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1 k iU M T3 LZZZZ1A.TZD ST IDITIOir 4:00 P. IL ' DispjiTcara t ' . Weather Forecast: UNSETTLED. VOL. XVI. NO. 235. ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 9, 1911. 3c PER COPY . Maryland Rejects Gorman, A Democrat, as Governor ThpMicanpefeatcd 0y FORCERIES By the Bay State Voters, TnT, , P7cn nnn lUlflLIUU.UUU x . - - - " s TOBACCO TRUST Ml APPR 0 VEO IPMiJE Few Modifications. Made by Federal Circuit Court Judges in Corporation's ' Own Dissolution Schema. , WICKERSHAM'S PLEA " IS DENIED BY COURT Government Not Allowed Five Years in Which to Apply for Further Relief. New York, Nov. 9. So much un easiness has been ' felt lest, ttiere be a hitch in the tobacco trust re-organization,' that the U..'S.- circuit court's decision .accepting the Ameri can Tobacco company's (rian was dis cussed In Wall street,. fth manifes tations of relief. The effect of the de cision on the tobacco company secu rities was less Interesting, apparently, than the result In the general mar ket. Although steps may be taken by Independent tobacco men to review the decision, yesterday's action of the court apparently has stopped receiv ership talk, a bugbear that has hov ered over Investors since the Inde pendents began to fight against the reorganization plans proposed by the company. Slight modifications made by the court In the proposition submitted by the company brought forth no expres sions of disappointment or disapprov al from the disintegrating trust's of ficers and counsel; With a few l modification, the federal circuit court In a de rision of approval filed yester day afternoon, has accepted the dis solution plan drawn up by the Ameri can Tobacco company In accordance with a mandate of the United Stater Supreme court.. . . The; decision ofvapproval "wfes filed by Judge, Coombs of r tlMfs United Mates Circuit Court J shortly fter stock market hours and supplement ary opinion were filed by Judges Coxe and Noyas concurring generally with Judge Lacombe. No one of the Judges regarded the plan as perfect, but all declared that the Ideal was beyond attainment and that as a sub stantial compliance with the law, the plan as slightly modified appeared the best attainable. Each Judge asserted his belief that the plan Is honest, and that there Is no question of the good faith of its authors. The features of the decision are that the dissolution should be consum mated without delay; that the request of Attorney General Wlckersham for the reservation by the government of right to apply fdr further or other re lief within a period of five years if the plan did not result in harmony with the law. Is declared not to? be within the authority of the court to grant: that the court does enjoin for a period of three years the 29 Individual de fendants In thn suit from acquiring any additional holdings In the compa nies Into which the trust Is spilt; and that the application made by the In dependents for the dissolution of the United Cigar Stores company lay out side the authority of the court, hut that this did not preclude any inde pendent action later against the Cigar Stores company as an Individual cor poration. 1 The announcement of the court's action was followed almost immedi ately by the declaration of counsel for several of the opposing Independent tobacco Interests that an attempt un doubtedly would be made to have the decision reviewed by the United States Supreme court. Judge Noyes drew a general moral from the case. In conclusion he said: "The extent to which it has been necessary to tear apart this combina tion and fores It Into new forms with the attendant burdens, ought to dem onstrate that the federal anti-trust statute Is a draato statute which ac complishes effective results, which so long as It stands on the statute books must be obeyed, and which cannot be disobeyed without Incurring far reaching penalties. And. on the other hand the successful reconduction of this organisation should teach that the effect of enforcing " this statute against Industrial combinations Is not to destroy but to recreate In accord ance with the conditions which the congress has declared shall exist among ths people of ths UnlteJ States." ' MESSER IN CUSTODY Man Bald to Have Kliot Young Sutton Now In Jail In New-port, Tcnn. Special to The Oaiette-News. Waynesvllle, Nov. 9. Further news was tecelved here today regarding tne murder of younc Button at Hlg t reek last Sunday night. This Is to the ef fect that the murder occurred on the Tennessee side of the line and that Meuser, the man who Is said to have hot Sutton. Is now in custody In the Newport jail at Newport, Tenn. Famous F.l-fcnt Dies, Aged 108. Now York. Nov. .Miss Carrie, former mute of JhiiiIio, the first ele I'lmul I. j,,, nil I.i America and oik it I . ,1 i.Mhiv from I-- For the second time since the civil war, Maryland has apparently elect ed a republican governor. The de feated candidate is a son of the late famous democratic senate leader. i E I Coroner May Fasten Other Tragic Deaths on Mrs. 1 Louise Vennilya. ,a Chkaito. Nov.' 9. Corone Hoffman will take another body from the grave I to add to the chain of evidence against . i Mrs. Louise Vermllya, now held in Jail charged with murdering Arthur BIs- sonette. The grave which will be opened' Is that of Charles Vermllya. j the accused woman's second husband. ' The coronr. with two detectives I went today to Crystal Lake for the immediate purpose of exhuming the body and Incidentally to make Inqul- I ries regarding the courtship of Lou ise 'Vermllya and her husband and the facts connected with the deuth of the first Mrs. Vermllya. H THE LEADERSHIP Announcement a Surprise Party Hostility Principal Reason for Action. London, Nov .9. The unionist, par ty Is to swap horses while crossing the home rule stream. Arthur J. Hal- four, at an emergency meeting of tho city of London Conervatlve associa tion, yesterday afternoon, announce to his constituents his retirement from the leadership of the opposition. Impaired health. Increasing age and the desirability of the leadership paus ing into younger hands were the rea sons which he gave for this step In a speech which was marked by much feeling. Hut no one doiibta mat tne increasing attacks against him by the. ambitious younger conservatives, par ticularly the tariff reformers, were the principal factors in Inspiring nis decision. While a number of Influential unionists and would-be leaders, nota bly Austin Chamberlain and V. K. Smith, have been demanding his re tirement from .the leadership, few believed Mr. Ilaulfour would drop the helm In such an Important stage of the party's fortunes. Reports were circulated that Lord Lansdowne. leader of the opposition In the house of lords who shared In the attacks, would accompany his colleague to the background. But Lord Lansdowne Issued a denial of this. . Mr. Balfour will remain In the house of commons, although he would be tlrvated to the peerage If he so desired. White he. as ex-premier, was recognlned as the leader of the whole party, the leadership will now be divided, his successor sharing It with Lord lansdowne. That succes sor doubtless will be the Rt Hon. Walter Hume IOng, who represents the Strand. A caucus has been called tot Mon day to choose a new lesder. Dissatisfaction with Mr. Balfour as leader hns long been growing among the tariff reformers, who criticised his ammivnt lack of convictions on (but IsKue. and rained great Impetus tthvii lifl mhli. d the itoiioH of lord to 0 AGuUSEIIN PRESIDING ELDERS PRESENT REPORTS Methodist Conference Told the Past Year Was One of - 4 Progress. t... - gneclal to The Gazotte-Newg. ; .Statesvllle, Nov. 9. The characters of the preachers of the Ashevllle and Charlotte districts were passed this morning and the remainder of the session of the Western North Caroli- ntt conference of the Southern Metho- al cnurcn was occupied with, aa- aresses ot general interest to the con- fcrence and the church. Rev. George I Sexton, bishop Kilgo and Bishop nKe auvocaiing a reprenenta- tlve church to be erected at Wash ington, D. C. This conference has teen requested to contribute $RO00 to the cause. Rev. C. B. Bulla spoke in the Inter ests of tho Wesley adult Bible class, Itev. Julius M. Gath In behalf of the Jews, to whom he Is a missionary, and Hev. James Cannon in behalf of the Southern assembly at Waynes ville. ' Bishop lloss urged the Importance of 'Hinging old hymns In tho confer ence and church services and Insist ed that preachers be prompt In at tendance at the devotional service ev ery morning during the conference. The first session of the West ern North Carolina conference was largely attended, the audi torium of Broad street church Iwlng -tilled. Bishop Hoss conducted the devotional service, with which the session began. This Is the first time he hus held this conference. - As was expocted. Rev. W. L. Sher rlll,. who has been the capable secre tary of the conference for ths past 17 years, was re-elected, and upon his nomination, the following named members of the conference were elected assistant secretaries: Harold Turner, J. B. Carpenter. J. F. Kirk, J. F. HarrelKon, W. K. Sandford and F. B. Bunch. Tho remarks of Rev. Frank Wood, one of the superannuated preachers, were Impressive and will be remem bered, lie said It Is a hard tlma that comes to a preacher when he must look to the conference for his sup port, when he Is no longer able for active Work In the ministry, especial ly when the support he receives Is not sufficient to pay his hoard. ' He said farther that the empr.aala which the church Is laying on foreign missions Is so great that other claims are over shadowed by It The amount of money for the support of superan nuated preachers and widows and or phans in 'Ms conforenca Is only f 10. 