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VOL. XvS ' - ASHEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 17, 1910. " So PER COPY.
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DOUBTFUL USt
TOM
The Districts Reasonably Certain
to Go Democratic Now Put at
161; 1 Republican, 140 A
Week of Many Changes.
CONDITIONS IN NEW YORK
ARE LARGELY RESPONSIBLE
How Far Does the Tide of Insurgency
Threaten Republican Organization?
One ol the Queitiont of
the Hour.
New York Herald Syndicate,
... No. 1G02 H. Street, N. W.,
Washington, D. C.
Still the democratic Hood rises. With
varying fortunes the tremendous con
test for supremacy In the next house
of representatives progresses. Fight
ing all along the line from the Atlantic
to the Pacific Is very hard and Inces
sant, but with each survey of the
Hold the democrats seem to have a
little the best of it.
Down to figures, the Herald forecast
shows this week that there are now
261 districts reasonably sure for tha
democrats, against 142 a weak ago;
140 districts reasonably sure for the
republicans, against 122 last week.
and that the number of doubtful ills
trictn has been reduced for 118 to
ninety. Of these districts (4 arc now
republican and 26 democratic.
To get a majority of the house the
democrats have to win 35 of these
doubtful districts; the republicans 66.
This is the "problem confronting the
congressional com ml Uses of the two
The doubtful districts now are: -;
Alabama, Fourth district... . .. 1
California. First and Fourth districts 2
Colorado, Congressman at lurg. ... 1
Connecticut, Second district....... 1
Delaware, Congressman at large. . . 1
Illinois. Sixth, Ninth, Twenty-third
and Fourth districts 4
Indiana, First, Second, Fourth,
Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, Elev
enth. Twelfth and Thirteenth
districts... 10
Iowa, First, Second, Sixth, Seventh,
Eighth and Ninth districts 6
Kansas, First,' Third and Sixth dis
tricts 3
Kentucky, Ninth and Tenth districts 2
Maryland, Third and Sixth districts 2
Michigan, First and Sixth district 2
Massachusetts, Third, Fourth, Sev
enth, Eighth, Tenth, Eleventh
Fourteenth districts 7
Minnesota, Second, Eighth and
Ninth districts 2
Missouri, Thirteenth, Fourteenth,
Fifteenth and Sixteenth districts. 4
Ntrtska, Fourth and Fifth districts I
Nevada, Congressman at large.... 1
New Hampshire, First district. .... X
New Jersey, Fifth, Seventh and
Eighth districts. 2
New Tork, Third, Fourth, Fifth.
Sixth, Nineteenth, Twentieth and
Thirty-third districts... t I
North Carolina, Ninth and Tenth
districts t
Ohio, Fourteenth district... 1
Oklahoma. Third district 1
Pennsylvania, Tenth, Twelfth, Four
teenth, Fifteen, Seventeenth,
Twentieth, Twenty-Hrst, Twenty
third, Twenty-nfth, Twenty-sixth,
Twenty-eighth and Thirtieth dls-
tleth districts... 12
Rhode Island (not yet nominated),
First and Second districts I
Tennessee, Third, Eighth and Ninth
districts
Virginia, First district 1
West Virginia. First, Second, Third
and Fourth districts 4
Wisconsin, Fourth and fifth dis
tricts..,. ... t
Cliango in New yorit.
Perhaps the most significant
changes which have been mads since
lost week are In New York. It will
be recalled that last week the fore
cast made thirteen republican districts
In New York doubtful, giving the
democrats and republicans each
twelve districts reasonably sure. The
forecast this week gives II districts
reasonably sure to the democrats, 14
districts reasonably sure to the repub
licans, while seven districts which are
republican now are classified as
doubtful. .
These changes hsvs been due large
ly to conditions prevailing In New
.York strongly resembling the cam
paign of 1282, when Orover Cleve
land, democrat, defeated Charles K.
Folger, republican, by nearly 200,000
plurality. At the same tlms the dem
ocrats elected 20 mem Mere of the
house and the republicans but II.
The change that have beea made
are taking tha Thirteenth. Fifteenth
and Nineteenth districts In Manhattan
out of the doubtful column, giving the
Thirteenth district, now represented
by Herbert Parsons, to the demociew;
ths Fifteenth, represented by J. V. V.
Olcott to the democrats, and ths
Nineteenth, represented by W. S. Ben
net, to ths republicans. The Twenty
first district (Hamilton Fish) la con
ceded to the democrats, while the
Twentieth (Thomas W. Ilradley) Is
d'lulttful.
ni of the KU'im.
REDUCED
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Havana Is Isolated Many Dead
Are'Reported Observatory Re
ported Storm Was Only Be
ginning This Morning.
ALL COAST VESSELS WARNED
OF BAD WEATHER COMING
Wind Blowing at 80 Miles an
Hour at Key West The Gov
ernment Wireles Outfit There
Has Been Washed Away.
HAVANA, Oct 47. Ths cyclone
which struck the Island of
Cuba yesterday Is Increasing.
Its velocity Is appalling. Beyond
doubt it is far mors serious than the
hurricane of 1(06, which cost many
lives and damage amounting to many
millions. Ths customs warehouses
ars flooded; the. roof of the main
building la blown away. The National
observatory report the disturbance
only beginning, and that It probably
wilt last 24 hours.
Tha town of Batabno is said to be
nnder water many feet and a number
of lives have been lost there. A re
port from Regala, r :ross the harbor,
says many have been killed there. . It
In rumored many sailors and long
shoromen were drowned In the har
bor. All trnfflo here Is suspended. All
vessels In the harbor are double an
chored. . '
The returning gales and rain last
night again Interrupted telegraphic
communication which had been par
tially restored. Today there Is no
communication on overland lines be
tween Havana and other places on the
island.
Hurricane Hat Turned'.
Key West, Oct 17. A gale of 46
miles an hour, aocbmpanled by a fall
ing barometer and high tides this
morning. Indicated the West Indian
hurricane, loitering yesterday about
tha Oulf, has turned and la moving
bock northeasterly. High tides are
reported all along the eastern gulf
coast
At noon tha barometer . was still
falling. Tha wind had Increased to
80 miles an hour. Telephone lines are
out of commission. Ths rush of wa
ter carrltd away a grade train. The
government wireless . outfit haa been
earrled away.
. Warning to .Itlantlo Coast. "
Miami. Fla., Oct. IT. Weather bul
letins announce the approach of a
hurricane. . All vessels along the At
lantic coast are warned to prepare for
severe weather. There have been no
trains hern since Saturday over the
Florida East Count road, nil tu'lni;
h-M n ii went of Jupller by serlom
n i-h..iti, Tlit-re hae t.rcii rnntlmi-!
HOW THE INSURGENTS' STRENGTH IS DISTRIBUTED
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V. V S 17 -... OF INBURGENTS X. 1
N, " SHOWS THAT STATE COlTVEMTIcttl T I
) S t VS shows that iNSURoerncSrriSauQnaJT. (
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AIRSHIP
LOSES TOUCH WITH THE WIRELESS
FIRST GAME OF WORLD SERIES
WITNESSED BY LARGE CROWD
Line of Rooters Began to Former at
Philadelphia Park by Sunset
Yesterday Afternoon.
0ISPERSED BY THE POLICE;
FORMED. AGAIN EARLY TODAY
Every Reserved Seat Sold a Week Ago
Almost Perfect Weather for
Opening ContesL
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 17. A line
of rooters began to form at
sundown last night at 8hlbe
park to await today's game, tha first
ofsthe series between tha Chicago Na
tional and tha Philadelphia Ameri
can for the world's championship.
They brought camp stools, lunches
and breakfasts. Tha line formed so
rapidly that the police broke It up.
in more determined "fan" went
across the street and waited In the
park there. Ths line formed again
early this morning.
When the teams met at I o'olock
this afternoon the largest crowd that
sver saw a game here was present
Every reserved seat waa sold a week
ago. There Is almost perfect weather,
little wind, atmosphere warmer
than could be expected at this time
of the year. Both teams were ready.
Each professed utmost confidence In
the result of both opening game and
series. Each declared they are about
the beat ever developed in their re
spective leagues.
The cubs are made up of practi
cally the same players that won two
world's championships from Detroit
and 107 and llOt. Each team goes
In minus one star. ' Ever of Chicago
broke a leg in Cincinnati, and will be
replaced by Zimmerman. Oldrlng,
centerfleld of Philadelphia, twisted fin
ankle last week.
Hatting Order.
