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FULL ASSOCIATED, PRESS. LEASKD WIBS. . MAINTAINS NEWS BUREAUX fN WASHINGTON, BALEIOB AXD GREENS BOBO. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS THROUGHOUT " STATE. LAST EDITION V 4:00 P.M. Weather Forecast FAIR. VOL. XVIII, NO. 7. ASHEVILLE, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 10, 1913. PRICE THREE CENTS HME TO KEEP "Highest Authority" Says It v Will Be Watts or no One; ' That Mr. Simmons Is Determined. PROF. ROBERT L. MADISON GETS PLACE IN SENATE Strong Recommendation Filed for E. M. Goolsby's Ap--nointment as Marshal Of Canal Zone. Gazette-News Bureau, Wyatt Building, Washington, May 10. The startling Information was un earthed here today from the highest authority that should President .Wit son turn down Col. A. D. Watts for appointment as collector for the west ern district of North Carolina Senator Simmons will not allow any one else to he confirmed, : It Is known that Senator : Simmons has no second choice. It is even hinted that should Mr. Wilson tell him that he cannot appoint Watts, and suggest that he , . name someone else, ine senior senuiur .vlll not accept the suggestion, and I will oppose the confirmation 01 any i other man the president might name. I There are many people who do not I. believe WatU has a ghost of a chance I to be named collector. One of these I BIB PAY? men is Secretary of the Navy Daniels, I eavn8;, Gibbons and O'Hara in front who has frankly said to friends of thej0t tne caf. Later in the evening she Iredell man that he Is an impossi-1 bility" with President Wilson, .1 Col. Boyden's Chances. I Gen. J. 8. CaiT of Durnam naa two conferences, with Secretary -of the Treasury McAdoo In the intent1 of Col. A. H. .Boyden.. It is no exaggera tion to say that Gen. Carr was more than pleased 'With what Mr.. McAdoo told him about the Salisbury man. So much In fact, that upon an invitation extended by one in a position to make an engagement to visit President Wil son in behalf of his friend from Row an, Gen. Carr stated that matters were in such satisfactory shape that he did not consider it necessary to bother the president with a matter that was al ready progressing favorably. The collectorship for the western part of North Carolina ordinarily should go to the man whom Senator Overman recommended for the place. Senator Overman was out of town and It could not be learned whether he will follow the same attitude as Is ac- credited to Senator Simmons In oppos Ing the nomination of all other candi-1 dates except Watts. With Dr. H. Q. Alexander and Carey Dowd or cnarioue, ana coi. eoyaen and Walter Murphy of Salisbury, in the race it is not seen how Senator Overman, at least, could refuse to allow any one of them to be confirmed should President Wilson send his nom ination to the senate. - Simmons'. Position. But so far as Senator Simmons isHtor Samuel Ettelson. chairman of the concerned ne win not anow any man i to be connrmea wno is ,noi recom-i..i mended by th senior senator, and, as slated above, Mr. Simmons has nol second cnoice ior tne coueciorsnip. "lnon, who Is considered by the com W Watts or no one at all, so mat n collector Brown is anticipating a vacs- tion any Tims this summer nis menu? hers atfvJue him to put on a substitute collector, ror it is almost certain ne will not oe removia rrom omce ueiorei. the present session ot congress ad journs, a date now predicted to be some tlnie In September. V.. J. Justice of Greensboro, who upon his last visit to ' Washington threw a bombshell into ths Watts ramp, came to Washington yesterday. Mr. Justice snld he did not have time to call on President Wilson. His visit to ths capital city had only to do with t-gal business. He paid his respects to Col. William li. Osborn and "Pete" Murphy, v ' An appropriation of $46,000 Is car ried in the sundry civil bill for the eradication of pellagra. The appro priation was made at the Instance of Representative faison. Senator Overman has appointed Prof. R. U Madison of Webster a cli rk In the senate. II will take up Jils duties Saturday morning. Congressman Gudger tins filed stron recommendstlon for E M. Goolsby of Weuvervllle, who wants to be mar- fhiil of the canal sons. HOLY ROLLERS CAUSE WAL.tt.UUT m bilUi'S rotirtcen Men Who I) lnr MHIcf Op. wl to I'nlonlMiii May ('anno I tig Hlrlkc. Tly Associated Press. i