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ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 14, 1909.
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END OF CONTEST,
AFTER TEN STK iUOUS WEEKS,
A GREAT SUCCESS
Miss Margaret Doane Gets the
Big Bulck and Dr. L B.
M'Brayer the Runa
j bout Can
HARD DAY'S WORK DONE
BY JUDGES YESTERDAY
Winner ol Grand Prize Got Over Six
Million Votes-Great Popular
Interest In the
Result.
rr HE Gazette-News' great voting
I contest .in which prizes ag
A .- grogatlng nearly $7000 in value'
were Involved,- is a thing of the past.
It closed, in a great rush of enthus
iasm, with a torrent of belated bal
lots, Saturday midnight. The Judges,
F. Stlkeleathcr, J. P. Kerr serving In
the place of George L. Hackney; who
had been called out of town and A.
Nichols, began the work of counting
the ballots at 10 o'clock yesterday; and
concluded at 6:30 o'clock In the even
ing. It was a gigantic task, even with
tho aid of the adding machines. When
sealed at midnight Saturday, the bal
lot boxes were taken to the city prison
where they were kept in durance un
til yesterday.
Necessarily there are some disap
pointed candidates, but each and ev
ery one was treated with absolute
fairnesss and received credit for ev
ery vote he or she was entitled to on
subscriptions sent In. The Judges had
' all the records before them, no one
else had handled them after they
were placed In the ballot boxes; and
they carefully checked the accounts of
each candidate from the day the ac
count was opened until tho closing
minute. Kvery stipulation and every
statement made by tha contest de
partment was adhered to to the, lft-1
ii nas Been a strenuous ten weeks;
the Inducements held-out were of un
precedented' magnitude In Uhls sec
tion, and the enthusiasm aroused was
commensurate. Every nook and corner
of the territory of The Gazettte-News
was scoured by the canvassers; hun
dreds of subscriptions were also ta
ken In remote places; and as a result
of the contest this paper Is now almost
literally a dally visitor In every home
In western North Carolina.
The contest has been an Immense
success.. There never has been any
thing like it In this section.
A Big News Story.
The Gaiette-News had a big news
story yesterday afternoon, but could
not get to It until about 7 o'clock.
The city edition was held back an
hour, in the hope that the Judges
might complete their heavy task In
time to get the story out by the car
riers; but It was finally necessary to
Issue an extra. ThlsXwas sought eag
erly; It seemed as If every man, wo
man and child In Ashevllle wished to
know the result, and would not be
happy until they learned It
For 48 hours the four telephones In
the office had sung out almost con
tinuously, Part of the force In edi
torial, business office and contest de
partments were kept busy telling peo
ple that the names of the winners
were yet unknown.
Crowds flocked to the office In the
afternoon and early evening. The
fortunate candidates were of course
Joyous, receiving the congratulations
of friends, and, In many cases, of the
losers themselves.
The names of the pulse winners
. appear below, and the district? prizes,
in earh district, are as follows:
, First Story & Clqrk piano, value
I ISO.
, Bernnd-Bank account, $100.
Third Bedroom suit. $14.
fourth lady's or gentleman's tal
loro mit, $6S.
Mfth Turkish rocker. $50. ,
Sixth Alligator bag. $2S.
Seven Eastman kodak, $20.
JUDGES' AWAItnS.
AHlievlllo. N. C Kent. 3. lO0.
Wet tlie mulendgned Judge" wIwUmI
hy The (iaactte-News to rount tlie
' votes of the vaiioa candidates In
heir popularity contest do AimI thai
lie following nersons are) entitled to
Priies 111 tlie order herein named:
First Grand Prise Miss , Margaret
In, 0.405.5V0.
Second Grand Prise Dr. Ii. D. Mc
Bfer, 5,133,410.
D1STMCT NO. 1.
DlHtriK lYIce, No. 1, Miss Sadie
llolllns. l.tlO.110.
DlKtrt.i Prise, No. S, Miss Nettle
erklii,n, 1.146.460.
District Prise, No. S, Mrs. Chan. A.
Webb. 1,10S.4VO.
Disliirt Prise, No. 4, Miss IWwif
Monran, of Fnlrvlew, 801.260.
District Prise, No. 5, Miss nose Pla
nond. Mil.flSO.
Wstrirt IVise, No. 6, 6. H. Bartlett,
District Prise, No, 7, W. B. Gudger,
iis.uvo.
DISTRICT NO. S.
