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t Metrtlle fete Sbs. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES LAST EDITION 4:00 P. M. Weather Forecast: FAIR. VOL. XII. NO. 89. ASHEVILLE, N .0., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 23, 1912. 3c PER COPY NEW WITNESSES, NEW EVIDENCE Dr. Williams Identifies Bony Bradley as Man Who Came to His Office in Asheville. HE SAYS MRS. SHAFTS WOMAN WHO CAME He Identifies Myrtle Hawkins Photograph as That of Girl Who Came to Him. Special to The Gazette-News. Hendorsonville, May 23. It was learned today that the state has evi dence the nature of which has not been hitherto disclosed to the public against the defendants, or some of them, In state against Bradleys et als. for the killing of Myrtle Hawkins. There was reason this morning for the confident expectation that the day would produce some surprises of greater or lesser magnitude. Solicitor Hall Johnson, who so- ably captains the state's forces, thought this morn ing that he would probably put on the stand before the day closed one or more witnesses whose names have not hitherto been disclosed to the public In this capacity. Large attendance and Intense Inter est continue to mark the progress of the case. The bulk of the crowd are people from the farms, mostly men, who apparently have no pressing busi ness at home. The Jurors are farmers, frankly rural and eollarless which will no doubt' add to their comfort be fore this trial Is over except the chain gang boss, who Is neatly at tired. Judge Fouschee has already won the admiration of those attending, who had not previously known him. His bearing Is marked by earnestness, courtesy and gentlemanly dignity. Hhellnut. the Atlanta traveling mun, continues n willing talker. There is nothing reserved about Shellnut. He has gone so far now as to assert that IT anybody will deposit 13000 In bank to be at the disposal of anyone who will produce Myrtle Hawkins, alive, he, Shellnut, will show them some quick action. He says there are othf r people who know a lot more about this than they are telling, but that thev also are going eventually to talk. A Man Who Had Ko)t Silent. And the very first witness culled was a new one J. J. Cornwell, who had lived In Hendersonville 16 years, was employed by the Hendersonville Lum ber company; had known Myrtle Haw kins by sight since her childhood. Thursday of the week of her death he hauled a load to Abner McCall's house, unloading 20 or 30 feet from the house. He saw Myrtle and several women sitting on the porch. He re membered this Sunday, when he hessd of the discovery of the body. He had told no one but his wife until a week ago when he told Sherman Ramsey, and supposed Ramsey told It. Cross-examined by Judge Ewart: He remembered he hauled no other load Thursday but that one. He remem bered none of the women he saw but Myrtle. He described her, partially, did not observe the color ot her eyes. Was not at the Inquest, but heard about It. He did not tell because he did not like to appear In court. Haul ed several loads to McCall's In three or four weeks. Did not know the girl whs missing until the body was found. lr. Drafts. Dr. K. B. Drafts was admitted as an expert by the defense. He has prac ticed here 13 years. He assisted In the autopsy. Haw the body at fltepp's Sunday at noon, but did not observe it closely. The face was swollen and discolored, the hands were about nor mal. When the clothing was removed three or four hours later upper chest Hnd abdomen were dlscolord and swollen. Hps very much swollen, lunatic slightly protruding. Dr. Kirk .rfnrniod the nost m or ten and he merely looked on. The heart, lungs, stomach and Intestines were exposed to view. The heart was practically. empty. The stomach was collapsed. The lunas were empty. The Intestines were fiiatenriori with aas. He stated the girl's condition as of two or two and a half months duration. He could not tell for certain but did not think death was due to drowning. The doctor tes tilled If a body had been exposed from Thursdav or Friday until Haturnay night, then placed In water over night and removed three or four hours, de- . munition would be similar to that of this body. He described the hair nnd eves the noticeable bowing of the limbs Mow the knees, where there was no swelling. He had seen Myr tle caring a dress similar to that on the body. He noticed a few freck les on the forehead. Cross-examined by Mr. Bmlth: Did not recall saying to the father that the body appeared to have been dead lm days, but might have said so to Homer Hawkins. His object was to try and Identify the body and he was not thinking so much of the length or time It had been dead. Without knowledge of the theoretical circum stances, body would hive been sup posed to be abodt ten days dead. R s brought out bv the statn that a bodv lying under a tin roof from Thursday or Frldav of that week until Saturday night, then placed In water over night, then ti four hours, wool same appearance e of decomposition TITAKTiG DISASTER REPORT PREPARED Is Sweeping Arraignment of Conditions Which Made Accident Possible. Washington, May 23. The senate commerce committee today considered the report i.n the Titanic disaster Which the committee will submit to the senate Tuesday. It will be a sweeping arraingment of the condi tions under which the vessel swept along through the Iceberg area to her doom with its Immense loss of life. The report will severely criticize Cap tain Smith of the Titanic as mainly responsible for the disaster because of his failure to heed Iceberg warn ings; and the British board of trade for lax inspection. Cuptain Ixird of the Californlan will figure in respon sibility because of his failure to take necessary steps when near the Ti tanic, whose rocket signals of distress were seen aboard the Californlan. Congress will be asked to reward Cap tain Rostron of the rescue ship Oar pathln. v TitanJc legislation will be pressed. A general bill Is being drafted by Senator Smith. Harmon Delegation Possibly Will Not Total More Than 27. Columbus, O., May 23. Scattering returns from the most distant dis tricts Indicate that Col. Roosevelt's delegates acquired in Tuesday's pri maries will not drop below the 32 hitherto accorded him. Governor Wilson made slight gains. R is possible Harmon delegates will not. total over 27. With practically complete returns from all except seven counties 23.228 votes for Harmon nnd 100,137 for Wilson are shown. by Slaughter Followed Work men's Meeting to Protest Against Conditions. Victoria, B. C, May 23. Details of he massacre of nearly 200 miners. mostly Chinese, by Russian troops at Bebalde, Siberia, last month, reached here by the steamer Awa Maru, ar riving from the Orient yesterday. The massacre followed a mlnerB' meeting to protest against working conditions. DAY IN CONGRESS Senate Finance Committee Authorizes Adverse Repotit on Wool Tariff Revision RIM. Washington, May 23. The senate ftnunce committee today authorized Senator Hmoot to adversely report the house wool tariff revision bill and an nounce that a substitute measure would be framed. The Arizona legialature In a petition to the senate urged the abolition of the commerce court. The house returned consideration of the Panama canal administration bill. Charges o official misconduct by R. Q. Valentine. Indian commissioner, were renewed before the Interior de partment expenditures committee. CONSUL GENERAL HILL IS KILLED IN FALL Comal In Hotel Corldor at Frank fort-on-Maln With a. Fract ured Skull. LATE OHIO RETURNS SHOW WILSON A Frankfort-on-Malne, Oermany, May set for hla electrocution. Reputable II. United Stutes Consul Genera! attorneya. the governor aaya, repre Frank D. Hill of Minnesota waa killed sented to him that they have food by falling over a hotel atalrcnse rail-) grounds for executive clemency and liig today. He waa' found on a cor-, that reprieve will be necessary to rldor floor with a hroken skull. It submit the grounds. A reprieve was la assumed the accident waa caused granted until June 7. by a spell of giddiness. Northern naiUMi in Session. Des Molnea, May 2S Fraternal sreetinvs from the Southern Baptist aaaoclatlon tsVre read at the opening of today's session of tne Northern I'.iotlut convention. The two ennven - Hons have heen divided over thr ui pervtslon laslon work In New reement looking to- prratlon la expected I at this meeting. WILL NOT Will I II Presbyterian Committee Urges Church to Join With Other Protestant Organizations Against Catholics. GENERAL ASSEMBLY REJECTS THE PLAN Assembly Declines to Reopen the Sinnot Case Reunites With Federated Council. i.ristot, jenn., may z.i. rne gen- era! assembly of the Southern. Presby- terian church today refused to adopt the mnioHtv rnrt ..f ii mmmitt on Romanism, which suggests a plan of attack on Catholicism by the evan gelical churches of the United States arid 'Canada and the establishment of a fund to support converts from among Catholic priests. The general received a assembly yesterday Guantnnamo to join the Kiinboats Pa report from its'(llR.ah nn( Nashville. committee on Romanism urging that the church start a move port from the Romanism committee, urging that the church start a move- n.ent among the evangelical churches t can control , re,lab, re of Jesus Christ in the Un ted States a (c) tne gtate d irtment that and C'anada, to throw down the m consider the movement gauntlet to the Roman Catholic dp8lgned tu pr(voke intervention, church in America, to undertake a T hundred additional marines comprehensive plan of evangelizing wpre ,nter ordered from New York to (the Ron.an.sts and to establish a pniladei nla to hoard tne Prnlrl m foundation for the support ot cn-j Crt.. sing the total number to 700. Sev verts from among the priests monks era, marfne offlcer3 werfi ordered and nuns un .l they are tully instruct-1 from XorfoIk lnclualns colonel Lin ed and enabled to learn gainful occu-. pations. J!J,3eLe.M,"en t "1"-a neJ lwyr j of Nashville, submitted a minority re port Horn the Romanism committee, urging against any such campaign and declaring that it would precipi tate the church into political entan glements. The committee was ap pointed on a resolution at Liouisviue lust year to "report some practical Wiuiiitiu Ul au visum ni wuuic I'cuiJir coni-ernfnisr the dangers involved In the pernicious activity of that power ful politico-religious organization i t,,, , '.. , i,,, i,,. Kiiuvv ii uc mc .i win m yfiuvnii church." j a H..I....I i .......... i.i l.i,. .ill .uii.io.1 Judge Hall says that any method to execute this program would be Im practicable, divert the church from Its proper mission of preaching the gospel and precipitate It Into political controversies. The majority report Is submitted by Thomas K. Johnson, D. D., and Is a lengthy document, prepared after exhaustive inquiry and research. The majority report says Protest ants have iieen too much afraid of dealing uncharitably with the Cath olics and urges an aggressive nation wide campaign against the church The assembly took steps that will lead to a uniform distribution of the funds for widows of ministers and that will ultimately lead to the aboli tion of the dependent colony at Fred ericks'; rg, Va., where the church has; a large school. Slnnott Case Finally Settled. Louisville, Ky.. May 23. Express Final disposition was made of the Ing its disapproval of the action of noted case of Dr. W. D. SinnOtt against Secretary of AgricultuW Wilson In ac the presbytery of North Alabama, in- cepting last summer a vice presidency volvlng the right of a lower court of of the brewers congreaa at Chicago, the church to Indorse prohibition. Dr. the general assembly of the Presby Slnnott complained against his pres- terian church in the United States ul byterv and his action, In the midst of America yesterday rescinded It- action a fierce statewide prohibition tight In In naming him as a delegate tu the Alabama, attracted almost national Pan-I'rcsbyterlan council, attention. The assembly refused' to I The nominating commltteo was dl hear hla appeal and he was harshly 1 retted to nominate a delegate from censured. This year he made a fight the eynod uf l'.altimore from which to have the case reopened and his Secretary Wilson was to have been eondemnation removed. The assem-'a representative, for the office. My held that the case had been final - ly aajuoicjiien ano was inn rrvn-w- able. However, a resolution giving the opinion mat tne aseemoiys cen- ijera oi me uoaru i" " " sure oh him was unwise and hasty j Sunday school worn were not ortho was passed and the case goes Into dox, provoked quick respuiie from history. I members of the general assembly. The assembly" voted to reunite Itself Names of the heretodox ones were with the federated council of the called for. one commissioner de churches of Christ. Last year It ,left clured that any member of the board the council on the ground that It was, who had to make mental reservations doing things to Interfere with the church's Idea of the relation of church and state. NEGRO IS REPRIEVED (icorgo Wllklns. Sentenced to Die at Italelgb Today, (Jlven New Lease of Iilfr. Qaxette-News Bureau, The Hotel Raleigh. Raleigh, May 23. George Wllklns of Nash county, a negro tinder sentence of death today for wife murder, waa granted a re prieve a few hours before the time TRANSPORT WORKERS OF LONDON ON STRIKE I,nndon, May 23. The national ex- I eeutlve ' omrnlttee or the Transport Works' Federation, this morning de- ' elded u ion n general strike, com munelns tnnlsht. In tunnort of the Thames lightermen with their employe! able the federation In their dispute also to en - it Its grlev HUMES SENT TI Five Hundred Are Ordered to Leave at Onee to Protect Americans in Cuba. SERIOUS SITUATION ADMITTED TO EXIST 3 , Cuban Authorities, However, Claim They Control It May Provoke In tervention. Washington. Ms a.1 Reemao or reports of d(lnger to American lives , t , 1 , and Property In Cuba, the navy de- partmejit, at the state department's requestjj-t'oday ordered the naval trans port Prairie to embark HOO marines at Philadelphia and proceed Imme diately to the U. S. naval station at I State department advices regarding i the Cuban situation are very pessi mistic. Cuban military authorities ad- t.itl ih. BltntiHrtn la uj.rli.iio l.ni thlnlr coln Kurmany, who will command a rvi ttii linn Tha tiovv rtAnnrlmpnt ici making every effort to have the ves- sel get under way by nightfall. They reach Guantanamo in four days. Havana, May 2 3. It is reported that General Eaton oss and General Ivonet, leaders of the Insurgent ne groes, have sent emissaries to the ornment troop8 Jf QJantanoma to camp of the commander of the gov treat for peace terms. Sot Cane Fields Afire. Santiago, Cuba. May 23. Seven '"uniireu negroes, under the leader ship of General Estenoz, today set cane fields atlre in Esperanz, Santa ' ,; llnd rnrvnntes nlantatinns. own- tnalned inactive situation. unable to control the SLCY. WILSON CEMfO BT THE PRESBYTERIANS - . - ' riAction in Naming Him as Del- egate to Council Is Rescinded. . What was taken to be an Inference o me rvev. i-o . Philadelphia, that one or more mem- . in his acceptance of the church s doctrines should at once resign. Mod erator Mathews for bad any challenge of any man's orthodoxy on the floor of the assembly pointing out charges must be made before the tribunal of the church. Dr. Henry straightened matter out by explaining that In any thing he had said he had not Intend ed to convey any Inference and ex pressed his imquesttoned belief In the Integrity of the orthodoxy of every hoard member. The report of the hoard of publlcu- Hon and Sunday school work, was accompanied by resolutions providing for the appointment of a committee . to confer with the board and to with draw from distribution auch graded lesions as are held lo De unautisinc tory. Amended so as to provide that the decision of the committee alone would be sufficient to cause with drawal of such literature, the reso lution was adopted. Aslievlllo t'oiiiany Chartered. Qaxette-News Bureau, The Hotel Raleigh. Raleigh, May tt. A charter waa Issued today to the Carolina supply company of Asheville to deal In aeneral merchandise. The I Hiithorlaej ipltal la tll.000 with t John C. Arho nns. John B An- ' 11000 aubi gaat, Henr; OGUMMO Father, Eighty Proud of His m09k JMHPMjiMjH Bj jf2gi" . .J-SeK! Mj jflgy'i" "H If no AND MRS.rV!DALLYNGOt2rON. Proud and happy Dr. David Allyn Gorton, of Brooklyn, N. Y., has been kept busy showing to friends the twins he has recently heen bless ed with at the youthful age of 80 years. The twins are a boy and a g'rl, weighing six and a half pounds each Dr. Gorton Is a philosopher and a life long student of eugenics. He has written essays on the subject. It was his hope to have a hoy brought Into the world, but to his surprise and gratification a girl came also. Beautiful are the babies which are the result of Dr. Gorton s marriage at the advanced age of 79. His wife, who is 40 years old, was Miss Bertha Rehbein, his literary secretary. They were married July 20 last. Rebels Make Early Gains in Long Expected Battle Huerta's Flank Movement Che eked and Rebel Front at Rel lano Is Strongly Defended Insurrectos Capture Three Guns Conflict May Decide War. Rellano, Mexico, May 23. Fighting between the main rebel and fedeial at daylr Government troops opened the en gagement against the insurrectos with a sharp artillery tire. There was a quick response from the rebel front, Which seems well fortified. Today's battle is expected to be the turning point in tile Mexican revolution. General Campos captured two can non and one machine gun from the federal column. The advantage ap pears With the rebels. They are hold ing firm positions. At 7:30 a. m., General Iluerta, the federal chief, unsuccessfully attempt- UNIT RULE TO GOVERN VIRGINIA DELEGATION Wilson Men Are Likely to Fail in Effort for Instructions at Norfolk. Norfolk, democrati Hon of 24 convention May H. The Virginia convention for the elec lelegates to the llaltlmore as nihlcd this morning wtri ,,r rtl.u.Kil t j,,,! Working an uninstructcil under the unit rule. Wilson supporters are Making to secure the panagc of preferential resolutions ir absolute Instruction! fall. Clark, Underwood and Harmon men seek to prevent Instructed or preferential action. MARION RE ARRESTED New Evidence Found nw to Ills Al. leged Complicity In the llills vllle Tragedy. Wytheville, V., May 23. J, T. Cochran, ono of the commonwealth's first witnesses In Claude Allen's trial for the murder of Judge Massie In Hillsvllle today testified that he saw I young Allen with a pistol In his pocket after the shooting occurred. A num- .r , other witnesses gave testimony ag' nst Allen. Byril Marlon, one of the alleged parllcipanta In the shooting who was releaaed yesterday, was rearrested at Pulaski today. New evidence was dis covered that Marlon was seen shooting outside the Hillsvllle courthouse on the day of the tragedy. IMPERATOR LAUNCHED KmiHTor William Acts as Sponsor at Cercnionlc-. at Hamburg. (Jer nianjr. Today. Hamburg. Germany. May 23. The Hamburg-American line's new mam moth trims-Atlantic steamer Impera tor, the biggest vessel In the world was successfully launched today. Em peror William acted as aponaor. The Imperator's launching weight was 2, 7IS tons. When completed It la be lieved she will displace 52,000 tons. Years Old Twin Babies ed a flank movement behind the hills to the east. Heneral Orozco has heen on the firing line since !i o'clock. At S:30 o'clock the federal main force fell hack ami the flank movement was checked. The federal lire was desul tory. After three hours of fighting be tween the Mexican federal and rebel armies, reports from the rebels' front Indicated a Blight advantage over the Madero army. Fighting yesterday, It is declared, resulted in the loss of 1 " 0 government troops. It Is claimed Orozco drove off a federal cavalry charge with great loss to the assail ants. AGAINST CANAL TOLLS FOO AMERICAN VESSELS Cheers Greet Result of Bitter Panama Fight in the House. Washington, May 23. By n vote in Hi to 12(i the house today re affirmed its decision that no toll should be charged American vessels engaged In the coastwise trade for passuge through the Panama canal The president WHa bitterly fought, Tho result was cheered. RIOTUJG IN BUDAPEST Two Strikers Killed and 2.". Wounded ill N iimcruiiH Clashes With the Polite. Budapest, Hungary, May 2,1. Bat tles between strikers and police were Frequent throughout the city this morning. Two strikers were killed .mil twenty-live wounded. Practically all the trade unionists In Budapest are on strike as a pro test against the election of Count Tlxza as speaker. Tlsza Is an op lionent of universal suffrage. OIL MILL MERGER Formation of New Four-Mllllnn-tol lur Combine Is Announced by (Jcorglu Capitalist-.. Atlanta, May 2.1. A four million dollar merger of Georgia cotton seed oil mills was annoiincde today by local copltallstH. Mill In Atlanta. Vnldosts Dublin. Balnhrldge. Madison nnd other tqwns are alisorbed by the new corporation, which la called the Km plre Cotton Oil company. AntaiidNcii at llncnus Ayrea. Buenos Ayres, Itonld Amundsen May 23. Captain the south pole's dl g,ith. r i Strong Opposition Is Endeavoring- to Elect an Unin structed Delegation to the Convention. TAFT AND ROOSEVELT STUMPING THE STATE Begin Speaking Campaign To day La Follette Al ready in the Field Taft Confident. Newark, May 2 3. The battle for New Jersey's 28 delegates in the na tional convention began in earnest to day when RooBevelt and Taft entered the state for a long series of speeches. Wilson is the only candidate named on the democratic primary ballots. A strong anti-Wilson organization is en deavoring to elect an uninstructed delegation. Senator DaFollette opened his cam paign last night with speeches in Jer sey City and West Hoboken. The democratic situation is unu sual. Although Governor Wilson is the only candidate for the presiden tial nomination named on the demo cratic ballot, his opponents inside the state have organized against him and named a complete list of delegates who will appear on the ballots as uninstructed." The anti-Wilson lead ers have not announced what candi date they will support at Baltimore case they will go there with any legates. Governor Wilson has made practically no speaking campaign. New Jersey will send 28 delegates to the national conventions. The pri mary situation here Is like that In Ohio, to the extent that the election may divide the delegates chosen to represent the several congressional districts among the various candi dates, but the New Jersey law pro- ides that the delegates-at-large shall lie elected by the direct primary vote of the whole state and not by a state convention. Four delegates-at-large will be cnosen ano two irom eacn oi the 12 congressional districts, the latter by the vote within their dis tricts. President Taft, Governor Wilson, Colon.! Roosevelt, all have a com plete list of delegates on the ballots. Tart Claims 570 Delegates. Washington, May 23. President Taft left at 7 o'clock this morning for Philadelphia, where he will address the International Navigation con gress. Tonight tne presiaeni goes into New Jersey, speaking at Tren ton, Camden and Burlington and opening a campaign which will take him into 12 districts of the state and which will not end an hour before the polls open for the republican pri maries. Washington, May 23. Claiming 70 delegates to the Chicago conven tion, or 30 more than enough to as sure him the nomination, President Taft, in a statement yesterday, de- lared he was going Into New Jersey 'to make assurance doubly sure." The president's statement was Is sued after a day of activity at the White House. Conferences with his manatrers and appointments with the members of the cabinet were follow- d at 4 o'clock by a meeting of the full cabinet. t was stated later that this meet ing was devoted to "routine business" but members of the cabinet admitted that the political situation and had been reviewed In considerable detail. Our opponents quote from a state ment of mine, made in Cleveland, that the light in Ohio, my home state, much to my gratification, would be the decisive one," said the president. in his statement, "and would settle the question of my nomination. This Is true. 1 shall have at least 16 votes from Ohio, Including the delegatea-at-large, for we have every assurance that we shall control the state con vention. "This will constitute a clear ma jority in the national convention. In deed, In addition to the votes from Ohio, delegates elected for me from other m.i ten of which I have been ad vised since my Cleveland statement give me at the most conservative es timate, 570 out of the 1078 votea In the national convention 30 more than the number necessary to nomi nate. "I am going to New Jersey to take part In the coming campaign there for the same reason that I went to Ohio, and such delegates as we maty ffecelved from New Jersey will thus make aasurance doubly sure." Rarller in the day Director McKln ley of the Taft headquarters claimed "at least 600" delegates for the presi dent. The president's estimate, while smaller, waa declared at the White Houae to represent "rock bottom" figures, which were expected to he materially Increased. The claim to the six delegates-at-large In Ohio waa made by the president after reasaur ,ng messages from his Ohio mana gers. No definite claim waa made by the Taft forces to the tt delegates to be selected In New Jersey next Tuesday. At Rooasvelt national headquarter, s. oat or Dixon expressed the belief that Colon all districts the full de WILSON IN HOME STATE
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