THE WEATHER: FAIR. VOL. XXIV., NO. 65. ALBERT CROWNED KING OF BELGIANS In Coronation Speech Prom Iscs World Humanitarian Rule In Congo SOCIALISTS TRY TO MAKE PROTEST But Are Howled Down by Cheering of The New Kings' Loyal Supporters BRUSSELS, Dec. 23. Prince Al bert, son of the late Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, was crowned king of the ioeigians today, assuming the title of Albert I. With his .;iirn, Elizabeth, and their sons, Prlncen Leopold and Charles, the now king rode In state from Laeken to the par liament, acclaimed b ytbousanris along the gaily decorated streets. Ths oath of office was administered before a Joint session of the housj of parlia ment and the feeble attempt of the socialists to sound a discordant note was drawned by the cheering of the kins' loyal supporters. In his speech from the throne, King Albert said: "I pledge myself to do my duty scrupulously and to concentrate all my strength and devote my whole life to the service of the fatherland." Tonight the city Is alive with lights and merry making, strongly contrast ing With the depression ami signs of mourning that prevailed immediately following the death of Leopold. But the explanation Is to be found in the personal popularity or Kin? Albert and his queen and the high position they hold In the esteem of nations. Policy In Congo. The scene In the house of parlia ment Where the oath e the throne was taken was Impressive with Ms gorgeous setting of royalty. Here the new monarch made an address des tined by Its democratic tone and un equivocal expression on the great question of the Belgian Congo, to at tract ha attention of Oie world. Col onisation should mean civilization, said the, king. - The nation desires a policy of humanity anc". progress in the Congo.and 03 one! has a right to doubt her prornlti.) that such a pol icy would be maintained. Preceded by Quon Klixabeth and the two little princes Leopold r.n.l Charles, who accompanied the royal coach, Albert made a "Joyous oniry" Into the ctty. ' THE BATTLESHIP UTAH GLIDE jffll ELEMENT Senator Smoot Proud That Launching Was on Joseph Smith's Birthday GREATEST U. S. SHIP PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 23. Uncle Sam's greatest battleship, "he Utah, was launched today at Cam li n, N. J. The fighting LevliUhian slid down the ways as Mary Alice Spry, youngest daughter of Governor Spry of Utah cracked a bottle of champagne on the armor plate and christened her. The big hull dipped into the water and glided from the ways as nuch as If a superhuman hand had picked her up and dropped her into the water. A half dozen tuns in waiting darted out and made lines to the ship ami towed her back to the moorings. , A multitude that crowded every vantage point saw the launching. The. wokrkmen were nearly an hour knocking away the blocking that was between the new fighting ship and the sea. Members of the Mormon church sat upon a platform built for them near the prow of the ship. When the launching was all over Senator Reed Smoot turned to the Mormon elders aqd said: "It may be a coincident, but it 1 a happy one that' the launching of this ship should take place on the anniversary of the blrh of Joseph Smith." Senator George Sutherland, also of Utah, was present. Governor Foit of New Jersey was one of the guests. A record in construction was made in the building of the Utah. Nine months and eight days elapsed from the laying of her keel to her launch ing. The Utah is the fifth of the all big gun type of the battleship fleet of the United States to be launched. When completed she will be more power ful than the Delaware and North Dakota of the dreadnaught class and has been dubbed by a member of congress the "Skeered of Nothin'." The Utah has a length on the load waterline of S10 feet, or 521 1-2 feet over alt and a beam of 8 feet and t Inches , and her speed is expected to AMID REJOICING (Continued On pRe fit.) THE INTERVENTION IN NICARAGUA WITH BREADNOTB ULLETS With Nine Hundred Dead in Battle, Remnant ot Zelaya's Army ii Naked And Starving, U.S Offers Food And Raiment. WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 Follow ing a premptory warning to President Madriz that the United States will hold him personally responsible for the safety of Americans in the west ern part of t Nicaragua, the state de partment tonight extended more than moral encouragement fo the revolu tionists. Under orders from Secretary Knox, American Red Cross , funds are to be expended in caring for the slek and wounded troops of both the Estrada and Zelayan armies, more than 2.000 of whom are incapaclated in Blueflelds. "Bread Not Bullets." This move on the part of the United States Is expected to be more efficient than the dispatch of a strong force. "Bread Instead of bullets," Is tho watch word of the state department, and it is generally believed that he prospects for food and medical at tention win win over more men from the government ranks than any other plan that could be adopted. According to the latest reports, the medical corps of the various war vessels now at Blueflelds has Installed hospitals ashore where scores are be ing cared for. T'he procession of sick and wounded men through the town is said to It pitiful, and although Ks trada is doing everything In his pow er to relieve the suffering. Ills resour ces are meager. Will Send Supplies. With a view to relieving the situa tion, Becretary Knox tonight consult ed with the American Red Cross, and immediately Rfterwards dispatched the following dispatch to Thomas IL Moffat, United States consul at Blue flelds: "The American National Red Cross will telegraph you tomorrow, the H. five thousand dollars and they wjh send another 15,000 If needed. Navy department has Instructed Captain to land whatever surplus supplies con be furnished from our ships now ot Blueflelds and orders will be given the Prairie now at Colon to transport Immediately to Blueflelds from the stores'" Intended for the marines', or" from tho Panama canal commissary department, such supplies you may tunc for within the limit of IB.OlHrto be cabled you tomorrow. You will co-operate with Shipley in the distri bution of supplies, payment for all of which, both those landed from ships at Blueflelds and those sent from Colon, will be recouped from Red Cross fund." EIGHT YEAR OLD EIRE IECORDMOP-LIFTEH Has Been Arrested Three Times for Theft But Goes Right on Stealing "BABY SHOP LIFTER" ST. LMdS, Dee. 23. An eight year old girl, dimpled, blue eyeo .mil pret ty Is held hy the police as "tho baby shop lifter." She Is Annie Pavlinskl, daughttr ot Frank PavIinsKi. She h-is been ar rested three limes for thcrt; has spent two weeks in the industrial school and escaped; has run aw.iy from home dozens of times and makes a practice of pilfering money 1 11,111 her lather and her Mg brother. She was found asleep in a hallway today, scantily clad -itid blue with cold. A policeman took her to tho matron of a police station wnere It was learned she had run away from home on Tuesday after rilling her brother s pockets of $1.50. A'nnie's first exploit was rolibin.r a notion store of six'y cents worth of toys. She was arrested but the pro rwlHu prletor refuses to prosecute. Two weeks later on Juiy 2'J, she entered a grocery store, cumealec her self under a counter and stole $13 from a grocer's till. Her investments in candy and toys caused suspicion ; she was arrested again and was sen tenced to the industrial school. Fourteen , days later, r.vggec. but blithe, she reappear ;d at home, hav ing escaped. Thouna rhe has several times fallen in the hands of toe po lice, she was not returned to the in stitution: AMERICAN LEADS INSURGENT ARMY AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 23. Associ ated Press dispatches announcing thai Cajptain Godifrey Fowler is leading the insurgent forces in Nicaragua caused great surprise in the adjutant-general's department here, as Captain Fowler is not only a member of the Texas national guard, but a member of the governor's staff and under the law all such officers haie to obtain pei-mhwion to leave this country to Join in any kind of revolutonary movement n another country. ASH ASIIEVILLE, N. The dispatch of this telegram fol lowed close on the receipt of a tele gram from Consul