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TEE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES (1ft LAST TDITION 4:0 J 'P. M. Weather Forecast. FAIK; FROST. VOL. XVII. NO. 46. ASHEVILLE; N. 0., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 3, 1912. 3c PER COPY WATERS SWEEP COL. ROOSEVELT GETS GUILFORD XTJ7T ID 10 A TT7 a in A New Madrid, Mo Columbus and Hickman, Ky.r and Part ' of Memphis Inundated v- by Flood. PRIVATE LEVEES GIVE WAY AT MANY POINTS -: ' :f;. Government Embankments Are Topped and Further Disas ter Is Feared 00 Mem phis Families Homeless. lf P. KltltKIt . t - Places most seriously aflcx-tcd K K by the MIhIskIpiH river Hmm1 . lire Hickman. ly., .Mciirphls, X Teiiii., Xew Madrid, Mo., and t Columbus. Ky. It . 1 Live lot tola I (our; total It K rox-rty damage lo dale, $1,- W ! IHHI.0O0: number driven rrom K tlielr Iiiiiim-m HOOO lo 9tH0. ft It Tin; volume of wuler Ih six to ft ft 10 lect hImv( the danger line ft ft h'twnn Cairo. 111., and Ar- ft ft kansan City. Ark. "ft ft Tb- ret of the HoimI will ft ft ixiKsilily Ih- readied In tlie tils, ft It tin t alTn tiHl between Ari 11 H ft Mild April 18. It 9.'- . ft ft It It ft t ft t ft It ft ft ft ft It ft ft n With four Mississippi river towns Gov. Woodrow Wilson's lead on the neriously alTected by invading water democratic ticket apparently equalled caused by the greatest rise recorded that of Senator laFollette on the re in the river's history, the' flood sltuu-' publican ticket. tlon today assumed more serious as-) Colonel Roosevelt's name did not pects In widespread distress, heavy ligure to any extent In the presiden finuncial loss and Impairment of busl- ttnl preferential primary, as his sup nees facilities. Two thousand persons, I porters did not have his name printed driven from the factory districts of on the ballot. Although Roosevelt's Hickman. Ky.. are being cured for by the townspeople at great personal sac rittce. . , , .A l!V'ee broke . opposite ; Hickmuni vote for him. ' No presidential candl yesterday at Doreiia, Mo, A thousand dates -other than those whose, names residents were rescued, many from the are on Imllols received any support. tops of thcr homes, and taken to Hickman. Hickman's food supply x (timlnlKhliig' aud trains bearing tehts nd,provislons canot rua6h4ha Hood-.j ' ed liivnir beaufe of a railway wash out. :- ' ' ' . Fourteen to twenty blocks are sub merged In North Memphis and 700 to 1200 persona have been driven from their homes. The water continues ris ing In B.tyou dayoso, the small levee protecting which gave way Monday. Near Vicksburg. Miss,, the water is rising and f irmers are leaving their lowland homes, taking their goods and livestock, alter the example set by thousands of persons In Missouri, Ken tucky, Tennessee und Arkansus. Memphis, April 3. With water pouring over the lowlands through half a doxeii gaps in prlvato levees south of Cairo and lapping the muin embankments ut several points, the Hood, situation along the Mississippi river this morning is grave, officially It la preillcted the stage at Memphis , reacli 45 feet. At 7 o'clock this f will reac morning the gauge showed 42. a rise of three-tenths of a foot since 7 o'clock last night. Government offi cials are , Kill - optimistic that they will hold the river within bounds. . So far all the main levees are in tact, although severer points are re garded as , dangerous. The govern ment embankment immediately west of Hickman, Ky which protects the Keelfoot lake basin and several west Kentucky counties I giving great con cern. Hreuks In private levees at lilrdw Point, near Commerce, Mo., and tit Hickman relieved the situation at Cairo and threatened Hooding here probably will be avoided. ' ' At. lilckman, the factory district, where the levee broke Monday night Is Inunibited to a depth of 15 to 20 feet and the business district Is al inort covered with water. New Mad rH, Mo., and Columus, Ky.. are Hood ed. 1 The -gas plant and" sewerage punip Inir station In North Memphis went out of commission last night and early imluv'the bhs supply was cut on Colli the water recedes Memphis will be without gas. The flood area In the northern section of the city Is rapidly i....,o,..i ! estimated 500 or more .families were driven from their homes anil uractlcally all Industrial plants have suspended operation, lilckman, Ky., April X The gov .ni.iu.i west ill Hickman pro- 1,.,-tlnir i he Iteelfoot lake basin held (I.