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feette New i A A the associated . 1 press , dispatches LAST EDITION 4:00 P., M. Weather Forecast: FAIR AND WARMER. mm VOL. XVI. NO. 106 ASHEVILLE, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 12f, 1911. So PER COPY Stokes Will Take the Witness Stand "LIFER" REED BULL HEPORTS Again Who Shot Him BY PRESIDENT BOOST VAST TREASURE ARE HEADING UP Hi KRTfl LORIMER CASE It Is Estimated at from Fifteen ; to Sixty Million Dollars,- and Was Hidden Many Years Ago. MOVEMENTS OF EXPLORERS : SURROUNDED BY MYSTERY But Cable Hat Been Received at San Diego Saying They Were Sue ; ceisful Search Was Off ; Coast of Honduras. New York Herald Syndicate Spccliil. s AN DIEGO, Cat., June 12 Treas ure, variously estimated at from fifteen million to sixty-five mil lion dollars, which was hidden by the crew of a Chilean cruiser off the coast of Honduras more than a. generation ago, has been recovered, according to reports received here, by a. party of explorers aboard the steamship Eure ka, now bound for this port. The Eureka Is commanded by Cap tain Burtlss, and. about two weeks ago steamed from here under a 30 day charter, with a party of San Francis cans. Their movements were so cau tious and so surrounded in mystery that it was suspected that the vessel was on a filibustering , expedition agninst Mexico. The expedition' la supposed to have been financed by Harry Krellng of San Francisco. The. map showing the lo cution of tlie buried treasure was In the possession of an erstwhile resident of Honduras, who tried for many years to attract capital, to finance an expedition In search of the hidden gold. He was unsuccessful up to the time he met Mr., Krellng, several weeks ago. , : . . .A message has been received from Saiina Crux, which read:. . "Expedition a success in every wuy. Reacn Ban.. Diego for oil next week. Meet us." . . , ' -' ' Concern at Waalilhgtou. .. ..' rashmgwir,-Drt? Jane- U.--The movement of the steamship Eureka have given much concern to (he. State and Navy departments for a month. The Nicaragua n minister here learned through private sources that the ves sel had cleared from San Francisco aboi't May 12 for the Bay of Fonseca, on thu west coast of Nicaragua, sup posedly with arms and ammunition. The gunboat Yorktown was sent from Panam to Amapala to overhaul and search the Eureka, Two days ago he reported to the Navy department that ho arms had been, round - board the vessel. on LODGE SAYS RECIPROCITY WILL PASS THE SENATE Not so Certain About the Root Amend ment, Although It Is not Material. ' Washington. June 12.-r-"R9clprocl ty will bo through the senate all right." said Senator Lodge of Massa achusetta at the White House. "Whether the Root amendment goes through Is not so material. If it does not. the agreement will be as effective." , ' Senator Lodge said he had aban doned his Idea of offering an amend' ment for the protection of Massachu setts fishermen. PERFECTING PLANS TO CARRY AGREEMENT INTO EFFEC Vki President Teat and Flremcni .Executive (oinnilllct) Remain In Conference With Railway , Official. Washington. June 12. To perfect nlans for carrying Into 1 effect the agreement between the Southern rail wav romuiinv and Its firemen. Vice President Teat and the executive com mlttee of the Brotherhood of Locomo- tive Firemen will remain here several days, In conference with railway om c-lnla. ' PREY ABANDONS ATTEMPT AT LAST LEG OF FLIGH After 20 Miles Start, In Face of Rlxing Storm, Ho Itoturns to Rome Ills Machine lminaged. Rome, June 12. Prey, the Qerma aviator, trk'd to start early today on tho final leg of the Paris-Rome-Turin rire. Weather conditions were so be rious that. In face of a rising storm, he wns obliged to return, after a 20 miles flight. Ills mnrhlne was slightly dnmaged In binding. ( l.ililrcii ftvliig. Poln4 hK t'antVv. York, June IfT-.Vtiiee young i i .