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1 till"" Weather. aies , Washington, D. C, Dec, 89 Fore cast for North Carolina tonight and; Wednesday: ' Partly cloudy tonight - and Wednesday; rain In the west., ,; ESTABLISHED 1876. RALEIGH, N; C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1908. PRICE 5 CENTS MRS. LILLIE DEVEHEtX BLAKE.! TWO MURDERERS LODGED IN JAIL MRS. JOSEPH LEITER. DEATH CAME AS RELIEF TO ERB WORST !N YEARS 1! OVER TAFT'5 PLAN 2nd Edition ! WIDOW OF ANNIS MUCH CONCERN APPEARS IN CB1T Thousands sf Pecple Perish Many Towns and Villages Swept Away EFFORT FOB RELIEF Thousands of Men Have Been Draft ed Into .Relief Army and Started For Southern Italy to Bury the Dead and Give Such Succor as is Possible Little Ceremony Marks the Burial of the Dead Many Dis asters at Sea, Over 700 Craft of ' Various Kinds Being Lost Details of Great Disaster. .-, ''"' (By" Cable to The Times.) Rome, Dec. 2 9-Baslng . statistics upon the very latest reports receded from the devastated districts . of southern Italy, which was swept by earthquakes, tidal waves and Are, it is predicted this morning that the casualties will reach 75,000, perhaps more. Hundreds of men and women and children were: burled alive, caught In the debris and carried to suffocation and Instant death. To add to the terrors of the people, Mount Aetna began to spout lava and fumes in an alarming manner today. Dispatches received from Palermo declare that hundreds will perish from exposure and lack of food un less Instant relief is brought forward. At this time succor seems impossible. The Trlbuna this morning estimat ed the dead at 75,000. Official com pilations, which are in progress, seem to confirm this awful list. King Victor Emmanuel departed for the devastated districts In Sicily today accompanied by a martial es cort. He. has ordered the heads of all government departments, at Rome to- ao' everything in their power; -to alleviate the suffering and give re-' lief, ft Is feared the American consul at Messina has perished. it is seml-offlclally reported today that the dead in Messina number. 12, 000. The Strait of Messina has been materially changed by the disaster and navigation will be hampered for some time on this account. Arsenals throughout Calabria' and the affected pints were destroyed causing fur ther loss of life and great damage to the government . Rome, Dec. 29 An authoritative compilation was commenced this morning to ascertain the exteu', of the devastation created by the earth quakes and tidal waves of yesterday, when whole cities were destroyed and thousands lost their lives. The ca tastrophe which swept over southern Italy, leaving desolation and ruin in its wake is known from the general reports to be the worst in modern history, but it is feared that even the radical estimates of death and dam age may prove conservative in the face of reports which are coming in from the provinces of Calabria and Sicily.: Unofficial estimates today place the number of dead at between 10,000 and 20,000. Despite the wide var- lance of these figures It is not pos sible at this time to make a less faulty hazard. When it Is consid ered that whole towns and villages were swept away in the face of the calamity and that hamlet after ham let along the coast was inundated, it can be seen that an exact estimate is beyond the questin. The seismic dlsturbnces which swept over the entire southern dis tricts of Italy yesterday have been toreheralded, scientists claim. For months past volcanoes have been aotlve slight quakes have been felt in the mountains and the dire rum blings which are the precursors of disaster have been heard In the bow els of the smoking craters in the mountain regions. It 1b not known now that the earthquake of 1895, when so many lives were lost, has been exceeded. The city of Catania was one of the worst sufferers. : The violence of the shocks caused great edifices to tumble, stately col- umns of granite .secure from ordi nary earthly disturbance, fell as though they were on supports of mud An Idea of the force of the shocks can be gained from the fact that they extended through Italy from the southernmost . extremity to the Alpr and were appreciably felt at Domo dossola, on the Blmplon route and at Montcalleii, .near Turin. The first and most vilent shock t were felt at twenty-five minutes af ter & o'clook and these were followed by less serious quakes at Intervals. Fatalities have been reported from Mrs. Lillle Devereux. Wake, Tresl dent of the Pilgrim Mothers, at a re cent dinner of thnt : organization, created a sensation by declaring that it was the men who gossiped and not the women. Gioja, Tauro, Catanzaro, Cteffanocl, Regglo, Catania, Monte'.eonc and many other places. Communication was cut off imme diately after the disaster. Land slides covered the railroad trades; telegraph wires were cut by fulling buildings and poles were carried away down the mountain sides. 'Couriers on foot travelling in the manner unknown for n century brought direful '-tidings from the stricken scenes. The most rcrious landslip occurred between Favazslui and Villa: San Giovani which doomed northern Italy to ignorance so far as Reeaio W83 concerned. Adding to the woe and disaster were the dis turbances at sea. Earthquake shocks which agitated the Straits of-Mes sina. between Sicily and the mainland caused a number of .maritime calam ities. - ." All through the day and night ef forts were-made to hear from Mes Rina. Owing to the fact that a gule was raging oft the Sicilian coast it was well nigh impossible for a ship to brave the elements to carry the tidings of disaster. However, the gunboat Spiga arrived today from Messina .bringing confirmation of the worst reports. Every official instru ment of the government was at once started to aid the suffering and elim inate the r avages of the catastrophe, Thousands of men have been drafted into a vast army, which is now on its way south to clear away the ruins, bury the dead , and give such succor as is possible at this late hour. Sub scriptions are tinder way; collections of food and clothing are being shipp ed in the best way possible and prayers are being said continuously in all the churches throughout the; land. The minister of war today is- ued general orders that the soldiers will be used to prevent disorder and to carry through such civic work as shall be deemed necessary. The five steamships which depart ed from Catania for Messina to assist in the relief labors have not reported yet. Those injured brought from Messina to Catania In the vessels Washington and Montebello are be ing cared for. Many of the refugees were so stupefied with fear that they could not talk of the calamity. To day, however, the authentic story was forthcoming. These ships report that, at least 700 craft of various sizes have been Bunk and that the Austrian steam ship Buda foundered in the gale which followed the earthquake, Little ceremony today marks the burial of the dead. Great trenches nave been dug and the bodies are be ing burled in great heaps. Many are unidentified end never will be. Thousands of residents of the big ger towns are camping in public squares aild many more have fled to the open country, taking care to pitch their tents upon ground free from ; running water. -.;"..:' The scenes In Messina aro descrlb- ed by the refugees as terrible : In their grewsome details. The. tidal wave left the streets covered with a thick layer of mud and immediately after the severest shocks the sky was overcast with lowering clouds. The beautiful sun-bathed city with its iolent summer skies and Its dancing seas of Bapphlre was transformed in an Instant Into a blackened mass of debris wind-lashed and wave-Bwept, while the stately columns, symbolic of Italian art in architecture crum bled away. Great tongues of flame leaped In lurid and angry bounds, making a great pyre of the beautiful :lty .while the run colored spy seem- ed to weep upon the ruin and death below. Many explosions In the vlclu- io vf.i. - . " " nuprsswons. .Dioree ot .,Kuupuwue-i were exploded by the flames and these wre followed by explosions Of ' (Contlned on Pate Seven.) Ed Harris and