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THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN. THE WEATHER: . CLOUDY. Citken Want Ads Bring Results. VOL. XXVI., NO. 338 ASHEV11XK, X. ( SATURDAY M()UNIN(, NKITKMBKK '24. HMO. PRICE FIVE (JWNTS PASSENGER TRAIN PLUNGES INTO GAP 0PENEJJ3Y FLOOD Cloudburst in Kansas Swept Away Steel Bridge on Rock Island SIXTEEN PERSONS LOST LIVES IN THE FLOOD Work of-Rescuing injured Made Difficult by Torrent of Waters CLAYTON, Kan., Sept. 23. Sixteen persona lust their lives and thirteen others Buffered injuries In a wreck of a west bound Rock Island passenger train running to Denver from Kansas City. AH the Injured will recover. The wreck was the result of a cloud "burst which carried out a steel brlrtKc and turned what Is normally almost u dry creek into a torrent many yards wide, The water washed out nearly a thousand feet of track. The train running at full speed. plunged into the gap. The locomotive and the mall car went into twenty- feet of water. The chair car almost telescoped the smoking car ahead of it. Several passengers in these two cars were killed almost instantly. Others were carried into the running stream with the vreckuge and drown ed. It was many hours before the bodies could be recovered. Passengers In the pullman and the other day coaches were hurled from their berths or seats by the shock. ThoBe who were able, hurried out into the storm and Rave what assist ance they could to the Injured. Other uninjured passengers hurried to Clay ton, two miles away, and sent news of the-accident to division headquar ters. Within half an hour physi cians and nurses and a wrecking train were hurrying to the scene from Nor ton, Colby and Goodlnnd, Kan., and T'hlllipsluirg, Neb. It was nearly night, Ijowever, berore the last body was recovered from the wreckage In the river. Members of the Topeka baseball team of the Western league wer.e oc oupants or the pullman, but all es caped Injury. Nearly nil those killed and hurt were in the smoking car and day coach next to It. The dead Include the engineer, the fireman, the con ductor and the brakeman. all the trainmen except the rear guard and' the porter. TO SARATOGA PREPARED TO FICJTJOOSEVEIT Admit That Struggle Will be Close, But Have Not Yet Qiven Up Hope OFFICES IGNORED SARATOGA, N. Y.. Sept. 23 Pre pared for one of the bitterest strug gles in the annals of republican poli tics for control of the Btate conven tion the old Guard moved on Sarato ga tonight. Timothy L. Woodruff, chairman of the state committee, has opened headquarters at the I'niteri States hotel. He admits that the con test will be close, but Is still confi dent In his belief that the conven tion will endorse the selection of Vice President Sherman as its temporary chairman, despite the predictions of Theodore Roosevelt Senator Edgar T. Bracket!, the Saratoga county leader, declined ' to admit tonight that the ten delegates from Saratoga would vote for Mr. Sherman although his vote is claimed by the Old Guard. He la not an admirer Of Colonel Ttoosevelt. "It Is ft lamentable fact," said Sen ator Braokett,. "that at a time when a choice offered of cleaning up the bosses, an event for which some of us have prayed for years the alternative Is taking another boss." PROfJRfSSIVKS CONFF.R. NEW YORK, Sept. 2.1. The pro conventlon fight betwren the republi can Old Guard and the procresslves virtually closed today. After a day of conference with politicians frsm va rious parts of the state. Colonel Roos evelt said .that the chances for victory were even better than yesterday. There -was some talk of candidates for governor but nothing In the na ture of a decision was reached. Col. Roosevelt said that the selection of candidates must be left entirely id, the delegates as a whole.,. The Roosevelt forces will mow on F-eatosa tomorrow. Colonel Roose flt Bedded to go early Monday morning. FLIES OVER ALPS BUT FAILS WITH HIS GOAL IN SIGHT Chavez Peruvian Aviator, Per forms Wonderful Feat, and Meets With Accident Just as Prize of $20,000 Was in His Grasp. DOMODOSSOLA, Italy, Sept. 2.1. The great feat of crossing the snow capped Alpine barrier between Swit zerland and Italy In a heavier than air machine was accomplished today by George ChavesE, the young Peru vian aviator. The plucky hero of the exploit, however, lies In the Domodossola hospital, badly Injured as the result of an accident that occurred Just ns he hail completed the most arduous and nerve racking portion of a task he hnd set out to accomplish a flight from Brig, Switzerland, across the Alps to Milan in Italy in all a distance of about 75 miles. Moth his legs are broken, his left thigh is fractured and his body Is badly contused; but his physicians are certain that