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x s Only Afternoon; Paper in the State of North Carolina With a Leased Wire Service and Full Press Dispatches LAS? ED1TI01T 4 ALL THE UAHKETS THE RALEIGH EVENING TI VOLUZIB 80. RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1908. PRICE 5 CENTS. TIRED OF LIFE TAKES POISON Count Zeppelin ' s Airship, Greatest TRIED TO WRECK Flying Machine Ever Produced T FOR FOOT BALL SECRETS0FN1GHT RIDERS EXPOSED GOOD PROSPECTS RUN flfly Hen ob Trial Charged . With Crime FORCED MEN TO JOIN Special Term of Court to Try "Night , Rider" Cases Telephone Opera tor Tells of Being Made to Join, Being Forced to Take Oath of Al legiance to the Gang. (By Leased Wire to The TimeB) ' Murray, Ky.', August 8 At a spec ial term of court to try the cases i against 50 alleged night riders, "Jake" Ellis, an alleged captain, was the first man put on trial. The first witness was James Whit lock, a night telephone operator at Shiloh. He said ha was forced to join the night riders in order that he might cut off the switch' when a raid was in progress. He said "Jake" El lis and Van Elklns mace him join. They visited him the fourth Monday in March for the ostensible purpose of trading horses, but after they got him in the barn, he said, they made him kneel on A horse blanket and take a blood-curdling oath, with his right hand raised in the air. "Afterward, he said, they gave him the signs, grips and passwords. The sign was three whistles, and the pass word, "The silent brigade." He said they asked him if he wished to join, and when he said "No," they said he - would have to, adding, "We are two to your one, but we can be 250 to your one." ' - - Wiley Stewart, the next witness, told-of joining the-band and of the meeting to discuss a raid on Murray fori the purpose of whipping Griffin and Pitts, tobacco buyers, and a bank er, Henry Dees, for not advancing money on association tobacco. He said Bell and Clay Oarland, who were sent in to Trig? .'om enforce ments, reported that 2T.0 men, with a wagon-load of guns, would join the expedition, but it was decided to postpone the raid until fall. CREDITORS OF THAW DISCUSS SITUATION (By Leased 'Wire to The Times.) Pittsburg, Pa., August .8 Credi tors of H. K. Thaw are now making arrangements for a meeting in which to discuss the situation. It will be necessary for Thaw to attend a meet- ' Ing of the creditors before the ref-' eree in this district, according to the ' bankruptcy laws. How his attend- j ance in this state, while in charge of the New York statje authorities will be made possible Is puzzling those in-' terested"in the case here. j The first order in reference to the' Ti a ttr Yitnnna1 Intra vroa vnaHa nla I morning by United States Commis sioner William T. Lindsay, in refer lng the case to Referee in Bankruptcy W. B. Blair. STEEL MILL OPENS UP. Order Calling for 24,000 Tons of Steel Kails Will Start Idle Ma chinery Moving. t ' (By Leased Wire to The Times) Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 8. Calling for 24,000 tons of Bteel plate, an or- der is Boon to be placed with Pitts burg steel mills forcing Idle machln-4 eryUnto action and summoning more men back to work. With Pittsburg' steel plate manufacturers figuring on contracts for upwards of 70,000 tons' of plates for steel cars for railroad, requirements, there comes another 1 contract' that is to be awarded in a brief period. New York City has ! awarded the contract to T. A. Gllles-I pie Company for the construction of. i t - . i . 1 1 1 - I II.ii n n.w wa- ' ter supply main of steel. The tonnage is estimated at from 24,000 to 27,000 tons, In round fig ures amounting to about f 1,000,000. BAD NEGRO IN PEN; ; POLITICS IN NORTHAMPTON. ; Sheriff H. L. Joyner, of Northamp ton county, was In the city yesterday. , He brought Jim, Harding, colored, to the state penitentiary to serve a fif teen year i sentence. The , crime of which he Hands convicted la assault with Intent to commit rape. ' j Daughter of Clara Bloodgood Attempts Suicide ELOPED FROM CONVENT Married a' Year Ago, Fleeing From , Convent . Where She; Had . , Been Placed by Friends of the Actress. No Reason Given For Attempt. - (By Leased Wire to The Times) Yonkers, N. Y., August 8 Stand ing In the street before her home Mrs. Ana McCarhty, 18 years old, of No. 24 Gloever avenue, who says she is a daughter of the late Clara Blood good, attempted to commit suicide by swallowing poison. Some men knocked the bottle from her hand and she recovered in St. - Joseph's hospital.'