TBB GABBTTB-NBWB HAS TUB MOST BZPBN8IVB AB8KlAtBD PBMBM BBS VICE IN TBt CiBoLlSAM. Weatner Forecast:. GENERALLY FAIR. VOL. XVIII. NO. 281. ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 6, 1914. PRICE 5 CENTS Of AWFUL PERIL Five Later Survivors Of the Oklahoma Relate of Nar- ' row Escapes andjn . tense Suffering. ONLY TWO BOATS HAD 'TIME TO GET AWAY Six Companions Drown With Help in Sight Those Who Were Saved on Verge Of Collapse. New York, Jan. 6. Tho five sur vivors brought tn today confirm the story that the great tank ship parted amidships , without i warning. The weather was very stormy and enorm ous seas were breaking aboard when with B'.t agony of groans and creaks the vessel buckled, apparently bus pended on two huge waves at stem and stern. Haaht, seaman, was on deck at the time, having Just come on watch. The engines were racing and could not be stopped. All tho engine room force and those of the crew aft, who were able rushed to the decks. The mess boy, Koslch, had . only ' his under wear. ' Only two boats got away. The boat which the revenue cutter Seneca found contained three dead and none alive.' The other boat the one In which the five were picked up con tained 11 when It got away. Six were drowned alter the craft had repeated ly capsized. When the five were final ly taken aboard the Gregory their condition was pitiable. ' Both boats were' In extreme' peril from the moment they were lowered over the-' hlnking ship's Side.' . The sous - smothered them; the racing : screws, which they barely missed, threatened to smash the boats to matchwood. As they drifted away soon to be separated they saw Cap tain Guntcr and others amidships on the Oklahoma. Tho five , rescued knew nothing of his fate until they reached New York and were surprised to learn thnt he and seven others had been saved by the Bavaria about 10:30 p. m. When the Gregory hove In sight the boat with the 11 men made frantic signals and rowed toward her. Near !ng the steamer, the boat capsized and 11 were thrown into the icy water, They succeeded In righting her and ill, nearly frozen, painfully climbed in igaln. This hapened again and again, and by the time they got alongside the Gregory all were on the verge of collapse. Almost at tho Gregory's side the craft again went over. This time six' sank, never to appear again. ' , The six of the missing 27 of the crew of the Oklahoma, which broke In two oft Sandy Hook early Sunday, were picked up In a lifeboat Sunday afternoon by the Booth line steumer Gregory, after having been adrift in tho bitter cold for six hours. They are: Jacob Swanson, oiler; Wlljle Haaht, seaman; Fred Booth, store keeper; John Koslch, mess boy, and George Johnson, wiper. Search for Ixxtt. The ' Gregory had now lowered a boat Which crushed about searchi'i for the lost. None was found. The Ave survivors barely conscious, was . taken on board and placed in care of the ship's -surgeon. He worked over them heroically and It was hoped to day that all would recover, although the suffering they went through lfl them weakened and shaken. The boat was only seven miles lror.i the wreck when the five were picked p. The steamer cruised about fur some time searching for the other boat but tio trace of It could be found. sa last resort the Gregory steamed "lose up to tho sinking Oklahoma but N .'ould nee no one aboard. Sho then made for New York and having no wireless equipment could give no no'Vg . uf tho part she pluyed in tho disaster until she reached quarantine. The rescue of these men, and their itory that six of their compan ons were lost accounts for 23 f the Oklahoma's crew of Si Jight having .been rescued by the liner Bavaria, and three found dead In a lifeboat by tho revenue cutter scneia New Yurk, Jon. fi. Hope that eight mors of the crew of the tank steam ship Oklahoma, which sank about 80 mile south of Handy Hook on Sun day might havs escaped death In an - open boatjn which they left thn wwl was abandoned early today on the ro relpt of a wireless message from the "flptaln of the revenue cutter Sepoci :hat went to tho assistance of tho dis tressed steamship. , Captain Orsalf of the steamship T!s ' carta, which picked up Captain Alfred ' Hunter and seven of the Oklahoma's frew of 40 men, reported by wireless that a boat containing eight men was seen to leave tho ship Just before she ank. This Is believed to be the same boat referred to by th He urea's enp lalu. The mwt from Mm Mviiecn , follows: ' "Pick tip ono of the Oklahoma's boats with three bod kit In It, Tne REQUESTS OF Expected Satisfactory Agree ment Will Be Made With The Commission. Cincinnati, O., Jan. 6. Considera tion of the requests of the baseball players fraternity was made by the National Baseball commission In Its meeting here today.' No objection was made by club owners and oftlciuls of the major and mor leagues to the most of