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ft ' , TUB QAZETTE-XEWS HAS TBS MOST rXPESSIVE ASSOCIATED PRE83 EEH TICS 7.V THE CAROLINA. '". ' Weather Forecast: FAIR AND COLDER. vTOL. SVIII.NO. 215. . ASHEVILLE, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 20,1913. PRICE 5 CTSIT3 i "'-'- r. ii n r r t ( f 1 II I : kitted President and Officials Decides Militant May Enter Pro . vided She Leaves at v -End of Tour DOUBT THE NATURE' " ' - OF HEROFFENSES President Considers the Na tion Has Sufficient Re course if She Violates " Laws ' jy Associated Pres- . .. ' Washington .Oct. - 20: Mrs. - Emme- line Pankhurst, the militant British suffragist, la free to enter -the United State.' The Ellis 'Island -boards or der ot deportation was reversed to day after President Wilson had con ferred on the celebrated case .with Secretary Wilson and a hearing had been concluded r before Immigration Commissioner Camlnettl. ,-' - Secretary Wilson announced at the conclusion of bis conference with the president that Mrs. Pankhurst would be admitted upon her own recogni zance with the understanding that she wouW depart at the end of her lecture engagements. ; No bond was exacted'.' - --.;';' ";V.' :' ' ""' ' Secretary Wilson declared . that he and the ; president, had discussed the question briefly . ' s ,' J "We. agreed"- he said,; Mhat Mrs,J: T?anlthurt, should: be-admitted.; ri her i own recognizance. v M,y 6wn reason Is,, and the president,' feels "likewise, that there Is naturally an element , of iloubt as. to whether her acts con-" Htltuted- moral turpitude or were foU itieal In character. ?''. ' "Being admitted on her own reeog-i nlzances, of course. If she violates any of our laws,. we have two remedies.' The courts may pass on her acts or we may deport her. There being the element pf doubt as to whether moral turpitude or,, political offense was In volved, we decided we have sufficient safeguards and that there can be no harm in admitting her."., ' The decision by the pyresident and Secretary Wilson was communicated rt PftMmUlAn.. Pnmlna(H ..... K I. sued the iformal order of release. , President Wilson felt that the law had a' flexible interpretation so that It was largely a question of policy. , Washington. Oct. 20. Attorneys for Mrs. Emmellne Pankhurst, the mill-' tant English suffragist, today lvimed ' their arguments before Immigration Commissioner Camlnettl in an effort to show that Mrs. Pankhurst should be admitted to the United States and not deported for the crimes of which She has been convicted for "the cause" In England. .... J ; . , - ' ., Today's hearing was more colorful than yesterday's which was Informal. Acting Secretary Post of the depart- 'ment of labor and Chief Parker of the law division.-sat with Commis sioner Camlnettl and the array of at torneys was drawn up in a battery at a line of tables. There was a crush for ntlmlBRlon to the small chamber and it p-'eltv. wna filled with women who did not reveal their sympathies. . jJi-ibert Kuovch. attorney for. the British leader, first presented a long brief reviewing first the facts, and then - contended that tho ' acts of Which Mrs. Pankhurst had been e'on vlcted in England were purely politi cal offenses and did not involve moral turpitude,, the real question .at 'Issue. The suffragist defender's argument was long and technical and cited por tions of decisions In many immigra tion cases f nd some of the works of .ionn isaissett Moore, counselor ror me utate department and on authority on International law. He quoted Mrs. Fankhurst's testimony before the Im migration Inspectors at Ellis Island and concluded: ' ,, "From that testimony, It Is respect fully submitted that' at the time of the cornmlaslon of the acts complained of there was an uprising or revolt on the part of . the women In England, that the uprising or revolt was of a political nature and that any crimes committed by Mrs. rankhurst. if any were committed by her, were crimes rmi'-'.y of a political nature and hot r i' h v.h to Involve moral turpitude. ' "i In; nicrt) delivery of lectures or r - hi uriring women to strive for ' phi believed to be their legal i i I'l'llllial rirhts 'in certainly an n. t in tended to forward and help a 1:. 