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.4 LAST E2XTICIT ' 4:C0 P. II. ; Weather Forecast: SHOWERS; COOLER lTESD.Y. 1D,nT"j ' DISPATCHES 5 VOLXVt NO. 70. ASHEVILLE, N. Q.M0NDAY; 5 AFTERNOON, M AY 1, 1911. So PES COPY OF BANGOR FamilyipfMcM 3 OF 1811 isjisiEDDoym f Accused ofM ' '. - N ... ISII ED Thousands of Persons Homeless, Shelterless, Without Food Two Lives Lost Damage " About $6,000,000. Vr A HEAVY RAIN STOPPED , c PROGRESS OF THE FLAMES TPOhap With Shift nff Wind Mnnv ft 1 if' i .''"' ; nesmencei, Busmen numes, .: Public Buildings Are. .,',x ;.Destroyed.;. : if B ANGOR, Me., May l.i Hotnelesa, wet, hungry exhausted by a long fight against flames which wept and destroyed practically one third of the pity of. Bangor, last night, thousands of persona . thia morning face the problem of providing them selves, with food, shelter and clqthing, while the city and state authorities ':; began consideration of plans for re . bunding the city. .When dawn broke over the city' to-; day hundreds of groups of men, wom en and children, could be.' seen .hud ; died around the smouldering bonfires or stretched along the edge of the ' smoking ruins, endeavoring to warm and dry themselves. ;.; ., v Rain Came at Opportune Time: " ' i Although the rain brought discom fort to the homeless, it was the means of bringing under control the great conflagration which, raged for more than seven hours, . At a time when he battle of firemen, seemed hopeless a providential, shift of wind and a! down- . pour of rain drove the fire back over ' the burned district and drowned out 'the flames, which, had Just started. In iinburned property. At 7:40 this morning the fire was virtually extinguished. ; One-Third of City Destroyed. , : . . One-third of the city has been la- stroyed including some of the liubst homes in Bangor's residential portion, all public . buildings except the city :, halt, and the greater part of the retail -.business section. Estimates of .- the probable loss vary. It was thought that at least six .million dollars worth " of property was destroyed. - Tile loss . of life, so- for. known this morning, - wnS confined to two. persons, t About halt; a doaen Injured have been, ad mitted to a hospital. Rain and the change of wind having solved the problem of controlling the fire, the authorities' attention has been i directed toward housing the homo less and feeding the hungry. : Tho de struction of food supplies in the retail district presented a perplexing situa tion. .Every Incoming train this morn ing brought loads of food supplies for distribution. . , ' ' A score of buildings were ' blown up .In an effort to check the flames and dynamite was still liberally used The first started in the, hay shed of J. Frank Oreen, on Broad street, and in a short time was sweeping through . the city in a northwesterly direction. Before midnight both sides of Ex change street from Tork to State, both sides of State street from Ken duskeag stream to Broadway, a con siderable part ot Central and Frank lin streets, nearly all of Park street and Marlow street was In ruins and the flames toad made Inroads of near- ly a mile Into the best residential sec tlon in, "Broadway, Center and French Bireoia. ... . ElfilliEEB fIELL i?l ; BOTH KlREMS BROKEH Engine Von Southern Railway Near ii., jGreensboro. Turned Com- v- -p!cla!y Over. . Greensboro, May 1. Engineer R. B. Farrell of Greensboro was brought here at 8 o'clock Saturday night with both arms .broken and severely bruised about his body as the result of a turned over engine at Vandalia, a station three miles from Greens boro, on the Sanford, Mount Airy, dl vision of the Bouthern railway. He Is at St Leo's hospital, the physicians reporting that no Internal Injuries arrj so far evident The regular passen Kcr train from Eunford, due in Greens boro at 4:40, was stalled at Climax, 12 miles" distant, on account of tlw disabled 'engine. ' ' ' ' ' Captain Fsrrell left here with a re lief enK'ne and tender backing. Near Vandalia the tender Jumped the trak at the eJe of a cut, twisting the engine entirely over. Engineer Far i ell was caui;ht and wedded between the reverse lever and boiler, hl es cape from death bplnij miraculous. The overturned, engine and tender completely Mockeif the track. Ions I Pes J. from (Her 1 for a f port c! V t ;n Hum J. 1 . dreHS ot t " f ais to Met Tonsil. 1 i.. May 1. Dp mocrats i are gathering1 tml:y .! r. inference and Jel'ter !. t this evening. Wll- rr. likes the Wiling ad- f fi let Mr, t 1 MERCURY TAKES A TUMBLE; SNOWING IN NORTHWEST Sadden Drop in Temperature Over . Wide Areas In Middle and . ' ' ; ' 1 r .