North Carolina Newspapers

THE SUNBAY' CITIZEN THE WEATHER: FAIR VpL. XXVIL, NO. 38. ASHEYILLE, N. C, SUK PAY MORNING, NOVEMUKR 27, 1910, PRICE FIVE CENTS lO TODAY s FROM INSULT BY PLEA OF FRIENDS Waterways Delegates Finally Vote Down Resolution Re ; baking Him BOARD OF ENGINEERS DOES NOT PLEASE THEM Bitter Debate on Floor of Con vention After Committee Had Reported . ST. LOUIS, Nov., 2. An attack on president Toft was thwarted today ut the final session of the Lakes to the Gulf Deep Waterway association convention here this afternoon after the resolutions committee had asked approval of its report. Friends of the president rushed to the platform, und appealed to the delegates to eliminate what Governor Charles 8. Deneen of Illinois; termed "an Insult". After two hours of warm dlsouselon the objectionable section was stricken out. The section .which caused the heat ed debate follows "And In, bitter disappointment and in sorrow 'we' are compelled to de plore the course of the executive in delaying; the creation of the board provided for In the last rivers and harbors act, and in finally appointing a board which proved unfriendly to our policy and our project, despite our patriotic effort to aid him by In formation concerning; these physical nnd commercial conditions better known to us than others." Bitter Debate -Husoes. As soon as Alexander Y. Scott of Memphis, chairman of (.he committee completed the reading of, the reso lutions, R. R. Broland, of Peoria, III., moved to strike out the section. After some debate, Borland with drew the motion and Congressman 1 lie hard Bartholdt of. Missouri, re newed Jt. " ' Congressman Bartholdt nekl that the section did an Injustice to the president,, as Mr. Taft by the wording of the act nil compelled to . name l ive chief -englrreer of the army an one of the board. He appealed to the conventlow-t'.?ibrrtnite the harsh and untrue words. ., Congressman 11. T, Rainey of Illi nois, made bitter ' attack on the I army engineers as a whole, and said the men on the board were pre)u-l flioed against tlje waterway. He said I the resolution as read should bo ad- j (Continued on page four). inurPOTiraME FIGHT, AND WAS DOWNED SHESBEFORE COUNT Moran Easily Had Better of Mill From the Beginnnig of Second Round NELSON FORCED PACE BAN ' FRANCISCO. Nov. 26. Bat tling Nelson of . Hegcwlsch (Chica K) Illinois, will no longer menace the light weight belt For the first time In his fighting career the ..Du rable Dane." a shell of the once great pcurlllat, was knocked out to day beyond all dispute. Owen Mo ran, from Birmingham. England, did the feat. Moran knocked Nelson out in the 11th round of a scheduled '20 round en-ent, his victory being clean and leaving ho room for argument as to Tils complete mastery over the one time champion. One second after the final round had lpfl tolled off and Referee Ben jamin Be.llg above thj din shouted. "YouTe out; Moran wins." Nelson was on his feet blood streaming from his nvuth find nose, loudly lmportun ong the referee to allow him to con tinue. The eleventh nl final round op ened with neither tighter perceptl Mv In dietroM. Moran. who appar- nly had been Wdtnk his time for finishing (blow. ' got his chance when Nelson, with head bowed, rushed Into close quarter Moran Jfcimr hip right forward catching Nel son flush on tho Jaw. Down the Dane went to his haunches for the count of nine. Nelson tottered to his feet. Meed tng id dased. Maron stood back waiting for him. Again the Briton's pow-Tful right shot out and Nelson dropped to the mat once more. The performance was thrice repeated. Maron each time reaching Nelson's unprotected Jaw wtlh, his right. With the ast anocKuown. uv iicictt the timekeeper counted the fateful ted When Referee 8elig declared Mo ran the winner, Moran turned a handspring into the arms of his seconds and dashed from the ring without mark to indicate that he had been In light. PANIC STRICKEN GIRLS LEAP FROM FLAMES Caught in Burning Four Perish Either in Fire or in Their Frantic , Sixty Feet Below. NEWARK. N. J., Nov. 26. In ten minutes 24 girls were burned alive this morning or crushed to death on the pavement in leaping from the windows and Are escapes of the four story brick factory at the corner of Orange and JHgh streets. The latest count tonight shows -that 16 of the 24 bodies recovered have been iden titled, and that six girls are still m Us ing. They may bo among the uniden tified dead or they may be in the ruins. The collapse of a wall tonight Interrupted further search. Fifty were taken to hospitals of whom two may die. Among the Injured is Joseph E. Sloane, deputy fire chief, who was overtaken by the failing wall nnd buried in bucks and rubbish. He is badly hurt, but may recover. The rush of the flames was so In credibly swift and threw such unrea soning terror into the huddled work ing girls on the top story, that the body of one was found still seated on a charred stool beside the machine at which she had been buxy when the first cry of "fire" petrified her with fright. Horrible as must have been what went on in the smoke of that crowded upper room, what befell outside in the bright sunlight wns more horrible yet. The building was furiously In flammable, und the first gush of flames had cut off all possibility of escape by the stairways. The eleva tors made one trip, but took no pas sengers and never came back. The only exit was by two narrow fire es capes, the lower platform of which were 25 feet from the street. Leaped to Death. On to these overcrowded and steep lanes, scorched dancing hot by th Jets from lower windows, pressed for ward a mob of women, blind with panic driven by the Are and the oth- j era behind them, ; A net had been spread beneath the windows and the girls began to Jump. "Like rata out of a burning bin" was the way a hremun described the pell mall descent. They, bulled' out of the window-tike 'a thick treacle: ' rolling up on the heads of those below them and cascaded from the Are escape to the sidewalk 60 feet below. Borne of them stood In the windows outlined against the flames and Jumped clear; others from the landings; still others from the steps where they stood. The air was full of them and they fell everywhere Into the net, on MEXICO LIFTS EMBARGO TELEGRAPH LINES; NTERI NOW QUIET Sensational Rumors are Still Plentiful, But Can not be Confirmed TROOPS ON GUARD LAREDO, Texatr. Nov. 26. Bar ring me many sensational rumors which seem to almost hourly gain currency, there have ieen no new developments in today's news re garding the revolution. Oeneral J'lll.'ir has received advices cover! lg his entire district and that of C-ilanel Pena from Colombia to Culdud Parfirio Diaz, and the re ports show general quiet at all points along the border and in the ilmme dlato Interior. According to the American officers the sane quiet conditions exist at nil places along the American side of tho river. Tho United States troops are still encamped at Minerva, 30 miles above Laredo on tho lino of the Rio Grande and Kale PaM railroad for the pur pose of maintaining observancn of the neutrality laws. The Mexican government at 7.45 o'clock tonight lifted the embargo on the ur of all telegraph wires and furnished The Associated Press with it leased wire to the City of Mxleo. For the first time in five days a full press report Is going into the republic. The fact tlu.t the govern ment Ilnde It convenient to d away with one of its few dlrec circuits is taken as an Indication that th situation is now well in hand there and that there is no further fenr ol an outbreak, especially in the interior. RAIDING FOR FOOD MEXICO CITT, Nov. . tt .The only news to reach this city today in-, dlcat'ng activity on the part of the revolutionist was that of the raldlnr by a lend of 25 or SO half starved men early today of Retonia ranch near Sacramento, 30 miles north of Torreon. . . -' - The ranch store is said to have been stripped of provisions. Nothing else was molested.' TO DEATH Factory, Twenty Leap to Pavement the necks of flremen, and 15 of them on the hard stone slabs. When tho awful rain ceased there were eight dead In the street, and tho gutters ran red. Boven more were so badly crushed that xhey died In hospitala Fifty are still under surgeons' care, Clouds of smoke and showers it burning embers spread over the city and rained down on neighboring roofs. As tho news flew and tt lost nothing In tho felling panic spread to other factories where many of the girls in peril had friends and relatives and several firms had to shut down for the dav. Thousands flocked to the scene and made the work of the fire men and police more difficult. ' QJi-Soukcd Building. The bflldlng was a four story brick structure occupied on the two lower floors by the Newark Paper Box com pany and the A. A. Drake Paper Box company; on the Uilrd floor, where the death list - ran heaviest by the Wold Mfg. company, makers of mi derwear. The wooden floors were soaked with oil drippings from the machinery and tho flames ate through them like pasteboard. ' When they warped and weakened, the weight of the machinery tore them from the walls and they fell into the basement In a horrified tangle of hot Iron and mangled humanity. ' Sadio Benson, and other employes of the Aetna Electric company, were cleaning an electric light fixture In a gasoline bath. The proline took fire, she does not know how, and trickled in a little rivulet of flame on to the floor where stood a full can of gaso line. The can exploded and the burn ing liquid flew far and