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The Advocates of Good Government Hill Have Sale Maj
- r ority : on Board of Aldermeli-Wynneis Lhainbes .
GoddvCiose Belween Badger and Siroriach
IN THE STRUGGLE FOR BETTER GOVERNMENT
" A FINE FIGHT IS' PUT UP BY BOTH SIDES
' The Times man has been on the Held since six o'clock thU morning
and has been In close touch with the figlit all along the - line. At one
o'clock today it was anybody's fight. It will take a count to tell who is
police justice, mayor, tax-collector, and city clerk tonight. It seems
almost certain that the reform ticket will have' a majority on the board
of aldermen. .: Mr. Sherwood Upchurch looks like the winner in the sec
ond division of the fourth. One of the surprising things of the fight is the
remarkable strength shown by ."King" Kelly. He Is showing up well In
every ward. In the second division of the fourth he was reported to have
82 votes out of a total of 92, which is going some. Wynne and Johnson
" are running neck and neck, with a slight advantage for Wynne. '
Jones, ta collector, is running slightly ahead of the administra
tion tlffet in several places, while in others Lumsdeh is coming strong.
Stronach bad a lead of 30 votes in his voting precinct 'at one o'clock. In
' the other wards he and Dadger are running close. It Is freely predicted
' that there will not be a difference of 100 votes between them when they are
counted out tonight.
If Willsort beats Kelly it is going to be "by the skin of his teeth".
Everybody knew that the "King" knew the intricacies of the game called
baseball, but nobody kaew that he' knew the "more ' difficult and intricate
game of politics. i '
Every polling place was visited and this Isyhat The Times man
learned:.-
First Ward, isDIvision At noon 134 votes had been cast and a
conservative estimate- of the standing of the aldermanic candidates gives
Womble 100 votes. The rest of the reform ticket will not keep up with
Womble, but is running strong almost 2 to 1. : Wynne had a good lead
on Johnson, v
First Ward, 2d Division In this division things are badly muddled.
Moore is'certafhly snowed under. A few minutes before noon Trent was
slightly' n the .lead. Wright, the reform candldute, was coming strong
and expected to get a long lead when the railroad shops close. The rail
road mfen are solid for Wright and are putting up a plucky fight. It will
probably take, a second primary to decide between the aldermanic aspir-
. iitv4.Wuhsth.gw)d.iovernnjeat.force are. stJU .hoping for j Wright's.,
"election. A to the other candidates, no one can tell how they are voting.
103 votes had been east and it was thought that they were about evenly
divided.; .
Second Ward, 1st Division In this division 134 hud voted ut one
o'clock. J. C. Ellington, reform candidate for alderman, is '-rtmning 'way
ahead of his ticket. 'Johnson was said to be leading Wynne by a slight
majority.. Badger was leading Stronach by a smatl vote and Jones and
Lumsden" about even. Kelly was also coming strong in this precinct and
may lead Wlllson.
Second Ward, 2d Division In the second division ' of the second
Miller is leading Peebles by a. good safe margin, with every prospect of
election. In this division success for the reform movement Is a dead cer
tainty, for either Miller or Peebles is a good man and will stand' tor the
best interests of the city. Stronach Is lending Badger by a good majority.
Wynne has a good' lead and Lumsden looks like a winner. 157 had voted
, at one o'clock.
Third Ward, 1st Division In this division one of the hottest fights
or the day is being waged. At 1,;30 Cooper seemed to have a ijiife lead.
270i votes had been polled and it was the opinion of the advocates of
reform that the opposition hal almost polled their full strength here.
.Wynne and JohnBon were running close.- Kelly was also showing unex
pected strength with Wlllson still In the lead. It was thought that Jones
was slightly ahead of Lumsden. ' -
- - The Evening Times Ticket.
The old soldiers of the Soldiers' Home voted In this division. Their
vote, it is learned, was- rfbout evenly divided. Mr. Benton, a fine old veteran
who lost a leg in the service of his country, was asked by The Times
man as to how he voted.
"Straight ticket, sir. " t voted the straight ticket.":
"Straight how?" asked the reporter. , '.
t "Straight Evening Times ticket sir," answered the old soldier.
vN Third Ward, 2d DiviBlon In this division the reform ticket "claims
the earth", yhe race "has degenerated Into a walk-over, and the reform
candidates will canter across the finishing line winners by 2 to 1.
a'hla was the situation at noon. Jones and Lumsden were close to
gether, while Wlllson seemed to be leading King-Kelly by a good safe
margin."',.' ti, r '., . ...
Fourth Ward, 1st Dlv!gioa-At one o'clock Mr. Joseph O. Brown had
' everything his owtfway in this division. The vote stood 3 to 1 in his
favor, Mr. C. 'tt-Arttnr seems to have not the slightest chance. The rest
"Of ty ticket was running a1 little behind Mr. Brown. It was close
' Wetw Kelly and 'Wlllson, and Lumsden, seemed to have the better of
hu flpnt against Jones. ,
'TTlifrdF'Witrd,' 2d Division Here the fight is very close. -At 1:30 it
was impossible to tell whoVwas leading. Sherwood Upohurch claimed :
that he Is leading Williams by 2 to 1. On the other hand it was asserted
that the two. were" running about even and that Upchurch had polled his
full strength' ; His defeat by 30 votes was claimed. The rest or the ticket
was running ilose together. King Kelly afforded the surprise of the day
v in this divisionleading Wlllson by an overwhelming majority. At noon
today he had Wlllson beat! in this division by almost 9 to 1. ;
The Situation at 4:15 P. M.
At :I6 p. m. the situation was practically unchanged. In the First'
'" Ward, 1st Dlvislpn, 215 votes had been polled. Womble was leading by 2
,i to i;,wlth all of the reform candidates In thelead. In the 2d plvlslon
') 20S vote had been cast. There were divided among the three candidates
' for alderman and second primary may be ordered. There Is ho telling
how the others stand. r :
V In the Second Ward, 1st Dlslon, 184 : had voted and Ellington
seemed to be, the favorite.' As to the other candidates the whole situa
tion was In muddle. It was anybody's fight. In the second division 225
'had voted. .The racewas close between Miller and Peebles, with the odds
In favor of Miller. The reform-ticket seemed to be leading by about 60
. votes. . ,' ;-' . '.- i ' '
In" the Third Ward, 1st Division, 341 had voted. Dowel! and Cooper
were close together. Nick DeBoy, predicted, that Dowell would win by 4X
votes, but this seems hardly probable.. .Dowell had polledyhts full strength
before three o'clock and everything coming in seemed t,o be for Cooper. It
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was CiOSf wnn in uiuei viuuiuim. ,
In the second division 141 had voted. Harden was far ahead and the
entire -reform ticket ;was leading. '. '
, In the Fourth Ward. 1st Division, Joseph O. Brown had 177 votes to
Cv D. Arthur's 90. ' The reform ticket seemed to be well out of the Wods.
In th second division 150 votes had been polled. Sherwood Upchurch
Memed to be in the lead for alderman. The reform ticket was running
welL . George Kelly seemed to be holding- the lead gained this morning.,-
INDIAN TO SURRENDER
Crazy Snake
Ready to Give
' Up Fight
State Militia Got After Crazy Snake
At Daylight and His Handful! of
liiHiirgcnts Are Expected to' Sur
render At Any Time Wants Fair
Treatment.
Oklahoma City, Okla., March 3U
Daybreak found the state. militia on
the move In pursuit of Crazy Snake
and his handfull of Insurgent follow
ers negroes, . Indians and half
breeds. Scouts say the Indians are in
flight toward the mountains and
overtures for. surrender are expect
ed from them hourly.
George Woodruff attorney, arrived
today In Henrietta.
News from Henrietta has Just
reached here that an Indian named
Little War Whoop, known as Jack
Thompson, , reached militia-i 'camp
from Chief Crazy Snake today, bring
ing a message that Crazy Snake was
ready to surrender if promised fair
treatment. ''-'.
"Col. Hoffman assured him that
Crazy Snake would be given "a fair
trial and 'Thompson made 6ff to t he
hills. He said Crazy Snake did not
fire on the forces until members of
the" posse riddled his cabin with bul
lets. It was then that he and his
companions opened fire on the posse.
(By Leased Wire to. The Tinies) ..
New York, March 30 The story
came to New York today of Henry B.
Harris, the theatrical man breaking
the bank at Monte Carlo when lie
won $24,000 and was'forcod o quit
playing because the roulette bankers
refused to accept his wagers. Mr.
Harris left for Europe on March 18
and dropped into Monte Carlo be
cause he learned sonNe of his friends
were there. He was a stranger .to
roulette but the first evening' he' .was
ft the game he begun playing and
won steadily until the bankers re
fused to allow him (o play longer.
In Monte Carlo ho has been lionized
for his marvelous feat.
Knrtliquiike in Valencia.
(By Cable: to The Times)
Madrid, 'March 30 An earthquake
about three' seconds in duration oc
curred yesterday at Gndia, Valen
cia, and other towns near, but there
were, no casualties and little damage.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Springfield, ill., March 30. Following
the exciting election of yesterday,
when Clark county went dry by a ma
jority of 11 In one of the most hotly
contested elections ever held In the
state, the women gave over today to a
time- of thanksgiving.. There were
meetings In the majority of churches,
hymns of praise were sung and the
minlstters offered up prayers of thanks
for the successful termination of the
temperance fight.
MRS. VAN0ERB1LT
TEACHING WEAVING
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Blltrnore, N. C, March 30. Under the
direct supervision of Mrs.' George W.
Vaiderbllt, two expert weavers ate
Instructing the women employed on
the Vanderbllt estate here, In the' va
rious forms of weaving.'. The. two ex
perts were brought from New. York at
Mrs. Vanderbllt's expense and there
are fifty women' In the class at thu
present time. 'vHo far the chief work
of the Blltrnore weavers Is the manu
facture of white and blue counterpanes
of old-fashioned design, ',
THEATRICAL MAN
II0I0FIUN
ALL TRAINS DELAYED
Freight Wreck
On Seaboard
Near LI M. College
Overturned XTurs lilork Traffic.
VrTkiiijr Ovivs at Work All Day.
CrowlH View heeiic of Wreck.
Truck in Terrible Shape.
A .Seaboard Air Line fivlKht train
coining in trom llanilit tins inoniiiiK
iihout (!:. wa-t .wrecked nut almiil the
A. and St. athletic mounds, just lie
vond Hnnen !ui).
1 In; train wa l-unninf? a doulile-
header and when one of the curs in the
middle broke down, tin- momentum
was no- great it vv.ih impossible to stop
the train until -nearly a score of ears
had been -smashed up and derailed.
Seven were torn all to nieces, while
ten were th rowh over on the Sor.lliein
tracks, running - n:niiKldc. thus hloek
llHf Ira flic on both roads.
Wrecking crewv were sent out trom
the eitv and from Hamlet, and have
been busy at woik eleanne. the tracks.
All trains are hell: mads ,iri' di-laveil
on account of . Ine trouble. It will
lU'obablv be night beiore ti-nks are
eleari'il. ...
No one was in.itired.
T lie eondiiclor was
Willing at Ins
and only tell a
(able in the eahoiwe
jar from the wreck.
Crowds of people - have been golliB'
out all day to. sec the smashed and
overturned -cars.'- They were full ot
lumber, which wns scattered in every
direction. Altogether everything was
in terrible shape.
WOMEN ASSAULT
(l!.y Leased Wire to The Times.)
London,. .Maich !().- -'I'he most sci.isa-
satiohal scenes in the warfare of the
suffragettes'. was enacted this after-"
noon When a flying wedge of women
bore dow n upon the,, house of parlia
ment determined-, to rout' the police
guard and gain an entrance. Kor a
lime the. lighting was vigorous ami
several of the policemen were 'over
come. Ten women were arrested and
if these '-seven Will lie '.Villi Vged W it h
issault.
The suffragettes early in Ihc.ihiy ileht
i. meeting ami planned 1 1 if s after
noon!:, raid because 1 Tenner Asiiuitu
had refused to receive a delegation of
Ihem. Lute in the nl'lernoon the load-
is of the more -.militant of the wo
men lciUthe way towards parliament,
followed by a great cniieourw of
screaming and cheering 'suffragettes'.
The police guard had been strength
ened and great crowds of people gath
ered to see the fun. The police were
good nutured In their tactics but. the
women evidenced rougher methods
tftan they have yet usil. It was ony
after the greatest difficulty that the
women were dispersed.-
CHARLES W. ELIOT
(By Leased Wiro to The Times )
Washlnglon, March 30 Charles
V. Eliot, president, of Harvard I'ni
vorsity, arrived here today from Rich
mond.' Ho will make the 'principal
address tonight at the annual dinner
of the Washington Harvard Club, to
Oe given in his honor. President .Taft,
Senator Itixit, and other distinguish
ed guests will be present. This af
ternoon President Eliot addressed
the students of. the Central High
School. It is beHeved he will soon
be appointed ambassador to the court
of St. James. President Eliot prob
ably will leave here tomorrow.
'When President Kliot was asked If
he hud anything to say about the re
port thai he is to be appointed ambas
sador to the court of St. James, he
said:.
"I don't know anything, more about
it than you do."
Jan l'oiii'en Discharged.
(By Leased Wire 'to The Tinies)
New York, March 30 Jan Jonoff
Pouren, the Russian revolutionist
whom the Russian government has
been fighting to secure, hns been dis
charged from custody by ' t'nlted
Stiitese Commissioner Hitchcock. He
has been held in the. Tombs for six
months.
IN WASHINGTON
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This is n picture of the man who
per ol Willie Whit la, the young Sbaroli
stolen trom school anil returned on pnvmeiit of Stl(,(Mhi ransom.
11th Juror in Smith
:'
Murder Trial Chosen
Owing to the intense iulerest man
ifested in the. primary today, J,udge
Lyon consented not to hold a morni
Ing session of the supoi ior coutt, in
WhteJi- Ibtl trial ivivUoldW
and Hopkins is pnogrtsssiug slowly.
Court convened at 2 o'clock with
everyone present, except Mr. W. :-!!.
Siiow, who- is assistin.g ilie solicitor.
The court' consented . to w ail :i few
moments foriMr. Snow; but as he. did
not-show up in .twenty' 'minutes, .the
olicitof was told lo proceed Willi the'
use, - '"
'I'he sjieeial Vioiire of fifty, as or
dered by the court yesterday, was
prestuil and the efforts to 11)1 out. I he
reinaining vaciinl cliairs in the jury
box were renewed. Mr. Joseph Par
till, of llarton's t'reeli township,
seemed lo please both sides and III'
was selected 'for 'the lent li juror, one
having been chosen niter The Times
weul to press yesterday.' .afternoon.
The ten jurors who have already been
selected are: Messrs. W. ) Nor
wood. J. I). Carpenter. A. D. O'Neil,
H. B. Pish. .1, L. Wndkins. 1. C.
Sears, .loliii Drew. J i. II. Sanders. Jr.,
ROOSEVELT IS GIVEN
OVATION AT AZORES
(l!y Cable to The Times.) .
Ponta Did Cada Islaiui of Sao .Miguel.
Azores. .March 3d. -The stccmship
IlalnbUlg With Tlleodole rtoosi'Vett
aboard arrived hero -todiry at S a.m.
The vessel stopped briefly, to give Mr,
lioosevelt an opportunity ofsei'lng the
scenery. 'There was, great excitement
among the people, all of whom woiv
eager to -get a glimpse of .Mr. Koosi'-
veic
While the llamburg was nt lloita a
sensational rumor, to the eifcct that a
steerage, .passenger- had attempted.'... to
assault Mr. Roosevelt was circulated
It is slated here positively that lo
sucli incident occurred.
Mr, lioosevelt came ashore at 1"
o'clock hi the morning. A large crowd
assembled at dock and gave him an
ovation. He Was greeted by Kdwnrd
A., Crecey and. William N. Ntchos.
respectively, . the A merienn i-onsul and
vice consul ut St. Matthews, witli
whom hi- drove lo Ponta Dcldage In an
automobile. ..On the trip .Mr. Roose
velt was iieeoiniianied by I lie members
off his party.
til' i ltv ol- iti:it.vn(i.
New Yok Cent nil and Hudson P.iver
1 toads Plead Jliilty of Itelmliiig.
(Uy Leased Wire to The Times)
New York, March '3(1 --The New
York Central and Hudson River Rail
road yesterday tiflernoon pleaded
guilty to rebating and was lined a to
tal of $f0,000 on ten counts mid
promptly paid it. The rebates were
given in connection with transporta
tion "of cooperage supplies The
United States supreme court recetitlv
overruled a demurrer to the indictment.
was suspected ol beiiii! the kidnap
Penn., miy, who recenlly was
i
,W. H. Kelley, and Joseph Partin. ,
The opinion that the defendants
were guilty. did not prevail as strong
ly among the new venire as it did
amouK the, ,old, Very, few of tliose
cat leu today naa maae up tneir minus
that the defendants were guilty.
The crowd was not as large today
as il, was yesturday. The election
seemed to have drawn a large crowd
away from the court house,
Yesterday afternoon after The
Times had gone to press, Mr. Jas. A
Priggs. Jr., who was accepted by both
sides for the seventh juror, begged
to he excused from duty on account
of '.having made up his mind and he
did not feel that Ire could give them
a lair trial. : lie was excused.
- .'-."A I :!:4."i p. in. Mr. L. B. Mangum,
of New Light. township, was accepted
for I he eleventh juror.
As we go to press today 11 jurors
have bi'eu selected and the tedious
work of selecting tile other two is
progressing slowly.
..The defendants are still in a jovial
mood, and. from all indications, con
fident td" acquittal, v
THE PORTO RICAN
AFFAIRS AIRED
I lly Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington. March ;!0.-The Porto
Uiean commissioners, representing the
Port n' liico legislature. . who are in
Washington, t,. get, tf possible, sonic
moiliticat ion of the Foraker act, yes.
tei-day confiMrid with Secretary lial
linger for four hours. L. Munoz ltiv
lera; i 'ay Coll Cuchi, and . I0ii-Tenio
rienctiy.. Castaiios, the Porto Klcan
coioniisioners: Attorney Cicneial Hoyt.
Seen tary Willoiighby. and Auditor
Ward, of tin; .executive collllclt of tile
Island, vtv pnseiu jii the conference.
The Americans were thcie to state the
side ,of the i xecni i v e . t-fiiincil in. the
dispute Is'tweeii iii' legislature and
the-' council... which has brought the
island government to a standstill.
The Porto Kicans submitted a print
ed brief, after explaining the griev
ances from which tiny claim the isl
and i- suffering.
At the elore of the hearing Secretary
lialliiiger s.il, I he would soon present
i he case lo'. President Taft.
North Carolina. Postmasters,
t H Leased ViX. The Times) ';.
W.isliingion, Marcfi uO Fourth vlnfs
post iiiasters were appointed today as
follows: . - . '
North Carolina: Ahshers, Martha
L. Walker; Denver, Jacob V. Klllian,
liudger, W. B, alltemnn; Hlgglns,
Maggie M. lligglns; Padgett, Mike
l'adgelt.
Kight Killed In Lvplosion.
(fly Leased Wire to The Times)
Chilllcothe, O., March 30 Eight
persons were reported killed In an
erplosiou of dymimite near here to
day, - 1
MEASURE TODAY
The House Listens to Repre
sentatives Discuss the
SHOULD TAX LUXURIES
Representative Sulzer Says He Be
lieves in Taxing the Luxuries and
Kvenipting the Necessaries in so
l ar a.sPossible -Says He Favors
a Lraduated Income Tax Along the
Lines That Will Obviate "Any Con
stitiitional Objections Representa
tive Bates Says Criticism is Easy,
That There Are Many Conflicting
Interests and Thai it is Impossible
to Ui-t a Hill That Will Suit All.
(Ily Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington', March 30 When the
house met this morning Representa
tive Cox fit Ohio was the first speaker.
He protested against the tax on tea,
which he said was a necessity. He
also declared there should be a reduc
tion on duty on bicycles and sewing
machines, in order to enable Ameri
can manufacturers to compete in for
eign markets. He declared that the
only way they could do so now is by
build factories abroad, . unless the
tariff is reduced.
Representative Sterling followed
Mr. Cox. He. said the placing of
hides on the free list waB an injust
ice to the farmer,' and that there was
not, u single justification by the
chairman of the ways and means com
mittee for any of its blunders for
such action. He asserted that the
duty would come from the farmers
by reducing the pftce' Of their cattle.
Representative' Hughes of Alabama
said he spoke from the viewpoint ot
tlie farmer. "Agricultural products,"
he said, "are not protected as much,
as are 'manufactured 'products." He
asserted that the schedules of the
Payne bill discriminate against the
farmer, and favor the manufacturer.
Representative Baker spoke In parE
as follows:
"It is not in the nature of things
that any tariff hill should be perfect
from Hie standpoint of any one per
son or interest or locality. Forty-six
states and four territories are in
volved and a thousand conflicting in
terests. Criticism is easy.
"This bill relates to every Interest,
touches every citizen. : It is a revis
ion downward not upward. Out of
the 4C0 paragraphs of the present
Dingley law, these, being all the
schedules in which duties are as
sessed, only 30 have been raised in
the Payne bill and more than 130
have been lowered.. The doctrine of
protection Is old but not antiquated.
American industry, whether an Infant
or giant, should receive the first con- .
sideratlon of congress. The gentle
men on the other side talk about re
ducing the rates ou manufacturer
goods a point low enough to feel
freely admit competition from
abroad. How about the purchasing
power of the American people which
would thereby be lowered?
"The main question for us to solve
is not how cheeply can we purchase
goods, but what, is the state of the
market the market for labor and all
that labor produces."
Representative Vreeland drew atten
tion to the eounter-valllng duty on pe
troleum and Its products. He said that
there are f(in,0(iu citizens employed In
the production of 600,000 ban els dallv
of crude iietroleum who are not Inter
ested In the Standard Oil Company.
Hi' said he has received- 11,000 petitions :
from men in his district asking that
the duty on petroleum be retained In
the bill. He read a letter frdm Lewis
Henry, one of the greatest opponents
of the Standard oil company, in which
lie appeals for the retention 'of tho
duty on petroleum and declaring that
the countervailing duty wHI not Injure;
the Standard Oil Company, but will
affect Independent companies.
Mr. Vreeland brought out the point
that, a considerable number of for
eign countries have modified the duty
on petroleum us a result 'of the coun
tervailing duty In the United States.
A free tariff on lumber1 was advo-
cuted by Representative Kltchln. He
said a free turlff would not result In
the United State ' being flooded with
Mexican and Canadian lumber, as the
republicans had stated, and would not ''
nHHluce the output. He attacked the re- a
publican par$y and said the men ask
ing for e, protective tariff are BeeklneT ,
to replenish their pocket books, and
to rob the consumer. He concluded:
"If protection' Is wrong then It la
wrong south of Mason and Dixon's
Hue us well as north, and the United
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