North Carolina Newspapers

i THE ASHEHLLE GITIZES Circulation,. Daily Over ,000 THE WEATHER . SHOWEES ASHEVILLE, N. C., FRIDAY MOiyiXO, XOVEMB ER 24, 1911 , , VOtu xxvin., NO. 33 DEFENSE FUND OF PRICE FIVE CENTO STATE WITNESSES : THREATENED WITH JOHN 0. STOUTLY Open Season For Turkeys But- JOS. P. CALDWELL: iiiii TO REST AT AT LEAST SBO, DEATH, IN POTT DEAL Gives Out Statement Signed by Whole Merrltt Family Exonerating Himself tevery paid Officer and Dele gate to Convention Fledged Part of Wages W.J. Burns Declares Prose cuUon's Witnesses .. Had c to be Hidden DEFENDS ACTIONS LI H-IUHUS M BE HOME OF BOYHOOD 000 IEASSERTS Floral Tributes From Every Section of South Beautify Last Resting Place , RICH AND POOR ALIKE ENDORSE HARRIMAN FOR MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES John Mitchell Opposes More Expense In Defending Contempt Proceedings ATLANTA, Ga,, ,Nov, . 23. One Week's pay from every paid officer ( labor union In vols country la called for, to avvell the McNamara defense fund in a resolution adopted today by the convention of Umi Ameri can Federation of Labor. Every otrt ' er delegate to the convention, not a paid offlcen pledged a day's wages to tha fund. t v 'Another action alnwid to help h . McNamara was the adoption of a fe- solution fromed by PntrHdent Compere! endorsing e candidacy of Job Har rimen, the : aoclaliat candidate for mayor of Los Angeles and calling up 4n wage workers all over, the coun try to gtv.s such moral and financial Support to Harri man's campaign as Jays within their power. Leaders In tfto convention succeeded in heading off the proposition to (have the body make a direct appropriation of $50, 000 for the McNamara fund. A aunl greater than taat by $10,000 will be raised by the voluntary subscription .of labor officials If all respond to the appeal. Several speeches denun ciatory of the prosecutors of the Mc Namaraa were . made, one Los An tTetes dekttgate making the statement that 15,000,000 would be spent Is necessary to secure tfheJr conviction. News of Justice Wright's decision In WteMngton today reached the con vention as resolutions characterizing thfl Gompers-Mltchell-Morris con tempt proceedings as a "persecution," .were being read. Mr. Gompers then explained the status of the case to ths j as agates. ' concluding with the fol lowing statement:' (' "In my cu coming before Jus . io Wright. In wthi8K ' me of organ j toed . labor are.- defendants, I am free j to say it nts meniauy - ineompe 'tent to render, a Just and' Impartial' 4 decision." - Wants "It Over With" President John Mitchell, one. of the defendants, told the convention that ' he was , opposed to (the federation .spending any more money defending .him in this case. "If Bhe vindlctlve nees of Justice Wright canngt be es caped," he said, "I want to arrve my Sentence and get it over wlflh," Consideration of the report of the committee on the president's report consumed tne icntire day practically all of Mr. Oompers' recommendations In his annual report being endorsed The convention refused by a vote of 80 to 34 to adopt a resolution pro posed by the portal clerks opposing one cant letter postage. Chairman O'Connell of tMe adjustment commit tee announced at the close that his . commltee would hold Dhe center of (Contlnnert on Page Threw' GAPTUBE ONE OF FORTS NEAfl CITY OF NANKING J)r. Wu Ting Fang and Oth ers Working on Proclama tion for Republic WANT RECOGNITION SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Nov. 23. The revolutionary troops captured one of the' forts on Chun Shan hill, near Nanking, after several hours dssperats fighting, according to a cable received today from Shanghai by the Chinese Free Press. The forts ars outposts situated a few miles from Nanking. The dispatch said that the revolu tionary military committee had an nounced that the massacres In Shongsl were committed ' by mobs composed mostly of Manchtis and not by the revolutionists soldiers. '' Dr. Wu Ting Fang and others are working on a proclamation which will be Issued shortly, asking all na tions to recognise the republic ac cording to a Shanghai dispatch ' re ceived today by the Chinese Daily paper. PEKINO, Nov. 33. Tang Bhao Tl. ex-minister of posts and communica tions and prims mover In the scheme for settling the future government of tha country by a conference of rep resentatives of the provinces, in an Interview Vday said hs had refused to retain his portfolio in Premier Tusn'a cabinet in - order that he might retain freedom to approach both the government and revolution aries In. the Interests of peace. He left here last week disheartened by" the premier's unswerving support of ths dynssty, but returned to Peking, having decided to rMW- bJs-f forts and discuss a compromise with Tuan Kal. . ,;.