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Only Afternoon Paper Between Richmond and Full Press Dispatches LAST EDITION. ALL THE MARKETS, HUE RALEIGH EVENING TI VOLUME 30. RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1908. PRICE 5 CENTS. TARHEEL WHO MADE MILLIONS AMONG YANKEES Officers Still Hunting Cardenio F.King, Boston Promoter and Booster LAWYER SAYS HE WILL TURHUPATPROPERTIME Additional Particulars Concerning tilt' Financial Sensation Which the Whilom North Carolinian Has Created In Finanrial Circles at Boston The Boston Newspapers Chary About Printing Particulars. Attorney for the Tarheel, Who Wrested Millions from the Clutch es of the Sharp and Close-Fisted New Englanders, Says King Will ateturn When He Gets Affairs in Hotter Shape Some Additional Particulars of the Troubles of "C. Fake," As Some of the Newspaper Men Down Here Used to Call Him. (Special to The Times.) Boston, Mass.. March 13. The officer with the warrant for the arrest of Cav iletiio P. King, the former North Caro linian and late kins-bee financier here abouts, with large Interests for a time in New York city also. Is still hunting his man. ,...' Detectives who have been put on this case are equally as ignorant this morn ing of King's whereabouts. i In addition to the facts embodied In the telegram to The Evening Times yesterday, the following development? in the case which has caused a sensa tion In financial circles here, are given: j All last night detectives from polica headquarters here worked on the case and are as busy at it today; for King is now actually a fugitive from justice and his $6,000 a year offices In The Journal building, his magnificent home In Brooklyn, and his haunts about town and in nearby cities are under closest surveillance. He has not yet presented himself to face the charges against him. The police place but little credence in the statement made by King's at torneys to the newspapers today that they can and will produce their client. Whether he Is within a block of news paper row, where he makes his head quarters, or is thousands of miles away is not known. The warrant issued for the financial agent by Chief Justice Bolster in the municipal court, on complaint of John O. McCarthy, has been in the hands of Inspector McGarr. of Chief Watt's staff, who is searching for Mr. King three days now. Stephen A. Hopkins, one of the trus tees to whom Mr. King turned over his property and business temporar ily February 21st, says he has no knowledge of a warrant being issued i gainst Mr. King. He declares that "Mr. King will be available when wanted." Mr. Hopkins stated that he had made arrangements with the court to be notified when the warrant was signed, if one was Issued upon the ap plication for a warrant following pro ceedings brought in the superior court last Saturday, when John G. McCarthy petitioned for the appointment of a custodian for Mr. King's property, al leging that Stephen A. Hopkins and Attorney Henry D. Yaton, who were named as trustees of Mr. King's af fairs, were acting in concert with th'i promoter and concealing his assets. McCarthy's Claims. Mr. McCarthy makes the claim that he paid Mr. King $4,075.13 to buy cer tain stocks and that he was unable to secure or to retur(n his money. He claims that he paid Mr. King J1.638.8S December 3d to buy five shares of Union Pacific at 115 1-4 and twelve chares of Reading at 92. He also de clares that he paid Mr. King $1,191.25 January 7th to pay for ten shares of Union Pacific at 119 1-8. He further claims that January 10th, and 11th he paid Mr. King $1,200 for twenty shares of Copper range at 50 7-8. In all these transactions he paid the ; financial agent's commission, he asserts. Fifteen days after making the final payment, Mr. McCarthy claims ho went to Mr. King's office and was told that a rush of business had caused a delay In obtaining the certificates. He, as serts that what he was able to obtain was twelve shares of Reading. An Involuntary petition in bankrupt cy has been filed against Cardenio F. King in . the United States district court. The petition filed yesterday gives the above assignment of his property to trustees as the act of bank ruptcy relied upon. The creditors sign ing their petition and the amount of their claims are as follows: John Q. McCarthy, Boston, $3,000; Mary Jj. Davis. Boston. $488; David A. Smart, Providence, $514.60, and Robert I Cochran, Nahant, $1,000, f TALKING LONG OF PERSON CO. F08 GOVERNOR (Special to The Times.) ; Durham, March 13 A prominent Person county politician in Durham yesterday, was advocating Mr. J. A. Long, of Roxboro, for governor. Mr. Long is one of the best known men in the state, and should he decide to enter the race his prospects would be very bright. There are a number oT democrats in Person urging his candidacy, but he is undetermined as to his future political action. If he should run Person would be well rep resented in the campaign with Mr, Long, and Congressman Kitchin, for the gubernatorial nomination and W. T. Bradsher for solicitor. The first baseball game of the sea son will be played in Durham this afternoon between Trinity Park school and Orange