-, Northern States. .; ., H'" i i f ; f mi''' f - v':-;-',--;-. Kansas ; 5 City, May V 1. Mfssourl, Kansas. Nobraska' and parts 'of North ern' Oklahoma. ae shivering.' follow ing a, sudden dropr. In temperature, which in some places was as much as 60 degrees. , In many places the tem perature Is below freezing paint.. :. SLt Inches of Snow in Northwest, Lacronse, Wia, May i'. Snow has been falling.over the northwest since daylight this morning., .Six; Inches has I already fallen and It continues. ' Severe BlUard; S(x to Eight Inches ...Vv . of Snow, . t , , ', . , J . . . Norfolk, Neb., May 1. A severe blizzard ushered In May day In north ern Nebraska,' southern South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming. Six to eight Inches of snow fell at Valentine and Ohadron, Neb. . Snow plows are at. work.... ... . . . , s ' -' ; Will Raise Funds for the McNamaras ', --OrOanized Also to Raise " ' Funds. ' 1 v' "i Boston, May 1. The full strength of the socialist party in- America was ! offered , for the- defense of John . J. and J. B. McNamara, who are charged with murder , in connection with the explosion at the Los Angeles Times building, by the national, executive committee of the party, now In ses sion here. ',' ; t . V - - A telegram was sent to President F..M. Ryan of the Iron Workers un ion, reading as follows: ' v The national executive committee of the socialist party offers the entire power of its 4000 organization and its, press, f consisting of ten dallies over 100 weeklies and ten monthlies in all languages, to be used In the de fense of the McUamaraa and any other, help within qur power.", - ' . A eonvmunieattoit -wo wo-aaQres- ed to the locals of the socialist party condemning .the arrest of the men as suggesting a deliberate plot," and claiming the1 prosecution of the men was "Inspired by the National Manu facturers association and that tho whole affair was "a dastardly, conspir acy, on -the part Of organized capital In this country to crush organised la bor by crime and violence." The communication calls -upon the locals to raise money for the defense of the accused and for carrying on an aggressive campaign for socialism In California -and particularly in Los Angeles. Among the members of the national executive committee In session here is congressman victor u. merger or Milwaukee. ) American Federation of Labor- Will Raise Fund. . Indianapolis, Ind., May 1. Samuel P. Gompers, president of the Ameri can Federation of Labor, arrived Sun day and immediately went into secret conference with 40 leaders of national and state labor organizations. After the conference, Mr. Gompers said that the McNamara case was discussed and that the executive, council of the American Federation of Labor would take chares of a defense fund which would lie raised by contribution from the various labor organizations of the country. .. . . A meeting of the executive council in' to be called soon by Mr. Gompers who said the session would probably be held here. Further than, this, Mr. Gompors would not discuss the action of the labor leaders. Ilesldca the local men present, Wil liam J. Spencer, secretary of the Building Trades of the federation and Frank L. Mulholland of Toledo, at tended for the national organization and will be one of the lawyers for tho defense of the three labor men now In jail In Los Angeles In connection wltVi the explosion In the Los Angeles TltiiCs building. MES M!! FLYiriS lirx rr-T'p -"f Unst!e to Slop En;ine In Time, En ' c;ncerTa!,cs C'j Chances All Ends Will. I.os Anceles, April 1. Unable to stop his train In time to avoid burning bridge encountered as the locomotive rounded a sharp curv near Ravenna, 6 0 mllps north of here, an engineer on the Han Joaquin Vai loy line of the FouUicrn Parllle railroad today took a big chanre with fntn, opened Ms tlirotlle to the lait nun h end brontht tl 200 j-aBdengen behind him safely throu'l the flames. JuMt OS the train cleared the bridge, th Hlrueture cot in -d. l ire Cm I.iiH).-e In fan 1 I i I o f 1 r ti h i SOGIALIST PARTY TU :viEfEflDIIOfJEII .;;; ;, :-! i . 1 ' . i i . ' : I . ' 1 t . 