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Only Afternoon Paper Between Richmond and Atlanta With Leased Wire and Full Prcoo Dispatches j J IJIST EDmON. : ' "Xi"''" " " ' ALE" TEE lIAKKEXtt T air. . . - .-dMI-AW . ' P f E .BALE1GH EVENING- TIME VOLUME SO. RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1907. PRICE tc TK SEL1A GATHERING STARTS SfBf YATT STATUE FUND Daugbters of Confederacy Today Begin Gampalgn to Erect Monument E HEARTILY The Monument Proposed to Com memorate the Bravery of Private Henry L. Wyatt, the. First Soldier Killed In the Civil War, in Now a Certainty Wyatt's Old Company, the Edgecombe (Jiinrds, Tuke : Tart In the Exercises of the Day. The Full Program in Detail. Movement Will Be Taken l'i By i Daughters of the Confederacy All Over the State. (By JOHN A. PARK.) (Special to The Evening Times.) Sclma, N. C. July 24.-Thls Is Wyatt Day In Sclma. This is the flay on which the flrst nctual move has been made toward the erection of a flttlnw memorial to Trlvate Henry L. Wyatt, the first soldier to give up his life In the Civil War. . For many yearri, discussions have, i - been , going , on and suprBCst Ions have been made In regard to the raising of a monument at the North Carolina i capital In commemoration of Wyatt's brave act. but no definite action had been taken and no public demonstra tion had Inaugurated a building fund until aroused by today's events. That the proposed monument will be a cer tainty is not now doubted In the slightest'. From the .'amount of Inter est shown over this first gathering In the Interest of the Wyatt statue, it is believed that the $5,000 desired for the purpose of erecting the memorial, will be raised within a comparatively short time. . The day is being generally observ ed as a holiday In Selma. Most of the stores are closed and business has been suspended rlnce noon. The business section of the town and places along the lino of march, both residences and stores, are decorated with bright col ored bunting and flags. Several large confederate battle flags are suspended over the streets, and are greeted with frequent cheers from the veterans and their friends. People from all over Johnston county and the surrounding country have been flocking Into town by the hundreds in buggies, wagons, and on foot, giving no regard to the extremely warm weather. The morn ing trains brought In many passengers and others continue to come during the '. day. The various events will last until to night at. midnight. Tha exercises be gan at 11:45 with the formation of the street parade at union depot upon the arrival of the band from Raleigh. The procession, headed by the excellent band, proceeded to the Star Ware house, where the morning musical pro gram was carried out. The band is great attraction that is thoroughly en ' Joyed by everyone and their services are In demand the whole day. The exercises are held under t Ik auspices of the Henry L, Wyatt chapter of the United Daughters of the Con federacy. This chapter was organized two years ago by Mrs. J. W. Vlck, widow of Dr. Joshua W. Vlck. Dr. Vlck was a well known soldier of the confederacy, and served as captain of Company E, Seventh North Carolina, throughout the entire Civil War. The Selma chapter has taken the initiative In the Wyatt monument project and deserves the credit of being the flrst to set the plan in motion. The chapter is now presided over by Mrs. K. A. j Ashworth and has among its members nearly every lady of the vicinity who had relatives engaged In the war be :. tween the states. The Henry L. Wyatt chapter pro ' poses to start a fund today which Is expected., to reach the $5,000 mark in a short time; this first fund to be in creased by additional funds from the other one hundred or sp chapters throughout North Carolina. The Scl ma committee has received encourage ment and offers of assistance from var ious sources with an enthusiasm that apeak well for the cause. It Is ex pected to have the entire fund sub scribed by January, and certainly by the time of the Birmingham reunion next June, but In case any amount Is lacking, there Is no doubt that the confederate convention will raise the remaining amount necessary. T'vo big warehouses are being fre quented by the crowd today. Refresh ments and souvenirs are for sale in one, while the other Is reserved for the speaking and the concerts. All the re ceipts go to the monument fund. The Interest shown by the entire commun ity Is very encouraging to the com mittee. , . The Edgecombe Guards from Tar lioro arrived in Selma last night and (Continued on second