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LE CITIZEN THE WEATHER: BAIN Complete Associated Press Report! .VOL. XXVII. NO. 168. . ABHEV1LLE, N, C, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 7, 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS The Amateur Gardener s Day. DANGEROUS PLAGE THE ASH EVIL SECURITIES WERE GUARDIAN AN GEL OF TAKEN BY WOMAN CAMORRAMEMBERS FROMMRS.ARIVI0UR ON WITNESS STAND 6REAT STEAM N BR1 INTIMATES THAT HE ABAINT' IS TO BEJII1TE Greetod with Cheers when He Appeared on Floor or House r INTIMATE FRIENDS SAY HE WILL RUN jr I t)nw frr THfiHl J 'Sj. OFF LONG 3 In Imate Companion Robbed Widow of PacKer of Over . Hundred Thousand Priest Tells of His Blameless Life and Many Persecutions From Soldiers Princess Irene Runs Nose In to Sand Pit and is Stuck Hard and Fast ISLAND MYSTERY DEEPENS AS DAYS PASS BY Young and Attractive Woman Companion Continues to be Intimate Friend : KANSAS CITY, Mo April 6. The Star today M'yr. - "It waa a woman who took the securities to- the value of 1106,000 from the safe deposit boif of Mra. 8. B. Armour In the New England National bank and no Id them. She was young, entertaining, and close to the widow of the late packer. Bo fond had Mra. Armour become of her and ao satisfied was she of the young woman' business ability that she had named- her as an executor In her will. Since the discovery the will ha been changed. "The most remarkable thing about the entire disappearance and sale of the securities is the fact that so far aa can be seen there has been no Interruption in the friendship of Mrs. Armours for the young womaji. "Th name of the young woman began circulating today by word of mouth, and in a dozen banks and law offices it was heard. Trades men by the score know of the pur chases and the, reported pilfering of the Armour strong box supplied the missing link. Bold In Thefts. "One Arm of brokers Is said to have handled about 180,000 worth of the stolen bonds. All of them the young woman brought to the office personally. She reported that Mrs. Armour wished the securities sold as aoon aa possible. Knowing the close relations existing between the young woman and Mrs. Armour the broker accepted the commission without suspicion. , "Another broker familiar with the young woman's transactions Is said to have reported to Mrs. Armour's broker. The latter Immediately told Mrs. Armour.- She 1 Mid to hav ft;nm' WMsJfcHe Triusetl TV uvucTTe in i.nv wwiuhwj of bf young friend. It was not until later that she changed her will. ; Mast Be Craay. '"One or those closely connected with the case said today: 'Everything In the affair shows an abnormal state of the young woman's mind. What did she do? Money rolled in by the thousands of dollars. Did she put (Continued on Page Four) WANDERED OVER CAPITOL Tl At Same Time Reporters Were Searching Hotels to Locate Tilden REGARDING LO RIMER SPRINGFIELD. III.. April 6 While a scone of newspapers report ers searched Sprinfleld hotels, rates and clubs today for Edward Tilden he was walking about the corridors of the capltol building trying to deliver himself to the Helm bribery commit tee under a subpoena served upon him yesterday In Chicago directing him to appear today. It was made out by the committee prior to the taking of Clarence Funk's testi mony yesterday. Through some ov ersight the process served failed to notify Mr. Tilden of the committee adjournment until next Thursday, and that In consequence his presence would not he necessary until that time. As soon as Mr. Tilden learned of this, he took a train to Chicago back of acquaintance In legislative circles enabled the president of the National Packing company to roam thAiugh the state house without his ' presence beinit discovered. Persons to whom Tilden a piled for Informa tion In an effort to locate Chairman Helm of the senate bribery commit tee did not know him and he did not make his Identity known. Unable to find Chairman Helm, Mr. Tilden sought Senator Logan Hay, aaother member of the senate bribery com mittee. To the senator he