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ASHEVILLE, H. C, TUESDAY AFTET NOON, DECEMBER 12, 1911.
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IS"
TRAIH ROBBED
BY PASSENGERS
Atlantic , Coast Line Mail Car
Rifled by Unidentified Men ,
Near Hardeevilje, S. u.,
This Morning... f ; 'J'
nOLD-U? MEN ESCAPE; :
' POSSE IN PURSUIT
Force Flagmen to Assist Them
, in Getting: LootMiss Treas
ure Filled Express Safe
, on Second Section. V -
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Accession of English Monarch
to Eastern Throne Takes
".v Place at Delhi
; Today. '
CityB as Bon 'fEer-Vart
Wiessaqe frc . it Mr . Grove
DoesNotWish Citizens to Be Further Solicited for Sub-
scriptions to Hoteliho
MARKS GUIDE
RESCUE SQUAD
i
Hotel Development on Sunset Mountain
Will be Carried out as Planned.
' Savannah. Dec. 12. Atlantic Coast
Line passenger train No. 80, from
Florida to New York, was held up by
robbers early .this morning at Hardee
vllle. 8. C. - : ' ' " . -. j ', i '
The train left Savannah for New
York B.t';12;S.Vcloek this morning
and was stopped by robbers near Har
deeville just 'before daybreak. Several
sacks of registered mall were taken.
The train was running in two sections
and the express cars, at which It is
believed the robbers aimed, were car
ried on the second section and escaped
attack: " . " s.
Night Telegrapher McRoy ' at Har
deeville cleared the track from that
station soon after the train got under
way, but before it had gone out of
sight it stopped. A fev minutes later
the second section arrived from Sa
vannah. Th crew ran ahead to And
out 'What had happened to the first
section but the robbers had escaped.
The- hold-up inert were passengers
on the train. They forced the engin
eer to stop, and covering the flagman
and conductor with revolvers they
made the flagman open the mall car
after It was detached and run forward
' soma distance. Two mall clerks were
made to give up the registered mall.
The robbers then , disappeared.--
A posse was sent from here to
take the robbers' trull. ...
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w..,.3w.l, l.tlL,..b dill),
TO LEAVE F.riS FDF.EVEB
'.Delhi, -.Dec. 12. King George , V.
and his consort. Queen Mary, were
proclaimed, emperor and empress of
India today. The English monarch's
accession to the throne of his vast
Indian dominions took place amid a
scene which for richness of,coior and
magnificence of decorations probably
has never been surpassed. -The huge
ampitheater,' erected in the Durbar
camp, was thronged. The- sparkling
gems of many- Indian' princess and
the smart uniforms of the soldiery
contrasted strongly with the white
dresses of European, ladies and the
so her garb of civilian officials. - i
The booming of an imperial salute
announced the approach of the em
peror and,' empress. The emperor
wore a robe of Imperial purple, a aur
coat of purple, white .satin breeches
ana smk siociciugB. ' nr majtwiy uir
oerlal robe was of purple velvet, trim
med with ermine and a border of gold
braid. -, ... v . ; -. i
Standing in the great central tent.
their majesties received the homage
of governors, ruling princes and other
representatives of British India.
Heavyweight Champion
Route to Chicago to
Enter Business.
En-
7Tjs.mn ..oiB way
Scope of : Los Angeles Investi
gation Confined Chiefly
' to California.5
Los Angeles, Dec. The federal
grand Jury today resumed Its InveatI
gatlon Into alleged conspiracies tn
connection with numerous dynamlt
Ings In various parts of the country
in the past three years. The Invesu
gatlon 's scope. It Is said, will not ex-
. ... -... a ill
tena easi oi nail Liana uiy mo w"
b confined largely to California. -
A hundred and thirty-three wit
nesses have been summoned. 1
J - The following telegram was received this' afternoon by the committee, , W. '
4 F. Randolph, Dr. C.' V, Reynolds, E. L. Ray, J. G. Mrrimon and ( H. ' W.
! Plummer, who have represented Asheville interests in the negotiations look
. ing to disposal of $100,000of an issue of $250,000 in bond's for the erection
of a tourist hotel on the E. W. Grove; property; - ; , ;
;.';-V:' ; .' ' :- -V'-' '." vv'--' ;; ; "Atlanta, Dec. 12, 1911.
"My object in submitting the bond proposition was to ascertain how much
" faith the people of Asheville had in the operation of a first-class tourist hotel
'- there. The amount subscribed by the American National and the Citizens
V banks and the individual subscriptions made by the business men and citizens
" of Asheville are sufficient to convince me that the people have full faith in the
i'l' future of their city. I think Asheville has'done her part, therefore Ijdo not
, ; wish ;the citizens to be further solicited for subscriptions. ' .
, "We have been assured of the co-operation of two large outside corporate
: Interests in this matter; plans will mature and ground will be broken for the
hotel development according to the proposition agreed upon in St. Louis."
- "I wish to, thank the people who have the city's good at heart for the sub
stantial interest they have shown in an enterprise that I believe will result in
great good to Asheville. . , ' ; ' ' - v .) i v
' 'I wish to thank The Gazstte-News and Daily Citizen for the favorable at
" titude toward this whole matter. ',' .iy-;'-; v, . ' ; r ,
; :' V ' ' - "Very truly yours, E. W. GROVE, "
dusiiss m
Renewed Determination to Co
operate with Mr. Grove in
Hotel Projects Expressed
on All Sides.
SHOW GIRL TELLS
OF THE SII001C
Lillian Graham, on the Stand,
. Identifies Pint Whiskey ;
" " ' , Bottle. , .
' Chicago, Dec. 12. Jack Johnson,
champion heavyweight pugilist of ths
world, weigh nearly 300 pounds and
will never again enter the ring in a
contest to retain the title, according
to Information received at his home
here. ' '
1 Johnson is on the oeean returning
to Chicago with his wife, who Is seri
ously III. Before sailing from Liver
pool yesterday, he announced that he
was through with the arena and would
enter business In Chicago.
o-,iE3 feee
rcroCT VESSELS
"poisod feit-eeaf.se:
FAILS OH TEGt:::iGALITY
Miss Harriet DeWitt, Accused
. of Defaming Minister,
Goes Free. '
Introduces EiU fcr Treasury!
Payment of Tolls on
- ... U.S
Ships.
PhlladelDhla. Pa.. Dec, 12. A tch
nlcallty based on a federal rule of
nractlce In force for mora than 100
veara brounht to an abrupt mi In the
I United States court here yesterday the
poisoned pen" case in wnicn m
Harriet DeWitt of Easton, Fa., was
aocused of writing anonymous, ob
scene letters to an Easton clergyman
his wife and some of his naignoors.
Washington, Dsc 12. A bill pro
viding for the free transit of Ameri
can vessels through the Panama canal
'hiis been Introduced bv. Senator
Lodge. The messure would have
charges against American ships paid
out of the national treasury,
MAN KILLED WITH AXE;
HI3EC:U3 ARRESTED
AV. O. IKiwdy Ag-d Rcwlilcnt of Wll
nilngKHk. la J'.ruiully Slain.
CrandwHi A -ifi Nognx.
TICKET SCANDAL UP
National IttHehall. CcmiuiUhbIoii Con
siders World' Scries Complaints
Imigiia Magnates Mevt
Pncolal to The Oazette-Newa.
u-iimina-ion. D-. 12. W. Q. Dowdy
honomble an.l hu lily repected
,..t...n wus wavlitlil an.l brutally mur
dered Sunday nlfcht slx.ut o'clock.
