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J. Is: TH3 WCATH EH, c,rrled by the Evtnlng Dispatch .hcr with Extsnslvt Special ... Generally air: tonight, and," Satur- day.' $ Not'nnich' changea tempera- ture. Light variable winds. . , " r 1 despondence. i;Z WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1914. PRICE THREE CENTS. WW IB KM ft WW : " -". ' - : . ,- a '- ' WES IB i TO mm Mcmk m 0 s Canadian - racmc JLmer Empress of Ireland Rammed by Col lier Today HIP FILED Will WATER Two Boats Rescue Several Hundred, But Most of the First Class Pas sengers Thought to Have Perished. Montreal, Canada, May 29. I The Canadian Pacific steam- hip, Empress of Ireland, car- ying twelve hundred persons ank in the Gulf of St. Law- ence, off Father Point, this morning, arter collision wicn he steamer Storstad. Three ii i r r. hundred ana nrty survivors iverc landed at Rimouski by j t rescue steamers, leaving more han eight hundred unaccount- d for and probably lost. The reland was bound from Que bee to Liverpool. Wilcss Report of the Disaster. Rimouski, May 29 A Marconi dpe- ator here gives the following account pf sinking of the Empress of Ireland: "The Empress of Ireland was ram med this morning In a dense fog at 1:45 o'clock by the collier Storsted, twenty miles out from Father Point. The Empress sank within ten min utes. S. O. S. signal sent out was re ceived at Father Point and the gov ernment steamer, Lady Evelyn and Eukeka, were despatched to the dis tressed vessel's assistance. The Em press listed and was unable to get many of the life boats out". "Captain Kendal was saved, being picked up on some wreckage by a life boat thirty minutes after his ship had foundered. Both wireless operators assistant pursers, chief engineer and chief steward were saved. The chief officer and purser are among the miss ing." - - The Storstad struck the Empress on the port side, about middle of the ship and tore her way along the Em press's side, almost to the stern, having a huge hole through which the water poured in such volume that she sank before many of the passengers v;tre aware of what had happened. The Empress of-4reland was a twin Sfrew vessel of fourteen thousand tons. She was built in Glasgow in 1906, and owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. She carried full v.irrioSr, equipment and was fully Quipped with lifeboats and life sav- 'Qg apparatus. The Storstad is- a orwojrian owned vessel, of six thou sand tons, built in New Castle in 1911. is a single screw steamer and has engaged for some time carrying roal between Cape Breton and Qubec. The- disaster recalls the accident to SlKfor chin rvf fVia ounlron of oq m or Empress of Britain, which, two years a?f rammed and sunk the collier H?i-rtia in almost the same spot the collision occurred this morning. f'ie newspaper, La Patrie, publish ;s dispatch from Rimouski say- '"'11 passengers on the Empress of Ireland had been saved, but this has not !,ren substantiated.. - timates of the total life range six hundred and seventv-eieht to 0Vrr eleven hundred. Among three Vmrlred and V twelve wi Uriflred and ninety landed at Rimous- ere women. Twenty-two f the rescued died from their injuries after reaching shore. Most of those reaehin R the Rimouski are members of the crew and third class passeng ers, Captain Kendall, of the Empress, was the man who discovered Dr. Crip, pen, the murderer, while he was com mander of the .steamer Montfort and handed him over to the authorities at Father Point several years ago. The mail tender, Lady Evelyn, res cued three hundred and thirty-nine and the pilot boat Eureka sf&ty. Most of the first-class passengers appar ently perished. ' Among those in the first cabin were Sir Henry Seton Kerr, the noted English lawyer, and a big game hunter, and Laurence Irv ing, son of the late Henry Irving, and his wife. Oof a party of one hundred and forty Salvation Army members aboard, bound to the International conference, London, only twenty were rescued. The most rescued were clad in night clotjied. No baggage was saved., Condition of the survivors was pitiable. iome had broken arms and legs, aqjdji.il had suffered terribly. . When tire rescued arrived the station ; was infA q hanitQl inl then pie 'brottgnt food and -cfoth- ing in an effort to aid the sufferers. The vast majority of those saved were members of the ship's crew. Captain Kendall, of the Empress, was too overcome to give at first any extended account of the disaster. The residents of this village of j three thousand people came silently to the dock where the dead and ex hausted living were being landed and under direction of Mayor Fiset, gave aid wherever possible. Every doctor in the town