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V THE : ASHE WIHEE CITIZEN. THE WEATHER SHOWERS VOL. xxvin., NO. 50 ASIIEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY, MORNINjpf jf DECEMBER 11, 1911 PRICE FIVE CENTS Citixen Want Ads Bring Results if f I 't DYNAMITERS TAKE UP THEIR ABODE IN II OUEIITIfl CELL (Prison Band Began to Play Just After M'Namaras En tered Penitentiary PRISON-MADE DINNER MENU IN THREE COLORS Prisoners Devising It Took Occasion to Point Out The Numerous Attractions" ' BAN QUENTTN. Cal.. Deo. 10. The McNamara brothers today enter- el San Quentin penitentiary, where I James B. is condemned to spend the remainder of hU life fon hie con f eased crime of murder, and John J. uuretaTjr of (Tie Jiftsrnatienal Bridge and Structural Iron Workera. la sen tenced to fifteen years Imprisonment .(out dynamiting. '.1. It was James B. who blew trp the Jjos Angeless Tirrtes building October 1, 1IU with the loss of twenty-one lives, and John J. who aibetted In wrecking part of tftie Llewellyn Iron works tn Los Angeles the following Christmas' day. The pleas entered by these men closed theeo two cases and opened up a nation-wide investigation, Including probes by two federal grand Juries, Into a series of dynamiting reaching " from coast to coast and perpetrated generally where labor differences ex isted to a marked degree. ' TRie men entered the prison, it is fairly authenticated, believing that they had achieved much for the cause of union laibor and had Ibeen misunderstood In their efforts and the results they obtained. Shackle Nipped Off Whirled from Lea Angeles on a fast night train, the men were taken from It at sunrise today, put on a little river steamer and landed two hours and a half later at San Quentjn pri son, whanf on the shores of Ban Pa blo (bay. The shackles which bound them together on tlhe boat trip were llptped off and they tolled up the prison hill besides Sheriff Win. A. Ham me,', of Los Angeles county. As Ue prieon clock stnuck ten, John J. (McNamara, preceded by Warden John Hoyle. stepped over the thresh- homrtlt)aHftrrwfh )lrerher directly behind tlm ."In Ave minute 'James B. McNamara had become con vlct No. 2S,J14 and John J.'McNa mara was No. 26,315. They were measured for. Jail clothlntft, photo groiphed In two positions, given a car bolic tinctured bath, put into stripes, shaved and cropped and rd-photo graphed wilthln an hour, and .turned over to John Murray lieutenant of the yard who took them to cell 18 in a' stone tier looking out over the pri son's "upper yard,'1 a great flower garden. Cell 18 adjoins the tier of cells In (Continued on Page Three) ORTIE M1UIC1L WILL TELL ALL HE US TO FEDERAL GRAND JURY Expresses Willingness to Assist in Bringing Guilty Ones to Justice MANY WITNESSES LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 10. Ortle McManigal will be taken to In dianapolis within a few days to tell the federal grand Jury there what he knows otf the alleged dynamiting con spiracy, the first chapter of wlhich was closed today with the placing of Jas. B, and John J. McNamara in the San Quentln state penitentiary. Just when McMantgal will leave here has not been determined but he will be In In dlanapolla by December 2 2, the fed eral grand Jury being scheduled to be gin its pn.fe there on December 4. Oscar Lejwler, flVie government's special prosecutor, may go to Indian apolis to assist, In the case The in vestigation may be concluded here this week. The Investigation hens Is aimed at lean than five persona while the one at Indianapolis Is expected to bring into the limelight at least a dozen. Indlanarpotls therefore will be the center of tlhe government's Inves tigation. , These facts were learned today after a canvass of those who have had much to do with the Mo Namara case here and who will con tinue to work on it. Partial confirma tion came 'from McMantgal himself at the county Jail today when Ihe said: "I'll tell any grand Jury anywhere, everything that I know. I have noth ing to conceal and I shall consider It my duty to give the authorities all Information in my possession." Twenty-five witnesses are exipected to appear before the grand Jury here this week. Interest will center in the appearance of some of Ban Fran cisco's labor leaders who have been subpoenaed but by the end otf the week all important points in the Mcv Kamara eaee will have been settled. Indictments are not expected before lanuary 8 when the term of the present grand Jury expires. FEARED THAT ALL MEN IN ILLFATED MINE WILL PERISH Consignment of 175 Coffins to Briceville Added to Belief That None Will be Found Alive. Eigh teen Bodies Already Brought Out. BRICEVTLLE, 'Dec. 10 Some where In the depths of the Cross Mountain Coal mine probably one hundred men lie dead tonight while their sorrow-stricken families keep vigil at the mouth of their tomb, hoping against hope that their lov ed ones may be aliv when rescuers reach them. Eight torn and mangled bodies had been brought forth at nightfall when