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M . ; f 4 A . w m m mm " ' iifii a v " K. univ Mtcrnoon runur uaivccn tuonmonu ana nuania wan Loasca vwirc ana run rrc&u um3uiuhz' LABT EDITION. V THE RALEIGH EVENING TIME 3 . VOLUME SO. RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1907. PRICE 5c. THE SUICIDE OF Chester B. Runy an, Absconding Bank Teller, and f(jj OF THE J, JAPAN'S SMILE "REEL" SIM THOMAS WOOD AMERICAN NAVY RUINED MY LIFE Repls Our Flea; Pay Her a Visit NOTHING IN THE MOVE of Tokicand Editorial Ctteraaees of tho Same Paper Mare Island Navy Yard Working Vnder High 7 Pressure- '.' (By Leased Wire to The Times.) ToKio, July 9.. "Tho movements of the American navy are of no Im portance," said an influential naval expert in an interview printed in the Asahl Shlmbun. "They aro part of a prearranged plan which has been ttUUpil'U . UKCttUHU Ul . LUU . COUSIUUI growth of the American-navy during the last decade, for the sake of train- ' inn- titi1 rVii- rlio mirnncr nl ornttictlnn to. America's wido interests in the Pacific ocean. "Meanwhile- it is proper to under stand that the squadron is not com posed exclusively of battleships, but Includes a number of cruisers as well. From o strategical point of view, it does not eoncern Japan whether the squadron remalnr- in tlu Atlantic or Dro?ecds to the Pacific, although for Americans there is some room to be lieve that the Atlantic would bu pref erable. ; ; ' The Asahl says editorially that the transfer of tho Atlantic fleet to the Pacific I" "tho natural consequence of. McKinley's imperialism." The new reiiubllcan platform. It says, In cludes the extension of tho Monroe doctrlii in the Pacific, where Ameri can Interests aro destined perma nently to remain.. The report that toe neei wiii return iu me ivuuiiiic : "after "a. short, stay In the Pacific It holds to bo due hot only to the In adequate acconihiodation afforded by Pacific ports, but also to America's conviction of Japanese sincerity In respecting America's new territorial rights. The Asahl regrets that the fleet cannot visit Japan to enable the Jap anese to assuro the Americans of tbelr sincerity and to return the hos pitality shown to the Japanese at Jamestown, nowever, mo abuui is ; compelled to suggest the abrogation of artlclo 2 of the commercial treaty between Japan and America to avoid in future troubles like those in San Francisco. NO OFFICIAL NEWS IS RECEIVED AT MARE ISLAND. (By Leased Wire to the Times.) Vallejo, Cal.p July 9. Although the biggest fleet ever sent to the Pa cific coast is soon to be sent to these waters, no word regarding the vessels has been received officially at the Mare Island navy yard, nor have or ders been received to hasten the com missioning of the ships undergoing repairs here. It. was stated by offl ctals at the navy yard that the new cruiser California, recently built by the Union Iron Works, would be ready for commissioning by the 28th of this month, but that It would probably be impossible to put her Into active service at that time, owing to the fact that her captain and many of her officers have not yet been ordered to her. It has also been impossible up to date to get a crew for her, and at present there 1b only a small percentage of tho men needed assembled on the Independence, with no prospect of others arriving In the near future. The New Orleans can be ready for commissioning in fifteen days, and of this fact the navy department has been notified, but word has been re ceived from Washington that the ser vices of this cruiser are not required at present. From this fact it is be Itsved that the department intends to keep only the largest and most modern of the ships In these waters, the shortage of men in the depart ment rendering it impossible to keep the smaller ones on the active list as well. Mare Island now has the largest force of men employed since the days of the Spanish-American war as a re suit of the enormous demand of work on band, and this number Is being increased as fast as the men cad be secured It wa stated at the yard on good author!' y that with the additional fleet in these waters both the Mare Island and the Puet Sound yards (Continued on Fag Firs.) Took SHOT WITH A REVOLVER The Deed Done Last Night at the Parsons Boarding House o Davie Street Discovered This Morning. No Motive for the Shooting Body at Brown's. J. Thomas Wood, a white man 2C years of a Re, whose home was Clay ton, last night committed suicide at the boarding house of