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THB GAZETTB-NBWS HAS THE V HOST EXPENSIVE ASSOCIAT ED PRESS SERVICE! EN THE . jj tt CAR0UNA3 " II tWEATHER FORECAST PARTLY CLOCDY. 1 70LUME XIX. NO. 90 ASHEVILLE, N. 0., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 26, 1914 PRICE: TIVE CENTS J WILL EXAMINE MORGAN BOOKS special . Examiners Will Go Over Records of Company And Personal Accounts Or Financier. ' BARINGS POSTPONED TQ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3 lorehouse, Miller, Warner and Plant Unable to Testify . In New Haven Case, , Doctors Certify. Ell INTEREST IN ROOSEVELT'S VISIT Important Results Expected From His Stay in Wash ington Today." ALLEGES SPEER fixed box Defense in the "Naval Stores Case" Objects to Panel; Charges It Was Illegal- ly Prepared. MOTION TO STRIKE OUT PANEL DENIED Washington, May 26. Further toa- hiony before the Interstate - com- erce commission on financial affairs he New Haven railroad was post bned today until Wednesday, June S, permit special examiners to In lect the hooks of J. P. Morgan and mpany, and personal notes of the ke 3. Plerpont Morgan. , vr;." Commissioner McChord announced at while Inspection of the Morgan noks was being made the commls- bn would consider various other lases of the Investigation. The delay, coming closely upon aterday's conference between Presl- nt Wilson and Attorney General Reynolds and ' persistent reports t the Investigation probably would halted caused much speculation t there was nothing official to bear the view that the conference of welopment Washington, May 28. Special ex klners of the interstate commerce tnmlsslon wilt examine the books of I 'P. Morgan Co., and any person accounts of the' late J. 1 Plerpont rgan relating to New Haven flnan 1 affair.: This became known of lally today., when the commission jumed aking of testimony regarding iw Haven affairs. -' ; ; Four Important 'witnesses ", whose tlmony Is desired still are too slok appear. - Samuel C. Morehouse, orgs MacCullough Miller, Devere arner and Morton F. Plant today nt physicians' certificates to the mmlsslon to show they were too 111 I be examined. I Denies Mellon Story, J. P. Morgan last night character id as untrue, the testimony, of C. I Mi Hen,, formerly president of the tw fork, New Haven and Hartford llroad company before the lnter- ite eommerce commission In Wash- fton last week, tnat J . r. Morgan cealed from Mr. Mellen facts con- l-nlng the New Haven railroad Ich Mr. Mellen should nave known. Morgan offered to produce be- e any proper tribunal at any time records of the J. P. Morgan tnpany and the personal records of father. JThe statement was his first direct ply to Mr. Mellen's Washington tlmony. which he examined, he II, from a stenographs report Mr. prgan's statement read: 'I became a director of the New Iven railroad In April ltll. and re ined Deoember 1, of the same year. e only reference to me personally Mr. Mellen's testimony has to do h the fact, that I, as a director of company called upon htm and i him that a change In the presl ficy was desirable. For that act. her as a director or an Individual, kccept full responsibility." Washington, May 2. According to reent plans of the Interstate com- free commission, It Is said to be un- ly that Charles W. Morse will tes- f' In the Investigation Into the New vn railroad's financial affair Mr. has written the commission Kgeatlng that he be afforded the op- irtnnlty but the commission Is said to I that he could add no Important ts to the Investigation. His name M brought Into the testimony by larks 8. Mellen, who told of a steam- FP deal that never was consummat ion attorney and physician repre- Mlng Morton F. Plant, one of the w Haven directors. Informed the mmlaalon today that Mr. Plant was I at his home In Oroton, Conn. - Mr. nt Is under subpoena and his test! Ny may be taken later. . Washington, May 26. Political and sclentlflo Washington today awaited with keen interest the coming of The odore Roosevelt for his third visit to the capital since he quit the presi dency mote thran five years ago. To deliver his lecture before the National Geographlo society was an nounced as the primary object of Col onel Roosevelt's visit, and scientists were eager to hear the story of his recent explorations In South Amer ica, . With equal Interest politicians of all parties awaited the outcome of the conference) of the party leaders in which the former president will par ticipate. It was expected by progres sive leaders that at this conference a plan, of action may be developed for the forthcoming progressive campaign. Former President Roosevelt was ex pected to arrive here at 8:20 p. m. to remain until midnight. ' Officials of the peographtc society, representatives of the progressive party in congress, per sonal friends and others were expected to bid him welcome on his arrival. First the program called for a visit by uin lorrner presiaem 10 me Dmiinso- nlan Institution, where he was to re view exhibits which he procured in his African explorations. From the Smithsonian institution Colonel Roose velt was expected to call at the White House to pay his respects to President Wilson. Next on the program was a call on Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, at his home, . where a reception was to ' do given In honor of the .diplomatic corps. His lecture before the peographlo so clety was arranged for. tonight and was to be followed by the conference with party leaders In congress at prog ressive party headquarters. . - Distribution of seats for tonight's., lecture broke all records of the goo graphic society's offices. Leave for Washington. . New York, May . 26. Theodore Roosevelt motored to New Tork from Oyster Bay this morning and left for Washington over the Pennsylvania railroad at 10 o'clock, v . Chatham County -Practically Eliminated From Panel Is Contention of the Defense. ' TORTS BLOCKED TO GET VOTE ON TOLLS .Washington. May 26 Efforts of "Mor Kern, democratlo leader, to a vote tomorrow on the Panama repeal, were blacked today when lore Leas of Oregon, and Weeks 1 Massachusetts rare jujtlra they ulrl address the senate Friday en tells qnentlon. Other senators, In 4'ng Senators LePoIletU and Cum- it are said to be preparing che on the subject. "r.Mof HutlMTland of Utah, Intro "d a resolution calling upon the "i?it to submit to areet llrltaln "'cpoasj for the creation of a spe- Impartial tribunal for erbltre i nf lha r-rr-a airatnat the eemp ' ef American 0"utla ships,- JUDGE DISMISSES W.J. BURKS CASE . i . 1 1 Holds Burns and Lehon Were Technically in Contempt, Howevr. Savannah, Ga., May 26. In the Unit ed States court this morning , the government announced it was ready In the trial of Nash, et al, In what Is known as the "naval stores trust' case.' Judge Samuel . Adams, attor ney for the defense, announced that he would be ready as soon as the first panel , of Jurors had been called When this had been done he ob Jected to the entire panel alleging that the Jury box had been Illegally prepared by Judge Emory Speer, April 80, 1910,. when the names now in the Jury box were placed there. The contention . of the . defense was that Judge Speer had alloted each county in the district a certain number of Jurors wlih the idea of practically ; eliminating Chatham county In which Savannah Is located. Judge Adams said there were but 16 Savannahlans whose names were In the box. He contended the county was entitled to at least . twice that number. ' He declared the action of Judge Speer In, arranging the man ner in which the names should go Into the Jury box . unauthorized and un constitutional. v . i Arguments upon his motion to strike . out the panel began at 10:60 O'ClOCk, . - V. . ... ' ; TTnrted StntteS tMntrlct Akermn de fended the method in which the Jury was drawn... The defendants are E. S. Nash, 8. P. Shotter,.' J. F. Cooper Myers and Carl Moeller. They are all from Sa vannah 'except Mr, Moeller, who ' Is Judge W. I. Grubb of Birmingham, from Jacksonville. Ala., is presiding at the trial. After bearing at length from Mr. Adams and the district attorney npon the motion to strike the Jury panel, Judge Grubb overruled the motion. The selection of the Jury was then begun. ' Atlanta, May 26. The contempt cases against W. J. Burns, the detec tive, and Dan Lehon his employe, were dismissed here today by Superior Court Judge Ben H. HtlL In dis missing the cases Judge Hill said that while , the detectives were tech' nlcally In contempt for having sent a witness connected with the Frank case outside the Jurisdiction of ths court, they had purged themselves by returning the witness and by their assurances to the court that their ac tion was not Intended to be contempt- uoua The defendants thereupon were dismissed. It had bsen charged that the de tectives after securing an affidavit from a negress, which was Introduoed as evidence In connection with Leo M. Frank's motion for a ne wtrlal. had sent ths woman outside the state, and that this action had been In con tempt of court The woman later was brought back to Atlanta by the de tectives. SMALL BOY KILLS HIS BABY SISTER Special to The Oasette-Newa Hickory, May 26. Thelma, the years old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Feree Lackey of West Hickory, was accidentally shot and killed at the'r home Heturday morning by her I years old brother. Two of the Lackey boys had been nlghtwatchlng at the Ivey Manufacturing company and the re volver they carried was alw tya hung up at the head of the bed In their room In the day time. They had maile It a practice to unload the weapon while It was hung up but on this morning had for some reason forgot ten to do so. Saturday morning while the mother was out the little boy secured the pis tol snd It ta thought was trying tc pull me narnm.r becic whn It was eherir(t. the hall entr1n the baby'i hed bthlnd Its ear Inflicting a mortal wound- SUFFRfiG ETTES ARE SD Six Months Imprisonment For Each of Picture Destroy ers; Four For Window Smashers. BORAH T PARTY UNCANNY STILLNESS DURING THE TRIAL One Frail Girl Defendant Col lapses From Hunger Strike Militant Harangues ' , The Jury. Gives a Glowing Picture of Amalgamation of Progres sive and Republican Elements. PREDICTS! VOYSr ENCOURAGING WELFARE CONFERENCE IS HEAD AT DETROIT Patrick H. Kelly Attacks the "Watchful Wating" Policy And Bryan's "Color- less Diplomacy." London, May 26. Almost uncanny stillness, in marked contrast to recent Police court scenes In which militant suffragettes participated, prevailed today during the trial and conviction of the women vandals of the Nation al gallery and Royal academy. Six months Imprisonment was or dered for each of the picture destroy ers. Several window smashers were condemned to terms of four months. Some of the women refused to give their names and were Identified by numbers. One frail girl, convicted as a window breaker; was so weak from the effects of a hunger strike that Bhe collapsed When brought in.' ' Freda Graham, -who slashed sever al paintings In the National gallery on May 22, harangued the Jury, de claring that she had attacked the pic tures "as a prol'-ft. against King George's illegal and unconstitutional action in refusing to receive a legal deputation of women. She added "What are five pictures compared with 80,000 pictures by the greatest artist of all, which are being shame fully defaced, damaged and degraded by men?" Mary Spencer, who damaged a pic ture at the Royal' academy on May 22, told the Judge that the only way left jfQt, women to -fexpress their views was to damage, property, as they re spected human life too much .to de mtrnv it ' . Extraordinary precautions have been taken at the Epsom race course to prevent any repetition of last year's tragic Interference' with the running of the derby when Emily Wilding Davison met . her death by Jumping on the course. A force of 2,000 police will be on duty during the race meeting while extra barracks have been put up around the course. AMERICANS WIN IN FIRST GOLF ROUND Versailles, May 26 Francis Oulmet, Jerome D. Travers, Frederick Herres- hoft and Praser Hale were among the American golfers who won their matches In the first round today of the French amateur golf tournament Oulmet defeated J. 8. Worthtngton, former Irish champion, I up and 6 to play. Travers won from F. R. Rad cllffe, up and I to play. Herreshoff, who was drawn against M. Esmond of La Boulle, had to play an extra hole but beat his opponent at the nineteenth. Hale beat Vagllano, 8 up -and 7 to Play. Harold Weber of Toledo, defeated F. J. Ruffer of Dalton Heath, England, a well known British golfer, by 6 up and 6 to play. : Charles W. Evans. Jr., of Chicago and Henry J. Topping of Greenwich, Conn., drew byes and did not play this morning. Arthur C. Lock wood of Massat.hu' setts was defeated by Charles A. Palmer, the former Irish champion, t up and 2 to play. J. T. Shanby of Deal. N. J., default ed to Erlo Appeiiey, of Sydney, New South Wales. METROPOLITAN RACING SEASON IS NOW OPEN New York. May 26. The Metropol Itan handicap, with Rock View, own ed by August Belmont, as the favorite among the ten entries, opens the thor oughbred racing season In the Metro- polltan district today at Belmont park. A Last's Ten Point, and Flying Fairy, owned by Captain E. R. fas satt, are rated high In the odds. Buck Horn, a western star, has many ad mlrera This la the twenty-first renewal of the time-honored Metropolitan handl can. Ths race ta over mile course and the purse Is estimated to be worth about ft, 000 to the winner. . Ilemlting Unturned Pittsburgh, Pa., May 26. On ord ers received today recruiting was re sumed at the naval station here. Fif ty mn, examined and accepted about the flme recruiting wss stopped May 1 Will be assembled and sent to Nor folk sn1 Philadelphia tomorrow. Of flrore were busy today with many ap plications fir etillatmenL EI TELL TALEJF PIRACY Spongers off Coast of Florida Driven From Vessel Which Is Burned. Huerta's and . American Dele gates Nearing Accord in Disposition of Trouble- ;. some Land Trouble, AGREE ON BASIS FOR RESOLVING DISPUTE i TENTAT VELY ABR LABOR GLAUS EE E So-Called Labor Union Ex emption Provision of Anti Trust BilL " Washington, May 26. Representa tives Webb of North Carolina, Carlln of Virginia and Floyd ' of Arkansas, members of the house Judiciary com mittee, conferred with President Wil son today over the -Clayton anti-trust bill. They also met Secretary Bryan for a short conference.- - Representatives of labor organisa tions Insist that such organisations b exempted absolutely from the effects of anti-trust legislation. The commit tee Is unwilling to make any sweeping concession, but there Is a disposition to compromise If It can be done without too radical a change In the Clayton measurs. A tentative understanding has been reached among house leders as to section 7 of the Clayton bill, which declares that nothing In It shall be construed to forbid the- organisation of labor and agricultural organisa tions, ths so-called labor union ex emption provision, and an additional provision that such organisations and the members thereof, In - hemselves. shall not be construed to b In re straint of trade of. In conspiracy In violation of ths anti-trust law. The other sections may be amended so as to specflcally state that strikers and primary boycotts are not Illegal acts. JOINT SCALE COMMITTEE IX COAL FlKIJtt MEETING Charleston, W. Va., May 26. The Joint scale committee of miners and operators of the Kanawha coal field went Into session here today In a final effort to settle their dlffervnnes. Lead era of the miners Intimated that If a settlement Is not reached soon a strike may be railed neat week. Anonymous Gift. Ithaca, N. Y., May 26. An anony mous gift of 1 100,000 for the erection of the first of Cornell university's long plannad reetdantlal dorniltorlns was announced today. Detroit, Mich., May 26. Pessimistic views of conditions under the national democratic administration and optl mlstlo predictions of the future of their own party were expressed by tho speakers at the Michigan republican state welfare conference here today. Party leaders from nearly every coun ty in the state attended the meeting. Speakers Included several members of the Michigan delegation in congress and United States Senator William E. Borah. "The republican party," said Repre sentative Patrick H. Kelly in his ad dress, "has been out of power but a little more than a year long enough. however, to demonstrate that the sooner It Is restored to power the bet ter It will be for our domestic afTalrs and also for our standing among na tions of the world. The most favor able thing that can be said of our pres ent industrial situation is that the business men of the country, emulat Ing the example of the president him- self, are pursuing a policy of "watchful waiting.' And, so far as our foreign relations are concerned, all the world realizes the difference between the colorless diplomacy of Bryan and the red-blooded . statesmanship of . Knox, Root, Sherman, Blaine and Seward." f Representative- Kelly also-attacked the tariff law. Detroit, Mich., May 26. A glowing plcure of the future of the republi can party reunited with progressive element -which left in 1912 was painted here today by Senator Wil liam E. Borah, of Idaho, speaking at a statewide "conference" of republl- canslm. "The republican party" said the senator "la coming beck Into power. The proof of It Is on every hand. The trend Is unmistakable. I said a year ago that the amalgamation wnicn would take place would be an amalga mation of the voters, not the assum ed leaders. I said furthermore that that was the only amalgamation that was worth while. The men who voted the third party ticket to the number of four million for reasons entirely satisfactory to them can neither be questioned as to their Integrity or purpose of their patriotism. But that It was a protest and not a mani festation of purpose to permanently leave the party la now established by facts and figures which cannot be doubted. "Now In view of this pionounced and unmistakable purpose of those who voted the third party ticket to ally themselves with the republican party. In view of the determination to support Its principles and Its poli cies what Is the task before us 7 It Is unquestionably to make our party equal to the tremendous problems which now concern us, up In this country, out of the tradi tions, the achievements and prestige of the past, the duties and obligations of the present, and the hopes and aspirations of the future, an organiza tion efficient, militant and progressive worthy of its old days and equal to the obligations which now rest upon us. It Is our duty. In no other words In unmlstskaMe terms to make It clear that the republican party Is to be as It was In Its best days, a thor oughly progressive party. We ought not to assume for a moment or con cede for a moment, that because the party bids fair to go bark Into power, there Is going to be any compromise with the forces which brought it near its ruin. There Is In this coun try a powerful influence for the bad In politics and It will take possession of any party In ths world. If It ran, which la enjoying power. This kind of sn Influence does not light a party In the open. It holds Itself In readiness to direct the course of any party which happens to be In power With such Influences there can be no com promise If we are to have a party which la going to meet and solve the great problems which a new Indus trial life and a new school condition have Imposed upon us. , "No man living In this splendid age, amid these exhlllratlng environ ments, ran afford to permit the cor roding polaun of pessimism to enter his soul. But on the other hand, the on ma of our as a Is that cold, cruel. selfish conservatism, which, living In Its ease and comfort, enjoying wealth and all It brings, reruse to see or sympathise with the conditions of those, who In the midst of a world of plenty, are bordering on the line of bungr and misery, who refuse to (Continued en rage Nine). Tampa, Fla., May 26. A tale of piracy, of looting a ship and robbing her crew, and finally of destruction of the ship by fire, off Marquesas banks, some 25 miles from Key West, is told by the crew of the schooner Edna Louise, belonging to the Tarpon Springs sponge fleet. The crew made Tampa this morning, coming along the lower Florida coast In a life boat into which they claim they were forced by some 25 men who came out of Key West Saturday in a steam launch, boarded the Loulae and at the point of pistols made her crew of 17 men load the life boat with a scant stock of provisions and leave In the small craft. After the Louise's crew left the boat, according to the story of Captain Henri Michel, the Greek commander, the Louise was set on fire. They saw her burn to the water's edge and the pirates leave. Then the life boat was pointed toward Cape Romalne, where they landed for fresh water, coming thence to Tampa, under sail. Captain Michel says the men on the launch took the Louise's crew by sur prise, leaping aboard with pistols drawn. They robbed the men of what money and other valuables they had, appropriated some of the diving out fits, ruined the remainder, then drove the crew overside into the life boat. This Is the . second occurrence of the kind in the past few days. On Friday the schooner Amelia of the Tarpon Springs sponge fleet was sunk half a mile from the Key West docks by Key West spongers, who dynamit ed her, according to the story told by her crew, who arrived here Sunday by steamer There is bad . blood be tween the Greek sponrfjrs of this mainland and the , "conch" spongers of Key West There Is a story here that a third schooner has been de stroyed somewhere off Grand Cay man. -' . u. Denial Made That Carranzat Has Refused to Consider ' Any Mediation 'ft Proposal. CONFEDERATES PART IN DECORATION DAY Raleigh, May 26. For the first time In the history of National Deco ration Day. the confederate drum corps of this city will render musio at the federal cemetery Saturday af ternoon and confederate veterans from the North Carolina Soldier's home will attend Decoration Day ex ercises in a body. State Treasurer Lacy will deliver the address. Alienists Meet. Baltimore, May 26. The seventieth annual meeting of the American Medico-Psychological association began here today and the sessions will be continued until Saturday. Alienists from all parts of the country are In attendance. Summer White Honee, Washington, May 26. A bill to convert the weather station at Mount It is to build JWeathwr, Bluemont, Va., Into a sum- mfr VYIlllV J1U11BB wu tiiw iruui ru iu- day by Senator Swanson, of Virginia. Washington, May 26. Administra tion chiefs said today they were en couraged by these cardinal develop ments In the Mexican situation: The Huerta and American missions , at Niagara Falls were nearing accord on the disposition of the troublesome land problem one of the causes of. Mexican unrest. A satisfactory basis for resolving the dispute between the Huerta govern-,, ment and the United States the in ternational phase of the equation was declared to have been reached. Denial had been made that Carranza had refused, to consider any form of mediation proposals. t Some men In the confidence of tho constitutionalists declared the north ern chief was closely - watching pro-: ceedlngs at Niagara and was seriously considering some proposals. Of those developments the view was taken in some quarters that reports that the two missions sought to ap proach the vexing agrarian problem In a spirit of conciliation, seemed most encouraging. The Huerta delegates were said to have receded from their original position that the land Issue , was for their first viewpoint that It should be settled at the mediation,, proceedings. ,With that factor giving promise of adjustment, the hope grew in administration circles that further aggressive movements" tJT Atrrertcan."" troops In Mexico could be averted, and peace ultimately restored In the south ern republic. -Reports from Mexloo City stated there was a hopeful feel ing among government officials y over the conference but they believed It . would continue longer than first antic ipated. Carranza' s ultimate position - over mediation was discussed again today by observers of the situation. Soma took the view that even if the north erners fought their way into Mexico City there still would be work for a mediating board In helping to estab lish a constitutional government; that the good offices of the South American republics would be needed to restore order out of the chaos of five years war. Reports from Mexico City that Hu erta faced serious straits because of the rumored depletion of his treasury -and growing unrest among the army, and the people, renewed Interest in the situation at the Mexican capital. , Normal Conditions I Normal conditions are prevailing again in Monterey, Consul General; Hanna reported. The railroad to Sal tlllo was to resume carrying passe n gers today and the consul reported; his plan to go to that city. Ship ments of American goods are coming Into Monterey, he reported, and trade If-rjerally Is being" re-established.' Haltlllo Is reported tranquil. Train acrvVe has been : resumed between ' Monterey, Tamplco and Matamoraa. 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