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f rv" - . " ' . JX mm SKiE- CITIZEN THE WEATHEB FAIR.' ' Circulation Q AAA Daily Over OjAJUy ,1 agi.'i-.y.,,,yr,,ias r ASHEVILLE, C, SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 7, 1911 PRICE FIVE CENTS - VOL. XXVII., NQl 351 FEARLESSFiERVE ALL THftT AVERTED .lowever as Result of Attack of Strikers, Strikebreakers Leve New Orleans . CORPORAL AND SQUAD PREVENT ONSLAUGHT itrlkebreakers March Under Heavy Police Guard. Going to AlcComb City. Miss. NEW ORLEANS, Oct . A a re sult of the attack- by railroad striker and sympathisers on the old Peter school building- Where 118 strike breaker were quarttred, the latter UU afternoon ware escorted to a train tiy armed guard and rushed out of , the elt. . The onslaught of the mob against the Illinois Central strike breaker came With such suddenness that the small police detail there bad no opportunity to summon reinforce meots. Corporal Wm. Pettrson, In Charge . of the quad, .however, dis played such fearless nerve In the face of such overwhelming numbers that the mob' spirit wilted in a twinkling and a -bloody encounter was narrowly averted. . .The mob, armed with stones, club and other weapon, rushed the build ing In a body, but with the throwing at the first missile,. Corporal Peteraon pinioned Wm. J. Mason, who threw it and who ws the supposed leader of the, attack. The next stone was thrown by William Dunn, and he also was placed under arrest Here the mob started to rescueXhelr leader, but Pe terson's threat that his men would shoot to kill the first man who at tempted harm to-the officers brought th mob to a halt. The arrival of po lice reserves at this juncture put an nd to further rioting. Corporal Saved Day, Corporal Peterson and his squad .had savel the day. Wm. J. Mason, himself an ex-pollceman, and Phillip . Dann, both were placed under arrest. ' The other men fell back two block " from the railroad property and after . 'dispersed not, however, until assur ances had been" given by the city au thorities that the strikebreakers hud dled. In the building would be taken out of New Orleans before dark. This the railroad .company had already ar ranged to do. "If those scabs are removed before (Continued n Pago Three) APPLICATIONS FOR SEATS TO WORLD'S SERIES THE Ofl EATESTJEVEfl KNOWN -Extra Clerks Employed to Attack Mountain of Let v ters Received ' LITERALLY FLOODED ' NEW YORK, Oct. 6. Within twenty-four hours after the announcement yesterday of the schedule of gitmea for 1911 for the world's championships, applications for setts came In In such numbers that the offices of the New .York Easeb&U c'ub were literally flooded with check-laden missives to night The demand was so ' over whelming that extra clerks were en gaged to attack the mountain of mails. . The applications were- tpo numerous to count tonight but they ran up into many thoueands. In addition hundreds of local fans, believing they couv.' thus get in on the tround floor,, went to the offices only to find that no tickets would be Issued until the advance sale begins Thurs day. The clerks handled the letters In package of a hundred, stamped ac cording to the time of receipt, te !' sure that the early, applicants are taken care of ftrrt. . At the Polo grounds here where tho first game will bo called a week from tomorrow, preparations are. nearly complete to take rare of a crowd of nearly 00,00 persons.- SUIT TO RECOVER SUM OF $6,000,000 vvu JACKSONVHXE, Fla.. Oct. damage waa filed today In the United States court here against the Seaboard Aff Line railway, the Knickerbocker Trust company of New York, Charles H. Keep, Francis Henderson. R. V. Mathews, C W. Lucas and Frank Q. Brown of New York, and H. Rlman Duval, of New Jersey, the plalrjtlff ir In the-suit being the Florida Railway company of which Frank Drew, of this "city. Is president . ' Geo. M.' Power!, a stockholder In the Florida Railway company. Insti tuting the suit by filing a praecipe, conspiracy beln? charged the de-t fondants. This suit ranks as one of the most BLOODYEflCuU important In the state of Florida and tin B. Herman, 'of New Orleans, on promisee to become-of national Int. j municipally owaed belt railroad. la portanc. plaintiffs claiming. that they f ths- afternoon th visitors were enter will show violation of the Sherman ta'.ned with a barbecue at Cold WHOLE WISCONSIN. VILLAGE LIKELY TO BE WASHED AWAY Waters of Black River Swollen by Floods Caused Ram Principal Of LaCrosse Destroyed. 