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FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS SERVICS BY LEASED WIRB. I I LAST EDITION 4:00 P.M. Weather forecast C'LOl DY. WARMER. VOL XVIII, NO. 43. ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY. AFTERNOON, APRIL 2, 1913. PRICE THREE CENTS cairo is given FUNERAL RITES X' liir KESP1 1 is Ohio Rise at Threaten Ceases, Although Higher Stages are Expected This Afternoon. MISSISSIPPI FLOOD IS RAPIDLY RISING Hickman Levees Showing the " Effect of Strain Cincin .. ': nati'Cituation Great ly Relieved. TO WARSHIPS TO MONTENEGRO Mi ITO DEHOR SUGAR TARIFF I CUT E I Impressive Service over Body Secretary Bryan Is : Now Pre- President and Mr. Underwood of the Late Financier Takes Place at Rome. paring Note for Transmis sion to the Chinese Government. " Favor Admitting that Ar ticle Free, after a Stated Time. .-. Powers Will Make Naval Dem onstration to Overawe Lit tle Kingdom. FLORAL OFFERINGS FROM MANY LANDS ANXIOUS TO SHOW ' CHINA FRIENDLINESS ! RESISTANCE LIKELY IN UPPER BRANCH Ry Associated Press. Cairo, III., April 2. Culro hod a . little respite from its flood Bcare to day ' because the Ohio river waters were at a standstill . from midnight, - The read ins at that hour was 66 feet and the gauge bhowed a little less at 7 o'clock. However, the crest of the Ohio river waters is Btill to come and It is expected that before night the 'gauge feadings will again ascend. One cause for the standstill was said to be due to the vast volume of water flow flowing Into the lowlands of the drainage district, It was re- ported that the water was flowing over the His Four tracks In that section . far u .distance of three-fourths of a mile. Those who are, looking out for the reinforcement of the levees did not al low work to abate, even though the rlro had stopped. Train service into the city hud not been resumed early todav v s- ': Conditions in-the drainage section Fwcre at a standstill. ,; All business was lilinniioned and It was said that by to .' tiijrht the great area would tie under at leiiKt 12 fet of water. ... , $2.V),m;0 of Whiskey in River. loiiisvt-tlc. Ky., April 12. A "large warehouse of the Rugby Distillery (oniiiun., In the western end of the city weakened by flood water, collaps ' i d late last night; releasing to the river about 6000 barrels of whiskey ' valued at a quarter of a million dol lars., A dam hastily constructed saved u number of the barrels (,'-" -; ' The threatened collapse of weaken - cd buildings was the only source of anxiety today as the crest of the flood parsed Louisville with . a stage -. of Blluhtly. more than 45 feet.. . Lift-saving crews and firemen were prepared to continue their work of anchoring houses that . appeared threatened. lower river points today continued i to experience rising waters. Paducah, with the water standing . more than - two feef deep in the lower sections of the? city, - faced the menace of a useless lighting plant Henderson and Owensboro, safe from flood dam age themselves were taxed with the rare of hourly increasing refugees. At Wlckllffe where are gathered more than 300 refugees from Hick ' man, Cairo and Columbus the shelter situation was becoming acute, and it was expected that another appeal to . Governor McCreary for tents would be , made toduy. . , Stage of 3T.S Feet at Memphis, Memphis. April 2. A stage of 37.8 1 i feet was recorded on the local Mlssla ' slmil river gauge here- today, a rise of one foot in the past 24 hours. A large number of men are patrol lng every foot of the levees on' the ' Arkansas side from the mouth of the St. Francis river to the MtssqurJ state line. Hundreds of teams and thou- By Associated Press. London, April 2. Sir Edward Grey, the British foreign secretary, Informed the house. of commons today that as Montenegro had resumed the attack on Scutari contrary to the will of the European powers,, the latter had de cided to proceed with the naval dem onstration off the Montenegrin coast. Two British warships, he said, were ready to participate. ' Paris, April 2. The French gov Body Will Be Sent Tonight via Simplon Route to Havre, Thenceto America. Date of the Fprmal Announce- Mr. Wilson's Mind Still Open By Associated Press. Rome, April 2. A funeral service 'of ample and Impressive character was solemnized over the body of the, lute J, Plcrpont Morgan toduy. The mourn ers were few In number. They stood ernmen't today decided to take part " Profusion of floral tributes sent In the naval demonstration on the I by mends trom many countries. Montenegrin coast. Action will be I Beside Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Sat- taken, however, only after Russia has I terlee, the son-ln-luw and daughter ot I given her definite approval and has I