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Cf"'?’ r- ■ ■ » ^ - ^ c .* pectc Bradley to Be Recalled \c Many Iheories ■,g m Many Directions d—Arrests Ex- i I-OOP. ’rcss. r Sept 19.—With the inquest in^o the Mvrrle Hawkins set ::nd with the partial ! rhe testimony of a: 'esterday’s hear- . t that today will see la' >'ill bring to a ti. most mysterious r-\#' heard in the a t':r. diffsre: c:f of Ct^*fH f" E- t Li' t- yrs I VI t - v'-„ ti.# .1 wliat was produced I'levious to this one r _r')wn more and more ’ f'rterda.' said that the nii.rried man in r . 1th Myrtle Haw- '• lien he swears that sK'.v her was Wed- ■ :.,;wkin?. mother of the 'en too ill to attend and this morning the eoti’ve Bradford went ■ ad took her deposition, or’ her testimony could fi • one witness that she -'■"an? screams on Wed- and the finding of Miss • I; in the dry spillway ^ '’eoia on Saturday gave _ •^■•the 1 rosecution's side ! ii; authorities are sav- - .'.5a ional witnesses for the on ''ae\ produced It is I- tn^.r testimony will be naMie that tiie sheritt in arrest without waiting \eidict of the coroner's ^awkin8 to Take Stand. ''ill again be put : *oday and will undergo . . -nination as to his con- ■ death of Miss Myrtle - ■'•V. H. Hawkins will ■ the stand for the first nd it is thought his throw some light on ?'>; - in her letter to her • Raid that “Daddy -e to wrif“ you this,' ’ appear that he knew 9 condition. V’_''y Theories. '* ^ progresses there are ,:,v; V theories to be ad- ■: ; ql; of them lead in a • 'l-.-'Tinn It makes the case tl:- raoi-t mysterious ever pre- *c r’.e authorities to be solv- I'.as been* discovered by rap^r representative that C'i.'p a particularly atro- ;-='r T^is evidence will be -I’ft! *^ u it is impossible to t 'he findings will be. r.nf Bio,d that the only light ■ will be able to throw rr.rftor win be to the effect - wa? at home Wednes- - . -1 left there Thursday ^“r ^’ial apath.'" that has e.nil in the police de- ii'-ir- to have departed * "ring rebrike given ,ress representatives ^■orkmg night and day 'ESTERDAY’S TESTIMONY. ' • ■ . nmptlon of the coron “V ^he Myrtle Hawkins '' again adjourned un- ■ 'u. afternoon, yesterday re- ' ' developments of a start - ’ !♦* f'ounty of Henderson, Jtim:»ny of Wallace Red- - » . 'fB*abllsh the fact that • -•.I- who, according to his • on the stand last Frl* ' ■ • .rany " with Myrtle Haw’- • v'’rn! ninntbs before his mar 3- ^ten with a woman on '>f week before last, ' '* \iiss Tfawkln’s dlsappear- ■ Keddin on the stand luursflay evening of that ’ ■ ■' fl'Uey and a small wo- ''L’ ! .ii^ther along the Lake ' ’ . l! a-’lley and the wom- ” •' in an earnest man- '■ ' • he could not dlstln- n of their conversation. ‘ a= barpheaded, said the 1 «^rrtain that his meet- 'I'ljiie was on Thursday ' T’ I!nod a buggy which he ■er tr'ini a neighbor on that witnesses testified to the effect that they had seen Myrtle Hawkins and George Bradley walking down the la)se road on Wednesday and Thursday af ternoon. “Another Trained Nurse.” The county, through the lawyers re tained by the Hawkins family, direct ed its questions along channels seek ing to show that another ‘‘trained nurse,” w'hose name was not given, had been doing duty in the lake section latt week. Sensational Development. Another phase enters into the Haw kins case by discovery today by a newspaper man of evidence indicating the possibility of assault and later murder. Detectives working on the case were not inclined to render an opinion as to what effect this discov ery would have on the line of research they have been pursuing. This later evidence, how’ever, the coroner stated, w ill be presented to the jury at today’s hearing. Dragging the Lake. The finding of the little pocket clock belonging to Miss Hawkins, Saturday in the dry spillway of Os-ceola Lake, gave lise to the Idea that the body might have been weighted down under the water some time previous to Satur day night and as a result the lake Is being dragged with hooks in the hope of finding something that will either confirm or disprove this theory. As yet nothing has been found. The Postal Telegraph Company, with a view- of rapidly handling the pre>ss ' matter, hao strung a line from their ofi^ce to the county court house and will have an operator at the table with the new&paper representatives. This will not only Insure the rapl^ dispensation of the news but will elimi nate delays from mesenger service. WILSON AND HARMON Two leading candidates for the demo cratic presidential nomination of 1912 photographed together at the Governors’ Convention, recently held at Sprrng Lake, New Jersey. | Woodrow Wilson, Governor of New j Jersey (on the left) and Judson Marion, Governor of Ohio. The two high-callbre democrats were chummy as two school boys during the meet ing of the governors. THE WEATHER. By Associated Press. Washington, Sept. 19.—Fore cast: North Carolina—Cloudy^ pro bably showers in west portion tonight or Wednesday, cooler lu uest portion Wednesday, light to moderate variable winds. By Associated Press. Frankfort-On-the-Main, Germany, Sept. 19.—The Berlin correspondent of the Frankfurtier Zeitung reports today that an agreement has been reached by Germany and France on all points except one and that -the program assures Germany’s economic rights in Morocco. The brief time required for the presentation of the German reply to France shows, the correspondent says, how far the Franco-German under standing has progressed. No Assurance to Public. Paris, Sept. 19.—Members of the French cabinet do not find themselves In a position to Issue any assurance to the public concerning negotiations with Germany. The foreign office has received by telegraph a precise reply on some points of the exchange. The text of the latest German answ’ers Is due to arrive here by courier late this after noon. There is no expectation that the reply can be accepted entire. fu * * Sejwus Situation in Spain-Mai tial Law Has Been Declared nyPIMfl-P Hri l \(^ve’'’imentAuthotmes Clam LIlUlllLufl DlLL to Have Discovered Revolu- Uonary Plots in Valencia and Barcelona— Gen, Weyler was on Assassin*s List* rDOEtTU Would Piosecute Woman's Assailants .. menti. Insurance rontinued questioning, that early in the af- •^ neiiday. he had met '• horn he knew, walk- ■ if Osceola road. But ’ ■..i'ntifv the woman he ■' ''rr.'i’^y on the same \h :,s being Myr- Hfard Screams. r»' of strong interest in ■I'j'in’B proceedings was '■f Lucy Wright, daugh- ' (1 jt-n W right, who says ■' - an prreamlng on Wed- midnight. Miss 'vhilf- walking on Sat- ^'hp found a watch in .^iilwav’ of the lake, the ■ h w;is la'er identified as tr-'UFrty of .Myrtlp Hawkins, ^ i a* half-j.ast nine. Other By Associatea Press. Topeka, Kas., Sept. 19.—Kentucky, Ohio, W'est Virginia and Mississippi citizens have sent contributions to Secretary of Agriculture Coburn to assist in the prosecution of the per sons who tarred Miss Mary Chamber- lain, the Shady Bend school teacher last month. Secretary Cobum was the first to contribute to such a fund. He has been receiving small contributions from throughout the state. Yester day’s was the first to come from oth er states. Mother Saw Babe Befoie Fa^t Tiatn By Associated Press. Denver, Col., Sept. 19.—Glancing up from her work as she heard the whis tle of an approaching train, Mrs.* Ellen Hicks, of Sable, ten miles north of here yesterday was horrified to see her 14-months-old baby sitting in the middle of the railway tracks directly in front of the on-rushtng flyer. In a mad dash she succeeded in catching hold of the child’s dress but the loco motive tore the baby from her grasp. Trainmen found the mother unconsci ous beside the mangled body of her baby. WHO WILL SUCCEED PREMIER STOLYPIN. Uncle Sam Shoe ‘^Tmst” United States Grand Jury Re turns Indictment Against the Company Itself; Also Against its Officers. Dejendants Are Changed with Conducting Business in Re- strant oj Irade—Full His tory of 7he Company. making in a small factory in Salem, Mass., ow^ned by his father, who to secure advantages of combining al lied interests formed a corporation embracing the three leading compa nies then making shoe machinery— (Goodyear Sewing Maehine Company, consolidated and McKay Lasting Com pany \ and* McKay Shoev Machinery doippany):—were, .consolidated. Tte coinpany was recognized in. 1905 and subsequently auxiliary companies 8i)jran{; up in Csf^adft* Fraftce"'and‘Gei*itianV. That same year the manufacturing of all Its shoe making machinery was concentrated in one large factory at Beverly, Mass. The United States Shoe Machinery Company now employs 4,000 hands, who turn out 2®,000 shoe machines yearly. The royalty symtem, by which the corporation disposes of its machines, allows a shoe manufacturer to lease machines, paying rentals in royalties on every shoe made. A manufacturer niav buy machinery if he gets it from the' United States Shoe Machinery Company, providing he buys his “andings”—such as wire nails and eyelets—from the company. It is claimed that the royalty paid the United