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THE ASHEVILLE GITI ZEN THE WEATHER SHOWERS CITIZEN WANT ADS liRINO RESULTS VOL. XXIX., NO. 155. ASHEVILLE, N. C SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 5, 1913. PRICE FIVE CENTS 115 LATEST VICTIM OF T Car Slows Front Tire and Turns Turtle In Colum bus Race MECHANICIAN IS FATALLY INJURED rtalph Mulford Won Race MaRing World's Record on Dirt Track COLUMBUS. Ohio, July 4. Harry b Knight, of Indianapolis, known as Ae "Hero of the Indianapolis Speed way," was almost Instantly killed, and his mechanician, Milton McCallls, of Houston, Texas, wag no bodly Injured that he died her this afternoon when Knight's front wheel blew a right tire and turned turtle on the 110th lap or the 2 Q 1-mile automobile race contes ted under the auspices of the Colum bus Automobile association. 70 Miles an Hour. Knight had been out of the race for thirty minutes because of engine trouble and had lust re-entered. He was said to have been running 70 miles an hour when the accident oc curred. Johnny Jenkins, of Springfield, Ohio, was following Knight at a short distance end, according to some of the witnesses, ran over Knight's body which had fallen to the track. Jen kins declared he ran over something but doesn't know whether it was a body or part of the machine. Knight's head was hadly crushed and the top part torn off. His legs were drlvern to his armpits and the rest of his body ibadly mutilated. Mc Callis, who was 19 years of age, died In a hospital tonight. He had suf fered a fractured skull and concussion of the brain. Turned Over Twice. ' When the tire blew up the car turn ed over twice and landed In am up right position. McCallls was thrown out at the first turn. Knight was pinned under the steering wheels but fell out Just as the car finally right ed. He died alomst Immediately af ter assistants reached his side. Ralph De Palm following close on the heels of,Kteli and. Jonklnawaa run. ring at a high rate of speed, bat man ged to shave by the wrecked car Without smashing into K. - The accident occurred almost Im mediately In front of the grandstand and was witnessed by thousands of spectators. Although Knight gave his residence as Indianapolis, his parents live at Jonesrboro, Ind., near Marlon. He was 23 years of age. He gained the title of "Hero of the Indianapolis Speed way" several years ago, when he smashed into a brick wall in prefer ence to running down a driver who had been thrown from his car to the track. Just before he resumed the race, Knight had been officially declared tout of It because of time lost with Conttrainl on ee Klcht) OFFICIALS ALL ABSENT "Secretary Bryan Only Mem ber of the Cabinet In the City. NO FIREWORKS . -WASHINGTON, July 4. Quiet in 'the national .capital this Fourth of July was broken only by the rattle of street traffic and the cheers of en thusiastic crowds watching baseball ficoreboardB at the newspaper offices. There was no roar of the dynamite crackers of former years, and alert policemen ordered to enforce rigidly the la-w against fireworks reported to night that not even the tiniest of pop crackers nad teen set on: witnin the District The headquarters casualty record was blank. , Independence Day ceremonies were conducted at Memorial Continental hall, with Senator Galllnger of New Hampshire as orator. There were two street pageants and an Interest ing feature of the day was the un veiling of the tablets marking two historic spots the site where Sam 'uel F, B. Morse operated the first public telegraph station in the United States and the site of old Blodgett house, where Washington's first theatrical performance was staged and where congress met In 1814 after the burning of. the cap Itol. Business, public and private, was suspended . for the holiday. The prefident fctid vice-president were at tending the Gettysburg ce'ebrc'ion, and Secretary Bryan was the only member of the cabinet In the city. There was no session of either house of congress, the only signs of life at the capltol being around the senate flnano committee rowi. w'cr ' HARRY KfJlGH HE SPEED II AND NATIONAL CAPITAL SPENDS QUIET FOURTH ing touches to the ImW kOU GOV. LOCKE CRAIG DELIVERS ADDRESS ON BATTLEFIELD 'Little Giant of. Best as Orator ford Court HouseDiscusses Railroads. GREENSBORO, July 4. (Special.) Standing on the steps of the hlstorlo Guilford court houee Governor Locks Craig, the "Utile Giant of the West," today delivered an address that will go down in history as one of the best speeches of the kind ever delivered In North Carolina. The chief execu tive was at his best and his well known oratorical ability, coupled with the splendid Ideas embodied In his address held his audience spell bound until the last sentence had left his lips. Then applause broke forth. Grizzled old veterans, boys and girls, men and women shouted until they could shout no longer and then press ed forward to siiake the hand of the state'a executive. The occasion was the Fourth of July celebration on the hlstorlo old battleground, where years before the patriots made a stand fur home and liberty. Today, standing on the spot where the struggle for liberty was made, Governor Craig spoke of an other struggle for liberty the strug gle of the ballot Imposed by franchise. He aldo took up the railroad prob lems that are now creating so muck interest throughout the state, and said that the state will And means of retaliation If the railroads fall to agree to a reasonable settlement of the present difficulties. Other noted speakers were on the program, and the celebration is ac knowledged to be the best ever held in thia portion of the state, Governor Craig's address being the bright par ticular feature. Governor's Speech. Among other hlngs. Governor Craig said: The Declaration of Independence Is a well of truth springing un Into pe rennial vigor. As the patriarch of old raised his Ebeneser hts altar of thanksgiving and dedication so our fathers by battle erected this place Into an altar of freedom on the march of the race to redemption. We come here to renew our faith and to feel again the inspiration of the spirit of '78. local self-government was the principle for which the men fought atv Guilford Courthouse. vJt- 1 the guarantee of good government today as it was In the days of the revolu tion. No other kind of government can be the best government for an Intelligent people. It Is essential to democracy. Beneficent results can bo realized by no other system. The further we get away from this prin cipal the more pronounced will be the evil consequence The federal government embraces within its Jurisdiction the subjects' affecting the states as constituents of the republic The states embrace within Jurisdiction the subjects that! pertain to their territory. Eah locality to Insure the hest results I must perform the governmental func-l LOOTED I. G. EXPRESS Robbers Secured But Little Booty, Not Bothering Passengrs. HOUNDS ON TRAIL MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 4.-An all day search of the Tallahatchie river bottoms In the vicinity of Batesvllle and Pope, Miss., failed to reveal any clues to the two bandits who, early today, held up and robbed Illinois Central southbound passenger train No. 1 on the trestles over the river bottoms, JURt south of Batesvillc. Railroad arid express company of ficials agree that the amount of booty secured 'by the robbers was compar atively small, ranging between 500 and 13.500. This train usually carries large amounts of money for small banks along the line, but because to day was a holiday, the customary shipments were not made. The mall car, which also was rifled, carried but few registered packages, accord ing to Assistant Postmaster So) Seche, of Memphis, but the value of these has hot been estimated. According to a report by Conduc tor Harrison, a few of the passen gers made a stand at the forward end of the negro coach and ex changed shots with the robbers when they escorted the crews of the ex press and mall cars to the. rear. The hold-up occurred shortly after i o'clock in the morning, but It was not until after 5 o'clock that both sections of the train were assembled and able to proceed southward. The bandits halted the train on the long trestle Just south of Batesvllle and after forcing the crews of the ex press, baggage and mail cars to go to the rear, ordered - the train out, the engine and the cars containing valuables going about four miles fur ther south. After looting the car's, the robbers ran the engine twenty miles south to Pope, Miss., where tlie'j si the West" at His of the Day at Gil tlons that pertain to Its own commu nity life. . Conception of Founders. This Is the conception of the men who formed this union of sovereign states. It Is the vitalising principal that differentiates this government from the empires that now exist and till at have existed. The constitution of the Union and the constitution of North Carolina recognise this principle for its com plete, application. By the constitution of North Carolina, the township wni established as the unit of political life. It was designed that the township, She smallest of our political subdivisions, perform the functions of local self government and that all the people should participate In the administra tion. After the war we were forced to abandon this principle of local self- government for the . reason that a mass of Ignorant and Irresponsible voters was injected Into the body politic. By our suffrage amendment we have relief from this evil Inflicted by the passion of war. Now we can return to local self-government with assurance of the beat results. Local Taxation. In obedience to this prlnoiple the Idea of local taxation 'for local pur poses has taken hold of the public mind In North Carolina. I hope that the special session of the general as sembly will submit to the people an amendment to the constitution pro viding for the segregation of prop erty, so that property local In its na ture shall bear the burdens of local government and property general In Its nature shall bear the burdens of the state government I hope, too, for the classification of taxable values, for not all values are equally obli