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ASHEVILLE, N. 0., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 4, 1911.
3o PER COPT
TROOPS CHECK
MCOMB RIOT
ITALIAN ARMY OF 20,000 MEN IS READY
TO SAIL BUT FEARS A SURPRISE AT SEA
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Lawlessness Culminates This
Morning in Dynamite Ex
plosion and Death
of Striker.1
HUNDREDS OF SHOTS
; , EXCHANGED IN FIGHT
Resident of Mississippi Town
Fatally Wounded and Oth
ers Are Reported
Badly Hurt.
McComb City, Miss., Oct. 4. State
troops patrolling the street! have
curbed the rioting mat began yester
day with an attack on strike breakers
enroute south on the Illinois Central
and culminated this morning In the
killing of a railroad striker and 'in a
dynamite explosion. .!.'
Leah Healy, aged 45, a striker, was
shot and killed near the Illinois Cen
tral shops today. .Ills slayer Is un
known. .. ,'
' The attack on strike-breakers yes
terday assumed the proportions of a
pitched battle. A special train on the
Illinois Central railroad bearing 460
strikebreakers was riddled with bul
lets and several residents of this town
bear marks of the thrilling encounter.
One of the Injured may die.
Fully 1000 shots were exchanged
and the belief Is expressed here that
not a few of the strikebreakers were
wounded. ' This, the railroad officials
deny.
Before the arrival of the troops last
night armed citizens patrolled the
streets under orders of Sheriff Holmes
of Pike county.
The citlsens of McComb City are
outspoken In their denunciation of the
alleged Indecent conduct of the strike
breakers as reported from Winona,
Summit and Durant. At these points
according to telegrams received' here,
the strikebreakers brazenly Insulted
ladles who were at the stations when
the special train passed, i This Infor
mation Served I Jnflume the citizens
of McComb City where approximately
1S00 employes of the Illinois Central
shops are on strike. ;
Statements Issued by' citizens of
McComb City absolutely contradict
" the version of the trouble given by re
presentatives of the railroad. After
a minor clash between the strikers
and strikebreakers near the depot, the
train pulled down Into the yards be
low the city where it was soon' sur
rounded by armed citlsens of McComb
City, who claim that they went there
to prevent a repetition of the alleged
indignities charged against the strike
breakers by towns north of this place.
The battle opened almost as soon as
the crowd got within sight of the
train and was kept up until the train
got onto the main line and with wide
open throttle pulled out for New Or
leans. Just which side fired the op
ening shot in the battle Is a mooted
question.
The coaches were riddled with bul
lets, v
Say Striken Resume Work.
Chicago, Oct, 4. Illinois Central
officials say that many strikers are re
turning to work, but labor union rep
resentatives assert their ranks are not
depleted and that the road Is unable
to move half Its freight "
(Eight hundred men men are at work
In the Burnslde shops.
The strikers have abandoned pick
, etlng.
EOKOB. ID FILE
BRIEF WITH COURT
Gov. Harmon Explains Pro-
cednre of Protest' Against
, Minnesota Rate Decision.
St. Louis. Oct 4. With the arrival
. of Gov. Judson Harmon of Ohio yes
terday, no time was lost In beginning
the actual preparations of the appeal
to be taken by the governors' com
mitt tn the Sunreme court of the
United States from thee dcislon of
United States Circuit Judge Walter H.
Sanborn In the Minnesota rate case.
Qov. Harmon and Gov. Herbert 8.
Hadley Df Missouri met In the office
of United States Pis trict Attorney
Dlscusslng the task ahead of the
governors' committee, Oov. Harmon
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"The governors are attempting
niithin revolutionary. The question
ir aiata rlirhts is not Involved. The
only question la whether a stats can
res-ulitte Its own Commerce.
'"Th rnmmKtea of so pernors Is do
Inar In this matter lust what I have
done many time Under the decision
of J u (tire Sanborn tn the Minnesota
ml. emu.. thM states are left without
the power to regulate railway rates on
Ifitru-xlHirt business.
"Our work will be confined to Ming
a brief In the United States Supreme
I'lllirl In nil I ha atut mllWIlV CUSPS.
do ii. t think eny of the commute
I n i .r In court and make an sr
iTimrs wns Win
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TIE REFERENDUM
IS CALLED ILLEGAL
Constitutionality of Direct
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Legislation Is Atacked in .
. Supreme Court Suit. .
GOV. WILSON QUOTED
AGAINST NEW PLAN
Corporation Terms the Oregon Meth
od a Government by Brute
. Force,
Washington, bet. 4. The task of
attempting to put an end to all initia
tive and referenum legislation in this
country was begun yesterday In the
supreme court of the United States.
