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tably preceded by local rains; Thurs
day fair. ' - i?
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aess wrecker, with consistent, liberal mwi
paper advertlaiiur.'
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MUCK ii;iISi BHTLE BORAH EXPLODES HOW GiiPJltlY
FORM POLICyi ' i ?EI1 FOUGHT DYIL1IIE IN CAMP BILL F.1ADE PUBLIC
Representative Kahn, of Cali
fornia, Leads Fight.
AGAINST THE SIMS BILL
Wonders What Uniited States Would
Do Should Foreign Nation Ask
That Panama Canal Not be
Fortified Sarcastic.
Washington, March 17. Attacking
the administration foreign policy the
fruit of which, he said, had been mis
undsrstanding, distrust, vacillation and
humiliation, Representative , Kahn, ; of
C;ilifornia, today warned the House
against the pending Sims bill, to repeal
the tolls exemption provision of the
Panama Canal act.
He cited several instances which
ho declared conclusively proved that
England would not yield ir she were
in a position similar to that of the
United States, and said "her history is
replete with instances, in. which she
hrs firmly and vigorously refused to
yield her inalienable rights.
"This greatest of all the world's re
pvblics has grown to be in one brief
year of Democratic administration
the 'pariah of the nations, " Mr. Kahn
declared. "Under the blight of its
foreign policy, we stand today isolat
ed, deserted, alone. It -is a humiliat
in confession, but its truth cannot
be gainsaid. ' .
"We ar calmly told not to consider
wliether we be right or wrong in our.
interpretation of the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty. As a matter of expediency
ard in order to save the face of the
administration, we ought to forego
our rightsso says the President no
matter what great 'economic or gov
ernmental prineiptesamay - be involved
principles that may. vitallyl affect the
prosperity and the ; welfare of the
American people."' " ' '
Mr. Kahn expressed the, belief "that
no people on earth that have , a due
regard for the opinions of : mankind
would be willing o sell .their birth
right for such aaV unpalatable mess
of pottage,
Mr. Kahn insisted" that if the-t0llJ
exemption . provision was repeaiea, .it
would result -in additional demarala
Jron the United States-f by forefgiif na
tions. " 'There ' shall, be no ( f ortifica
ticn of the canal.' will it be the next
demand?" ' . a - - ' '
MATERIAL DECREASE IN ,
TRAIN ACCIDENTS.
Fewef Killed In Past Quarter Than
Corresponding Quarter Year Ago.
Washington, March 17 . A material
decrease in the number of train acci
dents and in the number of . people
tilled and injured in such accidents
vras shown by an - Interstate Com
merce Commission bulletin issued to
dsy for the quarter ended September
CCth, 1913.
During the quarter 211 were , killed
ard 4,011 injured in. train accidents
a decrease, as compared with the cor
responding quarter of 1912, of 77 kill
ed and 587 injured.
An increase of 123. killed and of
injured was shown in "other than
train accidents," v including accidents
to employes while at work, to passen
gers getting on or off cars, to trespass
era and others, the total being 2,830
ki'led and 19,753 injured. ; y .
Through industrial accidents; not mr
vclved in train operation ; but occur
ring; to railway employes" other than
trainmen; on railway ipremises 132
Persons were killed and : 32,878-injured
an increase of 18 killed and 3,994
injured. -. '" ' rr -
The total number Of collisions ana
derailments on steam railways.f or .the
quarter was 3,913; 1,634 collisions ana
2.279 derailments of which 173 col
lisions and 223 derailments affected
passenger trains. . The financial dam
age done amounted to $3,239,159.
It was pointed out that 10.3 per
cent, of the derailments were caused
by broken rails, and 25.1 per cent, to
defective equipment. , '
San Francisco, March, 17. Mrs. Li
sa Ldndrot, wife of a wealthy resident
of Los Angeles, committed suicide
th poison in ah apartment house to
dry in the presence of Kirt Larsen, a
Los Angeles business .man. Larseh
ar d Mrs. Lindrot had quarreled.. Mrs.
Ldndrot formerly was Miss Lina Ma
son, of Memphis,' .Tenh.
Unemployed Plan
Big Revolution
"GENERAL" KELLY'S ARMY,, AND
others. yyouLD capture .:
GOVERN MENT ARSENA L. M "
Sacramento, CaL;: March. 17. In a
report to the War Department .in
asrhmgton. Adjutant General Forbes,
of the National; Guard of Califorhia,
i as jriven official Coghi2ahce to an al
1?,d plan of "General" Kelly's un
employed army, to seize , the : Federal
ai enal at Rock Island, 111., in order
w equip 500,000 hien -for a revolution
'a.nst the government. .