1 i une nriil such act, therefore, )'i " t' i mi 1, If an offense at nil, a ! I o'lci : . ,.,r can It bo elalru- i ' r i i . ' i y ni l ertained that the ' " ii " cf l.cr hearers to ilcHroy ' . : :" r- :i i v to bring a hunt ' .. I i. ''!, Iw an Hi t Involving V . "'s A'l'tuilc. 1 . , ii h i, ! ! iinle In the I v i h n Lit ln. i II -i:-l h WRECK'S VICTIMS ; ; TAKEN TO MOBILE List of Known Dead in Troop ously Injured Derailment of Locomotive Believed . to Have Been Cause of Wreck. 7 . By Associated . Press. " " Mobile, Ala., Oct. -20. Victims of yesterday's troop train wreck on the M-obllo and Ohio railroad at Bucka tunna, Miss., were brought to Mobile early today on relief trains. -' The J 1st of known dead at 8 o'clock was 22, most of whom were members Of the 170th company coast artillery. They were 74 seriously injured sol diers in Mobile hospitals while a num ber of: the less seriously hurt were taken to the government hospital at Fort Morgan. ... Physiciaijs who arrived on the relief train said they feared at least-IS among the seriously Injured could not survive. ' ' . , : Investigation of. the cause , of the wreck continued today. It was be lieved to have resulted from the de railing of the locomotive t .. tender, which dragged the: baggage car. and three coaches off the track and over a i(5-foot trestle. The injured were members of the 170th company, 39th company and the Eighth .band. They, were enroute from Forts, Morgan ajid Barancas to a state fair at "Meridian, Miss. . : t 'Additions to the list of dead Includ ed' the Initials of four unidentified men. These were "V. A. S.", "W. C. A."i "W. C. S.". and "V. W. C." Ad ditions to the list of seriously wound ed officers Included Captain B. Taylor of the 89th; ln'command.- " : Mobile, Ala., Oct. 20. The first section, of a relief train from the wreck on the Mobile & Ohio railroad near Buckatunna, Miss., Sunday aft ernoon arrived here at 8:30 o'clock this morning, bringing 17, dead and tary ; Wilson- of the department' of labor and - Commissioner. Camlnettl was on the program as part of the day's proceedings.- - 1 ."-Vhile the president' of the United -States has no specific -authority to de. .clde Immigration cases by law, it was pointed out that in such a case as Mrs. Pankhurst'?, Involving to an .extent a question or national policy, immigra tlon , officials would not take the re sponsibilky of making a final decision without consulting the president. - ' At tho end of his argument Mr. Reeves annuonced that in the event of a decision against Mrs. Pankhurst, which he said, parenthetically, he did not,: expect, he would ask Commis sioner Caminettl to admit her under bond to fill her lecture engagements. - Will Not Preach Militancy. . He declared Mrs. : aPnkhurst had engaged passage back to England on the steamer Majestic sailing from New York November 27 and cited that as an evidence that Mrs. Pankhurst did not Intend to. remain in the United States. , He declared if admitted un der bond she would commit no act here obnoxious to the laws of" ; the United States. Frank S. O'Neil, an other attorney, then took up the ar gument for the sffragist's admission. He referred to Mrs. Pank hurst's pledge that she would conduct' herself in a lawful manner while' In this country.-- "She has made that pledge -to the American people and she'.wlll keep it." doclared the lawyer with eloquence. "In tvery shop and factory in this land today women's heads are bowed in mute appeal to this department for the liberty of this distinguished wo man.".,. V "; Commissioner Cnminettli nuked if Mrs. , Pankhurst intended , to preach militancy here. - ,, "Emphatically np!" . responded O'Neil. "We have her assurances on that point and we state them to you as strongly as possible." ; Lcctiirei Contracts Not Considered," Mr, Camlnettl announced that he would not tako Into consideration the suffragist's . lecture contracts, . nor would ho consider arguments -pertain? ing to the recent case of Marie Lloyd, tho English music hall singer. Copies of clippings from London newspapers on the activities and arrest oj Mrs. Pankhurst were excluded from' the activities and. arrest of Mrs. Pank hurst were excluded from the record and the hearing was closed with Com missioner Camlnettl's annoncement thnt he wold give an opinion later to day. . ' While the hearing was In progress President Wilson referred to the case In talking with the White House cor respondents. He Indicated that the question was more one of public pol icy than academic law but gave no In dication of what the outcome might be. ' May to As She Likes. NeV York.Oct. 20. Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, the mnlltant English suf fraglBt, held at Kills Island pending decision at Washlnfcton on the ques tion of her deportation, at a hearty -breakfast this morning, according to attendants and bided her time ns best she could until she should learn whether she was to be allowed tg make her lecture tour In this country. An official of the Trench line, own- I ers of the steamship on which Mrs. I'nnlihurst la to h deported In case (ilti.ince 1.1 denied, was quoted todny iih Haying anerit M'-s. fankhurst's t'mst to go on a humor strike If she ia sent hf-n k: -"If Mr. I'nnkhurst will not partake of the fond provided for her and the ei'n r i'M:ieni.ers ho may flu a- she I : ! i .1 1 1 If the Engllxh lady i Licit' t- i , it la her affair." Train Disaster Is 22; 74 Seri- 85 Injured. At least six more bodies are, in the debris and rescue work Is being continued. The official list of known dead is: ' ' ' ; PRIVATE- JOE LEBEN, 170th com pany. ;-...' - . PKIVATE i ERNEST ! PAQUETTE, 170th compapy. ' i , PRIVATE CLYDE ' TEEI - 170th company. : CORPORAL FRITZ KOHLER. 140th company i : ' PRIVATE BRIN, 170th com pany. ,:... ' v ! ....... .t, ;. i PRIVATE GEODS. 170th company. PRIVATE VAN STEBBETS. 170th company. " ..- , CORPORAL FRANK CHELEW- SKI, 170th company. . PRIVATE CRUELDRUCHLKI, 170th company. . - PRIVATE BURLESON,- 170th company. - v', -. ..' " . . PRIVATE - ACRES, 170th com pany. PRIVATE PANKEY, 170th company. 1 . PRIVATE VIRGIL REMSEN, S9th company. r ,. CORPORAL " JOHNSON, eighth band. , ,, PRIVATE PROVANCE, 170th company. TWO tTOIDENTIFIED BODIES. ' The following officers were In jured: i vii: , - v . V- . Capt. Frank Geere, . 170th com pany. 1 , t,v.-' ' ' -" Lieut E. ' F. ' Barlow, S9th com pany. - Lieut. Robert M. Campbell, 170th co'mpany. " . ; .-. Lleut.'C. M. Smith, 170th company. FIRST SHOW FELL Winter Ushered' in by. T . vv ' Flakes and Mercury then : "Began Falling. - Winter was ushered In here this morning by a few flakes of snow, the first of the season. ' It did not amount to much as a snow, but Immediately afterward temperatures began drop ping rather rapidly, and the weather man thinks there may be ; freezing temperatures by tomorrow morning. The - predf jSon Is that the . weather will be clera and cold for the next several .days.. " '" ' . .'',.."!, X- The snow this. morning was not a monopoly .-.for- . Asheville. Several Waynesville pe pie who came In stat ed that there woe snow in that vicin ity early in - the morning, and later reports have been received from-other points In the section telling of a light snowfall. - Outside of the' mountain section, the weather bureau has re ports of snow In St. Louis and Nash ville. ' , -" ' . , ;- The cause of the present cold spell Is attributed by the weather man to a severe storm that has been traversing the eastern section ' of the , country during the past . 36 hours, which ,1s now central over the Great Lakes re gion.' it Is passing In a northeasterly direction and Is leaving rapidly fall ing temperatures In Its wake. v The lowest temperature reported In the country this morning was 23 de grees at Duluth. The wave extends as far south as Oklahoma, and tem peratures of 84 degrees were reported from there this morning. Th tem--perature here early this morntng was 39 degrees. - Before 8 o'clock the tehrometer registered 40 and b6rtly after that, the mercury began to drop. The drop Is slow but steady. With all that. Asheville is getting her first cold weather this year later than la usual, and there Is no Imme diate prospect that It will last In definitely. , FREIGHT JERAILMENT - NEAR STATESVILLE Eight Loaded Cars Left Track Satur day Night Property Loss . Was Heavy. There