gated to bear the burdens of taxation. When each community administers its own affairs honesty and equity In tax assessment and honesty and economy In administration will be en forced. Constitute every community the guardian of its own Interest and an Intelligent guardian of the public interest. Constitute each community the architect of Its own fortune. When the -cltleens kew that the money wihldh he and his neighbors pay into the publlo treasury will be expended under his own eyes for the improvement of his own community he will gladly contribute his Just pro tion. This would encourage the rural sections to avail themselves of the utilities of modem civilization. Many communities have already taxed them selves for hlglhly efficient schools and Improved roads. Waterworks, elec tric lights and telephones will follow. Of all the Improvements of modern life, flowing water in the house Is the greatest. It la essential to health, cleanliness and comfort. The people (Continued on Pnge Three.) ISDN SPENDS TIE IT THE UNIVERSITY CLUB Makes Flying Trip From Gettysburg in Speical Train. FAST RIDE NEW YORK, July . 4. President Wilson spent three hours 1n New York tonight, resting at the Univer sity club, after a thrilling all-day Journey by special train from Wash ington by way of Gettysburg, where he stopped for an hour to make a brief speech to the civil war veterans. The president was raced across Pennsylvania and New Jersey at a speed sometimes approaching seventy miles an hour. There was no appar ent need for haste, as the president's schedulo did not call for his arrival in New York until 8:15 tonight, but between Gettysburg ami Philadelphia th0 special train struck up top speed, and before the president realized It he was only a few miles from the Quaker city. He sent in word to have the engineer slow down and his wishes were heeded. Later, how ever, orders were given to make -Now York by 6 o'.Jock. The railroad of ficials cleared the way between Phil adelphia and New York and sent the special over a freight track with an other burst of speed. Just what the. reason for the' fly inf trip was not learned, as imme diately on his arrival in New York the president merely took a long au tomobile ride on Riverside drive to get a breath of air, the day's ride was through sweltering heat and dust Few people knew him as he motored along the driveway. The president dined at' the Uni versity club arid remained there un til time to catoh the 11:10 train for WELL. JUST THt 5AME IHAD A $ood rim i 7 UNITED STATES REGULARS PAY TRIBUTE TO HEROES WHO SLEEP i BENEATH GETTYSBURG'S HILLS Silvery Tories of Bugle Inaugurate Silent Homage to row Wilson Delivers Chief Address of the Day Is Enthusiastically Greeted. GETTYSBURG, Pa., July . The United States regular army paid tribute today to ; the thousands Wiho sleep under the Mils of Gettysburg. Somewhere down in the heart of the tented dty a bugle sang out In silver sweet call, that wandered over the field where Lee and Meade made his tory. The big flag before the head quarters of General Liggett, flashing In sudden curves of red and white and blue, glorloue In the sunshine of a perfect 'July day, came slowly half way dowrrths shaft In front of the tent, shoulders saiared, figure trim In summer uniform of white, face to ward the . flag, ' ttfe general clicked heels together and stood at attention. Staccato Salute. Somewhere the gun of the Third battery, burst In staccato salute. Every officer over the length and breadth of the wide field, every en listed man turned away from the duties of moment and faced the flag, heels together, heads up and eyes alljpht uMKh tiA wnMmtnl nt t-h hour. As the last gun of the 48 sent the echoes clattering about Cemetery Ridge and Round Top there wj solemn silence, the hush of peace. Old veterans) who did not realize, per-, haps, exactly what was going on, stood ! silent under the spell of the universal : feeling that seemed to sweep the field. Even the clatter of pot and pans in the mess tents was hushed and the yells of cooks about to dlish up the midday meal lowered to whiepers. For five minutes the camp was quiet. Then the bugle spoke again in notes more Joyous. The silken- flag leaped up the staff to Its very pinnacle and (he noises Chat forty thousand men can make Tesumed their sway the regular army' tribute to the dead and to the flag of & reunited nation was paid. Only a few minutes before Presi dent Wilson had spoken in the big tent to the veterans in blue and gray, aw! only a short time eftrrwwd thou- c LL AT Select Winstori-Salem For Next Year's Convention. Officers Elected, RALEIGH, N. C, July 4. (Spe cial.) The North Carolina assocla- tion of poetoffice clerks and letter carriers, in annual convention here, selected Wlnston-Sulem tonight as the place for the 114 convention. The association of postoftlce clerks elected as officers the following: President, A. M. I Garner, Char lotte; vke-preeldent, L T. Yarbor ough, Raleigh; secretary-treasurer, B. T. Eldridge, Greensboro; chairman of state organization committee, E. , : ..... , . . .l i uonal convent n at Cleveland Ohio ' tional convention at Cleveland, Ohio, L. T. Yarborough, Raleigh. The as soclatlon of letter carriers will elect officers until Saturday fore-1 noon. PERRY CENTEXNIAL. PUT-IN-BAY, Ohio, July 4. Sweltering In a temperature measured at 100 degrees In the shade thousands ! of persons today witnessed the open ing of the Perry centennial and the laying of the cornerstone of the Perry victory monument to te erect ed on this Island by the states taking part In the centennial. The centennial will end the first week In October and will Include historical celebrations In The Day After It Was Like This. . 