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' , ''.-V- - '-;: 'V-v :t.:',V-C' v:S .rv..::v-::iV-V,Kr I ' vX :. -U ? YA Ul X -.tKVvVi '.-V.V" :'' Y- ;v : A--'X''; . Friday, colder; moderate fcast windL. hv-...'"- t"fi 't 1T4 ' ,? - Tl IT'K:?-jf VrAV" I 'V" -t Vtteto I. tn. tmrnt-tHh. T' VOL. IXXXIXNp. 155. WILMIKGTOK, N. C;v THUBSDAX.MOIINING, MARCH 21 1912. I 1 I I ! I I . I WHOIjE KUMBEB 13,855. s A D MOCR A TIG GATHER IN be Convention City June; 6thr- Precinct Meeting's and Primaries May 18tK With County Conveti- C tions One Wcelc Later Action on c J Senatorial (Special Star Telegram.) Raleigh, N. C, March. 20 AThe .State Peroocratic Executive " Committee- se lected Raleigh as the -place and June 6th as the date for the. State Conven tion and Saturday, May 18th for the precinct meetings and. primaries, and Saturday, May 25th for the dounty convention to name delegates to the State convention and ; f or 'other ' pur poses. - . '.' - : :- ' Tnis action was taken, after . jbig delegation from the ftaleigh. Chamber of Commerce, with CWilUs G. Brlggs and R. U. Simm, as . Spokesmen, hid teen heard in the interest of Raleigh as th"e placed and after, Mri F. R. JMc Ninch. of Charlotte, - Bad made -A, a unique speech as spokesman tor thp Greater Charlotte Club and the ' City of Charlotte. He "felt,, after, hearig the pleas of tfie Raleigh speakers,- al most persuaded to yield to Raleigh entirely and wait two years hence, for the convention to come back to Char lotte and see how much better-Charlotte is equipped for taking 'care of such a convention; since the conven- - tions per force ert her iz ,years ago. Raleigh and Wake county .may, he said, need the convention 'to strength en their Democratic record. Mecklen- bure is already hard and fast 'Demo cratic. In conclusion he. said,. ".Come to Charlotte if you will; and-rwe will be very glad to have you; it you pre fer to go elsewhere, go where, you, will and where you go we will go also"; The most difficult' matter before 'the committee waa that of action, as Jto.a Senatorial primary requested;; by the four candidates for the .United State? Senate.- 'i y".'": A. .W. McLean, pf Lumbertbn,. off er ed a resolution -recommending in com pliance with the request of. the can- Oiaaies tor me oennic uai,uie-outie coircntioncajtt-a-prtmary; to-be; held on November 5thf general, -electioti day, and a second primary, if neces sarr. on November 25th.' when 'the two highest only should enter.-only, those voting the Democratic ticket at -, this general election to participate. V,- j C' Mr. Bell, of Charlotte, offered a sub-k stitute that would only reKxraMnend the primary without stating the time. He opposed general election- dajr av tne time. " , ' ".' ; , E. L. Travis offered a substitute t&X would make the executive committee order the primary and .prescribe the preferential plan. . He insisted; that if the question of a primary was not, set tied by the committee, at this time it would necessitate the . candidate for the United States Senate going into the counties and making , fights as to the nominations of legislators as there was a question as to .whether in -the end the primaries would : e -ordered by the State convention. v . ' . There was a long "argument 'and a sharp contest in which the Travis sub stitute was lost 17 to 39. The Bell substitute was lost 7 to 49, and then the McLean, resolution passed fOHo,,! Thereafter, ' however, Mr' ". Travis procured the- reconsideration ? of . this vote and the amendment, of the 'reso lutions so that the State Executive Committee at . this time orders 1 the Senatorial primary,; instead of recom mending this to the State convention &nd provides that the hew State Exe cutive Committee shall at " its first meeting after the. State convention make detail rules and regulations for Holding the primary.. ; The committee adopted a resolution empowering the executive committee of any of -the Congressional districts to order Congressional primaries at meir discretion to be governed ; as nearly as possible by .the primary reg ulations in the olan of organization. This action resulted from request fcr authority to hold primary in ihe Sixth district.' Major E.-J. Hale pre sented the matter to the committee-5. The committee was in session until 12:30 o'clock. - ;' : . ' FOR TWO . BATTLESHIPS Democrats Will Have Caucus to Re consider ' Appropriation Washington. March 20. -By order (f the House Committee on Naval Af fairs, Representative -Padgett, of Ten lessee, the chairman.