North Carolina Newspapers

"^Boi '5 'Ji.)\ ug~.?/?"" '?; ""mm ~ M Im mm wm JTON, NORTH .CAROLINA, TUESDAY A.FTERNOON. \UGUST 23. 191?.| NO. 17 ' * ?* ! 1 ???? of. the Atlao Recovered in Short Vi Resuscitate Futile?J thy of the Enti Thl? ont|re city was Maddened tilt* morning when It was circulated that Major John Wright, the 13-year-old. of Bfr. M. J. Wright, had fallen over board at the Atlantic Coast Line wharf and waa drowned. A pall of agdne&s waa thrown over the entire ?immunity In consequence .: A J The body Waa recovered id a abort while but could not he resuscitated, although physicians worked hard to aocompliah It. Little Major, aa h ewaa called, waa aeen standing on teh AtlanUc Coast Una wharf thla morning between 9 and 10 o'clock. Seeing Edward Lee. the neo of Mr. Edward Atchbell. standing In front of hi* father's aotre. Major hailed him and told him to ootne down toN the wharf. Young Afehbell dldeo tbi* when ha reached the end of the do?* he discovered htat the Wright boy waa overboard. The Arch bell boy made an effort thj he*p him and grabbebd for him. but only succeeded (n securing hla hat. Wright then disappeared and was not seen anymore until brought, to the surface dead. The surmise is that he slipped Orerboard from the end of the track that Is placed between the DiiMCRTLlTId YK.Ui. No mntter what the ReRpubilcans may or may not do. whgther they rtlk or whether th$y Ogbt, the ne*t House of Representatives is to /W Democratic. It is to be DeOraocratic ilot because of the superior virtue of .Democrats or because ttfc Democrats are in the majority or tecauae there is the ut most public confidence -in Democrats, but broause there *re ten* of thous ands of Republicans ot Independence and courage who want a change and wj* will vdte to bring i^ about. * A Democratic congress Is neces sary to open the books and to turn on the light. It Is necessary to as certain what Senator Aldrlch meant wheu he said that a good business man In charge of the National Gov ernment could save $100,000,000 a year: It is neceesacy to ectabllah once more the principle of publicity and acountabilKy In place of the existing practice of secrecy, waste, recklessness and p/lrllege. It in not by accident that this la the most corrupt and extraragant gov ernment on earth. These conditions have appeared as the result of down right incapacity and neglect la high places, if false ideas, oi profligate hab its. of low morals and of plain steal ing and grafting on the part of a ?crowd of .favorites ever Increaaing In numbers and rapacity. Republicans as well as Democrats want to know the truth. A Democratic congress will investi gate. expose and so far as possible punish those who are responsible for these scandals and injustices. Thus the New York World ex presses itself editorially. This pa per, one of the leaders in the coun try generally hits the nail on the head. The World in an editorial headed TuriK On The Light" says that the Democratic congress will In vestigate the following: 1. The colossal sugar trauds. 2. The Panama Canal corruption. 5. The cost of living as affected by the extortionate tariff and the tmsts. J 4. The extravagance of Govern ment expenditures amounting now to ? $1,098.847.134ln one year. 6. The part played by Mr. Wtck ershnm In the sale of the friar lands ! in the Philippines. 8- The amount of mosey that CorUJyou and other Cabinet mem bers of corporations squeezed out of the plutocrats for camptlgn purposes when RoofHrelt ran in 130 4 and how much Hitchcock raised fojr Tafr four years later. ' N 7 The efforts of trut* and syndt> ctttas to grab timber and mineral lands and water-power sites, and Bslitnger* relations thereto. 8 The enormous exponpe of Ji? H: FALL NE Just Received a E ME^ 25 Cents an AT I. G. L. WHftRF Mr. M. J! Wright FalU tic Coast Dock?Body hlle but all Efforts to ?amlly Has Sympa * re Community. pier* of the compear. ? _ As soou as young Arch bell saw the fata of his vlpymtl? be at qnce gave the alarm and within a very few min ute# hundred! of people were on Urn ground working to aave him?but all to no avail. The i^malns were taken to the home of hla father on Weat Second street. Major Joha waa one of Washlng ton'a brightest little felUIJs. He was' manly, polite and attentive to hla du ties. Only last night he,wan seen ?n Main strft operating a Juvenile automobllf and many were heard to I ram ark "that boy baa, a bright and promising future " Who can tell or forsee the Providences of tha Snprem" Arbiter. Hla Ways are always past oar underetandlng. The sudden I death of this Interesting little fellow Is a been blow to the father, whoaa locks has already begun to show the m^rhs of time and also to his brother* and sisters. Among his ploymatee he was popular and a leader. The sympathy of the entire community igoe* out to the grief-stricken home. May they realise that lome sweet day they will be able to meet again In the House of Many Mansions. golsm, wars pMt andjto coffl?,N now routing $431.000,000 a year. 9. The reason why Taft Joins the Guggenhelms in denying to Alaska a Territorial government. 