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BURLINGTON, ALAMANCE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 29,1314.
[M.\N HUBT IN BOILER EXPLO-J
SION DIES. I
LESTER D.4VIS GETS "IN
“Empress of Ireland” With Fourteen
s Hundred People Collides With the Collier
“Starstadt” in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
* ' ' w ■
snd Over One Thousand Lives are
Lost in the Accident
Quebec, .Mtiy 29.—The Canadian Pacific Railway steamer
Enipre.-5ii of Ireland, with more than 1,800 persons aboard, sank
in the Gulf of St. Lavyrenoe earl;.’ today soon after a colhsion
thirty miles off Father Point, with the collier “Storstad.”
Three hundred and fifty survivor.*; from the lost steamer
weie landed several Iwurs later at Rimouski by rescue s.teamer.'-,
leaving more than l.CKPO jiersons unaccounted for and probably
liwt.
The collision occurred at 2::!0 o’clock thi.s morning during-
!\ dense fog. The Empress of Ircland'i^ v.iroless sent out a few
“S. 0. S.” signals—enough to send the Canadian government
steamer Eureka and the mail stciuner L;idy ii.velyn to the rescue
and then her messages cessed.
It was afterwards learned that the b;g passenger steamer
sank ten minutes after the colli.sion.
FULLY THOl'S.AND LIVES LOST.
Rimouski, Quebec, ]Mav 20,—The twin screw Canadian-Pacific
liner Empress of Ireland, carrying 1.6:",7 persons, passengers and
crew, sank in the darkness before dawn today in the .St, Lav-
^•enoe river near here with a ioss of perhaps 1,000 iives. h,,=i!-
matss o:' the dead vary froin GTS to more tluui i.OOO.
( I T WIDE OPEN HV COr.LiER..
The vessel, l)ound from Quebec for Liverpool, v.ith 77 first.
20ij second and 504 third c!a.--s passengers, was cut wide open by
t'le collier Stnrsdad and sank within 20 minutes in nineteen fath-
‘tRffiT of water. Of those saved the mafority appeared -to be tnem-
^^ers-pf the crcw or from the steerage,
j MANY IN.Ii:iiEU i>!E.
Many were t)adly in.iiired and 22 died af'.Ci- being picked up.
The era. h occurred about 2 oVIock this morniug off Father Point,
Quebec. The collier, iKnuid for Quebec, struck the Empress of
Ireland im tlie port ,Mde about the middle of the ship. She Ijter-
allv tore her wiiy i)iick almost to the liner s screw.s, leaving a lent
through \v..ich the water poured i,n in such a deluge that sn'3
si»> K before many of i!ie passengers were aware of what t'.ad hap-
■cned.
WIRELKS.-' CAfJ,S BROU;HT HELP.
Brief wireless calls Tor help sent out by the Marconi oper-
it->rs wc-ic heard by the. pilot boat Eureka here, ten miles from
.tiifc scene and t!io Eureka, followed by tne Lady Evelyn, a mail
tender, made all speed for the spot.
Montreal, May 29.—The story published this morning by
La Patrie, indicating that all the passengers of the Empress of
Ireland had been saved has not been substantiated.
« The estimates of total los.s of life range from (>7^ to over
1.100. Among the 350 persons reported rescuer are 12 women.
Twent.v-two of the rescued died from their in.iuries after
)-eaching shore.
AMERICANS WHO WERE ABOARD.
» S.
From the long list of passengers registered as being on
hi>ard the Empres.s of Ireland, whcih the Associated Press sends
as part of the above account, the following are names of all the
Americans: or those registered as from points in the United
Slates:
Burnthronie, Santa Barba, California.
Mrs. John Fisher, Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Freeman, West Allis. Wis. '
Mrs. M. and Miss W. Gray, Terre Haute, Ind.
H. L. ana J. II. Heath, Chicago.
Mrs. George Johnson, Santa Barbara, California.
Mrs. Freda J. Kruse, Rochester, Minn.
Mr. and Mrs. George C. Richards, Terre Haute. Ind.
CAPTAIN AMONG THE 100 SAVED.
It was the two boats that found afloat the few life-boats that
were launched from the stricken ship and picked up the survnV-
oi’s they contained. ITiree hundred and thirty-nine were saved
by the Lady Evelyn and sixty by the Eureka. Among those sav
ed was Captain H. G. Kendall, of the Empress.
MOST FIBST-CLASS PASSENGERS PERISHED,
Mos
IIX
Among those in the first cabin were Sir Henry Ston-Karr, a not
ed English Lawyer and a big game hunter, and Laurence Irving,
jon of the late Sir Henry In’ing, and his wife, Mabel Hackney.
Of a party of 140 Salvation Army members on board, only 20
were rescued. They had left Quebec yesterday bound for the
amy’s international conference in London.
Mr, Yow, of Grpensboro, Hurt when
Boiler Exploded in Basement
Died-Yesterday Morning.
.Greeiisbcro, Mjiy 29.—Phis afier-
iLOon at 4:30 o^clock the fanery! ef
Raleigh C. Vow will Le hed. Mr.
Yow died yesterday morning at ’irJiO
o'clock fro»i injuries received wiiun a
boUer exploded in the basement of his
home Monday. Death was caused by
injui'ies received about. the lace and
the base oi the skull although- Mr.
Vow received several burns.
The pall bearej*s this afterhoon will
i.)tt as follows: F. L...Atkins, J. L. Ca-
J. K. Foster, S. A. Caviness, E.
K. and J. A. Custer. The
pasLor, il. E. Rountree, wtii con
duct thv? services.
Mi*. Yow was 4-» years of age and
inovod LO Greensboro from Randolph
c%-ur,ty ton ye:-‘rs ago. He v.'as u na-
vive of Raiuiolph. Ke was married
twi.'e- !{;? is survived by his widow
and ..-bildren, the oldest bvjin:,^
iS of age. He was a consecrat
ed nieri!K'cr of the First Christian
church.
The ckrionion causing Mr. Yow's
doath ticcniTCfJ v.-hiie he and a *ie-
'urcs--?- Susan Watson, a washerwo-
v.'ere at work m the basem'jnt*
whoyt' h'Uiidry was handled. The res-
was v^*re^kod from the explo-
;:ou, Jho boiler blowing through the
?v/cr. the kitchen ia.’)ge
thniU'.'r. the v.all and scattering de-
Si'.£;a!i Watson is still in u serioua
;it the hospital. No nia-
In-ril cllhrge her condition was r{S-
portffd Ja>;t night.
A large Licrea.-ie apj)eai*ed ye.^-.or-
h'.y f>jj-:d s'.larted for the relief
::r the Vow fumiJy. The total now is
i-:-i i- of y'"*.stor-
liay.
'I’h ' f .--laLcmciJl con,.vrn-
giv«i! the Uu'!y
-V. V. ' % I'.-.tiM-t'Tiy 1” L’, J- Harold, scc-
ioioi;, fT Ir/.crcharrb.
‘ Oi\' c: I'i.i. vo.'ults of ihc* disLrc.^vs-
v.hi-.h occurred a fev/
dajT? 'v'hen the house of R. C.
Vcv.-. .’!-‘rca.-ed, v.*as demoiishcd by e:\-
i.- nj.ie children, rani^ing
i.iz.Vr fj'oia K ■ Iv) J8 years not
. il;. Tt wiJhouL a furhoL* i.ml r iu-
Li.vU>r I ut :nv k-ft vithoui a homo.
!: nil; -wquiro .-cvc-ral hurxiusd dol-
lar.s to put L'KiL domolished houi'o ia
i'/ ' live \r,. ThaL la:ni!y i.*:
a h;j*d enou.c:h 3tru;r-
:;Il* aric*.-’ Iheir homoe has been
7h? very least that the
'■on-:iv.i;r.ily cu’i do is to restore the
'i(}?3'.‘ .'.•’id ('‘he a livi’ifA ^*ha^•ce to
.start \sithin the i^truggle that i.s bo-
f',-!••• ()ic‘in. I.cl every man and wo
rn;'..i 111 («roeu8boro ask himself or
the (lucvstion: '*VVho is my
Hi. iiihiror,’* and let everybody eon-
iribLiU* .-''Jn'icthing towards th.-^ re-
sjion.'TC w]iich this community must
Tna'.*'* to tliis di’.'nr.nd upon its hu-
n:r:?/ ■•'i.v.iikv-’f.
r()r»iinitlOi‘ will receivo ciMitri-
butv- ri . see thjit they arc judici
ously \-.imini>tered for ihe restcra-
;ion  r this hor/ic. If you want to
lend a hand, do not wait to be called
on, Ter we ^hall make r.o per.^onr:i
olicltations.”
Rich Man of Davidson County Gets
Long Cham-Gang Sentence for
- Tigeriixg.
Lexingtor;, May .28.—-W. Lester Da
vis,. of Tyro, ^wnship, a citizen of
considerable wealth and' standing in
Davidson County, was this morning
sentenced by J*3dge H. P. L.ahe to
serve IS. months on the public 3'oads
of Lexington* towniship fDr selling -li-
quoi'. Cavis was found guilty; of re
ceiving four barrels of whiskey in a.
ijingle shipment on March 30 at the
Linwood station, in. this county. There
are .several other cases against him
a)ui the total amount received by hini
ut the same statioii durin.e: the past
pear, according to the records cf the.
raili'oad and express company is About
ten bariels. Al! of this carne in larg
er shipments than the law a'iows.
Mr. Davis im(iiod:ateIy gave notice
■jf appeal and bond was Jixed at
^v^,000. Adding to tbi:^ the bo;nds le-
quired in the other cases against him,
he is. under bonds aggregating $5,000
for his remaining within the jurisdic
tion of the couj't. He gave these
bonds readily. He owns two automo-
iiile?, farming landr. etc. He is a
brother-in-law of the late H. Clay
Grubb.
The conviction means t.he breaking
down of the wiijskey power in Dav
idson county Rnd it is due mainly to
the good work of J, V. Spruill, solic
itor of the Lexington recorder’s court,
who has been tr.iil for
months.
This term of ci^iiri, ■•.vhicli is now
drawing to a c)ose, has been extren)o-
ly hard on the tigers. Judgde Lane
has been dealing with them in no half
hearted fasifion and ii is the big of-
he ha.' been the hardest
court opened Monday
came that iir. Davis
})pear in cou;-t. .Judge
1.^*. is. J. I^uchanaii, county
; hysici;:.; ;iiid Ijv. D, J. Hill, iy tiie
!'i‘ivis home, to make an examination,
’they reported that there was nothing
:'CvJ(?u'Uy v.Tong and Mr. Davis drove
hi.^ car to town.
Whin- of John Carrick. a
li^er from Healing Sprin;»*s township,
v.;-,s called, he too. wa:"; reporlcd toe
to conic to couit. Dr. Bucha;;::,!’
svas SOI t to investigate, and Mr, Ca:’-
» :cl. came to town, rie was iried and
convictc'.i iUid will be sciuvKN^d I'l-
!n«.rrcv>- nior:iiiiu\
•iohn Hill, a Thoraafivillc' tric-d
:h.‘ Kj.ntt dinfge i)ut apdn Juuge f.-ir.o
T as ‘’frcm Missouri.'* :;nl HiH caniv
::h»nf«' with the .''b.'iiiT ;k«1
i .siciau 1-Uv i’.aiian.
f?r.der that
0!.. When
rinrning
'.vus coo ill
i.ane rent
o.*\alii5g humidify over llie .\tljnti',* j
.Siatvs, the Ohio and the Mis^issipjii .
'valleys today caused sulFering in many j
citit^. Uii-hniond, Va., with a t(^m-j
ncraiuio of degrees, v/as the »>niy
where the mercury cstab!i.-hod !
ji r.c'\’ rt'cord. j
, In WaMnington the iri.clij.^od therm'.)-'
• nietL'r-s al the elevated WVatbcr b'u-
reau registered O.'i ilegret^s, Vvhilc thoi’.e !
'on the streets marked ICO. the oiTiciu! •
jjigure within one degree of the record i
for tlie v.'armest day
1S70.
in .'.hiv since
ELECnUC STORMS BREAK HEAT
WAVES.
Kaiit Drings Reli*f to New York
and Philadelphia—Six Deaths
Reported.
Phialdelphia, May 27.—The hottest
lay in the year in this city and vi
cinity Nvas brought to a close today
by an electrical storm that set fire to
several buildings and shattered upm-
erous frees aiid poles. Four deaths
were reported as being due to the
heat in this city. The maximunv tem
perature was reached at one o'clock
when the thermometer registered :»4.
This is the highest temperature re
corded here on May 27 since 1880,
NEW VORK^S WAVE BROKEX-
New Vorkj May 27.—The heat wave
which for two days past has sent the
mercury here to unwonted heights for
May was broken by a storm late to
day. Two men were killed by light
ning and several persons were hurt
by falling* timbers or other objects
blow’n about by the gale. Many
buildings w^ere struck by lightning
nonft damaged.
Two deaths today were attributed
to heat and there were more than a
ioaen prostrations. The maximum
temperature was 01. '
; RICHMOND W AS HOT. j
: Rii'hmond, Va., Mny 27.—Richmond ,
I was the iiottest placc on the weather^
[map today, the ofJtcial therniome.tor!
jshowin;r No prostratio:iK wf-re
I reported. Reports fi-om thronjchout
jlhe state say tha! crops have heon;
|nc:r.‘jy ruined by the drouth a’ui the,
ihoar.
t ;
2 OVERCOME liY HE.VT. }
Indianapolis, Ir.du, .May *i7.—Twoj
persons w'ore overcome by the I'eat j
here today. i
The temperature reached SS do-
rees. At Lafayette the ibern^wn'. »-
ter registered Of>. :
HOT AT G REKNSB ()R( >. '
Greensboro, May '2S.—GiVv'nsboro.;
along with many other towns and cit
ies in the north and south, suffered
intenn.'Cly from the heat yesterday.
The otRcial temperature for (Jreens-
boro was OS, two degrees hotter than
Richmond. Yestertlay was the hott
est day of the year» being 02 degrees
hotter than the same day a year ago.
MIDSUMMER HEAT.
Washington, May 27.—A wave of
midsummer heat, accompanied by en>
THE WILSON TARIFF BILL COSTS THE COUNTRY ONE
MILLION DOLLARS A DAY.
Gr:'di;uiiy the story of the new tariff law and its effect is
!jelng unfolded. It is proving to be a continuous story in which
there is little comfort to the American producer. The monthly
installfnents of official Governnient figures-are but .similar ehap-
tts of th? ?anie tale. Foreign goods to the value of oiie xnillidn
c' !lda-s are coming to this couiitTy each working day of the week,
thi.t did not come under the former tariff law. This ration re-
•Haijis.cohstaTit as the reports for the dift’erent months are com-
App;:rentiy that is. the price that the Ainerican producer is
paying for the privilege of living under the beneficent sway •■>f
th(; WlisoTi-Undcrvv-ood law, orie milloii dollars a day more. of
for him to face iiv the mrM'ket.-' of the United State?.
Th;,‘ mo!ith of April \v;is a normal month under the new tarif!'
chspenf.ation. All of the abnormal eiemeiits of the preceding
time \v(,‘re out of the way. E\'ery new schedule was in effect.
:;nd opportunity given for a fair te.st.
The import figijrps for April show tiiat there was a gain in
the value of goods brought here irom foreign countries of twenty
j)er cent, over the import.itions of tlie .«ame month of last yesir.
]n figure.s, this increase is twenty-six millions of dollars, or one
ju llion day for every working day in the month. During the
same perinci of A])ril the c;;port:--, from the United States also fell
-i;” aljout tv.-eiity p-:'r cent, a.s compared with the .-iame period of
ij -i. The inerch; ndi^e shipped fron; thi.-; country was thirty-
.'cven millions of dollars le.-s in \alae.
There are many countries to wliich the new huv is a source
of pleasure ami profit. Great Rirtain and German have very
great rc'uson to bless ti;e nar.'.e of V.'ooannv 'Viiso.’i. Each of
lh-^m is senciiiig the Uni’jei; Ntaletf licarl.c jn:u‘ millions ni'>re
of good.i each month u did before. Trance i.-; shipping near
ly two millions more ;i nv.iuth. Italy a m.liion arid Belgium the
sa 'IS, ;md a mor.thiy hail’ Ki->ie i,--. cominj; frcm Ti'.o X. -li-
lauds. i,i'i>m Switzerland auvi froni Tu-koy.
In fact the lav; &hou!d be popular al! o\ er Eun.ipe, for she
is theretjy permitted-to put on the American jnarket her mer
chandise to the amounl of t\\elve millions a month more than
she- did a year ago, Spain is the oniy European country whose
c\i)ort.'- to the.^e shores a i;u\ge failing oiT. Even Iceiand
and The Az-jrc.- r.r-j prv'tiliii.u' by the ihange, aiiii Roumatiia ana
yei’:> ia -J.s v.eU.
To the of us. great beneliciarios. ul' Uenioci'.itic gei>-
ero.s'ty to i'oreign producers are Argentina and Brazil. The Ar-
g'_'!),.:ne ; hipmcHLS Isave i^iore than doubled in ’.’alue, an! increas-
w! iluw niiliiu)!.- ill \a.‘i:e. iJnizil lias nearly tiiy sa.n’ie monlhly
nii';'ea>-o. the v.-r.ole ii .S'.uih Am'i'ica .i^ains iieariy six millions
a montl',, e\en with Chile falling a miiiion behind. The greatest
adv;in:.e of y!l hov.-e'cr. i;- froni Uruguay, tioods made in that
coiiiitry can'.e here la,--,t year to the amount of about one hundroi!
thousand dollars a month. The .same monlii of this year .she seiit
I'.or goods here to IVie vahio of neari.v two millions.
fk:; It is Canaila uhc should be most gratef;ii. SI'.e i.s seliii-
i:'g acr-.i.ss our northern ’ojrden her products t(? a value of over
i'our li'illions a rnoritii more than she did imder the old tarifi.
Mo.':io(j lnriii,g iiie month of March, gained a three-miilion-doliar
larger foolhoid in the American market than she did during the
i^.une i>eriod of 19].'!. The Coritral American States are increas
ing their exports hither by a third, and the British West Indes
hy about the same figure. Australia is doubling her shipments.
Thci!e are the benefits that the new law is bringing to for
eign nations, to the competitoi's of the American producer, t;;
the employer of cheap labor and the payer of an un-.Americar.
wage. What benefit has it brought to the United Stdes? Are
n'.ore p‘>i’sons employed? Has any new industry sUirted? Ar;^
piites lower? Is busine.-^s confidence stronger? Kas the industrial
situation been better? *,Vhat has the United Stsites gained in re
turn for this million-doliar-a-day gift of her market?
The Winston Journal wants to know
whftt IS wrong with its intimation that
Carranza was considering sending a
delegate to Niagara Falls. Oh, noth
ing; if the Journal cannot see the
joke in the idea of Carranza .sending
anybody anywhere there is no use
in trying to explain.—Greensboro
News.
The Lure of E.\p!ora^ton.
Col«:Ui.‘l Roosevelt’s discovery of a
vTo'it Brazilian river, hitherto un-
k:K:\v in geography, is a reminder that
the earth i?till has its? unpatbcd wat
ers and undreamed shores. Boundless
forests, holding, j.jrhaps the secret
of buried civilization, remain to be
adventured. Vast regions at the top
the the world are yet to be penetrat
ed. Strange lands and strange peo
ples still stir the explorer’s spirit.
There was never, indeed an age
when the zest for discovery was keen
er, and certainly none when it was so
finely tempered ^vith science. Not
only the .Arctic and Antarctic but the
tropics as well, particularly the south
ern half of this hemisphere, are en
gaging the interest of rarely talentn-
ed men. The expeditions of Peary
and Scott and Amunaden and Stefan-
son and others in the polar regions
are mat. . J in Sr.uth .kf..-;’ica oy i!t/
AmiV’ j.'cpcdih’;^]) now l)eing con
duct - ay l^r, Uiliiani C. Farabee un
der : lie j'kj.t ioiia;?e of the Uni\’ersi*y
cf Pennsylvania.
These? explorers, we are told, are
malLiiig the acquaintance of tribes ^Ho
I whom white meii are much a novelty
as were Columbus and his followers
to the natives who witnessed his dis
covery of a new world for Castile ajid
Leon, A dozen or more new tribes
have been found and a number of riv
ers, previously unknown, have been
placed on the map. A writer in the
Boston Transcript interestingly ob
serves: