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r TE3 ASSOCIATED ' PRESS DISPATCHES ' rl A LAST EDITION - 4:00 P. M. Weather forecast: AIR. utmm VOL. XVI. ( NO. 188. AI3HEVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 15, 1911. 3o PER COPY State SECOND INQUEST IS IN PROGRESS Man Named Bradley to Be One of Chief Witnesses Search y Is Made for Woman Involved. ; MUCH RUMOR HERE; OFFICERS ON THE CASE? Talk Has to Do With Bun combe Woman, Who Is ' Well Known in This ' Section. t K K K It K m K It It It It It It It It It It It t It It It It A telephone message from Hendersonvllle this afternoon stated that the second inquest in the Hav.klns case began at 3 o'clock. There were no new developments thla forenoon, the suspect not having been arrested, although it was stat ed he might be arrested at the Inquest. There Is a great deal of rumor In Ashevllle today In which the name of a woman in the vicinity, and known in a way throughout western North Carolina, Is heard. Late this afternoon It wan reported that the Sheriff and other officers were examining two women and a man, sus pected of being implicated In the Hendersonvllle case. The officers were said to be in the west end. Kb Information as to the sheriff's whereabouts could be obtained at his office. It ttxnititititititititttitititxititit It Is expected that there are persons in Asheville who have guilty knowl edge of the Hendersonvllle affair.' It was said this afternoon that a quiet Investigation is being made by officers who desire to know more about the recent movements of two women, res-1 idenu of this place, who are known to have visited Henderson county within the past ,w-daya. , It 1 -admitted-, however, that the officers are simply following a clue, probably with a view to locating witness, and it Is doubt ful whether it will lead to any dis covery of value. Special to The Gasette-Newa. Hendersonvllle, Sept. 15. One. of the principal witnesses before the sec ond coroner's Inquest Into the death of Myrtle Hawkins, which began to day, is expected to be a man named Bradley, who live In Flat Rock, and is engaged in the plumbing business In Hendersonvllle. Another witness of Importance, It Is expected, will be Ed McCall, the partner of Bradley; still another, Mrs. Ed. McCall. ' Mr. and Mra Ed McCall and Mr. and Mra Bradley Hive at the same house. Miss Hawkins was a frequent visitor to the McCall home. A Trained Xurw : Questioning on the part of a man who appeared to be a casual stroller about Hendersonville'i streets yester day revealed the fact that a recent visitor .it the McCall home was aald to be a trained nurse from Atlanta. Thl5 person left Hendersonvllle. it Is aid, on Us train for the south short ly before noon last Sunday. She had been In Flat Rock some days, and the officers, eager to question every one who was In the Flat Rock vicinity where the Hawkinses and McCalls live, at once took stepa to locate this woman. ' ' Mlw Ilawklna and Bradley Krlonil. Miss Hawkins and young Bradley had been friend for a considerable time. ,tA few weeks ago Bradley Was married. Some time previous to hii marriage. It is said. Miss Hawkins wrote a letter to the girl to whom he was engaged. She asked if It would be agreeable to her, his fiancee, for i Miss Hawkins to continue to keep company with Bradley, saying In effect thut there would be no impropriety In this, as both of them were en gaged. The fiancee replied that she had no objection. Lewis Anders Is expected to testiry that he heard a top buggy, about J o'clock Thursday morning, going from the direction Of Flat Rock toward the woods where the body was supposed to have been placed. He knew It was ' a top buggy because he heard the top dragging under nrancnea or ire, With the light before them at pres nt it ! aniii' in be the authorltes' In tention to plaoe on the witness stand several members of the Hawkins and MeCall families. Thero has been in creasing reason to suppose that more than one 6r two people are familiar with mi nr most of the circumstances preceding and attending the death of the girl. Several Must Have Known. It appears altogether probable that a woman other" than Miss Hawkins was one of the chief figures in the tragedy, and that other people must have known what was going on. Contradicting a new theory that the . dark deed was committed Thursday !ght is evidence secured by the Solic itor tending to show that Miss Haw kins and llrudley weer seen together Thursday afternoon. . A well known physician under stood to have culled to see V,as Haw kins a week or so before h, t deajh. and to have refused o t.ko -the .... ..V irn .1.