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tiT i? -ft , THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES f 1 ft LAST EDITION . 4:00 P. II Weather Forecast. WARMER; RAIN. . 1 1 t,. x YVTT NO 40. ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON , MARCH S7, 1912. So PER COPY ft 1 HTrr TV. .r-J Ml TlmS TO SLAY MA YOR SHBIVER Assasin Fires Bullet at Rock Island, 111, Official Who Repulsed Mob With Guns. MILITIA REGIMENT OUT; FEARS RIOTING Threat to KM DeLancey Nicoll i ns TOM EMUS TO KCEPI BILL OEFOPIIHT I'nltwM Former X York lilhtrii t tome) Complies Willi hriiiiuiil for 10,000. At- Three Killed and Nine Wound ed When Attempt Is Made to Storm City ' Jail. . . Rock Island, Ills., March 27. Slicr Iff Itnini r, uTtcr an Invctttlgntlnn, de clares the HitppoNcd HHsiwin shot was accidentally fired by it deputy sheriff binding " riot Kim. '"ASKS, FOR MARTIAL LAW. Springfield, lll., MmwIi 27. Oov rrnor Dciiccn Is sikcd by Sheriff limner to declare mni tlul law in Rock Island. TIm governor await adjutant ; noral Dixon's report tonight before deciding' whether tnnrtlul law would lie proclaimed. Ruck Island, March 27. An unsuc cessful attempt was mode to 'assassi niite Mayor Schrlver nt the city hall this morning. An unidentified -person fired il bullet through the mayor's olllce window from a building several squares distant. The bullet missed Schrlver standing at the window. Militiamen and deputy sheriffs began a Ksarch for the assassin. , Citizens here are in a frenzy and the sheriff expects trouble tonight. The entire Sixth regiment of the Illinois nntlonfll guard is expected here this afternoon. , The hree militia " .companies the governor ordered here to quell the riot Inst night in which three persons were killed and nine hurt, quelled disorder today. ,- A mob attacked the jail tist nlitht,. attempting to, release sympa thizers vwith John, Looney, .a weekly lis per miblisher., which hud severely criticised Ma yw Schrlve. y :-- Severat hundred persons were In the mob that surrounded police head quarters, where two'of the leader of disorders that had previously occurred were detained. - lirlcks were thrown and windows of the police station were smashed. Mayor Schrlver directing the police squad, ordered the officers to charge the mob. Phots were fired by tile po lice and a number of men were seen to fall. This caused the rioters tempora rily to withdraw. Three men were picked up dead. Nine were so badly wounded they were hurried to a hospital. After the dead and wounded had been removed, the mob re-organised and one of the lead ers directed the crowd to a hardware store for the purpose of breaking down the doors and securing a fresh supply of arms. This move- was check ed by a squad of police which was at the hardware store when the mob ar rived. . DcLjnccy "NicoU ..wwaiAn. De J.nncey Nicoll, the well known lawyer, who has been identified with many famous cases in New Yorkt has received an anonymous letter demand ing 110,000, and If he failed to comply with the demand death would follow. Air. Nicoll was formerly the district attorney and years ago tried the nor tonous 'in arc hi st, Johann Most.. SEEKING DAKS FOR A BAD COLD Greensboro Man Sues South: era Railway for $3000 After Contracting Disease. Collieries Will Be Opened as Such Is the! Announced Pur- Soon as the Men Desire to Resume Work, in Britian. pose of the Possemen Who Left Hillsville This Morning. WORKERS WILL BALLOT ON ASQUITH MEASURE FUGITIVES AT LAST CORNERED IN WILDS Famous English Actor, Terry Is Seriously 111 Federation Decides to Submit Guards at ;Eyery Place Which Minimum Wage Act to Refer endumBecomes Law -! ' . ' ' ' " ':-. V .' Soon. ' Could Afford Avenue of ... Esqape to the . Outlaws. . London, March ' 27. British coal mine owners today resolved to accept the minimum wiikc hill. This means that nil mines will be opened to the men as soon as they desire to return to work.. .:. i . - - The government's minimum wage bill, designed to put a stop to the disastrous coul strike, will lie the law of the land within 24 hours. The miners' federa tion met today to discuss a proposal for submitting to the mlnerB the ques tion of balloting on whether the min imum wage bill should be accepted by them and decided to have the miners Hillsvl le Vft.i March 27. Whnt posse, leaders regar.f as the final move ment, against me Alien outlaws was undertaken. at dawn today bv a nicked squad .' of ' sharp-shooting detectives. fcidna Allen, Friel Alleh and Wesley Edwards, three or the four.men still at large, ure supposedly cornered In a wild section. o the Blue Midge, 20 mile from here near the North Car olina line, wiw guards at every Known pass that could poanibly', fur nish an avenue of escape for the fugitives, the detectives Invade this section determined to capture or kill the outlaws before emerging i again. 1 V 1 1 ,- III fHBHIES CftLLEQ ICE Roosevelt, Stung by News fef His , Defeat, Promises a "Fighting Speech" Tonight. TAFT GETS ALL BUT 7 OF STATE DELEGATION Administration Forces Over ride Opposition in 83 Dis- tricts-r-Contest of Result Hinted at. vote as to whether they desire to re- Tom Kelta. ln charge of the searchers, turn to. work under provisions. the measure's Mill IILL mnnr nuin LftlluL DHliU li FOR fflOESVILLE Dover Lumber Company Will Build! 16 Miles of Railroad J"o Timber.' ' I1IMI5 DEFEATED HI BLOODY BATTLE Their Losses Total Over 3500 According to Reports from Benghazi. -London.' March 27. The ' Turkish army In Tripoli lias achieved a great victory over the Italian army. Italian lnsttw were !7 officers and 3600 men killed and wounded according to the report of the Turkish commander at l'enghaiU received here from a spe cial correspondent at the Turkish hindquarters. The report of the ' Turkish-Italian hattle a-iy the entire camp equipment of the Italians fell into the Turkish troops' hands. The location. of the battle Is not given.. Casualties among the Turks and Arabs were 150 killed unilwounded,. , Order Out Kntrro Regiment. . Sprlngdeld. Ills.. . March 27.--Oov-ernor Deneen today ordered the en tire sixth regiment. of Illinois national guard, to proceed to Rock Island to assist n preserving order. The .re quest for more troops came after an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate the mayor of that city had convinced the authorities thiit more trouble was brewing. fSiixette-Newa Hnrenu, Dftlly News Building, Greensbqro, March 27. A novel damage suit against the Southern Railway company has been Instituted in the Superior court here by Edward I Haley, through a local attorney, the complainant demanding of the railway corporation the sum of (3000 for a bad cold which he alleges he caught while in the emulov of the company andthat his "affliction" is due to the negligence of the company. It is set forth that Haley was employed by the Southern us brakeman and sent to Goldshoro March 7: that at the time the yards were muddy and that sometimes he had to work In water up to his shoe-tops. " He alleges that he contracted a severe cold and that the Southern Is responsible for the could because It had fulled to drain the yards or had not furnished Its employes a safe pl.ice in which to work. Haley nlleges that he worked In tne mud and water for nine days that he complained of alleged bud conditions and that he contracted a deep cold, which settled on his lungs kc.A that as a. result he has lung trou ble and rheumutlsm and on account of which he suffered great physical and mental agony and was forced to abandon his Job "and come home.' To Submit Ilond Issue Proposition. The city commissioners of Greens boro have formally decided to submit to the voters of the town a proposition to Issue $100,000 in bonds for pernio nent street Improvement and an ex tension of the sewer system. It Is proposed that $80,000 of the money. In the event the bonds carry, be used for Improving the streets and 120,- 00 for sewers. It Is expected that the date for the bond election will be fixed shortly and that the election will be held within the next 60 days. The residents of Greensboro are aroused to the necessity for better Improved streets and it is not befloved that there will be any decided opposition to the bond Issue. Tho campaign slogan will be "Better Streets for Greensboro' and the commercial interests will rally to the proposition and seek by means of the bond Issue to give the author Itles sufficient funds tk connect tip unpaved stretches and permanently improve, other Important residential thoroughfares. Want Compensation Rill Action IVwt , polled. Washington, March 27. Represen tatives Howard and Bartlett of Geor gla today urged before the senate and house joint sub-committee of the judi ciary committee postponement of no tion on the proposed workmen's com pensation bills. , CLAIM 242 DELEGATES At Toft Headquarters Only SI of Those TIiiih Vut t'lioMCii arc Cmuttlcd ... lo Col. HlMM-CVCll. Washington, Mnrch 27. As a result of yesterday's primaries In New Yor and the ' Indiana strife convention, Taft's campaign headquarters today claimed 242 delegates among those so lected thus far. Director "McKlnle eonceeded but 3 to Roosevelt. I'ope riim Health Improved. - Tope Pluirt con to. I iv and be de n.'i.il aiioi'-ri'-t't Mr. McRcd Again on Trial. ni.elimxns. Tji.. March 27. Tho see ond trial of Mrs. Zee Hunge Mr Re for killing Allan (Sur'und, n Tallin rntversity .student began today A fi" Up- 'njT!-" dren" ee that she shot ' ,,,.ij.o . i mi a is confident the men have been trap ped . Feltz admits he has abandoned capturing Claude Swnnson Allen, whom he believea to be hundreds of miles away by now. The grand Jury empaneled yester day is expected to return new indict ments against the' accused men be fore the day closes. It is said young Victor Allen, "now in'" the Koanoke Jail with his father, Floyd Allen, proh amy will not be reindicted and may be set free. No witness has been found t,o testify that Victor took part In shooting up the '. Carroll county court. Detective Thonuts t. Felts returned here last night to' direct a ' sortie against, the .outlajL WJthout hope of' arresting -Clause 1 Swanson ' Allen who, he believes, has long ago Washington, larm Doara in us report to congress on the wool schedule proceeded upon raped from the mountains, Detective I an entirely erroneous theory and that Fella Is so confident that the trio of report was untenable" is the con News reached AshevIUe today of some big developments for Waynes-. Hie that will materialize at once. I'his Is the construction of a big band aw mm there to be connected with a ig timber tract on the head of Jona than's creek by a railroad 14 miles ong. The proposition of accomplish ng all this Is being undertaken by he Dover Lumber company and con truetlon work will begin at once ac cording to" those who are in closest touch with the situation. It was. first understood that this proposition was to be launched by the Whiting Lumber company, but this Is erroneous., The fact that W. 8. Whit' ing is one of the men who Is largely nterested In the company Is probably responsible, however, for this report Mr. Whiting and several other of the officials of the rnmpuny are now In Waynesvllle looking after their inter sts. Definite facts could not be ascer tained as to whnt size the mill in to be and how soon the whole will be completed that the mill will likely be of about 30,000 feet capacity dally. He did not know when the mill and road would he completed, but said that work s to begin at once and would be pushed to completion as rapidly as possible. ' This new development for Waynes vllle Is one that will doubtless mean much to the town, for with a capacity us predicted the mill will furnish em doyment for a large number of pea le. This existence of the mill may nlso nld In the gaining of new Indus, tries, especially of the wood working variety. The company owns timber tracts on the head of Jonthun'S creek that will furnish timber Sufficient for the mill for many years to come. It Is said. In fact, to be almost Inexhaustible and this assures a permanent Industry. outlaws will be ensnared within the next 4 hours that he invited a cor respondent to accompany the posse today. n Fort Wayne1.". Ind.. Match 27. Thoroughly aroused by the outcome of the New York firlmarles, In which the Roosevelt forcc-were defeated, Col. Roosevelt todajdtjolared the. whole proceeding Was I farce. He said: "In my Chicago speech tonight I shall dla- cuss the matter ln detail and explain wny inese men tn no way represent the republican party and why no ac tion of theirs should be accepted as representative of or binding on the republican party." It will be a fighting speech." Roose velt added. The colonel learned of the outcome of the Indiana state republican con vention, but declined to comment. Tatt SweerM the fsuute. New York, March 27. Delegates to the republican national convention favoring RooveveH's nomination were defeated at yesterday's New Yorkr state primaries In every district where they opposed candidates designated by the regular republican organization and claimed by Taft's followers.. Taf , campaign managers declare at least 83 of New York's 0 delegates would1 go to Chlcngp favoring the president's' nomination. ' With 132 election districts mlssln. TVesIdent Ta.ft in the primary contest in New York county received 29,402 Match i7 That. th -no .intentional uroL-ialaiL w made tor J B"u v. nuwven n,ii." inii- protection, the endeavor being to re-' ""v """" duce and adjust rates with a view to Col. Roosevelt in this city by moro itiwlitintr th Iviriruai n m nil lit nf rftU-I LIIMI1 l" cmia nntiHlBtpnt n-lt h tht nrnnur inn. I IHM1 DailOC MIX-U p. sideration of the consumer. It Is be- The Primary elections in this city. Edward Terry, the actor, is dangerously III with neuritis at his home, Priory Lodge. Barnes. Surrey. Knel and. Mr. Terry Is 08 years of. age, having been horn in 1M4. He made his first appearance In London at the Surrey theater In 1877. He opened Terry's theater 10 years later. He Is a writer of distinction and a noted traveler. , REPORT OF TARIFF BOARD: untenable . I' . . Chairman Underwood is ReintroduciiigJWool Bill Declares In vestigating Body Proceeded Upon an Erroneous Theory . Dta Fragmentary and. Conclusions Unsound. .. ... elusion of the democratic members of the ways and means committee of the house as set forth In a report pro- pared by Representative Underwood "The outlook Is very encouraging," I chairman of the committee, In con- said Kelts. "Claude Allen Is probably 1 nectlon with the relntroduction of the hundreds of ml Ice away by this time wool bill placing a 20 per cent adva- and he had -been preparing anyhow lorem duty on raw "wool. to go west within 80 days. As for the This bill, which after slight revl- others, all indications point to their sion in conference lust summer, was presence in the mountain! They are vetoed by President Taft, who gave very near capture and the prospect is then as his principal reason for ex- very hopeful. , ; l.erciso of the veto power that the tariff wnne tne detectives delved into tne I hoard hud made no report on the thicket, the rehabilitated court of Car-1 subject. Last December the board roll county resumed Its sitting in the I reoorted and the democratic members same room where scores of bullet of the wavs and means committee. noiea dot tne walls and dark blotches I after an analysis of this report, rein f blood stain the floor, mute remind-1 troduced the old bill, claiming that ers of the tragedy of March 14. The court moved with smooth pre cision. On the bench where Judge Massie had for years set forth the law, until a shower of lead riddled his body, was Acting Judge Walter Staples. Beside him were two other new officials. Sheriff George M. Ed wards and Prosecuting Attorney Floyd Landreth. Of the old court officials there remained only Clerk Dexter Goad, a gash in his left cheek torn by a bullet. The Allen family has been gravely dlasplrlted. Jasper (Jack) Allen, whose son Friel Is being hunted on the mountains, broke down yesterday. Another parent upon whom the trag edy has Imposed a heavy burden Is the mother of the Edwards boys. She came to town to arrange If possible for the defense of her son, Sldna, now In Jail at Roanoke, A frail figure she was In the group about.; the court house. A gingham bonnet partially hid a worn and wrinkled face. Pov erty is said to have borne heavily on her of late. Pathos everywhere marked the day's events In court lieved that the rates of this bill ap- I where most of the contests arose. nrrmeh verv ctcelv nt lwist tn th I were maue cn&oiic Dy one oi me worsi nest revenue tirod-iclnc DOlnts. and I""""' ""-ui nuuwn ior inunjr yeur that rates should, If enacted into lrw. land returns from the election were STEPHENSON CLAIMS A MAJORITY OF FOUR Question of Wisconsin Man Retaining Ills Senate Seat Is Near IHvudoit. FiraSiTTODEW, BYII!iDEITIflEDM!.lP Washington, March 37. The case of Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin, J p KiniT Of Raleigh Fired Involving the retention of his senate I 19 seat, will be decided late today, Stephenson's friends claim a major-1 Ity of four sustaining the legality of the election. Senator Stephenson won the first round of the battle over the validity of his seat in the senate when by a vote of 29 to 27 a resolution by Sena tor Jones of Washington declaring the Wisconsin senator illegally elected was rejected yesterday. , The final struggle will come this afternoon when the Heyburn resolu tion, sustaining the validity of the election ahd endorsing the Investigat ing committee's majority view, will be voted upon. on When He Ejects Hobo. there was nothing in that report to Justify any change. - Summarizing the conclusion of the committee, . Chairman Underwood says: 'A careful and palntaklng analysis of the wool report of the tariff board dictates conclusions as follows: Theory Advanced I'nlciiable. The theory of applying tariff du ties according to the difference ln the cost of production in this and in for eign countries, upon which the board has projected and prepured Its report, is entirely - erroneous and untenable. Futhermore, if this theory could have been systematically and carefully ap plied. It would not have afforded trust worthy results for guidance In prepar ing tariff legislation. The board's report is fragmentary and Incomplete, and rests on an In correct statistical basis. Hence It has no claims to confidence for the results set forth therein, even should the re liability of the theory of the cost of production be conceded. These persons who are willing to overlook the lack of theoretical sound ness and of statistical accuracy, will tlnd the data of the report too frag mentary and Incomplete to admit of conclusions with reference to rates of tariff duty. Even under the most favorable interpretation of the report, conclusions a to duties can ue reached for only a few paragraphs of the wool schedule, and for these para graphs It is not possible to formulate definite conclusions, because the fig ures vary widely, and seriously lack uniformity and' Comparability. So much Is this the case that justifies lion Is apparently afforded ln the re port for rates that are In conflict with one another. U Is thus seen that the report leaves the question of the tar iff duties on wool as much unsolved as before ins tarirt ooara , wan formed. "So far as conclusions can be drawn from the board' report. It furnishes nothing to Justify any change In the oermit inch nuantitlen of ImiiorUi as I considerably delayed, win eriectlveiv reflate domestic William Barnes, jr., chairman of the i.rlcea Such competition would be republican state committee claimed at an important service to the people, as 10 o'clock that the Roosevelt men "by it wnniri eneniiniea incremied con-lthe highest possible estimate" would sumption and production by making not wln mor tnan 7 out of tn 90 mora nonrlv nnrmnl tho eondltlnna nf ' nttlioimi convention ,K- nd riomonit Tho Knnrt nflhlch the state Is entitled to. the tariff board, so far as it admits I The Primaries opened at 3 p. m., of conclusions, bhows that the rates amidst great confusion owing to the ;hici. meet tho c,.ni.,nr' neodR alan I delay in delivering the ballots In many ...m..io.i .ti.f ih. r tho nro. voting districts. There was further iincor" I embarrassment because the treen bal- Af.o, ,oio,ino- tho nomneratie at.llots for the democratic primaries were tempt of last year to secure revision delivered to many places Instead of r tho .,i ..hi.,i. on.i tho nreal-1 the republican pink ones. It was well dent's veto, the committee quoted the"to the evenlns before the mix-ups tho ..ri.rinni u,nni hill to the I were straightened out. ,.ff,.t ti,ut -it ,n,,id h tridlntr with President Brltt of the board of elec, the people to give further consldera- tl('n declared that the delay was due t. t rm.i,ii,.n cnnnael. nf more I largely to the eleventh hour litigation delay in this matter." which the Roosevelt committee began "Vntwitmrtandln thl conviction." over the position of delegates on the the report continues, "the democratic I ballots, resulting in court orders which mntorltv nf the house of renresenta-1 handicapped tne prtnrers. Uvea, impatient to respond to the demands of the people for the speedy revision of a schedule of indefensible rates, was forced to delay further ef fort to respond tn the protests of the American people. Hay Contest Validity. ' After the polls had closed at 9 o'clock in some Instances only about half an hour after they had opened on account of the delay In the delivery of the ballots. Roosevelt supporters said that the mix-up would lay the ground for a contest as to the validity -of the