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THE GAZETTE-NEWS HAS THE MOST -EXPENSIVE ASSOCIAT ED PRESS BERVICB IN THE t: CAROUNAS :: it WEATHER FOKECASTi GENERALLY FAIR TONIGHT AND SUNDAY . VOLUME XIX. NO. 94 - ASHEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 30, 1914 ' ' mU PRICE: FIVE CENTS 1032 PEOPLE WENT DOWN WITH LINER RANK f OF LEADERS ARF ET UNBROKEN BRITISH PUBLIC -I11GL055 Only 3 5 5 Aboard the Empress Of Ireland Were RECOVERY STILL IN Stories Of Heroism and Self Sacrifice Told By Survivors Quebec, May 30. More than 1,000 persons lost their lives when the Canadian Pacific steamship Empress of Ireland sank in the St. Lawrence early Friday after a collision , with the Danish collier Storstad. Figures compiled by the Cana dian Pacifio Eailway, company and made public today indicat ed that 1,032 persons in all had perished. Their list follows: Saved: First class passen gers 18; second arid third class pasengers 131; crew 206; total 355. . ,, 'The number of passengers carried by the Empress of Ire land: First class 87; second class 153; third class 715; crew 43; total 1,387. ' With the survivors .safe in Quebec, where they were being given every possible care, at tentidh again turned today to Bimouski, where efforts to re cover the bodies of victims, are in progress. Early today the number of bodies landed there passed the three hundred mark. The dead were piled in tiers, making it possible to closely scrutinize the bodies for iden tification. Few have so far been recognized. There appear to be many foreigners among the dead, judging from passports found on the bodies. Heartrendering Sight Women and children are plentifully represented in the grim pik," among " them one mother with her child pressed closely to her breast. ; ' Those ' who witnessed -the scene at Rimouski, where the ad harvest of the rescue ships was laid on the piers, said the sight was heartrending.. Many of them stared heavenward with wide open eyes; some with or in them and others with u air of ' puzzled ; surprise! There . was little attempt ' to cover the corpses and for the most part they lay practically sb they had been taken out of the water, Bomo half dressed and others nearly naked. , The tender Lady Orey has been designated as a funeral hip and is expected to reach Quebec late today with the bodies of the dead so far re covered. An army of carpen ters and undertakers . worked fill last night and today con 'erting one of the large freight heds on the harbor front into temporary morgue. Ths collier fttrostad. which fammed the Ul-faUd liner, arrived hers short 'r after 1 o'clock thUi morning ac '"mpanled by the wrecking t earner ""lhoon anil anchored In mid "am. A prtaa Lout want out but Saved OF DEAD PROGRESS of newspapaer men were refused admis sion to board. It was learned how ever, that she had saved many of the Kmpresr passengers. The Storstad Is badly damaged. hav Ins; a hole some 15 feet square In her bow, side. She Is waiting for orders to say whether she will dock here or go to Montreal. ' Stories) of Disaster. Stories of the disaster brought to Qubec by Survivors gave vivid details of the most terrible tragedy In the annals of the St. Lawrence. Some compared It to the sinking of the Tl tantio but, pointed out that In the case of the Tttantlo there was time to pre pare for doath while with those who perished on the Empress thre was lit' tie time for reflection or prayer.' ". ' From accounts of the saved it seems that soon after the ship ramed she careened until her deck stood at right angles to the' water.-" She slid slowly Into the water and It was only poa sible to launch Ave boats in the brief Interval -before she Anally sank. . Praise Captain. ''. Captain Kendall was on the bridge when the- collision occurred. When the steamer sank he was washed away, later to be picked up by .one of the boats, apparently to his great regret. Thus far he has voushsafed no public statement except to say that he would have preferred to go down with his ship. Passengers speak In his praise and declare he did his full duty. Chief officer Steed, it is stated, was uuoatxtMUWUUoiDimwiui working to v..o cape. How Irving Died. Laurence Irving( author and actor and son of Sir Henry Irving, accord ing to survivors, died while trying to save his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Irving were last seen on deck embarclng one another as If in farewell. They went down with the ship, locked In each other's arms. F. E. Abbott, of Toronto, was the last man to see Mr. Irving alive. "I met him fl.rst in the passage way," be said, ana ne saia saimiy: 'Is the boat goinc down?' I said it looked like It. 'Dearie, 'Irving then said to his wife, 'hurry. There Is no time to lose.' - Ctomfortod Wife. "Mra Irving began to cry and as the actor reached for a life-belt the boat suddenly lurched and he was thrown against the door of his cabin. His fasce was bloody and Mrs. Irving be came frantic, i 'Keep cool, 'ha warned her, but she persisted in holding her arms around him. Ha forced the life belt over her, pushed her out of the door and practically carried her upstairs. I asked if I oould help and Irving said, 'Look after yourself old man, but God bless you all the same." Abott got on deck and dived' over board. He caught hold of a piece of timber and as he floated saw Irving on deck kissing his wife as the ship went down. Bcten-Karr Hero. M. D. A. Darling' a survivor here. was savea oy tne mo Den inai mini have saved Sir Henry Seton-Karr. My cabin was opposite Sir Henrys," said Darling today, "and when i opened my door we bumped Into each other in ths passageway. Jio naa life belt and he offered It to me. I refused it but he said: 'Go on, man. take lU.and 1 will get another.' I told him to save himself but he got angry and actually forced the belt over me. He then hurried me along the corri dor to the dorr. Apparently he went back for another belt but a moment or two after he had left me the ship went down.-1 was picked up." - llees Helping. Commissioner Bees, of the Salva tion srmy, stood on the deck of the doomed vessel trying to persuade the people to keep cool and lending a helping hand to many. When the ship was almost tinder water one of his men shouted to him to Jump for his life. He replied that he would stand by his wife and children and sank with the words "O, Ood, Thy will be done," on his lips. One of the touching sights on tho survivor's train was that presented by .Continued on race 11). SHIP DISASTER DETAILS GIVEN I Survivor Stopped to Put Life- Belt on Girl With Baby And Leading Little Child. FOUGHT WITH MAN WHILE UNDER WATER Another Tells of The Gallant Behavior of Captain Ken dall in Trying to Save His Passengers. Montreal, May 80 Exhausted sur vivors of the Empress of Ireland dis aster, wearing misfit clothing supplied by the people of Rimouski, arrived In Montreal today. In the party was a remnant of the Salvation army band, more than a hundred of whom perish ed. The survivors Included: - Messrs. Mclntyre, Measures Green away, Staff Captain McAmond, Lieu tenant Keith, James Johnston, Major and Mra' Atwell E. Green, Captain Spooner, little Grace Hannagan, Miss Bales, all of Toronto: Miss Cook and Band Sergeant Fowler and Miss Wil mont of Winnipeg. -.' "I was looking through the port hole In my cabin amidships," said Band Sergeant Fowler, "when I saw a big black shape loom up out of the darkness.' It seemed only a few feet away. v - -'"Then came the-jolt it nraM-Kl called a crash because it was more of arindlng sensation. Before I rea lized what had happened my cabin be gan to fill with water. I rushed up the main companlonway. I saw a girl with a-baby in her arms and a little child following her. The girl asked me to put a life-belt on her so I stopped long enough to do this." By the time Fowler had reached the deck, he said, the ship was listing bad ly and the passengers hod to cling to the rail to keep from going over the I side. Fowler jumped ana a own umu x thought. my lungs would burst." he .i,i "Rodiee bumned into me. Once a man threw his arms around me and I had to fight to break his grip I swam several hundred feet and was almost exhausted. when a boat picked me , up." Among resident survivors not'in the Salvation army who arrWod here was Thomas Smart, who says he believes he was the last man to speak to Captain Kendall before the collls ion. I was sitting out on the upper deck," he said, "when the captain walked past about half past 11 o'clock and said: 'It is a nice night but It looks to mo as though a fog is com Ing. You never know how a fog will dron on this pai t of the river. When the crash came Smart says he saw captain nenaau on ine onuge. He