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VOL. XV. NO. 185.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY; AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 12, 1910.
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IH VOTE
2ft POLLED
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Issues in Maine i)f bite, Rather
Than National Importance
Republican Ticket Plac
ed on Defensive.
T" ;
CHARGE OF EXTRAVAGANCE
MADE BY THE DEMOCRATS
National Insurgency Is not Developed,
but There le Considerable Mut .
taring in the Ranks of
the G O. P.
PORTLAND, ' Sept 12. Well
known candidates, well under
stood issues, of state rather than
national character, and .splendid
weather, drew the voters of Maine to
the polls today at the biennial state
,- election. ' .'- ' '
Governor B. M. Fernald, seeking a
second term, had 'to defend his ad
ministration against unusually aggres
give democrats headed by Colonel
Fred Plaisted, four times mayor of
Augusta, whose battle-cry was econ
omy. In t le t two congressional
districts, the first nd second, the
campaign was particularly hot, and
In the latter the race between Repre
sentative Swaacy and Daniel McGllll-
cuddy was watched with great in
terest. '
While Insurgency In republican
ranks as applying to national unrest
has not developed In Maine, there has
been nevertheless a muttering against
some republican state leaders, and
there Is considerable Interest today to
see how far this would manifest It
self.
Voting In Portland began at 8
o'clock this morning and by It was
estimated that a third of the ballots
had been cast.
. Four Tickets In the Field.
There are four tickets In the field,
"twrTsiWtfat-r governor being.
v Republican. ' Bert M. ' Femald rf
Portland; democrat,. Fred W. Plaisted
of Augusta; socialist, Robert V. Hun
ter of Freeport, and prohibitionist.
James H. Adams of Bowdoinham.
As the socialists and prohibition
ists poll a very small vote In Maine
the struggle here, as In other states.
Is between the principal national
parties. ,
The republicans believe that there
Is sufficient party loyalty to seat
Governor Fernald for a second term,
as well as elect the party candidates
In the four congressional districts, and
there will be no change In the com
plexion of the legislature chosen to
(elect a successor of United States
Senator Eugene Hale. ..
On the other hand, the democrats
declare that while there Is no na
tional issues at stake, the republican
' administration has been so extrava
gant that Mayor Fred Plaisted of
Augusta may - be placed In the seat
once occupied by. his father, Harris
M. Plaisted. the fusion governor of
1181. The democrats also are confl
dent of the ability of Daniel P. Mc
Gllllcuddy of Lewlaton to defeat Con
gressman John P. Bwasey of Canton
In the second district, and say that
Former Sheriff William M. Pennell
will give considerable trouble In the
aecond district.
Some of the more optimistic demo
cratic leaders go still further and pre
diet a democrat for governor.
The total vote In Maine for SO
years has averaged 128,000, amount
Ing to 142,878 In the fusion year of
mi.
It Is also Interesting to note that
there has been a gradual Increase of
the democratic vote within the past
It years, and a corresponding falling
off of the republican pluralities.
' McKlnlay at Beverly.
Beverly, Mass.. Sept 12 The only
rrival at the summer White House
on Bursess Point yesterday was Rep
res-ntativa Duncan E. McKlnlay of
California, who has just nnlshed
peaking tour of Maine In the inter-
et of the republican candidates. Mr,
McKlnlay will be the president'
Suest for two or three days. The
California congressman expressed the
"Pinion that Maine would be saved to
the republican party, but by a small
Plurality. He thinks regular and pro
gressive republicans working together
t the polls will be able to roll up a
voto that the democrats cannot poa
Ibly overcome.
National Issues, he said, played no
Prt In the Maine election this year
and his prediction was that the re.
publican plurality would be between
000 and fiooo. After his visit In
Keverly Is ended Representative Mc
Klnlay will go to Virginia. North Car
ollna and Tennessee. He predicts that
tne republicans would have a major
Ity of it n the next house of repre
entatlvea.
LOCKOUT IS THREATENED.
Manchester Cotton Manufacturers Call
Mass Meeting, but Adjustment
' of IMffrvrmra Is Exprctrd.
Manchester. England. Sept. 12.
Th cotton mill operatives not having
compiled with demands of their em-"lov-s.
arranaemanla are tialn made
hr the latter for a mass meeting next
Monoay when a general lockout will
" recommended.
i ne liniir.w,"l,in rtrftvnll however.
N' the dl(Treocei will be adjusted
lthln the coiirvi of tli6 pre-cnt week.
DID GHANLER GIVE
FORI1ET0 WIFE?
Authoritative Admission That There
: Was Financial Agreement Be
(ore Marriage. '
HIS ATTORNEY REFUSES TO SAY
. 1UST WHAT THIS AMOUNTED TO
He Intimates There May . Be an At
tempt to Get Some Money Back
from the Gay Cavallera.
New York, Sept 12. The first ad
mission from an authoritative source
that there have been financial differ
ences between Robert W. Chanler and
his bride, Mme. Una Cavallera, th
opera singer, who Just at this time
are on opposite sides of the ocean,
was made today. The statement came
from Sidney Harris, Chanler's counsel,
when he was nsked If there had been
an antl-nuptlal agreement between
Chanler and Cavallera.
"There was," replied the attorney,
"but I will not aay how much money
was involved In the agreement; that is
a matter the 4 court may ' bring out
later, but we are hoping that this un
pleasant matter may be settled with
out any litigation. Mr. Chanler still
loves Mme. Cavallera; that is, he still
thinks he loves her; aside from this
financial difference they are on good
terms."
It Is reported the beautiful singer.
by her own statement a woman of
loose life since early years, made the
millionaire American settle his fortune
on her before their recent marriage;
after which, allowing him 120 a
month, she discarded him for a titled
Russian lover whom the czar would
not allow to wed her.
VOTING 0?l INITIATIVE
Incidentally Arkansas Is Electing
' Governor and Other State
Officers.
Little Rock. Ark., Sept. 12. Elec
tions for state and county officers are
being held throughout Arkansas today
and a vote on the initiative and referen
dum amendment to the constitution Is
being taken at the same time. The
gubernatorial candidates are George
W. Donaghey,' democrat, Andrew I.
Roland, republican, and Daniel Ho
gan, socialist
The Indications are that Governor
Donaghey will receive the usual over
whelming democratic majority. The
democrats and republicans have nom
inees for all other state offices.
William J. Bryan during the past
week has made a vigorous campaign
for the Initiative and referendum
amendment This question has over
shadowed everything else.
The state Is now governed by local
option and for this reason the tem
perance question has not received un
usual prominence. It is believed,
however, that the temperance forces
will make a fight In the next legisla
ture for a state wide amendment to
the constitution.
IF MR. BDOTGETS THERE
Ai Even Break Against "Allies" In the
Ballinger-Pinohot Probe
Committee.
rhlni Rent. 12. The "Regular"
raniihiican aertion of the Balllnger In
vestigating committee will number six
Dersons when they meet nere tomor
row. If Senator Root arrives.
These committeemen hold that tne
report made publlo at Minneapolis by
four democrats and one progressive
republican Is Irregular. It was adopt
ed, they declare, without a quorum.
PROGRESSIVES' LEADERS
GALLED" TO5 OYSTER BAT
A Conference, so Roosevelt Can Learn
Exact Status ol Party Fight In
New York, State.
xr vnrV ReDt. 12. In order to
ascertain the exact status of ths fight
which the progressives are waging
against the old guard for control of
the republican atate convention, Theo
dore p.oosevelt has summoned a nura
Iwr or the progressive leader to Oys
ter liny this afternoon for a ccMer
, ence. .
Dreadnought
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right now. lAt us gather up
all the little as well as the
larger offerings.
2. You will notice In the an
nual report of the Mission Hos
pital, that In addition to mon
eys, tho hospital my be aided
by donations of foods, fruits
and goods for bandages. .
May there not be a continu
ous offering of these supplies
through the year? v
.Many were tha prayers yes
terday ' offered, to the Great
Physician on behalf, of all our
sick. "
The Mission Hospital will be
abundantly blessed in all the
future In answer to these pray
ers. The ministers of the Healing
Christ will help to bring these
answers to pass.
. Your friend,
J. S. WILLIAMS,
Chairman of the Committee on
Ministers and Vestries.
September 12, 1910.
Trinity churcW ..$418.75
First Baptist church 260.60
Central Methodist 150.00
First Presbyterian church .... 100.00
All Souls', Biltmore 100.00
West-End Baptist 22.50
Champion Fibre Co., Canton.. 60.00
B of L. IS. . . 25.00
Y. M. 1 46.00
Known collections unreported. 62.00
Total $1,234.11
The hospital collection for 1910,
taken In the chtirchex, yesterday
and the $50 contribution of the Cham
pion Fibre company of Canton
now figure t ,224.11. Only a few
of the numerous ..churches have
reported, and with ttie sums in the
contribution boxes, stores, hotels, etc.,
It Is conservatively estimated that the
amount will reach $1,600. It may go
well beyond that figure. It la not
known whether - there will be other
contributions from clubs or as
sociations - similar to that of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
The report of the congregation or
Temple Beth-ha-Tefllla Is not yet read.
