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Weather Forecast FAIR; WARMKR. VOLUME XIX. NO. 51 ASHEVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 10, 1914 PRICE: FIVE CENTS rus OAiSTTB snna bas tbm most bxpshsitb associated eases sum- VICE IN TBS CAROLINA. GUNMEN HOPE FOR REPRIEVE Expectation Based on Note by Frank Moss, Former As sistant to District At torney Whitman. DISCREDITS STATE'S WITNESSES IS CLAIM Evidence Submitted to Gov Glynn "Lefty Louis" Sends Warning to . His Gang. New York. April 10. An affidavit purporting to establish an alibi for "Pago IVatik" Clrnlld. a note from Frank Moss, former assistant district attorney, attacking the credibility of two wlliicsse at the trial of Charles 1... .....I i I,,. .. ,, a, Mil ii ' llllfl till ,1- leged dlscrepem-y in the decision of Il.e court of Peals which reversed j 11,-ckcr's onvlollon were (he point alM.ni which counsel for the gunmen, d.s.n.cd to die on Monday for the mur. dec of Herman Koeciitlitil. centered their light today. The affidavit, that of "Pinkie" Reo, an employe of a Harlem dance hall. ho swears that he saw "Dago frank" j far from the scene of the murder l about the time It was committed, was ruined to Governor Qlynii by sMciat n...o..o...i. i'h.. not'., written lv Frank MosS concerning the two wttnesses-l.ul.an OpMtd from Waynesboro, and Margolls -was placed In the This is the only trouble the railroad hands Of 0 i B U able, the gunmen's has experienced since the derailment chief counsel todav. ".M r. Moss note," of train No. 3 at Waynesboro last said Wahle, "shows that he didn't be- , 'ght. This train left Savannah at .1 eve Cuban was truthful. Vet ho o'clock, and ran Into an open switch slaved him on the stand an a wttaeaf. ft " enu red Wavnesboro, It Is tte L'e -hall get this note before the gov- Hevcd by the railroad officials thai crimr as soon as possible. If we again the switch was opened by some of the tad to move the governor then we will I strike sympathisers. Llk, the whole matter before aume , i, mile Jt the Sni.reme court." Now York Aul' ttl. ! rlellUB UU1"-'.1 ii.impeiou in reoilling me the font gunmen undenmed to elec- IrocuHon ul Sim; ring Monday morn- ing fpr the murder of Herman Rosen- than todaj baaed hopes for a reprieve for the conrtemii' ii ni"ii o't iihckcu ovi.'enee I ui vert. d by Iv M. Browne, a former active faboi, which Ke was prepuieo io "rceci.i m wuh- court justice together with an appli cation for a new trial. This evidence a note or menioraii- uni Mr. Browne submitted to Gov ernor Glynn at Albany yesterday, ltsi authorship was admitted by Frank j Moss, until recently assistant to DIs- j triut Attorney Whitman, who prose- cuted the gunmen. It read: "fie careful of anything from ban and MtirgolIS, and was seni io former Governor Suiter vho at the time waft preparing for his trial for impeacllment when it was reported U. i l.iy an and Margolls were to be tfDplo. ed tiseek evidence In behalf or BUiser. ' again Hecker- and the gunmen and Margol is against Hecker This note Rabbi Browne believes discredits I, - ban and Margolis on authority of the olHlrlct attorneys office. r. O. K. Wah e. counsel for the . . . . . . , lunmen. today prepared to make his IBHl appeal in uuve.oo. .,i, to. , lay of rxecutlon until after tne Hecker trial. He based his arguments on the signatures f ten of the Jurors who iried the gun . a to an appeal for executive clemency and also on the fact that the court of appeals had discredited the testimony of Lubnn. In the death house the condemned men receive their relatives dally and hold long conferences with their spir itual advisers. To his brother, Morris. "Whltey lewls" Heldshner yester dny reiterated for the hundredth time l hat he was Innocent. I eftv I la" lissenberg sent a word of wnmlng and advice to Uim l i i i . r nno gunmen nKunciaicii on the Kal Hide through Itabbl Oold atajin. his spiritual adviser. He said: "I want oli lo tell alt the bo VI or the Kast Hide that crowd on Hecnnd ii' i nuc thai I used to run around with, those who are going around flow, that Hi. i can't heal tile game. "They may gel away with it for a lime and think that Ihey have the game whipped, but look at me nfc here l am now. They are making the mistake I made. I could haw aiolded It hut l thought that I waa smarter than othera. Here la where ! in now. "Tell them that the synagogue ts their best home and Hod Is their best friend. When they understand, they Will not land aa f have landed." SANDS AGAIN AFTER TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP Sew York. Rands of Tsnnls club to April 1 Charles litis he lot i ago. Hands Gould yestf I T, It usee drfratlng Chi d E Officials Believe Damage Was Done by Strike Sympa- thizers or