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ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JA NUARY 16, 1912.
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REV.M'FARLJND
UNDER
wimmi-
Prominent Educator and Pres
byterian Minister Held Af
ter Tragic Death of
Pittsburgh Girl.
IN DYING STATEMENT
WOMAN ACCUSED HIM
Says She Thought Him Physi
cian Another Man In
volvedGrand Jury
Has the Case.
Knoxville, Jan. 16. Rev. W. D. Mc
Farland, Presbyterian missionary, de
clines to make any statement concern
ing the charges against him in Pitts
burgh In connection with the death
of K'sle Dodds Coe, his former sten
ographer. Dr. McFarland is at Cedar
Creek-. Officers expect to return this
afternoon with the preacher-teacher.
McFarland resigned his position in a
Pittsburgh public school, according to
a Knoxvllle minister, because condi
tions in the school would not justify
his continuing there.
Case Ilcfolre Grand Jury.
Pittsburgh, Jan. 16. Rollin Mc
Connell of Chicago, whose name was
mention at the coroner's Inquest, into
the death of Elsie Dodds Coe, who
died here Friday as the result of a
criminal operation, conferred today
with District Attorney Blukoly. It
was reported tlint Kev. W. V. Mc
Farland, former head of the academic
department of tho Pittsburg high
school, but now In chorge of a United
Presbyterian mission In Tennessee and
for whose arrest the district attorney
issued an order yesterday, was located
at his home at Cedar Creek, Tenn.
The matter goes before the grand Jury
today.
Miss Coe had been ' Dr. Mc
Farland'8 secretary and before
her death she made an ante--mortem
statement to a deputy
coroner In which she Implicated Dr.
McFarland and one Rollin McConnell,
who is liow employed In the Westing
house offices in Chicago. .
At an inquest held- yesterday and at
tended by. the district attorney, evi
dence was presented to show that Dr.
McFarland left-here in 1910, to take
up missionary work in Tennessee, with
headquarters at Greenville. Accord
ing to the young woman's statement
Dr. McFarland was known to her
mother and sister as a physician and
twice since he left , this city had re
turned at her request. The coroner's
.Jury found that the young woman died
of peritonitis superinduced by mal
practice. Dr. McFarland, who Is about 30
years old, was at one time engaged
in editorial work and later he was
president of a small western college.
ARRIVE TO REARRANGE
COTTON SHIPPING PLAN
Englishmen at New York to Meet
American Bankers, Railroad
Men' and Factors.
New York, Jan. 16. To get Into
closer tough with American bankers,
railroad men and cotton shippers and
to arrange a more satisfactory system
of safeguarding cotton bills against
fraud and forgery, H. Kern, chairman
of the Liverpool cotton bills of lading
conference committee, and James H.
Simpson, secretary of the European
Bankers conference committee, reach
ed here on the steamship Franconl to
day. New York banpers will meet
them In conference tomorrow. Ar
rangements also are made for them
to meet the southern cotton shippers
in Memphis Saturday.
The European representatives' visit
Is regarded as Indicating that the op
eration of the cotton bills of lading
central bureau has not come up to
expectation of foreign buyers and it
is felt some amendments to the pres
ent plans are necessary. -
THINK LIQUOR SALE
ESSENTIAL IN PANAMA
Cut. Goethals Says It In Needful for
Contentment of Canal
' . . . Zone Laborer!.
Washington. Jan. 16. Tho fuel that
the sale of liquor In the canal sone Is
permitted by Col. George W. Goethals.
engineer In charge of the work, and le
upheld by him as being necessary for
the "contentment" of the laborers haf
shocked some members of the house
committee on Interstate and foreign
commerce who hnil from "dry" states
and have Just returned from a trip of
Inspection to Panama.
There arc now four distilleries and
47 saloons in the canal zone. v Last
year there were DO saloons. An order
from the chief engineer, would wipe
them out at once, but he rofuses to is
sue that order. Kc believes in an
army canteen and uses the same argu
ment In support of the sale of liquor
under strict regulation on the territory
under American supervision that was
advanced by Don. Leonard Wood,
chief of staff, In favor of the re-estab-llshmcnt
of the army canteen.