( ii ( T Mrs, Elisabeth Murray ore i . ? i : nt in, wh!c:i follnwe.1 .:i "i !' Ii: l.H- wnbers of Senate Committee Are Busy Studying Voluminous Testimony in Investiga tion in Illinois. MANY SUBPOENAS ISSUED FOR PROMINENT ILLINOISANS Greatest Secrecy Attaches to Action of Committee - No Day for Next Meeting Has Been Deli nltely Fixed. w ASHINGTON, June 12. Sub poenas for a ' number of prominent men to testify here In the new liorlmer Investigation have been Issued and a special officer from the office of the senate sergeant-at-arms is on his way to Chicago to serve them, probably left today. The greatest secrecy la attached to the actions of the special committee of eight senators having, the Investiga tion In charge. It Is understood that among the men to be subpoened are Lee O'Neill Browne, the democratic leader of the Illinois house, Edward Hlnes, president of the' Edward Hines Lumber company of Chicago, Edward Tilden, whose name was connected ith the $100,000 fund alleged . to have been collected for use in electing Senator Lorlmer, and Clarence S. Funk, the officer of the International Harvester company whose disclosures of the attempt to have his corporation subscribe to the alleged fund was a feature of the Investigation by the Illinois senate. Going Over Testimony. The Lorimer Investigating commit tee has not yet definitely fixed a day for the next meeting, ' The members are going over the voluminous testi mony taken lh the Illinois Inquiry. Tntil this is complete such meetings wlllr. beheld, merely. fQrUhe.iurpogj of organization. Lorlmer for the first time In sev eral weeks appeared In the senate to- ay. ' He arrived this morning from Chicago, In response to a request sent to all absentees to return for a vote on the resolution providing for the election of senators by direct vote. UNERAL OF TEACHER Prof. Aldermen's Long Service to Church and School News of Greensboro and Guilford. Oaxette-News Bureau, Dally News Office, Greensboro, June 12 Last evening at 4 o'clock from West Market Methodist Episcopal church the funeral of Prof. W. F. Alderman, who died Friday night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. C. H. Ireland, at the age of 78, was held, the services being conducted by the nastor. the Rev." E. K. McLarty.- A laree concourse of friends of the fam lly and relatives were present and the floral tributes were very beautiful and pVofuse. Prof. Alderman In hi ufnttma was a very active man in Aducational and religious work, serv. ing for over 80 years as proressor oi mathematics In Greensboro Female enlleire. and at all times holding 1m- imtrmt Dositlons of leaaorsnip in me church. His many gooa qualities were touched upon by Rev. Mr. mc Larty. Interment , was made In Greene Hill cemetery, the body being laid t.v that -of his wife who aiea nearly 80 years ago. The pallbearers uurn J. A. Odell. J. N. Leak, C. H hnnn .i w - LAndretn. u. r. Ponrno rr. J. S. UcttS and J. U, Wheelnr. A luree number of people irom Greensboro and Guilford county weni to Winston-Salem today to attend the annual convention of the North car nllna Oood Roads association, com mlttees of five each will represent tne (ireenslioro chamber of commerce and the Guilford County Good Roads association. Tomorrow morning Grand Vice Chancellor C. C, McLean ef the city leaves for Aahevllle to attend the Grand Lodge meeting of the Knlgbts of Pythias. Others who will go from here are A. A. Johnson ot Greensboro lodire. No. 0: Whit R. Stone, seventh district deputy: D. H. Collins. Gull ford lodge No. 69; Joseph N. Nenl, Proximity lodge No. 158; Rev. M Richardson, White Oak lodge No. 187 G. I t. Royster and A. A. Fisher, gen eral superintendents of the Insurance rienartment of North and South Car. ollna and Virginia. A. P, Stewart Now Southern (Jolf fliauiplon. Nanhvllle, Tenn., Jun4! A. P'rwart ef New Orleans wun southern golf championship at Southern (iolf Humiliation Suturdn ,in tlie llnUs of the Nashvllln C ,,,; ,., , ,,,, (I, f,.,t 1.1ft I;. - - , "' -"' ;:" '' " i' ' ' " ' " '" H ' :'r' ' " , Y i 4 V I ' y J y mmmmm t :P7 iMh tt ;i yy rf Pi u - ; - - A , ' ' . rc stokes.. r-r Jg N' EW YORK, June 12. W. E. 1. StokeR, who was shot by Lillian Graham and Ethol Conrad, in their rooms in the Varuna Apart ments, No. 235 West Eightieth street, last Wednesday, told his lawyer In Roosevelt hospital that he would take the witness stand against the