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fT tf THE WEATHER: FAIB . ire t , vol. xxvn., NO. 11 ASIIEVrLLE, N. C., MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBEK 31, 1910. 'PRICE ITVE CENTo MOTOR CAR RAGES WILL DRf LARGE , A PandoracBoxBest Kept Closed. F E T llh.l i i t- fen- f r .r' 1 'T'lrl HUSBAND'S TRICK TOSPYOHHISWIFE WORKED QUTBADLY ROOSEVELT MILE REflGli ROUGH MB GIVE BIND VOT CROWDS DROUTH 1 LABOR If susTAiriiriG Instiled Acoustlphono so Her Y ' Conversations Could bo i Over Heard ; SHE GOT WI&E AND CAVE HIM TALL LINE OF TALK Cut All The Wires When She Got Tired of Haying The . Came PITTSBURG. Pa., Oct,: SO. For tn purpose nof learning" what His "Wife' defense would be to thirdl- ... voree suit which he ha Instituted against her, Andrew W. Mellon, the millionaire banker of this city spent thousands of dollars equipping his residence f where Mrs. Mellon lives. who acoustlphones- by wnicn. ne hoped to ' have registered her eon .' venations -with her lawyers and oth . ' en with whom she might discuss her " affairs. '?."" Thirteen of these Instruments, each on of which will magnify a whisper ' 1.100 times and carry it to any given point, were installed In the house hv Mr. Mellon during his wife's an .' sence, and arrangements were made by the millionaire banker to have : all - of the conversations of il which his wife held, either with her attorneys or her friends, taxen down In shorthand. Servant Revealed Plot , The servants of the house were , apprised of Mr. Mellon's plana be cause It was impossible to Install the ... instruments without their knowledge. '; Tha most liberal Inducements were given them to keep the matter secret. but one ' old servant, said to be the i. housekeeper, declaring that tn plan t was "despicable " and contemptible,1? apprised her mistress of It. with the result that Mr. Mellon's spies were treated o. some amaaing conversa tions. . not one of which wilt be of . tha r sltghtsst use ; In the fttigatlon , which . Is soon to come to a head; In , , the eourt; - , , y'.Whrt MrB. Mellon, hr attorney, , Paul 8. Asche, and her .friends ""wearied "of amusing themselves at . ,. ' the expense of . Mr. Mellon and his agents,- they took hatchets ' and chopped out all the carefully laid wires. Unable to get his wife out of his home because she could not leave tier children, Mellon took up his abode with his brothers. One of these (Continued on iwne four) T SETTLES MILEAGE CISE illUO THEJJULROADS WIN Passenger Who Was Put Off Train Does ' Not Re cover Damages MUST GET TICKET COLUMBIA. 8. C, Oct SO The State Supreme court has ruled upon' the mileage question which has been agitated since the 1,000 mile Inter changeable books were put on. John DesPortes, a travelling sales ininTTy" 'decision of the Supreme court lose a verdict of $500 which the Circuit court gave, htm on ac count of damages alleged to have re sulted from his being ejected from a train of the Southern railway at Reynolds, S. C, in November. 18 OS. when he tendered his mileagein pay-. ment of tils fare instead of pur- ! chasing a ticket at Blackvllle, where .the train stopped for twenty five; minutes. The decision of the Su-j preme court reverses the Circuit, court and settles the mileage question In this state. Mr. DesPortes sued for $$,000, al leging that he got on the Southern at Denmark:, exshanglng his mile age coupons for a ticket at Black? ville. - When nearing Blackvllle Mr. DesPortes decided to go on to Wll llston, J and remained aboard the train, not getting out at Black-1 .. vile. - "' When the conductor came to Mr. -DesPortes after the train had pulled out of Bleckville the passenger ten dered his mileage book for the aitt tsnce between Blackvllle and Wil Jlston, but the conductor, acting un der the ' contract contained In the mileage books, refused to accept the coupons, as the rules of the company required that the mileage be ex changed for a ticket wherever prac ticable. Mr. DesPortes, refusing to pay the fare (twenty five cents) to Willis ton, the conductor had him put off tha train, using only such force as mtm nfcMaaary. : .Alleging that he lost time and ws humiliated by being electee from ine . rtMPnrtes sued for $2,- 800. 