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THE ASSOCIATED PXXS1 DISPATCHES LAST EDITIOir 4:00 P.M. ft Weather rorecast: Fair. VOL. XV. NO. 189. ASHEVILLE, N. C..FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 16, 1910. 3c PER COPY. THREE INSURGENTS, "HE FOURTH BEATEN Ballott-Box Stuffing, Vote Buying, Voting Dead Men's Names, All Figured in the Primary in Chicago. STANDPATTER BOUTELLE'S LONG SERVICE IS TO END Lee O'Neill Browne Gets Large Chunk of Vindication, and His Col leagues Are Generally Successful. CHICAGO, Sept. 1! lot lx stuffing -IViI vote lniyin, ami selling, voting of "deail men" ami of names of men registered all figured in frauds at the primaries here yesterday, despite extraordina ry preeautions; tho election hoard is swamping the coni niissioners with complaints, .ludge Dupuy of the Superior court found on reaching his polling place that his name had heen voted. After an appeal to the election hoard his vote was accepted. Iii'-urgents Got Tlirr Til'1 insurgents wen' victorious in time of tlif 'Z congressional iliHtri-l el Illinois 111 yesterday's primaries. Henry S. Ibnitcllc, rt publican "st ;i ml -patter." having represented tin- Ninth Chicago district f ir 12 .Mum, is ,! f iiOil by Frederick II. (iajishcrgen. In thr Klcvcnth Col. lru C. Copley, tfu llrsl 111:111 In tho state to tonic out as itn insurgent candidate, won tho rc 1 ii I l i": 11 nomination ovrr George W. Conn, for tho scat now occupied by Howard M. Hnapp. standpatter. George TC. Fobs, standpatter, won tho nomination In tho Tent hhy a hard, light again;'! two In; m gents. Sneaker Cannon Is ro-nomlnated In tho Eighth l about t'.OOO. lie wns opposed by 1111 insurgent, I.oe O'Neill llrownr, mi nority leader In tho lower house of th - Illinois legislature, recently uo iniilti'tl of the charge of bribery In t oniK'ttion with tho election of Stna Larimer to the I'nltt'd States son 11 1 1 . Is re-nomlnated In l.'iSallo county l.y a largo majority, of 32 democrats in Hie last legislature who voted for l.oriiner, 22 arc re-nominated. The vote cant In tho congressional districts In Cook county (Chicago) w remarkably light, not more than ii quarter of tho vote on tho registra tion hooka being polled. Tho down state vote was much heavier. Vindication for llrowm. Karly returns Intllcntetl the noml vat; -.ii of Ix.' O'Neil P.rowne for ro th .-Hon to tho state house of repre sentatives and also that of K. "n 1 1 I V- WILLIAM LOIUMEIl. Hhurtloff, republican ipcakcr of the house, against whom a determined factional light whi waged. Hrowne wan recently acquitted of a charge i having bribed a atute reprcaenta ive to vote for Wllllum Lorlmor for I nlled Ktatea mmator. Karly n turns nlsn Indicated t li nomination of Ira O. Copley by tho republics mi of tho Klcvonth coiigres olonal district over George W. Conn ir. The light In thin district has licn "ne of the fiercest In the atate. Conn Is iwltl to havo been backod by the t a ml -patters, while his opponent de clared himself a progressive. lloiilcllo, HUiHlMitter, IVfeaUtl. The defeat of K. B. Routelle, after many years in congress, by r. H tiansbergen, who announced himself a progressive, caused little surprise loculiy. The regular republican or- Kanliatlon refused to Indorse Houtelle on the grounds that hi record as s standpatter would Insure democrutlc success If he were nominated. Oans- bergen ran about 1000 ahead of him. The' closeness of the fight In tho Tenth district cams as a surprise to most students of the campaign. While Mr. Fuss, who is chairman of the commute on naval affair, has al ways voted with the rejulars at Wash ington, he stated In his campaign that i had Informed Mr. Cannon that he felt free to reserve his Judgment as to how he should vote In the next speak ership contest. - O. P. Knglehnrd campaigned on an Continued on Ta Five., , . , . i .... I . - i i BY SPEAKER CANNON ORS IN ILLINOIS Dig up? Certainy, Says H. Vreeland Aery Corporation Jlo Kn.ms of (;,m. to Ciimiuigii funds. Also. ro laci yhody That Kan." NHW Y.iiiK, Kept. 1 1 recliind, former president nf the Metropolitan Street rail wr.y company, tcitillcil today holme the .Merrill investigation committee that every corporation he had ever been Identified with contributed to polilie-il cnuipak-ii funds. 1 1 - they also contributed to (he campaign fund of "cvoryhodv that over ran for office." Police Protecting Gotham Gamblers .lollm M.iyor Is Said to lime Uatle a Kaiil Our the Heads ()f Certain I'olltc Oftiecrs. N KW Y'lilK, Sept. 1G--ibimhling is rim wide open Ibmughoiii thin ciiv, and tinner "protection notice IS the in I . tt-nei I i. .i, . ...... of III Max. ir Mitchell i.s said to have ohtain- id r.iid lasl nighf on a i ii I 1 i it in West 4.1th slreet waa ni.i.lo. i said, untler direct instruction of Mitchell, over the heads of c-r-poliee ollieials. liou: it Is M r. taia AN ATTEMPT TO SMUGGLE $9000 WORTH OF JEWELRY MilMoiiiiiri" Candy Man Admits He Unl.cil That Much r Declar ing W hat tic Drought. New link, Sept. 10. Mcllgo 1,. Morgan, a millionaire caiuly iiiami I'acliiii r. who returned from Kurope ye.-.torday on the Maurelaiiia, nppcar ed at the customs nouso today anil admitted that he had railed -to men tion all the things he and his family brought in, including $'.tOlil worth of jewelry. Morgan will lie arraigned before Commiusioner Shieltls, charged with attempting smuggling. A WOMAN AVIATOR FALLS WITH MACHINE AT MINE0LA Mix. KhIwIici 1'rolMilily 1'liNt Woman In Till Country :n Aero plane Afcldcnt. Miuoola, I.. I., Kept. 10 Mrs. linlsehe, wilt of the head of an aii-ipi.tne company, la the first tvomnn here and po.tsihly In tho country to he in an a i nplane accitlent. She made her initial flight this morning, and had gone perhaps a mile when she ran Into depression, was thrown out. and scramlded from under the wreck and ran to shut off the motor. The machine was dam aged. 'WIROGRAPHS X J Late Afternoon News Storlen In J Condensed l'"orm of World's lilg and Little Event. KKsKKKlttl'.K I iiltliie Exploit of Dirigible Army llalloon. (Jrand Villlerts, Franco, Sept. IB. Tho dlrlglldo balloon Clement llayard, wilhout lights, made a successful ntelit llight over tho positions of tho ln- Miiiaeketl armies partlt Ipating in the French maneuvers. I'luli Democratic Platform. I'rovo. Utah. Sept. 10 The demo cratic Btato platform adopted last nit-lit demands a nrohililtlon law, ui- rct primary elections, tho election of I'nlted tSates senators ny popular mic the Initiative and referendum und re call, and a tariff commission. Vat Containing IH.tMM (ialloiiM of IW-er CollHpM'M. Kort Wayne, Intl., Sept. 1. A vat .,.,,!,. lolou- iH.naO gallons of beer col lapsed at a brewery hero yesterday. workmen caught In the rusn nemg rescued with difficulty. Paymaster ticncral Witiits CIcrkN Salaries Increaseil. Washington, S"pt. 16. On account of the Increased cost nf living Pay master General Whipple of tho army In his annual report usks salary In creases tor the clerks In his offlee. There have been no changes in thes salaries since they wero fixed In 1870. International Tulwmilosls Congnw to Meet In Home. n..i,inoi,in Suit. 18. Tho seventh International congren.1 on tuberculosis will be held In Home wepiemner n n 30, 1911. It l existed America will .' ronrpacnted by a committor of 100. Thn congrewi mot here thrfe yearn ago. The committee will nj boiu iu give flood rtport of worl done In thli country. Tlilrtwn Ilalliniiin tietllng Kendy to lUer. Indianapnllii, Bopt. Thlrten ballooni. the largemt number evr n tered In meet et the Indianapolis mninr .neodwav. are receiving a eup- ..iu nf n iirmnratory to the two hmi to atari tomorrow afternoon. vin hniinnm nr entered in the American championship race and four In the free-for-ail contest. Grahame- White Defeats Curtiss In Special Speed Test at Boston V , X- ' fc r'i , ',- Xffifrl ?MHAME -WHITE BEJNl, CLAUDB GRAHAME -VHITC Z' ' l-rtSS' AaI OH I fN HJS TACMAH E-TPLANE V . , A V V.? 1 Went to Rate of Almost Mile a Minute for Five Mile-. The World's Record Broken. Iloston. K-'it. lilcnot nionopla a mile a minute While, lie Kni-I to a .'Uici'cnsI ul cli can engagement by defeating tlloiin II. CurlifS, the American llyer, ami the world's tpc.-d champion of Ho air in a special match .speed test al the Harvard aviation licld at Atlantic t'ily yesterday. lie defeated Curtiss hy It! -I T. seconds in a live and a quarter mile race. While thereby won tho $;)III Harvard cup ami made i new speed mark for the Held by go ing the course, ill ve minutes, 47 4-.'. iiecoiida. White also added to his yvln iii.ir.s tlif Joint Haytj Hammond cup, I In- second prize, for a special bomb throwing contest. Ralph Johnstone, the While aviator, took the conclud ing pri.e, the cily ol Huston cup. Tills was tlit- concluding day of the Harvard aviation meet and it was marred by the I i est noteworthy acci dent of nearly a fortnight' flying. A. V. Koe, an Knglish 11m i , who has bail, bail link with his triplanes, wrecked Ins second machine and was painfully hut not seriously hurt himself. lie was taken to the field hospital where six slitchos Were taken In a face wound. From an elevation of lsoo feet neither Johnstone nor White could hit 20') square feet of canvas on too ground, ouch throwing six eggs, I i j t Johnstone's shots wero hol ier ami earned him the lioslon cup. Hast night the aviators and manage ment of the aero meet were given a banquet at the City club by .Mayor John Kitzgorald. IF CHARGE OF ARSON Magistrate Finds no Evidence ol Com plicity of Newton Man in Warehouse Fire. Newton, Sept. I I After a hearing Institig from noon i iieuay uniii aiu r o'clock Wednesday night, I). J. Car penter, charged with complicity in burning one of the warehouses at Ids hosiery mills last October, wis dis charged by Ksquiro M. Jonea Coch ran. The main testimony iigaimd the de fendant was given by John 11. Itatlor, who swore that he liretl the bedding al the invi hligntion of Carpenter, who he said promised him a couple of hun dred dollars. The defense Introduced an alll.lavit by Itatlor clearing Carpenter of any onneellon wlfli the lire and attacked the charaett r and credibility of Kado and Ills wife, who corroborated ltador The trial was hotly contested by both -tides, Wltherspoon, Keimstor & (blith er of Newton, und Keif & Whitener of Hickory, uhl.v, conducted the defense and U C. Caldwell of Stalo.sville. con ducted u remarkably udioit und vig orous prosecution. Hear Admiral Albert G. Ilerry Hotlres Washington. Sept. 16. Roar Ad miral Albert C. Berry, on duty at the Washington navy yard as a member of tho naval examining and retiring hoards, goes on tho retired list today on aocount of age. Ho Is from Ten nessee, entering tho navy In 18G5, and has been roar admiral since July, 1909. Prominent Chinese Will Cut off Quenes New York, Sept 16.- At the cele bratlon In Chinatown tomorrow of the annual festival of the full moon, while the celebration If at Its height, Ching Pa Chow, president of the Chinese public chamber, und other loading merchant Will tut off their queues. I i.j-r It'iH'? ' '! jut R ' no- - f ii-i.,,un, i v: Asygy inii ,i p,oM,rl, Wr KvV-V"' ' AlM. VFV fftil'J M' lll.S 1 1 r.st Amn- """ ' - y- IA .V. EOF. IN HIS TBI PLANE CRISIS IMPENDS W.BARNES SAYS Republican Party's Future in New York for Years to Come Will Be Determined by Saratoga Convention No Rad ical Candidate, He Says, Ever Carried New York. N KW YOHK, Kept. Hi. publican party in this iiever before faced a Tht ro- slab- has cri.'