- -if., ,. ,' ,' V ,..',.,.i,v fi,.r - Library, 8 10 It EH STOLYPIfl EXPECTED TO LIVE Russian Premier for Third Time, Seems to Have Es caped Violent Death. . Kiev, Rush la, Sept. 15. There ap pear grounds for hope that Premier Stolypin will for the third time sur vive an assassin's attack. He was fired upon at close range by Lawyer Bogrof as he sat defenseless in the Municipal theater last night, but es eaped with tw wounds, neither of which, It la tald, is necessarily fatal. Burgeons have decided that an o erutlon will be unnecessary. Stolypin was wounded twice by his assailant. One bullet entered nut nana, while the other pen etrated the body, grazing the liver and lodging in the spine. It Was reported that the premier's wounds were mortal. Emperor Nichols was present in the theater at the time. The premier's assailant was arrested. This is not the first attempt made against the life of Premier Stolypin. When governor of Saratov in 1905 three shots were fired at him but without effect. On August 25, 190, a bomb wns thrown while Stolypin, then premier, was holding a public recep tion at his country house on Aplekar sky Island. The premier was slightly wounded. Thirty-two persons were killed and a ' still ' larger number wounded, including the premier's 15-yenr-old daughter and his three-years- old son. Knew the Dangers. At that time there was a reign of terrorism in many parts of Russia. When Stolypin accepted the premier ship In July. 1905, lie Was perfectly conscious of his danger. He remark ed at' the time: "I have no doubt that attempts will be maide upon my life but I hope that order will be restored and stability established in Russia before- they are successful." . As Stolypin outlined the policy of the government.flt was- to be one of. "strong-handed reform."-- He prompt ly Issued circulars to the provincial authorities, directing them to spare no effort td prevent disturbances. As minuter of the interior prior to taking over the premiership he was assailed in the duma In making his first speech with cries of "murderer" jnd "assas sin." when he defended the alleged illegal acts of police officials and pro vincial governors In the suppression of disorders. . v The retaliatory steps which he took against the terrorists and liberals aroused alike the detestation of the advanced parties and the support of the administration. 'KtoIypln'M Necktie." . . , "Stolypln's necktie" became the syn onvm for the hangman's noose throughout Russia. He quarreled fre- fiuently with the duma and was vleto rlous in his disputes with that body owing to tiio confluence with the em peror reposed in mm. The audience tried to lynch tne as sassin, .fctemo reports have It that a musician also was wounded. The minister of finance, M. Kokovsoff, was sitting beside the premier at tae time of the attack. Wound Mas Sultl to Bo Mortal. Bt. Petersburg, 'Sept IB. Alexander Stolypin. a political writer of the No- voe Vremya, who 1 a brother or me premier, received a telegram from Kiev stating that bullet penoraiea the nremier's lung. According to rtlspatcnes 10 me newspapers here the liver was per forated and the wound is mortal. Ac cording to the same dispatches after the wounded premier was removea from the body of the house, the auai- encH lnsisiea uoon sinning wis na tional anthem. MHJORITY OF 3B1 VOTES FOR THE DRYS IN MAINE So It Stands Now, But Can vass of the Returns Will . i Be Necessary. Portland, Me., Sept 15. Unofficial returns of Monday's elections Indicate a majority III favor of retention of the prohibition clause In. the constitution of S61 votes, Wltn seven lowns in ui- puts, as compared with returns now being compiled In Augusta. The vote reported from these towns it Is said will be sufficient to over throw the majority of 114 In favor of the repeal as shown by the secre tary of state's figures. It now re mains only for the governor and eoun ell to canvass their returns, which are Inniv ahout 70 absolutely omciai ngures. Atoimlanc Kmaslicdi Aviator t'ueon ' cloua. Wunn France. Kept.. 15, The machine of M. Nlevport, an aviator, vas caught' In a gunt of Wind toda. ,.. the airman rope fur a flight, an nf.cantized. The aeroplane was amashe M'Vii.ft wi.s unconscious when take PREMI Taft's Trip His Fortunes Say His Friends CT"1l0irt .: m " Vj'V RESIDENT OFF TODAY ON HIS LONG JOURNEY Kcvcrkv, Mass., Sept. 15. Prtsident Taft leaves Beverly today on his sec ond swing around the circle. 