-: today . circulat ed a petition among the Democratic members for a caucus to reconsider 'he action taken several weeks, ago ""daring against, any ; - appropriation r Battleships this year. ,He was won assured of enough signatures to ucmand a call "for a caucus. ' which Probably will be held , Monday night Jne .Naval Committee .now stonds 11 10 10 in favor of an appropriation for two new battleships. When, the Dem f)crats met in caucus on the question "i ruminating a public, building bill fr the sake of econfcmy those who opposed the economy plan .amended Jne motion to include appropriations : me battleships. Many Democrats later regretted their votes against the batthships. ; . ;,, The Naval Affairs Committee is now ready to go over the naval appropria r'on bill for the last time and It does not Want tn talra final atirn fin th battleship question until the ; caucus ''Jroet and reconsidered thp matter -"Me many Democrats favor two bat iieshipa, others will -urge an approprl HOSTS iv Question ' : ; ' ' Raleigh. N,' C , . March 20. 4 4 The ; North- Carolina Demo- 4 cratic; State .Executive Com-. 4. --mittee. tonight, unanimously 4 Y aeieciea, jvaieign i anp: i nurs- day, June 6th, as the time and JV place , of . holding; the ; Demo j cratlc Sftate" Convention. Pre- Cintctr meetln srs V : and ' omintv primaries are to be held on 4 May 18th: and county conven- 4 tions ontMay 2Wh. A r ' AS CLARK' TO WITHDRAW r ' . .v.-.:.-. I Nebraska Democrats Don't Want Him :;-- : - Irt Primary. ,' '. ; pes Moines, Iowa,' March .20. -Senator Thonas P. Gore, ; of Oklahoma, toaay autnonzed the statement that Speaker Champ Clark is to be asked to withdraw in favor Of Woodrow Wa rns from' participation in the Nebraska Presidential preferential primary. ' -' Senator Gore said uie Nebraska Pro gressive League, prior, to the ' Bryan birthday banquet last night, -adopted & resolution calling upon the Speaker not to allow his ' name to go before the voters, "In view of the rival can didacies of Woodrdw Wilson and Jud son Harmon." v . . .'The resolutibn.follows: : . Kesoivea, .Tnat it is tne sense, or this conference "thit. the continued candidacy: of ' Speaker Clark for the preferential vote to be given the .Ne braska delegation to tae Baltimore cqnv.cntion in view, of ..the rival can didacy of Wilson and' 'Harmon may result In -the success ,of . Harmon and thus, endanger-the cause of true De mocracy and .that If Mr J 'Clark will withdraw yhls candidacy in Nebraska we recommend that the Nebraska del egatiDn to the National convention, in the- event Wilson, cannot .be .nominate ea, v?te ror AiiarK, ".as its choice." . : v v-' v?8 ' '" -Ji CA PTU RE.-0 H 10 FOR TAFT Criairmaif of County Executive Com' " .mittee Indorse President - . Columbus, Ohio, March 20 Repub- Ican county executive chairman at a meeting here . today adopted a resolu tion indorsing President T"-f t and . re newing the pledge ,oF the State on vention of 1910, pledging Ohio's sup- Dort of the President ' v : . ' The conference, . "whicn was caueo by Lewis C, ' Lay lin," chairman of the Republican State" Kxecuuve ; uom mittee, was attended by .62 county chairman, either in person - or by . . . Mm an. MA. Droxy; or tne' z aosentees, xne iwi leaders claim that they are evemy ai vldied ' between Taft and Roosevelt Preceding, the vote to indorse Pres dent Taft addresses in support of the administration were made by United States Senator' Theodore E. Burton, Mr. Laylin and others and plans were set- in motion . for the linlng-iip of the entire- 48 votes of: Ohio .in tbe? nepuD Hcan'Kaitional Convention for Tart, it was decided that a campaign by coun ty' organisations should be" maae. in every part 'Of tne state.. 