North Carolina Newspapers

THE WANTS ARE MADY T0~SERVE YOV AND AT SLIGHT EXPENSE-SEE PAGE EIGHT ages • ection. THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, ■OX'S CHARLOTrE, N. C.. SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 9. 1911 PRICE 5 CENTS ■ed T ai iff hedules To Be Offered Soon PRIZE WINNERS i-lIP m \'f Cards Being allocates Of Pro- meaui* , iha*’ the • 'U schedules. .■ niiat schedules • 'ae bill?. o presented will V. ard revision of and lor reduc- -;i tlie necessities ,'rn members are action on cot- uX'iking to the • on the free fresh meats ,,p frpe list. •,r£inc 'hat the • ■riff Treaty be !♦ •? holiiR ar- : measure back [he Ways And ■Mtce Says They ^rcd Next Week 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. 0 Vitimber? of the 1” 4 voted for :■ '-ongress. i’.l be deter- j 1 r. ■if’i'wno at a : - • ' be held next I then whether' Is to be brought 'he first tariff re- - -o be held back ^e bills are sen' Some of the dem-l . ze that the first! tiie house shall { of senators, j Ne'.v Mexico state-j ’ ir ^ Mr. I'nder- ^ ■ b^ n > tl^lay in '■rnmi'tee on ways I'iil. It is :aT Thi:, bill will r.i I iip I iiriff i ' I'l.irrar^: having •■■S’ ’i'*'’ will au- ■ t gi\in8: them •■• ar.ci pass on ;'‘ d in their leg- • ''■>i>'ing a flood i’i’ f'anadian • ^ o’-'P'T^ing ac- . ■ - ' Tariff Pro- ■,#» h3s spnt [Tint'd pnst- jth iho ; .-'t sign and .ai;er ";ark or ' ■ '..-•e rards .■ -.'.o; ;-or have •’a^v ■ (''■atrhptl .1 p-(\Tiv wrlt- ; ,r,-o lf>ad ■ ;hi': I’lrt •nf has bppn • ■ ' z during • ' p rreat' •" "a' ■ Ip rr •• ‘ ' r ippinps T, f. p -sumpnts . vfp?" is that • 'r-eriran farm- rr>':;ke's. ™'hile ■ ;:■*• urced to fear the e’ ■\mericHn ''.r. uCjCjIer - -Samuel '.'■-vi?h syna-1 ' •'as indirt-1 *ur%’ 'iprp in ' ■ '•j .-'aat I I 1) 0 I II I (I Says “Modernized Greed” Was Cause Of Fearful Disastei CIIPTIIIN OF THE PRINZESS IRENE TELLS STORy LIKE BANQUO’S GHOST, IT WILL NOT DOWN! IS OF COORT? L 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- c I,]i|srrir’s ■''STprl The 'li!- at'Tornoon ' !t I i !■•> the ■ i\' G.!. f>r . ‘lie [f 1-IP liiif. ,iri'ii'"e vill lie ^ i OF um TO CDOD P G L V jiril The re i to 'UP sciiool ' • ‘ri** .'niilrpss- d«' i\ ■■'1 »•'] n' t he* “ hp ^lf■‘ho■ ;-''>'it|i A1- ' tviii-lo l>y ' ■. I'■■!;' 'i 11ioge; 'iip ,Mpt !i'>r]ist '’'iMScirifr ■ . Or ! I--; I'r. \V. K. I‘i f'thpi's ' ‘''l iii ilip day 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.