North Carolina Newspapers

1 'i-'!Jiii--Li..-'",V-.-;. r 'A:.'A?:..:rVis; - ' v rl -"Jfr-- iT-?"- "!V."..;Jr".: .-f V...- - - ;v . ... 1lled in panic 1 costs; Spo IfiMpiliiii CRY OF "FIRE" CAItfifrn a tu . nwgn L FOR THE 'EXX? LITTUe' ' ONES CRUSHED. URGE NUMBER OF INJURED Operator of Machine Lost Nerve and Cried "Fire" 'When There Was No Reason. BHboa, -Spain. A, ; terrible vpanic -waa caused by the cry of "Fire ! M at a moTing picture show here. About fifty children and others were killed. Only one woman ; was found among tbe dead. : -The number of injured, is not known; as most of them "were taken home . by. friends. - : r v The scene of the accident is a large circus, which has been converted into a continuous cinemetograph show. As the price of admission ' was only; two cents,", the 6uilding was crowded to Jts utmost capacity,' for, the most part women and children. The operator of the machine lost his nerve when a film ignited and screamed "Fire! " He was able to extinguish the flames himself without difficulty; but the effect of his cry upon the audience was instantaneous. Almost every one in . the building sprang -up. ' Police and attendants were powerless to control the panic ctricken people and were swept away by the surging mass which sought to fight a way to the exit Scores were knocked down and trampled and many were crushed to death in the passages from' the galle ries and to the streets. ''- The disaster caused frenzied citi zens to gather outside' the building, and the authorities had great, difficul ty in .carrying on the work of rescue and -extricating the dead, and; injured from the piles of', wrecked seats. SHOWMAN IS V SHOT DEAD Jtmericus Linotype Operator Jailed- on .;:;:r" Murder.-' Charge. " Americus, Ga. Charged with first degree murder,. W. B. Biakey, a lino type operator employed in a local job printing office, was jailed for shoot ing a Greek concessionaire connected with the carnival exhibiting here. . The tragedy occurred at a late hour at night, and was witnessed by nu merous spectators. The Greek, whose name Is not known to the police, was standing upon the platform beside bis tent addressing the3 spectators when Biakey pulled his pistol and shot him through the heart. In the , prevailing excitement; Biakey escaped, but was arrested next morning. It is charged that Biakey was intoxicated, and pre vious to the shooting is said to have been boisterous in the Greek's . tent Reform Measures Carried. Helena, Mont. Returns on the ini tiative and referendum measures sub mitted to Montana voters at the re cent election make certain that the measures providing for party nomi nations for state officers by direct vote, limiting of .campaign expendi tures of candidates to 15 per cent, of the office salary for one year, provid ing for the direct election of United States senators, and' for. a presiden tial primary, all carried by a . margin of 2 to 1. . ' . . 24 Men Killed An Mine. Alais,. , France. Twenty-four ' men lost their lives when fire damp explod ed in a coal mine. The. explosion oc curred 'between shifts. x Only thirty eight men were in the mine at the time.. -Of these, fourteen were warn ed by the sudden extinction of -their lamps and managed to escape. A res cue party found twenty-one bodies. The other three are apparently in a remote part of the mine. - . ...;rsi:--. Two Men Hit by Same Bullet, ' Helena, Ark.- Milton Eix, manager of a pool room, was mortally wound ed and Charles Norman, a barber, was instantly killed at Marvell, Ark., when a bullet fired by Robert Davidson plowed through Eix :body and struck Norman. Eix died later.; The cause of the shooting could not be ascer tained. Davidson, member of a prominent family;; is nnder arrest. Foreign Trade Four Billion Dollars. Washington-Attainment of a f our-billion-dollar foreign trade by the United States an 1912 wiU . be one of the most noteworthy facts for histo rians to record at . the beginning- of the new year, m announcing the to tals of the export and Import .trade of the country for rthe ten months ending with October,ithe bureau of domestic and foreign commerce stated the foreign commerce ' would rptclx this enormous totaal by the end of December. ; Its highest former record was $3,626,000,000 to ; I ;. I f V MUCH EXPENSE ENTAILED -ON j :?? 111 I 11 1 THE PORTAI ftFBUiro nU v ill I & I II II I I'll l . " l a a . mV Hkl I I J 4 v Professor Preston, of the faculty sf Wells college, la to marry Mrs. Qrover Cleveland.''