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3 TEL ASSOCIATED PBESS DISPATCHES f... LAST EDITION 4:00 P, 2L Weather Forecast FAIR AND COLDER. r . VOL. XVII., NO. 227. ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 30, 1912. PRICE THREE CENTS TO FA$g PROSECUTION for baking methods CHEAT BATTLE W i-SETTLE BRAVE WOMEN DIE IN FLAMES lira. rill li t V . 1 I ! 1 1 tr I ! I I PI Government Will Take Ac tion in Case of John H. Carter, Former Bank President. V CASE OF UTE MONTHS Investigation by Department of Justice Inspector Mr. Carter Said to Have Ex . pressed Confidence, f J NFOKMATION of a positive 1 character" has reached The Gazette-News, that John H. Carter, until two years ago president of the American Na tional hank, is -to be prosecuted by the federal government, on the grounds of alleged bank ir regularities. A telegram from the national capital i to the effect that the goryenment wlil insis on prosecuting, and it is assumed that District Atorney Holon, who left Washington for the state yesterday, will present, tho matter, either to the grand jury of the federal court, which is in ssssiou in Salisbury today,. or he Asho ville tenn, which I will begin Thursday, November " T, with Judge Boyd presiding. . It is known that an inspector from the department of justice some time since made an inves tigation of Carter's transac tions with the Asehville bank. District Attorney Holtou is al so known to have given the wise attention, of late months. and it , is conjectured that bills would have been presented to the fed eral grand jury at the recent Charlotte term had not the de partment inspector been de tained in St. Louis, where the - government is interested in the prosecution of another case wherein . postoffice irregulari ties are charged. , j. l in uruci an i iniwv nvwM . that the bank here is not a party to . the prosecution foitiiiilr it lms not taken the she falled t0 ureaK the champagne ceitainiy.it nas not ihmmi '',. nt.. on th ,..-,,., ,.ow. Sne struck initiative, but it seems certain the vessel with the ittie three times flint without rpference to this but nnt with sufficient force to break mat wiuioui.ieieiuite w ",lBUne Klaa As the veSBOl wa8 Kimns Circumstance the federal nu- uown the ways, however, a man thorities will- take action. Mr. Carter is said to liave writ ten tho department some time jiko giving assurances that he could disprove or refute any charges tliat might he brought aguinst him. BRADY ACQUITTED llrlxlol irotl Clerk Who KMIol Ne- a ft M.. Iy Juiy. . ! " (By Associated Press) Bristol. Vn.. Oct. 30. After one of the most exciting trials held in Bristol In years, the Jury In the -corporation court early this morning returned . verdict of not guilty In the caso of Jlitrry L, Brady, 2H years old and Mi wurd at a locul hotel, on a charge of the murder of Robert Weaver, a negro porter who followed him Into the Jilting room and attacked blm. The case caused much race feel lug lu Bristol. Death KcnU'iu-e Aairmexl. special to The Oaxetta-Kewa. Balelgh, int. 30. The Supreme court this afternoon affirmed the Judg ment of the Superior court of Anson county In sentencing Will Ixigan to dciith for the murder of Fred Menrlx Fnii, a Swede, on the niitht of Novem ber 19, lHHt. The evidence whs that liKan robbed hln victim and , then ilicit lilm. Mental AnitulF.li Knit hiiMulned. The Supreme court nlm bld that T. II Foe of Imrhiim, who was nun gillie, I, hail H luipifl of nrtlnn ai' iiaJt 1 he WVmI. rn t'llinn fl,r ' an, ,, v.. ,,,'.! Hie on!' 1 of the ),,A, r . ..nit. MATTER OF HOURS Vice President in Extremis, His Physician Says at Noon Today. (Bulletin.) Vlhu, X. V. .Oct. 30. At 2:30 o'clock u rt'iKirt came from Mr. Sher man's bedMiita that his condition nas still most critical and no hope was held out by Dr. Peck. Kidneys were Htill luiactlng and life was sustained apparently only by tho patient's grcul natural vigor. Dr. Peck saiil further that Mr. Sherman's kidneys had refused to act since $ o'clock yesterday and; that most of the time since his patient had been In a comatose condition. For a few minutes early thin morning he was awake but he was delirious. Ho soon dropped off to sleep and has re mained oblivious to the world since. He has not been rational since Mon day night. . . Dr. Peck expects the end this after noon or tonight. " Sherman's Name to Stay on Ballot, New York, Oct, 30. Republican national headquarters has made ho plans for procedure should It become necessary to withdraw Vice President Sherman's name from - the national ticket. I'ropilncnt members of the party feel that it would be highly In considerate to remove Mr. Sherman's name from tho ticket unless he him self should insist ypon. it. .