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TH- ASSOCIATED PR&Z2 ... DISPATCHES LAST ELITICr? 4:00 P. 12. Weather forecast: FAIR AND WARMER. L. XVII., 215. . ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 16, 1912. PRICE THREE CENTS ARS. &OOSEVELT Somebody Spilled the Beans By -Bud- ,s pyj jHE DLAME VISITSOLONEL i ', J .eog.6E. I" ormer President Says He's 'Feeling Fine" - and Both Are Cheerful at. the Interview. IS CONDITION SHOWS MARKED IMPROVEMENT "ad llhree Hours of Unbroken test Ruling the Night Desirous of Wcrk ing, He Says. ! .V- -' ' Chicago, Oct. IB The fourth Wh of Roosevelt's right side was H ', fractured by tiie hullet which , s, ' struck him in Milwaukee Mon- If, '. day iilhu $t . TIiIh Ix'i-ume known tKlay. ! X-ray ithotoffranhs fulled to lo- , cafe the hullet. The fractured H I rih Is causing IMiln in breath- ?. t Ing. Chicago, Oct 16. Mrs. Roosevelt mi) her party, which had been Joined liy Mrs, Alice Longworth, arrived at the hospital at S:20 o'clock this morn ing and went immediately to the hos pital. Mrs. Roosevelt went directly to j the colonel's room. She went in smiling and spoke to the patient cheerily. Miss Ethel,- Mrs. Longworth and Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., remained in the corridor. Roosevelt awoke at 6:20 o'clock this morning "feeling fine," as he ex pressed It, to his night nurse. At that time he had had more than three hours of unbroken rest and his condi tion showed marked Improvement. Roosevelt was In even better spirits today than yesterday and the novelty of the .situation having worn off he prepnred Tor the day with, the idea of getting done nil he could in; thev way of delayed correspondence and writ ings ' -A? fponf'nvxt to the- colonel'6 was made ready for Mrs. Roosevelt and the patient sent out for necessary toilet articles and conveniences. Jlc said he was anxious to see her and have her anxiety relte' d by his per sonal assurance that the wound jvus no more dangerous than was disclosed , , t, I by his messages. When informed that ', . . . , . . .. l i . mn ' tor to the hospital and be with him within a few minutes his flrBt concern was that the room be in readiness. "She is a good housekeeper you know," he told Dr. John Golden, "and she might scold me If she found the room not in the best of rder." He was presently satisfied and awaited for her coming. After his wife had been with him for several minutes others of the party wera called in. Miss Ethel displayed the most concern. She was pale and appeared frightened Ht being In the hospital. She clung to the arm of Mrs. Longworth until they went Into the room. Roosevelt, his family with him and satisfied as to his condition today rests in greater ease than at any time since ' ho became the target for a fanatics' pistol. in Milwaukee Monday night. Physicians today found his pulse, respiration and temperature so nearly normal tmvt concern over his condition vanished and extremely con servative conduct gave way to a de sire to establish public assurance that no complications now were looked for to prevent a rapid recovery. V yr ' Night at the Hospital. Colonel Roosevelt was resting fair ly eusy last night and his physicians said, after a day of nervous strain. that they were pleased with his con dition.. The clinical recoru snnweo, however, that his condition was hard ly as favorable as when lie entered the hosoltal in the morning on his arrival from Milwaukee. His pulse at 10 o'clock lust night was S6, or 14 counts nbove normal and two counts above the record two hours after he was shot. His temperature Was HS.S. It was believed the night would indicate whether the pistol wound Indicted on him by John Schrenk in Milwaukee would heal normally Dr. John U. Murphy, who Is in charge of the case, left the hospital before 10 o'clock. "Colonel Roosevelt is resting o,ulet," he said. "He had a small dinner. - There was less distress In his breath "Ing. His general condition Is excep tionally good .and he should hav a good night All of the attending physicians left the hospltul for the night except Dr.' Kcurry Terrell, who remalnod In a room next to that of the patient. . Tetanus, nntl-toxlne was Injected Into the colonel's abdomen a short time before he went to sleep. A rise In temperature followed, together with local Irritation. Otherwise, the colonel exhibited no symptoms