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rUi, miiNTimi XMTtt icmrz or winmtiQTOit, BALMtaa axd mm- SOgO. !CI1 COMMMBPOfDUm tunovaaour tan rin. LASTEDITICI? W either' Forecut SHOWERS. VOL XVIII, NO. 177. ASHEVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 5, 1913 PRICE 5 CENTS Ltc:J STORM JEROME JAILED IS 5 MILLIONS in AT COATICOOK J V ' T J ( T YJiMW: j W rY HAV IWV I -V SHOWERS. ft j Mini!; Rumor tants Denied that Inhabi of Oracoke Island Were Swept to Death in Storm. FEW PEOPLE DROWNED SAY LATE REPORTS Meager Reports from Eastern Carolina Confirm Fears of . ' Enormous Loss by -Wind and Water. By Associated Press. ' R R K R ft fc R R Raleish. N C, Sept 5. No lives were lost on Ocracoke is land in Wednesday's storm, ac cording to advices reaching here from Hatteras this after noon. " VILLAG E Engineer Testifies Locomotive Drivers Frequently Run by Danger Signals in , Foggy Weather. Crazed German Teacher Wipes Out Family and Fires 250 Shots at Attacking . Party. FINALLY OVERPOWERED BY LONE POLICEMAN" (tKRitRRRRRRXliOtRRRRRK Raleigh, N. C, Sept. 5. With re ported depredations from Wednesday's hurricane over eastern North Carolina already Involving property damage running Into the millions and rumors of heavy loss of life, today's meager dispatches from the stricken district told additional stories of the storm's havoc. Many small towns along the coast reported severe damage from wind and heavy rainrall. Several were Hooded by swollen streams. ' No conflrmation was obtainable early today of the, reported loss of 500 lives at Ocracoke island, off the Caro lina coast. , Unsubstantiated rumors continued to be current today that all inhabitants of the island had perished when heavy waves swept their homes Wednesday. Efforts to reach even the coast towns near Ocracoke failed, wires being down over the adjacent section and wireless station, presum ably wrecked by the storm, irrespon sive to their calls., Delayed messages from Washing ton, Newbern and other' towns near the coast told of floods that surpassed all previous records. Every stream in the storm-swept section was swollen by the torrential rains and incalculable damage to crops Is expected to result. Many bridges have been swept away. While direct communication with that section of the state was still lack ing late todaK there was a distinct feeling here that the reported disaster at Ocracoke Island had been greatly exaggerated. Travelers arriving from the southeastern portions of the state said they did not believe Ocracoke caught the most severe part. of the blow, and there was every probability that the loss of life on the island. If any, was (mall. ' Village Often In Peril. The Norfolk Southern bridge over Albemarle sound is safe. The wind drew the water away from the bridge rather than against It.' One estimate of the property and crop loss In this state places the dam sge at $5,000,000. . By Associated Press. New Haven, Sept. 6. Request was Officer, ..muo ai ms opening ot the federal In vestigation today at North Haven, into the New York & New Haven railroad wreck that Manager Eardo ot the rail road produce the minutes of all of the meetings of the New Haven directors since the Bridgeport wreck on July 12, 1911. Federal Commissioner McChord, In asking that the minutes be produced, said they would show what action had been taken "toward the betterment of safety conditions." The examination of witnesses bris tled with startling passages. Engineer Wands of the ill-fated Bar Harbor ex- I press, brought a gasp from the crowd when he testified that engineers on the New Haven road frequently "drift ed by" danger signals in foggy weath er. - John C. Kelly, train dispatcher, had previously testified that weather con ditions on the morning of the wreck were "very foggy," but that he had not considered it "necessary to warn trains to reduce speed. Armed Only ... with Sabre and Twice Wound ed in Advancing, Cuts v Him Down. - By Associated Presa v Muehlhausen, Baden, Germany, Sept, 5. A ; crazed . teacher named Wagner, who murdered his wife and four children at Degerloch yesterday. set tire to the village of Muehlhausen In four places during last night, and in. a fusillade with the villagers who tried to capture him eight persons were shot and killed and 20 wounded. The maniac took refuge in a stable, where he killed all the cattle. He was finally overpowered after he had exhausted all the 250 cartridges with which he had provided himself. The enraged villagers wreaked their ven geance upon him by clubbing him and stabbing him with pitchforks. He will probably die. When he entered Muehlhausen It was not known that he was a fugitive ' flip'" j BRYAN'S U1E COST GLENN Thaw Prosecutor Is Put in Cell ', 'hi ' After Playing Penny Ante o Game of Poker. Secretary Lecturing When Post Was Sought for Tar Heel Statesman. .