ASHEVILLE, K. C, MONDAY, MORN TNG, NOVEMBER 27, 1911 PRICE FIVE GENTS EGUTil F MILITIlErtILL TOBTUHE CAUSED BY BRUTAL GRIME CLOSED ITS CASE; HENRYC.BEATTIE'S Tl IfJ DENVER TRIAL VOL. XXTOL, NO. 36 GOULD NOT STAND TWELVE HUNDRED s Anticipation. , BY GRAVE 0 GUARD IE TRACK REM flflW LIE Wisconsin Merchant Confess es 10 Murder of HlsVlfe and Her Paramour' CHOPPED OFF HEADS OF LOVERS WITH AXE daw Horrid Forms of Headless Persons Rushing at Him Through The Night KENOSHA. Wis.. Nov. 26 Tor tured by the mental picture of Ms headless wife and her paramour whom he slew" last night, Pasquale today confe)tiJ to a priest the double erlme, heretofore not discovered. He mu turned over to the police who ar ckmely guarding him for fear of possible mob violence' tonight. . Ac cording to Marches! he went home last nlffht and found hia wife, Rosa rla and hia counsln and namesake malting love. Without allowing hia presence to become known, Marches! ttftt. to a woodsrid, procured a hendaxe, crept Into the house and chopped off me head of the two lov r. Taking his baby, two month old). from; the- erma ef Mi slain wife, Mar cheat washed thie blood (torn it face carried It to tf home of Ml brother and said that this wife was ill. He returned to the house, t dressed . his daughter Josephine, four years old, and took tier to his brother's. Spectres Haunt Hlim Marchxel then . returaed to the bouse, concealed tlhe hatchet and wandered about the city. As morn ing began to dawn, the spectres haunted Marches!, so he said, that tie was forced to confess, Marches! lhas lived in Kenosha for ten years and acquired considerable wealth, He was,a leader among the Italians. In the darkrwse of a church base ment where Marches spent part of . (he nierht he heard tins death cries of ntwrfr mrtd" saw horrid' TdVma 0f headless person rushing at him through the blackness, he said.. As tftie music of the morning mass came to his ears from the auditorium above. hie said that he thought Chat he distinguished the words, "ven geance is mint, salthi the Lord," li.i, n he rusfrled to the priest and sought relief In confession. i BEGl BT ITALIANS TO DRIVE THE AHAB5 AWAY Action Began Yesterday Which Has for Object Ex tending Italy's Front. ARABS DISLODGED. TRIPOLI, Nov. 26. An important movenrent is now in progress with the object of driving the Arabs out of the oasis and extending the Italian front: It began at daybreak. The ac tion opened with an a tack on Fort Mearl by the slxtto brigade from Bou meilana on thfe west front. After several hours - fighting the Italians succeeded in dislodging the Arabs and eneral Rugons, comman der of the Italian forces, ordered the third division oh th east front to advance toward Henni. Part of the sixth brigade Joined the men of the third taking up a position so as to prevent a Junction of the Arabs and Turks. At the time of filing Uhis message, p. m., the Italian extreme riglht was hotly engaged against the Turkish regulars. , The new front If the movement Is successful, will extend from Mesri to Henni. As soon as the Italians are established, reinforcements w4H be rushed up to positions strongly en trenched by thie engineers. FOCGHT AMi DAY DERNA, Tripoli. Nov. It. An Ital ian reconnalsance on the plateau out side Che city yesterday resulted in an encounter with the Turks in force. Thja fighting lasted all day, botft. sides retiring on their positions. The Ital ian - casualties numbered 12 killed and J8 wounded. ITALIANS SrCCESSFXTtj TRIPOLI, Nov. 28 The Italian ; advance. It Is announced was a com I plete success at every point.' The fighting Which lasted all day termi nated at nightfall by Chte Turks retir ing ITom all their positions. KILLED BY BANK ROBBERS. CHUJUCOTHE. Tex- Nov. 2. Constable Chas. Holloway was killed and Constable J. A. Doyle riouly woundied in a battle with two men wanted In connection with the recent tohbery of Ctvs Stat bank of Odell at aooa today. ' Each Man Equipped With ball Cartridges to Keep Course Clear at Savannah HARRY GRANT CERTAIN OF A THIRD VICTORY However There Are Many Who Will Give Him Good . Run For His Muney SAVANNAH. Qa., Nov. St. When he shadows' lift with Cj break of day tomorrow, thirteen staunch lit tle racing cars will bi sent off in the two contests preliminary to the great Vanderbllt cup race. Thirty minutes after the conclusion of ttieee events, (lie big race will start and so ev.