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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAST EDITION , 4:00 P. M. Weather Forecast.- CLEARING; COOLER. DISPATCHES ASHEVILLE, N. 0., TUESDAY TERNOON, APRIL 2, 1912. 3c PER COPY 2000 HOMELESS; LEVEE GOES OUT 35 ARE SLAIN BY NEGRO CULT to . .., .... vol. xvn. NO. . " j ,i , . , ,.. Wv-a.! lift it Current Eight Feet Deep from the Swillen Mississippi Is Sweeping Through Hickman. . SCANT FOOD SUPPLY IS CAUSING CONCERN Provisions on Hand Insufficient , for Needs Tents Shelter , , Victims Property Loss : : Estimated at $250,000. Hickman, Ky., April 2. Two thous and people are- homeless,' toVlay be cause of flood water of the Mississippi river, which broke through the West Hickman leveo and poured . a muddy current eight feet deep. through the business streets and factory and rest- dence districts, Tho homeless people were temporarily slieilored by resi dents in the highlands last night. Tents were shipped them today by the'state milltlu. The scant food sup ply is causing great concern. . Provls- .. Ions on hand are sufficient to last ref ugees through the week, and steps are being taken to organize a commissary. The west end of the levee went out ubuut 9:30 o'clock last night at the point where it was supposedly strong est. Most of the Inhabitants were in bed when the. crash came. There was much distress among women and children before they reached places of safety. The property loss Is estl mated at $250,000. Stores were flood ed and factories sustained great dam age; ' For four days and nights all the men In town have been working to protect the leveo tut the continuously heavy downpour of ruin augmented the rising -river and undid their work . ln''a 'instant.'' ' ; . A, ' -A. NmihviITtPrl'atttMMiga &- ..St. Louis passenger train running from Nashville to Hli'kman. had a narrow escape from being wrecked by a wash out five miles from here early yester- day. The engineer was feeling his way along In the blinding rain and saw the danger Jimt In time to stop at the edge of the washout. About 20 passengers on the train are marooned there. Bayou Levee at Memphis Break. Memphis, April 2. Water from the : break of a small levee along Bayou Gayoeo which protects the city's low lands continues to cause discomfort to residents of that section. On some v streets water runs six 'feet deep. The flood situation was aggravated by heavy rains today. Up to this fore noon there had been no break In the Mississippi river levee. President Acts to Prevent Flood Dam age. Warhington, April 2. The- presl dent took quick action today' to bend the energies of the government toward stopping threatening floods In the Mis souri and Mississippi Valleys. Follow ing conferences with Secretary of War Stlmson and General William H. Blx by, chief of engineers, and senators and congressmen from the states bor- derlna these two great streams, he aent a message to congress urging an immediate appropriation of DOO,000 to be used In strengthening levees Hnd trying to prevent further flood dam age. STATE' B.M EXAI1EB Charles V. Brown, Appointed Last September, Will Take Lumberton Position. I ' Gaiette-News Bureuu,. The Hotel Kalelgh, ' Raleigh, N. C, April 2. Charles V. Brown of Ilocky ' Mount today resigned hit position as state bunk examiner to accept a position as canhicr of the bank of Lumberton i . . ... .... . i an-, i-irown was elected by the cor- portttlon cnmmlHslon last September, ( we) his clue is considered reliable, being prnmylcd from assistant and he u (H uellevel from Gray's Information hurf made a. good examiner. Samuel nllt (he two men are moving back and A. Hubbard of Reldsville Is the assis- 'forth between two bases of food sup tunt examiner, v plies, about 10 miles apart Adjutant General Lelnstcr today ( 4 nw Teport brought by Gray was received the names of five regular corroborated by Alexander McCrw. army orncers.wno will oe ueiHiieu i"",wno lives nearoy anu utnimc.i no for the otneers' camp o instruction May 13-18. A hundred and fifty of ficers of the national guard lire expec ted to attend and. will occupy tents. TELLS ROEESEY YARN TO GAIN SYMPATHY Merchant I'onml Hound and tiagged on Railroad Track Wanted to Soften Creditors. New York, April CoiiiM-r. a l'rookly 2 Robert II. produce mer- cbinit h was foiind bound and KK- ged n a tat! r 1 truck l-i it nkht. he whs to Hie po 1 !