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ill , - ( Till ASSOCIATED , PRESS DISPATCHES ' LAST EDITION . 4:00 P. BL Weather Forecast: CN8ETTLKD; RAIN. UIOL .XVI. NO. 242. ASHEVILLE, N O., FRIDAY,; AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 17, 1911. So PER COPY ill (Iv. Two Methodists fa Sze-Chaen Province' Killed with KnivesNames Not Learned. THOUSAND CASUALTIES IN CHAN-CHOW CLASH Fight Rages for Three Days ; - Officials ' of . Interior Towns Abandon . Posts.'.'-;'.: Victoria. B. C, Nov. 17. News mi received here today of the murder of two foreign-missionaries Jn Sze-Chuen province. One of them was attached to the American Methodist mission and the other to' the Canadian Methodist mission. Their name have not been ascertained.-' Both . were stabbed ,. to death. - :'". . ; .' 1 Amoyt Nov.i X 7. Interior towns In the southern' half of the province of Fo-Klen having been abandoned by Imperial officiate, are appealing, to the revolutionists to send magistrates to preserve order. ' According to native estimates, over 1000 casualties occurred up to last night in three days fighting at Chang Chow. . .' ' j , Yuan's Coune a Puule. ' - . Peking, Nov. 17. It is questionable whether Premier Yuan Shl-Kai's new cabinet which -was named In an Im perial edict yesterday, will stand. One of the members expressed amazement at his appointments. It 1 ' believed that few of the new ministers have been consulted and It is expected that several will decline to serve. . . The cabinet comprises curious ap pointments, Liang ' Chl-Chlao." ap pointed vice president of the board of justice. Is the great Chinese reformer who was ejtlled by the late empress dowager at Yuan Shl-Kai's suggestion. Chang Chlen, appointed president of the board of agriculture and com merce, Is a member of the new gov ernment of Klang-8hu. He signed' with Wu Ting-Fang, the demand for the throne's abdlction, which the re formers sought to have delivered to the prince regent through the Ameri can ! legation. Several other members of the new cabinet are known to be strong sympathisers with the revolu tionary movement -The organisation of the cabinet was evidently an attempt to Include In Its personnel representatives of all par ties. The question arises whether Yuan 8hl Kl was unable to foresee his Inability to operate such a cabinet if it could be actually formed. Opln Ject Yuan Sht-Kal has In view. His ob ject may be to convince the throne that a capable cabinet cannot be formed, but he gives the Impression to visitors, both Chinese and foreigners. that he Is determined to defeat the rebels, i The foreign diplomatic representa tives have under discussion the ap polntment of a committee to disburse the maritime customs which are being reserved by ' the Inspector-general. Francis Arthur Aglen for payment of loans and Indemnities. This seems to be the beginning of foreign inter ference In the financial - affairs of China. Certain members of the na tlonal assembly - are advocating the discontinuance of that body, .because a large majority of the elected members have left the capital. Those who re. main are chiefly the throne's appoln tees, and the assembly Is without quorum. 1 '. Foreign Troops at Tlen-Tsin. London, Nov.-17. A news dispatch from Tlen-Tsln, China, says rittsh, French and Russian troops . today made separate demonstrations there by parading in the streets. BLOOD CLOT REMOVED . FBOU UyULFS SKDU Wound Inflicted by Earwood More Serious Than Was at First Apparent Patrolman C. J. Innle. who was wounded In the head a few days ago with a knife In the hands of "Buddie Earwood. entered the Mission hospital this morning and underwent an opVr atlon by Dr. A. T. Prltchard. who re moved a blood clot from his skull which had been forming there. At the time he was wounded It was not thought that the cut was very Serious, but anon afterward Mr. Ingle began to suffer with a staggarln bllndnea. and It was found to J1' necessary to. perform the operation. It Is thought that the knife blade might have heen infected in some way. elot ahout th ie of the little linger waa reitmv.il. Mr. i , v wounded In a diffi culty . , 1. .,m I n! had r r. v ' mm School Teacher to Take Standi Miss Cluunberlaln Says ! Three Men Applied Tatu-Womcn Barred from Courtroom. V A MISS WAfeV (WBEfcLAlW 1 Lincoln Center, Kan., Nov,' -17 Twelve jurymen, all subject to chal- icnge, sat in tae Dox when the case of Sherrlll Clark, a merchant and brother of Everett G. Clark,, who already has pleaded guilty; A. N. Syms. . a mill worker,' and John Schmidt, a farmer, was called In the district court today. They are charged with assault and battery in connection with the tarring of Miss Mary Chamberlain.' , ; j Farmers - from the 'surrounding counties are driving