-... ihrouirli the night despite the river's sharp rise. Kxperts sai l this m,.ri.inii iliev were sure It would wltn ..i .a r,..n...r oreRsnre. Suffering is frit among 2000 refugees. Tents ami .ii,,tiii urn on the way here from .v,.r,ii rwiinta but washouts delay the movement of trains bearing supplies. I'M Madrid HtibmiWrt Mui.tin. Mo. Aoril 3. Every street Is submerged and boats are the only n.i.ma of con veva m e in New Maorn hkh i nnvrinir from floods. The niton Belt railroad tortiy abandoned i Madrid. Several .....ii twiiiKeM have been swept away and many nre moving their belongings j to highlund. 1 LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM. lidcr I'mh-rwood Say It Will B" Coiinncd l Approprlallons ami Hupply Hills. WsHhlngioii. April 3. Majority lender I'ndcrwood today announced that the leirllatl" proifram from now on would be contn. 1 to Bppro- 1 . .;;!!.PII c ml sul'l'ly l'i'ls- TAFT AHD CLARK lose Wisconsin Primary Vote Instructs Almost Unanimously for LaFol- lette and Wilson. Milwaukee, April 3. Returns o Wisconsin's presidential primary elcc- tlon yesterday show UiFollette hug a big lead over Taft on the republican tirket nhd that Woudruw Wilson is a sure winner over Champ Cliirk. Wil uon apparently leads Clark In every district. Milwaukee, April 3. I'nited States Senator Robert M. I toilette ftiof Wisconsin, according to Incomplete returns at hand defeated President Taft on the republican ticket and Woodrow Wilson defeated Speaker Champ Clark on the democratic ticket in the state's first presidential prefer ence primary held yesterday. . Although available returns were scattered, K. I Philip, manager of President Taft's primary campaign in this state, conceded to Henutor LnKol- lette lilt out of 2$ delegates to the re publican national convention. I In Superior l.u Follette defeated Taft by a vote of 14X7 to 278. At Oshkosh and throughout Winnchaga county Lxt'ollotte defeated Taft by n two to one vote. Similar returns were re I reived from Eau Claire, Appletun, I Ji .Cross, Xtaeiue, MadiHon and n number I of the other larger cities of the state. name wns written on the ballots by, some voters feturna from a majority of the counties show no considerable v. DETECTIVE CHIEF E0E5 10 COSfEB WITH LIR Posse Returns to the Search Today Allen Repeatedly ; Seen Lately. HlllHVllle, Va April 3. Refreshed Uy B badly needed night's rest detect. lve posses went back Into the moun tains today to cont;no the wared ror Sldna Allen und Wesley Kdwards.. .'iiniiv uml Tmiwv. the state's famous ,,hond8 are being given another . ., ut ,h 11,il-. The iloirs ure handicapped by heavy rains which washed away all tracks, but the offi cers are staking their hopes upon the dogs' work. Searchers are sutlslled the outlaws are ranging back and forth In the section of the mountains that has been guarded for the past week. Sldna Allen has been seen several times within the past two days. Detective Felts, who has been di recting the hunt for the outlaws, went to ltichmond today to confer with Governor Mann, , A EiE OF DIE WEEK IS SliJJEIl HDUE Married Boarder, Infatuated With Her, Commits Crime and Attempts Suicide. Chicago. April 3. Mrs, Emily Shaw, a bride of one week was murdered In her home today by Clarence Carr.i hoarder, who later attempted to cuih mil Htiicldu. Cnrr has a wile ami two children. Ciirr's Infatuation for- the woman was the motive. ' POSTPONE FUNERAL Train IMa.v CaiiMtt Taylor CeienKJ, Mli-s at Nashville lo IU lefcrreU liurlal Friday. Nashville, April 3. Owing to dclayi In Vlrnlnin of the train bearing tit body of Senator Robert Ixve Taylor, the ceremonies