North Carolina Newspapers

.ft ,j , ..-J DbU&liliriJClNe,UPiTIONv IN "?HEClTY;OF RALEIGH" OF ANY. OTHER NEWSPAPER. '' :f. - E3TAELISIIED 1871 EALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY, 1T0VEMBEE 19, 1909. peiccJ f cz:n3 r . . j v. ."'v'li LAGT - EDITiri; 'J 4 i ANOTHER DIG EXPLOSION Deep Rcnblicg Socsd In Kline .apes Pc Among the Rescuers TIIE TUNNEL BLOCKED Despite the . Danger Crew of Men at One Descended Into the Mine to Investigate and Found That a Fresh Cave-In of Serion Propor tions Had Oocnricdi-.(Will Necessi tate New WmbeHng and the Work of Removing the Oodles is Further 'Pat Off Crowds of Women Be main Standing OntaMe the Mine, Deiolaie tkf Thetf Ortef. (By-tiettMari 'fc,.TJwt Tiroes.) tirty Il8. jijov. 19 Panic gell ed the firemen til the mat shaft of the wrecked 8f.': Puiil coal ,tnine in which scores of dead are entombed today whe deep rumbling vioond beneath their fee. and .a- shaking of the earth indicated that another gas explosion had occurred. A crew- of mine firemen ;had Juat returned from below after to hours hard work; fighting lire in ithe west end of the mine, where all the tim bering is ablaie, and( still burning fiercely. . ,' -i''. . . ' Despite the danger a new crew at once descended and' is a short (Une news was sent up that i fresh ecve-in - of serious tooloM had ,4ftttWU la the weM end of the srst ieaa., Hundred of tons ,. of debris ..and charted" timber- haij'jyioct: he " tunnel, necessitating, sew Umbering before the; men. aonld nter wltjlt ny degree of afey' tombera were pre pared and U wait believed that a good part of the wor could be dona today. The Conditions found in the mine last night' afeY entrance to the lev els had been made through fire and Bmoke were such as to preclude the' possibility of bringing out mor bod ies tt that time. ' 7 , Dead men were found lying about , everywhere, many of them' pinned under fallen timbers and masses of rock. " ,.: " . The official announcement was made that the fire might be so far under control as repairs in the drifts sufficiently advanced by noon today to permit the raising of bodies to the , surface. ' - - It is not believed that the mine will be sealed again until the last of the bodies have been 'recovered. Crowds of women remained stand-! ing outside the -military, patrol Jine until long after midnight. Military officers passed among them urging that they -got some steep, . as the actual removal of -bodies would, not begin until today. In small groups the. women turned toward their des olated homes; but there were still some watting at 4 .- m. v ' . After the fire has been extinguish ed it will be necessary to pump out the bottom, which is flooded with water. v ' ''.-' .' - ' While ther meft engaged i below ground are attder. orders no to talk, of what they find there; It U- known that scores of bodies have been seen, most of them maimed in one ay or ; another that identification Will be a matter of much difficulty. v ' ; After almost a week of ceaseless effort, the first nodr was recovered from the mine late last evening. It was that of Ole Frieborg, ?S years old, and ho-., had evidently - been scalded to deaths Frleborg was a ' eager, and the body was identified by it peculiar pair bf spiked shoes which he wore. . A desperate rush that caused alarm was precipitated by the findlng.of JTteborg's body. As soon as the dead man had been placed in a Red Cross' ambulance and a start had been 'made: for the town hall, the news spread like magic to every part of the town V An instant later, it seemed men, women . and children came over the bills from every direc tion mothers with -babies; i their arms; small children dragging or carrying smaller ehtldren. . Straight to the. little brick build ing they rn;-tiuiiMlng,::''v4aUing, gasping for breath, pale with appre hension, eaoh fearing the identlfica- tion. -' - ; - :"v x j ' ' When tlii. body'was. Identified as that of .Frleborg, a single man, the long procession of widows and or phans turned and walked away. The Inspectors who found the body of Frleborg declared that ha was ly ing on his face and hid ' evidently crawled a considerable distance to -reach the air shaft. here he bad J - (CewtHttted oa Fage Tro.1 - : Rescuers at Cherry Hill Mine jjf mm&$ 4 k -' v?Ky-''f 7 ;T'c i U-ji--, " ' f I fteseMis' adjastinig the oxygen mines a.hrry.Hill, Ul.; where 800 S0 worn for the purpose of avoiding, (Mgauenes or mine after a nr explosion., v v.vv - . . FIGURE-IIEAD HERE Also General Patterson's Coach Arrived for the Hall ofHistory Figure-head of the. U. S: Crniser Ral eigh; Has Arrived and Will be Placed in the Hall of History Gen. Patterson's Coach Came This Morn ing Figure-head of the Crniser North Carolina Expected Every Day. ...'... The large brass figure-head of the second-class cruJSer Raleigh, which has been secured, largely through the efforts of Col. Fred A. Olds, for "the Hall of History, arrived here yester day. - "! The figure-head, which is of solid brassy came in sections, and will be set up as soon as the wood Supports can be . arranged. It has . a total weight of 4,180 pounds, and- is of beautiful design. The center pieces is the coat of arms of the United States, consisting of a shield and an eagle,; the' eagle holding an olive branch in one talon and a bunch of arrows In the other. This is sur rounded with,, massive scroll work and the prominent portions of the figure head aro -gilded,' presenting a hand some apparance'. : .jieTllgarhenof the "cruiser North Carolina is expected every day, and will be. mounted at the side of that of the; Raleigh,. . ; These elaborate' figure-heads were used on the Warships, but the war department has issued orders to have them removed, as they would furnish a shining mark, for the t enemy, the size and the brightness making them easy to pick Op. by searchlights, They were used when the ships wore the white, dress of peace, but since this paint ' has .been replaced by a dark color, in order to make the vessels harder . to be seen by an enemy, the bright head-pieces have also been discarded. - ' ' ; ;, The Patterson coach arrived here this morning and will 'be placed in the Hall of History, along-side the famous La '.'Fayette, coach. This coach was the-one used by General Samuel Patterson, and is about 65 years old. -' t- "i ( " - " . '"- These additions to the Hall of His tory will be of great interest to all North Carolinians, and, as was said before, Colonel Olds deserves great credit for securing these interesting and valuable relics. ; Snow In New York. (ByXeased.Wrie to The Times.) . New York; Nov.. 19-VThe first real snow of the season fell here today when . the storm : which has - swept from the west hit dotham. . helmets before entering the bnrnine miners 'were entombed. Thmn mu tit poisonous goees which prevail In . I .. 1, . t I . J ANNUAL MEETING Associated Charities' Annual Meeting Sunday Dec. 12. Meeting Will be Hteld in IJirftt Presby terian Chnrch at 8:80 O'clock in the Afternoon- of the Second Sun day in December Several Brief Addresses Will be Made. At 3:30 . o'clock, on the afternoon of the second Sunday in December the annual meeting of the Associated Charities will be held at the First Presbyterian church. The pastor1 of the church, Rev. W. McC. White will Invite the other ministers of. the, city 1 to be present, and some pfWm will take part in the servicpi, ' . V ex-Governor ChAcw B. Aj cock, Rev. WynnejnMrt'S. t; Fulleii. ; tfe; mO, be a attratjUvs rausi- program under ths. directlon of Mi Leo D. Reartrf ;who has been named as chHivman pf tne committee on music . Tho singing will be by the 'members of the various church choirs of the city. These annual meetings of the As sociated Charities are of great in terest and value, as reports are inade of. the work done during the pre ceding twelve months. . ' , THE TIMES' CONFERENCB REPORTS. For the benefit of ' The Times' subscribers and those.. who will want the paper Con- O ference week, the editor do- 8 sires to say that he has so- - cured Mr. C. W. Hunt, of Charlotte, for a special re-. , 8 porter for. The Times during. the session, and this paper 8 will give a full report of all 8 that is done, the same day 8 reaching Tho Times readers 8 oh the . usual fast, schedule.;., 8 Added to the full proceed- 8 8 V ings we have the promise of n $ , a number of photos for illus- 8 8 tratlng the personnel of the 8 8 V body. The paper will be 8 8 sent anywhere the mall goes 8 8 the whole session : for. 10. 8 8 cents. Our readers will re- 8 8 member Mr. , Hunt's former' -. 8 8 conference reports for four 8 8 years past, as well as his re- 8 8 ports of the last, legislature. 8 8 jtt3388$$$$8$$8888 I UNCLE SAM IS ON THETRAIL OF ZELAYA Thousands of Men and Women Have Been Thrown in Prison by toe Ruler HUNDREDS EXECUTED President of Nicaragua Has Dungeons Filled With Prisoners, Where They Are Subjected to Every Kind of Tortura Known to Man Kcla.vn u - Ptirhliiiir tn Itatnin HIk Cnnktti n..i! f i Ha Armited , Evef-y(uo Who-is WIUi Revottrtlonwt I'niHH hi ; i (tovernment Will Take a Ila.iu as 'Soon As Warship Rench Scene of Atrocities. Washington, Nov. 19 The cruiser Des Moines and tho gunboat Vicks burg, American' naval vetssels ordered to Nicarnuga following the execution of the two Americans, Cannon and Grace, are racing for that country to day in an effort to save "the lives of nearly 2,000 men and women, pris oners of President Zelaya. Uncle Sam is on the trail of Zelaya, the trouble-maker of Central America and he will find himself in a trap, as the warships will appear on different sides of the Nicaraguan coast. They Will exact full penalty of Zolaya for his deeds. , The- government officials today would make no direct admission that one of the purposes of the United States indlng warships. tiUMcMaH gua was to rescuyr rrom prisons mere hundreds of prisoners who have been subjected to terrible ' torture by agents of Zelaya, nevertheless such is the case. Private dispatches received here tell of horrible vengeance taken by Zelaya's orders. Not only is Zelaya reported to hftve executed 500 men summarily, including two Americans, but he has at his mercy fully 1,800 men and wo men who were seized when the Es trada revolt broke out. These,, con fined in loathsome dungeons, are daily submitted to tortures equal to those of the Spanish inquisition. With the Des Moines and the Vicks- burg hurrying to Nicaragua and, the revolutionists ;; recognised ' by ; the United States, Wocktts! Greytowa, of ficials here fear tl ui Belaya wl,ll com plete his reiga of terrojf-rexe(Hting all his prfsonew- Ik the American war esfuls arn(ve bsfore the execu tion, it is bevjwr tbat. -Zelaya will fear ta act. Frost ttw Starter of refugees from ttasafSsT sndrther points which Ze- Isvahas Mutfle his strongholds at. va- addresse ivtou t)n8 l"rlnS the progress of the uprising, it is clear tnat the presi dent has seldom awaited proof of his suspicions. Hundreds of men have been thrown ;into .over-crowded pris ons, and many of them shot, merely on the strength of his belief that they were secretly in sympathy With Es trada's rebellion. Executions have been conducted daily and by the wholesale. The searching of the homes of suspects has been an every day occurrence. Not even women have escaped from this monsterseek lng to retain his grip on the land. There has been a steady exodus of refugees to Panama and Costa Rica, and all have told the same story, ac cording to the dispatches in the hands of the officials of the govern- ment there. The recognition of -the P? Injunction case, was upheld by rebels by Washington would speedily tnfll federation In convention today, be followed by a similar course by Te report of the committee on the other powers, it was declared today, president's report was enthuBiasti Greytown, where there Is a force of eally adopted. This committee in 1,000, followers of Zelaya, is block- dorsed the position taken by the lead aded today "by the Estrada followers, i ers who now face Jail terms. The provisional government of the j The report declared that the case rebels is in control of a vast part of should be carried to the United States the country, and Zelaya Is fighting to fupreme court and that funds should retain. his capital, Managua. . FEDERAL COURT AGAIN CONTINUED . , -?' )' . J Oils' Federal court which was to have convened her December 14th, has been continued until some time insanitary the exact date to be announced later, Th court bas been continued from its rea-ulir data Until December 14th on HT ',,? tS ft Mngr. with the court or appeal m Richmond. It ha been found that that. iiv um M-kl to hold to Raleigh. court o. December, 14th, and today it was announced tlouanca vnUl soma time m January, j Mme. Steinheil Still in Trouble ' C I w 'I'"" ' s ' ' "' fm! Jim A ; -tl Mme. Steinheil from an artistic skotcli made in court during her re cent trial in Paris. Mine. Stefnlicil's troubles didn't end with her acquitol on the chni-ge of murder. Frederick H. Burlington, the American, whose red beared led to false identification, has brought suit for $8,000, and Conlllnrd, the valet, who Mas also falsely arrested, says he will bring suit for l?n,000. American FEDERATION BEHIND THEM Federation of Labor Declares Case Shall be Carried to Highest Court COMMITTEES REPORT Gompew, Mitchell, mid Morrison Are UpheiHlby Federation of Labor, Who Endorse Posh Ion Taken by Leaders Roport of Committee Says, "When a Court Empowers It self to Issue Injunction to Enforce Criminal Law it Invades Domain of Personal Rights" Officers Will be Elected Tomorrow Gompers Will Probalily be President An other TeiTn. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Toronto, Ont, Nov. 19 The al leged contempt of court committed by President Gompers, Vice-President. Mitchell, and Secrelary Morrison, of tho American Federation of Labor, In e Bucks Stove and Range Com De raiseo tor tnat purpose. The report, which was adopted with a cheer, says: "When the court arrogates to it self the power to issue injunctions for the purpose of enforcing criminal law It invades the domain of personal I rights in a manner for which there can be no -excuse, except that the court thereby becomes the Sole Judge of the law and the fact ana, If the parties enjoined are declared guilty of contempt, the extent of the pnnlsh- ment. All of which Is in direct viola- nd the Anglo-Saxon; concept of K m nsnrt " v iha MnwnifAn , The business of tha convention is well cleared tip and the interest pow eon-centers in the election, to be held td- , " XvbnnW Ws rage Two.) ' PRESIDENT SPEAKS FOR BIGGER NAVY Key To His Naval Policy The Better Fortification of Hampton Roads GREAT TAFT DAY Favors Ituilriing Fort, in the Centre of the Entrance to Chesapeake Bay and Would Make it as Im pregnable as Gihraltnr Policy Should Be Recognized in All Naval Appropriations Every Waterways Project Should bo Considered on its Merits as a National Improvement. Every Appropriation Should be Considered as an Investment of the Nation. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Norfolk, Va Nov. 19- President Taft declared for a greater navy to day before the clt Izens -of Norfolk and the delegates to the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Convention. He said that the key to his naval policy was the fortification of Hampton Roads to the point where it would be as impregnable as Gibraltar. To do this, he declared, it would be neces sary to establish a great fort in the center of the channel between Fort ress Monroe and the Virginia shore. He declared Chesapeake Bay was the greatest strategical rendezvous in the United States and should be treated as such in the naval appropriations. In regard to deeper waterways on the Atlantic coast President Taft said: "I am not in favor of distributing the millions for deeper waterways piecemeal, giving a little to this sec tion and a little to that, but I be lieve every project should be consid ered on its merits as a national im provement and not upon the benefit It will give to a comparatively small section.. Every appropriation we make should bo considered as an in vestment of the nation, and should be expected to yield national divtf dends." Sailors from the warships Minne sota, Virginia, and Nortn Carolina, marines,' and' the--Virginia 4 mnia (Continued on Page Two-) ". METHODISTS 1 HAVEAMOST BUSY SESSIDH Work of the Western Nerti Carolina Conference f.Isv ing With Dispatch THE ORPHANS' HOLIE Reports From All the InstitaUonal Schools Show Them to be in Fine Condition and There Will be . No Change in the Management ( Them Work on the Children's Home Has Begun in Earnest The Epworth League Anniversary. Notes and Stories Told Fino Re ports from Presiding Elders. (Special to The Times) Hickory, N. C, Nov. 18 The see ond days' session of the Methodist Conference waB given over to th passage of the character and heating; the reports of undergraduates, and the hearing of a learned speech front the book edition, Dr. Gross Alexan der, of Nashville, Tenn. ' . Rev. M. T. Smathers, a young mln ' ister, was discontinued at his own re- ' quest on account . of sickness, and Rev. P. C. Battle was referred for superannuation, his health being pre carious. v The reports from the trustees, o Greensboro and Davenport Female) ' Colleges and Rutherford, WeavervHI and Trinity Colleges, showed;' all these institutions in fine condition, as to attendance, and Greensboro Js now'. wonn 1300,000. There, will box no Jtrsftiifca- -fir .the -inn'ifJW6ni;oBn'" " -'r-nJKs;ir. i The report of the trustees 'Of ithev f,-. Children's Home (the orphanage)'; X ,iv j shows the work there has begun in V earnest and Prof. A. H. Hayes was - ' introduced as the superintendent. I Thanksgiving and other days are to be made special orphanage days and many ways set in motion to make money grow for orphan children. Rev. J. P. Rodgers, the field seere- Z tary, will go again to the work. Ho has raised $25,000 the past year. ' The afternoon was given to hear ing the second lecture by Dr. S. A. Steele and at 7:80 Dr. J. C. Kllgo " 'spoke on the educational phase of - the churches work. Few reporters ever made any headway writing after so profound a thinker and this scribe never tried it but once. It goes with out saying, that Dr. Kllgo made good. Epworth League Anniversary. Wednesday night was given over , ' to the celebration of Epworth League anniversary, and the exercises wero " in charge of Rev. A. T. Bell, the en-"" ergetlc minister and president of the '" Epworth League board of the con- ference. The exercises consisted of - ' religious devotion, the reading of ne cessary reports and the set address by Dr. S. A. Steele, there being pres ent a great throng, composed Of tho conference and the townspeople. The comference trio, composed of Revs. E. Myers, J. H. West and B. K. McLarty, contributed largely to the pleasure of the evening by Singing "Peace, Peace, Wonderful Peace." They sing most sweetly. Dr. S. A. Steele's Address. Dr. S. A. Steele was. introduced by the president and spoke on the- early Work of Methodist ministers in Amer ica. Dr. Steele has a reputation as a speaker that covers the church con- ' -nection, and his address at this ser vice was timed and prepared to in terest all, starting out by saying tho ' old Methodist circuit rider was nt longer in our midst, but he had left ' ' his impress upon the world as among the true makers of America, as was ? said by President Roosevelt. Dr-. ' :, Steele followed these men, former ages through many mazes show their fidelity to God to the church and to 1 -saving of souls. He paid : glowing tribute to these early men, rafelng many hearty amens from the minis ters present, as he invited the good things that clung to these- men to re main as a blessing to the present day; ."', church. : . -. Without attempting a synopsis ,Of ' so learned an address, Dr. Steele ear-, ' ried his audience through many ' ' fields of eloquence as he described one after another of the illustrious -pioneers of the first American minis- ' ' , ters. - " ' ' ' Notes-Stories toidt . ,": ' " It has been given out in the sec- ular press that Wmston-Salem would ask strongly for the next meeting at . ' the conference, from' the fact that It is about the time for return of th) - ,; body to that good city, but especial! ' v for the- reason that- , tho l6caUo of (Continued on Fags TwoJ -j ntiO':. :;,s- -rmm-'ias v'av, -