North Carolina Newspapers

4 A TU3 ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES LAST EDITION 4:00 P. M. FAIR; MIT SO WARM. mm VOL. XVII. NO. 35. . ASHEVILLE, N. 0., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 21, 1912. Sc PER COPY THREATPOSTED SAND-CLAY ROAD IS TESTED OUT; BY ALLEN GANGl BEST HIGHWAY IN THIS COUNTY Mounted Band Rides to Point Within Three Miles of Hills ville and Makes Defiance. NOTICE IS PLACED BY REWARD POSTER Possemcn Still Without Defi nite Idea of the Outlaws' Refuge Every Clue Found False. lllllsville, Va., .' March 2 J. Sldna Allen nnd his gang toduy apparently are no nearer capture than a week ago when they rode Inlo tho mnun tains afti-r tho tragedy that blotted out the Carroll county court. Nearly every clue run down by searching de tectives -and posselnen haa proved false. Posses l)ave surruundud three different mountain strongholds where the outlaws supposedly were hidden, but failed to find the gang. So far no definite idea of the outlaw's where abouts hus been advanced. The town Is excited over news that Hie Aliens rodo to a point within throe miles of town and placed u notice be side the governor's proclamation of fering a reward. The clansmen's no tice read: k 9 9 9 m, n f k n 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 To those who Lave made it I heir concern W have plenty or arum anil bullets und we know liow to nsf I hem. These bills an an unhealthy place for strangers to lslt. Kemem Imt tills: Yon can (ret us In the end, but we will get you nrst. HI DEATH IOTA L WILL EXCEED 100 Bcaverdam Road, the First of Sand-Clay Made in This Sec tion Proves Complete Success in Every Way. Exploration of Wrecked; Okla- IT BEATS MACADAM homa Workings Is Resumed This Morning. IN DROUGHT OR FREEZE 20 BODIES REMOVED FROM SHAFT IN NIGHT Cause or Disaster Not IKleriulncil Thrce or Rescued W ill Die From Injuries,, : ; v Has Been a Good Road Every Minute Since First Packed Comment by Road " Authorities. McCiirtnin, Okln., Murcli 21. Four. Iccii more workmen were today res- mil from tlic San Itols mine. This makes a total of 25 miners brought forth alive from the workings. l-'f. torn corpse were recovered today. Mcl'urtain, Okla., March 21. Little hope exists that any of the three score entombed men in the San Boise mine are- alive. Kxpmration of the workings wrecked in yesterday's ex plosion was resumed today. During the night 20 bodies, mutilated beyond recognition, were, recovered. That the death lint will exceed 100 seems cer tain. The cause of the explosion has not been determined.' I he explosion occurred shortly after T HE rood problem for most sec tions of Buncombe seems to have been solved, The Heaverdam valley sand-clay road, the lirst built in this part of the .'itate, hus passed through the winter severest season of test for a highway in the memory of most of the people practically as good as it win when winter began. The llrst quarter mile section of this road has noW stood two winters and' one summer. It has been a good road every minute of the lime since it was llrst packed. The llrst section was made in De cember, la 10. A second section of about two miles was made the Janu ary and February , following. This load was graded by convict labor. It wus then surfaced by the people of the neighborhood, under the direction ! o clock yesterday morning. Accord lug to an official statement from the I"1' lnu ,u"ty engineer. officers of the Kort .Smith & Western Railway company, owners of the property, about 100 men were em ployed iu the mine. Whether gas or oal dust caused the explosion has not been determined. 'Kight of the 13 men who escaped alive were at work In the mule stables How It Was I .aid. In general the formula of the Ou verdaui road is us follows: Six Inches of sand, and upon that a layer of clay ibree InehPS deep; on that four Inches of sand; tile whole Mulshed with one Inch of clay or gravel. The gravel lliiish proved somewhat tho belter ll Is said a dozen or more men were ill. the Jjarty that, posted the notice.. Another Mail Near Dcalli. Andrew- P. Hewlett, who was s"hot In the back. Is likely not to live. He was trying lo protect his wife from the shower of lead which killed the Judge, prosecutor, sheriff and two others ami set the countryside Into such a state of excitement as It had neer known. The ball cut through his body, coming out above the chest. The detectives and their fol lowers are not disheartened. If bush