was on the scene. Many of the injured were taken to private homes. The rescue boats Eureka and Lady Evelyn found the scene not unsimilar to that which greeted the liners which rushed to the aid of the Titanic. Tho surface of the water was calm, dotted with life boats and smeared with wreckage. In lifeboats were the hud dled survivors, dazed and moaning, some dying of injuries. Few could give anything but incoherent and hys terical accounts. t J. Y. Black and wife, of Ottawa, said they had jumped together into the water. They had been roused by the shock of the collision and unable to get into the lifeboat had risked their lives in a leap. They were pick ed up by a boat from the Lady Eve lyn. Captain Wires In. Montreal, Canada, May 29 The first official account of the disaster came from Captain Kendall, who sent a wireless to the Canadian Pacific of fices as follows "The Empress of Ireland, stopped by a dense fog, was struck amidships in a vital spot by the collier Stor stad. Ship gone." A special train was dispatched from here at 8:30 to Father Point to bring back the survivors. The Empress car ried seventy-seven first, two hundred and sixty second, five hundred and six second and five hundred and four third class passengers and a crew of six hundred and fifty officers and men, making a total of fourteen hundred and thirty-seven souls aboard. The collier Storstad has 360 survi vors of the Empress of Ireland aboard, according to announcement! by the Government signal service.) With approximately four hundred j landed at Rimounski, this accounts forj seven hundred and sixty, leaving six hundred and seventy-seven unac counted for at 10 a. m. Collier Did Not Sink. Father Point, May 29. The collier Storstad did not sink, after the collis ion, but is proceeding slowly to Que bec under her own steam, with bow badly driven in. The Empress of Ire land sank in one hundred and four teen feet of water. The Storstad was bound from Sydney, Cape Breton, to Quebec. ' FIRST PHOTOGRAPH OF ASTOR '"' AND BRIDE ON HONEYMOON Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Astor photo graphed while strolling through a street in Norfolk, Va. This is the first photograph made of the young multi-millionaire and his bride to gether since their wedding. The hon- POLYGAMY Abound in Utah According to Senator Sutherland. ovebmh to fore Presents Petition From West Durham People Protesting Against This Iniquity. Wnahinp-tnn Mav 29. Pnivsramv nr longer is practiced by the Mormons in Utah, according to a statement made in the Senate today by Senator South erland. His statement followed read ing the petition from citizens of West Durham, N. C, presented by Senator Overman, protesting against the ex istence of polygamy. Senator Sutherland declared polyg amy to have been absolutely aban doned in Utah and had not been prac iced for many years. "There still are some old- people who entered that re lation many years ago," he said, "who i still maintain their households." ' 'T am sure Uiat if question were submitted to a vote of the Mormon I people they would never decide to re turn to polygamy," he stated. eymooners had successfully evaded all photographers since the wedding. The camera man in this instance, outwitted Mr. and Mrs. Astor by hid ing around a corner and snapping just as they stepped past the corner of the building. SI WONDERFUL Is the Hydro-Electric Develop ment in the South. SCALE Manufacturers' Record Calls Attention to a Big Work That is Going on in the South. Baltimore, May 29. Described in this week's issue of the Manufactur ers' Record as "unparalleled in the world" are the hydro-electric develop ments of the South, representing in work completed and "work planned an investment of over $300,000,000. The most remarkable feature, not heretofore fully understood, is the dovetailing and connecting up of the vast network of transmission lines owned by different companies cover ing the whole central South. Where the transmission lines of one com pany end, , those of another begin, so that by arrangement of meters and switching apparatus a mutual ex change of power is obtained through out a territory greater in area than all New England. Indeed, if the sys- (Continued on Page Seven.) 01 EXTENSIVE Bill For Second Time Ex-Police Officer Hears Death Sentence. APPEARS lliil Instigator of the Murder of Gambler Rosenthal Sentenced to Die During Week July 6th. New York, May 29. Charles Beck er, former police lieutenant, convicted of instigating the murder of Herman Rosenthal, a gambler, today was sen tenced to die in the electric chair at Sing Sing prison during the week be ginning July 6th. Becker, when sen tehee was pronounced, appeared calm, even turning to his friends in the court room and smiling. Becker's lawyer said an appeal would be filed Monday. This will act as a stay of execution and a year may elapse before the Court of Appeal hands down its decision. Becker was taken to Sing Sing by automobile, in the custody of six deputy sheriffs. I Holding Forth in Raleigh, But Noted Eank Case Won't Be Up For Second Trial Until June 6th Automobile Activity in the State Adjutant Gen eral Receives Clothes For Men of the Guard Raleigh, N. C, May 29th. With Charles V. Harris presiding as chairman and Edward E. Britton serv ing as secretary the Democratic con vention for the seventh judicial dis trict, composed of Wake and Franklin counties, met in this city yesterday and renominated without opposition Herbert E. Norris for solicitor of the district in accordance with the action of the Democrats in both counties in instructing that this action be taken. Mr. Ben T. Holden, of Louisburg made the speech, nominating Mr. Norris to succeed and Dr. L. P. Sorrell, of Wake, seconded the nomination. Mr. Norris is still confined to his home by sick ness and in his absence Editor E. E. Britton, of the News and Observer, made a stirring speech on behalf of Mr. Norris giving expression to his acceptance and pledge of best possible service. The convention passed a resolution of sympathy for Mr. Norris in his sickness. Theconvention elect ed Charles U. Harris and J. J. Barrow on the executive committee. Gov. Craig spent yesterday in Fay etteville where he delivered an ad dress in connection with the annual meeting of The Scottish Society of America. The governor was met in Fayetteville by a number of the mem bers of his military staff who partici pated with him in the ceremonials of the day. Adjutant General Laurence W. Young, of the North Carolina national Guard, announced today the receipt of a shipment of clothing for the men of the Guard in this State, the value of which aggregates $28,000, which will be distributed among the compan ies of tjhe Guard, just as rapidly as possible. The shipment includes the new olive-drag kakhi uniforms for the entire! force in this State. j The Federal court is rapidly clear ing up the docket of criminal cases, which consist principally of the most trivial sort of cases for blockading and retailing whiskey. The court caught up with the grand jury this morning and was obliged to take a recess until late in the afternoon in order to give the grand jury time to return true bills in cases that the court can put on trial. Judge Connor will take up the civil docket as soon as the criminal docket is cleared. The' noted civil cases of Citizen's Bank of Norfolk vs. Adam McArthur, Mrs. M. E. McArthur and others involving the genuineness of the signatures of the defendants on notes in question agregating a large sum is to be put on second trialJune 6th, according to an agreement that has been reached by the attorneys in the case. Members of the .Supreme Court bench 'stated today that there will be1 DM I ' LI LI R OF TH Forced to Take This Step Because of 111 Health. JED COVERNOR Well Known Educator Has to Resign Presidency of the University of North Carolina. Special to The Dispatch. Raleigh, N. C, May 29 Dr. Francis Preston Venable, President of the Uni versity of North Carolina, has re signed, a letter to this effect reaching Governor Craig today. Dr. Venable was given a leave of ab sence last year to recover his health, which broke under the arduous labors of his work, and a letter from him to day says he is not in condition to re sume the burden. . The trustees will hold their annual meeting at Chapel Hill Tuesday night. During Dr. Venarble's absence Prof. Ed ward K. Graham, dean of the graduate school, has been acting president. Flames Swept Elizabethtown This Morning, Doing Many Thousand Dollars' Damage Stores and Dwell ings Destroyed. s Special to The Dispatch. Elizabethtown, N. C., .May 29. At 6 o'clock this morning .fire was dis covered in the ceiling of the Whitted Drug Co.'s store. In less than two hours it had destroyed ten thousand dollars' worth of property, besides Joss and damage to the stocks. The drug building was owned by Mrs. B. M. Love, and insured. The brick store occupied by A. E. Cain and G. F. Melvin Co., general merchandise, was owned jointly by Cain and Mrs. A. O. Cummings, with no insurance. Mrs. J. R. Shepperd lost two wooden stores, occupied by the R. D. Smith furniture Co. and G. T. Sheridan's beef and fish market.- Aunt Abby Gill, colored, lost her kitchen and dining room. JAP. NAVAL OFFICERS SENTENCED TO PRISON Tokio, Japan, May 29. The court martial today sentenced Vice Admiral Matsumoto, of the Japanese Navy, to three years' imprisonment for accept ing bribes in connection with the na val contracts and Captain Sawasaki to one year's imprisonment. There are thirteen announced candi dates for United States Senator in Kansas. no further deliveries of opinions by the court no wuntil Saturday, when there will be a conference for this pur pose. The justices gave the opinions in nearly all of the pending appeals prepared ready for this delivery Sat urday. It is thought, however that the final adjournment for the term will not be taken until early next week. The court will adjourn with practically a clear docket, all appeals being dis posed of before adjournment. Automobile activities during the month of June in the office of the sec retary of State will be something enormous. There are about 12,000 automobiles and 1,200 motorcycles in the State the licenses for all of which expire July 1st and must be renewed at that time if the owners of machines would continue their use. This means that twelve thousand letters contain ing applications for renewals must be mailed out to these owners from the office of the secretary of State; replies to these must be handledand answer ed and the licenses made out and mailed, checks handles and numbers weighing one and a half pounds each put into the mails. The annual license tax is graded according tcrthe horse power of the machine from $5 to $10 each and the revenue to the State un der this will be very considerable. HO BIG FIRE RAGES THE IGARfi Carranza Wants Only Inter national Questions Considered. Won't Agree That Provisional Govern ment of Mexico Should be Taken Up By the Mediators. Niagara Falls, May 29 Juan Urqui di, private Secretary to Rafael Zu- jbaran, the Constitutionalist agent at ' Wn shin trtnn flrrivoH horo tnHav Katr.; ing a communication ta the mediators from General Carranza, saying he1 is -willing to send a representative to "the mediation conference' 'td discuss the . International difficulties between the United States and Mexico'. Urquidi said he came merely .as a messenger, to deliver the communica tion and not to discuss the issues. He expects to return to" Washington to morrow. - When this card was sent to Am bassador Dagama, of the mediators, Dagama sent word -that he was busy, but did not say whether he would re ceive -Urquidi later in the day. Although Urquidi .declined to make public the contents .of the communica tion, it is understood- Carranza reiter ates his original declaration that he" accepts Mediation in principle,, onv condition that International ' questions alone be discussed." , Carranza is unwWling that the ques tion of a new provisional president should be discussed at any ..Interna tional conference. He holds that tb.6 occupation of Vera Jruz, which direct ly gave rise to the mediation proceed ings, concerns all the Mexican fac tions, as well as the Huerta Govern ment and that the Constitutionalists should have voice in adjusting differ ences, which caused the American troops to enter Mexico. The Carranza Note. Washington, May. 29. The Carran za note to the mediators . was not con- " strued here as affecting the success of negotiations. Secretary of State Bryan and other officials-, as they en tered the Cabinet meeting, declared the situation still was progressiing satisfactorily. THINK STRIKE WONT LAST LONG Charleston, W. Va., May 29. Lead ers of the miners here expressed tha opinion today that the strike, declared yesterday, because of refusal of the operators to grant a check off, would not last long. The operators refused to discuss the situation. The formal strike order is expected to reach the men, in the re mote sections of the district tomor row, although all were apprised of the convention's action last night. Of the twelve thousand men" affected by the strike many are in the Paint Creek and Cabin Creek regions. INVENTOR OF THE MAUSER RIFLE DEAD Stuttgart, Germany, May 29 Peter Von Mauser, the inventor of the rifle bearing his name, died today aged 76 years. The MaUsef rifle, which, under various designations, has been introduced into the armies of many countries was perfected by the broth ers Mauser at Liege, Belgium, with the financial assistance of an Ameri can named Norris. , Crowds Clamor For News. Liverpool. May 29 Crowds gather ed today at the Canadian Pacific office Jhere awaiting information concerning tne iaie oi me passengers uu uow of the Empress of Ireland. Many of the vessel's crew belong here and pa thetic scenes were witnessed when, their wives, children and relatives turned away with information thatno names of survivors had yet been re ceived. ; 010 ELSE 1 r. i :.L 'St m m m m ; If II i ! 1 if? -My r. t J jit H It --V-'.'V:'V 7 K .'. 1 v. 1 i 1 If." t .. . .-5 .. -,--tr .