THE
HEVIELE CITIZEN.
THE WEATHER:
FAIR.
Associated Press'
Leased Wire Reports.
VOL. XXVI., NO. 27.
ASIIEVILLE, N.C., TUESDAY MORNING, NOV EM HEM lb 1909.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
DELEGATES DAZED
fly COURT S ACT1
IflCOfilEIHIPTCASE
Summons of Leaders For Sen
tence Win Interrupt Con
vention at Toronto
PROPOSED THAT ALL
CO TO WASHINGTON
Delegates do Not favor Sug.
gestlon of Two Weeks Strike
to Disapprove Decree
TORONTO, Nov., 15. Just as the
convention of the American Federa
tion of Labor was about to adjourn
for the day, a telegram was deceived
from Washington announcing that the
stay for the attorneys for President
Qompers, Vice-President Mitchell
and Secretary Morrison In the pro
ceeding against them for contempt
of court had been denied by the
Court of Appeals of the District of
Columbia. President Oompers was
plainly surprised and as he read the
message to the convention the dele
gates sat In silence as though dazed
by the court's action.
"That means that the resources of
the lawyers have been exhausted,
doesn't It?" asked one of the dele
gate. "The chair Is not In a position to
state," replied President Oompers.
Then, aa he read the message stating
"the mandate goes down Saturday
morning" the faces of hlqpself and hi.)
fellow officers betrayed the . anxiety
under Which they were laboring.
Is Appeal Allowed?
A telegram signed by the three de
fendants was at once dispatched to
their counsel In Washington asking
When It-would be necessary for thorn
to put In an appearance In order to
avoid forfeiting their ball bond.i,
which amount to $12,000. and stating
that they would like to remain In
Toronto until the close of the conven
tion Saturday evening.
i4amajot--ettain'i whether under
theHtwsOf the 'Dlstrlct of Columbia
we can appeal," said Mr. Gomperg af
ter adjournments "But If we do go,
the convention must stay here and
carry on Its proceedings In a digni
fied and orderly manner."
"We'll charter a train and all go
down with you" volunteered one of
the delegates." And even the ae
ceders will Join you." added J. J.
(Continued on page four.)
HUNT OF
EMBEZZLEMENTS WILE
NEVER BE ASCERTAINED
Books Prior to Five Years i
Ago Have all Been De
stroyed it is Pound
$322,000 MISSING
CINCINNATI, O., Nov. 15. Charles
I. Warrlner, formerly local treasurer
of the Hlg Four railroad, was Indicted
today on charges of grand larceny
and embeZJilement In the amount of
$5,000 on each count. While $643,000
Is known to have been stolen from the
railroad It developed today that the
company's cash hooks prior to 1905
have disappeared and that it will
never be possible to tell tho full
amount of the defalcation.
The comparatively small amount on
which Warrlner was indicted repre
sents the latest known theft.
Amazing figures were presented to
day, showing the progress of the
thefts for the last live years. The
shortage thus estimated amounts to
something more than $r.S,000 for
10,'. 190 and 1907 and to IG2.000
1n .iWa. nd $83,000 In 1909. The to
tal f6r five years- reaches $322,000.
Paid Out Blackmail.
Of this sum Marriner says he paid
J 100 month to each of two persons
in the form of blackmail. The rest,
he alleges, he los in speculation, try
ing to replace his thefts.
The MM interesting person to ap
pear before the grand Jury ws Mrs.
Jeanette Stewart Ford, whose con
nection with the case is still shrouded
In mystery. Mrs. Ford declared that
she had said nothing to the grand
Jury beyond the Indefinite statements
which she has already made public.
After the grand Jury had adjourned
for the day; Prosecutor Hunt an
nounced that Warrlner would be sum
moned as a witness to give evidence
against the persons whom he accuses
of blackmail.
SENTENCED TO HANG.
6TWESTER. Ga., Nov. 15 Wil
liam Rouse, a white man. who yester
day V" found guilty of the murdef
of' William D. Bailey at Poulart. this
county, was today sentenced by Judg)
Frank Park' to hang on (he last tday
of the year. December II. Motion for
a new trial will be heard soon. "
NEITHER LIVING
NOR DEAD FOUND
IN WRECKEDMINE
Attempts to Explore Shaft Frus
trated by Rekindling of Flames,
And Again Miners Are Sealed
up as in a Tomb of Fire.