Huntlnrion. W. Vs., May 10 A lnliue situation threatening a strlk of 2T.00 men xlts In the local shop ..f tt... I 'lu,. lim A III, li, Pnllrna.l t: ri today. All the men have agreed to unit work nnlcwi fourteen men who loently aHlnl themselves with th "Holy Heller" religious seit, J"ln the I'nlori. Tlii) 14 clnlin their rellxlou iiMih.itlmi pi nliHnf tin ir joining. l''mir In fnh'( rm-n fiilt y'ftei..itv nnd n'h- 1 I .1 ,!, .tMf,,( t ! Ilkl'WlHM to- I'rU CHARGE INVESTIGATED Miss Robinson Tells of Alleged Visit of . Illinois Lieute- nant Governor to Chi cago Hotel. NAME OF ANOTHER WOMAN BROUGHT IN Author of Affidavit Denies Re lations with O'Hara Were "Unduly Intimate' Other. Witnesses. . Clioawv May 10. Testifying before legislative committee today Miss Maud Robinson, author of the aftida vlt calling into question the moral conduct of Lieutenant Governor O'Hara, declared her relations with O'Hara had not. been' "unduly inti mate, In her testimony ; Miss Robinson brought in the name of Mrs. Mabel Davidson Inbush of Madison, daugh ter of a former governor of Wisconsin. She said that she came from Spring field to Chicago on the train with O'Hara " and , Thomas Vredenburg. They went to the Hotel Lasalle, where they met Mrs. Inbush, a widow. They then went to the Hotel Sherman cafe for dinner. Vredenburgh, she said, left the table and returning gave her the key to a suite, saying he had reg- lgiereu me quiiriei ao u. r. mmui ,, . n nrt ,1fa . Attar dinner the bartv adioumed to a cafe Where she said they met Harry nibbons. a friend of O'Hara's. After number of drinks, the witness de clared she Mrs. Inbush and Vreden hurirh went to the Hotel Sherman, o'Hara called at the apartment, Mlsa Robinson testified she went to the hotel on aJnuary 17 and remained there three days. Witness said that she signed the af fidavit at'the. request of Samuel Davis, a liquor dealer of Springfield, who as sured her that it would never be made public but would be used only to co erce O'Hara into steering his vice in vestigation away . from Davis. Later Davis asked her to sign a second affidavit against O'Hara, but upon advice of a lawyer friend, she declined to do so. . - - "Why didn't he want you to sign it?" ... . . . - - - - Because he said Davis might not keep his promise to keep the affidavit secret," replied Miss Robinson. The committee of four sena tors appointed by the legisla ture to Inquire Into charges made In an affidavit slgnod by Miss Maud Robinson of Springfield against Lleu- tcnant Governor Barrett O'Hara, head of the white slave commission, met nere today. The arndavlt was placed in the hands of the legislative committee lost Thursday by Deputy Sheriff R. M Sullivan of Sangamon county and, al though the document was not made ;ublio. It was raid to contain allega tions of Immorality on the part of the lentennnt governor. "The Investigation will go to the bottom of the whole affair," said Sen- committee, before the hearing began ao not know whether It will be I DUhiie." i ' A subnocrta was served on Mis Rob- mttQA as the DrlnclDal witness In the ica8e The committee, tl Is said, nlans to Uubpoena Lieutenant Governor O'Hara, Thol. Vredenburgh, said to have been membcr of the O'Hara oartv: Deou ty Sheriff M. Sullivan of Sangamon founty; Harry Glblwns, a politician County Treasurer William L O'Con nell and others. E Oatette-News Bureau, , Wyatt Building. Washington, May 10 , Th department sf Justice today finally refused to Intercede In the Hreem-Dlrkersnn case and has or dered the district attorney and the Judge at Asheville to carry out th sentence Imposed upon the two men. The papers In the case were take to the White House today and Presl dent Wilson will give ths friends of Major llreese a hearing Monday morning. Should the president re fuse to intercede, which Is practically certain, tha case will be closed except for the commitment of the men. Contractor 1'bIU for Dig Rum. (By AswWlfited Press) New Yorl:, My 10. Ambrose N, H,Hnn"r'' contractor erecting post offices and federal buildings In vnrlou purls of the country went Into hank ritplcy loilny with t! ot I812.0IIII and nm ts of 1171,000. Of the Unblll t i.-M, the sovcrniTient's claims in un mm pl t i .l loiil.lltie lire el-cured niii . ly I...M.U. 0 MORE CHANG MAJOR BREESE MINIMUM j- iuiyxjLjuin i yr ixuvi i xixiiilu Determined. Tariff Measure Shall Pass in Virtually Its Present Form Too Busy to Hand Pie. MR. KERN EXPECTING TO COME HERE AGAIN For Pleasure, Next Time ....... " Feeling " Bteween Mr. Overman's Friends and Those of Boyden. A NUMBER of Asheville people have visited Washington recent ly, and upon their return have related some things of Interest to the people of th.is section. One 'Asheville man had a talk the middle of the week with Senator Kern of Indiana. Mr. Kern, a personal friends of Sec retary of State Bryan, is now looked upon as one of the senate leaders. He is also looking fine.' The Indiana Sen ator says he-now weighs 60 pounds more than he did when, a few years ago, he came to Asheville upon the advice of his physician, and remained here' four or five months. Senator Mr. Kern, a personal friend of Sec Ashevtlle again, and the next time it would be a pleasure, rather than . a health considertion. Coercion Willi Putronage? , Nay, Nay. -Politically speaking, these Asheville people bring the word that the admin istration remains unshaken, either by the lngenius attacks of Mr. Hearst, or by the assaults that are being made on. the tariff bill. . The president Is onvinced, after hearing from the crit ics of the new measure, that the bill has been framed with the minimum number of mistakes, and It Is for this reason that he is determined that it shall pass in virtually Its present form. That is one reason, it Is said, why so few important appointments . have been made. Friends of the president aver, generally with a sly smile, that the president would not for worlds be aught la,the act of using the patron. age power, to coerce statesmen into the support of his tariff bill, but it w explained that Mr. Wilson really has no time to devote to the offices when so many matters of greater Import ance are pending. No one can really find any objection to that explanation at all events, not yet. Senator Overman and Col. Bryan. It is hotel lobby gossip in Washlng- on say those who have been there, that- some real "feelihg" has arisen between the friends of Senator Over man, and those support'njr Col. Boy den of Salisbury lor the position of collector of internal revenue for the western district. For the senator. Is claimed , that Col. Boyden has' never formally applied to Mr. Overman for his Indorsement, and that Senator Simmons is unalterably opposed to the Salisbury man4 who supported Mr. Kitchin In the senato rial campaign. Senator Overman is said to have 'given ie explanation himself that his colleague would not stand for this appointment. For Col. Boyden, It Is rejoined that this fellow townsman and life-long friend ought not to have to Importune the senator for his support, that Colonel Boyden has favored the senator In ways so numerous and so materlaly that such a step should not be considered neces sary, and that the Senator ought not to hesitate a second between tnis friend,, a Wilson democrat, and A. D. Watts, who Is not a Wilson man. Moreover, It is asserted that Senator Simmons is not offering opposition to any man who supported Kltchln In the senatorial contest except a tew who went beyond decent bounds In abusing him, and as proof of this they direct attention to the fact that a number of former Kltchln supporters have already been appointed, others are In line for appointment, and that Mr. Simmons has Interposed no ob- lectlons. Still again, the Boyden peo ple ask If Mr. Overman la going to Dermlt Mr. 8lmmons to make all the appointments lor all "parts of -the state. The belief obtains In many quarters that several weeks will elapse" before final action Is taken In this and per haps other Important contests. SERIOUSLY INJURED WayiMKvllle Man and Daughter In Runaway M went maw Caused Horse to Run. Special to Tha Giuette-Newa. Waynesville, May 10. snan jamea and daughter, Mls Dora, were hurl n a runaway accident this morning. They live In Waynesville, and wore driving out to Mr. James" farm, at Crabtree. As they were passing the Houthcrn assembly a dynamite blast went off, at whlrh the horse took fright and ran. Horse, buggy and vehicle, with the occuphnts, went down an em bankment about 14 feet high, and Mr. James was seriously Injured about the fhotilder and hip. Miss Dora's In juries ars not serious. Grrnisn Strike Fa IK Ily Assoclnted Press. Peuthen. Germany, May 10. The strlkK by (0.000 coal miners In this dlMrl'-t, which begun on April II, hn been clled off by the, men trades un ions, owing to the hopcleannc of nt tnlnttig uccrs. The employers flatly refused to Kiiuit the coni phhIoiis demanded. OF MISTAKES IN J ! k. . , . l".. CURRENT One Taken s from Mails and Another from Railway Waiting Room. , ' (By'A-WtSiirtiTiTl'iessr London, May 10. Two more of the now familiar bombs with which the militant suffragettes are attempting to. scare tlie. British parliament into glv ing the parliamentary franchise to women were discovered this morning, One of them was found In the passen ger waiting roomiiat the .busy Lime street railroad station . in Liverpool and the other In the sorting room of the postoffice at Reading. The fuse of the Liverpool bomb had been lighted by the perpetra tor of the outrage., but had died out before It reached the gunpowder. The Instrument ot intended destruc tion consisted of a tin tobacco box filled with gunpowder and iron nuts and the long fuse was laid in the center. The Reading machine was wiaj ped in a bulky parcel to which the attention of the postoffice em ployes was attracted by the sound of ticking. The police were called In and on examination found the parcel contained an electric battery connect ed with explosives and accompanied by quantities of suffragette litera ture. The parcel was addressed to a municipal official of Reading, now on his vacation . The police express the belief It wus timed to explode In his residence during his absence. Because of the possibility of fur ther attacks by the "wild women" on the churches, many historical edi fices throughout the country which during the season are usually visit ed by thousands of American and other tourists, have been ordered cjosed except during hours of ser vice. . umm IN RIVER Identified as Cousin of Brook lyn Times PublisherCan not Explain Mishap. (By Associated Press) New York, May 10. A young woman rescued unconscious In ths, 10 UNEXPLQDFD BOIS E FOUND . . , , . . i i , .Iter now when they are U or 1, spend East river late last night, regained f our v..ra In coll eg, must then go to consciousness at a nospitai tnis morn ing and was Identified as Miss Alice Mills, a klnden;nrten teacher anit a cousin of Rlchsrd C. 'Ellsworth, pub lisher and part ownr of the Brook lyn Times. She was unable to ex plain how she got In th water. "I don't know anything about It," she snld Incoherently. . Hhe left her hoarding place last evening to visit a friend In Newark, N. Y. Nothing more whs heard from her until dock hsmls ni'r the foot of MiiTilniiio street, Brooklyn, saw a dirk olilei t In ths water nnd draiiRsd It n'tiore. There were msny lirulx" on her Imily, POLITICS. Ml BEGUN IN THEHUFF CASE Evidence Concluded at Morn ing Session Jury Gets Case Tonight. . 'Air the evidence ofthp'-case"of John Huff, charged with the murder of E. C. McConnell, was In this morning be fore court recessed at noon, and So licltor Robert R. Reynolds for the state began his argument to the Jury. Most of the session' was taken up with the rebuttal testimony of the de fense, several witnesses being. Intro. duced to refute testimony of the state and in support of testimony already given by the defense. Among the im portant witnesses offered by the de fense were Chief of Police Lyerly, Pa trolman Frank Condor, Will Robin son, Patrolman Fred Jones and Mr. Haydock. The photographs, satd to be those of the murderer, were also shown to the Jury. The prosecution concluded it testi mony last night and several of the witnesses Identified Huff as the man who Is wanted for the killing of the officer. Among these, In addition to those who testified yesterday morn ing were: A. M. Jackson, who Identl fled Huff as the man he saw at Gash's Creek on the day of the murder, Alex Lyda, who was at the store of Hardy Webb at the time of the murder, El bert Satchel!, and J, F. Coxe. The state closed with the testimony of Hardy Webb, who stated that Huff is the man who killed McConnell, glv- ing about the same testimony that he gave at the former trial of Huff. The case will go to the Jury tonight SHOULD BE EARLY Boy of 17 Safe in College, but One of 40 Likely to Go to the Dogs, says Lowell. - By Associated Press. Chicago, May 10. An early eduea tlon and an early marriage . were ad l ocated by President A. Lawrence Lowell of Harvard university, who ad dressed the local alumni at their an nual banquet. The modern tendency to hold men In college until they have reached a seasoned maturity he cited aa a grave error. "The right age to send a boy to col lege Is 17," said Dr. Lowell. "They en law school or medical college and spend some time In getting actual ex perlence, "Conequently It Is often lats In life before they become settled In a pro feselon or feel themselves able to marry. "A man Is Just as matured for pur nose at 17 as h Is at 1. He make friends quicker and he la more Im nresslonable. Ills indiscretions are harmless, it seems to me the les dls clpllns he hum the better man he li Send ths wan of 40 to college and h will rn to th dogs, but send us you bnvs nhen thev nr 17 and ws will Ttiar.'iMes sntl'fiictloa or Teturn th boy." A M F N fl M F NT Tfl n minimi nil I mm bill Suggestion that Treasury Sec retary Be Empowered to Proclaim Imports' Val ues Considered. OBJECT TO CURTAIL CUSTOMS LITIGATION Senator May Make It Unlawful to Take up Customs Case Appeals on Contingent Fee Basis. r.y Associated Press. Washington, fay 10. An amend ment to the tariff bill to authorize the secretary of the treasury to proclaim values of imported goods for the pur pose of assessing ad valorem tariff duties,. irrespective of fluctuating for eign markets, thereby approximating the nd valorem system to . specific the ad valorem system to specific duties was proposed today to Chairman Sim mons of the finance committee and hnirman Underwood of the ways and means committee by Attorney General Mclleynolds nnd Secretary McAdoo. Both leaders looked upon the pro posal with interest and the tariff bill may accordingly be amended in the finance committee before it enters the senate for debate. President Wilson has been apprised that Biich an amendment would cut down litigation, take much work from the board of appraisers, and is believ ed by Its proponents to be absolutely necessary for the successful working of an ad valorem tariff bill. Another amendment proposed would make It unlawful for any person to take up appeals from appraised valua tions on a continent fee basis. As sistant Attorney-General Denison said today that the amendment with the provision already in the bill requlrinn a.'ee of $t for all protests and appeals wofrta,t.m,t!rircuBttmis' litigation rio per cent. Another Conference over Cali fornia Anti-Alien Bill in Progress at the State Department. By Associated Press. Washington, May 10. Secretary Bryan and Viscount Chlnda, the Jap anese ambassador, got down to busi ness eaily today at a conference over the Califori.la land bill. Japan's protest already had been formally presented and the ambassa dor was waiting to learn what the United States proposed to do about the bill already passed by the California legislature and awaiting Governor Johnson's signature. Early todi y there was prospect of a special cabinet meeting to afford Sec retary Bryan an opportunity to lay before conference with the Japanese ambassador. It was et Ident that there was no disposition to delay the ques tion and it appeared to be the Inten tion of Secretary Bryan to give to the Japanese abumssador a prompt assur ance ot what his government might expect the United States do about the legislation Japan considers offensive, The conference lasted an hour and at Its conclusion Viscount Chlnda paid a short visit to Councillor Moore. No statement was forthcoming as to what had taken place, but It was known that having presented the views of his own government In objection to the California legislation aa well as that of Arizona, the ambassador withdrew to await a formal answer from the state department. Before that is given. Secretary Bryan wishes to confer with President Wilson. Indications were that it would be late In the day, It not Mon day, before the conferences between the secretary and the ambassador could be resumed. ARGUMENT DEFERRED .Motion to Qiiat,h Indictment AgsiiiMt John II. Charter to He Taken l p Friday. The motion filed yesterday afternoon In United States District court by at torneys for J. H. Carter to have the indictment against him quashed will he argued before Judgs James E. Hoyd next Friday, May 1. The motion was scheduled to he argued today Immediately upon the -onvenlng of the morning session of the, court but other mutters Interfered nnd 12 o'clock whs nnnnd ss the hour for hearing the srRiimenls. Before that time there had been a conference among the attorney for Mr. Porter, and they sirreed to httve the mutter held open until next I il'l.iy, s BRYAN TORTURED III HE John Walker of Anderson, S. C, Hung by Thumbs and Beaten, He Swears. IMPLICATED HUFF UNDER DEATH THREAT Promised Evidence to Convict Accused While Looking into Gun Barrels, Says ' Affidavit. A negro of intelligent appearance, who states that lie Is John Walker of . Anderson, S. C, today In AhIipvIUc, made an nfliduvU to the effect that he vvuh tortured and beaten, and tlu-eat-encd with death "t the lnMigatlon of W. H. 'Adams, to force him to give per jured testimony in the case of mate u ffiii list John Huff. The man's thumbs show plainly where cords have been bound tightly aroud them. Walker'f. sworn statement Is as follows: , I, John Walker, was at church at Anderson, S. C, last Sunday, May 4, about 1 o'clock p. m. Deputy Sheriff Sanders of Anderson sent for me to come out, and told me he had a war- - rant for me. I asked him what for? and he said "on the John Huff case." He took me to the Jail, and. locked me up. About 5 o'clock W. S.' Adams of SUM-, S. C, cam to the Jail and hand- , cuffed me. He took me on the train to Star, and from the train to his house, two miles below Star. After dinner he and two white men took me in a buggy out into the woods. The two men with W, S. Adams tied a cord around each of my thumbs, hang ing me suspended In. this manner from . a tree. Adams told me he had to have sufficient evidence to convict John Huff. Thev kept me hanging up un til, i promised to go ' to" a "makistrate's office and Bear what they wanted me to swear. The tws men beat me with . sticks while I was hanging by my thumba The men put pistols to my face and said they would give me two minutes to tell. I told them I had nothing to tell. That was before they beat me, and after they tied me up. One of the men had struck me with the butt of his pistol and said that I would tell, or else go to hell head foremost. Next day I went to a magistrate's office and testified that John Huff came to Anderson and told me that he 'pushed a man over" in North Caro lina; said he was tired and hungry, and I went and got him something to eat; that he told me he was going to Atlanta and not to tell no one that he had been there; that this occurred some time between the fourth and sixth of Jyly. mi. All this Is what I had promised I would go and swear. When we got up here I told Adams I would not swear as facts what I had sworn in Star; I would tell It, but would swear to the circumstances that caused me to give this testimony to the magistrate at Star. 1 was discharged as a witness before the trial, by the solicitor. I think they kept me hang ing hy my thumb about 10 minutes, the best of my Judgment. UNIVERSITY STUDENT CHARGED WITH THEFT l. R. Martin. Member ot Junior Class, Held In Custody mi Charge of Stealing $39. Special to The Gazette-News. Chapel Hill, May 10. Awaiting the arrival of his father from Elizabeth City to furnish a bond of 1300, D, R. Martin, a member of sophomore class, of the university, was last night In the custody of Policeman 8. F. Long of the Chapel Hill police force, charged with taking the sum of 5t from the automobile of F. W. Booker, which sum of money had been left In a purse on the front seat of the car while Mr. Booker went to a nearby cafe. The money had been handed Mr. Booker by a merchant of Venable to deposit In the bank, and before making the deposit he had entered the cafe, leav ing the money In the front seat of his car. Martin and two other boys took seats In the car when the owner went to the cafe, but when he had returned only two ot the number were In the car, Martin having taken the money and carried It to the University Inn and deposited It in his suit cose. Mr. Booker ordered an Immediate search for the money, and on failing to find it In the possesion of the other two occupants of the machine, Martin owned up to taking the purse. I u being arraigned before Squire W. J. A. Cheek he pleaded guilty to the churte snd was placed under a bond of $2i for his appearance at the next term f Orange county court. I'xploxlon Nenr Amirliun I'iiiIhi") . Ily AseoclHti'd Pre, Paris, May 10. A boiler rupb.-i. occurred next door to the r. i'l.-o. Myron T. Derrick, fulled sive. . I ftendor. this rnornittK. kHMnu i,n.. e ! In.birlng three other ... ln . r, i fertre nirr.iii'i '. ! 1 1 dome I ii. i-l I ! . ' I HIT