THE ASHEY1LLE CITIZEN
WEATHEE:
'SHOWERS.
Associated Press.
A
Leased Wire Report.
VOL. XXV. NO.. 244.
AS1IKVJLLK, N C, MONDAY MuUNJXii, JI NK 1!MK.
PRICK FIVE CENTS. ;
DISOBEDIENCE OF
JURY DISAGREES
He's Getting Fat on it.
IE
FATHERAT
CflRiriSIiAN
AUTOMOBILE AND
KltLSONEOFPARTY
IRDOED GIRLS
ORDERS PAID FOR
INHUfl CASE
AllS DISCHARGED
BODY CLAIMED BY
MORGUE
Motor Car Became Stalled In
Front of Rapidly Mov
ing Trolley
THREE OTHERS ARE
SERIOUSLY HURT
AU Members of The Party Well
Known And Prominent
In Church Circles
' (By Assix-laUHl Press.)
ANUEHSON, !!. C, June 20. In a
collision between an Interurban car
of the Anderson Traction company
and an automobile, at HreaceaJea
. Crowing, near Anderson at noon to
day, one person is dead and one Ik
fatally and two seriously Injured.
Some defect In the mechanism of
the automobile caused it to ionic to
a stand stilt on the car tracks and
the electric car smashed into it while
going at a high rate of speed, down
grade.
The dead:
James H. Cobb, superintendent of
Bglton Cotton Mills, Helton, S. C.
The Injured:
Mrs. D. V. Richardson, bruised
C.. fatally.
Rev. E. A. McDowell, Ninety Six,
f C, broken shoulder and arm. ,
Mrs. D. D. .Richardson, bruised
about body.
The automobile was demolished and
lis four occupants thrown from twen
ty to fifty feet. At the coroner's in
quesrt this afternoon the verdict was
that the accident was unavoidable.
All of the victims are prominent
throughout the state. Rev. Richard
son Is pastor of the Second Hnptls;
church at Helton, and the tlluck Mills
Baptist church of Anderson. Uev. Mc
Dowell and Mrs. Richardson will re
cover. ttlLUOV P0JXAH DIAMOND.
PrTTSrUTRO, Pa.. June 20. Pitts
burg's million dollar ball ground, the
present of Harney Dreyfus, president
of the Pittsburg Baseball clubs to the
fans of this city. Is completed and the
dedication exercises outlined for the
thirtieth of June are destined to be
history makers in the annals of local
baseball. The new park, named
Forbes' Field, Is said to be the finest
of its kind In the world.
Governor Kitcliin Let Ilini
off on Certificate That
He Was Dying.
J'KTUKH OF 1 1 MAITIL
(Special l The Citizen.)
fJKKKNSRoRO. N. C, June 20.
(iullford county has the finest cli
mate on earth for the cure of con
sumption, if'a Winston doctor and Fd.
Ponn, alias K.I Lindsay, are creditable
witnesses.
Friday afternoon Mr. Morris Stud
lem, proprietor of a gent's furnish
ing store, gave K.I. Pom. colored, a
lively chase'; -Mr. Stadi.m being the
winner.
It seems that Penn entered the
atore while Morris was waiting on
another negro, and when Morris' head
was turned, he deftly concealed a suit
of clothes In his coat, and abruptly
left. Mr. Stadiem's suspicions were
aroused by this action, afttl on going
to the door he saw the negro sprint
ing down the street at a lively rate
He gave chase at once, and followed
the negro down Elm. the West Syca
more, and on toward Greensboro Fe
male college. Here he was Joined in
the chase by Mr. Alex Ray and Mr.
C. W. McFarland, with whose aid he
soon compelled the negro to drop tlie
clothes. Penn flourished an ugly
knife and threatened to carve any one
that came near him. but the three
men soon had him under control, and
he was taken to police headquarters
and this morning Judge Lure sen
tenced him to one year on the roads,
where he will feel at home.
