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WASHINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 3, 1910. METTE COST LIVES OF SEVENTY-SIX Caused Explosion Miner rbougbt to Have Smug gled ? Cigarette' Into the Mine and Lighted It? Half Hundred Bodies Recovered -4 RESCUE WORK GOING ON Prhnero, Colo . Feb. t. ? A cigar ette cost the lives of the seventy-alx y % men who perished In the explosion In the mine of the Colorado Fuel t Iron. Company'* mine here, it, la be lieved today. The Investigation now on is expected to disclose the (set that a miner who smuggled In a match and lighted a cigarette with It waB responsible for the horror.' Half a hundred crumpled and char red human forms are lying In rows In the machine shop of the mine to day, each tagged at ttyB ankle with s ?lip of paper to show the Iftentlty that the-marred features fall to re veal. Some of the bodies are head less, others armless and stll! more are crushed out of all semblance to humanity. Twenty-six more are "be lieved to be lying similarly mutilat-. may be more concealed behind the earthern barriers but none can pos sibly be alive. The explosion swept the long gsl leries leading In the mountain side like a great ball of Are snd( whisked away all but ope of the. lives In its path. Dlanado Vlrgen, the youthful miner who saved bia life by thrust ing bis face In his dinner pall when the deadly gas swept over him and then, half conscious, fought his wsy to the surface, is the only human that looked on the disaster and lived. Women clasping infants or with tots playing about their feet, stood ? Mthrtlc Un? a? r the ?mnin? to the mine all night long, hoping against hope thst some quch miracle as that of the Cherry Hill dlssster could restore the dead to them. Past them filed a melancholy procession of gammed, overalled men, bearing i*#1* burdens on improvised , 'Stretchers. When dawn broke today this line of waiting women patiently movfed back behind ropes stretched to keep them from retarding the work of rescuing the dead. Their grief Is too intense for tears. Thfey stand silent and wait. HOSIERY MILL "FOR WASHINGTON Philadelphia Concern Wants to Quite a number of the business men met with the Chamber of Com* merce last evening to consider the proportion made by a concsrrf to Philadelphia to tstablish a hosiery mill la Washington. This concern la very anxious to esUblish a branch mil J h^re and the claims are msde that duWg the past four years their mill In "Philadelphia on a capita), of $1,800. realised 27 par cent on the Investment. The cltlsens of Wash ington will be aaked to take at least ? 26,000 In stock in the proposod piant. The mill will do a business of at least $150,000 annually. The plant will cost about $50,000. At consisting of Messra. P. J. Berry, George Hackney. Thomas H. Clsrk, B. L. Busman and David W. Bell were appointed to take the matter up and after ascertaining all the facts, if they were satisfactory, to make a re* port on same at a subsequent meet ing. If this mill is entabllshed In the city either the old tobacco warehouse or the skating rink will be utilised for awhile until the plant Is put on a paying basin. ? There wl>l be two committees to meet at the Chsmber of Comtnerce rooms this evening to further consider the matter. Things look bright for the estab lishment of this mill In Washington and If it comes It will employ btfween 50 aifd 75 hands at the beginning. It Is to be hoped that the scheme will pan out and that this large concern will locate one of their branch mills SCHOOL BUILDING Grades 4A and SB to Entertain r.;j ? rriaay nignt. ?? * The entertainment ^ will consist chiefly of a play entitled "Diddle, Dumps and Tot." These ahe nick names of three little sisters, daugh ters Qf a Southern planter, and^hey lived in a big white house on a c^ttW, plantation in Mississippi. * \Jr Major Waldron, the father of the children,' owned a large number of slaves, and they loved birav and his children dearly. Among' the best loved slaves werd* "ktmmy," the children's nurse. Aunt Milly, who helpad In the nursery; Aunt Eely, the laundress; Aunt Nancy, the "tender" for the children of the slaves, and Uncle Snake-bit Bob, who was lame because be had bean bitten by a snake. Besides these, tbere were Mar,' Chris, and Dilsey, who were in training to be maids to the girls by and-by. Diddle was nine years old, Dumps was Ave. and Tot three. Diddie's real name was Madeline, Dumps was Eli nor, and Tot bore her mother's name, Bugenia. The children had many . pets and playthings, among thffm dolls, books, a baby-house, a big Newfoundlsnd dog. Old Bruno, some kittens. Old BUly, who was once a frisky lamb, but no jr a vicious old sheep, and Coifttn, a pretty white pony. Besides the fun gathered from all thea amusements. Mammy and tbe other slaves would tell the children tales, and sometimes they would slip with the children there. They liked to go there to hear the little negro children sing. The play is made urf chiefly of the pranks and doings of these three lit Ue white girls and their negro com panions. The following is the program: 1. Welcome song. 2. Mammy's Story. 