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rns oAZBTTM-ntwa has thb most Kxpsssrys associated Press bbs- TICK IS TBM CA.R0LMA8. . . Weather Forecast: Cloudy Tonlgbl; Wednesday Fair. ii m r b a 70L. XVIII, NO. 205. ASHEVILLE, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 8, 1913. PRICE 5 CENTS SPEI5 TO BIG CROWD Paternalism Theme of Secret tary qf State in Address , at the Fair Grounds ' - , " Today.1- ' , DELAY IN ARRIVAL THROWS SPEECH LATE M. L. ' Shipman Presides . at '. Exercises and the Visitor (' v is .-Introduced by Dr. , , L. B. McBrayer. The big event of Brotherhood day 5t the fair grounds today was the ad aress pf Secretary o( State William Jennings Bryan.' ' His address began shortly before noon and it la estimated that between- 3000 and 4600 people heard him; The seats around the speakers stand were taken up more than an hour before the arrival of Mr. Bryan and his party,. and. when he opened him address the crowd was literally Jammed for hundreds of feet in fllthor direction- where standing rnnm could be found. ' In keeping with the occasion, the observance of Brotherhood aay, air. ' Bryan spoke on "Fraternalism.. He declared that fraternalism is one ol Ihe greatest forces for good In pres ent, day civilisation, xi v ue wav. the speaker said, through, which ; lHTfire number of men have to enter In order to. realise the value of insur ance, which he considers one of the " greatest business Institutions of the ' age for the man who has others de ' pendent upon him. Further than this the secret societies bring the various strata of society together as nothing elrui could do and removes the false ihnates as based on material gain, thus counterbalancing the effects of ' the great fortunes of a few separating them from those of lesser means. ' The speaker also declared that the :' fraternal organizations of the country aro a great power In the advancement of education; thafc man may be fitted In them to take up the duties falling to him as a citizen. He alBO pointed to the wholesome moral and religious effects that secret orders have on man kind. . Mr. Bryan declared that in his youth he was oposed to all fraternal orders, but that he has changed his onlnlon In this matter, contrary to his principles In politics, and now believes that such organizations are ouiu on -ttie right lines and that they stand . among the country's greatest assets tor civilisation and advancement i Spoke on Broad Lines. The speaker did not go Into detail is to the workings of fraternal orders, and their methods of helping the clt '.senshlp of the country, stating that he would leave that to Hon. John S. Rutledge, who will deliver an address on the subject this afternoon, as the latter, he said, is more intimate with the subject and can give more valuable Informations e dealt with his sub lect on broad .tnes, and In emphasiz ing his faith In fraternal organisations, he stated that he Is a member, . and -keep up his dues, lit at least a doi , in. . ' ' . -- ,: M. L. Shipman, commissioner of 'Abor and printing of North Carolina, presided on the speaker's platform ind opened the morning's program with a very brief address. In which he presented Dr. L. B. McBrayer, who as chairman of the' committee that lecured Mr. Bryan for the address to-' (ay. Dr. McBrayer lhen -. Introduced " the secretary of state, paying him the highest tribute possible to be paid - any man "the greatest Amerlean liv ing or dead, and the greatest man-In the World today." - r At the beginning of his address" Mr. Bryan made a few remarks relative to the complaint paid him In ths In ' . traduction. Ho sold that In public ' life, as In battle, those men before the " public eye get the greatest credit, al though It l due largely to the men In . the ranks. Ha said that the princl T pies which he has stood for are not Vs alone, but belong (o the six mil Hon American citizens who supported him In them. : . , . - "I would rather have gone down ' . with those six. million men," he said, "than to have gone up'wlth the other much larger number and reversed the principles on which he stood." That was his only reference made to poli tic ' a When the speaker had come down out of the clouds, as he termed It. Into which pr. McBrayer had sent him, he stated that since he was book en firm ground again he has no apologias to make for speaking at fairs; that , he . likes fairs and the principles on which thay were founded, for those who lose ' . are benefitted by the Information they gain, and there Is a friendly rivalry - aroused that Is excellent for. the d . velopment of a community. He then i turned his attention to the topic of the . day. , Tim raradi. ' - " The Brotherhood pnr1, which was rssnlmd at 1:30 o'clock this after oon on the Huvennrroft rumpus. Continued fin pai" Ave. .1 LIKE THE PROGRAM FOR BATTLESHIPS Big Navy Men Jubilant over Prospect of Three Big Dread- naugl:t3 Proposed in New Naval Bill of , riation ' t-'y Associated Press. Washington, Oct. 8. Big navy men In the administration were lubllant today over the prospect of three bat tleships being proposed in the new naval appropriation bill as an admin istration policy. :.' " Semi-official announcement' ,; that such a building program might have the support of the White House to put the United States buck in the place it occupied among the naval powers before the last congress reduc Looking for Tall Negro In Leegson Murder Case By Associated Press, Chicago, Oct. 8. Detectives combed the "black -helf'on the south side to day. In search .of the tall, powerful, copper-skinned negro who lured1 Miss' Ida O. Leegson, .the art student, to a lonely spot outside the city limits Sat urday night and strangled her with a silken cord. . ' ' They obtained a. description of him from the pawnbroker to - whom .he sold his victim's watch on Sunday morning.'' The negro also" tried to sell Sing Sing Prisoners Have Been Smuggling In Drugs By Associated Press, . OsBlning, N. Y Oct. 8.- An Investi gation daring which 8 Sing Sing pris oners' wer questioned, hadtoetosed the existence of a' system of smug gling Which has enabled the convicts to obtain morphine, -cocaine and like drugs. 1 V"; .'.." ' ' V ,;; Twenty inmates, admitted to John B. Riley, superintendent of state pris ons, and Warden James Clanoy that T Has Not Threatened to Read Out Currency Opponents v of Party. By Associated Press., Washington, Oct., 8. Reports that President Wilson was attempting to prod .Democratic senators into quick action on the currency bill and a pub lished statement that he would class as a "rebel" any democrat who did not support him, brought out an em phatic denial from the White House today: The president made public the following letter: "To the Editor of the Washington Post: . . ; "Bir: I am quoted in your issue of this morning as saying that anyone who does not support me Is no demo crat but a rebel. Of course I never said any such thing. It is contrary both to my thought and to my char acter, and I must ask that you give a very prominent place In your Issue of tbmorrow to this denial. , ' . - "Very truly yours, ' (Signed) "WOODHOW WILSON." At the White House where a dlapo eitlon to look upon the currency situa tion as "dha way to amicable nd."ist- The president,' It 'fas 'said toda' feels lure that Senator Reed of Mis souri will soon join the administration supporters' In the banking and cur rency-committee, and -that Senator O'Oorman will In the end side with the majority. There was no such san guine feeling, however, with respect to Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska. ' While there has been many publish ed reports to the effect that the pres ident was considering issuing a state ment charging the existence of a lob by by the big banks exerting control over smaller banks to oppose the bill, the White House today declared the president would not Issue such a state ment at this time. r Washington, Oct B. Frank A. Van derllp, president of the National City bank of New York, told the senate banking eommlttee today he endorsed many Important foaturea of the ad ministration currency bill, f Mr. Van derllp, however, crltleis-rt ',' adversely certain points, notably the Independ. ence of the regional reserve banks, the character of the note issue plan and the section compelling all national tiMnWa In tiaenm amiluti1 ttilfh th. PEIDEN Ci - " - .... (proposed system. " A - ed the program to one dreadnought, attracted wide comment in congress. A democratic house of the last con gress reduced the current apropriatlon to provide for one ship only on the grounds of economy. The understanding among those close to administration leaders was that an "adequate navy" policy as endorsed by President Wilson would provide for two battleships each year hereafter, and less expenditures for the navy ashore and on smaller craft a penknife which bore Miss Leegson's name but that the dealer considered worthless. - The Leegson case Is similar to that of Miss. Em-ma Robinson, a nurse who last April was lured to a vacant house on Michigan avenue. Miss Robinson's asallant called - her on the telephone and asked her to come to the Michi gan avenue address on a professional visit. - When she arrived there a ne gro, tall, light skinned, dragged her inside and attacked her. She recov ered, i ' . , ' Sing Sing keepers and Inspectors have secretly malt letters for. ' .them . con taining directions to frlenda or rela tiWwrhre.pilaJtb Later whan fhr nariniu tn :hnm Later when the persons to whom the letters were sent visited the prison they would bring the drug with them and, according to the prisoners ex amined today, found, little difficulty in slipping It to them when the keepors were not looking. ; - ; - SEAT! Scene of Baseball Champion ship Battle Shifts from Gotham to City of Brotherly Love. By Associated Press. Philadelphia, Pa., Oct 8. The bat tle for supremacy In the baseball world, between the champions of the National and American leagues which opened auspiciously for the Philadel phia Athletics yesterday on the Polo grounds In New York, was shifted to day to Shtbe park In this city. The New York Giants, National league winners, under the leadership of John McGraw, -were thirsty for revenge for their defeat, while ' the, American league pennant winners were deter' mined to 'repeat their score on the home ' grounds . and make It two straight - Despite a drizzling rain which set In before midnight and continued until early , today more than ft thousand fans camped outside Shlbe park, many ol them stinee t o ciock yesteraay ai ternoon in order to get choice bleacher seats for the second contest. . Peanut, sandwich, and sausage ven ders did a thriving business along the line. Many of the men and boys, how ever, brought their own lunches. Some of the early arrivals came with food enough for four meals. Preparations of Fans. Soap boxes, boards, camp stools and Improvised seats of " all description were pushed against the park wall so that many of the- waiters were com fortable. One of them had provided himself with a sofa and blankets and secured several hours sleep during the night Two enterprising youngsters bad rigged up a long board resting upon two soap boxes and sold seats thereon at 16 cents each. . The neighborhood of Shlbe park was rife with activity this morning. Householders whose residences border the park on two sides were busy ar ranging seats on their roofs from which spectators might see the game and for which good prices were i cured. ,' Ticket speculator were mJob In evidence on the streets today, and at the hotels and a number of the cou pons were disposed at many tlmra their fare value. One II sat for the three days sold for liO. u DESTHOYED ALL SULZER CHECKS Sarecky, Governor's Campaign Secretary Admits Making r. " : Way with Much Evi- . dence of Contri- -' butions. ADMITS OMITTING : BREWERS' DONATIONS Ignored Legal Restrictions as : to Campaign Contribu tions, He Frankly ' Tells Trial Court. ' - By Associated Press. : . Albany, N. Y., Oct. . 8. Louis A. Sarecky, formerly Governor Sulzer'a campaign secretary, under . cross-ex amination at the impeachment trial of the governor today, told horn he had destroyed practically all of the check books,, check stubs and memoranda In connection with contributions to the governor's campaign fund which were In his possession. He also admitted omitting the contributions from brew ers from tne campaign statement which, he said, he prepared and which the jiovernor swore to and filed with the secretary of state. . The'cross-examination of -Sarecky was not completed at the close of the morning session. He had been sub jected to a searching inquiry into the most minute details of his connection with the impeached executive and of his handling of the Sulzer campaign funds. Sarecky declared he had no bank . account in which he placed cam paign contributions except that In the Mutual Alliance; Trust (Company In j'.r . wT,li.2tttir stroyed "the check book, oheck-'stubs and cancelled checks that he had had, "What reason will you give us now for destroying all the evidence of the campaign contributions?" asked John B. Stanshfield, attorney for the board of managers. The simple reason that I had no use for them," Sarecky answered. "But didn't you know there were legal regulations safeguarding the re. ceipt and expenditure of campaign contributions?" -. "In a general way I did." "And yet you chucked the check books and memoranda into an ordin ary waste basket?" "Yes." When questioning - turned to the omission in the campaign statement of contributions by certain brewers, Sarecky - read In chronological order part of the list of contributors con tained In the statement. ' With the ex ception of several contributions made by brewers and men identified with the liquor interests the list compared exactly with the deposit slips made out by Sarecky and furnished the as sembly managers by the Mutual Al liance Trust company. ; Albany, N. Y., Oct. 8. Louis A. Sarecky, Governor Suiter's campaign secretary, resumed the Witness stand for further cross-examination today at the impeachment trial of the gov ernor. ' Counsel for the board of managers Intimated this morning that they might take sgme action again i Sa recky for his technical forgery ot the governor's name to certain-checks and letters. But Sulzer never has objected to Sarecky signing checks on the ac count and as he, if anybody, was the loser by Sarecky's transactions, friends of the former secretary made light of the veiled -threat of the counsel for the board, , - Testifying yesterday, Sarecky said that he was not a naturalized citizen. Today, however, he stated that his father had been naturalized several years ago and If this proves tq be the case, of course, Sarecky is a citi zen. . ' : When Sarecky took the stand he was first questioned by Attorney Stanchfleld concerning : the various -places In Nev York and Brooklyn, where he has lived since he became a voter. . . Closely Cross-Questioned. "You remember, yesterday," Mr, Stanchfleld then asked, "that I asked you whether you had a conversation with Webb Floyd, president of the Mutual Alllaice Trust company, con earning your obtaining authority from Governor Suiter to endorse his name upon the governor's ebecks. Are you positive you had no such conversa tion?" - "I did not have It" Attorney SUnchfleld called upon Mr. Floyd, who vas In the oourt roem, to stand up. "Do you know who this man la?" - "I think It la the residsnt of tht Mutual Alliance Trust company."' - "Now, are ou sure you did not have this converse Hon?" ' "I am poeldve I do not remember having such a conversation with Mr. Floyd." i ) ' Mr. StanchAeld then took up the witness promotion to the stats bureau of deportattol. ''Have yooiever since July It re ported for duty at the offices of the bureau?" i , "No, I hav)ty ' - . DEPUTY IS H Y MINE James Pollock Is Shot Near Houghton in Calumet Copper District Had Incurred . Energetic Action By Associated Press. Calumet, Mich., Oct. 8. James Pol lock, a deputy sheriff, -was killed this morning by copper mine strikers at the Isle Royale mine near Houghton. He was shot in the back of the head and attacked with clubs by a party of ten men and died an hour later. Pollock was found by other deputies lying beside a road. His head had been so badly pounded that his brains were exposed.. Sheriff Cruse has made one arrest and expects to apprehend all of the men Involved In the murder before night The crime has caused much excitement is the Isle Royale district and feeling runs high. Pollock was particularly active as a deputy and had Incurred the wrath of the strikers by vanquishing six of them In a fist fight a few days ago. .He was 33 years No Garbage Collected In Chicago for Eight Dciys By Associated Press. Chicago, Oct. 8. No garbage has been collected In this olty for eight days and the situation is becoming. serious. . The city ceased gathering it on October 1, when the contract with the Chicago Reduction company ex pired and the municipality found it self without means of disposing of waste which has been accumulating at the rate of 700 tons daily. A temporary disposal plant Is being "And you have been drawing a sal ary of 84000 a year?" ."I have." -V..- - - ' Referring to a trip Sarecky took to New York on July 8, Attorney Stanch fleld -wanted to know if Sarecky had frnrir'tn nn nitumtl-tl-r ilr-i'-inrrlnr tn the state highway department "Now, that you remind me, I did," said the- witness. On that trip he visited ' Governor, Sulzer's office in New York and pack ed up various letters and documents. Including campaign letters which sub sequently fpund their way to the ex ecutive mansion. "Who was in the ' office at this time?" asked the attorney. "Governor Sriggs," said the witness, referring to former Governor Spriggs, of Montana, business associate of the governor. Sarecky said he had seen the governor between July 26, the date the witness was subpoenaed to appear before the Frawley committee and July 3Q,' at the executive chamber. SHOT TED AT RANDOM KILLS MAN ROBBING Postmaster Sends Bullet into Brain of Midnight Visi tor. By Associated Pess. Troy, N. Y., Oct. 8. Frank Stumpf, postmaster at Stillwater, Saratoga county, aroused early yesterday morn ing by the sound of an explosion in the postolflce about 100 feet east of his residence, took his rina and nred at random through a window by the side of the safe, Instantly killing an un known man who was attempting to rob the safe. One of the burglars stationed out side the postofflce was armed with a repeating rifle and fired three shots at Stumpf, one of which just missed ihe postmaster. Two men then ran away from the building and made their es cape. The third was found dead be side the safe. The bullet having en tered Just behind the left ear. ASBURY MOODY, SECOND Was Wounded at Same Time Caldwell Fatally Shot Wife, Mrs. Caldwell. Special to The Gaiette-Ners. Waynesvllle, Oct 8 Asbury Moody, who was shot several days ago by Jim Caldwell st the same time be fatally shot Mrs. Caldwell, his wife and niece of Moody, died this morning. The double tragedy is said to have resulted from domestic troubles. Caldwell was taken to the Buncombe county Jail a few days ago for safe keeping, when It Was realised that Moody might not recover. KILLED S I KIKtiKS Enmity of Strikers by His Against Them. old. 1 -Five women were arrested at the Baltic mine this morning for attacking and badly beating a workman and one man was taken on the charge of car rying a concealed weapon. The strik ers succeeded in preventing the Baltic mine employes from going to work, A non-union parade, the first dem onstration of the kind in the strike district has been planned . for early tomorrow morning in Calumet. The leader Is to be Mrs. John Kocjan, who has actively opposed the woman strike sympathizers and strikers in early morning picket activity. Owing to the possibility of a clash, mounted militia will be on hand. Only a small parade, if any, la expected for It Is not believed many non-union men will care to defy the , strikers thus openly.'1 ,';' ; constructed . at a clayv hole on : the northwest side. There have been un- looked for delays in this work and it will be several days before the city will resume the collection of garbage, it was announced today. . Since October 1 some of the gar bage has been burned In furnaces or burled, but thousands of residents have no facilities for disposing of the refuse which has become a menace to health. , ' JN CASE OF CORN PEST Root Worm and Corn Beetle Causing Great Damage in South. By Associated Press. Washington, Oct 8. Safeguarding the corn crops of the south and west, the experts of the department of agri culture has sent out a warning of the inroads of the southern root worm and the western corn beetle, two pests which have curtailed the crop output in those two great producing sections. The habits of both have just been cat alogued, after a lengthy Investigation by scientists, who virtually have slept In the rustling cornfields. Rotation of crops Is advocated as the cure for the southern visitant, whose destructive work Is accom panied by working principally around the roots of the young corn. lie is the most dangerous of the two, and the female of his species is even deadlier, for she uses the hollow stalk of the growing corn In which to cradle her young. "The worm Is about the size of the striped cucumber beetle," according to the scientists, "has a yellowish green color and black eyes. He Is most like ly to be observed feeding on the corn during late August or September, al though they frequently enter farm houses at night, being attracted by the lamp light ' MR. OVERMAN IS SURE RESOLUTION WILL PASS Says Urgent Deficiency Bill Will Not Pass Without Spoils Provision. Gazette-News Bureau, Wyatt Building, Washington, Oct 8. Senator Overman declared last night that he was certain to have his resolution retained In the urgent defi ciency bill providing that deputy col lectors and marshals shall be ap pointed without reference to the civil service rules. Senator Perkins Of Cal- lfornla, a republican, is standing with the Junior North Carolina senator and r. werman says me bill wm not be I dissolved. - Charters have ever been passed unless his resolution la carried I regarded in the nature of a contract as a part of the measure. and it is doubtful rf. under our con- Senator Overman went to the civil ' stltutlon, congress can take iviy the service commission and secured dataj charter of m bank In thls'summnry which shows thfit In 19 former ; manner, not bscause the terms of the President Grover Cleveland put the 1 charter have-been violated by the deputies under civil service, that they : banks, but because the bank maneir were taken out by the republican ad-I ment might refuse to make a eoerd ministration In 189 and that In 1108 ! investment such as the pending m a republican administration restored j ure provides. them to the r-ivll service. This, Mr. "There is no-provision wkrW t Overman believes. Is conclusive evl- ironic which siibsrrlbos mnnev to " dence that they were put under the capital of the federal rwrvn cIvU service by the republican polltl- .,, recover the same, er . ; t i clans had been rew,uiid for party i liquidation, either voluntary or service. ' j .-','rwinuc1 on pni;o 4) iuliiu urn U Commission of the Americas Bankers Association Makes Report Criticising Owen Glass BilL ' ; , POLITICAL CONTROL BASIS OF OPPOSITION Enforced Subscription . tc Stock of Federal Reserve Banks Is Also Censur- . ed by Commission. By Associated Press. Boston, Oct. 8. The currency com ; mission of the American Bankers as sociation, reporting today to the asso ciation In convention here, asserted that it favored the old national mon etary commission bill and opposed th -currency measure now before con- gress, : for the following prime rea sons:. '' Because under the old plan invest- t ment by bankers in the stock of the Central Reserve association was elec tive, not compulsory, whereas, under the proposed bill bankers must sub scribe one-fifth of their capital stock to the federal reserve banks or go out, of business. ' : ' Because under the old plan money invested in the stock of the Central Reserve association was under the control of the banks investing, where as, tinder the proposed bill the fed-' eral reserve board, dominating the the reserve banks, was without the bankers' control, e. '. i Because such control by bankers , denied them in the proposed bill was guarantee. against political, domina tion . and incompetent -mwiagernelUL.. 'two important respects wherein the pending measure is lacking." ; , The report of the ; commission if signed by A. Barton Hepburn, chair man of the Chase National bank ol New Ydrk, as chairman of the oomi. mission; James B. Forgan, president of the First National bank of Chi-' cago, vice chairman, and the follow ing members of the commission: Festus J. Wade, president Mercan tile Trust company. St Lotils; Joseph T. Talbot vice president National City bank. New York; George M. Reynolds, president Continental and Commercial bank, Chicago; John Perrin. of Per rin, Drake & Riley, Inc., Los Angeles, Cal.; Luther Drake, president , Mer chants' National bank, Omaha; Sol.- Texler, vice president Whitney-Central National bank. New Orleans; Robert Wardrop, president People's National bank, Pittsburgh; E. F. -Swinney, president First National' bank, Kan sas City, Mo.; Joseph A. McCord, vice' president Third National bank, At lanta; J. F. Sartorl, president Security Trust and Savings bank, Los Angeles; Levi L. Rue, president Philadelphia National bank, Philadelphia; E. L. Howe, vice president Princeton bank, Princeton, N. J. In part, the report reads as fol lows: Imposes Hardships. "The bill in its present form Im poses unwise hardships upon the banks, and equally unwise hardships upon the general public. ' The Inter ests of the bankers and commercial public are coincident; no Injury can be Inflicted upon the one without the other also suffering. . When business Is active and prosperous, the bank era share in the benefit;' when It Is languishing; he feels the ill effects. The chief function of the banker Is to loan his capital and other resources to his customers so that they may Inrease the activity and extent of their business. Any withdrawal of the bank's capital from these legitimate channels of trade not only entails a loss to ths banker, but also to the business pub lic. - ' v . . "Coowd Investment." . "The banks are required to sub scribe to the federal reserve banks an amount equal to 20 per cent of their capital, one-half of which munt ba paid In at once, the other half be ing subject to call. This Is to be tak en over and placed under, the man agement tt a corporation In which the banks have not only a minority representation, ' but a very limited voice Indeed. In return fo'- the capital thus appropriated the banks receive certificate, which cannot be sold, ax signed or hypothecated, over which none of the usual rights of property ran be exercised. The banks are oh- jiued to make this subscription or be 4 ft'
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