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?f1 (1 TZ2 jl::ociatzd PRIZS DISPATCHZ1 LAST EDITION ; 4:00 P. 21 Weather forecast: UNSETTLED; SHOWERS. VOL. XVI. ' NO. 207. ASHEVILLE, N. 0., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 7, 1911. 3oPER COPY 2,000 HOMELESS, TOWN WRECKED STATE OF SIEGE MAIflE MYSTERY Brain Storm" Defense 78 GARS ENTER Is Wife Slayer's Plan A WW 1 Black Falls, Driven by Flood to , Hills, Are Without Food. WIDE COUNTRY SWEPT . . BY RISING WATERS No Loss of Life Is Rejorted Communication with Outer '.' World Almost Shut off. . Black River Falls. Wis., Oct. 7. This town of 2000 Inhabi tants has been almost Blotted from the map, by the flood of the Black river. Only a few of the (1 business blocks escaped the raging water's fury. There was no loss of life. at t K at . at ;SttltSt(SCIl(BtSlBlB(SH LaCrosse, Wis., Oct.. 7. Two thou sand Inhabitants of Black River Falls are without food or shelter after spending the night on the hills watch Ins; the waters from the flood 'of Black River overrun the town. The town continues cut 'ofT from the world. - The muvnr trtrifiV sent nut nit 'h- peal for assistance, saying the people need food and tents In which to live until their homes can be rebuilt. I. Tlift flnul I i 1 A. niontr V 1 1 i c Falls is desperate. - Half of the business section was totally wiped out and water has flood ed the entire town, , : Whethe rlives have been lost Is not yei certain. . ine people nave neen scattered and canvasses are being made to determine how many, if any, are missing. ' The buildings were not 1 merely flooded " but destroyed. T The water, flowing In tremendous volume, under mined one big building after another an'd'a,,eajluc,ultaiD8ed, the' debris for the most part was carried away. , No precaution could be. taken to stop the wrecking of the town. The people although they knew of tho overflowing of the dam, showed lltttle fear of its effect until the waters burst upon them. River Rises Suddenly. ( ' The disaster was caused , by the sudden rise-of the Black river behind the two dams of the river power com pany following rains which lasted al most a week'. The dams withstood the pressure but In each case the river wnaheit around the. aides taklntr out a big section of the river bank and coming down upon the country below In almost as great a, volume as though the dams had been swept away. The Ave million dollar property of the water company Is believed to bo not greatly damaged and It is sad that man dam, which Is a concrete structure a hundred-feet thick at the base and fifty feet at the top, would probably stand the pressure which might be directed against It Nurrotindtng Country Flooded. Besides the damage at Black River Falls a great tract of surrounding country was overrun. Effort was made to send warnings to farmers but telephone wires soon went down and the fate of many settlers who knew nothing -of the flood until It struck their Immediate locality Is the cause for some apprehension. TO QUEER HEAD-GEAR John A. Chaloner Describes v His "X-Faculty" in Hear ing to Test Sanity. . Charlottesville, Vs., bet 7.- A mysteri", equipment worn on his heaii whiPh he called "X-fnculty" nd to which he credited wonderful performances, Including stmlght stock market tips, was described yes terday by John Armstrong Chaloner, when he resumed his deposition be fore United States Commissioner Booth In the suit for control of his New York estate and the right t" freedom as a sane man in New York. - This psychological power, Chaloner explained, was due to "animal mag netism'" he described Tuesday and could only be used when he observed a strictly vegetarian diet' As an ex ample of the working of his "X-Fac- ulty," Chaloner told of carrying on a dialogue with the "power" a few nights before Christmas In 18. To test tho sccuracy of a tip given by the "power" he said he caught a train fr v.w York, invested l00 on the tnrk market and doubled his money lie left the money up for further sain, he said, and the late Stanford V.'hlts drew it out sfter he (Chalon er) had been committed to Blomlng- iIhI esvlum. Chaloner took pains to explain that ha did not believe In spiritualism,, and tliiii thm power was a part of bin own .,., t it ... ii. in, ii nl. muter the ilmnl- t,ii.,ii i.f I f own will and re-i..n. .. , ..1 r,-i.., I V- lit Inhabitants of I , RSI1LIC CnREEyHEGKED So It Is Said, in Arrest of H. F. Roberts by Detective Ben Barnes. Special to The Gazette-News. Marshall, Oct. 7. Last night Detec tive H. B, Burnes, manager of tho Barnes Detective agency, having .offl- oes In the principal towns of North and South Carolina, effected the arrest here of a man said to be a notorious swindler, H. V. Roberts, who is want ed on charges of Insurance swindling In Asheville, on charges of forgery and false pretence in many cities along the Puclllc slope, and In Fort Scott, Kan. He is also wanted in eastern part of North Carolina on the charge of stealing a horse and buggy. It Is alleged that Roberts was caught with the horse and buggy, but subse quently escaped from the officers. He was re-arrested and escaped again. In Asheville he plied his trade of swindling successfully. It is said, se curing signatures of persons to worth less drafts on which he obtained sums of money. He Uttca West. Not content with operating In such a small Held as Asheville and vicinity he struck out for the broader and more lucrative one of the west. There are warrants for him charging him with forgery in tho Seattle and Spo kane, and other polntB on the Paclltc slope where he obtained many hun dreds of dollars. From these points he made for the Interior of the coun try, landing In Fort Seott. . Hore, It Is said, he devised the scheme of trading at the large mercantile establishment of J. B. White, end getting the firm to cash cheks for him on a letter of recommendation which he claimed he held from Mr. White's brother, a well known and prominent citizen, residing at Marshall,' and president f the Citi zens Bank of this place. This last venture, however, proved Roberts' un doing. Mr. White In Fort Scbtt com. municated with his brother in Mar shall. ' ; ' ' Barnes on tltn Joli J. II. White of Marshall, knowing Mr. Karnes' Instinct for capturing crooks, put him at work on the case anil soon landed his 1 man, Burn discovered that Roberts was visiting his relatives at Jupiter and last night decided on his plan of notion. He took two trusty men with him, and after dark struck out for the home of Roberts' relatives. About five miles above Marshall Barnes passed 'two men whom e could not see distinctly for the darknvss, driving In the direc tion of Marshall. ' Being suspicious by profession he sent his two assistants back to Marshall to see that no one answering the description of Roberts departed on train No. 36. which would soon be due to arrive at Marshall for the west. - He was not personally ac quainted with Roberts and had to go by a description which he procured. His suspicion proved well founded and shortly before the arrival of the train for the west his assistants recog nized their man, from description, and the arrest was effected. Detective Barnes is much to be con gratulated upon his excellent manage ment of the arrest of this man, who for the past three or four months, has baffled and eluded a famous de tective force, who have unsuccessfully endeavored to effect the arrest of Rob erts. Mr. Barnes. It will be recalled, made an enviable record as chief deputy sheriff of Madison county, deputy United States marshal, deputy United States collector or internal rev enue and special agent of the depart ment of justice, which last position he resigned to accept the management of the Barnes Detective egency. He started out a poor, uneducated, moun tain boy and rose to the top of his profession as a detective. For the past 17 years he has led a most active- life as detective ana nas numerous thrilling and Interesting experiences. Roberts Is a handsome, well dressed fellow of very neat appearance, and, from reports, of -n very persuasive and convincing nature. This Is borne out from the dumber alleged to have boen swindled. 