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THE RALEIGH EVENING TIME
VOLUME W.
RALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30, 1907.
NOT LEAD BUT
HUMAN
BONES
Drace Coffin Opened Today
by Excavators
DOUBLE LIFE EXPLODED
Three-Ton Monument Removed to
Prove Contention That Collin
Under it Contained Lead and Not
tlio Remains of Drace Aliuas the
. Fifth Duke of Portland, Results
Disastrously for Some of the
Claimants to the Estate Perjury
Charge a Leading Feature in Fam
ous Case.
(By Cable to The Times.)
London, Dec. 30. The Druce cof
fin was opened this morning and the
excavators found therein the re
mains.' of a human body.
Tills: apparently explodes the the
ory of some of the claimants who
contended that Druce and the fifth
fluke of Porttland were one and the
same person and that the Druce cof
fin contained only lead.
The three-ton monument which
marks the resting place of the Druce
family was removed by a score of
workmen who were protected from
public observation by a shed which
had been erected around the burial
plot. '.
Herbert Druce, the defendant in
the now famous case, is charged with
committing perjury by swearing that
his father, Thomas Charles Druce,
of the liaUer street bazaar, died De
cember 28, 1864,. and that he saw
the dead body placed in a coffin and
buried in Highgate Cemetery. His
nephew, George Hollnmby Druce, de
clares that this must be untrue be
cause T. C. Druce was in fact the
fifth duke of Portland, who lived
until 1879. That being so, George
Hollamby Druce claims that ho him
self, being the senior descendant In
the male line, is now the rightful
heir of the Portland dukedom and
to certain rich estates, the income
of which is placed at .$1,500,000 a
year; now held by Lord Howard do
Walden. The opening of the grave,
however, will not give concluusive
proof of the claim of George Hol
lamby Druce.
The fifth duke of Portland and a
man known as Thomas Charles
Druce have been declared to be one
and the same person by about one
dozen witnesses, but particularly by
Robert C. Caldwell, of New York,
who testified at length and In detail
to this effect during the present
trial. Caldwell left London for New
York the middle of December. Upon
his arrival- he was arrested at the
' request of . the British authorities
on a charge of perjury. He Is now
ill at his home on Staten Island.
Should he he brought to trial the evi
dence obtained from the opening of
the coffin would do much to convict
or clear him.
FIRST DRV SUNDAY
IN NEW ORLEANS
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
New Orleans, Dec. 30 New Or
leans yesterday experienced Us first
really "dry" Sunday in many years.
Saloons that have been doing bus
iness evei-y day In the year for a
decade or more, did not attempt to
open their doors, while the police
were peculiarly active against the
few who did. Out of the sixteen
. hundred bar-rooms In the city, there
Were only twenty arrests, and these
were 'mostly places In the suburbs,
The big down-town saloons and the
restaurants and cafes made no ef
fort to sell.
The closing movement was felt
over the entire city. In several of
the churches, prohibition sermons
were preached, while Dr. W. B
Crumpton, president of the Alabama
Saloon League, and Rev, J. B. Shel
bourne, of Birmingham, prominent
In the prohibition fight here, deliv
ered three speeches during the day,
presenting prohibition arguments and
telling New Orleans workers practl
cal prohibition methods.
' The moral movement Is being
talked of throughout the city.
FAMQU
S
FOUND AT LAST
Man of Cloth Who Eloped
With Young Heiress
BOTH FOUND IN FRISCO
Rev. Jere Knode Cook, . Who Ab
ducted Young Floretta Whaley
and Left His Wife, While Serving
As Rector of a Church at Hemp
stead, Long Island Pair Living
in a Flat With 'Young Child Re
cently Bom to Them Cook Ar
rested and Will He Carried to New
Jersey. ' .
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
San Francisco, Cat.. Dec. 30. Hunt
ed for eight .mouths, Jtov. Jere ..Knode
Cook, Yale graduate- and former -tor
of St.. George's 'Church, of. Hemp
stead, '-L. I., -who created one of the
sensations of ilie year by deserting
his wife and eloping with. Floretta
Whaley, a 17-year-old heiress, was lo
cated with the young gill yesterday
in a flat at No. 119 Green street, in
this city.
Dining the eight months since his
disappearance, while the police of the
country have been endeavoring to
find him', Cooke has been living quiet
ly in I.os Angeles and Han Francisco,
working as a painter and decorator,
and when circumstances were against
him, doing the hardest kind of labor
to eke out an existence for himself
and the girl
A child has been born to them and
the two have stood by one another,
'hungry, hunted, but apparently
happy.
Now the dream of love is ended, and
Rev. Jere Knode Cooke Is waiting for
the harvest, which shall take him
back'east to face a charge of abduc
tion. His discovery Was brought about by
Captain Clearey, of the Morse Patrol
Agency, who noticed that a photo
graph in a daily paper labelled Flo
retta Whalpy was the picture of the
.wife of the painter and decorator.
who were going under the name of
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Baleom. Cooke
admitted his identity when con
fronted. GREAT STORM
AT LI
AT
So. Ben Tel. Co.)
Louisburg. N. C, Dec' 30 A vio
lent storm visited this town and sec
tion today (Monday), at noon, last
ing nearly 15 minutes, and blowing
down a half-dozen houses and several
out-houses.
One house, owned by Mr. E. A.
Kemp, was blown down and his young
son, E. A. Kemp, Jr., was badly hurt
by falling timbers. The store of Mr.
O. H. Harris was demolished, this be
ing the only business house damaged.
Much excitement wns manifested,
especially the women and children
being badly frightened.
Loss cannot be estimated at this
hour.
HOW NOTED CHRISTMAS
JOLLIFIER ESCAPED
THE LAW'S PENALTY
(By Leased Wire to the Times.)
Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 30 Tho
case against Newton Booth Tarklng
ton, author and playwright and poli
tician, arrested on Christmas morn
ing on a charges of resisting an offi
cer, has been dropped. When his
name was called in police court he
was not present and the Judge In
structed the clerk to enter the case
as "Indefinitely postponed."
They Say He Was Pine.
(By Cable to The Times.)
Berlin, Dec. 30. John Powell, of
Richmond, Va., gave a piano recital
here yesterday. It was his flrst ap
pearance in this city. The musical
critics say his debut was on of the
most successful Berlin has known
Mr. Powell Is one of the most
' brilliant of Letchitliliy's pupils.
RECTOR
1SBURG
NOON TODAY
Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Harry R.
Thaw and Sketch
Wheeling, W. Va.. Dec. 3t. Tlobbers
early this morning broke Into the Bal
timore & Ohio liallroad station at
Clarlngton, 25 miles south of this
place and after robbing the safe, mur
dered the teleg-rnph operator, Kdward
Hutchison, aged I'll. They then threw
his body Into a waroroom ..and fired
the building.
Volunteers fought the blaze and
succeeded In getting- out the body be
fore It was cremated. The station,
however. Was entirely destroyed.
It Is supposed, - judging from ac
counts of railroaders, that three men
entered the office at iihout one o'clock.
It Is supposed that llulehlhoii resist
ed and was killed In the encounter.
His head was badly crushed.
TAGGART WINS FIGHT;
OTHER SIDE WOULD BOLT
Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 30 Tho
result of tho democratic convention
In Indiana Saturday gives National
Chairman Tuggnrt control of the
state committee again. The opposi
tion Is considering the propriety of
forming another state organization
and appealing to Bryan to siihluln it
on moral rather than polllie.il
grounds.
I'Vderul Court nt Wilminuloii.
Federal court will convene in Wil
mington Monday, January 6, Judge
Thomas R. Purnell, of this city, pre
siding. It Is not thought the session,
which is an adjourned one, will con
tinue over ten days.
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1 c 7PK, ht' 4 m -
BflRRFIK I flflT illllL
W ;,n , I liSPi ARRESTED
JfUL m,u ,ULL WW -
VIS I I hi llMhH I El K Portraits of .Mr. and Mrs
m ill. ui Limiutii
of Thaw's Room.
Harry
Thaw and sketches illustrating how
the slayer of Stanford White spent
his Christmas. The packages show
u portion of (u gifts Thaw Rave to
other prisoners in the Tombs. He
remembered everyone in the prison.
PAROONED MAN-SLAYER
IS KILLED BY A GIRL,
BIS OWN DAUGHTER
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
..-Purvis, Miss., Dec. 30 Mrs. Lena
Itii'hardHon Hurtlleld camo 'thirty
mill's across country to surrender for
killing In-r father, John Richardson,
which, she ns.,erts, sho did In d
i'eiiHO of herself and her mother."'
Richardson had become enraged at
his daughter when sho married re
cently against his wishes... He com
pelled the girl to return home, and
then, .Imbibing freely of Christmas
liquor, begun to ubuse the girl and
her mother, so the former says.
Richardson went out in the yard to
get a Btlck to beat the woman and
upon his return his daughter met
him at. thn door with a shotgun. Ho
r.,il.l tr. knn.1 H...nlnff .ihnf nln... I
mien iu IBT.U n minima nuui uiuiuu
iu ine iiooi , uiiu ua no uuvuuceu uiu !
girl fired again, the shot entering his
stomach. He died tho next morning.
