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history Making Day In the
Annals of Western North
Carolina
GOVERNOR CRAIG
CHRISTENS ROAD
Accompanies Party Making
Initial Passenger Trip
Over Scenic Route
(By Hot. W. A. Newell.)
BLACK MOUNTAIN, July 22. This
as been a history making day In
western North Carolina. The official
opening of the Black Mountain rail
way was an event of greater signifi
cance than most ot us realize. It is
not only to open up for development
large tracts of the finest timber In
this state and prepare the way for
Industrial development In what Is
now an uninhabited section of North
Carolina but also what. is, if possible,
of larger Import to this entire region
to make accessible the very finest
scenery in all America,
The road begins at the modern saw
mill erected by the Dickey and Camp
bell company " Just beyond Black
Mountain station of the Southern
railway and extends for eighteen
miles along the Blue Ridge' and into
the very heart of the Black moun
tains which connect the Blue Ridge
with the Great Smoky mountains and
form the highest water shed east of
the Rockies.
Mr. R. O. Alexander, the mawter of
ceremonies called upon Rev. W, A.
Newell who offered an Invocation and
thanksgiving and af seven a. m., the
party was oft.
Leaving the Junction the railway at
once begins to climb the mountains.
Starting by way of McKays Cove it
winds up this lovely valley and with
;the aid of '.wo switchbacks climbs to
Ja shoulder of Rattlo Snake knob,
leaving this peak to the east passes
through Sour wood iGap to the east
ern slope of Rockey Knob and into
McDowell county.- here the wonder
ful panorama of the east breaks upon
jt he viewv:The Pal. .WUHJoot;
'way, the white spray of Andrews
fountain at Round Knob away down
in the valley of the Catawba, and all
around ftn.l beyond and still beyond,
until the eye sees only purple lines
and gray points, peak hides behind
peek, and ridge follows ridge for a
bunded iriiks of scenic glory.
Sweeps Tim Crest.
Through Leng (kip back Into Bun
combe and around the smitten crest
of Thunder Knob and Pot Cove Gap is
sweeps and begins the rugged ascent
of Big Slaty mountain up which the I
Climax ermine toils and puffs until at
last by passing over three more
(Continued on Page Three-)
LOGflTEDJNJflLTIMOBE
Over 3,000 Years Old and
Was Stolen from National
Museum at Athens.
BALTIMORE, July 22. A piece of
Greek sculpture, the bust of a girl
child, stolen from the National Mu
seum at Athens, fifteen years ago,
said to be of priceless value and 3.000
years old, was recovered by the local
police today. The figure was dug up
In a cellar of Charles Nemphos, a
Greek confectioner at Hampden, a
suburb.
Search for the bust was instituted
here after Dr. Alexandre Vource,
Greek charge at Washington, called
on Federal Attorney Hill, unfolding
the story of the bust s disappearance,
and of clues Involving a Baltimore
Greek.
Major Hill decided that It was a
problem for the local police and a
search warrant for Nemphos home
was Issued.
It was only after Nemphos had
been surjected to a "third degree"
quizzing lasting all nigh: that he
bpnke down snd showed where the
bust was buried.
The rello was taken charge of by
the police and Nemphos was looked
up on the technical charge of receiving-
stolen (roods.
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MULHALL CHANGES
MIND REGARDING
SERIOUS CHARGE
Retracts Statement That Former
Representative Watson Was Em
ployed by Private Interests in
1909 Resumes His Story.
WASHINGTON, July 22. Martin
M. Mulhall, professed ex-lobbyist for
the National Association of Manufac
turers, today retracted the most se
rious charge he has made before the
senate investigating committee.
He swore yesterday Utat former
Representative James E. Watson -of
Indiana had been employed by private
interests in 1909 while he was still a
member of the bouse, to work for a
tariff commission bill. He testified
today that what he had sworn to yes
terday was wrong; that Watson was
not a member of the house at the
time.
May Invoko Grand Jury.
Reports that Watson, who is in
Washington, was about to ask the
District of Columbia grand Jury to
Indict Mulhall. for criminal libel was
heard about the investigating room.
Mulhall volunteered his retraction
after the noon recess. He said he
realized his mistake when he saw the
date of a tariff convention to be held
in Indianapolis In February, 1909.
The committee did not question
Mulhall about the discrepancy in his
sworn testimony. Watson Is under
subpoena and will take the stand
later.
Just before the close of today's ses
sion the Mulhall letters began to re
fer .to efforts to Becure Cardinal Gib
bons, Presiding Bishop Daniel F.
