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Only Afternoon Paper Between Richmond and Atlanta With Leased Wire and Full Prcsa pjopatqfcq EDITION. , v fWMtoT. THE RALEIGH EVENING TIMES. LAST VOLUME 30. RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1907. PEICE ic OF FINANCIERS TODAY Ass't. Sec of State Bacon Represeptlng Roosevelt Id New York BIG MAGNATES MEET IN MORGAN'S OFFICE Secretary of State Root (Joes to Oys ter Bay to See the President Re ported thut Ho Intends to Resign His Portfolio Unless Something is Done at 'Onre to Relieve the ' Pes pernio Position lu "Which the Trusts Are Pluced Thowv at the Conference Today. ( By Leaned Wire to The Times. ) New York, Aug. 14. Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon, rep resenting President Roosevelt, has been in conference at the office of J. P. Morgan, meeting Wall street financiers in a talk regarding the financial situation. Charles T. Bir ney, president of the Knickerbocker Trust Company, said later that the only way to stop rebating hi to jail the offenders. A report war. in general circulation through the financial district an hour and n halt before the market, opened that Secretary of State Root had at tended the conference at Mr. Mor gan's office. He was- In tho city for a few hours on his way lo Oyster Bay, but denied that he had visited Wall street or taken part in any confer ence. Mr. Bacon, formerly r. member of the firm of .1. P. Morgan & Co., went into the Morgan offices as quietly as possible, and after a brief talk with J. P. Morgan, Jr., went Into confer ence with, the head of the banking house. They were joined by James Stillman, president of the National City Bank, and by two other finan ciers. To complete tho conference the tel ephone was resorted to, as it was not deemed wise to have many of the financial magnates gather In person. Among those said to have been called on the telephone were Jacob Schlff , of Kuhn, Loeb & Co.; James Speyei, of Speyer & Co.; George P. Baker, president of the First National Bank; John S. Kennedy and possibly Wil liam Rockefeller. The report that Elihu Root had visited tho street was followed by one that he was about to resign from the cabinet unless tne president did some thing to relieve the desiierate straits In which the trusts And themselves. Say Hill Still Controls X. P. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, Aug. 14. Bankers In a position to know the facts discredit the report from St. Paul that James J. Hill and his associates had lost control of the Northern Pacific. STEAMSHIP WITH 3,000 ON BOARD (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Newburg, N. Y Aug. 14. The steamer Adirondack, of the People's Line, ablaze fore and uft, and with nearly three hundred passengers on board, was beached near Rosecon, seven miles from here on the Hudson River, early this morning on her northbound voyage. The crew show ed admirable discipline, sticking to their posts and taking their stations without disorder. The officers calmed the passengers, who had become almost panic stricken in the seven mile run up the river on SIX VICTIMS MAD DOG EPIDEMIC (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Chicago, Aug. 14. Six victims of the mad-dog epidemic in Danville, III., are In the Pasteur Institute here. Two of them are monther and son. They were bitten by the former's son, who was bitten by a dog and died several days ago from rabies. The patients are: Mrs. C. F. Davis, 44 JUDGE LiDIS Chicago & Alton Railroad Not Immune WILL BE PROSECUTED District Attorney Sims' Assistants Support Judge Limdis in Conten tion that Attorney G'cncral Bona pnrtc Had No Authority to Promise te Road it Would Not He Prose cuted After Furnishing; Informa tion Which Convicted tho Standard Oil Company. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Chicago, Aug. 14. Judge Lniidls, of the federal district, court, will re turn from Indianapolis today, and may make tho Chicago & 'Alton. Railroad-Company some trouble, despite the reports from Washington to the effect that Immunity baths would be conceded to those roads which had aided in furnishing information con cerning tho prosecution of the Stand ard Oil Company recently. There was n feeling about the fed eral building this morning' that' judge Land is Is iu no mood to "lay down" lu the matter of tho railroad investi gation, no matter what t!u attorney general's department illicit, think -of It. District Attorney Sims is still ab sent and his opinion could not lie se cured. .'".' It is understood that tho