.- The young woman was married to John McCarthy a vear aeo. She savs she eloped with him from a convent H in New York, where she had been placed by friends of Clara Bloodgood. Recently she tried to induce District Attorney Jerome to take some ac tion to obtain her share in the act- ress' estate. Clara Bloodgood killed herself on December 5 of last year in a Balti more hotel by shooting herself. She was the wife of William Laimber, a member of the New York stock ex change. No reason could be assigned for her rash act and the mystery has never been cleared up. INHERIT A FORTUNE OF M ANY MILLION DOLLARS (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, August 8 Word has been received by Goldfried Probst, a waiter in a bakery owned by William Draude at 43 Smith street, Brooklyn, that he and his sister Anna, of Reichenberg, Bavaria, are joint heirs to an estate of nearly $16,000,000 left by their uncle, who died intes tate in Bombay, India, 12 years ago. A few months ago Anna' Probst saw an advertisement regarding her and Godfried and answered it. She easily proved her relationship to the dead man, and was informed tbat the es tate would be turned over to her and her brother. "."."-- Improvements on N. Y. Central. . (By Leased Wire to The Times) Pittsburg, . Pa., Aug. 8 The New York Central Railroad has decided on the immediate expenditure of $2,- 000,000 in the Pittsburg district. While it had been intended by the Vanderbllt road to expend this money next year, the decision to spend it in improvements was not reached until within the last few hours, and it was said to be because of faith in the immediate return of prosperity that this decision was reached. sen. john w. daniel. Senator John W. Daniel, of Vir- ginin, is probably the most pictures que member of tho Monetary Com infusion now on their way to Europe to iiuike a study of financial condi tions. His long black 'hair, promi nent facial features ,a lithe yet otur fly form make him a marked man among men. f i ' V T "4 The Zeppelin airship, which was overtaken by disiuster shortly after beginning its return trip over Soul! Germuny was the greatest vehicle of its kind ever .constructed. It was 483 feet long and 43 feet in llume ter, at its largest '.part. Count 'Zep pelin, . while almost prostrated by this calamity, has announced that lie will immediately proceed to build ;i counterpart of the destroyed ship. Battleship Nears Sighted otf Horizon This Morrting Approscliiiio in Perfect Formation Storm Hes Abated snd Sea Snteidtd Some of the Ships Suffered Sm2il Los Auckland, N. Z., August S A wireless message today, received here from the consort tug Australasia which put out to meet the American battleship fleet; states that the line of ships is visible upon the horizon approaching in perfect formation. Further messages from the 'Aus- "enough to -require constant watching tralasla state that the sea, while run-:'-an'd to cause the heavy steel war ma iling strong with a heavy; swell, is chines to tos.v and tumble in the gradually subsiding after Qie storm, j vexed waters. The wind has blown Itself out . and1 The decks of the ships have been the gale which threatened such havoc pounded by the heavy rollers and to the stately American ships passed some of th? less important rigging off to the eastward. ' wiped away by the waves. Fine weather prevails for the ent-1 This week had but six davs for the ranee of the fleet to the Auckland men on the ships, a curious phenom harbor. With favorable conditions enon, caused by the difference in the there will be nothing to hinder the time. Augurff- 6 was practically splendid maneuvers which have been wiped from 'the calendar. On Wed planned as part of the program. It aosday night at 7 o'clock the vessels was arranged that the battleships were in latitude 28, degrees, 14 niin should approach in double lines and ntes south