On the advice of friends, the young
woman came here to surrender her
self to the sheriff.
Richardson killed a man In this
county several years ago, but was
pardoned from tho penitentiary by
tho governor.
THAW'S CASE
IS COMPLETE;
TRIAL MONDAY
(By Leased Wire to The Times f
New York.'. Dec. 30. The case for
the defence of Hurry Kendall Thaw
winch will he - presented to the Jury
at his second trial for the murder ot
Stanford White next Monday, was
completed . today by ins chief counsel,
Martin W. Littleton, and. the lutter's
associates.
I he di tense at the second trial will
! he .radically difleient from that of the
first trial in that it will wholly bar
any reference; whatever to the un
written law. . . .
'the defense will make Its appeal to
the jury altogether on the allegation
that Harry 'I haw was insane when he
shot and killed Stanford White on the
Madison Square roof. Whether it will
be contended that since that time he
has recovered Ins mental balance and
; is now sane, or that he is still men
! tally Incompetent -is a question.
I A now witness, vital to the case for
insanity.- has been found by the law
yers for the dctt-iu'e and his testimony
(continued on Second Page.)
POLICE CHIEF
AS
TIGER
(Special to The Kveuing Times.)
Littleton, N. C, Dec. SO. L. C,
Newsoni, chief of police for the pro
hibition town of Littleton, was to
day urrested by Deputy United
States Marshal Gibson and tried at
noon before United States -Commis
sioner T. N. Harrison,',.. He..' was
bound over to the federal court in
a bond ot two hundred dollars for
retailing liquor without license. The
bond has not. yet been given, though
the hearing Is 'just: over. '-It -proba
bly will be i;lven later In the day
EXTRA SESSION
OF THE NEVADA
LEGISLATURE
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Reno, Nev., Dec. 30. A special scs
slon of the Nevada legislature will
pnHpj today
by Governor John
Sparks. This action will bo taken at
the request of President Roosevelt,
who bus notified the governor that
such action must be taken or the
troops now stutioned ut Goldtleld will
ho removed. County Commissioner
Rosenthal, of Goldfielil, whose resig
nation has been requested by Gover
nor Spurks, has refused to vucate his
office.
MORE ABOUT THE
NAVAL TROUBLE
Rear Admiral Goodrich Ad
mils Charges
ADMISSIONS GUARDED
Rear Admiral Kit Route to Califor
nia, Interviewed in Chicago, De
clares There is Little in Mugazine
Article Not '.True Other Officers
Agree.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Chicago, Dec. 30. The charges
that there are glaring weakness ra
the discipline and equipment of the
Uuited States navy, as recently made
in a magazine article were admitted
to be true by Rear Admiral C. 13.
Goodrich, commander of the New
York navy yard,, .who stopped off in
Chicago on his way to San Diego
Cal., where he will direct the unveil-1
ing of a monument erected by the! home of Mrs. Samuel Carr, his cou
sailors of the Pacific squadron in 8jBi at No. 403 .'.Commonwealth
memory of the sixty men killed in!avenue - "
the explosion aboard the small cruis-j , . , .
er Bennington in 1905.
Admiral Goodrich was necessarily ,
guarded in his utterances because of j
the restrictions on the speech of ;
naval officers in matters of the kind. I
I have heard a lot about the
charges made in the article," he said.
I will say this much
-that Reuter- ,
was talking
dahl knew what he
nlm,,l Thfti-a Id llttla In tho nt-Hela
that isn't true. I have officially ex
pressed myself on those matters to
the department, at the solicitation
of the secretary."
"Were the opinions solicited be
fore or after the publication of the
criticisms?" was asked.
"I am pretty sure It was before.
Yes, several weeks ago, and I feelwlli attend a recaption at the Elys
sure that a number of other officers cluDf Huntington! avenue, at 4 -I
didn't see the letters, but I have o'clock. He will hold a grand re-
reason to believe they did reported
the same criticisms back to the d
partnient. The secretary sent us let
ters soliciting suggestions." ;
"The critic declared the vessels
are built too low and the shell-proof
armor belt is below the water line
on practically all the fighting ships,"
was suggested. '
'Yes; that is true," repied the ad
miral. '-."Well, Is that due to any fault of
the navy officials or to the contract
ors who constructed the vessels?"
"Now that's getting too deep, for
I cannot answer that question. I
tell you, my boy, nothing would
please me more than to answer al!
those questions just to raise the
safety valve long enough to let off
steam but I can't do it."