The negro not only ran at full tilt
for over a mile, but when .night af
ter "winding" several stout men. was
not at nil winded seeming able and
willing to enter at once upon another
race. In court he looked in the pink
of health and gave no sign whatever
of physical discrepancy. And yet, af
ter admitting that his real name wis
Ed. Lindsay, be told the officers that
he was pardoned by Governor Kitchin
on, April 17, on a certificate from a
'Winston physician that he was In the
last stages of tuberculosis,
WITH LIVES OF TEN
Motorman Ran His Car Into
Another at Rate of Fifty
Mile Per Hour
WAS VICTIM OP HIS
OWN RECKLESS FOLLY
Force of Impact Welded Cars
Together so That Rescue
Was Difficult
(Hy Associated Prew)
SOUTH J1K.M), J ml.. June 20
Ten persons were killed and forty in
jured in a wreck on the Chicago,
Lake Shore and South Hen 1 railroad
In Porter county, Intl.. Wist night.
two of the big electric ears colliding
head-on. According to (ieiicru! Man
ager H. U. Wallace, the wreck w is
one to a disobedience of or lers
Motorman tleorge A. Reed, of
enstbound car. who was kll'ed
The enstbound car was g liic
f miles an hour to make up
tin.e. When the crash .v-curicl
hy
the
nr-
li .h(
the
es'lbonnd car was tele coped and al
most demolished. In thli train were
a'l of the killed and m nt of the lr.
lired, passengers on 'f .ve.stboui.d
train escaping with bruises.
Cars Welded Together.
The two cars were wide I together
In a mass of debris. Th- cries for
help caused a scene of toiiiti.ioi or
many minutes. Soon, ho.vevcr. Hi'
cool-headed passengers hr night order
out of the chaos. and while they con
verted the home of K. It. Itorg into a
hospital and morgue, others rescued
the injured.
Darkness great jy Interfered with
the progress of the rescuers and to
make matters worse the nearest tele
phone was nearly a mile wway
All but one of the killed were In
the smoking compartment of the car
In the front end. This space was
crowded. Titus K. Klnisie, a real es
tate dealer, and a man named Cor
dlus. 'both of Smith Rend. e?ft the
smoking room less than n minute be
fore the crash came and escaped
death, although the latter suffered se
vere injuries.
Hail Been to. Races.
David Crawford, a chauffeur, of
South Rend, related a graphic story
of the accident.
"There were about llftv in our
car." said Crawford. "Most of us
(Continued on page six.)
DEAD SOON AFTER THEIR
Partly Eaten Box of Choco
lates Points to Minder
v Poison.
MARRIED ONLY WEEK
WII.I.IAMSPORT. Pa.. June 20.
Albeit S. Monro, nephew of Ceorge
Vernes. chief of the Pennsylvania rail
road detective bureau, returned with
bis bride from a weeks honeymoon
In Philadelphia on Tuesday evening.
Satur.lav afternoon bolh bride and
bridegroom wr.- found ,1. ad i n the
bedroom floor of the Vernes home.
There were no wounds upon their
Ixuli, s. no weapons nearby, the gas
in the room was hurnlni! I" prove thai
asphyxiation did not cause the tragedy
and do, tors have alrea.lv declared
that neither the young wife nor her
husband died of heart disease.
Rut a box of chocolates found in an
udjolning room with its contents half
eaten, is the cl"W to the mystery that
the police are following and lh. y de
clare tonight thai the autopsy will
show that some enemy of the bride or
bridegroom s. " He re. !: confections
into which some deadly poison had
been injected to slay both from some
motive of Jealousy or revenge.
Married Only a Week.
Munro. an emploe of the Pennsyl
vania company here, under bis uncle
the chief detective, married -Miss May
Palton. one of the prettiest girls in
Williamsport. a week ago. Roth of
them were very popular, and the mar
riage ceremony brought many guests
and a multitude of good wishes as the
couple started out on their week's tripj
to t'nilaueipnia anil lll' naiionai ,-l-
Itol
The returned happy and In best of
health and took quarters in the home
of the chief b tective. In order that
they might have a few days more for
the enjoyment of their honeymoon
alone, V.rnes and his wife went on a
lishine trip to some nearby lakes and
left the bridal couple in the house
alone.
The couple were last seen by neigh
bors sitting iion the porch together
at S.30 o'clock. Half an hour later
(Continued on page four.)
Heney's Methods of Trying
Case Failed to Carry Con
viction to Them
TO PREFER CHARGES
AGAINST ATTORNEY
Railway President Will Find
Out Whether Official May
Receive Reward
SAN FRANCISCO, Cut, June 1!0
Terminating In a disagreement of I lie
Jury Willi ten men determined on ac
quittal and two resolved on convic
tion, the trial for bribery of Patrick
Calhoun, of the United railroads end
ed at noon today. Five months and
a week bad passed since the wealthy
street railroad owner, a descendant
of Patrick Henry, made his lirst ap
pearance in court to answer the
charge of offering a bribe of Jt.OUO
to a supervisor to obtain an over-heud
trolley for his corporation.
Not until each Juror had pronoun
ced as hopeless the prospect of a ver
dict was the order for their dismis
sal made by Judge I-awlor, prosecu
tion and defense giving assent to the
discharge.
The trial ended quietly. The de
fendant and bis attorneys, as well as
the chief officers of the prosecution,
refrained from comment on the dis
agreement. Five Hal lots.
Five ballots were taken, three
shortly after the Jury retired. On
the lirst vole the Jury stood eight for
acquittal and four for conviction. Two
of the four joined the majority on
the second ballot, and one of the re
maining two announced his determina
tion to remain out a month If neces
sary. . ... .
After ordering the discharge nf the
Jury, Judge (jiwlor addressed to the
Jurors some informal remarks, criti
cising the laws and usages that made
possible the expense of three months
In the empanelling of a Jury. Ho de
clared the courts were utterly help
less to prevent such occurrences and
recommend, d that the legislature be
Influenced by the people to change
i i 'tintiniKMl on till? four.)
KNOTTY POINTS IN THE
TARIFF SCHEDULES IRE
STILL TO BE UNTANGLED
Outlook for an Early Vote
on Measure No Bright
er Than Week Atfn.
I IOCS K JS LO AFINT1
(Ry Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. June 20. Although
considerable progress was made dur
ing the past w. ek by the senate in
the consideration of the tariff bill,
the dale at which a final vole on the
measure can In- looked for Is as indefi
nite today as It was a week ago.
The discussion of the question of a
duty on hides will occupy the atten
tion of the senate for posslblv a day
or two lief. .re a vote Is reached. The
wood pulp amendment offered by th
finance committee, which practically
doubles the duly on wo.,,1 pulp com
ing from countries which prohibit the
exportation of pulp wood, uill be the
next matter taken up for considera
tion. After th.se Iw.. schedules shall have.
lien disposed Of. it is H II "1 ' TSt . ill til"
tax on corpoiali-.n propose, I by Pres
ident Tift Will occupy the attention
of the s. nai. for several days. Tin
question of free oi,.n bagging and
ties and binding twine are certain to
result in an interesting liseuim be
tween tiie Western and Southwestern
senators.
The house bilfs provision for the
fr. i ntry of petroleum and Its prod
ii. ts will occupy considerable time, as
will the discussion of the duties on
wrapper and filler tobacco, pineapples,
shoe and b ather and bituminous coal
While no serious effort Is being
made to Insure the presence of a quo
rum at the sessions of the house on
Monday and Thursday, if possible
Representative frumparker, of In
diana, chairman of the census com
mittee, will endeavor to have the
house consider the conference report
on the census bill.
BAR AC AS AND THEIR SISTERS AND-
! LIVED UP TO THEIR BUSY MOTTO
Splendid Series of Services in Churches Yesterday Culminating in Great Mass
Meetihg at Auditorium Offered Entertainment and Uplifting Instruc
tion for Visiting Delegates.
araca motto: "We do things."
And thalittrncax lived up to
their motto yesterday, but
lUUJ the things they did were all
" In line wllh the high end
lofty puipH of their organisation.
Practically all jAle delegates hud ar
rived by last nlgft and the grand to
tal will probabiyfexeeed 1,500 which
Is at least 300 more than even the
most enthuslasttaji-xpecti'd. Neverthe
less all are comfortably housed, and
from their reffj tM -enjoying them,
selves. . "
Yesterday, although It was Sunday,
was a busy day, and from early morn
ing until urter the, church services
last night closed there was something
for the people who do things to do.
Addresses and meetings, and going
to church was not the only things
that Interested the visitors, however
for they are a healthy minded lot of
young people mostly, and take n per
fectly natural Interest In the tilings
that are to be seen as well as the
things that are to be done, and also
It is not disparaging to say It In eac h
other for there are as many Phlla
theas as Raracts. and they are cer-
FAYETTEVILLE WILL
CELEBRATE TODAY
Has a Declination of inde
pendence of Jfer )w:i
to Keep in Mind.
(Knci'iul to Ttw Citizen )
FAYF.TT KVH.t.K, June 20 Fay
etteville is looking forward to Mon
day which from present Indications
will be the greatest day III all b. r his
tory since the vi-.it of Marquis lie l,a
Fayette in lh.'4. The Liberty Point
elcl, ration of independence is to he
celebrated not only by her citizens
but by multitudes from adjoining
eountl.-s whl. li will begin poininu' In
by tomorrow . The city is beaut If ul I v
decorated with bunting and Hags
loaned by the war department ut
Washington, fur the occasion
"Ve l lid Miirket" is lob. .1 Willi
many colors ami covered vvitli electric
lights wlil.li will hl.iz. r . i : ) i and
shine In all glorv Monday evening. In
the c, nter ..f this historic l.oil.linj;
s'ands th-- jciium carriage that co-neral
La lay. tie rod- Into Hie city where
he w as gre. . d by many t liousa n.ls
In lsi'4
Monday night "The Colonial Hall"
will be g..,n ;i a repetition of that
given i la. tie and the "Fair
Ijulves" dan., cards will be tilled
with suitor-, nimes Just as much so
a-, on th.- iii:'ln .,r the origin. il hall as
n reminiscent .f a bygone dav. on
Monday ev.nini' an elabolate dispisy
"f lire work- will take place in Keel,
park.
SH0WER& pl
WASHINGTON'. June . Fore
cast: North Carolina: Pair in cast;
showers In west portion Monday;
Tuesday showers; moderate south
Winds.
lulnly morn Interesting, especially to
the llaracas.
The principal event uf the day, of
course, was the great mass meeting
at the Auditorium In the afternoon,
but the churches and Sunday school
services were of a more personal and
intimate nature, and were even more
cnJo)cd by most or the delegates than
the public and formal affair at th
Auditorium.
At Hit Cliiirclics.
All the churches of the iclty were
crowded at both the marnlnsT Mi
evening services to hear (lie a dVlfrXfttes
bv men prominent as Rumen work
ers from all pails of the country. All
several of the churches special pro-.
grams h'nl been prepared both In the
Sunday school and the main services.;
It was a regular Raraca morning cv
er. here. Men w ho have tveome fa- ;
mous as Sunday school teachers
laugbt the classes. The il. le-,
'.rates alten.led w herever they desired
but a majority of them went to the
church wilh which lh. y are afTlllale.l. ;
The Pbiiatiieas also conducted their (
classes yestenlay in. i in I ii g on the same j
plan and the prominent teachers of,
Hint orgnnlitfiilon taught large classes
REPUBLICANS WANT PIE
AND NOT TJFT'S POT LUCK
Kill in; Stoniaclis of Lead
ers Does Rank and File
Little (i'.mmI.
RALKKHI, N C. June 20 -The
News and libs- rv ei h Washington cor
respondent in dispatches to bis pap. r
sa ys :
"ll' fiiliili :m Stat.- i 'hah loan Spen
cer It. Adam?' was a gue'it of I're.'i
ilent Tail at inn. lion today wi'o
Chi master Cciicial 1 1 ilclico. k. Tin
was III.- s. con. uc;il the in ga n lz.il I., l
leader liai had at Hie white home
during Hie Tafl .1 in .nisi ra I Ion , and
his w.nre Is no .v n Willi lint of
National ' '. . in in 1 1 1 c.-ina n lUiio-an,
I'lias .1 llariis an. I l . preseiitat i 1
t '..w l. s. Mor. head and Clant all ol
whom hiv.- din.-.l twice at liie pr -i
.. lif's home.
"A North I'arolini republican, who
I' rattier put out over his failure (..
g. t an offi.e vlinli be lias had in
view -aid in p easing of llii Hllll,
tson 'Mr. Tail is mistaken IT he
think" licit I i vntisfving Hie a... -lil.
- of Hi. Mat. . a.f. rs li. will plea .
N.illll ''aloiilci r plll.ll' ato- The leoa
al honi. .J. .tit anvLluiiit a'.i.t
thee lino h ons and dinner-' at Hie
while house, 'Altai we want is a fevv
good ..ric . h r..r til.- rank and fi!-.
Mr Tafl ha be. li in the white linn"1
ncarl four mouths and lie ha in t
given r . oenilion to a single North
Carolina r.-po'-il' in -Ml he has don-
no r.ir is to r- move Itl. hniond fi-nt-son
from tie- only first-class office
held hy a Tar II. I republican. '
give a South Carolina democrat a
g I Joii and charge II up to North
Carolina and to appoint an organiza
tion democrat to a federal Judgeship
iii the slat.- We are tit. d of rending
o' Adams and linn, an and the r
'atlng nt the w hite h.dise. Th. v
would b..k belt, r to us if lin'V won.. I
pull down an o. . asional apfMilntmeitt
for we long suff ring vote rs at
home.' "
VP-.
throughout the city. Not nil of the
speakers at the morning services were
clergymen, hut many laymen were
among the long list at the different
churches. Mr. Marshall A. Hudson
spoke, ut (h Flrt Htiptlsl church and
Mr, Charles MncKenxln and Mr. 1 M,
Tesh (it the First Presbyterian church,
Rev, Frank Anderson sHike lit the
Central Methodist church. The pro.
gnimn as outlined In yesterday' CHI'
sen were carried out' '
1 Mr. Hudson PIcwHctl.
- - Me. .AMirabltlL A. Jlddnon, ntUlonal
president of the World Wide Unrncil
union when seen Inst night expressed
himself as mure than pleased with
this convention, mid especially, with
the reception given to the delegates
by the people uf Ashevllle.. Mr. Hud.
son gives u great deal of his time
and energy to the furtherance of this
reunions work. When asked how the
id.-a was conceived for such an or
ganisation be said:
"I was engaged in the crockery
business at Syracuse. New York, and
had laken an active Interest in tiie
work of the Rapt 1st church there, but
'------------- . I, . -,-n-n-inonrLn.n
(Continued on pnge six)
COME DOWN FROM THEIR
KM'iit Their Wedding Niglit
Ilih in Air, Didn't
Know Wlirr1.
f Hy A w mI n 1 1 I I . )
llMMllcnoK. M;in. Jim.' 20 - Th'
h.ill.M.n i'ltUIioW, V liii h f.r'nt-l
fnin I'il tMfii'lil early Ii)m morning. i -i'
intr Mr ;ih'l Mis. Ilorxef NM
I in t nlui itt on (In 1 1 Kit hi I htifny ni(t.i
wax Li-nihl fLn'n :ilmi1 a
mile rr.ini tfie epfth r nf this Iwn ul
4 J" ii mi. ;iltr ;i pDimant ainl mi
t-tflll Irlp The llMliifHc rDVlT'il
v. :i m a i mi ( I ' n m ilen.
Tin l,;ill.mri. i-IL.,,.1 hy Willlitn
Vin SI. t. eri.J. .1 a I thl'
m - t n I in: from aero pa t k I m-fore I he
l.irtfi'M i r".. thai Vf-r u !li.HMeiJ a
hi II.. on :, i-riKWm from I'lltKlh-M.
I'nlil th- hnak of la;vn th- ri'-ro-riauiK
h:i.l a of (lo ir ex u t lo
a i ion. toil win rt t he Mint row-, they
w n :ille to Hhi' Line hill ami Ho"
r.n hirU.r, n-l rotin.) Ihey were
hi iiu: l.tkt n " a -oil lieawl ef I y lir -t
ion, a tii h. IT lollop e,), a - hi hi ra r
r Ihein out to xe.-i. A hireling va
l i n male Mr a nl Mm l!ir nh.n.i
olil IfllJ- il oh their tltllliev I" K'Mi
Lolie fix. .ill
1 o r NLe Itnr n ha m l a. v u I p
tt,r t !ro....liii' , an. I Mrn Urniiliani
wild iVli- Miw i;ie;inor ll ltd W.li
ini", an author of H'n.inimh.
THE CAT ESCAPED
WITHOUT HARM
KTFI'llKNVII.l.i:. Ohio. Ion.- JO
M.-l.r nman "hot and killed Mike
Pemlck, hot and seriously wounded
in. wife and Hi-ii all. uipt.d to com
mit suicide by shooting IiIuik. If h.-re
today Human quair.li-d with a
n. Ighhor, Joseph Henllskl. nu r a ml
and ran Into bis house to obtain a
shot gun with jvhlch to sh.sit II' n
Itiskl. In the room where Osnin.i
kepi his gun he found ! mhk. a
boarder, enres-ing Mrs. human. Se
curing his gun tisman shot and si.
most Instantly killed lxnUck. Mrs.
(ihinnn was shot In the back, fisinnn
then turned the gun upon hlms. ,f
and fired but failed to liilli.t a dan
gerous wound.
After Long Doubt Finally Is
Convinced That Sha Is v.
Ills Daughter
HF.R MURDCKER MAY
NEVER BE FOUND
Mystery of Her Death no Near-
er Solution Than on
Day of Crime
(Hy AssHM'Inlcil Pre.)
