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THE ASHEVILEE CITIZEN. THE WEATHER: FAIR. Associated Press. Leased Wire Reports. VOL. XXV. NO. 355. AS1IEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER, 9 VM). PRICE FIVE CENTS. "hst Before The Bailie, Mother FUS SEE PIRATES WIPES OUOTIRE FAMILY BUT ONE J ST.LOUISFESTIVAL THIRTYTHOUSflNfl INCENDIARY FIRE CDDKAND CURTISS WRIGHT TEACHING D VflEHONORSfl ARMYINIiOWTO WIN FROM TIGERS Detroit Team Started off Well Led For Three Innings. And Then Slumped MULLIN PITCHED WONDERFUL GAME Home Run by Clarke Brake Spell And Plttsbiirgers Walk ed Away With Score rjTTSUl'Ki-. Oct. K Pittsburg, the National league champions won the (IrBt game of the world's cham pionship series by the scorn of 4 to 1 at Forbes Held today. Alter tin- early tnnlni's, Detroit was outclassed in ev ery department of the same, although in tho tirst three sessions the Ameri can Vagers outplayed their opponents. An immense crowd II!, 264 paid ad missions a new record for attendance in a world's series name, witnessed the exciting battle. The ureal majority were Pittsburg t;ti pporters, but a large delegation of Ifetroit enthusiasts made plenty of noise in the early innings. Manager Fred ("'lark and Tommy I.eaeh were the stars of the Pittsburg aggregation. It was Clarke who broke the Hpparentiv impregnable wall of M.il'in's wonderful itching with a smashing hone run into the right net J Tdenchers :n the fourth and tied Hie score. This appeared to take all the heart out of the Detroit team, and scoring was comparatively easy after that. Iieac'i Saved (iniiic. 1,'neh's sensational catch of a ter rific drive from Ty Cobb's trusly bat with two Pet-nit men on bases in the seventh Inning saved the game. Leach was playing deep for Cobb, but this Olive went almost to centerlield staml and lt was only .fter a hard backward run that th ,i clminuntive star was able to make the thrilling catch. liith George. Mullin and Charles Adams pitched admirably. Adams In the opening round gave two bases on balls and allo'vtd two hits. Then he Hea 'led, Detroit not getting more than one ft' an inning. M'lllin was a complete enigma to the locals during the first three in n I lies, when he did not allow a hit and cave but one base on balls lie hnd retired two Pittsburg men in the fourth when Clarke made his corking hone run. ui Delehanty'w ridiculous error at the h .ginning of the liflh, Ab-tein made three bases. This was followed by Gibson, and another cr (Continued on page slx.l Most of flip Demi Weiv Mex ican Laborers Who Were on Fl.it 'ars. HADN'T TIME TO -IT MP TOPEKA. Ken. Oct. X. Seventeen rcrsons were 1 illod and ten severely lniiifd In a collision between a freight train and a ( instruction train on tin1 Atrhi.'oti. Top, i,a and Santa I'e rail-ro-ul near nere todav. The dead are eleven Mexicans, four section foremen and two brak-mon. The injur-'. all Mexicans, are at; the Atchison, 'top.k.i and Santa I'e b -i:'..l 1 1 's It, eil some of I lo ill : i e I .Ma IK Ml II. I . il. Tie work I' .Mi as backing into T i K:i with 'l. Mexicans riding on t'i Mat c ,rs. . tl, l i .iiii was round-In-; a curve II- lentil hound freight eiashcd Mile It. Km; ill' ' r Co . ml Ash ami Fin-man T. . pi, ' I lo- I I ' :lit tr.i n tumped as as the a,r brak.'sj ClLI be H 1 lie M' AO 1IX iVere pot I e va. , of tie- daoa. r mill! I lo . Il:iti' ran and 1 1' a in m n lump' d a rid I ion it v ns too l-ite I ,r maiiv of lb, ni. Yh i-ngiiie i- lb, rr- iglit ran over tho four Hal a i s oni pi-inim Die mirk tl 'ill and aln.iei a si'O-e ol non m ri' pinto d down .mi1 il is s.-, ral hours I. for,. II,... " , i', . l I .-. led It Is sa ill Ih A I . , k was .- ,ii-. il le he , re".- of lie- wt-k train di-neg ir.i- ItO- iild'TS. WILLIAMS BACK IN SEABOARD BOARD NKW Vni:,'v. t - -Tin' c-or- (.IllZllion nillTiill" of lie Seaboard ,i- 1 no r.iil"..v. ai a m'"iiiig today v Ith the board "I din .-lors in. leased the dir.-torai lo nineteen members Three director. Thomas K l:an f N. w York; Major J II Iio.il. y of "i, hniond, Va . and William A Gar r. :l of Norfolk Va.. were no- r. -elected The folio Ing were elected I" liil their places and the three posi tions created I. I". 1-oroo. John 15 Tlamsay, John Skelton Williams, J Wiltlnm MidJcndorf. Franklin C. Brown and Hcnnen Jennings. Four Persons Are Crematetf In Burning Home In Nashville Tenn. NEGROES ARRESTED ACCUSED OF CRIME Had Trouble with a Grocer Who Occupied Ground Floor of Building NASI1V1M.F. Tenn, Met. 8 In cennt ctinn vv:lh a lire in which four persons were burned to death, two negrom were arrested on suspicion. The lire was in a brick dwelling ho.lHe. Die dead: Mrs. Dora I'ishman, aged twenty four. vfj Mls Kosle I'ishman, aged fourteen years, t M'ss, Itaclniel Markeson, age sixteen j ears. Mrs. Komo A. Klshman, aged about fifty years. .Moses Kislnnan was seriously burn ed The lire broke out while the nccu- P'lllts of ihe bouse were asleep. So great a headway it had gained when d'.scovired ami so intense whs the ox cHcnictit caused by the horrified screams of women thai no organized attempt lo n scue w as made until after four fir? companies arrived on the pei ne. Could Not Filler. In spile of 1 , roie efforts to enter It-Hr apnrtmcif, in the face of the flames bursl'i from the windows, every member of the I'ishman family bet one perishei;. Miss Rachel Marke son, the other victim, lived In the -:fine apartment The negroes arrested were .Jim But ler and George Harrison who had boen hanging about the building. They were known to have had trouble with JT. A. Thuss a grocer who occu pied the ground floor. MAY 1M ISKASIC KATES. ATLANTA Gii., "el. 8. By unani mous vote the Ceorgia railroad com mission toila r (.rallied authority to the Georgia ruiiioad lo increase its p:is s, n' r rates in this stale from 2 1-4 to I -'2 eetlt -t pi r mile, effective No- vem'it r 1 . SAYS SHE CONFESSED TO MURDER FALSELY TO SAVE HER FAITHLESS SPOUSE When He Files Action for Divorce Against Her in Person She K'ehels. MAY REOI'EN CASH IIAKTI'-i l:l i'ITY, Iml . oet H ('line on Hie h.-cV of the lliM'lee com pl l,ill tiled In this city last Saturday by W. It. Kr-i :-.- against his wife. Ban A ii'b rma n-K ra i ss. who is serving a III.- s. nl.-l in the woman's slale prison at Indianapolis for Ihe iniird' r of her st.-p-d aiichter. Crystal Krauss, cai"s a cross oiuplaint which was lib I . dii' s l i evening in ubi. h Ihe .' . if-'.iiil ess'-d iniird' r. ss on. 'Ily .I'ar-.'.s her li..sl.alld Willi kllllllK lls oe. a il;, II l; III - r The two vnitti corning so close lo y 1 1- -I- have e, i us. d a sensal loll In 1 ' alio i h.- murder ase bids fa ir lo b. r lelleil. I' i vvoinaii. w bo is lew s. r ing a 111- - i ! 111 -. ib elan s tbati sin is ion. ..a I Ho .rime .md 1 bat In r b nsl. a inl is lie r. a I murderer Sb bar;;e.s thai lie not onlv poison. . I In lane III. I . I. il I hat lo dl'- vv up I le . ol''' ' si, ill w I,. I, sli- hlgned and 1,1. . ,t I , :-, ,i .1,1. HI for her at (lie !V! V, a Ue iro.. i . .i,i .!,: i III . whli'll Inav r-- in v I; Kiauss being tried for -,,-1 .. ,-, ,,, i. -II. -i;. s lhal all. r h, i ' 1 1 j ,'i ! i . I i,t , I - ii i-1 1 1 . r lo a d in i lils t., i -ii, -hi I,, lhal Ihri'UKii Ihr.-als. I 's I . I -. .i 1 ' lis. a lei false j imi-us.-w Mis l.auss vva o.-rc. .1. e.no'.il and 111 - I . I to make all alleged . ,n! SM-.II III ' si Il id eominilled Ihe , ri'io Til.- . ..mpla.ni . oiiliniies lo say that this e. uifes.se. ri v. is made upon the as: ill a He. t ti 1 1 lb- prosecutor a nd .lilt-'- I-;. C. Vaughn, who at the lime wis iu.l-e ..r Ihe I'.laekrord co. inly . i' ni e,,u. . 1.. il promises thai she Wieil.l l.e pal, ol. .1 al the end of two ..,.-s .'oit . ' l ee fT b-r huMband. .Mis. Kiauss ! !or.-s. sli- look the l,i;ir n le i- .-..ii shoulders and his r - 1,1 a. lions I,..-., raused her to see tint her eonti i,-iu e was misplaced anil t!l::t it woill I' I best if she should 'lis. 'ose all. Recently Wiii'.im ft Krauss at, ' m ted to secure his wife's signature to a deed to ll.e Krauss home in this (Continued on page four,) Police Guard Carriage In Which Explorer Rides to Keep Back Admirers WAS CHIEF FEATURE OF GREAT PARADE Aviating Celebrity Got Ap. plause For Flight Under Adverse Conditions HT. Dol'IS, Oct. 8. Dr. Frederick A. Cook, Arctic explorer, bonded Ihu most impressive of the centennial .week pageants today, Ihe military historical and educational parad The grceliag given the explorer was declared to have been the most en thusiastic he had experienced si u his arrival at Copenhagen. lie rode in the Adolplms Busch landuu drawn by four horses and surrounded by mollified police who kept the crowds from capturing the explorer. Another popular feature of the pa rade was Ihe appearance of the offi cers and nun of the United Stiutes ti rpedo boat flotilla. The "jaekies" were received with deafening cheers ill along the line of march. Curl Ins Maki-s Flight. This after! u under adverse con ditions. Glenn II Curtlss by a flight in his bi-plane late in Forest park re ceived Ihe applause and cheers of the many thousands of persons who had waited for hours for the wind to slacken. George Francois Ozmont and Hugh Robinson of Ht DouIb at tempted to make their machines fly bill railed. Ozruont after Curtlss had made his Miccejsuful flight, tried a second time and ' his machTne was damaged by striking the ground but he was un injured. Curtlss rose thirty feet from the ground and flew the length of the field. He was aloft forty-five sec- i -nds. Karly Ihls morning in the pres ence of Hie members of the Aero cl ib he remained in Ihe air a minute ei ! a half and flew three-quarters ol i mile against a live mile wind. ONE OE STEAMER'S GREW DIES OF STARVATION OTHERS BARELY ESCAPE Compelled to Dive Into Wat e lionet cabin to (let Meats. WI OR!' IX IH'MWANK I'llKT AICTIH'H. Texas. Oct. 8. Waterlogged, dismasted and Willi the decks barely above the water, as she was Iwing lowed bv the (iuffey com pany steamer Winifred, lh Kate I'eore, Captain Whitney fiom Mo bile lo Cuban polls, limped inio port today wiih wb.il was left of tip- crow in tin- throes ol starvation, of the I . f , .... l ll. .,1 r....... M . . I crew Ol Mis ' ll Will" 11 W.1IKU I i.. I -- bMe, tomghl live are ill the hospiial with slight chances of recovery while Miotii'-r vva.-t wa.sli.si ..v'erboard in I In r. '..iil Inn ri'-.-iiie. and a second died f starvation sliorlly l.efor aid came to the helpless vessel, washed hun dreds of miles out .f her course. The Kate I', on- saib d from Mobile about S. -plumber with a cargo of lumber for Cuban ports. Kn ountcr mg Ihe hurricane, the bout wan slripped In the decks, and waterlog ged, sank to the deck. What stor. lhal were . ft were in the water filled cabin and the men took turns .living through Ihe hatchway for canned meats upon which they barely sub sisted until succor came. COOK TO C(MK SOITII. MACON. Oa., Oct. . Dr. Freder ick A. Cook today accepted an offer from the Oc.rgia. Stale f air associa tion and will deliver a lecture Ikto on ii.iolwr 'i't. the opening day of the exhibition. i m October fi Dr. Cook w ill lec iiire in Atlanta. KVKTHyl AKK KfcXT. DAI.TON', Oa.. Oct. S. Two dis tinct earth shocks were felt hero I shoot five o'clock this morning, ac companied by a booming sound. Houses were shaken throughout the town but no damage is reported. GOTHAM WILL HAVE TRIANGULAR Said He Wouldn't,, But He Will, if They Will Put Fusion Candidates on Ticket to Help Him Along. SuffragetteTakes Hand in ' I Rpublican Meeting " NKW YOEK. ott. After two days of silence William Ttannolph Mearst announced to crowds of wait ing constituci'is. at an early hour this morning that he would accept an in dependent nomination (or mayor of Mew York, piuvlded that his associa tes upon the, city and oountjr tickets ho . ubsianKuily republican-fusion nominees as already seletited. His statement, outlining th conditio up on which he will c-p); U to part as follows: "Whether 1 am a candidate or not I will support the rest of the fusion ticket nominated in opposition to Tammany lull . When the independ ence league, commutes withdrew from the fusion conference, it declared that it still stood nady 'lo Support a frank and honest expression of progressive principles an 1 landidate irrespective of party.' (his Is your opportunity to substantiate thut declaration. Nomi nate me If you so desire with the greater part o! thai fusion ticket bc hii.d mo and I will run. I.lkes Hit I iislonislH. "The candid ate nominated on the fusion ticket are worthy of support. The ticket. Is iilnady in the held. If ve nominate aiiellier ticket both tic k - i ts may be d.-r. at. d If we nominate the 'uslon li.-kei. Tammany will be defeat! d. And if Tammany If defeat-1 .el I'll- cltiz-ns will win." I LOEB'S AllSTJLllFIES LAW Method of Admitting Works of Art at New York Fort sire to Keep Them Out. NKW YORK, o, I. 8 Old paint ings worth nboui a million dollars have been held up recently by Ihe cstoins officers "i Ihls city II wa iearn. d 111 spin- "I the f;u-t that tie new tariff law pi oides for lie fr. e i n try of works oi art of more than twenty years old. Tilth avenue art dealers say that although these 'ininllngs are w!l over Ihe age limit, ihey have been iniible fidr this V rv reason to answer '"'nplelely th- ' ie 'omw officers seal' long ipjestioiis re -arding the ex a i l : Igln and dab A iiiiiiiiilti,' of ,t' . 1 1 is Issued the fol lowing statement' "The law ha.s I praciirallv made inoperative, as it .nds. at tin pres ent moment. Tin government de mands not only tin- name of 1 tie at list and the sul a i I, but the pla.-e viiere tiic i i -1 1 J i ' was painted. Ihe ale of produotieu and the month veil, which is mi ly ridiculous. It ;s impossible to ri the month, and n many caw s -v u the year. w hen. or instance. Sir Joseph Reynolds painted his picture-." WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. Forecast for North Carolina: Fair Saturday; Sunday fair In east, rain In west por tion; moderate east winds. V fi MA YORALTY FIGHT- WILLIE IN IT Mr. Hearst f ins on to say that h thinks his chances for election would bo better on a straight Independent ticket but that ho was not considering his personal chances alono but rather of the, city. t large. Hupremo Court Justice .WlUlam J. Gavnnr, the democratic mayoralty nominee, lssuud an Interview In whluh he dUolalraed responslbiltty,- for the nomination of allcgod unfit .candldaios on the democratic county and borouifb tlokeu. Char! F, Murihy, lead tl Tammany ha.l. accused the-repuhlt-cans of urgln. Hearst to enter the field In order ti, cetract from the dem ociiilic vote. Herbert J'nrsons, the republican countv chairman, repented his former charges that Tammany was planning wholesale frauds and offered rewards Bggregntlng $17,fi00 for '.he detect, on of repeaters. Will He Thrw In Ituce. lt became a certainty today that tin mayoralty contest would become i three shied one, even If Hearst per Vsts in his refusal to run. As proof of this group of Independents tiled i notice with the. board of elections' that their org uiizatlon will bo known as "Ihe Civic Alliance" with the adop-1 lion ot this new name It Is believed! that the old Independence league, under whose banner Hearst conducted: his former llli;hts, will cease to play! an linoprlont part in New 'York poll tics. I Mis Wife Denies That Theo sopliv Had Anything to do With Divorre. Suit. I."K A.N'i;I'".I:K. Cal, Oel. 8 Mrs. Walter T. Hanson, a daughter-in-law of Major J. I. Hanson of Atlanta, ("hosi wife brought suit for dlvoee last month. I. laming Mrs. J. II. M' Vlckar i formerly Mm. "Jack" Horner) of Wvv York, for tome of her unhappl iiess denies the major's charges ttiat t'icooph.v was responsible for bis life's a. lion. The statement follows in lis essential part: "Major Dunoon's allegations are nn I 1st to every tr. ember of bis family, . -fpeeially to his son my husband Walter i. Wans'To reientlv deceased. My husband arid I are ihcoM.phists. but 'ho majors wife Is not and has in no wnv been influenced bv Ih" theos nptrsls to bring suit against lo r hus '.and. "Vv husband saw bis mollnr's un liappin. sK an l v rot.- a long letter to his father, telling him plainly what was lh- gossin of the town In It he state- "In Hie i vnt of urn' serious trouble between you and nether, I will "and by molner.' "Through this letter h Incurred his father's III wil!. On three occasions Major Hanson ordered tils ion to leave Ms house. "In January. UiOH, Malor Hanson r. fused to r -sign as president of the company In a.-, ordaiioc with his agree ment Dul Ihe directors i lo t d Wal I -r T Hanson ,il a higher salary than his f ilher had received. To mv best belief and knowledge. Major Hanson never spoke to bis son after that. "W. T. Dahnori IlVed bTlly" tw y-T Mnd a half aftr returning to Macon f-om Point Iima. He died suddenly in New York, lust May, of cerebral hemorrhage, caused by overwork and worry " The J uslon forces opened tholr ac tive campaign for the fuslon-repubu-cun ticket, tonight with a ratlncatloa meal ing In Cooper union nt which Ottn T. Hannard, the republican mayoralty rominoe pleaded for business admin tstnt'lon of the olty government ' - .tt--i. dnBragcHe Appeturftf' ?frr' j An)ndt woman In white Vpwt the smpoth Bow of campaign argument at the W)f repvbllcan-fuslohlst 'eonfer. onto at Cooper hall tonight Remov ing her hat and rising from a seat In the center of the hall she demanded of Otto T. Bunnard, who was making his ipenlng speech as candidate for mayor, whethwr ho favored votes for women. itf" The woman whs Miss Matlda Ma ll np, president of the Harlem Woman's Suf.rage union. Bhe was forced to en II a second tlmo: "What shout votes for women?" before Mr. Han nurd replied. lie said that he had answered the oucFlinn anil that It would appear In in Interview In a morning paper on Monday. Other than this he declined to commit hluuielf. Hut Miss Malone was insistent mid there were repeated culls of "put her out" and growing confusion. M.-. liannard finished Ihe address, leaving the suffragette's 'locution unanswered. ASKS DIVORCE FROM HE Harritf the, Author Would go Back to tli Htato, of "When a Mans Single." NKW YORK, October H. The an nouncement from liiiil'in that James M. H.'irrie, the playwrlgbt, had peti tioned (be Knglish courts for a di vorce from bis wife, who was Miss Mary Ahsoll, an actress, ha created much comment here, where Mr. Mar rle and his plays are well known. The Idea of divorce In con versa! Ion with Ihe author of "When a Mao's Single" Kiiciniid incongruous. The wonderful grajip of feminine character which Mr. Ilarrin him shown In his books and plays has always been supposed to have been Inspired In some degreo by hia perfect agreement with his wife. Such plays of his as "What Kviiy Woman Knows" Indicated to the critics flint In. had a most re markable grasp and understanding of Ihe character 'if woman. Charles Frohinan, the manager i ho produced most of Mr. Barrle'a plays, declared that. Barrio's success with the character of woman was due lo the fact that ha knew that when i woman trusted hor Instinct and uunncd her reason and logic she was apt to be right. Mr. Frohman recalled an Incident during the re hearsal of "What Kvery Woman Knows," when Mrs. liarrie suddenly appear! and held a hurried whls pqred , ftfinyerwllSfJO ,,,w(th ,the author. When she had gone, Mr. Harrle dryly remarked to the manager: "You know the humiliating thing about women Is that they are gener ally right." FLY AEROPLANE MaKos Three Successful I r li ghts In Uncle Sam's Mach ine in iMaryland OFFICERS PLEASED WITH EXPERIENCE Two of Them qo as Passetifl ers Joy Riding Through The Air With Aviator CoU.eok I'ARK. Md.,' Oct Fur the iirst time In American history an aeroplane owned by the United, Slates governnienl rose in the nlr Jhera today, circled over the farms that nes tle in the valh y and Balled hack obe, dlentiy to Its starting point to rise again. Thus under tint guiding of one of Its Inventor. Wilbur Wright, . It flew live llms In the dedication of, the governmei)t'B tract of lamj t vl-. atlon. ..... i,.i'.,.;'11.r'fs1f With Ideal conditions, few specta-' tors and scarcely enough breete to send the little cups of the anemome ter around at the rate of, a mile an hour, Mr. Wright began the flights to tench the oiHeers of tho signal corps how to hfinrtl the new machine ; of war he has Just made for them. . It was the first time ha bad . ever driven "Mlse Colurnbla.f i, Several, times, however, ha had witnessed his, brother, Orvlll. send her on the way' at Port Myer hefora the government, acceptance. ' ft the starting rail at; 1.3ft o'clock, hn circled the field ,for t three minutes. ,. , , Halt an htui later . he was off Sot ) another flight. This, time he was In the sir five minutes.' A. little, later . he soared away aguln' tor live mln-, tttes. . , , ;.:.'., .'.... ,-','.:.,:..., Takes I'sMtcngrr A Ions;. , , : Than Lleulwnnnt tahm took his , place in the extra seat. Twice he had .' ridden with On llle, Wright , t ;At,6.H o'vlot'k the, American In-( yotitof and tho .'.American soldier went ; nying oir in tito dir. up they rose to tis highest ,Jlltinl tlnlned -durliiK., the afternoon, prolxibly 160 fet. In- , stead er iimitim their course to oir-, nles over the governmsnt reservation, they went a. mile and ft halx toward Wnsh'nirtfin In Irnrdlv mnn than sa many minutes. As they sailed over ' the last remaining acra owned by the Calvwt family, they could have drop ped a bomb In the old mansion that T nHJ n-.na. l.,,lll .... centuries ago, ' Frantically . . under ?. their shadow the feet of the Hrltlsh f had trod nesrli1 two ' hundred yesrs ntro as they mnrchen from washing-.. ton to Italtlmp'o during the war of . 1S1 2. Five minutes after they hsd left, the aviators had landed within twenly feet of the starting rail. , . IMttr than Anto. Then iJetrtennnt Humphreys was liiki n up for a live minute ride In the airship. , . It's more pleasant than automo- tilling,' remarktd Lieutenant Hum- ' phreys. We had a splendid view of the country." As each flight ended the spectators who had witnessed orvllle Wright us (Continued on page four.) PLANNING TO EXTEND CENTRAL OF T Rumor That Extension Will Be Made iN Not Denied by Officials of Company .. MAKE INSPECTION I,1IANV, Oa., Oct. . Neither af firmation nor denial being given to the well defined rumor that the Cen tral of (leorgli lines will reach tho triiif i-hortly, the trip tonight of Pres ident J. T ilcr.ih.in of the Illinois f'enlrnl and President 1. V. Hanson, of the Central or (inorgla to lockhart, Alu ., and Flora la. Ala., lends strength to the report. The party spent today here on sn inpc.(tinn tour, leaving lit 9 o'clock over the Alabama extension. Tomor row he olllcl i'b will return here and proceed to A'uion where they will upend Hunday. Monday they will at tend the annual stockholders' meet- '' ing of the Vn trnl of Oeorgia In Ha, v'dnnnh. i ' In the party besides Messrs. Hara-h-in and llaiM'in are J. F. TltUS of Ctilciigo, the founer's assistant, and the following officials of the Central of Georgia: W A. Wlnburn. vloe pres ident; T. 8. Morse, general, manager; 17. K. Lawrence chief engineer; J. T. Johnson, general superintendent, and H. I. Pollard, superintendent of ' the southwestern division. When ask'.'d If . the southwestern rtlvlirlon would be extended front Flo- ' ralo, Ala., to Ihe gulf, no denial was er.wred and '.he optimistic note sound ed iy the 6mt litis In speaking ot the possibilities ot this section sdded un usual signifies npe to their visit, . -
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