North Carolina Newspapers

i v V A blue mark here mea.is that the sub scriber to this copy f The Xews is bc hind oa subscription Please make a pay ment as soon as eon venient. MOVm AIRY, WORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 1914. JVO. 32 1 FEARFUL DISASTER AT SEA. 43 Pecple Go Down to Watery Graves in Accident Off Vir ginia Coast Norfolk, Va., Jan. oOth. Hie story oif how -fcl souls went down to doath in. the chill waters of , the Atlantiu when the liner Nan tuekn't rani'med and sank the steamer 'Monroe early today, -was lrvught to port tonight by 91 iurvivora of the sunken ship's piisssiiigers, rescued and brought to shore by the Nantucket. It wm a. story of mwful and sudden death, sweeping ut of the dUrk and fog, aaid taking unawares the doomed, half hundred "with, the heaviness of sleep still hjhwi Iheru. It told how the stricken Monroe, with! her side gored deep bv the. knife-like .steel prow of the Nantucket, filledi rapidly, roll fd over on, her. side and in a lew minutes turned completely over audi plunged to the bottom, carrying with her the ill-fataed passengers and members of the crew "who had failed to get clear of the wreck. Under the think' baulk of flog that hid the heavily running sea, both, big ships were making their iway slowly ami with, difficulty in, the early uxorniing. The Mon roe, with Optain Johnson on the bridge and a double look-out peering inlto the fog ahead, was typing under half speed to the northward, having left" Norfolk for New York Isat evening with B, nerve-racking, fog -.bound voy age in prospect. IUk Nantudkiet, heavily ladem with freight and iwitth. but two passengers aboard, wiaa nosing her way southward, bound from lioston to Norfolk. Urged through the dripping fug, the two vessels slowly were drawn, toward each, other. line era-, cumc aixnit l:W o ine gray t--cN-- x. "'jim the waves from, view, the gleam ox $xe rantu4ketd search light scarcely touched the drjp- iuig siae ot th'e Mount before the ixugtx steel proAV ox the south ward 'Ixmnd vessel cut into her side with a riuping ami crashing iu uiaaes mat uirew iyie tunc Men hip aback. The Nantucket, with fcier bow crushed in, Uioked out of sight into the fog, (Ujrtain Johnson, seeing that his vessel was fatally stricken, shouted an order lor lifeboats. When the crash came tlno-e aboard the Monroe were in bed and asleep, Only Captain Jol tax sou an 1 the whten on deck! were up aai about. Hut tht shivering of the ktru-ktn u.s.sti, as the Water poured through the gash in Igers ami stint them clambering toward the di -k. Wann d by the officers, they hurriedly adjiustoil UIc-prHtveners iuul nuuie tor the tilted dexik. l!nt the time was all too brief. Those ii siml agrred t0 frvin the time the Monroe was struck until she setthd Im tteath tlw waves, not more than a hliort 10 minutes elapsed. li.sggage, clothing, vulnabl.-s, all were. 1'orgotteii iu th.- flight. J'ajamas, n.if!iti'ii.;s and bath robes and blankcds were the eom Juou apparel of those siio reach ed the deck. And most of them More tba tgarb w li -u they left the limping Nantucket at her dm-k late hero 1Mlay. As the half-cl id, exeitnd throiig of J)saseigeis reached the deck, they were hurried toward life- ill., .t j l.i- ..t't'l... .... ... I 'CI. i '"II I - nti , I I 1 1 1 I I i . I 1 1 1 I I i n . 1 1 i-e I of the li.tV boats were g itt. n j juvay from the .side, t'n'iglited with; fngliteihd hiima,nily, iully women. y tlie trme tins- were ii way the Monroe wa rolling over on her side, and it wa impossible to 1,1 tl II t-ll the oilier boats. Meantime the Xantu.-lo t, her self badly ia;iiai.'ed, had .st-od by, an l Captain Ibiry had arous ed bus sleeping crew. A tie rays of the M-arch-ligl.t l'ail.d to !ivree the blankift of fog. 