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Wkz Ultra dssoci&ted Press Service Associated fenftal PRICE FIVE CENTS. Vol.LXXI. No. 6. The Weather FAIR. RALEIGH, N, C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1912. LAST EDITION Double the Number of Paid Subscribers in Raleigh of any Other Newspaper COALITION IS f I.. mm iv An A J o n 11 Home of Equitable Life Assurance Burend, With Property Los of Six Million AT LEAST THREE DEATHS FROM FIRE Tim Office Ituilding of I lie (..iiituble Life Assurance Society Destroyed By Fir' This Morning cvct-ul leti tiH in iheTtuilding mid Many Narrow Escnpcs--Fire Chief Wal-h Imprisoned hi the lint-lung triic lure for Two Hours A ill mm Gib Un. President, of tint Mercantile Safe Deposit Co.. Also nuvlit m Tim Company's Vaults Had In Be Sawed Out. . . . New York, Jan. 3. Tlio mi inonso granite -office .building o! the btiat alilo Life Assurance Society on low er Broadway, was duhtroye-d by I ru today. Three . bodies have already been taken from the building, and there is no little doubt that several men. both (lend and alive are caught in the ruins. The .damage, provided the flames can be e.onhned to tin' building where they started, will be six million dollars. The Equitable building was the homo or the Union and Southern Pa cific Railroad, the banking hous" or August Belmont and Co.. The ; Mer cantile Trust Co., the Mercantile Safe Deposit Co., together with many New York financial concerns. Million upon .millions of -dollars were cared for in the immense vault a of the Equitable Co. It Is not believed the fire's heat canzonet rate the safes. There probably will be no Ions from this source. The heaviest lops besides that of the building wti'o caused by the destruction of insur ance and railroad records. Within two hours after the llf' broke' out at live thirty this morning,'- the building was a mast of flames. The Kquituble btiildiu.; oc cupied tlie block between Broadway and Nassau streets . and I'lne an.l Cedar streets. The lire was first dis covered on the ground door in the store room of the One Savarin, and carried by the draft, shot upwards through the elevator shaft, netting lire to the upper floors. William Giblin, presidcut of the Mercantile Safe Deposit Co.. was res cued from this company's vaults, lifter tho firemen sawed through scv erul steel bars, lie is mortally in jured. ' Fire Chief Walsh whs rescued after: being Imprisoned in the build ing nearly two hours. (Three em ployes of the building saved them selves from death by jumping from the third floor to the street. They are seriously Injured. Two porters were rescued from the basemcnr, when the sidewalk on the front oC the structure caved In. The Una: of the flames had the intensity of a blast furnace. The heavy floors buckled under tho white fire and fell In, while tlo giant walls crumbled under the heat and dropper, piece continued on Page Seven.) KILLED IN BALTIMORE Pultimore, Jan. U. Ueorge K, Canle. of Candor, N. C, who was shot yestorday by Herbert 11. 'King, husband of tho woman Cngle expected to marry, died this morn ing. Caglo came here to recover u ring and money he said he save Mrs. King wheu she was Mrs. Eula Sloope, a young widow ot Rom?, Ua and who he avered was bethrothed to bim. Cagle encountered King In the Equitable building yesterday. The shooting followed. Cagle'g age was near thirty, King's. Is twenty-ak. America Will Send Troops to China. Washington, Jan. 9. The Unltud males will send a battalion of In fantry consisting of 500 men to China to help keep open railway communications between IVkln and Jho sea. - ' s, 1 Pit' v& 0mU V 'i' H "' life X &l J"? ! lisliin t'ii" VOI! V ii shin Ion sm-i::I lile, null her ili-mi: mi l --vt. Aitil-:ivstilor jiniiK Al-n iusi ii little over a vein-. RiCHEsnn SEjnttB Richeson Pleads Guilty to Murder and Is Sentenced to Electrocution I'.oston. Jan. !. :. plea 'if .Rtiil'l nf murder in the- tirst :di-;;r--c- was made by eltv. Clarence liu'li'-sim to day in superior court. Ho was sen tented hy Judge' Sanderson to death by electrocution some -time dtirin;; the week of May t!i, I'M 2. Kii-lie.i'in tiii'l pleaited not tiiiiliy when ai'raii;i)ei after his indtcl.tiK nt on the ciii'rge of murdering Avis i.iiinel!, of llyannis, 'lasy., his for mer (iance. Following the written confession made public Saturday he retrai-ted that jilea and made the formal plea of guilty. It is understood that a petil!i..n may be made to' Governor. Kobh and State's Kxei uiivo Council to - com mute the death sentence to life rni prison mint. liicheson uiade no statement, lie was in t!te court-room about six minutes. His face was pule but he was perfectly composed. He an swered the formal questions '.pro pounded by Judge Sanderson in tne simplest, possiblo way, asked if he had anything to say, he replied: "I have nothing further to say, further than my written confession." Judge Sanderson read the statutes bearing on the case aud asked the prisoner if he realized the gravity of hia action in pleading guilty, if he consulted his counsel, and if hw acted voluntarily. To each question KlrhcHou said: "Yes sir." The court guve the prisoner every op portunity to roali.o what his action meant and to make any statement, but the prisoner expressed no desire to make any further explanation ot li If decision. 'illo court then pronounced the sentence of death. Kic.heson was im mediately takmi back to jail. KichcHou heard the denth sen tence with little apparent emotion, when brought Into the court he walked with slight assistitneo from the officers escorting him. 1 He was not required to enter the prisoner's cage and remained standing. District Attorney l'clletier read tho minister's written confession and added that the government had suf ficient evidence to convince the jury that Hicheson was guilty of first de gree murder. He then said It be came his solemn duty to move or a sentence. Criticism oftenturns tribute of respect. out to bo a An ' TAN'J AM. '.'1IA(; VIX TAX;. . n-lilii'!ti'i. 1). . i':tiMiiirv -OJ'iK 1-iJ .isiiini'-.n Iv's been Mkcn liv Mi-.-piisc )), th:1 ;iiii!(uiii-etiieit ni::i!- l.v ( ii.'iiij ni I I'll ;-, till- . ?u-iH-ie umitsler l I he I nilcd MaliN. lint he will ;i'it his 'tsl :ind leave I cr ( lumi. His lii-st sccreiarv will 1 felt in (Value nl the hn-.-ition. I !u- iii:ilm-s-eh:-'. il.'isiv.litcr. Miss .'lin ( Intrj.'. hat! i iid-rcd into line mil lie venuiiielv i-cvrettcd liv bus : i-;n escnt'-il lu itiiverniiii'ill ill Annual Communication of Masons In Temple Lay Corner-Stone Today Vnmi eVcry section of the state Masons arrived in Kali igh today to nt I end: the (-(linhiuiiieat.ioil of the Grand Lodge, which will be in ses sion tonight, .-.tomorrow and to morrow night. An iterestinf! fea ture of the meeting will be 'the' pres entation ''tomorrow by the grand lodge of a liusl of "Governor Samuel Johnston to the North Carolina His torical Association. The presenta tion will be made by Col. .1. I'.ryan Grimes and the acceptance will be by Governor Kitchin. The sessions of the grand lodge will lie held In the Masonic Temple About 7u() Masons are,-expected to be. In attendance. Today in Greensboro the .Grand Lodge laid the corner stone of the Masonic and Kastern Star home for the aged and infirm. The Masons will take a special train and arrive here in time to open the grand lodge at 7:U0 tonight. The public is cordially invited to attend the ceremonies In the Ma sonic hall tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock and also In the rotunda, of the capltol, the occasion being the presentation of the bust of Govei' nor Johnston. , . THE STAND AGAIN Washington, Jan. I. - Kdwar.l llincs, I'liicaJio liiiiiiiermau, Hllftgeil lo huve "put Loi'inier over' m Springfield, was called to the vlt- ness chair when the senate coiumit tco resumed inestigatlou ot Loil mer's election. Lorlmer will ho a witness at th1 close ot nine's story. KDGKCOMHK MKUCHAXT A VOLl'XTKKK UANKIUTT. It. C. Lawrence, i of Lawrence, Edgecombe county, today filed . u voluntary -petition In bankruptcy with the clerk of tho United Stales court and the matter was referred to Mr. Victor H. Boy den, referee in bankruptcy. The liabilities are placed nt $3,ri!3.79 and the assets at 14,268. GRAND LODGE lliiif TONIGHT ws HI LLU i K I B 3 I ' I--.--Supreme Court Savs Carolina Has Plg-h Inspect (ii North to O O VViipUillfstoIi. .Ian. - -Xort!' Oorrtliiri l:o;;l Oil ii rye-. lion lav;, was toda'. u uli old ;t.' eciistilu'ionrtl by tnv f nprenio cDiin. The court L it -otien t.' O those aUackiiii; tin i O nortuiiity to uhow tlie oi anoi h'-r an ii ii -us :iji- in I O i-uii. that the law I v -"ons(kut!ounl fliecr ! r. iiiifiition. T o o o o . 090 ; 'J ciiie decided hy thin, of tl-e Uetl (' against the North ( an agriculture. The n-i'i' Itel'iii-" Judge i-1. ( ' pealed. The r6m i i the r'Kl.t of the nmi lux for the lam ' leu ien the niHtf"r nol -i.be state had tlt' a tux to produce a n-- I'cnall.iiiS I. an o o o'lrt wan f caHianv '.mi 'joavd ol '.-'.'Ms iieanl -,i:cr iinl ap- li A KUijl:ilil'l -itiiiMise :i if oil-;, but ln.-rinr or i-irrb!. I'i l"W AmiiiiIIi ;l. asiiint,ton, I. su;-; I'lia: cquri. I North Carolina s naliiin. the 1 1 1 aoeepv. goods Ic me.i e The com be cii interferon! commerce. ( .1! I h tht inniilied lil 11.1.0.1. ,,e- : 1 .15 1 li n lo is. ale eoin :' 1 in- iaw to ; '. larerstiitc c c- : o o. o. o. IXlvXCl SARI J': VASIK - OK v.Ti;ii IIKKl-: O It is iimioii last lew dav -. O. nu in hers-' and .1 iltat during Ur ol cold weal her numbers of poo of -..taking, thi pie, hr-tend O trouble to (in ol! I IMjir waiei- O supply, have opiMii'd the water O faucets and penni: ted the.wa- le'r to run -da;., and night to l.eep Hie. v.an r pipes tn-iu 1'n eziug. .ce:iie idea of the iai O lilcnse qiiamii;' of. water was!' ! in I La' wa." ' an Do gaiiie-. ii from the tii li;a' an openiir.; tlie size of I In- lend in an ordi nal1 'pencil, will, -ninlcr. sii . pounds of pressure,- ilisch.i.-ge ahem Iwo handled and fo:'': gallons, of wilier per. day, which is noiu-,!i fo II V Of liV ! " ilay. ' ( if roar n v. as ' ' o! t Ii the use of a fatn iplc for a wholv v, -sut-h aeiiou is at which beioiig.' lo ot her 'people., i-t the water wipplj. a violat ion of rules and in- curs the ...-ink of having -the 'ply ilisei'iii in ':"!. sup- , .0 O TOOK KilltX lOlt I'.. M-KK. rut linliHiiji Seiintol'V Four Words Miiile Co n tide nee Man Flee. Washington, P. C, Jan. P.-Seiif lor Kern has been '..detailed to read Washington's farewell address to the Senate; February -2, Washington's birthday. The designation of Mr. Kern brought foith a ue'.v story this afternoon. The Indiana Senator went abroad last fall. "Being away from Demo cratic influence. Bryan's running mate of lDUH forgot JefTorsonian simplicity for a tinio and blosFom cd out in a silk hat and good clothes to match. His appearance was so changed that he looked more like a minister than a statesman. A confidence man picked Mr. Kern out for tin easy mark. Rushing up to him with outstretched hand, t hi-would-be despoiler said: "I am bo find to meet, you, To tor. I'have nficn hud the pleasure of suelug you In the pulpit. " "lilre h';!l yn have,'' safd Sen ator Kern. . iHtdrawing his hand The cotilidciici' man fled. IIAKGF.T) WITH Ml KDFK Mmi Tells Story of How Hit Family Was Assaulted by a Hand of While Men. Blytheville. Ky., Jan. H--C, P. Carpenter, li wealthy, planter. ' who Was arrested last night after he told the authorities of the murder of his wife and her mother, and how he was assaulted by a band of white men late Sunday night, took the stand when the coroner's inquest was resumed. Ho reiterated his story about the details ot the alleged at tack. A verdict Is expected late wy . . I t3k i r- Troubles awe Coa'ect a- the M V.aul'iiit.i ! li r.l-.M-l-.n' e ;:::( ailih-il t contests anil of I he 1'iisl. i, r v, ;-.s a it.1.- '.'efii : TiM i v:. -l a'.ly ' i vas Uriel lions lilies i ,'lt i-OIH ' ill' ueire eoll'ia j r. iiuit:il 'oliiit'i. lay tne tro-.ii lit ! I ni, -.- wen Tho".l.-iekoi' 0 ital'le li'M i- i ; a I mos jihi f" ii -ii. Today':. ; iii i'sentatn Cs ldiug l'r I'm- i .:i"i 1 rii; 1.1! i n 'A'-I'e 1 1 ' '1 . I i h'- 'ii i-iitefl fa i.'.i'ii ( 'I lie. l onvipiti ii"ailcil. hy Cl.u'l; . on re. .oi el ion owi II, of ii"or net and prenyl- d n report to be .-no milted laler to the national 'tiiii lnitlee. (leiiiin;; Willi. Ihe priiiiary quest ion and call for delegate.?. 1'i i inaries, it. is ..aid. will he permii tou wherever.. state coraiiiiiiees d 'sli-e. It was decided to hold the educa tion June 'j,-,ih, one wviik ali'M- the Republican convciiticn. Coin ent ion .Meets At Ihiltlinoie. Washington, fi .C. Jan. ' --Raltt-tuore watt fiek-etiil as Hie place '-for the next deiuocrmie national cunit'it tion. ." ALL DESTROYERS KOSA A 'i'.s'i'.iiGtori, Jan. '' - All b'lt Cac - ."ol yrai.'- and ".Mi-(':"ll el' Iho tinn teen (.ruled tltnl'.--j trepeilo hoa' d Htroyrra, ra'i.iht in H'.e ti-rrH'c. rtoi iu 1 Vea lam ek ivlnle' en gaging in the wnv game eiiro'Ue lo Giiantiinamo, Cnba.Sive uecount.ed lor according to a dispatch 'iom He.ir Admiral Winslow, commanding the second division of the Atlunlic fleet which has been sweeping the Jpitts In search of the litllo ven sels. , ' - Knickerbocker Special Wrecked. Krle, I'k., Jan. f. The Knicker bocker special, Chicago to Bobtoi, over the Lake Shore Railroad, was wrecked near Dunklr, N. Y, The spAslal's engine crashed into a switch engine. Several cars lct the rails. Several were Injured. AMiS HI'lllMi . i'...STi.'.t. I'l'i-incilv the -.ii!" of !Mii- l-:. lliinii-:. '" '" I,!-.,' epi -. i'i.,0.-'.,' a- ;ii- i l-.ei- lit:..':'id, na'iid !v i;i b.f .'i.i-: -s craei .-n, inliiiumn trv luih-m '! -' liiiii-. i!.' i.mieiv let-. i,e-:' .i-'M! n- si:c!"t:-e i i.e. .!... :,, ,.. I l-Ii-.e'.ei-ll ' .e'. ! M I II 1 1 !-.. int. 1 In- i oi.ple were in " e-d I '1 ;f ' i mm "iisfra ii SfflfflE: m LiFETIME 4d Mis. sinllo am! her ildedh Sertence of Cleveland :n?er Is Commuted 'Governor ac-d o (in sin ml I In irr;ie.', - vi iil lih-n.-iitirnt . riiit I" lary il'e at hard ' . liovernor I 'C. l:i'i '(re.-n -i i - v. lion '.lion ig his death , i ak' Ihe li on l rial i:;; ;. la n anil avii and i'i) of v. houi siat-i-uni tauii.il evidence i if; M'e taking "t" 1 1 1 1 1 : ' eii p.-l.l.- t; .-i "in V a;, roll v i'-1- r murder ii line ( h.-'l.-;;(.1 v r,i! ! in ,i -e.liOl' ' t"i'l "II I'I-'.-. i 'i a Tie. 'I! :' fi ; e .-.'oijs en iv. iri ii e o! ell , ('!! l'r- ii"ii a. elijir- e (I :.'Sl:i'led : an appeal, rec oi'i iii'-ud C It- til 11 I'll . s! I oli-;. -si hi" . I'"' 'l!l;; Ijf '.Cl'lHnlil- . Inliig all .-il' 'i e- acter I !..:' 1 !l is ii " (:' ' l l i.; Me,! t'illf I'-n- ?' This ,e ha !e.vm. ."I ! I'.vim1h '!.-:t le '- . ill'; i'o,:i !:i i.jli l;e ei'd 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 1 ' ' ' lie (.(..lie it! II: i-oi'i'oc ; lie tel. "1. t'H do ten of .the jii y lio hacc Ik- n foiind since ihe pe litlon was lile.l. . Mntiy of the' best ( -ilieus nt (lie coulmutiliy join in the peliiton on the ground that the i-irciiiiistiiiill.'i f-vKh nee is too weal, to jus'ifv the inking nf human life. I commute. pri.""2i''t senntence '.o itnjiris'.rnneiii in 'the t'tnte's jirisou for life in hard lahor." iio.mhi tux) Hi ii;f.,h rooit. I'ltitnin-. Coii-i and Hflp ve I- el I'm iilion Ktt: iiii'iKiiil De.tn.'.ss. -N"W '!"i-i:, J;iu. '' ---;ira. Julluti '. '! i' Lc f"ie ' iinplai-iod t ) I':". ;: -ipn tne i. "I'l l -ji uy fiifll altho'ifh i he 'v t;, 'heir lo mo.'i' -Jhnu $. no" ii":. Iroin ; lie i-'itiiti- of her nin', the lite ;-ini;, ;, Viriekliey, she wa;i in .'aetnal povcriy at the prci;eiit til v. Mi'ii. La., rencp hs'teil the court to luiMi th- estate partitioned so that Khe hi ay be aide to support hoi;elf. IK r' desire' to Imvo done wnn prii'ticularly proicpte Uv the fact thai there Is more than JU.Oiio.dOi) due i her Immediately.- she snld. as H e result of u recent sale of u por tion of the I'lnckiiey estaUi, the total value of which In estimated at be tween $30,000,000 and $40,000,000 A woman can do more with smiles than a man can with money. L OsiMtiats and Insurgents Kay Vote Tosether On Steal vA Other STEEL SCHEDULE FIRST (oiluion Is fiidicaled ly the An nomici ineiil 'l liiit lleiiiorrulie MeinheiK Will Follow- (. miliums steel Aiiieiulnienl in the Hill They Kepoil steel Schedule the Vu-ft to He Tackled I5v the House ami the liill is Practically Kenilj For Kepiirt Iteduction of HO to 40 Ter t cut I'laiined. li Winfield Jones.-) ' WusliinyKm, Jan. ft That an other democranc lasurgcnt coalition i in progresa aL the capital is m clie.it"d hv tho announcement thr-.t tb" deiuoeratic: hvembers of the vi s and lueaim cotiuml te.- wnl l e- port a sloe I Ml Iv the Cummins Ihat follows close -atecl iiiiieii'tiiK nt fl in: i sessio'i. The f teel sciiediile ss ill hn l.lie firat tjikb-rt bv the democra'lc. house and ilie bill is practically ready for re- i vlli nuniu Al -rk il innrt ti" j port.. It. is teamen "i" """""ii" slllo cli-iraiiii lh( democrats ol Ihe ways at.d sN' ii-lei't- The' in '.nr. committee luivo drawn lh' i I,-., bien Uii'ivvbil after their own tushiou it W almost, idon-tical wiili the t.unniiiiis iiuasare, and thai practically the same reductions in the duties on -l 1 lire made as were carried in The bill which passed last, session, oulv to be vetoed by the president. Tile Oil m niln g uiuendmeut, lu iiotHK'ed hy Senator Cummins, the Iowa Insurgent was tackled on to the chemical hill when that mc'inur' w.n passed bv the upper chamber. vhon it came to the house, the chemical bill, with the Cummins .iinendnieni attached, was accepted bv the democrats ami the bill went, 10 the white house. There it met the veto ol president Taft. as did ull other tariff revision hills passed bv the dcmon-ils and-insurgents during the extra session. It is believed Unit the president will again veto the steel hill unless the democrats ol the house are inclin ed lo wait until the tariff board can eel D round to the slecl schedule and make a report on that In dus! rv. House denio'-rals. who believe 'lint the revision of the tariff Is the most important Issue now lacing con giei;s, show In l le willingness to I i n,r (ielihci-ate actions of the i tariff board. Thev have gone ahisid land pre nu red a steel schedule while , .1,., i i, ,-iff hoard Is Mill investigating the wool ami cotton industries, anil iln present lutein ion of the demo cratic lenders In i lit" house is to puss hi steel schedule ahead ol all I ... 1..... . li.l.- f..ll.... i...r il .. III. ii i i'i ii.. i" ii-im in , i' i in -t i ii a " ..ni. revisio f I lie unties on chemicals iiinl sugar Ii is iiutiioril.aU voly stated that ih" demoi-raii! ol I lie hous in which lio'h all huiII legislalion miisl orig inaie. plan a reduetion of from Kh lo t.i percent In the present dulips on i.ieel ami H.i products. The Cum n'his ImIi ol last . session contained praet Il Ihe same pereentiige of reilii'-non and Hie prospects are that the house democrat..) and senate In surgents will hove little difficulty In reconciling their dilferences when (Continued on Faae Seven.) T )' a.ihiiirion, Jan, !. The 'census inucau n '.et'.on r.iniiliii': report show 'i ('.'hi: uiimhcr of running bales of co'.'on f.imicj prior to January 7b!, r.hoiui: l,'iltcd otntes. 14,33 :,7!)ti, 1-oi.uid lilies itii.I.S. ia Island 106, 4 It . Alabama 1,621. H4S, Arkanoai 1 Florida 8U,43i, Georgia i -ii:'J,t;OI. Louisiana 1(53, 409. MIhsIh iilppl 3 ,047. i'08, North Carolina !TP.H0:. Oklnhomii H02, ti2, South Carolina I .fiO'.i.i'S 7, Tciinessoo 3K0, '.Mt, Texas ;'.i;iu, 515!), other Htai.es llo.eii. Sua Inland by stales. Florida IiS.O'jr., Georgia ji5,544, South Carolina 4. SOU. Richard Harding Davis is return ing to this country from Engiait'l alter unsuccessful efforts to Induce his sister, the wife of Rot. F. P. Jur rar, to accompany him. .. 1- fc(-.f: r 7 r ifi ti m
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