10. The influence* that were be niud the rubber schedule, the cotton schedule and the wool schedule of the extorti6nate Payne-AldrJcli tariff. 11. The part played by QgUpnat officers In promoting the plundering of (la- OUUised Indians of Oklahoma by lawyers, claim agents and politic ians. c f V(. The members of Congress Who had a direct pecuniary Interest In the P*y.M?*Aidrich tariff and ^at they made by It. The country wants facts. The peo ple want truth. They can get neithstf from a Republican Congress. They will elect .a Democratic House of Representatives in the belief that It will open the books, that It will at least check obvious wrongs and that In,some degree It will promote hon esty and justice. There Is no par tisanship in publicity. Only rascals fear It or suffeV from It. ^ Turn on the light! Turn out tt*e. " i! _ ' " AURORA WINS Downs Swan Quarter to the Tone of J 3 to O Y**terday Afternoon. [ Costly erroiy, two of them fatal for the visitors caused Swan Quarter to go down In defeat here yetterday afternoon In their contest on. the. dia mond with Aurora. The score was 3 to 0. Aurora m ade2 hits and no errors; 8wan Quarter 8 hits and 6 er ror*. The^ batteries we're: Aurora, J. Hooker and Thompson; Swan Quar ter, Griffin and Swlndel. The features of the game were the twirling of Hooker and Griffln and a catch by W0bb Thompson. JHNPHBi A large number of rooters witness-1 ed the exciting contest | \u, . 'v ? i , ,v a r j DKLKOATES APPOINTKI). Oovrnor KUchln has appointed thel following delegates to the Atlantic Deeper Waterway Convention to be] held-in Providence, Rhode Island. tm From Washington?Congressman John H. Small, Jftnlus D. Orlmcs, Dr. John O. Blount, Captain Jas. K. Clark. A. M. Dumay Dr. Ira M. Hardy. R. A. O. Barnes. A W. tty roi*. From Aurora?W. T. Hndnell, W. H. Cooper, J. T- Wilkinson. J. W. Mayo. H. a Mayo, W. A. Thompson. 3. B. Boyd. L. D D Midyotte. L T; fThompBon. , From Qrimejdand-=?CpIonel Alston | Hnpkt:. iv-mRS' ? 'EAR THE PUBLIC OWN The Waterways and Railways Should be Owned Separately SAYS CONGRESSMAN SMALL Railroad* mi* Waterways Must 1^ Operated With * Common pur pose. Serving the Froule Well fc'or ' Their So Just (Jmuntl f\tr u Conflict ?r a Coatrovetf j. Washington. Aug. 23.?(Special) ?Representative J. H. Small, of North Carolina, who has within the district which he represents. number less unproved and unimproved water awys, has in season and out urged up Congress the importance of a: comprehensive policy in the treat-, meet of our river*, harbors and can als. Holding, a she does, advanced ?lews on this most Important sub fact It Is not to be wondered at that he wants legislation which will di vorce the waterways from the rail ways and that each, trhlle acting In dependently of the other, shall op erate together for the development of the trade jmd commerce, not only of the Individual locality, but of the state and the nation. In thAt rela tionship he sees limitless opportuni ties to Increase the output of the rarm. the mine and the factory and Increased markets as a result of In creased opportunities to reach the marfcet. _ Speaking of the growing needs for Improved waterways jind terminal , Mr. Snilal said: "The excavation 0f canals and the Improvements of streams do no\ fill alt the require ments for tht? building up of water way navigation and of waterway traf f.c. ThAt la a delusion whU^T men thoughtlessly indulge In . There ar.> other essentials In order . for th?' proper utilisation of our waterways and for created waterway traffic Terminals muKt be constructed Waterways without terminals are .lust aa useless as railroads without terminals, and Whenever there are stopping places, whether it be vil lage. town er'elty, a proper and mod ern terminal must be constructed^nd fedllttoe for handling the freight f??? Oxf-wtfll'auiwid th? fearer, orjj steamer, and vice-versa, provided at the cheapest qoat. These terminals ought to be owned by the public, either by the 8tate or municiuallty. and they ought to be free, under proper regulation, for the accommo dation of all steamers or barges or other instrumentalities of water traf fic. The time has come when we must recognise that railroads and Instrumentalities of water traffic must be operated with a common purpose, for the aervlng of the