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3 : mgElPLLE CITIZEN.-' THE WHATHEB - FAIE Circulation - Q AAA Daily Over OfVUU ASHEVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY plORNTXG, OCTOBER 20, 1911 VOL. XX VII; No. 364 PRICE FIVE CENTS PUB ANXIOUS TO RESUME GAMES Fl Probable That K Bender and Mathewsbn Will be Pitted Against Each Other RUMORS OF ATTACKS ON SNODORASS GROUNDLESS Manager Mack Discredits Idea That Postponement of Games Helps Giants PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 19. The outlook for the playing of the fourth game of u.ie world's diamplonshlp se ries here tomorrow is somewhat du bious. Weather reports Indicate that atmospheric conditions here will be unsettled and the grounds at Shine Park are still wet and soggy from the downpour of Ue past two days. - The players on both Sid? are now anxious to play this remaining games a& soon as possible end If conditions are at all favorable the game, which i.ias been twice postponed will be played. Manager Mack, of the Phila delphia American League team, today smiled at the report that the delay had favored the New ' Tork team more than It 'had the .Athletic. He pointed to th fact that the rest had enabled Baker, the host .hitter in the present series to recover from the wounds received by the two splklngs from Snodgrass. Jack Barry, he said, had also received a. bump in- New Tork and the lay off Would benefit him. Bender vs. Matliewson? Neither Manager Mack nor Man ager McGraw will announce their pltahlng .probabilities for the game. It Is believed, however, tftat Bender, the Indian, will go In for the local team and it Is not Improbable that MaOhew son wilt be on the mound for the Giants. Mathewion made the state ment last night that Ames would probably go In today but fince the big fellow has -had an additional day's rest it is thought trat McGraw will end him back against the American League champions and hold Mar quard in reserve for the fifth game la New York. It 4 argued ttoat Mar quard ha shown form equal to that of Mathewaon and with a 'home crowd to chwor him on he will do even better than he did in dhja city on Monday la.rt Both Ames and Wiltse are anxious to go In against the local team but McGraw Is a sphinx so far as allow ing his pitching plans to become known. Widespread rumors that Center Fielder Snodgrasa, of the New York team, had been attacked by partisans of the Philadelphia Athletics In con nection wltfh the Eakcr spiking Inci dent in New York last Tuesday are untrue. The rumors were in circula tion here all day and ranged from a fist fight to the New York player be ing shot and killed. Hnodgrnss was about the Ma:nlc Hotel, the iiead- Contlnued on page three) ELECTED OFFICERS UNO Congressman J. Hampton Moore Will Lead Import ant Body Another Year RECOMMENDATIONS RICHMOND, Va.. Oct. 1,9. With 3R CHAMPIONSHIP the re-election of Congressman J. Miner, the Drain rolber who escaped Hampton Moore, of Philadelphia as , from th() s(ate Uon at ailIIedg0VIe Its president, and the selection of New : London, Conn., as the meeting place , OD Tuday and who also is wanted oy for Its convention next September, the : the Canadian authorities, has re Atlantic Deeper Waterways assocla- j manded the state authorities that he u . m " j convention here today. A resolution was adopted appoint' Ing a committee of ten members to urge upon Prtsident Taft and con gress through Vice President Sherman and Speaker Clak the enactment of legislation carrying Into effect the recommendations the hoards of en gineers of the United States army for th extension and Improvement of the lntra-costal waterways system. Addresses to the convention today were madaby M. K. Klnp. of Vlrrlnln, Congressman Jolm H. Small of North Carolina; Ishman Randolph of the Chicago Sanitary commlslon; Logan W. Page, director of public roads, and E. Dana Durand, director of the census. Invitations from Troy. N. Y., and Jacksonville. Fin., were extended to the assooiation to hold Its 1913 ses sion In these cities. Pear Admlrsl Bobert E. Pary, I". S. N. enterta!nd the de( vates fonl-rht with an illus trated a"ddrs en the waterways to the north pole. Fridnr m t of the de'egatts w!H depart fnr their homes. going ny way ot tne r,i:oric Jarre)ti:o sovereign ngntstor the sultan In, river on nn exrursion to Old Point i Trlopll and the Integrity of the em- Co. for;, arranged by the Richmond chamber of commerce. AVIATOR ELY ENDS HIS LIFE BY FALL AT GEORGIA FAIR Was MakirigOneofhisJFamous dips When he Lost Control of his Ma chineFirst Aviator to Make Flight From Warship. MACON, Oa., Oct 18. Eugene C. Ely, the famous aviator, was fatally Injured at the state fair ground here this afternoon shortly after S o'clock when his aeroplane refused to rise after a sensational dip and plunged with him fifty feet to tfie ground.. In the presence of nearly eight thousand people he fell to the middle of the lnclosur of the mile track, al most clearing the machine by a des perate leap that -he made when tile realized his peril. His body was broken in a score ot places and fee died eleven minutes after the' fatal fall. Just before the end he regained consclousneeo and muttered: ' I "I lost control I know I am going to die," Ely made a record flight this morn tig shortly before noon, ascending to en altitude of three thousand, one hundred feet At 1:45 o'clock lie be gan hie second flight of the day, ris ing gracefully from the track enclos ure, which fie circled in a few min utes, traveling at about SO miles. As he was completing the circle file made one of his famous dips apparently -to startle the thousands beneath him, who were watching with straining eves. This bird-like machine shot down witih tremendous velocity the crowd applauded, thinking uhat the aviator would rise he had done ctountlee time before but Ely seemed to loose .his grip on the lever for the machine continued Its downward plunge to the' earth. Realized His Peril. f Realizing his peril Ely released the lever altogether and half Jumped barelv clearing the aeroplane as It craeuod to the ground. It was demol-k-tied, flying bite of wood arid metal flying hundreds of feet, Ely struck with terrlflo force. Scores rushad across the track to where he lay, a broken, bloody Inert mass to offer him aid. He was tenderly removed from beneath the wreckage which covered Mm. The vast crowd excited and curious, rushed forward but were kept In order by the policeman. Ef forts were made to resuscitate tlh aviator but 4i only gained consoloa ness for ft moment before his death. Even In his unconscious state his physical agony was manifest. Ely left I his wife In New York two woeKS ago to come to Macon to give a series of rngnis ror me his Curtis Dipian. en roum ped t Davenport, Iowa, to visu nis relative. He had been giving spectac ular aerial demonstrations here for eight days, going up on one occasion amid a shower of rain. Today ihe even offered to make a fllgiht by night, painting his craft with phosphorous, "so as to startle the na tives." He told the fair directors. The oflfer was declined. Had Premonition. Before making hla ascent this aft ernoon Ely told his attendants that he feared something would happen and s.iked them to notify hi wife Im mediately at Bt. Marbury Hall, 16 "OLD BILL" MINER SETS FACETIOUS IFTER ESCAPE MILLEDEE1ILLE PfilSLN Writes to Prison Authori ties Thanking Them for His Treatment REWARD OUT FOR HIM ATIANTA, Ga., Oct 19. "Old Bill still is at libertj-. A note from him was received today at the offices of tne prison comminsion thanking tnem for their kindness. The note read: "My dear sir: I Write to thank you for your kindness In putting me at MUledfc,'Jo. My dear sir, don't j trust a Jisoner, don't matter how I sick he is or makes out he Is. "Yours truly, "B. MINER.' The note was dated October 17 anil bore the postrr.a:k of a railroad of- flee, evidently being mailed from a ! train