The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, April 25, 1913, Image 1
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VOL. 8, NO. 59, SEMI-W EEKL"!
ONE HUNDRED DIE 7"
I** IN BIG COAL MINE "til
J terrific ri
f.%y the low<
* : ^-^.AKlies Recovered From n^8ht froi
StlS (ylt-V
Pennsylvania Coal Pit, Wrecked among th
by Explosion of Deadly Gas. trict ini
Pittsburg, April 24.?The lives of t'r^'"SSe
100 miners, possibly 120, paid the the^afet1
toll shortly after noon yesterday of this sectii
a disastrous explosion in the Cin- Several
cinnati mine of the Monongaliela jrom "1<5
Itiver Consolidated Coal and Coke spenll' th!
Company at Finleyville, Pa. Over rain on l
three score of workmen in the mine ville.
made thrilling escapes, crawling (j,*)
most of the time on their hands and t|1(> town
knees through deadly gas fumes levee sev
and over debris. with cr<
Up to 11 o'clock last night 70
bodies of victims were located by ^j.^yer
rescuing souads of the United States
bureau of mines, the Monongahela south of
River Consolidated Coal and Coke Issaquen;!
Company nnd of the Pittsburg Coal jjn'itt
Company. here disi
As the rescuers found bodies they i,oatg to
were carried to the entries. None ?lorili?c
of the bodies, however, were to all Qf
brought to the open. will esca
Preparations are being made to pje are '|
handle the dead, box cars have ,.ountr\
been ordered to a mine siding. The hi?i.
victims probably will be taken from am
the mine at daylight tomorrow and
shipped at once to Monongahela an(j Jlor, |
City, where they are to be prepared
for burial. / DEM\N
/ Rescue work is hampered by afWK^rdamp.
Fire, which followed the mouse
explosion, has been completely sub- >
dued, it is said. ' "
RESCUE WORK HARD. was^ervj
Rescue work was carried on with 'filp
difficulty owing to the fire and pany 0f
deadly fumes. The coal company pr0prieto
maintains rescue corps patterned is,,,, . ,
after the mine force of the United , ,
States government. Aid from the r 0\m
federal mining experts, it is said, ls },'ejI1Jt
was declined by the coal company. aneges ir
Only a few of the miners who ' _
reached the surface could talk. Suf- t?i<
fering from burns or fright the min- T\ *n
f?TQ on 1V lrnow V* O t on nv r\lrtr.lrt?
, ? .^,U0.UU.U?U dant Ed
occurred and that a large number nrnnr??tn
of men arc either killed by the ex- |'n ^ald
plosion or asphyxiated hy the after- malter a
Several hours after the explosion ^
seven foreign miners crawled from \ .
one of the entrances. All were ser- ,
lously burned. They could give no
connected account of conditions in . .
the mine. They all said the mine
Is full of dead. excited -i
Relatives and friends of the min- . ,
; rbeneath the earth are frantic. man> pui
^T^vfany of them had to be restrain- .... .
?d. After a time a guard was plac- 1UJE
ed completely around the entrances J" y a"
to the mine and all persons except pnt>lit
rescuers and mine officials were held aI. oblu
at a distance. his ch;irl
A TALE OF TERROR. f?c"'
Robert Carter, a track layer who in the si
escaped, last night told the follow- The pi
ing story: "I had been working at Ulacksbu
the head of No. 16 entry. After Camp ha
eating lunch I resumed work at uf the lc
12:30 and had driven only two <-ase to t
spikes when the explosion occurred.
The concussion knocked me down TO (ill
and I was unconscious for 15 minutes.
Others quickly arrived where HnKii.sh
I was. Followed by about 2 5 men l4v
I started down No. 8 motor road, , .
one of the main roads of the mine. f
We had not gone far before we .orf 1<*
found there was so much smoke we jy ros*rr
could go no further. We tried No. u?P?naeii
7 motor road and found this also 11
choked with smoke and debris. Less U1/'\ 011
than 100 feet in No. 16 entry we ? ,ol?!n
found our way blocked. We turn- r,'?olutlo
ed hack and had penetrated No. 15 go\ernin<
entry some distance when we were
again blocked hy debris. opnient i
"I found a hole at the top of the f,
debris. I crawled through this on i.
