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"1 .?J 7Sf.- ' if :M a' " ' TH2 ASSOCIATED LAST EDITION 4:00 P. M. Wuthtr Torwaut: SXOWi FRKEZIXG. PRISI DISPATCHES VOL? NO. 36, ASHEVILLE, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 22, 1912. Sc PER COPT PREMIER DOWN TURNS MINERS One of the Posses Engaged in Hunt for the Out1aivslW QITU iVIIFIQIIS Amendment They Offered to Minimum Wage Bill is Re jected by As-quith. HOPE OF SETTLEMENT KILLED SAYS EDWARDS Leaders of the Workers Be lieve Opportunity for End ing the Strike Soon j Is Gone. London, March 22. Premier As quith In the house of commons this afternoon refused to aoccpt the miners- amendment to Ills niinlnmm wage Mil. providing a - minimum of $l.2!i nnd 50 cents ub the dully wage for men mid boys respectively. .Miners' leader F.dward declnrel that the iireniicr'H declNlon not to ac cept the miner. amendment meant the shattering of the opportunity which uppeared yesterday for a settlement. NEGRO CONVICT SLAYS -GUARO;SHDT BY MOD Lynchers Take Black from Deputies Conveying Him to Prison. Cockran, (in., March 22. Homer Howell, a negro convict was lynched yesterday afternoon after he had kill eil Guard Joseph Coolly, aged 40, and attempted to shoot down two other gourds, in a convict camp a mile out side of this . lowjn. t. . , Howell and' '80 other hien in the camp. It is said, had plotted to make a get-away. JJush felled Coody with a shovel and, seizing the revolver from the form of the dead guard, he opened lire on the two other guards. Neither of the two was Injured but both re turned the lire. H,owell, bis ammuni tion exhausted, fell to the ground with a bullet through his body. None 01 the other convicts attempted to escape. Authorities at Cochran were notllled and aid was illsputched to the camp to prevent an outbreak. The news of the killing spread ilitlekly, Howell, guarded by deputy sheriffs, was being taken to Hawkins- ville, ten miles from this place, to be locked up, when a mob of 50 men covered the deputies with guns and took the prisoner. The negro was quickly strung up to a telephone pole and his body riddled with bullets. He was considered a bad negro and was serving a term for horse stealing. Excitement after the killing In tense but further trouble is not ex pected. ' ARE BUSYJN GUILFORD State Headquarters a Scene of Activity News of the Pied-mont. Gftzette-News Bureau. Dully News Building, Greensboro, .March 22. '-.- March ""22. : III Hie United States District court yesterday afternoon, Judge Boyd made an order adjudging J. W'. I laiiser in dividually and trading as J. M Smith & Co.i merchants, or Morgunton, liank rupt. The order was. signed 'upon the petition of the bankrupt. The assets are given as $1800 and the liabilities as $ 1 2.10. The IjiFaycttc baseball sound, which Is In the south for a two weeks' tour to play southern colleges. Includ ing those In the Carolina.' missed con nection here yesterday and as a result was unable to reach Chapei Hill in time to play Hie I'niverHity of North Carolina an opening game. The team went on to Durham to play today. While here the management of the teanr got Into communication with the manager of the University team and It is probable that a game will be ar ranged and played In Greensboro. The I a Fayette boys said they were anxious to meet North Carolina on the dia mond. IlooMvrelt Headquarters 0mii. The Roosevelt state headquarters which opened In the obi I'ienbow here yesterday, was quite a busy place dur ing the day, many of I 'ol.Ttoosevelt's admirers dropping In during the after noon to ace Oil. W. !?. T'ctini:n, In charge of headquarters, and talk over the situation With him. Col. V. S. Uisk of Ashevllle. one of the leading Tioose velt supporters In his section,' en me down from the mountains yesterday and was at headquarters in confer ence with Col. Pearson and other friends of the former president. News has been received here of the death In New York. Wednesday of Wallace Tallman. son of Mr. and .Mrs.--VJl!lain-THllmBii.; - .Mr. TiUlmflii was 27 years of agf. His death brought sorrow to many friends here. The Boys Corn club or Gulirord county has started the 1912 contest for corn prizes. Plana have been per fected and the namc3 nf the contest ants announced. Cash prizes aggre gating $100 will be awarded when the contest closes in the fall and the corn raised has been measured. tSVvV-v - " ' If ) v i' vii 1 iX ii'vi fj !!i i SITUATION DARK Operators Flatly Reject De mands of Miners Another Conference Today. MAY SAVE RICHESON (jiov. J'osh Will Keelve Petition Commutation ami Present It to Council. . fur TEXTILE OPERATORS MAKE WAGE INCREASE 1 all filler Cotlon MunurucliirerH As MHlatlon Averts Strike