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ASHEVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 6, 1910.
3c PER COPY
N EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS
IT IS
MANY HUNDRED PERISH
MOTHER FIJI 1 11ILS,
over:'
KIN G
Church Federation. Commission Report Recommends Joint Com
mifsitinn. of Final Anneal No Recommendation fnr
Uijjaiuv wiiiwii iiiiiiuueu uvea HI , '
Committee for Actoin.
RESOLUTION AFTER RESOLUTION," ON WOMAN QUESTION
PROVOKES LAUGHTER; ONE DELEGATE RISES TO PROTEST
And 13 Laughed at Announcement That Mrs: Sage Had
Given American Bible Society Her Check for';
Half a Million, and that Society Has
Raised Equal Sum, I Mad. .
Another flood "f "suffragette"
memorials praying for equal laity
rights in the church for women; the
report of the commission on church
federation ami the report' of Dr. Ha
ven to the effect that Mrs. Russell
gnse hud handed to the American
Bible society, her check for $600,000
featured today's session of the quad
rennial Kneral conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church. South.
The session was a bit noisy at times
hut always wit and Rood humor and
that spirit of lrotherly love so char
aitr.ristic amoiiR those self-sacrificing,
devoted men of the Methodist church
prevailed. The memorials seeking the
rights of laity for the women began
pouring in when rule three was taken
up. Arkansas sent up batch of 20
memorials and during the reading,
one after the, other, by the secretary
the conference burst Into laughter.
This spirit of levity over the demand
for woman's rights did not go Just well
with one of the Arkansas delegation
who, arising to a point of personal
privilege, protested against what he
termed "this unseemly levity." The
protest brought forth even greater
laughter, and during tW morning
hours when many other memorials of
u like character were sent up to be
read an occasional titter went over
(he assembly.
The conference went dangerously
near what would lie termed in a polit
ical convention the wrangle stage
when an effort was made by Dr. Wil
son to hare adopted a resolution
thanking Mrs. Sage for her generous
girt; also thanking Dr. Haven for his
address and his work as one of the
secretaries of the American Bible so
ciety and pledging anew to the socie
ty the conference's hearty support
When Dr. Wilson first sent the resolu
tion up to be read the point was rais
ed that it was not In duplicate. Dr.
Wilson said he would put It In dupli
cate, but before this was done a com
mittee of five on the American Bible
society had been appointed. When
the resolution made its re-appearance
in duplicate one of the delegates op
posed adopting the resolution, not
that he or the conference did not de
sire to thank Mrs. Sage and Dr. Hav
en, but because if the conference took
action at the time, why the commit
tee would not have anything to re
port, gome of the delegates desired
the resolution adopted while others
opposed It. Dr. Wilson was Insistent.
Once or twice there were as many as
lx or eight delegates on their feet at
time, "rising to a point of order."
several times everybody seemed to
want to talk at once: the presiding
ntricer pounded his gavel for order:
the delegates in squads continued to I
seek recognition and for ten or 18
minutes, perhaps, the reference or
non-reference of the resolution to the
committee on the American Bible so
flety was thrashed out A vote was
finally tM;n and the resolution was
referred. Even then one delegate, ev
idently not understanding what phase
of the subject had been voted on, lo
oted that the vote had not been tak
en. The secretary's records showed
that It had and the matter ended.
A resolution setting aside Sundny
a day of prayer and fasting for
divine guidance In the selection of
hlr.hops called forth a sharp remark
from one of the delegates. Tht reso
lution was read when promptlyone
of the brethren suggested that an
amendment be ' incorporated to the
feet that "there be no electioneering
that day." The nresldina officer Ig
nored the amendment
Devotional Exercise.
The third day of the conference
opened with the usual devotional ex
ercises. Bishop Hendrlx in the chair.
After the reading of the minutes Bish
op Key took the chair.
Communication from the bishops
relative to the Vanderbllt question
. on a divided vote, referred to the
committee on education.
New arrivals, lay and clerical dele
gates, were announced from several
conferences.
Several requests were made by con
fll!"!" de,'"t 'or change? on dlf
lerent committees.
P"rk'T Presented the greetings
Mr. Bhulter of Brasll, R missionary
fT.?." W.h0 could not b Preaent on ao
count of great financial loss.