11 1 11 J to Taken Three Cities in West River District, All of Which They ' Lopteil Insur r 1.4: rection Spreads. CONDITIONS DESPERATE . IN THE CITY OF CANTON Of the 30,000 , Soldiers Within the Walls,' Many, It Is Feared, ' i !' Are Likely to" Prove tiT-'-i- ".Desloyd. -"- r HONG KING, May 1. The Insur , ret tlon at Canton , Is 'spreading rapidly. Rebels have taken three Important -towns in the - -,West River : district, 'Sam-Shul, : Wong- Chow ..and Woo-Chow. all of, which they looted.'; 'Murder and pillage are reported from all parts of the dis--trlcti .;. :', -; - All advices reaching ' - here from Canton indicate a desperate condition of affairs. There are 80,000 soldiers within the. walls, and there-Is -great fear that- many ."of these will' prove disloyal. If It appears that the-rebels are able to gain the upper hand.ik Work With Fanatical Bravery. , The rebels are strong in numbers and ' have carried on their ' work' of destruction ' with' fanatical v bravery. They made an attack upon the pro vincial arsenal, but were repulsed by the troops under loyal-officers. Many of the revolutionists were killed 'hile some of them fled to an unoccupied rice store and built a barricade with hundreds of bags of rice. . The troops found great difficulty in assaulting tine barricade, owing to bombs, which the rebels- threw with- great accuracy. Finally the store -was ret on tire, while the troops remained ".' at some distance to pick off those who might seek to escape the flames., Thirty or more of -the rebels were burned to death, while others committed sulolde With their, revolvers rather than be taken. .. .,, , , v- t Tbe ha been a.gaxherlng at Can ton- lately of those' Opposed to' the Mancihu dynasty. A few days ago sev eral hundred arrived from Hong Kong. The plot to everturn the gov ernment was betrayed and the lead ers of the movement urged the vicer oy's bodyguard to Join forces and kill the Manchus-.i This the body guard refused to do, with the result that when the attack was made upon the official residence of the viceroy few days ago ' the , ' revolutionists were routed. " - Some ot the .Troops-Dependable. There are certain bodies of troops which may be depended upon not to abandon the rulers to their fate, and all attempts by the rebels to Induce them. to Join. in the movement have proved futile. But the rebels, work ing together In a well devised plan, have succeeded., in doing much dam age to property, in addition to killing some of the officials. The family of the viceroy is now living on a gun boat. : .- . 1 Wu Sum, a Chinese who was educa ted In Japan and wears European clothes. Is the leada of the move ment Beth he vi . his confederates came to canton from , Singapore While the authorities have not been able to capture these men, a number of suspects have been arrested and promptly decapitated, i It Is feared, however, that some of these were en tlrely Innocent The American gunboat Wllmlngttn Is now at Shamien, the foreign con cession, which is on the point above the city southward of the western suburb and facing Macao fort pas. sage. , FUTii kills m na aoeiiis child In New York Took Summary . Variance Against Driver of Truck V.'ajon. , New York, May 1. Oulseppe Boug rol, an Italian clKxtrmaker who saw his three-year-old boy trampled be neath the hoofs of truck horses Sat urday night, took summary ven-geain-e upon the driver, William Krupman, by pouring four buUets from a revolver Into hie body. The driver fell dead from his seat almost Into the arms or a policeman, and a mob t t 2 000 persons, bent on punlwli inir him first, stood aghast at the hn,iti! -.a. then set furiously upon the !-er. OfTlcers rescued him unoon -hi -:n find he w taken to a hn- pli. l, then loiltred In Jail on a charge of t n!.. r. Hie child died late fcjat- l.- t ' U HI raili ar.1 injury. ee, men n , ro 'H't f Ilk i he- 1 '! 1 I.:. I I I .. . If- I V'iiM - - - 'i : - ' J v - " J&r Rots rsxvczz2, : Z?pY., & Vl r lf tuuu run mm GOlMyjIllliE The Action Unexpected Tnouiands of Pennsylvania Employes May - Be out by Night, VY -.". 4k Pittsburg, i'Mayv 1. Pennsylvania railroad shopmen,, numbering 1500, unexpectedly struck' this ..'morning here and- at AUoona. . Some ,' train crews have Joined the strikers. . Labor' leaders estlmatea this after noon that nearly 9000; machinists had quit worle. - Secretary Wilson of the Machinists' union said that unless de mands for an1-eight-hour day were granted 200,000 allied workers might be called out on sympatheticstrike. A. E. Ireland; general organizer of the American ' Federation of " Labor says 8000 wlir be involved. Tne strikers claim that 10,000 more em ployes of the company will go out on strike before today end . - - The - grievances of the shopmen is that the company has been discharg ing men who 'had been with the com pany many years because they belong to a union. ' The men went out with out excitement. " ritimlx-rs Strike for. $5 a Day. Toledo, O,. May r 1. One hundred plumbers went on strike this morning, when their . employers : refused to grant a wage increase.. The plumb ers get $4 dally.1 They demand $6. May Pay Celebrations In New York. New York, May 1. Six parades of workmen, numbering , sevurak thou sand each, a strike of 5000 machinists and a walk-out. of a few hundred east side bakers and shirtwaist lhakers were the chief events of th May day labor celebration here. Resolutions - Favrlng DlHarmameiit. Berlin, May 1. Workmen of Ber lin held 78 May day meetings, where resolutions were adopted favoriits diHnrmament In the Interest of world m ..... peace-.. , '"V. ' "OlXl One Strike In PhlWclplila. Philadelphia, May 1. May Day in Philadelphia found but. one strike, that of 460 plumbers, who quit work because they had been refused an lnereaue In wages. They want $4 for an eight hour day, half holiday on Saturdays and double pay for over time work. The men, now receive $3.60 a day. . Day Quiet In Tarlg. Paris, May - 1- Detachments of troons occupied all squares and open plaxes In anticipation of a working men's may d"y demonstration. Be tween 20,000 end 30,000 soldiers were under arms. Up to late afternoqn no dlaturbance had occurred. Hume un easiness wai canaed na It was ex pected the general confederation of labor would mUe a mounter demon stration In defiance of the govern ment's refuMul to s.mitl.m It. I ,'. i lii lliirrihlo 1 'imii. M.it May Ml t" a er I. J 1 a! h innu' i C v, Tarte': i.iii f i HAILR0 & CMIZDSSX 55ie Democrats and Three Progressive Re publicans Vote for It Suther- ; i . . . . j . .. . j ..... . ' land Amendment Killed. Washington, May 1. Tho. senate judiciary committee, by a Vote - of seven td five, today agreed Ho report to the house the resolution, for the direct election of senators. ; Air the democrats present and three progressive republicans voted for the resolution. . ' . ' ( They- were senators Chilton," Over' man,' Culberson, Macon, Cummins, Borah and Brown,' Negative votes were cast by Senators Clark, Dllllng ham, .Sutherland, Brandegeeand Root , The amendment, offered by Suther land, providing for federal supervision of elections when deemed desirable, was voted, down. . . Senators voting against the Sutherland, amendment were Bacont Culberson. Overman and Chilton, , democrats; and Borah and Cummins, republicans.. -r AT ftriTI-TBUST GASES Supreme Court, It Is Thought, May .Wait Until Last Day of Spring Term. i Washington, May 1. The Supreme court did not announce a decUlon to day in either the Standard Oil tr To bacco ' suits, arising under the Sher man anti-trust law. Only two more decision days re main In the present term. These fall on May IS and 29. Unless the de cialons are announced on one of these dates the trust cases will go over until court convenes next Octo ber. Persons who conceived ths no tlon that the eourt might consider the affect on the stock market are predicting that the decisions will be handed down May 2 9, the last day of the term. Because of the large num ber of cases usually diaposed of at such time, some of the cam s will not he reached probably until after the stock exchanges have closed for the day. Next day will be Decoration day and a holiday on the stock exchange, giving the market many hours to ad Just Itself. f "I rif i I f i',, r - W-rL..k..ft Li.. J It., t: i Ogdcn. I'lah, May 1. "' Inann, James f-. Kohlris i . liporarily ., i t in . fl 'MM I the a I'M mm the I !'nr riv. s'eTes army, A! all. Vei n j mpt-d ' . .)! 1 i 1 TARIFF PRQGDAL1 BEGUHJ1Y SEFliiTE The Finance Committee Takes upCana- i dian. Reciprocity Bill for Consideration. ; Washington, May 1. The senate be gan Its tariff program today when the finance bommittee, which has before It the Canadian reciprocity bill,' already passed, by the house, took' up the measure and considered plans for fu ture hearings. It developed that com. mittee members are disposed to give a generous amount of time to those who desire to advocate or oppose - the measure, before it is reported to tho open senate. Many ' other newly appointed com mittees are in session. The house had- before It the free list bill, which will occupy the atten tion of members until adjournment late today.; -. . . .. ' WILL NOT REACH THE . t , i JURY BEFORE TOrilGHT This Only In the Event Night Session Is Held in Watkins- Trial Session Delayed., ' ' It Is evident that the case of State vs. P. C. Watklns, on trial charged with the killing of John Hill Bunting at the Gladstone hotel, Black Moun tain, one night nearly two years ago, will not reach the Jury before late this evening, In the event a night ses sion should be held, and If not, some time tomorrow. It was planned, when court adjourned Saturday afternoon, to reconvene at 10 o'clock this morn lng, when. Judge Thomas A. Jones was to argue to the' jury in the In terest of the - private prosecution. Judge 'Webb, however, did not arrive in Ashevllle in time to convene court this morning and the opening session of the second week of court was not called until . this afternoon. Judge Jones, who is to speak for the state, will probably consume some time. Locke Craig will