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nmw- iJ Ib tZ. ::i:i2'Deslra;d t; ft Way In Hew Great Insurance Company's Structure, Housing Many Financial Concerns, Gutted? by Fire Various Estimates Placed - on the Damage, Some , Amounting as High as Tifteen MiU lion Dollars Four; Known Dead So Far and ; Number Injured Several Missing Securities and Records In tact " " - - . ' New York; Jan. ; 9. The Immense granite office building, of the Equitable Life Assurance Society on lower Broadway, was ; destroyed by fire today-' Four, bodies v have already been taken from the building.' There is lit tle doubt that' several more men, both dea'tf iandaliYe, are .caught in the ruins. ..'fli endamage, provided the flames can be,c6nfijied to tne building where they starill be six million dollar ' -The Equitable ' building ' - was the home of the Union and Southern Pa cific railroads, -the' banking house of August Belmont & Co, the Mercan tile Trust Company, and the Mercan tile Safe Deposit Company. Together with many New York finan cial concerns, -millions upon millions of dollars .were cared for in the' im mense vaults of the Equitable Com pany. It' is not believed the fireand heat can penetrate the. safes. There probably- -will - be no loss from this source. The heaviest loss, besides that of the buildingwas caused by destruc tion of insurance and railroad, records. Within two hours after : the fire broke out at- 5 : SO o'clock Jhis ; morning, the building was a , mass- of flames.-. The Equitable building occupied -the block DEATH SEfiTEflCE CII'IIGED IU Lift -LmiDUhuUil Special to The Dispatch- Raleigh;-N.C., Jan. .9. Governor, Kitchin today sommuted to life impris- J onment in ' the penitentiary at hard labor the death sentence of Cleveland Garner, convicted in - Wayne, county. The "Commutation was recommended by the trial Judge, the Solicitor and others on the ground that the circum stantial evidence was too weak to take the man's life. He had two. brothers, it is said, mixed up in the affair." REPRESENTATIVE LINDBERQ Washington, aJn. 9. Chas. A. Lind bergh, who represents, the Seventh Minnesota district wants the house' to conduct an inquiry into financial .af fairs with especial ' reference to" the way the business affairs: of the big life insurant"' mmnn-nloe nro parrlfid ' on. The resolution he has introduced ' provides for such an investigation - in j an effort to learn the identic yof those who "control credits and" the money supply." Mr. Lindbergh, who is a Re publican, does not . believe that: the senate should be asked to aid iri the inquiry, as he thinks the.inoney power has too much-influence in the senate.' "What's your missis kicking about?" inquired the bousemaid rsm next door. - . ' - - - """This is her night ; out' but I told her I had an engagement mesself." .Kansas City' Journal. ' 1 '- - ' I - - . us York City between Broadway , and Nassau streets and Pine and Cedar streets. The fire was first discovered on the ground floor in the store room, of the safe Savarin and carried by a " draft, '.shot ' up ward through the elevator -shaft; set ting fire to the upper floors. - ' - Many Narrow, Thrilling Escapes. " William Giblin, president of the Mer cantile Safe Deposit Company, was res cued from this company's vault, after a fireman sawed through several steel bars? He is. mortally injured.' Three - employes 'of the? build ing saved "themselves from death by jumping from the, third floor- to the street, but were seriously injured. Two porters were rescued - from the base ment when, the "sidewalk in front of the' structure caved in? The heat of the flames' had the intensity of a blast furnace: ; The heafy floors buckled under while on fire, and fell in, while the giant waifs crumbled under the heat and dropped piece-meal Into the j streets. The"VGlding was gutted. Busi ness in - the - financial . . section . was brought to a standstill. h' Securities and Records Intact -: ' President ay, of the Equitable, says the society's; securities and records are intact-V Four men are - known' "dead, and five are injured. 'Several persons are missing. Batvalion Chief Welsh's body has not been' found. . The fire was still burning in the basement thfs afternoon. Conservative estimates of the damage place the loss near , ten million dollars. Some say the loss will aggregate fifteen million . UIIITED STATES TROOPS: -Mit-TOrOiii;;, Washington, D.; C, Jan. 9. The United States, will send a battalion 'of infantry, consisting of " 500 - men, to China to help open railway communi cation between Peking and the sea. i MARRIED AT BALTIMORE. Friends here will be interested In the following, account of the marriage of Mr. Joseph King Corbett, formerly of this city,- and, Miss Anna Rita. Van LilL from Sunday's . Baltimore Sun "Miss Anna Rita Van Llll, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J... Van Lill, of Catonsville, ,was mafrried yesterday at - npon to Mr. Joseph King Corbett of.; Baltimore, formerly- of Wilming ton, N. C. The ceremony took place at St Mark'B Catholic Church; Catons ville, .and was performed by Re v.-Peter B. Tarro, ; pastor of, Sacred Heart Church, Mount Washington, .in the presence of a large, assemblage. Other priests in the sanctuary were - Rev, Thomas Staunton, chaplain of . Mount de Sales Academy; : Rev.- Michael A. Ryan, of St.' Paul's Church, Ellicott City; Rev. Thomas. McCormick, of St Joseph's ' Baltimore ; 'Rev. Father Quirk, of , Georgetown, and Rev. . Ed ward. A. Williams and -Rev. J." J. Bren nen, of St Mark's Church.' . ' - " -"The -bride entered the , church, which was prettily : decorated, - with Easter lilies, and palms, on v the arm of her father, by whom she was given in' marriage." - She -was attended-, by Miss Marie Louise : Dion, of" Quebec, Canada, as maid .- of. honor. Mr. JohnJ Grace, Mayor -6f , Charleston, - S.. C, was 'best man, and the ushers were Messrs." John , Smith, John Carroll, William Kurschmann and Stephen J. Van Lill, Jr., brother of the bride,.;'. "A gown of white satin charmeuse, hand embroidered, trimmed with" lace ah5 pearls, was worn " by the bride. She wore also a tulle veil, caught with a' spray" of orange ; blossoms, and a diamond brooch, the gift of the groom. She carried a shower bouquet of lilies of the valley." The maid of bonor was attired in White embroidered crepe de chine, .ornamented with pink -and blue rosesand wore a string of pearls, thg gift of the bride. She wore a white picture hat and carried pink , Killar ney roses. , , ' - - "After. ; the ceremony - a wedding breakfast .- was served to. ; the bridal party: at ,the, home of the , bride's pa rents on Edmondson v. avenue. The home Was decorated with pink Kilter ney roses and palms." Later Mr. 'ana Mrs. Corbett left for New York and an extended jtrip South. JThey will reside- in Catonsville, where they will be 'at home after February; 6th.M ; mm m m mil k Fislior Favors Soeli - Head of the Department of the Interior r Believes That teasing Will; Better Protect the Public . Interest Also Calls for. Better Laws,1-' Deeming Present Statutes Not Sufficient: to Properly Develop Government Do main. , ' ' -..' I Washington, Jan . .Enlarged' ; an; plication of the "leasing . principle as applied to-the, publiQ;. domain, Vesp cially -at liberal leasing law for , tnjeL' de velopment of the mineral resourcesof Alaska, particularly . its - coaI Uandsj and immediate- consideration by- Con gress "of .the :fwhole Subject of rwa.ter-' powers development, and control? are the most 'important Recommendations contained ru tne anvaa, report of ecs retary of the interior Fisher. 