Newspapers / Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.) / Sept. 5, 1911, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
T f LE CITIZEN. THE WEATHER : SHOWERS Circulation Q t)(( Daily Over 0v If U "VOL. XKVIL, NO. 319 ABIIEVTLLE, N. 0 TUE SDAY MQRNING, SEPTE MBER 5, 1911 PRICE FIVE CENTS - - ' - " .. ,,,,, ,, . .; , r FORTY GOVERNORS iSl'ER GALL FOR GREATCOHNCE utai Affair Will hrt Knnt In Background Formatters . of Importance NUMEROUS TOPICS OF MUCH INTEREST Two Democratic 'Possibilities' Will be Among Those Pres: ' enuXlsoTafi SPRING LAKE, N. J.. Sept. 4 tm h nret time within recent American history the governor of approximately vny m atat will meet in conierenc nere Tuesday, 8ept 13.: Thirty-seven chief executive have accepted the call out right, several from nearby common-4..-.. i v . Umm. fmt tn k heard from Q.tkiia ipv . and of the email remainder thoee who can so arrange their duties will at ten a for at least ' a. portion of the time. The original conferenoe at the white house, held upon call of President Roosevelt In nOT. was attended by thirty-three conferees. . S.; ' : The full IN days of th program win h devoted 'to discussion of oue- tlons now uppermost In the mind pi atateemeni whil oclal affair will be kept In the background. Lat year at Louisville a round of entertain ment waa provided which took so much time that the business of the conferenoe wa curtailed. When they adjourned to meet at Spring Like, the governor told Gov. Wilson that they " 'wanted to come this year for aerlous ' business, and would leave the social end to their wives and others who ; might accompany them. Accordingly : Gov. Wilson and the committee have refused to allow any entertainments to be arranged, except a reception 'which he and Mrs. Wilson will give .- luiitun u.t Bea Girt Sept. 'It and a dinner to be given the fol lowing Tnnrsoaj-. Important Topics. On the program, which has already been announced, are toplce of wide spread interest To the discussion of . emlri in wti v , - . be given and th stars eomroi ar Ho- utlltles will be discussed, another full day. - Qov. John A. Dlx, Of New ' TWfc will discuss the new lnherl ' tance tax law passed last winter, and the question of fixing Intrastate traffic (Continued on Page Four.) THOT IS WON HUNDILY BY HEATS I IUIJ 'Winner Takes $5,000 and Three Others in Order Come in for Portion. FAMOUS CLASSIC HARTFORD,' Conn.. Sept 4. The opening day of the Grand Circuit races was held here today in con section with the annual state fair with the historic ten thousand Chart er Oak, 2.14 trot a the feature, and which was won by R. T. C, driven by Murphy in atralght heats. ,The finishes In all three heat were close. In the first heat Gordon Todd, driven by Oeers. led until with in one hundred yards of the wire. when he stumbled and almost fell R. T. C. passing him and winning by alength ' from Chatty Direct The second heat was won by R. T. C. ty purse gives R. T. C. 6,000; Chatty Direct J2.600; Gordon Todd 11,600, ud Louis Forest 11,000. Charter Oak, 2.14 trot purse 1S.- 000, S In C; R. T. C. ch. g., won Chatty Direct second; Gordon Todd, br. a., third. Best time 2:07)4. SEVERAL INJURED BY AN EXPLOSION JCtTTERBY. Me., Sept 4 By an explosion of gasoline in the surf of the V. S. gunboat Paducah, Captain W. Gilmer, hla wife and his wife's mother Mrs. Plerson P. Peterson, and two seamen were Injured In the Pls catqula river, this afternoon. - GOOD SHOOTING SCORES LTXCHBTJRG. Sept 4. At the twelfth annual tournament of the : Virginia Trap Shotter" association here today, a Lynchburg team con slating of Pox. Daniel, Wlnfree, .Fisher and Dennis, won the state team championship, breaking 22 5 out of 2S0 targeta. Looter German, of Aberdeen, Md made the best score of the profcs aional shooters, breaking 14S out of 160, and Dr. Rlcharda, of Roanoke, led the-amateurs with a record of 140 out,.of target. . ;.'