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VOL. XLIII NO, 34.
GASTONIA, N. C. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. FEBRUARY 9. 1922.
SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS
CREW OF NORTHERN PACIFIC INTIMATE THERE WAS FOUL
GAS
PLAY IN BURNING OF SHIP
NUMBER OF DEAD IN
RICHMOND FIRE HAS
NOW REACHED FiVE
Human Head Found This
Morning Twelve Persons
Are Still Unaccounted For
Body of Pet Cat Is Found. j
(Bv Tlie Associated Press.)
KICHMON'D, V.-i., Feb. . Discov
cry of the body of E. K. Hush, of IJich
xnuml, in the ruins of the Lexington ho
tel, which was destroyed by fin; early
Tuesday, brought the known dead in the
disaster to live. Hush's head and torso
were found in the west portion of the
wreckage and uas identified by letters
in a coat jiockrt .
RICHMOND, Vh., Feb. 9 .Firemen
searching the ruins of the Lexington ho
tel which was destroyed by fire early
Tuesday, this morning found a human
head, bringing the number of known
dead in the disaster to five. Lute this
morning the head had not been identifi
ed. Twelve persons were still missing or
unaccounted for today as a result of the
Lexington Hotel fire, according to a re
cheeking by the police of a list of its
guests, the total known and positively
identified dead leing four. Many of
the injured in hospitals are recovering,
whilo search of the ruins continue for
missing guests.
Jack l'ettus, tho proprietor or the ho
tel, ."aid today that he was concerned
over the fate of the honsokoi per, Mrs.
Matfie Iilui kwoll, who occupied a room
in the center of tie- building ami v. ho
was noticed at one of tic windows with
her clothing afire. Mr. I Vitus received
an urgent tc'.egruin from Mrs. V. . Kel
ler, of l'onsueola, Fla., inquiring as to
the welfare of her son, Frederick Keller, '
whom s.ie said, was a member of the.
1'niteil States nivy and who ':is a guest
nt the hotel
Hi
s name .1
iter. li
not
no
appear
listed
s, of
on the hotel r.
among the mi sing .
The condition of Andrew
Buffalo, N. V.. was said to lie serious.
Guiles is suffering from a broken back
and paralysis of the body, suffered when
he fell from the third floor of the burn
ing building.
John Foiden, of Fatton. YV.'Yii., ami
George Cutter, of llmkroo Uiach, Ya .
were reported to be in a nun h nunc m
rious condition today but their injuries
are not thought to lie fatal. Foblen is
suffering from a sprained back and
ter from a fractured leg.
A leg of a victim whose body ha
as vet been removed from the ruin
Cut
h;
been found in the debris.
"Maffy", the pet cat that succeed
in nrousioe Mrs. 1.. G. Daniels a n
duugliter. Miss Drusilla Daniels, of
eigh, X. C, was found dead ycsl
nt'tcrnnon on a dangling part of
Wal
rdav
the
third lloor of the hotel. "Boots", a
i.et torrii r beioncina to Mr. I'eltus, was
v,.-...iie,l after arousing I'.s master
bv
barking .
DALLAS AKOTEM ENTER
The Dallas high
rnont hiizh school will
ml :i
tiv
the
Be
-tat.
honors in basketball.
Both of these high " heol
Ced the Chapel Hill authoriti
1:1 w
of
nuti
ll.i'ii
Mate
desire to participate in the
an nun!
champioushin contest v an h i
under the general auspices
...idueted
the Cni-
versify of North Carolina.
The championship seiis wili begin
next week. Kariy in the week a confer
ence of faculty manager will arrangi
the western elimination schedule. flu
conference will be attended by represen
tatives of Dallas and Belmont.
The Dallas high school has m vor g. ti"
out for State honors before. The H '
mont high school has taken par? in all
the past seven annual contests, and sev
eral times Belmont bas come close to the
wim title in the elimination race.
- Fifty high schools in a'l section
enter the t?tate-wido contest, it has
announced from Chapel Hill.
will
ic en
FORD'S ENGINEER TO
TESTIFY MONDAY
"WASHINGTON, Feb. S. An an
nouneement by Chairman Kahn of the
House Military Committee, that V. P.
Mayo, chief engineer for Mr. Ford, would
testify Monday, opened the second days
investigation by Congress of Henry
Ford's offer for purchase, and lease of,
the nitrate and power .property at Mus ;
cle Shoals. Ala. '
A telegram leerived by Mr. Kahn
from Mr. C C I.eibold, secretary to Mr.
Ford, said : '
"In view of the fact lhat Mr. Ford
finds it imoossible tn comic to "Washing ;
ton, we are' asking Mr. .1 W. Worthing-;
ton, to call on von and h - T such ser
vice as is possible." i
The chairman aid Mr. Vwirthington
bad vilrit?J him and had said he and Mr.i
Mavo would aprear Monday. ... I
fho eommittee then called on Major (
willinnm. chief of army trd-;
He reeiteil in detail the reasons
for eoiud ruction of the nitrate pian.s.
explained the process of nitrate manu
facture and produced figures' giving the
cost tn the Government of the work a'
eomplitthtd to date.
TAR m.EV BOY WANTED
ADDRESS OF MARK TWAIN
HARTFORD, Conn.. Fib. 9.
'I'leaee Bend me the address of Tom
Hawver." said a boy's letter addressed
to "Mark Twain," Hartford. Conn.
The letter from a Middhex, X. C lad.
nau rm-eivnl tnd.iv liv Frank C' . M1it0-
wore, former secretary of the linat Jiu- j
mnrisC . Mr. Wllitrmore. replying, CI-
j.lained that Mark Twain had been'dead J
about 12 years.
Ulster Frontier
Steel Following
Of Two Hundred Unionists
j Estimated That 5,000
tier Lines - Armored
in Use - High Tension
(By The Associate Press.)
BK1.FAST, Feb. !. Ulster's fron
tier was virtually a line of steel today,
following the raids yesterday in which
many unionists were kidnapped. From
l'ortadown, counly Aramagli, to Bollock,
on the Fermanagh Donegal border,
ror. es of -special;, were on guard, as well
as heay contingents of the regular con
stabulary. It was estimated that .",(H0 men were
engaged in policing the line.
The forces began to move toward the
border yesterday. The roads leading
southward from Belfast today presented
scenes of activity, motor trucks and ar
mored cars bearing the so called "A"
and "B" specials. Accompanying them
were other trucks with stores and am
munition.
High tension prevails1 at all point.
Strangers travelling through the six
counties are subject to the closest scru
tiny and in some cases are halted and in
terrogated. So communication was possible with
Kniiii-killoii today in consequence of the
wires from this city being cut.
Colonel Wickham, commanding the
I'istcr specials', has received a communi
cation from Dublin Castle stating that
the provisional Government is sending
specials officers to investigate the kid
napping. Teh-phone nnd telcgrain wires were
cut yesterday in the affected districts
and communication was still uncertain
today, but a county inspector of police
who returned today from a tour of the
lines said no reprisals had boon attempt
ed overnight by the Unionist .
A British regiment, transferred from
Free IState territory, is due to reach
Kniiiskillon within a few days. It wa.)
report d today the transfer would be ex
pedited. 200 HELD.
BKLFAST. Feb. 9. The number of
men held captive after yesterday's raids
is pl.i 'i I at 200 by the Northern Whig
Unionist newspaper, which adds:
"They are being held at the mercy of
men, who as the events- of the last two
ycnr.s have shown, are capable of tirto-citi.-s
:ih vile as iitiv that bolsheviks or
Bashiba.ouks ever committed.
"Viscount Fit.aliin is a- powerless to
prevent the rapid spread of anarchy in
the south or to protect the peaceable
people on cither side of the boundary
from the roviue haiufitli who call them-sele-
soldiers of the Irish lb-publican
army as the youngest child in Dublin.
Whether Michael Collins is in a position
to intervene move effectively is doubt
ful. Tin- lrir.li New-, nationalist organ,
savs: "No sane man can conceive why
the aniiouui-cuien; that the political pris
oners who were doomed to hang a! Deny
had been reprieved was delayed until too
late to reach those who had lonecived
well the idea of anticipating the execu
tions wi'h a foretaste of the reprisals
which would follow them; but the raid 4
though explainable, are indefensible. Fu
ller disciplined iciitrol they could not
have b.-en ma le. Tiny cannot have been
inspired by friends of the Free State."
MAJOR MILES RELEASED.
( Bv The Associated Press.