An axe was uwd by the murderer or
murderers; powlbly t es. ne
whs found st the f!'t -.f the murder
and another n.e l - u-e uv, both
l.l,,g su.lne.1 wli' bU.-I. Mr. tx.wdy
i on hla av f'"' b h plin-e r bust
on th e.!.;.' of tl . city limits to
h,n home in the down'-un section nnd
sreomi.Hnled t.v 1 lntle Krand
,.,,. Mr. imwily du l at the hospital
I ,'f en hour after tbe aault
,.,,i,i.rv whm irn.-.t St flrHt to
SOU
eerl the
.MBcer
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ill'ielf 1 ti
tint yeHterilav
, ted
I'ltarles
irpeuler, soil
1 he ii a tin -
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New York.1 Dec. 12 The ticket
scandal In the .recent world's series
u airaln the subject considered by
iha National llaseball commtasion to
rtav. Magnates of the American and
National leagues held annual sessions
this afternoon. . .
The national commission Issued
statement last night Inviting the pub
lie to prove to it whether there was col
tii.lon between the New York Nation
al League Unselmll club, or any of its
nrrirlsls and the ticket scalpers In th
ri,v. aeries last October. Bo far
Chairman August Herman J th
commission has spent lmjKin
tr .viH.nrn and was wrepared to
nend more. It has InveailKUted the
..nnihil. he declared, and would con
iinna o lnveatinate, but real pro
. v.r. in iret What evidence bud
already been garnered, he did not dla
close.
Another matter diHitHd was gum
hllnir In baseball pools, upon whlc
ih. members tilaeed a bun. To rot
reel this evil, the commission adopt
a resolution reeommenllnt to Hie Nn
tWirml and Anierlmn leagues that they
do all In their power In their respee
.1... ..Ireiilla t. end the etlHtoln. It
ni.o was announeed that the commls
i,m wl'l cnliailll w it h "the poHtiilli
. .. . I..., ,i ti e I.TmIii r fe-leni!
I
New York, Dec. 12. Lillian Gra
ham, and . Ethel Conrad on trial for
shooting W. E. D. Stokes, gat side by
side when court resumed today. When
the case was called, ths Graham girl
raised her veil and took the stand.
Prosecutor Buckner, continuing the
cross examination, asked about the
visit the girls mad Mar L eight days
before the Shooting, to a department
store, where they bought a revolver
with which they shot Stokes.
The Graham girl said they had no
intention of buying gun when they
entered.
'Did you, hear Miss Conrad say she
wanted something small that would
shoot straight f ' she was asked.
"No. sir." . .
"When did you first decide to buy
guns?" ;
"We were walking around the sport
Ing goods department and saw some
pistols and decided to buy them."
Miss Graham denied th Insinuations
that she and her friend ever planned
over the telephone how they could
lure Stokes within their reach. ,
Whan Btokes called up their apart
ment the day before the shooting and
asked for Uiss Conrad, the witness
said she answered the telephone but
told him she was .a French maid.
Th Graham girl sat erect, firing
back answers at the prosecutor with a
spirit 'she had not shown since the
trial begart.
The prosecutor surprised the court
by producing a pint bottle one-third
full of whiskey. He asked the wit
ness If It was the bottle she sent out
to be filled June 1, the day of the
shooting. She ddmltted she had the
bottle of whiskey in the house, but
denied she had it refilled that day.
"That may b the bottle," she said,
I don',t know."
Coming down to the night Btokes
was ' shot, Mlas Graham said he
thought she had gone to .Europe and
was surprised to see her. Bhe.adtnlt-
ted she was angry with him for what
he told Mia Conrad about her and
her sister. The wttness rehearsed, the
story of how Htokes throttled her and
pushed her down a hall Into her bed
room and against a bureau and of
how she reached Into an open drawer
behind her and got the ruvolver with
which she shot him.
CHICAGO GETS ;
yfflEii!
June 18 the Date ior the Na-
- - wisrvw
tional Convention--Com
mittee Recesses Until
s , .December 26. : '"t
Washington, Dec. 12. The republl
can national committee, In . quadren
nial session, today ratified the program
arranged In advance for ltat delibera
tions. The national - convention tn
nominate candidates for president and
vice president will be held in Chicago,
beginning Tuesday, June It, The vote
for, Chicago was overwhelming, the
ballots showing- Chicago 42, Denver 7
St. Louis 1,' absent 3. St Louis for
mally withdrew from the contest.
