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' ""1 THE MHEY1EEE CITIZEN. THE WEATHER: FAIR. Associated Press , Leased Wire Reports. VOL. X&VL, NO. 30. ASIIEVILLE, N. C., FRIDAY MOliXIXU, NOVEMBER 19, 1!M!. PRICE FIVE CENTS. pniirrDnirrmiii Ulll LIILIIUL WILL ELECT DELEGATES Am ? a .- 4m Kit C Art if Mil W aUUUB bW leu WVg v v n ft a r . a v Districts II1JIIIUI IVtw tt,n.v jond Day of Conference A ears up Routine And Pre r pares For Serious Work IICKOIIY, N. C. Nov. 18. The ,.te conference of the ( Methodist "piscopal church assembled for its cond dav's work here this morning -t nine o'clock and roll call being dis pensed with for the remainder of .the sessions, the devotional services were led by Rev. J. D. Arnold. Aimm the Intpf-MRtinir reborts re ceived were those rrom Weavervllle college submitted by President Dean; of Rutherford college, Greensboro Fe male college. Trinity, and Davenport Female college, and all were referred to committees. The renort of the children's home trustee was also presented by Super intendent A. H. Hvs. Much of the morning session was taken up by the consideration of the characters of undergraduate After they had been passed upon (lass of eight undergraduates were admitted to the order of the elder, and a class of eight to the. order of deacon. The deacons will be ordained Sunday morning and ordination of the elders will take place Smiday night. ' Elect Delegates Today. Tomorrow the conference will elect delegates to the general conference of the church which meets In Ashevllle next May. There will be six clerical and six lay delegates chosen and the rivalry for the election Is quite keen 1 , kA nn ih.l thfa iji the tlrtlt iu m.v- -.-- - time the general conference of the church has ever been held lu the state. Before, the. election the class which is to be. received In full con-nrtloa-iU ..to aJntlUfld,,, i . - "Rr.- iY-Cv Troy addressed the' con ference asking to be retired to the superannuated class as lie Is In fall ing health. Rev. M. T. mathcre In the class of the first year was discon tinued at his own request. Rev. Gross Alexander editor of The Methodist Review made an nddress In which he explained the growth of (OontliioMl tm page four.) GREW ABANDONS VESSEL TO BUTTLE WITH AIIO WAVES FOR HARBOR Without Food Sixty Hours Captain and Eight Men Finallv Cast Ashore SCHOONER A WRECK WILMINGTON, N. C, Nov. 18. The unkonwn four masted schooner previously reported ashore on Frying Pan shoals today proved to be the Eleazer W. Clark, 849 tons Captain F. W. Wyman. bound from New York to Savannah with asphalt paving blocks. Both vessel and cargo are a complete' loss, the tugs Blanche and Sen King and the revenue cutter Seminole hav ing been unable to render assistance last nlg.ht on account of the south west gale prevailing along the coast. Captain Wyman and crew of seven men left the vessel at 8 o'clock last night in two yawl boats aa she began to go to pieces and after a terrible battle with wind ana wave until day light this morning they were thrown up on Bald Head island beach from whence they were taken over to Soulhport, N. C, and brought to Wil mington tonight. They were without food or slet-p for about sixty hoyrs. The schooner was beating down tli coast yesterday morning In an effort to get Into the bigit on account of ihe gale prevailing off snore when she struck on the shoal that was formerly the anchorage of the Cape Fear light ship. She dropped anchor and flew signals of distress but the wind in creased In violence and she dragged anchor aa she was thrown further up on the ehoals. At sundown yesterday the crew took to the 'boats, leaving everything; except a few personal ef fects and after drifting all night reached Bald Head beach. They say that the vesesl went to pieces within an hour after they left here. BANK CALX, ISSt'KD. , WASHINGTON. Nov. 18 The comptroller of the currency today is sued a calt for the conditions of bus iness In National banks to the close of business November 1. AT M EETI N G TO DAY TWO AMERICANS ARE PUT TO BE A TH BY NICARAGUA'S President Taft Orders Warships Sent to Coast to Protect Inter ests of Americans After Out rage is Reported. WASHINGTON, (Nov. 18. Two American war vessels have been or dered to proceed to Nlcaraguan waters and President Taft has postponed in definitely his meeting of Isidore Ha sera, the new minister from Nicaragua to this country as the result of news received here to the effect that two Americans, Leonard Gruce and Leroy Cannon, captured while serving with the revolutionist army in Nicaragua have been sentenced to death by President Zelaya's orders and it is be lieved that sentence has already been curried out. Orders have been issued for the cruiser Vicksburg to proceed in all huste to Corinto, and the gunboat Dos Moines will proceed at once to Port Limon to observe events there and report the situation at that point by wireless. Zelaya Would Not Act. The news as to the two Americans reached the state department lust night from the American consul at Managua, who state that their capture had been followed almost immediately by a death sentence. The consul Immediately appealed to President Zelaya to commute their sentence and his answer was: "I will see." Later, on further appeal. Zelaya said that "the sentence was final." A dispatch received today at the state department Is to the effect that the men have undoubtedly been ex- j ecuted. Upon this Information thej secretary ot atate asked the secretary of the navy to order the Vicksburg to proceed in all haste to Corinto for the purpose of protecting Americans ami American Interests. ShlMi Hurry Forward. The Des Moines was also ordered to proceed to Port Limon at top speed for the. same purpose. These vessels will be In constant communica tion by wireless with the state de partment. The Des Moines, nojr at Colon, can reach . Port Limon within ten hours, steamtrntrtrmtBr fof'ced draught. - The Vicksburg Is on the Pacific coast at San Jose de Guatemala, nearly two hundred miles from the Nlcaraguan coast and will be able to reach Cor into at about the same time the Des Moines arrives at Port Limon. President Taft Incensed. The brutality of the Nlcaraguan government in ordering the execution of these, two Americans who happened THRICE IN SHADOW OF GALLOWS IS RESPITES TO SENTENCE FOR LIFE! Man Who Tried to ,hcaf Gallows by Suicide Final lv Cots Commutation MENTALLY UNSOUND ATLANTA, Ga.. Nov. 18. Governor I Brown tonight commuted to life Im- prisonment the death sentence of Dr. J. M. Elliott of Lagrange, who was j to be hanged tomorrow for the mur- i der of G. L. Rivers August 6. 1908. j Thus is terminated one. of the most j noted murder trials in the history of ! this state. Thrice a date, of execution ! of Elliott has been et, on two oc- j casions brief respites by the governor saving him from the hangman's noose. Two weeks ago Elliott swallowed a large dose of bichloride of mercury in the county Jail at Lagrange, and because of his critical condition the day folowing, Friday, November 5, Governor Hrown granted him a re prieve for two weeks. It was late tonight when Governor Hrown announced hjs decision to commute Elliott' sentence f.nd his reasons were not announced. It Is be lieved, however, that the question of Elliott's sanity, stressed by his attorn eys and friends had weight with the governor. Elliott killed Rivers while he and his family were guests at Rivers' hotel at Lagrange. Elliott ehot the hotel man it was said. In a J'alous frenzy, charging him with Improprieties to wards Mrs. Elliott., At the trial and later there developed nothing to bear out Elliott's delusion. For ssVeral years before moving to Lagrange he lived In Macon. Many of the best citi zens, including physicians, cf that place and Chattanooga, his blltr.place, made strong appeals to Governr Brown to commute the man's sen tence, believing him mentally unbal anced. It is declared by many that he was addicted to the use of two deadly drugs for many years, and while he 'was a resident of Macon he attempt - ed to kill two men. one of wtiom was badly injured. to he found in the revolutionists army without trial of any sort, i likely to result In this governments taking drastic measures to prevent a repeti tion of It. and President Zelaya will bo held to a strict accountability for his action. : sf President Taft upon receipt of the news was so incensed that he imme diately announced he would have no communication whatever with the new Nlcaraguan minister. That of ficial was promptly so Informed. At the Nlcaraguan legation It was stated that no news of the executlti cf the two Americans had been re- ci ived. Professional Revolutionist. Nothing is krfbwn at the state de partment of the antecedents of Leon ard Grace, who Is reported to Have been shot by order of President Ze luya, but the other American, Leroy Cannon, seems to have had an unusual career in Central Amerlcn. Borne j ears ago he went to Central America, and since then his name has figured prominently in revolutions in those countries. During his career he has been arrested a number of times and tried for heading raids and on several occasions has narrowly escaped a death sentence, it is alleged. Does Not Mean War. The action of this government In sending the two warships into Nlca raguan territory 1h not to be regarded as a warlike demonstration against that country. These vessels will re port developments in Nicaragua as promptly as possible and will not as sume a belligerent attitude, except In case of extreme need. I The state department has already taken steps to ascertain all of the ma terial facts connected with the rapture and supposed execution of Cannon and Grace and when this Information la received the government will take such action as the case may war rant. CANNON PENNSYLVANIA. " M AHRfHttUflCJ. P-ti-r.ov. ". Leroy Cannon, reported shot In 1 Ni caragua as n revolutionist, was a na tive of this city and was twenty-nine years of age. De hail been living in Central America for eight years and in that time had been heard of half a dozen times figuring In hazardous en terprises. Within a year word was re- ( Continued on in ire four.) WOMEN SUBJECTED TO BT ZELAYA'S SOLDIERS Families of Rebels Run Down Summarily shot and and Homes Burned TIME TO INTERVENE NEW ORLEANS. Nov. 18 A cubic to The Picayune from Panama says: Passengers arriving ffom Nicaragua today report that a reign of terror ex ists throughout the portion of that country controlled by President Ze laya. Government tioops are round ing up every person suspected of sym pathy with the revolutionists and ex ecuting them without trial. More than five hundred men suspected of revolutionary sympathies have been Miimmarlly shot and still the blood) work continues. Residences are ran- j sacked hy Zelaya's soldiers in search oj incriminating letters or evidence and when resistance Is offered the houses are destroyed. Women relatives of revolutionary sympathizers have l een subjected to the most horrible Indignities and out runes. Nlcaraguan refugees arriving on the isthmus In Costa Hiea declare It Is time for the civilized powers to forci bly intervene and put an end to such barbarities and atroeitieB. That the revolutionists are almost fnlirely out of ammunition was the report brought to New Orleans to night by passengers arriving here on the steamship Imperalor from Blue flelds. For this reason, it is stated, the forces of General Estrada were compelled to evacuate Oreytnwn and to neck cover until ammunition and arms could be received. CANTON CROSSING IS ABANDONED RALEIGH, N. C. Nov., 18 It was learned yesterday that the matter of building an overhead passage across the Southern railway tracks at Oan tIn, a distance of about one hundred and fifty feet, was refused the town by the corporation commission un less the town would consent to close the present grade crowing.- The citi zens of Canton are" in favor of the j overhead passage but do not wish to give tip the present grade croesis on account of its convenience, 4 "-imf J r rzz7i iSo I ?4 1 2m5 DESCEND INTO INFERNO BUT WILL Work of Rescuefof Dead Miners Will Begin Vigorously. One Body Brought up and Others Seen j)y those who Went Down into Shaft. Women Follow Ambulance Seeking Their Dead. CHRHllV. Ills., Kov. With the recovery of one body believed to be that of Ole Krobcrgi Ifie discovery of nineteen others . which could be brought to the surface and a. deter mined attack on the lire that Is burn ing in the mfl pit, progreas towards the reaching of the three hundred bodiea in the fW. Paul mine progress ed more rapidly today than at any other time since the ilre Htarted i Saturday. ' g The air shaft fullomag the explor ation that resulted In llie finding of l.w'.ly to&iFM .tmA4iamiXcm4 a full stream of water was directed Into it. Then lhc main shaft was opened. The temperatura of this shaft has bwn well over one hundred degrees, but continuous sprinkling today re duced It to about ninety degrees. No (inn iii Shaft. Men In ItelmetH lirsrt descended to ,the fatal second gn-.fery. They report ed the mouth of the drift blocked by timbers and mud, but the fact that their safely lampH were, not exting uished Indicated tlie absence of black damp. The next squad In descend went without helmets am; reported condi tions perfect for an attack on the flames within the Knilirry. Great diffi culty was experienced n lowering the sufficient length of hose. Various crews made the descent. They reported there was little heat at the mouth of the tullery, but that a search for the bnuVn would not be COURT GRANTS LABOR LEADERS SHORT STAY Will Pronouine Sentence for Contempt on 2f)tli Un less Appeal is Taken WASHINGTON. Nov. IS. The court of Appeals of ilie District of Co lumbia, U4"n reqie -t f counsel for the labor lenders, today granted u stay until Novemb, i 2 for the ln riuance of the maiebiti' sending Prcxl dent Gompers, Vb-e-p resident Mitchell and .Secretary Mnrri -on. of the Amer ican Federation of Labor to jail for contempt of the Kn;,r.'me court of the District of t.'olumle.i In the Hueks Stove and Range company rase. Chief Justice Sh. oard stated that j if the labor leaders Nad by November ?Q the fi:v tin. Koioeme court of the itnit.wi H.t,'... ,...,.,, v,.ne filed in that ! court a fieltion for ertlorarl. on ap plication a furth'-r slay of the man date would Im- grunted pending the determination hy tie higher tribunal of the application. As a remilt of thl action flompers. Mitchell and Mori i-.n need not has ten rrom Toronto Washington uh it will not be necen.ir for them to sur render under thi-ii londH. nor will they have to have .course to habeas corpus Toc eedlriK mm WASHINGTON. Nov. 1 . Forecast for North Carolina: Fair Friday, at- urday'fair warmer, light to moderate to east winds. His Days Are Numbered. i -IZn. NOTTELL WHATTHEYSAW practicable until the blocked open ing had been cleared of debris. This promised to be a tedious process and It was predicted that the work would require at least eighteen nous, Beyond those uhstructlons the dead are believed to He In heaps. Waiting (or Tlieir Dead. National guardsmen patrolled an area roped off about the shaft, but ! against the barriers a crowd of Itnx luus women and children pressed far into the night. They refused to bet lleve the repeated assertions that nq'orere was ordered to the work and uwmmmtit wH.jiMiM. recover Imtllee tonight Charity work progressed rapidly today. Director R. P. lileknell of the American Her Crosn, after vlnltlng many homes reported that 10S out of 1&5 famlllee had been given a week's supplies of groceries each. The temper of the people was fear ed, and un attempt to keep secret the finding of the bodies was made. Those In authority bound themselves to maintain silenco. That more than one victim had been discovered was not generally known at nightfall, and a plan wa afoot to attempt the re moval of other bodies lute at night. The one brought to the surface was oncealed for an hour at the top of the pit before being turned over to the undertaker, and then only be cause the discovery had become known. Wouldn't Tell lloirorn. Of the horrors which they encoun tered In the min gallery none of Hie HOSPITAL FIRE LAID TO J Twenty Helpless Patients Were Jiarelv Saved From! i the Flames SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 18. T. T. Saunders, a discharged Janitor of St. Luke's hospital, which was partly de stroyed by fire eaity today was ar rested tonight on suspk-lon of being responsible for the nlaie. He resisted arrest, but was' overpowered. H re- fused to make any statement. Twenty patients, many of them suffering from broken limbs and ut- (ery helplegn were carried out of the burning structuro by the police nearby Nurses and ear men from th barns unltnd In this work. j,he office of sheriff. Shlpp himself It was reported Soon Hfter the lire! says he is taking no part In such a started that one man had been left ! movement and hf entirely In the hand. ... mf hla triunna In the bullcWng but this was aenieu j by th hospital authorities The pa- tlent. "''-'"" tne-main P According to the police was discharged from bis position three days ago and since then had (appeared ai 1.1115 imwicui .oiiu wi,. I disturbance. Policemen wer called to drive him from the hospital Just be fore the fire started but he- escjiped In the confusion that followed. Ct'IlcTY OF MUKOKIl. SVLVANIA. Ga., Nov. 18. Rufu' Lucas, survivor In a fatal duel with V. W. Hodges, a merchant of Oliver, his uiUutyt iO theJattcr's store sev eral months ago, was today found guilty of murder with a recommenda tion to the mercy of th court Thl verdict carries with It the sAitence of life Imprlnonmpnt. Lucas fought -Hodges because the latter, he claimed, had circulated derogatory statements about him. In the battle Luca was 1 badly wounded. OF MINE explorers would speaR, but their faces were palo ami their hands trembled when they emerged. This much was learned the bodies were ' scorohed and swollen. Death might have been due either to Rus or flame. After the reiiwval of the body the expert held a short conference and upon the conditions reported It was determined to break the seal of the main .shaft at once.. A. force of lab- Sy Art o'clock ttw wneeaied hntt KM belching out gases and smoke. Prep arations were made at once to reduce the temperatiire In the shaft. News of the recovery of the first body spread rapidly through the vil lage and as the ambulance, flanked by soldiers, passed through the street, women rushing out of their ihomes pushed frantically through the crowds In a vain attempt to look Into the wagon. Rumor was that the body was that of a boy. Mothers who lost their sons In the mine pushed forward and were told that the body was that of a man. Immediately a score of women who had lost their husbands pressed to- ward the wagon. States Attorney Eck art gently told them that identifica tion would require some time and the crowd thinned away from the wagon, but until late at night the little brick morgue was surrounded by anxious Inquirer. PRISON LIFE BEGINS TO TELL ON PRISONERS Sheriff Shipp and His Pel low dMsoners Not Used tfo Close Confinement WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 Prison life Is beginning to show Its effects on the six men In the district Jail here for contempt of the Supreme Court of the United States. Captain Joseph F. Shlpp, the former sheriff at Chat- j lanooga, is beginning to feel his con finement keenly, to fact, Jeremiah Gibson, the Jailer, known to all In the Jail now as "t'ncle Jerry," Is the most composed man of the six. 1 itnjt 1 r.1mrr(IOT, M CnntlflllS tO ,-,,. -in a,,,. ...,, . .. .. come in rrom Mammon cuumy, mv !of them addressed to Shlpp and many j f (hem prertlrtnB; hi, reflection to j " - - " '' , .. mny fumm) prl,on,r, ,,ns men u. ,i, ,,!'re going through the Same mode of Bjunncra .,i v, .,,rie fare as the 1 ...,,. hin ih. walla. Their meals are served to mem mere and they do not mingle with the oth er prisoners. Captain McKee .the warden, has Just put In force a new system of feeding his prisoners. The new dining rooms, each seating about 250 are now In use and the men no longer eat In the cells n- thev have been doing for thirty three year. VALE PEACH BASKET AN1MEREYWID0WS COLUMBIA. 8. C. Nov.. 18 Call ing for co-operation on the part of the women of -other churcheslhe South Carolina Baptist Woman' Missionary Union today launched - li nil A mlOO to the wearing of big- hats In church, MRS. STETSON IS EXCOIilAT BY MOTHER CHURCH Directors Find Sho Has Been Guilty of Charges Made Against Her MOST DRASTIC STEP IN CHUKCHS HISTORY Deposed Leader Will Issuo Statement Giving Her Side of Case Soon HOSTON, Nov. 18. An order of ex communication against Mrs. Augusta K, tetson of New York, for yean regarded as one of the most promt- nent and powerful member of the Christian Science denomination, was Issued today by the hoard of directors of the mother church In thlt city, the supreme governing power tif the urawiusauon. in mcir uruer ine airec tors stated that a conference of more than three days had convinced them of the truth of the charges against Mrs. Stetson, namely, that she had worked against the Interests of the church and of members of the church who were not her follower, and that : sh had persisted In teaching and practice w hich were ' contrary ' to Christian Science, VvlMtllMllllBM tlk Excommunication is rarely resorted . to In the Christian Science church and In view of Mrs. stftson' prominence. a . 1 .. .., ... I n h u, a, ......trt.) i t nhliV.v'l ii'unj m oa tint, ot w ciiuv ,n circle here a the most drastla In thw history of the denomination. Mrs. Stetson wa formerly' first feader f the First Church of Christ, Scientist, New York city and until nor suspen sion today wa the pastor emeritus Of that church at a salary of IS.OOO a year. " ' , In an wet to s summone.oy.utu Monday appeared before the board it lb, directors' room ot th mother church on Falmouth street.- TTita ses sion was ecret, no rme belnf present xcept Mr. 8tetoB,her counsel, wit nesae and the director' themselves, The conference continued durln hr.a iiin nr for a total of more than : twenty-eight hours. " They were con- eluded yesterday nrt Mr, Bytton re turned, t New York hurt night. The director today- mad public their finding in the case. ; WU.h flIVK IlKK MHK. NEW YORK.1 Nov. l.rMr, Btet- on received the news of her excom munication thl afternoon at her res idence In West Nrnety-alxth street, adjoining the white ton temple of the First Church of Christ, Sclenl 1st. of which he ha been th virtual ruler, for narly ten year. : Effort to obtain from her some statement commenting;, on the action of the christian Selene director were met hy the declaration that "nothing I to be sold at present, but a detailed statement ot Mrs. Stet son's side of the case may be' ub mltted later." . . Union Insists That he Must Join or Forego Chance bt Learn Business , J PHILADELPHIA, Nov. ll.Be- cause he refuse to Join the Hosiery Workers' union, Carl Lehmutn, son of Henry Lehmuth, millionaire, vice president of the Oermaji-Amerlcen Hosiery company. Is denied assistance In mastering the trade by hi father' employe. ' ' Two weeks ago Lehmuth, who Is twenty-one years of age, returned frOm Europe, where he spent some tun studying the hosiery business. It wa decided that he should begin In th mechanical department of th Ger man-American work yesterday morn Ing. ; Kobert Meyer, president of the com IB,I It V4 r OT lit IVHM " . I W W Iehmuth, made alt arrangement for ' the beginning of hi mechunlcal edu- - ........ n -.. n ,,..., r vAiintf cation. Bright and early yteroay morning Lehmuth reported for work. When told by the union workmen that he would "have to be one of them".. before they could give him the In struction desired, Lehmuth wa dum founded. After a short parley he went to the office and reported th matter to President Meyer. Mr. Meyer interviewed me employ es and was told the same thing. He argued with them without avail. Per sonally, they said, they wouta oe win ing to teach the young man everything they knew about the work, but the union rule allow them to teach an ap prentice only when he Jfay-a.3tlpu lated sum and bec6me member ot the organization. '; : ' When President Meyer Insisted that young Lehmuth be taught the trade regardless of the tuct mai ne was ni a union member the employes. It la said, threatened to strike.- Lelunuth baa not yet started to work. t:
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