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'LAST EDITICII Weather Forecast: FAIR. rVlt ASSOCIATED fSKBB. X WHAT ALL TBM WORLD 18 DOIXQ TOD At. JUJUl i I 4 VOL. xvm, NO. 201. ASHEVILLE, N. C FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 3, 1913. PRICE 5 CENTS I FUNK DEFAMERS ARE REVEALED Hemiing, in Full Confession, ,."., ; Reveals Men "Higher up" in Bringing of Alina , tionSuit. THEIR CASE WILL G6 BEFORE GRAND JURY Chicago Man Tells of Money Offer and of Frame-up of ' Evidence Against Funk. .... v By Associated Press. Chicago, Oct, 3t Indictments of men "higher up" in the alleged plot to- blacken the reputation of Clarence S. Funk, former general manager of the International Harvester company was promised by the States attorneys j.. J"w was Mia -would follow testimony -of '"ft '7: tcrday that his unsuccessful-suit 5 against Funk charging al ienatlon of result of a plot concocted, afer Funk had appeared before the senate in vestlgatlon committee as an antl- .,6.u vU U1 Lonmer witness. ; Henning has been promised "munU. f .J2 ?ntSwyw.fhXennPr rtht presence of counsel for Funk today. It his confession Henning said that during the year he has been a fugitive from a charge of perjury he has been liberally supplied vlth noney! ' Mrs. Henning confessed to her share in the alleged conspiracy some , months ago. She was employed as a checker at A prominent local hotelwhere Henning wt:s a bell boy. - : ; ,' " . Chicago, Oct.. 3. Men "higher up" in the alleged conspiracy'; to, defame C'lurence S." Funk, forsaer general manager of the International Harves ter company, were named In the con fession last night of. John C. Henning, . who sued Mr. Funk for alienating his wife's affections. The names of -two , : men who, Henning asserts, were be , . hind the scheme to blacken Mr.. Funk's j reputation have been suppressed, ac-'-Pbrdtmrit, 8tate; Attorney Hoyne, un . tit their cases may be considered by a ' ' grand Jury. - " ' ' . ' . Henning corroborated the confession of his Wife, Which was made several monthsago and which resulted In the Indictment , of Attorney Daniel Don - nahoe, alleged to be the go-between who furnished the money . to Miss Alleen Heppner, a witness, and Isaac Stelffel, a detective. . Henning ' confessed, according to . Mr. Hoyne, that Mr. Funk had been Singled out because of the testimony lie gave In the investigatfon of' th election of William Lorlmer as United ' States senator. ' , . " After the senate 'failure o expfel Lorimer at the first hearing, Mr: Funk told of 'a conversation with Edward Hlnes, the Chicago Lumber mlllion ( aire, in the Union League club here. '- He said the conversation tSbk place a few days after Mr. Lorimer's election and that Mr. Hlnes said "we put LorK mer over but It cost 1100,000.". 'This was followed, Mr Fuuti said, by a re quest that the International Harvester company pay $10,000 of this amount -- "I was promised a big sum of money - If I would file suit against Funk, charging' him with having ' alienated my wife's affections," said Henning. "I was out of work and they offered me - so much money that I fell for their game. I could not get my wife to J itgree, but Donahoe and Aileen Hepp ner worked on her and she gave In.- "After the suit was filed we went Jo """Mobile, Ala., but reporters found us, and we had to frame up some evl- dence and go to trial. . That Is where llto detective came In who got the , leaned on bond, owing to the vacancy bell boy to swear that my wife and ! of the United States commlsslonershlp Mr, Funk were served with drinks at here. the Grand Pacific hotel. I Dlus on Way IIoiimi. "I never saw Funk until the trial. j New York, Oct.,' S. According to started.. When we lost, I got a tip's rpecla despaten fro;n H Tt Gen there was a warrant out for me and eral Felix Dlax embarked here ontthe 1 slipped out of the. room. We. were German liner Corcovovado yesterday furnished money to leave town and I for Vera Crux, Mexico. It la reported have been traveling on their money, that former President Portflrlo Dlax ever since." ) has rented a villa at Blarrlts for the State Attorney Hoyne said early to- winter, indicating his intention to To day that he would hold a conference .main In France. with attorneys fot' Mr. Funk and Int mated that lie would make a state ment at Its conclusion. .' WATER RECEDING AT LAKE CHARLES, LA, , By Associated Press. Ijike Charles, La., Oct. 8. Flood conditions continued to Improve here today. A-'alcaaleu river and the lake Were slowly receding. Boats are the only means of transportation In many parts of the town. . The heaviest loss from the flood will fall on the rice crop. This has been variously estimated from one to ono and ft half million dollars.