Mrs. M. E. Parsons at 107 Bast Davie street. Nothing was known of the tragedy until seven o'clock this morning. when some one was sent to Wood's room to awake him for breakfast. No response was Riven to a knock on the door, so Mr. Parsons went into the' room. He found Wood stretched out on the bed, dead, with a hole in the side of his head and a revolver by his side. The police station was promptly notified, and officers Barrow and Bran .mm went to investigate. The body was at once removed to the Brown 'undertaking establishment. where it now remains untH commu nication can be secured in regard to Its disposal. No motive hm been . ascertained for., the. young man's -desperate act. There was a letter to his mother. Mrs. Annie Wood, at. Garner, found In the room, written in a:i Indistinct hand reading as follows: "Dear Mother I take pleasure in dropping you a few lines to tell you 1 did not get back as soon as I expected. Think of nie, I'll be back some sweet uuy. Your .loving son, . f . iVo ; Wood." The envelope was unsealed, and it appeared that he had intended to mail It today. .There was a note to Will Johnson, a cousin employed at Caraleigh Mills, saying, "Let my folks know of this and they will get my body." He also stated that J. W. Barber knew him. Mr. Barber, however, was not la the city. There were letters In Wood's pocket from Clayton, Garner and Selma. There was also a promissory: note for $50 made In favor of W. G. Saaw, which was endorsed as paid on June 20th. Although the suicide was not dis covered until this morning at seven o'clock, Mrs. Parsons states that last night, between twelve and one o'clock, she heard a shot fired, and went to the door to see if it came from the street, as it sounded as though it were outside. She paid no further attention to it, however, and had no idea of the shooting be ing in her own house. Wood had asked to be awakened for an early breakfast. It appears that death was instan taneous. There was a gaping hole turough the skull under the right ear, where the bullet came out after having been, in all probability, fired through the mouth. The revolver used was of 32-callbre, with only one cartridge fired. Wood applied at the Parsons boarding house last night at nine o'clock for a night's lodging. He was seen on the streets yesterday afternoon, complaining of the de layed trains, stating that he wanted to get to Clayton. He had spent several nights with Johnson, and was in Raleigh on no particular business. Wood had expected to enter the army but friends persuaded him to five up the notion. He had been working on the farm of Mr. Henry Girard, eight miles from Clayton. The body was prepared for burial at the Brown undertaking establish ment and was sent through the coun try at 3:30 to Shiloh Church, about 16 miles from here, In Johnston coun ty, where the burial will take place.' Relatives from Clayton and Smith field came up on the afternoon train. GASTON PHILIP IS OUT ON BOND (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, D. C, July 9. Gaston Philip, the wealthy young man-about-town, Indicted for toe murder of Prank McAboy, a haekman, was re leased on $25,000 bail today, rela tives going on his bond. He will go to Claremeck, N. Y., until bis cubb is called for trial. l --ZS; . . ... .L.i-.-- : i WMB J&X-.. PIFRPfiT THRU mi ' f J,:- COWSPIREST, EH? ii .... mmmm mmmsimm - The lady shown in this picture 's Mrs. Helen Kcani.-y liuuynii, iir.a lid ll of the abscoiidintr teller f (lie ii.ilsor Trust t oinpaiij'. 'Hie i, -uiii skelcli siiows lior Kunyan (raiisferrej the . muiey to a suit isi iu tlie ;i,vius teller's cage in - all view of 'the si-.cet and bank olli ciuls in tjie adjoining; canes. On the left shfjwsj'hcstcr ji. Itiinyaii, pay ing teller, who lied with -'-liiure;. thwNIMkiit ; o .Windsor Trust t'oiu puuy's cash, - . - EARL'S SON RUNS AWAY TO WORK Shovels Coal on Ocean Liner to Get Here HE'S NOW IN NEW YORK A. Lusty Youth Who Loves Labor and Leaves the Life of the Lilies That Toil Not Neil her lo They Spin, to Blacken Patrician Hands I With Honest Toil. (By. Leased Wire to The Times.) London, July 9. Somewhere In New York is the son of an Knglisli earl, whose ' -name Is not made public, who hus a thirst for vork : w hlcli his ex alted sphere at liome did not supply. The Shipping Gazette '.first gave the news, saying that the young man worked his way across the Atlantic In the stoke hole of a liner. Inquir ies at ' Southampton. . continued the main fact. A few days after the