BELFAST. Fib. !. Ma jor Miles, of
Souh Donegal, one of the prisoners tak
en by the raider, of northern Irish
((unties yesterday, returned to his home
today. Other fr..m the same area are
reported tu have been released. !
NO FURTHER RAIDS,
LONDON, Feb. !. Reports from
Ireland indicated that up to noon today
none of the Unionists kidnapped by the
raiding bands in Ulster yesterday morn
ing had lwen released, or at U:is-t none
had 1 cturnod home. No lurthcr raids
hate occurred.
EXTIMATE 200.
LONDON. Feb. it. All the I'l-Vr
unionists kidnapped in yesterday's raid-,
with the exception of those 1ak 11 in
Sligo, were still held today, according to
latest reports from Ire-land. Their mini
ben- was variously reported, the highest
estimate being nearly 2"0, although most
counts put the fijrurv considerably lorn r.
The Morning Post's Belfasj cm res
pondent, who reports from the Ulster
point of view, wis "over siixy" art
held. He deserilios northern Ireland as
"seething with .xcitcment at 1he t a i-l -.
and loyalists aid ize with indignation ami
resentment." He represents the raids
as having been attended by many fights,
and speaks of "innumerable ambushes
of the police. ' ' !
The most sanguinary encounters oc
curred at and about .Newtown but ac
cording to the correspondents, who jids;
1 "desperate affrays between tlie cpxials
. (constables) and Irish Republican army
members are taking place at many points
J along the lorler .of Fermanagh and
Monaghan" where a score of specials
I were captured under threats of shooting
j by the raiders' His tale of wotmdtd is
j a long one, bat lie gives no total. " 1
The London morning nw.-ipaicrs. in-;
! chiding those inost frh'ndly to Irish na-j
tiomilisio, ppvcrt-ly condemn the kidnap-j
I pings which their, writers fenr will pre-;
j veiit . the ii.n itii atiim of Irelaml. ami
slnitt)'r the !i)ii)r luised )in iht Ancrlo-.
Irish treaty. I
Tl... art inn tif tlin imnnoul r.iiv.TTi.:
ncnt ii demanding that the previsiatMil i
' gp.ernmmt of south Irelu'udjake l'roer,
Is A Line Of
The Kidnapping
Men Are Policing Fron
Trucks and Motor Cars
Prevails.
measures1
men and
emiiiiicii.il
for the release of the captured
prevent ion of new outrages is
d bv The Times.
SEARCH LIGHTS SWEEP
THE MILLS FOR STRIKERS
! Sheriff With Forty Deputies
Patrols Streets of Town
Night Is Quiet After First
; Disorders.
I (Uv The Associated Press.)
j VOKKV1LLK. (.. Feb. !. Five
powerful searchlights mounted on water
towers and other high parts of the York
, ville plant of the Wheeling Steel Cor '
j potation swept the hills on each side of
; t lie Ohio river all night. They also 1
searclie.i every mail leading into me vii
, hige for possible gatherings of mill
! workers who have been on strike since
1 last July. Tin- night passed quietly, af
ter the excitement of yesterday when on"
striker was killed and a sympathizer was
wounded bv shooting from within the
mill.
Sheriff I.ucas with Ins 40 deputies, pa
trolled 1 he streets of the town in the vi-
cinity of the plant but did not interfere
with the little squads of strikers who!
throughout the night kept careful wat-h I
in tin' streets around the company's
property. These pickets, usually an
American and a foreigner, returned at
intervals to the strikers' headquarters. a
few hundred feet from the steel compn-j
ny 's office in the principal street, to be j
refreshed by hot coffee and after they I
had been in the cold night air. !
1 Tiny appear to be well organized and ;
a leader said there were so many of J
them available that they were requested j
to work in short relays. The rest of the 1
town retired to bed soon after midnight ;
'. and with the exception of the pickets
and the guards within the mill enclosure j
there were few nboV . In the mill yard 1
all was bustle and activity.
Superintendent McNulty, in charge of
the plant, refused to make a statement, j
but said that woik in the mill was being!
continued during the. night and four hot I
mills were in operation. Intense inter-j
est was manifested by the sinkers in j
persistent n pelts that -officers of the'
I'fiitod .Mill.- Workers of America had
taken up their cause, and had asked
Governor Dais, of Ohio, to order all
armed guards except th)' sheriff's regu
lar deputies taken away from the mills.
They said there were fully 'Joint mem- 1
bers of the United Mine Worker within j
a short distance of Yorkville, and as one .
of the local leaders 1 press
" TIov re all our friends."
d it
CO-OPERATIVE MARKETING
BILL PASSES 58 TO 1
AYASHINC1T0N, Feb. '.). Pas-age by
the Senate of the House co-operative mar
ket ing bid by a vote of oS to 1 was
vii wed by many today as the most
sweeping victory yet attained by the
farm bloc. Before passing late yester
day the House measure which relieves
the fanners oopcrativo associations
from the application of laws prohibiting
trusts or unfair bnsines-s practices and
places authority to determine whether
siieli acts have bei n committed with the
Secretary of Agriculture, the Senate re
jected by n. vote of 51 to t the bill re
poited by its imn judiciary commit ttc
which would have held 1ho associations
amendable to present laws.
The single opposing vote on the bill
in the Senate was cast by Senator Cbrry,
Democrat, Rhode Island. Tht votes of
two other Senators, Brandegees, Pepubli
can, Connecticut, and King, Democrat,
Utah, who were paired against the bill,
were withheld. The measure now goes to
conft rem e for adjustment of differences
with the House.
EUROPEAN WOMEN ARE
IN DESPERATE STRAITS
C.I;N'EV.. I'eb. P. An indication
of th' stt.iits i'i which many Kuropean
noblt women find themselves after the
war. is given in the experience of the
American wife of a Geneva banker who'
advertise 1 icontly in a Munich news-i
.aper f)ir an educattd woman sivretary '
with a trooil knowh'dge of languages.
The banker', wife offered a salary of
.;.in Swiss francs monthly, in addition to J
a i-oinfori.lblc home, and thus far sin
I , as rtv ixi'd ni"ie than l.liuO replies,
fn-u'al! parts of Cnmany and Austria. .
Tin- applicant include three princecs
es. nine iia rmi 'ssi s. and thirty countess- t
) s, but the majority are widows or
d iughti rs of former hiih officials. Most .
of the ht'ers relate pathetic stories, and,
many of the applicants want no salary j
oulv a comfortable heme.
CLOSING BIDS ON THE
NEW YORK MARKET
NKW YORK. Kib. !. Cotton fu
tures rinsed steadv.
March 17. H'; May 10. July Ki.uj;
October 15.7-1; Deo-mlier Ij.Co.
TODAY'S COTTON MARKET
Cotton Seed
Strict to Good Middluij
Cotton Market
i i
16;ic,tai
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
CALENDAR.
:
Thursday.
10:00 a. m. Jewish Relief
canvassers.
7:30 p. m. Pythian Band.
Friday.
7:00 p. m. Chamber of Com-
mere Glee Club.
8:00 p. m. Community Chortis.
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 17th.
7:30 p. m. Membership Meet
ing Address by Dr. Chas. A.
Eaton.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY TO
START INVESTIGATION
OF TAYLOR MURDER
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. it.
authorities here are keeping a
cheek oil steamship passengers h
this port, to frustrate, they said,
attempt on the part of Kdwnrd .
Police
iving
a in
-.III Is.
former butler of William Desmond
lor, the murdered film director, to
cape across Ihe Pacific. Authorities
lieve he may attempt to get to the
Fast by steamer from San Francis.-.
There has been no developments
the search for a reputed brotlnr
Sands reported to have moved from
1
es
be
Far
Angeles to San I'afuel. Calif.
rci
i-ntlv
' LOS ANtiKLKS, Calif., Feb. 0
i The centralized investigation at the dis
jtriet attorney 's off ic.- of the nistery siir
I rounding the murder of William Des
j mend Taylor, was expected to begin to
(lav, following the alleged discoverv and
turning over to that official last night
i the messages and letters written to th
j director by Mabel Norniaml.
I As Thomas Lee Wool wine, dis! lie!
loriiev, is taking personal charge of tN
i trial of Mrs. Madalvnne C. Ooein haiil
, for the murder of .1. P.. Kennedy, Will
' Ham C. Doran, his chief deputy, w a
I placed in harge of the inquirv into tluJ
faylor case .