paj-r) 1 j & fe r 9 4 , A : : " ' y fir j ilKXRY tK- FIRST VICTIM OF ARMENIAN MURDERERS (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, July 24. -H S. Tav- shanjlan, the millionaire Armenian rug merchant who was shot in his store two days ago by a Chicago revolutionary of his own race, is said by the police to lie the first victim in a gigantic murder con spiracy, which was to .involve ten of the wealthiest Armenians in the United States. The details of this plot as communicated to the police in their investigation, show that the secret society of Armenians, the Huntschak, originally organized for what the members held to be pal ri- otic though revolutionary purposes, has decenerated Into an instrument for blackmail. The organization had' branches in other cities, but recently many of these branches have disbanded while the. better element withdrew frm all connection with t:ie ''," society .; Among the ten rondemned to death,: besides Tavshanjlan, was II. Kora gosin, of Fourth avenue and Nine teenth street; Dr. Daddirlan, Bedros MAY ATTEMPT TO HAVE PRITCHARD IMPEACHED (By Leased Wlro to The, Times.) Washington, D. C, July 24. The bitter Judicial contest being waged in North Carolina between tho state and federal authorities over tho method of enforcing the state railroad rate. law will probably lead to an attempt to have Circuit Judge Jeter C. Prltch ard Impeached. An Intimation has been received here that Immediately upon the re assembling of congress In December formal charges will be presented against the judge, who now stands accused by the North Carolina gov ernor of trying to paralyze the courts of that state and prevent the perform ance of their proper functions. , It Is said that the complaint will be signed by the state officials and members of the Judiciary, who will contend that the circuit judge's action Is In open and gross violation of his powers, that he has attempted to override the wishes of th epeople, chain the legal ministry of North Carolina and hinder tho executive I.. WYATT. OF LEAGUE Kazagian, with a business on Union Square; G. Gulbigian, N. Costikyaii and another merchant named Mino sian. These men had all received threatening .tetters from the Hunt. 8c:iak society and had hold a meet ing to discuss the question whether it was better to pay the blackmail or take the chances of being mur dered. ' - ' Chicago, July 24.: The Chicago headquarters of the Armenian Hunt schak Society . which is said to be responsible for the murder of H. S. Tavshanjlan In New: York on Mon- day, has Tecnme known here. West Pullman and Waukegan have thriv- ing branches. The organization is said to be ruled over by a Chicago nCtti. Joseph Bjishkiam, who lives on Green street, gave the police: this in formation:-v He said ho knew the leader of the Uuntschalt, but when asked to name him, -failed to do so. Ho and several other Armenians suspected to have knowledge of the society are being watclted closely.' power of the state in its enforcement o? laws. Assistant Attorney General Russell is watching the. situation. He Is In touch with Assistant Attorney Gen eral Sanford, but it Is expected that the latter Is reporting directly to Oys ter Hay. ' It Is pointed out here by constitu tional lawyers that -if Judge Prltch ard should bo upheld In his conten tions, thero would be no use and In a short time would bo no call for state courts. Through his suspension of a police court sentence by a writ of habeas corpus, and the threatening of minor and high state authorities with a blanket order of contempt If they dared'lo execute the law as laid down by the legislature, Circuit Judge Pritchard has practically arro gated to himself all executive, legis lative and judicial powers of the state. They say If hit, stand is just in the rate case, he would have power to act similarly in nny other or all rases with which he cared to meddle. con NOV IN CONFERENCE Considering ill. S. Attorney SanfordV Position RATE NOT INCLUDED Solicitor Mark Brown, Replying to Governor (.Menu's Query of Last Nivlit, Says Proposition Docs Xot Include New Kate Pending Settle ment. ... Governor Glenn today called a metinp ol tho council of state for 2 o'clock this afternoon. This was done i:s a result, of tho telegram re ceived yesterday evening at 6 o'clock from.. Solicitor Mark W. Brown of Asheville. ; The telegram stated the sugges tions made by Assistant Attorney General Stewart F, Sanford, of the United States department of justice, tor Ihn settlement of the rate agita tion. The suggestions were made to Solicitor Brown as a. representative of t he state, and to the counsel of the Southern Railway. The Southern Hallway has signified its consent to tin: method of settlement proposed by. M: Sanford. Following is the text of Solicitor Brown's telegram: In view of the two decisions by iliidgo-. Pritchard:.' and Judge' Long, which fully nresont the contentions both of tho state and the railway company as to the effect of the in junction In the railway rate case, an orderly and speedy termination of the question involved be obtained In the following manner: 1. That the appeal by the state in the habeas corpus case before Judge Pritchard be prosecuted to the su preme court of the United States and application made to advance the hear ing..', 2. That the railway company also t.ike an appeal to the supreme court of North Carolina in tho Wake county case of tho State against the Southern Railway Company in accordance with the governor's suggestion in yester day's interview, and If this case goes by writ of error ito the supreme court of tho Unite4J3tttes, that like appli cation bo madoiadvance this suit also. : ,- -. -u'- 3. That In the meantime the origi nal railway rate case bo diligently proceeded with on the merits, and that no other suits or prosecutions for penalties growing out of the stat utes In controversy be instituted by cither side pending the determina tion by the supreme court of the questions Involved. ' : 4. This would take up to the su preme court of tho United States the question of the effect of Judge Prltch ard's injunction for final determina tion in an orderly manner in the two cases, one going through the federal and the other through the state court, and would speed the final decision of all questions." The following response was wired to Mr. Brown: Hon Mark W. Brown, Ashovllle, N, C. Telegram too Important to hastily answer. Does proposition include temporarily putting new rate Into ef fect? Answer this before I act on jour telegram. It. B. GLENN, Governor. . Solicitor Brown replied this morn ing tliat the proposition did not in clude the put! ing of the new rate Into effect. At 4.00 o'clock Governor Glenn and the council of state are preparing an answer to the proposition of As sistant 'Attorney'. General Sanford. Nothing Is being given oht for publi cation at this time by the council. Speaker Justice and ex-Governor Aycock arrived in tho city this morn ing to advise with the council of state. AOKI AT PIER TO GREET HIS WIFE (By Leased Wire to Tho Times.) New York, July 24. Countess Elizabeth Aokl, wife of the Japanese ambassador to the United States, ar rived today from Germany on tho Kaiser Wilholm der Grosse. "I heard no war talk at all in Ger many," she said. "Every one thoro seemed to think the trouble between America and Japan but a cloud that would paRs soon. They don't take It seriously." The Japanese ambassador was on the pier to welcome his wife, and they will leave for Washington this afternoon,-'. : .-' CONFRONTED BY FEARFUL CHARGE Gross Inhumanity anil Sacri fice of Many Lives SAN PEDRO'S CAPTAIN Third Mate Hawse Declares That the CiiMtaiii Refused to Take on Board Many Passengers From the Sinking Columbia When Pleaded With to Do So. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) San Francisco, Cal.. July 21. After the tales of heroism surround ing the Columbia wreck -the glori our death of Captain Do-ran" and the self-abnegation of the girl Mabelle Watson comes the other side of the disaster. A charge of gross inhumanity and the sacrifice of many lives has for mally been made against Captain Hansen of Uic San Pedro, by the third officer, Robert Hawse of tho Columbia. It has been made to Local Inspector Bolles. : It is part of the record of the United States. If that charge be true the women of ban r- rancisco would be justified In meeting out to Captain Hansen the fate of Captain ireson of Marblehead, celebrated in song: : '0A FuA rcson, for his hard heart Tarred and feathered, and carricj In a cart. By the women o' Marblehead." Ireson sailed away from a sinking ship. Now comes the accusation In so m'any words that Captain Hansen caused the death of many men, wo men and children struggling In the water by refusing to take any more of the rescued on the San Pedro - a steamer that could not sink be cause she carried a cargo of lumber The fearful charge is calmly made under oath by Third Mate Hawse. He solemnly says to Captain Bolles that he brought a boat load of res cued passengers up to the San Pe dro and requested that they be taken care of. He declares tnat ne was met with a refusal to receive any more of the Columbia's