1 " sands of those who were left began their preparations for departure. Wilson Arrives. The president came Into Gettysburg shortly before 11 o'clock from-Baltimore. Through the narrow, crooked streets of this war-famed country town, he motored out to camp with Governor Tenor, of Pennsylvania, and Representative Palmer, of Pennsyl vania, by hi tilde. His appearance at the station of Gettysburg was the signal for a cheer and from some where down In the Gettysburg college grounds came the customary XI salute. From the station to the camp ever the village street and gray roads the president was driven while the Pennsylvania Constabulary,' look ing business-like and efficient in their slate-like gray uniforms, guarded his automobile and kept thetrafflo clear. At the entrance to the big tent the president paused for a moment to let the camera battery pop away as he stood with (head uncovered be tween a veteran from either army. His entrance Into the tent to the wtralns of "Hall to (he Chief' brought the crowd, Which estimates say num bered 10,000, from their chairs with a cheer. The speakers' platform was filled with the staff officers' of gov ernors and a number of fashionably dressed women. Governor Tener Introduced the president In a dozen words. As he route to speak there was another cheer. The president spoke slowly and carefully but the breeze that played under the sides of the tent, the restless feet of (hose who hasten ed In made It difficult for the old men in the rear seat to hear and under stand. The president was Interrupted only once or twice with cheering, He said: The President's Address. Frlen.ls and Fellow Citizens: 1 need not tell you what the battu. of Gettysburg mennt. These gallant men In blue and gray sit all about us IS IN Wounded and Prisoners Are Arriving in Various Balk an Capitals. LONDON, July 4. Evidence that serious fighting Is occurring in Mace- 'donla is found in the arrival of large numbers of wounded and prisoners at tho various Balkan capitals, but ow ing to silenc at Sofia and to the con flicting and probably biased stories from Hcrvlftn and Greek sources, it Is Impossible to form any accurate Idea of the struggle, - There haw bon no formal declara tion of war and although It Is re ported the Bulgarian minister to flreece has txen recalled, ho has not deroarti-d from Athens. mieT Vlzel,s announced In the . . ..... . ... ' flnr r,utrrf lamont 4r1av thai h xvuninii anu itiuiru iiAiy Kuiin. iiiin appears to have been gained by the amazing swiftness of the Greek ad vance from Balonlkl, which, accord ing to correepondents. surprised the Bulgarians. The-Servians claim a victorious ad vance to Kotchana, but the Servian Invasion of Bulgaria has been repulsed and Bulgaria It Is reported Is execut ing a turning movement which will nullify the Servian movement DAN'KFF RESIGNS. VIENNA, July 4. A telegram to the Relchsrpost from Sofia says Pre mier Daneff and his cabinet have re- Inistry-te the DeadPresident Wood to the Veteranu here. Many of them met here upon this ground in grim and deadly strug gle. Upon these famous fields and hillsides their comrades died about them. In their presence It were an Impertinence to discourse upon how the battle went, how It ended, what It signified! But 60 year have gone fey since then, and I orave the privilege of peaking to you for a few minutes of what those (0 year have meant What have they meant? They hays meant peace and union and Vlt our, and the maturity and might of a great nation. How wholesome and heultng the peace has been! ' We have found n another again, e -brothers and comrades in arm, enemies no longer, generous friends rather, our battle long past, the quarrel forgot ten-except that we shall not forget the splendid valour, the manly devo tion of the. men then arrayed against one another, now grasping hand and smiling Into each other's eyes. How complete the union ha become and now dear to all of us, how ungues tloned, how benign and majestic, a state after state ha been added to this our great family of free menl How handsome the vigour, the ma turity, thetntght of the great nation we love with undivided hearts; how full of large and confident promise that a life will be wrought out that will crown Its strength with gracious Justice and with a happy welfare that will touch all alike with deep con tentment! We are debtor to those SO crowded years: they have made us heirs to a mighty heritage. -But do we deem the nation com plate and finished? These venerable men crowding here to this famous field have set us a great example of devotion and utter sacrifice, They are willing to die that the people might live, But their task Is done. Their day Is turned into evening. They look to us to perfect what they (Continued on Page Seven) JUDGE SETS TUESDAT FOR TRIAL OE LEGISLATOR Roth Duff, Accused of Bri bery, Will Be Given Hear ing That Day. WEBSTER SPRINGS, W. Vs., July 4. Judge W. . O'Brien, sitting in the trial of the West Virginia leg islators, charged with bribery in connection with the election of a United States senator, has set Tues day next as the date for the begin ning of the trial of Rath Duff, the second of the accused to go on trial. This was done to give the sheriff time to serve summonses on .citizens drawn In a panel of forty to serve a Jurors. Of the panel of forty, but twentythree had been drawn when the twelve men to try Senator Ben Smith had been secured. There have hn n,i n.mnP. w illTOrS had been "seen" in tiehnlf i,i.vhmiiui. aim inis is 1 believed to have prompted Judge OTrlen to order an entire new panel It is said the conviction of Smith eausea mends or the defendant to circulate rumors ef threats of Violence against the state witnesses, the attor neys and other who had declined to agree wHh them. j no inai oi uurt is looked upon here' s likely to be one of the most sensational of all the seven indicted legislator. THE WEATHER. WASHINGTON, July . Forecast for North Carolina: Thundershowers Saturday -i si TmtlaTTsrobaWT fairr light E ABOUT POSTMASTER Seems to ThlnK A. H- James Will Yet Win Out at Laurinburg PAGE NOMINATED RUSSELL FOR JOB Was Against Wishes of Sen. Simmons and Fight Is Promised (Hy flcorgo II. Manning.) WASHINGTON, July 4.-Judge Walter Neal, of Laurinburg, was ft visitor In Washington today, primar ily on business, but he also called on Senator Simmons and Overman to talk over the matter of the appoint ment of a postmaster, for hi home town, where O. H. Russell ha bees) recommended for appointment M Congressman Page, and Is being op posed by Senators eimmona Judge Nal la a strong supporter of A. H. Jam, who made a great con teat for the offloe against Russell. Judge Neal seemed to feel confident that James will ultimately be ap- to Ruaseil, however, saying that he was a man of high character and', a tout fighter, who was not liable to withdraw hi application In the fact of opposition. ' ' Pago Stands Pat. Since Congressman Page' named Russell with the knowledge that he would be opposed by Senator Simmons) he ha stood pat on hi choice and, shows no signs of weakening. It seem almost Impossible, however for Russell to be appointed It he will ever be nominated under these cir cumstances, as the postoffioe depart ment ha in similar cases refused to place Itself In the embarrassing post tlon of nominating a postmaster, of whom It i Impossible to secure con firmation. . It has fceen suggested and hinted mat tne oniy way to secure a aemo cratlo postmaster at Laurinburg' was for Russell to withdraw hts applica tion and rsllsvs Congressman Page of the mtoerreesment, but .both Rus sell's friend and nemles deolar that Mr. Russell I not the kind of a man to withdraw. - ' It Is quite probable Russell 'will make a visit to Washington within the next few day and try to straight en the matter out to the satisfaction of Senator Blmmons. Falling to ac complish this the present postmaster at Laurinburg seems sure of hi Job for some time to come. Colonel William H. Osborne, of Greensboro, commissioner of internal revenue, left her today on a trip to the state, partly on business and part ly personal. On his Journey he In tend stopping off at Richmond, Ox ford, Henderson, and Durham before reaching his home at Grsenaboro. He (Continued ofc Page Two." "SGRAT0 FLYER" HITS Accident Occurred Ne Quakertown, Where In jured Were Taken. ' ANOTHER MAY DIE PHILADELPHIA, July 4. Fiv persons were killed and three Injured, one probably fatally, tonight when the Soranton flyer on the Philadel phia & Reading railroad struck t, uiurrin cnnLalnlnff a Dlcnlc Dsrtv at a railroad crossing near Quakertown. The dead: Mrs. Jennie Costello, 84 year old, Edwin Kane, i year old. Kathcrlne Costello, 10 years James Olllkk, SO years. James Hantgan, 64 years. The Injured: Franola Costello, it years old, frac tured skull. Edward Costello, 4 years old, hurt about the body and possibly Inter nally. Frederick Costello, 11 years old. bruised and possible fractures of the skull. ' The Costello home I In Phladel phla and the two men lived near Quakertown. The party was return ing In a wagon from a Fourth ot July celebration. When news of the accident reached Quakertown two automobile were rushed to the scne. The dead and Injured were found burled beneath the ruins of the wagon. BRITTOX WINS. NEW ORLEANS, July 4. Sheriff Marrero, of Jefferson parish, stopped the scheduled twenty-round fight be tween Jack Brltton and Charlie White In the eighteenth round at the West WJe Ateietveelub this after aeon,. JIG fiEflL 5 HNS woods family tomorrof Lioulnrllle, Ky, AMing loraeai
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