-.. ' Indications are that irrespective or the result of Mr. Sherman's Illness his name will remain on the ballots. GREAT BATTLESHIP TO Forty Thousand People See Launching of the New York. . i (By Associated Press) Now York, Oct 30. The Buper drcadnought New York, greatest of the world's sea fighters, was launched today at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn. Forty thousand persons, including President Taft and the secretary of the navy, witnessed the ceremony. Miss Elsie Calder, daughter of Rep resentative William ' M. Calder, of Brooklyn christened the ship. , . To Miss Camera great confusion, grn'ped the rope to which was at tacked the bottle and swinging with such force that It cleared the New York's prow and burst on the port side. . . i , President Taft sat with Secretary Meyer, Governor Dlx, Rear Admiral Ostcrhaus. J. P. Morgan and others on a platform Just off the starboard of the dreadnought. There were np speeches but a marine nana iuf n id the pulxe of tho assembled thou sands with Its music. Aviator Killed In Bavaria. (By Associated Press) Munich, Bavaria. Oct. 30. When a hlnlunn operated by Lieutenant MoriU Hamhurxer collapsed at ' an altitudnf of 20 feet today tne aviator was killed In the machine's crash to the earth. l'limou LawyiT Icul. (By Associated Press.) AtlMiiln. C.. Oct. 30. John llopkliiH, aged 0, one of tho south' most dlHtltigulshcd lawyers, died here today. WAVES Graft System Unearthed In Navy Commissary (By Acsoclated Press) Washington, Oct. 30. A system of graft In the navy commissary de partment which may reach every ship In the Atlantic flct has been revealed hy 'a secret investigation which H-ar A.lniliiil 1 1. t.-rliaii :oibiv reported to Hi. inn) il, inrimht, has rtMiiltud In DOOMS BECKER TO THE CHAIR Former Police Lieutenant Is Sentenced to Die During the Week of De- cember 9. (By Associated Press.) New York, Oct. 30. Charier Hack er, former police lieutenant, convloteil of procuring the murder of the gam bler Herman Rosenthal, was today sentenced to die in the electric chair at Sing Sing during the week of De cember 9. Sentence was pronounced by Justice Goff. ' ' The prisoner and his wife accom panied by the sheriff and deputies left the Grand Central station for Osslning at 11:55. Mrs. Becker bore up bravely. She will take up her resi dence at Osslning. ; Becker's execution will be stayed by a notice of appeal, soon to be filed by his counsel, which may require a year to determine. Becker heard himself condemned without any show of emotion other than the closing of his eyes and the compression of his Hps. J. F. Mclntyre, Becker's chief coun sel who suffered -a nervous collapse after the close of tho trial, was unable to be In court today. His condition serious, although not critical. Mrs. Becker was at the Tombs early. ready to accompany her condemned husband to court. Also there was a crowd of curious hoping that by hooli or crook they could enter the court room Bo hear sentence passed After the sentencing of. Becker there wus to begin the trial of "Red Phil Davidson, confessed slayer of "Big Jack" Zcllg, four of whose gunmen are alleged to have killed Rosenthal at Becker's bidding. Indications were that Davidson would enter a plea of second degrecimurder or manslaugh ter,' . V-", '' ! ' !:- ' ZcIIk'k Kluyor XOtecape. CliulTr "'New York, Oct. SO. "Red Phil" Davidson, slRyeT of "Big Jack" Zcllg, the gang leader, will escape the elec tric chair. At the opening of his trial today he withdrew his former plea of not guilty and pleaded "guilty to Becond degree, murder. The penalty may be life Im prisonment. TO Authorizes Announcement of Her Engagement to Prof. T. J. Preston. (By Associated Press) Princeton. N. J.. Oct. 30. Mrs. Orover Cleveland authorizes the an nouncement of her engagement to Thomas Joseph Preston, professor of archaeology and history of arts at Well's college. The date of the mar riage is not yet determined but will Mrs Cleveland Is a graduate o, .., , - ... . 