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A A THE ASSOCIATED PSSSS DISPATCHES LAST EDITION 4:00 P. XI Weather forecast: RAIX ; COOLER. VOL. NO. 187. ASHE7ILLZ, N .C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 13, 19i2. PRICE THREE CENTS V5 ALASKA CLAIMS ARE CANCELLED FOHERAL RITES OF MUTSUH1T0 HAZING FATAL TO FRESHMAN HOWPBOGBESSiVES COuAhT S PLAN WEBE0VEB-B1DDEH TQ RiD FARMER Cunningham Patents, Which Occasioned Ballinger-Pin-chot Controvery, Held to Be Fraudulent. 300 ARE DISALLOWED BY THE LAND OFFICE Accused Lawyer Says Won't Retain Counsel Case Postponed. About 700 More, Involving Big Mineral Rights, are Now Be fore the Interior Department. . Washington. Sept 13. AU of the j 33 so-called Cunningham Alaska coal land claims, .Involving'.' the alleged fraudulent blanket patents which contributed to the Plnchot-Ballinger controversy, have been disposed of finally by the Interior department. The .appeals have been adversely de cided and Secretary Fisher has direct ed the Immediate execution of the de cision of Commissioner Dennett of the general land office, who held that the claims were improperly allowed mid that the entries should be can celled. The interior (department is passing upon other Alaskan claims similar to the Cunningham group. Of a thou sand or more, 300 have already been disallowed. Middietown. n. y., sept. 13. The Japanese and Korean Digni- cxamination of Burton W. Gibson of New York, lawyer, on the charge of murdering his client. Mrs. Szabo, in Greenwood lake on July 16 was post poned today until September 24 upon applications of District Attorney Rogers. Gibson him not retained counsel and says he expects to con duct his own defense. ME TO PBOBE OF FOREIGN POSTS Clapp Committee May Inquire Why Hill Left Berlin Embassy. Washington, Sept. 13. The sennte campaign expenditure committee Is ready to extend Its Investigation into i'resident Taft'a 1908 campaign fund by aspirants, for ambassadorships representative A. Mitchell Palmer makes a formul request for such in iulry. Palmer has announced hi purpose of asking the committee to Probe the resignation of Dr. David Jayne Hill aa ambassador to Germany Chairman Clapp of the senate com mlttee declared today that It a de miind were made for such an Inquiry the committee would grant It. In the 108 records of the republi can committee' teveral donations to Taft's M0H fund by American foreign ministers and ambassadors were dls closed. Lars Anderson, minister to Belgium, gave 125.000, Whttelaw Reld ambassador to Britain $10,000; Robert Bucon, ambassador to France, 15000 Richard Kerenr, nmbassador to Aus tria-Hungary $10,000. Myron T. Herrlck, now ambassador to France, was then chairman of the Ohio state committee and aa such turned over to the national campaign committee a total of $50,000 for the campaign. ItiSUiJ CQ DUCTS HIS Oil DEFENCE Hundreds of Thousands ' in Silence Line Streets as Im pressive Cortege ; i Passes. He I WHEEL FUNERAL CAR TO NOTES OF DIRGE taries Attired in Ancient Costumes Escort Emperor to Resting Place. Toklo, Sept. 13. The second part of the ceremonies In connection with Besides the Szabo tragedy there has the funoraI ot the late Emperor or een a chain of curious coincidences japan iutsuhlto, took place tonight. Unking Gibson's name with cases of sudden death or disappearance of di nts of the lawyer,, or of persons con nected In ono way br another with eases in which he was Interested. The first of four such coincidences oc curred when Mrs. Alice C. D. Kinnan, daughter of an oged woman whose property Gibson handled. Was mur dered at her home In the Bronx. The murder mystera was never solved. Gibson was held pending an Investi gation, but was released on a habeas when the coffin containing the body started on the Journey to Acyma, whence It will bo