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mmmmrmm "iu Full Leased Wire Service of the Associated Press. Leads all North Carolina Afternoon Papers in Circulation. LA3T EDITION. ALL THE MARKETS. THE RALEIGH EVENING TIMES. VOLUME 27. TWELVE PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1906. TWELVE PAGES TODAY. PRICE 5c. TRACY WON IN MILE A MINUTE Auto. Races Whirl for Pre liminary Honors SPEED ALMOST THAT Humiliation Kvont for Those to Meet Foreigners in Dash for Vnndorbilt Cup an Exciting Event With Many Mishaps Thou sa n Is . Crowd the Course and Cheer as Monsters Fly. (Hy tho Associated Press.) New York, Sept. 22 A vast throng which rushed upon the course today prevented the completion of the elim ination race to select five American racing automobiles to take part in the race for the Vandorbllt vup, after three of the cars had completed the race. Joseph Tracy, who won the race, Hubert Le Blon, second and H. N. Harding, third, were the only rac ers who w(jro allowed to cover the entire course. They thus qualified their machines for the cup race and the judges selected machines driven by Herbert B. Lyttle, and Walter Christie, as the other two, to repre sent American manufacturers in the big race. New York, Sept. 22. The elimination race to determine who shall have the honor of meeting the foreign experts in the automobile contest for the Van- derbilt cup on October 6 wag started promptly at 6 o'clock. The day was clear and pool and the course in fine shape, the showers of last night hav ing served only to lay the dust to some extent. Car No. 1, driven by Keeler, was the first away. Keeler and Lyttle, the lat ter In car No. 2, were a bit slow in getting under way when they crossed the mark, but Mongiut, in car No. 3 got a Hying start. How They Got Away. The automobiles got away in the fol lowing order: Car No. 1. Driver, Keeler. Time G OO. Entrant George G. Smith. Car No. 2. Driver, Lyttle. Time G.01. Entrant A. A. Pope. Car No. 3. Driver, Mongini. Time 0:02. Entrant C. A. Singer. Cor No. 4. Driver, Cailters. Time 6:03:25. KntranW-E. JR. Thomas. Car No. 6. Driver, LeBlon. Time 0:04:26. Entrant C, A. Coey. Car No, 7. Driver, Roberts. Time 0:05:05. Entrant H. S. Houp. Car No. 8. Driver, Prayer. Time 6:07. Entrant O. S. Lear. Car No. 9. Driver, Christie. Time C:0S. Entrant Walter Christie. Cur No. 11. Driver, Lowell. Time 6.10. Entrant W. J. Miller. Car No. 12. Driver, Tracey. Time 6:11. Entrant S. T. Davie, Jr. Car No. 12. Driver, Harding. Time 0:12. Entrant John Haynes. Car No. 16. Driver, Belden. Time 0:14. Entrant J. F. Stone. Note: Numbers 5, 10, 13 and 15 blank. Eech driver sent his ear away at its best possible speed and In a few sec onds every car was lost to sight from the grandstand. Twelve cars started In the race out of fifteen entries. There was no number 13 drawn be cause of the superstition attached to that number. The crowds along the course at the start were not as large as expected but the early comers were there In goodly numbers and as the day advanced their number was largely augmented. The course is 29.71 miles and must be gone over ten times. Ambulances (Jot ten Ready. The arrangements made by the man agers of the Nassau hospital appeared more like preparations for a battle between two armies than provisions In connection with a contest of speed and skill. Eight ambulances were sent early this morning to various danger lioints along the course. Sheriff Frederick Glldersleeve had mrde equally elaborate preparations to prevent injury to spectators and to keep the public from encroaching on the course. More than 300 deputy sher iffs and flag men had been stationed along the roads over which the racers were to speed. In drawing for the numbers for the starters the so-called "unlucky" 13 was omitted. Lyttle finished the first round in ad vance, having covered the distance 29.71 miles In 32 minutes and 33 seconds. Christie was second in 33 minutes, 5 2-5 seconds; Le Blon third in 38:34 2-5. Belden was fourth Jn 34:03;, Harding fifth? in .'36:14; Tracy sixth In 36:53 and Lawell seventh in 50:17. Frayers car broke a clutch near Roslyn about 15 miles from the grandstand and had to stop for repairs. As Harding and Belden passed tho ntnnd on the first round there was only about 20 feet between them and each going furiously. Both drivers were heartily cheered. Harding had started two minutes ahead of Relden 80 that the latter gained just that much on his rival on the first round. Mongini's Car Wrecked. Monglnl's car in this round dashed into a tefegraph pole and was wrecked. Both the driver and his mechanician were thrown but neither was seriously injured. Lyttle held the lead through the second round, but In the third Le Blon rushed to the place of honor, having covered the course three time in 98 minutes, 8 seconds. On the second round several cars passed Christie and in the third round Christie's car broke down. Tracy was SunTa the leaders. His time for the third round was thirty minutes, 34 seconds, the best time thus far made during the race. Tracy who had been going at great speed for three rounds was In the lead at the finish of the fourth round. He finished this round at 8:20:17 1-5, mak ing his elapsed time 129 minutes and 17 1-5 seconds. Lie Blon, who finished the fourth round at 8:14:55 was second with elapsed time of 129 minutes and 55 seconds. Lyttle was third. His elapsed time at the end of the fourth round was 131 minutes and 15 3-5 sec onds. Car No. 7, driven by Roberts, got as far as Mlneola on the first I round and then had to go into a gar age for repairs. Car No. 16, driven by Belden, broke down at Bullshead during the third round. Le Blon was ahead of Tracy at the finish of the seventh round. Le Blon's time for the seven rounds was 229 minutes and G(i seconds, or thro-; hours, 4 9 minutes and 55 sec onds. Le Blon was also ahead at tho end of the eighth round completing that round In lour hours, 21 minutes and :i'J :-& seconds. Tracy finished the eighth round in four hours, 22 min utes and 1 1 3-5 seconds. Tracy got hy Le Blon again in the ninth and completed that round in four hours, 53 minutes and 38 3-5 seconds while Le Blon completed it in five hours, 8 minutes and 22 sec onds. Lyttle completed the seventh round in four hours, 21 minutes and 3 seconds and the eighth in five hours, 56 minutes. Christie finished his sixth round In four hours, 15 minutes and 38 3-5 seconds. Lawell finished the sixth round in four hours, IS minutes and 19 3-5 seconds. In the meantime Roberts had got his car out of the garage and entered the race again. Ha finished the first round in three hours, 5(i minutes and 49 seconds and his third round in five hours, 6 minutes and 5 3-5 sec onds. Tracy completed tho last round in 5 hours, 27 minutes and 4 5 seconds. Tracy was the first to finish the race. I.e Blon finished second. The machines selected by the judges to take part in the Vamlerbilt cup race were those driven today by Tracy, Le Blon, Harding, Lyttle and Christie. CAVITE IS HIT BY A TYPHOON (By the Associated Press.) Manila, Sept. 22. A typhoon has occurred in the Philippines sou1.' of Manila. The wires are dow.i and there is no report of tho damage dona in the provinces. Manila wu practically untouched. At Cavfte the arsenal and shipping were damaged the gunboat Arayat is ashore and several lighters wfcrq Mink. I her was no loss of Ufa. The damage is no: believed to be serious. The storm will delay tho departure of retiring Governor Gen eral lde from tho island. SENTENCED FOR A " GHOULISH TRAFFIC (Bv the Associated ProHS.) Warsaw, N. Y., Sept. 22. Byron D. Gibson and William B. Jackson, former supervisors of Erie county, who wore convicted last night of hav ing accepted a bribe of $5,000 in con nection with the contract for remov ing the bodies of old North Street cemetery, the site of the new sixty fifth regiment armory, were sentenced by Justice Lambert to five years in Auburn prison. Astav until a week from Monday was granted. SENATE FIGHT . IN WILMINGTON. (Special to The Evening Times.) Wilmington, N. C Sept. 22. There is only a possibility that the dlth state senatorial convention which meets here today will refuse to ratify the choice of the recent county primary and fail to nominate George H. Bellamy of Brunswick for senator. A certain element con trolled by the Wilmington chamber of commerce would rejoice In Mr. Bellamy's defeat, but it is not likely that a fight will be made. The primary election of S. P. Cowan for sheriff was overwhelming, his opponent carrying only one or the city wards. A SUNSET BELT BY HARRIMAN Canada's Border to Heart of Mexico MAGNITUDE OF PLANS These Having in View the Traffic Control of the Pacific Coast Arc Just Beginning Fully to lie Under? stood Much of Line Already in Operation. (By the Associated Press.) San Francisco, Cal., Sep. 22.- -The Chronicle says: Although it has been apparent for some time that Harriman was seek ing to control the Pacific coast, and tho officials of the Southern Pacific have announced the plans for the new coast line from Portland to San Francisco hy way of Eureka, the magnitude of the plans or Harriman have just been made public. Whan all has been completed he will have a railroad extending from the holder line of Canada to tho heart of Mex ico. It is announced that Harriman has succeeded in securing terminal rights n the cities of Seattle and Tacoma. The road from Portland to Seattle is now being built and will be com pleted in a year. This part of the line will compete with the Hill lines 'tinning from Portland to Seattle. From Portland south along the coast the plans for a road have been in preparation by the officials of the Southern Pacific for some time. The line from San Francisco to Los An geles is now in operation and will form another link in the long chain. From Los Angeles south the Sunset route will be used to Yuma, where the trains will turn along the shore of the Gulf of California to Guaymas to Guadalajara which road is now building, and orders have been re ceived to rush the construction as much as possible. From Guadala jara the next step will b" to the City of Mexico and Harriman will have a line down tho entire lengtli of the Pacific coast. A LAKGK LOAN FUND. State Superintendent Joyner Sug gests a Memorial to Dr. Mclver. (Special to the Evening Times) Greensboro, N. C, Sept. 22. State Superintendent J. Y. Joyner just as he was taking the train for Raleigh yesterday afternoon spoke with cordial ipproval of the plan to erect a bronze statue to the late Dr. Mclver on the campus o the Normal and Industrial College, saying he would cheerfully assist, but he made this very season - ible and suggestive declaration: "I know that one thing that would please him most would be the establishment of a large loan fund at the college that he loved so well, to aid the young women of limited means in North Car olina to secure the education and the power and the blessing that he gave his life to make possible for them." At Guilford Battle Ground yesterday afternoon took place the interesting and important event of reintorring the remains of Governor Jesse Franklin, who was a governor, congressman. United States senator during the period of his life between 1760 and 1824. Ho was an "adjutant" under his Uncle, Colonel Benjamin Cleveland, in the battles of King's Mountain and Guilford Court House. Major Joseph Morehead. president of the Battle Ground Company secured consent of his relatives to move the remains from the neglected grave near Mt. Airy, to the Battle Ground where a fitting mon ument has already been erected. PARALYSIS STRUCK; FELL ON THE STREET (Special to The Evening Times.) Greensboro, N. C, Sept. 22 Thomas McMullen, traveling salesman for a Detroit brass folding bed manufac tury, while on his way to take a train yesterday afternoon dropped appar ently dead on the street. It was found that his whole left side was paralyzed and he was unable to speak or to move. He was taken into a drug store where temporary relief was attempted, and later to the hospital where he now lies In a critical condition. James Johnson, colored, was brought here on a train late yesterday terribly mangled, but alive. A train had run over him at Jamestown cutting off both legs, one below' and one above the knees, and one arm. There Is lit tle prospect of hlB recovery. LABOR WAR IS IMPEND! NG i Unions Against Standard Oil Company INCREASE IN WAGES A Strike Was lteguu ill Whiting Last Night, Predicted That This Movement Will Soon Involve All Hie Employes of Hie Company in the Country. (By the Associated Press.) Chicago, Sept. 22. The Chronicle to day says: Warfare between the Standard Oil Company and the labor unions of the country was begun last night when the Whiting, Ind., employes of the company quit work to enforce their demands for an Increase in wages. The strike, which already threatens to tie up the business of the big cor poration In the middle west, is likely to assume gigantic proportions before it is ended. It was predicted last night that it might involve all of the employes of the company In the country and be come a general one. Three hundred firemen employed by the Standard Oil Company left their places yesterday. More than 5.000 em ployes who are working with the lire men arc scheduled to leave their places Monday morning. The strike of the firemen was called because the reports of the Standard Oil Company refused to advance wages from 22 cents an hour to 25 cents an hour, and agree to grant all of the workmen the eight hour day. The also refused to recognize the Union. the lash fell in ilmre And Thousands Clamor . See Blows Dealt to CONLEY GETS THIRTY At the Sixteenth Stroke an Agonized Cry Was Forced From the Negro's Hps and Again and Again Was Uttered as the Blows Fell on His Naked Flesh. (By the Associated Press.) Wilmington. Bel., Sapt. 22. Be fore the eager gaze of nearly 500 persons, Charles Conley, the negro, who was a few days ago sentenced lo fifty years imprisonment and to receive thirty lashes, for committing an atrocious assault and battery upon Mrs. Beatrice Frakish and her daughter, Miss Gussie Leitch, two weeks ago, was publicly whipped to day in the yard of the New Castle county work house. While there httv.e been many whippings at the jail in the past, none attracted such interest as that of Conley. More than 2,000 persons clamored for ad mission to the workhouse yard which was too small to accommodate all of them. Conley walked to tile whipping post, and stood without a tremor as his wrists were fastened into the iron bracelets. Warden Meserve took his position, and with the crowd standing at breathless attention fid ministered the punishment. The heavy whip with Its nine leather tongues, each about a sixth of an inch in diameter fell across the culprit's bare back with a force that raised a largo welt. This was re peated thirty times, an assistant warden monotonously keeping audi ble count. Conley never uttered a sound until the sixteenth stroke, when an agonized "Oh" was forced from his lips, which was repeated until the last blow fell upon the quivering flesh. INDEPENDENT LABOR PARTY TO HE FORMED. (By the Associated Press.) Victoria. B. C, Sept. 22. Tne trades congress, in convention here, with delegates from all parts of Can ada, yesterday decided to form UTL In dependent, labor parly to enter' fed eral and local politics. BIG MONDAY MORNING Judge Webb Called on to Interpret Watts' Act REV. BETTS' PETITION Hearing on the City Case Will Be First Thing .Monday Morning Be fore Regular Court Begins Null Case Postponed Again Kpence and Cross Killings. Next week is court week and the week thereafter, too, for this will be a two-weeks term for the trial of criminal cases. The first thing that will come up Monday morning, and one of the most interesting matters of the fort night in court and law circles will be the hearing by Judge James U. Webb of Shelby, who will preside over this term, of the Raleigh man damus flftso. This hearing will be concluded be fore the regular opening of court Monday morning, it is on the peti tion of Rev. S. .1. Belts and others lor a mandamus compelling the board of aldermen to call an election in Raleigh under the Watts act on the question of dispensary or prohi bition. it will be remembered that Mr. Betts secured a sufficient number of qualified and registered voters on the petition from election presented to tho board some time ago, but the board refused to call the election on the advice of City Attorney Snow, who from the wording of the Watts act interpreted it to make illegal any election with prohibition in the ques tion in a town that has a dispensary. Consequently the question Judge Webb will be called upon to give an opinion on is one of interpretation of the Watts act, whetjier or not it means that if a town has dispensary it cannot get prohibition except by way of voting open bar-roms first and then voting prohibition in place of the saloons. Col. J.iC. L. Harris and Judge W. A. Montgomery will argue for the petitioners and City Attorney W. B. Snow for the board of aldermen. There are about 70 cases on the docket that are ready for trial. The total docket is 89, but many are not. in shape to be tried at this term. 'The noted Nail case, in which four attendants at the Central Hospital here are charged with the killing of an inmate who escaped from the asy lum a little over a year ago, has again been .continued by agreement o!' counsel on both sides for the rea son that the docket is so large that it would be better to dispose of 15 or 20 smaller cases in the three or four days it would require to try this im portant one. This case has been con tinued three times before. The de fendants are out on bond. Two other murder cases are the one against Everett Spence for kill ing a negro named Walter Chavis in Bane's bottom, the trial of which is set for Monday, and the case against the negro George Cross for killing his father, Hardy Cross, a few days ago in the course of a scuf He. This case conies from the ver dict of the coroner and goes first to the grand jury. WRECKED CREW SAVED AFTER DAYS OF AGONY (By the Associated Press.) Seattle, Wash., Sept, 22. Thirty-one of the crew of the wrecked whaler Al ander, arrived here last night on the steamer Harold Dollar. The crew tell a story of great hardships and differ ing, having been 13 days in an open boat, and living on whale blubber dur ing the entire time. The Alexander was wrecked during a fog at Cape Terry, near Banka Land on August 12. The ship sank almost immediately and the crew had to take to the boats with very scanty prepara tions. When they were picked up by the whaler Herman, the men were al most dead and only the greatest care saved them. The Herman took them to Point Barrow where the Dollar picked them up and brought them to the city. Only men of the strongest physical powers could have survived the terrible sufferings that the men endured. HOLDING THE MANCHURIA, HEAVY SALVAGE DEMAND. (By the Associated Press.) Honolulu, Sept. 22. The steam ship Manchuria which was floated last Sunday is now in charge of United States Marshal Hendry under an attachment placed by the Pacific Commercial Cable Company for three hundred thousand dollars for the ser vices of the cable company's steamer Restorer in salving the Manchuria. It is alleged that the Restorer con stantly towed the Manchuria at great risk to the Restorer from August 20 the day the Manchuria went aground, until September 15, the day she was floated. Pay is also demanded for the service of the Restorer in lowin the Manchuria to Honolulu after she was floated. The libel alleges that the Manchuria is worth $3,000,000 and that she had a caieo valued at half a million. CUT GILLETTE, SAYS GOMPEHS, AND HE'S CUT. (Hy the Associated Press.) San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 22. Acting upon the recommendation of President Conipers of the American Federation of Labor, the San Fran cisco labor council last night adopt ed a res olution denouncing J. N. Gil lette, the republican candidate for governor, as an enemy to the inter? ests of labor. His record in congress was read and he was denounced !n i bit ter terms. GO SLOW, SAYS DR. SMITH. He Objects to the Rapid Innovation in Spelling Reform. (Special to The Evening Times.) Chapel Hill, Sept. 22. Dr. C. Al phonso Smith, author and head of the department of English of the University of North Carolina, in his comments today on Bacon's essay on Innovations, called attention to the application of a passage to the spell ing reform. Bacon says: "It were good, therefore, that men in their innovations would follow the exam ple of time itself, which indeed in novates greatly, but quietly and by degrees scarce to be perceived." "This passage," said Dr. Smith, "is in my judgment a fitting answer to the innovations proposed by the Simplified Spelling Board. Our spell ing has been reforming itself for at least a hundred years. We no lon ger write musick or phaenomenon as did our grandfathers. These changes come about by degrees, but surely. The sudden reformation caused by the board would cause Irremediable confusion and separate our children by at least a century from the writ ings of the present time. Many able men are on the board, but the ques tion is one not so much of scholar ship as of practicability. 1 am op posed to their recommendations, be lieving that Bacon's remark covers the case adequately." SAVED FROM A GRAVE IN OCEAN (By the Associated Press.) New York, Sept. 22. The loss at sea of the schooner, Charles F. Tat tle of New Haven, Conn., and the terrible suffering of her crew before they were rescued, was reported here today on the arrival at Havana of the Ward bine steamer Seguranca which brought in Captain George W. Heath and the crew of seven of the wrecked vessel. The Tuttle left Charleston, S. C, for New York on September 15 with a cargo of lumber. On the morning of the 17th a hurricane was raging and the schooner began to leak bad ly. Both the steam and hand pumps were kept working, but the water continued to rise and at midnight of the 17th the schooner suddenly turn ed over on her beam ends before the men had time to take to their boat. The crew succeeded in getting hold on the chain plates and there remained without food or water for 58 hours until rescued by the steam er Seguranca at about 1 o'clock Thursday morning. The captain of the Seguranca provided the hungry and exhausted men with food and clothing and the passengers aboard made up a purse of J200 for them. FOUR HUNDRED SLAIN IN DESPERATE SORTIE (By the Associated Press.) The Hague, Sept. 22. An official dispatch received here from Bali (an island-of the Malay archipelago immedately east of Java) where for some time past the Dutch have been conducting military operations against recalcitrant chiefs, reports the capture at Pasar, capital of the vassal state of Badong, of two prin ces, their women and children. The followers of the princes, numbering in all four hundred men, were ikllsd in all foul- hundred men, were killed Dutch losses were four European j killed and ten wounded. FUNSTON IS OFF FOR CUBA TODAY Rushing Preparations for Possible Occupation PALMA IS TO RESIGN That Is What Is Asserted In Havana. It Is Also Stated That it Will bo Today Intervention is Expected On the Twenty-fifth of the Present Month. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Sept. 22. Brigadier General Funston who has been or dered by Secretary Taft to meet him at Havana and give him the benefit of his knowledge of Cuban affairs, left here today over the Atlantic Coast Line, accompanied by his aide, Lieutenant B. J. Mitchell, of the Twelfth Infantry. General Funston will go direct to Tampa, where he ex pects to arrive late tomorrow night. He will at once board the regular steamer for Havana and hopes to be n Havana not later than Tuesday morning. In discussing his trip General Fun ston said that he looked forward to It with a good deal of Interest, be cause he hoped to meet "in the bush" some of his old comrades in arms under General Maximo Gomel, as well as some others who have re mained with the government. General Funston spent the entire morning at the war department hold ing final conferences with the chief of staff and other officers, but he de clined to make any statement regard ing the steps being taken by the gov ernment toward Intervention. Warlike Preparations, War department officials today pro fessed to know nothing of the situa tion in Cuba beyond what they have seen in the press dispatches, but it is known that preparations for the pos sible occupation are rapidly going on. With a view to meeting any pos sible emergency that may arise, In connection with Cuba, the quartet master general's department is busy making its preparations. Proposals are already out calling for bids for supplying large numbers of horses and mules, and these bids will be opened In this city next Tuesday, re quiring almost Immediate delivery of the animals. Officers of the quarter master's department of course do not admit that these animals are intended for Cuban service, but there Is no question that this is one of the meas ures that are being taken with such an emergency in view. Says Pahna WW Resign. (By the Associated Press.) Havana, Sept. 22. -A congress man whose relations with the admin istration are exceedingly close as serted this morning that President Palma and the members of his cab inet probably would resign today and that intervention was expected on September 25. CLOSE CONNECTION AT APEX NOW. A change of schedule will go Into effect tomorrow, September 23, on the Durham and Southern Railroad, which will work a great convenience for Seaboard Air Line passenge- - irom the north desiring to go to Dunn and from the south to both Durham and Dunn. The change gives close connection at Apex with Seaboard train No. 41 from the north to Dunn, doing away with the necessity of passengers waiting over In Raleigh. Close connection will also be made with Nos. 66 and 38 on the Seaboard from the south at Apex for Dunn and Durham, obviating the need of stopping over at Raleigh and Henderson. Official announcement of schedule appears In another column. STATE SUPT. JOYNER RETURNED TODAY. State Superintendent of Public In struction J. Y. Joyner returned this morning from Greensboro where he has been since the death of President Chas. D. Mclver of the State Normal and Industrial College. Mr. Joyner IB chairman of the board of trustees of the college and Is being mentioned prominently as successor to Dr. Mc lver. For a week prior to the death of Dr. Mclver Mr. Joyner was In the extreme western part of the state par ticipating in campaigns In various lo calities for local taxation and consoli dation for the Improvement of schools. . . i '!'
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