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Weather, SECOND. Washington, April 28 Pore cast for North Carolina for to night and Thursday: Fair, cooler'tonight. EDITION ESTABLISHED 1871. RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1909. PRICE 5 CENTS EM ABDUL HAMID IN ABJECTFEARAND PLEADS FOR LIFE Ex-Sultan is Now a Prisoner at Salonika Where. He WasTakenLastNight WORK OF FANATICS Abdul Humid is lifting Moved .About to Frustrate Any Attempt Being Made to llcscue Him He is In Dunr of HHng Killed und Kc-jH-atedly Seeks Assurance That He Will Not be Put to Death New Sultan Indicates That His Policy Will be llroud and Liberal Other Massacres in Progress. (By Cable to The Times) Constantinople,'' April 28 Abdul Hnmld is a: prisoner in Salonika to day, having been removed fuero last night on a special train, lileven of the women from his harem are with him. He is apparently being moved about by the Young Tui Us-who feai an attempt, will be made to rescue him. Ad the time he is in peril of death. All Constantinople is enfete with perfect order prevailing. ' Peace reigns over the Turkish cap ital today for the first time in many days. Mohemmed, the new sultan, lias already turned his attention to bringing order out of the chaos which has existed In Constantinople for months. He has indicated his future policy, which Will be broad and mark ed by progressive liberties never be fore enjoyed by the people. , . . . Ahmed Keza has already been named grand vizier and today he was set at the task of formulating a new cabinet. The streets of the city today arc bright with flags and the noise 'ot the fetes takes the place of musket lire and the rattle of machine guns. The ex-sn;tan, Abdul Hamid, was carried on a torpedo boat to Beylei Hey Palace, whence he was taken to Salonika. The sultan Is In the great est fear of his life and repeatedly seeks assurance that he will not In put to death. On the voyage to Bey ler Boy his pleas for his life almost excited the contempt of the court, they were so abject. , The sultan will be brought back from Salonika later and kept a pris oner for life, probably in Cheragan palace, Tills step was decided upon at a secret meeting of the national assembly. Massacres Still Continue. Constantinople,' April 28 It. is ol llcia'.ly reported that other massacres are In progress in Aelana. It was first thought that lives of foreigners were not in danger as the fanatics seemed to direct their at tacks against the Armenians. Men, women and children 'were cut down in cold blood and streets were clut tered with dead bodies. The, fanat ics, insane with their bloody work, beat down the doors of houses which bad been barricaded at them and en tering, slashed the bodies of the in mates with the scimitars. Either resistance or non-resistance meant death. The torch was applied indiscriminately and the smoke from hundreds of burning buildings hung like a pall over the city. Parents carrying their 'Children and attempting to find a place of safety outside the city were chopped down by the blood-thirsty Moslems. Babes were dashed to death. The sickening scenes were kept up through the day and many who had secreted themselves In the darkness were found and put to the sword. The reports say that the mission1 arles. who perished at Rocllles In tfie burning church went to their doom like martyrs. As the flames burned away the walls ofthe structure the mlsisonaries within sang hymns and prayed that the murderers might be forgiven their sins. Prompt ItecOKnlllon From Washhig- ton. Washington, April 28 Prompt re cognition will be given to the new government of Turkey by the admin istration when official news of the new order of things In the Ottoman empire reaches Washington. Ambas sador Lelshman is evidently await ing the formal announcement of the selection ' of a new sultan by, the Turkish foreign office before ! com municating to the state department. Bneculatlon la rife as to what will happen under the reorganised 'gov ernment. : "., SENATE OPPOSES THE INCOME TAX (By Leased Wire to The Times) ' Washington, April 28 An admin istration senator, whose identity can not. bo revealed, who lias made a count, of noses" save it as his opin ion this morning that none of the In come tax amendments before the sen ile will lie adopted. The vote, he :aid, will be close, but the friends of Liiu income, tax are not quite strong enough o :"ill it through. 