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t Metrtlle fedte $em So THE ASSOCIATED PEESS DISPATCHES LAST EDITION 4:00 P. ML Weather Forecast: OCCASIONAL SHOWERS. VOL. XVII., NO. 140. ASHEVILLE, N .C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 20, 1912. 3c PER COPY ASRTS ROSE Hli&b SLAYERS .... I - iS . . . . : . a i. WASTE OF PUBLIC MISSIONARIES UP H1SPLBTF8RM S NEIR DEATH FIINnS I!! CHARRFni ARE ACCUSED W W W I u w IW.U Ml M S HEI Friend of Police Lieut. Becker Alleged to Have Arrang ed Details of Mur der Plot. GANGSTERS LAUGHED AT DRIVER'S FEARS After Shooting Looped About Scene of Crime in Seem ing Security, Says Shapiro. .j New York, July 20. The gang of gun men and blackjackers that killed Herman Rosenthal, the gambler, Is believed by detectives to have been procured by "Bald Jack" Rose under pressure of the police system which was seeking effectually to close the mouth of Rosenthal against further charges that gamblers had to divide their gains with the police. Rose is a close friend of Police Lieutenant Becker, who has been removed as head of the "strong arm" squad which handles the gambling situation In the city. District Attorney Whitman has gleaned enough information to con vince him that Rose, at the sugges tion or knowledge of the police, hired some of Jack Seellgs gang of gun men to kill Rosenthal. The market rate for killing a man by some east side gangsters is $2000. From William Shapiro, driver of the automobile In which the murder ers rode, District Attorney Whitman and private detectives who have been employed by him because he believes the police have shown no Inclination to unearth the crime, have learned that after the shooting the murderers loafed around the scene of the crime with no apparent fear of arrest Shapiro told enough details to make the public believe a great upheavel In the police department will result. Shapiro said that after the murder, while he was taking the murderers away, one of them told him he was a fool to get scared as nobody was going to get Into trouble because the job had been "fixed" and the police were ntit going to do anything. Rose also declared he was working for Becker the night preoeedlng the kill ing. Private detectives were brought Intu the Rosenthal murder case yes ter by District Attorney Whitman. They were engaged 'by a committee of citizens who shared the prosecutor's evident dissatisfaction with the lack of results achieved by the police In tracing the slayers of the gambler who was ahot after making charges of police partnership with the gambling fraternity. In connection with the bringing in of these outside agencies of Investi gation, attention was called to what were declared to be lamentable omis sions by the police In guarding against the escape of Rosenthal's slayers Monday night and lack of properly directed activity s4nce. It Is declared that the story mat Rosen thal was to be killed was In wide cir culation In east side resorts Monday evening, but that if any report of it reached headquarters no measure:- were taken to protect the gambler. It was also commented on that six po llcemen nearby did not lire a shot or blow a whistle to atop the murder party after the shooting, that the number of the "murder car" was re ported four different way all erro neous bv as many policemen, while a citizen got It right; that ll was left to the district attorney to uncover most of the evidence of Importance so tar available: that men known to have talked over the prospective assassina tion of Rosenthal the day before It occurred, while on an outing .either have not been arrested, or were taken and let go on mall ball, or In case of one, held only because the district at torney Insisted upon It. The Independent course of the dis trict attorney was Indicated yesterday when he summoned Louis Llbby and William Shapiro, owners of the au tomobile used by the murder party, and heard them make what may be important disclosure In connection with the theory of connection be tween the murder and the police "system." Neither Mr. Whitman nor Assemblyman Aaron Levy, counsel far the two men, would discuss wnai uiu uy end Shapiro had revealed. Mr. Levy ald he and Mr. Whitman had agreed to give out n6 further Infor mation. Not long before, however, the lawyer had had a two- hour confer ence with his clients und made a brief statement regarding It. Attorney Levr Talks. "They have told me things that I did not know of