North Carolina Newspapers

It fin 1 "Sra Jf.''.:--;--' DOUBLk'TiiE' CiRCULATIONiN THE C(TY:OP RALEIGH OF ANY OTHER NEWSPAPER. umited kicshessive BfiLEIGfl ESTABLISHED 1876. RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1909. 1 . edition t viTVvt imtt -. ML MILL RAGING IN ST. v PAUL MINE Attection cfthe Rescuers Tur ned Today to the Living Widows and Orphans WORK OF RESCUE Shaft of Mine Still Sealed to Smother the Flames and There Are Possibly 500 Men EntombedBut All Hope of Getting Any of Them Out Alive Him Been Given Up Population on Verge) of An Outbreak and Every Trustworthy Man Has Been Put on Duly As An Of fleer Red Cross and Charities Meet to Con Aider Means of Alleviation, (By Leaned Wrle to Tfie Times.) Cherry. Ills., Nov. 16 The St. Paul mine, tomb ' of 310 men, possibly 500, was flooded early today and at noon tho clouds of steam coming out of the air shaft indicated that at least the fire was probably extinguished. Five hundred feet of two-Inch hose was ob tained and the powerful steam pumps , thut wore "brought from Spring Valley were nut tor work, driving water at a rate of ISO gallons a minute. The hose was led through a small opening in the seal on the main shaft and tens of thousands of gallons of water were driven into the mine. . Of there had been any hope of a single human being left alive after the fie black damp, smoke and carbonic acid has done their deadly work, the water ended it,' fas it seemed certain that anything living In the- depths of m workings would be drowned by the 'Vair or '.T- cAWed;tO i. death by Mire steam. ' Because of the .Constant crowding around-the -mine' shaft, a cordon of deputies -was thrown around the shaft house eaily today ana only inose witn nssses were permitted to go through. The main shaft opened for a brief snell and a dense volume of steam rushed out. Tests -.were made estab lishing the fact that Are In the lower level was still raging. . Experts today declared that it was impossible that anyone could sun De alive. Even President Barling, who tried to be optimistic to the last gave up hope and sadly declared that ne now believes everyone left in the mine was dead. . A heavy rain kept many of the popu lation within doors and quieted fears of rioting , when the bodies are taken out. As a result, the request for troops made to Governor Deneen yesterday was resolnded . and State's Attorney Bckert declared the ' local authorities would take care of the situation. The bitter feeling against the mine corporation, however, continued to smoulder. A meeting of the surviving members nf thn inoal miners union has been oiirt tnriav. Committee have been named to make a house to house can vass of the bereaved families and es tablish the number missing." Four hundred and saventy-four men were officially in the mine and 2M are offi cially missing. . One hundred and eighty families are involved in the dis. aster, many . of them with . young children. 'u' "''': Later in the day there will be a joint meeting of the local miners com mittee, -with the joint committee made up up Of Charles B. Taylor, mayor of Cherry, Patrick Carr. of, Ladd, Duncan McDonald, of the state federation of miners; Sherman ,B. Kingsley, of the United Charities, and Ernest P. Pick net!, of the national Bed Cross Society. The Joint committee will discuss plans for Immediate measures of relief. Cherry, Ills., Nov. lfr-Wlth Hre raging in the, St. Paul mine the tomb of 810 men, possibly BOO, and the shaft 'sealed to smother the flames, the at tention of the .rescuer and officials was turned today to the living, widows and orphans. Their plight is desperate. Some of the women, stricken by the shock are not expected to recover. Physicians and nurses are needed urgently. '.'.' . . - A reaction from the dased horror or the first days of grief swept Cherry today and the population is on the verge Of an outbreak. Every trust worthy man has been sworn in as a special deputy sheriff, - Riots are feared. Earnest. P. Blcknell. president or the National Bank Cross Society, and S. C. Kingsbury, director of the Chi cago United Charities, met the survi vors today to consider meanscpf al leviating the situation. - Around the meeting place an angry crowd gathered, ignorant, or refusing , to understand the purport of the con f erence.- ' ' . - ' ; ''' . There is a dearth of physicians and nurses and today It seemed inevitables that collapse or grieving wo.no,. have watched constantly since the first -danger for the return of their men will add W the death list. . ' Full ' of thems are tn a serious rendition and It is feared tpat some of them cannot recover from the shock, j v .(Coutluued B PKo f1.t "-.v I v W ,Z".A The top photograph is that of who died .in a hypnotic spell, while N. J. "Professor" Arthur Everton, the charge of manslaughter for causing the young man's death, is shown in the act of working on a subject. Everton maintained thut Simpson was not dead, and with the aid of another, hypnotist, worked for two hours over the victim, but with no effect. An autopsy was then held, which re vealed the fact that the hypnotized man's heart had bursty while he was in a coma. A part of the professor's performance was to stand on the sub Ject while he was suspended rigidly CIVIL SERVICE ALSO AFTER THE TRUST (By Leased Wrle to The Times.) Washington, Nov. 16 Reinforcements to the administration's batteries, that are now pounding away at the sugar trust, were brought upon the field yes terday by the civil service commission. In addition to the investigations that are being secured, b the new treasury department and the department ' or Justice, one was started by President John' C. Black and his colleagues of the commission. The charges have been made in New York newspapers that the civil service employes In the New. York customs service are chosen, at the dictation of the sugar trust, will be probed to the bottom. The commission has started an investigation, which,: it promises, will be thorough. There will be no delay , according to the statement made by Commissioner Black, Mcll' henrry and Washburn. They will soon know whether the fire department has been Invaded by the trust. , A statement will be given this after noon if it be possible to secure the de' sired Information by that time. Pend lng the issuance of this statement the commissioners plead Ignorance of the state of the case. ; They refuse to deny the charges of corruption until (hey have investigated the accusations; . WILL ASK FOR LAV AGAINST FOOTBALL Richmond, Va., Nov. 16 The State legislature, which .meets . in January will be asked to pass a law prohibiting the playing of'football in Virginia,. or at least least placing such restrictions on the same, as to reduce the danger to life and limb. This plan' is' the result bf a campaign aroused by" the death of two players within two days of each other. A protest has gone up from every portion of the state a6 the conditions which resulted in the death of Walter J. LufTey, right guard of the Richmond Grays, shortly after the in jury of Archer Chrlstlon, right half back of the University of Virginia, .ovi - at ' Wnshihirton. The fune,, 0f both boys were conducted from their homes in this -city, today FIVE KILLED NEAR (By Leased Wrle to The Times.) Wtostoa.-SB.lem, N. C, Nov. 18 Five men were jellied and seven others are believed Slot be dead as the result of a cave In. today -on the Southern Railroad near here. All of the victims, negroes and 'Italians, were emploved by con creia contractors. Robert H. Simpson, the youne man on the Stage of a theatre in Somerville, the hypnotist, who is under arrest on between two chairs. TO INVESTIGATE CASE OF HEROISM (B.V Leased Wrle to The Times.) Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 16 Frank M. Wilmot, secretary and manager of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, has gone fo Cherry, Ills., to investigate any cases of heroism. W. W. Keefer,. vice president and general manager of the Pittsburg Bail, road and Coal Company says that while he was in that district the hay In the St. Paul mine caught fire but was extinguished before doing much damage. He claims the mine was non gaseous. , . Leo Qluck, assistant vice president of the Pittsburg Coal Company and fprmerly chief engineer of the St. Paul mine, says that ' St. Paul mine ,'was one of "the most modernly equipped in the Illinois coal field and cannot understand how such a disaster could occur without gross careless on the part of some one. THR TIMES' CONFERENCE REPORTS. For the benefit of The Times' subscribers and those who will want the'paper Con- . f erence week, the editor de sires to say that he has se cured , Mr. C. W. Hunt, of Charlotte, for a special re porter for The Times during the session, and' this paper will give a tfull report of all that is done, the same day reaching .The Times 'readers on the usual fast schedule. Added to the full proceed ings we have the .promise of . a number of photos for illus trating the personnel of the body. The paper will be . ft " Xt ' sent anywhere the mall goes : $ the whole session for 10 ,' cents. ,Our readers will re vmember Mr, Hunt's former conference reports for four years past, as -well ai his re ports of the last legislature. B B aBBBBBBBBftftftftftfi, WINSTON SCHEMES FOR THE MARKET President BLakesly Declares Many Crop Reports Sent Out to be Merely Schemes UNIFORM FEED LAW In President Blukesly's Speech Eleventh Annual" Convention Commissioner Of ', Agriculture He Takes Up Matter of Vltnl Inter est to PurmerSjlJhll-lft'eevil Will Soon be on Rrfry Acre of Cotton Growings IjRfid Extension of In. terest