Grove academy. They were scheduled to play Wed nesday, but rain interfered, and the game was postponed until today. The "fans" are very enthusiastic, this sea son, and the opening game will be one of particular' interest. Trinity College will play her first game next Monday with the Park school, this is the beginning of the Interesting season, and there are thirty games on the schedule. Mr. Marl Adkins, Trinity's coach, has his men in splen did condition, after spirited practice each afternoon for the past few weeks. ' OF SHOOTS WIFE (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, March 13 Dreaming of. burglars, he asserts, Hugh Hollis, Jr., private secretary to David : A. Gates, chief of the United States rev enue agents, shot and killed his wife, Mrs. Evelyn Forsythe Hollis, in their home, 1415 Newton street, north west, about 3 o'clock this morning. Mrs. Hollis had been awakened by the crying of their child, who was occupying an adjoining room with Hollis' mother. Returning to her own room after quieting the child, as she approached the bed, Hollis drew a l revolver from beneath the pillow and fired.. Mrs. Hollis died within a few minutes. Hollis told the officers at the police station that he had not been awak ened by his wife's leaving the room and when she returned he mistook her for a burglar. ' His statements are corroborated by his mother, who asserts that there had been no trouble between husband and wife. Hollis is 30 years old. He was formerly of Louisville, Ky. A REPORT ON THE COTTON EXCHANGE; "FUTURES" SELLING Washington, March 13. A long and comprehensive report on the cotton exchanges of the country with particular reference to their meth ods ij dealing in "futures" is now being written by Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner of the bureau of corporations. It is declared to be the most searching inquiry yet made into cotton fluctuations. Their cause, and the methods of the various cot ton exchanges, that has ever been made. All the work of investigation has been completed and it only re mains to write the report which will be ready in a few days. Its findings are anxiously looked for by the cot ton trade in this country and abroad, and by cotton brokers in New York, New Orleans, Liverpool, in fact, wherever there are cotton exchanges. The investigation by the agents of the bureau of corporations upon which the report is based, consumed nearly a year In the making, and in volved separate investigations of thirty or forty exchanges. Repre sentative Burleson' of Texas intro duced in the house more than a year ago asking for such an investi gation, t DREAMING BURGLAR MAN NEW DOMESTIC MESSIS ONTAP Young N.Y. Millionaire Begins Suit for Divorce ELOPED WITH COACHMAN Wife of Young Standard Oil Magnate Alfred Dietrich, Who Deserted Husband and Little Daughter and Fled to Paris With Coachman, Will lie Divorced By HimShe is Alleged to Have Over One Million of Her Own. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, March 13. Mrs. Al fred E. Dieterich,wife of the young magnate of the Standard Oil Com pany, who is alleged to have eloped to Europe with Harry ':' Brenchley, formerly a coachman for Alfred G. Vanderbilt, does not . mean to per mit her .husband to obtain a divorce without a fight, it was iearned to day.'. ':'-. "' The husband has begun suit for absolute divorce. This fact became public only through the appointment by Justice Fitzgerald of a referee to take testimony. March 22 is set for the first hear ing. ";'" '-' : - Mrs. Dietrich, who gave up a place in the most exclusive society and has abandoned her six-year-old daughter, to accompany the coach man, is in. France with him, it is said,' and her, counsel have, accepted service of the summons and com plaint for her. The complaint recites many inci dents of Mrs. Dietrich's alleged mis conduct , with Brenchley in Pa- is, New York and in tho subui ban dis tricts. : '" ', '? Mrs. Dietrich, in her answer, takes up her husband's allegations and to each makes a specific denial. There will be no attempt on the part of the wife to obtain a financial settlement. According to the au thorities she has property in excass of $1,000,000. YET IN SESSION THIS EVENING (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, March 1 3 Conferen ces are . still in progress between Chairman Knupp of the interstate commerce commission. Labor Com missioner Neill, and officials and em ployes of the Southern Railway who are endeavoring to reach an amicable agreement -as tovthe wage-reduction proposed by the road. It was said at the offices of the commission that the first would prob ably continue several days as no agreement has as yet been arrived at between the parties interested. Representatives of the various Southern shops are in attendance. DISPENSARY CliM'N STRANGELY MISSING; NO EXPLANATION ; (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Columbia, S. C March 13.1r.' W J. Murray,'. chairman of the dispensary commission, is out of the city today. The officers of the wholesale dru? company of which he is president, saya he will be away for about ten days. Nothing will be revealed as to his des tination or the objeqt of the trip. Eleanora Deus' Daughter Married. (By Cable to The Times.) London, March 13. Announce- ' ment In rnndn of t.hn mnrriaire of the j onlyi daughter of Eleanora Deus, the I actress. She was married at Gull ; ford on February 22 to an English i man named Edward B.ullough. R'Y CONFERENCE SHIP ABLAZE, LIVES IN PERIL 350 Passengers Awakened By Capt. and Panic Ensues EXCITEMENT ON DECK Men and Women Hush From State- Rooms Kn Dishabille to the Deck of the His Steamer Providence. Fire Had Keen iCuming Fifteen Minutes While Passengers Slept. Wireless Urings Another Vessel to Rescue and They Are Transferred (By Leased Wire to The Times) . New York, March 1:; The lives of .150 passengers on the Fall River steamboat Providence were imperilled today when fire broke- out on the freight deck of the .vessel as she was passing Sands. Point, inward bound. Tlie blaze raged" for, fifieon minutes while the "'passengers slept. But in fear of their safety, Cnplain Attleby ordered.-. everyone aboard awakened and the mem.bors of the crow lo take positions near the life-bouts. Immediately there was great ex citement among the men and women, many of whom .'-rushed to the decks without; all of their clothing. The skipper of the vessel declared that the Providence was-in no great dan gar, but for fear he immediately set the wireless telegraph apparatus to work and in" a few minutes a reply was flashed back from the Richard Peck, which was on her way to New York from New Haven. In another few seconds she was alongside, nnd the crews of the two vessels quickly lashed them together. Then, as the two steamers, tied se curely together, continued toward port under full steam, boards were stretched across the opening in the decks and the passengers were trans ferred to safety. The officers continued to fight the fire and as there was still some dan ger the lashings between the ships were cast away and the Richard Peck backed away. The damage by fire was slight, and the passengers were all landed safely from the Richard Peck at the Cham bers street dock. WILL PASS (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, March 13. The regular monthly meetlns "f the Southern Rail way directors will be held here today. This la the date for action on the semi annual dividend on the preferred stock, but it is considered almost certain that no dividend will be declared. At the time of the last semi-annual payment there was declared on the preferred stock a half per cent dividend, payable out of accumulated not earnings, in stead of the regular semi-annual divi dend of 214 per cent out of current earnings. '.;';:... The further declines which have oc curred in the roads' earnings during the last six months are generally re garded as precluding any dividend de claration today. ODELL WILL NOT BE A CANDIDATE FOH TREASURER ( Special to The Times. ) Concord, N. C, March 13 State Senator W. R. Odell today stated that he would not offer as a candi date, nor seek the nomination at the hands of the sta to convention, for state treasurer. Since the adjournment of the re cent session of the general assembly much has been said in the press of the state and by the politicians from various sections, concerning the prob able candidacy of Mr. W. R. Odell for the office of state treasurer, and the matter has been under considera tion by Mr. Odell for several weeks. SOUTHERN PROBABLY VIDEND TODAY S0.RY.EMPL0YES WILL STRIKE IF THEY LOSE CASE (Special to The Evening Times V Salisbury, N. "., March 13. A gre.it slVike;'' among., the., employes of the Southern Railway is a strong possibil ity in .the event certain events come to pass.. .'-. ;:. ''.''.'-'.-''.-. The recent lay-off ut 'Spencer affects far more men than was at first sup posed. Three hundred and fifty 'S about the- correct figure, leaving about one hundred men at the. Spencer shop:?. Your correspondent had a chat with a chairman of one of the unions today and was tolif that the men '.will wait patiently for the report of the inter siate .-.commerce commission, ' No word has yet been heard from the men's rep resentative in Washington.- This union man was of the' opinion that if the re port was against .the men thei'e woulJ lie a general strike all over the system,-which would include the; engineers and conductors. On the other hand, if thf, report; is against the '.companies, he. thinks a 'receiver will be immediate ly be applied for. Meanwhile Salis bury is Very, much exercised over the situation and it is thought that the company-' committed., a great tactical blunder in not avoiding such: a big cut while the -matter was under advisement by the'" interstate . commission.- T IN A COLLISION; (By Cable to The Times.) Cuxhaven, March 13. Torpedo boat "S. 12" was sunk in a collision with an unknown steamer near the mouth of the River Elbe today. The crew, with the exception of the chief engineer, Emil Horrsman, were rescued. The engineer waited too long and was caught in the suction as the boat disappeared, and drowned. MILLS BEGINS TERM IX PENITENTIARY Gaffney, S. C, March 13 W. H. .Mills, who was convicted of the mur der of Frank Deal at Blacksburk on the 25th of March, 1307, and who was sentenced to life imprisonment in the South Carolina pententiary, has been taken to that institution by an officer who Was sent here for that purpose after the supreme, court had declined to "interfere with the decis ion of the lower court. His case has attracted much at tention both in North Carolina: and South Carolina, especially in mill cir cles, where he Is widely known. SUGAR TRUST WANTS 30,000,000 DAMAGE SUITDHSSEDTODAY tBy Leased Wire to The Times) New York,: March 13 tA motion was argued before Judge Holt, in the federal court today on behalf of the American Sugar Refining Company, known as the sugar trust, to dismiss a suit for $30,000,000' damages brought by the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company, an independent concern of Philadelphia. The suit is brought under the Sherman act, on the ground that the trust conspired to prevent the en largement of the Pennsylvania com pany's plant. The late Frank S. Hip pie, of Philadelphia, who committed suicide following heavy financial losses was a lqading financier in the independent company and his trou bles with the trust are said to have caused him to kill himself. ' ' The trust was represented today by Henry A. Taft, a brother of the secretary of war; John Parsons, and H. : B.; Closson. The . independent company was represented by former Governor Frank S. Black, H. N. Mar shall, J. W. Hutchinson, Jr., and Geo. E. Earla, Jr. '' TORPEDO OA THECREWSAVED MORBID CROWD NC01TR00M Mob at Hitchcock Trial Surpas ses Tliat at Thaw's TIOETURNSTO PRISONER Great Jam of Sensation Mongers Today at the Trial of Actor Hitch rock Tin Stories Told By the Young Girls Whom He Is Charged With Abusing Is the Meat Upon Which They Feed Hitchcock Try ing to Prove An Alibi. (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, March 13. There was a disagreement among the lawyers defending Raymond Hitchcock, the actor, when his trial was resumed in the Criminal : branch of the su preme court today, As a result, Carl Fiseher-Hansen, who has been in charge heretofore, remained in the court room only in an advisory capacity, and John B. Stanchfield conducted the case. Hitchcock's beautiful wife, Flora Zabellc, did ndt accompany him to court today. Helen Von Hagen, the sixteen-year-old witness against Hitchcock, was recalled to the stand to conclude her testimony. New York, March 13. When the trial of Raymond Hitchcock, the ac tor, was resumed today in the crimi nal branch of the. supreme court, pretty sixteen-year-old Helen Von Hagen was called to the witness stand to finish the dramatic story which had startled the spectators. Then John B. Stanchfield, of coun sel for the defense, took the Child in hand, to put her through as searching a cross-examination aa Evelyn Thaw underwent in the same court room a year ago. The questions asked the witness by Hitchcock's counsel so far indi cate that the defense will try to prove an alibi. An endeavor will be made to show that the actor was not occupying the room when it Is charged the offense took place on the day named in the Indictment, De cember 19, 1906. A register of the Lambs Club showed that Hitchcock had engaged a room there on De cember 17 and had occupied it for a week. ,- The Thaw trial in its best or its worst days never saw a bigger, or more disorderly crowd than the one that rushed the doors of the court room this morning. A Decided Turn Blow to rrosocu- ' ' tion. ' i New York, March 13. Von Hagen, mother of -Mrs. Mary one of the thi-jo little girls who caused Ray mond Hitchcock to be indicted on six counts for a serious felony, came to the actor's defense during his trial today and virtually shattered the case of the prosecution. : After being sworn she took the witness stand, contradicted the tes timony of her daughter, and de clared there was never anything wrong betwean the comedian and the cnild. impeaching the veracity ot much that the girl had sworn to. Little Helen Von Hagen, tears streaming down her cheeks, told of the mowings she had had with Hitchcock, went into detail into the circumstances which led up to his sensational arrest and under the se vere cross-questioning of his coun sel, John B. Stanchfield, broke down completely. The witness got seriously tangled as to the dates on which the actor ! is alleged to have subjected her to indignities, and after swearing to many '..incidents finally admitted that I she could not rely on her memory. The lawyer put her to a severe test, asking her such simple questions as "Why do we celebrate Christmas?" "On what day does Christmas fall?" "When is Thanksgiving," to alt of which Helen could not give satisfac tory reply. When Mr. Stanchfield' saw the girl was on the verge of a breakdown he stepped to the witness Btand and bluntly asked: "How long did you know Hitch cock before he was supposed to have wronged you?" "From the time I met hlra in the street," was the answer. "Are you sure about that?" "Positive." It was this answer that shattered the case in so far as the testimony of the girl was concerned. Mrs. Von Hagen then took the (Continued on Page Seven)
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