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-Vol. LXIX. No. 73. The Weather FAIE. RALEIGrH, NG.,' MONDAY, MARCH 27, 1911. LAST EDITION PRICE PIVE CENTS Double the Number of Paid Subscribers in Raleigh of any Other Newspaper emu ) NEGUGEHCE ' is ewe District Attorney Will Ask yictments Charging Man slaughter and Negligence HORROR OfTRE GROWS Governor IMx May Order a State In vestigation and Other Investiga tions Are Under Way Many Wit nesses ' Examined. Today Doors locked and 50 Dead Bodies Found Piled Against Them Fire Es cape Useless Laws Governing Fire Protection Inadequate. 1 (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York. March 27 District At torney Whitman announced . today that he would demand from the New York county grand jury indictments charging manslaughter and criminal negligence as a result of the holo caust in the Triangle Waist Company factory Saturday afternoon. Evi dence has' been presented to Mr. Whitman that several doors were locked, thus preventing many of the victims from escaping. Negligence is charged to the bureau of build ings and Rudolph T. Miller, superin tendent, will be called upon to ex plain the lack of protection for the - workers. Today the horror of the Are grew with each ' succeeding hour. One hundred, and forty-five bodies had been recovered up to 7 o'clock this uiumiug 11U14 lue BmiLU wan bum "golngon.' Of those recovered 90 had been Identified. Probably two score will never be identified, the bodies being charred and battered beyond recognition. Of the 90 bodies Identified, only 16 were men. The victims whose bodies had been claimed by their families, ' were mostly young girls, one of them being only 14 years old. v Another was a girl of 15. Six were 16 years old, twelve were 17, thir teen were 18, twelve were 19, and the remainder 20 or over. . While thousands were tramping the lunes of death In the morgue at the western foot of 2Ctk street in an attempt to identify the remaining dead, the other investigations in addition to that of District Attorney . Whitman were under way. They arc being prosecuted by the Are depart ment, the police department, and the coroner's office. Governor Dix, in Albany, has the holocaust under advisement today and is expected to order a state in vestigation -with a view to securing the enactment of new laws for the protection of .factory '. workers. ' Despite a rain storm' thousands had gathered outside the morgue when the doors were opened at A o'clock. Many were women, carrying babies in their arms and sobbing in hysteri cal grief, . Police reserves and de tachments of mounted police were necessary to handle the crowd. . Through the night many doctors worked over the corpses washing and clothing them and turning them over to embalmers who placed them in glass-covered coffins for the in spection of the identifiers. Scores of guards were stationed through the morgue to prevent an outbreak. While the death march proceeded through the morgue, a pall of gloom hung over the eastside where nearly all the victims Jived. Scores of them were the only support of their fami lies. . District (Attorney Whitman de clared that his evidence would be presented to the April grand jury. Many witnesses were summoned to . the orlminal courts building early to day and questioned by Deputy Dis trict Attorneys Manley, Bostwlck, and Rubin. ', A sworn statement was taken from each. Many of them were employes or ex-employes of the Triangle waist Company. i Mr. Whitman asked that no ar rests be ordered or recommended by any other department until be could present his case to the grand jury. The examination of the building at Washington Place and Greene street, where the fire occurred, has shown so far that panic was. not alone respon sible for the frightful Joss of life. The fact that the two Iron doors in the rear of the waist company's plant on toe cigaia ana uinia nuors wore locked not poly prevented exit, but made It itapotwiDie totget at toe ore ... ; , (Continued on Page Two,) WATCH THE FUND CLIMBING The Amount Is Now Over Thirty Thousand The Amount Kcported Today Was Slightly Over $5,000, a Falling Off I'Yoni Saturday. But the Total 'Nukes a Good Showing. The hands of the clock are still moving up and they'now point tv $30,385. Tbs is about 48 per cent of ..tie amount, asked for with only three days of th'e campaign gone. The total amount reported today was $5,063. The young business men's committee led with $2,703, the citi zens' committee reporting $2,360,' The young men's