- i ' THAW'S NEMESIS, WILLIAM TRAYEItS JEROME. . WHOM HARRY THAW FEARS AND HATES MORE THAN ANY OTHER ' LIVING MAN. ' murderer. It was only after the wild Six trains passed over this stretch I scenes which had been enacted here of track within half an hour, Kelly said. The White Mountain express made the fastest time of any of them. Its time sheet showing an average speed of 62 miles an hour Just before it crashed into the Bar Harbor train. "Did any of the trains have any In formation from you as to how close they were together?" asked Chief In spector Belnap of tha interstate com merce commission. No, I didn't think they needed-it,' replied the dispatcher. New Haven, Conn Sept 5. With Engineer A. B. Miller and ' Flagman C. H. Murray under arrest and accus ed by Coroner Mix of criminal respon sibility for the ftal New Haven wreck lnt Tuesday morning. Commissioner McChord of the Interstate commerce commission began a public investiga tion today to determine the causes of the disaster. Flagman Murray was still In jail this morning, but It was announced that the necessary 16000 ball would be furnished by the New Haven road to day. This was by order of President Howard Elliott of the railroad. En rlneer Miller is at liberty under a 15000 bond furnished by the Brother hood of Locomotive Engineers. Both Miller and Murray, whose sto ries as to the causes of the wreck do that the police went to his apartment In Degerloch, where he has been teaching and found the bodies of his wife and children The doctors state that of the 20 wounded by Wagner five will almost certainly die and six others are In a most serious condition. , After he had set Are to the first building In the village Wagner opened flro with his revolvers -on every one he met or who appeared at the win dows of the houses. The villagers.be lleved the place had been attacked by a band of robbers. Some of them rushed to the church and furiously rang the bells while others dashed off to the nearest barracks anr-asked for assistance by the troops. . Policeman Fells Crazed Man. In -the meantime a village police man backed up by some of the more courageous citizens, rushed on Wag ner, -who stood in the middle of the main street with a mask over his face and an' army revolver in each hand, and another pair in reserve In his belt. The policeman was twice wounded by bulluts but continued to run to ward Wagner, although armed only with a sabre. He Anally reached and felled the maniac while he was re loading his revolver. Wagner con- Rain Floods Subway and Traffic Is Paralyzed Not a Wheel Gloved Between 96 and Brooklyn Terminal Dur. ing Rush Hours This Morning Basements, Flooded; Streets in Rivers; Hotel Guests Driven Out. Ocracoke island is narrow key of the group that shuts off Pamlico sound from the Atlantic. It lies 20 miles to the southeast of Bluff Point N. C: ' Its only village, Ocracoke, Is near Its southern extremity, Just off Ocracoke Inlet. Eight hundred persons, principally the families of fishermen, compost ' Ocracoke village. All buildings are erected on stilts above the water and communication from house to house Is conducted by means of boats. High tides have frequently threatened the village, which is reputed to be the! most hazardously located on the At lantic coast. - Rainfall Unprecedented, ' i Special to The Oazette-News. tio-lryan eooe.ed" . . bfwy paogkqjao Raleigh, Sept. 6. The unprecedent ed rains of Wednesday caused Direc tor Denson of the weather bureau here to dispatch flood warnings to nver points In the eastern part of the state. Loulsburg. on the Tar, report . a rainfall of 4.40 inches and Neuse, near Raleigh, reported S.50. This city had a. 10 and other places wnt In unusually wet reports. It was expected that the NVmim and Tar Tar rivers Would . havs the greatest overflows, as tl Tst-jfall on their sheds was tioavimt The Norfolk Southern railroad com- Puy la operating trains only ss far " ss