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1 r. THE ASHE? ILEE CITIZEN. P THE WEATHER: CLOUDY. Associated Press. Leased Wire Reports. VOL. XXV. NO. 360. ASHKVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY MORNINO, OCTOUKU 14, 1909. PRICE FIVE CENTS. E Teddy At A Disadvantage S IE I0i JI5T WAIT TIIL T BUCCANEERS TAK TUG WITH CAPTAIN SIX VOLUNTEER TO BAriKROBBERENDS LEAD AGAIN Bill IT AND ELEVEN OF HER LIFE RATHER THAN MTI CREW WENT D 01 IN WATERS I i WIS THEIR Til Recent World Series Games Not Played up to Stand ard Set In First HOME RUNS EASILY MADE BY BOTH SIDES Stars Fail to Distinguish Themselves And Wagner Plays Like a Novice PITTSBURG. Penn., Oct. 13. Pittsburg took the lead today in the great battle now being waged fo the world'i baseball championship by de feating Detroit 8 to 4 in the fifth game of the big series, ut Forbes Field. This gives the National league champions three victories to two for the winners of the American league pennant. The scenes will shift to Detroit &guin tomorrow where the sixth game and possibly the last game of the series will be played. By win ning tomorrow, Pittsburg will clinch the world's championship, but if De troit wins, the series will be tied again and a seventh game will be tie cissary. The commission decided to day to play the crucial game, If it is needed. In Detroit, and to postpone the gftme until Saturday. Garry Hermann flipped a coin and Presi dent B. B. Johnson of the American leugue won and chose Detroit. The game whs played with the thermome ter hovering between thirty-five and forty degrees above zero. Despite the untoward conditions 21.70 per sons saw the game and the receipts wire $3 2, ITS. The Lucky Seventh. A home-run by Manager Fred Clarke, which scored Byrne and Uach In front of him, turned the tide of victory to Pittsburg In the sev enth inning, after Detroit had tied the score at 3 to 3 by scoring two in the slMh,., . "Detroit had two home-runs to Its credit, but neither came with any one Ou base. D. Jones, the first man up. til the first Inning hit the first ball Into the enclosure which had been buflt around the outfield for the over flow. There was no overflow from the permanent stands, and It appeared c-isy to hit the ball over the low (Continued on page Thrt.) HUH. NAGEL TRIES TO TELL UOUTTHOR POLITICS Conceives the Idea That Old Dominion Belongs to Re publicans by Tradition CAMPAIGN LS ON ROANOKE, Oct. 13. Charles Na gcl, secretary of commerce and labor, addressed a maw meeting here to. night under the auspices of the city republican committee, it being the occasion of the opening of the party's campaign In the stare election in this city. The secretary at the outset said he was not here for tli" purpose of discussing state Issues, but declared that It was his purpose to speak on the difference of the two dominant political parties of the country, lie declared that these differences have i listed since the very foundation of the government, and that they are the same teday that they were in the days of Washington. Hamilton and Madi : n the republican party standing for the national ideas and the demo i rat party representing state rights and said that no stale can satisfac torily settle the affairs of state unless it has the comprehensive idea of na tional idea of national politics. The speaker declared that no slate was more responsible for the great policies as enunciated in the national Plea than Virginia, nnd had it not bcci for Virginia th- id. -a of Hi- na tional government wkouhi never have found lodgment in this country. He call'd upon Virginia-. s to place th rid state In the line ( progress, and see that she returns to the traditions of the fathers. He declared that it would be Impossible for the states to legislate on matters of intrestat- com merce the conservation of th- forests, the Panama canal, the Improvements of rivers and harbors and the ques tion of a pure food law. These he de clared to Ik? the fruits of the policies rf the republican party, the party of the national Idea and ended his ad a, bv raying a glowing tribute to the advantage of Virginia and of how much Importance Its develop Later Keports Show Further Loss of Life In Storm Off Florida Coast KEY WEST EXTENSION SUFFtRED SEVERELY Reports From Milps Caught In Gate Lessen Fears of Disasters MIAMI. Kla., Oct .13. News reached here late this afternoon of the sinking of the tugs Sybil and Sa die at Bahla Honda during Mondays hurricane and the loss of the eleven members of the crew of the Sybil, lu cludlng Captain Parker. The crew of the Sadie escaped. This news was brought here by the