passengers. The Mate's Statement. "I repeatedly asked them to take the women one of whom was half naked and delirious," says Hawse In his sworn statement. Such an appeal would ordinarily bo supposed to melt a heart of bronze, but Hawse declares that the man in command of the San Pedro refused to shelter any more passen gers of the sinking Columbia. Then comes the fearful accusa tion:" "If the San Pedro had taken these passengers I could have saved many more lives." Hawse says his boat was so full ho feared to take any more in it lest it be swamped. He saw many more men and women struggling In tho water and all he needed was his empty boat to go to their assistance. That is a dreadful accusation for Captain Hansen to face, particularly when his steamer is safe in the har bor of Eureka and the photographs show that she could have taken many more men and women aboard without endangering the lives of any. ' . But Third Officer Hawse does not stop with his chargo against. Captain Hansen. Ho has a sea dog's con tempt for the men whom he rescued in his boat and who did not. show any evidence of chivalry In the hour of heroism. One of the four women he had picked up was out of her head. All the women were scantily attired but three of them were hero ines; and Hawse in his sworn state ment says: Praise for the Women. "I desire to speak in tho highest terms of praise in regard to the three noble women and in lowest terniB of contempt for tho men pas sengers who would not inconveni ence themselves to make the lot of the women more comfortable." And then comes a tribute all around to the man, who was on his bridge when going through a fog and not In bed, a was Captain Han sen. His tribute comes from all Bides to Captain Peter Doran, who did everything that n man could to save the people and then went down with his shl? to his death rather than crowd some of his passengers from a life boat or a raft. In Eureka Captain Hansen and (Continued on Second Page.) ACONITINE WAS BY TELEGRAPH MY STEPMOTHER IS A NEGRESS So Says Commissioner of Pensions Warner A FIGHT OVER A WILL Warner Says That Had His Father Known His Second Wife Had Ne gro Blood in Her Veins He Would Not Have Married Her She .Moved ill Good Society. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Clinton, 111., July 2 4 Hon. Ves- panan Warner, United States commis sioner of pensions, one of the -..big--1 gest. political figures in Illinois, under oath states that his stepmother, Mrs. Isabella Robinson Warner, is a ne- gress. This statement, mane in uie fight on the will of the late John Warner, whose estate has been - ap praised at $ 1,600, UO'J, was made in the circuit court, where Judge Coch rane is hearing the case. Warner goes so far as to say that a taint of the blood courses through the veins of his half-sisters, Mrs. Arabella Warner Bell and Mrs. Minnie Warner Mettler. '..' -;; The 'statement of the United States commissioner of pensions, made in an amended answer to the widow's peti tion, states that tho fact of Mrs. War ner's negro descent was fraudulently concealed from John Warner at the time of his marriage to--his-second wife, and that had John Warner known of this fact he would not have entered into the marriage relation with Iter. Isabella. Robinson Warner, widow of the late John Warner, has been a resident of Clinton for more than thirty years, and during, all these years has held a high place in society. She was married to John Warner on May; 28, 1S74. Mr. Warner died De cember 21, 1905. In his will he left his widow an annuity of $500 and the sum of $10,000. She objected, and is now trying to break the will and secure her dower rights as his vidow. r According to the other heirs, a marriage contract was entered into by Isabella Robinson and John War ner, in which it was agreed that Miss Robinson was to be given $10,0.00 and an annuity of $500 a year In lieu of her dower rights. The widow, however, claims that, she was misled by John Warner, and that she- was caused to sign this agreement through fraud and : deception, and that she was misled by John Warner as to the amount, of his estate. In supporting his statements Vos panan Warner will produce- deposi tions to show that. Steven Robinson, father of his stepmother, was a ne gro. It is understood that these dep ositions have been secured in all parts of the United States and at great cost. DITCHED TO PREVENT A GREAT DISASTER (By Leased Wire to Tho Times.) Fredericksburg, Va.. July 24 - Engine No. 74 on the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Rail road was derailed here yesterday, pinning Engineer Reuben O'Brien beneath it. The locomotive was pur posely ditched in order to prevent it from crashing Into a passenger train on the bridge crossing the Rappahannock'- River at this place. Had a collision occurred the passen ger train or a portion of It, proba bly would have gone Into the river and the death and Injury of many of tho passengers would have rc sulted. O'Brien was seriously but not fatally Injured. ' X. II. Rankin Paralysed. (Pperial to The Evening Tlme.) Wilmington, N. C. July 24. N. B. Rankin, a retired business man and capitalist of this city, wals Rtrlcken with paralysis on Wrlghts vllle Bench today. Ills condition Is serious. (jRDEitf MARCH 29 Books Inlrodoced to Show Tiils-FIfteen Giaiifs Sent PHYSICIANS ON THE STAND TO Tell of Aconitinc and It? Uses Is a Very , Deadly Poison and Rarely Used Something A;ont Mitral Insufficiency Told in Much De tail by Drs, Royster and Knox Telegram Identified by Manager Crews Engineer Strange's Earn ings for March Last Evening's Proceedings. The most interesting thing in the Rowland hearing today was the in troduction of evidence to show that Dr. D. S. Rowland had ordered by : telegraph fifteen grains of aconitine, a deadly poison, which two physi cians on the stand declared they would not use. The order was given to the W. H. King Drug Company March 20: a telegram was at once y sent for t:io aconitine and it came the following Monday, which was April 1.:- Another thing, second only in Im portance, was the expert testimony of Drs. W. I. Royster and . A. W. Knox as to the manner in which aconitinc. affects a patient, and the condition of a patient suffering with mitral. Insufficiency, a disease of the Heart that tne defense alleges Engi neer Strange had. 'About all the morning was con sumed with this evidence and testi mony. At 1 o clock other witnesses went on the stand and testified as to Strange's health. It was shown that he drew $191.75 In salary dur ing the month of March. Mr. J. C. Allison, who was put on tlie stand just before adjournment last evening, was again called this morn ing, and on request of Colonel Argo, explained the general method of book keeping of the W. H. King Druf Com pany. ; ' . Dr. Rowland Bought Aconitine. Col. Argo, after Mr. Allison had ex plained, asked him to take his invoice and show what orders he had received from Dr. Rowland. "On April 4 I billed Dr. Rowland fif teen grains of aconitine." ..-;' The W. H. King Drug Company tele Kiaphed to Merck & Company, N. Y., for fifteen grains of aconitine. The . telegram was produced. It reads:,- "March 29, 1907; "Merck & Co., N. Y. '. "Mail at once fifteen grains aconitine potent crystal. "W. H. KINO DRUG CO." Manager Crews of the Postal was called-to identify the message. "The marks Indicate a night mes sage," said Mr. Crews, "and means to be delivered next morning." . Mr. Allison was asked if he sent the telegram on the date. He did. , "The order was billed at New York, March 30," said Mr. Allison. "I receiv ed it about Monday, March 1." When Dr. Rowland Got It. "On April 4, 1907, as shown by my hooka, a copy was made and mailed to Dr. Rowland." "Was that bill paid?" asked Colonel At'Ko, ' . "It was." "If this bill from Merck & Company had been received on Monday, the first, the bill would not have been handled until a few days, because I balance my books on the first and do not take up new matters until after wards.". From Journal and ledger he read the credit of the Merck, & Company ac count, fifty-two cents, the price, of the order. "On April 8 received from D. Rowland (the r omitted on account of the Ink giving out on the pen), $1 for merchandise." u "You remember. Independently that you sent the telegram?" asked Colonel Argo; .- , -..' '-.,::. : "I do," replied Mr, Allison.' ; Ho did not remember the order, how. ever, until the telerram recalled It. The aconitine cost the Klnt Drut Company fifty-two- cents, the telegram cost thirty cents and 'the aconitine was sold to Dr. Rowland for $1. From tho Invoice book Mr. Allison jread:. v . ' -.,,.' :. '- .-'. . "Dr. D. S. Rowland, City,., "one fifteen grain bottle aconitine, telegram, postage, $1-" ;.,v This invoice Is in the handwriting of Dr. Fisher and bears dats of April 4th. . v "That is the goods ordered by you?" asked Colonel Ar(0. . "Yes. sir," replied Mr. Allison. ' (Contnlued on Third Pate.) ' I - :'.Ifi;, r,.,-T;-:--..f ?;.;-:t;'ri'-;v I- .! J-- -:V.::-f A -1-.: ' 1 )" Vr .;.i-l;'tf-'1- til :'.';. ' 1." V tk.!-:''j ' ft :'.V?''.. ..' .- :' :. -T - I ? '':V.'..! . .-:-!,-'..,.: V" : : ii .-'- X i.i ; i :.y piV;'W' t- .- -: