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7,ff A A TP A A THS ASSOCIATED ' PBES3 DISPATCHES LAST EDITION 4:00 P. M. Weather Forecast: FAIR AND COLD. $tmt em VOL. XVI. NO. 286. ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON , JANUARY 10, 1912. 3c PER COPY PIMfc ASSERT BRYAN'S WILSON'S FOE Friends Say Opposition Will Be Based on Jerseyan's Request for Carnegie i Pension. CLAIM JOLINE LETTER IS NOT THE REASON Nebraskan Has Attacked and Criticised Many. Other Democrats, It Is ' Pointed Out. Washington, Jan. 10. It may be said on authority that Col. Bryan will oppose the nomination of Gov. Wood row Wilson for president, not because of the Joline letter and not beeaue of any alleged personal differences which might arise' out of the publication of that letter, but on the ground that he cannot find It consistent to support a candidate for the democratic nomina tion for president who Is on record as having solicited a pension from the Carnegie trust fund for educators. Bryan's plans are known to his in timate friends and advisers here and they are positive in the conviction, af ter discussing matters with Bryan, that ho will oppose Wilson on the same ground that he opposed the proposi tion that the teachers of Nebraska should accept pensions . from funds gathered by Andrew Carnegie's par ticipation in the United States Steel corporation. Bryan, it is recounted, made a very determined light in Ne braska, against the Carnegie teachers' pensions. He took the matter to the legislature and he won his contention, and he and his friends say that by that course he was consistent in his fight against tho trusts, which he pre cipitated in 1896 and which he has carried on with continued vigor from vonr in vnr. ThonA whn conferred with Bryaa here are very positive in their statements as to what his course . -would be regarding Wllsorr. Bryan's friends admitted that he himself had attacked Orover Cleve land and' criticised many other dem ocrats. Therefore he does not intend to make such conduct the basis of his opposition to Wilson iiomination. He bases it on the. attitude he took in Ne braska concerning the Carnegie fund. HEHASWTHIHG TO SAY Refuses to Discuss Wilson Let ter or Attitude of , Roosevelt. v Ynrlc. Jan. 10. William J. Bryan arrived here today from Phila delphia, and went Immediately to a hoi rivininir to discuss politics. He wmr naked Dartlcutarly for some state ment on the Woodrow Wilson letter and for hla opinion of Roosevelt's at titude. . ,. On the Wilson incident he would iv nothing. As to Roosevelt he said nroforrxri to "leave that to the colonel and the newspapers." Bryan nma tn attend a meeting of the Winona assembly, an" organisation of Presbyterian Sunday scnoois. Philadelphia. Pa., Jan. 10. Wil 11am Jennings Bryan, who came from Washington last night to deliver ad dresses before a religious organiza tion w. left for New Tork at 10 o'clock this morning. A Philadelphia evening newspaper quotes Bryan as follows on the dem - .(wr.tic nresldential situation: "I have not yet decided upon my candidate. I want a strong, active progressive. I am not In favor of the third party .movement." DR. JW.1ES 1.1'KEE OIES IT ' Rheumatism of Heart Fatal to Prominent Physician and Odd Fellow. . Qasette-News Bureau, The Hotel Raleigh, Raleigh, Jan. 10. fhn funeral of Dr. James McKee, iiiwrlntendent -of the state hospital, will be held from Christ Episcopal i hnrdh tomorrow ' morning at 11 nVlock. Dr. McKee wa elected super- intondene in March 1901. He waa sec retary of the titite Medical society prominent Odd Fellow and a success ful physictnn. He was born January r. mil I la Is survived by a widow .11 nil f' In vs. ,. I ; ,., suddenly t mid , , m 1,1 ! ' . htiurt. Chinatown Raid; 200 Are Arrested Spectacular Beginning or war on I Gambling In Now York 1225 Po licemen in InvaHlon. New Tork, Jan. 10. More than 200 Chinamen are under arrest as the re sult of an invasion, of Chinatown byi 1225 policemen last night. The spec tacular raid was the first open move) in the war against gambling. Twen- ty-flve dens were destroyed. It was the most thorough clean-up of China town since Immediately following the! Elsie Slgel murder. A young Japanese led the officers. LOB DENIES PAYING ftNYTHIHfiJDB ELECTION The Committee Room Crowded as Illinois Senator .Testifies. Washington, Jan. 10 Senator Wil liam Lorlmer yesterday began testify ing In his own defense. It was his first appearance on the witness stand since the senate ordered an investi gation of his election, and the event attracted to the committee room large audience,, composed chiefly of I women. The first question Judge Hancey, Larimer's counsel, put to Senator Lorlmer was a blunt and leading one. "Did you ever pay anything of value