Moffat, depicting the state of affairs at Blueflelds. Ills story of the suffering of the Zelayan soldiers was brief, but graphic. Inci dentally he reported that more than nine hundred men were killed on both sides in the recent battle at Rama. The dispatch follows: "Two thousand starved, emaciated prisoners have been brought here from Zelaya's surrendered army. The sight of the sick and weary, totter ing through the' streets is horrible; half are mere bovs. The emergency hospital establshed by the Des Moines and Taromu contains ninety woundim, the city hospital sixty. Few of the rurrendered army have shoes or blan kets. Scores were almost naked, all are In a pitiable condition. EBtrada la furnishing them with blankets, clothing, shoes and food as best he can. Flour, beans, rice, suicar, coffee and condensed milk are needed in stantly to feed the starving Zelayan soldiers. Disease and death threatens, unless they are properly given best of food and care. XTCfiAYA GRiSG AWAY. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Dec.. 23. Ex-President Zelaya will leave here tomorrow and probably will go abroad the Mexican gunboat General Guerrero Immediately. The gunboat is now lying in the harbor or uorinto. Owing to the hostile demonstrations which have been going on here for the nKt few rtavs against the old adminis tration, It Is likely that Zelaya will proceed to Corlnto escorted by a strong guard.. The former president has been keeping close to his resi dence, and has been little seen In pub lic. News of the defeat of the Zelayan army Ht Rama has been carefully guarded from the public. The present government Is in no ,-owiitir,n to onnoee the advance of General Estrada's army. President Madrlz has behind him a strong po litical force, but few fighting men and no 'preparations have been made to repel an attack. ; ' NECno'WCETOHARIMS. AMERICUS, Ga., Dec. 23 Three negroes were Jailed here today upon the confession of one of them re garding the burning f the burn and live stock on tho forest plantation near Amerlcus recently. !C SCHLEY'S SUGGESTION National Organization of Stay at Home High Brows are Satisfied DANES! OH PIFFLE! WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. Rear-1 Admiral Schley's demand that Com mander Peary submit his polar dut 1 to the consistory of the University if Copenhagen for verification, follow ing that body's repudiation or Dr. Cook has raised a storm among the membership of the National Geo graphic society, which gave Peary a clean blTI of health. Tho leading members claim thit the scientists of the United KtaU-s would be demeaning themselves If they acknowledged that their llndingt needed verification. There seems to be no disposition to withhold from the Copenhagen board the data fled by Peary, but there Is a well defined opposition against turning it fiver to the Danish scientists for offlul.il ac tion. The argument advanced by Admiral Schley that stfch examination would remove all question of doubt from the claim of Peary, have been found impeachable by American scientist, and therefore, the question Is not whether Peary is right, bul whether the scientists are wrong. "Nothing can be gained by submit ting Peary's data to the University of CoTSenhagen," said Vrofessor Garne't, who was chairman of the commlHee that passed upon Peary's proofs, 'an.l I don't see any reason why he should." Bear Admiral Chester, who attacked Cook's data some days ago, denounce! the proposition of Admiral pchley ts "absurd." He declared he did not be lieve that the University of Copenha gen would consider making s request for the proofs, and that the whole matter was a mare's nest. He a .so drew attention to the fact that the Royal Geographical society of Eng land and the Geographical society of Berlin had already acknowledt,eu Peary as the discoverer of the pol? an dthat the latter society had plan ned to honor Peary in Berlin nei.1 year. Also he touched upon the ver dict of the Due D'Abruzzi, himself en explorer of no small fame, 'hat cary hid nlaeed foot on the anex of ic world, ss additional proof why the demand of Admiral Schley might well 4e Ignored. EWLLE