taken to Moneyama for burial. Imposing as had been the ceremonial attended by dignitaries when the funeral service, serving to emphasize the contrast between an dent rites and twentieth century militurism was conducted the passage of the funeral car through the streets was even more impressive. Hundreds of thousands of persons stood for hours in absolute silence along the Charlotte Convention Denoun ced as More Shameless v Than the Chicago. Economist Suggests Formation of Society Like Credit Fan cier to Develop Agricultu- Gazette-News Bureau, ral PoSSlOllltieS. uauy News Building, Greensboro, Sept. 13. PKo rein tr tho nrnptrutlnn nf oHmo. B r toflliu Nia mmnmr a more flagrant than those committed lOOUXi UJ 1V1UK, 1 UAUi by the Chicago republicans and de claring that In their effort to thwart the will of the people the republican convention at Charlotte was forced to SIM OPENS BONDS THE SOLUTION FIBBT FOB SENATE On His Record Appeals for Re- Election to Senate Reply to Critics. William Rand Killed at Chapel Hill as Sophmores Put Him Through Stunt. resort to theft and methods which in Association Could Amply Se- Special to The Gazette-News. committee of five, which came here! r,Tiiiliot o-nA Taoyi Tuesday to ' represent the Roosevelt republicans, has prepared and given to the press it statement which fairly bristles In denunciation of the so-called Morehead-Dunan convention. The committee which represented the Roosevelt republicans and which conferred with the Roosevelt progres sives Tuesday was made up of Rich mond Pearson,' Charles H. Cowles, Zeb Vance Walser and 1 CharleB 14. Greene. ' In the statement the committee Charlotte, Sept. 13. "If the next United States senate Is democratic and I am re-elected and 1 am not made chairman of the finance committee and ex-ofllcio leader of the senate by virtue of that fact, In accordance with time immemorial precedent, I here and now agree to resign my position Detroit, Sept, 13. The advisability within 24 hours after that indignity is of forming a "co-operative democracy I heaped upon me. Money at Low Rates of ' Interest, i of state loan banks, united into a powerful central organism, for stren Thus dramatically declared Senator F. M. Simmons, at the climax of the opening speech of his campaign for takes up specllieially the seating of Stnenine commercial banking credit" re-election to the United States senate "rump" delegations from Buncombe,! was recommended for consideration here last night before an audience Henilerunn Rutherford. Wilkes. For-1 of the Amprlmn Ranlrora' oaanelntlnn that Overtaxed the capacity of the syth and Yadkin counties and inti-l here today by Charles A. Conunt. The " oi music. mutes that non-residents were picked I subject ot" Mr. Conant's address was up In Charlotte, to vote the" full I "Land and Agricultural Credit." strength of Sampson and Chatham I Mr. Conant began by referring to counties. It does not refer to the the pressure of population upon food FALLS FROM BARREL ON BROKEN PITCHER Coroner's Inquest in Progress This Afternoon Was of Prominent Smithfield Family. The senator spoke for two hours and 40 minutes and his address was considered one of the most able and exhaustive efforts ever heard In a ci.se of Guilford, where the 2C reir-1 simi.lv unrt the noeeaKitv nf inorenli.ir democratic campaign in North Caro ni,,r Rn,,, ., !! men unnpn tort 1 1 ho of m,iM.ai.H i, im. Una. He devoted himself In the main And Ben SharDft and others, who nroved methods of Hvtpndln? credit to to a Offense of his record In congress, woro not nionHnhed hv tho onuntv I th. furmor Ito ..olnto.l .. thnt Lit. upon wN.cn ne piociauueu urn ream nnnvention. were elven seats. . tor e;.,.rleneo h,..l nrovoH nrnlocta for npss to 8tan1 ana fall and ln COndU- ii. . i- i I' - . ... I stun appealed feelingly to the democ .U?orwVanr; the coffin passed the first wlth glven ln tu. ,' ' bllt tt j."; 7olVed the racy of North Carolina to be allowed suit for r.use arrest, then, continuing lat.,,. ,,f ho kumw to tho in.r rest-I ,. I . . . .. .. , . . I to remain In the senate lust as tho the curious chain, a witness at the ,,i,,o rh.. .ho nnrtlolntrl in-1 .. --.. . . I . . ' : . 