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" Y A--- THE WEATHER. Ocnerally fair Thursday and Friday, except probably shqwers on the coast. VOL. LXXXVI NO. 159. I .1 . II II i T WiSB -"I !S l)i IW?!s"' fVX W P ypVX sfrTTSk I - AN your friend In th r popaUr eontMt. J JUL JXuAL JJJJ TL I jlSlsly J, 11 VAX U Wj Nomlnstton bunk In fd.x. P.P. , ' ' - v. Xk WILMIKGTON, ST. C, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1910. WHOLE NUMBER 13,406. CRIPPEN AND GIRL WERE AFIFIAIGNED Dentist Formally Charged With Murder and Ethel Le- Neve as Accessory. PRELIMINARY HEARING ENDS Arthur Newton Given Chance to Make Statement in Behalf of Defense. Important Evidence Trial in London Soon. ; London, Sept. 21. Dr. Hawley H. Crippen and his typist, Ethel Clara Leneve. today were formally commit ted for trial for the murder of the for mer's wife, Cora Belle Crippen, the American actress, who was known on the stage as Belle Ellmore. The doc tor is charged as the principal and his companion as an accessory after ths fact. J For some time the magistrate In the Bow street police court has been hav ing the evidence offered by the crown, and at the conclusion of these prelim inary proceedings today, announced that he would hold Crippen on the cap ital charge and added that he felt that the evidence was sufficient for him to commit Miss Leneve for trial as an ac cessory after the fact. When the prosecution had concluded the magis trate proposed to set aside another day upon which Solicitor Arthur New ton, who is representing both of the accused, might make any statement he wished on behalf of the defense. Mr. Newton, however, after saying a few words in favor of Miss Leneve, who, he contended, had not been prov en guilty, said that he would reserve his defense of Crippen until the trial proper was held. The inquest into the death of the person, parts of whose' body were un earthed in the cellar of the Crippen home in Hilldrop Crescent, has not been concluded and another session of the court will be held next Monday. The crown had attempted to show that the parts found were of the body of P.oWe Elmore, ; but Its medical ex perts have not been able to swear positively regarding the sex of the, victim. At Monday's session Emily Jackson, at whose home Miss Leneve lodged up to March 12th last, recited a conver sion which she said -she had had with her lodger, and which indicated that the girl expected to marry Dr. Crippen after his wife had left him. This testimony appears to have robb ed the accused girl of some of the sympathy which she has heretofore 1 pnioyed andwas the cause of a hostile demonstration when she arrived at the Row street court today. The cab which she occupied was followed by a crowd of hooting women, and their taunts were echoed by the throng that had gathered in the vicinity of the court. There was nothing especially new in today's testimony. Inspector Dew identified the suit of boy's clothing, which William Long swore he had purchased at Crippen's request, as the suit worn by Miss Leneve at the time of her arrest. Mrs. Jackson repeated the evidence which she had given be fore the coroner's jury. Miss Merion" Curnow, who formerly " was employed in an office managed by Crippen. told of cashing checks for the doctor shortly before he fled to Cana da. Witness said that Crippen told her to say nothing about him to any one. Gilbert M. Rylance, the prisoner's partner in the manufacture of artifi cial teeth, told of receiving a note from Crippen in which the latter said that in order to escape trouble he 'Should be obliged to absent himself for a time. Following the introduction of this evidence Mr. Humphreys, of the Public prosecutor's office, announced fhat he had no further testimony to offer, and Mr. Newton choosing to de fer his defense, the court committed hot h prisoners for trial. CHICAGO & ERIE WRECK. Aged Woman K'lled, 25 Persons Are Injured. I'ima. 0., Sept. 21. Chicago & Erie Railroad fast train No. 4. eastbound, was wrecked near Conant. nine miles w"t of here at 4:30' o'clock this af fr,''rinon. killing an aged woman and more or less seriously injuring 25 ""rsons. Tha smoker, day coach and tvvo Pullman cars left the track and wore overturned in a ditch 20 feet f,,"p. The track at the point where 'he wreck occurred had recently been raisnd several inches. A Mrs. Slrailer, an aged woman, of "i-ooklvn. N. Y.. was Instantly killed, while her son, seated by her side, es ('HP"'i injury. The cars were baaly flushed and from their position in the "h the fact that only one fatality is '"'orded, is regarded as miraculous. wing to the difficulty of reaching Co nfnt, relief work was slow. , Carlisle. Pa., Sept. 21.-The Carlisle "Hiian school football team defeated 'h" iebanon Valley College team here ""lay by the score of 53 to 0. This was the first game of the season. Allentown, Pa., Sept. 21. Uhlan, he world's champion trotter, made a new world's record for a half mile track here today when he stepped a !" ile in 2:05 1-4. The previous record 2 Died In Richmond of Gunshot Wounds Received While Arresting Negro Blind Tiger Funeral at Spring Hope. (Special Star Correspondence.) Rocky Mount, N.rC, Sept. 21. Af ter battling for life with great odds against him, and with a gunshot wound in his chest that would have meant death to a majority of men, Chief of Police Jim Stallings died this morn ing shortly after 9 o'clock at the Johnson-Willis Hospital in Richmond where he was taken as a last hopes of prolonging his life. His death has been expected almost hourly since he was fired upon on Sunday night by the negro Norman Lewis, who was on yesterday captured at Henderson and carried to Raleigh last night for safe keeping. The dead officer was 46 years old and leaves a widow and five children, along with several sisters and brothers. During the years that he has seen service as chief of police at Spring Hope he has proven an efficient officer, fearless in the discharge of his duty, and while he stood firm by his oath to uphold the law he held the esteem and gooi will of all who knew him. It is expected that the remains will be brought to North Carolina tonight and that they will be taken to Spring Hope by the morning train tomorrow. The funeral .will be held in Spring Hope tomorrow either at the home of the deceased or at the Baptist church, of which he was a consistent member. The funeral will be conducted by Rev. B. F. Putnam, the pastor of the fam ily. Since the capture of the negro, and his statement along with tthat of Mr. J. R. Renn, who went with the officer to make the arrest on Sunday night it appears that Silbey Lewis, the wife of the negro charged with the shoot ing, may be more connected with the shooting than was at first thought, when she was taken by Sheriff John son on Sunday night as an important witness in the case. As the woman could not give a bond she was taken to Nashville jail and locked up. Mr. Renn, who was with the policeman at the time that he received the wound, states that the woman answered the officer and invited him into the house, but as he stepped into the door, the light that had been burning was ex tinguished and as the officer stepped on the threshold of the already open door, he was fired upon with a shot gun. The negro man then ran off a short distance and fired a second time. The woman was taken just before the chase for the negro began. It now looks, with these facts in hand that the matter had been pretty well plan ned by the two, and since the death of the officer it may make a first de gree murder case against both of them, and a prohable conviction. His Death Deplored. Nashville, N. C, Sept. 21. News of the death of Chief of Police Stallings, of Spring Hope, at a Richmond hospi tal this morning, has been received here. There is universal sorrow over the county for the officer had many friends. The body will be buried at Spring Hope tomorrow. Nonrian Lew is, who did the shooting is in jail at Raleigh, while his wife is in jail here. Lewis says that his .wife did the shooting but she says that Lewis did. Minga Vines who was in the nouse at the time corroborates her testimony. Vines is held as a witness. fallings himself stated Lewis shot him. There is evidence that the ne gro loaded the gun after the officer knocked at the door. Feeline at Spring Hope has been intense and it was wise not to bring the negro DacK to this county. The dead officer has been very vigilant in running down negro blind tigers and had in curred the general dislike of the ne groes. Death in Richmond. Kichmond, Va., fcept. 21. Chief of Police James M. Stallings, of Spring iiope, in. c, who was brought here for surgical treatment of a gunshot wound received at the hands of a neero Sun day night, died this morning. No at tempt was made , to operate upon the injured officer as it was found impos sible to save his life. The load of buckshot fired by the negro had rid died stalhnes' lunes and stomach. It is expected that Governor Kitchin will ;pay a reward for the capture of Lewis. WYOMING DEMOCRATS. Convention Nominates -Tickets--Fa vors Commission Government. Sheridan, Wyo., Sept. 21 The Dem ocratic State convention today nomi nated the following ticket: John M Carey, of Cheyenne, governor; F. L HOux, of Cody, for Secretary of State; Dr. Earl Whedon, of Sheridan, Treas urer; W. B. Ross, of Cheyenne, for member of Congress. The candidate for Governor is bitterly opposed to the present Republican organization of Wyoming. The platform adopted favors the ini tiative and referendum and recall, the Oregon direct primary law, the cor rupt practices act. restoring the aus tralian headless ballot, system, pub licity of corporation affairs, and the commission form of government for cities. The platform is notable In the ah sence of any condemnation of the Na tional Republican administration. Lvnchburr. Va.. Sept. 21. The sale of dark tobacco primings here today made a new high price when the day s hreaks averaged $4.44 a hundred pounds. This is more than twice the chief mm SUCCUMBS best prices a year or two ago. MB. TAFT SPEAKS TO HOME FOLKS Had Strenuous But Pleasant Day.Yesterday at Cin cinnatti, Ohio. ON WATERWAY IMPROVEMENT Opposes Present Piece-Meal Appro priations for National Rivers and Harbors Appropriations Other Notes of Trip Yesterday. Cincinnati, O., Sept. 21. President Taft had a thoroughly enjoyable time today among his "home folks" of Cin cinnati. He visited the Ohio Valley Exposition, made an address in Music Hall on waterways improvement, took an automobile ride during the after noon, dined at the Business Men's Club this evening and later attended a performance of the opera Paoletta, composed by a local musician ana rendered largely by local performers. The immense audience in Music Hall rose and gave the President a remarkable demonstration when he appeared on the platform. The cheer ing was renewed with increased vigor when Mr. Taft announced that after his tenure of office had expired in Washington he purposed to return to Cincinnati and spend the remainder of his days in this city. The President's day was free from politics. He did not comment in any way on the New York primaries. He would say nothing regarding Col. Roo- sevelts statement to the effect that he had not sought the conference at New Haven. Mr. Taft did not initiate that con ference, and he apparently is indiffer ent as to whether it was arranged by Col. Roosevelt, or by Lloyd C. Gris com. who has been acting for Col. Roosevelt in the New York fight. Tomorrow President Taft is to re ceive a number of Uuio Republican leaders. They are anxious to consult- with him regarding the situation in this State, and Mr. Taft has consent ed to see them. Denouncing the Congressional "pork barrel," President Taft today urged a re-construction of the method of dealing with waterways improvements in the United States. y 'He asserted that the "piecemeal pol icy of appropriating government funds for rivers and harbors was not only indefensible from a business viewpoint, but also gave rise to a species of legislative abuse that is very near corruption in its effect." The President spoke before the Ohio Valley Improvement Association which met at the Ohio Valley Exposi tion here to celebrate the completion of a new government dam at Fern bantt, Ohio, a few miles below Cincin nati. This project was designed to conserve a navigable stage of the Ohio river during the dry months of each year. The President put in most or tne day at the exposition. He had lunch eo n there and did not leave until late In the day. Tonight he is to dine witn friends, then attend the exposition opera. Outside bis speech no utterance on public questions were forthcoming and attempts to obtain from tne f resiaem & comment on the primary results of yesterday met with failure. Addressing himself to water ana railroad transportation and the policy of waterway development, Mr. Taft said: "One of the great reasons for the decrease of river transportation has been the1 competition of railways whose physical advantages have been referred to.. More than these, traffic managers of railways have lowered their own traffic rates where there is water competition until the river business has been entirely discourag ed, and then raised the rates when the river business has been thus sup pressed. Provision has been made in the railway act passed at the last ses sion of Congress which will, prevent railways from adopting this device of destroying river competition. The truth is, that with the new develop ment of river business it will be pos sible to give power to our Interstate Commerce Commission to make regu lation's for the joint traffic between rivers and railways that will greatly encourage the continuance of the riv er business, for if we would use our waterways in the most economical manner, there must be a friendly co operation, as the Waterways Commis sion points out, between those engag ed in transportation on the water and those by rail. The concurrent and joint operation of railways and river car riage Is much better regulated abroad than it is here, and we have a great deal to learn in this regard which, when studied out, can be .embodied in positive statute. "The cost of the improvement the Ohio river is to be upwards of $63,000,000, and it affects a sufficient territory and a sufficient number of people to justify the expenditure of the money out of the treasury of the United States. The plan Is to appro priate sufficient money each year so as to complete all the same in 12 years. "I wish that Congress had arrang-. ed to expend the money in less time and complete the work, for its comple tion is not alone important for the immediate benefit that it will- confer (Continued on Page Eight.) ACCUSES ANOTHER LEGISLATOR Chairman of Committee at Albany Charged With Accepting Graft" From Railway Interests Investigation. -New York, Sept. 21. Assemblyman Yale, of Brewster, chairman of the committee on electricity, gas and wa ter, took his place" today in the long line of Albany legislators accused of accepting, "help" ffom the street rail way interests of the State. G. Tracy Rogers, formerly president of the Street Railway Association, reluctant ly admitted to the Merritt Joint Legis lative Committee this afternoon that he had helped Mr. Yale, when the lat ter was a member of the assembly committee on railroads. . He thought he might have helped other members of the committee. The day's hearing, was further enliv ened by the submission in evidence of vouchers ana records seeming to show that the Metropolitan street Railway had attempted to hide a donation of ?8,000 to the Street Railway Associa-! tion by entering it upon its books as money paid out in settlement of a claim for damages for injuries receiv ed in a mythical accident. The examination of Mr. Rogers was not concluded when the hearing ad journed. He admitted having placed various amounts to the credit of the late Speaker Nixon with Ellingwood and Cunningham, who explained that they had been for transmission by Mr. Nixon to the Republican county com mittee for his county. The payment of $500 to Representative Malby, then a State Senator, had not been for cam paign purposes, he swore, but in satis faction of a claim against the firm for overcharge of interest. The witness could not explain why he personally had made the refund and not the firm. Asked if he had made donations of money for campaign purposes to mem bers of the Senate and Assembly oth er than . those already mentioned, th witness ventured an admission . that ho "might have helped a number of these gentlemen" namely, the mem bers of the Assembly committee on railroads a list of whom had been given to h!m. Mr. Bruce produced a check for $500 under date of May 16. 1902. drawn by Rogers to the order of former Assem blyman J. R. Yale, of Putnam county, and asked the witness to enlighten the committer as tt'th purpose for wh'h it had been given. The witness averred that "it might have been" a campaign contribution or a refund of borrowed money. At this point the committee adjourned. THE LYNCHING AT TAMPA. Italian Consul Asks Government for Troops Victims of Mob. Tamna. Fla.. Sept. 21. As a result of the lynching in West Tampa last night of Castengo Ficcarrotta anl An gelo Albana, Italian Consul General Pagine at New Orleans today wired Governor Gilchrist asking that the State provide protection for Italian citizens here. In response to a tele gram from the Governor, Sheriff Jack son advised the chief executive that quiet prevailed today, and that it would not be necessary to call out the National Guard. The Governor was also advised that the two men lynched last night were American citizens. This information also was sent to the consul general at New Orleans. The local Italian con sul investigated the matter and said that inasmuch as the victims of the mob were Americans no representa tions would be made to the Federr government. The families of the dead men, however, deny that either of them had taken the oath of allegiance to the United States. Among the guests at The Orton yesterday were H. P. Dortch, Goldsbo ro; L. C. Steele, Charlotte; Geo. H. Ruark(Southport; R. E. Buck, Greens' boro. Washington, Sept. 21. The popula tion of Johnstown, Pa., is 55,482, an increase of 19.546. or 54.4 per cent, as compared with 35,936 in 1900 OUTLINES. Dr. Hawley H. Crippen was formally charged with murder yesterday and his typist, Ethel Leneve, as accessory after the fact, following the investlga tion into ? the death of the dentist's wife President Taft yesterday spoke to the Ohio Valley River Asso sociation at Cincinnati. He denounc ed, the Congressional "pork barrel" and the piecemeal policy in his re marks regarding waterway improve ments. Forty-two persons were killed and seven seriously injured in a head-on collision between two. m terurban cars on the Fort Wayne, Ind., and Buffton division line yester day Another legislator was accus ed of accepting graft at the Albany in vestigation yesterday In a duel at Pelham, Ga.. both participants to the fight were killed. The wives of the men saw their husbands kill eaci oth er. In a mass meeting in Atlanta yesterday Tom Watson urged the Democrats to disregard the nomina tion of Hoke Smith for governor, New York markets: Money on call easv 1 1-2 to 2 per cent., mline: rate and closing bid 1 7-8, offered at i per cent. Flour was steady with small hand-to-mouth trade. Wheat easy No. 2 red 1.04 5-8 elevator and 1.04 3-4 f.o.h. afloat. Corn weak, No. 2, 61 1-2 elevator domestic basis to arrive and 61 1-4 f.o.b. afloat. Oats easy, new mixed white 40. Rosin steady. Tur nentlne firm. Spdt cotton closed quiet 15 points higher, middling uplands 3.90, middling gulf 14.15. . A TROLLEY WRECK KILLS JORTY-TWO Result of Head-on Collision Between Interurban Cars at Fort Wayne. SEVEN WERE FATALLY HURT Fearful Loss of Life as Result of Mis understanding of Orders Mo tormen Had No Time to Set The Injured. Fort Wayne, Ind., Sept. 21. Forty two persons were killed and seven were seriously injured in a head-on collision between two interurban cars on the Fort Wayne and Bluffton divi sion of the Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley Line today. The wreck occurred seven miles north of Bluffton at a sharp curve. The cars in collision were a northbound local car crowded to the steps, and a southbound "extra" car from Fort Wayne. They met while both were running at high speed. The collision is said to have been caused by misunderstanding of orders in regard to the southbound "extra" cars taking a switch near Kingsland so that the northbound car could pass it. The motormen of the two cars did not have time to set br.akes when they1 sighted each other. The heavily load-" ed northbound- car was crushed and" the bodies of the dead and injured were strewn on either side of the track amid the wreckage. The screams of the injured men and wo men following the crash of the cars brought the neighboring farmers to the scene. Conductor Spiller of the southbound car, was unhurt and ran back toward Kingsland and flagged a car which was approaching the wreck at full speed and would have plunged into it! Wrecking cars and physicians were rushed from Fort Wayne and Bluffton and the bodies of the dead and injured were conveyed to hospitals in the two cities. THE ODD FELLOWS PARADE. Crowning Feature of 86th Annual Ses sion in Atlanta. Atlanta, Ga.. Sept. 21. The parade today of the Odd Fellows was the crowning feature of the 86th annual 'session of the Sovereign' Grand Lodge. Atlanta officially took a half holiday to witness the most gorgeous street pageant in her history, two miles in length and composed of seven aivi- sions, headed by the 17th United States infantry and regimental band, in command of Col. J. T. Van Orsdale. Every State in the Union, Canada and Australia were represented in the line of march and a dozen bands fur nished music. Every branch of Odd Fellowship was represented, the pa triarchs militia and their brilliant Uni forms and the many beautiful floats attractine special attention. The pic turesque Oriental costumes of the Buf falo Cantons, however, came in for the greatest applause. With the exception of executive ses sions of the Grand Lodge, the conven tion closed tonight and several thous and visitors left for their homes. Buffalo, Toronto and Los Angeles are trying to secure the 1911 conven tion. The election will be made to morrow. ROBBED THE RAILROAD. Hundreds of Dollars of Goods Recov ered in Salisbury, N. C. Spencer, N. C, Sept. 21. Chief of Police J. R. Cruse, of Spencer, Deputy F. C. Tolbert and Special Agents G. S. Scarlet and A. F. Attaway, of the Southern Railway, made a raid in East Spencer today for the purpose of lo cating property stolen from the South ern Railway Company. At nearly every house in the colored settlement stolen goods were recovered, among the ar ticles being railroad jacks, hand-saws, buckets, lanterns, wrenches, torches, chains and various other tools of val ue. A wagon was used to haul a par : of the stolen goods to the shops and the remainder will be hauled in later. The names of the parties on whose premises the goods were found were taken, and arrests will follow. For sev eral years the Southern has been both ered by petty thefts and this is the first effort of the officers to break up the practice. BISHOP OF RHODE ISLAND.. Rev. James Perry, Jr., Chosen at Epis copal Diocese Surprise. Providence. R. I., Sept. 21. Rev. James DeWolf Perry. Jr., rector of St. Paul's church, New Haven, Conn., to day was chosen bishop of the Episco pal church of Rhode Island to succeed the late Right Rev. William M. Mc Vickar. The selection was madf at a special convention of th.e diocese. Seven ballots were necessary to se cure the required clerical majority, although the majority of the laity was obtained for the New Haven can did ate on the fourth ballot. tfhe election of the Rev. Mr. Perry was a complete surprise, as he. had not been prominently mentioned as a candidate. When the convention be gan balloting 20 names were submit ted. Rev. Mr. Perry is-regarded as ,a low churchman. FATAL DUEL IN GEORGIA TOWN Participants Both Shot Dead During Pistol Fight Wives Saw Hus bands Kill Eac'i Other Re sult) of Old Grudge. Pelham, Ga., Sept. 21. Stopping their buggies when they met each other in the public road near here to day, Charles Tate and John Marchant, prominent men of this county, fought a duel with pistols, both dropping to the ground dead after half a dozen shots had been fired. The wives of the men sat in the buggies and saw their husbands kill each other. Tate was a bridegroom of two months and his bride was the widow of Frank Marchant, a brother of the man whom he killed and who killed him today. The fight, it is alleged, grew out of an old grudge. When they met today Marchant called Tate to his buggy. The men ex changed hardly a word when the shooting began. Tate fired three times, every bullet finding its mark. Mar chant fired fired twice, one bullet striking Tate's hand and the other passing through his heart. The widows called aid and the bodies were remov ed. SHE TELLS OF ROOSEVELT. Mrs. Storer Clears Up Conflicting Re ports -About Archbishop. Springfield, Mass., Sept. 21. The Republican tomorrow will print a let ter from Mrs. Bellamy Storer, written in France, September 6th, reviewing the controversy between the Storers and Mr. Roosevelt concerning the for mer President's alleged authorization of the former ambassador to Austria Hungary to visit Pope Pius X, and ask him a personal favor to the President of the United States, to make Arch bishop Ireland, of St. Paul, a cardinal. Letters written by the archbishop In 1903 and 1904 hitherto unpublished, are quoted by Mrs. Storer to show that at repeated interviews in the White House between the archbishop and the President, Mr. Roosevelt ac knowledged that he had commissioned Mr. Storer to act as his personal en voy at the Vatican in behalf of the archbishop. Mr. Roosevelt has hither to publicly denied that Mr. Storer was ever authorized to represent him in this manner and the Ireland letters now published by Mrs. Storer have the effect of making much sharper the is sue of veracity between the Storers and the ex-President. Mrs. Storer's letter to the Republi can also seeks to prove on the testi mony of Archbishop Ireland that Pres ident Roosevelt promised to make Mr. Storer United States ambassador ei ther at Paris or London; and there is Included still another letter alleged to have Deen written by Mr. Roosevelt to Mr. Storer, just after the Presiden tial election in 1896, in which Mr. Roosevelt asked Mr. Storer to see President-elect McKinley and urge him to appoint Mr. Roosevelt Assis tant Secretary of the Navy. This last letter seems to confute a recent as sertion that Mr. Roosevelt never sought a public office, except when he sought a Presidential nomination in 1904. GEO. W. WATTS THE DONOR. Gives New Buildings to Complete Hoe pital Group in Durham. Durham, N. C. Sept. 21. George W. Watts, multi-millionaire and large stockholder in the American Tobacco Company, has begun, at a cost of $100,000 two new buildings to be add ed to the hospital group that he fin ished December of 1909, and for the support of which institution he has already given $200,000 endowment with a necessary additional $50,000 to endow the increased 'needs of the State hospital. Mr. Watts has returned from a trip abroad and is giving the work his su pervision with Contractor Pierce. The two to be added are exact replicas of the hospital group, one a surgical pa vilion, precisely of the same exterior likeness to the paid department oppo site to it, and the second a nurses' home, which Mr. Watts announced in his formal tender to the city and coun ty medical boards, his intention to build. SENATOR GORE SPEAKS. Late Reaching Salisbury, Motored Over to Charlotte. Salisbury, N. C, Sept. 21. Hon. T. P. Gore, the blind Senator from Okla homa, spoke at the court house in Salisbury today, being heard by a large number of voters from all parts of the country. He is one of the best speakers who has visited Salis bury for years and his address was one of great force. The campaign Is waxing warm in Rowan. Not only are the Republicans and Democrat!" hard at work but the Socialists and Prohibitionists are active and will make themselves felt this year. Senator Gore was late in reaching here from Greensboro, not- having ar rivd until 2:30. The party drove over to Charlotte by auto, where the distin guished visitor was heard by a vast throng at the Academy of Music. Newport News, Va., Sept. 21. With almost perfect weather conditions pre vailing, the new oil burning turbine driven torpedo boat destroyer Terry, the newest product of the plant of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, developed a high speed of 32.188 knots an hour in her standardization trials over fcne meas ured mile course off Lewes, Del. to day. The speed is 2.688 knots in excess of the contract requirements of 21 1-2 knots. TEDDY'S STRENGTH FOOLS OLD GUARD Action of Schenectady Con vention Great Surprise in New York State. WON IN BARNES' DISTRICT Vice President Sherman. However. Will be Temporary Chairman of ' Convention Great Interest ' in the Outcome. New York, Sept. 21. Old guard leaders, who are fighting for control of the Republican State convention at Saratoga next week, were admittedly "surprised today when the news reach ed them that the supporters of Col. Roosevelt had carried the Schenecta dy county Republican convention and had instructed Its delegates to th State convention to support Col. Roo sevelt for temporary chairman and to favor direct primaries. Schenectady and Albany counties comprise the 23rd Congressional dis trict, which is represented on the Re publican State Committee by William Barnes, Jr., one of the most aggres sive of the old guard leaders and hlth erto regarded as Invincible. Yesterday's defeat at the primaries of Vice President Sherman, the old guard candidate for temporary chair man of the State convention In his home district in Oneida county, was not altogether unexpected, but the loss of Schenectady county today was a surprise even to tne progressives here. "Soi far as the forces of the old guard are concerned." said Llovd C. Griscom, leader of the Roosevelt forc es, "it is a greater blow even than the loss of Vice President Sherman's home district yesterday, because it Is a part of Mr.-Barnes' Congressional- district territory, which was regarded as impregnable. I look for Col. Roo sevelt's election as temporary chair man by a substantial majority. , TImotny L. Woodruff, chairman of the Republican State Committee, ex- , pressed surprise at the action of the Schenectady convention and express-" ed the belief that Vice President Sher-. man will be elected to the temporary chairmanship by at least 15 to 20 ma jority. Estimates of the old guard made to day, before the Schenectady returns, gave Mr. Sherman 541 of the 1,015 del egates. After the returns the progres sives went over the list and figures out that Col. Roosevelt would have B2 votes in the convention to 486 ftH Vice President Sherman. Albany, N. Y., Sept. 21. William Barnes, Jr., although apparently very much surprised at the action of the Schenectady county Republican con vention today in pledging Its delegates for Col. Roosevelt insisted tonight that it would not change the situation, and that Vice President Sherman would be elected temporary chairman ol the Republican State convention. YALE DEFENDS TITLE. Intercollegiate Golf Team Champion ship of United States. Manchester, Mass., Sept. 21. Yale today successfully defended its title to the intercollegiate golf team cham pionship at the Essex Country Club by defeating Princeton 5 to 1 in the single matches in the morning and 2 to 1 in the four ball matches in the afternoon, giving Yale a total of 7 points to 2 for Princeton. The ama teur record for the course held by W. J. Travis and John G. Anderson was equalled during the four ball matches by Albert Seckel, of Prince ton, the present individual title holder and bettered "by one stroke by Carl E. Mosser, of Yale, the latter making the 18 holes in 74. TRUCE BETWEEN GACTIONS. Virginia Fishermen and Oystermen Will Await a Re-Survey. Richmond, Va., Sept. 21. 'ihe net result of the conference between the State Commission of Fisheries and the James river oystermen here this af ternoon is a truce between the con tending factions for three days, the planters agreeing to cease operations entirely for that period and the State undertaking to re-survey the line In, dispute near Pagan creek within that time. Meantime, the troops at Nor folk are to be kept under marching orders, but are not to remain in their armory. Norfolk, Va., 'Sept. 21. A board ot inquiry of which Capt. J. P. Parker, captain of the yard here is senior member, and D. D. Davis, stenogra pher to the commandant is recorder, were in session at the yard this after noon. The board is probing Into tha collision off Montauk Point on August 22nd, between the torpedo boat de stroyers,Flusser and Preston in which both boats were so badly damaged that they were brought to the navy, yard here for repairs. Norfolk. Va,. Sept. 21. The hospi tal ship Solace arrived in the Iriner harbor off Hospital Point this morning with a number of sick men from the fleet for treatment at the hospital here. She returned to the rendesvous of the fleet off the soujthern drill grounds this after noon. - ' m -u)4 ft h a half mile track was 2:06 7- : . v ' ' ' c" . ." :- V'-- ' ' "i "y v'5 . ' ' ':', ' i "' ' , i ' '. . C '' . ' '" 7' v V ' ; --. - f y, ' " ' ' ' '' ' v ' V' !; ' .. ' - -. ' ;- . " , l '" 1 ' ' - ' - I ' ' " ' - '" ' ' : ' ..... , ... .. ,, JL mtmm