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THE ASSOCIATED DISPATCHES LAST EDITION, 4:00 P. II - Wcatber swcast: Fair, Moderately Cool. VOL. XIV. NO. 180. ASHEVILLE, N. 0., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 4, 1909. 3c PER COPY JUmMXMOREWORKmG DIRECT CAl SERVICE Scenes in Monterey Where Great Disaster Occurred OVER A. & E. T. RAILWAY inms CETIIIIE SI1T TO WEAVERVILLE CIIIF1A AND JAPAN Effective today the Interurban Cars Are Running Through from the . Square to . Weaverville. TRANSFER SERVICE TO OTHER CARS IN TOWN ARRANGED FOR Saturday Night Excuraiona from Wea " vcrvllle to Ashevilla Will Be ' Made Feature of the ' , Service. '' Today Is a day of rejoicing for the people of Weaverville and the neigh boring section, for It witnesses the In auguration of through car service from Pack square Into the very heart of Weaverville. The first car to make the run came Into the square at 6:30' o'clock this morning, with the na : tional flag flying from the sides and trolley. The patronage of the line has been very good today and the cars have lreen weir rilled. Numbers of people came Into ABhovlllo today to seo the town and do a little shopping, and not the least of all to enjoy a ride on the fine double truck car of the Ashevllle A'JSast Tennessee Railroad company. The office of the company on North Main street affords a fine waiting room and very convenient place for the people of that section to deposit their luggage while they take In the city. - Many Very complimentary ex pressions were heard today about the enterprise of the Ashevllle & East Tennessee Railroad company and R. 8. Howland. the manager of the road. Mr. Howland has the Interest of the people through the territory traversed h?l htSTntimai n,' an re man ny eveneftc-Trt 'possible for . their benefit . ' - .' f The thrice dally- wall service was Inaugurated Wednesday, and the resi dents of Weaverville and Ashevllle were surprised with the rapidity of the transit of the mails from Ashevllle to Weaverville and return. In fact, they say. It really feels city-like, when they can get the last edition of The-Gazette-News before supper time, and can read all the news of the day be fore the Ink and the paste has hardly dried on the papers. Tomorrow will be somewhat of a novel day for the residents of that thriving little town Continued on Page Five. Sibil AGREEMENT II Japan, It is Understood, cures Control Ry. Fran chises in Manchuria. Se- Tokio, Sept. 4. The foreign office announced todiiy an agreement be tween China and Japan was signed at Pekln this afternoon. Tho text of the agreement will be published in a few days. The agreement between the two Oriental governments concerns Manchurlan railway concessions. It is generally understood that by the terms of the agreement Japan secures control of the Central railway fran chises In Manchuria and the right to construct others as well as the privi lege of loaning China half of the re quired 'capital for construction of the Korean railway to the Korean bor der. ' DEATH LAST NIGHT OF WlMli LEMLY North Carolinian and Prominent in - Connection With. Sch ', ley Inquiry. Washington, Sept. 4. Captain Sam uel C. Lemly, formerly Judge advocate of the navy, who became prominent n connection with the famous Schley court of inquiry, died at St. Elizabeth hospital in tills city last night. Full military honors will be accord ed Captain Lemly on the occasion of the funeral, which will tako place from St'. Johns Episcopal church Monday. ' The Interment will le at Arlington cemetery. Captain Lemly was an ofllcer on the Thelis, one of the ships of tho Ureely expedition, commanded ny Admiral Schley and later was Judge advocate of the court of Inquiry which Investi gated Schley's conduct at the battle of San Diego. Captain Lemly was a native of North Carolina, and was appointed midshipman from that state In 1 iTn i hm", . a "a , f r"7 1 ' JL -I --v. -L t T. -"V Jl u''t ' - --ill KONmiaw.: ........ &- . ; , lt -Cr'-"T " IILUULU I IUIBU W I I 1 - - RRYAN AnflPTFfl Mmi-yMirw Income Tax League of Naw York Organizes With , 12 Delegates. 869. Nomination Ballot 4 I hereby nominate M. ...... ... ... Address... District. My Name is: M... ... ,.i Address... . Profession . . . Date. . . .'. ............ Hour. This nomination ballot, when properly filled out, will count for 1,000 votes. Only one nomination ballot will be credited to a candidate. Under no circumstances will the name of anyone mak ing a nomination be divulged. Albany, N. Y., Sept. 4. The Income Tax league, of the state of New York was organized today nl a meeting of the progressive democrats. When Secretary Condon called the meeting to order only a dozen delegates were present. After an organization hud been perfected resolutions prepared by William J. Bryan were offered by Michael R Murphy of Miilnue, and ailnpted. The resolutions presented by Mr. I:ryan follow: The KOMiliitionx. "Whereas, our federal constitution, as construed by the Supreme court, prohibits the collection of nn Income tux except in a very restricted form; and "Whereas, an Income tax la not only- Just but may. In tlmo of war or other emergency, become imperatively nec essary; and . 