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THE CHATHAM RECORD tt A. LONDON, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription $1.50 Per Year Strictly in Advance .TncH&sHftsi record Rates of Advertisifig One Square, on mssrtioa L0 Om Square, two imertkMM $t3 On Square, ooe- month S29 For Larsr Atocrtlscsicats Liberal Contracts bo-vmsde. vol: xxxv PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N ,C., MAY 28, 1913. NO. 42. lEFfwS NOTES FOR THE BU3Y MAN MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN CONDENSED FORM. WORLD'S NEWS EPITOMIZED Complete Review of Happenings ef Greatest Interest From All Parts of World. Southern. Simplicity marked the funeral of Henry M. Flagler, when his body was laid in .a mausoleum in the yard of the Flagler Memorial church. Thou sands from all parts of Florida par ticipated in the services at the church and viewed the body as it lay in state in the rotunda of the Ponce de Leon hotel, at St. Augustine, which he built. John Matthews and Louise Seagers were drowned in the Ogeechee river, 14 miles from Savannah, Ga. There were four others mi, the party and three of them were saved by Will Parry Clay, the fourth member, who also tried to save May Jackson. The party were in a flat-bottomed bateau. Up to his last moment of conscious ness the young real estate man of Ma con, Ga., whose tragic mistake, tak ing bichloride of mercury instead of a headache remedy, which cost him his life, Sanders Walker was calm and cheerful, comforting his grief-stricken wife and parents, and showing that the indomitable will which character ized his college days and his business life since has stood the final great test unbroken. ' Henry M. Flagler, wealthy railroad builder and owner, died at West Palm Beach. Mr. Flagler had been sick for three months, although it was thought several weeks ago -that he would re cover. Mr. and Mrs. Flagler went to West Palm Beach in February. At that time he was suffering from excessive nervousness. A general breakdown fol lowed. Six persons are believed to have been killed and a number injured when a Chesapeake and Ohio train was swept down a steep mountain side by a landslide at Hinton, W. Va. The train, composed ,of an engine, three freight cars and a caboose, the latter carrying passengers, had been stopped between Sewell and Landisburg, so that debris deposited by a cloudburst, might be cleared away. While this work was in progress another slide oc curred and the train was thrown from the tracks down 300 feet of the moun tain side. Late in April it was reported from Senoia, Ga., that there was a quilt in Coweta county containing 5,500 patches or scraps. Butts county has since been casting about endeav oring to find one with a larger number. The search is completed, and that Mrs. F. M. Allen of Jackson is the owner of a beautiful quilt of many colors, containing not only that many pieces, but nearly four times as many, will interest quiltmakers. The one in her possession has 20,152 pieces, each about half an inch square, and was made in the year 1886. General Richard Curtis Smith, oiler, and H. F. Bock, chief machinist's mate, are dead and Alma Miller, oiler, who risk ed his life in an attempt to save Bock, is in a dying condition as the result of an explosion on the United States torpedo boat destroyer Stewart, at San Diego, Cal. The accident occurred 28 mile off port during a speed test, when a steam pipe in the engine room blew out. Peter Bradovitch, an insane Austri an, confined in the Southern Idaho in sane asylum at Banckfoot, Idaho, killed his five roommates by beating them on the head with a table as they lay asleep. Bradovitch was committed to the asylum two years ago from the state penitentiary, where he was serv ing a life sentence for murder. An in vestigation of the killing of five pa tients was held and the asylum of ficials were exonerated from blame, jbcording to the testimony- the in stitution was overcrowded, making it necessary to keep several patients in one room. Testimony a!D was given tending to show that in the two years which Bradovitch had been confined he had never shown any signs of violence. A bomb exploded in the west dome of the royal observatory in Edinburgh, Scotland. The astronomical instru ments were badiy deranged, but the building itself escaped serious dam age. The police declare that militant suffragettes committed the outrage. In the ' presence of Major General Wood, chief of staff, and other army officers, President Wilson presented to Captain Louis J. Van Schaick, sixth infantry, the congressional medal of honor for distinguished gal lantry in the Philippines. Jn Philadelphia, over 10,000 union porkers, men and women, emploved m various industries in the city, are on strike for increased wages, reduc tion in hours of labor and the recogni tion of the