000, and there are 111 claimant while the conference was assessed last year $21,600 for foreign missions and the same amount for domestic missions. The calling of the roll showed a large number of the clerical mem bers of ths conference present, but only a few of the lay delegates. After the completion of the roll, W. L. Sherrlll announced that during the past year the following named mem bers of the conference have died: R. IT. Helsabeck. T. A. Boone, T. H. Ed wards, T. T. Bnlyer and W.'O. Rudl- III. Transfers. The 1 1 rut minute question which HI: hop Hoss called was ' question "Who tf j received by transfer from other conferences?" Bishop Hoss an nounced the names of J. l 'feague, from the Tenneisee conference, sod W. . Knili-.HI. from tbe l.os Angeles conf. n tu Mr 1,'MiliMill urn tlans- ( I w j n I. Dragon Flag Is Lowered in ; China's Largest Largest -:. City Dynasty's Over "''' throw Inevitable. REBELS TAKE FOO-CHOW; FIRE" SWEEPING CITY Anarchy at Chang-Sha Be cause of. Revolutionary Leaders' Rivalry Two Gaierals Slain. Shanghai, Nov. 9. Nanking in the south and Peking In the north ap--pear tonight the remaining strong holds of the Manchug. Foreigners are safe. . '" Foo-Chow, the i capital of the. To- keln province, wsn turned over o the revolutionaries today after little reslstence. . Wn-Hu is likely to capit ulate tonight. The Manchus are still holding Nanking, but they are out numbered four to one by revolution ists who are awaiting supplies of am munition before resuming the attack. The latter lost heavily yesterday with out greatly damaging the enemy. The American, German and British warships landed marines to protect the consulates, Where foreigners are gathered. Revolutionaries Lose 1000. Nanking, Nov. .9. Loyal troops still hold the Purple mountain, the city's stronghold. ' The. besiegers, attacking at a disadvantage, lost heavily. Yes terday fighting was begun premature ly by the revolutionists and the latter lost 1000 killed and wounded. The Manchus were strongly entrenched with six three-Inch guns and ample ammunition. - The revolutionists far outnumber the Imperialists and are being rapid ly reinforced. Today they totalled approximately J5.400 men. Opposing them are C00O Manchus. . Women and chfforeA have departed from the threatened districts. Americans have found refuge In the consulate grounds, where they are protected by marines and bluejackets from the United States cruiser New Orleans. Foo-Cliow Is In , Flames. Amoy, Nov. 9. The city of Foo- Chow is In the revolutionists' hands. The revolutionists wiped out the entire Manchu district but the foreign settle ment was. undisturbed. Fires broke out In various sections and the entire city is threatened. Foo-Chow is one of the most Import ant cities In the south, with a popula tion of 700,000. The situation at Amoy Is quiet. Republican (ienerals Murdered. Chang-Sha, Nov. 9. A condition bordering on anarchy exists here be cause of the desperate rivalry of the revolutionary leaders who took pos session of the city. Two of the most prominent republican chieftains. Gen erals Caio and Tseng, were today murdered by soldiers. Foreign women and children have been ordered to leave Blang-Tan. People are flocking to the country dis tricts. , ' Dragon ling Lowered. Hong Kong, Nov. 9. Canton, the capital of Kwung-Tung province and Chinas largest city, today formally declared Its Independence when the dragon flag was lowered and a salute in honor of the new government was tired. I Court lrcaeed to lleo. Peking, Nov. 9. Excitement Is growing here tonight. Fifteen hun dred Infantrymen, 900 cavalrymen of the Manchu first division, who fled from Chl-Kla-Chuang after the assas sination of General Wu Lu-Cheng, ar rived hers today and are quartered In the city. The legations consider all hope for the Manchu dynasty has vanished. The court Is preparing to flee. The prince regent has ordered two hundred carts held In readiness to transport the palace treasure. Its destination is uncertain. Becrot palace conferences with the Mongol princes are believed to pres age the Intention of the Imperial fam ily to loin the Mongols and seek Rus sian protection. . Ths only railway remaining under the protection of the Manchu troops is that to Kalgan, whither a number of the imperial clansmen already have sent their families. , ' It Is now war to the death between the Chinese and ths Manchus, with the overthrow of the dynasty Inevit able., The assassination of General Wu Lu-Cheq, one of the moat popular leaders of the army league, by Man chu soldiers of his command has thrown against the dynasty the only agency capable of upholding It. Ths whole northern army, which was pro fesslng loyalty. Is vowing vengeance against the Manchus. . All political considerations are awampf by tha racial bitterness The army leaders are convinced that the assassination was ordered from Peking. General Wu sent a stroug memorial demanding drastic punutlimeut far tto war minister. General Yin Chang, and the members of tha general staff in account of ths Hankow maasnore. Ills assaxainatton waa ths tnswsr, declare ,h!.l friends. All the Chinese commands In the vicinity of I'ekln are reported to be M IihI for the capital. The soldiers who killed Ceneral Wu belong to the ('.''"llllllfd I'll () k !W.'-,Vi','.,?:V: : mmm The republicans lost Massachusetts, having an important bearing on the tariff was a leading issue. CASE IS ARGUED Federal Supreme, Court : Con- j" aiders Appeal Against PaVfr ten and Others. Washington, Nov. 9. One of tht, most notable cases ever brought under the Sherman anti-trust act waa on the docket for consideration in the United States Supreme court today under the popular title, "the cotton corner cff " The case arose out of the Indictment in New York of James A. Patten, Eugene G. Scale, Frank B. Harno and William P. Brown on a charge of con spiracy in violation of the Sherman law. Several counts of the Indictment were held Invalid by the United States Circuit court for southern Nbw York and the government appealed to the Supreme court from this holding. Technical questions arising out of the appeal were up for argument to day before the court. Tho Indictment charged the defend ants with conspiring to buy enough cotton on the New York cotton ex change to enable them to control the price, and then sell at arbitrary prices. The defendants wcro charged with knowing that the. natural results of their acts would be to obstruct trade In cotton nn 1 injure bonalldu spinners and manufacturers by compelling them. In buying cotton, to compete with "short sellers" who would bo purchasing under the abnormal condi tions produced by the "corner." The lower court held that "running corner" on the market was not n violation of thn Sherman nnti-tnist law. This holding was bused on the theory that the "corner" had no, direct effect upon Interstate commerce. POSTAL CLERK JAILED; S20.Q00 THEFT CHARGED George E. Huffman Arrested as Result of Disappearance of a Registered Package. Lynchburg, Va., Nov. 9. George K, Huffman, a postal clerk on 'the Southern railway between Washing ton and Charlotte, N. C, was arrest' ed yesterday afternoon on the charge of stealing a registered package from the malls here during the night of October It. He waa confined In the city jail to await examination before Commissioner O'Brien. Huffman, who has been under sur veillance by postal Inspectors since the theft waa reported, was brought here several days ago ostensibly to aid the Inspcr'ars. The Inspectors say Huffman waa spending money freely the day following the robbery and that this led to his arrest. The registered package stolen, which was Insured by a private compsny, was consigned by a Keystone ( W. Va.) bank to a correspondent in Phlladel phla. Huffn.tn St yeais old and Uvea at Penri Lnlrd, Rockingham coun ty, this slate, and has hnd a good record In the railway mull sen Ice for 10 lean. A. COTTON CORNER IoIN BIbESRO v FKOXKIKClrlMl where the result was regarded as coming presidential election. The CLAIM THE POLICE Violent ' Deaths of Sleeping Hulsljands-Direct Suspicion at Mrs. Quinn. Chicago, Nov. 9. An Investigation of the shooting of John M. Qulnn here last Saturday leads the police to .be lieve they have encountered another murder case similar to that of Mrs. Vermllya. Mrs. Qulnn claims a bur glar shot her husband, who was found dying In bed. Detectives have discovered that the woman was married twice before and that her second husband also was shot to death asleep In bed. The letter's mother, living with the couple, also died In mysterious cir cumstances. LEGISLATIVE CONTEST IN NEW MEXICO CLOSE Democratic State Ticket Elect ed and Interest Centers in Control of Assembly. Alliuiucriue, N. M., Nov. 9. With many outlaying district unheard from. Interest in Tuesday's elections centers In the neck anil neck race between republicans snd the