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ASHEVILLE, N .&, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, S EPIEMBER 17, 1912.
PRICE THREE CENTS
WimjlN SPEAKS
AT SIOUX CITY
People from Pour States Crowd
In to Hear the Demo
; cratic Nominee
Speak.
MAKES TWO SPEECHES
DURING THE DAY
One to College Students and
Other at State Fair Grouns
Crowds at all the
. Stations.
Sioux City, Sept. 17. In the north
western corner of ' the state, where
bridges crossed the Missouri and Sioux
rivers to Nebraska and South Dakota
with the Minnesota state line but a
few miles away, this city was thronged
today with people from four states tp
greet Governor Wilson, democratic
presidential nominee. He was dis
appointed to learn that his secretary
fulled to wake him to meet crowds
awaiting; when the train passed Clin
ton, and Cedar Rapid at midnight.
The Governor gave orders today that
hereafter he wishes to be called to
greet any folks, who may want to see
him, whether half a dozen or a thou
sand. When he reached here, .the
governor was taken to Mornlngside
college, where he addressed 800 stu
dents. Returning here he shook
hands at a public reception. Demo
cratic candidates for governor of Iowa
arid South Dakota were with him
throughout the ceremonies. The gov
ernor 'elected the pure food law and
questions' concerning their enforce
ment as the subject for his speech at
the fair grounds this afternoon.
Governor Wilson became a "good
Indian" "today .with, proveso, however,
that ' he was not as a consequence a
"dead Indian." The democratic pres
idential candidate wa elected a mem
ber of the "Tribe of Hloux," a miinlol.
pal organization; presented with a dia
mond pin and publicly initiated be
fore n crowd that tr.ronged the audi
torium here. . He took the Sioux
pledge.
i'h lea go, Sept. 17. Through Ohio
and Indiana Governor Woodrow Wil
son did some impromptu campaigning
yesterday that was an vigorous at It
wn. unexpected,
No previous arrangement had been
made for speeches and the train
schedule was twisted by delays early
In the day, but crowds gathered along
the route and Governor Wilson made
nearly a dozen speeches from his car.
He replied to former Senator Bever
Idge of Indiana, who charged In a
recent speech that Governor Wilson,
If elected would bo boss-controlled.
State Senator Fred Klstncr and Mayor
Fickle of Logansport, Ind.. boarded
the train and told Wilson about Mr.
Beverldge's S'teech so that when the
democratic candidate reached Logans
port he hit at Mr. Beverldgo to a large
crowd.
"I understand tltat In a speech made
Inst Saturday night." said Oovernor
Wilson, "a very much e-tecmcd friend
of mine, namely, Senntor Beverldgo,
said that he entertulrel a very serl-
ous fear about me. namely, that If I
were elected president I would be
controlled by the bosses. I never sus
pected before that Senator Reverldge
was a humorist; because. If he didn't
know that was a Joke, he ought to
have known that It was a joke. When
did he ever hear that I had changed
all my political habits?
"The way you can telt whether a
man U going to be controlled by the
bosses or not la to Judge whether he
Is in reach of a boss or not. Do you
know what a boss Is? A boss Is a
political agent of certain special In
terests, who ee to It. through him,
that people they can control are put
In ottlce and that laws they don't want
are kept off the statute books, and the
men who do that are the men who
are Interested In the great monopolies
of this country. .
"I am sorry to observe that whereas
the republican party has practically
fostered the trusts and the democratic
party propose, to prevent monopoly
in this country the third party, repre
sented by Senator Heverldge, proposes
to take the monopoly Into partnership
with the government by accepting It
as an inevitable necessity, and bring
ing It under the regulation of law;
that Is to say,' making It a legalized
Institution of the country. And when
the men who have created monopoly
are accepted partners of the govern
ment do you suppose they are going
to dispel. e with the men who are
their necessary agents, namely, the
boswH who determine who nre to oc
cupy ofllce and what the legislation Is
to be 7"
"Who created monopoly?" Inter
rupted a man In the, crowd, and he re
pented his (iiiritllon M'Veral times.
"The men who created monopoly,
my friend, to answer your question,"
continued the governor, "are the men
who have taken advantage of protec
tive tariff to get together In make
, sure that the price are In their own
control. And every republican lender
In our generation ha been In league
with those men."
"Who nre they?" broke In another
Voice, imd the governor's reply
brought cheers.
"They are the Mien who have Set Up
the great trust,'' be mild. "Every -lody
I i the ll'it of them. Th.
tnetl Mi,- t i he of ttif MriJ trii;''.
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H IRE li
BY MEXICAN RIOTERS
Phoenix (Ariz.) Police Chief
1 and a Patrolman Killed
Bystander Shot..
Phoenix, Ariz., Sept 17. Police
man Hubert Williams and Scott Price,
a bystander, were killed. Police Chief
Moore Was mortally wounded and an
other policeman was seriously wound
ed late yesterday by Mexican riotera
at a celebration of Mexico's inde
pendence day. The Mexicans escap
ed. The murderers escaped with posses
of national guardmen and citizens In
pursuit.
Americanized Mexicans and their
unnaturalized countrymen , had en
gaged In a battle over the manage
ment of the celebration, which was
held on city hall plaza.
Policemen Williams and J. Valen
zuela arrested two of the brawlers
and had taken them as far as the
priaon entrance when the men drew
knives and plunged them Into' the
breasts of the officers. Williams died
soon afterward. Valenzuela, although
seriously injured, Is expected to re
cover. Chief of Police Moore, attracted by
the noise,, came up just as the two
policemen had fallen. He was at
tacked by the two Mexicans who
plunged their dirks Into his body
again and again. Although mortally
wounded Moore opened lire and one
of his bullets pierced the heart of
Scott Price, a young American who
was in the throng that had assemb
led at the plaza to witness the cele
bration. The dying chief of police staggered
after the- fleeing assassins, but anoth
er Mexican ran up behind him and
drove a knife between his shoulder
blades. Moore fell dead and his mur
derer escaped. . ; .
The city council immediately as
sembled and scores of citizens were
sworn in as deputies to pursue the fu
gitives. Saloons: were ordered clnsed
and all festivities were suspended.
Members of., the. Phoenix national
guard, well mounted, joined In the
hunt. At a late hour the murderers
.were at large.
KeilerulN Retake F.I Tlgre.
Doi'glns, , Ariz., Sept. 17. F.l
Tlgre, one of the richest mining
camps In northern Mexico, was re
taken by federals at 4:30 o'clock yes-
terday afternoon, after having ven or and family of Rand and condemn
In the hands of the rebel band of Inex I d nai!ln "? br"ta' Hnd 'lenerat ng.
Salazar for two days.
Telegraph communication with the
camp was restored just as the federal
troops were moving in and Superin
tendent 1 R. Hudrow telephoned that
the rebels were still In sight, going
over the hills. Not a shot was llred in
the recapture of the town.
A hundred fetferals, chiefly Yaqul
Indians, marched Into the town and
the small hand of rebels that had re
mained to await the reply to the de
mitnd for $100,000 ransom took to the
hills.
Several hundred additional federals
are encamped In the vicinity of the
town.
The rifaU are reported to have
taktn with them $20,000 worth of
gold am' silver bullion
News of the relief of El Tlgre was
received here with much rejoicing.
There had been disquieting rumors
nil day of mistreatment of Americans
by rebels.
NEW YORK PRIMARY
('and Ida I for Congress, Senate, As
sembly and ITuner Olllctn are
Kecking Nomination,
Albany, Sept. 17. The first real
test of Nw York's new primary law
come today. The nominees Include
candidates for congress, senate, as
sembly, county, city and village offi
cers. The progressives cannot parti
cipate, but must file nomination pa
pers with the secretary of stale.
There is a different colored ballot for
earn purty participating In the pri
mary. CHANCE UNDER KNIFE
Manager of Cliliago Nationals c
rated on for IIIimmI ('lot at
Bam- of llraliu
New York, Sept. 17. Manager
Frank Chance of the Chicago Na
tionals, who was operated upon here
yesterday for a blood clot at the bae
of the brain Is reported today an rest
ing easy. Physicians believe Chance
will be able to return to the game
as h player.
Itural lrtlcr Carriers Mtvu
Nash vlllu. Sept. 17. The convention
of the National Rural Utter Car
riers' association opened a four dayt'
session here toilay with delegstea from
nearly every state. Welcoming exer
cises and the appointment of commit
tor iH'Cunlcd the morning session.
The main topic of cotivermtlon was
the )iew parcels post law.
legation S.i rt-lnry Vrvnl.
New York, Sept. 17. Harry No
lan, newly appointed secretary 4f the
I'ulted Stains legation Bt Panama, sr
rested l.inntly charged with abduct
ing a Kcoteh girl named Mitrlon Mct
Vli "r, was illwhiirged today by Mag
I ti ato M ut ).h mi million of I'rosei u.
lit,
Hinted lloit be wiis
MASKED MEN LOOT
REGISTER LD 111
Southern's Memphis Special
Held Up Near Stevenson
Four Clerks Overpowered
Chattanooga, Sept 17. The west
bound Memphis Special on the Sou
thern railway was held up near Stev
enson, Ala., at 1:30 o'clock this morn
ing. It is reported the registered mall
was looted. Passengers were not mo
lested. The amount .secured is not
known. The robbers covered'four pos
tal clerks with revolve and forced
them to He on the floor, where their
hands were tied. A posse Is searching
for the robbers. ;
Memphis, Sept. 17. Upon the arri
val of the train here, the mall clerks
admitted that 34 pieces of registered
mail were missing, said to contain
valuables. Two masked bandits board
ed the mail car at Stevenson and,
with revolvers levelled, forced three
to lie down, while the fourth tied
their hands. The robbers then made
the fourth lie down. The train left a
water tank, none of the crew know
ing the robbers were aboard. They
remained for 40 miles, leaving at
SteveuM Gap, and escaping into a
dense wood.
REPORT ON RAND'S DEATH
IS RAADE BY VENABLE
Executive Committee of Uni
versity Trustees Condemns '
Hazing in Resolutions.
Special to The Gazette-News.
Haleigh, Sept. 17. Dr. Francis P.
Venable, president of the University
of North Carolina, yesterday present
ed to the board of trustees of the
university a simple and plain state
ment of the hazing and death of Wil
liam Rand last Friday morning. Ev
ery phase of the .case from the time
Hand was 'awakened untn " the civil
authorities, at President Venuble's re
quest, took the four young hazers In
charge, was related without an effort
to condone. That the barrel was not,
knocked from under Hand was a
point brought out at the coroner's In
quest. The executive committee passed
resolutions of sympathy for the fath-
The resolution states that the trustees
had authorized the faculty to expel
all students caught indulging In this
practice and thnt students through
an advisory council had been a great
aid In carrying out this policy, they
expelling students for the hazing.
What university men regard as the
one redeeming feature of the wholo
matter Is the fact that four young
hazers felt compelled out of defer
ence to sentiment to carry their vic
tims far from the campus, away from
the Influence of other students. There
was strong sentiment against hazing
and It could not be dene on the cam
pus or In the buildings. The executive
committee expressed gratification
that only four boys out of 800 were
Involved In the tragedy.
V'tlon Taken by Trustees.
Acting -on Dr. Venable's report the
executive committee adopted resolu
tions as follows:
"Resolved,. That the executive com
mittee of the board of trustees of the
university, having received the otllclnl
report of the death of Isaac William
Rand made by ITeident Venable,
which will he published, at the uni
versity on JYiday morning, Sept 1.1.
expresses its deep sympathy with the
father and family of Isaac William
Rand and over his untimely death.
We deeply deplore not only the death
of the young man, but the manner of
his taking off.
"Under a resolution of the board of
trustees passed some years ago any
and all students engaged' In hazing In
any form, when convicted, shall be
expelled. .The council of the student
body has and is co-operating with the
president and faculty of the university
In effort to suppress hazing and all
boys who have been dctecK.d In the
past three years have been expelled.
The students who engaged In the haz
ing that resulted In the death of
Rand have been committed to the
Superior court of Ornnge county, to
answer the charge of homicide, The
solicitor of the district, Hon. K. M.
Hattls, was present at the request of
to president of the university and
conducted the examination of the wlt
uessei on the part of the state at the
coroner's Inquest. The young men en
gaged In the hazing must answer to
thu laws of the elate. It is gratifying
to us to know that only four out of
eight hundred students enguged In this
hazing and the awful results of the
hazing of young Rand will', we believe,
effectually end this brutal form of
iimiltenient and degeneration."
WAITERS MAY STRIKE
Now. York Hotel Iinploies Threaten
lb Salk Out When tiio Winter
Kcmiii lla-ghia.
New York. Sept 17. A general
strike of waiters and cooks thnt will
paralyze every llrst-rlass restaurant
snd hotel In the city at the opening
of the winter reason is the latest plan
of the International Hotel Workers
union. A statement by local olllcluls
iivs thHt unless the employers come
to teiniM nil the help will quit wor k
heO the cilliiVilhKot ii lire MUm fur
tin- I !' .(loll lleXI ."S..I .!.! r.
0 MONOPOLY -ASSERTS
FUNK
Harvester Company's General
Manager Claims the Trust
Has Seventy-Five
Competitors.
DECLARES JT SPENDS
MONEY FOR FACERS
For Instance, He Says, Four
Millions Have Been Spent
Experimenting on Bind-ders-Twine.
Chicago, Sept. 17. (Government at
torneys In the anti-tmst suit against
the International Harvester company
presented today what pni'iiortcd to lx
the original agreement 1y which
George V. Perkins, Cyrus II. McCor
mlck and Charles Dcerlng formed a
"voting; trust" which placed them in
absolute control of the $ 1 50,0(10,0110
coi'iHiratloii. The agreement, dated
August, 1902, was for ten years anil
only expired a few weeks ago. It was
introduced to show that these three
men hail turned over to them all the
stock so" they had the sole, voting
poiver in the corporation.
Chicago, Sept. 17. Analyzing the
hiisines of Its' competitors, Clarence
Funk, general manager of the Inter
national Harvester company, today,
in the government's anti-trust Buit
against that corporation, testllled that
there hardly was 1 a single farm im
plement In whose manufacture and
sale competition did not exist. The
government's suit for dissolution as
serts that this corporation monopo
lizes the harvesting machinery busi
ness of the country and fixes prices
to the "serious Injury of farmers."
Funk testified there were, as many
as 75 firms Interested In the manu
facture of farm Implements. He said
grasshoppers anif erleketa had cost
the harvester company more than four
million dollars. He said thu coiriuany
attempted to produce a superior bind
er twine out of flax. "There was so
much sweetness 'eft In the twine, that
crickets and grasshoppers feeding on
it, became a pest," he said. "We con
ducted experiments and expended
four million dollars trying to furnish
the farmer with suitable twine."
OKIES HOLD MEETING
E NEXT
. .. r
There Are a Number of Candi
dates to Be Ini
tiated. On Thursday and Thursday night
the gates of the city will be opened
to the "Dokles" of the western sec
tion of the Btate, when the members
of Suez temple No. 73, P. O. K. K.
will assemble for a ceremonial ses
sion to be held at the Battery Park
hotel ut night, for the purpose of Initi
ating a iThmber of the denizens of the
mountain fastness Into the fold. There
will be a large quantity of "fresh
meat" to appease the voracious appe
tite of the Tiger, as the denizens will
come from almost every town between
here and Charlotte.
This Is a big annual event for Ashe
ville, and it promises to be more el
aborate this year than 'for several
years past. The candidates will fur
nish amusement for the populace dur
ing the day under the guiding hand of
the frolicsome "Dokles," and there
will be a big parade and music In
the evening, following which the cere
monial sesilon will be held at the ho
tel. This will be atrlctly private and
of course, wfll be "enjoyed" exclusive
ly by the candidates.
RAID EGO PLANT
Philadelphia Health OIlkcrM Seize
MM 10 Ci all's While Passers-by
Hold TliWr Nosoa.
Philadelphia. Sept. 17. Health de
partment officials and a detail of ZOO
policemen seized the plant of the Con
solidated Kgg and Yolk company
here and while paasersby held their
noses, the crates of eggs were opened
und their contents poured down the
sewer Inlets and washed out Into the
river.
The raid followed the enforced dis
missal of Harry P. Sassldy, the pure
food expert of the state, who Is
charged with having passed goods
that were not tit for consumption.
Cassldy was removed by the governor
und the raid ordered from Harrls
burg. More than R000 crates of eggs were
demolished and not even saved for
the use of tanners, an It wsa claimed
that their age whs such that they
might even breed disease,
, , ,
Niw Altitude IlciDrtt,
Villa Coul.lsy. France, Sept. 17.
George Ieuiigneux, the French aero
pnul ostebllnhed a new word's rec
ord for nltitiiHn toiinv, soaring IS, 372
I, i t. The I. H m.-r 1 m !
r-ei, it It 1B.1M" f. . t
wnt. held
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New York Policemen Swarmed
About "Gyp" and "Louie"
for Six Weeks. -
New York, Sept. 17. For six weeks
"Gyp the Blood" and "Lefty Louie,"
wanted as slayers of Rosenthal and
minutely described In thousands of
circulars sent abroad, ' walked the
streets of New York daily. Twice they
attended Mardl Gras festivities at Co
ney Island, where are 800 policemen,
end on one occasion they stood within
the shadow of the police headquarters
debating whether to surrender.' This
is the gist of a statement given out
by (5. K. Wahle, counsel for the gun
men. New York, Sept. 17. A secret John
Doe investigation of the circumstanc
es surrounding the arrest on Satur
day night of "Gyp the Blood" and
"Lefty Louie," two of the four gun
men who are alleged to have slain
Herman Rosenthal, the gambler, was
begun yesterday before Judge Goff.
The purpose of the Investigation, ac
cording to Acting District Attorney
Moss, is to ik.teimlne whether the po
lice suppressed or destroyed any ev
idence particularly letters Implicating
tho two men in the. murder and when
and how the clues to their where
abouts Were obtained.
Pleading Vut Over.
Pleading to the murder indictments
against the defendants was put over
until Wednesday. "
Justice Golf called successively in
to his chamber Deputy Police Com
missioner Dougherty, Sergeant Young
(Dougherty's secretary), and Detec
tives Yune, Myers, Cassassa and Mo
Kenna, all members of the police
squad that took "Gyp" and "Lefty"
into custody.
They were questioned by the Jus
tice and Mr. Moss. What they told
was not revealed, but it was learned
that Commissioner Dougherty turned
over to Justice Goff a box contain
ing papers, memoranda and other
documents found In the gunmen's
flat which Mr. Moss said had fur
nished the prosecution "some evi
dence of Importance." Included In
this evidence, Mr. Moss said, were
clues by which he hoped lo establish
the Identity of th persons who sup
-pilot! thu gunmen with funds. It was
reported however, that 40 .letters con
taining incriminating references to
the Rosenthal murder had been found
in the flat and although Deputy
Commissioner DougHerty Indignantly
denied that any such missives had
been discovered, Mr. Moss declared
that he purposed to have the truth or
falsity of the report legally establish
ed before the Justice.
Another matter which the prose
t utor said was being Investigated wan
whether the police examined the two
gunmen and their wives at any time
before the nrrival of Mr. Moss at po
lice headquarters Saturday night. In
this connection the district attorney
has learned that contrary to the story
told by the police that they "burst
Into" the apartment, there were no
signs on the door of the gunmen's
flat that force had been used.
COLORADO CONTEST
Roosevelt Nominee for Governor May
Attack Validity of Recent Pri
mary Result.
Denver. Sept. 17. While returns
from last Tuesday's primaries are not
complete, the winners for the princl
pal offices are known, with thy ex
ception of congressmen. The rcpubll
can nominees for United States sen
ator are C. W. Waterman and Clyde
C. Dawson. The democratic nominees
are Gov. J. V, Shaforth and ex-Gov
C. 8. Thomns.
C. C. Parks Is the republican nom
inee for governor, but P. B. Stewart,
Rookevelt's friend, threatens a con
test. The. nomination of Means and
Kingsley, republicans, und Taylor and
Keatlttg, democrats, for congress Is
certain, but the other congressional
nominations' are In doubt.
Mr. Szalm's Brother Arrive,
New York. Sept. 17. FTam Men
tchlk, brother of Mrs. Rosa Szabo,
who was drowned In Greenwood lake,
Orange county, while boating with At
torney Burton W. Glbsort, arrived here
today from Kurope and went to the
Austro-Hungarlan consulate and de
posited a death certificate showing his
mother had died in Vienna two years
ago. Gibson, charged with Mrs. Szn
bo's murder, declares that her mother
Is living. Menschlk probably will be
a witness sgalntt Gibson.
I tank IUmrvoH IlenTeasod.
Washington, Sept. 17. As a result
of reports of an Impending money
stringency necessitating a deposit of
government funda .In national banks
to finance the estimated 1 10,000,000,
000 crop now lading harvested Comp
troller of the Currency Murray Is
watching the condition of banks as
shown by the call of September 4
Reports from New York, Chicago,
Xd St. Louis are not as good a
ne 14, the dato of the previous ru
The three points show a decrease In
the return of reserves.
A $273,000 Mill Is Burned.
Nashvllfe, Sept. 17. A dlpatch
from Kstlll Springs, this morning says
that the plant of the Tenne Milt pom
puny, valued at 1375.000, was destroy
ed by fire of unknnwij nrlKln. Klre
npparatus Whs scat from Nsnhvllli on
a special. The capacity of the plant
whs 2MI0 barrels of Hour dully. It wn
blllEll ATTEMP
CONGEALMEN
hilonn of the li rn
v .i owned by S'
t In the Hiiiiih ii
iihrrn ini-ii.
JAILED
ON THEFT CHARGE
Says He Once Had Pastorate
In Asheville and Dii Y. M.
C. A. Work Here.
FIRST TOOK A DRINK
IN FIT OF THE BLUES
Name Given Is That of H. D. Kurdi,
and No Such Person Is Remem
bered Here.
The following from the Denver Post
Is a very interesting story of a sit p-
posed Asheville minister, who has had
a quick descent from pulpit to prison:
The route from pastor of a small
church In Asheville to a cell in the
city Jail should be a long and circul
tous one, but the Rev. H. D. Karen.
24, Methodist minister, orator and
lecturer of some prominence, held by
the Denver police on a burglary and
larceny charge, says that with a bottlev
of wlno and a package of cigarettes in
front of him and a woman at his back
pushing him along, he found a short
cut across the territory, along a
smooth, well oiled track.
"But I got. small returns on my In
vestment, the young minister declar
ed. The Rev. Mr. Karch is held on In
formation given by his landlady, Mrs.
Alice I'oley, 010 Sixteenth street She
says the milliliter entered her rooms
twice while she was away and stole
money and Jewelry. The pastor makes
no denial of the charge, aumltting that
on I-abor day, September 2, he stold
$14 and a diamond ring from Mrs.
Foley. Friday afternoon, he says, he
ngain entered her rooms and stole a
watch valued at $50. City Detectives
Carr and Rogers arrested him a few
hours later.
"It would be unmanly for me to try
to put the blame on anyone else but
myself," the clergyman , said, "but
when I think of where I am now and
what I was a few months ago, I say
to myself. 'Surely, this Is not Harry
Karch." It can't be or I cannot be In
my right mind."
There can be no doubt as to the
Identity of Karch, who until eight
months ago was looked upon as one
of the brightest young clergymen, lec
turers and orators produced by the
southern states. Friends here tell of
the Important work he was doing on
the social side of life, and for the boy
and young men in his home town of
Asheville, where he was born and
reared and where his aged father and
mother now live. His family is one
of the oldest and most respected In
the southland, and young Karch was
admitted Into the friendship of older
clergymen and other leading profes
sional men of North Carolina.
As a child, friends say, Karch show
ed unusual abilities, and he was ftlll
in his teens when he was graduated
from the Southern Training school at
Memphis, Tenn., with high honors as
a debater and orator. Then followed
his entrance In a theological school
In his home state, and two years later
he waa given his certificate as a min
ister of the gospel. He was then 21
years old.
Karch had brilliant success in his
chosen profession and was soon given
a place as a supplementary minister,
followed by his selection as piistor of
a small Methodist church In Asheville.
Soon his congregation began to In
crease and notices of his sermons be
gan to appear In the papers. He Iden
tified hlmelf with Y. M. C. A. work
and social study, and in a few weeks
was given a regular place on a lecture
platform In the southern slates He
appeared at different schools, colleges
and churches as lecturer, and only a
few days before starting to Colorado,
he gave a "farewell" talk to a big col
lege audience In Asheville, on "Prov
erbs nnd Early Biblical Days."
This may be true, but It Is doubtful
If It is clearly remembered here by
many people. At any rate he is not
recalled nt the Y. M. C. A., nor has
anyone been called to mind who might
nil the hill. v
The Post continues:
Karch admits that he was then well
started ort his downward career, but
his condition and actions were known
onl;- to himself. He was coming Weil
to Join his brother, D. Karch, living nt
510 Sixteenth street, and start all over
again. This was a month ago.
"My Intentions were good, but' the
devil wns still in me, I guess," Karch
said. "I strove hard and wanted to
get work ns a salecman, but could not.
I did not have any too much money
and It soon gave nut. Then came the
tempter and I fell. I could have ob
tained funds elsewhere, but I did not
want to let my friends know my con
dition." Kerch attributes his first step down
ward to a fit of dcsimndency. which
most men call the blues.
"In my weakness," he continued, "I
took a drink. It started me and I
took more. Then, unknown to my
friend. 1 began to make excursions
Into strung places, and my drinks
became more regular. This is the
result, but with the end I am going to
make a beginning, I have seen what
drink will do and It has made a better
man out of me makes me realize
what a fool I have been In the last
few months. If I ever get out of this
the world will hear of the things 1
have learned,"
Karch says his greatrt folly since
coming to Denver, wss his selection
of oompnnlons.
"Thev were good men, even If they
wire going In the wrong direction." h
siild. "I trli d to keep up with them
MINISTER
tint couldn't. But they were not t
Id inn: for m) thing I hno done."
E PEOPLE
WANT TICKET
Many Followers of Roosevelt
Wish Convention of Pro
gressives Held to Nomi
nate. DECLARE IT IS A FIGHT
ON ALL THE BOSSES
Both Democratic and Republi
can, and Idea is to Appeal
to All Dissatisfied
Voters.
J ust what steps are the Taft. re
publicans and the Bull Moose going
to take in regard .to the county tick
et? So far as can be ascertained this
has not yet been determined by those
concerned. There are those of the
Roosevelt adherents who regret that
they did not come out as progres
sives at the start, and they favor tak
ing this action even at this time.
These think that they ought to call
a progressive convention and cither
endorse the present county ticket or
put out a new one. The former alter
native, however, seems to find moro
favor, since it is understood that all
the candidates are sympathizers of
the colonel. There are other support
ers of the colonel who do not favor
the calling of a progressive conven
tion and are. satisfied with the way
matters now stand with regard to the
county ticket '
The republican executive commit-,
toe of the tenth congressional dis
trict meets at the Langren hotel this
afternoon at which time it will be de
cided whether Mr. Staton, republican
candidate, Is to accept the challenge
of Mr. Gudger for Joint debate, There
have been reporta to the effect that
Mr. Staton will be asked to define his
exact position with regard to the fac
tions or the party. Another thing that
will be done Is the election of a suc
cessor of T. F. Roland, present chair
man. ,
The following Interview with one
of the progressives, who is also a
candidate on the county ticket, will
give some idea of the feeling that
now exists in the progressives for th
Taft men:
"What does It profit a man to gain '
a nomination for the governorship af
ter he has lost his political Job, his
political prestige, his political influ
ence and his political hopes, and will
not poll 10,000 votes In the entire
suite, on a liberal estimate, half that
numlier being 'wot' democrats of the
eaBt?
"It seems to have been a life long
hope of Thomas Settle to be a candi
date for governor, and after this state
went dry, he turned his attention to
local option, trying in each state con
vention since then to have that plank
written Into the republican state plat
form. Now he has reached his goal
he Is the gubernatorial candidate on
a big, wide, unmistakable, liquor
platform. May the gods let him enjoy
to the fullest his position durln the
next seven weeks, for then and there
after he will be the worst defeatd
'also ran' that was ever marked up
on the blackboard of failure.
"The very Idea of a man aspiring
to this honor at the hands of his par
ty in the state, when there are not
200 republicans In this, his home
county, who would have sanctioned
his race had It been left to the re
publican voters In a primary, reminds
oiib of President Tsft, when he
thanked the republican party of the
nntlon for 'giving him the nomina
tion ut Chicago.'
"The whole proceeding, from the
Taft farce nt Chicago to the conven
tion of expert and unexecelled pie
consumers at Charlotte, where Smil
ing Tommy with his pet plank of
pure booze was declared to be the
man rnd the means to swing North
Carolina Into the republican column,
has been a continual, unbroken lino
or activity, dominated by thefts, bold
or by stealth., as the occasion de
nuinded. "The Taft leaders have acted In
such a manner that a republican who
Ik even partially self-respecting and
liberty-loving will have to cut loose
from them; even though a man wns
formerly for President Taft, honestle
and conscientiously, he cannot now
come In contact with them without n
feeling of repugnance for them.
"1-et them go on with their meth
ods, I say. let those republicans or
former republicans, If you will who
repudiate Tnft, Taft's administration.
Settle. Settle's candidacy. Boss Ro
lind's and Roland's bosslsm; thHo
democrats who are tired of Bun
combe county's ring rule, higher tux
es and higher salaries for county of
ficers, thoHe democrats who ire tired
of favoritism In road biuldlng, favor
itism In general administration In
county affairs, get together and rut
loose entirely from the all-t"werful
bosses of both sides snd glv I'nn
combe county a new deal for the nei.
two years. 1-t the ltne-up be p. i, I .
vs. polltlclims, right vs, wrong, h .u
esly vs. hypocrisy, government
'gobblers.' and If we do rod m,.! i
Job for. the polit'enl 'jml .t I . I ..
will sours luitii lhi'.t ru.- .., i., i
Hint tllev III l. u,fl t ,
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