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ASHEVILLE, N. 0., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 16, 1912.
3c PER COPT
TRAILOtTLAWS
TO THEIR LAIR
THElfSif
1 BUU WATERS
Sixty Picked Detectives Close
for Battle in North Car
olina with Outlaw
Band.
EXPECTED TO RESIST
ARREST TO THE DEATH
Heavy Guard Watches Hills
ville Jail to Prevent At
tempt at Rescue Or
der Restored.
Smoke of Saluting Guns a
Shroui for the Historic
Battleship.
I'lilnskl, Vu., March 16.- All sorts
of wild rumors were current In Hllls
ville luMt night. : Attorney (icnerul
WUIIums received a rcjiort of the cap
(lire of Sldnu Allen, sorely wounded,
ami transmitted 11 to Governor Mann
tit Richmond. Communication be
tween KillKVlIlo and tlie Mecluded
iiiouiiuiln vo'"1,I'.v where tlie Allen
lived 1m exceedingly difficult. A wore
of deteetlvot) swept Into tlie country
yesterday and rumors -.' of ruptures
anil killing filtered back Into
town. ' Reports over the ..one
wire leading lno Ilillsvillc loiluy
were that Sldna Allen hail not
been hauled and Is presumed to be
with his clan. It Is now dellnltely
known the iitiinlicr of outluws engaged
In the court-room shooting was ten.
It hus been reiMirted tlutt Hie Aliens
wi-rc reinforced after they retreated to
Ihn mountains, however, and the au
thor Hies probably have 20 or :10 armed
and determined men to ileal with. The
governor has sent word UuU tlie Aliens
must he captured at any cost, and the
Mluin upon tlie commonwealth must be
wiped out.'
Puluskl, Vu., Murehj 16. Hlllsvllle
has practically been cot on from dl
reet communication since early today.
J'mtlH dlstaiies ' ttiK'im'oTi-iwmw
from there declares the report from
the mountains yesterday. of tlie arrest
r Sldna Allen and the killing of his
wife proved erroneous and that the
outlaw with his brother Jack anil their
dun Is still at lurgu.
An organized hunt fur the murder
ers begun in earnest today.-
IIIllsvlllu. -.Va., March IB. Organ
ized pursuit of the fugitive Allen out
laws began early tuduy. Sixty detec
tives, picked men, most of them car
rying army rifles In adilition to their
revolvers, were marshalled for the
perilous task of scouring the miiur.
tain stronghuld for the muin body of
the gang that wiped out the' Carroll
county Circuit court Thursday. Stories
us to thu strength of the desperado
gang are conllictlng. It is believed
that rrom a doxen to AH men ure to
gether, prolwbly hidden and en
trenched in some out of the way
mountain hole Just ucross the North
Carolina line. With a price upon
their heads these men are expected
to battle to the death when cornered
despite the fact that their real lead
ers, old Kidnii Allen, the clan s head
and Flovd Allen, for whose sake thu
court house slaughter whs planned
nra prisoners, severely wounded. In
. the county Jail.
Ijtw and order, all Bombluneo of
which was swept away Thursday with
the assassination of the judge, sheriff
and commonwealth's attorney, reigns
in Carroll county again today. Judge
Staples, designated by Governor Mann
to reorganize Judge Massle's court,
arrived late yesterday accompanied by
Attorney General Williams, ana took
charge of the situation. He Immedi-i
atcly summoned a grand Jury, which
convened today, to Indict the mur
derers. Juror Fowler, who was shot,
In the general lueilade of bullets, is
dying. I All last night a heavy guard
watched the Jail to prevent an at
tempt to rescue the prisoners, Sidna
and Floyd Allen, Victor Allen, a son
of liovd. and ft young man named
Strickland. Old Sldna Allen was cap
tured In his mountain home after the
detective posse had , killed his wire
and so seriously wounded him that
ho could no longer handle his rille
to keep his pursuers at bay, according
to n report last night.