whacking und guerrilla warfare are brought tu play, as now Seems Inevita ble, the Aliens will meet their full mutches In cunning, courage and en durance. If the chase becomes a siege il will continue until the last of the Allen clan Is killed or captured. Many Bullets Fired. Persons otherwise unemployed bus- iril themselves counting bullet holes in the court room which a week ago was the aceriu of the massacre. Up w arils of 200 have been found and the . wonder Is that more persons were not killed by tho fusilade. On account of the short range most of the bullets lodged In the walls after piercing lb' bodies of their victims. Twenty-seven of the bullets tired hit those killed and wounded. tiov. Mann has sent letters to Court Clerk Dexter Goad and his daughter Jimebol, commending them for their bravery in the court room last Thurs day. The governor expressed the opinion that Justice would bedono In I arroll county. Dr. Wilkinson, tho village physician was busy yesterday denying an asser tion credited to Sheriff C. H. Haynes, of Hurry county, N. C, to the elTeet that the doolor'-was believed to have secretly . visited Sidna Allen at his mountain refugs on Saturday and dressed his wounds. "There is absolutely no truth In any such statement as that." said Dr. Wilkinson. "If I had any information to help tha posses locate the Aliens 1 would give It to them at once." and made their way to the surface I n the original quarter-mile there was through the passage uwd for the cars. The lirst party of Volunteers to enter the mine at noon found live others badly injured In a wrecked entry. Three of thse nrulmhlv- will rti Afle'r their first su,Hey of the j wrecked mine, government expert" expressed the opinion that all of the men imprisoned are dead, and 7J cof- llns were ordered shipped to the gricf- stricken mining camp. Mayor Bour- luud of Fort Smith has issued an ap peal for aid for the families of the victims. Forty-three of the entombed men ire Americans. Three are members of a surveying party. KHEkTWf QST0H 1TII I'. PEOPLES RIGHT Tfl SELF-RULE Roosevelt Says That Is the Fundamental Issue Before His Party and the Nation. ENTHUSIASTIC CROWD HEARS HIS ADDRESS Overflow .Meeting Held Speaker Reiterates and Am plifies Statements at Columbus. " iibout four Inches of sand, with no lay added, ami no gravel. No liolilolly. here was originally a theory which has been stated in. Tipj, Gazette M'W, Tliat a sand-clay should lie i very bad road the lirst winter after it ia inude. This has not been the case with this road. It did not work up into a dough or loblolly, because there Aas not much rain at the lime, but on the contrary has always been good except In a few spots where there was not sulllcleiit (lay or gravel. Roland Wolfe, the supervisor of the road, last iVngiist made over some had places. working In sand clay. The road is of a consistent goodness now, from one end to the other." It -lias endured much heavy hauling, since the time it was completed and was badly cut up by teams, In the process of settling and funning. The road has never lieun dusty to 'peak of. even in the dry autumn weather when Macadnm was blowing iwuy. Mr. Wolfe says the road hus not had the attention It should have had. The proper uttentlon with the road drag would cost about : per mile per year. There is no Indication that with such care, this highway ever would wear out. It was dragged three limes last August. Some Wheels Hem-lit It. There Is no road, oxcept something like brlcl?. that will not he Injured by heavy loads on narrow tires. Mr. Woire observes that the greatest ad vance In the cause of good roadj would lie the outlawing of narrow ties. There should be tin wagon tires on eountrv roads narrower than four county. A hundred oil rigs were i,.ho. Aiitnmi.hil.. tires .however. Idown down In tne neighborhood of I while playing havoc with Macadam ' ft 9 9 9, 9, 9, 9. K . 9 9, St 9, 9 ft ftft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft. ft ft ft ft ftft ft. ft ft ft ft ft ft. ft ft. ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft . H . ft The BeavprilaVm load rims In a general cast anil wot (liin'tioti with bills to the south: shaded, there- ft ft fore, miiili of tia lime. At. the time wbeu the winter's snows, rains, freezes and thaws had made the roads ft ft their worstr earth roads almost or quite Impassable, old Macadam' undermined, the newer slushy ou Kip. ft H this stietcli lieW l sliuxs the edges ol the driveway were1 verjr'sliglitly iiil';el. here and there, where ft ft - snow had Inlrt ilcr the proUH thrill of an embankment it aiis sorteiie, and very slightly rutted all simply ft .ft. " rt'mt toisli? riHted "fly" tltjt flriK. -ThK srlitmc" wivs Thii fcVir:lnM!f)tnfHk'tli'tN'Hn- 1hrJiWrir1ur,"- ft hut bleached quickly In spots suhjei ted to the sun and wind; The surface was at no time slushy. ft SWLEPIfib S.WES T DEMOCRATS WILL CHAMPION W OOL BILL PRESIDENT VETOED Majority Members of House Ways and Means Committee Unanimously Decide for a 20 Per Cent. Duty on the Raw Material Underwood Advises Abandoning Fight for Free Wool Because of Revenue Loss. Loss of Life Reported in Okla homa and Texas Property Wrecked. Wichita Kalis, Tex.. March 21 Loss of life is reported In towns across the Oklahoma today. There was tremen dims property damage in Wichita ICIectra, Tex. BIG POTASH ENID II! MQJAVE DESER it T IK FAVPHJF WILSON Nebraska Progressive League Members Don't Want Him Before Primary. Million Tons Deposit of Fertili sing Material Discovered by Federal Agents. Washington, March 21f A valuable discovery of soluble potash salta has bn made In the Mojave desert of outhern California by field represen tatives of the bureau, of soils and Kologlcal survey., Potash was found In a partly" drled-up lake. Govern ment experts declare there are Indi cations of million tons !f potash. Government bureaus had sought throughout the country for potash, feeling certain a supply would be found. At present the United States and other nations are almost entirely Desmolnes. lown. March 21. fenn tor Thus. 1. Gore, of Oklahoma, yesterday authorized the statement that Speaker Chump Clark Is to be aBked to withdraw In favor of Wood row Wilson frmn participation in the Vebrnsku. presidential preferential pri ninry. Senator Gore sld the Nebraska progressive league prior to tho Bryan under all conditions, and especially In dry weather, benetlt the sand-day, as Ihey do earth roads. Kays It Is Best In County. 'The sand-clay road leading from Grace up Heaverdam creek Is the best road in tho county today." said County Kngineer J. C. M. Valentine, In a gen- iral conversation about the condition of the roads after the hard winter, in which ha went on to say that these roads hart withstood the deep freezing much better than the Macadam roads. .Mr. Valentine stated that even the roads on the Blltmore estate, which are conceded to be the best of Macad am, nad suneren miicn oy reason n the freezing, but ao far as eottld be told the sand-clay roads have not been affected very much by the cold. He said that the damage was caused by the freezing of the sustratuin. Work on North Ihiiiconilie Koail. VVoik Is to begin again at once on the North Buncombe Toad, which had to be stopped on account of the bad weather. There only remains about a quarter of a mile to be built when the sand-clay road to Democrat will tie joined with the Macadam at Stocks- vllle. Mr. Valentine aald that consld- Washington, March 21.- The dem ocratic members nf the ways and means committee today determined to reintroduce in the house I lie same wool tarib' revision bill that was vetoed by Taft. The committee lirst considered a bill that would corres pond to the conference report but linally decided unanimously to intro duce their own bill, which puts a 20 per cent duty on raw wool. Chairman L'nderwood dropped the bill In the basket aa he entered the house this -morning, The decision of the democratic committee members ' followed a few hours' discussion and examination of the tariff board's statistics, which were analyzed by Underwood and compared with data in the commit tee's possession. Frei"wool cham pions were convinced i Underwood that a free wool bill could not be pro posed sincerely because there was no way to raise the $21,000,000 revenue that would be lost In placing raw wool on the free list. The committee's ac tion was sudden and unexpected. It was even decided that there should be no democratic caucus relating to the hill. This will obviate altogether the inevitable tight that would be inaiic by free wool adherents. It Is probable that when the bill conies up on the floor, radical free wool demo crats may take a stand. Veto of Former BUI. The democratic leader's action Is in the face of the tariff board report which came to the house last Decem ber. The president in his veto of the i bill as passed by the house and sen ate urged as the principal reason