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TONKA DAILY GAZETTE1 Weather: Wanner Local Cotton 161-2 Cents 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 Diis Uo Record of North Carolinian For Benefit of House. l!:nnt in I' 1 lotto llo si 1 i t. WASH lathe 1.. , !! thai Una s'n' !,M'.s ilV -lie, I e.,i I (, I'oN. I 1: pre.M-ii :i 1 , ol I .' nsiaiia. li -bin, ,1 N 1 iliscov th Care William (i:i siiioii uho il : 1 . I' inti iieel , ;.go, nas 11 rn- ! IC II I; 1, j loniiiiatt 1 his II'l- b',111- " to it he tin e the 1 more ti ' Iii s'. rsit . , j, pupil . .1, . t. i" iil'I.t lie i. II. 111-' 'liHIi, I' the pi of 1.1 i 1 '1 th f Hi, i.y i;r Hi", 11 ' ' 1 vra Mr. !' " ' ha I e I.'. si on Tel. 1. S.iiiiii.uis u l most ri .iib.i. t. I d it 111 'i in' ie I li-.) d In lie Was- ''lie ,ar!y days S .justice of court fur or of Nor: h "Tl.e (V.I lilt .Mill will lhat Judge in "ii in our ills ill tl.) r. I'Tn d to 1 thill ymi p' I at 11, t lim . t. 11 was In 111 e of 1 1. iv. in. ,iv 1,, t i repobne ti v yf a rs, r ' i 1 1 1 '. rt ;i Slut. ii.d was t li" an! li n I. .10 1 1 C:i .111 i. t n. Ill's to its ell' 1 g. tow 11 la 17-1 V"1 is a spun-, l.i'il ll . I i' ir'h i si ill geli.'i'- ' thill l''1 1111:1 t'e pin e.ia - 1 I fei 1 i:,:i will aid t). in tin in. I 'ie ppr.- nib Jll.ig. Iiulisc . Tiiv v..t I'li i im ts i s as ! ows: " gis! ra tion ::r,l L'dO :;iD .".10 :h -Ms 116 Mends .:;)7 . 17s . I -' . -1 ".; 1 ... 11 t.nsti.ti' ' ( last on (lastiiiii (astoni N. Ni N. No IJobinsons . . . Hesscmt r i' Spencer Mount ( 'lierrVviiie . . . Dallas Belmont .-..- 4 101 97 r2 2i) r.9 113 0(i G! 32 . .'.17 . .l'..S .lol ( ranicrt McAden .11 villc LOW.'II Stanley Lucia Hakcrs' ... Kis-rs ' . . . . filciins ' . . . , f'nifiii .South I "fiint , Mount Holly I Carpenters' A'fxii i TutuI . 2fi 10 on - . Ill -fj -l.OSti 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. ,