- Railroads have si (Tered greatly and much live itnck has perished. IVctM-nt Gen., Bar I. By Associated Press. Washington Oct. I. Genoral Hari of the Chilian army, who has been tourlng ICurxpe to gather data on .ant defennes In the United States on! A t'tnllar mlmilnn, and yesterday wag presented hy MlnlKlfr Husrci to Fee- retary C.irrlHim at the war depart - mi'iit. Qi ni rnl Tlnrl left tonIlit for ( i it Monrni- V;t., where the ilefi-nees ut ll,i,i point w ill lie Hhuv.'ti In, him l.v r!'ii,li,-r C.-ii, .nil M. V, en r 1 ' .1 r . 1 . 1 ii 1 ! , ; : , y. fight on ami MORE Delegation 'from !Madison at Washington to Oppose - Mr. 'WeWs Choice Gazette-News Bureau, - Wyatt Building, . . Washington, Oct. 3. Thomas Frisbee of fiot Springs, 'j. X Redmon, Plato Ebbs and J. W. Mc Devett are in Washington bent on de feating the appointment of -. A. V. Sivann as postmaster at - Marshall. They declared to the Gazette-News correspondent that they had no candi date for the job, but they desired to securely tie a knot at some convenient place in the make-up of Swann . so he woum be prevented from wrig. through t0 the ple counter. - j. G c Redmon son of Jk j. Kedmon, 'ahd J. W. Nelson are candidates for according to the delegation But theae gentlemoo candidacy of any man, but solely ; desired to defeat Swann.; Their op- .'position to Swann, whom Representa- J Webb recommended forP tno Job 1 8ome th or n(J u' 1 f, fJZl i iiui icicorjut hue aim auu mc vvt wiv democracy in Madison county; that, he was against Craig,' Tom Lee and Sen ator Simmons, and during the last senatorial campaign made some "un kind remarks" about the senior 'sen ator. . : '';'. ' . It is .. expected also that Senator Simmons will dispose of the Marshall postmastershlp before he goes home for tl's .vacation: .c Representative Webb,1 like Messrs. Puge and Stedtnan In the Laurmburg and Reldsvllle. controversies, Is stand ing pat on his original recommenda tion. . . ,, , - .. . Dr. W. 8. Rankin of JSalelgh was here yesterday in conference with Sur geon General Blue and Representative Falson with .. reference " to the eradi cation of malaria, and pellagra In North .Carolina, .or, ,-; .--p... ; t- MEXICANS ARRESTED SMUEEUN8 AEROPLiPlNE Machine Was Used by Masson JV f-.--.-i i h m Insurgent Attacks On Guayamas, Sonora. N. By Associated Press. Tucson, Ariz., Oct., . Enrique V. Anaya, former Mexican consul here and now constitutionalist representa tive, and his brother-in-law, Jose Es cobosa, were rearrested last night by C. E. Brenlman, special agent of the department of Justice, on a charge of havmg participated In the smuggling of an aeroplane Into Mexico several months ago. The areoplane was used by Didier Masson In Insurgent at tacks' upon Guayamas, Sonora. Anaya and Escobosa were first ar rested shortly after the disappear ance of the aeroplane' but were dis charged by the United States com missioner at Nogales, Ariz. It .Is said new evidence has been discovered. The men were compelled to spend the night In 'Jail as they could not be re- m PASSEFIGERS HT VKEN m HHTIf lED . ' . . .. Thirty cr More Injured, Sev- eral Possibly , .Fatally , Brake Chains Broke. By A:poclated Press. Bcranton, Pa., Oct. J, Thirty or more persons were Injured, several possibly fatally, by the overturning today of a Bcranton Railway company car bound for Dunmore. Twenty-four 'of the Injured were removed to ho- pltals. The car, heavily loaded, stalled on hill on one of the city Htreets because of slippery rails and began to hllile down the slope when the brake chain broke. Striking a curve t Madinnn avenue and Tine street, the rr Inp pled ni r, 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 it lit It fell on It. aid a iiiimN r of i, '.em;,-n who i-', I l'ti, , .1 f 1 ...n th.i 1 ' 1 r j-l.i I '', t ru. DEItfif.llfJED V I TJIFII Speaker and Vice President Sign Simmons-Underwood Bill, which Goes to ,, President. POINTS OF. ORDER IN !l HOUSE OVER-RULED Underwood's Motion to Re cede from Cotton Futures Amendemnt' : Is yCar rial without Rollcall. ' By Associated Press. Washington,. Oct. . 