., RAID MADE Oil DOCTORS USING MAILS TO PROMOTE CRIM INAL PRACTICES IS THE CHARGE. United States Inspectors Make Ar rests in Many States Prominent Men ' involved. Washington. A nation-wide raid, involving the practically simultaneous arrests of 173 persons in the princi pal cities of the country, was made by f postof fice inspectors and " United States' marshals upon doc tors k and drug concerns ' charged ' with the mis use of the mails to solicit criminal medical practice, or to dispose of medicines and instruments connected with such practice. . .;..-; ; The raid; .'the" most cxtensivTan far-reaching ever made by any de partment of ;the government, was 'un der the personal direction 4 of 'Post master General" Hitchcock and Chief Inspector Robert's. Sharp of the post office department. So carefully had its details been guarded that until the first of the arrests were made Working with- clocklike precision, the inspection' force spread over 22 states, carried out the pre-arranged plans - and the - postof fice department has received -word tliat nearly all of the designated persons have' been ar rested. , Chief Inspector Sharp and a. large part of his force of 390 inspectors had Been engaged for seven months, un der the orders of the postmaster gen eral in working up the scores of in dividual cases in which arrests were made.- . - ., Many of those taken into custody were members of prominent whole sale and retail drug concerns, or phy? 8lcians well known in their own com munities. BRYAN KEEPS HANDS OFF Denies That He Would Confer With " Wilson About Cabinet.- Waycross, Ga. Regarding the pub lished reports from Bermuda, William Jennings Bryan denied flatly that he would go to confer with Mr. Wilsop about cabinet ofrfcers. He said: witii resrArd to the statement of Governor Wilson, -tendering me 4 place" in his cabinet, I nave aireaay answer ed that quesUon. I do not know why it should be necessary to answer some new rumor every day, The pubHe knows that Wilson has gone to Ber muda to rest and that he Is not selects Ing his cabinet They ought to Jet him do the selections and not spend the time In guessing, and If they do guess, I see no reason why I should spend my time , discussing their guesses. I have not conferred with Wilson since the election, and have never discussed wittfhim at anytime any person In connection with any of fices. I -have no intention of going to Bermuda. This answers all rumors upto date, and 1 hope I may be able to reach Miami before there is an other." ':,V ''. :. ?-' n -Dead" Husband Faces "Widow." Independence, Kans. Mrs. Eveline Stalnaker, suing the Modern Wood men lodge of Independence to force payment , of a 420,000 policy on her husband's life, was confronted by Stal naker In the district court here. The case was dismissed with the costs assessed against Mrs. Stalnaker. Mrs. Stalnaker earlier had taken the stand. She 1 said her husband was the broth er of her first husband and that when she married him he was 19 years eld and she 40. In 1904, she related, he left her and she claimed he was dead. ACCOUNT OF POLITICS., 7,000,000 P 0 U N D S IN WEIGHT Abuse ef Franking Privilege Accounts for Postal Deficit, Says Postma : .terGenerai Hitchcock. ' Washington. Political campaign material transmitted free, of postage through the mails accounted according- U postof fice ' department records, for the difference between ;a postal surplus and a - Vbstalv deficit! for the last fiscal , year ending June: 30. An account of franked? mail forwarded for congress, .the: executive - depart ments and 4 other - government'; estate lishmento; shows that postage at the ordinary, rate on this matter would have nettedj,the T government ' nearly $20!000,O00rAbout $3,2SO,000 of this would have been paid on political doc uments. . v; The- postal service in the year han dled 310,245,000 pieces . of franked mail, weighing 61,371.000' pounds? This was 3.8 per cent ? of the total weight of all domestic mail carried; F During: the presidential and . con gressional primary . campaign ; in the" last quarter of the fiscal . year as dis closed by comparison ' ' with the amounts of free matter sent, during corresponding ; periods of previous years, an '. extraordinary amount of franked matter was sent through the mails at public expense. This, matter consisted of political speeches, reports and documents of all kinds and even of lone t complete? political . cainpalgn book, , all of which . had ; beem;made technically frankable by Insertion in the Congressional Record. ; It-is com puted that the total weight lqf ; this f ranked , mattor was between 7,00,000 and iR.0QO.000 oounds.' all of - which sraa trahsB uommenung. upon luese ugures Postmaster General Hitchcock, who has, long urged that restriction should be