The form of call for delegates to the
national convention, Including the
disposition of the troublesome presi
dential preference primary question,
was still in the hands of a special
subcommittee when the national com
mittee recessed until December 16.
HOUSE COMMITTEE
0
ABRQGAT OH
Congress Will Be ' Urged
Quickly to Annul Russian
.- '."- Pact. "
-,) ' ' '
Washington,' Dec. 12.-Th house
foreign affairs committee unanimously
agreed today upon the Sulzer resolu
tion, directing the immediate abroga
tion of the 1832 treaty betweea the
United States and Russia because of
discrimination ' by . Russia against
American cltUons of America, tn recog
nition of passport.
The committee will urge congress ts
take qulck action on the resolution.
UPS FR0L1 HI6H BEII.1
TO DEATH IN THRO
here has never been much doubt
that the people of Asheville are vitally
interested in the building of the Grove
hotel on the side of Sunset mountain.
but surely there has never been as
much enthusiasm manifested by the
leading business men as has been in
evidence this morning. On every side
expressions were heard of determlna
tlon not to let the. project fall for want
of the little assistance, or rather evi
dence of Interest, that Mr. Grove asks
of the people of this city. .
It was as though the announcement
of the Wachovia Bank and Trust com
pany yesterday afternoon, that this
institution would net take up ' the
quota of the bonds that had been ten
tatively assigned to it, acted as a sis
nal for the business men as a whole
to go to work to carry out the plan,
and now there la little doubt that Mr,
Grove will be assured of the co-opera
tlon of the Asheville business men to
a greater extent than he had anticl
pated. . -
WW Be Carried Out.
, Representatives of two of the banks,
the two that have already subscribed
td the bonds, have made statements to
the ' effect that the proposition will
be carried out . Both of them were
confident of it and one expressed him
self (n puch a way as to leave the Im
presslon that he would spare no effort
In this direction. Mr. Grove' mes
sage to the committee, however, shows
that he Is satisfied with what has been
done. '
Would Mortgage His Home.
Indicative of th interest that Is felt
by 1th(r-buliies-' men outaifle "of th
bank Is the statement of a represen
tative of on of the bank that he
had asked only two men to subscribe
to the bond this morning and each
had, promised to take $1000 of them;
one of the men saying that he would
mortgage his home If he could get the
money no other way.
On of the leading business men of
the city stated today that In hla opin
ion this I the best and moat liberal
proposition that ha ever been sub
mitted to them. He said that the peo
ple could not begin to realize what It
mean to Asheville, from the advert la
ing stanapotm alone. 1
Other referred to the proposition
a a sound Investment, declaring that
would be strange if the required
amount la not quickly subscribed,
Chalked Directions on Brice-
ville Mine Walls Indicate
. Some of the Trapped
i Men May Yet Live.
30 BODIES REMOVED
FROM WRECKED SHAFT
Corpse-Strewn Chamber Far
1 1
Back in the Working Found
This Morning Five ,
Found Alive.
.'Fill DIPLOMAS GIVEN
TOU IM GE93EB5
Washington, Dec 12. Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson today presented
diploma of merit to 21 boy from
th southern states, who won prises
for -corn raising. On boy, Junius
Hill or Alabama, raised 212 bushel
on hi acre at cost of 81 cent a
bushel. Bennle Beeson of Montlcello,
Miss., with 227 bushel at a coat of
14 cents a bushel, lead In amount of
production. -
Suicide's Body Mangled When
It Strikes Amid Cricago
Crowd.
BARN BURNED.
One Valuable- Cow anil a Quantity of
Cora, lliy ad Foible Iti-Mtroycd
al 9 ) Iim k Kiimlny Morning.
RTAN-C A VAN AUG II - TEAM
OUT OF SIX DAYS' RACE
Nek York. Dec. 12. One of th IB
teams in th six days' bicycle race
gave up the gruelling fight this morn
ing. The Ryan-Cavanaugh combina
tion was declared physically unfit to
continue. The early Tnornlng hour
witnessed a aeries of desperate dashes.
but none yielded any change to th
omparatlve scor of th team.
