North Carolina Newspapers

it - A- 3- v"t VOL. I, BESSEIVIER CITY; N. CFRIDAy; SEPTEMBER 6; 192; r S: DISASTROUS IVRECIC ON LAKE SHORE ROAD - -- SIX KILUED AND TWENTY-FOUR IN J U RED WHEN TRAIN LEFT THE RAILS, f - ? ' WASHOUT CAUSE OF WRECK Train Wat Running 30 Mlfei an Hour Genera! Manager of Road and Family Were ; in Private Car But Were Not Injured, ' v 3reen Bay, Wis.::7-On6 passenger and five trainmen wee killed, three other, persons were seriously - injured ? and--twenty-one ?were slightly j hurt when train No. 112 on the Lake Shore divis ion of the" Chicago C & ; Northwestern Railway, , running 30 miles an "hour, was derailed two miles north of Dynd hurst, Wis., as the result of a washout caused by a cloudburst. The locomo tive, mail car," baggage car,: smoker and a day coach left the track" and 'all but the day coach 1 turned brer. '.. i ": : The dead: : WV S.' CalWhajShawano Wis.; John Jones engineer,' Green Bay, Wis.; C. B.: Musbey conductor, Milwaukee George "Marx, brakeman, Milwaukee; Carroll Bennett,, baggage man Antigo, Wis.; fStewart Sbel 3on, express messenger, Milwaukee. The seriously, injured are;; George Hammerbecker, ' Chicago, head . - and arm bruised; M. Pusoyink, Ironwood, Mich., internally injured; Alex. Choel les, mail clerk. They may die.' Both' -were removed to -a. hospital at Green lne zl other passengers who were slightly cut and bruised, 'had their wounds dressed - at JLyndhurst, ,Wis., and proceeded to Milwaukee and "Chi cago. ' " Alex Choelles, a mail clerk, was pin ned under the debris . for, five hours, before it was possible: to release him. Both hips were broken and he was otherwise injured. It ' is probably hc will die. . : " - :'..'-:" - i . General Manager Cantillon of - the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad was in his private car with his family, Ib'ut they escaped injury. He directed the rescue of the injured. ? : - Startling Waste of Coal. Washington. Of a production of 500,000,000 tons of coal in the United -States in the last year 250,000,000 tons; were either wasted or left under ground, probably unfit for future use, acpording to a statement by Dr. Jos eph A. Holmes, director of - the United States Bureau of Mines. In addition to this startling waste, Dr. Holmes de clared that users of coal, : through faulty methods, derived only about 10 per cent of its energy from the coal "used. Furthermore, he added, the Joss by waste in other minerals, such a.s zinc, nitrogan, potash, sulphur and natural gas, would reach into the hun dreds of millions of dollars annually,.: Army, Effective 'Ightlng "Force. ; , Washington. Reports thus - far re ceived b officers -of the War rDepart ment onhe recent cduntry-wide armyv maneuvers indicate that tho militia establishment of the nation is more enthusiastic and of greater' force than lias been the case sinee 189& when the 4 -war with Spain aroused thV; citizen soldiery. The . regular: army, Judged by the same maSeouyers, is regarded as a more effective fighting force "be fore the Texas " mobilization and its participation with the mlitia in man euver camps. , j - ' School House In Campaign. -New, York. The little red school house in - every . hamlet and .. town la the state will figure in the campaign , in this and future years if a move ment started by the Progressive and Democratic parties bears fruit. Gov. rWjfison in his speeches bas advocated thes of school houses for -political gatherings and William H. r Hptchkiss of the-Progressive .party announced that io will ask the chairman-of - all other 'houses in this and other .cities for meetings v and -also , as - polling; places on election day. ::: r - HaveAppealed For-Help; Managua, ; NicaraguaCDelayed in transmission.) Mangua, Granada , and. Masay a are still beleaguered and the inhabitants of - the' two latter towns must be nearing the point of starva tion. In a letter which was smuggled out of Granada, a woman writes to her' husband here begging i that food" be got through to the "toShe 'reports: conditions in" Granadaf as terrible.; There is, however, no prospect I of sending food to the Infested towns un til the American marines ppen, the UMD OF THE LONG LEAP PINE Short Paragraphs of State News That Have Been Gottefi TogetHee With i Care by the Editof. CIayton.The firstj new bale of cot ton in this section was brought In by B.x-H. Spencep a tenant .with re. W Horne.- It graded good, middling and sold for 15.15.x -r ' ; Salisbury. A: good roads conven tion has been' called, by. Chairman J. W. Peeler, of the- Rowan county ood roads association, to be held at Rock well September. 7th.r Payetteville-Judge 'Stephen "C. Bra Raw convened a one-week ' term of Cumberland superior court for the trial of criminal cases here: An ex traordinarily heavy docket is to be tried, consisting of 1Z2 "cases. ' . Henderson. A;VH. Hoyle : came Into Henderson; - loaded :his two-horse wa gon with terra' cotta1 pipe, and started for , his -country home. J The v horse" ran Hway and he was thrown" out and crushed to death. r Raleigh.The state , department " of agriculture estimate that : the condi tion. of cotton has declined during the past ten days something like 15 per Cent, from 85 to 80 per cent. , This' 80 per cent status Is applied also to corn and other, crops. ''uiSTt " Salisbury. Effective , September. 1st passenger ; train No. 21, between Sal isbury and : Norwood, - which : - leaves Salisbury at 9:20 a. m., will go by way ot; Whitney.. This change is made in the interest of - improved service and to accommodate ithe large number of citizens now gathering t Whitney. Spencer, Senator - JLiee S.: Overman accepted-an. invitation to speak ; in Spencer on Xabor Day. This will be his - first - appearance 4n- public: since leaving7 the. senate chamber at Wash ington.' 'Among" the 'other sspeakers " for: the day will be State Treasurer R. Mount Airy. The meeting 'of the farmers vunion here ras attended, by a goodly number of the leading farm- ers. r " The organization ! has Lfully j de termined to operate a dry prizery at this place Some of the members are of the , opinion thatit-m to- continue the warehouse , also, but this will be decided later. . . - Washington. A census " bureau re port issued 'Shows that the mulatto blood in North Carolina has increas ed as follows: From 9.6 per cent of the negro population In 1870 to 13.8 in 1890 and to 20.7 per cent in 1910, showing a ; gain - in 40 years of 11.1 per- cent. The -gain in. ' the United States in that time has been but, 8.9 per cent. '' '' ' . .. I -in r ww r -sv large wooa worsiea -mxua uw iiaw-Fayetteville-Capt Zp-t sreiJe one o fgSm Involved inthe Set2 cthe; ..(unt ' vho ffM summoned to ap agricultural society, .has. reaie peaAefore thegrand jury; committed that position and has been succeeded, lcIdo rIli -Andover. "The ;announce by. John B. Tmtaghast, .fonner secref : ment -f; u8 Wcide stated that ..the tary of the fair association. . It is be- warf- unknown! In view of the ing said that Captain Smith, who is fact that. he was one of the men un joint secretary of the agricultural so- i der investigaUon and was 'also binder ciety and the . FayettevUle ; chamber . gunimons to testify,-it-is stated that of . commerce, is also contemplating ; nls guicWe was due to the present in resigning from .the' latter office.; : ; j vestigation. ' . ; v .'V-' ' Raleigh.7 At the request of the judges' intefcested - Governor Kitchin has issued special commissions where by there will be exchanges of courts so that Judge X L Webb will hold, Gaston county; court. September 9, Mecklenburg court September 23, No vember 25, and December 2, and : Lin coln court December 19. Judge Dan iels will hold Bertie court September Warren September 16 and Halifax November 25. " , :f Greenville. Helen, the 8-year-olJ daughter of Jesse Bridges a well known Tanner living six miles from the city, was instantly, killed when she ! was run over by a motorcycle , ridden by Ford Cox of . Traveler's Rest. The child was crossing . the road and evidently did not see or hear the approaching-motorcycle, mr, uox dismounted and -went back to assist the little girl but she was dead when the dynamite was conceived and prac he reached her.'-''.; -.': i A - v - .tlcaHy carried out in -Boston" and the Raleigh. Charters -Were ; issued to the Chadbourne Cotton Mills - Com- pany of Chadbourne, Columbus coun- ' - . . - - . - ty. capital -125,000 -s authorized ana $20,000 subscribed by D. S. , Whitted, . v . ; - . . -. . . E. J. Hart. C R. Linehart ana numr bers of others, for" a general cotton milling , business, and x to the - Held Lumber Company 'of Hickory; capital $25,000 authorized, and $2,500 sub scribed byv E. Held, S. R. Morrison and 'H.-S. .'mith.V4l5 t&ft Fay etteville. The first of the-blind .tiger cases .'arising from the whole sale arrests of no tax; dealers, dur ing the firemen's convention here, was disposed of hi the superior court when 5. L. Haywood," was acquitted by, a -v; Spencer.-r-The Republicans of Spen-, cer ; held . their "precinct primary and named, the following delegates": to the Rowan county Republican ponvention to be held In Salisbury August; Zli-t. J. Rosemond,ST. H,- Gobbel and; J. li; Dorsett.' The "alternates ;; riamedht by; the primary are : ? " A: J..: Broad, T?" Holt and J. P. Qroweil. I . : .-.-5 , : : . : . .- t .. . - t v. T .. . . . -v-'"'. .". - - ' I. - - - ' - ' ' - ' ' ' '. -1 " " 1 . l " 11 ' ' i. ,i i . IT IVASNTpfrAIRSHIP - Builder "of Lawrence Plants Kills SeltVhen Court Ca ' c cMe'ATihil ". V jiibcilfc , trioA l lUrt , A I, . Um t flU t Pimlnent -Men: Subpoenaed by vBo; ton - Grand Jury rnveatigating : Charge of 1 Conspiracy to" ' . . Plant Explosive. Boston.--A sensation was rsprung at ' the court house when it leaked out "that . District Attorney Pelletier h'd - caused the grand Jury to investigate 'a charge of "conspiracy against big mill : men in 'Lawrence in connection with : the planting of dynamite in that city " at the time of the big strike, j ; Ernest W. PiCEiam, who ' built the .. Among thosez.summoned.to appear before the Suffolk grandJury in con nection ,wlth the dynamite' plots at Lawrence were seven of the most prominent residents. Just what they know, about the .charges is not known j at present and nobody can be found who would venture to give an inkling as regards their testimony. ..- , Those who testified were L.ouis a. Cox,- postmaster at Lawrence ; George E. Kundhardt, treasu-er of the- Kund- George hardt mills ; I ver S jostron, treasurer. of the United States Worsted Mills;. Fred C. McDuffie, treasurer of the Everett Mills; Charles Wolcott, treas urer of th Atlantic Mills, and John J. Breen. - v John J, Breen was arrested for nlantine the' exnhosive. He did not :. fthe stand at his trial and was- fined $500. .; District Attorney Jr'eiiewer iMrnPil that the conspiracy to plant ' investigation by the grand jury relates to that conspiracy. . - - i cae. purpose : V ni.mDfI Vivttto -mill mfln It cc" ; ' w- viwf- nna Y,ir ra finer niiblic omnion- v.v" r--z -, Hostile ; to ; them by the use. of dyna mite. i'Jh:'"ik rA--Sr---H:A : .It is said that he men Involved in the conspiracy figured that if dyna mite" could be traced to those intf-. ested in the I strike .; public opinion would favor the owners and be inimi- f cal to the operatives,, with the result tat the strike would.be crushed and the labor organization injured. r ? K I LLS FATH E R TO SAVE M OTHER Boyi Says .Blow Was Struck InlHer ; VIneland, N.J. Henry: Garton, 21 years bid, of this place, stabbed his father,-' Edward ;R- Garton, tO; death with a potato paring knife. ; He gave himself up four' hours after the :kill- ing, "telling the' police that he had struck . In self-defense while ngnung to save, his mother. 