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if ' N A LAST EDITION Weather Forecasts FAIR TONIGHT. TBB OAZETTB-KEWS BA3 THE MOST EXPENSIVE ASSOCIATED PRESS SER VICE IN THE CAROLINAB. VOL. XVIII, NO. 22&. ASHEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 1, 1913. PRICE 5 CENTS "BLACK BOOK IS INTRODUCED Investigator Hennessy's Con versation With . Stilwell Figures in the Cor ruption Probe. NO CONFESSION IS REVEALED HOWEVER Disjointed Stenographic Re port Discloses Convict's : Demand for Pardon Before Accusing. By Associated Press. ...... New York, Nov.'l. The contents of Investigator John Hennessy's "little black book" so far as it relates to his conference In 81ns Sine with Stephen J. Stilwell, convicted state senator,, was made public here today. The book was placed In evidence at District i Attorney Whitman's ' Inquiry yesterday but was not made public. It reveals no confession. The names of ..Charles F. Murphy, State Senator Frawloy and others are men tioned but aftev fencing for hours with HennosRy, Stilwell refused tqac ouso anybody flatly, of anything In sisting that, the first get his pardon. When this was .refused, negotiations were dropped, The Interview In the warden's of fice with a stenographer as an eaves dropper, continued for hours. The stenographic report is broken and dis jointed, this toeing explained as due to the noise of passing trains, The dialogue shows a keen verbal duel between Ilennessy and Stilwell- the latter evasive and fearful of betrayal, the former saeklng diligently for dis closures which ha believed might per mit Sulzer to challenge impeachment, vfltilwell is quoted aav having said nmolig othcrthlngs:'' : ? . '- 'Ti y ness'y " You '-mean "you-, want "the pardon "before you make affl ;' davit ?" :'',";,- .; - - '. Stilwell "I will give you the affi davit, or anything, but I. can't po be fore the grand Jury, I will go the limit. I will prevent them from vot ing against the governor, -1 will put Murphy In Jail and Frawley there, too, but I must protect myself, I must ' ilo it! ' ' '., ' . "There Is no question but that you ran get Frawley, I am pretty sure you can Impeach Murphy but there Is no question about Frawleyi but I can't see my way clear, I can't do It in Justice to myself. I know what It means; no one knows better than I do. "If the pardon is not there I've got to come back; there is no use talking, I can't do it even if I've got to sorve the limit and take a chance of killing myself rather than have it handed to me." 1 Demands Pardon. "If I waj outside this minute I would do it whether I gained any thing by It or not. I would get Mur phy if it was the last thing I did be fore I died. I have reasons for doing it. God! My mind has almost left mel'l Ilennessy "Why la It a man like Murphy can do these things for years and years and nobody knows It?'1 Stilwell "Because the fellows that know these things generally are afraid to come out. Where did Murphy get nil his money from? He is rolling In money he neved had an office.'" Hennesiy "What is there ; about Frawley getting some money from some brewery?" ., .' 1 Btllwcll "I can prove that. Ho will ahvavg take money on 'hose things. Each one of them got $6,000 a year, from the brewery association Interests." BATTLESHIPS GOING TO MEDITERRANEAN STRIKE ROLLING SEAS Pn board too ITuIted Status Hattla ship Wyoming, at Sea, by W(ecleaa holography via Cape Race, Wov, I. The battleship floet on Its way io Med ltcrranoan porta has encountered roll ing seas blown; up, by fresh,' south westerly' winds. The vessale, fhiB morning had 1650 miles more to steam before teaching their first call ing port, Gibraltar. Mother and Victims of py Awociatej Paasa, 'Wcaro, N: J.v-Mra, fluid Hwcrt, 62 car old and hn daughter, Mr. Itj. fitencraen, (J para old, io'.s ji-irpv. died pf hear flsaea YVll'.ti 4$"ni!hutee hut night, the lrtt t a Ilullowe'ttj pr',y and. tha former Whllu pn bee wy it) jnn h"f i'aneli'c : w f:r-n ' lnf(rmf:rt pf )ir HI-Vcc- rs:v; jJr.intu.jr dl0(j y,(tJJn a IsJ't So:;; fL'f briapf j m 1 t fl i-J i.Oi'ii.:: vis auUHiid of hup jllii" an'l WmrnT. YET UNCHANGED Candidates for Appointment as Marshal, However, See Senator Overman. Gazette-News Bureau Wyatt Building, ; ' Washington, Nov. 1 Several conferences were held here yesterday between Senator Overman and candidates of their representatives for the