North Carolina Newspapers

' . ' ' ' " ' till i -FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH." $1X0 a Year, In Advance. NO. B. PLYMOUTH, N. G., FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1913. VOL. XXIV. V- THAW ESCAPES FROM ASYLUM THAW'S DASH FOR LIBERTY HAD BEEN WELL PLANNED. ,' RUSHED AWAY. THE INMATES WERE ASLEEP Keepers Didn't Know What Was Oc curring Until Thaw Leaped Into . Auto and It Dashed Off. Matteawan, N. Y Harry K. Thaw, thes layer of Stanford White, escaped from the hospital for the criminal in sanehere at 7:45 o'clock in the morn ing. a dash for liberty through an opengate, a leap into the open door of a powerful automobile that stood quivering outside and a flight like a rocket for the Connecticut state line thirty miles away accomplished the escape. ' Darting past an attendant who had just opened the gate to the , asylum grounds for the milkman to enter. ThawleaDed into a six-cylinder auto- mobile which stood throbbing oppo- site te entrance, and disappeared in a " whirlwind of dust in the direction of the Connecticut state line. A sec ond automobile followed him. In his powerful car Thaw swept through the hamlet of Stormville, ten miles away, at 60 miles an hour; head- .uB v-- A rewara oi ouu uns ueeu uucieu i iwtn, mah for Th.w, annrehen- Thaw's former counsel and officials of the state hospital commission ex- nvaA the nninion that Thaw would h n fre tnan once outside the state's boundaries, 'iney tnougnt ne couiu . ,m i i j i f anlr in Maw Ynrk hv 1 A adjudged Insane in the state to which he fled. Mrs. ' Mary Copley Thaw, the fugl tive's aged mother, manifested de light at his escape. Mrs. Evelyn Nes bitt Thaw, playing at a New York j I tneater, proiesseu to uw lenuntcu : 4J 9tDmnt to execute his threat to kill her. Po lice and detectives guarded her. Five confederates manned the car in which Thaw escaped and a bli limousine which trailed it past the asylum-' gate. The naix-up in Albany over the gov- smnrah n la reeardea as iavorame to i T o Thaw's prospect of remaining long out or tne state, even u ttyyieuoiiucu ouu . .. ,M 1 extradition papers are issued for return, Howard 11. iiarnum, tne gaieiuau, -. XI ... i..aa t -hi IcoV, for wnoiu iuuw ciuucu aim. uw me waitius uwiiiuUl.0, "o - !i! moo li-irlcrort 111 . 411 TrV,lrQ,r,c!!a on CUI?1J . : ,w 6"7 Xn,;; lata v.iia.I6o i c.e, " Thaw in his escape. Sheriff Hornbeck and John E. Mack of the district at- 'o ffiQ tnnV Rflmnm in an au- . ?. - tomobile to the jail. An tLirillUll L "third degree" ordeal awaited there, it was said. him " May Indemnify Japanese. Tnldo. Janan. It was announced nere that the United States has inti- mated readiness to favor in princl- Dle the payment oi an indemnity tu Japanese subjects wno nave oeen ai . . i m ffip.ted bv the California alien land ownership legislation. The United A roll can showed the adoption of States ahs also recognized the right the articles of impeachment. A com of Japan to adopt a measure similar mittee was appointed to acquaint the to the California bill. From intima- tlnns eiven in official circles, it ap pears unlikely that Japan will adopt Itlior Irion What JaDan desires . permanent friendly relations witn tne TTnitPrt states and therefore she seeks a fundamental solution of the difficul - ty. If the United States has no so- iMnn to offer, it i sstated Japan will Tution to offer, it is stated Japan will as a grievance. Killed In Pistol Duel. Blakely. Ga. W. C. Stamper shot on the public square of Blakely in a dispute over the divisions of the pro- ceeds of a debt owed doui oy a com- - mnn dehtor. Both are well known KPn shot ninkPlv. Keen shot lliuuei - twice at Stamper and missed him ex- . cent a slight wound over the left eye. Keen had five bullets in his body, lie leaves a wne ana Beveiai uiuw. Offers Bill for Military Highway. .. ti mill, tit .-. v rr t rT t-' ri iv i 1 1 ill iiii a. 111111- Vtary highway between Savannah and Fort Screven, Tyhee Island, was made ts a bill introduced by Represent Hir F.rl wards of Georgia. mC oe ure would appropriate $300,000 for the work. Acceptance on oners ui w a copntance of offers ' of free other assi ir.o r sct house roacs office would be required . . to make necessary surveys ana super- . . . j .u (-,iHnn Work WOUld HARRY K. THAW Made sensational escape from New York state Insane asylum. GOVERNOR IS IMPtACHED MRS. SULZER MADE EFFORT TO SAVE HER HUSBAND BY SAY ING SHE WAS RESPONSIBLE. Question Arises as to Whether Gov- ernor Must Vacate Office Pending Final Settlement. AAA AAA A Only Seven Other Governors Have Faced Impeachment. .... - - A New York. In all the United . . Rt . only SeVen other govern- - . A ors have faced impeachment pro- ceedings. These men ana me a results mat iouuwcu - I A unanes itou.uSUu, , - A acquuteu. - warnson .u, . - a. pnnrFPR ii run iit-ui. , - T , William W. Holden, North Car- . I & -IOTA vATViAtriKi A Powell Clayton, Arkansas, 1871, charges dropped. A David Butler, Nebraska, isi, m. removed. Henry C. Warmoth, Louisiana 1872, term expired and proceed i fuss droDDed - -- hiii 17R Albert Ames, Mississippi, 187b resigned AAAAAAAAAAA--- . . . . A AAA Mk.n m v William Sulzer of j- i iiau t . ai - . i immAQiha hv w YorK state, was imttvuw rf . oocomh T 'i nia aCtlOU iaoou - n oa to whether, under Villi UUCQblVU, w "w ' . Wlll,B thft nvernor must UIW WUBUlUHVu, I o.nl adindica- w - . . nca ot we lmycauiuiv I . - i. O nrvnnlQ Clt. 0nate and tne couri, ui " . ... inintiv as a trial couii. I " " i . n,.MQa nf imneachment. em- LOUg BHItlco r - , Wine the findings of the Fawley in- I ... . yestigatlng committee m buuswl, lav ready for presentation in the desk " .. . t v,,r.Q v0 of Democratic ieaaei - I . . II m.r.tAn IT 1 TT1 i . frrn n 1 v m i 1 1 1 1 i un lcu lore uiBau""- J i,Qt rpfsnlntion to a roll call. With the adoption of m rel on and the creation of a committee head ed by Mr. Levy to prepare the art- cles a recess was taken. Mr. Levy QTw1 his associates went through the formaiity of retiring to reappear with- ln an hour and sent tne anises w i I i..ii. iUni speaker's desk with a resoiuuuu tuau Lw Rkfid be adopted. ate with the Assembly's findings. a rt iha ndnnticn or the articles 0f impeachment the assembly quickly nivc vw - lSU.nI, a resolution aDDOinilllg uuic - ; . --, , . managers to conduct tne P"mcut I -rt0H in on behalf of the lower 1 ,n0o Articles of Impeachment against n. -worn nf Sulzer. as passed by the state assembly, make a document of I over 4,000 words. .attaTpena laV, oMie Bta.e, not only ifconntion .IB, the filing o, an In, They charge thef governor witn viu- nrnnpr anri incorrect account ui ma proper auu mwunc campaign expenses ana dive. paign contributions .the purcha e i n ins m ffiTi ii - ii itiii Willi or mocks, out -u r ABBM his alleged enorus iu y.. from testifying before the Frawley in- I from testifying I" .. ... it. is also vestlgating manitJp- charged with attempting to nittp late tne sun; ----- mo $20,000 000 lt!Zr,TllZZ'. i ufooiiintnn. i oneressiout" wircuu- , j u jiifn" " ... .v, jture of twenty immediate future to ' compile land waterwa . . I h poafnrd. N. C. was recommend- house' by the war depart- ed to the ea to iu u3a - -"79'fnnt ' , wlth la- ment. The pian conp - i KtnirTim in a. iwv . . r improve- " -.bm ...1 ,1 n. l'rtTTTl tr I , lirL lUKiUCi o ie rfinort to the uoxpy. " ,rphase of the I hOUSe. UIB . . ENVOY LINO HAS DELIVERED NOTE PRESIDENT WILSON'S MESSAGE TO HUERTA HAS BEEN - PRESENTED. CONTENTS NOT MADE PUBLIC Lind Admits That He Has Held Con ferences With Mexican Min ister Gamboa. Mexico City. President Wilson's message to President Huerta is now in the possession of the government, which may be expected to reject it or to return some answer shortly, Foreign Minister Gamboa, in the two conferences he has had with John Lind, came to the conclusion, with the consent of President Huerta, that the simplest way to an end was to ac cept the document for President Huer ta and his cabinet, an'd study it It would appear now that, as the message has been in the possession of the Huerta government sometime, and no action concerning it has yet been announced, the government is not disposed summarily to reject it. It is argued by those who have been watching the efforts of President WI1 son to effect a settlement of Mexico's difficulties that the longer Mexico de lays her answer, up to a reasonable time, the more reason there is for hope that President Hudrta is dispos ed to give friendly consideration to the document The government remains silent re tho entire' matter. but Mr L . Rh th consent Gf Senor Gam boa, admitted for the nrst time to American newspaper correspondents tnat ue had held conierences wua me Mexican minister oi foreign anairs, While nfithfir of the DrlnciDala will admit the fact, information has been nhtoinoii that thp. ohifict of Mr. Llnd's vgit tQ Senor Gamboa was to deliver President Wilson's note. As an Indi cation of the determination of Mr Lind to so conduct himself that he cannot be criticized for talking too much in unofficial quarters, he refus ed to grant an interview to a group of well-known .politicians, including a number of members of the chamber of deputies. The group belongs to what is known as the reform element, and were close supporters of the late President Madero. Mr. Lind told j i i ill V, c ffl.Ul ty c?lnn tnem yiat, uuiii ma mi.v,.. was luiuacu, no vim I . 