Reports have beer, coining ; down
the mountain all day that the out
laws have recruited a big bund to
Iholr defense. Officers think this not
likely. A luwless element in which
. the Aliens were ring-leaders has ruled
the mountain fastness for years. There
Virf a saying among th" revenue or
Ulcers that every pine tree shelters a
whiskey still.- A battle between law
and crime Is sure to draw recruits
liele.
The outlaws could not have picked
a better time to make a stund against
their pursuers, . Every mountain
brook Is a little yeek, every creek Is
a small river. The heavy rains 01
the last few weeks melted the moun
tain snows, washed out the roads,
carried off the bridges and made mud
knee-deep. The hardiest ponies
flounder up the grades with great ef
fort. Features of the tragedy have been
so many that nil probably never will
be told, one other has come to light.
Walter Tipton, a lawyer who was
dcfendlnf Flovd Allen In court was
n brother. In-law of Commonwealth's
Attorney Foster who was killed. Tip
ton stood beside his relative , when
Huvana, March H. Solemn fun
eral rites connected with the sinking
of the United States battleship Maine
and with tlie carrying to their lust
resting place of the bodies of many
of her gallant sullors are going on
here today. The old bnttleshlp is be
ing sunk in the waters of the Gulf of
Mexico, the smoke of the saluting
guns of war vessels serving as a fun
eral shroud, while with the pomp and
pageantry of national mourning the
sailors are1 being brought back to
Washington aboard a battleship. .
Flags Half-Masted.
New York, March 16;- Flags were
half-masted on many public and pri
vate buildings today, commemorative
of the burial at seu of the battleship
Maine, which will be towed from Ha
vana harbor out Into the Atlantic and
sunk this afternoon.
The St. Patrick's day parade of S0,
000 will halt and stand at attention
five minutes nt the time set (or the
final rites of the Maine off the Cuban
coast. ,
Services In Honor of Maine Dead.
Washington, March 16. The presi
dent, cabinet members and high gov
eminent officials will attend services
In honor of the Maine dead next Sat
urday. Leaving the Maine at. her last
resting place at the bottom of the seu
this afternoon the cruisers North Car
ollna and Birmingham, bearing cms
kets containing the recovered rem
Hants of the old warships crew, have
headed direct for Hampton Uouds,
Va. The caskets will be brought by a
scout cruiser to the Washington navy
FLOODS CAUSE
HEAVY LOSSES
Y LIVES LOST
WHEH SHIP SIS
Liner Oceana 13 Rammed by
German Bark Hundreds
Narrowly Escape.
New Haven, England. March lfi.
Four passengers and soverul sailors
wore drowned in the collision between
the I'enlsuliir and Oriental liner,
Oceana, and the German bark Plsa
gua, off Heachy Head in the English
channel today.
The lives of 51 passengers on the
liner und 2SU men of the crew were
jeopardised. The quick arrival of as
sistance prevent a catastrophe.
The Oceana was bound from Lon
don lor Bombay. An attempt was
made to beach the Oceana, but she
sank quickly.
Rivers on Rampage in Four
Southern States and in
Pennsylvania Following
Downpour.
SEVERAL LIVES LOST
IN ALABAMA TORNADO
Seven Killed, a Score are Injur
ed and Others Have Narrow
Escapes in
Twister.
Augusta, Gii.,- March 16. Floods
covered many streets with three feet
or more of water hone today. Regu
lar boat service has been installed on
some of the flooded streets near tlie
river. Property and live stock loss'
probably will be considerable but no
Kescue work was ef- I loss of life has been reported so far.
fected by life boats.
New York Herald and The Gazette-News.
NO INTERFERENCE
FORGING LiNRIi IN CASE
F
10 BEGIN WORK SOON
ON COLLEGE DORMITORY
yard.
CALLING OF THE DOCKET
WAS RESUMED TODAY
Permit Is Issued for Building
to Cost $25,000 Piedmont
News.
DEADLOGKDARKEriS
STRIKtfTlOOK
Settlement of Differences in the
. . .-.
Anthracite, Field Is
Much "Rubbish" Got Rid of
Superor Court Adjourns
to Monday. .
In Superior court this morning the
calling of the docket, which was
started ' yesterday - morning for the
purpose of clearing off those rases on
the docket which have not been ac
lively and properly prosecuted
cording to the recommendation of a
committee appointed to suggest
means for relieving the congestion of
the docket, and was concluded, and It
is the consensus of opinion thut
the docket tiles are In a much
healthier condition than they have
been for some time. It was found
that in many cases compromises had
been effected by the parties them
selves without the attorneys having
Gazette-News Ilureau, '
: Dally News Building,
Greensboro, March 10.
It Is understood that work on the
proposed new dormitory for the
Greensboro Female college will begin
at once and that the construction will
bo pushed forward as rapidly as pos
sible. The building Inspector yester
day afternoon Issued a building per
mit for the new dormitory which will
lie located on the college campus and
will be a structure containing VI
rooms. The permit called for build
Ing to cost 135,000, while a second
permit was Issued for servants iUar
ters to cost 1000.
Negroes Want Car Kxteusioii.
The people of the negro A. & M
section of Greensboro are keenly alive
to the opportunity of securing an ex
tension of the Public Service corpora
tion's street car system Into that end
of town and at a mass meeting held
at the A. & M. last night a committee
was appointed to look Into the estab
lishment of a fair grounds or ball
park and to assure the management
of the car system of the hearty co
lleen iniormeu anil in omer cases me , ,h in,.idnlnllv
leu compromises ... ,. ,-.
attorneys had effec
and failed to move for Judgment,
with the result that the docket was
clogged with cases, that were In a
manner dead. Orders were made as
to the disposition of other cases.
liesldes the consideration of the re.
port of the committee appointed to
make recommendations for ' relieving
the congestion of - the civil docket.
Judge Long signed Judgments yester
day afternoon In a number of cases
that were compromised.
The case of W. N. Cooper vs. John
15. Patton, Involving the alleged bal
ance on account for a bill of lumber,
was compromised for f 100.
The suit of J. V. Oooch and Etta 8.
Goorh against the Western Union for
damages for the alleged delayed deliv
ery of a telepram was compromised
for $275.
while the negroes are keenly anxious
for the car line and the -amusement
park, the whites who reside beyond
the college section and who travel
that way coming Into and leaving the
city are earnestly opposed to nny such
move, taking the position that they
would have to look for another ave
nue of Ingress and egress.
As a result probably merely an In
cidental result of the controversy
over the Increase In the price of ice
here and . the alleged formation of
an "Ice ' comnine u is useiy mm
another Ice plant will be established,
It Is understood that H. J. Heins ot
Itocky Mount, who has a string of Ice
plants In North Carolina, has formed
tentative plans for the Immediate es
tabllshment of a 10-ton capacity rat
ion- hnro. Mr. Helna Is a man of
large means; he has Inltuentlal usso
New' Turk, March 16. Tho United
Mine Workers of America and the
committee of 10 anthracite coal oper
ators ended negotiations here yester
day In a deadlock. - Both sides declare
they are standing llrm tile miners
for their demands of twenty per cent
Increase in wages, recognition of the
SUGAR BILL IS PASSED;
HOUSE DERATE IS BITTER
mm f
Tactics of Opposition Fail, All
Amendments Offered Being
Circumstantial Evidence
Show New Orleans Woman
Poisoned Sister.
to
' Lost.
New Orleans, March 16. The pros
ecution today resumed its efforts to
pile up circumstantlul evidence against
Annie. Crawford, the girl charged with
murdering her sister with morphine.
Several medical experts testilled.
