-LI. THE WEATHEB: CITIZEN WANT ADS BRING RESULTS BAIN ASIIEVILLE. N C. THUR SDAY j&ORNINO, JULY 13, 1911 VOL. JULV11.; NO. 265 PRICE FIVE CEBITS HUNDREDS OF LIVES SACRIFICED TO UNCHECKED FIRES IN FOREST MILLIONS Northern Ontario Mass ; Forced to Take to Shafts for Safety, Penned in by Flames, Perish Charred Bodies of Victims Along Mine Roads PROGRESS MADE DIFFICULT BY DENSE CLOUDS OF SMOKE Twenty Minutes After Fire Strikes South for cupine, Town is in Ashes and All Who Escaped Made for Water Craft : TOROWI'b. " Ont. July lit The loss of life In Porcupine district from yeterday'i Ore Is. known to be sev erel . hundred and the property loss Will readi several million of dollar. Only three; of the eighty-four em ployes ef the Wert Dome mine have been, accounted for and 208 minora, mucker, etc., In the Dome , mine have been, uffpcated. . The mine burned Include the Dome, Korth Dome. Pre toivBast Dome, Vlpond, Fdley O'Brien Philadelphia, United Porcupine. El Dorado,! Standard. . imperial,' Weat Dome and Success. Among the dead are Robert WHss, manager of the Weat Dome, and his wir. nhliil The.. PhtladelDhla mlna'i lnaa la about ISO. 000: United Porcupine mine's loss 20.0(T0; El IVorado Porcupine, alt buildings de stroyed; Standard, about 140,000; Im perial, about 135,000; Success, proba bly destroyed! West mines, about $76,000. - , All, reports give but a vacua Idea of the loss of life as well as pro perty; In Porcupine camp, which pro bably will total millions of dollars and. hundreds of lives. In four, short hours, commencing at 1 J. 80 yesterday nooh, the -Ore .swept from , " the Standard mines Shrough to theN Chores' of Porcupine Jake, where It ate up Ihe towns of 8011th Porcupine. PpttsWlle and part ofrGolderi Xav aa.aU. ajsnaajMnnall clnlty of Porcupine lake, the treated havoc was wrought around the main mines : notably West Dome and Big Dome. There the entrapped miners, cut off from escape, were forced to take to the' shafts for safety nd, penned In by flames, 'perished- This was notable, too at Dome and West Dome mines. At Preston, East Dome an untlrabe'red ahatf rave shelter and noae perished. The streets of South Porouptno are strewn with gov. non Wilson ii HIGH MORAL BASIS mm UWTER "Lawyer In Politics" Sub ject of Address to Ken , tucky Bar Association YEBT STRONG JPLEA XiBXIIfOTOK. Ky., July U-Reo-mmendrna proposed) reforms of legal procedure, condemning what he char acterised "new lawyer" and advocat ing the placing of the profession on a higher moral basis, Governor Wood row Wilson, of New-Jersey tonight de livered his address oq The Lawyer In Politics," before the' members of the Kentucky Bar' association at their tenth annual convention. Governor Wilson waa introduced by Governor Augustus K. Wilson, of Kentucky, and was cheered- repeatedly throughout his talk. Be severely criticised meth ods pursued under present day proced ure in the use of Involved language In legal Instruments and made a plea for the betterment of the profession by the elimination of the unfit b r1 Governor Wilson said In part "As one looks about him at the in finite ' complexities ef the modern problems of life, at the great tasks to be aoconrplisbed by law, at the Issues of 1ffe and happiness, and prosperity Involved, one cannot but realise how much depends upon the part the law yer Is to play In the future politics of the country," said Governor Wil son. "If he will not assume the role of patriot aid of, statesman; If he wjll not lend all his learning to the service of the common life of the country;. if he will not open his sympathies to common man and enlist his enthusi asm in those policies which will bring regeneration ; to the business ' of the country: Jess eipert hands than his must attempt the difficult and peril ous business. It will be clumsily done. It will he done at the risk of reaction against the law Jtself. It wilt be done perhaps in a brutal disregard of the niceties of Justice, with clumsiness Instead of wlth'skllL . :i f j The tendencies of the profession. (Continued on Fag lpffht i OF DOLLARS DAMAGE of Flames Entrapped, dead persons, horses, dogs and cattle. Along; the mine roads are the charred "bodies of those overcome trying; to escape. Of the staff of 300 at the Dome, but a few were saved and at the West Dome but three of the 14 employes are known to be alive. Early yes terday morning the miners saw dense clouds of smoke to the south west, where the tires were raging. f Tbj gave small heed. It was not until noon -that the dense smoke aloud began to roll over the Porcupine' die trlat. Then the miners, became alarmed. Messengers were sent out and soon returned with warning that the fire was traveling through the forest at a. rapid pace and wag licking up many towns. Shortly after upon the fire had cov ered an area of 26 miles In length and two miles In width and wag lick ing up the base line of Tlsdale, sweep lng over the Standard and Imperial mines at Delore, the Philadelphia, Inahaw El Dorado and United' mine, in Southern Whitney.. . , When the seriousness of the situ ation was apparent the fire ball was sounded with the Dome mine whis tle. ' In half an hour the flames were ranging on -the spot, They' swept' over the Foley O'Brien, mine,, then Jumped to the Preston East Dome and fol lowed, over the Dome. West Dome fsmd-Hrioru; Dorngj; t9s f " ' Hundreds fled before the flames but the dense clouds of black smoke1 hung very low over the land , and made progress difficult. Many fell exhausted before the 'raging fire as It swept over the town of South Porcupine. The frame buldlnge"- burn ed fiercely. Twenty minute after the flames struck the outskirts . the town was In ashes. All who escaped the flames made for the water wbere all sorts of water craft, launches, oa- (Oontrnaicd on Pago Bight) ALLEGED DMTERS IIIISWEB "NOT CUILn" John J. and James B. Mc- . Namara Claim Innocence of Nineteen Charges GET CONTINUANCE LOS ANGELteS. Cal., July liX John J. and James B. McNamara, al leged dynamite plotters, anwered "not guilty" today to the nineteen charges of murder against them when after ten weeks in the county jail Judge Walter Bordwell had overruled every point advanced by the defense for the quashing of the Indictments. John McKamara was the first to be asked how he wished to plead. He answered "Not guilty." Hardly a minutes later James B. McNamara made a similar response to the same charge. After ward they replied at the same time, to the accusations. When the nineteen murder accusations growing out of the Time explosion had been answered John J. McNamara stood alone and anaweeed "Not guilty" to th charge of complicity in the explosion at the Llewellyn Iron Works In this city. The defenee asked that the date of the trial be not fixed until Jos. Scott, one of the McNamara attorneys could return from San Francisco. Th pros ecution objected but Judge Bordwell ordered a continuance until Friday morning when the trial date will be settled. ' JfOT THE' RIGHT' BODY CHICAGO, July 1 tthoma Carr died here recently. His wjdow had heard him speak of relative In Colo rado. X Carr family in Durango were looking for a son Thomas. Tbey thoughf they had. found their Thomas In the dead man. The body waa ship ped, followed by the widow and f onr children On arrival It was discover ed that the body was' not that of the right Carr. ' In the meantime a penniless . wi dow and four children are some where In Colorado and the body awaits burtaj la Durango. ',, Cut Off From Escape, F SCORED SEVERELY BY Heavy Tax on Dowries of Am erican Brides to Foreign . ' Titles Suggested DIPLOMATIC SYSTEM GETS SOUND DRUBBING Question as to Whether Mult! Millionaires or Statesmen . Should Have Posts - WASHINGTON, July 14. A heavy tax- on;, the dowrie : of American brides in International marriages, 1'so that the penurious but titled fortune hunter .might secure -but a small moiety of the price the bride pay him for a name which he himself dishonors by thus pitting it up at auction, .10 tne mgnest oiaaer, was suggested by Representative Kahn T California, in tne nouse toaay as a tftean to top alltarv- between American heiresses arto 