3.-The house agreed to the tarilV bill conference re port' at 1:22 o'clock' this afternoon, constituting the final action' of that body on the pending tariff bilL Speak er Clark overruled all points 6f order made by members who contended, that further action by. the house vas not necessary. Speaker Clark immediate ly afterwards signed the -tariff bill, affixing his signature to It - on the speaker's desk, of the house at 1:25 o' clock. Cheers and 'applause greeted the final action of the ouse. V Washington, Oct. 3. President Wil. son -began work today with the pros pect of signing before; nightfall the first great reform measure of his ad ministration and the first democratic tariff revision bill passed in nearly a score of years.. ' Embraced in the legislation which has been pending in congress since April 8, la a complete revision and a general reduction of nearly all the Im port duty levied by this government on foreign merchandise; a new Income tax that wilt strike every person hav ing a net income above (3,000 and an array of important changes In customs laws and Internal revenue regulations which will keep treasury department officials busy for months In adjusting administrative affairs and which will have -an. Important bearing1 ; on all trade 'developments of the pountry for, the TWrxt'year-or twor No differences on' the 'tariff bill re mained to be settled in congress when the two houses met at. noon except the cotton futures question. " The senate had receded last night from the Clark amendment, '"" designed ' to ' prevent gambling in futures, and democratic Leader Underwood Was confident that the house would recede- from Its own amendment known as the Smith-. Le ver compromise. - .-' While the latter amendment had the endorsement of President Wilson, the president had made Is clear that he did not think the regulation of cotton future trading was an essential part of a tariff bill, and that he would not ob ject to having the entire matter drop ped out and taken up- later tn a sepa rate bill. ; ' : , . President Wilson, after a conference with administration leaders early to day, planned to sign the tariff bill at 9 o'clock tonight. Arrangements for ceremonies to attend the final act in the prolonged legislation were made by the president as soon as it seemed assured that the measure would reach him sometime today. . -- - Invited by. the president to witness. the signing rot . the measure; were Chairman Underwood and members of the house ways and means committee. Chairman Simmons and members of the senate finance committee. Vice President Marshall, President Pro Tem Clarke and Majority Leader Kern of the senate; Speaker Clark, members of the cabinet and newspaper corres pondent! -, , ' ' . President Wilson looked . forward with eagerness to the moment when the engrossed bill, the fruits of. many months of endeavor to enact tariff reform in accordance with the de claration of the party platform, would be placed upon his desk. Having followed every detail of the action In conference ami since that time in the senate and house, he was thoroughly familiar, with the bill and ready to affix the signature which would trans form It Into law. Redrafting Regulation. ' Washington, Oct 3.