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ashev: THE WEATHER SHOWERS Circulation Q AOA Daily Over OjVUU ASIIEV1LLE, X.C., MOND AY MORNING! OCTOHFR 2, 1911 : , : . '.ii... ,' VOL. XXVH., NO. 346 PRICE FIVE CENT LB CITIZEN. DEATH LIST OF AUSTIN FLOOD GREA TL YJMMSHEDBYLA TER REPORISPROM STRICKEN TOWN j ' mmates Vary Even Now, Though Nearly all of the 300 or More Miss ing May Have Perished. However the More Hopeful Believe That There Will Not be More Than 150 Unaccounted For. PROPERTY LOSS THOUGHT TO HAVE EXCEEDED $6,000,000 lownsBetow Austin, Where Many Were Thought to Have Been Swept Away by Rushing Wa ter Show Very Small Loss of Life. Death List Greatly Reduced AUSTIN, Pa., Oct. 1. As' the work of recov ering the bodies of the victims of yesterday's flood progresses, it is apparent that the figures sent out last night were greatly exaggerated in the excitement following the bursting of the dam. It is now estimated that the death list will not ex ceed 350 and may go as low as 150. The inaccuracies of the first reports were largely due to the damage done to tiwphone and telegraph wires by the onrush of waters. It was impossible to establish satisfactory connection with Costello, and reports of fugitives were rto the effect that 300 or 400 lives had been lost there. SS9 ESTIMATES AS IOW AS 150. AUSTIN. Pa.; Ocfe 1. Estimates ol ' lhTo3"Sf HtItoRe Hood that over whelmed the town of Austin yester day diminished today when an army of volunteer resduers workd Its way Into the maees of wreckage. In the opinion of many on the ground the number of deaths will not reach 160. while the less hopeful place the list of fatalleles at 800. The property loss will exceed tt, 000, 000. and It In the general opin ion that the town ne-ver will be re built. Two at least of the large plants will not be reconstructed, and a majority of the business men of the place have been financially ruined. State officials In charge of the situ ation, aft'r 'a hasty canvass of the population today, expressed the belief that not more than 150 are dead In the wreckage. Only sixteen bodies have besn recovered at a late hour to night. Chief of Police P. E. Baker, however, hellevcs that fully 300 are dead or missing1. Few Hodlfls Recovered. The f'OO men who had tolled all day In a heavy rainstorm abandoned their tank when dnrkneJS approach ed with le?s than a score of the bod ies of the dead fqund. Reports from Costello and points farther down Blnnemahonlng grew more encourag ing as th-e day advanced. At Costello, NiED US PRESIDENT OF He Declares That There is no Doubt of Suarez' Elec tion as V. P. LATTER NOT CERTAIN MEXICO CITY, Oct. 1. Basing his belief upon Information received from various parts of the republic, Fran cisco I- Madero,, w.hom the people of Mexico today officially elected president, declared that there was no doubt that his chosen candidate for the vice presidency, Jose E. Pino Suarez, of Yucatan, had also been elected. At the headquarters of the Catholic party, Gabriel Fernandez Bomellera, chairman of the central committee, tia that he believed Francisco de la Pars, nao Decn elected vice presi-t n,, was a two-hours delay at Falls dent.. "We have won a big major- CIty wa)Mng for tho flood to subside. Ity In the capital," raid Madero. "We Missouri Pacific ' section hands were have carried almost every district for ordered out ly the' hundreds. In sev De la Barra," said Somelerra. j ertI p!ace, the tracks were lifted on The only thing that appeared reas-j Jack, from the mddy waters and nably certain tonight was that Dr. p.ropp.fri up on pp.eg of cross tie. To Francisco Vasquea Gomes, indepen- hoii tneM ,n p!nro ,,. tonB of rocI. dent candidate for the vice presidency wer, dumped onio the roadbed. Every -was snowed under In the federal die possible cars was taken to Insure the trlct- - - 1 president's safety and before his train At ocloclt Maderos central com- was sent over the more dangerous mlttee claimed seventy per cer.t of,tretches a pilot train had proceeded lilt lr," VUIB .Itir IUO Hl-I dero-Plno Saurex ticket i I while there waa a heavy financial loss, lit was suited that not mora than JtMYW TWs'dnrf ' were, dead. BejVnlt that point no fatalities aad been re ported. . - - The survivors will not suffer fom hunger or lack of care, as the sup- j plies and medical assistance rushed to the scene seem ample to care 'or theni. T. F. Bleknell, national direo tor of the National Red Cross, brought ! with him $15,000 In cash for immedi ate aid to the flood victims. Of the eight injured in the hospitals none are fatally hurt. The homeless have all been