i thrown . around, the use of the franking privilege, said: -" The unusual expense entailed upon the postal service through the , trans mission by mail of the great amount of political , matter in the primary campaign created a temporary deficit for the first time in two ;years, the total expenditures for the fiscal year of 1912 aggregating $248,525,000; while the total revenues amounted to $246, 744,000. Had it not been for the cost Of carrying franked political mail, the postal account ' would have shown a surplus of more than $1,000,000. in stead of a deficit of $1,781,000, and this surplus indicated would have been de veloped notwithstanding the fact that the compensation of postal employees was increased during the year by an aggregate of $6,000,000." SCHRANK ADJUDGED INSANE Alienists Unanimous as to Condition of Man Who Shot Roosevelt. Milwaukee, Wis. John Schrank, who shotCoL Theodore Roosevelt on the night of October 14, in Milwau kee is insane, and was ,t committed by Municipal Judge A; C. Backus to the Northern hospital for. the insane, near Oshkosh, until cured.. ; Before being led back to. jail to await prenarations for the trip vto the asylum, Schrank' said; "I had expected they would find me insane, because it was in the papers two days ago. ' I want to say now that. 1 am sane and know what I am doing all the time. I am not a luna tic and never was one. I was called upon to do a duty -and have done It. The commission has sworn away my life. Each member went upon . the stand and said I was incurably In sane. They can bury me alive if they see I , fit. I don't , care what happens now." i .- - ' Commitment was ( pronounced fol lowing the presentation of an exhaust ive report by a commission of five Alienists, in which the defendant was unanimously' adjudged insane and fol 4 lowing tlje introduction, of prima facie evidence of several witnesses. . Fund for Roads Open to :AII States. Washington. -The $500,000 ; appro priated by the, last session of - con gress for improvement of . roads will be distributed equitably among the states that I co-operate with the . Fed eral government in this work. . The question has been under discussion by the cabinet, and it has been agreed that the 'amount: shall : be. alloted among all the states: on the basis of $10,000 to each state that agrees to nnii nn its nart $20,000 of Its own funds. A -number of states twllH be able to raise the. requirea amuunu 'v.- .feS' .iv. , . - .v " ' . M I .-.. a mm James H. Moreheed Is the gov Hect of Hsorasica. jBAPTURES POUCE SrATIOtl FOR HOURS' MANIAC HOLDS PO f LICE FORCE AND THE COURT OFFI CERS AT BAY. If-. - Terror Reigned In Lot Angelese Po lice Headquarters andyin the . . City Jail. , h i. " . - , fSLos Angelese, Cal. Armed with an- infernal machine, containing enough trnamlte to destroy an entire city ; .-.:'. "v ' M ' : j ock,-a bottle of nitroglycerine and a 4alibre r bok' possesssiOn of. the Central :j?o- tv.. -r of the building and those for blocks around, panic-stricken, sought safety When Detective James Hosick knocked the man unconscious" with a leather "billy,;' ! after slipping up be- hind him, the fuse of the infernal ma- chine was automatically ignited, but Detective Samuel L. Brown grabbed the box, with its fuse sharply splut- tering, and hurled it into the street, tub. . oviv&B VL uiku uunci ujuaiuii-c Dvai" ttr&rt nvor tho navptnptit' whilA hiin. ' dreds of spectators stood apparently paralyzed by fright Through a 4 freak of .chance,' there was no explosion, and Brown continued kicking the! niTi. nn; the fuse-until he had broken the con- nection and extinguished the fire. . Manacled to a cot" in the receiving hospital the would-be dynamiter, who gave his name as Albert Henry Davis, is suffering with several severe scalp wounds; but the police surgeons say his: injuries are not serious. $142,000 Given Mission. . iLvnchbure. Va. The annual ses sion - Of the Virginia Methodist con ference, which has been in session, ended . after the anzual apointments. The last business was the report of the board of missions. ' which showed collections for the year amounting to $142,000 for home and foreign work. Of this $90,000 was raised through the charcheir ihejo remainder being ; from women's and children's work. This eclipses all missionary offerings of this conference and ; It Is said it will be the largest report in southern Methodism this year.. The conference. ineets next year "in Danville. Man Beaten to Death. Raleigh, N. C With his head bat tered up. unconscious and in a dying condition and with his . clothes satu rated in kerosene oil and his body partly