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v v. LAST EDITION 4:00 P. U. Weather Tore cast: Fair, freezing.. ( ' VOL. XVI. NO. 230. ASHEVILLE, N. 0., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 3, '1911. 3oPER COPY Wm t , . - . MURDERCHARGE TO FA CE WOMAN Chemist Finds Arsenic Killed Arthur Bissenette, Roomer v. of Mrs. Vermilya -of Chicago. - EIGHT OTHER DEATHS OCCUR IN HER HOUSE Two Former Husbands ", and Three of Her Offspring Have Expired Mys ' teriously. Chicago, Kov. S. Chemical analy Bla tbday revealed sufficient arsenic In Policeman Arthur Bissonette's liver to cause death. ' , . , Chlof of Police McWheeney thla afternoon la prepared to swear out a warrant for Mrs. Louis Vermilya, charging her with murder. Nine strange deaths have occurred In Mrs. Vermllya'a household In six years. The deaths Include those of Richard T. Smith, a conductor on the Illinois Central; Fred Brinkamp, $6 years old, first husband of Mrs. Ver milya; Frank Brinkamp; Charles Ver milya, Mrs. Vermllya's second hus band, 68 years old, collector for the Chicago A Northwestern railroad; Lillian Brinkamp, 2$ years old; Har ry Q. Vermilya, 35 years old. step son of Mrs. Vermilya. Not Kngnged to Mr. Vermilya. Policemen investigating the death of Blssonette, on the theory that he may have -been the. victim of poison ing, discovered that Blssonette had made a will by Which he left all his personal ' property, about (1300. to Miss Lydia Rivnrd, whom he expected to marry the first of the year. Miss Rlvard admitted the engage ment and said the suddenness of Bis sonette's death had been a jrreat shock . to her. Bissonette's , will, ac cording to the police, disposes of the story that the policeman was plah - nlng to tntiro Mfs.1.ouIli'Vermny'a. It also furnishes, they argue, a mo tive for the violet, taking off of Bls sonette. t'ntll the Blssonette will was opened the police had only Mrs. Ver mllya's positive statement that she was the policeman's fiance. Now the police are convinced that a few days before his death he ceased whatever attentions he had paid Mrs. Ver milya. - ' " - Claims Her Innocence Mrs. Vermilya says she Is the Inno cent victim of a coincidence of sud den deaths, and that she has no fear that she will be unable to lift the cloud of suspicion. Bhe says she did not benefit In- any way by the death of Blssonette, and Is sure he could not have been poisoned In her house. "He asked me to marry him,"- said 'Mrs. Vermilya, "but I put him off on account of the disparity In our ages. It is not true that I was married to Richard Smith, who died tn my home. He was a roomer and I scarcely knew him. Smith waa a railroad conductor. The police are trying to find out what became of a motorcycle, a diamond stickpin and 180 In cash which he Is said to .have had shortly before he waa taken III. Fellow laborers of Smith say he had not made the slight est complaint of Illness and that he was a man naturally robust. Coroner Hoffman will make ar rangement for the exhumlnatlon of the bodies of several persons whose names have been used In the investi gation. . . .. ' COLDER TOniGHT FOfiEGAST JSero Weather Disappears But Low Temperatures Prevail ' Widely. ' , , Washington. Nov. i The cold wave todijy stretched across the country with) thviow mark of 12 degrees above xor i, U Wyoming and North Dakota. T! eldest weather In the east was at l it. W. -Vs.. and In the south at Ata iule. 22. 4.-r temperatures disappeared off the weather map hut It was cold enough everywhere ent of the Rocky Mountains, Including the northern portions or t is gulf slates, with snow In some of the central slates. It will be colder tonight along the fourh Atlantic coast. VZZ2 DYNATTITH ETICI TO C A T T CUICIDE Man I'm i ("In Suit I I... ii.I.t lili Head m!. h rcrcu-ioil Clip I ih 1 . clh. A -I u.k 3 fl;, r 1 1 .- ..I and r , t v SUi his WITHER BOURfiE'S REQUEST TOCftUSECOrJTEST Effort to Change Representa tion Basis May Result in ... , , . Committee Row. . Gazette-News Bureau, 1 " Wyatt Building, V , Washington, Nov. 3. Prospects are good for a brisk con testover the method of selecting dele gates to" the republican national con vention, when' the republican nutlonal committee meets here arly In De cember to Issue the call for the con vention and select the place of meet ing. : Senator Bourne of Oregon Will ask the committee to base the represen tation on the actual republican vote cost for the republican ticket tn 1908, and not upon the old basis of allow ing two delegates for each represen tative" and senator In congress. If this new plan were to be put In. oper ation. North Carolina would have but 17 instead of 24 delegates, as Is the case under the present rule. ' . ., The