North Carolina Newspapers

CITIZEN THE WEATHER CLOUDY 0 TOOAT VOL. XXVHI., NO. 14. ASHEVILLE, N. C, MOUNIXG. NOVEMBER 1911 PRICE FIVE CENTS THE SUNDAY iiiiihi iiniiriirilT WHULtnnuvLMtni UPRISING AGIST G0I1RUPTMETHQD5 Anticipated Now That Within Fortnight Rebel Leader Will be Made Dictator EVERY THING IN MUDDLE IN CHINESE SITUATION Aspectin Shanghai Resembles Celebration More Than It Does Rebellion PEKING, Nov. 4. The situation In China la becoming more complex, If not more serious, every ' day. A wek ago co-operation was suspected between Yuan Shi Kai and the na - tlonal assembly. Later It was be-: llevod Yuan Shi Kal could reach an understanding with the Lanchau troops, headed, by General Chan Shao Tsen. It Is now evident, however, that all elements the throne. Yuan Shi Kai's party, the national assem bly, the provincial assemblies, the southern rebels and the northern army have, up to the present, no connection whatever. The whole movemen Is a spontaneous uprising against old corrupt methods and the fact that foreigners have not been attacked, Indicates that the desire for reform is sincere. It Is reported tonight that the na-l tlonal asembly at a secret session, de ctded to hestgne In a bady, owing to protests from many of the provln. clal assemblies, objecting that a pro visional body should assume authority to draft a constitution, which should be the work of a duly elected parlla lent. It Is stated that Genera LI Yuen Heng and other rebel leaders, who do not recognize the Peking govern ment, decline, also to recognize the powers of the national assembly in conjunction with the efforts of the throne and Yuan Shi Kai, now their military opponent, and premier lect, towards a settlement. General Chang," likewise, is : uid to consider the national assembly's methods un satisfactory. The third army divi sion' 'which leas ' been , stationed 't Chang Shung Fu, is being .mobilized at Lfcnohu with the troops already thers, ostensibly for the formation of a second army to he used by Yuan Shi KfgJ. But seemingly Yuan Shi Kai does not Intend to fight, nor does the so-called second army Intend to proceed to Hankow. Its objective Is believed to be Peking. New Edicts Daily It 'is only necessary to threaten the capital to obtain edicts altering those of yesterday and today, but new edicts will not satisfy Chang. Shao Teen and his army. Therefore, it is anticipated that the next fornlght 'may' see Chang provisional military dictator, pending the election of h parliament and the appointment 4& responsible ca binet. He may, h....tver, remain with the army, Iteeplijg pressure on the Manchus. while 4hls representatives who are already here, carry out his I urogram. CELEBRATING AT SHANGHAI SHANGHAI, Nov. 4.-The aspect of the new revolutionary center here Is more that of a celebration than a rebellion. The Immense crowds seem to be In the best of temper. There are white barges and flags verywhere. Even the Chinese shops in the for eign quarter are profusely decorated. Foreigners everywhere are saluted and received with smiles of welcome. The arsenal has been turned into a sort of picnic ground, the foreign residents arranged an excursion there this afternoon to witness tbe dlstri- .(Confnned on Page Five) NEW YORK COMPANY GETS CONTROLLING INTEREST 3F INTEHURBAN LINES Salisbury and Spencer and Concord Lines are Now Under One Head PLANS ANNOUNCED GREENSBORO, N. C.. Nov. 4 The purchase of a eontroling interest In the street railways In Salisbury, and Spencer, N. C, by W. N. Coler and j company, of New York, was an- ! nounced last night by Bird 8. Coler. 1 presidents the North Carolina Pub lic Service company, the announce ment following on the heels of the , announced purchase of the Concord: etreet'rallways by this company. The I newly acquired lines will be developed and will eventually be connecting J links In the Interurban which is plan-, ned from Greenville, 8. C, via Char lotte, N. C, and Greensboro, to Dur ham, N. C. The purchase is In line with a general development which Coler A company have planned for the central section of the state. Mr. Coler announced also the. be gtntng Of plans for build1ng ln Greensboro a tourist hotel to it least t00.00. - TURKS AND ARABS SLOWLY PUSHING ITALIANS TO WALL That Former Have Re-entered Trip oli, Entry Being Followed by Great Slaughter is Persistent Rumor Italians Losing Ground " MALTA, Nov; 4. Persistent rumors are In circulation tlwt the Italians have suffered a great v- reverse at Tripoli. It A reMrt- ed that the Turks and Arabs have re-entered the town and that great slaughter followed. ANANIAS OUTDONE LONDON. Nov. 4. "Ananias in his palmiest days never wrote . half as! 1 many falsehoods and misrepresents.- tlons as have appeared in the Italian press and In the official statements Issued by the Italian government," telegraphed the correspondents of Reuters Telegraph company, Ltd., at Tripoli, who arrived at Malta today. From Malta he was able to send an uncensored message which con tains a pessimistic description of the condition of the Italian army around what he terms the reaelged city of Tripoli. He says: "To sum up the results of the cam paign: The Italians hold, with nearly twice as many men, half the ground that they held three weeks ago. They have lost in killed and wounded, not counting the sick, well over one thou sand men. Many Arabs have been killed and vast numbers were shot In cold blood. Now 2S.O00 soldiers And themselves with their backs to the sea, cramped and confined, with an active enemy within a few yards of them, and with cholera raging, for, despite official efforts to conceal the truth, there have been many cases among the troops and the civil popu lation is suffering bo much that whole streets in 'Tripoli, have been closed by armed sentries. - , "T'lere has leen no disgrace.. On the contrary, the Italian troops fought with great courage' and their offi cers set a i noble ' example." . Shelling Italians The Arabs have advanced their ar tlllery and are shelling the Itajyvns!! One shell dsspped Into General Cane va's1 htadnuartsra: " "Th ' foreign miliary attaches have been kept aboard a boat and, not permitted to land, the explanation being that It would be too dangerous for them to go ashore. The Turks and Arabs, the corres- E T OF T OUT BY CHICAGO POLICE Went Without Food to "Purge Their Sinful Souls of Lust" PARENTS AND SON CHICAGO, Nov. 4. Details of a ghastly suicide compact Involving a whole family were brought out by the police tonlgni following the discovery of the emaciated forms of Herman Lctsch, his wife Anna and their twelve-year-old son. All had been dead several days. Followers of a religious creed, self promulgated, the parents had forced themselves and their son- to do with out food to "purge their sinful souls of dust" until starvation wiped out the whole family. From physicians' examinations, it- was evident the boy had been the first to die. On a bed was a black shroud bear ing a note reading: "This gown Is for our son Herman, when he is dressed for the coffin." Apparently the parents had been too weak to put the gown . cv the starved form of the boy when death came, but weakened by hunger, naj j lain on the floor near each other, j waiting for the death which came several days later for t mother. ('! a week later( apparently, for the fa-' ther. ! A long and rambling letter In Ger man criticised churches and church; people, and named a Chicago church and pastor. This pastor told the po- j lice that until about four months ago I I the family attended church each f-tm- 'day, always contributing $1. They i ceased coming ant when the pastor j asked Letach about It. Letsch! he said, j hi ited: "All right; I'll get out of th church, hut a new appearance of uod will blast you for It." The rambling letter said no minis ter was to appear at their funerals. ! the determination to die, it said, ran back for three years, and last March 17 was the day first selected for their taking off. An illness of the bo neighbors said must nave delayed We suicides. The last of the"- three to die. the father, died three days ago. physicians said. FIFTY REPORTED KILLED SACRAMENTO. Cal.. Nov. 4 Fifty people are reported killed near Au burn. Cal., by th collapse of a bridge lor. . j. . - pondent says, hold the oasla. fifteen miles lonf, and from two to five mile deep, where they can subsist on dates and olives until April, mean, time harraastng the Italians by night ly raids. There ahe no signs of the , Italians prepared to advance. The correspondent describes the spirits of the invading army aa demoralised. The men expected a short and sharp cam paign. Instead, they arc lying In the trenches with sandstorm blowing over with, rains soaking them. They are disgusted with the war and hate the j country. They long to return homo, "Four days afUr the engagement i of October 13, the Italian soldiers engaged In Indiscriminate slaughter of the Arab population under General Caneva's sanction," continues the correspondent. "Caneva first Issued a general order to shoot alt Arabs found with arms, but only when cauTht by troops in charge of officers. The troops complained that numbers of Arabs had hidden their arma and resumed work as husbandmen. There upon, General Caneva Issued another order to shoot all Arabs who could reasonably be suspected of having been carrying arms. Shot Indiscriminately ' "The blood of -the men was up na turally, as they had seen their com rades shot from behind, and it Is re ported, even mutilated, though of this It la Impossible to ascertain the truth. With their excitable temperament and highly developed Imagination, the Italians suspected every living soul of guilt and for font days gangs of, soldiers, often wlfhout officers, shot everyone they encountered." Previous to October 21, the cor respondent adds, the Italians treated the Arabs with the utmost kindness and says it is only fair to say that many officials, who looked at the af fair calmly afterwards, deplored It. The Arabs made a clean sweep of that portion of the oasis in which they were fired upon from the rear, although (her. Is no certain proof that any Arab In. the west end of that section took part in th rising and there were vast numbers of women and boys who were perfectly Inno cent. Of these nearly all the men and even boys above a certain age were shot, while undoubtedly many women perished. . LAWYERS FOR DEFENSE ONE BY ONE DESERT THE Lynchburg Lawyer and Congressman Harris De cide to Drop Out NEW EVIDENCE FOUND BOSTON, Nov. 4. The uncertainty which has prevailed as to the per sonnel of the counsel for the defense of th Rev. Clarence V. T. Rlcheson, chargeo. with the murder cf Avis Linnell, was renewed todey by an an nouncement that John L. Lee, the Lynchburg, Va., lawyer, who left here vancement of public Intelligence will j forecasts of the water supply avail yesterday after a stay of several days.l soon stifle 'corruption In big business sole for agricultural and commercial had withdrawn from the case. In , addition. Congressman Robert O. ; Harris declared that he, too, withdrawing from the case as fast! possible," on account of his con- gresslonal duties. It as further af - nn.Ku t iat Rlcheson',. leading coun- set would be a Massachusetts yer who has not yet been selected. ' mln,on Council, 1'nlted Commnrdal time. ' Mr. Iticheson will not be arraigned' Travelers, he!l at th Lynn Haven -'The weather bureau -Tae been in the Superior court on Monday ioj hotel- 1,4 ! m-iklntr B-Ktetmtl- measurements of plead to the Indictment against him, "There ivewr was a bad law whit- the amount nf snowfall In the moun as was expected, as Congressman ,en ln ln tll,u,e books or a vicious tn In replons of the west." slid t;io Harris has asked the district attor- ""'' Pursue I by the officials ex- secretary, "for the purpose of deter nev to defer th arrnlnmrit f - n CBPt through the ignorance or cow- mining as accurately as poselhle the few days and his request' has been ar,Ilc0 "' ,he l""'ie- To secure s1m-.' rnr,n, of water available for agrl aranted P'e justice in government, whether cultural and commercial purposes .er evidence purporting to show tnat the minister of Miss Linnell were together on the day she took cyanide ol potfuB;jm. is al.eged to have been furnished the prosecution by Herbert' O. Collins, a Brockton man. who be j rieves he saw the two together at' the south station shortly after fourl o'clock the dav of Miss Linnell .' r ... , I... iuw:t.l. have known both compalnlon well. Collins claims to the girl and her MISS KDMANDS XERVOtt) PUTNAM. Conn., Nov. 4 It be came known today that Miss Violet Edmanda, fiance of the Rev. C. V. T. Rlcheso. is In seclusion at Pomfret, together with her father, mother and a nurse. Miss Edmand Is said to oe in a nervous siaie ana u Deing at tended by a physician. JCltYMAX ARRESTED PENSACOLA, Fla., Nov. 4. After having served as a member of the coroner's Jury Investigating the death of 8plro Katak. a, Greek. John Dono- hue was himself arrested today1 eh arced with tb erbnrt CLOSE WATCH NOW KEPT ON CHICAGO WOMAN TO PREVENT SUICIDE ATTEMPT Despite Extra Precautions u3One of These CHICAGO, Nov. 4. Mrs. Louise Vermllya, who yesterday was named In a warrant charging murder, as s sequel to the deaths of Policeman Ar thur Blssonette, ' and eight other par sons, who In the last eighteen years lived under hjerjfopf, was watched closely tonight- W physicians who tearad her death at any time. An in cident in her dining today, which the police and physlclsns daclaro was an attempt by her to commit suicide by means of poison mixed with pepper, wss the cause. - When eggs wr served to the wom an by the polios' nurses, who were watching pending her reoovery from an Illness, M objected to the black pepper with which they were to be seasoned. "In the pantry there is some wte pepper In a paper bag.'v she told the nurse. "I'd prefer sumo of that If I might have It." The nurse, by the odor of the light colored substance in the bag, deter mined It was pepper and allowed Mrs. Vermllya some r It. Soon arter she became 111. Doctors were called, nn.J the contents of her stomach taken for analysis. j l'n'eer antidotes she recovered from the effects of the supposed polion, for the police were convinced she had mixed a vermin poison with the pep per thotysh sho remained weak from the vigorous measures of physicians to prevent death. The "pepper" wos tsken lo a drug- GOV. KITH SPEAKS ATBANQUETOF U.C.T. Declares Advancement of Public Intelligence Will Stifle Corruption NORFOLK, Vs., Not. 4. That ad ,nd government ,.nd reorganise the , , , , .... I i economic ana doihicm iwm ui mw eountry upon a basis of honesty and Pr"K; !- w i" ,ne general theme and ( conclusion of a speecn made by oov. Prnor Kltchln of North Carolina to4 law-ln,ht at ,',nniiet of the Old I"- city, state or national. It is needed ! -nlv to have a higher more lnteJH- n, ritlen.hln The governor eald that In this day' of br"ry an'1 r'in't. as evidenced by revelations of corrupt practices. In "n,i "orT,e ot tn Important oVpartmerita of the government, some People have come to believe it much eeilcr to tlnd honest one. a smart man than an WASHINGTON. Nov. 4. Forecast for North Carolina: Cloudy Sunday, warmer In the interion Monday, fair. light to moderate, east, and northeast win da Oh You Liberty I """N V XA LOOK AYi FULLY Her Efforts Along This Line Efforts Opens up New Line Poison Used Which Makes Invetigation Difficult tlst, who, after an examination, told the police ho thought the condiment was mixed with an arsenical rat poi son. The remainder of the compound was sent to a city chemist. The Incident h poin t d to a new possibility of the method by which Mrs.' Vermllya's roomers and rela tives In past years met death. If the pepper and poison compound had been a part of her larder In past years, that fact, said the police, while point ing out more dearly a basis for their contention that Mrs. Vermllya has more than fc passing knowledge o the causa of leather h,f ft aoteMos. made It mors difficult thsit jor to connect hsr With a oeath other thai that or Dlgonctte, sines rat poison may be purchase anywhere without regis try. Representatives of the coroner brought to Chicago tonight, parts of the remains of Conductor II. T. Smith, who died of stomach disorder not clearly defined, while a roomer at the Vermllya home. They will be ex amined for traces of poison. Mrs. C. A. Albertlng sister of Frank Brlnkamp first of Mrs. Vermllya's associates, who died, said today she would Issue a statement relating to her brother's death the moment Mrs. Vermllya actually wss arresd. She declined to Indicate the nature of the Information (he promised to disclose. SAVS AHSKXIC WAS USED CHICAGO, Nov. 4. "Mrs. Louise ACCURATE FORECASTS OF Tl U. S. Weather Bureau Ex periments Will be of Un usual Value WASHINGTON. Nov. 4. Accurst Purposes during spring and summer months as a result of the previous ... v. .. - i wnurr viifvwa win e iiumjw wiinin two years from this time. This was the prediction made today by Beore- j tary of Agriculture Wilson, In pesk- Ing or experiment which the weather j b'ireau has been making for some; during tne ensuing spring ana sum- rr"'r months. "I" connection with the rfiidy nf snnwr.n Brd lh. enneenuent run-off.! a mte survey w8. begun in the . ..,er,he, of. Creek. pen r , Fprlnevllle. I ten; While the work wns ....riin.niii it I. thniirlit ht with- , ... ...... .firt, ,.,v.nn. ' wIM have ben oMnlned to nermlt of 1 sc-.ir.ite fn-ee.t, of n tr supply frr.rn the wnr snowfall. , t "Th svefem eleo cn be extended i tn other en frre protects, and the ivcrk will b I'mlfed only by the amount of fun svnlUhle for the .,.r). The nrellmlnfirv csmrialen fn the Maple Creek water shed ha re ceived hearty commendation from farmers snd engineers." WOM T PFXTirvrm FOR T.TFF.' MILWAI'KFB. WIS, Nov. 4. For the first time ln the history of Mil waukee count', a woman was today sentenced to life Imprisonment for the murder of her husband. She Is Mrs. Mary Nokovlc, convict ed by a jury two weeks ago, with Paja Mravlc. her lover, with the slay ing of Stephen NoVarlc, the woman's husband, on th night ef July it. Have Been Almost Success- of InvestigationRat Vermllya, who was arrested yesterday on charges of having murdered Po liceman Blssonette by poisoning him, mads an attempt today to commit sui cide by taking a mineral poison. "It Is my belief that Blssonette wis given arsenic day. -by day, even while I was treating htm, and Anally he was given enough to overcome all attsmpts by myself and consulting physicians to stimulate him and killed without our knowing what'th trouble was." The foregoing statement, Issued to night , by Dr. F. A. Van ArsdaleAth physician who attended Mrs. Vermll ya during her yscent Illness and who prescribed for the policeman before th latter' death, for the first time, furnished a direct connection between the widow and the last of th nln deaths that hav occurred bentn her roof during the past eighteen yeaTs. . Dr. Van Arsdala' made 1 the asser tions after ha had mads preliminary examinations of th contents of a can supposed to contain - pepper and which, used to season Some food or dered by th woman today, brought on sharp lliyss that at t p. m. threatened destn, and whloh left her In a grav condition for hour after ward. Th physician said that while he had given th woman sever treat ment to counteract th effect on the poison, there still was a possibility of death because of the absorption of poison before th treatment was ap- plied, and because of hr waknd condition, du to previous Illness. SATS THAT TEST PROVES ATLANTIC POSSIBLE Trial Flight of Airship Ak ron Which Will Attempt to Cross Atlantic ' . ATLANTIC CITY. N. 3.. Nov. 4. Lack of sufficient gas to keep th big dirigible In th air, brought to a sud den close the trial flight today of th airship Akron, which I scheduled to ,nke "mpt to cross th Atlantic ocean from this city some time this n.onth. Th big balloon landed on h m(,ftaow, gven mlle, trom h,r, , , m t , Mid had to be towed back. The bal loon was only slightly damaged. The airship left the hangar shortly before 17 a. m., and made a spectac ular flight along the beach, across. the city and over the meadows be tween here and tbe mainland, at a , height of about three hundred feet four hundred feet. It was up nearly two hours when th cold air! y. r . .u -.. .. .u. - " ' "Vuoy.ncy Several i Ti ntJ iti' "7n i "i"??1'' . h ' ! " . ' .. ",""" '" .". " nt height, and assistance was sent 'or- The federal life savers went to ,l,e rescue and with a number of oth-1 er unchs. dragged the airship loose from th meadow grass and towed ' ',er borne. j Melvln Vanlman, head of the pro- P' ' xpeditlon to Europe, was not satisfied with the gas supply when the start was made today, but rte cld4 to take a chance to see how the ship would set. "It was wonderful