follow Judge Jones, closing the case for the defense, while Solicitor Beynolils will make the clos ing argument for the state. Judge Webb will charge the Jury and for the second time 12 men will decide upon the guilt or Innocence of the accuwd. It Is practically certain that a decision of the Jury will not be re turned to court before some time to morrow In the event that a verdict la ' reached at all. There continues keen Interest in the ca.io with ronsldj io ca.io wnn f onsioj as to a m If trial" a r an acquittal. erahle spwulat'in viydlct of guilty or N'cw I'i lent of ? -tourl I'aclllc a, Shi' he'A' J In l' Quick Work Done by the Printer Copies WIN Be Ready for ' ; Distribution This Week. A. . . - DIVISION IN THREE CLASSES WILL SAVE THE STATE $3000 The Acts Are Now Divided into' Public,' Public Local and Private lit Two . Larrje Volumes. Gazette-News Bureau, -: ; ' ' Yarborough House, "' r'-, f Raleigh, May I. ' the fltst time in the history the state printing, the'bubi ' FOR ,'ofi 'lie lie laws of the general assembly . have been got out in lesB than 90 4ays ' after the adjournment of the session. . It took; less than 60 : day this 'year ' and the advance copies are now is. the -hands of the secretary of state and tt to believed the public . printer will have enough ready for distribution ' this week. The work was done by E. ' M. Uzzell A Co. and they' deserve ' much credit for the (Juick job and ex cellent workmanship. ' ' ;' For the nrst time, the laws have v been classified as public-those of a' general - stale wide Interest publio local, applying to counties, etc., and -private. Heretofore the .facts have '. been divided into publio and private and printed, in two large volumes, the '' volumes of publio laws also embracing -many of the laws of a local nature More than 800 of these were printed and' distributed to the magistrates in the state and about 1000 copies of the private laws, - in 1909, at ths solicita tion of the secretary of state, Hon. J. Bryan? Grimes, the legislature author ized the classification of the laws into three classes, public, local and private, and this year Instead, of distributing ' a volume oontainlng .both the public ' and public local laws. 9000 copies of ' which' were- circulated, containing more than, 1500 pages, a volume ot public- laws' of less than BOO pages will -,' be distributed. This Will save the state at least $3000 in the cost of ; printing alone to say nothing ot the ; express on 9000 copies. s , ,' , v ... How Clastilfied. '. . , The secretary of state In classifying the laws has .followed the rule that all. laws of state wide Interest are class!- , fled as public and put In one volume, , those of a publio nature but of local application are classed as public1 local and. In a volume to themselves and all charters, all laws relating to cities and ' towns, etc, are classed as private and in a separate volume. It is estimated that under the old classification the;' public laws would have made a vol ume of 1800 or more pages.. It is learned ' that the Carolina Power and Light company, which re cently Increased its capital to $4,000,- 000 and is planning big1 things for this ' section in an electrical way In connec tion with the Yadkin River Power company, had purchased the Standard ' Gas and Light company. This gives the Carolina Power St Light company and its allies complete control of Ral- . elgh in the way of electricity and gas, :. The consideration Is not made public. The Yadkin River Power company ' which is to develop the Blultfs falls nrop&rty near Rockingham, Is going ahead with its surveys for power lines. The power plant Is to be completed at an early.dAte. , v.; ' v JE, B,-J.. REFUSE TO FLAY E.ML ' TilfflMSOlJ Officials ef Atlanta Club Deterred ty Protests Kade ty .".inlsters ''and Clheri. , . Nashville. May 1. The antl-refornt wave In favor of Sunday baseball. whlch resulted in games being played in several southern cities for the first time, this season, received a setback yesterday when officials of the Atlanta club refused to permit their team to taki. De field In test of ths Tennessee law. Protests from ministers and others caused the Atlanta club officials . to balk. , CARRAL DF.Xir.S INTERllKW ClUild l.Nil A.M1 ::icans Bays He Never Aii whih Tlwm of Having Foinente l licvolutlon 111 JMcikl'-o. Parla May 1. 'Vice President Cor ral of Mexico has arrived here. In a statement to the Ac ux iated Fre.n Corral denied he evr gave an Inter view, st Banstsmler or eiMewliere, criticizing Amerlisns pi having f i- 2 ented the revolution In Mexico. talutn as to X It 1 WashliK-hMi, I, f'il."MiO riMirt l tiMiuiiay i f !, 1 - 1 i i f
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