7 door of ouoortunitv was about to ODen o ..w", . ... . ivo pn inn n li i i i inn or hip nun- i or niaripu irn 1 1 in ii u nni iniv in i mm mt - - - eluded Japanese and Korean dignitar- D.u of the atftte to the fllct tnat the I Interest to Hip borrower hv taking a les. roreign princes anu especial em- state committee in making up the leaf from the experience of the Urn hassles including tnat from me united temporary roll of the delegates at ited liability-company in. the issue of .-.iitiea, neuueu oy nei .eia.y u. 1 ("har otte committed ., more f aerant hondn and shares. Philander C. Knox, did not take part. orles aKainst the rule o the Deonle Tho ICuroman Plan. rPl.n 4 n , I .... A. .A I . .. . I . . . " 4MTK,ri voi uo oi.ri.vru ,han dM the nat ona committee at I "In Eurone." he said, "the man by a large number of Japanese oi (. hieauo. The national committee at I who hn monev to lend nnon mort nign ranK wearing me ancieni na- r-hlcaiso unseated enough reirularlv eaira is no lonirer obllired to make a witness at the Kinnan inquest, Michael Sbippo, was found drowned in a shallow pond and George I. Malcolm, a Wall street broker and a relative of the Kinnan family, who had fought Gibson fori tho control of the estate, was drowned I in I.ong Island Sound from a steamboat. the last, Jonn Kice u Weill, a urn- ,,, ,.,, Tn tfio w.lttnr notes r"V ITJ'.-j V." ' I , . Ish subiect.. who had Conferred With . IZ Z , , legally eieuiea ueiegaies 10 give personal examination oi me properly. ihii Biiujui,. nun imu uinieiitHi "ulllnf the nhrlne illviro. lh mmense cof-1 .. i....... m4 m i, I - . .. ii Gibson concernliig a mortgage trans- penai nousenoia carrying ugrueu Hpre lt WM necessary to unseat 800 1 Me bond coupon or registered". -sae-I V'-., S i tiVf nlm " candles. Kmperor Yoshihlto and the I ,a ,1ofP-1itwUj,, theienrdinr 'r5 ' . - . r" priocwi 0..ftUtmy thfr royal peoplc. To carry out the machine pro- can sell U readily as the bond of the 1 1 ' " , a,j:i vr th, lam :y stnnea aione ior Acyoma k ,gTHm lt waS necessary for them to government and with even less risk .."T.; Lttes n ate" the senior sen rocovo lha. 'nubot nnon Its arrival I r, j , j,j ,4 I.. ,....... ... it. . v. I inueu Biaies fenaie, me senior sen receive I there. oui nerou neroa una u.ey u.u ii. ot iiuctuauon in lis pr.ue. rie nw . . - neknowlediflnir the 'TVtA utntA nnminlttoa iluitdurl avnrv 1 hlnrl tViA hnr.,1 tint moPM V tho lnnfl. I ..... or me snrme uirKe, me immense cot- a majority to Taft. There It was ne-lnor to risk his capital upon a single fin wa . whooloH In Bnliimn nrnMHlnn I. . i . 41. '. . - .. , notion f tor winning n iinooo dnmftire . . . . . . . r. .. . I cessary to unseat oniy.io oeiegates to i investment in a non-iransieraoie a.,it fo, th. to- of o loo- diiin.iered escortea uy nlKn oiticiais or me im. accomplish this dishonest purpose, I form. He has only to buy . a negotla after his conferences with Gibson more than a year ago. On his way from New York' hre Gibson talked freely of the death of his client. He declared that her name was not Szabo. "Her name was Rltter," he said, and she is not the Viennese Mrs. Rlt ter at all." Gibson recounted In detail the cir cumstances surrounding the death of his client, declaring that In an effort to change places with him she over turned the boat In which they weri rowing on Greenwood lake. He said ho attempted to save her when they grappled with him and he was forced On