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VOL. XXVI, NO. 41.
ASIIEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER, 30, 1909.
P1UCE FIVE CENTS.
ASHBW
:y of
111 GETS 11 JOLT
mm. HEYEB
Will Abolish Unbuslness Like
Methods In Vogue in The
Department
ACTIVE LINE OFFICERS
HAVE MORE INFLUENCE
Bureaus Will be Compelled to
Act In Harmony Under
One Head
Washington, Nov. 29. Heeding
the cry for reform In naval affairs
Secretary Meyer day -after tomorrow
will Inaugurate the moat sweeping
changes In the navy department since
the establishment of the bereau sys
tem In 1842. The secretary hopes to
put the department on a business ba
sis beyond the dreams of his predeces
sors. Til key-note of his reform Is
the subordination or the bureau chief
of the past.
Reforms Instituted.
Summarised, the essential changes
In the Meyer plan are:
The selection of four responsible
advisers on subjects within the four
groups into which duties of the de
partment frill, to be known as the Aide
for Material, the" Aide for Personnel,
the Aide for Operations of the Fleet,
and the Aide for Inspections.
The grouping- of the bureaus into
two divisions of material and person
nel, according to the nature of their
flutles. .
me establishment of a ervtsion of
operations of the fleet.
The establishment of a comprehen
sive inspection system.
The establishment of a modern and
efficient cost-keeping system in the
navy department and at navy yard.
The separation of navy yard work
Into two divisions of hulls and ma
chinery, , ,
The establishment of the board of
construction.
The abolishment of the bureau of
equipment , ... -
terlw: Pgm foir tine.
' henceforth the pffleers who fight
the ships' are to have more influence
In thff nftvy department. Chosen men
from among- them are to be the of
ficial eyes and ears of the secretary,
laden with full responsibility for
their reports but not his hands. The
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I
(Convicted of Wrecking traiu
and Never Opened his lips
To Confess or Denv it
DIED MERELY NO. 5,954
CANYON CITY, Col., Nov. 29.
Serving the sixth year of his life sen
tence for wrecking a train on Oct. 31,
1903, John Devlne, convict No. E. 951
died In the Colorado penitentiary a
few days ago. He was also known as
a man of mystery, for from the min
ute he first entered his cell and
heard the door clanged behind him
and locked, he never gave utterance
to .-vn audible word not evn when
he Wiin dying
That language was not essential
to the formation of friendships and
the sustaining of Interest In his asso
ciates Is proved by the general grief
expressed by officials and prisoners
over the death of the mat! who nev
er spoke a word, kind or unkind,
gentle or harsh, to any person for six
years.
It was on the morning of Oct. 31,
1903, that another wreck was an
nounced on the railroad. The tnin.
made up of Pullman sleepers, day
coaches and treasure-laden express
cars, pulled out of the union station
at Denver and was making excellent
progress eastward when, at a cre-k
west of Fowler. In Otero county, as
the 250-foot bridge over the stream
was reached, the rails spread and the
train dashed onto the bridge, which
collapsed and went down with a
crash, dragging the train with it.
Officials of the railroad announc
ed immediately that spikes had been
pulled by train wreckers, whose mo
tive for the act was robbery Thev
didn't explain why it was that the
bridge went to pieces like a structure
of straw, but cried "wreckers," and
to prove their cry provided the cul
prit In the person of a tramp found
asleep In a clump of bushes about
300 feet from the scene of the catas
trophe. The tramp was John Devine, sixty
flve years of age, who was so daxed
at being shaken from his sleep, so
am axed at what he saw that he was
BUUi
' (Cttrttlnueil on img-t
PROHIBITION MAY
DO, BUT ALABAMA
WANTS ITS BOOZE
Voters of State in First Expres
sion of Sentiment Turn Down
Constitutional Amendment by
an Overwhelming Majority.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. Nov. 29
All indications point to a majority of
between 18,000 and 20,000 in Alabama
against the prohibition constitutional
amendment today. Chairman J. Lee
Tong, who has been In charge of the
fight against the amendment, claims
that the majority against the amend
ment will be fully 20,000.
Jefferson county, in which is Bir
mingham, the largest city in the
state. In spite of the fact that the
fight has been concentrated here,
gave a majority of over 1,000 against
the amendment. Mobile, Montgom
ery, and Cullman counties show the
largest majorities on the victorious
side, and it appears the amendment
has carried in but three counties,
Talladega, Macon and Sumter, with
I.ee in doubt.
Politics Involve).
Today's election, being the first
tittle the state has ever had an op
portunity to pass on the prohibition
question, is regarded as especially
significant. Still it cannot be re
garded as a straight antl-prohlbltlun
victory because of the personal poli
tics that has been injected Into the
Issue. Its association with the ad
ministration of Governor B. B. Com
er and his reputed ability to name a
Successor to the governorship In !
Judge 8. D. Weakley, author of tlio
prohibition bills, have figured promi
nently in the result.
Gov. Coiner Repudiated.
A significant feature of the result
is the fact that sentiment against the
Amendment la so widespread. Rural
precincts, small towns and eitlei
alike are, for the most part, return
ing substantial margins on the win
ning side. There has never been
seen here anything 'ike the enthus
iasm shown In . Birmingham tonight
over the "result. Thousands of peo
pie from Jefferson and adjoining
counties were here to see the re.
turns flashed and the down town
streets were one billow of enthusiasm.
The result everywhere is regarded as
a distinct repudiation of the pres
ent state administration which has
been particularly radical In its so
called reform program.
REJECTED SUITOR SET
HUE TO SWEETHEART
CAUSING HER DEATH
Broke into House, Bound,
Saturated Her With Oil
and Applied Match
TWO CON FEDERATES
TAMPA. Fla., No. 29. Marie Cos
ta, a young Cuban widow, died here
this afternoon from frightful burns
Inflicted upon her by a rejected sui
tor. Miguel Gomez is under arrest. Be
fore she died the young widow
charged Gomez with having set her
afire. Hhe declared that she had re
jected Gomez's suit and that with two
confede rates hi forcibly entered her
hnme in West Tampa last night. She
was bound hand and foot. Then the
men saturated her clothing with gas
oline and touched a lighted match
to her.
The unfortunate woman was found
today, frightfully burned from head
to foot and she died at 2 p. m., af
ter making a statement to the police.
She did not recognize the men who
were with Gomez and who aided him.
she charged In perpetrating the awful
crime.
IKON COMPANY BANKRUPT.
NORFOLK. Nov. 29. Judge Ed
mund Waddlll, of the I'nlted States
court, today appointed Messrs. E. V.
W'olcott of Norfolk, and George W.
Dusch of Wheeling. W. Va., receivers
for the Norfolk Iron company, against
which concern involuntary bankrupt
cy proceedings were begun today. The
receivers qualified under bond of 820,
000. LOCATE BATTLE ABBEY.
RICHMOND. Nov. 29. The council
committee having the matter in hand
tonight decided that the confederate
"Battle Abbey" be placed at the West
ern extremity of Monument avenue,
provision being made. for the purchase
of a suitable, plot of ground at the
point - designated. This action practi
cally .settles Anally the long pending
question of a sits for the memorial.
While today's election was an up
parent landslide in repudiation of
prohibition, it is not regarded her.
as likely that the state will ever go
to the conditions that existed before
the adoption of the state-wide prohi
bition laws. It Is generally believed
that today's results will mean ulti
mately a modification of the present
drastic laws, but not necessarily
their repeal.
Prohibitionists were largely re
sponsible for today's results. Counties
which have had prohibition for twenty-five
years voted against putting it
into the state constitution and cities
and towns of Jefferson county (Hlr
mingham) which went heavily for
prohibition under local Option, today
reversed the former majorities.
Congratulate State.
A street procession was sturted
here at 7 o'clock headed by a huge
coffin labeled "amendment."
Chairman J. Lee Long, of ttv
state Alabama anti-amendment con-.
mlttee tonight issued the following
statement:
"I want to congratulate the peopl
of Alabama on their reat victory,
won through the efforts of the press.
"This will serve notice on future
generations that the people of Ala
bama will not allow any of their
personal liberties abridged.
"I hope that the gentlemen on the
other side will shake hands with us,
.-if. we have malice towards none, and
join us in a forward stride so that
we can go tm and make Alabama
the greatest state in the union."
City Majorities.
Birmingham gave (a majority of
OSS cgtijkist the amendment; greater
Birmingham (Inchjdlnr suburbs) re
cords a majority of 1,253 aga'nst.
Montgomery county complete and
official gives 1,718 majority against
the amendment. The total vote was
3,896.
The city of Mobile gave a majority
against the amendment of 2,356.
('onllnii'r on page three.)
19,000 FOR EVIDENCE
TO
When She Failed to Get it
Had Impostor Arrested on
. Chnrgt' of Larceny
CREDULOUS WOMAN
NEW YORK. Nov. 29. Mrs. Mary
Branded of No. 17 East Eighty-seventh
street, seems to be a somewhat
credulous person. Running through
the remarkable story of alleged extor
tion which she told to Magistrate
O'Connor in the Yorkvllle police "court
yesterday, a narartlve of the loss of
$15,000, one saw this vein of credulity
standing out.
Mrs. Rrandes appeared before the
magistrate to make a statement
against a woman and a man. The
woman is Miss Delia Goff. a trained
nurse, who formerly acted as mas
seuse for Mrs. Hrandes. The man Is
Jacob Iumensdorf, an employment
agent, of No. 40 Seventh street. The
charge Is that the two defendants had
obtained J 15.000 from her by Improp
er means.
Mrs. Iirandes Is the wife of a welt
to do saloon keeper. She said she
met Miss Goff about nine years ago.
She was Ml at the time. Miss Ooff
was her masseuse. One day in 1900
Mrs. Brandex, who has been living
apart from her husband for nine years
told the nurse confidentially that she
wished she could get a divorce. Miss
Goff. she says, told her she knew how
the separation might -be obtained, and
that is where the clairvoyant entered
Into the case. Mrs. Brandes was in
formed that this clairvoyant had
brought about the marriage of Kath
erlne Clemmons and Howard Gould.
Miss Goff. the story continued, mad
a proposition whereby the evidence
was to be obtained. Mrs. Brandes
swears that on I.ccember II. 1906. she
drew $10,000 from the Fifth National
bank ostensibly for the seeress.
She was told that there was a' plot
to poison a friend of hers, a man.
Two Jars of marmalade were shown
to her. She was given to understand
that they had been prepared by the
wicked conspirators. A celebrated
chemist had analyzed them and had
said cyanide of potassium was mixed
wHh the marmalade. Cost of the
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Do
ZELAxSA TO ESCAPE REVOLUTION IN
NICARAGUA
Reported That He Will Place Resignation in Hands of
f Anarchy
f
WASHINGTON, 'Nov. . The re
port that 'resident rteluya of Nicara
gua is about to Wave that country us
the result of the revolution he now
faces. Is declared . be absolutely
false by Senor sRodrlguew, charge
d'affaires of theV Nicaragua n legation
here. He saya ttiitthe revolllon Is at
a standstill. , i
"it is lotas tbalZeluya In not friend
ly toward the Americana residing In
Nicaragua," said Senor Rodriguez; in
denying reports.' Americans hold the
bear ranAMskmr in Nicaragua.
r He. added-hat ifTe 'proT-eai reTOTfoj'
to the executions of Oroce and Can
non, the two Americans, were on their
way to the .legation and that they
would show they had been executed In
an entirely legal way. '
ATLANTA METHODISTS
PROTEST AGAINST ELDER
Objected to His Appoint
ment and Send Round
Robin to Uishop lend fix
ATLANTA. (In.. Nov. 29. What
promises to be t lie hottest light In
Methodist circles in this state in recent
years was Riven new Impetus today
when the minim, i of that denomina
tion in this city protested to Bishop
K. It. Hendrlx iiKiilnst the appoint
ment of the Key. It J. Blghani hh pre
siding elder of thin district, In place of
Key. J. T. Daves, transferred to Au
gusta.
The action of the Atlanta ministers
follows the announcement of a change
for Mr. Blghani. after the majority
of the board of stewards of HI. Johns
Methodist church of Augusta, pro
tested against his appointment to that
charge, made at the recent conference.
A resolution :i ft .tressed to Bishop
Hendrlx, and sanl to have been tele
graphed to him immediately after
Its adoption, wax adopted by the At
lanta ministers at a secret meeting
held shortly aft. r their regular Mon
day meeting in Trinity church. Fif
teen or twenty ot the leading pastors
of the city uttcti l, .1 and the discussion
in said to have I -. rt of a heated na
ture. Names ete freely mentioned at
this time, it 1h lared, though they
were omitti d In t!i- resolution sent to
llishop Hendrix.
FKUOW OK It. G. S.
NAHrl VIM.K. i'enn., Nov. 29
Dr. W, It. Lambuth, of this city, sec
retary of the hoard of missions of
the Methodist lCpiscopal church
South, received nformatlon tonight
that he ha) been elected a fellow of
the Koyul Ge.n ruphical Hoclty,
London. He is the only one In tin-
South.
WASHINGTON. Nov. it. Fore
cast for North Carolina: Fair Tues
day and Wednesday; moderate
northeast winds. vr.
Your Shopping Early-
m
And Avoid This.
MAY RESIGN
Likely o Ensue. U.S. CousUl Threatened
Seeks Protection.
The United States consul at Mana
gua, hue been threatened by President
Zelaya and he has been granted per
mission to occupy the legation prem
ises as being more secure. The Nlcara
guan congress will assemble next
Wednesday, December 1, and It J ru
mored that President Zelaya will tie
tire and possibly attempt to escape
from the country at flight by the Pa
cific coast. Anarchy, It. J ,ald; may
Janus,,,. P waiaUB -rumors Jranl Var
ious quarters Indicate that Irlus hihy
succeed Zelaya as president of Nica
ragua. This Information Is embodied In tel
egrams more or less delayed In trans-
PRESIDENT GETTING HIS
Revision of Interstate Com
merce Law One of the
Most Important Matters
WASHINGTON. Nov.. 2 Follow
ing a lengthy conference at the
white bouse today It was announced
tonight that the administration Will
exert nil its influence toward se
curing a comparative, revision of th
Interstate commerce laws by the In
coming congress. A rough draft of
he proposed amendments to the law
was submitted by Attorney-General
YVickersham, anil while this was con
sidered In all its details, no decision
with respect to it was reached.
The president had jib his advisors
the attorney general, Commissioner
Idine of the Interstate commerce
commission and Henators Elgin and
Cummins. ,
Frank H. Kellogg, iho specinl
'trust buster" of the department of
Justice and Secretaries
Dickinson also gtivo
Wilson and
their views
briefly.
While the president has not yet
made bis selection of the men in the
two houses of congress who will be
entrusted with the task of putting
the legislation through there ale
said to be a largo number of candi
dates anxious for the honor of ap
pearing us champions of the white
house.
IDENTIFYING DEAD
OF CHERRY DISASTER
CHKItrtY, Ills., Nov. 2 Investiga
tion as to the causes of the 8t. Paul
mine disaster wa begun today by
Coroner A. '11. Malm, with the taking
of Identification statements of relatives
and friends of the victims whose bod
ies have been recovered from the
mine. All day long women paseed Into
the little hall to produce proof that
their huabands. fathers, or sons were
lost In the mine fire.
Th Identity of thirty bodies was
established. At least three days will
be consumed In this tedious work be
fore the stories of the survivor will
be heard.
VAXDEItBILT CAPTAITf
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov, J. At
the annual banauet of the Vandcr-
"bilt football team tonight, quarter
back William Neeley of Nashville,
was chosen to captain the squad next
season. "- '
THE
DAY BEFORE
CHIU5TMAS
PRESIDENCY
Congress and Flee Country.
mlsslon which have been received at
the statu department from ths con
sulate representative of the United
States in Nicaragua and cams lit the
order In which they are here given.
APPEALED TO MEXICO. -BAN
SALVADOIl, Nov. lt.-lt Is
reported here that when President Ze
laya of Nicaragua learned 'qf the In
tention of the United Mates to seek
reparation ha vainly appealed ,t MeiU
cd for help, cablegrams received by
the Italian minister here from Mana
gua say that President Zelaya has
rfow offered Jo summon congress and
place the presidency In Its hands,
thus practically abdicating,
STILL GETTING EVIDENCE
Military Court of Inquiry
Probing into Ancient Es
capade of Negro Soldiers
BROWNVItXK, Texas, Nov, .
In its investigation of the "shooting
up" of the town of Brownsville In
August, 1906, alfegedly by members
of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, colored,
the military' court fit Inquiry today
visited every building shot Into dur
ing the raid, examined several wit
nesses and Incidentally Inquired Into
the recent burning of the barracks
buildings at Fort Urown. That with
the burning of the buildings material
evidence whs bothr produced and de
stroyed la I he opinion of members of
the court. The unique house to house
visits, examination of bullet holes and
the hearing of the evidence of the
occupants preceded uti executive ses
sion of the court. Hods were forced
through the bullet hole and maps
displayed Indicating that the bullets
were tired from the fort.
Witnesses heard today testified that
sparks from burning; grass caused the
recent barracks fire. What Is consid
ered significant is testimony as to the
explosion of rartr!d;rrs during the fire,
several testifying that fully a hundred
exploded, nearly all In the barrack
occupied by company D of the Twenty-fifth
Infantry at the time of the
raid.
It is probable that the present In
quiry will conclude Wednesday.
FIVE MEN ADRIFT
FOUND BY COMRADES
WAHHINGGTON. Nov., 29. Five
oif the member of the deck crew of
the gunboat Marietta, who were
adrift In a gig off Port Umon, Costa
Hlca. were picked up by a rescue par
ty of the pes Moines today, according
to a dispatch received at the navy de.
partment today. The men had made
their way to the shore at Coleta Point,
about twenty miles from Port Llmon.
The gig was not recovered.
