North Carolina Newspapers

TWIT1 ' Li THE3NLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE. ESTABLISHED I88v ' A Dl nT-TC m r o a nri lonAv r - . . ....... . . . """ Lives of Over JO 0. Per sons Imperilled by Fire Which Sw ept Factory Did Murderer Seek Revenge ? Fire Broke Out in Struc ture of Large Manufac turing Plant Early To day. Many Jumped from Fourth Storv. One Man Seriously Hurt and Dozen Others In jured. A Mad Rush for the Exits by Panic Stricken Employes. By Associated Press. Dover, N. H., Jan. 26. The lives ci from 300 to 500 employes in the !t.rse five-story mill of the Cocheco Jlanufaeturing Company, were imper iled by the fire that swept through the structure with great rapidity, thcitly after all the hands were at their' places. Many were hurt by jumping from the fourth story windows. One man, who with four others, vas carried down on an extension irdder from the fifth floor, reported that as he groped his way to a win dow he scumbled over several pros trate forms. Push for Exits. The two men who jumped from V the fourth floor were seriously hurt acd a dozen others treated for hurts of a less serious nature. There were no fire escapes and the ante-stricken employes made a wild lush, for the-exits. Leaps to Frozen Ground. The employes on the fifth floor rushed to the fourth in large num bers. Finding the smoke and flames had cut off the exit down the stairways, many leaped from the windows to the frozen ground. i Some of the cooler-headed ones attached ropes to the window frames and slid down rapidly, burning -the skin cff their hands. ' :-. ( Four men. crouched at an open win dow on an upper floor, gasping for air, were discovered by the firemen. They were nearly unconscious from smoke before they were rescued. , No Lives Lost. The managers have satisfied them selves that no lives were lost ami only two men injured. Dr. 7 ownsend Shot Three limes by Mysterious Man, Discovered in , Rmom. A Similar Tra gedy. Was it Vengeance By Associated Press. New York, Jan. 26. Dr. Charles W. Townsend, living .. at West New- l-righton, Staten Island, was prob rbly mortally wounded, presumably ty a burglar. The doctor's assailant, who entered the Townsend home at 4 o'clock this morning, escaped after shooting the doctor, three times, the third bullet lodging near the heart. Mrs. Townsend saw a man in the ioom with a revolver in his hand. d She screamed and awoke,, tae doc tor who was shot by the intruder. The telephone wires were cut. Was it Revenge? The case is surrounded in mystery, but from the meagre details permit ted to leak- out by the officials it is believed the act was one for venge ence and not of a burglar as was first believed. , Not a single article was "taken iTcm the house. This is also believed to be borne out by stories told the coroner by the doctor and his wife. The Townsend home is scarcely a half mile from the Spier home, which was the scene of a tragedy a year ago strangely like that today. Mr si -Stonewall ' Jack son Explains Why she Cannot Take Pension CASE OF MRS. C. W. BLAIR. QUAKE AFFECTS OIL FIELD. Gulf Field Loses and North Texas Field Increases Production. Galveston, Jan. 26. The Gulf Coast on fields have decreased their pro duction over 45 per cent, within the kst week, and the cause is attribut ed to seismic disturbances in Ja maica. The sudden drop was noticed the acond day after the Jamaica earth quake, and 17 wells in Texas and i-cuisiana went dry. After the Val laraiso earthquake many wells ceas ed to flow, while an immense, oil lake appeared out in the- Gulf. The .North Texas oil fields have increased J 00 per cent, since the Jamaica fnocks, and the product is much l'ghter in color. Hospital Deeds Sack to Selzvyn J he Institution for Allevi ation of Suffering, Nozv Being Enlarged, will be One o f the Completestin the South. "' ' ' its kind, where the, instruments were procured in this manner, in this part of the country. , Leaving the hospital equipment a still more interesting fact connected with the institution is -that the trans fers of the site on which the building stands has been traced back to the time when it was owned by George Augustus Selwyn, for whom the new Selwyn Hotel is named, and who was one of the famous wits in King Charles the Second's time. The property was sold by George Augustus Selwyn in the jrear 1763, who at that time owned about all of North -Carolina, as Lord Proprietor to H. E. McCollough. Sine that time the following transfers of the property were made, according to the. records copied by Mr. R. E. Coch rane from the court house archives: H.' E. McCollough to Thomas Polk in 1767; Thomas Polk to Yaightstill Avery, in 1J76; Waightstill Avery to Evea Alexander, in .18 03; John Sloan, sheriff, to- Robert' McKenzie, in 1828; Continued on page 12 INDIAN ATHLETES DINED. Carlisle's Foctbal! Souad Guests of the Faculty. Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 26. The annual iootball banquet tendered by the officials cf the Carlisle Indian School to .the threescore of redskinned pig skin chasers who worked hard for their alma mater during the fall TEonths vas given Thursday in the Indian school gynasium. Glenn S. Warner, lately returned to the Carlisle school as athletic di rector, contributed largely to the suc cess of the affair. The music was furnished by the famous Carlisle Indian Band, and the immense hall was elaborately decorated in the Indian colors red and old gold. All i-ie noted Indian athletes, responded ro toasts. JEPARD HALE FROZEN TO DEATH. ead Man Had $450 in Cash, But Was Scantily Clad. Warsaw, Va., Jan., 26. Jepardy , !e, aSed 50 years, was found frozen io death at the sawmill of G. H. With er, near Haynesville. On his person as found S4S0 in cash. He was poor - Ciad and was unable to withstand ine severe cold. Henry Harrington, aged G5 years, vn nt Cleniens, Mich., died at the c,Jav; Huse this morning at 8 o' ch. after an ill ness of several weeks 01 heart trouble. Defective Grass Reeds. Jan. 26. Repre- Associated. Press - Washington, -D. C. Hon i. ivIann in a speech in the chaS Su6d that rass seeds pur adultr open markets contained PcrcGntn, Charged that a large from rC5e of low grade seeds came Jv. e and Canada. " With theP addition of a $15,000 brick building, containing about 25 patients' rooms, administration and" reception rooms, St. Peter's Hospital will be one of the largest and best equipped in North Carolina. This institution has already a wide reputation, its surgeons and corps of physicians, including some of the most prominent in the Carolinas, and the equipment for treat ing patients afflicted with various dis eases is complete with every appliance from the smallest knife to the costli est X-ray machines. The new addi tion which fronts about 80 feet on Pop lar street, extending from Sixth to the Summerville lot, is three stories high with a wide promenade veranda span ning the entire length of each floor and the plans are so arranged that . the high pitched attic may be converted in to another floor of rooms should the future growth of the hospital demand it. The basement is so arranged that extra rooms may be provided with but little alteration. On the southeast corner of the new addition is a large sun parlor 14 feet square with windows facing both east and South so that patients may be given sun baths at any time of the day without depending on the veranda which-, is not of service in bad weath er. This room was especially provided for- this purpose and is complete in its arrangement. "The operating room will remain in the old building at its present location: the reception room, two superintendents' rooms and two treatment rooms and one special pa tient's room with private- bath attach ed and the remaining administration rooms will constitute the first floor plan while on the second and third floors will be located the additional score or more of single bed rooms for patients. Including the rooms for patients m the new addition and those in the old building, and also in the charity de partment, the hospital will have ac commodations for 60 or more patients who will be under the able superin tendancy of Miss Henly and her corps of 16 trained nurses. The surgical department is complete in equipment for the most delicate of operations. This department is in charge of Dr. George W. Pressley, as cheif surgeon, and Dr. E. C. Register, hospital physican; but this does not convey the idea that any other physi cian has not an equal privilege to send patients there for treatment. With these two learned physicions and the others connected with the institution, the medical corps ranks as high in knowledge cf the medical science and skill of surgery as any other hospital in this section of the South. In connection with the hospital phy sicians it will be of interest to make note of Dr. E. C. Regster's souvenir collection of operating knives, which were gathered by him on his extensive European travels. The collection num bers nearly 10 knives of various devices and many shapes. On each one is engraved both the doctor's name and the country in which it was pur chased. Nearly every city of any. con sequence in the Old World is; repre sented. The collection is a rare and valuable one p.nd is the only one ofj ASK FOR INCREASE. .Near 12000-C!th ar.d Dress Weav - erstocCsk for' 15Pr " Cent"age increase. - By Associated Press. Philadelphia,- Jan. and dress weaver's 12,000 members, decided to ask an increase of 15 per cent. Eight mills have already granted an increase. ... ' The cotton and woolen goods weav ers,, it is expected, also will make the same demand. 26. The cloth union, having Real Estate Transfers. The Oakhurst Land Company has sold to Mr. G. W. Moore a tract of suburban property, the consideration being $3,850. Mr. J. E. Thomas, Jr., has purcheased from Mr. P. A. Thomas a tract of 38 acres in Paw Creek township for $2, 150. Mr. ,W. W. Phifer has' sold to Hue Dees a lot at the intersection of Four teenth and Alexander streets for $250. Messrs. G. C. and O. H. Crowell have each purchased a lot at Wilmoore from F. C. Abbott & Comany. Mr. C larks on Vindicated GIRL RIDES ENRAGED BULL. Discussion in House and Senate Over Air. Clark son's Presence in Ral eigh. A Groundless Debate. Mr. Reed Appointed. By Associated Press. Washington, . Jan, 26. The speaker appointed Representative Reed of Ar kansas to a place on the judiciary committee, thus terminating what has been sornew'hat of a factional fight in the Democratic party. Mr. Wil liams had recommended Representa tive Webb of North Carolina for the place but the Speaker first appointed Representativo Shirley of Kentucky, who declined. Sweetenham Again. By Associated Press. Washington, D. C, January 26. No advices have been received at the state department confirmatory of the report that Governor Sweetenham of Jamaica will resign. A Big Issue. By "Associated Press. - New York; January 26. Announce ment is made that three year five per cent notes, aggregating $50,000,000, have been issued by the New York. Central. ' 4 Death of Mr. Victor's Father. Mr. H. C. Victor, father of Mr. H. M. Victor, of this city, died at his home in Lynchburg, Va., . Thursday night. Mr. Victor, accompanied by his wife, went to Lynchburg early in the week and was with his father when the end came. . - ... Funeral of Mr. Alexander. : The funeral service over the remains of Mr. David Alexander will be con ducted tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock at Providence Church by Rev. R. JG. Miller, assisted by Rev. H. M. Parker. The remains reached here yesterday morning from Ogden, Utah. Mrs. John P. Morris, who went to Richmond, Va., before Christmas to be treated by Dr. Davidson . for throat trouble," has returned much improved, but Miss May Morris,, lier dauntc;, who was with' her, is sick with dip theria. , , , By Bell Telephone. . Raleigh, N. C., Jan. 26. The House spent most of the day in discussing the bill putting solicitors on salaries, instead of fees. The bill came up as a special order. Winborne, of Hertford, is I leading . the support of the bill andlDowd, Yount, of Cataw ba, and others are" opposing the bill. A lively tilt occurred this morning between Representatives' Preston, of Mecklenburg and Yount. Mr. Yount had intimated that the only solicitor, who was .fighting the-bill was Mr. Gl&rksok;' -fSecklenburg.- Mr. Pres ton immediately '' took the part of Mr. Clarkson and 'went for Mr. Yount with gloves off, f&r making insinua tions against Solicitor Clarkson. So warm did the controversy grow that it was necessary for the speaker to call both gentlemen to order. Mr. Yount said he did not mean there v;as anything wrong; that he was merely drawing an inference. It was then learned that Mr.. Clarkson was m Raleigh for the sole purpose of attending the anti-Saloon League meeting and was not taking any part m the bill under discussion what ever. Mr. Ycunt was beaten out entirely, it being proved to the satisfaction of trvery one that here vas no reasqn whatever for his position. Among the notable bills introduced was one by Mr. Julian, of Rowan, providing for an amendment to the charter of the People's Bank, and Trust Company of Salisbury. By Parsons, to regulate the laws of labor in factories, and to prevent children from working at night; By Dowd, to