-: "REFUSED BRIBES OF M'NAMARA DEFENSE Burns Assails Oompers and Debs. Most of Leaders Oppose Violence NEW ORLEANS, Nov. !. Btata witnesses In the case against the Mc Namara .brothers accused-., of murder, ln( the blowing up of the Los Angeles Times building, have been threatened with death after refusing bribes of fered by agents of the oefenss, ac cording to Detective Wm. J. Burns todsy. He mads the statement during a discussion of the McNamara case after delivering a speech on bank protection before a meeting .. of the state secretaries' section of the American Bankers' . association' In convention here. His discussion vwas at the request of the delegates. Mr, Burns further declared that some of th witnesses for the prose cution had to be' hidden to protect them from personal violence. He as sailed President Oompers of the American . Federation of Labor and Eugene V. Debs, the socialist leader, but declared that nine-tenths of the members of organised labor opposed Violence. H asserted hs Was confi dent that the McNamaras would be convicted, despite a million dollar defense fund, which has been eolcct ed for them." The meeting by rifling vote ex tended the detective assurance of faith I iv his integrity. Burns was the detective who di rected the Investigation following the Los Angeles disaster and which re sulted In the arrests of the McNam araa and Ortle E. McManlgai ' He declared that Eugene Debs In a recent signed article In a period ical which Burns suggested should be knowi: as "The Appeal to Trea son," wrtt tn a vejn calculated to Incite rr.M to ths worst possible vio lence "ana", hs. said, i'l Interpreted ths article to mean Jat J JJiaxnoni Morgan,? Guggenheim, General Otis and myself should be removed.". ' . "If they get me." hs declared with feeling, "there will be somebody else to take up the work and continue the fight for the .protection of so ciety. I have a consciousness of hav ing performed my full duty with the observance of an absolute regard at all times for the rights of every In 51 i . dividual affected and prompted only by a desire to see that justice done." BELIEF PRMIIS THAT AMBASSADOR BUM MSI 5UCCEEDS!REDW. GREY Resignation of Foreign Sec retary May be Forthcom ing by Monday ALL DONE SECRETLY LONDON. Nov. 23. Tha belief pre vails tai political circles that Sir Ed ward Grey, secretary for foreign af fairs wdtl retire from the cabinet af ter his eegwly awaited exposition on foreign relations on November 27 in the house of commons, and that Jamea Rrvce. ambassador to the United States, will succeed him. Th resignation of the foreign sec retary will almost certainly be hejnd ed Co ithe prime minister should any Vack of confidence be shown in his policy during the debarle which will follow his statement Monday. Sir Edward Orsy, wo, during the earUnr years of his occupancy of tlus foreign office received the almost una nil mo us support of all parties, has recently been -the objct of continu ous a tack, mot from the. opposition, but by member of Ms own party, or rather the extreme radical element In that party. ' The ascrecy with which diplomatic negotiations have been carried on has atoused the. ire of the radicals, who latterly have received some support from tha tmore moderate, liberals. The disclosures mgardltt? the Anglo-Oer- msa controversy wMfh ineapert to Mo rocco snd 4w statement that the two countries were on' the verge of war has given the radicals another open ing. The radicals favor an Angki-Oer-man understanding and accuse Sir Edward Grey of baiktng their efforts In this direction either by his own design or through the influence of an- ttOW Hum offlriaJs In -, She-foreign ef4 flee. . -, , h - James Bryce uv,tbe man considered most 'Ilkciy to be 'his successor, as he would be supported by the entlrs party, sa he .was whoa the unionist cat tacked Mm for .ths jnrt he took In the negotiation between, Canada and the United tates. ilt a .i . 'ABSURD TO TRY CASE IN NEWSPAPERS NOW Signed Statement Declares That Merrltts are Satisfied no Fraud Done NEW YORK. Nov, 33. John D. Rockefeller, in a statement given out here tonight replied to the charges made by the Merrltt brothers before tw Stanl y steel investigating com mittee regarding tlie methods used by Mr. Rockefeller in securing , control of the Mesaba ore mines and ths Du luth, Mesaba and Northern railroad, pointing out ths thecu charges were, denied under oath as long ago as 19R, In litigation over the Lake Su perior Consolidated Iron mines. Ha furthermore submits ths text of a paper bearing tme date of January Six. 1817. Jo .whlo sj!j attached the names of Alfred and Leon I das Mer ritt and "all the other members of tha family," declaring themselves' aa- tlsfled that neither Mr. Rockefeller nor his agftstfs committed fraud or made misrepresentations in tha mat ter In question. Rockefeller's Statement ... MrV Rockefeller says: "Referring to the testimony of VM Merrltt brothers before ths Stanley committee In which they charged fraud and misrepresentation by Mr. Rockefeller and Mr, Gates In connec tion with ths Lake Superior Consoll dated Irons mines and that they were deprived of their Interest In that com pany by means of a loan made tfiem by Mr. Rockefeller of 1420,000 which he called during tb panic of 1103, all of which, statements were denied under oat) i In the United States court at ths trial of the litigation In 1195. It would be absurd to try in the news papers at this late dat ths Issues in that ease, btnf K Is suggested that upon the settlement which was made at the close of ta yuigaUoft, '.both Alfred ana .ewnioos aierntt, r?e two who testified before ths Stanley Committee together with all tha other members of the family, gave Mr. Rockefeller tha following paper: Signed Paper " 'Certain matters of difference have existed between the undersigned and Mr. John D. Rockefeller, and a cer tain litigation has be en pending be tween the undersigned Alfred Merrltt IOmt,"neid on Page Thwe) SHE SUSPECTED ANOTHER WOMAN OF KEEPING HER iD Fi Mrs. O'Shaughnessy Tells of Events Leading up to His Killing 4TO SAVE HIS SOUL NEW YORK, Nov. 23. As a wit ness in her own behalf, Mr. Frances O'Shaughnessy took the stand today and told the Jury which will decide whether she shall live or die of ths events which led up' to her killing her husband, George, "to says his soul." Shs became engaged to O'Shaugh nessy In Liverpool, Eng., she sold, and they decided to come to Amer; lea. They made the trip three months apart and were married hers In April. 1910. . 'A year after her marriage, shs said. George began -to stay out late at night. She suspected another wo. man, she said, but was not sure un til she saw George with this woman the eashW at ths store' where he was employed a few days before ths shooting. A bundle of note which Mrs. p'Shsughnessy said she found under her husband's pillow was hsnded to ths Jury. The notes were from Tes sle" Hsyps, the other woman, she raid and in them the writer called George "Darling," and other endear ing names, siftnlng herself "yours until death." Mrs. O'Shsughnessy hsd read them all. shs said, then prayed for guidance before she shot her husband. Mrs. O'Shaughnessy was still tell ing her story , when time for adjourn ment came. Dr. 8. D. Bishop, of Bertevue hospital, who attended Mrs. O'Shaughnessy soon before she be came a mother, testified to conversa tions hm had with her while shs was under his care. 'he said that for a short time be fore killing her husband. Dr. Bishop trstlfled,""the debated whether- she ought to commit suicide snd leave him free to go on his way. Then, shs explained she thought thst to kill herself would be double, murder on account of her raperted baby, than she decided that by killing her hus band she would keep him from vio lating the seventh . commandment. henrV clay TAKE FI-NAL PLUNGE INTO UNKNOWN For a Few Brief Moments Father and Brother Good-bye Recovered QuicklyLast Day Before J V j Death Spent in Prayer B;attie Declares Conversion, RICHMOND, "Va., Nov. 23. Taking a patr.vatlo leave of hts Immediate fam ily, Henry Oay fBsattie, Jr., tonight made ready to tjke the final plung Into the unknown; tomorroww, Ucore the sun la an hotr high, ha will have paid the penalti demanded by t'.ie law for ohs murier of his young wife last July. ..Then 'tis absolutely nothing to Indicate thatfpoverhor-Mann wilt act to stay the Band of Justice. The chief 'executive f f the: state is ths only ons wHjo an lengBhen ths span of life of ttl cqnd, tnned man, 'wiho has said he does not care longer to (ass unblinkinglylon the face of death Per a r few z brief, moments today, ; Beattie broke dovm and it was feared fclJCrlremarkablis "?niwe stoicism ; were about , to 'dessrl htm, i This; wf when he took' leave ofMtls father and brother,:. Douglas. ' When the parting came, the son. laid his' head on 'Jils father's brssst and - eobbnd convul sively. Ons arm was flung across his father's sioulder, the other hand gripped that of fills brother. KoKOvrrrd Qub'kly But he recovered quickly. The fortitude of the elder Beattlrt had more to do with the recovery than the soot.iing offices of the Rev. Ben jamin Dennis, who has labored with the doomed prisoner. With Spartan elf-control, the father kept his emo tions In check, although the tears raced down 'iiln cheeks snd ftls Hps twitoed pathetirally. No words were spoken, but the young wife murderer must have felt the stern r.i-presloff of his parent for his sobs were stran gled and he straightened, "Good bye" he aald, and turned away. Neither father nor brother trusted to make reply, but made tvielr way fom the WINSTON-SALEM MAN AT HEA0 TOT SECTION F. H. Fries Holds Prominent Place in American Bank ers' Association NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 23. The American Bankers' association, as such today, took s rest from ths la bors of its thirty-seventh annual convention and the four assoclstlons or sections of the larger organisation took up the morning and early after noon hours with uusstions relating to their respective branches of tha work. The papers presented to the various sectlonn were technical. After these were read each section devoted an hour to general discussion. The trust compsny nertlon elected the following officers: President. F. H. Fries, Winston Ealem, N. C. First vice president, Wm, C. Poll lon. New York city. Executive committee, I-nn H. Din kens, New Orleans;' A. J, Hemphill. New Tork; John H. Mason, Philadel phia: 8. C. Kaufmn, Tacoma, Wash ington, and 81 a. Bmith, Chicago; WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. Forecast j for North Carolina: Rain and eolder Friday; Saturday fair, colder e the ooaat.- brisk south hsfPng to north- west wmdsj. .- - beattie. jr Yesterday Young, Man Broke penitentiary. Whan they enter It again it will be to claim the Jbody of their kinsman. -. Haael, the 11-year-old sisMr or ths prisoner, and his two aunts dreva to the slats' prison in a closed carnage in the middle of the afternoon, They were In the death Chamber a trtlM more than an ' ttovir. ' ; Wheit- r tby emerged Hasel was on ths 'verge of collapse while all three wr violent ly agitated and the eyes of each were red and puffed With weeping, Their entrance and dspartura wars observed by a morbid crowd f several hundred people gathered to wHness the rumored visit ef Reulali lnford tO the orlonM4.Te,!iport roys.to be'untrus, the gtrl whoee subtle pew er over young Beat tt la said to hsv driven hUn to thejtllllsg ef his wife, having been dlsoovsred in New Tork. Only one minister labored lh Beattie today, the Rev. Mr. Dennis. Rev. John J. Fox, the young man's fr.-mer psrtor, was so worn out by hi labors and the emotional strain h has undcrgon.-. that he did not put In an appearance. He I caving all hs energies ' for tomorrow' dawn, Whsn ih 'fully expects trie condemned man to confess, provided he is (iittty. Day of Iraycr ' :.k:- The day. was sp.mt In prayer save for the time occupied by th fare wells of th family. Beattie IS said to As v 'declared his complete con version and to have no fear that his peace was mads wltj'i God. Hs told his spiritual adviser tht hs faced the hereafter with supreme con fid en ce. The sustained nerve of the con demned man is Hue wonderment and admiration of his guards. - Following he pathetic farewells between himself CELEBRATES OF NEW LINE Governor, Senator, Con gressman and Mayor Among Speakers WILMINGTON, N. C, Nov. 13. Celebrating ths arrival of tha first passenger, trains over a nw lln of railway Just completed from this city by the Wilmington, Brunswick and Southern Railway company, to deep watsr terminals at South port, N. C, mora than ft, 000 people gathered there todny and listened to sddrsssss by United States Senator F. M Sim mon. Governor w. w. Kitchin,ef North Carolina, Congressman Han nibal K Godwin, of ths sixth North Carolina district; President Z. W. Whitehead of the railroad company; Mayor Jos. D. Smith, of Wilmington, snd other prominent men of th slate, who laid particular emphasis upon the tlgnlflcsniiS nt the celebra tion in that afforded North Carolina a deep water harbor entitling the state by rail connection to a freight rate lixdlng' point that will result In the saving of thousands' of dollars annually to shippers In ths territory affected. Routhport served to visitor North Carolina barbecue snd en tertained handsomely; With a pro gram of field' and -aquatic ' eports. participated -1n largely by United States regulars from ths srmv past at Fort Caswell Just scross ths bay from the town. The navy was repre sented by the torpedo boats DsLong end McDonough whlls the United States revenue cruiser Semlnols Was at the disposal -of the visitor. f WKAIniY VIRGIXIAX DIK. DANVILLE, Vs.., Nov. 23. Nathan A. Flfzuerald. wealthy manufacturer. at here tonight after a long 111- ness. He came to DanvllI when I 'years old snd though without educs- tlonal advantage attained success and prominence. ready to Doum When Bidding His and the member of fii family In which ha broke dwn oompkntely, he disclosed sua a quirk and oomplets reversion to hts placid demeanor that tt occasioned the utmost astonishment "Th itn wtd.i i.iad looked for ward to a harrowing night whi Under th rules of the prison, light wsrs ordered out at 'clock Beattie showed every vldsnce of prepara tion to Spend a quiet and restful P rlod before h ui summoned to the death tthamber. It beeama known tonlgiht that th -1 prison k authorltl will Insist upon the family removing the body wlthxa a few hour after It I laid out 4n ths mortuary room, whtch adjoin the death ohamber.-It was at first neilsved that tha -body might be embalmed and kept In Vie penitentiary until arrangemenui soma be completed for the funeral, but this belief was quickly dispelled. U ! runersi Plana : While the funeral plana, if any have been actttsily made, have not yet been announced, it Is generally understood tf.iat Beattie will rest in the family lor in- Maury cemetery, South Rich mond; only pace at two from ehat of hi wlfes Ttte burial probably will b early in ths morning or by the wavering light, of lanterns In order to escape trus morbid crowd that ars certain to gather at tha' grave, - Beattie will be taken from tha deatAi wateh shortly after 7 o'clock tomor row morning. The warden of the penitentiary, following . out tha law, Will wad to him Mm warrant order. Ing hi death.- Within a few brief moments after that solemn observance is (completed. Beattie wilt Jiave paid Ms toll of life for tit murder of hi wife. ' ' ARGUMENT IS HEARD IN FAK "RATH TUB" CASE Defendant's Counsel Offered . Numerous E x c e ptlons i Which Were Orerruled RICHMOND, Va No. 13. Argn menta on vowarnment'a proposed de cree In fsimous "balfh tub" caes was (heard here today by the circuit court for the district of Maryland, Goff, Pritohwrd and ' Roue oonMMutlng the CMirt . Edwtn P. Oroevenor, special aawbstant to the attorney-venetel, as sisted by John PhllKp HID, district attorney of Baltimore, appeared for the government Defendant" counsel argued at great length numerous ex ceptions to the propoesd decree, wMdh were overruled in each and ev ery caee. Herbert Noble, of defend ant's coimeel, waxed warm in his CrlUdaro of Ohe court's opinion, . He said t m too (ar-reachins; In Its efforts and if the decree, which wu pre pared In accordance with the opin ion, 1s entered as proposed tt will work great harm to too Interests of several Individual defendants who ars now awaiting trial on criminal pto ceedtng en Detroit. Decree as pro posed by the government with a few ought -mo! floation will be entered within Wis neat few day. Appeal will be taken to the supreme