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Only Afternoon Papon Between Richmond and Atlanta With Leased Wire and Full Preoa Dispatches LAST EDITION. ALL THE UAEKETa THE RALEIGH' EYE i TIMES. VOLUME 30. RALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY, MAY 11, 1908. PRICE 5 CENTS. SHERIFF POSITIVE MRS. GUNNESS DIED Smutzer Says Autopsy Report Shows Body Found in Ruins is Thai of Famous Woman Murderer-Thai's Why He Leaves All Suspecis Alone LOCKS OF HAIR WERE THOSE OF RAY LAMPHERE County Council, However, Not Convinced That Proof of Death Has Been Established, Will Offer Reward for Widow Belle-Morbid Crowd Sunday ( P.y I ..cased Wire to "The Times) Lnportiv ind., May U- 'Airs. Belle Gunness is dead. II Is her body which was found, with those of her children, in l he ruins of the house where she murdered probably a score of men and women. We have known this for dnys. On one of the fingers of the body was a gold ring which was identified as one Mrs. Gunness wore. Her keys lay in the cinders besides the body. We are sure she is dead." ..;.... This Is the declaration of Sheriff Smutzer, which, madf today, shows' why the authorities of Laporte, 6r at least some of them, have not entered Into the search for the Indiana murderess with any great enthusiasm. New and significant evidence which would seem to indicate that Mrs. dullness may have perished by the hand of an accomplice has come to light with the discovery that Andrew Heldgren fought a terrible hand-to-hand battle for life before he was overcome and buried beside the other victims of Mrs. Gunness Is furnished today in an official report of Dr. J. H. W. Meyer to the coroner, describing a lock of brown hair clasped in the dead man's hand. '-..: This is the important new evidence in the hands of State's Attorney It. N. Smith which, he today stated positively would send Lamphere to the gallows. Here Is the official wording of the "autopsy report: "The hand is closed. On opening the hand it is found to grasp short, soft curly brown hair." Ray Lamphere has hair' the .'evict color of that found, and it is of the same length and texture. ; The county council is to meet here Friday. It will undoubtedly offer a reward for the capture of Mrs. Gunness. Several members of the council favor making the reward $5,000, and this will probably be done, though the others would prefer $10,000." Sheriff Smutzer is still so sure Mrs. Gunness Is dead that he is against offering any reward at all, but his wishes will not be considered in the matter. . At present the Gunness place is so overrun by people drawn there solely by the notoriety the farm has achieved that, no methodical search can bo carried on. . Yesterday being the first Sunday sinee the authori ties begun making the ghastly discoveries, the crowds broke ull records, Throngs began to flock out from town along the McClung road as early as 6 o'clock. A delegation of fiOO arrived from South Bend. An excursion was run from Chicago tad other hundreds were picked up all along the, route. Add to these th)i Laporte residents who succumbed to curiosity and it is clear that nfewer than 10,000 persons visited the murder farm yesterday afternopS. , (Continued on Page Two.) OLD BALL STICK "Silent Mike," Grasping Good Bat of Other Days, Lays Out Five (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, May 11. With the same old trusty old bat that saved many a close game at the, Polo grounds when be was one of the star hitters of the New YorkB, "Silent - Mike" Tlerman saved another game, which Involved the life of his son, William, when a group of ruffians known as the Canary Island band last night attacked his saloon on Fifth avenue. "Mike" Tlerman, who was in hi home at No. 4 East 135th street, just across the way, beard the tumult. He made a dash Inside the saloon and pulled from the wall the old bat At the moment his son William was in a hard fight, with the odds against him, but Mike stretched, five of the dozen assailants on the floor. Meanwhile someone had called for the police, who, after a fight, made live arrests, the other men fleeing before the onslaught of the night sticks. The prisoners were nellJ ln $500 ball each. Mrs. R. B. John, President. (Special to Evening Times.) Durham, N. C, May 11. The wo man's home missionary convention of th North Carolina conference, which has been In session here, has chosen Mrs. R. B, John, of Raleigh, president, and selected LouUburg for the next meeting place. . ' SAVES TIERNAN Roosevelt is Demagogue, Says James W. Van Cleave (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York. May 11. James W. Van Cleave, president of the Buck Stove & Range company, of St. Louis, Mo., and head of the National Association of Manufacturers, arrived here last night n his way to Washington to attend che conference called by the president i(n the conservation of naturdl re sources. Mr. Van Cleave characterized the ad vocacy of the Hepburn amendment to the Sherman anti-trust law and the in. Junction law by the president as the "cheapest kind of demagogury" and declared the entire body of thousands of voters represented by the members of the association would bolt any ticket coming up at the national convention CAR STRIKE FOR CHICAGO LIKELY (By Leased Wire to The Times) Chicago, Ills., May 11. The north and west side street car men, by a vote of 4,416 to S6, have declared for a strtko unless certain men who have refused to pay their dues are discharged. This decision will be submitted to a special meeting of the union and also to Pres. ident John M, Roach, of the Chicago Railway company. The balloting last ed from 8 a. fn. Saturday until 4 a. m, yesterday. The fact that the vote Is In favor of a strike does not necessarily mean that one will be called, say union officials. They, believe President Roach, who, they say, has always been a fair man In labor disputes, will take some actlun to remove the grievance. : ALICE WILL NOT STUMP, AFTER ALL Notoriety Bothers President's Daughter and Cole Must Look Out for Himself (By Leased Wire to Tiie Times.) Bellefontain, O., May 1 1. Be cause of the publicity given the pro posed contest Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth has reconsidered her de termination to make stump speeches against the Countess of Warwick in the eighth Ohio congressional dis trict, and neither she nor her hus band will aid in Congressman Ralph D. Cole's fight for reelection. The. . Countess of Warwick, whoj was the famous ' babbling brook" in! King Edward so much annoyance about fifteen years ago, has not changed her plans to come to Ohio and make the campaign , of K. 0. Warren, of Kenton, the socialist can didate for congress. '-'.-: '.'.Already she has arranged to ad dress a mass meeting of 1.1,000 ne groes ia the eighth-district, and .urge them to support, the socialist. Tile countess, who is a socialist In Rng land, hopes to land a socialist in congress. ' .. .. I'reiiclimuii Can't Wrestle. ' -.:!.'' ; New York, May 11; The wrest ling match bet ween Cazeaux and Jenkins, scheduled to take place at Madison Square Garden, has been declared off. Last night P, T. Pow ers said he had received a telegram from Caseaux announcing that the Frenchman would not. wrestle. . ,vo o o o 0.0. o o ;; V ''.':'. o One Xijjht in Limbo Knoiigli ' For iticli Man. (By leased Wire to The, Times) Belleville, 111., May 11 One night In jail was enough for Kwald Siebert, Belleville's $00,000 bachelor. Rather than pay a fine of $10 and costs assessed on a charge of being drunk and disorderly, Siebert. who Is 60 years old, declared he would work it out in the county workhouse. After spending Saturday night in a cell he paid the tine. 000 oooooooo o o; o o which "seemed to be willing to sanctum I this sort of tiling." : Samuel Gouipers, head of the A meri can Federation of Labor, which has been particularly active in its attacks upon the manufacturers' associations Mr. Van Cleave characterized as a "prairie wolf with the hydrophobia" jand said he considered the gist of the president's last two messages "merely a sop to this wild wolf." Speaking of Secretary Taft and Ills candidacy, Mr. Van Cleave said: "I do not concede for a moment that Mr. Taft will be nominated, but If that Is the ticket, the result will be per fectly plain. Mr. Taft is an honest, in telligent and reasonable num.- The only trouble with him is the company he keeps." (By Leased Wire to The Times) Chicago, Ills., May 11. While .tem porarily Insane Mrs, Elma Loftgren, 25 years old, of 33" North Albany avenue, threw her baby girl and her three-year-old boy Arthur from the-second story window of her home. Uoth children probably will die. Tho crazed woman was prevented from Jumping from tho window her self "by her husband and brother-in-law, who ran Into the room In answer to the boy's cries for help. ' London Bar Silver. (By Cable to The Times.) London, May 11. Bar silver to day quoted at 24 3-1 Cd, advance l-8d. CRAZED MOTHER ATTACKS BABIES WH1TEH0USE IS ALL READY FOR President Will Talk to State Ex- Dine Them Tuesday. BRIGHTTALKERS SLATED For Addresses onSubjoctsTlict Demand Atieniioo of ricaa People. BRYAN WILL BE THERE l JIG Ull James J 111 r .'.'."" j (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, May 11 .-President 1 Roosevi It has liiiisliud .his ..program and in now ready tor tin; meeting of i governor of states lit lu.s invited j to; -confer ' wit.li,. tiifc-v.nu?. needs of j the various stales.. The conference i will open Wednesday and ..'con I intie three days. Forty-four governors have accept ed Hie president's Invitation to at tend this notable conference.' Three! of them are here. They are Joseph j II. Kibbey. of Arizona: Waller Frear. i of Hawaii, and X. O. Pindall, of Ar-i kansas. This is the first time In the! history of the country that a presi dent has held such a conference. Five of the governors, in all proba-1 bility, will be absent. These are the i chief executives of California, Ore gon, Georgia, Massachusetts ana THE GOVERNORS Texas. : attempting t" kilt a woman with whom There will be present the gover- hi- had become enraged, accidently nors of all the territories except the Is1'"' ; Lee Shaw, another member of his , ., , . . i .. 'lace, anil Inflicted' a -dangerous -wound Philippines-,, the- cabinet members,,- . , ,. . , ., , .. '. , .. that afterwards ic.-ult.-cl in the datli justices of the supreme court, andjof sh.iw at . .jJm.n hospital; The senators and representatives. Isheuting occurred .Saturday and Shaw Among the noted speakers to 'at-; jjltul yesterday 'morning..- .' tend will be Williani .1. Bryan, James! iinniodiately alter j,,, ,.j committed J. Hill, John". Mitchell and Andrew! the dwl..P.r.iyd skipped out and was Carnegie. .. (later loealeil in Itieliinoiul, wlioiv lie The meetings will be held in the ! was pi,-n "il -Wilder -'arrest;' He will be east room of the while house. This ! l,1"u-h! !") " :'' 1"" '"" tt? room will have on the walls great I :' - -. ; ''.'" . . -' "' maps of the railed States to illus trate points made by the . speakers, and colored transparencies will be used. Secretary. I .neb announces tile white house will be closed to the general public during the confer ence. Tuesday night the president will give a dinner to the governors at the white house. Justices of the supreme court, Sec retnripH GnrHold and Wilson, the in- land waterways commissioners, W. 1 i J. Bryan, John Mitchell, James J. ; Hill and Andrew Carnegie complete, the list of guests for the dinner. A' reception will be held Thursday! evening by (lifford Pinchot, chief I forester, lor all the members of the', conference and lor a number of i senators and represeniatives specially j Inviud. .-.' ' President lieosevelt will open the conference Wednesday with an ad dress. John Mitchell is to speak on the subject of coal mining, its dlffl-j culties, and the laws relating thereto. I It Is possible that among the sub jects to be considered will be a plan for universal divorce laws and the classification of offences for which divorce may be granted; a plan for the extradition of criminals' from one state to another upon telegraphic demand of governors; a plnn foi' a universal iigreement regarding the I treatment .'of tuberculosis in cattle: plans for the care and segregation of tho victims of consumption, to pre vent the spread of the disease; a plan for the better suppervision and ob servance of tho quarantine regula tions; plans for the cooperation of adjoining states for the. better pro tection of Interstate parks and forest reserves. FIREBUG LEAPS II Man Who May be Responsible for Incendiary Blazes Eludes Detective (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, May 11. --Three daring attempts were made within a few hours, to set tire, 'to;.: the five-story apartment house, No. 1:1 0 West 29th street, occupied by ten wealthy Greek families, and an attempt, to set fire to the big double apartment at 126 West 27th street, also occupied, by Greeks, led the police to believe that members of the band responsible for (he slaying' of Tavshanjian, the rug manufacturer,; by the Hunehakists, were again at work. ....''.;. .The latest attempt to fire the house . on West 2!)th street was the most during, Jt was made while De i ect ive. KielTer, of t lie. West'. Thirtieth street or Tenderloin station. Was on the. third', floor .-of the -building inves tigating a blaze' .thai" had 'just- biieu put out by firemen. Keiffer was siaiuling in tiie ...third llnor hallway when lie saw a bundle of paper slowly descending from a skylight in the roof. Ho could see the outlines of'ia miin's body reflected on the tit niiu;d glass. Ho fired a. shot from-, his -revolver' at t he reflection' and :thon leaped up the steps, two at a time. Xo trace of anyone could lie found, but. lie discovered the trap- door leading to; the house was open. .- .-.-' n u Mark and Lee Shaw is Dead (Special -Durham,. . notoiioii.- to the Evening Times.) May 11. Horace Slrowc'd, iiefiro borsetiailer. while TAFT SAILS FOR (By Leased Wire to The Times.) :. Panama. May 1 1. Secretary Taft expects K) sail for cw l ork on Tuesday morning. He closed today his cont'eienci. with President Arnia dor. Secretary Arias. Senor Arango. the Panama .minister to the I'nited States.' Mr. '.Squires.. American ambas sador to Panama, and William Nel son Cromwell, legal adviser of tin Panama (.'anal Commission. A ten tative accord litis been reached, If is said, upon important-points, '.and tin decision on others only awaits the results of special Inquiries now b( ing made. Panama has agreed to do nothing about Columbia's seizure of the bor der town of Jul ado until Secretary Taft has had a talk with President Roosevelt and Secretary Root. xkw iiorsK itritxtf nowx; OCCITAXTS LOSK TIILlIt A LI (Special 'to The Times) Concord, May 1 1. Mr. Whit Sloop's new house on North I'nlon strept burned down Saturday night between 2 and 3:' .10 o'clock. The fire had done its work before the fire apparatus arrived on the scene. The occupants of the house were aroused Just in time to get out without sav ing anything. The house was In OUT OF BUILDING SIRQUD SHOOT EWAN.NGTWOMAN NATIONAL ANTHEMS OF FULL TWENTY COUNTRIES SI ILL MYSTERY j UT GROVER able Night, But Stomach (Dr. Leased' Wire to The Times.) New Voi'!;. May 1 1 . Grover Cleve land, who is 'suffering from a severe sickness, tiie nature of which has not been divulged but is said unofficial ly to be stomach 'trouble, and is con fined to his rooiii at the LaUewood hotel, passed a resifiii night, accord ing to information given out by the assistant manager today. Every available source of official Information insists that the condition of the -ex-president' continues stead ily to improve. . Dr. Joseph I). Bryant, his, physi cian,, however, has not realized his vigil, nor has the staff of nurses been reduced, The continued attendance, too, of Dr. G. Howe Lockwood, the celebrated stomach specialist of New York, is considered puzzling in view of the optimistic bulletins issued daily.; ".According, to one report, Mr. Cleveland will be convalescent enough to be taken home to Prince ton in a special train some time this week, -'' Mrs. Cleveland, for the first time in many da.vy, left the hotel yester day and went to church. After lunch she tool; a short stroll In. the grounds. ' X'ew York liar Silver. (Hy Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, May 1 1. -Commercial bar silver this morning' r21Xr. ad duced i . Mexican dollars 4 7c. . oo o o o o. o o o ooooooooovaoctftaactsa STATIC COXYKXTIOXS OK UOTH PARTIES FOR PKKSKXT W KKK Washington, Slay 11 Most spectacular of the political events of the present week is the convention of the "red card" party, the socialists, in Chicago. According to Washington reports, Eugene V. IJebbs has voluntarily withdrawn from the position of perpet ual candidate of the socialists, and William D. Haywood, former secretary of the Western Federation of Miners, will be the presi dential nominee. About 21 S delegates will represent the 40,000 members of the parly in the Chicago convention. The socialists national organization has recently established a dally paper ln New York and is ''preparing 'to carry On a spirited campaign. While the congress of governors and other distinguished men called by President Roosevelt to discuss methods of conserving the nation's natural resources, will have no direct political bear ing, it will -probably not be without its effect upon the fortunes of the republican presidential . 'candidates.''.. It is understood that both Secretary Taft and Gov, Hughes will be in attendance at the con ference, and there can hardly fail to be comparisons. William Jennings Bryan has also been Invited by President Roosevelt. Governors from many states ..will 'be here, and a large number of "congressi! en will take part in the deliberations of the congress. The first session will be held Wednesday and the meeting will con tinue through Thursday and Friday.. '.,. ' . Repuliliean. state conventions will be held in a number of states, including Louisiana, Michigan, Idaho, Montana, California, North ' Dakota,' Oregon, Washington, Georgia, Texas and Virginia. The first state convention of the week will be that of the "lily v. liiie" re iulilicans of Louisiana, to be held In New Orleans. Del egates pledged to Taft will be chosen. The "black and tan" or 'negro faction will also send delegates to Chicago, but the whites con! rol t lio situation and have the official sanction of the state. .Michigan republicans will hold their state convention In Grand jwiiilds Tuesday; The state is apparently lined , up In the Taft column and there will ptorably he no opposition to his endorse ment. ; -The same condition, In regard to presidential preference, is reported to exist in Idaho, which will hold its republican state convention iii Wallace next week. . -Thursday. will be a field day for the Taft boomers. The state conventions of North Dakota, at Minot; Montana, at Butte; Cal ifornia, at Sacramento; Oregon, at Portland; and Washington, at Spokane, are all expected to Instruct their delegates for Taft. The Georgia convention, to be held at Macon, will likely be marked by a struggle between the white and negro factions. A convention of Virginia negroes will be held In Richmond to choose antl-Taft delegates, -which', will contest for seats in the Chicago convention with the Taft delegates already selected. Texas republicans will get into the ring Friday, when the two opposing factions will hald state conventions ln different cities. The regular republican organization which favors the nomination of Taft, will meet in Fort Worth, while the reorganized faction, coin posed mainly of negroes, will hold its state and district con ventions in Waco. ., .; The most Important democratic gathering of the coming week will be the Minnesota state convention, to be held In St Paul Thursday. It is considered certain , that Gov. Johnson will b en dorsed by the convention and that delegates pledged to support kit candidacy will be sent to Denver. ..', - -' ;:: ) O O O o O': o O o o c: o o o- o o o o o '.O V A o o o o ' o 'O "' 'O O O o o o o o : ;--"'- -. i -''';'"''" ' 00000000 0.0 000000 0, 0000)Jtttt as ui AUicnuau DUlrjail Ul Republics Is Started ROOSEVELT AND ROOT Lay the Cornerstone ia Pres ence of Large and Distin guished Gathering (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, May 11. Everything is iii readiness for the laying of the cornerstone of the new building of the international 'bureau of Ameri can Republics, which takes place f his afternoon, and the ceremonies attending which will probably be as elaborate as anything of its kind, while the assembly will be beyond doubt one of the most brilliant ever gathered in this city. Andrew Carnegie, the steel mag nate, whose gift of $750,000 did much toward making the movement a success, reached the city last night. : One feature of the program this af ternoon will be the playing of the national anthems of the countries of America, and as each In turn la played the flags of that country will J be unfurled. , j Secretary Root, chairman of the governing board of the international j bureau, is the presldlnj officer of the day. .. ;'.-' The cornerstone will be laid by President Roosevelt, assisted by Sec retary of State Root, director of the bureau of American republics, Mr. Barrett, and the Brazilian ambassa dor. Joaquin Nabuco, the participa tion "of the latter falling to him as the ranking member of the Latin American corps. . (Continued on Page Seven.) 0 Of 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B 0 0 0 '-' :', :.:'.: " " 'V.'--"V'-V:
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