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THE ASHEYILLE C1TI ZEN TITS FAIS ' Associated Pres3 Leased "Wire Service. ASIIEVIIXi; X. TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 11, 1912. VOL. XXYm, NO. 232. ... PRICK FIVE CENTS HEADQUARTERS OF U.S.VAB VESSELS WAITERS III GUSH Nobody Wants It. STILL IA FDLLETTE WITH POLICE HEAR GQflTlflTOFLOi'! IH HAWKINS CASE 4TassaBMB 1 in HARBOR F inn OPENED HAVE GOOD EFFECT Restrain the More Exclteable Element of the Capitol- : of Cuba i jr ... . INTERVENTION IS ASTORIA C 15 ftage Setting for National Re-'.-) publican Convention Is , ; Complete ROOSEVELT WILL Strikers Made Demonstration , During Gaynor Dinner . to Germans "STRONG ARM" SQUAD Attorney Sh!pman; Attacks State's Witnesses In Bit-. : ter Terms NOT BOLT IS SAID We Have Cot Them Skinned' Says James R. Garfield, of Ohio CHICAGO. Jun 10. Th stag set tin for the republican nation! con ventlon mil completed tixJy with th ' opening of La Follett and Cummin headquarter t totels. Cummlna" headquarter was established In the game hotel that houses the Tift and Roosevelt workers. The La Toilette headquarters, opened by Alfred T. Rngnrs, national committeeman from Wisconsin, Is situated six blocks from the othera : The managers of the several head quarters, together with their advisers and assistants tonight completed plans for the reception of delegates i who are expected to -begin arriving tomorrow. Special committees to' handle the delegates have been named and will be on duty from this time , until th close of the convention. . A direct appeal will be mad to each Individual delegate by the cam- paten manager of each candidate for ! the nomination, despite Instructions or " pledges. No possible vote In the eon .ventlon will be overlooked and any Indication among th delegates '- of ii '.ftlng sentiment will precipitate a lively scramble among the manage. A number of prominent Roosevelt ' leaders today declared reports of. a possible bolt by th Roosevelt dele gate? in case the president's friends succeeded In nominating Mr. Taft, were without reasonable foundation, Senator William E. Borah, of Idaho, n actlv' worker for Roosevelt in ' the (KMions of the republican na tional i committee," said; v "No bolt for ma I have not even j ...roostdered. uch .ft ; powlliUlly..aad., I Z. don't expect to consider It" ' --. ! j - Th Roosevelt hedquarter ; was particularly, alive with meeting and conferences this a'trnoon . and to night ; A number of well known Roosevelt atT-.?rents, Including Judge ' Pen B. Ltndsey of Colorado, James R. Garfield of Ohio, ' Congressman Wi litem Kent of California and Clif ford Wnchot of, iWajfrlngton; : were " among the- scores to participate In " th various-' councils held In th in terests "of the former president "We have got "them 'skinned des- pit th work of the national com ' mlttee." said Garfield, who was' sec retary of the interior under Roose- relt.' "'"This Committee cannot stop - the nomination of Roosevelt, There will be an uprising against tfhie action here. ... FEii'ISlSTi; - TRIP TO JRSUE AEftlNSt MENUI INTERVENTION Such is Believed to Be His v Object By Public of -Havana. RIOTS HAVE CEASED. HAVANA, Jun 10. Interests In I Havana centuered tonight In the probable outcome- of Colonel Ores tras Ferrara's mission to. Washing ton, which Is generally believed to be for the purpose of convincing the American government that there does .... not... exist ...any... necessity . for Inter vention ofi he campaign In Orient and all questions based on race animosities have become Instg ' nlflcient as compared with the possi bility of intervention. Th tmpend ; ing arrival of the United States bat tleship Nebraska and New Jersey from Key West tends to strengthen th beMef that the United States Is , about to take a leading hand In Cu ban affair. All danger of racial disturbances In Havana has apparently been dissi pated by th arrival of ReaT Admfrel Osterhaua on the flagship Washing ton and the battleship Rhode Island this afternoon, - None of the Ameri can bluejackets wer allowed ashore. Colonel Farrara sent a cablegram to President Gomes tonight In which he stated that the United States gov ernment did not contemplte Inter - ventlon. but would persist In Us pol icy of affording military protection to the foreign properties. President ial Secretary Ram Ires on behalf of the president mad a statement In part as follows: - ... -"According to th news published in the local press th arrival of two American , warships today t due to alarming reports sent to Washing ton, which la lamentable. . The rec ent events In Havana lack Import . ance, th polio havinr -promptly quelled th disorder. NOT PROBABLE Feeling Is Growing Stronger Tnat Major Wood Should Co to Cuba ' , WASHINGTON. June 10. Th preence of American warships la Havana harbor this afternoon may b regarded a greatly diminishing th liklihood of Intervention In -Cuba, according to thd construction placed upon that fact by th administration. It Is felt that the mere presence of the two warship will restrain h reetless and excitable element of H vane. V . - ' . Secretary Kno all along ha loV no opportunity of declaring against any purpose to intervene politically In Cuba unless absolutely driven to do so, by th failur of th' Cuban gov ernment to "uphold th law and pro tect lift and property, felt called upon today to renew that assurance di rectly to the Cuban people through Oreete Ferrara, speaker of the, Cuban house of, repreae rgativ ea. An.f, he also let It be known to th American people, not only that the United State does not contemplate intervention but that he believed that the Cuban gov ernment would be able to suppress the Insurrection. Senor Ferrara Is believed to hav derived great com. fort from his talk with th secretary of state, v Th heavy torrenlal rain In Ha vana are now believed to bav been n important factor in preventing th outbreak of race riot there., WThen the rains stop it 1 believed here Vhsj op posing- elements will make no further effort to create riots because of the presence of the cruiser Washington and th battleship Rhode Island, In Havapa harbor. The gunboat Nash ville reported today that Bagua Vms being attacked by rebels, but the fruit comaany .,.fflBgtt,.f sit nllw hi ability to defend the property nn leas' attacked by overwhelming nurn- br. ;'' ..; - Th . present trouble are rapidly being transferred to the northern coast of Orient province and the Naahvill has returned to- Nip hay. The Spanish American Iron com. pany reports the looting of th Ross Flnca property1 One mil from Santi ago, and the burning of the cane field of Halti.Ho plantation near San Luis. The main body of the rebels Is now declared to b operating be tween Meyrl and 8aua. Tfc feeling is growing tronger bi ths t ' Ma Jo.QeneraLrLeonard Wood, chief of staff, would be the man to send, to Cuba to settle the present troubles. 'However, the United States - has taken no step towards mediating in the present crisis. Josephns Daniels at Balti more Inspecting Press Accommodations. BRYAN NO CANDIDATE. BALTIMORE. June 10. A general caumis of all delegates pledged or fa vorable to Governor Judeon Harmon, of Ohio, for the presidential nomtna tton Is being planned by Harmon leaders who establish local headquar ters today and from now on will di rest the work from here of coralllng delegate for the Ohio gowemor. - Th caucus will -be held some time before the democratic national con vention meet and the flarmon lieu tenant he Ueve that it will aid in unifying and crystal lei n. sentiment for Governor Harmon. Meanwhile the Harmon men will continue their work here and In Washington of try ing to line Hp the four hundred un pledged delegate to the democrat!.: convention. The Harmon people have taken everaiTooma at th Hotel Emerson and next week Lieutenant Governor Hujrh U Nichols, of Ohio, will reach here to take actlv charge of the Harmon campaign. Th Harmon leader say they have no choice for temporary chairman of the conven tion and deny reports that they have Joined with the Oscar- , Underwood force to brine about the election of a temporary organization of their own Choosing.'. :'r '.'..:,!'. Si-:;--" National Committeeman Josephu Daniels -of North Carolina, chairman of the press committee, Inspected th pre arrangement; today. He said that 430 active newspaper men would be aoborrunodated on the preas stand. Mr. Daniel made h clear tp sev eral caller tonight Jhat Mr. Bryan wa not a candidate for presidential nomination, saytng: "Mr. ' Bryan U not and will not be a candidate," HARMON MEN ESTABLISH HEADQUARTERS AND VVILL WDRKFQROHI090VERNQR CALLED TO RELEIF Arrest Over a Hundred of the Walters Before Order is Kestorea NEW TORK. June 10. A demon s tnat! on by striking waiter of th lry outslds th Waldorf-Astoria ho ti tonight during th dinner given by Mayor Gaynor to offlcer of the' visiting German squadron resulted In son of violence and rioting. Sev eral ktemlsh between police and th strikers took place before order was rtored. An army of policemen. Including the -"strong arm hid'' picketed th street In th vicinity throughout ths banquet to avert further trouble on th part of th hotel waiters and their sympathizer and In two raid upon tho mob Ui police carried away In patrol wagon 12k prisoners, many charged with disorderly oonduct - . Whatever the plan of th waiters may hav' been to break up th ban quet thev wer averted by. th pollc protection and th unusual oo -operation of hotel mangement throughout the city. Thar had been anticipa tion of troulble, and. intending" to take no chance In a civic affair of such magnitude, more than a score of ho tel proprietor appeared personally at ah Waldorf with delegation of trust d waiter ready to place their bat talions In th field If the Waldorf As. torla lorre walked out, . . : Th grand hall room. In which th banquet i held, was guarded ' at every entrance by special policemen. Despite th trouble In th street tpoMri t the dinner wer not greatly dtt turbed and th dinner we carried cut as lannd. ' ''.',:..'- " The demonstrations outeid, how at -on tto portions that Polic- Commissioner Waldo was competed to leave thd banquet 1 and personalty take cha'Vi of the situation. In th mob whtefo nrt gathered there wer probably S0O men. The union official had .given Intimation of "something .doing tonirht and the pollc chance that th organiza tion was directly back of the move ment to break, tup the banquet. Not until the banquet wa over and the guest had departed wa quiet fully restore. The dinner wound up a strenuous day for th visitor. On shore th admiral and lh4s officers and men ,wrveryw'hernetdr-whlltho on board ship were kept busy from noon until after sunset entertaining thousands of visitors who desired to see the vessel of the German emper or's fleet. ' " T HOUSE AT ViLLiSCA, IDVI Man and Wife, Four Chil dren and Two Young , Ladies Murdered. NO CLUES FOUND. VILUBOA, low-, Jun 10. EMght bodies all mutilated almost beyond recognition war found murdered in the horn today of Joseph Moore, a prominent business man of thl place. The dead: Joseph Moor and wife; Herman Moore, aged 11;' Catherine Moore, aged ; Boyd Moore, aged 7; Paul Moore, - aged ; Misses Edith and Blanche SpllUnger, aged 10 and II respectively. The bodies of all with their head terribly mashed with an ax , wer found murdered In their beds. There Is no -definite ekie to th murderer. slthough th authorities are search-, lng for a suspect. A desire for re venge Is believed to hav prompted th murder. - . -Only on of the bodies showed In- dl2atlons of a struggle, On of th Spllllnger girls lay with on arm thrown out a though sh had awak ened and tried to ward off th mur derer' blow. , " A lighted kerosene lamp was found on th floor in th middle of the room occupied by Mr. and Mr. More. The only clue to th slayer so far discovered are bloody Anger print in different part of th house. - Inquiry ha convinced the authori ties that no other visitor was at th Moor home last night op to th tlm ths family retired. . The house stand among number of residence but none of the neigh bor ti ard an o u tcrjr last night FT ,11 1 hV. II .'Bl s--. -. WUi.,., -3--. W J --'V. , INDIA NA'S ' T WELVE CONTESTED National Committee, Voting velt MaUs a Total of 84 Delegates That Have Been Added to Taft Column by Committee CHICAGO, Jam t.Today work of th republican ' naUonal , eonunit t added twalv'amor delegate t th catalogue of th Taft strength' oh the temporary roll of th republican national convention-- Th much dls eussed Indiana oenteat 'cam befor th commute and war decided In Taft' favor. . ;V r v- - ; "."'i With th (ssventy-two delegate oomprijwd In. th aottthem contests decided , last week. In ths Alabama, ABkassas, Florida, d Oeorgia caaea. ysgaJn make a total of 4 del egate sVlded to the Taft Joroes by work of th National committee, with the 201 JnMruHed and un contested deleimtt irpertltud to, him, d 'wf r4they't'tring',hi iutr total on.th temporary roll up to 186. A large proporUTToT the eonteated seats among th 17$ case wUU to e pass ed on by th conunttte represent del egate instructed for .Taft; th (pre cis number I the subject of much dispute, nor cn H etated how many of these contest Taft will win. Th cases decided today wers those of the Indiana delegation at large, four in number, headed by Colonel Harry 8. New, chairman of ths con vention committee of arrangement, and Including former VI oe President Charle W. Fairbanks and th dla- trie delegation of two eajh from th first, third and thruenth districts, '- 'Contest withdrawn. The contest In the fourth district was -withdrawn and th committee confirmed th two sitting (Taft), del egates. '""''".' . ' ' " SEHATE ADOPTS REPORT AIYJI Bitter Debate, Some Con tending That Bill is Aim ed at Maj.-Gen. Wood. WASHINGTON, Jun 10. Th senata today by a vot of IT to J4 adopted th report of senate and ltous conferees containing , a num ber of arrU-admlnlstratlon provisions on th army appropriation bill. On of the provision would legislate out of office General Leonard Wood, present chief of staff of th army, army officers acting a chief of staff. As agreed to the bill would require after March 4 neat, to hav at least ten year' service n Dh line with, rank below brigadier general. The provis ions were the subject Of a three hour bitter debate. It wa contended the chief of tafr restriction was directed at General Wood and that it had been Inserted by the conferees wlthput the consent of either house. The provis ion aleo would affect . unfavorably Genral Funston and Colonel Goethais. The house has not yt adopted the report. ' - The discussion was acrid at time. adverse criticism was voiced against the provision of creating a commit U to consider the discontinuance of many army posts through the coun try. It was dhrgd that in this mat ter that the conferees had exceeded their authority. t NO MORE TOLLS. WASHINGTON, June 10. Th su premo court today affirmed the decis ion of the Virginia court which sus pended the collection of tolls on Nor folk and suburban turnpike company tumpfke in Prmces Ann and Nor folk counUes, on th ground that they wer not In good repair, THE WKATHEH. WIAflHIXGTON. Jun SO. Fore, east North Carolina: Fair Tuesday and probably Wednesday. SPORTS ,' . DELEGATES GIVEN TO PRESIDENT Sam Old lane up of 36 to Th real fight of th day In th oommlttee, not . on th contest over th delegates at large, where It had been expected, th uommttte being ttnanimou (n giving them to Taft, hut over th seating of two Taft dele gate from th thirteenth or South Bend district. V Attempt of th Roosevelt attorneys to introduce cer tain affidavits declared by tham to bear th slgnatur of a majority of th delegate to th district conven tlon at South Bend at which th Taft delegate ; wsr chosen, prw.'HpUale th dnly' sensational interchang t th day and occasioned a sudden versa! of the commit fee's vote which wa pot explained to th satisfaction , tvnaur , tu'UA taunteu vne inn man about it, telling them they wer card, ( "Th worst scared lot of men .1 ever saw," h said. "What ha hap penad? . Whom hav you consulted T What has com over youT Whence cam this revelation?" he demanded. . Not firareid. The Taft men denied that they wer snared or that any special light had broker) In upon them;, they In sisted that their first vote, against ad. mlttslng the affidavit, we -because of their desjr not to delay th hearing by th necessity of giving th Taft Ids an opportunity to answer them or to create a precedent which would h embarrassing W inter caeaThlr reversal of th tot wa coupled with a peclno declaration that It ws not to b. regarded as a precedent . In thl form the Rooaevwlt men all vot- SUPREME COURT SAYS THE NEGROES CAN HAVE LODGE ', y,., '-: n- v, SsVlBatBlB)gV '""''' 4.;'.SS,'-"'?j Set Aside Oeorgia Supreme Court Decision Regarding Negro K. of P. Lodge. WABI IWO TON, Jun 10. Th su preme cdurt of th United States to day set aside th decree of th su preme court of Oeorgia, which en joined negro men from Incorporating a lodge In that state, tinder th nam of Knight of pythla. Chief Justice Wktt announced th opinion. Jus tic Holme announced a dissenting opinion, - , -. ' -. Chief Justice White, after reason ing that th supreme court at a fed eral tribunal -bad jurisdiction to re view th case, said that there was hot a 'scintilla of evidence In "the record to show that th public hsd been deceived, oe property rights of ths whit order been Interfered, with by the existence of the colored order for twenty year IH Georgia. Justice Lurton concurred In Jus tice Holmes dissenting opinion, PENSIONS FOtt BOOKBItTOERS. DETROIT, Mich.. June 10. If rec ommendation contained in the report submitted by President Glockllng to the annual convention of the Book binders' International union In annual session tntr ere carried out, th or ganization will establish an old ag pension system and a horn for a sick and disabled member of th union. Th organisation embraces three fourths of the bookbinder of the United State and Canada. TEST IUKE FOB REGCTjARS. DUBUQUE, la., June 10. In order to teat new equipment recently pur chased by th war department, a pro vlaonal regiment of regular soldier started from Dubuque today on a inarch to Bpart, WU, ' Ttre regiment la made tip of .1,000 oldlar from Fort Sheridan and other army posts In th central state and I under Jh.comnnl oL'Colon.LPiJ&vtY 14 Decides Againet Roose 4 ...V - .V. ed agsflnl ffT Bo th Comnvlttee heard the am davit, with verba) tes timony In contravention of their al legations and thsa : voted to seat th Tsft deiegat. Th vote Sf to 14 represent what ha been th line up between th factions ever sine th commit! earn together, This wa not th first battle of th day, ' however. . Befora th - Indiana case were taken up, th committee cam near a turbulent cn. A mo tlon by Senator Crane of Massachus etts to postpone until Wednesday th case of th fourth district of Call fornla, In - oordanc with th re quest of former 8enaUa Wck, ?h Taft .UJwti&XpxinQtni'Jn h..oppUU. of. th lioosevelt rorces. The case al ready - had been callen, and th at torneys and contestant war In their place, when' thl question arose. Mr. LMok argued that a similar delay had been granted last week In ths Cali fornia case at ths request of th Roosevelt people, and he thought he ws entitled to th'e courtesy. During thl dsbat th fabled "steam roller" figured In th discussion. Boms ot th Taft men resented mention of th political Juggernaut, which they said wa a notions whereupon Mr. Borah later Intimated that th Roosevelt people hsd no sensitiveness on the subject; In fact they rather Hkd to talk about the maohlna . In th roll can on th. California poatponametit th line tip wss M to It; th personnel on each side being substantially the earn as In .the other division on factional lines. KS INCH iufJSIHDlfJUHITl Tampa Wholesale Hardware Dealers Have Entire Stock flWriftrl Out. ' TAMTPlA, Fla.,' "Jun ' 10.-L6el wholesal firm hav been complete ly cleaned out of firearm and am munition by Oh demand of th Am erican now In Cuba. Ist nig ht's host to Havana carried all of the avallabis modern rifle and ammuni tion in clock here, ordered through Havana . branehe ' of( th Tsmpa hoUSM, . " ' , ' : . : Over fifty American residents : In the island arrived last ' night : ; and report condition of such seriousness that- they -consider It unsaf - to- re main In Havana, Bsc rtotlnj Satur day night, they say, was brutal to the negro population many negro women and children being- otaten. ; $50,000 FIUF, GTtEBNSBOno, N, C, Jun 10. A long distance phone meskag from Burlington states that th t)lant of th Snow Camp Woojenjll, located In South Alamance county, wa total ly dasroytd by ' fir shortly befor midnight. The loss Is i estimated at from 140.000 to 158.000, thouth It Is aid that this estimate I bssed on meagr information as to value of equipment and slock on hand. The loss la only partly covered by Insur ance. , ';.'. - The mill manufactured woolen blanket nd had a contract to fur nlPh mtrlal for uniform of convicts In thl and other state. It was own. ed by a stock company. EAGLES FLOCK TO CtJIA'MBt'S. COLUMBUS, O. June 10 Hundreds of delegates, together with the state officer, wer- In Columbus today for ths opening of the annual sttUe con ventlon of th Fraternal Order of Eagle The convivem win con clude Thursday with an elaborate pa- WO ATTORNEYS ' ( YET TO BE HEARD Thos. Settle for Defence n4 Solicitor Johnson Yet; ' to SpeaK ' HENTERSONVnXH N. C, " Jun 10. -Attorneys Shlpman and MoCall. both for th defense, occupied the noi ay in trt wyrtl rlawiktn trial her today. Mr. Ghlpman opent hi Urn questioning th veiacity of tat's wltnessea, and declared that eewrtU of them had contradlctvd themselve on th stand. II said that Bob Waddell, star witness for th Ute, had wr to on state of fai-is befor th coroner1 Jury and to an ether when placed on the stand. Mr, UcOstl's argument was along ths earns Unes. Attorney Thomas Settlr, lor th defense, and Solicitor A, Hall Johnson, for th state, remain to b heard ' , 4 . Court Opens, At 1:4 1 o'clock thl morning , K. Bhlpman , resumed hi argument to th Jury by ytng that this esse I a. mystery -and that It will remnli a mystery. 11 said that to Ms sur prls counsel for the state had not attempted to say where ihe al!eed murder took, piac. . - , - Mr. Bhlpman declared that Georgs Bradley had no motive for the mur der. of Myrtle a contended by th Ute. He mphslsed the teettmonf to th effect that Myrtto knew full well that Bradley wa enguged to an f ther girl and that It wa In svtdrn. that Bradley, had only kissed her. Thl'wa admitted y Bradley, ht said, and ther ws no evidence th it he was responsible for her 1 condition.- Mr, Bhlpman said that it vtu preposterou f r the state to cn. tend that O'orxe lir.lly ws ri"n. sible fur the airl's condition thttt V ' ' rrmiti t i t HELI 1. 17ATT STATU IS lilllED AT .'M- with I'M ceee;;:, ... I ;j First Soldier Killed in Ccn : federate Army During CivUV7ar HUNDRED3 RALEIGH,.. N. C, Jun 10, Th bron statu of Henry I. Wyatt ,of Edgecombe county, th first to fall In battle during th Civil War, unveiled today In Capital square wlt'i elaborate ceremony and a military and clvle parade down Fayettvlll street that was ' especially pleasing nd appropriate, , Th procetwlon under commend of Adjutant General R, L. Lelnster, started c t ' 11:30 o'clock from th courthouse to th stale house. Ther were In line the Third regiment band; the Edgecombe Guards, th FayK vllle Light Infantry and th Confed erate veterans, ' the latter under com mand of Major Oeneral Julian Crr, Bringing up th resr wer ear. rluges and automobile with dlstln gulshed visitor and prominent cltl isen, ' The long line moved down Fayettevlll street and around Capi tal square, stopping st the northwest corner, ih section of th square in which th statu is placed.., ' . : At the status, ths invocation; wag offered by Rev. A. D. Betts, ths ven erable chaplain of th Fourth fegl meat. Confederate State army. Th erator ofth occasion,; Msjor F. J. lf.,1. wn.a lntrAiufl hi CTnlnltAt 1. Bryan Grimes, secretary of stats. Ma Jor Hale was a member of th Bethel regiment. Th L. O. B. Branch prum corps stirred great enthusiasm at th com luslon of Major Hale's ad dress with the renderin ot Dixie on drum and fife, a stunt for which the corps , is famous throughout th eoum, , - The statu was formally presented to (h state by Mr. F. 3d. "Williams, president of the Daughters of th Confederacy and State Senator I V, Bassett of Edejcombe, who wa chairman of th legislative commu te for providing the statue." These Speakers . reviewed th succesrul movement for providing - the statu that perpetuates th honor that Is due to North Carolina In having mnds th first sacrifice of blood In the bat tle field for the cause ot the Con federacy. Governor KlU-hln, In fitting terms aooepted th statue In behalf ot the slate In the midst of this address the veil was drawn from about th statue by Master W. Henry Wyatt, a nephew of th hero of Bethel. Th Edgecombe Guards fired a M lute. Then there was martial mu.i by th band, the placing of florl tribute about the statue and tr by Darnell Thomas, concludinj I'
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