banner wea r T. McClenaghan's company, the clt. teen's banner to F, M. Harper's divis ion. .The reports today were as fol lows: Yoiuig Men's Business Committee. Dr. H. A. Royster, general chairman. Company A, Dr. E. H. Broughton, captain, G subscriptions: amount, $175. ;'..',"-. Company B, E. B. Crow, captain, 13 subscriptions; amount, $303, Company C, W. H. Pace, captain ; 3 subscriptions; amount, $100. Company D, V. J. Lee, captain; 15 subscriptions; amount $430. Company E, C. T. McClenaghan, cap tain; 6 subscriptions; amount, $140. Company F, Francis A. Cox, captain ; 7 subscriptions, amount, $200. Company G, John D. Berry, captain; i 7 subscriptions; amount, $235. Company H, C. K. Durfey, captain; 13 subscriptions; amount, $490.' Company I, Z. V. Judd, captain; 6 subscriptions; amount, $100. Company K, H. Rosenthal; 5 sub scriptions: amount, $170. Total ; subscriptions,'','- 81 ; total . amount, $2,703. ' ' Grand totals, 227; amount, $13.- ' ':.. 010. .',' Citizens' Committee.' N. B. BrouUton. general chairman. Division Jno. T.Pullen, leader; 7 subscriptions; amount, $200. ; Division 2, C. J. Hunter, leader, .8 subscriptions; amount, $325. Division 3, F. A. Olds, leader; 8 sub scriptions; amount, $35. Division 4, J. R. Young, ' leader, 4 subscriptions; amount, $335. . Division 5, J. H. King, leader; 4 subscriptions; amount, $200. Division 6, J. G. Ball, leader; 4 sub scriptions; amount, $255. Division 7, W. B. Mann, leader, 5 subscriptions; atriount, $250. Division 8, W. H. Williamson, lead er; 7 subscriptions; amount $230. Division 9, J. H. Weathers, leader; 8 subscriptions; amount, $165. Division 10, F. M. Harper, leader; 9 subscriptions; amount, $363.' , Total subscriptions, 58; total amount, $2,360. "':. ; Total miscellaneous, $3,000. ," Total amount pledged, $30,085. Notwithstanding the amount re ported today fell off from that of Sat urday the workers were enthusiastic. Mr. E. B. Crow told of the interest the boys in the Presbyterian Sunday school manifested In the movement and. there was a storm of applause when, be said that 13 of the boy's had volunteered to give $200. No, cards Md been made out for them and the amount . was reported today. The committee will meet at 6:30 this afternoon to go over the work aready done and map out further plans.. The Growth in SO Southern Cities. -The development and equipment v (Continued on tiga Five,) - il'' I s r ? I - .-;. X n IjEADRB maxx, Division Xo. 7. NINE PERSONS DIE (Uy Leased Wire to The Times.) Louisvlllu Ky., Match 27 Nino per sons have been killed by fires in the past 24 hours In Kentucky. At Hur- rodsburg the residence of .T, T. Veech was burned and Mrs. J, : M. Bridges and her three children perished. The residence of Kobert Gentry near Mount Vernon was estroyed and Mrs. Gentry and four children were killed. Not Subject to Commission. (By Leased Wire to -The Times.) Washington, March 7 Rate..' for services -..'at -railroad' station'. -restaurants,., barber shops, florist stands; etc., are not subject to the provisions of the interstate commerce law, ac cording to a decson of the commis sion today. Their charges are not subject to resignations under the present act. -. ; ' I Vulue of IinK)rts and KxpOrt. Washington, March 27 'Accord ing to a bulletin issued by the de partment of commerce and labor to day the total Imports lu the United Statea for eight months ending Feb ruary 1 was valued at $1,015,831, 541, while exports reached the sum of $1,433,838,855. The excess . of exiiorts over imports amounted to $417,997,314. Jail Sentence For Jackson. . San Francisco, March 27 Jack Johnson may escape serving his 25 day jail sentence, but if he does it Is more than likely it will cost him a nice chunk of the purse he won de feating Jim Jeffries to escape this ignomy. His release ori'$50 bail, after surv tng five and one-half hours in the county jail for automobile speeding ia a mere technicality and it will take some fine legal maneuvering to con vince the courts that the big colored fighter Is not entitled to all that Po lice Judge Treadwell handed him. In the event of defeat at the re hearing today Johnson may take the case to a higher court, but all of this moans heavy expense, and in all prob ability ultimate defeat. New Rules Committee. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington. March. 27 With Chair man Henry of Texas, presiding .the new democratic rules committoe of the houio met today for the first time and organized, . .