was a freight derailment on the line of the Southern railway at Eufala, eight miles this side of Statesvllle, on Saturday night about 9:30 o'clock, when eight loaded cars of freight train No. ' 87, westbound, left tho track. There were no casual tin, but the property .loss was rather heavy and It was 8 o'clock yesterday morning before the track was cleared tut traffic. The cause of the derail ment Is unknown. , ' I There wan considerable delay In the passenger service on account of this reruilment,. all trains due here yestcr ady morning arriving several hours Int". The pamengern and bum-'age on trains "5 and 1G were transferred at the pi-con of the acclde-it, while No. 10 wan 3 toured by Spartanburg. oumoG noRiiiiiG TRADERS BANK OF LOl'JELUSCLOSEO Comptroller Acts On Report That Institution Had Be - - come Insolvent. , v- By. Associated Press J Lowell;- Mass., Oct. 20. The Trad ers' National bank of this city was closed . today by order of the comp troller of the currency. , . . , j Washington, Oct 20. The. Traders' National bank of Lowell was closed on a report from National Bank Ex aminer Norwln S. Bean that ,he ,n" stltution Is Insolvent Harold -A. Murray has been appointed receiver. A close ' relationship existed be tween the. Traders and the Atlantic National bank of- Providence,' R. I., which was closed April 14. Three months ago the capital 'of the Traders was shown to. be' badly Impaired and a formal notice of Impairment was served on Its directors. t-The notice directed them to make good the impairment by an assess ment on the stockholders or to place the bank In voluntary, liquidation. Under the law, the bank had three months In which to do either of these things. The three months expired October 17, and the bank examiner reported that i the capital : had - not been restored and that the bank was insolvent. v - mm HILL HAVE . U.S. FEEDING STATION Experiments in Feeding Cat tie Will Extend over Per. . ' 4- r' i0d of gkTSarsTT- The United States government will establish a cattle feeding, experiment' station in Haywood, on the farm of T.' L. Gwyn, about nine miles from Canton. Preparations are now -being made and the station will be opened In the next few days. -The chief aim of the experiment station Is to make tests fh the feeding and care of cattle. A series of ejprlments along this line will be made for ' a period of six years. .' -. ' K r''.C7 . - It is announced ' that1 the experi ments will . cost the federal govern ment a considerable outlay of -money, but It is thought by the officials In charge pf these stations that the re sults of . experiments are 'worth the expense. The first series of tests will consist of fattening cattle on cotton seed meal as compared with corn and corn silage. A great number of cat tlemen are interested In the outcome of this experiment 'because i of the difference In the1 cost of : th. ; two.. Many farmers claim that cotton seed meal is cheaper and more effective In the end, .. 'i : ' - , ;: ' Next summer experiments will be continued, altering, the above test by adding grass to the feed of the cattle. During the following' season one car load of cattle will be fed oil cake, and the result of this feeding will be pub lished from time to time. -It Is plan ned to change the tests each year for the six years. ( ;, ' -,,r. Prominent Attorneys of Bre vard Passes Away.after a ; I Long Illness. News Is received her, this morn ing of the deat hof W. W. , Zackary, a prominent attorney of Brevard, which occurred at the Charlotte sani tarium Saturday morning. The de ceased had beep In 111 health for sev eral months and had been taking treatment at the sanitarium since Sep tember 17. The end did not come unexpectedly, and Mrs. Zackary was at his bedside at the time of her hus band's death. She Is the only sur vivor in the Immediate family. The body was brought back to Brevard for Interment, i - Mr, Zackary (was well known In Aahevllle and .over the entire west ern section of the state. He was 60 years of age and for a time fas a prominent figure, locally, in public lif.e He was elected for several terms to the house of rf preentatlve In the general asnembly of the state, and had tho .distinction of being the last man to cust a vote for Zebulon Balrd Vance for the United States senate, this coming about' on Account of the fact that his name was tl.e last on the roil. If l death will cause deep1 regret :i ni.:i).; the hosts of friends in this section. , . ' lilfAV. ZflCHnRT DIES IN ; CHARLOTTE SASIIHiLI DISASTROUS FJRE v ' IN EAST C--XOUIS rk. rator and Warehouses Burn A I Mountains of Grain Still Burning Many Fight . ' r' . 