THE ASHEVILEE CITIZEN.
Associated Press
Leased Wire Reports.
ASIIEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 15 190fr
PttICl FIVE CENTS.
VOL. XXVI., NO. 56.
ZELAYA 'S CAPITAL
IN REVOLT AGAINST
HIS GOVERNMENT
Going Down!
THE WEATHEB:'
: ' FAIR.
-Indlng of Specimens of Hand
writing May Clear up
Suicide Theory
IvHOI F f.ASF PPSTSON
SUICIDE NOTE FOUND
Expert Has Declared Body of
Note And Signature Not
In Same Hand
NEW YORK. Dec. 14. The mys
terious case of Mrs. Ocey VV. M.
nead, the. young woman who was
jound dead In the bath tub of the
ouae at East Orange, N. J., where
he had lived with her aunt, Miss
'Irglnia O. Wardlav, now held charg
d with her murder, was presented to
he grand Jury of Essex county, N.
, today.
The signature of Ocey Bnead at-
ached to an affidavit and which the
fficlals are satisfied is authentic and
herefore valuable for purposes of
omparison, was unearthed today. This
pew example of the bath tub victlm'3
landwritlng, It Is believed, will aid
naterlally In "clearing up the authen-
icity of the disputed suicide note.
Handwriting, expert ivinsiey naa
estlfied that the examples of Mrs.
inead's writing which he had were
nsufficlent for him to judge whether
r not the note found near Mrs.
i-inead's clothing beside the tub was
enulne. This note re now generally
onsldered the crux of the ease.
Jury Specially Charged.
Chief Justice Gummere in charging
he grand jury Instructed Its members
n regard to their duty in considering
he Bnead case.
"It Is your duty," he said, "to try
o determine whether ' Mrs. Ocey W.
I. Snead died voluntarily or by the
and of another. That she did not
He by the hind of anotheris not quite
Justice Gummere' said that the is-
ue'ln the case seemed to rest upon
he authenticity of the suicide note
outid o nthe young woman's clothes.
He urged the Jurors to give the
ase their careful and closest scrutiny
nd If, In the evidence presented they
found probable ground of guilt, they
hould indict for murder.
GAMBLING IN; COTTON
F
BY REPQRTDF BUREAU
I Subordinates Explain that
Commissioner Referred
to New York City only
ITS RULES UNFAIR
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 In view
of many criticisms and misunderstand
ings of the published summaries of the
report upon the operation of cotton
exchanges issued by Herbert Knox
Smith, commissioner of corporations
In the department of commerce and
labor. The Associated Press today re
quested a clarifying statement.
Commissioner Smith is absent in the
West, but the following wan obtained
from the official in charge of his bu
reau:
"The report of the commissioner of
corporations of cotton exchanges does
not, as incorrectly stated in some
press reviews of the report, condemn
the future system, as such. Instead
it recognizes the great value of the
future system to the cotton trade, pro
vided the system Is conducted on
A,,nitnhlA nnd commercial lines.
"Instead of branding future trading
as 'nure grumbling.' the report sharp
ly discriminates between .guimuie
,-nlAtinn and eamblini;.
The renort does condemn certain
ni,nA. nf the future svstem. and par
ticularly tne practice adopted by the
New York cotton exchange of arbi
. riiv fivinv the nrlee 'differences' be
tween middling cotton and the various
other grades dellverabe on future con
wafim nn that exchange.
Tha renort shows that this fixed
difference system' results In an abnor-
i risnrMuinn of the future price as
compared with spot price of middling
..t,n and that tneee aonormai ae-
...hiatii nr the future price disor
ganlse tne imure mar.ei mm
impair it value lor oiaains irars,
nf th nrinrinal functions of a
cotton exchange. The report also
hows that this unnatural depression
. h future nrice works to the in-
Jury of -the cotten producer, partlc-
ularly because prices or coiion piu
by merchants to farmers are sun?
.hiihxi kr ADDlvinc 'buying lim
its' to the future prices quoted on
cotton exchanges."
People Cheer For America And
Estrada Without Check From
Police; Fear Wholesale Execu
tions of Prisoners,
MANAGUA, Dec. 14 The
people of Managua are In open
revolt against Zelaya without
check from the police. They
are crowding the streets and
f giving vent to unrestrained de-
nunciation of the admlnlstra-
' tion. Shouts of, "Long live
liberty," "Long live the United
States," "Long live Mexico,
"Long live Kstrada," are heard
on every side.
The street demonstration be-
gan last night, following de-
-t- nunclatory speeches in can
't gress, and the temper of the
people was madly excited by
the report that a battle had
been fought and won by vas-
ques, commander of the Zelay-
an forces around Rama, and
that Vasquez had massacred a
large number of revolutionists.
With this report Came the addi
tional rumor that Vasquez had viola
ted the armistice, and it was not con
sidered likely that he woufd do so un
less under directions from Zelava.
These reports lost nothing In passing
from mouth to mouth. As the Mexi
can minister was the guarantee or
the armistice, It Is stated that that
official will ask for his passports, un
less satisfactory explanations are
made.
Whole Country In Ferment.
The wholfr conutry Is In a ferment.
Zelaya Is denounced on every hand,
but he is master of the situation, and
the people fear a wholesale execution
of political prisoners as a parting
shot. The prisons are full of men.
most of whom are In a half starved
condition, and doubtless would wel
come death.
The people openly demand Ameri
can intervention, and vigilantes have
been organised to prevent, the escape
of the president.' a.
A serious danger threatens for the
American concessionaire of the elec
tric lighting declares that he will put
the whole city in darkness If money
due to a large nmount Is not paid
before noon tomorrow. This bill
amounts to 109,000 pesog and It is
hardly likely that the demand will
be met.
SIGNS IMPORTANT BILL
Battle for Life Not Yet
Won but Conditions En
couraging to Doctors
PRINCE WELL LIKED
BRUSSELS. Dec. 14 King Leo
pold today underwent a most serious
operation for obstruction of the In
testines, and asto'unded science by the
manner in which he withstood It. Ilia
remarkable recuperative powers man
ifested themselves directly he regaln-
(1 consciousness, and the optimistic
Hiiit which he has shown throughout
the course of his illness returned to
him. He expressed satisfaction when
informed of the details of the oper
ation.
Tonight the king is making a plucky
tight for life. He was even strong
enough to sign the new military law,
just passed by the sennte. But the
battle has not yet Deen completely
won.
In view of the condition of the
king, interest is concentrated upon
Prince Albert Leopold, the heir pre
sumptive, eon of the late count or
Flanders, King Leopold's brother.
Prince Albert is in striking contrast
to his uncle. He is a distinct family
man, happily wedded. He has trav
eled and studied In America, and is a
great student of economics and poli
tic The prince is popular with the
people, whose sympathies and respect
he Is certain to win as sovereign.
Today has been doubly momentous
in Belgian history. In the presence
of Prince Albert, Who has a Heredi
tary right to a seat, the senate adopt
ed, with the concurrence of the
chamber, a military law which vitally
the country, which has
aroused Intense discussion and which
once threatened to overturn the cab
inet. The measure involves the com
plete reversal of the system of re
crulting the army. It provides for the
service of one son In each family. In
stead of general recruitment by lot.
but more important, all are forbidden
to hire substitute.
The American vice consul, Henry
Caldera.s has stuck to his post and
conducted the business of his orllcir
under conditions of considerable dun-ger.
CITIZENS PROTEST.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 14 Resolu
tions ratified last night at a mass
meeting of the Central American
people In Mexico City, denouncing
the action of the United States in
reference to Nicanagua and Zelaya.
were mailed today to President Taft
and Secretary Knox. They are In
part as follows:
"That the government of the
United States has no right to Inter
vene In the Interior affairs of Cen
tral America, despite reasons stated
by you, and we affirm that the pur
pose of your government is to con
summate an offense against Nicaragua
through the arousing of political pas
sions and taking advantage of the
credulity or disloyalty of some Cen
tral Americans.
'That Nicaragua has grounds to
consider that the political revolution
has been promoted by the government
of the United States and has the per
fect right to claim from that govern
ment an Indemnity sufficient to pay
for the loss of life and interests which
your government has caused with its
Irregular proceedings.
Question Oood Faltfi.
"That If the government of the
United States had sought In good
faith an equitable and Impartial solu
tion of the conflict, It would have
adopted at once the mediation offered
by the government of Mexico to solve
the question peacefully a mediation
which was offered, according to ths
declaration of the Mexican govern
ment to the press.
"We declare that your note is op
posed to the sovereignty and dignity
of pur common country, but princi
pally to the republic of Nicaragua;
.,.). that we consider that the not 4s not
Inspired by a government friendly to
our people, and in consequence we
protest against the aggression which
your government is practicing agalnbt
Nicaragua and we call upon all of our
countrymen in Central America and
abroad to be on the arert with respect
to the dominating and absorbing ten
dencles of the American government.
OTHER OFFICIALS OF BIS
'S
Chief Embezzler Indicted
Only for. Stealing '$5,000
Out of Half Million
PROCEEDINGS SLOW
CINCINNATI, Dec. 14. Although
Charles L. Warrlner confesses that he
stole 643,000 from the "Big Four"
while he was treasurer of that rail
way company, the only charge on
which he Is held ia the theft of J5.000.
and it seems that no otlvr charge Ik
to be pressed againHt him. Hints have
been dropped that he know too many
company secrets to make a more se
vere prosecution expedjent.
It Is not supposed that Warriner
'salted away" any of Ills stealings, but
the priywcuting nfflelals are far from
satisfied with his tale of the means
by which the mnn-y was lost. He
says he dropped J 2 :( r. , 0 0 0 with Henry
Clews & Co.. of New York, In stock
speculation, his acrount with that firm
eovering eleven yenrs until tile bad
break in the market In March, 1907
The account was carried In the name
of W. C. Loren. He appears by hl
confession to have paid hush money
for several years to a man and woman
who knew he was stealing from th
company and charged him 120,000 a
year to keep their mouths shut. A
mining scheme caught hhn for $100,
000. He has restored to th? "BIr
Four" In stocks, bonds and real estate
property estimated to be worth $100,-
000. What became of the rest of the
$(43,000 remains unexplained.
When the brokers were approached
In the matter they said they were too
busy with current business to look up
the details of a long account closed
nearly three years ago. Apparently
they did give It some attention, for
Judge L. J. Hackney, general counsel
for the "Big Four," has heard from
them that the "Loren account" did
not run to a loss of more than
$17,080.
The woman In the case figures both
as Informer and as defendant She
is charged with having received stolen
money and with blackmail. Her name
(is Joannette Stewart-Ford. 8he Is
said to have been rriesaijr in ner ca
reer with several "Bl Four" men.
'p III 0
FEDERATION
GAUNTLET TO GREAT
-
Will Fight to Finish Against "Open Shop" Policy Inaugurated Last June. Declares
Organizations is Only Obstacle to Corporation's Complete Domination of
Country.
PITTSBURG, DOC? 14. War'was
formally declared upon the United
States steel corporation, by the leaders
of organised labor- throughout the
United States and Canada at the close
of a momentous two days conference
today. The- decision ' to battle, ; long
and hard, against thi stand taken by
the steel corporation! In Its policy of
"open shop" wa reached by the tabor
conferees only after hours of debars
and a deal of trouble. t
. At the conference hlch JiaaaeA
remarkable battle decree, Samuel
Oompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, presided.
The grlevanocs of organised labor
against the steel corporation, as set
forth In the resolution, have been
forwarded to President Taft and the
United States senate and house of
representatives. Tho governors of the
states in which the steel corporation
owns plants or has Interests will olso
receive a copy of the resolution.
Denounces Trust.
The resolution in part Is as follows'
"A crisis in the affairs of labor has
arisen. The gigantic trust, the United
States steel corporation, is using Its
great wealth and power in an effort
to rob the tollers nf their right of
American manhood and of the oppor
tunity to reBlst Its further encroach -
IS
SEE
Prophet of Evil Resumes
Croaking to Induce Build
ing of Navy
WARMINOTiiN liec. 14 Taking
up the president's annual message to
congress, the house of representatives
today went through the formality or
referring and distributing It among
the various commiii-es.
Warning of the intlon's unprepar
ednese for war w Kiven by Repre
sentative Hobson "f Alabama in an
extended speech In favor ol a more
itl..al nnvHl until v. delivered while
the house was In tlio committee of
the whole.
Mia rnlleamie. Mr. Richardson.
seized the same opfirtunlty to m;ik
a speech In advocm mi a noerai wat
erway policy, pnrii'iilariv srreenng
the Mississippi river and its tribu
taries.. Representative Mejxrmoll oi
mi.,,!,, artnitn hrleflv while feneral de
bate was permitted, in favor of free
wood pulp.
Th. i null-let of Columbia appropria
tion bill, carrying an appropriation ot
more than ten mllli"n aonars tor me
expenses of the ilMrlct during nf
xrr.ar nf 1911 WAS reOrtC1
The house today agrec'i 10 inn-
n.vt TiiRsdav over the non-
days, voting to reconvene on Tuesd'iy.
lannortf A
At 2.47 p. m.. the house adjourned
until tomorrow.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 14. Forecast
fnr Knrth Carolina: Generally fall
Wednesday and Thursday light wrst
wlnds. Becoming varwuic. ,
OF LABOR THROWS DOWN
ments. drown rich by tho consent
of the people of our country, this cor
poration In Its mad greed for itllf
greater lichee, sweeps aside, makes
and unmakes law. Its enactors and
executors, and Is now engiged In an
effort to destroy the only factor thi
organisations of Its employe stand
ing between It and unlimited, unchecK
d and unbridled Industrial, political,
social and moral carnage. , If hr
exists ' any virile power In our ; time
and life to check the" absolute auto'
ofatlc domination of civic. Industrial
and political life of our people and
our repilWIc, It must be found In the
indomitable will aand mlwlon of the
much understood and misrepresented
organisation of labor.
IXvlarc War On Labor.
"Tho United States steel corpora
tion has declared wur on lobor. In
its secret councils this corporation
has decreed that the only obstacls
to Its compete sway organised labor
shall bo crushed.
"On June 1, 10, tho United States
steel corporation proclaimed Its de
cree of hostility toward labor. Tim
right of tho workers to associate for
their common protection was no lon
ger to be reorganised or tolerated. As
accompanying that decree was a nnttc
MORE NIGHT RIDERS GIVE
EVIDENCE HEIST GUN
All Testimony Practically
Agrees as to Details of
Col Rankin's Murder
UNION CITY. Tenn.. Dec. 14 -Ab
sence of material witnesses for the
state today delayed the trial of Gar
rett Johnson and Arthur Cloar. now
on trial charged wun tne muraer oi
Captain Qu'ntln Rankin. Attorney-
General Caldwoll announced Just be
fore court adjourned ror tne any mai
hn probably would close his case to
morrow.
Most of the witnesses who testified
today told of the route taken by Frank
fcvhrlnser. the, states star witness.
who confessed at the former trial to
shooting Captain Rankin, when ho no-
tilled the clan to gather at walnut
Uik the night of the murder. Fehr
inger will testify tomorrow.
Charle Russell, who was a near
neighbor to Arthur Cloar, stated that
t,n urua a member of the night riders
and assisted In whipping old man Fa
gen, accused of selling hie wife's
chickens. Arthur Closr was with tho
rowd.
J H Osborne testified he took the
night rider oath In the Rig Woods and
wn Dresent when a number of Ken-
tucklans were given tho oath, which
was administered by Oarrett Jonnson.
j,hn Ratllff. a member or the nana
of night riders who killed Captain
Rankin, turned state's evidence today
and ave about the same version of
the killing of Rankin as former wit
RAtiiff was Indicted a year
ago but had denied all connection with
the night riders or knowledge or tne
mrAr until todav. althouKh he had
been promised Immunity during tho
former trial if he would tesiuy lor
the state.
FIRE AT KNOXVIUiE.
ICNOXVILLE. Tenn., Dec. 14
Q rant-Lee Hall, a dormitory for boys
at Lincoln Memorial university, lo
cated at Cumberland Gap, Tenn.,
uurned late today. The loss Is $70,-
u, iuiiy insun-u.
STEEL TRUST
of further reduction In the already
scant wag of tho workers. The de
cree went Into effect July I, j0.
We therefore urge that an earnest sf
fort be made to thoroughly onranlM
all employes in the Von, steel and
tin plate Industry and subsld-ry ca
related trades. . wing to immediate
pressing necessity caused by' the
present strike and ' tha Indefensible
hstlU.UItuWu.tbs,Unltsd. $tUs
corporation, r earnestly oall upon
national and' international unions to
send at least ono organiser to assist
In the wor.
Call For AM.
"For educational purposes we res
ommend that this manifesto be made
a special order In all central labor or
ganisatlnns the first meeting In Jan
uary, 11).
"We recommend that the executive
council of the A. F. of L,, Issue a clr
cular to all unions of America, an
appeal for financial contributions it
aid tho striking iron, ateel and tin
plate workers,
"We further recommend .that the
amount of such contribution should
not bo less than ten cents per mem
ber." DRIVEN TO DESPAIR BY
I
Alleged Scientists to Prove
Uiagmsis .right continue
Persecutions
NEW YORK, Dec. 14 John B.
Early is missing. He arrived In New
York Saturday from Washington,
where he underwent a second expe
rience as a prisoner of the health
authorities as a leper. He was-only
able to gain his release by promising
to go before .a board of physicians
In the Rockefeller institute here to
have' his case dlugnosed.
Dr. L. DunTaii Hulkley, of No. 531
Madison avenpe, who bus maintained
all along that Karly Is not a leper,
spent a strenuous day 'yesterday In
trying to locate him. He filled and
expressed It as his opinion that the
poor persecuted man has kept his
word of Halurday that he would try
suicide.
"Ho told me Haturday," stated Dr.
Hulkley, "that hn was worried sick
over his wife and family, whom he
left In Virginia. He fears they ere
in want. Ho then broke down com
pletely and told of his struggle sgalnsl
poverty snd the terror of people for
him, and said hd thought he would
Jump In the river and put an end to
It. I told him to wait a white, that all
would" soon be righted and ho would
be sent back to his Virginia farm
with a clean bill of health. I then
bade him go to a certain place for the
night, but to my surprise I found he
did not. Where be Is, I do not
know."
Dr. Bulkley Was interviewed In the
Salvation' Army building on Four
teenth street by an American re
porter, wbo'had gone there to see If
any record, of, ar.ly's . whereapoyv
was obtainable. The doctor was wor
ried and said he feared for the worst
Numerous branches of the army were
communicated with and all members
of the corps who are known to have
extended help to Early were Ques
tioned. No one had seen him.
"This man Is a martyr to ths whim
of law and medicine," said Dr. Bulk
ier. "Certain scientists are fighting
to prove they were correct lnt their
first diagnosis.
Telegram Offered In Evidence
Shows ho Intended to
Bring Suit
WIRED MOTHER HE COULD
NOT LIVE WITH MARY
Mrs. Brohaw Excused From
Witness Stdnd After Grill.
Iig rivo Doys
NEW YORK, Deo.' 14. tn ths fur
ther ventilation oi ' ths ' domes
tic difficulties of Mr, and Mrs. W,
Gould B-rokaw, H was brought out
today that, although Mrs. Brokaw la
now suing at Mlneola, l, I., for sep
aration with alimony of; '10,000 , a
year, It was her husband who first
threatened to sue. A telegram from
him, to Mrs. Blair, his mother-in-law,
was ths medium of this Information,
and It also contained his version of
the Incident that assumed the greatest
Importance In today' session of tho
trial.
The telegram ran as follows:
"I have closed my house, and am
sorry to say I must sue Mary for a
separation, Her set culminating In
a house party, last Bunditv nlgttt
forced mo to this step. Bhe enter
tained three ladles and three .men that
day. Two of the ladles I do not ap
prove of nnd tho third I don't know
stall. I do not know the men. Bba
allowed one man to occupy my bed
room over night after putting my
nurse snd One lady in bachelors qunr
ters. Bhe refuaed to give ths names
of ths men in spits of my request " .
Mrs, Hrokaw AkIisKkI,
John V. Mclntyre, Mr. llrokaw's
lawyer, began drlljlng lntff nll the at-
tondant circumstances ot mis "cul
minating house party' with treat cir
cumstantiality, Mrs. Hrokaw parried
his Questions as skillfully as over, but
showed somo "agitation over ths In
sistence laid on tho personality of
"Uunnle" Wells, on of tho guests,
Mrs. tlrokaw testified that she had
first met Mr. Well In Hatlmore llva
years before Ms visit to her husband'
house in company witn puss rn
Dennlson of Syracuse, 'N.'-r.c Mrs.,
Frank Gould, and another ntnn whom
Mrs. Brokaw only rememburud ns "i
Mr. Thompson,"
Mr. Melntyr 'wars desirous to
know how ths upstairs rooms or. ths
house -were arranged and what ro in
she occupied on ths night of trie pur
ty, Suggestive yue-lioiis. .
"Wasn't Mr. BrokawV rooth con
noctod With yours?" she wss asked.
"No! the door from Mr, urugaws,
room opened on ths hall., -
"And did It not open so near mi
door of your room- that from your
door you could havs snjnten nanuo
with a person standing In the other"
"1 never trlod, MrV Mctntyre.
"Well. now, whore' did you. assign
Miss Donlson to slpT ' '
"In Mr. Brokaw's room.7
-Wnan't there soma chanseT Wasn't
Mr, Well finally given that'ToomT'
"Did Mr, Wells come prepared to
stay all nlghtT" -
"I think hs did."
Mr. Hrokaw Esctised, "
Love mossages by .elegraph; In
stead of by telephone fame promi
nently Into lay when Mr Brokaw
was at Great Neck and her husband
was In ths Houth. In these messages
Mrs. Brokaw said she wis "keeping
her promises" end was "very "good"
and not Infrequently ths telegrams
concluded with "love" or "mum
love."
Mrs. Hrokaw was excused from the
stand after five days testimony. Her
counsel intimated that he would soon
produce nurses, maids and other wit
nesses to corroborate Mr. Brokaw's
stories of broken doors and uproar
ious nights. ; - '
SOUTHERN WILL BEGIN
In Connection With Depart
ment of Agriculture Will
Hold .Meetings ' '
WASHINGTON, Dec 14. A some
hat unique campaign of education
i.,' I.,, iindortuken In January bv
Dr. B. A. Knapp, of the department ot
agriculture, in charge of the farm
demonstration work In iUa .South,
vhleh will have for its odjcci a ois
nuifin nf (ha fsrm methods and pol
icies of the various states v'slted and
ia means for bringing about creates
agricultural prosperity. The trip la :
being arranged by the Southern rail
way and Is undertaken at ths sug
gestion of that company,
Thw win ha a aariea of elaht or
nine addresses, each treating directly
of the agricultural wors; ana conoi
tlons in ths community or state visited
.. .Ma aariaa maklni a collected
study of farm life, methods, opportu
nities and poeDllItes in, wie oouin.
ern states. "... -
The meetings will be hold st Lynch
burg. Va.. Charlotte, N. C, Greenville.
B. C. Macon, Oa Jacksonville. ia.
Anlston and Huntsvllle, Ala., West
Point and Greenville, Mlas., Memphis,
Tenn.. and. Lexington., Ky.