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NEWS FROM
SOMEWHAT
' ' . v .
BUT ASHES STILL FALL
King RebuH;os Priest for Cow
ardlco In Fleeing From
Doomed City.
HIS MAJESTY HAD
( TO LEAVE HIS CAR
Matteuccl Sticks to Post In
Observatory Seemingly
Without Fear.
' (By Associated Press.)
NAPLES, April 12. While the new
front Mount Vesuvius today is reassur
Ihg, the conditions here in Naples are
such as make It difficult to realize Ilia
conditions are actually better. The
wind' Is blowing from the volcano to
ward- "Naples, carrying: the ashes In
this direction. Toward, evening th
(all of ashes and dinners here was
worse than at any time since the erup
tlon began. .......,.
The scenic effects vary from hour to
hour. Now In the north the sky
chocolate colored, lowing and heavy,
under which men and women with
their hair and clothing coveted with
asttea, move about like gray ghosts
Fort' Ban Martlno, as it towers above
the town, can only just be seen, while
Castel Dell 'Qvo Is boldly marked In
light.' seeming like silver against the
brown sky. To the south beyond the
smoke zone lies smiling, sunny PoBlli
po'and Its -peninsula, while far away
glistens the sea, a deep blue on which
the' Inlands seem to float In . the glow
of i the : netting sun. Adding to. .the
strange picture one of the French men-of-war
which arrived In the bay of
half In the glow and half obscured by
the;1 belt of falling ashes. ,
, J Observatory Surrounded.
At the observatory of Mount Ves
uvius, . where Director Matteucci 1
continuing his , work In behalf of
science and humanity, the scene is one
of great Impresslvertess. To reach the
observatory one must walk for miles
over hardened, but hot, lava, covered
..I.U Aii i . I ..
niil Vllliu. xiuill lie i:uiurg iu u puim
whence nothing can be seen but vast
gray reaches, sometimes flat and some
times gathered Into huge mounds
which take on semblances of human
faces. Above. the heavens are gray
like the earth beneath, and seem just
aSfutrdend immovable. In all this
lonely waste there Is no sign of life
or vegetation, and no sound is heard
cxecept the low tnuttcrings of the vol
cano, One seems almost Impelled tu
seretin aloud to break the horrible
stillness of a land seemingly forgotten
botb by God and man.
New Evidence.
Every day that passes gives new evidence-
of the mngnltiKc of the catas
trophe). 'today's visit of King Km
manuel b, Ultajano revealed new trag
edies. At a -certain" point his. majesty
was obliged to abandon his motor eat
and '-went' forward-on horseback amid
constant danger, his horse floundering
through four. fet . of sshts, atumblliu;
Into boles, blinded by the fall of larer
cinders and; the target' for fulling ba
salllc masses, in the presence t the
king 12 more, bodies were; extricated
from the ruins, tlie white ashes and
red sands falling as though they were
determined not to relinquish" their vic
tims. The dead at Ottajario are said
to number. 55IJ. . The king was deathly
pale. To as priest, who came to him,
he said: "Hw did you escape?"
"t put myself In safety," replied the
priest:
- "What . Uo jou mean?" asked the
king.
"Realising the danger," was the an
swer, "I had left for Nola."
Kirig Rebukes Priest.
The king flushed with anger.
"What!" he cried. "You. a minister of
God,, were not here to share the dan
ger of jrmir-people and administer the
last, sacraments? You did very wrong."
The last reports show that 243
houses have been damaged at Portirl,
195 at San Giovanni and Teducoio: ir,2
at "Resins and 1,000 at Tone del Greco.
SOUTHERN MOTORISTS' ASSOCIATION IS
FORMED AND VANDERBILT MADE TRUSTEE
, (fey Associated Prtss.) -
ATLANTIC PEAf"H Fla Arjril 1' I
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"". "I
good roads throughout the south, es- j
ptclally main trunk line from Rich-
mond to Jacksonville, met In an en-
thusiastlc aesslon here today and ter-
feeted the organisation of the South-
eTn alOTOrtsls ABSWiai iuii. 'i nn inert-
Ing was largely attended and every I
one preeent too kpart In the rtlscusslon I
of the different questions raised. I
-Little twarond perfecting the or-!
ganlsatln was accomplished, but by j Times I'nton: Hon. Clark Howell, edl
dolrrg this and with the energetic Hon. tor nf The Atlanta Constitution; J. H.
Ben L. Jones, of Macon, Ga . at the) Estill, editor of the Savannah News:
head, much tma been accomplished.
