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Weather.
SECOND.
EDITION
Washington, D. C, Feb. 9 Fore
cast for North Carolina for tonight
and Wednesday: Rain t onight,
warmer in eastern portion.
ESTABLISHED 1876.
RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY; FEBRUARY 9, 1909. '
PRICE 5 CENTS
BILL TO CHANGE
MILEAGE
BOOK
SYSTEM KILLED
Senator Barringer's Bill Re
ported Unfavorably By the
Committee Tbls Morning
OTHERS DISPOSED OF
Senator Long's Bill to Prohibit the
Issuing of Franks by Telephone
' Companies Also Killed Hough
ton's Bill to Provide Antitoxin to
Indigent Persons Suffering From
- Diphtheria Gets Favorable Report.
Text of the Bill Lieutenant-Governor
Winston in the Chamber.
New Bills Introduced.
Several bills of Interest were dis
posed of today, Senator Long's bill
prohibiting the Issuing of franks by
telephone companies was reported un
favorably. Senator Barringer's bill
relating to mileage books, changing
the present system of Issuing tickets
to holders of mileage books, met the
same fate.
Ex-Lleutenant-Governor Francis D.
Winston appeared in the senate cham
ber and was greeted with applause.
Senator Doughton's bill to provide
diphtr Tla antitoxin for indigent per
sons sick of (diphtheria, was reported
favorably by. the Committee on Pub
lic Health.
The bill is one of the best Intro
duced at this session of the legisla
ture, and means much for the health
and welfare of the poor. It will be
a means of saving thousands of lives.
The provisions of the act are as
follows:
"Section i. That the North Caro
lina 'board of health Is hereby author
ized and directed to arrange for a
sufficient supply of diphtheria anti
toxin for the treatment therewith,
free of charge, of indigent persons
sick of diphtheria and for immuniz
ing against infection such indigent
persons as may be exposed to the dis
ease: and to extend the facilities for
making the diagnosis of the disease.
"Sec. 2. That the said board of
health shall keep on hand in the state
laboratory, of hygiene a supply of re
liable diphtheria antitoxin and shall
distribute, through the said labora
tory, to the several counties of the
state whenever the board of county
commissioners thereof shall request
it and shall notify the secretary of
the state board of health that they
will pay for the same upon presenta
tion of a bill, and shall designate the
person or persons with whom it shall
bo deposited. The antitoxin shall be
furnished at the lowest figure ob
tainable for a reliable preparation.
"Sec. 3. That whenever a physic
ian is called to a case of diphtheria
In an Indigent person, or one In im
mediate need and unable to pay for
antitoxin, he may obtain the same
from one of the depositories or diph
theria stations by filling out and sign
ing In duplicate, the blank requisi
tion form, to be supplied with the an
titoxin by the said board of health,
and presenting the same to the county
superintendent of health, or any
member of the county sanitary com
mittee or to Buch person as the said
county sanitary committee may ap
point, who, after satisfying himself
as to the Indigency of the person or
persons for whom, the antitoxin is
intended, shall approve and counter
sign in duplicate the requisition. The
person dispensing the antitoxin Bhall
retain one copy of the requisition and
hall mail the duplicate promptly to
the director of the laboratory of
Hygiene. He shall also return to
the said director all packages of an
titoxin in his possession as soon as
they become out of date.
"Sec. 4. The provisions of this act
shall apply to cities and towns upon
the same conditions as It does to
counties. .
"Sec. 6. That for carrying out the
provisions of this act the sum of
$500 annually is hereby appropriated.
' "Sec. 6. That this act shall be In
force from and after Its ratification."
Senator Lee, of Wilkes, led the
senate in prayer.
The Journal committee reported no
corrections to be made in the Jour
nal. -J,;,Y,".p ': ' " V
'-Standing committees reported and
various bills were placed on the cal
endar, ', '-. '.'' - ' .' .. '
Mew Bill Today. '
" New bills, petitions, etc., were In-
troduced a follows:
' (Continued on Pigs Two.) '
JILTED WOKAN SHOOTS
Wounds Lover and Commits
Suicide
Martha Ericson, Wonmn Who Shot
Ernest Schcncnianu, Who Keeps
Grocery, Because He Did Not He
turn Her Love Not Dangerously
Wounded.
