Want Advertise it in The News 20 Pages ONE SECTION. THE bur Ad. 20 Pages ONE SECTION. VOL 2, NO. 36 CHARLOTTE. SUN DAY MORNING. OCTOBER 8. 1911 PRICE 5 CENTS Waiei Rushing Over Wisconsin City With No Relief In Sight As Result of Dam Btiok Black River Falls ts no Mon— Sixty Om Business BuildiMgs Wrecked by Jht Mad Waters. Many Bouses fn Ruins— Grofihk Stoty q; Iks Disas ter Told by Eye Witnesses— No LOSS oj L\je Reported— To Date. Bltck Rfvwr noil. WU, Oct t/— dvr of two thousand inhabitants r>rtrtlcall7 has been blotted from the rrr- of WlBConsln. Only a few of the ^t^Tone town buildings hare escaped ^:^y of the flood now they doomed. Is known as lower town, or he gn^Te, today was t place of mis fry. I; s here that the maJ9rity of the r#^5 .'lents live, and followinf a night of «nxiety and suffering they faced n* realization that no food is avail £Dle Hemes Demolished. Many of their homes have been de- '-'•'iEhed. It m’as not an infrequent - err to see several families partak- -2 of a quantity of food which appa would not appease the hunger of a workingman. F-^ery grocery and meat market in has disappeared in the deluge T. o dozen dwellings have been swept and unless there is a sudden change In the current many more will appear in the torrent which still in what was on-^y the heart of city. No Loss of Life. fp as can be ascertained there >een no loss of life. Communi •Tion with towns down the Black riv- r i» impoBsible but it is believed they ' e b€cn carried away by the floc%l, - ibly entailing loss of life. T er-thing on the four buBiness • ct" comprising the heart of the ' -n has t)een swept away. Harrowing Experiencts. t Hatfield, Mrs. J. W. Ebertowsky, » lived In rooms over a store, was ged to flee the day after the birth 9 She walked two miles down k to a farm house, carrying 1 In Melrose, a village IS north of here the river rose 20 i*‘*' daring the night. All the roads ^ ’ng to the town were destroyed Streets Submerged. TWO principal streets of Black R: er Falls are submerged. Only - * fnundations show above the whirl- I- )1e Most of the city is built on •:.ud. If believed the pretty residence di«fri! t- of Price and German Hills are in danger. Hundreds of residents have moved ..ci; belongings to nearby farms. The population fears to spend another In dread of being carried ihto the river by the crumbling banks. First Apr'earance of Disaster. First appearance of the disaster '••tne shortly after noon yesterday, lae ^reat volume of wat^ released ' om the reser\'olr 28 miles above city swept over the Hatfield dam, ix miles belo^and struck Black River FJls with tremendous force. The f^n^r pl^nt withstood the onslaught '' a time and then went down. A Jrofid depot, several elevators and a ^ other buildings on the north bank the river resisted the power of the ;ood but the opposite bank, beln_ '■^eper, gradually gave away. One pr another in rapid succession, ck, stone and frame buildings were fiermlned. A'i day long the sound of crackling t.mher and the terrific noise of brick - ructures crashing into the flood vOuId be heard. TELLS OF ms TBIPtBBOy New York, Oct 7.—‘l tell you boys, I felt like klBsing the statue of liber ty when I came np the bay,** exclaim* •4 Hiomaa A. Bdlson, the aviator, who with Mrs. Bdlson, hie Theodore, his daoshter Madeline, arrived from Europe today on the liner Amerlka, I most aay that after my visit abroad I am ntlBfled with my own country. Our party toured Germany, F^nce and Switzerland by automo bile, and I had opportunity to Inspect the hlg works in the towna which we touched. ‘'Tou ask me If I saw anything on that side which struck me as better than what we have hw%. No. I did not. “I found the hotels all rig^t—mod em and with all the comforts to re lieve the tedium of travel and tran sient Invonceniences. I actually trav elled like a Pittsburg millionaire— and do you know that It did not cost me so much? I found the expenses very small. “The finest roads I have traveled over are In France. And right here let me say we are pretty raw when it comes to improved highways. In the. 2,000 miles of road in France I went over I did not discover more than two miles in poor condition. But then France i» a great big park. The farmers there can get twice as much out of their acreage as we can here. They are shy on machinery.’* “How about the airships over there?” “Ah, those airships. Well, the air ship of today is 85 per cent man and 15 per cent machine. This percentage must be reversed, and the neater bur den put on the machine rather than on the man.” A storm of protest and denial was aroused by a cable interview with Mr. Edison on September 29, in which he was represented as eriticising Oer- man ideas of art, architecture, ma chinery. businefs i^ethods, lack of in ventiveness and originality, and facil ity for copying machinery. Tlie attributed statement that arou»> ed the mightiest sorm of contradiction wag this; ' The English is the highest standard of integrity in thew orld. Our Ger man aristocrats are entering I^T’sely Italian Governor Issues a Pro- damation Declaring the City is In a State of Siege—Pub- • « lie Order Must he Main tained. Majority of Inpolitan Polict Ready to Enter Italian Ser vice—The Position of Italy With Regard to Intervention .Set Forth. ► ITALY’S PLANS KNOWN. ♦ THE AUSTIN FLOOD Photograph showing the terrible damage done by the flood of water which descended on the village of Costello, Pa., several miles below. Austin, Pa., caused by the bursting of a dam of the Bayless Pulp and Paperu mills at Austin. After practically destroying Austin, the rush of waters contin ued on towards Costello where houses were demolished And caused the death of two persons. TUFT TO VITm iiito business row to get ricK quick, and they don't care how it is done. Their methods havp affected business ideals generally.” Mr. Edl&on had not seen the state ment until itw as handed to him aboard the Amerika. “It is not quite correct,” said Mr. Edison. “I said that the Germans themselves acknowledged that the in tegrity of their commercial classes was not as high as that of the Eng* lish. “They were the best Germans who told me this—they acknowledged tnat the integrity of their business classes was not^as high as that of the English. Stephenson's Postage Bill Under Fire WiWaukee, Wsi.. Oct. 7.—The sen atorial committee inveptigating the • ijery charges in connection ^ith the - ■ '.Uon of United States Senator Ste- pbeDiion, today inquired into Mr. Ste P hen son 8 postage bill, which amount- 1 to $11,000. Rodney Sackett, Mr ^ -iihenhon’s campaign manager, tes Ut.u that in one instance the postage ill for seven days amounted to $7,700 nd that on one day he s^nt $1,900 tor two cent stamps, sending^ out 60, ■ letters. None of the campaign literature !^€nt out was available at the present ime, according to Mr. Sackett’s state '■•nt. Among the items as having been ex pended for Mr. ^b»h^8on’s benefit . enator Heyourn read the following: "One man to attend colored picnic Touched by two old soldiers, $2 Tnp through the Ghetto, three V. " ♦ ^ WILL SUPPORT WILSON. THBEIITEN TO LEIVE KUSTIN TO ITS FIffE ♦ Trenton. N. J., Oct. 7.—The ♦ ^ iiate convention of Confedera- ♦ ♦ tlon of democratic ciubs of ♦ ♦ new Jersey this afternoon adopt- ♦ ♦ ed a resolution to supi)ort ♦ ♦ Woodrow Wilson for the demo- ♦ ♦ cratlf; nomination for president ♦ ♦ of the United States. ♦ ♦ ♦ Austin, Pa., Oct. *7.—The I. N. S. learned today that the Bayless Paper & Pulp Company whose dam burst last Saturday, wiping out the city of Austin, with the sacrifice of scores of lives, has threatened to leave Aus tin in its ashes and debris and never rebuild if prosecution for i*ie disaster is brought against it. “If you prosecute us, we will leave you to your fate,” is the defiant mes sage that has been spread to the home less and helpless citisens of Austin. “Stop this talk of criminal responsl bility; stand up for the company that built Austin and we will furnish the funds for rebuilding; we will reopen our mills and employ you,” is the oth er side of the bargain. That was the bargain proposed to a prominent citizen of Potter county by one of the Bayless attorneys. Another amailng story was in cir cuUtion to the effect that District.At- tonxcy Nelson hfl-d d6ClEr6d th&t