3. Annie Laurie. 4. Diddle s Book. 5. Old Folks at Home. * 6. Old Billy. 7. Old" Black Joe. 8. Diddle and Dumps Oo Visiting. fl Thw flnnap io.*Tlifc Plantation Games. My Old Kentucky Home. Dixie. When I Was a Little Baby. What became of this happy family during and after the Civil War will be told In the entertainment. ' There is no charge for admission and everybody is invited. to be pres ent, especially the parents of the chil dren. The doors w(ll Be open at 7:30 and the entertainment will begin at 8 i o'clock. I CHIEF POLICE UP iM TRIAL Matter to Be Placed Before the Board of Aldermen. t Among the cases for trial before His Honor the Mayor yesterday was one against the Chief of Police. Mr. George N. Howard, the charge being nogiect in the performance of duty. We have seen and heard, hundreds of criminal actions tried, but never before hare we seen a trial in which the prisoner was'not allowed to know who* his accusers wei?c and hare the privilege to examine tbem about any matter pertaining to the cftarge against him. This case proved to be an exception to the rule and the News la of opinion If the manner of con ducting this trial U^orne out by law, It establishes * precedent dangerous to the freedom of every cltisen. The statement or charges were In writing and in possession of the Mayor, although signed by no one. Tfie attorney for Mr. Howard aaked to see them, but before handing them tolilm the Mayor stated he had ob tained them by . promise that they woul?-not be used In the trial, and he would not permit the witness to be examined upon any matters con tained therein. At the ooncluslon of the trial the Mayor- st^ed he would turn the mat ter with all the evidence over to the Board of Aldermdn. Before going Into the matter as a preliminary, the Mayor said he had' beard on the street the report was| being circulated that this waB a ma licious prosecution on the parf ofj some of the Aldermen for polittc*} purposes, but that such was not the case, as none o# them knew of tjie ac tion taken by him, and that he alone was responsible therefor. 11888 SPEGDtL ? AGENTS COLLECT THE STATISTICS Manufacturers' Census Bureau Has Begun to Take tbe Federal Census of Manufactures, Mines, Natural Gas, etc., for Year 1909. SHOULD FURNISH DATA Washington, D. C.. Feb. S. ? Tbe United States Census Bureau has be gyn to take tbe Federal census of manufactures, mines, quarries, petro leum and natural gas for tbe year 1909, which comprises two of tbe I principal -taqulrles embraced In tbe Thirteenth Dojjennial Census, the Others being population and agricul ture. The canvass is being made under the supervision of Mr. William M. Steuart, Chief Statistician for Manu factures, and about 1,800 special agents will be employed eventually in the work, and they are from day to day being appointed by Director D u rand from thfe Eligible registers established as a result of the Novem ber 3 examination of candidates for . Director Durand has taken extraor dinary precautions to assure the man ufacturers that all answers will be held absolutely confidential. This statement is conspicuously displayed on the front pages of the various schedules, and it is also emphatically declared that no publication will be made In tbe census reports disclosing the nsme or operations of Individual establishments in any particular. The act of Congress provides that the Bu reau ol the Census shall not permit any other than Its sworn employees to examine the individual reports. It provides also that any employee who' shall, without the authority of the Director of 1H" CWHUI, DUDltBtl or communicate any inforraa4fc>n .com ing into. bis possession shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convlc5 tion shall bo fined not to exceed $1,000 or be imprisoned not to ex ceed two years, or both, in the dis cretion of the court. "There Is but a limited time in which to complete this work," said Director