--Unlted States treasury officials today began the task of redrafting the regulations far the enforcement of the new tariff Jaw1. "While th law goes Into effect to morrow, collectors of customs will continue to assess the duties of the old Payne-Aldrlch act, withholding final liquidation of ach entry until the re ceipt of copies of the new law. In this, way It is expected there will be no delay . In . passing Importations through, the customs house and the government will be guaranteed the proper duties. ' : x WANTS THANKSGIVING DAY ON NOVEMBER 19 Gov. Dunne Will Auk Prrwlricnt to Fix h Dale In Honor of Lincoln Address.'' By Associated Press. Springfield, 111.; Oct., S. Oovernor' Dunn will call a conference of lead ing citizens of Illinois next week to consider the proposition of addressing a Memorial to President Wilson BKk Ing him to fix Wednesday, November IV. s ThankKKlvIng day for this year. November 1 will be the fiftieth an niversary of the delivery by Abrahm Lincoln of his tlettyslmrg odilrenn. The movement, It Ih sold, hiiH Oie endorse ment Of I ' II 11 I'll Htllte eimtlllS !OT. inan lui 1 U im, of UlinuiH. U S SCHMIDT RAGES 'MAY lit LAST IT IliEST WORLD SERIES Confessed Slayer of Anna" Au- muijer Tears Rosary into . Bits and Throws It ' " Away. . JURY QUICKLY FIXES BLAME FOR MURDER Panel of Millionaires Conducts .Inquiry into Tragedy, . Holding ,he ex-Priest Responsible. By Associated Press. New York, Oct. 3. Hans Schmidt, the priest who confessed killing Anna Aumuller ' became frenzied today at the coroner's inquest into tne death of his victim, rose from his seat, snatch-j ed from his neck the rosary -he had worn ever since his incarceration, tore it 'Into many bltaVand hurled them at e the newspaper reporters sitting half a dozen steps away..'The Jury found him responsible for the girl's death." During the examination of witnesses not a trace',' of emotion , crossed Schmidt's face, but Coroner Fein- berg's charge seemed to dash the ' prisoner Into a sudden :' tempest of fury. - Jumping to his feet his eyes blazing and his lips moving, Schmidt tore the rosary from his neck with a single-sweep of his arms and before detectives could stay htm he had snapped It Into many parts and hurled them lit the newspaper men. - . The torso- of ths: victim was Identi fied' by. Anna Hlrti who roomed with the Aumuller jgirl at the Parish house of St- Boniface's phurch. - vThe Hlrt womnri was followed on the stand by detectives, the physician who made the autopsy and finally by Inspector Faurot, in charge of the detective bu reau, to ' whom Schmidt confessed. Faurot detailed In a hundred words or less the substance of the confes sion.1 '. - -' :'. . v,. '. : ' . Has Vothlug to Say. ''Do yotr wishr-1$' place'-yon- client. on the stand?" Coroner Felnberg next asked counsel for Schmidt. The an swer was negative and the coroner, ap parently expecting that' Schmidt would testify, asked If the priest had nothing to say, ' . -' "Nothing whatever,'': replied' the lawyer. -The coroner's hange was-brief. He told the Jnry that it eould; find that Anna Aumuller came to her death at the hands of an unknown person or that she was killed by a person to be named, by the Juryj " "Hans' Schmidt dops not appear be fore you on trial for the murder," he raid. "You are simply to find a ver dict aa a coroner's Jury." s . Within 16 minutes from the- time the flirt witness had taken the stand the jury had withdrawn. .: Within ten minutes more It had returned wlthMts verdict.' - Counsel for Schmidt Issued a state r-erf this afternoon raying that his jelletn's outbreak had been provoked I by the coroner, who had made hol- Iday" of the inquest, and had appealed to public spirited citizens for f ifnds to I bury Anna Aumuller. Schmidt re pented this, he said, and hurled ffls jdosary and some coins at the news-' paper men because he thought they 1 were laughing at the coroner's un usual appeal. . Schmidt's outburst of temper oc curred In the' presence of a Jury of millionaires empanelled to conduct the Inquest. The verdict was quickly found. It follows: ; "We, the Jury, believe that Anna Aumuller came to her death on Sep tember 2, 1S13. at No. fig Brad hunt avenue, at the hands of Hans Schmidt." ' Schmidt Immediately was remanded to the Tombs without ball,- to wait the action of the grand Jury. Theodore P. Shonts, president of the Intefhorough Rapid Tranlt company, was foreman of the Jury. His fellow Jurors included Vincent Astor, B. J, Oreenhut, merchant: Mortimer Reg ensberg, cigar manufacturer and E. S. Marston, banker. . - District attorney Whlteman express ed the positive conviction today that Hans Schmidt Is sane and consequent ly will be placed on trial for the mur der of Anna Aumuller, whom Schmidt slew as she slept, dismembered and sank In the Hudson river on Septem ber I last. Mr. Whitman's opinion, It ts under stood Is based on the finding reached by the four allenlxts who have exam ined Schmidt In the Tombs at Mr, Whitman's behest . Their formal re port will be made within a few days, Today Coroner Felnberg empan nelled his Jury of millionaires and be gan an inquest Into- the slain girl's death.