Tuttle of the Episcopal Church of
America, Ambassador James Bryce,
the late Justice Brewer, of the su
preme court; Vice-President Sher
man, Senators Borah and Dollver, and
otiher prominent men, to speak In.
St. boms during a course of lectures
to be given by the Cltlrens' Industrial
association. Cardinal Gibbons was
mentioned in several letters between
Mulhall and F. C. Schwedtman, sec
retary of President Van Cleave, of
the National Association of Manu
facturers. Finally Cltalrman Over
man asked for an explanation.
"I don't believe I saw the cardi
nal on that mission," said the wit
ness. ...:'
Educational Imam.
Mulhall said the association was
organized for the purpose" 6f deliver
ing educational lecture and keeping
the side of the people Interested In It
before the public.
"Has It anything to do with lobby
work?" he was asked.
"Yes, sir; It was organized to pro
tect its members or to work for leg
islation it wanted. in'oudtng legisla
tion against labor."
Mulhall swore 1t was a constituent
member of the natJonal council for
Industrial defense.
"Cardinal Gibbons and these other
distinguished men did not know the
real object of the organization, did
they?" asked Senator Nelson.
"No, sir," said Mulhitll.
When urulhal! was In Danhiiry, I
Martial law Proclaimed In
Seceding Provinces A
Guard Is Needed.
WASHINGTON, July 22. To pro
tect American citizens imperilled by
the revolutionary movement in the
southern Chinese provinces. Charge
Williams, at Peking, has called upon
Rear Admiral Nicholson for a guard
of marines from the Asiatic squad
ron to Hu Ling In Kiang SI provin e,
which recently seceded. Martial law
was proclaimed today in Kiang Si
and Kiang 8u province according
to state department advices.
At this time of year Ku Ling Is
filled with Americans and other for
eigners. The principal city in Kiang
Su province is Shanghai, which last
week threw ofr Its allegiance to the
Peking government.
It has become necessary to exer
cise extraordinary police powers In
Peking to prerv order. The consul-general
at rar.'.nr. r, .ports thi he
action of the provincial government
of Kwang Tung In drelaring Inde
pendence of the central government
is stronrly opposed hy Chinese mer
chants and that outness is praott
cally at a standstill. '
,.
August 5th.
Tu M Fp1d
ISKS PROTECII FOR
AMERICANS IN CP
Conn., In June, 1909, working on the
famous strike of the Danbury hat
ters, he wrote Schwedtman about
Rev. Father Schanley, ot that city,
"I have had several long Inter
views with him and have won him
over aa a warm friend. Father Schan
ley is one of the most noted Catholic
clergymen in the east" He said
Father Schanley, he was sure, would
be delighted to deliver a le:ture In
St. Loute. Muthali'a activities, de
tailed in letters put in the record to
day, were directed early In 1909, to
work In behalf of a tariff commis
sion, although he told of occasional
excursions to break strikes and do
other odd Jobs for the National As
sociation of Manufacturers.
One of the letters on the tariff com
mission bill, written by H. E. ' Miles,
a manufacturer of Racine, Wis;, who
was prominent in the fight, declared
that Speaker Cannon was the main
obstacle. The letter was dated July
21, 1909, .when the Payne-Aldrlch
bill, with Us tariff board provision,
had gone to conference. In It Mile
said:
President Unyielding.
"The president Is said to be abso
lutely bent upon his program and
wonderfully unyielding. And the en
tire opposition, so far as it resists
him, is In Speaker Cannon as the one
opposing unit, and behind him a ma
jority of the house conferees.
"I am satisfied if Speaker Cannon
could name the personnel of the
proposed commission he would grant
It instantly and would undoubtedly
name the sort of men he packed the
conference committee with. If we
don't get this commission It will be
because of Speaker Cannon and the
Influence he personally stands for. The
president will be as disappointed as
we."
The letter said that Miles was wir
ing organizations to "telegraph Taft,
Aldrich and Cannon," insisting upon
the' commission provision put In by
the senate.
A "war list, " Including six congress
men, said to have been marked for
detwat by former Speaker Cannon and
former -RepreetaUve-: James El
Watson, was offered In evidence by
Mulhall today. Augustus P. Gard
ner of Massachusetts, Gilbert N.
Haughen of Iowa, Victor Murdock of
Kansas, A. E. Morse, J. M. Nelson and
Irvlnu L. Lenroot of Wisconsin, were
the marked six. Mulhall, on Maroh
17, 1909, wrote Secretary Schwedt
man, of the manufacturers, to that
effect.