1 . A general - overhauling -v of n condi tions in Alaska. is- needed therSecre- tarysays. j.He favors r law ,f or the retirement; of . government j employes, placing it on the ground of 'good busi ness policy.'- He- urges : the ? creatioa of a bureau of -national -par k3, eacn of them at "present being "a separate and distinct unit for administrative purposes. There Is also - serious need, - he declares, . for the enlarge ment of the work of the bureau of mines. - - , -1 - - ' "The great public movement for the conservation of ,-our v - national ; rfv sources; - says Secretary Fisher, . 'is not in any -way .opposed to prompt and wise , development -. of the public domain. - The essential thing is to see that under the guise of settlement we do " not permit more : exploitation, which in the last-' analysis.' retards both, settlement and.i development." He recommends, V therefore, certaifi modifications of existing, laws, relating iolhfis ubJic dacaajniO- ASJta ermlU its proner development - r , ' Many of tne restrictive provisions whlchvnow . irritate1 and hamper the bona' - fide settler and r industrial pio neer, should be removed, he says. - "The man on the ground should be the object of our, solicitude, and should protect him against those -who would place upqn ' his shoulders any unnecessary burden." y , - - In regard to agricultural land set tlers, Secretary Fisher holds that the law should insist absolutely upon cul tivation but "should permit the re laxation of the rule requiring resi dence during the first two. years," in some cases on account of conditions, there" being "no. xeasonc whatever for insisting upon the requirement' of ac tual residence at the outset." Some modification of the law in re gard to - - repayment of ' reclamation charges : Is - recommended : and - a change in the law is proposed to per mit the settler at. any time after five years from the date of entry and af ter he has lived fo rthree years upon his land, to acquire title to the prop erty. , ' . "No land should be open to home- stead entry," ; he v declares, v 'except that which is really- suitable for homes: and then, the i'homemaker should be aided in;every proper way -"The public range can 'not be prop erly administered under Ahe existing law:1 It. should- be leased for grazing purposes " under the broad adminis trative discretion ;of the Secretary of the Interior, so that the; leases can Lbe adapted to actual ? conditions and the legitimate Interests of the sheep and cattle-men. 'i At present the range itself is being destroyed and v both sheep -and cattle-men are' .coming to the conviction that their own inter ests.will-be better -subserved by. a leasing law.-- - . . . ' , "In fact, the enlarged application of the "leasing principle- to the public domain generally will, in ; my judg ment, : more effectively . promote " de velopment and protect- thex public in tfirftst than the Dresent system. Cer tainly coal, oil, gas, , asphalt, nitrate and phosphate lands, can be more tep propriately ? developed - by leasehold than by the present system of. classi fication and sale of the fee which prevails with respect to coau ' - . i In respect . to such leasing ; in , Alas ka. . t.h . Secretary recommends "that nassagel-of a liberal but carefully guard leasing law ; 'for the develop ment of its mineral record and espe cially "of its. cdal lands. 1 Alaska's greatest resources fare : her minerals and in the development of these ; the precious : metals still' hold! the - ;pre- Idomlnant' place. Careful - considera tion of tne provisions of an; appro- '-' (Continued on Fifth Page.) io nnaual Report - - s , r ; - S s i - - - - VI if f.