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I'ZEN. THE WEATHER ' . SH0WEE3 Cithen Want Ads Bring Besults ... : , ASHEVILLE, N. G, SATURDAY, MORNING, DECEMBER 16, 1911 VOL, XXVm NO. 55 PRICE FIVE CENT3 SOME OPPOSITION T OF : TREATY DEVELOPS f ' sjsesss! Alliance With Japan by Rus sia. Injuring Oriental Trade , Has Been Suggested MANY MESSAGES ALONG THIS LINE RECEIVED Assurance Given That Reso lution Will be' Reported -to $ i V Senate Immediately . WASHINGTON, Deo. ' 16. Opposi tion to th senate program for im mediate action' on the Sulser hauM resolution .looking to the termination of the' Russian treaty of 18! 1 la de veloping among some senators. It la believed largely on the theory that an estrangement between, thia coun try and Russia would have the effect Of bringing Russia Into alliance with Japan with, the result of injuring the OrlenUl trade, of the United States. Many telegrams advancing this Idea were received during the' day. , . .This view will be presented to the committee on foreign relations when ft meets next Monday in accordance with QhsJrman -Cullom's promise to tag up th resolution. , Senators Gul lorn and Lodge have given assuranoe that the Russian resolution would 'be reported to the senate after the Mod day meeting of .the committee. Bug' gestlons hare been made that Sec rotary Knox be Invited .before, the cwnmlttee but , as the committee's course was practically prescribed , by the reference to it of the resolution. It has been decided "that It would not . be consistent to invite possible opposition to the Immediate action contemplated. ,. , There Is a possibility of ultimate delay on account of change la the. resolution which . would - require'- the concurrence of the house. Meat of the- senators are of the ' opinion that the notice of abrogation provided Xor by the" treaty rrtust run for a year after" the ' first of the next January suoeefllng action upon It. Senator 4m has intimated his Intention of opposing an amendment making the Bulser reeotatltm. covipc this point. It th AonwnJUeet and senate. accept th Massach usetts senator" vtesr H w 111 be necessary to send the reaolutlon bade to the house. If this clrcuia locution should . prevent action by both houses before adjournment on Thursday for the Christmas holidays there would be no further' necessity for haste as an entire session would be left them In which congress might express Itself. OF TO JAIL AT CHARLOTTE - iqg Lvnching of Alleged Mur derers of Wealthy iToung Couple Threatened ONE CONFESSES CHARIOTTE. N. C, Dec. 15.- Charged with the murder of Mr. and Mrs. John Dixon, a prominent and wealthy young couple of Cleveland county Wednesday morning,. John ant Hack. Ross, brothers, and Will Ross, their cousin, negroes, were formally committed by the coroner's Jury this -morning and tonight were hurried to Jail to prevent lynching -which had been threatened all day. Hundreds of farmers were, in Shel by attending court and excitement ran high". After some delay It became whispered that the hearing had been 'postponed and the Impatient citizens , began to wend their way toward the 'Jail. "Realizing the gravity of' the situation the sheriff rang the court house bell and .. the crowd retraced ' its' steps. There Judge Webb, the solicitor of the district and others harraogued them, pleading for law and order. The coroner, who had been conducting a star ohamber In quest In the meantime then appeared and read the report of hly Jury, as suring the spectators that the light man were In" custody and would have a speedy trial. Governor Kltchln had been ap prised of the seriousness of the situ ation and early this afternoon , wired tb-e county authorities to remove the prisoners to Charlotte Jail, stating al so that Be would call a special term of Cleveland court to try them. The negroes were spirited away under cover of dusk and landed In Jail here tonight. The murder of the Dixon was on of the most atrocious In the state's annala He was called from his bed Wednesday night and knocked In the bead with an axe, and wldtthe same weapon the murd erers slew his wife' who lay asleep bj the side of ksr tiny Infant. One of the negroes has mad a confession to the sheriff, giving as th motive for the . double crime the fact that DIxon'TTeld a mortgage on Bis mule.; Dixon was thirty and his wife was twenty-three years of 0 ABHOGATlOfi "SHOOTING SHOW GIRLS" F R E ED BY VERDICT OF JURY Hysterics Seized Conrad" When Announced In Eight Minutes ..--."I' . . ' NEW YORK, Dec, The Verdict of "not guilty" was returned late today freeing Lillian Graham and Ethel ' Conrad of criminal . charges on which they had been held since hurt June for shooting the million aire sportsman and hotel proprietor, W. E, D Stokes.' Th Jury reached its verdict in slightly' less than an hour's deliberation 5 minutes to be exact. ,..' , j.., J The. "shooting show girls"!;, -were tried; on an Indictment . of . thr counts, th' Bret charging an attempt to muruor Stokes. 1 Of consideration of this- count,, however, the Juror were relieved by Justice Marcus, at the' request of the district attorney. Th court restricted the Jury to the second' and third count, v which charged reWwtively. assault In the first decree, with intent to kill, and assault in the second degree, with intent to do bodily Injury. " Whil th Jury was deliberating the two defendants were held prts oners in an adjoining room. Waiting was obviously a severe ordeal for both. :, When summoned, to hear, the' verdlet Miss Graham appeared com pletely unstrung and was 'assisted intffi the) wartriom. trembling 4n rvery Mm. Th nor spirited Ml Conrad . cam , unassisted, but h seemed highly nervous. , v.-,' Mine Conrad Hysterical .; . When the foreman announced the words "not guilty," Miss Conrad cried "thank God" and went lnt violent hysterica She sank to . th , counsnl table, then Jumped up again shriek ing and tearing her' h'alr and throw, ins her arms about wildly. It wa a surprise to the spectators, for Miss Conrad had ;, kept much the better nerve of the two defendants through out the trial. On th. other han't, Miss Graham, --who tontlnuaUy;wpt during the trial and sobbed th mors when she heard th verdlet, feco v erred herself -when he saw her com panlon so ffectd,ad acted as th4f comforter to her . reuawer friend. It was at first thought that' Miss Conrad ' had rmlsunderst the :.vier- diet " and her -companion , trie d to as, ur her ' that they rwr' fr' "Oh, I know. wie- e!dU. "Tell maths '. ar frV u8 'her ' ,'.. . romlng home."., - . " The girl's - hysteria .continued for fully ten minutes before friends suc ceeding In quieting her.,.,...' '. She recovered as suddenly as h was attacked, and with Miss Gra ham on her, arm, issued, from the court room to be greeted with cheers by a large crowd gathered outside. Many persons stepped forward' to shake their hands. They stepped ?nto a taxi cab and war whirled ' away to dinner. The Jury arrived at Its verdict at- 1 INTEREST NOV CENTERS III PEACE CONUE; 0OIET; jlUJOST PLACES Dilatory Fighting Continues in-the Vicinity of Shih Eai Chwang ABDICATION ASKED PJUUNO, Dec. 16. Fighting con tinues in the vicinity of Shih-Kal Chwang. ' The commander of the im perial troops there recently asked the government to send hint 300.000 Mexican money with which to pay the troops. He received a reply promis ing him 1 10,000. Th money was not forwarded, however and as discon tent among hts troops was spreading the commander seized th opportunity to break the .armistice which wa In effect and to take tit men Into ac tion and keep them engaged until the funds with which to pay Jthem ar rived.' Elsewhere In th empire all Is re ported quiet Interest now seem cen tered in th approaching peace con ference which will be bold at Shang hai on th arrival there of Tang Shao Tie, the representative of Yuan Shi Kal. ' ' i t . ABDICATION DEMANDED SAN FRANCISCO, Cel., Dec 15. Immediate abdication )f the Manchu emperor and recognition of the re public or renewal of hostilities were h instructions sent by General U Tuts Heng, commander-in-chief of the revolutionary forces, to the .re publican representative at the Shang hai peaoe- conference, according to4 dispatches reoelved her today. Gen eral U, now at Wu Chang, Is report ed aa having declared that th revo lutionary army was la position to en core th representative's terms. Th republic's representative was farther informed, the advice stats that ban ishment of the Manchu noble to the Bet river" in Manchuria must b. in sisted upon. . ... General Li also states that with the exception of recognition of th mon archy a asksd by Tang Wiao-Yal, of th proposal .of th imperialists to eonststtitioa and Oliver reforms, were satisfactory t th .revolutionists. ; . "the Spirited Miss Verdict Was Exactly Fifty- Jury Decided. ter taking four ballots. On three of them the Jurymen voted . each ,im 11 td 1 for acquittal the, on mas dissenting being In favor of a con viction on second degree assault. Th Spectator who crowded th court room did not appear to be greatly surprised, No on was present rep resenting Stokes, except, counsel, HI young wife, who had. been In th court! room most of .the day, de rided not to wait the' outcome. It wa said; at the Hotel Ansonla some hours later that the verdict had not been announced to Stoke up to that time. He was said to' be still dangerously III, and In considerable pain following the recent operation for the removal of an abscess on his kidney. Th summing up 'argu ment which Assistant District Attor ney Buckner made against -The lrl was a dramatic feature' of the late afternoon session of court He nour ished the revolvers with which the girls had shot Stokes and- punctuated his recital of the shooting and his : scorching denunciation of both Stokes and the girls by frequent snaps of the trigger. , GIHs Attacked ' ,;.w must, b enforced to be en nobled, not be laughed at, i-giggled,, at, spat upon and danued upon and sung over on vaudeville stage,"' wr some of Mr. Buckner' words. - M referred to the contention of coun sel for the defenss that Mr. Btokn could not be punished and that the t1rlg had been punished enounrh. "Perhaps It is no punishment," h said, "for man with "a six month' bride and a -fourteen year old son to have such things-hawked s bout, him in every villus j nn't l,m let s have been published In this state. And how have these-girls been punished? While Biokes wa nursing these wounds they .hung hi bloo i- . trousers outside . of. .a thatr and asked 4h public to deposit . Its ey In the box: afHc." .. ; ,-' 7 Judge Marcus 'in' his charge cau tioned the Jurors not 3. to Jet their 'emotions ovemn their reason simps? WM the defendant war, woman, PtQkiir KM'-Viot When .called at th apartment" of the show grris on th night of June 7. He said oe had gone iher at the invitation of Miss CoflTad. with th expectation of getting letters he had written to Miss Graham ad, that when he got there the gin laid before him a demand for money with a flourish of revolvers and a threat to shoot. The rirls declared that Stokes attacked them and that he seised their re volvers donr enough to fir two shots, and they shot also several; bul lets taking effect' In the millionaire's tegs. - '" INTO CAUSE OF DISASTER AT TOE CROSS HT. IKE Government and State Min ing Inspection Department Are Now at Work MORE BODIES FOUND BRJCEVILL.E. Ten., Dec. 16. Official Investigation into the cause of the disaster in the Cross Mountain coal mine on Saturday last have been inaugurated. The federal government and the state mining Inspection de partment are making critical examin ations of th mine with a view to framing' a report aa to what caused th disaster.' i .Dr. J. W. Reul and Dr. J. J. Rut Jedge of Pittsburg, and Dr E. H. Groves of Birmingham, fedenal mine experts, are making 'the Investiga tion for the United States bureau of mines. The state inspection Is being made by State Mine Inspector Geo. T. Sylvester and Assistant Mine In spector W. D. Richards. Up to I dock tonlf-ht wvn more bedie had been recovered from th mine today, six of the number having been taken out early bis morning. Three other bodies were located" but have not been brought out. Thes bring th total up to sixty-six dead Vnd five rescued,. Arthur Smith, whos body was found today, wa . a . brother of J. E. Smith, one of the survivors. He was a member of the Henderson party, Ave members of which were rescued, and died In an effort to get out of the mine while the others war content to await the coming of th rescuers. ' A petition, wan freely circulated to day and- liberally signed condemning th taking of moving picture at the seen of th disaster and calling up on all friends of th miners not to patron lx place where thej. were ex hibited. ' Thus far according to the! records, th explosion has caused 11 widows and rendered fl father! sss . - -. f chlldren INiESTIGATl I ' FORT, RILEY FOR NINE MONTHS HAS -J3EEN ALMOST IN ST ATE OF TERROR Officers Hay Received Letters Threatening Death and' Destruction of FortHat Been Under Double GuardDestruction Has Cost Gmusrnment Million 3 f?4 DotiarsSixth Private Arrested in Connection With Crimes. juNcnoNr qrrr, Kan., Dec. ib. Trumpeter John Crlll, of Battery K sixth field artillery, was arrerted lat today in connection with th - dyna mite explosion and' Ares at Fort RI Jsy Milan . boot, the government on million dollars. . Crlll Is th sixth sol dler arrested since 1 rh investigation of th; sxplosioas became public, fol lowing Private' Michael ' Quirk' on (aslott' that be cauiied the explosions at the instigation of th Rev, Charles M. Brewer,' ewchaplalo at th fort '. The arrest of. Crlll and the release of Mrs. Anna Jordan at Kansas City belor United Stat Marshal U. E. Meed,- sTtfd-(erll'r'::thfl, dvelopmnts in tiia fease today. Corn, aylaxloner Chge attld hiF .would "jiav a warrant issuM one for Mra Jordan's arrest' and would - have it served through thet United State marshal's efflce at Kaasa City. Th few army officer who could be 'in duced to talk privately, of the ex. plostoa today declared that Pert Ri ley 4ta been for nine months as near a state f terror aa a well disciplined arm post ' can ret Not only , war there frequently incendiary fires but; the commanding officer of the poets had received frequent letters threat T CAROLINA IEICUE WILL ' . REMAIN INTACT III 1912 - . -Greenville Comes Forward and Deposits Guarantee Check of $1,000 CHARLOTTE. N. C Dc. IS. At a meeting ot the director of the Ca rolina baseball association hre, Greenville, S. C, came forward through her representatives and de posited th guarantee obeck of one thousand dollars. At th regular an nual meeting held some tint ago that city wa not represented and it was generally understood that it would withdraw from the league. The ac tion today sets at rest all rumors, the directors officially declaring that the association would remain Intact for the season of '11 11, A meeting will be held early next month to formulate a schedule. MISTRIAD IN CHDjDERS CASE AMERICUS. Ga., Dec. 1. After deliberating fifty hours without reach ing a verdict, the jury in th case of Mort S. (Wilder on trial for the sec ond time for the murder of his wife by poisoning, was discharged this af ternoon. This 1 the second mistrial in th case in th last two months. Th jury stood t to 1 for conviction. Chllders, It was charged, admlnlst-H ered poison to hi young wife in me diclne which she was taking. The case was one of the hardest fought In be county. CHOWER& WASHINGTON, Dee. IS Forecast: North Carolina: ' - rain : Saturday; r - central .portion; - Sunday clearing and colder; moderate aouth- east and south wuvla. becoming north- Sunday. ' A Saturday Night Hold ening them with death and th fort with destruction. - Voter Doubla- Guard Night and day sine , art- last spring Fort Rilsy. baa bsen under nvor than, double r guard, ssnlrlea hay' been posted constantly at -h bom of th commlsalonsd officer and guards hav spent each night in th cellar of thai horn In order to fustrst possible plana, to destrsy the houses by dynamite,- It I esti mated that th destruction Wrought at the fort since last March has coat th government a million dollars. Th biggest loss was sustained when th quartermaster' storehouse .was burn' 1 "nht f;tarclt4 1 . The structure, which cost . approximately $:SO,09O", wa a total loss, Another fir followed on March , 10, .In th cavalry building, but that structure was saved and the loss was small. On J un 1st, an attempt wa mad to burn a building sonUlnlng sol diers. Mattresses soaked with kero sene war placed against th mess room' door and set on fir. Early discovery of th flames saved the building and perhaps many itves. This tr artd at 11 a'eleok at night ' OF ITS STRONGEST POINTS 4 if Judge Allows Locks Which Barred Girls' Escape to be Introduced NEW TORK, Dec. ll.-Aftef heating extended testimony to - con vince him that the exhibit wa a , prop er one. Judge Craln, in general Ses sion lat today allowed tM lock a th door that la alleged to hav bar red the escape of th girl Operator from 'the Triangle Waist 'company fir of March IS, last, to be intro duced In evldnc. Twio before dur ing the day th court had refused to admit th exhibit as evidence against Isaac Harris and Max Blank who are on trial tor manslaughter In tb cas of Margaret Schwartt, on of th HT who died In th fir. The plec of panel containing th lock, with shot bolt, constituted the strongest phyalclal proof th prose cution possessed. Assistant District Attorney Bostwtck contend that it shows conclusively that tfoa nlnith floor door on th WashlDgtsn Place side of th factory, -where many girls died, was locked when th panic stricken employes threw themselves against It to escape from th flame. Th trial was adjourned to Monday when the prosecution Is expected to complete It cas. SUSPECTED OF ROBBRVQ MAILS SAVANNAH. Oa., Dee, II. George H. Hill and Henry Elcborn, whit men, were arrested today iby post ef flce Inspectors In connection with th robbing of an Atlantic Costs Lin 'pas senger train of registered mall valued at 5,0 near Hrdevlll 0. C, last Tuesday, ' ' Th men were taken In custody by Hardeevlll and - later confronted by member at th crew of th . train whlfh was held up. - While no po si tire Identification wa mad, it Is claimed that th suspects answer the descrip tion of the robber. .'A search of the room occupied by th two men under err oil disclosed a brae of pistol. . ' . ' Officers brought h alleged robbers to Sa.ve.nnah tonight and tftqr were j placed In th Chsthara ceooty Jail. ' - up. The' government bridge aoross th Kaw rivr wa dynamited on th night, of June 14. Car had been taken to xp)od the dynamite on that side of th river farthest from th fort' water main, it was ne- cesaary to tear , away yart f th bridge In order to aare any of It N troops war In th fort 1 When tire lestroyM th troop A stabl and killed IT, horse on June 11. The troops had been ordered ut,n a forced inarch. v - -.- , Offlcar ar firm tin their belief that th plotter planned to out oft th fort from water when they blew up a water main on th night of August . Th Attempt was only partly, successful, ; Th fort wa left without water et day, ' ' , s . " MITOATTKR EXOKfiRATED LEAVENWORTH. Kan.. Deo. It. W. H. MaoKy, dputy warden of th raaerai penitenuary her, formerly United . State Marshal for Kama, who investigated th xploslont and fire at Fort Riley, In an interview tonight, declared neither the Rev. Mr, Brewer nor Mrs, Anna Jordan were implloatsd in th crimes. Brewer h said, was in Texas at th Mm and ever returned to Junction City, WILL TESTIFY , ; JUST AFTEfl HOLIDAYS Had Been Thought That He Would Take Stand Next Monday WASHINGTON, Dec II. nator Lorlmtr will not testify In hi da fans until congress reconvene ftr th Christma holiday - it was prae tlcally arranged to hav him for a wits next Monday, but It wa de cided today to finish with 'all other witness before congress adjourn and fiear Senator Lorimar after th we set. Tb Rearing wa unexpectedly lengthened tody by a turn in th i in mmmmimmsmsmmmmmsmsmm nnwm Santa Claus Letters '" ' ' ' f V V'. The Citizen has received a message from ..: Santa Claus asking us to forward immediately to his home at the North Pole 'all the letters ' which his little friends have sent him in care of The Citizen. Therefore The Citizen will not publish any of them this year. Santa Claus further states that he advises the old fashioned methods of sending him let ters. One of the best plans is to put the let- .ters up the chimney the. last thing before go-" ing to bed. ' ,,,. ; In his message Santa Claus was very par vticular to warn all the children to be very good between now and Christmas and to mind their parents. He says he has heard that a number of Asheville children have not been quite so obedient as they should be - The Citizen hopes that these children will improve before Christmas eve so that they will i v, not be disappointed when they come to look for their presents on the morning of the twenty-fifth. . ; 1 . . SEEKING TO PROVE OTHERS CONNECTED WITH EXPLOSIONS federal Gnnd Jury Learns From Two Sources, Details j of Dynamiting Cases A HOTEL CLERKS WILL ADD THEIR TESTIMONY This Is Expected to Corrobor ate M'Alanlaal's Movements Through Country 1 INDIANAPOLIS, Jnd., Dm. II. Oovernmant official who ar co-oper atlng with District Attorney Miller In conductln th investigation of thl dynamit ooniplraoy before th tedr! 1 grand jury. Issued from two sourJes today th details of . explosion In which It ts alleged others than th, McNamaraa . were Implicated. i ' W. A Qrlffln, rhlef of polio of, Kansa City, Mo., wth had knowledg' of flv explosions In Kama City, w Questioned about certain faot which) It I said -his never been revealed, Th explosions, all directed axainat structur erected by firms ' employ- j Ing non-union men, occurred from; 1)01 to 1110. As not more than two! of them were confessedly the work f Of Ortl MiiMiiUlgal, Chl.f Griffin' information : wa aifted to ascartaln, who,: else might have destroyed th property,': Much Important testimony bearing oh It)' record taken front th headquarter of th International Association of Bridge snd fltructuraii Iron Worker wa also obtained front Mis Mary Dyer Until several yer ago Mis Dye. now of Pittsburg, was! oonfldentlal secretary I In the iron, workers4 , headquarters, and a guoh, had. to do with th eorreapondenc of J. J. McNamara, th nrretry-tre-urr. Mrs. Andrew J, Hill, th Iron workers' former bookkeeper, also vls- ltd th federal building. . HotW Clerk fcmnmouod Many hotel clerks from varlou parts of lh country hav been sum moned to tell what tVi.'V know of th movement of HeM.inimil, whllit te' wa on hi dynamiting expedition.! Th hot! men ar to be questioned i ohlefly to , oorroborat ' McManlgal'' eonfeaslon wherein he relate visits' to certain town with a suit ca fill-' d with slbhor dynamite or nltro-gly-' oertne. it wu Intimated that thelroa' workers' official were not oppoilng th government's effort to expo all' j implicated In th dynamiting, th fact! Doing pointed to that H. s. Hockln.l acting secretary , of the association,! Main conferred with Dlstriot Attorney Miller. . ". It wa while Hockln we absent that sevsrar wagon loads f papers recently were lakan from th head quarters. Hockln refused. ta ' (ay whether they ward taken with tits consent, - About thirty thousand pa per ar t b digested for th bene fit of the) grand jury. TV,vnnni-','i'-iiii'firiririiii-wv-rw-,wTirirtiMw. testimony of Kdward Hlne of Chlca-I go,, th lumberman who has' been mentioned In th cas a tb "rnanj who put Lorlmr ovr," - Counsel for th senate committe Investigating Mr. torlmsr's - icUon wanted to know . something about' what I allsged ta hav happened, at . meeting in Mr. Hlne private room' In th CVe"0 Cnion Leagu club on! th day after Lrimr wa elected. Th lawyers war not prepared to ay todajr what they were holding back. rhy 'probably will mall Mr. Hint' next week. ' E. H. Nochtas, a labor leader' whoa nam' was recently mentioned' In thlal o th McNamara dynamlt-' era, wa a witness today and tostl-l fled to certain conversation . at' Springfield. ' , , j sT t
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