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UNBAY CITIZEN THE THE WEATHER FAIR. ASHEVILLE, N. C, SUND AY MORNING, APRIL 9, 1911 PRICE FIVE CENTS VOL.'XXVIL, NO. 170 lEftVY BBIST TO BE A White Elephant oh His Hands. DEATHTOLLOFTHE PA. MINE DISASTER HOW PLACED AT74 Forty-Five Widows and 137 Orphans the Aftermath of FancoastColllery Horror FIT Oil 1RIIH Funis urn dc rnn nm SEflT TO TH E Ml LL 0 F BY PROGRESSIVES Interference by Bryan Inter jected Considerable Bitter ness In the Senate JUDGE J.S. IMS : (Quitor Election of Senators One of First Measures Governor Kltchln Appoints an ; AshevlUo Lawyer to the Su perior Court Bench on the List 24 Tom I WILL DE FOLLOWED nm sura FHEUPPE RGHAMBEB RECIPROCITY TO GET EARLY CONSIDERATION Statehood for Arizona and Mexico Is Also on the Dem ocratic Profiram WASHINGTON. April S. Legisla te plan of the democratic majority if tha house mad known today from I reliable source, lndtcata that the republican senate will be given speed y Important measures for action. Th definite outline subject to fur j,r caucus ratlflcation lists as fol lows: The order of legislation to be push td forward by the ways and meani tommlttee aa soon aa the house or ganization la completed. Papular election of United States Mnatora. ' Publicity before elections of cam algn contributions. Statehood of Arliona and New Mex fco. Canadian reciprocity. Revision of schedule K, the wool Khedule ef the Payne-Aldrich bill. Revision of the cotton schedules. Beyond this the present program does not extend, other tariff matters ind general subjects being left for further consideration, dependent a great deal upon time. It also practically has been decided that the Canadian reciprocity bill to be brought forward by Chairman Un derwood will be almoat an exact du nf the McCall bill. It will carry no tariff rider. Leading dem whan asked today what they Jould do if the senate immediately A . V IiUiIIbh MMltMMltV Kill and than indicated ita remdtneWto adourn, deciaiea tnat tna nouse would not adjourn. The democratic leaders expreea confidence that the president would not exercise his au thority to adjourn the extraordinary session should a dispute arise between the two houses of the congress over adjournment. j AGAIN BEING ATTAGKEDIN THE U.5. SUF T Question of Liability of Initial Carriers is the , Point at Issue N. & W. RAISE POINT WASHINGTON". April 8. Another i attack on the so-called Carmack amendment to the Hepburn rate law by which Initial carriers of Inter state commerce were made liable for damages to a shipment even when courrlng on oonectltig lines, was be gun today la the Supreme court. The point ia now urged that the carriers must have a voluntary agree ment for through rates In order to make the Initial carrier liable and In cases where there ia no such agree meent It la claimed the law would be confiscatory and unconstitutional. The present attack is made by the Norfolk and Western railway com pany. It docketed an appeal from the Virginia courts. In which it was held responsible for damage to a shipment of tobacco to Texas routed over the Norfolk and Western and the Moran Steamship line; although here was no through rate agreement etween them. COMMISSION LOSES. I ST. PAUL, Minn., April 8. Judge i Walter H. Sanborn, senior United , States Circuit judge Eighth Judicial : circuit, in an exhaustive opinion, ' handed down today, decided the Min- nesota rate cases against the mem ! hers of the Minnesota state railway ' commission on the grounds that the necessary effect of the reductions or dered was substantially to regulate Interstate commerce; to create un just discrimination between localities in Minnesota and those In adjoining ; states in volatlon of the commercal clause of the constitution. FIGffT DRAW. PAR 18. April 8. The twenty round bout here tonight between Wil lie Lewis, the American m-elterwelght, and George Gunther, of Australia, ended In a draw. Gunther forced the fighting throughout but Lewis showed much more science. UNDERTAKERS FIGHT FOR VICTIMS' BODIES In One Home Seven Children Are Left Orphans. Eldest Being Ten Years SCRANTON. Pa.. April I, Seventy four Is the toll of the mine Are at the Pancoast Colliery In Throop yester day. A canvass of the families of the victims ehows 41 widows and 1ST 6r phana. It la authorltlvely stated tonight that every corner of the workings in which a fleeing victim might have reached In his frenxy for pure air has been searched and that every body haa been recovered. The last group of dead, comprising seven men, were brought up from the depths, a little before noon today. The first body was taken out at ten o'clock last night Aa fast as the budlea were Identified they were tagged, and If relatives did not come to claim them, they were turned over to one undertaker or another, according to nationality, to be prepared for burial and tafcen home. The undertakers fairly fought for the bodies believ ing that the company would stand for a good round charge, and scenes that were disgraceful resulted. Police au thorities had to Interfere to prese. . some aspect of decency. VlUag of Death About every other house In the vil lage of Throop, a typical mining set tlement had crepe on Its door and In some housea there are more than one corpse. John Stoyak and his two sons and cousin lie In a row In his humble heme. In one - foreigner's house seven children are made or phans. The eldest Is ten years old. Another foreigners body was taken to a home where one child la ill of scar let fever and another of typhoid. The funerals will' probably be held Mon- In the matter of the number of vic tim tbia Is the worse mine horror that haa ever occurred In the Lacka wanna Valley rerion. and the worse in the whole anthracite coal fields since the Avondale disaster of Sep. (Continued on page) seven) LARGEST BLOCKADE SEIZURE IN THE HISTORY OF STATE NEAR FREMONT Two Distilleries Running Full Blast Are Found by Revenue Officers NEGROES IN CHARGE WILMINGTON, N. C. April I. The largest blockade distillery seiz ure In the history of the state is re ported from near Fremont and Kin ston, this state, todsy by Revenue Of ficers W. W. Witt and J. C. Cameron. The Fremont plant was of 750 gal lons capacity and had formerly been a government distillery. It was seised and sold two years ago, was stolen from the government and never heard of again until today when taken by the officers on a 800-acre plantation in a. house uuiii t.. Irr.'tate a tobacce barn with underground steam pipes from a cotton ginnery some distance away. The plant was on an estate, the executor of which denies all knowledge of the presence of the out fit on his lands. The distillery near KInston was of 225 gallons capacity and was in full operation when dis covered. Two negroes, one of whom escaped, were In charge. Some whis key and still equipment were seised by the officers In each instance, and arrests are expected to follow later. IMPROVING HARBOR. BEAUFORT, 8. C.J April 8. This harbor will be made accessible for entry of vessels at night when the range lights on Beaufort bar and In the harbor have been put in opera tion, for which purpose the light house steamers Jessamine and Juni per arrived today. Dredging opera tions for the deepening of the water ever the bar have been completed. FEDERALS TRAPPED. ATLIXCO. Puehla. Mex.. April . Trapped In a canon . aix kilometers fro Atllxco a force of rebels were almost annihilated last Vrht by a band of rebels, In whose pursuit they had been .dsxraged for twenty-four hours. Reports of the battle received here this ctornlng state that almost every man In the detachment either was killed er wounded. The rebej loss Is said to have been small. SOUTHERNERS WERE OPPOSED BY BRYAN Peerless One Wants Progress ives Among Democrats and Republicans to Unite CtUien Bureau, CongTOis Mall. By H. E. C. Bryant. WASHINGTON, April .-! predict ed several days ago that Senator Thomas S. "iisrtin. of Virginia, would be elected minority leader of the sen ate. The election was held yesterday afternoon. Last Monday the demo crats of the senate were united on Mr. Martin. No fight was made on him. until after William Jennings Bryan appeared on the scene and haf sev eral talks with Representative Jones, who la opposing Mr. Martin for re election in Virginia, and then the acrimonious contest that closed yes terday was launched. The "progres sive democrats of the West" were lined up against the "reactionary democrats of the South." Col. Bry an and Ills friends opened fire and the Martin supporters, which Includ ed the Bailey camp, answered. Had Mr. Bryan not taken a hand the sen ate would have had the same demo 'iv tic leader and the elements of the rty been on friendlier terma. The itter fight, accompanied by ground less accusations and sectional feeling. Would have been avoided. Nothing seems to have been gained by the in terference of the erstwhile leader. This la the way the North Carolina senators put it. Senators Simmons and Overman fought under the same flag in this battle. They resented, the attacks on the South. Martin la Popular. Senator Martin Is very popular In Virginia. He ia a quiet, ihardwork lire party man. and a faithful rep. reeeataWve of hi People. On of the things said about libit was to the ef fect that be ws too much Ilka the rest of the Virginians and ether Southerners. Ha won by a large ma jority, considering the number of votes cast, but would have had no serious opposition had not Mr. Bryan (Contlnnicd on pa ire five.) E BIE BiniEJIi EXPEflTEO "Rebel" General Takes Command of the Troops and Heads for Field EVERYBODY HAPPY MADKRO'8 CAMP. Bustlilo's Es tate Near Chihuahua, April J Ma dero with his three thoussnd Insur rectos broke camp today and started towards the I'asas Orandes region, which Is evidently a move In accord ance with newly laid plans to aban don whatever method of attack he had projected from hlf camp here. However, the probability of a battle within tfie next few days Is as stronr as ever, and It Is believed that the federals will be the aggTessors. Thlr belief Is strengthened by the arrival In Chihuahua today of Gen. Lauro Vlllar, who succeeded the federal Gen. Hernandes with a detachment of men and several machine guns. It is said that the rendesvous of Madero will be Madnra, the terminus of the railway and within easy marching distance or Cases Grandes, the only federal stronghold In north ern Mexico. The departure of Ma dero's forces was sudden and plc f iieeque. In the dawn the Insurrec tos mounted on horses, wearing high peaked sombreros and huddled with their rifles beneath brilliantly colored blankets, gave a touch of action and plrturesnueness to the scene as they scattered for miles over the broad prairie. Madero himself, accompanied by his staff, shortly sfter daybreak gave the command to march. TOM L. JOHNSON IS AT POINT OF DEATH CLEVELAND. O.. April . It was announced tonight that Tom L, John son was close to death, and according to close friends his demise was but a matter of hours at the most. No Information was given out from the sick room direct. Early In the even ing the members of the Johnson family assembled by the attending physiclsn drore hurriedly from the family apartments In the Knicker bocker to the White Hall hotel, where Mr. Johnson Is on his death bed. The former mayor Is ssld to be In semi conscious state and in an extremely weak condition, s&&3 tfjffjf- -" ' cg$ As Iicpresentativc Cox of ONE HUNDRED ETERNITY Convicts in the Banner Mini LITTLETON, Ala., April I. One hundred and eighteen men are to night entombed in the Banner mine and but three ' bodies have been brought to the surface following a terrific explosion Nearly this morning. The fatal after-ddmp which followed the explosion has so far kept the res curers from penetrating the mine, though they hay been far enough In the Interior to see a gruesome pile of human bodies huddled together near the shaft. It M estimated that about twenty mm are in this pile Official of. tha pr Conoldat$ cqai foropaay, siu ewn tn mm have practically abandoned hope et biingtng out alive any of those below the surf see. Boand fr,nt the Grave This afternoon entombed miner could be heard knocking on the pipes below but there la an ominous still ness tonight which Indicatea that the suffocating after damp nas don Its deadly work. Practically all of the men killed are negroes. The rescue wore cannot proceed with much efficiency until the mine oan be butreseed so that fresh tr can be forced In to drive out the after damp. Thla work is going on tonight but it probably will be several days before ail of the bo dies are recovered. Of course there Is a ponlhillty Close and Exciting Game , Results in Defeat Boys! From Old North State GREENSBORO, V. C, April . The baseball team of iho I'nhernlty of Virginia triumphed over th I'm verslty of North Carolina In the (Irst of the annuel spring series here to day, the score bilnx 1 to I Wllmer was the main fa I'.r In determining the victory, allowing but hits anil himself hitting a ilnuhle and tingle at opportune linn iloth Infields played brilliantly. Meore: Virginia 000 010 003 3 9 4 North Carolina .0110 000 001 - 1 :) I Wllmer and linley; Owls and Wlthertngton. KPEAK8 JIVr Sit VKMtS GRKENHBORO. N. ('., April 8. Moses ftpcejt. thf High Point dual murderer, who yesterday con victed of murder In ihe second degree was sentenced tn llilrty years In the state penitentiary today, thla h.ltm the maximum penalty for second de gree murder In tills state. Hpeaks thanked the court for rulings during the trial and voluntarily told Judge Daniels that he killed his wife be cause she caused Mm to lose t:00 In a trade. He gave no reason for the rami assault upon Will Miller, his son-in-law. GHOWER& WASHINGTON, AnrtI-" I. Fore cast: .North Carolina; local rain Sunday; Monday fair; moderate vari able winds becoming por Ohio Sees it SOULS ARE HURLED INTO IN COAL MINE EXPLOSION at Littleton, A7a., Fall Victims to Explosion Believed to Have Been Caused by Ignition of Safety Powder.-rSmal) c Number Succeed in Making Their Escape. that some of those tn remote part of the mine will survive the deadly gases but thl hop I very slender. Work of Ream) James Oakley, president of the state board of convict inspector reached Birmingham tonight and I hurrying her en special train which I alio bringing the govern ment rescue car. " Today's explosion differs from tliose of th past year In Alabama In that thsr r prae tically no mourner at tk openings. Usually thera I rat rew4 ef o. phan and widow awaiting for their loves oaea bet the ansa at Banner ware convict and for the v most fcmrt friend. Their relatives r otter. ed through various counties of In state. The special train which I now hurrying her from Birming ham will atop at Mineral Spring for mine timber and other needed equipment for building the brattice. Real rescue work will begin upun the arrival of tha train. The far are working tonight but the fresh air cannot be forced far in to the interior until the bratti ii are In place to convey It to the ex treme portions where It will do the most good. A rush order for 10 coffins wo sent to tilrmlngham early tonight and it will arr)ve before morning while EIGHTY INSURflEGTOS ' CHARGE FEDERAL TROOPS Only Twenty of Them Come Back After Hittincr the Line of Regulars MEXI' AU, Mexico. April S.-lien Htanley Williams hurled his little bat talion of rebels against I.V.1. Miguel MuM't'M rfgulms on the moia five (mllrs south of Mcxlrsll today. Klghty Insurrei tos um into the fight; twen ty returned from the battlefield. Williams himself was fatally wmmded and Is now In the custom hotite here lth h!a hesd torn by a friiKinent from an exploding shell, VVItb half a doxen fugitives of his fle'lng command he wss overtaken by a federal shell thai exploded In their midst, sending up a geyser of fiamc, smoke and fragments of hti mun bodies. His wagon trains were captured with nearly all of the stores and lve stock which he took In his raid yesterday of several ranches. CONZ.AI.KN TO RrXIGX MEXICO riTV. Aplrl I. As a re sult of the formal protest made to Minister of Finance Umantour yes terday and later to President IMai by a committee of wealthy cltlxens of Gunajuato. Joaquin, Obregon Oonia les , govenor of that slate, will pre sent his resignation to the legislature. Committee members szpreesed to day the opinion that they did not con sider th present governor satisfac tory. OfWFXTH TO CHURCH WASHINGTON, April I. -Claiming that he would not be permitted to run his pool room next door to a church, Wm. Thompson In a formal communication to the commissioners of th pirtrlet or Columbia today pro tested against the establishment of a church adjoining hi place of busl- the other will be hurried her early Wiav. ....4 V:; Mo Names Com(ny ofrwal tonight refused absolutely to glv out a list of the name of In convict entombed. On of the rescuers who ; entered th mln tbl venng, aft the fan ahd partly cleared th atmosphere, stated thai h found Foreman Spauidlng tea than half a mil from th sntranc a borrd, with hi head burled between hi knee. had: been d4 but ehert -am H vldntiy had started for th tnirano but analag 4he helplea eenetlto ef th eonvlct is believed to hv turned back to i aid them and bcm over come by gases. . It was learned to night that unlea relative should Mb for the bodies they wtll b burled in th convict cemetery at th mines. All those who have been In th mln say th property damage will b light. So far Inspector have been unable to locate the point wher th explosion occurred, but it is believed to have been about a mile from the entrance In th Number On mln. Representative of th powder 00m pany doing business at Vanntr ar on th scene and doing all in tbelr power tn aid th reecurer a well a to dctermln th cause of th disaster. F GOING 10 MOMIflllL George B. McOleUan is Anx ious to Learn About the Murderer of petroslno VITE-RBO, Italy, April l.Oeorg B. McClellsn, former mayor of New York, Is expected to arrive shortly. He haa expressed a deslr to be J,r,nt ,t tn, (r1a, of tn, remmo rlst who are alleged to have been Instrumental In the killing of De tective Petroslno In th clearing up of which murder Mr. McCUIlao 1 deeply Interested. The prisoners still oontinue to think that their position Is favorable for the reason that as yet no evidence has been brought out against them. This can be explained, however, by the fact that so far only their In terrogations have been heard and the situation may change quickly when witnesses for the prosecution are called HKAH HTKinjNU CAHE ON I8TII ATUtNTA, Ua.. April I Follow ing a conference wit hcounsel In the case. Governor Brown today agreed to hear arguments and any additional evidence In the application of Thomas Edgar Stripling for pardon on next Thuraday, April II. It I stated the affidavits of tha foreman of the grand jury which Indicted Stripling, the let ter of numerous cltsen In regard to the character of William Cornett. th man killed by Stripling fourteen year ago and th plea of ustlfiabi homicide will be the principal point rescented by counsel for Stripling. - TOWN SCRROtTNOED. CONSTANTINOPLE. April The Albanians after two day' fighting, have surrounded the tow ef Btetti. to the valley of Scutari. Only a few days ago the garrison at Turt was re lieved by Turkish forces nd the Al banian were drive to 1 moun tain. " SEVERAL CANDIDATES HAD STRONG SUPPORT New Judge Has Been Practic ing Law In Ashevllle for Fourteen Years Th race for the Superior court successor to the late Judge Joseph I, ; Adams, who died last Sunday at War renton, cam to a close yesterday when Gov, W. W. Kltchln announced th appointment of Mr, r'rank Qarter, . of thla city, to the Judgeship of to ' fifteenth Judicial district. The announcement wa made - about noon yesterday, and th newt -wa not long in. spreading over Ah villa. Mr. Carter' appointment 1 all tht . more Interesting because o( th four cornered campaign ha wa making for th nomination for the office of police Justice for thl city. He bad been waging an Interesting campaga for nearly two weak, among hi op ponents being Mr. t. Q, Adams, a too of th tale Judge Adam and a broth er to Mr, John Snsed Adams, wh wa also urged by friend tor the Su perior court Judgeship to euoceed, b.1 father. Kx-Judg Thoma A. Jone and Mr. I. Sneed Adam were both strongly recommended ta th governor for th appointment, and It wm believed by many they stood an xcllent show (ng.; X:XX- -X.;l-Xf-X Mr. Carter hs been practicing law in Ashevllle for fourteen year. II la a hard-working nd well equipped lawyer, and enjoy a wide and luera tlv practice. H was bom In Mc Dowell county, being tha son of The. D, Carter, lawyer and Journalist, and moved to Atlanta wjtn a young man. There he practiced law for a number of year, and was married In that city.. H cam to Ahviffe eighteen year ago, and after creditably serv ing aa Justice of the peace for four years wa admitted to th tooal br in llltt Binee that tire h ha mad as enviable 'reputation a a practicing lawyer, and It I believed that he wtU make an abl Judge. Mr, Carter I a brother of Judg B, Ih. Carter of th Superior court of thl district who died after serving one term. Hi father wag Identified with th famous Cranberry. Iron work at Cranberry, da., and later published tn thl elty Th Wetrn North. Car oline Expositor. Mr, Carter hat net received hi commission as yt, but a speolal to Tha Cltlsen from Balslgh last night atatad that If had been forwarded. ' Mr. Carter will hold his Arm term of court at Hartford eounty oa April It, which will be followed by a tw week' term In Bertie eounty. He will then have an Intermission of sv week. In announcing his withdrawal from th rac for polio justlc Mr, Car (Oontinaied on pag flva.) FOR A LONG SEIGE IS THE i REPDfiT FROM MEXICO ; Work on Defenses of the ; City Goes on by Day , ; and Night. " ' . fi',"' CITIZENS UNEASY CHIHUAHUA, Mex., AprU t.,vha Laredo, Tex., April I. AU Uoubt that thl city I preparing defense against a- long siege wa removed today when the military authorities began to en close th place within a troch or barbed wire entanglement. Trenches are being dug at many quarters, and mine have been placed in th ave nue leading to the heart of th town. f An American who occupied a hous owned by an : Englishman today ' protested to th British consul against an invasion of hi horn by soldiers, who began punching rifle loophole In tha walls.- When the protest wa filed th (oldter desisted. All those who called on Gov. Ahu mada today were assured of j th safety of the olty. ; . f , "There I Its possibility of the In surrec tos attacking us," th governor aid. w-.';' y ,. Despite th 'governor' assurance , the work on the defense Is contin ued day and -night To the west of the city in the direction of Madero' camp the hilltop are filled with breastwork occupied by picket on continuous fluty. -Yi 'i . Some of the Insurrecte camps r as near as five mile of the city. The federal outposts are not m mil out, . . Madero has now t 1 about 1.80 men. f " -. Th lnsurre'-to ' strengthened l ammvininon r- n f . - omrnRri !
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