This congregation, although small, al
ways gives liberally to this cause. A
number of churches in the city are yet
to report. The colored churches have
always given liberally, according to
their means; and nono of these has
yet reported. Seven and one-half dol
lars of the First Baptist church fund
Is to be credited to S"uth AshevlUe
mission, . recently established. The
West Eiid church, many of whose
members work for wages and have
but four days employment weokly, did
exceedingly well. It had already rais
ed $50 at the morning service for an
other purpose, and the hospital collec
tlon was taken at night Judge Prltch
ard spoke at both Baptist churches
and the mission, presenting the needs
nr thu hosnltal after the sermon, at
the First church, In the forenoon, Dr.
Vines being absent; at the mission In
the afternoon and West End fit rght
Hitherto the cause has not been pre
sented In the churches outside Ashe
vllle, but the committee this year
wrote to all ministers, as well as to
merchants, twehers, etc. The asso
elation hopes that the fund may be
considerably augmentea irom u
source. - ' ' '
The fund will not be closed and the
final report made up until September
21, and any persons who desire to
make contributions are urgetl to send
hem In before that date to Mayor
Joitu A, Campbell, the treasurer.
THE WEATHER.
;iyr Aslievllle and vicinity Partly
cloudy weather tonight and Tuesday.
' For North Carolina Generally fair
tonight and Tuesday.
HOSPITAL sunoAY rlS3
Fulfill 234 W m;
Many Churches not Yet Reported, It Is Jp W ( . j H
Believed the Collection Will Pass IfSm f iHrt
$1600 This Year. i w
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H Two final words as to Mis- s 1
slon Hospital offering: J ifisK
H 1. Please everybody forward St . AlY 1
t at once the offerings to Mayor at r3f
t John A. Campbell at the. Citi-
H xens Bank on the square. If It YtC55 IIIJI
H you know of one who has not H VV I ESsJl
mude an offering, sco that such H xvji iFl
t on one Is given an opportunity . s 11', Jsf
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Automobile Party of Three Relieved of
Watches and Money by Two Mask
ed Men, In Lonely Place.
Poughkeepsle, N. Y., Sept. 12.
Three automoblllsts in a big touring
car1 were halted at a lonely spot near
Rhinebeck early this morning by two
red lanterns swung across the road.
As the machine stopped two masked
men covered the occupants with re
volvers. One searched the autolst1!.
sacurlng $175 in cash and three
watches worth $400, besides some ne
gotiable papers.
One of the victims, picking up a
stone, sprang upon the bandits. The
other bandid fired two shots in the
air, fearing to Injure his companion,
who had grappled with the automobll
Ist The bandits escaped and deputy
sheriffs are scouring the country for
the highwaymen,
CORA B. CRIPPEN INQUEST
IS RESUMED IN L
Little New Matter Brought Out, and the
Hearing Is Adjourned to
September 1 9.
London, Sept 12. The Inquest Into
the death of Cora Belle Crlppen was
resumed today, but little that had not
been already recited In the murder
trial was brought out. Neither Dr.
Crlppen or Ethel Le Neve, who are
charged with the murdor of thu doc
tor's wife, were present at today's
proceedings, nor were Prof. Pepper
or Dr. Wlllcox, who examined tho
dismembered body found in the Crlp
pen home, .
Solicitor Newton, who has under
taken the defense for both Crlppen
and Mum Le Neve, askod a few ques
tions of the mortuary keeper, sug
gesting that the body In question
mlsht have been confused with two
others upon which post mortems had
been made at the same time. Tho
inquest was adjourned to Septem
ber It.
Frcm-h Annr Maiieavctsj Are Itngun,
Grandvilllera, France, Sept 12. The
French army, 60,000 strong, divided
In opposing sections, today are en
gaged In maneuvers which are expect,
ed to demons t rat what might be ex
nected to happen If a hostile fore
landed on the British channel const of
France. Aerial scouts are being em
ployed.
k ItKAR-ADMlRAIi StllUOEDEU. .'
l BANDITS GET III! CASES UP AGAIN
n
Exploded,
Arguments for Arrest of Judgment and
Setting Aside Verdicts Against
Hcike and GerbrachL
New York, Sept. 12. Argument
was heard In the United States Circuit
court today on a motion asking for
arrest of Judgment and setting aside
the verdict of conviction against Chas.
R. Helke, former secretary of the
American Sugar Refining company,
and Ernest Gerbracht, superintendent
of docks, who were found guilty last
June of conspiring to defraud the gov.
ernment In underwelghlng sugar.