-ol !.,!d t... Un FEDERAL CflHTROL OFEXPaESS RATES . , . . . . Bill Favorably Reported to In crease the Commerce Com- sion 's Authority. Washington, April 2. The house In terstate and forelgh commetce com mittee .today reported favorably a bill to amend the law giving the Interstate commerce commission authority over express companies. Provision would be made for rate zones, charges vary ing according to the ' distance the package is carried from point of ori gin. A close working arrangement would 'also be provided between ex press companies and the rural free delivery system of the postofflce de partment . .- S 1GMH PUT ON THE ALLEN'S TRAIL Fugitive Outlaws Were Last Seen in the Fancy Gap ' Section. Hlllsville, Va.. April 2. A second attempt to run down Sidna Alien and Wesley Edwards with bloodhounds be gan today, when the dogs were carried to a new trail in the Fancy Gap sec tion of the Blue Kidge near Floyd Allen's home. Positive Information that the outlaws were seen In that section yesterday- was brought to the detoctives by Seiplo.. Gray and Alcnan-. der jMcfSraW, residents of the rielgn-1 borhood. The two dogs being usd in the search are the prize trailers of the state farm pack. It Is regarded as certain that they will lead the detectives to the out laws' hiding place If given a chance. . According to the latest theory, the fugitives . have been moving slowly back and forth between two basis of supplies, one being the home of a relative, 'Hubbard Easter, near where they were seen yesterday and the other 10 miles away, through the mountains. Every available man was summoned to Join the posse In the mountains as it was believed Sldna Allen and Wes ley Edwards had been located at Vol unteer gap 13 miles away. Sergeant White and Corporal Hartigan of the state militia, whose chief duties here tofore have been to guard Hlllsville, left hurriedly to join In the search. Today's report confirms advices that the Allenc were moving eastward. It Is assumed all available men have been gathered from Mount Airy, N. C, and that the blood hounds are pre ceding the ' detectives and pointing out, the way. . . Information reached here About noon that the posse .had located two men' and closely surrounded them. The posse has not been able to ap proach closely enough to learn their identity. They may be escaped rrim tnals who have been prowling In the mountains, confusing the tracks of the Aliens. The detectives admit they have never before been so close to the fugitives as today, although a heavy fog may give the latter an op portrinity to escape. Two bloodhounds yesterday were set upon the trail of Sldna Allen and his nephew, Wesley Edwards, the two re- maining fugitives of the Allen clan. Though given what the detective con sidered was the best trail they had found thus far, a heavy rain Is thought to have washed away the scent and at nightfall the posse1 had met with no success. .The trail given to the dogs began at Natural cave, where on Sat urday rations and blankets were aban doned by the outlaws In a sudden Might, caused by the close approach of the posse. The detectives have secured infor mation which will set the dogs upon a new track. i Sclpio Gray, who lives In the Fancy Gap section, reported that the two outlaws had appeared near nis nom snndav. Grav knows the Aliens very saw the fleeing men. uom (jury auu I McCmw wero aj?roed that the outlaws were hnnVd toward the I'nma of Hub- hard Eaiter Is a close relative of th a half from Floyd Allen's house. . Hub. hard F.a.'ter is a colae relative of the Aliens and he, as well as all other memWn of the Easter family, have hpen under close surveillance by the deterllves to find If they were furnish ing food to the outlaws. urn m iih Fivtcdlxli Parliament to Woim-ii. Stockholm. April 2. The Swedish government Introduced a mil I in o piir lluiueiit be! iy extending to women the I. ! m.. nliu y franchise ad the rtcht i-.r eld-lion to j 'fvemcnt (in 1 t ; ' " ! M-'IH it III' O. New Tork Herald and The Gazette-News, MARYLAND IVS S20.00Q TD DEVELOP THE SOUTH Legislative Appropriation Is Made for Recently Organiz- ed Investigation Association Annapolis, Md., April 2. A bill ap propriating $20,000 for the work of the southern settlement development organization passed the legislature last night. The' organization, whose purpose is to induce desirable immi gration to the south, will be maintain ed by rtate appropriation and contri butions from transportation compa nies and private Individuals, . ?J JONES VS. BAILEY. Leaders of OpMli g Democratic Fac tions In Wake May Be I'll U (I In l'rimary. . ' Gasette-News Burentr. . '." " The Hotel Kaleigh. - Raleigh, April 2. Armlstend Jones, leader .of the so-called ring faction, wlU be can didate for the state senate and that .1. W. Bailey, leader of the Other fac tion, will oppose him, is the prediction made today. Both want to run, but Mr. Bailey's entrancf Into the primary will be dependent on. Mr. Jones. OFFICER KILLS TWO Men HexlNt Arrest After Creating Disturbance and are tsliot Dead. . Centralis, 111., April 2. Charles Brod and Henry Gross were killed by Deputy Marshal- Wlngler In a fight at Odin today. The victims were creat ing u disturbance and the officer opened lire when they resisted ar rest. , I'lnd Valuable) I'okmIIh. Pittsburgh, April 2. Dr. W. J. Hol land, director of the tsrjiegie Insti tue museum, has received news of new paleontologies.! discoveries In I'tah, the richness of which amazes him. ' This quarry, which lias always bepn undpr the supervision of Dr. Holland, Is nine miles north of Jansen. The bone level now reached is the bed of an Old river where cobble stones and mussel shells abound In the sand. It would seem that the mammoth animals had lain down In the river and that some flood had blanketed them with stones and sand. Industry Slops n Anthracite Fields. Philadelphia.", April 2. Colliery whistles blew throughout the anthru- i lte regions I his morning sumiunnlMy miners to work. Kxcepl for company bands m " l by the United Mine Wnr, -t i i.-n older Jl'itJ'' f II',. . I. TACK-AND-JACK ASS ROGERS IS HELD AS WEULSj SLAYER Gives $5000 Bond Prelimina- ry Hearing Tomorrow Ru mor Still Conflicting. Special to The Gazette-News. Waynesvllle, April 2. Roberson Rogers, policeman and deputy sheriff at' Clyde, was arrested there yester day afternoon and brought here, ac cused of tiring the shot which killed Lee Wells in the affray at Clyde Fri day night. Waiving examination, he made a $5000 bond for appearance at Canton tomorrow, when a prelimin ary hearing is set to begin before a magistrate at' noon. Efforts are mak ing today to have the trial take place here, but whether a transfer will be made has not been determined. - Reports of the Clyde tragedy are still conflicting and the details are not generally known here. It Is said here, however, that Waldo McCrack en, himself, was among three or four of Wells' acquaintances who rode Into Clyde and took a hand In the disturb ance which resulted in the shooting, It is asserted further that both Wells and McCracken were drinking. Ac cording to this version, when It was seen that the affair was becoming serious. Wells' companions deserted hlra and McCracken was deputized by Rogurs to aid In taking Wells into custody. Then It Is said McCracken was shot by Wells and Wells killed by Rogers. . ALAMANCE FOR T. R. Ninety Per Out of Republicans In the County Favor Nomination of Former President. Special to The Gasctte-News. Burlington.. April 2. it has been conservatively estimated that at least SO per cent of the republicans of Ala mance county are heartily in favor of the nomination of Theodore Roosevelt, the Taft supporters consisting almost exclusively of federal office holder and their close friends and relative ' The strong Roosevelt sentiment In Burlington was showa last week by the organization of a Roosevelt club, wllh James N. Williamson, Jr., as president. K. 8. W. Dnmeron, vice president, W. W. Brown, secretary. Mr. Williamson Is well known In this r.tate as a prominent cotton manufac turer and succeessful business man. At the mnetlng of the club on Sat urday evening there were many of Roosevelt supporters and very Impres sive speeches were made by Messrs. Junes N. Williamson. Jr Irwin A Hull, K. S. W, Dameron and W. W, Brown. Irwin A. Holt, son of Law rence S. Holt, one of the well-known iirm of Liiwrence S. Holt and sons, Is liih-o a hirire cotton manufacturer. He is h stuto ilemoerM and national re- jmiM- mi ;i n 1 Ih n i'M,t enHiuHiuHtlc 5 FROM Tl NEW STATES Two Democrats and Two Re publicans Added to the Up per House. WashlnEton. April 2. The United States senate today became a body of 98 members. New Mexico and AH zona each contributed' two additional senators. Thomas B. Catron and Al bert B. Fall of New Mexico, republi cans, and M. A. Smith and H. F. Asn hurst of Arlsona, democrats, were tne new members to take the oath on the dlas in front of the vice president's chair soon after the senate convened at 2 o'clock this afternoon. FIRED" FOR FAILURE TO PREVENT LYNCHING Fort Smith Polh e CliM, Captain and Eight Patrolmen Am IHsiiiIhhcu Council. 