'to Save Their Homes. ' . By Associated Press. - St. Leuls, Oct. 20. With an esti mated loss of half a million dollars in grain, the Advance elevator.in East St. Louis, Ills.; burned to the ground early today, Crawling up and down the strip of land between, the Miss issippi river- and Cahokla creek,- the blaze did another half million dollars damage, to the warehouses of the Chicago and Alton, the Baltimore and Ohio and the Clover Leaf Railway companies. ' '.'"- -, .-. : ... The few citizens of . East St. Louis who were not kept up all night pro tecting their homes from the flying embers awoke this morning to find a burning mound of 250.000 bushels of wncat, ibu.uoo bushels of oats and 76,000 , bushels of; barley. Officials of th ecompahy predicted It would take several weeks or the mass-of grain to burn itself out. ; v There is said to be no hope of saving any of it. : v;. .-".;: ;''. .:-,, .t::- A rain which began eurly yesterday afternoon and continued Into today a '. ..- '."" EOT I Pioneer Business Man of Ashe ville Passed Away on Sat urday Night. ,The funeral services over the ret mains of Dr. T. C. Smith, who died at his residence, 184- Chestnut street, Saturday- night at 7:?0 "o'clock, were conducted from the . residence" this morning at 10:30 o'clock, by Rev. Dr. J. C. Rowe, pastor of the ' Central Methodist church, ' The Interment fol lowed at Riverside cemetery. The following acted as pallbearers: E. S. Nash, W. R. Whltson, J.-A. Nichols, W. M. Jones, Dr. R, H. Reeves and J. E. Rankin. The death of Dr. Smith followed ah illness of several months. He was 73 years of age and had been In. falling health for a long time. Dr..T. X Smith was 'born at Ruth erfordton In 1840- and was engaged in the drug business when the war of the states' started. He enlisted in the Confederate army and was made regi mental hospital steward, afterwards being promoted to the medical' direc tor's office where he remained until the surrender. -Ho then returned to North Carolina and opened a whole sale drug store at Charlotte In 1869, the first wholesale drug business in, the state. Ho remained in Charlotte until 1887, when he moved to Aahe vllle and here he established a whole sale and retail drug business and re mained in active charge of the stores until a few months prior to his death. ' The deceased was ono of thl pio neer business men of the western part of the state and always took a leading part in all things pertaining to the welfare of this section. He was a member of the board of stewards of Central ' Methodist church . and was very much interested In religious work of all kinds. ' Surviving are five children. Misses Alice. Daisy and Oussie, and Frank S. and T. C. Smith, Jr. There are also three brothers and one sister; Mrs. W. CV Abernathy, of ' Gastoniar Joe C. Smith of Shelby, Capt. S. O. Smith of this city and J. Campbell Smith of Newton.' . . . . . ; MEF.10R1AL DEDICATED ; i FjElDJFLEIPSII! Thousands Gather to Com memorate Victory of Ah lies over Napoleon. ' . By Associated Pressi, i ' Lelpalc, Saxony. Oct 18. Thou sands of people from all parts of Ger many, Austria, Russia and Sweden gathered here today for the dedication of the memorial of the battle of the nation, which ended just 100 years ago In a victory for the allies over the French and resulted In the eman cipation of Germany. . ' ' One of the features of the day's ex ercises was the arrival of the lat run ners In a series of relays bearing ban ners and greetings from every qunrter of tho ycrman empire and also from Washington and trom Mo Janeiro. The banner from the United States pnaseil through the hands of many thoupand athletes before It reached the King ot Faxony. In all the relays a total of 43,000 runners were en geaeil. The monjment was dedicated by the King of Baxony. INTER OR r with Loss of Million Dollars saved the city from a general ftre. From the moment it was discovered at ,0 o'clock last night until dawn today, the fire was probably the most spec tacular ever seen here. For a radius or half a mile from the burning ele vator the rain of water was accom panied by . an equally heavy rain of burning embers as large as basst balls.; ' : : : m -;'' Every householder within that rad ius was on. the roof of, his home, with . garden hose, fighting the flying fire as it fell. ; .Both the Missouri and Illinois sidesVof the river were lined with thousands of spectators. , The spectacle was capped by the collapse of the elevator-..., Reduced to a shell of ashes, It popped open, hurling forth half a million bushels .: of burning grain. Half of this slid Into the Mississippi, sizzled and floated away an dthe remainder spread out on the banks and la still buring. ... The grain belonged to Illinois far mers for whom it was being held In storage. The losg Is covered by In surance. V;i'... -' , ;l, -' TAR HEEL TE ic nnc Uses Minneota Shift and- De feats Uof S. C. Team s , f 13 to 3.' Special to The Gazette-News. Columbia,. Oct. 20.t-North Carolina, with the Minnesota shift as its- prin cipal mode of attack, made two'4otich downs against South Carolina Satur day afternoon, while the homeeleven scored-only three points, . these the 'result of von Kolnitz's competent toe. The final score of the game was 13 to -3, ;.-'.: ;. :-"--v. ' . '''.: : .Although North Carolina was known to have a heavier team and had. been in training for an excep tionally long time, many South Caro lina supporters were expecting the Garnet and Black to wave triumph antly over the Blue and White, and the victory of the Tar Heels therefore came as a disappointment to Game cock enthusiasts. Floyd Simmons, referee, said after the game that North Carolina showed 100 per cent Improvement over Its performance against Davidson at . Greensboro a week ago. The South Carolina men fought hard, but somehow did not 'seem to strike their gait during the game. ;-. . . Fuller at fullback for the visitors did well. He carried the ball for good gains-and throughout remained steady. Tayloe, one of his backfleld makes, aim proved a strong ground gainer. Tho main gains were made on the Minnesota shift In which play Tol Pendleton had drilled his men to a marked degree of accuracy. Thla shift seems to be the vogue In 'the Tar Heel state. Wake Forest, from that neighborhood, the attraction last Saturday, presented an offense com posed of the modified Minnesota and then along came North Carolina with the regular article. It was this that won the game for North Carolina. North Carolina's party was com posed of 26 , persons, Including play ers and three coaches. These coaches were Trenchard, Pendleton and Wil son, all Princeton men. Quite a num ber of persons were anxious to get a look at To) Pendleton, captain of Princeton's team of last year. ' More .Information regarding the battle. may be had in the summary, which follows: , N. Carolina 13 S. Carolina S. Homewood ". . ...R.E Slight L. Abernathy. , . .R.T. . ....... Brann Faust R.O. ..... Wehmen Tandy ,.C. Stonoy Cowell ...L-G.... Mills Rasey ....... ...L.T.. .... . Hampton Husk L.E.... Hill Lorut ......... .Q Heyward Pope .;.R.H von Kolnltx Taylffa .'..L.H. ... Langston Fuller ....... ,.F.B... Perry . Touchdowns, Lord. Fuller goal from field, von Kolnlts; goal after touchdown, Tandy. , , Referee, Simmons tWaahlngtdn and Jefferson); umpire. Holland (Clem- son) ; head linesman, McFndden (Clernson); linesman, Tennent (North Carolina),' McTeer (South Carolina). Dudley (South Carolina), Kerr (South Carolina); timekeepers, Stuart (North Carolina). Shuler (South Carolina); time of quarters, IS, 15, 16. 