New Orleans, La., March 16. From
live, lips of her aunt, her sister, physi
riahs"!rffd' itntmihflsrs, tHtf Btafe began
yesterday to forge the links of the
Washington, March 10. The demo-1 chain of circumstantial evidence by
era tic free sugar bill passed the Tiouse I which it Is attempting to prove that
yesterday 198 to 103. Its passage was I Annie Crawford murdered her sister.
bellied by 24 republican votes, al-1 Ellse, by administering poison while
though this was offset by the defection I nursing her,
of seven democratic votes against the I The fourth day of the trial was sen
bill by members from Louisiana andlsational from the moment that Mrs
Colorado. At the lust moment Reprc-I Itobert Crawford, aunt of the defend-
setitative Marlin of Colorado, one of I. nil, took the witness stand.' She re
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oncessions; the operators for a three ""''"V " ' ,., , ., . v . . ., .,. ,,,,, .,,
nt ouree- il8t ltl- ""i- nt ouoim.iwn u..b v. HBU....
utlon on Income Is expected to mage Annie
no the revenue lost by the free sugar! Gertrude Crawford, aged 1. the
measure. youngest of the Crawford fumily
Ijeader Vnderwood was at no time I w hich lost four members by sudden
cmbu
nosltl
originally framed. A score uf amend-1 strange actions preceding and just be
innntH were voted down us fust as fore Elise Crawford s death, in tne
thoy were put up.
The debate was marked by occas.
ional flashes of extreme bitterness on
both sides. Democratic members from
sugar producing states accused their
The case of Gilbert Forney vs. City I ,,,,-. nfl i. ,lt resent having a large
of Aslievllle. In wnicn tne piainun wasi()ant ure,,le(j t Spencer where he WW
asktng ror uumngn ior personal niju- (Urmsn ,. for Southern railway paa
rles was compromised for 300. ThesenKer an(1 refrKrator cars. Mr,
plalntllT contenoeu mat ne ieii lino a i n0nl has been In Greensboro for sev
ditch dug for a water main and that L-i dVs: Is said to be favorably im
no lights had been placed to show the 1 preHged and It is understood that he
now holds an option upon a very on
sirablo piece of property on which he
ay decide to erect his Ice factory.
RANKS OP THE IDLE
IN ENGLAND SWELLING
years renewal of the present agree
meiit which terminates at mid-nigiit
March 31. ; Unless an agreement Is
reached by the date mentioned, 180,
000 hard coal miners In Pennsylvania
will cease work. If there is any
chance of compromise before that
date It has failed of expression. Pres
ident John P. White of the miners or
ganization, and his colleagues, said
thut they considered the case hopeless
so far as avoiding suspension of work,
arid prepared to return home.
The operators' committee received i
the reiterated demands of the miners,
offered In response to the operators'
reply -without comment, further than
that they regretted the miners' stand.
Alter adjournment, George F. liaer
notified President White that the op
erators' committee would meet the
miners at any time but regarded the
demands as Impossible of concession.
Mr. White replied that they were
ipially Impossible of modillcation.
The executive committee anil min
ers' national oltieers at a meeting later
decided to abide by their demands.
They will meet today to deal with any
phase of the situation which may de
velop. It Is expected a statement an
swering the operators' statement will
be Issued. ,
No formal strike will be declared.
President White said, until after the
policy committee meets In Cleveland,
March 25.
In a "statement to the public" the
anthracite operators' committee reit
erate the declaration that they cannot
advance wages unless recouped
through an advance In coal prices to
the public, which they do not consider
warranted by any thing In the condi
tion of the mine workers under the
present agreement.
alter t nuerwoou whs at nu moo vwiicu iosi im louiuuum u.. buui Mnntiroin
urrusscd by the tactics of the op- and mysterious deaths, next took the j ' t d .
lion. The bill went through as witness stand. She told of Annie's Pf torm'g
main the details corresponding with
tlie testimony given by Mrs. Crawford
However, she testilled that she had
seen Annie give Elise "something In
glass" the night before the latter
colleagues of working ruin to the sug- died.
ar industry, while republican progres
slves seized the opportunity
their tariff views.