'The. sena tor added ttu.re are several 'members who will vole 'for the income tax if ;.hey can bring themselves to believe '.hat the. supremo court would re verse itself. The court's personnel, 'ie said, has -changed since the decis ion of 1 S !.i ." , but the new. justices came from trie section ot country where sentiment' is strong, against the income tax, and for that, reason, it is believed that if the question should again come before the court the ..re mit would be the same. It Is this feeling, he .said, -.that will probably defeat the income tax amendment. STAR CHANGES HANDS Important Newspaper Deal in Wilmington itock Company Buys Star, the Oldest Paier in tile State Purchase Price $2(1,000; Many Improvements to be ade. v (Special to The Times) Wilmington, N. C, April 28 A leal has been consummated by which stock company secures the Morning ilar, which nas been edited here for the past forty years by Major W H. Jernard. it is understood that the jurchase price was $26,000. The dew company Ts to take charge the irst of May, and it is understood that the company has leased nnothor mildlug and the p'.ant will be moved. V new typesetting machine, new press and other improvements are to e made. Among the stockholders are some if tne leading business men of Wil mington, among them being Mayor William E. Springer, J. A. Springer, vValker Taylor, Joseph 10. Thompson, lor the past eight years city editor of Star; C. WV Yates, .1. O. Carr. II. C. McQueen, C. W. Yates, T. I). Love, lames Sprout, V. H. Sprunt, W. S. lernard, and others. It is the Intention of the company i.o make the Star one of the best pa er in the stale. BIG FIRE IN GRAIN ELEVATOR (Uy Leased Wire to The Times) Buffalo, N. Y.. April as Forty bins, containing nearly 200.000 bush els of grain In the olevator of the t-iusted Milling and Elevator Com pany, on Elk street, were destroyed by fire today, entailing a loss of f 300,000. Three hundred men are ihrown out of work. Spontaneous combustion is believed to have caused the, blaze. Nine years ago the same alevnlor was destroyed by fire, GHAKT IN CHICAGO. City Being Ilohbed of Big Sums of Money. (By Leased Wire to Tho Times) Chicago, April- 28 The graft in vestigators have discovered that the city is paying J99.0OO a year for quarters used as a temporary city hall, : while the same building was offered to business men for $30,000, Just prior to the time It was leased tcTtho city. Another discovery was that a ring controlling sidewalks, d fruit an flower stands, the collectors for which are a police sergeant, and a former convict. GATKH 111 I LBS HOSPITAL. John W, fin teg Kndows Hospital in Memory of His Mother. , (By Leased Wire to The Times) Galveston, Texas, April 28 -Having arranged for the erection and equipment of a hospital in memory of his mother, recent" dleceasied, John W. Gates has provided an en dowment of $500,000 for the Institu tion at Port Arthur to bp known is the Mary Gates Inflrmaiy. In addi tion he ha decreed that 2 per cent of hit tunnel earnings on his oil oor tratti shall each, year bo added to the endowment fund, . 1 . . BATTLE FOR LIFE CAPTAIN BAINS OPENSUPTODAY State Presents its Case and the Taking of Evidence is Begun MANY WOMEN INCOME LAW IS ALL KIGHT Hearing Kvidence in tin- Mains Case Beuan Today and There is Kvery Prospect That Stale's F.vidence Will lie Before (lie Jury by the Close of the Day Women Admit ted Today For the First Time Since (lie Trial Began Two of the Mains Children May In- Put on the Stand. '-' '"''' (By Leased Wire to The Times) . Flushing,. L. 1.',. April l!S--With the real .opening of the trial of Captain Pot."r (I. Mains, Jr. V. S. A., for the murder of William K. Annis, today, there was every , prospect: that the slate's entire side would be before the jury before night.. ' For the first time since the trial began a week ago lust' Monday, wo men were admitted to the court-room. They had been excluded from court during the long and tedious examuia lion of talesmen. An exceptionally large-.number of the fair sex were attracted to the trial by the pros ed of seeing a meeting of the cap ain and his .mother and little child ren.. '..'" . '. ' John F. .-Mclntyre,-. chief of counsel for the Mains family, hopen that the prospective meeting will form a most excellent test .of -the captain's. tnptwA condition. It is probable that for this reason Mr. Mclntyre .will have the jury witness this meeting. Two of the children of Captain Mains are to lie -placed on the wit ness stand, according to statements made at file trial today, to testily against Iheir -mother if she should lie called as a witness for the prosecu tion. .-The slate's .opening address was made today by George 'A. Gregg, for mer district-attorney of Queens coun ty, and now special assistant to 'Press ecutor Hewitt. Mains is on trial for the murder of William 1'. Annis, on Annus! IT., I '.10 s. Mr. (iregg started by referring to tin; shooting of Annis, declaring the stale would show that. Annis was the owner of a small sail boat, which on the day in question was to participate In a race. Mr. Gregg described (lie coming of the defendant and his brother, T. Jenkins Mains, to the yacht club Moat at about two o'clock in the nllornoon. 'Annis brought his little boat into the dock,' said the attorney, "and we will show you that Captain Peter C. Mains, this-defend- int. went to the edge of the float, and, stooping over, placed his hand on the boom of the little boat. Then ho-lifted it up and bonding beneath It, fired several shots Into the body of William E. Annis, who was de fenceless and clad merely In his bath ing suit. Captain Mains, sitting in his usual listless attitude, did not, give any in dication that he heard a single word of the opening address. Guorga Y. Skinner, the first wit ness, Identified some maps he had made pf the scene of the tragedy. Charles A. Blrchfleld, the close friend of Annis, testified that Captain Mains had said to him: "There is not much wind for a race." This was brand new testimony, not given at the first trial und by it the state scored a point against the de fense's Insanity contention. The pros ecution will claim that this remark was hardly that of a -crazy man un der the circumstances. When the witness started to tell of anything that Thornton Jenkins Mains had' done or said, Mr. Mcln tyre Jumped to his feet with an ob jection. Justice Garretson cautioned Dew lit that it was Immaterial what Thorn ton Halns did. As to the shooting itself, Blrch fleld was a'.lowed only to state that he had seen It. Herbert Funcko, another club member, was called. Funcke testified that the captain when he began shooting, said the one word "Annis." , "Captain Halns," testified Funcke, 'was not ten foot away from Annis when he was pulled from the water." Q. Did Annis made a remark then? A. -Yes, air. , Q.-What did he aayT. A. I don't know, ' STALLS MUST BE SCRUPULOUSLY NEAT AND CLEAN The Cily Ordinances Require That Sidewalks Be Kept Free From Incumbrances All That is Needed Now is Fnforce i men Ordinance Jicquii-cs Abso Inli' Cleanliness and Daily lnspcc- ' lion Nothing Permitted on the Sidewalks But Chicken Coops Barrels, Boxes, Crates,. Ktc, in Bietous Profusion This Morning A Little Healthy Knloicement of Hie Law is All That is Needed. ,, I'rinsiderabie .improvement is being made in, the 'condition of the -stalls at the city: market house, though none of t lifin have attained ' perfection. Two or three have not changed at all. They are as filthy as they were before the V crus-ade for cleanliness.'' began. It ;'. is . to be hoped .that direct mention will: not have to be made of the, offenders. . The Cleanliness Statute. ' ' The Times man took a few min utes off t.iis morning and examined CiireiHily the city charter and the or dinances pertaining to the city, mar ket. Tin- "cleanliness statute," which is found in .chapter 9, section 11 of the city ordinances, reads as follows: "Occupants of stalls must keep their premises scrupulously clean, and (lie benches und counters must be elmnsed daily; and the stalls shall W lnin-eted flatty" by tb.6 keeper of the market. Any person violating (Ill's ordinance shall 1m- fined $10.00 or Imprisoned thirty days," "Scrupulously clean" does not i mean ha.f-way clean, ft means that dirt, grease, blood, meat scraps, etc., have no place ill the stalls. It means that dirty, greasy negroes, clad- in hlood-staini'd, lillliy shirts and aprons are also not to b allowed in the naiis. ', -.There is also . another 'interesting section .which to the .-average minds seems inimical to the "Hot. Barbecue joint operated in the rear of .the building. It is section S of the same chapter and is as follows: "No mI:i ,1 in the market shall lie rented for the purpose of the sale of cooked meats and vegetables and any person offering lor sale cooked meats and vegetables at any stall in the market shall be lined $10. 00." Blocking Sidewnlks. Further examination of that inter esting document, so many sections of which seem to have escaped the at tention of Raleigh's vigilant guar dians of law, health and order, re veals other sections, equally p.ain and forceful as to diction and not easily to ho mistaken as to meaning. Olio of -the things complained of In previous articles in this paper, was the crowded condition of the side walks around the market house. It looks bad, not only to the citizens of Raleigh, but to the many visitors to the capital city, to see the sidewalk blocked with discarded stoves, .bar rels,', boxes, planks, crates, chicken coops, etc. It hurts the town In more ways than one, Now, the police may not know it, lint there is an ordinance which reads .ike this: "Section 2;! (Chapter !.) The avenues and the sidewalks thereof (speaking of (he market house) must he kept clear of all 1ocn, coops, baiv rels and oilier encroachments; pro vided that stall renters shall be al lowed two feet on the sidewalks thereof to place chicken coops. Stall renters shall not be permit ted to use any other portion of the market for purposes of convenience or trade. Any person violating this ordinance shall, upon conviction, be. fined $10 and liable to forfeit his lease in the discretion of the mayor." Recognizing the -Inalienable .right above given the stall-keeper, to place unsightly chicken coops on the side walks, the reporter rcconnoltered with the purpose of finding out whether or not "other encroach ments" might not exist, lie found a great many "other encroachments" beside those Impedimenta prohibited by the ordinance, On Exchange Place he found resting on the side walk the following: Five , barrels, eleven empty lard tubs, five crates, eight highly perfumed fish boxes and other bric-a-brac. On Market street were found five baskets, two barrels, four crates, several loose bricks and a stove the whole lay out a charm (Continued on Pag Two.) COLONEL DUNN SAYSC0NSP1RACY (By Leased Wire lo The Times) New. York, -April ttH Colonel Am brose; Dn.in, head of the. $2,r00,000 New. York and -Virginia Copper . Com pany, which lias been placed. in tho hands of receivers in Kanawha coun ty, W. -Va '.",' declared today that t lie whole '-'affair was a "conspiracy- against him. In tli e all egii tion of those who applied for the. receivers, if was charged that, 'the company was mis managed, it was. charged that Col. Dunn purchased, properties- in Floyd county, Va,. cpricealing from the board of directors the fact that the properties were not .turned over to the eoiiipany,- The company was fvrsi organized on leased property in Car roll county,': Va. Colonel Dunn de clared that he was having experts gc over the hooks to prove everything all right." ' : , . ','. SEN. SIMMONS SPEAK? Senator Brown Discusses In come Tax Speaks in Support of His Proposed Amendment to the Constitution enabling (Ik Government (o Ijcvj Inheritance and Income Taxes, (By Leased .Wire to The Times) 1 Washington, April 2S---The senate met. at noon and consideration of the tariff bill was resumed. Senator Brown addressed the senuto in sup port of his proposed- amendment "to tho constitution, enabling the Cniiei Stales to levy income and inheritance taxus. Ho said that so long as a doubt existed as to the legality of an income lax the question could he best determined by an amendment to tin constitiitio:!. The great, majority ol the American -people and economist!. the world over sanctioned such a sys-1 (em. There was doubt, he said, in lie ..minds of tile I'ramors of I he con stitution .ns to the ."meaning .of tin words "direct taxes", that doubt nti.ll existed and. il should lie removed by u peclllc grant of authority - in the fundamental law. Senator -Simmons advocated hit- amendment - in the larilT bill restor ing the piiYptfeV rale of $2 a'. thousand on tumbler. - lie said: I lie average ml. valorem' -duties- in t lie present law wore about 11 per cent., while in the pending measure the ad valorem duty on lumber, was about ij per cent., or only ' one-seventh of what it is on oilier products, lie opposed such dis crimination ..In. so