these injuries will not prove fatal. Mishap In landing. "She accident occurred us Chavez was endeavoring to make a landing here. The Alps had been crossed suc cessfully and the aviator was de scending with the power, '.of the ma chine cut off, -when about SO feet above the ground a sudden gust of wind seemed to catch the monoplane which turned over and fell. When the crowds that had been watching the descent ran up, they found Chavez neath the twisted wreckage. Willing hands lifted the aviator from the ground and bore him to the hospital. Fifty miles away, and over country that has none of the hazards ofthe Alps lay Milan, the goal Ch.ivez was seeking in an endeavor to win a prize of J20.000 offered by the Italian Avi ation society for the 'flight. Chaves had lost the race. Woollier Auspicious. The weather at Tlrlg was clear and bright when Chavez made his start. Leaving the ground wjth his motor running at full speed he rose" in sweeping circles until he had reached an altitude sufficient for him to clear the Ilestl shoulder to the southeast ward of Brig. This obstacle hnvln? been overcome the Peruvian aviator headed bin monoplane straight for the snow-capped crags of the Klet chorn. Constantly ascending, Chavez reached the Slmplon, where, at an al titude estimated at 2,000 fpot he turned his machine south over the terrifying Simplon Pass with the j T "JACKPOT" Browne. Alleged Briber, Gets Cheers and Hisses in Convention ADOPT PLATFORM KAST ST. LOI'IS, Ills.. Sept. 21. After vigorously denouncing so-cnll-erl "Jackpot" legislation In the draft of the" platform which was presented to the Illinois democratic convention here this afternoon, the resolutions committee late today eliminated the word "Jackpot"' from the platform as originally drafted on the ground that It wa,s objectionable. The plank on this subject as orig inally drafted rends: "The demorratic party is unalter ably opposed to the giving or the taking of bribes by those seeking leg islative favors, and we condemn in unmeasured terms 'Jackpot legisla tion". In this connection we wish to affirm that Ve favor the eleetion .of United States senators by direct vote of the people." The initiative and referendum Is favored by the. platform on the the ory that the "ena ' ment , of such will abolish the 'jackpot' system and that boodb-rs and grafters will be put down and out" The platform denounces trusts and favors the rigid enforcement of all anti-trust laws. The railroad plank stands for fair returns, to roads, ynd control and physical valuations on which to base rates. Personal liberty, conversation. road laws and a' tariff for revenue only are. endorsed. The republicans j are ocnounoert ror not revising the tariff downward. J- A closing paragraph congratulates the states in which democrats ajnd "insurgents'" recently have obtained victories. .. - . The name of Lee O'Nell Browne, who recently wan acquitted of bribery in connection with the election of t'nited States Lorlmer iwas !oth hissed and cheered when he was named as the member of the resolu tions committee from the twelfth district Kaltwasser glacier at his left and Hie frozen peak of the Ilubschhorn at his right. After crossing the dlUde, Chfivrz turned the towering white mountain head of Monte Leone, which rises to a height of 16,e4il ,feet and passed down above the Hondo gorge, a deep gulf between sheer walls .until ho J reached the opposite valley of Ve- dro, and then descended easily to ward Doinodousola, which Is NK9 feet above sea level. It was here that the accident occurred. Crossed In Forty Minnies. The 25 miles between Prig and ln modossola which it took thu armies of .Napoleon a fortnight to negotiate Chavez accomplished by the route of the Kagle In exactly 40 minutes From the high point at Monsera he descended 7,000 feet In 13 miles, his machine gaining In momentum as It Hew over the Jumble of lower peaks gullies and hills until the speed was terrlllc as it approached the aero drome here. This doubtless caused the accident. Wevmanii Went flack. Harry YVeymann, the American aviator, who made two unsuccessful attempts In the Hrlg-Mllan race to day sent a telegram. of sympathy to Chaves. Much sympathy Is expressed here for Weymann who made a lust -and desperate effort to win the race after hearing that Chavez had met with an accident. He managed to climb ovet the Kesti shoulder, but finding thill the neroplane was incapable of fly ing higher he returne d to Hrlg and alighted. Although Chavez did not succeed In lnrdngtho prize of $20,000, having fulled to reach Milan, some of the committee are In favor of turning over the purse to him and erecting a monument In commemoration of man's first flight across the Alps. , SHOCK IN ARIZOM. PHOENIX, Art.. Sept. 21 