'Whereas, President T"f' recom mended the adoption of an amend ment to' the constitution, spccillcnlly authorizing the collection of such a tax; and , "Whereas, surh an amendment has, by a unanimous vote In the senate and by an almost unanlniouH vote In the house, been submitted to the states for ratification: therefore, "Resolved, that we, the members of the Income Tax league of the state of New York, heartily favor the rati fication of the said income tn.t amend ment and pledge ourselves and our organization to use every honorable means to secure such ratification by the legislature 'of the state of New York at Its next session, and further "Resolved, that we urge all voters who favor the ratillcatlon of such in come tax amendment to publicly pledge all candidates for the state legislature to vote for the ratillcatlon of such an Income tax amendment." (' jt;'--i:j'.'r -. . ; J r V. v . . s ;-...... t 1 TI(..4A1DLE ROCK MOONrCAItT.MDHTfiWCY. The stnto governments are conlrlb iillng lllH-rally towurd the relief fund, Mexico City, Si'I't. 4. Simultan eously willi the' arrlvnl at Mimlcrcy Wedui'Hilay night from tiulauen or tleneral Hernardo'lteyrx. came the federal announcement that tleneral Mler, iitiibT acerctnry of war, would proceed to Monterey on a special car lo take charge of (lie relief work made necessary, there by the recent Hood. This is eonsldrn (i a direct slap at General Reyes by the federal gov ernment, for Reyes is the governor of the atHte of Nueyn Leon, of which Monterey Is the eSpRAk ' una It Is believed that Kill, 000 will be raised from these sources. Reports fruin points which have been cut off from communication since Sunday Indicate that eight towns in Nuevo Uoii either were wholly or partially destroyed. Among these are Mler, Uravo, CamarKo, Raones. (laliinea mid Victoria. Some two dozen points are yet to be heard from and grave fears are fell that with the restoration of roinmuiilcn- Contestants Must Be Sure and Get Their Votes All In Be fore the Time-Limit Is Finally Up. CONDITIONS AND RULES OF CLOSING APPEAR ON MONDAY Thla la the Latt Day of tha 25,000 Bonua Offer en Reniwal Sub. : tcriplioni Keep Working. lion further nut lm of life and loss of property will be chronicled Kvery life In Tula would have been lost had not many of the Inhabitants been forewarned and lied to the hills. The Unit est I males of a property loss or 30,000,000 and of 2,000 fatal ities as a result of the floods may be under the mark. The highways over the. northern end of the state hate Iteen destroyed and It may ! weeks before the telegraph system Is re stored to Its normal status. THE EXPLORER TELLS OF HARDSHIPS AND TRIALS S. A. L. STRIKE GOMES TO END Differences All Settled Machinists Return to Work. and Win a $65 Prize $65 COLUMBIA GRAPII0PII0NE NOMINATION PSIZE ThU splendid prise will be riven to the person who nominates tho winner of tho Bulck Touring Car. Tho Oaoetto-Newo determined to owrlook no ono In thla big prop osition, has decided to give a valuable prize to the person who nominate the successful candidate. CTIp out the blank published In thla Issue, flit In properly and send to the Contest Department. To may nominate yourself. If 7011 win the Mrst fTini prise, you will also be awarded the t(t Columbia, But you need not neces sarily be a contestant to win thla prise. It you are fortunate enough to have sent In the name of the winner of the Bulck Touring Car, the talking machine will be given you at the close of the contest Make as many nominations as yos like. It costs you nothing to fill tut the nomination blank; and send It to the Contest Department .of -the Oasette-Newa. If you do not aend In your own name you may win a prise anyhow. Thla paper feel that thla la a magnificent offer and should result In the selection of none .the moat active and aggressive candidate. Try to name a winner. The Columbia waa purchased from and guaranteed by rl t tt 1 r ? t ri TVTTeWi Norfolk. Va., Sept. 4. The machin ists and blacksmiths of the Heaboard Air Line railway's general shops In Portsmouth, who have been on a strike, returned to work today, fol lowing an ' agreement brought about through the grievance committee headed by II. M. Fallen of Havannnh, Oa K. H. Pace of Italelgh snd W. U. Kagwell of Portsmouth. According to tho strikers all differences have been settled In a manner satisfactory to both sides. At One Time Dr. Cook Went Three Days Without Food; at Other Times He "Feasted' Raw Walrus Dr. Cook and Party Had to Fight its Way Through Crowd at Copenhagen Explorer Lost a Shirt Sleeve Guest of Government. on ROM'S OKFFU OX NKW Nt'llKCIlirTION Kvery candidate bring ing or sending to The Qaxetto - News nlhce Ave nw yearly . subscriptions to The Oatette-Ncws. $26.00. to be delivered by carrier, or six new yearly subscriptions to The iiasette-News, $24.00, to be delivered by mall, be tween Wednesday, September 1st, and midnight Wednesday, September 8th. will be award ed a voting certificate for 3B, 000 votes additional to t the, regular scale. One two yenr subscription will be counted as two yearly subscript Ions, and each cnndldate may secure as many of these clubs as possi ble. Two six-months subscrip tions will be counted as one year and all six months sub scriptions heretofore sent In wll be counted In this magni ficent offer. -. LAST ROM'S OFFKH OV, OM) BVSINEHS. B COMBE III IS DEAD AT AGE 121 . luac Brock Died Today at Waco,. Tax. -Lived to See 20 Preil denta Elected. Waco. Texas. Sept 4. Isaac Brock. who Is claimed to have seen tO prosl dents elected. Is dead here at the ago It is said, of 131 yeara. According to Brock's family Bible and other docu. ments he waa borh In Buncombe county. North Carolina, March 1, 1711.; TUB W BATHER. Forecast until I p. m. Sunday for Ashevllle and vicinity: Fair and mod erately cool tonight and Sunday. COPEXHA(iEN,S'pt. 4.-' Frctlerii'k A. Cook, ArHir explorer, returning from liis discovery of north pole, rt'iidi ed here at H; o'clock this morn ing on the steiimer Hans Kgede. Met by Crown Princr. Dr. Cook was met by Crown I'rinca Christian of Denmark, American Min ister Kgan and various others. Speak ing to a representative of the AsmocIhI- ed Press, Dr. Cook said hi left at I he north pole an Am rlcan flag and a box containing documents, Including brief account oi his trip and certain observations anil data to bear out bis claim. Captain' I. l-arm-n of the Hans F.gcrie said ho had examined Dr. Cook a records and that he believed them to be perfectly correct. In the course of an Interview' with the As soelaled Press representative on board the . Hans Kgede Dr. Cook declared with great empliuHls: , Hitherto t'nkiioitii In l)lwovcnNXi 1 have been to' the north pole and I have brought back the most exact observations, absolutely proving my statement. I have kept a diary throughout my entire expedition In which I recorded the most minute de 'I discovered I wo hitherto unknown Islands, "Wo missed the depots which pre viously had been established, but we ramo accidentally upon one of Mel- vill a depots, where we found provis ions and Instruments In an excellent state of preservation. Owing to the smallness of my expedition our re quirements were not large. For some reason we were able to proceed r.ulckly. On some days we covered as high as twelve miles." : ' Almost Starved. On the return trip he said their provisions became exhausted, but they fortunately came upon some walruses which they killed, saving their Uvea They broke up their sledges and msde Itows and arrows or them, with wmrn thev secured some other game. Again, near Cape York, when they were oa (he point of starvation, a young seal was killed. - At one time, he says. they went throe day without food of any kind. A Ureal Reertlon. When the launch approached the pier with Prince., Christian and Dr. Cook standing side by side, a tremen dous roar of cheers burst out from the shore and from the assemblage of uniall craft. Ir. Cook stepped ashore, and In an Inntniit (h police were powerless lo esnko way for the parly. Ir. Cook and (host, a limit him were engulfed and swept along by the clam orous crowd. Together Die party fought ila way denperately to a point near the Metropolitan building. Dr. Cook was bruised and capleaH, an J part of IiIh leeve waa tofn off. Dr. Cook nnd .Minister Kgan dually suc ceeded In reaching the balcony of the Institute. Tlie people yelled franti cally when they appeared. Kgan wav ed bin tin ml toward Dr. Cook aa nn Introduction whereupon Hie explorer Kitld: "My friends, I had too bard a time getting here to make u Hpccch." Will lie tiovcriinienf n OueNt. Dr. Cook will slay In Copenhagen a few days ss tie guest of the govern ment, awaiting the arrival of hia wife. Minister llanxen said to a representa tive' of tho Associated Press: "Our two foremost Danish Arctic explorers, Amundsen and Kasiiiuniwn know Dr. Cook personally and they have assured us they believe Implicitly' every word hn says about his achieve ments," Cert nio He Itenclicil the Pole. Dr. Cook (-aid he bad in bis posses sion the bent modern Instruments for taking 'observations; a sevtant, three chronmeters and a good watch, and that he took .dally observations from 85 degrees to the pole. While at the pole he took double observations to make quite sure. "Did you reach the north pole. Df. Cook?" nuked a correspondent of the Axsoclnttd Pros, as the explorer land ed. "Yes, I did," replied Dr. Cook, confidently. King Receive Kxplorer. King Frederick received Dr. Fred- erlck A. (Took, the American explorer, In private audience this afternoon The queen and her three daughters, Princesses Ingeborg, Thyra and Dag- roar, were present. Dr. Cook was pre Rented to His Majesty by Maurice F. Ugun, American minister. t able Taft Hie News. Commander Hovegaard of the Roy al yacht said he was convinced from (Continued, on page 4 ) B. & O. Train Deliberately Wrecked; 2 Dead; 1 8 Hurt Newcastle,' Pa... Sept. 4. That 10 lives were not lost In the wreck of the ltoyal Blue limited, nn the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, ditched last night near Chrwton siding. Is due, it Is known torisv, to the bravery and quick action of Fireman Purcell, who es caped death by a miraculous leap from the engine cab ss (he heavy en gine and two csrs somersaulted over a steep embankment, after throwing on the emergency brakes. Two Killed; Several liijnml. Pittsburg, Sept. 4. The official list of killed and Injured In the wreck of the Royal Klue limited of the Balti more and Ohl. near Chewton, I'a., as given out by the railroad company shows two killed, tho engineer and baggage master; two seriously Injur ed and 14 slightly Injured. According to the general superlrr tendent, R, Finney, It was a delib erate case of train wrecking. Ths rail on the right side wss cut at a point by some one and spikes pulled on both sides nearly the entire length of the rail. The approach rail waa moved In far. enough to clear, tho wheela The bolts and nuts showed thev had been removed . with Kvery candidate bringing or sending to The Oaiette-News office five RENEWAL yearly subscriptions to The Osxette News, 125.00, to bs delivered by carrier, or six RENEWAL yearly subscription to The Oaxette-N'ews, 124 00, to be delivered by mall, between Monday, August 30th, and midnight Saturday, September 4th, will be awarded a voting certificate for 25.000 votes additional to the regular scale. TWO SIX MONTHS SCFSCRIPTIONa WILL' BB COl'NTED AS ONE YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION. AND A TWO YEAR SUBSCRIPTION WILL RE COUNTED AS TWO YEARLY SUBSCRIP TIONS, and each candidate may secure as many of these clubs as ' possible. All ' six months subscriptions hereto fore sent In will be counted In this magnificent offer. t i .9. 9 t. 14 4.. wrench. One splice bir waa placed) railroad men. between th rails to keep them from going together. The motive for the act, whether revenge or robbery, has not yet been determined. The officials of the road In this city snd (he entire force of detectives are now making a thorough Investigation, Immediately after the accident train was mndo- up snd the uninjured passengers, after being transferred, continued on their Journey westward. Robbery Not a Motive. Officials of the United States Ex press company here elated that no money waa abonrd the Royal Blue limited, wrecked at New Castle early yesterday. The statement of the ex press company nttlclala. It Is believed, eliminates robbery aa the motive of the train wreck. Work of Railroad Men. Caatlng about for motive of the train wreck on the Flilllmore It Ohio special police today attach special sig nificance to the recent strike of ma chlnlata employed on the road. At this place-there are about 100 Idle machln Ists. . Several days ago the railway company waa granted an Injunction against the strikers. The railway po lice say the wreck waa the work of 4. 4 4 4. 4. 4 4 4. 4. 4 4. 4. 4. t t . --.-t-tnliitf-,utnTntnfiitii' Time Is surely getting short. Only six more working days and then cornea the count In The Oasette-Ntewa great, contest. It Is time that contestant commence to figure on getting their .' votes all sealed up- nicely box to be' 1 opened only by the Judges on the closing night. You must figure on your train time so that you will be sure to get your voles In before the time limit Is up. Watch the paper for the conditions and rules of the closing day, which will probably appear In Monday's la- sue. The entire mode of procedure ot the last day will be fully explained In thst Issue. . Remember that the blue slips are votes. They are th Identical little pieces of paper thai decide whether you win or lose; And they can't be counted by the Judges If you hav them tucked away In your Inside pock-' rt, or stored In an old pocket book In ' (he bureau. Oct them to this office, or In the mall in time to oe.sare. ana ao me same with the last bonus subscription. Remember that these subscriptions can be sent In on last day and that no one will know what your envelope contains until It Is opened by the Judges, after the closing hour and after no further business WlU be ac cepted. All subscription fund In the box III then be O. K., by the circulation department, after which votea on them will be Issued by the Contest de portment under the direction of the Judges. V ' You can understand from this that no one will be able to tell what you have at the last minute. Just send up your remittance together with the name of the subscribers and It will remain Intact until It It opened by the Judges. This applies both to ev erything coming through the mail and to all remittances brought In person and deposited In the ballot box on the last day, which will bo sealed and remain aealed until opened by tti Judges. Keys to the postofflce box win hp surrendered to the ,1ml and t- potmater at Ahevl!U v ! I . ; ('.'ontlriie-J ( , :