Farley Lands at New York Tomorrow.
New York, Jan. 16. Cardinal Far
ley, with his suite, who la aboard the
hteamshlp Berlin, will arrive tonight
off Sandy -Hook and lands tomorrow
nl (lie I'nttory, where the parade In his
honor bi-ginn,
ARREST
ciliNcirMcftr
GIVES IIS MS
Does Not Believe Government
Will Buy Lines While Com
petition Keeps up. '
Special to The Gazette-News.
New York, Jan. 16. Clarence H,
Mackay, being asked In regard to theJ
proposition of Postmaster General
Hitchcock that tho government take
over the telegraph lines said, "This
would lead to taking over the tele
phone lines also. The British govern
ment found this to be so and two
weeks ago it took over the telephone
lines In England at an enormous ex
pense. The telegraph and telephone
lines In this country are worth from
$2,000,000,000 to 3,000,000,0t. Tills
would Include the independent tele
phone companies owning nearly $500,
000,000 of property and hnving some
450,000 stockholders. I venture to say
that they would be operated by the
government at great annual loss Just
as In Great Britain where the losses
on the telegraphs alone up to date are
figured at $175,000,000. Moreover, the
government would then be employing
hundreds of thousands of clerks, tele
phone girls, telegraph operators, man
agers, etc. It would be a colossal po
litical machine. I have reasons for
laying that taking over the telegraph
lines would mean also taking. over the
telephone lines. Are you aware of
what is going on at this very time?
Western Union offices are. being closed
by the Bell Telephone company and
the telegraph service Incorporated
with the telephone service.
"Postal Only. Thing Ijefl," He ways.
"The auditor of the Western Union
recently announced that one hundred
and fifty of such Western Union
offices have been treated In this way.
This includes such large cities as Au
gusta, Me,, tho capital of the state. If
this keeps on the Western Union will
disappear as a separate concern then
there will be but one real telegraph
company the Postal.' Telephone
managers .will control- tt(e Western
Union Telegraph lin-s, that will mean
bad telegraph service by the Western
Union. Competition between the tele
graph and long distance telephone- is
eliminated so far as the Western Union
and Bell Telephone are concerned.
Whether all this Is legal and whether
the public will stand for it remains to
be seen, The Postal company Is the
only thing left: if that should stop,
then the government certainly would
take over the telegraph lines. There
is another thing; when governments
buy large properties, they generally
pay exorbitant prices Just as when a
city buys land for a park. The Eng
lish government paid out enormous
sums for the telegraph lines and then
found to Its surprise that it had to
settle with the railroads with which
the telegraph companies had con
tracts. I happen to know that this
disturbed the government very much,
but the government was in for it and
had to carry it through, always at the
expense of the taxpayers. The West
ern Union has thousands of contracts
with railroads In this country and if
the government should take over the
telegraph lines it would have to settle
for these, also. On the whole, I guess
the American government will not buy
the. telegraph lines so long as the Pos
tal keeps up competition. The Postal
lines are not for sale."
EQUAL POLITICAL RIGHTS
FOR WOfJEN IN SWEDEN
Stockholm, Sweden, Jan. IS. Wo
men will henceforth take a full and
equal share with men in the political
life of Sweden. A speech from the
throne at the opening of the riksdag
today contained the announcement
that, a bill was 'to be Introduced en
franchising women and making them
eligible at elections to the riksdag on
tho same conditions as men.
RANK TOMFOOLERY
That Is the Way Itmwevelt Itrganls
me iteport Tliat Jin in steel
TruHl Candidate.
New York, Jan. 16. Theodore Booee
.'elt declared he was "not discussing
-lpe dreams" when askci today ubout
the report that he was favored by the
steel Interest for the presidential nom
ination.
"That Is a depth of tomfoolery to
which I cannot go." he said.
Veatlia from Cold In New York.
New York, Jan. 16. After climb
ing to 38 degrees yesterday, the mer
cury shrank back to three above zero
this morning. Three deaths were
caused by the cold. For the first time
in 20 years, Staten Island sound be
tween Elliabethport and Fort Rich'
mond Is froien oyer and persons are
crossing on the ice.
- Tle Revere House Burned.