'The Circuit court, Special Judge rjuiher ttreeiding. found for the (Continued on j-ace four) Atlanta and Savannah Will Hold Interesting fleets5; .; " During Month 'XV, RICH PRIZES OFFERED ! . . . , :. ; IN the: VARIOUS EVENTS Barney Oldfleld Who Was Bar red. Will Begin Fight For Reinstatement. ATLANTA.', Ga.. Oct,, 0. More than 1,006 people who Socked to the Atlantlo Speedway this afternoon to witness tha first real warming of the racing automobiles were amply re paid for their troubles by the sen sational work of driver John Altken in a National car who circled the two mile oval in 1.28 Just two seconds slower than the track record. Alt- ken's pace was at , the rat of miles an hour. Many noted drivers of racing auto mobiles are gathered In Atlanta and Savannah tonight, and others are en- route to' these cities for the compe titions during the next two weeks for several of the rlcheBt . automobile stakes "of the yt&.J' "',..,.'. " t ' In Atlanta on November 3, 4, and E nineteen races will be held at the lo cal two mile speedway for prises, ag gregating 120,009. about $12,000 of which Is cash and the remainder trophies. -. In Savannah the Grand Prize race will be held November IX, preoeeded by a, race for small cars on November . The Atlanta Program. " There are officially twenty events on the Atlanta program, but number IS is a blank. On Saturday there will be m free for all 150 rtiile race for a $5,000 purse, . of which the winner takes $3,000, second $1,000, third $500 and the next three $$260, $150 and $100 respectively. This Is the biggest event. .scheduled. Friday has been .made a city ; holiday In honor of the race for the City of Atlanta trophy Value at The dtstaaee- Is two hundred miles and In addition ! to the trophy $10,800 in prise money will be distributed. Thursday's feature event Is at 100 miles for a trophy and a $9,260 purse. Barney Oldfleld who has been bar red by the American Automobile as sociation Is expected to begin ' his , fight for reinstatement during the At. j lanra. meeting, but It Is not believed V (Continued on page fonr.) AVIATORS Will FLIT TO' NEXT FOB MEET THERE Special Train Will Carry Machines From the Bel mont Park Grounds $60,000 IN PRIZES BALTIMORE, Oct. 30. A small army of busy workmen are today making the final preparations for the big aviation meet which la to open here on Wednesday and continue o week and the promoters of the event bellev that the masters of flight who will come here will find In the Bal timore aviation field nothing to speak of save with praise. Experts have de clared the course an Ideal one, It be ing two long straightaways connect ed at the ends, by wide, easy turns. The list of flyers whose presence Is assured include Hubert Latham, Count Jacques DeLeaaeps, J. Arm strong Drexel. James Radlcy, Chas. . V. Willard. Eugene Ely, Clifford B. Harmon and Glenn H. Curtlss and others' of prominence are expected. While Curtlss will not be a competi tor In any. of the events, he will make exhibition flights and those made here will, it Is announced, be the last he will make In public. The prize list totals nearly $60, 000 and there will be competition for the Michigan cup and for the Commodore Barry trophy for bomb dropping. On one of the days of the meet, Latham I to make a JO mile flight over this city f or a. special prize offered by The Sun. The signal service detail assigned to the meet at Belmont park . was ordered to report for duty hre under convnand of Lieut. Benjamin D. Foulls, V. S. A., and Captain Irving Chambers has been ordered to ob serve the flying on behalf of the United States navy. : Special days have been assigned to the army and navy and to the Washington diplo matic corps, representatives of all. of whfch bodies have been Invited to attend. Goverrtbr Austin I Crothers and his staff will be present at the opening. ;-C'F:-'':'-r"'7r A special train of express cars will Wave Belmont park. Long Island, to morrow night and ' bring' -the ma chines of the aviators to Baltimore. Incident Recalled Where he ;' Refused to Recognize Their .Fair Demand CAve civil service ; COMMISSION SNUB TOO Reinstated Foreman in Print ing Office In Spite of Their Protests t NEW YORK, Oct. JO. Secretary John Mason of the democratic state committee tonight . made public a statement attacking Theodore Roose velt's labor record. The statement says In part: 'The democratic staU committee has been looking up Col. Roosevelt's labor record. One of the most striking incidents in which the for truer president , clashed with' union labor was recalled yesterday. When the Bookbinders' union demanded that Wm. A. Mlller.be removed from his position as assistant foreman of the government printing office mt Washington after having been re-instated by order of the president, the latter laid down the following rule '"There Is tio objection to em ployes of the government printing of fice constituting themselves Into a body If they so desire, but no rules or regulations of that union can. be permitted to ride over the laws of the United States which It' Is my duty to enforce.' Re-lMKtoted nim i: Miller had been expelled from the union and appealed to the 'civil service commission which sustained him.c When -the. public printer did riot reinstate. Miller, President Roose' felt flatly-ordered that Miller oe re Instated. . -' . "When a committee of the book binders . called on Secretary Cortel- you : oa August 15, 1103, and filed with him copies of alt the evidence in their charges against Miller, 1 h dent No action being reported the Central Labor Union of Washington irequested that (all labor prfih.nl ra tions of ' the United States unite in a petition to have Miller dismissed This action was Immediately endorsed by the Central Federated union. The resolutions were circulated among $.500,000 union laborers throughout the country. Chas. W. Wlnslow re- (Continued on onn fonr) STARTS 'EHITIONIL MINING CAJASTROPHES Bureau of Mines Will Send Out Portable Mine Res cue Stations FOUR IN THE FIELD WASHINGTON. Oct. . The first of the six portable mine rescue stations with which the new bureau of mines plans to Instruct the min ers in the use of mine rescue appa ratus and first aid to ths injured ap pliances, will start on Its mission to morrow morning according to a state ment iesued by the bureau today. It will be known as car No. 1 and will start from Pittsburg and will cover the anthracite fields In Pennsylvania and vicinity. About November 1, car No 2 is expected to reach the bureau of mines rescyj station at Urbann, III., where it will recuve Its jfull equipment. This car will then pro ceed to Danville, III., Terre Haute. Ind., and through southern Indiana to Evansvllle. Four other cars, with headquar ters at Rock Springs, Wyoming, Bil lings, Mont, Salt Lake, ' Utah, and Knoxvtlle, Tenn., will be turned over to the bureau of mines within a ihnrt time. It Is said. They will be fully equipped and maintained, and wilt be started on educational tuurs within their districts. In addition to the educational work which has been mapped ou for these cars, they will be kept In readiness to proceed at a moment's notice to aid In rescue work at mln.e disasters. v; 4 This Is the first Important step that has been taken by the new bu reau In Its efforts to reduce he ap palling loss of life In American coal mines. In European countries the per capita loss of life In th's mines Is smaller than In the United States where rescue apparatus has been in use for some time. Similar appara tus Is being introduced in this coun try with the same end in view. FREXCH KACE SUICIDE. ' - PARIS, Oct $. During the first half. of 1110 It jt officially announc ed that the birth In France exceeded th death by 21, H. Daring the year JtOf, the death exceeded th births by 18,10$.' ... j M -rv V TVT5 1 v:VSJ nrrr,i iWnW: mi ,1 THKEtiCIRCLE STATUE OF LIBERTY DVT FLIGHT DOES NOT COUNT FOR PURSE Mih8ant vh3te:and peLe$8epB Perform Feat fa Vh!ch Ryan Offered $10,000. Bur Must do it Again Before Winning .Made '' Tj '.,.' , Fast Time. , ''' KBW TORK. Oct 14 Three avi ator 4ew from Belmont park, L. I., this afternoon, circled 4he Statue of Liberty In aerople.no, swept back, through the upper air without mis hap and llghtal chilled, but evut tant. , John B. Molssnt, flying fot Amer-; lea, covered ' the estlmnted $ mile course lit $4 minutes 3l.tt seconds; Grahame-Whlte of England soc ond li $5:JI:S0J and Count a Lee ep of Franc f4 third in l:5t 25; No ldne;'1iowW 'w$hj tH $I0,u0 prtxe for the flight offered by Thomas P. Ryan,' a the rule prescribe that the "contestants can jtart any Urn between J.45 p. m. and 8.$0 p. m, any day of the International aviation meet. Under thlg Interpretation, Molsant, although he protested, must await the result of any possible flight tomorrow. He is at liberty to better hi time today, as are ura hame-Whtta and de Leasepa. ". Makes a Bbi Start . Hardly had the bomb announcing the Statue of Liberty flight exploded In midair when up from the field scurried de Lewnps in SO horse pow ed Blerlot Orncefully he arose with the motor droning in perfect attun mnt, circled across the starting line and, as though to. make sure that his machine was shipshape for a flight of thirty six miles across heath, meadow, town and bay, flew about the course and then pointed Its prow upward and westward and went sail ing majestically over the grand stand. Nothing daunted , by the lump the Frenchman hud got on him. Grahame-Whlte, in less than a minute, was in the air. In a Blerlot of 60 horse power. FINDS HIS WIFE AND CHILD BURNED TO DEATH Mother Fell Into Open Fire place While Suffering From Fainting Fit SPENCER, Oct 80. -As a result of a fainting bppII to -which she wa subject Mrs. Henry Morris, wife of a well known young farmer in Ilow an county and her one year old child wer burned in death at their farm home near Salisbury yesterday after noon. All other members of the fam ily were away from home and when Mr. Morris returned he found the child In the open fire, with head and one arm burned off. The mother was found unconscious on a bed, her clothing being entirely burned off. She never regained consciousness Mrs, Mortis had' fallen in the fire with the babe la her' arms. WAjSHINOTOK,'1 Oct ' 10. North Carolina; - fair Monday and Tuesday, rising temperature, light to variable wind, mostly south. , ' ; i 'jj . mm - . .. . ... ., jr- .n .hw.'wsiii aipiii' ws-'w-M'-'' Uymn.wiwwiiii ni" . 1 1 ...fl'LlL Passing the grand stand at an ele vation ef about 1,000 feet, both avia tor headed above the railroad tru-lte which took , them over Jamaica $win and across the town of -Jamaica. Her they were sailing at n lva of buut $.000 feet. .',. Develop Into Ha Orahame-Whlte gained steadily on de JUeeseps, but the Frenchmnn wan first out aaroe Ne York hay and around : the statue about ,1.00, feel showed him' the cnur, " M ThMt fitrahatne-Wnlto si tit the none of his Blerlot around above the head of Miss faineny ana iinnra ov png the cam course he hd trav elled. De Lesseps still had a Slight lead, but with the wind at hi bsck Ora h me-White put on full speed nd ba n mittinir rtnwn hie rival's ad vantage. Midway over Brooklyn the aviators were on even terms, eacn i n Hiniuria of 1 000 and $.000 feet. but reaching the outskirts of' the city Grahame-wnit torgea sneau and set sail In, earnest with Belmont park a hi objective. . , ' Both iJind Kasllr Arriving t the aviation field the Engllslunan sUrted his descent from a hiuh nf . limit three thousand feet. He came down with a graceful swoop over the edge i)l we trees wn the nose of his . machine pointed downward at ait anirU'of 40 degree. He was going lightning fast and the rt TV wrist hntil thai breath in fear ttu,r tha Knelidhman miuht lose con trol of the monoplane and be dashed with It to the earth. Hut oraname Wblte wa cool and collected, or he quickly brought tn macnine on even keel again ana men kii graceftilly downward, passed over the! KILLS LEADER OF Was Set Upon by Half a Dozen Toughs and Had to Shoot in Self Defense NEW YORK, Oct 30. Through quick work with his revolver Rob ert Adlor, th special policeman In west 23rd. street dancing academy who late last night shot and killed one man and fatally Injured an other while the dancers were In the maze of a. wait broke up for the time being the Gopher gang, a miw of young fighters. Six of them, led h rh.i Hunt, chnrtuhad a hatred against Adler. and according to the police went to the dancing caaemy . at ttvtn with- him" -whifn Adler stopped them at the door six hands reached for as many pistol pockets a shot went wild and the door above Adler head was splintered. Then Adler's pistol flashed and , Hunt crumpled up and fell shot through th head- He never moved again. Thru. nihr '" ahnf were fired t Adler, but all missed. William Mor ris, on of the bnd, then lunged lor ward with pistol raised but th pe- l! nfillp.man 'was too- aulck and shot him through the head. The re mainder of the band fled. Morris" win probably die. MIXISTEft STRICKEN. LOUISVILLE, i Ky.i Oct. 10. The Rev, Dr. Smart, pastor of the Broad street Methodist Episcopal church, south, one of the largest churches In this city, suffered a nervous collapse in hi pulpit tonight. Physicians '. hi condition ' I serious. Dr, Smart was called to the Louisville congre gation several yeare go from Richmond. . DM Ei KHIIMAH CUES. Trip m Remarkably ' ., - ' finish line" while- the cheers of h thousand Inside the flwld rang In his ear.. ' : While the crowds, were gathered about the KiiKliahmun showering con-fr.tt'i1-"1 nn upun him, out of the ,ir dime the J'rsnehmsn. AH -v.-r forcussed upon him, , i. lie he was 1,000 fff..i M, down ilk the wtii'l i .-ibed teautlful curve ' ' "v f,v'T Ihe irailil ,(.,,) v r j any tl iiiinutloti ef , ,i uiit tivnr the course. each mirtiuuil uuig Vwer and lw- er. FlneJly he settled near nis nn- r with not so much as a jar .. . M.JnL HlkM Start Meanwhile, Molssnt was tuning up hi nwly bought Blerlot preparatory to making a start. : At ftrrt It mo tor did not 1ng true, but finally they became attuned and h hot up In the ! amtll1 ihi airtln nylon and wa off' ovr the gr4 atand, steering by the compass tor ueoioee "". hiK irtanda the Statu of Li berty. Fifty mile an hour wa th peed the spectator reckoned he was making against m ooio, ujh" which wa blowing at mile n hour, and It wa only a few momenta after he passed beyond th park nclour until h wa lot In the dutanc. Mile T After mil he p. high up , In the air, croaslr. over Brooklyn, at an altitude of 1,000 ft leaching th Bast river Molant swept aero, to th.N.w York hort Then describing a pretty half circle 'h4 out aero th. bay ni around the .tatue, . Uk th two I ri val who had preceded him, also hod th wind at hi bk In bis rw.wttnued on Page Throe.) ;s WISHES Donates W,000 Acres and Milion Dollars for Its Maintenace , NEWBURG, N. T., Oct. 10, Jn accordance with th Cherished plan outlined by her hueband, th late E tU Harrlman, Mr. Mary W. llarrl man ha presented to th state f New York 10,000 acre of land, a part of th Arden estate, to be In corporated In ths Interstate pallsadM park. At the same tlm Sift $1,000,000 wa mad by Mr. Har rlman for the development of the park and the preserve was further Increased by the transfer . to the park commission of 780 sere which had been Intended for th new tate prison on Bear mountain, but which by acf Of the last legislature w ceded to the park.' - !v Presentation of the grent Harti mari gift we made to Geo. W. Per klnsrertdent of the Palisades park iiommlsslon, by Averlll W, Harrlman, son of the late financier,' yesterday. As ho handed the deed and the ft. 000,000 check to Mr. Perkins, youns Harrlman expressed on behalf of his mother and himself, the hope that through all' the year to com the health and happln of future gen eration will be advanced by these gift.- . ' - I " -'V: Th preeentaton . ceremonle took place on th top of Beat mountain and in tha presence , of about fifty person, including representative i the commission snd , m number ef prominent- resident : of New Xoiu. When the park I completed It Will be the largest recreation ground In the world located near a great .'eltv. It will extend from Fort Lee trertly opposite New Yorkv to Newburg, in eluding the historic and famed pali sade on th Hudaon river. - ; UK OUT HUSBAND Vote Down Resolution Offcrci by Socialists to Impeach ; Him - QUIET FOLLOWS THE USUAL FIERY DEDATC His ni;orous Msar-ro ' Slt pressing Recent Z'll3 Cause cf HuLLub ; PARIS, M. $0 Amid'.' an lm pretalv hiisft, which, conlm strangely with yesier.iay' niu dented paaslon and tumult In r chamber of deputies, Premier ltrk,. today In cool ami Inn.iv. hr... ., i aconmpltshad oratory, flayed the ciallsta for their vfuienre in furV.i.i- '"S nim in rignt or pee;h, 1u-i premier ured the tth'amber that he wa no dictator, but a man of lw and order and at the end or the ' alon hi frank appear for the r.-imh-llran support resulted in a vote r COnfldeecs 31$ to 1 N 3. Since the days of the B.ulniu: r and Dreyfus affair,: no m n i . t hi-been, display)! In a . of the French purllnment. Vat crn besieged th doors at; an etirly hc.i.r Slid unable to seeur entry, bled In ths sijpare, three tr.-t n on the Pont Ue . la Conrorde ; waited for hour In th ruin to 1. the outcome. Carried away fay his pi.ssion terdny the premier, dtftnillng the' at. titude of tha government in uinr- sing the railway strike, exi lulm-- Had the actual laws of the . try not been sulllcl.'iit I viou! I i. t have hesitated to rer.ri evin t i legal Rieustire for th pnrpi i ; pieservlng the fatherland." ..Following M. muni, v h,, tllleit tho' premier' v. - i . i axiom ' that a in ml i ) would Jinttfy tlui in t ( ae.ruplca, ULiBrinn,! mi.'.. ; bun, llenc falling (iw I i. v f.xpluliM I ?- Jf declureil that his reimirh ' fcf yesterday had been entirely , derstood, becau th soclullstlc f and disorder hail not permitted 1 to complete hi statement. What h. h4 tried to nay wa that in grav. hour of national " peril exenptionai ineasure wra Justified. Neverthe. lea th government wa proud tlmt It had kept within the limit of le gality. Then with a dramatic gesture be flung out hi hand, erying: "Look at the hand not a drop of blood." An outburst of cheer greeted the premier h called all food French men to rally to th flag of peac m; support th government' effort to maintain law and order. A resolution Introduced by the So cialist Impeaching M. firland for h! "dictatorial crushing down; of wage earner" wa rejected by an over whelming majority, after which tin chamber voted confidence In the gov ernment to safeguard ; the ihteret. of the working class and preserve th vital Interests of th nation. A scrutiny of th vote shows that 110 radicals, who . ordnarlly support the government,' joined with the social ists. '.... , GATES AGIST 17HI0H PANAMA CAOTFREll Enormous Affairs Belts Manufactured , in Pitts burg for Panama Locks piTTsnyita. p.f Oct. ia. mi- chevloUK boys dreaming tonight of gates they will seie as halloween trophies would Bn( In. the wildest nightmares imagine , such enurmou gates a are being made, in Pittsburg for th Panama Canal, They wilt b the "largest gates Jn the world. Anjr one of the ninety two of them, for there are to be forty six pairs tn all., will be about a high, a a six story building, as wide ( feet) a many city , buildings : ar and seven feet ' deep, or thltk,: The ' structural steel that wilt go to make them will weigh (0,000 ton or more than eight time as much as was used to build the Eifel towntr In Paris. ? . . The mighty ' portals; designed ' to admit a world, a commerce from one; ocean to anothur, wlll- fios $8,600,- 000. The builders are the ' McClln-i tick Marshall Steel Construction com-1 pany, a half of whose 1nt. pendent plant her has been glvn ever en tirely to the gat contract Of the $0,000 ten of steel required the heaviest single piece will weigh about It ' ton. . rk b-V;,-'-,,.rv r The thousands Of individual pieces number anil fitted to go together uneasily a children' blocks, will be shipped bjf steamer via Baltimore and with them will go over .four hiin-dred'-'skllled structural steel builders from Pittsburg te set them up. The advance guard of experts leave bore In IVcemher and the Unit work ui probably begin early in 1SU. It wi take three years to complete Uio 1
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