ESTABLISHED 171 v RALEIOH, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, f909. price 0 o:rra BODIES NOT YETREIOVED vFROTlIM 1 V- . ' .::. ... v , ' '. . - Conditions Improving and Work of Removing Them Will Probably Begin Today ' FIRE STILL BURMG Exploration of the Base of the Air- shaft Which Leads to the Many Branches of the Ill-fated Where Scores of Miners ' Lie Dead Was Begun This - Morning With the Hope That Work, of Removing the Bodies Gould Begin SoonWork That Shaft Was, Open' Guises Cmwd to Gather About the Open. Jng But They Are Kept Back by Militia. ' (By Leased Wire to The Times) Cherry. Ills., Nov. 18 Exploration of the base of the airshaft of the St. Paul mine which leads to the many branches of the Ill-fated mine where scores of miners lie dead, was made at an early hoar today with the plan that when the condition of affairs leading from the airshaft to the main shaft are ascertained, the work of rescuing and removing bodies was to be begun. ' Fire smouldering dangerously in the vicinity of the mine shaft had been discovered by two brave search ers who risked their lives by de scending today in steel buckets. They were two men who made the descent at a late hour last night and con- jl ared the jroine i .off)U4tf,tAt; the work ot removing Domes was almost an Immediate necessity. .. , ' " f They are mine inspector F. F. Mor ris, of Pittsburg, and R. Y. Williams, of the United States Geological Sur vey. , The word that the shaff was open and descent had been made spread through the town libje wildfire. Men, women and children gathered before dawn at the mine shaft. The militia on sentry duty today prevented the grief-stricken crowd from : approach ing withiq. one hundred' feet of the airshaft. " There were angry mutterings when , the men and women were repelled from the spot where, they have prac tically lived for the past few days. The officers of the mine Inspectors were up before daybreak and begin aiding in the recovery work. In their descent Morris and Wil liams wore oxygen helmets and on the first attempt had only descended 35 feet when the lamp worn by WU Hams was extinguished by the steam in the shaft and he was hauled to the ' surface. ... ' ' ' - '..- "'' " ; At the second attempt,-made one hour later, the men descended 320 feet, until the water with which, the mine had been flooded, was. visible just below them and again the signal was given to-haul up. v ' , ; - - On this tripit was seen, that the wood casing of ten shaft bad Been burned and. that it bad caved in at several points but the general cou- ditlon was Buch eg to warrant an ef fort to remove: the bodies from the mine by way of the airshaft . The final" descent, which was made without the knowledge of the mine officials, indicated that' there was practically no fire in the rteintty of the airshaft, although -.dense smoke nnd' steam poured out of the passage. Immediately afters., ithe men , had been drawn up from theirs third de scorit' President, A- J. Barling ana General Manager Bush; who were asleep in the same car, were aroused. Wlthh fifteen minutes there was in progress a conference at which' were present President f Earllng, General Manager Bush, James Steel, Acting Superintendent of the marines: Ttios. Williams, top bosiof the St. Paul properties; State's Attorney Eckert; K. T. Williams and F. " Fi Morris. After a- brief' dlsousslon orders were issued by President': Earllng, calling for a force of carpenters, ma I (thinlsts and blacksmiths to report forduty within - a hour. Soldiers : from. the. detachment on duty were sent to unu mo jucii.o,4uw, orders were issued fOf the construc tion of a tower oveii the alrshnft and of a float to be used to carry the men down today in place of the steel buck- ' ets which have hitherto been In ser vice. -.? ' "; The purpose of this Is to prevent the accidental drowning of those ,who descend into the mine through a muunaerstanaiug oi signals or i - ny Other cause, Tnere, are mauy'tney mar neea from neeoquarters. nr.- feet Of water in the bottom of the McNSh ui E layman that has attended s XContlnnad on Pale flTfc) :: I ' Continued on Page Five.) - lilETilODISTS VERY BUSY AT fflCKORY First Days Session Was Ex tremely Interesting, aaj Attedahce,ery Large : ARE HARD AT WORK Western 'orth Carolina Methodists Have Gotten Down to Bnsiness and Much Was Done' Yesterday MM K. L. Durhaifc Introduces Resoln-F Uon Sharp Tilt Between Bishop Arthur and Br. Chritahera -Work! of Dr. J. O. HoweRev. W. W. ' JPeele, Who Was Appointed Presi-l deht of Rutherford College Lastl Year. Wan Transferred to Eastern Conference. Railway Conductors. Their annual meeting was held in this city last (Special to The Times.) Sunday, wjien one of the most de- Hickory. Nov. 17-The first -'session U!ttul banquets ever given In Ral of the conference was an Interesting' '6h f"flrved al the , Glersoh s one, for several reasons. The attend: j Hotel. ence was large and the reports of tlie The members of the division who eleven presiding elders was full of , were present were Messrs. W. W. Interest, in that all of them showed Newman, T. F. Willson, W.' D. Smith, that the Methodist church in West em North ' Carolina is allvo to the needs of the times. - All reports that take so much of time in reading were referred to the proper committees with the instruction that they read and consider and report, saving the time usually consumed In reading them. The regular routine was moving along nicely when a reao. hitlon by Mr. Robert Lee Durham, the author of "The: QUI of the Boutn. who 1 a member jf thl conference as a laV delegate introduced a. resolution. lg ei -.fjna . U UlnaVlhe time that may ne copsumea in mMns individual reports, inquiring rather that tne reports or me worn wn be made to the epmmittees, and let the nreachers chapter pass under the call of the 20th question, rather than items of report. This was the opening for an hour talk which was indulged in by the pre-and con. motion to table was lost, but on final passage the res olution was lost, but while, tne aiB cusslon was on came the most Inter esting time of the morning session, and perhaps of the whole session, as follows: '..".' : Raised Rumpus. Dr. H. F. Chreitxberg favorea tne resolution, saying that the cpnnectional officers from Nashville took the time of ith conference that ought to be given to business, saying further that he was tired of the connectional officers, vassing for Bishop's place taking the time. 4 Bishop Atkins, called him to oraer, saying, "1 cannot allow tnese men slurred." Dr. Chrletzberg said he meant no slur. . Bishon Atkins said he could not al low such remarks to be made. Dr. Chrietzburg said he was ready to surender his credentials if the time had come that a minister could not be heard, and was sitting aown ihsum', whMi the bishon said there was no need of a show of temper, and asked that Dft ChelUburg keep tne noor aim y what, hn-had. to say. This appeased the doctor and he re lied that he would withdraw the re mark, which; ended the episode, the tension getting hlgh.A8.ie. ever eeen in this body for the moment: Held 112 Quarterly Meeting This : Year.:: No minister will attend this session of the conference with; a deeper con sciousness of having done his duty than will Doctor J.'- C. Jtowe, the laboring presiding elder of. the Salisbury dis trict, the largest In' the conference and one of the best It has twenty-eight appointments and to all of these charges this faithful man of Qod haa one four itimesi the post conference year, making the total of m meetings he has hejd, at all of which be preached once If not twice, and beside helped i . MnnKaMa In manv'nf tb ftlr ni'O- .1110 . -- - ' tracted meetings. Dr. Kowe is noi oniy ft . faithful preacher but a tneoiogian as wen, who', might interest people high up in trte learned worldi He made a good -report, too. x ; Will Transfer ton. c conference. Bev. W; W Pele,vwho .was appoint ed,, to the presidency of Rutherford College last year at Ashevllle, butiwho later on the. urgent request of those n authority, took up the work of Dr. L. Lt Nash at1 St John , and Gibson ' In Richmond county, when the health of h. mtter failed, will it is learneo transfer to the North1 Carolina- confer-. ence and take regular itinerant work, i Ml., r'eeui IS. one ui vuo. v vm. ....v bright young men, well fitted for tne work of the ministry, oom m " - naramsnt und education. tie will mate nu mar m vi... . of NashuT Hbose'ie bwe to see the bretheren as S :(. .a to take orders for all . .- 1 -AnfaiVtnlA iv - Railway Conductors and Guests at Banquet : : , Raleigh Division; No. 2(!4, Order of A. T. Pritchett, J. T. Brevard, T. E. Richardson, J. T. Singleton, James Gerow, O .H. Lanier, W. E. Bright, G. C. Heritage, "W. Meacham, J. W. Drake, C. A. Saflenger, R. T. Snider, PLANS FOR THE DEFENSE OF CANAL ' (By Leased. Wrle to The Times.) Washington, Nov. 18 Brigadier Geii. era! Thomas! H. Berrv arlved here ves. terday from Panama where he made a preliminary inspection of the sites chosen for the great forts which are to guard the canal. These locations' are scattered from Porto BellO and Torro Point, on the Atlantic, to Laboca and Balboa, the Pacific terminal. The surveys for the beginning of construc tion are now under consideration by the war department, and it is expect ed that work will be. begun early In the spring. The present plans call for an expenditure of about Jll.000,000, with more as the work progresses. When completed, tho defenses will- be the largest and undoubtedly the heaviest al-med of any owned by the United can-'states, with the possible exception of those now being built around Manila Bay. It was learned that the greatest amount of money is to be spent on I the Pacific side of the isthmus where the conformation of tho land Is al most an exact duplicate of that su roundinsr Port Arthur, where the fiercest fighting of the Russo-Japanese war took place. The "tiger tall" at Panama is Sosa Point. There hundred and three meter hill has its counterpart In San Juan Mountain. The ' smaller hills, where so many Russians and Japanese died, are also practically duplicated. The bay on which Balboa is situated Is almost exactly the same In shape as the roadstead at Port Autheur. It was said yesterday that the United States does not fear any attack on 'the canal from European nations, so the greatest forts will protect the Pacific side. FLORIDA FAST MAIL WRECKED (Bv Leased -Wrie to The Times.) Pninmliln. s. P. Nov. 18 The Florida fast mall ot the Seaboard Air Line was jw ked t0(jay . near Denmark. The ' . . - i , Min ..train was ueraiieu, uie engine piuuiug two BCOr- fect f rom the track. Re ports received here said that the fire man was killed and Engineer Petit injured, the conductor, express mes senger and baggage-master also be lng hurt '. - NEW CORPORATION TAX. Secretary MrtcVeagh Making up Blank . Forms to be Used in Collecting i Tax. - .; '. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington;, Nov. 17 Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh is finishing o yiuu luiuin w uo uwu tu iuc collection of the corporation tax. It iB expected they Will be ready for distribution the latter part of next week" ' country -are, yery. knxioue to eecure copies of the form In question so that . . . , . meir ntwryeys may ue aum vo bimu tnem with the object of finding legal lobjectlons to their Talidlty, r 1 r ; 'v-,'i. .1. n. Hognn, Sr., T. Williams, C. .VI. Baiicom. O. W. Rradly, W. J. Lynd, .1. B. Davis, H. H. Thomas, D. B. Ogles by, E. H. Goodeen, G. M. Lasslter, M. M. Oreen, W. K, Lewis, A. A. Par rish, M. G. Jones, Geo. W. Bradley. R. II. Adams, E. W. Meacham, V. J. Caruthers, J. A. Mattherson, i. T. Kirkpatrick, C. W. Huff, John W. Keys, J. W. Foster, J. H. Ellington, L. J. Holland, S. T. Fountain, F. A. Lewis, L. T. Penny, P. B. Jeffreys. The visiting conductors were: Messrs. H. L. Brow, Geo. W. Evans, CONGRESS WILL INVESTIGATE TRUST (By Leased Wrie to The Times.) 'Washington, Nov. 18-rln the opinion of .members of congress -now. .here there' will doubtless be a congreaSitWa in vestigation of the sugar trust scandals lu connection with the expose of graft in the New York custom house. It is not improbable that at least half a dozen resolutions will bn introduced in the house on the opening day of tho session, December B, recitingr the chargos against tho New York custom house and sugar trust as published in the newspapers and directing that Speaker Cannon appoint a special committee of seven or nine members. with full powers, to investigate the charges and make such recommenda tions as may be necessary. A resolution to Investigate any gov ernment office is of a privileged char acter and if not reported within a week atter its introduction the author has the.right to call it up on the floor ! of the house and demand a vote. But as the administration is said to favor the investigation it is believed that the matter will be disposed of with. a a few days after congress meets. WIRELESS SEARCH FOR ASTOR YACHT (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Nov. 18 The greatest wireless search ever instituted was under way today for the Nourmahal, the yacht on which Colonel John Jacob Astor and his son Vincet, 17 years old, were cruising in West Indian waters when the terrific hurricane of last week swept the Caribbean and Atlantic. The wireless net today was drawn over the-waters. in which Colonel Astor may be. At the request of friends of the missing millionaire the United Wireless Company sent out messages to all steamships requesting Immediate news of the Nomhahal. which left Klncston between November 5 and November 10 as far as is known. At the same time that these revenue cutter Algonquin to leave San Juan, Porto Rico, and take up the search for the Nourmahal. The departure of Mrs. Astor who se. cured a divorce from Colonel Astor a few days ago for Europe yesterday, served for a time to reassure Colonel Astor-s friends. Mrs. Astor declared that she had no anxiety for her hus band or her son. , Nevertheless the continued lack of news of the Nourmahal has served to increase the fears for the vessel's safe ty. Larger craft were wrecked by the terrific hurricane. : Everv vessell In West Indian waters today was taking part in the search, according to advices received by Mr. Astor's friends. Call for Statement of Condition of National Banks. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, Nov. X8 A, call for statements of the condition of .na tional banks at the close of business on November 16. was issued today by the controller ot tho Currency. - if 7. . Photo by WlinH on Tyvee V. T. Cox, C .A. While, E. R. Mny- iiiird, W. (. Jonea. The guests of the division from the city were: Hon. J. S. Wynne, Col. C. E. Johnson, Hon. B. R. Lacy. Messrs. J. A. Mills. Virgil Walker, J. R. Fen-all, E. M. Hzzell. E. E. Brit ton. Coo. Hall, II. W. Purvis. Dr. H. A. Royster.'t'. E. Johnson, Jr., Wal ters Durham, G. F. Gannon, Walter Clark, Jr., Mr. Lynth. Those desiring ono of the pictures can leave their order with Mr. W. W. Newman . AMERICA WILL GET NEW CARDINAL (By Leased Wrie to The Times.) Washington, Nov. IS It is under stood in Catholic circles here that Pope Plus intends to create at least one American cardinal at the next consistory, which is scheduled to be held in Koine before the end of De cember. The new cardinal will be essentially the social arbiter of the Roniart Cath olic Church in the United States. He will be instructed to look out for the! finances of American Cn tholicsism, and that IhroiiKh his efforts the deficit of $2,000.tm which now confronts the Vat ican will be covered. This information reached Washington recently through official and private advices. The appointment of an American cardinal is regarded as extremely im portant, in that it embodies the views of the entire American hierarchy. He will mingle, as far as is consistent with the dignity of his office, with all the members of the American society eircules. both official and resident. So far the dispatches show that the candidates considered for the appolnt- ment are Archbishop Farley ot New i York City, Mgr. Dioniedo Falconlo, the . papal delegates, a registered voter and the only American citizen in the pon tifical diplomatic service. '.Whether the promotion of Mgr. Fal conio would be regarded as a strictly American appointment is not made clear. Great pressure is being brought to bear to have a young man appoint ed to the cardinalate. This influence is exerted too, In behalf of either a Jesuit or a Domlcan. , It is possible that two Americans may be made cardinals and this is the case, Mgr. Falconio will be one of them. Cardinal Gibbons has said he w'll be glad to have a collegue in this city, explaining that thete is enough work to be performed her for even more than two cardinals. Mr; Falcon io, who Is sixty-seven years of age, came to the United States In 1860 and was naturalized eight years afterward. At the election of 1S72 ho voted for-President Grant. v FOOTBALL ABOLISHED. Georgetown University Has Abolished tho Game. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, Nov. 18 The first to take a radical step against football, Georgetown University haa abolished the game. The faculty put it under the ban "until such time as the rules exclude all possibility of danger to life and limb." That football is a thing of the past today at Georgetown is due to the death of rcher Christian, the Univer- death of Archer Christian, the Univer- on the Georgetown field last Satur day. - Condensed Milk Kills.' (By Leased Wrie to The Times.) Providence, R. I., Nov. 18 Con densed milk, which was infected with bacteria enough to kill half a dozen grown persons Is. declare! by the health authorities to have been the, cause of death of twenty-two infants i in the Myrtle Baby Home, East Pro v-j idence, since June 17. 6K LU. q COBLE CASE BEING TRIED IN GUILFORD Father and Brother-in-Law of Simpson Coble Now on Trial COURTHOUSE PACKED Tremendous Crowd Hearing Trial of Hiram Elliott and an Coble For .Murder of Kinsman, Simpson Coble Evidence Hliows Remarkable Slnto of Affairs Fight, Which Re suited in Murder, Happened at lllockiulo DiHtlllery in Greene TownshipDan Coble- Swears He is Innocent of the Miu-det- of His Son. (Special to The Times) Greensboro, Nov. IS All of yes terday was consumed in talcing evi dence in the preliminary hearing of Hiram Elliott and Dan Coble, charged with the murder of Simpson Coble in Greene township last Tuesday morn ing, an adjournment being taken at 5:,!0 until today at 9:.10, with Dan iel Coble, father of the dead man on the stand as the first witness for the defense. Every inch of space in the court room was occupied throughout the day, there being fully 500 citizens from Greene township present. Most of the day was consumed by the state, Judge Shaw announcing at 4:30 that, tho state would rest, and Colonel Barrlnger immediately placed Dan Coble upon the stand, - The evidence presented by the pros ecution showed a remarkable state of facts for a community so thickly set tled as t he one in which the crime was committed. The testimony of the witnesses introduced by the prosecu tion showed that a blockade still was being run on, Daniel Coble's Jand and that Henry Holt and John! Amick were operating the plant jointly and dividing the profits from the sale of whiskey. As rent for the land Dan Coble was getting half a gallon of whiskey, while Hiram Elliott received a quart a day for watching and see ing that the revenuers did not run upon the operators without warning. On Tuesday, tln day of the mur der, a number of people were at the still, some remaining most of the day and all drinking beer freely, but none got drunk. Late in the after noon Hi. Elliott and his brother-in-law. Simp. Coble, had a quarrel be cause Elliott persisted in teasing Simp, about his father getting mar- mu at i years or age. Simpson and his father had fallen out by reason of mis coming marriage and it was a sore spot, with him. Elliott brought the matter up again, saying that Simp, would have a now mother next Sunday, the day set for the marriage, whereupon Simp, cussed him out. Elliott got. very angry, declaring he would not take such a cussing from any man and went to his house, a short distance away, carrying a rifle with him and returning with a pota toe hoe. Later he left and Simpson followed him, the fight which re sulted in Simpson's death taking place a short distance from the still. A strong chain of circumstantial evidence has been woven around the two defendants and it is freely pre dicted that they will be held for court without bond. Later in the afternoon the defense placed ' Daniel Cobley father of the dead man, on the stand and his cross examination was in progress when ad journment 'was taken until today. Coble was exceedingly nervous, showing considerable emotion in de scribing the events that led up to the finding of his son's body in a 20-foot gully the morning after the crime was committed. He declared that he was as innocent of the murder of his son as a man in New York. During the cross-examination coun sel for the State' and defense engaged in a number of sharp tilts regarding the competency, of testimony, coun sel for state charging the defense with trying to play upon the feeling of the court when the witness told of his years' of service in the Confederate army and his fame as a fiddler. At 5:30 an adjournment was taken until today at 9:30. k Hundred Thousand Dollar Fire. : Low,ell, Mass., Nov. 18 A loss of $100,000 was caused by a fire in the Davis & Sergent Lumber Company's mill on. Middlesex, street,' early- this I morning. The blase was fought by 1 411 in are apparatus in tne cuy, RALEIGH Ml BADLY HURT BY FALUN Fell From Painter's Platform to Floor and Fractured His Skull f CASE IS HOPELESS a B. W. Harris, Who Say Raleigh His Home, Perhaps Fatally Injur ed in Fail at West Iu rham Un able to Locate Hie Family Here Wife Beater Given Chase by Dor ham Officer Retailer Up Before tho Recorder's Court Mr.: Acre to Go to India Methodist Stew nrds Appointed. Durham, N. C, Nov. 18 R. W. Harris, a white painter, working on the new Erwin cotton mill at West Durham, was perhaps fatally Injur ed yesterday morning by falling from the painter's stage to the floor below and fracturing his head. The drop was fourteen feet and he fell with .full weight upon the right side of hie skull. Workmen about him picked him up and bore him to medical aid, later taking him to the Watts Hos pital, where an operation was per formed with but the smallest Bhow of relief to the Injured man. Before he went under the anaesthetio Dr. B. U. Brooks questioned him as to his residence and family. He spoke con cusedly but described bis homo In Raleigh at the intersection Of Tar boro and some other street which, the physicians later - looked np, -T--streets which he mentioned parallel rather than cross and his location of his home did not help in finding his mother and his brother, J. W. Har ris, both of whom he said live in Ral eigh. ". ' - The operation at the Watts Hos pital' revealed a fracture that is al most hopeless. Besides the break of the bones in the head, there are pos sibly other injuries to the body and at midnight the patient was uncon scious and apparently, improving none. He is in a desperate condi tion. Nobody knows how he came to fall but it is supposed that it was one ot the unaccountable accidents. The workman's position was not regarded as necessarily perilous. Mr. Harris had been here but a short time. Further than his two relatives in Raleigh, nothing is known of his family. He is fifty-six years of age and is unmarried. The West Durham people up to 11 o'clock last night had not succeeded in find ing any friends or relatives who could give information as to his fam ily or his past life. The fire companies were called out early last night to the residence of Rev. G. T. Adams, near Trinity Meth- , odist church. The blaze was not a very sizable one and was kicked out before the firemen reached the house, though the fire created some excite ment that was still burning when the smoke, even, had ceased to issue. There was no need of the hose and it wasn't unwound. The Durham officers created con sternation in certain quarters last night when Patrolman Chandler started out to rapture John Colley, who was charged with beating his wife. The negro has a reputation for fleetfootedness that the officers re membered quite well and when Chan dler saw him, the negro returned the glance and pulled oft his hat. They had it hot through the streets and the policeman pulled his gun for effect It had it, made the negro take off a' second or two to the hundred yards; and he escaped. The fellow had beaten his wife, as is his wont, and seem to have whipp ed her along the strets, marking her severely. He is one of the fellows who Is always wanted and is rarely at home when a call is made. The recorder's court yesterday had the retailers tap and while exPOf llceman W. H. Ferrell was acquitted; Monroe Hall, his assistant in the business, was convicted and sentenc ed to ten months pn the road. The defendant appealed from the Judgment and his bond was fixed at 3 00. He gave it speedily. The -chief witness agalnkt him was Officer Bish op,, who testified that he saw tho transaction in whloh a half pint ot corn whiskey' was. exchanged for IS - cents and the booee went undet the counter, while the money came ove it. The officer searched the Dtfrcnm- i - 'Orand,fonndjtttirh'nike.;-V'''-:? ' " Ferrell owned the place? - Ifwa vvuuuiw ou 4 age oiig at. j :