Chocowlnlty. a break in a bridge between that place nd Wash ingtnn cutting that town off In this direction, and another near Plnetown blocked communication from the Nor lk end. There Is no service between Morehead City and Beaufort. Tel , graph wires are also down, and he "lent ot the damage Is not known. It will be two days before the schedule l In operntlon between Raleigh and forrolk. locally the -storm did most of th dumug t0 th) th.,,hone and elsctrlc "KM wlrwi, Over 100 'phones went nd at least ? breaks occur in electric wires. KIiIhi In Iintre. worrnlk. Vs., 8e.t. 6. Wlti? the "Uxruph wires still down it wfct Im ' '"""Ible toduy to got detailed lilfor ""n on the havoc wronxht by """"day's siorm on Hi. North Car- ennui 1.W, (,, I Interna nil Oi-ra,-k (,n th li.w. r mnsi. The - mi,.,j m ,r ,.,., w v, i ! not agree it is said, were called M tlnued the flBht whlIe on tne gr0Und witnesses louay ubiwb vvjiiiih."- McChord. "The private" Investigation of the coroner, began yesterday and which lasted until midnight last night, cui mtnatlng In the arrest of the two trainmen, and continued today, under police protection, "I do not expect to flnlsh with my witnesses until sometime next week. said the coroner this morning. "Then my findings will be made public, EQUITY SUIT AGAINST THE JEWELRY Dealers Asserts They Compelled to Purchase Through Jobbers. INE" Are and wounded the policeman a third time. ' ' Some peasants armed with rustic weapons then rushed to the scene and fractured his skull as well as. severing one of his hands. Wakner was known to be a heavy drinker, but his acquaintances In the neighborhood had no suspicion of his madness. He appears toTtave con templated his deed for a long time. Before leaving Degerloch, where he had killed his wife and four children, he forwarded a rambling letter to a Btuttgart newspaper In which he wrote: - "I believe there Is no God. I am the devil's ally. I wish I could tor ture everyone within reach of my pis tol, but I know I cannot get all. I have slept for years with a dagger and a revolver beneath my pillow. ' PAYMASTER SHOT; rtv Associated Press. New York. Bept 6. A suit In equity tn nhmin from the federal Court an Injunction under the Bherman iawi airninit the so-called "Jewelry com-1 rnrh the activities oi i'"l R0QBEDQFS16 By Associated Press. Columbia's. C, Bept. S. Reports afternoon to l. In." In middleman or Jobber was preparea ior reacned Columbia this llllnir vexterday by unuea Dimes -"-1 trlct Attorney Marsn&u. Aiiorireji tne envc-t that tour Danuiis eiu for the Jewelry manufacturers ano i -,... . . . .i. ihniMRien. it wss said, have rofi-lshot and robbed the paymaster at th sented to a friendly settlem.nt.of the I Mng conBtruct The brlna-lns- of the civil suit Indi cates IhHt the criminal proceedings commenced here last June have been abandoned. Two National associs tlnna of manufacturers and wholesal ers and hundreds of corporations and Individuals engaged In the Jewelry hiiHlnesa from Maine to California are Interested In the suit. The petition to be filed In accord ance with directions of AlTrney uen- ernl Mcltevnolds declares that the re tail dealers of the country desire to deal direct with the manufacturer and would do so but for the alleged unlaw ful combination. The object of this combination, it stutes, whs to prevent lewulry manufacturers selling their r.. direct to retailers in varliu , v lthnut the intervention of the t,.i .. its. ami In doe-trny r-nmpetltlon be- I , ., tii. an. I hnle ! ( i ! ,..,,! .,f I ii-i i-i,il ii. al.-r. d at Parr Shoals of 111,000. Parr Hhoils Is on Broad river, II miles north of Columbia. Bloodhounds have been sent to the scene from the state penitentiary here. George Cohan Hurt. Py Associated Press. Hartford, Conn., Bept 5. In an au lomoblle accident near here yesterdn floorse M. Cohan, the actor, suffered fractured shoulder blade and probabl Internal Injuries, and his daughter, Oenrsla. a probable fiaclitre of th ku!. Wallnee ICilillnger, Cohan lending nir., and Francis X. Hop urn, ni, r member or the Inhnn com I ifu Ic.ia seriftui.ly hurt. By Associated Press. 