THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN.
THE WEATHER:
PAIR.
Associated Press
Leased Wire Reports.
VOL. XXVI., NO. 68.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 28, 19091
PRIW FIVE CENTS.
2ELAYA SEEKS TO
ESCAPEBLAIVfEFOR
AMERIGANS'DEATH
He Believe? That Knoxs' Atti
tude Was Fa! ?e One And
. Not Popular
SAYS RULES OF WAR
OBSERVED BY HIM
Late President of Nicaragua
Now on Rim Would Jus
tify Hftnself
SALINA CRUZ. Mexico. Dec. 27 -r
Declurlng that the iXtltude of Secre
tary Knox toward him could not rail
to be disapproved by all fair minded
people and that he believed the sec
retary's Judgment wan warped by false
reports of conditions m Nicaragua,
mad by an American vice-consul at
Managua, former President Jose Sin
tos Zeiaya endeavored In 'in inter
view today to justify his treatment of
the Americans, Cannon and iroce is
an act which any one in liiit position
would have committed.
Zeiaya debarked from the Mexican
gunboat General Guerrero this after
noon, and left tonight for Mexico City
In a private car attached to the reg
ular passenger train due in that city
on Wednesday morning.
"I am going to Mexico City to re
main for air months," h said. ' I!
the climate agrees with me 1 will
send, or, vee for my family. If it does
not agree with me I will go to some
place In Europe. I am goinsr to Mex
ico City to thank President Diax ind
the Mexican officials for their kind
new to me,"
The Querrero with Zeiaya and his
party arrived outside the harbor last
night, where the boat lav until, this
morning. At a little past eight o'clock
It steamed to the dock and Zeiaya ap
peared on deck to wave a greeting
to a crowd of townspeople which
had gathered. He wus accompanied
on his: trip hither by Luis A. Cousin,
his former secretary of war; Kobert
C. Bo we, his secretary and former
Jefs politico, and several friends.
Talks to Press.
To s. representative of The Asso
ciated press whfiiH he received this
afternoon on hoard the gunboat, Ze
iaya discussed the killing of Cannon
and Groce, and the note of Secretary
Knox.
"Cannon and Groce," Zeiaya declar
ed, "were engaged by the conservative
party and were brought from Guate-
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KENEY BRINGS SUIT TO
CLEAR HIS FI NAME
OF UGLYJMPUTATIDNS
Millionaire Croker made De
fendant in Libel Suit for
$250,000
BROUGHT IN N. V
NEW YORK. Dec. 27. The formal
complaint n the damage suit of Fran
cis J. Heney of San Francisco, against
William H. Clroker, the California
millionaire, for J250.000, on an alle
gation of libel, was filed here today.
Mr. Heney bases his action on an open
letter bearing Mr. Croker's nam
which appeared In a New York e -enlng
newspaper December 1 in which
Mr. Croker defended his si tlon In
first eupportlng. Heney in the San
Francisco graft prosecutions and l.i;ei
withdrawing his support.
James M. Beck, counsel for Mr. He
ney .said today:
"Mr. Heney, who nearly save ri
life to the cause of exposing corrup
tion In San Francisco, desires to set
tle once and for all the quest ion as to
whether he conducted the prosecu
tions against the San Francisco grart
ers In an honorable and legitimate'
way. In the heat of the great contest
in San Francisco, many charges wer
made by irresponsible men against
Mr. Heney. but w:,?n Mr. Croker as
sumed responsibility for these charger
and gave them wide circulation in
a responsible organ of public opinion.
Mr. Heney felt that his opportunity
had come to have a Jury of his fellow
countrymen determine the Justice or
Injustice of the accusation against
him.
"In San Francisco the graft prose
cutions have so divided its people ir.to
hostile camps that it would seem to
be a matter of exceeding difficulty to
secure a jury which would consider
tha questions Involved with absolute,
impartiality. In New York, however,
there can be no selfish interest In the
Issues which grew out of. the San
Francisco graft prosecutions, and her?
therefore, a Jury can be selected
which can Impartially and fearlessly
judge between Mr. uroser s nua
tions and Mr. Heney's account of his
stewardship as a public official."
MYSTERIOUS RISE
AND FALL OFSTOCK
TO BE FULLY AIRED
Believed That R. I. Was Selected For Manipu
lation But Plans Miscarried, Investigation
Started by Board
Exchange.
NRW YORK, Dec. 27. Th New
York stock exchange has an Invest!
gation on its hands. Comrrrfin stock
of the Hock Island company rose 31-1-4
points almost immediately aftjr
the opening toduy, then, even more
suddenly dropped to 50. Thereby
hangs a. mystery or a fiasco or some
thing that the governors of the stock
exchange with characteristic dis
patch, will sift to the bottom.
With the close of today's session,
the governors held a conference and
it was announced that a special In
vestigation had been Instituted. Fran
ces 1. Karnes, former president of
the excliunge; J. T. Atterbury and
Ernest Groesheck were appointed a
committee to conduct tile investiga
tion. Conservative members of the
exchange are much exercised over
the episode and a rigid and search
ing Inquiry is demanded, with sum-
mury punishment of the offenders
of their guilt la established.
.Not UcKimnslbls.
Officers of the Hock Island dls
lalm any responsibility for the
movement.
At the office of Danlelll (J. Held,
who with ex-Judge W. H. Moore.
is the acknowledged leader of the
Hock Island group. It was said that
Mr. Held was Indisposed today.
Judge Moore affirmed that personal
ly he knew nothing of the excitement
until told of it upon his arrival In
New York from Chicago this morn
ing. So much mystery and, confusion
surround the movement that any
thing like a clear explanation seems
well niKht Impossible at this time.
During the brief session which the
governors of the exchange held this
afternoon several members who fig
ured in the ibuylng and selling were
called before the committee but no
details regarding the preliminary in
vestigation were made public. Those
brokers credited with executing the
orders declined to throw any light
on the subject. They will be called
to testify later before tha Investigat
ing committee.
-Stories Co..fliutltiK.
Stories purporting to explain the
situation are numerous and confliet
inss. One theory was that an at
tempt at manipulation in the stock
had miscarried. According to this
evribmation heavT buying orders
were placed on the market
but
HAMMED IN TWO THE
E
Keeper lludjins and his As
sistants Put off to Sea
and are Rescued
WAS 1IOUSK OF CAUDS
NEWPORT NEWS. Va.. Dec. 27
Having been rammed and almost
cut In two by the four masted
schooner. Malconi Baxter. Jr., the
Thimble Shoal lighthouse, located
four mlli-s almost due east from Old
Point Comfort and near the tail
of the horse shoe In lower Chesa
peake Bay, caught fire and was to
tally destroyed at 8. SO o'clock this
morning. Keeper Hudglna and his as
sistants. J. H, Thomas and T. K
F.iulcher. put off in a lifeboat and
were subsequently picked up by a
rescue en w from the United Sttt"s
scout cruiser Birmingham now an
chored in Hampton Roads. The men
were taken to the cruiser and landed
at old Point Comfort late this eve
ning. The schooner was Inward bound
for Hampton Roads In ballast and
vv:i nroce edine under sail. The
strong westerly wind and swift tiib
threw her off her course and with
,nit warninii she crashed Into the
frame lighthouse. The house cruml
1,-d before the vessel like a box and
in the smash up the stove in the
lighthouse was overturned. The hot
coals set the building on lire and
all efforts of tbe occupants of the
lighthouse to extinguish it were fu
tile.
After the collision the Malcom
was later towed to Norfolk for
was was later towed to Norfolk for
repairs. The vessel was damaged
about the bow.
A request has been made to the
lighthouse board that a lightship be
placed near the wreck until a new
light house can be built.
MASONIC REUNION.
ati.avta TVc 27. The reunion
of the Scottish Kite Masons of the
southern to risd let inn of the Vnited
States began at the Masonic temple
here tonight. The sessions oi me
,,,n,-inv, will continue for four days
during which fifty candidates will be
promoted to the thrity-second degree.
of Governors of Stock
through some over-sight the orre
suefidihg selling orders did not ap
pear. The result was, following out
this theory that there was compar
atlvely little stock for sale and the
brokers who had charge of the buy
Ing orders had to bid the markets
up In order to execute them.
During the flurry of the stock to
day, the balance of the list. Including
the active Issues was extremely
weak, with vague apprehension of
another "corner "
Today's operations in Kock Island
common totalled approximately 1118,
U00 shares, or more than twenty-five
per cent of the whole. The stock
fluctuated between :i-4 und XI,
Its top price of the llrst half hour,
and closed ut 61 1-2. a net gain of
l :i-4 points.
An officer of the Klrst National
bunk of this city, which has Intimate
relations with the Hock Island, ex
pressed the belief tonight that the
whole matter hud its inception In
buying for European interests who
are supposed to have 'been short In
the stock.
MINK ON I'lltK.
KNOXVIl.I.E. Tenn., Dec. 271,
M. Jones, in charge of the Knoxvllle
mine rescue station, received a mes
sage lnte today summoning him to
Artemus, Ky., where the Cumberland
mine was reported on fire. He left
at once with a. full equipment of ap
paratus and should reach the scene
at midnight. Nothing Is known here
as to whether any miners are Impris
oned in the burning mine. The mine
(. ovned by the George U. Carter
Interests
I.KAtil'K REFORMED.
. UAJLEIGH. N. C. Dec. 27. The
Eastern Carolina. Baseball league wn
reformed at. A meeting nt Ooldsboro
this evening. It is composed of the
same towns as last season. Haielrh
re-entered through Mr. H E. Lewie
and associates. Dr. Joel Whltnker oi
Releigh was re-elected president
Raleigh was re-elected nresldent.
perfected.
ADMIRAL'S VISIT TO
MIDI MAI
BETTER UNDERSTANDING
American Officer Insists it
was Merely Personal Visit
and Meant Nothing
MARCH OF KVFNTS
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Dec. 27
Hear Admiral William Wirt Kimball,
in command of the American wur-
hips ut Corinlo, accompanied by
Georgo T. WeiUel, secretary of the
American legation at Panama, and
two naval aideo, arrived at Managuu
today to pay nn unnfltclal call upon
President Madriz. A great crowd
gathered at me station an I gave mem
cordial greeting, alter which the;
drove to a hotel In the presldentl.il
earring". Several American Mag
were displ.iyeiT and although there
was Ino demonstration considerable
excitement prevailed.
It is rumored about the. city that
the vlslt might mean the recognitloi,
of President Madrlz by '.he United
States. Admiral Kimball, nowever.
was emphatic in his assertion that hf
called on the president only in liif
private capacity. He refused to per
init tho georgeously uniformed aid'
whom President Madriz sent, to ride
on the box of the presidential cue
i iage.
Krnisto Martinez, the former fi
nance minister, whose arrest was or
dered on the charge of mlsappropria
lion of public funds, has made his
escape to Oranada. Joaquin Pesos,
Zclavu's son-in-law, is now under ar
rest on a similar charge, while Joa
quin Navus, a millionaire from Leon
also is in the hands of the authori
ties. He Is charged with obtaining
sso.OflO of the public money from
Zeiaya for the surrender of the hid
concession, which Wus improperl
granted him. The arrest of othei
men who have been enriched at In.
expense of the country is imminent
The belief is general that there wll
he a restitution of millions by tie
large number of persons who hav.
been permitted by the tormer govern
ment to 'enjoy large gains Illegal!:
through concessions to which the'
were not entitled, and in other ways
This may mean that the imposition of
a general tax will be avoided. The
innnclal condition of the present gov
ernment is such that it has been un
able to ohm in credit for the purchas
of flour io provision the army.
HUSBAND 'S DEB A UCH ENDS
Was Despondent and Morose as Result of Protracted Intoxication. Wounded Moth
er-iryLaw and as He Was Dying Tried to Shoot Policeman Who
Came Up
MACON ,Ga Dec. 27. Despond
ent ' and in an ugly moml following
xcesslve Intoxication, Edward H. Al-
ford tonight shot and Instantly killed
his wife, seriously Injured his moth-
r-in-law. Mrs. Martha Exum, then
turned the pistol on himself, firing
m- bullet Into his right temple and
another Into his right lung, inflicting
n juries which will result In his
death.
Attracted to the place by five suc
cessive shots, Officer R. I. Thomas,
would have also fallen I victim before
Alford's gun except fori tbe fact that
all five cartridges had Keen previously
fired. As the officer walked up the
bank to the place where the bodies
Trains Mo. 'ting on Sharp
Curve Send Freight Crew
Into Eternity
SEYMOUR. Ind.. Dec. 27. Five
trainmen were killed and two were
fatally hurt today In a head-on
freight collision on the Baltimore and
Ohio Southwestern railroad near Fort
Ritncr The dead are Ijuv.rence
Amlck, engineer; J. 1.. Routt and Ja
cob Emly, firemen; I.lnley Iee and
Frank Hattabaugh. brakemcn. It. I.
Conley, brakemnn and Frank M.
Walls, engineer, were fatally hurt.
The trains met on a sharp curve.
apparently because of misunder
standing of orders. Locomotives and
. are were smashed and their wreck
age was piled high. The Injured suf
fered terribly In the cold before help
reached them.
MAY TAKE ANOTHER
WHACK AT COOK
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 27. Tnn
special commit! of Coienhig" i I'nl-
rsity whicu Investigated Dr. K-c.te.-
ick A. CnoiC.i uolar record", I' n-iv.-
considering whither or no: it wvil
publtHh a Re-old report, gh In;: fur
ther details cf Us work. If to- com
mittee should .Ici'le Io do s. , P III
issue the renin nbo'j' the i.i.'l (' of
January.
A member . f C.e ' itnmitt' i t'. ', to
lay "that some. ( detail-. f Dr.
I'ook's narr.itl'.'e los c?:f..il'.l i.,n
were fabricate I .ind ! p:ip".'' s.k w-
that he had n J calcula . loin fur
nUhed bv C- I'".:n I,o.. . 11" -
nil report, ne add-i would I !' ei ut
evidence to that ed't.
TAFT'S NIECE TO
MARRY SNOWDEN
NEW YORK. Dec. 2" George
Hogg Bnowden, twenty-six years old.
r.t Hoattle. obtained a license at city
hall today to wed Miss Ixmlse Wither-
bee Taft, daughter of Henry W. Tart,
brother of the president The wed
ding will be held at the Taft home
here December 80. ,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. -Forecast
for North Carolina: Generally fair
iiiesday and Wednesday, light to
moderate west winds.
(FAIR
IF WIFE AND HIS
lay beside a fence, Alford prostrate
upon the ground and groaning with
pain, turned and snapped his revolver
In the policeman's face.
At the Macon hospital at midnight
the surgeons stated that Mrs. Kxum
would recover. She was shot through
the fleshy part of tho left arm and
through the neck, Airord's death Ik
but a matter of few hours. Alford
was an employee of the Mosses Fel
ton company und was a steady work
man. He was under the Influence of
liquor for several days recently, but
had become sober.
Two months ago he attempted sui
cide by taking morphine. Several
CUPTIBIGEW'IEUS
OF PERILS OF THE DEEP
Little Pour-year-old Daugh
ter Was Hurled From
Wreckage to Safety
NEW YORK, Dec. 27. Captain
Edkar Hlgelow, his wife and small
child and the four members of the
crew of the American schooner Eu
gene Borda, which was storm
wrecked on November 29 while car
rying a cargo of lumber from Nova
Scollu to Philadelphia were brought
to port today by tho Red Star line
steamship Vuderland. which effect )d
their thrilling rescue while on Its
eastward trip. The Vuderland took
tho rescued persons to Antwerp and
Hu n brought them back to this coun
try. The captain's wife. In speaking
of the rescue at sen suid that the
small bout from the Vaderland could
only get within twenty feet of the
schooner and that from that distance
her four year old daughter was hurl
ed from the deck of the Borda tO
the Vaderlund's rescuing crew.
All on the schooner were suffering
from hunger when picked up as the
entire food suflply had been souki'il
willi sea water.
YOUNG MAN DIES
AT HICKORY, N. 0.
1 1 ICK' It Y, N. C. Dec. tl. fr.
James A. Collins of Orange, Va., died
here yesterday morning at 1.45 of
consumption. Mr. Collins und bin
sister, Miss Harriet Collins, moved
here for his health Hbout two and
one half years ago, but he has never
improved and during the past year
he has steadily grown worse. The
death was expected. Mr. Collin wus
twenty-two years old and a graduate
of Kandnlph-Macon college. He con
tracted the disease while In school.
He has five sisters living and three
brothers, one of whom Is Mr. W. H.
Collins of this city, assistant superin
tendent of the Metropolitan Life In
surance company. Two of hlr sisters,
Misses Harriet and Ada Collins, will
accompany the body to Orunge to
night. FALL TO BOTTOM OP
MINE AND DEATH
KNOXVILLE. Tenn.. Dec. 27
being lowered Into McPhcarson mine
at Dnicktown, Tenn., this morning
Henry Walker and William Clauntz
were Instantly killed. They were
nearly hree hundred feet below
ground when an Iron croseheod above
them broke loose and falling struck
both men, knocking them out of the
skip. They fell to the bottom of th
shaft Into a pool of water. Nearly
ronr hours elaimed before their bodies
were recovered.
i
IN M URDER
OWN SUICIDE
years ago he also attempted to take
his own life In a like manner.
After abusing his wife and her
mother tonight he drew his pistol
and stated to them he was going to
kill them and himself. They fled
from the house. Ha followed and
fired upon Mrs, Kxum, shooting her
u she ran, The wire run toward her
husband after tie had (hot her moth
er. He fired upon her and then turn
ed his gun upon himself. The hus
band fell across the body of his wife
and In this position an officer found
the three prostrate forms. A fourteen
year old daughter the only child, was
absent from home when,: th tragedy
occurred, ' '''i'-1"." , - . .,....;
IS
IIAl
Former Treasurer of South
Pines Country Club Near
Raleigh is Wanted
NEW YORK, Dec. 27 Russell B.
Geyer was arrested here today and
held for the uuthoi-itles of Moore
county, North Carolina, charged with
etrrbcjczlement of 1688 from the Hou
them Pines Country club near Rat
leigh. Ueyer was treasurer of the
club and the alleged offense was com
mitted more than year ago. Ueyer
said he hod been In a sanitarium for
more than a year and did not know
the police were looking for him. He
declared that he had gone through
bankruptcy proceedings and believed
that his accounts with everybody
were square.
BRYAN WELL AND ON
WAY TO SANTIAGO
HAVANA, Dec, 27. William J.
Bryan who Is on hi way to Jamalcu
arrived here Ihls morning. He was
entertained t breakfast by tho Ameri
can minister. Edwin V. Morgan. The
guests who numbered more than one
hundred Included the vice-president of
Cubu, Alfredo Kayos, Brigadier Gene'.
at Ashert, Governor of Havana prov
ince, Colonel Orestes FVrrara, presi
dent of the hous.. of representative
and other Cuban officials as well an
the most prominent members of the
American colony. Mr. Bryan made a
brief address, expressive of trie corniai
rood wishes of the people of the Unit
ed Staten toward Cuba. Afterwards
he was presented by Minister Morgan
to President Gomez, Mr. Bryan .efl
tonight Tor Santiago.
BRIDEGROOM KILLED
ON WEDDING DAY
iitii mui.A . 5'i. Doc. -7 A
! few minutes alter he ImI yen ruar-
rlod to Miss Rose Butler. Gabriel I-n.
a young farmer, was shot and almost
Inirtuntly killed by Joe Jackson, a re
jected suitor of the bride near Lyrp to.
duy. The sceno of the killing is in a
remote section of this county and no.it
of the particulars are known. A sher
iff's posee with bloodhounds is pur
suing Jackson.
CARNEGIE HURT
A: BY PALL ON ICE
NEW TORK, Dec. IT. Andrew
Carnegie slipped on an tcy spot while
aiound the reservoir In Cen
tral park today and suffered a painful
Injury to his left knee. He wes unable
to be present at a dinner at hie home
tonight which he gave to Oovernor
Hughes, President Butler ot Colum
bia university and thera.
BROKAW melange
F
Matrimonial Bickerings of
Wealthy Snob And Bride
Cease to be Attractive
PUBLIC IS GROWING
SICK UNTO DEATH
Ergo. Newspaper Space Will.
Become .More Valuable and
Keal News 'Vltl Follow
NEW YO UK, Dec. 17. Jaur Wall .''
boys, preferring the tory of tbe mnt
rlmonkil troubles of the wealthy Bre
kaws to the thrills of sledding, wers
the only outsiders who braved the
snow drifts on Long Island today ti"
attend the court eeealon at Mlneols.
Mrs w. Oouid Hrokow did not arrive
until (ho afternoon with her father !
und sister. She listened gHentlvcIV
to the croMs-examlmitlon of her hue
bond, who dqtfed today That the tone
of his testimony on Friday meant that
he was eager for a reconciliation. M,
"You suy you are fond of her do
you love her?" queried Arthur , J.
linldwin, counsel for Aire. Urokaw.
"Well. I'm fond of her."
"Do you love her T" insisted lh
lawyer. . .. ' .,..,.;.(... .
"Not so much a I did," Answered :
he witness
"Then how about ail thee rcon-v
filiation statements?" , - ,
"1 never talked at All lo the news
paper men. t haven't tuld anything
except In court." ' , . . ,
"Then what did you any In court?',
''I an Id," continued Urokaw, "thu'
it mrs. ura saw wuuia us iiiirereni and .
I could believe her, f might talc her
back under certain onndltlona.".
"Do you, or do you not want ti
take her back ? naked Mr Baldwin
"Not alnce 1 found out certuiu.
things, which ! have learned - sine
Krldey," said the witness, , i v ' ; ;
"But ,hjven't you changed . your
mind rood many times?" . . , . , .
W$feevJUa", parried lu-okaw, v
' Anxious About Uculi.il. ',
The witness declared that his pre-,f
nt decision was final. Broke w scrtit
Intied telegrams which have figured '
conspicuously In the trial. lis sold -that
his many .telegraphic queries '
concerning his wife's doings were
prompted only by tollcttuda for her
health and not by suspicions. .
Asked If he had ever employed a
detective to shadow Mrs, Itrok&w he
replied: ' .
- "I never did. I haven't paid any
bills for detective work since before,
my marriage."
Couneot lor Mrs. Broknw Inquired.
whv certain uersons had not been
subpoenaed witnesses for 'the de
fense, especially Brokaw't prlvat
eecretary Byford, for- a ion time
Hrokaw's confidential man. Brokaw
replied that Byford had only returned
from Europe last Friday.
'"Did you ever know of Mr. Byford
ending telegrama to butler and ser- .
vanta Inquiring about Mrs. Brokaw'a
movements without your knowledge
or any secretary who did?" asked Air.
Baldwin,
"Oh, he may have wired to ash v
what was going on In the house' an
swered the witness.
"Then we are to unaernann . inn
your eecratary Inquired of the ser
vants and In that way found out about
Mrs. Brokaw'a movements?"
"Well, it was not done with the
purpose of spyln on Mrs, Brokaw.
It was to find out what was going on -In
the house." , - r
"He wanted to Inquire about Mrs.
Hrokmw's health?" ( ,
"Yes."
"He' waa very fond of Mrs. . Hro
kaw?
Yes. I think ha woa."
a. CM1
HER LIWYEBTHE TIN CAN
Colonel Hare, However Had
Withdrawn from the Case
For Unknown Reasons
MEW YORK. Dec. .7, -Mrs. Car.
idlne U. Martin, mother of Mrs. Ocsy
Hnead, victim of tho East Orange
hathtub tragedy, changed - lawyer
today. U was announced that Col
i ni..r .1. Hslre had withdrawn
from the defense of Mrs, Martin and
,er sister, Mrs. Mary Hneaa, new
hr for en trad It ion to New Jersey ;
on Indictment chancing them with
complicity In caualn Ocey aneaa
trta oi iice waa taken by . Clark I
Jordan, an assistant from whose of
fice had a long consultation wun
two elderly women today.
The day was bare of development
In the famous case, : ,
TWENTY EIGHT DEAD. i.
MADRID, Dec. 17. Dispatches re
ceived here say i that . twnnty-elKht
ptrwma perished In a lundslide caused
by the Hoods in a village near Vlana,
Navarre., i
DRAWSACROWOO
FOUR
SILL BOYS