cremated, P. A. High identified as a railroad employee of Durham, was found In Logan Greenes place on West Lenoir street. The man died a few hours later at Rex' hospital with out ; regaining consciousness. High wis about 30 years old and hfs mur derer, Logan Greene, negro, gave I his age as 77 years. . Terrell Buried, at Old Home. ' Greenville, Ga. The body of Joseph Meriwether Terrell, former governor and United States senator, who died 'n Atlanta, was buried in the old cem- etery here. The Interment was at tended by hundreds of Georgians who had known . and honored Mr. Terrell SET W. e.rly : manbood , and had watched his love and. interest his rise in: life. -The. funeral was , held in the Greenville Baptist church. Among the pallbeajers " and . the honorary. . escort were man VAtlantaf riends4who , ac J comnaniedv the .body rpnv.Atiania. DISTINGUISHDED MARYLANDER AFTER ' LONG ILLNESS DIES IN WASHINGTON., THE' EFFECT-OF HIS DEATH Will Be Succeeded; By a "Republican Which May Give That Party Control of "the" Senate Had : Been Sick For A Long Time. . : ': Washington; IsidotC rrRayner , of j Mamana. one or. me , leaaine jemor:. ! cratic members of the United States : . : . . .senate ana man wnose. name was- nff tn th Rkitimor ronrention v .i .minL uiuaw iur , uie - iiicBiucaiwf uuunuu.- i . . tion died here following a long illness, I V resulting from continued ' attacks ) of - ... N neuruis. , , - - , t aA.n. uo, kqi fcomi in - cnrnn. j tose state nearly a week, with , only : one or two slight rallies. His severe - illness . covered a period of about six weeks, dating from the efforts made in the Joint political debate with Bourke Cockrah at -Baltfaiore, last September. Physicians compelled .him i n MtirA' fhun. th iftiDftien imme- diately after that and he returned to : hi a WMhineton home, where he died, vnr oTor fire vears Senator Ravner : KAan a. ; anfrorAr, ' from neuritis, asjCaa, v waa . His death creates a vacancy in the Senate that probably wiU be filled by a Republican ..through' appointment of . Governor Goidsborough of Maryland, wnue me xjegisuwurj w. maw Democratic it does " nbt meet this win er and the Republican Governor's ap- Pointment will hold through, the open f ing, session of the next Congress. j . t. i sfotA. the death of Senator Rayner. ;4 i . t..,1.nA. rttm . ntt vif thp ' ntntinv fimiroa ftf the Senate.' He had been a memberf that body for almost eight years and.was one of its strongest debaters and a recognized authority on constitutional law- Before he entered the Senate he had attained a National reputation because of his vigorous conduct of the late Admiral Schley's caseibefore the Naval Court of Inquiry that invest! gated the action of Americanofficer in tho hn.tt.lA with Admiral -Cervera's ; - w . - --m - - - SDanish fleet. .Senator Rayner was , a native JBaltimore and was 62 years old. ,. " '-: 1 oi ; ; John Schrank to Asylum. Milwaukee: Wis. John Schrank whot shot Col. Roopevelt, was taken to the Northern hospital for the in sane . near Oshkosk, Judge Backus having committed him to that insti tution after a commission ' of allen ; ists had adjudged him insane. Schran has not cnangea in oemenmu sentence was pronounceu. ais u : Aaea nrnnmiTir.ed chronic Daranola - - - and probably incurable, may ; result T.- .n.nilliiff ihn remftiniler of . his iu u djw"o.. - - life in the asylum. . Cannot Rdtum First Degree Verdict Sa yZa GioyanittI, .7Z. Salem, Mass. John Ettor and Array ro GIot W vno be sent, to the electric chair if found guilty of the murder of Anna Ipizzc in the Lawrence textUe strike c be convicted of inurder in the first de gree. f Qmnn in chargingtM Jury instructed that the thecase did not warrant a fiKdegree verdt If .guilty was the vericthe said it must be in the second degree. , ; x, -M Initnln Wa8hington.-Congestion of freighl cart and the extent to which cars arc distributed from the possession of the owning lines is the subject of an In quiry begun by the interstate com merce commission. j - - . Eighteen Hurt In Collision. j .,.r:-, tt.wM M : injured in a collision-between, two su burban trolley cars near here. A heavy- snow storm prevented one .of the motormen - from stopping at a switch to let the other car'pass. , - Issues of Peace on Slender Thread. London. The anxiety manifested by the European Governments to deny reports of warlike preparations and to represent the political situation as I peaceful and satifactory in itself in dicates on how slender., a thread the issues of peace and war In .Europe .W H"! Austria, and other Powers., but from the possibility; .jthat; Ttopllowlns tne traoiuonai, poucy , oi , pronung oj. the ..embroltoent pf .,$hej areatoPwen, s-v--v-f T-r-7rrTTrT- Latest flews jf General Interest That Has , Been Collected From Many ?;f:v :r:-Townsiand. Counties. J --' ,;--.;; . " - " i,-, ' FsyettovQle.A syndicate of capi talists, headed; by A.. F. McGuire e this: city 'forwarded to Raleigh appli cation for a .charter for. a state bamtt to be established here.: ; N High PointA geheral 10 peV cent advance in furniture from manuf acfca-i rer to dealer wiU be a resiiH of a eoavj f erence held here by about 100 repre- . . , ... ..... . . , - . . ;plantrinthe England and MMdie Western1 states. t ' . inBrbaanThe mmipleted' SetUemeiti;v'. 