North Carolina Newspapers

- ' t -- f a. v.4A-- r--. r I I . i 1 M.-.IS !-" J . VOL XXII Pric 43 07 H"1 . Largest Ship in the World -Goes to the Dot : torn of THE CAEPATHIA WAS OXLT BOAT TEAT AMOVED XV TIKE TO MAKE AKB EXSCTJES. ; ? ' ' Many Prominent People Among Taoso Drowned. Carpathia With. Bnr- V TlTort oi Board. How Bushing to How .York. Excited Crowds Throng . V w York and London 8traeU Seeking Ktwi of fcalativta, Vlrginita Arrived Too Late to Aid In Eescue. eacoacaoocococ Carpathian Only Tut . Made Eescaes. : , ' " MontraL April 16. Capt. Gambell, of the Virginian reported : as follows to bia agents here today; !' We ar rived too late to rescue any one from the Titanie. We are now proceeding to Liver pool." Sable Island wireless report to the Mareonii wire-., 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 '0 8 less , station . at Cape " Race ' communicated with Pariaan. 0: 0 She has no' Titanie paaesn gers aboard. This is taken to mean that the Carpathian ft 'i the only boat that made , .any rescues: A 0 - More than 100 persons ' sank to death" early yesterday , when : within A, ' four hoars after she crashed into an , iceberg the mammoth , White Star Line steamer 'Titanie, bound iflrom Liverpool to New York, on her maid en voyage, went to the bottom off, the ' New Foundland banks.'. Of the ap- proximately 2,300 persons on board, ' . ;, , the giant liner, some of them of world ' ' wide prominence, only 866 are known ' . to have been aaved. ' ' ' " ' New York, April 18. Because of , .'. variance between the official and nn official Ire ports it was almost impoa " aible to say definitely today just what . i, number are saved, and lost. The lat 3tJM word- received. from the Carpa- tuia placed the number on her at 806. .' If all others are lost the death 1 list will be 1,492 as her manifest. ,Th manifest of the Titanic tele graphed from London this morning : and aald there were 2558 .aboard when the liner started. ' These are the latest and definite figures, E. 3, Ber- wind, director of the White Star. Line - at 10:45. confirmed the- report. that there are at least 800 survivors from the" Titanic aboard the Carpa- - this. Vague reports, not verified in steamship circles; today told of ad ditional rescues. One report said that - there were over-400 survivors aboard , the Virpriniaa, the first vessel to go to the Titanie 'a rescue. Officials are "trying to communicate with the yie-. ginian to verify the report..."; ' Viae President Franklin locked himself in his office at 10:45 and it is announced will see no one. Inquiry . showed 'through doors asking whether bed had any news of reported of 400 additional passengers, Franklin re plied in a shaking voice: "I hope it v is true, but I have no such informa tion. , . , -The Cunard Line issued the fol- lowing: " A wireless message today from the : commander of the . Carpathia says: : 7:55, a. m.,'I am proceeding to 'New ' York unless otherwise ord. ' with about 800 survivors. -Considering the . circumstances with so much ice abouf think beat . to make New .York. A large number of icebergs" and twenty ' miles filled with ice k with bergs amongst it." " , ' ' Ni fork, April 16. . Crowds of - men, many on the . verge of ' tears, with 'a few women, crowded the White Star - Line office today, and rema tied hoping for news regarding the Titanie disaster. , Police reserves found great difficulty in keepink . a passajre open for traffic along lower ' Broadway, as a result ol the crowd outsiJe the offices. There were, many heart-rendering scenes among per sons when told that friends' or rela tives' names did not appear in the list of survivors. London, April 16. A tearful and exci,d crowd' stormed the London ofiiefs of the White Star Line today l.p " ing definite news of the Titanic l! Kit (or. London went to bed last i)':.' t. t!.iiikir'r p' the liner r'i.1 r tw"",e C s.'h ! vfi wea aDoara t confront a I 2;re inf orma I ? t the stcam- t 'iii Img he 1 5 (.! ' ( c. ! Oi'.,. . '4 hfH"fl 1,: for t:;e 'iv.'- ' and steamship t to hiiSf mast fen, '111 . . 8 1"" 1 fc" Of t ' 9 . ' f ' a v t . t t f - ' Centa t IfontX TV n"'f nnpq the Sea. 5' - for the safety of the remainder of the paaaengera and. crew." ' ',. ... - New York! April 16. The White Star Line officials at eight o'clock to day said that the latest information they received from the scene of-the wrecked Titanie was that there were only 866 survivors. All are aboard the Cunarder Carpathia, which is en route to New York, .. New York, April 18. The vice president of the White Star Line at 8:20 today said the line was without authentic information - other than what Already had- been announoed. He waa nearly hysterical and said: "This is a terrible, horrible disaster. Whether the-Virginian or the Paris ian managed to rescue any more pas sengers wo don't know. We will probably not hear from the Olympia until she reacher the other aide. It's terrible." ' At seven o'clock this morning the line received a Marconigram from the Carpathia, Stating that ? among the survivors aboard were lira. John Jacob Astor and her maid, but it was feared that Col As tor waa drowned, r The following message was receiv ed at the Charlestown navy - yards wireless station: "Six hundred and fifty passengers, mostly women and cnudren aboard . tbe Hiner tapatnia are the only iprvivers of the Titanie, the others wnt down with the ship. Other rescue ships failed to find any more of the Titanie 'a passengers' This was the Marconi message relay ed, by , at--, least ' two ships, . which caught it 'tome distance, near Cape Cod and sent it here today. - The Titanic was insured at Lloyds for $5,000,000, according to advices from London. - The cost of building the great liner has been estimated at $10,000,000, although . Vice President Franklin of the White Star Line in sisted tonight that her value was not over 18,000,000. ', . . The total monetary loss caused by the sinking of the ship, however, is certain to run to many millions more, but tbe total amount cannot even be conjectured. It is generally under stood that the vessel had aboard dia monds of great- value estimated as high as $6,000,000, and also a large amount 'of bonds. The. amount of freight earned according to a White Star, official tonight would not reach over $500,000. . - , The Titanie earned 3342 bags of mail of unknown value which it is hardly likely was saved. ' Untold - wealth was - represented among the passengers of the Titanie, there being, on board at least six men, each of whose fortunes might be reck oned in tens of millions of dollars. A rough estimate -of tbe total .'.Wealth represented in the first class passen ger list would .reach over a half bil lion dollars. - ' . ' The wealthiest of tbe list is Col onel John Jacob Aator, bead of the famous house whose: name he beara, who is reputed to be worth $150, O00,000r Mr. Aator . waa returning from a tour of Egypt with hia bride, who waa Sliss Madeline r orce ' to whom he was married in Providence on September 9." l s The Titanie was the biggest boat in tbe world, she had on board more than 2,000 persons 1,470 passengers and a crew of 860 men. A large per centage, if not the majority of the passengers, were ' Americans. ; She was 882 " feet long and' haa 46,328 tons displacement. She was launched' last May. This waa her maiden trip. Boston, April 13. Local agents of the Allan line don't believe the re ports that the Virjnian has any sur vivors aboard." One local agent said today: "We dare not. hope that the Virginian reached the scene of the wreck of the Titanic in time to res cue "any one. Had she done this she would immediately have put back' here and would have been in speak ing dmtnjice of some wireless station, throi";h which we have been trying frsnticnHy to reach her since yester day. We believe she is now eastern hours;! with no survivors aboard, j, Washington,- April 16. President To"; 9 vi;. inly touched - and kept 'hm wi'li White Star ' i t IVw Yoik today, en- ; t .i 1 j t a wot I c tn- - r .. , .v ' o it i.-i f . . 1' i i i ' ? 't '.' 'a t' i 'l f i ) I raTcOLD WATES V , raATJAQX DISTRICT. Engineer Wetaore Now Eas Work ..TV all TJjuUrway. . , . EnKinecr Wet more -ow baa the orveying work underway on the Cold Water drainage district. Thia will be tbe final survey and when com pleted Mr. Wetmore will submit his estimates of tbe cost for the survey. ,The Cold Water survey is about 10 miles in length and it is estimated that 1,200 acres of bottom lands will be surveyed. It is very probable that the dredge boat will be in operation within a abort time. It will take about one year to complete the entire work, although it ia likely that a eropl can be made next year on part of tbe land.: - . . 'A "' , '' : - The cost per acre to drain this land will not be determined until the eor. vey is completed but there is no doubt that the first year'a eropa wilL pay the expense to each land owner whose land is effected. ' Tbe drainage law provides that the drainage bonds can be issued so as to make the Jttrst pay ment three years after the work is finished. Thia will give every farmer three full crops off of the lands drained before the . first payment is due; ' N ; . , . - An-effort is jiow being .made to drain Buffalo creek and it is very probable that thia work will be un der way in a short time.-, - -.. . - ; ' Concord's Menace, Charlotte Chronicle. :T' The .Concord Tribune has sounded a vigorous note of marning over the menaee of the great Buffalo swamp, flanking the depoMhere for milea and miles in either direction. Passen gers who have observed thia .swamp from the" ear windows have wondered if Concord waa not a malarial town. That its eitizens have so far ettaped is a wonder. In describing the situ ation, The Tribune a&ys the recent heavy rains filled' the creek' bed with sand until tbe waters now spread over a wide area and run in almost every direction. , In many places in. the marshy swamps, where the waters have receded,, cesspools are filled with tllthy foul-gmelling, -disease breeding water ; with neither an inlet nor an outlet. Not only the creek and water covered area are within- themselves a source of danger but this -danger has been enhanced by reason of the fact that there -is no proper sewer connect ion, where the .city sewer emp ties into the creek at the railroad bridge. : Beginning at the bridge and for quite a distance down the creek the water is green colored with slime from which there emanates such a sickening odor that is ia obnoxious to people at tbe depot and beyond. Worse than all, a broken sewer con nection has polluted this vast stag nantmorass and. added to its men ace.: Tbe .trouble can be temporarily remedies by excavating about 250 feet of the sand.- The Tribune sug gests that the city carts be pressed into Service for this work. -'As soon' as tbe dredge boat can be put into operation the "great swamp will dis appear, but the dredging operations will take time. The Concord' people should heed The Tribune when it says the -dangerous condition should be remedied now. Every day adds ; a greater risk. . If the work ia done at once a serious public calamity may be averted, but if neglected long enough for petty polities to be play ed time alone can" only mark tbe na talities. 1 By Internrban To Lenoir. - Charlotte Chronicle. . . Probably within tbe next sixty daysJ ynarioiie people may oe apte to iaae an interurban car '' at Independence rm l... i -rt i i ill Square and ipeed sway for Lenoir, Edgemont anf the mountains. Ttiis will be made possible by a traffic ar rangement between the Carolina & North-Western Railroad of which 'Mr, L. T. Nichols, is general manager, by which the. interurban car i leaving Charlotte could bo .twitched at Qaa tonia and carried on to Lenoir, thence to Edgemont t without ' delay. This would be ty xar the finest mountain trafnc service that has been arrang ed for Charlotte. It teems almost too good to -be tnuejret it is known that the Southern Pow r Company operat ing he interurban haa been, figuring on running a mountain schedule, pro vided the arragements eould be made on a satisfactory basis. Nothing au thoritative have been given out yet by either aide (but the fact that such traffic ; arrangement i is poceibility will be a matter of intense interest t ot lie public. It would be . possible for the Charlotte citizen to .leave at 8:30 a. m., and reach Lenoir an hour or more earlier than is now possible. If Mr. Nidhola and the interurban people succeed in making this traffic arrangement Charlotte . will keep their cars filled. ..?' xr A ' 'v? Miss Luca Cress, of China Grove. is visiting Miss Addie Qoodman. CONCORD, N. C, 1 UES DAY. i " L...4 ulilfl.liil YEOXO.GETS FACXAOE THAT OAKS 121 AXOTHEl'g HAME. Frank Sradakaw Calls and " Oett WMakey U W Wart's Name, And Another-rro Palls for It LitUe Later. tradshair ia JaO. "Is there a pack?e of lianor here for Jack West t" asked ft negro thia morning of Mr. Ylrd, h exp agent - ' ?is' : ' On being informecrthat tber waa. tbe negro naked f ot it Ha paid tbe charges and signed for the package. In a few minutes another negro ap proached Mr. Ward and" aaid: "Mis ter, ja there a package of liquor here for Jack Westt?. ' ' , .... . -Mr.-4Vard informel him that such a package had Just been signed for and taken out of the .office by another negro. . --".. ' t-.- The matter waa reported to Chief of Police Boger. Mr, Boger went on the trail of the firsftiegro and over took and arrested hia near the bak ery on West Corbini street. He waa Prank Bradshaw. V' -J' " t The prisoner was taken to the po- lice headquarters and examined. He stated; that a negro by tbe name of Pharr gave him 45 eents and told him to go to the oxpresa, office and get a package of (liquor i. Jack West's name. He said that it was the first time be knew the liquOr was there and he had nothing tdido with order- uig it. - . i ' - In the meantime Jack West had heard there was, a paVkage of liquor at i the express office for him. He earns up immediately ffor it. He do med, however, that ne had ordered any, bur-says thaf it came here In his name and he thinks hetia entitled to it. - " ' Bradshaw! was committed to jail under the charge of false pretense and will be given a bearing tomorrow morning at 9:30. There is also a Federal statute againbt ordering liq uor in any one else's name and it is probable that a charge against him will be made on thia (round. '. The Titanic Tragedy. Charlbtte Observer, i- t i .., - Shortly after-2 o'clock yesterday morning, the' steamship .'Titanic, of the White Star Line?aankTthe bot tom of the sea,' and,, according to the reports at this writing, -fifteen hun dred human lives were lost. "What the monetary loss will be, it is impos sible to teiThe ship eost several million dollars; but the Value of its cargo and the belongings of the pas sengers, many of whom were persons of great wealth, eanndt be computed. Tbe disaster was one of the greatest in tbe history i of ocean travel and will cause a thrill of horror around the world.- When tbe C. Q. D. of tbe sinking ship was sent - through the air. many steamships ruaned. to ber relief but evidently reached her too late to save ber or ber people. nobody was to blame, apparently. The ship was built with all -possible care for the eomf ort" and safety of its passengers. It was furnished with water-tight compartments, . designed to keep her afloat in ease of accident to her hull or machinery; the Vice President of the White Star Line continued to the last moment the be lief that the ship eonld not possibly sink; yet all the genius of the build ers and the skill of the navigators and the ears of the officers eould not avert tbe catastrophe which , caused the loss of this leviathan' of the deep. : 'V-.'": i i i iiiiir.j,-;:,;.j..;v Mrs. Wall Meets With Painful Acd dent. Mra. W. T. Wall had" the misfor tune to -atrike her foot against the curbing yesterday - and - broke.' two bones in it .'Mr. Wall and little daughter, Alice Margaret, had just returned from Henrietta.- Mra. Wall went to tbe carriage- to meet them. She took the little girl in her arms and started to return to the bouse. Just as she turned to step up on the sidewalk her foot struck the curbing. Mrs. Wall tripped and fell. She com plained of intense pain in ber foot after being assisted into the house by Mr.. Wall. Fortunately the little girl was not injured. A physician waa summoned and an examination ahowed that two small bones were broken. 1 Mrs. Wall suf fered considerable pain from tbe in jury last night but ia resting very comfortably today. Want the Car to Run to Gibson. Mill .!.'' . .Becttoa. The citizens at the Gibson mill are are daily asking .'the question why can't the street ear run out there t They say the track is finished and they see no reason why the car can't n ' e the entire jonrnpy. They con- APRIL 16.1912. . ' : - : BIETHDAY PASTY. UttU Kiss Calloway Celebrated Bar . Bixtk Birthday Yortarday. Little Miss Qeorgie Eliaabeth Cal loway entertained a number of little friends yesterday afternoon at her home on Georgia Avenue, tbe occa sion being ber sixth birthday. The utile girls ana boys bad a lively time playing games and enjoying tbe event in general. - Delicious refresh ments wera served, iftar whieh tha sttrutiva littla hmtmM waa ilunr. ed with beet wishes for many, maayt?l mQe, l "!u'r "e grounds at No. more happy birthday. . The invited goesta were! . ",.'. ' .... Little Misses Jennie Gibson Brown. Lanr May Watson, Sarah Ellen Linker, Catherine Haynea Carpenter, Mary McConnell, Helen -Widenbouse, Edith Amick, Cordelia Ritchie, Nancy Cox, Mildred Morrison. ' Adelaide Harris, Virginia Walker, Jane White, Catherine Goodman, Margaret Hart sell, Edith Ouffy, Donnell Smoot; Masters Joe. Orchard Foil,' Clarence Ridenhour, Earle Henderson Brown. Jr., Aubrey "Hoover, Jr,. and Billie Boyd. - v- ' Sua to Elds Her race. ; -Washington, D. C," April 16.-Ob- servera of , the celestial spheres are today .discussing the eclipse of tbe sun which will occur tomorrow. The oretically, it ia a total eclipse, but practically it u not, for the duration of totality will be but a fraction of a second. - To i the inhabitants of this1 paction of the globe it will be only a partial eclipse, arid will be visible on-, ly in the eastern States and eastern Canada. Persons living west of a line drawn through' Pehbina, N, D., Sioux Cityj, Memphis, and Pensacola will not be able to wtfaess the phe nomena. . Washington- astronomers are: apathetic regarding' the -'eclipse, o ' .i r . . . ' a, . Mt ft. - - . . ior me reason inai it win oegin dc fore sunrise in .this section, : - Rej. Sr. Cox to 'Return to Rowan.' Salisbury,. - April 15.-It will be gpod news to the many .Salisbury friends of Rev. Dr. George H. Cox, formerly of this eounty. and at one time president of the North Carolina Lutheran Synod, who haa been living with his son, Rev. G. Brown Cox, at Norfolk, and serving ehurcbea in that vicinity, to know that he' has accept ed a call. to. the, pastorate of Christ and Calvary Lutheran churches, the former in, Eapt Spencer and the lat ter, in' Spenee$' and will take up his work Sunday;: May 19. Dr. Cox is one. of the. leading Lutheran divines in the Southern Lutheran Synod and his brethren ''of. the North Carolina Synod will welcome his return. ' ' i i. 'm i i y.-,.-... Elks to Give Musical Concert and nance. The Elks will give a musical con cert and dance at the' Elks Home Monday night. The Troubadoun Amusement Company has been en gaged and will give a musical con cert and furnish music for the dance afterwards. The Troubadors are a combination of genuine entertainers and, artistic musicians of high order and the Elks are forunate in securing them. The programme will consist of flute and violin solos, songs by quar tette, impersonations, ete. ,i 7 . k itapcjTono " ELFhUVJ" TonsaiDPstiKt" ' A t I These mysterious ' characters wH bo readity understood ; , " after reading our I c new serial story . . ' ' ' AthrCIingbasebsH .. romance by one , ; of the best known . ' writers on cports , X la the country'' 1 T.Te v.: i r-L--t c.3 cft!.:if;-tttsr7 cf t!.3 ritio-:.! the enrcos o&oaxize. Officers Elected and Plant Made for Launching- the Season. The Cine baseball team net but night and formed an organisation fas; tbe year. The following officers were elected : W. J. Weddington, man ager; C A. Cook, assistant manager; O. Q. Dally, captain, and Kay Pat terson, secretary and treasurer. Plans were made for seeurimr suit able grounds and to raise funds for beginning the season. An effort win 3 school. -A thorough canvass will be made of the business houses and friends of the game here for fends necessary to purchase s eanvaa to enclose the grounds. The young men feel confident if they succeed in rais ing money for this purpose the team will be self supporting, aa they figure the revenue from patronage in an in closed ground will be amply sufficient to meet expenses, V - ' . j , r Monument Uavafled. ' A large number of members of Elm Camp W. O. W. attended tbe unveil ing of the monument of the deeeaaed Sovereign J. P. Jones' at Elmwood cemetery.. The ceremonies were Con ducted bythe officers of the camp and were witnessed by a large num ber of friends and relatives ia addi tion to tbe members of the order. Mr. Frank Petrea paid a fitting tribute to the life of tbe deceased and his remarks were listened to with intense interest. ' A feature of the exercises waa the music by the Woodman quar tette' composed of Messrs. Ed. Sher rill, J. C. Fink, Lathan Hathcoek and Marshall Mabry. ; Roosevelt's North Carolina Tour. . Washington, April 15. The Roose velt programme, for North Carolina is as follows: He ail! arrive at Ashe rille Monday next, April 22, at6:20 a. m. and remain there until 7:10; from Asheville he goes to Salisbury where be will tarry ironr 11 ;55 to 12:05. f He will arrive at Greensboro at 1:30 and remain until 6. ; Senator Dixon does not think now that he will be able to accompany Mr. Roosevelt. Representative ' William Warfield Wilson, of Chicago, will be with the Colonel in - Nebraska, Ten nessee and North Carolina. Meeting of Water and Light. Men. Salisbury N. C, April 18 Tbe Tri-Stafe' water and LTgh'rAijsbcia tion, embracing Georgia and North and South Carolina, convened in an nual meeting here today for a two days' session. President W.T. Steig litz, of Columbia, S. C, presided at the opening'8ession. ': - DOH'T G&IIBLE jrS era fCb t h3 a W ta a a m CD ftk aWt w r am i n w a. o , f " i - U" i ! op 152.3 srsTo t Kb : 3 -.- o a a - . (a a o : ,;. 1 o it ": (,) ... n . rr r tr a U tr siriji Copy, cnu. jq o . , SMALL T0WT3 WHO C7T. Yaat Btratckaa of V2-y U, i Are Oevered ky rreai ax to Ta.:y Peet of Water. Parte of thirteen parwhee La aorta- era' Louisiana are today facing a de luge) unparalleled re tbe kutory if disastrous 'floods of the lower sippi valley. Numeroos small towns ' in &est Carroll and Madison r already are wiped out, rmi strr ee of valley lands are covered by . . six to twenty leet of water and a wail of the devasting flood waters twenty rest nignand more than a ml In width ia mahinf through tbe great Dogtaia erevaeee aear Olaatia, La. Already thooaanda are boniele and destitute, what will be tbe t -U ' when the waters from the Panthe Forest and Bed Fork erevasses in Arkansas join their destructive (oreea with tbe sea of water pouripg through the Dogtail breach no one eaa say. . Parts of thirteen Louisiana parishes '' and two , Arkansas counties will be : under water and a conservative esti mate says that the homeless in that territory will total at least 60.000 and probably 75,000.- It. b believed the territory 160 miles' in length and from six to eight miles ia width will be in-. undated.. No further breaks occurred in tbe levees yesterday. -.:.'. , To add to'tbe alarming situation, a veritable cloud burst in tbe Tensaa ' , basin of North Louisiana gave forth ; from 4 to 6 inches of rain fall in tbe brief space of ten hours. High winds accompanied the rain and made more difficult tbe work of teseue in the ov- . erflowed district : . V - r '0 : Political Conspiracy Exposed! A. rumpT had it yesterday that a boom was being launched , by the friends-ofMr. J. A. Kennett, the genial cotton buyer, for the Demo-: eratie nomination for sheriff, f Mr. Kennett waa asked about the matter by a Tribune reporter.- He stated positively that hia hat waa not abid ing in any oval shaped territory and furthermore be had heard of the plan to get hia, name out for sheriff bat that it waa nothing in the world but a conspiracy between Mr. E. F. White on one band and Mr.- N. A. Archi bald on the other, both cotton buyers, -'to get bis on the cotton market,", and that hediLnot propose to- be "sucker enough to grab the bait I": j The State convention of the North.' Carolina Baraea and Philathee'dos-j e its. session at Salisbury Monday -night amid scenes of wild enthusiasm on the part of 750 delegates present. The Baracas had 325 delegates from 95 towns, with 150 classes, including nine denominations. The 425 Phila theas represented 100 . towns, 175 classes- and nine nine denominations.. III CLOTHS! i .. ) : 3- I j 1 m V 1 ten 1 that they su:. i the lunpleas- i ' ant iiHvnvemcuce ci t torn up all the t I' t k is fill! ci it. Ihcy i i t a trnt.k i., ! - their t i.:.-i r and now ! t'-iy can 'i i .,t i :h t:.c ; 1 "-s to t'lem A v i vou put a c r n v iii done i; ' ' 1 '! 1' r ' ( it and it i t' 1 . . !