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A . ... : ' . . rl ft tag BAZBTTt-NKWa BAB TBI If Of? SZPBHS1TM ASSOCIATED PMtBI UM- - , Weather Forecast i COIJKR FRIDAY 7 NV lwrfyi VOL; XVIII. NO. 301. ASHEVILLE, .N. C.,; THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 29, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS BOY AND WOMAN IN SAME CELL IN CITY JAIL Lizzie Norris Tells Sensational . Story AfetrHer Transfer To Buncombe County ' " Jail. WAS AN ACCIDENT IS OFFICERS ASSERTION Man Remained in Cell Hours Woman Says; Only a Mem- ment, Jailor Asserts. ' Lizzie' Morris, a 17 years old white girl who Is now In Buncombe county Jail In defeault of bond In a retailing case, In which ehe appealed from a sentence of four months imposed liy Judge Adams in Police court, tells a story of abhorrence concerning her In carceration in the city Jail last Sun day might.. Late Sunday night Charlie Maranvllle, a It years old whits boy, Was locked in the cell with her and remained there until breakfast was brought to the prisoners Monday morning. . vv : . - -. v : The Morris woman says that she was taken Into custody by members of the police force about 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon and was immedi ately locked up." -About 1:30 o'clock the next morning she thinks that was 1 about the hour the officers brought in a man, Charlie; Maranvllle, and brought him to her cell. She says that when the cell door was opened she recognized the boy and spoke to him, saying: ' '-',-.'; : ' "What are you doing in .here this time of night? Your mother will cry her eyes out."4 " V V ' ' ; ' ' , She says that the officer with the boy then jisked her how many blah keta were in the cell and she replied that there were two or three,1 rising up on the bunk to answer him. She Bays that the boy then asked that he be put in .the. cell and the officer said "all right," adding: . "You can divide your blankets with h'ro." . . ' She says the boy was then; locked In with her and remained there until '. breakfast .was brought In ., the next morning. The boy, Maranvllle, is about IS years old, he says, and Is of foreign blood. Ho has lived, here about five or six years, having come here with , his people from Tennessee.- They live in the vicinity of the Southern pawn ger station, near the yard office, Hs states that he was never In any trou ble and was brought to the city Jail on this occasion as a defaulting wit ness. He corroborates the Morris woman in the statements she makes as to his being In the cell with her: likewise as to the conversation be tween her and the officer concerning the blankets. He said he was taken to the cell about 3:30 o'clock in tha morning and remained there until 8 o'clock. - Maranvllle says that he did not ' know at first that the other occupant of the cell was a woman but that as soon as he entered he found that such was the case and called for the officer to take him out He says that these calls availed nothing, however, and he had to remain In the cell, although ha stood by the door the entire night. Klorles of Prisoners. . Other prisoners In cells adjoining that occupied by the woman are au thority for the statement that when young Maranvllle was brought in he Was recognised by her and that she Immediately called out to the officer to bring him to her cell, which request was complied with. They also state that during the night there was con siderable conversation carried on be tween the woman and the other pris oners. None of these prisoners Is able to Kate at Just what hour of the night the boy was brought In, although they stsle that It was some time after midnight. A man who went to the Jail Monday morning about II o'clock to niaku bond for one of these prisoners tays that he saw the man snd the Woman in a cell together ut that time, htuuinciit of Ofllii-r. The buy was taken on a rapiaa by Police- Captain Jones and Patrolman lirltt, who brought him to hradquar- . Icrs. 'snd J. C. Williams, the Janitor, (Continued on Page Nine), SIXTY PERSONS DUIVEN FROM THEIR II0I1E3 Lawrence, Mit1., Jan. 29. Sixty persons were driven from their beds and seven firemen were Injured during a blase which swept the Broadway Mock on Kswx street early today. Many occupants of apartments on th Upper floors were rescued In life neta. Commended for Courages Washington. Jan. !9. Secretary Harrison has wr"'n General Tssker II. Illlss, commnndlng American troop patrolling the Te hordr, cum 'mending him fur th . 