North Carolina Newspapers

1 ' M u. Only Afternoon Paper Between Richmond LAST EDITION. , V VOLUME S3. TOM LAWSON 'S PLAN Scheming for Roosevelt and Johnson THESE TWO ON TICKET Says He Has Strong Organization That Will Force President, in Spite of Himself, to Run Again Roosevelt nnd John Johnson, 'Think of It Why So. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, Dec. 24. Thomas W. Lawson's plan to give President Roosevelt, willy-nilly, a third term, TITANIC through the organization of a newHCBt. anchored In four columns In th party which shall make Governor Johnson, the democratic executive of Minnesota, the president's running mate, has provoked comment, amus ed and otherwise, in New York. The plan is to he pushed, in oc cord with its protagonists well known and spectacular methods. In his. formal announcement Mr. Lawson avoids any. direct statement that his chosen candidates recom mend President Roosevelt and Gov ernor Johnson have acquiesced in his political programme, but by sug gestion it was made clear that at the white house conference of Tues- day morning the Lawson political plan was placed before the president. "It matters not a whit to me," said Mr. Lawson, "whether President Roosevelt approves of the new party, whether he consents to run ns Us presidential candidate, or openly re fuses to do so. "Ho will be our candidate just the same, and by the vote of the people I, aro llor(V so tn floct wln c0aist will bo compelled to complete the 0f twenty vessels when it leaves. Job he has commenced, the rescue of The athletic Bpirit of the officers of the country from the wholesale ' the fleet lias led to arrangements for thieves Of Wall Street." - a boat race over a half mile course on Mr. Lawson says he has an or-: Christmas morning. Other athletic ganization In every state of the' even's, are to follow . . . ., . union. His state leaders have nl-: The torpedo boa flotilla. wM bft . . , . . , , ,. 'here Sunday morning at 8 o clock for ready been selected and their work, . ulo D! on ltg way to the Pa. he asserts, is already under way. In cjflc ( returnea here yesterday because his formal statement Mr. Lawson of an acci,ient to the i machinery of the says in part: i Lawrence. The damage Is not serious "Since the panic President Roose- and it Is estimated that the repairs volt has awakened to a realization - can be made In one day. that If he leaves his policies half! The supply ship Arethusla has gone way established, he will, as he'n to Para. should, go Into history as an un- , . . .''"""'. worthy bungler. "President Roosevelt now real , lzes that If, at the coming elections, the systems tools are placed in the white house, the people, when they realize It, will do something, and President Roosevelt realizes that that something will be something momentous. "I Bay President Roosevelt real izes this because he Is not a fool, and If he Is not a fool he must real ize It. ' "When the crisis was on President Roosevelt was suddenly, nnd with diabolical Ingenuity, surrounded completely surrounded. "He was compelled to allow moves, and to make the move himself, which made It possible for the Bystem to know now that the republican and democratic candidates will be satis factory to It. . "I personally know the system, will be so satisfied with the nomina tion made by either party thai it will willingly finance either or both parties through the campaign to any extent necessary, regardless of who the candidates may be, provided Theodore is not one of tnem. "I personally know the system will furnish willingly all money and other backing to elect William Jen nings Bryan, or his opponent, who ever he may be. provided he is not Theodore Roosevelt and the money thus willingly, eagerly furnished, will be the money of the same men who furnished $6,000,000 In 1896 to steal the presidency from Mr. Bryan. "I personally know that the system know William Jennings Bryan to be ..what W0 all know him 1 to be -a 1 - clean, honest, unpurchasable, God fearing, country-loving American. In white' man. Nevertheless, they are satisfied - to put him in the white house, because they believe that they can discredit htm at the very begin ning by showing the world his help