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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES fas. LAST EDITION 4:00 P. M. Weather Forecast. FAIR. VOL. XVII NO. 43. UNDELEGATES ARE CONTESTED ASHEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 30, 1912. So PER COPY Summary of the Republican Presidential Situation Is Made Today by Roosevelt Campaign Manager. HE ALLOTS TAFT 36 DELEGATES; T. R. 62 Lists 94 as Uninstructed Mis sippi Claimed by Each To tal of 274 Is the Taft Claim. Washington, March ,10. The scope if Die contests Hint will ho, curried into the Chicago convention by Rnose-v-ll forces was made clearer In a .vtilti'liient given out ,toiliiy by Senator Dixon, Roosevelt's malinger, sum Trilng ll the situation as to delegates already elected. Contests are an nounced s to '12 of the delegates thus far chosen. Twenty delegates wlcetcd last week In Mississippi are claimed outright hy both the Roose velt und Talt managers. They are not included In the list of contested delegates in the Roosevelt statement, f'.oosevell managers maintain they tallied the regular convention and have the regular delegation to Chi cago. TaftV managers claimed today a total of 274 delegates chosen for him. Kn'osevelt's manager credits Taft with ,'lt! delegates and gives 62 to Roose velt, while 4 are listed (is unin tit lifted. A conference was held in AVushing l n today of Itoosevelt supporters from various parts of Virginia. It Is understood the subject , of contests that will he made In Virginia whs discussed. ' AND CONVENTION MAY 25 Suggestions of State Committee Adopted by Buncombe Demo cratic Committee. MADERQ PLANNING 5 IRONS IV10V EMEN T Hopes Soon to Crush the Revo lutionary Mbvement in North Mexico. Washington, March 30. The Mad- ero government is preparing for n formidable campaign against the reb- 1s in Mexico, according to a tele gram received here by one of Its rep resentatives fromJuan Axcona, Mad era's private secretary. The message read?: "We are sending new forces to the North. Yon can expect a decis ive victory soon. The rebels are al most out of animunltinii." ADMITS HEGANNQ T coNvicrnriGERS" Solicitor Gets Continuance Be cause of Alleged Prejudice of Wake Jurors. Responding to a rail of J. E. Swnln, chairman of the county democratic executive committee, a quorum of the members met In the commissioners' room at the court house shortly after 1 1 o'clock today for the purpose of determining a method of ascertaining the strengths of the candidates for democratic nominations, and to fix dales for holding the primaries and the county convention. There were others present In addition to the mem bers of the committee, and short speeches were made by Mr. Swain and Uicke Cralfr. who declared that they foresaw certain democratic success In the next election. The dates of the primaries and the convention were fixed as suggested by the state execu tive committee, the primaries to be held on May IS and the convention .May 25. Resolutions were Introduced by Dr. I. Ji. Sevier and ndopted, the effect of which was that for the purpose of choosing the candidates for the county offices, and to nscertnin the wishes of the people as to their choice for con gress, iudire of Hunerlor court and electing delegates to the county con ventlon, primaries he held In the pre cincts on May 18: that the vote for the candidate for state otlices bo de lermlned by the deleg--.".-s to the conn ty convention to be held on May 25; and that the chairman appoint the registers, poll holders and judges for all the precincts. The time for opening and closing t ho polls wa at sunrise and 8 p. m. In Ashevllle and In the other voting precincts from sunrise to sunset. Each man was named as a com mittee of one to see that the poll taxes are paid before May 1. mm cor. CHARTERS 'Park Concern Has Capital of $100,000, Automobile . . Company of $5,000. Gazette-News Hureau. The Hotel Kalcigh, Halelgh, March 30. Solicitor Herbert K. Norris arose in open court yesterday and asKecl ror a continuance in the case against Silas F.dwnrds, a "blind tiger" appeal, on the ground that it was impossible to get a lair trial In Wuko county with the present set of Jurors. The solic ilor went into detail and explained how It seemed that "blind tigers" and their s mputhlzcrs had packed the court house, some of them getting on the jury, to such iiu. extent that a fair trial was 'out of the ,iii.