4 Fnrt Smith. Ark.. April 2. Eight Fort Smith patrolmen, Chief of Po lice Bryant L. Barry and Night Cap- in Snmuel Smart were discharged by the city counsel last night for fall ing to quell a mob which 10 daya ago tore out a window in me cuy jan, salied Samuel Lewis, a negro, i vears old. and hanged him to a poie on one of the main streets of the city, i i whs the son of a negro preacn or at Moffltt, Okla., and waa accused of having shot Doputy Andrew carr, who died yesterday of his wounos. TAFT MAN. ACCUSED Henry Johnson, imegate From Cicor gla on Administration Ticket, Tried to Collct Fund. Washington, April 2 Charge have i.een filed against Henry Lincoln tohnaon. recorder of deeds of the nlairlet of Columbia and a delegate t lurirn from Georgia on the Taft ticket. The charges were sent to th rion.rtment of Justice by Georgia peo pie. It is alleged that Johnson tried to collect campaign funds from office holders. Johnron was recommended for his lucrative position here by fosimasier General Hitchcock, who used him In iha numnahm of four years ago. ue cently Johnson baa spent most of his time rounding up repunucan oeio gates for the Chicago convention. SENT UNINSTRUCTED Alaska Democratic Convention Fleets Delecatr to Baltimore Not Bound by Unit Rule. - Valdese, Alaska, April 2. The Alaska democratic convention elected six delegates yesterday to the nation al convention at Baltimore who will go iininstrui'ted and will not be bound by the unit rule, j MAQERQ OUTLINES CAMPAIGN PLANS In Message He Also Reiterates His Belief in America's Friendship, Mexico City, April 2. Military op erations In Chihuahua Initiated by Gonzales galas will be continued ag gressively; the government has or dered concentration of all essentials to warfare in Torreon as a consequence of the battle at Rellano In Which the federal infantry suffered losses which did not'exceed 9 per cent of Its total force Win lie the enemy lost enormously by the 'federal artillery fire, aald Pres ident Madero in his message opening the twenty-fifth session of congress last night. : "The total available fighting force," he continued, "is 27,796 men. If we add to this the body of rurales which round numbers is 12,000, we may say that the government has under arms approximately 40,000 men. The executive ' Is stimulating re- rultlng with the result that within a hort time the federals will number 0,000 men. In these estimates are not Include the forces maintained by government s of different states. Touching upon the relations exist ing between Mexico and the United States, the president raid: In the course of her relations with the United States there have occurred .-idents to which I should refer on account of their interest. The armed gltatlon which exists In various parts the republic has given rise to ru mors regarding the possibility of in tervention In Mexico by the United States. These rumors fomented in that country by unscrupulous news papers, have not succeeded in causing differences between the two countries, nor has the Washington government been Influenced by these efforts. The government of the United States has been the first to put an end by Its own acts to the Insensate Idea of hterveirlion and has given reiterated proofs to the government of Mexico of Its profound spirit of justice and sincere respects for the rights of this country as a sovereign nation.". Anns Shipment Detained. - Washington, April 2. A shipment of 500 rifles and 20,000 rounds of am munition destined to the Madero gar rison at Ojinaga was held up yester day at Eagle Pass, and this was point ed out as an indication that this gov ernment is not Inclined to grant all applications which the Mexican gov ernment may make to transport muni Hons of war across the line. It was feared the arms would fall Into Oroz- co's hands and a decision is being withheld. President Taft approved Col. Steev- er's action in preventing delivery to the Insurgents of the French aero planes In El Paso. It la thought the machines came frdm New York. This Is probably the first time an aeroplane has been held to be contraband, al though the Italian government unsuc cessfully objected to the landing of a French aeroplane In Tripoli. SMITH COTTON FUTURES E IS Many Present Their Views on Subject to Senate Agricul tural