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70L. XVIII, NO. 207.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 10, 1913.
PRICE 5 CENTS
i V U II
JUDGE PARKER
LASHES SULZER
Merciless Criticism
' peached Governor
of v Im
Mark3 the, Opening, of To
day's Session.
BRACKETT IS SEVERE .
IN CLOSING SPEECH
Declares There Has Been Per
sistent Attempt to Ter-'
s rorize the Impeach
ment Court.
By Associated Press.
Albany. N. T., Oct. 10. Never since
the impeachment trial of Governor
3ulzer opened has he been subjected
o such a severe verbal flaying as
Uton B. Parker delivered In his re
narks for the board ot managers to
lay The castigatlon came before the
lourt had scarcely settled down to
fork, the Judge merely taking a few
ninutes of the morning session before
living way to Judge D. Cady Herrlck,
lor the defense. v-
"Before this bar the . defendant
ands guilty of thebe offenses charged
)y the impeachment' and proved by
incontroverted evidence,." ' he r said.
'Before the bar of public opinion thts
' lefendant stands condemned by tur
ned damning testimony of his shifty
lefenses and his futile efforts to dodge
y technicalities the trial of the issues
efore this high Court. "
"In these actions,, ; public opinion
rlth a freedom not committed to Judl
ilal opinion, finds direct .evidence- of
tuilt.: The same public opinion takes
logniance of the- fact lhat the defend
int is suffering from such a- severe at
" nek. of moral near-sightedness that
iven when direotea by myriad of
i'cornful' fingers ha cfinpt fllsclY-the
irimlnal and. dishonorable naiure-.of
he acts proved.-. ' -
"Even Justice must see through its
vcre eye something of the pathetic
n this defendant's frantio efforts o
lover the nakedness of his wrong
loings. ' Defiance, defense, Justlfica-
' ion, prevarication, denunciation 'of
lis accusers; attempts to suppress and
alsify testimony, and efforts to cast
. he blame elsewhere each In turn
tas been stripped from his flesh until
ia stands now naked before this court
without a rag of his attempted vindi
atlon ollriging to his deformed and
' outllated manhood.
' "No at of his shows more perfectly
ha complete baseness of his character
minting him utterly for any public
r private trust, than does his effort
o coerce the members of this court
hrough channels which his warped
. ptellect mistakenly Instructed him
. M the power of coercion." : '
Albany. N, T.. Oct 10. The trial
t William Bulxer, the impeached gov-
mor of New York, was brougni up 10
' he stage of the balloting of the Judges
oday by former State Senator Edgar
'. Brackett, who closed the case for
he board of Impeachment managers
ilth a vitriolic speeoh. In the course
' f it he asserted that former State 8en
tor Stephen J. StUlwell, who Is now
n-ving a term In Stng Sing prison for
i barter of his legislative vote and In
uenca, "mghit have sat at. the feet of
lovernor Sulier and learned orlice,
- "And this Is the Pharisee," he said,
. who. pointing to the width of his
.. ; bylactery, in proof of his own virtue,
emanded that Stlllwell resign Stlll
' ell, who If all charges against him
rere true- and more, could still have
it at the feet of this man and learned
rime even as Saul sat at the feet of
)amaliel and learned all the wisdom
f the ancient Jews." . ,
, ; " " Efforts to Terrotlie. " " f"
From the Jteglnnlng of the Impeach'
' lent proceedings, Mc Brackett da
, tared there had been a , persistent
pd studied attempt ta terrorize the
(.embers of the Impeachment court,
nd every person associated with .the
rosecutlon. - -1
' "Every means known to the dema
ague had been attempted to accem
llsh it" he said.
"Political extinction has been
Create ned to-those bold' enough to
tare that It might be well to have
, h orderly investigation of the mat
' irs charged against this man. Coun-
)l have been warned that their ap
fearano for the people here would
tsult in savage attacks upon them.
v "We have witnessed the Indecency
for I think 'it can be called noth-
ig else of publio meetings called to
kar-awe your Judgment and to give
M Instructions how to decide this
.. bus before a single word of .the
lorn testimony had' been given to
n, Tn season and out It has been
reached that Justice would t not be
inn here, when justice- was the last
Ki'rflieirad by the preachers." 11
Revtawa the) Testimony.
. ' JrWBrackett launched Into a dle
MOtMf the evidence supporting the
' Jr motions, tn the fourth of the ar
ct impeachment charging that
ewrrwof Bulzer sought to prevent
!"mf before the Frawley commit
S :j attorney held that the article
enough to Include tlie il
rt , empt of tlii governor to dm
sx3 Uanry Morgrnthau frim inxtl-
tng ( I regard to his f 1000 canipnlan
-tn -0n. -
&.. . ... .fed request of the governor
to D. W. Peck, superintendent of pub
lld works, that he deny 'hie contribu
tion of 1500 under oath, Mr. Brackett
placed in the same category. '
"The testimony of Allan Ryan Is
still to lie considered," he continued.
"It stands here without contradiction
of any kind. The, defendant asked
him to see Senator Root and have
members of this court soltcited to vote
in his interest to dismiss these pro
ceedings; and failing, to sea Mr. Mur
phy for the same purpose, saying he
would do whatever was right If he
could be freed from the impeachment
proceedings. , - ,
- Cannot Mlllgate Punishment
"Knowing full well, appreciating to
the utmost- the disgrace and degrada
tion that must come upon this most
unhappy man by your verdict of guil
ty, I still b'eg you not to think you
will mitigate his punishment by a
Judgment of acquittal of the charges
here proved. It will not be your ac
tion that will render him infamous
for all the future. :
.."You alone can deliver us from the
body of this death wretched men
that we are .you alone can deliver us
from the body of this death. And so
we leave this case with all its vast in
terests of all who love the state and
are jealous of Its honor and good fame,
in your hands. -
11
ISCOPAL
Memorials before Body Calling
v for Federal Laws Concern
ing Divorce Question. t -
By Associated Press.
New York, Oct 10. Stirred by the
lively, sessions during tthe past two
days, the house of bishops and the
house? of deputies of the 44th general
convention of the Protestant sEplai
pal church of America met In Joint
session today. - - -
The first business today was to re
ceive the reports of the board of mis
sions and auxiliaries, but above this
routine .the problems: of remarriage
of divorces and various changes in
the church loomed as the absorbing
features of discussion among both the
clergy and the laity. '. . , ,
As a result of - yesterday's session
of the house of bishops, tha , general
convention had . before It memorials
attacking divorces calling upon not
only ecclesiastical authorities but
the government of the United States
to seek an amendment of the consti
tution so that federal legislation con
cerning marriage could be effected.
One ot the most radical of the
measures brought forward was that
of the Rev. Dr. James W. Ashton of
Olean, N. Y., who asked that the gen
erall convention should consider the
new situation created In the United
States by promulgation of the "nete-
mere'' decree of the Roman Catholic
church which prohibits Its priests
from marrying Catholics and Protes
tants. , ... . ,
The memorial adopted by the de
puties urged the general convention
to affirm that marriages should not
be dealt with other than as the holy
scriptures and the laws of the land
allows. .
E
AFTER A LONG ILLNESS
Famous Japanese Soldier and
. Statesman -Expires at ' .
. '. ' ToUo...
By Associated Press. ' ..
Toklo, Oct.; 10.-Prince Taro Kat
suma, former premier of Japan, died
here today after an extended illness.
Prince Taro Katsura, who was born
in 1847. was one of ' Japan's most
prominent soldiers and statesmen. He
will be remembered outside tils own
eountry principally- for the part he
took in bringing about the Anglo-Japanese
alliance.
Thrice he occupied the premiership
in .Wl-1905, 1908-1911 and 1912-
181JV He had also been war minister
nd minister of finance and through
put his career he wa a close, friend of
to Europe again In the suits of Prince
Oyama in 1H84-6. , ,
th. .Innana. .miur. ph 1 v-"" popiar coaro, unsnBn .umner com-1 w.'u. uwu
.a ...,. . ! malicious and frivolous and the prf.se- rans. Ashevllle; test dreseed walnut iler.r
conntri.. and th. . Zi.V; i. . I cutlnj: . witness, M. Pane, wa, laxc i , tttatA Mtr,Vfa Lumber company, i l'allaw.ter.