-is so e, in th jr., stale iaim nta I to its exist i m Cplllloll it illia m M i rues. coinniil teemnn, an tdtl guard tier. Al the Saratoga convention must he determined, he thinks, the future of the republican parly in this stale for some years to come. II must deter iniii" ttiere w hot her it w ill remain a conserving force or follow the radical policies of Mr. floosevcll. No radical indiilatc, Mr. I'.arnos said, le t over irrietl the stale. Epidemic of Spreading PT. I'KTKI.SIU'Rfl.Srpt. in. ! Tin fliolcra I'liiiliqni"', wliii-li (irio'in iti'd in I he Mintli prii purl urn ol the liii--1.-' n qn pirc, ;ilrc:itly has clainu'il nrar ly l'll),()()0 victims, and is now Crowning Event of Centennial Celebra tionDiaz's Address Feature of the Occasion. Mexico Cily, Mex., Sept Di Mexico crowned the centennial celebration today with the dedication of a monu ment to the Independence of th" re public, here was a grand parade from tho National Palace to the site of the monument, on beautiful I'asieo Ki lor ina. midway between tho city and Cln pulctopeo. Ton thousand soldiers, ma rines ami rnrales and representatives of other powers wore in line. The feature of the program was an address by President Dins. The mon ument Is an Imposing granite shaft, rising to a height of 110 feel, tor pod with a figure symbolic of liberty, the base Is surrounded by bronze figures representing varloua phases of nation al life. Hohlier Wow ()eil IVwtolIlce Safo and ict About $2000. Mays landing. N. J., Sept. 16. tllnwlng open the postofllce safe here early today robber got booty to th" value of almost $2000. They made their escape. It M believed. In an auto mobile. They also trlejj to enter ov oral houses. Ok a Lawrence loweu and" aveoe - .Illllc ..ir.v IMm-iisscs I'ollii. s ami Illl'-illOS. Ciry. t ) i . 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 of the I'nited eel coiioratior. back from says business condition, ire satisfactory, ami that rcii-ii money will go into .lode.. Slates st Murop", abroad much fi Aim ri.-au securities as soon as politi cal affairs hero are more settled. Kxirax.igance. be says, is one of the K rent est faults of this country. The question of ) i i 1 1 1 1 iiit-; is agitating He- i'b ahr I. Inre:is"il wai;es of woil.iicr people nhioad cause the i m i i.-.i d cost ol living, tb" peopl" IJlele 1 1 1 1 1 U . Cholera Westward sprc sia vi ip ,'i'l'it"' across Asiaiic and tlii'calciiiiio' 1 1 1 Ktis-pro- cases Willi in miir. licpiiil -; ol' cholera s:;,;i:: dea show isj.::l!7 for the season lis. AS GROWER OF COTTON Manufacturers' Association Told It Can Be Grown There as Cheaply as in the South. Portsmouth. N II.. Sept. 10. Thi merits of California as n cotton grow ing state were set forth today by Jos eph Toftus, tif Imperial Valley, Cal., at the semi-annual mooting ()f the National Asso ' .lion of Cotton Miuiu factuprs. Mo limited figures to show that cot tun coul.l bo raised as cheaply there as in the south with the exception of th" Increase In the cost of picking. Prof. It. .1. II. I it loat h of Athens. (!a.. spoke on "Nature anil Cause of Waste Fiber in Cotton Mills." i:niMTor Wllllum to Visit St. Imii. Pel cru st. Petersburg. Kept. 16. The Hourse (iaaette announces that' Em peror William of Germany will visit St. Petersburg In November, T1IK WEATHER. For Ashevllle and vicinity: Fair weather tonight and Saturday. For North Carolina: Fair tonight and Saturday; not much change In temperature. .... 