unions. emperor William has erranted a Pardon to three English spies under going long sentences in German jails. ine Senate passed a bill in Wash ington by Representative Kettner of aurornia, providing for the exemp li irom duty of exhibits for the mama-Pacific Exposition at San " raucisco in 1915. In a battle near Sacramento in north east Mexiico, 100 federals were am bushed and killed by constitutionalists, according ti reports circulated in Ea gle Pass, Texas by constitutionalists. Huerta's opponents claim to have cap tured the cities of Tactatecas, Parras and San Pedro de Celonias, near Tor reon. Walter Hines Page, United States ambassador to Great Britain, parried all attempts of newspaper men to ob tain an interview when he arrived there from New York. He contented himself with the remark that his constant en deavor while holding his office would be to "maintain the more than friend ly relations between the United States and the United Kingdom which had, happily, continued for such a long time." The Mexican congress gave its sanc tion to an agreement for a loan of $100,000,000 at 6 per cent, interest. The amount is to be placed at ninety and will run for ten years. It is guar anteed by 38 per cent, of the customs receipts. The Mexican National bank is named as the representative of the bankers in the supervision of the dis bursements. The state railways of Belgium sus tained a net loss of a million dollars from the ' ten days' strike for equal suffrage in April. The port of Ant werp lost 250,000 . tons of trade in April as compared with the same pe riod last year, and 78 fewer vessels called during the strike. Under a bill approved by Governor. Tener, ten verses of the Bible must be read daily without comment in the public schools of Pennsylvania. All teachers who violate the law are sub ject to dismissal. It nas been announced that Louis F. Post of Chicago has been selected as assistant secretary or the depart ment of labor; Anthony Caminetti of San Francisco for commissioner gen eral of immigration and John O. Dens more of Poison, Mont., for solicitor of the department of labor. The United States torpedo boat de Stroyer Cassin, a 1,000-ton ship, took her maiden dip. Miss Helen Cassin Ca rusi of Washington, granddaughter of that late Rear Admiral Cassin, broke the bottle of champagne. The Cassin is a sister ship of the Cumming, which will go overboard early in July. Her contract price was $761,500 and a max imum speed of 30 knots an hour will be required at the official trials next month. Seeley Davenport and Jacob Dunn, mountain woodchoppers at Wharton, N. J., were convicted by a federal jury of sending threatening letters to Wood row Wilson while he was president elect. In the case of Davenport the jury recommended mercy. The com munications mailed to Mr. Wilson were received by his secretary, Joseph P. Tumulty, in May and November, ol last year, and demanGed money in the sums of $1,000 and $5,000 under a penatly of death. Washington In addition to conducting hearings and digesting the answers to questions which are to be propounded to bank ers and financial experts, the senate banking committee and currency com mittee will discuss numerous bills pro posed to reform the financial system of the country before a measure is presented to the senate.' Government officials have received word of the death in London of Louis A. Gourdain, who swindled the public out of several large fortunes, which he squandered, and whose success drove him mad. Starting twenty-seven years ago as a clerk for the Louisiana State Lottery company, Gourdain or ganized a rival concern which netted him $750,000, it is estimated. The money came so fast his mind was af fected, and he was sent to a hospital for the insane, after driving through 57ew Orleans in a bath robe and at tempting to make street speeches. Responsibility for price agreements among manufacturers furnishing ar mor plate for American warships was placed directly upon the navy depart ment itself by Secretary Daniels. In a statement following his announcement of his intention to submit a plan for a government armor plant the secretary declared the policy of the department in dividing plate contracts among all bidders at the lowest figures offered "makes all' pretense of competitive bidding to get the lower market price a farce that cannot possibly deceive anyone acquainted with the facts." Amid scenes of intense patriotic en thusiasm, Gen. Mario G. Menocal was inaugurated as the third president of the Cuban republic. The ceremony took place in the historic palace of the Spanish captains-general in Ha vana and was attended by a brilliant assemblage. Artificial contraction of waterways by bridges, , causeways and other structures so placed as to make it im possible for the channels to carry away the enormous amount of water