the wsy flip shin behaved," said Vanlman tonight "My ,ro w sentenced to death today for crew behaved even better. The sue-j the mlir,ir 0f Bol Aronoff, fn 1107. Xx ces of the flight a far a It went,! tlmM ne hm(l bn convict. d and n waa largely due to their daring and' P,pe ,he gallows through I ths 'tnter skllful manipulation of th various, ventlon of th uprem eoirrt of Teg. equipment in their charge, and goodl.s. On a seventh trial th Jury dls head work when quick action was re- screed. t..' t" ri" - y quired. Th flight was successful and has been befor th court pleading w war sorry when it ha. to b for bis Ufa, brought his seventh sen abandoned, because of th lack of gas.i tenc to b hanged. Th -cse Is on "We know now that a trip serosa) of th most remarkable In the legal th Atlantic 1 entirely possible. " history of th southwest NOT SINGLEJUROR AFTER FOUH WEEKS I Only One Who Was Practical ly Certain to be Acceptable Not Physically Able THERE ARE YET THREE OTHER POSSIBILITIES But There Are Reasons Why Two of These May be Chal lenged by Either Side LOS ANGELKH, Nov, 4 Th only talesman who had bean assured of acceptance by both aide In th Mo Naniara trial, virtually was remove from consideration today, and at th ' end of four week It could not b learned that any Juror was vn .rly certain to remain In th box. . ;', ' Seaborn Manning, fifty-six yean old, a farmer and th taiesmun who had semed sgrqeable to both sides, Is physically unsulted for jury strvlu; iq a lung trial, according t to lour oi . Manning's fallow talssmen, who wait ed (upon Judge BordwelJ and told , him Manning's condition. ' Judge Bord wH' took, th matter i under dvlsemnt. 'Attorney darenc 8. psrrow, chief counaej fur tb fens, said h feared K would b tnv posslul to retain Manning. V Other possibilities -a permanent' Jurors are Talesmen Balnr Orn and Bam Mendenllall. Of the Orsen ap. pear to stand th best ehancs, al t.iuuah h admitted having an ao qualntane ,w(ih District Auuf.y John JJ, ' Frederick. Haiti. who formed th first Jobor union In Los Angel, and Mndnhall,i wh ha given evldsno ' of being tadr. hiarted, may b chalienguu. , ;, - APPEAL QR.tXTEl). , , . INDIANAPOLIS, , flov. , 4. Jlldg Markey, of th county criminal court,1 today granted to th International Association of Errldg 'and Btruuturst Iron Workers, an pp4 to th In dlana Buprem .court front, hit oroer giving temporary pov:on o( th' evidence in th MoNajnar dynamic Ing case to th fdrJ grnd Jury. ' , Pending " dttrlslon by , th Suprem courtJudge Markey announced th, vldenne, which consists In ' part of acoount books, of th iron workers', union, will b guarded by deputy shrlf fs, UnlMd Btt pistrict At torney Charles W. JMHIer protested that th evidence wa needed in th! fedora! grand Jury's inquiry, opn-i fng neit week, and dsolared h wa prepared to argue that n appeal ' could not lie in this cas but Judg Msrky answsrad that h already had signed th bill of 'ceptlon prn d by counsel for th Iron work! union, and John I. McNamara, CROSS ISSUES AMPPEAL' FBH FUHDSF0H CHINA Great Suffering Reported at Hankow Because of Bice 1 Crop Shortage . : , LARGE SUM NEEDED jruadaj t0 t9j9' th, great suffering In China brought about by the revolution and ahortag of th rice crop, there was issued todsy by, the American National Bd Cross, of which President Taft is president, from it national headquarters. All money forwarded to th society at lt office in th war department her will he forwarded through th depart ment of date by cable to American diplomatic nd eonsulaf represent' tlves In China, By thl method th. mod beneficial us of th funo i.aj Pmoer accounting of them are -j ured. I r The Red CroM today received! trough th. department Of Mat. from' American legation at Peking, a . cablegram .ta.lng th.t great ...ffer- Ing prevailed at Hsnknw. nrsrps' '. . aa th result of th revolution and 1'iat thousand of dollar .. uig. enilv needed for relief wcrk. c P. .Tmn. a p!'-i --'-. whom the Rd Cross snt to China, riwft tt the suffering rrum pc-... tllenc and famine in the Hawai val- ley at present Is terrible. SENTENCED TO DTK SEVEN ITU Eg , WAXAHACHra. T., Nov. i. For the seventh tlm BurrelJ Oatns. a ne IT - t. .