exlained that the subpoena directed his pre sence before the committee thla af ternoon. Senator Hay explained the error In not notifying Tilden of the adournment and released him until next Thursday. Senator Hay Informed no one of the matter and Mr. Tilden returned to Chicago without being subected to an Interview. PROTEST AG.U.VS NEGROES EAGLE PASS. Tex., April 6 At a mas meeting held here tonight a protest was entered against the send ing of th Ninth regiment of cavalry (negroes) from the maneuver camp at Fort .Sam Houston to relieve the Third cavalry now her v DISTURBANCES CAUSED ADJOURNMENT OF COURT Prisoners in Cage Shrieked and Fainted While Spec tators Sobbed V1TERBO, April . From the be ginning, nearly four weeka ago. the trial of the Camorrlsts who are charged directly with the murder of a fellow member of the organisation, Gennaro t'uoccolo and his wife, and Indirectly with many other crimes. has been marked by scenes of.vlo lence, pathos, real or assumed, in' furiated rage, and sometime Inde scribable confusion. The session to day was a combination of all, and It ended with an abrupt adjournment. Ciro Vttozzi, the priest, who la known as "the guardian angel of the Ca morra," occupied the witness stand, and narrated the jrtory of what ha said waa an immaculate life, told of his sufferings through false accusa tlons and the efforts of the carbi neers, and described his martyrdom ao vividly that all the prisoners were soon in tears and many of the spec tators In the court room sobbed bit terly. Melodramatic Effect. Though almost in a state of physi cal exhaustion, Vltoizl spoke with a vigorous voice, and at times with mel odramatic effect. He charged th carbineers with having treated him cruelly. One of them had struck him in the face, he had been severely beaten and had been kept for days on bread and water. He ended his reclt tal with a most effective peroration in high flown language, and the ailenc was broken Only by sobbing, then one of the prisoners In the cage shrieked and fell to the floor. It was Minlchll- lo, who had been stricken with sy cop. , Instantly th whole court room waa In, an uproar, and the men Jnth l. worked themselves fnto a frenzy, rushing to and fro. shrieking and hurling curses against their "execu tioners." Others Joined in creating a din, the like of which has seldom been heard In a court of Justice. Armed guard went into the cage and carried Mink-hello out and resto ratives were administered. The pres ident of the court promptly ad journed the sitting. TD MAKE HIS HOME THERE But Peerless One Declares He Must Remain in Sec tion Where Needed POLITELY REFUSES WASHINGTON. April Wm. J. Bryan today told the committee sent here by the citizens of Memphis tj j invite him to make his home in that '"city that he could not accept. The I invitation was extended at a lun cheon given Mr. Bryan by the com mittee. " Juilxe James M. Greer of,Alemphis chairman of the committee, presented the Memphis idea. He was follow, ed by Senators Lea and Taylor and Representative Gordon of Tennessee, Representative Slsson of Mississippi, and Robinson of Arkansas and Duke . Bowers of Memphis. They begged Mr. Brjtan to come where "the peo ple loved him. where he would al-. ways find frtneds. Mr. Bowers said he felt sure that Memphis could easi ly raise J2.OO0.000 If that would be an Inducement to have Mr. Bryan in his 'lty. Mr. Bryan replied that it waa not a money consideration and that If he looked at It in that light he would not be wotrhy of such an Invitation. He said he knew he had friend In the South that would stand by him. and that waa why" they did not need him there; they needed him more in the north. Suggesting that he should not be on one side of the country, he said that his home in Lincoln Is al most in the center of the country and only about two days ride to any sec tion where he might be needed to help fight for the cause of democracy. PARDON' HKARING ENDED j ATLANTA. Ga.. April 5. All the evidence, affidavits,. petitions and let '' ters Involved In the application for ! pardon filed by Thomas Edgar Strlp- ling, former chief of police of Dan ! on a charge of murder, for which j he waa sentenced to a life term 14 .years ago are now In the hands of (the state prison commission. Argu I ments In -the case were ended to I night. It probably will be several day before a recommendation to the governor Is decided upon. SEVENTEEN HUNDRED PASSENGERS ABOARD Ufe4rds Stand Ready to Take off Passengers If it Be comes lyecessary ftp NEW YORK. April I. Seventeen hundred and twenty .passengers, with In sight of th first , big lights which mark th finish of their trans-Atlan tic voyge, spent, a sleepless night tonight on th steamship Prince; Iren of the North German Lloyd Una, fast In the- sand off the Seaward coast of' Long Island on th edge of the "Graveyard of the- Atlantic," .and leas than fifty miles from this har bor. As night ' fell a high ground swell waa battering the full height of the vessel' auperstructur. L'olpkw all Day After running har big nose In the and during the fog early this morn inc. th liner lay helpless throughout th 'day surrounded by tugs and rev- nil cutters; effort, to pull her free at afternoon high tide failed and be caua of a rough sea no transfer of passengers wa attempted pending re newed attempt to drag her clear arly tomorrow. If these fall trans fer will be made to the Prlns Fried- rich Wllhelm of the same line, which will be ent to th scene from her dock here soon after day break. At low water thla evening the stranded liner lay broadside to the beach. Uto Guards Ready LJfe guard with surf boats and breeches buoy In readiness, pinned little faith in the effort of th tug to -pull the liner off. Th vessel He 1,000 feet from the beach of th treacherous sen snit which skirt Long Island. . Creeping carefully In the murky weather th Prince Iran did not strike hard and few of her passenger, 215 of whom are in th cabin, realized what J,HMUod .jiatu :jur, xo. tor breakfast and although two thlrda of Utesn are Albanian and Greek emi grants unable to understand the as surances of the officers they were reasonably calm. Th Increasing breeze came from the most Undesirable uunrter th. south west, the vessel, thu far ha suffered no aparent damage, although from bow to amidships the hull M c6ght In the sand with considerable of list. SENATOR LORIMER WILL NOT STATEMENT ES Makes iit Rule Never to Talk for Publication of Personal Affairs PLANS INDEFINITE JOHNSTOWN. Pa., April . Unit ed States Senator William Lorimer of Illinois, who came here yesterday on private business, would not discus the investigation Into the election of the senator by the legislature at Springfield, 111., neither would he comment upon th resolution of Sen ator Lafollette, Introduced in. the sen ate at Washington today calling for a re-opentng of the Lorimer case by a senate committee. When Mr. Lorimer received the news of the LaFolIette resolution he said: "I make It a rule never to discus for publication matters which affect me personally." The senator waa accompanied by th Very Rev. J. F. Green, president of St. Rita's college of Chicago and W. A. Keating, a Chicago engineer. They came here to witness a demon stration of a tunneling machine which I digging a hole through a hill a few miles from thla city, for the Valey Stone and Coal company. The aenator said that he had plair ned to leave for Washington at 10.H tonight and until he reached the capi tal about i.40 a. m., hla plans "would be more or less Indefinite." SOUTHERN MILLS SEEKING MERGER WASHINGTON. D. C. April . Southern mill men representing many thouaand eplndlea, were her for several day to get together on a proposition for a great merger, but no definite agreement waa reach ed. On man said tonight that th meeting would result In good. Thi 1 th second conference held, re cently. N. B. Mills, of Statesvllle; J. P. McRae, of Laurenburg; J. C. Smith, of Shelby; W. A. Mauney. of Ginga Mountain, and other were her. 'The concensus 1 of opinion among those who would talk wa that th merger will com. UNOFFICIAL MEXICO PESSIMISTIC frEGARDiNG PEACE NEGOTIATIONS Report That Peace Commission of Three Has Eettt Appointed by Government Dis counted by News From Vice MEXICO CJTty April -Ignorant of thf character Of the measure the government may ba taking V effect n agreement of peace with th' re- bels, unofficial Mtxlco was inclined to be mors penittte tonight regard ing th Immediate future. Both Max- lean and foreigner who long to see th end of the revolution yet hop that unofficial negotiation o auaplo lously inaugurated t Washington by Minister ot. foreign Afiair u Barra on th ev of hi departure for Mexico and pr. Vaques Gomez may be continued but there 1 a growing fear of fallur. On report tonight was tn gorvrmnaat bad eWeTr tnt .An agreement that commute of three should be named by each aid to formulate term of peace, but at th department of for eign affair no confirmation or de nial could be obtained. ' Ground for Report According to this report, howev er. General Juan Hernandei, who has been In command of the forces In Chi huahua. but who ha been supplanted by General Lauro Vlllar, ha been named as the head of the govern ment's commission. It (s said that General Garcia Cuellar, who com manded the federals 'n the battle METHODISTS GATHER IN FORCE IIT MONTGOMERY Board of Education Makes Appropriations to Various Colleges of the South MONTGOMERY. Ala." April . Methodists from all over the South are here to attend the annual meet ing of the generl board of educa tion of the Southern Methodist church which began a four day's ses sion this morning. Bishop W. B. Murray of Jackwin. Miss., presided. Appropriation" wer made to Iine college. Jackson, Tenn.. Paine college. Augusta. Ga.; and Miles Memorial college, Blrmlnxham, all negro school under the patronage of the colored Methodlut church. A public meeting In the Interest of education waa held tonight at which addresses were marie by State Super intendent Wllllnaham. Dr.' A. J. Baldwin, both or Hlrmlngham; Prof. R. L, Flowers '( Trinity college. Durham, N. C . ami Bishop J C Kll go. Bishops Vt'lHon. Candler, Host and McCoy are In attendance and will deliver addresses during the confer ence. BIG NEW MILK GREENVILLE. 8. C. April Capitalised at 20.000, the Clayton Linen mills todav made application to the secretary of state for a charter The concern Is to manufacture tow ela, curtains and t. pes tries from Rus sian linen waste. j EHOWER& WASHINGTON. April . Fore- j cast: Nosth Carolina: fair In east; ; showers and cooled In west portion; Friday; Saturday fain, cooler In east portion; moderate wt to northwest winds. .. Camp of Madero. -Congress Takes no Action on President's Leave of Absencs. ' of Casas Grande, will be a member of the eommlaslon. At none of the governmnt of files was It possible today to obtln any statement that would indlcat that definite' progress toward -satlon of hostilities had bten mad, although It wa frequently denied that peac is n Impossibility. Local nw paper continue t urge th nltr of soma sort of an agreement nd th phatlc In it argument for com promise,' declaring that a failure on the part of th government and th rebel to get together will result 111 a Civil war that will b th ruin' ol th country, - : ' F4jlwilisiii Rampant ;. 'i- uoouj); tm pAisjt a qi that Francisco Msdero had movd his headquarter to flan Andre and had tightened th lines sbout th city of Chihuahua ha had th ef fect of producing a pessimistic dis cord. The government may yet be tempting to effect an agreement of peace but that such has not bean con- sumated Is a natural assumption when j the silence of the department I con- sldered. Contrary to expectation the ap plication at Vice President Pamon Corral for a Vave of absence In or SEEKS TO REVIVE HORSE in n mil Senator Brackett Has a Bill Which He Thinks Will Meet All Requirements Ai;HANV, N. Y., April . -Senator Hrackett, republican leader In the senate. Is at work on a bill which he thinks, if passed, miiy he effective In reviving horse racing In New York state. Senator Hrackett was chairman of the senate committee which reported the law psssad last year, holding the trustees or directors of racing associations personslly li able for gambling which haa been blamed for the abandonment of the sport In this state. Senator Hrackett does not thing the legislature will repeal the law hut has suggested the enactment of a Isw providing fo rlhe appointment by the governor of speclsl officers whose duty It shall he to patrol the grounds and prevent gambling at races These officers would be held accountable rather than the direct- I HKARI) OF ATIO' IM KI KSI A. ST. PKTfcRHBUKO. April The council of the empire met today and for the first time In its history adopt ed an Interpellation attacking th government. Isth month the council of the em pire turned down the essential feature of Premier Stolypin's measure eatah ' llshlng the lemstvo feature In th government of the western provinces. The premier then decided to make an Issue of the rlrht of the emperor' nominees In the council to kill a bill which the emperor had authorised the ministers to carry, and tendered hla resignation. The premier's con sent to reconsider his resignation I supposed to have been conditional upon having his way in the new leg- islatlon. At any rate the emperor ! prorogued both the council of th ' empire and the dums for three days, and forthwith promulgsted the semst vo bill by Imperial prerogative by virtue of paragraph $7 of the funda mental laws. Stolypin's victory amased politicians and thoroughly angered the reactionary element of both chamber. der that h may visit Oermany on cr count of hi health wa not discu. 4 today In oongrea. . Th ' matter wsnt ovr until tomorrow and on re port 1 hat when ft I thrown open for discussion ther .will b opposi tion. It Is reported that group ol dputi I preparing to oppon th granting of th laav of bn nd as a ub(llut will demand th vie resident' resignation. Th argument of Ihi rroup i that If th v'ic pre, Idenf health If a bad a reported it will b impossibi for him to re turn for many month , and that hit resignation 1 prfrbl, . ; ttMr vw:mm&'ri&r'ii lllll vacant. TeOdor Denes, th gov ernor of Vr Cru. who arrived her last night, today spent om timo in conference with th president nd it Is generally believed I. will b en trusted with thlf portfolio. TWO WOMEN PLY. WASHINGTON. April .Two young society women of Washington. Mis Laura Msrrlan and Mis Dor othy Williams, today nJoyd th dis tinction of being th first wo women to mk n aeroplane flight. III SIENilL T Charges of Violating Anti Betting Law Are Dia missed by Magistrate NORFOLK, Va., Aprlt H.-Raee track betting In Virginia won a sig nal victory when Magistrate K. Q, Heck us dismissed from custody Fred Miller nd Wm. Hlcker, laymen, who wer arrested at the close of the first day' (events at the Jamestown Jocky club tracks yesterday for al leged book making In violation of the Virgins statute. This practically final because even should a speclsl grand Jury, which meet on Monday next, take up the cases, they are not felonies under th law, and. being misde meanors, must be remanded bark to magistrate's court for trial. Th testimony today showed that there waa no speclsl plant where the layera worked; that they occupied no stand or specific spot for betting, and that th clerk who recorded th bet ws nothing more thn a stakeholder. HISTORIC COtfRT HOt'KK BURN KD RICHMOND. Va., April ll.The famous old court hotise at Williams- burg, this state, was almost totally I destroyed by fire today. It was built, in 17, after deslgna by Sir Chrlsto-i pher Wren and Theo. Small, waa a j model architecturally. Insured frr j $7,000. which with 13.500 additional ; will be sufficient It Is thought to re- , store th building provided the old wens wnicn re two reet thick, ran be used. It Is not known how the fir originated. MISS GOCI,I IW RICHMOND RICHMOND, Va., April . Miss Helen Gould, of New York, Is visit ing relatives in this city and tomor row, It 1 understood, will go over th lines of the local street railway company in which she la a large stockholder, and Inapect the street rsllway, also the T. M. C. A., of whteh she Is the donor. PR, ROLLER THROWN. BOSTON, April (. Gus Scholen (Amerlcus), of Baltimore, defeated Dr. Roller, of Seattle, in a wrestling bout her tonight Th first fall took on hour and thirty-four second and th second cam In fifteen minute and thlrty-oovoa sooonds; Peerless One Believes Roose velt Won on His Policies and That His Time Is Hero . Citlsen Rurenw, , t'wngw Mail , (By II. IS, f Urjam). Washington, Apu .-jme mlth, of Ahvli, veteran f th' civil war, I herd to get hi share tf th patronage, Mr. Gudger think thet he will b abl tt tak .are or him. I, Me. Mathanson, of Tylor vlll, I another' egHMnfederste thai ' would Ilk to hv a plc, Mo may land by th effort of Representative. Doughton. - Th Oudger ar stopping at th Brunswick. They hav apartment ther for th sensor. ' Mr. Uudger and a party of friend witnessed In xerrlar In th house; yesterday, Among th visitors her for th grand democrat!? opening w M, U Shlpman, of Handcrsonvm and Ra leigh. . .. e '. . ; ' flryan Candidal Th featur of (h first day of cna greas w th story to th affect "that Col .William Jennlng Brysn vitjtu- liy declared himself a, eandldat for th pratldentlal nomination, Ml moat Intlmat frlsnd say that h I going to run. Thi rame a sur prise to many popi here, for It haf been Mid lime and agsin that Champ riartt wa th Norrkan's candidate, Immediately after th story concern ing Mr, Bryan's Intention was whis pered about th rapllnl th leader of th national democracy appeared on th floor or th hotise, Just befor th gsvel fell, and Wt Klven a real nvo tlon. Ther 'fi pothlng fictitious bout th ring (if th apptaiis that earn from con greasman and specta tor. What hppnd Indicated very plainly tht Col. Brygn I not y-t dead polltlcallyi- Two mtmilm V ' Oov.' Harmon, -.who always runs . i In Ohio, ram In and : wa greeted with a joyful round of appiau, but ther was as mneh differ) Jn th two demontratlo thro fg'h tween a negro camp mtlng and a negro wsk. ' Bryn eaused-th big noise. Th . Buckeye man w t a disadvantage. howvr, for vry rw person In th hou knew him by sight, and everybody knew Bryan. I bellev that thi mad th dlfferenc in th reception of th two metu Col. Aryan ha Hid -V that Col. Roosvlt,nd President T ft won b for th peopi on his poilcl. and he believe that hi tlmg h eom. - Mr. Tryn msy not b th nt democratic candidal bat" h must h prayfully eonidrd. v This I th consenati f opinion llr todsy. :i Th democrat of th hout hav; had two mora good days, Harmony If ; the watchword. Mr. Bryan I taking a hand fn th organisation of th nt, fond I fighting Senator Martin, who Is In th lead for minority ledr. H Is train. Ing with Own, Rton nd 0r- t.' Mnr ruum Oprn. Senator Overton ha rrlv th following letter whteh explain thm- (Contlnned on Piitr jwir.) BURLESON WANTS TARIFF REVISED ROT I'M XI INTRQDUGESMAN BILLS Names Many Commodltlei That Should he Placed j, on Free List at'Ouce y COMMITTEES BUSY WASHINGTON. April I. -pr-e eentatlve Burleaon Of Texas Wtrfloue-' : ed In the house a budget of tantl legislation bills, providing that many article bo plced on th fr list, including leather, hides, boots nd shoes, harnes, wire, nails of wrought iron ar steel, lt, cotton bagging. ,L gunny cloth and other article. Ther t' 1 'also were bill by Representative sin son of Mississippi increasing to 111 f a month th alrie or rural car. , rters; the Slsson Joint resolution di recting the attorney genersl to sub. mil to the Supreme court all avatlabl Information bearing on th Validity, of tha fourteenth and fifteenth amend- menu to tho contltution of th : United State, a meaur which orlgl. - ' nated In th last eonirss. and thr. Fo bill providing for Increaaing th efTlclnecy of tho naval, militia,, ro-tn-troduced. . - r ' Th majority of tho members Of fb way and means committee, the house having , adjourned over tll Monday, meet late today" - and . will meet dally, working on th legislative program adopted at the democratic caucus. Consideration at the preeerit 1 on th Canadian reciprocity b i .which will be presented by C Vnderwood.