election. t. . v. a flMt tvlol of tho now u ON COTTON SCHEDULE primary law and the working of it had been looked to with special inter est on this account. Ballots In many ; of the districts ranged from 10 to 14 ; feet long and so great had been the i haste to get them out that In some r cases they were In sections, there haj- Ing been lack of time to paste them together. The democrats who elected dele- NO IMMEDIATE ACTION Democrats Are DlMlncliiietl to Knibark on Any Now Tariff I'ndertak lugs at 1 "resent. Washington, March 27. No Imme diate action. If nny at this session, on the president's showing that the rates of the cotton schedule In the tariff law , ton hih win ho taken bv the I gates only to their state convention ho ,. d moon. enmmitt'oA. If land members of organisation commit onvthlmr i done wHh the tariff board's! tees had little trouble but republicans. ronnrt It will not he taken UD until I inuepenaence iniui vuw-i. k. the middle of April. The democrats hlbltlon voters ln some Instances were ., . .ou oetion in the I unable to vote. Notwithstanding the ,r,r, ii.iti., thv hoc. I confusion there was no disorder of enacted before undertaking. There aitlnn to lot tho tariff nrn it ram stand Item n: legislation tney navei uiu i embarking on any new Importance, voters venting their corn There Is a strong dlspo-1 plaints In ridicule of the primary sys-: as it is at present. FARMERS' CONGRESS The iota Meeting of National Body Will Be Held In New Orleans In Xovemher, Oaxette-News Bureau, The Hotel Raleigh, Raleigh, March 27. Bloodhounds and officers are secur ing the county today near Norilna tor I rate proposed In tho present bill the undentified tramp who last night I "In making the computations from shot and killed Seaboard Air Line I which have resulted the rates as Jus- Flagman J. R. King of Raleigh. King lifted by the tariff board's data, the Washington, March 27. The 1912 meeting of the Farmers' National con gress will be held in New Orleans ln November, President Whlttaker an nounced today. County Chairman Koenlg declared ' that his organisation was In no wise to blame for the ballot mix-up as the ballot delivery was in the hands of the board of elections. In accordance with the primary law none of the delegates Is specifically instructed. County Chairman Koenlg called the White House on the long distance tele phone and told Secretary Hllles that President Taft had swept New York county and that not more than three or four election districts had sivt'n (Continued on page t) . W. L. SIIEPPARD u'rerd. Widely Known Kculpttw and Con fed crate Veteran Irhnc Away at Itk'limond. t Richmond, Mnrrh 27. William Ludwell Hheppard, Confederate veter ln defense Of her an and widely known designer of murder charge the I sculpture, died today. His most not The charge now Is able work I tlio soldiers and sailors !... in.i i.t he. ;. had Just ordered a tramp to leave the freight train when the bullet en tered his left lung, causing death an hour later. Conductor Redford saw the man tisappear In the night, but was unable most expensive and difficult condi tion Indicated by the data aa attend ing production have been employed I with a view to being more than Just in the conclusions. The necessity of protections to equalise the difference to say whether he was white or black. In tho cost of production beyond the King was a member of Capital City council, Jr. O. U. A. M., and of tht Ilrotherhood of Railway Trainmen. He had been married only six months. . Dr. Leu O. Broughtnn, who Is to nildrens a ltalelgh audience Sunday ifiorrioon, i hived here from Atlanta rates carried by this bill exists In but I few Instances, and those are .in an probability the result of high costs which have been presented by the board and used In the computations, Not a Protective Measure, "Tn preparing this bill of Inst ses don and 11, H. 22,195 of this session UT C30IC3 TOR PRESIDENT If I coald Select tha Itaa I Woald Kama ,. t '- mvrv inilii'ttlt Name... Addreaa. , Cut this ticket oat and mall N to Ti GatetteWewa, or hand it u t this office. If joa do not car to write your sunn oa tlie ballot, j j ran write It in registry bonk provided at the of. Ice. . Results will be published froia time to time and In no esse i I t name of the voter be given oat doss so requested.
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