munt mi h. mt,.A . ...i " 016 coate.' ... " . jAsalca;' tec'. Tough fcasswood board; Rei llmbertwlg
m,. v..r. . v.:,..?.. u,'iJ' Four worchlpptra at tho Hr:ne, 0fMcEw,n Lumi,er cerrtpany. Azileas ers;. 1st and
-hool. .tir he .erv.H r,7u, . Eh of l each. - best rough rherry board. - McEweJv Iloyal
military attache In Eorlin. Hi went! v! ' . '
Prince Kr.taura'a first active ear-j ",
vice aa a soldier waa on' the s-de -of , ' , ..
the Imperialists In the ,war f.f reloca
tion, which, ended In 1S68 w'.ih l.i i
recovery of f.ijl power by thi .:.
perur. Hie war pen lee in the C lin i - t': mr:
Japanese cainicUn whenli- iot.1- l'i ',:."'
tnanded -th Niroy;i am " il.vV im, ( 4 k 1
lira bvllMunl. , Hj uttorwar; ,li'"...:.i ,"' 1
govcrnor-genoi 1- of I-'t.rmciin. ; 1
TO BATTLE III
E
New Yorkers Determined to
Even Up Athletics As
' Anxious to Maintain
1 . Advantage.
EVEN LARGER CROWDS
ARE AT SHIBE PARK
One More Victory for Phila
, delphia Would Place the
Giants in Doubtful
v Position.
. By Associated Press.
Philadelphia, Oct. 10. With o
team determined to even up the series
and the other anxious -to improve the
advantage won yesterday, the y New
York Giants and the Philadelphia Ath
letics Were prepared today to battle
their hardest for. the fourth game in
the - world's baseball championship
series. . , '
Victory for the American league
champions meant that they would
have only one more game to win to
carry oft the blue ribbon of the pall
Held, while a defeat for the champions
of the National league would make It
quite doubtful if they could recover
sufficiently to win three straight and
baseball fame. The victory yesterday :
of, Bush, Connie Mack's youthful twirl-
er. over tne veteran xesreau nas meas
urably. Increased the optimism of the!
Athletlo adherents as to the final re
sult -of the-series.
Last evening another,, big throng
gathered at Shlbe park to wait In line
all .night for. .the bleacher gates to
open this morning. It was an even
larger "crowd than that which , waited
In- th, drtazHng,raln for Wedjwsdajr.'sl
game, due perhaps to the .Improve
ment In the weather. - '
The Athletics up to today had faced
tha pitching of Mathewson, Marquard,
Crandall and Tesreau, three of whom
are the New York twirling stall, while
the Giants had batted against Bender,
Plank and Bush.
"The result of , yesterday's game
bore out my claim that we had young
pitcher's who could be compared to
any on the Giants' staff," said Connie
Mack, the Athletic manager.
"The other pitchers In our younger
set are just as eager to show in the
series. Bush was actually disappoint
ed because he had a three-run lead
when he went in the box yesterday.
'Anyone could win this kind of a
game,' he said. That's the kind of
material I have on the pitching staff,
It's ell I can do to keep them on tha
bench." . - ,
Despite the seeming advantage held
by Philadelphia in the two victories to
one for tha Glantd. Manager McGraw
appeared not at 11 dismayed and de
clared his me had Just begun to
fight. . ... "
USED GAT AS FOOT BALL
TAXED WITH $25 FINE
B.
T'.'; Melton Convicted of
Cruelty to Animals He
Enters Appeal.
B. F. Melton evidently thinks today
(hat it is cheaper to play football with
a pig skin, than with a cat's body, for
this morning in Police court he was
fined 125 and the ensts for cruelty to
animals. - .-
He was arrested yesterday-afternoon
by a member of the police department
who saw him kicking a onf into the
air on College street It wusjtaid that
elton would kick the cat as utelu as
he could, and watching it fall woirid
kick It again before it had a chance to
run, this performance being kept up
until the cat waa deud. He appealed
from the decision of Judge Adams
and bond was fixed at $200. ,
Other cases disposed of this morn-
lng are as follows:
I
Emmett -Gran waa taxed with thev board .McEwen Lumber comnany.
costs for riding a blcyclo . without Azalea; best dresred cherry board, Mc
llghts. j Ewer. Lumber company, Azalea; best
In the eiBO of Erma Norwood, ( dresed chestnut board, English Lum
charged with larceny, It was stntcd by bPr company, Ashevllle; best dressed.
