o 4 V i. THE WEATHER ';. FAIR . VOL. XXVH., NO. 342 ELEVEII DilED AND TEN INJURED BY Afl AUTO-BUS Drops From Bridge Into River Seine With Twenty-Five Passengers MACHINE SKIDDED IN EFFORT TO AVOID CAR Crashes Through Heavy Rail ingSome "Passengers Es- ' cape by Jumping PARIS, Sept, 17. Eleven person war drowsed 'and ten 'others' fnJtifeoT f the overturning; of an aut6-hus. into tn twine wis . arcernoon. uae auto-mis, with 26 passengers, wti coming' from thei, Jandln dee Plants In the direction of the opera. It wee half war over the. Aroheveche bridge, leading-from the left bank of the rlv. r to hb Island , Immediately behind the catchedrej Ndtrt Dame. la trying to avoid collision with another omnlbu eomln,g in the op posite direction, the chauffeur gave his steering wheel a sharp turn. The heavy vehicle skidded violently, ehot nto the, sidewalk, crashed through the Jieavy Iron railing, a tf'lt were pipe stem,, and dropped into the river below. :; All the passengers were carried down,' with the exception of -two or three, who, standing on the rear platform, realised their danger and Jumped In the nick, of tlrlfe. ivy , Knstme forties. C Rescuing parties were formed, the "SvJolfce and firemen from neighboring mSI stations, with ropes and "latWera, gtet f Jv5P"Ing quickly to wosk under the so- neHntendencv of M. Leplne. the pre- feet of Paris. In conjunction with the river noltce they extricated ten In- lured JvrsanC.w1io were conveyed to a hotel close by. Tenrodles were re covered . and divers, hastily sum moned 'explored the Interior of the VehWand fhe Tlver bed under the bridge,, (but tiey found no more 4jbdes. Work will be resinned to morrow, -an.erncnmvor to recover me ody ofytbtf drjuer, which Is believed .One of the passengers, a priest , named Rlcard. who managed, to es cape Crom UiovweMery' prison out of a Window, saved six persons. WHITEHEAD IS JADjKD RALEIGH. N. C. Sept. 27. State Insurance Commissioner Jas. R. 'ToMTig was afr H1rh 'Point today to prosecute C, C. whiteheaid for rep- ibvwww i. itv'"" " resentfmf "KS stamftard Home com- pany, of Birmingham, Ala., an un Hoensed benefit association tnalc'lalms to be not subjecx tp. the itrbrtfl (?aro lina license law It Tias been sending representatives Into the state now 'and again wlthouMt Jievlng been,pos slble unrl'l now to arrest orm.ot them. Commissioner Toung secured tonight sentence of nine months, on the roads for "Whitehead, who was con victed in the recorders court at High Point IS FILED IN VIRGINIA WEST VinGJNM DEBT CASE Attorney General Says West Virginia Has Ignored All iV9rkari 4irv i arm iu wUvvo fcSjpiNCr- FOE YEARS WASHINGTON, Sept. 27. At torney General Samuel W. Williams, I of Virginia, today filed in the United States Supreme court a motion for a rehearing In the Virginia-West Vir ginia debt case In so fair as Interest on ; the debt Is concerned. In his motion I the attorney general set forth that' while Virginia has made every effort I to bring about an agreement as to In- terest. West Virginia has Ignored all j advances) on the part of the older tate. At the last term the Supreme court decided this cisse, which has betn ' pending for years,' and- which Involved the question of what proportion of the indebtedness contracted by the old commonwealth of Virginia before the creation of West. Virginia should be paid by the new state. The court decided West Virginia's share of the debt to be between $7,000,000 and 2,OO0,edt, and left the interest ac count to "be adjaeted between the two states. Attorney Oerrrai wil lisana urge that Virginia, hiring ex hausted the means within its control to bring about the conference sug gested' by the court "the time has covp tor this court. In Its own way.j ; to uvwuiine trie questions left open tf 6m declston already rendered and 'to-4tfKuit the complainant rellf. Be suggests that the case be re : committed to tlve special matter with - tastrucUovfc tlrte-the amounl. ct inter est Wee XlrflMUs. should tSMHrfattntt ' to pay ha awuutalncor ana'TOpwrtsOJ forthwith. The motion win be presented to the court arlilneappToaoaijrgvterm. THE MODERN LUCRETIA BORGIA IS FOUND AT NEW ORLEANS To Obtain Paltry Sum of $1,750 AnnieCrawford Family on Instalment Plan. NEW ORLEANS, Sept.; IT.- A 'young woman of French-American ex .trogtlpn undej- arrest, for, the murder of a younger slater, whose life was Insured In her favor, tonight admit ted to the district attorney that she .had. adminiatened morphine " to the girl but had done so by mistake. If 4he-law succeeds In enmeshing her In the network of circumstantial evidence It is . atUmpjUog . to jc&st about her this woman, Anna Crawford, aged 29, may have-to 'smswer not only for the death of her sister, Elise. a pretty stenographer, but also' for the poison ing, of three .other , members of her family, who have died, mysteriously within lb, -part -fifteen months, ail carrying fife Insurance in her favor. Is Drue Fiend, The woman, who Is alleged to be a drug fiend, was .arrested late today following a report from a chemist who analysed the sister's stomacn aft er her death last Sunday, to the effect that he had found traces of morphine. She declared tonight after hours of questioning that she had intended to give her sister calomel and soda. She said she had stolen the morphine from the , Presbyterian hospital, where she was formerly In charge of the drug department. After discovering her mistake she was afraid to call in the doctor and decided to say nothing about it. She admitted that she and her sister were -net on good terms, asserting that Ells had not "treated" her right. '':.'. She Oowfeeeea. Miss Crawford also admitted tonight that she had' been addicted to the ; use of morphine for five years with the exception of a brief period, and that she had not had any -since last Sunday morning. She said she was accustomed to getting the morphine; at the hospital, The Bodies of the woman a ratner, mother and another aistcr will be ex humed to ascertain whether they really really dlfd from the effects of poison. th. the arrest Here late today of An nie Crawford, an alleged drug fiend, on the charge of poisoning her young- of sister, Elsie, a pretty stenographer, -Uia.poUa-took, their Hesu Jn . AU,.tr. Orawtowt. mother, 4: Mary avowed, effort to reveal the woman as a modern tiucretla ,orgia. Three other members of the Craw foTd family have died under mysteri ous circumstances within the past fifteen months and An-nla Crawford Rwas the beneficiary named in the In surance policies on the life of each. The policres she held on all four amounted to only $1,760. However, Ltne police, say she has spent nearly fine ponce. Bay bub iiu Irfn the money' for clothes. Suspicious Death Elsie Crawford died suddenly last Saturday and under circumstances so suspicious that the coroner had the contents of the stomach analysed by an expert chemist. The finding of traces of morphine was followed by the arrest of the sister. The authori ties indicated that the bodies of the three other members of the family would be exhumed for a similar ex amination. CARDINAL HNS 010 NOT APPROVE PROPOSED Y IN HIS HONOR While Appreciating Motive Was Opposed to Disor ganizing School System HIS ANNIVERSARY BALTIMORE, Md., Sept. 27. An ordinance declaring Monday. Oct. 16, a municipal holiday In honor of the icc!eBiaBticaI celebration of the fif tieth anniversary of Cardinal Gibbons' qrdinanon to the irlcsthood and the twenty-fifth of his elevation to the rnriinalale was laid on the table In the second brancj. of the city council tcr.lj'-.t at the request of the cardinal. The ordinance had passed the first branch and was on the second read ing calendar of the second branch. When It came, before the latter body tonight tovncilman Heller announced that the cardinal had snt word that while he deeply appreciated the hon or proposed to be conferred on htm he did not wish to disorganize the public school system of the city for a day or to deprive thousands of labor. rs of the pay they would loose If the holiday were declared. A motion by Mr. Heller to lay the ordinance on the table was unanimously carries. - A large number 'of clergymen and laymen representing various Protfst ant denominations were prevent to asW for a hearing in opposition to the hol-j lday on the ground that It tended to ward, a union of church and state. The action of the upper branch of the council rendered the hearing unnec essary. 11. W. ARNOLD DEAD. NORFOLK, 'a.. Sept. 27. Judge Richard W. Arnold, aged 70 yeaV. of Wavcrly, Vs.. died today at a local hospital to which e had eo e for treatment. '. . : ..' ' , A .QTn?.AT ASIIEVILLE, X. C, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1911 Wipedout Whole District Attorney Adams declined to state tonight whether he contem plated charglnr Annie Crawford with the murder of all four members of the family, but he dictated the fol lowing statement to the Associated Press: "It was established today that An- nie Crawford is a drug fiend and proK ably Is addicted to morphine. It also established that Annie Crawford had access during the past three weeks to morphine and was 4ji a po sition to obtain It In practically any quantity during that period. During the indisposition of Elsie Crawford she bitterly oomplained that her. food and drink were doped. I have charged Annie Crawford with the murder of her sister Elsie.'.' Long Kxaminatloa For five hours today the Crawford woman was tinder examination by the police. She stoutly maintained her in nocence and appeared cool and un concerned throughout. She is alleged to have made numerous contradictory statements and when conyotted with evidenoe tending to Incriminate her she would declare again and again, "tls'nt so." Annie Crawford also holds an Insuranoe policy on the life of her younger sister, Gertrude, who told the district attorney today that she was afraid of her sister. - In a fifth of a cupful of the con tents of Elsie Crawford's stomach Dr.1 A. L. Metx, the city chemist, found three and one-half grains of mor phine, sufficient to kill two persons. The first of the Crawford house hold to die was Mary Agnes Craw ford, sister of the'prlsoner. Her death occurred June 2G, 1910, sud. denly, supposedly of acute meningitis. Three weeks later, July IS, 110, her father died, uremic poisoning, be ing given as the cause. After an In terval of two weeks, or, on July 22, 1910, her mother died, In hercsse uremic poisoning was also given as the cause. ' . Her Inmtranre Annie. Crawford held Insurance pol icies on the lives of the deceased in the following ,suros: Walter C Crawford, father. IlOOi Agnes Crawford,, slstr $300; Elsie Crawford, sister, (250. She collected the Insurance in each case except that of her sister, Elsie, payment of which was withheld pending receipt of the certificate of death. On Monday morning follow ing her sister's death, Annie made de mand on the Insurance company , for the money. On that day she also went to the railroad office where her sis ter had bean employed as stenograph er, and collected 245 due the deceased. Assistant Chief of Detectives Dan F. Mouney got the first tip Involving the prisoner when he learned that she had recently purchased oxalic acid. For several years Annie Crawford bad charj of the drugs department of the Prosbytertan hospital. She lost her position there more than a year ago, it is alleged, following the dis ccontinued on Page Four) COTTON BUYERS OF THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN STATES EXCHANGE VIEWS t Methods of Adjusting 'Dif ferences Are Being Dis- K cussed at Sessions SET CLAIM PERIOD , NEW YOl?K, Sept. 2 7. Represen tatives of cotton buyer and coton exchanges of New England and the southern and southwestern states, in conference here today entered Into a general discussion as to the best methods of buying and selling the I staple. Two sessions were held today j and the conference will continue to morrow. Methods of adjusting dif ferences which may arise between the southern shippers snd the New Bag i land buyers are being considered, and It was stated toniiht that as soon as some definite understanding Is reached a statement would be Issued. The New England mll'. have set a i period of nine months for the ad j Justmont of claims resulting from al- lowancee for bagging on cotton bales, ; while It Is said that the southern : shippers now want sucti adjustments j within ten days 'of the rerelpt of the I cotton by the buyers. The New York conference, which is the seqiiji, of a meeting In Memphis two weeks ago. Is being held for the purpose of for mulating mutually satisfactory terms for the buying ard selling of the pro duct, and ascertaining the attitude of the southern exchanges on matters relating to weights and tare claims. Ellas W. Porter, who Is chairman of the committee representing the cotton exchanges of the south, act -d as chairman 'of today? meeting, whlsj was attended by representatives from New England. South Carolina, At lanta. Memphis. Little Rock. Vlrks- J burg, St. Louis, Oklahema, .Jyw Or- 1n. in.ml. atM rnlluV . What We May Expect in the A' 1 ITALY! LEA VING NO S TONE UNTURNED TO FORCE TURKEY INTO EARLY WAR Turkey. However, is Doing km Government Seems to be Spurred on by Public Opinion Which CHIASSO, Swltserianl, on the Itsl- j The town authorities have been In tan Frontier, Sept. 27 the latest dis-1 structod to Co all possible to avoid patches from Rome indicate that Italy Is trying to put Turkey on tho aggressive, in Jan endeavor to pro voke an Incident whleh would amount to "a casus belli justify!! declara tion of war or the sudden occupation of Tripoli. Turkey ts determined not to give any such,, pretext and Is ready to do almost anything while tho much-talked of Mussetman fanaticism has not a yet manifested Itself. .Tha Italian government iM prsaaed by aubllo opinlos4julby tnternatuaal consideratlens and sees the necessity for hurrying things. Tne first expe dition of 12,000 men will ssll, It is understood. October Si and will bs followed,-by a second expedition ot 11,000 snen if nothing ocdure to change tha present plana. The dead lock in the negotiations between Italy and Turkey Is causing great un easiness, especially In Germany, which i djvlded between duty to wards fie airy. ftaly, and the desire not to lose Turkey, where Germany has powerful Interests atl.work with the object of replacing Great Britain commercially. Troops Ready In Milan, Romo. Florence and oth er large cities troops are held In readi ness. Groups of carabineer guard the streets and squares, .and the out skirts are patrolled by cavalry, in the Industrial towns raliwsy stations are occupied by the military. These places are prhctlcelly In a state of siege. A few encounters between manlfestants snd the police and troops have curred, but the casu alties have bee few. -te PROPOSED CHARTER FOR ATLANTA LOSES AT POLLS Complete Returns Show Its Defeat by Nearly Two Thousand Votes ATLANTA, Oa., Sept. 7. By a majority of 2,045 votes the people of Atlanta today rejected the proposed new charter providing for a modlflod j form of eommlMilon government and to stick to the present two-Vard form. Only one ward was carried by j the friends of the new charter. Alj though a large vote was polled tha ; election jkm" quietly. GETS GERMANY'S REPLY PARIS, Sept. J7. The German minister of foreign affairs. Herr Von Kiderlen-We reenter, today received the; French ambassador, (M. Cambon, af the foreign oflce In' BeVlln, and communicated to fifth Gwrrirtrfly's re ply commenting on Prance's latest proposals concerning Morocco. ' WASHINGTON. Sept 17- Forecast for North Carllaal Generally filr Tharadar and Friday. Not much cmtnc fa ffmberatuce. Iljfhi ve-!s'rt-J wlnda, (..,.,, . ' 1 - tihL4LH AM CITIZEN. At) She Can to Avoid Furnishing a "Casus Belli is Thirsty For a Fight. posaiuis ciouuBJiau wiiicu wouiu win pllcajte the International situation with serious home troubles. Today's advices from Rome state that the anti-militarism demonstra tions have assumed a grave character In the provinces of Ravenna and Forll, Italy, where, the socialist tnd republican elements predominate, A mob after stopping the trains which were transporting troops being moved In connection with the throat lined trouble with Turkey over Tripoli stoned the catalry. . The rioters used street caff to form barricades la that streets. Woman Loads Parade At Vlgevano, proviso of Pkvlo, theil manlfestants paraded led by a woman and singing anarohlitto songs, They -toned the carabineers who attempted to head them off, wounding some of the soldiers. K Judge. who sought to Interfere gqt his ears boxed. Ttie royoltttionary socialists backed by the anarchists aire attempting to provoke anti-military disorders and have compelled the government ' to make a great display of tare to check their plan. The Milan newspaper failed to publish, lacking news because of the censorship, and this led to alarming reports. The extremeists among the agitators, huntd by police carabtn- ueers and soldiers and were prevented from holding public meetings and were driven to private conferences. ' Some of these speakers went so far as to glory regtoido and say that the expedition to Tripoli wfcs, prepared entirely In the Interests of dynasty and against the welfare of the prole tariat THRILLING STORY OF THE SEA TOLOJYillOaS Crew of the Brigantine Ste phen Hart Hung on to Rigging for Three Days NEW YORK, Sept. 27. -Details of the wreck of trre tnrecmasted brigan tine Stejhcn U-. Hart of New Lon don, Conn., wtioefi captain and cr&w of eight men were T.ncued during a hurricane 8epterrib-r 21 by tho nfeani er Osclnue anil taken to Bermuda, were received by Uniied Wit?tl to night from the steamer Uerrnuda whlfthJs bringing, the uhlufiky marin ers to NjpwYork. The vessal, axco'id Ing to the . hjesage was a derelict when signed by the Cacique, and tho crew, had been dlinaing for two uy to he'rtg1ngkof t foremwAt wliich had 'Survlvtd the force of a rlganttc wave that swept the main and mlzsen masts overboard. fhe brigantine, which was bound from Jacksonville to t-idxtnn. Conn-, with a cargo of pitch pine, vts caught In the hurricane Sunday, Sep tember 17, and sprang a leak. The taie continued unar-jp, 4 and by Tues day' she had eettieu ,.o low that the great seas brokd over her cabin. Thai night the two masts went by the board and from then untli Thursday, when the Cacique novo in sight, tile crew were obliged to cling to the foremast rigging for their lives. The Bermudian Is duo here tomorrow. tUlE 6W132P3 TWO BIXKHS W1CJIITA. Kans., Sept. J7. Fire which started in a broom corn stor age plant at mycbt ha swept near ty two block In the buslhees section, o tlMdlfayjRti' bfgn rrjadejln (Check ing th iSame .'trhi'Sri juro 'fpSading rpiV. . Near Future, -ItaU g At a meeting at Rome, Mary Ry gler, the socialist, ended a sMvra ef Invectives by crying: . "Long live Brescl," the murderer ot King Humbert, and adding that the movomtmt regarding Tripoli had been planned, by King Victor Emanuel to assist his father-in-law, King Nloho. las of Montenegro, "who wishes tha defeat and humiliation ot Turkey In order that he may enlarge his own tiny klncdm' ."",. . At Roma, Milan and Ityorenoa there war insignificant disorders In the streets. The stone thorwers wsr dispersed by twite and soldiers. i About 10 00 arrests have, been Buds throughout Italy, All the reservists answered the oal! and eatere their barracks without untoward Incidents, but the tra4e,uftd, to f swscort them was stopped,, at several stsrftons by mobs. The women and ohlldreh were parttoulaaty deep rats ad In In stance threw themselves across tha railway trsoka in front ef the trains, daring the engineers to run ' over them. Carabineers and cavalry re peatedly charged these crowds and cleared the traclfs while 'the reserv ists shouted "Viva Italy," 'Plva iuiy and TrlpoU." NEWSPAPKn WANTS nciBT TURIN, Sept 7.-T Corrlere dels Bera says Italy has received an unsatisfactory reply from Turkey ami will answer with a mora hostile note. t - The Corriere D'ltalla says the land ing of men and munitions at Tripoli by the TurWgh steamer JDerna. consti tutes a cafus Bbiii. The rtallili o. ernment, the paper says, was await ing such an act before proceeding to the occupation oT 'that province PRESIBENT POTS SEAL Of In Proclamation He Says it Is Only Volunteer Society ' With Authority WABHINOTON, Sept 17. Deft nltely esiabllshing the relation of the American National Red Cross to the -nllimry arms of the United States, President Taft In a proclamation mads putilio today declared that th Red Cross "Is the only volunteer society now authorised by, this government to render aid to Its land and naval fores In time of war." Any other body desiring to render similar assist ance could do so, the president surd, only through the American National Red Cross. Excepting emergency, the president announced The personnel of the Red Cross wodlS not be assigned to duty at file , front but would be confined 'to hospitals In the home country al 'tile base of operations, op hospital ships, and along lines of communication of United State mili tary arf naval forces. National Director fc. P. BIcknelL of fhe Red Cross, aplnd today that the precis motion settled all doubt as to the authority of the Red Cross, ob viating any faicflen which might les sen the efficiency of relief work. REGULARS WIN. - TRTSNTON, N. J Sept. t7. Th result of the primaries In New Jersey yesterday under the Oersn election law was In the main a victory for the "reaulurs" of both th republican and demorrallii par'les. The Oeran law was passed by the last legislature i .... ... i-. - . nteon. in ussex, camaon ana A lantlc counties, where tWxrmj were waged, "regulars" won decisive, v1btrle, . .Circulation Q AAA Daily Over OjUUll PRICE FIVE CENTS E Alleged That Lumfccr Trusts Dominates Trade of at Least Twenty States SPY SYSTEM IS ONE OF THE CHARGES MADE Central Agency at Chicago is Alleged to Have Conduct ed Illegal Methods DENVER, Col., Sept. !?. fie mo tional charge that the so-called lum. ber trust completely dominate the lumber trad of at least twenty states by means of a spy tj-sjem, blacklist, division of territory and other alleged illegal methods, conduct sd through central agency In Chi cago called the lumber secretarte' bureau of Information, are mad in an anti-trust suit filed in th United State court here today by th depart mnt of justlo. This Is th government's fourth move in a nation-wide fight against the lumber "trust" in addition to th ' criminal Indictment already landing against th secretaries of fourteen lumbermen' associations. Anti-trust suit under th Sherman law are new pending s gainst (he Michigan Retail Lumber Dealers' as sociation and th Xastern State R tall Dealer'., association. Th secre taries' bureau and the Colorado and Wyoming Lumber Dealer associa te ar defendant in ui tum today. The government' ask to en- Join th bureau from espionage on lumbermen by paid spies and clrcui latlng 'blacklist" and ether "confi dential information."' It asks that th Colorado and Wyoming associa tion b n)innl from, contributing t th aid of th bureau. , , - Twnnty .Arc Xamr4. ' . Lumber dealer' ' association In abbut twenty slates r named in th Mil a member of the secretaries' bureau, but ar not (tamed a do' n dants In this nutt, A number of eecrstarle of lumber' association wr fndlctcd In Chicafo reenntly un-. der criminal section of th Sherman w. ' Th government charge that th operation of the alleged , conspiracy betwnsn the lumbermen and seore tarW bureau ha llmlnatd all com petition for th trad of th onu- A n ft is charged Vhat a dealer If prs-j vented from sortcltlDf or-egmpetin for buin fh on territory ot an other: that contracting builder and. other 'large consumers ar prevented from buylbg at wholesale; that !um-j bar dealers wh hav not byed' "th thlc" prescribed by th organ-! Isatlon hav been -watched , by d- tectlvea from th central bureau and thl' "Irregular" sale published to other member ot th association! j that they hav been "blacklisted"! and hav found it difficult to continue business. -. Th ffet of all thi. th' government alleges, he been to fix prices and restrain trad. : ! i The bill I replete with allegation of threat and Intimidation said to hav been practiced upon manufao-1 turers, wTiolesaler and o-l1d wunj thlcal." Th government also alleg- e that each of the following lumbsr; aasocthUon In addition to th Colo-i f?Pw!!!!lJ!lJ'rrJ!!5!l?, !- BLUE AND GRAY MARCH STREETS OF Drum and Fife Sound Hym: of Reunion Over Heads of Veteran IMPRESSIVE SIGHT, MSMPHIS, Tenn,. Sept 17. To th. strnlns if the fife and drum five bun-' dred veterans of the Blue and Gray!' marcneo wtcn arms unxea uirougn; the streets of jasnphl tonight, bunt-; Ing bedecked and gaily Illuminated in thelr .honor. ft was the . culminating feature of th reunion of aoldler who) fought in the opposing arm lea durlngt the was of the 0'a The sons of vet-j eran tnJ other auxiliary organls tlons, state troops, fraternal aocla- tlons and mounted police : paraded with the gray-haired mn. , Former slaves, bedy servant during, the war, matched In the wak of the) veterans and the spectators crowded the street to cheer h old soMlers.1 The most Important joctlqn take a atf tha reunion today Wan a endorse ment ef a proposed peace Jubilee and a general reunion ef all civil war vet eran to be held In Washington in 11S. Other than this the reunion was principally a happy Intermingling. Of those who were foes fifty rears ago.! Thi afternoon tbejr participated In a Jmrbecu arranged by the conn r onTeflorate Teterstna. , - The reunion mi bnld in hennr'efj th flteotll aidttM falrvchi begM-tKMhr, ... . - J ii lECHiO nblSTIHETBuST THROUGH MEMPHIS