ASIIEVTLLE, 3f. C TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 7, 1911 VOL. XXVIIL, NO. 16 PRICE FIVE CENTS MORE WITNESSES FOUND TO TESTIFY UHflSyr OMAN Coroner Acting on Their Evi dence Will Have Another Body Exhumed POLICEMAN'S FATHER SAYS HE WAS POISONED Former Fiance of One of Mrs. VermH ya's ' Alleged Vic tims a Witness CHICAGO, Nov. , Two now wit n eases cam forward today to accuse Mrs. Louise Vermllya, the widow ar rested on charges Of poisoning police man Arthur BlssonnHte, of having knowledge of the manner In which , some of the eight other parsons who have died beneath Hier roof of simi lar aliments, came to their death. Their Identity was disclosed by Coroner Peter Hoffman , after the widow Sad been served with a war rant and after aha had 'been moved to the county Jul), where she ap parently Is recovering from the ef fort on Saturday to poison herself. Acting on, he story of one of the witnesses, the coroner left to ex : hume the body of Frank Brinkamp. eon of Mrs. Vermllya', first husband, and one of the first of those to suc cumb to the-attacks of stomach dis order. The "grave is In Walden'helm cemetery, nnar Chicago. Art&br yl iBIasonnette, father of trie dtceaeed policeman, was one of the new witnesses, and he disclosed himself a another who encountered the mysterious stomach complaint while in tSie Vermllya home. From that encounter he said he stiy suf fered. ' The other witness was Miss Ellza .beth Nolan, former fiance of Frank Brinkamtt, who In an affidavit charg ed 'that, her Intended husband had made statements on tola daath bed. virtually 'margins; his stepmother with having "done away with him." Policeman's Father Ttesflflf , ( Bissonnette said: went t visit my son the rtavL. Tperwene wpa?'TTOeTi,w'Tne hospital. I ad two meals at the Vermllya home. After eating ham and egge, on Tiilch f put pepper from .a tin box, I had severe pains in my stomach. I got an mitlc at a drug store and was relieved fn- -i while, but the pains till are wTITi me." Miss Nolan's affidavit brought in the name of undertaker C. C. Boy aon, who Has been mentioned by a number of persons Interrogated con cerning the poisoning of Bissonnette and concerning tpe mysterious death oi." another Vermllya roomer, Con ductor Rlcihard T. Smith. She aver red that young Brinkamp, on hi death bed said to his mother: "Well, I a mabout dead; you might as well let Boyson come and bury me. She also declared young Brinkamp repeatedly said he was "going the way Dad did," and that he had express ed to hr (his suspicions that fhls father TTud not died of natural causes. -, HINTED APPEAL TO E IS IN APPEAL Public Interest Revived in Beattie Case by Bill of Exceptions SEVENTEEN IN ALL RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 8. Rublio interest in the case of Henry Clay itseauie, jr., convicted of wife mur- der and sentenced to die November f 24, has been revived with the filing ! Dy hi lawyers of an appeal from the decision of the Circuit court of Chea terfied county. The petition contained aeenteen bills of exceptional Of these the most Important are relating to the refusal of Judge Walter A. Watson, to strike ! from the record that part of th closing argument of Lawyer Louis O. Wendenburg, in which the speaker, addressing the Jury',' said that should the Jury find Beattie not guilty of the murder of his wife they should then visit the graves of Peter Phillips, Thomas Cluveriua, and Samuel Mo Cue, disinter the bodies of three murderers and apologize to them. The defense claims that this was an un warranted appeal to passion, and to prejuaice. Another related to that part of the testimony of Mrs. Owen, mother of the murdered Louise Owen Beattie, In which lira. Owen was permitted to testify fo a conversation held be tween herself and her daughter about the life of Henry Beattie was leading. Four other bills of exceptions relate to the qualifications of Jurors, and the rest to technical points. V Lawyer Hill Carter today was clos eted wrth Judge Keith, president of the Supreme court of appeals, at the Supreme court office 1 4' . , ANIMOSITY GROWS AGAINST MANCHUS; OUTBREAK FEARED United States and Take Effective Measures to Pro tect Their People Rigorous Cen sorship Has Been Removed. PEKINO. Nov. 7.-I a. m. Tha removal of the rigorous ceneoreliip hitherto lmoosed on the Chinese press la a notable atgn of the time. The Chinese papers today publish with the greatest freedom long ac counts of the Hankow massacres, giv ing the detail and attributing the blame to the Imperialist leaders for both the Hankow arid Shanghai out breaks. As a .consequence of these publications there Is Increased ani mosity towards the Manchus. The United States and Great Brit ain hav decided to take effective measure for, the protection of their people In China, in event of danger 6f foreigners, which, however, has not yet appeared perilous. It U under stood that the regent brother, Prince Teal Buun. bee left the coun try. a ha has not been seen for three days. He obtained three months' leave from hie poet a acting minister of the navy. - Twenty-Five Demands. A ortvate letter from an officer of Yuan Shi Kal's staff says him xne rebel leader General U Yuen Heng make twemy-flve demand, the most Important ef'wlUch t that thi Imperial -household ehall proceed in Jehol, with the entire court,. Includ ing the eunuchs, and shell remain there, receiving In return adequate pensions from the new government which Is to be republican, A special secret meeting of the na tional assembly yesterday , afternoon decided to telegranh Yuan Bhl Kal explaining the fearfully Involved conditions of the political etluatlon at Peking, which reoulred . the. Immedi ate presenoe of the premier. Other wise, the assembly would be una'ile to tide over the difficulties, A mem ber of the assembly explain thil this Is a fair warning and that It Tuan doVa not comply, another premier possibly may be appointed. , ' Consular reports from Mukden eay many Chfnese are fleeing into the country, " believing ' the' Manchus wtll retreat to Mukden nd ma aer th Chines Inhabitants. ; ys s. The only demand the people made lately which the throne ha not granted Is the punishment xtf officials responsible for the Hankow slaughter. Noting this, the Chinese in Peking consider It a further proof of tha throne' weakness, that it has not dared to antagonize any faction- or party. Yuan Shi ha requested that thr fifth division, quartered in Bhan Tuns propped to Nleko. a few miles frnnj Hankow. The third Chang Chun Fo division is arriving at. Lanchau In de tachments of two hundred. So far wsrm romraoVaMp has heel aho-ren CHIEF OFFICER AND TWO' MEK OF STEAMER SWEPT ,1 Steamer Arrives at New York With Her Flags at , Half Mast MANY SAW TRAGEDY NEW YORK. Nov. . The chief officer and two men of the Morgan line steamer Momus, were swept from the deck of a vessel by a tremend ous wave on the voyage from New Orleans, completed here today, and drowned. The victims are A. t". Boesch, chief officer; J. P. Serge, boatswain, and R. Nordberg, seaman. The unusual tragedy occurred Fri day afternoon off the coast of Flor ida, but it was not reported by Cap- John Boyce until the Momus ar - , - riv wlth her. fl" halt ! mast. The great swsll, described asibo.r- He wa cPturd y a poaie of one of the tidal wave proportions, swept over the Momus ,wlth a deluge like Niagara, and carried the three mn overboard a. if the had bn corks. Before a life boat could be low- re(I the victims disappeared. There were twenty-five passengers, aboard the ship and throuh the cabin win dows many of them saw the men car ried away. A gate was blowing and the three men were working on the forward part of the deck, when, without warning, the tidal wave rose above the vessel and crashed thunderously down upon the deck. Chief Officer Boesch saw Nordberg rushed across the deck and sprang to his assistance. Both went over the side together. Serge, the boatswain, was also caught in the torrent and impelled by a lurch of the ship, shot overboard after his companions. Orders to man the lifeboats were: Issued at once and as the Momus roll ed and pitched the boat was lowered. Until - darkness set In trie little boat risked" the mercy of the; increasing gale and sea, In the hope of recover ing the bodies of the doomed men, but without avail- Two of the crew wer injured! while lowering th life boat . 1 , Great Britain to between the soldier of th two divt Ion. Th Peking chamber of commerce ha requested the government to pro vide four thousand rifle and a uf flclent supply of ammunition to arm the commercial polio and consular employes. There are other evidences of anxiety 'here over a possible, out' break .within the city. Robert Gaily, a noted Princeton football player, who 1 now head nt the Young Men' Christian asac!a tlon of Peking, not trusting to the police, 1 organizing a band of twenty-five Americans and Britisher. with one hundred Chinese volunteer, for defense. Both Manenu and Qhl nee women and children wl'V bv cared for by thie body. Chlng Hua College, where stuoents are prepared ,for the American, col leges, Is almost deserted. The wpmen teacher are entering Peking. Several of the rnen teacher have Joined Gaily a volunteer. Advice from Amoy say that that city I almost condition of an archy. The Tact tat has escaped on a foreign steamer and 1 the customs commissioner ha taken refuge In th Japanese consul consulate, i Two hundred and fifty British troop at Hong Kong have been or dered to Shanghai, end two' hundred Ruslan troops to Tien-Tain. . ;. ' - CfREAT CONCERN SHOWN. WASHINGTON, Nov. . Report that Peking, the Chines capital, had been captured by th revolutionists, and that the dynasty and other higher official;, had fled, gave great concern to state department official today, Th department has not heard from Mr, Williams, th charge of the American legation at Peking, sine Saturday night, and this is believed to Indicate that wire communication be tween Peking and' Tien Twin and Shanghai, the cable terminal, has' been intern; pUd through the ,actlv Ity of th revolutionist. . j It la feared that state 1 of at, archy, uli as exist in Amoy, win follow ln Peking, The , ocadltloa. J being watched closely. In-, case it should become necessary to call an International conference, like that whloh adjusted the claims growing; out of trie Boxer uprising, with a view to agreeing on a common line of action In China to ensure the protection of foreign life and property and. Inci dentally, to prevent any Individual nation from taking an undue advan tage of the aftuatlo. The American Red Cms Society today cabled 11,000 to American Con sul General Green In Hankow. This fContlnewyl on Page Ann) SHERIFFS POSSE CATCHES NEGRO, BUT BYSTANDERS SUCCEED IN-LINE Hit) Not Until He Broke for Lib erty and Turned Upon Crowd Was He Shot ATTACKED WOMEN CliARKSVtDLE, Tex.. Nov. Within three hours today after R. Johnson, negro, attacked a young woman at a farm house near Clarks vllle, clubbed her motber Into Insen sibility when she responded to her daughter's appeals for assistance, he was captured by a sheriff's posse and shot to death by bystanders, when, terrified by threats of lynching, he made a break for liberty. Johnson was frightened from tho f houe by (h appro.ch of , w. h. .. ,.nr. w . ers ana was ciimoing aooara a vehicle to be brought to Clarksvllle !when ,oma one hut hang him. I Ths nero turned on his captor S. but instantly he had freed himself he was shot to death by a crowd of men who had accompanied the poase. LIABILITY BILL CRITICISED WASHINGTON, Nov. . The em ployers liability and workmen's com pensation commission bill was sharp ly criticised by A. B. Garretson, pres ident of the Order of Railway Con- ouctors at today's meeting of the commission. Mr. Garretson took es pecial exception to the compulsory feature of the bill, saying that with a small maximum payment for Injury ana a comparatively , brief time of payment, the employe would desire ju-ivlrege of a choice. , -it." he said, "the common law is removed th average man will Invest with a value that that 11 never pos sessed." Mr. Garretson contended for an ex tension of th years during which compensation shall be paid for an In Jury, saying that if the time were reasonably extended a small percen tage would b aeeeptabl. 1 : , -r- - - -"," - , in '. ' ) V Tottering. - Iff?? X-rV SisN- -. nsS8e mss& a3rpj vM bjsns. xnss:- BOOK$k T. WASHINGTON FAILED TO OBTAIN SATISFACTION Henry A. Ulrkh Acquitted Negro Educator said Washington 4: 1 NEW YORK, fo, . Booker T. Washington, the noted negro educa tor, failed to obtain satisfaction at law, for the beating Which he received at the hand ot Henry A. Ulrich, whit man, pm Sunday' evening, March II last Ulrich was acquitted th th court of special session this after noon of th char of aault Which Dr. Washington hodi referred agatnet him, " . , . . After the fight, whloh started In the vestibule of n apartment house where Ulrich lived at 1H East Sixty third street. Dr. Washington was laid up at the hospital for several days with his right ear tern, his scalp cut and his faoe badly bruised. Provoca tions, which the defense attempted to show today, were based mainly 00 the testimony of Ulrich, who declared that he found Dr. Washington peek ing Into the key-hp! of his apart ment and also the one opposite, and that Dr. Washington struck the first blow; also the story of . Mrs. Laura Alvarez, with whom Ulrich boarded, Who swore that when she passed Dr. Washington he said to her: 'Hello, sweetheart." Told Same Story Dr. Washington's story on the stand today was the same explanation that he offered at the time, of the alterca tion. He swore that he was not peeking Into any key-boles; that he was only searching the tenant's directory in an effort to find a family with which he understood a friend was stopping and denied positively that he had spoken to Mrs. Alvarez, or any other woman. The acquittal of Ulrich was not unanimous, Justice O'Keefe dissenting from the opinion of Justices Vn Zeller. After Ulrich left the court he was arrested again, charged with being a fugitive from New Jersey, ram'P.ir challenges MAY NOW BE McNamara Jury Completed Yesterday as to Chal lenges for Cause LOS ANGELES, Cal., Nov. . The McNamara Jury was completed today as 10 ciuiu .mi- lor cause. hn h sidu then was entitled tj use Its peremp tory challenges, tho defense having twenty and the prosecution ten. The ".'-.ei however, announced that it would offer further Information to co t n!(rnn fieorge W. McKee. The twelve men in the box were; Robert F. Bain, carpenter; P. D. Grew., orange errower; George W. McjCec, real etate dealer; A. C. Win ter, builder and contractor: W. N. Frampton, farmer; eGorge W. John son, retired; Sam Menderrhall. orange grower; Frank Frakea, farmer; By ron Llsk, miliar: M. T: MoNeely. tall er; William F. Clark, retired, and George W. Morton, retired. COL H. C. DOCKERY DEAD ROCKINGHAM, N. C, Nov. Col. H. C. Dockery, sdltor of . the RocktngAam Daily Post and one of th largest farmers and most prom inent men In the state, died at mid night tonight at his home here. Col. Dockery was sixty-one years, of age. The immediate cause of his death was heart disease, though i had been In feeTJle condition for several months. Col, Dockery was prooamy a wide ly. known as any man In th state of rrh Carolina. in Court of Special Se$8tons-Woman Testifies That 'He))o Sweetheart" to HerStorie$ of Ulrkh aw at Wide Variance-Teathnonv Off ered,y where an Indictment has been found, charging him with deserting his wlf. who live in Orange, Pr, Washington, when asked If h had any comment to make on th out come of hi case, replied; "'No, not a word." . Botb,TJpirlah and Dr, .Washington tola their rrorle en Hhe Umd todny. UlrMi's Version "1 first saw Mr. Washington peek ing through th key-hole ot my door," Ulrich said. "He saw m and left and walked toward Eight) avenue. J saw htm walking up and down the street and In a few minute he came back, walked by Mr. Revette's apartment window and stopped to look beneath the shade. , "I opened the vestibule door and burst in upon him and shouted, 'what are you doing there?' He struck tn In the fane and then we fought. ' Ho asked me to let It drop. Dr. Wash ington said: 'I know I have done wrong, let me go.' While we were fightlnc he struck his head against Are hydrant." "Did you have any stlok or other weapon with which you hit Dr. Wash ington?" "No sir, I used no stick.' Mrs. Laura Alvares on the stand, said : "When I went out 0n the night of March It to take out my dog, I found Dr. Washington crouching down In front of Mr. Revette's apartment, peeking through the key-hole, I came upon him so suddenly that he had no time to straighten up, and I almost fall over him. He got up flus tered, and hurried out." Later she said she saw Dr. Wash ington near Broadway. "He followed me down to the house," went on Mrs. Alvarez. ! was illlA LEAGUE WILL MOST LIKELY DISBAND Unless Opposing Factions Come Together There is no Doubt of Result PETERSBURG, Va., Nov. . As rei ill of discord in the annual meet ing here today of tha Virginia League baseball organization, the league as at present constituted, will not ex ist next summer unless Richmond, Lynchburg and Danville, the opposi tion end Petersburg, Norfolk and j Roanoke, stand-patters, can get to gether, j No business was transacted, th meeting breaking up In s row after; Norfolk's proxy for the re-election of! C. R. Williams, of Roanoke, presi dent, had been rejected. Petersburg and Roanoke withdrew. The three clubs remaining went through th process of having W. B. Bradley, of Richmond, In the chair, declare V. WWtUker ctlfaltf 'I,!'"""' esident by a vote of three to two tnij J that hedld not W. presid and adjourned to meet at the call of the new president In January. Mr. WlUlams declarf d he would bold the office of president until successor Is regularly chosen, and would take the ease to the Supreme court if necessary. Petersburg announced that If the election of Whlttaker fctands. he can negotiate the sal of th Petersburg franchise. Roanoke; also expressed k desire to 11 If Whlt taker hold as president - FOR ASS A ULT frightened and X ran put him. "What did Washington say to jrort "H Midi 'Hallo, sweetheart.'" ,"What did you do thnr "l ran Into th hous and told Mr, Ulrloh. He then went Into th halt at I aw 1Us-aJkia.iU- WabtMk- too.' Clrfch asked flirt what 6 wns doing and t saw Or. Washington trlk at him." ; Booker T. Washington, Id relating Ms story, said It was about a quarter fast nine when he was In Ulrloh' home. "The, defendant ran Into th hallway and assaulted me," he tald, "Ht grabbed m by th throat and choked m and hit me with hi fists, I tried to defend myself, but ha was getting the better of m and ! open ed th door and stepped Into th street There were two men on th street and Ulrich asked one of them for a stick he carried. He hit me a dosen time, I should ay, with tho tick. ' "I said to him.' 'Don't beat mi this way. If fra breaking th law call an officer and have him arrest a If tin doing anything wrong.' When I reached Central Park west, I was so wnajt that I fell," "Whet were you doing there?" ask. ed Justice Zeller. "I was looking at th door olatsa aid the educator. "You went to that house twa r three times?" ssked Mr. Moor on cross-examination. "I wast at about a quarter past nine. I was looking for friends." "Whit or colored?" The assistant district attorney ob jected but was overruled, "They wer white," replied Dr. Washington. . CAN'T flE ACCOUNTED FDR XJ. S. Mail Pouch With This Amount Disappears Clerk Suspected GREENSBORO, K. C, Nov. That a United Bute mall pouch routed from Raleigh to New JTork, and containing 120.000. two weeks ago tn a manner very tim liar to a recently reported 120,004 theft of a pouch at Lynohburg, Va,, became known her today, though beyond admitting the loss of the val liable package, official refuse to dis cuss th metier. It I unofficially declared that th Raleigh pouch, after being signed for by a msil clerk on a northbound train passing here, and that the clerk in whose custody It was but placed has been suspended from th service pending an Instigation. Tti pouch wa handled by th local postofflc and later transferred to tn mail clerk now under suspen detect it loe until he reached the nd of his run and found himself tmattj 19 Ully with his entry book. The nsme of this clerk is withheld by of Metals, though It Is said his sus pension 1 on th grounds of careless ness. Postofflce Inspectors admit that they ar working on the case, though declare they are yet Without a tan- (Cktsitlnned oa TK Beren) WOMEN PLEAD ffJD CRY IN BEHALF OF El Ballot Taken Regarding Ac- -.a ..as V .. . . Jr-a . a, . ..,''. Louiaiiwj 01 kov, rcicnoson s Resignation FIFTEEN VOTED FOR AND THIRTY AGAINST Laid on the Table Until Next Church Nov. 24 CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov, Whll women orled and pleaded that1 noth4n ahAiiM h iui a initdH Ik . any way prejudicial to tha Intere; of their pastor, th member of ;h' Immnuel Maptlst Church Society to-l night voted not to accept at this ttin th resignation of Rev. Clarence V. T. Rlcheson, pastor of th church, now in Jail on th eharg of murder ing Avis Llnnoll, ot IftMnl. By an other vot they declued to lay th matter on th tabl until November; 14. i - Th reelgnatlon was) sent to A church officials by th pastor imme diately after his Indictment last week, and special meeting was railed for tonight to act upon the same, . i Church Divided. i , 1 Whan th matter of accepting; tho resignation was opened, It becam ap parent that tha society was dividod jn th subject Th woman predorn Inted tn th attendance and for tho most part they supported-th pastar,, Manv were ervlns and soma . of th male mamber ot tho goclety nhed" tears a th controversy waxed W'trm. When a ballot was taken, aft. two hours ot discussion, thirty voted against aoceptnc and fifteen for, . s ! Th secretary was Instructed to no tify Rev. Mr. Rlcheson, of th action, of th soolety and th following letter. wit drawn up, and will be forward d: . Dear Sin four commun'oatlm o November 1 received, and read brfur th church and, after th considers tlon, wo have decided to lay the nut ter of rhe reelgnatlon fn th titbio, until th nest regular tneetlnt ot tho ehureh, Friday, November St." AT LAST PRESIDENT HAS ' QUALIFIED TO CASTKI5 . VOTE IN "G1KGIE"TGDAY Woman Will Get His Vote for School Board Prece- WILL VOTE EARLY CTNCrNNATI, O., Nor. I.PtssI. dent Taft qualified a a voter tn Cln clnnatl today. M appeared person ally bsfor th Cincinnati election ' board and later beforo tho election judges In his own precinct and went through the step required by law to " insure his casting a ballot tomorrow.' "I'm going to vot early tomorrow! you know early voting la th right way," Mid th president tonight. The president ha announced hi Intention of voting tho republican ticket There has been orltloism of this announcement hero on tho score that in so voting Mr. Taft will support' tho candidate of tho so-called "boss,"! George B. Cos, about whom ho spoke, so bitterly at Akron, O., when ho wag' secretary of war. Tonight th presU ment, saying merely that ho knew th - republican canmaaies ana was son- ; vlnced of their worthiness. voting wnivrnrw, in . yimmni , probably will cast tho first ballot of any president ot tho United State for a woman who Is seeking office. Ho will vote for Mia Edith Campbell; candidate for member at large of tho I , local school board. "I expect to vote" for Miss Edith Campbell,'' said the! tu-Mnt "banauaa I think thara should be women representative oa tho school board, and as I know Mis ' Campbell's ability and qualifications." Mr. Taft, accompanied by Mrs Taft, Miss Helen Taft, and Mrs, Thomas McK. Laughlln, of Pittsburg, a slstsr nt Mrs. Taft.. arrivad in Cincinnati early today. Shortly after breakfast the' president appeared before th election board and secured hi eertifl cate of registration Just beforo It o'clock. Late this afternoon ho moV tomorrow ho oipectt to vot and fat -'. il . .1. ulaxs a oHMllMianl ' ; inrtrUgfl H'W 1 v w VMiuoHt) ,1, vl nrrmriTnw ; v ' r..rf. North Carollnai Oenerally fair Tuee-f day and Wednesday; light to modr to aouUt and aoutbwaat wladsv - j STWHILEPASTOR fajr4