on the Georgia ra ir jad. j A reward of J300 offered, by the I Southern Express company for his ! capture has been supplemented by a ' reward of 150 offered by the prison commission. No clue to Miner's whereabouts have been reported. CONFLDEXCE L GOVERNMENT CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 19 The chamber of deputies today by a vote of 125 to 60 adopted a motion to the effect that It had confidence Ip the government to safeguard effectively! plre. The chamber also expressed i confidence In the cabinet- West Fourteenth street. New Tork. The message notifying Mrs. Ely of her husband' deatfi was sent by the management of the fair1 association. Ely's .body will be shipped to his for mer home at Davenport, la., tor In terment. Some) of Ely's Feats. Ely was the first man to alight on the deck of a warship with n aero' plane. During an aviation meet held In. Ban Mateo county, California, Ely in a biplane flew from the aviation camp to San Francisco, a distance of about twenty miles and alighted on the deck of the cruiser Pennsylvania, which was anchored In San Franclcco bay. After holding a reception on board tiie warship Ely flew from the hip back to the camp and landed safely. Previous to this time Ely had made a flight from the deck of a warship anchored in Chesapeake Bay. Althouglh he struck One water as he left the ship he managed to reach the shore. Ely was formerly engaged as an automobile salesman In Ban Fran cisco. Ha became prominent as an aviator about two years ago. EXPERIENCED AVIATOR. NEW TORK. Oct. 10. Eugene Ely was one of the best known of the American aviators. His reputation was International as an expert con servative and experienced pilot. He has probably done as much as any other American aviator In furtbarlng military experiment with the aero plane, particularly In connection wltilt tne United States navy. It was Ely .who first made the flight from a warship successfully starring from the United States steamship Bir mingham, off Nonfolk, Va., In No vembar, HID. Subsequently at San Francisco, Ely landed on the deck of the armored cruised "Penrwylvanla" and a few minutes later started from I that point and returned to the avia tion field some ten miles away. In addition Ely tad demonstrated aeroplane's purchased for the army at San Antonio and earned out scout ing experiments In connection with he-armat San Francisco. He was highly regarded by army and navy officers. He established a home near San Francisco and was recognised as a reBiani or miiromia, mmousn of California being Iowa was given a commission in the California National Guard. Ely was 28 yearn old. lie leaves a young widow, a native of rn Fran cisco who Is at present In ,"cw Tork. Mrs. Ely Is the daughter of the prin cipal of Chi? high school at Porte Ma dera, Cal. She Is prostrated tonigiht by th news. Ely Joined Olen H. Curtis at Minneapolis In June ,1910, and since then has made hundreds of ex 'hlbltlon flights. RODGE1W COMMENT WACO, Tex., Oct. 19. When shownthe Associated Press dispatch detalung Ely's death this afternoon (Continued on Pujf Five) PERFECT SCORES IN TOUR FOfl THE GLIDDEN TRDFHY Visitors Met in Suburbs of Charlotte by Numerous Decorated Autos SLIGHT ACCIDENTS CHARLOTTE, N. C. Oct. 19 Knowing the effects of th heavy roadu, occupants, travel-stained and weary, the flrat contenting car in the. Olldden tour checked In here, the tilxnt control, this afternoon at 4.65 o'clock. Preceded by gaily decorated cars of local autonioiLllljts the visi tors wpre mot In the cuburbs and es- i corted through lanos of enthusla.