Counsel for the Pacific States Tele
phone and Telegraph company filed
a brief with the court attacking a
taxing' law of Oregon because it was
enacted by virtue of the initiative
amendment to the state constitution,
which Is alleged to be In violation of
the federal constitution. It is urged
first, that the failure of the company
to have a hearing before the raising
of Ita taxes by the Initiative method
placed the telephone company at a
disadvantage with others taxed after
being heard by the state legislature,
In this way it wan claimed equal pro
tection of the laws was denied It
The initiative amendment and the
Oregon tax were denounced In the
brief as violative of the right pf a re
publican form of government, which
Is guaranteed by the federal consti
tution. It was contended that In rep
resentative legislation the minority
rarely, If ever, falls to moderate the
wishes of the majority, however, pow
erful, but that government by direct
legislation is government by brute
forge. Gov. Woodrow Wilson, of New
Jersey.- was quoted as saying that -ev
ery government ought to have Its law
making body, as "it can no more
make law through its voters than it
can make law through newspapers."
Reference was made to the claim
that the initiative method of legisla
tion Is a check against corruption of
legislators. "It were better,", the tele
phone company contended, "that the
struggle against abuse and corruption
should continue than that they should
be eradicated by the cries and prac
tlces of government revolutionary in
character and founded on error or In
justice."
Replying to the contention that the
Initiative is a reserve power for rare
use, the attacking brief quotes from
the election records of Oregon to
show that In 104 two measures were
on ballot; In 1006. eleven; In 1808,
nineteen, and In 1910 thirty-two. It
was asserted that no despot or mon
arch would be permitted to rule in
any commonwealth of the nation and
yet the "despotism of the multitude is
arbitrary and complete as the abso
lutism of a despot."
In this connection President Tnft's
views regarding the rights of the ml
norlty as expressed In his recent veto
of the Arisona statehood resolution
were quoted.
THE FuFeRAL OF SCHLEY
IT 2 P. LI.
Washington, Oct. 4. Funeral se
Ices for. Hear Admiral Bchley will be
held In St John's church at I o'clock
tomorrow afternoon. Interment will
be In Arlington. Four companies of
marines and two companies of blue
Jackets from Philadelphia, Annapolis
and Washlngton.and a naval band will
form the military escort to accom
pany the body from the Schley home
to the church and thence to Arlington
The army will not be represented
in the parade. Delay In advising the
iavy department of the wishes of the
family In regard to a military runerai
has operated to curtail the runerai
cortege below the numerical strength
Drovlded for In regulations as prop.
er honors to be paid a rear admiral.
Former Associate Justice Hagnor
of the District of Columbia Supreme
court Lieut-Gen. N. A. Miles, U. B.
A - Rear Admiral Remey, McLean,
Barker, Cromwell, N. Nicholson and
Q been, will be pallbearers.
Seven Hundred Midshipmen to Attend
Annapolis. Oct 4. Capt John H,
Gibbons, superintendent of the naval
academy, has Issued orders for 700
midshipmen to go to Washington to
morrow to attend Rear Admiral win
Held Scott Schley's funeral. The mid
shlDmen will be paraded as a brigade
of Infantry under arms, and win form
guard of honor In the march to Ar
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Motor Car Racer Hail y. Unit.
"Philadelphia, Oct 4. Rounding
curve In Falrmount park at terrtfle
upeed today In a Mirror car whlc
they were tuning up for Saturday'
200 mile automobile road race, Har
vey Rlngler. motor racer, and Thomas
I'owen, me hnnlel.in, were s-rlnuilv
nr"l today when the car plunged
into a tiro.
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About 500 Delegates from Ev
ery Part of the Globe at
Toronto.
INAUGURAL SERMON
IS PREACHED TODAY
Adtbtess Is Planned to Be Rend from
Every Pulpit of the
Cliurclb
Toronto, Oct 4. The fourth ecu
menlcal conference of Methodism
convened in the Metropolitan church
here :Jay with -' delegates present
from every part f the world.., Nearly
tlav. Henry Halgh, president of the
Urltlsh Wesleyan conference, preach
ed an Inaugural sermon at 10 o'clock
this morning. -
Among the delegates here about
hulf represent the American Metho
diet churches. Including those of Can
ada, and the others are from across
the ocean.
The. conference before, adjourning
may prepare a pnsturctu address to
he read from every Methodist pulpit
In the world. In all the world's lang
uages.
