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Wcrk cf Reniovisg Bcdb
From the Mine Was too
' Much for Them -
CALL- FOR MORE MEN
Work of Removing Burned and Je-
oomposlnff Bodies Almost Bejroad
Hainan Endarance Workmen
Strike at Women and Volunteers
Are Called for Bnt Slow to Re
podNo (MMrtacie Now to Bring
ing Ont the Uodly Except the If
jicuii y in ueiung men to wont-
Charred ' Bodies of Thirty Men
Were Halved Early Today, ).
klen Found Xllve.
Cherry, 111.. , Nov. 20-'
Twenty men were found, alive
in the St. Paul mine this af
ternoon. o a
Cherry, Ills., Nov. 20 The firemen
and miners employed in the work of
bringing bodies from the St. Paul
mine struck at dawn today, after an
' nouncing that it was impossible to
continue work without oxygen .hel-
mets. The bodies then being brought
to the surface were in a terrible
.condition and work was almost be
yond human endurance. !
Volunteers' were immediately call
ed for and a score of the male rela
tives of miners -entombed in the' mine
ralHed to the support of the Chicago
Jre';omBhyt..un.det Captain Kenney,
or engine company No. to who stock
to It with TiiTMnehiJte : 'n.., -v;
' The difficulty xrt getting men to
continue In work in the ' .poisoned,
drifts angered Captain Kehney,: who
Bhojited as he came to the top of the
shaft:
"Where are all you volunteers
now: you were thick around here be
fore we could get into the mine; now
we can't find you."1
There lfj no obstacle remaining to
bringing but all bodies in the mine.
AU so far found are badly burned, as
well as' blackened with smoke.
The charred and blackened bodies
of thirty men were recovered- early
today. Thirty-six bodies were found
by the fire fighters piled high and on
top of. each other at the end of a
blind gallery of the western gallery
lit the second vein. Hundreds of men
and women tried to Identify the re
mains but failed. 'The southern
drift was explored by members of the
recovery crew .and through the
smoke could be discerned a vast heap
of dead men: lying about among
dead mules and the wreckage of cars.
JFhe crowd that remained at the
mine all night waiting for the cage
to rise bearing Its weight of burned
humanity, increased as the dawn
broke. . :-? . ::':.
, , More than one woman, overcome
by the awful sight,' reeled and 'fell to
the ground and was escorted away to
the troops on guard and was given
aid by the Red Cross nurses. Even
strong meq fled at the terrible. Bight.
The belief that -back in V rift of
the west gallery men who fled at the
time of the fire and walled them
selves in, may be still alive gave add
ed impetus to the work of recovery.
' The heap of debris, and timber
which walled in ;,.a large portion of
the, west gallery ?' was energetically
attacked with pick and shovel.
"When the obstruction was cleared
away the bodies of ten men lay. at
the door-, their faces buried in their
arms. .
It was evident ' that, escape , had
been 'cot off by" the approaching
flames and that the falling timbers
had emtombed them within the drift.
The sentries, guarded,, the shaft
constantly day d flight W
first load of bodies came to the sur
face, the crowd w&lobr had been held
back at the m'iltary Unas, with one
accord, moved toward the mine shaft,
with a, wild, mad -rush; 'Only the
presence of the militia Averted ,a dis
aster. - ,'.-; v':--iwV"--- :,k '-
preparations were made today to
remove the bodies, '' place them In
caskets and turn them over to. the
relatives of friends who. would Iden-
tffy them. , A'
rear was
entertained today rby
rkitig at the scene of
puysiuiauB wormug k me svune m
the disaster that disease might he
communicated , to the hundreds of
men anu women wuu me view we lue
. odles.