for your election?" he de manded. "I never did," replied Senator Lor lmer. .Then Judge Huncey repeated the question. In different forms, evl- dently framed to cover the same in quiry from every angle or construe-1 "lion, and each, time Senator Lorlmer turned his face to the committee and replied: , "I never did." ; Mr. Hancey then led the senator through a recital of political condi tions In Illinois, prior to his election. The evident Inference frm the drift of Judge Hancey s questioning was that he expects to accuse Governor Deneen of having been responsible for a .political Intrigue which result ed In the defeat of Former Senator Hopkins. HE MURDERED HIS WIFE Illinois Physician to Plead Guilty When Case Is , Called Friday. Oregon, 111., Jan. 10. Dr. Harry Elgin Webster of Chicago, facing trlaV weoster win p.eaa gunxy to u,e e of which he is accused In the Ogle county circuit court on Friday. This announcement was made yesterday by counsel for Webster and followed council held a week ago with State's Attorney mer.on .n wn.cn dence was carefully gone over by tho prosecution and the defense. No agreement has been made mat less than the death Penalty shall be iMitnuji hut rotansia rr v. anurur i ii iti h the sentence will be life imprisonment. The chain of circumstances against Webster was not' discovered for days after the nude body of his alleged big amous wife, Bessie Kent Webster, wa found In the woods between Dixon and Oregon. October 1, with a knife wound across her throat almost severing her head. HIGH COURT INCREASES POWER OF COMMISSION Series of Decisions by Supreme Tribu nal Have Important Bearing , ' on Commerce Cases. Washington, Jan. 10. The grip of the Interstate commerce commission over the commerce of the country was tightened yesterday through a series of decisions by the Supreme court f the United States. The principle was laid down that shippers suffering from civil Injuries from railroads must go to the commission before rushing into the courts for relief, The paramount authority of the commission tn reasonable rate making waa upheld by . the court's decision that the federal district court of Min nesota was wrong in preventing the enforcement of the -commissions' re duced rates on lumber from the Pa clflc coast, Oregon and Montana points to St. Paul, Omaha and Chicago. The legislative field touching the acceptance of goods by railroads for Interstate shipment was marked for ever as federal territory and states were warned to keep off. The suprem acy over state laws of similar import of the federal "hours of service law.' the enforcement of which Is Confided u ti'8 rimM!l;iim, was uphold. RICHESON, SENTENCED TO DIE; OTHER FIGURES IN THE CASE r 1 :V'' ' -Vjj-' .""..' i ij -r-y: - N I K s u y , a. '-. 7,- J - : 8 IrA' miss avis . i l; ' : ' ' y MLsX'hfT Ih-r m i r?L -tor m SLi if ? " ' '- -V ' ' Jo"n Ui Z-J : y?&r ' ' ' : ' L J JUDGE GEOROEL SANDERSON EQUITABLE RUINS E Heat Bars Effort to Recover Priceless Securities in ' the Vaults. . New York, Jan. 10. -A white hot furnace glowed fiercely in the shell of the ruined Equitable Life building today, resisting all efforts of the fire men to drown out the flames. ' The lire probably will not be extinguished before nightfall. . Until the flames are completely ex tinguished little effort can be made to reach the vaults where securities and papers valued at one and one-half billion dollars are stored. The offi cial police statement gives six dead, two missing and 23 Injured. . Some estimates of the loss Btill run as high as 15,000,000l but more con servative authorities thought this morning that the damage would not run over $6,000,000. An offlver of the Equitable said that the society's own loss probably would not amount to more than $300,000 covered by Its own contingent insurance fund, and that duplicates of every record de stroyed were stored in subsidiary of fices. Stored away In' a fire-proof vault over the main entrance of the building on Broadway were between $250,000,000 and $300,000,000 of the ,.n!ln rt t Kn nnmnnnv Wllllfl the . ...k,.. flmo hent .k; 0 , , nf thA Equitable, said that he believed . its contents would be found safe. Three m of water vw p,ayed upo the vault airday and the freezing weather quickly coated it with ice. The loss of the biography of E. H. Harrlman. which was about to be printed, seems Irretrievable, . .,. The loss to the Lawyers' club, on the fifth and sixth floors, one of the . l.,w..wlnt,ali. fnral.h.H 1 1 V In . lrreparable, A ,aw library of more than 40,000 volumes, many of which were priceless and can not be replaced.V was destroyed. The flamra consumed also the law and In surance libraries of the Equitable so ciety, said to be the most complete collection of insurance literature in the world. The coating of ice, according to Fire Chief Kenlon, was all that was hold ing the weakened walls of the struct ure together In some places, and he expressed the fear that as soon as this 'cy cement melted the remainder of the building might collapse. ) . ,- SYMPATHETIC STRIKE IS FEIREDIT BOSTON General Walkout of Freight Handlers, Clerks and Dock Carpenters Likely. Boston, Jan. 10. Indication point to a general strike or a sou ireigm handlers, freight clerks and dock car penters, to assist 2500 longshoremen who demand an advpr.ee in wages. Capt. DaWgfrrn Dead. Trenton, Jan. 10. Capt. Charles B Dahlgren,' retired, died hore today. 16 FURNAG He was the son of Admiral Dahl sren. JOHN ROSS GUILTY IS Will Ross and Cliff Mull Dis chargedGladden on ; Trial ; V t Shelby, Jan. 10. John Roes was today found guilty of murdering John Dixon. Will Ross and Cliff Mull were discharged. Frank Gladden is being tried for the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Dixon. ' The Jury selected to try Ross con sisted of eight farmers, one cotton mill man, one marble worker, one real es tate dealer, and one merchant. Major Stroud was . the first witness examined, lie said that he and John Ross were going by John Dixon's house to their work and Unit he saw Mrs. John Dixon In the window mo tioning to them. He asked Mrs. Dixon what was the matter, and she said she did not know; but that someone had called John out, telling him that a mule was in the dlwh, and that she was afraid that he had been killed, md for them to go for help. He went co Mr. Wright's and .John Ross went o Mr. Dixon's fathers, and when he ?ot back to John Dixon's, Mrs. Dixon had been hit another blow and was al most dead. Thomas Dixon, the aged father of he dead man, was the second witness tnd testified that John Ross had come or him and had told him that two strange white men had killed John ind his wife. All of Mr. Dixon's tes Imony was the same as brought out it the inquest All the other wit nesses examined were witnesses at ihe Inquest and their testimony was the same as given then. When Sheriff Wilklns was called to the stand he told that John Rose called for him Monday evening and told him that he had something to tell htm. Wilklns says that he -told Ross that whatever he told him he would tell on the stand, and that Ross said that was what he wanted him to do. Wilklns says that John Ross then told him that Frank .Gladden asked him to help him kill John Dixon for his money; that Gladden got Dixon out of the house and was going to ward the barn he (Ross) following behind; that Just before they reached the barn he (Ross) struck Dixon the blow with the axe, and that Gladden then went through Dixon s pockets and then told him (Ross) to watch while he went Into the house to look for money. He did not. see Mrs. Dixon killed but Gladden told him after he came out of the house that he (Gladden) had killed Mrs. Dixon and that Gladden offered him $100 tc put li on Will and Hack Ross. WALKS INTO TRAP Escaped Ooyvii t Captured by Waiting Officers When He Breaks Into . Postofflce. Georgetown, Mass., Jan. 10. Wil liam McDonald, an escaped convict breaking into the postofflce here las) night, found waiting for him fout officers, who clapped handcuffs on him. McDonald's confederate outside dodged 16 bullets in a dash for lib erty. ! JUDGE WATTS NAMED TO S. C. SUPREME BENCH Columbia, B.C., Jan. 10. 8. C Watts of Chesterfield county, judge of the fourth Judicial circuit, was elected court by Ihe loginliilure lust night. JURY S VERDICT OlStRlCT ATTORNEY JOSBiPH C PELLITie BANKIHGSYSTEM Declares Bill Now Before Con gress Will Prevent . Panics. Washington, Jan. 10. Andrew Car negie today denounced the banking system of the United States as a dis grace to civilization. 'When panics come In this coun try," he said, "they are due to the fact that wo have the worst system in the world. Panics spread ruin. If the bill now before congress is passed you will have something to prevent such panics." Carnegie was a witness before the house committee probing the United States steel corporation. Carnegie was wanted to elucidate many details of the organization and operation of the steel trust. RALEIGH STREET RAILWAY EMPLOYES OUT ON STRIKE Demand for Higher Wages Re fused by Carolina Power Company Gazette-News Bureau, The Hotel Raleigh, i Raleigh, Jan. 10. Crying "scab" and "don't ride," 25 motormen and conductors employed by the Carolina Power and Light company went on strike at noon to day for higher wages. The men gave warning Sunday but say the compa ny treated them with contempt Traf fic manager Gosney said the men would be replaced with new men as soon as they quit Large crowds this afternoon watched the congestion of cars on