Boston, Jan. 16. The Revere house,
one of New England oldest hotels,
was partially destroyed by fire this
morning. Tho loss is estimated nl
$100,000. ' .
Where f ive
In Plunge of Car Through Ice
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Five persons, two men and three girls, were drowned In the spot shown In this photograph, near Trenton
when an automobile In which they were returning home at 2 o'clock in the morning, driven by Frederick Foster'
skidded on the highway and plunged into a power canal. Foster was thrown over the steering wheel and swam
ashore. The others, pinned in the car, were drowned. !
FIVE OPPONENTS
FOR PIS PLACE?
Rumor Says So Mr. Bickett
Said to Be One of Them
Trains Badly Delaye'd.
Gazette-News Bureau,
The Hotel Raleigh,
Raleigh, Jan. 1G.
Interest in politics has been in
creased by the apearance of a story
to. tho effect that Congressman E. W.
Pouof thet Fourth district Is to have
live opponents for his place next summer.-;
It (ft said that OVW. Bickett, t
torney general; Herbert E. Norrls, so
licitor of this district; R. H. Hayes of
Chamham county, A. C. Zelllcoffer of
Henderson and possibly T. T. Thome
of Rocky Mount will enter the race.
While there Is nothing authoritative
as to the attitude of any of these gen
tlemen, it was generally believed that
Attorney General Bickett was waiting
(or a proper time to announce his can
didacy for governor not next fall,
but in 1916. He may not have decid
ed to run for congress, but "they say"
he has, and his candidacy Is being
talked hereabouts.
All of these men are good lawyers
and strong speakers and there Is no
doubt that they would make the cam
paign interesting. - Mr. Pou hereto
fore has not had serious opposition,
but with a fight like this, the chances
nro much more against him than ever
before. Mr. Thome- is said to have
remarked that If these other men en
ter the fight, he reckoned he mlghjk
as well get In too.
Freeze Delays Trains. .
Many trains have been delayed dur
ing the past two days by the cold.
sleet and ice. It was so bad yester
day, and today that Norfolk Southern
freight trains were ordered not to
leave the city. The weather bureau
reports a,, temperature of six degrees
above zero Sunday morning, but other
thermometers Indicated zero.
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Beck', who live
on east Hargett street. Were seriously
Injured when their cook stove ex
ploded. The pieces of Iron were flung
In all directions, two of the bits strik
ing Mrs. Bock on the foot and head.
Mr. Beck suffered a damaged shin.
Both were knocked down. Tho man
will be kept in his bed for several
days. ' i . ,
The habeas corpus case of Charles
Faucette, the young lawyer of Fay
etteville, will be heard Wednesday
morning. Mr. Faucette alleges that
he was placed In the state hospital
against his will, and when he was
perfectly sane, and it is understood
he will produce strong evidence at
the hearing.
IS BURNED TO DEATH
Guy
L. Stewart. Cotton Belt
Railroad Official, a
Wreck Victim.
. St. Louis, Jan. 16. Guy L. Stewart
agricultural and industrial agent of
the Cotton Belt railroad, was burned
to death In his private car In a WTeck
In which trains of three different roads
collided at Kelso, 140 miles south of
here, today.
StcauiHhlp In Distress.
Washington, Jan.- 16. The steamer
Northwestern, oil lnden, with 23 men
aboard. Is helplessly battling with the
sea off Cape Lookout, N. C. Both pro-
I pellers are gone. The revenue cutter
'Itasca was dispatched from llenu
fort,, N. C, to her assistance.
Persons Lost Lives
m ' '
- St '
Ik
. . .
r
i
- rd or e.bJjcikvii.ije, axttomobiIiE. Tragedy.,
30,000 HOMELESS;
FIRE SWEEPS CITY
More Than 5000 Buildings De
stroyed by Flames at
Osaka, Japan.
Osaka, Japan, Jan. 1G. A scries of
llrcs swept unchecked across the
southern half of this city today, fan
ned by a strong wind. According to
official figures 6268 buildings were de
stroyed and 80,000- persons, were ren
dered ,.'T)OBieleeaB:.'!, f :aflilraUon.
was
unaer Qajsirvtptf3 tnisrmrter-
noon.
SETTLE IT
Supposedly Sounded the Presi-
dent Following the Dun
can Interview. .
Gazette-News Bureau,
Wyatt Building,
Washington, Jan. 16.
Thomas Settle was among the
White House callers yesterday.' It is
assumed that Mr. Settle talked over
North Carolina political conditions
with the president. National Commit
teeman Duncan was at the White
House last week and the tiutler-More-head
faction probably determined to
ascertain If possible whether anything
unpleasant was impending.
For years Mr. Settle was firmly of
the opinion that the republicans of
North Carolina should send an unln
structed delegation to the national
convention, but this was before the
Ashevllle man had been recognized in
a substantial way. It is unlikely that
Mr. Settle is now harboring such po
litically altruistic and broadly patri
otic notions, W. A. H.
Ml
T
Baggage Car Burns After
Wreck on the Alabama &
t Vicksburg.
New Orleans, La., Jan. 16. An ex
press messenger was killed and sev
eral passengers were hurt when a hag
gage car burned after the derailment
of train No. 1 on the Alabama &
Vicksburg railroad, 17 miles east of
Meridian. Miss. News of the wreck
was received at the New Orleans
Northeastern railroad office here to
day. TO WELCOME RULERS
Great Popular DenioiiHtratlon Will
Follow Naval Review as KngllHli
Monarch Returns.
London, Jan. 16. King George and
Queen Mary, now passing through the
Red sea returning from India, will
hav a great welcome on their arrival
In England In February. A greit
naval review at Bplthead will be held.
When the royal party reaches London
tho public will acord Itc a big recep
tion on te wny from tho station to
Buckingham palace.
M5-. jn9r'S-l5 ".. ' -V.' TO. -ii- ' i". I,
GLEVEtANO
MURDER
SUSPECTS FREED
Cases Against Gladden Ross
and Mull Nol. Prossed
at Shelby.
Special to The Gazette-News.
Shelby, Jan. 16. The special term
of court met yesterday morning at 10
o'clock. The court house was full of :
people curious to sa what was to be
done with Frank Gladden, Hack Ross
aiwl CuJlenMulK and, a 'great ln'any
people were surprised when the court
nol prossed the second true-bill against
Frank Gladden for the mur'der of Mrs.
John Dixon. Gladden Is now a free
man. The court also nol. prossed the
case of Hack Ross and Cullen Mull.
It is generally believed that Hack Ross
j knows something about the murder.
uui me eviutMii'e uiu iiui whmuul me
grand jury to find a true bill against
him; so at 11 o'clock all the suspects
went free.
It Is hoped that by the next term
of court there will have developed
something that will throw some light
on the case. As it now stands the
murder is just as much a mystery as
it ever was, with the exception of the
confessed impllclty of Jnhn Ross who
has plead guilty and who has already
been sentenced to die In the electric
chair February 16.
It may never be known who the true
perpetrators of the crime were, but
the Dlxons and the Cllnes are not go
ing to be satisfied until the murderers
are brought to Justice.
HEIRESS LEFT HOME
FOR LIVE OF WAITER
Violet Beuhler Says She Hoped
to Marry Him Stories
Conflicting.
New York, Jan, 16. Violet Bueh
lor, the runaway Chicago heiress ar
rested here yesterday after several
weeks' search, is eagerly awaiting the
arrival of her mother, Mrs. Herman
Buehler. Tho 15 years old girl told
so many conflicting stories that the
authorities are unable to learn defin
itely whether the girl was persuaded
to run away. The police will take ac
tion if she was coaxed away.
Tho Buehler girl says' she is in love
with Jack Clune, a waiter, and want
ed to marry him.
ONLY CHURCHLESS CITY
FAVORS WET SUNDAYS
Majority of Women Who Balloted at
Vernon, Cat, Were for Open
Town.
Los Angeles, Jan. 16. Vernon, near
here, the only Incorporated city in the
United States having no church, voted
for "wet" Sundays yesterday. Fifteen
women voted and most Ct them voted
"wet"
ACCUSED BANKER DIES
Tliomas F. McClure of Cincinnati In
stitution Closed by Examiners
Expires Suddenly.