democratic-progressive, republican coalition for con trol of the legislature Which elects two United States senators. This morning's returns give the republi cans 31 out of 7 votes In the Joint assembly and thn coalition candidates 35, with four seats In doubt. Should the coalition control the legislature. It la expected that one of the new senatora will be democratic. That the entire democratic state ticket, headed by W. C. McDonald for governor, as Wll as the demo cratic congressional candidates, H. B. Ferguson and Pax Valverde, have ma jorities of between, S000 and 6000 seems probable. . Gotham Street Cleaners Strike. New York, Nov. 9. Most of New York's garbage cans and ash barrels are still on the curb this morning Two thousand street cleaners assigned to this work declare they will remain on strike unless they ara (ranted bet ter conditions, Taft lias Pardoned 4 IS. Washington, Nov. 9. Roosevelt's pardon record will be broken If Pres ident Taft keeps pardoning at ti' present rate. Since he became Ptosl dent, Taft has granted clemency In 448 cases. He pays little attention to lengthy petitions, holding one reason worth a thousand signatures. Fom to Attend Dedication. Boston, Nov. 9. Governor Foss snd a delegation representing Massachu setts left today to attend the dedlca M'n of the monuments the slnto erect el at Petersburg, Ya , and Valley Furge, i, Three Arrested as Leaders of Bands , Long" Trailed , by Bankers' As sociation. POLICE ARE SEEKING I FOR ITALIAN ARTIST One Captured Branded as Mas ter Mind of a Notorious Black Hand Or ganisation. I New York, Nov. 9. Three men, who, according to the charge of Dep uty Police Commissioner Dougherty, are leaders of a band of forgers who In the last five years have swindled New York banks out of more than (500,000, have been arrested here. John Charles Carles), one of the men arrested, according to Mr. Dougher ty's charge, is the leader of the band. It is charged also that he was the master mind of the Italian kidnap pers and black hand criminals that terrorized New York recently. Two of the men arrested have made a full confession, the police report. A score or more of detectives . are searching for an Italian artist said to be well known in New York. Dough erty declares the artist executed with a camel's-halr brush the scores of checks which deceived bank cashiers in Nre? York and many other large cities east of the Mississippi river. Dougherty declined to give the name ' of the Italian artist. - . Police officers arrested Carlesl at his saloon. In the heart of the "black hand district," ( It was in this saloon, Mr. Dougherty said, that Constablle, charged with bomb throwing, and MIcelll, arrested on s charge of kid napping, made their headquarters. In the- homes tf , WHlient Schuts- jf berger and Isadore Weiss, two of tha prisoners, Dougherty said, ths police found a large number of blank bank checks, bottles of acid and other ma terials used by forgers. Dougherty, who formerly was superintendent of the Pinkerton Detective agency, said that the Plnkertona and the Ameri can Bankers' association have been trying to trail the band of forgers for five years. They operated In such a clever manner, he said, that they had little difficulty In eluding the police. To the Italian artist said to be known In society circles, Mr. Dough erty gives credit for the success of the forgeries, which. Including cities other than New York, will aggregate $750,000. A SAYING HEJMIED HER Mrs. Carrie E. Cope Seeks $50,- 000 from. Dr. D. H. Moore of Cincinnati Topeka. Kan., Nov. 9. The contro- cersy between Bishop David H. Moore of Cincinnati, of the Methodist Epis copal church, and Mrs. Carrie E. Cope of Topeka, growing out of the formu- tlon by Mrs. Cope of an auxiliary of the national branch ot Women's Home Mission society for the Methodist Epls- , copal church, reached a crisis when suit for $50,000 damages against tho bihop was filed by Mrs. Cope late yes terday. . .. ,t. A The suit follows recent charge made against Bishop Moere to ths conference of bishops by Mrs. Cope alleging that Bishop Moore had libeled her In a letter on ths subject of a bequest of 110,000 left to the wom en's home mission society by Mrs. Fannie Murray ot Atchison county, Kan. FOR DRINKIN6, 1.1 KILLS H1USELF Traveling Salesman Named McGhee Commits Suicide In Marshall. Special to The Oasette-News. Marshall, Nov, 9. U Is' learned that the men ho eoninttted suicide here Tuesday'. la MrJ'nee, that Ms home was In Ohio and that he travel, td for a New York concern. A broth er has sent for the body. McOhea ns a passenger on a train, and becoming disorderly was 1 s here. . 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