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-t : ... - ,. - M11E&:a:? volulie 2i. f M RALEIGH, N. C.7 WED 1 T22DAYrlIAY 22, J907. ''?: V tr . DECLfiPE.PH" TITANIC FRAUD ' Cccclvars ForStodardXtlt . THEY ARENA'IED TQDAY j Action-Tufcen on Tart ot Stoclchold . . cirg Who 'Declare ThfjrtHve, en - swindled ine Company a Mystc . ' ; riousr AJjjbb That Swallow AU in , Sijhf ana Is It9ia Invislblo, , r .."'i.'rty.LcnseU Wire to llie, Ttme. J Philadelphia, Pa.-, May 22. Two . receivers were , appointed today for -V the Standafd Title and Trust Com pany at Np, 73- S Chestnut street. ... The court acte, up; on complaint ' of stockholders 41 who declare : that they were defraudod. ' It ' la Bald . '- criminal proceedings wilt follow. -, It Is said tUat moro than a thilllon .: dollars" has t)eea obtained f rom . the iv- sale" ol stock: in CWoago.' .pUlladel v .phla. New York and in small towns . east and west. ' Thero has been a mystery abont the Standard Title and Trust Com . , pany for weeks. Its officers are all ?.'.; out of town men; ; .The list of offl . cers of the company, as shown' on . the stationery, contain names which . have boen used without - even . the - knowledge ot consent of the owners. . Tnla is the cas with at least one v - . of the - directors.: The -reputed list Is as follows: President, 8. K. Ford, of Chicago;' Brst 'tlce , president, lH. Cohn, of iNewV Yorlt: ." second- vice president, B, A. Haffner,' of Clncln v nat1! treasurer H.; F; Asplnwall,. of Freeport; Ills. V-- '.' One'ol the directors Is Homer X. ; Castle ot Pittsburg, prohibition can didate for governor 6t Pennsylranin ln the lasti campatgij. i He Is also the , C concern's 'feoilnseTw '"-vw;' -Z'Wbit 'of the C6mcti. " The concern made Us debut on V: February1 flth. . when the - city - was - flooded' witn circulars 'StaUng: v' - "Wo jhave purchased the exquisite Danxing nouse ai i is unwni irn - and have a. capital rand surplus of ' 1, 500,000, of which 11,200,000 Is paid In;. The par value of tho stock ' 1 Is 2,5. and It has been sold to sub- scrlhrs' a 175." " ' On the same date the company took charge of the bollding at 713 Chestnut Sttedt and began to solicit business, sending out through the vw malls alt Its literature, covering the ,. whole country apparently,' . First It was announced that ,the company 5 k; would' open for business on March 1. ' Then the opening was postponed ; ; to April .11, and Mayl passed, and - ' there - was . still no company In evi- dence, the owner of the building be gan to tet anxious. There was then $7,100 due In rent. , , ' Finally the uncertainty - grew to such an extent that action was taken. Attorneys Furth and Singer, ren " resenting -Lawrence F. Faure,' a stockholder and James C Kirk, one of the directors, went before Judge AglU, 1ft common pleas court Na,l, and filed affidavits ' that their sub vscrlptIons. to stock of the concern was 'obtained "by false and fraud u ;;: lent representations , made .by ; the concern last February that it had , 1500,000 capital and -11,000.000 of ? assets, whereas It did not have, and t. has not ' today. - assets exceeding '50,000. -' ' ' ? . r "( k 1 Amoltmentof Bocelvors- , , - "" Judge AgHl. granted thetrpetltldh for- receiver 'and appointed Israel Hecht and Carroll B. Wilson.' .' ' It," was dlscbveed that one of the1 - methods of the tonccrnVto ' secure" t money Was'ttf offer jrnen lu'Vesponsl-1 . ble positions excellent offlefs In, thi " company If .they; subscribed, to tho .v" stock.,' ,any, Indeed.; the srtfe toauKr Ingp'onimlsaioners', agents 'al4 .'ltts't nighty accepted these terms . ;" ' ' One cashier In a Bluefleld, W. Vtf., national bank gave up a lucrative position and subscribed .forf 6,500 of the stock In the company, ,Ha is v here but has been unable to find any ' one at the bank except the Janitor - and the state banking commissioners deputies. Another clerk in a Cam den, N. J., trust company mortgaged " his -house to buy stock conditional upon, securing a good position, " -There are said to be many stich ln stances. - Emanuel Furth, attorney for tho stockholders and the bank, said last ' night that he had sufficient evidenco to secure criminal convictions against certain In en of the concern. - "It looks like a preconcerted ' (Continued to Page Two.) QVEEN. JLEXJHDBjI,:.OF ENGLAND . 7 u : . . s I h ' .11 . ' hi t- r i . hi 'j. This is the Wntworm portrait of ' jiai Alexandra.' 'Tho photo.' graph from which this nlctnrc was made wai secured, by tho Paris corre.; spondnnt of thc.jfow i'oi Amrlc'tt on 'the day of the private exhibition of the Solon ! ArtlslFrartcaiia.; :; Twtt" WOrki of hl clnss V by an -American womar.' attract the grcatiest iUthtlon!s The o(her' Wentworth I portrait is the President of thp I'nltcd States,! Both of those picture are surrounded daily cy crowds. ; THE FINANCIERS MEET TflNlGIlt (By Leased Wire to Tho Times.) Wlnston-Salom, N. C, May 22.-r The North Carolina Bankers' Asso ciation will meet in annual session In- tho palm room of the. Hotel Zln zendorf this evening, and will con tlnuo In-session until Friday after noon. Already a number of bankers havo' arrived and others arq coming on every train. Thcf bankers of Win- ston-hlom and tho board of . trade havo made elaborate preparations for tho entertainment of tho convention. LIPS OF LOVE .M'BIS DOOM it- . i 4i.fMt( ' "t v'";r . (By teased Wire to The Timer..) New York, May 82. -The- dramatic situation wob presented today at the frial of John Boll .in Etatem la and ior tne muraer ot, 4?r , t:narics WJimot Tosvnscnd, of the aged father of - the defendant being called to give testi mony for tha state to aid In sending tils own so if the death- -chair. uen s sisK-rJurs. wiiiiav oar, loid for; the' state ot her brother's return home at 6 a. m. the morning1 of the murder, kvhIo"h -occurren-at ; mldnls-hL His brother-in-law, WlHlam iCoar, test ified that Bell told him he had "got hunk with tho doctor." Bell's step mother told of threats against "the doctor' and that Bell's revolvers were missing the day after the murder To day his father adds his story to the family evidence against Bell. ; . . Dr. Townsend's widow described the shooting of her husband as he lay in jbed.. - She described the murderer as a small man,' about Bell's size. Other witnesses told of seeing Boll In gtaten Island the night -of the murder. ' . In his opening, the district attorney srld ho expected to prove Bell killed Dr. Townrend In revenge or th death of his wife when I a patient ot Dr. Townsend. . - , - j i. ".' - 1 OUT OF PRISON (By Leased Wire to The Times.),- Toledo, 0. Hay 22. Nine . prisoners overpowered Guard Charles 'Trempt at tho city workhouse today and escaped. The guard .was . brutally choken and beaten Into- Insensibility. "Tho fence was kicked down and . a boat carried the fugitives from - the Island.7 Shots from pursuing guards failed to take effect; The Jail ! delivery . was .' well planned and executed by "Chick" Cald well,' a noted horse thief. - ,., . '. ; ' THREE SLAlIi BY 111 By teased Wire to The Times.) ; Now York,, May 22, Three- per sons were killed and half a dozen' or more seriously hurt by thcV explosion' of a "black hand" bomb- in a tene ment at Canal and .Elizabeth street this art or noon.. -The explosion shook tho entire neighborhood" an flcaused gTestYtemen. v DATE FOIJ AUTOMOBILE . - 1! PARADE IS FIXED. (Special to The Evening 'Times.) Y Ashevllla, N. C, ; May ' 22.