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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES LAST EDITION 4:00 P. M. Weather Torecut;. FAIR AND WARMEB. em VOL. XVI. NO. 309. ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 6, 1912. 3c PER COPY THREE VICTIMS OF FOUL PLAY Taft Determines to Protect American s Mexican Interests UNDERWOOD NO STALKING HORSE WsK H Lly YK,ZU 71 H N. II 11 II Ralei ,Hce Investigate the AsphyxiO; j- of Benson One Men Morn ' Gone JOHNSON MET DEATH ON HIS WEDDING DAY Inquiries of His Intended Bride Caused Search Which Disclosed Tragedy In--' quest Wednesday. Gajsetto-News Uureau, The Hotel Hulelgh, Kalelgh, Feb. 0. Alton K. Johnson, one of the three young men from Benson asphyxiated lust night In Frunk Wilson's apart ments, was engaged to be married yesterday morning and pretty Miss Edna Weeks, his fiancee, Is In great distress today. Those asphyxiated were Johnson, aged 22, Hugh Porter, aged 10, and Fred A. Jernigan, aged The young men brought Miss Weeks of lienson and Miss Mary Haswell of Halcigh here Sunday evening in auto mobiles. It had been planned that Johnson and Miss Weeks should mar ry yesterday and when he nor his companions appeared the young wo- . men became anxious. They telephoned to Wilson's place three times but were told the boys were not there, Last . night the bodies were found. Coro ner Scpark this afternoon ordered an investigation and un Inquest will be held tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. Johnson hail over $100, the girls say, and only $7 was found In his pockets. The police believe foul play caused the deaths. , ARE EXPECTED TDBAY Indianapolis Grand Jury to Report Results of Dyna mite Plot Probe. . -indiuiiupolis, Feb. conspiracy Indictments to be returned before fi. Dynamite are expected thu federal Kiunil Jury this afternoon. Us final pession began at 2 o'clock this after noon. The Indicting iiuiuirles were wide in scope, 100 or more explosions directed against "open shop" oon trnctors In the last live years in which McNumurit brothers and Ortio Mr Manlgal were only a few of conspira tors, being investigated. It -is under stood the action following the Jury's report will cover 20 or more of the country's biggest cities. Thirty or more Indictments have already been drawn up, United States District Attorney Charles W. Miller said arrests, if any are to be made, will not take place within three or four days after the return of Indictments, and the names of the defendants will not be divulged until after arresty are effected. Ar rangements will bo made to cause all arrest on the same day. McManlgal, who became t witness for the government It Is said, through his confessions to the jury, to have re- vealed the names of many men not heretofore mentioned as having assist ed him and as having worked unde the McNaramas. Another class of men are said to have been mentioned by McManlgal as having knowledge of what was go lug on, although they did not par Urinate In actually setting-off the bombs. A Cat in Flames Sets House Afire Woman Burned to Death When An linal, Ignited from Klovo, Hushes Through Apartment. NVw York. Feb. . Turning nv nh oil stove and Ignlllng Its fur, a oa scumnered through an apurtinen house on Hfith street today setting alire six rooms In as many seconds. Mis. Harry McDonald, the cut's mis. tnwi, was burned to death and an oilier aged wotuaii was seriously burn el. TEST COST METHODS C-ot eminent Adduces 1'iirlher Kvl deiu e lo Pliow Working" r Al leged rwkciV CoinldiMS Chicago. Feb. 8. Details of the methods used in figuring tho test cost of dressed, beef were explained by witnesses at the packers trlul today. The government charges the test coal Is tho keystone of tho business system which makes It possible for the pack ers to maintain an alleged combina tion, It Is alleged tbst this test cusl ' a bi.llmm flisuro oblalbed by tn.ik. big Inadequate allowance for by-pi'O-(Iiic Ih iin.i tmn practically ' uniform i: i i -i. ifis.' '' FIVE DIP IN CAR 200 FEETTODEATH Fifteen Others Injured When Plunged Over Embanicment at Coulterville. Pittsburg, Feb. B.