1 - JHYKAiaiTWll BOOTffiSf U1RAIS BY MILL OWNERS ; SOLEm SCENE llvationJChiefHHasrtGreatest ' f5 Burial -Service. --x:' ten. --&4Hi 4.. HIGH J PITCH : OF EMOTION MourningrCongregationr ;ln TTears --Children's Chorus ' Breaks ? , Down When Called to Sing. '. : London. Funeral services over .the founder of the Salvation Army, Gen. .William Booth, were held in Olympla, -in accordance with the , traditions of that ,' organization, without pomp or symbols of mourning, but -with a most moving fervor."and impressiveness.- Thirty-four .thousand people partici pated in the servicp.i Nearly half wore the blue coats and red jerseys or bon nets with i red - ribbon so familiar on the streets of cities in many coun tries. . v- --v '. . v-.-; The body of the late General in a plain -"pine coffin rested high on a white .catafalque in front of the big platform across the end ; of .the vhall, where all the chief officers of the or ganization1; were z? seated, and where forty bands were massed. The crim son flag of-the army "of fire and blood," . which- the.. General unfurled on- Mount Calvary,, was planted "above the coffin. x A bank of flowers com posed of the tributes sent by. mem bers of royalty and - many societies was behind it. . Flags of various na tions in which the Commander-in-Chief had waged campaigns and the standards of the older divisions of the army were arrayed in front of the platform. ; '--.X - ' - ' These and more Salvation Army flags in the, galleries, each tipped with white : ribbons, . afid twenty portraits of the evangelist, surmounted I with green laurel wreaths, : with a broad, orange ribbon connecting them, were the only ' decorative effects. , '-'XA Bramwell Booth, the late General's son, who. has been .made. his successor," wept at his father's ; coffin. Up to that.moment heThad borne his grief in silence. : '.Commissioner Adelaide Cox offereanrimressive prayer, Jn which she said: "Lord, we do not want to disappoint Thee r help us "to save the world." - ' ?: f -. j-.. ;.-' 'A. XA -yAA The service itself was ; not only a memorial, but a mammoth meeting of prayer and -praise. No other congre gation comparable with it was ever seen in London, if in the - world,: save at the funeral of " the General's -wife,' held .in the same hall 22 years agof -ftThe most solemn moments of .thes long" ceremony were' when the" coffin was borne - along" the middle : of -the hall to the music Of tho Dead March in "Saul:". A small procession, repre f senting many branches of the army's : activity; made up of men and women; and . detachment, of officers from the foreign branches carrying8 the flags of their respective countries, " preceded it. Immediately before the- body a brigadier bore aloft the crfmson flag which the ; General raised at Jerusa- lem,-and under which he died at Had leyWood.5FoI16wrng:lt"inarched cers ? fpoin Sweden, Cermany, ' the United States switzeriano, . canaaa France, Denmark, Norway; India and Australia-W NEW PARCELS? POSlvSYSTEtl Hitchcock Rushes Work to Take Over Small Express Business; STARTS OPERATIONS JAN. 1 Names' ConVmlttee ; to Prepare t-and - Classify -ArticlesNew.i Equip- . ment to Be ProvidedStamps . ' to Be Detigned. rWashington. After several - days conference witi officerrinJ charge of the1 sieral branches of the - postal servicePostmaster-GenerarHltchcock announced that the department wiU be in readiness byJanuary 1 next; the date prescribed by Congress, to; put intov general ; operation the - "parcels posts system authorized in the postal appropriation bil that --became , law ast Saturday. ""V" :y The postal t express business,- , that must be organized in 'so'short a period, will notpnly -cover ln?its ramifications all - systems , of transportation now utilized by private express companies,, but will be extended also to more than a million miles of rural delivery andi star route. srYice. 