planned in iNasnvui for today will take place tomorrow The body reaches here tonight an will lie In state In the capltol tomor row. The funeral takes place In Knox villi. Frlduv. Itrlstol, Tenn., April 3. After stand tnir :io hours behind n freight wrec between here and Pulaski. Va., th snechil train bearing the body of Sen ator Taylor, mumbers of his famll an'l delegations from tho house an senate. reuc;.ed l!rlt"l at 10 o'clock this morning. The body g dirci t to Nashville, where It will lie in vtiite until Friday. Hurial will he at knnxville. New York Herald and The Gazette-New.' EST: 11 DEATH . OF MB51QRILLARD Note ' Strangely Found Sui- ci j'o Theory Adhered to-De- spite Much Gossip. New York, April 3. A preliminary nuest Into tho death of Mrs. lieek- man Irillurd, the wealthy young Hiclety woman whose body was found hanging In the Holland house on Klfth avenue on March 10, was held y Coroner Felnberg yesterday. Mr. .oilllard was not preseid. Tho coro ner said that there was no doubt in Ilia mind hut that Mrs. Lorillurd hanged herself. This was his an nounced belief at the time of the rageriy. . The only new development regurd- ng the circumstances of Mrs. Lorll ard's death wan the testimony of a hotel maid that on the day after the tragedy she found a note underneath mth tub In the Lorillard rooms, ap- utrently written by Mrs. Lorlllnrd. It was on the inside of an envelope bear ing the postmark "Sydney. Australia," and addressed to her. The note, ac- ordlng to Coroner Kelnberg, asked hat no one but herself be blamed for the act and stated that she was tired of it all." ' The coroner said he would obtain lepnsltlons from Mr. .Ijorillanl and from Mis. I.orillurd, his mother, who reached the Holland house shortly nfter her daughter-in-law's death. In the circles In which Mrs. Ijoril- lurd moved no doubt that she com mitted suicide is entertained. The letter hearing the Sydney postmark s supposed to have been received by Mrs. l.orillard from her husbund when the latter was In Australia. It was at Sydney that Mr. l,orl!lard wag takyn tick with typhoid rever, and on his recovery he left that city direct for '.he United States, How the note came to he under the hath tub is, of course, a matter of speculation, but t is believed that Mrs. Uirlllard wrote it In her bedroom. While there has been much gossip regarding the Iorillard suicide, it Is generally accepted that the young wife took her own life In a lit of de npondoncy superinduced by neuras thenia. It la pointed nut that her manner ' during the hours preceding her death gave no Indication that she vontemplated taking her own life. Caiiae Sunn-'' Here. Mrs. A. II. Doyle, Mm. tx-rlllard's mother. Is now In . Asheville. ,Mrs, lnyle's son-in-law, Thomaa Wadley liaoul, said that the news of a re-open ing of the rtiso was not understood here: the action not only was not tak en at the Instance of the unfortunate girl's family, but they did not even know It was contemplated. They had supposed the statement of the coroner In New York, on the day of the trsg edy, that It was clearly a case of sul cldo; disposed of the matter. They were therefore greatly surprised last night whim the local representative of H New York paper telephoned to them for Information. VirtiMiH-H Highest in Years. Chicago, April J. Potatoes aro sell ing here today for 11.75 per bushel, the highest price ih recent years. A Year ago potatoes sold at CO cents a huHhel. llounewives today p'ly 00 t euls a peck,. IlifJIJ SECOND THOUGHT Tells What "Tube" Skirt New York Exshanges President Lost the SsUe of 12 Yards of Cloth to Every Woman who 7':.rjFolIowed Fashion's Edicts? V ; V Washington. April 3. Twelve yards of fotton goods for every'wom.nn who followed the edicts of fashion Is the price tho, cotton Interests of the world paiil for tho, "tube" skirt and Its ac companying luck of 1 undergarments, according to tlnorge W. Neville, presi dent of the New York Cotton ex change, addressing the American pot ton Manufacturers association here to day. Neville vv ii