan, former mayor of New York, occupied a seat in the space set apart for lawyer, where the prisoners Stared at him.' Abbatemag glo' story of the murder of Gennar re Cuoccola and wife is already -known. He claimed to have been one of the chosen to commit the actual crime and to have escaped the as signment by feigning Illness. - Cross Examination of Mirla 8tcit- dartlor I Maria Stendardo, the,"nly woman among the prisoners, oriio from hum ble origin it Is alleged won a high place In the Camorra by her beauty and wits was called yesterda, inter noon for cross-examination. She frankly admitted that her ear ly career was not above reproach and her home had been the resort of evil persons, but denied that she had guil ty knowledge of the Cuoccola mur ders. , CHANCER LAIN OF NEW YORK IS INDICTED FOR BRIBERY Truo mil Again Hydo round by (.rami Jury InvcHtlnutlng Affairs of t'arncglo Trust Co. . New York, May- 2. Charles H. Hyde, chamberlain of the city of New York, was prepared this morn Ing to appear before the criminal branch of the Supreme court for ar raignment on an indictment charging bribery. s The grand Jury Investigating the affairs Of the suspended Carnegie Trust company found an Indictment hit yesterday. Three Boys Killed by Fat Freight, Greonsburg. Pa., May 2. Three boys, lHnae Cook. Charley Raolkey and Oscar Vlndcrhall, wve killed hv a fast Pennsylvania train at Pevll' Rend toilny. To avoid a west bound frelnht they stepped In front of the fa.st train. I'l'OSl, n 1 Belli vcl, i''fi. Diiniiejcil I riiU N a. s INFORMER .s - " . " . GAEAT MERGER! One Million Spindles May be Affected $25,000,000 Capitalization -SI 0,000,000 in Bondsi Charlotte, M. ' C., May ' 2. Cotton yarn spinners representing nearly 400,000 spindles- held, two- meetings here yesterday behind closed doors to consider the .. proposed ' merger . of Southern mil!s.; Th proposition of fered by the promoters contemplates a merger of one million splndleswjn which bonds will be Issued to the amount of ten million dollars: of which five million will be devoted to the cash purchase of the properties and the balance reserved for working capital. It Is reported that a tenta tlve proposition has been made of $88.60 for the bonds. The mills en tering the merger are to have their property assessed by Lockwood Green and Company of Boston and J. . E. Sirrine of Greenville, S. C, . and of the assessed value 20 per' cent. Is to be paid in cash. In' addition to the quick assets of the mill and 40 per cent, in preferred stock and 40 per cent. In common stock In the cor poratiqn merger. V The promoters will retain 20 'per .cent preferred and common for, their work., In addition to tha issue of bonds there will be $12,500,000 of preferred and 812,600,- 000 of common stock issued amount Ing to $35 a spindle. ' Committees were appointed to lay the proposition before the southern mills and report at another conference. Frank L. Un derwood and Leonard Paulson of New York, two of the x most interested promoters, were present at the meet Ing. . THE flAVAL STORES CASE WILL nOT BE ADVANGEB It Will be Three Years Before the Case Is Reached by The U.S. Supreme Court. Washington, May 2. The plea of official , of the ' American Naval Stores company for an early review ot the trial , in the lower federal court, where they were convicted of violating the Sherman anti-trust law, In connection with the so-called tur pentlne "trust," was denied yesterday by the Supreme court 6f the United States. The court recently agreed to review the trial, but so many casen are ahead of the appeal that It wl be probably three years before It will be re"hed. The officials about week bko presented a petition tha their cans be ndvnced, giving several reasons tnere'.or. ' The rlrst was "the, ft long delay tl at, has ensued since the Indictment of your petitioners under ehiiri'i-n seriously reflecting upon them und calculated to do them serious IH-fMnniii unj Uni'C., harm." Thn oi'ii-Inl convicted were Ed mund S. . r Si, itre.Hlilellt of the Amer i, -! i .'.i::,!,- cii!!;,,try; :';,,'n''vr ' , ' ,. ( I ! lift 1 . robably $2,000,000 Will . Be Spent In Prosecution and De ; ;fen?e of ?JIeit Accused -of Dynamiting. ,: '-..... .j,.v;k. . ' ,-, ., , , STRIKE IN ALL INDUSTRIES PROPUSED CY W. D. HAYWOOD ' .. As Protest Against "Capitalist Conspir- ' acy," to Begi the Day Set for " Trial of lohii J. Mc ' Ndmara. 1 New York Herahfr Syndicate. OS ANGELB May 2.' 