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Iff A . . TEE ASSOCIATED v"- PRESS;'' ) DISPATCHES r LAST EDITION 4:00 P.M.' Weather Forecast: SHOWKItS. llYll VOL. XVII. NO. 79. ASHBVILLE, N .C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 11, 1912. 3c PER COPY FEDERALS MAKE STROJs Q ATTACK VETO TO BLOCK COURT KILLERS '0 Orozco's Force Driven Bsick 20 Miles Before Vigorous . Onset of General Huesta's Troops. MESS RETRACTS TOWNS EVACUATED; TROOPS "GUARD BASE Insurrectos Now Endeavoring to Protect Esealon Peronal Is Taken and Cone jo Threatened. El Paso, Tex., - May 11. General General Orozco's advance guard of rebels has been driven back toward Fscnlon, the insurrectos' central base In Northern Mexico. Instead of be ing op the defensive, the government troops have " pushed their attack vig orously, forcing the rebels northward nearly 20 mileB to Conejos. Peronal and other towns occupied by the liberal forers were today evac uated to the federals. General Huer la, -the federal commander, was to day near Peronnl. Ills outposts were pitched northward toward Conejo. The federal forces number 10,000, Orozco's forces number several thou sand. IRE PIPE DREAM OF MRJELlNuT He "Saw Myrtle Hawkins Last Fall She's Now in . V, Seattle, Wash' t Special to The Gazette-News, Greenville, B. C May HI. W. O. Shellnut. the Atlanta traveling man who some tlnrc declared he had seen and talked to Myrtle Hawkins, is in Greenville and r.ave an Interview 'to the Dally Piedmunt. Mr. Shellnut suld he Is positive that the girl he saw In Jacksonville Is Myrtle Hawkins. He said he visited Hendersonvlllo in the summer of 1910 and 1911 and met the girl both times, SIR iTATEMEMT Scranton Man Alters His Evi dence in the Judge Arch bald Case. Wushintgton, May 11. Edward J. Williams of Scranton, Pa., testifying before the house judiciary committee In the hearing of charges against Judge Robert W. Archbald of the commerce court today entangled him self in contradictory statements thut almost baffled the committee. Wil liams, who whs a partner with Arc'h- buld in an alleged effort to procure a cum bank property fro mine. Erie railway, was "particularly contused about a consignment contract executed last September with W. P. Uolund of Scranton, in which Archbald was re ferred to as "silent party," first de- nyingl he never signed such a con tract, then -'admitting, he did but ascertaining a copy of the contract be fore the committee was not the one he signed,- and finally declaring he had no good recollection about' it. Williams was bombarded with ques tions by different committee members and Archbald's counsel, A. S. Worth -ington, Williams answered questions put to him by Worthirtgton and when asked similar questions by committee members he contradicted himself re peatedly, so confusing his testimony that Williams was finally asked it ho thoroughly understood English and he said he thought he did, although long questions some times bothered him. ' ' , last February Williams told the at torney general, he signed such an as signment contract but today he de clared he was then so excited he was "like a wild man and said things he had no recollection of."; Williams contradicted statements ho previously made to Assistant Attorney General Wrisley Brown that he went to see Capt. May of the Erie railroad to ne- Igollatan option .on .the. tiilin.h.unks ana suia Axcn duiu, was 10 nave an in terest lit the option. Archbalds' counsel sought to establish that W. H. Boland, who made charges against the jurist to procure letters of Introduc tion to -railroad officials and others. Williams said . that Uoland did first suggest that he go to Archbald and get letters of Introduction to Captain May of the Erie railroad, but declared he never suspected Bolnnd was trying to trnp the judge. Washington, May 11. Edward J. Williams of Scranton, Pa., chief wit ness so far against Judge Robert W. Archbald of the commerce court, yes- "I was walking alone Buv street in Jacksonville ome weeks after I saw.terday practically denied before the of Myrtle Hawking- death and I met,"0" judiciary committee some 'of the girl face to face. I spoke to her the testimony he had given against and called her bv her name, but she the Judgo on Wednesdny. lol.I me not t call her bv her name." t Williams was a partner with Judge said Shelmut. ."I know the girl I saw Archbald in negotiations for buying in Ja!ksonvl!l was Mvrtle Hawkins." a culm pang rrom me j-.rie raiiroan he Insisted. He then went on to tell to sell at a profit of $12,000 to the that he mentioned seeina the airl to Uicka. wanna ana Wyoming rnurouu the sheriff of .Fulton county, Georgia, The judge at that time had the Erie's end that the sheriff wrote the sheriff so-called lighterage cases in his court, of Henderson count, who started an The committee Is investigating to de- Investlgatlon. Shellnut said that Myr-. clde If impeachment proceedings tl Hawkins is now in Seattle. Wash.. 1 should be brought against the Judge, that she had been sent there by some A. S. Worthington, counsel for the one In Hendersonville1 who put up the accused judge, undertook the red! money. He said that he would go rect examination of Williams, and from Greenville to Hendersonvllle. Ho called his attention to the copy of an had ben In Greenville two days. WOMAN AND MAN HELD ON CHARGE OF MURDER assignment of the culm property that he was alleged to have made to W. P. Uoland and a "silent party." Pre viously Williams had admitted having made such an assignment before the procured options on the Erie culm banks, and had explulned that the Va., May 11. Mrs. Mary ..llent party" was Judge Archbald. her son-in-law, John'Rowe,,yegtor(juyi however, upon reading n Maw York Herald and The Gazette-N ewa. Suffolk, Vlck and her residing two miles from Berkln, are miv .f the assignment again, Wll arrested and remanded to Houth namB declared It was not the paper Hampton county jail without ball, ec- ne had 8iKned. He admitted that the cused of . murdering their neighbor, : Blgnature attached wns his, but re miss eecKie oiuu, iwu cm pU,iiated its contents. The victim, ; a fortune teller, was -chiii admission led Attorney Worth lounJ With her head crushed, her lnglon tl) agi the witness if he ever in rum tuu nuuuery m uitpunrui jrank. He said that he did, ana aa the slayers motive. milted It was possible he might have " r . , signed papers that he could not now nm tan a mmn ttt a Tmrvrt ' recall gUiliUAlXiO W1lamg Bls0 repudiated the letter AMUSEMENT REPORT Introduced In evidence Wednesday, In which he related having ioiu w. i. Minneapolis. May 1 l.-Dclegates to'lnd that it he had discounted one the general conference of the Metho- of J"'186 Archbald note, a case ,e dlst Episcopal church eagerly await the reports of the episcopacy com mlttee and the committee considering the amusement clause of the church Discipline. -The sub-committee has already voted to strike out the para graph forbidding certain amusements, and the whole committee Is struggling with the problem, KuiMiiuallnii Fall to Itnlxe Money. Durham, May 11. At the Inst meet ing of the Episcopal convention a rom mlttpn was appointed to raise $1400 towards an endowment fund for Be v.anee university, and this committee has failed to raise the amount At a meeting of the convention here yes terdny this matter was discussed, and W. A. Erwln introduced ft resolution ar.klng that the committee he retained - 11$ to ceo what could be done towards raising this money. The i. Hole day wns taken up tn hearing the reports of committees. I'.il. Callahan Dying of Wound. ! Jackson, K . M-Or H. Ed. Cnlln Jian, the feudist shot from ambush a 'week ltd, Is flint sinking. Clansmen f the feudist are gathering from all tides at hb C'rockettsvllle koine. had before that jurist, which Was de, elded against him, might have result ed dlfferenlly. The witness admitted having snld something like that to Boland. but he denied that the lan gunge used In the letter In the evi dence signed by him ever came from' his lips. It was also ueveiopca on cross-ex. animation that Judge Archbald paid Williams' fare from Scranton to Washington that the latter might ro ond to the subpoena from the Ju dlelary committee to appear Dcrore it. Williams said he did not have the money, and that he had asked Judge Archbald to loan him the fare. When the committee adjourned for the day Williams wns cautioned by Chairman Clayton to talk to no one about the onse. William P. Uoland and C, G. Bol land, who figure , In Uie Archbald charges, and who were Instrumental In bringing them to the attention of the department of Justice, were pres ent during the hearing, iney not bo cnlled to testify until Monday, Interstate ommerce Commlsloner Mever, who first called Preslden Taft's attention to the charges ugnnst Judge Archbald, will bo asked to tes tlfv when Wllllnms' examination I flnlulild. ' . irPiSi STRAIN OF STORM Water Laps Over, but No New Crevasses Develop on Southern River. TO HIM WHO WAITS FLOYD ALLElsr dlvJ THE : STAND: SAYS OFFICERS BEGAN FIRING Says as Verdict Was Returned Clerk Signaled Sheriff and Both Drew Revolvers Witness Says He Rose and Officers Fired, 'Wounding Him Before He Drew Gun Admits. He Shot Deputy Queen sbeny. Wyt'heville, Va May 11. Floyd Allen, on trial charged with murder ing Prosecutor Foster In the Hills- Ule