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CHABLOTTE. N. C., SATURDAY EVENING. APRIL 8, 191 I
n Crpv I'n^v—'(Vr= ''ii' iiay
lotta, \ Cent« a copy D*ily md Sunday
ny
■moved
Fiom
Pancoast Mine
the Colliery
Than tfas
^lany Other
to Be in the
, . -Jish Speak-
4 ,ic Fire arid
, ir^ullragedy
•. Tiu' oa-orne.-^.s \\\\h which theso
j;ral)l)0(l by the luulortakc/s and
i i, ir O’ni'hiyes called forth inrti^na-
I i.'!i ti’om the otildokors, some yelling,
i> M?y snaJ' hors" at them, as their ain-
■ were hurried away.
I'''I'ii.(it l)ra\’o (leoils done by the
ro^c'u'rs are beini; tolil ioda\' by niiu-
t's w lu) had been warned of the lir
ill time lo make th4r escape.
[| is reh'.M'd ti'.nt (.'t)nnci!man Per...,
M '.'O Kuiuhi :>!id I'ire [?oss
I \ 1'^ i is,; (.1 as ''.‘sui( ('t' their
■' ■ ■' 'i‘ •' 'i'«. vif the h!i:;e t >
I I’J; ■ ■>:' ;hi ;r 'I'hey \\ s. ve
uu\ iii-.y eould return tc>
: y.
.t-'Tt
!■; antnuer opinion ann^ni;
i.i 's a.- to wiu'ther the men
' ir jivrs co’ild have b: ■. t’.
■ »' ihliik tita' ;r all I'len
r ^-rki;!i',s ■ r.d ! ■.■ n imnuii-
i. I t ii! d
th
ai (lure
a,'
a fire
• u'';e a,l . ha\\' u.)t;ea or.r
\\ 'iii - li'jiiune lilh'd wiili
:r u ufi.'. O' ih'rs believe ■ hai
u ■ ): > i .^:r Uu- m.- man or
i .ii'] !-,a]m ^a■■ in a'.ako
.1-^ ' bla^ j; dan>i>
. ;1 r fi'\ i>r the 'li^ia '
•:..A I'v riri' zone, h i’.'.s i.;;
1 : I' ; i ; 'i i u.at ii is th'' Iu'\-
th; let'ore nearest t'»
■ Mu di ;ul ^i'.oW 'd that
.. hard strtivule tor lile,
ti: ! s d >e|t in (!;e cult.:
I ;i 'ir ; ;i'- aintnt iiieir
4)1. til ward (iff the pois-
a. d
By
9,
iA
YOUNG MAN'S FANCY, ETC.
SPRING
Smith Named
Governor To
Take Testimony
Publishers Are
Not Responsible
Hy .Ns.'oo'iated Press.
Now Yu!’1\, Ain'il S.—Oftic'ials of
newspaper co.-pcratk>ns eannol l>e lieid
jtersonally responsible for tlie news-
papers publication of li’nelous matter.
Such was the decision of the,appellate
division of t lie sujireme court in the
■case ijrouJi'hl h.\ .lohii I). Hoclveftdier,
f\i;ainst S. S. ('aivalho; Biadfoid
Alerri!!, t rcasurei’ and H^tlwavd H.
ecretary
the Star Co.. pub-
even-
lisher of the Xew York American. The
court orfler.s all proceedings against
'.lieni .dismissed.
\s otticPis oi the newspaper cori or-
ion, (’i'rvalho. .\ieriill and (’hiik
were airestc'd on tiie ctm'.K'? of crimi
nal lil)el. The new‘j)ai)er article for
which he sought to hold them respon
sible related to alleged abtises t-'f
worlungmen of a corporation, which
it is alleged, .lohn I).'Koc'kefeller, Jr.,
controlled.
lY GAIL ON
li WI>I
hi.-
in Tlie
in Ml is
;n,:: ta-' iiUKtbti’ ol dead
i V shnii di^'iistcr
, .-.'ars a;..i. v;]i:n
h-.st 'ueir lives by en-
V; ri' T: e de/.d
: i'a'h s:,, it is esti-
ai; ri'o-in. a niimi>er >’f
1\- ■ not yet being a(-
lliM nrc relieved to
iu ttia of the -urine
1. S'venty bcdivj
I a
Snuabbie Over
c-ia: I’i'css.