Strikers. Savannah, Ga., April 10. Detec tives from one. of the bureaus with a national reputation have been sum moned by the officials of th Savan nah and Northwestern route, former ly the Brinson railway, In hopes of apprehending those who have been Kuilty of depredations during the strike of the conductors on the line. This was the announcement made this mornins by H. R, Morgan gen eral manager of the company. The company hopes, through the detectives, to arrest those who have lieen destroying the Property along the line and tying up trains. The ' " " W . U W la Is my. The railroad hop, . to meet, till! situation with strikebreakers " 11 f' w llaV9- A trestle two mile south of St. Clal waa burned fast night 1ho road s tfflclato express the MM tha ho trestle was destroyed V sympathizers, or some of the strikers themselves. The aimed - estle seriously Interfered with the operation of the trains at that end of W? mlM- Trato No. 2, ll'e t( leave St. Clair at 7. o clock was WftWe to run. Instead the train was i ne nmpiiny ii icing me iivejianir "'en on tnM rains as con damage wJ i:b has been done to the property. It was stated this niorntng that the lOcentoWve of train No. 1 was ttlll derailed. Th . officials are In """- w wmi niiituiru during Ihe day. ' . KEEBLY OISJPP1TE0 DEPREDATIONS 01 BISON RAILWAY . . Lu-jlSy Decision 01 Jockey Club tO Discontinue Racing at Jamestown Track. Norfolk. Vs., April I O.-Declslons of ,hp of Jamstown Jock ,0 ,- ,h(. ,,,,, , nvol(, any ,,,,,., f ,,.. wtk Virginia authorities over alleged violations of the stats anti-betting , . , ,.T .. . . annn inuwu neen (lisai: poiniment to- uuy nmong horge ra,.nR .llthU!tlttgtai Tm. m,.-n ,.- AH, , ,, ,. to hav ntlnued until April 17. Its progress, however, was marked by a spectacular raid under orders of Gov ernor Stuart and the arrest of 11 book makers on the charge of violation of the anti-hettiitg law and the Imposi tion of prison terms and fines upon them. The situation was brought to a climax when the governor warned the club official that state militia would he ii. -d If necaaaary. It was then decided to discontinue the meet Ing. " In a formal statement the chsb offi cials announced today that uP: the h,Khrr C(mrtl) iatl ,mM1., upon ,hc statute no further meetings would take place. Itace followers who have gathered i lu re from all parts of the country began leaving today. NO APOLOGIES WERE MADE TO COLOMBIA Washington, April 10. Secretary Bryan has received official notification from Minister Thompson at Hogota-of Ihe signing of the new treaty with Co lombia to settle the dispute over the partition of Panama, A cash payment of 125, 000. 000 by the I'nlted States to Colombia la the principal feature. President Wilson told trailers that while he had not been Informed In detail ak yet about Ihe new treaty 'with t'oh, mi. in, there was nothing In Ita expressing any regret ur apology by the I'nlted Htatea In connection with the partition No apology was asked for by Colombia and none vim given, according to the president. FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER OF BANKER April II. John 4 guilty ol I. manager M WW TO WOOD INDORSES W C05TSKM0I CAMP SCHOOLS " Drs. Charles L. Minor and W. L. Dunn Plan Extensive Sanitarium Development At Mt. Pleasant. THREE BUILDINGS WILL BE BUILT IN A YEAR A Semi-Philanthropic Institu tion, Also For Tuberculosis Treatment, Is Planned For the Future. An announcement of vital inter -st to Asheville is made today by Dr. Charles I Minor and Dr. W. U Dunn. two of the city's leading physicians, to the effect that they have purchase,! a tract of till acres of land on the south ern slopes of Mount I'leasant, near firace, and will construct a sanitarium for the treatment of tuberculosis, the Ultimate Investment to be in the neighborhood of $ifo,ooo. General plans have already been made three main buildings and work will begin suon. it is expected that these buildings will be completed within a year, and later a chain of cottages will bo erected for the use of patients al the sanitarium. The institution will be known as the Mount Pleasant sanitarium and. according to the announcement, v.'lll be one of the lines! and most modern qf its kind in the entire country. The buildings will be made as nearly lire proof as possible. The three buildings to ae erected first will be: an adminis tration huilditrc, a reception hospital and a main building. These will he erected In the ccnten of the prpeftv and extensive lawns will be laid onion ifery side, foliages will beTtWM: us the necessity for litem arises. The administration building Will 'contain Ihe private OfBcea of the ti'.o physicians, the business office, the lab ' oratories, dining room and klleheti. The reception hospital will D for th'- lirsl examination and observation of (patients, while the main building w;i ! contain dormitories to which tiiesi j patients will he assigned. The ultl- mate capacity of the santarlum, It is stated, will he approximately ISO. Associated with Dr. Minor and Dr. Dunn In this undertaking, will be: Dr. j I'. R. Moale. who will act solely In ui i business and advisory capacity; ant, ! Drs. C. D. W. Volhy and Paul H. Rlri I ger, as professional associates. Dr. Minor and Dr. Dunn will still maintain their offices in Asheville as at the pres ent lime. After Mount Pleasant sanitarium is completed and under operation, Dr. Minor and Dr. Dunn propose to estab lish another sanitarium, the site for which has already been selected, which will be a semi-philanthropic iu IstltUtfon. Patients here will be re i quired to pay only the actual cost of their accommodations, medical atten I tion to be given free of all charge. The establishment of these two In-1 stltutloii.' will mean a great deal to i Asheville as a health resort, since the climatic conditions are so admirably auapieu in utc iituiiiirm o . u .it i u lar troubles. Accommodations will bei, furnished those suffering with the dls - lease in Just the manner they desire. I the cottages to he for those especially ; desirous of privacy. The development Is one of the biggest proposed for the ' city In this line for a long time and I will be an asset worth while. COMPTROLLER PLANT OF One Session of Freight Rate Hearing Taken up by His Examination. Special to The ilaxette-.Sews. Raleigh, April 10 The entire morn ing seaalon of the special Intrastate freight rate commission yesterday was taken np with the cross examination of Comptroller Plant of the Southern railway. The otiestinus were with a view to getting from Mr. Pbmt aumr admission that the Southern's system I of separating the local and through business, especially as Io freight han dled ,1s on u wrong busts. Th crusa examination was sharp and mamlner land Wilms muinluliied positions In ; determined manner Attorney (lepers! Bieketl lot from Mr. JlaM au admission that his .intern of aifferentlatlon was on s wrona basis, hut Mr. Plant Insisted, neverthe less, that the results obtained weru ' corrwt. ' ' '.. 'ettJOf t'ralg h granted n par don ic'ltatt Emerson of Uiillfoiil ioun i . . i Major General Approves of Summer Military Schools, One to Be Established At Asheville. VALUABLE TO NATION AS WELL AS STUDENT Asks School Superintendents To Bring Institutions to Attention of Eligible Young Men. Washington, April 10. .Major Gen eral Wood, chief of staff of the army, sent to school superintendents letters endorsing the student summer mili tary instruction camps, one of them to take place in Asheville. Remark ing that the camps have the endorse ment of President Wilson and, former President Taft as well as leading edu cators, General Wood says: ''Knowing the benelit of a certain amount of military training to a na tion and that in the I'lilled States such training can only he obtained by voluntary effort- and that the great majority of yoltng men are unable to afford this training as given in the various military schools and colleges. the secretary of war has decided lo establish four students' military In struction camps during the coming summer to Which students IS years of age or over members of the gradu ating classea at high schools through out the country arc eligible to at tend: this at the minimum cost for food and clothing and transportation. "These caintjs are of great value not only to tho, student from a physi cal and educational standpoint but to the nation in. tha' It spreads among its i Ui-?ers'rt roruild' rahlc .mount vil sound nillilaiy information and in creases by tost that much the number of partial! trained men who would bo available nid greatly needed In time of emergency." The superintendents are asked to bring to the attention of eligible boys the establishment of the schools. The Asheville camp will be maintained from July ii to August 7. 