-The date for the first; annual' automobile parade In Asheville has been defl nltely fixed for next Thursday after-' noon, May 30, when it is probable that practically eyery motor car la the city will pass' in review of the lady judges selected for tho occasion ' and. also the citizens of Asheville In- f terested ln the event. v It Is. under stood today that the great majority ot antolsts who Will participate in the parade will have their cars hands. somcly decorated. , -r. NINE EN BREAK SOLD L ii I GIT ir'.ii Assseiatin cf I.'astitourer5 Ease thud f 4; . HALF. MILLION; A YEAR With Pt.it M KulinJ SpIrK, .olent Attaijt.ro. 5i(V on Organized : Labor- and JX'iiwnds Made Which slf Granted 'ould 1 Such Ialior Oreat Iojnry..: : . ((By Jjcssediwiro to The Timds ) NeW' YorU May ;S. To flg tho labor; unless 'of tho country a fund of $5OC,uJ0 n jonr. for at least tho arxJT three feai- or a total of fl, b00.000.is to So ralsod by the Na tional Association; of Mann Tact urera. This wc4 docidod upon at tlu annua) mooting of Jlir' association at the Waldorf-Astoria- and a coinmltteo was appointed to .make plans for the raising of thq fand,4 s r Tho mooting' of - ;. the aBsoclatlon, with David M.- Parry, of indlanaiM Us, as t8o ntilrig spirit, was marked by vlcdoutt attacks upon organized labor and "by demandd.for legislation that' would accomplish, among other things, tho ollowlhg results: . - Tho use of Chinoea and Japanese- labor . j on naUohali j railroads and canals, - particularly A the Panama Canal. , , ' . ' The f stabllshmont -of national and statotrado schools, and abolition ;0f the npprcntlco system In trades.- 't" ' , Thq Improvement and enpourago meat 0- f tho merchant -marine. . --' ..The open -shop; no boycott; no limitation to the output; no. dicta tlpn iby thciabor unions- as to no maimer 'iR whlch,: Employers shall, manage ihouusluWv -Jti' " . ' 'Among ftb committee -named by President rVa Cleave, to ase the fund to: fleht unions Jate these? Charles W. Asbury, Pennsylyaala: J. C. Battelle, Ohio; H. B,i Chambers lain, Tennessee ; Elliott Durand, 1)U nols; Isaac W. Frank, Pennsylvania! C p. Hauch, Indiana;' Johh.-Klrby, Jr.(i Ohlo; Henry B. Luptoo, Penn sylvania: H. L. Mllos,' Wisconsin; David M. Parry, Indiana; JE, Pat terson, Pennsylvania; C' Yl Pon(, Michigan; Daniel C. Ripley,; Penn sylvania; William B. Roper, Vir ginia; B. T. Skinner, Michigan; C. H. Smith, Illinois; Ellison M Smyth, South Carolina; William E... Tal madge, Wisconsin; D. A;: Tompkins, North Carolina, and James W, Van Cloave, Missouri, -. . .c- j ,. ROWLAND'S BRIDE ;V : WAS THE CYNOSURE (Special to The Evening Times.) Norfolk, Va., May. 22.-The mar- rlage In Norfolk of Dr. David Samuel Rowland and Mrs. ' Llllle- Martha Strange of Raleigh, N. C the latter being the widow of Engineer Strange, who It is now alleged was gotten out of the way by poisoning,, took place ono week ago today. ; The couple ap peared at the local Jgerk'a office, to gether last Wednesday morning.; The woman was handsome and attracted much attention. S 'jft-.H'Ski'' ' There was nothing- Irregular in their application for a license to Wed, and the document was issued to; them in regular brder. i They gave their correct' names and Bald tnoy had been married before. Dr.: Rowland said he was 28 years old" fend the woman said she was 11 years old. : The for mer gavo Vanco county,; North Jparo Una,; as his natlvo home, , and the woman said she was born In Chicago. The -couple wero njarrlod by ,-Rer. Vernon I; Anson, -pastor' of j , Orace Baptist" Church. Tha executed license has been returned to the clerk's office. .. rl '',.. SENATE PASSES WbW4dT":1 ' ' , VTIUIES, JKEASCRE. (By tasedc idTh'Time.i r; Albany. N. Y;. May 22.-The dub- lie. uuiuies out pansea me senate; oy a vote of. 1 to ?" The measure goes' to the go'vernp'Tdr his, approval. (END OXB ;- VV 1 JIILtlOJ DOLLARS, j lartl atjlvs) jlollar per hnrA.n;4'( v-.uaiinneiuca,.i -aiay a.-tno vay r wasnmgtou; n. v. his suojen ws umet and Artsona Minlns; Compahy f'mmnAttyfta'llde'rs','mnd1 Hb1 ap declarCd'a1 dfVtdend' df a minion io Prilled 'Klft'subiect'toi rnraf'Mil' eW as POLICE USED AS: ACLUB iryfiOULD Indicated, by Confession of - Big Oawley ; ; INllOIRY BY BINOAM He ' Has Sunnnoried the Goulds to Appear Before Hint 'With a VU'W to Investigating What ho Police Have Bw Dolns in the Capacity of a Private -Agencyv . By Leased Wire to The Times.) NewTork. May 82.V-Wllllam C. Wood, internationally known as "Big Bill' Hawloy, has confessod his con- nocllon with tho effoffrts which have been made o blackwn the character of Mrs. Howard Gould. Through his confession it Is expected that -the grand Jury will today come Into pos session of sufficient evidence to: war rant the. indictment .and , arrest ; of several very 'prominent persons. ' i "Big Bill" Hawloy, who la avoiding any unpleasant conrt proceedings In this statn by remaining )n seclusion la New 'Jersey, confessed to Deputy Police Commissioner ' Hanson f .today that -Police Inspector; Mcfcaughlin, tWhr In charje of the centra office aetocuve Dureau, mia torwa -aim Into the office of Delaneey' vNlcoll. counsel for Howard Gould, In his efforts to divorce Mrs; Gould, and that while there Nlcoll snapped his flngors under his nose and raid tc him: ' ,i- "; you have been taking mouer from: Mrs. Gould for eleven years. You know you have. Now I want you i to toll me why she gave ycu money. Private detectives have failed to got you to como hef- and now- I have ordered tha city detect ive to arrest' you." .t i- r s-That ttawlex tbjn,ntert4 thefllei;; ploy ef Gould and Nlcoll for -too pur pose of obtaining evldenctfagiinst Mrs. Gould Is confessed by him In n suit for $260,000 agatn3t' thom fo services rendered" and, for breach of conduct." ; '' Following these statements, ad missions and confessions of tho noto rious crook "Big Bill" Hawley, PdTtco Commissioner - Bingham tpday ! ftnr nounced hat he had sent out sub poenaes for the appearance of -Howard Gould and Mrs, Howard Gould, to testify at his Inquiry into the be lief that tho police department has boon used as a private agency with a powerful Club, to obtain evldense in behalf of Howard Gould In his contemplated divorce action against his wife. GIRL RESCUED FROM HER BRUTAL PARENTS (By Leased Wire, to The Times.) Johnstown, Pa., J May. 22.t One hundred infuriated neighbors yester day afternoon rescued Ethel Heffler, a half-witted girl about IT years ot ate. from" a smoke house In which she had been confined --'tor several weeks by her parents, who reside on a farm, near Berlin, Somerset county. : The smoke-house prison in which he -girl was kept was .six bit eight feet In .size' with 'but one window, which had heen painted oyer to pre vent heS gUl from being observed by. strangers who. might be about Uhe premises: ,-. j .duV; ; When food was given the prisoner, 1' it was thrown in upon tne noor. rne rescuing party was composed of tho most prominent cltlsehs hf; Berlin. : -George Heffley, the father,' was ar rested and" gave halKv",y:',v DIPLOMAS GIVEN 1 ; "i- (By Leasei'Wnis to The Tlmes.)r-. r Winston-Salem? N. "C,, May 22.- The " ne undre and, fifth ' annual oomtti'enc'ettietir5 exercises oif'Saiom Femald CoilegiS Were held" yesterday. I i do present session was me mosi sue cessful In the history of the institu- uon, ine enroiimnx numnenng more mtastol 'ilrm'iia otht1,pectat sftidle. ; ;ThO" Hterary addfeS wast!dellved oy 'vongressraan jonn'-yv.;; oman; o ifh itte! nowltnan oovr. Diplomas were awaroed . to orty-thrcei1 graduaees'lirtfie'col t fefeff coiirso aud' s!Wut elntr!-IlTe)'.:ttr BLACKS IN RIOT V1TIH STRIKERS Longshoremen Urge Negroes . Jtot to Work A HOT TIGHT FOLLOWS Tim Negroes Come Thiw Ilandrefl . Strong as Strlko-Breakcrs-H-Pjollce Reserves Battle Siany JMinuK-s to Quell the Riot Said to Have Been Precipitated by a Negro. (fiy Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, May 22. In a riot be tween BOO longshoremen strikers and strlke-breakors today at tho entrance to the Atlantic basin, South Brook lyn, several shots were 11 red and the police reserves battled for many min utes to restore order. ' Three hundred colored strike breakers wero stopped at the ferry placo entrance to the ship yards at Hamilton Ferry ,'' when they tried to goid; work, by about 200 strikers, who tried to urge them, by peace able arguments, not to go to work. Ono of tho negroes is said to hav struck a striker with his fist, that started a general fight among tho 500 men, and s' on " bricks, stones. clubs and mill missiles were flying. One negro, Michael Stubbs, of No. 91 Flatbush avenue, who had been struck with a stono, drew a revolver! and fired at tho man ho thought Unrew jt Stubbs was arrested. ' Helen Gould oa Her Knees to Howrrd SO SAYS BIG HAWLEY He Adds That Charges and Counter charges Between Howard Gould and Wife Are of Such si Character the Goulds. Will Never Permit Them to Be Made in Court. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Now York, May 22. Miss Helen Gould, tho philanthropic sister of the millionaire, Howard Gould, threat ened to commit suicide it the terrible scandal growing out ot his wife's charges against him ever comes -out In court; accordlng to tho amazing story told today by William Carroll Woodward, known to the police as "Big Bill" Hawley. . fX Hawley has a suit pending against Howard Gould and the latter's attor- jney, Deiancey , Nicon, for f2&u,ouu for services in working up evidence against Mrs. Gould. He declared to day: that the charges, and counter charges by Howard Gould and his wife, who formerly - was Katherlne Clemmons, the beautiful actress, are of such a character that the Gould family will never permit them to be aired in court.- : : p. Miss Helen Gould, Hawley said, went down on her knees to her broth er and begged htm to avert the scan dal.' "... PRICE LOSES, Ml iiiClPLAINI '';;",,-h.taj. i n.'.v.'.''- :.;-:' rff (By Leased, Wire to The Times.) New Tork, Majf 82. Referee, Charles 13. Rushmore,' appotted''tb take evi dence- In the action brought by Theo dore" F.' Price' ' against 'the New York CTttonychange,. uuon ( jhe, jBresenta tton oajguinenl' lng announoed' his decision,' dlsmiaslnp th'coinplaiht "of Price agolnSt'the ex chahgis, 5tiAiset for , flus piamtitr re oodsredh an -adjourn mchp' ot the tase until hex Fiiy W'erdeJttf speVmlt him to flle mn-m-mended complaint rtihl.MWlMtat. ten MtilkAu-. V'' ':s.i-i SUICIDE RATHER CHARGED iir"."?.-- nun uuuiui Irrt'O Earned :L:tJ. boiiiare m to :?f '!, '-t-ittst'-J sl wvrt'l. i. B. nolland is Said to Take Active Part hi LoraJ RrnaUfedn PoJtj(cs, ' Store in Question, Vfts .Burned During lt)(M- Catt AVorked Vp - Captain W, A... Scott, of 'xs sta' : insurance department? retfimod - .lasV; night from Harney county, wtisre h' ". had been to appear before tho grand ? Jury as a witness- lh- -a ase charglo ; J. B. Holland and his son, "Will Hoi- , land, with burning a stora the'y son . , ducted under thT firm, name of J.. 8. ' Holland 4 Son, Ihc tune being locat ed: at Turlinctofs -Crons Rolds. A, true. bill -was returned aralhst both ' men and a capias isnuJ fof thslp ar rest. . ' - 1 i " - r1 Tha IToHr.fiil s arn Wel kinwn in Har- ! npi inh- ind J. I Holland takes an .ict)vo ' rt ' In, 'M.vai republican' ; poiuies ' a'-d ' Is j ft ' rorenue officer. - Uuh sniT'i'w wsi orrsnlonea by the . annoiin-cm.