.. The state Individual championship win be shot i tomorrow. ; The . next tournament will be held tWbor Day next year at Lynchburg. - - HACKENSCHMIDT AN EASY MARK FOR THE WORL&SCHAMPION Frank Gotch Compels So-Called "Russian Lion To Beg For MercyWas Ijever In it at Any Time. . 14. 4.4- -f-4- t f FACTS OX-MATCH. Wlnner--Frank A.' Ootch. ' of Humboldt, la., champion wrest- er of the world. : ....if f ' Loser Oeo. Hackenschmldt, of Dorpst, Russia, European' champion. ; v . i .- irirst fall Qotch pmned Hack- ensohmldt with a reverse body hold. Time, 14.H l-o. - , f a. . cuKnnii fall Ootch , Dinned 4- Hackenschmldt with a toe lock. 4 -Time. Ml Wrestling time ll.tO ' i; Attendance 10,000 (estlmat- Total receipts $7,05!., 4 Ootch's share,. $11,000 and f. per cent. of moving plotura prot- its. i " I Hackenachmldt'a share, IIS,- A A T Jack Curley, Hackenschmldt's, -f manager, received aa ms share. "" Empire Athletic clnb's anare, -e- S6.CB0 , expenses ( estimated ) llt.000. CHICAOO. 8epfc 4.T-Tha gBTPh- Ical center the wrestling world was more than ever fortifleld at Hum boldt Iowa, the home of, Frank Qotch. today? Moreover, referee Ed. a 11k h nrnnlalmed the world's cniivu. r ' champion victor over Oeorge Hacken schmldt deoairea mat ior i . ... nnuld be no Shift of thewrestllng capital, unless Ootch should choose to cnange nn residence. ",- , m.. nMi.n'i showlnr waa pitiful. The crowd decreed tha,t he bad "quit" but the defeated challenger, wirv.. copious tears, averred tnat ne en tered the arena witn a wrw..- Kneo uu ...w. -----or.ortilv reduced him to a tto Of Ootcn woriieu' a comaTatlv ; helplines ...fv it.rfi raa Bra nn TtsMsiaa Tiffir - mi.r'-.lMiiMi nrvM -weT on "edge. Ha spent a sleeroless night nd was pale when he crawled through the ropes. Dr. J. J. Pavls, who ex amined both wrestler before they went to the mat, declared taht though there might be something wrong with ANOTHEB ENTRANT FOB . CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT , IS RESULTJF VICTORY Earl L. Covington, Wins the Longest Competitive Flight Ever Held MADE GOOD TIME BOSTON, Mas., Sept 4. The derby event of the second annual Harvard-Boston aero meet, a cross country flight of'160 mile through the eountry, the longest competitive cross-country flight ever held In this country, we won today by Earl L. Ovington of Boston In a 0-horse Dower Blerlot monoplane. Lieut T. D. Mlillrig, in a Burgess-Wright won In the second division for biplane. The oourse to Nashua, N. H , thence to Worcester, Mass., from there to Providence, R.. I., and back to Boston was covered " by Ovington In 111 minutes, 22 1-5 second, win ning for him a purse of $10,000. Milling did the course In 122 minutes, 87 seconds, securing the $7,600 for the biplane class. ' - Ovlngton's successful finish of the cross-country flight tonight determln- j ed for him a resolution formed a few I dap ago to enter the Pacific to At lantic aeroplane race. He will be on the Pacific within wo weeks. ALLEGED "BADGER" MAN RELEASED RALT1GH, N. C, Sept 4. W, J. Murphy, the Seaboard Air Line con ductor who waa arreated a ha step ped off hi train here a few night ago on a charge of participating In a badger game at Albany, Oa, was to day released on habeas corpus pro ceedings before Associate Justice W. A. Hoke, of the Supreme court ' ; Gov. Kltchin had honored a requi sition from Gov. Smith, of Georgia, for- Murphy, and the habeas corpus proceedings waa to resist requisition. The hearing was begun Saturday when fourteen reputable men testified that Murphy was in Raleigh on, the day the badger waa alleged to have been worked in Albany, and today wit ness from Osorgia, - for whom . the hearing had been, continued failed to Identify Murphy sj the man wanted. Pride of America Hackenschmldt' knee, it was not avt dent during the examination. While It took CTotoh fourteen minute and It second to gain the first fall, Ihe second fall required r only nv mtn utes and twenty-two eeoonda, Which Hackenschmldt' .friend". kSsert proved that his knee waa in ad Oon ditlon. : '''' ' Referee Smith I authority tor. ih statement' that when Ootch aecuted the fatal toe look which won him, match, Hackenschmldt cried out . "Don't hurt my lo." and a sec ond later, "don't bread my lei."-and fell with hla shoulder to the mat frothing at the mouth. Terrible Toe Hold : The first' fall -. resulted . from reverse body hold after the' men had struggled 14.11 H. That terrible to hold for which Ootch 1 farnou w responsible for 'the' second fell. . Ha clamped it on the left toot Of Hack ensohmldt after the second fall hd gone f.tt 1-6. Scarcely had he oh tained the grip before Hackenechmld acknowledged defeat ' Hackenachmidf own tatemnt that It was the easiest world's eham piOBshlp ever won,- ten the srnry of the bom, almoat a wait as it could be told. Ootch never waa In serious difficulty at' any time during the match. ' Neither was he forced to -extend himself to win. The lowan se cured In all perhaps half a doten dangerous hold on hi antagonist Hack's Excnte Hackenschmldt had Ootch worried but once. During the flrt fall Hack ensohmldt obtained a body hold on Ootch that brought him to the mat But the champion was on the canvas for only a few seconds. . Then he was only down aa tar a hla knee. Almost before the;'Uon" realised that his opponent was In a danerou predicament, Ootch had wriggled, out of the hold and was bounding. aoros the ring to -safety. Bor his defeat. Hackenschmldt offer but one excuse, that hla Jeft knee, which was Injured ln talaf two weeks oi weakened under the pressure of the- Iron hand of Ootch and It waa usele to con tinue at the. risk of being perma nently Injured. Hack went Into the ting with the member bandaged. Bu (Conttmied on Page Bight) VAN WYCK IS SHOT KILLED BY HER Before Bystanders Could Interfere W. A. Child, Jr., Kills Himself! - CELEBRATED BEAUTY Q-uogue, N. T., Sept 4. Mlsa Kath arlne Van Wyck, 1 year, a niece of former Mayor Robert A. Van Wyck, and of Supreme Court Justice Augurtu Van Wye, while walking on the seashore today was shot and killed by William A. Child, Jr.. the son of a wealthy retired dealer In electrical auppltea After kiting the young woman, Chllds shot and killed himself. ! Chllds had been attentive to Miss Van Wyck. Both were walking on tne oeacn when Child suddenly drew a revolver ana began shooting, u la supposed Miss Van Wyck failed to reciprocate Chllds attention. Before bystanders could reach the touple .wnyca was aeaa and Child waa dying. Tbe young weman'a fam ily, who ara prominent In Brooklyn, have a cottage here. Mis Van Wyck waa the favorite niece jof former Mayor Van Wyck. Two years ago ahe went to Europe where her beauty attracted much at tention and she was entertained by many prominent members of the American colony in Paris while she wa visiting her uncle, the former mayor. It 1 said that when ah re turned home she began to receive attention from older men than young Chllds, who waa only one year her. senior. -. , - William A. Chllds, Sr., I accounted wealthy. On retiring he established two of his son. Theodore and Arthur in buainesa Id southern California. The family ha spent it, winters of lata In that state aad ita summers aj Quogua. -v.. ;. ., V. ; iV, , NEGRO WONT BE EXECTTED. . LITTLE ROCK, Ark.. Sept 4. Earl Gilchrist, If -year-old negro, sen tenced to be hanged Sept. f, will net be executed. Gov. Donaghey gav efal assurance, notwithstanding th case i still before the Supreme court Incidentally Gov. Donaghey called at tention to a numbef of telegram and petition coming from northern-and eastern state asking that hla sentence be commuted. NIECE OF ! PRESIDENT OF KG. ENDS ALL HOPE! SETTLEMENTS!! 1 1 r Absolutely. Declines id Meet Representative of Feder ated Shop Employes IS CONSIDERED 1 T ' ; . AS ULf MATUM Unions Will Now "Take Nec essary Steps, to Protect Tnelr Ovvp Interests": CHICAGO, , Sept. d.wPreatdent Markham, of te'IllinoU Central rail road,, tonight. ended hope., of an Im mediate settlement of ah labor dlf flcultle of th rd of directing a letter to W. F. Itramer. secretary of th International Blucksmitha .Union, reruelng to meet, the reprewntativ of th FderateS Shop Ekirployeea to morrow as had be8 reejueatsd Th letter from th"j-epreentatlve 01 tn nine international union In volved and to whlh Mr. Markham' communication we' reply, wa con- siaereu y jaoor nien nere to oe in th nature of a Ulmatura, th union asea tnat Markham meet the emoloyeet of the road as representated by th tyMem' feder ation. 'The request wa conpled with a statement tnat (inies jtn confer ence wa grant ,dby , 1(1 10 o'clock Tuesday morning, September (, . th union'' would take th neceasary plan to protect thrtr own Interest prealdant J. Jr.: MeCrery, of th federation,- will meet with th nine International officers at the appoint ed lm tomorrow and a decision as to a future action by the union will b reached. ; -, 'i : fcmplorni Mar Art. BAN FRANCISCO: ' Hrptr The International president of th five hop craft unions now here, have oeiegatea autnonty to enroroe" tn ultimatum bv th federation of shop employeed of the? Illinois. Central to President Markham to representa tives on telt -groonj whj have been oonductthg - the Jllliol '.Central ne gotlationa Thl ,;.Wi th statement m4,tonlght(,hyi;I!deibl rl.Mk IClln of tha. blacJustirui' union., ' TO ? blSCVSet' CHINESE HO AN SHANGHAI. Kept. 4 A. W. Bash, who represents' an American syndi cate,-will leave her for San Francis co on. the ataamer Empress of India and will proceed to New to dlsoua further Chlneses loana. DELEGATIONS PRESSING ' ELWFWTES Oxford and Durham Seem to Have Edge on Others for Judge Biggs' Place. RALEIGH, N. C, Sept 4.- Two delegations called on Governor Kltchin to press claim of favorite candidates for 'he judgeship of th ninth, district, mad vacant by the resignation of Judge 3. Crawford Bigg of Durham. .On delegation cam from Durham in-the interest of H. A. Foushee and the other from Oxford for A. A. Hicks, who 1 state enator-from that district In the Ox ford delegation for Senator Hicks were Gen. E. 8. Royster, W. A. Devln, T. C Stem and r. C. Brammltt. In the Durham delegation were Victor 8. Bryant. R. H. dykes and R. Reade, who urged th governor to ippolnt Durham's candidate, H. A. 'OUBhCM. The r.ipolntment can be expected at any time now and certainly lie between I'Kks, Foushee end A. Way- land Cot ke, of Oreenaboro. with In dications that the appointment will most probably go to Hick or Fou shee. S, C. FIGHTS AGAINST THE BOLL WEEVIL GREENVILLE. G.4 Sept. 4. After an exchange of letter and tel egram In reference to th order Is sued by 4he state entomologist, for bidding the Importation after Septem- be rlO of cotton into this stats from Texas, Arkansas. Oklahoma, Missis sippi and Louisiana. Captain E. A. myth, president of the Cotton Man afecturera' Association of South Caro lina, received today a telegram from Mr. W- E. D. Evan, of Cheraw, chairman of the entomological com mittee of the board of trustee of Clemcon College s'atlng that a sub committee from his body would meet with the executive committee of tbe Cotton Manufacturer' association In Greenville on Batuday afternoon, I m., September t. inviutlons