'i In the opinion of- many of, nts friends the" trip promises to be one the most, important ever under taken by a chief executive. He him self hus said he will Indulge in but little political discussion, but it IS ad mitted that opportunity for such dls- uttsion will not be merely offered but probably will be thrust upon him. That he Would eccept the gage of liattle if some "heckler" in his au dience threw it on the pkitform, Is hardly doubted. , That the presidents pHltical for tunes may depend, to sni0 extent on this journey is agreed to by- many men close to the administration. , , Two years ago the president start ed from Beverly on his first cross country trip ufter entering the White House. Ho had been six months in office and the PaynoAldrich tariff law had been five weeks on the stat ute books. Upon that trip he deliver ed his famous address at Winona, Minn., a defense of that law on which most of the criticism of the adminis tration tariff policy has been based. On the Hat for the present Journey the president has set down the tariff and "the tariff board' as two subjects for set addresses. . His vetoes of the wool .bill, the cot ton bill and the farmer's free list bill have not been set aside for separate speeches,1 but that they will be dealt with, la tae two general addresses Is highly probable. The tariff may prove after all the- leading tople, al though, that Is not . the -. - president's plan, v Other Subccts. Other subjects to be given consid eration Include reciprocity, . conserva tion, the peace treaties, marriage and divorce, the trust problem, financial reform, the Panama canal, reform In judicial procedure, Alaska and the government departments. The "swing' beginning today will be about 11,000 miles in length. Twenty-four states will be visited and In 18 of them ' the president will speak. In Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Idaho, California, Oregon, Washington, South Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin he will spend many of his busiest days. These states are labeled "Insurgent" by those who keep the political booka New Vork, Clorado, Wyoming, Illinois and Pennsylvania will be slighted, but In those states the president will .not have to work so hard. The same po litical bookkeepers credit them to the progressive" wing of the republican party. Michigan, which has been called "Taft Insurgent," will get 0 lot of the president's attention. The. trip begins In Boston tonight Syracuse, N. Y., is the first stop. Washington will see the wtnd-up on November 1. In addition to the pres ident. Secretary C. D. Hilles, Major A. W. Butt, Lr. Thomas L .Rhodes, the president's physician, two steno graphers, three secret service men, and nine newspaper men will accom pany htm. The train will consist of three Pull man sleepers, a dining car, a baggage car and a day coach. Today 'Is President Taft's' fifty- fourth birthday and he spends the day quietly on the links at Myopia and at Parramatta. Mra Taft expects to re main In Beverly through October. On the eve of the president's departure John Barrett, director general of the Pan-American union, who - attended the ground breaking ceremonies of the Panama exposition at San Diego and traveled up the Pacific coast, brought him cheerful news. Mr. Barrett told the president that the Pa clflc coast was Intensely Interested In his visit; that It did not call It a po- Iltlcal pilgrimage and that every where he had stopped tho people were anxious to see Mr. Taft once more. r ... M IIS IBE LOST CLOUDBURST TODAY Pittsburg, Sept 15. A hundred thousand dollars of property damage was done and a number of lives are reported lost In a cloudburst over the village of Etna, Sharpsburg and Mill vale. TWO KILLED, TWO HURT WHEN CAR HITS TREE PoUKhkeepsle, N.T., Sept'15. Two women are dying, and two others are seriously hurt, as a result of an auto mobile accident last night. . I A slx-cyllniler touring car crashed Into a trt, while running 80 miles an hour. The enr was smashed Into May Make WILEY IS UPHELD - BY THE PRESIDENT i . Taft Praises Chemistry Bureau Chief Instead of Removing Him as Recqmmended by Personnel Board and Wicker . ' ,, sham-$fota a Departmental Shake-up..,. HHHstltltt!tSttHt H' 5 ' It H' t It-' n-. It t St H St Bluemont, Va., Bept. lS. "It's a complete vindication for me," said Dr. Harvey W. Wi ley, when Informed, of the president's opinion in his case. I"I know nothing about It officially. I have nothing to say In view of. the fact that I have received no . word offi cially regarding the matter." Dr. Wiley la spending his vacation on his mountain farm., H HKltHHltHltitltltktititltititltit Beverly, Mass., Sept 11. The resig nation of Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, the bureau of chemistry chief and the government's best-known pure food export, will not be asked by President Taft, despite the recommondatton of the department of agriculture's per sonnel board, endorsed by Attorney General Wlckereham. The president's opinion in a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, made public ""lay, sets aside the recommendation of the ' board and gives, praise Instead of -criticism to Wiley. He "squares" the attorney general and the board, however, by ei .--easing the belief that the report won. . have been different If all the facts had been known. Tho Charge Made. Wiley was charged with conspiring with Dr. Kebler, drug laboratory chief, and Dr. Blgelow, assistant chemistry bureau chief, to employ Dr. II. H. Rushy, a prominent New fork pharmacologist at $1600 yearly salary, with the secret understanding that Rusby should give the bureau only a service that would be com pensated for at a rate of $20 a day APPLE AND LIVE STOCK COMPANYGETS CHARTER Authorized Capital ,$125,000 Messrs. Faulkner and Tibbetts Incorporators. . Gasette-News Bureau, The Hotel Raleigh, Raleigh, Sept IS. A charter ls Issued today to the North Carolina Apple and Live Stock company of Ashevllle. The author ised capital ls $115,000 with $1000 subscribed. The Incorporators ere G. J. Faulk ner of Atlanta and A. W. Faulkner and J. C. Teh bet ts of AMievtlle. - SS Bapllxt Mimlonarles Sail. Boton, Sept IS. Thirty-five mis sionaries, the Inrgt'Kt imrty ever sent to foreign ft.liis by tlie American l'.nitlHt Kiifelun Mi."l'n:iry society l( It tli! morning fur 1-n Urn laml. or Mar for laboratory work and $50 a day for court attendance. The law limits the pay of sclentilfc Investigators to $9 a day. Wiley had no opportunity to an swer the charges until the case went to the psesident. lie specifically de nied knowledge of the alleged secret ,tfnderstanding with Rusby. The pres ident finds thla a fact and that Rusby was Ignorant of the legal restriction, He finds Kebler guilty of "dlsinguous conduct" on account of letters to Rusby suggesting a willingness to "re sort to evasion" and directs a -epri niand for him. Iloprlnuiiul for Blgelow. Secretary Wilson Is directed to reprimand Blgelow, too, for "over- zealousness." The personnel board and attorney general recomended the dismissal of Rusby and Bigelow and the reduction of Kebler, but the president declares the precedent for the employment of experts not giving their whole time to the government at annual salaries was set In the creation of pure food experts. Tin) WIlcy-McCabe t'eutl. The president says specifically that this decision does not dispose of the "broad questions," developed In con gresslonal Investigation, and hints at a general shake-up In the agricultural department next winter. The "broad questions" Involve the bitter fued between Dr. Wiley and Solicitor McCabe, about which Inter nal strife in the department eenters. McCabe is head of the personnel com mittee, and, as shown before the con gressional committee, haa acquired great power In the department In dismissing the case as to Rusby, the president remarks that Rusby's employing a physician on the "labor atory roll" to work In his absence was not "creditable." The president thinks the taw limit ing expert compensation unwise. MANY ARRESTS MADE FOR L Wholesale Misbranding of In ferior Grades Is Charged by New York Police. New York. ' Bept IS. A story of wholesale frauds on the public through misbranding Inferior grades with the suprloua trade marks of sta ple products waa today revealed through th ea treat of Martin Albetie, charged with infringement at the trade marka His arrest will be followed by many others, tha Dollce declare. ' Fraudulent duplication of bottles. labels, cork and cases are being In vestlgated In the police campaign for running down the misbranding gang. Earthquake In Chile, Iqulque, Chile, Bept 15. An earth quake was felt today. The walls of many buildings were irncked and several persons Werel njured. IKS US Sees Nothing Radical