1ACROSS, Wla. Oct. . Th Ku aition at Black River Fall, the pro peroua little city o 1,000 Inhabitant which waa swept by a flood this af ternoon when the water of the Black river, swollen by recent rains, washed through the embankment of the La Crosse Water Power com pany' dams 1 at Hatfield. , 1 ' tonight worse by far than waa even feared when the flood swept upon the city. Half of the business section ha been destroyed, together with a. part of the residence district and it 1 al leged by the people who have taken refuge on high land that the city will bo wiped out. Whether or not live have been lost 1 not yet cert tain. The people have been scat- tered and tonight canvasee are being made to determine' now .many, u any, r mi9lti2. Thus far two persona have not been accounted for. At 7 o'clock tonight between twen tv.flva and thirty' bualnea houses, comprising all the store on both irioa nt two streets had been destroy ed together with an equal jaumber of house. At that hour the water were till rising rapidly and the destruction of the atoce on the other two busi ness streets we predicted .- 'before morning. '- - Buildings Destroyed , The building have been not. mere ly flooded but destroyed. ., The .water, flowing rn tremendous volume under mined one big building after another and as each collapsed the debAa for the most part wa carried awayr No precaution could be -taken to stop the wrecking of the town. The people although they knew of the overflowing of the dam, showed little fear of It effects until the waters burst upon them. -' The city 1 tonight in darkness, th electric Jlght plant being one of the flrt to be struck by the flood.; The iflleaster waa caused by ... the udden rise of the Black river behind the two dam of the, water power com- .Jpil4lngrj,tos. ,wm3 ,aeo,;air. most a week. The dams wiwaiopa me pressure but In each ca the Wer washed around the side taking out a big section of the river jbank and coming down upon the country below ln'almost a great a volume a though the dams had been swept away. - The flve-mllllon-dollar property of the water company Is believed to be not greatly damaged and tonight it Is PORTUGUESE ROYALISTS MEET. DEFEAT IN FIEHT WITH THEREP.UBLIMNS Several Fights Known to Have Taken Place, But Few Casualties NUMEROUS RUMORS LI8UON, Oct. 8. A band of royal ists has been defeated in a right with republican troops near Braganca In Tras-os-Montes, the northeasternmost province of Portugal. It is rumored that a royalist column at Vlnhaes four miles west of Braganca. Is surrounded by r publicans. A columa of 700 mon archists commanded By Senator Cs macho Canavarro, principal lieutenant of the royalist leader. Captain Cou clere entered Portugal Thursday morning from Zamora, Spala and oc curred Franra, Carregosa. Esptraoxel lo and Pafrimo, all near Bragsnca. Two thousand royallets gathered from various places also have Joined the column which is now at Vtnhas. fu-vei-al fights in addition to thst hear Braganca have taken place but according to official rtporte there. are few casualties. Th mohachlsts are awaiting another column . which la expected to enter Portugal by way of Verln. The government has 8,000 troops near the Spanish frontier whiwh is considered an amrjle number to e-5pe with the situation.. Tn addition, how ever, it has dispatched regiments from Avelro and Oporto and a ma chine Kan company from IJsbon while warship Is on Its way to uporto pre- ,.a .huM It be nee- NEXT CONVKNTION AT BCFFADO ATLANTA, Ga.. Oct. I. Foliowlns an-established precedent of electing a new president every year John A MacVlrar, member of the commission of Des Moines and secretary-treasurer of the league of American Municipali se for several years, wa' elected president of the league at its closing session today, succeeding Darius A. Brown, mayor of Kansas City. Buffalo wa chosen for the next meeting place of the convention, winning out over Winnipeg on the second ballot by one vote. Tbe formal address-of the final session was delivered by Mayor Mar- by Recent Heavy Business B uildings said that the main dam which Is con Crete structure a hundred feet thick at the base and fifty feet at the top would probably stand" the pressure which might be directed agalnat It, Land Overran Beside the damage at Black River Falls a great tract of surrounding country wa overrun. Effort wa made to eend warning to farmer but telephone wire soon went down and the fate of many settlers who knew nothing of the flood until it struck their immediate localities la the cause for eome apprehension. Below Black River Fall are a number of villages and the high wa ters are due to strike them during the night and tomorrow. Force of men have been sent out M Strengthen the bridge la the three counties along the river. Cut off by telegraph, the new from Black River' Fall Is being sent to La Cross tonight by the Wis consln telephone company which sta tioned a man on top of a telegraph pole. He I lending hi report a well a the flooded lines permit. ' . ' "Black River Falls Doomed" "Black River Fall 1 doomed; the town will be wiped oft the map," wa the comment of W. W. Holcomb. manager of the Standard Oil . com pany here, who returned tonight trom the threatened city.,; "When I left there at 4 o'clock this afternoon, the main portion of the place waa under water and the flood wa reaching down Water street at the rate of twenty mile an hour. It would seem past belief, but I saw a big f stone building on a hill 190 feet from the water, crumble like an eggshell and disappear completely with the hill that supported it. The water had un dermined the hill and carried every thing away. "Shortly afterward, a knoll sixty feet long, north of It, "Was underlined and than the poor house, a great White building three or four stories high, went with It .. ,U .4l"Wheti thewBters appeared-th flfj can 'ctuiea every one to me atreeie. It wa sounded to get the people -eat to aeelst the residents on the flat In removing their goods. - s "Warehouses and otf.er buildings were swept away clean. "To get out of the town J had to go around over a railroad bridge, on (Commuted on Five)" STRIKEBREAKERS STRIKE IN SHOPS OF ILLINOIS General Superintendent Says That Men Were Simply Dissatisfied WITHOUT DISORDER MEMPHIS, Term.. Oct C.--Dlssatls fled with conditions about the Mem phis shops, Illinois. Central strike breakers tried their hand at striking late today and tonight the officials assert one hundred' were furnished transportation ana escorted - to a train bound for Chicago.. At the headquarters of the strikers It Is declared that more -than 400 men walked out: practically the entire force. The walkout was wHhout dia order. "The men were dissatisfied, that Is all," is the explanation mad.) at the office of 8. S. Morris, general sup erlntendent of the .Yaxoo and Mls- sivnipI valley ruvu. Other than the departure of the shopmen the situation locally was un changed. .; "OPEN SHOPS" HOCSTON, Tex., Oct . Both tc Southern Pacific and Houston and Texas Central railroads today, practi cally declared an open shop, when they made announcement that shop men on rtrlke csn return to work ony time before Monday noon, Oct.' . The- announcement bears the distinct understanding, however, 4 th-af th men can only return as new employe. This means that all strikers have lost their seniority rights and that all agreements and contracts with the hop unions are held to have been terminated. Strike leadr declare that the railroads' ultimatum - will : bar no effect on the strike; that the ranks of the strikers will not be broken-;-; Reports rerefvsd tonight indicate that ther day passed without disorder. TRIBCTK TO WASHINGTON ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct . A marble - memorial tablet three feet square, a tribute to George Washing ton, a former vestryman, was un veiled at Falls Church.' Va., six miles west of here today. Invited te assist Rev. W. E. Callerider. the rector, in presiding were Revs. Wm. J. Morton, of Christ church Alexandria, and A. Moade. . of - the Protectant ' Episcopal church at Pohlclt, Va. - Washington worshiped at all three chorchea, .. it Press Report; "Heavy Lying Was Heard off the Turk- -ish Fortifications at Tripoli " i 'C -"-' SEVENTEEN