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THE, RATHER: VOL. XXV. NO. 2G6. APTERMUISIOH Fourteen of The Crew of III Fated Steamer Are Lost With Her SANK IN FEW MINUTES AFTER ACCIDENT Three Leaped Into Lake And Were Rescued by Men of Surviving Ship (By Associated Prew.) 6AUL.T STE MARJR, Mich.. July 12. Three minuted after the steel steamers Isaac M. Scott and John B. Cowle had collided In Lake Superior early this morning, about a mile and a half off White Fish light house, the Cowle had gone to the bottom in fifty fathoms of water, carrying with her fourteen meimhers of her crew. The Scott, although badly damaged, put back to this port where she ar rived this afternoon with part of the crew of th Cowle. A heavy fog was responsible for the collision. The Scott, a new boat, was on her mulden trip to the head of the lakes. The Cowle was down bound with eight thousand tons of iron ore In the hold. When the crash came, for fifteen feet the .bow of the Scott penetrated the Bide of the Cowle. In three minute the Cowle had settled to the bottom of Lake Superior. Three Men Ksraprrt. A line was thrown from the deck of the Scott to the forward deck of the Cowle. and three mcirttyers of the crew escaped by this means. The members of the crew who were savfrd, jumped into the lake; some without life lu-eservcrs, and were Picked up by the Scott and the steamer Ooodyenr, which was a short Hstance astern of the Scott when the collision occurred. Cu.pt.ali Rogers of the Cowl wan One of those who were rescued. Until Captain Rogers returns her It U! Iiuposf iblo to secure the name of the men who perished with trie Cowle " ' '?rWJCrrWe'r,Q,"' serTolis Injuries In the collision which would probahlv have sent her to the bottom also If she had been loaded. The John B. Cowle was 44T. feci tontr. (Iffy feet 'beam anil owned by the Cowle Transit company of Cleve land. The Cowle went Into commis sion in 1802. INTERESTING CASES UP BEFORE JUDGE ALLEN !N Case Involving Maj. CI rant Will Be Heard' Appeal ed Will Bo Called. NINE CAPITAL CASES (Special to Tli Cltlwn.) RALfcIGH, N. C. July 12. Judge W. ft. Allen, of Goldsboro, convened s two weeks' criminal term of Super rior eourt here today with one of the largest and most notable docketr, Wake has had In a long while. The cases, the trial of which is awaited with most Interest are those against William. Jones, the negro hack driver, and the woman Maude Kelly, for Il legal lelations, cases appealed from Ihe police justice court where both Hie given eighteen months sentences "ii the Wake roads. The special In ierp.it in the approaching trial is as io whether or not the presiding judge "ill permit the counsel for the tie tense, W. C. Douglas and II. E. Norrls. to drag into the case the name of Maj. H L Urant clerg of the United States " iriuit and District courts as It was into (he police court trial. Friends of Major Urant Insist that there is real ly no reason for these defendants and 'heir witnesses, all the lowest order of people, to be permitted to be niirrh the name of a man whose pri vate life has always In the past been regarded as above reproach. Ex 1 Governor Aycock has volunteered his services In the matter of protecting Major Grant's Interest at the trial, he to co-operate, with Mr. J. N. Holding, originally retained by Major Orant for his defense. ' For the court convened today there are nine capital cases to be tried, ihree murders, two for criminal as sault and four for burglaries. The murder, cases are all against negroes, their victims having been negroes also. Courtney Jeffreys, colored. Is to stand trial for criminal assault on Miss Mary Curtice, the sixteen-year-old daughter of Dr. Cooper Curtice, veternarian, here. The assault was out In West Raleigh In a foot path through the woods near the A. & M. college whither Miss Curtice had been for some crsant. She was being dragged GO DOWfJ TO DEATH ABOARD THEIR SHIP : -(OontlDBed on page four.) nn HE MISS CIRCLES. IS BLOWS BY STATE Physician Who Examined Her Says Wounds Were Self Inflicted MAID DESCRIBES THE BATHROOM SCENE Was Tied With Light Cord And Claimed She Had Been Poisoned (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO. July 12 Ella OIngles continued to bask In the white light of public Interest today. Judge Bren tano's court room, where the young Irish lacemaker is on trial for the larceny of lace from Miss Agnes Bar- rette, her former employer, a charge which she .declares was made only to cover attempts to had her into "white slavery" was jammed with women, several of whom obtained en trance through trickery and forgery of passes It Is said. The state today dealt