court house tragedy on March 14, took the witness stand in his own de fense today and charged that Sheriff a F. Webb fired a pistol at him and that Clerk Dexter Goad also shot at him before he (Allen! reached for his pistol. . I happened to see Clerk Goad, wink at Sheriff Webb," declared Allen, "and saw both of them tnke out their re- olvevi. Just then I rose up from my chair and said 'gentlemen, I'm not igoing.' I had a paper tn my hand. I tnrted to put In In my inside pocket then Webb llred. He missed mo. Goad fired next, hitting me in the hip and I fell on Judge Bolen, my coun sel." - Allen declared he did not get his pistol out of his pocket until he had been shot himself. The only man he shot at in the court room, he said, was Deputy Clerk Quecnsberry. Allen denied he made any threats against" the court. Asked about his relations with various men who testi fied against him, Allen said one of them owed him money which he could rot get and another was angry with him about the shooting of a revenue officer. Taking up the reprimand given him by Judge Mnssle for keep ing witnesses away from court. Floyd said he told the judge it was not true and he later hail a conversation with the judge, who t . -Id him the man who spread the report of his Intim idating witnesses was Dexter Goad. Wythevllle. Va., May 11. Two sons of Floyd Allen yesterday took the stand In defense of their "pap," as they called him, on trial for shooting up the Carroll county court Victor and Claude Allen, both Jointly Indicted with their father for liio attack on Judge Massle's tribunal were sworn by the defense. One of them, Claude, admitted having shot during the fracas in th court room. "When father got up," testified Claude, "I saw Clerk Goad standing with his gun pointed at pap. I be lieved he was going to shoot pap and I reached for my gun. Before I got it out pap fell and-I started shooting at Goad." Claude declared thut he saw Sidna Allen, his uncle, who Is still at larg in the mountains, firing Just about the time he saw Goad fire. Wesley Ed wards, who is with Sidna Allen, was firing from a bench through a window of the court room, just after th shooting began, according to Victor Allen's testimony. Victor was anxious to prove that h had no revolver when he was In th court room and ho asserted that th shooting done with his gun had been done by Claude Allen, who had taken the weapon as the two were leavln their hole! in Hillsvllle the morning o the tragedy. Claude verified his story. TROOPS KILL BOY ; RIOT Charge Foreigners Engaged in Demonstration at Rail road Colliery. Scranton, Pa., May 11. The lutous demonstration ' by foreigners at Oly- phant colliery Number 1, of the Dela ware and Hudson company today, caused the killing of George Hob areky and 14 -year-old boy by state roopers. The troopers charged the rioters. The rioters displayed fire' irms and hurled stones at the troop era. Scientist Lose Fingers. Philadelphia, May 11 It cost Jacob ?olsky, S2 years old, the four fingers if his rlht hand to entertain a group of frlands. Solsky, who Is an amateur chemist, was making experiments with liquid air for the benefit of his acqualnt- snces when he accidentally placed his right hand In the freexlng liquid. Al though he kept It there ohly an in- jtsnt his fingers were badly frozen Realising that If he struck the Ingers against anything they would i.rpak off, SoMky held his hand sway from him and rushed to the Mount Committee Must Decide the Republican Nominee Action of National Body on June 6 Will Determine Whether Taft or Roosevelt Is to Control the Chicago Convention. Washington, May 11. Tho make up of the republican national conven tion, so far as the original selection of delegates can determine it, will be practically settled within a week. Over 200 delegates will be selected by next Saturday. About 100 will then remain to be choseh, Including 48 from Ohio and 24 from New Jersey, Taft and Roosevelt managers make It apparent that a determination of tn actual control of the convention Impossible In advance of the republl can national committee meeting on June 6. The committee then will ad upon contests Involving tho seats about 164 delegates. Up to this morning, 786 of the 1078 delegates Taft Probably Will Intervene to Save the Commerce Court and the Tariff Board. PROPOSALS WERE TIED TO SUPPLY MEASURE New Orleans, May 1 1. Now Gr ins awoke this morning with the un beaming on last night's scene of onfiLsion, when all the ulemenls.com- net! to give a storm the most threat- nlng the city hud ever known. The vcr fell gradually from 2 o'clock this- morning, after exceeding all Hood re- ords by a foot and a half. The levees