provided with shelter. On i the outskirts of Austin are a number of houses which were vacated by the ; workers in the Goodyear mill when I the plant was dismantled. These I houses have been filled with homelrss I peiple. The residents of Keating ' Summit have taken In the others, sev j erril hundred in numlvr. Provisions I continue to arrive In large quantities, ' and there will be no suffering for lack of food. AfSTIN', Pa., Oct. 1. The curtain of nleht which was rung down on the Austin flood scarcely before its victims had all been claimed and its surviving spectators fully realised how rreat a tragedv the elements of water and flro had enacted in tl natural smpltbeatre of the Allegheny mountains here, was lifted by dawn TUFT'S TRAIN IS CAUEHT FDR OVER ELEVEN HOURS Sunday's Program at Oma ha Had to be Abandoned; Only Inconvenience ON WAY TO DENVER OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 1. President Taft arrived here, tonight from Se dalla, Mo., eleven hours lato, after a perilous trip over flood damaged rail roads. Tho train was caught in a storm in northeastern Kansas and eastern Nebraska. Creeks were turn ed into torrents, rivers overflowed their banks and. railroad travel w?.s Impeded. Several small bridges were swept away and a portion of the tracks over which the president trav eled wer covered with more than a foot of water. The Taft special was cld out at Rushvtlle, Mo., 'far seven hours and P L ' - m (Continued on rage till) today, revealing a ghastly seen of death and devastation. Austin Itself, yesterday a busy mill town of 3,000 people many of whom were enjoying the fine autumn after noon as a Saturday half holiday. Is only a ghost of a town today. Torn to pieces by water and eaten by fire, the wet and charred remnants of its buildings, believed to hold the remains of 300 or more persons, were strewn along: the valley edge piled In raws where the main street business sec tion was, or swept in scattered masses far down the ravine. $6,X)0,C00 Loss Spectators, many of whom barely escaped being victims of the disaster and hundreds of persons from sur rounding towns, looked down from the steep hillsides on Austin and coun try through a veil of fog this morn ing to see the wreckage here of so mo 400 houses; a score of business blocks, three churches and several large lum ber mills, and three miles further down the river at Costello the ruins of more than fifty building. The flood did not spend its force until tt raced for more than ten miles from the reservoir. Wharton, still further on, suffered somewhat, but Is practi cally intact The loss of life at Cos tello, where the realdeats had more warning. Is believed to be but three, The property loss in the valley Is es timated at upwards of 6,400,000. . In Austin, out of the hundreds en veloped in the deluge, hardly a dozen survive. The furious flood let loos when the Baylies Paper & Pulp com pany's dam crumbled yesterday after. noon, picked up a huge battery of heavy timbers In the 'mill yards at the foot of the dam, and with these thous ands of planks and logs rammed Its path with .terrible havoc. At the hospital today there were but six Injured, for the care of the small army of physicians and nurses who poured Into the devastated town all night and day. -Tbe medical supplies Teflialnea unused In ho -cart rushed here by the. railroads. ' -Constabulary In Clmrgo The state constabulary arrived this afternoon and took charge of the situ ation, which seerred too appalling for the local committee which had work ed all night. Immediately orders were Issued to the. rallronds to bring no more sightseers to Austin and sen tinols were placed on the chief road ways with Instructions to pass none but worl-men. Hundreds of automo biles and carriages were turned bsck. D;irlng rhe night searching parties with engine headlights, automobile lamps, pine torches and Improvised lanterns of every sort, poked their way into every pile of wreckage that waa accessible, svking any who might be al.ve. hut scscely a body was found In which life was not extinct. The night had been one of hardship and horror which severely tested the mettle of the men whom circum stances had impressed Into first aid rescuers of the flood devasted vil lage. Men who shudder at the touch of a dear body at the outset Indifferently searchoi mangled bodies for papers of identification ere they had been (Continued on Page. Six) ON HJtRRIMJIN LINES IRE ROOT FDHi 5TBUeELE President of Illinois Central Says He Expects no Inconvenience DIFFERENT VERSIONS CHICAGO. Oct. .Railroad officials and shopmen on the Harrlman