court of the Dotted State. . RED TAPE CAt'ftED DaXAV KEtWEBT. Fla Nov. II.A squabble tfetwem PHcfher ' George Chalmers Of the Philadelphia National league baseball team and a local Im migration Inspector marked the arri val of the Phlladolphlans her today on their, return from Cuba, Chalmers i).etfd f a" American but was born In Scotland and never !haa been naturalised. The s earner Miami, on Which the team arrlred, was lined 11 (or the mistake, which Chalmers offer ed to pay.. GATHER TO HONOR HIM Many of Statesvllle's Princi pal Business Houses Wero Closed and Draped 8TATE8VILLB.' N. CH Nor. ' II. ; Burled ' beneath " hundreds of floral tribute from all sections of the south,; tie body of Joseph Pearson Caldwell, late editor of Th Charlotte Observer, was laid to rest this afternoon at In glwood cemetery, KM elty, th -horn ' of hi youth.. More than one thous and persona packed the First Prea( bytsrlan church, wh ' Dr. P. H. Law opened th funeral services with praysr. , Men and women In every ' walk of II f were seen In th con gregation, ilgh and low, riolt and poor. Thar were ,' is wane per editor from every section of the stats who had Intimately known the deceased during life, and thad gathered' to pay him tribute In death. , Th ehancsl' of the church was banked high with floral onVo-inga. ; Tb design sent by Th Charlotte Observer', employe was a ftuge double wreath represent Ing th nswwspaper clewing call o( "lO," ' . Vvlcr at Citardh , 1 - , ' Th funeral aarvlcra at ths church, were conducted by the Rev. C. E. Raynal, assisted by Dr. Plato IHir. ham of Concord,: Dr.' B, P. Law, odl-' tor of th Presbyterian Standard, and Archibald Johnmn. editor of Charity and Children.: i Dr, Durham' spoksn tribute to Mr, Caldwell was a most beautiful, and touching effort Elo-j ousnt.eulogls wer also daltvsred by lr. Haynal and Mr. Johnson. Th funeral 1 procession to the cemetery wo over a mils long and seldom if svsr have suoh publio tribute been paid to a dVoeaaed eon of North Caro lina. Many of th principal busltiM house were closed 'and draped lit. mourning, and innn rows of citi.i-n Mood bareheaded on th streets a th funeral cortsg passed. Ceremonies at Grav ' The cefximonis at tha grave, con ducted by Dr, Raynal,. were brief but Impressive, and at their conclusion, a number of fltatesvllle's most promi nent women banked the grav with th floral: offerings. Th Obsorver'f empmye attended In a body and a peolai eommiMse was appointed from tlh North Carolina Press Association, t ' ' Pallbearer . , Hh active pallbearers ware: C. W. Bosnamer, T. 3, Allison, J. A. Brady, Jsks Hoffman, B. K. Clark. Col. H. C. Cowls and Dr.' M. R, Adam and T. B. Anderson. Th following wer ths honorary pallbrsr . D. A. Tompkins, J. C.' Hemphill, W, C. Dowd, J. C. Patton, H. B. C. Bryant, H. A. Banks, W. H. Harris, John R. Rom, Judge Arml f Con tinned m fare Threel I COLlESTOANEIiOlIITR ITS DElfgATES DIVIDED One Side Anxious For Fed eral Aid, Other Bitterly Opposed to It , OFFICERS NAMED RICHMOND, Va., Nor. II. Th' good roads congress came to sn end todsy, with 'many delegate still d . dared to bs divided of opinion as to asking ths government . for federal aid. ' t whlls ths dlrsctor of the Amer ican Association for Highway Im ' provemsnt were electing officer In on room, a large party of delegates! : throughout the sessions of ths con-),, vsntton, wers meeting c In another and organized what was named tne'. legislation committee of the good which will be composed of one dels-, gate from reh stste, will be ln-( strurtsd to attend lbs National Aid'1 conference which has besa railed for Jsnusry lfth. In Wsshington. Th Highway Improvement took no ac-; lion regarding ths question of federal aid and In fsct bsrrsd ths question j from Its meeting. These officers were ' elected: President, L. ' W. . Page, dl-1 ' rsctor of . gsod .rosds in ths depart-: ment of agriculture. " , f Vice presloent W, C. Brown, pre-, Ident of the' Nsw Tork Central lines. - Secretary E. Psnnypacksr, Wsshington. D. C. Organiser Chos. P. Light, Mar -tlneburg, W. Va. f The board of directors elected In cludes B.F. Toakum, James Sic Crest, Lee McOung, W. XV. FlnUij. Jas. 0- G. Harland. T. Coleman I u-1 pont. A. G. Bpauldlng, L. I:. J Ths plsee of the n-xt c. will be decided later ty a .