Mulhall swore today that Watson
had made the office of James A. Em
ery here his headquarters after he
was defeated for governor of Indiana i
In 1908. Emery, Mulhall swore, was
the "chief lobbyist" for the manufac
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TflAPPED BY FLAMES IN
,Thirty-five Perish In Hola
caust of Mississippi
Prison.
HELP IMPOSSIBLE
JACKSON, Miss., July 22. Trapped
b flames In the second story of an
antiquated convict camp, the first floor
of which was used to store hay, grain
and molasses, thirty-five i negro pris
oners were burned to death at the
Oakley convict farm, twenty miles
frm here late last night.
...While t'.iy flames rapidly destroyed
the only s'airway leading to the sec
ond floor, tho prisoners frantically
tore at tho heavy bars that covered
thii windows, but to no avail. Their
screams brought guards and other
prison attaches, but the flames drove
back members of the rescue party,
ar.d the negroes, who, ono by one,
fell back into the flames and per
ished. Everything was In the fire's favor.
The building was constructed ten
years ago of lumber taken from a
discarded penitentiary. There was no
flre-fiKhtlng ' apparatus at th farm,
and the first floor was filljd with
inflammable material.
Farmers living nearby hurried to
the Jail to htip the flee-fighters, but
they were of no assistance, as the
fire burned too rapidly. The convicts
air worked in the cotton fields of the
state farm and were housed In the
"cage" at night. Among them were
some desperate criminals serving long
sentences.
The fire started under the stair
way on the first floor. The origin has
not yet been determined.
THE WKATHEIt
WASHINGTON. July it. 'Forecast
XoEJarthCAr QjJniJxi raLj ho werp
SENATOR FALL DEMANDS STRONG
POLICY OF PROTECTION FOR ALL
AMERICANS IN FOREIGN LANDS
Attempts to Press His Resolution, Admittedly Aimed at Mexican Situation Before
Senate, and Warm Debate Ensues-'Declarea Waiting Policy
of United States Is Responsible for Outrages,
v , .. -J
WASHINGTON, July 12. An at
tempt by Senator Fall, of New Mexico,
to force the senate to enunciate a
strong policy of protection for Ameri
can cltteeni In foreign countries today
precipitated a lively debate whlcn
demonstrated appreciation on the part
of the senators of the gravity of the
Mexican situation and the necessity
for a determined stand by the United
States.
Tatt's Delay Denounced.
The policy of delay on the part of
the Taft administration was emphat
ically denounced it nator.JUil and
blamed by him for the Vnt critical
situation, which, He said, could have
been prevented by a sterner national
policy. This declaration was approv
ed by Senator Lodge, of Massachus
etts, whs expressed disappointment
that the new president and the new
secretary of state had not Inaugurated
a different Mexican policy.
That the delicacy of the situation
was keenly appreciated was evinced
hy the Insistence of many senators,
led by Senator Paeon, chairman of
the foreign relations committee, chat
any proposed pronounclamento be de
liberately and seriously considered be
fore being acted upon.
Senator Fall called up his resolution
which would commit thi government
to full protection of the "constitution
al rights" of American cltlsens in for-
elgn nations. That the resolution was
TO
OF PABCELPflST RATES
Postoffice Committee Wants
Postmaster-General to
Explain Authority.
BITTER CONTEST
WASH1NOTO.V, July 22. Consid
erable opposition has developed In
congress to Postmaster-General Burle
son's reducing parrel post rates and
Increasing the maximum size of pnc!
ages to be handled In the service.
The order was lU' d Sunday, to be
came effwctlvtt A.,-o. li. and today
the senate post'ifii.. committee re
quested Mr. Hurl Konrto appear be
fore the committee nnii Thiwlsy
with an explanation f r ty authority
for hi action.
This was the first stwf In abut
premises t,, Vi bittT contest When
the pORtni(i3ter-)T ncral Has lic-n
heard, the co . Iihiimk!
undertake to have Withdrawn. before
Augutt 15 any auihoiiiy n may U
congress has given him to change ated wiih the "IriHiirgrit" movement,
rates arid sizes. I called on ('resident- Wilson at the
It was uontrnded In oommlttee I white house and presented the
that the proposed changes would n- changes proposed In tl.e substitute,
tall an enormous lorn to the govern-; The president did not go over the
ment. and some of the members rom- ; amendments In dqtail, but It Is un
platned strenuously that ttie post- j derstood he will review them, and
office department had failed to f ur-1 later will -;onfr with Hepresetitative
nish congress with data concerning I Henry and those members of the
operations of the parcel post.
Apparently there m no difference
of opinion in the committee as to
whether the postmaster-general
should change the rates, democrats
and republicans agreeing that only
congress ought to have this power.
The controversy has aroused extra
ordinary Interest at the capitol and
in official circles, since the parcel
post touches more or less directly
nearly everybody in the country.
Those who are supporting ths post
master-generals position insist that
the only loss imminent ' under the
proposed changes would be to the
The Greased Pig.
dlrected against Mexico, Senator Ba
con declared, could not be eoncealed
and In moving to refer It to the foreign
relations committee he asserted that
"words are very serious things some
times and this Is one of the times."
Works Counsels Patlonoe,
Senator Works, of California, as
serting the Fall resolution constituted
a declaration that the United States
was prepared to make war on Mexico
I ' Americans there were not protected,
urged that no hasty action be taker
Senator Fall averred, that every act
of lila had been prompted with the
earnest desire t prevent war and that
he had vainly sought to bring the
former administration to a realisation
of the fact that a tern Mexican pol
icy would have prevented rather than
have precipitated war. The American
policy of delay in Mexico was respon
sible, he declared, for ths present crit
ical situation, one which, he Intimated,
might yet demand Intervention.
Action on the resolution today was
prevented and It went to the calendar
for the future disposition.
Senator Fall, aroused by what he
termed Intimations from senators that
he was seeking to precipitate war with
the resolution, made a stirring reply.
Would Present War.
"My sole issue," said he, "through
out this and the former administration
has been to prevent war with Mex
ico. I urged the last administration o
realise the situation In Mexico and to
OF THE GUBREKCY BILL
YET TD BE
So called Insurgents Pre
pare to Put In a Substi
tute Measure.
SENT TO PRE3IDENT
WAIWiNGTOtJ, July 2!. The
democrats of thV hous banking and
i. i .. . v. . :n.u i. ..i. ugAieU along
with their consideration of the ad-
.. ..iujii ujiiiey bill today and
when they adjourned tonight only a
re Miltuied sections remained to
W CjI ui'l' r-d, , At th fame time sev-t-iul
H"-i--tll'd insurant member f
. . i. m .Lt n prepared to put in a sub
ciitjtij nn'Hfurd, which would timku
the bill -conform with siiuo of th!
I inurj r.nll' 'il ourr-nry iciean. ana
: woii'il rrt!r:ic. !n:ir,y "f foe rt.'-orii-
: n:i i d.it ii.iiM (if tho I'!jj--mn:y trust
' i,:ii-)iiit"'. ,
l:i-.res-ntatlu Henry of Texan,
Known as leader of ths i:ryan tle
:mei,tJu the bo'js", who Is aseotl-
committee, who have manifested op
position Uj the Gla.s measure.
The committee democrats today re
jected by vote of 9 to 4 a proposition
presented by Ifepresentatlve Hags
dale, which would have mads cotton
warehouse receipts re-dlscountaMe In
the federal reserve banks to be cre
ated under the new law.
A number of minor amepdments
was approved and Chairman Glass
said that only two Important section
remained to be considered. He was
unable to say when the democrats
would conclude their deliberations
and he Is prepared for some rather
strenuous opposition bctore hs can
act so as to prevent war. But mat
ters hav dragged on until now w
are told ths situation Is so delicate
that we should not make a declara
tion of this principle. Ths senator
from New Mexico Is not responsible
for conditions In Mexloo, . It Is the
delay, ths failure of ths administration
to act, the failure of ths administra
tion to carry out Its warnings to the
people of Mexloo, that Is responsible
for conditions that will continue so
long as this policy of delay continues.
"We hesitate as a republic and
rightfully so, to, mors to pro sot our
cltlsens because ot , fear that, it will
precipitate war. It It In four power
at ths present tlms to prevant.war.
If strong action had been taken by
this government two years ago It
would have prevented war. A strong
demand upon Madero or De la Barra
would have prevented war. , Protec
tion of American cltlsens held for tan
aom and killed at that tlms,- extended
through arms If necessary would have
prevented Instead of precipitated war,
This policy of ths United States of
delay In ths hope that something
might happen. Is responsible for the
present situation. Prompt and strong
action would have avoided ths neoes
nlty for such a declaration as Is pro
posed here."
"Nothing has been done to protect
American cltlsens In Mexico," dsclar-
(Continued on Vnfr fWeml
two wins HRE
IDE BT TEPflESIOENT
Preston C. West and Eoyal
Meeker In Line for Gov
ernment Positions.
WASHINGTON, July 21. President
Wilson today nominated Preston C.