peo ple and for the public good. There Is absolutely ,n<> Juat ground of con "IHct or of controvery between the waterways and the railroads. "We ere all ? familiar with the proposition In Germany, where the government owns the (rallroade; they are making appropriations and engaging In the Improvement of their waterways to a greater extent perhaps than any other civilised country In the world, and It would be discreditable to the intelligence of the German people If they were own ing their railroads and at the same tithe. Improving waterways, to say that they didn't regard It to the mutual advantage of each. Their In terests are mutual and they are co operating. one with the othfcr. What ever differences of opinion may have existed in the past. there Is, so far a soy knowledge goes, ne master of railroad transportation today im the country who Is adverse, or who (s ex ercising either his Individual or pub lic influence against Hie improvement^ of our waterways. The Improvement ,or progress, development. Increased population, additional manufacturing enterprises and all that mesha a great volume ot business both of carriage of persons as well ss In freight, nod 1 \hlnk it to well that we should at all times keep In mind th?? fact in order than no evil-minded person shall create upon hte public mind any false impression In regard to ohtsewho are endeavor ing to engage In the deevlopraent 0f qur waterway*, that tjey are enemies of the railroads In the country. "Thero Is snother feature To my mind,None of the bvIIh which coem up In recent years has been the Joint ownership of the watep carriers anfl the rnllroadB by-the same com panies. The waterway* naturally hold hn independent position. JUst as It is impossible fo one man to serve two masters, ?o Is It absolutely Im possible for one set of offlclala to manage a railroad and water carriers g* thf eame to Justly nad [BEIT FK H Forest Fires Now Ragtag in Waho and Montana PROPERTY LOSS A MILLION H?t? of Walm* Hwe*i Avs$f. 0?*e . Hu'Mrpd and Highly Men Xear Joe Fur Moving a Mile Ka?'h Hohr U BaKr*. Thous and Refugees* MiuouU, Mint.. August ?i.?Mer-1 cllesaly and rentlessly the forest fires In western Montana and Idaho are j ?weeping over a rm*t area, driving hundred# of fugitives before them In the email settlements and wiping out of existence millions of dollars, worth 9i property. The situation tonlctt 1 smore se rtous than It was ha the early morn ing. except at Wallace. Idaho, where It la bettered nearly half of the city will be saved. West of there a hard light la being made and. with an tm provemeat In the water supply ttiere Is more chance that the flames a be driven back. Per a few minutes today the Dally klssonHan't reporter st Walace had a wire. He summarised the situation as fallows: \ f |? "Thirteen lived have been lost; property loss one million; Are still threatening." , Elsewhere In the fire sone the situ ation has (one from bad to worse. The moot serious aoddent is reported from the 8t Joe cotfntiy. where 180 mon engaged In the forestry ser vice 41 re missing and It Is feared the> have been, burned: .When the Ore approached the camp where there are 200 men. two of tbp fighters took a horse, and. riding the animal to death reached another camp and or dered a rescne which pene trated the Are at Bind Creek. Eighteen of the men were found in the Water where they had gone for safety and they wecfr unhurmed. Of the remainder, no word has been received: $ Mtosoula. Mont-. August -51.? Camas Prairie, a farming valley In the Blackfoot country is the scene of a serious conflagration tonight. A courier arrived*here tonight with an tppeal for aid. Worn Bffnnef fifty men were sent to help the farmers and fifty more are going frkm Mis soula. %e atarotehl NLDT.MHRDLUPJ The last Northern pacific train brought information that the town of Saltese had caught fire before the train left. From all directions come reports of leaths In the flames but they are not authentic and It Is believed there have not been many fatalities. The latest word from Wallace con firms the report that half the city U tafe. A telephone message from St. Re tela, received In MlssovU at 10:30 o'clock tonight, says the fire swept down Mullen ^ulch tonight and sot off the town? of Deborgla and Henri reaon. 0t. ReRla la threatened; the flre at 10 o'clock Is only a mile from town sad la approach tag rapidly. -f There hare been twenty deaths In the Area In the hills around Wallace, tcording to the foresty service bulle tins, but no names are siren. Fires that hare swept around the city -of Wallace aro now working heir way on Caynon Creek toward Burke and eastward toward Mullen bur are not near enough to these towns to canae alarm. Much of the wide-spread imteest now shown throughout the country In the d?re!opment of our afeterwayi, Is tcaMMtte to the work of education which bM beeb carried on by the National Rivers and Harbors Con grass. which represents the most ad vanced thought on this very import ant ?ubject ? ' CONTENTMENT. Contentment it the .urn total of human happin?