(By Leased Wire" to The Times)
New York, Feb. 9-Desperate be
cause she had been jilted by him,
Martha Ericson, a young woman,
early today waylaid Ernest Schene-
tnann, who keeps a grocery at 2329 j
Third Avenue, at 128th street and I
Park Avenue and shot him three
times. She then turned, on the
brother of the wounded man, William
Schenemann, and snapped the pistol
at him. It developed later upon an
examination of the weapon that it
nad contained only three cartridges.
The brother ran down Park Ave
nue, pursued by the woman. Pollco
man Cunningham joined in the chase
and finally knocked the weapon from
Miss Erlcson'S hand. Although one
bullet entered Schenemann's head,
his wounds are not considered dan
gerous. When taken to a cell the Ericson
woman swallowed poison she had
concealed in" her clothes. She was
taken to Harlem Hospital dying.
' You have probably killed" that
man," said the policeman.
"I hope I have," screamed Miss
Ericson. "He should be. Tdiat man
lias promised to marry me and he
broke his promise. He has ruined
my life."
OIL VOLCANO
IS
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Tainpico, Mex., Feb.: 9 The great
oil and water volcano at Dos Bocas,
75 miles southwest of Tamplco,' is
rapidly assuming a still more terri
fying aspect The original 8-inch
hole has increased in size until it
now covers an area of more than 40
acres.
The temperature of the water and
oil is increasing at the rate of one
degree a day.. It was 196" Fahenheit
when taken : three days ago as It
flowed Into Lake Tamiahue.
It is predicted by scientists who
have just returned here from a visit
to the volcano or geyser that molten
lava will soon begin to flow. Pres
sure behind the water and oil is con
stantly growing stronger and the lake
Is a seething, boiling caldron, which
has an output of many million bar
rels of water dally.
It Is a mystery where the enormous
water supply of the volcano comes
from. ' It Is the theory of some sci-
antists that an underground connec
tion with the Pacific has been struck
and that the water becomes heated in
passing through the volcano region
of southern Mexico.
FIGHT AGAINST
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
9. The government'i
fight against the Chicago pack'ng
TERRIFYING
PACKING HOUSES
companles is proceeding 'rapidly. Unit- prletor or a cnain ot stores tnrougu
ed States District Attorney Slmms has' out Indiana and Illinois, was struck
Issued subpoenas for Barnard Remmer,
auditor of Armour & Company, and
Reuben s. DicKinson, department man-
ager for the same concern. Other sub-;
poena have been Issued, to be served
on employes of Bwift & Compllnj
Scwartschlld & Sulzberger, and the
National Packing Company.
"We don't know," said Mr. Slmme,
"whether there will be any indictments
or not. You never can tell what a
grand Jury is going to do."
It is believed, however, that the pros
ecutor is placing his main reliance on
testimony already secured, and that he
thinks the government has already de
veloped a good case against the com
bine.- '';.
, Anti-Saloon League Meeting.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.) . .
Norfolk, Va.," Feb. 9 Rev. 3. D.
McAllBter, field secretary ot the state
Anti-Saloon Leaaue. hat onened
headquarters here at the Atlantic
Hotel for the league , convention
which will be called to order here to
night -' - :y
. About' 00 league delegate are ex
peoted ' to attend - the . convention,
among them will be Judge W. H.
Mata, candidate tor governor. " t
fat t '..-,'.:'!.;, V"v i'- '!" . 't .-
HAD A VERY CLOSE CALL
Lee Cannon, Virginian, Ex -
peiled From Honduras
Was Captured by Ilondurnn Forces
While Commanding a Revolution
nry Force Operating Against the
Duvila Government.
(By Cahle to The Times.) ',
Puerto Cortez, Honduras, Feb. 3,
via New Orleans, Feb
9 -Lee Roy
Cannon, aged about thirty-five years,
a Virginian, whose parents live in
Harrisburg, Pa., was today forcibly
exnelled from Honduras, being put
aboard a fruit ves;el bound for New
Orleans. He arrived here yesterday
from Tegucigalpa in charge of a mil
itary escort, who planned to lock him
in the local jail until the ship was
ready to leave, but the American con
sul Anally secured parole of Cannon
in his custody until the ship sailed.
Cannon, who claims relationship
with Speaker Cannon, says he was
captured by the Honduran forces at
La Trinidad on July 29 while In corn-
mand of a revolutionary force oper-
ating against the Davila government
which had invaded the country from
Salvador. He was kept three and a
half months constantly in irons and
was sentenced to bo siiot August 15,
but saved his life at the bayonet s
point by giving a declaration estob-
lishing the complicity, of Salvador in
the revolutionary movement agalnht
the Davila government.
HALF EXCAVATED
(By Cable to The Times)
Panama, Feb. 9 It is now an
nounced that Colonel Goethals, chief
onrtlnoor nt thr ennui, who la with
Mr. Taft on the North Carolina, will
meet the appropriations committee of
congress and show that 62,000,000
cubic yards of earth have been ex
cavated to February 1, and that
111,000,000 remain to be excavated.
Xhe total cost he now estimates to
be 1297,000,000.
It has finally been decided that the
minimum width of the bottom of the
canal will be 300 feet In Culebra cut,
500 feet to the locks and through the
lakes 500 to 1,000 feet.
Class Not u Candidate.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, Feb. 9 Representa
tive Glass, of the Lynchburg, Va., di
vision, who was widely discussed re
cently in connection with the demo
cratic nomination for governor of
the state, announces that his present
intention is not to be a candidate
and that he can foresee nothing that
would cause him to alter tUU deter
mination. STRUCK BY AUTO;
DRIVER ARRESTED'
New York. Feb. 9 John Under-
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
, wooo, u years oia, me weaiuu
Dy an automobile today In front of
the new Grand Hotel, where he is
: -tnlm,n. find erlouslv iniured. He
. v Ynrk HoRnltnl.
..
where it was found that he was suf-
i lenng irom concussion oi iu ura.u
I and lacerated scalp wounds.
: The chauffeur of the machine was
' arrested,
RICHMOND BANK
CLERK fOOKD DEAD
,(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Richmond, Va., Feb. 8 T. Lloyd
Dlggs, clerk in the Bank of Rich
mond, was found dead In the road
near Pullians store in Chesterfield
county this morning by some men on
their way to Swansboro.
Identification, which at first was
dlfflcult, was made through a letter
addressed to T, Lloyd Dlggs, Rich-
mond. The letter waa from ' New
York, v Death must have been due to
natural causes.
PANAMA CANALIS
JOHN LllSOEN'S TRIAL
Set far the first Monday in
March
Sentiment Gradually Changing to
Lumsden's Side Has Strong Ar
ray 'of Legal .Talent Mr. Charles!
V. Harris Now in New York Mak
ing Preparations to Go to Trial.
It ha3 been learned by The Even-
ing Times that the trial of John C.
Lumsden, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
F. Lumsden, of this city, who is
charged with the murder of Harry
Suvdam. a curb broker, of Plainfield.
N. J., with office's at No. 39 Broad
street, New York", at the time of his
death, will be calted on the first Mon
day In March. Mr. Charles U. Har
ris, attorney, of this city, is now in
New York preparing Lumsden's case
for trial. Besides Mr. Harris, Lums
den has engaged the services of two
very prominent New York lawyers.
With this strong array of legal tal
ent and the sentiment gradually
changing to his side of the affair, the
defendant's chances of acquittal look
much brighter than at the time of the
shooting.
Lumsden claims that he went to
Suydam's office, on the morning of
Saturday, December 19, to keep an
appointment. When he entered the
room, three men (Suydam and two
assistants) attacked him. In the !
struggle they used him pretty rough-
ly, but he finally managed to get his
pistol out and fired, which resulted in
Snydam'8 death. Lumsden later told
the police that he had shot In self
defense and denied that he had gone
to the broker's office with' the inten
tion of shooting hfin.
Immediately following the shoot'
ing Suydam was hurried to the Hudj
son Street Hospital, where the sup
geons performed an' operation in the
hope of being ahl ,to remove the
bullet.- TiMir-eeMPtrenreptBioa-wk
that .he had onlitfj slight chance of
recovery, wnicn proved to ne correct.
He died early the following Monday
HlOming.
The citizens of Baleigh, as a whole,
sincerely hope that the efforts of Mr.
Chas. U. Harris and the New York
lawyers, in Mr. Lumsden's behalf,
will be crowned with success, and
that John will return to our city a
free man at an early date.
OLD RICH MAX MARRIED NURSE'
Ceremony To;k Place While He Was
in His Invalid's Chair.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Springfilcd, Mass., Feb. 9 Whila
seated In his Invalid wheel-chair, 59-
I year-old Franklin Pierce, president of
the Holyoke Paper Mills, and reputed
to be worth $500,000, was married at
noon yesterday to Miss Martha C.
Rankin, 34 years old who has acted
as his nurse for the past seven years.
Mr. Pierce had to be carried down
stairs by servants for the ceremony.
His limbs are paralyzed as the result
of locomotor ataxia. Mr. Pierce and
his new bride start today for the
south on their honeymoon.
HARRY TUCKER
FOR L0CALOPII0N
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Rlfhrnnnd. -Va.. Feb. 9 Harrv St.""'" w-""""'" B"m"
i bus countj', unfavorably; , to provide vou see them. He, too, Baid the ne
George Tucker, candidate for gov-, f01. reglBtratlons o deaths, favorably; goa were getting education while
ernor of Virginia,, when seen as he
wag ieavmg Norfolk and asked if he
had anything to say as to whether
he stands for local option or state
wide prohibition, said his views were
well known to friends and acquaint
ances throughout the state;, that he
was preparing a platform on the pub
lic questions upon which h.e would go,
before the people. j
He had, he said, thought it best to
incorporate his views as a whole and
submit them as a whole to the peo
ple of the state. Those who knew'
him, he said, know full well that he
has always stood for the democratic
principle of local self-government as
exemplified In the local option law,
and that he still believes in it, and is
not in favor of state-wide prohibi
tion.' '.: -
Fire in Oarage.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Philadelphia, Feb. 9 Fourteen au-
tomoblles were destroyed In a fire In
the garage of Herbert Hackeler,
caused by the dropping ot a match In
a can of gasoline. Loss about $76,-
; 000.
WOULD
CONTROL
THE CONDUCT OF
MENOFTHEClOTH
A Petition is Presented in the
Eiousa Agalrst Proselyting
By Preachers j
COMMITTEE REPOHTS
Speaker Pro Tcm Morton Presiding
Today Citizens of Sampson Ob
ject to Preacher Who Leaves One
Church and Goes to Another Tnk-,
ins; Members of Old Congregation
With Him Many Local Bills lie
ported Favorably .Many Towns
Will Issue Bonds, Amend Charters, !
Extend Schools, Etc.
The session of the thirtieth day of
the house of representatives of the
North Carolina legislature was ci'lcj
to order at 11 a. m. by Speaker Pro
Tem Morton, and the morning dovo-
tions were conducted by Bepresenta-
tive John F. Latham, of Beaufort
county. 8
The journal committee reportel
the journal of Monday as correctly
recorded
and the same stood ay-
proved.
The regular call for petitions, me
morials and communications brought
forward the following, which were
read and referred: Petition from
citizens of Mt. Airy against the exton
siqn of the town limi'.s; communica
tion from citizen of Sampson against
the proselyting of a preacher leaving
one church and going to another, I
carrying members with him: ;: com-
.pMae . iton. kockj uount nre-
men. asking for '-the. firemen's relief
fund to' be etablishedi petitloiTas to IMn 16" retire; ir&u'jrbnSlrfcss honor
schools in Pamlico county; : from ally.1 . . -!
Guilford against taxing fire ingurnncn' - : ;
companies; from citizens of Bruns-j sheriff of Robescn, favorably; to in
wick against no fence law. corporate. Pee' Dtse Valley Railroad,
: Bills llcportcd. favorably ; to 'define duties of rail-
To protect forest, favorably; as to r0ad3 and agents, unfavorably.
encouraging stock raising in Maaison,
unfavorably; to provide issue of
bonds in Highlands, favorably; as to
charter of Parkersburg, . and for
bonds in Macon, favorably; to allow
sale of Yancey county home, favor-1
ably; to allow Siler City to issue
bonds, favorably; to allow Charlotte
to issue bonds, favorably; to allow
New Bern to appropriate money, fa-
vorably; to allow Morganton to issue
bonds, favorably; to allow Hyde to
issue bonds, favorably; to amend
charter of Lowell, favorably; to re
vise charter of Salem, favorably; to
pay off debt in Hendersonviile, fa-;
vorably; to authorize police for Ruth
erford county, favorably; to amend
law as to tax In' Enfield, favorably;
to revise Charter of Winston, favor-j
ably; as to - Enfield ' graded school j,
favorably; bills of yesterday passing
the house as properly engrossed an.l
sent to the senate; to regulato fish
ing In Neuse, favorably; to protect
deer, quail, foxes, in Alamance, hunt
ing, killing game in Halifax; as to
protect squirrels in certain counties;
to protect squirrels in Bladen; to pro
tect birds In Scotland; to regulate
quail in Orange; to protect quail in
Alexander; to protect game in
Bladen; to protect doves in Edge
combe; to protect squirrels in Nash
all favorably. To prohibit sale of
a"al1 ana grouse for two years, lavor-
nKln no tA liiitifliii nnniA In Pnltim.
to amend law as to sale of cocaine,
opium and morphine
unfavorably;
as to narcotics, unfavorably; as to
health of travelling public, favor
ably; as to health of prisoners, un
favorably; as to amending law as to
public health, favorably ;as to relief
as to certain physicians in mountain
district, unfavorably; to amend law
as to traffic in narcotics, favorably;
to authorize Caswell to issue bonds,
favorably; to relieve Sam Paston,'
unfavorably; to appoint women no-
taries, unfavorably; as to defending
accounts, favorably; to give laborer come within twelve minutes a day o:
a lien on any personal property, un- hours, he thought it unwise for thl:
favorably; to amend law as to sum- body to Interfere In any way, for the'
mons, unfavorably; as to tax in Cas- could work it out. He moved re-re-well,
favorably; to relieve sheriff of ferenco to committee on Manufactur-
Moore, favorably; to appoint cotton
weigher, favorably; , to appoint ste
nographer for house, unfavorably; as
to sawdust lu streams In Graham, fa
vorably; to drain lands In Camden,
favorably; to allow sheriff of Hay-
wood to collect tax, favorably; to re-
lieve R. M. Nix, favorably as amend-
cd; to Incorporate Jno. Chas. McNeil
Memorial Society, favorably; to
amend law as to streams In Catawba,
favorably; to prevent stock at large
I in Pitt
county,
favorably; as to
Gives Large Gift.
L 'J V if
V
Former Judge W
above, whose gift
, H. Moore shown
of $2,000,000 to
tne nrm of money V. Love, shown
below, is said to have enabled the
The morning hour, having expired ;
the cilair ial-i ucforc t!le house bill tot
amend the law as to child labor.
Mr.
ilinsrtale sent forward amendments,
which were read and he spoke for the
ar-ifcHdmenls, as the committee had
tal:en out the pith of the bill. Mr.
Hinsdnlp. gave' figures and conditions
in the north, saying children four-
tecn and sixteen wero not allowed to
work but forty-eight hours' a week,
while here they worked eleven hours
a day. S.ii 1 here the negro Was In
school and the white child in the
mill, and it ya; a serious question.
Mr, Cox took up each amen lment;
first-as to Inspection of mills; second,
to liiaUiiig rc-pohs; .'third, as to
worl.iiig young girls i:l mijls at nig'.it,
Mr. Williamfi, of Cabarrus, , sent
forward amendment forbidding any
minor females to work in the mills
between 7: "O p. m. and 5:00 in the
morning. Mr. Willianis spoke for
his amendment from a hygienic
standpoint. He said he thought the
mill men were working for better
conditions but conditions were such
that the men gave work to the young
because they ask for it.
I Mr Jarrett said the committee had
tried to get together as to the bill in
. question but they could not and re
1 ported the bill unfavorably, w ith a
substitute. He said he was not
against the mills but for the boys and
. i i . - . ' . i j i 1 1 .....1, ,,n
gins wno you -couiu ien -.uuywuu.v
n,e white children was in the mill
He spoke for shorter hours and older
age nmit.