Dnrand today. "It is essen tial that all iho field employees exert I themselves to the utmost. Those who do good work will be reassigned to | I other districts and retained in the! service until the work Is finished. "If. Manufacturers or others fur nishing data object to a supposed dis closure of the secrets of their' busi ness. the special agents will assure them that the results of their in?i-l vidual business will, not be made pub lic. They are required also to explain that the information will not be used I for the purposes of taxation* nor in any manner to Identify the opera- 1 tlon8 of the individual establishments jan^^rfll not be disclosed to any other I bureau of the Federal government.] The intent of the law, which will be strictly' carried out, is to prevent the disclosure of Information which might operate to the detriment In any way of the person" or establish ment supplying it. | "The period covered will be, wher ever possible, that of the year end ing December SI, 1909. Ia the ma jority of cases 'the data can be se cured for it. as the business year of most establishments will correspond I I to 'the calendar year 1009. For es jtabllshments beginning operations for first time during "the year it will j not be possible to make the report' cover more than the' period, actually j | embraced. I "A manufacturing establishment, j [which is the unit of enumeration for| jthe census, is deemed to be one orj more factories, mills, or plants, own-i ed or controlled by one Individual, j partnership, corporation, or other | bwneff located in the same town or city, and for -which one set of books of account is kept, ^s the statistics will be presented by kinds and by classes of industries. It is essential that the precise character of the work performed by each establishment shall be clearly determined. A gen eral schedule must be prepared for each establishment reported, and/>ln| addition, such special supplemental schedule or schedules as may^apply to the industry, if any. * 'JChe method of the canvass re quires that a few days prior to the day when a given Arm Is to be ean vav?d>the special agent shall mall to the manufacturer a copy of the general schedule, with the proper supplemental scheduled, CHARITY BENEFIT FOR THE \J. D. C. It W? a Most Delightful Affair. Society Out in Fofl Force. The Charity Card Party given by the Bridge* Club for the benefit of I Pamlico Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy. Tuesday evening, February 1st, was a very ddhghtful affair. Society turned out in full force and wore Its most gracious smile. The beautiful parlors and ball room of the Elks home were thronged wih a bevy of fair -maids, handsome matrenB and bravo men. The patronesses In; the receiving line were Mesdames --John H. Small. J. B. Moore, ^ J. C. Rodman. A. Jc. Hathaway. A. M. tYumay, L. L. Knight, 8. S. Spruks, Jas. Hodges, Misses Julia R. Hoyt. pantile Satch well, Llda T. Rodman^ Delicious refreshments, hot choco late with whipped cream and wafers, were served by the, following young ladles: Misses Tittle B. Haughton. Bessie Connolly, Margaret Cordon. Augusta Charley Tpa belle Carter. Eliza Branch. Chiarlotte Nicholson. Mary Fowle, Julia' Mayo, Rebecca Simmons and -Robin* Carter. Eleven tables of bridge and three of euchre enjoyed a lively progres sive game at the and of which the souvenirs for good and bad playing were awarded in eloquent and witty speeches .by a committee of the fol lowing gentlemen: Hon. S. C. Bra gaw, C?pL Geo. Leach. Mr. Betts. Dr. Carter, Mr. A. M. Dumay, and others. The ladies In charge were much gratified by the large attendance and the generous contributions of the fol lowing firms and individuals: , Mrs. Spruks, silver fork; Miss Rodman, handpainted loving cup; Mrs. John Small, pencils and mints: Mrs. Jas. Hodges, one gallon milk; Mr. Sylves ter Fleming, three gallons milk and one qnart of cream; Drs. W. A. and J. O. Blount, three Jars of cream of roses; Washington . Drug Co.. 75c.; Jas. E. Clark, olive dlati; J. K. Hoyt. drawn work table cover; Spencer Bros., drawn work table cover; Bow ers & Lewis, centerpiece; Dr. Hardy, decorated plate dad match safe; Southern Furnltur* Co.. loan of chairs and tableB^^efferson Furnl ture To. and W. Bjl Morton, same; W B. Harming; ^*re cards and .!?