from the antl-toxlne, althoiikh the surgeons were prepared for the slightest nau fi which some time comes after the treatment, Three-fifth det;ree in temperature, It was said, whs not caused by the wound, as up. to that time the colonel's temperature was normal. The increase In his pulte Is not accounted for. Colonel Roosevelt told his nurse as he picked up bis book for a sei nnd fieriod of rending Rtwiut It oVlot K hint tik'ht ttuit lie was g"nv home tn OtHter Hy on Hundav. lie ni'deinl hi lic-ti k i nMt f.ir, 7 o'i lock "lid Mid; t. I. vi. ml a g..o. one. I II I.. li CIJBIS LEAD if FIFTH llli Boston, Oct. 1H. The weather for the eighth game bctuen the Giants and the Red Sox was cold, and clear. The batteries for New York were, Mathewson and Meyers; for Boston, lledicnt ami Cady. v With Mathewson ami Bctlicnt pitching, neither of the clulm talllcil until the third, when Devorc scored for the tilants on Murray's double. Neither club acornl in tint fourth. Both pitchers are working line. I'IRST IXXIXti. ' New York Devorc wns out at firm and Roylo likewise. fcnodgrnsH walked ami stole second. Murray was out a I llrst. , Rest mi Hooper wns out , at first. Yerkes fanned lcwis fanned. Speaker doubled i KI'.t'OXR. Xcw York Merkta fanned. llcrwig llicd. Meyers was safe on (Jurdner'H error. Fletcher kIiihIixI. Mathewson filed.' .:: ltoKton (iurdncj' walked. Stalil forced Gardner. Wagner singled. Only llicd. lictllcnt was out at llrst THIRD. Xcw Y'ork Devore walked. Doyle was but ot first ami Snndgrass at first. Murray double d, scoring Devorc. Mer kle was out at lirst; one run. Itoston Hooper was out at lirst, Yerkes likewise! and Seo.ker fanned. FOURTH 1XX1XC. New York Hcrzojr doubled, Mfim sacrificed, Fletcher tiled, Gardner and Mathewson filed. Xo runs. Itoston Lewis llicd. - Gardner doubled out trying to reach third. Staid fanncfl. FIITH. New Y'ork Revoro singled and was put out stealing. Doyle llicd, Snod gross singled and Murray Hied. ' Hoston Wagner llicl. Cadv did likewise, nnd Bed lent followed the procession. .MUNSY. COMES JE2fT. Clapp Committee Resume Dodge. Gives Details' or His Collection From "I'rimutoii Friends." Washington, Oct. 10. After henr- . ., sKiiaio cuiiiuuigii cuiiuioi lions coin ... .,,"., v. ...... hiivico oujuuiiicu until 1 llUi U (L when Frank A. Musey, George B. Cortelyou and probably Thomas W. Lawson will be examined. Fnlday the committee expects to hear Chauncey DepeWv Medlll McCormlck, and George W. Perkins, of the Roosevelt forces, and Colonel George W. Harvey. 'professor Henry Jones Ford of Princeton University, Cleveland H. Dodge and E. L. Howe, vice presi dent of the Princeton bank, told the committee of the financing of the "Trenton True-American" by George W. Perkins and Mr. Dodge. The True- American was active In the support of Governor Wilson and the Wilson campaign forces have circulated many copies of the paper. Mr. Dodge, gave details of his col crtlon of 185,800 for the Wilson fund from "Princeton friends," who In cluded Cyrus H. McCormlck and Thomas D. Jones. He said that while these contributions were expected to call forth criticism. Governor Wilson, to whom the question was submitted, agreed to accept them. , DYNAMITE TRIAL. Prosrctitlon Kecks to Prove' That Or- tic M Muiilgal HhlpiMHl Djiia mile by Kxpress, Indianapolis, fli-t. 111. Whether Or- tle McManlgal shiiped by express suit cases filled with dynamite on his trips about the rountry was asked wltneflHes today In the "dynamite conspiracy trial., Is. C. l'lckart, agent at Omaha, identified records of a grip said to have contained bombs which McMan lgal shipped from there to Indian- ii polls. Two days after the shipment McManignl confessed he blew up the county court house at Omaha. Monthly Cotton Report. ; Washington, . Oct 16 The total supply of cotton In the United States on September 80 was. 2, 110,678 bales, counting rounds as halves, according to the census bureau's report mude public today in compliance with the recently enacted law requiring month ly statements of cotton consumed, on hand. Imported and exported and the number of active spindles. 1 Cotton consumed in the United States during September totaled 437, 322 as follows: Cotton growing states, 220, 424. other states 211,898. I In by l'nharniel Under 2& Cars. Niagara Falls, M Y., Oct 16. Twenty-five freight cars passed harm lessly above the tlve-months-old baby of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Smlthson, near Ransomville, while the Infant lay between the rails, The freluht train had stopped at the Itnnxomvlllo rrnwtlng to buckle on an extrj car and was backing down the iimi ulioii it siruek and overturned in mim,'v In which the buby and Its prij rn'H rrn rl'llnir. !.Ji' ! niilliMin w.ia killed, the w ),"' p'i'-'i'g over her body afler lo tool l i li I'ltrliol mIoiiij Ihrt leltuth -f ! i ..i i Mr. ooihsoii escnp . i u i. ill lpfei 'j'i'if ' I ilff ' : iM-J -for-" ,ss i ' ' . i i s a jsft-rffxrffs. i i sr i i i i i i i i i j i i i i i . SCMRENK'S TRIAL AFTtRELECTIQK Prosecutor Would Avoid Giv ing the Case a Political Aspect. Milwaukee, Oct. 16. John Schrenk who attempted to assassinate Roosevelt here Monday night had a good night's rest in hiB cell in the county Jail where he was transferred after his arraignment The sheriff said he was asleep at ten thirty o'clock last night and slept throughout the night. He ite the usual prison breakfast at the regular hour. ' I , . Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 10. State's Attorney Wlnf red G. Zabel of Mil waukee county last night definitely announced that John Kehronk, Colo nel Roosevelt's assailant, would not ho brought to trial until after the na tional election. He said the trial would be opened some time between November Jl and 15. Mr. fcvbel. who Is said to be the only socialist state's attorney In the country, gave speclllc reasons for his decision to put oft the trial for one month. . He said, first, it was only reasonable to await the results of Colonel Roose velt's Injury; second, be. had no- desire to crowd the defendant and third, gave it as his opinion that it would be unwise to call the case during the final struggle In the presidential cam paign. . It Is my desire to try this case justly and expeditiously," said Mr. Zabel, "and to avoid having the plain criminal aspect of the case Involved in any political campaign. It would not be fair to any of the persons in volved. If we went to trial before election day it Is almost certnln that the matter woul4.be dragged Into the campaign by one or another of the big political parties.' Discussing the case as viewed by lilm, the Milwaukee county prosecu tor said that as far as surface lndl cations are concerned, Schrenk was sane. "If flchrehk Is Insane," said Mr. Zabel, "It seems there is a method in his madness when he selects for the scene of his crime a state where there Is no capital punishment "Also 1 am Informed by messages from New York there has been no In sanity In Schrenk's family as far as ran be traced. In addition the man presents none of the usual surface In dlcatlciti of Insanity." The state's attorney said he be lloved Kehrenk had no accomplices or advisers In the crime The plea of guilty filed by Kehrenk ;it ptellmlmirv ln-nrlm; In Ilie Via (,f"oirU.uQ s r ; O C0PYXlQMTj9l2toQTAlt Co. ' DEMAND FOR APOLOGY IS MADE BY TURKEY Balkan States and Greece Giv '' en 24 Hours to Explain Note. Rerlin, Oct. 1. A limit of twenty four hours has been fixed by Turkey for the IJalkan states and Greece to apologize for sending their "Insolent" note to the porte, according to a spe- clal dispatch from Constuntinopue. Peace Obtained, Prepare for War. Constantinople, Oct. 16. The con clusion of peace between Italy and Turkey was fully anticipated by the Ottoman government, although the news did not reach here until 4 o'clock tills morning and Is still unknown to the public generally. In the mean ;tlmo the ministry is making active preparations to prepare the -Turkish tleet for war with the Kalkan states. ', "r " ' ,., .,.-.- " r' th" Un'ian1 ''"'"'T stationed at the mouth of the lllack sea for the purpose of escorting' the army of invasion, BEVEHIDCE TO BEAR COLONEL'S MESSAGE Former Senator Will Read Roosevelt's Scheduled Ad- dress at Louisville. Chicago, Oct. 18. Carrying Roose velt's personal niessago to the people, former Senator Albert J. Beverldgo of Indiana left early today for Louis ville, Ky., where tonight he will de liver an address which was to have been made by the celonel. A mes sage was dictated by the colonel at the hospital yesterday. It Is thought probable that the message will be of such an Intimate and personal nature that the prepared effort wll come a an anti-cllmax. Brick Company Chartered. Ppeclal to The Gaet-News. Raleigh, Oct. 16. A charter was iMHiied today to the Ited Shale Rrick "iimpany of Ashevllle, authorized npltal $211, 000, paid In $0000 by J. W. Kutlierfonl, W. A. IN ynold J. BROWNSVILLE BUILDINGS GAMBLER'S W1DQW WRECKED B! WINDSTORM nni'imircccTinn Severe Damage Done by Storm Sweeping in From Texas Coast. ' Rrownsvilie, Tex., Oct. 16. One of the fiercest storms of years visited here last night. A gale blew all today. Hurricane warnings were- displayed along the coast The only casualty was caused by a tian?om falling on a man asleep, cutting off an ear. Dallas, Oct. 16. Reports received indicate great damage in and around lirownsville and on the lower Texas coast by a storm that at noon uppoar ed to be working straight Inland. About IliO miles of . sparsely settled coast is affected. The wind at Browns ville was reported to be 60 miles an hour and at Corpus Christ! 4H, al though neither report was confirmed. Houston, Oct 16. Reports were to day received here of great damage at Rrownsvilie by a storm. All efforts up to noon to reach that town were unsuccessful. New Orleans, Oct 16. Private tele grams received here say 10 buildings in Rrownsvilie, Tex., were wrecked by a storm this morning and that part of the docks at Arkansas Pass were destroyed. SCHRENK LEFT BAVARIA SlXTEENJEftRS AGO Was Regarded as an Eccentric in Country of His Na tivity. .Munich, Bavaria, Oct. 16. ohn Schrenk, the assailant of Roosevelt is a native of the village of Erdlng, northern Bavaria, twenty miles from here. Several members of the family still reside there and are In good re pute. At the time of Schrenk's de parture for America sixteen years ago he was regarded a a most eccentric character und was unable to secure employment hern. He bus heen enr- R.'rlcd on the army mobilization lints !as a ilenerter stii'-e Ms d'-jnr !n i o. u in iLuuuimiu Says Husband Gave Rose Money and Becker Canceled Mortgage. New York, Oct. 16. Mrs. Herman Rosenthal, widow of the gambler shot down In the .Hotel Metrople by gun men and for whose murder Police Lieut. Becker Is on trial here, took the stand this morning. She said she had seen Becker several times, once on NVjw Year's eve at the Elks' club, when Heckier came over, she continued, and put Tils arms about Herman's neck and asked about his welfare. She said Becker reassured Herman that he was at Ms service at any lime.- She also told of the raid on Rosenthal's gam bllng place and said that upon being asked what It meant Becker replied "Well it had to be Hermtin or me. Tell Herman that the debt fa) off- I'll Ko down and tell that man' to call it off as Herman and I are sifuare and he does not owe that tl500." "1 asked what mu.n," said Mrs. Rosen thai," and he replied, "Ka-er mind what man, Herman knows." She told of having seen, her hnsb&nd pass money to Jack Rose, Bettker alleged collector, and aald that Rosenthal scarcely had enough mocney left to bury him. She admitted that In Feb ruary Rose was partner In A gambling business with Rosenthal. T AFT UNDER GUARD. Unusual I'recautlons for Uie Prcsl dent's Safety Are Taken, )lu New York. New York, Oct. 1. On his way to the railway station today President Taft was closely guarded by secret service men and a squad of New York motorcycle police, with a number of detectives in an automobile. Tft en tered the station through tms baggage room Instead of the regular entrance and went to the train floor on a freight elevator. He was en. rout to Worcester, Mass. Building Commission M.00U. K Special to The Gazette-News. , Raleigh, Oct !. The stute bully ing commission. In session toiday, went over the new administration building, now nenrltig completion, and ex pressed plensiire at lis rapid 'progress, which ensure that th huiMlnit will be reedy to turn over to the 1 . I t : - lUte n J;iHIU y 1 .. : H m r C o ' i i What Colone Roosevelt Said of Hostile Press the Night When He Was Shot. MALEVOLENT ASSAULTS MADE, HE DECLARES Weak Minds Inflamed by "Foul Mendacity and Abuse" He Tells His Hearers. .Milwaukee, Oct. 16. "I don't care a rap about being shot, not a rap," said Colonel Roosevelt In his speech the night he was shot "Friends," he be gan, "I shall have to ask you to be as quiet as possible. I don't know whether you fully understand that t have just been shot, but It takes more than that to kill a bull moose. But, fortunately, I had my manuscript holding up manuscript showing where bullet had gone through), so you see I was goln;r to make a long speech. And, friends, the hole in it is where the bullet went through and probably saved the bullet from go ing into my heart The bullet is in me now, so that I cannot make a very long speech. Rut I will try my best. And now, friends, I want to take ad- , vantage of this incident to say as sol emn a word of warning as I know how to my fellow Americans. First of all I want to say this absut myself. have altogether too many Important things to think of to pay any heed or feel any concern over my own death. Now, I would not speak to you insin cerely within five minutes of being shot X am telling you the literal truth when I say my concern is for many other things. v ; I want you to understand that I am ahead of the game any way. No man has had a happier life than I have had, a happy life In every way. have been able to do oertahv thing that I greatly wished to do and I am interested in doing other things. I can tell you with absolute truthfulness that I am very much uninterested In whether I am shot or not It was Just as when I was colonel of my regiment I always felt that a private was- to be excused for feeling " at times some pangs of anxiety owing to his personal safety, but I cannot understand a man fit to be colonel who can pay any heed to his personal safety when he is occu pied as he ought to be occupied with the absorbing desire to do his duty. I am In this cause with my whole heart and soul; I believe, in the pro gressive movement movement for the betterment of mankind, the move ment for making life a little easier for all our people, a movement to try to take the burdens of the man and es pecially the woman In the country who are most oppressed. I am absorbed In the success of that movement 'I feel uncommonly proud in belonging to that movement. Friends, I ask you now to accept what I am saying as absolute truth when I tell you I am not thinking of my own success: I am not thinking of my own life or of anything connected with me person ally. - I am saying thbJ by way of Intro- duction because 1 want to say some thing very serious to our people ana especially to the newspapers. I don't know who the man was who shot me , tonight He was Beized by one or my stenographers, Mr. Martin, and I sup pose is 'n the hands of the police now. He shot to kill me. 1 am just going to show you." . Colonel Roosevelt then unbuttonea his coat and vest and showed his white shirt badly stained with blood. Now, friends, I am going to be as quiet as possible, even If I ara not able to give the challenge of the bull moose quite as loudly. Now, I flon t know who he was or what party ne represented. He was a coward. He stood In the darkness In the crowd around the automobile, and when they cheered and when I got up to bow he stepped forward and shot me In the breast "It Is a very, natural thing that weak and vicious minds should be In flamed to acts of violencs by the kind of foul mendacity and abuse that have been heaped upon me for the last three months by the papers In the Interest, not only of Mr. Debs, but of Mr. Wilson and Mr. Taft Friend. I will disown and repudiate any man of my party who attacks with such vile, foul slander and abuse any op ponents of1 any other party. "Now, 1 wish to say seriously to th speakers and to the newspapers rep resenting both the republican anu democratic and socialist , parties that they cannot make the kind of slander ous, bitter and malevolent assnuns that they have made and not expect that brutal and violent characters es pecially when the brutality Is accom panied by a not too strong mind, they cannot expect that such natures will be unaffected by it I am not speak Ing for myself at all, I give you my word I don't care a rap about being shot not a rap. I have had a good many experiences in my time and this Is only one of them. What I do care for is my country. I wish I wers able t,i Impress upon our people the duty to feel strongly, but to spk truthful ly fit their opponents. I say now I hava never said nn the stump ' Vord" sgiiin't snv ';)pon' iii e "Jilld fi"t silliftntsttM" nn l n ,,11 t:l't Tt.it to hm 1 I. c-': Ion ting $- I-. I ' " : ' 1 I U-V J'H ' 1 " tlo.t
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