North Carolina Newspapers

. f Only AfCzrr.oon Paper Bolvccn Richmond and Atlanta VJith Leased Vitro and fill Press Dispatohoo u : tim 1 4 LAST EDITION. THE -H ALE1 GH EVENING TIME MCI fcc, "... te , IK J VOLUME 30. RALEIGH, N. C.. MONDAY, JULY 1, 1907. EXTRA SESSION OF LEGISLATURE? DUCHESS OF SUTHERLAND , TtfE NEW CITY MISS RATHERINE LOVIS WHIPPLE. A AT PAST flFFIf F ) HE IS FAITHLESS IS BORN TODAY r t BIG CHANGE :-V:::;;:.::;::..::v':,-- ..;.:-..'--. Believed Olenolas Been Ad vised to Call One' THE INJUNCTION CASE As It Has Been Shown That the Roads Could Make n Profit at Two and a Half Cents, the Legis lature Might Enact a Law Making the Rate O!'. That HiisIk. (Special to The Kvening Tlmoa.) Ashevllle, N. C, July 1. It Is be lieved here that close friends of Gov ernor II. B. Glenn have advised, him to call aft extra session of the gen eral assembly of North Carolina to consider railway rate legislation in view of the showing by tho railway companies in the.", hearing before Judge' Pritehard in the United States circuit court last '.week in suits for injunction' against. Ine- rate lav-v enacted at the recent session. The statement is made that on j their own showing on intra-state. business the railroads would make .a certain and "adequate profit at a maximum ; passenger : rate of 2 Ms cents per mile; and it is contended that if t!ie governor should at once call the legislature together to re peal the new law and enact another on this basis It would meet popular approval. ;;'-' ' It is believed that some of the prominent friends of the governor who are Interested In what may l;e called his tentative campaign for the United States collate taink that this action would d- more tn insure fits succerf. V !i" -ap" lin t endeavor he has pursued or might take up. There artf persons In Ashevllle who . helieve that an early meeting of the councllof state will be called for the consideration of this matter. It 1b decided In the Virginia cases that for the purposes of the present hearing only the question of juris diction that the, Virginia railway commlsslorfis a court and cannot be enjoined.,; THEIR OWN DRESS MAY SAVE HINDOOS (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, July 1. A brand-new manifestation of the race problem Is confronting the government, and it has diplomatic and international pos sibilities which are beginning to as sume phases of real embarrassment. This time the difficulty concerns a group oi mnuoo couege siuueuis wuo hi X UIV if tltTllUlllg I III UCll uillTCinii. ci i. S v'the expense of the British empire, I ' and at present arejn Washington for -jpQme aaeclal scientific "ork as guests of The United States covernmeni. They want to travel tlirough the south for the study of the cotton situ ation and enlightenment on problems confronting this business In India, but the fear that southern people might mistake the Hindoos for mu lattoes caused embarrassment at the start. Some experimental effort convinced them that the attempt to enforce their rights to ride In the coaches and sleepers with white passengers would be certain to result In the greatest embarrassment and danger of personal clashes. , The young men themselves accepted the situation good-naturedly enough, but preferred to give up the trip rather than take chances on the annoyance and Insults it would involve.' Finally a bright Idea came to Sec retary Wilson. "You gentlemen," he suggested, "dress exactly as our people do, and no doubt prefer to do, while in this country. If you would wear turbans and some distinguishing part of the other costume of your own country, there would never bo a thought of attempting discrimination or drawing distinctions against you. You would be welcome to the best homes and hotels, and nobody would false a question about your right to travel where you pleased." The suggestion has been adopted, and the party . will travel in semi native, semi-occidental costume. HOT WEATHER BURNING) ,tTP CROPS IN ITALY. (Special Cable to The Times) Rome, July 1. Extremely hot weather Is reported from all section of Italy and It is said that great damage has been 'done to crops. rt r. This Is a picture of her Grace the Duchess Of Sudieilaiiil, president of the Woman's AutomoMIe Club of Knglaiid, wjio has taken a rigid ex uininntion and qualified us nn expert chauiVeui'. . .-; V-I."",' SOLD HIS WIFE (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Boone, la., July 1. Henry Ilam mersteln of North Boone has sold his wife and two children for $12.50. Hammerstein left home two months ago, going to Fort Ueming. On re turning last week he found that in his absence his wife had gone to live with Burt Hanes, : taking her two children with her. Hammerstein sued Hanes for $5,000, but the two agreed that Hanes should pay Hairi merstein just $12.50 and keep the woman and her family. This was satisfactory to Mrs. Hammerstein and the transfer -was drawn up. signed, and properly executed. A NEW AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP LAW (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, July 1. Throughout the world today there becomes effect ive a most important American citi zenship law, which abolishes the long standing presumption that a man, once an American, is always an American. This law, which was cre ated at the last session of congress on the urgent recommendation of Secretary Root and a special board which he appoiuted to maKo 'sugges tions to remedy the existing evil, s stringent In Its provisions requiring all Americans living abroad to regis ter at the nearest American consular office to retain their citizenship with this government. The value of the new enactment Is expected to prove far-reaching. It is calculated to save much International litigation result ihg from naturalized Americans call ing upon this government for pro tectlon In foreign countries, partlcu larly Turkey, Russia, Italy and Aus tria-Hungary. EARTHQUAKE SHOOK A MAINE COUNTY niddeford. Maine. " Julv 1. This cltv and the entire coast of York AND CHILDREN county in this state were shaken byjot heavy silk. In the center, on one an earthquake last night. The real- side, is a white rhododendron, while dento at Biddeford and summer re- on the Other side Is the state seaj. sorts along the coast as far hs Kene- Under the seal are the words "Starts bunk Port report that tho shock was of West Virginia" in gold and thej felt there, and many panes of glass were brokenand movable objects in many houserwero thrown about, A ' . I (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New. York, July 1. Tho horrible murder of little Viola Boylan has made a maniac of her father, Thomas Boylan. For some time before tho poor lit tle child's body was found in the coal bin of their home In Second avenue, Mr. Boylan had been ill. The fright ful tragedy and tho failure of the police to find tho child's slayer has completely wrecked his mind and body, according to his wife's state ment. He has had several attacks of epilepsy and his outbreaks havo been so violent at times that Mrs. Boylan has been compelled to' call the neigh bors to help aid in calming him. Boylan is under the Ware of physi cians, and If no Improvement is no ticed,, he will he sent toan asylum. TWO CENTS RATE LAW IN ILLINOIS - i , (By Leased Wire to Thn Times.) Chicago, July 1- They two-cent fare law is in effect today on all rail roads In Illinois. .-The-delay and litigation so freely predicted at the time -'I ho1 law was passed will at least be delayfed as, tar us the railroads are concerned until the new rate has been tried for sev eral months. y It is said that the officials of the various roads affected . by the law have agreed to submit to the new rate for several months and then to carry the law Into tho courts with a showing of deficit, Should there be any, that will support a plea that the two-cent rate is a loss to the rail roads. , NEW STATE KLAO i OF WEST VIRGINIA, (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Charleston, W. Va., July 1. -The ' ew state flag for West Virginia has i unfurled. The background Is state flower on a background of red. The border of the flag is a six-Inch strip of blue with gold frlngs. CHILD'S in nnrn DROVE H MAD Coi. Tucker f ill Attempt to Prove it False lHAYilEcSgf MARTIAL The Wife of This Ai-my Oillcer Who Is Charsed With Conduct Vnhe-coiiii..n- a (.V:i(lenian, is a l)at:;' t:r wl General John A. Logan Tucker's Sister Sjicuks for Him. (Bv Leased Wire to Tim Times.) Chicago, July 1. LI utinant Colon I ' William V. Tucker, despite all asser tions to the contrary, will an::wer lh charges accusing him of Infidelity preferred against hlin by his wife, Mis. Dolly Ioan Tucker, (laughter of Mis. John A. Loran, which are now beiitK I fathom-d by Secretary of War Tall. I This was learned