The Ave men adrift In the whale
boat of the Marietta have not been
heard- of, but It is expected that their
rescue will be reported soon as search
ing parties havev been sent out for
them.
The men In "the boats were missed
Friday, but owing to the fact that pro.
visions are kept In the boats H Is be
lieved that they have suffered little
from hunger or thirat. . ,. ,
ill WITH GUN
LEAVES A TRAIL OF
N60EN
Kills Mother And Officer Who
Weritto Take Him Into .
Custody
WOUNDS TWO OTHERS
THEN KILLS HIMSELF
Shoots Down Neighbor Who
Hesitated to Offer Him
Refuge . f
GREENVILLE, Ohio. Nov. 19.
After murdering; his mother and an
officer who had attempted to arrest
him. and probably fatally Injuring
another woman and her ' husband,
t'lyde Weaver, thirty-four years old.
today completed the tragedy by com
mitting suicide.", ."''...". -' f&
' Weaver was declared by physician
to be afflicted with ''exaggerated egu."
He, was under impended mnlencs
rrom the probate : court. Sheriff
John P. Ilaber and Deputy. Bherlff
William H. Farra went to Weaver'
home today to arrest hint. The ape
pea ranee of the officer teemed to
drive the man mad. lis opened lire
on them from nn -upper window wliu
t shot !-.n and Farra fell woundeit.
A moment , later t Weaver's , mother
rushed from the house, crying "I'm
shot." and fell dead at ths feet uf
the sheriff. - i ' (
Demanded protection. 's
While Ilaber waa trying to' revive'
ths woman, Weaver walked from the
houso to a woodshed Into which Far.''
ra had crawled,' and fired twice at
tha wounded ' officer. . killing ' him-,
Ho then Jumped Into the buggy In
which the -officers had reached the,
house, and drove to the home ot Lovl
Minnlch, a neighbor, rrom, whom ,ne
demanded protection.." ' ' '
""When Minnlch heiltated, ' Weaver
shot him through the bank. Weaver
then5 turned on Mrs.. Minnie! and
hot her twice. '
-' Armed dUxon quickly surrounded
the house and two deputy sheriff's
broke through ths rear doort .Thex
discovered ths body of Weaver. ur.
der a bed, Hehd ued hi last
bullet to kill himself.. ....
The "condition . of, Mr. and Mrs,
Minnlch I critical, . .
HEED SUITOR TIDES DF i
SUITS FOR BREACH DF
PR07.1ISEBY0;JE WOrJJLfJ
4 . -ft . m "Mm mi . - $
Had Hardly Settled one oiif;
of Court Before She Camo -at
Him With Another
BOTH WHITE HAIRED.
BLAIIl. Neb.. Nov. it. .The ver.
dirt of a Jury In the Wualtlngton
District court In' a case Just conclud
ed has ennvfneefi Mrs. lfnnniih J.
Loosing that she cannot twit secure1
money rrom the same man ou breach
or promise suits. '
Mrs. Loosing, a Widow,, aged seventy-four
years, gued Henry Monke,
a widower, aged sighty-ont years, for
120. 000 dsmnae for breach of orom-
Ise. Both of the old people are rich,
Monke owning acres or mna nu
Mr. Loosing 49 acres that Is equal
ly valuable. s - r '
Mrs. Loosing Instituted auit Ust
year. This case never-came to trial.
but was settled by ; Monke payittif
ver 12.000. A feW motlthl U'O
another suit ot ths sam kind was
brought, Mr. Loosing alleging tins
a second time Monk had sought her
hand and heart had . won both. ut
refused to take either.
Believing that breach ot promise, .
aults were coming along with too
....h rairulurltv. Monks decided to
nnn..t this one. and filed hi answer,
declaring that during the time of the'
settlement of the nrt uit ana -
the widow but twice, and 'that' upoto '
nnniriiiK us. liis ; , -- - --r ,
these occasions he simply passed mo .
time of day and spent perhaps ten'
minutes dlscusln crop conditions. '
On the other hand, Widow loosing
averred that Mr. Monk called at her ;
km several times that year, ac
cepted her Invitation to ait at tabic.
and on oneroccasion, wnen mejr
walking through the orchard and
over the fields, he whispered words of
burning love Into her ears. '
All of this Monk denied, proving ;
an alibi to many ot the allegations
by showing that on the, dates "er
tloned ho was at homo wot king on
his own farm. ' As mitigating clr
cumstance. ha offered In evtden
the contract of settlement In tha otl.
er breach of promise suit, nd aft'-r
being out an hour the Jury found
for' th defendant. . Both principal.
(ContinsMTd on :uH'e three.)
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