When rule 1 was taken up and the
ehi.. L . ,unlenee called every
mircn n the conference sent memo
es a,uln, for the lalty rlgMB fnr
.... ,n mi church. As memorial
om ",rmorlttl read, ever the
-)e',,h "hferenc gave vent to
!"me ""'inter, when a delegate arose
nuL,,,mttr,"d thBt th thought this
luestlon of r.m'.
thln iii'ni whs liny-
Rv lauKhlng'matter and ask
" "fat the reading of the memorials
" given serious attention.
Id. I!,wt ' i-'-ad from the Flor-
"""It nr.!,!!,,, e,,.rs relive t.,
' '"imenla nt ,n.
ve I
ship of Vanderbllt university was sent
to the educational committee.
Memorials were .nont to the secre
tary asking changes In the ritual for
the baptism of Infants. '";.
Announcment was made by Dr.
Mann, who yesterday led the fight for
the Introduction of the word "temper
ance" In the temperance committee,
that owing to a confusion as to' place
of -meeting yesterday afternoon, the
committee met at two places with no
quorum present at either meeting. He
stated that the committee would meet
this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Missouri conference sent a number
of memorials, including rights of wo
men, and to define the duties of trus
tee.
A memorial from one of the Wo
man's Home Mission societies of the
,North Texas conference . petitioned
against the rights of lalty for women,
while a great batch of ' memorials
from other women's societies petition
ed for women's rights.
Oklahoma conference sent a mem
orial for the removal of the time limit
and also memorials from women's
societies asking for rights of laity for
women. , ; -,
i Church Federation Report.
The commission on church federa
tion mude Its report through Bishop
Hons. The report ' recited that the
commission had one meeting; that it
had met.wlth a eommittaa from the
general conference " of the Methodist
Episcopal church. The report rec
ommended that the two churches
have a Joint commission from which
there Bhall be no appeal and to which
all matters of friction, misunder
standing, etc shall be referred. The
Veuort further recommended that the
two churches co-operate ana get into
closer touch In the world-wide work
and missions. There was, however, no
recommendation for a union of the
churches. The report was signed by
Bishop Wilson, chairman, and Bishop
Hoss, secretary, and was receivea
with enthusiastic annlnuse. It was
referred to the committee on church
relation.
Day of Prayer and Pauling.
A resolution was presented re
ouestlna that , the conference set
oai.ia Rnnrlnv which shall be
devoted to Draver and fasting, for
guidance In the selection of bishops.
A motion was made and seconneu
ihnt thu resolution be adopted. The
resolution was unanimously adopted
by a rising vote.
Dr. William Haven, one of the sec
retaries of the American Bible society,
was Introduced to the conference and
sooke at some length on the work of
the society. Ha said the society if
more than 100 years old and thai Its
work during the past foui years was
the most remarkable In Its history.
Dr. Havens referred to the offer made
some time ago by Mrs. Russell 8a ge
when she offered the society 1500.000,
provided the society raised an equal
sum. "We went to work with deter
mination ""to meet the terms of the
offer and raise the money," said the
speaker, "and I am happy to be able
to stand here today and tell you that
every penny has been secured and
last week Mrs. Rage sent us her check
for 1500,000." Great applause greeted
this statement of Dr. Haven.
At the conclusion of Dr. Haven's
sddress a resolution was offered by
Dr. Wilson thanking Dr. Havens for
his work and that of the Bible society,
lsn Mrs. Page for her generous gift
The resolution waa not In duplicate;
there was ume discussion: the chair
ruled that until the resolution was in
duplicate it was not before the house,
A motion, however, was adopted can
Ing for the appointment of a com
mlttee of five on resolutions relative
to the American Bible society.
The conference Instructed that
greetings be sent the negro Methodist
church of the south.
A motion was adopted requiring the
publishers of the Dally Advocate to
place two copies of the paper dally
on the scat of each delegate.
Resolution as to fln Disaster.
A resolution was Introduced and
unanimously adopted extending sym
pathy to those bereft and bereaved as
a result of the Palos mine accident
near Birmingham yesterday afternoon,
The resolution also asked those In
authority to throw around such dan
gerous work ss mining greater safe
guards.
There was considerable discussion
with several delegates rising to
oolnt of order when a resolution and
committee report containing a mem
orlal to the conference and recom
mending that the Northwest Texas
conference be divided Into two con
ferences. Bishop Wilson ruled that
the resolution njiil go to the calendar
and lie over for 4 hours before being
rend to the conference. Delegates.
however, desired that the resolution
i. a, I anil a motion made and it
l y Hi. i hair that the paper he rcu,!
'ij ;ini"'l on l'ne,e Four.
No Habitable House Left in Car-
tago, and More Than 400
Bodies Have Been
Found.
AMERICAN KILLED
SO FAR AS IS
Other Nearby Cities Felt the Shock of
series of Quakes but no Other
Loss of Life Has Been
. Reported.
San Juan Del Sur, Nicara
gua, May b. itetugeea arriv
ing at San Jose bring further
news, oi the destruction
wrought, by a series of earth
quake shocks in the province
of Cartago, Costa Rica, Wed
nesday night. Estimates of
the dead and injured are con
flicting. It da agreed the first
report of fatalities of 500 was
conservative.
Most of the structures of th'j
town are in rums. Among
them was" the Palace of Jus
tice, erected by . Andrew Car
negie's gift of $500,000. It is
believed Dr. Becanegra, Gau-
temalean magistrate to 1 the
Central American Arbitration
court, was killed. His wife
and children are said to have
perished. - . , .
Communication' between Car
tago' and outside points is in
terrupted. Much damage was
done along the rsrilway line
to Tort Limon. The shocks
threw 10,000 people into panic.
The authorities kept their
heads, martial law being de
clared, and began the work of
rescue. ,
- Some 400 bodies have been
taken from the ruins nnd the
injured will add several hun
dred to the causualties. The
injured are being brought to
Costa Rica.
Official Announcement.'
New York, May . Dr. Juan Iflloa,
consul-general of Costa Rica to the
United States, today received the fol
lowing .cablegram from Minister of
Foreign Affairs Fernandez at San
Jose: "Earthquake last night de
stroyed Cartago. There were several
hundred victims. Other nearby cities
have -escaped loss of life."
No Known American Dead.
Washington, May t. The Ameri
can consul at can Jose aavises me
state department that so far as known
no Americans were among the casual
ties in the earthquake disaster.
Shock Felt In California.
Fresno, Cal May . A suurp
aarth shock was felt here at I o'clock
today. The vibrations lasted more
than a minute, shook windows and
caused dishes to rattle. . The court
house shook, and employes ran out
of their offlcea.
OF
y
King Frederick and Many Dignitaries At
,' tend the Ceremony In Nor
wegian College.
Chrlstlanla. Norway, May . King
Frederick's university today conferred
on Theodore Roosevelt the degree of
doctor of philosophy. This is the
third time In the history of a century
that the degree has been given to s
foreigner. The exercises occurred in
the amphitheater of the university.
King Haakon entered with Mr.
Roosevelt at tils right and faced
notable assemblage Including the
premier and other members of the
cabinet, the Noble prise committee,
the diplomatic corps, the university
faculty and many persons distinguish
ed In civil life. The newspapers com
ment favorably upon Mr. Roosevelt's
peace program, set forth In yester
day's address.
Forced Amcrfc-an from Cars.
Terrs Haute, May I. A mob of 600
foreign miners marched on the mines
at Clinton turtny. The forelitners met
trains Into ('liutnn with revolvers and
r . . i r - 1 1 An "'t'li un miners to leave the
MINp EXPLOSION
BURIED
About Half the Male Population
Bodies Have Been Taken Out All Those Caught Are
: Probably Dead 45 of Them Are Whites,
. the Rest Negroes.
Palos, Ala., May fc. The little min
ing town of Palos is nfourntng today.
More than half of ' the male popula
tion Is believed, to have perished, the
result of an explosion in mine No. 3
of the Palos Coal and Coke company
yesterday. . About f 00 men, 45 white
and 150 negroes, are, believed to have
been killed. Eleven bodies have been
found. In the 2,300 feet level the
greatest number -of men were working.'-.;
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Coming soon -after the disaster in
the Mulga mine when 41 lives were
lost, the disaster, has spread conster
nation, throughout the mining villages.
Black damp la being rapidly dispelled
and rescue parties are being equipped
with oxygen helmets and other para
phernalia to bring bodies to the sur-l
face.
Eight bodies were removed from
mine No. 3 shortly after daylight this
morning. Their condition Indicated
that death was Instantaneous.
Pulos Is 35 miles west of Birming
ham and the mines are owned by the
Palos Coal and. Coke company of
Birmingham. .
' Shock Felt for Mile.
The flame resulting from the ex
plosion got In the , air shaft at the
mouth of the slope and the shock was
felt for miles. Timbers from the slope
were hurled several hundred feet from
Its mouth and rocks from the roof of
the slope caved in and made access to
the mouth very difficult.
After the explosion, local rescuers
at Palos began at once to do what
they could, but relief work was not
started In earnest - until the special
train frpm Birmingham arrived short
ly after 4 o'clock 'This special train
twirled Btate Mln-4iipjCt(r James
Hillhouse, J. J. Rutledge, government
expert 1n charge of the government
station at Knoxvllle, who happened to
be in the district Investigating the
disaster at Mulga, eight physicians
and surgeons, four Undertakers and
a number of special helpers. The
hospital relief car of the Tennessee
Coal, Iron and Railroad company was
WILLETSJTATION
The Entire Hamlet Destroyed, Although
Buildings Were Some Dis
tance Apart.
Correspondence of The Gaxette-News.
Waynesvllle. May . The little
lumber station of Wlllets, with Its neat
railroad station and two store houses.
was swept off the map by Are last
night The three buildings were
some distance apart but during an
electric storm Wednesday about mid
night lightning struck the buildings,
simultaneously setting firs to them.
Before the scattered Inhabitants
could be aroused ; the flames had
gained good headway.
Nothing but ashes now stand to
show where the village of Wlllets was.
Mr. Snyder, proprietor of the store,
ts said to have lost about S1800 worth
f goods, including the building, to
which he carried no Insurance.
ViILLJBEOPERATED
The First of These Special Trains Will
Leave Waynesville Sunday Morn
Ing at 7:30 O'Clock.
Effective tomorrow afternoon the
first of the Southern railway's "con
ference specials" will leave Aahevllle
at 6:16 for Waynesville, arriving
there at (:4t p. m. - "The first train
from waynesville, ' leaves at T:S0
o'clock Sunday morning, arriving at
Aahevllle at 9 o'clock. These trains
will be run dally until May 21, for
the accommodation of any persons
who may desire to corns to attend the
sessions of the General conference,
but anyone may ride on them. It
gives a jiplendld opportunity for peo
pie along the Murphy division to come
to Aahevllle on shopping expedition.
THE WEATHER,
"J'or Ashevllle and vicinity: Partly
cloudy weather, with probably show
ers IMe tonight or on Baturday
warmer Saturday. i,
For North Carolina: Fair In east
ern portion, showers late tonight or
on Suturilay In western portion
slktitly warmer Ralurl.iy. Light lo
nniil'Tiiie northeast v. iinl.i.
BURNS
200 MEN
of Palos, Ala., Victims Eleven
also taken. This car contained hel
mets and all other necessary para
phernalia for entering gaseous mines.
The first rescuers who went Into the
mine after the explosion were over
come by Are damp and had to be car
ried out. Mr. Rutledge was amona
the first to enter and after working
his way 400 feet down the slooe.
found the second right entry caved irr.
James Oousby, a mall carrier, was
killed 30 feet from the mouth of the
slope and his body was hurled 30 feet
Into the Warrior river. He waa walk
ing along the railroad track and was
directly in front of the slope when the
explosion occurred. It was Judged
from this that none of the men on
the interior could possibly be alive.
Great Crowd Gathers.
There are a number of mining
camps within two or three miles of
the Palos mine and within a short
time after the exposlon a great crowd
had gathered about the ill-fated mine.
The Palos mines have been worked
for a number of years and the entries
were extensive.
F-specIally Distressing.
This disaster 1s regarded as espec
ially distressing as It comes after the
Mulga explosion Thursday, April 21, In
which 41 men lost their lives. The
Red Cross and other relief work for
the widows and orphans at Mulga
has not yet been completed. E. P.
Brlcknell, general director of the Na
tional Red Cross, made a special trip
from Washington to Investigate relief
needs at Mulga, and this accident bids
fair to cost more than four times as
many lives as did Mulga.
The government experts, J. J. Rut
ledge and George F. Rice, have been
lit the district since the Mulga explo
sion Investigating it cause and both of
them hurried out of Palos,
H. A. Drennen, treasurer of the
Palos coal and coke company said last
night that the company was fully In
sured against losses from explosions.
The company Is one of the few In
this section that employ only union
miners.
KILLEDJY BLAST
Vast Mass of Rock Crashes Through
Roof Upon Guthrie Family,
Near Murphy.
Special to The GaietteNews.
Murphy, May 6. A 600-pound blast
of stone from an overcharge of dyna
mite used in blasting at the Evans'
quarry, six miles from here, on the
L. & NY road, landed on the roof of
Charles Guthrie's dwelling yesterday
about 1 o'clock, crashing through the
light roof, Instantly killing Mrs.
Guthrie and her eight years old child.
The Guthrie home stands near the
place of blasting and frequently
through the day large quantities of
stone have fallen upon the house-top,
Mr. Guthrie, his wife and children
had lust finished dinner when they
entered the bedroom, next door, and
at down for a rest
The heavy mass of granite seemed
m hRv kDt compact In the air. It
made splinters of the roof. Mr.
Guthrie and one of the children es
caped with their lives, although they
were only a few feet from me vie
tlms.
DEMOCRATS BELABORING
LUCKLESS RAILWAY BILL
"Cut Its Tall Off BelUnd the Ears" is
the Advice of the Minority iieaa
er, Mr. Williams. ,
Washington. May . "Cut ths tail
off behind the ears; that Is the way to
orotect this bill." said Minority Leader
Clark, when the administration rail
road bill was Uken up In the house
today.
He condemned the commerce court.
traffic agreement and merger sections.
Adamson of Georgia, democrat, as
sailed the merger section.
SEVEN SENATORS TESTIFY
AS TO LORIMER ELECTION
Tell Grand Jury What They Know
About Charges That FJcctlon-
- Was Purchased.
Chicago. May f. Seven Illinois leg'
Islators whoso testimony bears on the
allegation that William Lorimen
election to the United States senate
was brought about by the purchase of
democratic votes appeared before the
MDTHERAND
GUILD
(jrand Jury today.
Evidently Believes He Will
Not Recover Royal
Family Summon
ed to Palace.
London, May 6. "Well, it
is all over,. but I' think I have
done my duty.',' These words
fell from the lips of King Ed
ward VII. in a waking inter
val late this afternoon. ' His
majesty's condition is declared
critical by the attending phy.
sicians. Uloom has settled
over the city and provinces,
following the issuance of to
night's distressing bulletin.
All members of the royal
family have been summoned lo
the palace.
London, May t.A bulletin Issued
this afternoon hy the king's paysi'
clans says Uie king's symptoms be
came worse during the day and his
condition now Is critical.
London, May 6. An atmosphere of
great depression surrounds Bucking
ham palace today. A bulletin de
scribing the king's condition, issued
by five eminent physicians shortly be
fore noon, while In vague terms, in
spired profound gloom throughout
the city. It was generally construed
to mean that the outlook waa not
favorable.
The suddenness of the transition
from yesterday morning, when the
king was receiving politicians, to the
present time when it is believed he is
critically 111 has shocked the country.
Business and politics are at a stand
still
The Prince of Wales arrived at the
palace at 10 o'clock this morning, en
tering almost unobserved.-- - -
Official-Bulletins.
An official bulletin issued by the
physicians at 11:06 o'clock this morn
ing read as follows: "The king has
passed a comparatively quiet night.
but his symptoms have not improved
and his majesty's condition gives rise
to grave anxiety."
At 3 o'clock this afternoon a court
official stated that so far as could be
Judged without an expert examina
tion the king's condition was a shade
better than during the night
Has Five Physicians.
In addition to the three physicians
in attendance throughout the night
and now are spending the day In the
palace, Sir Francis Laklng, Sir James
Reid, Sir Richard Powell, specialist.
there were summoned this morning
Dr. Bertrand Dawson and Dr. St.
Clair Thomson. All the medical par
ty remained within call of the sick
chamber.
The first unofficial news given out
today Indicated Improvement, those
with the king having been deceived
by the fact that he had rested quietly
throughout the night The news waa
received with cheers by anxious
crowds gathered throughout the city.
This bulletin stated that his majesty's
condition remained much the same,
A subsequent examination developed
that the patient's bronchial tubes In
stead of being in better condlUon were
more seriously affected after the
night's sleep than they were yester
day.
Messages are pouring Into the Pal
ace from all parts of the empire and
foreign countries expressing hope for
better news.
King Edward's serious attack of
bronchial trouble, accompanied with
symptoi.is of asthma, was experienced
year ago. Since then his majesty
has suffered several recurrences of
the malady. The present illness
came suddenly, without warning.
Caughed a Great Deal.
Whltelaw Reld, the American am
bassador, who visited the king at the
Palace Wednesday, said: "The king
was coughing a great deal, and com
plained that his cough was distress
ing and very tiring. I thought he
hardly realised how 111 he was."
Worst Fostble Time-.
The prospect of the death or long
Illness of the sovereign confronts the
country at the worst time in years
From a political viewpoint such an
outcome would be disastrous The
greatest constitutional crisis In gen
erations hangs over Great Britain.
The king's death would throw the
court and country Into mourning and
end social activity. Incidentally,
Roosevelt's visit which all England
anticipated, as a unique event might
be canceled, or at least bs made X'
tremely quiet.
The Archbishop of Canterbury tel
egraphed all bishops of England and
Wales this afternoon as follows
"Prayers by the church and the
people of England are desired on be
half of his majesty. King Edward,
in his grave Illness."
The first Intimation that anything
was amiss was the failure of ths kin
to meet the queen, who returned from
the continent last evening. Th
queen hurried to the palace and soon
the publlo learned by an official an
nouncement that the king had been
ill for two days. The fact that hi
Illness bns been thus concealed from
the public caused alarm, when Once It
became generally known. The kin
suffered from a slmllnr nttnek nt I
srritz on account of the In' t
weather and cold winds, but it was
supposed that he had completely re
covered. The king spent the week
end at Sandringbam with the object,
of combatting the threatened attack'
and returned apparently better, but
the sudden .change in the weather
this week finally compelled him to
keep indoors. He still attended to
state business, however, and granted
audiences.
In fact, it was only yesterday that
his physicians were able to Induce the
king, with great reluctance, to keep
to his bedroom and take a complete
rest. The bulletin issued at 7:30
o'clock last evening showed that the
eminent specialist, Sir Richard Doug
las Powell, had been called In, he,
with the king's physician, Sir Francis
Laklng and Sir James Reld, signed
the bulletin, which read:
The king is suffering from an at
tack of bronchitis and has been con
fined to his rooms for two days. His .
Majesty's condition causes some
anxiety."
The Prince of Wales had been a
constant attendant for two days and
yesterday afternoon the Duchess of
Argyll waa summoned to the palace.
The Duke of Teck also came but the
visitors left Buckingham before 11
clock.
L
And Perry Ward Lies at Point of Death,
While James Ward Is in
fail.
Oarette-Newa Bureau,
The Bon Air,
Waynesville, May S.
Perry Ward of Barker's creek lies
at the point of death from a platol
shot in the stomach, inflicted. It is al
leged, by his second cousin, James
Ward, several days ago, says a report
received here late yesterday after
noon. Both men are known here.. The
Information coming here about the
affair la scanty, but reads that the
two men had Just received a Jug Of
liquor by express and had planned to
take a day oft In the woods. After
getting pretty full Jim Ward began
quarreling about the new stock law
Just passed In this section, It is said.
He is said to have expressed disap
proval of the law many times In the
past After the passing of hot words
from both sides Jtm Ward drew his
pistol and fired on Perry. The shot
took effect, after which Jim Ward fled. .
He was captured later in the night
and placed in the county Jail at Web
ster, and awaiting developments in the
condition of his wounded cousin,
he is held without ball.
When not under the Influence of
liquor the two men are said to be the
best of friends.
IS
10 SUCCEED AYCDCK
Chosen by Governor from 1 8 Applicants
for Position of Corporation
Commissioner.
HOOTING
FOLLOWS
WHISKEY
QUARRE
Gaxette-News Bureau,
Chamber of Commerce Rooms, '
Hollemon Building,
Raleigh, May (.
Hi-nry Clay Brown ts appointed
corporation commtatoner today, affec
tive at once. He has been chief clerk
to the commission since Its establish
ment In 1891, and was cashier of a
bank and mayor of Mt Airy when ap
pointed clerk.
Governor Kitchln received about 11
applications for the position, made
vacant by the death of B. F. Aycock.
Car Goes Etght Feet Into Eartli.
. Wilkesbarre, May I. An electric
car plunged ' Into a mine cave at
WardsvlUe last night Seven passen
gers were cut and bruised. ' The car
sank eight feet into the earth.
Irving HancheU Hanged.
Deland, Fla., May Irving Han
chett, the It years Old Connecticut
boy convicted of ths brutal murder
of Clevle Tedder, a 13 years old girl,
February 12, was hanged today.
Itcar Admiral Mc-Culla. Dead.
Piinta Tlnrbnra, Cal . Mn
Admiral It. II. M f's.Ja, 1
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