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1C. DAY BEING
OBSERftAI FAIR
Promises to End as One of
Most Successful Days of
the Fair.
MUSICAL CONTESTS
FEATURE OF PROGRAM
M. V. Richards Delivers Address This
Afternoon Grand Finale of -Fair
Comes Tonight
The festivities of tonight will close
the third annual Western North Caro
lina fair. Today Is being observed as
Western North Carolina day, and there
is a large crowd here; from all over the j
section. The big events of the morn
ing were: The singing contest for ru
ral choirs, in which nine choirs eonr
tested for the three: cash prizes
amounting to $50; and the judging of
the 'horses, when the animals exhibit
ed were, shown under hand or saddle.
' Governor Locke Craig was on the
program for an address this afternoon
but could not be present, as announced
In The Gazette-News several days ago,
and a message was received from Hon.
Felix B. Alley, who Was on the pro
gram for an Introductory address, to
the effect that he could not come. . M.
V. Richards, land and Industrial agent
of the Southern railway, of Washing
ton, will, be the principal speaker of
the afternoonj his address having
been moved up from tonight. W. A.
Smith of Hendersonytlle, who was to
nave Introduced Mr. Richards,
coum
lot be here thts afternoon, according
to a message from him this morning.
Mr. Richards will speak on "Develop-
ment in Western North Carolina."
The grand flna!-) of the fair will
come tonight, when those attepdlng.
will be entertained with a large num
ber of free acts and music by two!
bands. All the midway attractions.
will be open as usual, and. exhibits
wj, tia be In .plaes. ,Tha tfianag--
ment annourices that the' fireworks
display on the lake will be the best
ever see in Ashevllle. The automobile
parade, which had been proposed for
this afternoon, was omitted by default,
as. no one seemed to take sufficient
Interest In the event to prepare their
machines for it. Its omission did not
cause any great disappointment.
Mineral Department.
In the department devoted to min
erals In which the judging was done
by Charles W. Batrd of this city( prizes
, have been awarded as follows
Din-
play of North Carolina gems, M. : W.
Noblltt, Ashevllle; display , of uncut
gem materials, M. W. Noblitt, Ashe
vllle; . North Carolina granite, rough
and dressed, J. B. Lotspeich, Weaver-
ville; display of North Carolina pot-,
tery, Noncannar Art and Pottery com
pany, Skyland; display of North Caro
lina brick. Shale Clay and Brick com
pany; specimen of iron ore, George E.
Sprinkle, Weavervllle; specimen of
cnronlte, H. A. LIndsey, . Ashevllle;
specimen of mica, ; Ashevllle Mica
company, Ashevllle; specimen of gold.
H. A. LIndsey, Ashevllle, Ashevllle;
collection of old guns and pistols, Mrs.
W. R. Earwood, Ashevllle; collection
of old books, Mrs. F. Hendricks, Ashe
vllle; Indian arrow heads, MT. W. Nob
lltt, Ashevllle; Indian tomahawks, Mrs.
Jeff Anders, Ashevllle; collection of
Indian pipes, M. W. Noblltt, Ashevllle;
most Interesting souvenir of an Amer
ican war. Col. J. M. Ray, Ashevllle;
most Interesting souvenir of pioneer
life, William P. Hayes, Ashevllle. -Native
Woods Department.
In the- department devoted to na
tive woods, in which the Judging was
done by James S. Coleman, . prises
were awarded as follows: . Butte of
furniture of three pieces or more,
American Furniture Manufacturing
company, Ashevllle; exhibit of interior
woodwork, English Lumber company,
Ashevllle! exhibit of fancy turned
wood, T. Taylor, Azalea; , figured or
curly ajm' board, English Lumber com
pany, Ashevllle; figured or curly birch
board, '' .English Lumber , company,
Ashevllle; 'figured or curly cherry
board. English Lumber company.
I Ashevllle ; figured or curly maple
. XifiKNon AuillUBr cumunnv.
(board, English Lumber : company,
'Anhevllle; figured or curly poplar
board, Norwood Lumber company,
Bushnell; figured or curly oak board,
'English Lumber company, Ashevllle;
j figured or curly board of any other va-
rluty, Norwood Lumber company,
bushnell; best dressed ash board, Eng-
HcH L'umber company, Ashevllle; best'
j dressed birch board, EnKllsh Lumber I
!rompany, Ashevllle; best dreesed buck -
,t.urr.bf corTpary, Asilen; best roug
tr!pK rcrd, McEwen Lumber com
, r?n. A.':alm; tt rough poplar board
f!cr.fn Lumber company, Aitalea
irx tcusr, "I'How p:nc roara, MCKwen
J rr-iirr rcMi-,ii.y. An les; brat cx-i
' VIM ; f .r.rrjMi f.iicn 'cnlf, McKwenl
L'-1 I rr rt.!p; :i". Azitlea.
wf. ' ! cr-l'i nt rthlUt of flfrur -
,..-,. .,',(,('. Kn?:Hh txiniberl
.. , , . vri'in; I'd ', ixh'l.lt of
t- '.'! -Li rinT.il , bi'ln-r, McKwenl
'.! ..1' .,. n,; i I c-i olilblt of
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home-made .violins, (class made by
Judge), G. B. Parker, Ashevllle.
i:; '-r ,' Pantry Supplies ..
In the pantry department, conduct
ed by Mrs, Frank Israel, and Judged
by special committees, the awards
were as follows: Loaf wheat bread,
Mrs. R. J. Barton, Candler; loaf of
whole wheat bread, Mrs. P. .Reming
ton, Swannanoa; loaf rye bread, Mrs.
R., J. Barton, Candler; loaf graham
bread. Miss Marguerite Arthur, Bllt
more; loaf cinnamon bread, Mrs.
W. B. Nixon, Ashevllle; loaf light
corn v bread, Mrs. Vernon Hemphill,
Ashevllle; half dozen corn muffins,
Mrs. G. A Shuford, Ashevllle; half
dozen plain biscuits, Miss Nannie L.
McDowell, ' Ashevllle; half ' dozen
raised biscuits, Mrs. R. Gibson, 'Ashe
vllle: half dozen French rolls, Mra
W. E. Logan, West - Ashevllle; half
dozen beaten biscuits, Miss Maude
Eaton, Ashevllle; loaf of bread made
from Daniel Webster flour, Mrs. W. D.
Harris. Ashevllle; decorated cake,
Mrs. Ed . Rinehardt, Ashevllle; white
fruit cake', Mrs. Rachel McNeal,
Ashevllle; dark fruit cake, Mrs. Max
Lall, Ashevllle; pound cake, iced,
Mrs. J. H. Eaton, Ashevllle ; bride's
cake, iced, Mrs. W. D. Meacham,
Ashevllle; cocoanut cake, Miss Nannie
L. McDowell, Ashevllle; nut cake,
Mrs. W. B. Nixon, Ashevllle; sponge
cake, Mrs. I. W. Glaser, Ashevllle;
ribbon cake, . Miss . Maude niaion,
Ashevllle; doughnuts, . Mrs. . W. G.
Pegram, Ashevllle; custard pie, Mrs.
W. R. Earwood, Ashevllle; lemon
pie, Mrs. Kelley Alexander, Candler;
mince pie, Miss Nannie L. McDowell,
Ashevllle; berry pie, Mrs. Ed Rine
hardt, Ashevllle; pumpkin pie, Mra
W. R. Earwood, Ashevllle; sweet
potato pie, Mrs. W. G. Pagrom, Ashe
vllle; patty shells, Miss B. L. Alexan
der, Ashevllle; 'cheese straws, Mra
Ed Rinehardt, Ashevllle; white taffy
candy, Miss , Myrtle Logan, West
Ashevllle; fudge. Miss Florence Gud
ger, Candler; caramels. Miss Florence
Gudger, Candler; peanut brittle. Miss
E. I.. Alexander, Ashevllle; fondant
or French creams, Mrs. C. N. Malone,
Ashevllle; three pounds of honey In
the comb, J. T. Redmon, Biltmore;
three pounds of sourwood honey,
J. T. Redmon, Biltmpre; one pound
of ' butter, first, Mrs. P. J. Herron,
Skyland; second, Ashevllle Farm
school, Ashevllle,; third, Mrs., Albert
Reed, Biltmore; one pound of butter
made in Buncombe county, outside of
Ashevllle, first, (silver pitcher offered
by. Mrs. R. P. Hayes), Mrs. J. P. Dil
lingham, Democrat; second, MrB. W,
M.Moffitt, Swannanoa; -third, Mrs.
Vernon Hemphill, route 2; one pound
of'-cttMS, ( M w j,- W Glaser-,shV
vine.- une pouna or lara, Mrs. a. a.
Morgan, Candler; home-cured ham,
F. M. Stevens, Ashevllle; home-cured
haoon, J. B. Lotspeich, Weavervllle;
display of preserves, ' Mrs. H. N. Alex
ander, Candler; display of Jelly, Mrs,
B. C. Brown, Ashevllle; display of
fruit Jams, Miss Lillian Mlnnick,
Ashevllle; display of pickles and
relishes, Mrs. R. E. Morgan, Candler;
display of dried fruit, F. B. Johnston,
Arden; display of canned vegetables,
Mrs. A. Brown Ashevllle; display of
canned fruit, H. W. Wells, Buncombe;
sorghum, W. F. Wright, Candler; best
display of pantry supplies, not entered
elsewhere, first, Mrs. L. L. .Mat
thews; second, Mrs. I. J. Curry, Ashevllle..;,,-
...r..
. Horticultural Awards.
Judging was completed this morn
ing in the horticultural department
by Prof. W. N. Hutt, and the follow
ing are the awards, the winners being
named In the order of premiums won:
- Sweepstakes commercial exhibit,
consisting of not less than two barrels
and five boxes, L. R. Giles, Sandy'
Mush.
Best commercial exhibit of 10 boxes,
standard packed apples, any variety
or varieties, United Fruit Growers,
North Wllkesboro; Hardy" Coburn,
Crusoe.
Best packed box of apples of any
variety, awards made on basis of grad
ing and packing, Charles S, Gash, Aza
lea; U R. Giles. '
Rest box of apples, standard -box, L.
R. Giles; George A. Brown, Waynes
Ville. Best barrel apples, standard barrel.
1 R. Giles; T. D. Bryson, Bryson City,
'Stayman wlnesap, plate of six, L. R.
Giles; W. T. Linr.sey, Tryon
i: Grimes' golden, plate of six, United
Fruit Growers, 1st and 2nd; L. R.
Giles.
Newtown pippin, plat of six, D. R.
Noland, Crabtree; L. R. Giles; United
I'Vuit Growers.
Delicious, A. M. Frye, Bryson City;
United Fruit Growers.
'-.Wlnesap, L. R. Giles; Hardy Cog-
1..- . rt S T . . I IT',. ..!!
itwrii, a. v.. vnviit. vvnyiicavuiv.
".York Imperial, S. W. Black, Bryson
(ity: George A. Brown, Waynesvllle;
I U R. Giles.
.Klnnard, L. R. Giles; T. D. Bryson.
(Jonathan, A. M. Frye.
'Mother, C. F. Toms, Ashevllle, 2nd.
jEonvm, 8. W. Black.
Rome beauty, nlted Fruit Growers;
Z C. Davis; Hardy Cogburn.
Virginia beauty, United Fruit Grow-
em, 1st and 2nd; L. Gash tc Bona,
lAUlea.
Mammoth black tlff, A. M. Frye;
T. D. Bryson; R. L. Catthey,' Candler.
: Buckingham, United Fruit Growers,
let) 2nd and rd.
Hack gllllllowert Hardy Cogburn;
Sons; A. T. Davis, Cand-
Hardy Cogburn..
United Fruit Grow-
2nd..
llmbertwlg. Hardy Cogburn;
United
Fruit Growera; W. T. Llnd-
aey.-. ,
Arkansas black, L. R. Giles: W. L,
Gash & Sons; United Fruit Growera.
American sweet chestnuts.
beat
plate, S. L. Gudger; J. T. Cathey,
Candler.