the re quests. It was expected that a satis factory agreement to both club own ers and players would be reached be fore tho day ended. The delegation from the players fraternity consisted of David Fultz, president; John Miller of the St. Louis Nationals; Jacob Daubert of the Brooklyn Nationals; John sHenry, Washington Americans; and Ray Col lins of the Boston Americans. Edward Reulbach of the Brooklyn Nationals was to have been on hand but was prevented by illness In his family.' There. was no spirit of an tagonism shown to the rules of base ball by the delegates in the prelim inary conferences in which represen tatives of the National Association of Minor leagues took a great part. The Jumping of Otto Knabe to. the Federal .league following the lead of Joe Tinker, Mordecal Brown and other well known players, was a much dis cussed topic today. The arrival of President Baker of the Philadelphia National league club, was awaited with interest, as it was believed that he could shed some light on the cause Of the action of Knabe., . What action the commission would take against the-Federal league was not foreshadowed today, the commis sion belng.content to abide.. by the semimenta or President Herrmann in his annual report. Carlisle to Meet Notre Dame. ' New York, Jan. 6. The Carlisle Indian football team plans to Invade Chicago next fall and negotiations are now under way for a post season game mere with the Notre Dame eleven. Coach Glenn Warner of Carlisle and Coach Jesse Harper met in this city last week and discussed the posstbil ities for a game. Notre Dame to Meet Army. isotre Dame, ind., Jan. 6. The Notre Dame football team will play me Army at West Point November 7 It became known today. . Runner's Challenge. New York. Jan. 6. Hannea Knle- hamainen, the amateur runner has come forward with an offer to run any four men In one country in re inys ror one gour. LEGISLATION IS URGED TO INCREASE REVENUE Providence, R. I., Jan. 6. Legisla tion to Increase the state's revenue was recommended by Governor Po thler In- his message to the general assembly which convened today, re newing its duties for the first time under the biennial election system. The governor called attention to u deficit of $160,000 In the state treasury.- He advocated the adoption of a budget system, & collateral inheritance tax and a tax on savings deposits in National banks. seen nothing of the steamer. (Htkged) JOHNSON." The other men who left the Okla homa in the boat picked up by Captain Johnson are believed to have been washed overboard by the waves. t Mrs. Gunter, wife of Captain Alfr.-d Uunter of the Oklahoma, lust nlfcht told of having received a wlrelehs message from her husband, who Is aboard the Batarla en route to Boston. At her home In Bayonne, N. J Mrs. Ounter told of pImiis she hud made to Join her husband when the Oklahoivi left this port on her last vovage. Cap lain Ounter feared had weather, she said, and persuarded her to remain at home. She had no premonition of danger, she said. The Hunters live near the home of John J. Fogh, chief engineer of tho Oklahoma, who Is among the missing. Mrs. Fogh collapsed yesterday when she learned of the disaster and of the probable fate of her husband. That the plight of the Oklahoma was not due to an explosion but vas caused by the unusual occurrence of a ship breaking In two, following ter rifle battering of the seas Is tho in presslon of shipping men today. The belief Is based on the wlrelew advices sent by Captain Ounter and on statements of ofllcers of ship thut rushed to the rescue. The various skippers who passed the submerged part of the Oklahoma reported that she probably broke In two under the battering of heavy mchs and her after hnlf, burdened with her iMillers slid engines, went tn the bottom. The for wsrd part Honied on her bulkheads, which were apparently nearly water tlxht. The Hujrnriu with the survivors aboard was due to arrive In Boston this afternoon. ' IN PLAYERS GRANTED TO 1 Chairman Elliott Agrees to Re store Competition in Transportation Thru New England. CONFERENCE IS HELD WITH MR. MCREYNOLDS Elliott Remains in Washington Presumably to Work Out ' The Details of the Agreement. Washington, Jan. 6. After two hours' conference today between At torney General McReynolds and Chair man Howard Elliott of the New York, New ' Haven & Hartford railroad, it was understood that the New Haven will agree to a reorganization, to re store competition, in transportation throughout New England. No ofticial announcement was made, but Mr. El liott will remain in Washington for several days and it was believed may settle details of the plan. Mr. Elliott and the attorney gen New to a eon eral carefully considered the England situation with regard reorganization and after' their ference Mr. Elliott conferred with T- W. Gregory and Jesse Adklns, the special , assistants who