1 f ll .. I1U VJ-m cuss Mexican pontics wim uui v- I , , nfl'1r. sons toan offlcials- REFU5E5 CALL FOR PRAY tnb i . s r.aB of Drouth Is incn ... is. u r.hiAf Fvceut ve. I w ' KanSaS Jliy. mjWS IW lm sked for ln Kansas and Missouri by ... a -i V,o holiovo citizens uuu 16j" I Vfi that spasmodic pwer! ( are not Buffl- I cient to enu me u1Uu6uv southwest. In Kansas hun A-nA nersnna wrote to Governor I I " ,,. . . t na0g for a day 0f public rnor deciined. p . the efficacy of prayer," said the governor, "but not in the case of flood or drouth." At Rnrlnefield. Mo.. Rev. J. E. MC- T,,J" naint. f s par, Methodibt uuuaiu. yaowvi v. - - hurch( announCed public services would be held to offer pray ers for rain, The letters to Governor Hodges were ' , to ask that every - . , , c.j resident attend church Sunday, and that every one make a prayer of his own Others urged that the procia- matlon simDiy ask each citizen to of hrph fer a prayer at his liome or at church. Destruction by Electrical Storms. Winnipeg. Man. The worst electri cal storm in years .accompanied by a sixty-mile gale, swept across Mani- toba terom Drandon tc , the east, boundary .Hundred eastern of uouais Uo.6 . . . vnA 4.,Qt hfrnn and damai "1 estimated build5ng3 At were i vninuun.V'V hv liehtnlnK when the severest -f . r swept electrical storm of the year swept over the eastern portion of WisconT sin The loss will reach thousands sin ne .g Cincinnati Loses Taft as Citizen. i"uuaUU. ---- i i n That c nr nam lias iusi I . r-r,At William H. Taft as i' yu made us v h w&rd ,n ble collector ui - ."T " which Mr. Taft formerly resided. The nnrtpd that he had never reived a report from Mr. Taft as 4 - Mr Tft as i - The board of review, i . . tav,nit hodv. took Up the I In ML ll-&Ckl C ' U.tter with Mr. Taft at his summer vT, at Point-au-Ple, Canada, and Mr. 1 i ?Hn THAD A. THOMPSON ' The diplomatic kbillty of Thad A, Thompson, the newly appointed min ister to Colombia, may be put to an early test in connection with the Ca nal Zone. He Is a wealthy business man of Austin, Tex., and never before teld public office. JAPAN WON'T RECEIVE DIAZ PRESIDENT HUERTA'S ENVOY BARRED BY MIKADO OF JAPAN. IS The Japanese Government Refuses to Receive Felix Diaz as an Official. Tokio, Japan. The Japanese gov ernment intimated to the Mexican government that it would not receive Gen. Felix Diaz as special envoy to Japan to express the thanks of Mex ico for Japanese participation In the Mexican centennial. It declared that it would receive General Diaz only as a private individual. The Diaz party left Seattle for Van couver, whence they planned to sail for Japan. Gen. Felix Diaz was appointed spe cial envoy to Japan on July 17 and left Mexico City two days later. He intended to proceed to Japan by way of Los Angeles and Vancouver. In Los Aneeles he was met by a hostile dem onstration from opponents of the present provisional government of Mexico and was kept there for sev eral days in consequence of the ' re ceipt of lengthy dispatches from Mex ico City. It was announced on August 2 by the Japanese legation in Mexico City that the emperor of Japan would be absent from the imperial palace for several weeks. - Vancouver, B. C After reading the dispatch from Tokio, General Diaz said he would go to Japan anyhow, regard less of the Japanese government's at titude toward his mission. ! Two Men Injured by Train. Marietta, Ga. Mitt Latimer and Emmett Benson were badly injured, the two horses they were driving were killed and the carriage was demolish ed, when struck by a southbound W. & A. train at a crossing three miles north of this city. aLtimer had an arm broken. The two were returning from a reunion of Philip's Legion, held at Kenensaw, and had driven upon the track unaware of the swiftly ap proaching freight train. No Government Money for Speculation Washington. Banks which borrow or loan money for speculative purpos es will be denied any portion oi the $50,000,000 of government funds about to be deposited in national banks to assist in moving the crops, and the entire amount will go to institutions that earnestly strive to meet the cur rency demands of the agricultural sec tions. This policy of the treasury de partment was announced when Acting Comptroller of the Currency Kane, in connection with a call for the condi tion of national bank liEU AFFAIRS HEARING A CRISIS PRESIDENT HUERTA REFUSED TO TOLERATE INTERFERENCE BY UNITED STATES. RELATIONS WILL BE SEVERED President Wilson is Very Disappointed Over the Stand Taken By Our Neighboring Republic. He Has Nothing to Say at Present. Mexico Citv. The United States Oovemment has been siven a few hours by President Huerta to reco nize Mexico, it is officially stated. The Government is not specific in the public announcement as to what course then will be pursued but it is understood that it means the severing of all relations between the two coun tries. Senor Urrutia, Minister of the In terior, who on previous occasions has been the spokesman for the Adminis tration. was the person chosen to make the announcement. Senor Urrutia refused to give out the text of the correspondence De tween Mr. Lind and the Mexican Gov ernment but confirmed the fact .that an exchange of notes had taken place. Two notes from Mexico have been sent to Washington. The first was a reply to that delivered by Mr. Lind. This note included the demand for recognition of Mexico. The second note was sent directly to Washington and demanded that a reply to the previous note be made. This is regarded here as an ulti matum. One official in discussing this latter note said that Mexico had reached the point where she either must bow her head in humiliation before the United States or adopt an attitude of defiance. The - first contingency, he added, was regarded as impossible. Attorney General Gives Opinion. Albany, N. Y. Lieutenant Governor Martin H. Glynn is the lawful Chief Executive of New York state pending the outcome of impeachment pro ceedings against Governor Sulzer ac cording to an official- opinion handed down by Attorney . General Thomas Carmodyrto Secretary of State Mitch ell. Mr. Carmody holds that the As sembly was within its rights in insti tuting impeachment proceedings at an extraordinary - session. "When the Governor is impeached by the Assem bly," says the opinion, "all of his pow ers are automatically suspended until he has been acquitted or the impeach ment proceedings dismissed by the Court of Impeachment. No Trace of Harry K. Thaw. New York. Sundown Monday marked the thirty-sixth hour of Harry K. Thaw's freedom and the police of the United States ' and Canada had not picked up" his trail. They seek him not as the slayer of Stanford White, or as escaped lunatic, but on a warrant issued at Poughkeepsie charging him with conspiring with the aged keeper Howard Barnum and the five men who managed the asylum de livery. On such a technicality does New York state base its hope of bringing about the futitive's return. Both factions of the double-barreled Government at Albany have promised rigid investigation and the exertion of every effort to bring about his cap ture. Are Examinations Too Rigid? Washington. Whether the entrance examinations for the Naval Academy areso rigid as to be virtually prohib itive, is a question the navy depart ment is to leave to the decision of a jury of 2,000 grave and dignified edu cators. It became known that the department, stung by repeated charges that the examinations were unfair and illogical, had determined t6 submit the matter to 2,000 high school principals and college professors in every part of the United States. Governors to Meet August 25. Montgomery, Ala.-Govemor O'Neal chairman of the Rural Credits Com mittee ot the Conference of Gover nors, has telegraphed theT members of the committee calling a meeting of the body August 25 at Colorado Springs, to prepare and present a re port to the conference which assem bles the following day. He wired the following members: Governors Had ley of Missouri, Cox or Ohio, Mann of Virginia, Foss of , Massachusetts, Plaisted of Maine, Carey of Wyoming and Johnson of California. LftNU ur inn LUilU L&nr r inu Short Paragraphs of State News That Has Been Condensed For Busy People of State. Raleigh. Arnold A. McKay, of Lumberton, a graduate or tne uni versity of North Carolina, with the class of 1913," has accepted the posi tion of principal and teacher of Eng lish in the Washington, N. C, schools. Washington. CoirwT" H. Osborn, commissioner of internal revenue, commenting upon the wide-spread ; discussion over the- increased reve nues of his department despite the spread of prohibition laws, denied that the two things were inconsistent. Whitevile. The county commission ers at a receat meeting fixed a fft of five cents on each $1.00 of real oor personal property and twenty cents on the poll for the new court house. As far as i3 known, no plan has been submitted by the architect. Newbern. Ike Benders, colored, was shot and instantly killed here by Till Kenyon, also colored. The shoot ing was the outcome of a game of cards. The slayer escaped and up to the present time has not been appre hended. Raleigh. The work on the recon struction of the Raleigh postoffice is resumed on an extensive scale again, it having been decided that the three outer walls on three sides O fthe old building left standing can. , be used in he reconstruction after all. Asheville. -Robbers . forced ' an en trance to the storeroom of H. J. Olive in West Asheville, blew open the safe with nitroglycerin and robbed the strong box of $100 in money as well as valuable papers, . Including endorsed checks. " Rockingham. A . memorable chap ter has been added to the, history of Rockingham and Richmond county. A celebration unique in North Caro lina, if not in the entire South, has been instituted. The event was a re union of the former slaves of the county and a sumptuous dinner was served in their honor by the masters and mistresses whom they in other days loved and served. Smithfield. iNoah Massengill goes to the state's prison for 20 years, a jury having rendered a verdict of second degree murder in the case agaiinst him for the killing , of Ed Strickland last spring. The verdict was returned after deliberation over night. Sheriff Grimes carried the prisoner to Raleigh, going through v the country by private conveyance. Gastonia. Prizes have been award ed to the contestants in the Modena Mill's pretty home contest. The prizes were given for the cleanest, prettiest and most sanitary premises. The -first prize of $5 in gold was givento Mr. and Mrs. Dave Gladden. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Ham carried off the sec ond prize, $2.50, while the third prize, $1.50 was awarded to Mr. and Mrs. J. F, Armstrong. Washington. Theodore Sterinfeld, treasurer of the Southern Aluminum Company, told members of the North Carolina delegation that if aluminum is free-listed, as proposed in Senator Kenyon's amendment to the. tariff, his company will abandon its develop ments at Whitney. The company was organized with $12,000,006 capital to make aluminum and . in that connec tion harness the Yadkin river. Scotland Neck. It has been sug gested that when the proposed map of Halifax county is made to have all the different points marked, teHing the distance from place to place and the directions. It is also suggested that the county highway commission have markers placed at the various cross roads and where the roads fork, telling the distance and direction to the points reached by the particular road. Fayetteville. A . fine example in road building has been set by a Cum berland county farmer, Mr. John L. Smith, who lives near the village of Cumberland. Mr. Smith at his own expense has had a three-me stretch of road running from the Fayette ville Raeford road to the town near which he lives put in splendid condition for any traffic. This action completes a 17-mile loop of first-class automobile road running through Fayetteville, Cumberland, Hope Mills and Cotton, and makes a good road of one that formerly was almost impassable. Newton. It has not been decided definitely when work on the streeets will commence. The (contract has been awarded to H. H. Abee of Hick ory to. do the paying. The first work will be done on the long street from the depot to the square. Spencer. At Churchland, Davidson county, the annual alumni exercises by the former pupils of the high school wre held with Jt. large crowd in attendance. In the absence of Prin cipal S. G. Hasty, Mr. J. G. Hudson of Spencer presided. Excellent music for the occasion was furnished by the enterprise Cornet Band.