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LAST EDITION
Weather Forecast:
' , FAIR.
THE QAZETTB-XEW8 BAS TEE MOST
XPEXBIVB ASSOCIATED TRESS 8ER
ICS IS THE CAROUNAS. ' ' ' '
DL. XVIII, NO. 203,.
ASHEVILLE, N. 0.. MONDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 6, 1913.
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300D PROGRAM
ALL ARRANGED
.ch of Four Days Will Be
Filled with Events of Gen
eral and Special ' In
terest." '.,
HYAN AND CRAIG
TO MAKE ADDRESSES
' - " . f -:4
Ixhibits Large and Varied
Prospects for Record
Breaking Attendance . -'
from Far and' Near.
The third annual
aroltna fair will bit
imorrow afternoon
-".h prayer by Rov.
Western' North
formally opened
at 2:40 o'clock
J, D. Arnold of
aynesvlllc, with P.-of. R. D, McDow
il of Canton, presiding. . The -fair will
e In sowlcn for- four days at Rlver-
de PMk ard Judging from the many ,
17 u , . I , uu"i
hich are speakers of rational roputa-
tnn; the large nusnbnr, of exhibits In
he several departments and- the rec--dhreaklnir
atter lance . which i- has
en assured Trom all part .of the
osierni North Caroline, this will go
wn ir. history as one of the greatest
id. mo"rt successful- fairs in this, (art
f the tifv';Si.'v''V:,-C
Since tho preliminary work for this
..r-s fmlr watfarBi-taken inhe ear-l
spring- the lnanagempnt -has at all
me sndsavored . t'Jr '.ho foun
ation for an. . event '''that ywld-' bft
prcnsntatlv ar'tho. etir.w.ent(rn
rfot the etnte aiid Wth thisc In
nd, Ihe nature and -varioty of th
.hlblta and the features fo tho dtf
rent days promise to fulfill the de-
res and .expectations of the lair or
olals. . .V; ,.' ; ' "
The opening day of sthe fair will
e observed as Educational day, when
io exercises will be altogether of an
ducatlonal nature. The school chil
ren of .Western North Carolina have
icen invited to participate In the 'ex
rclses and' as an encouragement of
ducatlonal work it has been decided
o admit school children to the fair
rounds On this day without -charge.
The introductory address will be
lellvered by Rev. W. A. Newall. preai
lent of Weaver College, following
which the Hon., James J. Britt of this
lty wilL deliver the principal address
f the day, his subject being' "Educa
tional and Popular Government." ., '
i Mr. Bryan a Speaker."
Secret order men throughout west
nrn North Carolina ara looking - for
ward with great Interest -to Brother
hood day, the second day of, the fair,
when Rev. Df. John 8. Rutledge. the
Irish orator, platform lecturer and Te
tormer. of Cleveland, O.. will deliver
his famous lecture on ""Secret Orders
and the Church." Dr. Rutledge who
has delivered a number of addresses
In Ashevil'e. will speak in the after
noon at 4:1 B - o'clock lust after the
Brotherhood parade, . In which a
thousand or more fratcnltjp- men of
this section will join In a long parade
In competition for a number of excel
lent silver cups. The brotherhood tea
tures of the day, which will doubtless
be the greatest event In the history of
the "Traternallsm ' or tnis section, win
close with a reception at the Battery
Park hotel at I o'clock Wednesday
night whn the grand officers of the.
various lodges will deliver brief ad
dresses of a fraternal nature. .
One of the leading and most Important-events
of Brotherhood day, al
though not In connection with the
Hrotherhood program, will be the ad
dress of. Secretary of State William
Jennings Bryan at 11 o'clock In the
morning. Secretary Bryan, who h
I.lenKcd a number of audiences In this
motion, will be Introduced by Dr. I
R. McBrayer of this city. Sute Com
minMoner of Labor and Printing M.
U Bhipman, grand master of the I. O.
O. V of North Carolina will preside
over the morning exe'rclnes, while Re
R. N. Wilcox, of llendorsonvllle, Will
preside during the afternoon.
Military Pay.
The Militiamen of Western North
" iroilna are preps'lng for a credlt
ibU exploitation of their forces -in
Military day. the third day of the fair,
i i n the principal nddres will lie d:
i':Vret tiy (nrl Bennett IC Young.