- Itunnlug at a Igh rate of speed, an electric car on the Scott leaven division of the West ennsylvanla railroad jumped the track near Cotiltervillo today and ont lover a 200 feet embankment, he were killed, three miners and wo unldeutilled men. The car contained 20 passengers. miners going to work in the mines. As the car neared a curve on a slight grade, the front trucks left the rail nd the car started on a mad plunge down the steep embankment. Fifteen ere injured and the car reduced to a broken mass of wood and metal. - IS By By Neat Strategy Slayden Measure Is Returned to Elections Committee. Washington, Feb. fi. The house of' epresentallves avoided going on rec ord on presidential third terms. Just at the moment when the Sluyden res olution, aimed primarily at Col. Theo dore ltoosevelt, seemed about to pass, shrewd parliamentary turn barred tile measure from further considera tion. It may be revived later in the session, but its position of yuntage on the bouse calendar was lost. , , . .', Mr. Hliiydeiir a- Texas deni'v-eat, in troduced' the resolution a woek ago. It. sought to express the "opinion of! ho house" that the example of Wash-! ngton n retiring after u second term. had by universal concurrence become he time-honored custom of the conn- try. a violation of which would be fraught with peril to free institutions. The resolution was culled up yester day with but little warning and there was u uulck mutchinf ow Us. Suspen was a quick matching of wits. Suspen- ion of the rules was required to pass he measure and to suspend the rules second" had to bo considered as or lereil. Mr. Sims of, Tennessee object ed to the "second" and a vote by tel- ers on ordering' this parliamentary nove was necessary. The republi- ans. In hurried conference, had de termined not to vole on the resolution, thus putting democrats In the position of passing the measure by a party vote, and In the opinion of a number of them, indicating feur of Mr. ltoose velt as the republican nominee. Hence the bulk of the democrats decided hot to vote for tho "second" and it was defeated '90 to 61. Four republicans, however, cast their votes for the "second. Former speaker Cannon led the way and was followed by Mr. McCall of Massachusetts, who had planned to speak against the third term idea! Mr. Bingham of Pennsylvania, "father of the house," and Mr. Higglns of Connecticut. With the "second" defeated, Mr. Slayden was forced amid a burst of applause to withdruw his motion for suspen sion of the . rules. The resolution was returned to the committee on elections. BATH TUB TRUST CASE IIS TO 4 Indictments Against Manufac turers Nol Prossed 27 Still Under Fire. Detroit. Feb. 8.-When the govern meat's criminal case against the bath tub trust wua called In United Stutes District court today, tho government not pressed the Indictments against W. C. Wlnfleld of arren, l'a., J. Ma hi nev of Chattiinoov.a, Tenn.. Ouorge S. Fruusheim of AVheeling, W. Va. rii.ri o. Tilden of New York. The trial Was adjourned until 2 ). m. The uctlon reduced the defendants to 13 linns und 24 Individuals. NATION GIVES THANKS, Nrrvlrn ('oiiiliieiuoratlilg tho Safe Ketuiii r RUig ami yuren from India- lmdon, Feb. 6. A national thanksgiving service commemorating the safe return of King Oeorgo and oueen Marv from India was held In p.,,1'1 Cathedral today. Immense -r'wds lined the streets and cheered Hie royal party's procession to the cathedral. The archblshopc oi .an i.Tluirv and York and 19 bishops re reived rovalt.v mi the calhedral steps. Five thousand people wero In the con yier lllon. ' ' ' TO SLICE MELON OF 28JILL15 Stockholders of Former Stand ard Oil Subsidiary to Vote Stock Increase. . i: New York, Feb. 6. Preparations, It is said, are under way whereby the Standard Oil Company of Indiana will next month slice a melon of $29,000, 000 in stocks. The company is one of tho former 33 subsidiaries of the Standard Oil company of New Jersey. The Indiana company's annual meet ing of stockholders will bo held March 7 at Whiting, .Inrt., und stockholders will be asked to vote an increase of $211, 0(10, 000 iu the company's capital, which is now one million. The addi tional twenty-njiio millions will then be turned over to the stockholders as a stock dividend of 2900 per cent. Shortly after the Standard OH com pany':! dissolution, shares of the In diana company sold as low as 11400. ' .Yesterday share , were -Hunted .; at $1000 and '14.100 was asked. It Is a growing belief that the Indiana melon culling Is only tha beginning of a number of capital increases among the Standard's subsidiaries where capital only nominally represents the value of I ho assets. NEW GNE-OflLLAR BILLS IRE TO BE To Readers of Special Classi fied Advertisement Page of ' The Gazette-News. ' J 11 a few days the "Special Classified d'' man ot The Oa.ctte-News will to riding around the city handing out new one dollar bills to the readers of the Special Classified Page. When the automobile stops at your door bear- ng a large banner ' marked "Special Classified Puge, Gazette-News," you will know he has come to present you new one dollar bill. This money will only be handed out to those who read the Special Classified Vage. The entire plan will be explained later. It Is a good plan good for the riierchant and for the reader. It auyos careful reading of the adver tisements, and If the merchant has a story worth telling it impresses the minds of the reader, you will . Icarn lot about good merchandise and where to spend your money to the best advantage. "Now 1 do not want to bring back any money when l start out on my rounds." Bays the Classified Ad." man. You will please be looking for the 'Special Classified Ad." man when he calls." The special classified Pago manager will use a Chalmers car to call on th-) people when he starts out to distribute the dollar hills he Is going to give away. This cur will be furnished by the Asheville Automobile company. 11 REPORTED KILLED II Chinese Free Press Hears of Fight Between Imperialists and' Revolutionaries. Bali " Francisco. Feb. 6. Fifteen hundred Chinese Imperialist troops were killed or wounded and 500 were captured In a battle at Chui-Chow ac cording to a cablegram received by the Chinese Free Press today. Brigadier General Llmi Chang of thu Canton army led tho republican forces numbering six thousand. The Imperial forces numbered 5000 and weie commanded by General Chung- Fung. The revolutionists captured Soo showtln and Whol province, i i, VIEW (OF JUAREZ. Lawlessness Must Be Checked Either by Madero or the United tSates. H K K t K H t r. r. t m. . m. 5 S ' OX MAIUHING ORDER. Washington. Feb. 6. A few hours' developments In Mexico ' have put the- United States army mobile forces on orders. With renewed, disturbances across the border and the pos sibility the Blate department might call upon the war de partment to protect lives and property of Americans along the line, plans of the general staff, prepared for a minute's action, were spread out at headquarters -'today, and re newed Instructions to await marching orders were flashed to army commanders at points from which troops can be quickly mobilized. It was made plain Ihe government ' dues , not intend to send more troops to the border send more troops to the border unless the situation absolutely demands it. - Meanwhile sev-' cral thousand soldiers rest on their arms. K t K f If If If t !. f If. . If If. If. P. n ie if f If If If If If If. If. If If . It if l if K k K It k K fH ..-,'.'-". , ' . -" j- '.'.' Washington, "Feu', tl. Another up rising In Mexico Is Impending, accord ing olTlclal dispatehes which cast grave doubts upon tho loyalty of Gen eral Orozco to President Mailero and intimate that in withdrawing from Jaures with the garrison of that place to Chihuahua, Oro7.co is about to be gin a new rebellion -and.'" declare the independence of the state of Chihua hua. Army circles are ugain ugilalcd and preparations for Immediate He lton are renewed. - The whole stiite of Chihuahua is reported to be In revolt' against the Madero government. The state as sembly meets today andait Is expected a declaration of Independent t will be Issued. The national governments local representatives are said to be without support and to be afraid to app,eul to the City of Mexico for help, fearing any attempt on the part of tJie national government to send loyal troops into Chilnuahua to enforce the Madero government's decrees would precipitate bloodshed. As the stele ef Chihuahua borders on Texas, Its separation from Mexico would be a matter of deep concern to the United States. I Officials are watching develop ments with great Interest. So com plete are the military preparations. It Is said, that nothing remains but to send one message to every depart ment 'army headquarters In country to Insure the prompt assemblage of sufficient troops on tho Mexican bor der to prepare the United States for any emergency arising there Troop Ordered to Texas. Pensacola. Kla., Feb. 6. Two com panies of coast artillery stationed at Fort Barrancas today received orders to leave for the Mexican border in Texas. Four other , companies sta tioned here are being recruited to their full war strength In anticipation of possible orders to move on short notice. J. No Order From Atlanta. Atluntu, Feb. 6, No orders to move troops have been sent from the head quarters of the department of the gulf, but every company can move on short notice. Destruction of Records .1 by Steel Judge Gray Acts When Gover nment Alleged Thousands of Papers Have Been Made W ay With Criminal Indict ment of Corporation Officials Hinted. Washington, Feb, fi. Judge Gray, In tho United States court of the third circuit, today Issued an injunction re straining tho defendants In the gov ernment's anti-trust suit against the United Stoel corporation from de stroying books and papers desired by the government. . The Injunction was Issued on the petition of the department of Justice which alleges that several thousand Ni,iriij used In' the 'governmenta . 1 COMMITTEE IjUIZ OESHORTHANDMEN Lorimer Investigators Want to ' Know Whether Notes Were Faked. Washington, Feb. 0. A contest of expert stenographers featured the Lorimer senatorial investigation today. After llnishing the cross examination of Milton Blumenberg. the discharged oltlcial reporter of the commute'!, other expert stenographers were sum moned to test Blumberg's sensational charge that the shorthand notes of an alleged 'admission' of bribery said to have been made by Charles McGowan. a Hines-Lorinicr witness, were faked by a detective and stenographer. . Ulumcnhcrg yesterday took the wit ness stand before the committee to tell why he branded as "manufactured" the stenographic report by J. E. Sher idan of alleged phonograph admis sions by Charles McGowan. Statements mado Saturday night be fore the committee that the notes wore fakccVV werer repeated undeit..-na,t The tense situation, into which the Investigation has been unexpectedly shunted, resulted In sharp and almost bitter passages between counsel and members of the committee. lllumenberg's discharge came aft")r his refusal to explain his conduct Sat urday night In ordering his steno graphers to quit reporting the pro ceedings. Hesolutlon:) were adopted, looking to his punishment at once for alleged contempt and tho committee attorneys began a search for prece dents fo bring liltimenberg before the bur of the senate. Tho testimony of J. K., Sheridan, the 19 yeurs old stenographer of the Uurns' Detective agency, was then completed. The witness declared hl3 notes were genuine. He reiterated that he had not attempted to report all that came over the phonographic appurutus from the room in which de tectlves were talking to McCowan, but that ho took' only what he deemed material. A willingness to submit to anv test of speed was expressed. His now famous note book was turned over to the committee. HERRICK ACCEPTED Announcement Is Kximi tod Soon Kc gardhiK IroKcetlvp Apisilnt meiit to Purls Embassy. . Washington. Feb. 6. An announce ment regarding the prospective appointment of former Governor Mvron T. Herrlck of Ohio as ambas sador to France, succeeding Robert Bacon, is expectod to be made at the White House as soon as certain dl plomatic formalities, are compiled with. It Is understood the state de pnrtment has been given to under stand Informally that Herrlck is ac ceptable to the French government. COLLEGE HEAD KILLED Injuries Sustained In Wreck by Dr. Henry Wise Trlhble. Noted Fducator, Fatal. Tampa, Fla.. Feb. S. Dr. Henry Wise Trlbble, president of Columbia university, Luke City, Fla.. died at Roadman, Fla., todny from injuries received In a collision of trains there Saturday. He was a well known edu cator and a native Virginian. ! Trust Enjoined criminal prosecution of the "wire pool," were destroyed. The Injunc tion Is a temporary one and forbids the destruction of any other books or papers which the government may desire In Its anti-trust suit One portion of the government's petition seems susceptible of tho In terpretation that criminal Indictments and prosoctulons or certain officers of the steel corporation and its subsi diaries are under consideration by the department of justice, " nOOMICK QUITS LA FOLLETTC CAUSE Wisconsin Man, However, De clares He Is in the Race to Stay. Washington, Feb. 0. Senutor La Follette, through his campaign man ager, announced last night that de spite 111 health he would hot withdraw from the race for the republican nom ination for president. Fast on the heels of his declaration one of his most ardent supporters, President Medlll McCormlck of the Illinois pro gressive republican league. Issued a call to the Illinois progressives to de sert the La Follette standard and to work for a solid Roosevelt delega tion from Illinois In the Chicago con vention. The two statements created a flurry In progressive political circles. The first statement was made for Senator LaFollette by Col. W. L.' Houser, his manager and chairman of the na tional progressive republican com mittee. Mr. McCormlck's call to the mem bers of the Illinois progressive repub lican league was made public an hour later. It was telegraphed to the league headquarters in Chicago and was as follows: Considering all the circumstances. including Senator LaFoIlotte's physi cal condition, In the opinion of the overwhelming majority of progressive republican members of both houses of congress, progressives In Illinois must unite to send Roosevelt delegates to the next national republican conven tion. With Roosevelt and Jones the progressives can sweep Illinois and establish In state and nation progres sive administration, which will substi tute a policy of positive leadership for a policy of compromise with principle and concession to special In terests." - The Jones mentioned as a running mate on the ticket with Col. Roose- Veil "fsr the progrpsstvc" Vetfnblican eaiv dldate for tho gubernatorial nomina Hon In Illinois. ' . , IN TAYLOR 1UIUBDER CASE Police Suspect He Manufac tured the Bomb Which Killed Woman. New York. Feb. 6. Investigation into the mysterious murder of Mrs. Helen Taylor by the explosion of a bomb In her apartments last Satur day night has brought out some al leged facts which the police regard as significant in connection with the re cent movements of Charles M. Dick inson, who was with the woman when the explosion occurred. A few days before the murder, Dickinson and Mrs. Taylor had a quarrel, the police say, in which the woman scratched Dickinson's face. Later Mrs. Taylor called on her sis ter, Mrs. Evans, and expressed fear of Dickinson. A letter signed by Dickin son, found among the dead woman's effects, the police say, begged that he "be taken back." In Dickinson's pocket, 'he police declare, they found what was appar ently the answer to his letter, which read: "If you know what la good for you, you will Btay away from my flat." On the day before the murder Dick inson spent many hours, detectives learned, locked In his room, and they are now Investigating on the theory that the bomb was manufactured In his room. With the scars of the scratches said to have been Inflicted by Mrs. Taylor still showing on his face, and looking haggard from the effects of his two days' incarceration, Dickinson was ar raigned before the coroner yesterday and there met his aged father, post master at Champlaln, N. Y. "I am innocent of this, father," he told the old man. "I believe you, my boy," he replied. The elder Dickinson obtained from the coroner permission to have the hearing put over until Wednesday, Concerning the matrimonial history of the Taylor woman much conflicting evidence has been obtained by the police, but according to Deputy Police Commissioner . Dougherty It was es tabllshed thai one J. H. Taylor, sup posed to have been a husband of the murdored woman, died In December, 1911, in a sanitarium at Plattsburg. N. Y.; that, a man named Howard Taylor, a friend of the woman, died in Biughamton, N. Y.. and that How- rd Walker, also supposed to have been a husband. Is alive and being searched for by the police. Efforts to find any messenger boy who delivered the bomb to Mrs. Taylor have proven futtlo. Milling Machinery Want Burned. Motlne. Ills., Feb. Fire today A AlrnVttil 4h lllit-nui-it mil! TIHM Floll Milling Machinery plant with a loss $009,000. Those Concerned in Alabama Man's Boom Acting in Good Faith and Not for Harmon. . - SOUTH FOR SOUTHERNER IS THEIR BATTLE CRY H. B. Varner Again in Con ference .With Regard to Situation in North Carolina. 1 Guzette-New8 Bureau, , Wyatt Building, . Washington, Feb. . . Underwood talk is heard here now with daily regularity and It Is certain that the forces will begin the work of organization and mobilization within the next few days. This noticeablo revival of Underwood talk Is said to be due to the fact that evidences of support have been observed outside the southern states, and this has led friends of the majority leader to busy themselves in a number of states, in cluding North Carolina. H. B. Var ner of Lexington, whose work in be half of good roads has long since be come national In its scope, was here . again yesterday In conference with some of the Underwood leaders, and conllrmed the report sent the Gazette- News from Washington a few days since, to the effect that Mr. Varnor, . along with Mr. Gold and others, has actively interested himself In tho Un derwood cause. ' "The South for a Southerner:" One got tho Impression, after a talk with Mr. Varner, that the battle cry of tho Underwood forces will be "The South for a Southerner," or words to that effect, and Mr. Varner says ho is convinced that, In a short lime, doinocrats of the south will fully com prehend Mr. Underwood's peculiar availability; that niombers of his par ty, will soon have a realizing sense of tho political wisdom and expediency , or nominating this sotithen man. In. the: rather confused condition of things' politically, Mr. Varner hopes southern democrats will bear in mind a few cardinal points. The very agi tation of a southern man for the pres idency would appreciably benctit that section, he thinks, and If the south would come to the Baltimore conven tion with forces lined up in a way suggesting solidity and a unity of pur pose, Mr. Underwood would be nomi nated, and once nominated, he would be elected because he would ' carry New York. Must Carry New York. . And democrat, to be' .elected, Mr. Varner reminded a group of Tar Heels, must carry New York, and this Mr. Underwood could do. At this point the Underwood folks here al ways manifest something akin to real enthusiasm. They say their man pos sesses a charming personality; that he Is well grounded in the fundamentals - of democratic principles; that he '.a at alt times an active exponent of economy in governmental affairs, and that democrats must paramount thu tariff this year, adhering to the posi tion of Mr. Underwood, as clearly op. posed to the views of President Taft. Furthermore, they will tell you, Mr. Underwood easily occupies first place In southern statesmanship; Is at all times progressive, "with the brake set," and would, therefore, find It pos sible to attract to his standard a unit ed party. Moreover, Mr. Varner wishes it distinctly understood, Mr. Underwood looks with decided favor upon the plans of those who are urg ing federal aid for good roads. A few persons have expressed belief that Mr. Underwood Is simply being used as a stalking horse for Governor Harmon, It will not be safe for anybody to proceed upoi any such idea as this, as those concerned h apparently Inaugurated their enterprise in goo faith. It Is certain that a fight will be made for Underwood in every dis trict in North Carolina. W. A. H. DICKENS ANNIVERSARY T( Persons Prominent in Letters, Finance and Politics to Participate. New York, Feb. 6. The hundredth anniversary of Charles Dickens' birth will be celebrated tonight and tomor row with a banquet ulid mass meet ing under a notable committee's aus pices. Theodore ltoosevelt is ehulr man and men and Women of letters, financiers and prominent persons In all walks of life will participate. -Han ley Meter liana Halted. New York, Feb. 8. Plans for merg ing certain railroads ',-ontrolled hv the late Edwin Hawley and the exten sion of others have been halted pend ing an announcement, of the provis ions of Hawley' will. A report tlisi the will Is lost was today denied liv of William P. Hawley, tie'" nephew. thtt dead lliuiiv- 1
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