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ASHEVILLE, N. 0., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 31, 1914
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INTO TRAGEDY
Complete Investigation
Into Terrible Mon
roe Disaster.
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BEEN MADE PUBLIC
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med Revised List
Shows 41 Dead.
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morning when the Old Dominion
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United States local steamboat in-
the cause of the disaster had
made and completed.
was stated that the investigation
been made yesterday by R. E.
. mm hmi mi n.nT inflniuinr wnnn
c uii waiLii o,l uiu time ul iue cut-
on Wednesday or Thursday of next
o omciai statement could De nh-
, that the testimony will show
th Monroe had stopped her en-
and was almost at a standstill
the collision with the Nantucket
u . il 10 mov uiu iiia.1. ills lev"
will show that the Nantucket was
latter had blown 1W ' whistles'
times.
secona omcer ana the quartermas
of the Nantucket were all In the
aim OrtiA t nn (hat V, ..
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the mast of the Nantucket about
L'hese lights were een dimly
How II Happened.
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vm t w n it iMJiTH in wnwn inn ivun-
the 'Nantucket ploughed Us way
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That more boats were not lowered
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Norfolk, Va., Jan. 31. With the
1UIIK HI IUD IHUU LI aKlv El 11 111 III B. V
day stated that the wrecking steam
er I J . Merritt, which had been
cruising In the vicinity of the scene
of the disaster, had as yet observed
no floating bodies or nothing to Indi
cate the exact position of the lost
Monroe. The steamer Merritt was In
structed to continue at the scene. The
United States revenue cutter Ononda
ga is also In the same vicinity.
Insurance underwriters were today
aboard the Merchants and Miners
Transportation company's steamer
Nantucket at Newport News, making
a survey of (he ship. It will not be
known where the Nantucket will be
repaired until the survey has been
completed.
There was no statement forthcom
ing from Captain Berry, who com
manded the Nantcuket, and E. C.
Lohr, general agent of the Merchants
and Miners Transportation company
at Norfolk, stated that any informa
tion to be given out by his company
bearing on the collision between the
Nantucket and the Monroe would
have to come from the general offices
of the company at Baltimore.
Passengers who came on the Nan
tucket from Boston yesterday bound
for Baltimore were transferred te an
other Steamer and continued their
voyage to their destination.
Norfolk, Va., Jan. 30. The fully re
vised death roll shows that forty
one souls perished when the Old Do
minion Steamship company's liner
Monroe, from Norfolk to New York,
went down in 15 fathoms of water
off the Virginia coast following colli
sion in a dense fog with the Merch
ants and Miners steamer Nantucket,
from Boston to Norfolk and Balti
more Frday mornng. Of these who
perished nineteen were passengers
and twenty two were of the Monroe's
crew. There were aboard of the ill-
fated steamer at the time of the dis
aster a total of 139 persons Induci
ng an unregistered child of W. C.
Poole, of Gray, Va., who with the
Infant's mother, iwbs swept from the
arms of the father, both mother and
child perishing In the sea.. The total
number of persons saved were 98,
of which number 38 were passengers
and 60 members of the Monroe's
creW. Of the 48 first class passeng
ers aboard, Including the Poole child,
OFFICER SEES
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Constable Mack Jones
Roth's Store When Bob
Lee Attacked Merchant
With a Cane.
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PATROLMAN SNYDER
LEFT AS ROW BEGAN
HOCK ISLAND R. R.
MAY
REORGANIZE
Announcement of Abolition of.
Two Holding Companies
Expected Soon.
Policeman to Whom Roth Had
Protested Against Lee's
Conduct Quitted Scene
Of the Conflict.
JUDGE SPEEfl
Oil THE STAND
Federal Jurist, Accused of Of
ficial Misconduct, Is a
Witness In His Own
Behalf.
An assault was committed Thurs
day afternoon on M. L. Roth, manag
er of the Guarantee Shoe store, by
Bob Lee, who was convicted a short
time ago of an assault with Intent to
kill on Milton Hensjey and sentenced
to a term of 13 months on the count)'
New York, Jan. 31. Complete re
organization Of the system of rail
roads originally known as the Chicago
Rock Island and Pacific lines, in
cluding the abolition of its two hold
ing companies, known as the Rock
Island company of New Jersey and
the Chicago, Rock Island and Paciflo
railroad company of lowa, is likely to judge Speer Had Prepared a
LAST WITNESS WHO
WILL BE EXAMINED
near
Lawyers are at work on details which
probably will be submitted for rati
fication to the interstate commerce
commission. Rock Island stocks were
weak on the exchange today.