-nly matched are the seven teams entered Mat no one tonight was willing to venture a prediction as to the out-corm:-. Never before has Savannah held so many automobiles within her limits. Six hundred visiting cars are here for blv races. Although few m the racers appear ed on toe course today, Sunday was far from being a day of rest in the rival camps. The speedy, -machines were given their final grooming before the start, every piece of mechanism twJng thoroughly gone oyer and tested to insure as far as possible against failure at some .crucial moment. The iron nerved men .Who are to drive them listened, to final instructions. Track in Klne Condition Visiting tourists were piloted over the oiled course this afternoon by members of the local reception com mittee and all pronounced it In fine condition. Early in the morning twelve hundred national guardsmen of Georgia will take up tlhetr positions on either side of the 17 -mile course. Each man is equipped with ball car tridges and instructions' to keep the course clear. He understands that if need be. to shoot to kill. The person who has no knowledge of such things as carbureters end sparkling (plugs (had no , business In Savannah todrf-Evrytodytttrea'' automobiles) a While, 1 rode them a while and theri talked 'them some mere. In spite of the vast crowd! bere now, thie local committee ia ex- J pectlng an even greater throng next Thursday when the grand prise race Is to be run. Tftiiwo seems to h" a feeling previa- lent here that this1 week's events will; thct way a'nn can purr and work- on end up automobile racing in Ravannahj people's feelings makes outsiders be an d this. In spite of the fact that Iti lleve me a devil." promises to" be financially successful,! this year for Che first Ume. . Many of NEGROES fJSAVK TEXAS TOWN, the promoters are beginning to won- WACO, Tex.. Nov. 28. Negroes are der whether the -game is worth the candle and prospective withdrawals of the foreigners after this year pro bably will 'have something to do with helping thwrn to a decision. Harry Grant, twice winner of the Vanderbllt cup appeared confident and smiling today In the Lozler camp. He hopes to annex the coveted trophy, for a third tim tomorrow. FATHER PERMITTED TO ATTEND DEATH BED OF TWO-YEAR OLD CHILD Self Confessed Murderer May Also Go to the Fu neral of His Baby. FAMILY DESTITUTE. COLUMBUS, Ga., Nov. 26. Thomas Edgar Rrtlpling, - the self-confessed murderer who was recaptured about a year ego after fourteen years of freedom, in which he had risen to the poetttcn of chief op police of Dan ville. Va., today was permitted to at tend the deathbed of his youngest child, Jesse Stripling, aged two. By permission of Gov. Slaton,, Stripling: also, will be granted the prlvllose of attending the chlH's funeral tomor row at Ohlpley, Ga. The governor's action followed the receipt of a p- tilling of the destitute condition of ! herself and ten children since her hfirtbend's rearrest- Stripling was convicted and sentenced for life about fifteen years ago of the murder of Wrr. Oornet, a neighbor. In Harris county. He made his escape while being taken to the etate farm. Noth ing was heard of him , until a year ago When he was rearrested -while serving ss chief of police of Danville under the name of Morris. Thous ands of petitions from all over the United States failed to gain a pardon for him and he la now serving his life eewehee- at ffie etate f arm"; -- COTTON CHOP ESTIMATE, NEW ORLEANS, Nov. Final estimates on the cotton crop of 111 1 received by the New Orleans Tirnes Demorrat from it oorreepondents throughout the cotton belt give a to tal of H.ISJ.OOO Oales, exclusive of rimers, repacks aad similar, additions. Second Week of Trial of Mrs. Gertrude Gibson Patterson Will Begin Today ALLEGED EYE WITNESS TO GO ON THE STAND What Purports to be Dead Man's Diary May be Intro duced by Prosecution DENVER. Col., Nov. 26. The sec ond week of the trial of Mrs. Ger trude .Gibson Patterson for the mur der of her husband, Chaa A. Pater son will begin tomornfv with teu prosecution "having closed its dlmct case and the defense having placed on the stand its most material wit ness Mrs. Patterson. The defense experts to Introduce witnesses to corroborate the woman's alleged abuse by her .husband. An al loged eye wltivss also will be placed on the stand by the defense W.io Is expected to corroborate Mrs. Patter son's statement as to How the s'noot tBg was dorta The defense wllL t'hen rest In rebuttal, the state will place Mrs. Mary K. Patterson mother of the dead husband, on the stand, and its Is ex pected that ai-le will testify as "to the physical soundness' oi linr son prior to Mite time h mt Gertrude Gibson. The prosecution also will attempt to introduce numerous letters writen by Patterson to his brother, a Chica go attorney, in which Si freely dis cussed his private affairs and proba bly will attempt to Introduce what purports to be the dead man'a diary. written in the form of day notes or leitters to has mother. Dead Man's "Diary" This diary, which, was found among the dead man's effects, has been in tie possession of Special Prosecutor Benson from the first and he made frequent reference to it In his cross- examination of Mrs. Patterson. In writing to his mother July I, last, Patterson saidt . ' ; yynmtfyw said ln your"" laetlTei. ter. Vyh, how I wish she would only act squarely and leave you entirely and not be a snake In the grass. you said a whole lot. If ever there m as 'a woman Who was a demon oh earth: In 'her home end" then mak.se outsiders believe she was terribly mal treated, it is her; the lies she tells and deserting Crawford, a small town 20 miles west of Waco, today as a re sult of the stabbrng rf Marcus Ed wards, a wlijte man. by a negro named Bibles. Following the stsft hlng a mob formed but the negro was eplrtted away by a deputy sheriff. The whites, numbering a hundred men, turned on the negro population and many left hurriedly. E LEAVES POISON CELL, GOING TO Will be Under Care of Four Trained Nurses at Army Hospital MAT SEE FRIENDS ATLANTA, Ga., No-. 26. Charles W. Morse the New York banker, to day exchanged his bare cell at the federal prison here for a more com modious ward In the army hospital at Fort McPheraon by order of At torney General Wiakersham who re cently made a special visit to Atlanta to Investigate the condition of Mr, Morse. The transfer was made about S o'clock this morning, Morse making the trip of several miles In an ambu- ,anoe- fcomanied by Major Baker, chief snrgeon at the fort. He stood the trip very well, but It was stated at the fort that his physics! condi tion did not permit of an examina tion today. The banker convict is expected to go through this ordeal tomorrow. According to a statement gVven out yesterday by Warden Mover at the penitentiary, Morse h suffering from kidney trouble. It has been reported to the department of Justice that Morse's life was ji danger If kept under the depressing Influence of the prison life and his removal to the: trmy hospital was or dered to ascertain Just what a cbange of conditions would ecompllsh. In his new quarters, Morse will be under the rare of Major Baker and a staff of four ttalned nurse who ar rived In Atlanta last nisht. Hia ward ia cheery and comfortable and he will have the privilege , of receiving friends and . relatives whenever be wishes. . ,, ... ' - 1 iksmtM Sri fiJ , -J ' ' - 1 " LAST STAKD OF MAMCHUS SOUTH OF YANG TSE REBELS' OBJECTIVE POINT Hilh Overlooking Ancient Rebellious forces Eager For its Occupation Premier Yuan Shi Kai , ,.(tr Without a CabinetSafe Escort For Foreigners, NANKING, Nov. JT.