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The Weather PAIR; RALEIGH, N. C.; SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1910. LAST EDITION. PRICE 5 C2NT3 Double the Number of Paid Subscribers in ; the City of Raleigh of Any 6&:z, Newspaper. ESTABLISHED 1876 mm- TRAPPED lil : FACTORY FIRE "'''I'.' ' - , 'i! ' : ' " "' '' .'-.-.v .- Flakes Sweep Thresh New ark Box Factcry With Ter ribly Fatal Results urn "are dead One Hundred Girls Were in Factory When the Fire Waited and it Thought That as Many as Thirty Them host Their Lives Forty Of the Girls Jumped From the Win (lows and Many of These Were Ser : ioiisly Hurt Flames Spread Rapidly That They Were Keyond All Control Before the Firemen Reached the Scene Building Was Destroyed. ' .: ( By Leased Wire to The Times.) . Newark, N. J., Nov. 26 Trapped In an inferno of flame, four hundred men and girls fought for their lives when the six story manufacturing building at High and Orange streets was-destroyed by tire today. The -, blaze is believed to have been start ed when a live cigarette stub was thrown among waste paper on the first floor, occupied by the Newark Paper Box Factory. : By noon fifteen bodies had been re covered, 30 were missing and 75'yl'c Urns, many of them believed to be v mortally wounded, lay in the two ... Many of the thirty missing arebe- . Moved to have., lost their lives when u the tipper floors clashed throngh to the basement. At the height of the Are three Ro- . man Catholic priests fought their way past the police into the burning structure and while the flames roar ed about them and falling glass and limbers crashed on every side, ad ministered the last rites to the dying. The destroyed building was a ver . itahle fire trap, being of frame con- . struction with only one fire escape Upon this the frenzied girls, and several men, flung themselves. Most of those whose bodies have been re covered were hurled from the fire es cape by the struggling crowds and were crusaea. 10 ueaui on me pave ments. . .".-.'-,, Chief Astley declared that a rigid Investigation, to be followed by ar rests would be made. "Why that building was permitted to stand Is a mystery to me," said the chief. "'My - men were powerless RIOTOUS SCENES IN (By Cubit! to The Times.) Berlin, Nov. 26 .Riotous scenes were enacted In the Reichstag today when Herr Lutmdoui', a socialist member, made a bitter atack on the kaiser. Hisses and oaths came from .the gov ernment's aide of the house when the socialist member,-after ridiculing the emperor's pretensions to divine right, declared that the monarch's recent pub lic utterances not only were In ex ecrable, taste but were little short of tin .Insult to the', 'intelligence, of 'all Germans who. have the true Interests of the nation at heart.' The- other socialist members wildly applauded Herr Labadoiir's strictures and the din was terrific as the various mictions tried to overwhelm each oth er with noise. Several of the more ex treme, members almost came to blows beforo prder was restored. Hiclutid T.: Wilson Deud. (By Leased Wire to The Times) , New York, Nov. 26 Richard T. Wilson, of the banking firm' of R T. Wilson & Co., and" one of America's best known millionaire financiers, J I 1 . 1.1.. - . , i a uieu ui rum avcoue oome ai A Vclock this morning. He was 79 Wears old. Mrs Cornelius Vander- 1 1 i J , 1 1 ".....! . , . . 1. . l. wuu Ullo. UVUgU- tors of Mr. Wilson, were at the bed side. Mr. Wilson's fortuno is esti mated at more than $20,000,000 and he was a director in more than a scoro of railroad nud, indimtrlul cor ..-J , " v Mrs. Bessie Hunt, who four months iiuo h.im djvoivcd u'uliii Ui ilit Hunt, the millionaire "Tui-eiitliie liln" of Ambc.Vs, en ilmijjeB of intlinary with I'rince Teilieinladlt lV, cousin oi the (Var of IJnssia, bin viln has filed a counter suit for divorce usinst her Imsbiuul. Slu (lccliiicx Hint she luis evidence which JuMilics lier in askin-v that (lie pioeiclim;s be a);ain ojiened. Those poor girls were killed and maimed in a fire trap." At 3:30 this evening 4 3 bodies had been recovered from the ruins. Details of Fire. Newark, N. J., Nov. 26 One hun dred girls were trapped by -flames in a box factory at High and Orange streets, here today and half un hour after the flames brokeout Fire Chief Astley declared that at leant thirty of them had been killed. The