applauded when he announced that "the meulders of fem inine fashions now have decreed that ladles shall wear more yards of cloth in their garments." "One of my friends of a mathemat ical turn of mind figured the scanty uitlre of the fair sex cut out at least 12 yards of finished goods per adnlt female Inhabitant of tho civilized world," said Neville, "and this scant attire cut a larg - figure and was a contributing factor to the small de mand for finished goods In the past two ye lrs,"' he declured. Neville said, the New York Cotton exchange was criticised and threaten S LAY ER DEC Tfl BE-lOfilR Negress Tells Officers Biooay 0rgie3 in Louisiana Will Continue. Lafayette, I.a , April Z. Clementine Pamahet, self-confessed sluyer of moro than half the 35 negro victims of the "SHcraliclal axe", in Louisiana and Texas today refused to, tell offi cers the names of oilier members of the "voodoo cult" who helped her fn the bloody orgies. The nogress warned the officers thut the killings would continue as long as members of her "church" kept faith in their "candlah". bags, which are supposed to u'eard them from "persecution." Cult members claim a person "nacrl need" by the axe gains thereby lm mortality. "Clementine Rarnahet Is rational and 1 believe her confession. Is true,' said the sheriff today. Heart VUux k Kills CycllHt. New York, April 3. Joseph Orlan do, the crack quarter-mile cyclist was found dead In a bath tub here today. Orlando become overheated, took a bath and died from heart shock.. He was 30 years of age, l Hi) a n to .Speak Bj um Moines. ' Des Moines, April J. William J. 1'ryan will be the principal speaker tonight at the Jefferson club ban 1'iet. After the banquet Bryan leaves on a speaking tour through the east. 5 Cotton Interests Says Manufacturers Have ed for not adopting government cotton standards'." Criticises (anvcrniiirnt Standard. "Government standards to be com plete," he said, "should be made from upland and Atlantic States cotton which Is the basis of all cotton traded in for future delivery on all cotton ex changes, und Is the quality quoted in ull markets tho world over where American cotton Is bought and sold. "Wo are willing to meet criticism and have no fear of the judgment the cotton people In the position we have taken on this question. We have always stood for uniformity In classl llcallon, hut Just for uniformity's sake we are not going to adopt a standard thut does not repreBent the quality of cotton traded in on any cotton ex change In the world." .Sanitary improvement in southern cotton mills constitute one of the most important changes In cotton mill con structlon, declured J. E. Sirrlne Greenville, S. C, who addressed the association. n.nitary plumbing, drinking fountains and healthful working quarters are taking the place of unhoalthful surroundings, he said. RETURHJTO PITS Men Slowly Resuming Work Pending Outcome of Mini mum Wage Decisions. London, April 3. While the major- ily of the miners In the northern counties of England and part of those In Scotland have followed the lead of the miners of Lancastershlre and de clared for resumption of work In the pits until the minimum rates of wages have been definitely fixed, the result of the ballot among miners shows the government minimum wage act has hot appealed to th men. The num ber of miners working In the pits is increasing daily but not rapidly. Announces Strike's End. London, April 3. Albert ' Stanley. secretary of the Midland Miners' Fed eratlon and member of the house of commons practically announced the end of the national coal strike In the I'nited Kingdom this afternoon. Negro Killed by Mob. Starkvllle, . Miss., April ' 3. Abe Coleman, a negro accused of attempt Ing to assault the wife of a farmer at her home near here,' was shot to death yesterday by a mob. , A sherlffff's posse Is searching for the mob lead era. ' Karly Saloon Cloning MiHiira DcfeaUxl Dallas, Tex., April 3. An Initiative measure to close Dallas saloons at 7:30 p. m., was defeated by 400 ma lorlty In yesterday's