by 10 Per lent Advance. Kail River. Mass., March 22. A ten per cent advancR In wages effective March 23 was today offered the opera tives' union by the Full River Cotton Manufacturers association. ' Tho in crease will be accepted, averting general strike. The advance affects ,10.000 operatives. ; Boston, March 22. F.fforts to save Clarence V. T. Rlcheson. thu con fessed murderer of Avis Linnell, from death In the electric chair began yes terday when his counsel, William A. Moore, conferred with Governor Koss. The date set for-tile execution is May 19. " While Attorney Morse did not pre sent a formal petition for couimuta Hon of sentence he assured himself that such a petition would be re ceived by the governor and that It would . probably be submitted to the pardon committee of the executive council for action. It is optional with the governor whether ho shall submit such a petition. Mr. Morse said that no petition for commutation would lie sent to the governor for two weeks at least and he further intimated that the matter would not be pressed .until the date of the execution was less than a month away. Iticheson's friends hope to obtain a life sentence for him. . ELEVEN PERSONS HURT; ELECTRIC CAR WRECK Peru, Ind March 22. Kleven per sons were Injured when a traction car traveling 35 miles an hour struck cinder pile nnd plunged into a canal two miles from here today. Gov. Wilson l Milwaukee. Trenton, March 22. VV'iodrow Wll eon left today for Wisconsin. The I'overnor expects to return Monday. He will Visit Milwaukee and probably will make a speech there. Kejolce Tliut Clilnene Women kt Sun" rage. Chicago. March 22 News that equal suffrage has been granted Chinese women by the parliament at Nanking wus hailed with Joy by the Woman suffrage advocates here. KING MURDER TRIAL Georgian Says He Killed CbkIo North Carolina In Baltimore In Self-DefeilHO. of 1 - im 1 1. r " ' I'1- . FROM BQISEMINE SBQD0,M1SSS25QQQ WIA,N SCOUT WHCJ tS LEeDlNCi POSSE tN ADVANCE bit tN ADVANCE ON DEVIL'S DE.N- tP f O.V. UCIC. VIDm UNDEHWOOD UNDCRWOOO. EDWARDS, MAIMED BANDIT, CAPTUREDIM Workers at McCurtain, Okla., t Seek Seven Others Still in Shaft. MeCiirlain. Okla., March 22. Iwenly-nine corpsus found last nielli were removed this morning' from Hie San Boise mine. Efforts have been renewed, to locate seven others in the workings when tho gas explosion en tombed over K'O miners Wednesday. Twenty-live were taken out alive and S bodies have been recovered. Lacking Food and Unable to Follow Rapid Movements of Other Members of the Allen Band, Old Sidna's Nephew Submits to Arrest. Baltimore, March 22. Hcrocrl Hall King, 2(1 years old, a native of Goor ifla, was placed on trial in the criminal court here yesterday charged with Killing George E. Cagle of North Caro Una. The shooting occurred in an office building here on January 8 after Sagle had made a search of the city for King, who had married the woman to whom Cagle Insisted he was en gaged. . King and his wlfo declare there never was an engagement, to Cagle, and ' that both were alarmed when they learned that Cagle had followed them to Baltimore. Counsel for the defense claim that King shot In self defense.. Kitchin Sends Gunboat to Enforce Fish Laws Gazette-News Bureau, The Hotel Raleigh, RalelRh. March 22. Governor Kitchen this afternoon or dred the gunboat Alfrelda to proceed from New Born- to ICdenton and there obey orders. C. rf. Vnn, fish com mlrwlnner, Is enforcing the hh Uws. 1 ishernien hnv set nt In the Inlets to -Albetnarln sound in Dare, county. which is against the law and all efforts by the civil authorities have (ailed to break up practice. The gunboat Is manned by 25 officers and men and carries rifles and several one and three pound guns. Net? will he destroyed .ind the outlaw fishermen apprehend ed. It is feared that fish will become ex tinct by reason of the activities of fishermen In Dare county. HillsvHlc. Va March '22. Sldna ' Edwards, nephew of Sidna Allen, and one of the Allen gang which took to Hie mountains after the court house assassinations here was arrested tod.iv t Lambsburg, Va .without resistance by a posse of detectives. Edwards is being brought here and is expected to arrive about :l o'clock this after noon. His capture leads to the beliel that others of the mountaineers soon will be in custody. Edwards will be laken under heavy guard to Roanoke. Details are meagre. Edwards' ar rest leads to the conclusion thai other members of the Allen gung are near Uimbsburg, a small village ut tho foot of the mountains and about 12 miles northwest of -Alt.. Airy. This section is several miles west of where the out laws were supposed. to have been two days ago. Sidna Edwards is Hie younger of the two Edwards brothers and the more venturesome. It was reported several iluvs ago that he made a sortie I rotii the biding place or the outlaws and was seen by several persons." Ed wards was easily recognized by lib limp, resulting from a burn received recently In a distillery. He Is u neph ew of Sidna Allen, leader of thu clan. To Try "Tliinl Degree.'' . Young Edwards was arrested by Detectives Tom Felts' and W. V. Phauts, 'who had been in the moun tains since Tuesday. They found him wandering about aimlessly and hun urv. His sore foot troubled him ureatlv. It Is believed he was unable to keep up with the swift changes of base made by the other fugitives. Edwards probably will be put through a rigid "third degree" examination when he gets here. Little thought ( xlsts that he will disclose the move nients of his kinsmen. Edwards It- 22 years old. There Is $1000 reward for Edwards' capture. Will Make N'o Statement. Edwards reached llillsville In the detective's custody this afternoon and was placed in Jail. He would make no statement, officer said he made no attempt to resist arrest when dis covered last night near tyount Airy. Jasper Allen, known as Jack, brother or Sidna Allen, Joined young Edwards and the detectives on the road end came Into town with them, lid wards was not handcuffed and appeared verv docile upon his arrival here. llillsville. Va.. March 22. Out In the hills and ' mountains along the Vlrglniu-North Carolina border are all the sheriffs, detectives and posse men enlisted for taking the Allen out laws. They are prepared to. stay In the Meld until they run down some thing besides false clues. , This community awoke today in a state of excited expectancy over Gov ernor Mann's announcement that eteps were being taken which he be lieved would result In the- outlaw's capture at the end of this -week or the first of next. It la said the out laws are constantly watching their pursuers through field gkixses and have used a rifle shot code system successfully. j Motion Picture of Tragedy. Another tragedy w enacted In the dd Carroll county court house yestcr- lay. Another troop of mountain "out laws" rode ill, shot the "Judge down iff his bench and duplicated the grue some assassination of a week ago but this time it was only for the mov ing pi' lurt:;, the moving picture ac tors did more tiring and made more racket and caused almost as much excitement over again. The only real fighting was between the moving pic ture men. . lllllsvllle's rialto, which xteuds from the court house to the blacksmith shop was not replete with amateur thesidans who . wanted to take oarl in tho scene, and I'ompeti lion Inr their services was keen. Tin pictures were finally made after much rehearsing, while the camera men licked otf the reds and Hie stage nanngcr'H megaphone made echoes in the nearby hills. Meanwhile the chase of the out laws for all that most folk here know has not progressed, but Governor Mann and the authorities are planning a coupe. The plan Is aroot which is expected to materialize Hie last of this wi ck or the lirst of next. The gover nor admitted this and declined to discuss his plans. I don't think It proper to say what these steps are, he said, "but they ire vigorous and 1 think in the right lirection." Defectives Work flup. The posse which left here so bur I'icdly' on Tuesday night has not been seen or heard from aince. It is now known thafthe hunters will not quar ter In Hillsville, but will stay out in the mountains and camp on the trail of the outlaws. This latest move' sup ports the theory that the two small posses which have been operating in and out of town were merely Idinds to conceal the movements of a larger posse which has been secretly brought oyer Into the mountains from the coal field, and that the detectives have feigned lighting with the smaller posses for the benefit of those friends of the Aliens who are supposed to have been keeping them posted. Whatever the plans really are. there is an sir of suppressed excite ment and anticipation among the au thorities which seem to tell that they are waiting for new. It Is under stood that Governor Mann wus ad vised from llillsville of the latest plan of campaign. Meanwhile the countryside Is on the tiptoe of fear and excitement. "Women do not venture out after dark neither do a great many men. Children are kept away from school. Andrew P. Ilowlett. who was shot in the back during the aTTi-ay at the court house, Is still very low and no hope of hi recovery la entertained. Clerk Dexter Goad yesterday re ceived work from Judge Staplca in Richmond to hold a special' term of the Carroll county court on Wednes day, March 27. This announcement of a special term mean that some or the Aliens, now in jail in Roanoke and any others captured in the meantime, will be formally arraigned here, though a change of venue may be secured by counsel for th defense. Continued tin pag two. I Body of David Allen of Wolf Creek Discovered with Bul let Hole in Temple. Cleveland, O., .March 22. All the demands of the 200,000 miners in the bituminous coal fichls or western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illi nois for a 10 per cent increase lu pay' and shorter working hours, were vot ed down by the operators yesterday. As a linal effort to prevent a pro longed shut-down of the mines after Aprir.i, and possibly a strike, thn whole dispute was then referred to a sub-committee. This sub-committee, composed of eight miners' . delegates and eight -operator, convened at i o'clock this morning to consider the possibility of a compromise to be recommended to the general conference. Both operators and miners declared alter the union demands had been re fused, that the coal situation through out the country was grave. Intima tions were made by John P. White, president of the United Mine Workers of America, that the negotiations here might continue until next Monday when the union's policy committee will convene. Besides the 200,000 miners 'in the four states directly concerned, 150.000 bituminous coal. miners in other states are dependent upon the present deliberations for a hatds of making their wage scale, and in addition the policy committee will consider the wage demands of about 170,000 anthracite minora. It wa3 pointed out by Mr. White that' the wages of more than 500.000 union miners alter April 1 were in dispute and that the coal output of the coun try, other than that mined by non union men, was involved. Hope of Anthracite Settlement. News from New York that the an-' thraclte operators and miners might Cleveland, March 22. The Bank of I reconsider their differences, however,, lierea, a private institution ut Berea. na( the effect or arousing confidence (i., 12 miles West of here, was broken among union officials that the anthra iiilo by but glars last night. A vault eite situation might be eliminated, containing JSOOo in cash and Jewelry! The voting down by' the operators wus blown open and the burglars es-r the bituminous coal miners' de cuped with thx"r loot. Tho burglars I mands was summary. Mr. White had effected un entrance by entering an Uajd that ir the lirst demand requiring office next door to the bunk and cli-lll-1 all the men to be Paid on a flat ton ing through u- wall three feet thick. Imige basis without reductions for The. robbers were frightened away slack or smull lumps was refused. after they had partially drilled the In-1 then the negotiations were futile. He Blow Vault at Berea, 0., But Fail to Penetrate Inner Safe. ner. sate containing Kj.OJ'O FOUL PLftY SUSPECTED CHINESE TONGS AT WAR OS THE PACIFIC COAST Friends In the city yesterday after 1011 received the information that I liivii! Allen, an lulluentlal citizen of Wolf Creek, Teiin., was found dead yesterday morning, lying against tho side of his bed with a bullet hole in his temple. Ecw of the details of the death have been learned and it is not known whether or not he committed suicide. During the day, however. there were reports that foul play is suspectitl, although the foundation for the suspicion could not be learned. The deceased was a member of one of the leading families of that sec tion and was well known here, where he had intimate friends. He was about r.7 years of age ami is survived by the widow, a son and Tour daughters. Five Members of the Kim Lum Society Killed Retalia tion Expected. GET $3000 DAMAGES Compromise llcuclicd In Suit f Bir mingham Couple l-'jected From New Yurk Hole!. San Francisco, March 22. The bl lies! tong war of years is iin pending In Chinatown, following mur ders in the Chinese quarters of Hacra nu-iito, Oakland and Sun Francisco last night. The Bing Kong society's members shot down five members of the Kim Lum society. One of the assassinations look place in the tern pie of Cliee Hung Tong or the Chi tiese Freemason's society. The was Is expected to spread. LA FOLLETTE CAMPAIGN Wisconsin Man. Kuinurageil by Da. kola Iti-sull, to Begin a Vigorous SH'uUlng Tour. New York, March 22. Mr. nnd Mrs., Edward W. Kavish of Birmingham, Ala., will get $1500 damages each for humiliation Incident to being ejected from the Hotel Astor here last year. This compromise -verdict was agreed upon by counsel yesterday afternoon after an Indiscreet Juror had en used mistrial by asking a witness for tho defendant "what would happen if he (tho Juror) held up the case. The witness told the defendant's lawyer: the defendant lawyer told the court. The court lectured the Juror, then the compromise was reached. The Fav ishes sued for $luu,0. An employe at the Astor caused the couple to he put out because ho said the hotel had Information that they were not man and wire. Washington, March LaFollctte when he returned from North Dakota yesterday issued a state iiient in part as follows: "1 shall spend a few days In Wash ington and then begin a thorough speaking campaign covering all the territory I can until thn last delegate Is elected. In co-operation with state organizations and speakers we shall Plan to reach the people directly with a discussion of the issues a we did in North Dakota, with. I believe, the same result. "There never was a cleaner cut fight than in North Dakota. In the fiercest election campaigns I have never known more crowded meetings or keener Interests in the questions nt stake or less local or personal feel Ing." wjir.ted. the.jiplnerji to be. given an In crease of 10 per cent. The S2 operators then demanded a vote on all the 13. -demands without" discussing the rest of them. The re sult was negative. All the miners'. delegates withdrew from the confer- nce with the understanding that th operator would meet alone to con sider another plan. A recall of the miners resulted In the formation of a su'-committee. "The action of that sub-committee will be by no means linul," said Mr. White. "It merely may recommend. It may come back with recommendations which neither side will find agreeable. It we reach no agreement by April 1 a strike will lutonuitically follow, for we cant work without an agreement. If we lo reach an agreement it will be a iiiestion as to Just how long a sus pension of business will laBt. for there is bound to be a suspension. The operators said they did not look upon the reference of the dis pute to a eub-comniittee as holding ut any prospect of immediate settle ment. "We have not much encouragement when the operator are on record as efusing the demands and the miners are saying they will not yield." said K. A. Cole of Columbus, O., represent ing the operators. Reports had been received by Mr. Cole that the bitumin ous coal already mined would last a mouth after April 1. nomas L. Lewis, former president of Hie union, said tho present critical 22. Senator I situation was merely a repetition of w hat took place every two years when i wage scale was to bed rawn up. He thought a settlement would be reach ed within a few days. BOTTALIS WIPED OUT MARSHALL INDORSED' Indiana Democrats Pledged to Sup port Tlu-lr Governor for Nomina tion for IYceldent. Indianapolis, March 22. Indiana democrat in convention yesterday un animously pledged support to the can dldacy of Governor Thoma H. Mar shall for the democratic presidential nomination. The platform adopted instructed the SO delegates- to the,, Baltimore convention to "present Gov. Marshall's name a the first and only choice of Indiana democracy for the nomination for president." Buenos Aires. Argentina. March 22. A fierce battle Is raging between the revolutionaries and the government force In Paraguay. Some battalions were annihilated. Montgomery Slayer Convicted. TO FORM WAKE CLUB Montgomery, March 22. For the lirst time in the history of Montgom ery county since the close of the Civil war, a verdict of murder was returned here yesterday against a white man. Arnold Gilmer shot nnd killed Mrs. Lucille Tlppett in December. Mrs. Tlppett was the wife or a linotype operator of this city. Gilmer, on the stand declared that he did not re member anything about the shooting and did not know why he killed the woman. IbMistcr of Manama Mhii for the lresuleiicjr Hope to Have 5011 In Organization. - Gazette-New Bureau, v. The Hotel Raleigh, rtalelgh. March ,22. 1'nderwood followers In Wake county will organize a club Tuesday night. They expect at least 500 mem bers and hope to assist In carrying the state. Disturbed by Noise Court Stow Traffic! Birmingham, Ala., March 22. Judge E. C. Crow of the Circuit court stopped all traffic on Twenty-first street between Third and Fourth ave nue for the reason, he ald, that the running of . the street car and other eehlcles cr the brick pavement In terfered with court proceedings. MY CH0IC1 TOR PRESIDENT If I coald Select tha Mas I Woald Name IMMtlOMIIIOOH Name.! kv-n--v cwa - Address.... Cut thl ticket out aud mall It to The GaiettcNcws, or hand It la at this office. If you do not rare to write your name on the ballot, fob can write it In registry book provided at the office. Result will be published from time to time nd in no case will the name of the voter be given oat anles o requested.
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