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CHAHLOTrE, N. C„ ThURSDA\ EVENING, MARCH 9, 191 I
-I Charlotts. J cent^ a Copy Daily—5 Cen(s Sunday
! Outside Charlotta. ) Cen
•nts a copy Daily and Sundny
Ignant People
}j Sharon Protest
Against Ed. Caton
ill Little Chuich
'-day of Citizens
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By Assoi'inu'tl I’tt'ss.
W asliinui!>n. D. T.. March 0.—f?y af-
lixiii;^ l;is si'itiatuit* to the conti'aot
t('f I'.;' innn\ii'afinrt and pi'huing '>1'
Hatiii ed « T'.-. t'lopf's aiid stanipod %vrai>-
i'l’t's lor lu'wsiiapt'rs, uiday, mastcr
^lonfia! lliiilicock pm an end. for ai
Icasi 1(1 ,r y.,ars. I'roai .Inly 1st next.
ii> a contcs; iliat has washed iniorniit-
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t'oiirh. a' Casas ('randes on Monday
in N'hi^-h ib.e foice under Madero was
'•(Ml!i'd 1>.. tile federal tr(x>ps under Col.
Cti-liar, l;;sred th.e enli'e day with
heavy r;; -ralties oil sideF. acooi'd-
iii.u: M’ an American miiiini; man who
via’ms to liavo set n t '.r en,^a';ement.
The force fMi-raueil i>n each side is
s;.id u li:'ve beer. (‘.'K) men. Madero's
iiHMi s'!i ceMi.'d in roneiiins; the ont-
' m' ^!ii' '(.'wn where the\ oi''iied
a iipav\ nie ;:n iiie u.irrison. Wiiile a
l .ii Mon '.'f ni.' f.a-e h> Id rhe insnrvee-
ti'ft in ( !;. c^., Ciu ilar ied the remaind-
*' of 1 is irooiiS in a ilank movement
tlv'i ii'ac'd ti'e insnireetos under a
cn ii.e.
Mad' .0 received a small reinforce
ment (iiiii'.- t)i« en«4a.u:eiuem and was
-Mi' to hold liis position uniil dark-
ii* fell, whi'ii iie s'ii' ee'!ed in with-
i--!r:-" ir.ii !ns uk'H mider a heavy lire.
'■ d.-io .-aiii !o iiave los; three
m:'' diine ?:i;ns. a large (piantity of am-
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FRONTIEH.
X
Chief Subject At
Atlanta Congress
Was Panama Canal
mLEEED “LOyE”
LETTEilS FIKyRE
IN KAYES TRIAL
Importance of The Canal to
The Commerce and Industry
0/ the South Dwelt Upon at
Length by Noted Speakers oj
The Day.
THE GRANO-STAND HAS “GOT HIS GOAT!”
Advance of Army to
Southern Frontiei
Proceeds In Older
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d.
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lan: iiorses. He was
p .. HH) ri' I'.is COO iii.Mi
lie is reported retir-
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Chihuahua Is
Completely Cut Ot)
H.v Associated I’ross.
i']l Paso, Tex.. .March 9.—Klafert, a
■'usini s;- man or 1^1 Paso, and two com-
panior.s. made a trij) from Chihuahua
to K1 P:.-') by automohiie yesterday,
akin-, of ■ onditiona in Chihuahua,
s hnm.'j Klafert said:
held.
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had Inokei'
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V. no iiad vio
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■'('hihiiah'ia is com])1etely isolated.
Railroad bridues on every line entering
the cit\ have ))een de.stroyed for many
tuilrs. the tracks are torn up, tele
graph wires cut and the iM)les burn-
i .'d."
I He c;nfirms the report that Chihua-
! hna has sufltcient provisions for about
i . ix weeks, but ^says prices are very
liiiih.
Insnrrf'rtos forces have surrounded
he ci!y, sa,'s Air. Klafert. and the
fr lojal t''>!'rison of about 1,200 men is
held in readiness to meet an attack
at i.ny moment.
Storm Conditions
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A-ssociated Press.