my stomach for a distance of 200 j",'mark,'t
feet and the others followed. Fin- ' ^"
ally I reached No. 4 motor road, ^ ^a*
which was clear. I could not hear ,narket
those behind. After a time I reach- cauR>OK i
ed the surface. abundant
"Later the other men reached the !? foRfj'r
opening. All were ill and dazed on 11 would
account of the fumes." Lgypti
A relief train from this city with better ,r(
government experts and equipment nntiJufac.t
arrived at the mine shortly before Koods ol;
7 o'clock last night. Immediately a iUJ<* a'KO
first aid corps entered the Mingo v'<w of f
entrance and another the Courtney H,l(* heal
entrnnce. The work of rescue was ('-an eotto
carried on with difficulty.
1 ANOTH
Carolina and Georgia Will go to
Columbia. ^ Kuasiu
Augusta Special to Atlanta Journal,
April 24.?The contract ha* Rerun,
boen let for the construction of the avlat<?r 1'
Carolina and Georgia Railroad, lug at,,V
Michael P. McGrath, of Worchester, ^y f'*'"1
>m., is the contractor, and work height wl
start not later than May 15. Princei
meeting of the directors and certificate
** v?*xholders of the road was held at Vsevolod
'^'Hampton Terrace hotel Tuesday, airman. i
which every share of stock was biplane a
represented. President James U. were
Jackson, of the Carolina and Geor- seriously
gia, presided. There was a resolu- Their ma
tlon passed unanimously to in- of 30 feel
crease the capital stock from $100,000
to $2,500,000, of which $500,- Mr? >
000 will be preferred. A bond is- ("hostel
Wiiue of $2,000,000 was also author- State, A
^i*ed. known <
r The road botwe*?n Augusta and comnletcl
Columbia, a distance of seventy-five of Mrs. 2
miles, will be finished within 12 to Cheater c
18 months. The road will be so mated at
constructed that either electric or ance. Th
steam trains will operate over it. goods wo
f. LANCASTER,
"to" KMK'R refugees PEACE PLANS
Driven From Homes by;
Rising Mississippi. Lf lU |l|Cj
iirg, Miss., April 24.?A j lUIl 1/10'
iln and wind storm swept |
er Mississippi valley last
m Natchez north to Arkan- (<,.eat Commoner's Pr<
Intensifying the distress _ , .
e flood sufferers in the dis- national Agreement
mdated by the Stalwith Senate Committee,
near Mayersville, and in- Washington, April 2
the fears entertained for Aryan's preliminary o
r of remaining levees in proposed international
0I}* , _ , for pease which he lai
hundred pt sons who fled genuje foreign relatioi
overflowed territory of yeBterday developed wi<
l county were forced to *f onlnioU
B night in the drenching Nevertheless, it wa
the levee south of Mayers- Ulat w|th the ludor8C11)
, , , . dent Wilson, the secre
fears were expressed-today wU1 8QOn Ulldertttke u
levee directly in front of tl?ltlon8 with lead?.lg
of Mayersville and a new , lreatie8 Ub hI* ,
m"eq "ort,i ? btil1" templates. At the e.!
jvasse mav break at nnv 1
. . . , r" ? ~*Y" hours" conference with
The water Is rising at the i?r?
. . . , . bee rotary iiryaii leit
a inch an hour in the town ?,i??
... , . ... * sa> i 11 k licicl an luc&
Sv lie and is rapidly spread- > favorably
Rolling Fork and towns elaboration of hi8 *la
there in Sharkey and mcnts> however> lndiJat
. I uli, .. I? ,U Of the committee, Lk
relief camp Ke.,,,1,were op
latched additional men and Jdea t_ 2 * intention
the flooded territory this it8?" to au i* "
and food is being rushed j101. Xt? preparhe, '?* *?B
the nearby towns which ,k>d l,me .a di?l
pe the flood waters. Peo- progr?88* ls on_
jeing brought in from the Mr- "ryan 8 plan"f 1
districts to these high ?? <? he would confer w
ces in motor boats and !son .aiu *aUr uja
1 cattle are* being driven to 8 >Iue"^' a,,,,, ,,,,
and on the levees south ? , ~ AHB1TRA
h of the break. Briefly. Secretary J
as lie outl.ned it, istlii
- - ^ ?v miumish' reconi lor a
bile flying in bis aeroplaiae. established by MSsk 1
?s Eugenic Sbakoffskya, a rh an ti-vlvisect ionist le
>d Russian air pilot; ducting her own hi
Abramovitcb. a Russian against the Pall Mall
ilso fell while flying in a a London physician. T
t Johannisthal today. Hoth days' hearing of the ca
jured, Abramovitcb very tlmated that she spok
and the princess slightly, about 3110,000 words, i
chine collapsed at a height arguments against the
t and dashed to the ground, advocates at the bar.