and longitude 179 do thus array themselves before the .grees 59 minutes west. A few min- clty. ; However, the storm lent fears that this might not be possible, but the blowing out of the gale has taken away all misgivings. . On Friday the fleet encountered a nessing and welcoming the navy of strong northeast current and in or- (he greatest nation of the earth. This der to reach port on scheduled time is tho first visit to a foreign shore Admiral Sperry gave orders for 12 since the fleet touched at Magdalena knots speed. ', The dally evolutions Jlay last March, and It Is quite mat were dispensed with, .but the forma- nrally a matter of moment to the Hon was maintained despite the ad- men and officers' of the fleet, as well verse weather conditions., The six- as to the residents of tha city of teen vessels remained spaced as they Auckland. Today hundreds of tour were before tho heavy weather blew Ists and excursionists are pouring up, although it was a difficult task to into Auckland and already ncconiino keep them so. The crews appeared ilatlons are at a premium. Count Gives Order For Hew .1 .-"..'.:' "'.' Machine Work Has Begun (By Cable to The Times) Frledrlchshafen, Aug. 8. After a long talk with his chief engineer, Herr Duerr, Count' Zeppelin has given orders that work on the con structlon of a new airship be begun. "r-J'"'ST-zt- to enjoy the diversion, according to wireless -."flashes; 1 'p to the present week fine w-eaiher prevailed constant ly and tlu'iv- wns hardly an uneven line on ibe horizon. The stornis Were not '. danirirous enouc;h to cause havoc to the vessels, but serious ill es later the --180th meridian had boon passed. ; Auckland is quivering with excite-1 inient for (he important event of wit.-i In fact, he has about decided to build two at the same time, each on a different modol. The new ships will show many changes, suggested by a study of the accident of two "''-. (Contlned on Fage Seven.) 9 Auckland Three Neyroes Arrested, Char ged With Wrecking DYNAMITE ON . TRACKS Tried to Blow lp Train No. 29 With .Dynamite 'Windows of Coaches Shattered, But No Serious Damage : Done and No One Hurt. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Danville, Va., August 8 Jordan Lee, an alleged notorious negro, Lon- iiie Revnolds. una Edward blade, .tw0j no.ro bovs hiivs been arros'.ed on a charee of attempting to wreck south bound passenger train No. 29 of the Southern Railwav bv blowing H up with dynamite. The negroes placed the dynamite on the track at a point near this city. The windows- of the coaches were shattered, but no serious dam ago was done, all pasHeiiKors escap ing injury. About 12 sticks of dvnamite were found in the bushes near t.li 3 point where the attempt was mad n p i he tram. to blow I i Leo acknowledged seeing the boys; i with the dynamite and said he, showed them how to use it. The ex-i plosive is supposed to have been j stolen from the camp of a construe-! tion forre, TABHiZ SEC'tDES FliOM THE PERSIAN EMPIRE (Bv Cnblj to The Times) Constantinople, August 8 Advices reaenmg hire today from Persia, which" are said, to be based on the verv best aiithoritv, state that Tab riz, which is the largest -city m Persia and has been -t.hu center of the Pers ian revolution, has seceded fro'.n the Persia :i nitiire and declared allegi ance to '1 ni lii v. , M.KItVI; IX iuxchks. Nebraska .Justice Married Forty-six Couples in i'orty-live Minutes, 700 Couples in Three Months. Omaha. Neb., Aug. 8.- Forty-six weddings in Jortv-five minutes is the record made bv Judge Edgar S. (iar rison. of Panama, who is Visiting his lornier home near Omaha. .lud'ie OarriRon started a crusa(; against immorality shortly after his arrival in-. Panama, and in five days he married 233 couples. Rut the record number of mar riages came one afternoon a few ..days after ai.s crusade was started. There was a stampede for licenses and in fortv-five .minutes he tied the knots for t'orlv-six couples. In three montns he has married more than 700 collides. . COI;. lll'GII SCOTT. A vi Col. Hugh ScOit, cOmniundnnt tit West Point, who is to hold a confer ence With Secretary of War, Wright, with "view of fixing upon some ade-; quate and suitable punishment for the eight cadets recently dismissed 'for hazing and afterwards reinstated -by Secretary Wright. tt r UM. Will Have ExcelleDt Team GEORGETOWN IS COMING Will Play in Raleigh This Season. Miclue Wliitehurst Returns The Schedule Best in the History of A. & M. V. P. I. Game in Norfolk. "The prospects for another cham pionship football teams," said Gradu ate Manager Harris, who will again steer-the A. fc.Hf. athlpto-s ni fn vie-. t01T were never g0 brigM as th flre for this fall " The A. & M. College will 'put out a football team that will be better than ! the famous eleven of last year, which won the championship of the south. Coach Miclue Whitehurst will steer the Varsity and an assistant coach has been engaged to have entire charge of the scrubs. This year the scrubs will have a regular schedule of games and some good fierce con tests have been booked : for them. The athletic field will be put in good shape and seats built the entire length of the west side of the field In order that the spectators can get as war as possible to the game. Team Material. : Never have prospects for good ma- terial been as bright at the A. & M. as they now are. Of last year's team the ; following men will return : Rf ". ens, captain and quarter-back; Howard Reebe, the best tackle in the south : Stroud, the best half-back yet developed at A. & M. ; Frank Thomp son, whose kicking has won him a reputation that places him among the best ; Dick Johnson, full back, will a sain be; aeon In his usual good form as a fast sprinter;. Spencer, who was developed as a back last year, will auain bo behind the line; Scotchy Uardie, of well-known fame of a year ago, as one of the fastest and clever- est halt-hacks, will return to A. & i .M. this fall, and will be seen doing stuiiis In rough, around, and over the line. Scotchy is well-known in this state, asr-n crack half-back. Tha new i bucks will be Don Hanks, one of the I. last est men yet seen in high school llooibnll. He weighs 175 pounds and : ism born loolball player. When the ! coming season ..closes Hanks' name will be written among the best south i em backs." Another new man will be ; Morion, full back on Davidson last i .venr, and who did star work against ' A. fc A1. in the Davidson vs. A. & M. game at Charlotte. . Two other big South Carolinians, weighing 190 -.pounds and ot football calibre, will j conipl jte the list of backs for , the A. & M. team of 1808. It may be said wuh all safety that there could not be a better set of backs picked from coutheru college teams. Com ' petitioa will be great for the back ' field positions. Saddler, Seifert, Fox, and Long, last years ends, will all return and added to these will be Hartsell and Moran, new men of known athletic ability. Centre will be taken care of : by Tempki and Thompson, both be ing great, loot ball .players,, and rank j ing among the best. Van Glahn, who lis remembered as the man who did so much against Virginia last Thanks I giving day, will be at his position as guard, and Rray of last year's team, i will be the other guard. The tackle I positions will be looked after by the I all-southern tackle, Howard Bebee and KeUie Gattis, a Raleigh boy, who weighs. 190 pounds and has grit, nerve, energy, and enthusiasm that will place him among the best tackles In the country. He was with the team for a short while last year, but suf fered an accident which kept him out ot regular games. His work in the all-star game will be remembered. PJesides the above-mentioned there will be no lesR than 15 other candi dates for the first, squad. No delay will be caused this season I on account of lack of lateness in ar I riving of football equipment. A big ! order of suits, jerseys, shoes, stock ings, sweaters, and balls has already arrived. Practice will begin the first of September. The Schedule. ' For the first time in Its history Georgetown University will be , seen In Raleigh In a football contest. The A. & M. and Georgetown team will meet on the local gridiron on Thur- day of fair week. Hundreds of p?o- plo from all over the state have oen clamoring for a big game In Raleigh j (Continued on Page Three.) ';'. : "
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