Committee. Washington, April 2. Opponents of a bill Introduced by Senator Smith of South Carolina to regulate the sell ing of cotton futures were heard by the senate committee on agriculture and forestry today. C. B. Howard of Atlanta, secretary of the Southeastern Cotton Buyers' association, declared a great portion of the cotton crop In some years, especially the present year, could not be standardized as proposed by the bill. It would be un fair, according to several speakers, to make It a dlsdemeanor to Bell cotton other than by the proposed standard. George W. Neville of New York, Lewis Brooks of Augusta, Ga., and W. C. Lawson of Waco, Tex., were among the speak era. llllleii Says Committee's for Taft, Warhlngton, April 2. The secre tary to the president, C. D. Hlllos, to day Issued a statement declaring that a majority or tne repunncan national committee Is aligned with Taft and against Roosevelt. The statement was a denial of a recent report to the contrary. UY C20ICS FOR PRESIDENT If I eoald Select tb Mas I Toald Kama Name - -- -- a-i-rv v 4 Address. tr t- sr m-T -t-rvw Out this ticket out and mall H Mils off!.. If yon do not rare to Can write It In m reglHlry book pro Rcfuilta w ill lie miI-; 4,ed from name c:f t' '; -i t Mystery Which Veiled Whole sale Slaughter of Blacks in Texas and Louisiana , Cleared. ' RITES ARE PERFORMED ' OF HUMAN SACRIFICE One Woman Admits She Slew Seventeen of Her Race With Her Own ' ' Hands. " Lafayette, La., April 2. Clementine Barnabet, a "half-blood negresa," ,to-- day told a story that the police author ities accept as clearing the mystery veiling the killing of 20 negroes In ., Southwest, La., and which it Is said. gave clues that will, fix the guilt of 14 other night assassinations of blacks n Louisiana and Texas. ; From Clem entine's story it appears she led a mys terious negro cult, members of which performed rites of "human sacrifice." ' The negroes declared she killed 17 victims with her own hands. , DECLARErUERllDif State Delegation to Baltimore Will Be Solid for His Nom-; . ination. . '. Montgomery,' Ala., April 2. tcar Underwood gained practically a solid delegation to the state convention, ac cording to latest returns I rvm .yester . day's state primary. '- ' Returns' frm the' primary election held yesterday in Alabama are more or less inaccurate, owing to the length f the ballots used and the distance of some of the precincts from coun ty seats. Incomplete reports from 30 - counties out of 67 . Indicate a solid Underwood delegation to the state convention. .''"'' I For congressman-at-large John W. Abercrombie and V. B. .Atkins ran a close race, with friends of both claim ing their nomination. -v ' " For congressman from the second district. Representative S. H. Dent ha 1 defeated O. C. Wiley. ' j i In the sixth district, Congressman? . Richmond Pearson Hobson appears a; winner over Frank H. Moody. j In the eighth district Congressman William Richardson has defeated' . Samuel Blackwell. !' None of the Alabama congressmen except In the second, sixth and eighth districts had opposition and they were" re-elected as follows: George W. Taylor. In the first: Hen ry Clayton, In the third; Fred L. Bleckman. in the fourth; J. Thomas Heflin, In the fifth; J. L. Burnett, In : . the seventh; Oscar W. Underwood, In ' the ninth. CLASH WfTH REBELS Mexican Federals Lose Several Men and Horses But Route) Their ' Foes. . . Del Rio, Tex., ApHI 2. Mexican federal scouts from Las Vegas, oppo site Del Rio, In a clash with a band ' of revolutionists Sunday, lost several killed and wounded. All their horses were killed. The rebels were repulsed, f leaving their dead on the field. This ' band of revolutionists recently robbed American cattlemen on the Mexican side. ' EDWARD TERRY Neuritis Proves Fatal to Famous Ac torWas 88 Yearn of , Age. London, April 2 Edward Terry, the actor, who has been suffering from neuritis died today, aged 8. Cerry was one of the most popular actors on the British stage. BIG SLIDE Somewhere Xeai4 Marshall and Carolina Kieiial la SHU Be hind It, the A slide of considerable size occurred sometime this morning on the railroad between here and Marshall quite near Marshall, It Is learned. The Carolina Special, due here at 10:25, was still behind the slide at 2 o'clock. . . . v to The fJawttcNews, or liand It I i i write your nnme on the Im'.M, j nt the l i, e. time to t'nm n I I i v i ...
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