NATIONS REPRESENTED AT ECUMENIC A L METHODIS T CONFERENCE Statistic a to Resources in Men and Means in Methotiiat Mission Fields Featured Yesterday's Session Speakers Include headers of Methodism From all Parti TORONTO. Onty Oot-Jl Statletlc relative to" ' resource ' ) men and means In Methodist fnUatton fields, a give ntoday by' th Rev? James Lewi, of Cambridge, Eng., proved Interest ing to the deleiate from seventeen countries who attended today' ses sions of Ecumenical Methodist confer ence in thi city , '", From the delated report presented It appeared that during the last year there wer !,IIS Methodist foreign mtsBfonaxlee.,, TheA31uOli SI' dalned men and 11 physicians, of th . doctor ' awing wornem; - NUv worker numbered 20,tj. while 'th number -ot missionary stations .and sub-stations waa t,7iV These mis sionaries represented 701,10a baptised Christiana end l,44f ttl adherenU of whom S&S.ltH were Bunday school teachers and scholars. -. The ordained ministry at- the be ginning of 110 was 61,178, of whom but l.tll, or 6 per cent counting for eigner and native were In the mis sion field. "Of our total number of minister throughout the world," aatd Mr. Lew is, "the average la one to every 1,741 Methodist church members. In heath en countries the ratio is one Metho dist minister to every, 801 -members. Our means as expressed- by the In come of th missionary societies In 1010, totaled-about $7,000,000, a sum whloh represents about 10 cent to SECRET SERVICE ICEKTS TCH1NG GENERiL REYES Thi3 Notwithstanding De nial of Connection With New Revolution NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 6. Notwith standing General liernarda Reyes' de nial of any connection with revolution ary i designs agalriHt Mexico, the gen eral departed for Bn Antonio today under trie surveillance of secret ser vice agents of bth the Mexican and Am-trtcan goremt.ien's. OeneV-al Reyrs dogged from the moment he landed here yesterday from Havanna until be was aboard the west board limited. "I don't mind th-fe spl,'' said General Reyea, "In fact becauee of the gross misrepresentations of myself that have been broadcasted through out the United Stat . I welcome the espionage of the Wiishington govern ment It will prove that my plans are naclflc and that the love and admira tion which-1 hsve long expressed and exhibited for the American Pfople It bom of sincerity." ', Hnunrt TRHi: ooimscEi). t.TKrHIW'fin Va... Oct.- . The trlsl of Ben Hubaffi for th murder of Or. J, A. Pettlt. at uovingston, was continued today until November 14, thi betn posMble witnout tn pres- , enc of Hubard, who ha not yt been j arraigned. WA8H1NGTOK. Oct t t Forecast: North Carolina, fair Saturday; Sunday fair, senuwbat cooler; moderate south winds becoming northwest fundey. , of the World All Phases of each of the 1,761,434 MetnodlaU." All Phase , Practically every phase ef foreign missionary work ws discussed by delegate from various fields," An ur gent plea wae mad by" the Rev. f. H. Lewi of Westminster, Md., who, 1 president of the general conference ef th Methodist Protest nt church, for a union of American Methodist into on body, Thi proposition, which ha been discussed since th (opening of tjteHHBfMOC.aiii4ntlX.la JavokmL by, a large maportry of the United States delegate.' Bishop R. E. Hots, of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, wa the only on to express dissent at today's meetings. "When, you get too big a church It suffers from Its own obesity," he said. Mr. Lewis stated his position In fa vor of such a union. We srs putting ourselves from the greatest oppor tunity ever offered us by th most unnecesrery and Inexcusable , hind, ranee ever' tolerated. If a . census of opinion could te taken to what on circumstance would do most to pro mote world-wide, evangelism among Methodist themselves, enlist most monarchies and start a missloriary crusade that would Id set the wort eflam with new seal and hope, I be lieve an overwhelming majorlty of all our people would say, "It Is th union of American Methodist Into one body." We have seventeen differen; ft X-FfiGULTlf OM HISHHO gave mm POWER t ,-i So Said J. Annstrong Chalo -ner in His Testimony to Recover Money CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. Oct, 6. A mysterious submerged mental equipment worn on his btad which he called "X-faculty" end to which he credited wonderful performances In cluding straight stock market tips was described today by John Arm strong Chalonvr when he resunud his diifitlon before United States Com-1 mlsaloncr Booth In the suit for con-! trol of his Nsw York estate and the i ruhl to fre-.dom as a sane man in New York. I This paychologtral power, Chalotier ' explained was due to ''snlmnl maj-; netlsm" hs desrl1cd Tuesday and j could only h? used When' he observed j a strictly vegetarian diet. As sn ex-; ample of the working of his "X-Fsc-ulty." Chaloner to)d of carrying on a dialogue with the "power" . a few nlph't before Christmas in. 16. To test the accuracy of a tip given by the "power" he said, - he caught a train for New York. Invented $000 on the atork market and doubled his money. ITe V- ft the' rhoney up tit further' galtvi. he said, and the late gtonfortf'i. White drew It rrut nfter he, Chalonr had been committed to ploomtngdale asylum. Chaloncr took pains to explain that he did not belter In solr)tusll"i, an-1 that this power was a part of his own mental equipment, unrter the domi nation of hi own will and reason. The ileno'Hlon probably will be completed tomorrow. DATOHTFRR AAME OFTTCFTjS ROAVK'T, Vs., Oct . The Vlr Hpia Pvfiton Tiurhters of the Con fedrv,, n eninsl eelrrn her to nlrrit iterfed o'flcj.rs 'nr the veer. Prudent Mrs. A. A. Cemnhell Wythe- countyr' fir vice president M1ss Mannle D. Kensett Norf'k; second vice president Mrs. Elizabeth Ely, Partsmouth; third vie president. Yesterday' Work. names for Methodist In America and consequently about many different missionary' campaign.. In th flsld w oompet with ea!h other, dupli cate each other' effort and confuse these trying to rv. . "Heart of Methodism" : t , v v 1 Evangelism, , Mr. Lewi said, 1 es sentially th heart of Methodism, tout doctrine and polity are only th me chsnlcal exponent of tb rsal p. eul!ttitt'. of Methodism, pierce' a tfijodit uaili. ha bleed and you find not a dogma, nor a rubric, but a throbbint heart. ' For Mm regenera tlon Is not a figure of apeeh nor' magic formula. Methodism I heart power, rather than mind power, but It has both., Methodist claim to have received a new and pscuMar power demonstrated to 0 of God a pecul iar power over sinnent, entailing re. sponslblllty fr world-wide evangel- ism. Among other speaker todayvwer the Rev, O. W,' Clinton, of Charlotte, N. C, bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Eton . church, who spoke en "The. Mission of Methodism to the Backward Race"; Rev. David Brock, Houthport, Eng., "The, Mission of Methodism to the ' non-Christian oe"s -Bishop E. E.'Hos,' Nash vllle, Tean., "Methodism In Korea," Missionary mas - meetings wer held In several Toronto churches to night. - ESTIMATES OF POSTAL EXPENSES COMfKe YEAR Increase Over This Year Smallest, Ever Known, Less Than 1 Per Cent WASHINGTON. Oct. . With th establlahment of parcel post system and the transportation of mall by aeroplane, Postmaster General Hitch cock tJdsy completed hla estimates for the coming year. According to Mr. Hitchcock's estimations the appropria tions necessary to met the expenses of the postal service at large during the coming fiscal year win be 1200, tt,tS, an Increase of J,66,740 over the appropriation for the current fis cal year, or less than 1 ptr cent, the smallest on record. The most important of th new Items In the estimates are those pro viding for a parcel post They include 1 60, 000 to cover ths preliminary x psnses on rural mall routis and an equal appropriation to etart ths ser vice In the cities, An additional Item of IfiO.OOO Is included to cover an In vestigation having for It object the final establirhme nt of a general par cel post on all railway and steamboat transportation routes. Thus Mr. Hitchcock will submit th parcel poat questlcn. squarely to congress for the postal committees of the house and will have to pass directly on each Item, ' He ( confident that leglalatlon au thorising a parcels post In some farm will bs secured at ths coming session of ronrress. Another Item Included for the 'first t!m in the ffiO.OPO to cover experi ment in th transportation of mall by aeroplane. nFXKARFT OX IIOXD FRWOFmCKPDCRO, Va., Oct. I. Havden rtorsel charged with em bTx!ng'.000 from tlie office of th Adams Express company was today irolAased en St.ono bond. Hla case come up for trial Oct It. .