relief expedition sent out by the Me tropolis, the local afternoon newspa per. The loss of life on the tug Sybil in cludes, besides Cu inaln Parker. Engi neer Fox. Pilot Whit mi re." Kngineer Peterson and seven deck hands. The following statement was given today by Engineer Ernest Cotton of the Florida East Coast railway: "The loss of life on the Florida East Coast Extension is limited to the crew of the tug Sybil and timekeeper Brown at Marathon, Fin., a total of twelve persons. The floating equip ment of the road and uncompleted work were badly damaged. Damage on Kxlriuduii. "Then- was however, no damai;e to the concrete work at any point. All of our camps were more or lea wreck ed, but the large forces of workmen are being cared for and have suffi cient supplies of food. The men be haved well and already every gang has gone to work to clearing away the wreckage and preparing for re opening the extension to traffic." The track nrtrth of Marathon Is washed out at several points, but the, extent of the damage has not yet been determined. Timekeeper J. H. Brown an old employe of the Florida East Coast railway was drowned at Mar athon. The property damage ex ceeds all previous records. The Metropolis expedition reported a washout of four thousand feet of track between Mnnitce and Jewllsh (Continued on Page Four.) Might Have Gone On Fur ther But Thought Ocean Had Been Beached WINS TI1K LAIIM CUP RICHMOND, Va Oct. 1.'!. Win ning the l.alim cup for the longest flight made In a balloon under the auspices of the Aero club of America and breaking all speed records for long distance flights, A. Holland l orbes, of New York and former Mayor l-'lelse hmann of Cinc innati 1. .nde d this afti rnoon at S 4T. in t'ln-s-tc r It Id county twenty miles south "f Richmond. The trip was made in (In balloon New York, in which Mr forl.es won the duration contest in i he I iichanapolis contest. Starting from the gas works in St I.ouis at S.30 Tuesday allc rnooli. the distance of vr.l 1-4 mil-s was mad- in ii-tc ni hours and lift-en minutes at i nverag- rate- of thirty-eight miles an I r I lie nalloon passed l.ynch- loir t 1 .SO e,Y ek this morning p.,on after noon an apparently larg-',,. h.ech of water was sen ahead and a large town came Into vie w below., .Mi fori- s nnd his companion, r-a- , llzing th- fast time they were making, thought the water might be f'hesa pnke bay and the city of Norfolk unci adjudged It bi tter to descend be fore the ocean was reached. I n h: iy weather helped to deceive tn- tj(,n to hold a demonstration In pm neronauts in this respect nnd It was (,8t against the execution of Ferrer not until after a landing was effected Th(1 rinli( ,. g,lrround. d the building tbnt they discovered that the town was Petersburg nnd the wat-r James river. HIOST DAMAt.KS CefTTTOX. CHARLOTTE. N C. Oct. 15. Killing frost and the lowest tempera ture of the fall season was recored in" the cotton belt, this mornlr.g. ac cording to the weather bureau here. Considerable damage has been done to cotton but to what extent Is yet a matter of speculation. Young corn was ruined, but the pea crop gener ally saved. Frost is expected again fonlght. Lake Steamer Buffeted by Winds And Waves Strand ed on Sand Bar PASSING STEAMERS IGNORED DISTRESS Volunteers .Starting Ashore For Aid Are Drowned In Shallows DETROIT, Oct. 13. In the wreck of the steamer George Stone, of Cleveland, Ohio, on l'olnt Pelee, Out., today, upper Lake Erie added a grue some chapter to the history of marine disasters on the great lakes. Six lives were lost and twelve were saved. To night the tail end of the rercnt gab is lashing a hopelessly broken vessel that was not Insured and belonged to H. A. Bradley of Cleveland. The six victims lost their lives when Captain Paul Howell, Peter Daley of Erie, Penn., who was a passenger ami six members of the crew were capsiz ed in the surf, attempting to go ashore for assistance. Two of the crew clung to the over-turned boat four hours until they reached ashore. Made Game Struggle. The wooden steamer begun to feel the effect of the southwest gale about 6:30 Monday evening and at midnight she began a desperate bat tle for life. All day Tuesday she fought valiantly against the storm, but toward evening It became appar ent that the pumps were unequal to the task of removing the water that poured Into the hold through the seams opened by the buffeting of the waves. About p. m. the captain and crew realized that the storm had taken the vessel out of theler con trol. About $.30 a. m. todny tho Stone struck with a terrlfflc Jar upon tht sand bar knawn as Grubb Beef nearly