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TWW SUNDAY CITIZEN THE WEATHER FAIR VOL, XXVTEI., NO. 7 ASHEVILLE, N, C, SUNDAY $0RK1XQ, OCTOBER 29, 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS NAT APPEAL FOR CKEOFIOGE IT IN Losing Control AS TO WHETHER! CftN CAST BALLOT Notified by Cincinnati Ejection Board That He Failed to Have Proper Paper PROTECT HONOR CLAIMS DEFENSE WSSSftOl t Prosecution However Will En deavor to Show That kill lng Was Premeditated O-T TR ANSI AT -IT HeAUV tSNTFlT FOR PUBLICATION il U TODAY . ADMINISTRATION'S DROOPING SPIRITS . sr- v SHE KILLED 11 TO ! fit Vrv II . S THS SPGSE GREATLT BEVIVED Report of Imperialistic Victory Near Hankow From the Minister of War , LOAN AGREEMENT ALSO HELPS CONSIDERABLY Last Day of Third Week of Famous Los Angeles Trial Ended In General Snarl J CHANCE OF JUDGE IS ONLY LEGAL RECOURSE" Not Much Showing Yet Made Towards Securing Jury to Try James B. McNamara LOS ANOKLE8. Cel.. Oct. II. Strong possibility of an appeal (or a change of judge, marked th . cluso j today of th third weak of the Mr- (Namara murder trial, which ended In a general snarl. Ona such demand al ready hat been re ruse d by Judge, Walter Bordwsll. the refusal bains 'backed by an affidavit from Judge glutton, presiding judge of the twelve departments, of the Superior court of Los Angeles county, certifying the Im partiality of Judge Bordwell. A further appeal, If made, would ' be based to a great extent, It is ' known, upon the two rulings mads to day by Judge Bordwell, in which he denied challenges by the defense .against A. O, Winter.' Walter N. i Frampton, as Jurors. Both were chal lenged for bias. , Their examination covers scores jf pates of the record in the trial of James B. McNamara for the' alleged murder of Charles J. Haggerty, one 'Of the victims of the explosion which wrecked the Los Angeles Time build ing, a year ago. f , Both men are still under challenxe tonight. It having occurred to Attor ney Lecompte Davis, for the defen.e, : after the adverse ruling of the court, that neither had boon interrogated 'as to whether he would vote for con viction in a capital case on circum stantial evidence alone. Each said le would not and this is ground for 'Challenge under the law. "Better for Defense." , 'Th state objected, District Attor ney Hoi-ton declaring that such ehsl lenges should have been offered sooner or not at kITi'-fflat If the"'nn' were against hanging tt 1 so much (the better for the defense and could not be used as "a savior of peremp- ' tory challenges.'' "We don't want Hampton or Win ter on that Jury because they are not (atr-mlnded men," cried Attorney Jo seph Scott, for the defense. In re sponse to this, "We want them off. no matter .whether the challenge ! on the ground that appears beneficial tinder other circumstances or not." Four talesmen accepted by bath Ides as to cause, but still subject to peremptory challenge, two more now ! under challenge for cause and six tn the box awaiting examination, was the showing at the end of the third court week. One panel of 15 venire men has been examined and another of forty la nearly gone. Clarence S. Darrow, chief counsel : for the defense, refused tonight to discuss his plans, but other attorneys ' for the defense admitted that appeals for change of judge is their legal re course. ENGINEER'S QUICK WORK HIT HAVE PREVENTED QUITE SEVERE WRECK American Boat Train Carry ing Iinsitania Passengers Has a Narrow Escape. ONE SERIOUS INJURY LONDON, Oct 28. Prompt action on the part of the engineer today pro vented the wreck of the American boat train carrying passengers of the steamer Lusltanla,. sailing from Liv erpool for New York. Although it was Impossible to avoid a collision with a local standing- near the Colwlch sta tion, the acoldent was attended by less serious consequences than might have been expected. Out of the four Injured passengers of the local train, only ona was seriously Injured. The boat train, consisting of 19 oarti, left Euston station at noon, drawn by two engines. When three hundred yards from the Colwlch sta tion, the driver of the foremost en gine observed the standing train and promptly applied all the brakes. The other engineer followed the example, ,but the distance was too short to pre vent a smash. The train, traveling at fifteen miles an hour, dashed Into tho rear of the local, directly underneath an Iron bridge. The roofs of the dam sired carriages war pinned against ithe structure. V Although the leading engine was derailed, it remained upright. The rear car of the local train was forcer through the boiler, causing the steam pipes te explode. Both the engineer and fireman had a narrow escape from scalding, passengers on the , boat-train, many of whom were ' at lunch, were somewhat shaken but no one was Injure However. Rumored Among Chinese That Royal Family Will Flee From Capital PEKING. Oct 21. The report of an Imperialist victory in the vicinity of Hankow, which has been recel'vd from the minister of war, General Yin Tohang, has revived the drui,.i ing spirits of the administration. Ad ditional comfort has been found In the conclusion of a loan agreemert which. Chinese officials say, has Just been arranged with a Belgian syndi cate, having French' and British con nections. The loan la for 118,000,000, the price 'being 90, with six per cent interest. The syndicate receives four per cent commission. The financial groups representing the four nations Interested in the railway loan, the United States, Qiuet Britain. France, ' and Germany, lock under advisement, a proposition for a loan of $8,000,000, but the United States financiers decided that the present was an inopportune moment. This afternoon the diplomatic body held a meeting and considered tlio request of the viceroy of the prov ince of Chi Li for permission to po lice Tien Tain with troops, which is contrary to the international pro'o cal of 102. The ministers, however, decided to permit the viceroy to do so, owing to the serious conditions prevailing. . . They decided also o authorize th consuls at Hankow to deal temporar ily with all question: coming up; but the seizure or foreign ships carrying anything which may be cabled con' traband of war, as threatened by tuo rebel leader, General Lo Tuatt Hens, cannot bet permitted, ' C VMa't-i) Appet. , l Regarding the appeal of Bnanghi! business men through ' the ' consuls that a thirty mile, sons around" Shaoo; hal be declared neutral, the ministers declined to-assent, on the ground tht' it was a matter for decision by the powers. , ,. . . Panic prevails at Peking. Both Manchu and Chinese families are taking precautionary measures against; immediate disturbances. The , Chinese are alarmed owing to a re port that the Manchu garrison In tends to begin, a massacre If It meets With reverses at the hands of the rebel in the south. The Manchus are said also to fear, a massacre, on the part' of the Chinese. Both continue to desert the capital. All - trains aro crowded and the forelm banks are (Continued on Puff Four) Proposition Advanced to Baise Fund for Holding It for Increase. GOVERNORS MEET. NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 28. Proba bly the first business to come up be fore the conference of the southern governors who will meet here Mon day next to discuss the problem of checking fine downward course of the price of cotton will be a propo sition to raise a fund of $75,000,000 to $100,000,000 to be used in hold ing back the cotton crop until (high er prices are obtained. Governor Colquitt of Texas, who Issued the call for the meeting of the executives, is understood to favor suoh a plan, providing any feasible way of carry ing It out ran be devised. Nine of the southern governors will be present at the conference, to gether with a number of state com missioners of agriculture and ' the president and several members of the National Farmers union. (Governor Hadley of Missouri and Gilchrist of Florida, and Hoke Bmltih of Georgia will be not present on ac count of conflicting engagements. At the opening of the morning ses sion Governor Sanders, of Loulslaa, and Mayor Behrman of New Orleans, will welcome tthe visiting executives, following which Governor Colquitt probably will be elected to ttie chair, at which, time be will state the pur pose of the meeting. CONFEDERATE VETERAN" DIES WINCHESTER, Vs,, Oct. 28. Col. William W. Glass, a Confederate vet eran and descendant of General James Wood, the founder of Win chester, died at his home near here today of paralysis, aged seventy-seven year . PROBLEM OE CHECKING DOWNWARD TENDENCY OF GOTION WILL GOME UP RECALL OF JUDICIARY TOUCHED UPON AGAIN Takes Offense At Some Recent Aspeisions Cast At Hint by Senator Clapp . CHICAGO, Oct President Taft, who frequently refers to himself as th "titular bead of the republican party," was in a quandary tonight. He does not know whether hes a qualified voter any more. He does not know whether the election au thorities in Cincinnati, his home city, intend to let him cast a ballot tn the city elections next Tuesday. More than two weeks ago Mr. Taft made out h.U registration papers, mailed them from tha Pacific coast, and. thought no more about the mat ter. A few days later the president was notified by the Cincinnati elec tion' board that he had failed to hove the proper affidavit made out to ac company the papers. JCI New Castle, Wyo., where lie was the guest of Con gressman Mondell, the preside-' worked until late at night making out new papers and the necessary af fidavit ? The. mails from New Castle that night carried the papers to Ctn- CInnatl. Tady Secretary Hllles was notified, evidently on good authority, that the president had failed to reg ister properly In time, and Mr, Taft took up hi day in Chicago convinc ed that while he might visit Cincin nati en election day, he could not vote. Later In the day word came from Cincinnati that the whole matter had been pujt up to Secretary of State Craves, of Ohio, and that It was not definitely settled. Tonight Mr, Taft is wondering what will be the out come, He -is going to Cincinnati anyway, -but he would like to vote If -possible. . 'v'V . Biiojr.,tats in. Ortcj.'! ' president Taft spent a busy day In Chicago. He spoke to the American Mining cengreas In the morning, en dorsing the speech made by Secretary of the Interior Fisher here lastnlghtj told the member of the Chicago Bar association that he was, and expected always to be opposed to the recall of 'he Judiciary; rode sixty miles by special train to dedicate the new naval training station at North Chicago and tonight addressed the Chicago Asso ciation of Commerce on peace and arbitration. ' The president came near politics once today. That was when he spoke to tne' Chicago Bar association. With out using him nams, Mr. Taft re ferred to the remarks of United States Senator Clapp, of Minnesota, in this , i (Continued on Pace Four) POLICE UNABLE TO COPE WITH STRIKE SITUATION TROOPS IRE CULLED OUT No Serious Disorders Re cently, but Strikebreakers Not Deemed Safe. NUMBER BEATEN FULTON, Ky., Oct 28. Unable to cope with disturbances attributed to the strike of Illinois Central em ployes, local authorities have asked for state troops, which are expected here in a few hours. No very serlou disorders have oc curred here In the past few days, though minor disturbances have be come so numerous local police could not handle the offenders. It has re sulted In Illinois Central strike breakers being frequently beaten and In one or two Instances shot. MILITIA TO SCENE HOPKINSVILLE, Ky., Oct. 28 The local company of militia receiv ed a call to proceed with all haste to Fulton, Ky., to quell Illinois Central strike disturbances. At midnight the troops were at the station awaiting a special train that will convey them to Fulton. Mobollxed under secret orders what members of company l, Third Ken tucky State Guards, could be mem bers, were sssen-.bled at the Illinois Central station at 12:80 o'clock this morning, waiting for a special train. The company with between thirty men In uniform under the com mand of Capt E. W. Clark, had' been assembled without knowledge of more than a dozen people in Hopklnsvllle. Strictest secrecy was maintained by the officers and men. who said they did not know where they were going. It la not known whether the other members of the command will join the compsny tomorrow. . Fulton la about a hundred miles southwest of beret " POPE PIUS X - $ 4 & . , i CARDINALS Archbishops John M. Farley Washington Monsignor Diomede Falconio Among Those Who WiJ) Receive Red Hat Fifth Consistory by Pope Pu X, . ROME, Oct. 18. Tls pope will create a large number of cardinals at tha consistory to be held Novem ber 27. The Most Rev. John M. Farley, archbishop of New York, and the Most Rev. William H. O'Connell, archbishop of Boston, are.) among those wfco will' receive the red hat. Monsignor Ptomede ' Falconio, apoa- tolio delegate t Washington, also will be elevated, according to the an nouncement made . today. ' The full list of prelates whose elevation to tha eardlnalate as officially announced IL In strtvM!. int. J2frrka&. hlshnn of Valladnlld. ' Monsignor Diomede Falconio, apos tolic delegate at. Washington. Monsignor A. Vlco, papal nuncio, at Madrid. ; Monsignor J. Granite de Belmont, Blgnelll. ex-papal nuncio at Vienna. - The Most Rev. John M. Farley, erch-blhop, of New York. . 'The Most Rev. Francis Bourne, srohtolshop ,ot Westminster. .The Most Rev. Francis S. Bauer, archlshop of Olmuetx. Monsignor L. A. Amlette, ardhblsh op of Paris. The Most Rev. William H. O'Con neliy, archbishop of Boston. Monsignor F. V. Dublllard, arch bishop of Chatnbrey. The, Most Rev. Frans X. Nagel, archbishop of Vienna, Monsignor Decahrlers, bishop of Montpelller, France. Monsignor Blsletl, papal major domo. Monsignor Lugari, assesor of the holy office. lansl;Bor WPompell, ' secretaHy fit the congregational council. Moaalgnor Billot, of IShe Jesultor dor. Monsignor Van Rossum, redemp tlbnlst. GIANTS' TICKET SELLING Ban Johnson Claims Irregu larities, and Asks for In vestigation. CHICAGO, Oct. 28. A thoTOUfrll airing of the method used by ths New York club In the sale of tlckots of the recent world's series basebull fames, is a certainty according to a statement by B. H. Johnson,' presi dent of the American league today on his return from th east, Mr. Johnson said ho had requesil August Hen-man, chairman of the Na tional Commission, to call a meeilns immediately. Johnson, asserted tViat he had new oyldence. Persons em ployed by the American League club declare that the ntgtt previous to the first game In New York, October 14, a trunk loaded with reserved eat tickets was taken from the St. James Building, .where U.e New York club has offices. FAIR ' WASHINGTON, -Oct. 28 Forecast for North Carolina -Fair In interior, unsettled on the coast Sunday; Mon day fair, moderate northeast wlada, . WILL CREATE - ' : AT CONSISTORY ON NOV. 27 and William H, McConnell and Apostolic Delegate At Four at last Consistory The last consistory was held In December, 1907, four cardinals being appointed at that time. Since' then many vacancies have occurred In the sacred college by death ana now there are twenty-six seats of the total of seventy unfilled. . Since 1807 the Intention to bold a oonslstory has been announced from time to time, but has bee postponed for various causes. On one occasion it was stated that h pope adhered to his opinion that the United States thouid nd heve mors than one car dina) .during the life of Cardinal Gib. The proposed consistory In Novem ber will be, the fifth held by Pope Plus X. .On -the death of Leo XIII Mi ere were sixty-four cardinals. Dur tng the last eight years Plus X has created seventeen new eardlnals of whom, two have died, , Thirty, of the cardinals who took part in tne elec tion of Cardinal Burto to Pope Pius X. aiso nave died. SURPRISED AT NEWS WASHINGTON, Oct, 28 The papal delegate to the United States, Mon signor Diomede Falconio, was greatly surprised (tonight when lvhnwn the dispatch from Rome stating that he was to be made a cardinal. . "I 4o not believe Uaerp (s ny truth In the report," said ths papal delegate, "that I am to be made a cardinal." Futher than this tie would not .discuss the matter. CARDINAL GIBBONS PLEASED FOREST GLKN. Md., Oct. 28 When Cardinal Gibbons, of Baltimore wh'o Is here tonight was Informed of tlhe news from Rome than Monsig nor Falconio and Archbishops Far ley and O'Connell, were to be cre ated cardinals at the next consistory, he said he had no ' word from the WILEY AND HOBSflN ARE PRAISED, JILSON IS NOT W. C. T. U. National Presi dent Addresses Meeting of Temperance Workers. MILWAUKEE." Wis., Oct, 2. Praise for Captain R. P. Hobsoh, for Ins advocacy of temperance causes, and also for Dr. H. W. Wiley, and censure for Secretary of Agricul ture James Wilson, from the lips of Mrs. Lillian M. N. Stevens, of Maine, national president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, brought applause on one hand and denun ciation on the other at the opelng meting of the National Temperance Worker' convention In the Audito rium today. To ensure the temperance women officials from suffering from thirst In Mltwsukee, a generous man from Maine, eent one hundred bottles of Maine water to their 'headquarters. Mrs, Elisabeth Preston Anderson, of Valley City, N. D., recording sec retary in her annual report this af ternoon, referred to Maine as "the fortres of prohibition." TROPICAL TOBM ON COAST WILMINGTON, Oct 28. The lower North Carolina coast today expe rienced the - effect of the tropical storm reported off the Florida coast dull:; the week. Late today the pi lot boat D. II. Nention, of South port, spoke off the Cape Fear bar the schooner Harry Prescott. Charleston to New York which reported having panned fifteen mll southwest of Frying Pan lightship, an unknown schooner abandoned and wallowing in a heavy sea- ' ' - . SEVENTEEN J."'.' .;' f ' .'-?- Vatican to that effect, and ho had no means of. knowing how authentic It waa. The cardinal. However, de elared that he would bo very pleased If tho information were true. Further ho would make, no comment, . ; Both the announcement of a oon alstory and tho names of those who are to be elevated to the cardinalats caused much surprise hero, - The In tention of tho Pope were kept en tirely secret, 'the general Absorption tn tho war aiding materially In, main taining th georepy. 1 - , ; The aetoetU)n.pf the no oardlnals IS the oubjct on, interesting comment, Owing chiefly to yie recognition tho United Statu has received. New, Cardinals Popular Arch-Bishop Farley's elevation has caused It' general excellent Impres sion .as, besides hi eminent qualities, he l head of one of th moot im portant Catholio center of tho, world. Arch-Bishop O'Connell, who Is very popular In Rome, is tho youngest among the new -cardinal. It is Stated that soon tho Amerl can cardinals wilt be further in cressed so a to give tha west a rep resentative in tho senate . of ths church. ' -f.c The four named cardinals, added to th three already existing, maks full complement for Franc. Portu gal, on the other hand, ha not been recognised, Monsignor Mendel Bella, patriarch of Llbson, having failed to receive the red hat, Indicating that the Pops consider that tha rupture of the concordat with 'that country must have a retrospective effect, Monsignor Tontl, papal munlco at Lisbon, also has been passed over, while Monsignor Vlsro, papal munclo at Madrid, and Monsignor Granite, papal munlclo at Vienna, have been honored. SEVERAL MORE DAYS FOR GRAND WTO FINISH Many New Summonses Served in Case of Boston Minister. BOSTON, Oct. 28. That the grand Jury wll be compelled to sit several days next week hearing further evi dence against the Rev. Clarence V. T. Rtnheson, of Cambridge, charged with the murder of Avis Llnnell, of Hyannls, was made apparent tonight, by the serving of several new sum monses. Phases of the case not yet touched upon publicly are expected to be brought out from these witnesses, ac cording to the police. The grand Jury in the two days It has had the case under consideration has heard only a few of the forty witnesses origi nally summoned. With new sum monses out it is not believed re port will be reached before the mid dle of next week. BILLIARD TOURXASIEXT. NEW YORK, Oct. 28. The first cf the five big championships tourna ment which the National Association of Amateur Billiard Players has map ped out for the winter will be the class B, national championship , at 18.2 balk line. The tournament, tt wss decided at a meeting of th ex ecutive committee here today, will be held tn New York, Monday, Novem ber 2. . Tho matches will be tore hnndrnd points and all entrant must qualify at a grand overage of between fir Md seven. M'REE CASE REACHES INTERESTING STAGE Defense Boldly Challenges Prosecution to Attack Char acter of Defendant OPKLOU8A8, La., Oct, , 18.-Th . prosecution closed Its direct evl-. dence at live o'clock this afternoon' in th case of Mrs,' Zee Runge Mo Rse, charged with the murder of young Allan Thurman Garland, in tier -horn her five weeks ago. , ' ' Judge Pavy immediately adjourned" nanrt : until nln e'nlnftk r UaMiv morning, when th defense will be suport of Its oontentlon that th kill-, tng was an act In defense of, wo' man' sacred honor, ' Only two day of tho first week of the trial were devoted, to th tak ing of evidence, tho first four , days being consumed In securing jury. It Is expected that the ffial will last alt of next week. Counsel for tn; defendant late this afternoon bodlyi ehallanged th proasoutlon to Attack! th character of Mrs, Mcnee This' announcement by Judge ' Hunter, of eounsel, followed n objection, to a line of questioning which served to Interrupt the Initial effort of the pro-; secutlon to show undue Intimacy be-; tween th prisoner and Allan Gar land. , , (Mary Bosweil, an eld negro woman, was on th stand. Bhe was telling of a visit to her place, on the Flaisanc fond,, thro mile from tho Garland horn of Mrs. MeRee ' nd th de eeassd, Mrs. MeRee,. eh testlfled.f had on previous Visit tpld ie that; she would' bring a young man with her th next time she cam out. - . ."Well, what did tj.iey do whila they , war at your placet" "t didn't notice them very much.j I was too busy, 'tending to my pota'.o vines." ' 1 . i ,- i At this point oounsel for tho do fense objected to the line of question ing on th ground that th testimony was not relevant at this stag of the' proceedings, The witness we x- eused but probably will b Introduced! In rebuttal, , Among tho witnesses Introduced this afternoon, were Mis Laura Amy,j a .neighbor of. th McRees. August Amy, a carpenter, and Joseph Welly.) Tho former said after th three Shotsi were fired In tne MoRee home, all! in rapia succession, jurs. jee came' over to her bouse and asked for ai drink of whiskey, saying that oh felt' faint, Her other testimony was In, reference to an engagement mad the day previous to tho killing by Mra, McRee to go to town th following ' (Oontltmed on Pag Vine) NAVAL EVOLUTIONS HILL ' BE MODE ELABORATE Oil ACCOUNTTAFT'SPRESEHGf' "Old Grab Fleet" of Span-j ish War W1U Partlci. J cate in Mobilization. . ;i.; BEVIEW THURSDAY NEW YORK, Oct. 2 8. "President Taft la coming to review th fleet," ttve news flashed f'oday along th five mil line of tie great arrar of war vessels In ths Hudson river, gave officers and men a pleasurable thrill, and Inducad redoubling of efforts to get everything spick and span for the review, now set for Thursday, November 5. Announcement of the president' coming was good news, too, on land. It promised, aside from the pleasure of a president's visit, a lengthening of the fleet' stay and an even more spectacular display of naval evolu tlons than had been expected. A striking incident of th late af ternoon occurred, wh-tn three of Vh. ; noted sen fighters of Hie Spanish war the battleships Massachusetts, low and Indiana, steamed up and an chored off ISOth street. Thlo "old crab fleet." as the sailors irreverent ly call the. old timers, has been tak en out of reserve in the back dSannel. at the Philadelphia kiavy yard to participate In th ' mobilization for ; the purpose, apparently, of Illustrat ing the great difference between the battleship of today and that of a das- . en years ago. ,'. v, l, 1 'V No visitors were allowed On th fleet today. Great crowd are ' ex pected tomorrow, .however, and els-: borate preparations lhave been raado by both land nd marine sections of l th police ' department - to look out' for Vboir safety. . J-
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