CHERRY, 111., Nov. 15. The three
hundred or more miners who were en
tombed In the St. Paul coal mine by
If st Saturday's fire are dead. Some of,
the bodies He burled beneath thou
sands of tons of earth which caved in
upon them, and It Is doubtful whether
many of the bodies can ever be recov
t red.
This was the opinion expressed to
night when rescue work win tempo
rarily abandoned. Fires In the mine
which broke out with renewed fierce
ness early today made further de
scents by rescuers Impossible.
Fans employed In an effort to carry
fresh air and life down to tin1 Imprls
cned men served only to enliven some
embers which sprang into flumes. Soon
the heat find smoke became so dense
Ihut It was necessary to again seal the
mouth of the hoisting shaft and to
night the men down there, whatever
their condition, are locked in as effect
ively as in a dungeon.
300 roffliiH Ordered.
Whatever attempts to take out the
bodies will be made tomorrow dependc
on the condition of the Internal tires.
It Is possible that carbonic acid bob
will be forced to the bottom of the
mine tomorrow to choke the mimes.
It was said tonight that three hun
dred coffins have been ordered. Half
of them will arrive tomorrow and half
the following day. Meantime the sev
eral score of nurses who were rushed
here look forward to no prospect of
heroic work in reviving Injured men.
It la believed that no one will be
brought out of the mine alive.
Hope swung frequently fn the bal
ance today. Hefnre the fire broke out
again, rescuers descended four times
Intp the shaft. Then the rumor cir
culated quickly through the crowds
that the men below hud been reached
and that the reason they were not
brought up Immediately was that they
were exhausted by lack of food and the
smoke. . - '
Found Neither Living Nor Dead.
But the truth was far different. The"
rescuers did, on one occasion, go
down three hundred feet to the bottom
of the hoisting shaft. Then groping
their way with electric lamps and
kept alive by oxygen curried with
they, they penetrated 150 feet Into the
bottom gallery. Hut none of the miners
either dead or ulive were found.
"Hey, are you there?" cried the
rescuers, but nothing was heard In
response; It was conjectured the mln-1
WOMAN DIED.IUIAN LIVES
TO RELATE WEIRD TALE
OF I
T
Had Known Each Other But
Two Weeks But Pact
Held Good
MAY BE EMBEZZLER.
HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 13. The
gruesome tale of a suicide pud which
In its fulfillment cost the life it
Iilanche Ferguson, of Washington and
nearly that of her companion, Fred J.
Held, of Cleveland, was told today by
Held at a hearing before the chief
of police. Though the couple had
known each other only two weeks
they had made two attemipts to die,
according to Held. The night of their
arrival here they drank the contents
of a phial of morphine. This being
without the desired effect, Held had
the bottle refilled and the couple
spent their hist money In decorating
their ilenth chamber with white flow
els. Then they drunk the mixture and
lay down to sleep what they hoped
would le their last sleep. The girl
never awoke. Reid was saved by
prompt medical attention.
Ghastly white aud emaciated from
the effects of the drug, Reld denied
today that he handed the poison to
the girl. He helped himself and she
dhl the saime. he satd. Aa a result of
the story told by Reld, the police
say it is their belief that hi- wa
prompted to make an attempt upon
his life by remorse and 'because he
had used money belonging to his em
ployer. This money, acordlng to Reld
was to be used in paying workmen
under him in Cleveland, a dozen Of
whom were to have received a week's
pay each.
The body of the woman was sent
to relatives at La Plata. Maryland, to
day. JOHN O. KNOX JEAH.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 14. John O.
Knox, organizer and treasurer of the
Knox Experss company died here to
night of intestinal trouble. He. was
sixty-four years old and was born In
Bedgrade, Maine. Mr. Knox abso or
ganized and headed the company
that tiuilt and operated the Congres
hotel, whfrh in si mated close to the
eaprtol ahtl is well "known- to public
men throughout the UnKed States. '
era had crawled for safety Into the
recesses, remotest from the tire, but
to these parts the rescuers were un
able to go without reascendlng. He
fore they could rr-lescend the fire
had broken out. Gradually the crowd
about the mouth of the shaft began
to thin us hope seemed to wane.