* During the whole prograa of human Ho the principal material of cur comfort or unearineas lie within ourhhrea. If the cOTtioui or could hare more wealth and honor and be preserved from enemies end infinities. if they c<*ld have per petual youth given them, dill tW would he resdoss and unhappy. To good penow the fade they have ? under a Uesong, and therefore, be 'iag Lfilill with it. they ale happy. CONSTANCY. u genuine h social VESSEL Oil ROCKS Eighteen Lives Lost in Disaster to British Cruiser VESSEL IS WATERLOGGED Ch<- HadfortI W? l'n<lrnt?l?ii S|??.l Ttlals Whfh the Arclde?t Occur red and Mas Oolng at Full 8|m*nI. All the Surviving <>Sk*i* n*kl Me** Are Taken Off. London. A.ug. 22.?Eighteen llvee* were lost when the cruiser Bedford ran ashore on the southwest coajl of Quelpart Island. In the Yellow 8ea off Korea, today. The extent of the disaster was announced today by the admiralty. The Bedford was undergoltlfc speed trials when the accident occurred. She crashed Into the Samarang Rocks when gdlng full speed, accord lac to the official cablegrams re ceived In London. Japanese war vessels today reached her. but adverse weather made another attempt to aid her hasardous. The meagre details given out here Indicate that the vessel was held up by the rocks. The Bedford's displacement Is ?,800 tons, and she is 440 feet along the water line, with a beam ot 66 and a draught of 241-2. Her arma ment consists of 14 i-lnch guns. 10 12-pounders. and smeller guns. She also hss two submerged torpedo tubes, snd Is heavily armored. The largest vessel 0f her clasn in the British navy, she was built In *1900-03 at Fairfield, being one of the seven cruisers of the "County type, being named after English counties. I She has been remarkable for her | ?peril, her Belleville hollers giving her n record of 24-8 knots. 1 A dispatch received this afternoon I says that all the surviving officers ! and men have been taken off. There I Is no chance to save the vessel which Is waterlogged. Most of the victims were stokers, who were trapped far below the wa ter level when the sea ruxhed Into the stokehold of the Bedford. J NEW PRESIDENT The Insnrgents Now in Charge in Nicaragua ESTRADA WEARING TITLE The Kntlrc (Government of Xlmitfun Now In the Hand* of the insur gents. There in Much Robing and IMIIaging. Madriz Turns Presi dency (Her to KMrada. San Juan Del Sur. Nicaragua, Aug. 22.?With riot ana panic, the entire government of Nicaragua has been thrown Into the hands of the Insur gent*. Last night Jose Dolores Rutrada. on whom President Madrlz conferred his toga. In tur nsurreadered his title of a few hours t0 President Estrada, his brother, leader of the Insurgent*. The transfer of the presidency was made in the hope that the announce ment would serve to quiet the mobs who wern taking advantage of the near approach of the victorious reb els to the capital, to pillage homes and destroy property. Americans are being hooted In the streets of the capital. Marines from the gunboats Yorktown and Yicksburg are ready at the word from Washington to make the march across country from tCorlnto to Ma nagua. v The war Is now believed to be over as far as farther hostilities between Estrada's army and the remnants of the troop? which once fought for Ze laya are concerned. Blamad the Last On*. A mm. who from all appearances > had dined well, but no^wtsely, boaght ! a ticket at the box office of a theater whet* a farce was being produced In 'German. The man aettled comfortably back In hla sear, smiling at the pretty I stage setting and evidently prepared to enjoy an evening of pleaaant diver jalop. After a time be began to look worrfe^ and leaned forward In his ."Strangest thing ever sperlenced." be mattered. ' - B A few minutes later be left the thea ter. AC the door the ticket taker of fered him a return. -Nope; don't want It," be aald as be brushed It aside. "Qoena that Inst drink went to my heed. Can't x n blamed thin I'm gotn' home 10 THE BESTSHOWING Columbus, Indiana, is the Center of Population TEXAS THE MOST INCREASE ('"lumhuN, India1*** Knjoyn Til tiiution. Ae*a? Will 1>? ShonioK i" The Month is ^lie >!?>?*t ' . ^lui sec tion. ?