Friday the Thirteenth He ventlon by a majority of over to free himself ln order to come to the surface. to him after 12 years of hard service, that he might be able to do more and greater things for his party, his state and country and add to the name which he hoped to hand down to pos terity. The proposition in regard to the chairmanship of the finance com mittee was made in reply to claims of his adversaries that despite his being the ranking democrat on the commit tee, he would not be made chairman In the event of democrats success at Special to The Gazette-News. Raleigh, Sept. 13. William Rand, a freshman at the university, was killed by a broken "'pitcher, while be- lng hazed by the sopohomores on the new athletic field at Chapel Hill at 1 o'clock this morning. Details are mer gre, but it is supposed that Rand and ether freshmen were being made to dance and that Rand fell from a bar tel on which he was dancing, strik ing his neck on a broken pitcher. The clerk of court of Orange coun ty today appointed 'Squire Algernon . Barbee as coroner. A Jury was sum moned and an inquest begun. Ad journment has been taken until 2: SO o'clock this afternoon. Young Rand was a brother of Os car R. Rand, who was graduated In 1908 and of J. H. Rand, who was graduated last year. The boy belonged to a prominent family of Smithfield, Johnston county. Those Held ResponHlMe. Special to The Gazette-Naws. Chapel Hill, Sept 13. W. U Merri mon and A. H. Styson of Wilmington, R. W. Oldham of Raleigh and A. C. Hatch of ML Olive are under arrest charged with responsibility for Rand's death. ;,' ' It Is alleged that Rand was being made to do a stunt on top of a barrer when tho barrel wa4 either k'.ekwl from uhder 7iImo'r tia bead gave war1 , and he fell. In falling his neck struck a .nail ln the barrel and the Jugular vein was pierced, death quickly resulting. THIRTEEN" 15 LUCKY FDR GOVERNOR WILSON contest, without regard to its merits, against the expressed will of the peo ple. They sealed ln many counties only one or two of the delegates, those who would agree to vote for the mn- t...h,ito ioM him l.n tho tntrnriuptlnn the source of all wealth, but he has Cumoron Morrison, "but on my re the pledKe of a stock company that I, a who,e j gtand an(J , appea, they have examined the properties upon which loans have been made, that all such properties are held In to the democracy of North Carolina on that record." chine program, and denied seats to I the aggregate as assets against the all others. They denied, seats to whole I I am quite sure," he said, "I did nothing more than break her hold oi, me. 1 did not strike her or harm her In any way." "A great deal has been said about my having tried to pass oft a fake mother for my client," said Gibson. "I did nothing of the sort. Mrs. Rlt- Takes Seat No. 13 in Car. outstanding bonds, and that the corn- delegations, from counties where I pany has in addition an adequate there were no contests, a few sam-1 capital to cover any unexpected pie cases of which are here given: I shrinkage In the value of the prop Buncombe county ln a regular con- I erty behind Its bonds, 3000 1 "The bonds issued by the Credit votes elected 3S delegates to the state I Fonder of France under this system convention. Those defeated for dele-1 are made attractive to the borrower gates snd their friends, 22 in all. I by the system of amortization by- held afterwards a rump convention I which they are paid off and by the I a nOT,JlJaaa fnr TVeoirlential h i Hoio..o. . .ho i. to-, oio- .hioh tho nmoniTJi. A" uanaiaaies iir i i eaiueuucu tlon. The regular delegates came to I tion extends. In the loans made by Charlotte and were denied seats I tho Credit Foncier, more than three- Bon nirt K.