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ill J6 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES LAST EDITION 4:00 P. M. Weather Forecast: GKXEltAIXY FAIR. me 1 VOL. XVII. NO. 76. ASHEVILLE, N .0., WEDNESDAY, AFTERNOON, MAY 8, 1912. 3c PER COPY DEVASTATION ' J3Y THE FLOOD PAY TRIBUTES TO THEIR DEAD Extent of Disaster in Louisiana Indicated by the Plight of Thousands of , Refugees. HUNDREDS ARE PICKED UP ALONG THE LEVEES Had Spent Days Without Shel terGovernment Rations Are Distributed to v . the Starving. New Roads, Ia., May 8. It Is be lieved by those in, charge of relief work that practically all the flood marooned Inhabitants of Point Coupee parish will have been rescued by the end of this week; The Texas & Pacific railroad officials say their road has, transported 7000 people from points along their line to the upper part of the parish. The railroad station here Is crowded with refugees .watting to be taken to the Baton Rouge relief camp. The waters of Torras crevasse con tains spreading over West Baton Rouge and Iberville parishes. . Melville, ia., May, 8. The extent of the destitution following in the flood's path was shown by tho steamer Whit man')) arrival here lust night with 750 refugees were picked up along a levee where they had waited three "days without shelter. Melville Itself is al most depopulated and was not prepar ed to. care for the refugees. Rations frum government barges were distrib uted to them. - ," New Orleans, May 8. Clear weather ; was reported ' yesterday at all points . from the - Tor res crevasse south to the mouth The Itnlnroll Ceanea - "'. j of the river, and the most encouraging reports since the present flood began have been received from all . those points up and down the river where the embankments wehe thought to be weak. The work of rescuing maroon ed persons In isolated districts . pro prim i -motM? rapidly -and- boals-Tjom-Ing into concentration camps were us ually loaded with women and children. ; There Is a scarcity of every kind of navigable craft and everything that can )fc steered and' carry passengers and aupyilles from even a short dis tance lias been pressed Into service. Hundreds of primitive But boats are being constructed in the upper dis tricts wherever timber is available. . These will be used in scouting over Inundated sections where only light draught vessels can navigate, , Tuesday brought sunshine and a dlminuatlon of activity in the New Orleans levee districts. Gangs of men ottaling more than 1000 labored Sun day and Monday, many of them work ing by electric lights throughout the night hours in torrential . rains, atrunirMinnlnir InvaH ttintlffht. tn tlC uix.i.n rt - - - ... e weakening under, the enormous pres sure and continual downpours. Work has been practically abandon ed In the third district of this city in the vicinity of the American Sugar re finery. . r i - The hot sun yesterday' baked the re pair work done during the past three days and the engineers are once more . cheerful, many of them believing that the worst has passed. The levees have have been inspected and pronounced in good condition. The work of strengthening the levees on the Al giers side, opposite Aumndun park has about been completed and the ex perts believe more than a 22 foot stage can be held back. Mayor Martin Behrman Issued an appeal yesterday for funds and sup plies for flood victims of the northorn and eastern portions of the state. The . newspapers have taken up the task of raising funds In connection with the relief committees and several thou sand dollars and car loads of supplies have been sent out from this city. TURKS DEFEAT 1TAL1AHS. Governor of Rhodes Tele- graphs News of a De cisive Victory. London, May 8. The governor of the Turkish Island of Rhodes, where Italian troops landed a few days ago, today telegraphed: "We won a Vic tory capturing 1000 Italians." . This Information was conveyed in e special news dispatch from Pern, Turkey. . RED CROSS MEETING Delegates Representative of Iractl . tally Rvery Nation AHscinbte in , Washington Today. Washington, May 7. Delegates from the tod Cross societies of the world, representatives of practically very nalloa, gathered here. today for tho opening session of tho ninth in ternational Red Cross conference. The conference continues until May 17. Henuti.r Root welcomed th foreign UUors in tiie absence of President a.u't. REGUURS BEflTEN ' IN PENNSYLVANIA Reorganization Faction of the Democratic Party Captures Harrisburg Convention. Harrisburg, Pa., May 8. In the same hall where the regular republi can organization of Pennsylvania was overthrown last week the regular democratic state organization was yes terday swept out of power by the "re organization'' faction of tho party after a fight of nearly two years. The victory of the new men in control of the party's machinery was complete, and no resistance was made by the regulars after tho vote on permanent chairman of the state convention showed that the "reorganlzers" had control of the eonvetnion by 110 Votes to 73 The party had been split for more than a year, and two state com mittees hud been directing the des tinies of Pennsylvania's democracy. The "reorganizers," under the lead ership of George W. Guthrie, former mayor of Pittsburg; Vance C. McOor inick, former mayor of Harrisburg, and Congressman A. Mitchell Palmer of Strnudsburg, named a complete state ticket, elected 12 delegates,-at-lorge, and 12 alternates-at-largo to Baltimore and gave them binding In structions to vote for Woodrow W1I-, sun "as long as his name remains be fore the convention;" ; selected six electors-at-largo, adopted thoir own platform and ratllied the 'selection of the "reorganlzers '" state committee In electing Mr. Guthrie state chair man. There was no opposition in the convention to the naming of the Wilson delegates and in Instructing them. , . ' i The state ticket named Is ns fol lows; . , Auditor General Robert 10. Cress well, Johntown. -. State treasurer William It. Perry, Delaware county. a.. . Congressmen-at-iarge George B. Show. Westmoreland: Joseph llowley, Alleghany f.tjoorgo jJC J0.iioun.lAI aerne, and 13. E. Greenawnlt, , Lan caster, ' Delegates-at-large, oleetors-at-Iarge and district electors were also chosen. The platform indorses the initiative and referendum, but ignores the re call of Judges and Judicial decisions. It deplores "destruction of representa tive government through control of state and national legislation by agents of special Interests." The platform continues: "Three great issues overshadow all others. Representative government must be restored; the Judiciary must be restricted to Its proper sphere; the evils of tho tariff system must be corrected." The work of the democratic house is praised, the" claim being1 made that it hos promoted economy in every branch of the government, paved the way for the election of the United States senator by the people. "President Taft has defeated meas ures," declares the platform, "that would have reduced the high cost of living." . The record of the democratic con gress Is referred to as In "startling contrast to the broken promises of the republican party In the state and nation." "We share In the humiliation," runs a plank, "which all feel at the spec tacle of the chief magistrate of our country lowering tho dignity of the office by indulging In a petty person al quarrel with his predecessor, and withholding prosecution against great corporate Interests." It declares RooBevelt followed the same conduct In office as Taft, and states that the "recent events furnish conclusive reasons for nnamendment to the constitution making a president Ineligible to succeed himself, as well as for legislation which will prevent any executive from employing the great power of his office to fasten on the country a successor of his choos ing." WOMAN AND TWO MEN H ARE SHQTBY POLICE Wildest Excitement Prevails at Minersville,. Pa. Reserves Are Called Out. Pottsvllle, Pa., May 8. Two men and u woman were shot by the state police at Minersville , when a mob started to attack the police this morn ing. The wildest excitement prevails. Police relnforcemonts were dispatch ed' to Mlnersvlllo. . .. An lilmld Hearing It Begun. ' Washington, May 8. Hearings on charges against Judge Robert W. Archbald of tho commerce court were begun this afternoon by the house Judiciary committee. Archibald, ac companied by his two son and coun sel, was present. K. J. Williams of Scranton, Pa.,, al lege! io lmw negotiated for Archbald with ttic Hfle 'railroad for purchasing a culm bank properly to be sold at ii largo prollt. Was tho first Witne.. I ill 5 ' ,.A MmM New York Herald and The Gazette-News. . ON WHICH SIDE DOES OUR 'S GHARGE STIBS UROEOWDOD Reiterates His Statements That He Is Not Harmon's Stalk ins Horse. Gazette-News Bureau, Wyatt Building, ' Washington, May 8. ', The Baltimore Sun of, this morning carries the following special from Washington: Oscar W. ITnderwocd of Alabama, majorjty leader of the house anil can didate for tho democratic presidential nomination, today declared .that his presidential candidacy was not in the interest of Governor Harmon nor of any other inndldute than himself. This explanation was made in re ply to a statement of Willlum J, Bryan in a speech nt .ChllllcoHie, O., lust night that he had heard that the Underwood delegates chosen in Geor gia and Florida were In reality Har mon men.' - "It in impossible for a man In public life," said Mr. Underwood, "to keep up with all of tltu misrepresen tations made about htm, but I wish to say .there is no wnrrant In fnct for the statement made by Mr. Bryan. I am making the race for the presi dential nomination with the honest endeavor to secure It for myself and my candidacy is not and never has been In interest of Judge Harmon or any other candidate. "Georgia, Florida and Alabama de clared for mo in a presidential prl mary election and this was the ex pression of the desire ot thousands of honest votes at tho polls for me a-nd not for any other man." EASES IN WAGES Tho Difficulties of the Eastern ' Railroads Are Further , Complicated. , New York, May 8. The demands of locomotive firemen on B0 railroads In eastern territory for Increased waire, extra men on certain clanse of freight engines and othr working conditions comes up Wednesday for consideration by a conference commit tee of railroad managers. , It is ex pected a replj will drafted and sent tui Grand Chief Carter of. the firemen's brotherhood. This probably will he followed by a Scries of conferences to consider the demunds In detail. Prosecution Rests Case Against Floyd Allen First Witness for Defense at Wytheville a Hillsville Juror T Who Says Defendant Was Fired on Before He Began to Shoot. Wytheville, Va.,' May 8. With the examination of four witnesses this morning, the commonwealth rested its case against Floyd Allen, charged with murdering Prosecutor William M. Foster in the Hillsville courtroom last March. Floyd's counsel called us the first witness for Hie defense John W. Kar ris, a Carroll county farmer who was WILSON DEFEATED .P Oscar Underwood Carries at Least G5 of the State's 78 Counties. Jackson, Alias,, May 8. Oscar W. Underwood defeated Woodrow Wilson by a decisive majority In the demo cratic presidential primary In' Missis sippi Tuesday, according to the latest figures compiled. Returns are coming in slowly. Figures tn hand show Un derwood carried at least 65 of 78 coun ties. -DF-T ARE SENDING VERSES The Irlc contest manager Is glad to seo the out-of-town people re sponding to the request for rhymes on the contest, tjulte a number of verses were received yesterday from out-of-town. . U is hoped others will send in lyrics on ull of the business firms of Asheville. The contest will not start for sev eral days and those who submit their verses now will stand a lietter chance of having them accepted on the ilrst Week uf the contest. . Wllwin Control In Texas. IHi 11,13. Tex., May 8. Reports from all except S of H40 Texas county ron vent Ions heldn yesterday, show that Woodrow Wilson has more than enough votes to control the state con ventions held yesterday, show thai Wilson 3K0. Harmon 140 nnd Clark 4 3. Three hundred and fifteen Votes ere necessary to control !iho conven tion. . . 155 RIIY DUTY LIE? a member of the jury which found Allen guilty at the trial during which the tragedy occurred. Farris testified he saw SherilT Webb fire his pistol at Floyd Allen as soon as Allen Jumped from his chair when sentence was pronounced. On being cross-examined, Farris admitted he beard two shots before Webb started to shoot, lie said they came from where he saw Siilmi and Claude Allen, ASHEVILLE WANTS I.OIFJIEETING This City and Wilmington After Next Year's Grand Lodge. Gazette-News Bureau, The Hotel Raleigh, Raleigh, May 8. The claims of Asheville and Wil mington are being urged as the next meeting place of the Grand lodge of Odd Follows. Raleigh will also ex tend an invitation. A class from tho Ooldsborn orphan ago gave a concert today and was en terlalned nt dinner at the MethodlHt orphanage. Tho election of officers occum this afternoon. Charles Dewey of tloldsboro will be grand master and i. L. Khlpnuin deputy grand master. TO STAY IN OHIO Taft Will lYolong Ills Campaign In the KfTort to NOCIIM1 Dclc-gatloii-at-lJiitfe. Winchester. )., May 8. Following a cunsoltiitlon with repiihllcnn leaders President Taft has deeldud to stay In Ohio several days before tho pri marlcs. May 21. Although tho pro gram for his campaign is incomplete, he plans to spend most of the time 111 northern Ohio. Mr. Tiu't's schedule today ' called fur stops at 14 towns, ending at Columbus to night. Chicago Freight Hundlers Strike. Chicago, May 8. "We feel that we have the railroads securely tied up and will win without other union as siftance," was assorted by President Flannery of the Freight Handlers union today regarding the strike o l.dOO freight handler on 24 railroad enteilng Chicago. The strike Is d void of Violence. BULK QF FORTUHE Fl Youth of 20 the Chief Heir to 100 Million Dollar Estate. New York, May 8. Vincent Astor is the principal benelu iury under the will ot Ins father, Colonel John Jacob Attur, whose estate of approximately $ 1110,0(11), 0U0 is divided under the will which has just been made public. Tins document was drawn last Sep tember, a few days alter the colonel had married Miss Madeline Force, ami aeven months before his tragic dcallr in the sinking ot the White .Star liner Titanic. 1 Tmler its provisions his own son, William A inc.ent Astor, generally re ferred to by his second name, be comes the head of the great house ot Astor, and upon the shoulders of thiF slender youth of 20 is placed the mantle ot his lather. The young widow, Mrs. Madeline Force, will receive the city bouse at No. 840 Fifth avenue and its contents, with the exception of a few objects, and 'She will have the use of .85,000, -000 until her death or remarriage. Provision also is made for Ava Alice Muriel Astor, 10 years old, daughter of the first wife, Mrs. Ava Willing Astor, and for any other children who may be born, Ihus providing for a posthumous heir by the second wife, When, Colonel Astor and Mrs. Ava Willing Astor were divorced a sub- tnntial settlement was made upon her. She Is not mentioned in the will. ivious legacies amounting to $276,- 500 are mentioned. There is only one public beipiest, $30,000, which is giv- n to the St. Paul's school at. Concord, N. H., where Colonel Astor prepared for Harvard college. Lewis Cass Lodyard gave to. the press a concise synopsis or tne win which is soon to be offered for pro- bale. Under it the' colonel disposed f ..all the,jriuiorty. w.hicju..he. nwnedJ. ir over which lie had power or tes tamentary disposition or appointment. Tho interest of the disposition now enters about the son, a student In Harvard university, who In another year will assume the responsibilities f a great fortune. The clauses which oneern him give him first all the amis and personal property at Rhine leck over which the testators held the imwer of appointment under the will of his father and also the lands rind property at this place which Col onel Astor subsequently purchased. METHODISTS TD ELECT EIGHT At Least 100 Names Probably Will Be Voted on Yes terday's Proceedings. Minneapolis, May 8. The ap proaching election of bishops is oc cupying the attention of the dele gates to tho qttadrionniul conference ' of the Methodist Kpiseopal church. which began its second week today. On the first ballot there probably will bo about 100 names voted on. At least eight new bishops will be chosen. There will not bo a final court of appeals of the Methodist Episcopal church. ' This was decided at the business session of the quadrennial conference of the church in session here yester day when the conference rejected the first paragraph of the report of the commission on juuiciai proceoure, ap pointed nt the last sussion of the con ference Ir. lialtlmore four years ago. Tho Ilrst paragraph of the commis sion's report which tho conference Unlimited consisted In the main of the sentence: "There shall be a flnnl court of appeals." It was the great power granted to this proposed court to which most objection was made by tho delegates and the church leaders state that the formation, of a court of appeals with fur loss power than pro vlded for the commission may be the result of the present system of tho conference. The afternoon session was given over to tho hearing of the report of tho work of the woman's foreign mis sionary society, addresses being made by liishop Ijiither li. Wilson and Miss Jennie V. Hughes. A reception to tne fraternal delegates of the Methodist ICplscnpal church south and MothO' dlst Protestant church was hMd last night, addresses being made by Dr. Frank Thomas of the Methodist lOpi copal church south and by Dr. Julius Cooper, representative of the Metho dist F.plscopal church In Japan. FOUR FOR ROOSEVELT Kansas Republicans Meet at InnVpen- dciM c Today t Name lele Rutc-at-Iargr. Independence, Kns May 8. -The republican state convention assembled here today. The convention will elect four Roosevelt delegates at large to the national convention. 10 HI T T 1 IIWIWIP Annual Memorial Exercises Are Held at Camp Gordon by the Confederate Veterans. CORONATION OCCURS OF REUNION 'S QUEEN Miss Mary Scandrett of Macon Crowned First Eall of Reunion Takes Place , Tonight. . Macon, Oil.; May 8. Thousands of Untied Confederate Veterans in re union this morning paid eloquent trib utes to their dead comrades and lead ers. Annual memorial exercises held in the vnst auditorium at t amp Gor don with Sons of Veterans, members of the Italics' Alomnrlal association and sponsors and maids in attendance, Especial tributes were paid the lato General Clement A. Kvans, honorary cuinmander-jn-ehtof, and General Geo. W. Gordon of Memphis, who died af ter his election as commander-in-chief nt the little Rock reunion last vear. This afternoon the veterans seloet their next meeting place. , The fight until today Was among San Antonio, Jacksonville. and Chattanooga,:; Liouis vill is now an applicant, hoping it will secure the next reunion if a deadlock occurs. ... , ' ' The crowning of the queen of the reunion. Miss Mary Scandrett of Ma- con, was the chief social event this afternoon. The coronation took place on Coleman's hill, an eminence over looking the city. The queen was es corted to her throne by maids selected from the state's principal cities and towns and by the state military and several veterans' organizations. ' ; Tonight the first ball of the reunion takes place, this being tendered to the sponsors and maids by the Sons of Veterans., The. bal.1 will be... lend, by. : 1h( ''commander-in-chief, -'J'. P. Norlieer of Memphis, and Miss Mary Custis Iee, sponsor for tho south, of Freder- , icksburg, Va. YesUcilay's Proceedings. A drenching downpour of rain which continued Intermittently throughout the day did not dampen the ardor nor nllay enthusiasm in the opening here of the twenty-second annual reunion of the United Confed- . erate veterans. Thronus of visitors and thousands of veterans participated in the Ilrst day's sessions of the reunion. Rous ing addresses were delivered by prom inent men and women of the confed eracy. At frequent intervals during the day music Vvab rendered by( a score of bands. The downpour of lain, drooping flags, and mud bespat tered uniforms were forgotten when the strains of Dixie were heard. Kach time tho familiar tune was greeted with tumultuous cheers and the "rebel yell." . Sessions were held by the veterans in the morning and evening and meet ings were conducted by the United Sons of Confederate Veterans , and other affiliated organizations. Sons of Veterans Klwt Officers. The convention of tho United Sons of Confederate Veterans was conclud ed last night with the election of J. It. Northlleld of Memphis, Tenn., com mander-in-chief to succeed Walter G. Pritchard of Charleston. S. C. It was also decided to chanire the name of the organization to Bons of Confederate Veterans. it amp John H. Gordon, the hotel lobbies and headquarters are teemimf with consultations over the three cornered light for the 1913 reunion. Chattanooga, Tenn., San Antonio, Tex., nnd Jacksonville, Fla.. are exert ing every effort for the honor. . Interest In the fight for the 1813 re union was Intensified by the published report charging that Secretary K. II. llynuin of the Macon chamber ot commerce had offered to sell tho re union to Jacksonville, Flu., for $000. Secretary Hyman Is quoted as admit ting that be Is in the employ of the Son Antonio delegation nnd that lis was conlldent of winning the reunion for that city. Members of the Florida city dele gation are loud in their declarations that San Antonio is using unfair means to get the coveted prize. On the other hand the Texa delegation contends that the alleged exposure is a trick on the part of the Jacksonville delegation to gain votes. A committee is appointed to Inves tigate the charges against Secretary ITynmn reported that he had nrted without authority and disclaimed any Intention on the part of tho Macon chamber of commerce to take sides In the selection of the next place of meeting. BRYAN STUMPS OHIO AGAINST GOV. HARMON Toledo, O., May J.J-Willlam Jen nings Mn-an started early thli; morn ing on his second day's speech-making tour of Ohio, opposing Governor Harmon's preslduntlai nomination. Ionri 4'otivi'iitliMi Kliclvtl. Washington,' May The NIciiiii guan nnd Honduras lonn guarantee conventions wore shelved when tho senate foreign relations committee ! v a tie vote of t to 7 failed to i' ii t them fuvontbly tndnv. 'I'lic ci'iiw-ii-tions were stubbovly f"uj;M.
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