}' Washington, Aug 22.?Columbu?. Indiana, Is the center of population. It probably will continue to be In the vicinity of that mark after the full developments of the Thirteenth cen sus become known, unless esti mates of the census bureau officials fail. The returns received to date Indicate a fairly even growth In all directions form the present central point, the result of vrhlth roust be t0 leave the point In Its present gen eral neighborhood. Of all the Southern 8tates. Texas will make the best showing In In creased population, but Georgia also will manifest a vehy creditable gowth as will the two Carolina*. The 8outh will continue to be the most American section in that It will show the presence or fewer Immi grants from arboad than any other portion of the Union. thb rilni> OIM-HKSTKA. ..Those who attended the Gaiety Theatre last evening were delighted with the music rendered by the blind quartette. Both their vocal and In strumental music was of high order and received spontaneous applause from the large number in attendance. Three of the quartette are blind, ahving been educated ct the State Institution for the blind at Raleigh. They are natives of High Point. Profesor H. G. Easle.v is the pi anist; Robert Johnson, cornetis: ' Cboster Johnson, clalronet and Cal. E. Frederick, drum. They wll be at the Gaiety for the 1 coming month. This will be pleasing j news to the patrons of this popular place of amuseipent. .Misses Pearl and Julia Rowe, of Tarbojo. are visiting their aunt, Mrs. T. C. Carrowan on East Second street. J Miss Olive Woodard has returned I to her home after a visit to Miss Goldie Ricks. % Rev. a. McCullan Is in the city. ? ? Misses Hattle Hcmby and "Annie Jones have returned home from Bal timore and other northern cities. ? ? ? Mr. M. B- Wilkinson, of Aurora. Is In the city today on his way home from a pleasure trip to Washington City. Norfolk, Ocean View. Virglaia Beach. Belhaven and other points of Interest. IS IMPROVING. The many friends of Mr. Guw Wes ton will be glad to learn that he is rapidly Improving. CAN FOLD When the ladles crowd roar ?tore. When they com* In double Ale. ThronUm through your open door. Seeking bargains worth their ' W9KEI Which iber reed about before. Don't you theri ? Feel awful glad Yc KOREA IS ANNEXED The Romatic "Hermit King dom" Loses its Idenity DYNASTY OF 518 YEARS .111 tile Henit* of the 8e*en llratirhos "of ltclKnlnK Fuml'y Will ill' Malle lVnroa of tlx- Juiwnce Kingdom TM>re MIUi"n People ill? to ? Tolclo. Aug. 21.?Within * week the "Hermit Kingdom" and the Em pire of Korea will becomo historical terms, twelve millions of people #ill be added to the population of Japan and territory as large as England will become part of the Japanese Em peror's dominion. The treaty of porta south which settled the war between Japan and Russia provides that Japan shall have the "guidance, protection and control" of Korea and the last stage of this agreement la now be coming an actuality after three years of experimenting to discover a practi cal method for conserving the na tional entity of the Korean penln aula. The Privy Council of Japan today was summoned to meet at 10:10 o'clock tomorrow morning and this is regarded by well-Informed persons as practically the signal to complete the negotiations between Lieutenant General Jerauchl. the Japanese resi dent general In Korea, snd the Em peror of Koroa and his cabinet, which have continued for a full week. While the negotiation are shroud ed In absolute official sll#nre. there no ?>nger can be any doubt that the Korean Kmi>er?r ha- agreed to sign a convention by which. In view 0f the untenable conditions pertaiuing, ?' he and his government and people con sent to the absolute control of Korea by tho Emperor and government of jJajvau. ? Tonight extra editions of the news-. Ipapers say the convention already ha? been signed, but whether or not this |be st> soip?' announcement Is expect ?# oslirtly after the m. ctlng tomor row of the Privy Conucll. This pro clamation of annexation unless all th* prognostications of well-Informed I persons are Incorrect. . The Y! dynasty Ju Korea has Usted for 51S years, seven branches of the family remain, and the heads of these will be given rank as princes. A number of other Korean officials will be elevated*to the Japanese no bility. Throughout the negotiations the mass of ,the Koreans have been kept in entire Ignorance of what has been transpiring. The newpaper censor ship i8 complete and Japanese news papers have not been permitted to be sold in Korea. it is not believed, however, that annexation by Japan will involve dis turbances In any Bcctlon of Korea, which Is thoroughly policed. THE DAILY NEWS ADVERTISE IN THE DAILY NEWS Get Your JOB WORK AT THE DAILY NEWS ? Wedding Invitations, Vis iting Cards and Station ery, all Engraved. Call at the Daily News Office