-sllon. Al though Judge Webb hardly believed that men would come to the court I house for the purpose of perjuring i themselves, he granted a continuance. The attorneys for KJwards, Armlsteud Jones & Son, pressed lor a trial, but lost out. Jn the police court, the so licitor said, Edwards set up an alibi, but was knocked out and was now trying to destroy the character of a witness. The solicitor and the Messrs. Jones had another colloquy over a request liy the state for continuance in the case of Oscar O'Neal, charged with the murder of Patrick Hall. Mr. Nor ris said he could not get his witnesses In time for trial today and asked that he be not made to go Into the case half prepared. Judge Webb ordered a special venire of "5 men summoned and the case was called today. Solic itor Norris said that this was the lirst time he had ever asked to have cases continued: he does not run from a light, but he felt In the case of the alleged "tiger" that the state went Into the matter already whipped if it had to go before the present set of Jurors. There was a good der.i of feeling throughout the entire session of the court and the prohibition question fig ured. The solicitor said he was con vinced that a dispensary was better than conditions now obtaining nnd Armlsteud Jones said that he (Mr. Jones) voted against prohibition, while Mi. Norris voted for It. Mr. Norris said he was better able to see the error of that vote. (iraml Jury Itcimrt t'uiwtli'. The Wake county grand Jury, of which the son of n former county su perintendent uf public Instruction was the foreman, levelled Its guns ot dis approval at affairs In the county In general. In Its report submitted yes terday, and at the board of education In particular. It Is said that the grand Jury had n warm report to submit hut for some reason changed It. As It was the, report criticised the board of education lor tne salaries ami e nensea paid the superintendent and assistants and criticised the board for permitting. the superintendent to take a course at college wnue drawing a salary here the board having granted the superintendent an absence of sev erul weeks during last summer. The grand Jury criticised the lilthy condition of the court house, took shot at the county officers for no comoutlng the taxes , themselves In stead of hiring It done, recommended that the county home be sold and I smaller farm be purchased, and asked the county commissioners to build the unerintendent of public Instruction suitable place - for his olllce. Th grand Jury suggestod that the Janitors and others make the court house more sanitary. OFF FOR VJILBS, OIIE If'SUIII, ER SHOT DEATH Clues Furnished by Latest Cap- Waldo McCracken and Lee tive May Land Sidna Allen and Nephew Today. Wells, of Prominent Hay wood Families, in Fatal Gunfight at Clyde.' YOUNG FRIEL TAKEN AT FATHER'S HOUSE WELLS MAKES THREAT " TO "SHOOT UP" TOWN Says His Uncle Admits Killing Wounds McCracken, Special Judge and Declares He Will Never Be Taken Alive. Officer; Is Shot Twice In jured Man Here in Criti v cal Condition. Mlllsvlllc, March SO. Sidna Allen I Wuldo McCracken. the SO years old and Wesley Kdwnnls it is believed are son of W. U. McCracken of Crabtree surrounded in Sugar Loaf mountain, township, Haywood county, near Detectives located last night the camp Clyde, was brought to the Rlltmore of the men three miles west of Floyd hospital this morning with a bullet Mien's home. A butlle Is probable! wound In his head, which he hud re soon. I celved In a pistol duel with young Lee Hillsville, Vo.. March 30. With I Wells of Canton, who was killed In grim determination and caution ln-ltne light. spired hy the belief that success al-l 11 18 ""'d Wells, a Hon of ,Harley most certainly will mean death to some of their number, Detective Felts and his men resumed the search early today for Sidna Allen and Wesley Ed wards, the last free members of the gang that shot up the Carroll court house. It now seems certain the fugl- Wells, had ridden to Clvde from Can ton with the expressed intention of "shooting up" the town. He was In toxicated, it is said. McCracken was deputized by the town officer to ar rest him. McCracken's father Is one of th tlves are hiding within a surroundlngi wealthy stockraisers of Haywood territory known as No Man's Land, I ,"-nty, while Wells was a member on the North Carolina border. Theof a wel1 Known family.. New York Herald and The Gazette-New AS USUAL; THE INNOCENT BYSTANDER GETS IT CITIES OF WEST 111 FLOOD Columbus Under Several Feet of Water Hickman Levee Giving Away. Louisville, Ky., March 30. Advices from Hickman today say the river vee held througn th? night. The swollen waters are rising slowly and Is reared the snapping strength of the levee will be. reached tonight. Advices from Columbus say. the town under three or four feet of water. nhnbitants have fled to the Ingh- ululs. Itock Island, III., March SO. The" Mississippi river here is rising at (lie rale of three Inches an hour. 1. has overflowed bunks in the west part f the city. Muny families have been liven from their homes. Sheboygan, Wis., March SO. The heboygan river overflowed Its banks day. Several factories have been losed. The water has spread over n wide area. Many people are obliged use bouts. Hoone, la.. March 30. Flood seri ously threatened Hounc and the sur- ounding country when the. Des Moines river overflowed Its bank nd washed away bridges above the Ity today. Springfield, Neb., March 30. Near Ashland the river today flowed over n area covering 30 stpiure "IU-s. Many farmers fled to the bills. Sev eral bridges have been washed out. fianette-Newa Bureau, The Hotel Halelgh. , . i, Halelgh, March 30. The E. W.' Orove Park company, real estate, and the Orove M-(tor Car enmnnnv. automobile dealers, were chartered today by theseeretnry of state for Iluncomhe county. The park company starts with a pald:ln capi tal of lioo. fibo. and the, motor car Voinp.my with 15000 by K. W. Orove, "W. v. Randolph and John 8. Adams. Taft to Philadelphia. Phihidelnhla. Pal March 30. President Taft visits Philadelphia to night for a six hours' stay. He will deliver thres speeches. His principal tnch will be made at the Ohio So clety banquet, which will he attended hy 601) persons, RmMPvell KMMtk nt Milwaukee. Milwaukee, March 80. Enreute to rieirolt. where he speaks tonight. The odore Uoosevelt stopped here today and addressed several hundred per sous from a cur. SPECTIGUUB FIRE IN MIOTIC CITY Panic Among Hotel Guest? as Young's Pier Burns Six Firemen Injured. Atlantic City, March 30. Young's Ocean pier, one of the big features along the sea front was destroyed by lire this morning. Young's pier was i.0(l feet long. The loss is estimated it Sriii.ood, partly insured. The lire, one of the nmsl spectacular 111 veins, created tremendous exclti merit umong the guests of many hotels n the vicinity, it probably was caus 'd by a lighted cigarette or crossed lectiic wire in a theater. Hilling tin lire six llreiiien were injured. bile it its height the blaze illuminated the sea for a mile around attracting thou- a mis of people. The lire was discov ered shortly after midnight and raged two hours. BITUMINOUS GOAL R M T IDE tit. ife declared both men told him bnd- ll ' ,h nead wound that I Suspension Will Merely Be Which Miners Ratify Com mittee's Terms. TAYLOR VERY ILL Complications Follow 0M-ratiou for 4 in 1 1 SI ones ami Tennessee Senator Is Slowly Sinking. REJECTS H, 0HmSUHOT 1CT Senate Pension Bill Increases Federal Roll Twenty Mil lions Per Annum. . i " , . i vw -4 ' Washington. March 30. The sen te last night by a vote of 61 to 16 rejected the Sherwood dollar-n-day iienslon bill which had pass.'d tne house, nnd enacted the Kmooi gen-1 eral age nnd service pension law which it Is estimated, will Increase tho pension roll by $20,000,000 un mially during the next five years. During the debate Senator Over man's reference to the burdens of the southern people because of pen sion legislation, brought a tart reply rrom .Senator William Alden Smith of Michigan. "I remind the senator thnt this en tire pension burden could have been avoided by (he south If l had been loyal to the union." The hill requires beneficiaries t have ger'l ft Jy and provides pen sions ranging from $1J to $30 a month Instead of a sixty day minimum and tlS to f 30 pension as In the house Lineasure. The mil now goes to run- 4. i.i. .) U 11,1, il,IU' of a possible presidential veto hangs over tho measure. " Washington. March 30. Senator Robert L Taylor of Tennessee is in a critical condition -as a result of an operation two days ago Tor gall stones. The operation was regarded as suc cessful, but complications attributed to delay in submitting to ibe operation have arisen. Stomach trouble nas oe- veloped. The patient. It Is sum, is sinking slowly. At one lime during the nigi. Kenn- tor Taylor was believed to ne very neur death. He rallied slightly dur ing the forenoon. Despite his extreme feebleness, his family entertain hope for his recovery, basing It upnn the fact that he has survived what Is re garded as the critical ,4 8-hour period following the operation. Cleveland, (., March 30. Settle ment of the bituminous coal miners' wage dispute on a basis satisfactory to both sides was announced late last night as having been practically ar ranged. A sub-committee to which tho op erutors and miners' conference hud re-ferred a compromise offer by the settlement and the terms were being drawn up. The terms us given out provide for increase ill pay to the miners as iol lows: l-'ive cents n lou for mining lump oal. Three cents u ton for mining all other coal. Five 110 per cent Increase for men paid hy tile day. E. A. Cole, representing the Ohio operators, and II. M. Taylor, repre' senting the Illinois operators, suld shoi.ly before midnight that all the operators of western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois had agreed lo grant the demands. They said the agreement would be tho basis for making new wage scales of bituinl nous miners In other Btutes. A short suspension In the bltuml nous tielils, however, was thought not improbable us the miners will bav in submit the compromise- agreemen to a referendum vote of the union pending which it was said was tin likely the men would work without a agreement. President White of the . union midnight said a meeting between the anthracite miners nnd operators ha been definitely decided on. The mem bers of the operators committee ten, of which George V. Haer is chair inun, will meet with the anthraclt miners' committee in New York, said. 1 detectives believe It will be only a matter of hours before Allen and Ed wards are beaten out of the mountain bush. Direct word from Allen and Ed wards came to the searchers yesterday for the first time, when young "Friel Allen, the 17 years old - nephew of Idim and one of the eight Indicted for the court house murders, was cap- ured- at his father's home. " Friel, ho left the mountains and can.e expecting capture because he was plum starved out," told his captors e parted from his uncle and cousin at ight as he left they would never be taken live and they would die shooting at etectives. Sidna Allen, he said, ad mitted killing Judge Massle, while Edwards confessed to killing Foster. rlel Allen would say nothing about his part in the tragedy. Friel and Claude Allen, who were ogether in the Ilillsville juil, last ight, will be taken to Koanoke to- ay. A father's anxiety to have his oungest son spared a terrible death the mountains is assumed to be the ause of Friel Allen's capture. Jack Allen was not involved in the court house shooting, but it is known that ince his son Friel joined the outlaws he has been endeavoring to advise him to submit to the mercy of the law. ust how the parent communicated with the boy has not been disclosed. Friel disclaimed knowledge of the part Claude Allen took in the shoot ing and denied knowledge of the activ ities of Sidna Edwards, Victor Allen and Bud Marlon, now In Jail at Roan oke. WOOL BILL DEBATED Measure tiocs to a Vole, on Monday, According to House Majority lro grain. Oxford Cambridge Rct Called Off. Putney England, March 30. The tinmial eight -oared rowing contest be tween crewu representing Oxford and Cambridge universities, which start ed thih morning at Putney bridge, was declared no race after both shells had become water logged. Presidents of the Oxford and Cam bridge hont clubs decided the race hull be rowed on Monduy, next. Washington, March 30. When th wool tariff revision bill was called u in the house today, majority Lead Underwood reiterated that the meas lire must be considered without u necessary delay. A plan to bring the will to a vote Monday was the major Ity program. Speeches were heard today for and against the bill. Mr. McCracken. the father of the wounded man, came to Ashevllle with his son. He said this afternoon that as well as he could learn Wells was shot hy Murshal Rogers. He said Wells was one! of a party of five or six, some of them much Intoxicated. It seemed the marshal would need help In arresting them. Wells rode up on the school ground and Mr. Rogers advanced on one side and young McCracken on the other. The latter caught hold of the -bridle of Wells' horse, and Wells fired, one shot lata the rear of the side of the head, rapR- serious. Wells turned his horse and started away, and then, as Mr. McCracken understands, the officer fired. One bullet went through the neck and the other penetrated the heart. Wells screamed twice and fell from his horse, dead. The wounded man was sleeping, it was reported at 2:30. The physicians decided this morning to perform an operation at 3 o'clock. Some hope of recovery was held out. W.J. BRYAN WILL STUMP 01 HGIIINST HtiON Plans Speaking Campaign Against Candidate for the -Democratic Nomination. W. M. HILL One of City's Foremost Business Men Answers Final Summons Was . 62 Years Old. W. M. Hill, one of the most prom inent citizens of Ashevllle, died this morning at his home, 16 Vance street, of heart trouble, after an illness of about three weeks.- Mr. Hill's death was sudden, und during the past few days It was thought that his condi Hon was Improving as he had been able to sit tip yesterday. His death occurred at 12:30 o'clock. The deceased had been a resident of Ashevllle for about 40 years, com Ing here from Memphis, and he was actively identified with the public af fairs of the city, having served as nn alderman for three terms. He was engaged in the meat business, being a member of the firm of Hill & Young In the City market, and he had ac cumulated considerable property. Mr. Hl'.l had many friends here, was a man of wide Influence, and his death comes as a shock. He was a member of the First Haptlst church. His age wns 62 years. Surviving are the widow and three children: Walter, Daniel and Nellie. The funeral services will be held at the residence tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock and will be conducted by Dev. C. H. Waller. The following are to be pallbearers: W. A. Jnmes, M. H .Kelly, Locke Craig, R. VI. Luther, Thomas Harkins. W. H. Pen land. The Interment will be at River side cemetery. Chicago, March 30. William J. Uryan today announced that he would make a speaking campaign in Ohio against Governor .1 nelson Harmon, who is seeking the democratic presi dential nomination. Bryan probably will deliver speeches the middle of next month. DR. LONG HONORED llron.e Tablet Placed Today to Com- . meiiiorale Uie First I'se of Ether as Anesthetic. Philadelphia, March 30. Seventy years ago today Dr. Crawford W. Long, a native Oeorglan, used ether us an anesthetic in surgery, opening a new era. Today at the University of Pennsylvania Medical school; where ether was first used as an anesthetic, a bronze tablet In mem ory of the event was unveiled with appropriate ceremonies. Dr. Long- was born at Dnnielsvllle, fin., in 1815. He was graduated from Franklin college, now the University of Georgia, and then entered the Uni versity of Pennsylvania Medical school. - He died at Athens, Go., in 1878. -1 HoosoTolt Republican Nnmo Dele gate. Augusta, Ga., March 30. Roose velt republicans of the tenth district today elected Dr. A. N. Gordon and Dr. 6. 8. Burrus, negroes, delegates to the national convention. No white men were present.- The - so-called "regular" wing of the party previous ly had selected Taft delegates. LIVES AFTER SHOCK Current of 13.0IM) Volbt Falls to Kill Switch Hoard Operator Man Fearfully Iturnetl. Rending, Pa March SO. Although 13,000 volts i of electricity passed through the body of William Long, a switchboard operator at the Central Electric station today, he still lives. The man was frightfully burned. Be cause of the accident the city was In durkness early this morning. MY CX0IC1 FOR PRESIDENT It I could Select the kfaa I TovId Xante m ' . sons - Name... Addreoa .... .... m. e.:r... w Out this ticket ot and mall tt to The GasetteNewa, or hand It la at this office. If o do aot care to write your name on the ballot, yoe ' i.- u in . wwtetn hook nrorldcd at the olTlin, , Result will be published from time to time and In no rase will the name of the voter be given oat enioss so mjne-im
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