'That the trial of the imen charged with complicity : ill the destruction with dynamite on thd Los . Angeles Times will cost Approximately. $2, 000,000, ' was the statement ' by at taches at ,the district attorney's office. Each side, if . was ipolnted out; stands ready to spend unlimited sums in the prosecution . and defense of the two McNamanus .. and McManigal. The court costs will run up in the thou sands of dollars expended in brlng- ng witnesses and ' evidence here and In other necessary expenses. , Already ' detectives ' hired , by the unions have been et to work to watch the detectives of ' the Burns agency and ot the ctty.M It is understood that this will be continued until the trial begins and longer Jf found' expedient. Haywood Proposes' a General Strike. New York "Herald Syndicate. .: St Louis, Mo.f May 2. A general strike, which hs,ll include every worker in every Industry in the Unit ed, States who ran the Induced to join was proposed by William: ' H. Hay wood, formerly treasurer of -the West ern Federation of Miner, at a social ist meeting Jn, , the headquarters ot the Central Trade and Labor union, t be launched as . a protest by the worker against what , the socialists call the "capitalist 'conspiracy" arnilnnt .Tnhn J. McNamara. accused oicoulk!lty-in tfr d'eatriictlon"-f the' Los Angelee .Time' plant, with dynamite. '''' . The suggestion met with an entnu- siastic response and - following Hay wood's address, the meeting immedi ately resolved began to elect organ izer to carry the strike propaganda to the worker of St Louis. The day set for McNamara's trial 1 to be the day of the strike. , -r' " Will Take I'hargo '.of tlio Detensp Fund. New York Herald Syndicate. .. y Indianapolis, Ind., May 2. Samuel Gompers, president of the. American Federation- of Labor, on arriving nere immediately went Intoi- secret confer ence with 40 labor leader of nation al and state organizations; After the conference Mr. Gomper said the Mo- Namara case was discussed and that the executive council of the American Federation 'of Labor would take charge of a defense fund which would be raised by contribution . from the various laUor organizations of the country. : " ; " BAHBORS LOSS BY FIRE LESS II It Will Be Between $2,600,000 and $3,000,000. With About $1,500, . 000 Covered by Insurance." Bangor, Me., May S. Between two and a half and three minion oonars will cover the financial loss of th fire which destroyed approximately S85 residence and about 100 business structures In this city wunaay nigni and eArlv vesterday. Insurance encie Involved estimate that they wtU Ina 60 ner.cent or about million and a half dollar. That the "Queen City of the East will rise undisturbed from her ashe without the necessity of asking for outside help wa tne sentiment ex pressed: by Mayor Charles W. Mullen and representative citizens. Most of those who lost property are well to do and only 78 families Were reported destitute. ' Search was made of the ruins for possible victims but only two were accounted for .a doad. Only a few wero injured and none seriously. State troops pairoieu . me iireum lust night, under oruers to snoot -incase of palpable looting. Despite th cold rain of the early morning there has been little suffer ing. Last nigh tne city was In darkness, the electric service b;ng still disrup ted by the burning of the branch piw- cr station; electric cars nao. oot run since Sunday afternoon and the local telephone service is prostrated. Among the havy Ioh.ts was the Unlv-crstty . of Malno. Classes were suspended owing to the work of the students at the lire, but arrangements were mndo for resuming the usual course won. i i ' ixernor i-f DoiM'.-.TtalAUKiKa..Doa. This photograph of : Don,, the dog who can talk, and his master's daugh ter, Florence Ebers, Is from the Lon don' Sketch. Don can say "Don," 'haben" (have) "ruhe" (quiet) and "hunger" (hunger). Also in his vo cabulary, are fout other words! and "Haberland," which Is the name of the fiance of Florence Ebers. It Is stated that the dog has been exam A FREE LIST BILL VOTE THURSDAY? This Is Underwood's Hope Much Ac l tivity in Senate End of Capitol; ! Committee Work , - Washington', May ' - 2. -Although when the eenato adjourned yesterday It was not to meet again until Thurs day, the senate end of the capltol was a place of activity today. Half a dozen committees - threshed .out ac cumulated business, principal among them being the finance committee, which has' begun consideration of the Canadian reciprocity messnse, al ready passed by the house, i' :- The