This Is the first time this conference
has been held this side of. the Atlan
tic. Among prominent delegates pres
ent are O. 11. Wedgewood, of Belfast.
and S. T. Boyd, of Dublin, Three del
egates from the negro Methodist Epis
copal ehurch are lievs. T. J. Mopplns
of Naanvllle. C. L. Bonner of Atlanta,
and I. S. Person of Jackson, Tenn.
Among the prominent delegates Is
Bishop Walden of the Methodist Epis
copal church of Cincinnati. Sixty
years ago Bishop Walden was a re
porter on the Cincinnati Commercial.
THE MISSING 40
All But One of the Bodies Re
covered at Austin Are
Identified.
Austin, Pa., Oct. 4. With six bod
ies recovered from the debris here
yesterday the face of another and a
skull so badly charred that neither
the six nor approximate age of the
victim oould be determined, the total
number of known dead In the catas
trophe of last Saturday now stands at
18. All but one of the bodies were
identified.
With the almost hourly revision of
the list of missing, the remaining
number is approximated only. This
is given out officially as about forty,
and the feeling Is expressed that a
number of these never will be found.
Those not having been consumed in
the fire It Is thought will have lost any
semblance to a human body before be
ing uncovered. . ' ,
SHOT ON A TRAIN
Raleigh Man Receives Severe Bcalp
Wound The Police Have
yo Clue,
Oasette-Kews Bureau,
i The Hotel Raleigh,
Raleigh, Oct. 4.
Andrew J. Thompson, a resident of
r.ali-lgh, was struck on the top of his
head by a I calibre pistol bullet as
he lay bark in his seat today, on the
Southern train from Ooldsboro to
Groimslioro. A scalp Wound was Itv
f I luted. The bullet dropped to the
floor. ' -.. ''a -
The shooting oAtjrrfd Inside the
lliilrkh limits. Ashley Home of
riiitnn Siit In the re.ir of Thompson.
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ON THE RAILROADS
Attorney General Wickersham Begins Fight to Have Prin
cipal Coal Carrying Lines Adjudged in Violation of the
Sherman Anti-Trust Law. '
Washington, Got f. Attorney Gen
eral Wickersham. Uii-Jillng a brief tn
the United States. Supreme court to
day began a nght'to linve the prin
cipal, coal carrying railroads, and
eoal owning companies in the anthra-
Four Convicts Go Free
' Good Behavior, One's
Sentence Commuted.
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Gazette-NrwB Bureau,
The Hotel Raleigh,
Kaleigli, Oct. 4.
Governor Kltchln yesterday after
noon granted four pardons and one
commutation. Thuso t pardoned are
Charley Pruett, convicted of false pre
tense In Burko county; Luke Ham
monds, convicted of robbery in For
syth county; Will Redfearn, convicted
of murder in the second degree In
Anson county, and Charles Perry, con
victed of selling liiiuor In Durham
county. The commutation goes to
James MoKlnney, convicted of mur
der In the second degree in Mttcholl
county.." The sentences, reasons for
pardons and commutation are set
forth by the governor as follow:
Will Redfearn, Anson count if. Jan
uary term, 1890, crime, murder sec
ond degree. Sentenced, II years In
State's prison. Reasons for pardon-
Prisoner has served near thirteen
years. He was derended by inexperi
enced lawyers, who Were assigned by
the court and they had little time for
preparatnlon of the case. After trial
Important evidence was discovered to
corroborate the plea of self-defense.
'Both the trial Judge and the solic
itor recommend pardon. Pardoned on
condition that the prisoner remain
law abiding and of good hehavlor.
Luke Hammond, Forsyth county,
March term, 1110, crime, robbery.
Sentence, 24 months on roads. Rea
sons for pardon In this case the
sentence tates that this young man
had a criminal record. He has not
been on the criminal docket of the
recorder's court except in this one
case and a search of the Superior
court docket for ten years discloses
nothing against him, and It then ap
pears that the trial court was under a
misapprehension. The other man con
victed at the same time, states that
prisoner had nothing to do with the
the matter the solicitor recommends
the matter the solictor recommends
clemency. I therefore pardon pris
oner on condition that ha remain law
abiding and of good behavior. ,
"Charles Pruett, Burke county.
August term, 1111, crime, false pre
tense. Sentence, t months on roads.