San Francisco, t'al., March 9.—Storm
conditions in California are somewhat
improved today but railroad traffic is
still far from normal. The coast line
)f the Southern I’acific is lied up by
washouts. Throuj;li trains over that
route may not move for another day
'ir I wo.
'i'he Shasta route, to tiie north, it is
pectfHl. will V)e o))cned today. Over
land trains from Ogden on tlie central
loute, which have, been stalled in the
mountaiiis are moving and will arrive
ithis morniaj;-
'I'iie Wesiern Pac.fic is still blocked
Ijy slides in the mountains.
Flood conditions continue serious in
some sections. Heavy rains are still
fallin;; in the Southern end of the
“^an .I(»a(niin valley and around Sail
Luis Obispo.
The onlv fatalities reported in con
nection with the flood waters were Ihe
drowning: of tv/o boys near Aroroyo
(irande.
Negro Killed
Eight People
lU- Associated I’res.v
(llay.^ovr, Ky„ .March H.—“Doc ’
Masev. a nesro believed to he in
sane,’ ki-l!ed a uefiro deputy sheriff
and sev(ii memlxMs of a family in
Han count'- lasr ni?ht. Masey es--j mornin
I?.' Associated Press.
\Nashin?;tou, Marcdi 0.—Still under
the "uise of iieacefitl maneuvers, tlie
advance of the army toward the south
ern f'.oiitier of the I'nited States is
])roceedin;A in perfect order. Innumer
able telefjrams are being received by
Gen. l^eonai'd Wood, chief of staff, re
port inc; that his sudden and compre-
lieiisive oiders, flashed from the capi
tal only three days -as;o. are l)elng car-
tied out with lapidity and precision.
The staff officers, having set the ma-
chiner.\- in motion, are enjoying a res-
piU TC)da,'.. The tcleurai'hic axlvii:c*s
indicate that all 01 the men ordered
out are nt)w movin.g rapidly southward
with ample commissary and ammuni
tion stipplies. ^
Capt. Johnson Hagood, of the coast
artillery, and a member of the general
stafi’. has been ordered to San Anlonto,
Tex., to joi'a the staff of Ma.i. Gen. Car
ter. commander-of the arni}' division
v.hich is being concentrated at that
pt'int. Capt. Hagood’s departure will
he delayed a few days in order that he
may clear up several odds and ends of
miiitar.v matters—th^» aftermath of
legislation by the last session of con
gress. He is the legislative exi)ert of
the general stait'.
The navy, like the other arm of 'the
fighting establishment, is carrying out
its part of the ojierations without any
L'Cmblance of a hitch. The vessels of
the fifth division of the Atlantic fleet
have been sui)plied with their comi)le-
nients and are prepared to sail for
Guantanamo at the “drop of the hat”
by the secretary of the navy.
The real purjiose of the unprecedent
ed movement of soldiers, sailors and
marines is still enshrouded in a cloud
of mystery. Official Washington per
sists in the previous announcements
that the movement is a technical mili
tary exjieriment to try the efficiency
of the fighting resources of the nation
and that it has no relation to the Mex
ican situation.
Marines Set Sail.
Philadelphia. March 9.—Fully eqiiip-
ped for participation in the big mili
tary movement, more than 700 ma
rines sailed at 9 a. m. today on the
transport Prairie from the Philadel
phia navy yard for Guantanamo. The
marines were rushed hete fiom
Washington, Annapolis, Brooklyn,
Boston, Newport and New London,
following the order for the mobili^.a-
ticn of troops in Texas. Besides gen
oral stores, the Prairie is
south ;i6o/'00 rounds of
t ridges. ^ '
The transport Dixie, ordered here
fro New' York, to take marines
south, loading with stores and
will sail within a day or two.
Troops Cheered by Crowds.
Pittsburg, March 9.—Two troop
trains of forty-four cars, carrying the
third artillery and battery F, arriv
ed in the city today on their way
to San Antonio. They were cheered
by thousands of communitors.
Big Armored Cruisers Ready.
Now York, March 9.—A thick haze
lay over New York bay this morn
ing, hiding from view the three big
armored cruisers which have been
making hurried preparations to sail
for the Gulf of i^exico to participate
in the ioint naval *’nd military move
ment in Texas and on the Mexican
border. Coaling of the warships
th“ armored cruisers Tennessee. Mon
tana and North Carolina—was com
pleted last night and there w'ere ap-
^ .1.. oflip
lasr night the l.')(Ri coast artillery
men from the harbor forts, mustered
into a provisional iiifantry regiment
for service in Texas, sailed for For
tress Monroe on the steamer James
town.
Pacific Fleet Ready.
San Diego. C’al., .Match 9.—I’he 12
torpedo boats and dfrsiro.vers compos
ing the torpedo (iotilla vjf the Pacific
tiee; finished coaling last night. lie
rei^ort that sealed orders have been
received was ilenied by the officers,
who declared thiit sailing orders have
not yet been rv^ceived.
Troops ti-eavfc Baltimore.
Baltimorev March 9.—Two comjja-
nies of artillerymen from Fort How-
aul and Fort McHenry lei't here this
nifirning by rail for Fort Monroe,
Va., where they exj)ect to embark
for Texas.
From Fort Barrancas.
Pensacola, I'la., Mar(‘h 9.—Three
hundred soldiers including the fit-
teenth and twentieth artillery, the
eighth artillery band and the hos-
as had been reported. He declared
he would return immediately to Wash
ington after speaking here.
Troops Pass Through City.
Palestine, Texas, March 9.—A steady
stream of troop trains has been pass
ing through this city last night and
today en route for San Anionio and
Galveston.
First Troops Arrive.
Galveston, Texas. March 9.—The
first troops who are to i)articipate m
the war game here arrived from
.Jackson Barracks, La., today. The
soldiers comprised the 104th compa
ny, coast artillery, and were under
command of Capt. H. C. Merriam.
The train bearing the troops con
sisted of three passenger coaches, one
baggage car. one box car and one
flat car. The train v/as sent directly
to the Fort Crocket reservation,
wliere prei)arations for the receptUin
of threef regiments have been com
pleted.
France Interested
In Mobilization
Bv Associated Press.
Paris, Marcii 9.—Tiie officials of
the foreign office today informed Ihe
Associated Press that the French
governmem had made no representa
tions to the United States regarding
the protection of French interests in
Mexico.
i3y Associated Press.
Whiteville, N. C., March 9.—The
ourth day’s grind in the Hayes mur
der case was continued in Columbus
superior court this morning at 9::>0.
The testimony tints far introduced
has not been very damaging to the de-
endaut, Mrs. Ro' a I). Ha.yes, charge*!
witlj the murder of young R(>l>ert M.
Floyd, at Alt. Tabor on the night of
February 4th, or to Neil and Lloyd
Hayes-, charged as accessories.
While the interest in the case has
not diminished in the least, but stead
ily increases, the opinion grows that
the result will either be a mistrial or
the defendants will come clear.
Witnef^ses introduced yesterday tes
tified largely to converastions between
Neil Hayes and his wife and between
Mrs. Hayes and Floyd.
Miss Mary L. Holt testified to Mrs.
Hayes stating to her that Neil Hayes,
her husband, was jealous of her, and
unless he quit fussing at her she. Mrs.
Hayes, was going West and study for
a trained nurse and Robert Floyd
would go with her. Witness alS'O said
Mrs. Hayes said to her that she had
asked her husband, “are you going to
let me have those moles treated?" to
which he replied, ‘no. and when those
moles are treated it will be by a gen-
tlemaii, and by no such d n rascal
as Rob Floyd.’ ”
The moles in question are the one’s
young Floyd was treating. Thecon-
versation took place in September last.
Owing to the temperary illness of one
of the jurors c.ourt adjtMirneu al 4::;o,
after examination of a few immaterial
witnes.s-es.
Court convened al 9:30 and the
brother and sister of the dead man
were introduced by the state, Herbert
l''lo.'d, the brother, lustifyiiig \o hav
ing !+earched his lirottier's r((jin at the
uieiiical college for letters from ;\Irs
Hayes, and discovered two. 'I'he sis
ter, Miss Rosa Floyd, is a beautiful
young woman, perhaps 22 or 2:{, and
made a deep impression. She told
of looking for communications from
Mrs. Hayes to her brother.