After prelimniary statements Judge
Martin said he would take until Mon
dav to consider the motions in
Helke's case and until Wednesday
the Gerbracht case.
In
MAGNIFICENTLY OPENED
Live Stock Exhibition, With Several
Hundred Entries, Most Complete
Ever Held In South.
Knoxvllle, Sept. 12. The Appa
lachinn exposition, in preparation of
which Knoxvllle and the entire
Southern Appalachian region have
spent tho last 1 1 months, was formally
opened today.. The ceremonies in
eluded a magnificent street pageant
and formal opening exercises at the
exposition grounds, with brief ad
dresses by Governor Patterson, Mayor
llolskell and President William J. Oli
ver.
The live etock exhibition, the most
complete ever seen In the south, was
opened with severul hundred entries.
TI ARE KILLED,
Indianapolis, Sept. 12. Two persons
were killed, two severely Injured and
a-'dnsen sllKhtly hurt near Bright
wood, suburb. In the wreck of Bib
Four train No. from Louisville, car
rylu Kentucky National guardsmen
to Fort Harrison today.
Cholera Situation More
Naples. ,
Serious at
Naples. Sept. 12. The cholera situ
etion here Is growing more serious.
There were eight deaths and twolv
new cases In the city yesterday.
SEVERAL
INJURED
FINDS NO TRUTH
IN THE CHARGES
Management of State Tuberculosis
Sanitarium in Moore County Given
a Full Exoneration.
DIRECTORS HAVE BEEN TRUE,
SUPERINTENDENT IS FAITHFUL
Public Good Does Not Demand Re
moval or Suspension of Its Of
ficers," the Report Says.
Gazette-News Bureau,
Chamber of Commerce Rooms,
Hollemon Building,
Raleigh, Sept. 12.
The state board of Internal Im
provements has reported to the gov
ernor Its findings as to the charges
made against the management of the
state tuberculosis sanitarium In
Moore county.
The governor approves its findings,
which are that the directors have
been true to their high trust and are
all fit for their hleh duties: that
superintendent Brooks is faithful, of
high character and a skilled physi
cian; that the pronertv and state's In
terests are safely guarded; that the
institution has been properly manaeed
since its re-opening and the public
good does not demand the removal or
suspension of Its officials.
The charges were preferred by Dr.
Roy Williams of Greensboro, formerly
oi AshevlUe.
F
FOR YEARS PAST
Would Have Been Adjusted in 1908
but for Business Depression,
"" Says Thayer-
New York, Sept 12. John
B.
Thayer, third vice president of
the
Pennsylvania railroad, today told In
terstate commerce commisstorCwhlch
is Inquiring Into the question of In
creased freight tariffs by the eastern
roads, that the rates between the east
and west have been for years too low
and that tariffs should have been
raised In 1908. Adjustment however,
was delayed until the business de
presslon had passed, the witness said,
The matter of advancing rates
came to a head with the recent wage
demands," said Mr. Thayer. "It is
not an extraordinary and unprec
edented advance in rates but Is In
line with our established practice for
two years. '
FOR IT LEAST H
Has Plunged into Mass of Accumulated
Correspondence and Will not
Be Disturbed.
Oyster Bay, N. Y., Sept. 12. After
an absence of three weeks. Colonel
Roosevelt Is home again, weary from
his western trip but well satisfied
with the result He enjoyed every
minutes of It, he said.
The colonel reached New York at
10 o'clock yesterday morning from
Pltsburg. His automobile was wait.
Ing for him at the ferry; he hopped
into It with agility, whirled across the
city to a ferry for Long Island, and a
little after noon was In Oyster Bay.
His first orders were that no one
should be permitted to Invade the
privacy of Sagamore Hill, and for the
day he relapsed Into the comforts and
seclusion of his family life. Today
he plunged Into an accumulated mass
of correspondence. It Is likely that
this will oocupy his entire day. and
that whatever consultations are to
come with those who have In hand
the fight to force his election as tern
porary chairman of the coming state
republican convention will be kept
waiting until Tuesday.
It was on August 22 that Colonel
Roosevelt left New York and during
his absence he has been In 16 states
and has traveled more than 6000
miles, mostly through the middle
west, delivering about 100 speeches.