in Ap peal to Supreme Court in Behalf of State Rights. PURSUING THE POLICY HE HAS LONG FAVORED I The Governors Decide to Hold Their Next Meeting in Richmond Gov. Noel's Address. Spring Lake. N. J., Sept. 25. The newly appointed committee of three governors to present, on behalf of twenty-four states, a plea to the fed eral supreme court for the protection of the states' rights met In executive session today. Governor Harmon, the cnairman, aeciaea to map out at once the line of procedure. He was espe- lally desirous of conferring with his colleagues, Governors Hadley and Aldrich, before his departure for Knoxvillc. "The proposition is a matter of fact one," said he. "The states are vitally interested. There is nothing radical or revolutionary In their tak ing their plea before the Supreme court and to the method in which It will be done. I cannot see that it . V. T l n.i. , 1 o..u.u vu, u.F.,rc. nrewYti, in cermiiiiy u repreHeiuauvH 01 nis en- l tire stato and by virtue of his office Is entrusted with the duty ofl seeing that his state's Interests are protected, Some folks may say that I have become too radical, hut as a matter of fact. I am simply pursuing the ool- icy I have advocated for years pro-1 tection for state rlahta" The governors, in executive session tooay, decided to noid tneir next an- nutti conierence ai menmona, v a., Dec. 3, ibij. Spring Lake, Sept 14. The direct tax system haa outlived Its usefulness for state needs and can be superseded or made nominal by the Inheritance tax, aided by other source of state revenue which can be fairly and equally collected, in the opinion of Governor Kdmond F. Noel of Missis sippi, who addressed the governors' conference here today, Governor Noel spoke to the text, "The Inheritance Tax and State Comity." "Its incidental effect" said Governor NVel, referring to the Inheritance tax. "through gradations according to kinship and progression as to amounts, inevitably tends to regulate wealth by furnishing motives for distribution in sums that escape all er serious taxa tion, and by discouraging wills to strangers or to collateral kindred. If such taxation be made so enormous as to approximate confiscation it would defeat Its own purpose because those at whom it would chiefly aim, by change of residence and skillful aJ secret methods of evasion could and would altogether escape Its burdens." Outline of Conditions. Governor Noel's address was devot ed chiefly to an outline of conditions In various states. He said, In part: "Our state legislatures determine who can make wills; how they shall be made; whnt property may be, or may not be, ao disposed of; and who shall, or who not shall, be beneficia ries. Along with this authority over property and persons, within its bor ders, goes the unquestionable right of states to collect Inheritance taxes on alt transfers of property, Incident to death. Acquisition of property by will or Inheritance, under our government. Is neither a natural, nor a constltu tional right, but Is a privilege, created and controlled, by law. All property, or Interests In prop erty, transferred by death, or In con templatlon of death, is subject to tax ation. If tangible property, then In the state where situated; and If In tangible property, such as money on hand or deposit, notes, stock or bonds, in the state containing the domicile of the decedent, or In which such property may have been technical local situs, for Instance, as to corpor ate securities, stock and bonds, the state granting the charter, and In which record transfers are to be made. The tax laws of different states. both as to classes of property and of beneficiaries taxed, are widely variant, resulting In occasional hardrlpa through double taxation. All benen claries taxed In St states and only mo-e that are collateral In 16 .Utea. . .... VI Hie inrernrowra. "Among the states, as to charges and exemptions, there are wide diver gencies. Thirteen states, Delaware, Iowa. Kentucky. Maryland. Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Dakota. Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Vermont and Virginia, exempt wholly. lineal beneficiaries. In some of the other state this exemption applies soliilv to husband and wife. In the states that tax lineals, their tax, both minimum awd maximum. Is generally much less thun that tmposod on col lateral beneficiaries; for Instance. In Wyoming, the Ureal tax. In excess of exemption. Is I per cent snd the col lateral t Per cent in those states having taxation, grades as to the degree of kinship and progressive as to amounts, similar proportion pre vails. In California, which hss the hlgheRt, both methods connldrl, the maximum charges agalnnt lineal (Continued on pngs four.) ON OF HIS RAIL TAX CASES ME DISMISSED Equalization Board Rules Against Southern, Seaboard A. C. L"., Which Charged Assessment Inequalities. IS CRUSHED TO DEATH UNDER WAGON WHEELS Harnett County Farmer Drag- ged on Raleigh Street by Runaway Team State Capital News. Gazette-News Bureau, The Hotel Raleigh, Raleigh, Sept 15. The state board of equalization to day overruled the exceptions and dls- misaed the petitions of the Seaboard, southern, and Atlantic Coast (Line railways In the matter of the menfof property for taxation, these roads having contended that other property, especially real estate, was assessed much lower than its true value in money. ' Assessments of railroad property. the commission says, were fair and uniform and will stand. Commissioner Travis wrote the opinion which Ls lengthy. Parish, a farmer who lives J. B. .i mii. frnm Aniler. Harnett coun- " ... ,nlt(1l .-& o'clock yesterday afternoon as the re- suit of Injuries received at 11 a. m., when a two-horse wagon passed over his body. C. P. Massengui, Who was atoo thrown from the wagon, was painfully, though not fatally, injured. ine accident occurred near me corner of Wilmington and Smlthfleld streets and was caused, according 10 Mi.. Mnmpnirlll. hv's. najtslnff ntomn- hiie. whl(,h frightened the mules drawing a two-horse wagon, causing them to run away and fling the occu- I Dants of the vehicle to the . ground. Tha men were returning home with U load of furniture. - The wagon and i Icontenta were not damaged in the I leant j Mr. Parrtah suffered many broken ribs on both sides: his right chest was pushed In as the result of the heavy wheels passing over his body;. his left eye was closed, and he had other bruises on his body. He waa thrown between the mules and drag- ged for some distance. Police Investigate Case. Policeman J. H. Wyatt was called immediately after the accident and made an Investigation. He said he did not see any evidences of an auto mobile and does not think the mules were frightened by a machine. They ran a distance of about 100 yards. A block ahead of where the animals were stopped, an automobile was found standing, but this machine did not he thinks, cause the runaway. When Wyatt reached the place, blood waa flowing from Mr. Parrish's nose and mouth and ho showed every evi dence of being terribly Injured. He and his companion were placed in the patrol wagon and hurried to Rex hos pital. Everything possible was dona by the physicians, but Mr. Parrisn was beyond relief. Mr. Parrish was 50 years old an leaves a widow and children. Mr. Massenglll gave his age aa 14. Relatives of the dead man were communicated with this afternoon . with reference to the disposition of the body. Delegates to Buffalo. To attend the meeting of the Na tional Guard association of the United States, which will be held at Buffalo October 9-11, Governor Kltchln named delegates. .Adjutant General R. L. Lelnseter, a member of the ex ecutive committee, will attend, the other delegates being Lieut Col. S. ' W. Minor, Third Infantry, Durham ; MaJ. Raleigh T. Daniel, astMtant pay master general. Weldon; Capt Paul Jones, company A, Second Infantry, Tarboro, and Capt. O. Mag Gardner, First Infantry, Shelby. DETECTIVES NEAR DEATH Extingulah Spluttering Fuse of Missile lu Hands of Italian Boinb- 6 Tlsrowcr. New York, , Sept 15. Another young Italian was caught with a bomb In his possession today. The police say the prisoner, Giovanni Rlzsl, aged It had applied a match to the splut- terlng fuse, but detective, extinguish- I U IU Attel-Wells Bout Thursday. New York. Sept 15. With the con clusion of tonight's contest between Carl Morris, the Oklahoma giant and Jim Flynn, the heavyweight boxing fans will turn their attention to r. t weight champion, and Matt Wells, ' the Engnsit title noiaer. scheduled for Thursday night A Booty Cow Taken I' p. Campvllle, Conn., Sept. 15. An un usual case of Intoxication hus been presented to the authorities. The vic tim ls a blue-ribbon cow owned by a lockl farmer. The cow was discovered stxKKerli ' along the alrtte rmul. Jl'-r v (iue to over-liHlHU-'-ni r In . s ., ', t ) J f '" the r. ke.
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