have had charge of the department's investiga tion. As he left the attorney generals office Mr. Elliott said he could make no official announcement. "Things look encouraging,"' he said. "I expect to be here for several days and possibly before I leave may have something to tell you." . A reorganization of the New Haven would. Include sojlte plan for its dis posal of control over the Boston A Maine railroad; the cancellation of Its agreement with the New York Cen tral for the operation of the Boston & Albany, the giving up of its socalled sound steamship lines which operate from New York to Bridgeport, New Haven and New London, Providence and other New England cities; the giving up of Its trolley lines and its so-called outside steamship lines which operate from New York to Bos ton and from other southern ports to Boston. Washington,' Jan. 6. Attorney Gen eral McReynolds and Chairman How. ard Elliott of the New York, New Ha ven and Hartford railroad conferred again today over the problem of re organizing the New Haven on a basis satisfactory to the department of Jus tice and fair to the road. It was the third conference be tween the two men since Mr. Elliott became head of the New Haven, and department officials were hopeful such progress would be made that but few further discussions would be neces sary. - it was generally understood today that the New Haven Is willing to pin the Boston and Maine railroad In the hands of trustees and cancel tlm agreement for Joint control with the New York Central of the Boston and Albany. These points are Insisted upon by the department of Justice. Mr. Mc Reynolds also insisted that the New Haven arrange to get rid of Its trolley lines and Its Sound steamship lines. If Mr. Elliott meets these demands, it Is probable that the New HaVen will avoid a suit for dissolution under the Sherman law and fhat there will be a, pcaoeful readjustment of transpor tations conditions In New England. The recent semi-official announce ment that the New Haven would agree that the Boston and Main go in the hands of trustees and that Its stock be sold at the end of stated p;r lod so that control should pass to other hands leads to the belif that A slmllur )dn n might eb adopted In re spct to th' steamship and trolley lines One argument that ln' Hnes the at torney Es'i.ersl to favor a trusteeship Is that'll. c New Haven might hive difficulty In disposing of Its holdings at tho present time 1'uder such n plan Mr. McUeynolils could apprnva or disapprove tho trustees who were selected and pass upon details of the, disposition of stock. It was understood toduy thut tho plan under consideration would not nocessiHtate a perfunctory uppeurance in court such as was proposed. The plan first considered would have bid to an agreement between the dpart ment and the road whereby they wbuld appear in court and ask ap proval for a decroe to which both parties consented. it was presumed today, however, that the agreement would follow the lines laid' down in the case of the American Telephone and Telegraph company. If that there followed no court action would necessary but the department of Justice would reserve the right to file a dissolution suit tiny lime II found the terms of tho sgree- ir.Mit were moI being carried out North French The properv on Htoad .wniif. known us llic-Hollsml house, has been sold by C. (1. Ward , polo players and had played with the In en 10 years old next Mondu, init io U . Parrlsh of Wsynesvllle, who Mssdowbiook and other eastern 1 lived every member of. his Immcdlulu (hut already laken possession M IT LOSE APPEfllS Tl IL S. COURT Judgment of District Court Reversed in the. Cases of Six Prominent La bor Men. ALAF A. TVEITMOE IS TO BE GIVEN RETRIAL Cases of William McCain, James E, Ray, Houlihan, Sherman, and Bern v hafdt Remanded. Cliicaso, Jun. 6. The judgment of the federal district eourt at Indiunap olls sentencing to prinon thirty mem bers of the International Association of Uridjte and Struct .!! Iron Workers was affirmed toduy V the Vnlted States circuit com- ..' appeals here in 2-1 cases. Six eaH " were reversed. The cases reversed were remanded to the lower court for re-trial. The lfenlunis in the cases are: Olaf A. Tveitmoe, San Francisco. William McCain, Kansas City, Mo. ' .James K. Kay, l'eorla, Ills; Ktchard II. Houlihan. Chicago.' Frederick Sherman, Indianapolis. W'illlum Bernhardt, Cincinnati. ' The Hcntence of seven years impils onment . ujulnst. Frank M. UVun of Chlcugo, president of the association. nun alhrnicd.. There were' 32 'convictions In the dynamite cases growing out of the blowing up of t the Los Angeles rimes biiilillnc. . Two of tle convicted nio-.i 111 . itot -appeaV AU bjj six of the thirty wtiui upiierflea are; aYliherty un der bond. j 75 L SWEPT TO DEATH If! Winnipeg. Man, Jan. 6 Dashed to death on rocks in the Frazor river, British Columbia or swept to their doom by the swift current was the fate of 75 laborers employed by the Grand Trunk Pacific railroad, accord ing to Angelo Pugliese today, one of the twenty five who managed to es cape when the fiat boat In which they4 were being transported across the river was wrecked on a rook. S82.000.DQO IN STOCK 10 BE DIVIO AMONG U. P. RY. STOCKHOLDERS New York,, Jan. 6 The executive committee of the Union Pacific rail toad company announced today that It would recommend the. distribution among its stockholders of the Balti more and Ohio stock owned" by the company valued at about 182,000,000 together with $3 per share in cash. Estimated on the present market val ue of Baltimore and Ohio stork this Is equivalent to an extra dividend of 3.1 per cept. The executive committee will lay I this reci ininendatlon before the board I of directors which meets Thursday. I It recommends also that If this ills- ! trlbutlon Is carried into effect th regular dividend be correspondingly reduced, that Is from 10 per cent to S per rent. ' LIEUT. ARMSTRONG DIES FROM POLO INJURIES El Paso, Tex., Jan. (.First Lieu tenant James Armstrong; of the thir teenth United States rivalry, who was seriously Injured Sunday In a prac tice game of polo between the thir teenth and fifteenth cavalry polo tonns, died early today at the mlll tsiy hospital, at Fort Bliss. IJeviten mit Armstrong's skull was fractured and although given prompt medical and PUrgt''l attention he could not recover. The accident occurred when Arm irlroiig, going at full apenl down the (polo field, collided with Lieutenant A. i 1). Hurtos, fifteenth cavalry. Arm - t struim was one of the army's craok tams. ABORERS FROZEN BURNED HIE IN THEIR BEDS Five Persons Perish in F V - Fire Six Injured, 7 Of Whom ' Will . Succumb. j ; SURVIVORS FORfiF.n TO j JUMP FROM WINDOWS! There Were No Fire Escapes Investigation Will Be Started by the Fire Marshall. ' ' Newark, O:, Jan. 6.-Flve persons ! were ktiinri nnri .tv. ini..0rt tw , i whom will die, when fire early today i department throughout the 'trying pe destroyed the Gus Kern hotel on Sec. j riod during which he has been head ond street here. of the American embassy in the Mex- Not a sinirle one of the 1 1 nersnns who were in the building when the fire was discovered escaped death' or injury. The buildins was a two story frame and brick structure and was entirely consumed. The hotel, which was located dire 'I ly opposite the Pennsylvania railroad station, was owned by Gus Kern, former saloon keeper, who lost bis license and had since been running his place as a restaurant with a lodtlnK house of 35 rooms in connection. Kern is in Columbus and knew noth l. j of the fire until wor dwas 3ent to ti,:.; there. 1'he dead: .iUS OGLE, 30 years old. watchman for the'Wehlie Stove company. "KUNKY" JOHN, 40 years old, a Hungarian, workman. JOE McFarland, 30 years painter. . ' , Two unidentified men. The injured: ROY UNDERWOOD, 35 years 'may die. .,' ', GEORGE ALBERT, 68 years plasterer, will die. JAMES RUSSELL, 40 yeirs laborer, will die. ARTHUR GRUBB, 38 years jM, ' old, I' old, ! old. old, night clerk, seriously burned. GEORGE PRIOR. Unknown woman. Opera House Itiirned. Patterson, N. J Jan. 6. Fire early today destroyed the Paterson opera house and threatened many nearby frame buildings from which the police ordered more than 200 families before the firemen got the blaze under con trol. The loss was estimated at $100 Five firemen were overcome -by 000. smoke while carryin hose In the opera house. All were rescued by their fellow firemen. INSPECTORS ARE FOR I G. Officers Under Income Tax Law Reported Here Today Deputies to Be Named. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Osborn has appointed the two Internal revenue Inspectors who will be In charge of the collection of the Income , tax In North Carolina. These Inspec tors are: F. A. Hampton of Rocky Mount and V F. Molr of Winston- Salem. Both will maintain their heudquarters at their home cities. I Although these Inspectors will have ; practically all Initiative in their work, they will report under. Revenue Agent Thomus H. Vanderford, and they are here today to report for tho beginning ' of their work. After conferences with Mr. Vanderford, they will leave to begin their work throughout the state. Mr. I lampion and Mr. Molr will bo ; the only two inspectors for North Carolina, although they will have j Bbout 10 niPn ,md(,r them.. It Is un- derstood, who will be known as dls trlct deputies. These deputies will work altogether under the direction of thn Inspectors. Announcement of Ihclr ! appointments Is expected now at al most any time as the department de. sires thut the work get under way at the earliest possible moment. AGED CLASSMATE OF WTTQrYM'a V A TTITTP TW. ATI (V1UMV11 M AAAUUM """" l Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 6. -Colonel Robert P, Crawford, who graduated from Jefferson college, In 1844 with Joeeph R. Wilson, father of President WIIdoji, died In his home here yester day. Ho served through the wur be- Iuapii tho utiiti-tt tn 1 In. f i.ttnM 1 vn tilit j volunteers, being innsteied out ss lit u- .tenant colonel. He later engaged In ! Hie Iron manufacturing business hero. ! Colonel Crawford, who would hevo I luiujly, NAMED NATION-WIDE STRIKE PROBE .. ' fiEGALL OF CHARGE IS . j State Department Officials Do j Not, Think Mexican Em- bassey Will Be Closed. Washington, Jan. 6. State depart- j merit officials do not credit reports that Charge O'Shaughnessy is to be recalled from Mexico City. Although Secretary Bryan is absent and oth r oflicials here have not learned thei conclusions reached at the conference between President Wilson and John I Llnd at Pass Christian. Miss., it was; Pointed out today that Mr. (VShauKh-1 nessy has had the endorsement of the lcan capital. It Is believed in well informed cir cles here that the embassy in Mexico City will not be closed. Despite the I handicap under which Charge O' i Shaughnessy has been working, he has 'accomplished much in behalf of j American and other foreign interest's i in Mexico. One opinion expressed to ! day was that the United States might inot in a position to continue its lale?P among the foreign element so well if it should close the embaspv Captain Bradshaw 'of the Yorktown reported today that utirest continues in Ensenada. Rear Admiral Cow'ca on the cruiser Pittsburgh reported heavy firing at Mazaltan but gave no indication of the outcome of the light ing. The oriuser Raleigh has left Mazatlan for Topolobampo. GERMAN HEIRESS WEDS i A PEER OF ENGLAND Berlin, Jan. 6. The heiress to one i of the largest "fortunes in GcrmoJiy, : Miss Marie Anne Von Friedlaender Fuld. a daughter of Germany's "coal j king," was married today to John I Power Bertram Ogilvy Freeman-Mit-' ford, a younger son of Baron Redes : dale, of the English peerage. ! The ceremony was performed at 2 o'clock this afternoon In Trinity church, one of the oldest religious edifices In Berlin, situated in the cen ter of the business and diplomatic dis trict. The modest proportions of the church permitted only a limited num- I bPr to attend and the wedding party was mereiore connnea to me relatives and immediate friends and associates of the bride and groom. NOT CREDITED Get Your Scissors ! ' Cut this coupon to get the book that tells how Uncle Sam cut the Continents in two. sCOUPONli Save it for THE I iy Frederic J. 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The (Insetle-News will cheerfully refund tho price of tho boo to any purchases who Is not satisfied with It Present Six Coupons of Consecutive Dates U, IHTt-K.V CKMl'H KXTItA IF KKNT llV MAIL ' v Investigation cf Labor Distur bances to Be Undertaken by Industrial Relations to ; Commission. : ""-' FIRST TAKE UP CALUMET AND COLORADO STRIKES Past Troubles to Be Considered Governor Ferris Begins Investigation of Cop per Mine Strike, v. Washington, Jan. 6. Nation-wide investigation of labor disturbances i to be immediately undertaken by the federal commission on industrial re lations, it was announced here today, neetsion tn do so was reached follow ing a five days' executive session. ;. The first step In the proposed in quiry will be the despatch of expert investigators to Calumet, Mich., where there is a strike of copper miners, and to Colorado, where there is a strike of coal miners. Past disturbances ' at Paterson, N. J., Lawrence, Mass., and Los Angeles, Cal., are also to oe in vestigated. The special agents will report the results of their investigation to the commission February 2, and the com mission probably later will conduct hearings. Rcroniw nf the Honarent misunder standing as to its powers and duties adonted a resolution stating that it "has no power to act as a board of conciliation or meoia- tion in labor disputes or to mterrers In anv manner with the attempted settlement of such controversies." The resolution adds, however, that the commission "in carrying out its duties to discover the underlying causes of industrial unrest will, in ves--tigate existing as well as past dis turbances." " -' -. ' '-t ; Hopes for Settlement. Houghton, Mich., Jan. 6. Gover nor W. N. Ferris today began a pub lic investigation of the strike of Ui UUipci iiiuivio wwv.-. - He announced that the investigation will continue for three days and al its conclusion he hopes to bring th labor strike to a settlement. Shoula he fail he will then make public th situatior .is he sees it. The governor's program today called for conferences with the sheriffs, pros ecuting attorneys and -chairmen of the boards of supervisors of Houghto'.i and Keweenaw counties. Tomorrow (Continued on page 4) S3 a Copy of 4 A1 Tuesday, Jan. 6, "Accurate and Dependable" 33