-hl 4, m. After mow than half a century of sil ence, the hills oven no King the wauea city of Nanking, the ancient capital of China.. SM-Vm . with rebellious forces eager for , Its', occupation and determined to.tsJM the stronghold where the Manqh,us are making their last stand souUv of the, Yang Tse. From the Tiger, SUH fort for sev eral ihlours Sunday morning big guns spoke rspeatldljr, i while further, up. along the northeastern range from the tops of JPuple .mountain, the Ming .Tombs, tor? IS-mlls seml-clr-cle westward o lbs Vang Tsa, smaller forts 'MtrM W 4 Jivery ,se- tlon of th olty.' So far as is kaown the casualty- list is notv. largo. General Wong, second In commsiad of the de fenders, 1 among those killed. - During the earlier part of Vhw day the imperial Ms attempted a sortie against the atacktng forces, with a vl' w to recapturing t,helr positions and guns, but wers driven back Inside the walla with considerable losses. The Tiger Hill batteries, meanwhile were pounding s.ie Jh Into Lion Hill. They succeeded in silencing the batteries ' -,tw i. i. a little value. The object of the first seizure of Tiger ,11111 was shown by the early appearance of four cruisers, and later In the day of other warsidpa In the ewning a dozen torpedi) boat destroy ers and cruisers were lying menac ingly near the city. Doubtless ljh)cy will quickly reduce tne lower section and drive the defenders to tine south. The viceroy of Nanking and the Tartar general, In fear of General Chang, the Imperialist commander, have taken refuse In true Japanese consulate In whlcht only tr consul remains. He Is the sole official re presentative of foreign Interests now In Nanking. Th consulate Is well guarded by marines. Sunday's attack can only be con- ENTITLED TO HIS SEAT Well Founded Eeport Says He Will be Censured for Large Expenditures WASHINGTON. Nov. 26. With the declaration that no Instances of vote buying were discovered but with words of censure for the use of large sums of money In his campaign, the senate committee which investigated the election of United States Isaac Stephenson Is expected to report shortly after the opening of congress. Senator Stephenson, according to a well founded report here today, will be declared fully entitled to his seat. The nee of money In the Stephenson rampslgn wss the result of the Wis consin primary syMem, It was claim ed In the heart nr. and condemnation of that syster, e'fher in the commit tee's report or by members of the committee on the floor of the senate is now looked for. WASHINGTON, Nov. St. Fore cast:) North Carolina, fair and warm, er Monday; Tuesday unsettled, prob ably rata aad coder moderate south winds, i.... m t--:u M l Capital of China, Nanking, sldered a slight forecast of bigger things to follow, .because the main body of the revolutionaries i et.'adl-r I.. (nuMttti jti,.iw miA mrA hrlnarlns b'l. n. mm nnsitjnn on .vervi eminence. The plans of the attack ing force and ro revealed. The revo lutionaries may not attempt to rust! (he city Uut may prefer tu bombard steadily and await Its surrender. ' 'But U breaohws are made lit the walls oi the city and the roUols emor, It Is sb- Ueved that General Cheng, and the loyal troops will make a desperate stand. , ,.,.;' '-.v-s--' ;"s''&i"i PEKING; ttof. M.Premler Yuaa Btrl Kai is practically without oaol net, only the -presidents of the minor boards having aoceipted offices. The finance board la without a minister, and- the vtce minister left Peking to day after informing a personal friend that h did not intend to return. The inllbtary activity on the pert of Yuan HM Kai is considered a forlorn hope. Thirty foreigners, most of them Americans, arrived here tonight from '"","7 7.1 tL2 'ZI.l nTrV. 1m escort by both the rebels and the im- Tai Yuan-Pu. They were given safe perlallsts. V The diplomatic ibody, through the dean of the corps, Blr Jefan Jordan, has rapre-pented to the "premier the necessity of avoiding dlsordeta in Pek ing. The ministers believe that the legation guards will be able to pre vent a mwwrt unless It is thorough ly orj&nlzed and suddenly precipi tated. Uy order of the police diragon flairs are flying throughout Poking ' emble matic of the people's Joy at the for mation of a new constitution. The regent today wltti elaborate cemmo nlal, took the oath, swearing adher ence before the emperor's tablets In the ancsntral temple to the nineteen constitutional articles. The oath was as follows: ( "My polto-y and choice ot officials HAD COMPLETE OUTFIT Postoffice Inspectors and Detectives Think Two No . torious Burglars in Hand. RICHMOND, Va, Nov. St. Post office Inspectors and detectives, wtio went to Houston, Halifax county, to Identify two men held In Jail on sus p'.vkwi that they are hurglsrs, today searched their Itaggage and found .1 complete outfit of burglar's tools. The prisoners were photographed and mftaniTd and these records have been sent to Washington by government ex perts with the lexpectetlon Uhat Ihey will be, xaslly Identified. The inspec tors are of the opinion that the men are the notorious "California Shorty" and Baker, celebrated burglars, who. with "Frisco Slim" and others were taken- three yeats ago at Lake Cn, Fla., and who su bsectuerrtly eecsped from tine convict camp. They are suspected of a number of ibank and poemfflce robberies In Virginia. Tonight the Houston Jail la under heavy guard, the sheriff having- been axhlsed that confederates who have lately traveled with the prisoners are In the neighborhood. A quantity ef nltro-glycerlne, found in the -baggage, was seized. Richmond detec tives who were sent to Houston by the focat po11r! depanm there is reason to believe that "a" cap ture of extraordinary importance has been mad. TWO COMMIT snCIDK. PARIS, Nov, !. The well known socialist, John Laferftue, and fhlx wife committed sulolde today. Lafanrue left a lettor stating he felt the in- firtnttlea of old age, ' Swarmed With Determined have not been wise, thence the recent troubles.'? Fearing the fall of the sa cred dynasty, I accept the advice, of . th national assembly. I swear to Up hold the nineteen Constitutional ar ticles and organise a paritemsnt, ex cluding the nobles from administra tive poet. " I, and , my ; descendants, will adhere to It forever. . Your heav enly splrKs will see and'- under stand.'' r ' ' ' ' " ,;. - PIRATE gWARM RIVER. HONO KONG, Nov; II. The West rive- la awannlng . with pi rates and trafnc to Wu Chew, in Kwang-81 provhuse. ta seriously Im periled. " The steamsh I p ': companies . are 4 rea tl ir alarnsted and are considering (he sus pension 'ef their services, ; but are continuing tor th present with armed crews. , . ' Great indignation has been aroused by the attack by pirate on the Brit ish ship 81am a few days ago. when unier umoer , Niohoison was tivutr- dered. - In 1101 owing to piratical out- rage guards, were placed en all tlhe steamers and other precautions were taken -but latterly because of ever confidence that the British flag was Immune from attack these precautions were relaxed. ; . Canton la said to be practically In the hands of brigands. Oreve tnou bles are feared. Gen. Lung is abnost powerlesB to maintain order, and eon template fltght, Borne anxiety Is felt by the foreigners. KEI NFOBfEMKNTH. TOKIO, Nov, 2 A statement Is- sued by the foreign offloe says the Japanese troops at Peking and Tien Tstn will be reinforced Immediately. Such reinforcements Is limited to to one battalion of infsrtry and machine una, not to exoeed una Japanese strength In these cities prior to tht reduction iu I0. s STATEMENT OF MINISTER SHOWS LINE OF DEFENSE Eev. C. V. T. Richeson Says He Doesn't Know Where Girl Grot Cyanide. hubtun. nor, Zl. Lines upon which the- defense -may base It eass In the coming trial of Rev. Clarenos V. T. Rich.' son, former castor of Emmanuel Baptist church, Cam bridge, charged with this murder of his one-time sweetheart, Aria LlnnslI, are possibly Indicated in statements which Dr. Herbert O'Conrver, a form er memtMr of the Idahb state prison commission says the minister made to him when he called on him In tils ceil. "My engagement to Avis Llnnll," Mr. Richeson Is quoted as saying, "was broken by mutual consent ow- Ing to the fact that Miss LlnnslI In tended to pursus a professional must cal career. I wee In no way res pan slble for Avis' physlclsl condition and only Warned at It to my sorrow and surprise when she unbosomed herself to me as her fnomer v pastor and friend, seeking sym pa toy and rellsf wMch I found myself unable to give. As to the manner in. whlh she pro cured the cyanide I have no Idea." SAN TRANCISCO. Nor. !l. Po liceman Charles O. Castor is dead In a local hoapUal, ... an4 Policeman Thomas ' Flnnelly ,1s so seriously wounded that there Is Httle hope of his recovery aa the result of an at tempt to arrest Paolos Prandoegos, a Greek, at the Ferry building at noon dey. Before DaybreaR Yesterday Procession Moved Through Streets of Richmond AGED FATHER'S GRIEF WAS OVERWHELMS Pallbearers Were Boyhood Friends Whom he Asked to , Serve, One His Best Man , RICHMOND, Va Nov, II. Br tha , grave of th wife whom be' murdered on July IS, Henry Clay Seattle, Jr, was buried tn Maury cemetery shortly after sunrise today, There as a brief service at ths reslilfnca attended only by the members of the Tamlly and eight frtends who served as patU bearers, and then the procession mov ed through the silent at rests of South Richmond, -" ' , I Rev, Jono J. Pit, who prayed with. Seattle Just before he was tod Into' too death chamber at the penitentiary on Friday morning, read the service of the Presbyterian cihurch, Mf voice being broken at times by sob. f . ' To guard against possible annoyance ths exact hbitr or the funeral waaj kept acret until midnight last nlghlj and consequently there ware ho mor-j bid crowd" arming the Seattle home or cemetery. Two polit's ; officers in plsln clothes "wif re on duty, but the. hearse and seven carriages had readh.' d the grave before the city Was astir. When the burial was concluded. H.' C. JleattV, sr., left with Douglas, is j son, and Haiel, his daimhter, and two aunta of the murderer, Ths aged fatti.' er's grief ., was - Intense. ... . j...;- ' Beat. Man a laUboarari Vtim pallbearers, boyhood friends of Beef tie, ware asked, by him to serve. Several of thi'm had testified in big defense at the trial and one was hisl beat man when hs and Louie Wall-' ford Owen1 were married exactly on' year, from the date he pleaded nt gulKy of her murder In ( court. A florist's wagon, completely filled i flowers, entered the cemetery gates Just after daylight, and today tne mound of eartiv was hidden baneathi chrysanthemums aad Immortelle. j , After It became known today tlvati tlhe funeral had already been held, a tremendous crowd visited Maury cent-, Mary, - Dobus ropes were streched h around Hhe llrattls section and twJ mounted' policemen, in addition to of-j fleers afoot kept the erowda back. I There was not disorder however, and; no attempt to take away the floware. MADE IN REPORT OF THE NTERNAL REVENUE DEPT Smoking of Opium Wide' . spreadOpium "Joints", in Many Large Cities. 1 RECORD IN LIQUOR. Washington; Nov. s. The an nual report of Royal B. Cabell, earn I tntsstoner of internal revenue, given ' out here today, makes) eevecaJ start ling declarations. 1 All records were broken Ia the peat fiscal year in tftie production of alco holic rlouore. , The amoUng of opium to a wide spread vice In this country and opium "Joints" exist tn every city ef consid erable else. : ; . The double syetem of taslng alee margarine is corrupting grocers and gross frauds are teing perpetrated on the tmt ter buying public" The inter nal revenue receipt last year were, f St!.SZ,Ztt, the greatest in the His tory of ths government. ' 7 , Corporations making returns under ths new corporation tax lew nutn bared 170,20!, witth an aggregate cp-! Mai of t7,m,430.61.. The aggre-! gate net Income to the stockholders, m IM0,J50,I4J. The year's pro- duotlon of distilled spirits amounted1 to 17S,0J.I gallorrs, nearly 7,000,-1 000 more than than In the previous banner year, . 1 N 7. The production of beer, ale. etc., amounted to It,- J1MS1 barrels, nearly 4,000,000 bar- rels more than la the previous record year, 110.' ' ',:"'--' The amount of Hrruor held f n bond ed warehouses " for - ripening, now reacOvae the enormous total of 241.- J7, gallons. " , To remedy the oleomargarine sttua- - tton,' Mr. Calbeli suggest that fraud ' would be wiped out If a siotls stand ard of taxation for the eotored and unoolored product be established, and If the manufacturers be required to, I their preduetta- small -sealed - packages Instead" of sMIIfta It In bulk. rmB at wisrjfsnoRO, b.'c. WINNSBORO, S. C. Nov. ??. The Enterprise building, three stories, and the Presbyterian pareona.se were ! stroyed toy ftte rry. tk. i ,-.' ti mated at 141,000, wl"i ."- .- nratioa

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