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VOLtTME 30.
RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1908.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
TENEMENT HOUSE FIRE
IN NEW YORK BRINGS
DEATH TO 3 TODAY
Upward of Score Burned Or
Badly Injored in Wild
Jump from Windows
BLAZE MAY HAVE BEEN
A TRICK OF BURGLARS
Police and Central Office Detectives
Proceeding On Theory Crooks Sot
Fire to House in Order to Distract
Attention From Contemplated
Looting in Neighborhood. :.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Neiv York, April 2. Three persons
met death, more than a score received
burns or were injured by jumping
from five escapes, and an entire neigh
borhood was thrown into a panic early
today by a fire, declared to be of In
cendiary origin, which burned from
cellar to roof in a five-story tenement
house at 44 Hester street.
The fire marshal hus ordered an In
vestigation of the blaze, and central
office detectives are working on the
theory that the building, which con
tained twenty families, was fired by
burglars to attract the attention of the
ixuue-hiiu leave mem iree 10 plunder
stores In another part of the neighbor
hood. The dead:
BERT WEINSTEIN. 25 years old.
HANNAH WEINSTEIN, 22, Bert's
wife.
MOUITZ WEINSTEIN, their baby,
one year old.
The Injured: Rosie Ditman, 38;
jumped from second story to rear
yard, broken leg: Bud Miller, shoe
maker, fell from fourth story fire es
cape. Internal injuries; Aaron Gold
ford, 38,; tailor, jumped from second
story to street. Internal Injuries;
Meyer Nettleton, 38, tailor, hands and
face burned: Bryan Nettleman, 32,
jumpea irom mira story nre escape,
Internal injuries; Rosle Nettleman,
aged seven, hands and face burned;
Harry Nettleman, two and a half years
old; Annio Nettleman, 31; Lena Net
tleman, nine weeks old; Jacob Berg
man, suffering from shock; Fanny Ber
son, 26, suffering from shock: Annie
Berson, nine weeks old, suffering from
shock. All these were attended by
nhvslclans and cared for by friends.
More than half a dozen others re
ceived slight injuries. In the panic
following the alarm of fire 100 men, wo
men and children made frantic efforts
to escape but were caught in a trap,
for by that time the halls and stairs
were blazing from cellar to roof. Many
of the tenants In 'their excitement
Jumped and fell from the fire escapes.
On the first floor over the stoies
lived Myer Nettleton and his family
nnil his hrother Wolfe. Thev weie
awakened by the shouts of fire. Wolfe
opened the door to the hall and was
confronted by a wall of flames. He
closed the door and made for the win
dow, shouting to his brother to follow.
Wolfe Jumped to the yard ana received
serious Injuries. Myer and the mem
bers of the family all received injuries
or burns before rescued.
LIKE 2-CENT LAW
And They'll Make Combined
Attack in Three States
That Have It
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Chicago, April 2. A combined at
tack on the two-cent passenger rate
is promised by the roads In Illinois,
Minnesota and Missouri. It Is proba
ble the suits will be filed next week.
It is the most Important litigation
the transportation companies have
undertaken in years. 1
The call for a conference tomor
row In Chicago of officials of the
Illinois roads will be sent out today,
and Was for the fight will thea oe
laid.
Bigger Pipe Needed Now.
The ras company is excavating a
trench from Fayettevllle street down !
Bast Martin street, In which a large
gas main will be laid, the former
pipes being too small to accommo-,
date the Increased patrons of gas.
ROADS DO NOT
SENATOR PETTUS
LOYAL TO END
His Characteristic Report on
Confederate Claims Passes
Without Dissent
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington; April '2 A character
istic report prepared by the late Sen
ator Pettus, of Alabama, as a mem
ber of the judiciary committee, was
read in the Senate yesterday. It was
written to favorably report a bill to
repeal section 34S0 of the revised
statutes which prohibits the payment
of any claim against the United
States" originating - before 'the Civil
war to anyone who did not prove his
loyalty to the United States during
that war. The report in part is as
follows: .'.--.- .
"In December, 1868, the president
issued a proclamation of general
amnesty and pardon to the Confed
erates and the supremo court of the
United States, in Armstrong's case, in
the opinion delivered by Chief Jus
tice Chase, declared the effect of the
proclamation to be that every person
who acted in that war against the
United States was by that "proclama
tion restored to all' his rights and im
munities as a loyal citizen of the
United States, or,, in other words,
that the pardon of the president has
In a temporal sense, the same effect
as the pardon of our Master, as 'de
clared in the Bible:
" 'Let the wicked man forsake his
ways and the unrighteous man his
thoughts, and the sin which he has
sinned shall be mentioned unto him
no more forever.'