in Work of FaniKis' insti- tntes Cattle Tick Will lie Ernrii. t,ed )ftlcerw of thf Association. (By Leased Wrle to The Times.) Jackson, Miss., Nov. ; 16 Declaring that many of the crop reports .sent from the south are mere schemes affecting tho market. President Jl r Blakeslee today opened . the eleventh annual convention,, of the southern states association of commissioners of agricultural and 'other agricultural workers here. In his report of the year's work. President Blakeslce urged the taking of steps to regulate crop reports. The convention opened with a in vocation, followed by an address of welcome by Governor Noel of Missip- pi, and a similar address in behalf of the city by ex-Governor Vardaman Commissioner G.p -Wv. Kernor of Vir ginia, responding. The renortB of committees, were .read also, hut the. event or me aay was President jsiakes- . 1 .l . ... lee's hlref on u4iiv4s to Jba dli- cussea by the doleiyites. After declaring the condition of the south to be prosperous, Mr. Rlakea- lee took up vital problems to the farming community. He urged, among other things, a uniform feed law, to secure which a committee was named several months ago; the passing of fertilizer laws for the pro tection of the farmer and tHo regula tion of seed and tree dealers. In regard to the boll weevl, he de clared the progress of the insect was unchecked and that "it seems only a matter of time until the insect will have Infested every acre of cotton producing luud in the south." . The speaker demanded a campaign of prevention throughout the affected section. The extension of interest in the work of farmers institutes, and the spread of agricultural studies in high school and through boys corn clubs the pres ident declared to be gratifying. He declared the prospect of halting development of the cattle tick was hopeful and that the government had secured co-operation 111 its war on the pest. . Among the delegates to the (conven tion are some from every state of the south. The sessions will last to Thurs day. The officers of the association, be sides President Blakeslee. are R. E. Rose, of Florida, and John Thompson, of Tennesse, vice presidents, and B. W. Kilgore, of Raloigh, N. C, secre tary. HARRY THAV IN NEW YORK New York, Nov. 16 Harry K. Thaw was brought down to New York today from the New York state asylum for the criminal insane at Matteawan, to 1 testify In his mother's behalf in the j suit brauht by Dr. Allan McLane "Hamilton for alleged unpaid fees for ft his services dining the trial of Harry JSlThaw for the murder of Stanford 0 White. ,g I Thaw was driven to the station at w I Fishkill and was there Joined by Jlrs. I Mary Copelejr Thaw, his mother and I two of the ate'ndants of the asylum sat ft 1 by Harry Thaw and his mother in the ft ', car. The party went directly to the ft supreme court upon arrlver in New B York. I Dr.' Hamilton claims that he has never been paid for the services he -a . 11 .1 .... ,1.1 Vw m..-. declares that she paid him 11,000 and that that In nmnle for what Dr. Ham- ft ilton did. ft : . : ft Pension Office Clerk Mordered. ft , Washington, Nov. 16 Working on ft the theory that Joseph C. - Squires, ft the pension office clerk who was shot ft last Sunday near Fifteenth and Ad ft ams streets, ' northeast, was mttr ft dered, the local . police have uncov ft ered several Important dews. In 10! spector Boardman, chief of detect- Ives, detailed six men on the case Squires, the police say, was the vlc- tint o( Jealous youth, 1 federation IwilliGO to; WASHINGTON Because of Sentence Against Gompers Sentiment for Re moval is Growing HOW CASE STANDS The American Kedernl Ion of Liilior Stands Iteudy to Adjourn Its An nual Convention to Washington, Where President Gompers, icc President Mitchell, and Hecrelnry Morrison Pace Jitil Terms Decis ion 'Hint the Three Leaders Must Go to Jnil Without. Stay in the Fill nllineiil of the Sentences Has Caused Anxiety Among Delegates, t (By Leased Wire to The limes) Toronto. Out., Nov. 16 The American Federation of Labor today stands i-p.1i I v to :td loiirii its animal convention, in session here, to Wash ington, where President Gompers, Vice-President Mitchell, and Secre tary Morrison face terms. Thn decision ol the court ol appeals of the District of Columbia that the three labor leaders must go to jail without st.nv, in fulfillment of the sentences passed 111 the Bucks Stove Coinpnnv minuet 1011 case caused nnx iety unions the delegates. Early today Secretary Morrison re ceived a telegram from the attorneys of the Federation which declared that, a full statement of the situation was in the mails. This letter was expect ed to clearly define the legal stains of the case and to settle bevond doubt the time at which the three officers must appear In Washington. It is known that unless notice of an appeal is served by Friday night the mandate eommlttins the leaders tn lall will be handed down Saturday. t is believed that steps for the con testing of the cases will he completed bv the expiration of the alloted lime. Todav it was declared bv many prominent delegates that the Fede ration would hasten its preparations to oarrv the fight to the supreme court of tbe 1'nited States, while the senti ment for the removal of the conven tion to Washington grew stronger hourly.. The ('ontempt Case. (Bv Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, Nov. 10 there is little likelihood ol Samuel Gompers John Mitchell, and Frank Morrison under jail sentence for contempt of court in the Bucks Stove and Range Company case, having to go to jail next Saturday, when the mandate of the District of Columbia court of ap peals will be handed down, confirming the sentences of the District of Co lumbia supreme court. The court of appeals yesterday refused to grant a stay in handing down the affirmation of the Judgment. While the mandate will' be handed down Saturday ordering the defend ants to jail they will be nominally in the custody of the clerk of the court, and will be allowed another recourse at law. This will be habeas corpus proceedings which RalBton & Sid- dons, their attorneys, will bring on Monday. This action will be brought before one of the judges of the Dist- trict of Columbia court, the same court of which Gompers, Mitchell, and Morrison were adjudged guilty of contempt in the original proceed ings. Two things may occur when the proceedings come before this judge. He may release the defendants, which is highly improbable, or he may re fuse to grant the habeas corpus writ releasing them from the custody o the district jailer. It will be the appeal from the latter decision that will be carried to the supreme court of the United States, which must; finally decide the case, as to whether Gompers,-Mitchell, and Morrison will have to servie their sentences of 12, 9 and 6 months, respectively. It is not believed here that the delegates to the American Federation of Labor will come here in a body to he present at the habeas corpus pro ceedings on Monday. It Is known that even the defendants' attorneys very, strongly advise against such a method of protest against the court's , decree, because of the ill-effect it might have, being liable to construc tion as attempted Intimidation of the court. : ; '" -, " " Marietta Wold, the cook employed by iMme. Htcinhcil, on trial in Paris for the dentil of her husband and Klep-niother. The Wolnr woman was expected to prove damaging wit ness lor the accused, hut her lesti- .V turned out to he decided favor able to the prisoner. MRS. STETSON STILL FIGHTING (Uy LensiMl Wrie to The Times ) Boston, Mass., Nov. 16 Mrs. Augusta Stetson, loader of the First Church of Christ, (scientist of New York at 9-15 began her second day's buttle against cXiMirnniiinlculion in the mother church. She whirled up to the granite church nt Foiilmuiith and St. Paul streets in an automobile and, dodging photo graphers, hurried into tho building. . .She Impaired cheinful and confident although yesterday s grilling greatly unnerved her. It was ileelarcd today that the mother church would attempt to brinsr about a compromise, rather than force the crisis. Hie decision of Mrs. Stetson's congregation in New York to drop the chaises against lust reader Virgil O. htriclfler, one. of Mrs. Stetsons lead ing opponents, on the receipt of a com. inantl from Mrs. Marv Baker Eddy, was sun! today to have had a beneficial effect on Mrs. stetson's trial ill Hoston. ATLANTIC DEEPER WATERWAYS ASSO. The second annual convention of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Associa tion will convene tomorrow morninsr it 11 O'clock in thn convention hall o Monticclln lintel, Norfolk, and will be in session tlnouh Saturday. Tins convention will be full of inter est, as an elaborate program of ad dresses and social features has been aranged. Among the many speakers who will address the convention are President Taft, Vice President Sher man, several members of the cabinet, about twenty congressmen and sen ators, two admirals, Charles M. Schwab, representatives from every de partment of the national government, and others. The social side provides for theatres, oyster roast, smoker, receptions, etc. This will be an event in the life of Norfolk, and she hns prepared to take good care of it. . EVERYKODY WANTS TICKETS. For the Harvnrd-Yalc Game 47,183 Applications Received. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 1G Tickets for the Harvard-Yale game Saturday are being sent out today from the office of the Harvard A. A. .The' number of applications this year exceeded all previous records. In all 4T,1S3 applications were re ceived. The assignment to Yale men was 16,000 seats, leaving about 20, 000 for distribution to Harvard men. At present 12,183 applications by Harvard men have not been touched at all. The additional seats in the colon nade which are under construction for the Yale game will seat about 2,- 000 persons, making a total of about 37,000. ' ' Big Damage by Fire. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Pittsburg, Pa.J Nov. 16 One hun dred thousand dollars damage was caused by fire which destroyed struc tural apparatus ordered by the gov-. ernmeht for river improvements t the W. N. Kralzer Structural Iron 'ft steel Company's plant. During' tp.e excitement William Graves, a colored man, was seized with, a hemorrhage utes. DURHAM IS ; AVERYVERY DRY PLAGE Druggists Not Allowed to Sell Whiskey on Prescription In That City AN OLD ISSUE SETTLED No Great Surprise That the Alder men Refused to Grant tho License, As It Is a "Reasonably Dry Board'. Marriage Date Moved Up Teach ers' Meeting With Full Attendance. Death of a Young Boy Sunday Wedding of Interest Particulars of the Death of Captain Crews. (Special to The Times) Durham, Nov. 16 In the regular session of the hoard of aldermen last night the matter of granting license to druggists to sell whiskey on pre scription was decided against the pe tition and Durham is again dry. f From time to time this issue haa been sprung since the city went pro hibition in truth, July of 1908. At that time there was noticeably a greater element of democrats favor ing the measure than republicans, so much so that the republicans started to make a county Issue of It, flattered by the success of the county in the real prohibition election of May. But Alderman Underwood voted' against whiskey and it staid out. The issue was sprung again later, but bad lit tie encouragement. Several weeks ago it came up again and with evi dentrshcr orgoing Urrough", bnt last "f: night the aldermen turned it down. ' and the gentlemen who have been paying the doctors $1 for the pre scription, when it was allowed here, can simply invest the prescription money in a jug. There isn't any great surprise that the aldermen ref usesd to grant the ' ' license. It is a reasonably dry board and it evidently did not care to re scind the action of a council that had done the town dry more than a yeaf ago. , .' '. A marriage set for December came off unexpectedly yesterday when Miss Belle Sorrell, a sister of Attorney Delos W. Sorrell, and Mr. C. Bernard Green moved up the date and had Squire R. C. Cox to perform the cere- ' mony in the law office of Mr: Sorrell. The marriage was hastened yester day by the meeting of the two at Mln- eral Springs, where the school dis tricts were celebrating. They drove from there to Durham, fixed matters up with Mr. D. W. Sorrelle and de- . cided to treat their old neighbor to a surprise, not to say a shock. There wasn't any objection to the match and there wasn't the romantic ele ment of a runaway affair. The couple spent but a short time here and went to their homes in the country, apprising the unsuspecting home-folks of their wedding, which was not to have taken place earlier than a month hence. The family of Captain T. J. Crews, who died Sunday morning after re-'!', ceiving a fall from the balcony of hhv daughter's, Mrs. W. P. Henry home, " do not think the fall caused his death, and say that he spoke afterwards and declared that his health was Such that ' he could not have lived longer. Captain Crews lived about three- ). quarters of an hour after the accl- ' dent, which seems to .have been caused by his thinking that the house was on fire. He said he did not know whether he dreamed this or whether V the thought came from his restless mind. - The aetnal fall, however, does '.'.v not seem to hive -been responsible ; V for death, though the shock result- V;' . ing from It caused him' to way s' '; more rapidly. v vii He was one of the sweetest of char- tifii acters, and everybody here loved hlnJ. ', . : .'f. y. The teachers of Redwood and OafcN:,t Grove townships yesterday had their r-.'-X meeting in the country with almost a 1 $f thousand people in attendance. There , i f were present all of the teachers ln,- "'';;, the two districts and nearly all pf the ' pupils who listened to many address-' v3'f es, debates of the boys, declamations J',' and recitations and had a big dinner to boot- The'1 debate' was as to the '. ' -."'" : comparative Influence wielded iy th -C orator, and. the editor, and the edl- f tor's aide; won. ' " ''',. give, tor the benefit of the church, a restaurant to last a Week, and to sell JU It U of the 'sm things that ft modern restauTanteur would have. it begins Its" work1 two Weeks hence, and the money goes ' to" the ladles (Continued on Pays Seven.) "If r wr 'if 1 Ml m Is - it v t, ; '' ft -: