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run Auocuxma niu LAST EDITION ' Weather Forecast WIJM. MAIHTAJSI BMWB WOUMAMX 1 WiBSJMdTOW. MALMiem AMD Xfl. BOKO. tPMOJAL COBMMBfOMDMKtt tBEOUOBOUT TBB IT ATM. FAIR. VOL. XVIII, NO, ASHEVILLE, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 27, 1913. PRICE THREE CENTS AR THflW m COUHT BATTLE New York Ruled Out in Fight to Prevent Discontinuance of Habeas Corpu 3 Writ. ATTORNEYS FOR STATE HAVE HARD PROBLEM Non-Plussed . by Turn of Event "Hooray for Har ry Thaw" Shout the Canadians. SPEER INQUIRY IS ORDERED BY HOUSE Judiciary Committee Is Authorized to Conduct Investiga; . tion Mann Compels Disclosure of Allegations Against Georgia jurist His Official and Private Conduct Impugned. v POLICE CONTROL AT GWTTE By sffoi laJecl Press. . Washington, Aug. 2 ; The house today passed a resolution authorizing nu investigation of charges acainit Judge Emory Sneer .'of he Federal court of Geo.-iila. the investigation will be conducted by P sub-commitrje of the Judiciary committee which eliminates impeachment proceedings. jn response to repeated demands by Republican Leader Mann. Chairman Clayton of the Judiciary committee, who called up the. investigation reso lution, gave the house the substance of the charges made against Judge Sbeer in a report from Attorney-General Melteynolds. . These charges set forth thatTJudge Speer, contrary to the law, employed his son-in-law about his court and offices; vlolnted the bankruptcy laws; violated laws relative to the selection of Juries; violated Supreme court man dates; decided in favor of his son-in-law In matters relating to fees; used court officials as private servants; al lowed the dissipation of assets of es tates in the custody of the court; es tablished receiverships without notice to owners; refused to allow the dis missal of litigation giving relatives generous fees; took money from court funds for private purposes; allowed money to remain without interest in banks In whrch relatives were inter ested; unlawfully seized and ordered sold property in litigation; attempted bribery; used drugs. The resolution was passed without a division. . .- By Associated Press. Sherbrooke, Aug. 27. New York state was ruled out of court here to day in a dramatic preliminary skirm ish with lawyers for Harry K. Thaw, the Matteawan fugitive fighting depor tation. ' . . . Superior Judge Globensky, hearing arguments of Thaw's counsel on a mo tion to discontinue a writ of habeas corpus, absolutely refused to enter tain the objections of Hector Veret, representing New York. This was greeted with a wild outburst of cheer ing by a thousand Canadian specta tors. - ' ... . Thaw, rising, bowed in acknowl edgement. "Hooray for the British flag! Hoo ray for Harry Thaw!" shrieked men and women, standing on chairs, wav ing handkerchiefs, parasols and hats. Thaw bowed .three times, like a stage -Star taking a curtain call be fore a sympathetic audience. His cheeks were flushed, his big brown c-ys shone, but he maintained his composure. Men and women strug gled forward over chairs and benches to congratulate the prisoner. , Criticises Thaw Demonstration. When the" New Yorkers and" their Canadian lawyers got back their l-reath they assembled Ik their hotel. Mr. Jerome called reporters arlde and dictated this statement: "We, who represent here the state of New York, are entirely uiiwilllng to comment on the scene that occurred in one of his majesty's courts today. The relations between the bar of the United States and. the courts of the Dominion of Canada nre mort friend ly and -cordial and we realize keenly the sense of humiliation experienced by our brethren In Canada who are auistlng us. Mr. Jacobs, who Is as soclutod with us, is present and we would prefer not to sny anything with reference to the occurrence of the morning." Mr. Jerome turned toward Mr. Ja cobs and the latter said: "There is nothing I can say. I will say. though, that this is the first In stance to my knowledge where such ii n outburst In any of our courts was not followed by the Immediate clear ing of the court." Sherbrooke, Que., Aug. 17, Op Toning forces In the case of Harry K. Thaw held In the Sherbrooke Jail as a fugitive from Matteawan, were in battle array today, prepared for a struggle to determine whether Stand ford White's slayer shall remain In his cell Indefinitely or be arraigned In court, freed of the charge on which he Is held and turned over to the Im migration authorities to be sent to Vermont. Thaw's lawyers, having served no- tics lats yesterday that they had given notice withdrawing the habeas corpus writ on which Thaw was to come Into court today, maintained that this Insured his detention In Jail until such time as he saw fit to elect trial on the charge of being a fugitive, either before a magistrate or before the King's bench, criminal side. In October. In withdrawing the writ they contended that they were well within their legal rights. That was the situation early, to day when Franklin 'Kennedy, deputy attorney-general of New yonc. nur sing here after a trio to Ottawa where he conferred with the Domln Ion department of the Interior with reference to Thaw's deportation, an nnunced that Canadian counsel, acting through the crown prosecutor, would seek to force Thaw Into court Kennedy maintained, morever. that Ihe move of Thaw's lawyers to shan den the habeas corpus writ was Irre gulsr and would at least have to be sanctioned by Superior Judge Arthu Globensky, who granted It Inst week Judge Globensky reached here dur Ing the night from Montreal. Tliaw Hears Anrumetit. Judge Globensky Instructed th sheriff that Thaw should1 he brought . Into court during arguments on the question. Nearly all of the' lawvers for both sides were In court when this announcement was made. The n"W spread swiftly and the crowd began t crab seats and standing room. Jerome, as a representative of th Slot of New York, came Into court ai f.0 and took a sent tn the front row directly In front of the Judges' bench Thaw came Into court St 10 o doc ile was calm and wore a new gre suit. He mt with his back to Ih HH4ators and talked easily with h luwyrrs. Thaw w brought to court In a cs In custody of the high constable and Uuiernor lforee of the Jhil. He was (Continued, en page I) Relief Just in Time to Save Antarctic Explorers GLE 'TPL, JTHE PRESIDENT Race Trouble1 After Lynching No Longer j Feared Mob Members Unknown Says Jury. Former Governor Has Been Offered Good Berth by Presi dent, Says Report, and Will Take It--May Remove Him From Senatorial Situation. VIVID ACCOUNT OF ATTACK ON HOSPITAL Matron Tell3 How Negro's Slayers Overawed Police men and Dragged Out Wounded Prisoner. Dr. Douglas Mawson and Five Companions Found Without Provisions and Very Weak Had Been Left Be cause of Ice Danger to Vessel. By Associated Press. Christ Church, N. Z., Aug. 27. Re lief arrived Just in time to save the lives of Dr. Douglas Mawson, the Aus tralian antartic explorer, and his five companions who were left In March last on Macuuarle island In the Ant arctic ocean, when the remaining 24 members of Dr. Mawson's expedition returned to Tasmania, ' The six men were believed to have ample provisions to last them until the antarctic spring, but the commander of a government steamer recently sent to their relief reported rfoday that the explorers had exhausted all their sup plies and. had been living for some time on the hearts and tongues of sea elephants. All of them were obvious ly In a very weak condition when the relief ship reached them. Dr. Mawson's expedition was unfor tunate in losing by death two of Its members, owing to accidents on the ice Lieutenant Ninnls, an English army officer, and Dr. Xavicr Mertz, a Swiss scientist. The original expedition left .Hobart, Tasmania, on December 2, 1911, its principal object being the exploration and survey of the antarctic coast line. When the Aurora went to fetch thf explorers back early this year, the vessel was forced to leave before tak ing on Dr. Mawson and five of his companions as she was In danger of belmj crushed by -the Ice. . - WEALTHY IN CRMINETTI JURY GERMANY DETERMINED NOT TO PARTICIPATE anel in Second "White Slave" Case May Be Com pleted Before Night. By Associated Tress. San Francisco, Aug. 27. With six Jurors In the box at the opening of court today, the outlook was for com pletion before adjournment of the ury that Is to try Drer Camlnettl on the charge of violating the Mann act. In having taken Lola Norrls from Sacramento to Reno, Nev., In com pany with Maury I. biggs and Marsha Wnrrlnirtnn. Th. i,innitinn already had used four of its six challenges' and the de fense Uve of Its ten. a fact that tend ed to expedite the proceedings. Chief interest In the case so rar nas attacnea to the qualification of prominent wealthy citizens to sit In Judgment on the youthful defendant. A. L. White, a prominent lumber dealer of Oak land: Francs J. Caroian oi uurun game, capitalists and clubman, and K. C. Tlradley of Berkeley, former manager of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company, are three of the members of what the newspapers nave begun to term the "millionaire Jury." A' line on Camlnettl's defense has been revealed In the examination of tallsmen. It will b that Camlnettl did not take the Norrls girl to lleno for the purpose of living with her. H. G. HAWKER, AVIATOR, WILL HAVE TO HUSTLE Refused to . Revise Decision Not to Exhibit at San Francisco Exposition. By Associated Press. Berlin, Aug. 27. Germany has no Intention of changing her recent docl slon not to exhibit officially at the Punama-Paclflc exposition in San Francisco In 1915. Joseph C. Grew, charge d'affaires of the United States embassy, conferred on the subject for a considerable time last night with Gottlieb von Jagow, German foreign minister. Mr. Grew asked the minister whether, in view of ihe announced intention of various branches of Germany Industry to' ex hlblt In San Francisco, the German government would not revise Its de cision tn regard to official non-par ticlpatlon. Herr vo i Jagow replied In the nega tlve, giving as the government' grounds for its action the high cost of an official exhibit, the general dis inclination to participate and Amerl can's backwardness in attending for eign expositions. Has Only 14 Honrs to Fly 700 Miles . In Ills Flight for iza.ouu Prise. THREAT TO USE TROOPS IT MINERAL SPRINGS MEE Gov. Ralston Aroused by Bet ting on Races, in Defiance of Law. By Associated Press. . Oban, Scotland, Aug. 17. Harry O. Hawker, the English aviator who Is trying to By around the coasts of Knglsnd and Scotland, a distance or approximately 1600 miles, within 71 hours, left here early today to nnisn his Journey. He hsd to go 700 miles within the next 14 hours to win the prise of 115,000. In the first six stages of his flight he covered 13 miles In IH1 minutes, flying time. UmrnUim for Andy, Mil Gazette-News Bureau, i Wyatt Building, ; Washington, Aug. 27. It is learned upon the highest au thority that former Gov. Robert Broaduax Glenn of Winston-Salem has been offered a good Job with the federal government by President Wil son and that he has accepted. While the friends of Mr. Gleen refuse to say Just what kind of a Job has been offered the former governor, it Is said that it is a very dignified position and carries with'-lt a substantial salary. Mr. Glenn at one time aspired to a place on the interstate commerce commission, a Job paying $10,000 a year the appointment holding good for seven years. The reappointment of commissioner clark and the ap- No Armed Intervention pointment of Charles E. Marble to succeed Commissioner Lane, who was appointed a cabinet member, elimi nated the distinguished North Caro linian for this place. -If Governor Gleen accepts Mr. Wil son's offer, and It is practically cer tain that he will, E. J. Justice, of Greensboro, and Senator Lee S. Overman probably will have the sen atorial fight all to themselves Strong pressure has been brought to bear to prevent? the news of the offer made the former governor being made public. A close friend of Mr. Glenn gave the sory out and it was then confirmed by a high official in the government. and Strict Neutrality between L Factions Purpose of -the Administration. TO ASSIST AMERICANS TO LEAVE MEXICO Charlotte, Aug 27. "That Joe Mc Neely, deceased, came to his death by pistol shot wound in the hands of a mob unknown to the jury" was the verdict giveri yesterday afternoon by the coroner's jury at the inquest held over the body of Joe McNeely, who met death -at an early hour in the morning at the hands of a mob com posed of some S3 persons. Solicitor, Wilson has taken charge f the case and is Conducting a sweep ng investlgfation. A reward of $1000 for each and every member of the mob has been offered by the city. A ban has been', placed on the sale of rearms and ammunition to any per- Some talk has been Indulged In by the negroes, but it is believed that they will not attempt any retaliation. It is believed the police department the situation well in hand and that a clash between the races will be avoided. f . Attack on the Hospital. The attack by the mob on the hos pital and the dragging of the negro rom the institution was told by the matron, who said: "1 was in my room, the' nurse on uty above and the policemen in the hall. , Tba-.tstlusgpAU. Jbijard the noise s tne aoor was oroaen in. Anticipat ing it meant that it was trouble, one of them run down to call 88. He got to the foot of the stairs, so I'm told, when