Fayetteville street The Mclver statue was examined today and pronounced, by Superln tendent Joyner as bearing a strong likeness to the educator. . DEMOCRATS ARK VICTORS IN KANSAS DISTRICT Carry the Blg Beventli," Which Has Gone Republican Since 1900. Hutchison, Kan., Jan. 10. Returns .'rom yestetday's seventh district con rressional election shows the election f George A. Neely, democrat, to sue 'eed L. H. Madison by a majority of 1500. Supporters of Speaker Champ lark predict he will get the Kansas lelegatlon to the national convention The "big seventh" district district has Seen republican since 1900. TO SCALE MT. M'KINLEY Prof. Parker Heads Expedition Wlilch Shortly Will Leave New i York. New York, Jan. 10. With the um nlt of Mount McKlnley as Its goal, an ixpeditlon headed by Prof. Herschel Parker leaves New York within the next few days. Parker will be accom- panled by Belmore Brown of the Par Uer-Brown expedition of 1910, CARNEGIE SCORES THBEATTQSUMMQN STEEL TRUST Chairman Stanley Says They Strive to Hamper Investi gating Committee. Washington. Jan. 10. Threats of Chairman Stanley, of the "steel trust" investigating committee, to issue sub poenas at once for everything he wanted from the United States Steel corporation and personalities In debate over nis ngnt lor uuo aaauionai appropriation for the Inquiry, gave the house an exciting half hour late yes terday. The house finally voted Mis appropriation to supplement the orig inal $25,000. Mr. Stanley declared he had reacihed the end of courteous treatment of the so-called steel trust officials. Repre sentative Levy of New York, a demo crat, who said he opposed the Inquiry as Interference with business stability was assured by Mr. Stanley that he "need not lose any sleep even though Mr. Levy had J. P. Morgan as one of his constituents." Representative Bowman of Pennsyl vania questioned Mr. Stanley's state ments that steel rails had sold uni formly at $28 a ton since the Bteel trust's formation. Mr. Stanley retort ed with a threat to subpoena Mr. Bow man and demanded to know what he knew about steel rails. "The mining company I am Inter ested in has been buying them in car loads every year for the past thirty years," retorted Mr. Bowman, "and I know the price has varied widely from $28." Mr. Stanley's Compliment. Representative Young of Michigan, a republican member of the committee took issue with Chairman Stanley's statement that the committee's work had forced the steel corporation's rail roads In Minnesota to lower the rate for carrying ore. Mr. Stanley paid him the compliment of "knowing about the facts." Republican Leader Mann retorted that Chairman Stanley ought not to criticise members of the committee over which he presided. Mr. Stanley repudiated any Intention of discourtesy to Mr. Young and Mr. Mann. He said the committee hoped to complete Its investigation in 60 days if it could get access to- the cor poration's books and correspondence but otherwise the inquiry might con tinue a yeeiv -- -.. -v - . - "The committee has been subject to a scientific and tantalizing system of delay," said Mr. Stanley, "I have been uniformly courteous to the officials of the steel corporation but they in turn either do not let our experts see their records, or delay us unreasonably. 1 I Intend to issue a subpoena for what I want, and I will get it or know the reason why." ' Mr. Lloyd of Missouri, democrat, charged that Mr. Levy wanted the government's action against the steel corporation set aside. Mr. Levy de nied this, but said he objected "to this continued investigation in the face of that suit." How many men have lost their work because of this committee's In vestigation?" demanded Mr. Stanley. "At least 25,000," said Mr. Levy. Mr. Stanley declared the steel cor poration welcomed the government's suit for dissolution, in the belief It would stop the committee's inquiry. They accepted it as a Christmas gift," he said, "and Immediately made formal protest to us that our work must cease." Former Speaker Cannon charged Mr. Stanley with having already judg ed the case against the steel corpora tion before all the evidence had been secured. Mr. Stanley amid republican laugh ter said he had "no feeling" against the steel corporation. MENACE TO AMERICANS IN SULZER RESOLUTION Measure Extending Sympathy to Chinese Revolutionaries to Fail. Washington, Jan. 10. Death might be the reward of any American who undertook to live up to the spirit of such a measure as the pending Sulzer house resolution, expressing sympathy for and extending encouragement to the Chinese revolution. For that rea son it is doubtful whether the presl defit would sign the resolution even should it pass both houses. Acts of congress creating consular courts and conferring upon them extra-territorial jurisdiction In semi-barbarous coun tries, passed In 1860, prescribe the death penalty for any American citi zen lending eld or encouragement to a revolution directed against the gov. ernment of countries in which the jurisdiction exists. ' MAY SUCCEED FALCONIO Mgr. Giuseppe A versa Will Probably Be Appointed Papal Delegate to Washington. Rome, Jan. 10. Mgr. Giuseppe Aversa, the nuncio to. Brazil, waa re cently received In audience by the Pope and later it waa said that he would be named tp the post of papal delegate at Washington. It is apparent that Mgr. Aversa ex. pecta the appointment and would wel: come It and this 1 not surprising - 1 when It Is remembered that the post led a few weeks ago to a cardlnaliue. MEN E TEXiSPLflGUE Fifty Families Arrive at Aus tin Today and Others Pass Through to San Antonio. 300 MENINGITIS CASES OFFICIALLY REPORTED Death Rate High in North and East Texas State Health Board Takes Action. Austin, Tex., Jan. 10. Fifty families seeking haven from the meningitis ep idemic arrived from North Texas points today and a large number of families, It is said, passed through en route to San Antonio, where the dis ease has not appeared. Dallas, Jan j 10. Investigation of the meningitis epidemic in north and east Texas, which threatens to con tinue spreading, is under way by the state health board. Three hundred cases, with a high death rate, are officially reported from several Texas , cities. T TO SECURE AM ALIBI M'Manigal Tells How He Set Deadly Contrivance and Made "Getaway." Indianapolis, Jan 10. How Ortie E. McManigal in blowing up machinery owned by an "open sKBp" contractor at Mount Vernon, 111., on April , 18, 1910, first used the alarm clock at tachment as a time regulator in set ting off his bombs as investigated . yesterday by the government officials who are conducting the grand Jury inquiry into the dynamite conspiracy. . The clock experiment at Mt Ver non was pronounced by McManigal to be such a success that It was later used in blowing up the Los Angeles Times building and other places. In his confession McManigal told how he prepared for the Mt Vernon "Job" which happened on the same night that an attempt was made to blow up a hotel In Salt Lake City, Utah. McManigal said a few days before he had been called to Indian apolis by John J. McNamara and while here in the office of the Inter national association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, he was shown the alarm clock scheme, which McNamara called a "new invention." "The purpose of the clock was to enable us to secure an alibi," said Mc Manigal. "McNamara explained how by setting the alarm to go off several hours after we placed the bomb we could make a good getaway on the train and theclock being blown up we could prove we were in some other town when the explosion occurred. It was agreed I should go to Mt Vernon , and try it out It also was the first time I used nitro-glycerlne. For the Mt Vernon Job I received $125 at my home In Chicago." In another Instance McManigal said he was "safely asleep" on a train several hours before an explosion took place for which he was responsible. WINTER MAY CHECK BLOODSHED IN CHINA Neither Sldo Will Attempt to Force Hostilities Before Spring, It Is Believed. Pekin, Jan. 10. Those who are hoping that further fighting will be averted, for the present at least, are building their hopes now on the winter weather In the belief that neither side will be anxious to force hostilities before spring. Fighting has npt been resumed, although the armistice has not been renewed, but It is known that preparations are being pushed. . "' It Is reported that the rebels have purchased large quantities of rifles in Japan and are mustering in and drill ing recruits tn all directions. In the meantime the government Is not In clined to send forces south to fight the rebels. Not only are funds for the purpose lacking at present, but the portion of the imperial army which can be relied upon is so small that It is not desirable to split it up. Dr. Sun May Head Army. San Francisco, Jan. 10. Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, president of the new Chinese republic, personally will lead an army of 100,000 men against the manchus In Peking, according to an announce ment contained In a cable message received by the Chinese Free Press today. The troops already mobilized at Nanking will be a part of the at tacking army. Tripp WestlnghousA Chairman. New York, Jan. 10. Guy E. Tripp of Boston was today elected ehuirmnn of the board of directors of the WpsI Inghouse Electric and Manufacturing company, succeeding the lute Robert Mather. The election was unanimous. 111,103 fit
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