steamer sailed, the earl arrived at 'Southampton ami made Inquiries for his son. lie learn ed that a well dressed, lusty youth, exactly fitting the description of his son, applied for work In any rapacity. Hands were short and he was engag ed as a stoker. Nobody was aware of his Identity. He made a good record on board, and. before quitting the steamer he was offered a permanent Job. He decided, however, to take III-- chances In New York, where he is now earning his living. FKLL INTO A I'lK AM) .... MAKIIK HIOU UU.UTY. (By Leased Wire to The Times. ) Hagerstown, Md July 9. Miss Jose phine Eavey, the daughter of Samuel Eavey, a farmer residing near Kccd eysvllle wan the victim of a peculiar accident which will probably mar her beauty for life. While slip was as sisting her mother to muke custard pies at her home Miss Kavey fainted and fell face downward Into u pie that Mrs. Eavey had just taken from the stove and placed on a tutilo. TWO KILLED IN RAIN RASH Two AHanlic Coast line En qines Dash Together A FLAGMAN IS CRUSHED Negro S(ealnif a Hide Hurled ironi I he Top of a Car to Instant Death IJelovv Three Men Badly Injured. Scene of the Wreck Blue Springs Xenr Valdosla. (Uy Leased Wire (o The Timen ) Valdosta, (!a., July 9. In a head on collision between two extra freight ' trains .on the' Atlantic Coast Lino late last night, two men were killed and three others injured, The wreck '.occurred at Blue Springs, 1 2 miles west of this city. - The dead; KliiKinaii T. .). Johnson. (icoi'ite Kverett, colored. injured: Knglneer W. A. Averlll, left leg broken. Two' negro brakemen, severely in jured. ; - Flagman Johnson, who was killed, was caught between one of the tend ers and the 'locomotive and crushed to death. His body was badly burned. - George -..Kverett, the negro, was stealing a ride, wltla companion. Everett and the other negro were thrown from the top of the train. Everett was instantly killed and his friend was slightly Injured. The engineer -and fireman on the train opposite Engineer Averill's train jumped and were uninjured. At WuhhUigton Hotels. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington. July !. Arrivals at the hotels from North Carolina: R. H. Freeze and wife, Newton, at tho St. James; James H. Pou, Raleigh, ut the Raleigh. Amaze Sets Wail Sireers,i;i;;;;;t;';'; Eyes GogQling THIS CASE IS NOW ON I.-vii. IVlforU Acts as Kpo ial M:'.(er. -: Uenics : -Mtilion. !'..! t,' 1 1' ; ri-oci'i'i'.i:i!;s I' mil Morj.::e Kfii:i ti j from Abroad Three - Million, la is is the Amount In' i.l. .. .r.y l.i-:is(-d Wire, id T m 'l ini -: . N.-vv yi'k, July : J. cliii grji . spirai-y anil Inst ...I. I'leipont ?-i-o t involving, a loss M: $1.0(10.-Wi '.tori heard today before Irv n Helford, .an special -muster. .... Wall street heard will a-itoi'ibhnieuf' of tie- c.llegalions conn tinn Mor;c: n with the conspiracy cli: i;;e.. H . quiet -Iv had tin- investie;alor . - ie m rk t'hiVt I title or nothing v:i-'".' in the i iimtler until Mr. It.-lf. ;-d r': ." wv-rk loday.' Ki'forls wei-,. put forth t.V siay pro ceedings until Morgan's return from abroad, hut Mr. Itelfo'rd dei:fitied to accede to 'an;'- such proposition 'liy.or-. der of tin- circuit court.. -'of i hio. ? . The order for . the trfeivi was nia-de . v . Justice. I tiiln'i t W. Taylor, of Cleveland. O. Mr, lli-ll'oi-d is clerk nf Ilie dislilct c'ourt. The charge. - a'giiiitst " Morgau Is liioiiglil by the Ohio Savings I'.auk Jfe Trust ..Company of Toledo. ).. It Is alleged that Morgan, with stockhold ers and bondholders of tin- Toledo liailu ay;: & Ternilnal roncpany. "'-conspired. .to sell out the property under foreclosure proceedings to the detriment- of. the general -creditors. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) .Mobile, Ala., July A. Severn 'per-' sons were '.'seriously 'Injured us a. re sult of a collision -'between, a noi'th botmd passenger train on the Mobile K- Ohio Railroad and a switch engine .standing on a siding six miles north of this city, at i o'clock this morning. Injured: I.. (J. Murray, mail clerk: T. N. Laken, a passenger; Hen Evans, negro fireman of passenger engine. It is said that the wreck was caused by Engineer Thomas J. Dense of the passenger being struck by n mail crane and knocked senseless in ills, cab, tints losing control of the passenger train, which continued at full speed until it. struck the switch engine. Dense was taken from tho engine after the collision with a fractured Mkull as a result of the blow from tho mail crane and died two hours later. Mr. Bannister Bereaved. The Infant daughter of Mr. atid Mrs. H. O. -Bannister died in Rich- hiond last Saturday -and was buried in Riverview Cemetery. Mr. Bannls- ten Is manager of the Western Union telegraph office in this city nnd re-' turned yesterday from Richjjiond..1 Mrs". Bannister Is wjth relatives in' Richmond and will return to Raleigh later. - ENGINEER DOWN AHUS1I TOWRELK Commanded by Young and PLANS FOR THE FLEET Ulii-n tlu- Suailroii Leaves for the Pacific, it Will be the Most Mod ern and l-'oi inidalilc Fleet of War ships Sjt il i ii i- Tot'liei' in Any Waters of lu (ilobe. . (Hv -LeAsetl Wile to The Tunes.) WiiHington. D. ('.. July .Two Im- j porta nt ileeisions have tieeii . reached by the navv department concerning the announced program for the dis ' patch of the Atlantic fleet to the Pa Icllli first.- oniv the newest and most modem ships will bo sent, and second. the average age of captains of the ships will be reduced from three to five years. . : Thes.- two point nre accepted in oi- -ncl.il. circles us most: important and . siRliilicaTit;' Thi;' mean that when the 1 licet nans out on its remarkable voy age it will Ijh the most mouern una most --formidable fleet of warships for us sr.e sailing together in any waters There will be no hulks there will be no grizzled captains standing on the bridges, only first class war does will plow through the waters, and the youngest men obtainable, so far as the age? of captains go, will be placed in com mand. ..-'-. 'Already steps . are '; -under way grad ually to rediice the- ages of the cap tains. This is a. natural: result of the Work of the naval retirement board Of Wr iK,nlili,Is' f "hh'h Hear Admiral.! J Evans is.:' president. , By tills board I , ...,,nl v-f,,ur vacancies in the grade-! I of captain.. .down to lieutenant were ' created and by weejing out the wood ' it .-.made room tor promotion.! ii'aplcins of several liattlei.hips wer: ntTected. As the present captains are retired .or "assigned to other -duty,- cap- i ' tains a fi years younger ..in .each, in .-lane.- aiv. ijeing. assigneti . io me com mands, i-!y this liolicy the average age of the captains of the fleet may he re duced lo a level wltli the average of the fleet captains of (ireut Britain, Urrmany, France and Japan. : The ships to make the Journey will he selected as carefully an the cap tains, although the choice is confined to smaller number of course. This i plan eliminates the ( lass over which there his been so much controversy ! lately, that of the Indiana, Iowa and i lllio. -':.' . . Accordingly,' when Admiral Evans starts on his Journey .-he, .will be in command of fifteen big 'battleships,- a" but :; of which have been in conimjs slon less than a year Most of these lire of tin- lti.OOO ton class, with speed exceeding nineteen knots in almost every ease. Aside from the two new monster cruisers. Tennessee and Wash ington, it is now planned to send a Mot ilia of six torpedo boat destroyers with tin-''fleet. This will make twen three lighting vessels, while ten or twelve collierSi auxiliaries, etc., will necessarily accompany them. FORTIFICATION' OK THE AMERICAN DEPENDENCIES. 'ChicagoJuly 9. A special to The Tribune, under date of Washington, says: "There is lo be no delay on the part of war department officials in utilizing the appropriations made at the last session of congress for forti fying the American dependencies in the Pacific.;; in order that the keys to these possessions may be put in condition'' for defense as rapidly: as possible, the department is arranging for the transportation of ordnance purchased for American coast defense to Hawaii and the'. Philippines, and will replace it at once with funds which became available on July 1. it is understood that orders have been issued to the transport Cook lo make a special trip to Honolulu and Manila. The transport-' will carry, mines for Pearl Harbor in Hawaii and Olou pngo in S n bin Hay, the two polns which would have to bo defended in the event, of a war. (EROMMO TRIED TO GET FREE AND FKJHT. Lawton. 