Keasnn for pardon It seems that this
Is a case of mistaken identity, and I
agree with the solicitor that the state
got the wrong man. The offense wns
committed at nlnht. - Prosecutor did
not know the offender. Prisoner
stoutly denied-nay Vnowledge of tha
nintti-r. l'r. .?.4r v hen looking for
the otrVml'-r the.-in it, Lam-d the
bOVEHfJOR GRANTS
BATCH OF PARDONS
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cite coal region adjudged In violation
ot the Sherman anti-trust, mw.- ;
An entirely different attack Was
made on the corporations from that in
Pennsylvania, where the government
lost nearly every point.
thereafter appeared that on that date
prisoner was sick in Rutherford coun
ty under the cure of a physician.
Prisoner Is again sick, having been re
turned from Buncombe county roads
to Burke Jail.
"Charley Perry, Durham cotinty,
May term, 1911; crime, selling liquor,
sentence, six months on roads. Rea
sons for pardon Prisoner has con.
traded erysipelas since his imprison
ment. The superintendent of health,
the trial Judge, the solicitor and the
two attorneys who were employed pri
vately to prosecute, on account of his
health recommend pardon. I there
fore pardon prisoner on condition thut
he remain law abiding and of good
behavior.
"James McKlnney, Mitchell county.
May term, 1907, crime murder second
degree, sentence, 10 years state's pris
on. Reasons for commutation In
this cuae the trial Judge asked me to
review the case In the light of certain
evidence not before the Jury, The
doctor who attended the deceased
makes affidavit that he was on his
way to court as a witness In the case
when he was severely hurt . after
boarding the train, could not go to
court und was under another doctor's
care. He states that deceased told
him that he did not want prisoner
prosecuted, that he had thrown threo
rocks at prisoner before prisoner cut
him. This evidence If It had been be
fore the grand Jury would have had
eight In sustaining prisoner's plea of
i ilf defense. The solicitor and the
attorney who aided the solicitor re
commended pardon, as do many other
citlsens.
"In view of these facta I commute
prisoner's sentence to five years."
Robert Harrison, a young white
man, was tried In Wake Superior
court yesterday on the charge of
manslaughter, he having caused the
death by shooting of Vasste Turner, a
negro lad, at Cary last December.
The negro boy worked In Harrison's
meat market and Harrison shot him
with a pistol as the boy entered the
front door with a bucket ot water.
The defense claims that tha pistol
used was an old one and that Harri
son fired through the front door and
hit tha boy.
LOOM BANDITS
Masked Men Rifle Mail and
Baggage Cars on the M. E.
& T. and Escape.
Bartlesvllle, Okla.. Oct. 4. TArce
masked men held up a Missouri,
Kansas tk Texas passenger train run
nlng between Kansas City and Okla
honia City, near Okean, ten mlb-i
oiith of this place, today. Tiw-y rl-fli-d
mall and bnKmige cars, ljut It U
l-rllevcd, Kot little of value. The linn
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OmillllS CttT SOMU) THE JTAJSJLO ECTiO.
THE ltAJ5jdO
Tripolitan Lighthouse and
Battery are Destroyed hy
Bombarding Fleet
An Army of 40,000 Will be Landed in Africa Within a Week
Acording to Present Plans
tude by Guarantees of the
1 Rome, via the frontier,' Oct- 4.
Official circles ridicule reports con
cernlng ; 'certain Incidents between
Italy and Austria, one of dissensions"
among the powers regarding their at
titude, toward Italy. It is stated that
what now is happening was arranged
among the states in the triple alliance
with the adhesion of France and Great
Britain, who were bound by the agree
ment of 1901 to support Italy or at
leust be neutral whenever she decided
to occupy Tripoli. It is hinted that
negotiations with Austria and Ger
many, which preceded the present ac
tion of Italy led to a basis for a re
newal of the triple alliance, which will
expire in 1914, when to the already
existing clause another will be added
regarding the protection of Italy in
her position in North Africa.
(ireat Army Is AswnibUil.
Military attaches at the embassies
are following with Interest the prep
aration of the Italian expedition to
Tripoli. The general opinion of ex
perts Is that the Italian arrangements
have been conducted In a masterly
manner. Those upon whom the re
sponsibility rests, have succeeded in
mobilizing at the points of embarka
tion one of the largest expeditions
ever made by sea in the shortest time.
The tlrst contingent of 20,000 men was
reudy to start yesterday, but delayed
because officials wished to be absolute
ly assured against any surprise ut
sea.
Italian ships are patrolling Sicily
and Malta and between Malta and the
"heel" of Italy. Those vessels signall
ed the presence of Turkey torpedo
boats last night when they were
chased out of the patrolled area they
managed to escape under protection of
darkness and aided by stormy weather.