lessness. "'-"' -.i...' '- "With this knowledge, and with full Inside knowledge of the plans of the system, with full knowledge of the contemptible trickery begun with the panic, and with a general knowledge derived from a most thor ough Investigation of the people's wlshes, that but for the third -term (Contlnutd on Second Page.) THE BALEIGH i-EVEN MOVEMENTS OF THE BIS FLEET It Anchored a! Trinidad Last Night SHIPS COALING TOHAY Vessels Hud Smooth Suiting and Arrived One Day Ahead of Time, Temporary Disarrangement of Steering Gears Only Mishaps How Tomorrow Will He Spent, (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Port of Spain, Trinidad, Dec. 24. Sixteen battleships and their smaller followers, composing the American Gulf of Parla, five miles oft Port of Spain last night. The voyage of the fleet from Hamp ton Roads was highly successful, and their arrival here was one day ahead of the itinerary. The average speed of the journey has been a fraction mora than ten knots an hour. . ., The passage was so smooth, even off Hatteras, that not even new recruits were seasick..- The .only mishaps were the temporary -disarrangement-. 'Of th; steering gear of the Kentucky, on De cember 20, causing her temporarily to ilinn ttt r'-Itl.M, n cxirtii),i nunllP. a on th(, "linois' o:l the same day and another on the Georgia on Satur day, Manocu vers were frequent during the cruise, the usual formation 'being double column of hi,.: of divisions, consisting of four columns. The fleet found five coliiers here. The first division and the Missouri will coal today and the others later. The Glacier, the Panther and the Cut IS LOOMING LARGE (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, Dec. 24. The republi can club last night indorsed Gover nor Hughes as a candidato for the republican ' presidential nomination, and called upon republican organiza tions throughout the country to co operate in securing his nomination and election. There were more than 300 mem bers of the club present and all but nine voted for the resolution, which was as follows: "Resolved, That the republican club of this city of New York in dorses 'Governor Charles Evan3 Hughes as the republican candidate for the presidency of the United States of America In 1908 and invites the co-operation of kindred organi zations and of the people generally throughout the city and Btate and nation to secure his nomination and election." Governor Glenn, Mayor Johnson and Mr. W. N. Joues will speak at the First Presbyterian church to morrow nighty The exercises will begin at 7:30 o'clock. A cordial in vitation Is extended to everybody to be present and attend the last of the prohibition meetings. '. The election will come off Thurs day. . f - Tree,nt Methodist Orphanage. An event that will be of great pleasure to all at the Methodist Or- phanage will be a Christmas tree to- morrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. GOV HUGHES GOVERNOR GLENN TOMORROW NIGHT RALEIGH, N, C, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1907. WHYSENTlitif ISSTEONG" -AGAINST SALE OF WilSIEY (l!y ;IX). 1!. CRATER.) i Persons conversant with the con sensus of public opinion, whether for' or aninst prohibition, have been i impressed with the very general sen- j tinient in, favor of prohibition among nil classes of society. j Xo mutter what the personal hah-j Ms-of railway oltieluls may he it is a well rcr.og11i7.ed fact that no orjj.uii-! station of business men Is more strict in the enforcement of temperance on tlie -part of employes than they, ; Years ago ina:iy engineers, firemen, : conductors and other trainmen were frequently among the hardest and most reckless drinkers, and many , fearful railway accidents were chargeable to indulgence in ardent ! spirits on the ;ai't of this class of, employes. Now this condition of nf- fairs has been radically altered and sobriety is an essential requisite it Ii all men who in anywise are respond-' hie for the lives and property , of I'.wir feliowiv.cii. The odor 'of .whin-, ey ou the breath of a conductor or engineer would be emise suflieient for Instant and peremptory dismissal by , those in iir.tl'orify. No bank presi-: dent would i.an;;re the smell of strong drink on