>- or cold cream; Brown's Pharmacy, ooff tie violet water; M. T. Archbell, one half dozen packages of wafers; E. L. Archbell, same; Walter Credle Co., chocolate; D. M. Carter and C. M. Little, same; J. F. Tayloe. sugar; H. H. Satterthwalte, bottle of olives; Mr. Frizzle, aluminum cups, knife and tape measure; Russ Bros., coin purse: W. M. Bell, cut glass bonbon dish; Lee- Stewart, cut glass powder box: McKeel-Rlchardson. scis^i^s; Harris Plumbing & Supply Co., pearl handled knife; J. F. Buckman, ties; Suskln & Berry, one dtizen handker-| chiefs; E. K. Willis.- loan of cups and| saucers; Mrs. Littler. 50c. and rib bon; S. R. Fowle & Sons, perfume. The amount realized was $37.00. This will be used in the memorial and charitable work of the local chap ter of the Daughters of the Confed eracy. It is appropos to mention here that this patriotic order con tributes annually flO towards the scholarship at the State Normal for a worthy daughter of a Confederate veteran, as well as responding to numerous calls frtjnr*the sick and dis abled in our midst. We -^heartily thank the Elks, the Light & Water Co., the Daily News, Johnston's Printing Co. and>each and every one who, for Bweet charity's sake, lent a helping hand to crown our efforts with success*. LIDA T. RODMAN. Pres. Pamlico Chapter U. D. C * HAS RECUPERATED. The many friends of Rev. W. H. Call, who has been indtspoeed for a few days, will be glad to learn that he Is able to be out again. immediately. "The Information secured must be accurate, (n drafting the schedule every effort was made to frame the Inquiries in such a form that the an swers to them can generally be taken' directly from the books of accounts and the records of the establishment canvassed. In no case are general statements or* estimates to be accept- 1 ed where it is possible to secure an swers directly -^rom the- books of ac counts and records?>*Ns/' "As there Is a general Interest in | the subject of the comparative im portance of the cities. States, and Territories with reference to the larger selected industries, it is ex ceedingly desirable that, from the standpoint of civic pride alone, the manufacturers throughout the tfnlted States shouldT furnish the data with out delay In order that the industrial ?enters in which they.operate a ay be TREATED OVER ' 31.000 PATIENTS LAST YEAR Table Shows Results Last Year Was the Banner One in the War on Tuberculosis More Organizations and Insti tutions Established. YEAR A RECORD BREAKER ?. ?????? Interest in tho anti-tuberculosis campaign now being waged through out the United StateB is evidenced by the fact' thet in the year 1909. 163 new anti-tuberculosis associations were formed, 133 tnberculosls.^saua U>ria and hospitals were established, and 91 tuberculosis dispensaries were opened. Compared with pre vious years, this is the best record thus far made in the fight against consumption in this country. Dhrlng the year 1909, forty-three more associations for the prevention of tuberculosis were formed than dur ing the previous twelve months, and sixty-two more hospitals and sana toria were established. On January 1, 1910, there were in the United States 394 anti-tuberculosis associa tions, 386 hospitals and tuberculosis sanatoria and 265 special tubercu losis i^||pAp?yr[?>B During the year that has iiassed. the sanatoria and hospitals of this country treated over 31,00y patients, giving a total of nearly 8,200,000 hospital days' treatement. Of the 31.000 patients treated, about one half were discharged as Improved to a greater or less extent, and a large percentage of the incipient cases were discharged as cured. Altogether there are nearly 20,000 hospital beds provided in the entire United StateB for tuberculosis patients, or about one bed for every 30 patients. The 3#6 associations have 60.000 members and are contributing close to a mill lon dollars every year for the fight against tuberculosis. The 265 dis treated during 1 a year 'brer b0.000^JHlCTtB?*^fto tri lsea?er < 500,000 visits. If the year that li?s parted has been a record-breaker' iii point of numbers, it has also broken many records in point of Interest which it has aroused. Never before have so many different groups been working for one common end. At the present time, school?. women's clubs, labor unions, churches, children's organi zations. state legislatures, municipal bodies. Insurance companies, frater nal organizations, bill posters, lay men and doctors of every creed and color are all banded together In one | effort to rid this' country of consump tion. RAXCE THIH FYKNINCi. The Halcyon Club will give one of* their dances at the Elks ball this evening. Dancing is announced to Oegin promptly at 9:30 o'clock. The music will be furnished by the- Wash ington Concern Band. FIRM OWES JUKKMOT. Norfolk Cold Storage Co.'s l>ehts | Are Mostly Priority Claims*. Norfolk, Va., Feb. 1. ? R. T. Thorpe, special master In the Federal court receivership litigation of the York (Pa.) Manufacturing Company against the Norfolk Cold Storage and Ice Company, today filed his report showing the total liabilities to be $593, 197. <7, exclusive of court costs. PURCHASES SMITHF.