'Intelligence, IrmirnR". si llviiy iind rare d'-gree of wIhiI mm" iih will. )i tmjjm hsndlcil the burder situation fj ALlElilCAIl MATTERS Opinions Concerning , Canal Tolls, Mexican Problem -And Jap: Question. ' : London, Jan. 29. Relations of the United States with Great Britain over Panama canal tolls; the cbntroversy between Washington and Toglo over the California land ownership legis lation and President Wilson's Mexican policy are subjects of lengthy dis patches today from British correspon dents in Washington but there Is a singular lack of editorial comment ou these questions. The Pall Mall Gazette Is the only, newspaper to mention Mexico editorially. It says: , "President Wilson has laid himself open to a charge of having chalked up 'no Huerta' and then run away. It Is a position that becomes worse for the prestige of the Washington gov ernment everyday on which nothing happens." . Financiers here interested in Mexico are becoming impatient at the lack of action shown by President Wilson. A meeting of .the Mexican section of the London chamber , of commerce Is to be called to discuss replies lo a circular asking, members for their views "'as to whetherlt would be ad visable for Great Britain to Join with France and Germany In asking Presi dent Wilson to take some steps to ad Just the financial position of Mexico." The summons sent to - Sir Lionel Carden, the British minister to Mexi co, to como td London for a confer nee has create -no1 surprise her; -as it was announced on January 5" that this would be the first..tep toward his transfer to BraU..The six months for which he was appointed to Mex Ico expires in February.' ', ' ' ! y Japanese Opinions.' ; Toklo, Jan. 29. -Hopes are express ed in official circles today that a basis of understanding on- the alien land ownership question will be found 'by the United States and Japanese gov ernments, .which are both -actively seeking a solution. I The chief concern here at present seems to be over future legislation In America: It was said any additional enactments unfavorable to Japanese would be considered a serious menace to the traditional friendship . of the two countries. - The Washington government has endeavored te assure Japan that Cali fornia would cease adopting leglsla-' tion held by Japan to discriminatory. This Is admitted here, but It is pointed out' that because of political distlnc tlons between the governments of Washington and California there might be some difficulty in obtaining reasonable assurances for the future. EX-STATE SEGRETABY .'-- i - in ' TO TESTIFY IN Member of Canal Board to Tell Concerning the. Contracts . - '. V - . ' t ' Awarded to Stewart. ' New Tork,- Jan. 19. Edward Lan zansky, former secretary of state, the first of the members and cx-members of the barge canal board of 1912 and 1913 to accept the Invitation of the special grand Jnry Investigating the contract awarded to James C, Stewart, after an alleged attempt toiexact po litical contributions from him, will appear before that body late today. Stewart also will be a witness today when District Attorney Whitman will attempt to obtain from him an adJ muislon that the "Uarrney" who ap proached him for a political contribu tion equal to t per cent of his canal contracts was James E. Gaffney.' asso ciate of Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tanununy hall. When before the grand Jury on a former occasion Stew art declared that he did not know Uuffney. ; COL. STOVALL, REFUGEE, APPEALING FOR HELP Ht. Ixiuls. Jan. 29. Colonel Mortimer Htovall, who during ths civil war com manded the famous "daylight artil lery" In Lee's army, and now a refu gee from Mexlcoo City, tday appealed to aMyor Henry W. Kiel for aid In reaching New York. Colonel Btovsll who Is 91 years old, was accompanied by his wife. After the war Stovall ,nt to Mexlro with a colony of other con rtl iTutea. To Mnyor Kiel he said he the nrniT of mining property nar ('ncniavni h, Mx., but rob beil b f'.le ho furred to fies. DM ff MI According to Annoymous Let ter Francis Clark of Spo- kane Is Being Held by "Blackmailers." ' J $75,000 IS DEMANDED FOR HIS DELIVERY Clark Dsappeared Jan. 17 Mrs. Clark Answers by . Newspaper Asknig For More Directions. Los Angeles, Jan. 29. According to an anonymous letter received by a morning paper, Francis Lewis Clark, ; w 0 !.... ; . 