1 CI I I" vuueKt; u hob ijo-ii n. is udico 1-..4. ........ 1VD7 ; Her wedding to President Grover Cleveland, which took place In the executive mansion during his first ad ministration, was one of the notable events in the history of the White House. Her fajhor. Oscur Folsom, was. u law partner oi mr. i ieveiana, wnoj upon Mr. Kolsom's death In 1875, be came Frances Kolsom's guardian. After his retirement from the prest dency Mr. Cleveland made his perma nent home In Princeton and Mrs. Cleveland has continued to reside there since the formor president died in HI). Her two daughters, Esther and Marion, nnd hor son, Klchard V., are living with her here. The announcement of the engage ment was marie by President John Urlor Hlbben, of Princeton University. Infantry Maneuvers in Georgia. t By Associated Press) ' I Savannah. Oh.. Oct. 30. The terrU tory Immedltucly south of Savannah will tiike on a decidedly warlike ap - nearance for the first two woeks In December. Colonel U Phllllns who commands the troops at Kort Screven has announced that all the men under his command will engage in lniumry inuneuvers there at that time. the confession of O commissary steward ship Louisiana. T. Davis, chief of the baifl- Admiral Oslerhaus' rotiort contains no details further than that IhivIs has Implicated stewards or other ulilps of I,- li,..! hi least alx anil eveial ciinliaiti.ri. . Troops Engaged on Both Sides in the Conflict Now Rag j ing Aggregate 150,- f i '; opo. :; BULGARS DEFEATED . WITH HEAVY LOSS Dispatches to Constantinople Indicate That the Allies Sustained Serious . Reverses. " : ( Hy Associated Press) . London, Oct 30.-A conflict, per haps the decisive: one of the Balkan war, is proceeding somewhere to the east of the1' line from Constantinople to AdrlanopUv between Turkish and Bulgarian armies.- There Is heavy fighting, around Adrianple. Beyond tho fact that a clash has come, however, general staffs of the Turkish and Bulgarian armies arc keeping the world Ignorant as to how things are going with them. No news bus come through tti fight zone ex cept the despatch from Nazim Pasha, Turkish commander ill, chief, saying: "The position Is ' favorable to the Turks." v While admitting that they have to depend on mure rumors and supposi tions, military critics are inclined to believe the Turkish army is at last ready to take the offensive and has a chance of retrieving itself. Bulgarian 'troops ', have obviously suffered a check ner Adrlanople, as dispatches from Sofia report the ar rival there of many wounded from the front. It Is announced that the Bul garian plan of storming tho great fortress, has been delayed until rein forcements arrive.' . . The Turkish commander's plan Is not clear but It Is believed he will at tempt to relieve Adrianople and Its garrison-ef,'O,0b-ien- whlhi t the same time holding the Blugarians on his left flank. Rumors that Bulgarian troops had reached the sea are unconfirmed.- Zekkl Pasha Is gathering the rem- mints of his army at Monastlr to meet the advancing Servians and the al- lied Bulgarian column. Constantinople, Oct. 30. The Turk ish commander in chief, Nazln Pasha, telegraphs that a big battle has been In progress since this morning. The troops engaged on both sides number 150,000, Nazim Pasha says the posi tion of the Ottoman forces l favor able. Mahmound Muktahr's division of the Turkish army repuised the Bulgarian troops yesterday, inflicting severe loss on them at Tcherkeskeul, on the Tchorlu river and on the railroad mid way between Constantinople and Adrlanople. Montenegrin Columns Unite. Rlcka. Montenegro, Oct 30. The center column of Montenegrin troops, commanded by Crown Prince Danllo, today