-tlc I people who lined the streets to the I parking pulnt. Following the lead ers the cars arrlvod In bunches and by 7 o'clock all had reportod to tho official scorer save a few stragglers dolayod by minor mishaps. The most serious accidents were tho bond! in of one axle and tho breaking of anoth er's wheol. Tonlsht the tourists are the guests of citizens at sn elaborate reception and smoker at the Southern Manufacturers' club. The tour mill bp resumed at 9r30 tomorrow morn- Spartanburg. S. C. will he the noon control and Anderson will be reached at nlrrht. Eighteen perfect scores survive the run thus far. BISHOP'S BODY AT REST. RICHMOND. Va.. Oct 1 Robed In his rich Episcopal garments, mitre crowned and with his golden croiler lying by his side, the body of the P.ight Rev. Augustus Van De Vyvre, (.einouc Diniop of Richmond lay in state in Sacred Heart cathedral today while thousands of members of th church and of friends in all "I--.-- pa&atd looking for the last time upon U Caature composed In death OnelWJay of REVISION OF ihi tH, t must hi a J urr Cf rsi'i u-rr lI'tjWM . tClt this MfNM.,.cAU, t?zk: wi ' : (Pi rX"'rV QtiikX r WAlJf-MflT J 1 V)J Jv LEGISLATION GOES TO Former Senatn VJ IX r'i rr . ouprmta Plan as Basis of Recommendation to Congress--" To V?' ' Insure Maintenance of Adequate. Reserves,. t washinoto Oct. . is.-Kormer Senator NeUon.W., AJdrioK-of Strode Island, today as emitted to the na tional monetary . ommlslon, of which h Is chairman, a revision of his plan for monetary legislation. Tha com mittee may use it, a If the basis of its recommendation to congress. The basic principles of the revised plan are substantially th same as those embodied in Mr Aldrlch's first pro posal sent to the commission last January, which he said he exptcted would erve as a bast for national discussion.. Important phases which were then unsettled and those which have sinoe been evolved are treated In the recommendation sent to the com mittee today. Briefly, the plan still provides for the organisation of na tional reserve association, with capital of approximate $100,900,000 In which the United State government and the banks owning share in th assooiation shall be the only deposi tors. The plan of dividing the Unit ed States Into fifteen financial districts remains unchanged. In each district . th banks shall form local Institutions of their own which in turn will be represented In the branches and Anally In the c n- tral organizations through a system OF FARE ENOS IN FIGHT Ticket Collector, Getting Worst of it. Shoots Op ponent, Wounding Him CHARLOTTE. N. C, Oct. 19 Fol lowing a dispute over the question of fare on Southern train No. 40 late last night, F. W. Johnson, asslstunt conductor and rollector, shot anr; se i rlously wounded William Wllklns. a prominent citizen of Cowpens. 8. C. j Wllklns was en route home and quor I riled with tho conductor as to th j mileage to be pulled to ('owpci.s, finally offering to tight the conductor If he would get (iff the train. When Cowpens was reached both men nlightrd at the station and. It Is said. Wllklns Immediately attacked the conductor. Eeelng that he was get ting the worst of It, Johnson drew his revolver and shot Wllklns, the bullet enttrlng above the heart. Johnson continued his run, but re turned to Cowpens on No. D7 this morning and nurrendered. i He Is In Jail awaiting the result of his victim's wound. . WASHrNOTON. Fore Oct. ls.-r cast: North Carolina, fair Friday and Saturday; light north winds. ' Getting Acquainted With Your Neighbors. PLAN FOR MONETARY 4lJ-.;t m.: i wwimwn gr Aion monetary ommnaun, f ateatlon, of director; which, It 4 aid, wttt make it impossible tot any section or set of banker to control the whol. To provide for th 1710,000,000 of t per cent government bond now owned by th national banks and used a th basis of note circulation, which are to be absorbed by th re serve association, the following plan Is proposed; Upon the application of (he reserve association the secretary of 'the treasury shall exchange th 1 ptr cent bonds which the association will buy from the banks at par and ac crued Interest for a new Issue of t per ctnt securities, payable 10 year after the date of Issue. The reserve association will pay to the government a special franchise tax of 1 1-2 per cent per year on th amount of such