1 New York, Sept. 5. Not a wheel moved in the New 'fork subway be tween 96th street In upper Manhattan and the Brooklyn terminal during the rush hour of the workbound crowds this morning, resulting in one of the worst congestions in traffic the city has known. t Over three Inches of rain fell during the night flooded the subway tracks to the depth of three feet or more and nine miles of four tracked subway were put entirely out of commission. The deluge was the worst in ten years, according to the weather bureau, and in Its three hours duration It often sained the proportions of a cloudburst. Streets were turned into rivers, some of them two to four feet deep, and the water poured In great quanti ties In cellars, driving basement dwel lers from their homes. The roofs of two lage Broadway hotels sprang a leak and torrents of water which had been held back by choked leaders went down through bed rooms and halls driving guests from their rooms and doing serious damage to decorations and tapestries. Elevators were put of commission in several hotels and guests had to climb many flights of stairs. At two large Broadway houses guests were Gazette-News Bureau, Wyatt Building, Washington, Sept. 6. Notwithstanding the positive state- I inent made by ex-Governor Glenn that he had not been offered a place by President Wilson, had not asked any I of his friends to intercede for him and I if they had done so, they acted with lout authority, It Is known that men I high up in the democratic adminis tration have interested themselves in behalf of the former governor's ap Ipointment. It is also true that had I it not been for the absence of Wil liam J. Bryan on a lecturing tour that Mr. Glenn would have been appointed to a place on the Canadian boundary I commission. A letter was sent to Mr, Bryan by a close friend of both the I secretary of state and Mr. Glenn, ask ling that Glenn be named on this com I mission. The letter was mislaid and was not brought either to the attention of the president or Mr. Bryan until I Mr. Wilson had decided upon another man for the place. The boundary Job pays $7500 per year. The salary Is the biggest thing to the position. It requires only about 60 days' work year and that Is more of a pleasure trip than real work. The Job Is now held by former Congressman Tawney. After this place fell through Mr. Eryan told the friends of Governor Glenn that he could have a place on the Interstate commerce commission. The commisslonership is a hard Job and requires nearly all of a man's time. Hence Mr. Glenn will weigh the matter carefully before accepting mould a formal offer be made, These friends probably thought It the part of wisdom to keep Governor Glenn in the dark until they finally 'and him a place, but the fact remains .hat they have been very active In his behalf and have not yet given up hope f finding a,ood berth, with a large salary and little work It Is but fair to Senator Overman to tay that he has not gone out of his way to land a place for Glenn. Cer- tain of the governor's friends in the state wrote Mr. Overman asking that he help secure a place for him and the obliged to go to bed bycandle light. I junior senator replied that if he Were Lights were put out In some or tne l requested to do so by Mr. Glenn :,ne 'NOW WE'LL DEPORT JEROME, YELLS CROWD, ; Kit' Mr- Rut Court Quickly Admits Hi$ ' to $500 Bail The Thaw '2, Hearing Abruptly h v ttv Ceases. W END subway trains last night and late homegoers suffered fright when Btalled in the darkness. Surface cars were put out of commission all over the city for a time by the torrents of water which poured into the underground trolley conduit, causing short circuit. It was 9 o'clock before the line was cleared and then the congestion pre sented anything like normal conai tions. ' ' , The'' Jnterborough company toaaeu Bat cars with electric pumps capable of discharging 760 gallons a minute and sucked the rain water out of the tube as fast as Its men could work. The block at the Brooklyn terminus ri7UnntS . r , v. n,K.a, wan tha wnrnt on the I " J 1 hid r-.w,j - - -" system. One hundred thousand per sons use this station between 7 and 8 o'clock In the morning. One man, hemmed in by the crowd, told those around him that he was re cently released from Sing 8lng prison, that this was his first day on an honest Job and that he probably would lose both the Job and his chances of re formation If he failed to report on time for work this morning. At several central stations the baf fled subway users stormed the elevated trains in such numbers that police re serves were called out to make them keop In line and take their turns. would