1 CAUSED DEATH Unequivocal Testimony of Dr. Willcox, Scientific Analyst, in Trial of Crippen and Miss Le Neve for Murder. GRUESOME SHOW ATTRACTS A CROWD OF THE CURIOUS Many Fashionable Attired Dames Pre sent, Kindly Removing Hats so Those Behind Them Might View Spectacle. LONDON, Sept. Hi. lit nry Willcox, analyst to the ho -Dr. William the scientific home office, who tiii.co crt-d a deadly drug in the body home of Dr. Hawhy II. : found in Hi I l lppell, SW Ol I unqualifiedly on the stand lo'lay, when trial of Dr pen and Miss l.e Neve was r rip newed j for Hi" murder of the former's wife, llhal death was due to poison. Dr. Wilcox described the nature medicine used; said ho had found two-sevenths of a grain after n lapse of four hi cicjit months, and that a quarter to half a grain would be ! fabi 1. Tin- crown introduced testimony corroborating that of t'ltif. Hopper Wednesday, that the body was dis membered by one familiar with the science of anatomy. The gruesome exhibits did not k' p tho curious away. M'he public - section of Fitiw slreet court was crowded. There whs tin- usual array of fashionably dressed women, who took off their hats that those behind mUld see. Adjourned I mil September '21. Dr Willcox, whose evidence was I lecliiilcal. was in the witness box four hours. Solicitor Arthur Newton, con ducting the case for the defense, close ly trots-examined the wilnctfcs hut elected nothing throwing fresh light Inspector Walter Dew of Scotland nril then took tho stand for a brief period. Newton asketl him a few quest ions iu behalf of Miss l.e Neve -Ith tho ob ject showing that she had repeatedly said she believed whatever Crippen told her. "Slit- did not mention Crippen to me," the detective replied. The case was then adjourned until September THEY'RE ORGANIZING TO FIGHT PROHIBITION Several Hundred Floridians Who Favor Local Option Meet in Jackson ville to Organize. Jacksonville, Sept. 1 r, . Several hundred well known Kloridians who favor local option, tho preservation of the state constitution, and oppose the adoption of the proposed amendment providing for stale-wide prohibition, representing every county in the stale, met here yesterday and effected a state organization to take charge of and conduct the campaign, which will be seriously wagetl In every coun ty of tin- stale from now until t ho clos ing of the polls on November X. Among those in attendance at the mooting were preachers, professional men, merchants, farmers, many of them men who stand high In tho councils of tho democratic party and In state and church affairs. Tentative plans for the campaign were tliscusseti. ami an autiress in no sent out was issued advising against the state-wide amendment. Henry W. Long of Marion county presided as chairman of the mooting A chair man for each county in tho state was elected, whoso duty It will bo to effect a strong organization In each of their respective counties. livery man present pledged himself to go Into tho campaign with onthii siasm, ami the Indications are that the content wdll be lively from now on The Florida slate prohibition party also mot here In convention yesterday with only about 20 delegates In at tendance. They decided not to niiinl nato a ticket, but to devote all their energies to working for tho adoption of the proposed amendment to tho state consllttitlon providing for state wide prohibition. John P. Coffin was oloetod Btato chairman and he will at once proceed to effect an organliatlon In each county of the slate. Diet. Says Ir. Turek, Men. Make Great Detroit, Sept. 16. At the Mlsslsslp pi Valley Medical Association conven tion yesterday Dr. Turck of Chicago, said diet has more than anything else to do with tho making of great men or the deterioration of the human race to the level of brutea. Woman Aged 80 Hegbttcra as Collcgi) Student. Columbus. Sept. H. Mr. A. D. WInshlp. aged 10, registered yeaterday as a student at the Ohio state univer sity. She recently returned from Michigan, where she was attending a summer school, - . . ! - t,, I..- i j i HEAVY WEATHER BOTHERS FLEET Battle Practice on the Southern Drill Grounds Was Prevented Last Night and Night Before by the Rough Seas. TARGET RAFTS GO ADRIFT; THEIR CAPTURE DANGEROUS Several Men Washed Overboard, and Rescued After Difficulty Visit to New York May Be Delayed. 01 HOARD C. S. S. KANSAS, via ireles to Portsmouth, Va., Sepl. lt. Difficulty is being experienced by the 15 battleships of th" Atlantic fleet, which arrived on the southern drill grounds Tuesday, in set uring gootl weather for night target practice. Hattle practice was prevented last night as on the previous night by heavy weather. An attempt was made to tow tho target rafts but they broke adrift They wire filially- picked up again, In which effort two men were washed overboard, anil rescued only after dif- tlflllty. There will lie at laest four more tlavs' prut tiro. ii.N day practice has vel been held. The visit of the fleet to New York may be delayed. Famous "Political Prisoner" Named for Congress in the Eleventh District Barbourvillo, Ky., Sept. 16. Com. to returns from yesterday's eleventh strict congressional primary show that Cab b Powers deflated Represen- itito ). C Kdwards for the repub can nomination by 11,280 votes. rowers in a statement calls this vindiintion of his past political ca- eer. Powers i-arried all but four of the ! counties. Congressman Kdwards is serving his third lerni. Powers made his race on an appeal to tho voiers to give nim the nomination as a "vindication" for his alleged complicity in the assassina tion of (lovernor fioehol In 1900. powers, who was secretary of state it the lime of tho assassination, was onlinod iu jail during eight years, his lirst tline trials resulting in conviction' ml the fourth in a disagreement. 1st year I lovernor Wilson swept the onrt rei ords clear of all tho cases remaining in connection with the C.oe bcl murder by issuing pardons to Pow- and several others Tho district has a nortilnal republican majority ot o.ooo. IN THE SIXTH DISTRICT Effort to Restore Harmony Fails The Clark Men Remained Away from Polls. Wilmington. Sept. Ifi. In a special primary held yesterday for the sixth congressional district to nominate a candidate for congress on the demo cratic ti. k-t. rival candidates having been nominated by different conven tions in the latter part of July, Hanni bal L. Godwin, the Incumbent, re ived a majority over Oscar I Clark of about 4000. Godwin carried every ounty In tho district except Clark's homo county. Hundreds of Clark men had de cided that Godwin would be noml- . n.-iteil anil remained away from the polls, not caring to be bound by the primary In the general election. The district is badly split up and repub licans are going to make a srenuous light to carry it. Tho primary ended one ot the most bitter factional lights ever waged In the district, there bolng no regular faction prior to the convention where the split occurred; but, after that, for a time ,lt looked as If two democratic candidates would be in the field. The vote cast yesterday was very light In Wilmington not over 40 per cent, of tho democratic vote was polled. A light vote was polled all over the dis trict. It was a regular landslide for Godwin, however, and surprised even his most ardent supporters. Euroraii Venison For New fork Epicures. .I . i New York, Sept Id". -Three hundred pounds of choice European venison, the first of a series of big shipments. is being unloaded today (or New York Epicures. " The domestic supply Is limited. The season In New York Is September 19 to November f.
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