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CHARLOTrE, N. C.. SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 9. 1911
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PRIZE WINNERS
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allocates Of Pro-
meaui*
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V. ard revision of
and lor reduc-
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,'rn members are
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fresh meats
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[he Ways And
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ners Are Lined
ATACleS, Charles Roberts, chief of the
.sanitary department who was the
~ ntV Not to Be rrash piles heaped up March
^ I ;i. b.' children from all parte of the.
; Protective - cit>, h'is named the prize winnei s
and aiaone the numhe:' man> little
ones will be made happy because of
the mone> they will receive. The
^ prize winner.^ are; Annie X. Hasty,
1'07 Xorth i'^avidson and T.ettie Plr. *
-f.'hairman' n';f»r. '^14 Xorth David?on, 160 barrtis
?L'o rr'ward.
Brevard Garrison, 12''T South Trjon
street. $10 reward for piling up 128
V by riie end ' bai-|-e]g_
,tduc« in the I Maggie and Ernest Hager, 1114
South College $5 for getting 112
bushels of dirt and trash.
Daisy McCoy, 919 North Davidson,
$o for 12S bushels.
The colored children who won eim-
ilar prijies are: Talmage Tate, 504
East 7th.; Mamie Clairone, 603 E.
street Charles Morgan, 13 East Boun
dary: James McKnight, 414 Xorth
Myers, and Victor Jcdins, 408 North
Myers.
The sanitary department removed
all of the trash at the request of the
ladies of the civic department of the
V.'oman’s Club.
Prizes will be awarded Wednesday
a I an hour to be fixed later. Mayor-
mr.i-u r- Charles Bland will he master
• "*!"anad'a "rhei^^ ceremonies and will present to each
»ed to this money they have so earnestly
won.
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then whether'
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CIIPTIIIN OF THE
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SOLDIERS KILLED
IN BJTTLE
(By OTHEMAN STEVENS.)
Mexico City. April S.—Mexico con
tinues comfortable, sitting on the
fabric of political dynamite at which
the paisanoes are industriously ham
mering. The government through cabi
net ministers insists that peace will
soon re.5iilt from the hammering;
meanwhile we all keep our seats hop
ing the governniPnt is right, but ex-
ppriPHcin^ all the deliehts of waiting
to ^ee if^the dodga=ted stuff will ex
plode.
My friends of the cabinet suavplv
proclaim to me that the president s
message and the new cabinet will
have an assuring effect on the Mader-
istas. They deny that any envoys are
to treat with Madero. They deny that
Ih'. Vasequez Gompz is to be minister
nf gobemarion and they do not ex
plain why Governrvr Dehesa has not
been given that post.
Incidentally, last night three hun
dred insurrectos. or bandits, the name
piven them depending on your jwli-
tics. ambushed and slaughtered nine
ty federal soldiers in the state of
Pupbla. ons hundred and fifty miles
from horp.
The failure of the government to
rifl fifflriall'- nf Vire-President Cor-
Death List in Banner
Mines In Alabama
Reaches One Hundred
Such IS Opinion of Labor Un
ion Leaders Regarding Cause
of Disaster in Pancoast Col
liery — Case to Be Inves
tigated.
State Mine Inspector Says Neg
ligence Was The Cause--
Seventy Two Charred And
Mutilated Bodies Make Up
the Death Toll
Scranton. Pa., April 8.—Serenty-t^o
charred and mutilated bodies of mm-
ers makes up the total death list of
the catastrophe that occurred yester
day at the Fancoast colliery at
Throop.
Officials at the collier^" stated at
6:30 o’clock tonight that every sec-
New York, April 8.—Captain von
Letten-Peterssen’s own story of the
pPrinzess Irene, which ended at dawn
Thursday on the sands at Fire Island
beach, shows that the captain himself
was on the bridge when the vessel
struct, with Second Officer Koenicke
and Fourth Officer Vessering. but they
were fifteen miles north of the course
believed to have been set. Five min
utes before the Irene stranded the cap
tain believed he was passing even
miles south of Fire Island light and
sent two men into the Crow’s Nest
to watch for the beacon.
The low sandy pit which separates
great South Bay from the ocean was , tion of the ttuinel in the China vein,
admittedly taken from a strip of heavy 1 were at work when
fog with the result that the ship, with (the fire broke out. had been explor-
more than 2,000 persons on board, in-jed and all of the bodies had been re-
cluding the crew, heaved into the ; ntoved to the surface, identified and
•sands at full speed with the samie
sensation that a toboggan mounts a
slight elevation in its course and then
stops with a bump.