build lng was destroyed. The fire broke out shortly after 8 o'clock this morning and spread so rapidly among the combustible ma terials in the six story building tuat before the firemen were on the scene flames were pouring from the win dows and the building was envelop ed in smoke. Forty of the girls jumped from windows and many of them received serious injuries.' Several were fatal ly injured. The flames made such headway upon the paper and btaer inflammable materials in the. building that it was a roaring, seething fur nace before the firemen got fully into action. Four alarms were turned in and by the time the firemen arrived the flames were shooting fromvthe-'winr dows .while girls, hystericaal foui fright, were climbing through them to seek the air and safety. Despite the warning call from policemen in the street they jumped. Those upon the lower floors who iiliide tiioir way lo safety told the fire men it was useless to try l venture into the place. The screams of imprisoned men and girls could be heard from the street; : The employes in the upper floors were taken unawares and a mad scramble for the stairways eAsued. Many were trampled under fool In the .wild rush and soon smoke drove them back towards the windows. In the other manufacturing places -for there were a dozen in ttie building, the same muddoning scenes followed. The fire started on the first floor and the draft of the'ele- vator shafts fanned It into a ,furV-, ' Employes of the lower floor start ed upstairs to warn the men and girls employed above and were themselves trapped. The building is in the heart of the manufacturing district and for a time all adjoining structures were threat ened. 1 T&e paper box factory where the majority of the girls were employed, occupied the second and third floors of the building. 1 . At 10: 30 o'clock the police declar ed that they believed twenty ,glrl6 tad lost their lives and that the death list might be higher. . Among the manufacturing con? cerns occupying the building which was owned by Frank Oless, of New York, were1: Blevins Manufacturing Company, 30 employes; Newark Pa per box Company, 70 employes; Wolf Manufacturing Company, 150 em ployes; Anchor Lamp Company, 10 employes; Drake. Maas Company, SO employes; Aetna Electric Company, 15 employes. . In nearly f very one of the factories (Uoulluuod I'Totn Pago Five.) ACCEPT PEACE TERA1S Residents of Rio Spent Night of Terror Was Not lviM.'wn Whether Kebels Would Accept I'eace Terms or Not niTil I'coplc Were I'ncasy. ."(By Cable to The Times.) Rio De Janeiro,--Nov. 20After night of terror throughout the city the fears .of.. Rio Janeiro's residents were calmed early thi3 morning when a wireless dispatch was received from the battleship .Minus Geraes saying that that vessel, .-the'.' San Paulo, the Marshal Floriaiia, the Marshal Deridero and the Baliia would return to the harbor today and accept the terms granted by tae Bra zilian congress. T.iere was little sloop in Uio Ja neiib last night and early today and the most exciting reports were cir dilated. The wireless stations .along the coast were instructed to keep con stantly sending this message through the hours of early today: . "Amnesty has been granted." Despite tais no response was re teived until this morning when lhe wireless operator on the Minus fie- raes Hashed I in; uiessae.i' iroiu Jean Candiile. . , In the eyes of the international law the mutineers were little better than pirates and the people residents of the city. '-especially those living upon the heights and near the naval arsenal, were in a constant state of alarm for fear the ships would return and begin shelling the town as they did the night before. ' Among the alarming rumors cir dilated was one that some of the mutineers had become dissatisfied and that the ships had been seized by them and Jean Candide deposed as commanding Officer.. This increased the fears of the people. They were In terror lest a reckless element among the crews, 'following a rival of Candide's had, taken over the ships killing the "able seamen admiral" and hoisting the'" flag of piracy. All of these wild rumors were dis couraged by the authorities, it is not known what was going on on board the ships because it was not known definitely where they were. ' Ever since the ships put to sea for an unknown destination last evening