Hay Carter, Negroes, Caught Today in Little River Township CARTER DIB SHOOTiNG Two Negro Boys Who Killed Buck Mitchell, Another Xegro, Caught 'Today by. Deputy Sheriff G. D. Stell and Brought to This City Harris Furnished Gun For Shooting Clulm Thnt They Thought the Gun Not Loaded. '.,- Hay Carter and Ed. Mitchell, two negro boys, wjere brought, here today by Deputy Sheriff G. D. Stell and ladged in the county jail on Un charge of murder. Their victim was Buck Mitchell, a respected negro, who liver near Rolesvllle. Sunday afternoon the two boys ar rived at Mitchells' house. Bot h of them were drunk. They entered the house in which were Mitchell and ills wife. According to the woman's story, there was no quarrel between the men. One of t he boys 'said sonic thing about "hugging Mitchell's wife." Mitchell took it as a'joke and laugh ingly objected. Carter said to his companion, Ed. Harris,. "Give -.. mo that pistol and I'll fix the d . ... scoundrel!" Harris handed him the gun and hi fired .the ball striking Mitchell just above his right eye and killing hlni almost Instantly. . The boys' skipped at once. Deputy Sheriff G. D. Stell was sick at tile time the crime was committed and could not go in pursuit. Four other men searched for the negroes jester day and last night, hut. could not Hurt them. . .. This morning Mr. Stell went in pursuit of them. Hay Carter he found hid under the lap of a pine tree and Ed. Harris in Mr. Rufits Bar ham's "pack-house" in Little. Rivet township. The negroes claim that ."the shoot ing was done "in a frolic' that they were just projicking," and had no intention of killing him. They de clare that they thought the gun was not loaded and they only meant, to scaro him. - In the last few weeks killings of this kind have multiplied. Lu.la Todd, a negro'woman, recently killed a man "projicking" with an empty gun. Early Walker is now in jail for kill ing Walter Crowder by accident. Other cases of recent -occurrence might be mentioned . It is time that something was done wilh these "projlckers" who "projick" with un loaded guns. ; I THE TRACTION CO (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Dec, 29 Judge Ray, In the United States circuit court today handed down a decision which dealt a blow to traction merger in New York In permitting a suit brought against the Interborough Rapid Tran sit Company, the Metropolitan Street Railroad Company and the Metropol itan Securities Company on 1 the ground that they constitute a iuonop- olp to go on to a finish. Attorneys for the stockholders of the Cntinental securities company or New Jersey in stltuted the suit. It was declared the merger was illegal and contrary to the best Interests of the public and also that tt constituted a monopoly The lawyers for the traction com panies entered a demurrer In the suit. ; r in-'FRIFNIK OF MfllKF I IliLllMU Ul (ifUIlUL WANT HIM FREED (By Leased Wire to The Times) Bath, Me., Dec. 29 Mayor Goonre B. Hughes has called a meeting of friends or banker Charles W. Morso for this afternoon. at City Hall. An effort will mad lf Rld Mo,' t0 ,!e1oul'e a np,w trial. It Is expected resolutions will be adopted . declaring .that Morse's 8entenc, meani! ,ife mprle0nment and that aH honorsblo means be used to secure a nw trial and ball. This Is jMorse's native place. u DECISIONAGAINS For First Tims Since Siie Gave Tesliira? Mrs. Aniils Was in ferl -, HARD DAY WiTH HA1NS Mrs. Annls Called &-p. Confront Wit ness , Who . Sun; 4 " It-ertliiy Thnt She Whh Not'.'in' io it ..When Her lliishnnd Wn JfTl il Witness, However, Stu 'k Mill ,t;Hfs Story. Widow Ieft ("oiii-vrin iulminwllute 1 After Kii.bniWs-hi'ff' Ordr-ul. tJi'iieriil mid Mrs.hluiiis Will Froli iihly He Called to ."Stund Today. (By Leased' Wire'-mj .The -Ti:hc)' Flushing, N. Y., Dec. J9 Proseeii or ira G. Darrin, of Queens county, iiade an angry -.-dental to a reporter Loclay of the iHibllslnjU'-fiti'ioiiicni -that he would not act as sjic nrosecu-. tor in the Hahis case r Hit) i'Xii-.-imber' :i 1 Mr, DiiiTin ration of his term .on i or .less i iiau 5100 a day.' said : ' ". "If 1 hf.ve my own was l.vviil not je in t no e:irt ra any CiVniii-iH . wiiuv 3Vor ai't.-r Timrsduy nlglitv vh'n; t:.io :iew prosecutor, . Mr. . IJVi it l, takes office; 1 ask only to n-ciini to v my !;rivnte jirucii.'e." . . .. ,: Just before. "' fliorntpn '. .Jenkins Halns.- was liroii;'.fiL. into cnr.n. tlHh :iloniing the tall Rfturo of :.;. . V 1 1 - IliliuH. Aniiis, widow of ilii' tiiuiv for whose'.' murder ho is belng'.i.rid.wus seen to alight f ronv u trolley cmv. S:ip went ;lt once to the old ijrtecnk coun ty court, buildingand v.'ps "closoled in the'-rooni ''nssigned to UiHirici-Atloi'- :iey Ira G. Darrin. It was her"..' ttrst,i;.ainiitai:aiice in' Ktu:hing since. Hiv; Mvt ,i,ir sensa tional lost hrion.v,. xM lilosi Mani;ti,'n'.?. jf the whole trial to the (ici'eiuianj. The widow was ncr-inn minted as us lal by lier close. friends; Mr. -.i.ut Mr;'. Charles A. iiirchiiehl. Mrs. Aiinis cr.me to court today "o be ready for. call in rebuttal hy iln- :i.'osccu(iou. ' .' . -, r ilains realized that ho had hefoii lim probably his hardest cay, - r Mr. Mclaiyre, chief counsel for the ilc- .'ense, aunoiinied that he would proii- ildy call to till' stitiul before piirhi loth 01 .'the --Hired' parems or tin- !''-;.: 'endant and his brut her, t'apf. i'elcr Hains. John Tierney, the ash-gatheier who began his test iniony yesterday said on cross-examination, he had i seen illiam Ci Andrews, Charles A: 3irchfield, and George Downs at one .nd of the (lout. Ho said he hnd soon he defendant break his gun and show it to Downs. Witness said lip had: not seen Kimmell o.i the dock. Iiur j had noticed 'Harvey- Rockwell at the! right side of the dock, V Ho identified Messrs. Storm and Ilarwny. Mrs. Annls was then asked to eom to the front. She took two paces into Ihe enclosure and stood directly bao: of the prisoner and literally stared iir Tierney in the witness chair. Jenkins Hains wheeled about and looked back and up into the widows face, which was like marble in Its paleness nud rigidity. Tierney re peated his testimony of yesterday ind stuck firmly to his declaration that Mrs. Ann is had not. been on the float during the shooting of her hus band. " Mrs. Annls knew the consequence (Continued on Fuge Seven.) iMAHIM COKKLLI. Marie Corelll, the distinguished novellst, who Is seriously UL but con- ( tlnuea bcr writing. ' '' 7 '. ' ' . ' 1 i , vl ;t,i i 4 - K :" . J 4 -V -Oil Plan to Reorganize Machinery for Regulating Interstate Commerce Commission UNFORTUNATE WAVE Various' Dcnnrliiicnt of the Govern ment Are' Much Interested in the J'lan Hut mi Ol'tli'inl of the Com mission Says That tho !ovemeut Jnst at. This Time is I'eruLurly I'n foi'tiinnte Long List of Issues llc fore (he Commission to be in the Near Kiiture. (J!y LeiiMd Win- tn The Times.) . AV.'ishingion, pi-c. It . would be dimeult to over-state the . concern which has been manifested in various government departments as a: result of Jurtse Tu f I's itnnouncfmen t of his plan ; to renijranlze the .Kovernment's Insti'unieiuallties for rctrulaiiiiK Intev ttate toinnleffe. The feeling at the vnter.state commerce commission is that t!iaf, organisation, is oaee more, to be put on iria! for Its life. An oflleia! Of . 'the voinmission ....point ed' Out today . that it was peculiarly. unfortunate to have such a, movement .- - at this time, for the ijmujriirated just ri.iHbn thnt there- has been ' practical ly no judicial- .determination concern ing the power? granted, by the Hep burn :'.ct. ' 'Within tli next nioiitb," said ; he, "practically every big question raised by the new legislation xviil have been submitted to the supreme court. Thus far we have had just - one of them deeldi-d that being the question of the ciiminlas'Mh's . power to summon u tt-ncy.-'cs and ;i eqijhv : vheni to teatify, SvliieU 'a jaiseU in tli- liriiman )n vesllgatioji. "ni'u'l dec Mofl against -the I eonlinisfifui, ; I Vlbll .there is a long list of issues j of. Ihe utmost Importance to be de eldi:d in the iii-ai' uture. - The cases ha.v been1 made up and in the, course I of . sis AVei-lts pi aclieally everything j ill the n.-w law . will he before the su 'pieme eourl for determination. Then V.'e v.ill know for the first time where ! we Miami:- how much husbeon . gained 1 by the new law: and what, changes' and amendments a re needed- to Improve I 't." . ' ..: Tlur, Is , inUM-.- tiiti- mi iiiiiieing of words 'milling, commerce people about the suspected Inspiration of the proposal of Jiabie Tart It Is attributed to the bureau of corporations, which wanted the executive powers of the commis sion from the. beginning. The members rand officers of the commission . ale ! quite Willing. . indeml anxious, to have J a. thorouiih comparison of the results i achieved liy their body and the bureau corporal ions. BUNCH FINED (Ry Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, D. C, Doe. 29 The division of prosecutors of the Inter state .Commerce , Commission today reported that a line of 115,000 has been Imposed on T. H. -Hunch; of Lit tle Rock, Ark., for receiving rebut es In violation of the. act. to regulate commerce. Hunch was indicted April 14, 1908, by tho L'nited States grand jury for tho eastern district of Ar kansas. The indictment charged htm with receiving rebates upon ship ments of grain transported from Omaha and Kansas City to Little Rock. It Is also charged that he re ceived elevation allowances in viola tion of the act. These rebates were received from the Missouri Pacific Railway and the St. Louts, Iron Moun tain & Southern Railway. LUMSDEN HEARING IS P0STP0NE0T0 JAN. 5. (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Dec. 29 The inquest Into the killing of Henry B. Suydam, the curb broker who was shot in hia office at 37 Broad street on the morn ing of December 19 by J. C. Lunisden and died the next morning at St. VInconts Hospital, was today ad- Journed by Coroned Harburger to January 6, FOR REBATING f 1 1 m Mrs. Joseph Leiler, who is encoui ing the liiiudrcds of file lighters In trying to save the cont mines of her hnsbimd in Zicj;ler, Illinois. VISITS ENGLAND (Hy Cable to "The Times.) Londoii. Dee; ill From every section of the Hrltlsh Isles corne today : re ports of the' severest snowstorm which has v-iited the United Kingdom so far iiil:i -4o'er. "''; , .. -'. .' 'Siiu-4" Sunday i!ie .blisKard tma been ragingj over the islands. In London the storm has wrought much damage and Inconvenience. .Traffic Is seriously impeded, and all trains aro running in to the city are handicapped n at tempting to follow regular schedule In Scotland train service is impossible. The aid is extremely cold and the mow is being driven by a stiff north ern wind. In the rural counties roads ire blocked and many communities ire completely: isolated. . THREE SHIPS AT LAGUAYRA try Leafed Wire to The Times.) Washington,; Dec. 29 The navy de partment now has .-.three warships In Venezuelan Waters watching the course of events there. The Dolphin arriv ed at l.afiiiayra on the 25th Instant and word has been received . of; the arrival at that port of the battleship Yta'ne and the cruiser North Caro lina. The North Carolina left La Oiiayia today: for a trip to Ouanta namo, ; WANTS MOR EMOXKY. Mike Dunlin Seems to he Suffering I'iimii Had Cilw of Swell-head. "'' Uv Leased Wire to The Times) Piltshurg. I'a., Dec. 29 Mike Dun lin may not play with the New York Giants next season. He has the act ing bee in his bonnet and has given Manager McGraw his ultimatum.. He said so himself last ni.ght on the stage at the Grand, where, with his talented wife, Mabel While, he is playing n vaudeville sketch called 'Stealing Home." "I am willing to play with New York next season If they come up to my ligures," said Mike, "If not, well, I'll stay o:r the stage Mrs. Donlln and I have some very nice offers." KDI C.T1()X.L COXVKXTIOV. First Session Held in Atlanta Today, (Ry Leased Wire to The Times) Atlanta, Dec. 29 The first ses sion of the Southern Educational Convention was held this morning at 10 o'clock, nt the First Methodist church In Peiichtreo st'-eet, with del egates present from every state In tho southeast. It will bo followed by a number of meetings in the after noon, at-which various branches of educational work will be considers. The convention will continue ror three days, the principal meetings se lng held In the First mothodlst church. TERRIFIC TOM This Declaration Will Be Made By tiie Prosecution at the Trial Today COURT ROOAS JAMMED The Accueed Widow and Her Sister Are ef ended by , Three of .the Ablest Lawyers in the County. . Prosecution Considers Its Case Against the Women Strong Enough to Withstand Attacks From Sncb Able Counsel As Mrs. Erb Has Re tallied Sensatonal Quarrels Pre ceded the Shooting. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Media, Pa., Dec. 29 .Mrs. Florence Erb and her sister, Mrs. Catharine Beisel, were put on trial in the Dela ware county court today for the mur- ' der of Captain J. Clayton Erb at his beautiful country home, Red Gables, at. Village Green, on the night of October 6. . ,.; The accused widow and her sister are defended by three of the ablest lawyers In the county. The trial has attracted wide ' attention and the room was jammed this morning when the case was called. The prosecu tion considers its case against the two women strong enough to with stand the attack of even such able counsel as Mrs. Erb has retained. Captain Erb, who was formerly pri vate secretary to "Boss" Israel Dur- ham, of Philadelphia, was one of the most widely known politicians In Pennsylvania. He had amassed a large fortune and his home, Red Gables, was one of the most Impos ing villas in the country-side.: The real tragedy in the life of Cap tain Erb, however stretched ; Ow... . many months of internal bickerings wlth-'fiis wife : Sensational quarrels , preceded the shooting. - He married Mrs. W. G. G. Rother- mel in the belief that it was the only course open to him as a man. She led him to think that surgeons alone could save her name and that she had risked her life and reputation. Erb's whole married life was trag ic. Death came to him not as a final catastrophe, the prosecution will de clare, but as a relief from sorrow. He admitted to a friend, one of the highest officers in the Philadelphia police department, that he would be able to hold out against his wife If she showed toward him any of the affection she pretended to feel before they were married. Mrs. Beisel Is only 25 years old. She made a visit to the house at the time Erb is said to have, been pois oned. She was there when the shoot ing occurred and in a hysterical con fession Constable Simpson will tes tify, admitted that she shot cown ner brother-in-law In the hallway of Red Gables; Israel W, Durham was one of the first to declare he believed his for mer secretary had been the victim of a murder plot. He has been in con stant communication with the prose cution, tending the district attorney all the aid in his power. The case was called at 10:50 this morning In the Delaware county court house. Judge Johnson presiding. Both defendants heavily veiled and gowned in black entered the court room during the poll of the jury pan el, accompanied by their attorneys, Messrs. Rhodes, Fronefleld, and Alexander. District-Attorney McDade stepped to the rail at just 10:50 and asked that Florence Erb and Katharine Beisel be arraigned on the charge of murder of Captain J. Clayton Erb. Mrs. Erb at once threw back her vail and Harry Beisel assisted bis wife in removing hers. Clerk of the Court Smith then read the Indictment and Mrs. Erb's cheek never blushed as the harsh words "did felonously murder", were read. Mrs. Beisel swallowed hard. Asked the question "What say you, guilty or not guilty?" Mrs. Erb re plied strongly and firmly, "Not guil ty", though Mrs. Belsel's reply was hardly audible And the same was true when asked, "By whom do you wish to be tried?'' ."By God and my country," cams firmly from Mrs. Erb and very quietly from Mrs. Beisel. The examination of talesmen was then taken up. '- Mrs. John Carter Brown Dying. (T5v LaanAil Wlro tn Th Tl ...k Newport, R. t,' Dee. J9 Mrs. John Carter Brown, on of the WMlthtot woman In America, Is reported dylnf at her home here.
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