-nt 13 On this Friday. I while the six' rump delegates were I quarters are for periods of fifty years the thirteenth. Governor Wilson sat ln I seateo, mougn mey represented oniyior more, so tnui me iiiu.uvuu.. seat 13 In a parlor car returning to22 votes In all of Buncombe county. I charge involves only a small addition ter brought a woman to my office ani I sea Girt today from his New York I These six bolters cast the full So I to the annual interest. ua i.. j I-.. A hsva w. ..thai . . ivrivAB fir km npnm rkA in Tnnr rnnvn. i i n rui ni i ri i hthhi i'iihi tt ru uuuii loiruu.iceu ri ... slate trip, ne aiaeu tne comcoeoue. I I ... .r." .w" .1- V. k.,1 W.hlnrton Ronr 1 SPresldential Mr. Pi.tor hud im reimon to deceive I "TkMn i. m i.w.itu nnmhor." hellion, wnicn was more man mere arei loans uur.ns ine . i- j.o "j i -- - me In so doing. I don't believe thut gad. "I usually get room or seat 13 Taft men In the county. I the credit Koncier or r ranee nas oeen candidates in tne pre-convention iigni the people across the water will be wherever I go. Number 13 has run! "Rutherford county In a regular 4.30 per cent, tor a loan repayauie of iaMt gprlng nave furnished to Chair- able to prove what they claim. through my life constantly. I was the convention elected IS delegates to the in thirty years, me semi-annuai pay- of the Benate campagn ex rrt ft ... Una I .. . . i m . . a ..-.1 I slnfA nnnl'anrlnn 'I" V a amiiAi,I nn was I mailt rni 1 1 1 1 rull nitU HHn Z.InZ UKf I mere i every reun.Mi iu tnirteentn prwiiueni oi rnnmun ..u.n...0 .u,cu, vv,.,,c., ...... o... .... - - -- .H mmi,, n.,mo nf the that Mrs. Menshlk, Mrs. Rltter's there are jurt IS letters In my nu me. I overwhelmingly progressive and could cent, or just unuer a per cent, man- i mother. Is alive. I know where sho f, , f,M nf thirtoen" In the I have sent a full progressive repre-1 lng the two payments for the yearlmen who handled their campaign Ives and will produce her at the I ,,.,. 13 duvs, the governor has de-1 sentation. In a spirit of harmony, and I equal to 6.864. or Just under v per 1 fumi, Alt the financial managers PRE-G0NVENT1QN FUNDS ARE TO BE REVEALED Nominations Agree to Publicity. BANKERS PORE CURREr.CY REFORM 1 proper time.' U. S. TO INTERVENE Warsliip Will Mt Once In Kuwlictl to Kunlo Ioniiiig( to Curb ItevolutloiiarieH. Wushlngton, Sept. 13. The United States Is about to intervene In Santo omlngo. Warships will be dispatch ed at once to the Island, where a revo lution has broken out which threatens American and other foreign Inteersts. The revolution In Santo Iomlngo Is thought to lie ln part a renewal of one thought to have been squelched. The Islands' custom-house, controlled by the United States, must be pro. tected against seizure by the Insur recti. mlnti. The gunboat Petrel Is al ready In the immediate vicinity and three others are but three days' sail from Domlngan waters. tRBIIfillllON BOARD ID DECIDE WAGE QUESTION KwtmN 30 Mile In Caspian K. I . naku, IluMu, . Kept., IS. A school teacher named Koumnco swam SO miles In the Caspian sea In 24 hours and 10 minutes and at the end show ed no undue fatigue despite the strong "ind and boisterous sea with which he had to contend. , He claims to have heuten the record of T. W. Kurgvsv the champion Kng llsh swimmer, who accomplished the Journey between Pover Calais last year, and has challenged the Itrltlsher to a swimming contest in June. ItlS from Kt. Petersburg to Htockholm itli rests allowed tin Inlands on th4 y or aboard ships st anchor. Homenco proposes that there shall oe eliminating trials from Kt. Peters. rg to Cronstndt. a distance of I mues. This must be a non-stop con test. llvered 13 speeches. He leaves here I with the hope of having at least one I cent. Where the loan Is for 40 years, hay() atfreed to Bppar before the Sunday night for Bioux City and his state ticket, they put two machine the sum of ,he two rtVy Lommlttee when the hearing, begin western engagements. 1 men on me aeicgaiion ana is pro-iiaus to u.o per ran . v.-- A western New York democratic I gresslves. There was no contest from hears to 4.882 per cent. It may not I September 30 loader recently wrote the governor ex- the county. The state committee seat-I not b possible to float bonds in this Senator Bankhead will appear for pressing opposition to the renomlna- ed the two Taft delegates and denied I country at a rate so low as to per- -scar w. unuerwouu, .u.mr. .. i-i. ho vovornoruhin f.fl..uta tn th i r nroirruivM whn roti. I mlt loans uoon mortgage at 4.30 perlDuBols for Speaker Champ Clark; New York and asking the presidential resented the will of the people of thut I cent, but even If 8 or 6 1-2 per cent I Representative William B. McKlnley .in..'i views on the New York I county. lis charged, the additions for tne am state situation. Wilson replied: I "Wilkes county In a regular con-1 ortlxatlon of the principal will not "Allow me to acknowledge the re-1 ventlon elected 34 delegates. The I be materially greater man in tne cae elpt of your letter of August 13 and! county convention exercised Its right I of the loans made by the Credit Fon- to express my sincere Interest In It I under the plan of organisation to de-Icier of Frunce. The Information and judgment It con- I termlnn how the vote In the state I American Hate High. .reys Impresses me very much indeed. I convention should be cast. The decls-1 "While It migni not oe powuuie iu I feel as deeply as you do the gravity I Ion was S3 to 2. At Charlotte the I make loans as low In America as they of the situation In New York state I Taft delegates were seated while the I are made In I-ranee, it ougnt to oe tnd hope with ail my heart that I 32 other delegates from that great re-I possible to maKe tnem at a, point forces working for a wise choice in I publk-an county were denied seats I much lower than the farmer pays thi matter of the governorship will I The two Taft delegates could not un-1 under the existing system of dispos- Washlngton, Sept. 13,-The confer- prev.il. I am u" ln" P'"" ""n'""", -wl.;. nf Interest ...i w...ii.riv ill Hpiij.iM. vuv.i imir, lv ,4.4. iHfli h.iy iiiiiib I iikii ii. ii ru iii.r i .nil n t r i . 4 ........... " uunnnic... - ., I . . .. ... .7 ' r . . .1.. .... .v.. .h..i o man headquarters wnere t am sure it "mi part or tne vote or tne county yet inown uy w .cii v.. Mediators Selected by South era Railroads and Dissatis fied Employes. be read with the greatest Interest," I he wns permitted to vote the whole 34-votes of Wilkes. Dix Kas Ho Wdli't AhIi Aid. I The Case of Heiulmori. Syracuse. Sept. l. uovernor lmxi "Henderson county In a regular con- wiot, questioned today regarding his I ventlon elected IS delegates and interview yesterday with Governor I then took the sens of the conven- tipon mortgages on farm lands was 7.07 per cent; but this is only an av erago, pulled down by such rates as 5.61! In New York, 5.45 In Pennsyl vania, and 5. B0 In Massachusetts, while the average rate tand not the RcIm'Ih Move Southward. El Paso, Sept., 13. After filing a f'W HhnlM Into .Vkhii prleta. the rebels tt have In-1 n 1 1 i .'i.t.-nlns Uie t.nvn f-i I In ii i .nl Ihtii ,. V I;.. 1 -t- en.'e between the so roads and representatives of their con ductors and trainmen over the ques tion of an Increase in wages were irought to a close by the railroads agreeing to submit the matter to arbi tration under the krdman act. inane r. wrui. u.... n7 1 -. . .. . " - , :. ,.. "... I .... ,... hl.h mm 111 nr mlHSioner of labor, and Judge Martin wiison. a , " T " " F".".. " V". rT'Vt" V' TZ . . 7- Texas. A K nu. in of the United rtates com- I general ...... ...... -.v. ,v,nn i.i u. n... m now ...ri..'.. ... 7 -- ----- A. nnapp, 01 iiib iniiir.4 4.0. I t ....- i ku . 44.- . . 4 . . ... .ii Mi..iuinn ST In Wuahlns- ttA4. oo.trt u'lll he the board 01 1 ask ine niii'" '"im"'! " ....-. vine in ine i;uiiiiij uniiuia iir i-nni 111 1 r.n ... ... ...-.4.,... - jli ee court, ni ... ro-n.imlnstliin. He added th... int. cnneentlnn h4.t.o.n th.l'nn. 10.SS In Idaho, and 10.7 In ... i..i.,..l onlihut the Interview was unsolicited on I ornsresiilvpa and aandnntters IS 1-3 1 Montana." .4. "i .. un ini roaiu, In I his part It Is known that Oovernor voWm were Introduced for the pro- The speaker discussed briefly the , . .. . ... ..1 to .4.. I u ilKon did not wish to mingle In New I .resslves snd 1-1 of 1 vote fur the I system of co-operative popular banks, 7 l ,mHo. ..r ..onfor.nces have York state Internal affairs and was reactionary cause. Mr. Ewart. one of which has obtained IU widest exten- heen held here between' tho railroads mite put out when he learned that the delegates was authorised to cast ion In Germany. and their employe bin no agreement nearly all county and slate officials the 1-3 of 1 vote. The 14 progressive "The Ualffelson system of popular could be reached The employes of had heen called to Hyracuse on the republican delegate were denied banks l based upon the principle of ti,.,o r..uiU lnniMt that their hours and day he was to be there. mhIs and Mr. llwart did not attend 'o-operatlon among farmers, usually . it 1 .1 ii,,... o.... I John A. Mayaon. secretary to Tlx, I the convention. Mr. Qranl. a clllien I "ensant proprietors, he continued ploved on the western railroads. I said that McAdoo had in I.I that the I f (.nrterson county, was present and I "The principle upon which these are ' a .,.. (ho ....oMii.n of null. I ..rmnuKinents made were satisfactory I ,nied to be Mr. Kwart's oroxv and! istabllshed Is that of the unlimited in. . .iriu. was submltteil to the em-lund that Oovernor Wilson would I to have the right to cast 1-3 of 1 I lolnt and several liability of the mem tiiovea ami lt Is understood It carried I find to talk with the state commit. I vote. Mr. flrant was seated a a dele. by a large majority but tne lenaers 01 1 leemen the employ4S unions coiinseiimi mou eratlon snd urged a compromise by having the controversy submitted to mediation. The railroads Involved Include the Southern, Atlantic Coast Line, Sea board Air Un, Queen and. Crescent (north and south), New Orlr-s. Mo bile t'lil'iifo, I'inlrsi of n.'.it'4-li". ' , w 11 ii.r x 1 ire it N..iih.-rn, M.iMlt , .! ; , . . . , ,. . . I, I ,,,, I C, . 1 r - for President Taft; Senator Dixon and Ormsby McHarg for Colonel Hoose elt; Ueutentant-Qovernor Nichols, of )hlo, for Governor Judson Harmon and William F. , McCombs for Gov ernor Wilson. A preliminary meeting of the com mittee will be held before tne near Inga open to fix the time when each witness shall testify. All witnesses are now under instruction to appear on the opening day, September 30. Members of the committee are. still considering a plan to hold some or the hearings in New York. It has.been found Impossible to secure the testi mony of William Rockefeller in re gard to alleged Standard Oil contri butions In 1804, unless the commit tee virtually goa to his home. In case New York sessions are held, J. f. Morgan. George W. Perkins and oth er financiers probably will be asked to testify about any contributions they may have made to political funds. It Is understood the committee will summon Dan R. Hanna of Cleve land, at the Instance of Senator Pom- erene. to testify regarding any contrt button by him to the Koonevelt runa this year. In 108. Mr. Hanna gave 16000 to President Taft's campaign fund. Rebels Organlzo In t'oahulla. hers; but as limited liability has been nte ss the onl dnleasto from that I found to afford aaequate protection county and was permitted to cast the! .bout eight per cent of the German Mexlca City, Sept. II Newly or imnised rebel bonds, styling thunv .elves followers of Emlllo OomeJS, have mads their appearance In the itiite of Conhull snd rt rtiinvhln !,n fliidiid froHilo I !" i.lrt (.. .1 ,.......n.. 1 ..Kl. !'