was holding onto the rail, shouting orders to the crew, leaning over and waving his handa He herd him say: "Keep your heads there, and don't get excited." When a boat dropped sia ways into the water the captain seem ed to realize that the liner was lost, (or he shouted: "Hurry up, everybody." There Is not a minute to lose. Get the stewards through the corridors. If there are doors locked break them In. Get the people out and don't for ret the women and children must come first. " "He spoke through a megaphone,1 said Smart, "but there was so much screaming and moaning shat his vloce was drowned. But he stuck to his post to the very last. . "When I got on to the Lady Evelyn I saw him stretched out there and they were giving him brandy. When he was able to speak he looked around and asked; 'Where's the shlpT A passenger told him the boat had, gone. On hearing this Captain Kendall burled his face in a piece of tarpau lln and cried as though his heart would break." CoL- Avlrett Dead. Cumberland, Md., May It Colonel John W. Avlrett, editor of the Cum berland Evening Times, died suddenly today from heart trouble. He was II years old and a native of North Carolina, being the son of Rev. James Battle Avlrett, the first commissioned chaplain of the oonferedate army. He spent his early life at Winchester, Vs., where , the body probably wUl be burled. . OanrW Tripe London, May 19. A number of passengers who had booked berths on trans-Atlantlo steanMrs sailing today cancelled their trip at the last moment as the rsuelt of the accident to the Empress of Ireland. Crowds Beseige Offices of the Steamship Company .For News of Friends and Relatives. MANY MESSAGES OF SYMPATHY ARE SENT Lord Mayor of London Will Open Fund For Relief of 'Widows and Orphans Of Victims. London, May 30 The British pub Ho, went home last night believing the greater part of the passengers on board the Empress of Ireland had survived was shocked this morning to learn that the loss of life exceeded 1000 and that many of the victims were from the United Kingdom. Great crowds besieged the London and Liverpool offices of the company and anxiously scanned the lists of res cued. .' .''! There Were many ' pitable scenes when women and men who had wait ed many hours in the hope of hearing that friends or relatives were safe Anally turned aaky" In despair. King Georgsfearly In the morning sent a messenger to the European manager of the Canadian Pacific, ex pressing sorrow and regret at the disaster. Later he cabled to the Duke of Connaught, governor-general of Canada: VI am deeply grieved over the awful disaster to the Empress of Ireland in which many Canadians lost their lives. Queen Mary and I both as sure you of pur. heartfelt sympathy with those who mourn for the -Joss of relatives and friends." j . ", -To Sir Thomus Shaughnessy, resi dent of the .Canadian taeiftrT rauy, his majesty cabled:' In the appalling disaster which has befallen your com pany by loss of the Empress of Ire land in .which. so. many perished, I offer you my sincere sympathy." The king received this morning the following telegram from Raymond Poincare, president of France: "It is with profound emotion that I learn of the terrible catastrophe in connection with the Empress of Ire land tfhiclj will plunge so many fam ilies into mourning. From my heart tender to your majesty the sincere regrets and keen sympathy with the relatives and friends of those who died on the Empress. John Burns, president of the local government board, was one of the first callers at the London offices of the company to ask for the latest news. The Lord Mayor of, London, upon learning of the extent of the disaster, decided to open a fund toward relief of the widows and orphans of those who had been lost - INDIANAPOLIS RAGE United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, Jtaly, Belgium Represented. Indianapolis, Ind., May 80. The first hundred miles of -the annual tOO-mlle automobile race here today was completed by ths leader, Thomas, In 1:08:35, or at the rate of more than 87 miles an hour. Thomas was closely followed by Duruy and Bragg In the order named. . Indianapolis, May 80. Thirty cars, representing six nations, United Slates Great Britain, France, Germany. Italy, and Belgium, today battled for cash prises totalling 880,000 at the Indianapolis motor speedway In the fourth annual BOO mile, automobile race. The day was clear and cooler. While the French drivers are favor ed In ths betting, a number of the American pilots Just before the race started at 10 d'clock expressed their determination to wrest, the honors which Jules Goux won last year for France, In the elimination trials, the foreign cars showed more speed but ths Americans are depending on the durability of their mounts to offset ths high speed In the long grind. - DUbrow. Cooper, Oldfleld, WIWx. Keene, United States: Ooux, llolllot, France; Tettlaff, ' United States; Chtistlaens, Belgium; .Ouyot, France; Chassagns, Oreat . Britain; Mason, T'nlted States; Duray, France; Klein, United Htates; Thomas. France; Bur. men. Wlnhart, Bragg. United States; Mulford, Germany; Anderson. Carlson, Dawson, United States: Grunt Great Britain; Knlpper, United Rtates; Frlodrlch, Germany; Chanfller, Itlch nbarher, Haupt, - BrooV. United States; Gllhooley, Italy, CARS IN REBELS ISSUE VEXES EH Must Decide Whether or Not They Will Admit the Con stitutionalists to Peace Conference. DELEGATES OF HUERTA WILL NOT OBJECT American Delegates Seem to Favor Rebel Represen tationOptimism in Washington. Niagara Falls, Ont, May 30. The South American mediators were con? fronted with the vexing problem of whether or not they will permit con stitutionalist representatives to enter the conferences here. The issue has ben ralsd through the sending of a note from General Carranza by a special messenger, Juan F. Urlquldl, in which the constitutionalist leader expresses surprise that the media tors proceeded with the negotiations without reply to his telegram asking what points would be discussed in the meladtion. On the subject of constitutionalist representation the Huerta delegates have decided among themselves that they .will abide by any decision tho ay The mediators today reiterated that I he course of the -mediation proceed- Ings would not be disturbed by the new representations. There was every reason to believe, however, that the American delegates, who are thought to have interceded to obtain an au dience for Urquldl yesterday, might pursue the matter further so as to bring about constitutionalist r resen tatlon. In the conferences. The view of the. American delegates Is that It would be far more satisfactory to deal with the various factions before any agreement is signed. Meantime the Huerta and Ameri can delegates today still were await ing word from their respective gov ernments before giving final approv al of the tentative plan before them. According to this plan, It was said today, the provisional government which would succeed the Huerta regime, consisting of a provisional president and four cabinet ministers, would hold office until 1916 when the term of Madero expires and a regu lar presidential election takes place. The object of thfls Is to give the new administration a year or more In which to pacify the country, prepare It for a popular election and make a beginning on land and educational re forms. Mill Morn Hopeful. Washington, May 30. The medta tors' statements that tho receipt of the Carranza communication "did not disturb the course of tho negotia tions" was received here In an optim istic vein . and administration leaders were more hopeful than ever that me diation ultimately would be directed to a solution of all of Mexico's Ills. ARE ORDERED 10 Troop E,. Cavalry, and Coast Artillery Band to Come ' Here at Once. Washington, May 80. With the approaoh of the date set for opening of the students' military camps, July t. war department officials are mak ing preparations to assure success of the project Orders were Issued today for troop K of the fifth cavalry, now at Fort Myer, to proceed to the camp at Ashevllle, N. C, as a part or the plan to bring the regular troops and the college students In close relations. The coast artillery band It Charles ton, B. C, has also been ordered to ths Ashevllle camp. ' Oadet Appointments Washington, " May ', 80. Senator White ef . Alabama- today announced the appointment of Myron Dillon. Birmingham, and Krio M. Grimstey, Payette, Tnllshlpmen at the Naval academy,' a ?!iimce Harding, Tus caloosa, and Julian K, Miller, Mont gomery cadets at th military academy ASHEVILLE GAMP Minority Delegations Also Stand Firm at Convention RUMOR OF BREAKS IS NOT