. Pathetic SiKHtoj-le.
The spectacle about the mouth of
the wrecked mine at dusk was pa
thetic. A tall skeleton frame work
of Iron reaching skyward, surrounded
by a group of low wooden buildings
which a few days ago had been the
scene of Industry, suggested by their
desolutlon that hope had been aban
doned. Only a half down guards pa
trolled the premises. In the distance,
scattered over the Held a few women
wrapped In shawls looked on In si
lence. As a result of the disaster. ' there
are in this town of only a few hun
dred Inhabitants, ut least 1,000 or
phans and two h unci ml widows.
These are the figures of Duncan Mc
Donald, president of district No. 12.
United Mine Workers, who institut
ed ft roll call of the families of the
entombed miners.
Is the Still IIOH.
President Earllng of the Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad, de
dined to Ray more than that the men
are Just as safe now as they were yes
terday at this time. The mine Is too
big and has too many ramifications to
be filled witfi smoke yet. Ilesldee, the
smoke Is not carried downward by
any air currents. If the men were
alive yesterday, every man may be
alive now.
Mr. Karllng caused a house to
house canvas of the (miners to be
made. This showed 258 miners miss
ing, but some of the families were
not at home and It Is believed when
a complete list is obtained the num
ber of entombed miners will exceed
three hundred.
Thi morning dawned hopefully. At
an early hour the muln shaft, which
had been sealed since Saturday wen
opened and determined efforts be
gun by the volunteers to drug the
bodies from the wreckage.
Hefore nine o'clock the crowd as
sembled around the roped enclosure
and the workmen broke the seals of
tho Shaft. There was little smoke In
(Continued on page six.)
MERGER OF ALL COPPER
INTERESTS SEEMS TO RE
NEXT 01 TOE PROGRAM
Trading in Stocks is Re
sponse of Wall Street
to Rumor.
PRICES ADVANCED
NEW YORK, Nov. 15. More de
tailed reports regarding impending
merger or agreement among the great
copper producers today sent copper
stocks to new high records for the
year. There were denials and plenty
of rumors that the merger negotia
tions had gone beyond the tentative
sta.tjie, but it was generally admitted
that certain Interests are trying to
bring about an adjustment among
the product rs to regulate output and
thereby prevent overproduction and
the consequent depreciation In price
from which the trade has been suf
fering for the past two or three years.
The capitalization of the combine
according to best reports probably
will be close to the billion dollar fig
ures of the United Htates steel corpor
ations, although the arrangements
have not yet proceeded far enough to
establish any definite figures. A report
from IJoston to the effect that a cor
poration with a definite billion dol
lar capitalization was to be formed,
with the lirm of J. P. Morgan and
company In -charge of the financing
was said by a member ot the Morgun
firm to be untrue. Similar guarded de
nials from the offices of several of the
Independent copper roncems Indicat
ed that the negotiations are still mere
ly tenatlve. On the other hand Wall
street's confidence in the ultimate
success of the merger plans was In
dicated by the trend uf the " day's
prices. Amalgamated advanced to
4 1-4. a new high level since the
sjkring of 1907, and Anaconda reach
ed S3, a new high record for the
year. When the market closed, 160.
00 shares of Amalgamated, 46.000
shares of Anaconda mnd &7.000 ehares
of American Smelting bad been trad
ed in with net gain for tho day of
from 1 7-8 to three points for each.
WiU TWENTY
I ,J Wf'flt AN KILL if' I
MYSrOCK-COl J ' I
1 V fc f s a I -S(bV
I . k y we""!;:: s-
jSTTfc. UI1.I11! Jf IT ..UUM." r M I
CAPT. SHIPP FIRST TO GO TO JAIL FOR
CONTEMPT OF THE SUPREME COURI
Must Serve Ninety Days
States'
WASHINGTON. Nov. 1C. For the
first tlmo In American history, Blx
men are in prison xonlght for con
tempt of the Supreme court of the
(Tnited Btates. Kor the first time, too.
the federal government has placed
men behind the bars as an outcome
of the lynching ot a ni'gro.
, At the United Htates Jail in this
city, Captain Joaeph V. Hhlpp, for
mer sheriff at Chattunooga. Tenn.i
Jeremiah Gibson, hJ jailer; and
Luther Williams, Nick Nolan, Heriry
Padgett and Wllltstn Mayea ot tha
same cltr, this aftffnoon -began serv
ing terms of Imprisonment Imposed
a few hours before by the Supreme
court of the United States.
Shipp and Gibson tiad been found
guilty of fallltiK to protect from n
mob Kd Johnson, whose legal execu
tion for rape had been stayed by the
Supreme court until It could review
tho case. The others had been found
guilty of partlciputroii In the lynch
ing of a federal prisoner. Bhlpp, Wil
liams and .Nolan were grven sentences
of ninety days imprisonment each,
while Gibson, Padgett and Mayes re
ceived sixty days .ach.
As tho big barred doors of the
Jail swung open t receive the prison
ers this afternoon, Immediately after
sentence had been rmposed. Warden
McKee stood before them.
"At least we lire in the hands of a
soldier," exclaimed Captain Bhlpp.
who had been In many a light for
:;he Confederacy, us he espied a G. A.
R. button In the lapel of Warden Mc
Kee 's coat. Then turning to his li"e
fellow prisoners. h. said:
"Hoys. It will tie all right."
Warden McKee has Inaugurated
.nethods of pun sbment at the Jail as
humanitarian as t lie various clashes of
irisoners will all""-, and he was pre
FIFTY LIVESftND MILLION
impossible Yet to Estimate
Full Kxtent of Damage in
Out h nig Dist ricts
KINGSTON. J.rrnnlca. Nov. 1 !.
While it l yet impossible to give an
Hcrur.'ite statement of the loss of life
mil damage h, ,r,iM-rty as the result
if the storm,, it i variously ei mated
hat about fifty persons were drowned
iy the floods and that the material
lamatte will not be less than ll.lir.O.
100. The principal loss was to the ba
mna plantations the northslde of
he Island, anil lew shipments will
oe possible, before January. The
:outhslde or the Island was practi
cally uninjured and the situation here
Is not serious.
WASHINGTON, Xov. IS. Forecast
for North Carolina: Fair In' east, rain
In west portions Tuesday, Wednesday
rain; light variable winds shifting to
east.
The Bird Season Is On.
'V .. r
III icntn ft i i
r LOMt ABOUHDA
In Federal Prison for Failing
Prisner From Lynching at
of Mob.
pared for the reception of the six men
from Tennessee.
Pleasant Quart th Ready.
About n yiiir ago during the Im
prisonment of uu unusually large
number of women, the warden had
fitted up a store room on the fourth
flour of t.ie Jail as quarters for female
prisoners. It was In this large rootn,
perhaps twenty by thirty-live feet
that he locked the sx prisoners,
i In the room wure beds for ench
of the prisoners, while at one nd was
a table upon which ''trustees" will act
their meals three times a day A rtth
room, adjoining the room, will be
used by the prisoners exclusively.
Kour large circular windows open to
the south and west, lving excellent
views of the front of the buildings.
Preferred Jail Ut Pen.
In fact, so pleasant did the pris
oners find the quarters that Captain
Shlpip sent his attorney, Major Cllft,
to the office of tho Bupreme court, to
withdraw request he had made when
sentence was Imposed to be sent to
the federal prison at Atlanta, Go., In
stead of the Jail In this city.
During the afternoon the six men
received calls f rom Tennesseans and
others. Sitting on his straw bedhalf
recflnlng on his pillow of tr.aw. Cap
tain Shlpp made this statement:
"We are vey well pleased with the
treatment given us by Warden McKee.
and are delighted with tho quarters
assigned us."
A few hours In Jail made Gibson
reminiscent. He told his companions
that this was not the first time he
had been In prison In Washington. I
"Rut the other time I was brought
here as a Confederate prisoner." he
ild.
Solemn Scene In Court. .
contempt case was taken
The
up
ANDERSON TRACTION CO.
IS SOLD Br RECEIVERS
Bought hy Syndicate Who
Will Improve and Extend
to Spartanburg.
CH A nijOTTB, N. C. Nov., in.
The Anderson Traction coinpuliy was
Hold In Greenville, K. C, today to a
syndicate composed of I.. W. Parker.
W. J. Thackston and II. J. Hayns
worth, of Greenville, K. C. and J. H.
and 11. N. Duke of the American To
bacco company. T purchase was
made from K. W. Hobnrtson of Col
umbia, who bought the company at
receivers auction recently. The line
will be extended to Greenville and
Spartanburg at once and the name of
the company will bo changed to the
Anderson, Greenville and Spartanburg
Traction company. The line at pres
ent extends trom Anderson to Helton,
a distance of about elKhteen mllefl. Pa
pers of Incorporation will be applied
for at once. The amount involved In
the transfer or the property has not
been made public. A survey for the
extension of the line will be made ut
an early date. The distance from An
derson to Spartanburg, the proposed
terminal .is about seventy-five miles.
COTTOSI ltn'RIeJCr I.
nowrnv. Nov. 15. To help move
the immense quantity of cotton, now
being brought from the Boutn me aa
dltlon of three sailings per week from
Savannah was announced today hy the
ocean Steamship company. Under
the new schedule the eompsny will
bring North about 20.000 bales of
cotton weekly.
Si
Ptoses
THt OLD
aiui too,
ot ;
to Protect Negro, a United
Hands
today as soon as the Justices took
their places In tho court room. So
licitor Bowers, of the department of
Justice, upun receiving; a nod of reo
ognltlon from Chief ' Justice Fuller,
called attention of the court to the
fact that defendants were In court In
response to Ha order and suggested
that the court Impose sentence,
' The chief Justice directed Clerk
McKenhey to call the defendants 'be
fore the bar. Aa the 'names of the six
men, the sheriff, the Jailor, the four
men, charged with ravine been mem
brs of the mob that topic Johnson's
life, rang through the little court
room. A stillness as of death settled
iiver all. From eachv defendant cmm
the solitary word "present." Thejr then
stood up for sentence.
Chief Justice Fuiter then read the
sentences,
Sheriff Bhkpp took the sentenoe
more calmly than any f the others.
After the chief Justice had concluded,
he walked over to Marshal Wright
and askvd him where thla officer of
the court wanted him to gw.
Tears came to Padgett's eyes and
he used his handkerchief freely. Wit
ness sat down as If exhausted, when
Attorney Chandlee asked that hi
client be sent to Atlanta, He remained
sitting until Attorneys Cllft and
Shepherd made similar repuests for
the other defendant.
The marshal of the court deputised
the marshal of the District of Co
lumbia to take the men to Jail and
at 1.30 o crock this afternoon, they
were behind the bars.
Ktrlklng Figure.
Heading the little group of six men
found guilty of contempt, as they
look their places before the black-
(Continued on page tlve.t
NOTHING IN TREATIES
TO CJOSEjr FRICTION
State Department Declares
Japan Has Observed Let
ter of Open Door Policy.
WASHINGTON, Nov., 15. The re
cent treaties entered Into by China
und Julian oh to the operation of coal
mines along the South Manchurlan
railway and the Antung-Mukden rail
way do not create monopolies ahd
hence are not violations of the "open
door" or the "equal opportunities"
principles to tho observance of which
all of the leading powers represented
granted. This Is the concluuslon
reached by ythe state department af
ter a long and careful Investigation of
the question Involved.
The department today Issued a sate
ment which said:
"In view of the widespread public
ity of the statemtnt that the recent
Chinese-Japanese agreement relating
to Manchuria created for Chinese and
Japanese subjects a monopoly to carry
on mining operations along the South
Manchurian railway and Antung-Muk.
den railway which would exclude
Americans from an extensive field
of indu-itrlal enterprise. Inquiry
has been . mudo of the two
signatory powers and official as
surance has been received to the ef
fect that some exclusive claim to min
ing rights was intended by the agree
ment: and that If minerals are found
by Americana or others within the des
ignated territories, no objection will
be made to their working such mines
tinder, concessions granted by Chinas
the whole, scope and' purpose , the
screentent being that any operation
by Chinese and Japanese subjects of
the m Inert within tli territory. .men
tioned should be Joint its between
themselves," .,. , ..,; i, . ,
L
GRAVER SCATJDAL
Is Thought to Foreshadow Ex
tonslvo .Inquiry Into Its :
OperaUonsYisewhere ;
LOEB GIVKS ALL THE
CREDIT TO K005LVELT
Treasury Official Open to Cri t
icism In charges Made .
by Subordinate
NEW YOItK, Nov. IS. While the
i legal machinery of the government
moves slowly, the air of uncertainty
wnicn surrounds tne so-called sugar
fraud cases Is Interpreted bw those
who havg followed! ths progress of
corporation Investigation lu this coun
try to foreshadow an Inquiry which
may rank with ths insurance uphea
val of 1(06. u
; Boston and Philadelphia were
brought within the scops of the la
Vcstlgatlon today wlh ths report that
ths government probably would at
tempt to obtain hack duties due on
sugar In those cities, while the Invest!- ,
gatlon went on In New Tork with re.
peated rumors of reaching ths "melt
higher up." Henry JU Btlmson, acting s
as special attorney for ths government '
In the cases declined to discuss this -,
talk of proseouting bigger men, nor
would he eommtnt on any develop
ments In thla city. 4 '
Hack to noosevelt,
William Xoeb, Jr., collector of the
net. elfl ' ,irMi to he retlcm,
but he repeated that It wag through
the determination and Influence uf
Theodore Roosevelt that the Infestlgn-
tlon and prosecution of the ' sugar
frauds was undertaken. According to '
Mr. Loeb, he had talked over the mat
ter With Mr. Roosevelt thoroughly he
fore he (Uiebl took chsrg of the
customs house her and consequently
hc'Jtad woll denned policy muppetl
out when he assumed office.. , . it
i With ths denial from Washington '
today by James B. Reynolds, former :
assistant secretary of this treasury that
h had la any way opposed the investi
gation while in office, came the an
nouncement In New York by Richard .
Parr, through 'wlfUae statement Mr,
Reynolds', actions and motives were
placed open to criticism, that he had
been misquoted and misunderstood.
Parr's Statement. 1
Parr, who IS still engaged at ths
customs house, issued the following
statement: , '
In regard to the statement that
Mr. J. U. lleynolde, the former assist
ant secretary of the treasury depart
ment ordered special agent Parr. first
TRUSTMAYREUEA
to Cuba and then to Ban Francisco .
for the purpose of preventing; Parr ; '
from pursuing tho sugar investiga
tion further, Mr. Parr stated . that ,
there was a' misapprehension; that he
did not charge Mr. Reynolds with
ordering htm to Gubo, or to Baa "rn. I
clsoo for ny Improper purpose?, and
that the reporters had misunderstood
his statement. The trip to Ban Fran '
Cisco was ordered by Mr. fteynolde.
but It was so ordered at ths request of
United Htates District Atorney Btlm
son. who feared that Parr's health was
being undermined by the eontlnued
strain of tho Investigation. A to the
remainder of the Interview, Mr. Parr
states that It Is absolutely true snit
correct as printed, and that ho will
produce the necessary evidence in sup-.,
port thereof at the proper .moment."
On Cgso Transrerwi.
One of the few outward develop- .
ments In the situation In New Tork
today was tho transfer of one of the
most Important case set for trial from
federal Jurisdiction In Brooklyn to
Manhattan. Accordingly, James F.
Bendernnael. former general superin
tendent of the American Sugar Refln
na company In Williamsburg, will
plead tomorrow In tho United State ,
District court In New Tork proper.
Me gave ball Immediately after hi '
arrest last Friday. HI trlul together
with other Included in" blanket
Indictment will begin on November l. ,
(Continued on page four.) "'
ROUND UP DF ITALIAN
E
Police Think They ( Have
Unearthed Nest of ; Gi-eeii
Goods Men . --vU'V
NEW YORK, Nov; 15. By the ar
rest of thirteen Italians today. United
State secret service men and the Ital-r
Ian squad of the New Tork police :
think they have rounded up the lead
ers of a band which has trafficked for
at least a year In large amount of
counterfeit money made In Palermo,
Italy, and circulated in America.
The prisoners who were taken in
raid upon severs 1 .Italian shops and
home Include dulsseppe Morello In
whose lodgings were found seven al
leged black hand letters written by
htm to merchants In, New Orleans 8dd
returned, the police, believe, by mer
chants who met the demands for mon
ey, -.. -i.f ),r... v, ' '"'.
Pasqitale yaU. another bf the' met,
nod la Ills possession, 1,200 counter
feit two dollar bills. . ,