five miles off the western shorfTof Point Pele. Ships Ignored Signals. Until daybreak the ship-wrecked (.row remained In the forward cabins Mid pilot house and then began an anxious search of trie horizon for pass mg vessels. One man was sent aloft with a bed sheet which he waved from the forward mast. But though (Continued on Page Two.) SOCIALISTS TO FRENZY Convicted Revolutionist Went to His Death With out Flinching. POPE POWERLESS BARCELONA, Oct. 13. Professor Francisco Ferrer, the Spanish educa tor und convicted revolutionist, ua shot tod.iy. The execution was done at the Fortress of Montjuish. where the; prisoner had been confined since his condemnation by court martial The doomed man faced the firing seiiad wiiheiut Mine liing and fell de-ad at the first oli-y. Kxcep! feer a mom-ntary expres sion of emotion inime-dlatety nrcced Ing his death, he retained his com posure to the last. The tiring squad was drawn by lot and the command to- tire was given by General Kserin. Just before hih eyes were bandage. d Fe-rrer -xamin-d his will, which had been drafted foi him by Si nor I'ermayor. d-an of the nectaries while- the- preparations for the execution were going on. Thi contents of the will have not bei d- public. Hi:CII HKMONSTRATIOX. T'ARIS, Oil. 13 Ten thousand ir.c-n headed by M Jaure-s, the leader of the socialists In th- chamber of deputl-s and M. Valiant, a socialist deputy tonight marched to the Span ish embassy where It was the inten- and repulsed the surging crowds aft-r sharp se iiffl-. The procession then returned through the main boule vards with shouts of "Down with Al fonso!" "Down with Maura!" APPEALED TO POPP. ROME, Oct. 13. The execution of Prnnclsco Ferrer at Rarcelona has caused a profound Impression" here and tonight there was a serious dem onstration of protest against the ac tion of the Spanish government. There were cries of "long live Ferrer," 'down with reactlonlsm!", "down (Contlnneed on Page Four.) FOUND DEATH HE COVETED UNDER THE CYLINDERS OF STEAM R OLLER Wilmington ilan Temporarily Demented Escapes From Keeper and Commits Sui cide In Strange Manner, Was Inmate of Local Sanitarium, and Had Made Other Suicidal Attempts. . t Reaping from beside his watchful keeper who was accompanying him on a walk, J. It. Giles of Wilmington, N. C, an inmate of an Asheville sanitarium, dove headlong between the cylinders of a 15 ton steam roller yesterday afternoon about 4.80 o'clock and his head waa mushed out of shape by the ponderous wheels of the great machine operating on the French Broad river road four mllea from Asheville. t i Matte OUk' Vttrwpt. Temporary alteration for which Mr. Glle waa being treated here caused this remarkable mode of sui cide, nnd that he had a fixed pur pose in mind to end his life Is shown by his previous al tempt a week igo when he slashed his throat with a knife. The sanitarium was fully aware of his design against himself, and his attendant wiiji spec lally charged to guard him, declining to allow the pa STILL FINDING PARTS Head Missing and Identity of Dead Woman Cannot Be Established. TIVKRToN, It I. Oct. 13. After several hours of apparent confidence that they had lib nlilo el the portions of the body of tne woman found on the outskirts of tills iiv the authorities again tonight lapse , into a state of extreme doubt. Following an autopsy today medi cal Examiner Htnnson stated that the i? were evld s of a criminal ope ration 'I n use? of death, how- e-cr, was either not ascertained or not made' public The head Is tin only portion of th- body missing. The dally i -ontiil'iillon to the grue some colled ion e,t s..cred parts of the body was again loithcninlng today whin the arms . il l a leg from tin knee down we re- I end nearly a mil west of the poiiii where the rest of the legs were found Monday. As In the case of the oth. r parts, those dis covered today w r hidden Just off a Iiv path. This lb taken to Indicate that the culprit used a vehicle in dis posing of the si xi n il portions of the body In the unci' rlirush ut various points along th- r id. KII,KI ON THUKK. riorcl.ASYII.I.I :a.. Oct 1:: .1 F. Edge and wife an age:d couple of the Prays church neighborhood were Instantly killed at Winston yesterday by Southern ricii" cv fraln N'o. '', while trying to u -is the railroad tracks in tin- fa-- - f a strong wind. WASHINGTON, Oct. IS. Fore cast for North Carolina: Partly cloudy Thursday, probably becoming unset tled Friday, slow rising temperature moderate west to southwest winds. tient to walk on the railway track, as he wished to, and being close by hia side as the two came to the roller which waa alowly rolling over the re surfaced macadam road. Dived IJetween WIietH. It was Impossible, however, tot cure to meet the unexpected. Mr Giles awaltod until th front part of the machine paeeed htm eo that th driver, Jack Bain, could not ao hlny and atop the roller and thett swiftly pranged " headlong between the- tront and rear wheels. Attendant Gryder observed the move Instantly, but there was no time for him to more thun lift his, hand to prevent the act. Coroner Views Hotly. ("apt. Harvey Hrlttaln of the "fn vlct gang working the road notified the sanitarium by telephone from Mr. Rogers' store, and the body of th young man whose lifer had Instantly been crushed out when his head went ST. JOHN PROPHESIES THAT TEDDY WILL GOME NEXT Declares Taft is but a Putty Man Put Up For Bridge Over. .SPOKANE, Wash. Oe-t. J3. John p Kt John, formerly governor of Kansas, who has come to Spokane to begin the fight for prohibition In the stale- of Washington, made two pre dictions in the eouritei of an int'erflew: Noticing exc c-pt his lpath will pre ve nt the nomination )f Theodore RooHevelt to succeed President Taft, and If h- Is not I'lected no other re publican can be. "TcVi yenrs hence there won't be a leg:i Il7.ee! saloon within the lioillld arl' K of tills e ommonwe-alth Spokane will I-- elrv' In lle years from this line- " Mr St John said among other tilings In speaking of Roosevelt and Taft. 'Tlieoilorei Roosevelt Is the sharp est politician in the Cnltod State-s. Loiisei-vH knew Taft, and believed iilm lei be hn honest man, and so do 1, l.ul he km t- that Taft is a putty man. soft putiv at that Reioseve-ll helped t.i elect Taft He kne w that his ad ministration would be a failure. Hoosc c It wnt eifT to Africa He i not mixed up In any of the epie-s-tloiis before th- people today. In the course of IK months he will return, covered with rhino hides, elephant tusks and glory. The 'howl and yell' ele-ine nt In politie s will raise the cry for Roosevelt The country will go wllel' over him. Nothing except his death will preve nt his nomination to succeed Taft and If he is not elected If will be beifiuse no re publican could win." ;asoi,ini: cm kk.d kirk. FITZCEItARD. Oa . Oe-t. 1 Fire which originated from an explosion of gasolln. in a tailoring establish ment, d-stroycd the Orler block on Pine atreet causing a loss of i!f.,000 and Injuring two firemen. It Is believ ed that a negro who attempted to light the gasoline stove with the flames on, also lost his life. Firemen Homer Water and Jas. Parrott, fell through the hotel roof and were badly hurt. beneath the wheels, waa brought to the. undertaking establishment of J. V. Brown where It. wan viewed by Dr. B. R, Morrlg aftv'r, an, examination ( the body1, anl consideration of , the facta; decided that n ln?uet wag He ctssary. , " - Ti.O'Jw W yf ., n4 wae a. high acliooi teacher by profe lon. Neither father nor mother la liv ing, bnt he ha ' been --are-;- for by his uncle, Mr. Clayton Gllee, a prominent cltlien of Wilmington, He has been subject to period! of mor. bldlty for ennui year, It la said, and had been at the sanitarium for two weeks. When not suffering mentally he was very Intelligent and manifested many fine traits of character. It Is e-Mn.ctc I'thal relative will be here today and that the body will bn taken to Wilmington. SOUTHERN RAILWAY Substantial Increase in Ear ningH and Improvement Along Lines Reported, WAMIIINGTON. Oct. 1 3. A ub Ht:i ii I lit I increase in sheiwn In th K'oss carinas f the Southern railway company during the year ending June 30, last acccordlng to the fif teenth annual report of President W. W. Flnley. The repoVt say the re turn of business from the low level of panic conditions of 1907 was slow hut substantial during tho past year. The jotal gross Income for the year was $l7,7:i7.fi'Jlt. an Increaeo over 1908 of $n,X90,73.'l While the operating expense show a decrea-.it of $7.r,:t,610, compared wllh the year 1110s, It in stated that this Is ilue- to the fact that the Ten nessee Central railroad and the Sou thern railway of Mississippi were operated separately this year How evecr, comparing like for like, this year shows an increan In the operat ing revenues ef $ti0ft,7fifl, "What may be considered the Im meellate flnane-inl problem of the com pany," savs l ho report, 'has txien the absorption of the-, several Issue of short term notes." Ry the redemption and sale of cer tain bonds. S31. 00ft. 000 of the tem porary obligations e,f the company were permanently funded. Although the fiineleel debt was Increased, the flxeel charge of the- company will be de crease d 1(11,080 per annum. The progress In the South Is Indi cated In the report, which shows that during the year 451 new manufactur ing plants were completed. More than seventv tier cent of the year' ton nage originated in the South. Thel gr-ate-r part of the cottem growing state are served dire ctly by the Sou thern and It Is probably the heaviest carrier of cotton the chief agricul tural pre,duct In the South. During the year S3S.207 tons or more than 2,ri00,000 hale were carried. Thl pror duct constituted less than three per cent of the total years tonnage. KHOKT IX AliABAMA. HUISTTSVILLeK. Ala., Oct. 13. The Aret killing frost or .the season fell here today. The Jate cotton crop 1 believed to be damaged to a con siderable extent. After Boldly Holding up Bank In Fashionable Chicago Su burb Tried to Escape FOUGHT RUNNING DUEL WITH TOWN MARSHALL When Cornered Turned Pis tol to His Own Head And r Killed Himself Instantly; CHICAGO, Oct 13 A fashionably dreaeed bandit who early .thl after' noon robed the aavlnia hank et. D M. Krsklno ft Co, tn Highland' Park, Ilia, an aristocratic aubutb em tba lake shore, twenty-livw mile horth of Chicago committed utoide -by shoot ing himself in the mouth when driven to bay by a po of cltlsen. i A companion of the robber - wh had driven him to the bank in an au tomobile, waa captured Immediately following the robbery, forcing th principal perpetrator . of th daring daylight crime to nee on foot He waa engaged In a running duel with townMarahal John bheehnn, who waa the target for many bullet from the fugitive' revolver, one of which went through the aieeva of hi coat. After running wiveral block and falling to drive -back hi pursuer, th robber ran Into hed closely followed, by Bhee han. When he uw Bheehaa enter the shed with hi revolver levelled at hi head, the fugitive put the tnunte of hla own revoler into etil mouth and fired a -hot' which . resulted Id , hi death almost Immediately. .. V , The Identity of tha dead' man and hla eompanlon la unknown. - . , tk'iiaatloual Rubbery, - The robbery was (conducted In. a deliberate and- spectacular manner, the .bandit omirinr about ; 1(00 in gold win and bill after he had forc ed John C Duffy, cashier pf the ban It into the aehler'A tgo "Just after tnn closing aC'bUatnesaa fr the dar.t- r "Call every ono 'ln here" Into that oage or I'll blow your head off, Hurry ' ' (Continued on . I'age . ('oar.) Iff L This Country Will Enter Strong Protest Against Japan's Aggression VIOLATION OF RIGHTS i . f WABHINGTON. Oct. II. ITp to midnight no response had been re c, tvert bv Charles II. (Trans from Pres ident Taft to the despatch he sent the latter yesterday morning tenaenng his resignation as United Btates min ister designate to China. Mr. Crane did not appear to think It strange that ho had no word from tho presi dent exiirisslng the belief that Mr. Taft probably had been "too much on tho go" to give consideration to the matter. A graver consideration than the personality of Charles ft. Crane as Minister to China has entered Into the relation of the United State with China and Japan. It was stated today that Mr. Crane was now only an Incident. The real question Is whether President Taft will instrunt Secretary Knox "to make good" In the department's In tention to hold up the piratical ca reer of Japnn in Manchuria, It has become known to Japan that the I'nlted Btates intended, to protest asalnat Japan new treaties with China, which are In violation of the open door. There is the best of rea sons for stating that the department holds this protest ought tn go on to Peking, either through Mr. rrane or his possible successor as minister to China. Tho result of such a protest will b either that Japan will recede or pre-c-l)ltat n very ae ute situation. There doe not appear to h nr middln gimind, and the United Htat -s cannot afford to be put before the mons S9 "bluffing"; It must go on with tr protest ' A high liiplrtmat called attention today to the fact that wht Jut"n has done In China Is u Tsgrani vio lation of the article av'eed on In writing between ftecretarv' Root and Ambassador TnknWrs. These were approved by Secretary Taft when he ras at Hot Spring, before he assum ed the office of president 1 ' It Is not the intention of th I'nltert State;- however, 4a fnaka tUrect pro test to Japan. ' China Is to be utilis ed because' It Is the territory of China to which the Open door applies, and China wa the flrst- penwr! to agree with the United State that her territory hou!d not be eolonlsed by a foreign nation. 1 v ment I to the great lorm.
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