Company is about 2 2-3 cents per pair of shoes. Last year the company brought (Continued oh Page Two.) By Associated Press. St. Petersburg, Sept. 19. Court fluences are mobilizing to control the government that shall succeed that o the late Premier Stolypin who died last night from an assasisn s Kiev. The impression prevails tnai thetenure of office the acting premier, will be temporarily appointed. , The nationalists fear they would be set aside if Kokovsoff remained at the head of the ministry. Several ministers are also out of with the acting premier and, Ingly there are numberless candidates for cabinet posts which are likely be vacated. . By Associated Press. Boston, Sept. 19.—Tw'o.- federal in dictments w'ere returned today against five officials and a large stockholder of the United Shoe Machinery Com pany. The indictments alleged con spiracy in restraint of trade under the Sherman act. The officials indicted are Sidney W. Winslow^ of Orleans, president; Ed ward P. Hurd, of New'ton, vice-presi dent, assistant treasurer, director and member of the executive committee; j George W. Brown, of Newton, yiCe- presldent, member of the executive committee and director;, William Bar bour, of New York , vice-president, member of tke executive committee and director; Elmer P. Howe, of Bos ton, Cttunsel, member of the executive committee, and director, and James J. Storrow, the largest stockholder and formerly a member ot tlie executive committee and director. Mr. Storrow resigned from the board on Dec. 9, 1909, a month previous to the munici pal election in which he was a can didate for mayor. The penalty provided under the statutes is a fine of $5,000 or impris onment for one year or both. The six defendants probably will plead within the next ten days. According to ,William S. Gregg, of the department of justice,'in charge of the case, the indictments charge that the Bix defendants have been work ing through the instrumentality of the United Shoe Macfiiinery Manufactur ing Company iD'a-way to make them criminally liaole under the Sherman act. The second indictment alleges that the carrying on of the business under the merger of three old shoe machin ery manufacturing companies which was effected in February, 1899, was engaging in a combination in restraint of trade; that it was a conspiracy in restraint of the trade in shoe manu facture and that the whole transac tion was a monopolization of inter state trade, all of which it is alleged further, has had • a “pernicious efiect on the public.” — The United Shoe. Machinery Com pany has brahch'es in varfous parts of the world. Boston, Sept. 19.—Complaints made to the department of justice against the United Shoe Machinery Company —the so-called ' “shoe* machinery trust”—brought the attention of the government to the case. It is understood that the corpora tion was charged with ^being a mo nopoly in restraint of trade.' Infringe ments upon the-patent law's w^ere also alleged, it is said. Prompt action on the part of the government followed' the receipt of the complaints. In April—a few weeks after they' had"' been filed— William S. Gregg, special -assistant to United States Attorney ' General Wickersham began ’ a ~ government probe. Special Agents George E. Kel- leher and. James ’ L. Bruff, assisted Mr. Gregg in his search for evidence. The result'of the work of these government officials w^as that on July 26 of this year Attorney General Wickersham ordered . United States Attorney Asa P.' French' and Mr. Gress to present evidence obtained to the federal grand .jury., that re ported today. The United Shoe .Machinery Com^ pany came into b.eing in 1889. Pj was founded by Sydney. N. .Winslowr,‘ its present head, who learned shoe Special to The News. Rocky Mount, N, C., Sept. 19.^In the act of leaping from his train as she went head-on into second 208, on the A. C. L,, at Smithfield, yesterday aftei*- noon, Engineer R. A. Bell, of this city, w-as crushed to death betw^een the cab and the tender of No. 315. No other members of either crew w^as in jured. An investigation of the wreck is being made. Acocrding to the statement of offi cials of the A. C. L., made immediate ly after the wreck, it was unders-tood that the engineer ran past the meeting place at Smithfield. It was stated by some members of the crews, however, today that the brakes on the train re fused to work. Another statement was that the engineer misread his orders, the actual acounts of the cause will be brought out at the investigation. Second 208, northbound, was stand ing still on the pass track. The train w'asin charge of Conductor Joe Stephen son, with Mr. Arthur Sutton as engi neer. When the members of the crew saw 315 rushing upon them they jump ed immediately. Mr. Bell’s conductor was “Captain” Billy Farmer. A yell from a member of the crew told them what was going to happen and they succeeded in jump ing in time. The trains did not leave the track. Both engines locked in the crash. Engineer Bell was trying to leave the cab when the collision came. He was crushed between the cab and the tender and his head and upper body mashed and scalded. The body was brought to this city on train No. 86 this morning. It was met at the depot by the widow and the numerous friends of Mr. Bell. R. A. Bell was one of the best known and • most popular ehgineers on the A. C. L. system. H;i came heje In 1906 with Engineer W. 'JT, Brant, a friend ot many years. Bot^ men went to work for the A. C. L. five*: y^rs ago. Mr. Self met and married Miss Mary Zimmer man, the pretty diaughter of Engineer Isaacs Zimmerman of the A. C. L. Mrs. Bell is prostrated. Mr. Bell’s native home i§ Canada and his father, who is now' living in Britannia, Ontario, Cana da, telegraphed today that he was on his way to Rocky Mount, where the funeral will be held. Besides his widow and his father, Mr. Bell is survived by a brother and a sister. He was a mem ber of the Masons, the Odd Fellows and B. L. E., and had a host of friends all over the system. The funeral will probably be under the auspices of the Masons of this city. So Much Rioting Followed Strikes in Various Places That Government 'Decided to lake Heroic Steps to Stop Violence. By Associated PressL NEVER MISSED A GAME. Madrid, Sept. 19.—King Alfonso today signed a decree suspending the constitutional guarantees throughout Syaiu. This is equivalent to declaring the country under mar tial law and was taken to give the government power to deal sharply with revolutionary agitation foment ing in many parts of Spain, especial ly in the* cities and industrial dis tricts where republican and revolu* ' tionary plans are furthered under cov er of the workingmens’ strikes. Madrid, Sept. 19.—Martial law ; %as been declared in Spain. This follow ed reports of violence in connection with workingmen’s strikes which have been called in various cities to further, the government says, a revolutionary plot. The most serious situation Is at Val encia where a general strike was de clared yesterday. The city w'as plac ed under martial law^ Though there was more or less rioting throughout the day the authorities had mattjers pretty well under hand until dark. Then the disturbers vented their fury in an attack upon the officials in the adjacent township of Cullera. The rioters murdered a judge and wounded other officers of the court, which had been engaged in the trial of those who had been arrested earl ier in the day. The mob was finally dispersed. Other Strikes. Strikes also have been declared at Bilbao, Saragossa, Cadiz, Huelva, Se ville, Gigon and other cities. In sotne oMhese places the movement has be«n but partially successful. PVemief Canalejas announces the government has in its possession details of revolu tionary plot uncovered at Valencia and Barcelona. Part of this plot was to assassinate General Weyler, captain general of Catalonia. The government claims to know the names of all the conspirators and the sources of their supplies. The general union of labor today decided to call a general strike throughout Spain on a date to be fixed later. W ill Probably Be No Strike PRESIDENT OF BANK . ■ ADJUDGED INSANE. By Associated Press. Alexandria, Va., Sept. 19.—C. Jones Rixey, indicted president of the de funct Virginia Safe Deposit & Trust Company, has been adjudged' insane and returned to the Western State hospital at Staunton to which he was committeed ten days ago. On November 22 Judge Barley of the corporation court will hear Rix- ev’s attorneys argue against the pro posal to commit the man to the new criminal insane asylum at Marion, when that institution is opened. Nine indictments were returned against Rixey following the failure of his chain of- eight small banks in Vir ginia last December. BIG SALMON OUTPUT. i By Associated Press. Mobile, Sept. 19.—Dick Bayless, the I centerfielder of the Mobile baseball club has the distinction of not having [missed a game played by his team 1 this season. He was the first player to arrive for practice. WOULD PREVENT JOHNSON-WELLS FIGHT Bv Associated Press. ‘London, Sept. 19.—The archbishop of Canterbury has interested himself in the campaign to prevent the scheduled Johnson-Wells fight and has written the home office urging that action to suppress the contest be taken. JUDGE CROSSCUP TO RETIRE FROM BENCH. By Associated Press. Chicago, Sept. 19.—United States circuit Judge Peter S. Crosscup today announced that he would retire from the bench the first week in October. By Associated Press. Seattle, Wash., Sept. _19.—The pack of pink salmon on Puget Sound this season now is expected to total 900,- 000 cases, or more than double the pack of the largest previous season, 1909, when the sound pack was 448,730 cases. Almost the entire catch has been ■ sold. Packers declare that this Is unprecedented. fiIlTI" SUIT mm POWDER TRUST By Associated Press. Trenton, N. J., Sept. 19.—The Buck eye Powder Company, which formerly manufactured powder at Peoria, 111., to day brought suit in the United States court here for $5,000,000 damages against the E. I., DuPont de Nemours Powder Company and a nunvber of its subsidiary concerns which are familiar ly referred to as the “powder trust.” * The Buckeye Company claims that its business has been injured by the practices of the so-called powder trust and places its actual damages at $1,- 119,957 and also asks for $500,000 puhltive damages. Taft Reaches Sauit Ste Marie. By Associated Press. Sault Ste Marie, Mich., Sept. 19,— President Taft and his party arrived in this city at 11:25 a. m. [ ms LIFE Special to The News. Durham, N. C., Sept. 19.—Dr. Wm A. Graham, perhaps most prominent young physician in Durham, committed suicide this afternon at 2 o’clock by shooting himself through the head. At this hour no possible cause for such rashness can be assigned. Mrs. Graham was absent and the young physician, who had been in an observedly despondent humor, was at home presumably for dinner. He placed a revolver in his mouth and fired, dying few minutes afterward. He was a son of Maj. John W. Gra ham and grandson of Senator Wm. A. Graham, one of the state’s greatest statesmen. He has three brothers here, an uncle m Oxford, many rela tives in Raleigh and belong to North Carolina’s most illustrious family. Special to The News. Rock Mount, N. C., Sept. 19.—Little change was manifested here today in the walk-out of the car w'orkers. Car Workers’ officials state this, noon, that they have received no word from their headquarters at Chicago. Mr. E. M. Doughty, chairman of the general grievance committee, who met with the railroad officials, at Wilming ton, will be here in the morning. This was announced definitely. No statement regarding the actual results of the conference at Wilming ton yesterday have been given oiit. Mr Smith is credited, however, with having said that an early settlement is likely. ^ , , It is believed here that Mr. Doughty obtained a statement from Mr. Smith which will allow the men to go back to work pending a settlement of the caboose car proposition. If this is true it is probable that there will be no strike. If it is not true the men here say that they feel that a strike is in evidence. A. C. L. Strike Will Not Spread. Wilmington, N. C., Sept. 19.-—E. M. Doughtery. chairman of the grievance committee of the International Asso ciation of Car Workers, said regard ing the walkout of car repairers and inspectors in the shops of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, at Rocky Mount, N. C., Floi;ence, S. C., and Wilmington, N. C., it is believed the differences between the men and the company will be settled and that there will be no occasion for a sym pathetic strike of other crafts. The officials hei’e say they are advised that the Railway Trainmen have issueu a statement to the effect that they are not affiliated with the car workers and are not aHected by the walkout. Mr. Doughtery went to Rockj Mount for a conference with the men and no developments are exi>ected un til tomorrow. BOLDNESS OF NEW YORK PICKPOCKETS. Bv Associated Press. ‘New York, Sept. 19.—The boldness of New York pickpockets is well il lustrated by a police report filed at headquarters today showing that b. B. Goodman, a Broadway law'yer, v.as robbed of a pocket book containing aboUt $10 while walking across tne Brooklyn bridge with Mayor Gaynor last night. The bridge^ prome^ nade is policed by a squad ot blue coats who stand at intervals of only a few hundred feet and who are al ways on the alert when the mayor takes his evening constitutional across the structure.