before.1 he said. "It Mr. Whitman desires to hear my clients he will learn of dlaclomrea which will make the public gaap when they are publtshea. "Do the disclosures lead up to the police departmentT" was asked. "That Is a very dangerou- point, said the attorney, "and I cannot dis cus It." At the questioning of the prison ers by the dlatrlct attorney no mem ber of the police department were present. With the party, however, were two private detectives. The private detectives hurried away niter the conference and Mr. Wii It man declared he was going out of town on an Important mission. "The caw Is progressing very satisfactorily" was all he would say. From the Police Hide. Prom the police Hide of the Invea I'ootlnueo ua page two. PACKERS PRESENT DISSOLUTION PLAN Say Assets of National Pack ing Company Already Have Been Distributed. Chicago, July 20. A formal state ment showing the method of distribu tion of the National Packing company and the declaration that the company has been dissolved were presented to day to Federal Attorney Wilkerson. Assurance was given that distribu tion of the assets already has taken place. The draft of a bill seeking the dis solution of the company 1b In the dis trict attorney's office ready to be filed August 1 If the dissolution plan pro posed by the packers Is unsatisfac tory. TIFT REPLY TO COLONEL IS COMING NEXT WEEK May Be Couched in Terms That Will Be Counter Attack. Washington, July 20. The reply of President Taft and his friends to Col onel Roosevelt's repeated charges of fraud" and the "stealing of dele gates" In the Chicago convention promises to be loosed from several sources in Washington next wculv uoucueu in erin u.u w.i. uo m , wtijo a ivo.ik uyui. ',,., . ......u .ith Ilia fnr. . -. i . . i ; j noueeveu pte-cuuveuuuii dmjm.B... The statement that will be issued ; from the White House the final draft tjj. tt nil. ll nao luiidiuicu at. a. 'nu hours' meeting. of the cabinet yefctfir day will be an exhaustive analysis of the contest cases and a reply to all of the Roosevelt charges of unfair dealing on the part of Taft's friends on the republican national committee and the credentials committee. While this statement will not, so far as can now be learned, make any direct charges against the Roosevelt managers, It is understood that Taft supporters in the house propose to at tack in unmeasured terms the con tests brought by the Roosevelt forces In southern states, many of which were unanimously decided against the Roosevelt contestants. Representative Frank W. Mondell of Wyoming, who was a member of the credentials committee at the Chi cago convention, will make one of the chief speeches defending the seating of the Taft 'delegates at Chicago. While his speech will deal principally with the cases of the 72 delegates against whom the Roosevelt forces made their chief fight at Chicago, he let It be known that he would attack the Roosevelt contests In southern states, and attempt to show that they had been brought "without founda tion." Representative ' Bartholdt of Mis souri, who participated in the work of the national committee, will also defend the action of that committee. Senator Root had been suggested as the spokesman for the Taft forces In the senate, but he said yesterday he did not expect to speak upon the subject of the Chicago contest de cisions. FIGHT FILMS BARRED House Paw Senate Bill Against Their Shipment Heavy Pen alties for Violation. Washington, July 20. Prize fight moving pictures yesterday became a thing of the past in the United States when the house passed a senate bill prohibiting the transportation of such moving picture film between the vari ous states and territories or from for ln countries. Heavy fines for viola tion of the proposed law are fixed by the hill. The president, said to be in complete sympathy with the legisla tion. Is eXDected to affix his tlgnature to tho measure. Southern members of congreM were especially Interested In the proposed law because of the race feeling stirred up by the exhi bition of the Jeffries-Johnson moving pictures In their section of the coun try. Senator Simmons of North Carolina and Representative Sims of Tennessee nr..ii the hi 1 In tne senate anu house. GOV. WILSON TO SPEAK WITH HIS OPPONENTS iwnmiitm Member Suggest That He Deliver Addreeaee with Con testants for Nomination Sea dirt, July 20, That Wllaon peak once from the same platform with each oDDonent for the nomina tion waa suggested by members of the nations! committee today. They pro pose that he Pak at Birmingham with Underwood, at St. Louie with Clark, at Clnclnatl with Harmon, at Boston with Foea, at New Haven with Bartwln, at Inaianaaall. with Mar shall and In some middle western city Probable Nominee Says Doc ument Will Be "Contract With the People." Oyster Bay, July 20. The platform of the national progressive party is to be a "contract with the people," Col. Roosevelt said today. Just as a busi- ness man signs a contract for the ful fillment of certain obligations, he ex plained, the new party would sign a contract to undertake certain well-de fined measures, provided the opportu nity Is accorded It. Col. Roosevelt has given his approv al to the name national progressive for the party by using It repeatedly, and It Is assumed that this is to be the title which will be adopted at the christening in Chicago next month, although final determination will be left to the convention. As the prospective nominee of the party, Col Roosevelt is drafting a plat form embodying his ideas, which he will offer to the convention. He indicated that he would use his influence to avoid the twin perils of ultra-radicalism and vaguely con servatism, and that he hoped the plat form would be both practical and gen uinely progressive. The national progressive party, he said, would go before the people pledged to definite reformative meas- ures of such a nature that it would have a practical program which obvi- ously could be carried out. The former oroslrient's nersonal platform probably will be presented to attack and this condition increased the Chicago convention on August 5, rapidly. On June (18 his majesty be the day it assembles. He said he came unconscious. His brain became hopes to arrange a meeting of the' affected on the evening of the 18th delegates for their night to make a and his fever suddenly Increased, aneech. which will be his "confession showing a temperature of 104.7. His of faith." In this speech, Col. Roose velt will seek first to interpret the spirit In which the work of the new party should be undertaken, and will then proced to a detailed recital of the steps which he believes should be adopted. Too Bnsy to Make Trip. In explaining his decision to aban- i Hon the rrln to Kansas Iowa and vlV,on r'l TCtncAvnlt aalH that ,,.,.- nf tMnaa ronstantlv v w ...... , ... ...... - atlnn nf rh. .,, . thnt ahn.urh . . " ' . . . it. 'emenU early enough to make the trip, he had found that he could not Bo so. A DUblished report from Washing ton that Senator Dixon, the colonel's campaign manager, was at heart op posed to the formation of a new party and would seize the first opportunity to take a back seat In the campaign, amused the colonel greatly. He said that It was the exact reverse of the truth, and that the senator Just now Is hard at work with the organization of the party In Georgia. Ralph C. Otis and Day McBlrney Roosevelt workers from Chicago, came to Oyster Bay to tell Col. Roosevelt that Illinois was in "great shape," and that in their opinion he would carry the state. They were puzzled at the ttltude of Gov. Deneen, they said, but believed that he would soon come out or tho former president and the new1 party program. They told Col. Roose- elt that they would take care of their territory lf he would take care of his part of the country' Yes, I think we'll take Illinois," he responded, adding that he believed their strength there was greater than at the time of the presidential primary, when he won every congressional dls- rlct excopt two. In tho east, he said, ondltlons were constantly growing better, and there were excellent pros pects of carrying New York state. Norrls Asks New Primary Washington, July 20. Representa tive Norrls, of Nebraska, progressive republican, and a Roosevelt support er, In a letter sent to John L. Ken nedy, chairman of the Nebraska re publican state committee, asks for another senatorial primary, in which his republicanism can be tried, and a new set of Instructions be voted to andidates for Roosevelt and Taft electors. He proposes that electors for both sides stand by the result Mr. Norrls made the proposal In reply to criticism in his state and published demand that he support President Taft, or get off the repub llcan ticket. "I am a believer In the recall," said Mr, Norrls in his letter. "I am willing that it should be applied to me, and If since my nomination, my course In refusing to recognize Mr. Taft -as the republican nominee Is unsatisfactory to the republicans who nominated me, I am not only willing, but I be ileve It Is my duty, to withdraw 'Under no circumstances can I be Induced to support a man for office whose nomination I conscientiously believe to have been obtained by the corrupt and unlawful methods which I believe were perpetrated in the so - called renomlnatlon of President Taft and If my nomination, or even my election, must depend upon such sup - oort then I much prefer to remain In private life." Roosevelt Electors to Stay on Ticket. Parkerabura, W. Va., July 20. Aft er taking up he entire day with con ferences and executive sessions, lay ing plans for the fall campaign In this state, the new republican state executive committee organised by electing James S. Lakln of Terra Al ta president of the state board of con trol. as Its chairman and R. B. Bern helm of Welch, aa secretary. Instead of taking drastic action looking toward the removal of the state electors who stated that they would vote for Rooaevelt and arrang ing to place Taft men on the ticket In their stead, aa It has been predict- Members of Cabinet and Fam ily of the Emperor Are Summoned to His BeClSMC. ACUTE NEPHRITIS AND UREMIA IS DIAGNOSIS Announcement of Monarch's Illness Takes Tokio by Surprise Crown Prince Also 111. Toklo, July 2,0. Emperor Mutsuhito is officially announced to be critically 111. Members, of the cabinet and the princes have been summoned to the palace. It Is believed the emperor is dying. The emperor's condition at 3 o'clock this afternoon la so critical that the ministers of state are assembled at the palace and the announcement Is made that he is sinking, "Since June 14 his majesty has been suffering with intestinal trouble. Great drowsiness followed the early- pulse rate was 104 and respiration 38." Court physicians have diagnosed the ca?e as acute nepnrms. uremia also developed. Crown Prince Yoshlhito Is ill with chickenpox and unable to go to his father's bedside. The announcement of the Illness of his majesty came as a surprise to the people. The entire city is impressively quiet. Crowds have gathered around the newspaper offices. DENIES RECOMMENDING STEEL'S iilSSOtll II Stanley Says Report of Ac tion Is Circulated to Off set Market. Washington, July 20. Representa tive Stanley, chairman of the house steel probe committee, today author ized a denial of reports that the com mittee would recommend the dissolu tion of the steel corporation. He de nied tils belief that the report is be ing circulated to affect the market. The committee agreed there was no recommendation of dissolution when the government suit Was filed. Some things the democratic members agreed on are, that the records of the office of the commissioner of cor porations be open to congress, they propose to amend act creating the department of commerce and labor to make Investigations of the bureau available to congress. They agreed to the bill to prevent any stockholder or pfflclal of a locomotive, car coal ore or steel company serving as a di rector of any interstate commerce carrier and agreed to the proposed amendments of section four nl the Sherman act, giving the injured par ty right to sue on equality with the government to enjoin a conspiracy in restraint of trade. jury cives mm sm FOR "BROKEN HEART ' Court Accepts Plaintiff's Es timate Done by Adam Kak wiz's Breaoh of Promise. Chicago, July 20. Miss Konda Go- wacka In her suit for breach of prom lee against Adam Kakwlz submitted this Inventory of damage done. She I put her own valuation on her "broken 1 heart: I 92 days of courting at $5 460.00 1 1 marriage license 1.60 1 1 wedding supper (ordered).. 100 00 I Denoslt made on flat 2.00 1 trousseau 176.00 Car fare to meet appointments 3.00 1 broken heart 10.00 Total . The Jury returned $751.50 verdict for the u mi claimed. Will Not Remove College. Greenville, 8. C, July 20.--The board of trusteea of Chlcora oo'leue today voted against the remove-1 of the collage from here to Laui ena Snowfall In Michigan. Grand Rapids. Mich., July 20. A dtapabh says snow (ell at Carp Lake, tt miles north of Petoakey, last Report on Methods of Erecting Federal Buildings Is Sc-, vercly Criticised Washington, July 20. Severe criti cism of the government methods of erecting public buildings is contained in the report of the house committee on expenditures in public buildings which Chairman Cyrus Cline of In diana submitted to the house yester day. The committee points out ex travagance and waste and the possi bilities of fraud In public expenditures alter making it clear that its investlga- tions were made with no desire to d s- , . , rv, I cover anv- scandal in the hitnllfl ser vice I The committee makes the recom- mendation that government buildings be standardized and endeavors to of maintaining a big force of draughts- men and architects to make plans for every nuucing constructed oy tne government. The report finds that since 1 902. 721 buildings have been built and there are now pending bills for 7 50 buildings to cost an aggregate of $70,000,000. "If this keeps up," the committee savs. "there will be 1520 nubile build ings inside of fifteen years." The cost of maintenance alone will be $11,- 000,000 annually. The office of the superlvlslng archi tect of the treasury is criticised. This office Is maintained at a cost of $3,- 000,000 annually. It has had no defi nite policy, the committee finds, and blame is attached to former supervis Ing architect James Knox Taylor for some of the mistakes that have been the beneficiaries of "extras" and "bet terments" when Mr. Taylor dominated the board. Without making any charges the committee says: "Under the present methods of awarding con tracts for the construction of public buildings there Is an open door for the grossest kind of fraud The committee urges that members of congress be less zealous In their efforts to get public buildings for their district and recommends legislation making it Illegal to erect a public building in any city of less than 5000 Inhabitant or whose postoffice takes In less than $10,000 annually. The prac tice of employing outside architects is condemned. In its comment on the admlnistra tton of supervising Architect Taylor, the committee says "Mr. Taxlor cannot escape blame. ' Space Is given to the recommenda- tlons of Assistant Secretary of thelment are being Installed Treasury R. O. Bailey and the com-1 mlttee endeavors to point out that the erection of government buildings can- not receive proper attention by the issistant secretary of the treasury be cause of the multiplicity of duties as signed to that official. BLEASE DENIES CHARGES; ACCUSES MAYOR GRACE Numbers of Affidavits Offered to Disprove Attack Made on S. C. Governor. Columbia, July 20. Gov. Blcase Is sued a statement refuting the charge of Kelder and the Burns detectives. Every charge is taken up separately and answered. Blease said Felder falsified when he said that he, Blease, went to Charleston between two primaries In 11110 and got money from "tigers" for campaign expenses. Without an affi davit he said that the statement that he Is getting graft from Charleston "tigers" originated with Ma 'or Grace owing to the governor s relusai to ai low Grace control of the constabulary there. He said he did not want to ien the Intcrurban charter but did so at the request of leading citizens He denies he received any money for signing it. Denied knowledge of plans to buy a pardon for Gus DeForfl. Me said Nlchnlls snld nothing about it Denied he received pay for pardoning F. W. Bentley. Letters Interchanged with Bentley's attorney accompanied the statement. He said Felder's accusation that Ru- dolph Rabens, convicted In Oconee In 1907 of receiving stolen goods, paid J2000 for pardon, was a wilful false- hood. He submitted affidavits by Habels and Dr. Mueller, Lutheran minister at Charleston, denying the charge. Blease made public the am- davit of H. H. Evans that he never had any transaction with Blease re - garding dispensary affairs, that he an Blease were never In Atlanta together and that no money was ever paid him for Blease. Another amdavit ny Ham uel J. Lanahan, whiskey dealer, that he never told Lewis W. Parker that Blease was In hie employ. Afndvlts of six former members of the dlspen- eary board that Blease had never so licited trade for Ijanahan'a whiskey house. Affidavit of J. 8. Farnum was that he had never contributed money toward buying votes for Bleaae. A atatement ,. made by R Charlton White, denying he told Fel der he paid Blease money for secur ing legislation. Affidavit made liy Eugene 8. Blease and Fred H. Doml- nlk stated that they had never re celved or requeated money for the I Chicago, July 20 Mrs. Batelle Ryan Blease campaign expenaea from Char- Ignyder leavea here today for Hamburg leton "Tigera" Denied charge thatt0 take up the fight with the Nether- whlle representing himself aa i paid agent of the Postal, Telegraph com-1 hundred and eighty-five million dol pany he had attompted to bribe thehar aetata of Paul Werta, a German governor, who waa then a member m aaaa san, a M aw j mm m. an aa s aa nllUIII 1 LU I J IHIL HA flllMTflllU T mm I Spend Morning on Sunset Next Meeting to Be Held in Charlotte. The members of the North Carolina .,,.. ,,,.. ,ii- ,i, Architectural association, who holding meetings here with the asso liations of Virginia, South Carolina and Georgia, went up to the summit lf gunset mountain tnls mornlng for tne meeting. A barbecue was schedul ed in addition and following the bar becue. a drive this afternoon over the Biltmore estate. This was to start at 2:30 but at 3 they had not returned from the mountain. Afternoon and Night Meeting. The most Important business of the atternoon meeting was tne reading oi reports, the election of officers and ee selection of a place for meeting next year, Charlotte being unani mously chosen. The trolley ride over the lines of the Ashevllle Power and Light company, which had been ar ranged for yesterday afternoon, was given up on account of the weather, The following officers were elected: W. G. Rogers of Charlotte, presi dent; W. H. Lord of this city, vice president; Franklin Gordon of Char lotte, secretary and treasurer. The above named officers, together with L. L. Hunter of Charlotte and Frank Thompson of Raleigh, were elected as members of the board of directors. The invitation to meet in Charlotte next year was extended by C. C. Hook of that city, In the name of the Greater Charlotte associtaion. At the evening session Henry R. Dillon of Chicago delivered a lecture on "Steam and Hot Water Heating," which was illustrated with stereoptl con slides. This was one of the must interesting features of the convention Mr. DHlon told and showed how the pipes, etc., should be Installed from I the beginning of the construction of Ithe building until the building Is com Ipleted and the last parts of the equip steam and hot water, he said, are the ideal heating agents for dwellings, as they do not consume the oxygen in the rooms JUDGE CLARK 10 SPEAK IT GATE CITY T Has Revised Senatorial Con test Plans Roller Mill to Make Improvements. Gazette-News Bureau. Rally News Building, Greensboro, July 20. The funeral services over the re mains of Mrs. J. J. McDonald, whose death occurred at her home on Sum mit avenue yesterday morning, were held this morning from the Proxim ity Methodist church of which she was a member. Surviving is a hus band. The Greensboro roller mills have shut down for a period of 30 days, during which time many improve ments will be made to the plant. Modern machinery Is to be Installed at a cost of more than JoOOO and I when the mill resumes operation about the middle of August it will have double Its previous rapacity. Announcement Is made that Chief Justice Walter Clark has revised his plan not to make any speeches dur Ing the senatorial campaign and that he will make a keynote speech In .Greensboro next Thursday night when. It Is understood, he will out nne ms pOBitlon in the seatorlal fight. lit Is probable that Judge Clark may make other speeches In the 3tate be I fore the end of the campaign In No I vemher. I The Greensboro Life Insurance I company directors held their regular I meeting here Thursday afternoon I but further than transacting routine I business nothing was done. It was I thought possible that some action 1 would be taken relative to the re I moval here of the Jefferson Standard I from Raleigh and possibly further I steps taken looking to a merger of - 1 the two companlea, but It waa atated that the matter was not broached Mlsa Sudle Lane of this place, who was shocked a few nays ago oy lightning while at her home, re mains In a aerlous condition. Her entire side remains numb while she suffeia greatly with her head. Her brother, Deputy Sheriff Lane, who was alao knocked down by lightning and rendered speechleas while on his way' from his barn to hla house haa about recovered Woman Sit-k Vast Kstate. I land. Germany and Austria for the of Ifield marshal who died In HIT. 8h R D P U L I U IVIUUI1 Twenty Americans Charged with Complicity in Plot to Murder Corean Gov. ernor General. NONE IS INDICTED OR MADE DEFENDANT But Confessions Wrung from Japanese, Under Torture and: Later