Although veriticat ion troin linn wa
not obtainable, the Los Angeles Time
published today a statement that tin
Normae.d letters with several lelegrnms
W)'re in the hands of Mr. Davaii.
It bad bei'ii previously annouiie.',! ( ;
leuce in the case from all sources
'-ether gathered by city poli leie.-i
i- - or by pupils of the sheriff won'
Ik ' d over to Mr. Dor:, 11 0,1 I :i :
foio's, eliuiiiij; deteclies assigned
the distil. -(ttoiney "s office, would pi'o
their eiu rgo - iii trying to s'h ' 1 I
mystery
'To tlii-- was added t)..tay t'e
nouiic) Iiient tint Mr. Dorm . u d niriki
all ofl'ieial statements on ihe progress 1.;
the investigation liereaffer, althie-gh
He
various officers stated there would be
abatement of their zeal in trying to
cover the murder.
Miss N01 iii.'iinl, who 1 nee - ai b. i
Taylor apartments for her litiiis
uho is ,oid to be ill as a ri-olt of a
iajise at the Taylor ''uncial Tin sday,
been quotnl as saying l.er ooiy .iesir
the
and
o.l '
v In
was
tl e
regain pos-is-iou ot the i.ileis
founded 011 a fear that some 01'
phrases in them would be misunderstood
She said she felt a strong friendship fo
the director, but tin re had been no seri
oils Iom affair between them.
A second h.-mdk) rehief found its v
int." tin investigation, winn abo.il 1 1
same time the detic!ios said;:iey fmo"
the e:t)'rs in a book in a liose! 1:1 th
T.'ivlor a pa rtnieiit - . Heniy a"-.(
es sal' I
in a cie
Hemy
ln.-n. .
Tavlor's m'gro lioi:-
.bb nb.
foulld a li.'llolkerehief
tials " M. M. M "
A handkerchief p-,
found lie-ir tic bods' .
tnunb" w.is discovi 1 ed.
bi arii
vii.u.-!'
.hort :v
but si
after tie
be mitsiug. was alleg.'il to l-av. b .riie '!
letter "S." It is regarde.l a- imi rob
ab!i- that a
will be issue,
nection with
who')' affair
omplainl I'hargiug '
1 against any person
the cas. until after
has been preseu'e.! f
t h
1 III
count v grand .iiirv. whi
I'll II.
not
been inipaiinelled for 1!'''L' .
Meantime, although Hie shii';ffs p'i
ties profi ss tn scout tin' theorv that lal
ward I'. Sands, furnn r but h i secretary
for Taylor, could ihrow any light i-n
tin- case, the police detectives remain firm
in their announced belief the mystery
will no' be solved until he has been
found .
Tuberculosis Hospital Shall
, Built Is The Voters' Verdict
r
Hy a ma.j..lif of Is:; -votts, aeon .1 ing
to uno..ci:ii 'unts, (J,: atoll county oted
Wednesday to issue f I.'in.iinn in bonds
to build ;i tubercular hospital, and fo
levy an eight cent tax for the mainte
nance of tl.e same. The election was car
ried largely through the votes in the
towns of 1 b'istotiia. Hi Imont, CramcrUm
and Mc.d)-n ilh : The latter named
place legisteicl DM votes and cast 101
votes for the hospital. Voting in the
1 smaller precincts of the county was a
s gainst the election. According to tin
o. roial .returns made- to The Gazette.
; there were 4,0'd! voters registered. Of
'these voted for the hospital, or a
1 majority of V;i in favor of the hospital.
Cherryville precinct led in Ihe opposi
, lion to the hospital. Out of 554 raters
rcristere.j, ou'y t vo'ea rer iw liospi-
; CAPT. LUSTI,
TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT FIRE
MORE ACTORS OUT OF W0RII
THAN ANY OTHER CLASS
NEW YORK, Feb. 9. Thtie are
today more unemployed actors and
ttlier stage people walking along
Broadwr.y and hundred main streets
locking lor jobs than ever before.
Ev iyuody rn Times Squaie who
knows anything about the theater,
from th; cut rate ticket hawktr to
the piodurer of a dozen hila, is com
plaining. The triljra, landladies and board
ing house twntis seem to feel the
laid tinvs as ?cutely as the actors.