- Only three portions of the body, the upper and lower parts of the torso and one leg have been recovered from the river. . 1 A great crowd stormed the criminal court's building where the Inquest w.is held, but comparatively few were ad mitted tolhe court -room. Among the number who obtained seats were sev eral women. IlrlllMli Army Aviator Killed. Hy Amwlatee! Press."' Salisbury, England, Oct. I. Major Oeorge Charlton Merrick, of the Hrlt iHh army flvlng corp. wns killed while ttvinir nver H 1 liinrv nvhiilon l imind here t.n: iy V -1 ), i Helnphine Vl-l-l.-i.' '.' 1. There Is Strong Agitation , Against Championship Games and in Favor of Inter-League ' Games. JOHNSON TALKS ON WRITING OF PLAYERS Says They May Write Their Own Stories of Games but May Not Lend Their Names. ' By Associated Press 1 New York, Oct. 3. This year may be the ldst to see a world's scries, ac- j cording to interesting baseball gossip. In many quarters agitation for the abandonment of a world's champion- ship each fall and the substitution of of the buildings and maintenance un an Inter-league post season series in ty, the next session of the legislature! which all of the 16 .major 1 league ! Pasf Anal reading to change clubs could share has becn,olng on . the name of Tolsnot to Elm City. i for some time and, according to the reports here, At least one of. three members of the National Baseball commission has suggested that it may be feasible to do away with the world's series after this year, 1 It is said that August Herrimann, chairman of. the commission and own er of the Cincinnati club, has broach ed the idea, with a plan that the re gular league seasonss be reduced to 112 games in each league, to be fol lowed by an Inter-league schedule of 64 games, by which each National league team would play four games atf hnm' urn fniir'fihrnftil with L each American, league team. The total winning percentage for the fwo sched ear of ules might determine tne title world's champion. The present dispute between mem bers of the) New York and Phila delphia teams who will be parties, to the championship fight this year and the- National" cnmmisstotr because" f the prohibiting series players from writing or allowing the use of their from' names ovtr newuyinyei: Diuura given impetus iu 1110 biisuiiidiu &ir abandonment of the big series af ter 1 this year. Those arguing for such 1 . .. " ..... it., - , i action point ouiu.iv out ol iu "" Ambulances summoned were not need league clubs only four have shared V(J on, one Qf tne lnjured wouId in the worlds series profits since thil 1 May Write Own btorles. Chicago, Oct. 3.-Baseball players who will write their own newspaper stories of the worlds or other post- season series may do fo with the ap - proval of the National Baseball com- mtstiion, iresiaeni junneon , 01 mo , American league sain last nigm upon his return from a brief vacation In Michigan. 1 Players who lend their names for , a monetary consideration to be signed to articles written by otherB, probably will be declared Ineligible to take part In such series, Mr, Johnson asserted; He did not favor the suggestion re ported to have been made by Chair man August Herrmann of the Na tional commission ' to call off the world's series In case players per mitted the misuse of their names. , "The purpose of the commission is not to prevent players earning extra money in any legitimate way," said President Johnson, "but to stop the faking which is bound to do baseball a serious injury unless It Is curbed. "If any player wants to write a bona flde story for a newspaper during the world's series let him go to the head- n seclusion today, declining to ;dls quarters of the National commission cuga tne chargemade by