hav been extended to Southern Railway official and prominent eotton broker of th South to be preaent and take Prt In th discussion, Tha cotton manufacturer ar un willing that any action on their part should Increase the danger of th Introduction of th Mexican boll wee vil ht thl state or Into any south At lantic state, but they tat that they bellev that th danger ha been ex aggerate aad that the quarantine of eotton from five scales mentioned abov 1 rather drastic. . i. ..j . - WITH EQUANIMITY BEATTIE ANSWERS EVERY QUESTION Stuck to His Original Story an A try As it Would Prosecution Could NotShakeHim-Apparentlymade Some Telling Points. CHESTERFIELD COURT HQ08E, Va., Bent. 4.-Throufh l weary hour in a crowded and stuffy court room, Henry Clay "Ites-ttle, Jr., indict d for th murder of hi wife, battled for hi llf tod)-. Evening shadow often Interrupted Vigorous cross-ex amination by , th commonwealth Judge Watson ending th ordeal by adjourning court to a earlier hour than ueual tomorrow, . . - fsla a.,. whn proecuior L. O. Wendenburg Will continue hi rapid- fire of questions. A lone flgur wa young Beattle In the crowd that sur rounded -him 09, all lde-vn th window and tree commanding tb courtroom being thick with tarlng face. And the prisoner sat for hour, hi manner cool and collected until unfolding th sordid details of hi relation with Beulah Blnford, a JT- year-old girl for .whom th procu tlon allege Beattle killed hi brld of a yar,;'vi;-;',;v';vv:,,s .fxt-H- But not alone th orgle of th fpur year , befor hi marrlag and tho that preceded , th "tragedy but th gruesome tale of h attack by th highwayman, the wild rid to th Owen , horn at a speed of It mile an hour with th lifelee. blood cov er: body of hi wife In the maohln besides him wa given to th jury )n all It horrible detail. , - . Donned nioody Cloth, . Th prisoner by requt of th prosecution even stood up to full length and donned th blood-atalned coat that h wor th night Of th murder and attempted to explain why blood had not flecked certain portion of th garment If hi wit waa reclined against him In th way he described. . .:.' -' V V .The clothe of th dad r, oman had been burned Just before " arrest of Beattiaand as more tSan ' -.ex thr wa orcaslon ta refer to thm'r) cutor Wndeburf ' exclaimed: ' "I wish to Ood we had them feere. It was a day of extreme solemnity In the court room.' Tha. accused sat lit an irm hrr. ,hU h4 often reHnf pn uolhawo wrriie witn me oiner ne rubbed a knottomandkrchtef vr hi pal and porsplrfng fae. In .th bar sat hi brother Dougle and hi whlte-hlrd father.' th latter at time covering hi wrinkled counte nance with a fan a ome partlcu. larly loathaom detail were roltd by the on. But whn th end of th FRENHB15SID0MND GEI Problem of Adequate Guar antees to Germany Seems to be Chief Difficulty. BERLIN, Sept. 4. Th German foreign minister, Herr Van Klderlen- Waechter, and the French ambassa dor, M. Cambon, met her today' to discus France's proposal to Oermany !pil ing to a settlement of the Moroc can dlcpute. . The lmi. f sslon continues to pre vail mo;,g German statesmen that the' chief difficulties In th negotia tions will be experienced over the problem of adequate guarantee for the inalctenanc of Germany' econ nmle rtatu tn the Moroccan amolr. It bdlng th belief that th questions of Frem h political predominance In Morixcc and compensation to 'Ger many In th (hap of concession of territory jn th French Congo ar of easier fcf iangement. Th -rrumptlon of th Franco German negotiation did not create optimism on tha bourse, th ton be ing generally weak. The Vrench ambassador, whose "Illness" It 1 Intimated, was due to Hie leiurtance of Franc to resume tl-o negotiation ipn the anniversary of her defeat at Sedan, called at the , foreign office and - communicated, tn a short interview wit n tn roreign minister, tae decision of th Frnch cabinet. Germany' reply to the pro posals la expected shortly. No public statement waa Issued relativ to th Interview between th French am bassador and the German foreign minister. TRAGEDY AT 6A AXTOSTO SAN ANTONIO, Tx.. Sept. 4. Frank W. Naylor, a chauffer, wa shot through the heart and Instantly killed by Oscar L. Crockett after a quarrel. WASHINGTON, Sept 4. Fore cast. North Carolina: Local ah ewers Tuesday and Wednesday! light to moderate variable wind, IP MINISTER CONFER mm SHOWERS day cam, the father as usual bent over th prisoner affectionately and kissed him. Beetti answered que. - tlons in an even vole and without motion. ' Prisoner Calm. Except for the nervous fingering of hi handkerchief and th charac teristic vibration of th muscle In his cheek, ft sat Ilk a school boy expressionless a he narrated the tory of th crime. In no Mmntlal did th prisoner' version of th af fair differ from that which h gav t th ooroner Inquest or that to 'Which th defense through Its - wit nesses hllerto ha clung. Th direct examination lasted only two and a half hour while th cross examina tion had proceeded thre and a half hour whn court adjourned .for th day. Tha prosecution In It cross k animation ' gav particular ' attention. hoWv, t two poinf In th pr vlou testimony of the prlonr. . . '.-',-. Drnlc Paul's Utorr ' It th accused had on th night of th murder a light fastened to th rear of tlr machine, why could he not e th fleeing highwayman to th rear of th car. or If th prison er had grappled with th assassin and aucceeded In wrtlng th shot gun from htm, falling to th ground at th am tlm upon th uddn re lease of tl weapon 4 from th high Wftyman' hand, why did th high wayman fie with Bealtl at hi feet on th ground? These question the prlonr vded in hi tsstlmony, but tomorrow the proseoutlon will ham mar away at them anew, Dnli after denial cam from th Hp of th prisoner as Mr. Wenden burg questioned htm concerning th alleged purchs of a shot gun 'for him by bis cousin, Paul Beat tie v on th Saturday befor th murder and th tsstlmony of tha latter as to the confession In which Henry t alleied to hav exclaimed: "I wish t Ood I hadn't don It" I wouldn't do It again for a million dollar. " -BasttW dlclam4 anr 'entIon with th purchase of th gun and any knowledg of, th transfer of any gun by Paul to , him; declaring he never aw th fatal shot gun until th night It wa ralsod by th high- (Conuimed ob Po "avew) FILLS FROM TELEPHONE POLE, liNDSON HIS HEAD "Trouble Man" at Raleigh Died on Operating Table Two Hours After Fall. RALEIGH, N. C, Bpt. -Falling a dlstanc of twenty fset from a tel ephone pole on Baat Jones trt and landing on his forehead, J. M. Smith, a lineman for th Capital City Tele phone company here, died two hour later on th operating table In Rex Hospital lata this afternoon. Th accident wa early in tha aft- ternoon. Smith was th "possible- man" for the telephone company and had been In the seme her for more than a year, coming her from west ern Carolina, near Ashevllle. He wa forty year old and leave a wlf and four children. HIATT AGAIN DISCHARGED. DES MOINES, la.. Sept 4 Con ductor B. L. Hlatt, of th De Moines City RAallway company, whoa dis charge a few weeka ago following) the report of an Inapector resulted In a strike of all th union employes of the oompany, waa again discharged today together with two other con ductor. Th provisions of th Injunction Is sued by Judge Degraff which put an end to recent strike of th employ nd ordered th reinstatement of Conductor Hlatt hav not been vio lated according to court, of flclala REWARD The Citizen company will pay ten dollars for the ar rest and conviction of one W JL Smith, who is