The batting order will be Chicago:
Scheckair, left field; Sohwlf , right
Heidi Hoffman, center field; Chance,
first base; Zimmerman, socor.J base;
Htelnfcldt. third base; Tinker, short
stnn; Kline;, catcher; Overall, pitcher
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AMERICA, 400 MILES OUT,
SA YS THE WIFE
WAS AFFECTION ATE WOMAN
New Tork Herald Syndicate.
TOLEDO, O., Oct. 17. J. W. Gra
ham, a well known shoe dealer
who caused the arrest of Mrs.
Alice Goodwin, at Montford, Okla.,
on a charge of bigamy, accusing her
of having eight husbands, says:
"She was the kindest and most af
fectionate woman I ever knew. I be
came acquainted with her through a
"matrimonial agency and she came to
Toledo from Troy, Ohio, the latter
part of January. She brought her
ten years old daughter, . Olive, with
her and she suggested when she came
that if I did not think It was too
forward on her part ahe would keep
house for me for two weeks and If she
suited me we could marry.
"I was tired of living alone and
trying to keep house and she aeemed
so affectionate and was such a capa
ble housekeeper that we were married
at the end of the two weeks. I bought
her a dress for tit and a waist and
various other article In' addition to
the watch and furs when I married
her. She waa a loving, affectionate
companion and It wa a hug and a
SIX KILLED, 18 INJURED
IN TOWN ELECTION RIOT
Eighteen Others Injured In Guada-
loupe Town, V liene Voting
- Fraud Were Charged.
Point A Pltre, Guadeloupe, Oct 17.
Six person were killed and II oth
ers were wounded during the election
riot yekterday in Basse Terre. ' the
capital, In an attempt to prevent al
leged frauds In 'voting for municipal
officer. - . . " t .
There Is much excitement through
out the Island. ,
Clgav Factories Opened.
Tampa, Oct It. The cigar facto
ries, closed since the Inauguration of
the tobacco worker's strike July t5th.
were thrown open this morning.. Prob-
i ' I v n hundred iihii r''nrni'd. This
OF EIGHT MEN
kiss when I left in the morning and a
hug and a kiss when 1 returned In the
evening.
"I came home from work on the
evening of March 23, and found the
house dark. The door was locked and
when I finally opened It, I found the
room deserted. She had taken all
her clothes and stripped the dresser of
everything she could carry. I discov
ered some time after ahe went away,
that she had been corresponding with
the farmer In Afton while she was
living with me and that he had sent
her t4t.
"When I traced her there all ar
rangements had been made for their
marriage, but he sent her away when
he learned of her career. Later she
met Young and married him In Auro
ra. I have letter from these men,
and I have also the certificate of our
marriage as proof against her."
This was Graham' third matrimo
nial venture, his first wife having died
and his- second divorced. He does a
prosperous business and Is well
known. To Graham the woman gave
her name as Alice Eckle, and said sh
was a widow.
THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT
FACING FINANCIAL CRISIS
Three Member of the Cabinet Re-
bmjpi, on Account of Complica
tions Over Army Budget.
Constantinople, Oct 17. The Turk
ish government 1 facing a financial
crisis. Three members of the cabinet
resigned today because of complica
tion over the army budget the min
ister of war, finance and Interior.
THE WEATHER,
For Ashevllle and vicinity: Fair
tonight Tuesday Increasing cloudiness.
For North Carolina: Fair' tonight
Tuesday Increasing cloudiness with
probably showers in east portion.
Mrs, Iluwe Dead,
Mlddletown, Ithode Island, Oct 17.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe died at her
hiirnn here today.
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Reassuring Message Came
from the Daring Adventurers
Shortly After Noon
Yesterday.
WERE IN A THICK FOG
WHEN LAST HEARD OF
Had Shut Down Motor, to Save
Juice for Wireless Their
Engine Was Making
Good.
BOSTON, Oct 17. Walter Well
man'a airship America was
not heard from, so far
as known, up to S o'clock this
morning, since a reassuring mes
sage shortly after noon yesterday.
Following tha trans-Atlantlo steamer
lane the great dirigible passed the
night and morning hour about 100
miles from the New England shore.
It wa expected the wireless ,t Sable
Island, Nova Scotia, would be able to
communicate with the America before
noon. Shortly after noon yesterday
she passed out of touch with the Mar
coni wireless station at Slasoonsett
t xeMeraaya isut Message.
'The outlook Is not so favorable,
but we are keeping up' the fight" was
one of the messages that Walter Well
man sent from the dirigible balloon
America and picked up by wireless
yesterday. Ths message was sent
while the America's operator wa In
communication with the Slasconset
station. It followed another message,
which as picked up, read:
"Have shut down motor and am
heading east-northeast making II
knots an hour with engine. Saving
Juice for wireless, dymanoa not work
ltig. Thick fog. No . observations
available."
ROCKEFELLER GIVER $3.1120,000
MOKE TO MEDICAL INSTITUTE
This Brines the Total of the Dona
tion of tlie Oil King Vp to
Nine Million Dollar.
New York. Oct. 17. Tt Is an
nounced that John D. Ttockefeller
will Rive to the Tinrker.-llcr
f..r !!' I
WHILE ATSEA
Greater Part of President Taft's
Message Will Be Shaped
up During Trip to
Panama.
POSITION HE WILL TAKE
ON CONSERVATION QUESTION
It Is Said That He Will Squarely Op
pose the Views of Col. Roose
velt, Garfield and
PinchoL
REVERLT. Oct. 17 Borne govern
ment atennrranher whn la nxjuif
against sea sickness can hava
a trip to Panama and back under such
favorable circumstances as accom
pany constant association with ths
president of the United States. To,,
qualify for the Job he must be as
good a sailor a President Taft Dur-
Ing the four or five days' journey to
the Isthmus and again upon the way'
home on board the cruiser North Car-.
ollna the president expects to put the
greatest part of his message to con
gress on paper. He expects that Mr.
Norton, secretary to the president,
Will be RhlA tn flnri m (liiiirne'
stenographer among the White House .
Staff. :.-,!,.
Into the message there will go a
recommendation which seems likely :
to place congress between two fires.
Visitors who havs talked with the
president recently have found him In
favor of legislation which will em
power the states to lease and develop
their water powers. In the proposed'
law . there will be conditions under
which the power sites would revert to
the government unless every require
ment is strictly carried out. In mak
ing such a recommendation, the pres
ident will be squarely at odds with
Mr. Roosevelt James R. Garfield and.
Gilford Pinchot ,
Reaches Final Decision.
Enough baa been said for each nro-
posal for the development of water '
power sites to make the way of legis
lation- providing for their' custody a
lively course In congress.. It was a
matter of ths sharpest contention In
the conservation congress at St Paul.
and threatened to disrupt the meet
ing, in his speech in St Paul the
president did not recommend liny
specific way for their development
Mr. Taft it now appears, haa reach- .
ed a conclusion In the matter and has
the courage to oppose some eminent
conservationists. President Taft's mes
sage will recognise conservation M
one of the biggest problems of the
government It will recommend legls-'
nnon ror a leasing system ror coal,
oil, phosphate and mineral lands and
making It possible to issue license to
prospectors for oil on government .
owned lands. .
Although the congress session 1 to
be a short one, crowded with appro
priation bills, the president will also
recommend the enactment of a law
limiting the powr to Issue Injunc
tions. This also promise to be a
troublesome question.
He lave Beverly.
President Taft' summer vacation
officially ended yesterday. Today he
started back to Washington by way of
New York. Three thousand children
of the Beverly schools lined up on
either side of Lothrop street as ths
president's 'automobile started for
Boston at 11 o'clock, and waved him
a "good bye" with little United States,
flags.
Mrs. Taft, her sister, Mrs. Thomas
K. Laughlln, jr., of Pittsburg, and
UIm U.I.h .t11 .....
mimm .ivivii mil vtuf UTBr in
New York for a week or more of shop
ping. President Taft will be back . In
Washington Thursday morning to re
main until November 7, when he goee
to Cincinnati to vote on the eighth.
He will sail for Panama November 10,
from Charleston.
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Democrats Aittmblo Is Convention t
Suffolk, With Prospect of Lena j
Deadlock Ahead. .
Suffolk, Va., Oct 17. Jfh demo
crats of th second Virginia dlemrt
are In convention here today to n ru
inate a candidate for conarexs. 7e
convention waa called by Uie v-M
contral committee whli h d
vold, on account of fraul. Un i
of August 13. In wfi- u ''
Harry L. Ms vnnrd f I .
William A. Yi'"' - it:
on) v h-.