THE ASHEVIDLE TIZEN. THE WEATHEB: - CLOUDY. Associated Press ' Leased Wire Reports. VOL. XXVI., NO. 59. AHSEVILLE, N. C., SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 18, 1909. PKICT FIVE CENTS. ZELAYA fx7 Zelaya. TOPUTOHEOFHIS TOOLS IN OFFICE TO CRITICISM OF L S SUBORDINATES Would Select His Own Sue Declares Arrest of The Three Grand Jury Recommends Dis missal of Superintendent; And Guard AttriDute Tneir Boldness o cessor from Among Those Pliant to His Will Sisters Is Conspiracy to Rob Them Speech to Bad Example of Roosevelt 15 MEMBERS OBJECT DIED ATLANTA prison B E on MO MBA MOTHER RELIEVE MULES STABLES U.S. BATTLESHIP IS ORDERED TO C0R1NT0 reared That Ex-President's References to Americans May Incite Violence WASHINGTON. Dec. 17. The bat- tleship Buffalo, now at Panama with even hundred marines on board, has been ordered to sail at once to Corln to. This action was taken today as the result of a telegram received from the United States, consulate at Man agua, in which it wag stated that in asmuch as Zelaya, in hia message re signing from the presidency had made unpleasant references to Americans and owing to a report which was cur rent in that city to the effect that civilian adherents of Zalaya had been armed with daggers. The citizens of the United States residing in that city had appealed to tho consulute for protection. Choose Successor. Another telegram from the Ameri can consulate at Manaeua states tnat it Is currently rumored there that when Madris arrives in Managua, pre sumably,, tomorrow, Zelaya will for- mally surrender his "office to the na tional assembly and that ihat body has already received instructions from Zelaya to cast its vote for Irlas as president of Nicaragua. The rumor is directly tit variance with the understanding here base on dispatches from Nicaragua, official or otherwise, to the effect that Madrln would receive tne support noi oniy ui Zelaya himself, but of his faction. The conclusion of the United States officers at Managua Is that by the selection of Irlas, Zelaya would still retain nis noja on power ami raminuo to dominate the situation. This change of front on the part of Zelaya Is no surprise to the of ficials here. It being well Known tnat both Irlas and Madrlg have long Deep regarded as Zelaya's win toots. ; -'r 'May -Hea Homctniug. The hurry orders sent to the Buf falo tj proceed at once to Corint may nave some signnieaoce omrr than that stated, is as mucn as ner arrival mere is. iuucu i... . . i 1 t. . .1 , , . .- nn I Vi .1 '(Continued on Psge 4.) NATIONALS MAY HAVE TO ELECT REGENTS IF Johnson Withdraws his Deli Against Ward but it lias No Effect BROWN A DUMMY NEW YORK. Dec. 17 After tak ing three Danois wnicn sisvweu a t-jn- tlnuation or me aeiia-iocs, oi day. tne mira session ui me annua meeting Ol tne rsauonai league ui professional baseball clubs, adjourned this evening unui tomorrow mumms . . lira Mnt-f. A .tAria Th ihrep ii I UlC ,V. ...... . ballots stooa: For John M. Ward 4; for W. R. Brown or iouisviiie . me nioui ois- nincant feature oi tne meeting was the introduction oy uarry nenumuu, president of the Cincinnati ciud, oi a telegram rrom nan its. jonnsou, uuw Syracuse, in. t-, preoiueui i American league, wnu w.ib on mo to Cnicago, wnicn m iohuo. "The American league club owners . - - ' . mui .. 1. . . . . 1 . 1 I .. have ten new torn, hub onoum in dicate lorcioiy to u tt,i u.a ,lr. nr. u'iah In ln- COIietLKUca iiittv ... fluence or emoarrans m nn: milium. degree your organization in me cita i ,i i .i... i.... tion or an oracer. President Ebbets of the Brooklyn club announces, tnat u i m m-n.-.- oi me Bi.ii iii i..." -AA hia nvnu'iil not to Son rmnivy i.u,.. ,w AJo,4,m. 1 rnmmiflKlfin if mi mi ma - Ward Was eiecieu presiueuv ii in National league, a position he as- 1 a.lnnl pHr (Wll 1 fl 1 1 f thP. sumeu "ii s" i ... i r T . . K A Wfvrl pr re-eiection ui Ebbets announced further that If the eigne presiaenm wum nu ii the dead Jock they must either ap point a regency such as formerly ex isted or appoint one of their number to act as president. The vote for Brown Is not taken seriously. Only two oi tne ciuo ow ners know him personally. Heydl-r i. cnnaldered in the race. Th! Herrmann-ureyius lacuuu ui.n unmi. that they are for him lr mere is u chance for him to win. If not, they are for any one except Ward, i. la mouldered almost certain tha". If an agreement Is not reached after three hours tomorrow tne election .rin l. nrurinnned indeflnltelv and that either a regency of three will b ap pointed or that Heyder will tie con tinued in the position as acting pres ident. HUSBAND OF DEAD GIRL WORKING AS DISHWASHER Can Throw no Light on Trag edy And Defends Women Charged With Crime NEW YORK, Dec. 17. Mrs. Caro line Martin raised her heavy veils to day and suddenly became,. spokeswo man In the Tombs for the-three silent sisters who, must explain to the courts of New Jersey the death of Ocey Snead. Mrs. Martin, Who is the vic tim's mother, has proved far more communicative than either Virginia Wardlaw, the aunt at East Orange or Mrs. Mary Snead, another aunt, both of whom, like their sister, are charg ed with the murder. Charges a Conspiracy. '"I am here," volunteered Mrs. Mar tin today, "as the result of a con spiracy on the part of millionaires who want what little property I have left. Every newspaper in New York Is subsidized by those millionaires, who are persecuting me. I and my sis ters have lived out of tho way of the world, ami things we say are easily twisted. The shock and Injustice u,f my arrest have enfeebled a very old wo man. If that is what my enemies want they need go no further. "My daughter Ocey came to her dioth by her own hands. I did not see her do it. I did not know that it was done until Virginia was arrested, but I was not surprised." Was Not Despondent. In direct contradiction of Mrs. Mar tin's description of her daughter Ocey as a pining, despondent girl, lapsing helplessly into a ratal melancholia, Mrs. Clarence Bums, a well known New York club woman and charity worker said today: "I knew Ocey Snead a year ago, as a young woman working' for her living.; I was greatly impressed by her beau-i ty and her inegrrtnetemv nead of hair. She did not seem to be despondent and spoke quite cheerfully" of the future." Franklin Fort, Jr., counsel for Mrs. Wardlaw, said tonight that he has ad vised New York counsel for Mrs. Mary (Continued on Pair" 4.) TWO KILLED, SEVERAL INJURED !N WRECK THE GEORGIA" CENTRAL a "i a r .. J i. r ivcciut'iiL ucruireii ai cross ing and Victims were Bystanders TRACK WAS FROSTED MACON, Oa., Dec. 17. Two per sons were killed, one ratauy injured and seven more or less seriously hurt when a Central of Georgia north bound passenger train this morning at 7.60 o'clock at Harris City, Ga., crash ed into the combination second class baggage and mail car of train No. 42 east bound, of the Macon and Bir mingham road. The dead: W. A. McCaurde, a bystander, of Harris City. J. L. Williams, a bystander, of Har ris City. Fatally hurt: H. C. Bawls, Joint ticket agent Har ris City. Injured: H. M. Newman, mall clerk, La grange, htad crushed and spine injur ed. F. M. Phillips, baggage man, Ma con, Ga., foot broken. J. M. Coleman, fireman, back hurt. D. W. Allen, of Columbus, Ga., po- seoger on Central train, brulsi'd about body and chest ' Miss Vera Caldwell, a bystander, bruised about head and neck. Will Griggs, negro porter, linger cut off; other Injuries. The accident occurred at the cross ing of the two roads and was due. ac cording to statements from railroad officials to a frosted track. ENGINEER ARRESTED. GREENVILLE, Ga., Dee. 17. En glneer Rogers, who was In charge of the Central of Georgia passsenger train that collided with the Macon and Birmingham railway's "accom modation" at Harris City, Ga., this morning, was arrested tonight charg ed with Involuntary manslaughter. He waived preliminary examnation and was released on bond. Rogers claims the wreck was caused by :he failure of the air brakes on his en gine to work. DISTRICT AUDITOR TALKED TOO MUCH Congressmen Declare he Should be Discharged For His Presumption WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. Denun ciation of officials of the executive tie partments of the government who criticise congress without just cause. In a speech by Representative Mann of Illinois and another speech of sim ilar tenor by Representative Fl tiger aid of Now York in which he said "certain distinguished official" was re sponsible therefor because of the bad example he had set for his subordi nates, enlivened nn otherwise dull session of the house today. It Is un derstood generally that Mr. Fitzgerald had former President Roosevelt In mind. ' The District of Columbia appropria tion bill was again under consideration and although the reading of the measure, paragraph by paragraph wu concluded. It was not put upon iU passage and will again occupy the at tention of the body on Monday. Rather unexpectedly tho house afixeed to Insert In the bill an amend ment appropriating $17,000 for play grounds for children of ths district. It whs a gift with a string to it, how ever, for the provision was added thfi.1 the entire sum should come out ol the revenuo of the district. On all other items In the bill, the govern ment bears half the expense. Attack on Auditor. Near the close of the day, Repre sentative Mann made nn attack upon Mr. Tw'ecdale, auditor of the district for criticising congress In public. He said If that official had made statements attributed him he ought to bo discharged, and added the of ficials of the executive department were much too free, with their abuse of the legislative body. Mr. Fitzger ald congratulated Mr. Mann on his stand and fntlrrtatea that ex-President Roosevelt by his high-handed way ol doing end his free way of sayln? thlngn had, during his occupancy of the white house, encouraged criti cism of members of congress by those under him. Thn house ad.iourncd at 3.53 p. in.. ONE FIREMAN KILLED OTHERS BADLY HURT Ugly Blaze at Salisbury Checked Perhaps at Cost of Two Lives MONEY LOSS SMALL SALISBURY, N. C, Dec. 17 Flr which broke out tonlglit at 11 o'clock Irom an unknown origin, completely gutted the Empire Store company nnd at one time threatened the destruc tion of the entire block. Owing to tho good work of the Salisbury and Spencer fire departments, the fire wai under control at midnight. The lost to the building Is placed at $15,000, and damage to the stock $15,000. At 10 o'clock laborers employed In building a new store, directly op posite the Empire building gave the alarm of fire. At a glance it wu evident Ithat the local departmeni could not cope with the flames ant the Spencer department was sum moned through the aid of a street car. After two hours of fierce fighting the flames werje under control. It. H. Pender was killed and Earl Keeter fatally Injured as I he result of attempting to board the hose carl which swerved sharply ' anil threw them violently to the ground. Keeter was removed to the hospital where at two o'clock this morning It Is reported he cannot live. The name of the third injured man Is not known. FIVE CONVICTIONS IN SUGAR FRAUD CASES NEW YORK, Dec. 17. The Jury tonight found guilty five of the six employes of the American Sugar Re fining company who have been on trial for the past three weeks charged with criminal conspiracy to defraud the government of customs dues on imported raw sugar. In the case nf James F. Bendernagel, a former cash ier of the company's Williamsburg plant, the Jury disagreed. Mercy Is recommended for all those found guilty. The Jury was out ten hours Under the Indictment Oliver Spitxer a deck superintendent; John R. Coylo. Thomas Kehoe, Edward A. Boyle and Patrick J. Hennessey, checkers, ma) be punished for the commission f two overt acts, the maximum penalty for each of which Is two years im prisonment and $6,000 fine. ALLEGED CONFESSION CLEARS UP MURDER OF Man Who Thought He was Dying Gives Names of Those Who He Says Killed Ce lestial and Implicates Himself. Recalls Crime of Incredible Brutality that was Never Fully Explained. " The story of the. Inhuman treat ment by Ignorant people and robber. In the mountains near Paint Rock in November, 1192, of an old and Igno rant Chinaman named Ling Gun has been recalled by th announcement from an official source ttint a man named P. C Morris; residing In Cocke county, Tennessee, is alleged to have made a confession giving the names of those concerned n the mur der of the hapless Celestial. It is stated by Deputy Sheriff R. A Green of Cocke county that P." C. Morris, supposing himself to bs dying, recently confessed to bis physician that two men, whose names he (Ives, killed the Chinaman and that he P. C, .M9rrls then baulJtus body Into l'ennessee to conceal H, and that later two Madison county' men dragged the body to the place where Is was found It is said that one of the rann lives In this county, or nearby. The letter from the deputy sherlif came to Sheriff T. F. Hunter, who turned it over to Justice W. R. Qud ger in order to get further Informa tion,' since Mr. Gudger was at the time an officer employed to ferret out the murderers, and had actually ausod the conviction and nine months sentence of Robert Morris and Walles Lawson for assaulting the Chinaman. Upon consultation the letter was sent to Sheriff Cole nf Madison county n which the outrage occurred and he in turn forwarded It to Solicitor Mark W. Rrown nf this city, who, however, had gone Thursday to Hot Springs, Ark. The Information In the letter has become public without any arrests being made. The foregoing statements are mm'e THREE OTHER LIVES HIT BE ADDED JO WRECK TBIL Gould's Guest in Critical Condition and Two Oth ers May I )i: GREENSBORO. N. C, Dec. 17. The list of dcail a result of the wreck at Reedy Fork trestle Wednes day morning has not grown sinee yes terday, though reports' from tho hos pital where seventi .n Injured are be ing cared for are not as encourag ing as yesterday. Robert Russell, the New York Journalist and traveling as the guest of George Oould, John Phll- s of Petersburg; and Frank Smith of Danville, are now reported In a criti cal condition. Ge,tKe Gould ami son Jay spent an hour at tho hospital today with Mr. Ruww-ll. LITTLE HOCK IiAKflEI. BAN ANTONIO. Tex., Dee. 17 With only one in Its favor the Texas Imseball b iiiue at Its annua! meeting today refused Little Rock admission to the rireult which will re- main for 1910 an it was in 1909. WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. Forecast Saturday and Sunday, moderate wet to northwest winds. 5g- gy- CHINAMAN 16 YEARS A GO by the official letter from the Cocke county deputy sheriff and rest on the alleged dying statement of P. C. Mor1 ris. Whether there Is any truth In what the dying man said is a matter tor further determination. ' An Incredible Story. The story of the suffering and death of Ling Gun Is one of shame, involv. Ing ignorance and crime. Though It was years ago Mr. Gudger well re members the details, of v hlvh he spoke yesterday to The Cillsen, It was In November, 189S,that Un Gun, an aged Chinaman who had been tome time In Ashevltle, was p'aoed on a west bound train bj'. his nephew, Hob Won, who was running s laundry here, with a ticket for Knoxvill anl several hundred dollars , In .money There was a change 'of conductors and the second conductor, not being able to understand the attempts t the old man to explain himself, heart lessly put him off ihe train In the darkness and rain at Paint Gap. The files of The Citlsen show that about a week later Mayor T. W. Pat ton of Asheville received lettsr from a man at Paint Gap tolling him of the Inhuman treatment to which Chinaman had been exposed In Mad ison county und asking him to take action. The city, council voted Mil for this purpose and Mr. Gudger. who hud shortly before been a mem ber of the police force, was engaged to find those who had been guilty .ind on request of Mayor I'atton The Cit Ixeii sought lo find Ling Gun; W. F. Randolph, who was then connected with Tho Citizen, undertaking thn tusk. ELLIOTT ADMITS THAT HE KILLED fiROTHJER-IH-LAW Father of Dead Man Acquit ted After Guilty One Had ' Testified on Stand GREKN8UORO, N. C , Dec. 17. The trial of Daniel Coble nnd Hiram Elliott, charged with tho murder of Hlmpson Coble, was rapidly brought to a conclusion today and at 10 o'clock tonight the case was given to the Jury. In his ehargu Judge Ulggs Instructed a verdict of not guilty as to Daniel Coble, father of the, deceased. After examining several wltnessef this morning the state rested whim Ihe deferise put lliram Elliott on ih.i stand. Elliott admitted striking the fatol blow, his testimony being that Hlmp son Coble followed htm from a dis tillery where they had been all day, and attacked him with a knife and to save his own life he struck him with a potato hoe. The witness showed up bad on cross-examination, evidence of repealed threats he had made agaluit the deceased being admitted by him. The defense introduced one witness who testified to being with Elliott the next morning when the knife was found at the scene of the tight. SOUTHERN FAST MAIL IN A WRECK ATLANTA. Ga., Dec. 17 The Southern railway's fast mall train No, 37, New York to New Orleans, wss wrecked early tonight at Chamblee. Oa., eighteen miles north of Atlanta. Four cars left the track and two trainmen were Injured. The two men hurt were but slightly injured. They were in the baggage car. None of the coaches turned over, but ploughed along on the ties. The officer and tjie newspaper snsn promptly plunged into the mountains on the trail of the -. Chinaman, i The officer found that after being put off the train the missing Celestial had wandered through tho woods to the house of Robert . Morris where sight of a Chinamen in hie native garb, a personage whose like . she never taw before, frightened the wlfu of Morris and thereupon tho old mao was beaten and dogs get on him And he was run Into thVsriovi Oudger. caused the fcrrest of Robert Morris and Wattes lwsoa on th Charge of assault Had thejf er ucl sentenced to nine months Imprison ment, ho said. .' ' , v' 1 The officer had something of an ex perlence at the house of Morris tho night he went there to arrest him. He said that when he notified Morris that he was under arrest the man's wife began to wall and Morris began soma threatening demonstrations whereupon his wife Implored him to calm himself, saying: "You know how jrou act when you get exulted." The old man stormed still moie, but If the game was Intended to frighten the officer It failed. Mr Gudger said that he took a hand in the talk and also suggested to niorrt that he be calm, "I know how I get myself when I get excited," said he, consolingly. "I VyiVVwVwWwwVWwWWijMAMrw1fMsAMMlM ((loiitlmwl on Pflgw 4.) WILL LOCATE LUTHERAN Led in Vote Over Other Cities of Both North and South Carolina COLUMBIA, 8. C, Dec. 17. The news was received hero today from C. W. Moorman, secretary of the Co lumbia chamber or commerce, that Columbia gets the Lutheran seminary. Tho vote was. Columbia 10; Charles ton 4; Kallsbury i. It appears that Charlotte was out of the contist The respective ofrers wore: Colum bia $17,732 and sites; Salisbury $14. 3D0 and sites; Charlotte $,000 and hltes. Charlotto offered the greatest variety of sites, but all at valuations omewhat strong.. Ballsbury offered two beautiful sites, and some others. One was of 18 acres, near the city and supplied with water from tho city. Co lumbia offered two sties. Columbia's proposition, somewhat augmented since the last meeting Of thfc board, was presenter' by C. W. Moorman, secretary of ihe chamber of commerce. The other members of the local committee, representing the Lutheran churches of Columbia and Brookland, were Rev. Messrs. Mauney, Lybrand and Crimes and Dr. J. W. Hrozer. The committee presented with force Columbia's claims. The board was In session nearly all day and It was not until 12 o'clock last night that a decision was reached The board announced the appoint ment tit the following subcommittees; Dr. Oro. B. Cromer, Dr. D. B. May er, C. M. Bflrd, to co-operate with the Columbia committee in th mat ter of the transfer of the property from Charleston, Rev. Dr. C. A. Freed, Dr. Oeo. M. Box, Rev. R. O. Holland nd Rev. BJ. K. iVank, to arrange plans for bulld lngs and to plan a canvass for funds. FOUND CONDITIONS INHUMAN AND VILE Women And Men. Sick And Well. Crowded Into Cells so Foil !hcy SUnK ATLANTA, Oa. Deo. IT. Superin tendent IX M. Tilling and guard P, ' Cornet were Indicted today and con ditions at the city prison known lo- rally as the ' "sioekada" were pro. . nouncud "Inhuman, Incredible and vllo" by tht grand Jury which hag been Inveatlgatlnv the Jsll. Tne Jury recommends a clean awosu trt the office force, and the Immediate s- tubllshmont of conditions for human beings. !( ., . '."s-'t-iV t-', ' The report slates that the Jurors who inspected the stockade, 1 found the stench so foul that the members ' were forced to wrap . handkerchiefs around their faces to endure the trip" and that some of them Were made sick by the vile odors. .The report concluded by statins; that the slabki In which the rmilss were Kept wm- much more hHbltabl thnii tits' prison. Slefc toft in riquulor, . In the negroes' quarters were found nearly two hundred prisoners, shack- ; led to tnat they could neither bathe nor change clothes, the room had not a single ventilation, the sick wero unattended and there wera no san itary arrangements. -One "prisoner. 111 with typhoid, Was left on a blanket. Another with a gunshot wound in the .reset, had for a covering next the wound A shirt that was so dirty th.it , the committee did not see how he could escape infection. The-women's Quarters; even those for whits women convicted Of trivial offenses, were no better and the Jurors said.. theyi bad reason to believe that shackles had been ' taken off the women hecaune : the officials learned of the Intended Visit of tho Inquisitors, The barbarous mode of punishment. Including leaden riveted straps, rings ' in th walls to which prisoners i wers sus pended for as long as forty minute in succession . and whipping chair were roundly denounced as Inhuman, " The report says that All this is the more inhuman because tne prisoners sre sent to the stockade because they are unable to pay a money fine for misdemeanors. ' i in ' i HONDURAS. INTIf.1 BY ZEUYA'S FAILURE I r in -1 1 "'C' T 7 Revolution That was, Sch6d- ulcd will Not be Pulled off Just Yet , BELIZE. British Honduras, Dec. 14. (Via New Orleans, Deo. 17.) The reported plan of ex-Fresldont Man uel Bonllia, of Spanish Honduras, to organise a revolution against the eg- Istlng government there, which led to a declaration by President pavlla De cember 7 to the effect that Spanish Honduras was in a state of slage, has : been abandoned temporarily at least, It is believed here, because the atti tude) Assumed by the United State to- war t Zelaya and Nlcaragusn condi tions. ... Oeneral Bonllla Is now quietly en-, gaged in raising bananas on his farm near Dollse. It can bo positively stat ed that he hss sent word to his friends n Honduras that no revolution will - be begun now. A formal message from President Davits, was borne to Oeneral Bonllla yintcrdny, assuring him of guarantees of protection of life and property In case of his return to Spanish Honduras.- This message, it -was declared, was sent In the Interest of peace. Oeneral Bonllla said It was bis In tention not to return to hi country. Asked concerning; nls possible, re entrance Into the affairs of Spanish- Honduras, General Bonllla said be had no disposition to make war sim ply to recover power or for personal ambition. He declared that be had been distressed by petty persecutions of his friends and had observed with regret that the government of Span ish Honduras Itself admitted an alarming; increase of crime throughout tbt. country. , ' " 'v SPINNERS TO MKET. CHARLOTTE, N. C, Pec. IT.-' ''her, is to be held in Charlotte Tuesday, January 4, a meeting of all the cotton yarn spinners of the South and representatives of the leading commission houses of the North. Phil- sdelohla. New York, Providence and Boston, for the purpose of considering condition in th cotton yarn market ,hii i inw Viw to securing a better price of yarns. Y