• . inlU. S.-
L'l borers.
1',).
a'
■irt
i:;rr I
I'fins
at gr'-'H'
The
viit of hr-
.. •,>. 1‘ • ri’Miino la
'-(■ !, • r.finmsb.ip S^'nn-
ti-'- i : the Alaskan can-
u-d in the federal
or^' V( sit-rday. I’nited States
’ 1-hig-r'l’ H. Tlrn^-y will at-
lo sei"-^- it lomo’row. 1( is
move in efforts made by local
; to pif".ent removal of 1a-
whom tlu-y have brought here
expenso,
ua or still is ci:uising
Reported
Mine
F 0 R OFFICE
II
Reported From
Bimingham, Ala.
Allegations Against Ed. C,
Caton, Having Been D>niea,
Will he Aired Before The
Specially Appointed Gentle
man,
Hearing Will be Held Probably
Early Next Weeh, And the
Man's Fight For Liberty
Will be Bitter One.
I Clo\e!i!or W. W. I\iichin tiiis morn-
' ing appoinieii Air. \\’. .\1. Sipith of the
I law firm of McCall iC' Smith as tiie
one to hear tcstiuiouy foi- and ngainst
Kd. C. Caton, the Sharon township
man against whom allegations have
been made that caused his arrest tin-
dei' an order from the (Jovernor. Peti
tions from ('aton s neighbors in Car
mel, Sardis and Sharon neighborhoods
in Sharon township, were denuncia-
jtory t)f Caton who was pardoned from
the chain gang after he had served
ai)0ut two months of a sentence ot
eighteen months.
('aton denies the accucation in toto
and will be rei)resented by counsel at
the investigation of the charges
a^^ainst him. The time for the hearing
of the case will probably be fixed early
! next week. Mr. Smith, whose name
was suggested to Governor Kitchin
j and who was at once ai>pointed. is ex-
! Recorder of Charlotte and an attorney
Uvith a keen conception of law.
In addition tt) declaring that Caton
had violated the Sabbath by permitting'
back
h
e coa^-
■ . . Ml
al;( ■
1.^ or.
:>if P-'avl
i-; bt ing
■;.dcr ' s
1
Harbor. 'P'-e c>n-
guarded by the
‘ power sampans
jiionage.
\e shore
Xo
for
one
t he
Out of 190 Men Who Went
Underground Only 20 Bad
Come Out at 10 0*clock —
Cause of Explosion Is Un
known.
DO
m STILL
FUST li
be assisted by the state mine inspec
tors of this region.
The P’ennsylvania legislattire is still
in session and it is likely that further
legislation to protect miners and mine
l>roperty will be j)resented as a re
sult of this latest underground horror.
All anthracite mines under the law
of Pennsylvania must have second
oi»enings so that the workers may have
at least two ciiances of esca]>e. 1 leg
islation may be jitesented to provide
that where gangways extend a long dis
tance from the mine roads some sort
of an opening should lie made to bring
out men that are cut off from reaching
Officials Rush to Scene Twenty
Miles From Birmingham—
Convicts Were Hired From \ the main roads that lead to the ex-
Ihe State And Worked in
Mines,
I3\ Asr-ociated Press.