00 NOT INTEND TO fiEKISEJISTRICTS McAdoo Says Committee Will Not Reconsider List of Reserve Districts. Washington. April 10 Seiretats McAdoo told New Jersey representa tives who protested against the Incl l sion of Hudson county in the Phlla- ftnti.l.lu Mrlnnnl rwaerVA ti.ini. ...till ..,. , .,. vnrk district thit 1 ,h -.,..,, committee, of which he Is chairman, has no interning oi revising the list of 12 districts nd Cities recently announced. Protests mas be heard by the com mittee, but the only hope of those wh asked changes Is In the federal re I serve hoard let to be appointed by President Wilson. BARRON'S TESTIMONY CAUSES SENSATION Norfolk. Vs . April It. Police Jus I th e Karmn testifying before an in vestigation of 'he Norfolk police at ; psrtment tm In progress before Mayor Mayo raid he was unwilling t appear as a "itnaaa in a case which he termed "a tempest In a teapot.'' a-v - "-" I of other matt. r that have com- under ' my personal 1 nowledge which show 1 either absolute lnrompctenr nr nw I corruption on the part of the depart ment." Justice Rarrott said further "when things happen In hell the angel's are not wltneaaea" The testimony created a sensation. PINEHUPST MEDAL HONORS TO TRAVIS Plnehurtt. N. C April 10 Medal honors In tin- ilrst day'a pliy of the annual mid-April golf tournament here esti rdiii Mi nt to Walter J. True la of the Harden lily club, New York, with a card of Tl for the eighteen hole. Hurt r or of Ihe first roumi of match play were Travis. J. D. Htandlsh. Jr.. Detroit; C H. Mermaid. Imbtih. Canada! J. '' Hurd. Pitts burgh. It Shannon, oak Hill, New Vork P H. Mi l-ughlln. Una rods l. N Y; Itoberi Hunter. Wei hum i lull. Connecticut, and J. I. Armstrong. Till PRQP'" nr Hoi ' , ur iiLi" aiLii Inquiry Into Finacial Affairs Of Road Resumed by Interstate Commerce Commission. PRESIDENT OF BANK REFUSES INFORMATION Head of Merchants' National Bank Will Not Tell of Re lations With Co. Con nected With Road. Washington, April 10. Further In quiry into financial affaire of the New Haven railroad was begun by the interstate commerce commission today after several weeks of investi gation into the company's books. The inquiry is being made in compliance with a senate resolution directing the commission to develop all facts re garding the New Haven's banking connections; purchase of its subsid iary properties, money pant lor tnem, and the emoluments or commissions ! paid for negotiating the various trans actions. Commissioner McChord announced that the principal matter to be con sidered at present were the relations of the Millard company to the finan cial operations of the New Haven. Harvey V. Whipple, president of the Merchants National bank of New Haven, Conn., the first witness, re fused to testify as to his business re lations with the Blllard company. He said he was not now a stockholder in that company but had been up to last fall. Judge Stoddard, counsel for the counsel, explained Mr. Whipple's de clination to reolv. "Un challenge the right and the i, n i. diction of the commission," said ho "i, inouire into ativ act of the BUlard company. Our conclusion Is that such an inquiry would be beyond the SCOPe of the Commission s all- Ihoi-ilc 4ctir.lT llOOll that ConClUSlOIl we have decided to decline to an swer questions relating to such mat- ters. "Suppose," iUIFgesleil Chief ''ounsel Folk of the commission, "that it can be shown (hat the Blllard company owes the New Haven railroad many 'millions of dollars, do you think that It would be desirable to conceal this fact in view of the desire of the sen-j ate for ihe information?" "I think." Interrupted Judge Stod dard, "that the senate resolution has! I gone far beyond the powers either of this commission or of congress. Neither the commission nor congress has any power to Investigate the re- j latlons, If any, of the Billard com- ; pany and the New Haven railroad." BODY OF DRAPER TO BE SENT TO MASSACHUSETTS Greenville, S. C April 10. The body of Ebcn S. Draper, former gov ernor of Massachusetts who died here late yesterday of paralysis, will be iput aboard a train for Boston at 4 I o'clock this afternoon. Carried on a 'special car. it will bo escorted by I members of the dead statesman's family who Came hero yesterday shortly before his death. Kuneral services will be held at King's rhapel, Boston, Monday after noon. The body will then be taken to llopedale, Mass.. lifelong home of the former governor, for burial. OHIO REGIMENT TO GET BACK ITS FLAG Selma. Ala , April 10. The battle flag of the Tilth tihlo regiment, cap tured by lieueral William Hardee's w, ,, r(.,UPtl0( , ,,hlo repre . ,,,,..... ..,, aentatlves at the Confederate reunion In Jacksonville In May. The flag will i be accepted by tlovernor t 'ox of Ohio, j Recently It waa presented to the Selma icamp. I'nnfederale veterans, by tlen- ernl Hsrdee's daughters, who now live In France. BODY DISCOVERED IN SHAFT OF ELEVATOR Atlanta. iu . a,Vii 10 The body of James M Rows, R years old. of MM "a., was found yesterday at the bottom of an elevator shaft In (uwntWn office building here .where It apparently had lain several days. There was no evidence of violence. Wilsons In Virginia. Whit Sulphur Springs. W. . April 10. President Wilson Willi Mr. ilsoo ami members of their family srrlved here early today In -i ml Kas Irr. The president plans to return to ashlnaton Monday. LITTLE DAMAGE TO FRUIT CROP LAME E In Opinion of Mrs. Adams Af ter Study of Various Asiatic Tribes. Washington, April 10. After study Ing the peoples along the fringe of Asia from Siberia to Sumatra in her effort to trace the orglnal American, Mrs. Harriet Chalmers Adams, one of America's foremost women explorers, in a letter to the National Geographic society today expresses the opinion that the ancient "Amerlc" peoples came by sea, possibly in broken stages, from Asia. Mrs. Adams has just re turned to this country. She writes: "This earlier Immigration, however, was at a very remote period, or our prehistoric monuments point to an indigeous culture. A branch of an old world race, these 'early Ameri cans' evolved to their highest civiliza tion on new world soil." Mrs. Adams is confident that a closer study of the Indo-Chinese branch of the yellow race, the Malay, Chinese and Tibetan, as compared to our prehistoric civilization, will shed new light on the problem of tracing the original American. Although scientists are said to agree that America was peopled by way of the ' northwest, Mrs. Adams doubts that all Americans came this way. In the Philippines, Mrs. Adams saw Ifu gaos warriors who resemble Aymara chiefs of the Andean highlands, in spite of the difference in climate. "This is not strange when we class the lfugaos as Malays of the Indo Chinese branch of the yellow race and believe that ancient America was peopled from Asia," declares Mrs. Adams. "Not only among certain Ma- ; lay mountain tribes, but also in west i ern China was I constantly remindct I of "things America.' but never among people of a low grade of civilization, only when among people of ancient j uneaBe. ill omen uaj Ki col n. cct- , uovn imuu.cu or mail) onto. ot... from one South sea island to another It seems likely that In this fashion men set sail from the Malay peninsula with their wives and children, food, household goods and domestic animals aboard and aided by wind and tide reached the Promised Land, some palm fringed isle in the tropic sea." Mrs. Adams has records of many small boats that apparently were blown across the Pacific, one of them a Japanese fishing boat which landed its unwilling Immigrants alive and well on Californian soli two years ago. OulGIHU CAM ACRQSSSEA? 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It haa undertaken the distribution of thla book aolely because of Ita oduoatlonal merit and whatever benefit there la to be derived from the good will of thoae who profit from our offer. The OaMtte-Newa will oheerfully refund the price of the book to any purchaaes who la not satisfied with It Present Six Coupons of Comecutive Data nTEN CKNTS KXTR IF UUTT BY MAIL Reports From Various Parts of The South Indicate That Little Harm Was Done By Frost. GEORGIA PEACH CROP SCARCELY DAMAGED Hail and Wind Storm Around Ocala, Fla., Played Havoc, However Warmer Weather. Washington, April 10. Spring' smiling skies and rising temperatures drove from the southeast what waa left of winter's attempt at an old fash ioned flare-back. While there were danse frosts in the interior of the east and fulf states and light to heavy frosts in the south Atlantic territory except In east and south Florida, yet the cold snap left in its wake com paratively little damage, according to first reports today. News came from. Macon and Augusta that the Georgia peach crop had scarcely been danmged If at all and in northwestern Flor ida In the melon, cotton, tobacco and truck belt crops were not sufficiently matured to sustain harm. One distressing accompaniment of winter's attack was a hall and wind storm which centered around Ocala, Fla., destroying orange groves and uprooting the tomato and melon crops. Over the eastern section of the country exceut in the upper lake re gion temperatures were rising today. Along the Atlantic coast the general prediction for Saturday was fair and warmer. Macon, Ga., April 10. Advices re ceived In Macon this morning from Fort Valley and Marshallvllle are to the effect that very little, IT arty, damage was done to the peach crop last night. The weather was cold and in very low places in the orchards there was a slight frost. Leading or chard owners express the opinion, however, that no damage has been done and that middle Georgia will produce a record breaking crop. Not Damaged. Augusta. Ga,, April 10. The fruit crop was not damaged in this section of the state by the cold last night. The official record at the local weath er bureau office showed that the low est temperature during the night fl(aa 40 degrees. Two of the largest fruit growers in this section stated this morning that their crops were not ln-i (Continued on page 11.) a Copy of "Accurate and Dependable" who resisted.
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