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trravu iA023 today
mxsm v
WAS AN ACT
OF SAVAGERY
of the Two Americans
Was Due to Personal
a?;
1 1
hie .charge ,wmutimm
The Men Were Acctmedi ot. Jjtying
Minerf to Mow Up Nicangnan War-
ships Wre Tried -by Court Mar
tial and Executed at Tfllayfc's Com
inand. Although Army Official
Opposed tliex ExecuUon-i-Case Is
Absolutely Cnprecdhted 8Uto
Department Not Satisfied With the
Exptaaatfcm.. d Further : Steps
: (By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Washington, Nov. 20 The etate de
partment this morning received a re
port, from United States Vice CotiAul
Calder, who Is at Managua, 'Nicaragua,
dated 7 o'clock last night which roads
as follows:
"The telegraphic Instructions of No
vember 18, U p.. m. were received No
vember 19, Nlcaraguan. Minister for
foreign affairs has informed me today
that the Americans were executed on
November 12,' at 10 al m., stating that
they had confessed to laying mines In
the v Ban Juan river with the object
of blowing up Nioaraguan ships; that
they were tried by court martial, Sal
amon Selva, acting a prosecuting at
torney,,.;.; v-.;"'v'' 'i
The case is absolutely . unprecedent
ed. The commander-in-chief ofr"-the
Nicataguan army, and the minister ajan.
erftl of- Nicaragua, opposed the etocu-
won.v it was croerea "uy-- iTestdent
SSelaya, notwithstanding this and. due
undoubtedly .; to . personal : antagonism,
although 'Cannon had -been jnveived In
revolutions against' : the Nicaraguan
government, lawyers here who have
been ''consulted have asserted that the
execution was unwarrantable savagery.
Letters to the families of the deceased
have been kept for evidenc."
It Is known that the state depart
ment does not feel satisfied with this
explanation. It . is not improbable
thtt-t further important action will be
taken, me answer nas been reoeivea
and it is understood that it substanti
ally covers the points in the dispatch
received from the United States civil
consul at Managua. The department
has not announced when it will make
public the letter received from the le
gation. It is said that President Zelaya's
-grudge against Cannon is due to some
action that Salvador took against Nlc.
aragua In which Cannon took part.
A Land of Murders. -
. Washington, Nov. 20 Secretary Knox
last night received from Panama a
dispatch signed by Charles Salvador
Chamorro, Marcus Velasquez, and Adan
Canton, whiph may. cause. .the United ,
States to take immediate action In as-,
sistlng the Estrada revolutionists. .
The dispatch is as follows:
"Despotism Zelaya atrocious. Coun
try turned into all, penitentiary. Man.
agua .general horrors where thousands
of cltlxena t are -tortured in order to
wrench off their last -cent. Prisoners
are . starved, flogged, slain. Terror be.
yond description Zelaya hires adven-
turers, the scutt of all nations to serve
Him as executioners and -diplomatic
agents. ' Ires, ' secretary , general of
Zelaya oyernmnt,-murdered his col
league, y'Almtamarano, minister
ot
forelgti relations. By such- men
IS
TTS! If
Uig ito free Nicaragua from this burn
ing- shame. ' Government Costa Rico
tolerates occupation its territory by
trnnnn- Onvfirnment Honduras
is Zelaya's allyi' i .x . :
"We protest, uj, the name or numan-
ity ;and cftlllaatlon; and call on. the
sons of wasnmton ana uncoin 10
synipathise with the oppressed peo- pallot was ordered, there being six
pie pt Nicaragua." : ; nt eiect. There being only
The state department declined to tnlrty.four of the iaymen, their l.al
make any comment on ahe dlspatchi lA -. hut if
" C -m nioti
made It I believed the- department
will take action as will give full re-
poe-nltlon to the Estrada lorces, as
belligerents.
Defense of Wo Avail. 1
Washington, Nov. 20-It Is' said at
the state department today that the
claim of Zelaya's officials that Leon-
ard Grace and Leroy wnnon were w
outad because they ww wr7j'
mite mine, in the f tempt to deetroy
Tdeferisrtor the shoottogTof b! found berths at that
Ek .TJTil'J -.V.:t.
nra and Cannon.
'nmM nv that the
,w,ntng ot river or haror in times of
war against an enemy is in acoraanoe
with the rules of civilized warfare,
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fcALEIQH, N.
tERIODISTS
AGAIN HAVE
FINE SESSION
Dr. J. C Kilgo Discusses the
. Status of Education In N
; This Country
Delegates to the General Confer-
ence - Elected Yesterday Hev.
Charles Py Sherrell Will be Tried
5 on Charges Made Against Him
Clwrch ExtenHitfh Secretary Talks
" Some of e Evidence in the Sher
rlll Cae Conference Will Prob
ably Get Through' and Adjourn
.. Monday and . the Preachers Will
- On p&i to Their Homes.
' (Special to The Times) j
Hickoryi N. C, Nov. 20- Finishing
the morning session yesterday, it was
announced (hat Ir. S. A. Steele
would speak again at 3:30, and at
7:30. Dr. John C. Kllgo would de
liver an educational address. Both
were atrnals for the Catherine of a
large crowd, "flfling the spacious
church till" people, were turned aawy
tZ ai,l'Jl i
v.. ?.vyy U "-s"
the afternoon, and the address was in-
spirlng in every way, as he gave in-
Cldent after Incident of how young
peopla Had been reached and put to
work through, league Influences, A
Dr,
pjuuuD's wvwiAuanu n jwiumau
Steel is a wdwderfuily gifted man,
both as a -Ifospel preacher and plat
form speaker with an experience few
men have had. -.
Dr. Kilgo Speaks.
: The 7:80 service waa m charge of
cwvb.- aM,.aM.oi miy.
chufilT, CTarJotte, and president : of Mader died in agony within a very
the board Of Education in the confer- short time after ho had sampled the
ence. ' . v; . , Ipeiiets.
tii W"4.' nivnn iaaA ''"When the news tf thA nlnt hnil he-
ahd the conference trio, as mentioned" n public, a wave of excitement
yesterday, sang a selection, "The "went the public. Today meetings
Good Old ' Fashioned Way," at the were organized to denounce the Sorv-
Close Of Which Or. Kilgo was present- t-was asserted that tho crisis
ed and nroceedad at once Into thefliS- Wpl,ld becone.to aeute that the gov-
ea ana proceeded at once into unsure ertmntlt wouI1 have alternative but
nuU110 nZfJ? lter ,t8 ta tK Ba,ton8 0ae
th.s country. He told how the gen- more artje.
eral board comes south once a year in This would result in international
Pullman co rs, Sit ddwn to a banquet, -complications and Rustcia and Italv
deplore the-conditions of education, would be '.immediately involved. The
and go back home feeling that they recent, pact made between Osar Nich-
have transformed the educational olas and King Victor Emmanuel for
conditions Of the south with never a the preservation of peace in tho near
thought that the church has any part east 18 one of the most lmPrtat fac-
ln the education of the people, said to ta he ?tnt,,m t??aly: The pills
..f nif their ignorance" and aent to the Austlmn officials were en-
..T.'k nL nI fminda 'Closed ln etteT that the slffna-
With that as a preliminary fOUnda-. tm.e of MfJnapUta FTancls.. most,
tion the doctor proceeded to dilate - trustworthy secret agents of Austria
upon the conditions, giving figures to
show that the churches of thff land,
with 80,000,000 people, were fur
nishing 80 per cent of all the stu
dents in school, and such has been
the history of the churoh and educa
tion, and gave figures to show how
this branch tf the church ' was fur
nlshing a larger per cent, saying that
the churches are at the back of the
educational movement today, rather
than the Pullman car crowd that
break champaign bottles in "some ho
tel dining room, getting inspiration
therefrom. , "
Then with figures he showed how
the church colleges have furnished
and are furnishing the majority of
prominent men of the nation.
Delegates to General Conference.
Pridav mornins's session of tie
conference was another one f real
.,..1. An 1Ana awaw nna
"wake and wide awake. Ten-ihirty
was set as the hour for the election
of delegates to the general confer-
ence to meet in Asheville next May,
land for the first time in the sessjem.
ytne laymen assemmea on uie ien oi
the bishop and the clerical members
jn front and to the right, ana tne nrsi
took six ballots to get the six men.
On the first ballot W. R. Odell. P. 8.
Weaver, ex-Governor W. D. Turner
and J. L. Nelson were elected. Sec-
ona ana tnira Dauois were iruiumo,
with R, L- Durham, C. H. Ireland
and S. A. Odell In the lead. The fifth
ballot landed' C H. Irehfhd and the
sixth found Mr. F. S. Lambeth, who
aa not Deen leading to that time.
With the clerical members there
was a long'and tedious count on the
ar(t ballot, taking nearly two hours
thm, gn(J on, twQ of thfl
time, these
the pastor
here, and Dr.
T. F. Marr, presiding
elder of the Wmston district. Fol-
towing Close ana mickmib uuiy w
Continued on Page Seven.)
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C. SATURDAY, IIOVEITBR 20, 1909.
VIIOLESAtE !
POIXriCAL
MURDER PLOT
HugVlIp in Austrian
GovermentService
LAID TO SERVIANS
r- .s-
Baron Mnder . Dies As a"fWult of
Poison Mailed. nAm Many
Other Officers Receive. Poison la
Shape of Pills, Bnt jf Are Fony
wonted by Death of Iwron Madcn.
plot in Laid to Servians and Meet.
ings Organized Denouncing Them;
Secret Service Med at Work J lay
Cause International Complications
'if Indica'tloiutAre Correct.
Vienna. Nov. 20 A wholesHln politi
cal murder plot, in which the lives of
several of the highest , Austrian offi
cers were imperilled and one was kill
ed, was uncovered today by the death
of Baron Mader. Excitement is W
Jense. The plot Is laid to Servkhe,
and it was predicted today that
Balkan crisis had again been
tho
sol
. name,-
-oione. naron .uaaer a ed early to.
'containing deadly poieon sent to him
through the mails. Similar pills were
gent to na)f dozen other h,gh mltItarv
and olvll offloials. The phK were put
ln the form of sample and appeared
to bo part of an -advorthilna campaign
for a new cure. BaoK of 'fels was a
threatening political plot 0 has do-
sent only to foes of Servla. i
A labratory examination of the pills
made immediately at tho -'instigation of
the foreign offiw, revealed the fact'
that they were filled with one of the
mt deadly-poisons (cnowAiyThe effecM
4hte. iramwKgte; uaVenr
were immediately put on the case. The
quick discovery of the nature of the
pellets, due to Baron Mader's death,
probably saved the lives of many of
the country's leaders. A tiny bit of
the subtle poison would be sumcient to
end life.
In each pill was enough! to cause the
death of a dozen men.
JOSEPH G, CAXXOJT.
Sneaker Cannon, who is bitter at '
Representative Herbert Parsons be-
cause of the accusations he made
some time ago that Vncte Joe-was re-
elected to the speakership through a
deal with Tammany. The Speaker
now favors congressional probe Into
the Sugar Trust fraud's. Parsons'
father was counsel for the late Henry
Ot Havemeyer, '
.-L.: 2 ;QfANY
Representative
Representative Herbert Parsons,
is - f ;
non's re-election to that position was brought about through a combina-
m with Tammany Hall, have so nngerl Cncle Joe that lie proposes to
start a probe In the Sugar Trust. John E. Parsons, lalher of the repre-
wntative ami counsel of the late Henry O. Haveiueyer is already under
Indictment. The recent ''disclosures, however, have impressed Speaker
Cannot, with the Idea that .the opportunity wa
DEATH FROM
FOOTBALL GAME
ty iaseti wire to The Times.)
' : West Orange, N. J., Nov. 20Poilce
fftday began Investigation Into the
death Of Albert P. Wiberalske. the 17
year old boy. whose spine was broken
m a football game vesterdav His in-
markaby smr to
those which caused the death of
Cadet Byrne of West Point and brought
Midshipman Wilson, of Annapolis, near
death, Wiberalske was right half back
on the West Ch ange high school team
which played the. Trinily Chapel team
of New Yorok on the Walesslng Oval,
when he was fatally hurt. One result
f the fatalit- b( e"ort a'
anti-football legislation in this state.
11 was in the second half that the
boy was killed. Wiberalske was given
ti, h,n nnri rn.-ri. it tr ti thi.-tv
yard line. He was tackled low, and
m falling pitched on his head doubling
n tinder his body,
The lad was rushed to the Memorial
Hospital, two miles away in an automo
bile, and was placed on the operating
table. He never
nes9, however.
regained eonscious-
LONNIE MILES
PARDONED TODAY
Governor Kitchin today pardoned
Lonnie Miles, who was sentenced at
the May term of Wake county court to
serve twelve months on the roads for
carrying concealed weapon. The
reasons for pardon are: '
I Police justice and prosecuting at
torney both recommend pardon on the
ground that six months sdr-vice on the
roads Is sufficient punishment' for his
offense. As no aggravating circum
stances appear, I think a less punish
ment inun twelve munins wm swumy
the law, and I therefore, pardon pris
oner. Explosion on Battleship.
(By Cable to The Times)
Portsmouth, Engld Nov. 20 A
battery explosion occurred on board
a submarine In the harbor this
'morning. Two engineer artificers
- were seriously burned and the in
terior of the vessel was badly dam
. aged.
Aged Couple Mnrry.
L,easea wire w ine nmes;
South Hooksett, N. H., Nov. 80
Abyl Cheney, 90 years old, and Mrs.
Eliza J. Martin, 72, were married
last night at the home of the bride,
near Rowes corner. The bride has
a fifteen acre farm" which she will
-fell. She will make her home in
Concord, Va., where her husband has
lived for nearly naif-a century.
OTHER- MkWUPAP.. ;
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TWELVE PAGES TODAY
Herbert Parsons
whose charges that Speaker Can-
ripe for a congi-esslonal
DIED FROM ATTACK
OF HYDROPHOBIA
(By Leased Wile to The Times.)
New York, Nov. 20 Mrs. Goldea
Freilnnder, of Carniel, N. J., who was
taken to IJellevue Hospital with acute
hydrophobia two days ago, died early
today, strapped to her cot and in the
most terrible agony that her attending
physician ever witnessed. Opiates
failed of all effect against the hydro
phobia poison. Her hushnnd was at her
liL-dsldo and was almost driven Insane
at seeing lier tortures.
The woman displayed superhuman
strength, so great was her vitality.
Late last night, when she was In the
last stages of tile disease, she suddenly
burst the bonds that held her to her
cot and sprang up. She darted to the
other end of tho room before the nurses
could stop her and it was only after
four persons struggled with her that
they were able tp drag her back to
the cot. There she was again strapped
down and the bonds held though she
strngled madly. Mrs. Freilander was
bitten October 10 by a pet mastiff.
WINSTON-SALEM
TOBACCO SALES
(Special to The Times)
Winston-Salem, Xov. 20 Approxi
mately 2,010,000 pounds of tabocco
have been sold on the Winston-Salem
market this week, at an average price
of J9.60 per hundred, which, consid
ering he quality of tobacco this year,
Is a good price. Records of long
standing have been smashed. There
has never before been anything like
it in the history of Winston-Salem.
Since Monday there have been hund
reds of wagons here and the ware
housemen have had to work as they
never had to before.
By actual count one day there were
S29 tobacco wagons here. Secretary
J. S. Kuykendall, of the board of
trade, has estimated that about 40,-!
000 tobacco wagons visited this city
last season. Coupled together like
railroad cars, they would have made
a string 122 miles long, and with the
usual distance between they would ;
have mado a string nearly 500 miles i
long.
Fire Started by Cigarette.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
San Francisco Cal., Nov. 20 A
fire, supposed to have been started
by a cigarette. fro.m, a skater at the
ColiseUm consumed that building this
morning and licked tip eleven adjoin
ing .houses. The loss was ,1150,000.
The Coliseum janitor is reported
missing.
LAO'
EDITS
price! 0 czxta
ELLIOTT IIAS
CONFESSED:
IHELIURDi
Hiram Elliott Makes Parted
Confession in Which Hj
Says He is the Man
SAYS SELF DEFENSE
Hiram Elliott Says He is the Guilty
Man and That Don Coble, Father
of the Murdered If an, is 'Innocent.
Thought for Several Day That He
Would Break Down and Confess
Elliott Will Plead Self-defense
Young Sign Painter Released
Parents of Thirteen-year-old Boy
.Will Sue Hospital for Performing
Autoywy. .
(Special to The Times) .
Greensboro, N. C Nov. 20 "You.
can turn old man Dan aloose and
then you will have the right man in
jail," was the practical admission of
guilt made by Hiram Elliott yester
day afternoon in a conversation with
Deputy Sheriff Crutchfleld at the jail.
Elliott, along with his father-in-daw,
was committed to Jail without ball
after a preliminary hearing Thursday
for the murder of Simpson Coble' in
Greene township laBt week and since .
the trial he has appeared,, to , be jn
great distress and it was freelyj pre
dicted that it would not be long'-h-fore
he made a clean breast of every
thing. The rumor that Elliott feftd
made a partial confession wai veri
fied by county officials late thte af
ternoon, they saying that Elliott had ,
completely exonerated Daniel Coble
from any connection with- the Actual,
killing of Tiler son, though he adhtftt
that the old man was aware all along
that he was the man who struck the
fatal blow. While it could not he
verified It is generally believed tl(at
Elliott claims that Coble was advanc
ing upon him with an open knife
when the fatal blow was struck and
that his plea will, be self defense.
George S. Dodson ,the young white
man who was arrested several days
ago upon the charge of attempting to
alienate the affection of the wife. Of
Edward Wertley, of Charlotte, was
discharged from custody yesterday,
the city attorney announcing in mu
nicipal court that he would take a
nol pros in the- case. Wertley came
here last Monday and after going to
police headquarters and - surrender
ing two pistols made the charge
against Dodson, declaring that unless
he was locked up and punished he
would kill him. The police had no
trouble in locating Dodson, but the
investigation since his arrest did net
disclose evidence which was consid
ered sufficient to convict the young
man.
It was learned here yesterday that
the parents of Chester Riley, a thirteen-year-old
boy from Haw River,
who died in a local hospital last
week, were contemplating bringing a
snit against the doctors who , per
formed the autopsy on the body of
the boy without first obtaining per
mission from the relatives. The boy
died after a sudden attack of -peritonitis,
and it is alleged that the doc
tors performed the autopsy in order
to find out if there were other com
plications .the operation being per
formed after death had taken place.
An effort was .. made by a Times
representative to find out If any of
the doctors who performed the au
topsy had been notified of the suit,
but all who could be found refused
to make any statement in connection '
with the matter. '
Moroccan War Ended.
(By Cable to The Times)
Madrid, Nov. 20 The Moroccan
war is practically at an -end. It was
declared today that General Marina,
in command of the Spanieh force,
reched an agreement almost' 'Com
plete in his conference with 4he rep
resentative of the Kabyle chiefs -yesterday
and no further trouble is look
ed for. This is an Important victory
for the new cabinet, formed after the
Ferrer case had reached Its climax.
Hill Returns to Post,
(By Leased Wire to The Times.) i
Washington, Nov. 20 After alx
weeks' vacation in Rochester, N. V..
and this oity, Ambassador David
Jayne Hill will return to tibia post In i
Berlin a week from today. Wr. HIH
bad been absent from this coantry
two years and returned to visit fsia
tives and attend to personal buajp .
ness, ..
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