Repudiated, Involve Them. Seoul, July 20. Twenty American missionaries- men against whom there never has been a suspicion of reproach stand accused in a remarkable con spiracy trial now pending In Seoul of complicity in a plot to commit mur der. These men have not been Indicted of any crime and are not defendants in this trial, but their names have been introduced into tt by the pointed questions put to the Corean prisoners by the presiding Judge, who bases his questioning upon alleged confessions made by the prisoners to the Japanese police examiners. The Americans thus accused are Bishop M. C. Harris, head of the Northern Methodist missions in Japan and Corea; Rev. H. G. Underwood of the Northern Presbyterian mission, whose 27 years of service makes him the senior missionary In Corea; Rev. W. A. Noble, head of the Northern Methodist mission; Rev. W. M. Baird, president of the Ping Yang Christian college and a leading educationist of Corea; the Rev. S. A. Moffett of Ping Yang, a recognized leader In the great Christian work In Northern Corea; Rev. Graham Lee, Dr. J. H. Wells, Rev. W. L. Swallen, Rev. W. N. tMair, Rev. C. F. Bernhelsel, Rev. J. G. Hold croft, Rev. E. M. Mowry of the North ern Presbyterian mission at Ptng Yang; Rev. N. C. Whittemore, Rev. Cyril Ross. Dr. A. M. Sharrook. F v. S. L. Roberts, Rev. H. W. Lampe, Rev. G. S. McCune of the Northern Pres byterian mission at Syon Chun, Rev. C. C. Morris and Rev. A. L. Bec-ker, of the Northern Methodist mission at Ping Yang. The list reads like a roll of honor of the Americans who are giving their lives to the service of the Prince of Peace in Corea. And yet these men tlnd themselves pilloried before the world as accessories with 125 Coreans and arraigned upon the charge of a conspiracy to aseassinate the governor general, Count Terauchl. Bishop Harris Is reputed to have told the conspirators: "Help will be given to you by the mhslonarles and the nations not out wardly, but In secret. You will have our moral support In all your plans." Mr. Underwood Is charged with keeping the conspirators at the north Informed of Count Tarauchi's move ments and Is alleged to have urged the assassination of Count Terauchl. Mr. Hoffett Is alleged to have re buked the accused men for failing to execute the plot, reviling them for their cowardice. Messrs. Moffett, Wells, Baird, Lee, Ross, McCune and others figure sb custodians of the pistols for the con spirators. In varying degrees each man In this long list is similarly Implicated in the questions of the Judge, reading from the dossier containing the alleged con fessions. Every Corean defendant has repu diated In open court his confession and every defendant save one has tes tified that the alleged confession was wrung from him by physical torture. under the stress of which he simply assented to the questions propounded by the police examiners, and that when subsequently arraigned before the procurator he did not deny the confession through fear lest the denial would Involve a return to the police Inquisitors for further torture. The single defendant who did not suffer torture repudiated on the stand alt his allegation made previously against the Americana. There Is no present prospect of these Americans being given the op portunity to vindicate thenrrfelvee, aa the Judge has refused the application of the defence that the missionaries be summoned as witnesses This conspiracy trial Is many facet ed and Involve much more than the fate of thoae accused. Bark of It looma the possibility of another conspiracy, of vital lntereat to all Christians, while the wholeaale In clualon of the Americana without af fording them an opportunity for vin dication clnarly puta Japanese Justice, aa admlntftered In Corea, on trial be fore the world. . Italley Speak for Simmon. Special to The Oaaette-New. Waahlngton. N. C. July 20. Hon. Joalah William Bailey of Raleigh, ad dressed a large and rapreaentatlve gathering of prominent citizens both women and men In the county court houae Thursday night, The sp ' waa introduced by Joseph 1 who In a few brief words paid him tribute aa an orator, an.l atated hla object In addressing the cltlzena of Waahlngton. Mr. Bailey apoke for nearly two hours on the fLhi for the aenatorshlp In North Carolina, atrong- with Burke. Continued on page two. night. Crop were damaged by cold the aenate, 'claims she la one of hit hair a
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