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d A A A tBS OMBTTI-lfBWB lil TBM HOBT .XFSKStVa ABBOCHTBD ' PRtSS fig net IS TBM CABOUHAB. Weather rerecast: FAIR ANT) COLDER OL. XVIII., NO. 245. PRICE 5 CENTS ASHEVILLE, N. 0., MONDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 24j 1913. i n IX WHISKEY 6Z.SE ARRESTS VELL KNOWN MEN HELD UNDER BOND BALWIF4 Proprietors of Battery, Park and Lamgren Hotels and . Two Employes Now Face Charges BELLING LIQUOR OR ABETTING IS ALLEGED Capiases Also Issued by Judge Carter for Others Em ployed in Hotels or Drug Stores TO m GUILTY Druggist Admits . .Technical Violation and Promises to Stop Liquor Selling. WILSON STILL IS CHUT III KISS Hit I Reiterates Belief Huerta Gov ernment is Crumbling " Refers to Reports in Mexic6 INTEREST ATTACHES TO COMING MESSAGE The second chapter in the in vestigation into the aleged it icit traffic in liquor in Ashe ville and .- Buncombe county was written here this morning when Superior Court . Judge iFrank Carter, sitting as a com- biting magistrate, exploded a lmmb by ordering theimme-' hatearres t of John H. Lange and Guy Green, owners and proprietors of the Langren ho tel and the Century Drug store; , James , JL. Alexander, proprietor of .the Battery Park hotel; and ' J. Baylis Rector, manager ot tne'ljangren; to gether with to other, men, Vance L. Wells andIsadoiro Grant, the latter, colored, these two, men being alleged agents of one or the other, of the first four men named. The arrests followed , immediately and the defendants were plac ed under heavy bonds. These men are charged with selling -whiskey directly or in directly, and a few - of them with with aiding and abetting in the traffic through, their agents. The affidavidts against J. L. Alexander and Isadore Grant were made by Chief of I olice C. N. Lominac, and those against the others by Sheriff C. F. Williams. The ar rests were made at the instance of J. W. Haynes of the prose- tion. There, a0 mth mafw nowam h Three of - the defendants. Messrs. Lanfe, Green and Alexander, were re quired by Judge Carter to furnish bond for their appearance from day to day In the um of $8000 each; Mr. Rector wag required to furnish bond n the sum of tlOOO; and a similar bond was named for the neicro. Grant, There was a warrant Issued for Vance I Wells but he was reported by the ovicer to be out of the city. The charges against Mm arc similar to those against Grant The Charge. Against John H. Lange there are two Indictments, Including three counts. The first of these counts Is made under Section I, Chapter 44 of the Public Laws of 1918 and charges the defendant with "selling, exchang ing, bartering, giving away for the purpose of direct or indirect gain, and otherwise handling spirituous,, vinous and malt liquors In the state of North Carolina." The second and third counts charge that he "unlawfully aided and abetted the sale for gain of spirituous, vinous and male liquors to John Doe, a person unknown to the affiant, thereby becoming a principal o said sale." The same charges are mads against J. L. Alexander, Oay Oreen and J. Bayll Hector, although there are only two counts against each of these. In cluded in one Indictment. Vance L. Well and Isadore Grant are charged with a direct sale to a person "un known to the afflant" Capiases for Wllnc-enm. At the same time that the order was Issued for the arrest of these men. Judge Carter Isauod capiases ad testificandum for Pete Sevier, W, It. Messer, nlRht watchman at the Bat- ry j-arK hotel Charles Nichols, a clerk at the hotel; George Alba, O. W. Taft and P. A. Ransom, clerks at the I-ermrrn hotel O. K. Franklin, for merly manager of the Century drug tore, in whose name a license for tho The three druggists, Penrose Bald win, D. McN. Mackay and F. H. Mo Mullen who were arrested about two weeks ago ' when the - Investigation was launched, were called into court this morning to plead the charges against them of violating the prohi bition law by making illegal sales under license held to sell intoxlcat cants on ureacrlptlon. The only pleading, however, was made by Mr: Baldwin, the others being' continued from, day to' day, the 'court stating the records of the business of . the other two places has hot yet been com pleted. ' ' ' ". . ;' - Mr. Baldwin, ' through ' his attorney, Judge . Thomas A. Jones, agreed to plead guilty in a technical sense to the charges against him before a court of competent jurtslictlon; to give up his license to sell whiskey on prescription; ship all intoxicants In hla place of business back to the peo ple from whom they were purchased I and to quit the business, as long as the prohibition law remains In effect In Asheville. In support of this he also- agreed to furnish any bond that the' court may, deem necessary to show good faith, in carrying out the agreement. Judge Carter -allowed this plea to be- entered. The defendant waived, a preliminary hearing in making this plea. ..