The following officers and directors
er elected:
VOLCANO IS
REASSURING
It Is Impossible to determine the ex
act number of buildings demolished at
Torre Aiinuimlutu. It Is estimated that
about ft.OUO houses lit nil have been
partly o rentirely destroyed. In 1 he
villages on the ultajano side of the
mountain all the house are damaged
At-Nola 'desolation reisnn, the place
having been almost entirely abandon
cd.
A committee has licc;t formed to col
lect funds aiu) orgaiii.e assistance for
the relief of the sufferers. It Is pre
sided uvw by the Duke of Aosta. Th'
government headed the subscription
list with HOO.OuO. The amount col
lected up to the present time is 1300,
1)00.
GOSPEL MINISTER
HANGS HIMSELF
'(By Associated Press.)
HlL,L,8B01tO, Tex., April 12 Rev.
B. A. iudgctt, for many years prom
hunt In' the Methodist inlnlstry of this
stale, warf taken Into custody here
yestenl apparently -suffering; from u
mental diruageinent and this morning
his dead body was found hanging from
a bar of the cell window, a blanket
having been used as a rope.
SLOSSON MAKES
SPLENDID SPURT
. (By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, April 12. Jacob
Schaefer df Chicago, gave a .fine ex
hibition of billiard 'tonight", defeating
Albert G. Cutler of Boston (toy a score
or 500 to 366, In the seventh game
of the world's championship 18-3 tour
nament. In the Madison Square Gar
den concert hall. He ran out the game
n 16 Innings with the high average
Jt 31 4-16, his most fruitful Inning be.
ng the fourteenth. In which he made
run of 124.
In the slowest game played so far
n the world's championship ls-2 'bll
Hard tournament, George Sloeson -de
feated Ora 'Morningsta-r today by
score of 500 to 3S8. Slosson made
plcndld spurt In the twelfth Inning.
with a rut. jf 153, the highest run of
the tournament up to date and follow
ed up with 108 In the thirteenth in
ning. THOMASVILLE IS
FIRE SUFFERER i
(By Associated Press.)
TI10MAWIU.K ., April 12.-i-Th
worst tire In the history of the city
lulled Tliouiasvrtkt toniirlit when the I
anions resort hotel, the I'mey Woods.
was burned to the ground, liiceiidlu-
rles or flying sparks fired the south I
portion of the town known hk Sandy
Uottoiu. just as tile J'incy Woods Ire I
was umh-r control. Three tilocks f
small stores were swept away. -A
The hotel loss is estimated at $6S.'
000. Other losses est! muted at $25,
WiO. II is stated that only $12,000 Insur
ance was ciniied nil the hotel.
ALPHONSO AND ENA
TOWED ON JUNE I
(By Associated Press.)
MADRID. April 12. The marriage I
of King Alfonso 'and Princess fcita. of I
Battrnberg. nai
for June 1. i Tt
who are t' kilt
arrive here llaj
Battrnberg. has been definitely fixed I
The foreign ambassadors I
tend the ceremony will
lay 28. . ;
Hon. Ben. L. Jones, president of the I
Macon Automobile Club, president.
Mr - Fran,t C. Beattle. president of the
Savannah Automobile Club, first
vice-president: Joseph Bryan, editor
of the Richmond - Times-Daspatch.
second vice-president. Mr: George!
W. Vanderbilt. of Ashevllle, N. C,
third vice-president. . Mr W. R.
nainnv, wv.m vht ,f iut?ii J( itiv t
Jacksonville Automobile and Motoi I
Boat Club, secretary. ' Mr. Edward
Inman of Atlanta. G . Hon. George I
W. Wilson. elitor of the Jacksonville!
Major J. Hemphill, editor of the I
Charleston News and Courier: . State
Attorney General Gilmer, N. C
SEN. FORAKER
HOLDS FLOOR
ALL THE DAY
Ohlot?n Urges.Favorable Con
slderatlon of His Own
Amendments.
LODGE WOULD LIMIT
POWER OF THE COURT
Tillman Says as a Peach
Grower He is Willing to
Take Chances.
WASHINGIT.ON, April 12. After a
brief speech by Mr. Latimer in sup
pott of the House railroad rate bill,
r. Koraker today took tho floor on
that measure ami consumed some time
In the discussion of the amendments
he has suggested to- the bill and then
entered upon the consideration of .the
entire question of rallroud rate reg
ulation, urging again the unconstitu
tionality of the pending bill from var
ious points of view. He was frequent
ly Interrupted by dther senators.