15. There were a number of substitutes during the game. ' . . - - AUSTRIAN ULTIMATUM IS SENT TO SERVIA By Associated Press. Vienna, Oct. 18. Austria todsy sent an ultimatum to Servla demand ing 4he immediate snd comulei evac uation of the points In Albania occu ploil by 8erlan troops after the, re cent confllr's between them and the Albanians. ', cum FORM u Willi T1S.1TSI0 HOi'J Dli TIL Publisher of , Jeffersoniaa Charged With Sending , Obscene Matter Through U. S Mail. ' THE DEFENSE URGES . FREEDOM OF PRESS The Government Calls ' Na Catholic Officials The . ' Defense Introduces - No Witness. ' By Associated Press.., - . - Augusta, Ga., Oct. 20. Thomas B. Watson,., lawyer,; publicist and one time presidential- candidate .of ths "peopfe's party," today was placed on Wtal before Federal Judge' Rufus E. Foster In the. United States ' District court here on , a charge of sending; obscene matter through' the mails. . ' Watson was arrested In the fall of" 112 on a federal warrant Issued upon complaint of , the postal authorities and was given a hearing at Augusta, before United States ! Commissioner W. H. Doodwln. ' At the conclusion of this examination the Georgia edi tor was bound ' over to the federal grand Jury which returned the In- -dlctment against him on November 12, 1912. ' .:...:'- -. ',:.,; The speciflo charge against Watson is that he published In the Jeffer- sonian In July, 1311, and April and May of 1912, certain alleged question which he claimed were asked by Ro . man Catholic, priests to persons In ponfasslot)hicl.qyestionsithe,ln-. jdlctment alleges.: are "obscene and filthy.. These nuestioh appeared in a series of articles attacking the Ro man Catholic church and especially the priesthood. ' ' u s That the case against Mr. Watson never wduld reach the Jury was the .. prediction early today of Judge E. G. McLendon, leading attorney for the defense. He added, however, tha should the government, evince a de-. sire to go into trial, he was prepared to follow a similar course. , . . United - States Attdrney Alexander Akerman of Macon, conducting tha case for the government, ' apparently was of the opinion that the . trial would speedily end. although he said that he intended to vigorously press the charge against Watson; Avoids Demonstration.' Watson himself did not arrive hers until a few minutes before : his case was called, having motored here front Thomson, Ga., where his home Is. It was said by his attorneys that Wat- BUIl ll.U V. aj V. IJV. LU 1 .'HEM 1. B.J w.l- tll Just before the trial opened, , lq order to avoid any public demonstra tion, such as occurred at his prey Umlnary hearing. . 1 ' ' ; In a statement early today Attor ney McLendon said that it was the desire of tha defense to avoid, if pos sible, anything resembling a religious controversy, and to hold tha case ; to Its merits as a question of constitu tional i right. ' It is tha plan of tha defense to conduct Its fight upon the ground that the articles published In Watson's magazine, the Jeffersonlan, were written by him as editor, and that his conviction on the charges as set out In the indictment would be In violation of the provisions for tha freedom of the press as set forth In the constitution of the United States. United Btates District Attorney Akerman was unwilling, before eoart opened,: to discuss the case further than to say that he believed it would be finished in two days at the long est.. He based this ' conclusion, h said, upon the fact that few witnesses would be examined by either the gov. emment or the defense. It was po?4 tlvly asserted that ho church officials had been summoned to testify for the state and that no witnesses would be introduced by ths defense. When the case was called by Judge Foster,.. Mr.. McLndon Immediately filed a petition requesting ths govern ment to furnish a bill of particulars. This was done In order to get before the court the exact words of the al leged objectlonabl passages which the Indictment charges are violations of the law. .- MRS. REYNOLD'S BODY INTERRED YESTERDAY The funeral service of Mrs. Robert R. Reynolds was conducted yesterday afternoon, at the residence in Edge mont park, by Rev. R. N. Wlllcox of Hendersonvllle, the interment follow ing In Riverside cemetery- At the services at the houi. a quartet composed of Mrs. Francis J. Clemenger, Mrs. J. M. Burdlek, T. A. Jont-s siil James (J. Stlke.lentlier, f : "Abide with Me," and "Nearer ." God to Thee." . largo number nf floral f " filled the rRxideiii-e dura . . Vlre. pnd ln!'-r t '.' v- - the m ..-.. . j . . , ! j le et I i i