for I choice New York. March 21. Theodore Roosevelt last night made the first . speech he has delivered since the pub lic announcement or his willingness to accept the republican nomination for' president. His subject was "The Kight of the People to itule." Colonel Itoosevelt's speech was de livered before a crowd which filled , Carnegie hall. So many persons wished to bear him that an overflow meeting was held in a smaller hall within the same building. Colonel Uoosevelt was received with marked enthusiasm. He said iu part: The great fundamental Issue now before -the republican party and before ourjieopln can lie stated briefly. It Is, ule the American people lit to govern themselves, to rule themselves, to con trol themselves? I believe they are. My opponents do not. . T believe in the right of the people to rule. 1 be lieve tlmt the majority, of the plain people of the United States will, day in and day out, make fewer mistakes In governing themselves than any small er class or body of men, no matter what their training, will mako in try ing to govern them. I believe, again. Ihat the ' American people are. as a wtiole capable of self-control and of learning by their mistakes. Our op- poiients pay lip-loyalty to this ,doc t'iine; Tiit ifiey show Iheir real "belief by the way in which they champion every device to make (he nominal rule nf tho people a sham. I have scant patience with thin talk of the tyranny of the majority. When ever there is tyranny of the majority. I shall protest against It with all my heart and soul. But we are today offering from the tyranny that is , grabbing our coal deposils, our water powers, and our harbor fronts. A small minority is battering on the sale f adulterated foods and drugs. It is a small minority that lies behind mon opolies and trusts. It is a small mi nority that stands behind the present law of master and servant, the sweat- hops, and the whole calendar of so- lal and Industrial Injustice. It is a small minority that Is today using our onventlon system to defeat the will of a majority of -the people In the of delegates to the Chicago bis veto that there had then been no report from the tariff board on the subject. Chairman Underwood said: "It was determined to introduce bill Just as we introduced it lust sum mer, carrying 20 per cent advalore.ni rtutv or raw wool, a reduction of about :,o m-r cent from the duties of the onventlon. The only tyrannies from which men, women, and children are I suffering in real life are the tyrannies if minorities. My opponents charge that- two things In my program are wrong be cause they intrude into the sanctuary of the Judiciary. The llrst la the re- Payne-Ablrich law. We will endeavor I call of judges: and the second, the re. to have the bill passed In the house as soon as possible." The bill differs from the bill vetoed bv the president principally in the dole assessed on raw wool. The house bill carried 20 per cent, but after conference with the senate com mittee, the house leaders yielded and the bill as linally passed carried a 29 per cent duty on raw wool. Three Million Now Idle; Government May Resign Fate of Asquith's Minimum Wage Bill in the Balance and if R is Lost Unionists Will Take The Reins in England - WAR ON WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC IN THE SOUTH AslicvilU- Among CtlU-H t Be Visited ly Agonl of World's Purity Federation. London. March 2f. The crisis arls- strike, nearly two million other per sons are idle. birthday banquet, adopted a resnlti-1 rin- everything this road Is in good Unit calling upon the speaker not to ,.nniition and that It would not be allow his nama to go before the voters, mn untn t W(,id be in line shape. "In view or the rival candidate! "fli'tie wet weather and the freezing Woodrow W'llson nnd Jiulson Har- LHiised a thorough mixing of the aand mon." I nd day. which wa Just what was The resolution follows: I needed, although he said some of the "Resolved, that it Is the sense of 1 people became discouraged about the this conference that the fontlnued roHf aii some had aald that they candidacy of Speaker Clark for the w lahed It .had been let alone as It was. preferential vote to he' given the Ne- Thev will probably lng another tune braska delegation to the Baltimore next winter convention In view of the rival can- When the democrat road Is eom- dldacles of W'llson and Harmon niay I pieted the attention 'f the authorities lug over premier Asquith's