ATLANTA BARS
WILL ALL CLOSE
UP TOMORROW
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 30 Tuesday,
December 31, 10 o'clock p. m. will
witness the closing for the last time
of all the bar-rooms in Atlanta and
the same night marks the doom of
the saloon throughout Georgia. The
prohibition law passed by the last
legislature, which was elected under
prohibition' Instruction,' goes into ef
fect January 1 und the state officials
have announced emphatically that no
effort will be spared to enforce It.
There is some talk today of the
possibility of the whiskey Interests
securing a federal court injunction,
on some technicality not mentioned,
against the law, but there is little
foundation for the rumors. In a
statement Governor Smith stated
pointedly that there is nothing in the
law that can be attacked upon Its
constitutionality.
Tuesday night the passing of John
Barleycorn from the state of Georgia,
will he celebrated by watch services
in the vnrlous churches.
Dr. Len G.
Bro iehto,!. who so vigorously es-
pot:sed tiie cause ot prohibition dur -
ing the battle of the ballots, when
midnight strikes, will break a flash of
whiskey as a symbol that Georgia Is
"dry"
Rev. J. F. Eakes, pastdr of Wesley
Memorial Tabernacle, will preside
(Continued on Second Page.)
SECT'Y TAET 1N
BOSTON TfiDAY
Speaks Tonight Before tti
chants' Assoclatb
ON POLITICAL (1
This Afternoon He is Holding "A
Grand Reception" at the Hotel
Somerset Expected to Say Some
thing Important in His 8pecli
Tonight Will "Reveal Hla Posi
tion" The Morning Program M
Carried Out Notes and Incidents
of the Day. V
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Boston, Mass., Dec. 30. Secre
tary of War Taft arrived In Bostoft
at the Back Bay station this morn-'
ing at 7:15. An honorary police
guard escorted Secretary Taft to the
'"c ' . .
terday afternoon.
That Secretary Taft's visit to Bos
t0n is directly or indirectly for the
nMpot f E-ptttnr eernnil i-all nn thn
Massachusetts delegates with otb.r
New Rnelanders who did not hanbea
t0 nave a flrst choice i8 the tenor (It
a QjgI)atch from Washington.
While Mr. Taft will make his prin-
cipal speech before the Merchants'
Association tonight quite ah exten
sive program has been mapped out
for him during the day. . ' 1
At 10:30 In the forenoon lie was
driven to the Pilgrim Hall where he
addressed a meeting of Congrega
tional ministers. After luncheon he
ception in the emt room ot the Hotel
' Somerset to be followed by the din
ner of the Merchants' Association at
6 o'clock sharp. It Is planned, to
have the speaking begin at 8 O'clock.
The speeches before the ministers'
meeting and the Elysium Club were
not put in writing.
At the Merchants' Association din
ner it is expected the secretary will
reveal his position.
The secretary will return to Wash
ington from Boston and finish his re
ports to congress and will be busy
before the house and senate military
committees. The sessions of the
committees will be ot special Im
portance because of the efforts to be
made by the war authorities to get
large amounts of money for the
coast defences for the Philippines.
LYNCH IS CANDIDATE
TO SUCCEED HIMSELF
(By Leased .Wire to The Times.)
Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 30 James
M. Lynch, head ot the International
Typographical Union, has announced
that he is a candidate for re-election.
He was elected vice-president ot the
Union In 1898, and two years later
became president. Since then he had
been successively re-elected by ref
erendum. JEFFRIES OUT OF THE
PRIZE RING FOR GOOD
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Columbus, O., Dec. 30 Mrs. J.
Jeffries, mother of Jim Jeffries, the
heavyweight champion, who Is visit
ing her nelce, Mrs. W. F. Leonard,
ot this city, says that her son will
never fight again as he has promised
her that he has retired permanently
from the ring and will : keep his
word.
A PIOUS FRAUD :
IS ARRESTED FOR
STEALING MONEY
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
EvunHVillc, Ind., Dec. SO. Porter T.
Johnson, assistant secretary et the
Kvtinsvllle Y. M. C. A., was arrested
wt night on a warrant sworn out y
!Mor A- Cl Rowncrans.' a director,
.charging him with embewUnf 400 of
the association's fund. Johnaf n ' Is
from Norfolk, Va., He oame hers as
n. tramn and nrafeMMd to. bo ennvsrt-
jed at a men's meeting. Secretary
MoKge took pity on .him and gave
him a Job. Johnson confessed tohav
Ing spent the money on women,.