Mr. Lodge spoke briefly In support of
the ii rue t Ice of granting lower rates
on goods Intended for export than on
those used In domestic consumption.
Summarizing what he believed to bj
the legislative situation of the pending
measure, Mr. Latimer said:
People Want Immediate Relief.
I am lea to believe, however, from
the discussions that have taken place
here and In the House, that we will
be unable to pass the pending bill
without providing for a review by , the
courts. This being true we should
puss the bill In such form as will as
nearly a possible accomplish the de
sired! end. It is of the highest Impor
tance that we shoud enact a law at
this session of Congress. The people
are demanding' Immediate relief, and
not' being. able to secure what I believe
the conditions demand I shall vote for
the pending bill with1 such amend
ments as tend to throw safeguards
around the work of the commission.
'If the courts are to have the power
to review the findings of the commis
sion," said Mr. Latimer, "I am in fa
vor of limiting that power by denying
them the right to issue Interlocutory
orders." . , .
While Mr. Foraker was speaking Mr.
Tillman said there were still several
speeches to be mude on the bll. He
thought the last of these would be de
livered eome time next week and that
a day for voting could be agreed upon.
He sal that he would ask eome time
In advance of the final vote to be giv
en to the consideration of the bill sec
tion by section.
Will Take Chances
Mr. Tillman iTeclared that although
(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)
Th Autoist If tHis maohina's thirvt
kto it.
-T.-: :C M
DOWIB IS. NOT
TO GIVE UP
'HIS HOLDINGS
Will Not Return to Mexico but
Wage Vigorous Battle for
, - Control.
DEFAMERSMUST
i-'TAKE ALL BACK
. "; I
First Apostle Denies That He
Would Turn Zlon Over to
Mormon Church.
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, Apiil 12 -John Alexan
der Dowle wlH not giv,. up his leader
ship of the Christian Catholic church,
and return to Mexico. He will wage a
vigorous legul warfare to regain con
trol of Zlon City, and later will go to
Zlon City' and proclaim himself the
only "First Apostle."
This statement was authorized today
by Dowle himself and by the lawyers
who represent 'him."
Attorney P. C, Haley, f Kddy "Haley
& Wetten, who represent Dowle and
his counsellors, tonight said:
"We have advanced, and- will., ad
vance, only one condition: Complet
restoration of ponrer, teitiperal as well
as ecclesiastical; and a demand for an
absolute retiA-tlii nf the. laderous
statements made oy General 'overseer
W. Oletin i VAilva, and his followers
against the moral character of Dowle.
"We are preparing a bill in chancery,
petitioning the coarts to set; aside the
transfer of the property at JCfon City,
inade between General Overseer Voli
va and Deacon Alexander Granger, be
cause, the Instrument, wan abaotutelv
void.. ' Do wie revoked. VollVa's power of
attorney two days 'before th Illegal
transfer was made." , :
Dowie has secured an order from the
poeUiI department .directing , tpa - all
mall addressed to Dowle be delivered
to him In Chicago. ThlB'. it' is said,
will checkmate the general order, sent
out by Vollva ordering that no monies
be remitted to Dowle hereafter.
To a representative of the Associat
ed Press, Dowle today emphatically de
nied, tbe truth of a report to -tile-ef
fect that he had agreed secretly with
a commission f Mormon missionaries
to turn ovir to the Mormon church
Zlon, and all ni Us vast holdings. The
only possllilc basis for this story, he
explained, ".is that, some months ago
a coterie or Ainrmon missionaries ap
peared -In lite streets of Zlon ai(d dls
tribuled p.iiniihlets expounding the
do-trlnes i! M'irmonisni.
'According I" the statement of Dowle
and his i i.iinseiloi-Sj. tlirsc men 'Were
ejected fin.n tho city.
inarsssss. h world's suooly f aaselin
REP. COCHRAN
TALKS BEFORE
FULL GALLERY
Wins Applause With Roasts
On Constitutional Law
yers and Law,
RAILKOAD NEED NOT
OBEY COMMISSION
Cockran Criticises Failure , of
Members to Attend the
House Debates.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. April 12.-The fea
tures of today's proceedings In the
House of 'Representatives was the
speech made by Mr. Cockran N, Y.),
who under an agreement made on a
previous day, was given an hour to
elucidate the subject of "general de
bate" on appropriation bills. In. view
of the announcement that Mr. Cockiian
would speak, the galleries were crowd
ed and a very large proportion Of the
members of the House were In atten
dance.
Mr. Cockran, after a short discus
sion of the Action of "general debate
and the failure of members to attend
the sittings of the. House while sub
jects covering the widest possible lati
tude were ,belng Illuminated, launched
out Into a defense of the Hepburn "rate
bill and the high -position taken, by the
House not only In Jhe exceptional
character of the legislation, but hi the
dignified way. In which, the bill. passed
the tower branch of Congress. In this
connection he; ridiculed "the constitu
tional debaters In- the Senate.'
. Constitutional Lawyer,
"A constitutional lawyer, Aow aire we
able - to- distinguish, him? t Not by the
number of decisions of courts proving
his contentions: .but by the wonder
and awe. of his associates at the muV
tlpllcity of his quotation: the straftge
ness of his tin rases; the awfulnese of
his mein and the mystery of his mean
ing." 1 These constitutional lawyers, he said
had - spread their -wings and token
flight far beyond the view, of ordinary
citizens. If a railroad did not like the
action of the commission all It need do
was to Ignore tho order.
"All it need -do Is to stand pat," he
exclaimed.
Progress was made on tho postofflce
appropriation bill., 18 of the 29 pages
having boon completed, but few
amendments being made to the meas
ure and theso not changing ' the
amount of the appropriations to. uny
considerable extent,
fl'hc House adjouried until tumor
row. ' 1
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EMPLOYES OFFER
TWO PROPOSITIONS
Operators Intimate That They
Cannot Accept Either of
the Wage Workers' Offers.
(By Associated Press.)
MOW YORK, April -12.-At the
meeting of the sub-committees of the
anthracite mine workers and operators
here today the representatives of the
employes offered to the mine work
ers the choice of two propositions In
their endeavor to come to an amicable
agreement and the employers made an
rnojmavrep.ly. in which they Intimated
that they aife not likely to accept either
of .the wage workers' offers and said
thu$ they could not modify their prop
ositions"' '
The operators will make an official
answer to the miners' latter propo
sition by letter and there -wlll be no
further meetings until something de
velops. "
While thete Is still hope, that a
peaceaWe solution ot the controversy
will -per found the meeting today didj
no oring Tire- contemnnr parties closer
together, "in fact they appear to have
atmost; reacnea me limn or tnetr nego
tlatlons. If tho operators should de
cline .to -eu.Kestain-either ofithei prop
ositions submitted by the miners to
dy, it Is, probable that, the delegates
writ declare 4hat a strike exists. i
Briefly stated the offer' made by
president ; Mitchell today was a re
submlssloh .of the miners' orlglnuT de
mands with two amendment and In
case they are not accepted he pro
poses that the whole controversy be
placed before the strike committee. In
one of the' amendments to the original
demands. President Mitchell drops the
request tror tne recognition or tne un
ion and provides that tho proposed
agreement be made between the oper
ators and the anthracite mine workers,
instead of the United Mine Workers
of America. The other amendment pro-
vldes that only employes who are will
ing shall be assessed a certain sum
each month to defray the expenses of
carrying out the proposed check-nft
agreement. Instead or union and non
union inch being called upon to con
tribute.
CLEMENSON DEFEATS
TRINITY PLAYERS
(Special to The Citizen.)
ORHENVILLE, S. C, April 12. In a
slow atld listless game, Trinity wai
defeated by Clemson today score , 13
to 4. The features were the battuitj
of Roberston for t'ienisoii and fast
work of tfmltlt and Webb for Trinity
at short and second, and the beauti
ful- hitting of Justus, getting four
hits out of lire times up.
Trinity had not recovered from a
very long and hard tour through sev
eral states and therefore; played in
somewhat llnlless mannur.
Score by Innings:
U II. E.
Trinity.. . ....u u 0 0 U o 1 3 4 V
Clemson. .. 1 i 2 i 2 (I 0 0 2 V. W 0
Earned runs Clemson 3; Trinity 2;
wo-baggcra; Justus 1, Die 1, Webb 1.
Home runs Clement 1, Robertson 1,
Waldrop 1.
Batteries: Trinity Webb, Gant. Og-
bum and Wrenn.
Cldlnson. Waldrop and Btssell.
STALLINGS AFTER TOGA.
(By Asssoiated Press.)
B1RMINGJIAM. Ala., April 12. Con
gressman Jesse K. 'Stalllngs tonight an
nounced, his candidacy for the United
States senate from Alu-bama under the
plan recently outlined by the state ex
ecutive committee.
TEXAS CITY SWEPT BY TORNADO-TWO ;
ARE KILLED AND THIRTY ARE INJURED
(By Associated Press.).
AUSTIN. Tex. April 13. A special to
fne Statesman from Bertram, Texas,
says:
The town of Btiggs, about IS miles
north of this place In this county, was
swest by a tornado about 5 o'clock
this evening and almost completely
destroyed, niwo person are reported
killed and thirty Injured. The fatally
Injured are:
Hickman, and daughter; Varnett Ta
bor and wire: R. A. Patterson and
wife. . ,
Seriously injured: J. T. Hll. post
Maximum Sentence Is Seven
teen Years In Jail and a
Fine of J576.000.
JUDGE SPEER WILL
.GRANT THEM MERCY
Minimum Sentence Is Fljie; ol
S 1 .000 and, Two'Years j
Imprisonment. - 1
- (By Associated Press.)
SAVANNAH, Oa.. April 12. Ben
jamin D. Greene and John P. Gaynur
were founJ . guilty of . conspiracy
against the government, presenting
false claims and embesslement in the
federal court for the southern district
of Georgia today, and tomorrow Judge
Emory Sneer will pass sentence upon
them, - ' .
The defendants were found guilty.
with no recommendation, upon each
of the Indictments. The verdict was
returned a few .'minute before 2
o'clock this morning 'after the Jury
had been out three hours and a half.
For fourteen weeks the case had.
been In progress and there was the.
stillness of the tomb In the court room
as Judge j Speer , asked the jury If
they had agreed upon a verdict, Fore
man Hope Thomas answered In the af '
Urinative and the three indictments
were taken and the findings read by
the clerk. . The Jury at the request of
the, counsel for the defense was ithen
polled nu each member stated that
the verdicts rendered upon the Indict
ineius were his., ,wji' . . . , ';
The maxttum' ' sentence that the
court may impose under the law Is an
aggregate term of seventeen year In,
tho penitentiary and a fine of $575,000,
the amount of the alleged embessle
ment. - - '-I '. .. - :
Before adjournment until tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock, when sentence
will pronouced. Judge bpeer said:
"I have no ulsposltion towards those
'Uiifortunatej tnett except (o be Just aa
merciful as 'my duty under the law
will permit." . '- :
The minimum sentence permisslblo
under the law hrtwoyear In the pen.
Herniary ami .--a fine of $1,000. '
The defense's counsel will nut dls
cuss the next steps to be taken In the
case, nor will District Attorney Mar
lon Erwin say what will toe flolio re
garding tho Indictments against Ober- L
tin M. Carter, Mli-had. A, Connolly.
William T. and Edwurd P. Gaynor.
who were Jointly indicted with tho
defendants .convtlcd today. Mr. Er-
wln Ibis afternoon received a telegram
froiii Attorney Uenerol Moody express- .
lug his congratulations of , the presi
dent arm the attorney general upon
the outcome of the case, upon which
Mr. Erwln has been engaged for seven
years. ,',,,...;...
NASHVILLE WOMAN
CAN MARRY COUNT
(By Associated Prss.)
PARIS, AJtil 12. The civil tribunal
of the hH-inc, has' annulled tho .tipposl.
tlon of the mother of Coutrt 'Roger De
Martlmpray, who tried to prevent her
con from marrying Miss Florenea
DrouJIurd. of Nashville. Tenn., the
divorced wife of Count Bernard dn
Potirtales, whom she married iu lhW.
Three years ago it became known
that a duel had been fought between
Count Roger de Martlmprey and Count
Bernard Depourtale. Immediately af
terward the Countess de Fourlale
came to America and Count Bernard,
obtained, a divorce. Since tfton Count
Roer de Martlmpray announced his
intention of marrying Countess de
Pourtales, but met with the strong op
position of hla mother, which finally
forced him to bring the matter before
the courts.
master: Profrssor 1 l. Plerve; Young
DeWorf. ,
- Other names cannot be obtained.
AH the telephone wires out of Briggs
are down for at distance of three miles.
The school bulkiing was completed
demolished and every business houso
in town wa either badly damaged or
destroyed. The tornado wa preceded
and follower iy a heavy rain and haii
storm, and crops -were considerably
damaged. The path of the etorm ol
from the southwest to the northeast.
The town contained about 2j9 inhab
itants. The name of the deal cj -not,
be learned. , ,