- PLACE? FORTARHEELS Not Showing Up Very Well On Committers 1 i North Carolina 'ot Getting Any Im portant Committee Chairmanship Get Places tui Committees Ilow cver i-Scrai Over Course of Action. Times Bureau -.'Congress Hall Hotel, II. h. C. Bryant. j Washington, March 27 North j Carolina is-not going tb sliow up very j well when -the chairmen of the ini- portant committees of the house aro announced. While pome states will have three: or fouj: good committee .chairmanships, the. Tar Heel State will have wo or three small onos. Had Representative Thomas been re turned he would, bo doubt, be made chairman qt the committee on public buildings and grounds, for he was the ranking member. Mr. Godwin is slated for chairman of the commit tee on reform in the civil service; Mr. Page, of expenditures in the in terior department; Mr. Small, of ex penditures on public buildings, and that will be as high as any member of the delegation goes,' if the present plans earryV Of course, with the democrats in control, the North Caro linians stiould have some good gen eral assignments, but they have had all along. Mr, KItchin is on the mighty ways and means committee, but ho takeB the place of Mr. Pou, who was ..literally' pushed off. Mr. Page, it te Said, will be on the ap propriations committee. This is u line place for him, Mr. Webb will retain his scat on the judiciary com mittee and get others. Mr. Small may lie on rivers and harbors, where he longs Jtd lie. The list is not com plete and, therefv -e, Hi i 6uld be hard to say exactiybat places the Tar Heels ill lia ; V o happens lion's share of filings. Ala bama, for instance, 'V.if have Under wood. chairman of the ways- and means; Clayton, judiciary; Richard son, pensions; Burnett, immigration and naturalization, and Heflin, indus trial arts and expositions. Texas will fare almost as welj. So will New York. : A lively time may come over ;t'ne slate arranged by the ways and means in the caucus to be held the last of this week. Some of the statesmen are bucking vigorously. Angry protests are promised. The democrats of the ways and means committee of the house, who are preparing a reciprocity bill and bills to reduce the duties in three or more tariff schedues, are divided into "progressive" and "conservative" camps. Chairman Underwood, lead er of the conservatives, backed by Messrs. Palmer of Pennsylvania, Brantley of Georgia, Dixon of In diana, Hammond of Minnesota, Har rison of New York, and Peters of Massachusetts, it is .said, favor the passage of the reciprocity measure the first thing and passing it to the senate and then followlug this up with bills reducing the woolen, cot ton and foodstuff schedules.! The progressives, under the leadership of Claude Kitchin, of North Carolina, would, itsis understood, play politics by passing the woolen, and perhaps other schedules, first, , The follow ing named are counted with the Kitchin party: Shackleford of Mis souri; uHll of Tennessee; Hugiics of New Jersey; James of Kentucky, and Rianey of Illinois. Rendell of Texas, is classed by himself. These men, it Is known, have fail ed y agree upon !a course of action but the indications point to victory for the ."progressives," as they call themeslves, or "radicals," as others call them. Rainey of Illinois, is considering the cotton scbedue. - Southerners argue that the cotton schedules were framed to benefit New England and not the south, and, therefore, they are not worried about It. Chairman Underwood is doctoring the woolen schedules. Tile reduction there will be considerable from 11 to 12 to 5 and 6 cents perhaps. Lynched Over Washington Episode. (By Leased Wire to The Times) . ; Rockport, Miss., March 27 Sam Harris, a negro, who shot Dan BeaUley near Georgetown us a result of an argument over the attack on Booker T; Washington, ltt New York, was lynched by a tnob, according to news brought bore ' today from Georgetown. Harris had been ar restee; bat the ittidb took him ffom the officers and- strung Tilm ua to a I tree. 1 - ' ! t '&i$ T - Jr ; Herninn Kidder, publisher of the Xnv ork Stoats Zeitune;, 'whose name will l e Itrought lictnre the Ihwismttir caucus ut Albany toduy as a coniprninisp caiiilidnte lor I lilted States Senatoi'. 'A- CA PT. let" LK N At iH A X, ConiManv E. OPENED BY KING (lly Cablf ( Tlie Tim -:.J Home, - Miircb- 27-Tbe.- lliilian iSio; siliori was upened today liv Iviii' Mm -munucl, inuiigu rating . the ; 1 -1 . - 1 -at inn of tin.' flftteth. annlvci'sary of Ualy's freedom. In li Is. 'address', oncuias' the fair the king 'made special 'reference to the progress, of Italy sim'o the nation became an independent state,. .pointing out the undisturbed prosperity and the Ions peace the country has enjoyed. : Many American . tourists y itlu red from: all. sections-. 'ut,- Kurope'.Tor-.tlie opening or tlie fair; Aiming th.1 Americans preseitt was J. P. Morgan. Scores .registered, in tlie l-nitid, States bullc'iiig whieh is oiui of the finest in tho expositon uro'.'.icis. The Italian Kxpifitidii, Washington, March 27 -The Italian embassy today .requested piib'icaiion of the following: "The attention of', tlie Italian , am bassador, having hei'ii ealli d lo frriuiocl less reports clretilated In this couiiirj that st rlkes ami lalior ciiiitllltons, ami especially diseases, in: certain 'parts of Italy, might-.'Interfere with tlie .success of the exhibitions in ttouie and Turbiii. he feels ealleil tiin to slate that there are no eonditkms in Italy which-.would justity any such rejiorts." LOOKING FOU OI'FICK. Many Democrats in the Capilol ,"(10 Offices to be Killed. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, March 27 Not since Grover Cleveland assumed the presi dency or a second time, in IS!);', have . tliure been so many democrats In the capital of tlie nution in quest of offices. The invasion is in antic ipation of the organization of tlie new democratic' houso, a week from tomorrow, when 500 republican em ployes who draw salaries aggregat ing $750,000 annually will be turned out of office. .-; ". There are 207 democrats in tlie new house, which means that if ench congressional district furnishes 100 office-seekers there will be 26, 700 aspirants, with only about. 500 house jobs to bo divided among them. Lewis Sworn in. , Washington,' March' 27 William H. Lewis, of Boston, the negro assist ant attorney general; was sworn in at tho department of justice today. fHe afterwards called on 1 President kTaft at tho rthlte house, v ' .'t , . OJ '' K " V; '' " ' !-.:'--- . . f ' -A: IHE BBSHF RUFFIN To be Placed Id State Capitol Bv State Bar .North '.Carolina. Bar - Has Already ( ontiibuted .l)i8.')5 Toward . Cause, Liiwycrs Are Kesponding (ener oiislv lit Keijiiest I'ur ! mids as One ol Aineiica's .Most bnniii'iit illlllStS. The bar ol North Carolina is pre paring to erect a handsome bust, of (. liiot Justice Hindu in the state cap itol. -Judge Rnliiii was one ol North Carolina's most eminent jurists and was considered one of the gr.eatst Jud Res that America haa prodni'tedV' Mls-jlnroirs- 'wire wrtip ually strong and were quoted over the entire Eiiglish-spealiing world. Harvard- I'niversity was considering the lilans lor the erection of a hand some law building some time ago and placing in it niches for America's most prominent jurists. Among the number of judges considered was Judge ItulMn, but for some reason their plans fell through. The fact that they were even considering such a proposition, and including Judge Utitfin in their list snows -the height to which he attained in tho legal world. He ranked with the strongest.".- The lawyers of North Carolina should- be congral ulati'd for their generous response to the request for funds to erect a bust of such a man in their state capitof. li. is only re gretted that a full-length statue could not be placed in the. new supreme court room in the building provided for by the recent legislature. The lollowlng contributions have been received lo date from tlie bars throughout the state:. Justices of the supreme court $ 25.00 Judge oi'. superior court . . . 40.00 Charlotte bar .... . . 55.00 Itock.v Mount bar.. .. ., .. 15.50 New Bern bar ........ . . 50.00 Bladen county bar . . ... .. 15.00 Greensboro bar .... . . . . 01.50 Dunbury bar . . .... .. .. 5.00 Alamance, county bar. . . . . lfi.lio Plymouth bar. ... .'-.' .. ; ; 5.011 Ashchoro bar .. .. .. .. .. 5.00 Tarboro bar ...... .. ... 20.00 Ml. Airy bar . . . . ...... 1 2.00 Klizabelh City bar . , . . . . 50.00 Monroe bar . . ....... . . S.00 Trenton bar . . ..',; .... 5.0:1 Murfreesboro bar. , . . , . . . 8. (10 Ashcville bar . . . . . . . . . . 12.00 Lexington bar. . ... .,. ... 12.00 l'Idenl.oil bar . . . . . . . . . . 7.00 Newton bar ...... .... 11.00 Warsaw bar... . ........ 5.00 Hickory bar ..... . . . . . 11.00 Hurnsville bar . . . . .... 4.00 Franklin county bar. . .... 9.00 Marion bar . . ...... .... 0.00 High Point bar ; .. . . . . ... 0.00 Lumberton bar . . ...... 22.00 Hillsboro bar . . . ... , . KIN. 00 Durham bar . . . . ... . . . 127.50 Columbus bar. . j. . . .. .. 4.00 Ashe county par .... . . . 4.00 Windsor bar , . ...... .. 5.00 Henderson bar '.; ,'. 20.00 Halcigh bar .. . , ; . -. '-. '-;;. 49.50 Individual contributors . . ... 2N. 50 Total .. .. .. .. .. ..$S55.00 Tom Johnson Worse. .. . Cleveland, O.. March 27 Tom L.; Johnson, former mayor of Cleve land, is beliovod by his physicians lo be gradually growing worse, He passed a restless night and was un able to see. visitors today. Attend ants at his bedside were not hopeful of a rally and It was rumored the former mayor was dying, . . REFORMS TO BE STARTED IN MEXICO Concession Will be Granted to Every Demand of the Middle Classes THE REFORMS PROPOSED Government Will Appropriate $40, OOO for the Division of Large Un cultivated Tracts of Land .Into Small Tracts to be Sold for Farms Series of Electoral Reforms Al to be InstitutedEvery Mexican Citizen Will be Given a Voice In the Selection of Officials. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Mexico Citv, March 27 By the time M1.1t Senor De La Barra arrive in Mexico City to take over the duties, of. Unriquc Creel, as minister of for eign affairs, the reforms of President Diaz and his advisers Will have been perfected. Chief among these will be a revolutionary change in the landlord svuleni bv winch the rich men of the republic virtually bold their tenants as .slaves. Concessions will be granted to every demand of the middle classes and the conditions which gave rise to the insurrection will be ameliorated at a cost of more than $50,000,000 to the national treasury. In brief the reforms now being work-' ed out Include the following: ). ,-Tbo. anpr.opi'iittkin., ot Jto.flOO.000, lliw'Uv4iirt -ot- :lrs-- uncultivated , tracts of land In the northern and (he segregation'. of some of tlie hingest of the haciendas Into small tracts to j be sold to the peons and middle classes for small farms. The draft of a plan Will be submitted to the Mexican congress on Saturday -by which allotments will be parceled out to be paid for by the homesteaders in small instalments. IC.ieh (arm will be from 5 to 10 acres in extent and everv Mexican will be given the opportunity lo become a land owner. '. -.'' " 2, - The republic-wilt institute n series or elect nnal reforms In the state of Pueblo, with guarantees that they will lie extended to everv slate In the re public as soon as they have been worked out to perfection. This re form extends suffrage and gives every Mexican citizen a voice in the selec tion of officials. : ! With tlie shakeup In the cabinet' has come the assurance that in the future, there will be no drastic political perse cutions unless for "public policy and reasons hostile to the peace and stab ility of tlie government." This means that popular office holders will not be exiled because of growth of confidence 011. the part 'of the people. President Diaz is anxious to establish the confidence of the entire republic 111 the government and to this end he will send a number of special mes sages to congress asking the enact ment of laws fostering commercial trade and internal prosperity. Parcels of the vast ranches In Chi huahua such as are owned by 3enor '.'reel may be confiscated, although .this will be done in a friendly spirit with payment of indemnities. . . ,; , These reforms,, the government be lieves, will satisfy every faction of the revolutionists. ; Kevolt Spreading. Kl Paso, Texas, March 27-.Bn-couraged by weakness on the part of the Diaz government and dissatisfac tion with the new men named for tne cabinet, tho revolt in Mexico Is spreading rapidly. More activity Is manifest now in Coahuila than In Chihuahua. The rebels have taken San Carjos, thirty miles south of Del Rio, with its immense stores. Thirty federals are reported to have been killed! In the battle. ,. Kan Carlos is the headquarters of I lie immense holding of Don Lorenzo Trevenvo, one of tho richest met! In Mexico. :'.-. At Sanderson four more revolu tionists were placed in jail this morning, having been caught by a de tachment of the Third cavalry under command of Captain Conrads at Re gan Gap, about twenty niilee south east of Del Klo on the banks Of tie Rio Grande. . . .i 1 They wore well supplied with pro visions, having about 1,200 pounds of flour, a quantity of bacon, ertfett- . ers, onions, etc., and several ,gTfttoT ! though no ammunition was ualoaiel , there. , ' . .The .prisoners .are n .AijeHCia giving bis name as General 8aua (Continued on'Pafco'flv'e,). J i'
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