do as much for him as he would for any other North Carolina democrat. CIIITTI'S CASE T OUGHT in the "White Slave" Case Were Con cluded This Morning. Western Fuel Magnate Faces Prison Sentence By Associated Presa Ban Francisco, Bept 5. D. C. Nor- cross, secretary of the Western Fuel company, faced the prospect ot going to Jail this afternoon for contempt or court tinless his attorneys succeeded in putting through habeas corpus pro ceedings. Nnrcross failed to produce, as ordered, the books of the company for Inspection by the federal grand lury which is investigating charges that the company defrauded the gov ernment out of nearly f 1,000,000 by manipulation of weights in the sale of lease, By Associated Press. San Francisco, Sept 5. F. Drew Camlnettl may know tonight whether he has been adjudged Innocent or guilty of the charge of having violated the Mann "white stave" traffic act In taking Nola Norris, In company with Maury I. Dlggs and Marsha Warring ton, from Sacramento across the state line to Reno, Nev. Attorney Robert Devlin, who was talking when court adjourned yester day, concluded the argument for the defense this morning. He was fol lowed by Special Prosecutor Matt I. Sullivan, who in summing up for the government excoriated the defendant and called on the Jury to mete out to him, the same verdict received by his companlor, Dlggs. "The main and only element In this Devlin had declared, "la the THE CENSUS BUREAU WILL BE REORGANIZED By Associated Press. Washington, Bept. .5 Director W. J. Harris of the i-enr-ds burc.itt has appointed a committee to re-otganlxe that service. He named Dr. 8. M. D. North and William M. Merrlam, both former directors of the bureau; Prof. Walter F. Wilier, of Cornell unlver lty: W. 8. Rixuilter, a business man of Moston and Daniel C, Roper, first as ulstant postmaster general. . Director Harris In a statement an nouncing the appointments charac terlxed the condition of work In the "entus bureau as "unsatisfactory." The commmitlee among other things will make recommendations for the ompletlon of abandonment of th renmlmug work of the ISth cenmis in.l m publication f aiiitlHtl.s which has been freely cniu hn j adversely. coal. The court announced yesterday after a conference with the Special prosecutors In the case, that an order would be signed today committing Norcross to Jail. Other officers of the company also will be required to show why they should not be cited for con tempt ss a result of the secretary's failure to give up tha books. . "barrettTours south" fan-American t'nlon - Director Work Kimtpss of HouUxirn Com mork al Congress. to By Associated Press. Washington, Bept I. Announce ment was made today that John Bar rett, director-general of the Pan American 'Union and Dr. J. Clarence Owens, - managing director of the Southern Corrmerclal congress, will leave Washlngtou next TJeaday on a speaking tour ofH southern state In the Interest of the fifth annual of the Southern Commercial congreas. The congress will meet at Mobil, Ala., purpose of the defendants trip to Reno. We claim the prosecution has not proved It other than by Inference or by giving you something to guess at. To this Sullivan replied that what ever th motive that impelled Caml nettl to make the Journey It had been nroved beyond doubt that he had been Instrumental In persuading Lola Nor ris to loin In the escapade and ban reined her during the stay at Reno, Th question to be decided was one not of theory but of fact, Judge Van Fleet's charge to the turr was comparatively brief, and when the It men retired for delibera tion. It was believed that a verdict would not be long delayed. The case against Dlggs and Attorney Charles 8. Harris, charged with at tempted subordination of perjury In endeavoring to Induce Nell Barton of Sacramento to persuade a Mrsha War rington to testify In favor of Dlggs. will be called for trial next Wednes day. As ths defendant's counsel, his brother, put It to th Jury, "this whole case has simmered down to a slngl lulu namely, what was th Intent By Associated Press. - ; . Coatlcook, Que, Sept 5. William Travers Jerome was arrested here to day, charged with gambling. ' Jerome's lawyers; disclaimed any knowledge of the arrest. 