-nt of tho tact that a true - Mil had li"-n. rptarned escalnst J. B. Holland and his son', - although there ;. A was f-m.-i: IV '-JmrrM'dlrM'orv, after the , Are In ' nc i"fi nwurrwl regard ti ; tt being mistfilclous, i had been long that the: pcoj:i -i haJ forgot - about It. i." . -1 r The Ho11n '. fcdi'rti-'.'r'irH. storo at the1, roint inrhid alwre. vn, during the w-r rm4.th" sto ,wai , burned, tha stock Of oii beln .In" t- surotl for 2,0ei" Holland- rtW rot ow) the hutidlhg: - It was claHhed by neigh- ' bors at. th jMms tht 'the greater wrt.', if Jh- rtiM ' hd 'bebUf reiwvcd, ard .'i . isn ts,t tfer the wvp.-was' bumed Upland faudbersln gods atorewar.v- In his house, Eventuatly - the matter was reported to the -Insurance depart ment and Captain: W: -A. Scott went to -work on the case, resulting in a war- - rant being issued against the - father and son, charging them T With , having burned th store,' The grand Jury In- , , vestlgated , the . cas iresterday fter noon and returned tha blU. M Holland, ' It is learned, made 'the: statement af ter the lira that his loss1 was consid erably greater thanMhe amount ot ln- surance carried. It Is supposed 'that -the Hollands wit) be arrested today.- - ' several' injured ; ! " in .wreck: of train '' ' : :i'...i ',- -;':- '. jhkj1 yrVf-twie-)' 'r;:-f :; (By Leased Wire -to -The Times.) , Los Angeles, Cal., May 22. Train ' No. 20, on the Southern Pacific, from . San Francisco, due here at 11 O'clock : . last .a night, was : ; wrecked at 1:30 o'clock this - morning; three miles) - north of Burbank,, It is rumored thai several persons wore 'injured., .The engine and three cars left the track -and were piled ups - Jt 1 said to have ' been a deliberate attempt at. train -wrecking. - No passengers wero killed, so far as can, be ascertained at this time,.' Nineteen' were injured, ono, s, 9-year-old ' boy,; unidentified Among the inJurod' Sre: ,Sose F"et- -' terman, Cleveland, Ohio, - concussion of the braln ievere lacerations; M. B. Jeffries, Denver,'. Col,, cut about face and head.1 Mrs. Fred, Shaofl, Phila delphia, hip dislocated;. Mrs. Qrayce, , Philadelphia, concussion of the brala; ,: ' William Love, Chicago. ' -t.r A ijJ.TX.UEi MIIUjU: - v 1 , .BADLX BURNED : (Special Cable to The Tlme.) '; Statesvillo, N. C, May 22. A little 5-year-old son 'pf Mr. and Mrs, Rj Y. McNeely was 'Jjaln'ftllV hdrned yes terday morning 'at the home of his narents lh West' StatesVllle.'V-'Tne' lit tle fellow' was easing hlS "ureakfast ' and "accidentally ltfiockedT h dfch .of, hot mush frofn the iaWe'lntotlsaU. J His hUrns are hot thought to 5'e dan- 4 gerouBr but the suffering'' is intense.' BritlES WIFE" OiOS AY WEPS HER SISTEK NEXT. 1rfa?$wX2:i :,' -.t., (By LesteiT Wfrs -toi Ths "Times.) . Alliance - Ohio, May 22, Kart Fouser, a shoeiaker 10" J-fears old, foliowlfig the ( oral ot his .first wife last Sunday, married his wife's sister. Mis .Mary' Heittift.' 2.0.-years. Old, on Monday.: " t , ' j ' .1 FouseB' was la Europtt wheft' his wlfo dted; aad..word .wK. sent .to him. Tho burial aervlce, was delayed, until his arrival here. . - On- bis -return' he was, accompanied ; by MUa. Ilolwlg. Fouser'a ftrst wife- wan his brother's ' i ' ;:'j. mi :U ,-.t:.?v; w
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