'riEGROE8 HAD DYNAMITE, Captured WUh Explosive, Time Clock . ana Fuses at. uumoenana -4 - Oumberland.? Md.." March 20 . One hundred' and fifteen: pounds of dyna mite, five separate boxes of caps ana tt time-clock tha-T could 9 .connectea to the wires and fuses were discover ed this afternoon, in the suitcase - o: p ' . Henderson 'and Emmanue Comuton. negroes, who were on meir wrv tft , Thorn Hill. W . Va. , Cantaln Hardy.' or tne ijaiumore uu nhu taUppj hwAme- suspicious and summoned Sheriff Corfield, and Chie of Police Irvine ' to the railway.' sta tion: The owners of tne cases were locked up in the police station ior a hearihg tomorrow; , The men refused to give! an account of themselves further than to say that them in a guarded way stated that f Kiv ' worrt nlv ' carrying tne . cases fnr : "Etentleman." - . ...One -man had S125 ana me oraer tifiK it tf the' belief that" they' were carrying tbe explosives to some point (ob delivered to van expen,- :lantaIvV Ga.; Men.' 204lanager wivrfon and his band of 20 Amen ' wi lv h a iimoncr the ion-lookers when the Cincinnati Nationals lihe up against the Atlanta Southern Lag uers in Uxhibitloh games' ' tomorrow and Friday. The Cincinnatians are hAftded bv- Hank CDay, best: known as a blg'Jeague'umpire ' ;.ryV rtrsnd. Porks.i N. D.'j Mchl 20.. Rob m t jiTtYvlftt's majority will not w- f.r frAm 1K 00O when the final Pres Manful nref ererice rlmary returtis are j-eceived and may be heavier Of tKa tntAl : vote LaFollette has , polled about , 32,000 Vioies, - while Roosevelt tia. nniitd about " 18,000. The Taft vote in the State has only been about .. ... .' ' ' " " '"V.-''-, v .;vV: At Gvtord'S. J '"All the hew' style hats fof this sea- RALEIGH THE 0PEIIIII6 Gill Launches ; Campaign With Speech On "The Riht sof Te Peopleto Rule" AFT'S CRITICISM AIISWERED The Colonel Contrasted His Position With That Taken by the Presi- . i pdent -Vast :; Crowd Over- ?i. a ;: . . flowed the Building. v .ta'.'i: New. York, V March 20. In "the first speech of his. campaign for the Presi dential nomination Col., Roosevelt tot night contrasted his position with that akeurby .President Taft - The ; real issue.,he said, was whether the' Amer ican pebpie should govern themselves. Col. Roosevelt s ; SDeech -was deliv- ered before a crowd which filled Car negie Hall. . So many persons were to hear him that an overflow meeting was held in a smaller hall within the same building. Co. Roosevelt was receiv ed with marked enthusiasm. ' President Taf t's recent speech at TclAdo was referred to several times by Coi. Roosevelt, who, devoted a large part of his remarks to a reply. . . "The great fundamental issue now before the Republican party and be fore our people can be stated briefly t. is, are the American people fit to govern themselves, to rule themselves, to control themselves? I believe they are. ' My opponents do not ' . - With v these words Theodore Roose velt 'tonight opened the first speecn he has delivered since the public an nouncement of his - willingness to ac cept, the. Republican nomination for resident; . His subject- . was "The Right of the People to Rule," The speech;, delivered at Carnegie Hall 4in- der the auspices of the Civic Forum, elaborated much that Col. Roosevelt; Bald ; in his . Columbus, Ohio, address', and answered in -detail certain argu ments of President Taf tin ' reply. "I stand on the -Columbus speech,", said CoL' Roosevelt, . "the principles there assertedLare j9t -new, rbu,t ..-T ; beHeve uiar XAey arernesessary xcr main tenance Of -free v democratic" govern rrint '.-v '-' -.'.' ' 'Attnr hin onenme ' dAclaratkxn Col. Roosevelt continued - ."I believe in tne right' of the people to niler 1 believe that the majority of the plafn people of. the United States will, day In and day out make' fewer mistakes in . governing themselves than, any1 smaller - class or., body of men, i no matter what their ' training, will make In 'trying :to govern them I believe, again, : that the American people are, .as a whole, capable of self-control and of learning by their mistakes. Our opponents pay Iip-loy alty -to this doctrine; but they show their real beliefs by theway in which they champion every device to make the nominal rule of the people a sham I have . scant, patience with this talk of the tyranny of , the ' majority, Whenever there is tyranny of the ma jority, I shall pro-teat against it with all my heart and soul. But we are today suffering from the. tyranny of minorities. It is a small minority that is grabbing our coal deposits, our wa ter cowers, and our harbor, fronts. A small , minority is battening on the sale or aamteratea rooas sana arugs It is ft small minority that lies behind monopolies and trusts.. It is a small minority; that stands behind the pres ent law or master ana servant, me sweat-shops, and the whole calendar of - social and ' industrial injustice. It is a small minority that Is today using pur -convention system tb defeat the Will of a majority of the people in the choice of delegates to the Chicago con vention. r The