Italy purposes to land nearly 40,
000 men within a week and begin op
erations immediately. Military experts
consider the troops' arrangement and
equipment perfect
A report that Montenegro is mobil
izing her army Is ofTielully denied.
Homo Notified of Bombardment
It Is officially stated that Ice
Admiral Faravelll sent a mes
sage to the government stating
that the bombardment of the main
batteries at Tripoli commenced at i
o'clock yesterday afternoon, continu
ing until sunset
The bombardment was protracted.
but none of !) Turks' shots reached
the Italian ships. Scarcely any of the
population remains in Tripoli. The
city was abandoned imediately after
the bombardment began.
Rear Admiral Aubrey, commanding
the Italian fleet reports that In .bom
barding Tripoli he spared all con
sulates, hospitals, churches, monaster
ies and convents, aiming only at the
fortifications. Discrimination was
made with relative ease, as tha range
of the Turkish cannon was so- short
that the ships were enabled to ap
proach the city closely and take ac
curate aim. . -
The admiral Intimated that the
bombardment would be resumed to.
day. In order completely to destroy
the batterlea :
One lighthouse and one of the bat
teries Were destroyed.
Apparently the Italian government
Is apprehensive that the Turkish fleet
may be able to hamper ttr passage
cf transports and great precaution
are being taken. The expedition wll
be starred from ports In two seas
rsther than from south Italy and
Sicily In order to minimize that da
srer and evidently Italy Is In no hum
lo net the ex. chiton on the iv.
Anither r-e,. for the tl--i.' of
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Italy Upheld in Her Atti
Triple Alliance. .
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office against their will and, are un
able to formulate or agree -upon any
definite line of action. It Is even re'
ported. ..that- Oi..-myihter, of marina -
haa resigned on account or flagrant ,
disobedience of his orders t the fleet;' -
Meanwhile the pourparlers of the
powers continue without , Interims-:
sion. It Is said that. Russia Is now
supporting. Germany, tn efforts to'
bring about peace.
. Turkish Force Mobilized. -Constantinople,
' Oct! 4. Replies to
the porte's appeal have been received .
from most of the powers, but as was.
expected, afford little satisfaction. In
ofTect the powers say they will be un
able to offer mediation Until the porte
suggests a basis of settlement on the
lines of Italy's demands; ,
Turkish telegrams report, that an
Italian warship haa sunk twd motor
boats near Hodleda, a seaport on the .
Red see. and pursued the Turkish de
stroyer Peikishevket , . .
A large number of volunteers, both
soldiers and sailors, well officered,
left yesterday for the ' Dardanellaa,
where the larger portion of the fleet
is awaiting orders. Two battleships
the Messudieb and the Assar-I-Tewnk,
and torpedo cruiser Berk-I-8atvet ,
have sailed from the Golden Horn to
Join It
It Is understood! that Austria has
given a guarantee to Turkey that the
status quo In the BalanUs will be main
tained. Mehmed PashU, son of Sheikh,
Adelkader, the last . Algerian sover
eign, has asked the sultan to allow
him to return to Tripoli for the pur
pose of rousing all - Mussulmans, In ,
Africa to repel the Italian Invasion.
The porte has notified the embar
sies that neutral cargoes In Italian
bottoms will be respected with the ex
ception of contraband articles.
Destroy Boat Flying British, Flag, i
London, Oct. 4. A Constantinople
special says an Italian warship de
stroyed a coast guard boat that was
flying the British flag off Hodeldah,
in the Red sea. The boat Was Intend
ed, It Is understood, for the TurklBlt
navy. The British Arm owning the '
craft entered complaint against no
tion ot the Italians with tha British
consul at Hodeldah.
GOVERNMENT WILL AID .
THE COTTON GROWERS
Plans to Increase) Tlwlr Profits
by
Teaching New Methods of
Handling Crop.
Washington, Oct ; 4. To' ' secure
higher prices for cotton by Improved
methods of handling, grading and
marketing the crop, the United States
government will co-operate with
prominent cotton growers.
It is planned to bring to the cotton
ralseri. the full benefit of the in
creased value possible through careful
grading of the crop to correspond
with new government standards.
These standards have been in hands
of cotton exchanges some time and
are recognized as official standards of
the trade.
Agricultural department oflVlals
plan to take the crop from planta
tions selected as experiment points,
and the government will use the most
approved methods of grading, hand
ling, baling end selling and will nmka
lucurate returns of each operation
for the cotton growers benellt.
It Is believed that If cotton gri.s.
will grade the crop carefuliv I
riltliil hnndllng, Its v. 1 r ..
rrently Increased. ' "
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