The water ballast was immediately
discharged in an effort to get back into
deep going,, but the Irene would not
hi^en on the “'parr oV"sonie one
opinion of every one.
taken in charge by relatives.
An Investigaticn Planned.
The disaster, which ranks as one
of the worst in the history of the
anthracite region, is to be investigat
ed by national, state and county of
ficials. That, there was criminal neg
gines and was so high up on the V>eacl
that she listed 15 degrees to seward.
It was this that so greatly frightened I . riflHared
Washington. April 8.—Is Attorney
General Wickersham in contempt of
•Judge Dennison's federal court in De
troit?
It is understood here today that
Mr. Wickersham has notified .Judge
Dennison that he assumes full re
sponsibility for any contempt that
may be involved in the reports print
ed in yesterday's newspapers that the
panel from which a .jury was to be^
selected to try the bath tub trust
cases would be closely watched b>
agents furnished by the department
of justice.
.Judge Dennison, taking umbrage at
these stories, abruptly postponed the
trials at Detroit yesterday until next
fall. In a long statement he denounc
ed the newspaper articles, tlie ^iispii^a^
tion for which he declared
extreme contempt of court
Tlje bath; tub cases
suit of the exposure
bv The American. ^
The judge announced that ae nan
demanded of the attorney general the
name of the official in the departm*ent
of iustice who had inspired the story
and would immediately summon such
official before him to answer for con
tempt.
Practically Certain 115 Con
victs Last Lives in Explosion
Which Wrecked Coal Mint
Near Birmingham Alabama
Saturday Morning.
THREE-CENT MAYOR WILL
•HARDLY LIVE THROUGH NIGHT
to be
were the re-
of its methods
Forty-Five Men Were laken
Out Alive — Thtre is No
Hope For the Others Who
Are Still Entombed—Cause
Not Known,
Littleton, Ala., April 8.—An explo
sion in the Banner mines near here to
day caused the death of more than 100
convicts who were working under con
tract.
It is practically certain that 115 men
have lost their lives. Five bodies have
been recovered and about 30 w'hites
and 80 negroes are still in the shaft.
Forty-five were taken out alive.
There is small hope for the entomb
ed men, of whom only five are not
Cleveland, Ohio .,April 8.—Tom L.
Johnson. Ijing In a state of semi-stu-
por in his room at the White Hall
this afternoon marshalled all the forc
es of mind and will which have kept
him alive, seemingly against the will
of nature, for the last lew days, to bid
a final farewell to his famiU and his
friends.
Newton D. Baker told the newspaper
men early in the evening that Mr.
Johnson was “very, very low."
He may pass away at any moment,"
aid Baker. “He is suffering little
pain, but will hardly outlive the night. ’
The Day At
Camomst Trial
the 1.720 passengers who knew there
had been an accidcnt. but were help
less under battened hatches and be
tween closed bulkheads, as they felt '
the ever increasing listing which made
them believe the ship was turning tur
tle. The Irene was righted by the
force of the sand driven in by the
surf. I
The Prinzess Irene now lies further .
than ever up on the beach, resting
amidships on the inner bar, her nose
deep in the sand and her stern in ;
clear water. With every swell she s
lifts and rocks on the bar. The great.
It was admitted at the department convicts. Work of getting out the bod
of iustice today that Attorney General ies is necessarily slow, as the ventila-
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i"n ijr.ard of the
ral after the Caliente debate of yester
day's congres.s has further handicap
ped the administration’s protest of sin
cerity. Tbe peoplp are very willing that
Corral shouM go to Germany seeking
health, but are not willing that he
should rarry the vice-presidency in his
suit ease as first aid to the politically
iniureri
Conal is a good man and like good
men is thoroughly hated. Minister Lii-
niantoiK and his ponferes are working
hnripstly and devotedly for ppace and
retorn'. hut they are between the devil
of siting concessions that will be tak
en as ponfessions of weakness and
the dr sea of oblivion if they do
not ponperlp.
Pack of the scenes, hidden from the
ndents who are not admitted
to :he green roon"* of this
d.ania. t’lere is some rehearsing going
pn of a new act to the play, W hat this
is ran onh l>e gussed.
The ai»proaching state elections in
Pue!>la are expected by the cabinet to
prf’duce a sedative effect. For the first
time in history these elections will
be fair, '"rpe and open. .Already politi
cal parties have been formed and are
prating and spreading literature like
‘■ur own state cpntral committees. It
absorb^ the public attention to the ex-
plusion of bull fights. The promise of
a ^air c')unt should make the people
helievp that the government has hon-
estlv bpcome representative.
Whatever the outcome, Mexico
should be proud of its present admin
istration. .Vo country could have a
more palriotic and unselfish set of
nipn than those surrounding Senor
Limant.oiir. The latter is a marvel, be-
incr both shrewd and honest.
ipo is Mexico a year hence it will be
due to his intellect.
Minister of Foreign .Affairs de l-a
Parra todav told he had immediately
takPti up the matter of Converse arid
F'.hiu, the two lilihuster Americans in
j:ni at .luarez. “You may saj,
said, "that the case will be consider
ed fairly and justly and on the basis
'if intprnational law and our treaties.
] Nvill rommunicate the mformatlon I
have to your government regarding
the placp of their arrest and the judici
al pondition of the region where they
were apprehended. I expect the nnat-
ter will be decided in a short time.
Wickersham is in correspondence
with Judge Dennisson, but no one
there could say whether it Fas true
that the attorney general had apum-
ed full responsibility. Mr. Wicker
sham declined to make any state-
mnt.
It is regarded as significant, how
ever, that no repudiation of the orig
inal story as to the plans for watch
ing l;he Jury pi.nel has been issued.
It isi also to be noted that there is
a hard and fast rule in the depart
ment of iustice that no information
Is to be ' given to the press except
upon authorization,
anthorization of the attorney general
himself.
This is the method which Mr.
Wickersham has adopted of guarding
against publicity that may injure gov
ernment cases, BTijji by which he
able at all times t^ keep faith w-ith
the correspondents.
There is good reason to believe
therefore that the attorney general
has assumed fui1 responsibility for
the story to which Judge Dennison
objects.
••Pete55 Francis Hurt Again
II .\'pw Haven, Conn.. .4pril Si.—"Pete’
national { p^-gncis. Yale's half back and Hue play
er on the football team during th-
past two seasons and who was the
victim of a broken collar bone last
fall, added another to his list of in
juries while engaged in the hammer
throwing event at the novic* “ *
Yale P^eld today.
While Francis was making his swing
in the circle the 16-pound weight be
came detached from the wire handle
and -^'ent hurling through a crowd
of bvstanders. the wire handle snap
ping' and striking Francis over the
eve cutting a nasty gash. Francis was
taken to the hospital, where it was
said later that he would be discliarged
from the institution in a few days
THE WEATHER.
Washington. D. C., April 8.—
Forecast for Sunday and Mon
day:
North Carolina:—Local rains
Sunday; Monday fair; moder
ate variable winds, becoming
northerly.
South Carolina:—Local rams
Sunday: Monday cooler in the
southern portion. Monday fair;
moderate variable winds, be
coming north and northwest.
tion apparatus must be spared.
Relief work is interfered with by
many rescuers being overcome by
black damp and having to be dragged
out.
The Banner mines , are in the west
ern part of Jeiierson county. They are
owned by the Pratt Consolidated Coal
Company, with offices in Birmingham
and are worked by convicts, hired
from the various counties through the
state. Most were from Jefferson county
prisons.
The explosion came at 6:40 a. m
It is believed powder set fire to dust.
As the fan was destroyed black damp
quickly spread over the mine
Runners were sent out to warn the
w'orkmen and this is responsible for
so many being taken out alive.
The explosion came after the night
crew was out and before the day crew
of free miners had entered the mine
Guards with shotguns were posted
to keep back the crowds rrom the
mouth of the mine and to give the res
cuers full access.
State Mine Inspector Hillhouse took
immediate charge of the work, as
sisted by local superintendent J. S
Wardrop and General Siiperintendent
E. B. Rosamond
Government Rescue Agent Brown or
dered the mine rescue car hastened
from Chattanooga
AMERICAN IS LEADER
OF INSURRECTO
Mexicali. Mexico. April S.—With the
mules stolen yesterday from American
ranchers in low'er California, laden
with extra rifles, ammunition and sup
plies, Stanley Williams, the American
insurrecto leader, left Mexicali today
headed straight for the Federal forces
of Conolel Mayot, which are besieg
ing the city.
It apparently is the intention of
Williams to hurry his little force of
85 men, all Americans, against the en
tire battalion of Federals under Mayot
The latter, with characteristic delib
eration, is near Packard Station, five
miles southeast, waiting until “tomor
row” before launching his assault on
Mexicali.
Williams blew up a bridge yesterday
at Packard in order to delay the ad
vance of the National troops. It
expected the fighting will occur at
that point.
It is do or die with Williams, for
unlike others of the rebel army, there
is no sanctuary for him across the bor
der in the United States. Williams
is a former quartermaster sergeant in
the United States army and faces trial
for desertion if he is caught on the
American side.
Viterbo, Italy. April 8.—The trial
of the Camorrists was continued to
day with an uneventful interrogation
of Ascrittoire. who is charged with
slander in having falsely denounced
de Angelis and Ammado as the mur
derers of Genaro Cuoccolo.
De Angelis Ascrittoire said, told
him in 1906 that he was partly de
termined to kill Cuoccolo to settle an
old account. Shortly after the Cuoc
colo, murder Ascrittoire met and re
cognized de Angelis despite his dis
guise as a coal man. De Angelis told
him that he had been denounced by
thep riest Vitozzi as the murderer of
Cuoccolo. He asked Ascrittoire
shelter him, hinting that he had com
milted a murder. Ascrittoire refussd
to help him beyond bandaging
w'ound in his leg. Ascrittoire suspect
ed de Angelis, he said, and so in
formed the police.
Those who have followed the trial
among them many court experts, ex
pressed the opinion tonight that the
Camorrists. with the possible excep
tion of two or three, would be ac
quitted. The prosecution they point
out. has shown little disposition to
make a strong case against the mem
bers of the band, who seem to be
exerting some mysterious influence
in their ow-n behalf.
of mines. Janies Roderick, declared
today that had care been used, the
accident, could not have occurred. He
derlared the loss of life was due to
the erection of an engine house, the
head of which was built of inflamma
ble material, and thst he would give
hi.=; personal time and attention to
ferreting out the rause and fixing the
blame.
The Tnited States government is
represented by Dr. James A
Holmes, of Washington, head of the
national bureau of mines, who was
on the scene a few hnurs after the
first renon of the disaster, directing
strain is trying her strength and if a
heavy «.a could run there is a proba-.the work of th. soven,m»n,. -«c;«
'squad. He. too, has gone into tiie
niriE Biiiiit
bility of her breaking in two. Even
under the most favorable weather con
ditions the saving of the Princess
Irene is a very doubtful task. -\11 ef
forts to improve her position have thus
far proved unavailing.
Despite the expressed belief of ex
perts that it will be impossible to
haul the Irene off the sand there was
a cheerinb it of news late today.
An officer from the reventie cutler
Mohawk from the Prinzess Irene and
reported that the Irene's stem hand
been hauled two more degrees seaward
by the tugs.and that possibly she was
moved a little eastern from her sandy
imprisonment.
With this good news that the ship
had been budged a little it was decided
to plant immediat.ely hepvier anchors
seaward and with double the length of
the former cables.
That there was not a serious panic
and loss of life in the steerage is due
to the quick work of Captain Erneste
Menza, the representative of the Itali
an government designated to the
Irene. As soon as it was possible Cap
tain Menza hurried from compartment
to compartment and told his country
men in their native language that
they were safe, although the ships
officers did not know the exact loca
tion of the vessel or her condition
until manv hours later. This officer
has been voted by all the one hero
of the situation.
The transfer of the passengers of
the grounded ship to the Prinz
Friedrich Wilhelm, whiph had been
sent down to bring them to Hoboken,
was attended by very little excite
ment.
It was only a mile and a quarter to
the Prinz Friedrich, but was a rough
trip and rescued ones were glad
when they reached the sheltered lee
of the big Prinz, when thy scrambled
up the broad “accomodation ladder.”
For five hours this work of rescue
went on and was completed without
the slightest accident or injury to any
one of the nearly two thousand pas
sengers.
Unrestrained gaiety and relief found
expression as soon as all the pa.ssen-
gers were aboard, and in the cabin
big groups formed to chat laughingly
over the strange adventure through
which they has passed. Little Miss
Ellen Freeman of St. Louis, daughter
of A. J. Freeman, a wealthy lumber
man of that city, was aboard with her
mother and father. She stood the test
of going ashore and of the rough tiip
from the Irene to the rescuing ship
with the calmness of an admiral.
mine and declares that he will cause
a minute investigation of the causes
leading up to the loss of life. James
E. Saltry. coroiipr of La pka wanna
countwith Countr De'epiive ]\f. A.
Rafter, representing the district at
torney's office, also ente^'ed the mine
today and began an investigation
that mav lead tn rrimiual prosecution
in the local courts.
Insist on Prosecution.
The iorai offi^'iais of the United
Mine Workers were also on the
ground today and while they would
give out no statements, it was learn
ed tonight that the labor organiza
tions of I>ackawanna county will in
sist on criminal prosecution of those
guilty of permitting the men to re
main at work for hours after the
fire was firsif discovered, without
gi\ing them warning until the
clouds of smoke and gas laden air
blinded and overcome them at their
work.
Stephen .f. McDonald, president of
the Scranton central labor union, who
himself worked in the mine for years,
when interviewed this evening de
clared that the accident was the re
sult of “modernized greed” and de
clared that organized labor would
make an effort to send some of
the official to jail. .Mr. McDonald
said the “accident” was the result of
greed. The company employed a man
to run two pairs of engines situated
abcut 200 feet from each other. ThI
saved the company $1,80 per da:.
It cost seventy-two human beir^j
their lives, leaving hundreds cr
phans and dozens of widows. •
Special to The News,
Raleigh, N. C-, April 8,—Adjutant
General Leinster announces the Rifle
Range officers for competitive meets
at Goldsboro, April 25th to 27th, and
Gastonia, May 3d to oth.
Officers for Goldsboro, second regi
ment, are: Major T. S. Pace, of Wil
son commander: Lieut. Col. J. W.
Bizzell, of Goldsboro, chief range offi
cer; Gapt. H. H. Murray, post adju
tant. _ -
Officers for Gastonia: Major R.
Flannigan, of Statesville, commander;
Major L. W. Young, of Asheville, exec
utive officer; Major L. B- Bristol, chief
range officer, and Capt. W. R. Robert
son of Charlotte, post adjutant.
Charlotte and Salisbury companies,
coast artillery, are ordered to have
teams to Join the rifie range contest
at Gastonia. Newbern and W’ilmington
companies are to send teams to Golds
boro, and Greensboro company to the
Ralelsh meet.
Jury Fails to Agree In
Hornet Filibustering Case
New Orleans, April 8.—The jury in
the Hornet filibustering case failed to
reach an agreement and was discharg
ed at noon today. Judge Foster, of the
federal circuit court, set April IS as
the date for a new trial.
Captain Charles .Johnson, former
master, and J. W. Beer, former owner
of the steamer Hornet, who were
charged with violating the neutralitj'
law’s in fitting out a revolutionary ex
pedition against Honduras, were re
leased on ball.
Pending the result of the second
trial in this case no effort will be
made by the government to appre^
hend General Manuel Bonilla, General
Lee Christmas and Captain Florian
Davidi. now in Honduras, who are al
leged to have been the leaders in the
revolutionarv exDedition.
Seveie Battte
InMe X ico
El Paso, Tex.. April 8.—The severest
battle yet fought in the state of Du-
ango was in progress at Velardina,
Tueseday, when mail advices were sent
from Torreon.
The battle had been in progress two
day, 300 federals occupying the town
and 700 insurrectos surrounding the
place.
Fifteen or sixteen rebels had l>een
killed and one soldier was killed in
town and six non-combatants were
wounded. The fighting continues out
side of Culiacan, state capital of Sin
aloa, and the federals are reported
trapped by a band of rebels in ona
place.
\
Long Lost Note Explains
A Murder Mysterr^
Albuquerque, N. H., April 8.—Th^
finding of a note, secreted in the stock
of an old shotgun which was beip.g
repaired by a gunsmith at Hagermaur
N. M., solves a murder mysterj' at
Austin, Tex,, dating from March 19f
1892. The note says:
“Eddy N. M. I killed John
Miles with this gun. Did it in cold
blood. Tragedy occurred near Austin,
Texas. ,\m now nearing the grave and
feel that 1 have got forgivenesi—'
J. L. Cumming, February, 4, 1893. ^
“Accident happened March 19, 18S>8 “
The gun is the property of Georg
Stanford, who bought It in Carlsbad
N. M., a number of years ago. prior tc
coming to Hagerman. The officeri
Austin have been notified.