municipal election The saloons now close at midnight." ENGLISH MINERS it Non-Partisan Ticket Sweeps Them from Office by Over- ' whelming Majority. . Milwaukee, April 3. With a flood of non-partisan - ballots Milwaukee voters yesterday swept from office the lty's socialist administration,, l"tall- ed a non-partisan mayor, board of al dermen and county board of superi ors and probably eliminated every na tional political party from, participa tion in future municipal elections in the state of Wisconsin, because as a result of the non-partisan victory In Milwaukee the state legislature at a special session soon to be convened la expected to pass a dis tinctly non-partisan city election stat ute. The socialists defeated such a measure at the last session of the leg islature, but yesterday's rout was said to have practically killed socialist strength In the state and general as sembly. Nearly complete Teturns from the 46 precincts In the city show that tr. Gerhard A. rtading, non-partisan can didate for mayor, defeated. Mayor Emil Seldel, socialist Incumbent, by a majority of about 17,000. From the head of the ticket down through the common council and county board of supervisors, tho voters piled up equally large totals for candidates on the non- partluan ticket. At a late hour last night the totals at hand Indicated that the next council will be composed of 28 non partisan aldermen and nine socialist aldermen. Tho present council Is composed of ?9 socialists and 14 non partisan members. The next council wlll.be larger through a recent rc-ap-portioument and the creation of two new wards In the city. The widespread Interest In the fight to unseat the socialist admlnls tratlon was Indicated by the heavy to tal vote of nearly 80,000. The high en I previous; total, veto cast. In a, tnunijjl. fihlf tdaetmn was TUS4 at the time Mayor Seidel was elected two years agV. '.-';'' ' UNWRITTEN UW FREES . ZEE RUNG M'KEE Opelousas Woman Who Shot Garland Acquitted of Man slaughter Charge. Opelousas, La., April 3. Mrs. Zee Kunge McRee, who has been on trial accused of manslaughter In connec tion with the killing of Allan Gar land, a Tulane university student, was acquitted today. The Jury was out all night. Mrs. McRee said she shot "to protect her honor." At her previous trial, charged with murder, a Jury failed to agree. The Garland family has been well known In Louisiana for several gen eratlons. Mrs. McRee is the wife of a southwestern railroad official. Oar land was killed In the McRee home Ust fall. While Mrs. McRees. law yers pleaded the "unwritten law" for her. the prosecution attempted to re fute this defense by calling witnesses whu told of alleged Intimate relations between the pair for a long time. BALLOT INDICATES STRIKE OF RAILROAD ENGINEERS Voting on Question of Walkout on Eastern Lines Proceeds Rapidly. New York, April 3. The brother hood of Locomotive Engineers' officials today announced that balloting among the engineers of SO eastern roads upon the question whether they will strike If necessary to support their demands for Increased wages Is proceeding rap- Idly. Ballots received so far Indicate the men favor a strlks. The final result of the ballot will lie announced April 10. KILL THEIR FATHER Boys, Aged 13 and 15, Admit Crime, Saying Tliey "Were Tired, of Being BoHMCd." Los Angeles, April 3. "Because they were tired of being bossed," Frank and Roy Yanes, aged 16 and 13, today admitted murdering their father, George Yanes, a rancher near Compton. The boy concealed .them selves on a roadside as their father approached, firing the fatal shot. After rifling his pockets, the boys loaded the body on a sled, hauled 11 home and told their mother some enemy killed him. The youths later revealed the truth. LWflUMt lUHiu DOWN SQG AL 5TS Primaries Instruct Practically All of the Votes in the Re publican County Con vention for Him. ROOSEVELT SENTIMENT STRONG IN THE STATE Four Counties Which Have Held Conventions Declared, for Him Mas Meetings ' Disclose Strength. Special lo The