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' ASHEVILLE, N. C. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 10. 1912.
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2000 Square Miles Flooded;
River Breaks Arkansas Levee
Main Levee in the System Protecting the St. Francis Basin G ces Out Near Golden Lake
Thousands of Head of Livestock Are Lost Many Towns Are From
Three to Ten Feet Under Wate.
FOR CCjL ROOSEVELT
DEVDGRITIG BICE
Administration Forces
Utterly Routed
in Primary.
CLARK BEAT WILSON
BY LARGE MAJORITY
Has a Lead of 140,000 Votes on the Democratic Ticket The
, . Count Proceeds Slowly Deneen Renominated for Gov
ernor McKinley and Cannon Renamed from Their
, Congressional Districts.
. Tlio following telegram whs received
. this morning ly the editor of Tile Ga-zotle-NoWs
from Senator J. M. Dixon,
Col. Roosevelt's campaign manager:
"Washington, V. C. April 10. .1912.
"W. A. HilUebrand, Ashevllle, N". C.
"Roosevelt carried Illinois by 150,
000 vote This overwhelming plural
ity proves conclusively, that the re
!ublk'uii voters, when they hav a lair
opportunity to express their opinion,
are opposed to the reactionary policies
of Taft and to the reactionary bosses
to whom he has committed his polit
ical fortunes. Roosevelt's appeal Is
to the dain citizen against the com
bination of bosses and bli interests
represented in Illinois by Lordlier and
David I!. Forgan and the plain people
have shown that they believe In Roos
evelt, the man and the" principles
which he represents. In the light of
the vote in Illinois yesterday no hon
est and straight-thinking man can be
lieve that the results In New York and
in Kentucky were representative of
unythinx but political brigandage,
which, by methods at once brutal and
dishonest, deprived the people of the
the claims of Tuft's manaxers are as
dishonest us their political methods.
:"From now on the outcome of the
pre-cunventlon campaign la certain,
of the po 111 leu 1 bosses and cheap pol
iti'ians who have enlisted under the
...ItiiMilutr-itlon fni ii'lll il.n-n tn at.
tempt iiid none can prevent Theodore
Rouse. elt's nomination in Chicago
ne'.t June and his triumphant election
in November."
Chicago. April 10. Theodore Roos
evelt defeated President Taft in the
preferential primary In Illinois yes
terday by approximately 110,000 vote
Speaker Clark received, a majority of
over 140,000 over (iovernor Wnodrow
Wilson. Charles S. Deiicou was re
nominated for governor by the repub
licans, his plurality bclim 75.000. Kd
ward 1'. lHinue, former mayor of Chi
cago, received the nomination for gov
ernor on tho democratic ticket by -.0,-000
plurality.
Owing to the length of the ballot ft
l.i expected another 24 hours will be
required to complete the count.
Lawrence V. Sherman, president of
tho state board of administration, re
ceived the endorsement -of the repub
licans for Culled States senator over
kh..u... r ...no... l.e sunlit) Hi II t-:l I i t V
Plll 111) HI. V'.IMIHI "J v.. ..............
Cullorn's term expires March 4, next.
Ho leaves the senate after 30 years of
service, lie Is now 8- years old.
" James Hamilton Lewis had no oppo
sition oil the democratic ticket for the
senatorship endorsement.
('Million and Mckinley Itcnomliiatcd.
Joseph O. Cannon, former, speaker,
was renominated for congress by -a
vote of two to olio. W. U. McKinley.
Tuft's campaign manager, was renom
inated in the nineteenth district.
Socialists and prohibitionists nomi
nated full state and congressional
tickets'. '
. Woman's suri'rago In Chicago ap
peared to have met a decisive defeat.
A statement Issued by Frank 1
Smith, manager of the Illinois head
ouarters of the national Taft bureau,
attributed the success of Col. Roose
velt to the fact that "Roosevelt's can
didacy in the statu had been promoted
for mm. tils' while the active campaign
for tb" re-noiniiiutlun of President
Tuft lias been under wayi for only four
or live weeks."
Senator Dixon's Plea.
On the eve of the primaries, Sena
tor Joseph M. Dixon, manager ui me .Moore is me miun cou.n ... un uic
R.Vosevt It campaign, sent by telegraph i to Instruct for Roosevelt during the
this linal appeal to the republicans of past two weeks, a period which has
1 lliiniis- ' (passed without a single county regls
"The presidential primaries will be , terlng a vote favorable to President
held in Illinois on Tuesday, April 9. Taft.. ..
At that time you will have your only Cp at Roosevelt headquarters Col-
,...iiv i mime vour choice of onel Pearson continues to get out his
- cundldute for president. It Is the
right mid duty or every republican to
express hlr choice at the primaries.