The sugar bill out of the way the
house will take up the excise measure,
which provides a tax of 1 per cent on
incomes of corporations, firms or Inut
viiluals which reach or exceed $')000 a
veur. This tax Is Intended to offset
Both the aunt and the sister of the
to give defendant testilled that Annie display
ed not the slightest trace of emotion
when Elise died
Dr. J. H. McGuire, who attended
F.lise Crawford In her lust illness, was
the next witness. Speaking of his last
visit tlie night before Elise died, he
described her condition as presenting
tlrt loss of revenue now derived from! every appearance of being due to
sugar.
TO INVESTIGATE CAUSE
LI
niium poison.
During his testimony jars contain
ing portions ot Elise Crnwford's kid
neys, liver and stomach were brought
into the court room.
Annie Crawford looked at those ex
hibits at first without signs of emo
tion, loiter, however, she became
nervous.
Tho undertakers who embalmed
Elise Crawford a body, two annul
lance students and attaches ot tne
Many lamllies have abandoned their ,
homes and many stores can be
reached only in boats.
Schuylkill Out of Hanks.
Philadelphia. March 16. Yester
day's heavy rains caused the Schuji- .
Kill river and many streams In east
ern Pennsylvania to overflow their
banks, causing heavy floods.
Alabama River Rising.
Montgomery, Ala., March 16. The '
Alabama river probably will Hood the
city's lower business district tomor
row. If the present increase In Hi
river's rise continues, the weather ob
server says It will reach 41 feet, five
feet above the. flood stage. The dam
age here totals 130,000.
Damage In the Pbilmonl.
Charlotte, March 16. Damage and
disaster were left in the wake of n
terrific wind and rainstorm - which
passed over the Piedmont "uctlon of
the Carolines yesterday. - Blinding '
torrents of rain were accompanied by
a wind that reached the Intensity of
40 miles an hour, -
The rainfall was the heaviest In the
Wist. 13 years. In less than 12 bimrs ..
a precipitation of 4.40 "Inches was rog
istered here while Salisbury records .
six Inches.
Reports of great damage to prop
erty and loss of livestock are coming
In from all points. i
Danville, . Va., March 16. An al
most continuous and unprecedented
rainfall In this vicinity and extending
for many miles In every direction has
swept away bridges. Inundated elec
tric lights und power plants, caused
company cessation of trolley traffic
and tied up practically every manu
facturing and commercial enterprise
in this city of 20,000 people.
Killed hi Tornado.
Montgomery, Ala., March 16. Ap-
reached here for the aid
stricken Headland, where
yesterday two score homes were de
molished and several lives were lost
in a tornado. Immediate relief work
is being rushed. At least five personi"
were killed and 12 Injured. '
J. C. Copeland and his wife occu
pied a room In the top floor of their
home at Headland. The house was
upset by the force of the wind and
both husband .and wife, freed from
the wreckage, were found living, sev
eral hundred yards from the site of
their home.
A relief fund of $1000 whs raised
among the citizens of Headland yes
terday afternoon and It Is being iuv.3
for feeding and clothing for the poor
er class of people.
In Geneva county, according to
meager advices obtainable, a 'boy was
killed and three other persons were
injured.
At Hartford a boy was killed out
right In the presence of members of
his family and another boy is said to
have been badly hurt.
PEKIN TO BE CAPITAL
Retirement of Chemist Has Not coroner s onice, also were called.
aioppea rroue ui ngiwui. Irp ANKT.TN APPOINTED
I Entire llpubll an Cinveriimeiit of
China Will 11-olmbly be Trans
. fcrcd There front Nanking.
tural Department.
MISSION SECRETARY
excavation was there
A compromise was also effoctcd In
the case of Huttle Clevenger vs. P. II
Thrash and Eugene Wuy.
FOUR S'lLORS DEED
laid VESSELS COLLIDE
Steamer Gloucester Sinks the
Schooner Maxwell in the
V Chesapeake Bay.
OoiifereiHtu Apparently Have Proved
Unavailing to Settle tlie Coal
Trade Dispute.