52D.0B0 EMBEZZLEMENT IS CHARGED TO New Orleans. Oct . Henry A. Wulff. assistant esshler of the Oer mnnla Commercial Savings Bank and Trust company, was todsy arrestea, charged with embezzling 820,000 irom the Institution. WulfTs bonds will cover the short. age, TAFT'S TRAIN HALTED Alr.Hose on Cars Preceding Him Cut, suh)ii Thirty Minutes Ittlsy. Baker City, Ore., Oct - 7 Taft's train as delayed 10 minutes jester day by s stalled mall tr.,n. Air hose on the mall trsln was cut bv unidentified persons. The cutting c' the h"e whs a rerurrme of i Hlmilnr event Thiiradny flluht. Tinll ri.inl m. have lilm eil a SImtIi.I T ii ! H In pr ' ' III r ' j ' i ' ! i if I Italian Marines Land at Tri poli, Instructed to Preserve Order and Protect the Consulates. : WARSHIPS REMOVING THE TURKISH MINES Protest Against Italy's Course Sent from Constantinople to Parliaments and Peace Societies. Rome, Oct. 7. Advices from Tripoli stato that the Italian governor. Rear Admlrul Borea D'Olmo, has Issued a proclamation declaring the town In a state of siege. Captain Cagni, com manding the Italian force- landed and addressed the sailors, int, ructing them in the duties of maintaining or der and protecting the consulates from possible attack. Smaller Italian warships are engag ed in searching for and removing mines laid by the Turks In Tripolitan harbors. Nearly the entire body of TrlpoMtnn police has offered to enter the, Italian service. It is reported that vice-admiral the Duke of the Abruzzl, considering that the acute stage of the war has passed, has submitted to the king a plan to organize a scientific expedition into the Interior of Tripoli. Turks Frame Protect. .Constantinople, Oct. 7. At a meet ing In the mosque of St. Sophia a tele gram of protest against Italy's declar ation of. war on Turkey was formu lated and sent to all the parliaments of the world, peace and .arbithra- The telegram says the occupation of Tripoli Is unjustified and that Italy is unworthy of a. place among the great powers. It asks whether west ern civilisation lias . considered, the effect upon the eastern mind of Italy's brimn'dvg i' The meeting also sent the following message to King George, of England: "How can a power like England, ruling between eighty and ninety mil lions of Moslems, regard with torn- ilalsant silence the declaration of war against the Ottoman nation and the blockade of Tripoli? Is such policy In harmony with the present and. future Interests of England?" ATTENDANCE AT GAMES WILL BREAK RECORD Such Is Indication from the Great Rush for Seats in Championship Series. New York, Oct. 7. Within 24 hours after the announcement of the sched ule of games for 1811 for the world's championship, applications for seats came In In such numbers that the offices of the New York Baseball club were literally flooded with check-laden missives. 'The demand was so overwhelming that extra clerks were engaged to attack the mountain of malls. The applications were too numerous to count, but they rsn up Into many thousands. In addition, hundreds of local fans, believing they could thus get In on the ground floor, went to the offices only to find that no tickets would be Issued until the' advance sale begins Thursday. The clerks handled the letters In packages of a hundred, stamped according to the time of re ceipt, to be sure that the early appli cants are' taken care of first At the Folo grounds here where the first game will be called a week from today, preparations are nearly com plete to take care of a crowd of about 60,000 persons. Fi OFF Wsahlngton, Oct. 7. Accusations that counsel for the government had made "studied, delbkerate, inexcus able," misreprsentatlon of Important portions of the record In the socalled "hard coal case" were made In a brief filed in the United States Supreme court today by counsel for the Cen tral Railroad company of New Jer sey and the Lehigh sV Wllkesbarrs Coal company. May Arbitrate Differences. ' Augusts. Oa., Oct. 7. -Following the granting of a restraining order by Judge Shepard In the Georgia Flor Ida railway case conferences were held at Iffuglas between citizens, of neisls of the mad and reprenentHtlves of the strikers. What Is the form of arbitration Is not known bore except thiit the president of ths road hns ivlred (l. tiiTiil Muniit'T Turner In a Id 11 i tili riillun umliT t ( 1 t- ' - Whether Detonation Outside , the Vessel 1 Exploded the Ship's Magazine Left Forever in Doubt. CONSTRUCTOR CAPPS ' IS READY TO REPORT It Is Not Known Whether He Has Accepted the Army j Engineer's Findings. Washington, Oct, 7, -Chief Naval Constructor- Capps, ' who has been making a personal inspection of the wreck of the- Maine In Havana har bor, has returned here prepared to re port to the fefecretary of the navy. The report deals with the present