th6 purpose of the inquest is not to fix the criminal responsibility for the disaster. When asked about the story ' “In mv position as district attorney I have no feeling of persecution against anybody. I shall simply do ™ “The ^purpose of this inquest is sim- nly to ascertain if there has been a destruction of property and if any per sons lost their lives in conwquen^; and also to ascertliln what had been rhe cause of this destruction of prop erty and loss of life. Since it might Save beeh caused by on the part of the owners of the dam or in the construction of dam. or both, all of these may have been to blame: or the cause may have been be%nd the control of anyone and ^kwquently a calamity , for which none should be censured. Ldncoln, Neb.,. Oct. 7.—In ’an editor rial appearing in the Comnioner this week, Mr. Bryan challenges * Presi dent Taft to make public the written and verbal recommendations on which he appointed Justice White to the position of chief justice over Jus tice Harlan, and the re^mi&enda- tions, written and verbal, ‘ on which he appointed the justices whom he has placed on the : siipreme bench. The Editorial. The editorial says ii| part: "At Cherryvale* K«8m tk% dent repeated the challenge sued' at Detioit -to Mr. Bryan- tv due* an example of rest^nt^ pf trale that Would not cooie within th6 8oop« of the supr^mie court decisions in the Standard Oil and*tobacco trust cases. “He spoke of the criticism as glib. It would be a reflection on th6 pres ident’s intelligence to assume that he expects his remarks on the trust question to be taken seriously. He knows that Mr. Bryan has only reiterated the Criticisms con tained in the dissenting opinion of Justice Harlan and* in the report of the senate judiciary committee filed by Senator Nelson three' years ago. Justice Harlan and Senator Nel son pointed out that the amendment written into the law by the supreme court practically nullified the criminal clause of the anti-trust law. Relying on the authorities cited by Justice Harlan and Seniator Nelson,, Mr. Bry an has asserted andasserts again that it will be found practically im possible to convict a trust magnate in a criminal court. As to Criminal Prosecution. Does the president believe a'crim inal conviction possible? If so'why does he hesitate to prosecute the ^of ficials of the Standard Oil and tobac CO companies? Mr. Bryan challenged; him* to make public the written and .'verbal re commendations upon which he ap pointed Justice White to the position of chief justice over ^Justice Harlan and the recommendations, written and veVbal, on which he appointed the justices whom he has plac^'on. the supreme bench. Did he'know how they stood on the trust question .^ or was it purely accidental that all, of his appointees took the trust side of the question?” Four Pardons were Gianted by Kitchm Special to The News. Raleigh, Oct. 7.—Among four par dons all conditioned on good Jieha- vlor, granted , by Governor Kitchin, is that to Gaither C. Bodemaamer, who' has. served half of a five years sentence for the larceny of money from a bank in kemersville, Forsyth county. The* judge, solicitor, presi dent of the bank and many others asked for the pardon. Robert Fulton, of Halifax county, who has served 10 years of a 16 year sentence for burglary in the s^ond degree, is pardoned on account of eyeisigfat-failure and' the> reqiirat from the judge, solieitor and others that a pai^pn be granted. .W. F. Fleming, of htts» county, who has served one year of, a three year ^nt$n^ fpr .-i^rvon in opuity/ts, tNMnioned b!^^ at the recent di»-' aster hear th«j;TeaneiMe wlMoe^: :6bfvlctd were at work on the ■ Trans-Continental lUilroad h6 gave, .warning that- saved the lives 6f several coBVicts> and rendered great aid in caring tor the injured without a thought of escaping. Egypt to he British Piotectmate London, Oct., S^The Sunday Ob server prints a dispatch from Rome in timating that liord Kitchener« will soon declare Egypt to be a British pr^ tectorate. Egypt now acknowledges herself a vassal state of Turkey and confirms Turkey's suzerai^ity . by an annual payment of tribute despite British occupation. Turkey clainis the right to march troops i to ^ Tripoli through Egypt, but British annexar tion would of course render ‘ this im: possible. ' Report FWm 'Lisbon. ' Lisbon, Oct. 7.—Senri-ofliclal intelll gencc regarding the monarchist insur rection fixes the number of royalists who crossed the: Spanish frontier near Vinhaes at 1,250. The repubWcan troops garrisoning Vinhaes after skirmish with the invaders retreated Later two regiments of infantry and one of vacalry were sent to the fi«W by the republican commandant at .Villi Real. They engaged the royak ists, who slowly gave. way and retired to the more motlhtainbus districts Paris, .Tex., Oct. ; 7.—The tempe|ra- ture here dropped fifty degrees list night SUrting at 95 late In the af ternoon it fell to 45. Personnel Of New Canadian Govei nment Has Been Named\l Majority oj New Cabinet Un der Leadership of Borden R^resent Moneyed Interests —Portfolios Assigned to Ministers not Announced. ♦ Rome, Via. Frontier, Oct. S.— ♦ ^ The full scope of Italy’s cam- ^ ^ paign against Turkey became ^ ^ known for the first time to- ^ ♦ night. ♦ ♦ Not the occupation of Tripoli O ♦ alone, but by a series of smash- ♦ ♦ ing blows along the %hole ♦ -4^ thousand miles of Tripolitan ^ ^ and Cyrenican coast Italy's ^ ^ purpose is the utter destruction ^ ♦ of the Turkish rule in Africa. ♦ ♦ With utter humiliation star- ^ ♦ ring Turkey in the face, Italy O' ♦ will deal as conqueror with the ♦ ♦ late owner of the evicted terrl- ♦ ♦ tory. ♦ ^ The end of the Moslam rule ^ ^ In Africa is practically reallz- ^ ♦ ed. The ports and forts of ♦ Tripoli, Bomba, Tlrza, Bengazl, ♦ Dema and Tonu'uk have been ^ bombarded and silenced. Italian ♦ blue jackets are in possession ^ and the Italian flag flies over ♦ ♦ them. ♦ liT TBOnilE H BIE Special to The News. Thomasville, j Oct. 7.—-Seven thou* sand flve ' hundred ^ people attended the fourth annual celebration ’ 6f Everybody’s Day, here today. It te generally agreed that tpday’s celebra tion far surprised any ever held. The weather , conditions were ideal, tlje crowd was good humored and the amuseioients proved more attractive than 'ever . before., Farmers from„.the adjoining counties be^n • to ' arrive early; during the ' morning. Some. of them drove as far as 15 miles in or der rto be in .the. parade at at* noon. About fifteen business houses were represented by floats. The' flrst prize for, wagon floats was taken ,by the Jewel Coiton Mills, whichi ha.d a‘high ly decorated wa«on filled .with girls from the mill followed by nn vox-cart containthg a'bale’of cotton, astride o^^ which Miinager lill^rd' rode in state. The second prtze fotj wagons .went, to the Crutchrielf ^.Hardware Coinpany. 'The flrst prize for auto’s went to Mrs. J. F. Hayden, pink and‘white car; the second to Mr. F: S. Laml^th, hlack and' gold^vone. The first prize for buggies was taken by the first National Bank, the second by the Peoples Mer‘cantile ^ Company.. A rid“ ing * tournament, a ;^^tato. race, a mule race and other 'freak’ events kept the crowd *buSy and amuse^’ un til evening when the d^fct’s events were closed' with a great flrewprks display. ' According to the .custom the laditf 6f the ' Civic .League served i dinner and siippei* to the crowd, the .proceeds from which wlll^ne used ^for the im provement of the town* commons. The "soda vfonntalia reaped ; a rich harvet today. One drug «torer alpne sold 1,280 coca colas befwe six olbck in the even^. ^ QmtderGiMt: Chufch Mitger NariivlUe, Tenn., Oct. 7.—The con vention of the Pentecostal church of the Nazarene, in swion here today, considered the proposer merger with the Protestant^ ethodlst Church of 'Lbtilslana. One of the planks in the l»lan-'l?^ts risers or sellers or growers of . tobacco coming Into the church by the .merge*' on Six months probation The Niaarenes dieapprove of . the use of tobacco altogether. ^'I'he merger has not yet b««n adonted. Speoilationta it^ of Ldurier Govemnmht Bdi Friday Ajiemoon— Gose of Notabk Career. OttaW4, Ont., Oct. 7.—The personnel 6f the hew Canadian government un der tlie Itodershlp of R. L. Borden, was officially announced this afternoon. The iKJrtfolios to which the' various ihlnisters have been a8signed_.v^^ill not he-m^e; public, however, until Mon day whiin they will take the oath of d^pe. It is a notable fact that the ma^- j6rity of the newcabin et represent ijie' moneyed classes. The interests ihat wei:e responsible for the elec- licih of Mr. Borden were not to be de nied. , ‘ Mr. W. T. White, president of the National Trust Compa-ny, of Toronto, who led the flght against reciprocity, is almost certain to be the minister pf finance. Mr. White, is without par liamentary experience although a life long liberal. He is a noted flnancier and a brilliant platform orator. The nationalist followers of Henry Bourassa, who contributed, largely to the defeat of Laurier, are well repre sented in the new cabinet. P.''D. »Monk and W. B. Nantel, who will hold port folios are both ardent tfatlonalists. The navy. adpiinistration , will be oompMcd jas ft>llows: Maritime' provinces: R. ■ L. Barden and 'Hon.Tj:‘D. Ha^n, New ' Bruns wick, Quebece, F. D. Monk, L. Pv Pel letier, W.’B.'Nantel, George H. Perley and C.' J. Doherty, Ontario—Frank Cochrane, W. T. White,'George E. Foster, W. S. Mid- dleboro, Andrew Broder and J. E. Arm strong. ' ^ \ The West—rRobert Rogers, minister of public works in Manitoba; Dr. W. K." Roche and Mr.'Martin Burrell. Mr.'Borden proposes to enlarge thr cabinet, wh-ch hitherld has consisted of fourteen .portfolios. To do this he must s^ure un act of parliament. Ip the time Le will announce 'the appointment of at least three new cab inet members, and assign portfolios as soon as the necessary statuary power is conferred upon him. The proposed new ministers ^re: . George P. Perley, the • miUipnaire lumber ing of Ottawa, who was-the chief eorganiaer of the , anti-reciproci ty flght; H. B. Ames, a millionaire politician of Montreal and.C. A. Mc Grath, a strong western man who was- defeatedtin the coilstitutency of Medi cine Hat, Alberta, where the Ameri can farmers voted solidly for reciproc ity.- ' ^ ' Mr. McGrath will likely be appoint ed to' a portfolio hitherto unknown, that of' minister of conservation, Mr. McGrath is peculiarly - fitted foi' this work, having constructed the first ir rigation canal in Canada. He a^so con- stmcttd several railways. The last meeting of' Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s govi^ment was held yester day afternoon and immediately after it the veteran premier reltoquish^ the reins of power which he has held continuously for fifteen years. Th« Hon. W. 8. Fielding, former minister of finance, who assisted in drawing the reciprocity agreement and who was defeated In his own consti- • lurjirfui inw wm Aa. tuency, will nevertheless have a seat ^ ^ w in the coming house. H. B. Law, mem-jclared by Italy today in Tripoli. The ber-elect for Yarmouth, N. S., will re-j Kalian governor of the recently ac- sign in his favor. jquired territory, Rear Admiral Borea O’Olmo, issued a proclamation this mominc, announcing that the city is in. a ft%te of and- warning the foptilattflo that public order must be The guards around the Federal Citcutt Court m.lnutnel night ud 'di^» Thf enter and Inner harbors ire tieing searched by small Italian cruis- clrenit couiM: Ju^ge Jbeeph V; Quaiies j died tod^y. He had been In pc»r health for a year. Judge Quarles was former- ly Uhlted States senator from Wis-1 ere ^ for mines that were laid by the con, being defeat^ by LaPollette. He] Turks In the harbor in order that assumed the bench in 1905. TAFTMilBEII iSHJETON Spokane, Wash., jOct. 7.—President Taft swung in and out of the state of Washington today, making stops on the way,In Idaho and reached here to night. 'The president’s special went along the Snake river canyon with its widely scattered farming communi ties, halting at Moscow and Lewiston in IdahP, where large crowds "greet ed Mr. Taft. In Lewiston and ^ Moscow the pres ident spoke on handling the trusts, public lands question, goveminent g- nances.and the veto of the wool sched ule. Mr. Taft struck a responsive chord, with the wool , growers of the state , when y hie declared that he be lieved in “as high a tariff on wool as was necessary to protect the sheep The president proposes to. spend three solid days, beginning on Monday in a whirlwind trip through Washing ton, hoping by vigorous d^paigning to swing over to his side some ^ of the strongest insurgent element. lekgiam Stops The GttTs Tiip unexplor. The following telegram was reoelv-1 It Is charged that Turkey Is net /Inil^s o£ IfltBrnH-tloiiil wfltr* the transports may enter the harbor in safety. No mines have as yet been found and the impression is growing that few if any were planted by the Turks, The majority of the Tripolitian po lice have ^gnified a willingness to enter the Italian service. The govern- nwnt and public utilities services are rapidly assuming normal proportions. The postoflce has been opened with the Italian coat of arms over the door way and a guard of marines on duty around the building. The position of Italy, with respect to Intervention, already known, was again reiterated by a prominent gov ernment official today. While the Italian fleet has taken possession of Tripoli and Cyrenica, the occupation by Italy of Tripolitan territory will not be an accomplished fact until the army of occupation shall have been landed* probably in one week from today. It aly will welcome intervention at the proper time. But the opportune mo ment will not arrive until after the land forces of Italy shall have occupied not only Tripoli but the country far enough into the interior to prevent a juncture of the various tribesmen with the Turks that have recently left Tripoli. *niis mnch has already been agreed upon between Italy and the powers. A period of calm, broken only by the landing of the army of occujpation in Tripoli, may be expected to ensue and continue, for at least one week. The Duke of the Abruzzi, believing that the accute stage of the war has been passed, has submitted t6 the King a plan for the organization of a scientific expedition Into the Interior of Tripoli. It is the intention of the Duke to study the flora, fauna and wft- ter courses of Tripoli and then pro ceed south through central Africa and ultimately enter a country hitherto unexplored. ed by the local .police department lat last night: “Have Miss Nancy Her,' young lady dressed in blue, car rying ' small aligator, sack, arrested. Bought ticket to New York. Wire. Coming on forty tonight." Man with party on 58,. upper No., 10. Signed, Alonzo Her.” Officers Earnhardt and cJohnson mt the train and arrested the girrbut* the man was not to be foimd and tiie girl denied ttat any rman was with . bier. 'Kie .girl appeared to be about fif teen or si^een years old. When sak- ed by Chief Christenbury if she had ever been whipped, she indignantly re torted, “I'd just like to see them ever lay a finger on me.” It seems from the girl’s story tliat she became tired of staying at home and boi^ht a ticket for New York and proceeded to take a sudedn leave. The girl when arrested made a bold face and in the officer's own words was “just as sassy *as could be.” She spent the' night In the matron’s room at the police station as the cells are not a fit place to put a young gifi on Saturday night, or any other night. fare. Italy has released all the Tur kish steamers that she seized In Ital ian harbors when war was declared or arriving soon afterward. Turkey, on the contrary, has hoisted the Otto man fiag over the Italian steamers Ernest, Ilardi and Melordi, which were seized along the coast and has re manned them with Turkish sailors. Italy will protest, on the ground that this action is in violation of the con vention signed at the close of the Crimean war which provided that merchant vessels should be given time after hostilities had begun to reach territorial waters. The Hungarian steamer Tisza ar rived at Naples today having on board Arim Bey, the newly appointed Tur kish govwnor of Tripoli and several officers who had been sent by Turkey to organize the defense of Tripoli. The vessel was stopped at sea by an Ital ian cruiser and ordered to Naples. As the Tisza is a foreign vessel, her pas sengers .were not made prisoners, and the vessel was allowed to proceed to Flume.