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full a::cciatzd pedc3 ez2vic3 by leased v7ih3. LAST EDITION 4:00 P. M. Weather Forecast FAIR; KILLING FROST. VOL. XVIII, NO. 39 ASHEVILLE, N. C,f FRIDAY AFTERNOON MARCH 28, 1913. 3 PRICE THREE CENTS DEA'mmsT . .. ;: IS RKDUCED T L 1M suBiine ram FREES TIIDUSM1QS Chief Anxiety Still ' Centers About Dayton, Where Re lief Work Is in Ac tive Progress. CITY IS IN CONTROL , OF NATIONAL GUARD Many, of Those Rescued Have Been Without Food or Water Since Last . Tuesday. Revised estimates which came ; In parly today from the flooded districts nf Ohio and Indiana showed that re port of loss of life in many cities had been exaggerated. : . . The greatest anxiety still centered n limit Davton. where an accurate es tlmate of the number of , victims of the flood continued to lie an Impoa siiillity. The death tolls promises to he much less heavy at Columbus, O., than first reports from the western part or that city Indicated. In the purts of Dayton which have heen explored by a motor boat, . the death list has been greatly reducod from first estimate and unless the number of victims In the north sec tion of the city Is found to be large. the dead In the entire city may not number more than 200. ' .' In Plqua, where more than 600 per sons were reported drowned, less than 20 lost their llves,acxordlng to advices today. 1 " ," .' ' ' In Chllllcothe, where the number of drowned were reported to be In the neighborhood of 600, the dead will not exceed 25. Similar result were expected as to Zanesville and other Muskingum valley towns. . ' ' Indiana points continued to report Improving conditions during the night with the estimates as to death shrink ing as more accurate reports were made. ' By Associated Press.' Dayton, O., March 28. The flood situation In Dayton today Is this: The estimated number drowned is greatly exaggerated. The property loss from Are will not exceed a million and a half dollars. The damage caused to mercantile houses, factories and residences will run anywhere from $15,000,000 to 120.000.000. The water has receded over the tmaineu- district of the city and a , inrire nortlon of the residence section, Residents In portions still inundated are being taken to sections not affect ed bv the flood. There Is no lack of food. The tele phone systems are being restored, - There Is much suffering from cold, but all available fuel has been appro priated and there is prospect of imme diate relief. '. Ho far there has been no epidemic One thousand militiamen arriving ' .... . J Annirnl a sufficient patrol to bar everyone ex-1 lnlant JTOUnCt SOle UCCUpant 01 cept those engaged In the work of res- ue from the scene. Militiamen and deputies were given Instructions to shoot offenders against the pre-arranged plan of relief .work. "Shoot at the legs first, then shoot to kill," was the order given the soldiers. No Effort to Take Out Bodies. A score of motor boats and the life- saving boats were in the flooded dis trict early and by night it was hoped relief would be extended to all those still alive. No effort was 'being made to take out any bodies, the first care " - " i" uviiis. . - . . TTT The boats began to return early irivpvi ly iMsa at. xwit WttVUC from the nearer sections, each deposit ing Its load of from 16 to 20 sur vivors. ' . Most of those rescued were so weak from privation as to be scarcely able to move. By 8 o clock several hun dred had been brought to the cash register shops, . ' The flood situation was much brighter today. The trucks sent from the cash register company manned by men with military orders to confiscate potatoes and food from the farmers brought back a good supply of veg etables, and : several - relief trains reached the city with supplies. The rescue work also had taken on a sem blance of system and all from which the flood had receded were patroled by militia, House Tales of Heroism ; and Suffering Are Unfolded. FLOOD IS RECEDING THROUGH INDIANA Not Less than Four Mil lionOnly Six Are Drowned. By Associated Press. Dayton, O., March 28. Horrors of a flood refugee center were supple mented here today by interest taken In an infant lor two days probably the sole occupant of a floating house. The the streets I Dal)y, a Sirl about two weeks old, was found wrapped In blankets, unaware Tne people I nf Its perilous position. She was I also were urged to get back to their Drougnt to tne Natlomii Cash Register IK TEETH iL CI i - m State Superintendent Says At tendance Is Compulsory. Regardless of County Board's Wishes. U ALLIES SEEMjt PEACE Agree to Accept the Terms of fered by the Powers as Basis for Negotiations. ALLENS FAILS Special to The Gaaette-News. Raleigh, March 28. State Superin tendent .loyner is today preparing for the press an opinion showing that state-wide compulsory attendance law really manes four months school at tendance for children between the ages of 8 and 12 compulsory, regard less of county boards. . The county boards are only clothed with authority to execute the lar and the state su perintendent is the' supreme coxirt of the school system His ruling cannot be overturned except by going Into the courts snd having the section of the act appealed. I " " - ! towns mm ALONG THE HUDSON hniiUAB HihAnmliii rinsiaOkla i.r,. v., I relief company headquarters. There said an official bulletin given wide I was nothing to Indicate who her pa circulation. "Don't, leave your housesl rents might be. As flood sufferers, saved from death without protection. It was thieves and the Vatu'ral "explosion? The boatmert. are beginning to get ac T,Vorst Flood in Years Stops Traffic in Upper New York.' , ADRIANOPLE ENTERED BY KING FERDINAND Conquering Armies Take For mal Possession of Fortress and Cities Bulgaria Desires Indemnity. (By Associated Press) Vienna, March 28. A dispatch from Sofia to the Politische Correspondent says the Balkan allies have agreed to accept the terms offered by the Euro pean powers "as a basis for peace ne gotlations.' The dispatch adds that the P.alkan allies) are prepared to cease military operations before an agreement with Turkey has been reached as they in cerely desire a speedy re-establish ment of peace. Adrianople, March 28. King Ferdl nand of Bulgaria today entered Adrianople, which recently fell before tho assault of the combined Bulgarian natural gas has been turned off and there Is no danger of explosions." , Without Food Siift-e Tuesday. Sixty Catholic sisters at the Academy of the Sisters of Notre Dame and 18 persons for Whom .they had provided refuge were found by the Louisville life-saving crew today to have been customed to Improvised surroundings and recount details of the past few days, tales of heroism and suffering are unfolded. Telegraph i and tele phone wires, "dead" because all power has been shut off, have been means of saving lives. Many people have caught them from their second or By Associated Press. Albany, N. Y March 28. Scores of cities and towns throughout the Mo hawk and Hudson valleys are partial ly Inundated as a result of the worst flood in years. . The waters of the Mohawk river COLUMBUSGQUNTS THE ITER'S TOLL When Governor Mann .Leaves State Effort Is . Made to Get Commutation from ; . Ellysoii. Relief Work Is Being Pushed! EXECUTION STAYED Rapidly in the Ohio Capital. UNTIL AFTERNOON By Associated Press. , Columbus, O., March 28 Some def inite Idea as to the total number of persons who lost their lives on th West Side of Columbus when tho Sci oto river flooded and broke through the levee is expected to be gained to day. . At daybreak this morning hun dreds of rescue and relief parties Htarted for the flooded section with supplies. of clothing, food and fuel. Today ; dawned crisp and cold but clear and Indications were that it would get much warmer during the day. Flood victims suffered greatly last night and this morning from the The water1 Is-receding rapidly and rescue parties will be able to reach fany sections of the West Side which were under water yesterday. " West Columbus remains practically under martial law. Militia companies on duty have been ordered to shoot looters on sight.' Thousands of eun- When Mann Hears of Exped ient He Hastens Back to ; Richmond and Balks v Plan.. and Servian armies. He drove I ous people and those with friends and entirely without food or water since! third Btory porches and worked their I were reported as receding this morn- Tuesday. There were several cases of illness and their sufferings had been Interne. The life savers left a supply of bread and water and planned to take further help., v ','. The Louisville men also took relief way to safer places. 