:. rfrnnniicr-in-c)il f of the l.'nltnrt
: -r.i,fiwi-rati) Venlcrans. of I.nul.-rxille,
i v. W hilfv Clenrrul loung In pereon
Niiy known by only a few pi-ula In
hm siTttoti, he b-ars tho repntntlon of
tli:g a ni.t,t Interesting rpeal.er and
:,; pi.s.i' e will doubtleis be weleom-
t-y lh- l-umlreds "f confedi-rnto
,-rsns 'f e .t,.,n North Carollns.
n ar nnxifMiH io h - end h-ttr the
Hvrt Tnu
who r- ;
h.
..1 J. M
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.(,1'iMl of the vel-r-in!
tho rau.-te of the
f . I..
.iii.. will J'i
:,. ' T'i -.r I,
tyt
a parade and march -through, the
streets of Ashevtlto en route to the
Talr ground. .'' . - ; - v
: Speakers for eclosing Day.V" '
x The management baa planned to
make the last day of the (air repre
sentative of the surounding country
and with this in view has named" it
tha Western North Carolina day, when
the principal address of the afternoon
will be delivered by . Governor Locke
Craig, who will be Introduced by Fe
lix Iff. Alloy of . Waynesvllle. These
speakers are well known In this section-
and while they - have pleased
many audiences it Is highly probable
that on this annual outing a number
of people will look upon the present
governor of North Carolina for their
first time. T. T. Ballenger of Tryon
will preside during tho afternoon ex
ercises with Colonel Sandford H. Co
hen, manager of the Greater Western
North Carolina . association, will pre
side at night, when M. V. Richards,
land and Industrial agent of the South
ern railway, will speak on "Western
North Carolina ' Development" - Mr.
Richards will be Introduced by Col.
W. A. mlth, of Hendersonvllle.
In, selecting men to participate., in
the. exercises on the four days of tho
fair. and In assisting -with various de
partments of tho exhibition, the man
tt(rement cnoae men trom the vart()us
' n order to carry-out tho
Idea of a, wider representation. . The
Influence of these men and the popu
larity of the events In which they will
participate .In addition to the numer
ous unexcelled fair attractions assures
record-breaking attendances through
out each day and -night as the pro
(rTaM t)Kfce' greatly, diversified.
v: ".BotW, Babies Contest, ' ; -
Among the ettractlve features-this
y,. m thol Hotter Babies contest
In
which 250 "babies were entered and
hvwhleh-examinations -were conducted
during four? afternoons of the past
jv'eel Irv -orar'to-NflUBJlfy' the' contest
tant 'Ylfixamlnatlons' -will be:, made
at-' Mrs. 'Newton's residence just out-
islde the fair grounds on Tuesday and
Wednesday this week In order to de
termine the prize winners of the- hand
some and t 'attractrv . list -of- prizes,
ranging from S3- down.,- .- !: v,;,
... The rural, singing r Contests i to be
held on the last day of the fair prom
ises to bring In a laxge number of
people - from - the rural districts of
Buncombe and surrounding , counties.
Attraotiv0 cash prizes have been of
fered tha winning choirs and as sever
al entries have been made there prom
ises to be 4 number of good choirs
present' , ".-.',...'., , -'
Considerable Improvements . have
been made on the fair grounds for
'the accommodation of exhibits and es
pecially Is this true In the preparation
for a large exhibit of live stock, as
commodious sheds have been erected
for sheltering cattle,- thus s providing
more ample space for all kind of live
Stock.." '"' ;:,"', '"I.,'
rln keeping pace with the other de
partments of the fair, the machinery
department promises to be the most
interesting ever seen In this section,
A large number of pieces of modern
machinery1- will be -. demonstrated,
among the most Interesting will be
tho electric machine for milking cows.
The- Southern railway will have some
very Instructive demonstrations In
dairying, fruit culture, domestic art,
etc.,'- while the Ashevijle Board . of
Health will have exhibits and demon
strations of exceptional interest . - :
' ' Many Midway Concessions. w. 5 ;
The midway promises to be more
attractive than ever by reason bt the
large number of concessions, the
splendid free attractions and excellent
side shows. Balloon ascensions wl!I
be given daily and a number of other
thrilling free acts will be 'given. In
cluding the Marvelous Melville, who
will give some illuminated aerial per
formances, Martin and Gennett In the
laughable auto trick house act and
the barrell Jumping performance..-
The management of the fals associ
ation has striven to secure only clean
moral attractions that will tend to
Instruct please and entertain, and
while a number of excellent shows
have been' secured, assurances have
been given they will satisfy the most
exacting rrltlcs and pleiue all wU6
visit them. . ' .
- The dslly program , of the four daVs
fair follows: '
l-jliiratlonal lay Tuesday, Octobnr T.
JMo
8:00 A. M. Kalr Grounds open to
visitors. Selections by Boys' Scout
Band. , . "
10:00 A. M. Huppy Hooligan and
Gloomy Qua In , Auto Trick House
Act.
10 30 A. M. -High diving dog Donl
ey. '
11:00 A. M. -Singing contest by
rural schools. , " - ,
12.00 A. M. Sutton. Brothers'' sen
sational acrobatic act on romedy luurs,
12:30 1'. M. -Deolamatlon and reel
tatlon contests.
I;:t0 P. M. PlHuull u.nlon
ISP. M .Amcrlcnn and Carolina
ren.Ierert by ich. .
. rro?nim ul Aililretica.
!10 V. M 1-iirnial opening of i'
r. Prof. It. P. Mi l ,ovi. ii.-.illii
,, . riot, by Jt.'V. -I. 1 1. Arnol t.
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COriFESSES ; HE
MURDERED
Police Believe They Can Con
firm Guilt in Many Crimes .
Admitted1 by -Mrs.
Rexroat's Slayer. ' '
TERRIBLE RECITAL
LASTS THROUGH NIGHT
Mr. Spencer Tells ; of One
Murder After Another,
Saying Robbery Was ;
- 5 the Motive.
. Chicago, Oct 4 The police . today
began their Investigation' of the con
feasion of Henry Spencer last,. night
that he is the murderer of 18 persons.
Possessing evidence to support his ad-
mission' that he killed Mrs. Mildred
Allison Rexroat, the dancjng instruc
tor, on September 25, the authorities
are convinced that they wl'l In a short
time, confirm Spencer's guilt to many,
If not all, the cr!mji of his career,
: Following his arrest last night tor
the murder of .Mrs. Rexroat", which
was made at tho home of a woman
who had notified the police of his Con
fession, ' : detectives went to - Spen
cer's room where --they ' found ; , the
rattan suit' case .which the "tango"
teacher had taken with her on her
fatal trip-to 'Wayne. . She was'lured
there on: the pretext thftf. she vtui to
InBtruct 4.JlassJn..the..,new dance, ; in,
tl 'was part of nor clothing and net far
Uway the- revolver with which Spehoer
ended hef life, j;" -; .
' En route to .the detective i bureau,
Spencer admitted te.Cblcf.of-Detec-i
Uvea John J., .Htalpln.r -. t i ,y ? ,
)' You've got , the goods on, me:' I
know I'll swing for thla"'i ;. J' W , .'f
.(' Then began . his extraordinary re
cital of the murders he has commit
ted, the list of victims growing forger'
as tne, questioning continued on
through the night ' By morning
Spencer had asserted that he had sent
the following to their graves'and told
repeatedly the manner of their going;
, Those He Killed. ;.:.-...
- One of two farmers, shot near Zlon
City, Ills., in the spring of 1003. Peter
Nledermeler, : one yOf the - car barn
bandits . who afterwards was hanged,
killed the-, other, he said.' Obtained
$500. . . - -; ... .
Policeman flrimothy Devlne1" and
Charles Pennell, shot in August 4102,
wnen tney surprised epencer and a
man named -Murphy breaking into a
house.-' Murphy now dead. " " -
, Fannie Thompson, body found Jan
uary, 1908, gagged and bound In bed
in a Michigan avenue rooming house.
Robbed of diamonds worth $1200.
Former, wife, at . Belle Isle, Mich.
Beaten to death and body burned.
Former New York wldor, name for
gotten. .. ' ':" .'.;;
Former wife,' near Fort Montgom
ery, N.;Y, Beaten to death In woodsJ
Robbed of 1800 and diamonds , worth
$800. ' Former maid to Helen Oould.
. Aged man In Washington park, last
spring. -Shot and body thrown in la
goon, , Got 200 In cash. s ', .
Two girls at Pawpaw Lake. Mich.,
In May or June. ..Beaten and bodies
thrown In water. ' " ,
Olrl.at Delavan Lake, Wis.; In June.
Killed with hammer and body thrown
In lake. ' .' - '
Woman In house near county hos
pltal; - tiaed hammer and burn1
clothes. Got $140 and rings.
- Woman In house at Fulton and Hal
sted streets about eight months ago.
TTed hammer and burned clrfthlng;
robbed house- '' , . '
Saloon keeper on Van Buren street,
near Aberdeen. Shot mnn and wound
ed wife while robbing snloon.. - ';.'
. lffln, shot and killed In alley under
Southslde Elevated railroad about a
year ago. . ' ' - - "
Mrs. Mildred Allison Rexroat, shot
near Wayne. September 25. snd body
placed on railroad tracks. - ':
Ida Oliver, killed, with hammer.
November H, 1012. Body thrown Into
drnlnage canal and recovered May 2.
-The mnn who claims this almost un.
beltevHbln reeord Is a Ohlraio .pro
duct He does not know Ms real
nurne -and the first, he remembers he
was In the home for the friendless. Io.
rnted within a block of the scene of his
nrrHt last nltfht.
He bus snent half his. S3 years In
the peiiltentlnry at .Toilet. '
Appears Vnifnoormvl. ' , ;, '.
In a manner nn uneonierned es
lhmirh he wns Tepestlntf the number
of flanepa he hd attended,' Rneneer jrt t
1 villi detectives and newwnaiier men fn
'the fifflce of Tuptnln llalplrt nnd told
of llii- lives ho bnil tnkenr Details an
a to mmi nnd dates .he epjlf? not al -
, wn "iinplv, but an IS nwheiher he
, Ic-i 'em I" the he-M'VUh n ham -
mi r." or "hot Vni to J-th," hi
memory m !-( r. ' '
, Vm m!il h'i did not drink; nor
j (' nt:nue. on fin-e I)
YII ELECTED
I
TO PRE IDEIICT
On , .Third Ballot . Veteran
Statesman .. Getsj
Votes
!
Necessary to ; Elect
" Him China's Head.
LI YUEN HENGUITS s , '
AFTER SECOND BALLOT
Fiftt President of Newest ' Re
public Has Had;'. Long and
Distinguished Politi-,-
' cal Car r. - r
,. - By Associate. Press.
Pklng. China, Oct Yuan; 8hl-
Kal was today elected, president of
the Chinese republic . for a term of
five years. .-He. received the' neces
sary two-thirds votes iof the. United
Houses of parllment the-, third
ballot, . . . i
:Of The . 850 membe lof th,e house
of representatives' an senate, .- 76
were, In attendance.. ' , .tlje, . final
ballot Yuan' Shi Ka. Vcelyed ,507
votes, only: one l.more Ian . the' nec
essary1 two1, thirds- X uehLHeng;
provisional Mc,:. presiint received
i? "votes,".' . -A 'j :v" v;'
. The other ballots' were " Scattered
among twenty . minor . candidates. LI
Yuen Heng, it was declared, -had aa-
erud, that? he-would itot.take the
nomination.) J .-."i A; -l . ;
'. Theahhou'nc6ment.QJB resuH -was
rreceived -as-tth-. enthuaLsm. ' Tftw. pro
ceedings, lasted tweiv hours. ;';,'',-'
Peking, .China, Oct': .--Yuan Sh)
Kai failed to receive a two-thirds vote
of the united houses of parliament on
the first ballot for president of China
today.'- '; . ', r T f
' The vote wasr Yuan Shi Kal, '71;
Tsal yuan Heng;. 1 5 The, remainder
of thei 769' ballots . were -scattered
among 20 other, candidates. The
casting of the second ballot u or
dered . at on ce. , 4, -, '."';'-?'' ,r ' '
i The . constitution -of- thev republic
provides - that at least Wo-thlrds. of
the .members of parliament " present
must cast, their ; vote ' for a candidate
In order- to accomplish his '.election.
If also calls for; the presence . at a
presidential election of three-fourths
of the members of both - houses.
In all parts of the country tho great
est Interest was manifested-In 'today's
proceedings, the ..first i-presidential
election in the history of -the -new re
public. The new president will .hold
office for, five years, 1 .- ' ' "r.!-.
.The second ballot resulted In a vote
of 497 for Yuan Shi. Kal and 182 tor
Le Yuen Heng. A third ballot was
therefore necessary, tB9 'votes being
requirod for election. !
Before the third ballot was taken,
U Yuen Heng, who Is the provisional
vice president, declared that the would
not .accept a nomination f or the prea-
luency. .... s , , 'j,v- y y ;. .
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; Yuan Shi Kal, first p resident, of, the
Chinese republic, is 64 years old. He
was- born In the province of.-. Ho-Nan
In 1869. . During most of hla adult life
he. has -been 1 In official' life, i At the
age of IS. he was sent with a Chinese
detachment to Korea and three years
afterward became Chinese : imperial
resident at Seoul. He remained there
12 years, until he was expelled during
the Chinese-Japanese waft v ,
On his heturn to China, ha occupied
various provincial posts until ,' 1902,
when, be became consulting mlnlsur
to the government, i - i
Yuan Shi Kal took a prominent part
In the reorganization of .the Chinese
ary on modern lines and in the olos
Ing 'years of the empire , became Its
most Influential and powerful states
man. He ,wns always ' thoroughly
practical In his methods of adminis
tration and by, this means. worked bis
way up to the premiership In 1911.
Enrly In 1912 it was he who was
given full powers to arrange the terms
of abdication of thet hrone. and to or
ganize a republican form, of govern
ment In conference with the republi
can leaders. Shortly i afterward, ,jn
February, he was elected provisional
president of the republic by the na
tional courfcil at Nanking and took the
oath of office on March 10, , -.. , t
NEW COMPANY' FILE3
iJMJUUrUlXiiXlUil riitiiiiS
, Incorporation papers were filed this
morning with the clerk of Superior
court for the Curnmtrclul Investment
Itcalty company. The new company
i ' authorized to do a general real -
, late, Inve.iltnent and rolenir. biisi-
' n. and tne oni'-es win t.e mcaieu in
i this -Ky. The Incorporators are J.
Trater Glenn, rreii u Bale nl ueorae
;M. r'eaal.v, nil of this el'v, and the
authorise.! ;j.itl la $5l '. illvlde 1
' In fbai'ea ut 'I'm each. '.1 period
, Uml'. 1 for !' ' (in i IQ d - I in
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IILI IIIILU I UN
WDRLD'SSERILb
Everjrthing Ready for First
' Game at Polo Grounds To-
morrow Thousands
. of Fans Arriving.
THE RESERVED SEATS
ARE ALL DISPOSED OF
Detectives Looking for Ticket
Speculators Betting Has
,- Been Light . on Even '.,
; Honey.
' By Associated Press.-' .-.
,' New York, Oct 6.-Baseball enthu
siasts arrived here on every train to
day at opening of the . world's series
tomorrow between New .York and
Philadelphia, pennant winners of the
National - and American leagues, ' re
spectively. -With the .exception, of
minor detallB to be disposed of by the
national commission everything is in
readiness for the opening contest at
the Polo grounds tomorrow afternoon.
Today's Weather was flawless and the
Washington"" forecast for tomorrow-
called' for another fair day:
, Baseball writers from far and near
trooped into the city today, for .their
annual meeting this afternoon, -mere
was the usual- talk, this; morning tbatj
speculators, had secured a' choice al-i
lotmenf' of. : reserved "seat and aigtis
were -displayed 3rf a"numt)k.r.-of -ticket,
agencies announcing 'this, "'"The casual
fan who arrived today found all the
8000 reserv;d' seats disposed of,' and
nothing left to do but get In line at
the. Polo, grounds early .tomorrow
morning "when the 80,000 unreserved
seats' are thrown open. . ' '.
It was said' again today that it was
doubtful 'whether Snodgraas, the Gi
ants' centerflelder, who Is' suffering
with a "charley horse," would be able
to take' part 1n the series. Doyle's In.
Jured shoulder has completely recov
eredi however,' and It Is certain that he
will' be in the opening game. If Sod-
grass does not play It is probable that
Shafer vill take his place in the field
and. Hortog will . go to third base, t
Betting Light v-.- ,
Generally, speaking, betting on the
series has been light Some few big
bets were recorded but neither team
can be called the favorite and It was
said . that the wagering would be the
smallest In recent years.
- An even money proposition has been
the rule in most bets. . , ,
" At an exhibition game- with the
Philadelphia Nationals today the Gi
ants had their final work-out Both
Mathewson and Marquard were as
signed tor twirl an Inning or two. The
Athletics are expected here late today.
Nothing had developed today to Indi
cate that Connie Mack' would vary
from his regular line-up for the pen
Ing game. ,
'. How many tickets the spectators
have been able to get was a matter
of general discussion prior to the Na
tional commission meeting. It was
said that if It developed that they had
secured any considerable number of
choice seats, the commission would In
stltuta an investigation at once.
,. All police- arrangements have been
comoleted for - handling the . vast
crowds at the .Polo grounda One
hundred and fifty men have been de
tailed for the work. .
Fori the opening same tomorrow
two lines will be formed., One wwll
consist of patrons who have reserved
seats: the other for (hose who will
buy ' at' tha gates.
, - : Hsckmcn Go Tonlglrt.
Philadelphia, Pa., Oct 6. Instead
of taking the Philadelphia team to
New York early this afternoon, as he
had originally planned, Manager .Con
nie Mack of tha American League
ch hiplons, will not leave "here with
his players until 8 o'clock tonight It
Is his Intention to take advantage of
the fine weather today and give his
men good work-outs this morning and
this afternoon. Mack was at the park
early this morning - The sun' was then
shining strong on the diamond.
"This would have been our day.
remarked Mack, as he watched the
ground keepers' getting the field Into
condition. "Yes, this would have been
our day. I wlsb .we were going
... . . .k . .. , -. ... -i ,k. . . . .
Inoon." .
) The leader of the Athletics was told
that, cold, stormy weather was pre
dieted for . this week, after tomor
row. " ,
"That's too bad," Mack remarked
"It will be .bad for the playera and
had Tor: the spectators. I had been
hoping for clear, warm weather."
The Athletic playera began rcpnrt
Inif at Shlhe park befora 9 o'clock this
morning and they -ere on the Hold
earlier then almost any time this m-ii-pioii.
I'.etoler. ivho la ft peeled to hi
the jilh iu-r in the opening Kiiine, fln
(C'otiliiiued on puse ID.)
:azettewews
ISIN NEW HOME
OF
SULZERDEFENSE
Louis D. Sarecky Governor's
Campaign Secretary Sum
. moned as First Witness.
, By Associated Press.,
Albany, K. TV Oct. This waa the
pining day for the defense in'the im
peachment trial . of Governor Suler.
According to the agreed Monday pro
gram only an afternoon session of the
court was held beginning at 2:15
o'clock and lasting, until six. -Senator
Harvey D. , Hlnnan' made the' opening
address. .., -. ':-,,.... ,
Louis garecky was selected as the
first witness. As campaign secretary
to the ' governor, - garecky handled
much of the money . contributed to
the campaign fund and many checks
Intended for Sulzer were made out to
Sarecky. He said on his arrival here
.that he could prove that at least $21,-
K0OO -which .the governor is charged
wltlv not having reported as a contri
bution really was not such, but came
to Subter from an entirely different
source. - . ;- - , '.
v Counsel for the governor have main
tained since the beginning of the, trial
.that attorneys, for the board of mana-i
.gers were jiot anxious to have Sarecky;
testify, and today the legal advisers
of the defense said they expected his
ros-e;3slnatipniV,vpuld bev. , .brief.
Counsel -for the managers - -asserted
they searched for 21 days for Sarecky
before he finally turned, -up, here. and
was subppenaed. .- Much was made of
his discovery at the time, but they
never called h!m to the wltnessstand.
No Motive Found for Killing
of Miss Ida G. Leegson,
.Found Strangled.
! By Associated press.' 4 1
Chicago. Oct. 6. Mystery still
shrouds the murder of Miss Ida O
Lc(rson, an art student who was
lured by a telephone call to the prai
rie, southwest of the city Saturday and
strangled with a silken oord. Follow
ing her identification, little has been
found to indicate a motive for the
crime. . ' - -
Hurried Investigation has shown
only that she led an exemplary life,
had no men callers at any . of the
places. where she -Is known to have
resided, and she ts not thought to have
possessed any large amount of money.
Miss Leegson was a graduate of the
University of Chicago, a .. sculpture
pupil of Torado Taft and a student at
the art Institute. Her murder marked
tha end of a long pitiful. struggle' to
to make her way as a sculptor." Her.
studies at the University of, Chicago
were to fit her for work by which
she could earn enough to complete
her art education. For"several win
ters she taught school, returning ' to
the city to resume work at the art
institute. - -
On! a few hours before she was
lur'ed to her death she answered an
advertisement for a domestic, saying
she had to have funds to enable her
to continue her studies and was not
too proud to do kitchen work.
- , Late Saturday afternoon a man wh-j
gave the name of Wilson telephoned
the rpsidence where Miss Leecson
lived and asked her to take a position
as nurse In a maternity case. She was
directed to go to Seventy-flrt street
and Western avenue and wa'ic to an
address four miles west The body
was found three miles west of the
street intersection in a clump i f
bushes. The address to which she had
been directed does not exist.-
Ambassador Gerard In Berlin.
By Associated Vrqss.
Berlin. Oct. . The lew United
Stoles ambawindor to Oerniany, Jamea
W. fjerard of New York, arrived here
early today 'and at once Informally mm
timed the duties of his of) Ice. lie is
not qualified to act officially tiriill the
presentation of h1 letters of ri ccro e.
Ambassador flerarl hm tnlen i p
hla resldutii-a for thti pic-, it at
hotel. . ,
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MYSTERY-. SHROUDS'-'
WOMAN'S MURDER
Task of Magnitud Was Ac
complished Without Mis-.
" Beginning Sat-
urday.'
MEMBERS OF STAFF
, DID SPLENDID WORK
Goss Press, With Stereotype
Equipment,' Installed, in
, the New Building on j ''
College Street.
ts -
, The Gazette-News Is now. In Its
new home and has accomplished the
very great task of - moving a task -the
magnitude of which cannot be un
derstood unless It is. experienced. Tne
moving . of a newspaper ' plant and
office Is not like most other moves. '
It t differs in that everything; has to
be done according to schedule, and it
has o be ' done - without . missing an
issue of , the paper. Therefore, the
process . of moving could not be
started Saturday until the, issue of
the paper had bfeen Virtually ' put to
press. ' Notwithstanding,' the bulk of
the heavy machinery and the office
books and fixtures, the equipment of
th editorial office and - composing
rooms had' been moved "before dark;
and . by noon - today everything: had
,4 been trafinfeWed.Uj ther new bulldlns
erected, ffj,' Thef Gaaetta-News on
CoHege;st;:eet. This was accomplished
only . by reason of the fact, that- every
member of the.' staff, the. business
force and the composing .and press
rooms worked .with, energy? and.; co
operation., ; This morning the, mem
bers of the composing roomiwere go
ing about their drdlnary tasks, which
was true of every other department.
. Press Already Up, ; .
Happily there, was no press -to be
moved. .The .Cox taunlax press which
has served 'The Gazette-News' during
the past several years has heen dis
carded,.! and from now on -the paper
will be printed on a big double deck
Goss straight-lino press, - which had
already been erected in tho, new
building.:. The stereotyping room had,
also been fitted up. The ereotlng of
the big press and the arrangement
of the stereotyping room was a mat
ter of days, eJVen weeks. -
By . far the biggest Job to be done
was the moving of the battery of lino
types, each weighing about 80Q1
pounds. Not only was this the heav
lest part of the moving, but It had
to be done with extraordinary care.
Despite the size of i the machines,'
some of the thousands of parts are al
most as delicate as the parts of
watch, In part these1 machines were
taken down and the smaller pieces
were carried ovelr . by hand. The
main parts of the machines which
bad set the type for Saturday's paper
were finally loaded .on wagons, and
by dark Saturday night they had be
hoisted with ropes and tackle into the
now composing rooms through an
opening that had been left for the pur
pose. . And even then' the lob was not
half done.: They had to be placed
with exactness; and the thousands of
parts had to be reassembled each o
a place of its own; besides which
there were the linotype motors to
be connected. - This not only took a
great deal of time but required the
attention of a number of skilled me
chanics. I ; '' ' k ' .
The work of moving the rest of the
printing equipment In the composlnpf
room was small only as compared
with moving the linotypes. "' Of course
everything was dumped Into the new
composing room helter skelter, and
the thousand and one things had to b?
rearrange! end re-ady for the printers
this morning. This was all done on
time
The Old nuildlmc.
The Oazette-News force did not
leave the old building without a so-t
of feeling of regret The building hia
been used for publishing purposes for
so long that there was an atmosphere
of newspeiperdom: and many of tha
employe regarded It with a senti
ment that possibly cou) not he d"
flned. Doubtless the ghosts of "forms
will walk the floors for many a d iv.
The building was used for printii a
purposes long before The On .Mi"-
News occupied It alnce "way l i
the Spanish war, already." A! wi
der and Hay published a pi -r t
It was also the hum of th ."
Home and the .Tonii.ai. N. f '
Halted the old tlazete thorn,
the home of the finwtif-M
years, sine
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