so-called "Immunity bath" was promised by tho former district attorney, Mr. Mor rison, to the Alton people, in view of the fact that the testimony furnished by their officials made possible the conviction which was rounded out by the $29, 240,000 fine imposed by Judgo Landis. Fro nithe standpoint of the assist ants of Mr. Sims, neither Mr. Morri son nor Attorney General Bonaparte had any right to promise immunity to any of the railroad officials, for under the statute no corporation is exempt from criminal prosecution under any circumstances wheu the law has been violated. : MRS. EVELYN THAW SEEKS NEEDED REST (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Yarmouth, N. S., Aug. 14. Mrs. Evelyn Thaw, accompanied by a young man said to be her brother, arrived on the Prince Arthur from New York. Mrs. Thaw Is going to a quiet place between Liverpool and Shelburn, where she Will spend sev eral weeks in an effort to recover her health. ABLAZE the blazing steamer. As they prepar ed to put the boats over the side, sev eral small river tugs came to the as slstance of the Adirondack and began to take off her pussegers. So successful was their work that It is believed not a single life was lost, Fifty of the passenger were taken to Poughkeepsle, where they were at once put on a train for Albany. Most of the other passengers were trans ferred to the Poughkeepsle night boat and landed there about 3 o'clock. It Is believed that the Adirondack can be floated without serious dam age. OF years old, bitten on the cheek by her son Charles; Vance Davis, 23 years old, bitten by his younger brother; Frank Berger, 28 years old, infected by shaking the hand of Vance Davis, Charles Rost, 40 years old, bitten by dog; Lena Miller, 32 years old, bitten by dog; Mrs. Charles Sludel, bitten by dog. ILL RAILWAY KEYMEN JOIN That is the Burning Question Today. There Are 40,000 of Them and They Can Paralyze Railroad Transportation. Crisis Will Come if They are Ordered to Do Strikers Work (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New 'York, Aug. 14. If the 40, 000 members of the Order of Rail way Telegraphers join the strike of tile Commercial Telegraphers it will paralyze all the transportation busi ness as well as the commercial lin-.as which suffered by the, strike of the Commercial men. The crisis may come when either the Western Union or Postal Com pany try to force the.' railroad ope rators to handle the business jf t lie strikers. Western Union and Postal ope rators are out in every bi city in the country and today it is indicated that their tie-up of .the".'. telegraph business was almost complete. In New York City scores of young women anions the strikers were 10 day doing wonderful work as pick ets, persuading non-union -.'operators' to stay away from th.; 'office and Inducing strike-breakers to join the strikers. -.The. -closing of hundreds of -branch offices in the city and the .Inability to keep open connections with the rest of the world greatly hampered the stock markets, the brokers being without information. The striking Postal messenger boys refused to return to work to day and tile company was put to great inconvenience in the doMvcry and receipt of the comparatively .few messages it bundled. The government business at. Wash ington was '.greatly affected by ths strike, it being .difficult to get FRENCH TROOPS PURSUE REBELLIOUS TRIBESMEN TO INTERIOR OF MOROCCO (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Tangier, Aug. 14. Tho French troops at Casa Blanca havo been or dered to 'prepare for a campaign In the interior of Morocco. Spanish troops are being rushed to that port and will hold tho city, whllo the French will press on after the war ring tribesmen, and, in any effort to end the holy war before it assumes organized shape, teach the Moors u terrible lesson. Nothing else will stop the looting and slaughter In Mo rocco aud establish peace iu tho coun try,. ..;.'; The fanaticism of the Moors is the one obstacle that must bo overcome by the Europeans before fighting ceases. It Is fanaticism alone that iu the lust battle brought the Moors back to attack ufter attack on the French soldiers, notwithstanding ter rible losses. Shrapnel and a hail of bullets Inflicted terrible loss on the Moors, but they did not ntmndou the light until the leaders decided on strategic, measures. The French cap tured many valuable horses belong ing to the cavalry of the tribesmen. TWO CENT RATE (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Chicago, Ills., Aug. 14. Last night at midnight the Wisconsin two cents a mile passenger rate became effect ive and another reduction In rates be tween Chicago and points In Wiscon sin, Minnesota and tho upper penin sula of Michigan was made, the second In less than thirty days. , In compiling the rates effective on July 19 the railroads figured on the basis of two and a half cent a mile within the state of Wisconsin. A few days after the tariffs were made pub lic, the legislature passed the two cent rate law and the railroads changed to a flat two cents basis, IN WISCONSIN M THE through even message:)-of the great est official importance. Telephone companies' turoughoit the country have indicaied a dispo sition to handle as much -telegraph business as possible and wore today stringing additional wires between many cities. Vall Street brokers who employ many operators were among the first to sign $.10 a week scale in an effort to keep: their quo tation blackboards open. Western Union's Demands on Rnil- ' ways, ' '.'(By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, Aii'. .14.--B. Brook?, gen eral eastern superintendent of the Western Union, announced the deter mination of the' official, of 'that... -company to, compel -the -..railroads', to. han dle I heir business. ; , "We have,-contract's . .'with, every rail road -in the east with the -exeeption of the ..Pennsylvania,"" t-xplainel - Mr Brooks. ''."These companies--are pound to carry our business and we will in sist that they do it,": "; "Would iiot-this paralyze' Hie .com mercial -.' and' railroad 'industries' of America?" Mr. Brooks was asked. K ading tin; question he answered liiaf the Western Union would simply lie. demanding its rights in calling on the railroads to live up to their con tracts. ''' Hull roads. Will Defy W. U. Orders. Following the stat"ineiit. of Mr. Brooks, the puldici '' department" of Hie New York Colill.il issued n deli to tie- Western Union. In it the company said that if their operators- did not en-re.-- to handle the Western Union business' . they would The Moors have secured from some source several pieces of artillery, which are being mounted on the hills about Casa Blanca. Notwithstanding their ignorance in handling lield ar tillery, if these pieces are got into working order the French .position will be untenable. It was because of this fact that Oeneral Urudu decided to drive the Moors from the hills about Cusa lllauca and follow them to the Interior, mowing them down with machine guns and rifle lire until the holy war is ended. Nothing but the most extreme measures will have any effect on the tribesmen,: General Drude, it Is known, is also anxious to prevent the handit Kaisuli from organizing the tribesmen und taking the leadership in the campaign. Kaisuli is a powerful personality in Morocco, and is tho one man who can prolong the light against the Euro peans. If the French are compelled to delay .'..operations and Dually to press Into the mountains, it is feared that a long and hitter bushwhacking warfare Will result, and that France will haw tremendous difficulty in es DON'T MONKEY WITH WESTERN VNION WIRES. : ' f -.'-Richmond,' Va.. Aug. 14. Supl. L. J. Maxwell tills arter tnoon issued tli.i following no tice -'which has been wired to all local managers of Western Union- ofllccs: "The telegraph company of fers n reward of one hundred dollars for the arrest and con- vict Itiii of any party or parties interfering wlla our wires or O other property. (Signed) I.. J. MAXWELL, Superintendent. 9 0O999 The Siigar Market. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, Aug. 14. Tho domes tic refined und raw sugar markets are very steady and unchanged. Beet sugars in Loudon unchanged. STMKE? nut compel them to do so; that Is con tract with the Western-. Union", would not hold at mill times. This is regarded as a great victory for the strikers. - Mr. Brooks admitted that the West ern Union was greatly handicapped. President dowry declared that the situation was well In hand, and reiter ated '. ith some vehemence that under no circumstances- would the Western Union entertain -overtures in the direc tion of arbitration. Printers Endorse Telegraphers. .-(By Leased W'ire. to The Times.) Atlanta, On;-, :Aug.. 14. At an enthus iastic, meeting of Atlanta Typograph ical -Union No. 4S, lust night, resolu tiutif were unanimously adopted, pledging the fullest moral and finan cial support of the union to striking telegraphers;: appropriating $1(10 for the bii.etit of the local ' '. T. U. A., and for. instructing- by telephone their dele gates at the International Typographi ca! Convention at Hot Springs. Ark. to Introduce and urge for passage a resolution before that body calling for ft--special. -'appropriation of $1(1,000 to be tendered the telegraphers in their tight for better conditions. . : Railway .Men (irounil . & O. Wire (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New Orleans. La.. Ag. 14.-More ser ious grows (he telegraphers' -strike. The Postal . wiri'S were . not working this noon because the railroad, telegra phers have joined in the sentiment against ."monopolies nod grounded tho wire that would lead to-New York, That was the statement made by a Postal chief today. Not alone is New York cut off from New Orleans, but (Continued on Second Page.) tablishing normal conditions. Operations against I lie . Moors' will ha resumed as soon as the squadron of cavalry and the three hundred In fantrymen who embarked yesterday at Cadiz arrive at Casa Blanca. The Spanish soldiers will hold Casa Blanca, which task prevents the French troops from following tip the advantages they have gained by de feating the attacking tribesmen In the recent battles. As it is, the French position is barely tenable and tho Moors are encamped scarcely throo kilometres', from the French lines, Siboiibeker, governor at Cusa Blanca, who was dismissed for abet ting the massacre of Europeans at Casa Blanca, is now a prisoner on board tho French cruiser Uloire. M. Malperlliuy, French consul at Casa Blanca, who is at Tangier for a brief stay, says that the causes for the outbreak, antedating the out break, wero agitation by certain Eu ropeans in Morocco opposed to any reforms .'which .might result in de priving thetn of commercial privi leges Unfairly obtained "through fa voritism. HELD UP TRAIN; GOT $25,000 St. Petersburg, Aug. 14. Terror ists bebl' iiji a train near Elizabeth grade in broad daylight today and looted the express car of ' $25,00)).. They then made their escape tin harmed. . Armed men boarded the train at several stations along the line, con cealing their weapons. At a favor able point near Ellzabethgrade sev eral of the terrorists forced their wuy into the locomotive, forcing the engine driver to halt the train. At the same time oilier terrorists burst into the express car. The messen ger was cowed and the robbers rilled several packages. MOORS STORM OUTPOST AND DRIVE THE SCENE NOW IS NEW YORK Hearing of Evidence Before Master Tomorrow IT WILL BE LENGTHY Mr. Franklin McNeill ami Mr. II. ('. Brown of Corporation Commission Left This Afternoon Attorneys for Commission ami Slate to lie Present. ' The railway rate fight between the state and the railroad corporations has been r.hified to New York. Judge Walter A; ..Montgomery',. -the standing master. liefore whom Hie evidence .will be 'submitted, left. Raleigh last night, for New York city in order to be ready for t lie hearing tomorrow. This afternoon Mr. Franklin Me? Neill, .chairman of the' corporation commission,.' and Secretary H. C. Brown, left. The attorneys, for the commission,: Judge .las. E. Shepherd! of this city. Judge 11. W. Winston of I Durham, 'and lion. F. A.Woodard of., Wilson and Hon. Walter E. Daniel of Weldon, also left today. The at torneys for the state who have been' invited to be present are ex-(!overnor Aycock of CiOldsboi'o, .ex-Speaker Jus tice of (ireet'isboio and Col. S. (1! Ryan of this city, .These' will prob ably' be in New York for -the hearing. Judgo Montgomery has 'appointed Miss Amy Emanuel and Mr. Frank 1). Beckwilh of Asheville official sten ographers'; to .; take . evidence in (lie ilea ring. ": ' The evidence will lie taken at No. SO Broadway, and will begin at in o'clock tomorrow morning. It is not thought, that all evidence can be taken in the mutter before Septem ber 2,"ilh, the date fixed by the court. Judge Montgomery--will lake evi dence, being appointed by; Judge Pritchard for the purpose, and will report back to the federal judge, in October. The evidence to be heard will all be submitted by the railway companies' in ah effort to prove that the new L'Ai cent passenger rate is confiscatory and therefore '''unconstitutional.-.--. - . WKF.CK TODAY AT ItKIDSVIU.F, (By Southern Hell Telephone.) Keidsville, N. C, Aug. 14. A wreck on the Soutiiern Railway shortly after S o'clock this morning, near Reldsville, smashed several cars and, at ii o'clock the track is not yet cleared, travel being im peded. ; ;':':..-:, , No lives were lost. The collision occurred by local passenger train No. 8 running into a freight. ; FIGHT TO DECIDE MRS. EDDY'S SANITY BEGINS ('By Leased Wire to The Times.) Concord, N. II., Aug. 14. Three masters appointed by Judge Cham berliu of the superior court to de termine the competency of Mrs. Mary Baker (.:. Eddy, head of the Christian Science Church,. In connection with a suit brought by "next friends" for an accounting of her finances, began their hearings yesterday. The masters are Judge Edgar Aid- rich of the United States district court, Hosea W, i'arker of Clareinont, and Dr. Ceorge F. Jelly of Boston, an alienist. Their commission Is to de termine whether - Mrs. Eddy of this city, on March 1st, was mentally com petent to execute it deed transferring her property to trustees. Counsel, or the "next friends," contend that the trust Is illegal because of tho alleged Incompetency of the maker. For the "next friends" William E. Chandler outlined the suit and de fended its good full h. Counsel for the "next friends," he said, had been handicapped in the preparation of their case by the refusal of the court to ullow many motions of Importance. Judge Aldrich, for the masters, com OUT FRENCH Led by Fanatical Priest They Route Enemy and Cap tive Casa Blanca DISLODGED AFTER HUNDREDS ARE KILLED The French Spanish Troops Force the Blacks Back by a Bayonet Attack. Natives Led Brave Charge in Face of Heavy' Firing Important Posi tion of Defenders Recovered. (Special Cable to The Times.) Tangier, Aug. 14. Seven thousand Moors, led by a fanatical priest, stormed the outpost at Casa Blanca today, driving the French and Span ish defenders out of one of the sta tions and holding it against the for eign troops for over an hour. Most desperate fighting was required to enable the French troops to regain the outpozt. The Moors were forced back by a bayonet attack. Hundreds were killed or wounded, and the French troops also sustained severe losses'.,..'....; Tho attack Was made in the early morning. Fighting was centered on the artillery, the Moors trying to cap ture tho field pieces. Had they suc ceeded in taking any of the guns to the hills, t lie French would have been driven from their position. The 'charge was made by the Moors : when it was evident thut the French wero preparing to attack and drive them further from Casa Blanca. Un mindful of rifle lira ror shrapnel, the natives charged right up to the guns, leaping over their wounded and dy-.IriK.-' Many Moors were cut down be-. sute tne guns tney rerused to sur render; W'hilo forced to retreat, the French troops maintained order and gave way slowly. The attack result ed in driving the Moors back and was a gallant one. Xews of Buttle Confirmed. (By Cablo to The Times.) Paris, Aug.: 14. Dispatches from special correspondents at Tangier re ceived here today confirm the reports of engagements between the Moors and the invaders, and make plain that the situation is more alarming than is generally appreciated. Two hundred horsemen have forced tho gates of Mazagan and are plundering the European section of the city. Few Europeans made their escape. - - .: - The situation at Fez is critical. The population threatens to rise against the government, which is In no posi tion to defend itself. Europeans cannot leave the city, which is hemmed r by tribes. The French cruiser Galilee has re stored calm at Kahat by threatening to bombard the neighboring holy city of Sail. The tribesmen have left that city to join the besiegers at Casa Blanca. ' .The bombardment of Fort Fedalla, (Continued to Pace Two.) menting, upon certain phases of Mr,.., Chandler's argument, said that the masters regard this as a friendly pro ceeding. At the afternoon session Mr. Chandler said that the incompetency of Mrs. Eddy was established by th trust deed which sba expected-on March (ith, by which she transferred all, her properly beyond her control. Her Incompetency, he added, is ur- ther shown by her evasion, of taxes in the city of Concord. He stated, in closiug, that Mrs. Eddy was the victim, not of a solitary delusion, not of a notion, even insane notion, but a series of systematic de lusions which influenced her whole life, and Which have resulted, or will result. In senile dementia. ., Just before adjournment Judge Aldrich asked what ppprtunlty the masters were to have to examine Mrs. Eddy herself. Frank 8. 8treeter, her counsel, replied that aha had not suf ficient strength to coma into court and undergo an examination, but she would be glad to receive the. natters at Pleasant View and confer , with them there. A date tor the visit will be arranged for later. ., ,
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