Dlstri. Prise, Noi 1, Miss Elsie
Alexander, J.BO8,60.
District Prise, No. J, Miss Alma
Rrter, t.aTS.eiO.
District No j M g, HoUer,
1.112,470.
t.,"TMrt r-le, No, 4, W. W. Mntney.
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UlUUIIimilinilUII h WCSW Hanson Says That Cult Is
Ifl GOAL FREIGHT . ; .aP? 'W : :
A Charge Against Southern in Com.
plaint cf 15 Companies in
Coal Creek Field.
Washington, Sept. 14. Fifteen com
panies mining coal In the Coal Creek
field of Tennessee have filed complaint
wllh the interstate commerce commis
sion, charging that the Southern Kail
way company discriminates ' against
them In rates on coal, as compareo
with those accorded operators In the
Appalachla, Toms Creek and .Black
Mountain districts of Virginia. .
Its urged thut a differential of 80
cents to-Knoxvillo, given on Coal
Creek, should be maintained In ship
ments to South Carolina, . Georgia,
Florida, and other southern points,
when ' passing through Knoxvllle to
points In North Carolina, Mouth Caro
lina and Georgia, reached by both
fields through Morristown, Tonn.
It Is claimed that the same rate
should apply beyond that Junction,
with a differential to that point of 40
cents instead of 1!5 cents, In favor of
the Coal Creek Mollis.
Is Prepared to Prove It "at the Proper
Time," buf That May Be
Battle Harbor, Labrador, (via wire
less telegraph to Cape , Ray, N. K),
Sept. 14. "I am thu only white man
who has ever reached th north pole.
and I am prepared to prove it." This
statement was ado to representatives
of the Associated Press by Commander
Peary. When the Associated Press,
tug after a stormy passage fronl Syd
ney, pulled up alongside of the steam
er rtoosevelt, Peary said: "This 4s a
new record In newspaper enterprise.
and I appreciate the compliment."
Commander Peary dictated the fol
lowing: "1 am the only white man
who has ever reached the north pole
and I am prepared to prove It Bt the
proper time. I have already stated
publicly that Cook has not been to the
pole, this I re-afflrm; and I will stand
by it, but I decline to discuss the de
tails of the matter. These will come
out later. I have said Cook's state
ment that he had reached the pole
ishould never be taken seriously and
that I have him nailed by concert
proofs to support my statements. In
six months you probably will get the
whole story. It would not be policy
for me to enter upon a full debate with
the subject as It now stands. To do
so, I would be giving out much infor
mation of which other uses coud be
made. I Intend to wait until Cook has
Issued his full authorised statements,"
TUFT'S FIRST SPEECH
SINMFFIILl
Will Be Made Tonight at Banquet in
Boston Left Btver
ly at 3.
Boston. 8cnt. 14. President Taft
left Beverly 'this afternoon for Bos'
ton, Where tonight he will attend a
banquet celebrating the consolidation
of the . Boston Merchants association
with the Chamber of Commerce.
Here the president will mako his
first speech since the pussago of the
tariff bill. The president planned to
leave Beverly at 3 p. m.
SANtOS-DUMONT APPEARS
AND MAKES FINE FLIGHT
In a Very Diminutive Aeroplane lie
Attains a Speed of About
5S Miles.,
Paris. Sept. 14. The re-appearance
In the world of aviation of Santos-
Dumont, 'With his remarkable per
formance of yesterday, when he flow
In an aeroplane ata speed of about
(S miles an hour, has attracted much
attention, on ox-count of the dlminu
tlve slse of the machine.
Overwhelmed by Tidal Wave.
Mexico City, Sept. 14. The port of
Mulege, on the east coast of Lower
California, wa overwhelmed by a
tidal wave September 4. There were
ssvernl fatalities and considerable
nrfifiertv xvnm rlust rn vnd Thtt tlllnl
wave floded Inlnnd district for a dls -
tanee of about two miles.
rrflnl It I 1 1 . K I lU L New York Herald and The Gazette- News.
rLflni IDDIIuMlib , iiNniSTiiRRF.n
Tn H Q qQCPT m .
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New York Herald and The Gazette
So Says Secretary ol Arctic Club-
Club Is Ready to Honor
. Dr. Cook.
New York, Sept. 14. That polar
polemics could not only gt-nerate hut
maintain unabated such heat, needed
tho proof of seeing and hearing to
bollevo, but with Dr. Cook homeward
bound and Comtnundcr Peary now Itt
touch with the correspondents, two
swelling streams of conflicting affirm
ation are now centered on a city al
ready boiling over. Comment and
criticism lack nothing of thHr pre
vious activity and rather gain than
lose in volume.
Previous assumption that Com
mander Peary would have the United
States navy solidly behind him was
not borne out in a letter .from Rear
Admiral Schley (retired) made pub
lic by Captain It. S. Oshon, secretary
of the Arctic club of America, of
which Dr. Cook Is a member.
Captain Oshon followed up his let
ter from tho admiral with a lecture on
who discovered the north polo?"
"Dr. Frederick A. Cook," lie said,
was for two years my wife's physi
cian, I saw him two or three times
a week and we chatted many hours.
If I have' ever .known a maa of In
tegrity, probity,' sincerity and modes
ty. It is Dr. Cook. .
'I have also known the other fel
low known him to depart from the
truth by large margins." ,
After a meeting of the executive
committee of the Arctic club of Amer
ica Dr. U. O. Stebblns, its chairman,
gave out the club's attitude on the
controversy. '
"The Arctic club of America," he
Id. "has nothing to do with the
controversy over the discovery of the
polo. All that the Arctic club recog
nises is that Dr. Cook Is tho discov
erer of tho polo and that Peary reach
ed there. Our only desire Is to honor
the discoverer. Neither sldo has prov
ed Its case to America but since the
Danish government has recognized Dr.
Cook awe feel that the burden of troof
now falls on his opponent." ,.
"The Arctic club," he continued,
'.'will present to Dr. Cook a gold medal
two and a half Inches In diameter,
showing In bus relief Dr. Cook stand
ing on tho top of the globo."
TARIFF LAW OF AUGUST 5
DOESN'T TOUCH CANAL ZONE
Acting Attorney (ieiieral Itnles That
tlie Zone Is Not One of (Mr
"POHNeNshSIH."
Washington, Bept. n. The new
tariff law of August S, lust, does not
apply to the Isthmian canal tone, ac
cording to a decision given by acting
Attorney General Wade H. Ellis, to
the secretary of war, and announced
today. The canal sono Is not ono of
the "possessions" of the United Rtates
within tho meaning of that term In
the first clause of the tariff act, says
the acting attorney general, but rather
la a place subject to the use, occupa
tion and control of the United Rtates
for the construction and malnten
ance of a ship canal connecting the
waters of the Atlantic and Pacific.
The effect of this decision will be tn
continue the present system by which
'the Panama government collects du
tie on Importations. .
BURDEN OFPRODF
Uii InbrtAKlilto , om thf fsktiuos Ht b UN mmi
" : X - BLAME IS LAID
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- News.
IT ALL DEPENDS
SO FAR AS HUMAN WITNESS GOES,
ON THE ESKIMOS
Developments in North Pole Controversy Today pontain Ar
ifument in Favor of Both Peary and Cook -"Preponderance
of Eskimos for Cook" Is the
Way One Exp lorer Puts It.
New York, Hi pti ,14. D'vel"inients
In the nortli "lo controversy tmlny
contain argument in favor of lioth
Cook u.nd Peary. The oft-repealed
charge that Peary made use o' dink's
stores Is denied by Herbert 1.. Hrldg
man, secretary of the 'Peary Arctic
club, Vllh plausible grouml for the
refutation, on the other Ii : i i 1 . the
supporters of Cook have been iiiick
to seize upon the Intelligence that only
one Eskimo stood by the naval ..nicer s
side when he raised, the American Mag
at the pole, thicker of Commander
Peary point out that while Allen
Whiten, the boatswain of 1 1 - Peary
auxiliary steamer, Erihk, In r.m.. and
1 0S. declares that . Peary's people
took Cook's stores at Etah and Anna
tox, he admits that he did n..t know
Woman Beaten, Bound, Gagged
By Negro Farm Hand-Robber
Mount Holly, N. J Sept. 14 At
tacked In the yard at her farm home
near Marlton, and beaten Into insen
sibility, carried to the house, gagged.
bound hand end foot, and then placed
between two beds on the second Hour,
whore she would be helpless until
found, Mrs. William II. . MortUind, 30
Thre Million Mou Bunkers Caught
.- Yesterday and as Many
More Today.
Beaufort, N. C, Sept. 14. One af
ter another the Ashing vessels that
went to sea last night are arriving
here today with what I expected to
be the largest amount of fish ever
caught In these waters In one day.
Over three million moss bunkers or
menhavena were caught yesterday,
making a new record, and the catch
today will probably equal. If not ex
ceed, that figure.,
Ji DtiK U)Vtrrr is klkctkd
KXECirriVH com. ciiaihman
New Tork, Bept 14. Judge Robert
8. Lovett was elected chairman of the
executive committee of Southern Pa
rifle company today. Jacob II. Kchlff
and William Rockefeller were elected
director and also member of the ex
ecutive committee. .
i No aotlon was taken In the matter
of electing a successor to E. H. Harrl
man as president , .The membership
of-the executive committee was In
creased, j
MILLIONS OF FISH MR BRYAN IS
riOW BEING CAUGHT AT DALLAS TODAY
sk ill l ! I
whether or not their removal was by
arrangement with Kinlolph Kruncke,
Cook's steward, who hail been left In
charge of the supplies.
The attitude of Cook's supporters
here, after hearing that Peary had
only one Ksklmo to confirm his state
ment regarding III! hours spent at the
pole, Is expressed bv Frederick S. Del
luutiaiigh, sn e.xplop r and ollleer of
the American Ceogrnphlcnl society.
who Is .polled (odav as follows:
It would now seem that the pre
ponderance of K.-klm.i is In favor of
Cook. There evidently was no scien
tist present In either case to verify the
observations. Perhaps two Eskimos
are better than one, (Dr. Cook says
two Eskimos were with him at the
pule), hut 1 do not know that It makes
any great difference."
years old was thus brutnlly treated
yesterday as a part of the plan of
Samuel Luyflcld, a negro employe of
the farm, to ridi the house during
the absence, of the woman's husband
on tt trip to Mooreslown.
When tho husband returned the no.
gro had escaped.
Speaking Before a Large Audience
Mr. Bryan Outlined Views
on Tariff. ,
Dallas, Tex., Bept. 14. Denouncing
as an emhcxzlcr of power the man
who would violate his party pledges,
ratified by the voters of his party,
William J. Itryan today outlined his
views on the tariff before a large bu
dlence In bush temple. Bryan came
tn Dallas at the solicitation of party
alfuirs. "Cunnonlsm," Hryan describ
ed as "despotism," and suggested an
amendment to the rule of tho house
of representatives to correct What he
considered Its iaults. While not deny
ing a candldute the rlahl to repudiate
a part of his platform, such repudia
tion, he asserted, should come before
election.
Springfield, Ills., Bept 14. The
Yeomen of America, a fraternal or
ganisation formed In Kit and .having
a membership of about 16,000, be
gan It annual national convention In
thl city today. Several hundred
delegates are In attendance, princi
pally from Illinois and neighboring
states. , .
MR. HLILTDN SAYS
urin mm ininnr
Will Give Mr. Taft an Opportunity to
Send in His Name lor a
Fourth Term.
t'nlted States District Attorney A.
K. Holton, who Is, here today repre
senting the government in the last
phase in the District court of the First
National Hank of Ashevllle cases, in
volving MnJ. Ilreeso and Mr. Dicker-
son, was asked this morning about the
story from Winston lust week to the
effect that he would again seek re
iippointment as district attorney for
the Western district of North Caro
lina. Mr. Holton smilingly replied
that that was whut the boys were
saying and thut he guessed he would
give Mr. Taft an opportunity to re
appoint him If the president desired
to do so.
In short, Mr. Holton will he an ap
plicant for reappointment to the dis-
rift attorneyship and in seeking a
reappointment he will do 'It as he did
four years ago: on his splendid rec
ord as prosecuting attorney In this
llstrlet.
In the event that Mr. Holton should
receive another appointment he would
have tho honor of serving longer con
tinuously perhaps than any other
district attorney In the country. He
has served now almost 12 years or
three terms; and when his present
term expires next March In the event
ho Is re-appolnted It will lie his
fourth appointment to the olllce of
dsltrlct attorney.
Mr. Holton went into oltlca a com
paratively short time after the Inaug
uration of the late President McKIn
ley the first time. He was re-appinted
by Mr. MeKlnley and received a third
appointment at the hands of Presl
dent Hoosevelt.,
It has been known for some time
that Mr. Iloltou's friends over the
district were urging him to again be
come an applicant for the district at
torneyship, while I is also known that
many democrats are lending their sup
port to Mr. Holton. it Is sold that Mr.