-'sKvN .. ., If If -j; XL' . - i - .i Ind&napj)lft,und.,'!Jan.v9. Judge ' federal grand lirythatiis investigating:, inquiry shall' b ul - 1 ' ikT from Los Angeles' istdr tes tif y an 'other Ohio, Ponns-hpnia, -Mic bigamand elsewhere.- Xudger Ander son has been on the federal liedch. since 1902. r, cony fi 1 Issued - by, the Governrrtent Showing Amount - Ginned Ifp 'to the First of , the Year--Crop' Over Fourteen M ii "rilon' Bales North Carol ia Supplied Nearly One Million of Tis Number. .- - - ! . ' 1 ; 1 Washington Jan. 9.-Tihe Census Bureau's eishth- cotton . ginning report of-the Beascrij issued at lOia, m today aidsnawi ' Tiie number " oCmiming, bales, counting round as half bales, of cotton of the growth of 19U ginned prior to Jannary l,1 wltn.' comparative statistics for last year and; other; years, is as of Hows': -! , . i United StateSi 14,332,756t bales, com pared with 11,084,515 bales last-year, when 95.8, per cent, of thes entire was ginned prfor to i January; 1; 12,465,29,8 bales-in 1908,- when 95.3 'per. cent was ginned and Ml741,039.. bales 1 in M906, when 9(7.4 per cent was ginned. CURES Round-biaes-incIudedrwereeS.ly to swearingln members, elect- compared with .10992 bales last year, 143,94:9 bales in 1909. and 230,572 bales 19d8.'.' , - ' ? s. Sea -Island cotton , bales included were 1D6.439, compared .with, 82,432 bales V last: year, 89,611: bales, ; in 1909, and 86,528; bales in 1908. ' " . '.- Ginning by States, with comparative statistics and the -. percentage! of the entire crop ginned prior, to January in other record years, follows: ' States. v t . Bales. Alabama,, . t V- - f f ,,.-. . 1911.. . , . V. . , . .-.1,621,843 i9io.r:i .L ... .1. . 1,162,728 1908.. 1906.: J ,302,338 ...i.. 1,190,062 Arkansas.; j "1911 :i 785.499 724,100 .910,423 731,547 86,43-7 63,105 66,855 ..mor. '.:l 1908. 1906. i s 'is - - i Florida.. -1 ,'tA 'J. i9io..-.ill. :r.-. 1908;...!....:-.'. 1906,.; n.... 59,0U Georgia.-, j ' ' , ' , 191 UZ .,) 2,623,604 1910. -1908. 1906. H762.070 1,930,783 .r..:i,57r,52 .:. 252,40.9 '. .... 240,170 : 453,210 , . . .V. . 836,459 1,047,508 .....1,131,562 . .1,522,160 1,289,294 Louisiana.) 1911 1 1910, .v.-: . 1908 1906..';". Mississippi 1911 ' 1910.; , .1 . .1 . . . . 190S tl906.V..- North Carolina i9ii...: 975,809 ! 702,150 647,505 : 571,628 - " 902,562 895,926 i9io..v.. . ; 1908V,!J 1906. 4 Oklahoma 1911 1910. 1908 . . . ,-.-.?:....? ; : ,"580,010 -1906. .'. J.U'. . 701,814 South Carplina. i9ii ; ; ... : ?..,.. i . : . 1,509,297 1910... JL. 1,154,003 '1908.,'.... 1906 i Tennessea " -1911...i:.;V. 1910. ;;J! '?;?- r - t ji' v.. d 1,176,220 . . - 868,977 380,549 289,299 . j Y I :,;. 'A; B. Anderson, who is; In. charge, of the dynamiting matters, intends that'the - r;nfir. ; U ' 1? 1 1 a ' witnesses' 'Jtave beenJ'- ' brought from II.. t. LAW UPHELD United States Supreme Court j Declares- North .' Carolina Oil,inspec " tion - Statute; isf, Constitutional. ' Leaves , Chance to Bring Another -' suit , . r- ' Washington, , C 1 Jan. . 9. The North .Carolina Coal Oil inspection ".law was upheld as "constitutional 'by ; the pre-Court, oay ,J u tr,the c6urt left open to-those attacking jthIawf an opportunity to show, in "another , suit, that" the slaw has an auconfeittutional effect in its application.- - 1 NEW: JERSEY LEGISLATURE-, Convened .Today, . Controlled ' by 1 Rc publicans. . Trentod, ' N.r J., Jan." 9. The New Jersey legislature convened . today. The opening . ' session"' was devoted ing officers - and reading Governor Wilson's , message. Ji .The v Republicans control - both . houses. . WEALTHY Ml ARRESTED " ' III filURDER -CASE Blyth'eville, , Ky., . Jan. 9. C. P. Car penter, - the wealthy planter, arrested last night, after he had told the author ities of the murder of his wife and her mother and hdw.he -was assaulted by a band of white men Jate Sunday-night, took the stand when the coroner's in quest was;resumed today.