here withstood the sever est strain they had ever subjected to. arly reports indicate the . line of dikes from Terras south are still hold- ng. The front levee at Baton Rouge was overlapped last night by high waves. New Orleans lust night withstood he "severest rainstorm in her history. All of the lower half of Ijouiniana was affected and thousands of the people ho live behind the already terribly drained levees thut hold back the Mississippi's flood waters were pan icky. . The wind ranged from 27 miles an our at New Orleans to 40 miles at Katun Rouge, and at many points along the river it swept the waves of the swollen stream over the levees. At New Orleans 5 1-2 inches of rain fell from noon until 10 p, m. last ight, and about four inches fell be- ween 7 and 9 o'clock. The Mississip pi river here was banked up by the high winds and rose eight inches in two hours : between 6 and 10 o'clock. arcing'- tho waters over the levees t several points. At 10 . o'clock the river guage at the head of Canal street registered 1.9 feet pr one-tenth of a foot high er than the predicted maximum stage predicted by the weather bureau. At 1 o'clock the guage showed a depth of one-tenth of a foot for the hour. nit the rain continued to pour down in torrents and at Intervals. ' . or the Texas and Pacific railroad, or dered two relief trains made ready to send to Doualdsonville and Pla- quemine but the orders were counter manded u lew minutes later when it was established that reports of breaks In levees near these cities were noti rue. Thirty-five thousand sand bags were dispatched from New Orleans to Bat on Rouge on a special .train lust night. The situation was declared most criti cal at tho capital city with prospects of saving the front levee almost hope- ess. At New Orleans the water poured over the sand bags topping at the foot of Esplanade street and a force of hands were rushed there to stop the holes and pile the embankment still higher. Guards were placed along the entire river front and precautions were taken to quickly close every spot where there wus an overflow. T. D. Waddill, junior engineer of tho United States army corps here reported from Garden, 9 miles south if Baton Rouge nt 6 p. m. that a f.irty-nillo gale was blowing along the river anil a torrent of rain was falling. Engineer Wadlll reported to Cap tain C. O. Sherill. chief of the en gineering corps here, that ho con sidered the situation In the vicinity of Gradero serious and would remain there tonight. ; A telephone message from New Roads at 7 o'clock stated that the ralnfnll there up to that hour prob ably had extended four ' inches and the downpour continued. President's Negative Would Involve Life of Big Money Bill Necessary to Run the Government. Washington, May 11. It is learned on high authority that the President through the use of his veto 'power probably will block, the attempt' to abolish the commerce court and the tariff board, even if it Involves the lifo of one of the big money bills. Aided by the republican insurgents, the HOTse Democratic leaders recently jammed through a bill abolishing the commerce court and substituting an other agency for the tariff board. That the democratic leaders feared to submit to the president separato bills aimed at the existence of the : commerce court and the tariff board was shown In their resort to the ex traordinary legislative expedient of tying these proposals to a supply measure, which, under the rules that usually prevail, carries only appro priations to keep the wheels of gov- , eminent In motion. The democrats do not relish the prospect of an executive veto of the legislative bill. Their leaders private ly admit that such a contingency would rivet public attention on the questions involved and provoke a dis cussion of motives that might react on the party. It has been many years since an appropriation bill of a gen eral character hns failed to pass scru tiny at the white house. and the post- ' slbility that it may soon happen has thrown a scare into republicans, ns yie aa. democrat, whq ars-nnxluus to . quit as Boon as possible In order to- get back home to attend to political , fences. ' -... -, . . .