West, of Okl.nhoma, to be assistant
attorney-general (to be assigned to
Interior department) and Royal
Meeker, of New Jersey, to be com
missioner of statistic.
Mr. Meeker, now professor of po
litical economy la Princeton univer
sity, Is a dose friend of President
Wilson. He has given much atten
tion to labor problems and it Is ex
pected that he will be Immediately
de?!;;nntel to act on the board of
mrdlatlnn snd conciliation working on
the eastern railroad strike situation.
rrofcMior Meeker has In the last
few )-ars been giving a course in
money and banking at Trine-ton and
has frequently been consulted by
Wilson administration leaders on the
curt eney (jupHtlon.
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FIFTY Ifii
IN
Blnghampton Clothing Com
pany Building Goes Up
In Flames
GREATEST FIRE IN
HISTORY OF CITY
Few Survivors Hardly Able
to Explain How They
Managed to Escape
BINOHAMPTON, N, t, July IS.
Fifty persons were kilted aocordlmf u
late estimates and as many injured, a
doseu ot them mortally, In a fir
whloh swept ths tour sury taotoiy
building of the JUlnghamp-..n CJoihlng
company this afternoia. Ina vtc'ttma
were chiefly woman and glil.
Early tonight twanty-t ,vo bunlet had
been recovered. In the city hospital
and In private Institutions are thirty.
Two score persons are known to hava
soaped as it by a miracle, from ths
building, whloh burst Into flames like
a tinder box and became a roaring
furnace almost In ho time after tha
first alarm was sounded.
US Kmploye. "' '
About 13ft persons were In ths fac
tory when the firs broke out. ' Those
unaooounted for, or most of them, are
believed to be stUl In ths rod hot ruins
of ths struoturs. .
Around ths scene of ths catastrophe,
ths greatest this city has aver known,
thousands tonight watohed ths res
cuers work In lbs glare ot three big
searchlights, many in tho great throng
being restrained only by closely drawn
police lines rrom rushing Into the ruins
to seek the bodies ot relatives or
friends. " ; ,
Many streams of water are being
poured Into ths fiery pit which a fvw
hours ago was ths cellar ot ths burned
establishment. A the ruins wer
cooled slightly from tlms to tlms In
a spot upon which ths streams serj
con tared, men went forward to AH
as long as human endurance would
allow them to work. Occasionally
body was found. . ; ; i
, Must Walt Two Days. M
It will b at least tw days., th
authorities believe, . befora the cellar
can be cleared and ths Whole truth
known, i . ' . . ,
Ths big outstanding tact lot (ha
oataatrophs la it suddenness. In this
disaster bears a strong resemblance
to ths Triangle Waist company nolo
cast in New York city where 141 lives
were lost, when the Inflammable ma-
terlal upon which ths employes were'
working and ths waste Uttering ths
floors blazed up wltht Inconceivable
rapidity and sent the Imprisons J'
workers Jumping from ths windows to
their death. . Ths parallel hers falls
only In ths lesser height and different
construction ot ths building and In
ths length of ths list of dead and in
jured. Another resemblance to ths
New Tork disaster Is that ths firs to
day Is believed to have been started
by ths careless throwing of a cigarette
butt or match. Ths tragedy of this
afternoon, the deadly burst of flams,
followed quickly after ths alarm.
There was little opportunity to use or
dinary or even emergency means ot
escape. Firs drills had been carried
on regularly, so frequently In fact, that
ths employes had found them mo
notonous. ' Had Fire Escapes.
Ths building was equipped with firs
escapes and an automatlo alarm sys
tem. The alarm tinkled at S:IQ o'clock.
Mrs. Heed H. Freeman, wife of ths
proprietor, telephoned to the central
fire station. The usual apparatus for ,
a first still alarm responded. Homo
excited person at Warren and Cho
nango street, four blocks away, saw
a burst of flames and pulled ths box
there. The rest ot ths companies an-,
swered this alarm.
That meant ten minutes delay for
part of tho firemen, but even those
who arrived first were unable to do
anything. Ths first puff of flames
was hardly discovered before ths firs
leaped long the stair cases and walls,
up the elevator shaft, along the floors
and celling There was a roar, front .
and rear, and the flames belched forth
clear across Wall street, on whloh ths
building fronted, withering the shale
trees on the river bank, and scorching
a building across tho alley at the rear.-Pti-a
-Burst Fortli. -
After this fierce blast the firs
seemed to burst from eery part ot ths
building at once, Vpon the fire es
oare "'r1"' Wl,men an1 nu'n w;a
clustered, and inside, otners were wan
ing to get on the iron laauere.
the flames were too quick for them.
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