effected a Junction with the southern Montenegrin army under General Martlnovitch to the east of Scutari. Austria uml Russia Agree on Volley. Vienna, Oct 30. The Austrian and Russian governments have arrived at an understanding on the Balkan question, according to the Neue Freio Presse. An official announcement on e portly to explain the na- ture of the accord and the common . .. .... , . .i,u policy that has been tttfreod upon with laferenco to he future treatment of Balkan question. TO FOR ELECTION FRAUDS Retains Counsel and Employs Detectives for New York. (By Associated Press) Oyster Bay, Oct. 80 Colonel Rooso velt announced today that he had, re tained counsel and ft private detective Hgency to look out for fraud at the ! nolllnit Places In New York state on election day. "1 want tho polls watched and I want any kind of fraud 'stopped," said Colonel Koosevelt. "It ( there should be any fraud on our side . i want tne gumy persons io uo ii- cuted Just as vigorously as any oth ers." Colonel Roosevelt will leave here late today for New York to speak In Madison Square Garden tonight "I feel perfectly well." said Colonel lloosevelt this forenoon. juiieu oy who. (By Associated Press.) ChuttHnnoga. Tenn.. Oct 0. Em est SwalTord was shot and killed by his wife st their home near Daisy last night. He opened fire, shooting Mrs. Temnleton. his slsten-ln-law. In 1 thbrh. Mrs. Hwnfford picked up shotgun and fired, striking her hud- Land In the abdomen and causing his death, : Jill HIE Candidates, for, Governor Are Discussing Campaign Issues in Rutherfordton Court house Today. DETAILS OF MEETING QUICKLY ARRANGED When Settle Arrived He at Once Sought Craig and Latter Proved Entire . ly Willing.. (Uy a Staff Correspondent.) Rutherfordton, Oct. 30.- Locke Crulg and Thomas Settle, candidates for governor, met In the office of John C. Mills about noon today and arranged details for their first and perhaps only Joint debate of the campaign. It was arraigned for Settle to speak tirst, each to have rejoinders. They were not long in coining to an agreement. Mr. Settle arrived from Gastonia at 11 o'clock, seeking Craig directly. Crulg seemed entirely will ing for the contest and people here were expecting it. They agreed to speak at the court house, beginning at 1 o'clock. Settle has all hour and quarter and iiO minutest for rejoindr er. Craig has an hour and 15 minutes rejoinder. ' The court room was crowded, many Indies being In tho audience. Mr. Settle gave much time to tho attempt to reduce the tariff on cotton and he referred to tho pension bill and Kitchin's declarations against the trusts. Tho majority appeared to be with Craig. J. M. Gudger, Jr., is here, going to Cllffside tonight MYSTERIOUS GOLF PLAYED IS MASKED . V Beats Records, Including the World Record Drive, on Van Cortlandt Park Links. (By Associated Press) New York, Oct. 30. Golfers at the Van Cortlandt Park links have re marked this week the presence there of a mysterious golfer who wears a black mask while playing. Those who have watched his play declare the length of his drives Is remarkable. It was declared today that the mys terlouB visitor is an English expert who has come to this country on a wager of $25,000 to break the records of tho six best courses In the United States and afterward, on a wager of $5000 to beat the American amateur champion In a match game. The Identity of the masked golfer is not revealed but it Is said that his name Is familiar In England and this country. The "blackmasker" yester day took seventy-one strokes to play the 18 holes at Van Cortlandt This Is one stroke better than the record. He made one drive of nearly 300 yards, better than the world's record. IN SANITARIUM FIRE Two Young Women Drop to Safety in Life Nets. , (By Associated Press) Louisville, Ky., Oct. 30. One pa tient was ktl'ed and several others had narrow escapes from death when the Matlnsvllle sanitarium here was de stroyed by fire today. Dr. J. W. Koltx of South Park, Ky.. Ill In a ward 'In one' 'of the upper floors was burned to death. Two young women also patients, swung from upper windows and dropped Bii rely In life nets. Tho origin of ine Ih-e Is unknown. Seeress Glohe of Death (By Associated Press.) I'hlruirn. Oct 10. A Blobs of crvs . . f . , diameter Into whose mysterious uepuis mr.. jvuu.-m .m . i a a. l ai.l... T I-.1 - . toff gased and then announced, ac cording to witnesses, forthcoming I deaths of members of her family, was introduced In evidence today by the the,st.te in the trial or the woman on chsrgeji of poisoning her son. Life Insurance policies on other memtwis of her fumlly, the' manner of whose deaths is being disclosed, M corrollary IED IfJ STRIKE RIOT One Stabbed and Another Shot in Clash at Little Falls. (By Associated Press.) Little Falls, N. Y., Oct 30. In a clash between striking textile workers and the police early today, Michael Haley, a special policeman, was shot and John Kennedy, a detective, was stabbed In the back. Kennedy de clares one of the women who led the pickets assailed him. The riot began when the police chief attempted to break up a group of strikers massed in front of tho Pheonix mill. He had a dispute with one of the strikers, a crowd soon gathered and as soon as special police arrived missiles began to fly In all di rections. The striko leaders are being ar rested. Neither of the wounded men nro believed to be fatally hurt. Strlk Is believed to be fatally hurt Strlk- Excltement prrfVaila in the foreign section. , TO Street Fighting at Puerto Plata and General Dis order Reported. (By Associated Press) Washington, Oct. 30. Increasing disorder In San Domingo and desper ate street fighting in the outskirts of Puerto Plata, Jeopardizing American lives' i)d -property, caused , the navy department today to order the Imme diate dispatch of two warships, the cruiser Baltimore and the tender Yankton to Domincan waters. The Yankton and Baltimore should arrive In JJominlcan waters by the middle of next week, reinforcing the Prairie with her 700 marines. The Baltimore will carry an additional force of 150 marines. The three ves sels should be sufficient to prevent anarchy in the ports of Domlnco. The Baltimore and Yankton were being prepared to act as transports for troops to Cuba In case of need but that purpose has been abandoned temporarily. 1 T FOR MURDER SUSPECTS Country-wide Search Is Begun for Chicago Vaudeville Performers. (By Associated Press) Chicago, Oct. 30. No trace of Con way, the one-legged performer and his wife for whom the police have been searching since the body of MIkb Sophie G. Singer- was found In an Indiana avenue apartment house yes terday has been discovered. Police In other cities were stirred to the hunt by circulars requesting the couples approhenston. Close watch was kept on five cent theaters, the pollro having obtained Information that Conway and his wife had sought employment In several of tbeso places. They learned too that Conway had pcrformod as a clown with different circuses, and leading owners of shows of this class were wired to assist In the search. It Is the police theory that Mist Singer met her death between 8:30 and 10 o'clock Monday night. A drug gist near where she lived said that the woman was in his store and wrote sev- eral postcards. lie fixed tho tlmo she left st :S0 o'clock, William R. Worlhon, the fiancee of Miss Singer who came here from Bal- tlmore with her will be questioned further by tho pollco today. OFFICERS I WARSHIPS 111 (JED Introduced at Trial evidence by the state, also were In troduced. No evidence heretofore produced waa of such Interest to spectators as this globe, through the colorless depths Mrs. Llndloff asserted came messages from her "familiar spirits." The globe for which Mrs. Undloff has said she paid $r.00 was brought out of a black velvet lined box and set upon a black Sandalwood hnw. The aroma of the sandalwood seemed to armiHB the def nilant to a nervous condition. Six Sisters of Charity in San Antcnio Orphanage Give Lives to Save 100 . Children. SIXTH FATALLY HURT, TWO INFANTS LOST Fire Reaches the Mother Su perior as She and Child Await Firemen at Window. (By Associated Press) SAN th ANTONIO. Tex., Oct. 30. . Six sisters of charity gave their lives to save nearly one hundred small orphan children when Saint John's orphanage burned here before daylight today. One child was burned to death and another is nils.si;.0'. Only three , of the orphanage sisters escaped. Two women employed as servants were badly Injured. . The dead sisters are: MOTHER MARY OV THE CROSS, who was mother superior of the asy lum. Her name was Mary Rossiter, a native of Wexford, Ireland. MOTHER FRANCIS PASTEUR, native of France. SISTER PETER CLAVER STEVIN, teacher In San Fernandlo School, na tive of Dublin, Irelnnd, SISTER LEACAP-IA NOLAN, teach er in San Fernando Bchool, native of Dublin, Ireland. : SISTER MONICA MONTEZ, native of .Mexico. ' The badly Injured nuns Is Sister Kostka Farell, native of Kaldar, Ire land, who died this forenoon. The other Injured are: Miss A. Detemple, an employe, na tive of Germuny, bruises und slightly burned. , ... - - Miss E." Standlsh," native of Ft Hedgwig, an employe, body and limbs badly brufsed ithriJjurned.. -, v -V The two latter, physicians report, may recover. Origin of Fire Unknown. The origin of the fire is not known. Kighty-seven orphan children, rang ing in age from two to twelve years, and nine nuns were In the building where the fire started. The sisters of charity nobly sacrificed their own lives for the ' helpless little orphans, re maining In the structure unill tho building Itself began to crumble and fall. The death of the mother superior, Mury of the Cross, was a demonstra tion of unparalleled , courage. She rushed to the dormitory when she . heard the cry of a little child forgot ten In the hurry and excitement. A few moments later she appeared at tho window on the front of the build ing with the child In her arms. Fire Chief Wright attempted to save her but failed. A ladder was placed up against the wall and the tire chief pealed it but before he reached her, the mother superior and the child dis appeared. The flooring had been burned away and she had fallen through to ihe floor below where her lifeless body was recovered later. The three nuns In the building when tho fire broke out who escaped helped In taking the children from the blaz ing structure and were marching them across the yard when the walls began falling. Sister Kostka - In jumping from the fourth floor window to reach u life net. evidently lost her balance. As her body left the window she seem ed to stumb.lp or lose her footing and came down head first Her body struck the railing on the second story I nnd threw her out of line with the net Her back was broken as were her , limbs. She was carried Into the hos- pllal unconscious and her life l' des paired of. ' Another Mlasos a Net Sister Monica Montes also lost her life In jumping from the building. After the children had been taken to the lire escape on the west side of the building she returned to take a last look iu the dormitory. Her es cape was cut off by a burst of flame Into the place but she made her way to the east side where the firemen stood below with the net spread. Bhe leaped but missed the net Her limbs and body were broken nd bruised In numerous places and death was in stantaneous. M'her Frances "Hsleur and sister Peter Claver Steven vi Leachadla Nolan were upble to escape from the building and met death In the verita ble furnace, their lifeless bodies fall ing to the ground with a mass of burning debris. The charred remains v, these sisters were recovered by fire men lit S o'clock, four hours after the breaking out of the tire. Father Hume, tho chancellor, snd Father Duffy, chaplain, also rlHked tbclr lives In the rescue of the or pliuns. Time and again they rushed Into the building to return with some, chil l lost In the excitement and confu sion. When tho fire chief snd the first apparatus renched the scene the tire had spread throughout tho entlrs structure. The root was none ml greHt openings in the walls eaten nwav bv the fire caused a draft that fanncl tho fire iulo grimlnr fury. Tim In u I whs Ititenm The eiijfln of the lire W i t i known. ' The VjiI iiiiii I . !,.i n 1 t t tern of ('Inn n y of t I
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