CONFIRMED, The 1 43rd Ballot Fails to Show Fractional Change From First Waynesville, May 30. At noon to day there Is not even the hint of a break In any of the forces that are supporting the five congressional can didate before the tenth district con vention. No shifts yet recorded in the balloting have been significant. The Gudger and Reynolds forces are standing like a rock wall and there will apparently have to be a break in minority ranks before there Is a npminatlon. There have been rumors of negotiations pending, but leaders deny that such is the case. There are rumors on the other hand that the minority' forces are determined to stick to the end. Circumstances seem to Five these rumors foundation. Both Gudger and Reynolds leaders believe they will win eventually, they say, but refuse to predict when the break Is coming. The convention is serene, not a dis cordant note having been sounded. The delegates are sweltering hut good natured. It Is like a gigantic game of poker wherein bluffing is barred. A hundred and forty-three gallots have been cast with no change from the first. The convention re-opened at 10 o'clock this morning with the hundred and twenty-first ballot and there was no change In the frst five ballots from the first ballot cast yesterday. After the one hundred and thirtieth with no change. Dr. H. B. Weaver suggested that the leaders confer and in concord and harmony effect a compromise. W. J. Cocke objected that every democrat on the floor la a leader and therefore should partici pate In all conferences. He moved to proceed with the balloting and was upheld. There were no changes in the 131st, 132nd, and 133rd, No confer ences were In evidence. Following the 134th ballot, the Henderson county delegations sug Rested the appointment of a commit tee to draft resolutions expressing the deep sorrow caused by the death of Hon. W. T. Crawford, not only to his family and friends but to tha dls trlct, the state and the democracy of the entire south. R. M. Oates of Henderson, It. D. Gilmer of Hay wood, and W. J. Cocke of Buncombe were named as the committee. There were no changes through tho 140th ballot. Waynesvlllo, May 30. The monot ony of the convention was broken shortly after noon when a handsome layer cake, baked by Mrs. B. F. 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Frank Ray received the full vote of Macon for three ballots. The vote then reverted. There were no other changes. Yesterday's Balloting. 'i Nominations of candidates and see- onds were concluded by 4:14 o'clock. Mr. Gudger was nominated by R. R. Williams, seconded by W S. Breese Mr. Reynolds was nominated by Mar cus Erwin, seconded by Capt. W. T.i R. Bell: Judge Merrimon by Gen-I Theodore Davidson, seconded by A.,. Hall Johnson; Mr. Moore by T. A., Coxe, no second; Mr. Harrison by J., Frank Ray, seconded by Tbad Bry son. There was frequent and unroar ous applause as the speeches were made, Reynolds-delegates leading 4 ft the volume of noise. Seconding ' speeches were limited to one for each, candidate and to five minutes each. Credentials from the various countlea were then presented. The certified vote from the varlousi counties as submitted by the delega tlons was as follows: . Gudger, 145,696; Harrison, 13,121; Merrimon 16,643; Moore, 14,672? Reynolds, 141,035. . Before the first ballot was cast there was argument as to the num. ber of decimals to be Included. It was! finally ruled that the plan or organ ization calls only for hundredths' and! th) first ballot resulted as followed Gudger, 145.63; Harrison 13.11 ...... . ..iiv... . ' . ' . - "" ' i -i ... n I1U1US 41. II. . The vote required for nomination M 166 and a fraction. Balloting Is Begun. ' ' t In the second and third ballots- there were no changes. In the fourth, Polk changed, the Merrimon and Moore strength going to Reynolds hy proxy. The chair ruled that such a. change could not be made without delegates present. Proxies were per manently ruled out. There was a change in Transylvania vote, Gudger and Reynolds getting the Harrison,' and Moore strength, Gudger '7.48,1 Reynolds 4.87. In the fifth Macon tried to go solid for Harrison, butt Reynolds forces objected and vote was unchanged. There were no changes in the sixth, seventh, eighth, or ninth. , t (Continued on Page Eleven). 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