Oazetto-Ncws. - Greensboro, April 3. Prediction that Roosevelt supporters would be ir. control of the republican county con vention here Saturday were fulfilled last night, when reports of primaries held in the city and county began to come inte headquarters here. At 10:30 o'clock results from nearly every pre cinct had been sent In, these show ing that of the 124 votes In the coun ty convention from 112 to 118 are In structed for Roosevelt. Leaders of the Roosevelt movement declare that in every precinct, with . the single exception of Friendship, there was absolutely no effort to over-. ride the strong feeling for Roosevelt.' Stanley, Davidson, Mitchell, Avery and Gaston counties have already . held" their conventions, and all dis closed a solid Roosevelt sentiment. Roosevelt mass meetings have been . held In Wilkes, Alamance and other ocunties and the reports from these counties and the reports from these import they are all for Roosevelt. STRONG IN VERMONT RooKCvelt lieadiTH Claim the State for Their Candidate Result of i Town Caucuses. , . ' ' Burlington, Vt, April Surprising strength was shown by the Roosevelt fefl ia-.th-oA;si,es9hiiiiil- dta- : trict at the town caucuses held Satur day. 'The east side of the state gave ' the colonel two delegates in the na tional convention. - " , Governor Meade thinks Roosevelt will have the two delegates In the sec ond district, and Taft the other six from this Btate. Both the Taft and Roosevelt leaders, after a canvass of the result of the caususes on Saturday, claim the Ver mont delegation. The Taft managers declared today that the two district conventions and that the state conven tion the next day would take similar action. Judge Ernest W. Gibson, of Brattle boro, chairman of the Roosevelt com mittee, was equally sure that the sec ond district conventien at Montpelicr would choose Roosevelt delegates, that the state convention would also favor his candidacy and that there was a fighting chance in the first district convention at Burlington. DIXON TO VERMONT Claiming Slate for Roosevelt He Goes to Prevent "More Political Bur glary" by Taftltes, , v New York, April 3. With the ob ject of preventing "more political bur glary," as he termed it. Senator Jos eph M. Dixon, manager of the Roose- -velt campaign, has gone up Into Ver mont to get into personal touch with the situation there. Both Senator Dixon an'l Judge rmell. who is In charge of the New (York Roosevelt headquarters, declare that the Roosevelt forces have carriea Vermont and that the Taft machine ) would not be permitted to steal tne state. Senator Dixon gave oui ; ment while here, declaring his lnten- , tlon to prevent repetition of the kind . of work done in Indiana and we York. ; "We have won Vermont oy fair means," the statement reads, "and we do not propose to have the state stolen from us nor have the tactics practiced there that were practiced In Indiana and New York city. We are going to see that there Is no more political bur glary. The Roosevelt leaders In Ver mont report that they have caYrled the state, but that the Taft people are desperate, Bnd will stop at nothing. It is about time that the American pen pie awoke to the realization of tho despicable methods that are being pursued to get control of the national convention." "Despite the absurd claims from Washington of the Taft people that they have carried Vermont." said Judge Duell, "we have Information that six of the delegates will be ours, and In all probability the. entire eight. 130 PERISHED Finding of Wreckage, It Is Believed, Seals Kate of Persons on Wrecked Ship. Perth, WWern Australia, April 3. Wreckage picked up off the roast to day appears to seal tho fate of 00 pas sengers and 80 men of the crew of the British steamer Koombana, missing since a disastrous typhoon off the northwest coast last week. Noted Physician Dead, Philadelphia, April I. Dr. John MusHer one of the country's mutt r ed dlagnoptlclans, died from h t nease tod.iy ut t'm yi l f t . ;
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