condition of the wreck, and plans of army engineers for further work and conclusions to- be drawn from facts developed about the original cause of the ship's destruetion. Engineers expressed absolute satin faction that the Maine was torn to pieces by an explosion of her maga zine and that the destruction wrought by the magazine explosion was so great as to completely obliterate evi dence of any outside explosion, if there was one, thus making that point forever in doubt 4 ' It cannot be learned whether the chief constructor has accepted or re jected the army engineer's contention. Gain of More : Than 100 in - ! Membership -Jce -July-Officers Are Elected. Special to The Gazeete-News. Brevard, Oct. 7. The district con vention of Independent Order Odd Fellows, ' nlneteeth district, which, be gan hers Thursday, adjourned yester day afternoon, after selecting officers for the next year, as-'follows: Presi dent, J. W. McCoy of Black Moun tain; viae president H. C. Clark of Asheville; secretary and treasurer, F. A. Walton of Asheville. The next semi-annual convention of this dis trict will be held at Blltmore the first week In next April. ; . Last night's session of the conven tion was public, following a parade, led by the Brevard Brass band. The county court room was filled to Its ca pacity. " There was fine music by a quartet from Blue Ridge and Conestle lodges. R. L. Gash of Brevard and Ouy Woaver of Asheville, district su pervisor, made excellent addresses. The convention was one of the best In the history of the order in the dis trict Reports show a net gain In membership of more than 100 since July 1. The district Is composed of the counties of Buncombe, Madison, Polk, Henderson and Transylvania counties, with a membership of over 1600. , This is more than a tenth of the membership of the entire state. E BY Havana Cigar Maker Says the Anarchist Told Him, That Is to Say. . Havana, Oct 7. -El Mundo pub lishes a sensational statement regard ing the dynamiting of the Los Angeles Time building. t The paper says It was told the story by Angel Carbelln, a Cuban cigar maker, who formerly worked at Tam pa. According to Carbello, the bomb used at bos Angeles was msde by an anarchist for the purpose of blowing up the citizens committee during the last cigar makers' strike at Tampa. This plan was abandoned and the an archist disappeared. ' lie returned later to Tampa and In formed Carbello that the bomb de stroyed the Times building. The bomb maker left town. Carbello says his object In making th statement Is to free Innocent men. ' DEMAND A CHANGE TI10 Ocniian-Amerkans Are Tlsroat nutig to Tarn Against Pm Idem Tefu Washington, Oct 7. That the German-American votes of the United Stales will be turned against Taft un- Iiins he makes changes at the port of New York and removes Immigration Commissioner Williams, was the de elsrntixn made todiiy before the Na- liiitinl (li i-man-Aiiii ' ! e, ulUitnra by Hi 1.1 - u . mini, pi "'ml of the tier r- 1 r S . f i '. 11. V 1 - . 1 S? : 'iT' ' - ' -""""y"- - 'rr-,"-"rifrii--rj .iuw ijiTwwii- ' r ... .. i i . -s y Ipiim lliil M : Ifillii; ' i..iioS " t)R.. H. E. WEBSTER. KENT .-. . . UFB.VTE0 Oregon, Ills., Oct. 7. Hoping only to escape the gallows, Harry E. Web ster, the Chicago physician, who confessed he killed his third wife, Bessie Kent Webster, whom he married one week after he took his second bride, will plead not guilty Monday when he is brought before Judge Heard on a charge of murder. On Sunday Webster declared he had killed his wife with a knife. Tues day he repudiated his confession. ' To-day he repudiated the repudiation. It Is declared by the prosecution that this vacillation is part of a studied plan to convince the jury that he is not of sound mind. Attorneys for the de fence announced the defence would be emotional insanity. TftFT ENDS FIRST HALF OFJUiEI Has Stood the Trip Better "rT Thah Youiiger'Meh of Party. ' Wallawalla, Oct. 7. Coming into Washington today. President Taft fln lshed the first half of his tour. Since leaving Beverly, Sept 15, the president has traveled 6,456 1 miles. traversed 15 states, made over 100 speeches. Two thousand railroad men have been concerned In hand ling his train. 