selling pictures , of Jack Johnson, the negro "pugilist, "and promising to send The Citi zen. ? The receipt given by this imposter in one instance that has come to our atten tion is very indefinite and is really not a.receipt at all, - Do not pay anyone for The Citizen unless you are personally acquainted "with PASSENGER TRAIN . BEHIND TIME RAN INT0SL01VPREIGHT As Result Four People. Are Dead and More Than Fony. Believed Injured . . RELIEF TRAIN WAS HURRIED TO SCENE According Reports Engineer of Passenger Train Dlsre- garded Red Flag ; , ERIE, Fa., Sept. 4. Four ar daa and at least 40 Injured th result of th wreck of Erl and Pittsburg pas senger train 101 tonight. Th wreck e-Tcurred at Dock Junction, 4 mile west of hl city and cam a th re sult cf a collision between th Erl and Pittsburg trains and. a" Lake Shor freight 'train that waa backing' Into A switch to allow tha .passenger to st through, Th wreck occurred at 1:11 o'clock and the f psengr train wa running thirty minute be hind It nhedule. Th dead r,- ' " '', 1 John F, Jones, engineer, - of Wt Tnth street, Erl. ' ' Fireman, mn unknown, ' . Tramp riding on train. f Unknown paasengnr In mokr,' t Shortly befor t o'clocq a tela, phon ffitMin waa received her for vary available ambulance and phy sician. A rllf train wa also hur ried to th seen cf th dlater en t by thl tlm the entire train wa a msss of flames. The four dead hal been pinned under the wreckage and t midnight their bodlei had not ben rcovrd. , Nineteen Injured -hav been fet-elv. d at the city hospttsts up to mi l night and roor ar jet to com from th wreck. "" . ' Bln riaced on fCntfnecr. According to reports in railroad oirele' tonight. Engineer Jonc. wii wa In charg of th passenger, dts regarded a red light and thl was thg cause of th collision. U w runntmr thirty mlnutaah behind hi arheduia and wee endeavoring to. make in soma of the lost tlm when the e dent occurred. , Th smoking ar m-ne ti. over, th Injured crawled through ta broken window. Thos of th pas senger who had cpd uninjured rushed to th itne of thos lee fortunate. The fir on th ear wa extinguished befor thy wer com pletely burned. ",- NINE PERS0.'iS EELIEVEQ IU Mil Ui HOTEL FIRE 1.1 Mi '' i'fl4 'W. ; , ').-1-'j5.;;.'v . Four Bodies ' Already Re covered and , Fire Others Thought to be in Debris SEARCHING PARTIES JUNEAU, Alaska, ' Sept' 4. -Nln persons are believed to hav perished In a fir which destroyed th Juneau hotel and th MoQrath building last night. Four bodie hav been rcov. , red from th ruin and "v mor ar believed to be burled in th debris. Searching parties ar at work looking for th victim, and It may b that van mor may be found than now thought to hav perished. The hotel. which I th largest In thl part of tha country, wa completely destroyed, - CHOLERA IN COX8TANT1 NOPLE LONDON, Spt 4, According to reports received her th cholera I ravaging the troop at Constantino ple, In th last two days there hav been eight hundred and fifty dee the. Of forty-fir officer returned .from Albania, thirty-seven died of cholera. A new agency dispatch from Con stantlnopl,- however, ; say that on Sunday there wer thirty-six case of cholera In Constantinople and lx- -teen deatha In Asia Minor tha mor. tallty la heavy. the person soliciting you. Our regular solicitors and also the candidates ; in the popularity contest carry ere i dentials from the paper and regular receipt books. - k If anyone approaches you with an offer to sell you a picture of any kind and to include - a - subscription to The Citizen, kindly notify us at once and if possible secniro his arrest by the sheriff or his deputies in your county. Tbe Citizen Compar.r, i
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Sept. 5, 1911, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75