Mr. Turlington asked of Mr. Jar
rett If he had ever been in a milK
The reply came that he had been li
mills and had besa. refused admit
tance here in Raleigh to a mill to
the reason he was a member of thh
body and they had thirteen-ycar-olO
children in there.
Mr. Perry, of Vance, spoke for tho,
bill as presented by the committee
He said if capital and labor ha
crs. Mr. Hinsdale opposed. Mr. Un
derwood aked as to the provisiot
to look into the books p.s to pay an
statements as to employments. Thl
Mr. Hinsdale answered satisfactory
Mr. Underwood opposed re-reforencc
Buying he wanted to fight it out her
on the floor. He spoke for a unifonr
law, and no night work, as the pro
ducts of night work sold for less,
Mr. Haymore spoke of the bill al
lowing the manufacturers to make t
(Continued on Page Iwo.)
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1 WW A
CARMACK CASE
WAS CONTINUED
UNTIL FRIDAY
Eiilh Jury Panel Soon Exhau
sted Without Any Ad
dition to Jury
WERE ALL CIIY HEN
Another Halt in the Work of Select
ing Jury in the Cooper Murder
Case Was Encountered This Mom
ins?, the Fifty Jury Pannel Being
Exhausted Without Filling the
Jury-box Adjournment - Taken
I ntil Friday to Allow the Summon
in of New Venire of 600 Men.
Panel Soon Exhausted".
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Nashville. Tenn., Feb. 9 Another
halt in the work of selecting the Jury
in the Cooper case was encountered
this morning on account of the fact
that the fifth venire was exhausted.
Adjournment was ta'ken until 'Fri
day morning in order that the sixth
venire of 600 be summoned to re
port at that time. It required hardly
30 minutes to go through the fifth
venire. 1 r;
Thev were all City men and not one
qualified as a competent Juror. Every .
man appeared to have an opinion on
evluence that he had read. For the
fefond or third time during the trial
thus far the utter futility of trying
to get j-.irors in the city was "demon
strated. The panel was exhausted
this ir.or.-ing, It contained 40 names.
Tlio clerk had 29 names left, but thesu
were 1 1 short of the number neces
sary for the next panel, hence the'ad
joarnment. ' " ' v" ' v K '
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Rochester, IsV Y., Feb. 9. George
S impson, a brother of the late Rear
Admiral Sampson and father of Harry
Sampeon, whose wife has just been In
dicted on a charge of murdering him,
was found dead in bed this morning
at his home in Macedon, ner here.
The grand jury yesterday indicted
Mrs. Sampon for the murder of her
husband, Harry Sampson. The testi
mony of George Sampson would have
been very important for the prosecu
tion nnd his death is likely to weaken
the -case of tho people,
Mr. Sampson had a weak heart and
this, 'with the excitement of the mur
der ease, may have caused his death.
.Mrs. Georgia Sampson will be tried
some time next month but one of the
strongest witnesses against her Is now
sone. Mr. Sampson was about 65 years
old. -
TAKES CARBOLIC
ACID AND DIES
Norfolk, Va., Feb. 9 Alexander
Monroe Casey, aged 33, committed
filicide here last night by swallowing
audanum and carbolic acid, first
Irinking a small bottle ot laudanum,
n the presence of his wife and moth
er, in spite of their efforts to prevent
dm, then walking out to the street
md swallowing the carbolic acid.
Before leaving the house he kissed
lis wife and told her she would
ievcr see him again. A policeman
oiind him lying in the street. He
lied shortly after.
DANDY DIXIE MINSTRELS.
lave a Good Show at the Academy
-..Last Night. .-.'
The "Dandy Dixie Minstrels" were
it the Academy of Music last night
tnd the performance that they gave
vas very fine. -.-
There was a large audience that
n Joyed it throughout and the ap
plause given was proof that the show
vas a good one. It was a well pres
ented minstrel show, , with good
nuslc, clever dancing and Joks -,-
- Billy Kersands waa on band ad
vas, as usual, a winner tbe dandy
ot them alL -
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