committee probably will not authorize such a radical change. But the point has been raised In republi can affairs before. In the 1908 con vention the proposition was beaten t5 only 35 votes. At that time the anti Taft . element, , supporting Knox Hughes, Fairbanks and Cannon, fa vored the departure. Upon a minor ity report from the' committee on rules presented by . Representative Burke of Pennsylvania, the vote re jecting the change wan, S06 to 471. The Burk report was signed by the delegates ft dm 18 states and the Dis trict of Columbia as follows: Penn sylvania, New Jersey, -Oregon, West Virginia, South Dakota, Rhode Island, Maine, Connecticut, :New York, Ver mont, Indiana. Minnesota, Colorado, Illinois,- Massachusetts, .- Wisconsin, Utah, New Hampshire and the Dis trict of Columbia. Twelve of these delegations subsequently voted for Taft, five against him-fcnd two Splitr ;M would tUHiaest tienm Keprewntatlon , The effect wbuld be to deprive the southern states of a large fraction of their representation In the quadren nial conclave. In 1908 the Taft can didacy had the support of the south, and, therefore, desired to retain the full voting strength of that region. At that time the far west waa for Taft and cared little about cutting down the south's vote. Now, how ever, the soi'th again will be for Taft, while many of the western and middle western states will be against him. A vote on the same proposition under the existing circumstances would show a line-up very different from that of 108. Still, the Issue Is live enough to cause a real fight 4 The adoption .f the Bourne pro posal would reduce the representation of the southern states approximately as follows: Alabama from 24 to 7; Arkansas, 18 to 10; Florida, 12 to 6: Georgia. 28 to 9; Louisiana, 28 to 6; Mississippi. 10 to t; North Carolina, 24 to 17; Oklahoma. 10 to 1; South Carolina 18 to 4: Tennessee. 24. to 17; Texas, 40 to 11;. and Virginia, to 10. v Kentucky, Maryland an Missouri, all border states, would receive In creases as follows: Kentucky, 29 to lit; Maryland, It to 17; and Missouri, 10 to 48. Some or tne sinaing in creases among tne nortnern siai.es would be as follows: Illinois. 18 to 75; Indiana, 10 to 48; Iowa. if to 86; Michigan, 80 to 42; New Jersey, 28 to 24; New York, to to 102: Ohio. 48 to 69; Pennsyl vania, 78 to 8, and Wisconsin, 26 to 82. Kural Carriers as IJquor Agems. Complaint has been made to Post master uencrai niiuiu-mn umi masters .and rural delivery carriers have been, acting as agents for liyuor companies. Especially Is this true. the report says, In promomon states, where Intoxicants are hard to get. The postmaster general has Issued an order warning postal employes not to act as agents for liquor firms In any way. Any postal employes violating this order will be dismissed from the service at once. IflO WETS 11 FIELD IS m FEEDiCTIO: Fmmnnl. Neb. Nov. 8. That the republican party would have tw can- dictates for president in ltit was pre dicted here today by Hpeaker Champ Clark. He declared nis opinion insi President Taft would be renominate! and the Insurgent republlcns would npllt away and nominate ljiKollettei, SiMMike'r t Mark wound up hll speak ing tour In the Interest of Iienlel V. stevenV candidacy for congress In the In tli third district. . .... v. v rTWWrt rnr.xen moTECTOUAT I'arK Nov. Tli" contents of tMe Kr.ini n- ii-rmah .M ottlc -laity given mil tin! IV, hmv tlipit. (icrniany rerm ! a I t ,n ..' rii )il to esi ii lillnh a pru i. .. . i H... !e l..ltl t,.l - WIS IMP 1 Law Officers Defied by Outlaw Band Which Nightly Deals ' Death in Alabama. . ' 17 MIDNIGHT KILLINGS AND NO ARRESTS MADE Residents of Birmingham 1 Su burbs Fear ' to ' Inform Against Bands Sheriff Plans Raid. 1 ' Birmingham, Nov.'' 3. With one man mysteriously killed each night for the past week and a total of 17 assassinations within the past 18 months, terror reigns at the villages of Iewisburg and Arcadia, four miles north of Birmingham. ; 1 No arrests have been made for any of the crimes. ; Local officers, it Is saitl, have been threatened with death If they attempt to ferret out the orim lnals, and the silence of residents as to clues has paralyzed the efforts of detectives sent , from Birmingham. Such residents as have talked at . all hint of a murderous band, at whose hands they would meet death If they were suspected as informers. . . "- Tiie sheriff's office here Is preparing to raid the towns in force. Prepara tions to that end have been making for several days. - When news of its activities leaked out yesterdoy,-"two anonymous letters were received warning the officers "not to interfere.' No attention will be paid to these communications. It Is announced, and officers believe that If they can give the townspeople assurance qf protec tion clues will be revealed which will result in arrests. ., , Six of the dead are white men and t te remainder negroes. There has been a striking similarity In all the murders. ' Motives for the crimes can only be conjectured, ;v ji -.', r 19 ARE INJURED III 5. ILL WRECK Swift Florida Limited Splits a Switch at' Merry J i , ' Oaks. , Raleigh, Nov. 8. That passengers on the' Seaboard. Air Line's Florida limited,' wrecked at Merry Oaks last night with 18 people injured, escaped more serious casualties is pronounced miraculous. . Steel cars are responsi ble for the saving of lives. The entire train, except the er.glne, was derailed, and the express car overturned. Express Messenger Lin dall escaped with a slight . scalp wound, u The number of seriously In Jure ta 13. Chief Surgeon Burke of the lib. was on the train and ren dered aid. The engine passed over a switch but the second express car spilt the switch, causing the accident. The wreckage was cleared away today. 52Q.CC3 GftSH DISAPPEARS FROM REGISTERED MAIL " i.V. 1 . Lynchburg. Nov. 2. A registered package Containing a $20,000 remit tance fronv a Rluetield (W. Va.) bank to Its New fork correspondent. It Is said, disappeared from the mails Fri day night over the Norfolk k. West. ern railroad and waa handled through a mall transfer to the Southern rail way at the west-end station. Boon after leaving Lynchburg, the clerk on the Washington train telegraphed report that he was short the pack age and that his way-bill did not cor respond with the number on the reg Urtered lock attached to the pouch. Four or five postal Inspectors are working on the case here." NEW WOMAN'S RIGHT California Judge Itule That May Wear TlxHr Hals tn Jury-Hox, They Loa Angeles. Nov. 3. Women Jurors may wear their hats while sitting I a Jury box. according to Judge Cas. sldy's eulliiR In the Superior court to d a v. , ' The mutter came up In the trlaJ of A. A. King, who was Acquitted by Jury of wimB of tlie charge of print lug a story In his newspaper In viola Uon of the law. I: ( l ire st London, Out. l.ui'l.iii. i nt , :i - I ' mil milt Richeson Pleads Monday to Accusing Him of First Degree Murder ' i. DR.' COW 'risoher . Makes No Corniment When the Grand Jury Find ing la $leai to Him. ;, , DRUGGIST, BELIEVES N GIRL BOUGHT CYANIDE '.'.yiif-vr;. Eugene Leviston Says Woman of Miss Linheli's Pescription Purchased Poison. , Boston, Nov. 3.;Rev, Clarence T. P.lcheson wilt ye arraigned In. the Superior criminal court Monday to plead to the Indictment charging him with polsonihgr Ml wi Avis LinnelL When the Indictment wits read to the prisoner In the Clfurles Btreet Jail he listened Intently tti every word of the long clocoraeBtoinjjuail4 no corameut when, the residing was concluded.' ' Richeson has resigned as pastor of the Immanuel Baptist church of Cam bridge. - His resignation, which was dated November 1. reached Charles F. Cummlngs, 'dork of 4he church, yes terday. The poste tofflce stamp showed that It had been mailed . In Back Bay Wednesday afternoon. Although the text' of the accused minister's Jetter of . resignation Is not yet obtainable, it is understood to be in such form that Its acceptance will not embarrass even his personal sup porters in the church. Action of the church on the resignation" Is not likely to be taken for nearly two weeks. Believe Miss Llnnell Bought Cyanide. Eugene Levltan, of No. Woodcllff street. Dorcester, who conducted a pharmacy at No. 50 'Boylton street, Cambridge, until last Thursday, said today that a few- weoks before the death of Avis Llnnell he sold a small quantity of -cyanide of potassium to- a young, woman, who, he believes, was Miss Llnnell. Mr. Levltan sold his drug store to W. D. Frailer, and has requested the latter to look up the records of poison sales to see If they will throw any light on the matter. -. It waa about the middle of Septem be.r according to Mr. Levltan, that a young woman 'railed at his store and isked for ten cents worth of cyanide of potassium. She said she was a stu dent of chemistry and wanted the poi son fon mechanical uses. "Then, ..said Mr. Levltan, "I solo her a couple of drams, first wrapping the cyanide In tissue paper and then In white paper. I had the girl sign the poison book, but I can't remem ber what name she used. I have been greatly disturbed aver the Incident ever since I saw the pictures of Avis Llnnell In the papers, and t feel she was tha girl who bought the poison Mrs. Bessie Levltan, wife of th druggist, is Just as positive that s man resembling Mr. Klcheson visited the store about September 2t and tried to buy cyanide. She was unable to give It to him because she did not know where It was kept. Wie says that after some parleying the mfen left the store. Ell PIUS TO DECIDE US TD B1SEE11L HUMORS Herman Would Abolish Seven Game Contest and Substi tuta a 60-Game Schedule. ' Chlougo, Nov. .. 3. -A complete change in the method of deckling the world's baseball championship will be proposed to the national commission it tii meeting at Cincinnati, Nov. 14, by - (.'hairnioa August llerrman. The ilnn la to abolish the preai nt series of even games between pennant winners and substitute a Schedule of con with sit the sixteen major leagues t -ii ma parlli Ipating. It is proposed In cut the present regular schedule to 113 k:i mi-, 'PiO y h.-'ni' WiMltd t ! b;t'. L i J " , j '' " I . WKER. tvlB AND rvtfcS "l 1 ihA..t itnui-, CEV, .V1 T. felCHESON , CHARLES U i. NELSON Witnesses Before Grand M'Ree Case JlStria?,! 8to4Mcmslagh Opelousas, La., Nov. 3 A mistrial was recorded this morning In the case of Mrs. Zee Runge McRee; accused of murdering Allan Garland, .a Tulane university student .The Jury, out sine noon. yesterday,' reported that they could no agree.. . v Mrs. McRee expected a speedy ac quittal, but ' Foreman HUdage stated T Now Rests at Hot Springs, Va. His "Swings Around the Circle" Record-Breaking. Hot Springs, Va., Nov. 3. President Taft brought his second tour of the .ountry to a temporary halt, here to lay. He expects to enjoy a rest here jntll Monday, and will play golf and ake everything easy. According to officials, his "swing iround the circle" waa the longest iver taken by a president 7 Going :rom Beverly to Hot Springs by, way it Seattle, San Francisco, Los An eles, Washington and a few hundred ther cities, Taft traveled 13,486 miles, jeatlng his own previous record by ibout 100 miles. Before returning o Washington President Taft visits Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, adding 1114 miles to his Journey. Taft )assed through 36 states, making ipeeches In 30. The president The president has Mien on the road 4 days since leav- ng- Beverly and he made tot speech m, speaking to 1,600,000 persons. Al most nve million people caught a llmpse of the president. In ths gen weeks the' president vaa away, he was never out of touch with the White House. More than i oA ltfrM an1 fsilatrramfl Wafa Ps ceived on the trip and tho mails and 1SVV IQltCI a fjliu P w - . telegraph wires were kept busy dally, THINK COTTON STATES PLAN NOT PRACTICAL Now York Hankers llellev Europe Would Question (Vrdit of Several (Vittoii Male. New York, Nov. I. Bankers and cotton men hers ars skeptical of the practicability of the plan approved by the conference of southern gover ners for valorising the cotton crop with the assistance of a foreign syn dicate. It Is claimed the states would have to he behind the foreign bankers to mske th ixhem successful and thHt the credit of some of the prin cipal cotton states Is seriously datn- HKed by repudiation in reconstruction times of bonds. A. ft. M;i n il, former .,-.! .1 ti t of ii,i. ri.iiMi i imi,i, il.'i !.ii. , ih.' i ii LIFT BRINGS LONG TOUR : TIT fl TEMPOHAHY HAL Indictment ; Jury in the Richeson Case. ihat the Jury -stood eight to four for conviction of manslaughter. , - , Acting District ? Attorney. - Dubisson announced a rehearing would be set for Monday of next week. He said the state would , oppose any motion for a change of venue and would in slst on the second trial being con ducted In Opelousas. . t -. ...... VIOLATION OF ELECTION LAW CHARGED: BY FOSS Inquiry as to Whether Corpor ation Aid Was Asked in Massachusetts Campaign. Boston, Nov. J. District Attorney Pelletler announced last night that he has requested the treasurers of the republican and democrat state com missions to submit their books to him for examination and has started an Investigation along certain other lines regarding political . advertlsmenta In the newspapers. ' The district attorney sa his action was due to the receipt of a letter from Governor Foss, charging that Chair man Hatfield and other officers of the republican state committee violated the statutes by appealing to corpora tions for financial support The gov ernor also , charges that Theodore Roosevelt and other editors and offi cials of the Outlook company, the Boston Herald, the officers of the United Shoe Machinery- company, American Woolen cAmpany, and Ark- wright club, published or caused to be published for circulation in this state, political advertisements not signed In accordance with the statutes of 1043. ' The advertisements, it Is maintain ed, were autagonlstlc to the demo cratic, candidates In the state cam- palgn. TURKS DRIVE ITALIC INTO CITY OF T Berlin, Nov. S. A report that all the outer foru at Txlpolt are in the Turks' hands Is confirmed her. Ital Inn hold the forts within the city proper. . COMET BRIGHTEST NOV Vlc-.llal Wanderer i'lnlii:; Visible) In the Kastcrn Sky In the l -ai ly Moruiut;. ("amlirUlKO. .-.-k is the r. N. 3 Tt SI OS OVERTOREBELS No Resistance Made When Revplutionaries Enter the , Great City and Take Arsenal. FLAMES SWEEP HANKOW WHILE BATTLE RAGES Situation in Insurgent Hotbed ' Described as Appalling ' : Loyalists Losing Yang- ' !': '' Ste Valley. . Shanghai, Nov. 3. Tho arsenal and the native city of Shanghai was'tuken over by the rcvolutionlstslate this af ternoon. No resistance was made by the authorities. It is expected that WuBung and the up-river forts will fall tonight Some foreign warships landed marines here before the rebels took possession. '' '.', It Is reported that the rebels at Klu- ' Klang have seized the- British tugboat Sampson. The revolutionary flag floats over all the buildings In the vicinity of the arsenal here. Police and native soldiers are making no attempt to in--terfore with the insurgents. ' ihe latest advices from Hankow . give assurances that foreign conces sions are safe. The province of Tun-Nan on the . southwestern frontier has declared Its independence. Yuri-Nan has a popu lation of twelve million. Emperor's Fower Shown. Peking, Nov. J. The national, as- ; sembly today completed tha draft of a basis upon which it proposes to con struct the new constitution of China It was submitted to the throne and accepted immediately. . . a The tentative plan provides for ths;' " perperrtrtygf. jthe Mancu dynasty, tyit th powfcr 4t the amperor Is closely re stricted by a constitution which Is to be writtea by the national assembly, subject to amendment by parliament The imperial princes are made ineli gible to the office of premier and can not become members of the cabinet or administrators of -provinces. Great Hre Sweeps Hankow. ' Hong Kong,, Nov. t. Dispatches from Hankow, describe the situation there as appalling. A conflagration is sweeping the city. In the fighting between the rebels and the loyalist the imperial batteries are lifting shells Into the native quarter, while the rebels are firing with long range guns - on ths loyalists' positions. , Many Flee Peking. The exodus from Peking- continues. the doors of many shops, as well as private houses, being closed in antic ipation of a massacre. The American missionaries who have had a confer ence with the legation, havs decided that a tew soldiers placed in each of the large mission compounds would suffice to prevent ordinary outlawry ana looting, which Is expected to be gin any night. But should there bo general outbreak all ' the others could take refuge in the Methodist mission, which is immediately east of the legation quarter and easily de fended. Troops Mutiny, Maying Manclius. , An official dispatch from Bhlh-Kla- Tan, Shan-81 province, says that a regiment of Shan-SI troops which had been dispatched to help the imperial ists, has mutlned. The mutineers kill ed their brigadier-general, and then' bombarded a Manchu city, massacre- " ing a thousand. Manchua, Including , the governor and his family. Letters dated Octobet it and SO from the Associated Press correspond ent with the Imperialist army at Han kow, say that in the struggle for the possession of the city there was hand- to-hand fighting In the street the quarters being too close for shooting. The rebels, mostly raw recruits, not1 understanding the use of rifles, were driven back with much slaughter, their dead piling up on the quay. The casualties among the Imperialists for two days, ctober IS and it, were 10 killed and 160 .wounded. The rebels had about 769 , killed or wounded. No prisoners were taken. ' Rebels captured alive were shot or decapi tated. it Is learned that the most barbar ous outrsges were perpetrated on In nocent persona In the villages. The staff nfricera, says the corre spondent are quartered In sn ex press train, with engine attached for immediate service. The chief of staff, Colonel Ylh, Is now at the front di recting operatlona Prior to the opening of operations on October 27, General Yin Tchang told the respective commanders that the advance must be made, end re wards were ottered to the soldiers for every gun captured. The rebels, whu at first numls-red not more than lniui, hot from the house tops until com pelled to retire, the alo lU from th warships setting the houses on flic. ltspatr-hes received in Pi-kin ms v the reikis occupied S-'il li'm ! . n Monday last, but on the .,un t , !e ioii'iTuiiin.'s drove t oi t . : I imi in tni w , - . V
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