'jrCTken down foreign noblemen, L ;.... HI speech was In answer to an at tack by Reil sentatlve Henry of Tex as a wee ago. "At no time In the history , of the, republic,"'"-- said he "h ave the' American ambassador or minister to foreign court been ) obsequiously dressed : in . simpler elothes and resorted to less finesse and chicane than- now." As to the criticisms of John Hays Hammond special ambassador to the corona tion of King George, Mr. Kahn said ho believed Mr. Henry, after calmer consideration, would admit to him self that they were "unjustified and entirely gratuitous." Representative Henry of Texas, re plied to Mr. Kahn. He said It was the "vulgar extravaganoe" In dlplo (Oontlnned on page ertit) ENSIGN R. S. rOUHG. JR., DISAPPEARS FROM SHIP. I Concord, N. C.. Man Leaves Note That He Intended Drowning Self OVERSTATED LEAVE WASHINGTON. Jlitu R. B. Toung, Jr., of Concord, N. C, Disappeared rrom the destroyer Perk Ins at the New York Navy yard last night, leaving; a note stating that he JntUided . to drown himself. The young officer had slightly overstayed his shore leave and had been called upon for an explanation. WHEW LAST SEEN. NEW TORK, July 12. Ensign Toung was last seen aboard the Perkins at 10 o'clock last night Two weeks ago he waa absent five days without leave and upon his return Captain Piingle of the destroyer sent .Mm,..,t8....tM,.,.wjk Into his conduct waa. to have started today., , A revolver was found In Toung room with all the cartridges unex ploded. but with one cartridge in dented by the Impact, Indicating that an attempt had been made 'to lire. TO BE MARRIED IN FAIJj . CHARLOTTE, N. C. July II Ensign Robert R. Toung, Jr., who mysteriously disappeared from the torpedo boat destroyer Perkins at the Brooklyn navy yard last nlgti't was to- be "Married In the - fall tc? Miss Bessie Haldnae" Merrltt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs." E. Brant Merrltt of Norfolk, Va. The engagement of the young couple waa announced the lat ter part of May., Ensign Toung la the son of Dr.; Robert S. Toung mt Concord. N. Cr, who received the first Intimation of his son's disappearance through the Associated Press story. The family Is widely connected In this state. Recent letters from the young man aid that he was In the best of health and spirits. His mother is In an Atlanta hospital where - she recently underwent; as eperrstoa. :.. DRTUNE HUNTEBS CO RESSMAN There's Nothing Trt TOX hw THS llTTll OU " JtJ tTOWM- I'M HAVIN6 I ', 4, X " ' T'Myt IN DESPERATION OPPONENTS OF BILL INDULGING IN PETTY. PERSONALITIES But This Does "Not Keep Them From Badly Downing Ba0ey Free List Amendment --Consideration of Reciprocity Expected to Move Rapidly From "Now on--Woo) Amendment Comes up Today ' 'J WASHINGTON! July 11 Uonator Bailey's free list amendment to the Canadian reciprocity hill wa defeat- ed In the senate late today by a large majority. Be evident WM the margin agalnit it that Ssnator Bailey did not ask for . roll call. 1 v l , Pursuing he nolloj, ef forcing the opponents of reciprocity . 'to proceed without. delay. Senator Penrose urgel Senator Bailer to Introduce his woal tariff amendment at once. The latter did so, and th senate adjourned With the admendment pending.. It 1 a modltlcatlen of .the ' wool tariff bill recently passed f by the hduse 'and place ail autifton w ana man,u factured woot at a general average of 10 per cent. aU s ' . t .The eenlderatfe.HJlai racteroclm bill Is expected to-meve with rapidity from now. on. ..-The wool amendment will probably be disposed of tomor roy. and Senators lAfollette and Brls tow are ready with their amendments and their speeches against the bill, "Beml-democratt," "borrowed demo crats,", and like, terms -were applied ta the republican senator support ing the bill by Senator Heyburn of Idaho in a speech against they meas ure. He declared that when the vote on the bill Is taken, all real republi cans In the senate will be opposed to It, while "semi-democrats" will vote for It,, along with "fee-simple" dem ocrats."' "How can we educate the leader of the party back to republican princi ples?" asked Senator Neleon of Min nesota, "Who Is the leader of the repub lican party?" asked Senator 'Heyburn. Senator Bailey declared the repub licans were In a state of mutiny and did not know their leader. ELKS TO RAISE S2IJ1 FOR NEW NATIONAL ROME Per Capita Tax of Fifty Centa Will be Levied to Raise Required Sum ATLANTIC CITT, N. 3., July 12. A per capita tax of fifty cents will be levied on every member of the order of Elks to raise the 1260,000 needed for the Improvement of th new National Elks' home at Bedford City, VaVccordlni? to action taken by th grand lodge this afternoon. A commission consisting of Grand Ex alted Ruler J. P. Sullivan, Past Grand Exalted Buler August Herrmann, th board of trustees and three additional member, will have charge of the pro ject with full power to'aoC : Th Newport, R I . lodge, No. 104, captured the t5O0 prise at the com petitive drill today. Chas. A, Rasbury, of Dallas, Tex., defeated candidate 'or grand exalted ruler, announced thl afternoon that ha would run for office fct Portland, Oregon, rfxt year. .' ' The Elk tonight are preparing far the big parade tomorrow along At lantic avenue, the main thoroughfare of the city. The procession will get under way at 2 o'clock and will be fn command of Orandl Esquire Jas. B, Nicholson, of Boston, who has divided the Elks IntA ten divisions. C. L. .Applegate. of Salt Lake, was today elected grand trustee on the third ballot. ' " MAT BR NATIONAL PARK WASHINGTON, July If. A bill appropriating 1200,004 for the gov: ernmeM . purchase of . Jamestown Island, Va., and to convert It into a national park to preserve the side of the first Engllah settlement In America,1 .wa -ntroduced today, by Keftreaentatlv Lamb I9C Tlrgjnla. ' ' Slow About That Mr. Heyburn declared that the re olproclty'v btjl came to, onTref "wrapped In the flag of the pirate." ' "W are told, 'Here' the bill; now you pas it through without any change," " said Mr. Heyburn. He de clared that he opposed smendmeni to th, bin as well as the bill itself, because "every amendment 1 a splint er Oft the republican flagstaff of pro tective policy."1 "' "That can't be," Interjected Sen ator Ctapp, "the flagstaff has byw broken and the flag, pelted down." , !TH bet you , T,0tt0.00 republican vote that if la not truee.'t said Sena tor Ueyburnk., He added that ne be (jeved the ? republican iroat4 ultl-,maUUrl-oBj"Ur. attain n . pre t active principle. Asked by Bena tor aBlley as to how he would Class, ify the Insurgents, Senator Heyburn raid they . were "maverick" watting to be branded. "If they can be rounded up In th white, house k lot, I know how they will be branded," said Benato? BalUsy Senator Heyburn characterised some of the progressives "progressing like a crab; you -can't tell wb loft way they are going." "This Is not the deathbed, of the republican party," said Senator, Hey burn, referring to the spilt In the re publican ranks, "but it will be the deathbed of many of the men who are supporting this reciprocity bill when the people realise that It means the pulling down of the protective system." Senator Dixon of Montana declared that he would vote for the Bailey amendment to the reciprocity , bill, and' that If the reciprocity bill pass ed "he would be willing to stay until TO JURY Bf JUDGE GOIOH Famous Suit of Ware-Era- msrvjBfAinerlcau Tobacco Co. Near Close ' RALEIGH, N. C, July 12. the ar gument by counsel In the damage (ult of Ware-Kramer Tobacco company V. American Tobacco company, for de struction of business of the plaintiff through trust methods of suppressing competition was closed this afternoon with the summing up of the case for the defendant by ex-Oovernor Chas. B. Aycock. Then following the charge to the Jury by Judge Connor, this re quiring an hbur and forty minutes, the Jury returning to consider their verdict thereafter. Judge Connor' c.h.arge.i,wa aareful and able um 'ming ' up of the contention of btIH parties to the suit and discussion of the law as applied to the case. He charged that If the Jury believed the evidence they would fine that the American T6bacro company was dur ing the period Involved In the suit a combination In restraint of trade They must decide whether the arts com plained of and proven In evidence were done by the defendant In legiti mate prosecution of business without reference to the Injury to the plain tiff's business or done for the purpose Of driving' the plaintiff from the field M alleged. Also they must consider the question ot whether the failure of ware-Kramer company was due to acts of the American Tobacco com pany committed to destroy the com pany or came about through bad bus iness management He went fully Into the matter of Tneans of arriving at damages In the event the Jury finds that damage should be allowed. They would consider the capital stock lost through illegal acts of the defendant. the volume of proof it attained and degree of depreciation through illegal inroad of the defendant and the dam age to the brand of cigarette. Hardware Bunch December and go through the whole tariff list, . r Senator Lafollette'a long promised Wool and cotton tana revision amendment ta the Canadian root proelty bill proposing duty reduction which' he calculated would save the onoumer lUMOO.OOQ annually 00' cotton end ,$1T2.000, 009 en woolen, will 1 introduced tomorrow, " In a'stituiient explanatory of th amendment end mad nubile tonight, Mfi Lafollotte lays that, against this nornioua avlnjf to the : consumer which' assume that the price to the consumer would be reduoed to .the am extent as th reduction of duty. he toss of revenue to ,th trn meot tinder ta two aretlnlei woulij. approximate I J0,a0o,O08 , . s ' ..- "The chaht for th woolen ache dul a a whole," say Mr. Lftfollette, "would represent a reduction from an average sd valorem of 11.74 pr eent under th present law, to 11.24 p. e., a reduction of 2214 d vtorm and over 21 per cent below th pres ent rate. The average nd valorem rate on otton good, including art! flclal silk, 1 to be rducd under the proposed amendments, from IS.I9 p;r cent unaer tne present act m imi per cent, representing a reduction of over 14 : per eent ad valorem, and over 47 per cent below th' preaent rate." Mr. Lafollette declared that th du ties propossd were still greater 1 than veceesary to protect American man ufacturars from European eompetl ttan. However, as this t a tempo rary measure, he preferred, he says. "to err on the safe side," and make sure that no "legitimate American In dustry can possibly be Injured by any proposed changes." ' By Order of Governor Mar shall, but Much Private Betting Was Done ' INMANAPOUS. Ind., July 11. Th bookmaker stall wert deserted this afternoon while the second day'a. cara or me urana circuit races meet her was on, by the order of Governor Marshal. Yssterday the apace under the big grsidstand at the state fair ground where the stalls were located, was thronged With a crowd eager to get their money down on the favor ites, but todsy It wa quiet and what betting there wa was don In front ot the grand stand in private pools. '-onsidcraWe money changed hands in this way, but' It Is said the amount was not to bs compared with the bet ting of yesterday. The track today wa good and the fastest mile of the season was record ed when Zombrewer, driven by Snow, registered 2:44 1-4 In the second heat of the 1:42 pace, the feature event of the day. She took the third heat a quarter of a second slower and was not pushed until right at the finish, when Blr R. pulled up -sod lost the race by a nee. . All the races today went In straight heats and the only real big surprise on the card wa the defeat of th. vet eran Geer's Akar by Zombrewer in the feature race. Many, had picked the Memphis horse to win the big take, but the best he' could' io waa to take third money. ; . , , MORE DEATHS FROM HEAT ' . NEW TORK. July 11 Notwith standing a decided decrease In the mercury marking the recession of the heat wave, there were 14 death to day: attributed to the beat In tbs netropolttaa district, 'il- '"v HOKE SMITH NAMEO U. S. SENATOR FOE STATE OF GEDB.6H - ji - . Received Vote of Forty More . Than Necessary for Uto Son. Clay's Place , . INTEREST TURNS TO ' GOVERNOR'S CONTEST Great Pressure Being Brought to Bear Upon Ex Gov. Brown , ""'" to be". Candidate . ' ATLANTA, 0 Jitly 11 Iy a vou of forty more than the required ma Jorlty 'ot the " legislature, Governor Hoke 8mlth today wag elected, United States senator to til) out th unex pired term ef th late Jenator A. H, Clay, at the cam f ttm Governor Smith mad It clear that Intend- ed to continue to serv as governor at least ' during the life of th pres. ent legislature. .FbHawing Governor Smith's announcement, that he would not go to Washington at ono to take hi seat a senator, report were cur. rent that Senator Terrell th ad In tsrlm appointee, would rsslgn at one but thl could not be onnrmel. In a statement Jssusd after the election. Benaton. Terrell 1 quoted a saying: , "I consider i my , term Unite State senator as ended with the c. tloa of the legislature- today My,, commission only dated until the con vening of th legislature which wo to choose successor and 1 do not feci that X have anything to resign from." Th view of the situation , Is not held by Governor ' Smith, who do ciarea that he will not become tb next senator from Georgia until the presents hi credentials before that body.' ,,i-" , ' - With lh settlement of th tenato rial race, Interest nan turnsd to the Subsrnatorlat contest. ' Great pressure 1 being . brought to bear upon ex Governor J. M. Drown, Governor Smith's predecessor to become a can didate. In addition, nearly a dosen other ' prominent politician of the stat are being mentioned prubu" blO ;Candldate.'.;;.-r.v.i';;;'. t,! ; .;: In an extemporaneous "spoeoh, de livered In th reception room of hi office after his election today, Gov. ernor Smith declared that he had, strong, hops that - an antl-lobbying bill would' be pasr by th present session and that. he would h,ate for anyoi else to have to apVrov sucM measure after he had fought for U so I strongly during his first term a governor H said it was hi Inten tion not to leave Georgia until next Dscsmber, "There were -a great, many men who never sunnortad me but after I wa elected they thought t ought to remain In the governor's chair," ha exclaimed. T hop they will be gratified now," he added dra matically. ' v , Governor Smith received ft larger vote In joint session today, than h did In th two house balloting separate ly yesterday, j Tha vot wa a fol low! . .., , .... r t , - Smith 116 1 Terrell ,41i Watson 7j Covington 4; John N. Holder tspeak. r of th honse)-1.' ,' . : . - Jt ASSERTS RJIILROJIOS ffRE FORCED TO GIVE REBATES LO URGE CORFORJlf lOHS General Sugar ;: Salesman Makes Declaration at ' "Sugar Trust" Probe - CONTINUES TODAY, WAfllflNQTOV, July r: 12 Ball- roads give or are still forced to give. rebate to big corporations and tl tha detriment ot small concerns, was tha . declaration ef . Prank C. ' Lowry , of New York, general salesman for the Federal Sugar Refining com pang, be-, committee today... Io- explanation - f hi charge, Mr, Lowry declared that hi company did not receive an al lowance for lighterage In New TorkJ harbor s the "sugar trust" ' doe. Mr. LoWry will continue his teU-, mony tomorrow. -. ' Prank L Neale. a Philadelphia shipping agent testified that while, uniform rates are In operation, -.Mf concern with "Jnslde Information" ' about Intended changes In rate or, which received advanuges In the shape of dray age, put smaller dealer , under a handVcan. ."Rate are so ' compiled," o declared", that a blf- . concern llge the American Sugar Re fining company mtit employ a jratav expert at 2S,004 a vfear to work out rates or all of It directors, would go to Jail for violating , the Interstate commerce law, y ;; ; j - : : Representative Pordney Of Michi gan, expressed a jnoplhlon that any wide awake man would know about proposed change la rates. Yes," added Representative Kakf-, of California, "ths same kind of wl awake fellows have been chat!r - ' 1 public for twenty of two yeax