bonds as the' gov ernment's actual Interest chargs charge on the 3 per cents is not actually 1 1-2 per cent, the bank pay back a half of one per cent as a tax when the bond are used a the basts of note circulation, these will reimburse the government for the extra Interest It will be called STATE FAIR AT RALEIGH L N. C, Agricultural Society Re-elects All its Old Of ficers RAL5IOH. N". C Oct. 19. The North Carolina osrleultu'ral society state fair asxriciatmn tonlsht re-elected all tho old officers, B. E. McRse, of M.ixt'tn, preWdent; J. E. 1'ogue, secretary nr.d i'. L. Trotter, treasurer. New vice Cfl lertu ere us follows. J. A. VVIII:c'cn, Pelhavun, for first distiirt; J. E. l'lnloy. Vll!(Bbojo, for j seventh district: T. 1'. lieard. Sails- j bury, for Tiehili dlMrlct, and E. E. : Jlov.ard. V.'iiyncsvillc. for trilh dls i trlct. A 'resolution as parsed aak- ., Sr-g thrt '?te ofe.r i of awrl'"Uturo to ) jirovi'l a bii.dln- of 1 own at tlr 1 fair for r!-p-(rtntnt en l experiment , atation and jommmcnt exhibits. ! Hocrtftary I'o?u-j inrtulaerl In the pro- ! uheey that ultimately the logical end 1 very d-ftHi'al'lA seource wo.Jl 1 conn- j that the mate fair would be mannrd J by the .-(!"' board of "aif"l''ullure : i most of the aifcessful fairs of tne, country. lie hoped to see this hero. ' Jncompliile flnanoia! roioj-M Indicated ' that thts fair will show the blgifest ! revenue In the history of fie assocla- ' tlon by suveral thousand doP&rs. I AXOTHEK NEGRO LYNCHED MANCHESTER, Ga.. Oct. 1. I Jerry Lovelace, a negro brakeman, j oharged with awaulting Tardmaste.r j W. T. Reman on Tuesday night, was j taken from Marshal Collier her to- day by a mob of about thirty men : and lynched. Th cio' first secure! , Collier taklnr his keys and money from him. after which they went to ' th jail for th negro. COMMITTEE i '.i. '. M lo pay 'M bustn.ss of exchang. "i i par cent or i ,. ,., One Ul oct of change One effect of the exchange will b to mat) th government to provide permanently, for a Jargi portion of the inter bearing putillo debt at a ut interest eoarg Of i l-I pet cant Thi arrangement propose solution of what an,y . financier . declared th greatest obstacle to th plan.- . It dlepese permanently of th bond -cured currency without" lost to th government and without Imposing up. on tha reserve association h owner ship of 1710,000,000 1 per cent bond Th association will .agree to hold the I per cent for fifty year,, but th secretary of th treasury afttr year will have th option of permit ting th association to sell the secu rities at a rat not greater than ISO, 000.000 a year The government may reserve the right to redeem any of th bonds before maturity, to buy any of them at par for th trustee of postal savings system, or other wise. . , Provision for th election of di rectors have been changed In th re vised plan with th Idea of minimi Ing the possibility of control by any ectlon or group. Ther will still be 8 dlrctor as In the original plan, six members ex-offlclo, vl: Th gov ernor of the association, lis two dep uties, th secretary of th treasury. ths secretary of commerce and labor and the comptroler of the ourrency. tach or tha fifteen financial dlreo- 1 1 H . i ff'onllnaert on Page Three) Any Rook by Mail 22 Cents .jc "T; ." mmmimmmmM:. mi l&'h'ifciSi'S 'i i,: , IE i. a! , :' jr.-- OCT. 20, mm: af. C0P0J OF Cm eat th above eoapoa, with five others of eoasmtlv , aaf ; -preorut tboas mt (Uig oOlro, with the npenn bonus aaManS bsrela sc : opposite amy Mjrls of Uletlonary selerted (IM enrors the Itesn of th ' coot of paeklnic, oipriws from Iho factory, eheclita, clork hire and ethos1 Bet-emu-jr HXtKiilt Items), and racslve rour eboioo of t tiros tfaro boa kit - The $1.00 tLjKeiiiustraticminaavcrusement eisewnert intniautuc) f WCBSTEH'S ' b,iun'l in 'u!' Lmp Leather, flexible, gtamped in gold! NewBOndaril on bK' "-' "ilc printed on Bible paper, withrad adge I DICTIONAE x turners rounuca ; TipByoSf Ojf 01 i"" avva(U uihoh and over 600 subjects three-color plates, numerous s-.ibject. valuable charts in two colors, -end the Present at thi office six coasaoatira y ss the H.OO book. x WE8STCSS eept in the style A New Maa4ar bmdins - which m in LDICTIONABY ball icither. 