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fife FULL AZZCZlkTZD PREC3 SZ2VIC3 BT LEASED WISE. It rl . LAST EDITION 4:00P.M. Weather Forecast COLDER. IE.,',, JE. VOL. XVIII., NO. 14. ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 27, 1913. a.."', PRICE THREE CENTS PARIS BANDITS CmUNDGUILTY Eighteen of Bana Are Found Guilty by Jury of Murder, Arson Robbery. or ONE KILLS HIMSELF WHEN CONDEMNED Conclusion of Long Trial of -Gang Which Terrorized French Capital, Is -' Dramatic. i By Associated Press. , Paris, Feb. 27 The trial of - ilie gang of 22 automobile bandits who held Paris in terror for months ended today. : A verdict of guilty was re turned against' 18 of the pris oners on counts including mur der, arson and robbery. 'Four of the accused, includ ing three womm accomplices, were found not guilty. Amonsr the indictments wore charges of no fewer than 22 murders, the victims be ing motor drivers, bank mes sengers, freignt" agents and policemen. The gunmen, held hip a number of suburban banks, broke into residences of prominent people, killed the 'chief ' of thfl Paris detectives, set fire to buildings and finally, when their two leaders, Bon not and Garier, were in danger nf nrrost. underwent two sieges in the environs of Paris. In the course of these sieges it was found necessary to call hundreds of . troops,' whole squadrons of military, mount ed police, and practically the entire force of patrolmen, who bombarded the bandits for many hours in their sancturies and then found several of the leading spirits of the gang ly ing dead, riddled with bullets. Ends Ufo Alter Verdict. ' Even tha conclusion of their trial was accompanied by tragedy, for Carouy. the "anarchist bandit,1 when he heard that he was condemned to imprisonment for life, committed sul w i hi hv taking noison which presumably was passed to him as he left the court room. ' - j The trial was attended by all sorts of dramatic Incidents. The jurors were threatened time and again with .aa.ineii hv sccomDllces of the ac cused. Many of the 104 witnesses also were menaced. ,'-'. The iurv remained out from o'clock yesterday afternoon until near ly i o'clock this morning. They had to consider nearly 400 questions Sub mitted tn them. When they returned Into court their written verdict was so Incoherent, con tradictory and lengthy that It had to lie explained to the presiding Judge by the foreman. Counsel for four of the bandits derlared It was Illegal for the presiding Judge to ask the Jury for oral explanations of a written ver dict. Another dramatic .Incident oc curred after the court had deliberated op tha protests by prisoners' counsel and decided against them. The pre siding Judge turned to the accused and naked them It they had anything to ray.- Callemln, who had been found Bullty of murder, shouted: "My comrade, Dleudonne, was not the assailant of the bank messenger Chv. .It was I." . This caused a tremendous sensation in view of the fort that Caby had re peatedly asserted that Dleudonne shot him. . The judges retlTi (J to deliberate as n the wntent'ee.' Onlv four of the bandits are liable to the death pen alty. Four of the 12 bandits were sen tenced to death by the guillotine. The condemned men are Dleudonne. Clle mln, Soudy and Monler, against whom a number of murders were proved. Fourteen of the others were sentenc ed to long terms In prison. nuc eu;lci::gs eill In p r frn ry pri' IT I rty Associated Press. Washington, Ken. 27. The senate, after n lonn anil turbulent session. n....,l ,., ,., ,1.11c h,,ll,lli,e Kill at S i.0 .-.,,,., ,i ... ii, ,,-. WILLIM WILSON j LABOR SECRETARY? Former Mine Workers Official , May Bo Given New Cabinet Portfolio. , By Associated Press. Washington, Feb. 27. The pleas of union labor for representation at the 1 council table of the president of the ! United States may be recognized In the selection of Representative Wllr j llnm B. Wilson of Pennsylvania to be secretary of the newly created . de partment of labor. This information, along with other- reliable advices, came to the political leaders at th! capital today direct from Trenton.. Representative Wilson has been In dorsed by the American Federation of Labor and was at one time secretary of the United Mine Workers of Amer ica. . ? -...,' - - : : : From the same sources it was learn ed that William C. Redfield of Brook lyn might be a member of the cabinet,' Just what portfolio he Is being con sidered for was not divulged, but It is known that the President-elect holds the highest regard for Mr. Redlleld's views on the tariff and has for 'some time hoped to have him as one of his close advisers. About three portfolios agriculture. Interior and war little Information is known and it Is hinted, that they will be filled by men whose names have not been generally mentioned heretofore. Though William A. Glasgow, a Phil adelphia lawyer, and Edgar Farrar of New Orleans, former president of the American Bar association, are report ed still to be under the consideration of the president-elect, the most relia ble Information obtainable today is that James C. McReynolds of New York, .'will 'be' the new attorney-general..':- '';;-; .',,' " Confirmation comes from every side that the president-elect has picked William J. Bryan for .secretary jf state; William Q. McAdovfor' secre tary of the treasury; Josepnus Parilels for secretary of the navyj and Repre sentative Albert Burlfcson of Texas for postmaster-general. The name or Louis u. tsranaeis is still known to be uppermost in Mf. Wilson's mind for the secretaryship of commerce, as the post now held, by Mr. Nagel probably will be called hereafter. -. " It Is said that Mr. Wilson from the flret was anxious to place a progras- slve republican In his cabinet and the selection of Mr. Brandels is belle td to be a result of that desire. Thouah Information as yet with respect to di- plomatic posts Is meager, It became known here today that David R. Pen field of Philadelphia, and Henry N. Morganthau of New York very likely would be chosen for ambassadors, the former to Rome and the latter to Ber. lin. PILGRIMS ARE NEARING HTOILLUID., TODAY Male Suffragist Who Invades a Quarters of VAntisV Gets Rough Treatment, v ' By Associated" Press. Washington, Feb. 27. With the in vading army of "hikers" from New York under the command of "Gene ral" Rosalie Jones within a few hours of their goal, suffragist leaders at na tional headquarters today were pre paring for their reception. The ex citement was increased last night by the meteoric arrival and disappearance of Mrs. Olive Bchultx, tne official scout of the "hikers", who dashed Into the city In a high powered automobile, reported "all well" and promptly dashed out again. The "hikers" are expeotsd to reach Hyattsvllle, Md., tonight and accord ing to Mrs. Bchultx, they are to be "royally entertained" In that town, Mrs. Shulta added, however, that the marching suffragists would not de vote the evening to social diversion, but would retire early in order to ap pear here tomorrow fresh and ready for their sneaking program. In addition to plans for the recep tion of the "hikers," suffragist leaden- are busy preparing for the procession of March 3. Bixteen young women today are practicing the quickest way to prepare egg sandwiches and are taklnir lessons In the arawing or cor fee. They are to "man" four lunch wacons that will keep pace with the- procession, for the refreshment of the wearv. The money taken In by the wnirons. it was announceu, win m ! Disced In the suffragist fund. ' Home excitement was caused at antl-suffraglst. headqu arters by the decorated with d bearing ban nors with the Inscription "votes lor women." A number of male sympa thlxcrs were In the place end the man was seized, the banners taken f'om him and he was thrust Into the I Ntieel, not, minever, iK'fofe he had i : In i-n profiim-ly plastered with th hill I, ,1,-1 of l)i mils." Mexico City ' Outzbard)y GaJm; w CoaHuila the Revolt Is Growing ., .... , ' ' " V r PV vliipiillllli 'f t j-) Jiiiliiii&ipi: i f t ;',.. ..: - ' i vt i ' i S 5 L4 ... . 'L: 1 ' . Prominent figures in the Mexican co de la Barra, who if rumored to- Madero, former secretary of finance; Mexico. ' - i This photograph was taken on . '.'.' . , ' GIVEN UFE TERMS London ' Prosecutor Invokes Malicious . Damage Act Against "Fire Bugs." J3y Associated Press. London, Feb. 27.-- Militant suffra gettes connected with the burning of buildings In public parks are liable to "penal servitude for life. This was the announcement today of Travers Humphreys, public prose cutor, in asking a magistrate to com mit for trial Miss Lillian Lenton and Miss. Joyce Locke, who were arrested for setting fire to a pavilion In the Kew botanical garden- I make my charge," - said '. Mr. Humphreys, "under , the malicious damage act, which makes it a felony punishable by penal servitude for life for any person to fire a building be longing to the king or devoted to puu 11c use." ' ' At, the hearing today only Miss Locke appeared, Miss Lenton having been released owing to 111 health after carrying out a hunger strike, The magistrate protested that' the procedure was an extraordinary one. Prisoners are sometimes released from prison, but not from custody. He at once Issued a warrant for her re-arrest. . , . Miss Locke, who also started a hun ger strike while detained, was forci bly fed. She pleaded today that she was too ill to conduct her defense, but the case was postponed and 'he was committed for trial, Bail wut fixed at $5000 on the promise of the accused that she would refrain from and agitation pending her appearance before the Jury. SEKATE PUTS AN fND TO SEED IISTIWI By- Associated Press. Washington, Feb. 27. Compression nl distribution of seeds was ended by the senate today by eliminating from the agricultural appropriation bill an appropriation' of 1256,000 for that purpose. ' , Among the more Important amend ments adopted was the bill by Sena tor Hoke Hmlth creating a bureau of murkets In the deuurtrnent of agri culture. The bill, as It passed the Semite, carried 118,000.000. an In i'I'mw of nearly one million over the llDIISU 1,111. UTS IMS disturbance; .!,. American Ambay have been chosen bv the Diaz lnsurrectos as successor to Madero; 3, Ernesto 4, former President Madpro; B, Arnold, - .-..- ,- v; ''. - '-' - the steps of the National palace in Mexico City. r ' r . .. ..-,,.-..,.. r ' '.....-' I . '. .'-"( - Huerta Insistent that United States Accord Him Full . Recognition. By Associated Press. Mexico City, Feb. 27. Confidence in the Huerta administration appears to wax stronger daily, if faith is to be placed In the government repoffs as to the rapid vanishing of the rebel spirit throughout the republic. Con spiracies against the provisional presi dent are still whispered of In the capi tal but there is at least an outward aopearanre of harmony between the leaders of the new regime. Provision al President Huerta and Felix Diaz seem to be working together to bring about general peace, which both ex press themselves as ardently desiring. ,Collap?e of the revolutionary move ments both north and south appears to be imminent. The latest adherent to the government Is General Orozro, who has sent a telegram declaring his allegiance. Emlllano Zapata, on the other hand, remains obdurate although many of his chief 'supporters have come Into line with the new order. , Venustlano Carranza, former gover nor of Coahulla, according to dis patches received here has not succeed ed In gathering general support for his attitude against Huerta., A further adhesion to the govern ment was registered last night when Itafnel Tapla. a former chief of rural guards In the state of Tlaxcala, with fiOO of his men, signified his desh-e to 'surrender, Tapla' conferred with the . federal minister of war yesterday and was told to return for another conference, bringing with him Antonio Hidalgo, a andldate for the governorship of Tlaxcala, who Is in rebellion. -. Villa I'p In Arms. ' Fl Paso, Tex., Feb. 27. Francisco Villa, whom the late President Madero reformed from banditry and made a general of Insurrectoft Is reported to have entered the field In Sonora, seek ing vengeance for the death of his former chief. He disappeared yes terday from El Paso, where he had been sojourning since his escape from the penitentiary at Mexico City. Villa had been jailed by order of deneral Huerta, Increasing his per sonal lntnre-?t In the threatened coun ter revolution by the former followers of Madero. Huerta charged, that Vil la, then commanding a 'volunteer corps, had returned to his former methods. At the time of Villa's es "ape from the Mexico City prison It was said that Mndero's leniency Imd taken effect. For yenrs before the Madero revolution, Villa had been a self-confessed bandit. He retains a tronR following which Is expected to Join him In the western border state. PoMsenxers arriving early today from Chihuahua City report all oulet with no armed opposition to the mili tary government of ficneral Antonio Itnbajo. The trial of Aliraham tlon ii1es, tha elected governor, churKed with seilltlon. Is projrreaiiiK alowlv. A tuiltorni-v h:ts been npnolrit.-fl to ! (f 'ontlniii-d on pnf" 2 ) aiur Ilcr.ry Lane Wilson; 2, Francis Shanklln,- U. S. consul, general ln ' , .- .w TO CEDE HIOPLE ' 4 ' Porte Asks Good Offices of Russia in Bringing About Peace. By Associated Press. Sofia, Feb. 27. Turkey has at last signified her readiness to negotiate for peace with Bulgaria on the basis of the cession of Adrianople. '-."' The Turkish government has solic ited the good offices of Russia.' The itusslan government today transmit ted to the Bulgarian government a messege received from Constantino pie, containing .the Turkish proposals for fresh negotiations. The Bulgarian council met today to discuss the subject ( St. Petersburg, Feb, 27. Despatches received here today confirm the report that the Turkish government has ex pressed willingness to surrender the fortress of Adrianople. - ; Russia will not support Bulgaria's demand for a war indemnity from Turkey. " Extensive Damage) in Alabama. Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 27 Accord ing to long distance telephone mes- uge received by the Journal today, damage aggregating more than I too. 000 hue been done by a cyclone of marked Intensity which passed over Butler, Crenshaw and . adjoining counties early this morning. Nearly (0 buildings are known to have been partially or w holly destroyed, while at least one personals known to have been killed. Rufus Sumerlln, living between Platuaburg and Petrey, In Crenshaw county, was killed In a collapse of a building. Mies Lena Patterson of the same district was seriously injurea She is believed to be dying. Greatest property damage, accord Ing to these reports, was done at tireenvllle, In Butler county. :, At least 2S buildings Im Oree'hvllle were partially or wholly demolished. Including two negro churches, 'office structures and cottages. ii. Hcrlliir Clwvf Chase Mrmlxn4ilp. By Associated Preaa. Washington, Feb. 27. The decline tlon of President-elect Wilson to ac cept honorary membership In the Chevy Chase club has caused a charge of plans on the part of numerous other social and seml-soclal organizations In the capital. The Washington Riding' and Hunt club was prepared to extend him n Invitation to membership, but the preildent-clect's decision led It to withhold such Invitation until tin ac tually take up his orrh l:i I residence lo-re. u READY COURT RULING IREASSESSMEItT IS ATTAG KED IS PROVIDED I : Senate Commerce Committee Denounces "Rule of Rea son" as Applied to Sherman Act. FEDERAL CORPORATION . COMMISSION FAVORED With Power to Supervise Cor- porations and Pass on Mergers and Agreements. By Associated Press. Special to The Gazette-News. , Washington, Feb. 27 The Supreme Ealeigll, Feb. 27. A bill in- court's so-caiied modification of the troduced by Chairman Wil- Shermnn anti-trust law to Invoke "the rule of reason" in decisions on re-jliamS of ; the : llOUSe ftnanfe stralnt of trade Is attacked in vigorous' Committee provides for the terms in a report presented to the 1 reassessment of all real and senate by the Interstate commerce' . nmittee. which points out the dan- gers of "uncontrolled and unguided judicial dlscreUon." and makes em- phatic . demands for amendments to the Sherman law to remove from the tSSS The report is the result of the com- merce's long Investigation into opera-!fi tion of the anti-trust law. The com - mlttee recommends new laws to de fine exactly what combinations tire unlawful, so that both the business in terests and the courts will have a standard upon which to proceed. ; It recommends a federal Interstate corporation commission with power to supervise corporations, pass on and approve combinations and agreements and take over the work of dissolving illegal corporations, such as the Standard OH company or the Ameri can Tobacco company. i Commenting upon the decision, of f he Supreme court in tb,e Standard Oil case, In which "the rule of reason" was called in, the report written by Senator 'Cummins, says": "" ' """"" Says Court, Enters Legislative Field. 'The committee has full confidence in the Integrity, intelligence and pa triotism of the Supreme court of the United States, but It Is unwilling to repose in that court or ' any other court the vast and undefined powers which It must exercise In the adminis tration of the statutes under the rule which it has promulgated. It sub stitutes the court in the place it con gress, for whenever the rule is In voked, the court does not administer the law. but makes the law. If It con tinues In force the federal courts will, so far as restraint of trade is con cerned, make a common law for the United States just as the English courts have made a common law for England. "The people of this country will n t permit the courts to declare a policy for them with respect to this subjuct. If we do not promptly exercise our legislative power the courts will suffer immeasurable Injury In the loss of that respect and confidence so essen tial to their usefulness. . It 's Incon ceivable that in a country that is gov erned by a written constitution and statute law that the courts can 1c permitted to test each restraint of trade by the economlo standard which the Individual members of the court may happen to approve. As the anti-trust statute, la now construed," adds the report. "It is Im possible for any association of men, however diligent they may be In seek ing advices and however willing to fol low It to know whether what they are doing or what they are about to do, will be ultimately found by the Su preme court to be a due or undue re straint of trade." Refers to Stool Trust Suit. In the further criticism of the Su preme courts rule of reason, the Cummins report directs attention to the fact that the government's suit for dissolution of the United Statee Steel corporation will ultimately come before the Supreme court. In the end, nine Justices of the Su preme court will be asked to say whether the restraint of trade brought about through this combination Is a due or undue restraint," says the re port, "and the answer each justice makes to that question will depend upon his Individual opinion as an economist or sociologist, the conclu sion of the court being an act of legis lation passed by the Judicial branch of the government to fit a particular case. "If we do not speedily prescribe. In sofar as we can, a legislative rule by which to nieasure the form of con tract, or combination. In restraint of trade with which we are familiar, or which we can anticipate, we cease to be a government of law and become government of men; and, moreover of t very few men, and they appointed by the president." No specific legislation is recom mended by the committee, but It urges congress to devise laws as quick ly as possible, which shall "specifics! ly prescribe certain conditions upon which persons and corporations shall be permitted to engage In commerce These conditions should be of character that will tend to preserve reasonable competition, It adds, "or substantially competitive conditions and to compel Independence In both organization ' and conduct. Th should be so clear thut the !u--Iih Wnt ld cart und, t -unid tiu-m and i ( i ',,iii ii. -1 on 1-:-; i 2.) Williams Introduces Measure for Listing Real and Per sonal Holdings at Cash Value. ' LOWER TAX RATE IS AIMED AT IN MEASURE Full Assessment This Yera Shall Not Exceed 1912 Levy by More Than Five Per Cent. uvisuuai LuiFLjeity. ucutuiiiiiic - ' . , ,a w "c v it-S actual money Value. It is stipulated that the aggregate taxe8 evied for 1913 Under the full value assessment shall not be over five per cent more than prpfrntp fnr 1Q12 and thp 1 lne ggregale Ior ana ule levy for 1914 not more than eight per cent over the 1912 levy. The bill prescribes that the present assessment is in adequate and unjust, that the tax rate is too high and must be reduced so property owners fill freely list their "property at its full' value, giving a husi- ness-like basis for state revenue with all classes of property under , the systems "V-.- "- A favorable committee' report Is given the Kellum bill for the people vote on establishing a state rural credit bank; also a bill incorporating the Wilmington & Northeastern Rail road company. The revenue bill is being considered in the house committee of the whole very few changes-- being made on sec ond reading. In the senate Phillips Introduced a bill to authorize county commissioners to levy a special tax of $100 on man ufacturers and dealers in narrow-tired vehicles. Raleigh, Feb. 27. i"Senatorlal cour tesy" resumed business at the old stand yesterday. It was his first appearance at this session of the general assem bly, and he came to gtfslst Senator Evans of Pitt who Is not ,ln accord with one of the representatives from that county. , The representative In . questions, Mr. Clark, early In the ses s'on, had some uncomplimentary things to say about the senator from Pitt in a signed article in the Green ville dally paper and soma open re sentment from the senator was looked -for at that time, but he held himself well in the bounds of dignity. He was probably Just waiting for his Inning to come. It came . yesterday. Mr. Clark had secured the passage through the house of a bill to allow Farmvllle . township to vote on the question of Is suing bonds to build good roads In that (Continued on page I.) ' Tornado Strikes Sour Lake, Tex. Extensive Damage Done at Birmingham. ': By Associated Preset Sour Lake, Tex., Feb. 27. A 'tor nado struck this place early today, blowing down 150 oil derricks, dam aging houses and scattering debris over the city. No one was seriously Injured. The total damage' Is estimated at $75,000. Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 27. A big wind and ruin storm passed over Birmingham and this district between 1 and 1 o'clock this morning, dolnc much damage to property, delaying and suspending traffic on street tun! steam railway lines, telephone and telegraph wires and overhead trolleys. The roof of the Jefferson county court house was damaKed several thousand dollars worth and mnnv rooms In the building soaked. No personal injuries ba e been reported. Havanah, Ga., Feb. 2 7. The lo.nl weather bureau this morning n-ceivwl advices from WnMhln; storm warning. The ! .torm warnings from Atlantic City l.ecau-, TennefMe movlm; c ward. Brl- k and I u In-! art i --. l-t, M. : to In :xe in WIND AND i!l STORM IN SOUTH
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