wide. Htuplfied With fVar. Fireman Brown who turned In tho alarm was at work directly opposite the building) cleaning the windows of tho engine house where he is sta tioned. He saw a girl rush out of the factory into the street screaming and wringing her hands. "There's Are in there," she cried, pointing back to the hallway, ahe ad left,:; Brown -turned In an alarm and then' dashed up the firs escape. Already he found forty tlrls at the fourth story windows, some of them so dazed with terror that they hadn't the wit to pull down tho easheH and climb out. Brown smashed in the window and began pulling the girls through on to the fire escape. He countod forty that filed past him. CHARLOTTE S PUBLIC UTILITIES GOBBLED UP Street Car System, Electric and Power Plant all Tak en Over by Dukes PAID ABOUT MILLION CHARLOTTE, N. C. Nov., 28 Announcement was made tonight of the purchase by the Southern Power company of the property and fran chises of the Charlotte Consolidated Construction company, embracing the local street car lines, with 26 mile of trackage, gas and electric lighting systems and power plant. Botih par ties to the deal which Is understood to Involve nearly a million dollars, declines firmly to mention the con sideration. Tho Southern Power company has been projecting extensive lnterurhan trolly lines in this section, but was handicapped n every point on the Charlotte inlet by the local company. The absorption of the local com pany means that tho plans of the purchasers will shortly bo realized. Dr. E. O. Wylle is president of the Southern Power Co., and both J. B. and N. D, Duke are heavily Interest ed in the enterprise which now owns all tho important water power plants in the Piedmont section. The local plant Is capitalized at 1 .475.009 COLONEL WETMORE DIES OF INJURIES ST. LOUIS, Nov.. 28. Colonel Moses C. Werwore, democratic Na tional committeeman for Missouri and Chairman of the An-ance com mittee of the National democratic organization died late today follow ing injuries he sustained as tha re sult of being run over on Wednesday by a wagon. His injuries, consisted of concussion of the brain and a fractured shoulder. Colonel Wet more wu active In politics for many year. He made a tremendous fortune as a tobacco manufacturer. His op position to the tobacco trust la' said to have cost it 15.000, 000. HI com pany vra finally absorbed. Colonel Wetmore was a bachelor, 4 yeara old. "Coming Events Cast Their Shadows Before' ONE GOAL FROMFIELD WINS FORNA V Y; NEITHER In One of Neatest Games of Try's From PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 26. That old rule which ; teaches that It on cares to succeed he must try, try igaln, was forcibly brought to mind on Franklin Field today when the Navy In a hard and clean game of 'ootbatl defeated their old rivals, the rmy, by the score of 3 to 0. After .lx attempts to., boot the ball from placement over the West Point goal line. Dalton, th sturdy half hack of the Midshipmen's team, succeeded on his seventh effort - and; ' tho three points which he had l-en striving far, looked good to the Navy and proved to bo sufficient to wlfi the same. ' It pr&tyttsjc, & ty'brtweii the goal post and - wa made toward the end of the last period jif . play. The kick almost broke the Army's heart, but true to the tradition the Army stuck to it and did not show the white feather. The Navy deserved tho victory for tho Midshipmen put up a Sti rling game and outplayed the cadets from the initial kick-off down to the instant when Field Judge Fults declared the contest at an end. Tried All Distance. Of Datum's seven attempts at goal from the field, three Were made from the thirty yard lino. The lost which succeeded wits from the 28 yard line there was one from the '39 yards and one mighty effort 51 yards from the Army goal. All but three o his kicks 'arrled to the goal line, but the stiff wind from the northwest which blew ueross the field carried the bull to one side of the posts. "Dean, the star punter of the Army made two at tempts st field goals, one from the GOV. KITCHEN GIVES SIK Prisoners' Applications Backed by Strong En dorsements from Homes It VLEIOII, N. C Nov. 226 Six pardons granted by Governor Kltohln on recommendation of court officers, citizens and others and on account of previous good character, exem plary deportment aa prisoner, or be cause of falling health, are to Geo. Gay, Wilson county, after serving ten years of a thirty year tentence for manslaughter; Nelson Siamcy, Ruth-' erforl county, let oft with three years of a five year sentence for man slaughter; James Branch, McDowell County, serving nine years for high way robbery, having been a youth und-M- the inftuenco of a bad man; C. W. Nash, Anson count)', serving six months for trespassing; Tom Thocker, Rockingham county, serv ing 1 i months for selling whiskey; R. H. Plnkerton, Cherokee, serving IK months for assault with deadly weapon on his brother la law. WASHINGTON, Kor. ItFore cast: North Carolina.: fair, warmer Sunday; Monday rain, light variable winds becoming south. , SIDE CROSSED Season Middies Sacceid in Placement. -Frankhn Eield in Brilliant n ; Array of Color,' , , ;'" ; V yard line and the other at 46 yard, but neither kick damn near a wore. Distinguished Hpccutors, The gums will go down in ths foot ball annals of West Point and Annap olis as one of I he cleanest Mid bsst ever played between th two institu tions. , It Was fought before nns nf tho largest crowds that ever gathered in Finn kiln Field and for hrllllnru-e the great crowd ha never beutt nut' shown by any crowd attratHwl the annual' battle of thwn twH stms the national service. - ! In the boxos wore many figure familiar In society circlet Wash intrtom New Ynrk and 'I'HuiIt)'lIi4. Secretary of: the Nnvjr Meyer wt present nd he rooted hard and Sue lessfully for the Navy. ' Secretary Meyer was ably a-slstod , in pushing the Navy on to victory Assistant .-Jecretary WInthrop and a long line of rear admirals, captains nd .other officers, active and retired.- ; " i)u the south stand opposite1 there vss tn equally large number of Army iffleers. In the absence of Secretary of War Dickinson, because - of the leath of his aon, Oeneral , Leonard Wood, chief of staff, upheld the 1tmor of the Army. ' ', , The weather was almost perfect for football and the vast crowd bedecked tn the black, gold and gray of the, Army or the bide and gold of the Navy with a generous sparkling of 'arge yellow chrysanthemums madn a brilliant and animated picture.' Tho dx companies of cadet In their long tray coats and cups and (he twelve ompuiiles of Midshipmen in their navy blue uniforms made a line ap- CRIPPEN PROTESTED HIS INNOCENCE TO THE LUST Letters to LeNeve Girl Fill ed With Passionate Pro testations of Love LONDON, Nov. 27. The lost state ment of Dr. Crlppen, who was hang ed on Newmber 23 at Pentonvllle prison, la published in a Sunday pa per In the form of two final letters, written to Ethel Leneve one of which Is dated November 22. The letters are not reproduced In their entirely, It being explained that they contained certain personal confidences but nolh Inx In the nature of a confession. Crlppen throughout declared his in nocence to JJIss Leneve and hoped that his innocence ntin day Would bo revealed. ' The letters, which are printed as one, begin with protestations of pas sionate love for the girl and re pent constantly the phrase: "Ood h'-lp .is to Im brave In the fnen of tli'i end now' s m-ar." 'rippen continues: "Hoy can I t-n-dure to take a last look at your dear fare. What agony must I go through at liiKt wtieti you disappear forever from my eyes. I am comforted III Ihlnklns that throughout rear of fnerv'.nhlp, never have I passed one unkind word or given one reproach ful look to her whom I love beat In life, to whom I have given myself, heart and soul, wholly, entirely for ever." He f presses the hope that Miss Ineve will go to Mra. "H." where she will be free from tho lying tale of the newspaper men and Con-cluifc-a: '' Tomorrow I will bo In Ood' hands. I have perfect faith that He will let my spirit bo with you always." The papers print a fao simile of Crlppen's will, bequeathing every thing to Mlsa Lenevo. OTHERS' LINE Scoring After Six Futile bearahc a they, marched with trtia military bearing across the field prior to tha beginning of the game. Looked, Kyetily MatHkrd. . , '' ' Tha two team appeared to he avsnly matched so far weight was ooticerned as they ran on the Held, Th Army boys won the toss and elected to take tha field with the ttlff IMd at their back giving thr Nvy 111 kick-off. Much of the play lit the first quarter wa in th Army terri tnrj". nhd twic during the- -period Paltott of the Navy failed to kirk A gtial from placement : The only1 tola play, of the period of any not Was a fHmhl by Fullback Jtods of tha Navy, which, however, did no dam age, aa It occurred In th mlddla of th field. The nearest that either aid, cam to acorlng touchdown was in the second period when Hyatt off th Army fumbled on of Dalton' 'long mints, and GMksltrlau tha Navy "plebe." felt on th ball on th Army' ten yard tin. J 'Put It over, put It over." cam th cry from th frantic Midshipmen In th north stand, but Just as tha tqatrul et themselves for a mighty effort up went the timer' hand and the period was over. ; - Navy'" t'luvw Trick, .; Th thlr period howed om callent football and Incidentally brought out several play that could be classed under the head of new football. One wa m wing shift by the Navy directed sometime at th right side of tha Army tin and some times at tho laft, occasionally It wa (Continued on puo four) MOB QUIETLY STRINGS Had Been Caught Prowling About Room of White Woman in Night " MAVO, Fla.. Nov. it. -Richard Lowe, a negro was quietly lynched -several miles outlde the city before noon toady for entering the bedroom of the daughter of R. M. Cobb In the heart of Mayo lata last night. The crime of th negro and the subse quent lynching was a secret until this afternoon. :, Cobb was awakened late last night by his daughter' screams and went to investigate. A he entered the room tho negro Jumped through the window. A searching party was sent out and arrested the negro, who was later Identified by a portion of his hat. A crowd of some forty men gath ered quietly this morning und easily effected an entrance Into the Jail Make a Guess on Asheville's Population What I th population of Aahovltlof Who can gu Itf 5 , 5 Th Cltteen offer a prlio of flvo dollar to Th Cltiaen reader who oan com nearest to making a correct ortlmata. Fill , out , this blank and address It to Population Editor, tha Citigen, and either mall It or leava It at Tho Citizen of lie. The winning gneae will be published after the announcement of tho real population from Wash ington. Thi announcement may com any day, ao It will b well tot you to hnrry up your goes. Tou can guesa only once. ,i . , . ; , . Name .. . .. , ... r.. ..... . . Addreaa.r .. r My guess la , DEMOCRATS WILL CELEBRATE THEIR GLORIOUSVICTOnV National Rally of all Factions Will be Held at Baltimore on Jackson Day ; WILL NOT ATTEMPT TO FORMULATE POLICY Will Likewise Avoid Belna Drawn Into Discussion of Booms For Presidency ' BALTIMORE. Nov. !. Th move- nvent to nng to BaJUmor th rep resentative domocmia of th coun try, m ana out of ui eonarew In gathering that will ren an oppor tunlty to rejoioo over , th recent democrat lo victory and to Interchange vdewa aa to tha future, iwm placed on a dednlt foundation today whsn th commit tea In chart, headed by Gov ernor Crothera, after tone confer en co wit Norma a B. Mack, chairman or tho democratic national commit to and Champ ! Clark, of Missouri, adopted tho form of aa invitation which wtll bo sent to tha leading dftm.M-rs.ts In all the state. . Acting upon tho advlo of Mr. Mauk and Mr. .Clark, th conference Idea, ofiglruilly 'considered was drop ped and it w determined to make tha Idea. national Jaokson day cel ebration of democratic achievements, Tha ntans endorsed ' by ; Chairman Mack and Mr, Clark, contemplate a big mass meeting at th Lyric then tra in th afternoon, at which apech- will bo md by loading demo crat of tho eountry'to be followed by a banquet. It I thoroughly un derstood that at th meeting that the IiaJtlinopa celebration will not bo In n natur of a conference, th re wilt of which' wilt bind or commit lthr the demooratlo pwty or -the Individual participating therein. It wum further understood that thre am no resolution to b adoutsd, no personal boom. for th presidency, or for other ofllce and no resolution passer) Indicating or outllnltm ay-plat-Conntrjr.Whlc lit Vuop ? i UkcwissiH wag mivas pmire i no seotlon of the country, and that no element of th party 1a to bo ov erlooked or . left unirprentd, but tha the gathering will bo opn, free Mid solely to th promotion of th party unity and nawnony. It I pro posed to send Invitations to ovwy democratic member of tho present congress and of th nxt congress, on both tho house and tho senate aids, to Invito every conspicuous ' -' loader of th party in th country, regard less of their difference hi tho pot, and to e i tend a weloomo generally to democrat who desir to keep alive and vibrant th present triumphant spirit of th national democracy. Both Chatrnwua Mack and Mr. Clark pledged themselves to attend tho afternoon athrln; which will bo in tha nature of national dmn oraUo moss meeting, and also to Ho among tho guests at tho banquet flt night. It being understood that Mr, Clark wltl b among tha orators of th evetitng. - , LOPS FEW TH0US?.?;D OFF " northwester: cities ' . ': .. ... . .'......""' ' ' ' Seattle Loses Eleven Thou sand and Portland ;Fif tee Thousand In Revision WABHINOTON, NoV. II, -In an nouncing tonight tna correct popuw-; inn .i Suitiii WuA. and Port land, Oregon, a 7.l and 107,214. respectively. Census Director Purand Issued statements giving th resulu of the renumeratlon mad nesary In oertaln districts of th two cltte by ovldonco of padding of tho ori ginal figures, contained 348.3S2 nimsv or U.ls more than th llnal figur." o,v Mr. Durand. "This difference m reoents liames llmlnaod frdm vari ous rtistrlcta as not' entitled 'to enu meration. Correction wer mod In lh euumeraUon of nftoeajdlatrlcln out of total of 1T8, : ' ' ' -S . .... .