"So the president's pardon, in le
gal effect, repealed section 3480 of
the revised statutes"
The bill was passed without a dis
senting voice after the report had
been read.
NORTON GOT AWAY
V WITH $200,000
Hartford, Conn., April 2 The
amount of the peculations of Lucius
B. Norton, president of the National
Mercantile company, Is placed by Re
ceiver John K. McKone at $200,000.
Norton has been Indicted in two
counts of embezzlement. : The Mer
cantile company, which has been in
existence three years, and had more
than 40,000 clients In New England
and the middle states, was thrown in
to the hands of a receiver through the
application of C. F. King, Norton's
financial agent In Boston.
SIMMONS FOR
His Resolution Directs Survey
From Boston to Wilmington
at Cost of $100,000
t
WashlnKton, D. C, April 2. Senator
Simmons has Introduced ft point reso
lution directing a survey of a. continu
ous waterway from Boston to Wilming
ton, N. C, by way of Long: Island
sound, and the approaches to New
York city to Rarltan bay, thence across
New Jersey to Delaware, 'and through
Delaware and Maryland to Chesapeake
bay; thence through Virginia and
North Carolina by the sounds and Capo
Fear river, to Wilmington. This sur
vey Is to be for a waterway of a min
imum depth of sixteen feet. For these
purposes $100,000 Is appropriated by the
resolution, which was referred to the
committee on commerce.
Evans Fleet Sails North,
an Francisco, Cal April 2. Accord
ing to wireless telegraph dispatches
from the fleet received here today, the
fleet sailed for the north today. Tar
ge practice was practically completed
yesterday afternoon.
LONG WATERWAY
SOUTHERN WILL
NOT CUT WAGES
AT THIS PERIOD
Mediators Knapp and Keill
Find Road's Earnings Justify
' Present Outlay for Help 1
(Ry Leased Wire to The Tlnn s.)
Washington, April.. 2.r There will
be no reduction in the wages of em-
ployes of the Southern railway and
,,, . . , ... .. ,..
decision was reached by Chairman lu .workers oi .Anien.it, to re
Martin A. Knapp, of the interstate' vive the interstate agreement be
cbnimerce commission, and Dr. 1 . tween the bituminous coal workers
Charles P. Neill, commissioner of an,j the operators.
lauor, tne mediators Between tne
Southern officials and the road's e;n
ployes, . The mediators found tin?
workmen unwilling to accept a re-
duct ion because, in their opinion,
the depression in the earnings of the
railway have not continued to such
an extent as to justify a reduction.
: After full consideration of the
conditions incident to the inquiry,.
the mediators decided the present
wage scale shall be continued until '
July 1. The company, through its
officials, has accepted this, with the
understanding that if by July 1 the
condition of the company shall not !
have imnroved. then the Kuliiect of
the negotiations shall be resumed,1
.j . i.. i
wnn tne luea oi rescuing an !utuhb--i
ment based upon conditions, at that
time. The employes have acceded
to this.' '.'
IS
And Justice Department Offi
cials Sit in Offices and Hear
Clark Soak 'Em Some
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, April 2 The long
promised, widely heralded acousticon
has made Its 'appearance in the house
of representatives; It Is there on
trial. It is an appliance built on the
order of the telephone and Is de
signed to permit members'-of -.-.the
house, while in the house .office
building, the heads of the respective
departments of the government and
the president at the white house, to
keep In touch with what may be do
ing on the floor of the house.
Some humorous situations have
arisen in connection with the work
ing of the acousticon. Officials of the
department of justice, sitting in their
offices, heard the lambasting given
them by Representative Clark, of
Florida, in connection with peonage
Investigations and prosecutions.
A group of statesmen stopped to
discuss unfavorably a newspaper
correspondent. It was before the
house met and they talked In whis
pers. Later .they were horrified to
learn that the acousticon had faith
fully transmitted ihrir talk to friends
of the assailed man, and they are
fearful of the consequences.
A western member, provoked by
the frequent Interruption and orator
ical outbursts of an active southern
member, muttered savagely: 'Ah,
sit down, shut up; you talk too much
anyhow.' He did not expect to be
overheard. He did not wish to be
overheard. But he forgot the ac
ousticon. Later he learned his hasty
remarks had ben carried by the ac
ousticon to a friend of the member
criticised.
It is doubtful if the acousticon will
last. It tells too many secrets.
DIXIE FLAGS WILL
RETURN FROM JERSEY
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Trenton, N. J., April 2 The house
has passed the senate Joint resolu-
tlon providing for the return of
southern flags taken during the
Clvll war. The flags are to bo given
back to the organizations from which
they were captured, the return to be
made under the direction of Gov.
Fort.