7 " r f;This; means tiiat the work of organi zation - must, be pushed forward with gat speetRrstdf alla classlfica-1 tionof "the articles "thatcan be ao cepted for transportation must be pre pared. ;The law ;'admits;2t6 the. mails practically all kinds of merchandise thaticanbe safel trahsporteainclud ing -products f or the farm and- garden as well 'as factory . products, provided such"artlc3tef 3d(y.igb:;over:leven pounds nor exceed - seventy-two -Inches . r' '- .-t s i' ....- -ij,-. ?r.. u-'v. in combined length and jh.; ;; ;,, The mode of: packing"; mus be care fully prescribed Tbef peaeht.;eo.uIp ment of th mail serVlce is not adapt ed . to ' thercarriage' of such. merchan-. dise and thereforje new Jequipment must beprovlded. H 'iXX-X:A-A--:A -Special-inBantfmtist-b6arTanged lor the carriage of fragile: articles. It is probable ;, that hampers . similar - to those used abroad ..will be employed extensively in handling parcels pOst mail. - The "style, size of material of such hampers and of other necessary equipment must be, determined and advertisements issued for their .pur chase. -A Ax,: A-AAAXAA'AA tA The law . provides that postage on all parcels : shall- be prepaid by affix ing , distinctive stamps. -. This will ne cessitate th"manufactur&(of at-least a dozen , denominations of -: special stamps ranging from one cent to t. The designing , of these stamps is un der way and the plates for , their rprinting will be promptly engraved. ; -The law provides indemnification for lost, or damaged' articles ,and since many of the articles to be carried will be of a fragile nature or readily, per ishable,1 the question of indemnity is one for careful regulation, - .: Above four ounces rates are by the pound or fraction thereof, and varying with distance as follows: - . , - T - Eachaddi- , ' irst tional 11 . lb. lb. lbs. lb. - .01 .03 .04 - .05 "".06 , .07 .02 . .10 r.12 Rural route aud city delivery. . .&5 50 mile. zone. .. . .05 -150 mile zone . . . .06. 300 mile zbne.,. .07 600 mile zpne. .08 1000 mile kone. . .09 1400 mile kone. . .10 -1800 mile zone . . .11 -Over 1800 miles. .12 .15 ' .35 .46 .57 .68 .79 1.00 1.11 1.32 COMMISSION FOR NEW ORLEANS. Louisiana's i Metro polia Votes Over c wheiminglyfor New Order, r V New Qrleans. A Tommission form of government, including the right of initiative and Freferenium, was adopt ed 'at 'special election here 23,900 for and 2,119 against. ". .. X In November constitutional amendment will be "voted on, the car rying of which -will mean that " the right of recall will also be made a feature of the commission form of government.' v' 'S'fl Vs . :; . J-'XA- ' - Under the city's new governmental system the j executive and legislative powers will be lodged in a mayor and four commission councilmen. '. .J- DIES TO .GET A REST. Man, Deprived . of Vacations Commits : . ? : Suicide inEast Orange. , ' g feast. Orange, rN. f JWhile'; prepar ing breakfast at her home. No. 23 Lin-, wood place, Mrs. Herman J. Kuster eard a pistol shot. . S went jip- stairs and found her husband dead, on hisbed" wlthV; a ' self-inflicted ? revolver wound in the right side of his head. - " 'Kuster rwas . forty-eight years ;' old and manager for a tailoring Establish ment in Fulton street, lanhattan.c He shot; himself. .because;' he had " not had a vacation In"eight years and had -no prospect cf getting one; " i 'r;' ItJDICT HEAD OF UOOLEtJ TElUSlt V. M, Vood Charged with Dynsr mite Conspiracy at Lawrcr.c: WORLD'S BIG TEXTILE KIH t Charaed with Conspiring to, Ptserc Lawrence 8trlkeriSurrender " ; . and Gives Cash Bail In the ' t - ' , 'Sum of 43,000. ' o Boston. There was 'an astounding , outcome of ' the great strike of nSX operatives at.'Lawrence, Mass., wUcli. lasted from January 12 until Marc2' 14 lastr alarmed the country anfl brought the , workers and - militia fas sanguinary collision; WUliam M. . Wood; president of the) American i Woolen Company,' snrrea-. ; dered himself here on learning he had been indieted' for conspiracy. i: . .r Mr. Wood is accused of plotting ta -"plant? dynamite la at least threei places atXawrence so as "to dlscred2s the labor unions. - ; : -V-.rr' " It is charged ; that ; he and others J planned to conceal the. deadly; explo sive and then tcT betray ' Its hiding places to - the police' so' as to create) the impression that the strikers pro-' posed " ton destroy some of tho mffls : from which they had walked .ont.