ersulting from an unusually heavy rainfall, was blamed for the devasta tion wrought by the recent Ohio floods in a preliminary report ' filed by the commission of army engineers appoint ed by Secretary of War Garrison to investigate the floods and recommend preventative measures. A railroad is not warranted In ex acting increased rates merely because it has not direct facilities for deliver ing shipments, the interstate com merce commission held, in effect, in a contested case involving freight, rates on ice from Wisconsin points to Chic ago. The "Soo' line has no terminal facilities in Chicago. "If it cannot af ford to pay for terminal services,", the commission announced, "it will doubt less have to retire from competitive traffic- It may .not either by itself or in conjunction with, other carriers maintain unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory charges." PRESIDENT TATE AFTER MBS BUSY GETTING ORGANIZATION IN HAND TO FIGHT EX6,RBANT RATES. VERY INTERESTING LETTER To Shippers and Members of Associa tion. Gives Advice and Offers Light on Work of Securing Proper Adjustment" of Freight Rates. Charlotte. The freight rate situa tion is by no means being overlooked even bewteen formal gatherings of the shippers -and other men interest ed in the work. President F. N. -Tate having but recently returned from Raleigh where he attended the meeting of the Just Freight Rate Association has sent out a letter of interest to shippers and members of the new association, in which he gives some salien advices, and at the same time offers new and additional light on the work of secur ing a proper adjustment of freight rates as they are applied to this state. In President ' Tate's letter, which is dated May 20, is to be found in the following of interest: "Dear Sir: Since the Raleigh meet ing I have beeu very busy in getting the organization perfected, and have lost a few days waiting on different gentlemen who have been appointed to serve in various capacities. "Everything is now in fine shape, however ,for a most vigorous cam paign over the entire state; some counties have already begun the can vas for funds as agreed upon at Ral eigh and Mr. Herbert Ramsuer, the organizing or field secretary is out on the job. ' "What we need in your locality is a red hot local campaign to be start ed immediately by yourself and the other gentlemen who have shown in terest in the undertaking. Please get yourselves organized as quickly as possible and by personal talk, stump speeches, mass meetings, newspaper publicity and every other conceivable and attractive method, get every man in your section of the state literally on fire with a desire to dosomething for the cause." Odd Fellows Elect Officers. The Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows in session here selected Durham as the next meeting place for the annual session, over Hendersonville, Hickory and Salisbury, who contested for the honor. The following were elected grand lodge officers: Grand Master, M. L. Shipman, Hendersonville; 'Dep uty Grand Master, W. F. Evans, Greenville; Grand Secretary, B. H, Woodell, Raleigh; Grand Treasurer, Richard J. Jones, Wilmington; Chas Dewey of Goldsboro was re-elected a member of the board of trustees of the orphan asylum. To Vote On School Bonds. Approximately 1,600 persons have registered for the election to be held in New Hanover county for the pur poses of determining the questions of issuing $175,000 of scjsooI bonds and $100,000 of road bonds. While the elections are held on the same day they are separate and distinct. There was a rush to the -books Friday and Saturday, the closing day of the reg istration, and this is taken to mean by those in favor of the bond issues that they will carry with a safe mar gin. Good Roads in Catawba County. At a meeting of the road commis sion at Newton it was decided to put down the next sand-clay on the proposed route towards Maiden, the right-of-way being already secured. Work will begin in front of the Vir ginia Shipp Hotel and lead out by way of Catawba College. On the com pletion of this road Hickory, New ton, Conover and Maiden will . all be on a splendid sand-clay highway. To Inspect Rowan Court House. Upon request of Capt H. C. Trott, chairman of the Rowan county board of commissioners, Senator Overman has secured the services of an ex pert from the supervising achitect's office who will come to Salisbury in the near future to inspect the new $125,000 court house recently con demned by the grand jury. ... The re port of this government official will determine the action of the county commissioners who will soon have a special meeting to consider the re port. , Elated Over Interest Shown. The people of the two Wilkesboros and those who live along the line of the proposed railroad that would con nect the towns with Taylorsyille, are greatly elated over the interest that was shown by the citizens of States ville and Charlotte and Alexander county at the meeting which was held at Taylorsville, Those who have shwn such a generous disposition to aid may rest assured that, these peo trie have taken up the work in earn est and are determined to help make the movement a success. FRUIT CROP NOT FAVORABLE The Prospects Are Lessened Since the Last Announcement. "May Drop" Is the Great Cause., Raleigh. State Horticulturist W. N. Hutt does not make a favorable promise for North Carolina fruit. . The last bulletin sent out until re cently was very good, but . the pros pects have been greatly lessened since his earlier report." The intermittent cold was bad, the cold spring coming upon the warm winter did much harm, - but "May drop" has done the w.ork, it seems. The report of Mt. Hutt said: . "Since my report op April 29th of the fruit prospects of jtforth Carolina; for 1913 there has been an extended period of drought over almost the entire state. This has 'caused an exceptionally heavy v "May drop" on nearly all classes of fruit and it has very materially lessened the favorable prospects of two weeks ago. The mountain fruit suffered severe ly from heavy cold spells in March, also from the cold wave of April 26th. There has been a good deal of injury reported from cold biasing winds on certain slopes, while in coves and sheltered places some heavy crops are reported. The average of a large number of reports sent in by growers from all parts of the state gives the following percentage estimate of the fruit crop for 1913 as based on the crop of 1912 taken as a full crop. Fruit prospects for entire state: Apples 40 per cent of full crop. Pears 15 per cent of full crop. Peaches -30 per cent of full crop. Grapes 68 per cent of full crop. A further analysis of reports for mountain, piedmont and coast gives about the same average as that for the whole state. Senate Confirms Eight Postmasters. A number of North Carolina post masters ran the gauntlet of the Sen ate several days ago. The list con firmed included J.. D. Bivlns at Albe marle; David J. Whichard, Green ville; R. B. Terry, Hamlet; Virgil D. Guire, Lenoir; E. E. Hunt, Sr., Mocks ville, Richard A. Bruton, Mount Gil ead; F. M. Williams, Newton, and James Gordon Hackett, North Wilkes boro. C. C. Clement, the negro editor of The Star of Zion, ; published at Charlotte, is here in behalf of his candidacy for appointment as regis ter of the treasury. Representative Doughton ha3 recommended to the commissioner on pensions the ap pointment of Dr. A. A. Kent, of Le noir, as a member of the board of ex amining surgeons of Lenoir. Col. J. C. Mills of Rutherfordton, Hugh Love of Waynesville, W. C. Feimster of New ton, Mrs. W. F. Utley of Apex and Miss Charlie Westbrook of Wallace were vistors here recently. ' North Carolina New Enterprises. Charters were issued for the Ster-chi-Tillery-Rich Company, Wilming ton, capital $25,000 authorized and $20,000 subscribed by J. M. Tillery, J. G. Sterchf and A. D. Rich for a fur niture business; the Castle Hayne Stave Company, Castle Hayne, New Hanover county, capital $100,000 au thorized and $10,000 subscribed by C. H. Keys, John Feenan and others for making staves and for other wood working and construction purposes; the Farmers' Bank & Trust Co., Stoneville, Rockingham county, capi tal $25,000 authorized and $10,000 subscribed by B. A. Stone, C. R. Joyce and others. Must Obey Superior Officers. Private M. B. Farmer, Company C, Second infantry, Rocky Mount, will pay a fine of $25 for behaving with disrespect toward his commanding of ficer and for disobedience of orders to attend drill, and First Lieutenant Edward B. Parris'h, Company B. Third Infantry, Raleigh, will be publicly reprimanded: and made to apologize to his commanding officer, Capt. W. F. Moody in the presence of his com pany for uttering "profane and inde cent language in the presence of and relating to his commanding officer." These findings were announced by Adjutant General .Young. ' Raleigh. The Seaboard Air Line Railway Company has filed with the corporation "commission a schedule of greatly reduced rates for freight on ground lime for agricultural purposes. Delegation From Cleveland County. An even dozen citizens of Kings Mountain, together with O. Max Gard ner, of Shelby, were in Washington besieging the lair of William J. Bry an, secretary of state, whom they wish to secure as their principal speaking attraction at the celebration of the 133d anniversary of the Bat tle of Kings Mountain, to be held October 7 of 'this year. Mr. Bryan re ceived the delegation with the utmost cordiality,' but made no promise to at tend, not wishing to make an engage ment so far in advance. New Hanover Commissioners Meet. With the single change, which was the increase of the pay of six sanitary policemen from $60 to $65 a month, the board of county commissioners has approved in the budget prepared by the county board of health for the health department under the con solidation of the city and county health work. The total budget is $19, 500 for the health department, $61,440 of which is salaries, and including the scavenging, garbage collection - and maintenance of the incinerator it Is $32,150 for the year. THE CLANS GATHER AT RED SPRINGS FROM A -SCORE OF STATES THREE NATIONS REPRESENTED; DR. M'DONALD IS PRESIDENT More Than Two Thousand People Witness Annual Reunion Exercises of Scottish1 Society of America. Meet Next at Fayette ville. Red Springs. Three distinct coun tries of the English-speaking race, a score of states of the Union from a wide range of territory and many counties in North Carolina were rep resented in the annual session of the Scottish 'Society of America recently in the main auditorium of the South ern Presbyterian. College. More than 2,000 people witnessed the annual reunion exercises of the sturdy descendants from "Bonnie" Scotland, who began their migration to the land of the free more than a century ago, chiefly settling in the counties of Robeson, Scotland - and Cumberland. ' An address by Canada's first citi zen and far-famed editor of the To ronto Globe, Dr. James A. McDonald, the presentation of the Canadian flag, the gift of the mayor of Toronto to the Scottish Society, and resolutions favoring the establishment of a $100, 000 training school at Red Springs for the training of the "Highlanders" of the South, were the notable events recorded on the minutes of the 1913 ! session. jPayetteville was selected as the meeting place for the session of 1914 and officers for the coming year were chosen as follows: Dr. James A. McDonald, of Toronto, Canada, president; J. W. McLauchin, of Raeford; Rev. N. J. McLean, of Jasper, Ala., and Col. A. C. McAlister, of Asheboro, vice-presidents. Miss Eloise McGill, of Fayettevllle, was again chosen secretary of the society. Dr. J. W. McNeil, of Fayettevllle; A. W. McLean, of Lumberton; J. H. Cur rie, of Fayettevllle, and A. D. McDon aid, of Carthage, were elected mem bers of the executive council. Charlotte's Great White Way. Charlotte. Charlotte, the City of Electrical Energy and Electrical Il lumination! Justly is the title hers, though the rightfulness of the claim is but a few days old. Under the touch of some .magician's hand a transfor mation was , wrought on the night of the 20th a's completely, and as beau tiful as it was surpassingly swift. Gloomy streets choked with expectant people became, in the twinkling of an eye, long brilliant avenues of living light and simultaneously Charlotte, the Queen City, arrayed .herself for the first time permanently In ' her queep's attire, woven though it be, of fire. Sons of America End Session. Salisbury. The state convention ol Patriotic Sons of America have closed their annual meeting here after se lecting officers and deciding to meet next year in Winston-Salem. Officers for the year were elected as follows: President, S. R. Swlnk, of High Point; vice president, Camel Barton, of Winston-Salem; master of arms, J. Oi Jamison, of Marion; state secretary, Fred O. Sink, of Lexington ; treasurer, H. H. Koontz, of Lexington; conduc tor, P. G. Cook, of Concord; inspec tor, J. L. Taylor, of States ville; guard, J.-M. Peeler, of Faith; trustee, Allman, of Albemarle; representa tives, M. T. Ray, T. Ivey, T. D. Brown. To Improve Road? in Henderson. Asheville. With, the sale of bonds to the amount of $95,000, the proceeds of which will be used for the construe tion and improvement of roads, the board of commissioners of Henderson county announce that they will com plete 1 the Asheville-Hendersonville road in time for the summer tourist travel. This information will prove to be very interesting to the residents of the two cities and tourists who spend their summers in Asheville and Hendersonville. Store Breaker Given Ten Years. Kinston Henderson Williams, with several aliases, and the alleged lead er of the most troublesome aggrega tion of store-breakers that has ever operated in eastern North Carolina, was convicted in the superior court and given 10 years in the state pris on. Williams was the leader of the gang which broke into depots, cloth ing, hardware and other stores in Mount Olive, Maysville, Jacksonville, Wilmington, Caswell, Dover, New bern, Goldsboro, Kinston and other places. Improved Method of Farming. Raleigh. The department of agri culture has started a campaign for im proved methods of farming and reach ing the individual farmers and their help and contemplate having neigh borhood meetings at which the de partment will have one good man as speaker on approved farm methods, especially soil improvement. ' State Agronomist Burgess has already launched an effort In this direction, and very fine compliments come for him in this work from Duplin where he led sue ha meeting, recently. NEWS OF NORTH CAROLINA Latest News of General Interest That Has Been Collected From Many i Towns and Counties. Raleigh. Dr. P. P. Claxton, United States Commission of Education, de livered ' the address recently at the graduating exercises of Peace Insti tute commencement when diplomas were presented to 12 3rcun5 women. Concord. Policeman P. L. Sloop, who has been a member of, the police force for several years, tendered his resignation to Chief of Police Bager recently. Chief Bager and Mayor Hartcell accepted the -resignation, which took effect at once. -- IWeldon Weldonv sold $40,000 of waterworks and sewerage bonds to Harris, Forbes & Co., of New York, for $41,316.80, and accrued Interest and bonds free. There were twelve bidders, the lowest being $40,000 and accrued Interest. - Spencer. The newly elected mayor and board of aldermen- for Spencer were inducted into office several days ago. The ceremonies were held at the mayor's office where a goodly number of interested citizens gather ed to witness the event Mount Airy. Garret Low, 14 years old, and a mall carrier between Dob son and Low Gap, and the mule he was riding were killed by lightning while on his route near Cox's Mill. He was the son of J. W. Low and a bright young fellow. Kinston. Isaiah Sparrow, a negro who has given trainmen on the Nor folk and Southern lines much trouble by tampering with anglecocks and other, mechanism on cars, was arrest ed by Detective W. W. Morrison after he had caused the derailment of a locomotive and two cars on the north ern division. , Elizabeth City. The permanent or ganization of the Pasquotank County Just Freight Rate Association . was perfected here recently, with the fol lowing officers : F. V. Scott, president ; W. H.Weatherly, first vice-president; Wesley Foreman, second vice-president; A. S. Daniels, third vice-president; George J. Spence, secretary and treasurer. Asheville. Mayor J. E. Rankin, Aldermen A. G. Barnett, W. E. John son and Fergus Strikeleather were sworn in in the presence df several Ashevillians who went to the city hall for the ceremony. Messrs. Rankin, Strikeleather, Patterson- and Johnson were re-elected in the recent election and Mr. Barnett is the only new mem ber of the aldermanic board. Ashevillei. Members of the sheriff's department are making efforts to find Charlie McCollen, who is charged with having attempted criminal as sault on a young girl in West Ashe ville. Considerable excitement has been caused as a result of the alleged attempt assault and the sheriffs dep uties are scouring the county in au tomobiles In an effort to locate the man who is wanted. . Warsaw. By an overwhelming vote, Kennansville township carried a bond issue to be used for construct ing a railroad from some point on the Atlantic Coast Line to some point on the Atlantic coast Great credit is given L. A. Beasley, a prominent at torney of Kenansville, who has labored on the proposition for two years moulding public sentiment in favor of a railroad to the county seat. Charlotte. Fire whih originated In one of the machines, and owing to the inflammable material quickly spread to all parts of the building, destroyed the yarn mill of George A. Howell here recently, causing a loss of $30, 000. Owing to the high rate no In surance was carried on the machin ery and equipment and a very small amount on the building. This is the second time this mill has been de stroyed by fire in less than two years. Chadbourn. Strawberries continue to go from this section at a lively rate. The past week something over 67 cars have been routed from here, and it is predicted that not less than 75 cars will be shipped this week. The much needed rain of recent date will help shipment 50 per cent. The prices hold up well and the farmers gener ally arerwell pleased. As evidence of this, something over a hundred thou sand. Missionary plants have, been put out, and plants are coming in on near ly every train. Salisbury. The 'graduating exer cises of the Salisbury Graded School were largely attended the building be ing packed to overflowing. The an nual address was by Prof. J. A. Math eson of the State Normal College, who was heard with much interest. Asheville. A 'special two weeks' term of the Superior court for the trial of criminal cases, immediately preceding the regular term of criminal court which convenes July 7 will be asked for by the board of county com missioners, at their next meeting. The request will be made of the governor during tfle early"part of next month. Asheville. Claude Tucker, a young white-man, was removed from the Buncombe county jail, and was taken to the State hospital at Morganton. He has been in jail for the past sever al weeks, having been taken from his home, following actions which indicat ed that.'he was mentally unbalanced. Washington. It is altogether pos sible that before the time arrives for the North Carolina -National Guard to again go into annual summer encamp ment, a permanent maneuver' camp may be established for the joint man euvers of several of the Atlantic coas states, near Tullahoma, Tennessee. . ' 34 KILLED WHEN PIER COLLAPSED TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE HURLED DOWN CHUTE OF SHATTER ED WOODWORK. WAS BRITISH EMPIRE DAY Accident Occurred in City Auditorium . . During Celebration . of Queen Victo ria's Birthday. Over Crowding of Pier Was Cause of Collapse. Long Beach, Cal. Too weak to up hold uhe burden of nearly 10,000 hu man beings assembled for the festivi ties of "British Empire Day," the land end of the big double-decked mu nicipal pier in front of the city audi torium collapsed. Hundreds of per sons on the top deck were plunged down on the heads of other hundreds crowded on the second deck. The lower deck then gave way, and all were dropped down a chute of shat tered woodwork to the tide-washed sands 25 feet below. . Thirty-four persons, mostly women, were killed by the shivered timbers, or crushed to death by the falling bod ies of companions and friends. Fifty more were seriously injured, while hysteria and fright caused the disab ling of scores of others. The victims were subjects, or. for mer subject of Great Britain, residents In southern California. All of the seriously injured are resi dents of Los Angeles and vicinity. The Empire Day parade, the principal J. XI 1-1 J , . mature oi uie ceieorauon in nonor oi the late Queen Victoria's birth anni versary, had just ended and the par ticipants, with thousands of other visi tors, were crowding up the steps of the pier and curing toward the audi torium, when the pier floor sagged. An instant later the supports gave way and the crack and groan of breaking timbers mingled with the chrleks and cries of the victims as all went down into a mass of broken wood and writh ing human forms on the sand. Virtually the entire landing of the pier was . wrecked and a portion of the auditorium front fell. Plans to Rebuild Party. Washington. Leaders of the Re publican party laid preliminary plans for the congressional campaign of 1914 and the national political battle of two years later to regain control of congress and possession of the White House. As a result the Re publican national committee -will meet 60 days after adjournment of the ex tra session of congress and an extra ordinary Republican national conven tion is expected not later than a year hence. Changes in the basis of repre sentation In national conventions and reform of methods of party procedure, which have been subject to criticism, will be disposed of through these agencies. France to Borrow Large Sum. Paris. The draft of a bill authoriz ing the French government to borrow $200,000,000 for twenty years in order to meet military expenses was sub mitted to the cabinet by Charles Du mont minister of finance and approv ed. M. Dumont explained to, his col leagues his plans for increasing the government's revenues by $40,000,000 annually. , ' Home For Confederate Veterans. Washington. Headed by Mrs. Geo. Dewey, wife of Admiral Dewey, wo men of the Southern Relief Associa tion opened their new home for Con federate veterans. A reception to the public was one of the features of the dedicatory exercises. Japanese Professor to California. San Francisco. Dr. Shigo Fuyohlro, professor of international law at the Imperial University at Kyoto, will leave Japan for California soon to analyze the anti-Japanese sentiment, according to a dispatch received by the Japanese American, a newspaper published here. He expects to remain in California six months. Nevada Strikes Mines and Sinks.' Smyrna The steamer Nevada, with 200 passengers on board, struck three mines in succession in the Gulf of F.myrna and sank. The mines were strewn on the coast waters by th,e Turks to prevent attack by the Greek fleet during the Balkan war. The Nevada was leaving the Gulf of Smyrna when a Russian steamer was coming in and to avoid a collision the first named vessel left the chan nel. The Nevada struck three mines and each exploded. The last was fol lowed by an explosion, on the ship. Lewis Chairman of Labor Committee. Washington. Representative Lewis of Maryland was agreed upon by the house ways and means majority for tne cnairmanshlp of the committee on labor, Secretary of Labor Wil son, Representative Lewis, Secretary Frank Morrison, and other members of the American Federation of Labor had a conference at . the Capitol . at which the committee chairmanship was discussed. - The ways and means majority was in session adjusting the committee personnel of the houss.