The star witness of the day was
G. W. Perry, who was a student at
the medical college with Robert Floyd.
Col. Roosevelt Artives ^rd
President Tajt Will Be on
Hand Friday — Gen. Carr
Slated Foj Second Vice Pres-
ident of Congress. ,
pital corps left Fort Banancas this foreign office, where,
morning for Galveston, 'I exas. absence of special advices
News of the American action was
received wiih extraordinary inter^^st' related the relation between liim
and Floyd was that of the most inti-
carryin;
ball cur-
Can’t Mobilize State Guard.
Austin. Texas, March 9.--State Ad
jutant General Hutchins today wired
the secretary ot war that even if it
was found impracticable or unnecessa
ry to mobilize tl e Texas National
Guard as a body on the border maneu
ver grounds, nevertheless the officers
of the state guard are ready to join
the school of instructions for officers
if the secretary of war founu it prac
ticable for them to do so.
Delaware Troops Leave.
Dover, Del., March 9.—The 45th and
112th coast artillery companies left
Fort DuPont today for Fortress Mon
roe, Va., where they will join a bat
talion and proceed South tonight.
Don’t Believe Diaz is Dead.
New^ York, March 9.—Henry J.ane
Wilson, United States ambassador to
Mexico, while unwilling today to dis
cuss the situation in Mexico prior to
his departure for Craw'fordsville, Ind.,
to visit his mother, who is ill, em
phatically declared his disbelief in the
rumor that President Diaz of Mexico
had died suddenly. He was very sure
that if so serious an event had oc
curred, he would liave learned of it.
Won’t Go to Texas.
Atlanta. Ga., March 9.--Secretary of
War Dickinson, who is in Atlanta to
attend the sessions of the Southern
Commercial Congress, declared thia
morning that he would not go to
Texas and investigate conditions there
incident to the movement of troops
in the
ices from
Washington on the subject, it is as
sumed the reasons for the step taken
were wholly sufficient.
Local financial interests are some
what concerned regarding events in
Mexico, where it is roughly estimat
ed this country has $100,000,000 in
vested.
The explanation for the latest de
velopment current on the Bourse is
that the United States goveriiiiient
has in mind the ultimate possibility
of being required to protect the im
mense American interests in Mexico,
which might be imperilled in the
event of the death of President Diaz
by widespread disorders in that coun
try.
CONFER
OVER THE
MEXICAN SITUATION
mate friends. He remembers letters
introduced from Airs. Hayes to Floyd,
also remembersr distinctly two letters
to Floyd from Mrs. Hayes dated some
time in November last and postmarked
Loris. S. C. They bore the salutation
of “My I>ear Robert,’’ and closed with
“As ever, your friend, Rosa.”
He was admitted as an expert to
identify the letters before exhibited
with thos-e he had' seen w'hich had
By Associated Press.
\tlanta, (ja., Alarch 9.—The im
portance of the l^anama canal to the
commerce and industry ef the South
was the subject whuch engaged the
attention of the Sout liern Commercial
Congress at the morning session of
the annual convention here today.
Theodore Roosevelt v, ill address tha
congress tonight on “The South's Ol>*
ligation in Statesmansliip and Bt'.sl-
ness Endeavor." The colonel reached
Atlanta at 10:30 this morning and is
the guest of tlie Atlanta i liambei.’
of commerce and the Commercial
Congress.
•At 3 o’clock this afternoon Mr.
Roosevelt will deliver an addres sat
a negro church, after which he will
be entertained ai: the (’’apitol Clul'.
His address to the C()ngresa this
evening will he the first he has de
livered in the South since the recent
New York elections and will be one
of the most notable features of
the congress.
President Taft will address the
(‘(nigress Frida.v on “A Greater Na*
tion Through a (Jreater South.’’
The nominating committee decided
up(jn Ihe following to be officers for
next year:
President, Senator Duncan U.
Fletcher, Florida: first vice-president,
.John N. Parker. New Orleans; second
vice itresidenr. General .lulian S. Carr,
North Carolina; secretary, Edwin L.
Quarles. Washington, I). C.; manag
ing director, (Jrosvcnor Da we,
Washington, 1). C. 'I'tiese selections
will be acted upon at tonight's ses
sion of the \\hole ctmgress.
The Colonel Arrives.
On his arrival at the depot here Col.
Rosevelt was met by a reception com
mittee composed of officers of the
Soul hern Commercial Congress, now
in session here, and representatives
of the Atlanta cliamber of commerce,
and other civic organizations. He was
taken to the Piedmont Hotel in an au
tomobile, and escorted by a troop of
the Georgia national guard cavalry.
The co'onel received quite an ova
tion as he passed along the streets. As
soon as he reached the hotel he held
an informal recejition in the lobby and
later retired to his room. Dtirlng the
reception he mixed freely among the
people in the lobby withotit the evi
dent desire of imjiressing u))on every
the fact that he was present only in
his capacity as private citizen.
C(d. Roosevelt was the guest of the
been divorced. The substance of the Capital ( it\ Club at luncheon, going
letters he stated was urging Floyd to from theie to the Central Avenue
come to her; that she was anxious to | Methodist church (colored) late In the
see him and "hungered” for his love, i afternoon. His first speech of the
Both letters were “loving” and ])roduc-j long tri]. was to the congregation of
caned and a posse is scouring the pected to up
parently no obstacles to the sailing
of these units of the war fleet ex-
f.ept the adverse atmospheric condi
tions and the low tide of the early
hours. The ships were ex
anchor and aw’ay at
country for him.
Unbroken.
Iiin ii !t. --'riie I4th
s iiator show-
i ! d adi Ilk £-iiua-
.THIS GIRL WEDDED
CHINESE MERCHANT.
Bv Associated Press.
Vancouver, Wash., March 9.—Miss
.\ni(a Ueschontz, actress, aged 22, was
married to Lew Ting,.a wealthy Chi-
npse merchant of Hoquiam. Wash.
Tlie girl is of Siianish descent and
her Uomt: in Pittsburg, Fa.
anv moment.
The lower harbor, where Rear Ad
miral Staunton’s trio of big cruisers
were awaiting sailing orders was the
one remaining seat of activity toda^
in this vicinity in connection witn
(he mobilization movement soutl|-
The detachment of marines ordered
from here to join the force headed
for Guantanamo left yesterday and
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Tuesday evening, Morris, a lo- ♦
♦ cal butcher and fish dealer paid ^
♦ The News 11 cents for a “Want ♦
♦ Ad” advertising shad roe. ♦
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^ He had just 50 set to be sold ♦
^ Wednesday morning. ♦
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^ At 9:30 . sday morning ♦
♦ the st ick had been exhausted
♦ and orders continued to come ♦
♦ in.
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♦ The News office yesterday by a ♦
♦ Charlotte housekeeper who w'as ♦
♦ one of the ones late in sending ♦
♦ in her order.
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♦ Mr. Morris verified her state-
♦ ment and also stated that the ♦
♦ little ad in The News was all ♦
♦ the notice he gave his custom-
♦ ers.
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♦ Fifty sets of shad roe at 50 ♦
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♦ a cost of 11 cents by using The ^
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Want Ad
Bv Associated Press.
New York. March 9.—American fi
nanciers conferred with .Tose Ives Li-
mantour, Diaz’s finance minister, over
the Mexican situation, in New York
today. During the talk Mr. I.imantour,
commenting upon President Taft’s
message to President Diaz last night,
declared:
“This communication will, I am sure,
be reasstiring to my government and
should be to my jjeople, who naturally
have been greatly discouraged by sen
sational statements in the press.
“It is impossible for me to under
stand why sensational developments
should be expected with the two peo
ples whose relations are so well defin
ed as those of Mexico and the United
States are, and who are living and
have lived for so long a time as such
good neighbors.”
Diaz in Good Health.
Bv Associated Press.
New York, March 9.—In view' of re
newed reports concerning the condi
tion of President Diaz, it may be stat
ed that a dispatch from The Associat
ed Press correspondent at Mexico
City, received last night, said that
he personally had seen the president,
the previous night, w'hen he was in ap
parent good health.
Another dispatch received from
Mexico City last night referred to
Piesident Diaz receiving Admiral La-
jarte at 5 p. m. and later conferring
at his town mansion with the governor
of Guanajato. No further advices have
been received.
President Taft’s Trip.
By Associated Press.,
Washington, D. C., March 9.——Pres
ident Taft w'ill leave Washington
shortly after 4 o’clock this afternoon
to be away until March 20th. He
first goes to Atlanta, where he will
make an address tomorrow night be
fore the Southern Commercial Con
gress. From Atlanta the perisednt will
join the president at Augusta, proba
bly Saturday or Sunday. Senator Ba-
of Georgia, will go to Atlanta
same train with the presi-
ed much merriment in the court room.
One other witness was introduced but
his testimony amounted to little. There
is little probability of a conclusion this
week, as it is understood the stale
will introduce evidence to rebut that
to be offered by the defense.
George B. Cox Is Held.
Bv Associated Press.
'Cincinnati, Ohio, March 9.—George
B. Cox, indicted repnbilcan leader of
this cit.v, was held todaj' not to be
in contempt of court by two members
of the committee of three attorneys
appointed by Judge Gorman, of the
common pleas court to investigate a
statement purporting to have been
made bv him in a morning new'spaper
reflecting on the grand jury which in
dicted him.
The other member of the committee
filed a minority report in w'hich it was
held that Cox was in contempt.
Call for Bank Statement.
Special to The News.
Raleigh, N. C., March 9.~The cor
poration commission iss- es a call for
a statement of condition of state banks
at the close of business on March
7 th.
con,
on the
debt.
MAN SENT BULLET
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this church.
Tonight the colonel will address the
Southern Commercial Congress, on
•‘The South’s Obligations in States-
ship and lousiness Endeav;r.” and at
midnight he leaves for Birmingham,
Ala.
Long Addresses.
The length of many of the addresses
before the congress on the opening
day somew'hat disarranged the pro
gram and a number of the responses
by states intended for the symposium
last night, were delivered this morn
ing.
i-\)rmer Governor David R. Fransis,
of Missouri, presided at the morning
session. Before taking up the regular
business of the day a preliminary re
port by the committee on resolutions
was adopted, declaring that the South
ern Commercial Congress is in ao
sense a political organization and In
structing the committee on resolutions
to “confine its affirmation of facts and
Its declaration of policies fo the physi
cal resources of the south and their
development; to its commerce and
possibilities thereof and Its unsurpass
ed soil and climate.”
The committee was instnicted to re
frain from submitting any expreasions
concerning the political or economic
questions now before the country.
In the call of the slates, ten minute
speeches were made by C. H. Gouid,
state geologist of Oklahoma; Mayor
Behrman, of New Orleans, for Louisi
ana; Edward W. Robinson, of Colum
bia. for South Carolina; Iceland Hume,
Nashville, or Tennessee; Walter
Sharp, of Norfolk, for Virginia, and O.
G. Beans, of Wheeling, for West Vir
ginia.
By Associated Press.
New York, March 9.—Standing on
the edge of the roof of a tenement
house today an unidentified niai2 sent
two revolver bullets into his head.
The body Tcrashed to the street, five
stories below, and ambulance sur
geons who examined it said death
from the bullet wounds must have
been instantaneous.
That the suicide had intended to
make sure of . dying if his revolver
fai’.ed him was indicated by the find
ing: on the roof of a bottle filled
I with a powerful acid.
SIXTEEN KILLED ♦
IN AVALANCHE ♦
♦
By Associated Press. ♦
Tifiis. Trans-Caucasia, Russia, ♦
March 9.—An avalanche swept ♦
down upon and crushed a work- ♦
ingman's tenement near here. ♦
while the occupants were still ♦
asleep'early tcjday. ♦
Nineteen persons were killed ♦
outright and sixteen others re- ♦
ceived injuries that probably ♦
will nrove fatal. ♦