1 1 ling but the Hudson' i-lver continues to Unconfirmed reports of women try-1 rise and already has shattered the Ing .this method of escape and drop-1 high watermark of 1857. At 9 o'clock ping off to their death Into the tor-1 the Hudson had passed the 22-foot rent of water are told. I mark-In Albany and was still rising. John Meyers, a grocer, saved him-(The lower section of Albany Is under to several hundred families in the low I self and little son by strapping the I water and hundreds .r families have -Hot-lot in th viiiiitv nr T.iidinw anil I child to his neck and swimming safely I been forced to IcA "? their ,., homes. Franklin street Herethewatee-had l-to uuiming mar. orreren reiuge. An-1 u8in nousc- nu.vo wim-inrawi w reached the roofs of all two story I other man forced from the second I close, trolley traffic is practically at a hulldlnra. Ofilv.a few of the mostlatory of his home crawled onto the I standstill, railroad achedules have been iteanerata pau were hrnueht out the I roof with an umbrella. He sat there disarranged and navigation on the first move belns: to leave bread and I M hours with the umbrella proteot ing nim somewnar. irom ine neavj I Hudson has been' suspended. water in as many places as possible. There had been little hope there would be survivors In this district, and the fact that there proved to be few deaths brought hope that the death loss would be lower than was expected. After returning for supplies, the life savers started for North Dayton. Plans for Kccinwtructlon. . South Dayton, O., March 28. Fac ing the tremendous task of caring for its ever increasing army of refugees rain. He was rescued, little the worst physically for his experience. Fort Wayne, Ind., March 28. -With the flood receding at the rate of three inches an hour this city has the situa tion in control. The property loss Is estimated at 14,000,000 and it Is al most certain that the loss of life will not exceed six. The pumping station was started against last night. Water ia being I ARE HOUSED HID FED and recovering its dead, Dayton began I pumped direct from the river and the its fourth day of flood under strict martial law. With headquarters at Bamberger Park, Colonel Zimmerman of the fifth regiment, Ohl,o National Guard, initiated plans for the organi sation that will protect the city during Its reconstruction. .By Associated Press. Omaha, Neb., March 28. Thirteen hundred families have been given help since the relief committee began the work of caring for victims of last Sun day's tornado. Half a hundred houses have been provided with rent paid a month In advance, , and furniture, clothing and other household necessl- indiv hav the cltv in rigid control effectively Dreventlng looting, sight seeing that will Interfere with rescue work and all disorder. Tonrinir i h business section today, Associated Press men found the high f th finnd had been nine feet at Third and Main streets, which Is In the very heart of the city. The on rushlng waters flooded the first floor of every store in the business district. This constitutes the chief financla Th tnwor of Steele high schol was levelled and the Leonard building on Main street was undermined so that It collapsed. Many houses were swept away in Rtverdale, West Day ton, North Dayton and sogemoni. uit.iuilnn In Control. West Dayton, O.. March 28. Backed up by the militia and hundreds or rpeclal deputies, the cltlxena' commit tee in charge of the relief work In the various sections of the flooded clt have a tight hold on the situation to day. ' The work of clearing up the chaotic conditions brought on by the flood U progressing with marvelous speed and rnnlilltv . t President O. Ii. Smith of the cham ber of commerce expressed the pre vuiiinir oi.iimont tndnv when he sain: "We do not want the world to think (hut Dnvtnn ! unable to recover from th. rru.t nf tho disaster. We are going to show that we are capable of coping with the situation with entire efficiency." . Todnv besnn with great promise. A brilliant sun tempered the keenness of the frosty sir. The flood subsided perceptibly. Flood victims wno been penned In the downtown sections fif the lity were able unaided t make their w.v lo the suburb by the thou san.K (in purls of Main street. In the heHrt of Ihtyton. It w possible to pit h a ill v path over the pavc Illelit. fo-.iperntllig with the rimens com n.lit,.., 1.,.,.if r l-r.M..nt Smith. only drinking water available is brought in bottles. Captain Garland of the Chicago Life-Saving Station, with a life boat this afternoon res cued 56 inmates of the Ellen County Orphans Home. Kvansvillo, Ind., March 28. The Militia companies from all Parts of I Ohio river at midnight was a.6 feet, hies have been distributed. tho int raaehed Ttavtnn durinz the I a rise of 4.5 feet In 24 hours. I Many families left homeless as a earlv mornfnir hours and by noon I Warning has been telephoned to all result of the storm have permitted every accessible section was under I In the bottom lands that can be I pride to keep them from the relief strict guard. Members of the state 1 reached. The county . commissioner!) stations ana tne commut.ee nas pui hoard of health, brlmclnsr carloads of I have ordered the township trustees to l. to work a corps of searchers to reacn iin nn,i other rtiainfaetants exnertcri I tart over every road supervisors car-1 and relieve this class of sufferers. A to roach hero dur no-the day and be-I rv nrr warning to everyone in i general supply aepoi ai me auunu sin the work of warding off the ever I threatened district Many already I rlum is being used to supply the relief Ineraaalnir ITIPfllLCfl nf dtaeaae. I have left Two local steamers were I stations. Colonel Zimmerman stated that I busy to day removing farmers anot The last or tne original victims tu i.. t nrnviainm onntinuniialv I their livestock from the bottoms. I the disaster were buried yesterday, a were going Into the still inundated I Water todav began to enter Oakdale, I wore of funerals being held. districts. Milk for babies and medi-1 the district of this city so badly affect einea for invalids were not forgotten I ed by the rise two months ago. - A hv tho rescue sauads. I stage of 48 feet by next Tuesday nigni r. n'L.a tho nim iii the military or-l a tne nreaiction. more man a ami aniotinn tn keen from 'the danger I nbove thu January stage. line all persons seeking rrienas. r The wvansviue nusinena awrciuimii ml. tied you are not dead yet;" was land a committee of citlsens today the colonel's disposition of many ap-1 raited 18500 and Informed Governor nileanti. I Ralston It was at fits disposal tor gen- The problem of providing for refu-l.ral relief for flood sufferers In other gees was barely faced by an army of I parts of the state. He drew at once worker, many of whom came from I (or 21 000 of this amount All stream neighboring cities equipped with carin thin vicinity exceed any previous loads and train loads or looa. in iw-i stage ana are sr.ui rifing. eral Instances carloads were detained. I Rre moving few train We cannot tell how much we neea through almost endless lines of Turk ish prisoners and proceeded to the military club, where Shukrl Pasha, the Turkish conrtnander-ln-chief, handed him his sword. King Ferdi nand returned him the weapon with a few complimentary words. Turks Losing at Tohatalja. Constantinople, March 28. The fighting between the Bulgarian and Turkish armies at the Tchatalja lines has resulted In a series of complete reverses for the Turks, who after a stubborn defense of their advanced posts, began a retreat which soon be came a. panic-strlcKen route. In spite of long continued and des perate fighting only 500 wounded have been brpught Jo... the hospitals jo the. capital. ' 1 - The news of the capture of Adrlan- onle liv the Bulgarians has cast a gloom over official circles. The news papers generally express the opinion that recent events will make the task of the powers harder. Peace la be licved to be further away now than It was some days ago. Itulgarla Wants War Indemnity. ! London, March 28. Bulgaria per sists In her demand for a war lndem- itv from Turkey and declines to agree to the suggested frontier running from Mldia on the Black sea to Enos, on the Aegean sea, asserting that a fron tier line from Mldia to the Gulf of Saros at the top of the peninsula of Galllpoli, Is the only concession she is willing to make. relatives in the flooded districts are being kept out of the west side by police and troopers. The city relief station at the city hall and the news papers are compiling lists of the dead and rescued. Scores of persons are still unac counted for and the officials are mak ing every effort to verify reports of persons reported drowned.- PEACHES ALL KILLED? SOME SAY SO: SOME However, Weather Man Looks for Another Killing Frost Tonight. NEW YORK JUDGE : KILLED BY FALL this morning," said John M. Patter on, "and we don't know in Just what shape we want some of the supplies. For Instance there came a canoan ui flour. We can use It later, but If that flour had been made into bread. It would have been Immediately avail able for the persons imprisoned In their homes whom it had been impos sible to remove. We could take bread to thern, hut flour IS noi serviceauir. Hrwrrarrr Systtm wrevsru. Mr. Patterson, as. aide In charge of the southern military district of Day ton Issued, an order this morning to ail househoulders to build a cess pool In their bac k yarn, imi t" safeguard ordered to prevent spresd of disease. Dayton's sewerage system . . 1 1 u-roeuofl. UniClHIS LOOTING G0L1MEKCED IN FLOODED 1ESV1LLE ' Bv Associated Press. New York, March 28. Justice BIs- Rnllroads I choff, of the New York stam supreme court plunged 11 stories down an ele vator shaft to his death tnis afternoon in the Emigrant Paving bank build Inn where he had offices. The Justice was a trifle near-signtea and It is believed as he left his cnam her he stumbled over a piece of carpet and fell through a low window open Ina- Into the shaft WJ"t he was picked up he was dead. Mm 0iTe 0tiZ 10 Hi!. EATON ARRAIGNED; in xinorx 10 iop inivery. PLEADS Kill bUILI Zanesvllle, O., March 8. With the coming of dtiwn today Zanesvllle's thirty fhousand inhabitants, ten thou- the ii. Tan ' ! 111., r : ,rlv tn iimke sr- ,. -indium In ihe T engineers' corps of the state mill- sand of whom are homeless, saw the Plymouth, Ml tla refused to venture an estimate of ,, ,1mm of nope mnce the fl-K.d In "n' M" wnn it inm- itne MUBKinnugi river f.niuii mrnTn Vie're'-.Pr.la.-.'f C, three T .? river had ii,.. unno tiersnns before noon, begun to recede and provisions had Hundreds of the visitors' waited for I nrrvr(j at a point within four miles long hi.urs In the live block lines of c)y . Th im pMr humanity tnai lea """ ,, .., iirihi. and there were in.llra. ... ..im. hMRilciuartrm. Moat m ...- these sought pau.es to go through the tn, that the hitter cold flti.nl area wnere toey ' sing. had chanee to rearn nmroone.. irlemla unci kinsmen. Only a few of ih. thriiiiu were allowed .W go and I hey Were ratine 1I K 1 I',-, - W I .impelled to pmre especial i. the rnvottd pSk wer i,l ,,iy r bi.tt Hi ard. ,, 1 1 . h :s Aft. Ctimmunlcatlon between the 'lty and the seetlnn kiiow as " Putinan where It was believed the bias of life will be found teibe greatest. Is still nil fT. litMiting fl Ji e..nimen. e,l anil the in I HI ii O' I ,1.1'AIl lui lin.'n Kivn nrde the liiil tliii-f iM'it:1 Hv Associated Press. sfaiw.. March 28. Mm. on wa arrslgnea to v and n eaaea nor guuiy ro mr m dlctment accusing ar of the murder nf her husband. Hear Admiral Joseph O. Katon, by administering arsenic In his tea and through other mediums. Th widow llatened without show Inir emotion to the reading of the bill iter feo was hidden by a mourning veil When asked to uleiid she re spnniied promptly In a firm voice: "Nut SlllltV." No date was set for the trial. Th prisoner was remanded to JajI withou ball. The evidence upon which the widow m-reateil revealed Unit mm h of the family life 'if the ) ,l,.n had bei ,.,,),, ,,v. !ill h had I." ' II inn rt led I-' I OUISVILLE IS Fi FLDOD OF YEAR Ohio River Steadily Rising There People are Warn ed from Lowlands. The opinions of most of the "oldest inhabitants" are that all the peacnes were not killed last night, although there are some who declare that tnere will not be a peach. This Is an ex treme and pessimistic view of the case, however, and Is combated by tne opin ions of a few others that there will be a good many, it noining use " crop. Those who predict that tnere win he no oeachee eay that tne ireeze, coming after so much wet weather, was more than the blooms couia stand. On the other hand. It Js con tended that while there was rain the wind blew hard all day yesterday ana dried out the blossoms, and the little mow that fell did not have much ef fect. One man says he examined sev eral trees, on one of which he found no live blooms; on the others a small percentage. n U Jnw.n-Aw la nnl AVAr nilWPl'I'l and It the peaches were not killed last pianne u secret.. night they may be tonlgnt. tne weather bureau is not looking for a freeze but a heavy frost Is expected. The thermometer went down to it) last night. By Associated Press. Richmond, Va., March 28. Floyd Allen and his son Claude, the only two -of the Hlllsville gunmen to pay the . death penalty for the Carroll court house niurtlers a year ago, were elec trociitetl tu the state penitentiary shortly after 1 p. m. today, after a dramatic eleventh-hour attempt to save them had been thwarted by overnor Mann unexpectedly return' - ing to the capltol. tluw proventlng the lieutenant-governor from acting upon r a retpiest for a 'commutation. Floyd Allen, aged leader of the out- . law band in Carrdll county, was ter ribly unnerved by the excitement in- . cident ' to the delay of six hours in carrying out the sentence.' ' He went to the chair at 1:20 o'clock. He was pronounced dead at 1:26 o'clock. . The prison guards next brought Claude Swanson Allen, son of Floyd, Into the death chamber at 1:30 o'clock. : He was dead at 1:36. Richmond, Va.f March 28. Acting ... under orders from Attorney-General Williams, Superintendent Wood of the state penitentiary this - morning de layed the execution of Floyd Allen and Claude Swanson Allen until the question of the llentenant-governor's : constitutional right to act on a peti tion for commutation could be finally determined. ' The respite Is to hold only until this afternoon In the event that Lleutenant-Qovenpor Ellyson de clines" to. Interfer.'..'-.-' 1C' " . Early last night the attorney-general when called upon by Lieutenant Governor Ellyson , rendered verbally the oplrilon that he, as lieutenant-governor, had no authority to Interfere with the sentence. When this fact was made known at the residence of John P. Branch, a banker, where the conference was being held, long argu ments followed. Friends of the Al iens urged that the execution be de layed until they could go more fully Into the constitutional question in volved. They finally won their point and Attorney-General Williams called Superintendent Wood over the tele phone at 2 o'clock this morning and secured from him the promise to de fer the electrocution of the Aliens un til the afternoon, Lieutenant-Governor Ellyson in the meantime being in formed that the attorney-general' opinion would be filed with him by 13 o'clock today. ' ' . Rev. William G. Daniel, who has been unfaltering in his efforts to save Claude . Allen, and a few inenos oi the AllenB attended the conference last night, no reporters being admit ted. Governor Mann was not advised before ho left the city yesterday after noon for Trenton, N. J., that an ap nui would he made to the lieutenant- governor, the whole proceeding being STILL NO T WEST OF HAZELWQOD Track is Repaired Line , Open to St. Louis. Bv Associated Press. Louisville. Ky.. March 28. With water already sweeping over the lower sections of the city and the Ohio river steadily rising, Louisville today faces the second flood of the year. Profiting by experiences in January when many persons were caught In the rapid rlne. of the river, the board of public safety late last night ordered a special detail of police into the flood threatened aeetlnn with orders to forcibly remove those who would not I Jyjoy Jjg FOUT DaVS before u.... ra.i iaH.v tho woter he iran I - It , t C , una; .... j to sween over what is locally known as "the Cut-off," but it found only de serted homes. With the work of . rescue accom ollshed. charity organisations today '"'"" . I ...I k.lr. run relief stations while other. incre are st... m ....... . are being cared for at hospitals and by the Southern railway over the ... ...... , ....... . . rA Ki.ir.u-1 Mnrnhv hranch beyond Hazelwood. A orner pu.ii.c inniaaim-. " I .u. ....l, hevnnri that winds with snow and sleet gave way ia.se pan ... ... " ' Y 7 . ... .,u . I milnt Is either Inundated or washed tooay 1.0 eunsiune a... ..ib.iw. - - --- ,.f .,,, laway, and althdugh large forces of atlires. . I .... , . .otllnar It At several points along the river secnon nam.- . . - T ""'' " between Louisville and Cincinnati Into shape it Is doub ful If the line . . u a..n.. K ii I will be .reonened again for at least nouies nave ncen mwii ..,. no "J -i - . -...,., Maysvl... a body wa. taken in tow, by 'JTJ:' " hn.iman hut tho ptirrent eauffni n unman, m snd carried It under before he could get it ashore. These hodleB are he lleved to come from the flooded sec tion of Ohio. In the western part of the stale, around Owensboro, Renderson and Paducah the water Is spreading over the lowlands. Already high water has played havoc with railroad transportation. With washouts, weakened bridges and In some Instances the tracks entirely gone, conditions have resulted In an nulling all schedules. Yesterday limited from Florida and other south ern polntii was forced to go up one branch line and down another, Hazag- Ths linn bv way of Louisville to St. fouia Is nbw open, although there la no wav of getting Into Cincinnati anu all traffic beyond that point Is still annulled. Washington communication has now been opened up. and Infor mation from headquarters Is to the effect that all lines will be reopened within a few days. THIRTY ARE REPORTED LOST AT VENICE, 0. Ry Associated Press. Cincinnati. March 2. Another flnnd stricken village was heard from King arnWthe state, and much to the today when Coroner For "'.-yer was e.ll.l.ntlon of the inhabitant of hide notllled thai S2 lives had been , l. sliitinnH. accustomed to only "Jerk water" accomnioilnt Ions, st'ppped . ,.i,,n,illv fi.r bam aandwu-lies nn l ri.li,.., permitting an ' In 1" ' H"H "f -1 I ' 11 1 I 111 1 !1 l-BIH. Venire In Kilt er CillinlV. I ne were nicintiera (if tlve f-imlll mother if. f!ii-tl. Thi'-- 1,1.11 rev -.-e re''. TV- J, s In discussing the matter at the con ference Attorney-General w imams contended that there was no evidence to show that the governor was actu ally beyond the borders of the state, especially as It was known that his or iginal program was to leave Richmond today. Emphasis, moreover, was laid on the fact that he had repeatedly refused to Interfere and that Lieutenant-Governor Ellyson had never been In possession of the court records t.f evidence. While the effort to secure conunu- ti e.f oentence related aoieijr m Claude Allen, the half day respite in cluded Floyd. There was a moment of Intense excitement at tne Dig v' ' when It Was announcea rnw . lens had been given a temporary res- ''oovernor Mann, en route for New Jersey, evidently was advised of what had transpired In his absence, for he aliandoned his trip and started back for Richmond. He was on Virginia soil again at 8 o'clock this morning and will be In the state capltol before noon. His presence In the state makes action by the lieutenant-governor Impossible. Governor Mann arrived In the cl from Washington at J1:S0 o clock. There was a large crowd around the station, composed largely of friends of the Aliens, although there was no demonstration. Ten policemen and a mHnv detectives escorted tho governor U, his automobile In which he was hantllV driven to the capltol. He de clined to see anyone, although he nn tllied the prison superintendent that he would be in his office throughout the day. Prlaoners Ureal. Down. Flovd Allen nlinoot collapsed In hi cell this morning when Informed that the execution had lieen delaved. t'laudo Allen, whuse nerve never f ill ed heretofnre. broke down '"- pletely. At noon Governor Mann l 1 ,h,: following aiateineiit : "lleming at live P''"'! 1 ' i.'cli..'k i hia ni"i ii--.- ' :' a
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