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ZEE THE WEATHER SHOWERS , - ' f!4wn1asvn AAAi r rv,r? KJ III Daily Over W W V VOL. XXVTL, NO. 353 ASHEVILLE, N. C, MQN DAY MORNING, OCTOBER 9, 1911 PRICE FIVE CENTS CITI STR1KEADHERENTS NUMBERING 5,000 6 ATH ERED AT N . 0. Gov. Sanders of Louisiana. Cautioned the Strikers to Preserve Order CHEROKEE INDIAN BARELY ESCAPES MOB'S VENGEANCE VOULD MODIFY DEMAND TO REACH AGREEMENT So Declares Secretary of Fed eration of Employes of Illinois Central NEW ORLEAN8, Oct. . A crowd of striker and sympathisers estimat ed at 6,000 persona, gathtrtd oil the river (rout today In a mass meeting called by the striking railroad em ployes. Mayor Martin Berhman, one of the principal speakers, was gritt ed with cheers when he pledged him self to exercise his "moral right" to compel the railroad company to de port all "undesirables" who may be brought to take strikers' Jobs. Governor Sanders of Louisiana also addressed the meeting and stated while as an individual he sympathised with the strikers, as a governor he had to see that Justice was accorded both sides. Both speakers cautioned the strikers to preserve peace and order. Would Modify Demands. W. E..Bowen, general secretary of the Federation of Employes of the Illinois Central, in a speech declared that the men on strike were willing to 'modify their demands on the com pany In order to reach an agreement. He also asserted that the cause of the strikers has been misrepresented and that the strike probably would not have been declared If th roads had given the men a hearing which he asserted, thy steadfastly refused to do. Mr. Bowen declared that it was beyond the power of Governor Noel of Mississippi, or any other gover nor, to settle the strike and contend ed that this could be done through dealings with the federation of em ployes alone. No violence was reported today but polio ar investigating the burning ' arty thhr mo wnj0.f- an JlUnrt Cen tral freight warehouse on Lafayette and Clara streets, at an estimated loss of $115,000. The fire supposedly was of in k ndlary origin. A fter Unsuccessful Attempt at Criminal Assault Upon Fourteen- Year-Old Girl in Swain County She is Brutally Murdered. EFFORT TO ATWTST MATTERS NASHVILLE Tenn., Oct. 8. Com plying with the request of the busl- (Contlimed on page Ave.) ' Ross French, a twenty-two-year old Cherokee Indian, speaking Eas lish In broken accents, la in the coun ty Jail In this city for keepinj tar the officers of Swain county, having had a narrow escape yesterday after noon from losing his lite at Waynea jjlle at the hands of a mob of seventy-five men of Swain county who were bent on taking the life blood of the young man, who has admitted to the sheriff of Swain county that he Is guilty of murder, having cut the throat of little Mtea Ethel Shuler, after an unsuccessful attempt to as sault the fourteen-year-old child. In a small stretch of woods near her home a- Blrdtown, Swain county. The crime war committed Thursday af ternoon and the body was found at about $ o'clock. French had been at Blrdtown Thursday afternoon play ing ball and had 'left the town over the road which leads through the woods in which the body of the young girl was found, a short time after the young lady left Ta-antham's store it Blrdtown Thursday afternoon at S o'clock. Change Apparel French was arrested Friday and his hat was bloody although the clotheis which he wore the day before had been disposed of and have not yet been found. The top of the hat was covered with blood-stained finger prints as If it had been tenaciously held by a person wtth.bloody fingers. When arrested, the Indian maintain ed that he was Innocent and declared that his hat became bloody when his wife pitched an owl at him which he had Just killed. He was placed In Jail, (however, and k was determined bjr the authorities of Swain county to hold him until the next term of court which will be held within two weeks. Farmers Congregate The unavenged murder caused talk In Bryson City and Blrdtown slid Swaitv peuaty tarm,, reajlslng What bad befallen their fellow tiller of the soli, began to sympathise with him. The spirit worked slowly but surely and when the sun rose yesterday morning. It was learned by the offi cers at Bryson City that a mob had formed with the Intention of taking the life of the prisoner. Deputy Sheriff D. Serd Beck took the Ind ian to Waynesvllle arriving there yes terday moirnln and the man was lodged In the Wayneeville Jail for safe keeping. However, the spirit which moved the Swain county farjs ers to determine to take the life of the Indian was not broken by this move and within a few minutes after French had been placed in Jail at Waynesvllle, the mob was marching steadily to the county seat of Hay wood and the situation was trowing tense. The state militia was called out and the crowd of determined citi zens was temporarily dispersed. The officers lecurned that it would be ff'lly to keep the Indian in Waynes vllle, for the news was spreading rap idly among the people of that city and those wjo learned of the details of the .affair sympathized with the mob. His Confession An automobile was secured which took the Indian from tho back door of the Haywood county Jail and sped toward Clyde with him. The young man, feeling, perhaps, that he had seen his last sun set when he look ed upon the surging mass of angry men about the Jail, was somewhat comforted when he was taken to Clyde. At that point tie was placed on an Ashevllle-bound train, where he pondered for a while and with broken accents confessed to Mr. Beck that he had attempted to assault the girl, that she had fought him and had finally gotten possession of a rock with which she struck him when he drew his knife and cut her throat from ear to ear. Realizing that such a confession would probably cost him his life, he set his eyes determined ly, looked the Swain county officer In the eye and requested that his body be sent to his wife and family at Blrdtown when the law was through with him. It was stated In Waynesvllle last night that members; of the mob which formed in thevt city had expressed their Intention of following the pris oner ,o Ashll..'Hower..thy had mad no appearance her at a late hour last night and it la believed that no trouble will be felt In pro tecting the prisoner in the local Jail, ae it 1a of modern construction and Is not easily entered. Present plans are to keep French here until court convenes In Bryson City, when he will be taken to that place. Pretty Soon Now. eureka fi&tZ - 1 , J,. tl iii i i i.i. i 1 TUHKET- IS IUKIMG SUP ME EFFORTS E TO OBTAIN PEACE Italy. Once Willing, to Pay Large Compensation, will Pay Nothing Now LONG LIST OF IMPORTANT CASES .., BEFORE SUPREME COURT OF THE U . S. .t-V - .jK ... ' .... .':' ..i" -r ;. r'-'i- -i-;- : :r-, v Several of Tftem of Almost Equal Importance as Standard Oil and American Tobacco Co. Cases Court Assembles Today and WM Get Down to Real Work Immediately Eight Hundred Cases on the Docket, - 2 OF ENGLAND WILL 6E TRIED IN AMERICA Secretary Meyer Studied This System on Recent Trip to England CHIEF FEATURES WASHINGTON. Oct. 8. Casting aside all scientific systems of navy yard management advocated In this country because he Deneves i"') ivm1 too much detail and required serious changes in the civil service rules of employment, Secretary of the Navy Meyer will import from fcngiana the system of management In ue by Vk-kers, Utd.. at the Barrow-In-Fur-ness ship, ernflne and ordnance works. This, In substance, was officially an nounced at the navy department to day. The secretary studied this sys tem during his recent inspection of European naval works. The Norfolk navy yard will be the first to feel the change which will be felt in the other yards gradually. Na val Constructor Evans, who has been sent to Norfolk to carry out instruc tions for Improvements in the issue and care of tools, the handling of material estimating on work, repair methods, and bringing about uniform methods in all the shops, will Inaugu rate parts of the system, is ex pwted. In the effect, the new system will provide for the centralization ef work and allows the commandant of a yard to know Just what is Dewg done on a particular Job without hav ing to seek the Information from oth ers having the work under thejr chairge. Secretary Meyer atates that with the inauguration of the new system he has not In contemplation any changes In onsanisatlon in the yards. That the system may be thoroughly Instituted Captains A. B. Wlllets and E. Theis, United States navy, have been sent to England to study the details of the Vickera system. These officers left last Thursday and will be gone about a montXand, following their return. It Is believed the work of establishing the new system will be begun in earnest. Another Important factor consider ed by Secretary Meyer In rejecting the systems advocated in this country was the opposition of the labor Interests CENTRAL OF GA. TRAIN EGKEO, SPIKE FOUND DRIVEN BETWEEN RAILS One Man Killed, Two Prob ably Fatally Injured Oth ers Are Hurt TRAIN LEFT TRACK BUCHANAN, Ga., Oct. 8. One man was killed, two fatally injured and about a score more badly shaken up when the Central of Georgia passen ger train was wrecked three miles south of here this morning. The wreck was caused by a aplke being driven between the rails, presumably by wreckers. The dead: Engineer Samuel Ayers, Cedartown, Gs. Fatally Injured: Little, conductor. Wilt Salomon, negro fireman. Engineer Ayers stuck to his post and was burled under the locomotive wish the fireman. The latter was later extricated barely alive, but Ayers was crushed and scalded to deatlv The train was running about 30 miles an hour when It struck a curve where Ihe spike was driven between two rails. The entire train left the track, the mall and express cars be ing smashed Into kindling wood. The passengers received a severe shak .ng up, but none was seriously in- juiea. DELEGATES -ARRIVE FOR ALL-SOUTH CONFERENCE WHICH STARTS TODAY Object is to Develop Pos3i bilities of This Section of Country WASHINGTON. 1 Oct 8 The Su preme court of th United States will convene tomonw lit noon after ' four months reciieav I win remain la session until th last of next Mar, and will eonalde as many of th S00 cams now ptld up, on the docket as time will partniti ti estimate has It that the court trpi'dlspoae of about 400 cases during the trm(l But mat about '100 additional iffasea wlU b docketed before Sea Juna. ' All the membora ef th tsourt Ava arrived In tha ; ity wrth tha eoep- ttoo 'f Aasiatant fustic ay.' : tt.Tfca nines t Mr. fta, dtalnd. fclro at their home in Canioti. Chief Jua tlca White was among the first to arrive while Justice -Harlan d, Mc Kenna, Holmes; Lurton, Hughes, Van Devanter and Lamar, all returned to the city In ample tlm for tihe open ing of the term. Unlike most sessions In the past, members of the court returned from their vacations to meat duties other. than the routine work of their offices. Revising Equity Rule ; Chief JusUoe Whit and , Assistant Justices Lurton and Vandeventer art to complete tihwlr work, If poaalbls at an early data of revising tha equity rule of federal courts throughout th united States. At their suggestion the Circuit court 'judge appolntted committees to recommend amend nventa ts he rules which generally art regarded a having outlived thslr use- guinea. Bom of the crflmltt ar ready : to submit their - reports. towi'.lfffZfr '1:'j!!a' rncommendaUona soon.' Thea recom mendations will be considered hy sh commltee of the court headed by this chief Justice and a final draft of new rules prepared for promulgation by the tribunal. During the summer, Justice Lurton spent some time in England, learning directly the Im pressions of the English Jurist who recently prepared new equity rules for the court of their country. On account of th abolishment on January 1, lilt of all Circuit courts of th United "tat, leaving only the . District court, th Courts of Appeal and th Suprsm' court, it will be nossary to revise tha rules governing precedurt In the Supreme cburt. It Is bilvd that th court will not only revts the ruts so a to meet the abolishment of th Cir cuit court, but It will modemli Dham la many way. Mall Service Jtaoort juatic Hughs wtu hav. In ad'dl- tlon to. his court. work, the; completion! of ni report on cumrses tor man sw vice. H 1 chairman of th commit tee which ha bn investigating th subject particularly with reference to tlh rotes on second else mater. Th report of the committee la expected to be sent to congress when It eon vns In December. A long list of (Continued ion Pa" Five) IMPORTANT SUBJECTS BATTLESHIP AND BARGE COLLIDE NORFOLK. Oct. g. An unknown battleship, believed to have been the New Jersey, collided with a car barge owned by the New York. Philadelphia ft Norfolk railroad last night near Thimble Light. The battleship was enroute to Hampton Roads in a dense fog and rain storm. Guns on the battleship struck a freight car on the barge and spilled some of Its contents. The war ship swept her search lights In all direction star the col lision and seeing the barge was unin jured proceeded to Hampton inads. No one was Injured. The navy yard bad received no report of the colli who were particularly Interested In I Ion tontiht but reported that the New defeating the .'so-called Taylor an- lnv th aziIv alVilm fn n rrlt In em- . , , th roads last night. MEMPHIS, Tenn. . Oct. J. Dele gates are tonight arriving from south era and southwestern states for tha all-south conference In this city to morrow. In general the object of the meeting as announced Is to discuss plans better to develops the Indus trial, mercantile, agricultural, finan cial and civic posslbiltles of this por tion of the United States and In detail to consider plans to divert the bulk of travel Incident to the two Panama expositions In 1915 on the- Pacific coast through Southern and south western states. Sessions of the south ern commercial secretaries will be held Tuesday and Wednesday. Proba bly the most striking feature of the all-south conference and the secre taries "meetings" will be the absence of sef speeches, far while there will be the usual addresses of weloome, the program to be followed will be governed wholly by th announcement of topics upon which the delegates are expected to speak at will. Among the subjects for considera tion are: Land reclamation. Immigration, trade publications, value to commun ities of advertising, Industrial aad manufacturing exhibitions, bonuses tor new industries, real estate nro blems, conventions, health and muni cipal sanitary affairs and traffic con. aitione. So far as is known here the con rerence will plan the first definite movement started o secure the great er part of travel to California In 115, Southern lines of railroads are ex pected to enlist In the movement It Is expecsd that a number of roads will be represented ' t tomorrow's meeting. D. C. Collier, director general of t!ie San Diego, Cal., Panama exposi tion, and G. Groavenor Da we, man aging director of th southern con gress, Washington, who made ANTI-TYPHOID VACCINATION CAUSES MILDER ATTACKS Public Health and Hospital Service Expresses Belief in Immunity WASHINGTON. Oct . The pre valence of typhnld fever In practi cally every section cf the United States ha inspired the public health and marine hospital service to ex press publicly Its belief In the arti ficial immunity, with certain limita tions afforded by antl-typhold vac cination, already compulsory In the American army for soldiers under 4 5 years of age. In a report Just is sued the public health service re produces the summary of the findings of a commission of the academy of medicine of Paris which investigated the subject. "Antl-typhold vaccination," the French commission declares, does not accomplish the omplete dlsajpnr ance of tuls Infectious disease in the communities where It Is practical, but it diminishes very notably its fre quency. Moreover, such of the vac cinated who contract typhoid fevr notwithstanding have much milder attacks than non-vaccinated subjects. The percentage of deaths superven ing among the former Is one.-hn-.fi that oi the non-vaccinated typhoid fewer patients." In the JudggMpt of the commission the vaccination should be practiced only upon healthy subjects free from all organic or other defects and from local or general affections, no matter what their nature, especially tuberculosis. PLAIN CLOTHES MEN TO KEEP COURT ORDERLY 4P McNamara Trial Virtually Opens Today With Exam ination of Veniremen HEAVY DAMAGE BY FIRE NEW YORK, Oct. . Fire early to day wrecked the six story building at No. 127-129 Water -street, dblng damage estimated at $350,000. LOS A NO ELKS, Cal., Oct. . With the opening tomorrow of tha prelimi nary examination of 125 veniremen by Judge Walter Hordwell, of the super ior court, the trial of the alleged dy namite conspirators, John J. and J. R McNamaja, virtually will have be gun although the case Itself will not be called until Wednesday. Judge Hordwell ordorred that the veniremen report to him tomorrow that he may clear out thosn who have legal ex cuses, leaving for the examination of attorneys Wednesday only those who could be rejected for cause. The names of the venlrmen will not be made public until tomorrow by Judeg Hoard well's orders. Chief of Police Sebastian has assign ed ten plaJn clothes men to duty in the court room and Sheriff Hammel has arranged not only for an ade quate force of deputies to attend tha trial, but has ordered that thirty or forty others constantly be ready to respond to call. On Wednesday It officially will be stated whetheir tho defense prefers that the brothers be tried separately i pr together. The defense already has announcd Informally that It prefers separato trials, tho announcement having been followed by the state ment of District Attorney John I). Fredericks, of the defense, made that move he would try John J. McNa mara first. TREATY WITH GERMANY BY German-American ' Alliance Wants Equal Footing With Other Nations TURKEY OFFERS TO GRANT CONCESSIONS Italian Authorities at Tripoli Issue Proclamation Sup- pressing Slavery ' LONDON, Oct I, Most of Oia Oon itantirto'ple correspondent agree that Turkey Is renewing her effort to se en HMM : hi tkt, J4Sa -V. : procodur to be followed whether by arbitration through an European con ference or by other means, sccoriling to report from Horn, ?taly, which at on Urn wa ready to pay Turkey a'Jari compensation, ' now will pay nothing, although she would hot lm, pos war Indemnity If pesos war conducted forthwith. If : hottllltio are "prolonged' Italy wl I) demand a heavy Indemnity, ' ' " Dispatches tell of tha loss of two Turkish torpedo boat. ' . Th Turkish versions minimis tha affair. The Chronicle's Constantinople cor respondent say thsrs 4 great activ ity on the part of the Italian war ships through thsfciii!epago and In th Ionian and ' Rod seat. , It is be lieved thslr intention s to blockad th Pardansllsa, Report r current that Bald P h Wit! resign od Kalmll pasha be. com gran vlssr,, Thsr r Jndlca. lions throughout th Turkish domln-j Ions of an energetic spirit In favor of holy war, but in Constantlnopi th people pray constantly for peace. According to th . correspondent, th American ambassador, W. , W. r rtockhllvrnas been instructed i from., Washington to us til Influenc fori poars.Th arnhnssndor will hmo au Interview toirrrow with flnl4 i'anha. Jtuast l Joining with - the . United States In this action. Turkey has : sent another not to Che powers ask ing for intervention and offering to . grant evsry reasonable concession to Italy. WASHINGTON. Oct. Th Ger mans of the United Btatea, ss repre sen ted by the German-American alli ance now In convention here, today signified Khelr wish that Germany en ter Into negotiations with the United States for a general arbitration treaty rlmllar to those with Oreat Britain and France now ponding ratification by the United Btatea senate. SHOOT AWAY TTRKI8H ThAO ROME, Oct l.--OffIcial dispatches received iter today say that early this morning the shops of tha first' ItaMan squadtftrh entered . ths road. stead t Toar&Mn Bomb Bay wher rhey found no1 Turkish warships. They summoned ths garrison to surrender out tho Turks replied with a flat re fusal snd hoisted the Turkish flag. The battleship Vlttorte Emmanuel opened fire. The flret shot carried away th flog and mad a large breach in th ton. Read Admiral Aubrey. commander-in-chief of the fleet, then ; landed several companies ef marines, who, after a short struggle, overcam th resistance of the mlt Turkish forces. Th Italian occupied the fort and hoisted their flag.: A few Turk ish soldiers, who refused to abandon' ths fort without further lighting wers ' mad prisoner. ' TO gCPPREHS SLAVERY HOME, by way of , the Frontier, Oct. . The ItaMan authorities at Til. poll today Issued a proclamation sup. pressing slavery. Tripoli era the on. v ly remaining port on the coast of Africa where slavery ettll prevailed, notwithstanding the efforts of Oreat r Britain on th on aid and Franc on the other to prevent the traffic COLLEGE HEADS TO ATTEND CEREMONY WEBSTER'S NEW STANDARD ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY COUPON OCT. 9, 1911 SIX COUPONS OF CONSECUTIVE DATES CONSTITUTE A SET SHOWERS' WASHINGTON. Oct.. . 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