house, in the effort to expedite the passage of the free list bill, met yesterday- and 'again today at 11 o'clock. Chairman Underwood of the ways and means committee asserted that he hoped to get a vote on the measure Thursday. There Is a dispo sition to question his ability to force action by that time. Sicaks Against Free LImC Under democratic tariff laws, los ses exceeding eight hundred million dollars were sustained by live stock interest of the United States, declared Representative !: Mondell, when the house resumed consideration of the free list bill. He vigorously opposed the measure ss offering an opportunity for a repetition of such losses. . Reciprocity to lie Reported After May 13. The senate finance committee , ha decided to devote tbo time between now and Saturday, May 13. to hear, ings on the Canadian reciprocity, bill. Immediately afterward it is expected the bill will be reported to the senate. LEGISLATIVE BRIBERY Franklin County, 0., Grand Jury Takes up Cases Involving About 40 ' Members of Legislature. Columbus, O., May-2. The Frank lin county grand Jury met today to consider bribery charges involving about 40 member of the Ohio legis lature. On Governor -Harmon's ad vice the matter was taken before the grand Jury Instead of the legislative committee, to prevent the accused member escaping punishment through an Immunity plea. , " ' Scores of witnesses have been sum moned. The Jury msy make a par tial report tomorrow. Officials of state organisation interested in leg islation before the assembly, were summoned to tell whs; they know of effort to hold them by members. They Include many large, corpora- tlon. TWO TRAINMEN ARE KILLED CriTHECKESAPEAXE&C;:SD hiK-u-iiiii r IcihIUmI Ncnr f Hilton, W Va.I'liiglnivi' nml Fireman Vie lion 4'ntine I'nkmtwn. Cincinnati, & Ohio Vn May 2. Chesapeake - r tnln No. ;i ' Km,, '1 . t-.lAj I.I I M . t, SSlftl W I ined by scientific men who have found that he really can articulate. Don' gift was discovered by accident He was begging at table one day when his master, Herr Hermann Ebers, the royal gamekeeper, asked "What" will you have?" Don amazed his master and the .family by distinctly, exclaim ing "have!" He then was taken in hand and taught the word he nor is able to pronounce. , L F tl He Brings the Whole Bunch Together on Two Cases in Which They For jnerly Stood Four to Four. Washington, May, I. Justice La mar s friends are congratulating him on an unusual record. The first case he decided was one on which the Supreme court about a year ago di vided,' four to four. The case re ferred' to interpretation of the 28- hour law regarding shipment of live stock. Justice Lamar wrote an opin ion fn which the entire court Joined. Yesterday he announced unanimous opinion in the Grimaud case, involv ing the validity of indictment for pasturing sheep on forest reserves with permission of the federal gov ernment. A year ago the court di vided on the case, four to four. ' The rehearing resulted in the Georgia Jur ist writing an opinion in which the entire-court agreed. , FilB IN MEXICO, OUTSIDE TRUCE ZONE Insurrecto Commissioners and Leaders Prepare Program for Peace to Be Submitted. Nogale. Ariz., May 2. Rebels are quoted as saying that if there were no peace agreement by Thursday night they would attack all Mexican border towns. Many American families are leaving Me.lti, ; , Guadalajara, Mex., May I. Eigh teen arrest were made in connection with a conspiracy to capture the town for the insurrecto. A quantity of dynamite and bomb was seized. Rebel Activity In Various Places. El Paso, May 2. Coincidental with the arrival In the Madero camp of advice from , insurrecto leaders telling of rebel activity in various j place in Coahulla, particularly near Monterey, appeal were received by Francisco I. Madero, Jr., from citizen of Monterey for an extension of the armistice zone to that region. Gen. Madero said he would await specific Information from hi chief as to the position of their force before making any decision. Hi advices read: "Railway at Gome Palaclo, Colo nlas, Laredo and San Pedro In the hand of tha revolutionists. Hard flghtmg ia In progress nt Barr, starting last Thursday. One Thou sand rebels are engaging 600 federal. Much damage in property. "Pablo da la Sanchez took 300 men from Sablna Hidalgo, in the tate of Neuvo Leone, and la marching on Monterey." Peace Conference. The peace commissioners appointed by the revolutionists were In confer ence with the political loader of the Insurrection on the program to be presented to tha fodornl peace en voy, Senor Carabajal. Th Insurrecto" wish to submit thro ame for each governorship In tho state In which the peace agree ment shall allow them to name gov crnoi-H, the lcKlnlature being permit terl to chooNo one of the three. The rcheia Will Insist on onu ta 'i cat clwttii-" from the- un' ''' I , it ! !,,! ! In I ;,, '.... OR JUSTICE LAMAR GOVERNMENT IN CONTROL IT APPEARS, AT CANTON Eye Witness of the Fighting of Friday Gives an Account of the Scenes , Taking Place in Crowded . Streets., H ONG KONG, May 2. Advice from : Canton, where th revolutionary movement orlgl- ' nated, indicate that foreigners, includ ing many American missionaries, ea- caped harm. Sunday evening. ' the ' ; " revolutionists attempted to cross to Ihamlen to capture the police sta , tlon. Loyal troops repulsed them. - ' Bandlta.'led by a brigand chief, Luk, . burned four government 'residences at , Fatashn, when they '.attacked and . looted, the town. Reports from Wet ; river district are meager. The reb- , el have destroyed telegraphic com munlcation at many point. Th gov ernment aeema to be in . control at Canton. ' ' ;, , ' ; Want Ganboats to Protect Mission 1 . . aries.-. ,: -. . ,.; , Washington: May J. Reporting to ho state department activities of the .' Chinese revolutionists in outlying dis tricts of Canton, Consul Qeneral Berg hols recommends that American gun- . boats enter West river to protect mis- , elonarles In . Kwang-Tung province. The gunboat Wilmington already Is at' Canton. ' :.u.- ' - -. :. . .. - .. ' The Fighting ot Friday IVsscribed. New York Herald Syndicate cable. .Hons Kong. May J.-plonet C. A. Brown f th Indian' army", lhe ole surviving European , witness of Fn-: day's fighting, favor the Herald Syn dicate with an exclusive account . of th event at Canton. He wa a mem ber of a tourist party,: Including ,f Prince Joseph and Prlnca Ferdinand LobkowiU. Emily Laprence and ev- - eral American. . The party numbered 20 together. , , They were informed on their arri val on Friday morning at 8 o'clock that the city gates were closed and they would not be permitted to land until the steamship was searched. Eventually Colonel Brown went : ashore alone, engaged a ' guide and. proceeded in a sedan chair to the City of the Dead, the large cemetery In the ; suburb. He heard firing and climbed a dismantled fort four hundred yard east of the famous five storied pago da, whence he was able to look over , a portion of the city, including the 4 Viceroy' yamen, the military college , and the Tartar , quarter. At noon . the gun on the bastion opposite wa . not fired. The guide remarked that this wa unusual. A terriffio noise lh the city below. , shouting and beating of gongs and a fusillade resembling firecracker cann ed Colonel Brown to decide to await : developments. He ascended still fur . ther. . . . - Suddenly he saw fiame burst out to ' a height of 20 feet, accompanied by dense amok. "My guide," said Cdlonel Brown, "informed me th fire wa In Seehou street, where many shop of wealthy merchant are situated. The tumult , Increaaed and the surrounding coun- , try became alive with small squads of cavalry and Infantry racing from all direction toward the city. They did not molest me. My guide and the chair coolie showed fear mingled , with unmistakable hatred and refus ed to make Inquiries on my- behalf, fearing that the soldier would kill them. . "Presently th housetop 'and the city walla were crowded with soldiers and atruggling men and women The Manchu soldiery alone occupied the housetops in the Tartar section : and kept up a desultory Are In the direc tion of the conflagration, but whether at rioter or looters It wa impossi ble to see, owing to the narrowness and the crowded Btate of the streets. "The rangs was short, and hun dreds of rounds were fired while t wa watching, a little more than an hour. About 100 houses were de stroyed. Hand to hand fighting tonic place in the congested streets. The shrieks of the wounded were tuar-t above the noise of roofs falling in ant the general pandemonium. Inconsequence of the nervouMm- i of my entourage I was conipelh',1 t leave and proceeded to the shame, , passing through the eastern suMn--I was surprised at the great cn-l pursuing their custntnitry vneut'uni. not heeding or not knowing the fh--i on the other side of t "!'.' wali,'" avi vron i ai r . iii Lieut. l:- 1-rol.uM A. i-r f I'
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