young women. Mr. Stokes will defy the de fense to prove, that he went to the flat for any other reason that to ob tain certain rotters. . ' DetoctlveB in our employ are un raveling the entire story of the ahoot- ing," Terrence McManus, attorney for Stokes, said. "Mr. Stokes will be ready at the trial to reply to any questions. He has never been afrlad of anything that might be said about him. He is ready to face his accus ers when they come forward. Mr. Stokes ts well on the roa to recovery- so far &a -1 fcnnwT"". He. will not be In court today, but will . be there as soon as his condition per mits. The Information given by the de tectives that the girls bought their pistols at Wannamaker's store on May 1 seems og great value. It must be remembered that the 300 given' by Mr. Stokes to Miss Conrad for Miss MRS .M.P.HAfJGOGK AND AMI RUT Miss Battle That Was and "Birdie," Rodent, Famishing Diversion for the New Yorkers. Special to The Guaette-News. - ' New York, June 12. Mrs. Morti mer Hancock, wite or Major nan cock of the Royal British Fuslleers, and daughter of Dr. S. Westray Bat tle of Asheville. for which destination she departed yesterday, created a de cided sensation and attracted by far the most attention Saturday in the Waldorf-Astoria hotel by wearing as an ornament a white rat with a Jew eled collar attached to a long neck lace of gold.. Sha called the rat "Birdie" anu ma favorite pose was to coll his long tall around Mrs. Hancock's neck and rest comfortably upon her left shoulder with every appearance of contentment she promenaded througn me rea- cock walk, the palm room, me gnu and the spacious corridors ot tne nos- telry. .Mrs. Hancock arrived here a few days ago from Inula, wnere Bne nhtnlned the rat as a souvenir ann travelling companion, and visited Bun Francisco and Chicago to renew oia acquaintances. At the Waldorf they are so aecus tnmed to the unusual that beyond a fw Hiueals of delighted surprise and the gathering of a gaping crowo me social routine of tho hotel was tiis turbed very little. But at the first public appearance of the two at the Plawi. Tnursoay nlirht there came near being a smaii feminine riot. For at tne t-mxa mere .oi.inm haonens an event to brouk thn ralm of the marble cornnore. That nlirht. Mrs. Hancock swept into the Plasa , about 7 o'clock, asked for a friend, and sauntered Into the tea room. She was garbed in a con vntlonal decollete dinner gown, Hardly had . Mrs. Hancock taken her eeat In the tea -room than the usual quiet of the main hall was hPMken hv the screams of a score of women.. Out of the room they turn bled, each clutching her sklrta In the old time, "Mercy, thre s a mouse faxhlnn. The floor officials of the hotel hast ened to the scene. They found the ten room deserted except for Mrs. Hancock, reclining In a wicker chair, Then thev spotted the cnuse of the tumult. Around Mrs. Hancock's gUamlng whiin plioiiblers the rnt James wti v ! -, Ifmicoek bad ordered i Graham was paid after the pistols i were bought. . MIbs Graham-asked for $500, but, ..did not receive . that amount." j.- l '.-; 1: U, a'1 Letters Were Not in His Poseesslon. McManus said the letters which Stokes wanted; were not In his pos sesion, but were probably picked up by the detectives. All the , detectives denied that they had seen any letters signed by Mr. Stokes. ' , 1 "This talk that Mr. Stokes has seiz ed letters he had written Is " all wrong." - McManus continued. "If there are any letters I do not know of their existence,' Mr. Stokes does not know where jhey are any more than I do. It is possible that the po lice did take them whon they search ed the apartment where tho women lived. On the other hand, it might be reasonable t6 jfjflleve. that the let ters were placed 'in a "safe deposit vault. At any rate,' the letters make no difference In this case, ; All Evidence Will Be Collected. "The prosecution will do all in Its power to avenge the shooting. Every scrap of- evidence will bo collected, and we will allow Mr. Stokes to un dergo a thorough examination at the GOVERNOR OFFERS A OF For Apprehension of Mrs. Joel Hill's Slayer Case Still Shrouded in Mystery