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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-30
eu-,,;vo-s Tell Stories

Survivors OF the FIRE told their stories 70
49, r,,e.-,c, A..orney also yesterday. They
rs,e examined By. Assistant District A.
,.-rays gostpick and Rubin. and for the
most par. t1eir stories were practically the
sa,,e a. those gathered by Fire Marshal
Beers.
The opinion prevailed in the prosecutor S
once after the examination Of a score OF
,he.e witnesses that the loss OF life was IN
great part due 20 panic, panic which. i.
ues pointed out. would probably have been
av,rted " the employees rad been taught
,bs wavs and means Of escape by a FIRE
dr'l
louis senderman. an employe OF the 1ri-
angle shirtwaist Company, who worked on
the tenth noor Of the ~ach Building, told
-,orv q, rotten hose" ana a lack OF water
,chich prevented sny quick attack UPON
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-30

70 the Fire Department. Then he SOUNDED
the fire drill call
The moment the alarm sounded eVetT
child in the building knew exactly WHAT 10
do and with perfect discipline the pupils
did what they had been accustomed 70 40
al least twice a week Each class, heaneo
by It's teacher formed line and with the
teachers or some older pupils as noni'ofs
stationed AZ the head Of the steirVays, fhe
line moved regularly our through tbs doors
which had been thrown open.
The only excitement occasioned o. ts>
fire was caused by III. parents Of Soma ~
The children. rho came running 70 The
building Just as The FIRE apparatus was
CATERING I'D 135th street The hremen hah
little work 10 do, as the ianitor ara his
assistant had extin guished the flames Ira
cause Of the IRE IS unknown. Aeout 70
damage vas done 10 the building
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-30
Saws Girls Were b,' cAarchsJ


rrchers testimony mas that the girls
psre not searched on Leaving their doors.
but merely rassed BY warchman. who
examined ary packages which they car
r,ad He told g storv. With had come -
him ~ hearsay. however that q cutter
on the eighth foor named Bernstein vas
lust starting for his coat &c the leaving
bsl rang when one o. his associates ex-
claimed look There IS :. FIRE ~ your
seat" II tryine - put our the fire. Fitch
ers story ren. Bernstein got his trousers
In N. Aame ard the excitement that fol
lo7ed eay. the FIRE its chance . ger BE-
yord co-.rcl This story. however. Bern
stein h.rlsel. later denied.
1rere szivos. who escaped ~ the elevator
~ the Washington place side. declared
that 81. saw girls irving - oren the door
=, the stairway nearby bur that y was
,o,ted by a ratsnt knob or the inside
| s,s understood she said that nrachinis'
ra-,sd Hrovr, had later opened the door
and let the girls through
Sarah Car,rerstein said that she Jumped
| aour fror, the ninth door. where she
rorted 20 tire TOP % the washington
nl,oe elevator rs Il was passing The moor
| be,ov she had started for the ROOF she
,.s.-,ed bu, had heard girl call from
! 80. ,bet the door Tas locked She acned
,hat the inside door on the ninth Moor ais'
| was locked
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-30
overhaul Building a.

uenr-y Evans president Of the Cor
,,,.n.al Insurance Company While de-
r,or,np the appalling loss Of life n the
.ech Building Err characterized az fool
,sh the hvster!c9l efforts 20 have son2e
hind Of temporary legislation rut through
in N. hope Of averting such disasters
The New YorR.bulding law. he de-
o,ared needs thorough overhauline and
.her honest enforcement As q matter
- TACT a new building code has been
fror,ed ard has failed Of adoption only
beCouel az politica Wirepulllng ~ al
800 interests Let this code be adopt
"a ro,y and no makeshift legislation Hill
a so-coiled hrsuroof building bears
bout the Same relation - re contents
~ furnace or a steve does - me
.,,a,erial mn in !, 70 burn As 4 rule a
6renroof building uill prevent The spread
~ 6re "a other buildings. but y WIZ
r.,,ir The heat. and human beings Y
inc. fail 20 get out quickly WI re
Nv Fans went CT 20 say that there
- eayeral theatres in New York
,,bare the loss OF life should an impcrt-
80, arc tate Mace during pertormanc z.
ia ne greater thar - WIS IN the Asch
p,,iidirq New York hs asserted, vas
fnn ~ hretraps Now ana then one
h,rned mi nothing Of importance was
49, Ic aid 20 avert others the scare
e.ao bleu over The graft features IN
,be nrcsont building Law. he said should
lac eliminated. and there should be some
uav 70 hold city officials responsible icr
rcele-r and dishonest.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-30
the more insistent when coupled with IN:
cause Of saving human lives
hcree 70 Have Fire Drills.

haree 70 Have Fire Drills,
The idea Of fre drill in AL factories.
either compulsory BY law or Voluntarily
put into operation by proprietors. was
agreed upon yesterday by the two prin-
cipal organizations in the garment work
ers trade, the Cloak and Suit Makers
Manufacturers Association, represent
ing the employers. and the Analgamated
Ladies Garment Cutters Association.
The testimony so FAR brought forth in
the various Investigations Of the Asch
Building fire now under wav has demon
strated that en- efficient FIRE drill would
have done much 70 save life Al thar dis
aster. and the preliminary steps looking
toward the installation Of such a drill in
eli factories, as prsctised in All schools.
was fully Endorsed by the board Of sani-
tsrv control. the BODY organized last
wear as al outcome of the shirtwaist
makers strike.
This board. consisting ~ two manu-
facturere. two union representatives. ana
headquarters Of the EMPLOYERS assocla-
ton and decided 70 engage four experts
two on sanitation. one on fire prevention
and control and one on illumination, rho
will be directed 70 make a report on the
factory buildings Of the city with partic-
MAR reference n the safety 'of the en-
I1lnvec
The Forrest City times., 1911-05-26
LAWMAKERS MEET
 IN EXTRA SESSION
GOVERNOR DONAGHEY SENDS A MESSAGE TO THE EXTRA
 SESSION.
Urges Legislators to Revise the Rev. enue Laws Without Diseoru.
 Bitterness or Strife.

Little Rock-The senate and house convened in extraordinary session Monday, as per call of Governor Don aghey. In the senate, the expected fight between Toney and Rodgers as to who should preside failed to mate rialize, Senator Rodgers withdrawing, and Senator Toney resumed his seat as president. No business was trans. acted by either branch of the legisla. ture, the time being consumed in lis, tening to Governor Donagheys mes sage, in which he urged the members of the legislature to revise the rev enue laws and attend to the other business in hand without dscord, strife or bitterness.
 Briefly, the main features of the message are as follows:
 The state has already collected and spent S225,O00 which is not payable into the treasury until July l, 1911; mas borrowed S90,O0O from the sink ing fund and has outstanding obliga. tions of about $250,000.
 Appropriations at regular session were S400,000 in excess of the ap. propriations by any other Arkansas general assembly. The present def ieit in the states accounts is about sS50,000
 Appropriations at the session just closed were about s2,750.0OO; states receipts last year. S97S,S04.
 Two years from now, unless the revenue laws are revised, the states deficit will be about $1 ,5o0, ,000
 Revision of revenue laws is neces- sary to equalize taxation and raise more revenue.
 The present appropriations must be reduced.
 The convict lease system should be abolished Some convicts should be roads.
 A board of control for the peniten- tiary, consisting of three members to be appointed by the governor, should be created
 Provision for the removal of the supreme court and office of state treasurer to the new statehouse should be made.
 An act setting out Tn detail the manner of putting Amendment No. l0 into practical use should be passed
 Submits report of Judge Hill, chisf counsel in rate cases, and recom- mends appropriation of $12,500 to pay cost of appeal and appropriation oi S2,500 to pay balance due states accountants.
The Forrest City times., 1911-05-26
FIVE DROWN IN
 MISSISSIPPI RIVER
MAN, WOMAN AND THREE CHILL DREN, ALL MEMBERS OF ONE
 FAMILY, PERISH.
Tragedy Occurs Within 50 Feet of the River Bank, but All Boats
 Are Chained.

Arkansas City.-Five persons were drowned in the Mississippi river op- posite this city, within sight of a crowd of people standing on the bank, who hardly realized the extent of the calamity until all was over
 The dead are: Parma Wilson, IT, ma Wilson, Mrs. Annie Wilson, Edna Wilson and Viola Wilson.
 The party, consisting of nine per sons, was in a small batteau, which was loaded heavily with merchan- disc when the passengers went aboard. The batteau had hardly left the shore when 1t capsized in about 30 feet of water. In an instant the boat sank and the people on the bat teau were floundering in the swiriinR currents of the Mississippi Persons on the bank, which was only 50 feet from the capsiZed craft. endeavored frantically to go to their rescue ln boats stationed on the bank of the river. but every boat was fastened to tho bank by stout chain and pad broken. One negro, braver than all others on the bank, plunged into the swift current and swan to the aid of the drowning people and did all he could in assisting the survivors to shore.
The Forrest City times., 1911-05-26
SENATOR WILLIAM lORIMER Of Illinois, Who Will Probably Have to Fight to Retain His Seat
 in Congress.
in Congress

Senator Lorimer was bitterly ar. raigned in a speech by Senator Lori- mer, who declared that Lorimer's ev- cry action proved he knew money was being used to procure his cleo tion. Is there another senator against whom such an imputatiOn could have been made who would not have risen in his seat and demanded an inquiry?" he asked Can you conceive of any man holding such q trust as seat in the senate who could sit here for weeks and months after his title had been impeached without saying something?"
 For three weeks, MT. LaFollette declared, the Illinois senator had ah- solutely sat silent-"the only member of the senate who apparently had not writhed under public criticism?''
 He attributed the senate's failure to act to a false sense of courtesy, with which, he said, a system is yelled and cloaked resulting in the representa- tive branch of the government being undermined.
The Forrest City times., 1911-05-26

LORIMER CASE IS
 UP IN THE SENATE
LA TOILETTE OFFERS A REsoiu. TON FOR SWEEPING INvEs-
 TlGATloN OF CHARGES.
lorimer Is Scathinely Rebuked in a speech Delivered by the Senator
 From Wisconsin.

Washington, D. C.-An immediate investigation of sweeping scope of the renewed charges that Senator Lori mer of Illinois is not entitled to his seat is provided for in two resoIu- tions by Senators Lafollette and Dil. imgham. The Lafollette measure pro- vldes for renewed investigation in. 10 the Borimer affair by special committee, while the Dillingham; meas Ire directs the committee on privl.. eges and elections to make the in. quiry. It Is believed the Democratic senators will support the Dillingham; resolution, and the elections commit. tee will be directed to investigate through a subcommittee to be chosen rom its own members, but affirmed by the senate.
The Forrest City times., 1911-05-26
COMMISSION FINES A RAILROAD
Louisiana & Northwestern Is Assessed,
 Penalty of $2,OoO.

Baton Rouge, La.-The railroad commission of Louisiana has fined the Louisiana X Northwestern rall. road $2,000 for its failure to obey or. ders from the commission regar4iing the improvement of freight and pas seneer service along it's lines. The J ,ou'siana X Northwestern runs from McNeil. Columbia county, Arkansas, 70 Natchitoehes, La. distance Of about 12l miles. 96 miles of the road being in Louisiana. The commission took evidence from the shippers and people who live along the line, which showed that the passenger, as well as the freight service along the line, was in very bad shape It was shown that cars of freight were de layed sometimes as long as 30 days. In 1907 the commission ordered the line to run at least one passenger train and one freight train each way a day. Recently it was shown that the conditions have been even worse
 than before for the last few months
 and the commission imposed the fine
The Forrest City times., 1911-05-26
WILL NAME 100
 NEW BANKS WEEKLY
HITCHCOCK IS IMPRESSED WITH THE NEED WEST OF THE
 MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
One in Arkansas, Two in Tennessee and Many Others Among Those
 Opening June f9.

Washington Postmaster General Hitchcock, impressed by the reports of the successful operation of the postal savings system, has decided to designate hereafter, for a considerable time, one hundred additional postal Repositories each week, instead of 50 as announced month ago.
 Announcement was made of the des ignation of 50 additional Repositories 23 of them to be in states west of the Mississippi river, where the heav- iest deposits heretofore have been made and where the department feels banking facilities are comparatively limited. Among postoffices selected as Repositories. which will open for postal savings business on June 19, are the following: Mena. Ark; Ap- palachicola, Fla; Gadsden, Ala i; Cedartown, Ga; Hammond, La; Cat lettsburg, Ky; Dyersburg and Hum boldt, Tenn.
The Forrest City times., 1911-05-26

When. the measure was offered for introduction and. after the title had been read, Senator Logan raised tho point of order that 1t could not be considered because it had not been included in the call issued by Gov ernor Donaghey for a. special session.
 T shall hold the point we'll taken, observed President Toney, after the bill had been read, and declare tho bill ass it stands out of order. Tho call for the extra session. sets, forth specifically certain things to, ha. conr sideredl and it is a. we'll established fact that nothing, can be considered under that call except the. things specified. There is no, reference to the completion. of the state capitol further than direction for such legis- lation! as will provide for the remox. al of the offices of the supreme court and the state treasurerss office from the old to the new state capitol. If the author will amend it so. as to bring it within the purview of the governors proclamation. the. char will gladly entertain it."
 After the bill was held out of order. an appeal was taken. The ruling O. the president was sustained, g to T.
The Forrest City times., 1911-05-26
Oonaghey Issues ReuuisitIons,

Little Rock-Governor Donaghey Ha' issued requisition upon the eosernor of Illinois for the return to ,i's state of W. c. Hubbard and Will !i' hubbard, wanted in Jackson coun- oh an affidavit and warrant charg- .is arson Acquisition was also is- Sueu 9 upon the governor of Texas for
 cry Anderson, wanted in Greene epun'y on information and warrant Charging seduction.
The Forrest City times., 1911-05-26
RUSHING WORK ON
 PANAMA CANAL
4 RESUME OF AMERICAN CON, SEDUCTION AT END OF THE
 SEVENTH YEAR
Seventy Per Cent of the. Fillino for tho Gatun Dam Has. Been
 Finished.

Washington.-Uncle Sam. has taken stock Of what has been accomplished at Panama after seven years of hard work. May ended the seventh year of canal construction by Americans Only one-fourth of the great task of excavation remains to be done. for the ground hogs" have removed l38- 0GO,000 cubic yards from the line oi the canal. That leaves only 44,O0O., 900 yards to be cut away.
 The placing of the concrete in the locks is more than 52 per cent com p!eted, the installing of the lock gates has begun and 70 per cent of the fill. ing for the Gatun dam, which will feed the canal with water, has been done.
 The lock gates are staggering in their vast proportions. compared with the timber gates on the canals in this country. Each leaf, of which there arc two in a gate; Is T feet thick, 65 feet long and from q to Y1 feet in height, there being no less than g of these leaves, Special hoisting machinery has been installed to place these masses of steel.
 One of the unexpected obstacles in the construction was the development Of p slides in the Culebra cut with. in distance of nine miles, but 1t is stated that these will not delay the completion of the canal, as the earth can easily be removed by dredges after the water is turned on.
The Forrest City times., 1911-05-26
FRENCH WAR MINISTER KILLED
Monoplane Dashes Into Group ot
 Members of the French Cabinet.

Members of the French Cabinet.
 Paris.-France has just paid ter rible toll for her magnificent endeav- or to attain supremacy of the air. when a monoplane, of which the driver had lost control, plunged into a group of members of the cabinet who had gathered to witness the start of a race from Paris to Madrid, kill ing the minister of war and injuring the prime minister, his son and a well-known sportsman. A large num- Der of other persons of note had narrow escapes from injury. Minis ter of War Berteaux was horribly mangled. The swiftly revolving pro- peller cut off his left arm, which was found nearly 10 feet from where he was struck; the back of his head was crushed in, his throat gashed, and the whole of his left side cut and lacerated. Premier Monis was buried beneath the wreckage of the mono plane. He was taken out as quick ly as possible and examined by mili- rlry surgeons, who found he had sus- tained compound fractures of bones In the right leg, that his nose was broken, his face badly confused and that there were bruises on the breast ard abdomen.
The Forrest City times., 1911-05-26
NEW CAPITOL BILL
 IS NOT IN ORDER
SUCH IS THE RULING OF PREsi. DENT ToNEy OF THE STATE
 SENATE.
By Vote of g so 7 the Ruling of the Presiding Officer Was sus-
 tained, Killing the Measure.

Little Rock.-Holding that a bill fer the completion of the new state capitol Acould not be considered be- cause it was not included specifically in the call for an extra session by the governor, President Teney of the senate held out of order a bill carry ing $672.000 for the completion of the new building. with the note feature of the bill introduced at the regular session. The only difference in the two measures is that the last bill in- troduced reduces the rate of interest on the money to be borrowed from 6 to per cent.
The Forrest City times., 1911-05-26
MAY GET A COTTON OIL MILL
Georgia Plant Makes Proposition to
 the Citizens of Parauould.

Paragould.-F. D Hoskins, man. ager for a cotton oil mill plant at Conyers, Ga. has written to Secre ary Stedman of the Paragould Com. mercial Club to the effect that his concern is desirous of changing lo- cations and would like to move 10 Tafagould, provided the citizens here would donate $20,000 in cash and lake SgO,000 stock in the plant. He Says he has $60,000 plant and that thls Is a splendid opportunity for fafagould to secure first-class cot. toP oil concern. The proposition will ne considered by the Commercial Nluh at it's next meeting, when, it is thought, steps will be taken to bring Ihe institution to this city.
The Forrest City times., 1911-05-26
Statehood Bill Passed i'm the House

Washington, D. C.-The joint res olution admitting Arizona and New Mexico to immediate stateaood. but withholding approval of the consti- tuition of both states until the people have voted on certain proposed amendments to them, passed the house of representatives by viva voce vote. The resolution requires Arizona to vote on an amendment re- moving the recall provision as 1t ap- plies to judges, and requires New Mexico to vote on an amendment making it's constitution more easily amendabre in the future.
The Forrest City times., 1911-05-26
Martial GIamor Proves Effective.

Llttle Rock.-The effect of the stir ring details of the reunion, the braid anu buttons, gilt. gold, bugle call and roll of drum was noticeable in the army recruiting station last week. throughout the reunion 50 applica. eiohs were received by the recruiting sergeant for enlistment and re-enlist- n.eht ln the United States army.
The Forrest City times., 1911-05-26
Start Probe of Rep. LittIe's Charges

Little Rock-The Pulaski county grand jury has started on the work of Investigating the charges made by former Representative A. c Little that corruption had been allowed to Influence legislation in the Arkansas senate. Mir. Little and his intimate personal friend, Senator Elmo Carl. Lee, together with State Game War den F. " Visart, were before tn grand jury each remaining closet
 with the jurymen for long time.
The Forrest City times., 1911-05-26
N-wsnaner Man Ia Bjoamist

Yazoo City, Miss.-James c. Ben nett, a well-known newspaper man, convicted on the charge of bigamy. was arraigned before Judge Henry and given a maximum sentence of 10 years in the penitentiary.
The Forrest City times., 1911-05-26
Oil Explosion Shakes City.

Cairo, 1.-Two large storage tanks of the Southern Oil Company. located south of this city, were destroyed by fire, together with their contents, sev. eral thousand gallons of kerosene and gasoline. The huge steel tanks ex- ployed with terrific concussion, shak- in the entire city.
The Forrest City times., 1911-05-26
Says He Shot in self-oefens..

Fort Smith, Ark. - Prof. J. H. Humphries. principal of the public schools at Hartman. Johnson county, who shot and killed Albert Taylor al Hartman, was bound over to the grand jury Humphries says he was at- tackled by Albert and E. L. Taylor before be shot.
The Forrest City times., 1911-05-26
Telegraph Company Helps Treasury.

Little Rock-The Western Union Telegraph Company has just paid in- to the state treasury s3,150 as fees for the privilege of doing business in Arkansas. The money was paid under the provisions of the recently enact ed corporation entrance law, and it Is the first time the Western Union has paid fees of that kind since it's advent to Arkansas, 50 years ago.
The Forrest City times., 1911-05-26
To Outdo the Roosevelt Dam.

San Francisco, Cal.-Announcement Is made that the Great Western Pow CT Company will build at Big Meadow a reservoir that will surpass in ca pacity the Roosevelt dam and reser- voir in Arizona and the Assu and the Assouin dam in Egypt. Sufficient water will be stored for the irrigation O. 300, 900 acres.
The Forrest City times., 1911-05-26
Sends Photos of Mastered Turks.

of Crete have sent here 300 photos of Turks who are said to have been killed or mutilated in the island by Christians, the object being to pro- yoke energetic interference The photos have been distributed among ministers and deputies.
The Forrest City times., 1911-05-26
Guilty, but Escapes the Moose.

Alexandria, La.-"Guilty as charged, without capital punishment" was the verdict returned in the case of the state against William McManus. who was charged with the murder Of Mayor J. E. Walker Of Pineville. La.
The Forrest City times., 1911-05-26
'oe Denton Is Freed by Jury

'iot Sprlngs.-Joe Denton is once -lote Tree man. The jury in his cseohu trial for the murder of s. C. 1'eeh' the aged South Hot Springs sioeer' acquitted him. and he was i'm. -'eaiately released from custody.
The Forrest City times., 1911-05-26
An Unknown Cattle Disease.

GenCry, Ark-Within the last few days more than a dozen head of milch COWS owned by local farmers and dairymen have died from some un. known disease Veterinarians are at a loss to discover what the disease is, and farmers are growing alarmed. It
The Forrest City times., 1911-05-26
Gianders Epidemic.

Clarksville, Ark.-An epidemic oi glanders has developed on the En terprise farm, below Jamestown Seven mules have been killed aftei being condemned by veterinary sur feons. The place has been places undeT quarantine.
The Forrest City times., 1911-05-26
Chinese Dynamiters Convicted.

Jackson. Tenn.-The three China men. Long Bow. Long Tee and Lee Gone. accused of attempting to blow up their rival laundry on the night Of April 6. were sentenced 10 five years in the penitentiary.
The Forrest City times., 1911-05-26
Mexican Beliigefents Go Free.

Washington--The Mexican federal ard insurrecto soldiers who have been detained at San Diego. Cal. have just been released by the military un. der orders issued by the war depart ment