provide for the gath ering of information as to the effects of strong drinks and narcotics in the public schools. ' By Winborne, to provide punish ment for pools, trusts and conspira- j cics. By Winborne, to create a fish com mission. The House finally passed the bill as to solicitors salaries with an amend ment that solicitors shall receive $2,500 if the, fees amount to that much, all fees in- excess to go to the State; also that if the fees amount to less than $2,500 the solicitors shall have only the amount of the fees. In the Senate. A similar discussion arose in the Senate, with regard to Mr. Clark son's presence in Raleigh. The dis cussion came up while, the Senate was considering the resolution to call on all Stafe solicitors . to furnish statements of the fees received in 1906. This resolution is in connec tion with the bill discussed yester day to put solicitors on salaries, and vvhich bill is to come up next Thurs day as a special order. In the course of the discussion Mr. Webb, who is supporting, the bill, made certain in lerences from the fact . that Mr. Clarkson was. the only solicitor pres ent. Immediately Senators Pharr and Mason were up in protest against the false inferences. It was shown that Mr. Clarkson's only motive for being in Raleigh was to attend the meet ing' of the anti-Saloon League. Mr. Webb then apologized for any refer ence he might have made to Mr. Clarkson, and the matter passed off pleasantly. . , - . The resolution, to secure amounts cf fees, passed. - Among the notable bills introduced was one by Senator Drury, ofWake, to provide for ' ah enlargement cf the tate capitol, entailing an - expendi ture of about $600,000. The Senate , passed a bill - appro priating $20,000 additional appropria tion for the Jamestown Exposition, making $50,000 in all. woman Who Shot, and Killed Hus band Granted Bail at $2,000 Con ductor Armes Statement. - . Special to The News. Columbia, S. C, Jan. 26. Mrs. C. W. Blair, who shot and killed her busbamd ou - Jan. lgth, has been grunted ball in the sum of $2,000. - .ner , attorney, r. 11. Nelson, ap peared before Judge Prince at Lex irgton yesterday and presented the statement of Mrs. .Blair, made before the coroner's jury, along with a statement from Conductor Armes, vith whom it is charged Mrs. Blair was intimate. Judge Prince granted the bail but it has not yet been arranged. in nis statement Mr. Armes de nies that he was intimate with Mrs. Blair and asserts he and Blair were iriends. .. He was here on the 21st and regis- terer from Charlotte. He is a passenger conductor be tween Charlotte and Washington, on the Southern ' and formerly ran with Conductor Blair as flagman. BORAX MILLIONAIRE WEDS. Saved Herself From Death And Kills Frenzied Beast. U Midlands, South Dakota, January 24. Miss Maude Derroe, a young woman living on the prairie west of here, threw herself upon the back of an en raged bull yesterday, and rode the beast until he became exhausted and. died. The bull made a vicious attack upon Miss Derroe when she was walking across the prairie alone and unarmed. "The young woman, unable to make her escape, stood her ground and of fered the enraged beast battle. After a brief and desperate struggle by which she was cruelly punished and . well nigh killed, Miss Derroe, by an almost superhuman effort; threw herself upon the back of the bull. The beast tried hard to throw her, but she was reared on the prairie and had ridden wild horses from the time she was a' child, and she made shift to keep her seat. Finding that she could not be un seatedthe maddened beast started to . " A ' J, t - A Z t . .t - .. lutt at-aie: top . joi, speea, p.rpa ae-j- - CV4,;f , back until he finally fell to the ground with blood streaming frim.' his mouth and nose and utterly exhausted. The bull died soon afterwards. The girl was uninjured by her wild ride, but was painfully hurt before she got astride the bull's back. Ex. Smith Takes As Bride the Secretary Of Late Wife. CHINA FEEDS THE STARVING. Okland, Cal., January 26. Miss Eve lyn Ellis, who was "for years private secretary to the late Mrs. Mary Smith became the bride last night of the de parted philanthropist's husband, F. M. Smith, multi-millionaire "borax king" and master of Arbor Villa, a superb home in East Oakland, the scene of the former wife's splendid charities. v Mr. and Mrs. Smith left in a pri vate car for New York. They will make a wedding tour of the West In dies in the Smith steam yacht. 1 The bride, a talented English girl, entered the Smith houshold twelve years fi.go. ' ; t : Seven Jurors Are Chosen Three Days of Thaw Trial - . f Have Passed With only Jurors Chosen Out of 101 -Talesmen. Probable Defense. Senate Receives Letter From Mrs. Jackson, in Which1 she Gives her Reasons for Refusing to Accept Pension. By Associates! Press. ' '' . New York, Jan. 26. Three days of the trial, of Harry K. Thaw have passed and the net work has been the selection of seven jurymen. Court has adjourned until Monday. To get seven jurors 101 talesmen, half of the panel drawn, have been is probable that the Mr. Cool idge Says it is First Time in Her History. 1 examined. It can riaucibcu, jiu. o o. vx. oWi- - , Asks the Senate to Ap propriate Amount for Relief of Widows of Con federate Veterans. Sen ate Withdraws Bill. Special to The News. Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 26. The Sen ate of North Carolina received a letter from Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, declin ing to accept the pension of $100 a month, provided under the resolution introduced. T most welcomingly appreciate this patriotic and loyal tribute to the name of my hero-husband," she says, "but I do not feel that I would be justified in accepting it. I am informed that the laws of North Carolina limit all pen sions to those who have not $500 per sonal property, and as I do not cme unaer this law, 1 respectfully request that the bill be withdrawn." Mrs. 'Jackson suggests that the money proposed in her behalf be ap propriated for the relief of destitute widows of Confederate veterans. In accordance with the desire of Mrs. Jackson the bill calling for the pension was withdrawn. There were feeling comments on the letters by Senators Lovill, of Wa tauga; Webb, of Buncombe and others, to the effect that It breahed such a no ble spirit and would constitute a val uable constribution to history that it should be spread on the journal of the Senate. This was ordered and Senator Lov 11 announced that at the request of Mrs. Jackson he would withdraw the MU-vIor ,.te"lpenlon.-- - ........... IMPORTANT WITNESS NON EST. idge, former secretary of the Ameri can Legation at Peking, who arrived yesterday on the liner Korea, says that for the first time in its . long history the Chinese Government is rendering organized' relief to famin victims. The rice tribute from districts In the- vicinity of the famine-stricken area has been directed for the relief of the sufferers and is being syste matically distributed under govern ment direction. Refugees have been Vnncentrated at Kang King and other large towns on the lower Yantse, and the government aid has been effect ively administered. The refugees will have to be fed for four months, 1 when a new crop is expected to restore normal condi tions in the famine belt. v Mr. Coolidge believes there is little danger . of a renewal of the anti-; American boycott. , The danger . spot is Canton, and there a new viceroy, iriendly to foreigners, has taken the f place of the arbitrary and -very un popular governor under whose ad ministration the boycott flourished. Studying Our Library System. Miss Black, librarian or the Kenne 6y free library at Spartanburg, S. C. f Carneeie institute, is spending a few days in Charlotte studying Mrs Annie Smith Ross' - system. Miss Black thinks our library is very ac tive in all its departments. Cotton Receipts. The receipts of cotton today mounted to 72. bales at 10 cents. On the same day last year the . re ceipts amounted to one bale at 11 cents. . - Trinity Methodist Church. Preaching at 11 a.. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday School at 3:30 p. m. Rev. Plato Durham, pastor. Dr. George W. Graham and daugh ter, Miss Sallie Graham and Miss Mary Cameron Granam, or . Hillsboro, will leave Charlotte next Wednesday night for New York from where they sail early in February for a trip to the Orient. Messrs. J. A. and D. R. Yar brough are both on the sick list. The former strained his back a few days ago, and the latter has a severe case of grip. . found in the 100 talesmen still awaiting examination. Fifty men were examined yester day and two jurors secured. Plans of Defense. The plans of the defense, while not definitely developed, are believed to be as at first supposed emotional in sanity and an appeal to the so-called "higher law." Lawyer Hartridge, denied there had been disagreements between the members of his client's family. Declared Reports False. Attorney Peabody declared there had been no quarrel in the family; al so declared the report false that Harry Thaw and his " wife contemplated . a divorce if he is acquitted.-. He also said Thaw had not received threaten ing letters. . . - Rumors Won't Down. Rumors of difference between Mrs. Harry K. Thaw on one side and Mrs. William Thaw and Countess Yar mouth, Thaw's mother and sister re spectively on the other, continued to be circulated to-day, despite the de nial by Thaw's counsel of any such differences existing. The reported differences are alleged to have arisen over the continued presence in the court room of Miss Mae McKenzie, the former chorus girl, who , accompanies Mrs. Evelyn Thaw and sits by her during the session of court. One of the reports in circulation, dealing with Thaw's motive for shoot ing Stanford White, that was to the effect, that on the night before the shooting Thaw called , on White and exacted from him a promise that he would never try to communicate with Evelyn Thaw again It wag also reported that while at dinner in the af e Martin, four hours before the tragedy, Thaw intercepted a note from White asking Mrs.-' Thaw to meet him.' . Inspect Charleston Yard. By Associated Press. Washington, Jan. 26. Admiral Ros seau, chief of the bureau of yards docks, has gone to Charleston, S. C, to make the first official inspection of the navy yard at that place and will ive special attention to the pro gress of the work on the new dry dock. Ground was broken this morning for the erection of Mr. C. O. Brown's handsome dwelling on Elizabeth Heights. . j Standard Oil Makes Advance. By Associated Press. - Cleveland, Ohio, January 26. The Standard Oil company announces an advance of 1-4 of 1 cent per gallon on all grades of refined, naptha and gaso line, in barrels. Recorder Displeased Over Absence of Rcadmaster In Larceny Case. Because Mr. A. E. Gess, roadmaster of the Seaboard Air Line, did not ap pear as prosecuting witness against Fred McClain, a switchman, charged with burglary at the Seaboard depot, Recorder Shannonhouse appeared to be much put out this morning. He continued the case and put Mr. Gess $100 bond to appear Mon- t ay. "I'm inclined to dismiss the case because of the failure of Mr. Gess to be here," said the Recorder, "but it is too serious to dismiss." "I don't think Mr. Gess Is anx ious to push the charges," said Mr. J. D. McCall, attorney for the Mc Clain boy. "If I thought he was staying away for that reason." said the Recorder, "I'd put him in jail." Several railroad men thought Mr. Gess was away from the city. McClain was charged with breaking into Mr. Gess' office and taking sev eral lantern globes and a silver watch. Several ; witnesses testified that McClain had a right' to get the lantern globes, so the Recorder had the warrant changed so as to charge only the larceny of the watch. Mr. and Mrs. McClain, step-father and mother of the young man testi fied that the watch was found in their garden, but that they never saw it or knew it to be in the possession of their son. Mr. R. L. Owens, yard clerk, said he saw a watch chain protruding from McClain's pocket. He knew that McClain owned no watch before that. John Rogers, of Greenville, a color ed man, was charged with a vicious as sault upon his wife, Mary Rogers, who appeared in court with a swollen face. She testified to a most brutal attack by ttte husband, of being thrown down, beaten, -kieked and stamped upon. A family jar within a family jar was a feature of her evidence, for she said her husband broke ajar over her head. Rogers - insisted that his wife, who provoked him by failure to cook for him and by flirting, had firstthrown a smoothing iron at him. The recorder seemed to think that this evidence was discounted by Officer Porter's tes timony that Rogers had said upon his arrest: "Hasn't a man got a right to whip his wife to make her mind him?" Residence at Huntersville Burned. The residence of Mr. S. A. Knox, ct - Huntersville, was burned this morning before day. The flames had got so well under way that the Inmates barely had time to . escape, .and little furniture was saved. A buggy load would easily cover what was taken out of the house. There was some insur ance on the building, though none of the furniture. Mr. J. M. McLaughlin, the up holsterer, is unable to be up owing to illness.