When these plans are carried out
they will leave only one company
where three now exist, and the man
agement and operation of the system
will be under control of the Chicago
Statement to Read But
Was Requested That
Take the Oath.
URGEn FEDERAL
WIP , MONOPOLY
,
TRUST, CONTROL
TO BE CONSIDERED
Response of "Business" to the
President's Message Ex
pected at Meeting.
Washington, Jan. 31 Response of
business interests of the nation to
President Wilson's recent message on
corporate and trust control will be
heard, It is believed, in discussions at
the meeting of the chamber of com
merce of the United States here Feb
ruary 11 to 13. The program made
public today indicates that the most
Important feature will be the special
Mtiti-trnut rliapiiasinn Prnmlnflnt
r euerai , gpgakers will be heard. Among them
Savannah, Ga., Jan. 31.
Rock Island and Pacific railway, an; Judge Emory Speer was called' as a will be Louis D. Brandeis of Boston;
Illinois corporation. It' has been j witness today before the congression- j President Van llise, university of Wis
known for some time that the leading , al committee investigating charges 0fconsin; Frederick P. Fish, former
Interests In these lines contemplated 1 official misconduct against him. Just , president of the American Telephone
the abolition of the holding companies j before the jurist was sworn, Chair
in conformity with the wishes of the j man Webb announced that Judge
government. In abolishing them it will 1 Speer's testimony was to complete the
roads, In which Mr. Itotli was struck be necessary to provide- for other is- j investigation.
by Lee with a heavy cane, which In- sues of securities In place of the four; Savannah, Ga., Jan. 31. When the
and Telegraph, company; Victor Mora
wetz, New York; Professor Henry R.
Seager, Columbia university.
What should be the functions of a
federal interstate trade commission;
flicted a severe wound across his : per cent collateral bonds of the Jowa j congressional committee investigating i wnat are tne rights and privileges of
corporation and the stocks Issued by ' charges of official misconduct against ! fvaie pa-rues, anu is me n uaiioi m
the New Jersey corporation. It was Federal Judge Emory Speer, resumed j of organization industrially efficient
head. Patrolman Snyder of the city po
lice force was present in the store
while the row was brewing and con
stable Mack Jones was present in the
crowd while Lee was striking Mr.
Roth. The story of the occurrence
sounds very much like a New York
East Sidetaffray.
It is stated that Lee, with about six
of his confederates, was outside the
store . during the, afternoon and that
the grup were using profanity and
vulgar language to such an extent
that Mr. Roth felt that ladies would
not ceme into his store. Finally Mr,
Roth went over to Patrolman Snyder
and asked him to make tho men move
on, making a request at the same
time that the policeman would not dl-
thought possible that the move might j its hearings today it was announced
necessitate formal application for re- j that the jurist would appear as t
celvership, in which event the recelv- witness.
ers or trustees would take charge of j For the past few days, it is under
the railway companies stock for the stood, Judge Speer has been prepar
collateral bond holders
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f?f nu ww- V-MWAiltisjB teem thai the coruulaiut. was
Monroes nine steerage passengere mfu)e by Mr. jtotft, As Mr. Roth re-
rour were sevea ana nve perisnea.
Gave Wis Life.
New York, Jan. 31. Ferdinand
Kuehn, chief wireless operator of the
liner Monroe, who took off his own
life preserver and strapped It around
a woman just before the steamer went
down early yesterday, lived with his
parents In the Bronx, Mr. and MrB.
Abraham Kuehn, and his twelve year
old sister Victoria. The father is a
furrier. All day yesterday friends of
the family called to ask for news and
offer encouragement to the grief
stricken parents.
Mrs. Kuehn's fears were increased
because she said she always had had
turned to the store, he stopped wticre
the men were and acked them to be
quiet as some one had reported them
to the police.
The trouble ' Is said to have started
then, Lee and his companions going
into the store and demanding to know
who had reported them. Mr. Roth
made no definite answer to their In
quiry and they went out. In a few
mjntites, it is stated, they returned,
accomi'nnlod by Patrolman Snyder
and Constable Mack Jones. When
REVISED RADIUM BILL
1
ing a statement which he hoped to
read after the examination of all wit
nesses has been completed. Chairman
! Webb fo the congressional committee
ruled that Judge Speer must take the
oath and reply to questions as any
fwre. w. ji ..-. uconou iu "c I interstate commerce commission, on
i heard l. the committee. j the physical valuation of railroads,
Counsel for Judge Speer said he I wnieh work he Is now In charge of.
! Would testify under these conditions. I ! '
' I
are among important phases of the
trust issue to be discussed. The ques
tion as to what constitutes unreason
able restraint of trade, as to whether
holding companies and interlocking
directorate should be prohibited; and
as to how the Sherman law requires
definition will also h" considered.
Secretary Wilson of the department
of labor will speak on the relation of
hi3 department to industries and com-
Burleson Submits to Senate
Recommendations for U. S.
Ownership of Telegraph
And Telephone.
EXAMPLES OF OTHER
NATIONS ARE GITEL
Reports Says It Is Duty Of the
Government to Furnish
Modern Postal Facili- ,
ties For the People.
Washington, Jan. 31. Postmaster
General Burleson today submitted to
the senate the recommendations of the
departmental committee appointed by
him to Investigate the practicability of
government ownership of the tele
phone and telegraph lines.
The report declared that "the only
way to afford to the people the com
plete and modern postal facilities that
the constitution makes it the duty ol
the government to provide," is by car
rying out these suggestions:
"1 That congress declare a govern
ment monopoly over all telegraph, tel
ephone and radio communication and
such other means for the transmission
of Intelligence, as may hereafter de
velop. "2 That congress acquire by pur
chase at appraised value the commer
cial telephone net work, except the
farmer lines.
"3 That congress authorize the
postmaster general to issue, in hi? dls-
Provides Fo Buildings For,
Concentration and Treat
ing Of Ores.
ER DENIES
uihhn nun
CHARGE AGAINST
Washington, Jan. 31. An appropri
ation of 1150,000 for greeting and
equipping one or more buildings for
concentrating and treating radium
bearing ores' and for other work of
the bureau of mines, and $300,000 ad-
they came In Lee is said to have ask- o . fr.J th
I next fiscal year are proposed In the
He Is Again Accused Of Of
fense Against Young Girl,
By Mother.
FEW REVQLUTINNISTS
ARE IN CAPE HIITIEN
ed Mr. Roth what he and his friends
hud been doing. The latter again re-
i fused to make any definite statement
a premonition that something would i but walked around behind a glass
happen to her son If he remained at
sea.
Kuehn was only twenty years old.
He became Interested in electro-mechanics
when a pupil In high school
in the Bronx, and he learned the
principles of wireless telegraphy suf
ficiently to rig up an apparatus of
his own.
It was with this borne made ap
paratus that he learned telegraphy.
The Marconi company employed him
about three years ago. Soon he 'Was
assigned to the steamship Jefferson
of the Old Dominion line. When that
vessel was laid up for repairs young
Kuehn was transferred to the Monroe.
Me made only one voyage on her be-
showlns; that 19 passengers and 22 fore she was struck down yesterday
seamen perished early yesterday when
the Old Dominion liner Monroe sank
aft-i collision with the steamer Nan
tucket, government officials here to
day set out to determine the tragic
cause.
Robert Tapfty, inspector of hulls,
and Edward W. Brey, Inspector of
boilers, here, will conduct the inquiry
which will be directed along these
three distinct lines:
"Whether the masters of both ves
sels used every possible precaution to
prevent the tragedy. Including a low
speed headway and continued use of
fog horns.
"Whether the death rate among the
Passengers of the Monroe was duo In
any way to a lack of discipline among
the wrecked ship's crew.
"Whether the two vessels were In
their proper positions prior to the collision."
Question of Panic.
The question of s possible panic on
the part of the crew Is tint to which
the federal authorities will direct
their attention. Survivor, however,
declare that little, If any, confusion
followed the collision. All of them
praise the crow for their splendid be
havior, H. B. Walker of New Tork.
president and general manager of the
Old Dominion Steamship company,
arrived here today from Washington,
Prepared to take up the Investira-
irvlvnrs worn out by
'eatless nights Jr lay
while others were on
homes today. Soma
rousting their horrl
r& gave graphic da-
collision and the
wed. Th Nantucket,
north at the dock In I Ohio today
r condition, was a road traifl
of yesterday's t rag-
by the steamer Nantucket.
LIQUOR CASE WITNESS
ENDS LIFEJUITH POISON
Thomas Jones of Waynesville
Kills Himself After Capi
as is Issued.
Special to the Qaaette-Newa
Waynesville, Jan. 81 Thomas
Jones, aged 36 years, an ex-policeman
of the town, committed suicide Thurs
day night by taking strychine. The
deed was committed at the home of
Charlotte Milliner. Jones took tho
poison about o'clock and died an
hour and a half later.
A largo number of witnesses were
summoned Thursday morning on ca
piases ad testificandum In connection
with the Investigation Into liquor sell
ing In progress here and Jones was
amonk the number summoned. He Is
said to have made the statement that
he would die before he would give
geldenoe In the case. That night he
took his life.
MMOWSTOIUt IN ILLINOIS
DKLAYIN; KAIIJtOA!) TRAFFIC
Chicago, Jan.
now storm
end telegraph and tele-
phono service was badly hampered.
ity all street railways brought
v sweepers early, bur , much
f was experienced In keoplug
show case. While Lee and his confed
erates were attempting to get a state
ment from him, Policeman Snyder is
said to have left the store. Just as
he .stepped from the door Lee struck
Mr. Roth with his fist. Mr. Hall, a
clerk In the store, then attempted to
prevent Lee from doing any further
damage and was stopped by Reynolds
Morris, who caught him. Lee then
struck Mr. Roth' with a heavy cane,
knocking him to the floor and inflict
ing an ugly wound across his head.
Mack Jones, the constable, was there
all the while.
When Mr. Roth was struck by the
cane, Mr. Hall went out and called in
Patrolman Snyder, who was standing
a short distance away,' It is stated.
Snyder then came in and attempted to
arrest Lee when Mack Jones stated
to him that Lee was his prisoner.
Jones then took Lee to the office of
Magistrate W. R. Gudger and in a
few minutes came back and wanted
to take Mr. Roth into custody.
Dr. A. V. Reeves, who was dress
ing Mr. Roth's wounds, Insisted that
his patient would have to be taken
home as he was in a bad condition,
and Constable Jones became so Insist
ent on taking him before the magis
trate that I. W. Qlaser, who was
present at that time, stated to him
that bo would, sign any bond for Mr.
Roth's appearance. He then went
with Jone sto Magistrate Dodger's of
fice, where Lee and his confederates
ware. When Mr. Qlaser went In Ha at
once became the object of threats by
the crowd. It Is stated, Lee declaring
that ho "would kill another Jew'
Some of the crowd are even said to
have made motions as if to strike Mr.
Qlaser, and It is alleged neither Mag
istrate Qudger nor Constable Jones
made any attempts to quell the dis
turbance. Mr. Qlaser Was forced to
explain for himself that he did not
corns. there voluntarily, but had been
brought there by the officer to make
a bond for Mr. Roth.
The statement Is also made that
after bonds had been made In Magis
trate Qudger'o court Los, his friends
and Jones all went for an automo
bile ride.
I ,uter In the afternoon Mark W.
Brown .was employed as an attorney
for Mr. Koth and upon. Investigation
of the oass he went to police head
quarters and had another wan ant Is
sued for Lee, also a warrant for Rey
nolds Morria Tho former was placed
under a bond of 16 00 and the latter
under a bond of !1I0 for their ap
pearance this morning. When the
oases ware railed In Police oourt to
day they were continued until Feb
ruary I, a Mr. Koth Is In such a ron
dltlun that ho cannot leave his home
at present.
revised administration bill introduced
today by Chairman Foster of the
house mines committee.
Ran Francisco, Jan. .11
thorlties awaited today the surrender
of Maury, I. Diggs, former state archl-
The bill provides mat ail deposits tcct- for wn0m a warrant was
of carnotite, pitch blende and other . sworn out last night charging an of
radium ores and the public lands con-: rense against a young girl,
talnlng them shall be subject to ex- Although Dlggs left his father's
ploratlon, occupation and .purchase homo in Berkeley early today, no anx
under the mining laws, conditional j tety was fet to nl whereabouts,
upon the ores being exclusively sold I He lt) unaer bond pending a hearing of
merce; and Charles A. Prouty of the cretion and under such regulation as
ne may prescriDe, revocaoie licenses
for the operation, by private individ
uals, associations, companies and cor
porations, of the telegraph service and
such parts of the telephone service
as may not be acquired by the govern
ment." The recommendations are slwjedhy.