Fire at Apex. Gazette-News Bureau, . ' ' The Hotel Raleigh, Raleigh, June 12. Governor Kltchln offers a reward REWARD 400 of I4U0 to tne apprenenaer oi merag(jd over Nbw York and vicinity. person or persons responsime uir me death of Mrs. Joel Hill at Jamostown June 8. The case Is still shrouded In as much mystery as ever. fire early today at Apex destroy ed live or six stores and caused sev eral thousand dollars damage. The damage Is estimated at $40,000, half Insured. Graham Herring, the A. L operator at New 11(11. was fatally Injured In attempting to board a freight, train to go to the Are. EIGHTY-THREE CADETS Tl That Number, out of .146, Stood the Severe Tests of Four Years Academy Course. . West Point. June 13 Eighty-three en (lets will be graduated into full fledged lieutenants at the United States Military academy tomorrow. Secretary of, War Htlmson will deliver the graduation address. Major Gen eral Wood will present diplomas. The class began with 148 students. Eighty-three survived- the severe test of the four years course. FRIGHT CAUSED BY THUNDER RESULTED IN HER DEATH Following Terrllle C'lapM, Mrs. Johu Allen Ileeamc 111, Dying Before Ioctor Arrived. i , . ninghampton, N. Y June IS. Fright during an electrical storm miipci! Mr.. John Allen's death. Tin- uoimm ln-eciHc vlul.-nfly 111, f.d- '. I ! ' l.-t't i!"' I In 1M i,' tleiniL-r, d IIH' I ' hands of the lawyers for the defense. At the same time there will be some sensational testimony brought out by the prosooution. This case will pot be dropped. Plenty of Money for lefense When Mi-Manns' statement was re pealed to Herman Phillips, counsel for Miss Conrad and MIhs Graham, hn aald the defense would nrobablv waive examination today In the West Sldo Police court. . "Tho girls will bo defended to the end," Mr. Phillips said. "One man came forward with an offer of $25, 000 to see them out of their trouble. and he will put up that amount to Insure their liberty on ball. The ninn's name will be kept secret, and the ball will be given through a sure- ty company to Insuro his name not be ing made public. Minn Graham and Mlsa-Conrad have rwthtng.to add -to their statement as reported.'' The mention of $25,000 as the prob- .1,1. Knll nmA ' f Hm Phillips learned that the prosecution I would demand to have that sum fixed It was Said that the man who was I ready to furnish the bonds is a the atrical inuiiuger well known on Rroadway. SEVERE DAMAGE BY Water, Lightning and Fire Cause Three Deaths and More Than $100,000 Property Loss. New York, June 12. Five doad, five persons missing, and l property loss of one million dollars. Is the re- I suit of the two days' storm which , T n d, , found arly 0- tho ,hore of arave80Ilu Bay and JdentiOod as Mrs. Emille Faulkner, a widow. and her brother, Capt. George Lant, A boat builder. Lant and his sister had gone out to his house boat , with a store of provisions for a party which had been planned for Sunday. , It is presumed they were returning to the shorn when the storm broke and cap sized their little skiff. The third death was In Jersey City, where a live wire electrocuted David Clark. i Losses aggregating more than $100, 000 weri caused by fires art by light ning strokes.. It- Is estimated that $50,000 damage was done at Flushing, L I., where 25,000 men and womeu were within a big enclosure witnessing society circus. Twelve large tents were leveled by the wind, and In the stampede which followed six women were trampled and taken to the hos pital. - . , At Coney Island tents and shacks erected on the site of - the recent fire were blown down and soinn whirled out to sea. At Paterson, N. J., 200 big trees were uprooted, carrying down with them electric light and trolley wires, leaving tho city without light or car service for several hours. The British tramp steamer Susque hnnna and the coastwise schooner Nellie. W. Craig Hd not disentangle themselves ui.Lll Hundny from the-cnl Union Into which which they were brought by Saturday night's storm The Susquehanna being without bal last waa swept from her anchorage off Stapleton, Staten Island, and car rlod down stream across the bow of the