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9 Ah New. WEATHER Rain today and possibly Thursday; much colder Thursday; variable winds. The Nevs A paper for all the people and for the people all the time. Read it and keep posted. tr-t VOL. IV. NO. 71 STATE EDITION. GREENSBORO, N. C, WEDNE DAY, DECEMBER 30, 1908 STATE EDITION. PRICE FIVE CENTS 1 FOUR MEMBERS OF JUDGE TUFT'S CABINET CHOSEN Knox. Hitchcock. Wilson and Wlck ersham Only Names Defi nitely Decided Upon. WRIGHT LIKELY TO REMAIN AT POST Tennessee Man Was Appointed in the First Place at TaffS Request, and His Fitness Probably Will Keep Him on the Job. BY JOHN E. MONK. Washington, D. C, Dec. 29. It .may li Minted, upon Authority that only J'Mir cabinet selections have been made bv .- President-elect Taft'.. These are: ' Philander. C. Knox, of Pennsylvania, to l.c secretary of state: Frank II. Hitch cn;U. of Massachusetts, to be post ,i aster-g. 'Herat ; James Wilson, of Iowa, Jo be secretary of agriculture, and G. W. .AVieki-rghaini of Xcw York, to be ! tomcy-general. Within the next few weeks it will he ilt-flni.ely known who Mr. T f t intends name for the other five positions in i , e cabin: I. which will come into being on 'March t. nrxt. Senator Knox will I'.ISfll'SS - ' i a W'V'.: we H. fii,ei a ;il in;: . - n;ii(d subject with )I.r. Tuft dur .ie mil nuke to Augusta -Mional Chairman Frank .. i !. AiisruM a., where he is ''resident -c lect,.- and it Is a; he will be consulted in le matter of the cabinet. : :. With li" oception of "Messrs. Wil ni am! Wright - it., in the expectation ; " all. of the Roosevelt cabinet ' " i' - (.11 March 4. I.nke E. Wright,' : ('. the S '-rctarv of war, sue - : -l r.-T-ift in .hut' office, v Mr. 'Continued on Page Four.) marks beginning ee Senator Knox Will Reach Augusta on Sixth to Discuss Questions. JUDGE TAFT GOES FISHING Augusta, Ga., Dec. 29. The arrival hero today of Frank H. Hitchcock, Re publican national chairman and future postmaster-general, and the announce ment that Senator Knox, Mr. Taft's secretary of state, will be here on the sixth, indicates that the President-elect is to occupy himself actively with cab inet construction. Mr. Hitchcock will remain a week or more, during which time .Mr. Taft will obtain the judgment of the national chairman particularly on the political bearing of appointments under consid eration. Finding men of cabinet caliber and making 'the selections with the due regard to exneting geographical condi tions, is admitted to be somewhat dif ficult. This work Mr. Taft will apply himself to assiduously from now on. Mr. Hitchcock had a short conference with Mr. Taft this afternoon and dined with the family tonight. The President-elect made his best rec ord on the golf links this morning, drove with his family ten miles to Richmond Mill, in the automobile and fished for buss without catching any in the af ternoon and occupied a box at the local theater tonight. Incidentally he re ceived delegations from Columbus and Savannah, Ola., and declined their very pressing invitations to visit these cities. An extended conference with Mr. Hitchcock is on tthe boards for tomorrow. Charles Clark, an edi'ror and long-time friend, of Hartford, Conn., has an ap pointment with Mr. Taft tomorrow. OHKEN BOY SHOOTS IKE COUNTY NEGRO BUCK MITCHELL OBJECTS TO HAV ING HIS WIFE HUGGED, AND IS SHOT. Raleigh, N. C, Dec, 29. Two negroes, May Garter and Ed. Mitchell, both youths, were jailed here today for kill ing Buck Mitchell near Rolesville, this county. The boys went to Mitchell's home drunk. Carter made, a drunken remark about "hugging" the wife of the deceased. There was some remon strance on the1 part of the husband, with the result that Carter shot Mitchell, the load taking effect over the right eye. The boys insist that the killing was ac cidental, and that Carter hd no idea thst tha gun was loaded.: DEFENSE SEEKS TO SHOW THAT HAIIS IS CRAZY Declares That Actions of His Wife Unbalanced His Mind. FRIEND SAYS CAPTAIN WISHED HE WAS DEAD Servant Also Testifies to Orgies in the Hains Home at Fort Hamilton in Which Annis Figured While Hains Was in the Philippines. Flushing, X. Y., Dec. 20. The defense of Thornton J. Hains, indicted with his brother, Capt. Peter C. Hains, Jr., for the killing of William " E.. Annis, called two witnesses in today's session of the trial to show certain alleged acts of Mrs. Claudia Hains, which the lawyers for the defendants claim . so affected Captain Hains that he became mentally unbalanced. Samuel Chester .Reid. of Chicago, a friend of the Hains family, swore that 'Captain Hains told him of all his mari tal misfortunes and that the captain evinced signs of being irrational. Before the close of the day's session the defense called to the stand a ser vant in fan ;:i Mains' household, Min nie Hhone, n related certain alleged incidents in uiiieh Mrs, C.'laudir, Hains and William E. Annis figured at the Hains home while Cnptain Hains was in the Philippine Islands, These incidents, the witness said, she told the captain on his return. She was still tinder ex amination when court adjourned for the day. She said that Mrs. Hnins had declared her affection for Annis, and told of alleged orgies Held at the Hains home at Fort Hamilton. Samuel C. Reid, a building inspector of the United States training station at .North Chicago, was called. The wit ness related a conversation he bad with Captain Hains, who, the witness said, used such expressions as "My life is ruined," and "I wish I. was dead." Mr. Reid said: . "Captain Hains said he went to Fort Hamilton and found his wife, who want ed to know why he had returned home. 'Why, Claudia, your reputation is at stake. I have come from the utter ends of the earth to save you. I have heard gossip of you and Annis.' The captain said his wife told him that the gossip was ridiculous," Mr. Reid said the captain stated he invited Annis to dinner to show he did not believe the gossip. Witness said Captain Hains said his father told him there were things to be investigated, and that he (Captain Hains) again spoke to his wife and she replied: "I do love Billy Annis." Mr. Reid further testi fied:"" ' "The captain said his wife then toH him all; that she loved Bill Annis and not him. "I eoifld not lWidenvtand iit,' said Captain Hains. 'The-night before she gave me carasses and told me that it was not so.'" Witness said that Captain Hains fre- ( Continued on Page Six.) GASOLENE, WITH WHICH SHE WAS CLEANING GARMENT, CATCH l;S FIRE AND EXPLODES. Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 28.- ..Mr. I. A. Hamilton, well-known in society circle, was fatally burned this afternoon at her home here while . cleaning a garment with gasolene. A vessel containing gasolene was-tit . . . , i ting before her and in some 'maimer became ignited and the explosion set, fire I to ner ciotnini. mic was iiornniv ournna before assistance could reach her. SIXTY MEN ENTOMBED ... i ll A Rescuers Unable to Get to the Fire and Smoke Roanoke, Va., Deo. 20. 'Meager news of a coal mine disaster at Lick Branch, Vs., reached here tonight. Between 'for ty and sixty men are said to have been imprisoned and up to six o'clock this evening rescuing parties had been unable to go into the shaft because of fire and smoke. ' (Ivick Branch is the name of a coal op eration on the Pocahontas division 'f the Xorfolk and Western railway, and is without commercial telegraph facili ties. Because of the isolation of the scene of the reported disaster no partic ulars have been learned here. - Norfolk and Western headquartera hers sty thst owing to the fact that SIXTY THOUSAND PEOPLE DEAD; MANY CITIES WRECKED AND SMALLER TOWNS WIPED OUT BY ITALIAN' EARTHQUAKE Prominent iguresinthe Tennessee T 1 .S;; jsl3 ' ; " nS (wm VlJ : L .JLr, ' fiimm ATTORNEY-GENERAL HON. RICE A. PIERCE, ONE KILLED AND THREE INJURED IN WRECK ON SOUTHERN LAST NIGHT Southbound Train No. 35 Runs Into Open Switch at Stokesland. Engineer Satterfield and Fireman and Two Mail Clerks Injured. Southbound train Xo. 35 was wrecked at Stokesland. four miles south of Dan ville. Va.. vesterdav afternoon at 5.30 o'clock, Engineer A. I. Satterfleld, of Spencer, bring killed outright and Fire man FJias Davis, negro, mid two mail clerks being 'injured. All the passengers escaped uninjured. The wreck occurred at the junction of the Danville and Western railroad with the main line of the Southern, the switch -having been left open. Ihe en gine and lender turned turtle and two mail cars and one express car bit the track. Xone of the passenger ears.. were uavis is omiiy stomhm. "' """""" i ' ' . , . , , , , i I i . on the head besides suffering ml"r ial injuries. The two mad clerks were . oi, - srdernbly shaken up. lint the,- injures are not thoucat to he dangerous , There is a doubh. mm.,- , w here the , wreck occurred the DainiHe jnd est- j crn spumng off lioni the mam, ti v-k wnn a i .iei bck .mm ween mi.- .... .. ....v, I hi. S.uirlirrn nnil tho llnnv. e and . ,, , , I !' (Western tracks, the Irani, which was! running nt ii lngli speed, ran into iiiei derailed, and aside fiou, the -ho.'k . ii.ino H . on lhf ,rnjn nm, w jf ,,,.. s, of the defendants have been of the passengers were injured'. Kngi-, ,)f 'w.ll(im tlu, ,(vs i1lquirot1 theirll"" on tlie stnid. Jul liunoii and I-red neer Satterf e d was c,ght under the fnthw jftv M h(,, !(,arm,, , Pinion h.nc not tesumd yet. engine and killed outrigl, , bis l.od be- Uiiijr fath(i) jm(, ,Mi(,n kif)p(1 Upv 1 ,,,,), , tll(, defendants lemenibered insr conBUlcnihlv iiminUa. rirMiiiin K. ... i (li-tinct " in;in' ncrs.-n. wlm woro in open swi.cu mm uiuiiueu u,w u hip "",,...: .....i i..f. i. ,....,;... i .... r..to m m -m-m IUf .1 pJ 1 A Ml ru H v ii i iiiii i jl Imprisoned Men Because of thej in the Workings. " . , . " ; ,i. ...i. minors are taking a holiday this week in large numbers, it is not likeJy that - more limn u.i.v or n..t v .u.-ii nui. nn i work in this particular mine at the time of the explosion, which occurred about four .o clock this alternoon. It is stated that the Lick Branch mine j the .trench that caved in yesterday at has a connection with another mine on:Knslcy, were accoun'.ed for,' leaving the the other side of tho mountain, and total death list at two, that it is possible that this mino has. been affected. j High Point Negro Charged With Larceny The cause of the explosion has not! Police Officer J. M. Myers,' of High yet been determined, and cannot V' Point, arrived yesterday at noon, hnv learned until in exploration can be, ing in custody Henry Craven, a young made. ' (Continued tn Page Two.) J. CALDWELL. ibankment of the main triu'k and over turning with the tender. Two mail oars were thrown siilewavs et'ainst the up-1 turned engine, while the .-. express can was knocked m its trucks, t tie r-ar I trucks remaining on the track. All - the doors of the passenger cars were sprung and could not be opnifd, passengers trav- ir.g to climb out through the windows. - I A wrecking crew was-sent from Spew I cer to clear awav the debris. ! Two sons .of Engineer Satterfleld wiv nnsspnwra on (he l.vflin. Wlien t.hov mt out of the car after the wreck the.! firsi ! onncnrn tva In in.niiro if tho un,,!,-i,.,.r I was ii mi. niter iiiiiinn, oi tireciisimri . ,- , t .. , . . IKHI I I J It. I II. tlll (1 . Jl 11(11 in:i Ml iMI own ,.,.,, ,i, .n.n(,j : tl.r.m i. ht ipv enllll w , .ffi , f h x ,Ilp.,t.ife anJ child. fl ,f nf ,,. firHOnslloro )nis(1, f)n , rilil.. - ilti()n fls t , , swifih ')() , u , . , , n , . . ........ " .. . . ' 11 I V I.1SMII.I V til. .Ill I'.MIII I I K'lll , I. L II 1 1. ...' , ,,, iv.,,,.!!, ,.,i w ...... ...... ' t .. .... -..:... ki . ,, ,,ll..1, , .,.. ,,. : ; train h id left a short tune before the wreck;. I SPECIAL MASTER TC HEAR CONTENTIONS OF CREDITORS r i- ., . ... . r-.- , . .-. , in T. no i niT.eo --i.i ics iis.r.cr, I OH. ; - , , T, , j yexi.iTua.v- anei.iM.i.i. ... ... ii.uige jioyu three claims of as inanv creditors of .ne oi.i jimim, company in wnien were involved the iuestunis of priority and J,V ere relei !lened to Special Master . James IT. Torah. nf Salisbury, the hear ! inc. ta t-.'il.-n iilnpp nf lli.rh Point, on .Inn. ! nary 2. The three claims were: Meek- ! lcnburg Iron W orks. $,1!I3: R. Fames, , M join Store Company, $2,- . - j ;' ' ' , ' Only Two Died In Trench. -Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 20 Iite to- I .lav nil the men sunnoscd to be buried negro, cnar?ea wirn stealing coai. vrn J ven was locked up in the county jail pending the trial of his case in court. , D. Night Rider Trials JUDGE J. E. JONES, Presiding. ON PICKET DUTY. PRi) VING ALIBIS FOR NIGHT RIDERS SEEMS All T nil r t P ll T I fl I 'np sea was s,ran?f''.v' mysteriously II L Uy L H L V I B L If . agi'rated and the hcavrns were ablate. I L II I L ll J I I II U l Xearing Sicily the clearing smoke re- ivealed' the mystery: .Messina was in .' 1 Haines. In the frenzy of despair, I , . . ,", ,. . . turned mv boat back t Calabria." Remarkable Memories as to Night, starvinu, bleeding from injuries.' and of Rankin's Death Shown by Relatives. , ALL THE WITNESSES AGREE', i I ,. ,- i. .. , 1 r5 - lrnn" D,(' '-ho rl?1" j night.;: rulers on trial for the murder oil '.""'ului liankm. having pieadrd . guil'V. are trying to prove alibis.! 1 he testimony- ot t u . (let.en.lants r nu . t bev. . . Wen' llol - present ., al, the: liuirdeV "t Captain liankm is to slreng, lu'iied 1V tllC teslllllollV Ol S'.ores Ot Wit liesses. iiicst of them relatives of the defend- their homes the night of the .Rankin. rniirler ..and. recalled ui.inv incident's that (.cciirred then. Press -.1 to name persons ! who were' .present on other nights, or to recite ineiilents that occurred a few drvs prior to the .-murder, they said lliev were unable. to '!o so. The cro.-.s exaniina! ',. n of Attornev- Genernl Caldwell was severe. It demon - stinted ihat each witi.css could rciuem- , , , . , . , i her noi lung that bappeia night sue the. one that nankin was kiii.i V "Mrs. lirani'V. mother-in-bi w ot Wad Morris, one of 5 ho confessed riders. swore that her son-in-law was in bed .... . . . , , - m tlie same renin wuii ncr at ten ociock lon the night of the killing and there::! I fore could not hove, been at the murder I ca lin an-a hp to rw . ;slw prnit.l nn! reeil! ; " " what. ".une. he went to hed on anv other night, since she had known him. Sam Baker swore that IliTschell cnti: nnol)lPr cmtM rmeV. j l,0(i ' i,:, i, ;,,i,( , u i ;ii; nc f,,, His mm0vV aR to othcr'niclits was vague, hoirever. and he said he could not remember whether he talked wi. b the lawvers for the defense lust night.1 M. V. Reid, father-in-law of Bud Mor ris, one of the del'eiulauts, testified to an alibi for him and denied that he told a different story before the grand jurv. Withered, ' wrinkled and jioorly clad. Morris's mother, eighty-five years old. in. a tired, hopeless voice, swore that her son was at. home the night of the mur der. Other witnesses swore the same ami the defense indicated that it would prove an alibi for each of the eight men. one by one. Garrett Johnson, the reputed leader of the riders, detailed their movement the night of the Rankin murder.. , Johnson swore the night riders met at (Continued on Page Two.) v Tidal Wave That Swept Alon the Straits of Messina Drowning People in Helplessness and Panic. Flames Broke Out Immediately Af terward and Countless Maimed and Wounded Men, Women and Chil dren Meet Awful Death by Fire. Rome, Dee. 2ft. The minister of ma rine at. five o'clock this afternoon receiv ed a wireless dispatch estimating the dead at. .Messina at ofUlfHi. No news has yet been received from Rcggio. Rome, Dec. 2!WMunned at the mag-1 nitude of the calamity w hich has over-1 precipitated from the houses rent ' in taken fellow emintrvmen. all Italy i twain, were spnu around like, tops as mourns tonight --for the stricken prov-1 they ran through the streets. Many fell, inco of Calabria, and the Island of Sicily. crushed to death, and others, bewilder Accustomed for centuries to earth- j ed, .-took refuge for breath beside tha quakes, Italy stands ever in dread, but ! tottering walls w here they soon met tha norm was prepared for the disaster which in the fraction of a minute yes terday devastated cities and tow 's and caused the death of thousands.. . jiesMiia, nose ir.ijiict nisiory "as , t hey nave performed courageous acts in -been marked by tidal waves and war., j rescuing the injured and removing the and which was 1 lie center of yesterday's j wounde. -A - large, number of survivors ' terrestrial .-maelstrom,, was shaken to ( have been transferred to the warships, ruins. Flames burst forth to complete I which are transformed into great float the city's destruction and to burn alive ing hospitals. It is imperative that the numbers of hopelessly pinioned beneath dead be removed from the ruins in or fallen walls and broken timbers, . i der to avoid a. pestilence. The Strait of Messina was shaken and Steamers with doctors, druggists, fire-' twisted by the earth's trembling, for men and workmen have arrived at Mes marincrs report: the channel altered be- ( sina from ( alanin and other places, yond recognition. . The ports and vil- J. : Special dispatches received here from laws on both the com inentnl and Sici-, C alaliria confirm the destruction of R"g lian sides- were -.wrecked , -or inundated, ! gio. 'Phey report, that the. situation and all lighthouses along the coasts ' there is as bad if not, worse than at, Mes were swallowed up. Xavigation now is sina. The streets in Rome are jammed dangerous and in some places irnpossi-1 w it h people, who snatch the special edi ble. . i tions from the newsboys. The peopln In 'the Calabrian district, which -was I a re plunged in grief and iatneiita-tions are only beginnintr to recover from the ef- I heard on all sides. Here and' there--one' fects of the earthquake of .1005, Reggio asks another: "Uhenwill end this nv was the center of the earth's upheaval, j ful repetition of devastation and deith The seaport of Reggio is reported as no .in our Country?" longer existing and the city proper isj The hands of all nations have been in nuns. : . The los of life on both sides of the strait and in Eastern Sicily was enormous,-' One of the refines from Reggio. who was the first to bring the news ot the city's destruction, fried 'to make his way to Sicily in a Mil boat, but was compelled to return and finally found safety at a. peninsula port. : In .-describing his experience he said: 1 almost- insane from their terrifying ex I pcrienees, Messina's survivors are flee-. inrt 1,1 11 lirrtrttirtne T lif. cniMarla rtm. scnti'd by the ruined seaport is described as terrifving. .. Tumbling buildings both (illed-and-mutilated, while hundreds of! SUSPENDED GREED Five of the Men Alfccted Took Part in Recent Olympic Meet tin London. . Tlr... . pPC,,x rV ddarp At I ION KtSULl . Of. . f KOBt . . ' 1 Xcw 'iork. Dec. 2 There was an ,,.irthounke in amut"iir athletic circles r . :,'.." :.'.;. .. . . ........... . , . . . iciiugni. wnen aniiouiieeiiieiii. " .nunc . . ., ,'. . ..'.,. t 01 IMP ."uspem-ion .oi- m, .m.....c.it. iu- lcl.es. livc .ot whom took- part in the re - I cent t.lviiipie contests at London. Sua- ( 1 . 1 ... . .. .'...:.:-.-.. I. . . 1 L , ; ... ;peii(ieci in -ii.- huuiiim nimvni.iif.vtiiisi.nrri! i wo roremon, wno were su- id professioi'talism was made, are Mel- , vin V. heppar.l. Charles - Bacon, Harry. ! 1-. T'or1. pr .'.lid ItCOrcC Y. fioilllat?. all of - r . . . . the Insn, .American .Athletic Association F. K. Beilars, New York Athletic Club, and .lames ( i. bee, formerly' of the Bos ton Athletic . Association,, but. now un attached. . The action taken tovuiht was the out come of -a so'arcliing irvrstigation by the legist rat ion committee of the Amateur Atnhtic Association, which was conduct, cd at the We'stsule V. M. C. A. build ing" tonight. Chuirnui'V Ohertultessiiij;. of the registration committee,- said he and his. brother members had come to .he eoneliision that these athletes and possibly others, had b(en demanding money- beyond what might be termed Icgitimite expenses, characterizing the claims of some of them as exorbitant. He showed n statement from Major Wolf, ot the Seventy-fourth regiment of Buffalo, which showed that Porter, s-heppard end Boivhag had been paid, ac cording to the ideas of the committee, sums far in excess of what were con sidered ordinary expenses. These men took part in games at Buffalo on Decem ber 12, last. Followed Tremors the injured, imprisoned in the wreck age, were abandoned to their fate by the fleeing populace. One of those who escaped, said: "Tluv earth seemed suddenly to drop and then turn violently on its axis. Tho whole '...population, who practically were fate or their companions.' Already British and Russian squad rons have arrived at Messina. Sailors and ninrir.es have lieen diemhnrlrvl anl extended to Italy in her atlliction. Fro-n rulers .have come messages of condol ence and froin the people spontaneous promise of that aid which brings tha world closer together in times of great calamity. . Great Britain. France and Russia have sent their warships quick as the flash of the telegraph could carry the orders to lend assistance to thn stricken cities. Relief funds have already been started, and a, hundred ships and trains are on their way carrying sup plies and reinforcement to the south. Rome, Milan. Florence. Naples and other cities are sending physicians,, ponce and firemen. Today all the ambassadors and ministers -.expressed sympathv with M. Tit toni. minister of foreign affairs, whoso emotion was profound. - The bonrsps nrifl tlmrt rtvti La-a rfosod throughout' Italv, and dispatches ) . . -.' . " . " (Continued on Page Two.) t TEN MEN BURIED IN TRENCH UNDER fl FILL Df EIRTHJE KILLED Several Others Injured In Acci dent at Blast Furnace In Birmingham, GAS COMPLICATES RESCUE Birmingham. Ala., IVc. 2S. Two dead I bodies have been recovered ai.rl eitihl- ' ..km c are Known to ne mined in an im- I . ... . .mens.- -cavern oi a trenen at-the., hlttsfe. .! turna.ee plant, at Ensley early tonight, Several other laborers were injured an ! ' 1 ...' e J perintending the work. The most of the dead were foreigners. The cave-in occurred without warning and the, bodies are being recovered wiHi difficulty,, because of the large amount of ga.s which is pouring into the excava tion from the furnaces. ... The men were -working in a large trench about, eight feet, below the sur face. They were -excavating for the ga v flue, which is lo connect the blast fur naces with the new battery of boilers, which is to run the plant. The end of the old gas flue, which extends - the full lengt'h of the furnace plant, had been temporarily bricked up, while the la borers were at work on the extension. Mechanical carrier were used to tukr away the dirt excavated, and when. -it-carrier broke tonight a beam fell cm the, cement wnll. which formed one sid.i of the trench the men were digging. The entire wall toppled over on the men and with it tons of loose earth, whidi had been held up by the retaining wall. When the wall fell it broke down thn brick work at the end of the big four foot gns main and immense quantities of gas were poured in upon the entomb ed men, .