the deceased, stood Miss Helen M,l asked France to represent her. The I Hamilton, his granddaughter; Thomas ment Not Definitely Known U. S. first Power ta Act. as to the Rate of the Pro- - posed Income Tax. decision of the French government has been communicated to Russia. No reply to the peace note of the powers has been received from the Balkan allies. , i 'The ambassadors in London decld- el today at the last moment that It was useless to hold the meeting they hud projected owing to the uncer tainty of affairs in the Near East J. O'Brien, United States ambassador, and Mrs. O'Brien, Professor Giuseppe Bastlnnelli, Dr. Allen M. Starr and Dr. George A. Dixon, the three physl- By Associated Press. Washington, April-.; 2. The United States government has decided to rec ognize the . new ?: Chinese republic. Secretary Bryan conferred with Pres ident Wilson for nearly an hour to day at the white house, completing the details and ft note is being pre pared at the stats department to be addressed to China through the Chi nese minister here. f. ; Whether it will be- presented before cinns who had attended him during the meeting of, the constituent assem- his illness; Mrs. Woodworth ot .New Inly next Tuesday or Is Intended to Vork and Charles Lanier of New I reach the Chinese government on tnat vnrk , I date has not been disclosed, but the By Associated Press. Washington, April 2 President Wll son's attitude towards certain features of the new tariff bill was the subject of a conference today by democratic members of the house ways and means committee. Chairman Under wood laid before the committee the results of his talk with the president, during which Mr. Wilson urged sev eral changes In rates proposed by the committee. The sugar tariff issue has become more acute because of reports today that the president and Mr. Underwood practically had agreed upon the re- WERE GRAFTING BY WHOLESALE MRS PANKHURS T'S PLEA'NOTTGUiLTY" Denies She Was Accessory to Wrecking of Lloyd George's House. Later-in the day arrangements for mere presentation of the note to the m0VBX o a duties from sugar with the dispatch of the body to the United I Chinese "minister and resumption of States were discussed. It will be sent by way of the Simplon railroad through Switzerland and France to Havre, whore It .will be placed on board a liner sailing Saturday. ' On the 'request of Ambassador O'Brien today the Italian government mmediately granted all the necessary concessions to have the body leave on in expniss train at 6:15 o'clock to- ilirhL reachins the Simnlon tunnel to- AlllirOVal Of OnlV One More 1 morrow morning. - - , - . . I n.i .. . . ..... .1,-1 .. , iiu ijiiiii will uut.u,y ix yy' ktxi vtii Iraped with black and silver fringe. Next to the funeral car will be a sleep- ng car for Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. fatterlee. ' - ' The--transportation of the coffin 'mm the hotel to the station in Rora win bo basolutely private. Muriiil Plans Announced. New York, April 2. Funeral ser vices In this country over the body of J. P. vMorgan will take place In the city at St.- George's Protestant Episcopal church. Interment will he at Cedar Hill cemetery, Hartford, Conn., Mr. Morgan's birthplace. The dates will be decided later. ThlB official announcement was made this afternoon. FEDERAL AMENDMENT State Needed for Direct ' !. Elections.- formal international relations with the Chinese minister are regarded In dip lomatic circles as tantamount to rec ognition, The United States government is anxious to show its . friendliness to ward China and while there have been rumors that other nations might an ticipate the action of this country and recognize China before the United States does, in official Circles here it was believed that the . United States would be found first to show its faith in the new republic. No formal announcement Is expect ed from the administration here until the Chinese government Is In receipt of the American note. Bv Associated Press. Harrlsburg, r.. April 2. Pennsyl vania today joined the ranks of the states that have ratified the proposed amendment to the federal constitution providing for the direct election of United States senators, making the thirty-fifth to fall In' line. The joint resolution ratifying the proposed intendment which previously passed the house, was passed by the senate today unanimously. The vote of only one more state Is needed to make the amendment ef fective. Washington, April 2. Of statee which have not finally acted on the direct elections constitutional amend. ment, the legislatures of two Connec ticut and Rhode Island are now In session. Neither branch, has acted upon It In Connecticut, but In Rhode Island the house has adopted It, leav lng only favorable' action by the sen ile there necessary to -complete the necessary 36 states. v ; : ,,i , In Florida where United 8tates sen -itors are already selected at pr. mart (. the legislature meets April g. il YET AS TO E PROGRESSIVE : PARTY BILLS TO BE OFFERED CONGRESS Report Going the .'Rounds that Democratic Chairman Is Reconsidering. provision that such change would not take effect immediately, but that su gar growers would have an opportu nity to readjust themselves to the al tered conditions. Such a provision if if decided upon' would be advanced In the senate In the hope of staying some of the opposition from Louisiana and other states. ' ' The points upon which President Wilson has failed to agree with the house tariff makers are of sum- cient importance to leave In doubt the time the bill finally will be com-Dieted. That the president Is giving caretui attention to views of those who op- pose iree sugar wiw .ihuic-jm. when he sent for Colonel Robert Ew- ing, democratic national committee man from Louisiana. Mr. Ewing de clined to discuss his visit, but It was believed the president endeavored to suggest a compromise arrangement so that when the tariff bill reaches the senate its sugur provision would not be opposed there. ; '. The president told several of nis callers that he had not made up his mind about the income tax rates. He said It would be impossible to deter mine this until there had been an agreement upon tariff rates, as noi until then would it be known Just how much revenue would be required. The tariff will be discussed tonight at the White House among the president and Senators Simmons, Stone and Hoke Smith of the finance committee. By Associated Press. London, April 2. Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, from the prisoners' en closure at the old Bailey court house today, pleaded "not guilty" to . the charee of having "counseled certain persons whose names are unknown, to, place feloniously and maliciously cer tain gun powder and other explosive substances, with intent thereby to damage" David Lloyd-George's coun try house at Walton Heath. The suffrage leader, frall-looklng and pale, found the court room this morning crowded with women wear ing the suffragette colors. She turned composedly to Sir Charles Montague Lush, the judge and announced, "I will defend myself." A , table was assigned her for her papers. Archbald H. Bokkln, counsel for the treasury, had not proceeded far with his opening of the case when Mrs. Pankhurst interposed with the objec tion. I do not mind counsel Introducing reports of my speeches made by jour nalists, but I fliject to police reports. They are grossly inaccurate, very Ig norant and ungrammatlcal, and Con or what 1 said. - I The Judge soothed her by promising! that she would have an opportunity later to correct them. Mr. Bodkins' speech closely follow ed the arguments used during the pre liminary hearing In the police court. He said it was not suggested that Mrs. Pankhurst was present at the time the bomb was placed In . Lloyd George's house, but the prosecution charged that she was an accessory be. fore the-lo. '- . '. y Various Acts to Be Introduc ed in Line with Platform of the Third Party. m tUIAM DEFKATS IT. Hull City Turns Down ComnilsMion Government Overwhelmingly. ...n,t. nf men ra working nlffht and Special to The Gasette-News. day sacking tops of the embankments- Durham, April 2. Durham spoke in nn'd elevating low places. . rt uncertain terms on the commission Officials of the" St. Francis levee form of government yesterday, when . i.,rrt . .v.rvthinir Is In cood shaue y s vote df 846 to 82 the city defeated to wllhttand the greatest volume of the bill providing for a change In theb),g for the oreaton of a non-partl- water the Mississippi has ever been y cnaner. nmi ne uieni won mn Ken(nc llrif comralailon, thn In called on to carry to the gulf. !!" in me election, mere were iunRtive. referendum and recall; a na The. situation at Beulah, MIsa, and regiraerea ror ine eiecuon. una ivv oi i tlonal Inheritance and Income tax, lm By Associated Press. Washington. . Anrll 2. -Progressive pflrty measures that appeared In the national platform are to be Introduced In both hout.es In the sixty-third con gress, probably by Representative Murdock of Kansas and Senator Poln dexter of Washington. The formidable program Includes By Associated Press. Washington, April 2. White Houst officials were unable today to throw any light on the report that Demo ratio National Committee Chr'rman William F. McCombs had reconsidered his declination of the ambassadorship o France and was' now Inclined to take the post. Mr. McCdmbs lina for nearly month been undecided and, while on one day he had Informed the Whltt House he would accept, the next day he announced his declination. With !n a day or two after that Mr. Mc Combs signified his Intention of recon ildering. To all inquiries White House off! ;lals today admitted that they were puzzled and did not know exactly what Mr. McCombs would do. On the day before the senate adjourned. Mr. McCombs telephoned the White House to prepare his nomination and Indl-1 special to The G-iette-News. PEACH AND APPLE CROP LITTLE HURT, AS YET Will Be Abundant, Unless Kil led Later Day's Raleigh News Summary. south- of Memphis remains practically this number failed to vote. unchanged. Klver Falling at Cincinnati. Cincinnati, O., April J. After re maining stationary nearly 24 hours, the Ohio river began falling h?ro to day. Indications are that tt will con tinue to fall slowly- and that the end of the flood is in sight ' Henderson, Ky., April 2. The Ohio liver passed its highest point reached since 1884, when the gauge this morn Inn; showed 46.8. This was a tenth over the 1884 mark. Immaterial damage has been re ported In Henderson, but In the out lying sections great quantities of corn have been ruined. "Blow Outs" la Ilk-knian Trvco. Hickman, Ky.. April S. The levees it Hickman held lust night, hut three 'blow outs" on the West Hickman levee warned the engineers that It routd not stand much more strain. The inhabitants of the lowlands bark of this levee,. Including .about 2000 wnrklnu people, were ordered today to get to higher ground as soon as pos sible, because the embankment might give way at any time. The refugees Immediately began moving to the hills hlnh above Hickman The government engineers who have bown ut work Mrengthenlng and sund liMKuhig the lleelfnot levee today K-prixf.-d ihe lielli fnbt the work would Mund the strain of ws'er. The Reel I . r. levee protects about, 60,000 acre,, nf the rlnu-Ml farming country In the iiiith slid when lee went out lnt year a million dollars damage was CII ItM-d . 'I his morning wali-r was Imcklng Into ilm mum ft i of Hickman and nier- i h-,ntw liemiii movlntt thi-lr goods to hU:hrr i-rmind, . T, l, phone HK -Mk'ps from Cidtiniltu, (VniliiiM ! on 'T-e fmir. Sixteen was the hlghe-t number of votes received for the change In any precinct The sentiment was most overwhelmingly against commission form. The bill did not carry. In a single precinct, and the biggest show ing was made at the court house, where the votes for the bill were 14, and there wa twice this number against it . A quitted nf Conspiracy, By Associated Press. Lisbon, April 2. Senortta Constan- ca Telles da Gams, a descendant of I good roads, exclusive, homestead dls- provetnent of the Mississippi river; merit system for postmasters, mar shals and Internal revenue collectors; presidential preferential primaries; registration of all lobbyists, an Indus trial commission . to supervise inter state corporations; agricultural cred its and agricultural college extension, tome easier method of changing the constitution and riumerous other measures. Including prohibition of hlld labor and a definite minimum wage for women. Besides the house progressives say, they will seek legislation on currency, conservation of natlbnal resources, cated that he would like to be con firmed before the senate adjourned. Friends of the administration paved the way for confirmation of the nomi nation in the closing hours of the ses sion but at the Instance of Mr. Mc Combs the affair was dropped and soon afterward the national chairman issued a etatoment formally declining the post, i Raleigh. April 2. "Beware of Ral- elKh. the Black Hand the 15tn ot April Is a dangerous Day for You," was found scrawled on a nanaKer- chief with black borders and minia ture coffin and skull and bones left at the home of a young single woman In Caraielgh, a Raleigh suburb, yester day. The threatening omens were carried to Col. John Nichols, In the It was stated at the White House I hope that he would prosecute, but as that since Mr. -McCombs' public an. I no federal laws were violated, ine nouncement of his declination the I commissioner could offer nothing but president has not determined UDon I consolation. The name of the reel any one for the post and that if the I plent of the threat was withheld, but national chairman were disnoaed to I it was learned that a marnea woman, change his mind he stilt could have I who Is said to be Jealous of her nus the place. Vasco da Ooma, the Portuguese ex plorer, today was acquitted by a court- martial of alleged conspiracy against the Portuguese republic. The cane excited Intense Interest throughout Portugal on account of the standing, wealth and youth of the accused and on account of rer de votion In relieving suffering ot royal ist prisoners Incarcerated since the revolution. position of Alaskan lands, free use of the Panama canal by coastwise tramc, repeal of the Canadian reciprocity act and reform of appropriation methods. Two Held as Murder Suspects. Ofllmrne llryan's Assistant. By Associated Press. Lynchburg, Va., April 2. News was received hers yesterday of the finding of the body of Oeorge Stump, a farm- r who lived near Calloway, va., and THE CITY IN FLAMES band, is Drobably responsible for It The state building commission, its work of supervising the erection of the new administration building end ed, met here again yesterday for the purpose of furnishing the Interior, it will require about 170,000 to make the building ready for its occupants. Reports to the department of agri culture are to the effect that the frost and cold of last week did not damage to any great extent the frujt crop In this state. Plums and pears may be DUl lly Associated Press. Washington, April 2. Former Gov ernor Osborne of Wyoming, it was Hinted at the White House today, was jr., s distant relative, and Charles dull mo likely to be selected as first as-illnma, ulstant cretry of state. He has len under consideration for some time. Bv Associated Press. Vienna Anril J Th Mnnteneffro I short as the result of the frost, who has been missing elnce Easter army besieging the fortress of Scutari V. T.",m .i,. fe ih . j .... I SDunuam-o. Sunday. Murder Is suspected and two men with whom he had a difficulty on the dayof his dlsapearance have been arrested. The men are Oeorge Stump. fending Tarabosch, and the fall of two others ia expected at any hour, ac cording to a dispatch from Cettlnje. The correspondent says that Scutari Is burning In several places. Williams to Ita Newton INmtinanter. I AnKrlcnii Killed In Mexico. enld to do Its worst work. Canvass of the returns show that Raleigh voted by a majority of tii foi Commission government DECLARES RADIUM STOPS SCLEROSIS rluglcr Has fifMMl Night. (By Associated Press) West Palm Beach. Flo., April 2. Henry M. Flagler slept better last nliiht than at any time within the past two weeks Ills condition, however, If SI III et,liifl, r,',l d:iliK-roim. ' Gazette-News Bureau, Wyatt Building, ' Washington. April 2. Representative Webb today recom- By Associated Press. ' Mexico City. April J. Albert H Iawr"nre, manager of an American mended Col. F. M. Williams, editor of owned sugar plantation near r.l fo tile Fnternrise for nostmasler nt New-1 Irero. vera t:ru, ton. Col Williams' nomination, it Is yesterday, the police authorities al thought, will be sent to the senate I lee. by Charles Balllet, a Frenchman Monday. .employed on the snKiir property, By Anoclated Prwss. - London, April 2. That radium can restore the hardened srterles of mln die-aged persons to healthy condition wan shot And killed and K prolong life was the claim made by Dr. SaUberman of Berlin, s lecture here before the Roentgen so I'lety yesterday, " Commerce Commission's Probe into Colorado Railroad Pass Situation Is M Sensational. ' . GRAND JURIES FIND MANY TRUE BILLS Shippers, Judges and Legisla tors Implicated in "Orgy : of Petty Graft," Re cords Show. By Associated Press. ' Washington, April 2. Investigation by Commissioner Harlan of the inter state commerce commission into the: practice of Colorado railroads of giv ing free transportation has brought sensational results. Criminal indict- - ments of large shippers and the of fending carriers have been returned. . Commissioner Harlan personally conducted an Investigation ahd In his own characterization of the situation, he "developed violations of the law on an extraordinary scale." V Mr. Harlan said in a preliminary report handed down today that "In one month over a single railroad 7000 trips were made on passes. Not only shippers who controlled routing of traffic In any appreciable quantity were favored at all times but even public officials, careless alike of duty, morals and danger, accepted and even demanded these favors of the car riers. :. .-. V The record shows that judges, state ey an absolutely wrong impression officiate, members of the legislature, E JUST FLAG IN T HAVE Sentences Commissioners to Jail Because They Refuse to Buy One. By Associated Press. Seattle, Wash., April 2. A writ of prohibition was Issued by the state supreme court last night restraining Superior Judge John E. Humphrey of Seattle from Imprisoning the three county commissioners of Kings county for contempt, because of their refusal to purchase a large American flag for he decoration of his court roonC Judge Humphrey's made a demand i Don the county commissioners for be flag sometime ago and it was re used. He issued an order yesterday directing that the commissioners be committed for contempt if the flag were not Installed before the opening of court today. Attorneys hastened to Olympla, the state capital, to Invoke the intercession of the supreme court to prevent the execution of the order. The county commissioners assert there is no fund to be drawn upon for the purchase of a flag for Judge Humphries. county and municipal officers, Includ ing mayors and aldermen, have very generally made use of passes. Not only has this been the esse hut -the record' shows that where passes were not vol unteered they were asked for by pub lic officials. Even Judges have not hesitated in public to ., pursue this course. Personal requests by judges upon carriers for passes are disclosed by the record, accompanied by ex pressions of their sense of obligation or such favors granted to them both before and atter they went on - the, ' bench. "All clashes Joined In the orgy of petty graft, at once sacrificing right- ful revenues of the carriers, discrlm-' inatlng against all shippers and de moralizing all public officials, includ ing the legislature and the bench." Commissioner Harlan says that the Colorado carriers have given assur ance that they will conform their fu ture practices to the rulings of the commission pass matters. The report does not disclose what further Steps may be taken or other violations of luw uncovered In course of the Inves tigation, but a final report is promised to make clear the views of the com mission In this fraudulent traffic In transportation. A LITTLE GIRL WHO MOURNS FOR MORGAN Financier Made Babe Who Won His Fancy Fellow of the Metropoli tan Museum. REPUBLICANS WIN Henry W. Kiel Klectcd Mayor nf St. Louis Socialist Vote Exceeds the Progressive, By Associated Press. St Louis. April 2. With four pre cincts missing, Henry W. Kiel, repub lican, Is leading his nearest opponent. Dr.. John H. Simon, democrat In the mayoralty race by 1S0 votes. The board of election commissioners com posed mostly of democrats concede Kiel's election by a majority of 2000 Frank Gerhart, the progressive candi date, received only 3000 votes. With the possible exception of Col lector and registrar, the remainder ot the democratic ticket was successful, Both the house of delegates and the council will be controlled by the dem ocrats. In many of the wards the socialists more than doubled the progressive votes. ' "Wets" Victorious In Colorado. Denver, Col., April 2. -Returns re ceived today from practically all Col orado towns in which local elections took place yesterday show that antl prohibitionists were victorious In a big majority of places. ' Prohibition the Nebraska Issue. Omaha, Nk-b., April , 2. -Municipal elections in Nebraska cities yesterday were for the most part pitched on the prohibition Issue... There were few notable changes. In every Instance where the question of Sunday basenall was voted upon, those In favor of the Sabbath sport won. There were no elections In Unroln slid Omaha. By Associated Press. New York, April 2. Among those who deeply mourn the death of J. Elerpont Morgan Is one little girl who " had seen the financier but once In her life. She is Miss Virginia Marie Pur hidge, five years old, fellow of tho Metropolitan Museum of Art, daughter of Mr. and Mrs; William L. Burbldge -of Brooklyn. ' It was In January, 1(09, that little Virginia, then a baby In arms, was made a fellow by Mr. Morgan. Mr. Burbldge was tempo rarly an at tendant at the museum at the time and on the night that some Important German paintings were first shown his wife took Virginia and went up to see the pictures, Mr. Morgan and a party of other gentlemen were looking at the pictures critically. He hap pened to glance toward Mrs. Burbldge and Virginia holding up her hand to the picture and crowing. He went over and spoke to her. She looked up laughingly In his race and cried "Dada." Mr. Morgan chucked her under the chin and laughed and turning to an other gentleman, said: "I am going to make her a fellow nf the museum for life." He did. Filibuster Party Organizes. Knoxville, Tenn., April I. The run. away Tennessee legislators at Middles, bora, Ky., last night organised in a. formal session held In the Mtddlesbnro city council chamber. Representative Spears, the only democrat In the fill buster' party at Middleahoro, . was elected chairman. . . Two additional "runaways" Joined the' party last night making . J I in Mlddlesboro. ' ' Barely Able to Attend Son's Funeral. Special to The Gasette-News. Spencer. April 2. John Eagle, aged 77 years, father of Engineer W. II. Ragle of Hpencer, killed In a wreck at Conover Monday of this week, was badly hurt by having his rlifht foot caught between the brakes of a farm wagon and a slump. Mr. Fnrl w driving the tesfn m-rnm his far m an l In passing over a slump his loot caught. It was with riti'i, u;'v he at tended the fiinerul of hU In ) -i- o
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