Daniel C. Roper, first assistant post
master general; Merritt O. Chance,
chief clerk postoffice department, and
John C. Koons, superintendent of di
vision of salaries and allowances, com
posing the committee.
The report states that the United
States is "alone of the leading na
tions which has left to private en
terprise the ownership and operation
of the telegraph and telephone facili
ties, and that practically all of the
economists who have treated the sub
ject are agreed that telegraph and
telephone facilities should be con
trolled by the government."
"The private monopoly," states the
report, "has no Incentive to extend. Us
(Continued on Page Nine). I
Washington, Jan. 31. Only a small
force of revolutionists remains In Cape
Haitien and the town Is quiet. Gen
eral Zamor, one of the revolutionary
leaders, with a small band of follow
ers, left Capo Haitien for Port Au
Prince Wednesday night, and General
j Theodore, with at least 600 men, left
! for tho same place by a different route
r ncnl m- I - nursaay. ane nexi aeveiopmenia are
expected there. Commander Bostwlck
of the gunboat Nashville today so re
portes to the navy repartment.
to the United Statea All the ores so
mined from the public lands not lo
dated under the federal or state min
ing laws prior to January 16, 19 1 4,
would be sold and delivered under
a bill of exceptions before the Unird
States circuit court of appeals In con
nection under the Mann act. The case
attracted wide attention because it
was charged that Anthony CUminettl,
federal reservation of the exclusive j commissioner general of Immigration
right to pnrcnast- me ores anu to an
nul any patients for the lands because
of failure to develop and mine the
ores with "reasonable diligence."
CREW OF WARRIOR IRE
TO BE IN PERIL
Wireless Silent as to Fate of
Vanderbilt Yacht on the
Colombian Reef.
whose son was also tried and con
victed with Dlggs had attempted to
delay the course of Justice. The fed
eral district attorney, after making
the. charge, resigned.
The present warrant against Dlggs
was sworn to by Mrs. Elixabeth Dear
ring, on behalf of her daughter Ida,
17-years old, and new year's eve is the
time named.
"My son has not been away from
home In the evening for months," said
Dlggs' father, when told of the new
trouble. "The charge Is impossible."
19 PEOPLE INJURED IN
CHICAGO. ALTON WRECK
New Orleans, Jan. II. The wlre-
Ia. no a ftllant h,.r,. in I h AMrlv hnurw
today regarding the condition of Some Hurt So Seriously That
Frederick W- VandetoUVs yacht
Warrior whluh went aground off the
Colombian coast Monday.
Information was received here last
night that the crew of 48 men who re
fused to leave the yacht when Mr.
Vanderbilt and his party were taken
off by tho steamer AlmJnHite weer
In peril.
The Almlrante returned to the
scene of the grounding yesterday and
a wrecking tug was reported standing
by.
Wireless reports said Wind and
waves wer drifting the Warrior fui- and three were overturned, one car
ther on the reef and thr all Worta Itclnu badly shLitered.
They May Die Nine
Cars Derailed.
Jollet III., Jan. 31. Fifteen persona
were Injured, some of the'm so seri
ously that they may die when Chicago
and Alton paaaenger train No. 7
bound from Chicago to St. Louis was
wrecked between here and Lock port
early today. Nine cars left the track
to throw a line Hboc.d the stranded
vessel had failed
IIAVH PLENTY OF TIM1C
TO RKK1JFOT ON I N'FOIlM VI H
Man Franelsco,
seven hours cont
gare Secretaries MeAdoo
ton, organisation commisi
federal reerve hoard, plot
today to reflect on what
heard In connection with,
llshment of regional roes
They are ea route from P
II. Twenty
is train riding
Most of the Injured rware forced to
loavo the sleeping cars In their night
oihcM and "(ck shelter In neighbor
ing farm houses.
Diwtnn tlve Fire.
rerllli
lalness district In Anu
mage estimated ct II
te which
puny w
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