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l.itileton. -Ma., April S.—It is feared
that 170 convicts have been killed by
a m\ste)'ious explosion which took
)lace in the Banner Coaal mines near
1 Pn-"--. ' here at t;:40 o’clock this morning.
S \ ing StaM-in, !-• One hundred and ninety were sent
'■! :,;”’ak t--vlay show*,.'l into the undergiound workings and up
;,:ea: .ci' I’rin/.os-; Ivcne lo 10 o'clock only 20 had come out;
\vlii b varied only ai What caused the explosion is not
from that of yc.'terday. ^ known at this lime. It is thought,
f th'- iuc:s at high tide, however, that it was gas or dust.,
I of a ve(>ring wind had | Officials to Scene.
ii;t ! ' ftirtiier oiT' Tlu> Banner mines are in the wesi-
1 ; -h.' presented less of, ern part of this county. They are
' ;ae to (he watchers on; i;wned by the Pratt Consolidated Coal
i Company, with ofhces here.
rban.ring of the wind into theiecutive staff of the Pratt Co. left here
and th(' a)i'earatice
; cloi;'! on the horizon
-■s tlKi! ain'Pf'ted chief atten-
the life sr-vovs as llu^y took
...,lv I,. '.:iii:g ol)S('rvati(Uis
,, liiiin,^ l:--e. Mthougii the
\;is -riy more than _ a
•hc’f' v\ • .« !!‘';iicat ions which
:,th.'M- 'vis‘ n ::arded a'-' om-! to liave ijeeti killed.
\ |.>>rth''as;( i- and a barfi blow
" was Mr. \*.
ii\’ s'O'i'iK-n.
wiMi the passengc^is . , ,
iU'.dVd and ihe keel of the big I sion occurred far
i)e(l of sand, a bbnv o ,
v.-ill not have tlf-j At 11:^0 between fort>
its.
F
APPOINT E D BY
GOV.KITGHm
The ex
left here
of I at N;2o this morning on the Southern
weie I Railway for the scene.
('onvicts, hited fi'om the various
counties throughout the stale, are em-
idoyod in the mines.
I'iaii\ advices from the scene are
very meagre, 'riie exi)losion occurred
at IJ: 10 and a large number are known
I -
all
and
b-ding
,iia (I
l!..!lS('
k ti;i;-
ciini
. I, -,
H
:'i,i Hat in a
n,' derate in'cnsitv
r..,i.rs for tlie riipiatn
w ir'i ii wcuM bavc I'ad twenty-fntir
1 :ico. 'i!«‘ Ib'^M of tups atichor-
, . Inf-d l>v ins-;red amine assisiance
.11 nri:«>m y while the bulwark >l the
-;.nd pil'-d '>11 all sifles of the linrr s
!;rt i r'^ar(l*d as a protection
M'oin >,n(i:b'U disaster.
II: Nvni-k of li^hteriiig the cargo
..•(•lock. 'I'he cargo was an
to l.andle. H consists fu-
mnsi part of lemons, macaronta
siniilar prrxiucts of the Mediier-
an, paclvcd in small eases.
• 11 • linhter was avaib'l)!
V, wlM-ii Ihe ti-nsfcr was begun.
I.; t two n.or;- were on tlifdr way
i.-oi.i .Vcw ^(•;k and on*; from
T: n
Ciiief Mine ins))ecior Hillhonse left
it was inter-ihcr(' on a sjjecial train at ;• o'clock.
i Most of Victims Negroes.
Littleton, Ala., April —The exp'.o-
Special to The News.
Rjaleigh, N. C., April 8.—Frank A
Carter of Asheville, gets the aiipoint-
nient from Governor Kitchin as .ludge
of the superior court for the Fifteenth
.Judicial District succeeding Judge J. S.
Adams, deceased.
The commission was just issued and
Mr. Carter concenes the first court
in Hertford, April 24.
He won over two Asheville competi
tors, .1. Sneed .Vdains am^ ex-.Jvidge
Th(nnas A. .Jones and is’ himself,
thiough apiiointment. eliminated from
the Asheville municipal campaign in
which he has been a “law enforcement"
candidate for police justice.
TRIPLE
LYIIGHINO
IN C[GltGljl
By Associated Press.
Ellaville, Ga., April 8.—Dawson -lor-
don, Charlie Pickett and Murray Bur
ton, iiegroes, were lynched here early
this morning. They had been accused
of the murder of Newton Eason, a
white man.
About 12:?.0 a. m. .Tailer Cliff Baugh
was awakened by several men who
told him they had a prisoner to put
into the jail. He admitted them and
was iinmediateiy overpow'ered and
forced to unlock the cells in which
the negroes were held,
j They were laken to the outskirts
I of the town and preparations for their
1 hanging were quickly made. From the
I positions in which the bodies were
' found it appears that .Tordon escaped
i the mob and fled but was shot to
1 death before he had run far. The two
' others were hanged and their bodies
i shot full of holes.
I None of the negroes had been in
dicted for the Eason murder but they
Avere being held on a coroners or
der.
Tlieir preliminary trial had been
set for next Monday. Eason was kill-
i ed on the nigh4 of .January 2.
By Associated Press.
Chihuahua. Mexico.\ia Lareiio,Texas, i
Aiu il 8.—A report which lacks of!i(tial !
coutirmation is in fighting to take place on his
tion here tnat in Uie e^en ot ^ ^‘ | petitioners for a revocation
dent Diaz putting in o eftect aie le- i conditional pardon, set forth to
forms suggested in his recent mes- governor that the man was guilty
sage to the Mexican congress, "^^lof even more serious offenses, and
peace as a result, Dr. Vasquez Gomez, | nianner of life was Immoral
the insurrecto confidential agent at influence in the connnunity in-
Washington, will be called to Mexico Caton s neighbors
Cily to assume a high otfice.
■\Vith the outposts of the insurrectos
and the federal troops sejiarated by
only a few miles. Chihuahua today
declined to sign the iietition that went
to the chief executive. Shortly afte’'
it had been received the governor is
sued an order for the mans arrest
ing Itim not to iieruiit the blowiiig ap
of the Mexican National railroad to the
south, which is now the only means
of bringing provisions here. The de
struction of tlie road would place
Chihuahua city under siege and the
])resence of the federal troops heie^,
so far as food is concerned,
would
continued in a state of expectancy. A j commanded him to answer the al-
message has been sent to Madero ui’S-j ]^,^alions wiibin ten days. Caton K'.ip-
|ied out and was not captured for some
time, but was finally ajiprehended in
South Carolina and brought to Char
lotte where he has been confined in
jail since. He made answer last week
and will now havp an opportunity to
present his contentions to the appoint
ed ludge. \
Those who petitioned the governor
for a recovocatiou of the pardon will
have a right to go before Mr. Smith
and state what they know of the man s
conduct. 'Phat It w'ill be a difficult mat
ter for them to prove some of their as
sertions is admitted, but the circum
stances will all b© brought out.
Caton was convicted of engaging in
the chicken fight on the Sabbath, was
fined by Magistrate Cox. This convic
tion will be held against him as a mat
ter of record, it being silent testimony
worth what the govenior may deem
it.
People of Sharon township, many or
whom w'ere in the city yesterday, are
still Indignant against Caton and they*
will likely be represented before Mr.
Smith, who in this instance acts In a
judicial capacity, by some attorney^
who has interested himself In the pro-
ceendings primarily instituted by the
good people of the county.
w'ork a hardship on the non-combat
ants. ^ ,
Requests to Madero when presented
by foreigners invariably have been
granted. He has permitted i)rovision
trains to pa§is through insurrecto ter
ritory to the mines northward wheie
many Americans are employed.
It Is said that several messages have
been exchanged between this city and
Mexico Citv and that the replies on
being received here have been dis
patched to the interior, presumably to
Madero’s camp. It is said that the mes
sages were sent by priviate citizens
who are anxious to bring about peace
and that they have no official charac
ter.
Fight Ovei Hall
Appointment
• a .
I ;.‘
atid
ra i:-'
■11 .(■
(lUf
crew
crew
mine.
Only
for tlu
I |i 1 ’
■ i'h ii' 'I;
. '.i >!!( •• ion
- :: ).;t • .1
(■ (!•■;*(! \\-I
I'-in M lar'
iiad iiii(.d
oi'.e
l^os-
With fair weatli.-r it was expoct-
cMH-rtcMl that ronsiderat)le proportion
(if I'■'-> cargo could bo uio\od in
i Ii.. ^iuis authorities sent in-
-iriior itunbar out to tiie Done nill
^Miion at .laybre.tk with (U'ders to
boar th‘ P;iii:^(?ss Irene and supetui-
1.(1 lh(' 'iuhteriug ol (In' caiSO.
|]\p* fts ou ti’o shoi'(- were
•!|iiiiion that dredges wouhl
- s:-;ri i\v t(' siiifi the sando from about
the liner's keel.
of ihe men were negroes
and fifty
crew j nieii had been taken out oi the mine.
A number of them were uioro or loss
serioti.'ly injured and two, both Jct-
f( rsoii (;ouiity negroes, were dead.
Rescuers are going down into the
workings as rapidly as possible.
Tiie explosion came after the night
was out and before the dav
of free minors had entered the
There weie Hb'j convicts and
about 10 free miners in the mines at
the time of the explo'uon. The great
est damage has been done to a new
shaft known as No. 2. The fan mi
this shaft was destroyed, making the
rt'SCT.e work more diflictilt.
1, is believed that at least half of
the remaining men entombed are
(lead, and the total may exceed that
: number. Thirty whites are in the
I mine yet.
When searchers for bodies came to
th« sill face with twelve more victims
they reported that four other lifeless
mine workers were lying at the bottom
of the shaft, making the total number
I'pcovered tip to tbst time 70.
Tames T. Roberick, chief (^f the de-
■ Pennsylvania,
2 his Man Lost
Hi-i Four Legs
of tb.e
be n*'C-
]iartment cf mines of
lind will usedlo employ men to do extra Nvork
By Associated Press.
Trinidad, ('olo.. April 8.—To h'se 4
legs in exactly the same manner is an
experience well calculated to strain
credulity, but that is what hapijened
to Roy Tliorpe of this city. Several
ycais ago Thorpe tell troni a train
while beating his way, both his legs
being cut off. He secured a pair of
wooden'legs. Yesterday while beating
his way from a neighboring town
Thorpe again fell under the car wheels
and again lost both legs. This time,
however, he was not injured.
Ball.
Municipal
Bv Associated Press.
'Milwaukee, Wis.. April 8.—The Mil
waukee cily council last night raised
about So,000 by holdini
nicipal ball for the benefit of the ten
thousand unemployed wlio. according
to the statement sent out by the city
council committee, are in deep misery
owing to their inability to get Avork.
The ball was managed by a council
committee and the funds taken in
charge by the city treasurer will be
Joseph Stephens
Acquitted
By Associated Press.
Wilmington, Apiil 8.—Joseph Ste
])hens, years old, was conviceted of
the murder of K. R. Sliiebls, an ex-sol
dier of tlie I'iiited States army in this
city .July ;t, I'.tOO. and sentenced to be
electrocuted last .June. He was given
a new trial at the fall term of the su-
jireme court of the state and yesterday
in the lower court was ac(i!iitted of
the crime. i|
Shields and Stephens were collect
ors for rival firms and meeting on the
street, an altercation ensued in which
Stephens shot his adver.-'ar\’ through
the heart. Self-defense was the plea
at the second trial.
Dejective Vision May
' Cause Boy's Resignation
I News Bureau.
Coii;.;i'ess Hall,
i (By H. E. C. BRYANT.)
■Washington. April S. .fay D. Kerley,
Morganton boy: now a midshipman,
has been notified that be will have to
resign on graduating from the naval
academv, where he comi)letes ^ his
fourth year this sining because of de
fective vision. Senator Overman and
; Representative Webb are .going to do
! what they can to have him retained.
If the voiing fellow is forced out de-
he becomes an ensign he will
.Voihing has
Special to The News.
Washington, April 8.—A fight will
be made against the confirmation of
Warren Vines Hall for postmaster at
Charlotte. Action will be postponed
until both sides are heard. No one
knows what the charges will be.
Charges Against Hall.
’Squire D. A. Barkley, who was
candidate for the posit itm
master of North Charlotte,
sition to Mr. Hali, has
against the
vet. Mr. .1.
a
of post-
in oppo-
filed charges
latter through his law-
I). McCall. 'I'hec barges.
Irom Mr' Barkley, are
1 be
as learned
these;
1_Th-it Hall does not live in
lerritory supplied iiy iIk; jieople serv
ed b,v the North Cliarlotte i.o.stot-
fice. ,
i;—-'I'bat one of his clerks opened a
bundle or package, and that Hall
made no report of it.
;;_.-'PhHt Hall does not observe
hours convenient to the wdiking i)eo-
ple.
Thee barges were sent
Five Buildings
File Swept
By Associated Press.
New Haven, Conn., April'8.—Five
buildings which in area covered a
block on the lower side of the city
and adjacent to the manufacturing
district, were fire-swept early today.
The buildings destroyed in Franklin
and Chestnut streets were a flve-
story brick building owned and oc
cupied by the Lewis Hawthorne
(’ompany, sash and Ijlind makers; a
four story bricli used t)y the .John
T. Doyb' Company, dealers in grocers’
sup)ilies and maker of preserved
goods, and three wooden houses, each
two and a half stories in height, oc
cupied by many Italian families. The
}lawtborne Company’s plant w^as in
part occupied as a carriage factory
by tli*> Killiam Cania^re Company,
file total loss is $200,000.
Soon after the fire broke out an
explosion shook the neighborhood
register- >' Miougbt. to the ignition of
fore
a Dopiflar mu- have to quit without pay.
ever Ijeen said auoui his sight netoie
this year. , , ,•
The officers of the North Carolina
Bankers Asst)ciation will try to get
Directors Roberts c>f the .Mint and Sen
ator .\ldrich to attend their annual
meeting. Thev would like to have eith
er Champ Clark or Senator Baile>
too.
ed letter to Senator Ovt^rnian. Tlie
charges had been made before the ap
pointment of Hall.
The pai>er forwarded by Mr. McCall
is a re-iteration of the charge made
at that time. 'Siiuire Barkle\- sectired
a ntimber of afiidaviis from iieople in
North Charlotte, to substantiate, the
charges filed.
'Squire Barkley said to the reporter
this morning that Congressman j
Mnebead had said to him in regai d to i
the auoijintment: "I w ill endorse yon.j
and 1 have not and will not endorse j
Hall." So it seems that the North
Charlotte office is liable to involve, in
the a))opintment of its postmastf^r,
three good re])ul)licans; Morehead,
Barkley and HpH.
Two Boys Cremated.
By Associated Press.
Fort William, Ont.. April S.—In
the absence of Mrs. .Josejdi Frost
from iier home her four young sons
set fire to the house while playing
with matches. Two cf the boys per
ished.
a quan'ity (>f v«mishes and paints
The iiolice had to drive scores of
families from tenement houses in
the upigbborbofxl and only the early
fall of the factory ijuilding walls re
lieved the danger. 1 hose familirs
who.-je bouses wereb urned lost ail
their eftects.
Suicide Veidict
For Lippincoit
Bv Associated Press.
'Philadelphia, J’a. April 8.—The cor
oners jury called to investigate the
(leatn Thursday of Craigt' Lippin-
c-ott, jiresident f)f the .1. B. i/ipnin-
(iit Company, publishers, rendereil
a veiilict of suicide. .Members of the
fatnily did not testify at the inquest
but instead their separate depositions
were read and accepted by the coro-
ncr'.s jury.
.Mr. Lijipincott was buried todayi
the funeral being private.