General Fnrhei 'rnnr ia ihLRArl Vn
ce made to him by Lieut. Franklin
State guard; ; who joined Kelly's
,v a yy. . ..-.vj
1 lieutenant Grimes related how the
aders of the unemployed divulged
J," -ir Plan for caDturine ; the United
s tates government-'-' Tbere. was to be
a gathering of ; many 'armies' - at Chi-
( Continued 6n: Page EighO i
Villa's Forces and Federals
Engaged in Mountains.
REBELS HARD PRESSED
Constitutionalists Claim to Have 25.
000 Men Around Torreon but 12,
000 Regarded As a Closer
Estimate.
Juarez, March -17 Heavy fighUng.
with the rebels hard pressed, was re
ported here tonight. A force of Fed
erals is said to have met Villa's army
at Escalon, an important railroad
town, 100 miles north of Torreon, and
both sides have been reinforced. The
battle is said to have raged fiercely
all day today.
The railroad from Torreon runs
north through Escalon to Juminez,
Chihuahua, and beyond. On each side
of the road are mountains. These for
ten miles are- marked with rifle pits,
dug; in previous revolutions. It is re
ported that theTederals moved out
of Torreon in two detachments, pur
suant to orders from Provisional Pres
ident Huerta.
One detachment - is said to have
moved west of the railroad with moun
tains between it and the road, while
the main body went directly by rail
to Escalon. The eastern detachment
evidently wa3 trying to get in Villa's
rear, as it- was moving in . the. direc
tion of Jiminez, 55 miles north of Es-
caion.
Encountered Advance Guard.
General TJrbana. of the Constitu
tionalists, however, had been - posted
at.Rpsario to guard against just such
su-azegy -ana last Saturday is said to
nave encountered the FJederal ad
vance guard at or near that city.
which is about 110 miles west of Jimi
nez. He is said to have been outnum
bered and to have telegraphed for re
inforcements. " r -
The main battle at ' Escalon. . PDa-
eatf j nicely 'tlmednby ? General f Ve-
tasco, . xne' eaerai ommanaer, to oc
cur" after-Temforcenlents'- had- been d
tactred to assist .Urbana.- is believed
tO" have begun -last-night or early to-
uay. . ubkuis are aranauie. xne
bare: facts of "an. engagement were
contained in a 15-word telegram.
The Zaragosa brigade .of 1,300 vet
erans, under General Aguirre Bena-
vides, encountered the Federals at Es--calon
and is reported .to have beeri
pressed back yesterday. This is be
lieved to account for the sudden de
parture from Chihuahua of General
Francisco Villa, the rebel commander-in-chief.
He gave his staff one hour's
notice and then departed on a special
train. It is assumed that Villa brought
up reinforcements today and that the
battle was renewed with increased
vigor.
The rebel troops nave been moving
south from Juarez and Chihuahua and
closing in frpm other directions for
a month. Rebel leaders have laid
claim to as high as 25,000 men, but
12,000 is regarded as a closer esti
mate. Refusees from Torreon have
placed the Federal force under Gen
eral Refugio veiaso witn v.uuu io
000 adding that he rapidly was being
reinforced. ,
s A fortnieht ago rebel generals un
der Villa were disposed as follows:
- At - Jimines, General iierrera, wun
2,000 men; at Escalon between Jimi
nez and Torreon, General Garcia with
1,200: near Mapimi, txenerai urDana
with :2,500; in the hills of Durango
southwest of vTorreon;- General Con
trorn with 3.000. and south of Tor-
reoh in the mountains, General Na
tera with 1,000. General Ahuillar has
been recruiting east of Torreon :and
recently General Aguirre Benavides
r tho ve.iPhrji.ted Zaragosa brigade,
entrained at Chihuahua for Esealon.
First Hint OT i-tgnxing. -
- roheia Kave insisted for some
time that Torreon was absolutely cut
off from the rest of the world, but an
official communication in railroad; cir
cles yesterday reported -me muwi
line open between Eagle-Pass and that
city. The first hint receiveu uwb
the imminence or a uaiuc Jy.
Saturday; when it was stated that as
all trains were needed for the trans
portation of troops the regular ri--wff
cdtviVa hfttween Chihuahua
and Juarez would be abandoned tem
porarily. AtM Q earlv
This was laiten uu uuwf " .
move southward and the impression
AmmnA simiav when the cen-
SorshipCaTHihuauaVhich had been
nominal, suddenly descended on press
dispatches ana. auoweu . u
briefest paragraphs to ,:gjhg;
Last night and day V"
actual departure, the censor: .appa
rently stopped . all messages except
hnio orij'Ofncial business. .
vThountrV north of; Torreon
desert aid one of Villa's , greatest
Wems; which he solved by the use
of tank cars- and servoirs, to as
sure. a : water supply, for horses ana
men. . . r '.' nrt in
.The desert is ' one i "T ".tnd
Mexico: The icactus alone "JJJ
under the, drifting IVi;
frequentir comes on 0tf
malswhichen,shedff
I even tnose vu "". ;r - tKS rountry
co fought over parts of mis-jE tir
?wo yeirs ago. . His men suffered ter
ribly from thirst. o VTlr villa that
supply of water regarded by Villa . tnat
he has ordered that -none shall .be
wasted oS such superfluit es as bath-ing-
and the cleansing of lmen. .
-Villa is supPlied-with a wirelessjout
fit by wMchPhe can communicate wUh
Chihuahua and Juarez. The Ferais
also have stations connecting Ton-eon
with the City of Mexico, 707. muesw
ttAtSFort: Bliss-today the wireless sta
tion occasionally sputtered out detech-
d Spanish words, but theywere un
mtelligible and their sources t was un
known. , -
WTIJiimGTOK, IT. C,
Repeal of Fifteenth Amend
ment is Necessary.
WAS A MISTAKE, ANYWAY
Senator From Idaho Makes Vigorous
Defense of Suffrage Cause, But
Frankly Tells Ladies the
Truth Tilt.
Washington, March 17. After a
vigorous defense of woman suffrage
in the Senate today. Senator Borah,
of Idaho,. shocked suffrage advocates
on the floor and in the galleries by
declaring it was impractical and im
possible for women to obtain the vote
by , constitutional amendment. He
predicted that after 15 years of vain
endeavor, women would renew their
abandoned request before the people
of the States, because in. seeking an
amendment to the' Federal constitu
tion they had loaded themselves down
with the negro question, the Japanese
question and a dozen other States'
rights problems. -
"You will never carry .the required
36 States for a constitutional woman
suffrage amendment," said the Sena
tor, "until you repeal the 15th amend
ment." .
, Asserting that the 15th amendment,
giving the negro the right to vote,
was a blunder in the first place and
now a dead letter, not' being enforced
in a single State, Senator Borah asked
whether advocates of the woman suf
frage amendment now pending, for a
moment supposed Southern States
would add 2,000,000 to the list of those
whom !they must disfranchise.
Fifteenth Amendment a Blunder.
"Violation of law is a bad thing,"
he added. ."It'is demoralizing to the
negro .race to place in the constitu
tion the form of rights that we do not
mean to see they shall enjoy."
. The, 15th amendment, the Senator
declared, was a blunder, engendered
in a spirit of retaliation, with the re
sult that . after the first blush of sat
isfaction ; the North had connived at
the. r Souths .. violations of " it. The
amendment Ihfringedr upon;. States',
rights,- and' might furnish a: precedent
for an amendment declaring the right
to hold real estate or attend schools
should not be denied of race or color.
"I have no desire," explained the
Senator, "to bestow the franchise on
the 10,000 Japanese on the Pacific
slopeY or yield up to the Federal gov
ernment 'the control of the school
questions of the Pacific coast."
Answering a question by Senator
Thomas, Senator Borah said he was
-. (Continued on Page Eight.)
BANKS' SHORTAGE MADE GOOD
President Norwood of Two Banks at
Goldsboro Deposits $50,030
- Cash to Cover Losses.
. . (.By, Emmett R. Brown.)
Goldsboro, N. C, March 17. For
several "days past an expert bank ex
aminer has been in the city inspect
ing' the books of the Goldsboro Sav
ings & Trust Company, and the Na
tional Bank, being summoned here by
Mr. Geo, A. Norwood, president of the
National Bank, who had suspected
something wrong was going on, but
so quietly, had the affair been kept
from the public until only today was
the shortage in the two banks given
to the stocKhoiders and the public m
general.. This afternoon the stock
holders of the -two banks gave out the
following statement:
That the Goldsboro Savings &
Trust Company had discovered a
shortage of $50,000 and some few hun
dred dollars and the National Bank a
shortage of $25,000, a defalcation by
H. C. Smith, an employe Of the Na
tional Bank and for two years cashier
of the Goldsboro Savings .& Trust
Company,'
The first shortage was discovered
in the National Bank, but relatives
of young Smith promptly made good
that sum and the affair was kept quiet.
Today an inspection of the books of
the Goldsboro Savings & Trust Com
pany disclosed a shortage of $50,000,
but the loss will only be $40,000, as
Mr. Smith was bonded by an insur
ance company for $10,000. .
The stockholders held a meeting
this afternoon behind closed doors
with the result that Mr. Geo. A. Nor
wood, president of the two banks, de
posited $50,000 in cash with the stock
holders as a personal loss to guarantee-every
depositor from loss of their
money or interest on same and when
the meeting' had adjourned the above
statement was given , to the public. -;
The. stockholders were willing to
share the loss with Mr. Norwood but
he refused their aid and stated vthat
he? felt -& though he-was responsible
for the conditions of the two banks
and his conscience would not allow
him to-do otherwise tha nmake good
the -'.defalcations personally. Many
banks throughout the South have tele
graphed Mr. Norwood this afternoon
offering their aid , and if , the aid of
fered "was made into a total it would
run:. up into the hundreds of thou-
' Mr. "Smith was also city treasurer
but late tonight no examination had
been made of the books.
Up to this hour Smith has not been
arrested, but it is rumored that -he is
being shadowed and the first .attempt
at escape will lead . to his arrest.
The maney is alleged to have been
lost by speculation in cotton ; futures,
young ' Smith- is prominently connect
ed i in Jthis 'city and the affair, has cast
a gloom pver. the entire town, s v
IV EDJSESDY MOEIOKa, MARCH 18, 1914.
Subject 6f Coiference Be
tween Senators.
PROHIBITS RESTRAINT
Of Trade That is Unlawful but Inter
State Corporations Can Buy All '
Stock They Desire as Mat
ter of Investment."
Washington, March 17. The hold
ing company bill, as approved, at a
White House" confereijce last night for
(incorporation in. th4 administration
trust legislatianprogramme; was made
public today by Representative Clay
ton, of Alabama; chairman- 'of the
House Judiciary, committee;.;
- Designed "tov prohibit unlawful re
strains, of .trade or monopolies in inter-State
or foreign commerce by icor
porations through thej device of inter
corporate - stockholding," the-bill was
drafted by . Representatives: Clayton!
Carlin and Floyd. It probafcwilr be
consolidated with other proposed
measures, that trust . legislation may
be taken up. for passage as one bill.
The Senate interstate commerce
committee, which is working to report
a general anti-trust v bill, has been,
supplied with a draft of this measure.
The "holding company" bill would
provide : "
"That it shall be unlawful for one
corporation engaged In inter-State or
foreign commerce to - acquire directly
or indirectly the whole, or any part
of the stock or other share capital
of another corporation engaged also
in inter-State or foreign, commerce
where the effect of such acquisition is
to eliminate or lessen competition.
Can Make Investments.
It would further provide. however,
"that this act shall not. apply to cor
porations purchasing such -stock sole
ly for investment, and not' using the
same by voting, or otherwise, to bring
about the lessening of 1 competition."
Violations of the act ' wonid leonstl
tute misdemeanors, punishable by a
'fine not exceeding $5,000, orimprison-
ment not exceeding one year, or hotn
and the measura: sets fojth that "any
individual, whovasi eerorrdirectpr
of ' u corporation, or r oxhejrwise"orders,
takes action, or participates in carry
ing out "any transaction - herein for
bidden, shall be held and deemed guil
ty of a misdemeanor under this -section."
"Nothing contained in this act," the
bill continues, "shall prevent corpora
tions engaged in inter-State or for
eign commerce from causing the for
mation of subsidiary corporations for
the actual carrying on of their imme
diate lawful business or the natural
and legitimate branches thereof, or
from owning and holding all or a part
of the stock of such subsidiary cor
porations when the effect of such
formation is not to eliminate or les
sen a pre-existing competition."
The -measure provides that nothing
contained in. this act shall be held to
affect or impair any right heretofore
legally acquired.
HOUSE CONSIDERS RlVERS
AND HARBORS APPROPRIATION
Congress Takes Up $43,000,000 Appro-
priation for Waterways.
Washington, March 17. Considera
tion of, the $43,000,000 rivers and har
bors : appropriation bill was begun
today in the House. The measure was
made the vehiele of speeches on a va
riety of subjects, including Mexico
and the proposed repeal of exemption
of coastwise shipping from Panama
canal tolls. It probably will occupy
most of the week.
Washington, March 17. The nomi
nation of Owen Gudger for postmaster
at Asheville. N. C, has been- confirm
ed by the Senate, it was announced
today.
O ITT L I N ES
An officer who joined the army of
unemployed at Sacramento in dis
guise, learned that "General" Kelly
and the leaders of other armies were
planning a revolution against the gov
ernment. The plan was for them all
to gather in Chicago and to storm the
government arsenal at Rock Island,
111., and ih that way secure enough
arms to equip 500,000 men.
At least two killed, 15 or more bur
ied beneath the debris and ten injur
ed is the result of the falling of the
walls of the Missouri Athletic Club
building in St.yL.ouis. The building
was burned over a week ago; 30 per
sons losing their lives in the flames.
Two persons were killed and sev-1
erai injured when a terry boat on the
Hudson river crashed into a railroad
flat. Those killed were passengers
on the ferry. . .
,W. H. Beardsley, former rfinancial
agent for Henry M. Flagler, has been
elected president of the Florida East
Coast Railroad by the directors.
Heavy fighting with the rebels
hard pressed, is the report- to rebel
headquarters at Juarez, Mexico. Gov
ernor Johnson has asked the extradi
tion of the bandits who killed-American
postmaster at Tecate. : There is
little hope that the requisition will
be honored.
Perfect discipline is responsible for
no loss of life when College Hall, the
oldest of the Wellesley college" build
ings, was consumed by flames early
yesterday morning. Three hundred
and fifty women were in the building
and asleep when the fire was discov
ered. Damage will amount to $900,
000. New York markets: Flour quiet.
Wheat irregular; No. 2 Ted 1.04 1-2;
No. 1 Northern Duluth 1.02 3-4. Corn
steady. 7 Rosin . quiet - Turpentine
firm. Money on call steady 1 1-8 to
2-. per cent; ruling rate 2- closing
17-8 to 2. Spot cotton quiet; middling
uplands 13.20;- Quit 13.45,
WALLS OF CLUB B UILDING
ALL PARIS EXCITED
Factional Feeling at White
Heat in French Capital.
Royalists Attempt Demonstrations
but Leaders Were Arrested by -Police
Mobs Cry "Down
With the Government."
Paris, March 17 . Not since the
Dreyfus affair has any incident in
French history so stirred the French
people as the shooting of Gaston Cal
mette, editor of Figaro, by Mme. Cail
laux, wife of the minister of finance.
The immediate effect is a tense po
litical situation, all the greater in
view of the nearness of the elections.
Throughout the day large crowds
assembled around the Caillaux resi
dence, the Figaro and Saint Lazare
prison, where Mme. Caillaux occpies
a cell. . '
For the most part the crowds com
prised, curious spectators, although
rowdies attempted hostile demonstra
tions. The police had no difficulty in hand
ling them, however and made many
arrests. ,
Late tonight the Royalist Associa
tion was called out toy Leon Daudet,
the leader. He mounted a table out
side a well known boulevard cafe and
attacked M. Caillaux in violent terms
to the accompaniment of shouts of
"Down with the assassin, Caillaux!"
M. Henion, prefect of Paris, com
manding a large body of police, hur
ried the manif estants up and down
the boulevards and finally scattered
them, the Royalists fleeing with shouts
of "Down with the Republic!" "Long
live the King!"
A score were arrested and many
were bruised in the scuffles. Daudet
made a second attempt to organize a
demonstration with the assistance of
another Royalist leader, Maurice Pujo,
outside of the opera comique and- the
two men were arrested.
Early in the evening half a dozen
mobs assembled and endeavored to
make their way to the Chamber. of
Deputies. In every instance formi
dable; battalions of police barred the
streets and made shortwork,, of the
mob.. The police were ordered toire-:
press all anti-Caillaux outbursts both
because they were disorderly and be
cause they were provocative Of coiin-"
ter-demonstrations by Socialists and
Radicals. ; '
Los Angeles. Cal., March 17.-Fred-die
Welch, lightweight, of Pontypridd,
Wales, won a decision over Joe Riv
ers, of Los Angeles, at Vernon Arena
today after 20 rounds of fighting.
Welch had a lead on points nearly all
the way.
MB. POD WILL OPPOSE IT
Rivers and Harbors Bill to be Attack
ed in House by North Carolina
Congressman For Rofeds.
(Special Star Telegram.)
Washington, D. C, March 17. Rep
resentative Pou stated today that he
intends to oppose the river nd har
bor bill when it reaches the House.
He will not only cast his vote against
the measure, but he intends to make
a speech against it and give some
very interesting statistics on what, a
vast amount of government- money
has been spent for rivers and harbors.
Mr. Pou does not expeict to defeat
the river and harbor measure." But
he does expect ' to show Congress
what large sums are being spent each
year for this purpose and what a com
paratively small amount is being ap
propriated lor good roaas. nar. rou
wants : Congress to be more liberal
with mad imnrovement. and for 'this
reason he will oppose this year's bill.
Mr. Pou has figures which show that
the government has spent up tt 1911
a little over $627,000,000 for river and
harbor improvement, while that spent
for good roads is too insignificant to
mention.: ' ; , '-
The resignation of Postmaster, x arT
borough at Clayton Is causing Mr
Pou a good deal of worry. It has been
but a short time since Mr. Pou ap
pointed Yarborough over a number
of other candidates and now he must
go over the same ground again and
name another man. Among those,
mentioned to succeed Yarborough are
Chas. G. Gulley , N. P. Peel and Mrs.
Penn. wife of the editor of the Clay
ton News.: - ; ;: -- '.'
Representative Doughton has secur
ed an- R. F. D. route from Scull's
Mills, effective May 1st, and ; a aaiiy
star route from Nasons Creek to
Scottville.
Representative Faison has w intro
duced a bill appropriating $70,000 for
a public building at Mt. Olive..- ; '
The - following candidates for post
masters were nominated today: Red
ding M: Harper, LaGrange; Kate S.
Dunn. Srcotland Neck; Wilson D. Leg-.
gett, Tarboro; Emma L., Vaughan,
Whitakers. . P. R. A. . ,
ELECT PRESIDENT FOR
FLORIDA EAST ' COAST.
W. H. Beardsley, Financial Agent for
Flagler, Heads the Road. . ; :
'
, St. Augustine, Fla., March 17.-W.
H. Beardsley, formerly financial agent
in New York for the late H. M. Flag
ler, today was elected president ; of
thA TTlnrida East Coast . Railway : by
the directors in a meeting here, t Mr.
Beardsley also was elected president
of the Florida East Coast Hotel Conv
nanv. another Flagler property at ra
KILLED BENE A TH
Another Fatal Mishap at Scene
of the Recent Fire in
St. Louis.
AT LEAST FIVE ARE DEAD
Adjoining Building Unable to With
stand Tons of Brick and Mortar
Hurled Upon It Custom
ers Are Caught.
St. Louis, March 17. At least five
persons were killed, 15 buried . under
debris and ien injured when the west
wall of the Missouri Athletic Club
building, which was destroyed by fire
in which 30 persons lost their lives ,a
week ago, collapsed under a high wind
here late today and crashed through
a four-story building occupied by the
St. Louis Seed Company.
The wall of the Missouri Athletic
Club building, which stood seven sto
ries high, crumbled when a 35-mile
wind veered to the northwest. A few
minutes before the collapse Building
Commissioner 'McElway, who was di
recting 170 men in the work of explor
ing the ruins of the Missouri Athletic
Club, feared the wall would fall and
ordered 'his men out of the debris
This action probably prevented a
heavy loss of life.
The four-story building occupied by
the at. Louis Seed Co.. had weak
ened, apparently during the burning
of the Missouri. Athletic Club build
ing, which adjoined it on the east and
when the brick wall crashed on the
roof of the' four-story building, the
walls of the latter gave way and all
above the second floor crumbled.
Hours after the accident-it was im
possible to determine .how many had
been buried in the ruins. Many doubt
less escaped and went away without
giving their names, but ten persons
are unaccounted for. Six injured,
three of them women, had been 'taken
from the rums, two were known to be
dead and several still were in the de
bris.
Directed His Own Rescue.
James Cobb, cashier- of the seed
company, apparently was dangerously
hurt, but he directed the -work of his
reseuersr-ewho tried to ' extricate ; him"
from the ruins. . Electric lights were
strong about, the debris., that pinioned
mm,-ana wmie .tne, workmen tugged
at. the heavy ' timber's, .Father Kenne
dy, a Catholic priest, admihisteredv to
him the last rites of the church. Fath
er Kennedy also administered , the
last rites to another man buried ih
the debris. Two other priests worked
in the ruins, giving last rites to the
injured.
The body of a man . lay across the
body of Mr. Cobb when the rescuers
reached him. This man -had been
transfixed by a piece of scantling.
An aged man was found pinioned in
the basement of the seed company
building. He was seriously injured
and to take him out alive it seemed
necessary to amputate his leg. Phy
sicians had injected morphine into
the pinioned leg and were about to
apply the knife when workmen suc
ceeded in moving the debris slightly,
thereby releasing the injured man.
The amputation was "averted and the
man was taken to the city dispensary.
In the seed (company building at the
time of the accident were 10 or 12
customers, three women and five or
six men, office employes and a large
number of workmen engaged in re
pair work. ;
The customers in the building are
believed to have escaped with slight
or -no injuries. The injured were for
the most part office employes of. the
seed company or workmen.
The bodies of three workmen had
been taken ; from the ruins ' tonight.
The groans of a woman buried be
neath the debris, which had been
heard for some time ceased by the
time the building commission had ob
tained a large force" to explore the
wreckage. It is believed the woman
is dead.
SOCIAL LEADERS GIVEN
DIVORCE BY COURT.
Husband Charged With Extreme Cru
elty Custody of Child.
Newport, R.. I., March 17 Mrs. El
sie Whalen Goelet, prominent in New
York and Newport society circles,
was granted a divorce . today from
Robert Goelet on the ground of ex
treme cruelty. Both are to have cus
tbday of their older son, Ogden, aged
six. The mother is to keep Peter,
aged two years, their oonly other
child, until he is six years old, when
ishe is - to share .the custody of the
child with the father.
, Neither Mr. or Mrs. , Goelet was in
court and the suit was uncontested.
The testimony was by depositions.
Justice Barrow, ini announcing his
decision; said: "Extreme cruelty may
consist of insulting- and abusive lan
guage, as well as physical . violence:
The testimony shows the. continuous
use of insulting, vulgar and abusive
language by Goelet - towards his wife,
accompanied by numerous - petty : acts
to annoy and embarrass her. The ef
fect has been, according to the testi
mony, a serious impairment of her
health and; the conditions fully . war-
rant . granting this divorce." - ' , ;
Elsie Whalen; the second daughter
of - Henry Wjbalen. of a well known
Philadelphia family, became socially
notable in the Newport season of 1905,
as a debutante. She was married to
Robert Goelet, the only son of Mrs.
Ogden Goelet, at Wayne, Pa., June
14th, 1906.', Miss Alice Roosevelt was
a bridesmaid. - .
Mr. and Mrs. Goelet . passed nearly
every summer at Newport; Rumors
of an estrangement were current dur
ing the latter part of . the -1913 season
and on -January 21st of this year Mrs.
Goelet filed suit for divorce.
Robert Goelet was born in 1870.
He was graduated from Harvard in
1900 and has been active .since in
Newport " society. His sister. Miss
May Goelet, wedded the Duke of Rox
burgh. ...:r--:-XS 'y.h
TOOLE NUMBER 13,587,
THOUSAND ftlEU III
Features Opening Session of
Baptist Men's Convention. '
CLARENCE POE SPEAKS
Judge Pritchard Applauded When He
Warns Convention of Danger of . ;
Letting Up in Prohibition
Fight Platform. v
ABAinpt tit minil a mm
MUt UUnnAil
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(By T. W. Chambliss.)
Durham, NrJ C., March 17Featur-
ed with a parade of men, 1,000 in line, J
and members of all Durham Baptist ..
Bible classes, the opening session 'of
the first Statewide. convention of : ! ;
Baptist men opened auspiciously in
the spacious auditorium of the First
Baptist church tonight., i. The .'Bible
classes formed at their' several
churches and marched through tile f"
principal streets to the 'church build- !VvJ
ing and every seat was occupied when 4 ;
the opening hymn was announced; v .': .
From every section of the State,
Baptist men have come, and they are
intent upon a broader vision of religi
ous work, determined to plan and pray
and study during the next three days.
It is estimated that 600 men are pres- ; ;
ent at the opening session and others -
are coming. This convention marks
the beginning of a new- era in denom
inational activity, the work within the ; ; ,
State and the world-wide missionary '. -need
being united in plan and pur
pose. Following the address of welcome . t
by Mayor W. J. Brogden, and the res
ponse by Dr. C. E. Brewer, of Wake ' -Forest,
Clarence Poe, of Raleigh, de-
livered " the opening address on the -:.
subject: "What' North Carolina Bap- " ,
tist Men Need." Mr. Poe emphasized ; ' rs
as a present day need more intensive
service for humanity.
Because .Rev. Dr. B. ' W.: Spillman,
of Kinston,' and Rev. Dr. T. W. O'Kel-':
ly, of Raleigh, were unable to be pres- (,
ent tonight, the "programme was .
changed and the closing address was, re
delivered by Judge ; Jeter C. . Pritch-.
ard, of Asheville. speaking, to the 'sub a
ject; CoOperation i and nservar ff "
tf on." Judge Pritchard , advanced the-1 vl
ttuth?hath'responslbU
the churches to rear up a greater civi-i
lization. . In his closing ' remarks -.-,':: ...
Judge "Pritchard referred to the pro- ;
hibition question and he warned the .
convention of the danger of letting , :
up in the fight. . ' " -
. "We have won a, victory in 'North
Carolina, but we must be vigilant.
The enemy will try to defeat us. They 'f: .
tried. it in the last election and made' '
me turn a double somersault political- .
ly.. For the firfet time in my life I
could, not Vote the Republican State - V , T;
ticket because it was based on aiwhis-' '; .
key barrel." ' V "
Violating all precedent, the convenr
tion broke into applause when Judge
Pritchard said, "I look forward to the ,
time when the United States will out
law whiskey, and that is my- plat-' . ' ;
form." ' ' - rv-
tWO KILLED; SEVEN INJURED
IN FERRY COLLISION.
Railroad Flat Crashed Into Ferry on
Hudson R iver-Yesterday.
New York, March lt'.-Twb persons !
were killed and seven injured, three
of them seriously., late .today when'
the .Lackawanna Railroad ferry boat
ithaca was crashed into by a railroad,,
float on the Hudson river. The kill
ed and injured ? were passeneers . on.
the Ithaca. The dead are J. Meyers.
Monte lair, N.-J., and George S. Smith,"
Glen Ridge, N. J. A . -r
The collision occurred v when the
view of the pilot of the Ithaca was
obscured by the passing , of another
rerry ooat. The, Ithaica and the float
suddenly came upon : . one , . another,'
from ; behind the other . boat. Myers
and Smith were standing in the line
or impact: The. skull of each was
crushed. ; . . v . . -
SENATORS DOWNED VIRGINIA.
Walter Johnson on the Mound Tells
the Story..
Charlottesville. Va.. March 17
The Washineton American Tap-iia
club today defeated the University of
Virginia nine here 4 to 3. -
Washington '. i ..4 6 1 ;
Virginia 3 , 7 2
.Tnhnsnn rshinn 9hdnr anA XKTW-:
liams and Henry; Gamemon, -Eichel- v
oerger and Tye. x s
Too Much Current -
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Used In Iriitiatibn
NEW M EM BEFtioF, SECR ET ,0 RDE R V
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SERIOUSLY . INJURED BY .
rj) ELECTRIC SHOCK. ' I
: (Special Star leiegram.) : ' '
Asheville,,'N; C, March 17. Shock- :
ed into ;a ' semi-conscious , state as a
result of an. Initiation into theBrother-
hood of Railway Trainmen,- Columbus
J; Wooten. a Southrh . Rallwav
switchman, is at his home here in
a serious- condition, -according to hi3
physician, Dr. G .D. Gardner. ;
Itlis- stated that In th
the initiation he was given a shock
with; electricitv and h nrvf . vat- re
gained possession of his faculties. Dr. ,
traraner stated tnat his examination
of the patient revealed a lesion in the
muscles of one. arm that was caused"
Dy - the 'intensity from current. - The
physician also states ; that while the
nervous system of-the patient is com-
yitjusiy uemoraiizea, lie nas nopes tnat
Mr. Wooten will recover. ' ; ..
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