the breath of a snbordi vts; no hank examiner Could afford, to overlook ti-.e sliglilei t suggestion j of whiskey on the part of the cash- ' ior and teller who are so largely responsible for the honest manage-j BITO JUMPS ATSE ORAKE Says Few Tilings Atail Ihe i Senior Senator CAN HAVE A W FIGHT Congressman Who Tried to Down Tom Johnson Issues Statement in j Which He Refers to Foraker's : Candidacy in Caustic Terms Tuft Easily .'Choice, Says liurton, (By Leased Wire to the Times.)' Cleveland, O., Dee. 24. Congressman Button, aroused by Hie Foraker con ference here Sunday, last night issued a statement In which he says the sen ior senator from Ohio can have all the fight he desires In Cuyahoga, county and Ohio. Mr. Burton refers to Foraker's can didacy for the presidential nomination In terms of caustic sarcasm, declaring that "the only reason for Senator For aker's candidacy seems to be an at tempt to injure ,W!lliam II. Taft, the choice of Ohio." He says there is a semblance of a fight In Cuyahoga county for control but that Taft will easily get a solid delegation if fair means are employed. WHEN THESE TWO BANTAMS FIGHT (By W. W. NAVGHTOX.) San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 24 From the present looks of things a crowd will be on hand that will make the Attell-Moran fight one of the greatest successes of the season. The question of weight is u thing the J fight -fans are puzzled over considerably.- There is plenty of opportun ity of seeing Attell and Moran in ac tion every day and the comparisons drawn so far favor Attell. The ma jority of visitors to the camps of the little fellows think that Abo is faster on his feet and that he can hit with greater rapidity than the . English boy. Moran, who has all the vanity of a youngster of 23, will not con cede this much, while Trainers "Jum ray" Kelly and Al Wicks declare that It will take the New Year's day con test to decide which' Is the shiftier youngster and hardest hitter. EVENING TIMES TO OBSERVE HOLIDAY The Evening Times will not ap pear tomorrow. The entlro force, one and all, will observe, the day nnd will bo on hand again Thursday ready to serve the good people, of tho city, and state better, it possible, than it has in the past. In making this announcement, we would not conclude without wishing all our; readers and friends a merry, nierry Christmas. . J and Atlanta With 1 . i in-'iit of the tanks WHY IHiV JKKNXKSS IS NOT T(i.KRATEI. The day Isipasr when mill owners and superintendents dally with any form of inebriety. Too much is at stake to riskjthe. great fortunes in-j vested in the' hands of irresponsible employes um operatives. And coiiiinj Into the sacred pre cincts of the home-life of North Car olina the liorrjir of drunkenness has cast lis baneful shadow across nearly every threshold. ' Ken reply u family in North CnroBntt'i.n. s:ine of its con nections and i'nmificalions is with out its fearful lfssou of the evil of strong drink, j , Young men ,1.1 the flower of iii::g iii!i:vnt manltjood have fallen vic tims to a tcn)ptation too powerful ior them to insist. Men of mature years have mrtde all the brightened ur.d hettei- things of lite subordinate to their indulgence in a vice which h:.s l.roadit itpon them and upon their love;! oiH:s poveily and hmnili ittio;); old i.ien huve nut aside lt;pe, ccMil'ort and aiublt! i: .:.nl the cl.Mnis of kindred to go i ;.t,U t wi'll un ceHai:i stejis ;':id .. 'w reclwd bodies, brains and I'oriinte iov. n to their eternal sleep. , Tl'-es.--."are hot roe' isolati'd and li;-.'.iS!J:.l pirarCff l:'Kilh of a irlisan advorncy of prohibition. They are .familiar to nearly eery RY ACOUITS (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Birmingham,' Ala., Dec. 24. A jury in the United States circuit court this morons rendered a ver dict .declaring v".' Li i!ims not guilty of conspiracy with Alexander Chis olm.for mer paying teller of the First National Bank of Birmingham, in the 'embezzlement of 5100,000 fremi that institution, '. '..... Sims was the manager of a bro kerage concern in Birmingham through which Chisolmn operated. He was indicted at the time and true bills were returned against Chisolm. The latter ia now .'serving a term of six