from Mi-m. J. T. I Johnron, sister, of the .accused army ' officer. :. Mrs. Johnson la Colonel Tucker'n fav orite sister,. She- reiilde's with her.' son, Chester Johnson, In Oak Park. Thit Colonel Tucker expects court-martial proceedings against him; that lie I ; prepared to answer' the' charges-accusing him of behavior, unbecoming an officer --of . the United States army, and that he: is confident of coming out of thfl present trouble with .flying co.or?, was strongly Intimated by Mrs. John son, although she refund to give di rect answers- to. many -of the .'luestions which toHjhj-vton lief brother's honor. "I wni-nbt answer the churgos jlgalnst -iriy brother," -jpaid Mrs. John son." The time Is not ripe yet. But every one or them will be answered by him when the case tomes up i i proper form. , "Hi? has done1' nothing ,Vlilch would make a woman ashamed of being his sister. Hhi record - will- slow this. At the, proper "lime matters will bo ptralghtcned out. Until tiien "it hi both useless aod.,!iniroper to ;iscuss them." It .waiVr- aid3'tn'?t' '-j-i-l!.-)i..t-, positive manner by friends of tlv- army officer that : the charge,-. will , drag Mrs. LMyrtlo..B. i't4!t, n "widow, who went to Manila, V. I,, as a school teacher, Into the Inv.stlgati.in. Mrs Piatt'.- name has figured with that of Col onel Tucker In "'.scurrilous, articles printed In certain Manila papers. The Inter-Ocean this. 'morning prints the following' dispatch from'-Washington: "Mrs. Tucker's youngest sen, Oeorge Kdwin Tucker was a favorite of Oeorge E. Lemon, the late millionaire pension attorney of Wasllngton, and when Lemon died he bequeathed $25,000 to Mrs. Tucker, $2.".I00 to her youngest non, and made tl em two of the five residuary legateei. Thfy received more than two-lilhs of the Lemon es tate, which was valued at $1,000,000. "No bequest wjs made to the older son, who Is now Lieutenant Logan Tucker of the nwriie corps. "Oeorge Edwin Ticker, the son, died a few moiths ago," young investigation f cotton! export trade. (By Leased We to The Times.) Washington, Jlily 1. An exhaust ive Investigation luti) the cotton goods export trade of linghnd has just been completed by VHlUm Whlttam, Jr., special agent ol tie department of commerce and fibo,-, who spent sev eral months lit' th; Lancashire dis trict. ; .j .; '-. Following aila which has been of great value. In other countries, MaJ. John M. parson, chief of the bureau of manufactures, has ar ranged that Sil'dal Agent Whlttam shall make a tijur cavering the prin cipal cotton manufacturing centers of the country to oiif.r with manufac turers on tho iUitiin of export trade expansion. Thj medal agent will take with hint saiiples of cotton goods procured In Lmcnshire that are in largo demand! in learly every coun try In the worlB, u:d which will be exhibited and eaplaiied. Transportation uil methods of do ing business iibruadvill bo gone Into, and suggestions froi mill men look ing to further Invetigations invited for consideration b.vtho department. Special Agent Whitam has left for the south, and betwen July 2 and 14 Will visit Atlanta, G Greenvlllo and Spartanburg, S. C, nd Charlotte and Greensboro, N. C. Tnr Heels at Wahlngton Hotels. (By Leaseil Wlre;o The Times.) Washington, Jul 1. Arrivals at the hotels: North Carolina M. C. Wngton and wife, C. V. York, the Raleigh; m. O. Gils, the National; ' j, w. Allgood,. the Metropolitan ; F. Ci McAdon, S. T. MAden, Charlotte", the Metropolitan; HGalviner of Wil- mington, A. W. Lomg of Charlotte, the National; Geoi;e S. Morton of Wilmington, the N Wlllard. Greater Ralaiyli Ceiehraiian at Fair Grounds SPEECHES AND A FEAST Rousing -Good Cheer ami Mighty Good Entius as a Welcome, to !?! lit T!ious;aud New ('ilhcns 'i he Speakers of tho Occasion. Raleigh is today a bigger city than it. was yesterday by about eight thousand souls.' This is the day on which the city Uiut for manv years was the smallest stale capital in the L'nited States arises into another class with soniei hm s; like about twenty-two thousand inhabitants within its bound:;. A person may now walk a mile in any: direction' from the Capitol wilh out getting out of the cut. The enclosing lines now form a citv ter iito'ry of four 'square 'miles. ,VI:inv nev citizens will today be;in lo en joy the privileges and -.advantages accorded to residents of North Car olina's capital cltv. The celebration held at the state fair . grounds'; this alternoon heiiir ning af 2:!! 0 welcomed the ". 'new comers making such a substantial uJdilion to tae growth of the old city. "Greater Raleigh" is the spirit of the day, on the streets, in homes, in offices anu in the - enthusiastic crowd at the fair grounds. Hon. Fab. II. BusbHe presided this afternoon as toastmaster at the barbecue feast, explaining the pur pose of the event and Introducing, the various speakers. Mayor James L Johnson delivered t:ie address of welcome on behalf of the city. He stated the pride that the city now takes in Its new resi dents, and offered to them t'.se privi Jcgt!S of dlixenship. Col. T, M. Argo, In response., ex pressed the pleasure of the Incoming citizens over their new:' acquisition; as Raleighites. Speeches were also made by Mr. A. A. Thompson, Prof. J. U. Car lyle of Wake Forest, and a number of others. There were from a thousand to thirteen hundred persons at the bar becue and speaking, who enjoyed the feast and the addresses. They began to assemble at two o'clock, at the frantic Invitation of the big city hell which rang continuously for ten minues. THREE QUESTIONS BEFORE THE HAGUE (By W. T. STEAD.) The Hjjfeue, July 1. The three most Important ciuesilons now formally be fore the committee of the peace con ference are the propositions for the exemption of private property from capture at sea, proposed by the l'nited States, the annual meeting of tin Judges of the arbitration court at The Hague to promote arbitration pro posed by Russia and the German prop osition to simplify and facilitate ar bitration. It is not improbable that the congress will adopt all of these af ter discussion and modification, Im portant questions which It now seems will not meet with the necessary ap proval are those which provide for a formal declaration of war before the beginning of hostilities, tho limitation of armament and the abolition of con traband of war. Two Important social functions are Scheduled for the coming week. United States Minister Hill will give a great fourth of July celebration to which all the delegates and several hundred other distinguished men have been in vited. Queen Wllhelmlna will today give a garden party In honor of tin delegates, which promif.es to be a very brilliant affair. AUTO AND DRIVER HURLED INTO AIR (By Leased Wire to The Times.) '.; Montgomery, Ala., July l.W. T. Sheppard, president of the Southern Pitlo Lumber Company, drove his au tomobile onto the Seaboard Railroad tracks here at noon today. Mr. Sheiv pai'd was hurled many feet through the air, and his machine was demol ished. At the hospital It Is stated he will live. ' ' , .-. - ----- .'.IIIJIUI This is . Miss Kalheriiie Louise Whipple ol Worcester, Mass.. who sfaitled all her friends and family a lew weeks an'o by announcing that she intended (o forsake society for ever ni:d become a trained nurse, and who almost Immediately went to tlie Presbyterian Hospital in Phila delphia. : She has returned to her home and tamily. Society is ap parently good ciioiii;Ii lor her, and in iie l'ut are she will slick to it. A Doc Posey Assaulted His Young Step-Daughler CONFESSED THE CRIME Later He Was Taken from the Jail by a Mob of Twenty-five Men and Hanged to the Gordon Street Via duct lit the Cily of Dalton, Geor- ''.; '-'(By.. Leased Wire to The Times.) Dalton, (la., July 1. Doe Posey, .-'a while -nian who was jailed here Satur day for assaulting his nine-year-old a! ep-da lighter, and who had confessed lo the .'crime,' was taken from the jti 11 this morning by a iiiob of twenty-live men and hanged to the (loidoii street Viaduct, .' :' -M'ter the news of Posey's confession got out. and about 'midnight twenty live"' men. supposedly from the" ltocky face neighborhood, rode Into the cily, disarmed the policemen .they found on duty, wcjil iiuietly lo the jail, called the sheriff out and after taking him In charge at the point of revolvers, se cured the Jail keys, They took the prisoner, out - and after hanging him quietly, dispersed.- The body was cut down this morning by "officers and re moved to the court house, where all Inquest w i'l lie he'd. The crowd was remarkably orderly and there was no undue excitement. The mob left for .their-homes' without arousing elil::cns. The chilil Is being cared for here, and It Is thouulu she will recover, though it Is said her coinlil ion is serious.' Tt Is said that Mi's. Posey has stated that Posey ut tempted an assault .-'several weeks ago upon another of hep daughters, an older one thmi the vic tim of Saturday night's crime. ED ASHBY TAKEN BY AN OFFICER (Special to The Kvening Times.) Salisbury, N. C, July 1. Deputy Krider wires this morning that he captured Kd. Ashby, the slayer of his brother-in-law, Dan Overcas.'i. Ashby was caught ut Cranberry, near the 'fennessee line. A reward of one hundred and fifty dollars ha,' been offered for his capture. Ashby had been at liberty for two weeks. He will he brought to Salisbury to night and tried at August court for murder, GEO GA IB AVENGES A CHILD Lester Butler to Go Out on July 15 1 T. C. COUNCIL NAllED Postmaster Prigys Announced To day . That He' Hud Appointed Thomas Claude Council Assistant Postmaster to Succeed Lester P. Butler No Reasons Given for the Change. '.-';. Postmaster W. O- Brlggs today announced that lie has appolnte: Thomas Claude Council of Holly Springs assistant postmaster here to succeed Lester F. Butler, who has been assistant postmaster during Mr. Brlggs' incumbency. : Mr. Council Is a graduate of Wake Forest College. He was a former populist and hai been a republicah since lis 9 8. He nerved as county cotton weigher in that year, and her has been trequently republican pnn. v. hol'der at ..--lis; precinct. He Jk iik; ter of the masonic lod?e at H.i;! Springs and secretary of the union of the '-Raleigh Baptist ; Association. I'p l ) this time he has been prinei- : lial of the Catawba Springs school near Holly -Springs. He 1;; known io be a close nersonal and political friend of the postmaster. Mr. Council has accepted the posi tion, and will assume his new dul'lrs on July 15. Neither Mr. ErlsE.-. nor M 111 tier would say anything as to ih reajsori lor the change. I Of course tho general impresiion anion;, those- who heard of tho maitter. 1 today was that the recent nevsptipetf , controversy between Chairman Adinp'; of the republican state executive ('?' ' mittee and ex-Sehator Marjon Bu ' " brother of; Lester Butler, Is at " ' bottom of the matter. f ' ' TO RESTORE THE NAME I OF JEFFERSON l)AVIfV ;'-;---..,. 1 (By Leased Wire to The Tirnles.) ; : Washington, July 1. Jenerso : Davis' name will be restoredito P- former place of prominence n tt: Cabin John bridge from which I; ' was removed by hands of unknown persons if the congress of the United; States or some other authorities! jj heeds the earnest behest of the Unl- - ted Daughters of the Confederacy.' which has just come from their ret cent session at Richmond. v The name of the president of the confederacy, who was secretary oi war at the time the erection of the great aqueduct span was begun, for merly stood above that of Abraham Lincoln, who was president at the time of its completion. It is claimed that Mr. Davis should he given the honor which, as former secretary of war, he deserves. As secretary of war in charge of the corps of engineers that con-,";, structed the big aqueduct bridge, a'r;a,, the time of its construction the lonrr j : est single arch span in the wor$ ? and even to this day surpassed I i only two bridges, Mr. Davis deeply Interested In the work anj -V very proud of the American engl- i" ,': neerlng genius which created it. He . , was inspired by a common patriot- i ism In the high respect which he ' , felt for the men under him who had - : shown themselves superior to t ,,, engineers of foreign countries. A number of southern bqcI, ' ';;', .,' other than the Daughters ' - ; '," Confederacy, and many indlvit ; some of them northerners, are.' -''c in:: an Interest In the effort to tfave" ,' the blank space on the stone tablet .'- re-lilled. 1RYIXG TO SERVE A V PROGESS ON JOHN (By Lased Wire to The Times.) Cleveland, Ohio, July 1. Among the early callers at Forest Hill, John D. Rockefeller's Cleveland summer home, was United States Marshal Chandler, lie got no further than the. lodge at the entrance of 'the estate, however. At that , point, he encountered Patrick ,Ly nch, the lodge keeper. He declared" most positively that. Mr. Rockefeller was not at jfor- tho gates was Btopped by the rttar- A shal. After satisfying himself that J; 4: ivir. iwcKeieuer wag nui iu iuq vcm- jtt . v cle the marshal. allov,-ed it toj proceed iT , up the hill to the Rockefeller frT . , : ; dence. ' t w i. '- , sr;-'.'-i- . . ; - E I r , - r V - ''"'. ! - . - - - . . s V , '