Nrcw VOltK, Jturtit 2U.L.eon Unf.
v itli his string of RngllMli-Chin
aliases ami his American cloth's.
may nevfir be found, ' but ths mutl- t,
bited body of tils New Vorh alrl ,
lert in a trunk lit his room hers wilt ,,
not bo burled In I his potter's fllV
Paul Hlgel, the father, clslmsd Mild
positively Identified the body t th .
nun nun tonight, a. Kitting for th
first Hum that th vlivliin wss his
ciaiiuhter Elsln. ffkti
The girl's mother, i. 'n a Mnl
ttirlum had previously i... 'flrd th
Jewelry; nnoiher wonmn h 'sjantl;.
but lbs iinderelothlng and ralktlvsa
said that the murdered girl was Rlslp
Sigel, grand-daughter of Us.iaral '
Fran Hlgel. ;
KstlH-r at tlm Morgit. ., -
This afternoon h Visited th '
morgue, nccompsnled hy Prans Rigel.
i brother, and Keglimld, a sun, ami
by Mabel Hlgel, a cousin uf tha Vlw'!
tun. It was almost dark when th UN
lie parly reached the silent hous of 1
the city's uiielMlmed doail. There Wera
no tears, but their faces were strained
nud pttlo as they entered ihs gloomy
luoigue. I'll st Ihit clothing on (! s
body wits examined by 41a Ixd HlgaU.i
"i:isi," sfUd 4h girl hs sha
iimlned It. fused, to wear a pnculaf,.,
wlilteheadej dn." , . , ,',
A detective rnn hit ftnRnr through
the. clothing mi'ij In, niornsnt heht -tip
white-headed pin. Mabel Dlgel
nmlded. ' '
. JilcnUaca. lie. ApiMiss. '.',,.
Rlslo wore thtU. h said. Aftar a)
moment sha wss sure thltt the olMb
Ing was Hint worn by her cousin, Th
hurty passed. Into th dead roortl
where the body ny in a lung ooffln
like ilnwcr. Amid silence the Com
purtment wns drawn out. Thn faea wsa
f'rst uncovered and the teeth eism
liieu. i in iiiioer wns Slieni, uui; S1B-1
be Slgel was quick to note the teeth.
"Those am Klsle's teeth," she said,
"ami lo r hands, too." Paul Hlgel nod
ded his bend affirmatively as each BetH
i-i-i i i-ri-nri-i iririi"i - ".nr arii,-ii-nnnnftis
If'olltlrilled on page kven. '
STABLE BOYS ON STRIKE
ALMOST BREAK UP RACES
Kfi p Ifni'scH off tlio Track,
.11 1 I Nrt Fire to Hooths "
1111(1 IfOfjgl'H. '
A M KliK'ANH TIIKKK
I'AHIS. .Line 20. An occiirrencd
iiiiio ecedinieii In the history of tha
French lurf, almost prevented th
running of the grand etes-plechase of
Paris today at the Auteull course.
Inspired, It is state.) by revolutUintf
arv labor lenders forty militant mem
bets ..f the Stiuh le ISovf.' union, or
ganized at the time of the postal
I Hi.- vans earning Hie hnrsea
. .I d the vans carrying the hor
ftoin Heir training oiiarfers. cut ha
traces and forced them ' k to th
tald. . Among the victims wera
si v ral American horses.
It was a long time before tha
aue of the non-a ppeat a n.-e ut th
horses became, known, but finally a
magistrate and a force of pidice set
ifT in automobiles lo thi scene of
tin. trouble, vvh re thev succeeded In
I'utflm- Hie i-table i..,n to flight and
rescuing the racers.
I'rcld.-iH t Tliere.
rrcsldenl ('".'Illerles, who always la
,r. s. ni on Hie occasion or the gran!
ic j.l. - liaw. was advised by tele
nlioiie not to come to the track.
I v.nluillv. however, the call was
giv.n for the first race This W9I
n .re than two hours after the eched
ule.l lime and the crowds, slrendy
exasperated from waiting, became VI
o. nl w hen n single horse presented
It elf for a walk over, In the first
event. Jockey a ml horse was forced
to licit a hasty retreat.
7'lie second . vent was for army oN
llcers, riding th Ir own horses. Fop
some reason or other, the crnwda !
came frenzied when several officers
eaiiterecl out of the start. Tha bar
riers guarding the course wera brok
en down snd hundreds of men Invad
ed the track. About the an ma tima
the Is.oths and hedges wens set (Mi
lire, but fortunately police., - troop
and firemen arrived In time-to clear
the track and extinguish tha flames,