years in the United Slates penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga. . In the case of Sims the govern ment failed to establish the conspir acy 'charge;', it. being unable to prove that Sims knew that the money used by Chisolm in conducting his deals was not his own. The case against P. G. Smith, local manager for another brokerage com pany, indicted with Sims and Clii.? olm, probably will' be dismissed. BRITISH CREW SAW WONDERFUL VOLCANO (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Galveston, Tex., Dec. 24 The crow of the British steamship Rollesby, just into this port from Buenos Ayres, reports the eruption of a sub marine volcano about 600 miles west of the Cape Verde Islands. The phe nomenon was witnessed on the morn ing of November 28. The weather was clear and a smooth sea running when a terrific explosion was heard and a column of water shot Into the air nearly 150 feet. A heavy vapor or smoke rose above the water, and for nn instant hid from view the geyser, which ap peared to bo spouting hot lava or stones. Quickly following . the explosion the water within a radius of a mile was whipped into a wild sda, and within a radius of half a mile ap peared to be boiling. The column appeared to bo fifty feet In circum ference. Hundreds of dead fish were seen floating In the sea, The crew watched tho disturbance for over an hour; For two hours detonations could be heard. FROM PHILADELPHMTO NEW YORK BY WIRELES.4. (By Leased Wire "to The Times.) Philadelphia, Pu., Deo. 24. A sys tem of wireless telegraphy Is to be es- i tabllshed between New York and Phil-' adelphla. A permit wag taken out at the otllco of tho building department' for the erection of a wireless telegraph tower to be located on Chestnut III11 by an Illinois Company. A similar tower Is to be erected on some hlirh point ln or near New York City. i TODAY Leased Wire and Fail Press one to vtisom (he ycai-s have brought exM'i'ience and observation. Family pride has covered many such an af fliction as with a pull beneath which the blotted horror is kept from the gaze of men. Hue it is there not withstanding and in the silent watch es of the night this "living death" holds high carnival with the souls of mankind who make no moan that men can hear. It can be safely said tat there is scarcely a family throughout the confines of North Carolina which has not had cast across its homelife the blasting blight of intemperance. It may not- be, or have been, a father, husband, son, or fearful to contem plate, a daughter, but it is or has been n near and dear kinsman whose career is wrecked and whose life is going out in darkness and despair, while those near and dear are help less to rescue and relieve. The great prohibition fight is a tremendous struggle for human good and human salvation. .The universal interest aroused is due to (he universal sorrow that fol lows in the wake of the unrestricted Iiouor tratlic. Whatever makes for the good of the home and business life of the state shall ultimately tri umph. 'The trend of human endeavor is for 'the. uplift and the salvation of the human race. (Continued on Jth Page.) ERMAN LIBEL CASE GOES OVER Maximiilian Kdrden Makes I5lg THE EMPEROR'S SISTER She May lie Waited On and Asked to Testify for Editor Important De vclopmcnts Looked for Friday. Editor Harden Hand Today. Holls Weaker (liy Cable to The Times.) Berlin, Dec. -24. Maxmlllian Harden, editor of the Zukutift, on trial charg ed with criminally libelling Count Kuno Von Molt ke, has demanded that Princess charlotte, who Is Emperor William's eh ;t sister and hereditary princess of Suxo-Meiriingen,' bo asked to give testimony for him against the count and it Is believed today that t commission will be sent to hear her evidence. A member of the Prussian royal family cannot be directly summoned to a court. The case has gone over until Fri day when Important developments are looked for. Harden made a liltl scene in court last evening when he angrily faced the prosecutor and shouted: "Do not compel me to play my last trump." "Play It and stop your threats," the prosecutor thundered. While the princess of Saxe-Mc!nin-gen was living in Breslau, where her husband, Bernard, '. hcriditary prince of Saxe Meinlngon was commanding general of an army corps, she knew Count Moltke well. He was serving In the Culrnissiors then. She took a great dislike to him and spoke of him as "dandified" both In Breslau and Berlin. Prof. Schweninger, who Is nn Inti mate friend of Harden, is III at Mun ich nnd a member of the court lias gone there to take his testimony, In which It Is said tho professor, will! quote Blsmnrk as having expressed j tho opinion that both Moltke and Prince Philip Zu Eulenberg practiced!0' ,s,lco to hpr and slle was released abnormalities. Although the trial Is still behind closed doors, It was evident today that Harden held the weaker hand, a pen- satlon being caused when Dr. Hlrseh- fed, a specialist In decadent tenden- cles, requested permission to make a statement. It Is said Hirsrhfeld's tes timony In the first trial to the effect that Mhltke showed signs of being a1 mnn of perverse tendencies, did not! win the verdict for Harden. BRITISH SHIP DAMAGED BY FIRE (Special table to The Times.) London, Dec. 2 1The steamship llceman Hall, .while handling n 22 The town's sentiment Is overwhelm Mlnnesota of tho Great Northern line ! uuo iust night( accidentally dls- ' lng "wet" but the chance to get mu ll as been on fire at Kobe, Japan. ; charged it, instantly killing the 12- nlcipal light and gas plants and tho The ship and her cargo were consid-, year-old daughter of Policeman .remodelling of the old Western Re erahly damaged before the flro was: Hall's brother, the ball passing en- , serve College with a cost of $100, BUbducd. ' tircly through her head. 1 1 000 overcame the saloon sentiment. I TIME HOW THE COUNT MET HIS BRIDE Saw Her, Basulifu!, in a Forest DEVOTION AND BRAVERY Washerwoman's Daughter, Wife of Count, Uribed Keepers of Asylum, . Sniuggied Files to Him He De wended ami Together -They Sped Off in Automobile Now in Swit zerland. . ",' (Special. Cable ..to The Times.) Berlin, pec. 24, Count Aramus Er baclv and his beautiful young wife, who was. tin: daughter- of a washer woman, ni-c safe in Switzerland, where they intend remaining. This news be came known, when, the '.'count, sent a to all hi relatives, who recently I deprived liim uf his succession anil dis- placed him as h' ii- to a great fortune. The count attracted the attention of the. -world by- his romantic elopement with "the beautiful daughter of a wash erwoman. Ho met her while he was riding in a forest. Afterward he was confined in an afylum at Abweiler, during which time a special tribunal annulled the marriage. . From Switzerland .comes details of Count .. Erbach's escape . from the asylum-ami tits tlli'lit with lii wife The daring adventure was planned and ex-1 made ns last interview to the pa ecuted by the washerwoman's daugh- j l'ers with reference to his wife. W ter, whose. bravery is no less than her will remain silent and if possible devotion; The plucky girl-wife work- drop out of Sight. led with Meat energy from the time her , husband was arrested. She bribed an attendant and had a rope smuggled to the count's ceil, which was at the top of a high tower. She also smug- trli.l (i clit'jul mill un wa . t VniV Vina- band and after cutting the Hon bars been maa now' and tne to from the windows, the young count maf people forget is to say noth made the descent an extremely peril- ing. ous one because of the great height "Will you have a statement after of the. window. His wife awaited him , Christmas?" In. -a "'motor car in a secluded spot. , "I won't be here,' he said, but he They dashed off to the Swiss frontier, ' WOuld not say where he was going, a distance 200 miles and were mar- Misg j B Arents, of No. 19 64th ned again, after which he sent word hag announced tnat ghe had re. to bis relatives and his father, who i1luniiu(!iiiui1 lilt-n flint tin I'lmrlind at them. The attendant who aided ih'Mrs. Albert Young, mother of Mrs. the escape has also tied. Xew 1 4-Inch Coast dins. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Troy, N. Y., Dec. 24.- Orders have been 'received at the Watervleit arse- nal fcr 11-inch const guns. They will be the first to be made in this country and are of a nev.' type. WHY THIS BOY IS HAPPY TODAY (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, Dec. 24 The happiest 4-year-old today in New York was little Eddie Carey, and this Christ mas promises to be a joyous one for him, for Santa Ciaus will bring him his mother as a 'Christmas present. Eddie lias not seen his mother for a whole year. She has spent the last twelve months in lloyamensing pris on, in Philadelphia, under the tragic accusation of having poisoned her other two children, Mary and Annie, one of the two and the other four years older than Eddie, and having killed Cecilia and Patrick Cook, two friends, as well. But today Bridget Carey Is free and the cloud has been lifted from her bond, A jury in Philadelphia, after hearing all that could be brought against her, declared that she was not guilty. It was a Christmas gift irom tne Moyamensing jail. Tho mother was on her way to ' New York today to sea her boy. She brought with her a cap and a ; ,,ttr of mittens which she had knitted ln jall for rAaie, the onlv child left ; to hor Tho bov bcen Hvlng wlth Mrs, Brldgett McDonald, a cousin of Mrs. Carey, here In New York. JT? A TVT.V WOPTf OF Z7K LITTLE RIFLE K Special la The Evening Times.) P (Taxi (FayetteTlllO, Ki C, Dec. 24 Thad E&1L the eleven-year-old son of Po- Dlspatefyvo. ALL THE ItAJlKETSi IS A.E.DI Husband Has Not Heard From Wife KNOWS NOTHING OF HER Alfred E. Dietrich, Husband of Wo man Reported to Have Eloped With Whip, Declares He Has Had Last Interview Story of Affair as Told by Cables and Relatives. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) . : New York, Dec. 24 Cablegrams from Paris today declare that Mrs. Alfred E. Dietrich, wife of the New York millionaire who is now In Paris, is staying at a hotel little known to Americans and has had a long Inter view with her mother, Mrs. Albert Young, and her brother Louis, who are there registered at the Hotel Ritz. .' ..''. It was early this morning when the elder woman and her son returned to their apartments in the Ritas and both, betraying considerable agita tion, declined to submit to inter views.. Airred E. Dietrich declares he has "I have not heard from my wife, and I do not know that her aunt hfta. as is repol.ted I have made my last statement to the newspapers anyway. i All the smear that could be made has eeived a cablegram from her sister, Dietrich announcing that she and her son had reached Paris ana tnat Mrs. Dietrich was with them. None of Brenchley's friends have yet heard from the missing whip. Mrs. Dietrich, mother of the young man, does not appear to be at all disturbed over the rumors regarding her daughter-in-law. She appeared amused when asked if she had heard from young Mrs. Dietrich. "Do not imagine for a moment that there exists any strained relations between myself, my son, and my daughter-in-law. "All this publicity Is a great Ishock and surprise to me." Rumors that there have been Berl- ous differences between the elder Dietrich and their daugh ter-ln-laW have been current in society. The former Miss Young Is the daughter of one of the oldest and most influen tial families in the south, while the wealth of the Dietrlchs is of a later period. The two families are not on good terms. So much bitterness has arisen be tween the two families It is said that the young Mrs. Dietrich has called at the home of her husband's parents only on most formal occasions. GREENE AND GAYNOR TAKE BLOW HARD (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Macon, Ga., Dec. 24. The refusal of the United States supreme court to give Greene and Gaynor another chance to escape fine and Imprison ment for embezzlement and conspir acy Is a crushing blow to them, and they are taking it very hard. Mes sages received by them from thelf lawyers in Savannah indicate there Is no possible chance for another trial and that the attorneys hav given up the fight. BUT HUDSON DID THE RIGHT THING (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Hndson, O., Dec. 24. Because a gift of 1200,000 supposedly made by W. Ellsworth, millionaire New York 'conl man, which promises to make I this town a model village .provided ' that the sale of liquor ceases before , the money Is paid over, Hudson has voted out saloonB by a vote of 2,068. WHERE MRS ETRIC11 "HW"