Wherever he went he received the
honors usually accorded to a preal
dent only, and the enthusiasm of the
great crowds that greeted him every,
where made his Journey both notable
and conspicuous. To the people of
the mtdd'e west he declared himself
on almost all of the questions now
before the nation. His utterances
were accepted as his political creed,
and were received with satisfaction by
many Insurgents, although Colonel
Roosevelt himself In a speech at Kan
sas City classed himself as a progres
sive. Early In October Colonel Roosevelt
will launch out again on a shorter
tour through the south, during which
he will make a campaign speech for
Fenator Bcverldge In Indiana,
HEIGHTS TOO
LOW
GOV PATTEHSDiJ
TO STAUD ASIDE
Gives Out Statement to Associat
ed Press Saying That in In
terest of Harmony He
Will Not Make Race.
HANDS BACK NOMINATION
TO THE STATE COMMITTEE
Says That He Has Finally Done What
His Enemies Demanded He
Should Do Republican
Candidate Surprised.
Nashville, Sept 12. Governor Mal
colm R. Patterson has given the Asso- '
ciated Press representative the fol
lowing signed statement:
"To the Democrats of Tennessee:
I became a candidate for gover- '
nor for the third term contrary to my
personal wishes. A large majority of
my friends. In their partial Judg- '
ment, believed T ..yjuld certainly win
where others might fail, and- that fc
owed an obligation to them, the par-,
ty, and the Ideas which I represent-'
ed, and I yielded my judgment and
Inclination with reluctance. Since
then conditions have arisen which
neither they nor I could foresee, which
appear to make my further candidacy
an injustice both to them and the
democratic party.
'When the opposition to me as
sumed the shape of a refusal to en
ter a primary, called by the state ex-
ecutive committee, I proposed If any
gentleman would offer himself against
me to allow him to select his own .
method and time of nomination with '
an equal division of officers of elec
tlon. There was, and could not be.
the slightest excuse to refuse this. If
the party was to preserve Its origin'
and not disintegrate Into schisms and
factions; but the proposition was re
jected. I was declared the nominee
for governor without opposition, and .
since then I have offered to yield my
nomination so as to test anew wheth
er I was the cnoice or tne majority ;
believing that all men who loved fair
dealing would recognise the right of
the majority to' rule, and not permit .
their personal spleen to overrule all .
the obvious rules of justice and party
fidelity.
"Ungenerous" Opponents.
But to the minds of my ungener
ous opponents all things were fair as
means to the end of my political de- '
struction. Guilty and unnatural polit
ical coalitions were forming and had
been formed to bring this about The
basest appeals were made and the
foulest slanders circulated. Even then
did not believe that any consider
able number of democrats could be
betrayed from their allegiance but
that time would soften and lead them
back to a just realisation of their own
duties and the plight In which the
criminal folly of their leaders would
leave the party and the state.
So It was, when rumors or my
withdrawal were given currency I
promptly denied them, and In doing
so If was my wish to serve my party
rathet than my own ambition.
Now It seems certain that my
opinion, shared by friends, was not
Justified, and that the continued ap
peals to passion and credulity have
found a lodgement which neither fact
nor persuasion can change, and that
so long as I remain a candidate a con
siderable number of democrats will
not affiliate with the party, and while
not large comparatively, it Is enough
to Imperil democratlo success In No-'.
vember. I don't wish It said that my
desire for office Is responsible for this
condition or as furnishing an excuse
to endorse a republican candidate by
the so-jhlled Independent democratlo
convention soon to be held In Nash
ville. My conclusion is that I can
best serve my party and state In this
emergency by voluntarily doing what,
my enemies have so persistently de-,
manded. I therefore return my nom- .
lnation to the democratic party. I no
tify both the state executive commit
tee and the Independent . democratic
committee that I am no longer a fan- "
dldate for governor.
Should Not Be Left Without Capable
Leader.
"In taking this step our party
should not be left without a capable
leader, and I hope that another can
didate wholly unobjectionable may be .
named and such a platform adopted
as will Insure party co-operation and .
success. ,
"It would be an unmixed evil and
a reproach to Tennessee for the re
publican party to get control of our
state government and It la especially
true at this time, when the country :
Is aroused and the battle Is on be
tween special Interests and popular ,
rights.
"It Is scarcely believable that a dis
credited republican president should
attempt to control tho politics of a
democratic state, or that any mnn
calling himself a democrat could lend
his dishonorable aid to Its consum
mation. : , - ' .' "
"Our state should be governed by
Its friends . and not Its enemies; by
the party that represents Its credit
and the education of Its people, end
that In the past has stood for Its wo
men, Its homes, and !U" yery founda
tion. I have been an enthusiast ovt
the possibilities of Our state and lh"
sou'h. They can be realized In loyal
ty and hlghmlndedness and nevi
1
dlsloynlty and sordid poliilc.
(Continued on j: 8.)
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