- He admit ted his story about the deatails of the alleged attack. A verdict is rexpected late today. - . : -"' -' - " VICTORY POR RAILROADS. - Washington, " Jan. 9. The Supreme Court today annulled 4 , tne wortn-; Carolina : statute of 1905 penalizing railroads for re-- fusing to accept goods "for In-; terstate Commerce. ; The court found the law- to, be an inter- ference with ; Interstate - Com- merce.-- - i . " -"". 4. 4. 4. 4. 4. '1968'. . 11906..-,.".. Texas? -' 1911. :!.,., ' 1910...5,. 1908:", 1906.. Other States. .'317,010 . 241,838 .3,935,539 .2,888,393 .3,486,007 .3,626,117 - 11002 .' 71,009 . 7 67,777 . .52,710 9-. -' 1911 - 1910 - 1908 1906 1 The distribution . of Sea Island cot- ton, with comparisons .for - previous years, was as follows:. Year. 1911 j - Florida. ...38,095 27,646 . ','..2732 32,608, Georgia. 63,541,' 43,636 49,944 5 41,049- - s; C. 478 Qfl ; 11.150 C 3,135 r -12,781 :1910... 1909.V. 1908.-...' Subscribe for The Evening; Dispatch. 'Bill 1 - He Showed Little Emotion and Would Make No Further; Statement Sen- j tenced. to , be Electrocuted, In May, ; But; Petition Will be Sent to Gover nor For Commutation to Life Impris- onment .. ' - 11 - . 1 , - . , i Boston, Mass., Jaru- 9. A ple of guilty 'of murder in' the first decree was ' made today, by Rev. Clarence V. T. ?Richeson in the Superior ; Court He was sentenced by .Judge Sander son to death by v electrocution some time during the week of May 19, .1912. Ricpieson had' pleaded not guilty when arraigned after his indictment on the cnarge' of the murder of AviiLin Aell, -his former fiancee. Following ithe written confession, made public Saturday, he retracted - that plea and made a formal plea of giulty. " It is understood a petition may be made to GovernoivFoss and the Stage's - execu tive council- to commute the death sentence to . life imprisonment ; - - ' - ' Displayed LittleV Emotion. :vRicheson heard the death sentence with little ; apparent emotion; 'When brought - into court he walked with slight assistance from' the officers,, es corting him. He was not required to enter the prisoner's cage and remain ed standing; , District Attorney Pel- letler read the minister's written con fession - and added that ' the Govern ment , had sufficient evidence- to con vince a jury that Richeson was guilty of ; first degreg murder. - He then said it ; became ."his solemn duty - to move for sentence, . - . - ? - Made'- No- Further Statement' Richeson made : no statement " He was in court, about six minutes: -His face. was. pale, but ;was perfectly com- - ... . . :, - !.-,-.: posed. .HeMieard the- fprmal questions propoundelL ibyMge-anaerson&aii the simplest possible -.WAy?Whon asked if- he had : anything' to say he replied : , . "I ' have nothing to say fur ther than my written confession' v Judge Sanderson read : the statutes bearing on the case and askd the prisoner if he "realized the gravity of his action in pleading guilty, if he had consulted counsel and if he acted Vol untarily, v To each question Richeson said: . " 4 ' - ! ' - "Yes, sir." , - The court gave the prisoner every opportunity to realize what his action meant L and to make any . "statement but the -prisoner expressed no desire to . make . further explanation of his decision: The court then pronounced the sentence.. !i Richeson " was . imme- 'diately taken back to jaiL - ? '? r TAR HEEL SHOT III , BALTIMORE DIED TODAY Baltimore Jan.9. George E. Cagle. of CandorJ N. C.,' shot yesterday h Herbert H. King, husband of the woman- Cagle expected to marry died this morning?: Cagle came here to. re cover a- ring and money he said he gave : Mrs. K!ing when she-was -Mrs. Eaula ' Sloppet a"- young -widow ." o Reme Georgia; and who he t averred Was betrothed to him. Cagle encoun tered King in., the Equitable- building yesterday and the shooting, followed. Cagle's age was thirty . and King's thirty-six." ' Steamer Goes Aground. - Provincetown, Mass., Jan. 9. New York steamer, Wilhelmina,-bound from Weymouth, Mass.; for Newport News, Va., stranded during the thick weather off the mouth of Pamet river,, in Cape Cod Bay. The steamer was practically high and dry, at low tiderat noon. The vessel -is not considered in, danger. ALLi RUT TWO TORPEDO ROATS ACCOUHTED FOR . - - -1 ' v Washington, Jan. 9. -All but two the . Mayrant and : the McCall of the fourteen United States torpedo boat de stroyed caught in the terriffic storm at sea last week, while engaging in the war "game en route to Guantanamo, Cuba,, are accounted for, according to a dispatch from . Rear Admiral Wins low, , commanding the second division of the Atlantic Fleet which has been sweeping the seas in. search of the lit tle vessels.' . v - - r t-i.i , ' v -.1,,-.. " ' ri - - : -:. I- r . , Sentence Passed On M SerfinRAftRmntTi nf JnnU- PreacKer TcJoy ! son Day Banauef I 1MIOP mm Democratic National Committeemen In Session Again Today. and Settle on 'i June 25th as Date For Convjntion-1 The Convention City Will be Named ' This Afternoon and Baltimore Still Thought to be In the! Lead.' :I ' .Baltimore, has .been selected, as the place 'for the next " Democratic Na tional Convention.' " " l Washington ? Jan. - 9. When -the Deniocratio" .National ; 5 Committee r- assembled ' today -troublesoni icontestsv and bitterness werev things qf ithepat The Jaekons"- Day - dinner .was , aNye"ri 1, -able loyeTfeast v and hel Detnjocratic Today's'-'sitting "was ;toeLMmepre's8nfc tatives; of various! jejties,: ibiB,ding fp? the- National- cdnveittdnwepe.i heailfl. Baltimore continued I decided if ayo,r ite.: The committee.;? on resolutions, headed' by Clark Howell, 61l jGeorgfa, met, and. nrenared a!v'reDorttci be, sub- I JO. A 3 A A T.V- II - 1 -1MMKnj4. ' hUHLLeu later lo iuu i-Natiuuai uumuiii" tee, dealing ; with the Drimary .ques- maries, it is believed? will be permit ted, wnere-ever State committees' de? . sire. - . - - " .It. was fater -decided that the -con vention will-be held. June 25th-rone . . . r. tion. - , . , : SPECIAL DERAILED ' Fast- Train On Lake Shore Wrecked -v ' .v M ' ' . 1 J Today. , ? " Erie, Pa., Jan; 9. The Knickerbgck er special,. Chicago to "Boston," overjthe Lake. Shore RaiIroad,;was - wrecked near 'Dunkirk? N Yi - today. -A The spe cial's -engine crashed- into a switctu en-- gineYiSever.aUx;ar-' .-left.;-the. rrails. and OlI-VilTliESS STAIID -Washington, Jan. 9t Edward Hines, the v Chicago vlumberman, -alleged' to have "put Lofimer over" at Spring field," was- called .to the witness chair today .when the Senate Committee re-, sumed investigation of Limer's elec tion. - Lorimer will" be- the witness at the close of Hines' story. , uznrr von - Berlin? Jan 9 The general elections tor the Reichstag Jan. 12 are expected ; to show strone disapprbval of . the gov ernment's foreign policy," and it.is prob able that Herr .von Kiderlen-Waechter, the foreign minister, will lose his office as a result It Is generally, understood that the emperar Js' losing confidence in ms roreign minister; "Brown of Harvard,'Hhe Great Drama ' Presented in Sup.erh Photoplay Style Grand Theatre Today. . It LOlIiilHIIIES, X- ' S ru I . '4 " - H - - V w J -- , . f-;f " ' rj ' : : i . ire ffr- r
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