4 aunsiueaaa witb eliv I eases ima i femaaof wim sansr eoraert. C1JV Q-4 . ..-.-' lWJlWo;SPTP'oj'SIio;Jj'SJ IWM'"' Any Book by Mail 22 Cents MPE1LISIS WIN BATTLE BUT FAIL TO FOLLOW IT UP Rebels Retreated only Because ' of Lack or Ammunition in t Yesterday's Fight BELIEVED CONCESSIONS IN HANKOW ARE SAFE Now Feared That Both Ar mies Are In Dang, of flaw i ing Disaffection . Hankow U again cut, off from di rect telegraphic communication with the outside world. It i not known, therefore," whether the fighting, which began early Wednesday morning, be tween revolutionists and the imperii! trnnni aflll pnntlniiak. I-mm aiitfna out of Hankow lndloated that tha rebels hud rstlred In Wu Chang, hav. Ing met ft temporary rtverae. But the faut that nothing has btea ra cslved by the legation at Peking dur Ing tha past twenty-four hour would ecm to Indicftt that tha Imperialist have not succeeded in forcing do cit iv engagement, v ruan eni , vw In assuming the offlo of viceroy of Hu Pen and Hunan supirsedes In ku thorlty the war minister, Yin Tchang. He probably will leave tomorrow for Hankow and goes under order to inflict rigorous punishment upon tht rebel ringleader,, The German lega t'fn at poking denies the report that German troop engaged In street lighting at Hankow. " . Befugfe from Shanghai ' confirm reports of the massacre ot tight hun dred Manchus at Wu Chang, neither sex nor age being considered, , Ad dltlonal Japan destroy are now on Ihelr way to Hankow,' 1 The Amerlrart legation at 'Peking ha aaked the Chine government to insur th safs transportation , of Amerlrans from the territory bf tweon Peking and Hankow should th n cu, rf0r vmg an. PEKING, Oct, If Tha taralgn le gation In Peking fcave received no dlspatohtu from Hankow lnc t O'olock last vrnlng. Th last me sag from lih American eonmtl gen. rat, (loger 8. Omen,' Mated -only that lighting, ha begun. It 1 bellevid, however, that th ooncstvtona In Hon. Kow r af. and that th lu or twelve foreign rulr and . gunboat In th harbor ar am pi proeteotion ven without li Chines joint army ana navy. But it will Impossible to prevent stray ritte.ll from threatening foreigner or conflagration and loot ing by th rabbis, It will b difficult to cordon th concession, - because only narrow trts cut them crff from ' th densely (lacked China elty. 1 It 1 hoped trhat all th women and children hav already been afely r moved from' Hankow, as It la f ard th defeat ; of tha v revolutionaries might be followed by ixcmmi on Mi part of th mob. -- 1 Th German legation at Poking to day denlsd th report hat Oermart r troop had engaged - in lighting In th street .of Hankow. Tha toard of communications early last venlng received a dispatch which mentioned Slaokan In Hu Peh provinc as hav Ing betn captured by tha rebels. A report has reaoshed her that lm perlallst , troops 4iav rfud to de train at Hankow, Other report ay th Chines gunboat took little part In yesterday's fighting a a direct fir would , hav endangered . their , own troops .while a flank fly would hav Involved a bombardment i over th foreign concession. ) , v Discontent Subside. , Signs) of discontent at Hankow art subsiding after yesterday' fight. Th rvmfnn'et nn Paer Tt' Extra for Postage evfMLpi i .TO I. 7i 'M::ii-T,; , 1911 CONStCUTJVt tiAl'ZS ucauuiui, strong, auraoie, uestdcJ t lulu cwnna g IJfCi c SVSJ VUSp beautifully illustrated bv by monotone, 16 pages of Eisnn X late United states Icnsus, gS Dictionary coopaaaaad tb oC Tb t'2JQ r ,m t'd- , I; nl !! has same . , New fMfnklarel paper, ssm JlksMrs- . DICTIONABY tiooa, bs aU lilssstraa! , . oi th seW Ciwm! , -' r Afftd nli'M lb 4 snd c Sorts an emitted. SIX I aadtsal iSCI . , . 1 Extra for Post -c