the defense several telling blows. The story of the Wellington hotel bathroom Inci dent was Impeached In many Impor tant features. Attempts of tho coun sel for the defendant to bring Into the case the names of several well known mon, said to be behind the alleged plot against tho girl met with failure. Dr. Arthur E. Price, a medi cal expert, gave testimony tending to support the theory that the girl was suffering from hysteria. Dr. Price saw the girl at the hospital af ter she was found Injured In the bath room. Rcmnrkablc Bequest. He expressed the opinion that her wounds were self-inflicted. After a brief cross-examination by Attorney O'Donnell, Miss OIngles was called be fore Dr. Price and asked to bare her knee. "I object to -this half-dlsroblng of this young woman,", said Prosecutor Short.' ' Hs was sustained. , - , . Kxaminlng scars on the young wo man's arms, Dr. Price said that they were more severe than many he had found on the girl. Miss Anna Williams, house detec tive nt a deparinient store, testified that on January 3 she saw Miss OIn gles steal some goods from the store (Continued on page four.) ENSIGN HEN KILLED III L Coal Gas Blows up Wound ing Several Men and Ini periling Ship. ACCIDENT GRAVE (By AsM-lalcd Press.) WASHINGTON. July 12. Ensign Hueh K. Aiken, of the navy died aboard the armored cruiser North Carolina, at Naples last night, from injuries resulting from a coal gas ex plosion, lb- was born in New Or leans In 1KS1 and entered the naval service In 1!MI2. Peter Mullan, of Hrooklvn. N. V.. also was Injured sllghllv nt the time "f the explosion. Later development in the explosion ,m board the North Carolina Indi cate that the accident was of a graver nature than the officers of the cruiser care to admit. Corporal '.Moloney also was badly injured in the . xpb.slon. it being stat ed I hat he was completely blinded In both eves. Several other mm were wounded, hut less seriously. An enormous quantity of gas had been generated hv the three hundred tons of coal in the hold and naval of ficers are at a lo to know why Aiken permitted a lighted candle to be taken into such a dangerous place. Imme diately after the explosion an alarm was given and the commanding offi cer with a force of men stamped out the fire which ofh.-rwise might have communicated to the power maga zine Aiken was terribly burned about tt. bodv and head The North Caro lina being anchored at the end of Santa Lm la harbor, hair a mile from the docks, the explosion passed un noticed. DKATII OK niSGKACK. LINDEN. Ala, July 1 2. Following hi arrest here Sunday on the charge of having wronged Miss Laura Bar clay and his subsequent marriage tn the voting woman. Brooks Flowers, twentv-one years, old and a member of a prominent and wealthy family, shot and killed himself at his home at Rembert Hill near here today. Cpon .'..' marriage Sunday night t Miss Barclay the criminal charge DEALT DAMAGING against him waa withdrawn. .SHEVILLE, N. AEROPLANE FLEW E IT Orvllle Wright at Last Makes Flight ef Five Minutes Without Mishap ATTAINED SPEED OF FORTY MILES AN HOUR Will Soon be In Condition to Make Longer Offi cial Test (My Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. July 12. Orvllle Wright this evening made a very sue cess ful (light In the Wright aeroplane at Fort Myer, Va., remaining In the air five minutes and thirty seconds, during which time the machine at tained the exceptional speed of forty miles an hour and circled the parade grounds half a dozen times, a total distance of about three and a half tlrm t. A strong breexe prevented the Wright brothers from starting th aeroplane immediately after It was hi 'jui hi from the shed. While wait ing for favorable conditions, they ex amined the machine carefully and chatted with prominent persons who had gone over from Washington to witness the trial. With Count von Hernstorff, Her man ambassador, the Wrights talked at length explaining the working of the much Inc. Mrs. Nicholas Long worth, daughler of ex-President lloosevelt, enthusiastically examined the aeroplane, as did Secretary of the Navy Meyer. Mounted Like a Bird. When the signal finally was given start, the machine shot forward and mounted gracefully Into the light breeze. orvllle Wright guided the flyer to the lower end of the large parade ground and circled around toward the starting point, graduallv rislnir higher from the ground. Six times he rounded the course, the ma chine attaining an average speed of ut forty miles an hour, according to Mr. Wright. After passing the crowd the sixth time, the aviator decided to make a landing because the motor occasion ally was missing spark. He descend- I easily and lighfed with no appar ent Jar, the machine sliding smoohtly iver the ground until It came to a stop at a point near the shed. Both of the Wrights expressed themselves as pleased with the per formance. They intend to make only short flights until the new bearings have become worn down nnd the propelling motor Is working perfect ly. When these things have adjuat- themselves to the satisfaction of the aviators they Intend to attack th. Ir main task, to w hich these minor flights are preliminary that of satis fying the conditions prescribed by the government for the official test. NAMES DELEGATES TO CONFERENCE '(Special lo The Cllln-n.) RALEIGH, July 12. Delegates are appointed by Governor Kltchln to the third interatlonal Conference of State and Local taxation at Louis ville Ky., September 21 to 24 as fol lows: T. W. Mason, narysburg; A. O. Very. sr.. Morgan ton; John T. Brlt taln, Asheborn; J. H. Howell. Wind sor; II. T. Poole, Troy: D. V. Carl ton. Kenansvllle; Willis P. McAllister. Lnmberton; W. N. Clement, Moeks- vllle: U I- Smith, Oatesvllle: Dr. W. McAnally. High Point; Dr. R. H Booth, Warren-ton. AROUND FIELD LIK CREATE! TBI EVILEE CITIZEN. C., TUESDAY MORNING, The Journey Across The Sands, IMPERIAL PALACE AND ENTOURAGE HA VE COME Knights of the Fez End Th eir Journey Across Desert , and Rest in the Oasis of t Asheville. POKA1YAT OP OI Vou know my .'friend with whut u brave carouse We took the lata T. P. A.'s in our house. Now we bnvo passed them fur the ones that com And take the "Doklet" from the hot sunds "hcrauaV1, The wearers of the purple, red -nd yellow, the fes ea piped Knights of the Dramatic Order 'of the Knights of Khoniwan, are here, and In posses sion of the fair klt vhose keys wer metaphorically delivered to them on ibehalf of the city and state of North Carolina.: last night at the Audito rium, and with t'Mg ?utrnln-' twins bringing: many mora, Asheville will today be. In fact, the shrine of th Order of Khoraswan until Saturday when the true hearted representa tives of this adjunct of Pythlanlwn will fold their tents like the An n whose virtues and dress they typify. The advance guard ciune yesterday, men from far and near, a 'high cjasi of citizenship who work hard when they work, and play hard when ut leisure, and with them all the devi ces for the entertainment of the mem bers and the terrorizing of those rash spirits who r(f seeking to learn the mysteries which, He betilnd the closed doors of the temple and, most Important of nil, a Considerable num ber of fair ladles who have preempted for their decors Hon on this uusnl ckius occasion fezes of white which became them equally well as the hats of assorted architecture which now prevail the land over. BECAUSE OF THE DROUTH Prohibition Causes Greal Distress Annng Poor Wo men of Alabama. (lljr Associated Press. ) MONTGOMERY. Ala., July 12-- Driven to starvation by, a sudden rl-e In the price of . ii ireoal, the negro washerwomen of ihe city appealed to the mayor tod.-e isking thai he do something to help iliem. Because of the I -s of revenue from the prohibition la . which threaten.-, i to become serloll . the city put a tax upon nearly everv business. A I Ice rise to sill charcoal n costs $10 Tie charcoal dealers promptly doubh ! the price of the orninodlly which the poor washerv, ruen must have They in turn trle.i to raise the price of the wee'k's w:i?!i. but the Indignant housewives would h ive, none of It. Ho the old woin-n and the young ones, plcturcsqiich lad, went to the mayor and told bun thsir troubles. The old spokeswoiii n told him they would all pray f- r him, that their prayers was all tie could give him. The mayor could offer them no en couragement. WASHINGTON. July 12. Forecast: North Carolina: Generally fair Tue. day and Wednesday; light south and southwest winds. JULY 1. IWl VOU KIIOHASSAX! Come fill the cup and In the fire of spring Your blue serge suit and every day clothes fling You're Dokles now for Just a few short days And then you'll go back to the same old thing. Brought Their Drum fttrp- There came also novelties of th" most attractive kinds, for this city, the drum corps of Atlanta and Char lotte, the green uttlred drum hear ers of Klbla Temple of Alcluta LwVchlnB from the station yesterday afternoon and later parading k ivh sreetsanJ making such ' melosV as few here supposed was possible from drum". Charlotte's crack corps of driHiwiners will seen today and It ran then he determined If thev equal the notable Atlanta organiza tion whose fine discipline and sdinl'n hie marching qualities were III evi dence yesterday. There will come also this morning the fancy teams from Ohio Hied th strong organiatlon of Columhus wb failed to arrive yesterday nfternooo because their own .haggtuce rar. con taining their iihtI regalia and equipment was not receivable by th' Q and C. railway because Its equip men! differed from the railway standard Many other Individuals will also be here today since the rent business does not begin until today, (Continued on page four.) ON INCREASED TIKES Th Corporation CoiriHiis- Ilas Increased As sion sessment on Several. (SM--lnl to The Clflwn.) RALKIGH. N. C, July 11 It is limb I' -lood that there are to be Koine vi rv Interesting hen rings be fore the lorpoialion eommltfion (lur ing iln in t ten weeks In the matter ,.f tax nssewinents auHliiKt Corporation- for cm p urate i-xo . the phase of lorporallon taxation licit has here tofore In u vested In the state uu diliiiL' dopartm. nt and was transferred to the lorpoialio- rornmlsslon by the last legislator. . The corporation r ommlKsiorier sav that they set about the new dutlc ulili a determination lo follow an absolutely eqnitabl" basis, according to every corporation the harie- principal oi h-ni-cmii' in bo hihi. It could not be said thai competing eorporalloiiH w. re ivlng to bear dn equal burdens of taxation. It Is un derstood that quite a number of lnL divlilnal cot porallons have hud this phase of I h. ir taxes very considerably Increased for this rci'on. And a mem bi r of the ommlsHiori remarked that dinKatMieil corporation officials seem ed mm h more reconciled, on coming to the office" of the com nt ission , to axrirt.nn that thr.- is an absolutely Impartial ass. stneiit and equation of Ibis coipor.ite excess taxation being maintained. Kverv dav there are numbers of corporation official rom ln to be heard on the matter of their tax assessment. The latest visitors w.re J N. I'annon. Concord: J. W. Rarnhardt and ex-Judge W. J. Mont gonierv. representing a number of cot ton mills In snd a;oiind Concord; II. U Smith, representing the Wlscasseo mills: Paul liarrlnger, representing the Tusiaroroa mills, and K. I- lled riek and J. W N.e. representing s numlwr of mill in and around Lex- ; mgton. T AFT WEAKENS CORPORATION TAX AND CUTS ITDQWrJ President Will Take Import ant Part In Conference on The Bill FAIR PROGRESS IS MADE ON SCHEDULES Experts Are Guessing at What Will be Hie Final . Report Made V1 v (By AssoHateil Press.) WASHINGTON. July 13. At it conference nt rhu white house todn: II H its, definitely decided that rhn rats to be levied under the new corpora (Ion tax shall bo reduced from two per cent lo one per vent and thai In re-drafllng the measure, now in conference along with the tariff bill due consideration will be given to the demands of the mutual life Insur ance companies whose incomes would have been seriously affected. Presi dent Tall was the central llguru in a number of conferences today and Is llvlug up to the prediction made many weeks ago that In the confer eoee consideration of the tariff bill he would actively lend his Influence to conciliate all differences. Tho conference report should be available, according to the president's best In formal Ion, by the end of next week. An to tho mutual life Insur ances companies. It Is said, the re drafted bill will be so arriiiinged that the tux shall fall upon the stockhold ers prollls nnd allowances will be made for annuities mid other long term oulstamllng contract. I air Progress Made. The tariff conferee made satlsfac. tory progress today In spite of the fact that the house members were compelled to be absent much of the lime on account of the session of the house. Thus far, Ihe amendments agreed upon In the chemical, earth enware metal and Wood ichcdulc have been of minor Importance. De ti iiiilneil opposition was shown by the house conferees to the Increase from 1 ij cents to 2 1-K cents a pound which Ihe senate made on loud bul lion. As a result this schedule was held up. Boraclc, sullcyclif and oxal ic in Id, quebracho, licorice and nu merous other articles, over which there was a contest In the senate, are among the subjects that must be tak en up Inter. The more Important subjects paw ed over In the metal schedule are iron ore, lend bullion and zinc ore bullion. Iron ore was placed on the flee list by Hp- house and made du tiable at twenty-live renin a ton by the senate. The Dinglev rate Is forty ids a ton. The general Impression Is -that Ihe senate will make a cutl- snlutl lo tho house and that as a compromise the rate may be fixed at 10 or 15 cents a ton. Klniggle on Hides. The house protiHlon for free hides. which was struck out by the senate ana tne existing rate of fifteen per cent ad valorem substituted, arid for II lumler, which rntij was materially increased In tho senate, will he the subjects of contest. - The amendment adopted by the senate providing for the , establish ment of a customs court Is llkelv U be accepted by the hiuse confer ees. That rotton bagging,!- which was put on the free list by Jhe senate. Is not bi remain undullahle. Is one of ihe first predictions inade in regard to the proposed actlstn of the confer ence committee on th tariff bill. Jute and Jut butts, from which cotton bagging Is made have been transferred to the dutiable list by the senate, but as Jute was on the free 1. 1st In the Dlngley bill, as well as the Payne bllll, the duty probably will be taken oft in conference. T Associated PreiS f. Leased Wire Report. PK1CU FIVE CENTS. DEMOCRATS ALL CAST THEIR VOTES 'II Sixteenth Addition to Con stitution is Before States For Action MANY REPUBLICANS VOTED AGAINST IT Minority Taunts Majority on Acceptance of Demo cratic Doctjf no ; V (By Associated Press.) " r Washinoton, July ja. it j no Up to the legllslator of ths vrJ states to say whether (hers shall ba an Income tai amendment to tha eons stltutlon. By tha doclslvs Vola of 111 lo 14. Mora than th necessary, tmdk thirds, tha houss today pasasd tht) senate joint resolution providing fur the submission of ths question to the states, Tha negatkva vote wr all cast by republican No amand ment having been mad to th reaok' tlon, it now toes to tha president fojt his signature. . f Practically four hours war con sumed In debating ths proposition, and this afforded many mambers, mostly nn the democratic aid an Ofls portunlty tn nlr their view. ChaJ man Payne, of tha committe on ways and menna, voiced tha sentiment that such a tax would mak "a na tlon of liars," although ha said it was well that such power should b civ- en coiigiess, espeetly In tlmaa oD war. Tha burden of th democratio speeches was that it 1 simply , of stealing dumocratlo thunder, al though sum of th remark on, (hat Id Incidentally touched; tipon,' tha tariff and th corpora loV Uur,! wltls no little amount of castration of thai republicans fur falling;, as waa al leged, to keep party ' pled! -' Ad' Jiiurnmerit wW take, at' ,t. j. n.T jintil Thursday. A ' . IM'tlMNWaUO ITRICIpl. "W welcomo th conversion f thai republican . party Id ano4her - 4ama erstlo principle," was ths cotnmsnt ol Mr. CUrk, of Missouri, th minority. v leader. An Income tag. he maintains t ed, waa a democratic) pflnclpln. II concluded by expressing himself la favor of Increasing ths amount of eg. emptlon above rive thousand dollar. srfl mm v0j (Continued on page two.) CHANCE TO PROVE THAT " HE IS PJMCTir SAlit Court Agrees That Conuni8 sion May Ho Appointed j to Kxamino Him. j KTATK AH. WILLINO. (My Awsslatcd lress.) WHITK PLAINM. fl Y., July lt, If counsel chii agree, a commission of three alienists, mutus) flgfected. Will pnss upon ihe question of Harry fC Thaw's sanity. This was practically, deelded before adjournment toda at continuation of the hearing bsfor Justice Mills In which counsel for Hlnnford While's slayer Is trying to stnbllsh his right to release from th asylum for the criminal Inssna at Mai ten wan. With all of today's testimony In far vor of Thaw and with the Indication that his wife, Kvelyn Nusblt Thaw. will take the stand In his behalf, wit hi District Attorney William Travsra Jerome eliminated. Thaw's chance for release appear brighter than at any time since his commitment. Think Tliaw Intelligent. After u string of witnesses who testified to Thaw's soundness of mind, bad taken the stand today. Roger (.'lark, deputy attorney-general, who I conducting Ihe people's case, Inform ed the court, that he had been so muchi Impressed by Thaw's intelligent In terest in the Issues at stake that ha was willing to concede Thaw's right to a full and Impartial examination. Justice Mills favored the suggestion, for a commission, but was of th opinion that the state ought to nam two ol the three experts. With tht exception, he left ihe personnel of Ihe commission to he determined by Joint counsel. Evelyn Nesblt Thaw, who ha been living In retirement of late, may taka th stand tomorrow. Hhe has aban doned vacation plans, It Is announced to appear for her husband. JFntoMi; OUT OP IT. ' SARANAC INN, N. Y., July tt.-i Although It is understood District it lorney Jerome will lake no part Is the proceedings In progress at Whit Plains to determine the sanity of Harw ry K. Thaw, It Is evident that. fron hls vacation retreat st Racauatts' Lake, he is following th cans clolyr . FOR AMENDMENT
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