Lucille Sin after the game. We will furnish an I . expert stenographer, to whom he can Ieton- Texas mining dictate his story. Ths typist will make man, that he had stabbed her on two copies, one of, which the playr can send to the newspaper, the other we will keep for comparison. If the paper publishes the story as the play er prepares It there will be no. ob jection. "I have written a letter to Manager w I. - , it-- Dhll-AlnkU ..n .n ,.tlh In, IspoVe of th: Ungie o'cln. and Baker. If Mack wants to play the Giants without Collins or Baker, on the Infield he will have that op-1 portunlty, if they persist In permitting their names to be signed to articles. which they do not prepare." , President Johnson will leave Sun- day for New York and If possible will j take this matter up personally with some of the players. . , ... ..,.' McNAUGHTON BEGINS HIS LIFE SENTENCE By Associated Press. ' Savannah, (la., Oct t, Dr. W. J. McNaughton, the slayer of Fred' Flan ders In Emanuel county, who was to have been hanged today, but whose sentence was commuted to life Im prisonment by Governor Slaton, was this morning carried to the state farm At MUledgevlllo to begin serving his sentence. Dr. McNaughton was ready to go when the officers told him to got ready, and the trip from tho Jail to the trajn was without incident. .Mr. HhcrNtrd Dead, News has been received In Ashevllle of thr recent sudden death, after an Illness of three days, of Mr. Fhepard of New York, the father-ln-liiw of Mrs. AiiKtiMim Sheuird of thin city ,'iml N"W York, w ho Ik st Jm - et the tniewt "f h'-r pnreiilH, Mr, i' i ytn. Arthur F. !i s. j q ASSERTS piiipiic-.nni Diurc ) (J UU J UllllnlLJ SET FOR MORDKY Bills Introduced in Assembly to Take Jlate Making from Commission. Special to The Gajzette-News. Raleigh, Oct., 3. A democratic caucus of senators and representatives freight rate legislation, including pen ding Inter-state and lntra-state bills and resolutions. It will.be a closed caucus with public and newspapers ex cluded. Senator Hobgood today introduced In the senate and Representative Woodard in the house duplicate bills for th rrearlnn ftt a. nuhllc service , ,lt.i , i, )s Di,i,, a: tleg from the corporation commission, Representative Gold, for the special Joint committee to investigate the e of, he, tate chools-' for the j68i9;j4 necessary for the completion HUNDRED PEOPLE FULL Only FOUr Persons Seriously , J . . Injured, However -Panic Prevailed. By Associated Press. ' -New York, QcU3., A.-bujdred aer.T enna f il 1 1 C foAf tn.A-1 BofAuminir nmuQ ,n afl u n ha thr0 the coI. .,apl&of a Eallery. Several were In- 1,.roH J i 1 . -.. , 1 tic nan nao J -. 1 1 ft uocu no a synagogue. ' - Though many were shaken up, the l u.iijr iu. injuries of only four were serious. The structure sagged slowly at first, ,v those be,ow e Ume tQ fun from under Tne sow fa a)so MVed , tnoge u Drought down from Berloug hurt(, The ha wag crowded and .panlc preva,icd until lt waa determ. ,ned that nQ Qne had heen kme(, YOUNG 0ELR1GHS WILL NOT DISK CHARGES His Attorneys Declare Miss Singleton's Story of Stab bing is Ridiculous. , By Associated Press. New York, Oct. 3. Hermann Oel- rlchs, the young millionaire, remained Tuesday night last Just before the au tomobile in which they were riding crashed Into a tree. He referred all inquirers to his law yers, who repeated what they had said yesterday and lust night that the charge was ridiculous. They wre equally empnatic in stating mat no attempts naa Deen maae to "nusn tne matter up," and that no offers of money settlement to tne gin naa been 0" would be made', Th &'' kept to her room today awaiting the arrival of her father from Dallas, Tox. She Is still suffering from thock and from tha wounds on her broast wnlcn Oelrochs' lawyers say "no Buaiainvu w urn 011a WHS niing through the windshield of the auto mobile. The Columbia university authorities, It was understood, began an investiga tion of the affair today to determine whether the facts warranted Oelrlchs' dismissal as a student at the Institu- tlon, On Tuesday next the case will come up in court, when Oelrlchs, will be ar raigned on a charge of felonous as sault Meantime he Is out under $1000 ball. . Ir. Wood Drad, By Associated Pres Greensboro, Oct. I. Kev. Frank H. Wood, D. I,, for more than half a century a minister In the western North Carolina oonferenem ' of the Methodist Episcopal Church , Eolith died yesterday from Infirmities of old age st his home In Hnmlnljih enmi ty. North Carolina. Ir. nod m re eetved Intn the eonferi'itee In IS.,1. iui'1 W!is vhlely known thrnui hiivit T orth Cjifilina. BOMB PLOT EXISTS Davis Says Men Convicted at Indianapolis Are tSill Fail $20 a Week 'by Union. MAY USE CONFESSION IN CASE OF TRIAL Government Has Formidable Weapon in Case Ryan's Appeal Succeeds At tempt to Kill Davis. By Associated Press. New York, Oct. 3. What use will be made of the startling confession of George El, Davis, union iron worker and dynamiter, depends largely upon the outcome of the cases of Frank M. Rlan and other -officers of the Inter national Association of Bridge - and Structural Iron Workers Tftow on ap peal in the federal courts. Walter Drew, counsel for the Na tional Erectors' asocisation, whose pumiit resulted in the arest of Davis here, said today that if Ryan and his associates gained a new trial Davis' revelations would be the government's most formidable weapon. Drew intimated that the arrest of Davis and of Harry Jones, treasurer of the Iron Workers union, did not end the task of the Erectors' associa Hon. Jones, acording to Davis, did much of the office work in connection with the dynamiting of a dozen bridges and steel frame buildings in. the east. Davis was the man In the field. Drew insisted that his association had no desire ruthlessly ; to persecute the, uniom ?.,"-,''.;. ,, "If the dynamiting plot had ended with the arrest of Jfyan ftid his asso ciates," he saiu','"l have followed the union further would have bean hound ing. J3ut under the circumstances, fol lowing up the case became a necessity and could not be classed as persecu tion. Davis fcongessipn showed thnt the.'.dyhtfniteansBlrij.cy Jwas still 1 existence; All .the mofl ?ortvlcted in Indianapolis' are being paid (30 a week by the union, whether in prison or out." According to Drew, Davis received no promise of immunity or any favors in return for his sleeping admissions. He added, though, that the National Erectors association had been paying him since he gave himself up when he could have earned at his trade about $u a day. Part of the money is going to Davis' wife, who lives here. Davis told Detective Robert Foster, who arrested him. that several times while he was at work In recent months beams dropped near him, and Just be fore he gave himself up In Pittsburgh a big piece of steel from above grazed Mm by Inches. This convinced him that the union wanted to get rid of him because It,feared he would turn traitor. .. i ' POLICE STARTLED Bf SEEING BOX tit. "Dead Box" Found to Be Used by Sailor to Sleep in, Police Are Told. By Associated Press. Buffalo, N. Y., Oct. 2. A policeman on a local street beat was startled to day when a rough box lying on the sidewalk In front of an undertaking , establishment slowly turned over. When he drew near to solve the mys-; tery lt again turned over. Chief of Police Regan happened t be- passing In his automobile and 1 Joined the patrolman. He ordered j man from the undertaking rooms i unscrew the lid. Inside they found j tailor who gave his name as JuK Deleth of Milwaukee. Deleth wild I had' been out on a lark with a fell"'' sailor named Kelly, "Says Kelly to me," Deleth told tl chief, "he first guy to the deml l.n can sleep there. I slept all rluht ! when I woke up I couldn't get Kelly's been up to his tricks attain." Deleth was locked up. BILL TO INCORPOItATI W. ASHEVILLE PAC Special to The Gazette-News. Kalelgh, Oct 3. Bills pnxw 1 I reading in the senate today tr lm porate the Cape Iook"iit & We railroad ond to authorize the run ... tlon cnmmlwilon to employ n tlonul bank examiner. The 1 passed B Mil to Incorporate t'i t ' vllle. Irwllcnt Iteli-iiM r..i. By AsMielnlcd I WaNhlnRton, Oct. 2 -a mot hers a i"-:il t r I dent VliBon h..-' r. I : ; i - m i . , i , . 1 : I, .ii. I i ( ' . , r t ' . "I h. 'i . : ,11 V ) '-If J
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