'a.tai,n erry ordered out his lifeboats. and one bv oim t-hev .s!i')jed away into the fug to s-,ireh tor the -Monroe. They found only the struggling purxivors afloat in the ii y waters, crving franti cally f lielin. M illl- (if tin Lie yyy up were uner'V exnaiisi ella. liirailile to help tlwmselves. Thomas R. Harrington kept his wife afl".i4. by nwimming with her hair ia list teeth, only to bave Her die a few mmates after she was hauled aboard the Nantucket. Lieutenant L. J 5. Curtis ,U. S. A., was rescued, but du-d after reach ing the NaJituicket. Captain .lohnw in, of the Mon roe, and all o his officred got away from the sinking vessel ami wen rescued. All of the offi cers and the crew of both the Monroe and the Nantucket were heW. here to await an Lnystigation of the caitiustn.iphe, whWx will te bugun irntmsliatcly by the Fed eral Bteaiiuloat inspection service. Par dens Old Men la Peniten tiary. News and ."Sftt.rver, 31st. Governor Craig yesterday jwr doned six ,geid and iiiftnn men who were serving loig terms in the peniteutiary and g.'iive two others their lLls'rty. Jim Faisem a l'ender county man serving ten years for bur glary in the sccoiud degree, was released on prvmiso of good be havior on his .part and care by his people. He is totally dis abled and has served sevem of his years, besides haviig tuber culosis. Kelley Montgomery, of Surry oounty, serving ten years for murder in the sieo'nd degree, hail served six years and became to tally ineaiitciated for work. He has been in a consimnptive ward eight mooktJw aiud his family a grees to care for him. Ramsey Jacksoik, convicted 10 years ago xf highway roHbery, geta pardon because he is too okl to woflk and has bornk a (good prison recrd, lie is almosrt blind and hU peonle ask. tihat he be allorwed to live with thenx. He has semd six years. He came from HayAvood county. Alex. Landers, frtnu Guilford coauxty. st'utenctVl for 15 years Muxk WsXsat; will never be able to work agaitx, Go'. Craig says. Lainders has piralys Aa and the prison authorities re commend the pardon. His peo ple provide for him. William Morris, of FAlgecoonAie - n county, sentcwed to 20 years I for barn burniijg, gets his liber ty atfer service o.f fourteen years. He has a goo.l prison reieord ;i d tihe (jffickils join iu the aptpeal for the pardon. Morris was hurt eight years ago on some construc tion work ami has been in Cen tral Hospital sin-e. Tim prisoner can take care of himself. J. Uaker lVgraun. f Warren country, after sening thirteen iiKuxths id' his two years, goes free. His advtinctd age. the r pi(t of J'udge Lane and Solin tor Kerr, Dr. T. .1. Tavlur and other citizens, give him strong a);r,M'al. His crrnie was selling i hipior. A. F. Ingram, frdirt Cumber btnd county, for bigamy, wa con vict d and giveut four years be sides having two m theri in laws The prisoner is an epileptic and wcakhmindid. Th" prisoner is f .. . j . . . . A L' ..,1 it 1' . I loiuru o .siiwui itronna u irs people. ! Kl Moore. New II in er coun-! tv, for xsiault. with deadly weap- : on, gets out on newly d s'oerTd; eviden,ee. The recorder amioiin.e- d thid he Would have acquitted Moore hal hi known the fact-.: lattr develon-d. Th prU uiei was .si-nteiH't d ne s ear. Few Old Maidi in Japan. We-t minister Gazette. Aee udilrg to th' .statistics of tin- last .lapane.- l'.lue oi k, tin r are very few -I p un ,se wi'ineit w ho do in t marry. The ui ijoj it (t' il t, ;t fit - girls marry at 21 years Ml' ;.ir.'. ' he men usually marry it 2U. but marriage at tin au'1' t'f 1 i.s Jt, iinkni.M ii, ai d l.(NM) m ir ri s at the age i f 17 w re i . j isteivd in th" ease of uon last ear, while i,iA) j:iil the ue ol in were inarm d. I he member id' women W llO marrit d at oil w as oidv 1 ( m M ) mor but the number of llO'll wl, .set tip hoiiv lor thom.si Wa.s 1(M) The ,1s figures) after this is U',i at o line in the rapid, olilv :,7t lio n ami .