The Wilmington Dispatch from Wilmington, North Carolina • Page 1

A- ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS, THE WEATHER Carried by the; Evenlni Dispatch, Together with Extenlv Special Corretpondence. i tonight And Slightly warmer: tonight' Light" to moderate westerly VOLUME EIGHTEEN WILMINGTON, N. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28; 1912 PRICETHREE CENTS THIBTY-E1EHT 11ITT AT HAiLET 1TIAI mm 'I It I ih IK 1 I'M 1- AX TO 111 v. fill But two of fllltsed Closter Journeyed From it 1 0 SBBboard Foreman, His Brother and an tiecincian among xne victims. Explosion Wrecked Many Buildings and Force of It Killed" Men Long Distance Off Bodies of Several Powdered by the Concussion Negro Blown Two Hundred Feet and Part of Boiler Five Hundred.

Special to The Dispatch. -Raleigh, N. Dec. 28 Eight persons are known to be dead and three negroes are missing as the result of the explosion of a stationary boiler at Hamlet today in the Seaboard Air Line round house. The white dead are Charles B.

Utter, "general round house foreman, William Utter, his brother, and H. G. Reynolds, an electrician. The negroes are Charlie Ledbetier, Ed. Gilchrist, Jim Powers, William Ballen-tine, John Thompson and John Morri- son.

President-elect Celebrating His Birthday Anniversary at the Place of His Birth Brilliant Ceremonies Marking the Day and Virginia Crovded Banquet Tonight. Staunton, Dec. 28. President elect Woodrow Wilson opened his eyes here today in the same house and in practically the same surround ings as fifty-six years ago today, when he was born. slept in the parson age of the First Presbyterian Church, of which his father, Rev.

Joseph R. Wilson, was pastor over half century ago. From far and wide have come admirers and childhood friends. The crowds began surging the, streets here early, to gaitf the -best vantage points, from wh'ich to catch' a glimpse of the next President and to view the parade, which marked tlia celebration of his birthday anhiver sary. Governor Mann and other officials, both State and local, joined-io-welcoming Governor Wrilson.

To this he had prepared no speech in response. A public reception followed'. Tonight a banquet will be held in Wil-i sdn's honor and he will speak. The President-elect inserted a few extra I t5C fLu 'J sat Cyfsff, fiyjw -Lm With P(jt ef Crew He Attempted to Board the Steamship Alcazar But First Officer Prevented Him From Doing So Nothing New So Far 'About the Stranded Ship at Frying Pan. Beaufort, Dec.

28. The master and part of the crew pf the steamship Alcazar arrived last night from Wilmington and, with two agents, went to Cape Lookout to 'board the the first was left in '-charge of the Alcazar, pulled, up the ladder and refused to allow them to come aboard. They haveva.llv returned here. There is no further news from the stranded ship on Frying Pa Shoals. BOOZE IS NOT BAGGAGE Said Chief Fowler, as He Had a Man Arrested for Hauling Without a License.

0 Booze is not baggage, is the opinion of Chief of Police John J. and any hackman. hauling the lubricant under the assumption that it is the baggage cf a passenger unless the load of juice happens to be on the inside of the aforesaid passenger is guilfy of a misdemeanor and punish-ible by law to any extent the Recorder sees fit -to impose. That's why Ben Davis, colored, is under arrest today. Ben, having as his passenger a certain Mr.

Roderick, having as a nick name "Son," was arrested today by Officer Leon George with two boxes of whiskey marked Roderick" in his hack. The arrest made oit the that. Davis Jiad no licence to haul freight in-his hack. His rights Chas. B.

Utter and his brother wentjer in one of the shop buildings of the to the round house at 7 o'clock this system at Hamlet, N. C. Charles Ut-morning to work on an injector that i ter, general foreman, William Utter, had been reported in trouble. Both men were in front of the boiler when the explosion occurred and their remains had to be scooped up with a PATHETIC STORIES i London, Dec. incn representing the various nations that have been engaged in the Balkan war ara striving to reach a basis for the settlement or the, conflict.

The Turkish have the most difficult task; as they represintfthe loser and are hardly in a-position to insist strongly on any point. TeiiiJ; Pasha' (2) is the head of the Turkish delegation. No. 1 is Envoy Novakovjtcfe of Servia, while at the bottom of the picture are the Grecian delegates N- 3," M- Strey, roek minister at .4, M. Vene-zelos, prime minister 5," Phofessor Poleter.

171 ON COCAINE H. Tdl fl RV merhant who-has exhibited signs of lULU Ul rnUULlluLllU mental weakness is suspected of being the anonymous- letter writer who has 'set half the town by the ears. County London, Dec. 28. Heart-rending Prosecutor Stryker says tlat it is un-stories of suffering, during the gales fair to "say fchat any on was suspected, in tho English Channel, were told by) but' that evidently the letters were many of the three hundred passen-'from a person whose mind was diseas-gers of the liner Narrung, which ar-jed.

the-- his 1 I Jury at 10 O'clock This Morning Returned of Guilty Against Thirty Eight of, 'the Defendants Convicted on All Counts Sentences Will be Imposed Monday. Indianapolis, Dec. 28. Thirty eight Labor Union officials were found guilty of complicity in -the McNamara dynamite plots, including wrecking of the Los Angeles Times building. Frank M.

Ryan, president of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, was those convicted. He, with the others, was accused of using the union's funds to destroy the property of the contractors who refused to recognize the union. Two defendants, Buckley and Seiffert, found not guilty. After Judge Anderson had, cleared the court -room of all spectators and the defendants families, thirty eight prisoners were taken in custody to Marion county jail. All' verdicts were brought in at 10 o'clock.

All those adjudged guilty were found guilty on all eounts as -charged in the indictments. The jury was discharged and "court adjourned until 10 o'clock Monday, when sentences will be Seiffert and Buckley were immediately discharged from custody. Conviction cf Olaf Tveitmoe and Eugene Clancy, of, San Francisco, and J. E. Munsey, of Salt Lake City, sustained the Government's charges that tney aided in plotting the Los Angeles explosion, in which twenty one persons were killed, and assisted in the escape of James B.

McNamara in his flight from the scene." The. jury-by also sustained tb that ed in California, aided in a na tion-wide conspiracy by almost all the executive of the Iron Workers' Union and that they knowingly carried on a conspiracy for years, by causing explosives to be transportated on passenger trains. As head of the union of twelve thousand members. President Ryan once sat in the councils of the American Federation of Labor. Tveitmoe was charged with not only supplying two men to assist in blowing up The Times building, but with asking for more explosions on the Pacific Coast.

He is a recognized Labor Leader cn the Pacific Coast. Also at the head of those found guil ty is Herbert S. Hockin, called the 'lago of the conspiracy," because he was charged with first initiating Ortie McManigal as a hired dynamiter and then with betraying all the dynamiters to promote his own ambition. It was he who once secretary' of the International Union, and whispered into the ear of Detective Burns the names of The Times dynamiters. John Butler, the Iron Workers' vice president, also was scon victed, being branded by the court as "a perjurer," -after he denied the McNamaraswere drawing a thousand dollar monthly to pay for dynamiting.

An almost tragic scene occurred in the court room in the few minutes following the end of the trial. As Marshal Schmidt ordered the prisoners, one by one, to stand up before the court, the wives of a score -Of defeml- ants, in the rear of the room leaned pay from $1 to $1.13. The 264 strikes which failed involved the 32,791 strik- ers in a loss from idleness of $29 per Putting b11 the results together and striking an average for the whole 729 strikes successful, unsuccessful and compromised, it was found that the average loss per man for the i 326 strikers 300 days after resumption 'of work was over $6. It was only af ter the 403d day the losses and gains balanced and that the increased wages could be considered as profits to the striking mass. Seven American makers are well represented at the French automobile exposition this month.

The cars and the relatively low prices have excited considerable discussion among French manufacturers as to whether the time has not come to discourage importation by tariff. vJ The opinion of French automobile men. is 'that the American supremacy in cheap and light car manufacture is an industrial one? bound up in their ability to organize factories for' turning 'out Targe numbers' of automobiles of the same modeKr a thing which it would be next to impyossiblO to carry through with a French factory organi- zation shovel the electrician, was killed "in Tan adjoining room by the force of the explosion and the falling The five negroes were filled in the west room. Most of he machine shops were demolished by force of the explosion, and Charlie Ledbetter was blown a distance of two hundred feet Part of the boiler was blown five hundred feet. All the white men were married and leave families.

vThe funeral of the victims will be held tomorrow. Chas. Utter, the foreman, was formerly foreman of the yards here. He was thirty five years old and is survived by his wife who was Miss. Norman Hogan, of Raleigh, and two small children.

Associated Report. Columbia, S. Dec. 28. Seaboar.l Air Line officials report that nine men were killed an explosion of a boil- his brother, Electrician Reynolds and six round-house helpers, mostly negroes, are reported dead.

The cause is unknown. newlyweds targets of mad Letter writer. Belvidere. N. Dec.

28. An elderly Th State will not take the initiative in prosecuting any one who isnot responsible for his acts because if this was done many of those who havo re-feeived letters would be subjected to publicity. If al the letters were read in open court it is believed that more harm than good would result. The postoffice inspectors will do no further work in the case until they hear from Mr. Stryker.

The inspectors had their suspicions aroused shortly after their arrival in town by a letter which told details which occurred in sight of the place of Business of this, merchant. Then they learned of his peculiarities. A talk with him disclosed that he was particularly opposed to some of the ycung folks of the town who were recently wedded This seemed to be i hobby with him. It was not thought worth while 4to get specimens of his writing and the inspectors reported lo the prosecuting attorney and now await his action. An attorney who represents parties who insisted on prosecution said that the method of procedure will be to call the aged man's family into con-cultation and sse if some restraint cannot be placed upon him.

If this can be done and his relatives agree to safeguard him, as well as the public from 'a repetition of the letter writ ing attacks it is likely that the matter will end in this way. Scarcely a young married 'couple in town escaped the accusations of the letter writer. Facts and dates that looked as though there could be no mistake about the allegations were given. One of the families became almost disrupted. Ttie wife, who re- Iceived the letter, would not rest until her husband sought an attorney to prosecute the sender.

Tbisbrought the matter to its present stage. The letters were at first treated as jokes. When they contained statements that it seemed impossible to dispute the matter became serious. One wife threatened to start divorce proceedings. Since the investigation that family is.

once more united. The husband has told his attorney that if any more letters are sent to his wife he will go the limit in prosecuting even a crazy man. Supe iffls Orchestral Program On at the Delightful, Popular Grand Theatre Today. Advertisement Fireworks at reduced prices at War ren's corner Front and Market. Ad vertisement.

It "Receiving Teller" (Pathe) Great Film Success on- at the Com fortable Grand Today. Advertisement. numbers on program today when he decided to visit the three women who had danced him on their knees when he was a They were: Mrs. Elizabeth Kayser, Mrs. H.

L. Hoover and Mrs. Amanda Fultz. The parade, which Wilson reviewed with Governor Mann, followed an informal reception at the Presbyterian Manse. Rev.

A. N. Frazer, pastor of the church which Wilson's father headed, and 'who now occupies the birth-home of Governor Wilsosu niaxLe the welcoming address. At the reception, which followed, one of the first to greet Wilson was Frank Ware, an aged negro, who wheeled Wilson in his baby carriage years ago. Governor Wilson reviewed the parade in which practically the whole city's population marched.

He smile-1 appreciatively. Before the parade he received the town officials and va rious committees. Army officers coin manding four troops sent here as a compliment to Wilson, paid their re spects to the Governor. As a birthday present, the municipality presented Wilson with two ivory miniatures, bearing portraits of Rev. and Mrs.

WTilson, the Governor's parents. The Governor's voice was stronger today. He said he would make his speech) brief and not overtax his voice. As the streams of callers passed info the manse to greet the Governor, he laughed and chatted with them aU. He pointed out objects of interest about the manse and proudly showed the.

callers the room where he was born. "I'm told its the same bed, too," he said. PEACE ENVOYS STILL COT AGREE London, Dec. 28. The peace envoys representing the Balkan allies and the Turkish empire met again today in St.

James Palace. After brief discussion, the envoys decided on further adjournment until Monday. The Turkish plenipotentiaries presented counter proposals put forward by Turkey, in reply to those offered by the Balkan allies. The Balkan representatives found the Turkish conditions unacceptable. BURIED WITH HONORS Washington, Dec.

28 With full military honors, another unknown of the Maine dead, was buried in Arlington today. Almost fifteen years after the battleship was blown up in Havana harbor the bones of this victim were discovered in the bow of the wrecked warship at the bottom of-the Havana harbor. Superb Orchestral Program On at the Delightful, Popular Grand Theaitre Today. Advertisement. It.

"Receiving Teller" (Pathe) Great Film Success on at the Com- 1 fortable Today. -v -5-t -ft ,,1 snraggadhe'lpoce, in; this case consider that two crates of booze would harlly constitute baggage in the common-acceptance of the term. The booze, the driver, and the passenger, and the policeman all came together to the police station, wher they unloaded. The whiskey was he'd a short time because of some allegl irregularities in the shipment of th'3 same. This, however, was soon turned over to Roderick, who removed it to his place of business in the southern section of the city.

KILLED HIS WIFE La Grange, Dec. 28. Edward Hart today shot and killed his wife, Rena Hart, from whom he was separated, and her mother, Mrs. McBride. The murderer was captured.

The had been married only a few months. pitifully over the railings calling for their husbands. Mrs. Frank Higgins, one of the defendants' wives, of Boston, leaned far over, the railing, and collapsed. She cried hysterically when she heard the jury foreman's words pronouncing the men guilty.

Mrs. John Barr, of St. i Louis, showed a different disposition. she threw her arms about her husband, begging him to have courage. "Be of good chVer, John," she said, "you cannot expect severe ment." punish- The possible punishment which-will be meted out, vary, from almost any minimum to a maximum sentence of thirty nine and cme lialf years The length of the sentences are in the discretion of thecpurt; overt -acts were charged as-be'ng related to a series of dynamite and nitre-glycerine on the Pacific, Coast and in New England, Kvhich were directed against the "open shop" structural iron and steel contractors, against whom a strike was called in 1905.

After being sentenced, the men will be taken to the Federal prison at Leavenworth. A special train will be used. Cases Will Be Appealed. Washington, D. Dec.

28. Senator Kern, counsel for the defendants in the dynamite trial, when told of the verdicts declaVed Hhie. cases would be 31 In the State Ohecks" for Money Appropriated by the LegislatureRaleigh Won't bs Held-Up by the Waterworks Company. Kepatch News Bureau. Raleigh, N.

Dec. 28, 1912. Prof. J. A.

Bivins, library clerk in 1 the office of State Superintendent Joy-ney, has begun mailing out checks for $3,000, the amount of the appropriation this year for rural libraries. There are in the State 3,108 such libraries and 1,178 supplemental libraries, which contain an average of 86 volumes to the library and a total of 309,000 volumes. Wilkes county, with 152 libraries, leads the State and Tyrrell county with three is the lowest. The State appropriates $7,300 every two years, but not more, than six original libraries may be established in any county. The books include everything from fairy tales and nursery stories for small children to biography, history, adventure and nature for the older pupils and their parents.

State Bank Examiner S. A. Hubbard has telegraphed the Corporation Commission that he was still in charge of the Citizens' Bank of Burnsville, whose cashier, James B. Hensley, was arrested Tuesday after confessing to a shortage of $31,000. Very little information has been received at the office of the Corporation Commission because of the inaccessibility of Burns ville, but it is understood that Hhe stockholders of the bank expect to make good the shortage and continue the institution of no other misappro priations are found.

The bank has been closed. Insura'nce Commissioner Young was informed that a negro had been ar rested and bound over to court at Win-terville, Pitt County, for causing the destruction by fire of" the oil mill at that place Sunday night. The Board of Aldermen has finally decided not to purchase the property of the Wake Forest Company for but will instead ask the legisla ture to empower the -city to borrow $400,000 for the purpose of buying or placing another plant. An engineer appraised the physical value of the water plant at $192,000, 'but the company has asked a much, larger sum. Alexander Webb, of Raleigh, has been appointed chairman of citizens committee at the inauguration Of Governor Craig January 14 and Major J.

Bernard has been appointed chief in charge of the visiting guardsmen. Details of the inauguration are rapidly being worked out, and Governor Craig's coming to Raleigh will be madel a distinctive event." Many military com panies will participate. A. J. Feild, private secretary to and R.

eas-ley, editor of the Monroe Journal and Carolina Democrat are contemplating Police Alarmed Over Work of the Drug in Paris Many Young Men Victims of the Habit Over Fifteen Hundred Strikes in France in One Year. Paris, Dec. 28. Alarmed by medi- cal reports which show the increasing number of persons in certain sections of Paris who are addicted to the use of cocaine, the police have commenced an energetic campaign to suppress tie clandestine sale of the drug. They have a difficult job on their hands.

Dr. Briand, chief of the St. Ann Lunatic Asylum, says that fully one -half of the young women who frequent the cafes of Montmartre and the Latin Quarter are victims of the habit and soon or later come under his care. The attraction of cocaine is ncft easily understood by those who have observed its effects. The original sen sation continues for only a brief period, while the after-effects follow swiftly and are terrible.

The law prohibits the sale of the drug except on presentation of a physician's prescription but the illegal methods emploved to obtain it. are many and ingenious. The waiters at certain cafes make a business of ra-tailing cocaine to customers with whom they come in contact. Their usual price is 75 cents a gramme. The police recently" raided the headquarters of a dealer who occupied a room on the sixth floor of an office build-J ing.

It had been bis practice to supply his patrons by lowering a basket from a window of his room, after the customer had identified himself aj a user by whistling in a peculiar manner. The dealer was severely punished. The result of his arrest, detection and of other sharp police measures has been to raise the price without decreasing the demand for drug, and it is stated that as. much as $8 gramme has been paid by persons whose cravingsVwere so great that they would not wait to find' a cheaper supply. According to statistics published by the Ministry, of Labor there were during 1910 1,502 strikes in France involving 281,425 strikers.

Of these 72t) were for higher wages. Of the latter, 169 were successful, 264 failed and 296 ended in a compromise. The win ning strikes raised the average 'daily publishing a weekly political and newspaper at the State capital. Colonel Feild is well and favorably known throughout he State, his work as sec retary of the State committee and later as secretary to the GovernoriattFact-ing much attention. has hart ronsirTerable newsnaner fixneri- enee and is a facile' writer.

--r rived in the Thames today. The vessel had come from far East, and met th full force of -the hurricane off Ushant, "on the French coast. Great waves washed the vessel's decks from end to 'end, and flooded most of the cabins. The passengers were driven from their berths and sat for hours, most of them in light night clothing in water knee deep. From most Southern ports come reports of the arrival of storm damaged vessels.

Many were compelled to abandon the voyage because of injuries suffered during the hurricanes. NewAmbassador on Scene. Tokic, japan, Dec. 28. Larse Anderson, the newly appointed Ambassador to Japan, has arrived and will immediately take over the duties of the Embassy, to which he was appointed as Charles Page Bryan's successor.

BOURGEOIS Paris, Dec. -28. Contrary to the expectation Leon Bourgeois has refused to become the Republican can-J )idate lor the presidency of France. There was little doubt that he could have had the honor if he nad been -will ing to 'accept, but he says his health wul not permit-him to run. His chief disability is failing sight, andi he is in daily fear of total blindness.

Fireworks at reduced prices at War ren corner Front and Ad vertisement. It Hear Chick Sing; Grand Today! He WiU'Render'the Big wonting Bird Rag." Advertisements 'f' mi mm. appealed. "Preparations for an appeal were made in advance," he said. "They- will be.

made to the United SateS Citcuit Court of Appeals, in regular wiy.Fur-A ther than that Senator Kern declined" to comment. if i.