the mob rushed in. He was ordered to throw up his hands and his pistol taken from him and he forbid den to go to the phone. I opened my door to see what was the matter. Some one called to me, 'Shiu yuur door.' Kealizlng that a mob was In possesion of the house and that I wan helpless, I shut the door. The night nurse was pursued and forbidden to make an outcry. In fact, the whole floor upstairs was in a state of terror. No .one screamed, none dared to, and they were ordered not to. When the men entered the ward they did not know which negro was Joe McNeely. He, realizing that they were after him for the purpose of taking the law In their own hands, McNeely cried, "That's the man you want,' pointing to Stephenson. The mobbers forced one of the ofTKcrp to ray which one was Mc Neely. The negro was stripped of his night "hlrt and dragged nude, with Iron fastenings on his legs, down the stairs and out Into the street where 25 or 30 masked men were In waiting. A volley was fired, the de tonntion of which was heard way over on the east side. The negro was left for dead and the lynchers left. "It was then that one of the police- men phoned to police headquarters. and In a few minutes the patrol wag on with other officers arrived, and the bullet-ridden body of the negro taken to the police office.' Drs. Davidson and Moore were called. They found 14 bullet holes In his body, the ma jority of the wounds being In lh side." ' The crime for which McNeely for feited his life was the shooting of Po- I Iceman Wilson on the streets of this city last Friday. McNeely, alleged to le drunk on cocaine, was shooting his pistol in the street and when the off! ccr appeared on the scene to arrest him, he shot Wilson from the motor cycle he was riding, Wilson In turn shot the'negro and this accounts for his being1 In the hospital Instead of in prison. Wilson is still In a precarious condition, hut unless complications set In Its Is believed he wllj recover. Pennsylvania Authorities Condemn 1 00,000 lbs. Food President Gets Ovation as He Appears before Congress to Explain Dealings with Huerta. Food Commission Arrests Dealers for Keeping Food on Cold Storage Since 190640,000 Pounds of Game Also Tagged "Unfit for Use." By Associated Presx. Philadelphia Aug. 27. More ' than 100,000 pounds of meat and eggs which have been In cold storage houses of this city since 1906 were condemned yesterday by agents for the state dairy nnd food commission. and warrants were issued today for the arrest of the dealers responsible for the "unfit" products. In addition 40,000 pounds of game, which was LOOKING FOR THE MAN ATTACKED A GIRL stored in 1911, was tagged as unfit for food. Under th new cold storage act, which went into effect August 14, there is a penalty of $500 or Imprison ment, or both, for storing beef more than four month: pork, sheep and lamb more than six months; veal, three months; butter and fish, nine months: fowls, drawn, five months: undrawn, 10 montha Posse Has So Far Failed to Find Assailant of Pretty Miss Bell. By Assoi.:al'l Press. Bethseda, Md., Aug. 27. Empty- handed, Deputy Sheriff Whalen and a posse returned today after an all- night search for the strange man who attacked Miss Anna Bell, the pretty 7 years -old daughter of a prosperous farmer. The man seized Miss Bell lute yes- terday while the girl was returning to her home along a lonely road. She fought the man, who was roughly dresned, and her struggle and cries for help eventually frightened him off. She is resting easily toduy although still under the care of a physician. The police of Washington and Balti more were notified to be on the look ut for the man, as were the author! ties of the surrounding counties. Br Associated Press. Ths Hague, Aug. 17. The Grand the track. Cross of ths Order of Orsnge-Nsseaus was conferred on Andrew Carnegie to day by Queen Wlihelmlna of the Netherlands 'n commemoration of the Inauguration of the palace of peace which takes place tomorrow. A sim ilar decoration was bentowed on Abrs ham Pleter Cornells van Karnebeek, president of the Carnegie foundation, and minor distinctions on others con ii.tid V.lth the palace of peace. By Asnocin'ed Press. Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 17. Two companies of the Indiana national guard are under marching orders In South Bend and Elkhart awaiting ths order of Governor Ralston to proceed to the Mineral Springs race track In Porter county, where It Is said book making has been carried on openly at the second summer track meeting which opened last Thursday. Governor Kalston said this morn ing that Investigation of conditions at the track was not completed, but that he would soon determine whether or not the state troops shall proceed to Stable Fly Not Disease Carrier $10,000 Fire, California HctrntlsU Find after V.x pertinent Insert Dues not Traniunlt Paralysis, Py owHated Press. Sacramento, Cal., Aug. 17. The stable or "biting fly," which has Iw suepected by scientists of being a foe tor In Infantile paralysis, was finslly exonerated In a report to the state hoard of health today by Dr. W. Sawyer, director of the stats hygienic laboratory, Dr. Suwyer's report Is th result of a series of seven experiments In which he and Prof. Ilerms of th. University of California wers unal l to transmit Infantile psral;e to sir or well' monkeys through ths agency of the suspected Insect. The experiments were ordered after By Associated Press. Rapanola, His,., Aug. 17. Fire of unknown origin early today destroyed the shingle plant of P. L Sutherland the announcement lest September h here, entailing a loss estlmsted at I Dr. Itosenau of Harvard that uncle 140.000. A large quantity of stock I laboratory conditions It Was posalbl was consumed., for the fly to transmit ths disease. 'S THROAT WIFE IS UNDER ARREST Woman Says Joseph Sharp Attacked Her and Then Killed Himself. SUSPECTED INCENDIARY By Associated Press. New York, Aug. 27. Joseph Sharp, who had been employed as a steward In a restaurant here pending the set tlement of the estate left by his par ents In New Orleans, was found dead with his throat cut last night. Although Mrs. Sharp insisted that her husband had killed himself afte slashing ner with a razor, the woman was placed under arreBt charged with murder. Mrs. Sharp was badly in jured. The couple had quarreled, declared the wife, and in a fit of temper Shurp attacked her as she lay In bed. She telephoned for aid before collapsing from weakness due to loss of blood. The charge against the woman, the police suld, was prompted by contra dictory stories she told and by he statement that Sharp, after he cut his throat, exclaimed, "Well, I did It. This, a physician who examined th body for the authorities declared, was an Impossibility, as death from the throat gash had been practically In stantuneous. Arrested fcr Robbery, It Is Thought He Burned Mis seldine's Store, Tryon. The authorities of Tryon, where Mlsseldlne's drug store was burned not long ago, think that the nre was sei to the building by a negho who Is now in the Spartanburg Juiu. The negro. whose name Is not known here, was recently arrested at Spartanburg for robbing a store st Landrum, H. c, ana he will not be brought to this state until South Carolina Justice Is satis fied. It Is reported that the negro told some colored people at Latidrum that he set fire tn a store In Ashevllle, the day after the building at Tryon was burned. PAINTERS AND PAPER ' HANGERS ON STRIKE Managrr Kays 1.1.000 Went ut Ye. tmlay and MMH Mem May Slop Tmlay. THE U. S. HAY FEVER ASSOCIATION HOLDS ANNUAL CONVENTION By Associated Press. Bethlehem. N1. H Aug. 17. The I'nlted States Hay Fever association began Its annual convention here to day with delegates from many eastern cities present to exchange reports of their sneexlng affliction. The oldest sneezer present Is Major mcnaru Muckle of Philadelphia whose 88th birthday yesterday was celebrated by a dinner given In his honor by 25 of fleers of the Hsy Fever association Major Mucke has been a sufferer from hsy fever for 75 years and was for seven yesrs president of the assocla tlnn whose fourteenth anniversary marked by the present convention. By Associated Press. Washington, Aug. 27. President Wilson appeared in person before congress today and laid before the world the details of the United States efforts to bring about peace In Mexico the facts concerning Huerta's rejec- ' on of the peace proposals, and tha policy to be pursued now by this gov4 ernment. ' ' The president announced the posi-l tion of the United States to be as f oW ows: . , No armed intervention. Strict neutrality "forbidding the ex- , portation of arms or munitions of war ' f any kind from the United States to any part of the republic of Mexico. Under no circumstances to be "tha partisans of either party to the con test that now distracts Mexico, or con- " stitutu ourselves the virtual umpire between them." To urge all Americans to leave Mex- co at once and to assist them to get . away in every way possible. To Jet everyone in Mexico who as- utnes tu exercise authority know that this government "shall vigilantly watch the fortunes of those -Americans who cannot get away and shall hold . those responsible for their sufferings and loueea to a definite reckoning." .. "That can and will be made plain beyond the possibility of a misunder standing," declared the president. Negotiations for the friendly medi ation of the United States are open to resumption at any time upon either the Initiative of this government or of Mexico. Accompanying the presidents ad dress was the reply of the Huerta government rejecting the American proposals. It was written for Foreign Minister Gamboa. It suggested the following alternative policy for the United States. Alternatives Huerta SuggCHtcd. ' Reception of a Mexican ambassa dor In Washington. That the United States send a new ambassador to Mexico . without restraints. Strict observance of the neutrality laws and "see to it that no material or monetary assistance is given to the reliels." Unconditional recognition of the 1 Huerta government. The occasion had not been parallel ed In more than a century. No other 1 president since George Washington has appeared before congress on a foreign affair. The senate and house assembled In the house cham ber, the senators filing In two by two. As the president mounU'l the platform where Speaker Clark and . Vice-President Marshall were waiting the big chamber was hushed. Attir ed In a conventional frock coat suit the president stood at the clerk's desk and read his address in tne easy conversational tone for which h4 Is noted. Scurcely a sound Jnierruptt ias hlj STATE'S ALLOTMENT North Carolina tiets tt.SOO.000 Fnbral Kami fur Crop Mov ing lurioara. of By A lilted Press. New York, Aug. 17. hesldents of Fifth- avenue and other fashionable sections who went away for ths sum mer lesvlng their houses In ths hands of decorstors may find upon their re turn that the work has been complete ly tied up by the strike of the Inter national Painters and Paper Hangers union, which began all over the city yesterday. It la the largest strike of painters New York ever has hail. Ac cording to Mas 11 a IT t. manager of the union, ll,oo workers went out, and 5000 mors were expecteil t quit to- ed. First Pointing out that It wi duty "without reservation to lay all the facta concerning the relations of the United States with Mexico, tha president outlined what ths 'United States had done "as a friend and neighbor." Asserting that this nation waa glad to call Itself the friend of Mexico and hoping for many future generations to show that disinterest ed friendship, the president declared that "we shall yet prove to the Mexi can people that we know how to serve them without first thinking bow ws shall serve ourselves" Describing Mexican conditions and the events that led up to the negotla-' tlons Just concluded, President Wil son outlined how "war and disorder. devastation snd confusion, seem to threaten to liecome ths settled for tune of ths distracted country." As friends, he said, this country could wait no longer for a solution of things In ths sister republic. Tilings KrMkmMUl Depends On. Preslednt Wilson read his Instruc tions to John Llnd. , "All America cries out for a set tlement" resd the note Mr. Und bore to Mexico. "A sa'lsfsctory settle ment seems to us to be conditioned on: "An Immediate cessation of fight ing throughout Mexico, a definite armistice solemnly entered Into and scrupulously observed. "Security given for sn esrly and Oosette-News Bureau, Wystt Building, Wsshlngton, Aug. 17. The announcement of Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo with reference to the amount of government money soslgnrd to each stste credits North Carolina with f 1,100,000, while thei olttflal statement says thst Greens-S l...rn f, .1.1. k rhrt..ff m mnA Wllmln. I Ion are to be the distributing towns. It election In which all will agree to Is known that St the request of Major,""1" van. Sledman Secretary Williams annotinr- "The consent of General Huerta to ed that II 00.000 would be sent to Oen. I lln htmseli not to be a candidal Julian H. Cfcrfs bank at Durham and tT election as president of the repub st the request of Senator Overmen snd He st this election and, Hepresentatlve Webb, 150,000 will bet "Ths agreement of sll psrtles to sent to Gastonls, i. Klwood Cox of abide by Ihe results of ths slectlon His, folnt, hss already secured 160,--and cooperate In Ihe loyal oy In for his bank, . (Continued wi page ,