only tyrannies from which - men, ' women .and children l-are Suffering in real life are-the tyrannies of minorities. ' ' wo lane man wno uas ueea - 1 ' 1 1 e - 11 lar with the government of this coun try for the last 20 years will complain that we have " had too much of the nils of the majority, -. The, trouble has been r a faT different one that " a many v times and in many localities, there have held public ofilce In the States and in the Nation men who have, in 1 fact, served not the whole people, but 'some special class or spe cial interest I am not thinking only of these special Interests which by grosser, methods. - by r bribery; and crime, have ' stolen : from the :. people I am thlnkhur as much of their respec table allle and flgur.ehead8,, who have ruled and . legislated and decided as 11 in some way the vested rights of.priv- llAffe had ' a ' first mortgage . ' on the whole United States, while the rights of. all the people were merely, an un secured debt -' '. ' - ' r ''To v further the rule of the majori ty." 'continued the speaker, "the Pro gressives of the Republican party - in certain- States have formulated cer tain proposals for change in the form of the State government certain 'checks and balances, which may check and balance- the special interests and their allies. ' 'V. ', .'.- ' 1 ; ' "Ffrst; there are the 'initiative and referendum',-which are so framed that If the Legislatures obeythe command of some special interest, ana. o-osu natelv refuse the will of, the majority, the majority .may step in "and legislate directly. -'i-lrr1' l V 'I K -.-"Then there Is the ' direct primary-- the real one, not the New York one and - that, too, . the- Progressives offer as r a check oh - the . special . interests Most clearly of fell does it seemr to me that this change, is wholly good for y .(Continued or rase JGlgiiu MTOIffiS FIGHT II The Trial of Annie Crawford at New Orleans Ended in ft - ; a Near Riot, r V f DISTRICT AITOHIIEf VMS 11IT Defense Expert Sever4y beaten ' by ; th District Attorneys Brother. .;' Renewal, of Court Room ; ; i; ; : r " ;-.r Quarrel. ;;v .' Nevr 'Orleassi Mchf 80.90i' trial today of Annie : Crawford '..charged with the murder of uer sister Ellse, ended : in a hear: riot ; in 1 the' nacked court room, when Lionel Adams, of counsel . for ; the tdefense, -.struck Dis trict Attorney; St.- Clair Adams in the face, after the. renewal, of n court room quarrel between the two attorneys ear- .ier,m- the : afteniooni . Dr; . , Gustave Mann, . a defense expert, ' shoved - to wards - the - district atcorneyCiand ; was set, upon ana severely Derusn jsy otur ges Adams, brother of tha diitrict .at torney, who .was a spectator; In the court room. - ' --'- c:- - AH foUr of i the - partlc!panta ; were placed, under arrest ; cLarged '-. with fighting, and disturbing the peace, nut ater were released on bead. . During, the fight one woman is said to have fainted.. r.The Crawford f wo man was shoved and tossed about In the melee and -several men who stood upon benches were struck stnd sllght- y hurt : by the - blades of ari electric fan with which, their heads came v in contact. -, r -. T': : .' ".:. -. The ouarrel. which t led up to , the fieht. came when Lionel Adams.' who is not related to the district attorney, also began to question1- Dr. Charles D. Duval, medlcai expert" f or the - State, who was being cross examined," by. Jov seph Generally .of , the. defense.-; Dis trict Attorney Adams Asked the court to enforce the rule that only one at-1 torney at a time . may examine a . wit ness. -.'; : .- . . ' . ; : ::: ! I do not oare .to be lectured by you sir.", said Lionel Adams, turning ,t0 the idltric attorneH,f.you doii't , like wbaf .4re "said- wwfcaii settle- it outside; " " -,f-r ? ,When court , adjourned unm is o - clock tomorrow morning. Districts At-; torney Adams, smiling; walked over to Lionel Adams. , . , . ; : Well, do you want to settles It out side ?, he asked, - , , i If you '- are looking, for trouble, said Lionel Adams. "111 have JLo send my friends to yon, I guess."-, , ? Do you mean to say that you wisn to fight a duel with me ?" asked the district attorney, '"me the chief peace ofheer of this parish and sworn to en force Its laws? Besides the duel code allows a. gentleman to refuse an en counter with one of your character." Lionel Adams then struck the 'dis trict attorney,, who struck back. ..Ac cording to witnesses, at this . juncture Dr. "Mann;" one of the experts for the defense, made : an attempt to strike the district attorney. Sturges Adams then struck Dr. Mann several times. . Pandemonium reigned luntll the con testants were separated. . t .' A police detail entered withdrawn clubs and cleared the courtroom. . During the fight some oL the slides on which Dr.. Dnval had placed ,-por tions of Ellse Crawford's liver were smashed. , The district attorney stated after the. fight that the disturbance was, started for the deliberate purpose of having the evidence destroyed -during the melee. . J ' ' : ' i - - OtJT LIMES ' Yesterday's trial of Annie Crawford, charged with the 'murder of her sis ter, ended In a near riot 'when attor neys in the case engaged In a fight. - r orxy miners were niiieu uuu uiu . 1 . l.m a j mil. hope is held out for 47 others entomb ed In- a mine of the Sansbois Coal Co.; at McCurtaln, Okla., by an ; explosion yesterday. . Wage discussions between coal ope rators : and i miners' representatives yesterday" were without any definite results and ; a suspension of work seems unavoidable. " . The! detectives who were hurriedly summoned to the , supposed - hiding place of . the Allen gang " near. Floyd Allen's home failed to find any trace of the coUrt murderers yesterday, i Theodore- Roosevelt. made the open ing speech -of his campaign to- a large crowd in New- York - last night . He snoke on "The Right of the People to Rule," and answered some of the criti cisms- of Taft ' ' ;" ' ' . , Misses Lora and Marion Little and a : two-year-old .child were killed yes terday- and. several 7- others "lnjutrea when the : two-story building occupied byv the Parsons Drug Co., at Wades-: boro collapsed. -,:) - - ; ; The State Democratic Executive Committee in . session at- Raleigh last night selected that city and June 6th as the time and place for holding the State convention. Precinct (meetings and county primaries are- to ;. be held May 18th and county convenuons May 25th. : r - v ;:- :-:rv H-v New - York markets: Money on call firm. -2 3-8 to 2 1-2; .ruling rate and closing bid 2 3-8; . offered at 2 1-2 Soot cotton closed quiet 5 points high er. Flour steady. Wheat, spot firm; No. 2 red 1.04 1-2 elevator, export ba sis; and 1.06 S-44 f.o.b. afloat ; Corn, spot , firm; No: 2, 79. 2 elevator, do mestic basis to- arrive and export, 74 3-4 f.o.b. afloat : Rosia.QWet. . Turpen itine steady. - THE POSSE FAILED TO EIHD OUTLAWS Detectives . ' Summoned ". to y Their Hiding Place Re i - . turn Emptyhanded AIIOTHER VICTIM .IS DYIII6 On Seventh Day Since Virginia Trage , dy Search for Aliens Proves v ; Fruitless Detectives-Not -'y - 'C ir Disheartened. ' ;' " HiilsviHe,. Va.i "Mch 20vVlth. the search, for the Allen gang fruitless on the eve ;o the. seventh day since the Court House tragedy It seems probable tonight that " the death list ( soon may be increased - to . six ... before ; morning. Andrew, P. Howlett who was shot In the back, is likely not toi live throngh the night5 He was trying to protect his , wife from the shower . - of v lead rwhlch killed the judge, prosecutor. sheriff and two others, and set : the countryside - into such a" state of, ex citement as it had never known. The ball . cut through his body coming put above tne. chest. :. ':'; , : Detectives who were hurriedly sum- mbnejo by messenger yesterday to the supposed hiding place of the Allen gang j had not returned from their mountain quest at nightfall. With al most a week elapsed since the shoot ing up of th'e court 'not'a single au thentic report has reached here of the movements of any of the outlaws who have spread terror - throughout the countryside for more-than a genera .uon, ' it is believed, that there are. a dozen of- the Aliens and ' their hench men In the band Bomewhere in the mountain' fastnesses hereabouts,, and although -many of the men In the pos fses . are-trained detectives : and are A .... n v Ing, the law of Carroll county has thug far been powerless to brook the situ ation . ' - But the detectives and "their-follow-' era '- are; .4lshie;J0Si' wnacKmg ana guenua wanare axe prougnt into piay. as now seems in evi table, the Aliens will "meet, their full matches in cunning, courage and endurance. - If the -chase .becomes a siege it will continue. until the last of the Allen clan Is killed or captured Persons otherwise unemployed have busied . themselves counting bullet holes In the court room which a week ago was the scene of the massacre. Up wards of 200 have been found and the wonder is that more persons were npt killed by. the fusillade, on account of the short range most of the bullets lodged in the -walls after piercing the bodies of the victims. Twenty-seven of the bullets fired . hit those killed and wounded. ; Governor Mann today sent letters to Court Clerk . Dexter Goad and "his daughter, Jezebel, com mending them for: their bravery in the' court room last Thursday. The Governor ' expressed the opinion that justice would be done in Carroll coun ty. , -. .-...:--.'' r Dr. Wilkinson, the village physician was busy today denying an ..assertion credited to Sheriff C. H. Haynes. of Surrey county, N. C, to the effect that the doctor -was' believed . to have se cretly visited Sidna Allen . at ; his mountain refuge ... on Saturday 3 hnd dressed his wounds: V. v . .. "There is absolutely no truth in any such statement as that," Bald Dr. 'WlP klnson today. "If I had any informa tion to help the posses to locate the Aliens I would , give it . to ' them., at once." . --' r . Thinks Outlaws Will Be Taken" v Raleigh, N. C, March 20 .-Sheriff C. ; F.' Haynes, of Surry, county, of which Mount Airy' is the county seat is here for thv State Democratic Exec utive Committee meetlne and - talks interestingly of the search that is ced ing i ma'de In hls section "and - across the Carrpll County line, for, the. Aliens who startled the whole country a few cays ago with their shooting up. of the 'Carroll county : court.-- Sheriff Haynes .says - bs is confident : that, the outlaws will be taken. He ; has -. a number of 1 deputies' in the search for the fugitives. He talks interestingly of the Aliens and their escapades in the past - He laughs about newspaper references a few days ago to the am val- of the officers at "the cablh'of Sydna Allen" , in the mountain coves and says t that there Is not ; a nana somer residence in that whole section of the country. . It is" a fine old place with all- modern improvements includ lng hardwood floors, gas lights and a water plant " Sydna Allen went to the Klondyke a number of years ago and came .back: with a considerable . ror- tune. He says different " members ,0 the Allen family and their fein have violated - the 'laws of; Virginia and North Carolina -frequently -and that there has always , been a spirit - of. in subordination to the law and resent ment of any treatment usually accord ed to prisoners. Ho believes this ter rible s tragedy will ' completely stamp out this , condition of things . in that whole country.,-:-.' , ; - ;. ' r ; Mistaken Identity. r : Winston-Salem, f. N. - C, Mcti. '. 20-. Two. men, said to answer the descrip tions of Fred Allen , and . Wesley,; Ed wards, members of the Allen .clan, and who were seen -"Walking 'toward Pilot "Mountain 'were arrested at that place today. They proved to ;be.two Winston-Salem 1ioys' walking to helr homes. t One was the -son -of -Police man swain, of saaenK. v'. :, F DRTY 1,1 WERE KILLED lil L;I,'!E rorty-SeVen Others ntoml y - ed as a Result of 'anV- V: 1 1 ' t. Explosion ' -. -. '. - HOPE. HAS: BEEtl'DOilED Govern meot Experts Say There Is No Possible; Chance That fney Are ; j A 1 1 ve Seventy-fl ve Coffl ns Ordered c . McCurtain,- Okla;;Mafch 20. One hundred and five lives is accepted to night. as. an approximately correct es timate of the human loir take this morning when Mine No." 2 of the San- bois Coal Company here was wreked by an explosion. v Ot 116 men Of the day shlf t only 11' ,arer known to ' be alive, while the others are entombed behind the debris. In the opinion of government experts and mine officials they are dead and a special 1 train which brought . physicians and nurses from Fort Smith, Ark., today, returned tonight Five physicians w remained with : the faint h6pe that- some of the imprisoned men might be found alive. Among those unaccounted-for. are a surveying party, headed by W i: Roper, of. Clio, S. C. Forty-three Americans were employed In " . the mine. : .i;' '; - '. - - ': -;. " -. , Fort Smith, Ark.: March 20 .Fort miners are known to have been kill ed as the Tesult of an explosion in Mine No. 2 ot the Sansbois Coal Com pany, at McCurtaia. Okla.; Zl miles west of here, today f and practically all hope that 47 others entombed - in the inine Are alive' has been abandon ed.. Thirteen of the miners escaped shortly after the explosion -occurred. Several, however are so badly' injur ed that-thslri recovery- is.-not - thought possibles v a.'T .V.. tii-.-t .r-H.c f V'A systematic" search of the wreck direction of 'fjavemment 'etperts and up to 9 o clock five bodies had been recovered and 35 others' located.'. , At that nour tne - rescuers trad - reached the 11 level but here . their- progress was retarded by a-ihass orcoalearth ana twistea umoenu v-.. . The explosion occurred shortly af ter 9 o'clock this morning and accord ing to an ofBiciar statement from the offices of the Fort Smith & Western Railway Company, owners of the prop erty, about 100 men' were employed in 7 the mlnel - Whether gas or coal dust caused the explosion has not been de termined. Eight of the men who escaped alive were at work In the mule stables and made their way to the surface through the passage used for the cars. The first party of volunteers to enter the mlnei;at noon found their progress blocked by wreckage at the first en trance. . : ' -r ' - :' ! ' After their first survey of the wreck ed mine -government experts express ed the opinion tonight that all of the men- Imprisoned are' dead and 75 cof fins were ordered shipped to the grlef- 8tricken; mining company. ' - -.' Mayor. Bourland, of Fort Smith, has issued an appeal for aid for the fam ilies of the victims. " , -' ' Forty-three of " the -entombed- men are Americans ana three are mem bers of a surveying party? . INDIANA FOR MARSHALL. District Conventions Favor Candidacy ' .',','! of the' governor. . . .. . ; Indianapoifs.. Ind-, Mch. 20. -In .dis trict conventions; in this city tonight Indiana Democrats elected delegates to the National Contention. The dele gates were not Instructed, but in state ments issued today Bernard Korby, chairman of the State committee and other' party leaders said the State con vention' tomorrow would adopt a reso lutionV without 'opposition- Instructing the Indiana delegates to vote for Gov ernor Thomas R. - Marshall for the Presidential nomination. The State committeealready has ' endorsed his candidacy. . r Four delegates at large to ther Na tional convention and a full State tick et are to be chosen at tomorrow's con vention, t.v. : V ' -"V MRS. TAFT FELL DOWN Wife of: Prenident Met .With Slight v,r r: . - Accident- - .' - .- '. r New York.. "March . 20,-Mre. Taft, wife ot .President Taf t stumbled as she was alighting-from a . wheeled chair at the Woman's Industrial Exhi bition in 4 the Grand ', Central Palace this afternoon and fell- to the floor. She was ,not;, Injured and later " was able to attend the. matinee i perform ance at ' a theatre. The .report that Mrs. Taft had been badly hurt spread rapidly, but Inquirers were speedily reassured. 1 President Taft called on the, long' distance , telephone when - he arrived in Washington and was in formed -that 'Mrs. Taft'-bad merely stepped on her dress . and; fallen but had not been hurt , ; ' ''' , ' i - . : ;: i; y At ' Gaylord's. ? -," . All-lhe.new style, hats for this sea; son at uayiora s opening loaay. : - 5;-- j,,-'.- ' - ' ' ' " :. ' : v i At Gaylonffc :.-v - . ; All the new style hats' for this sea- son at. uayiora s -opening' roaay; ' THREE HIIEIilLLED AT IVADESBDRQ Brick Building of. Pari oni Drug Conipany CoUaptei' -:-?' y Uhder'Repairs ; l ... r TWO UOIES AHD A CHILD Misses Lora bind Marlon Little, and t Child of Dr. Covlnston Proml. , r nent People of Section and trO' State: '.The 'Tragedy'. ;. " , Wadesboro, N. C. March 20. The twotbry, brick building, occupied by1 the Parsons Drug Company of, this place, collapsed at 7 o'clock this morn- ins,, killing two young ladles -: and ' a two-year-Old child besides ;injurlng several others, ' ',-,- '..V- f;'' The dead are; - Misses Lora and Marion Little, daughters of John J. Little, a well-known citizen of Wades boro and Virginia "May, the two-year old daughter of Dr. J. M; Coving ton, Jr. . : 0 ..v - , - ;-v " - The Injured include Mrs 1 . J - m . ; Covington, Sr., who has a shoulder broken and threeor four employes of the drug store, though their injuries are not serious. The tmlldlng was one ot the oldest In-WadeBboro. t w as located on . .the Court - House square: ': '".:- V; ' : Th Misses Little ' were sitting at a table partaking of drinks from the fountain, when - the crash came; they w$re crushed to death; ' Their ages were 20 and 22 years.' The daughter of Dr, Covington was strucflo and kllK ed !y a laUijig piece of timber; The mother and grandmother of , the lit ale girl had gone into' the drug store to make- purchases., Mrs. - Covington,' Jr., escaped injury. .Workmen were lowering the r first floor of t the drug store to a level with - the ''sidewalk" and in making 1 the -excavations: the undermined the foundation-walls. The'1 men..at-worlt on the tralWing awlhal : walls giving way and managed 'to get : ? ; : , cut Justnur :K'-"f-- i ; Details of Trsfledy., -"' v:j :'- -Wadesboro, N. Ck March 1 20. The ' " ' v Ansonlan.- . published -this -afternoon-gives the details of the sad- tragedy-' '. -.-.r as,follows: .'-'.."-.-..: -. -."''J t -:,t At 11. o'clock. thlk jmorning, the walla '': t , of thevParsons Drug Co.'s store; a two- ' V1 Story brick structure standing on . the -'.'. A public square jot ..this.- city,-: crashed . w with a loud noise and buried a number , ',. of men' and women, beneath the ruins; , -killing At least; three tof them- Instant-, . ly. The dead are little Virginia May Covington, oldest daughter of Dr. and ' ' "Mrs: J. M. Covington. Jr.; Miss Mar-- ion and Miss Lora Little; 'youngest - v ' ' .' daughters of Mr. and MfB. J. J. Little, . all of Wadesboro'. '," ' ; Mrs. J. M. Covington and her daugh- , ter-ln-law, Mrs. 'J." M. Covington. Jr., and little Virginia May, and Mrs. L. D. 1 , Robinson were seated at a table in the corner of the stofe, with the Mis. ses "Little, when the crash came When ' the bystanders realised what' had hap- ! pened, they rushed in.' regardless of' ; ; ttaMr Avn llvna - find - iiptv1fw1 In. bringing but . the two; ilrs. Covingtons v , , ;. ; , ana Mrs. Kooinson. The little - gin . - , :;- ' was found pinned 'beneath the heavyv . V ,?, timbers dead. 4 ; No .trace of the "Mis- , ; v ses Little was found until agreat part of the debris had bean removed. -Dur- - , ;',- ing the rime men worked, like demons -, -r j-,.-. and .In an hour the body. of Miss Lora .: was found.; It was several hours later .. before the, body of Miss .Marion was ' - ' . located and taken from the .rudns. r A force, of hands-were at work un- , ' der the building, making: excavations" - :-: for i'the purpose of . remodeling.' the . . - " store. : Mr. Dock Cranford. who has. charge of these,' noticed that the walls; . were cracking and told someone about ' the store that they were Unsafe.. Ir.; Harry Covington,. one of the clerks, '. ' bad phoned Mr. Brasington, the con- ; . tractor, that the walls bad - been de-. clared unsafe before the xrash came-, :. Mr.. Cranford had gone out to take an- . .: x - other. look, when he noUced that they. . V : were falling. He called to those In-. i. it. ' - .... ' , smo uu L iv nao ivir taw. , t . All of ,.the employes, of the ; store managed to escape through the closr, Ing doors and -windows, except Mr.' . John - Willie Mills." ' Hev was' upatalrs ... and fell in among-the ruiris, but man-; aged to crawl out with onl a few mln? ; or : injuries- Nearly, everyone of the . men employed in the store, have, their k fatally injured, --lu. vr . -. ' ; ' ; - -It;is"a-miracle.hovv anyone in1 the , building escaped.;-, The clerks were all : busy, running to and 1 fro" and there ,; were a number -of -customers in differ i ent. parts of the store. Mr. C. W. Bev? -erly heard the crash coming and bare- !y escaped with his ife. Dr. W; L-Mc-1 . . Klnnon, , a member- of - the ' firm; was near the prescrlptiou desk and went out the back door .a moment before it ciosed, repeif ing pnlyVa- few injuries , ; caused by falling timbers.. ,Mr. Fred - . Parsons, .a . leading -stockholder, was near the center of the building and . managed to crawl y out i through the ,v; window. : His head .-was cut . by tim-, bers and he is bruised a bout the. body, " but la able to help in the. rescue work.. , The bookkeeper, jMr,'..Roy '.Pratt was . near the back door and. escapedwRV -out-injury. ',:; VX';.'? ,.".. ',-,:, : A number' of men were'etahdlng on 4 the sidewalks, about- the fatal building, .. but ran .off when Mr. Rea and Mr. ' . Cranford .warned "theni" to get away. Mr. Rea - first, Roticed , that the. .eider ' walks were : cracking and gave the alarm, but. before those -to. Ute stofe4 V , ,- . vM' ttUon w only one .this yean8,; '. ? I mm 1 ' . 'K :
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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March 21, 1912, edition 1
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