I Pstagon (Japanese) chestnuts, best
lplate, J. P. Dillingham, Democrat
Filberts (hazleniit). best plate, F.
M. Stevens, Ashevllle; Ren L. Howe.
Scaly bark hlckorynuts, best plate,
I . (Continued on page 7)
IS BUM UP
President Presses Button at 2
' O 'clock which Sets Off
Dynamite Charge in
Canal.
LAST OBSTRUCTION
' IN PANAMA DITCH
Current Travels from White
House to Explosive - in
Four Seconds, Ex
perts Calculate.
1 Bv Associated Press.
Panama. Oct. 10. The' Gamboa
dike waa exploded at 2:02 p. m. this
afternoon.
The electricity spark that set off the
blast was sent forward by President
Wilson from Washington.
The accomplishment was In every
wav successful.
Washington, Oct. 10. President Wil
son at exactly 2 o'clock, eastern time
this afternoon pressed a button in the
White House which sent an electric
current flashing more than 4000 miles
over land and under seas to blow up
the Gamboa dike in the Panama canal,
Electrical experts calculated that
within four second after j President
Wilson Dressed the button In Wash
inrton. the current threw a small
switch on an apparatus at the Gain-
boa dike, which In turn set in motion
other apparatus which furnished-the
current for exploding the charges.,
Elaborate preparations, had been
made by the Western Union Telegraph
eomnB.nv and the Central. and South
American Telegraph company for- the
practically instantaneous- transmission
of the president's signaj.. rom yvaan
ington to Galveston, Tex., 1656 miles,,
a mingle wire carried .the spark, : There
it was -taken -up instantaneously y
sensitive repeating instruments and
sped over the cable along the be '.torn
of the Gulf of Mexico to Coatsea
Coalcos, Mexico, 793 miles further.
From that point It sped over land
acrosfc the Isthmus of Tehuanatepec
over wires of the line of the Tehuana
tepec NaMonal Railway, 188 miles
more on Its Journey, to another cable
station at Salina Cruz on the Pacific
ocean, where other sets of sensitive
telegraph Instruments snatched It up
and hurried it 766 miles over another
cable along the cable station, where
other delicate machines transferred
It to still another cable and shot It
along 718 miles more to Panama.
There the spark emerged from Its long
submarine Journey to the overland tel
egraph wires of the Panama Railroad
company and completed its mission at
the Gamboa dike. ,
Hours before the time set, experts
of the telegraph and cable companies
were busy perfecting their arrange
ments so the president's flash might
have an unobstructed passage.
Th Atlantic and Pacific oceans were
not actually united today when the
Gamboa dike was destroyed and the
waters of Gatun lake were allowed to
flow Into Culebra cut, as lake and cut
are, at the normal surface of the
water, B feet above the level of the
sea.
The destruction of the Gamboa
dike, however, removes the last ob
struction to the navigation of the
greater part of the canal by light
draft vessels and opens up direct con
nection bettfeen-the great Gatun lake,
which already Is practically ready to
discharge vessels into the Atlantic
through uatun iocks ana me racinc
division.
The waters of the lake rushing
through the broken dike at Gamboa
sweep through Culebra cut until they
' reach the great locks at Pedro Miguel,
wnicn marK tne Deginning oi me ucs
cent from the top level of the canal
to the Pacific.
, The first craft to enter will be the
great steam dredges whose work is to
clear and deepen the channel.
The presence of small craft In por
tions of the canal, however, does not
aa yet mean 6ccan-to-ocean naviga
tion. This will 'be first possible when
each link tn tho canal has a sufficient
depth of water and all the locks are
working.
In the lntermedlate"stage, naviga
tion may be effected in local lengths
of the canal and to some degree mas
be , extended length to length along
the whole waterway.
Near Operating Stajre. ,
Today'a event served to demonstrate
tha nearness of the canal to the oper
ating atage. It alao formally brought
to a close tha work of the central di
vision in tha cut, for tha dredging op
erations which are to aucceed tha
steam shovel work will be under a
different organlatlon.
Gamboa dike waa built in 108 tfl
hold tha Chagrea liver in check during
its turbulent perloda and to prevent IU
; waters from entering the nine mile
1 aectlon of Culebra cut and delaying
the work of the steam shovels.
It waa important solely from Its lo
cation. Twenty-four miles to . the
north,- the taighty Gatun dam, which
to the uninitiated appears to ba noth
ing more than a low mountain range
atretched across a valley, keeps tha
waters of Gatun lake from escaping ta
the aea.
AUBERT S ARMY
DESERTED HI
Most of His Force Fled with
Army and Ammunition as
He Neared Torreon.
ALVIREZ DEFEATED
IN AN AMBUSCADE
Of the Federal Garrison of
4000 at Torron Only 1800 i
Are Accounted for, it is
Said.
By Associated Press
Mexico City, Oct. 10. The failure of ;:
General Trucy Aubert to get to the
city of Torreon In time to relieve it
a mission upon which he set out from
Saltillo nearly a month ago with a
large force ot Mexican federal troops
is explained by the fact that the.
greater part of his 2000 men deserted
him before he had completed half ol
his, Journey. ,
He had reached Madero, 25 miles
ecst of Torreon, when news of the
evacuation of the city reached him.
As soon as the vanguard of the re
treating federal troops came Into view
General Aubert' s men fled with all
their arms and ammunition.
The report that General Aubert had
gone over to the rebels was not sub
stantiated. He is said today to be at
Hipollto, 60 miles west of Saltillo, to
which point he retreated with the men
Who evacuated Torreon under Gen
erals Ignaclo Bravo, Munguia ; and
Escudero.
General Alvlrez, who started with
1000 men, two siege guns and a num
ber of pieces of light artillery to re-,
take the city of Durango from the
rebels and. whose defeat caused the
evacuation ' of Tcireon, fell- Into, an
ambuscade" at TUtL'0mC Smiles tc's
the southwest Of Torreon... " "
Relying upon information that the
rebels had left the vicinity, he moved
forward. Suddenly he found both ad
vanceand his retreat cut off in a can
yon by heavy forces of rebels, who
poured In a sharp fire from both sides
of the pass. General Alvirez made a
stout resistance and managed to get
word back to Torreon asking for re
inforcements. Another story of the same fight la
to the effect that the federal troops
under General Alvlrez broke and fled
as soon as the first shot had been
fired.
General Alvlrez, who was regarded
as one of the bravest officers in the '
federal army, was captured with his
staff and all are said to have been ex
ecuted on the spot by the rebels. ' -
After the battle the rebel troops
with the captured artillery proceeded
to Torreon, where they found that the
federal garrison had already evacuat
ed the city. '
Out of the total garrison of Tor-
reon, estimated at 4000 men, 1800
have now been accounted for 'as be
ing at Hipollto. There were 48 pieces
of artillery in Torreon, none of which
was saved.
PEKING POLICE CHIEF
PLOTS TO KILL
By Associated Press. ,
Peking, Oct. 10. Chen, the chief of
tho Peking mounted police, was ar
rested today while the ceremony of
Inaugurating Yuan Shl-Kal as presi
dent of the Chinese republic was in
progress. He confessed that southern
rebels had bribed him to make an at
tempt to assassinate Yuan Shl-Kal as
the president was taking the oath of
office. -
Suspicion was aroused , by . Chen's
persistent efforts to secure a position
during the ceremony near the presi
dent. A number of bombs were found
In Chen s residence.
BILL FOR AMENDMENTS
IS PASSED BY HOUSE
There Were Objections to Various
Measures Some Voted
Down.
Special 'to The Gazette-News.
Raleigh, Oct. 10 Tha house last
night by a vote of SO to 14 passed on
third reading the bill reported from
tha committee of the whole for vari
ous amendments to the constitution.
There was objections to various
measures and aome of them were vot
ed down. . - ' -
Thara will be no choir rehearsal at
the First Baptist church tonight, ow-
lng to tha absence of Prof. Ruby, who
la assisting Rev. William Vines of
Charlotte In a eerlca of meetings. -
Miss Florence Meadows and Kenley,
Bharp were united In marriage this
morning by County Registrar of Deede
J. J. Mackey, the ceremony being per
formed In the office and witnessed by
tha clerks. .
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