. T. x , I." whol 15 votes of the county. Thus the plan of orssnintlon was twice violated and the will of the people of the county outrageously tnlarepre- M' tiled. "In Koravth county Monnrs. Holtnn ind Itovnolila were ricf.-nted In their i" trlil" f..r d"b it." I v n vnte cf t 1 1 t.. 3. Ill" t V ' Hi. ' ,r rii-t I f t, .1 I 1 . , I, .- isnks are now based upon limited 11 tblllty rather than unlimited "The credit extended ty these bank 's chiefly personal rather thsn by wav of mortgage security, the Unit id guarantee of th members of mclfty being adequate protection t be lender f.ir the repayment of t iiitiv bmrmvei!. The W'tklii:.; r I ,t, 1 I- , 1 t..,.n '"' ' V ' I t . I - " J Conservative Counsels Prevail and Financiers Cease Their Agitation. Detroit, Sept. 13. Conservative members of the American Bankers' association who have been urging less aggressiveness In the association's ef forts to obtain federal currency re form, apparently have carried .their point. The bankers plunged Into a discussion of agricultural problems at the closing sessions of the convention today and lt Is anticipated that the question of currency legislation win not be taken up. Much of today was taken up by the addresses of Charles A. Conant of New York and Anarew M. Soule, president of the Georgia State College of Agriculture and Me chanical Arts. Soule was unable to be present, his address being presented to the convention. The nominating committee, follow ing the system of premotion, nominat ed oflicers for the ensuing year and selected new vice presidents for each state and territory. Charles H. Huttlg of St Louis will be the next president. Two Mine Canard Rain. Charleston. W. Va,, Sept. 13. Word has been received her that two mine guards have been murdered and an other beaten so badly that he will be in Invalid for life ln the mountains near Sharon, on Cabin Creek, In the coal district. On of th men, the re. port says, wns L I Cooper, of Crock etta, Va., and the dangerously wound id man Is J. A. I nivl.lf.on of VyUn muni v. V. The I il.it. -, It Is a-il.l, or I e t ' i- : : e i t" ROOSEVELT ELECTORS OFF MARYLAND TICKET Baltimore. Sept. 18. In record time the reconvened republican state convention bowled out the Roosevelt electors who had been named at the first convention and elected eight who are staunch adherents of Taft. The convention also Indorsed me action of the Chicago convention In nominating Taft and Sherman, com mended the administration ot uov.. Goldsborough and then listened to addresses by Helen Varrlck BOswell and William T. Warburton, delegate at large to the Chicago convention. The actual business consumen oniy about ten minutes. The resolution substituting Taft electors for Roose velt men was offered from the floor and unanimously adopted. The Roose velt men who were members or me first convention but have gone over to the third party did not attend. There wer present, however, several who had voted the progressive tick et In the primaries, but refused to leave the republican party, and these sre In accord with the action taken. Funeral of icn. Gordon. BiiTannah, Sept. 13. The funer, over the body of Ocn"-l W. W. :'! don took olnce here thin nmrnl lilKht It.iv. F. F. It". DeorKla, officiating. ed lu ciif'-ili rule ). . t (Iriip. 1 in a I bl-.h.. 11 The I ...lv. 1 i.V. v . Ii ii
The Asheville Times (Asheville, N.C.)
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Sept. 13, 1912, edition 1
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