(iiO wimieii if tin -ge of 40 niarriexl lat year in .Japan, l'raetieally every .Jaj !icm man who tioe.s not jin a l5uddit moniustery marries. The old b.U'helor aiftl the old inrid are a)miit unknown in the land of chrysanth.nuun STUART BECOMES GOVER NOR OF VIRGINIA. Was Nominated and Elected to Office Without Any Opposition, Richmond, Va. Feb. 2nd. Through half a hundred city blocks filled with a multitude of cheering people, Henry Carter Stuart mile today to the ancient State C.hpitol where he took the oath as Governor of Virginia. A long line of militia preceded the ear in which Governor Ktuart sat. with William llixliges Mann, h'ji predecessor. Wide the mil itia lialVd at the entrance to the Captool ground, Governor Stuart drove to the Mouth portico where the General AsKcmibly, State offivisils and the Virginia delegation in OnigreKs, along witlx thoiisjunds of people await ed him. Judgo James Keith, pres KlK'nt of the burpreme Court, ad ministered tb oath after which the titrw Giovenxor deliievered his iimigfural addrpfti. At its con elusiun the Richmond Towitzers fired a sajutc of 19 guns, and then the military commands ipasti ed in review. Governor Stuart on-culpies the unique josition in Virginia in that he was nominated by his nirt.v without opposition and had no Republican opposition in the giMieral election, the first time this' has happenenl since the ptv .fle t(Kk fnn the cojxvention the right to name the Chief Execu tive. "The announeem-dxt of mv candidxey," said Governor Stuart in his inaugural address, "con tained this declaration: "I am not a eandiilate of aiv clique or faction, but ask1 the sxmport of all Democrats who stand for goox.1 Gove num ent firnxly and resolutely administered in the pa.ra'mom'itjn-' ise that my courrte as Governor shall be controlled by the prin ciple thus announced." The inaugural ceremonies clos ed witlx a public reception at the matLsion tonight. Dark and Cold This Universe will Be. New York, Jan. :U. That the stars are cooling off ami that tilie whole system is gr.ulually run-1 nin down, with the ultimate end of the universe (although incon ceivably far oft') absolute frvg id'ty in the blackness .f inter stellar nig'iit. is the tqiuiou i f Dr. Henry N. lJu-sell, professor of astronmny at rrii-eton. Contrary to popular belief, star exit first as rarefitsl, cunar atively nondiiininous gas h, Dr. KnsM 11 dee la rid iu a bn-ture of the 'pular vie.ri'e eiii at I'riu- eetou. They gradually contract, VV' f prottst wouKi lie made to at the same' time heating enor- i Washington. General Carrana, nicu-ly, ami whtn they h j "'ei rdu g to iu report, soon will rea-h.d a seiiii-liquid. .vmi-gas- j n 111 CuliaeiMi, Sinaloa, for e;us state b. gin graduallly to ( "'"are and Chihuahua, coming by off. This process, together with i ,(",t from Naro to Casts their flr.'ht thiouh wpace. means ; Grand s or Giixiuan on the Mex a gridtial w.,,te f einig in tin j ira" Northwestern and thence by fe: iil i f heat difl'lisiell. 1 :" 11,1 I A ' I 0 I i . ' 'in i i our own . 'i.tr s s r t in. aid I'n f. Uium !1. our i,l. ' s i ! ioi inelt.de only h;.irhl j lirmini.iis In d'.is. I'lil, a iar is utany times l.u rt r tba:1 t!t-! llMttist tlimie'e it is il!'.s b! ! niall, cold a. d I ir1;. I:i or 1 r to eonmr., hri.d tllt. nn'.'iiit ;id" f stellar d .Ill'-Ilsi(,,v i, '!! rliijr '!,', ti I llH .1 -b Wl.' I, 1-res, rtt d On- ef I,! s I, I II t ! :i'.(.u mil, I I il! II. a e I ' I II'' . Il-s ). HI'. ,J r i. r.l a d .'i.t ' e., i'i, to lis ! : ; i. -e : ; s a ' e : ears. f the. ' g ii s . ' d b , l'iXiuh)! ri. II- tie The 1 their I!'--';:. ti.u, -a. era to 1". Veloei tl;.-i:s:ii ds ,,f li.dit ri'j ht u"s- i l' si itl. , is q;t:te a.s as'...ui:dii ill i a I ei , as et sup!; whirh is ahm.-r as briirht as tin- s in. Tin e sji. ad of th .s'ar. is )ll miles per .second, althoiijl: les i f 'N () mill .s a seennd .lit iikw n. Pn f. Ku- 11 d lan d that the' Soeet resv-i j,,, vhows that tlu-se .st.ns are composed a!l of of i ....i... i. i . .i is,-. iiLu-iuiiem enaaiies; astronomoi-s to letennine the1 toiuperature of the wjarate stars, aceordirg as the light they givej off m white, jellow, orange or ml. ikcu i ne same etoiiients as Uieiing claims against the estate tOi lie Uug too. .Mne year ago eti'th'.s entst, a most utrikingi present tin in for iaymeiit within 1 it vits. I ain't nmivit half priM.f of the unity of the imi-J the time prt.teribed by law or this 'through her vet. The wife, idie' VILLA PLANS FOR ATTACK ON T0RRE0N. Army of 12,000 Rebels Merely Waiting- for Train cf Ammuni tion. City ia Surrounded. Juarez, Mexico, Feb. 2. With his army of 12,000 reikis allready advanced: to points north of Tor reon and awaiting word to open the attack oi the Federal garri son in that city, General Villa planned to leave toniglit or early tomorrow for Ohihuahtia from whence, after a stay of several days he will march south to dir ect the opening of the battle. How long General Villa will re main in Cliihuoliiiia will depend on the rapinlity with which train loads of ammnuition and ratuaxs cati be dispakihed southward. The rebel leader probably will not apjx-ar on the field ln'fore Tor reoix luitil everything is ready for the ojx'nLng of the attack. A courier who arrived from. Torreon sai.1 the relcl advance giL-iriLi had already surrounded V,, ..', .- V.,. fV.,. l..r,,...l l,nf,l ' i , , i , , ,. . j gw eLasoo s I ederal soldnes had not Opened fire. The courier said the rebels were adopting their usual method of surrounding the city long before they ex.pected to fire en it. Tlie Federal soldiers in Tor reon, it was said, were being kept in ignorance of recent rebel vic tories and to sustain their cour age they were told that Geueral Merc ado w'on a signal victory at Ojinaga. General Caraveo, one of the volunteer Federal generals,! fxiio escafped fnmi Ojinaga, had arrived in Torreon and was given a triumphant reception because he informed the soldiers the reb els hud been defeated at Ojinaga, aoeordiiig to the courier. "I don't think there is any doolbt that we will capture Tor- fiC "sUk UencralTTiia 'Unlay. volution, The nuerta followers are desperate. They are evi dently concentrating every avail able man at Torreon. 1 am n t making any predictions as to when the battle will beigiu or end." Mexican Federal sympathizers iii-otetetl to the United States Army officials in Kl Pasco that Ilioul Madero, brother of the late president and an officer on Vil la's staff, was permitted to go to the American side. Madero has been seen daily in the hotels and at social affairs on th'e American side. The Mexicans complained that this was a violation of the neutrality laws and was not the same treatment that was accord ed General Mereado and other Ftd ral officers who are held prisoners at Fort 1'diss because they cro.. d the river. It w;us Goes tc Turkty. Win-.toi ,Sah in. dan. :.- -t ire, r i:'a . one I'f the youngest but Ui.it prom llt.i;t XotU'g t b leeo OI. I r.s on the I, 'ill III 1 1 li I t . .viiled i th'-i afternoon fia in New Voik; l'o; Turi;ey, when he reeent!' ;,c-1 o '!.mI it thre,- ear a,; ;nt'.nc!'t is iii;y ; fir t ie 1 ! ri t ! -h -A me rie t a 1 1 ' i. ci (I ii tn . ..M r. Gray wil ma!.,- hi, he.id'iuart- i- at ' u. - i- '.: pb . M Win stun )-'al. an men have g '"' d pn :n. m i in ;h,. tel a -e. industry in ari.-u.s p.nt.s of ' lai ,1. l a; th's is the further- aee I point to hvh o,e has I t ' ' H se,t. Exccutor'3 Notice. Having ipiahfied as executors of the l.t.st will and testament of N. W. lrovn. notice Is hereby given to all parties oweing the cs- tiite to make prompt aynieiit x-jiind save cost nd all parties hold i : ,- . . .. nouee wui De pleau in bar ot ; their collection. J Tins Jan. 5th. 1914. T. II. Hrown, K. L. Drown, Executors. AEROPLANE RACE AROUND THE WORLD. First Prize Will Be $100,000 in Cash With, Other Cash Prizes to Contestants. San Francisco, Feb. 1. Three hundred tliousand dollars, and perhaps more, will be offered in prizes to aeronauts who race around the world iu any type of motor-driven air craft, under the auspiceii of the Pan-'irna-Pacifvc International Exposition company Of tlas sum, $150,UU0 will be given by the exposition company and subscription arrangements on fool for obtaining the remainder Jire said to indicate a larger sum than $!)(X,000. The race is to start early in May, 1915. The course lies east from Sa-t Franerco. The route as now outilned runs from San Francisco through Reno, Nev., and (Iheyennc, Wyo., and from there either to Kansas City, St. Loius and Chicago, and on to New York. The Atlantic ocean Is conceded to be tl'-motst for- mxdtuhle sf retch xn ti race. .,, , t o r, C T 11 will be e".sayel from Belle isle, a small poin tbe'tween Newfound land and Labrador, Ca-pe Fair well, Greenland, the next KtMp, barring a drop into the water, is 610 miles away and from, Cape Fairwell to Reyjavik, Iceland, is 670 miles further. One more jusnp to Stornaway in the Hebri des is 570 miles and the Atlan tic has been eroded. From the Hebrides to Edinburgh, tjondon, Paris, Berlin, Warsaw, St. Peters burg, Moscow, ami along the trans-Siberian railway down into Manchuria and Koreo, and across into Japan runs the line of flight. From northern Japan to Ko.n chatka wfith varyintg routas across the little ga;p which sTarates As4i from North America, no oh sttKJo. Jikplr Jn. ft. fTj lii&u- mountahle, it is declared. Van couver, Seattle, ami Tucoma, Port land, Oregon, and Kan Franeiwco again and the world is belted. The exposition's $1."0.0(0 will be cut inlo three) prizes one of $100 I OtH a stjcond of fctO.000 and a! third of 4--20.0(X). DLstrUmtioix of the other $1."0;000 will be atir nouncisl later. This funil will come from individual aivt 'from citi; alorg the line of flight, i The work of organization will fall to A mob I Kruckman, wbase a- poin,tiixent as manager of the bu- reau of aeronautics of the ex.po- sitioiii was announced tinlay. Mr. j Krutckjnxan formerly was secretary of the Aeronautical Society in j Now Yotk, anl has to his credit' the arrangi nteiit of the flight of; Glenn II. Curti-.s from Albany toi New York; in the early days, and; the liter tnuisvotitinentuL flight! which Udbert Fowl.-r and Cal-! braith Koers jarticipattsl. He will start ea-t iu a few du.s in a iMth niakii g trip around the world. Plenty cf Dry Streaks. The Washii iirti'ii Star relate that Dii Hey Field Malone. the llew colb-etor ( f the part of NeW York, sa'id to ii riporter: "I'm too in w to 1ii.' job to talk about it et. I f I talked, about it I might be like the mountaineer giv;- it way my isrnorauce. "A liuin was hunt :i; ir in Pike county and i; around Porters Ij.lik'e be visited a .settler's house. j "lb lieticid a volume of a j good ehe Veb -peilia oil A , alve the !riin. and aid : shelf " ' Jt mii-t be ;i handy thing , ( awa n;1 pe.IL",.-' Y.p Yni. si.. n t hue all etlf x eb .lid tie hand v. mountaineer. I onlv iret the fiist book.' " ' Wi ha wi.'t tut g..t the ot !l l.S " ' 'J ain 't I'ini.shetl this oiu x i t, m I ain't ready for another. 1 b iuht this on,- i ff'n an agent tboii t ' -'ht eiits ,;g.i. lb come roinid six months atferw aisls and .sa.v.s, mis he: "Here's yer s s1 ond volume, mister." " 'What'" s,is I. " Whv, I ain't finish. 1 tin fiiNt voluun You jWt diy out!" et .... w anom ipiartcr inroiigli. It Tim.k a lt t' brain to write this book, Suit it's my opinion, all the same, mid I don't inutd ttilliix ye, that J think slie' got her dry streaXfc, like most every tiling else." URGE OGVERNMENT OWNERSHIP. (mrriittee Wants Ccntrcl cf All Telephone and Telegraph Line. Washington, Jan. 31. Post master General Burleson today submitted to tlxe Senate tlie re eomnxendat ioiiH of the departmen tal ewiiitnitti-e ajxiswuteil by hiunto investigate tlie pracicability uf Government ownership of tcle hone and telegraph lines. Tlie reort declared t3iat "the only way to afford to the people the complete and modern postal facilities that the Constitution makes it the duty of the (ruveni ment ot provide," is by carrying out these suggestions: 4 "That Congress declare a Gov ernment monopoly over all tele graph, telephone and radio oom munication, and such other means for the transmission of intelli gence as may hereafter dewlap. "That Congress acquire by pur chase at aiporaised value the commercial terepluone network, x cqt the farmer lines; "That (Vngress authom. th Postmaster General to i--fiue, In hit d'scretion and nuder such re gulation as he may prescrilc, re vocable licenses fior the operation by private indirviduals, a. ociat ioiui, coipamies and corporations, of the telegraph sei-vice and aitch parts of the tebiphone st'rvk'e as may not be aoquired by the Gov ernment. " The recommendations are Bign ed by Daniel C. Ri( r, First As sistant Potsfiiuisjter (Jener. i ; Mer ritt O. Clxance, chief cleric, llost tffve Department, ami Jhu C Koons, superintendent division of salaries' and allowances, oc impxs inig the wmjnittee. "The private' monopoly," stated the- r4rt, iika -fft-r. extend ita facilities to unprofi table territory; trot the Govern ment must serve all the poeple. " It is economy waste to permit private civtcrprrse to build xip vist proierties that eventually must be taktn over toy tlie Ghv ernment in resuming its consti tutional monopoly at a ct wit of all proportion to the value uf the part of such properties that may be utilized to advantage in the postal system. "Telegraph facilities have not boon extended to the small town and villagts along with the Gov ernment jirvstal fiu-i lit it's. "According to the best avail able data, the capitalization i' thy lon distance and toll lines rmtresents ai)proximattdy f'3K, (HH).(MH and the capitalization tin entire commercial network' ap proximately HOjHMUXX). The cost to the Government would W Icms than tin appraised value, sinee it would be undesirable for the Government to juirchiix the real estate holdings of the com panies. Kxchanires could be leas ed uiKtil a-ci-nnniMlat:oi'S eould be provided in the p ust offices atwl stations." 30,000 VOICES. And Many Are The Voices cf Mt. Airy People. Thirty thousand voiivs What a grind chorus! And that's the nifuitx r ol Auicrican nun tnu women who are publicly praising Do.tu's hidnev for re I let v and bad- fruin bjickae.hi ler Ills. 1 nev sa t to friends. Tin tell it in th. home papers, in this chorus .Mi. A uv i)eoM,e ail Ib re'.s ii Mt. Airv Caee. 1. P. !o!m its. street coinmis siuu. r. Main St., Mt. Airy, N. ., mis; "I loan's Kidney Pills heijx d me more than anytJii:iig else 1 t r u.se. My kidneys were i-r irrogulitr in action. I had bad baekaehus ami did every thing I knew of to get r- lii f. I didn't find relit f until 1 toik I loan's Kidney Pills, which I got itt tin llrnni.s Inig (now the Hawks Kln rtsoii Drug Co.) They soon mad' my back and kidneys strong. I use I loan's Kidney Pills niri- in awhile and they keeI llle Well." For sale by all dealers. Price W cents. Foster - Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sola agent for the Uiittsl Statas. Remember the name Doan'i and taku do other. I'd! n I