1 The bellqt, prevailed that it was due solely to 111, feeling among the townspeople, who resented Jerome's presence. Mr. Jerome, as a specially appointed deputy attorney-general of the state of New York, is the leader, of the anti Thaw forces, here. He conducted the proBecution of Thaw for the killing of Stanford White. i A pro-Thaw outbreak followed Jeu rome's arrest. Crowds gathered about'! the Jail shouting "hooray for ThawH now we'll deport Jerome." r Dumb With Surprise, 1 Mr. Jerome was taken into custody, at his hotel, the Coatlcook house, by Policeman John Andrews. ; He was s$ surprised he could hardly speak. Je rome was, locked in a small cell and no one was allowed to see him. The complainant Aldrlch Is a mill hand. " As a matter of fact Jerome had in- w. dulged In a penny-ante game yesteri day with some newspaper men. The)' used a suit case for a table and sat In an automobile waiting for the out come of the Thaw hearing. Jerome was admitted to $600 ball shortly before 12 o'clock. He left the Jail smiling. , . Coatlcook, 8ept 5. After spending- his second night in the immigration penitentiary over the Grand Trunk" railway station here, Harry K. Thaw ttoday faced th ordal of, mora que- . tlonlng by tne special board oi in quiry sitting to determine whether he shall be deported for violating the Do- - minion Immigration lawa ; Thaw's mental condition, now and at the time he shot down Stanford White in' the Madison .Square Roof garden, but lightly touched upon yes terday, was taken up again with the resumption of the hearing this morsr"- ing. ' -,.; I The non-appearance of any member ot the Thaw family, barring the fly Ing trip of Mr. and Mrs. George Lattw' der Carnegie to Sherbrooke, has pust zled the lawyers for both sides. One of the Thaw lawyers today expressed- the belief that the Thaws did not wanti to see Harry free. . e. William Travers Jerome, especially deputized to land the fugitive back trt" the asylum, spent the morning near1 the hearing room, his automobile primed for a race to the Vermont . border whenever word should com that deportation had been decreed. Thaw has been perhaps the least disturbed person of - aH. He was shocked and stunned when the habeas corpus writ was sustained, but the Im migration board's grilling her was so ' much like the court battles of old that he was unruffled except when asked about his mother. Mrs. Thaw had not arrived here to- . day and In the absence of any other information It was assumed that her ealth had not permitted the trip. Thaw thought yesterday that she was coming In response to his repeated ap peals by telegraph. "t Crowds again came today to looK pl at the barred wlndowa They wersi not large crowds, rather groups of curious who slouched against box carsl and swapped theories on what was going to happen. ' It was nearly 10 o'clock before th haerlng got under way. . Thaw re sumed the stand. ' v I would not be surprised,' said W. I Shurtleff of the Thaw counsel. If It was all over today and Thaw sent direct to Matteawan by train." ' Thaw was withdrawn almost Imme diately and the board adjourned sud denly. It was reported that a decision had been reached. Mrs, Thaw to New York. Cresson, Pa, Sept t. Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw this morning through her secretary, secured reservations on a fast Pennsylvania train for New Tork, the party to reav her tomor row. Mrs. Thaw's further plans wers not mad known. October 17 to it Among th clllns at which they will end ptirpos of th trip to RenoT HEAVY GOING AT GOLF Four Surviving Contenders for the National Amatrar Champion ship in Keml-Flnal Todsy. deliver . addresses will b llaltltqore, Hlchmond, Vs., KalelKh, N. C. t'olnm IiIb, B. C, Atlanta, Oft., Jacksonville, Fin.. Mobile, Ala., ami Knnxvlllu, Tipn. Th w hole evidence tends to how," he argued, "that th defendant 1 ft Sacramento beauMe he feared Impend ing arrest nd artMea alio it to lit (Coi.tii.uel on lK ) By Associated Preaa Garden City, Sept. t. Lest nml ' heavy rain left th Garden City clu golf course thoroughly saturated the four surviving contenders fur t National Amateur champlonahlgi ' day found heavy going. The e! here, however, wss not ss sex . -e in NVw York City, and grotunis celved no permanent rturnaKe. chko. Ronton and New Yoiit renin represented by the veterans w i In the seml-flnnl tnntch-a I Charles Fvnns. Jr., if 1 -iitewat-r - matched with Jntwi liraehurn. Ji-r'-me I , per Molltrln !r, lie I i -plnveii i'r.- l I .. An 1 'I I
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