ACOUSTICON
NOW
WORKING
LEWIS WILL TRY
TO REVIVE THE
INTERSTATEACT
New President of United Mine
Workers Sends for Miners
to Confer
( By' Leased Wire to' The Times)
Indianapolis, Ind., April 2 An at
tempt' is , to be made by Thomas
r ., , V, ., . .. .. '
Lewis, the new president ot the Unit-
To this end he sent invitations to
the miners of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
anil Western Pennsylvania to attend
a meeting .Monday, when 'the ques
tion, of calling a joint-, conference' of
(lie miners and operator:; of the cen
tral' competitive." field '.will' -.be eousid-
ered.
This was pi tun it ally the plan of
action taken by Lewis when he suc
(-ceded .lolin Mitchell as .-president'' "of
the union.. His determination to
carry out the program, of - restoring
the old agreement may result in a
longer closing down of some of the
mines in the 'district. Mis there is a
disposition on the part of both ope-
o.t ! ..,.,.. jiD(it.
"1"'" .""- uu.
to make local agreements lor con
tinuance of operations ponding new
contracts. -
DDI DESIRED
Baltimore Methodist Confer
ence Doesn't Favor Black Dig
nitaries for Black Churches
(By Leased Wire to the Times)
Washington, April 2 Unanimous
H Its opposition to -the .'proposition
of creating what was termed "racial
bishops,": the Baltimore aiinualcon
ference of the Methodist" Episcopal
church today voted down the sugges
tion from the general conference that
colored bishops be appointed to pre
side over colored churches. Bishop
Cranston, presiding, read an extract
from the report of the proceedings
of the general conference by which
that'body voted to submit to the con
ferences throughout the country the
proposition of creating racial bishops,
who shall be of the same nationality
as the churches under them. The
suggestion, while it does not say so
lu so many words, means that negro
bishops In this event would have the
same rights and authority as white
bishops who presides over churches
of both colors.
The action of the convention fol
lows that of several southern confer
ences. A few of the northern con
ferences have voted affirmatively on
the proposition, but It Is not thought
there will be a sufficient number of
favorable votes to influence the gen
eral conference in Inaugurating the
plan at the May session,
The conference voted to ask Vice
President Fairbanks and Representa
tive T. W. Sims to attend one of the
sessions, and Rev. F. M. Bristol and
Rev. R. M, Moore were named to bear
the invitation to the two men.
The vice-president nnd Representa
tive Sims were singled out on account
of their attitude on the whiskey ques
tion, It is understood.
State Union of Farmers.
tnpeciai 10 ine iimes.i
Charlotte, N. C, April 2. After
remaining in session until nearly 3
o'clock this morning, the farmers'
union of this Btate was duly org.m-
ized with Dr. H. Q. Alexander of
Mecklenburg, president; A. C. New -
ton, of Catawba county, vice nresl -
dent; E. C. Falres, of King's Mottn-
tain, secretary and treasurer,
ROOSEVELT STICKS TO
IT THAT PEACE MUST
DEPEND ON BIG SHIPS
I
CARE FOR PAPERS
They can say Anything They
Like, She Tells Reporter,
About Thomas Incident
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
New York, April 2. "I just don't
care." -
'That statement,' made nnd reiterated
during th fifteen minute talk with her
today, summarized t he altitude cf
Kvelyn Nesbit Thaw toward her alli
ed' expulsion with R 1!. Thomas, -tin
.millionaire.'- from the lint':! Nicker--bockcr.
'
Mrs. Thaw adopted the-'" little .'sen
tence, made so popular recently .'from
the Vainlerbilts: "I don't care what
the newspapers ; say," declared ..'Mrs.
Thaw at the Hotel St. . George. . "I
don't care what anybody else saws
about me. '
"Just go ahead and say that T don't
care. Print and circulate all the lies
' '""V aooui me i ,ti n i re
I was not at the Knickerbocker
I hotel Monday night with Mr. Thonias.
! if you want the truth. I was not at
the Knickerbocker at all. I did not
dine at Mouiiuin's, as the papers said
I did. Nor was I at the Cafe De.s
lleaux Arts.
"As a matter of fact, I was out that
evening with my lawyer, Mr. Daniel
O'Reilly. But I don't care whether you
say -so or not. I won't have anything
more to say to the newspapers. I won't
defend myself in the newspapers. I'm
tired of all these talks, so you can ?o
ahead-as far as you like,"
'"But -you know Mr. E. B. Thomas,
do you not?" gently asked the Inter
viewer. -."
. "I will have nothing to say about
that. My personal affairs should not
be discussed, and I will not discuss
them. But that doesn't make any: dif
ference, I suppose."
.It was learned today that young Mrs.
Thaw's attorney. Mr. O'lieilly, will on
Monday next file in the supreme court
an amended complaint in her proceed
ings to annul her marriage to Harry
K. Thaw. This amended complaint
will set forth, , it Is said, a number of
Thaw's alleged Insane ivjions.
In this connection, it appears that
Mrs. Thaw is practically free to do as
she likes.. No divorce action can be
brought against her by the Thaws until
the annulment -proceedings', have been
brought to a conclusion, and they are
brought on the ground of Thaw's in
sanity and. it is said, with the prac
tical agreement of Thaw's mother, the
outcome js generally regarded as al
most a certainty.
Should -.the..' -courts'-decide that the
marriage .between. Evelyn Nesbit and
Harry Thaw was invalid, there co-iM
he no divorce .proceeding's brought later
by him.
THREE MAY BE
FATALLY HURT
By Railroad Crash on Sharp
Curve of Wheeling and
Elm Grove Road
Wheeling, W, Va.. April Si-overtaken
on a sliarp curve of t lie Wheel
ing and Kim -"Grove, railroad, ii ar
East Wheeling, last night, three per
sons were probably fatally injured
when a rapidly moving car dashod
iiuo tin :n. They were:
Walter Myers, 29 years old, skull
fractured.
Ima Myers, 19, skull fractured.
William Myers, 9 years old, internal
Injuries.
Their mother, Margaret Myers, stepp
ed oft tho track Just In time to avoid
being run down. :
Dr. Hill May Land In London.
(By Cable to The Times)
London, April 2 The Berlin cor
respondent of the Dally Mall says It
Is creditably reported that Dr. David
, Jayno Hill, American ambassador-
j deslcnlte. will serve In Berlin a few
months and then replace Whitelaw
Ueid as ambassador at London.
EVELYN
DOESN
Tells Delegates From North
We Must Be Prepared
NEGOTIATING TREATIES;
SENATE RATIFYING TKEM
We Must, He Says, Have at. Least
Four More Battle Craft ami Some
Colliers, and Belter I'ortilicntion-i
at1 Havana and Guuiitananio.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washintgon, April 2. A delega
tion of peace-loving 'citizens.' . from ;
North Carolina called at the White
House today, a.id, as all the parties
concerned in the discussion, includ
ing the president, agreed perfectly
upon the policy to be pursued, there
was not a discordant note. :
The North Carolina Peace society,
which expects eventualy to become
nation-wide in its influence, was rep
resented by its president, Hayne
Davis, and a delegation of 15 mem
bers. :' Capt. Hobson, congressman
from Alabama, arranged for the call
during a visit he made to the presi
dent's office this morning.
Senator Overman, Mr, Davis and
others made speeches, and the presi
dent expressed his pleasure over the
meeting, and the work of the peace
society.
The chairman : of the delegation
spoke as follows;
Mr. President: -The North Caro
lina Peace society, at a special meet
ing recently held, adopted the fol
lowing resolution by an unanimous
vote: ... '"'.'.'
"The North Carolina Peace society
hereby endorses the naval program
submitted to the present congress
by the - president of the United
States. The society advocates ade
quate armament and effective arbi
tration as corelative agencies of na
tional security and international jus
tice..;, .' :'. .
"Adequate armament necessitated
an unquestionably superior naval
power in the Waters adjacent to our
possessions in both the Atlantic and
Pacific ocea.is. :
: "Effective arbitration necessitates
treaties between our country and all
other governments by which the con
tracting : powers '.mutually agree to
respect each other's territory and
sovereignty in said territory, and to
arbitrate all other questions of law
or fact. . . . -
"The Wilmington chamber of com
merce, the. Raleigh chamber of com
merce, and the boards of aldermen Ml
leading North Carolina cities have
heartily "endorsed this action by the
North Carolina Peace society and
(Continued on Second. Page. )
Held in $3,000 for Trial for 2
Assaults with Dangerous
Weapon
(By Leased Wire lo The Times)
Washington, April 2. Represen
tee lli'llin, of Alabama, appeared In
the. police' .court: today and gave bond
In the sum of $3,000 to insure his
appearance for trial on two charges
of assault with a dangerous weapon.
Assistant District Attorney Given
fixed bond in each case at $1,500,
and this was immediately furnished
by Orrin G. Staples, proprietor : of
the Riggs house, where the Alabama
congressman Is stopping.
Mr. lleflin called at Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Glven's office this
morning with Representative Clay
ton, of Alabama, and Mr. Staples
and Indicated a desire to conclude
the preliminary proceedings In the
grand jury case.
No further action will be taken In
the representative's case until the
grand Jury reports.
SHOOTER HEFLIN
GIVES
H
BOND