80 far the president has stood the trip remarkably well, and it seems that he has withstood the Inconvenience of three weeks In sleeping cars better than younger men of the party. The program here included the usual Inspection of the town by au tomobile and an address. From Wallawalla President Taft goes to Lewlston and Moscow, Idaho, and Spokane, Wash. He leaves Spo kane tonight for Tacoma and Seattle. From Tacoma, tomorrow, the presl dent will be taken by automobile up the slopes of Mount Ranler. In Seat tle Monday the president will be for mer Secretary Ballinger's guest . TO PUT PARCELS POST EOP TO Hitchcock Also Includes Item for Aerial Mail Transporta tion in Postal Estimates. Washington. Oct. 7. With the es tablishment of .the parcel post system and the transportation of mall by aeroplane. Postmaster General Hitch cok yesterday completed his estimates for the coming year. According to Mr. Hitchcock's estimates the appro priations necessary to meet the ex penses of the postal service at large during the coming fiscal year will be IJ60.t38.46S. an Increase of 12.685 740 over the appropriations for the current fiscal year. Ths most Important of the new Items In the estimates are those pro. vldlng for a parcels post They In clude $50,000 to cover the preliminary expenses on rural mail routes and an equal appropriation to start tne ser vice In the cities. An addition item of 150,000 Is Included to cover an Investigation having for Its object the final establishment of a general par cels post on all railway and steamboat transportation routes. Thus Mr. Hitchcock will submit the parcels post question squarely to congress for the postal committees of ( ths house and senate will have to pass directly on each Item. He Is confident that leg islation authorizing a parcels post In some form will be secured at the com ing session of congress. Another Item Included for the first tlma In the 150,000 to cover experi ments In the transportation mall by aeroplane, " 1230,000 tire at Richmond. Richmond, Oct. 7. Fire today gut ted a four-story building, U14 Illeh mond branrh of the International Harvester company. The eMlinaleil Ions Is l2T.fl.nni). Tli nrlglu uf lliu lire is niil.noAu. 1 aRChi! !T II mill ENTERS PORTUGAL , ' - vs.- f Republican Soldiers Skirmish with the Invading Troops' Few Casualties. Lisbon, Oct. 7. A band of royalists has been defeated in a fight with re publican troops near Braganca In Tras-os-Mojites, the northeaStermost province of Portugal. It Is rumored that a royalist column four miles west of Braganca Is surrounded by repub llcans. . A column of 700 monarchists com manded by Senator Camaoho Cana- varro, principal lieutenant of the roy allst leader. Captain Couclere entered Portugal Thursday morning from Za mora, Spain and occupied Franca, Carregosa, Espiraozello and Parlmo, all near Braganca. Two thousand royalists gathered from various places also have Joined the column which Is now at Vlnhas. Several fights In addltiont to that near Braganca have taken place, but according to official reports, there are few casualties. The monarchists are awaiting another column which Is ex pected to enter Portugal by way of Vein. The government has 8,000 troops near the Spanish frontier wnicn is considered an ample number to cope with the situation. In addition, how ever. It has dispatched regiments from Avelro and Oporto and a machine gun company from Lisbon while warship Is on Its way to Oporto pre pared to land troops should It be nec essary. VESSELS ABANDONED IN A TERRIFIC SALE St Pierre , Oct 7. Unable to weather a terrific gale raging oft this port schooneia Xencphen and Adven ture were abandoned. The vessels were heavily laden. The crews were brought here. AVERSE TO BIDDING , ON NAVAL CONTRACTS Development of Merchant Marine May i Advance the Cost of ( WarslHps. f Washington, Ort 7. Ths price of future warships of the American navy, it Is said, may be seriously affected by measures taken by the pos toffies de partment to stimulate development of the American merchant marine giving preferential contracts for car' rylng mails through ths Panama canal to vessels of American construction. At least one of the principal Atlantic shipbuilding concerns. It is said, has assumed contracts for the construe tlon of so much tonnage for the New York-Panama-Ran Francisco steam ship lines, that it la Indisposed to bid upon naval contracts. t'nion Veteran Is Dead. . Seattle, Oct 7. Major Thomas C. Bailey, U. 8. A., retired, died today at his home, aged 75. He served with Grant's army before Richmond, Was captured by the Con federates In Hie Imllle of Hie Wilder- n1 and ppi'iit u' pi.ihihs i t p tn'ni I in. HDIHV II Long Journey Through Nine States Begins Next Satur day, with Entrants from All Sections. TO FOLLOW THE PATH OF NATIONAL HIGHWAY Stretch of Road Considered One of the Country's Finest Handsome Trophies Offered. New York, Oct . 7. Seventy-eight cars of many makes and patterrns. assembled from almost every state along the Atlantic seaboard and as far west as Indiana, will point their noses south next Saturday, and stream out New York City In a winding file for Jacksonville, 1,454 miles away. In . the Gtidden tour of 1911. October 12 days later. Is the day set for tho finish. During the trip the mo tors will take the dust of nine states, top the Blue Ridge and follow close 1 to the trail of the storm center during the days of the civil war. : The National highway, whose path they will keep to the land of flowers. winds through New Jersey, cute an arc in southeastern Pennsylvania to Gettysburg and runs in a broad line through Maryland tc the Shenandoah valley of Virginia.' Through the broad, rich valley It leads past sand stone and marble monuments telling of the days of Stonewall Jackson and Sheridan. In the rolling country, the trail skirts the scenes of a score of battles, to the broad acres of North Carolina tobacco , plantations. South Carolina, and the cotton, fields, of Oeogia. The tourists will ' cross the . Empire state of the south from north , to south, chugging through Atlanta on their way. .Forty miles, or there- bouts, across the Florid line, tne ourney will end at Jacksonville. Probably no long stretch; pi road In , America, say the officials, can offer,, greater diversity of scenery -and ell- . mate and better roadway In tta en tirety. ; ! P. J. Walker of San Francisco. president of the California State Automobile association, Who has been . selected referee: 8. M. Butler, chair man of the contest board of the Am erican Automobile association, ana other officials m charge of the tour will give entrants their final word of Instruction on the night before the start Mr. Walker, an ardent advo cate for good roads, will be accom panied on the tour by Mrs. Walker. A. H. Whiting of this city In a 11 Cunningham will be ths pacemaker. Anderson Offers Prize. In edition to the massive trophy for which the contestants will strive, the chamber of commerce and citizens of Anderson, S. C have donated a handsome sliver punch bowl to be awarded to the Individual owner whose car ends the tour with the least number of penalttea The Olid- den trophy goee to the team of three cars finishing with the best team score, but any owner of an automo bile had an oportunlty to enter his car in the contest for the Anderson cup. Thirty-nine Inches long and fifteen inches high, the Anderson cup or punch powl Is chased and engraved In patterns emblematic ' of the South. - The foot Is round and the body oval, two modelled figures of victory holding It aloft at each end. Cotton blossoms and palmetto leaves wind In a sliver wreain aDout, me stand upright beneath the figures, at the bottom and between them at the top. The great seal of the State of South Carolina Is stamped In the met al beside an engraving of the Ander son county court house on one side. while upon the reverse Is engraved: Perpetual Automobile Touring Trophy, presented to the American Automobile asoctastlon by the citizens of Anderson, S. C. 1111." Beneath the Inscription there appears the of ficial emblem of the A- A. A. Six or more non-contesting care will take the road with the' contestants. Three of these represent three-wheel ed vehicles. . There will be two of ficial cars and a class car with the baggage and supplies of the tourists will be carried by motor trucks.. . STRIKING Fill EIDBTCmT Former Georgia & Florida Em ployes Are Restrained from , Interfering with Court. Pensacola, Fla., Oct. 7. A tem porary Injunction, restraining strlkii firemen and englnemen of the Oeoi 1 and Florida railroad from Interfn. 1 with the road's affairs, was here yesterday afternoon by William B. Bhepsrd of the States circuit court. 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