search was abandoned (or the day. Outside of the immediate families of ths entombed men no one in this little mountain village believes that any living thing in the mine yes terday morning survived by the ter rific explosion of coal dust that -wracked tne workings. For more than thirty-six hours every surviving miner In this reg ion had tolled with no thought of food, sleep or pay, to remove) the debris and foree fresh air into the Innermost recesses of the mine. They practically have penetrated to the main entry head, nearly three miles In. Tomorrow they expect to be ready to work the cross ergrlee in which (he other bodies ha'Je undoubtedly been cast by the force of the blast. Black damp developed lata today and retarded progress but the silent force pushed dauntlessly on, some of them till they were carried out overcome, by the noxious gnses. ' Thousands of the morbidly curious flocked '.into ths village today and crowded about the main entry of the mine. They saw nothing because there was nothing to see but the pitiable grief of the stricken fam ilies. All of th .bodies recovered have. been Identified. Among them was that of W1H Farmer, assistant fore man of the mine. The top of his head had been Mown off. He la sur vived, by a widow and two children. Grave Problem There is hardly a family in the entire Coal Creek valley that has not felt the toy touch of death. The problem of caring for the widows and orphans- will be a grave one, requiring immediate - solution, Cer tainly Bricevtlle will be unable to care .for her living with most or beewwars awwtynwlMired snnirfKyt&ttmbifeli "Tfo tight men. -. women the dead. Only eighteen dead bodies had been found and eight removed up' fjo- :S0 o'clock this evening.. Prospects were that it would be far .Into the night before much BASEBALL SEASON OF 1912 VIRTUALLY STARTED BT MEETING OF MAGNATES Ticket Scalping Allegations Will be Looked Into Be fore Session Closes NEW CLASSIFYING NEW YORK, Dec. 10. The base ball year of 11 actually begins this week. Although there remain some unaettled matters from the season of 1911, particularly the world series ticket scandal, the main business of tibe several big baseball meetings here during the next three days will have to do with One new year In baseball. Members of the supreme council of the game, heads of several leagues and presidents of many clubs were al ready In the city today holding Infor mal conferences wtilch reflected a current of harmony and optimism. New business of the week will In clude sctlon by the National Commis sion on the elevation of the American association, trre Pacific Coast league and the Eastern .league to the new double A class. The respective presi dents of these leagues Ohlvlngton, Ewlng and Barrow had all arrived In New Yor5 today and with Secretary J. H. Fan-ell of the National associa tion of professional baseball clubs, were In consultation all afternoon. The league representatives expressed confidence of favorable action on the new rating. Mr. Barro also believed the proposal to call the Eastern league the "International league," owing to the fact that It contains two Canadian clubs, would go through. "Harmony" was also the theme Of National league magnates. Opposition to ths re-election of President T. J. Lynch otf the National league was cer tainly not evident In the magnate's confabs today. It was said generally that Mr. Lynch would be re-elected at the meeting Tueeday and Mr. Lynch himself said he would if the election was conducted on a business basis. There was also peaceful talk about the protests about the long schedule. August Hermann of Cincinnati said ihe was in favor of a let-game schedule but tapuld ba glad to see the season closed earlier. He thought It would be a good thing to close October 4 r about a week earlier than. last: year. President- Ban Johnson of the American league was on the way here today to complete the baseball trium virate of which he and Messrs. Lynch and Hermann are the members. Tag progress was made In reaching thi victims. Many days may elapse un til the mine is cleared of Its debris which Is seriously impeding the prog ress of the seekers of the dead. The following were removed today: Lee E. Polaton. Eugene Ault. Taylor Ault. Roland Early. W A. Farmer, bank borj In the mine, - Harmon Sharp. James Foust. Alonso Wood, a youth of 19 .years. Graveyard too Small Demand: upon the lit' e Hrlcevllle graveyard, occasioned by the terrl Me hfi.'raust have necessitated the creation of a new c-em-rtery. And wns staked out today and prepara tions made for excavating graves. The first of the interments occur red this afternoon In tho graveyard located upon a commanding eleva tion in rear of the little church op posite the Brlceville depot.. The re mains laid to rest were those of Lee Polston, Taylor and Eugene Ault. Rev, R. II. Wlgga, pastor of ths Baptist church at BrleevMle offered a brief but fervent prayer in behalf of the victims, their surviving loved ones and friends. The prayer was the extent of formal religious cere monies held over the remains. 175 Coffins The advent this morning of 1 TR coffins was the signal for a renew al of the grief suffered by the loved ones in the many fatherless and hus bandless homes. This was Intensi fied as the gruesome pine boxes con taining the coffins were plied high. In front of the Improvised morgue. The relief work has been vte matlcally and effectively organised tinder the direction of George P. Chandler, president of the Tennessee Ooal Company.. Volunteers from practically every mine In the Coal Creek and Brlcewllle region arriv ed Saturday night and today. Others also came from mines at Jelllco Oliv er Springs, Middleeboro and even from up in the southwest Virginia coal belt. Early today morning .trains, and and" children to Brlceville from points many miles distant. Mr. Chandler marshalled the relief (CnnttnnrVf -on rHa-e W SIX-DAY BICYCLE RACE STARTED AT 12:01 THIS Fifteen Pairs of the World's Best Cyclists Engaged in Endurance Contest RIDERS BUNCHED NEW YORK, Dec. 10. Fifteen riders, representing as many teams, started at 12:01 o'clokk this morning on the nineteenth annual six-day bi cycle race In Madison Square Garden There, was a yell from the big crowd which rilled ths big ampltheater as the starting, signal was given and the riders broke away on their first cir cuit of the ten-lap to the mile saucer track on which the incessant round of the contestants will be kept up until lu o clock next Saturday night. At the end of the iflrst lap Leon Oeorget led the bunched riders. At the epd of the first mile which was made in E. Pye, the Australian, who teamed with Elmer Collins of Boston Was making the pace. There are seventeen eastern riders in this year's lineup and four from San Francisco. Willie Loretiz, the present sprint champion of Germany. wilt have as a mate Karl Saldow, of Germany. This pair won the recent international six-day match In Berlin.- The American sprint champion Frank Kramer, of East Orange, N. J., and James Moran, of Chelsea, Mass., make one of the favorite teams. Mor an with Eddie Root of 'New York formed the winning team of last year's race, but Kramer never nego tiated the six-day grind. Jack Clark, tlie Australian title holder, will be paced with Joe Fogli of Brooklyn. i - - r . - . ., . -I-, , ,-M-n-a-M-,-,T,nTruj,..i. meeting of the National commission will be called tomorrow and It is known that President Johnson is bringing with Hm evidence relative to the speculation In world's series tickets here )at fall. Chair-mas. Hermann said today that ths commission would consider the matter without 'delay hut well In formed baseball men said that the commission had little hope of placing blame for the way In which the tick et selling rwas conducted. It was pointed out that the commission could not summon ticket speculators as wit nesses and hen re It would be difficult to determine how the tickets got Into their hand. A number of baseball deals are expected while the club own- trs art in the ettjr. . v5y to m jmsh "m a ja - sr-je .1 aVfl - aD- - l ' lj-O." ' ' ' .U J--.i .fa L.-a. .r iM ft WELL-DEFINED MOVEMENT: STARTED FOR THE NOMINATION OF ROOSEVELT No Attempt Being Made to Disguise TW Fact Chicago ' Seems to Have Been De termined Upon For Holding Next Republican ConventionBaltimore " Likely Candidate For Convention of Democratic Party. WASHINGTON, Dec. !. With Wis arrival In Washington today of prac tically all the members of the re publican national committee, rein forced by party leaders from nearly every state. It beoame ' possible te orncast Just what will ' don toy the committee at tts meeting Tuesday As a result of the many conferences held today the following p ogram seems to have been agreed upon! Chicago will the national eon vontlon apparently beyond all ques tion of doubt and It probably will be held the last week In June. Iihere will be no fight for chairman' ship ot the committee at this time. Former Governor John E. Kill, - of Maine, " the vies chairman, - will" be elected to serve until the. Drjeeiden tia! nomlnatloiv'ls made. William Hay- ard, formerly of Nebraska but now of New York, iwiil continue as secre tary. After the convention a chair mtn iind other officials agrseable to the candidate will be sleeted by the new committee. Tlie question of selecting delegates at presidential prirnartea, or by the customary delegate conventions will be left entirely to tho various states to determine for themselves. Presi dent Taft Is said to have 'favored this disposition of the ma iter. The c.wnmlttee wll' not act on the resolution for a reduction of southern representation, declaring this to be a question for determination by the convention Itself. Now Leads Committeie Colonel Harry H. Now, of Indiana, will probably head the all-powerful sub-conmlttee of flvo to make ar IA CURIE eiVEN NOBEL PRIZE FOR CHEMISTRY King Oustav, of Sweden, Personally Presents the Prizes to Victors STOCKHOLM. Sweden, Dec. 10. In the hall of the Academy or Music today King Oustav presented the No bel prizes, with thn exrapflon of the peace prise, to the winners. Mme. Marie Sklodowska Curie personally received the prize for chemistry; Prof. Wilhelm Wlen, of Wuersburg university, the u i for physios, and Prof. Allvar Quito rand, of 1'psala university, the prize for medicine. Vha Belgian minister received the prize for lltremture in -behalf of Maurice Maeter linck, who is 111. The-Nobel prize each amount to nearly $40,000. JOIXT PKACK PltlZK CHRISTIANA. I)e. . 10. The Nobel eace prise hae been awarded Jointly to Prof. T. M. C Aer, of the Nether- lands, founder of iho "Institute do Droit Internationa!" (Institute of In ternational Law) and ths Austrian peace advocate, Alfred Fried, of Vi enna, editor nrf -the Journal Frleden- shawarte. Eacfh will receive )lt,C00 8HOWER5 " WASHINGTON. Dec. ?0. Forecast for North Carolina: Fair in east, rain In west Monday; Tuesday, generally fafcr, eolder-in interior, moderate east wind beoomlng vartabta Tuesday. : : Out of Reach, rangements for the convention. Post- mastor-Orneral Hltchoook'g resigna tion a chairman will be accepted. It was tendered immediately after he en tered the cabinet and Is deolssrsd la have no strings whataver attached to it. president Taft will entertain, the con mltteemen at ' ' dinner . tomorrow night This dinner iprobably will be the most Important .politically given at the white house during the present administration. The committee will not bur federal office holder a dele gatos to the convention, taking ths ground that this question, Ilk that of smthBir- representation, la one for tho convention, to decide. The represen tatives of the southern states re ex. pcted te discourage sftlo holders Irani '-feMnj; election,' as . , dslegates and Fireeftant Taft, it is said, will aP provo this program, The. question of presidential primaries' lhad promised to be the most interesting and far reaching in its political effect of, any i to ibe brought before the committee. Its apparent amicable adjustment out of court" was attended by unusual clrcumstarcea, the most significant of which was the fear of friends of Colo nel Theodore Roosevelt that the prl mary system if adopted at this time might cut off the possibility of noml natlng the former president for a second elective term. Movement for Roosevelt No attempt is ibeing made hers to disguise the fact that there Is a well defined movement in favor of the nomination of Colonel Roosevelt The men toehlnd this movement feel that their kope of success lies In working up ths proper amount of sentiment ARRIVE IN METROPOLIS Most of Them Made Ad dresses at Branches of New York Y.M. C. A. NEW YORK, Dec. 10. Ths tov ernors of eight states rn their special train bearing also exhibits from their territory arrived here this morning and spent a busy day in ths metropo lis They were guests of William R. Hearst at luncheon and several of tnem were guests of the Y. M. C. A. branches, where ftiey made speechea I Governor Ode)!, ef Nevada, told of ! having laid the comer stone for a Y. M. C.-A. building In Heno and many oe me auuiiurs iaugiieu. - i anuw what you mean," he said, "and 1 am going to tell you about it. Heno is a city of inly about 1&.000 people, but it raised f 150,000 for that Y. M. C. A. building In Just ten days. Gamb ling was stopped out there two years aKo and the day of the wide open! state has passed away. "The prese of the entire country fins had much fun about the easy conditions of divorce in Nevada and there is much truth In what they say of conditions there. Nevada Is ready to make a strong effort to bring about uniform divorce laws throughout all the states and her people wish heartl- piy to do away with the evil. At the next conference of governors I hope to see things started for uniform di vorce laws In all the states and I ex pert to b very active In that regard." Governors Carey of Wyoming, Eberhard of TUTinnesota, Hawley of Idaiio and Lieutenant Governor 8. R. Fftxgerald of Colorado, also spoke at a Y. W. C. A. meeting. All ot the governors urged that their territory offered fine "pportunllles for relief from the congestion of the cities. ' The party was entertained at dinner tonight by John Hays Hammond. The official entertainment of tho visitors WlU tMgin tomorrow, between now and ths lime of ths convention. They do not believe the situation as they would like it will have time to orystallse) prior to th holding of primary elections by cer tain of the western states. Thus states where they would look for the Strongest Roosevelt sentiment might te compelled to record their prefer ce for some other candidate. ' Neither do they believe that Colo nel tiooaevelt could ba Induced to an n'luncs himself as a candidate and thus permit vote tobt cast fov iilm. His nomination, they say, must come through an outburst at enthusiasm at ttte convention itself. Behind the ltooseveH phase of rte situation, how ever, there seems to toe a very gen-, srU ' gentlnmnt 'among the ' mam-bsrs of Uia national' oomnjAtee Uiat they have no Unlit on at least that, It should be decidedly impolite is a cen tral body, to dictate to the states what they should or siliould not do. Each state It was argued, should tree to determine the manner of choosing delegates, ; , Consequently It appears certain now that the only resolution on the sub ject that will bs adopted by the com mittee will be one to the effeot that "delegates to the national convention shall ba chossn geruant to the laws of the various states," and undsr ths authority of the republican state sn ral committees. Sis states thus far have adopted presidential preferetoe primaries North Dakota, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Oregon, New Jersey and South Dakota. ' bids for Convention While Chicago aeams t have oeen determined upon definitely as the convention city, ths champions of St. Louis, Denver. Cincinnati, Philadel phia and Baltimore have by no means abandoned ths fight. They undoubt edly will put in a format old for ths convention when the committee meets on Tuesday.- ;. i Btp Louis has been the most formid able rival of Chicago, with ths claims (Continued on Pago Ttvoi NOTICE ! Tn addition to the normal demand for dic tionaries we find that a great many people are buying these valuable books for Christmas presents. . The $4.00 Webster's New Standard Dic tionary Illustrated will make a very acceptable Christmas present for anyone. The extremely low price of 98 cents and six consecutive cou-' Ion8 is only made possible by the combined ef forts of a large number of newspaper publish ers who are putting out hundreds of thousands of the dictionaries on the same plan as is being pursued by The Citizen. We have on hand at the present time and , en route what we believe will be a, sufficient supply to fill all orders, but to be on the ' safe side, we would advise our readers to secure what dictionaries they may need before the end of this week. Respectfully, TILE CITIZEN CO, ; v POINTED NOTE TO ALMONER T REFUSAL Chairman Stanley Does Not Mince Words. Neither Does he Waste Them V MUCH COMMITTEE , WORK THIS WEEK rt - BWewsawssWsaesas)..-.-..:,. av-'-.A.if '.v-. ':. Most of The Activity in Con gress Will be Devoted to Investigations , V WASHINGTON, ' Deo. 10 Ths rs, fusal by John D. Rockefeller and his almoner, Rev. F. D, Qatea,' tq accept tho '.'Invitation of the houso steel trust' investigating committee Iq ap pear and testify, drew a pointed and laconic note from Chairman etanlnyj of the committee, today, Mr. , Stan ley tent Dr. Gate the following ' letter! - - '.,. r ' ' ' ' s "8lr- recent communication to yon was intended not to provoke a dls. cusaton of th value' of the Merrttt, testimony 'or of your' personal Inter-: rlty, but to give you an opportuni ty to defend It," There was no letter to Mr. Rocks fellef. . 4 ' s - Inquiry IWuunird Today - , The committee will resume Its In Qulry tomorrow and with alt differ ences in committee adjusted expect to press its work to a conclusion as speedily a possible, Messrs. Rocks toller and Gates were not subpoenaed , bee sue of the pendency of. a suit' against ths steel corporation. Most of ths congressional activity this I week will be In committee though: the Sherwood pension bill is to bo voted on by the house Tuesday nd. ths urgent - deficiency appropriation bill, always" accorded right of way, to meet government . emergencies, t probably will - be enacted into law before congress takes Its .Christmas holiday - recess. Laadsrs in both houses appear to favor, srwno form! of service pension legislation. The Sherwood bill, the debate on .which; has been largely directed toward tho effect on the presidential election, would ' Involve expenditures aiWlmat-i ed'at from' ItQ.OOe.uOQ upwards for J union ' veterans, -wftp- served ninety; days or more, the monthly pension' to range from 111 to fid according to length of service, , i Passport question , The Russian passport question,,' with the proposed abrogation of tho Russian treaty -ot lilt, will bo -. Inreshed out -at a hearing before ths house committee of foreign af fairs tomorrow. Chairman Bulser al ready has - predicted that congress will act. Tho ko rimer senatorial else' tlon investigating committee, . of which Senator Dillingham la chair , man, will continue Its sessions to morrow and ths senate committee on interstate' commerce still is on gaged on hearing designed to briny , out a variety of views as to needed changes tn ths anti-trust laws. Tho house committee on "sugar trust" affair has taken a races over tho , holidays, '..- Congress Is in a lethargic condition regarding ths big Issues on which it wilt battle. Tariff and trust plans still are unshaped in committee. Tho house republican ar looking ahead to -the tariff board' report which, is espeoted by tho end of the week. ' The democratic hous through tho way and means committee, which frames the origins tariff measure ha agreed to defer action -until tho Continued on Face) Two) 1 iv r?