efforts had been made to locate them. Admiral Bapt.iSu. Lueo, minister of marine under President Fonsecu, is sued a reassuring statement not alone to quell the people but to stay the belief that the ships would be in jured. " CONFERENCE OP WVEKXO'KS. Governor Kitchin Will Go to Ken- ' tucky Tomorrow. ,' ; ' Governor W. W. kitchin will leave tomorrow for Frankfort and Louis ville. Ky., to attend the conference of governors. Ho expects to be absent about a wool;, ; m BEFORE COUIION George E. Ide Voluntary Wit ness In Rate Hearing In vestigation EFFECT 'OS INSURANCE Mis Appeai-aiicc i:is in the li'lr-ivs't of flit' HoMers l Sec-.irilies lit-HUlam-c ( Mi)ip:iiie-s linM it die::! M::uy l!:ii.'f ,);i(l . Bonds ::eI - i: -.Move Which l'iit'av'i :! -1 Allei Is These Hoii'ls Will Allecl the IKUil crs ol IJie InMiirniKv i'olicie.s. lliibbiii'il'H Article. ( By LcuEed Mire to Tlic I p-ic; ) . ashiiiRtoti.- Nov. 2lj (1i'o: :m' K. Ide, president of t,l)e Home I. no In surance Company, and president ol the Association ot Lite Insurance Presidents, (il. New York, was the first witness today fct the hearing he lore the interstate commerce com mission on the proposed ineroi'gos u railroad Ireiglu rates. lie said his appearance was volun tary aud in the Interest ol holders of securities. Of the $9. 11 S.oun.lHKI worth of railroad tonds exist in;;, tin' lite insurance companies, In- said, held . $1,139,000,000., Continuing the witness said, that any move which unfavorably affected' . the railroads would slrike.K blow at these securi tj eft aad a ilts , f.alicsrho,ld:ii.. in , tie insurance companies. .Mr. Ide declared that the sentiment expressed by Elbert Hubbard in a paid article which appeared in a re cent Issue of a .'.magazine, ."attacking the interstate .commerce -oimnission would not affect hls'opiuion. as to tin credit or reputation '.of American' hc curities. Ho thought other finaiicli'is maintain similar opinions. Killed in Itovin Koiit.- ( Uy Leased Wire to The -.i'inies) .; Prosy lie 1 sit;, '-'Me,'; ' Nov.-: ."'20 "Billy" iVinnins, of .Millinocket, i neavywcignt ooxer, wlio live years ago fought the present world's" cham pion,. Jack Johnson, to a 1 0-round draw, is dead her-e, following a bout with Jack Leon, of Bangor,.' in which Dunning was knocked out. He did not recover - consciousness. An at topsy is to be held today by Coroner George If. Moers, of Ashland,', to de termine the cause of death. Local followers of boxing say that Duunin was in poor condition and in tlieii opinion should 'not have fought. LEWIS IN JAIL AT ISKVIUE ; '(Speelul to The Tinies.) Nashville. N. C, 'Nov.. 6 Norman Lewld, slayer of Chief ; of Police Stalllngs.' of-Spring Hope, 'was brought to Nashville- yesterday afiernooii from HaleiK'i by Sheriff ('. I,. Johnson and lodged ill jail. He will be put on trial Monday. The sheriff, will guard him to avoid the possibility to escape but ,ht does not four trouble, from outsiders as the negro will be. given speedy trial -Monday. Twenty-nine Days to Xmas NOV. 26 Remember Shopping Rush Jes' 'Fore Christmas '.'.P'- V nl. ifii. c!' v."Icmi r.i.r.'ai! Iiime. juid I'leshlent ol the Hock I Mir no; ivho. in C4m;::iv wiih I eicv ;f- (!:e Ctiicii 'O. MilMii iln e Ai SI. I'aul, 'i'l-J'e') lines, is iiMikinj, ii ti ip ol i!!Siec(i;)!i throii'ili the Kr)u(!iwcsl over tin 'I'liseo liiK-K; .Mi:c!rii:iiiiii:nce is atttlrheri in ralli .ul curies lo tins (rip. l he uii(!ei s:iiii!in in i!:e tii,i:ii. i i iicthlntc li -s ttiuu-'lhf et:!lilis(nient I'aul Mi'Mem. tvliiiK.' iinpoit'iiKe has reci-iil'j been really increased by lhe i tei.!-ion vf lis !n t.) t!:c I'.uif'c, anrt the 'I risco lines which e(riid to the (Jii It' of Moii o, iiiiiI ic.-sch piiinls j:i and s 'uthwcM. Four Are Pardoned and Two Commuted By the Governor Governor K itch in . I'livdoiis hrncst Allen, X'.. W. --Xash, Tom Thiicker, i-'iKl Jilincs Branch Sent1 nccs of Nelson Stamey and (Jeorye (iny Commuted Zeb 1li.ait's "I'aiiloii Aiiiioimced Yestenlay. Governor Kitchin today issued con ditional pardons to foiir and .-commuted the senteuces of two convicts. : Pardoned. . . Ernest Allen, sentenced' to servo T2 months on the roads-! at-the Novem ber term of Surry eouniy court. l.Hiift.,. for the crime of selli.ng'.'lkiuor. lieasons for pardon: . "In this case the . ju'ilgu.teiii - wis thai capias issue within :!0 days for prisoner for the purpose of beginning his sentence... He nas 'served''-about eight 'months.-. The trial jiidye and solicitor both ask that lie. be-'con'd.i-tionally pardonud. 'I'lie case does not ; appear much' .-.aggravated-.': . I therefore pardon prisoner oh 'condition-that lie remain law abiding, in dustrious, and of good behavior;" ; ('. V. Nasli, convicted at the Sop loinhor. term of Anson county eonit, lft.1", and senleneeil to Hie road.'; for six ni'iii'tlis for I lie crime of -tivKpass; Keasons for pardon: "Prisoner is unalile to wbrk and tlie County physician-.: fhlnlis f iirther coiifinenioul in jail wid aggravate h is condition, according, to iny infoniKi- tion. "He lias been in jail two niontlis since trial and was in jail Hnee and one-half mouths-, before trial, The private prosecutor, the attor ney who aided the -solicitor, the so licitor; and the judge 'all recommend pardon. I therefore pardon prisoner on condition that he remain law abid ing and of good behavior.'1 Tom Thacker, sentenced to serve IX months on the roads by a record er in Rockingham county, : March 22, 1S10, for the crime of selling lkiuor. Reasons for pardon: "The trial court, the prosecuting attorney and many other reputable" cif izens recommend prisoner's pa r don. There is no protest. lie has made a good prisoner for more than eight months, njul his previous gen eral character was good. Ho did not have the reputation of a "blind ti ger' , but was convicted of selling whiskey to one who -himself was af terwards convicted of the samu of fense. "I pardon prisoner on tondil ion that ho remain law abiding, indiistrl-, ous, sober, and of good behavior." James Branch, convicted at the Juno term of McDowell county court, 1907, and sentenced to the roads for nitjo years for the crime of highway jobbery, Reasons for pardon: "Prisoner, then a boy, was in duced by two men. one of them a very bad man, to join them 'in hold ing up a traveler on the highway. i This prisoner confessed and his evl- A. Itockeli .cr, I'l-i-.-nl(nt ,. J. IMilin anil I'tcMidcnt IS. !. Minchel! of the (Ilstucis is mat I lie pui'iMise of Ibis trip of a cI kc alliiince between the St. eleven of the cotton stairs ol south deuce cotivictcd. the ot hers, who wove sent to the penitentiary. The super intendent of the chain-sang .says, hi- has heeii a good prisoner, and has been hclniul to hita in preventing e: canes. I lierc is no pro' est: Many remitahlo citizens, including the county' 'Officials, members of the bar, and other '-influential, men strongly urge his pardon. The trial judge recommends pardon.' Owing to his -yoiith a-cd the-; facts stated aiiave,- pardon prisoner on condition that he remain.- law abiding and of good be havior."; Announced yesterday afternoon i Zeh Hogan. convicted at . SepTem her terin of 'Richmond county court IDDit, and sentenced to the road for IS months for selling liquor. . Reasons for parnon. . ."Prisoner has served .. .14" inonlhs: Colli the trial, judge and solicitor recommend pardon, believing that his -punishment' .has now been suffic ient -to justify a conditional pardon I therefore pardon prisoner on con diiion thai he remain sober,, indus trious, law '-abiding, and of good be havior." CoiiiiiHitnlions. " .-Georgu It. Gay, convicted at the I'ueiiiber. term of Wilson, county court,: 1 it it 2 , and sentenced to the penitent iary for .30 . years .for the erime. of .murder .'in. the second (le gree: .."'.'- "- : Iteasons for coiiunutation: I'rlsoner. vviltiout known cause i ml -wit bout, a nuarrcl, shot deceased and then hIioI himsMf. in an attempt cominil suii-ide,. He" has hCPli laiihl'iil 'prisoner and a -good' worker until liis physical condition sent him to the hospital. The prison physh ian says ho lias an incurable heart disease'! Hut may end tils life -at unv time and yet under which, with pro per care. lie. may survive, for some .M ars. There is no protest, and many of the best citizens where t lie homi cide occurred'!- recommend pardon among, -i. hem ! of lhe 11 jurors. An eminent la wyor who aided the solid- lor uunivs. owing to me ansence or premeditation and to the condition of his niitid. perhaps from drugs, he should now bo shown execmive clem ency. lhe trial judge recommends commutation. ' . i tlieretore ciiinnitile prisoners sentence to 10 years on condition that he hereafter abstain from Intox icating drinks and from all drugs of the 'dope', class, and that he remain law abiding and -of good behavior." Nelson Stanley, convicted at the April term of Rutherford county court, 19o.it, and sentenced to serve live years In tlie penitentiary for the crime of manslaughter. lieasons for coiiiiuuiatioii: "I pon recommendation of the 12 jurors and the trial judge, there be ing no protest and a very numerously-signed petition for clemency, I commute prisoner's sentence to three years on condition that he remain law abiding and of good behavior." French,' Schooner Wrecked. ( By Cablo to The -Times ) London, Nov. 215 The French schooner Marie Pauline was wrecked on the cast of France today Twenty-four ik-r sons are reporter to have ponshod while only hvo were Saved. PRIlHARD OE MARS HILL; HIE wime Won In Contest Over Nine Other Speakers at Durham Meeting, HONORS W HUNTER .:-' . ;! .;.y?''t!:, Carey J. Hunter, Jr., of Hnlciglit a Close Second in the Honors Many Lxcellenf Six-ei-hcs and tlie Wecls ion a Hard (.hie to Make Most .Significant Event That Has Taken i'liice at Trinity iu Many Year lianquct FoIiowh Speeches. ! (Special to The Times.) ' Durham. N. C, Nov. 2(5 Mr. Jeter .McKinley Pritchard, of Mars Hill College, the son of Judge Jeter C. rritcuard, of Asheville, delivering one of the most stirring declamations ever heard at Trinity College and ex celling, in the opinion of the judges, the other nine contestants of the evening, was declared winner oi tlie inter-seholaslic declamation contest held last nlgnt in Craven Memorial Hall at Trnirty College, under the auspices oi tae "9019," a patriotic and scholarship society of the col lege. The decision was an exceed ingly difficult ope to make on account of the high order of excellence tlidt marked the declamation of the other nine contestants who competed tor the honor. In decisions of this kind there is always room - - for . personal disagreement on account of the ap peal that , the various dec'.nniations make to the hearer, but faking it all in. all, the decision of the judges awarding the medal to Mr. Pritchard . -represented the coii'ensiiM of opinion and met with the approval of most of 'hose present. -.'( ' , ; : ' - ' '- In many respects the contest that has just been brought to a close was one of the most significant events t int -have taken place at Trinity Col lege in ninny years. Never in the history of the state's educational gys-" tem have thirty-two leading second ary schools competed for a declama tion prize at: one time. That so large a number of the best high schools in this and adjoining states deemed the occasion momentous enough to send their representatives, many of them for a distance of over one hundred miles to take part in the contest, Js an encouraging sign that the fine art of declamation, which had so much to do with the grace and eloquence ot (Continued on Page Five.) E (By Leased Wire to The Times I Providence. , Ky.. Nov. itf Ail hope was abandoned today for - the : eleven miners eptniiibcd by an explosion in mine No. '! ef the l'liivideijce Milling CiiMipaiiy, but nevertlieless the utmost efforts are being inaile to reach them in the level 102 feet blow the aurfnee. The pxplosioa was so violent that all ire believed to have been Instantly killed,. A mule was blown out of the shaft ind alighted Kit) feet awuy from the mouth'.- siill alive; A mine rescue tt rain arrived -this morning-with J. W'.1 'JIH- llams and A. A. Sams, government ex perts, in charge. Air was pumped In to tlie mine today. The men In the miiiiv When Hie explosion occurred wore: Charles Sliaeklcford. Will Ros- lus, George II. Johnson and son, Powlcy Jolinson. C'al Northtleet, Jolin Wolfolk. Louis . Ltgon'.' Hope ShelfoJU xiirt 1M Hutler, negroes, and Wonley Fugate and Edward '-Vaughn, white. J. Norwood, state, Inspector of mine's -arrived-this -morning from Lex ington with three inspectors. Three -bodies were recovered today. Idenlllleation was impossible. Several rescuers wore overcome by gas. .NAVY' WIN'S GAME. ' .',',' No Score I'ntll Last Round in the Big Game. ( By Leased Wire to The Times, ) Philadelphia, Nov. 26 There s no score In the Army-Navy game tyl til the fourth quarter, when the Navy made a touchdown. The score stands 3 to 0 in the fourth qitartor. - . a v,
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