western marshalship. R. R. Ross of Randolph county was here in his own behalf, with former Lleuten ant Governor Newlands of Lenoir and A, C. Avery of Morganton, talking with the junior senator in behalf of Manley McDowell. It is not believed that Mr, Overman will change his mind with reference to these appoint merits. The outlook seems to be that W. C. Hammer will be district attor ney and Charles A. Webb marshal. Col, A. D. Watts of Statesvlllo was In conference with Commissioner Os born. ,The Iredell man- said ho came to the nation's capital to talk over matters pertaining to internal revenue office. . ' - - . i ., Postmaster General Burleson has I received an inquiry from John Spen cer, No. 6 GIpton View, Gathorne Tor race, Roundhay road, Leeds, England, as to the whereabouts of his son, George Laycock Spencer, whose last address was Hargoll's boarding house, Church street, Charlotte, N. C. : 1 Wade Hampton Wagoner and bride, of Watauga county, aro spending their honeymoon here. - Not Called For .Yet. Raleigh, Oct. 31. District Attorney H. F. fieawell, who was here' several hours, did not admit that he had received any call from Washington for his rcplgnat lmw. m. f Inquiry at the home of United States Marshal Dockery elicited the Information this evening that he is out of the city. 1 ' DlHtrtct Attorney Holton was quot ed, some time ago, as saying that he is ready to resign at any time. Mar shal Logan's term is said to expire next March, and It has been assumed that he would retain office until that time. WILL SOON FREE L McNamara Accomplice to Be Released When Appeals Aro Decided. By Associated Press, Lns Angeles, Cal., Nov. 1. Artie E, McManlgal, whose confession as an accomplice of the McNamara broth era figured in thet rial at Indianapolis ef the union labor leaders whose ap pael was taken under advisement yea torday after arguments in the United .States Ciroult Court of Appeals at Chicago, may be a free man within six day County authorities said today that with the decision on the appeals Mo Manlgal probably would be released from the Los Angeles county Jail, where he has bean a prisoner for two and a half years, having left it only tna a few weeks te testify for the gov ernment at the Indianapolis trials last year, Naahvlllo, Tenn,, Nov. J. The problem of education for the negro had a prominent place on the pro gram for the Southern Kduoational association which elosed a three daya' meetlnf bare, J, R, Guy, Charleston, 8, C,; Jaekaon Dayta, Richmond, Va.i and Da James U, Dlllard, president' of the Jeanes fund, were speakers Br, D, B. Johnson, Rook Hill, 8. C, dleouaaed rural achoola. Daughter Are Heart Trouble V Pattjnj pq tHt uioa vani jlieuivrndap Ji t UMop psnnoun aflM ' H uau peuroiana aaunrvil moi 'pinBn iih hm pu ajM peU4i.i B )iiuiun,i u own 'pii ft nnrtiw,i .UwatM u,!! fn Mip nnd tii PJIHAV ,4 (it) pBJfl H.IH MH CM.f, HVKWl'll"" 1 Vun" ORTIE M 1 sunup ATTACK 1 MEXICO mm mm El Pais Bitterly Denounces the President's Attitude T to V ward Huerta, Claiming He Plots "Crime." MESSAGE COMING, IS WASHINGTON GOSSIP President May Place Situation : before Congress Porflrio Diaz Is Interviewed in Europe. ; By Associated Press. Mexico City, Nov; 1. "The pollti cal Intrigues of the White House against our country have entered a period 'of apparent inertia recently, President Wilson showing himself re served, undecided and expectant, like I one who prepares a most telling blow," says El Pals in an editorial article on the situation today. It continues: A The cable, however, In spite of its laconiclsm gives a glimpse of the machinations of the government at Washington which may be summariz ed as follows: "President Wilson has not reRolved to proceed frankly and openly against Moxlco, doubtless because he compve- cause, but he searches for allies and hends the colosal Injustice of hla accomplices In tho crime asrainst hu manity plotted in the White IJouse. of .annihilating and despoiling us,' as In the time of Santa Anna. 'To this end tend all the efforts of the Puritan president and we know by recent dispatches that an effort is being made to bring about a combin ed diplomatic movement, by at least -Txron -TtT-WT-wnicTi-Tue- ameTTcnu gov-r ernment may attempt against Mexi co. ; .' "It la said that France, England and Germany will aid President Wil son In the work, either by Interven tion or through Carranza, of oblig ing Provisional President Huerta to renounce the high post he occupies. "We are still obliged to believe the friendly ', powers which voluntarily and openly recognised General Huerta as provisional of Mexico will not aid the United States, either morally or materially, because this would be the equivalent of a flagrant contradiction at variance with International prac tices and the decorum of honorable government." Washington, Nov. 1. Secretary Bryan, after a two days absence cam pagnlng in New Jersey, went over the Mexican dispatches today before leav ing to address Maryland voters. , He said there was no change In the situa tion. He conferred with President Wilson before going to Rockvllle, There was discussing today in offi cial circles ovr the possibility that the president might Bend a niessagj or make an address to congress giving a detailed report of what has occurred since he just Informed congress on the Mexican sltsatlon. There was no In dication at the White House that such was the plan. London, Nov, 1. General Porforio Dlaa . today one more declared he had no present Intention of returning to Mexico. He said this In an inter view with the correspondent In Paris of the Exchange Telegraph company, adding: ' "I will only return to my country in cose a foreign nation attacks it ana you may rest assured that in such an eventuality all Mexico will be aolUly united in Ua efforts to throw out the Invaders." The former dictator of Mexico said that If General Felix Diaa had tol lowed hla advice he would not hava attempted to land at Vera Cruz. He concluded: "When I was In power I had both men and money and nobody can do without them.' Now that Provisional President Huerta hua both, ho may find out sooner or later that the preal dent of tho Mexican republic must nl- waya govorn for and by his people. OF JACKSON. KY. IS DESTROYED BY FIRE Jaekaon, Ky., No. 1. Practically the whole bualnasa aectlon of Jaokaon, thVecene of many feud murders, waa destroyed by fir early today. Two blocks of bulldlnga were burned In cluding tha nostofflca, Thompson hotel, two shurohea and a aonra of FMldnnnea. Tha ioas ta eellmated at f 110,000, Aa a result of Ulfl flra tha Inhtthl- (anta ara flnnr;!l&ttfl Rnd taeiram haa ben sent to riuvarnoti uctirearir asking UUA I aall put tha Jaukson aompaay pf militia ta protect prop arty aa U la feared tha local authori ty s ate unable ta da au, LADIES PLANNING nnirnii nit r i iimn Civic Betterment League Would .Make ; Asheville ; Real "City Bsauti-' L , ful." TO COLLECT FUNDS FOR WORK TUESDAY Two Hundred Women to Ask Contributions for Cleaning Streets,' Alleys and , ... Yards. While the men are devoting their attention next week to the building of better roads , in Buncombe county during Governor Craig's two "good roads" days, the ladles of the city bo busy on another Improvement that they consider equally important. This movement will be to secure funds for cleaning up the streets, al leys, yards and rears of business places, and the ladles behind it are members of the Civic Betterment league. They have already been at .work, but their real efforts will be expended Tuesday. All day Tuesday members of the league, will be stationed at all Impor tant street crossings in the city and on Pack square with contribution buckets beside them bearing the in scription, ; "The men want better roads'; the women want clean streets, clean alleys, clean yards and clean places of business, . hoth front and back." There .w,IU not be merely one or two of them there will be.. 200! Every .man In the city- will be given an opportunity ,to contribute for this eouse, and he" will probably feel bad about It If. he doesn't. Contributions of a quarter -wiU entitle the donor to on TOWIhlnv nrl Thnrartnir mnrn- Ings, "good roads days," the ladles will get out early and catch the men who are organising to go out for the road work and make other appeals to them for aid. ; They will. have an op portunity In tfcls way to find bodies of them together,, when very effective work can be done. - Those who have only enough change to buy their lunches will be asked to make the small sacrifice of donating a part, of that. No efforts will be spared to raise a sufficient fund to, clean the city thoroughly. ' The members of the league have been at work for some time collecting valuable data In support of their ram patgn Tor cleanliness, and among other things they, have some photo graphs of alleys and back lots that do not show Asheville to be as clean ly as-the average resident might think. These photographs show that Asheville . has. some, .very unlovely spots, and after a" citizen has a view of soma of these spota photographed there is little doubt but that he will contribute freely, to the cause of cleaning them up. 1 This Is the first big effort that has ever been made toxclean up-the al leys and backyards of the city. In fact It Feems to have .been taken too much for granted that Asheville was such a "city of cleanliness" that backyards and alleys could not be littered with rubbish of all kinds. The ladles have proved the situation to be otherwise and aro deter nlned have a general cleaning up. to enn slide is ONLY CAiL OBSTACLE Engineers Find Great Difficul ty in Clearing Away Half . Mi1 e Obstruction By Arsoclated Preaa. Washington, Nov. , X. Tha task of opening a way through Cucarncha alide, the sola remaining obatacls to navigation through the Panama canal, baa been carried on aa "rush work" alnce the blowing up of tha Oamboa dike.' according to advices reoelvad from the tathmua. The engineers hava been putting forth Herculean efforta to clear tha half mile obstruc tion but they are often undone over night by a flumping back of tha ma terial removed. ... , A ton and a half of dynamite waa exploded October 10 without any ub stantial Increaae In tha flow of water across the dam. Plnca then three shift of men, working eight houra etaoh contlnuoualy, have been trying to create a channel, Tha rodent ulinrp rlaa In tha level, 'of Gatun take, however, haa Increased j the alee of the ditch o that now 7,000,000 cubic feet of water dally Is , na over the slide and eutriclent water now nan ben admitted r per - mtt tha big ttenm dredges to , entr tha cut and barrier, operate en the earth STRIKERS IT Car Crews Assailed, Trolley Ropes Cut and ' Rails Greased to Stop Elec ' trie Traffic. POLICE UNABLE TO HANDLE SITUATION Few Patronize Cars, Although Partial Schedule Is Main tained on All City's i Lines. By Associated Press. Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 1. Rioting in the street car employes' strike, which was started at 11 o'clock last night, broke out at the corner of Illi nois and Washington streets, In the heart of the business section, shortly before 9 o'clock this morning. ... Cars were held up and trolley ropes cut. A block away at Washington street and Capitol avenue. nsar the state house,' the motormen and conductors were taken froma car which 'was left standing in the middle of the street. The police force In the down town section seemed unable to dope with the strikers and hundreds of their vfrlends. The strikers blocked the tracks and the cars could get through only when the polios would go ahead of the car and clear the way. The strike leaders hurled in vectives at the car crews and de manded that -they join the strike.' Few persons pntronixed the cars this morning, the majority of the men and women walking to their work. Most of the cars had to be re-routed through the downtown dis trict to avoid greased rails. Whiles some cars are being operated on all lines, nothing JUr Aheregu!ar sched-; ule Is being maintained. Although the street railway offi cials declare that many of the em ployes who ran their cars to the barns last night reported for duty again today and that only about ten per cent, of the men are out the strike leaders contend there are 600 out on strike. U. S. Make a Hand. Indianapolis, Nov. 1. William T. Fletcher, postoffice inspector. Issued a statement today In which he de clared If the collection of tho malls from sub-stations by the street car company which is under contract t5 the government was Interfered with the government would begin an inves tigation and make arrests.' The state ment declared the mails must be col lected on regular time. After an hour, or more of rioting in the center of the business section the mounted police were called out and drove the crowd awny from the cars. An attempt wai made to pull one of the mounted officers from his horse but he pulled his mount around and rode down the crowd. WILL IT BE PRESENT It has been definitely learned that Speaker Champ CkVk of the house of representatives will not be able to fill his engagement hero next week an a speaker at the state convention of the Christian church of North Car olina. Mr. Clark was on the program for an address on Thursday evening, the last session of the convention, and the newa that he will be unable to coma la a aource of much disappoint ment to those who have had in hand arrangements for the meeting. The convention will open at the Christian church on ITaywood atreet, where all the sesslona will be held Monday evening at 8 o'clock. There will be other sessions morning, after noon and evening through Thursday evening. Roma of the leading minis ters of the chvirch frcm this and other atatea will be present for addreifcos on vital subjects, and the Indication are that the convention will be a most successful one. About 200 out-of-town delegates are expected to at tend. They will bitfn arriving Mon day and will ba entertained In the homes of local members of church. tha Bpeer IT r ring Delayed. Py Associated Preaa. ' . Waahlngton, Nov. 1. Tha lllnasaof Emory Bpeer, federal judge for the eouthern dlatriet of Georgia, charged wiiu ouuTiai irrwiinruins nna inreai ened With Impeachment proceedlnga. ! ruled tnttny in a postponement of the; (Investigation of the chargea upon which the hour Judiclarr sub-corn, j m iie waa 10 of m on iNovemoer 10, j r. JJ. Calluway, chief couniwl ror : Judge fil'er, -told tha sub-committee today of the grave condition of hla ollent'a health. FIGHT REMOVAL FROM OFFICES SUFFRAGETTES WITH DBS WHIPS ATTACK PREMIER ASQUiTH AND DAUGHTER By Associated Press. , Edlnburg, Scotland, Nov. 1. Pre mier Asqulth, was attacked today by militant suffragettes armed with dog whips. He was driving in an auto mobile accompanied by his daughter, Miss Viola Asquith and Sir John Gra ham. The victims of the outrage were more frightened than hurt. The automobile was ' passing through the village of Plean, five miels from Falkirk, when it ran into a' suffragette ambush. The "wild women," as they are called here, un der cover of a shower of papers rushed at the car and belabored the premier and his companions. They disappeared before the police car fol lowing that of the premier had reached the scene. Active Country Club Officers Elected at Meeting Today J. G. Adams President- The governing board of the Ashe ville Country club, which was select ed a few dajs ago,- held a meeting to day ,ln the law offices of Merrimon, Adams & Adams, when the following I officers were named for the ensuing! year; ...TudRe Juntas G.. Adams, presMrtythai-.:h-pml VetaSir -ttlBo.attof dent: Dr. Joreph f.!. Greene, vice pres ident; and V. C. Todd, secretary. The meeting lasted only for a short timj and adjournment was taken until the latter part of next week. , Before the next meeting is held, Judge Adams, the new president, will name the chairmen of the commit tees that are to se- ve during the year, the second meeting having been de cided upon in order to give him time to choose these committee chairmen. At this meeting the organization will be finally perfected for the year's work. The officers selected today are of the active club and have no connec tion with the Stockholders' associa tion of the club, tho two organizations being entirely separnte. TELEPHONE PAY STATION L A telephone pay station will prob ably bo installed in the A3hcvllle post- office building within the next few day?. It will b immediately behind tho main entrance door and it is believed that the booth will prove a great convenience The supervising architect of the treasury department has consented ' to the Installation of the station and has submitted to the Asheville Telephone & Telegraph company thw proposition on which the installation may be made, If this is accepted tho booth will be placed at once. , REV. R. PINNER Rev, R. Pinner, a Baptist minister, died Friday afternoon at the home of hla aon, J. E. Pinner at Mara Hill. The deceased waa 88 yeara of age, and during hie long and useful Ufa had made many friends who will be griev ed by the newa of hla death. There aurvlve the widow, two daughter Mrs, R. II. Goldsmith of Aahcvlllc, Mrs. M. L. M. Boone of Mars Hill; and two sons, J. M. Pinner of Sulphur Springs and J. E. Pinner of Mara HIU. ' Funeral arrangements have not been made. Boyish Hallowe'en Prank Cause of Much Trouble By Associated Preaa. Kanaaa City. Mo., Nov. 1, A Hal lowe'en prank of a small boy laat night caused trouble for the police and the fir department. Tha boy spied a telephone cable spool In a otraet A little block of wood held it from rolling down hill. The boy waited until ho waa aura there wer no polloemen watching, then removed tnn mora ano run. . The !ool atarted slowly but aa tha great- cjllnd-r, alx feet In diameter and Welnhlnp a thousand pounds, rolled and lta tnomeututn Increased. Logan, and Seawell to Resist Reported 1 Plan to Oust Them from Jobs Say Friends. TO FIND PRESIDENT'S CIVIL SERVICE VIEW Deputy May Make Test if AU tempt to Force Him Out Before Commission Expires. A number of dispatches front Washington are to the effect that Sen ators Simmons and Overman have been in conference with Attorney General McReynolds; and that the latter assured them that he will Im mediately ask that the district attorn neys and marshals of this state hand In their resignations at once. This newB has aroused, no little lntrest here and in other parts of the state, as it is understood that at least twd of these men will not resign. . Friends of Marshal W. E. Logan stated today that they have heard Mr. Logan avow that he will not re sign before the termination of his commission next spring. It-is under stood that District Attorney Seawell of the Eastern district has made a- similar statement, although unofficial ly. An -attempt was made In Raleigh yesterday to secure a statement from Marshal Dockery of the Eastern dis trict, but he could not be found. As for Mr. Holton, attorney for the Western district, it is generally known that he made the statement several months, ago that he was willing to resign at any time, but was holding On to show his enemies in hla own nershlp. , If Marshal Dockery takes a similar' stand to that taken by Mr. Logon, which seems highly probable, and the . district attorneys refuse to tender their resignations, Interest centers in whether or not any stringent action will be taken to remove them at once to make room for democratic ap- . pollntees, who are expected to be named at almost any time. Repub licans say that this cannot be done according to law and owing to the expressions of President Wilson of approval of the civil service. Another matter of especial Interest Is the atatement that one of the dep uty marshals under Mr, Logan has stated that if he is removed beforn the expiration of his commission he will make a test ease of the matter before the courts. The passage of the bill taking deputy marshals and dep uty collectors from the civil service will serve for the grounds' on which new appointments will be made, while the deputy referred to will make an appeal on the statement made ' by President Wilson that changes in the service were not to be made for polit ical reasons. If he takes such action It Is highly probable that he will be fallowed by other deputiea and - a unique political situation wfll be pre cipitated. . It la understood that he will appeal first to Commissioner of Internal Revenue Osborne, who is a NVrth Carolina, and to the president It thla course proves necnasary. The situation, if precipitated, will b one of national, aa well aa state, inter est since the people would be anxious to know what President Wilson would do In the matter after making such strong statements In favor of the civil service rule against political affilia tions. M'DERMOTT, GOLFER, IS SERIOUSLY IIA. By Associated Preaa. Atlontlc City, N. J., Nov, L Johaj J. McDermott, open golf champion of 1911-12 and preaent holder of tha western title, la aufferlng from a nerv ous breakdown. He became vary 111 late last night and his parents had him removed to a private hospital in Philadelphia. McDermott haa had atrenuoua golf aeason. He recently returned from a tour of the aouth. Jnet before !t reached Twelfth atreet. crowded with motor care and pedea trtana it waa traveling 10 mllea an hour. Then It orashed with great force agalnat a water plug. The hydrant was anapped oft at th baae and the rushing water ahot tnta the door of a saloon. Four glrin on the aldewalk were within ten fwt of the plue. Their dressea were ruined. Several men also were soaked. The water flowed down the atrt In a torrent. It took the police, tho fire and water departments two houra to atop the flood and reatore Ofdor.
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