Cincinnati, Jan. 16. Thomas F.
McClure, who was president of the
Motrnnnlltan Rank and Trust com
pany when it was closed by bank ex-
amtners two months ago, dropped
dead In the federal building here to-
day. - McClure was Indicted for re -
reiving deposits when he knew the
bank wa Insolvent. .
IBIS BOMB SI
PRtie YUM
Two Dead, 10 Dying1 and Seven
Others Injured as Result
of Attempt at As
sassination. STATESMAN UNSCATHED,
HIS HORSES KILLED
Wa3 Being Driven to the Im
perial Palace When Missile
Was Thrown Imperial-
ist3" Advance.
Pekin, Jan. 16. A. bomb thrown at
Premier Yuan Shi-Kai's carriage,
while he was on his way to the Im
perial "Court yesterday, which killed
two soldiers and Injured seventeen
persons, both civilians and soldiers.
Probably ten will die. The horses at
tached to the premier's carriage were
killed.
Yuan Shl-Kai has been repeatedly
warned that attempts would be made
against his life. Friends have urged
the premier to capitulate and others,
fearing his assassination, urged him
to take refuge in the foreign conces
sions at Tien Tsln.
The revolutionists have more than
once threatened Yuan with dynamite.
The premier, however. Informed Sir
John Jordan, the British minister,
that he did not fear assassination. A
guard of 2D cavalrymen usually es
corted his carriage through the streets
of Pekin.
In November, according to a Chi
cago report, an attempt was mada to
assassinate Yuan but this report was
never confirmed.
The Imperial army, after much
fighting, has succeeded In pushing its
way to within, sixty miles of. Sian Fu.
Th entire province of Shen SI is in &
urmoil. Many towns have been loot
ed and deserted.
The reported massacre of 10,000
ManiTiius by rebels in the"Slien Si dis
trict is confirmed. . .
Conditions ln the interior of China
afe graphically described in an inter
view with Adoldh Herman, who .went
to Tal Yuan-Fu to rescue women and
children of the China Inland mission.
He says the Impression he got from
the rebels was far from favorable.
There was no responsible head.
BEP. LEVT OPPOSING
NEW TRUST IKQUIRIES
Says Committee of House Will
' 'Agitate and Accomplish
Nothing."
Washington, Jan. 16. Representa
tive Levy of New York argued before
the house rules committee today
against the proposed investigation
into the "money trust," the shipping
combine and the International Har
vester company.
"I think these matters should be
referred to the proper committees,"
he said, "to draft laws to aid these
industries rather than to agitate, probe
and accomplish nothing. This con
tinual agitation of these business en
terprises Is tying up the business of
the country.".
Representative Lindberg of Mlnne
KOta, author of the "money trust" res
olution, replying to Levy said he saw
no reason why the proposed inquiry
should be retarded because of the
wish of New York bankers. "If they
are doing anything wrong and are
fleecing the public," he said, "the
public ought to know It; If they are
not, they have nothing to fear."
BREWER'S POLICIES
New MlHHiNsippI Governor for White
Supremacy and Reform of
Court Procedure.
Jackson, Mass., Jan. 16. Advocacy
of the political supremacy of the
white race was one of the features of
tr message or Karl Hrewer, in- lness."
hugurated governor of Mississippi to- we are In good share," reporui tho
day. He succeeds K. F. Noel. The manager of the Postal Telegraph corn
new executive would prohibit liquor pany. "
sellers from advertising their wares "I'nless the weather grows worse
In Mississippi, wants ttie child labor we do not anticipate any serious dif-
laws strengthened and asks that the
criminal statutes and rules regulating
court procedure In Mississippi bo over
hauled. MILL RIOTING CEASES
Saloons at Lawrence, Maw.. Closed by
Authorities to Help Down .
Outbreaks.
Lawrence, Mass., Jan. 16. No fur
ther disturbance was reported this
morning In the textile workers strike.
The Everett Pemberton and Lawrence
duck mills, employing four thousand.
were closed. In the remainder of the
mills about one-fourth of the average
number or employes started work.
4 Mayor Bcanlon haa closed all the
''ity's saloons to help keep down out-
(breaks. ,
raEt-rams
The Official Reading This :
Morning, but Other Ther
mometers Tell Varying
Stories as to 5'Iinimum.
MANY HOUSEHOLDERS
HAVE PIPE TR0UELS3
PlumberE Busy Public Ser
vice Corporations Are Not
Experiencing Much
V Difficulty.
Three men, who live on Charlotte
street, and who are accustomed to -walk
to business, simultaneously open
ed their front doors this morning, cal
culating to a nicety just the minute
the car would pass, and with three
separate and distinct shivers they
swung on before the car had come to . .;
a full stop. On th car they met a
plumber, who can afford to ride every
day, and naturally the conversation
turned on water pipes. One of the
original three stated that he had not
had the courage to try to turn on this ,
water in his house; another had cut
his off or had tried to without any
result; the third had turned his on but
a burst pipe had caused him to cut it
off immediately. The plumber had the.
faco to admit that the Water in his
home was running. merrily. The Irony
of fate. .
Harvest Time For Them.
The plumbers are reaping a rich
harvest today. Water pipes froze" in
houses where it had not been neces
sary to cut the water off this winter. ..
In a drugstore a pentlcman was seen
who had armed hiniReif with a blow
torch and was starting to thaw out his
water meter. He had no sympathy
for the meter but the water would ,
not run. Some householders had the
good sense to sit up with their pipes
nt! n'ght and kept fires.
The people of the city, as a generab
tMng, attribute the- zero weather to
the coming of Dr. Cook. ' Anil it was
r.ero weather. ' In fact It was tnree-
ninths of a decree below, according to
the weather man, and at 12 o'clock he
Had received over 50 calls asking just
how cold lt was. It ought to be a
warning to him. There were ther
mometers that registered much lower.
One went down to five below and a
milkman from Beaverlam declared
that his thermometer recorded 10
degrees below zero at noon the official
reading was 11 above; at 3:30 p. m.
it was 20.
Nearly everything was frozen that
was freezable, even the fountain pool
was almost frozen over.
At Charlotte, where they have been
experiencing extremely cold weather,
It was eight above last night, and to .
show the extremes in the country the
reports are that the mercury was SO
above yesterday in Phoenixi Ariz. The
weather man promised that It might
be warmer tomorrow and by Thursday
he though that we should at least
have "seasonable" weather.
Trains Late.
Most of the trains ran late today,
although some of them were not very
late; it is presumed that the reason
for this was the difficulty in getting
the engines to steam. The Carolina
special was two hours late and so was
the morning trains from Murphy, and
N'o. 12 was 40 minutes late; No. 20
was 20 minutes behind; No. 22 was
one hour. Nos. 9 and 11 were on
time.
. The Ashevllle and East Tennessee
railroad missed the first trip; that Is,
the first car did not get l.ito Ashevllle
until 8 o'clock, but the cars ran regu
larly the rest of the day.
And other public service 'concerns
are still working well and have not
been very much incon enlenced as yet.
- --)
"We had some trouble yesterday,"
it was stated at the Western Union
office, "but fortunately the linemen ,
were In convenient reach of the places
where it occurred. The gang of con
struction men on the Murphy division,
sent to the Charlotte-Atlanta line last
week to help repair the sleet storm
damage, returned yesttrday. - We had
I wires open all day, and there was no
Interruption In our territory. We have
two wires working with Charlotte this
morning, although the Atlanta con
nection Is broken now. We expect to
handle business promptly. The cold
bothers us but little. It Is Bleet and
freezing rain that puts us out of bu-
fioulty," it was stated by the Ashevllle
Electric company. "There Is some ice
at the Ownbey plant, but no trouble
has been reported from the Marshall
plant. Our steam auxiliary Is about
capable of pulling the entire load, If
necessary, and we have been getting
(Continued on page I.)
FEAR FOR PEACH CROP
Growers In tho East Expert Only live
to 10 Per Cent of a Normal
Yield.
Nrnr Haven, Jan. 16.-The past
week's severe cold, it is feared, has
ruined the greater part of the peach
crop In the east. Several growers
look for on'.? about five to ten per rent
j of the uormal crop.