1 1 i 1 i 1 1 . ransom of $75,000 by "blackmailers" in or near this city. Clark disappeared from Santa Barbara January 17, after seeing his wife off on a train and was 1 by throwing himself into the ocean. The letter demanding the ransom for Clark's release was " addressed to "Chief of .Police"- and dated Los An geles January 27. It said: "We are holding Millionaire Clark for ransom of $75,000. State In Ex aminer if his folks will pay It -or 'not. He is well taken care of. Yours, the blackmailers." ( Across the top of the letter was written: "K'otlce: make prompt re ply in the papers as he is very anxious to get out.", , v Those who know , Clark intimately are said to take the letter seriously. Mrs. Clark. today dictated, the follow ing reply to the note: ' ' "I want to communicate -with you more- fully concerning my husband's dlsapiieaxaaifiiB,, I . wpU know--whre the money is to be paid and in what manner, I want to know-the motive that inspired the supposed kidnapping if my husband is held for ransom ' I will entertain the proposition con tained in the letter addressed to Chief Sebastain but before I definitely com mit myself I must know more." : 'Mrs. Clark did ' not state whether She believed her husband was actual ly held by kidnappers. . , While the local police -. admitted that the letter might he a hoax, every effort was made to trace the writeri Failing In this it was announced nego- tlatlons would be opened for the re turn of Clark If he is held captive. I BE Mr. Garrison Intimates That The . Colonel's Acceptance Of Place Is Unqualified. . Washington, Jan. -President Wilson sent to the. senate today the nomination of Col. G?orge W. Goe thats to bo governor of the Panama canal cone after April 1. Washington, Jan- 29. Secretary Garrison announced today that Colo nel George W. Goethals had signified his intention of accepting the govern orship of the Panama canal none to be proffered to him by President Wilson. Mr. Garrison intimated that Colonel Goethals' aaceptanoe was unqualified. "I .am not ablo to give out the terms of Colonel Goethals' acceptance at the present time," said Secretary Garrison, "but it was whole and com plete. When President Wilson sends his name to the senate I shall prob ably be able to make an Interesting statement.'.' WORTH SANDERS, NEGRO, SURRENDERS HIMSELF Raleigh. N. C. Jan, 29. Worth Sanders, negro, said to have been Im plicated In the murder of Mrs. William Lynch for wTiloh' a mob lynched Jim Wilson Tuesday, gave himself up yes terday afternoon and Is In the state prison to whloh he was taken after short stay In Wake County Jail. He denies that he had any part In the murder of Mrs. Lynch, but a dis patch from Wendell where the murder was committed says that Sanders on his way to Raleigh to give himself up, stopped at the house of a negro woman named Abble Prlvett and ad mitted to - her that he was present when Mrs. Lynch was slain. When the news of this conversation came to Wendell, a crowd formed, eec:.d bloodhounds and set out to capture Hiindera, saying however, that they meant him no herm further than to that he did not get away. Sanders Save himself up to three while men i whom he mot en his way to ltalelgh.1 HALS ILL blERI OFZOfJE SPEER US CZAR Attorney Osborne - Testifies v Federal Judge Is Unfair And Unjust; Craves ; ) The Spot Light." BELIEVES JUDGE SPEER JUDICIALLY CORRUPT Says "You Cannot Come Out Of Judge Spser's Court . Feeling Its. Place . . Of Justice." Savannah. Ga.; Jan. 29. When the congressional inquiry into the con- duct of Judge Emory Speer, was re- sumed this mornlng Mr. W. W. Os borne, a prominent Savannah attorney wan called to" the stand. Mr. Osborne is the law partner of Mr. A . A .'