Private dispat' hfs from Wlnslow, Ariz., re ported a severe eiirth'iimke tonight In that part of Arizona. No details were Riven Messages rrom Williams, near the Grand Canyon, state that the shock also was felt there, but no one was hurt, nor was there any damage. OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY Leads With Reduction of Tariff and Follows With Conservative Program 1 PREDICTS SUCCESS ST. IH'IS. Mo., Sept. 21 Pre liminary to the opening of th fall campaign In Misourl. nearly 200 democratic editors from all parts of the state attended u biiiHttut tonight find heard CongressmHn I'hiimo f'lark outline the issues. His speeih was considered the keynote of the forth coming political battle. Mr. Chirk said in pnrt: "The eireumstanres whi( h sur round us prestige ;t democratic vie tory. Democrats in the house got together and fought together during (he yesr 1910 and thereby set a wholesome example to democrats throughout the land. For more than a year, democratic prospects have grown brnrliter until we seem to be on the eve of a sweeping victory. "We want to win si eh a victory this fall ss will put hope into every democratic heart betwixt the two seas and make the elections this year and two years hence duplicates of 1X90 and 1S:i2. "It Is constantly charged that the dnmoeratie party Is a party of nega tion. This Is not true." If entrusted to power, thev demo cratic program. Mr Clark said, would include ;i reduction of the tariff to a revenue basis an increase of Amer ican trade by reciprocity treaties with foreign nations: abolishment or all superfluous offices: a reduction of federal appropriations; restoration of our merchant marine; strength ening our anti-trust laws; enactment of comprehensive conservation meas ures; Improvement of our waterways; exposing of republican extravagance in the departments, and submission of a constitutional amendment provid ing for the election of T'nited States senators by a popular vote. ,T.FT C.OIXO BACK. CINCINNATI. Sept. 21 President Taffs visit to Cincinnati will end to morrow afternoon "when he leaves for Washlngtpn to meet the members of bis cabinet for a series of Important conferences next week. PRESIDENT FIN LEY OUTLINES IN LUCID MANNER ASHEVILLETS NEEDS Declares Tourist Business opment of This Section, and Points Out What Done Along That Lint'. MR. riXI.ICY'H Kl'UUKHTIOXH. . Mr. Pin ley In his add reus at the court house recommends: More modern hotel accom- modations for Ashevllle. 4 Kiitertulnment for tourists after they get here. Better methods In develop- ment of farming. More attention to live stock growing. Cultivation of sugar beets 4 and estatdlerTmeht of far-tortes. Intelligent use of forests combined with conservation. Manufacture of raw male- rial at home. 4 4 Conversion of leather Into shoes, stone into lime and building material, clay Into pottery, wood pulp Into paper. tc. It wns a magnificent nudli nee last night at the court house which greeted Mr. WW. Klnley, the pres ident of the Southern railway, and heard his address upon tffc Indus- I trial needs uid possibiiltb'S of Ashe- i vllle and Western North Carolina. Seldom h;is a larger crowd been i present on such an occasion, and still I less seldom ban n Ashevllle audi- i enee been granted the privilege of listening to an address more Inter- I COURT RESTORES CHILD TO MOTHER AFTER HEARING Was Held by Couple Who Claimed that It Had Been Given Them to Rear RACBKiH. N. C. Sept. 2.1. After a hearing of s. ial hours this ai ternoon on a writ of iiabian corpus. Chief justice Walter Clark directed the restoration of little six-year-old Maxime Peddle t" her mother. Mrs. Bessie peddle, of this city. The child -was being I eld by Mr. arrl Mrs. I). M. Smith, of llladen county, who clalmec that thev had taken the hlld with the -.nsent of both par ents to rear it ;h their own. being childless. .Mr and Mis, Peddle are separated, tie husband not living in Raleigh. The Smiths had the writ ten consent of the father to take the hlld, but the mother claimed that she only allowed the child to go to the Smiths in Hlnden for a visit. hence her demand that It be restor ed now to her. The Smiths claimed that the mother wis rod a fit custo dian for the child but this was not proven. Col. J. c. Ja." Harris represented Mrs. Peddle and Walter Watson the Smiths. WASHINGTON, Sept 21. -Por-peast for North Carolina: Unsettled weath er Saturday aod Sunday with showers, moderate variable winds, mostly east. The Opening. Should Not in Any Way Interfere With Industrial Devel estlng. The court room was packed many of those present having to stand throughout thn address. That the people were well pleased with the address of Mr. Klnley wns evidenced by the' frequent and pro longed applause