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ASHEVILLE, N .C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 24, 1912.
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BLOOhV RIOT
IN BUDAPEST
EVIDENCE BEARS
ON MRS. SHAFT
Strikers Disobey Leaders' Or
ders and Fierce Street
Fighting Is in Pro
gress Today.
TROOPS CALLED OUT
TO ASSIST POLICE
Six Are Killed and 160 Are
Wounded, 100 of Them
Seriously 200 Ar
rests Made,
Budapest, Hungary, May 24 Fierce
fighting has broken out again in the
streets between the strikers and the
police. A large force of troops was
called to the police's aid today. A biff
mob of men disobeyed their leaders'
orders to return to work and renewed
yesterday's wrecking tactics. The in
furiated men first overturned a num
ber of street cars and demolished dis
play windows on the principal streets.
They fiercely attacked Calvary church.
In NeulchlesB they llred a factory,
feeding the flames with petroleum
Troops attempting to quell the riot
were targets for revolver shots. The
troopers replied with their rifles
Rioters and troopers suffered heavy
loss.
Five hundred strikers stormed the
electric works and were beaten off by
troops. Excitement throughout the
city was intense. Rioting continued
late this afternoon.
The general strike called by the so
clali8ts yesterday was marked by
bloody conflicts. Fifty thousand work
men, representing half the factory
hands here, participated in the dis
turbances. The list of casualties shown
six killed and 160 wounded, 100 at
them seriously. The police have made
200 arrests.
Only about one-third of the workers
obeyed the order to strike. To the
number of 50,000 they marched
.through fthe city, attacking men nt
work and being frustrated In attempts
to hold demonstrations outside the
parliament buildings, resorted to reck
less violence, pillaging and destroying
property of all kinds.
The rioters stopped all traffic, form
ed barricades of street cars and de
molished hundred of gas lamps, and
came into constant collision with the
police and troops. The fighting con
tinued until a late hour.
A notable feature of the outbreuk
was the participation of a large num
ber of schoolboys and apprentices,
armed with revolvers. The rioters
displayed a stubborn spirit, remaining
behind their barricades until driven
to shelter by the police. The parlia
ment buildings, stock exchange, banks
and railway stations are now occu
pied by soldiers and additional troops
have been summoned from neighbor
ing towns.
The origin of the outbreak was en
tirely political, due to the prospects
for getting universal suffrage, which
was rendered more remote by the elec
tion of Count Tiszu, the bitterest op
ponent of the extension of the fran
chise. COV. WILSON TELLS WHY
HE DOSEM STOMP
Stands on His Gubernatorial
Record and Attacks His
Opponents.
Trenton, N. J., May 24, Governor
Woodrow Wilson today Issued an "ud
dress to the voters of New Jersey" ex
plaining) why he did not take the
stump to ask for their votes at the
coming primaries and attacked his
opponents, who organized against I1I.1
and placed on the primary ticket, a
full set of "unlnstructed" delegates to
the national convention. Wilson Is
the only candidate for the democratic
presidential nomination openly seek
ing votes at the state primaries.
Wilson says nothing he could s.iy
upon the platform could alter for bet
ter or worse the record which the
state well known. He says: "It would
be unbecoming In me to commend It
to you or to seek to give it color by
my own exposition of It."
LAWSON SEEKS TOGA
The Boston Plnantler Today An
nounce His Candidacy to Suc
ceed Senator Crane.
Boston, May 24. Thomas W. Law
son, the financier today announced
his candidacy for the senate to auc
ced senator Crane.
Ulen Hock a Postal ItafMaHorr.
CHuMtte-News Bureau.
Wyatt Building,
Washington, May 24.
The postofltee department announc.
ed yesterday that Glen HOok. a sub-
INSTRUCTIONS
BIND JELEGIIES
Wilson Men Tied Up Only Two
Votes of Old Do
minion's 24.
Norfolk, May 24. The democrats
action by the... Virginia democratis
stair convention, the state's 24 votes
at Baltimore will be cast by 36 dele
gates. The unit rule can be applied
only by a two-thirds vote after the
first ballot. If the contention, that
11 out of 24 votes are for Woodrow
Wilson is correct, these 11 can pre
vent the enforcement of the unit rule.
Norfolk, a.., May 24. The democrats
of Virginia in state convention here
yesterday named 32 delegates to the
democratic national convention at
Baltimore in June to cast the Old Do
minion's 24 votes in that convention.
With the exception of two Instruct
ed votes for Woodrow Wilson, the
Virginia delegation is without ties of
instructions or preference resolutions.
The. first district instructed for Wilson.
, Of the state's 24 votes, the line-up
is believed to be eleven pronounced
votes for Woodrow Wilson and 13 un
pronounced in choice. Of the latter
1 1-3 are expressed for Underwood;
2 lean to Underwood; one is for
Clark and one for Harmon.
The unit rule will not be applied
until the delegates get to Baltimore
and then not until after several bal
lots shall have been taken and two
thirds of the 24 votes are cast for a
unit rule application In the delegation.
This was a compromise with the Wil
son forces which were strong in de
sire to have the convention go on
preferential record for their favorite
candidate.
GOAD TESTIFIES
T C. HELEN
Chair in Which Massie Sat Ex
hibited to Jury at
Wytheville.
Wytheville, Va., May 24. The bul
let-scared chair in which Judgi
Thornton L. Massie sat at Hillsville
the day he was killed In his court
room and for whose murder Claude
Swanson Allen, one fo the younger
members of the Allen elan, Is being
ffled, was exhibited to the jury to
day to Bhow from which direction the
shots had come. Clerk Dexter Goad
one of those who finally put the Al
lenst to route at HIUsvHle, took the
stand against Allen. He testified he
heard shots from the northeast corner
of the court room, where other wit
nesses testified Claude Allen stood
during the shooting.
That Wesley Edwards, still a fugi
tive from Justice, distributed car
tridges to members of the Allen clan
shortly before the shooting up of the
Carroll county court, was th,e testl
raony yesterday of John Dalton, i
young farmer. Dalton also said he
saw Byrd Marlon shoot several times
on the court house green, and this has
caused the prosecution to order the
re-arrest of Marion, who was released
on bail.
Thirteen witnesses were examined
yesterday, among them being Detec
tive Lucas who arrested Claude Allen,
J. W. Early, a member of the Jur
which convicted Floyd Allen at Hills
ville In March, testified the first shots
came from the corner of the room
where Claude Allen was standing.
TWO MORE' DELEGATES
FHOM OHIO f OR COLONEL
Columbus, May 24. Theodore
Roosevelt gained two more delegates
In the Ohio primaries Tuesday than
had been conceded him, according to
the official count from the thirteenth
district, making him 34 delegates to
Taft's eight. There Is no change In
the democratic standing, Harmon
holding Si and Wilson ll.
REBELS ARE DISLODGED
AND IN FULL RETREAT
Mexico May 24. General Huerta
hi reported to the president In a
telegram from Rellano that at noon
yesterday h had defeated the rebels
and was in poscsslon of Rellano. The
rebels, he said, were In full retreat
northward pursued by his cavalry.
Judge to Decide as to Thaw's
Condition.
White Plains, N. Y.. May 24. Har
ry Thaw's mental condition will be
passed upon by Judge Keogh persun-
rne jurist s decision louuy uv-
jury trial In Thaw's legal et
t release from Matleawan.
S
sltnrv for Jala a jury trial In Thaw's legal sf-l K. T. James and John G, Weber of I Judge handed
1 June 17. 1 fort for release from Matteawan, charlotte and J. A. ltose of AlivUlo.' w( three months
New
York Herald and The Gazette -
Negro Insurgents Take Town
and Sack Stores Belong
ing to Americans.
Havana, May 24. The British
cruiser Melpomene arrived here today
and exchanged salutes with the Cuban
fortrcRS. The Melpomene is here, it
is said, to safeguard British subjects
and property.
Two stores In San Merces belonging
(o the Fidelity company, an American
concern, were pillaged by rebels. The
negroes Stole eight horses and $500
in cash.
The Cuban cruiser Cuba arrived at
Ouantanamo today with reinforce
ment of infantry and artillery and
arms for volunteers.
Insurgents Take Town.
Santiago, May 24. A band of no
gro Insurgents, apparently under Gen
eral Ivonct's command today attacked
and captured El Coney del Sito, four
miles from Pulma Sorana on the Cuba
railway. Sacking the town they com
mitted many outrages.
Washington, May 24. State depart
ment advices say negro revolutionists
in Cuba claim as a basis for their re
volt the abrogation of the Maru law,
forbidding the organization of negroes
into n political party. They are de
clared to be striving for American in
tervention. The Cuban government
expects to crush the movement within
10 days.
CHARTERS ARE GRANTED
TWO ASHEVILLE FIRMS
Pack Square Book Company
and Auto Sales Company
Incorporated.
Oasette-News Bureau,
The Hotel Raleigh.
TTalelgh, May 24.
A charter was k,. in ted today to the
Pqck Square Book company, Ashe
vllle; authorised capital. 120,000; sub
scribed 18500 by Edwin U Brown, the
Brown Book company and others.
A charter was also granted to the
Appalachian club estates, Incorporat
ed, of Brevard to deol In real estate,
erect hotels, etc.; authorised capital
160,000, with $10,000 subscribed by
Henry Madler and H. H. Thomas of
Greenville, S. C, and Welch Galloway
of Brevard.
A charter 'wan also granted the
A,, to Sales company of Ashevllle, cap
ital $25,000, with fllOO subscribed
K. T. James and John G. Weber
Charlotte snd J. A. Rose of Ah I
BRITISH WARSHIP
STEAMS I0 CUBA
News,
GETTING THE SMALL END OF IT
Many Monarchs Attend
Funeral of Danes King
Two Hundred Thousand Mourners Throng Route of Proces
sionServices, Held in Palace Chapel and National
Cathedral, Are Impressive.
, Roskilde, Denmark, May 24.- The
body of the late King Frederick
VIII. was buried this afternoon In
Denmark's abbey, among the tombs
of 33 of his predecessors on the
throne. The services lasted an hour
and were impressive. The cathedral
was draped in black; and white. The
coffin rested on a high catafalque
beneath a black canopy. King Chris
tian X. his relatives, many foreign
princes and special envoys were
grouped about the bier.
TOURING THE JERSEYS
Roosevelt, Taft and La Follette
Making Many Speeches
in State.
Newark, N. J.. May 24. Three re
publican candidates for the presiden
tial nomination are touring the state
today, contesting for the state's 28
delegates to the national convention,
to be chosen Tuesday. Taft began
three days of hard campaigning when
he left Trenton this morning. He will
spend the night at home with his
brother, Henry W. Taft, In Now York
city. Between these two points he
planned speeches at over a dozen
places.
Roosevelt was astir early. His route
took him to Camden, Atlantic City,
Burlington and several smaller placer.
LaKollatte spent the night at At
lantic City. Today he compe.lgned In
1 lie northern and central parts of the
state.
M 'KINNEY PARDONED
South Carolina Didn't Know of Con
viction for Liquor Selling I 11l.ll
Ten Years Afterward.
Washington, May 24. The presi
dent today pardoned Austin McKIn
ney, convicted at Greenville, S. C In
H01; of selling liquor without a
license. The defendant was not pres
ent at bis trial, was wholly unaware
of the proceedings and did not hear
of his conviction until 11 years after
ward, whan he surrendered. His first
trial In 1900 resulted In a disagree
ment and the Judge's remarks gave
him the Impression that the case was
dismissed. He departed and the case
In his absence. Tin
down s sealed sentence
In Jail.
REPHIII CANDIDATES ISCHOOHER ABANDONED
v 1
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Two hundred thousand mourners
thronged the route of the funeral
procession. The hearse was followed
by the kings of Denmark, Norway,
Sweden, Greece and all the male
members of the Danish rdyal family,
queens and "princesses in carriages.
Before the body was removed from
Copenhagen, where it lay In state, the
family service was held In the Chrls
llanlmrg palace chapel. The widowed
queen was so overcome that King
Christian X. and his brothers had to
support her when sho left the chapel
OFF DIAMOND SHOALS
Crew of Rob Roy Rescued by
Life Savers Ship
Waterlogged.
Cape Ha Iters a, N. C. May 24. The
tour-matted schooner Rob Roy, lum
ber laden, from Kornandlna, Fla., for
Philadelphia, was abandoned In a
water-logged condition two miles
southwest of outer Diamond shoals
today. Captain Norbury and his crew
of seven were rescued from the ves
sel's rigging by Captain Stowe and the
crew of the Cape Hatteraa life-suvlng
station in their power surf boat and
landed here The Itoy Roy Is owned
by George Warner of Philadelphia.
Washington. May 24. The revenue
cutter Seminole was advised by wire
less this morning of the plight of a
four-masted schuoner aground off
Cape Hutteras, and will rush from
Wilmington to the distressed vessel's
assistance. The schooner Is eight
miles off shore. A high surf made the
Impossible for life savers to reach her.
NEGRO "ELKS" LOSE
MuHt Adopt Another Name and Not
Wear B. P. . K. Kmhlcm,
Hays Appellate Court.
Albany. N. Y., May 14. "The Im
proved Benevolent Protective Order
of Rika of the World," the negro or
ganisation, must adopt another name
containing no reference te the Klks
und Its members must not wear the
Elks' emblem, according to a decision
by the Court of Appeal today.
Wilbur Wright Much Improved.
Dayton, O., May 24. Wilbur
Wright, the asroplkne manufacturer,
who has been critically ill of typhoid
fever, la much Improved today, con
scloLins being gradually restored.
NEW NIGHTRIDER
OUTBREAK FEARED
Kentucky's Governor Acts to
Suppress Lawlessness in
the Tobacco District.
Frankfort, Ky., May 24. There is
imminent danger of another night
rider outbreak in the "black patch"
of western Kentucky, according to
Governor McCreary's informa' ion.
The governor has taken steps to sup
press lawlessness. Large rewards are
offered for the arrest and conviction
of anyone guilty of scraping tobacco
plant beds.
S5QQ TO THEIR HOME
Elect Officers at Raleigh and
Adjourn Kitchin Ad
dresses Graduates.
Gazette-News Bureau,
The Hotel Raleigh,
Raleigh, May 24
The graduating exercises of the
Raleigh high school last night were
featured by an address by Governor
Kitchin. The Cnas. U. Harris medal
for the best debater of the class of
1912 was awarded at this time. Wed
nesday night four representatives of
the school debated the query, "Resolv
ed, That North Carolina should Admit
Lumber Free of Duty," the affirmative
Winning.
Sherwood Badger Dead.
- Sherwood Badger, a son of the late
George E. Badger, Is dead at the Sol
diers' home here. He was in his 68th
year. He served In the Confederate
army with vajor and distinction, re
ceiving eight wounds. After the war
he became private secretary to Col.
A. B, Andrews and subsequently held
a similar position with Frank Coxe
of Philadelphia and Ashevllle.
The funeral services over the re
mains of Miss Maria K. Robblns,
whose death occurred Wednesday
evening, will be held this afternoon.
She was 25 years old and the daugh
ter of Mr. und Mrs. W. W. Robblns.
After electing officers and appropri
ating $500 to the Masonic home in
Greensboro, the Royal Arch Masons
have adjourned. The officers of the
grand council of Royal and Select
Masters und grand commandery of
Knights Templars follow:
Grand master A. S. Guerard, Ashe
vllle. Deputy grand master H. C. Butler,
Raleigh.
Grand principal conductor of work
S. R. Dunn, Kinston.
O rand treusurer M. S. Willard,
Wilmington.
Grand recorder J. C. Munds, Wil
mington. Grand captain of the. guard J. It.
Rhem, New Bern.
Grand conductor of council R. H.
Pickett, Wilmington.
Grand steward Geo. S. Norfleet,
Winston-Salem.
Grand marshall B. F. Hall, Ashe
vllle. Grand sentinel R. H. Bradley, Ral
eigh. (iruncl Commandery.
The officers elected and Installed
were as follows:
Grand commander J. C. Braswell,
Whltakers.
Deputy grand commander H. G.
t'mallbones, Wilmington.
Grund Generalissimo O. W. Spen
cer, Salisbury.
. Grand captain generol C. M. Van
story, Greensboro.
Grand senior warden J. F. Rhem,
New Bern.
Grand Junior warden J. E. Came
ron, Kinston.
Grand treasurer E. B. Neave, Sal
isbury. Recorder J. C. Munds, Wilmington.
Grand standard bearer A. S. Guer
ard, Ashevllle.
Grand sword bearer H. H. Mur
rill. Charlotte.
Grand warden George S. Norfleet,
Winston-Salem.
Grand Chief of the Guard R. H
Bradley, Raleigh.
OHIDES AMERICANS
FOR HATING ALIENS
Des Moines, May 24. "There la as
much religion in not calling a Hebrew
a 'Sheeny' and an Italian a 'dago and
a, negro a 'Dlnr' as there 1b in chant
ing Psalm Us. declared Rev. Marlus
James of Brookllne, Mans., address
ing the Northern Baptist convention
today. He said Americans are boo
hasty In their Judgment of the immi
gration question and their feeling of
hatred toward foreigners Is too great
Transport Workers Strike Not General
I Mrs. Shaft Only one was killed.
The court allowed Mrs. Shaft's an
a'ers, but not what Stepp said, to go
become general and everything la 1 the Jury.
unlet on the streets and at the docks. I Waa to Got ll&O In Jewelry.
the usual lines uf trucks and drays la Arthur Miller, living here, waa the
nshent. The strike order affects .HKI.-.nefct witness. His da lis h tor married
000 raaa. v
Several Witnesses Who Know
Her Testify as to Her
Movements and
Statements.
TESTIMONY OF OFFER
OF $150 MADE TO HER
This Was to Be in Jewelry,
That Myrtle Was to Take
From Her Father's
Store.
Special to The Gazette-News.
Hendersonvllle, May 24. The testi
mony of four Ashevllle witnesses,
mainly directed against Mrs. Shaft,
one of the defendants in the Hawkins
case, was heard this morning. R. S.
McCall conducted the cross-examina
tion.
Katie Wheeler testified that she
knows Mrs. Shaft. At the Ashevllle
depot, September 7, between 1 and 2
o'clock, she saw Mrs. Shaft with an
other woman. The former wore a
black skirt and white waist. Did not
know the other woman. Saw Mrs.
Shaft buy two tickets for Henderson
ville. Cross-examined: The other woman
was light haired and of average size.
She was pretty sure the other was
Mrs. Shaft. She did not see them get
on the train; went herself to Marion
to work in a cotton mill. Tilda Dry
man, who was with her, said it was
Mrs. Shaft. She did not think she
could be mistaken as to the time.
Katie said she was married to Jim
Miller, although going by the name of
Wheeler. Asked whether she con
ducted a disorderly house she said no.
but used the occasion to Blip in a quick
remark reflectmg on the character of
her sister and "Lawyer Bennett." She
denied, among other things, that she
stayed at. a negro's house in Hender
sonvllle, She denied she told Deputy
Mitchell she had sworn a He at a
former hearing.
Tilda Dryman testified that Thurs
day before the finding of the body
she was at the Ashevllle depot and
saw Katie Wheeler.
She saw Mrs. Shaft and another
woman that she took to be Mrs. Brltt,
but she would not swear to this, as
the woman wore a veil. She only
spoke to Katie Wheeler. She heard
Mrs. Shaft ask for two tickets to Hen
derBonville. She works for Mrs. Bal
lew on Spring street, near Mrs. Brltt's.
Attempt was made to bring out that
she would have known the Brltt wom
an, but she said she could not be posi
tive on account of the veil. She did
not remember when she told Chief
Garren about seeing the women at the
station in Ashevllle. She said she did
not come here with the Wheeler
woman. She said she spent one night
at a negro's house here. She does
not know where her husband is, but
denies he left her because he detected
her in infidelity. She admitted she
had had trouble with the Brltt wom
an. The latter had said that If Tilda
testified against her she would kill
her. she understood. Mrs. Brltt had
stricken her with a piece of iron.
Justice James H. Mclntyre was the
next witness. He knows Mrs. Shaft;
had a general conversation with her
September 15. She told him she knew
the Hawkins family; they were nice
people. Said Myrtle did not die from
an operation, but from the effects of
chloroform. He testified Mrs. Shaft
had attended his wife as midwife.
Denied that they regularly employed
her; ,ald thev only did bo when they
could not get a physician. He testi
fied as to where the two women lived.
Indicating that one would naturally
have got on the train at Blltmore and
the other at Ashevllle. He said he
got his impression as to the theory
of the case from the newspapers. He
could not tell what Mrs. Shaft meant
when she said the girl died from
chloroform; .she might have said "I
think she did." Admitted Mrs. Shaft
had caused his ejectment from a
house as a tenant. It seems she had
bought the house. He said he might
at. present owe her money, and that
she had asked him for pay for ser
vices. He denied he had any especial
III feeling against her. He did not
know that he had ever been charged
with damaging her property.
Vance Guest, an Ashevllle painter
working In Hendersonvllle, was called.
His testimony was the most sensa
tional of the morning. Sunday before
the Tuesday, when she was arrested.
Mrs. Shaft asked him what was done
to women sent to the penitentiary;
whether their head were , shaved.
At the home of her son-in-law, Stepp,
a conversation occurred. Guest said
the Bradleys were In Jail. The de
fense objected to the admission of
the conversation that ensued, and the
Jury was sent from the room. The
conversation was about as follows:
Stepp I dont' care If It was my
mother, whoever did It ought to be
hanged.
Mrs. Shaft O, It la not as bad as
that; O, It Is not aa bad as that. It
was not the operation, it was an over
dose of chloroform.
Stepp It was bad to kill two peo
ple. (Continued on page four.)