London. March !. Within a few
diiva hundreds of thousands more
men and women will augment the two
million who are already Idle because
of the coal trade war. t onrerences
apparently have proved Ineffectual.
,MUM Ure nt NasliVHIe, N C.
16. Nashville,
Baltimore, Murch 16. The steamer
Greensboro, March
In Nash county, N. C.
a small place
Alii
urn
I
king Ills gull
h"i (("WO J-oMle
' , ! I, l
Gloucester of the Merchants and WHS swept by flames yesterday morn-Mtnet-s
line. Boston for Baltimore, I inir and damage done estimated at
collided, with the svhooner Herbert D.liiO.000. The flames were fanned by
Maxwell. Baltimore 'for Wilmington, U wind and practically the entire busl
off Thomas point. In the Chesapeake Lens section of the town with the ex
Hue ililx morning. '- edition of the bank and the court-
The Maxwell sank and four of her
under Tloton's
W hn killed crew were ilrowne.l. i n. ' -iniicesier,
l. rinitelv k iiovwi, ' mulimi. ist and part of her rail wet
i ' u i ru '1 uway.
house was destroyed." The entire cltl
leiislilp of the town was aroused and
inly through heroic efforts were the
names ch"i lied. '"
FIVE PER CENT INCREASE
IS REJECTEDBT COUNCIL
Offer of Lawrence Textile Man
ufactures Is Turned Down
by Union. '
Fall River, Mass, March 16. The
Fkll River textile council, representing
.10,000 operatives, today virtually re
jected the live per cent Increase the
manufacturers offered and hus de
manded 15 per cent flat Increase.
Washington, March 16. Dr. Har
vev W. Wiley's resignation has not
ended the Investigation of the bureau
of chemistry. Chairman Moss today
announced that his committee prob
i.hlv would Investigate the friction
that forced Wiley's retirement. Sec
retary Wilson has been called upon
for complete Information.
COLD KILLING GAME
Colorado Siiiings Divine Is Oltrn
Mace on the Baptist Foreign
Board.
Colorado Springs, March lfi. Rev
J. 11. Franklin, pastor of tne first
liantist church here, has been ap-
unlnted secretary of the Amerloan
Baptist Foreign Mission board, an In
ternutlonal organization with head
quarters in Boston.
London, Murch 16. A dispatch
from Nanking today says that, while
same delay is being experienced in
appointing a new cabinet, It Is be
lieved thai within three weeks the
entire new government, Including the
assembly.- will be transferred to
Pektn. , . 'JM
Favors Hie SIicivihmI Rill,
Washington, March 16. Senator
Kern today spoke in fHVor of the
Sherwood "dollar a day" pension bill
Hunting Kchsoii Kven In the South
Was Practically Closed March 1
Says Report.
' Strikers and Police Clash.
Batre, Mass.j Murch 16. Textile strlk
eis and the police detachment clash
ed today, when several shots were ex
changed.' Half a dozen officers were
InJureO. ' Five rioters, all Italians,
were arrested. .
Washington, March 16. Continued
cold weather has had a serious effect
ution game in many sections of the
country and then hunting season was
itrnrl lea llv closed March 1, even In
the south, according to biological sur
vey report made to Secretary of Agri
culture Wilson today.
HeniliTsoiivllle Mian a Subtle.
... uiii ,.r Muiuo liiwd.land denounced the Smoot substitute.
ri ne senate auopieu m i" n-n-.iu.e-n
Al. ....... llui-nh IK JOhll 1. Mill. I eHIIUIH " n17 - " '
former governor of Maine, and acting for information regarding the pro
chalrman of the republican national posed reorganization of the Harvester
committee, died here today. trust.
Greenville. 8. C, March 16. With a
bullet hole In his right temple and a
pistol lying on the floor nearby, the
lifeless body of Charles Flcker, a na
tive of Hendersonvllle. N. C was dis
covered, late yesterday afternoon on
hi, hurt at the Hundred Thousand
club.
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