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ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 20, 1912.
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MHOOSEVELT
Deneen Taking
No Part in Row
FEAR VERDICT
FACTIONS ADVISED
TO GET TOGETHER
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UPHOLDS STATE
Ready to Support Fit lira Tuft ' or
Roosevelt Stiffewt Fight In
Years In Illinois.
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Loaves Torno-nt. for Cninmrms
House Committee Hesitates to
Attack of Public Service Cor
SKIMIT
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ForaniA
Will Have Political
Bearing. '
STRIVING TO CORRAL
SOUTHERN DELEGATES
Officeholders Told He Will Be
Nominated and Urged to
; Climb on Band
Wagon.
New York, Feb. . 20. Theodore
Hoosevelt will leave tonight for Co
lumbus, U., where tomorrow he ad
dresses the Ohio constitutional con
vention. Hoosevelt held a conference
this morning with John Temple
Graves of Atlanta. He returns to
New York on Thursday and utter u
day's rest leaves for Boston, ostensibly
to attend a meeting of the overseers
of Harvard university, lie will not
return to New York until the follow?
lug Wednesday and in the meantime
he may accept some of the many invi
tations he has had to make speeches
in Mataachusetts.
But before Col. Roosevelt goes to
Boston he will reply to the communi
cation addcessed to him by eight gov
ernors calling upon him to define his
position as a candidate for' the presi
dential - nomination. Although the
willingness of Mr. Roosevelt to ac
cept the nomination has long been a
mutter of common report, his politi
cal friends and foes Hllke await his
letter to the governors with- Interest,
believing that while his . Columbus
speech will be confined to a declara
tion of progressive principles the let
ter to the governors may have a more
personal note. .
tiio Houinern eituauon.
U ts the political situation In -the
south that has Colonel' Roosevelt's
attention. : It Is apparent that ' the
(luestlon - whether the Southern of-
loyl to Taft or go over to Roosevelt
is ane that, is uppermost in the Col
nel'g fplnd just now. He was greatly
pleased with the report from Texas
that Cecil Lyon, chairman of the re
publican state committee, is - fighting
lor an unlnstrncted delegation to the
Chicago convention. Lyon and most
of the Texas federal office holders are
old Roosevelt men and an unlnstruct
ed delegation means a Hoosevelt del
egation. The Colonel has heard that
Charles D. Hilles, President Taft's
secretary, In shirting the light with
Lyon has disrupted the Texas republl
onn clan and made the Colonel's suc
cess. almost certain. One district In
Alabama, the Birmingham district,
has already instructed its delegates
for Roosevelt. ,
The Colonel Is probably the best In
formed man in the country today on
the political situation In the south.
Tho problem I before his workers is
to win over the federal office holders.
To do so they are trying to convince
tn otncenoiaers mat nooseveii win
lie the choice of the Chicago conven
tion and that now Is the appointed
time to get on the Roosevelt wagon.
It Is probable that there will be an at
tempt on the part of the Roosevelt
forces to pass a resolution In the
national committee conferlng the rep
resentatlon of the southern delegates
In the convention according to the ac
tual republican vote that the delegates
represent. Col. Roosevelt's advisers
tell him that outside of Texas there is
nothing that may be called a republi
can machine In the south except In
four districts In North Carolina and
ine coionci, it is sam, is very nuuiiKiy
v In favor of a fight to end the old rep
resentatlve scandal. Col. . Roosevelt
hinlself has remarked that the repub
llcan party in Mississippi was so hard
. to find that he had to appoint demo,
crats to office In that stute.
U0B SLAYS II NEGRO; '
HOUSDS TWO OTHERS
Termes3eeans Attack Men on
' ' Way From Court House
to Jail. -
Shelbyvllle, Tenn.. Feb. 20. Oder
than the submission of the suspected
leaders' names to Governor Hooper,
there were no developments today in
yesterday's outbreak at the court
liouse entrance in which one negro
ivhs killed nnd two wounded. One of
the Injured negroes Cannot live
through tlie day. The third black
probably will survive to answer for
the murder of S. W, Everson, a rail
road detective. The men composing
the mob were from Nashville.
Armed with clubs and revolvers, a
triob of 18 or 20 men shot and killed
V'alter Qieer, dangerously wounded
Dave Noal and badly beat uir'Qreen
l;omar, nt Shelbyvllle, yesterday.
Thtf negroes were attacked by the
mob at- they were being taken to Jail
after tlie trial as the result of which
they had been bound over to court,
c.recr whs ehot In the stomach, and
Killed on the sreps. Neal and H.ininr
. I" -ill ti ni, the frtnrr t-i upr sei i-
THE EASjyiYSTERY
Police Almost Convinced Ben
son Men Were Not Acci
dentally Killed.
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flazette-News Bureau,
The Hotel Raleigh, X
Raleigh, Feb. 20.
Coroner Charles A. Separk will not
call his jury together for several days
for the purpose of making a report pn
the cause of and lixing the responsi
bility for the deaths of the three
young men found dead In Frank Wil
son's place February. In the mean
time he will have a diligent search
made for Kill lie Mann, the negro wo
man In charge of Wilson's place, and
if she can he located It is likely, that
the report of the Jury wIM he made
soon.
The ofllcers ore more convlncel
than ever that the men did not care
lessly allow, the gas to flow un entire
night: the officers cannot understand
why the odor In such an event should
not have escaped even ,to the street.
Coroner Separk yesterday afternoon
had a conference with Solicitor Morris
with regard to the tragedy, but the
next steps to be taken cannot be given
out Just yet. A further investigation
Into the deaths of Hugh Porter, Fred
Jernigan and Alton Johnson will be
made, hewever, and not a single thing
will be left Undone. The people iif
Raleigh desire that tho mystery hi'
cleared up If possible, and this is the
task the officers have, set themselves
out to do.
The report of Dr. W. A. Withers,
the chemist, disclosed the fact that
death was caused by Illuminating gas.
If there was foul play it is hoped that
the criminals will be apprehended.
Nothing more was heard today
about the whereabouts of Sallie Mann,
an employe of Frank Wilson, who left
trie -city last week, it Is reported,
without leaving her address. '
Then Senatorial Contort. .
cock will soon get Into the speech
making game and he will deliver his
first message from Raleigh. It will
not be In the nature of an attack, but
will be democratic speech,, and should
irouse his followers throughout the
state to the fact that- h'e Is not drop
ped out of the running. Governor
Aycock's health is very much hotter
than it has been in years, and It Is
thought by his friends that a llttle.ex
citement would do him and the state
good. He will afford his followers the
opportunity of rallying to his support
by a sound, democratic speech.
Chief Justice Clark Is not going to
make many speeches, If any, but he Is
getting' endorsements from laDor un
ions these days. The last to go on
record for Judge Clark Is Capital City
Lodge. No.' 109, International Machln
ists' association. The friends of Chief
Justice Clark are growing more con
fident every day. they declare.
Simmon Answer Effective).
The Bole political talk since the
Kltchln speech and the Simmons reply
was the prrtbable.' effect these docu
ments would hove on the voters.
Onlnion was divided, but there wre
none so partisan as to deny that Sen
ator Simmons came back In splendid
at vie. His friends are elated,- and
those who did not quite understand
the ocean mall "subsidy" position say
that Mr. Simmons did right on tint
question. By some the reply of Sena
tor Simmons and CapL Ashe Is char
acterized as "adroit," but nearly every
politician admits that the answer was
effective.
SOUTIfi.l Mil MEET
TO PLAN DEVtl
Agriculutral Possibilities and
Imigration Needs of the Sec
tion Discussed.
Baltimore, Feb. 20. Delegates from
18 southern states assembled here to
day to" consider problems relating to
agricultural development and In
creased Immigration to the southern
states. Delegates were present from
Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mis
sissippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ok
lahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia,
Fifty railroad and steamship com
panies sent representatives.
A CANADIAN-BRITISH
OCEAN LINE PLANNED
Dominion Negotiating to Obtain Much
of New York's present Fast
Steamship Traffic.
Ottawa, Feb. 20. The estnbllsh-
"ion of a lew fast steamship uorvlce
between Canada and Great' Britain
to carry a large part of the traffic now
going by New York Is the object of
negotiations now In progress between
the Canadian government and certain
UritlMh steamship companies. The
plan Is to Invest thirty million dollurs
to make possible a twenty knots per
vi e unit four and one-half clnyfl trip
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CHARLES S.DENEZN.
Chicago, Feb. 20. All the advance
signs indicate that Illinois during next
summer and fair will see the hottest
political battle in 20 years. The dem
ocrats have carried the s:ate for pres
ident and governor just once since the
civil war. Not since then have they
been so sanguine of victory as they are
today.
As to the republican situation, Gov
ernor Deneen is taking no sides in tbe
presidential agitation. He is friendly
to both the president and Mr. Roose-
elt. If either is nominated he will
be in a position, if he is the repub
lican candidate to succeed himself, to
use the maximum of his Influence for
the national ticket. '
TOWS AFTER FIGHT
Sharp Battle in Mexico Twen-
; ty-Seven Killed in Prison
4
'Outbreak:
Mexico City,' Feb. 20. A federal
captain was killed and several fed
erals were wounded in a battle with
cbels today. The federal captured
the town of Santa Maria. The rebel
loss Is unknown.
Twenty-seven prisoners and prison
tuards were killed yesterday at Pueb-
llan. In a tisht which followed the
prisoners' attempt to escape from jail.
Twenty' escaped.
TO REFUND $110,000
MrH. William B. IaiIh to ict Bark
Kx'wh Duties on Her Pearl
Necklueo. , i
Washington, Feb. 20. The treasury
department Is prepared to surrender
f 110,000 excess duties collected on a
$220,000 pearl necklace of Mrs. Wil
liam I). Leads of New York, In accord
ance with a Supreme court decision
today. The amount has been reposing
in the treasury vaults Bix years.
Calls Brandt
CAPTURE
Against Mrs.M.L.Schiff
Attorney for Banker Demands
of Conspiracy to Blacken a
. T'
Would Narrow
New York, Feb. 20. "Mather than
see aspersions cast upon the nnme of
a woman, my client would prefer to
suffer In silence In prison."
Attorney. Towns, for Folke E.
Brandt, Hanker Mortimer L. Schlfl's
former valet, made this statement be
fore Commissioner Hand at a hearing
today to ascertain whether Brandt
was sent to priwn for 30 years as the
result of a conspiracy. Towns said
it was his client's desire to confine the
hearing to "matters releyant to the
Issue and free from scandal."
Attorney Nicholl, for Schiff, fcon-
Bandit Loots
owB.& O. Flyer; Gets $600
Wheeling, W. Va.. Feb. 20. The
authorities are scouring the country
side between Piedmont, W. Va., and
Altamont, Md., for the young bandit
who held up and robbed the New
York nnd St. Louis express on . the
Baltimore & Ohio between the sta
tions early today. ,
The robber was masked. He
boarded the train. nt( Keyser or Pied
mont while the train slowly climbed
a grade. The robber made his ap
pearance In the rear sleeper. Calmly
iirIii- a revolver from his pocket,
he covered the Pullman conductor and
porter and tlBRinan. He compelled
the tliigman to precede him through
iho '!! and aronso the passengers.
II,. v. i Un i: !i tin) v K.'lrt i'f 1 1
Submit Claim to The Hague
Tribunal, Dreading Indemnity.
TAFT AND CABINET .
DISCUSS SITUATION
Knox Will, Not Visit the Re
public Unless Special In
vitation Is Forth-;
'. : coming. ..'
Washington. Feb.. 20. Whether It
would be dangerous from the stand-'
point of facing an enormous indem
nity verdict for the United States to
submit to the Hague tribunal the
claims of the republic of Colomhl for
the Panama canal strip is a question
the house foreign affairs committee
will thoroughly consider before mak
ing a report to congress of Its Investi
gation of Colombia's claims.
The hearing on the Kalney resolu
tion urging submission of the dispute
to the Hague continued today.
- President Taft and his cabinet dis
cussed the Colombian situation but no
statement was. tnnde upon any phase
of the matter.
Secretary of State Knox will not
visit Colombia during his proposed
tour of the countries bordering oil the
Caribbean sea unless there Is a special
invitation from the Colombian govern
ment. .
Thl3 announcement was made by
Acting Secretary Huntington Wilson
last night, wo also declared that he
thought such an Invitation unlikely.
RODNEY DIEGEL MUST
SERVE HIS SENTENCE
lotil inrsww ConflmiR Bribery
Sentewe ol.i'nraer. state senate
cm -a
Columbus, O., Feb. 20. Rodney J.
Diesel, former sergeant-nt-arms for
the Ohio senate, must serve a term
of three years in the. penitentiary for
complicity In legislative bribery. The
Supreme court in n decision today
affirmed the lower court's conviction
of Diegel.
To Choose Delegates by Primary.
Providence, n. 1., Feb. 20.--Dele
gates to the democratic national con
vention will be chosen In Rhode Is
land by the direct primary system. A
primary election will be held May 31,
under a law passed by the state legis
la tu re last year.
Big Flouring Mill Burns.
Washington, Feb. 20. Fire of tin
known origin today destroyed the Ar
lington flour mills owned by Clssel
brothers. Tho lns3 1 9 $150,000. Blaze
threatened the Georgetown waterfront,
The loss Is covered by insurance.
Case Plot
Opportunity to "Bare Details
Woman's Name" Towns
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Hearing's Scope.
tended that the Inquiry's scope should
not be limited.
"We will show," he declared, "this
man asked for clemency on the
ground that he never committed a
burglary In the Schiff home, but went
there at the Invitation of Mrs. Schiff.
We will lay bare all the details of the
foul conspiracy to blacken the name
of a woman and ws demand every
paper, every record, every witness, to
protect the honor of a reputable fam
ily and the reputation of a virtuous
wife and mother."
The commissioner later will decide
the scope of the hearing. , .
Pullman Car
passengers, securing $00. ' and then
vanished In the darkness.
Held as Train Robber.
' Baltimore, Feb. 20. A man sup
posedly the robber' of the New York
and St. Louis express was this morn
ing captured by a railroad policeman as
he alighted from a freight train near
Altamont. The man had $133 nd
four watches corresponding with those
stolen ftiom the passengers and two
revolver He was Jailed at Keyser
and gave the name of F. A. Becker.
He claims another man gave him the
money and valuables.
Becker a l-'rcJlit Brakemnn.
Keyser, W. Va.. Feb. 20. Becker Is
a freight brnkeman, aed 33, who
lives hern. Keeker ivil tie turned
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Antl That, in Case of North
Carolina Republican Fac
tions,, Appears to Mean
Fight It Out.
PATRONAGE IN RETURN
FOR THE DELEGATION
Administration Believes
in
This Way It Has Cinched
North Carolina Delega
tion to Chicago.
. Gazette-News Bureau,
Wyatt Building.
Washington, Feb. 20.
By withdrawing ten nominations for
federal Jobs in North Carolina, Includ
ing both Marion Butler-Morehead and
Nast tonal Oemmttteeman Duncan tnetn
President Taft belihves he has secure
ly cinched the North Carolina dele
gates to the Chicago convention. Mr.
Taft says both factions must get to
gether at the state convention which
to be held la May. And the presi
dent further states that he will make
no more nominations until Duncan
and the Butler-Morehead factions
have settled their grievances.
In other words, whoever is declared
in the saddle in republican politics in
the state, whether that be Duncan or
Morehead, the president will expect
that man to deliver the delegates at
Chicago and in return he will be al
lowed to dispense the state's federal
patronage. A prominent North Caro
lina republican here last night asked.
Will North Carolina republicans
stand for It? I don't believe they
will."
Morehead, disturbed by the favors
accorded Duncan by President Taft,
has been active recently. Last week
he saw Representative Wm. B. Me
Kinley, Taft's campaign manager,
ative to the North Carolina situation
nnd last week. It Is said, the with
drawal of Duncan nominations
was promised him.
Nominations Withdrawn.
The most Important of the list of
nominations withdrawn is that of
John Biddle, the Morehead-Butler
man, for collector of customs for the
Pamlico district, and Christopher D.
Jones, Mr. Duncan's appointee, for
collector at Beaufort.
All of the order withdrawals are
postmasters. They ore: John R.
Joyce of Reidsvllle, and William A.
Maca of Beaufort, both Duncan men;
and John M. Burrows of Ashboro,
Samuel E. Marshall of Mt. Airy, Wil
liam Saunders of Roanoke Rapids.
F.stelln Cameron of Rockingham,
Henry J. Whltt of Roxboro and Lon-
nle E. Pickard of West Durham.
In order that there may not be a
divided delegation at Chicago, Mr.
Taft's action puts the matter squarely
up to the two factions In the state. He
refuses to offend one faction by divid
ing the state's patronage. They must
settle their own fight and the side that
wins will be the president's adviser in
federal appointments. In return, Mr.
Taft expects the successful faction to
deliver the delegates at Chicago.
"We demonstrated to President Taft
at the last convention that Morehead
was the party's choice for state chair
man," said one of Morehead's sympa
thizers, "and we propose now to show
him In a stronger and more forcible
way than ever before that Morehead
Is the leader. We will not only elect
Morehead chairman for another term
but he will be offered the nomination
for governor on the republican tick
let." -
It was also said that important and
sensational developments will be
forthcoming at the big Morehead ban
quet In Raleigh next week. Just what
the "sensational developments' are
the Informer .refused to say.
Mil. Duncan in New Orleans.
Gazette-News Bureau,
The Hotel Raleigh.
Raleigh. Feb. 20.
That E. C. Duncan, national com
mltteeman rrotn North Carolina, ,1s
still In Strong with President Taft, is
; Inferred from the fact that Mr. Dun-
can Is In New Orleans to determine
which faction the republica npaity in
that state should be recognized by
the republican convention. Mr. Dun
can is In Louisiana under authority of
a resolution adopted at the last meet
ing of the committee of which Charles
1). Hillua la chairman. .",''
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MR. TAFT'S POLITICAL MANAUKR
AND HIS TWO ASSISTANTS.
SnY COiENIl illil
OF. THE
Committee of Iron Workers
Meeting Passed on Resolu
tion Regarding Plot.
Indianapolis, Feb. 20.-That the
dynamiting plots were brought to the
attention of certain committees at the
International Association of Bridgs
and Structural Iron Workers' con
vention in Rochester, N. Y., In 1910
has come to light as one of the gov
ernment's charges against the 51 In
dicted men.
It is charged by federal authorises
that a resolution demanding that "no
rel-'more bombs or explosives of any kind
be exploded while this convention Is in
session," was written out in regmnr
form by a delegate at the convention
was secretly referred to a committee
and without the action on It becoming
known was later found among the -ners
taken from the Iron list. The
government claims to have the orlg
Inal resolution.
The ehargo is that a delegate at tin
convention, known to the government,
demanded that the explosions tempo'
rarllv be stopped at a lime 'hen
tnanv steel and Iron works under erec
tion by "open shop" contractor v re
being blown up and that In that w it
manv officials, including President
Frank M. Ryan, Herbert S. Ro-ikln
vice-president nnd members of tli ex
ecutlve board had the subject brought
to their attention
C. P. TAFT WITNESS
President's Brother to T-stify Before
Committee As to Charges Against
Kay.
Washington, Feb. 20. Pending
further search for missing documents
in connection with charges against
Major R. R. Ray, army paymaster, the
house Investigating committee held
no meeting toaay. rresuieni jans
brother, Charles P, Taft. and several
high army officers will testify.
Collision on the Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia. Feb. 20. The Pcni
Tlvanla railroad's special No. 28, col
lided with a liuht engine near Mld
illeton today. Both engines wera de
molished and the first car of tha spe
cial was slightly damaged. Ono of
the firemen had his Jegs secerert.
None of the passengers were injured.
MY CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT
It I could Select the if an I Would Name
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Cut tills ticket out and null It to The GnzcttcNcns, or liaml It In hi
this office. If you lo not enre to write your name on the b;i:, t. :
can write it In a recKtry book provided lit the oin. e.
Results will lie published from time to time uml In mi ' e '
numci of the voter Im irtven out tiiv m i. . t, I
poration on Oregon's Initia
tive and Referendum Leg
islation Faih.
EFFECT OF DECISION
WILL BE WIDE-SPREAD
Similar Provisions in Many
States Would Have Been
Voided by an Adverse
Finding.
Washington, Feb. 20. Only con-
ress and not the Supreme court of
tho L'nlted States may object to the
nltlative and referendum method of
leglaliitlon in the states, so the court
itself decided today,
That tribunal held that the question
of whether a state still maintained a
republican form of government gunr-
nteed by the federal constitution
after It adopted the initiative and ;..
. v ,,.4u.,t iiicuiyu, was K political
problem for congress and not a Judi
cial one for the courts.
The decision was based on the claim
of the Pacific States Telephone and
Telegraph company that a tax upon
it, Imposed by the Initiative and refer-
ndum method in Oregon was uncon
stitutional. The initiative and refer
endum provisions in Missouri, Califor
nia, Arkansas, Colorado. South Da-
kola, Utah, Montana, Oklahoma,
Maine, and Arizona hung in the bal
ance. An adverse decision would have
affected proposed legislation of that
haracter In many other states.
Chief Justice White announced the
decision of the court. None of the
usticcs dissented. The chief Justice
said that "a singular . mlsapprehen-
Ion'.', had existed on both sides of the. -
case, but that the "mists and confu-
ion"' were dispelled by the ' decision
of Chief Justice Taney years ago in
which he disposed of the Dorr's re
bellion question. That was the case
of Luther vs. Borden, he said, and de
cided that the enforcement of the
guaranty of a republican form of gov
ernment to the states belonging to the
political department of the govern
ment, .and came up, for Instance, on
the admission of senators and mem
bers of the house to their respective
bodies. The chief Justice called at
tention to Chief Justice Fuller follow-
ng Luther vs. Borden In the contro
versy over the Kentucky government
n the case of Taylor vs. Beckham.
In announcing the decision. Justice
White said: "The defendant company ,
does not contend here that it could
not have been required to pay a
license tax. It does not assert that it
was denied an opportunity to be heard
as to the amount for which It was
taxed, or that there was anything In
hering In the tax or Involved intrinsi
cally in the law which violated any of
its constitutional rights. If such ques
tions iittu own miseu iuiy wuuiu uu.vis
been Justiciable, and therefore would
have required the calling into opera
tion of judicial power. Instead, how
ever, of doing any of these things the
attack on the statute; here made Is of
wholly different character. Its es
sential political nature Is at once made
manifest by understanding that the
nftRAlilt whlnh thA contention herA Ad
vanced makes It not on the tax as tax,
but on the state as a state."
CASH REGISTER CO. ;
UNDER INVESTIGATION
Grand Jury Prolies Affairs of Concern
to Ascertain AnU-Tmst Law
Violations.
Cincinnati. Feb. 20. Rumors pre
vailed around federal court here to
day that the United States grand jury.
In session, this week is considering the
affairs of the National Cash Register
enmnnnv to ascertain anv nosslble
violation of the anti-trust law.
M'CUE CASE DECIDED
Ijcgal Execution Voids all Life Insui
ance Policies of the Criminal
Holds Court.
Washington. Feb. 20. Death by the
hand of the law voids all' life Insur
ance policies of the criminal. The
Supreme court so held yesterday In
the- fight of the children of James S.
McCue, mayor of Charlottesville. Va.,
who was executed for the murder of
his wife In 1906. A policy for $15,000
was carried by McCue In the North
western Mutual Life Insurance com
pany of Wisconsin.