schooner which was at anchor oft quarantine. The vessels came together with a crash, carrying away the schooner's headgear and breaking off her bowsprit clone to the hull. The damage to the Susquehanna was slight, and she was toned back to her anehoraire. ' The Nellie W. Crtt!r win hound f STORM GOTHAM I Inmate of Government Insane Hospital, Who Prevented Es cape of Inmates, Is Par-' ; doned by Mr. Taft. SENT UP FOR KILLING MAN WHO DEFAMED HIS WIFE As to Another for Whom Clemency Was Asked, President Says the Applicant Richly Deserved Hanging. w ASHINGTON, June 12. Presl. dent Taft has granted an un conditional pardon to Loren zo JJ. tiarnes, an inmate ot the gov ernment hospital for the Insane here, who recently prevented a wholesale delivery of insane convicts from the institution by overhearing their plans and notifying the guards. ' Barnes was convicted of killing a man who defamed his wife. , While serving a life sentence he became In' sane, but has since regained his rea son. Attorney General Wlckersham recommended his pardon with - the observation that he had "taken the life of one Infidel, but saved the lives of several government officers." Denies Several Applications. President Taft denied several appll cations for executive clemency, among them Clarence Kidwell of Indian Ter rltory, who ambushed and killed the husband of a woman with whom he hud questionable relations. Refusing clomency, the president made this en dorxement: "A brutal murder for lust. Applicant escaped hanging he so ilchly deserved. No further clem ency can be extended." TUT Old-Timers Say Yesterday Was Hottest Day in Asheville in at Least Quarter Century. Yesterday nas the hottest day in Asheville since the establishment of the local weather bureau, nine years ago. That was the statement made by the bureau this morning, the official temperature record being given at (2. The nearest approach to yesterday's temperature was on July , 1907, when the mercury reached 91. While the weather Bureau reoords only go back to 1802 old-timers who give attention to weather condition today declared that yesterday waa thn hottest day In Asheville for at least a quarter of a century. Incidentally, there was a considerable range in t nv perature from the minimum to the maximum and while late yesterday af ternoon was uncomfortably hot except along the river banks or in tne cooi shade ot spreading oaks, last night was very comfortable and before mid night a blanket was needed to drive away the chill. The minimum tern perature during the past 24 hours ending at 8 o'clock this morning, was 83. While the record for high tempera ture waa smashed in Asheville y enter day the people in this mountain me tropolis fared much better than the millions of other people throughout these United States of America. In Washington, which won second place for heat, all records were broken for the past 10 or 40 years, the temperature rising to 102 and congress in session, In North Carolina Charlotte, witn temperature ot IS, sidestepped for Raleigh, where the mercury climber to an even century. Phoenix reported 100, Spokane 100. Augusta (8, Knox vllle Hi. Atlanta 08, Wilmington 94 Jacksonville 94, and Charleston 94. Yuma., Arts., Wins Heat Prize. Washington, June 12. The high mark in the heat which, caused in tense suffering in most of the coun try Sunday, was scored by Yuma, Aril., which with an ofllcial reauing ot 110, topped all reoords not on!y from the territory east of the Rocky mountains, but every other weather station. The June record for Wash ington was broken when the temper ature was 101, one degree lees than the record scored on June 12, 1874 The down town thermometers regis tered 107 degree The hot wave continued in the middle Atlantic states, the Ohio valley, the south and the southwest, ranging from to 102' the latter at Bhreveport It was 100 at RalelKh. N. C. "No unusually oool weather Is expected," runs the weather hnreau'a weekly forecast Issued last night. It says generall fair weather may be expected, with more moderate temperatures east . of the Rocky mountains, although tern peratures will continue high Monday In th Interior Atlanta states and prohrfbly Tuesday, with f nnsottled, showery weather. - One Death in Italtlmnre. Baltimore, June 12. With the nft it im l tliermotneter r- - ' ', . ,v, i 1. 