lines who struck yesterday to enforce their demands for recognltton of the newly organ'xed federation spent today In preparation for the struggle which will begin In earnest tomorrow. The walkout occurring before the Satur day half holiday gave the rallrca.ls s full day and a half in which to, make j preparations to run the shops and it was said tjat In ttuar of the shops practically a .full force of men would be at work. The men at the big Burn- US'.do aops'here spent the day quiet ly discussing the outcome of the strug gle. Watchers near the- shoos uv that1 more than one hundred strike breakers were brought Into the stock, ade on a special train. President Markham, of the Illinois Central, said nothing had been done b ytl a railroad during the day. "We expect the shops to open on time to morrow," be said. ftfty; ixjtreh. ABBEYVILLE. -La.., Oct. 1. Fifty persons were Injured, a number seri ously today when grandstand at a wrertllng bout coilupseu. - ( TURKEY'S IDEA SEEMS TO DE TO LURE ITALIANS TO INTERIOR OF TRIPOLI Believe Thai Their Chances on Land Are Much Better Than on Water Conflicting Reports of Situation Make it Impossible to Get at Actual Staie of I . . Affairs in the Hostile Countries, t . ; : " - Man conflicting reports and 4 the absence of what can bo re- 4- carded as off trial Information 4 4 Raves lh MS "Situation some- 4 4 what chaotic, j; By way of I.ou- don comes a -report , that two Italian crulsrsere sunk by ftie -t f Turks, nat thin has not beea ;'Hfiott. it la bcUewxl. however, , 4 that this ."objeet the Turkish government s la ! t.e-ithe 4 Italians occupy Tripoli, and to 4 fetter lure additional troops tnlo 4 4 Ui Interior-where (lie Tnrldnh 4 4 forces wonld bd oa mtrntfOtttut 4 4 Uke icqml e"iJjTJ!i' 4' Washington last night received 4 4 advtrra to the ' effect , iht the 4 Tarklah government had refused 4 4 to surrender Tripoli : and tlwt 4 4 this refusal had hern follow d 4 4 hj orrtees from Home to begin n 4 4 bombardment. . 4 4 4 4444144444 4 4 4 4 4 COXFIICTIxa BKPOHTS. LONDON, Oct. l.Out of a perfect mass of conflicting reports and ru mors It Is utterly Impossible ot the present stage to "1ft the grains of truth concerning the opening days of the Turkish-Italian war. It appears even doubtful whether there has been sny actual occupation of Tripoli, and It Is practically cfrtaln that there has been - bombardment by the Italian warships. ! i" P "j iff! KILLS HIS FIRST COUSIN WITHOUT Tragedy Took Place Yester day on Streets of Liles ville, This State LILESVILLE, N. C, Oct. 1. Sam uel T. Smith wns shot and Instantly killed on the streets of Lllesvllle at 8 o'clock this afternoon by T. J. Hlake, his first cousin. ho was somewhat under the influence of Intoxicants. The shooting wns Ithout provocation. Bmith had Just returned from a drive to Bkwltfs Kails. He was driv ing a balky horse, which stopped near the public square. Flake sauntered up and Informed Smith that he could make the animal move on, and pro ceeded to Ret into the buggy. Hmtth told him that if he, Flake, was golnn to drive be, 8mlth, would get out or the buggy. Flake took exception to his cousin's actions, and followed him from the bugay. He drew a Si-caliber revolver and fired one time. As Smith ran around the postofTlee build. Ing Flake emptied bis pistol, shoot ing four times more, to of whlh took effect. The lost ball pnescd through Smith's ntek Immediately above the shouldors and death ensued In a few moments. fiHQVyERfc WASHINGTON. Oct I. Forecast for North Carolina: Local rains Mon day and probably Tuesday; light to moderate south winds. mm The War Dogs. It seems also certain that the re ported destruction of the Turkish tu et Is untrue. In fact the only re- tt ot the first thres days' hostilities which can be vouched for. Is the de struction of the Turkish destroyers by the Duke of Abruul's ships off Pre vesa. The Tripoli cable Is closely seul, d, so that it Is Impossible for the outside world to know what is going on there. Turkey In No llnrry. The Oottoman government clearly is not In a hurry and the most signtfl rant news of the day Is the determina tion of the Turkish council again t to thsv wiwBs, sd In th; in.sWitrtnllTOirWettslX'"niiafUrc fte tonight this new -appeal had not reached t'te Ilrttlsh government,., and there Is nothing to Indicate that the attitude of the powers has, undergone any change. According to' The Dally Telegraph's Rome correspondent, however, Germany and Austria have already, made unofficial representa tions to Italy of their displeasure at her procedure, and that If these rep rewentatlons are Ignored they will he filiowed I" another shape by "huiiilli ation to Itnlv." Action Res nted. According to Informaiion from dip lomatic sources the landing of Ital ians at Prevea ! greatly resented by Austria and fiermany. and had much lo do with their reported change of attitude towards Italy. Turkey's Internal politics probably sccounts In a large messtirs for her hesltittlon in tnklng the offensive. Sflld Pssha, the new grand vizier, contlmirs his efforts to form a coali ffl VERYBITTEB FlfiHT Saturday's Primary at Phil adelphia Shows Unusually Large Vote PHILADELPHIA,' Pa., Oct. 1. Analysis of the Vote cast in yester day's primary election to select candi dates for mayor and other city offi cials shows that 2Ct,000 ballots were cast out of a registration of 2115,000. Geo. -H. Eurl, Jr., supported by Sen ator Penrose and State 'Senator iic Nlchol, leafier of a fartlon of the lo cal repuollcati organization defeated Wm. S. Vnre after a bitter flght fne the mayoralty nomination by 27,OOu plurality, receiving 109,541 votes to' 82, US for Vure. Hudf t'h Blanlienburg, the "war horse of reform." won both the demo cratic and Keystone nominations by a voir- of 4:1,676 from V, Clarence Glb boney, th, reform candidate, who re mid over 7,30 -votes. Toe primary contest was only pre liminary to the war that. will now be naged between the republican organ ization on the one side and the Key stone and democratic parties on the other, the campaign slogan of the latter bolnj "reform." November 7 Is election dny. Of the ballots cast yes terday 11(4,33 .were by the republi cans and 1,0, sot, by the.- combined re formers and democrats. KILLED WIFE NO. TWO. CIllCAOO, Oct. 1. Dr. Harry Web. ster, a. Hush medical college Kradii ute student and Interne at the Poli clinic hospital. In a remarkable yon-f'-lon to te police today admltleil that he mr-rdrrd one of hi two young v.lv . l'.es-ne Kent Wehiter, of CSilrago. In the woods ten mlI- from Plxon, HI., Sep'. !t. Tl-e pollen ny the motive for the crime v.a Web ster's desire to hide from his first wife. Zoe Varney Wfbster, of Cedar Rapids, la., the fact that he was a amlst. tion ministry, but finds the task a difficult one, .DEXIAL OP BOMBARDMENT, . ntjNSTANTlNOPLB. Oct.' J. It la officially confirmed that the Italian h iiaM.vn has bombarded Prtvesa, but the landing of Italian forces then Is denied. It Is announced from Jnnlna that two Itsllnn warships yes terday bombarded the post of Hesch adle and the torpedo boats lying In that harbor, ene of which was dam nged nd, landed Its crtw. . The Ital ian ships entered the port and shelled the town. ' several hooses being tifcl. i After, taking soundings they leBa-'ntfVlJ?Pi.Httklst. ,f ihe port A weeflne of tb rshlee wa held tonight ' A new ' not to the powers ws net elaborated but a circular was prepared whtrh was te1egrs-hft all the Ottoman mbassles. Th cir cular save: "Conciliatory Answer. ; . "We answered the Italian ultima turn In a conciliatory tone, Implying a pesoeful solution, Ton know un der what conditions Italy: declare war. and how hostilities began eon trary to. the rule") of , International law. By this fact we are at liberty to take all measures necessitated by a ststeof wsr nulte apart from mili tary operations strictly speaking. But, while reserving for herself the right, Turkey holds the conviction that a state of wsr can he avoided. Thus, she addresses herself to the. powers and postpones recourse to sms, "In acting thus the Ottomsn gov- (Continued Page Fowl , GITYOFFICULS FHOM ALL PARTS OF UNITED STATES League of American Munici palities Meets in Atlanta on Wednesday , , ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. I. City offi cials from all parts of the United States are expected here this week to attend the !6t!i convention of the League of American Municipalities, which opens on October 4. The con vention will be In session for three days. A feature of the opening ses sion will be the annual address of Mayor Darius A. Brown, of Kansas City, pre'Mnt of the league. Mayor Hamuel Carson of Jamestown, N. T will deliver an address on the subject. "The Future City." Other scheduled speakers Include "City Government by Commission." by Professor Ford H. McGregor of the University of M'lrrrnf'ln, "What a Llvo City Can Do Under aTi Antiquated Charter." by Mayor J, C. Paynos, of Minneapolis: "The Standardization of Municipal Buxiness." by Fred H. Cosgrove. comptroller of Omaha, Neb,; "Long Time Poods." by Mayor II. Thomson, of Chattanooga; "Law Enforcement." by Mayor Marcus B. Cullum of Du lu;h. arid "Municipally Owned Pub lic Pelt Railroads." by Mayor Martin Behrman of New Orleans. jThe election of officers and the selection of the next meeting place will occupy the closing session Friday, STEAMSHIP ASIIOHE. BOULOGNF. Oct. 1. Tu. steam ship Konelg 1'rledrlch August of the Kamburt-Atnertcan line, plying be tween European and South American porii, v,ss dri'en fiom her moortnts today by the heavy gale. She strand- et! r-n a s.ind" bottom inside the I hrmkwatw The steamer carried ' j-wr pa.wengers, who are still aboard. . : . An unsueceesf'jl attempt was made to refloat the liner, end will be re newed tomorrow morning. STRIKE BREAKERS 1 None of Men Seriously Injurr d But M:ny WlnCoA's of Keer Car Are Smashed USED CAR SEATS TO BARRICADE WINDOWS Strikers Are Appealed to to Respect Injunction Against Intimidation NEW ORLEANS, Out. I A Sunday mob of between 00 and 600 siruo.s and union sympothlsera attacked a mall train on the Illinois Cmtral at MuComb City, Missy this morning in thtlr freniled eftarts to lay - hand! upon a car load'of strikebreakers be. Ing brought to this city from Chicago. Xlsny of tht windows In the tm u.i-.vii oy ,n strlhebreek- ; sm, were smash-id and members of t-e mob tried W dttaern the coach from the train. Nona of the men seriously injured. The man wUi be put to work by the Illinois Cia wat.; , - , r ., , ,,.;;,, , ,t- V ANOTHJSn IlEPOKT. " ' JACKSON, Miss., Oct I. A carload of strikebreakers on their way to N,w ,' Orleans over the Xlllr6isi Central were toned by a mob as they peseeu through McComb, Mist,, this morning. ,' Windows were broken and several of the mm were Injured , by broken glass or by being hit with atones, The men Anally used the par seat to berrleade lh windows, ; - A trainman in the yards here mad the statement today that there wtre approximately 7 cars In the yard! with knuckle pins missing.1 Who re moved them Is not known, ' - , STTtlKH UKVEIAIPMUNTS. NEW ORLEANS. Oru I. Ths onl development locally In the strike id. nation was the organisation of th car men employed at the Algiers shot ' of the Southern Pacific. A total ( f II signed she union charter and U morrow are expected to Join th i strike. . W. ,E. Bowen, general sect, tsry ot the Fedoratlon of Rallros I 1 mptnyerorthtlllnil Conirnl ayi tern, appealed today to all union' nw tt and sympathiser, to respect the It . , junction Issued by the federal coa t against Intimidation and acta of vie lencs. .' i BOTft mr MTTBFim ' : y Kcnrnia, inn ict. .-.scerJ tnr ina nioniog oi m irnui si mut.r'TT f City bearing men dnstlntd for. Nov i (Contlnncd on Page Four) taiib isooi or. TRAIN, TWO ARE KILLCO T Two Memphis Women Mes? Horrible Death on Their . Way to Station AT FREEPOET, N. Y. FREEPORT, N. -rM Oct 1, SIM. It. J. Darnel or Memphis, Tenn., UB I her daughter, Beatrice, twenty yean old, were Instantly . killed, ' another duughtar, F (in line, , seventeen, ' wi probably fatally Injured, and Wm. '. Collier, formerly of Memphis, an I John Mott, a chauffeur, were serious- My hurt when a tuxksb which wi 1 taking them to the Froeport statlo I , was run down by a Long Island trai l ! tonight. The taxlcab was struck with terrlf s force and hurled forty foot with I I occupants. The bodies of the dea I I women were found In a ditch, haU submerged, a heavy rain which wis falling huvlng flooded the country fi r mile ar o.i nil. The bodies were tsrr bly crushed. Whan i'nuilne Darnell was picket up and removed to the homes of th Collier family, who are now ruoldeati,. of Kreeport, she was found to havn. sustained a fracture of the rtct knee, a fracturod Jnw bone, PosaibI Internal injuries and severe lacern tlons. Il is not bolleved she can sm vive. Mr. Collier's Injuries consist rt several contus'ons and possible Inter., nal hurts. Mott,- tho chauffeur,' Is - mllarly Injured. - ' ? The Darnel's and Colliers moved f, the Mino circles -of Memphis society. The latter family only recently pin.? chased a home In freeport. :f Mr Darnell and hef daughters. Who mat n in New York, came out to spend thi day with the Col!lrs, The taxioa which wss taking them to tht eletloi to catch the train back to Manhattan ' was approaching the crossing Just f i the fast Patchfwrua enofes. '. westward at V;om thirty t forty nillra an hour, came along., The chuinu-.-' mistook ths ringing of the bell at thi cr'osslng post, supposing It to be th warning given by a way train wh!e i would stop at the station before tak ing the crossing. It was the late es press that was boomlnt along withovt halt, however; and an Instant late? ' came th impact and the fatality. Mill ATTACKED BMDB
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