Holton stsnds high with the depart
ment of Justice as a prosecuting at
tomey; In fart that his record Is
about the best of any of the prose
ruling attorneys In the country.
The candidacy of Mr. Holton for re
appointment to the office will doubt
less bring on pretty fight among
Tnr Heol republicans since It Is un
derstood that several of tho faithful
in tha western district have their
eyes on the Job,
IKD1KM OK TWO MIKKIXfl MEN
AUK PKOIUIO.Y CNDElt DEIUUS
leniolitlon of Hotel In Pittsburg
K now Result Are One Kill
cl, 10 Injured.
Pittsburg. Sept. 14. Although two
men ere missing, sn all night search
failed tn Increase the casualties caus
ed yesterday when the walls of the
burned building of a storage house
felt, demolishing the Hotel Cell,
next door. On man wa killed and
a score were Injured.
It Is believed the oodles of the
missing men are under the debris.
THE 'rVBuVTHKR.
Forecast until I p. m. Wednesday
for Ashevllle and vicinity: Fair and
warmer tonight; Wed net. fay psrtly
cloudy.
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HAD A HAPPY FAMILY
UNTIL THEOSOPHY CAME
Members of His Family Embraced tha
Cult, Tried to Drive Him In,
and to Take His
Atlanta, Sept. 11. Theosophy Is
lamed by Major J. V. Hanson, pres
ident of the Central of Georgia, rail
road, for the marital trouble which
led his wife to bring suit recently tor
divorce. Mrs. Hanson charred pnwl.
t.v. neglect and too much attention on
the part of the major to Mrs' "Jack"
Homer, now Mrs. James MeVlckar, a
young society woman of New York.
Major Hanson filed his answer today
In Superior court
In conclusion he says: "Further
answering plaintiff's bill defendant
avers that until theosophy came In,
as an clement of discord, he had a
united and happy family.
"The theosophlst of defendant's
family soon added to the seal of new
converts the arrogance, Intolerance,
uggresslon and bigotry of fanutlcs,
and sought to lend or drive every one
around them Into theosophy. The de
fendant's borne at Macon soon became
headquarters for this character of
work In the city. The defendant
refusal to entertain the Idea of even
becoming a theosophlst, because he
regarded Jt as a modem form of
paganism, caused the first change In
the, plaintiff's feeling . toward him.
When every effort to force defendant
to bear the burdens of theosophy by
putting up money for the universal
brotherhood scheme had failed, the
plaintiff, with one other member of
his family, resolved to stack him In
such a way that a public defense
would be impossible, and destroy
him.
"The defendant further allege that
I lie association with Mrs. Horner Is a
mere incident in the campaign against
him by the theosophists of his fam
ily, because they could not force him
to bow his neck to the yoke of the
osophy."
BLASS WORKERS' STRIKE
TAKES SERIOUS ASPECT
A Number ol Claihet Have Occurred
Strike Hae Been on lor
Some Time.
Pittsburg. Sept. 11. The strike of
HaHnnr. nnil flitt. In lha A ,n Art -
ran Window Glass works at Jesnett.
Pa., and Monongnhela, Pa., Is taking
on a serious aspect
Attempts to import workmen have
met with resistance from the strik
ers, and a number oi nasties nave
occurred. It Is reported that tato
constabulary lll be sent to Jeanette,
In the event of further trouble.
A strike for Increased wage
has
been In progress for some time.
FIERCE FOREST FIRES
RAGE IN CALIFORNIA
Four Separate Points Objects ol Effort I
ol Rangers and Volunteer
Near Los Anaeles.
Los Angeles. Cel., Sept. 14. Every
forest ranger In this district I out
with squads of volunteers, fighting
four forest fire threatening the Ban
Uabrlel watershed and oil region
around Whlttlor.
The worst fire I devastating the
north slope of Mount Pacinc, the
highest point in the second tier of
the Sierra Madre range.
- Report rrom Mount Wilson say
the lire I the worst In that region In
several years, and the watershed I In
serious danger.
A TrIHo Crime,
t'tlca. N. Y Bept 14 Although a
reward has been offered for Informa
tion that shall lead to the arrest of
the murderer of Theresa Procmplc, 7
years old and Ferdlnando lnfuslno,
aged 1H y?rs, the police are still
without a clue. Florence Infusion,
sister of the little boy, who w n ,..
In the nrm, Is no wenk that it I 1
Impowtble to quw.ti.in l
The motive for t -