-' '..'.'.' : . The three defendants remain under the same bonds, $1000 each, named by Judge Career when-they were ar-'. rested. -.- President Will Review Situa tion' to Congress He is atisfied With Foreign ' Attitude Tells How Administration Flan Would Operate Hitch - cock Follows Washington, Nbv, jj4. The admin istration ourrencsy bljl began the seo ond stage of Its legislative journey to day when Senator Owen, chairman of the senate banking committee, opened debate in the senate. Mr. Owen de voted a great deal of his speech to demonstrating how the administration plan would operate. . ; ;!. t Senator Hitchcock,)' of the antl-ad-mlnlstratlon wing of the banking com mittee wilt follow -Senator Owen to present the .bill drawn by himself and the five republicans of the committee. sate of liquor on prescription Was held by the store; and Will W. Patton, for merly a bookkeeper. at the Glen Rock hotel, of which J. H. Lange is the owner and proprietor.. These capiases were Issued , under were Issuedj under the authority of Section' 3721 of the Revlsal of 1905, and sot forth that the judge of the Superior court has good reason to be lieve that these persons "have knowl edge of a place where intoxicating liquors are sold contrary to law and that such persons ar not minded to make voluntary information thereof on oath, therefore the sheriff is conn manded to summons them to per sonally appear Instanter '.before the court to give evidence of such places." ' . Heavy Bonds. These men were also placed under heavy bond for their appearance be fore the court at the hearing from day to day. ' If they refuse to testify fully as to their knowledge of these places they may be' attached for contempt and locked up In the common jail un til tney ao tesiuy. "It Is of Interest to note In this con nection that Judge Carter, while sit ting as a committing magistrate, has the same jurisdiction as any other officer under the statute, even that of an associate justice of the Supreme court of the s'ate and there la no ap peal, neither will a writ of habeas corpus lie, the only recourse of tho witness being to tell all he knows and make a full disclosure. Should the witness testify falsely he is subject to an Indictment for perjury, as all au thorities are agreed that where a stat ute such as Chapter 44 of the Public Law of 1913 altogether pardons a witness for any disclosures that he may make which tend to incriminate him, he cannot refuse to testify. - To Investigate license. ' . , Judge Carter stated at the hearing today that the state Is In possession of a list of the retail liquor dealers in Asheville' and Buncombe county and that the business of all person hold lng such license will be thoroughly in vetrtlgated. Two of the men arrested today, Vahc ' L. Well and Isadore Grant, hold such licenses. Wells' 11 cense names the Glen Rock hotel as his place of business, and that of Grant, a negro, names the Battery Park hulel a hi place of bualnei ' In the Indictments secured today, J, H. Lange Is charged specifically with aiding and abetting F. M. Lange la charged specifically with aiding and abetting F. H. McMullen and Vane L. Wells, Gay "Oreen and J. Baylls Rector are specifically charged with aiding and abetting McMullen,' and J. U Alexander' la charged with aiding and abetting Isadore Grant In carry ing on the Illicit traffic In liquor. F. H. McMullen I at present the manager of the Century drug store. Which Is sltuaU-d In the Lnngren hotel building. This store, rr.tll August S, had a license to sell liquor on pre scription In the name of O. E. Frank lin, one of the. men subpoenaed today as a witness for the state. On August I he severed his connection with the drug store, and on November t he had his license revoked by th board of county commissioners. It was charged tljat prescriptions war filled Illegally by McMullen, "and lst Friday the store was searsiicd ly Hherlff Wil liams, under a search and seliure war Contlnud on peg 11.) Washington, Nov. ; 24. President Wilson's belief that the government of Provisional President : Huerta Is slowly crumbling was reiterated today at the White House. Discussing the situation: generally, the president pointed out that the local press In Mexico City could print, uncontradict ed, baseless statements as to the fu ture intentions of the United States. As evidence of the ability of the Huerta government to spread any im pression it pleased through the Mexi can press the president referred inci dentally to optimistic predictions dur ing the last few . days in Mexican newspapers that recognition of the Huerta government by the United Stsites'was forthcoming. The Wash ington government, tt is known. ' is irrevocably determined under no cir cumstances to recognize Huerta. ' There were no new development today in the situation generally, ac cording to White House officials, but edded Interest war developed in, the president' forthcoming annual mes sage, which he will read to congress when it became known, that among the subject toibe -discussed included a statement giving the status of the Mexican , situation The presi dent indicated, that he wodld keep his message abreast ' of development ; in' Mexico so that, his presentation of event, would be up to the day of de livery.'. . ;' ' . ":- : v ; . Mr. .Wilson expressed satisfaction today over the, attitude of foreign governments and ' indicated It was wholly friendly and showed a desire to. co-operate with the United States wherever possible. -, ' As to the conference between Sir William. Tyrrell, private secretary to Sir Edward Grey, the British foreign secretary, and President Wilson last night, It was stated at the White House that the meeting was for "mu tual Information." SITE FINALLY SELECTED FOR THE CITADEL CAMP Vvent Celebrated with Ban quet by Members of the . Brevard Club '." mime puns ARE COMPLETE V '' ' .' Finishing Touches Made Arranging For the Cere . . monies at White House Tomorrow in ROADS SEEK TO INCREASE RATE MANY' OF GUESTS NOW IN WASHINGTON Hundreds of Wedding Gifts Ready for Exhibi En- tertainment For the . Bridal Party ' HEAD OF RESINOL COMPANY IS HERE Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Carter of Baltimore at Grove Park Inn ' Capt. H. E. Raines of the Citadel Military academy of Charleston, ac companied by other : officers of the academy, made a trip to Brevard last Saturday and made a final selection of the site for the summer school and camp that is to be established. There were two sites under consideration, and the one near Wilson's bridges about a mile from Brevard, was de cided upon. The work of erecting the necessary buildings and improving the grounds will be begun at once. Saturday night there was a baaquot ,by -the Brevard club at the Etowah hotel, when Capt,, Raines ana nis as-unr-lntea and Col. Sanford H. Cohn, Greater f western Washington,. Nov. . 24. Finishing touches on arrangements for the White House wedding were In evi dence In the historic East room to day and a rehearsal of the ceremony late In the afternoon completed all the plans for tomorrow's program when ; Jessie . Wilson, ; the president's second daughter, will become the wife of Francis Bowes Bayre. Olfts and guests continued to ar-" rive, during the day. . While the num ber of guests will be much smaller than at the wedding of Alice Roose velt and Nicholas Longworth, a dis tinguished company has been Invited and the ceremony tomorrow promises to be a brilliant scene. The house of representatives had adjourned until Wednesday, and while the senate' has planned to work on the day of the wedding it may ad journ in time to permit those of its membership who have been Invited to attend. Guests Arrive. ,Dr. Wlnfred T, Grenfell, the Labra-i dor , coast ' mission' worker and close friend of Mr. Sayre,' who is to be best, man,; arrived here today. Mrs. Sayre, Presidents of B. & 0., Wabash and Pennsylvania Ap pear Before Inter state Commission ,1 REULT IS IMPORTANT TO ENTIRE COUNTRY . Allan Leroy Carter, together with Mrs. Carter, Is a guest of the Grove Park Inn. Mr. Carter, the exeoutive head of the 'Reslnol Chemical com pany, la on the way to his home in Baltimore, after attending the cc ventlon ot the wholesale druggists at Jacksonville. ' Mr. Carter haB expressed hlmself.as Immensely pleased with what he has seen here. In fact, the attractions ot the city have impressed Mr. Carter as being so varied and pronounced that he is persuaded - that - the - druggists would do well to hold their next con vention here. 1 The Resinol company appropriates a very large amount annually for ad vertising, and the newspapers are used exclusively as the medium for reaching the people. Williard Asserts that Expen-' ses Have Increased Stead ily and That Earnings i Are Increasing ma n crtT nt thft . rSu :Co,llwtrt We euests motjiev!-tJir gf oom-to-be, -wa ex y i Tf honor. jTS. BHvereteln.- president pecteA ,at ln th8 afternoon "to of the club, acted a toastmaater .ana there was a . number Of informal talks following the serving of the bariqUet, Appreciation, on th epart.ol the clti-' sens of the town. Was expressed for the coming of the school and camp, and for the very active'work that had been done by Cot. Cohen In securing the development. , Capt. Raines responded! to these remarks by saying that he believes the site- la the best that could; have been secured. . . v , . The banquet was largely attended and was pronounced a success. HALED TO COURT FOR E E" Rufus Knute Found Guilty of Improper Conduct To ward Teacher H. of TOUCKODlS MADE IN THE MAJOR CAMES Harvard Defeated Yale and Princeton Entirely With - v Field Goals Visitors There Yesterday Re port a Snow Flurry at the Summit. - Special to The Gaxette-Newa ' Waynesvllle, Nov. 24. George Smathers, for many years one Waynesvllle' most popular attorneys, has moved his office to Asheville, where he will ln the future practice law. Hla many friends here will re gret to lose him, but wish him well in his new field. Prof. D. F. Nicholson, superintend ent of the graded school, has a rule ln the school that when a pupil haa been found guilty of misbehavior he or she shall learn several paragraph of Shakespeare. No doubt this par ticular rule did not - please Rufus Knute, a chaffeur; for Saturday, while the superintendent and his wife were walking down aine street, he I stated to have seen them and yelled out, Shakespeare,", ln a very loud . voice. The superintendent at once had a warrant sworn out for him and he was haled to the Police court, where he was found guilty of tmpropur con duct, although sentence has not yet been passed on him. WM. A. Winters, for many years a farmer In Haywood, has purchased a farm In Jackson county and will move his family there In December. With the extremely warm weather ln Asheville yesterday, ; It la hard to realize that snow was falling within a radius of 26 miles of the city, yet it is said to have been the case. , A party that 'ent to the summit of Mount Plsgah ln the morning and re turned late In the afternoon reported that It was snowing while they were on the summit of the mountain. They did not feel the necessity of wrap when they left Asheville, but a a pre cautionary measure wrap were tak en. . They were not at all out of place, either, when the summit of th moun tain was being approached. ( The -party that made the trip yes terday included 31 resident and visi tor. Thet rip was mad in automobile. RKPORT OF WHEAT RAISED IN Rt'HSIA SHOWS GAIX NO WIRELESS 'PHONE ACROSS ATLANTIC New York, Nov. 24 th despatches received from Berlin and published ln this country last Saturday that there hod been wireless telephone ex changes across the Atlantic between Germany and New Jersey are today declared to have been ' erroneous. Aerogram ' or wlreles telegraph signs were transmitted but th error In describing the sounds as those of the human vole and it apparently originated In Berlin, wher th word for aerial tedegram was oonfused with that for an aerial telephone message. guest at the White1 House. Numbers of guests from Prince to' v also began arriving.'. " t ' ' ;' ;v:';"'''i'' - Although no guest list haa ;; been permitted to become public . at-' the White House It is known that the in vitations have been limited almost en tirely to personal friend, of Mr. Sayre, Miss Wilson and the , two fam lles.' No Invitations have been , issued' to senators or representatives as such, though a few have been invited, and outside of the cabinet, the diplomatic corps and some high officials of the army and navy,, invitation to official Washington have been very scarce. - Wedding Gift. ..As the wedding gift have, arrived they have been place ln one of the largest rooms on the second floor of the White House. Th most valuable gift In the entire lot is the diamond pendant given by members of the house of representative, and White House official say the bride-to-be has been greatly displeased by exaggerat ed statements of the value of many of the presents. One of the' most striking gifts re ceived is a pure white vicuna skin rug from the Peruvian minister and Madame Pehset Admiral Dewey and Mrs. Dewey have given a wonderful silver vase; . Mr. Say re's family have sent complete set of small sliver i and a silver tea service. These, how-1 ever, are only among hundreds of gift which have ' been arriving al most hourly for the last week. Secretary Bryan - and 1 Mrs. Bryan entertained Dr. Grenfell today ' at luncheon; a dinner was planned for this evening by the president and Mr. Wilson for tne wedding party and relative, and later the officer of the prtcldenfs yacht, Mayflower, were planning to give a dinner and dance aboard th ship for th immediate member of the bridal party. New York, Nov. 24, A delegation representing 600 girl employe of a whit goods factory left today for Washington to present Ml Jessie Wilson, th president's daughter, a hand-embroidered linen petticoat ' a a wedding gift Mia WUson, tt was understood,, had made an appoint' ment to receive th committee at the White House this evening. All of the 500 girls' played some part ln the making of the fine petti coat, which I embroidered with a garland of roses and an American eagle and flag bearing the Initial 3, W. 8. Jessie WUson Sayre. The Idea was prompted by appreciation of work that Miss Wilson has don a a social worker among New York fac tory girls. - ,Boatoai.Mas..; Nov. ii.-ItuU- re; garded as an Index to the new order of j things in football that Harvard, winner) of first plaeein the. rating of eastern teams this fall, haa won this honor without scoring a single touch down ln either of its two most im portant ' game. Harvard defeated Yale and Princeton by field' goals en tirely, notwithstanding that Harvard was a1 better team than either, ac cording to many observers, Jn all around football. .The absence of the touchdown play Is made still more remarkable by not ing that Yale also mae no touch down against Harvard or Princeton, and Princeton, made none against Yale or Harvard. In this triangle of major team 27 of the 29 points scored were by goals from the field, the remaining two being due to a freak safety, which Is a unique record in the annals of Harvard-Yale-Princeton football. Charles E. Briokley, the phenome nal Harvard player, with five goals ln one game, one a placement lift, car ries oft the .undisputed honor of be ing the most brilliant star of the east ern players. ' Washington, Nov. 24. Daniel WU lard, president of the Baltimore & Ohio, Frederic A. Delano, president ol the Wabash, and George Stuart Pat terson, general solicitor of the Penn sylvania, appeared , before the Inter-, state commerce commission to argue : for authority to increase rates on all classes Of freight traffic, approximate- . ly 6 per cent, east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio and Potomao rivers. " "', '- Though the proposed increased rates are asked by the railroads in the territory east of the -Mississippi and north of the Ohio and Potomac , rivers, the hearing is of the utmost Importance to all the railroads of the United States; for should the com mission grant the authority for tha . Increase, it might extend the author ity to other railroads of the country. The commission will inquire wheth er present rates yield adequate reve- - nuee to the common carriers, and much testimony will be taken. When ' the hearing began it was expected only' the" opening arguments by the representatives of the rallroadh would . be heard today, j - , ' ' ' ' --. That the railroads of the country have felt the burden of the increased cost -of. living Hko,eU,..ehi!i wwter- s ' t-pclses, tr, Indlitln'UBly'but unlike all ' others have not been 'pefnYffteif so far- K to raise their prices or adjust their charges in recognition of that bur den,'.' was the declaration of Mr. Wll lard. , ... -'u ; ' Referring to the refusal i of "the , commission in 191-0 to grant a ten per" cent increase and the promise to re Investigate the rate question" in the. future should conditions warrant.lt. Mr. Willard asserted that operation of the railroads during the last; three years -was not such as to Inspire con fidence of private capital or encourage j the support of private enterprise. What Roads Rely On. In presenting the facts upon which j the railroads rely to prove the necee- I sity for an increase in rates, Mr. Wal- lard asserted that during the past! three years "the railroads in the ter ritory affected had spent in property j . Investment some 2600,000,000 or at! the rate of 2200,000,000 per year. ' Nevertheless," he added, "because of j the fact that operating expenses had j Increased faster than operating reve nue, these railroads earned ln the year' ended June 20, 1913, lees by $16,311, 821 than for the year ending June 80, 1910." " , In these three years the Pennsylva-i Ottawa, Ont., Nov. 84. A cable gram yesterday, received by T. K, Doherty, commissioner for Canada, from the International Agricultural Institute, give the preliminary estl mste of the production of wheat In Kussla-ln-Rurope as (78,761,000 buah- COMPLAINEl) THAT HT8RAND BEAT UKR OHO TIMES NEGOTIATIONS CONCLUDED FOR PCRCnAKK OP RAILROAD London, Nov.' 24. Negotiations were concluded today for lh aequl- els compared with 874.706,000 bushel , sltion of the Cuban Central railway Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov. 24. On oom- platnt of. hi wife, who deolared her husband had beaten her once every week since they were married, a total of 2080 times, Peter Edwards, was sentenced to 80 day In the work house at a Sunday session of police court here. EOF HAS BEEN COMPLETED Its Delivery Will Depend on the Convenience of CongreBS . Washington, Nov. 24. President Wilson's annual message which he will read to oongress will be finished tomorrow but just when It will be de livered will depend upon the conven ience of both house ln arranging a joint session. ' Hitherto the president's meesage ha been read the day after th convening of congress. It I expected that the president will dwell considerably on tha need for early action on the currency bill and that he will develop In a general way the attitude of the admlnlstra tlon toward trust legislation, leaving to the congressional committees the tssk of writing specific remedies. He also will refer to th Mexican situa tion. , i nla. New York Central and Baltimore and Ohio systems Increased their i nrnnArtv InvpHtmpnt nwv tl?9 Kft7 onO r - - m -J --- - . . . ,. , ., , according to Mr. WlUard'a figures. While their combined gross earnings; Increased $109,000,000, the net oper ating Income was $8,673,607 lee in 1913 than In 1910, notwithstanding , tha expenditure of $422,000,000 for-' Improvements. , Mr. Willard also called attention ton Increases ln wages, taxes, "burdens Imposed by legislative enactments," 1 such as extra crew, liability compen-1 sauon acta ana otner conaition. He , called attention to the fact that since, 1910 wage payment by the railroads had greatly lncreasod largely a : result of mediation and arbitration ' proceeding and that the award just! announced by the arbitrator would I give the conductors and trainmen $6, 000,004 per annum additional. The! effect of so-called full crew law alone, he said, had been to Increase the ex- penses of these carrier more than $4,000,000 per annum. ' The railroad affected paid 254,494.-' 171 In the shape of taxes for 1912, thin being $11,679,181 morf than for 1910, he asserted. The three larger rail road systems paid In taxes $31,218. 000 ln 1913, this being $7,864,000 moro than for 1910. At th opening of the hearing ap pearances were entered by officials) and counsel of the 62 eastern rail roads. Approximately 280 represwnta Continued on page eleven.. Dynamite Scattered On Automobile Boulevard Pittsburgh. Pa., Nov. $4. The po lice let it be known today that for Denial Made. New York, Nov. 24. Denial was three weeks auteroobllist have been mad today at Salvation Army head- flirting with death a they drov along The shareholder of th Central quarter of th report that Mis Eva Grant Boulevard, the favorite motor so Tar reponeu 0 me insuiuie is;sr xo wbit iii.bo ,ijiihhi ,-..,,. 1.1,1111,11,1101 v. .,. ... 1111 r,.- ,.. n that af tha sama 1 1 !nltt ihuM in axchanae for their- this country, wa t be transferred to. end dlatrlat and down town PltU- reported two months ago and 622, 701,000, the final estimate for last year. Th total production of wheat by the United Railroads of th Ha vana and Regula Warehouses, limit ed. countries last yea. ,$6 OCenUai aharea. ; England. , burgh. During that Urn they have collected 120 (tick of dynamite, ap. parently snattered systematically over1 th road. Yesterday they located an-, other lot In the boulevard and arrett ed Hermin Latdman, alleging ho knew omethlng ot the robbery of a eontrto tor'i magailne, from which tiny c clar the dynamite wa stolen. '!