-. .. . It is by no means certain that the senate will accept the legislative bill in the form In which it comes from the house. , It is acknowledged by conservative. republicans and democrats that .he harges against Judge Archbald of his court havo strengthened the hands of those who want to legislate it ut of existence. The . administration argument in support of the commerce court will be made in the senate. It will be pointed out that the court has expedited the handling of rate cases, that the cost of litigation has been reduced to ship pers and that the creation of a special ized tribunal has resulted In a unifor mity of decisions distinctly advantage ous to the shipping as well as the railroad world. Records of the department of lus- Icn show, it is said, that before the reatlon of the commerce court It took on an average two and a half years or a rate case to reach the ITnl'ed States Supreme court on appeal. Since he creation of the commerce court he time required for such cases to get before the court of last resort has averaged a little more than six months. ' J KEENJTIHE DEfiBY Record-Breaking Crowd Wit ness Spring Meet's Opening at Churclnll Downs. The widely divergent claims of the hod been chosen. FAINTS AT GALLOWS Mrs. Grace Overcome WImmi Sborlff Takes a Alngiilnr Couine to . "Cliwr Her, Up." . Atlnnta, Ga., May 11. As a result of seeing how the gallon- works Mrs. Daisy Ulrlch Grace, under Indictment for shooting her husband, fainted In the Atlanta Jail and Is still hysterical, Mrs. Grace was lonely and asked the Jailer to show her over the prison. That official, trying to cheer her up, took her to the gallowa room. There he exhibited tho black cap and showed her. "low the noose Is adjusted. For her benefit the trap was sprung and -llnul hospital, where the fingers were she was told how with the pulling of amputated. the big lever the condemned mans body falls six feet Into space, brlng ng up with a Jerk which nine times 'iut of 10 breaks his neck. As the Jailer sprung the trap Mrs. Grace screamed: "Oh, I can't stand 't," and fell fainting. Physicians were called nnd revived her. but she Is hysterical, and cries that the pic ture of the gallows Is fixed in her miiyl. ' lYencli Tram Wins at Tennis. Ijouiavllle, May 11. The biggest crowd ever assembled at the race trucl Is at Churchhl r0wns today to inaugurate the spring meet and wit ness the running of the famous derby Dig purses and tho fame of the con tenders attracted an unusual attend ii nee from distant cities, and a notable representation of millionaire horse owners Is present. Preliminary bet ting Is keen. The Manager rivals Worth as a favorite. Wheelwright and Free Iinco at better odds had a big following. Stockholm, Sweden, May 11. The first event In the Olympic games was decided today. . Andreh (lobert and l!ax Germot, representing France, won the final of the men's doubles In the lawn tpnnls matches, beating Ilet terwall and Kempe. Swedish players Smith and Hayes Richards, Workmen Hilled aa Hank Caves. Bristol, Va., May 11. Three negro workmen were burled beneath an avalanche of dirt and crushed stone at Marlon, Va., yesterday and before they could be extricated two of them died. They were engaged In making an excavation tor a new court house, and 12 feet of earth fell upon them, An alarm was given and as many men as could get Into the opening worked with frensled haste to rescue the men but before they were reached two died. The dead men Hre. Charles' bile th by -4, 12-14. i-2. 8-4. - fortunate one Is Spencer Edwards. MORE LYRICS WANTED; CONTEST STARTS SOON The Lyric Contest will start In a few days and The GaxetteNews would like to have verses on every line of business In Asheville. A number of verses have been received that did not mention any firm- or business. These cannot be used, wrrite as many aa you like on any one firm. The following are some of the lines on which verses are. wanted: Banks, hotels, automobilos, dry goods. Jew elry, shoes, men's furnishings, hnrd- wore, groceries, furniture, plumbing, wall paper, decorators, drugs, real estate, insurance, cigars, book stor, china stores, barber . shops, restau rants, theaters, laundries, milliners. tailors, pressing clubs. In fact every line of business in the city. Mall, send or bring your verses to the manager t the L,yrlc Contest of The Gaiette- News. I-reNldcmt Taft at l-rinectoii. Princeton, N. J., May 11. Presi dent Tnft arrived at o'clock this, morning from Washington. . Taft will participate in the Inauguration of John Grler Hlbben as president of lrlnceton university. The president is Hlbben' guest. Associate Justice Pitney adminis tered the oath of office to Dr. Hlb ben. The ceremony was followed by a luncheon, attended by Taft, Chief Justice White and many other no tables. During the ceremony the de cree of doctor of laws was conferred upon Taft and White. K.nglncors Go to Atlantic City; Harrlsburg, Pa., May 11. Delegates attending .biennial' convention of the llrotherhond of locomotive En gineers Journeyed to A'lunllo City to day. The convention lesuines Its si s ilonj Monday. . , A 4
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