CITIZEN. C. F-'llDAY MORNING, BR OKA W IS A CHAP ACCORDING TO l Never Was Drunk in His Prom Drinking With NEW YOBK, tHJq, W. Gould Biokaw, whose wlfi Is suing him for separation with allfiony of $60,000 year, took the stank. I Ma own de fense today and Vr 1,1 the court room at Mlneoi'a, Li I., that his falh-cr-ln-law, J. A. Blu Ma threatened I r, kill him h-canHf h- hvcd he' I o ir uch. When be to'ri Mrs. Brokaw cf this threat h taurifled and said' Don't mini father, Billy; lea trry." jl Mr. Hi oka w described the nliflit vi hen his wl'n lo tk Ti)Ion. In minute d' tail his lawyer i4 Hw. through the t(- years of ihtif married Iif with painstaking uttm ,nrfM tomtit n of drunkcmci'i, cruelty and abusive '.nil. uage bro : frtit ii(,'alnt him In tl.e testimony of n' wife. Brokaw made a good witness. His attitude was easy and his answers were ready and Arm. Mrs. Brokaw was ashy pale. Her head tossed scorn fully when her husband's testimony contradicted hers. 1 Never WmH Drunk. Brokaw swore that he had never been drunk in his life. "The times when Mrs. Brokaw ssld I was drunk." ho testified, "my f a -e was flushed from a long wali or drive." Ho had never struck his wl'e. ' I never struck anyone in my life," he swore. "Mrs. Hrokaw knows I could not harm her." He admitted that he hadd called his wife a liar. "Yes," he said. "I called her a liar, but did not until she had called me a d liar. I had bm out and when I came back bringing ARE TALKING SEVENTEEN CENT C0TTDN NOWADAYS May Delivery Passes Six teen Cent Mark and Other Months are at Top NEW YOHK, I'oc. 23. The bulllHli enthusiasm which has Rttnnded the cotton market In Its recent advances today realized for the nrt time In flv years sixteen cents a pound cotton for the staple, on the New York ex change. While (he May option al 15.01 today was the only cotton on the lint to reach the sixteen cent quotation the entire lint advanced slightly and atill holds higher than at any time sin ctehc Sully boom In 1904. The hull campaign now on Is said to be headed by Col. W. P. Bro-vn and Frank B. Hayne of New Orleans, who were associated with Sully Ave years ago, and by F B. Scales and James A. Patten, the Chicago grain operator. The aggregate profits of this "big four" are rumored to amount to about $13,000,000. The bulls now predict seventeen cent cotton before tfy end of Janu ary. The record during the Bully boom was 17 54. WASHINGTON. Dec., 23. Fore cast: North Carolina: Fair Friday; Saturday partly cloudy, moderate north to northeast winds'. DECEMBER 24, 1909. The Citizen's Stocking. VER 1 DECENT SORT OF ; ; ; ; Life. Mixed Gineer Ale With Guests, and in Short Never Wife Charges Against Him, her flowers, she accused, of mec t lng some woman. I denied It. Hh said I lied and I had to tell nor the same." Brokaw swore that his wife had smoked clgarrettes before their mar riage, and that she had promised him to stop it. He had never seen her drink cocktails, but he had under stood from his servants that cocktails were taken to her at her home on the sly. ', ;' ,. ;, A Drinking A(rrrmSnti-w''' '.'"' t'Wlll ou toll the xmm f yer dflnkltig agreement wlnr yot?f wlffrT' asked John F. Mclntyre, his coun sel. "Yes," answered Brokaw. "We wanted to mix our ginger alo with aerated water until It was the exact color of champagne. I wished to ap pear to drink with my guests and yet not to drink. This mixture bub bled and yet was harmless. I have used It for years. I do not drink." Mr. Brokaw didn't recall any cene following an Incident at the table when a guest had changed his wife's glass so that she got real champagno and not thn Imitation. "If Mrs. Brokaw drank champagne who was tho only who knew It," he testified. Shown a list of objectionable names I which Mrs. Brokaw said her husband i had applied to hirr when angry, Mr. Brokaw scrutinized them through his lorgnette, and said: I "Of course I don't use such lang ' uage." "niuini E" MOST POPULAR OF OUR NATIONAL SONCS! Volume Just Issued Shows That It Comes First With "Yankee Doodle" Second WASHINGTON, Dec... 23. "Dixie" ha finally been officially proclaimed as first of American songs and music In "Patriotic popularity." Kueh W the verdict of O. O. T. Hon n k, chief of the dlvlln of music the library of congresa, who haa Juat iMKiied from the government press an exhaustive report on four famous American mualc compositions. "Yankee-Doodle" though no longer a na tional song, is still a national air, and second only to "Dixie" In the popular ity contest. Tho origin and evolution of "Yan kee Ioodlo", "Star Spangled Barwier", "Hall Columbia" an.1 "America" are treated In full detail In Mr. Houneck's volume. He has furnished Ms for as possible, a correct version of both text and mu sic of all four pieces. Facsimiles of the original manuscrlps are re produced in the volume. The history of "Yankee Doodle" la described as "a perfect maze of con flicting stories" and countless ad ditions to the variations from the or iginal. As many as fmmeeV. vari ations of the "Star Spangled Banner" are noted, accompanied by a gradual process of polishing and modification. The year In which "America" was first sung in public Is fixed as 1M2. but the exact place and date was not def initely ascertained, "Hall Columbia" Is strictly a iproduct of the United Htniea in both words and music In contradistinction to "America" and The Star Spanned Banner" both 'of j which , partly otiglnated in England.! Mr. Bonneck's voluume ts not for Tree distribution. I if HIS EVIDENCE Aerated Water to Keen Did Any of the Things "Tell us what happened on the go called poison night" directed Mr. Mo Intyre, "On that night" compiled the wit ness. " Iahd the Marquis llermosa and other to dinner. Mrs, Brokaw did not come down. After dinner I went to her room and knocked. She did not answer. Then I said: "Mary, I want to come in,' She did not answer,. J1, nally X pushedln the door. She was furious. I. told her I ool wanted to kiss her jraod night and lefM - . 1 "When I came upsu)rs again Mrs. Pi aha www ' wot 'fti ' tteryoom. ' I couldn't And her and got n urea to help me hunt. After a swarch the nurse called to me from a room at the end of the halt. J got there Just In time to Bee the nurae struggling to take something out of Mrs, Brokaw's mouth. It was some kind of a whits tablet. " I screamed, 'My Ood, she'j dead!'" "Did you do anything to cause her do take poison T" "Absolutely nothing." Had Another In View. There was a quarrel and a separ ation at Atlantic City. When he went back to New York he found Mrs. Bro kaw at the Savoy. He bought a hunch of violets, and goln to the hotel near midnight, placed the flowers on the bed beeldo his wife. "This Is my Coffin," was her remark, Mr. Brokaw said, and she followed It up by saying she did not want "my flowers or me either." Asked If she (Continued on page ) SUGAR TRUST ARTICLE LEADS TO COMPLICATIONS Hearst Magazine Sued and Government "Will Prose cute for Stolen Letter NK WYOKK, Dec. 23. Thomas B, Harned, a Philadelphia lawyer, has brought suit in the United 8tate;. Clr rult court against the International Magazine company, owned by W. R. Hearst, asking damages of lift, 000 for an alleged libel in the current issue of the Cosmopolitan Magazine In an article entitled "Tragedies of the Sugar Trust." In this same article r.ppesred a copy of the letter written by Attorney (ienerai Wlckersham to Henry A. Wise, I'nlted States district attorney which In some manner was copied from an original In Mr. Wise's desk. Harned Is one of the men Indicted by the federal grand Jury In con nection with the Pennvlvanlt- Sugar Beflnlng company's suit whoo demur er to the Indictment, howevjr, wis sustained on the ground that prose cution was barred bv tho statute of limitations. - I.ETTEB SIOLEX. WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. "Thers may bs a sequel to the disappearance of the letter that will be very un comfortable for somebody," said an Official of the department of Justice today when his attention was called to the publication of that written by Attorney General Wlckersham June 37 last to District Attorney Wis at New York which found Its way Into one of the magazines. The letter had relation to a feature of the sugar trust prosecutions. Mr. Wire, it ts said, at the department Is maklni an effort to discover by whom the letter wai taken, having filed It with his personal correspondence and a prosecution ot any one who may be found jrumy of purloining It will lie undertaken. Associated Press Leased Wire Reports. PRICK FIVE CENTS. EIGHTMEN KILLED BY Alii EXPLOSIQrj ' IN ILLINOIS FIE Accident Similar to Cherry Disaster Imperils V Four Hundred Other Lives FIRE PREVENTS THE RESCUE OF BODIES Superintendent Leads First Relay of Rescuers tn Face . of i laiK Damp ST. LOUIS. Dee. S3. Eight men were killed and four hundred others had narrow escapes in an explos ion of s in mine A of the Chi cago and Cartersvllls Coat .company at Herrlitk Ilia, lata today. ; Open lamps carried y employes ot the mine men believed1 to have caused the disaster. There were three men an d a boy In this party and all are dead. The dead are, W. T. Pierce, mine engineer; Eugene Barrett, aseltant engineer; Thomas Williams,, assistant manager; unidentified boy atout six teen years old; Ueorge Snyder, min er;, Sal vat ore Urocco, miner; Pletro Romeo, luborer and Thomas Harbor, miner, . v Hewunrs rnea Death. Jme Qulnno, superintendent of the mine and Kobert Hueeton, man ager, headed the first relay ot rescu ers., Despite the black damp which flowed Into the chamber adjoining those In which Pierce and his party, wera hilled, these men went into the workings). ' v f Viii'i 4 - After sending to the surface three' unoonsclouus persons tho : rescuers next found the bodies ot pnyder, Oreeco and Itonwo. ' t. - r The efforts of ths rescuers to pen etrate mora deeply into tho workings wers repulsd by increasing banks ot after-damp and thr.y wers forced to retreat leaving ths sod lea of Pierce and bis companion. Fire iialns Headway. Flrr also began to aln headway and U ! not expected that the bodies daavfea, feeoveee itiefor tomorrow. Tonight all efforts are being Blreclod towards flghtmg the flames, News of rift and there was a rush of hyster ical women and crying children to ths shalft house. ' - The damage to ths mine cannot yet bs accurately estimated, The- colliery Is ons of the oldest In this) section, and'fow accidents have ever occurred in It Pierce, the nglneet', who lost his life,' formerly was a federal Inspector of government work on tns Mississippi clvor. . ' JEALOUS HUSBAND PUTS AN END MS JEALOUSY Kills Wife, Her Mother and Then Takes -His Own Life ' lM:&MMMii LONDON, Ky., Dee., tl A tripls murder and suicide occurred at Pitts, burg, Ky., a mining village' yesterday, when William Murray, a miner shot and killed his wife and her mother and Elbert Cole and himself, Murray's objections to the alleged attentions at Cole Do Mrs. Murray are given as ths cauns of the Crimea 'Av',,:.' Cole, who Was a son of aasistmit Mine Inspector Perry C-Cole, was twenty two years old. Hs was man- : agar of a general store, In which hs was slain. - ' MTay entered the store and with out a word shot Oole, Them hs went to his horns nearby' and - shot his mth r-n-law as she was leaving- ths house. He then shot his Wife who was returning from a visit from neigh bor. He dragged her within ths yard, laid her dying beside the body of her mother and fired a bullet through Mrs.' Murray's heart. He then shot him self and fell between . the women's bodies. ,'., , BRYAN THREATENED WIT HPNEUMONIA JACKSONVILLE, FlaT, Dec, 23.. Hon. William jr Bryan, who has been In this city several days the guest of his cousin, ex-governor" : William S. Jennings, was too 111 tonight to de liver his scheduled address at the Du val Theatre for tha benefit of a local hospital Mr. Bryan is suffering a severs cold and is threatened with pneumonia. Hs has cancelled all fu ture dates and will remain here for several days. -r "-v ' -''"t - A mesaags from the bedside of Hon. William Jennings Bryan at 10.80 o'clock tonight was to the effect that he was resting asy but still confined to his bed. . ':-.'-,'.-? ' .. ; , . CAW HUSBAND KILIJID. ', MOULTBIK, Oa.. Dee. 53. Charlie Wilkes, a young tanner of the Tyty district. , this county, was shot and killed this morning in the presence of his wife, by John Lott, a neigh bor, according tt- a moswige to the sheriff here.