i case, however, the jury
estroys Kiclihiirg Home. n quarter of an hour In
Special to Columbia Sin- will have to pay the
prll 24.?Fire of an un- will amount to about
irlgln early this morning Her last speech bef<
y destroyed the residence went to the jury was
.1 E. Mario;-, at litchburg, eloquent, provoking
ounty. The loss Is csti- which the judge did
$2,501) with $1,500 insur- because, he said, he t
le furniture and household laudable expression un
re oearly all saved. cumstances.
!?.-? 9-<>.<niU Dii'juiu ma Ktr u
which disputes, even th
Supporter Sues CJafTney ""agonal honor or vit
5er For Alleged Dibel. ^'ou1(i1 submitted tc
., _ft . , . . tionai tribunal for inqi
April TTi .w00,1?1?, 1 the disputing countries
id today on Kd H DeCamp to take no 8t wha
Limestone Printing Com- preparation for war wl
which Mr. DeCamp is lie(| ume> 8tx months <
r, giving notice of an ac- rpbe ex^en^ which
be brougnt against the have beell . SOUI
e Printing Company for proposltion Nvas Ilot fl
i?tr a^ege(^ "hel. 1 he suit tQ tbe coramittee. Set
filed by Henry Buice and intlmatedf however, tin
1 the complaint. That on forejgn powers viewed
the 20th day of August, favor
i said newspaper known as ' ()ne arguinellt adv8
h?/ T^e5!ger a?. j?. defen- get.retary Bryan's plan
HfiV'i1"?' e(*Itor ant| mittee meeting was tin
r, pubjjshed and circulated state8( if it had 8Ucb a
paper certain libellous proposed with one pow
.bout plaintiff. The com- prevented from making
otes an excerpt from an ed- to mcet the atlu(.k of
hich appeared in The Gaff- whi(.h lt might have n
?er during the heat of the W11. thi
orial campaign last year. ,, ,L ' A
orial purported to give the Mirthertuore, some
' of some of the Blease slsted that J United
"s in Cherokee county and n? afford to submit i
great deal of interest in ?f national honor or
rts of the state at the time. t*> a J?|nt commission
lain tiff alleges that the ar- ti?n or to refrain for an
leached his honesty, integ- ! rol!l. ma prepur io
reputation and exposed him X,, , . ..
hatred, contempt, ridicule niajority of tl
iuy. and tended to injure expressed general api
icter, business and reputa- ever, of the idea of n
by reason of that alleged [orm agreements wit
said plaintiff asks damages tries [?* the greuti r ck
im of $26,000. peaceful relations. Tl
laintift' is represented by a Secretary Bryan s pla
rg lawyer, while Mr. De- Passed upon and mei
is retained Butler & Hall, committee indicated th
?cal bar, and will fight the %vou'*' reserve it:- till
hp flniuh I Pass on everv feature
^ national agreements 1
<?\V COTTON ON NILE. perfected by the Wilsc
lion.
Chancellor's Plan to Pro- (,.ivpi.|i.,u uiut?vii
ct Lancashire Trade. KKS "AKrhU1
11. April -t. Protection Artists' Niglit 0|m*iis \
cotton trade of Lancashire ^ Pleading Pr
ing the supply of cotton in- ? . ,,
it of America, was the gist artsvi le .pec, a
:ellor Lloyd George's argu- stat?- APril / ~ n*fc
introducing in the House ,,1US c 5*sl,V5ll1 of *C,okei
ions yesterday evening a nn.sically ushered in u
n permitting the British of, h" < ok^ ^
ant to guarantee a Sudan Art, Society, Carl Jean
$15,000,000 for the devel- reo,i?r- . ,,
>f cotton growing along the ^The pjogrum^Uds^
bancellor of the Exchequer The "V,',8,1' 1(,T!
1 that occasional difflcul- l*r?? 'V" u /r",um
h regard to supplies of chttlra mr
, cotton, arising from the ?l*ces'n J ?
being cornered and thus [rom Darlington alone
-i shortage here despite <' , who ap
crops, made it necessary , Ed| h CbapIoaiJ P
the growth of cotton where Miss Christine Mill
un*er 1,lrlt,By control. eu'|ho y ? tei
an cotton he cla med was Martln baf,R0. Tbese
>m the point of view of the _
,, ... , musicians here all it
urer and the quality of r(,putation9 and ar(. w
tained from that product th? Kroat wo/ld of Iuus
better from the po nt of u make an
he workman It was cleaner voiros or to sav wbat
to wo,k tban An,orl- lection of all was best
" were genuine musicia
771 ,... 7-.. . .... was In fine voice and
Kit A VI ATOIt KILLED. era?y applaud<Hl
n Priurewa Injured by Fall \\'<?l \N T4LKS 54
it tlie Same Time. '
April 24.?The German ibises Case and is A
unetz was killed this morn- ?>f
tie JohannLstbal aerodrome Ixindon, April 24 - .
Dg from a consblpr?hi? ? ?- - - -
S. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1913.
UP 'SAYS JAPAN WOULD
Kour-K
CUSSION GET OUTSIDE HELP
Rale
server,
posed Inter- Illinois Senator Speaks of Pros- gutted
Laid Before perts of War?Mexico and Central buildin
America Would Aid. this e\
4.?Secretary Springfield, 111., April 24.?The tents, '
utline of his United States Is In "prospect of war ing all
I agreement with Japan;" it has a "disturbance" thing
d before the with England over the Panama ca- .
us committee nul treaty, and Mexico and Central '* *' '
le differences Amorica are enemies of this coun- .'
try, according to the views of Uni- T. , V.
s understood ted States Senator James Hamilton . . '
ent of Presi- i Lewis, as exuressod hv him in at 1 s
tary of state night in an address before a joint , ' ''!
) open nego- session of the Illinois legislature. j ''tie lo
powers for Senator Lewis declared that '?5iull>n:
jroposal con- Mexico, Central and South America ^? f'
id of a two were making "combinations and I ;;l)OIIt
the senators, alliances against the United States naIH?6
the capitol as revenge," and he added:
the commit- WOULD AID JAPAN. Intot]
consider an ? . . lnl? 11
n. Develop- All of these are biding their olliee :
ed that some time to a'd Japan or any Oriental or their ]
mocruts and European army in an assault upon has be
posed to the 118 an(1 'n the destruction of the may it
tateB binding canal." Ho said it was the may n
al agreement result ?f "our late course of un- room t
for a speci- necessarily meddling at the direction otherw
pute was in of Rtock speculators into the private The
e feature of an(* financial affairs of foreign tery.
^he secretary lends. o clock
ith President Referring to the United States burstir
kt a public Renate in the days of Douglass, floor ^
Trumbull. Webster and Clay, com- doors
TION. pared with the present day estimate, front i
lirvan's plan Senator Lewis said: "In those days rection
it'the United United States senate, in the in- busine
reaties under flueucing of opinion of the Ameri- Henry
ose in vol vine ('an citizen, was the most powerful young
Lai interests" legislative body in the world; but their <
in interna- *n Meeting the market rate of stock startec
lirv and that peculation it was of little consid- basemi
should agree erat'on? as It should have been. The rear e
tever toward roverse 'R Reen in the present day. floors,
ithin a Ktii'i i- 1" "hitters of finance and stock mar- It ^
r vM-ir ket gambling the United States sen- of the
a /, ;) t (> i? f hD ntnef nntnnf In \ *\ 15
hi n|jp nations * *"*' " * puwu i>i ** ivo *ot%oc v-"** *v
ided" on the exPresslon of legislation, of all trlb- the bi
jlly disclosed unals- ,,ut such has been its course for th<
retarv Urv'in biter days that in the influencing after >
it one or two of t,ie Political opinions of the cit- tbe da
the plan with Jzen United States senate of to- the tli
day is the least potent of any legls- saJ
meed against lativo bo<1>' ,n the worldin
the com- DOUGLASS* LIFE THEME. [he til
it the United "Senator Douglass had as his po- busine
treaty as he litical life theme establishment of all(j t]
rer, would be home rule or self-government in tjie ^
preparations eacli state or political division, and Haines
another with this is to be sovereign in all matters barely
0 treaty. of purely local concern?when not tjle jTu
S TEST. conflicting with the constitution of jjrst fl
senators in- fbe United States. If this creed |
States could bad been adhered to through this -py
my questions land, no such credit would today
vital interest have been beclouding the United ,\labai
of investiga- States courts as now exists. This s
ly stated time dark reflection upon these hereto- .
ns to defend f?re eminent tribunals has been . ^?C
caused by the assumption on the
le committee Part of these federal agencies to in- "at
iroval, how- t**ude upon all state goernment, and f vA,
inking some to the end that they might accom- ?' ;*'!
h other coun- niodate financial contentions they ."
velopment of inconsiderately declare state legls- { "e
tie details of lation and municipal regulatior in- "jry
ins were not va,'d whenever the same assumed ' .
tubers of the to control the rates of public ser- ! turnm
at the senate vlce corporations. | l<
authority to "Then, in the stead of these locally. '/
of the Inter- regulations prescribed i?y the peo- , :I
If any were l>le for tbeir protection and the just I'M??1'
>11 adminstra- government of these public fran-| e
chises enjoying institutions, the fed- ' ?roe.^
eral courts would substitute the dis
*LE HEARTH cretionary rates of the bondholders y'arg*
! and watered stock dividend gather- i dustru
lusic Festival erH> was such instances, multi- se? Ir
ograin. plied throughout the different states "UP
. v.i ?f fbe Uuion, which caused the citi- wbo i
ihir.i^ln i zen to regard the federal courts the bead
.. !, 1 aa enemy or the people and the proper rt'-ele<
o eg was guar(j|an of the privileges of those Uunte
nder the aus- who oppreased citizenship. While and 5
u instances to which I allude a ''"e
1 were the prominent instances which be is
. , . , attracted the resentment of the peo- > ?f ed,!
f '.u 1 pie and therefore the exception, yet f'? l)a
ru * H if was such that prevented the due
. tiiW it *'..v credit being given to the conduct of *
an'v available law-abi.li:ig and constitutional federal
courts in tills country.
liUsic lovers
enjoyed the NEED MORE OF HOME RULE. , JJJ
"We need more of home rule? v?.|?
peared were state regulation of state institutions \yHj
Goold, sopra- ?and those organizations conduct- establ
er, contralto; ed within the state which profit $ioo<
nor; Frederic from the citizens?and less of gov- sjon 'f
accomplished eminent with a distance and by tiie (1
lade enviable Presidential discretion, Congros- clubs
ell known in sional intrusion and federal court used i
c. It is dith- | invasion. This will do much to vi.rw...
iHriHon or the bring democracy back to republican is to
particular ae- government and re-establish the indivh
rendered. All federal courts in the coufldence of nation
,ns, each one the citizens and the ?>espect of the \jrs
all were lib- nation." Mo., c
com ml
JAPAN DKMHKS NO UTAH. jng ur
t HOI KS. of Au
Her Statesmen i igc Peace and Ad- ; counci
ssessed t'osts vise Public Against Haste. , Delt
ToUio. April 24.?Relations be- 1 (]isrU8.
\ remarkable tween Japan and the United States other
woman was were discussed today by Premier Vernoi
Jnd-Af-Hage, Count Combwi Yamamoto. He said
>ader, in con- they must remain peaceful despite not si
jit for libel local disturbances and he expressed |
Gazette and j absolute confidence that American Small|
Hiring the 16'citizens, both official and unofficial, \
He it was es- j would demand that no discrimina- 1 Ann
;e 56 hours, lion be made and that matters be the dii
tna hing her arranged in a spirit of fair play, just
most skillful He said lie entirely disapproved of ground
She lost the any exhibition of temper or un- yesterr
' sitting only seemly agitation. Karon Nobuaki Strang
,te yesterday. .Makino, minister for foreign affairs, tion
i costs, which in an address to an assembly of officers
$;?0.000. 1 members of the Japanese chambers acaden
ore the case of commerce, said the government 1 Com
passionately was doing all in its power relative by son
ud applause 10 li.v California auen land owner- \\ iien
not suppress ship question, hut he was unable to girl, w
bought it a reveal the diplomatic correspon- the dls
der the cir- donee which has passed between ployed
Toklo and Washington. of one
1 t
AND OBSERVER urn
BUILDING BURNS If]
tory Home of ItaleiKli Paper
[>st Total l/oss?Plant Valued
100,000.
igh Special to Charlotte ObAprll
24.?Fire completely
the handsome four-story Oci
g of The News and Observer 1
ening, the building and con- j l
valued at about $100,000, be-' ,
most a total loss with some- j det
like 50 per cent insurance 1
ion. Joseplius Daniels, sec- J u.a
of the United States navy, , J11*
principal owner of the plant. ,
bws and Observer moved into anJ
ell-equipped home in 1007. .
loss in equipment includes a
ur-deck Hoe press with color ' '
lent, five typesetting ma- i
complete sterotyping plant. on
all that was saved from
was the principal part of the eu.
% list anil the books of the 1
*s oflice, which were chucked ] '\ui
le safes before the business j";
force had to almost run for
lives. The big press, which
en in service scarcely a year, na
ot be ruined, as the flames u
ot have gotton into the press ,,u
vith enough force to warp or !^u
ise wreck it. *al
origin or the tire is a mys- I
The alarm was given about 6 rec
The flames were then .
ig through the rear third- JY"
vindows, and the opening or
leading into the second-story ;at
turned the flames in that di- j :
t and came near catching the *
ss force. Business Manager
Bagley and a number of j 1 a
ladies and other employes at ,
lesks. It is thought the fire J?'
1 in the paper room in the i in>
ent and worked its way up the Jfa'
levator shaft to the upper ,
as just before the night force
plant came on duty, this ac- ; ^
ng for all the rear section of , "a
Biding being deserted, except 1>a
e janitor, who was cleaning up ! rpl
carpenters who had earlier in |
iy laid flooring on a section of 1,11
,iru noor mat needed repairs. ( ""
ra the dames burst through the j l.rf
ar shaft, all in a few seconds, ,in
the basement and that during ^
me it took him to run to the wa
ss oliice and give the alarm ces
tien climb the stairs back to
lird floor 'again smoke and
had so increased that he was 8'1<
able to make his way through 'ia
aoke back again down to the
oor.
LOOK OYER WINTHKOP. I>0
ua Educators in Itock Hill?
upt. Hunter Ke-Eleoted.
k Hill Special to The News J/'1
ourier, April 23.?President!'
>n, Prof. C. It. Weeks, Mrs. i ..
Browne and Miss McCrorey, !'
nthrop College, have returned
Itichmond, where they attend- i tj'
educational conference. Miss !
Frayser, whose home is in J foi
ond, will return later. He- ' ^
g with the party and stopping lM]
a see Winthrop, are State Su- | st<1
indent of Itural Schools M ,
... Rll
ker, his assistant. Miss At- ;
; Superintendent J. L. Sibley, at
Industrial schools for ne- j^c
all of Montgomery, Ala., and mf
Tidwell of Birmingham, in
> of the agricultural and in- nu
il school work for the Tennes- ,,r.
on and Coal Company. j ne
erintendent Lucco Gunter, no
s serving his second year as'
of the city schools, has been )
ted for the coming year. Mr. ! jjr
r has served the district well \i
s bringing the schools up to nu
standard. In addition to this . (.r
a member of the state board ( fn
ication and takes an enthusias- pr
rt in all educational work. j ad
ex
WOMKX PLAN vi
KMiOW.MK.VT KIM) M
te
al Federation to Itaise $IOO,- .\
, According to Scheme l>e- A
>!> '<I at Miilycjir Council. sa
shington, April 24.?Plans for , of
ishing an endowment fund of w
)00 occupied last night's ses- pt
>f the mid-biennial council of sli
eneral Federation of Women's
The fund which is to be rn
ii currying on the work of the is
s departments of the council 1 sa
be provided by the clubs and ye
luals composing the organi- in
Sc
. W. 11. James of St Joseph, ! ch
'hairman of the endowment re
Itte, presided over the meet- j
id Mrs Percy v. Pennypacker At
stin, Texas, president of the of
1, was the principal speaker. | ne
gates devoted yesterday to j ?P
sions of public health and rel
problems and a trip to Mount do
a. I ed
K-TO-IKUSK VACC INATION, an
ml
?ox Discovered .lust Outside nii
'aval Academy Grounds. j wii
apolis, Md., April 24.?After tti
scovery of a case of smallpox rot
outside the Naval Academy ion
Is. Superintendent Gibbons Aii
lay suggested to Mayor
e a house-to-house vaccina- j
campaign, including all the gai
and midshipmen at the ors
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rottinje, April 24.?After a final
iperate attack lasting 24 hours
? Montenegrin troops forced their
y into Scutari. The fortress for
months, since the middle of Oc er,
1!?12, has offered a stubborn
1 heroic defense.
The fierce final assault which gave
! Montenegrins possession of tho
y which has been the sole object
their war against Turkey, began
Monday night. The Montenegrin
ny took the offensive along the
.ire front. They completely sursed
the Ottomen defenders by
diing right up to the Turkish polons,
whore they engaged in close
ronet fighting.
The Ottoman soldiers made a
mber of counter attacks and tried
th their utmost energy to drive
! attacking force from their works
t they were finally compelled to
1 back and leave their positions
the hands of the besiegers, who
eived constant reinforcements.
It was midnight Tuesday night
en the Montenegrins obtained
dr footing in the fortress and deiliments
of the besiegers entered
5 city at 4 o'clock yesterday mornAccording
to one report, Essaad
sha, the Turkish commander in
lef, recognized the uselessuess of
rther resistance after the outly;
key position of Tarakosh had
len. He is said then to have orred
his troops to cease their de\se
of the fortress.
Another report says that the
jntenegrin commander in chief
d been negotiating with Essaad
sha since Monday for the suruder
of the place.
Still another account says that
e Turkish troops defended the city
til the last. Although the Servian
>ops did not participate in the
al attack, their artillery was used
the Montenegrin gunners, and it
.8 said that to this fact their sue
?s was largely due.
The act of capitulation was signby
the Turkish commander
srtly after the Montenegrin troops
d reached the center of the city.
MAY MENACE PEACE.
wers Fear Fall of Scutari Will
Bring About a Crisis?Austria
Impatient.
London, April 24.?News of the
1 of Scutari to the Montenegrin
my has been received with extralinary
demonstrations of joy in
the allied capitals, notably Belule,
and the Bulgarian premier
s sent effusive congratulations to
i Montenegrin premier.
The first effect of the fall of the
tress has been the extension of
i international naval blockade to
razzo, but what will be the next
p of the powers in facing the new
uation it is difficult to foretell. v
cording to the views prevailing
St. Petersburg the coercion of
tntenegro would not be an easy
itter.
Austria-Hungary already has
ide definite proposals to the powi
with a view to compelling Montegro
to evacuate Scutari, but it is
t certain that such proposals will
welcomed.
The Vienna correspondent of The
lily Telegraph asserts that the
istrian government has repeatedly
it vainly tried to induce the pows
to consent to landing of forces
am the international fleet to put
essure upon King Nicholas. Ho
Ids that Austrian patience now is
hausted and that Austria insists
ther that the powers compel
ontenegro to evacuate Albanian
rritory, including Scutari, or that
ustria be given authority to do so.
ustria believes, the correspondent
ys. that an expeditnonary force
4 0,000 can achieve this task
itliout bloodshed and unless the
iwers speedily come to a decision
ie will act alone.
The press of the whcla ?'
?pe recognizes that the situauT.'"
extremely serious. The ainbasdorial
conference met in London
isterday and discussed the pendg
negotiations and the fall of
utari. It is understood that a dodon
to meet again today was
ached.
The British prime minister, Mr.
iqulth, addressing representatives
the foreign newspapers at a dinr
last night, made a hnnof nl
peril which may be regarded as
Meeting the view of the ambassariai
conference which he attendearlier
in the day.
Alluding to the Balkan situation
d the fall of Scutari, the primo
nister said that points of difficulty
ght emerge, but he thought that
thout excess of optimism they
ght believe that they would soon
ich the goal so long and laborisly
sought.
strin~fliingnr> Demands That
I'owers Send Ultimatum.
Berlin, April 24 -Austria-IIunry
telegraphed to nil others now
yesterday demanding that they
id an ultimatum to Montenegro
evacuate Scutari within 4 8 hours,
ording to an unconfirmed dlach
from Vienna to The Zeitungl-Mlttag.
ttlierwise Austria declares she
1 her allies will take steps to prot
her political interests.
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