. Law rence, the first witness to appear; at the Savannah hearing, and who de clared Judge Speer to be a 'misfit' as a Judge. Mr. Osborne stated that he was 'somewhat diffident about giving an opinion on the reusrd of Judge Speer because those, who had not been litigants in his court or bad not pre viously been before,, him would look upon what he said afe-incredible. . -, . "Judge Speer Is 'a' good lawyer" he said, '.'but he Is a czar as a Judge. He Is unfair "arid is possessed of a colossal conceit which makes him crave the spot light and if some one else happens to get into it it greatly angers him. His coart ia one In which there is little Justice and this is one reason litigants .will travel ... through the city of Macon,;, where he lives, to appear before Federal Judge Newmail In Atlanta; J resar! him us, a reat eBeti8tnd,4ev.ev'Seiwea age. He nas ysea ms -juagesnip to satisfy: his conceit by administering punishment to those who will not truckle to him. What we need in this district is' a. Judge and not a' czar. "A good Judge and a good court, said Mr. Osborne, would make the American flagJoved and Respected. In the district but It would not be while Judge Speer remalnaJ on the bench." Mr. Osborne -read from the stand the affidavit he made against Judge Speer when the Inquiry Into his rec ord was lirst started by the depart ment of Justice. j , "Several years ago," continued the witness, "every member of this bar signed a petition urging Judge Speer's appointment to the United States cir cuit court of appeals. Had he ob tained this appointment It would have taken him to Texas, not as far away as we would have liked, but far enough to afford us some relief." Mr. Osborne told of a case In which he represented a client who was suing for. damages for the death of her son. The suit was against the Atlantic Coast Line railroad. The witness de clured that Judge Speer directed the case ngaliibt the railroad because of his antagonism for General P. W. Meldrlm, counsel for the road. "My client," said the witness, -"got a vtrrtlci for $3,500, but this did not prevent m from rccognl !ng Judge Speer's t"'tltutl.n of Justice. Judge SDecr Is. In my opinion, judicially ( corrupt. It makes no difference whether you win your case or lose it, you cannot come out of Judge Speer's court, feeling that H la a place of Justice:'' ..'- -. Savannah, Ga.. Jan. " 28. Attorney General Thomas S. Felder of Georgia today told the congressional commit tee Investigating charges of official misconduct against Federal Judge Emory Speer that, In his opinion, bankruptcy estates were wasted In the Judge's courts. v As an alleged specific' instance In substantiation of this charge, Mr. Felder cited tho W. A. Huff bank ruptcy case. In this case, he stated Judge Speer allowed fees aggregating $23,178, of which $10,000 had been disallowed by the United States circuit court of appeals, and $3000 still is held ifp on account of an appeal to that court. ' The witness accused Judge Spetr of having been Invariably partisan and asserted that lawyers . could know whether they would win or lose their cases by watching his countenance at the beginning of trials. - "Our most distinguished lawyers,1 sad Mr.. Felder, "never thought of going into Judge Speer's court unless they engaged one of Judge Speer's favorites who could get his ear." , Mr. Felder stated that he had known Judge Speer for more than 20 years. He charged that the Jurist had on occasions attempted to Intimidate clients represented by the witness. "In the peonage case of Chauneey of Pulaski county," testified Mr. Fel der, "Judge Speer apparently sought to coerce my clients Into pleading guilty. He had many character wit nesses on hand, but Judge rpeer would allow only a few of them to testify. "In overruling my motion to direct a verdict for the defendants. Judge Hpeer dlnaertated on the sweetness of llbeitjv the American flag, etc., and at th end of his remarks he said, In. the preser-" of he lury 'that If there ever .(Continued on Page Nine), iiiiat s :m talk Militant Suffragettes Forc&i , The Archbishop of Canter bury to Discuss Forc ible Feeding. ECCLESIASTIC REFUSED TO COMMIT HIMSELF He Is Informed His Reply Is Profoundly Dissatisfy, ing by Leader, Mrs. Drace- Fox. London, Jan. 29. Militant suffra gettes toduy forced the Archbishop of Canterbury,' tho English primate to receive one of their number to discuss forcible feeding' In English Jails. The women were headed by Mrs. Dacre-Fox. It took them an hour to secure admission to the old Lambeth palace. They declined to listen to any attempt ' on the part of those within the temporize. Finally the archbishop allowed Mrs. Dacre-Fox to enter. The head of the church listened sympathetically to the suffragette's appeals, but he refused definitely to commit himself. Mrs. Dacre-Fox told the prelate that if he believed torture ever was Justi fiable he could not be a real Christian. She said he had only to use hia per sonal influence to put an end to for cible feeding. The archbishop admitted that he received daily protests against forcible feeding, but declared tat he could not ; give a definite answer to ' the, suffra- gette's appeal until he had heard the other side. He continued: : ?'AU i can do is to promise you my very earnest consideration." thearoh- bishop that she was profoundly dis satisfied with his reply. She presented him with a suffragette newspaper and also ' Miss ' Christabef Pankhufst's book and said she hoped his perusal of them would open his eye and to the necessity of action. ;- r TRAINS COLLIDE IN FOG; THREE TRAINMEN DIE IN THE CRASH Pittsburg, Pa.. Jan., 29. For hid the signals of the automatic block system on the Pennsylvania railroad near Conemaugh early today and an express train craslfed nto the rear of freight, killing three trainmen in the caboose aad tossing about occupants of the passenger coaches. None of the passengers were seriously, however. The force of the collision was so great that the. locomotive and mail car of the .passenger train were derailed, blocking three tracks. BANK OF ENGLAND RATE LOWERED AGAIN London, Jan. 29. The Bank of England -was enabled today In conse quence of further world' wide ease In the monetary situation and of the strong, position of its reserve to lower Its minimum discount rate by one per cent making It three per cent. This was the third reduction since the be ginning of the year. ItKPUBLICAN COMMITTKE HAS IX FORMALLY AGKEED ON VOLICY Albany, N. T Jan. 29. The repub lican committee appointed to recom mend a policy, for a complete legisla tive Investigation of the state' affairs reached an Informal agreement today. It was reported that the committee favors an Investigation by eight as semblymen with District Attorney Whitman In charge. Riddle Promoted. St. Augustine, Fla., Jan. 29. Mor ton Riddle, general superintendent of the third division of , the Atlantic ('oast Line railroad will become gen eral superintendent of the Florida East coast railway February 1, ac cording to announcement made - at headquarters of the latter road here. J. H. Nelson, present general super intendent, will become superintendent of transportation. i Found Guilty. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 29. Samuel A. Stoe was found guilty In the United States district court here yesterday of violating the Mann white stave law and was sentenced to five years and a day imprisonment. H was charged with taking Mrs. Annie Woolley Bond! from Atlanta to Birmingham, Ala., for Immoral purposes. Attorneys for Stoe will ask for a new trial. Viscount Knuthfnrd I)rad. Iondon, Jsn. 19. Viscount Knutn ford, for many yesrs a prominent con servative politician, died today la Ke 8th year. SHOOTS WIFE; TRIES SUICIDE IliLTliis' OF BRAVE RESCUE Owner of Grounded Yacht Commends Work of Res- cuing Seamen. , 'Colon, Jan. 29. Frederick W. Van (ierbllt today sent by wireless tele graphy from the steamship Almar ante to the Associated Press a, full ac count oof the perilous rescue of the party on board his yacht Warrior Which went ashore on January 20 off the coast of Colombia.. Among those on board with him were his wife, the Duke and Duchess of Manchester and Lord Arthur George Keith-Falconer. Mr. Vanderbiit telegraphed: "The Warrior grounded on a sand bank at 6 o'clock on the, morning , of January 26, being carried in shore by a strong current. The United( Fruit company's steamer .Frutera, ' rrom Santa Marta, arrived on the scene of the .accident at 5 o'clock In the even ing. The sea was then too rough for small boats to be launched and the Frutera stood by all night. At three o'clock 'on the morning of the 27th tho steamer Almirante arrived and bothe vessels sent life boats to the yacht at daylight. A heavy and very rough sea was breaking about the Warrior and a boat from the Frutera enpsized, but all hands were saved. "A boat from the Almirante re turned to the yacht again at , 10 o'clock In the morning, the wind and sea having moderated. It took off all the passengers from the Warrior. The officers .and crew of the yacht were advised to leave, but all of - them elected to remain on board until a wrecking" tug arrived from Kingston; The yacht was resting easily on the south bank in about twelve feet of water, and there Is a good chance of "All praise Is due to the officers and crews of the rescuing steamers. Miss Booth Better. New York, Jan, 29. Miss Eva Booth, head of the Salvation army in this country, spent a restful time and was better this, morning, it was said at the army barracks where she has been confined to bed for more than a week. lobsters Sell High. Portland, Me., Jan. 29. Lobsters sold here today for 43 cents a pound, the highest price of the season. Con tinued stormy weather has caused a scarcity. ' ' " Isn't it well worth fifty cents to get the only book on ' the Panama Canal that bears the O. K. of Colonel Goeth als? Here it is. sCOUPONs Save itjfbr Colonel Goethals says: 52 DAPMA.CANAT I ky Frderic J. Htskin 1 ps l; Gazette-News Thurs. Jan. 29 ( 1 HOW TO GET THIS BOOK On account of the education value and patrlotlo appeal of this hook. The Gaxetta-News hss arranged with Mr. llaskln to distribute a limited edition among Its retd.is tor the mere cost of production and handling. - - v- ' It Is bound In a heavy cloth. It contains 400 pages, 100 Il lustrations and diagrams, an Index, and two maps (one of them beautiful bird's-eye view of the Canal Zone In four colors). IT IS ACTUALLY A 12.00 VALUE. .Cut the above coupon from six consecutive Issues of the paper, present them with SO cents at our office, and a copy of the book Is yours. Fifteen cents extra If snt by malt. - OUR GUARANTEE: This Is not a' money-making schema. The Gaxette-Newa will not make a penny of profit from this csmpalgn. It has undertaken the distribution of tills book solely because nf Its eduoatlonal merit and whatever benefit there is to be derived from the good "III ef tho.ie who proilt from our offer. The Oasette-News will cheerfully refund the price of the Vooi to any purchases who Is not satlsrlsd with It Present Six Coupons of Consecutive Dates HITEEN CK.NTH I XTKA IF HI-: XT lV MAlb Jim Capps Seriousl Wounds His Wife, Bessie Capps, , Then Fires Bullet 1 : Into Himself. HAD . BEEN SEPARATED ABOUT THREE WEEKS Capps Was Drunk When The Trouble Occurred He Is In Jail, and Wife in iy A Hospital. r y Making the statement that he was . going, to. kill his wife and then shoot himself, Jim Capps this . morning about 8 o'clock pulled a pistol from his pocket and shot his wife, Bessie. Capps, twice, once through the. left lung and once in the right hand, i then , turned the gun on himself and fired a bullet Into his lungs. The shooting oc- ! curred in a room over Abe Murray's 1 livery stable on' - Lexington avenue, i where the two had resided. , ' v . i Policemen were notified and Dr. L. j B. McBrayer was called. They found ! the woman on a bed In one room, n- , able to speak, Capps on a bed in an other room. They were removed to the Mission hospital, where Or.. Mc- ! Brayer dressed the wounds. It . was 1 stated that Capps. was drunk and as soon as the doctor dressed his wounds he was brought to the police station and will be confined there -until he is sober enough to be removed to the hospital again. . ' ' ' ' V 'It appears from " the statements made by witnesses to the shooting, that Capps and his wife had lived apart "about three weeks and durfng that time had , had several quarrels, , although they were ' hot -of a serious nature until this morning.- - ' ' -Mrs. Daisy, Weaver,-who says that she was in the room when the shoot ing took place, says that Capps and his wife came into the ; room Ahs morning and were talking. A little later his wife went up to him and sat on his lap. '.Mrs. Weaver says - that Capps had a kmfe'ln his hand, which she took to be a shoe knife;, that his wife made the remark that the. knife -was dangerous and he ought to put it up, that he might cut her or him self. At this Capps is said to have re plied that he didn't , care if he did. Then they both- got up and Capps made several statements which none of the witnesses seemed to notice. .If was then , that he is alleged to hav i pulled his pistol and started to shoot. vv.uuuiiucu UII jJtisc 9 a Copy of "Accurate and Dependable" A I
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