% FIXTUKFS. | Mr. W. L- Best, of Greenville, N. C., purchased the A. O. Smlther fix tures Monday at tile public sale. He Is now having the same boxed pre paratory to moving It to Greenville where he expects to open a Jewelry store. itegteJ e FAMILY REUNION. Mr. and Mr? WlllMm V. Clark] and daughter, Augusta Simmons, left] yesterday afternoon for Pantei where they .went td attend the union at" the home of Mr. Clark's mother, Mrs. Augusta E. Clark. The occasion was the celebration of her 67th birthday. Mrs. Clark received from her friends In different parts of the country 57 cards. congratulating her on reaching her 67th mllepoet. She Is a relict of the late Mr. WalMr Clark. May she hare many happy and Joyojvfflnrns. " ELKS TO ENTERTAIN. Washington lodge of Elks are to entertain Its members and Invited gueata with a smoker at tfcalr club rooms, tomorros^^^mmmil 11:30. A met THEC?MMI2grt Heyburn and Mondell, at tbe Leadership. ( Collier's f^ekly. ) * Mr. Taft's opponents, regarding conservation bills, are headed by Heyburn and Mondell. The insolence of this leadership is too much for our (altering and academic pen. You know who Heyburn is, no doubu His political intimacy with Halllnger we have pointed out, but Ballinger has been' struck by a cyclone and turned into a conservationist, and Heyburn, as yet, has not. This gentleman, in a flight of July oratory the other day, eager to insult Virginia and Robert E. Lee, was delivered thuB: "Do you think lhat those* men in Congress on the 2d of July, 1864, ever contemplated for a moment that any State, under any condition, at any time, would place the statute of Bene dict Arnold In that hall?" This delicate, <fonslderate. and profound anolcgy remlndB ub of that Grand 0'?l Man. Cannon, who a few days earlier had found himself un able to describe the Insurgent "reb els'* without similar piece of inex cusable and needless Insult. Cannon, prise obstacje to conservation as to many other human forward steps, re tains Mondell as chairman of the Public I^ands Committee of the House. If the country will allow Heyburn. Mondell. and Cannon to prevent the passage of pr6per con servation bills, why then perhaps the country dMwves nothing better than It getsr As-to-^ncle .loe. Mr. McCall, in his recent eulogy. Included a hint that the widespread hostility to that old rooster was largely the outcome of the Speaker's opposition of two years ago to free wood pulp. Re garding our own part, for those of our readers who keep this weekly, forever bound In gilt, we need merely refer to the Issue of February 4. 1905. when we began an attack on the Speaker, which has not subsided to this day. There Is baby talk ga lore about making 'scapegoats'' of such men as Balllnger and Cannon. Who raises the "talk of srapegoat when some unknown, because he KtMftls" to his family from filar vatic" in sent to Jail, or strtne suffer ing woman, because misfortune has driven her frma her standards? Re tribution is cruel, and would It were not indeed In this world; but If your heart is to bleed, let the drops dec orate the tenements of the Ignorant, or the sorely tempted poor, rather than the palaces of those who. charged with mighty powers, use them, not for the hard-pressed many, but for themselves, and the well lined pockets of their friends. If humor is needed to lighten this heavy topic, seek It in the reports from Se attle that the Chamber of Commerce of tljat town hopes to send Balllnger to the Senate after his expected re tirement from his present offire. To return to our subject, however: That j a few snch men as Heyburn. Mondell, and Cannon should be able to block the. most beneficial measures is un endurable. The PresldKn^s conser vation bills. In their bettff*Kures, should be passed. The frle/ds of the cause have proposed various neces sary amendments, but the attacks of its enemies should be watched close- , ly by the public. Whatever bills are passed, we must not forget that one of the most important lessons to drive home to the country during this investigation is, that public officials are to do for the general welfare all that the law allows, not merely what under the law they ar* ltlerally forced to do. *Tbat there are faults In these bills Is natural, since in con servatTbn matters Mr. Taft Is rely ing for guidance upon a recent con vert-by-fojree, who is at the same time a third-rate mind, legally as well as in other ways. The bills re garding coal and phosphates are ex cellent, with only minor faults. The water-power bill Is bad in form, but rigfit In principle. The classifica tion bill Is bad In form, but easy to correct. The bill giving power of withdrawal Is altogether bad, since It gives the executive less power than it already has. All the bills should be studied very carefully and the best of them corrected and forced through by public opinion. ? Conservation Is the greatest present-day crusade, and Qlfford Plnchot, now forced by a President's blindness to forsake his office. Is the prophet who has made it understood To Mr. Plncbot's vision and devotion Mr. Roosevelt brought the v^st backing of his own populari ty. For years there had been smol dering agltathon, but there was re quired. la order to waken the people yiii crufte the movement In its ful ness.^the dramatic spectacle of an agfresslve and trusted President as serting a nation's rights to control its beds of enl. Tbe Committee We are not worrying about the work of Ifcelnvsstigatlu* committee. gar m GARMACK sues WANT A NEW TIL Exceptions Attorneys for the Slayers of the Dead Senator Claim That the Trial Judge Made Numerous. ? Errors. ARGUMENTS ARE BEGUN | Nashville, Tenn., Feb.. l.->-The mo I tioy for a new trial for Col. D. B. and Robin Cooper, convicted awH wm; tenced to prison for 2ft yeaiy for the murder of former United 8tates Sen ator E. W. Carmack. was called be fore the Supreme Court today. It f bids fair to become the most volum inous case ever flled. The transcript of testimony covers 3.670 typewritten pages. The brief flled by the de fense covers 447 printed pages, while * the arguments of counsel will require probably a thousand more typewrit ten pages. The two defendants were in court with a score of relatives and an Im posing array of counsel. Judge J. M. Anderson opened' for the defense to day. Attorney General of the State CharleB T. Cates will deliver the only argument for the State tomorrow and Tie will be followed for the defense by Luke E. Wright.. No other attor neys will speak. The decision of the court may not be handed down for some time. The defendants' <?ounsel are basing their hopes for a reversal on twenty-two assignments of error, but have ex cepted to some seven hundred rulings of the court besides. The principal errors alleged in clude undue emphasis by the trial judge In his charge on the State's theory of the crime, failufe to charge Robin Cooper's independent Interest; Vermiuing jury to hear of C61onel Cooper's alleged shortage while clerk of Maury county; the exclusion of Governor Patterson's testimony as to Colonel Cooper's mental state before the shooting; the exclusion of certain editorials attacking Cooper; the em phasis the court put on the theory that Carmack was shot in the back. GRAND RALLY AT OLD FORD All Enthusiastic for Special Tax ' District. All signs point to victory next Tuesday. February S. The meeting" was railed to order promptly at 8 o'clock by Supt. W. 'L Vaughan, who In well chosen words presented Prof. Allen. J. Barwlck. of the State Edu cational Department. Prof. Barwlck for some over an hour held his audi ence spell-bound by his' clear cut,' forcible argument for better school and longer terms. Then Mr* Jos. F. Tayloe presented Mr. R. J. Peel. Sup erintendent of Public Instruction of Martin county, who aroused his au dience to a spirit of enthusiasm which has never been seen before at Old Ford. He is a speaker of rare ability, blended with good sound judgment and thirteen years' experi ence as superintendent of his native county. He told In words that could have only been spoken by such ex perience the necessity of good public schools. Misses Coward and Birch, the efficient teachers of this school, j had arranged a basket party to take place Immediately after the speaking, which proved a gtfcat success. The baskets were auctioneered off and the highest price paid for one was $4. Quite a snug sum was raised. This closed- a most memorable meeting at Old Ford. The union men in the Seetnan Prlntery. at Durham, one of the larg est shops In N'tfrth Carolina, went 011 strike yesterday owing to the em ployment of a woman apprentice. ?New Advertisements ? * in ? j. ? ?