WINSTON'S IRON NERVE
A letter from Mra. J. P. Johnson.
who lives near Ilnrse Shoe, In Heii-
ilerson county, to her ilnusiliter, Mrs.
U VV, Young. Htutes tluit tlielr barn
was totally deetroyed by fire on flun
iluv ntorninw, etui tht only by heroic
effort oilier litiliiling were siived from
deMtruetion.
Tbs burn "tilHineil two rows, a
horse, a Itur , it aiikihi, hnnies nnd
a qiinutHv df eern, hity liml foiMer,
The Nurse iu 1 hiumhiv t nue from the
t.Min H f '-I - li e it.H.n OJ-etli ll,
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I I I i
GasetU-News Bureau,
Th Hotel Kalelgh,
Raleigh, Deo. 12.
That R. W. Winston, Jr., captain of
the University of North Carolina foot
ball team was not only III with ap
pemllcltls before the game and knew
it, but that hla appendix broke In the
trttrne at Richmond with Virglnl
Thanksgiving day la the stiitement by
ittenillng physicians at the hospital
here. He Is recovering nicely from
the operation.
Chicago, Dec. 12. An unidentified
man, who It I believed, was mental
ly unbalanced, mounted to the nine
teenth floor of the Masonic building
today, disrobed, crawled upon a beam
and dropped to the rotunda. The
mangled body was unrecognisable.
The rotunda was crowded when the
man jumped and much confusion
ensued.
ASK RICHES0N DELAY
Effort Being; Made by HI Counsel to
Postpone the Trial front
January 13.
Boston. Dec. 12. An effort was
mad yesterday by th attorney for
Rev. Clarence V. T. RIcheaon. charged
with the murder of Miss Avis Llnnell,
to have th trial postponed from Jan
uary 15 until later In the winter.
Wednesday, next. Judge Sanderson
will hear arguments on th question
Former Stat Senator W. A. Morse
and Philip R. TVubar of this city and
John L, Lee of Lynchburg, Vs., rep
resenting Richesonk conferred with
Justice Aiken and were later closeted
for two hour with District Attorney
Pelletter. It was then announced that
an agreement had been reached to
submit th question to Judge San
demon.
It Is understood that Rlcheson
lawyers said that they had not suf
ficient tlma to prepare defense and
would not be ready for two or three
months.
Foes of th c Liqvor Traffic
In Session at Washington
12 -
lmn-
Alnhtima t ts In evening Is the f.
tnil.l V'S He- .1 m.
ilD QUITTING BENCH'
BECAUSE OF ILL HEALTH
No Application Yet for Supe
rior Court Position He ,
Leaves.
, Gaxette-Newa Bureau, .
The Hotel Raleigh,
v Raleigh. Deo. 12.
The first Intimation that 1. Judge
George Ward of the Superior court
was to resign was contained in the
newspaper this morning and Gov
ernor Kltchln was a much surprised
as anybody. application ha yet
made for th position, although the
Elizabeth City bar has endorsed W.
C. Rodman of Washington.
The governor today received a letter
from Judg Ward asking that another
Judge be assigned to hold a special
term of civil court In Perquimans
county, January 1. Judg Ferguson
was named.
Judg Ward' action was prompted
by continued III health following sev
eral attack of vertigo this year, Dur
Ing his seven year of servlca. Judge
Ward ha won much distinction by his
Impartial and abl decision and fear
lea stands on public question of In
terest and Importance. His host of
friends throughout the state will learn
of hi resignation with deepest regret
Biiceville, Tenn., Dec. 12. Spurred
by last night's discovery of three
survivors of Saturday's dust blast in
the Cross mountain coal mine, fresh
rescue squads went into the cross en
tries this morning, digging with re
doubled energy. '
. Their only reward was the finding
of a corpse strewn chamber, far back
in the mine. Six bodies were recover
ed. ' Two were Identified. One was
that' of Joseph McQueen a wid.Twer:
the other was that of Tate Vallalee,
who Is survived by a widow and four
children. , ' '
The rescue party penetrated into
cross entry No. 23. No miners were
found there, but additional directions
for their rescue were scored In chalk
on the walls.- 'They evidently were
compelled to change their vantage
point on account of altering air con
ditions. The rescue squad pressed on
In. the direction Indicated by chalk
marks. ' . ' ...
At 11 o'clock 50 bodies had been
removed. 1 , ' ' ' ;
Five men were brought out of Cross
Mountain mine aliv last night
Two who were rescued .are Ar
thur Bcqtt, sged SO, who has g ylfe
and two children and Dore Iciah, uk'ed-
30, who la also married.' Irish is badly '
burned about the face and hands, but1,
practically unhurt. ' ,
Ail the men rescued were working
in the second room on the left hand .
side of entry 19. H. A. Irish, aged 60,
who was bossing the gang, wa killed
instantly by the explosion and his body
was found last night, badly burned.
HI son Theodore, was th only other
one of the gang's member accounted
for who wa Injured.
Come Out Smoking a Pipe. . .
Two member strayed away and
have not been located. "Bill" Hender- .
son, the - oldest of the rescued men
came out of the . mines smoking his
pipe and resisted when- efforts were
made to carry him home on a stretch
er.
"Oh. let me walk," he protested, but
without avail.
Hendemjn made the following state
ment of his experience in the mine:
"Under my direction, we brattlced
up th entire entrance to the mine
floor. With our coats we fought back .
the after-damp that cam through the
crack In the brattice and then stuck
our coats and other articles of wear
ing apparel In the hole of the brattice.
We had lights, our dinner and each or
us had from a half to three-quarter
of a gallon of coffe and water in our
dinner palls. We remained In this
room quietly for several hours, burn-
ing one light and taking turn at eat
ing. Late Sunday - evening Arthur ;
Scott and Dore Irish left the room, ,.
and attempted to make their way back
and reach the entrance of the mine :
through the over-pass. . This wa the '
last we saw of them.
"The ne morning w made our
way, the air having been purinea oy
the fan. Into the entry and passed '
over Into No. 1. endeavoring to find
the way out. - We were forced to go
back to room 2 In No, 111. where the
air was pure. We remuined there
until discovered. W ate the last of
our food about the middle of Sunday
afternoon, but atlll had soma Waisr
left and plenty of light
W were endeavoring to reacn tne
main entrance again when we were
discovered by the mln rescue men
about (: IS oc lock last night.
FliE KILLED, 5 MED
will 1,13 BO III
Codies of Dead Buried in Flam
ing Wreckage at Scran
ton, Fa.
Rcrsnton. Dec. 12. When a frelcht
train ran away here today tn the Car
bomlitln yurila of the Delaware Iim!
..ti ruilroad company, four or II v
im. n . ri. killed and rK were In
; ; ! . 1. i - t ef w hum w ! t'
WATKLNS CASE
IS POSTPONED
Supreme Court Did Not Take up Slat-
tor It Will Ue liram
, In May.
Th case of Fleet C. Watklns, who
wa trie here last spring before
Judge J. L. Webb for the killing of
John Hill Bunting lh a Black Moun
tain hotel oer two years ago, was
not' taken up by the Supreme court
this term but waa held over until the
May term of the court. Watklns was
found guilty of manslaughter here
and was sentenced to serve 18 ninnthn
on the county roads with the pronilHti
from the court that If he would ae
eept the sentence It would tie leilm e l
to 12 months. He refused to do thl .
however, slid the case whs appealed
to the Supreme court.
When the appeal was file ! ttie pros
ecution tiled counter chatm-a in the
cHHe and thee have to he p.inweil nvmu
tiy Jilitue Webb. In order n i nn
thPHe points settled Sult'H'ir H. I
Hevnolds, leiVp Crni Ml-d U I'. V
i;l lllrt tl t t ' i lie M V I- !
.. v i vre ! ' '
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