Thi y hjve 'ought a great many
judj:nnnts thc.e la?t weeks against
stage folUa wlu ovei looked the rathei
prosaic duty of paying their bills.
In laiger cibes of the country
where the lights flicker only a little
less brighily than in Broadway, con
ditions ar ju t as bad, according to
the hrads of deducing concerns and
cigan rations of actors.
Several well known managers esti
mated tadav that half of the 15,000
acton in the United States, exclusive
of vaadev lj pertormers, were out of
work. The Actors' Equity Associa
tion rjiid the r jaiber was not that
large, but was twenty per cent worse
than usual
UIE TO WILLIUM
GASTON, FOR WHOM THE
COUNTY WAS NAMED
Delivered One of Few Really,
Great Congressional Speech
es Representative Lazaro
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MASTER OF SHIP,
Four Lives Lost When Transport Is Burned at
Sea - Shipping Board Orders Prohibit Men
From Discussing the Accident - Ship May
Have Been "Fixed" Before She Left Her Berth
- Work of Rescue Was Hazardous.
NKWPoKT NKWK. VA.. Pel
Survivors of the steamship Northern
I'ai id.-, biinie.l at se: rly N est.'r.iay
morning with a loss of four bus, are
not siiiisiii.l that tin' burning of ihe
Mourner v.iis- wholly accidental.
('apt. .in William l.nsti, master of ih.
.V.irthiru I'a.'ifi.'. declined this 111. lining
to make any statement, but members of
his crew were not so reticent. The in
timated that they suspected foul play,
but realizing that they could prove noth
ing, declined to make any direct charge
or statement.
The Northern I aeifie 's desl ructnui
took a in w turn this morning when an
attorney fur the iSun rdiipbuilding Com
pany ntleinpte I to get sworn statenienls
from the survivors. The cie, however,
declined to acc.de to tin- wishes of the
attorney, it was said.
Captain I.usti ha 4 warned his men that
M.ipping Heard orders prohibit their
discussing the accident and those who
at one time appeared willing to gio de
tail now are silent.
The master was asked point blank
nccming reports that 1 1n- shin might
have been "fixed" bv .some before
he left her berth, lie ouicklv deiioin.l
I to know from uluncetlii' report came
1 n be ing told that it could not. be
t tn i'd to its source, -.aid that lie must
line to answer any and all fpicsii ins.
Die ship was insured to the account of
tie Charterers, but was not to be tinallv
iv.rel. it was said, until rei-omlil ion
ilig was complete d.
A conference between Captain Lusli,
ipping Hoard officials of this district.
ifficinlj of the Harbour Steamship Coin
.any and officials of the Admiral Line,
will i.e held lc-re tmlav.
''aptaiu William I.usti. master of tin
Shipping Hoard .steamship Northern
I'aciii'-, il. s'royrd l. tiro yesterday
no. ruing off the Delaware Hreakwa'.i.
Ilns morning ciphat ically declined 1o
make any ,-t;iti rnent regarding the .lis
aster which, is thought to have cost the
lives of four men, 1 iiiploycs of the Sun
Hiipaid of Chester, I'a.
J'he Shipping Hoard regulations are
vi'rv strict. 1 am mTv sorry; I am mi
.mi. to i-i.ike any statement whats.i
cm 1 . " I 'a pi:! in Iaist i s.i i..
I ii. ste,'.insiiii Trunsportal ioii. v, iinh
k.-.l lu re early this morning, brought
wita il J' suivivors of tin- Northi 111
l'aii:ie. piekj.l up from three lifeboats.
I' n e i, tin r survivors, all of the ill fated
s'e. niter's siveletoii crew except the four
llo li In liexed tp Ii.inV been lost, in 10
i " K 1 on b.,ar. by ti e steam-ciip V. ,i. .
now Ixnig ii' ili.i I'oinl Comfort ilmk.
Captain ,-eh Chase, masti r of the
Tii. ispurt:. linn, do. rii.ied t In- reseiu of
survivors fr -in the proud Nortin-rn I'.o i
lie, which was on it wav :it the time f
lis ii st rii' t 1011, 1
In- reconditioned
1 h" I 'liester shi p a i d t o
' Til. s.e, was . r
' ' but we .ill not h.i 1
pick .11"; II ' I he t Ii! . 1
s1 ea nes ha I -o a(.
rough," he s;
gn at diff'ii ully
boats. Aim:
.laze and res,..!
lid.
in
! 1 r
cl. pi King up one boat
W In n v.,-. first lighted
with tiv. 11
the N'ort'.
