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ZEN. Complete Associated 1 Press Reports j THE WEATHEE: FAIR. VOL. XXVH., NO. 186 ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 25. 1911 PRICE FIVE CENTS , ; , , i:Sesr.r- . ;--l THE ASHEV1LLE CITI TWENTY Tin ENTOMBED IN ftNE" Tons of Debris Prevent Their Being Reached by army of Eager Rescuers AN AWFUL EXPLOSION CAUGHT MEN IN TRAP Nerrly all of Men are Ameri cans and Hopes for Get ting Them Out Slim ELK GARDEN, W.Va.. April 24. Twenty-two miners are entombed in ptt mine No, 2 of the Davis Coal & Coke company here as the result ot an explosion early today and little hope is entertained for the rescue of aay of them alive because of the tons of debris that has thus far impeded the progress of rescuers. It cannot be learned yet whether the explosion was caused by dust or gas. Officials of the company say they have never known their mines to be gaseous. As Boon as the accident became known Supt. Robert Grant organized a -rescue corps of the miners off duty, and these attempted to enter the mine after ' notifying the officials of the coal company of Cumberland, Md. Rescuers Are Blocked. - The rescue party had not advanced far into the workings before they dis covered it would take stYeral days to dig through the heaps of roof coal and slate that had been loostened by the explosion. It then was decided to eftect an entrance .nearer probable lioint of the explosion by cutting thorough the wail of an adjoining mine. Late thin afternoon the res cuers had penetrated to the No. 2 mine at a point about 4.000 feet from the outside entry. There still re mained about the same distance to go before reaching the miners. The Ott mine No. 2 is almost directly under the town of Elk Garden, which is on a hill. The mouth of the mine ft about half a mile from the town. In striking contrast to the usual mine explosions, the ' Victims in thit case, with one exception.' are Ameri- eh. ' ' '1 The mine usually employs 200 men on the day shift and ahcut the same number at night. A temporary sus pension of work, however, required fewer men In the mines, else the, cas ualty might have been greater, . ... RKSCrERS RfSHED TO SCENE. PITTSBURG, Pa., April 24. Upon receipt of news of the disaster at the (Continued on Page Four) FOR i EMMS PRICE At Auction Sale of Famous ' Hoe Library Bible Sold for Fifty Thousand WAS HISTORIC BOOK NEW YORK, April 24 The first book ever printed from movable type tonight brought the highest price ever paid for any book. The prize was the Guttenburg Bible, the pur chaser, Henry E. Huntington, of Los Angeles, and the price J50.000. The purchase was made at the opening session tonight of the sale of the library of the late Robert Hoe, the largest public auction sale of books ever attempted. Experts have estimated the collection to be worth morn than a million dollars, und wealthy amateurs and dealers Irom Europe have come to vie with the American collectors In the bid ding. It was evident from the pro gress of the sale tonight that Ameri can bidders would take in the cream of the offeriifgs at prices averaging higher than any ever offered at a public book auction. The highest price previously paid j t for the Guttenburg Bible was $20, 080. at which. . . Bernard Quarttch I purchased it in England fourteen j years ago. At a private sale he dis posed of It shortly afterward to Mr. I Hoe at a profit of $2,500 and it has remained In the Hoe collection ever sinc. The copy was printed some time between 1450 and 1455. Bidding for the treasured book was spirited, with Bernard Quaritch, son of the former owner, participating until the bids passed the $21,000 mark. From there it Jumped by thou sands at a clip to $45,000. At $49, 000, P. A. B. Wtdener. of Philadel phia, who had been the most deter mined of the runners up, dropped out of fthe race and the even $50. 000 was bid by Mr. Huntington. The winner la a son of the late CoIIls P. Huntington. COXCRET' on men BIG FOUR. . April 24. One man was kiled and -rive injured when a concrete car body slid from its track here today, falling with It ton of concrete on th men. Oae eX the tehired will die. Thai ae- ATELKGAHUEN I'll GRAND JURY PROBE INTO FINDINGS OF HIGH EXPLOSIVES Private Detectives aminihg Books Union. Grand Thorough Search as to Dynamite. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. April 24. By an order of Judge Job. T. Mark ey, of the Marlon county Criminal court. Issued late today, only the county prosecutor, the members of the grand Jury and the officers of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers can be permitted to examine books and pa pers taken by the police and deputy sheriffs from the office of the associ ation In connection with the Loa An geles Times explosion Inquiry. This action, taken on application of attor neys for the association and with the approval of the county prosecutor, bars private detectives and unofficial Investigators from Inspecting the books, correspondence and docu ments. The material tonight was locked up In the grand jury room and will be submitted to the grand Jury tomorrow during the Investigation as to the Identity of persons that depoa lted a quantity of dynamite In the Iron Workers' association' storage compartment In the basement of the building In which are its offices. Great Quantity Belied. . A part of the books nd papers were seized by the police last Satur day night In a raid on the offices, led by Wm. Burns, a private deteotlve In the employ of the National Errector association. Investigating the responsi bility of the dynamite explosions that have damaged bridges and buildings In course of construction In many parts of the country and destroyed the Los Angeles Tlmea building with great loss of life. The raid followed the arrest of John McNamara. secre tary and treasurer of the Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, Indicted In Imu Angeles for complicity In an ex plosion at the Llewellyn Iron works. Superintendent of Police Hyland was summoned with these books and papers before the grand Jury today and afterwards a summons was Issued for Frank Ryan, president of the Iron Workers' association, ordering him to produce certain other' records. Ryan; failed t appear, end order '! j grand Jury deputy sheriffs went to th office building with a wagon ana hauled the documents to the court house. Parked Around Dynamite. The books and papers demanded today By the grand Jury were stacked indiscriminately about the four pack ages of dynamite, fuses, explosive caps and alarm clocks discovered by the police in Saturday night's raid. The explosives were removed to a secret FACE DF MORMON LEADER ON BATTLESHIP SILVER SUBJECTIENTS Naval Secretary has to Hear Case Pro and Con and Make Somebody Mad SMOOT IS FOR IT WASHINGTON. April 24. Senator Smoot of Utah today had a confer ence with Secretary of the Navy Mey er regarding the design of the silver service to be presented to the battle ship Utah by the people of the state of Utah. His call was the result of the criticisms made in the meetings of the Daughters of the American Revolution that the silver plate was to carry the likeness of Brigham Young. The senator told Secretary Meyer that the only representation of Mr. Yount? contained In the design was that of his figure as it appears on the pioneer monument in Salt Lake City. He aald that this monument had been chosen by a committee composed of three Mormons and three non-Mormons, the chairman of the. committee being Colonel D. C. Jackllng. who Is not affiliated with the Mormon church. He said Colonel Jackllng had been largely instrumental In selecting the design and that the inclusion of th statue of Brigham Young wa only incidental and due entirely to the fact that is was a part of the monument A committee representing the Daughters of the American Revolu tion accompanied by a defegatlon of Washington ministers and by Mrs. H. S. Owen of Salt Lake City made ver bal protest to Secretary Meyer today against the acceptance of the service bearing Young's likeness. Mr. Meyer said that the gift Was not yet wjthln his Jurisdiction but that when It had been received he would decide the matter. STRIPLING SERIOUSLY SICK ATLANTA, April 24. Thomas Ed gar Stripling, the former Danville, Va.. police chief, whom Governor Brown refused to pardon for killing W. J. Comett In this state, 14 years ago, probably will be sent to the prison farm at Mllledgevllle to serve a life sentence. Reports from Columbus, Ga., where the man la in Jail, are that he Is ill and In no condition to work on the roads, as other prisoner do. It Is BarredJ7rom Ex- of Iron Workers Jury Will Make place by the authorities and the other material was guarded by the police and today by deputy sheriffs, until it was taken out. Attorneys for th Iron workers' association, who strong Iy protested against the removal of the records, frankly stated that their purpose In asking the court tor the order granted by Judge Markey was to prevent examination of the books by Detective Burns and his assistants and by Walter Drew, chief counsel for the National Erector's association, th Iron contractors' organisation. Drew said he awaited with special Interest the return tonight of Detec tive Burns from Toledo, where dls patches had related he, today, ob talned In the check room ot the union station a suit case which, Burns said. belonged either to J. W. McNamara or Ortle McManiga and contained evidence tending to show complicity In dynamite explosions. Prand Jury Probing, Frank P. Baker, county prosecutor, today, announced that' the grand Jury's Investigation will go into Intl matlona that there was a conspiracy against the Iron Workers' association and Its officials resulting In the "planting" of the dynamite, to create evidence against them, in their office building. These allegations were con talned In statements attributed to the unlno officials. Mr. Baker said that the grand Jury would probe the charge that the dy namite was collected here with the Intention of using It to destroy build lngs being erected by contractors em ploying non-union workers. The de positing of the dynamite In the base ment of the office building was In It- Self, he said, an offense against the statutes of Indiana. Th Iron Workers' association to day engaged a number of additional attorney and friends of Secretary McNamara employed counsel for him personally- Henry , Seyfrled, McNa mara's 'attorney, lata today In an In' tervlew denounced the extradition of McNamara as an "outrageous Illegal lty" and aald he believed? that the de tectives concerned were guilty of kid naplng under the laws of Indiana. It was reported tonight that affl davits were being prepared to be filed In a Justice of the peace court, charging detectives with kidnaping McNamara. (Continued on page live.) TO MILEAGE ALLOWANCE ANOBEFEJSETO GUT IT OFF All Need the Money and the Pruning Knife is Temporarily Stopped NEED CLERKS TOO WASHINIGTON, April 22 An at tempt to cut down the amount of mileage paid to members ot con gress for their expenses In going to and from Washington; and a contro very over the extent to which dem ocratic'' economy should affect the clerkships to committees, brought about a long debate In the house this afternoon and resulted In the defeat of a provision for nine clerks to committees equaling an expenditure of $4 per day each. The provlalon for the clerks was brought In with a minor appropria tion bill by Chairman Fitzgerald of the appropriations committee. Re publicans charged the democrats with not having thoroughly systematized their affairs and with trying now to add some of the clerks that had been previously dropped when the economy experts pruned down the house pay roll. Democratic leaders asserted that the clerks were those usually assign ed to the important committees of the house. Mr. Fitzgerald finally urged that the provision of his bill relating to the clerks he .voted out. Representative Cox of Indiana, pro posed to cut the mileage allowance for congressmen from ten, rents to five centa a mile, but his plan met with no warmth of welcome and was ruled out of order. Representative Garrett, of Tennes see, urged Mr. Cox not to make the motion now, "when we all need the money," but to make It at the next session. The house passed bills to pay $201,000 In mileage to members of the house and senate; and to provide for pages, extra employes and stationery and printing of speeches for . th Individual mem bers. RESIGNATION WITHDRAWN STAUNTON, Va., April 24. Charles F: Akhburner. who resigned aa dty manager while away on account of hi health, has withdrawn the resig nation. On reaching home he found that ' he was accused of resigning y M BERKELEY HOTEL CLOSES DOORS MAY 1; LEADED TO MR. S. LIPIHSKY FOR STORE Win be Opened July 1 as Modern Department Store.--Mr Frank Loughran Organ izing Hotel Company to Conduct Extensive Operatione. Changes at the ; ' l Swannanoa and Prospect' of Superb New Hotel By a deal completed yesterday by tha Canadev ;Hea Estate company, on of - the .' city's historic land marks, . th 'Berkeley hotel, will cloa It door on May 1 It ha Ing ben leased for fourteen year to Mr. 8. Llplnsky, th well known dry good merchant qf this city, who on July 1 of this year will open It as a first -cla as department .store. Mr. Ll plnsky ha leased th entire building, with the exception of th pool room and barber shop oa Lexington avenue, wntcn win remain in.cnarge oi in present managers. Mr. Llplnsky plans to make of (he old Berkeley building a four-story department ator with well lighted basement, and wilt car ry all the line usually carried by the modern department store. The build ing will be remodeled from top to bottom and a new front equal to anything In the South will be put In. The present plan provide for the re moval of th old balcony, whence thousand have viewed th various public parades which ' have passed down Patton avenue during the last seventeen years. In the new department store the Otis Electric Elevstor company will Install a modem passenger elevator. The opening of this store will her an Important event in the mercantile cir cle of Western North Carolina, and will mark another forward step In the long and successful career of Mr. 8. Llplnsky in this city. Hncrawftil Career. Mr. Llplnsky came to Asheville thirty-two years ago. starting In a small atore on South Main street in the upper end of the old Eagle hotel. He later moved to the present J. M. j Stoner building, following up that move with another to the store now FOR SPACEJGIVEH CRIME Should Not Carry Details of Vice Into Homes Says Prominent Catholic - NEW ORLEANS, La., April 24. Newspapers jvere scored for devoting too much space to crime and the de tails of "stories" of vice by Charles Denechaud, president of the Feder ation of Catholic Societies In Louisi ana in his snnual sddresa to the dele gate attending the convention of the federation here. It la not within the province of your board nor noes aumepi i arogate to Itself either the regulation or censorship of the press," said he, "hut It ha steadily held to the con viction that H Is manifestly Improper for newspapers after gaining accs the home to confront the reader with the minute detail of the re pulsive testimony adduced at criminal trials. Nor do we approve, and havo so registered our criticism in thl con nection as well, in the printing of pic tore of fallen girls, abandoned wo men and depraved men." WASHINGTON. April J 4. Forecast for North Carolina: Fair Tuesday Signs of the Times, occupied by Mr. Falk, HI lact chang was to hi present location, seventeen year ago, and there - h prospered to such a degree that tor th last three 'or four year th Bon March ha been seriously handicap ped by lack of room for the accom modation of customer and tha prop er display of good. In all till time Mr. Llplnsky has always taken an aotlve Interest In municipal progress. and he served with distinction on th aldermanle : board of this city, v He has always enjoyed th etem and confidence of hi fellow eltlsens, and ha aver been regarded a a business man of urmeual ueee and great In tegrity. It Is fait that hi contem plated move will lead to still greater achievement In commercial line. Mr. Frank loughran' Plans, No less Important to th business Interests of Ashevlll I th Intention of Mr. Frank Loughran, tha tueceaa ful hotel man, to make axtenslv changes In the present Swannanoa hotel, which will hereafter be known as the Swannanoe-Berkeley hotel. Mr. W. C. Hawk, proprietor of the Berk eley, will be associated with Mr. Loughran In a company now being organised to be known a th Lough ran Hotel company. In addition to the Improvements recently made at the Swannanoa, when It was entirely remodeled and enlarged, thirty-six new bath room will he added and fitted up, and the entire hotel ao equipped as to make It a desirable stopping place for tourist or commer cial traveler. Mr. R. 8. Smith, th well known architect. Is now working on plana to this end. . Propect for New Hotel. But morn Important still, perhaps. COULDN'T SPEAK ENGLISH Incoming Immigrant "Talk ed" by Producing Roll After Bool fo Money NEW YORK. April 14. Frederick Schneider, who arrived today from Russia with a wife and fourteen .of his fifteen living children, could not answer In English when asked If he had money enough to provid for his army of Schneiders but he replied In American" with an eloquence that staggered the Immigration officials. From the depths of various pock etx. he brought forth rolls of bills, one after another, and tossed them upon the desk at Ellis Island whili officials and Immigrants pressed around to hear the money talk. In all he produced tl'S.DOO. Through an Interpreter Schneider explained that hlH finances came from the Hie of a big farm near OiJt-a and that he was on his way to OIn Ullen, V. IX, whither his cidcHt son, Christian, had prVeded him. AX VMSI AL KILLING. RLCKFI ELD, V'. Va., April 24. At Cracker Neck, Russell ounty, Va.. Richard Ball shot and killed Lafay ette M' Farland yesterday because as he alleges McKarland interfered with him while he wu preparing a burial casket for a child. fall claims he fired In self defense. He surrendor ed to an officer after he ' had com pleted the arrangements for the funrat of the child. TO All) FARM LIFE SCHOOLS. WASHINGTON. April 24. Senator Overman Introduced a bill today to apply a part of the proceeds of pub lic land for support of farm life schools in the South. Th purpose of tha measure 1 to increase knowl- g the prpot of ft iplandld new ho ts! to bi rctd on th lot now owned by Mr. Loughran at the comer of Haywood - and Walnut trU, wher th Hip theater stand. Whll Mr. Loughran ha mad no statemeni n th matter, Th Cltlien ha good reason for believing that a superb hotel, on of th flnt In th South, wilt b In th cours of rc- tton In lfa than a year, and that thr will be ; associated 1 with - Mr, Loughran ; In thi vast enterprise man M unlimited . capital, who I ysatly Interested m th program and welfar of Western North Carolina, What thl would mean to Ashevlll oan be better Imagined than - d. crlbcd. '.'"':V-: Stttwrawfol Business Man. , Uk Mr. Llplnsky. Mr, rrank Loughran J one of Ashevlll' pion er . business man. Hs' hae alwayi been regarded a shrewd financier and every: Investment mad by him prospered to a remarkable degree, He earn to Ashvlll twenty-eight year ago and has sine been closely Identified . with the city' commercial and Industrial progress. H ha had control of the Berkeley since Sep tember I, 12(4, and under his man' agement, and later under that of Mr, Hawk, the old hotel was very popu lar wth the traveling public. Its closing will remove from thl city another old landmark. Mr. Loughran bought the Swannanoa on July ltOt, and Ilka It (later hotel, It has always done a profitable butlness. It I - expscted that th projected Im provements at th Swannanoa will b completed by the middle of July. F OFFICIALS IRE ARRESTED Found in United States Ter ritory Plotting Against Native Land SAN JUAN, P. R April J4. Gen Carlo R. Morale, former president of Santo Domingo; Maurlclo Jlminei former vice president, and Gen. Zenon Torlblo, formerly an officer In th Santo Domingo army, were arrested here today by United State Mar hal Hubbard, charged with violating section 11 of th United State stat utes, having to do with act of his tillty against th government with which the I nked State I at peace. . It t alleged that papers found among their personal effect Indi cated that the accused men were preparing to organise a military ex pedition from Porto Rico ' against Santo Domingo. They were arraigned before the United State commission er. The hearing was postponed and th court demanded bonds of $7,000. Thl was not given by the prisoner, who. on being held, applied to th Supremo court for a writ of habeas corpus. CHANCELLOR S. V. CNIVERSITV NEW YORK, April 24. Dr. Elmer Ellsworth Brown, of Washington, D. C, commissioner of education since 10. was appointed today chancellor of New York university to succeed the Rev. Dr. Henry Mitchell Mac Cracken, resigned. SHOT MAN ON BALL GROtTX DANTE. Va., April 34 Pelham Rattcllff shot and killed William Hall here today while the men were em ployed In 'roting fh ball ground preparatory; to a ball game between Dante and ' Cleveland. Va. RsttHirr NDLANQ IS MUCH INTERESTED TRADE TREATY Considering a Treaty Herself WUh United States for Fishing Iudustry WANTS CLOSE RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES Republicans are Rattled by Magnificent Leadership Shown by Underwood .. Cltlsen Bureau, - Congrea 111L ;s; By tf, t. C. Bryant WASHINGTON, tl. a, April 14. Newfoundland t watching tr1y the progr of th Canadian rclpra dty bill In congress. Sh It kstnly Interested, being prapared to consid er reciprocity haraelf with th VnlUJ States In th matUf of fishery pro duot. ' she , would grant American fishermen th tight to purohas bait in free return for ft entry of Tr ranovan fish Into American markets. If Newfoundland wr id dlspoatd she, by enforcing4 th Bslt Act against American flhartn, ' would Oflppl th industry in th. northern wattrtY , Off th ast coast f Newfoundland on th Grat Bank and )f ledge, th fishing Industry it vtrjr proipsrout and profitable at timet. Th terrl. tory xthd from Fundy bay to Lab rador. if nhermn are able t our plenty of bait their profit run high. Th bait la imall fish herring, eaplin and sould. Halibut d and haddock ar caught with it., Krnoh, American and Canadian fishermen do what I called "banit fishing" In Newfoundland waters, Th French have headquarter at St. Pierre, th American at Gloucester and th Canadian at Luneburg. 5 Th little nshe. used tor bate, abound In th water along th Mew foundland seaboard. Th tuccss of th ftahermeh deptnd largely upon their ability to get bait. ' The Hagu decision conned fish ermen the right to tk fish of every kind and to mpioy ! ''non-Inhabi tant but. on th other hand, -It held that the treaty conferred no privilege of Immunity on such "non-lnhabl-tanta," Thta rider virtually render valueless the treaty to herring fish srm nand lav thm at th msrey of th Tewanovan government. Newfoundland atibtcrlbe ' to - th doctrine of fre flab for free bait. Both th Bond-Blatne and th Bond Hay treaties war based upon thl principal and It la not likely to b changed. , . It ha been reported her and In England recently that the Newfound land government wet trying to bring about better relation between th American and Its peopl In th fish ing Industry. Th Newfoundlander would like to sell their fish to th American fish eater without having to pay a tariff duty. ; There ar torn Newfoundland fishermen who Would ' prefer shutting the American , rival out of th Terrannvan" waur.- But th majority of th people would Ilk to exchange bait for the prvilege of entering their fish fr of duty. If tha Newfoundland government were to deny the American fishermen bait, a (Continued on Png Four) ORDERS IRE SENT INSURGENT LEADERS TO CQMETD EL PASO AT ONGE Madero Wants Them All Present for the Discus : sion of Terms of Peace : TO EXTEND ARMISTICE EL PASO, Tex.. April 1 4. General y. Francisco I. Madero, desiring that th tranquility which ema about te be -restored in the district between Chi r huahua and Juarei shall extend ever" , the entire country where there have been outbreaks, has Invited the in surrecto leader to hasten' to EI Paso ' to help In . the discussion of peace terms. The telegraph, the mail and in some Instance courier were used by the insurrecto general to vend th call. Among those to whom he eent '. word are Jose Maria Pino Satires, a - lawyer who waa appointed provisional governor of Yucatan by the rebels and , who I now at New Orleans; Guada-' lupe Oonxalea. provisional governor of Zacateca. now at OJinaga; Abraham Gonaales provisional governor of Chi huahua with headquarters at Guar ' rero. These officers are in military as well aa civil command Ktf rebel ac tivities In their states. Dr. Vasqusa Oome. the ibsurrecto dlplomatio agent at Washington, alo will come. General Madero set t rest reports that he would auccec 1 I ..mon C"V. I as Vic prexlilcr.t. 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