many miles to hear evidence in the "tarring", case! No women will be allowed in the court room, because the Judge "believed the testimony would be unfit for the ears of any mother or daughter In Lincoln county." ' i .;.' . : The possibility of securing a Jury jefore night led the prosecution to declare Miss Chamberlain would take he stand tomorrow and tell her story. According to Miss Chamberlain,' three nen did the actual work of tarring while the remainder of the mob look ed on. One man held her prostrate, another held the bucket of tar and a third smeared the tar over the wom an's body and limbs. -. .. RACES AT WORDS ELECTRIC CHAIR" Frenzied Slayer's " Shrieks Force Adjournment of Springfield Court. . Springfield, Mass.-, Nov.' 17. Driven Into a state 6f frenzy by A witness' ref erence to the electric chair at his trial for the murder of .Miss Martha Black- stone, a school . teacher, , Qertram' G. Spencer hurled himself . against the prisoner's steel cage and. shrieked and moaned. Court proceedings were sus pended thirty minutes. . . . Thomas E.. Bligh, a policeman, was closing his testimony regarding a con veraation he had with (Spencer. "He told me he did not want to go to the electrlo chair. He said, 'do anything with me but that.'" Bligh had testified. Hardly had the words been uttered when Spencer threw him self against the grating. Men stood In their seats, while the few women in the courtroom cried out in terror. His arms aloft, his face colorless, Spencer shouted at the witness: "Why don't you tell the truth T" Alienists who were seated near tne cage jumped out of their chairs at the prisoner's first shout and began tuking coolous botes. The story read by Miss Bessie Mies, police stenographer, of Spencer s itatement to the Dollce was senssv tlonaL It related how Spencer, mask ed and armed, lay under beds In dot ens of Sprlnfteld homes awaiting an opportunity to steal. ' MurnV of Mltei Blaclwume. Rerardlnff the - murder of Miss Blackstone. he is alleged to have said Going up to the Dow house, I trtea all the windows and found one un locked. Then I took off my overcoat and shoes, putting on a black soft and a black handkerchief around my neck. I opened the window and went In. I had with, me my revolver ana my searchlight. , v , "In a bureau drawer In .that first room I went In I opened a drawer and took from it a bead belt and a small bluish stone. I put these In my pock et I then went Into the hall and Into the dlnlna- room. - There In the door way I saw four women who all jumped ud and screamed. "One of them ran away from me and shoes; nutting on a black soft hat at me. I heard voices In all dlrec (Ions. I thought the house was sur roundod. "I grabbed my gun from my'holater and ahot twlce-bng! hang: uae that Then I rah to the front door. Outalde I got my shoes and coat " I then ran down the hill to a large chestnut tree, where I put on my shoes. Then I went over a fence to MUln street There I saw an officer James A. Dowling, whom I knew, "Arriving In my house, 1 closed the door of bedroom, took out my revoi ver and cleaned It I reloaded It and put It under my pillow vlth my sear- hlu ht. I wt-nt to bed a llttlo a ter nine o'clock and l'it Roundly. rui no hi a Quarter !t nix and wen to u o. i.. " piii irnnniHric I mini uiimiuu SEEM BLOCKED Unanimous Consent Now Nec essary to Bring McNamara Resolution Before Federation. CIVIC FEDERATION SCORED BY MINERS Samuel Oompers May Be Ask- ,..'. i. . .!.' .'-..".'. ed to Sever - His Official v Connection With That ; .Organization, i , . ""7,;Y Atlanta, Nov. 17. Anticipation that the California delegation to the Amer ican Federation of Labor convention will make further attempts to obtain recognition for tho resolution appro printing 60,000 ' for the-' McNamara brothers' defense held the delegates' Interest , today. President Oompers' successful efforts prevented . the in troduction of the resolution yesterday and the convention's unanimous con sent must now be obtained, before the matter can be Introduced as reso lutlon.' y.-. ' ' ; . Gompers' Opposition Develops. The fact that efforts have been made by President Oompers to suppress the resolution came out yesterday on 'the floor of tho convention. - Gompers May Quit Civic Federation Before the convention Is over, Mr. Oompers and four other labor leaders, who are heads of various crafts, may be asked to sever their connection with the National Civic Federation, which, according to a resolution offer ed by the United Mine Workers "Is largely composed of and financed by employers of labor, many of whom are the most bitter enemies of organ tzed labor.". The resolution requests that all officers connected with the Civio Federation resign. Mr. Oompers and the associates mentioned are members of the executive committee of the federation. It l ,nndersUod thatHtie- Western- Federation '6rMlh era and several state delegations will support the resolution. - '' - The resolution recites that the con flict between the employing and work- ng classes is constantly becoming tense and that the former are "con- tantly becoming more brutal In their treatment of the workers, as evidenced by the desperate attempts to throttle organized labor by use of the injunc tion, the black list and the more re cent method of kidnapping the offi cers of labor organizations." SEEKING FUl UBOR M.1G IDLE OF CITIES Employment Readily to Be Found in Rural Districts Of Almost Every State. pyAi't'Yd ' . . . .. .. Washington, Nov. 17. There Is cry ing need for labor on the farms of the United States, offering opportunity to the Immigrant and the native unem ployed. , This condition was empha sized by state Immigration officials here yesterday at a Joint conference with the federal Immigration author ities called for the purpose of finding means Of co-operation between the government forces for the distribu tion of Immigrants, settlers and the unemployed to .the ' localities where they are needed. Practically every state In the union waa represented. - A number of reso lutions were offered and a committee appointed to evolve a 'practical meth od by which the division of informs tlon of the United States immigration service and the state Immlgrntlon offl cers may work In harmony. Charles Harris, manager of tne free employment bureau of Kansas, declared that college students afford ed the best help on the farms. Four' fifths of the farms In Ohio are - in need 'of- labor, according to A. P. Sandlea, secretary of agriculture that state. of WEST POINTERS LEAD THE CHINESE REBELS Heiviit Graduates of United States Military Academy Prominent In Nanking Operations. West Point .Nov. 17. Whei. the Chinese revolutionists move against Nanking for the most decisive battle of the rebellion, two of their most prominent leaders will be Ting Ch la- Chen and Yin Tslng-Wen, graduates of the United States military acad emy, of the class of HO. They were the first Chinese sent here to learn military science and spent II months In Germany and France after com pletlng their 'course. ' Oprn Olds for Federal Building. Washington. Nov. 17. Bids for the construction of the new bureau of engraving and printing building were opened yextiirday. J. Henry Miller, ino., of lip. '"'.flore was the lnwext M1 dur. Ik f'hnnte l. ( i ar tl.1.77 fr a i -..! mi. I i.:- rn rrv " MAINE'S BOILERS, UNCOVERED, REVEAL 5 2 W ;i; y he t ri il i ' " Vi-T jrsZ- Xx 7 O00 Aft Fwm . Photographs presented .herewith show for the first time- theuncovered boilers in the hold of the battleship Maine,' In Havana Harbor, and shed new light' on the character of the explosion which wrecked the vessel. The forward part of the vessel, where the havoc was greatest. Is now practically uncovered.; arjd It Is possible to 'trace L the kel, or what Is left of It, nearly from' bow to stern. ' ' ; " " " ' ' " , The position of the forward boilers Indicates plainly the1 direction from which the explosion came, fend en-! glneers regard the fartSvlng aS most significant - The diagrama prepared -by-t army engineers In charge- of the" - work shbw that the fotr forward boilers board, while the coal bunker bulkhead, while the shell of the vessel outside' this CLARK IS OPPOSED House Speaker Sees Money Monopoly in Proposed Cur rency Changes. Kansas City, Nov. . 17. Speaker Champ Clark last night , digressed from his set speech before the trans Mississippi commercial congress to ex press his disapproval of the proposed changes in the nation' currency and banking system, as outlined by former United States Senator Nelson W. Ald rlch, chairman of the National Mone tary commission. United States Senator James A. Reed also spoke In opposition to the proposed system. ... Laying no claim whatever to special knowledge of finance. Speaker Clark, said: , 'I am utterly opposed to the crea tion, chartering or authorization of any Institution which will deliver into the hands of a few men the powers of life and death, not only over the bank ers of this country but , over every business In the land. .. 'Even financiers of renown differ widely as the poles on the Aldrlch plan." James J. Hill and Leslie M. Shaw, secretary of the treasury under two presidents, are openly against it on the ground that the Aldrlch plan la essentially a monopoly, "Now, It such eminent financial physicians as Doctors Aldrlch. Vreo- land and Laughlln and Doctors Hill and Shaw disagree so radically on this subject, would we not be acting the part of wise and patriotic men to wait long enough at loast to hear both sides In this Important and far reach ing matter before making up minds?" t UNITED. STATES GROWS ' ALL RICE IT CONSUMES Washington, No. If. The cultlva tlon of rice In the United States has Increased In the past -few years un til the country Is now raising prac tically all It consumes. In Louisiana and Arkansas alone the rice acreage has Increased 700,000 past two years. . c i . acres . In the DlvUlons Created of ' Revenue . Fleet Washington Nov. 17. The revenue cutter fleet Is being completely re organised along lines somewhat simi lar to the naval eatahllahment. The vessels will be amnmhled into five dl vlalons two en the Pacific and three on the Atlantic coat em h In com mand of a senior raisin of the ser vice. Under the old -.iem each rev enue nit', r was a, nn t l.-lf re- ' v to t 1 " i r Mi? - m AlB PLATi OUTSIDE EXPLOSION were thrown back, for about half their which parallel them on the port elde, was carried away entirely and thrown Tobacco Reorganization May Cause Washington, Nov. 17. -Changes In the Sherman anti-trust law to pro hibit such a reorganization as- that sanctioned in the American Tobacco company case and to prevent such delays In prosecution as have occurred in the beef trust hearing, were declar ed necessary by Senator CUmlngs at hearings before the senate Interstate commerce commission. Questlnlng H. B. Martin of the Anti-Trust league. who opposed any amendment to the Sherman law, Cummings referred to the tobacco company case decree au thorizing a 're-organlzatlon Into four companies and called attention to the announced purpose of the department of Justice not to interfere with the FIVE JURORS OBTAINED FOR M'NAMARA TRIAL Two More Taleamon Are Sworn In Sixteen Peremptory Challenge Now Remain. ' Los Angeles. Nov. 17. Two more jurors, making five altogether, were sworn , for duty In the , McNamara case today. They are J. B. Sexton, a farmer, and William J. Andrew, a non-union carpenter. . The state ex cused Talesmen Arthur OrAilIng, Wil liam Brunner and Clark McLaln. The defense excused Talesmen Brewster, C. Kennyon, A. C. Heath, T. ft El liott and Jacob Lansing. The defense now has 11 and the state five peremptory challenges left WOMAN M. D. ENDS LIFE Dr. Ethel Kirk, Well Known In Wtts- burg, Despondent Over Financial Difficult!). Pittsburg. Pa., Nov. 17. Dr. M. Ethel , Kirk, aged 16, a well known woman physician, was found dead In her apartments In the Beyer building. located uptown, late yesterday from the effects of chloroform. The doctor had committed suicide by placing cot ton, saturated with the drug. In her mouth and nostrils. Financial troubles are said to be the cause. Hoveral days ago Dr. Kirk visited a trust company and made her will. Wednesday, In conversation with the woman Junltor of her apartment, she said: "I am tired of this. I can collect little from my patients. I wish would die. I would like to He down and never wake up." Mrs. Dippold, the Janltress, was called to the telephone of another physician In the building. An officer of the trust company where Dr. Kirk had made her will, informed the janl tress that he had received two strange letters f-om the physician. He said he waa unable to get a reapnnse to talftVtohe cUls and advLm-d an lm medttte inveatlgatlon. Hmnmonlng lr. B, E. Krume, Mrs lMppnld on 'jetted lir. Khka i".'e, ,. v found diameters and slightly ever to star-y is thrown outward nearly ten feet,,, up around the bows to port.., l' Law's Change reorganization. I do not believe the organization of four companies will restore com petition, but In the minds of the au thorities It is In apparent harmony with the anti-trust taw," said Senator Cummlngs. "In my opinion the antt trust law will not maintain competi tion and It ought to be amended and strengthened." Senator Cummlngs referred to the possible limitation of the capital stock of corporations, the divorcing of the manufacturing business from the sources of supplies of raw ma terials and the separation of business and transportation elements changes in the law that would lead to more effective competition. SAT PHOTOGRAPH FIXES IDENTITY OF MINISTER Rev. W. A. FerrrU, Married, Was In deed Matrimonial Letter Wri ter, Asserts Judge. Atlanta. Nov. 17. Rev. W. A. Fer- rell, the Gaffney (S. C.) minister, has been positively Identified through photograph as the Treacher who was tried before Judge Brcyles, of the lo cal city court on complaint of the girl in the case. The Identification was made by Judge Broylea as well as by policemen and reporters who had seen the matrimonially Inclined parson at the time of his arraignment. Another feature to the tangle hna been added by the receipt of a letter from Gaffney stating that Rev. W. A. Ferrell already Is married. Shortly after the publication of the court proceedings In the wooing mln Ister's case, an indignant man, giving the name of Ferrell, called on Judge Broyles and vehemently excoriated th alleged tmpoater who had made the matrimonial attempts under his name. This man was given a letter by Julge Broylea dcu rtns that he waa not man who had ueii arraigned for want-ad wooing. The matter rested fct this stage until the arrival of the pho. tograph which waa identified. The Rev. W. A. Ferrell when trial stated under oath that he was not married. TRUST'S NEXT MOVE Negotiations Between tlie OoTerntnent : and trie Harvester Company Kuapended for Time. Washington, Nov.. 17. The nexl move' looking to the-voluntary dlsln tegratlon. of the International Ha veater company reals with that cor poratlon. Negotiations between the department of Justice and the Com' pany have temporarily been suspend d. pending action by officials of the ao-talled harvester trust upon th d fendHnt's nt.lwtlim to the d!wilull pit.n Mi!t' ! I.y ti e i 'iv 'e r- MR.nOOSEVELT IS GANDIDATE -NORMAN E. MACK Democratic Committee Chair man Says Former President Is Now Openly1 After i the Nomination. STANLEY'S STATEMENT . ON STEEL EDITORIAL He Deprecates the Colonel's Outlook Assertions After ' Conference at the White House. Detroit, Nov. 17. Norman E. Mack; . chairman of the democratic national committee said in an interview today: "Theodore Roosevelt Is now an avowud candidate for the republican presidential nomination and It will be a neck and neck race between him and Taft in the convention." Tart and Stanley Confer. Washington, Nov. 17. Chairman Stanley of the house steel trust Inves tigation committee, had a conference with President Taft today, following which he made a statement regarding; Roosevelt's Outlook1 editorial on the government's prosecution of the steel corporation. "I doubt that any one," said Btanley, will make op the minds of the Amer ican people as to the good or evil of - the steel corporation. I believe there are a great many facts In the case which Roosevelt does not know about doubt whether Henry C. Frlck and Judge Elbert H. Cary made Roosevelt their fatherl confessor . with perfect candor." . i Stanley declared the Sherman-anti trust law was a competent statute but -said that' he believed It could be Im proved by supplementary legislation. He Indicated that his conference with the; president related. t.thA stlbJecir VOTED NAVAL 50RGE03, AGED 82, A SUICIDE Rear Admiral John 7. Taylor, Despondent and in HI Health, Ends Life. Washington, Nov. 17. Rear Ad miral John Yeatman Taylor, retired, former medical director of the United States navy and one of the most dis tinguished naval surgeons in the coun try, ended his life here yesterday by , shooting himself in the head with a navy revolver. The officer was alone in his study at the time, but the but ler, hearing the report, found him un conscious. He died in half an hour. Admiral Taylor was 83 years old and had had a notable career aa a naval surgeon. His health had long been poor and the death In an aute- .' mobile at Wilmington, Del., two years ago, of his only son, Andrew Bryson Taylor, waa a severe shock to the aged surgeon. He never left the house afterwards, and despondency over his sorrow and ' the hope less condition of his health la be lieved to have prompted him to take his life. Born in East Nottingham, Pa., Ad miral Taylor was graduated from Jefferson Medical college in 1852 and was apolnted assistant surgeon In the United States navy the following year. He waa with Farragut on the Oneida In the battle of Mobile Bay during the civil war and In that en counter won distinction. Recognition came rapidly to Dr. Taylor. He be came medical Inspector In 1871 and medical director In 1871 and was re tired in 1811. He also served aa fleet surgeon and was In charge of naval hospitals at Washington, Norfolk ana New York. In recognition of his civil war services he was advanced to the rank of rear admiral in IVOR. Admiral Taylor If survived by his widow. and one daughter, Charlotte Bryson Taylor, a magazine writer. who resides m Nsw York. QUAKE IN EUROPE Violent Kltork Felt Throughout Swlt xerlaiHi (,enrva Ktrert Cars De railed No Casualties. Berne, Nov. 17. A violent earth quake shock waa felt throughout Hwttserland last night. It was fol lowed by leaser earthquakes. So far aa Is known there were no casualties, but In Geneva street cars were de railed, and many women fainted from fear. The seismic motion was from north to south. Battling Over Rhrrman Act . - Chicago, Nov. 17. Armed with heavy legal ammunition, the small army of lawyers engaged In the battle over the constitutionality of the crimi nal provisions of trust In w m-Blii n i K oh' t r , r: Kbi'minn h I !.. for, J i ' " n I; !' ' i a 1 - -1