minimum wage bill continues and the Idea pre vails tlwt the passing of the measure will be considerably delayed if not thrown out entirely, thereby prolong ing the -coal trade war. The total of men out of employment is Increasing dally, -Besides a million miners on Liberal members of parliament are warning the labor members that should the bill be defeated it will be necessary for a government which is friendly to them to resign and hand over the management of the country's affairs to tho unfriendly unionist party. result In the success of Marnvbn and thus endanger the cause of true de- deendent fpon Germany for potaslu mocracy and that If Mr. Clark will A disagreement between the German! withdraw his randldaey In Nebraska "potash trusC and American buyers j we recommend that the National dele Iwcame the sublect of diplomatic I nation to the national convention In exchange which erupted for several "-ars and nt one time threatened Serious com plications. ihe event Wilson cannot be nomi nated vote for Clark as Its second choir." . will be directed toward the Cane creek road, known as the "Dr. Fletcher road." for the Improvement of which Dr. M. II. Fletcher Is paying half. Far More Durable. "The sand-clay road la far superior to the. Macadam In normal weather so far as durability Is concerned,' (Continued on rg J.J Callahan, Diamond Thief, Is Arrested in St. Louis UiCrosse, Wis.. March 21. War on the white slave traffic in tho eastern Atlantic coast and southern status will 1-e waged by the world's Purity Fed eration, which will, on April t, send its representatives on a tour through the leading southern cities. Cities to view by the people of Judicial decis ions on certain constitutional ques tions. I have said again and again that I do not advocate the recall of Judges in all states and in all com munities. In my own state I do not advocate it or believe It to be needed. for In this state our trouble lies not with corruption on the bench, im with the effort by the honest hut wrongheaded Judges to thwart the I pie In their struggle for social jus tice una tntr-neaiirg. . Hi-stall's His Position. So that no man may understand me. let ine recapitulate: (HI am not proposing, anything in connection with the Supreme court of the United States, or with the federal constitution. (2) 1 am not proposing anything having any connection with ordinary suits, clvil or criminal, as between In dividuals. (3) 1 am not speaking of the recall of judges. (41 1 am proposing merely that In a certain class of eases Involving the bo visited Include Boston. Providence, police power, wnei, " '"'"" - sel asioe as oiu-oiisi uuimmi'i passed by the legislature for the gon- New York, Philadelphia. Baltimore. Washington. Charlotte, Soartanburg, Ashevllle, Tampa, Kiioxville, Bristol. Montgomery, Chattanooga and Douis vllle. , ROOSEVELT WILL OPEN CAMPAIGN IN MAINE New York, March 21. Col. Boose velt today decided to make an appeal direct to the Maine voters, and will ppenk in Portland on Saturday. eral welfare, the question ofithe valid ity of the law which should depend, ,18 Justice Holmes so Well phrases it, (Continued an iMure ) Senator Tayhar Seriously III. Washington. March 21. Senator Robert U Taylor of Tennessee Is seri ously 111, suffering from gallstones. The tiouhle has taken an acute form and an operation probably will be necessary. ""V St, Louis, March 11. Daniel Calla han was an. -ted today for alleged complicity In three diamond rob beries aggregating 1120,000 and for tobbing the St. Louis postefflce. Post office Inspector Bussen, who had been looking for Callahan for 18 months, was eating In a restaurant when he noticed that the Index finger of a man opposite him was -missing nt the first Joint, lie then saw a resemblanra be tween a photograph of Calhthan and the man opposite him. Callahan denied Ills (dentlly. Re wards for his arrest aggregate $10,000. ' Police and Strikers Clash. Glasgow, Scotland, March 21. In a pitched 'battle at Kirk Connell today between striking miners and the police I many head were broken. BIT CHOICE TOR PRESIDENT If 1 could Sefert the Man I Would Name r-f anra . Address. . Out this ticket out and mull It to The GaxetteNews, or hand It In at this offli-e. If you do not care to writ your name on the ballot., vau can write It In a rcglstrr book provided at the office. s Results will be published from time to time and In no rase will the name nf the voter be given out aniens so requested.