; n
I'.'i.iSic she was in Haines from 1
end. Vie made haste to her as-i
and found die lifeboats floating
when e.e reached the scene."
(in.- i.f t'li' rri'iT ) f tin- Tran.sjii'it
cabin buy who refused to L'i.
I
I Is
11:1:1. . describing the scene as )
lid bei af i I'ul. " "The rlaiiies
01 :!
v.
I. aping up above the mast heal ien:
got tiicre." he said. Sun.- of tin
v.U . had left the burning ship d. , I
in,. tt:iiii)-si were (irs) el, ,,l i,,st
red
atl
to
the
klv
.(, funnel. No one sei fned
liimw how tin- fire s'art)-d, 'nit with
sli-rn windward tin' lire siei ad uni
am! all hands were fore' d
, Poals very ipii.kl.
Captain ('has)- srid 1
sighted the Northern lVie
11 'ci.M k yesterday moTiiiu,
lii'st boat in li bout L':do.
work ;is ('0iii)!i-ted at
l'ra asportation Stood by
to tak.
.1 1 ;
lis vis I first
iric about one
; ;ind took the
The rcsi r.e
.';:-i. and t lu
ll nt i I !" o'clock
M's.i.rday innrning, at whi.li timi
the
Northern l'acifie, listing about thirty de
crees starboard, was till all oat. !
think !-!ie rciiiain.-d in tuat position, al
tlinngh nf cuiirse that is .just a guess.
No one knows how the tire sput, ,. n.i one
can Tmaginc why she list).. ;,s she did,
fur he u;is light at the time. "
No one en the Transportation this
morning held out any hope for the four
111.11 nf thi' Sun shipyard, Mallett. Krtig
nr. Ileckman and Hall, who we.v aboaid
the Nortlii rn l'acifie. " Thrv are un
doiibtidly lost." .s,i",d otfe-of the n.n
with whom the coriespondeut spoki- be
fore Captain Lusti rfspiested lhat none
of the men be qucsti.iicil. '.Members of
the ship's crew j-ayln-v were Quartered
, m-ar where the fire broke out, aud none
j of them was seen afterward. i
j One of the three boats picked up by ;
'the Transportation, contained 13 men
jand in the other two were distributed the
j remainder of those saved, including Ca
itnin Lusti, Chief F.ngineor Clayton, anil;
j Kxecntive Officer Clyde CSniith. The res--'
1 cue ship, commanded by Captain ISefh
j Chase." of Boston. Whs on hi-r way to
i Hampton' Roads to load a cargo of eial
I for Boston. . ;
1 The Wylie. ' triuging five survivor.
I from tho Northern- raeifie, wine in
' Hamilton Boads unnnnouneed last night;
and transferred her passenirprs t one nf
' tho boat of the Virgiuiu PilottT. Aao-
REFUSES
- - Clil lull.
The survivors wire taken to
I'.dnt and from there went to
.olfn
i d hi
The
III. 11.
I'l' lie
inc..
Ihe:- iiamej can not Jie learu-
. 11
-. after transferring the fivo
ba. k t sea anj passed out
inia Capi-.s early vhis morn-
i r 1 . -
had
start.
hey ,'l
aboard the Wylie declared
1: tlio slightest idea how tho
are at a lost to understand
in Miiparl men losit their
lour uieii were all sleeping
. . win re the hiuze originate)!,
" thinks tiny lia.i ample
out uniess tlD'.v Were suffo-
they
file'
T
how
the
lives. T
near t In'
but tile 1
tlllle '.1 e
cat.. I bv -
I 1 le,s
-in. -ill hoa
lost when
for thee 1
cording 1.
t i . e 1 1 1 -, i v
the
t a
shipyard men took to a
I.y thenis! hos they were
North ru I'acific burned,
not ab ard the Wvlie, ac-
iniu' men win
brought in lo
talkisl with
that craft.
Niil.'I'OI.K. VA.. IM). p. - "The
Niiitherii J'aeiiic was a roaring furance
in-id.- when the lire was discovered at
' - : o '( h k , sterday mornin,'' ae
cording t 1 Second Officer A. IS. Wilson,
who, with four otlnr survivors, arrived
in Norfolk early t his "morning.
Wilson was on watch on the bridge at
He- time, and tie- stiff wind which wa
blowing broadside, .-wept a. whiff of
smoke up to the bridge. The officer ran
to tin' saloon duk, opened a door anil
found the cabins and .saloons full of
siiinke. As he entered the companion
way leading to the lower deck, flames
burst furili in ;i seething mass, lie said.
I he Second officer ordered the" boats
manned, a reused the captain, officers
:nl crew and sought to got word to the
lour no 11 from the Sun shipyards, who
wt" be ng larried as passengers on the
Vessel.
W hen Wil-ou 's beat was launched, the
sliipvai I it-, ii had not come on deck, and
sailors w. ie lioao!.,' to roach their quar
lers ),',."! vviiidi the lire is believed to
l::iv stared. In Wilson' bout, which
was p.
were
Sun' h.
1 Ihe steamer Wylie,
stint engineer Clyde
11. iris, fireman O'Hal
1, a seaman from the
ml U.i I!
experienced
After attempt
leeward side.
,1. l; II
bo:.l-
ei tin
t'lunl 11. '.e
l'ie c. ii.d vv:i
' :-. 1 r v 1 0
id 'side,
own bv
oilt of
..:ir saf,
risk getting off
Splendid sea-
tli.' officers anl
the US officers
!y. it was ex
Transportation time, the form
Wilson's boat.
in Xorfolk cs- '
t .1
'la. a. ;.
ii." Wx.
an I
the
s;i 1 1 1 (
up
, ill '
:i'i
ury, iilthough several
. e llamejf in launching
the boats.
Th.' V
by fhe burning ves-!
k ninrniiig. When
-Ii" ' i e l a .,, v, tiic .Northern Pacific
v'-a- I.: ;':.n; f.oin bow to stern, and her
-ip. is-r:e '11: had been practically iat
11: away by the flaiurs. Her plates had
- 11 ci'.'ier.ed by the intense .heat and
w. re opi ning up, causing the vessel to
1 '. li w s , . Hollered remarkable by
:l- sor-.h-.r, 'hat she remained afloat
.'!'! ' -ler.l.Ty afternoon,
"v'i'a 1. a sk' leton crew of 2S a
' I. '-Si. is t. ship said, it was im-i'-
i'- ti p.-.'.r.d ihe vessel and keep
a si.-tn. '-. !-" it for tires. Therefore.
' bl.i.-- i a I i',-,'n:ed tremendous head
:' !.,! .' Si-, ond Officer Wilson dis
co.. H- I th.- smoke . A strong breeze
was bb ni.-: and 1 he Northern Pacific
was -.we j ilig ab ng a 1.M miles an hour.
Tla- br.- fanned the flames long be
f 11 the tiv was seen, and in the mids-hips
of 1;,,. vessel, where it was burn
ing at i's 1 :l.t, everything was destroy-
. 1 by tie' flames.
Seeon i ( it'fi. i r Wilson rejiorteil to Cap
tain W. 11. Griffith, director of open
tions 01
Shi'
ing Hoard, this morn-
DUST AND WIND STORMS
BLOW WHEAT OUT OF GROUND.
Tul'KKA. Kri'., Feb. 9 Western
and central. Kansas, the heart of the
State's wheat beit. today faced a eon
tinuation of ,-ev re dust and wind
storms, which esierday swept across a
wide strip nf territory and blew wheat
out of the ground. No estimate was
available here as to the extent of the
damage. In pines the dust is reorted
to be il nil ing like snow.
NEW ORLEANS MASONS TO
BUILD 20-STORY TEMPLE
Nti'vV Olv'LLANfs Feb. i. New Or
leans Masons w iii build a liu-ntory temple
ou the site of the present home to eost
1, -.CoO.do", and n homo for widows and
orphans of Louisiana Masons will. b
erected on a site yet tt-be determined.
These project were authorized by the
titate Masonic bodies at its final sessioa
of a thr.-e ilny meeting, which adjourned
early today.
THE "WE-1THEB
1 North Carolini, unsettled and warmer
tonight; probably light nin; Tt7
eloudy, warnjjt hi tua pr.ioa. ,