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A A 'TIIE ASSOCIATED PRESS . DISPATCHES LAST EDITION 4:00 P. H. ' T7exthtr lortcart: FAIR; WARMKll TOMOKUOW. mm VOL. XVII. NO. 5. ASHEVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 15, 1912. 3c PER COPY PLOT SENT. BRAivDT TO PEN BOND APPEALS TURNED DOWN t V? Indictments Charging Conspir acy Expected to ' Follow . ' Grand Jury Probe of Ju dicial "Railroading.". MAN WENT TO PRISON TO SHIELD A WOMAN Confessed to Crime He Did Not Commit to Protect Her, Ac cording to . Current Reports. ' ; ! ATTACKS MR TAFT AS A BJEACTIOriABY Medill McCormicH Aroused at the' President's "Vicious" Assault on Progressives. New York, Feb. 13. Indictments for conspiracy are expected by District Attorney Whitman ax the result of a prftnd jury's further investigation to day of the case of Folke.N. Brandt, the former valet of Banker Mortimer KchlfT, who has served five of 30 years prison- sentence for burglary. T:ie in vestigation started after reports had become current that Brandt had con fessed to a crime he did not commit to shield a woman in the Schiff house hold. A new trial has been granted. A detective has admitted that his report on the man's alleged bad char acter was made on others' orders and after - but little inquiry. Whitman wishes to see whether Improper Influ ences were brought about to send , Brandt to prison. The detectives re ¬ port was used to Insure a long sen tence for the prisoner. -' Whatever happens, whether the governor pardons Brandt, as now seems probable, or a new trial is or dered by Justice Gerard, there will be an Investigation to determine If im proper Influences were used to send Brandt to the penitentiary for thirty years. It is known that the records of j the police department concerning the Wooldrldge report on Brandt's alleged criminal reeord disclose that Detec tive Wooldridge wrote on April 3, J!07, to Inspector McLaughlin then head of the . detective bureau "In compliance with your order of April I, I 'Jiufr leave to .submit." .Tho. report chsrKtrtgitu4t-HruiHlt had been dis charged by various employer!! for dis honesty follows.-, v. There Is also u communication from. Howard 8. Guns, then counsel for Mortimer I.. Schiff, which is .dated -March .10, 1 07, and addressed to In spector McLuughlin. It contains sub stantially thlBt "In reference to the Wooldridge report." " The grand jury will be asked to de termine whether the Wooldridge. re port was secured by SchifT lawyers mid then turned over lo the police dv parliiieiit fur Verification. Another communication, from a lawyer, dated March .10. 1!M)7. that is in the depart ment Mrs .contains substantially this piisHase: "My Idea is to have such, a report of liin (Brandt's) character made as will make necessary the Imposition of a long sentence.". ,x- , ' ,s. Mr. Schiff has explained that his opposition to any consideration being I'liown Brandt hud been based on the fact that Brandt is alleged to have naid he went to the Sehlft house on ,the night of the burglary to keep an appointment with Mrs. KchllT. Judge Parker has dwelt at length on this phase of tho case. He made it clear that Mr. Schiff no longer desired to piihordlnale this matter but courts the fullest inquiry. - Washington, Feb. 13. A statement issued, last night at the Washington offices of the Koosevelt national com mittee, in the interest of Col. Roose velt, and signed by Medill McCormick, declared that President Taft's admin istration has embarked upon a policy of "political suicide and murder." President Taft's New York speech in which he referred to "political neu rotics" Is criticised, as Is Secretary MacVeagh's speech at Lansing in which he declared that Mr. Roosevelt would noi and could not be a candi date for the presidency. Mr. McCormick, who recently with drew from Senator LaFollette's" cam paign, has opened offices In a down town office building. The statement was Issued from there. . Until last night there had been no Roosevelt "headquarters" here and these offices are not now known as such, but the former president's friends sAy they will be as soon as the colonel makes a public announcement of his position, which they think will be soon. The statement follows; "The administration has embarked upon a policy of political 'suicide and murder' murder if possible and sui cide If nocessary. In its efforts to discredit the friends of Mr. Roosevelt It has sought to destroy the republi cans who favor his candidacy and has cast its lot with the moribund reac tionary - leaders of the republican party, at the risk of losing the support of tho great mass of progressive voters throughout the country. . "Not content with viciously attack ing the progressives in one speech, in another it has sought to divide the republican opposition to tho president, by confusing facts with reference to Senator Cummins. Senator LaFollotte ajid t'oloncl Roosevelt, It. is not cred ible that the secretary of the treasury could have made his Lansing leee!i If he had not been mlBlnrormed as to facts. "Tho country will not bo- confuse-1 by the president's characterization of Col. Roosevelt's supporters us politic il neurotics. It has noticed that the elements which opposed President Taft's nomination in 1908 are back of the movement for his rcnominatlon under the leadership of the extreme reactionaries in the house and smile. . "Those , republicans who really se cured his nomination and eleitlon are now opposed to hlB rouoininatloii. At first. -they were merely disappointed by tho administration's vacillation .tnd hoped that the administration eventu ally would adopt a consistent and r- ercssive course. But what at first thev took for temporary weaKness, they believe now discovered jo be a political paranul; "(Signed) ..MEDILL MeCORMICK. mmm'em, a --tszmm&x,ssar FOLLOWED LEADERS' POLICY Says Vote on Sherwood Bill Was Against His Person al Inclination. Structural Iron Workers Union Unable to Bail Out Its Indicted Officials and Agents. SEVEN OF INDICTED . ' NOT YET IN CUSTODY WANTS PRUNING KNIFE PUT TO PENSION TREE Would amove from Hoi In Names of Those t sons Not -Deserving of Federal Aid. . Authorities Very Anxious to Locate M. J. Young of Bos- ton All Arrested on One Bill. i-Wi . IV . ''MM I.I a New York Herald andTho Qazette-News. EG1SLATIVE M Oil SOCIAL GLASS Virginia House Passes Bill to Make "Treating" in Sa ; loons Illegal. T FDB THE,FDREST RESERVE Price Government Will Pay for Lumber Company Holding About $200,000. FOR One Is Hanged at Memphis and Another at Starkville, Mississippi. ' Oussctte-News Bureau, Wyatt Il.uildlng. Washington, Feb. 15. - The government yesterday purchas ed 21,000 .acres of land in Macon county which will be converted into lh Annalachian forest reserve. Sher- fff Manley, it is understood, engineered the deal. While the forestry bureau refused to give any Information as to the price paid. It is understood that the price to be paid is $200,000. The land was the property of the Macon County Lumber company. Senutor Mason of Uastonla is here. Memphis, Feb. 15. A mob early this morning hanged an unidentified negro accused of having atacked a white girl yesterday. It is said he partly confessed. A rope was tied around his neck and he was dragged to a bridge and strung up. The body was then shot full of holes. Mann Hamilton, a negro ldontlfled as the one who attacked and beat a woman near Starkville, MIsb., yester day was hanged near that town last night. ( - . . YEGGS WRECK BANK GLAD KNOX IS COMING VeiH'zuelu lU'ipinlM Intended Visit of American Hltilcsiiiun tig Special Mark of KHeiHlnllp. Caracas, Venesuela, Feb. 15. Clen- ' pral Mutos, Vcuexuela minister of for clgn affairs, today said tha puoplu have received the news of ; Secretary Knox's furthcoming visit with the greatest satisfaction as a special de monstration of friendship. Prepara tions for tho visit are being made by government officials here. Ilor-pltnl as Haw ley Memorial. Chatham. N. Y., Feb. 15. Kinsmen of tho late Kdwln llawley, railroad magnate, UI erect a memorial lo him In this vllliire iwliern lie whs horn. j! : ,v .- m i ,- ... -. Lf il 1" ".il. Ill Blowing Safe, Tliey Stmt tor Build lug and r lee Without Obtain ing Any Loot. New York, Feb. 15. Cracksmen who tried laBt night to blow the safe of the private bank of Giovanni Mao carone did their work too well. The charge of tho fexplosivo was so great that it not only c racked the safe, but wrecked the building. The robbers lied without any loot. Immigrants Ordered Deported. Washington, Feb. 15. Eleven men and women whom tho Immigration authorities decided were Ineligible to admission to the United Slates becauw of poverty, disease, deception, insanity or Immorality were toduy ordereu ue ported by department commerce la bor.. . - Jlulse It'll of lee 85 Icr Cent. o: New York. Feb. 15. Tho price Hrtlllclnl icn.ls to bo boosted 25 per cent, or from J'- t' $25 a ton on a count rf the threatened coal strlk according to an aniioiiiiceitient tin mn'.K'l urei s to wholesalers mail THE "BOY SCOUTS" BUSY AGAIN wants FEOEi control MR.TAFT INDORSED I OF THE L Steel Corporation Director an Opponent of the Organiza tions as Un-American. J.H.T Richmond. Feb. 15. The house of delegates of Virginia is ..strongly gainst the "social glass." It the senate agrees In the altitude f the house the age-old custom oi treating" will soon bo known only in history. Hy a vote that win overwhelming n Its decisiveness the house passed the Fltxhugh antl-treatlnK bill, which makes It an offense, punishable by heavy fine for one person to give an other, uiy intoxicating llc.Vjor as a beveruge, the bill being especially aimed at the custom of treating In saloons. One of the Interesting things about the measure Is that it received the support of many .ot the strong "wet" men of the house, and the heavy vote by which It passed the house, 59 to 22, caused Colonel William Hullltt Fit- hugh, member from Northampton and patroii of the bill to be one of the happiest men in the house. When the calendar was reached yesterday the Fltzhugh bill was at the top. ' Captain Curtis, member from uich- mlnd city, arose and moved the dis missal of the bill. The venerable Hlch- monder declared that when a meas ure comes up to Infringe upon the rights and privileges of gentlemen It should be promptly killed off. He didn't believe that the genttemMi from Northampton was In earnest In desiring the passage of the bill that it was all a Joke. He declared that It would mean that he would have to change his dol lar up In ten cent pieces and when he wanted to treat hla friends ho would have t pass around dimes among them. He asked If the patron of the bill wished "to put mi on a level with the free niggers before the wer." Mr. Fltuhugh replied good humor edly but emphatically, lie declared the measure was far from a Joke with him. The object -of the 'measure he said pointing to the Richmond mem ber, "id to prevent! my friend from en tlcing and corrupting me." Ho do dared that It Interfered wltlv.no man's liberty to drink as much as he pleased himself, but It waa Intended to pro-. vent temptation from being present ed to the boys and girls of th state. The housS emphatically declined to dismiss the hill. The roll was then called, and the bill was passed by a voin of 69 to 5"2. TUa patron uf 'lie ineasuia lie!lcp his death, that In1 Has n e'mri how to put, ill .Mr. Tuck i f .. . ?mi2r, "' 'I Washington, Feb. 15. Percival Roberts, jr., a director of the United States Steel corporation, told the Stan ley bled- Investigating committee yes terduy, that his company would like to see labor unions under the same governmental control as corporations. Trade unions in this country he de nounced as "un-Amcriean." "I can see no reason," Bald Mr. Rob erts, "why men should not combine to dispose of their labor just as men combine to use capital, provided both are under government control and that full liability Is Imposed on labor organizations for all their undertak Inns and that neither side has any monopolistic tendencies.- "The difficulty with labor organi zations Is that their first requirement is monopolistic. They demand the closed shou. which Is monopoly, and there Is no law In this country to pre vent the closed shop. Neither Is there any law providing liability upon labor unions regarding contracts. The av erage' labor union is In no sense an American Institution. , The Idea is im ported and has no place In the Insti tutional this country." . BY GEORGIA MEET State Republican Convention Unanimously Instructs Dele gates for Him. Prominent Attorney Succumbs to Heart Attack, at His Home on Charlotte St. Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 15. President Taft was given an enthusiastic and unanimous Indorsement by the re publican state convention which met here yesterday and selected delegates at largo to the national convention. The delegates, four In number, were instructed to vote "llrst,. last and all the time" for the rcnominatlon of Mr, Taft. Before the convention . mot, the leaders had agreed upon a complete program and they succeeded in carry ing It through without the slightest indication of' opposition. Henry S, Jackson of Atlanta and Henry Blun jr., rival candidates for national com mitteemen settled their differences in the conference and the latter an nnunced to the convention that he had withdrawn In favor of Mr. Jack son In the Interest of party harmony and In accordance with the wishes of President Taft. Negroes composed more than half ot the membership of the convention and Henry Lincoln Johnson, a negio, was made permanent chairman. None ot the contesting delegates were seat ed. Equal representation was given the two race on the Chicago delega tion. . J. H. Tucker, of the law firm of Tucker & Lee, died suddenly at hi homo, 236 Charlotte street, ubout 3:30 o'clock this afternoon. The Immedi ate cause of his death Is salil to have been heart failure, although It was known that he was In bad health for several weeks. ' Mr. Tucker had Juat returned from (ireenshoro where ha had been on business. He was not very well when he left and when he arrived -on the early train at 8 o'clock this- morning he was a very sick man. He was snf ferlng with appendicitis and was at tended by JJr. G. W. Purefoy, but al most up to the timer of his' death It was not realised that he Waa In such a dangerous condition, and his death was not anticipated. At the lust, how ever, bin heart failed, which caused r lefj (he city for Greens ROBBED OF $25,000 Two Hank Mewsengent Held np - Heart of New York's Bust- ' neos District. In New York. Feb. 15. Two messen gers of the Kast River bank were held up today and robbed of i2B,u In the heart of the downtown bus Inoss district. ' Both messengers, W. F. Smith and Frank Wardell, were badly Injured by the robbers, who beat them over the head. The money constated of $15,000 In five-dollar bills, and 110, 000 in hundred-dollar bills. The men had the money in a taxlcab, taking It to another bank. The cab had pro ceeded up' Broadway without mishap when for some unexplained .- reason the chauffeur turned west. About midway . old Trinity cemetery, three men . sprang from the curb. One got on the driver's seat, pressed the gun to the chauffour. The other two got into the taxi, beat the messengers, took the tin box containing the money, left the csb and entered a big auto mobile, Which seemed to be waiting for them and were quickly lost In 1 ih traffic Gazette-News Bureau, . Wyatt Building, Washington, Feb. 15. The full text of: Representative Gudger's speech in the house on the subject of speclul pension legislation to which reference has been made in these correspondence, Is as follows: "Much has been said to mislead the public touching the recent pension legislation. Many exaggerated state ments have been put In circulation and I deem it proper at this time to state the exact facts, so that the country may have a clear understand ing in regard to this' proposed legis lation. Mr. Sherwood, one of the -leading democrats from the great . state of Ohio, introduced a bill Into the lower house of congress w-hich afterwards bocame known as .the Sherwood bill. No braver democrat stands upon the Moor of the house than Mr. Sherwood for In Ohio a democrat Is always In the minority and has a constant fight to maintain and advance his political convictions-. "The Sherwood bill was referred to a democratic committee ana consiu ored, for months along with .several other ponslon measures of like char acter, and finally, after months of la- ttnrimiR investigation, thta democratic committee reported the slierwoodbill Unanimously and recommended Its passage. The democratic leaders In the house thus made tho Sherwood bill a privileged measure, going even fur ther by agreeing to consider It as the llrst general bill at the regular session of the sixty-second congress. The re port of the committee was. in effect, that this legislation would equalize the allotment of pensions on a service ba sis, recommending that the amount be fixed at from llfteen to thirty do! lars per month, according to length of service, and thut the entire approprt atlon carried by the bill would be less than 128.000 000, and that It would, to a largo extent, do away with the much-abused system of special pen sion legislation and make a uniform law that would be Just to all. "As a matter of fact, 9,800 special pension bills were passed during the slxty-lfirst congress. Many of these bills gave from tnirty 10 miy aouan uer month. This class of legislation gave preference often to those wio did political work, and those in great est need failed to obtain a hearing. "It wag further urged by this com mlttee that this bill would render u necessary the great army of special detectives and agents, and that many special pension boards would be abol lshed,- thus Baving large gums to the government, Mr. Underwood, from Aiauama, one of the most prominent men In the house, chairman of the ways and means committee, made this state ment in a speech In the house of rep resentativesfacing the republican side, he said: " 'You know that the democratic caucus had pledged Itself not to go into general legislation and also had Dledged Itself to report a pension bill to this house, and notwithstanding that vou put these motions on the calendar to block the consideration of other business. The house has acteo as It pledged Itself to do on a pension hill.' So It will be observed, first, that tnc democratic caucus pledged Itself to re- Dort a pension bill; second, a demo- rnt is the author of the bill; third, a democratic committee unanimously reported the bill; fourth, a democratic majority gave the bill me ngm oi wav: fifth, the democratic leaders supported the bill, Including Speaker Chamn Clark and James t. lioya chairman of the democratic national congressional committee. The bill wag passed; a majority of the demo crats voted for the bill. Out of seven confederate goldlerg who are now members of congress five voted for this bill, and their honesty of purpose Indianapolis, Feb. 15. Official re ports received by government officials up to noon today showed that only seven out of 54 men Indicted in the dynamite conspiracy had not been ir- rested. District Attorney Miller is es peciaily anxious to locate M. J. Young of Boston, member of the executive board of the Iron workers union. Appeals received at union headquar ters here for bail have been turned : down as, It is said, the union Is unab'.e to furnish bail for all the men arret ed.' The total amount required Is , $340,000. A majority of the Indictments were baaed on evidence taken by the gov ernment from tho Iron workers' offl- . Miller said the evidence thus se cured waa correspondence from 'local unions in which references were made to property to be blown up. Miller Intimated that! the fedcr.U . grand Jury which returned the IndU-t- mcnts might bo recalled to rejuime in vestigations of the conspiracy. "After the defendants are arralgne t on March 12 and the trials proceed," said Mr. Miller, "we have reason to anticipate new aspects. ' Information Is expected to develop at the trials In dicating the complicity of many more than those Indicted now. We do not assert: that w already have dll those ' '.- . ,1 ....1 j.. I ....' i .(,L" . . implicated.. This is, however, a begin ning."', ' '' ; ' ' The Indictments. The Indictment on which all the, men were arrested charges all the 14 men with conspiracy to violate the statutes forbidding the carrying oi explosives on passenger trains and re tails 47 transportations charged os overt aets and names Ortle McMani- gal, he McNamaras or Herbert S. Hockin in each act, but does not spec ify the part taken by the other defendants. All of the defendants are named In each of the 32 Indictments, and, ac cording to District Attorney Miller, sentences may be Imposed for each of the offenses. It it the contention f the government that each of the le1 fendants wag guilty in each of tlio conspiracy charges, although his ac tive participation may have oeen in one transportation only. The Posnlble Penalties. Another indictment of 34 counts charges all the defendants as being principals In the transportation of ni-tro-glycerine. A further indictment of 34 counts charges McManlgal and J. B. McNa mara with physical transportation of nitro-glycerlne and all tho other de fendants with abetting. Two other remaining Indictments with 18 counts each, charge all the defendants wnn being principals In t" ; transportation of dynamite and with having aided McManlgal and J. B. McNamara. Altogether the Indictments contain 12R counts against each of the defend ants and the penalty for any one of the offenses varies from 18 months to two years. VETEBRHS OBJECT TO GRAY GtraCDICTS Confederate Organizations in Tennessee Prefer That Pris oners Wear Stripes. Nashville, Feb. 15. A vigorous pro test by Confederate organizations In Tennessee. la In preparation against the proposal of the Tennessee penitent tiary authorities to clothe convicts In gray. The plan to abolish stripes re sulted from Gov. Hooper's Investiga- and patriotism ean not be called Into lion of the prisons lat Christmas, question; also, the entire delegation of I The Daughter ot the Confederacy ait three gouthcrn atatea voted for the well aa the veterans themselves will (Continued on page 4.) I tight the change. MY CHOICE TOR PRESIDENT If I could Select the Mau I Would Name ' Name. . . Address. . . Cut this ticket out and mall It lo The CiawtteNewH, or hand It In at this office. If you lo not care to write your name on the ballot, j.-o can write It In a rrcKtry book provided at ''" of lie. Itrmill MI he lill' bed from time) t thiw ..! lu no " name of the n. r be ( in n out miles k ri- V' il T
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