1 4 ii'i ! ii. ' Continued Drought' and High Temperatures Put Price of New Crop Dollar a Bale Higher This Morning. WATER IS BADLY NEEDED THROUGHOUT COTTON BELT Continued Fair Weather, Which Is Now . iq Prospect, Will Mean an Excit-. 'A ed Advancing . , Market ' - : W ORLEANS, . June. 12. Con tinued drought and .high tern- 1 peratures put the. price of new -' crop cotton a dollar a bale higher as soon, as .the. now .week opened in the New Orleans future market Heavy", buying for both accounts was the re sult of a dry weather map and count less private reports from the belt, all pointing to more Intense conditions even than those that have been put ting the market up lately. , Very little Rain. Hardly a drop of rain la shown In the weather map of the cotton coun try. Mobile reported .08 or - Inch. Meridian, .01, Falclgh .02 and that was all. The forecast' promised no rain for tomorrow except for North Carolina, and the long dlstanoe fore cast for the week said: "Generally fair weather is indicated for the cot ton belt, during the coming week." Marked Deterioration. It was claimed last week that tli'u crop deterioration had set In as a re sult of lack of moisture. This morn Ing reports complained that the crop was beginning to go back in a mark ed manner in some sections. Brokers, even those who lean to the bear side, said continued falr weather would mean an excited,' advancing market. On the first call new crops were. 15 to 16 points up. Boon after they were IK to 21 points up. October stood 20 points up, or a dollar a bale at 18. This " to the blghtat le vet alnce , last , winter. Old crop months were com paratively inactive. The market's In- terest was chiefly centered In the new 'crop.-, ;) - '. ' ' ., . , NVESTIGMOESUGf Witnesses from Leading Sugar Re fineries Summoned Before House . Committee. Washington, June It. The house Inquiry Into the sugar business of the country, conducted by a special committee, formally began this morn- ng. Witnesses ot leading sugar re fineries in the east had t been sum moned to appear. The committee announced its pur pose to make one of the most thor ough investigations ever conducted ot the great business by congress. Rep resentative Hardwlck of Georgia Is chairman of the committee. . Surprising Stain of Affairs. Bo carefully guarded were the op erations of the American Sugar Re fining company up to less than two years ago, E. F. Atkln, vice-president and acting head of the corporation told the special sugar trust Investigat ing committee of the house, that stockholders wtyre accorded no in formation ss to how th company was being conducted.' The condition grew so enormous, witness said, that New England stockholders combined and obtained control. When they did so In 1910 they discovered to their as tonishment that If. O. Havemeyer, presiding genius of the organisation, had maintained his supremacy with only 2000 shares of stock. Tht Hav emeyer holdings at the time of his death, Atkins said, were valued at about 1200,000 of a total of $90,000, 000 in the American Sugar Re fining company." That was a sur prising discovery," he declared. "It had been generally supponerl Havemeyer owned a greater part ot the stock." Atkins said the New Eng land Interests obtained control after a committee discovered from examlim- tlon that of the stock owners of tli American Sugar Refining company li ! per cent, were NVw Englnnders. MoHt of Tlu-m Women. "We found there were 18,000 New England owners," mid Atkins, "nut 10,000 of those were women. Tin were helpless as far as representiitiun was concerned, and I was urced t tukfl a place on the board, w in, h ! did." He explained how the cunii for New England holdcru wan s- m by his election an J the election i Samuel Carr, Charles H. Alien, V,. Thomas and F.dward .Min:i.,i whom now represent U t m il , stockholders, known as the Nn land syndicate," Sixty IVoplo lit of I'll r.rldi! 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