- : PROTEST AGAINST ITALY DECLARING' WAR Or.THFTURKS Telegram Sent to all the Paf. liaments and Peace AT t Miration Societies I ' 1 SAYS OCCUPATION OP TRIPOLI UNJUSTIFIED War Proclaimed Without Re. gard to lur Key's Request For Explanations" ' CONBTANTlNOPLHi, Oct, i.-Ai t, matting today in the tnoaqu of at Sophia a telegram, of protest against Italy' declaration of war on Turkey wee formulated and sent to all th ' parliament ot the world,. pe and ; arbitration societies, universities, so clallat organlsatlona and the Hague psacs tribunal. Th telegram say the occupation of Tripoli I unjustified -and that Italy la unworthy of a plan among th gnat power. It ask whether western civilisation ha eon -sldsred the ef fee; upon the esstern mind of Italy' brigandage. Th meet tng alio aent th following mossag to King Oeorg of England! ; i "How can a power Ilk ' England, ruling between eighty and ninety mil-, lion of Moslem, .regard with com-, . plalrant silence ths declaration of war agalnrt the Ottoman nation and th blockade of Tripoli. Is ueh pnllc In harmony with the rreent and future Inter: ata of England , - ' NOTE OF EXPLANATION. WASHINGTON. ()t . Stat d . partment received frm Youssouf Zla, ' -. Pacha, th Turkish ambassadop to th JCnited States, th first formal not of explanation of Turkey' attitude In th xlttng struggle with Italy. The not reviewed th action of Italy, setting forth that the war had bn pro claimed Vlthout rgard to Turkey' ' request for further explanatlpn ot Italy's demnnd. Accompanying th "aide-memoire addressed to the American govern ment wa a letter from the ambers dor making It clear that Turkey de sired to hs et right on the chnrwl ; that she Knd not given due eik'.kt .a i Italy'g final 14 'hour ultimatum. .- ' flovKnwon or TnoL! i ? ROME, Oct .Vla fronUer. Rear Adml'al Bnreaux Olmo who haa been appointed Italian governor of Tripoli I a (distinguished naval orriesr and son of th master of ceremonies at . hi majesty' court He commanded th cruiser Elba which partlcipatsd In th blocked and witnessed the battle off Chemulpo during th Ruseo Japancee war when he rescued 309 Russian eallore after their orulr Vartag wa detroyd. ' 8 Captain Umberto Cagnl who wa made commandant of th landing par' ., tie, l president of th International Polar commission and wa a com pan- . Ion of Duke of the Abruul on th law tf Alaskan and North Pol expe dition, ' The Intention of , the Italian gv-, ern merit to avoid further International mdicent on the Albanian coast was frustrated either because Captain Se. : caret in command of a section of the torpedo flotl'la had not, received the Instruction on thht point or being ; provoked by the assumed responsi bility of th Turks for hi action .to avoid repetition of such an, occur-' rence, the admiralty office ha recall ' ed all the ehlpa cruising along th Al banian shore. . , It la understood that Rear Admiral ; Aubrey 1 maaeuverlnf In the Aegean - sea. Intending to place war ships for reconnalsanre if the Turkish . fise' . emerge from It hiding place. ' T AFFAIRS OF 6.&F. Strikers Must Show Cause Why Injunction Should Not be Permanent. MAY ARBITRATE PEN8ACOLA, Ha., Oct i. A tem porary. Injunction restraining striking firemen and englnemen of the Oeorgla and Florida railroad from (nterferlng with the road' affairs was issued here thia afternoon by Judge Wm. B. Bhepard, of the United State Circuit count . i t The strikers are , ordered to hosr cause before the court on. October II why the temporary restraining 'order should not be mad permanent - ; ;' COXFEREXC1 HFD AU0U8TAt Oa., Oct. Following the granting of a restraining order by Judge Bhepard at Valdoata today In th Oeorgla and Florida railway case Conferences were held at Doutla be tween ettlsen. ..official ot the road ' n.1 reo-scntaUvs of the acrlker. What the form of arbitration Is-not known her except that the president of the road has wired Oenn'! Man ager Turner to agree to axbitraUoa under the Krdmaa act :0
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