which punctured his remarks, Without the Use of any of the arts of oratory, and speaking upon a subject by many people considered dry, he held the close attention of every person In the room, and made a deep Impress Ion by his lucid and forceful talk upon the Industrial future of this section. Judge Jeter C, Prltchard, a a representative of the board of trade, presided over thn meeting, and In a ringing speech Introduced the. speak er. In his introductory remarks Judge Prltchard enumerated a num ber of things which are possible to be accomplished here, and empha sised the fact that In ull of the de velopment projects of this section, the officials of the Southern railway are In full sympathy, and Hland ready to do nil they can to aid. "We are Indeed fortunate," de clared Judge Prltchard, "to have with us tonight one of the most dis tinguished men In rill our beautiful Sotrthland. the president of the Sou thern railway, who Is In hearty sym pathy with the material welfare of Western North Carolina. He repre sents a great railroad which Is deeply Interested In us. Its president Is a ODD FELLOWS INSTALL Grand Sire Cockrum An nounces His List of Ap pointive Ofticers ATLANTA, On.. Sept. 23. Follow ing the Installation of the officers, the ifiia meeting of the Sovereign Orand lodge of the Independent Or der of told Pelo-.vs onmo to a close toay The fpiest Ion of establishing ft tuberculosis sanitarium was again put over until next year, as was thc UiieHtion of granting n national as M'mtilv to the Rehckah. The- following appointive officers were announced by Orand Sire Cock- rum: Assistant Orand Secretary J. Kd wanl Kroh, Baltimore. Orand Chaplain, II. K. Stephenson, Delaware. Orand Marsball. Winn Powers. He. Paul. : Grand Messenger, S. W. II. Hum phrey., Chicago. Orand Guardian, W. O. Carbls. Ctah. An amendment to the constitution wan adopted making past grand rep resentatives, grand secretaries and grand scribes Eligible to sit during secret sessions of the Hoverehjn: Grand lodge. A committee header by Grand Representative "Wheeler of -New York was named to report upon the feasi bility of merging the natriarchlal and militant branches of the order. Grand Sire Om krum announced the offer of h MOO sirver cup to the grand jurisdiction Initiating the largest number of new members during thei next twelve months, and A $100 ban ner jtathjHjiorllnate lodge show ing the largest increase Un rnember-ship. is Practicable to be Southern man born and reared 1n the state of Mississippi, end he is thoroughly conversant with Southern conditions. His faith in the future of Western North Carolina Is as (treat If not greater, than that of any of us present here. It I my great plenaurr to present Mr, W. V Klnley." . Mr. I'lnley's Address. Mr. ' Plnley had earefully pre pared address which he delivered most Impressively. ftpeaklng with de liberation he could be heard 'In n parts of the room, and the array of facts which he bed attier e4 .eon cernlns this region wss' uttered In such a manner as to sink deep Into the minds of those -who so eagerly listened, lie said: Mr. chairman, ladles and gentlemen Health and material prosperity are two of the essential factors In human happiness. Opportunities for acquiring both are combined In rare degree in Ashe vllle and Western North Carolina, Side by side with climatic condition are scenic attractions that make tlili a region sought by the tourist you have natural resources destined to make It a region of highly profitable agriculture and manufacturing It has been well said that "tin health of the people Is the strength pi the nation." The Iruth of this Is self evident, and In no localities do w Hnd n higher average of healthful ness than In mountainous regloni WeMSSWWWWSieWMl, (Continued on page three.) BALTIMORE LOSES ITS PLACE IN LIST OF CITIES Drops From Sixth to Sev enth, Being Outstripped by Cleveland Washington, sept, ssiisin- more, which was sixth city In Ihi Cnltcd Htates In polm of !opulatloi In mini, has lost her position In tlx country's jrreut cities according t today's census statistics, and now b entries the seventh city, having In th last ten years bees outstripped h Cleveland which takes sixth place. P.altimore's population Is now 5!S. 4XT, ss compared with Cleveland'! r,S0,:i The Maryland city grew 9 7 per cent, or In numbers 4 9.fi 2 during the past ten years, having had r.()8,r,7 ' in irtao. rieweland, which bud a population of 3 1 ,7 In !!00, grew 4 fl per cent In the decade just ended. The population of Savannah. Oa. Is dS.OfSt, an Increase 'of lO.fCJO, or IS. 9 per cerrt. as compared with S4.44 4 In 100. Norfolk, 7,4r,3. Increase 20.S2K, or 4 4.7 per cent over 4IM24 In 1900. Portsmouth. 31,190, Increase 155, 763, or 90.:, per cent over 17,4 2,1 In 1900 Httdford, 4,202 as compared with 3,344 In 1900. Norfolk county. Va 52,744 as com pared with S0,7a0 In 1900. COOK r'Ol'Jil AC.UV. NEW YORK, Sept. 2.1 Dr. Fred erick A. Cook, the vanished explorer, has been sighted again, this lime In a Munich hotel, under the name of Mr. Coleman and family. Michael M Itysn, of Bridgeport, Conn., has In formed The New York Times, which will publish an account tomorrow of how he met the doctor. POLICY OF PEACE ADOPTED BK 6.0. AS TO LEE'S STATUE After Spirited DebatelnWhlcti Is Postponed LESS THAN THIRD OF DELEGATES PRESENT Conservatives Gave Blood thirsty Ones no Chance to Steal March ATLANTIC CITY., K, J., Kept.JJ. After n long, warm debate the nat ional encampment of the Orand Army or the ltpublle at Its final session this afternoon Indeflnltey postponed action relative to the controversy over the placing; of the statue of Robert B. Lee In the statuary hall of the eapltol at WaamngtoB. The Vote wa 1)3 to 102. The encampment rejected; the proposition recommending; that congress b asked grant eauh Union Veteran of the "Civil war . pen sion of , dollar a 4ay for life, but endorsed the MeComber bill now In nonirreaa relating to pensions of wld--ows, H was recommended that the pensions for veterans years uf age be increased, from $12 to tit a, month; tt years of age, from US to 140. a month and J5 year of oo, from ISO to 135 a month. , The question of the Orand Army's attitude on the Lee statue matter was one of the most Important the emsmpment has had to deal with lit years. Th conservative element con trolled the. encampment and won the day tit the argument that the bitter, neas engendered Mr the Mvtl war was disappearing and tlfHt sectional hat- ret should not ba revived; thai action' adverse to Lea'a atalue would do mora harm than good, and especially to the O. A, It, and last, but not least that the stale of Virginia under the iut4f congress tf !4 had the rlfht to place in Statuary hatl' tho image of any man of that state whose mem ory It ohose to perpetuate, ' Indiana Kesnlutinn 1 .' The matter came before the en campment through- the presentation el a, minority and majority rejKirt by tha wmmUtw resolutions, Thla : committee Thursday .night considered a large number .f resolution on 'tha subject and took up a, resolution from the department tf Indiana as one that covered the , whale controversy. This provided tha.t tsngrese be re quested to remove the Lee statu from the national cspltol. The com mittee after a lung argument and close wit rejected it. W. A. Kettthun Of Indiana then notified Fast Com mander In Chief Terrene of Minne sota, chairman of the commit Use that he would present the Indiana resolu tion on the door of the convention tts a minority report and Torranc and his followers prepared for a' fight. When the afternoon Session eon-. ened and It was seen that less tlnta J50 representatives were presest out of over H00 in attendance yesterday. Ketrhum'endenvored to . hay i the v whole matter go over until next year on the ground that arote taken today would not express the sentiment of the entire membership of the O. A. R. ? Torrent- quickly agreed to this, but the "boys" on the floor, who had fome prepared to aht out. wanted to have It and etiouted down a mo tion to postpone. The debate proceeded with anlrlt -' until there was a loud demand' for a, vole: A motion waa mad that the whole subject be Indefinitely .post poned. A rising mote w taken and the tellers announced that the vote ; v 133 to 10J in favor of the mo tion to postpone. Following the de flate, the encampment installed th -nowly elected offk-ers, "Taps" were then sounded bringing the encamp ment to a close. IIIEIIEO UP BILLS AND '. THEN KEPTTHE CHANSE jniinois Central Had to Pajr Certain Sum for Each Re pair Bill 4 CHICAGO, Hpt, 23. Testimony directly charging- F. H. Nile, presi dent, unit vm, Ferruither, secretary of the Hlue Island Car Equipment ompsny with padding and fraudu lently changing- car repair bills mad out to the Illinois Central railroad - ompuny, was given today In munlci- ; pal court during the car repair graft uses. ..,. -c- Arthur Bsyileld, general clerk for . the Kquipment company, wss th wlt ies who told of the alleged prac tices. Witness said he became aa tin . ploye of the Blue Island company In I 07 and after atstlng that Ht-oretary KarrMghe directed him to make spec- Ifled changes in Mils said: ' J'My Instruction from him were thnt I was to make all Illinois Cen tral car -repair bill average ' $2? 5 each, rcgardlcM ot what figure were on them when they cam to me, I fixed up about twenty In all iom of them being raised from less than ' 1100 and a few from only a few dol lars. '
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