'kin., July 9. Oeronlmo, the Apache warrior. while attending a' oiiielii-iitlon nt f'nchn ua mlest nf n. mam he Chief Quannah Tal ker. Sat - ni.lav mn.le mii effort to cucme nei-oia ,i, tv,.m i-.,.inn.iio' im Mvi,. (ienmlmo '.was missing from the Indian camp over night, nnd a detull of sol dlors from Fort Sll) captured him sev , "'''R oul m'xt morning. Oeronlmo has heard of the recent trouble with Apache Indians near El noon and fell from a twenty-foot scaf Paso, and he explains that he want- fold on Oakwood avenue and broke p.l tn irn nnd heln Ills nponln flirht 1-Ta hla i-lvht arm. tto n-da tavrA in Umv h(, boen navllK family trouble of late. and his eighth wife has left his roof. So Declares Miss Florence Sctienck With Tears . WILSON DECEIVED ME He Had Another Wife Living He Heat .Me lU-cause I Talked to Another Man and Knocked Me Senseless See ! Here is the Mark of One of His lilous. (By Leased Wire to The -Times.)-. New York, July 9. Miss Florence Schenck of Norfolk, Va., and H. C. Wilson, manager of A:fred G. Van derbilt's show ring homes, have ar rived here on the steamship Minne haha from London. Twenty-one horses belonging to Mr. Vanderbllt. which took part In the International horse show were also on the steamer. Miss Schenck Is th? daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Powhatan Schenck. She is nine teen years old and is renowned as a whip of considerable- skill.' At the Norfolk hois-e show Inst fall she drove some of Mr. Vanderbilt's horses in the show ring. "-. . . Miss Sch nek, who was In a highly nervrus state, talked about her trouble to the reporters as the steamship came up the bay. She said' "Wilson and I were married in Rich mond, Ya., on October 19, last. We went ahioad as man and wile, but I have learned that he has a wife and children at i trange. Now I hate him. lie has blighted my life." she declared hysterically, 'i am now an outcast, without a friend in the world. Even my f.1th. r and moiher have disowned me.'; ' - -'-..-;.-; ; -. While she was talking In this w.iv the passengers gathered around and ,s(meJ un(, wu whQ d hear . ... ,, ., . all that she said, r.ullerjy declared that he had not gone through any 'marriage civmony with Miss Schenck. 1 Can 1'rove My Marriage. , "We WTie married, Vehemently pieT sisted Miss Schenck, "and I have my marriage certificate to prove it." "Don't put any of this stuff in the papers," pleaded Wilson to the re porters. "It Is not true. I have a wife living In Orange, to whom I was mar ried seven years ago. I've had trouble about it already and I'm afraid if Mr. Vanderbilt sees this I'll be asked to leave his service." Miss Schenck continued: "I am going to tell all about this, as much for Mrs. Wilson's sake as for my own...-We were married in the Richmond hotel on October 19." Tears were running down her cheek as she talked and waiting a minute while she dried her eyes, she con tinued: "Never mind my crying I am game and willing to take anything that comen to me for my mistake, but I'm sorry for Mrs. Wilson. I did love that man when I married him, but I don't love him any more. "Sometime after the marriage he took me out at Orange and present ed mo to his wife as a friend of his. We had a terrible time. Then it came to me to go to London and I didn't know what to do. My parents had cast me off. and I simply had to go. He sent a cablegram to my father from the other side, telling him that we were married and that everything would be all right. When It came the time for us to sail back he tried to in duce me to stay in London, but I In sisted on coming back. i He Knocked Me Senseless. "He treated me brutally all the way across the ocean. On Sunday night he knocked me senseless. Look here where he struck me." , Miss Schenck bared her arm and showed largo bruises which she de clared were caused by Wilson. " He beat me," she said, "because I was talking to another man. The sur geon had to attend me. He threat ened a dozen times to kill me If I raid anything about what he had done to me. "I don't know what I am going to do. I haven't fifty cents to my name. k the way up the bay I wad offered J.V.ii 'to sign a paper repudiating my marriage, but I refused." Miss Schenck went to the Vlctorli Hotel as soon as she landed and later Dr. Smith, the hotel surgeon, said sha was suffering from nervous prostra tion and declined to allow ariyone to see her. She Is a friend of Mrs. George Bronson Howard, who came home a little while ago with a tale of trouble with her husband. Miss Schenck de clared she would do all In htr power 1 tl' nuvo Wilson punished for bigamy , 1 and Is sure ' u" su its sue nil tmpw prooi 01 ! her own marriage. She Is a handsome . lu" ttnu oionue. Overcome By Heaf. Mr. H. B. Chnmblee, a carpenter. became overheated yesterda after- - Hospital and the arm was set by Dr. C. O. Abernethy. I
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