-r--y. Joined In the indictment with Woool ? and the man alluded to is Dennis Col- lins, a Cambridge ." dog f ancier. Th ; ; latter ' is also charged with', placing the dynamite on a Boston : and Mafix ; passenger', car for illegal tr'ahsportac tion. He Is In Jafl in default Of balL tit is charged that the men-Indicted conspired with Ernest W. Pitman and j;: Breen to place the dynamite) on thev premises of the- Syrian' operas tlvesi The Syrians,' if convicted could have -been given ten years;: in 'prison. ; ; Their - Innocence was established and i they were'discharged.?;'--;;;;; ;. . iTjmaxImuni pemiity; f or; tJcoiir spiracy charge against the present a' -? fendants Is' three years in the'Honsei r, of Correction for each offense or a to- -:' , . tal on the "six . counts of - eighteen . ' years. - ;. ' . . ' The first public knowledge that th 'A. Suffolk county authorities had - taken . ; action ; in connection ' with the Xavr rence dynamite case came last Tues- r day. Several officials of th La'wrenc .; . ; mills, with : head offices in this cltyi' ; were summoned to give testimony. ; X.A On the same day. Ernest W Pltmaav AA a 1 contractor" afid builder, -who .coptr. .; .. structed the. Wood .Worsted Mills - !. the - American ' Woolen" Company at Lawrence committed -.- suicide ax sls :::. home in AndoyerTby shooting. . . ' ;-' The American. Woolen Company 1. -A one of ; the greatest manufacturine -A.' a concerns in the country. MJs capital- : . ; Ized at $75,000;000fc has : thlrty-three. ; mills In New England and New Tork sd employs . 35,000 operatives when all Its machinery Is moving. . Fifteen" thousand of these are at Lawrences where the cojnpany bore. the brunt oS . .; the strike '. . - .AAjAA '' President Wood," now forty-seven i..' years - old, was . born - in Edgartown :j, Martha's Vineyard, of , Azorean Porta- ! guese parents ;..-; " :y Mr:'WpodvmkrrIed a" daughter ot.'.'--rD. Frederick 'Ay er. . . , ' ; : V - v AA STEEL' MEN 8EE WOBKEB DIE. Farreil and Inspecting Party Horrified - by Accident-at Steel Plant. . Steubenville, Ohio. President Jame Farreil of the United States Steel ? Corporation witnessed one- practical but tragic phase of steel - making which President- Alva C. Dinkey o the Carnegie Steel Company and thirty; -; other officials had not expected .to seei when they started on Jhepresent trinV: of inspection of the plants' of ; the) Steel Trust. A mill worker came to violent death as the;party looked on ; .; powerless to extend aid."--' ;;;.; ..i ;- ' The " dead man ; was Joseph ByenC aged 25-years, an assistant roller. - Hei , was drawn intb s set of 18-inch rollav' and ' several "of ,thef party , turned falnfc T at the sight.'- Byers's body was slowly '' flattened out to. the 'thickness of !tha structural shapes he had been guidin5 . through. the rolls v .' - .,' ; . ;K t . , . . SEVEN BURNED TO DEATH. Mother and Six Children Trappedr fc Rooms' Above Bakery. : : ; .. Newark N. J. A. mother and i ' six of her seven children were burned to ; death in a fire which destroyed th bakery and four living rooms above oC Emilio Barbara-on 'Freeman .street Kingsland, N. X V. ;; i : ; : A :. ' ; The dead are: ' Mrsl Rose ; Barfcr i, aged 35 ; Lillian, aged 12 ; 'Antpni aged 11 ; . TiphellL aged 9t Susie, aged 6 ; ; James, "aged 3 y Francis,: aged - e ; months.;-'.",,,' AA Ar '; VXsAA;iAX ' -The father attempted v suicide when.; he Tearned of his family'sfate. . Along with ithe Joss of the family he lost ; gold watch, $50 in bills, a check foe, $7.: and forty-five barrels of flour. AiS. 'A 1 I-" railroad. v , ;:5- i--- Vy ' ' .?.;.. - ';".V:fri;-i:.' V 4