6f Sheriff "Harward ' , shows .that : hi made an even better collection ot the county and : state taxes than the first reports indicated. He asked for onrjl i, vv wv ,-v :--f: JT k! him for collection. In other words be 4 ' ; i v - collected over 99 per cent of the total , -iiAidBvllle.--So: far tour entries hare ' . . . - . . - been made for ' the contest for the poetmasterehip hore Mr. S. F. Terry, rl T.A-'W ami "Mamm 11: It.: :, Iff AI - .1 , ssj ., B PU T mr . SnH UMira. rL. . II. v t Jk Montgomery ana John T uwver naT-r in entered. The contest promises to he lively all the. candidates bavins . friends who are warm In their rapport. , Postmaster Joyce is one of the nwUj overs- and his successor w ; mro ; ably bo appointed soon after the Bsxf. meeung oc congress. r , :- CaaMl Hill. Prof N. W.v W sjd Prot B. IT- Graaam from Soaitambvrav S. ' C- w were In attendance upon fee i ef the Soothers: Association of - .t ,. leges' and Preparatory Schools, whleS . convened in 1 Spartanburg last Weeaa Prof. Walker, state : inspector of sec ondary schools, and;: Prof. B. i;C.'V: - bers of the commission onj aecredttlms schools. ;. ; ; :.' r , 10-year-old son of Mrs. Q. F. Wise, was V A Nt while at tr of ;W. S. Durham and, with Mr. ., Jurham'a little " boy s: playing with .mall ritim. . I fttljk-Ulwvm MA- tlAl know that the rifle was loaded aa4. . cel fired and Frank was shot , atclo ; range, the ball going entirely through his leg. The little fellow; is feelinf : fairly well under the circumstances. ; Washington. It is predicted is Washington political circles v that, North Carolina will have the post ot commissioner of internal revenue in - der President-elect Wilson. This-pre' , H4tiftT la hnnerl nnnn thn fact thtt tW i position generally goes to a Southern er and that it is North Carolina's timr to have It Royal E. Caeii, a -Vto" ginian. has It now. He succeedes John' G. Capers of South Carollnis ' who succeeded John W. Yerkes of Kentucky. Kenansville. The farmers of VDay v- Iin happy over the high prices oj hacco and cotton.. -The schools an': reported to be in fine condition. ,: TTm' ; holly, dealers are out now with coa tracts to all with this beautiful eves . green to be sent to northsm citSet - . j..Aj.u.. pi.u mm ;. .1U UBlUUlHW UCVV OUVlUi A UiD VUIUI ty grow8 a great variety, of evergreent j - .a as wen as TeseutDies ana junuis. Al of these things bring in. a large dlvl -dend each year..; - y:yy.- ::-y:,'::-?- Kinston. George Pollock, : superia- Undent of the large farm .valley' phu tatlon, at Falling Creek was horribH tation, at Falling Creek was horribH ; -k. .v,u, a.-a sianerie8 of place. The blast the gins, from whJch be : determtoe4 Su-ddcnly .heets of Atme flashing oal of the machine filled theyroom. driv the ates from it V Pollock wai p so badly" in makihg his' exit Mg Ig :coigiaered gerOUS. i . j"';"v". ' s,C 'v'il.,-- ' Ralei?h.-The local 0000,01' entertainment headed by ,Mr.; J. , 11 . Templeton, of Cary, has completed tb4 , Ps .8,e"lon of North Carolma Farmers JJnion, whicj . f8ioa torium here December 10:11 and 12, ' with Dr. H. Q. Aleder as president, presiding, .i President Cbas.t S. 'Bar- re ii, Oi mo iauuisu jrarjuerBL uutwi is to attend and will deliver, one oi more addresses. There will also bs a special address - by Editor Clarence Poe-of the Progressive Farmer. - Raleigh. A charter was issued f oi the Ridgeview Hosiery Mills Company of Newton. The capital is 100,000 au lt WJ?1.''' " i . " Tj- . tar -general ..knittlBCmiU j.-osl. ,-. Statesville. -A 'fire' ahum wis tarnf,"V'v -v- f ed in from U R. Bristol's cotton s;l; and when' the fire department reached f " ( the scene "a; small' fire' was .; looted , In .::j'.' ihe feed cotton house,' near the gin; u but owing tothe prompt action, of tk9--''' 7 fire department' there was very .'6lls3rt - - damage. It is thoughCthv flroTwasi..'; ( caused' by -elecWc-lIghtfWlres. $ :::v:y.,:; : V.::,.v-i -'l'". ' -!".': '4 1 y-i- .... . . J-' - , ' "v .' ; ..1 t ; '