The machine exuevts you to stay away
and let the politicians deliver the stute
to Taft. The machine la your stute,
as In eve4y other state, is against
Roosevelt. .
Tho state has been promised to
Ta' for use by the politicians. The
members of the congressional delega
tions are against Roosevelt. The fed
eral officeholders are against Roose
velt. The aspirants for federal onices
ur against Roosevelt. The democrats
are apnir.t Roosevelt. I believe the
men of llllnol? are for Rodsevelt.
"I am wrltlna to sk you to at
tend the primary In your precinct
without fail and express your choice
for nresldent. . If Voil wish to Keep
your government In your own hands
and out of the nanus or tne ring. .
erelxe vnnr franchise sr.! vote.. This
Is a fight of the poople against the
bosses. See to it that the true senti
ment of Illinois is represented at the
Chicago convention."
Complete unofficial returns for Chi
cago on Woman's suffrage are: Yes,
71,354; no;. 135,410.
Roosevelt carried the home ward of
Congressman William B. McKinley,
Taft's campaign manager; he was
successful In the sixteenth congres
sional district, w here Colonel Frank 1
finith, the Taft state manager, Uve3,
and in ex-Speaker Joseph G. Cannon's
home city of Danville, Roosevelt poll
ed 1S44 to Taft 1227.
t'ol. Roosevelt Jubilant.
Greeiiyhurg, Pa., April 10. "We
slugged them over the ropes."
This was Colonel Roosevelt's com
ment upon his victory in the Illinois
piiinuries yesterday. The colonel is
in high spirits .today..
Roosevelt's first speech of his two
days' lour through Pennsylvania was
at Jemiette.
"1 want to see Pennsylvania do on
Saturday what Illinois did yesterday,
ami declare for the pvepie against the
politicians," he said.
.Mr. Mckinley' Sluteiiienl.
Washington, April 10. Uepresen-
tutlve V-liliKni"'fJ.1'Mt'Kftt!e.v',- rtTrecfor'
oi the Taft national headquarters, to
day. Issued the first official comment
from the Taft side upon the presi
dential primary in Illinois.
"The result In Illinois was not un
expected to those familiar with tile
titration," said Mr. McKinley. "Is
sues were so peculiarly local as to
cause the presidential issue to be lost
sight of so far us Taft was con
cerned. The participation of eight ciindi
dates for republican nomination for
governor resulted in a complete
breaking down of all. the party organ
ization says the statement. Mr. Mc
Kinley continued:
"I have never claimed a single del
egate from Illinois. I have never In
cluded il in my calculations when 1
have said repeatedly that Taft will
have more voles in the Chicago con
vention than in 11108 when he re
reived 702 voles. 1 repeat that pre
diction now and am obsoliilely con
lident of Its vjiulication."
Says Talt. Room Is Shattered.
'Senator Dixon, manager of the
Hoosevelt campaign committee, com
menting upon the Illinois results
said:
'The overwhelming sentiment In
favor of Roosevelt's nomination has
forced itself home upon the adiiiluis
trillion managers. This morning (they
are hnwecl in griel, nursing me rem
Hants of what was once a presidenllal
boom. I lo annex Illinois In the primaries yes-
"The day of the nomination of'terdtiy. From the day Congressman
candidates by direct expression of the
will of the voters has come."
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MOORE FOR ROOSEVELT.
Im Mnlb North Carolina County
Instruct for Him The Vole
I iiaolinoiis.
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Gazette-News Rureau,
Daily News Building,
Greensboro, April 10.
lOncouragiug hews continues to
come Into the Roosevelt headquarters
here. Colonel W. S. Pearson receiving
a telegram from W. O. Jennings, of
Carthage, which read arf follows:
"Moore county has Instructed for
Roosevelt by unanimous vote. Con
vention well represented and not the
slightest friction among delegates."
dally batch of mall, keeping two as
sistants busy with his large corre
spondence and attending to his liter
ary, bureau. Visitors In Greensboro
who favor the Konsevoit cause, and
they are practically all republicans In
North Carolina, never fail to drop in
for a look at the work und to hear
Colonel Pearson on the situation.
During the past week Colonel Pearson,
who has never yet seen anything but
Itoosevelt on the political horizon, has
felt greatly encouraged by the evi
dent change of sentiment among the
rnusKos.
John B. Hay Dead.
Philadelphia, April 10.- John Bald
win Hay of Philadelphia, former
United Uates consul at Beirut, Is dead
In Syria, according t ible advices.
ii- I.... tli-.a In Uui I murte vnnrfl
Ilav sired 6 was a srand-nephew o'1
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Pres cient Mail son.
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FLftYEDINR EPO RT
House Committee Makes Sen
sational Criticism of Ains
worth's Dismissal.
Washington, April 10. President
Talt and So; retary Stimsnn are se
verely aruigiicil in a sensational re
port on tile Alnsworlh case presented
, ine iioiiw )iw'"a, , ..... """-jeonlirmed iy the slate convention. II
lary affairs committee. - was ,inm,ccd thai no slate has beeu
SecrHary Stimson is charged with ja(;ri,(ld llmn tat delegalcs-at-large.
having commilted a "gnat and lire-1 It g freeiy prdieteil by leading den
paruble wrong' and "a flagrant m's 1 0ernts todav that the speech of Mayor
use of ollicial aiitliarity when j vvilliam J. Gaynor la-fore the National
Folp-ruary be suspended' Genera , r)or,lorratic club ut the dinner cek
Ainsworth from his duties as adjutant hrallng tIle ))lr,hJl,v (f Thomas Jeffer
gencral of the army. and charged him!S(m next SatuI-duy evening, would be
with insubordination.- That the presl- ,ne forma announcement of his can
dent and Secretary Stimson l'"JilR''l,(iiiacy for the presidential nomina
the case, that the accusations against m ,t is uet.iart.(i ,,v tlose friends
the general were based upon prejudice f ,he 1en.lc,r9 that the 90 delegates
and that the secretary of war has n frim NVw York, even though uuin
"ernuieous idea" f his relation to ..,...,, wit, vote 'for Mavnr C.avnor.
congress, are some of the conclusions :
rea, lied by a majority of the commit-
tee, of which Itei.rescntative Hay or ,
Virginia is chairman.
I'.ullowing i.enerai Ainsworuis
liet irom duly, ami wnen a coui i-1
martial seemed proliaiue. trie presi
dent permitted him to retire from the
army because of his long service. I he
report follows an Investigation of
Ainsworth's relief tri m duty, si t afoot
by- a resolui'on by Representative
Watkins of I.ouisianu.
Criticising the relief of General
Ainsworth, the report declares the
"worst feature of It was that this ol'
Hccr of long and distinguished service
had no tribunal to which lie could
appeal with any hope of justke or
fair treatment.'.'
The majority of the committee con
clude that General Ainsworth had
been guilty of no act which justified
the.. letter of suspension from Socrey
tary Stimson. and "that the i barges
had origin In ft determrhaU'il to drive
General SUnsworth from active serv
ice, and have nothing to support them
bat bare assertion and suppression of
the truth.
The report then goes to say that it
is Incredible ur belief that Secretary
Stimson believed General 'Ainsworth
guilty of the charges.
Dissatisfaction Is Expressed
With the Conduct of Taft
Campaign.
Gaiette-Ncws Bureau,
Wyatt Building.
Washington. April 10.
Serious dissension regarding the
uianageiiieiit of the Taft campaign,
which have been rumored for some
lime, are expected to become Inline-
! diately acute following Tuffs failure
! McKinley was placed ill charge of the
Taft headquarters, there has been
J grave concern amojig the Taft back
ers. The situation was muoa viinuy
worse by the development tha't Mr.
McKinley was to be chairman of the
national committee if Taft were nom-
i inated.
1 Atop of this came the Taft cam
paign In Indiana, In which Taft lost
half the delegates and the country was
convinced that peculiarly coarse and
objectionable methods were being em
ployed methods certain to Injure the
cause.
Some of he big men behind the
scenes of the Taft campaign, such as
Root. Crane. Snioot, Penrose and oth
ers, appreciated the dangers of such a
situation. Moreover, these einlently
practical gentlemen early became con.
vlnced that the task was proving rath
er too large for the McKinley plans to
cope with. They recollected with mis
giving that two years ago Mr. Mc
Kinley managed a republican congres
sional .campaign, and lost the house
by un overwhelming majority, the first
time anv republican manager had sue
ceeded in losing it In 1 years. This
constituted a unique distinction that
did not highly commend Mr. McKIn
lev to politicians, whose one concern
was to get results.
COUNT STRIKE VOTE.
Itcaiilt ot Balloting by Eastern loco
motive I'.ngliM'erH May Ik-
AniiouiK ed Tomorrow.
New York. April 10. Warren Stone,
Kranrt chief of the Brotherhood of
Uicomotlve Engineers, and 60 of his
lieutenants met today to count the
vote of 25,000 engineers on 48 eastern
lines, which will determine whether
the brotherhood's olllcers may call a
strike should further ' negotiations
wilh-the railroads for increased Jmy
fall. -
Announcement of the result of the
count probably will not be made until
..j...e. iu ...
mm CONTROL
FRDVMR.M'HIILET
' Leaders Predict He Will Get
Support of Empire State's
Delegation.
New York, April lo. With the re
turn yesterday of Charles F. Murphy,
leader of Tammany h ill, from Atlantic
City il was declared that if the coun
sels of the party lenders are followed.
as there Is every reason to believe they)
will he, New ork 3 !MJ delegates to the
democratic notional convention will
go to Raltimoifr unpledged to any can
didates for th presidential nomina
tion. " -
.In addition to the four dclegates
ii t.-large to be chosen by the stale
convention, which will assemble here
on Thursday, tho -forty-three congres
sional districts w ill name delegates to
the Ralllmore gathering who will be
n WHS polntP(i out that friends of
Mnvor ciavnor already have engage 1
rooms at Baltimore hotel and that
headquarters will be opened In tho in-
ie-iteI.est ot Mayor Caynor should h
consent to be a candidate
l?j TBE BEAGH Hffl
According to Aiken Authori
tiesDefense Calls Allega
tion "Cruel Absurdity."
Aiken, S. '., April 10. -'Prosecuting
Attorney Giinler. commenting upon a
statement made by the New York at
torneys lor F. it. Ileal h. charged with
slashing his wile's throat, declared
that he has not decided what Bteps
will be taken to bring Reach back
from Kurope. Gunter Is conlident
Reach will be brought back. It is
enderslood the showing on which a
wairunt ti.r I !-'.; ! H arrest was issueo
;ir...;en a third person.
New York, April 1ft. Frederick o.
Fcnch, the broker and society man
who is ehargeil wilh attempting to
kill bis wire mid who, wilh Mrs
Peach, is now lo London, will return
to this country lo meet the charges
a.'iiii:: t Irni, lu ionling to a nt-irenictit
made last night by the law firm of
Mchol, Anablc, l.indsey & Fuller ol
Ihifi city. The statement follows:
"Mr Pea' h, accompanied by . his
wife, went abroad on the third In
stant, internum; to return about the
nrst of .lone. The trip was niiidi for
h's wife's .health. They intend to
"il('.' n short i'V In London and
then Join friends on the continent.
We are -authorized to say that Mr
Beach will return in ample time to
meet the j-irepof-terous charge ai:ains
him. In the meantime the public
may 'be trusted lo see the cruel ad
pnrdlty of (be whole- proceeding."
Ib iich and Wiro In Purls.
Paris, April Frederick O
Reach, fhe broker against whom a
warrant charging iiBsault with Intent
to kill was issued In AU;in, S. C, fr
rived this morning f'niii T.ondon with
his wife, Mrs. Camilla Beach. T iey
went immediately to the residence of
W. K. Vanderbllt in Rue i-errex.
where they will bo guests.
Reach declined to make any state
ment. Says Detect I xcs Want Reward.
London. April 10. Before leaving
Ixiniion, Frederick O. Beach told some
friends:
"The only basis for the charge
against me is my bloody clothing,
which was the result of carrying my
wife to our house lifter seeing the
negro assailant running away. 1
brought my wife to Kurope to recu
perate from her wounds."
On receiving n long cable message
from New York Beach declared he
would sail aboard the Mauretanla on
April Ft to face charges tn America.
He told a friend it was evident the
detectives were unable to locate the
negro and determined to try to earn
the large reward by fastening the
crime upon him. Iter In the day
after a telephonic conversation with
some of his friends In Paris. Mr. and
Mrs. Reach left for France.
NINE HURT IN RIOT.
Disorder Is ItewiiiiMHl Tislay at .Mine
Near MmiiidHvlMe. V. Va. Two
(Seriously Injured.
Motindsvllle, W. Va., April 10.
Rioting which started at the Mound
City mine last night was resumed this
morning. Two men were badly In
' Jured In the fighting and seven others
are reported hurt.
A mob of 00 strikers tried to pre
vent the superintendent ot mine from
entering the company's oftices. Sheriff
Allev and a posse of 20 men were
called to hts aid and the posse dispers
d the mob... A strike was declared
yesterday following the refusal of the)
...,ur.i.,r In ruornlu the union.
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F icBOR-& FL000, SHOWING WHERE
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&lJ OCCURRED ANOWHEftE
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Washington, April 10. The weather
bureau announced today that with thei
exception ol a break in the levee yes
terday at Wilson, A I'd., 11 miles below
iisecolii, there b is been no change in
the Hood situation along the Missis
sippi. .Memphis, Teiin., April 10. Flood
ciiiulilioiis in the lower Mississippi
valley ure still' alarming. The wor'c
of rescuing hundreds of persons ma
rooned in the Arkansas lowlands aa
file result of the break ill the levee
at Gulden lake ami the task X't
strengthening levees in preparing to
resist the cresit of the Hood in Missis
sippi and Louisiana continues. At
Greenville, Miss., for three days tho
torrent has threatened to break
through, the dikes guarding tho city
which is in fhe center of the world's
richest cotton country. Many river
cities and towns feel the floods' effect
on business.
Retwecn . 1 700 and 2000 square
uiiloM, including more than 500,000
acres of rich farming lunds in north
eastern Arkansas in tne St. Frances
basin, are affected by an overllow
from the Mississippi river as a result
of il break in the main levee of the.
system about HO miles north of Mem
phis, near Golden Lake, Ark., yes
terday.
At least two thriving towns
Marked Tree and Wilson, Ark., ure
inundated and many other villages
and country store settlements - are
threatened. No loss of life has oc
curred, so far as .known here. Tele
phone lines to Marked Tree and Wil
son ere down, but those acquainted
with the territory express hope that
all the inhabitants are safe. The dam
age, will run into millions. Thousands
ot head of live stock perished. Hun
dreds of farmers probably will sniffer
li-ss of household goods, houses, barns
or farm Implements. Townspeople.
are certain to be heavy losers. Routs
bearing rescue parties already are in
the parts of the Hooded area nearest
Memphis. Relief parties have also
been organized and despatched from
Osceola, Ark., and other towns nar
the edge of the northern part of tho
inland sea formed by the water.
Other Sections Relieved.
.'. ..Wa .-from . the tthxC .sections, ct
the northern river district is cheer
ing. The diversion of a vast quantity
of water Into the St. Francis basin
ausi; of the break, should afford re
lief to the stretch of river between
llarficld and Helena, about 200 miles,
at least temporarily.
. Towns which experienced engineers
say are certainly under water from
three lo 10 feet in depth are:
.Marked Tree, Poinsett county, about
IJ'MI people; Wilson, Mississippi cotinr
ty, about MI0; Rig Lake, Crittenden
counly, 20(1; Deckersville, Poinsett
county, 600; Tyronsea, Poinsett coun
ty, l.'iO. Resides these, many minor
settlements are probably inundated.
At Wilson and Marked Tree large
saw mill interests are located. Tho
Ins1 to these in machinery, lumber
and Etnrrs possibly will reach n total
of a million dollars.
Scenes of desolation, personal ex
periences of privation and possible
extreme suffering, heretofore record-
j f-d elsewhere, ore expected to be re
i enacted through the territory affect
ed by the collapse.
Delia Country Threatened.
Vlckshurg, Miss., April 10. I-.ong
bads of re-enforecd dikes guarding
the delta country's rich shores and
numerous drives from the stress of
(be Mississippi flood, held strong last
nil'ht. The hardest strife came at
Miller's bend, a few miles above
Greenville. The battle has been un
der way for the last three days. A
breach 111 the dike at this point means
the Inundation of the central and
southern portions of the world's most
fertile cotton country.
The fight at Miller's bend has been
a tremendous strife. To the work of
".00 slate convicts who hurled bags
of sand into the flood's maw. Gover
nor Rrewer gave credit for the vic
tory against the raging water.
The chance of life loss that might
result from a break at Miller's hend
i! slight because hundreds of persons
have moved out of tho threatened ter
ritory Into the highlands.
Apparently the break near Golden
Lake, Ark., north of Memphis, has
exerted no effect on tho flood of tho
lower river reaches. This break will
tend to hold back the crest In the
delta and Yazoo districts, but eventu
ally all this water must come down
the valley.
Water from the Golden lake breach
that Is flowing into the St. Francis
basin will find Its way back Into the
Mississippi through the St. Francis
river. The situation along the river
stretches south of Vicksbnrg Is prac
tically unchanged. The gap in the
auxiliary levee at Giles bend is widen
ing but is not considered danger
ous. Armed men march up and clown
the vees along the danger r.one pre
pared to thwart any attempt to cut,
the dikes.
MEXICO NOT BANKRUPT.
Ambassador to Washington Denies
KcMH-t of Deficit In the Na
tional Treasury.
Washington, April 10 The Mexican
ambassador, Gllberto Martinei today
made public a statement denying re
ports prohably emanating from revo
lutionist '!at the Milder administra
tion has bHnrupted the republic and
that n deficit of five million dollars ex
ists in the treasury. The minister of
finance declares there Is 22 Vi millions
In the treasury. t