f! A I 4 4 ; r f , -. 4 4 - . Ut aAZBTTS-SBWB BAM tBM MOST FKNfllva ASSOCIATED F1M M g Itt THE CABVLWAB. Weather Forecast: j.. FAIR WEATHER, OL. XVIII. NO. 252. ASHEVILLE, N. 0., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 2, 1913 -- - ' .. . . - W' 1 PRICE 5 CENTS DEFENDANTS PLEAD GUILTY IN LIQUOR CASES;PROBE ENDS .H. Lanae.Gay Green J. L. Alexander Pay Heavy Fines. -i.V?'-j,V.V.' ' . i W FINE ASSESSED AGAINST uspended Judgments in Other Cases Against All Defendants. .The defendants, John II. Gay Green, James L. oxander, X Baylis Rector, McX. MaeKay, and F.'II. IcMullezi, ' "before Superior urt Judge Frank Carter, sik iff' as a committing magis ite in the nvestigation into h'frod violations of the prolri- tion law, have - thrown up (Mr liinxls' and the investiga iii relative to them s ended. inferences Wtvrpwf tfie 'de ndants and their attomevs fid Judge Carter and the pros- ution began yesterday after- ion, snortiy arter court ad urned, and as a- result of ese conferences Judge Car r nnnoiinced when court con ned this morning that ; the rma of surrender as dictated J' him. without the change of iter, had been accepted by io defendants and the investi- liition of their cases is over. lie terms follow: ,. . , ?och of the defendants agreed to lend guilty before Judge Junius G, imms in Police, court on two charges V vlolntlng the prohibition law, Jwlg- Jicnts to be entered In one. and Drover ir judgment to be continued In Uic ----- ilicr from time tt time for the next iree yearn. The. Judgments, dictated v Jmlse OHrter and accepted by the iviitinni!! follow: HKAVY TOIS IMPOSED. John II. range and Gar Green an: K pay a no of $1(M), two-thirds of lil I), 28IH.7. Is to be nalrt bv Mr. nne, and oae-thlrd, $1883.33, by Mr. Ten dailies I,. Alexander la tn nnv line of $2000; J. Bayllss Hector 1h m required to nay any pecuniary fln! i judgment Id suspended In a case to liich he nlcariM a-nlllvi n. MrK Mnis (y pleads gullly to a charge in which "(lOTient In minpended and forfeits hi Iceiwo from now agreeing never to t'PPIv for snrh a license in Ashevllle sain, and in addition surrenders the "lotlcants seized noreraf daya ago at he Owl drug wore and whatever I'ork he ha on hand at hid store tu pek square; and a similar Judgment " rnicren in the c-Rko of F. II. Mo f'luilin. Tho cot of tho entire in "kiimhou am charged to Messrs. panire. Green nn.1 AI,.U.1M ( Tim whlakey and other Intoxicant surrendered to the court are to bo de. i"lr"pl hy the sheriff, except such .Portion of It available foe hospital "ie, Hint iwrt to be turned over to the. j Mission hospital for use in the charity According to tho terms of this wement, the defendants must main tain a rood record for the next three veara or they may be called Into court "a nned or imprUoned in the discre tion of the court on the cafes in which Weft Of BUlltV huv ha.f, .nl.iwl .nt Judgments suspended for that period time. Immediately following the announcement of the morning by Judge Carter, the defendants appeared " Police court and the entries made ccordln to the terms of the aree- nnt. i , . . . . As to tho Physidana. There a only one phase of the In- ""ligation now remaining to be dis posed of; that relative to the alleged '"gal writing of prescriptions for In Y'lcants by the physicians of the city, i i! . c'rUr -nnunced this morning If .V udlror n charge of this part 'he work have not eompletod their Porti, and as soon aa they rq com- ' "'VI h W'M " matter under 'ontldpratlon. , Carter made a lensthy and MUreeUog atuaru m mow 2 OTHERS ing. He said that he conducted the' Investigation because he could not see how he could well avoid it.' He said that the result will probably be both favorably . and unfavorably criticised, but that he has dona his best. He does not claim credit for the result, but lays that honor at the door of J. W. Haynes of the prosecution, with out Whom Judge Carter said he could have done nothing. He said that Zeb. F. Curtis of the prosecution was zeal ous 1 nthe cause but did not have the time to gve to it, being called out of the city. . ReiMirt of Proceedings. The following, is a'complete report of the prooedii)ga.of;the..raoriiliAsf- taken -bj " the offk'lal, court stsnog rapher, Will H. Daniel: . Judge Carter: "Gentlemen, some body' has seen the judge, and these investigations are about to stop. You are entitled to know; and the public is entitled to know, through the news paper press, exactly what has trans pired, and the order in which things have transpired. I want to disclose all that has oc curred since we adjourned court yes terday, t ' i I went from the court room to the library to look over the New York pa pers, and while there - Mr, W. P. Brown, of counsel for some of these defendants, 'came there and asked me for a conference. I went with him to his office for the purpose of that con ference, and he asked me upon what terms,. If I felt free to indicate any terms, upon which these defendants could plead guilty.' I didn't hesitate to Indicate to him the general lines along which terms would be accept able to mo. The judgments, ' which were to be entered, were to be entered In the economy of time, and In order that-settlements might be effected as quickly as possible. We separated, Mr. Brown stated that he would con fer with associate counsel and with his clients. , - . , Conference With Accused. Later. In the afternoon Mr. Gay Green called me up over the tele-: phone. . Gentlemen, I pause one mo ment to say that I do not consider anything which has transpired to be of a confidential nature. In the course of the evening, Mr. Oh Green called me up on the telephone and stated that he desired to submit him self to any judgment that I aaw prop er to impose, but stated that he want ed to make a personal statement to me before I imposed judgment, i I told him that I was perfectly willing to confer with him, but I told him that I thought propriety demanded that he make his statements In the presence of his lawyers. I made an appointment to meet him and his law yers at my office at :J0 this morn ing. I came down a few minutes be fore that time, and found Mr. Green waiting, but his lawyer had pot ar rived, but I felt that my character was good enough for ma to see Gay Green by himself If I "wanted to, so I Invited him Into my room and told him to make hla speech. He did so by explaining some matters of busi ness of his own. I consider those mutters of a confidential nature which I am not at liberty to give. However, that didn't Include any business trans actions with the court. That Is a Joke. You may put It down, for fear someone will not understand. After talking with Mr. Green I asked htm to gett he other parties down to the office to aee whether there was any. thing to this matter, and to asoertain whether the Investigations should go dn. Shortly thereafter Mr. Lange and Mr. Brown came together and Mr. Wells joined the party In a few min utes, and then Mr. Alexsnder and hla attorney, Mr. Wright, came In, and these gentlemen then asked me to slat the terms upon which they might submit: that Is, the terms upon which the defendants might submit, and 1 stated the terms which I will state to ynu and whlrh were not varied to !h extent A dotting an "I" or crowing a "t." The din poult I on of (CO&Uaufd tn-'&ue ClllflGE ACT NOT UNLIKELY May Be Necessary to Amend Law Before Completing ' Money Legislation. ; Washington, Dec. 2, Before gress completes the proposed currency legislation it may find it necessary to amend the national banking act, es pecially if the house and the president agree to the senate committee's pro- posals to guarantee bank deposits. Bank deposit guarantee treasury offi cials prefer "Insurance" to "guaran tee" Is looked upon with favor by the office of the comptroller of the cur rency Officials -declare that deposit Insur ance to be eftecive it must be occonv panted by changes in the power of the comtroller so that he shall be given more latitude in the curing of sick banks. Under the preeent law the comptroller can only close a ahaky bank peremptorily or places It In the handB of a receiver. In many case the comptroller finds a bank solvent and In -fairly: good condition but its management is faulty. To close such. an institution under the proposed law would mean an unnecessary guarantee funds. Officials believe an enlargement df the. comptroller's power giving hthi authority to replace the management with men of better financial judgment would Drevent - many i railures and treasury officials because of a belief among many depositors In national banks that because the institution is licensed by the federal government Its deposi tors cannot lose. VON FBRSTMER STRIKES DOWN Uki MAN; ACT CAUSES GREAT ANGER Civilians of Zabern Further Increased by Officer's At tack on Cripple. Zabern, Alsaac, Germany, Dec. 2. Lieutenant Baron von Forstner, who started thet rouble between the troops and civilians here by referring scorn fully to the citizens when he ad dressed the resrults of his company, aroused still further Indignation against the army today by cutting down a lame Alsatian shoemaker with his saber. The titled lieutenant was leading a half company of the ninety-ninth in. fantry from the barracks to the coun try to go through the morning drill when a group of workmen recognized Von Forstner. They hooted the offt- rer, who at once halted his company and sent a squad of armed soldiers In pursuit. The , Infantrymen succeeded In catching only one man -a lame shoe maker whe resisted ' arrest. Von Forstner then came up and deliber ately struck him on tho head with the sharpened edge of his saber. Tho wound Is a dangerous one. The fresh incident has created such tension that serious bloodshed is feared unless the nlnoty-nlnth regi ment la transferred immediately. . t'RGE REAPPOINTMENT Ol' JI DWON W. CLEMENTS .Washington, Dec. if The reap pointment of Judson W. Clements of Georgia, as member of, the interstate commerce commission, was urged in a resolution Jointly that has been of fered in the bouse committee, on In terstate commerce by Representative Rims bi Tennessee and Representa tive E:h of Wisconsin. The resolu tion declared that his retirement "would be little short of a calamity.' The committee's adoption of the rea- ol ution was assured. . , CHICAGO LIVESTOCK. Chicago, lec. l.T-Hoga: Receipts ai, 000; dull; bulk of sales 7.B5W7.76; light 7.10 ff 7.70; mixed T.40O7.80; heavy 7.4Sfl7.5; rough 7 407.60; pigs 8.00 7.00. .J Cattle: Receipts 7000; steady, beeves .(IOi l,0;. Texas steers 8.r7.70 stackers and fuedera 4.KOHI 7.40; cows and heifers f.iOtti.10; calves 6. DO 11.00. ' Kberp: Receipts zo, ooo j strong; na tive 30Sri.l0, ymu-llngs t.lt 1.61 ln-b aa.a.'a 0O7.tf APPDIHTMENTS PLAN TO ME OF MINISTERS ON ClUAHf Western North Carolina Con ference of M. E. Church at Charlotte Come3 To Close. FEW CHANGES MADE IN ASHEVILLE DISTRICT Question of Changing Name Of Church Considered Memorial Report Is Read. Special- to The Gazette-News. Charlotte, Dec. 2. With the reading of the appointments of the preachers to the various charges, the annual meeting of the Western North Caro lina conference of the M. E. church, which has been in session here for the past week, , came to a close yester day afternoon. There were no changes made In Ashevllle and very few In the Ashevllle district : , There - was con slderable business to wind up yester day before the bishop could read the appointments. . Among the most im portant was the voting on the question of whether the name of the church should be changed from Methodist Episcopal .Church, south, to "Metho dist church of America." - This was rejected by a large majority, but there Is sentiment for changing the name of the church. A resolution was sub mitted by Plato Durham to have the general conference change the name to. "Methodist church." The memorials report was read by I)r. D. Atkins. It contained some Im portant recommendations which were adopted, among which were the fol ,'lowinar:. .'."". -, -. Tyortdltiilr a" nw-"-foTm of election and representation for lay leaders in quarterly distrlot and annual confer ences. The Item was amended and adopted. - , ' ' To remove the limit now placed on the number of stewards which each charge may elect , This was adopted. Asking that the standard of ad mis. - slon to the ministry of the church be raised from the standard now In use to the equivalent of the requirements for admission Into an "A" grade col lege of our church. . Adopted by a vote of 79 to .72. .. To provide that ministers entering the conference hereafter be required to promise that they will abstain from the use of tobacco. This was adopted by a substantial majority. Tho Appointments. The appointments for Ashevllle, Greensboro, Charlotte, ' Morganton, (Continued on page S) RE Fresident Elliott of New Ha ven Lays More Flans Be- f or McReynolds. Washington, Dee. 2. Moward Elli ott chairman of the board of the New York, New Haven and Hartford rail way, had a conference today with At torney General McReynolds. Buch plana for the voluntary reorganization of the New Haven aa Its directors have been able to make were laid before the attorney general. General T. W. Greg ory and Jesse C. Adklns, the assistants who Investigated the railroad with a view to prosecuting it under the anti trust act The conference waa the third at the department of justice in regard to the New Haven tn the last few months. Unless the proposals made by Mr. El liott are looked upon aa sufficient to insure a reorganization meeting the approval of Attorney General McRey nolds, negotiations probably will be abandoned and the department . will act upon the recommendations of its investigators. The department had no comment to make on Mr. Elliott s visit, but Mr. McReynolds announced weeks ago that he had no desire to rush Into court to accomplish a reorganization of the system if Its management could convince him that auch an end could be brought about by voluntary action. CHAMPION CORN GROWERS GOING TO WASHINGTON Pittsburgh Pa Dee. i. Six special trains carrying Governor James M. Cog and approximately 1,000 boys and girls from the cornfields of Ohio, ar rived here this morning on their way to Washington and Philadelphia. They are the rrlae winning corn grow era of the Paickrye atate and have been given the trip by th- common wealth beiaune nf the records made In stowing com last acasou CONFER GAIN Rebels Are Preparing For Has ty Occupation cf City Just Evacuated hy The Federals. VILLA HAS DESIGNS ON MEXICO CITY Chichuahua to Be the Base of Farther Activities To ward South Other Rebel Plans. Jaurez, Mex Dec. 2. Hasty prep arations were under way today here in the Mexican rebel ranks for -the oaupation of Chihuahua, the capital of Chihuahua state, which la reporjjjd to have been evacuated by the fed erals because of threatened starvation of its 35,000 population. ' Pointing out that of the important federal strongholds In the north only Monterey and Guaymas remained, General Francisco Villa, the rebel leader, said Chihuahua would be made the base of aggressive activities south ward. Just when forces will be sent to pursue General Salvador Mercado, Provisional President Huerta's mili tary governor, who is reported to be fleeing to the United States border at Ojlnaga with 2000 famished soldiers, and Generals Orozco and Salazar, said to have taken to the mountains, Villa declined to say definitely, but said the rebel advance toward Mexi co City would continue briskly. ; Looking Toward Mexico City. "We will be shooting at the ram parts of Mexico r ity within a month," said General Villa. . "We are confident that when the people In the, Capital -reallsse-fhaf we" have captured almost all the north and are in sight of the city's gates they will voice their feel ings which they are now afraid to do, and will clamor for the downfall of the usurpers. A mob in the capital can ouBt Hucrta In a day." With 8500 rebels and 16 field pieces advanced as far as Carrizal, 90 miles south of Jaurei, on the way to Chi huahua, General Villa will remain here to communicate with ' General Carranza before he personally pro ceeds south. At Chihuahua he ex pects to Join General Chao and other rebel leaders and with a combined force of 8000 men proceed toward Zecatecas, the first Important city south of Torreon. Other rebel forces General Villa said are to proceed along the west coast toward Guad alajara. Pressure of Citizens. According to late reports which General Villa said he received by couriers who traveled overland 130r miles to Villa Ahumeda, where the telegraph line has been connected with Jaurez, the desertion of Chihua hua by the federals was brought about by the pressure of citizens. The peo ple. It was said, protested that if the federal garrison resisted the fighting would result in the wholesale killing of non-combatants, that the poor was half starved and that the wealthy residents could not expect mercy at the hands of the invaders. General Mercado la said to have de cided on flight so the American bor der so that he could communicate with Provisional President Huerta. Communication between Chihuahua and Mexico City has been Impossible for weeks. TEN PEOPLE PERISH IN 3D-F8QT GEEEK WAVE; Nolan Creek Runs Through Belton, Tex. Wave Came Without Warning. Belton, Tex., Dec. 2.-Ten persons were reported to have perished in a 80-foot wave which came without warning down Noland creek before daybreak. The creek runs through the center of this city. Fifty houses along the creek's banks In Bolton were swept away. ' In the heart of the town Mrs. W, C. Polk and her four children were caught aaleop In their home and drowned. Polk, carrying the fifth child, an Infant, e caped to high ground. Five fnialltles a man, his wife and three children-were reported In ar other family, that of a camper. Ills name waa net know nhere. When the main atreet bridge In Temple, Tex., was demolished by the wave an unidentified man waa on the structure. Ho waa seen to go Into th water. It Is believed he perished. The creek's rise was Itri result if ( downpour of four hours duration, V ILSON READS HIS MESSAGE 1G IS RESULTST!E Garment Workers Idle For 21 Weeks Try to Settle Teamsters' Strike. Philadelphia Dec. 2. Today marks the end ot the twenty-first week of the garment workers' strike in this city during the progress of which there have been numerous riots, hun dreds of attacks on operatives who remained at work, one fatal shooting and another probably fatal. Scores havo been injured as a result of the riots and property has been de stroyed. . A month ago Abraham Kaplan, one of the alleged strikers, was shot and killed during a riot, and yesterday Harry Skulnick, who had been on strike but had returned to Work, was shot and probably fatally wounded by an unidentified man who fired from the window of a taxicab. Four men who gave New York ad dresses but which were believed to be fictitious, were arrested and identified last night by Skulnick as the occu pants of the car. They were held with several other suspects for a fur ther hearing. Many efforts have been made by business and other organizations to bring about an adjustment of the dif ficulties between the operatives and their employers, and recently the common councils adopted a resolution providing for a committee to investi gate the strike. The resolution, however, so far has been ignored by select councils and the strikers plan a blir demonstration ! on city hall plaza on Thursday, when that body holds Its next meeting in the hope of securing favorable ac tion.., . , , . :.-,v.-. When the strike was first called , it was clnimed that 6OQ0 operatives re sponded but scattered manufacturers have from time to time granted their demands for Increase in pay and recognition of the union. It is esti mated that about 3000 remain out Trying to Adjust Troubles. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 2. A com mittee composed of representatives of all crafts affiliated with the Central Labor union today began efforts to find some way In which the strike of tho teamsters and chauffeurs here may be ended peaceably. This committee was appointed at a meeting of the central labor union last night and held Its first meeting after midnight this morning. At the close of the committee meeting, William G. Beatty, president of the Central Labor union and chairman of the committee, announced that no decision as to the Milan of procedure had been reached. -we want to establish peace Just Jis speedily as possible," Mr. Beatty said. "What we are trying to do through tho special committee Is to ascertain Just what action is necessary to end this trouble." GUILTY OF MURDER Step-father Goes to Prison For Life Step-brother Is Acquitted. Crowley. La., Dec 2. Dora Murff, an 18 years old, slender, nervous girl, after an all-night court session, today heard a Jury pronounce her a mur deress. At almost tho same Instant she heard tho verdict that will send her step-father whom shet rled to shield by declaring she alone killed her sweetheart, to prison for life. The girl was convicted of manslaughter; James S. Duvall, of murder without canltal nunlshment. The girl's young h.lfA,AfhB, A Ilia Tliivull Inlntlv charged with killing J. M. Delhaye, waa freed. Sentence will be pro nounced December 16. Delhaye waa killed on a atreet here October IB by a charge from a shot gun, fired from a aurrey in which Dora Murff and the two Duvalls were riding. Aa he fell the girl Jumped from the vehicle and fired two bullets from a revolver into Delhaye's body. The trial began two weeks ago. Miss Murff testified that she fired all tho shots. Miss Murff had known Del ahye since she was 16 years old and testified he ' often had promised to marry her. He was going a pay from Crowley the night he waa lilted and she did not think ho would return. Change lasagne Name Auburn, N. T., Dee. t. 8-rretary John Farrell, of the National Assocla clatlon of Profeaalonal Bawball iMuruea today issued a notice Baying that the name of the Empire State league of Georgia had been changed to the Georgia Bute karu. 1 Document Addressed to Con : gress One of Briefest of Its Kind From Any President. DISMISSES MEXICO IN BRIEF COMMENT" Refers to Trust Legislation, Currency, Rural Credits, . Autonomy For Islands, Etc. Etc. Washington, Dec. 2. -Presfflenl ' Wilson read his first annual message) '6 to congress today at a joint session of both branches at 1 o'clock In the ' house chamber. The message, among : the briefest of documents Of its kind from any president, being about 3000 ; words long, required less than thirty minutes for reading, though It treated, upon a variety of subjects. The Mexican situation President . Wilson dismissed with brief comment . reiterating the sentiments he ex pressed in a special address to con gress upon the same subjects sometime ago and expressing .the belief that the1 Huerta government slowly was crumb- 1 ling and that the United States prob ably would not be obliged to alter Its policy of waiting. No program for trust legislation was presented further than mention of the , desirability of an early amendment to the Sherman law "to preevnt private ' monopoly more effectually than it haa yet been prevented" and an announce-' ment that the President would later . address a special- message to congress dealing solely with that subject. ' ( Building of Alaskan railways which the president endorsed the- need,..Xojv.- t concentration by the senate on thS' pending currency bill,, which he em , phosized; urgent necessity, of rural credits legislation; self government for government for Porto Rico and Ha waii; ultimate independence for the Philippines; a policy of "common council and conference" between the federal government and the states on the conservation question and a re vision of the system of primary elec tions, were the other principal feat ures of the president's address. For details of the government's business . the president referred congress to the annual reports of hla cabinet officers. The message is as follows: Gentlemen of Congress: In pursuance of my constitutional -duty to "give to the congress Informa tion of the state of the union," I take the liberty of addressing you on sev eral matters which ought, as It seems to me, particularly engage the atten tion of your honorable bodies, as of all who study the welfare and progress of the nation, I shall ask your indulgence If I venture to depart In some degree from the usual custom of setting before you in formal review the man matters which have engaged the attention and, called for the many matters which have engaged the attention and called for the action of the several depart ments of the government or which, look to them for early treatment In, 1 the future, because the list is long, - : ery long, and would suffer In the at)- :, brevlatlon to which I should have to ' subject It. I shall submit to you the j reports of tho heads of the several . departments, in which these subjects j are set forth In careful detail, and bed that they may receive the thoughtful. ' attention of your committees and of all members of congress who may! have the leisure to study them. Their obvious Importance, as constituting; the very substunce of the .business of the government, makoa comment anil emphasis on my'part unnecessary. The country, I am thankful to say, Is at peace with all the world, and many happy manifestations multiply about us of a growing cordiality and sense of community cf Interest amonif the nations, foreshadowing an age of settled peace and good wllK More and more readily each decade do tho nations manifest their willingness to, bind themselves by solemn treaty to the processes of peace, the processes f franknesa and fair concession. Bo far the United States haa stood at tha front of auch negotiations. She will, I earnestly hope and confidently believe, , give freah proof of her sincere ad-i herance to the cause of international friendship by rating the several trea ties of arbitration awaiting renewal by the senate. In addition to these, it haa been the privilege of the depart ment of state tn gain the assent, la principle, of no less than 81 nations, representing four-fifths of the popula tion of the world, to the negotiation, of treaties by which It shall be agreed, that whenever differences of interest o of policy arise which can not be re solved by the ordinary prooease off diplomacy thty shall be publicly an- alyed, discussed, and reported upo, by a tribunal chosen by the parttaai before either nation determines course ot action. One Possible Standard. ' There Is only one possible standansj by which to determine oontnfersU betwern the I'nlled States and othwt nations, and thut Is compounded ofl these two elements: Our own honors (ContiBuv.pn sage twf- i

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