large an industry, (Heeling, about three-fourths of a mil lion of American workmen. it is understood that the republi can members of the senate finance committee have submitted their pro posed-amendment lo the administra tive features of-. -the tariff bill to President! Tall and Attorney-denoral Wickersham for their opinion before presenting It to the senate. The senate finance committee to day agreed -to report tin .'amendment placing a duly on crude petroleum ol from : 25 to 30 per cent. No additional duty will be levied on the crude prod ucts of petroleum. MULLINS' HEARING . i - SET FOR M AY I ITU This -mornlug- the healing of Kx chiof Mulliiis on tho charges formu lated by the "police ''Commission; was again postponed. Messrs. Wilder and Briggs, of .the police commission, were present at the meeting. Mr. Mullins' attorneys, Col. J. C. L. Har ris and W. L. Watson were also pres ent and begged a continuance on the ground set out In their letter, which was published yesterday. After some discussion Mr. Aycock, counsel for-the. 'commission,' agrevd to a continuance, and the case was set for a "day certain" and no further postponement, 'will bo permitted. Tuesday, May i 1th, was set. for the hearing, and till parties agreed to be ready ut that time. legislating Against Hoard of Trade. (By Leased Wire to Tho Times) Springfield, 111., April 28 The bill prohibiting dealings in futures on the board of trade has been, reported fav orably by the house Judiciary com mittee. . It la understood, however, that the bill will sot no further. ' RICHARD CHR BIDS FAREWELL 110 ALL POLITICS Old Tammany Leader Delivers Parting Message As He Sails for ireland SIX MONTHS VISIT Will Bcturn to America in Novem ber Just After the Election und Is lining to Spend Six Months in New York and in Palm Beach But Re pents That Mc Will Never Again Have Anything to do With Politics. '. New ..Addition to Croker Party In Person of Japanese Maid. (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York. April 2S -Just before sailiug'on tho Lusitania today for Ire land, Richard. Crokor delivered a .parting message to "friends, editors and politicians." , ;. "I am out of politics forever," said the old leader of Tammany. "If they gave -me. the whole world they wouldn't drag me back. 1 know some ueople won't believe it, but I can't nelp that. I will return to America in November just after the election and. am going to spend six months here and. in Palm Beach. But I never igitln will have anything to do with politics." V' There was an addition to the Croker party today in the person of Kino, a Japanese maid. She Is to be come a member of Mr. Croker's household in Ireland. She will be the personal servant for Mrs. Bowman, Mr. Croker's niece. When Mr. Croker built Glencairn ne had several rooms furnished with Japanese effects, and Mrs. Bowman said she wanted a Japanese maid to make the scheme complete. Mr. Croker saw Kino at Palm Beach. She was employed by Mrs. Kiolunan, and the latter's consent was obtained to the girl's entering Mr. Croker's employ.--' Mr.- - Croker signed a paper agreeing to send the girl back to Yokohoma if she became dissatisfied . The sailing of Mr. Croker today on lis a six months visit. LAKUH HI NTING OLl'Il. Chicago .Men Take Over (be Pisgah Forest for Hunting Purposes. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Ashoville, N. C, April 28 A group of Chicago men, headed by James A. Pugli have taken an assignment of the leases -secured by II, K. Adlckes, Jr.. of this citv for a term of ten veins on Sii,(M)l) acres of George W. Vandeiiiill 's Pisgah forest and the ill), 000 acres adjoining the tract of the Highland Forest Company and will form here on May 1 a club which will have the largest hunting pre serve in America. .The-140.000 acres contain lotty mountains, unbroken forests, and many miles of streams and water falls. The tract abounds In deer, bear, quail, and pheasants. Imported by Mr. Vanderbilt, and its siren ins, protected for years, contain mountain trout sixteen inches long and California trout 'eighteen inches eng.. . The club to bo known as the Aslie ille Rod & Gun Club, will Include probably. 2 (M members. ( HAltCJKS AGAINST Jl'IKiK. Judge Meeks of Texas is Charged Willi I'lifuirness in Healing With Case. Washington, April 28 Charges against United States Judge R. H. Meek, which are Intended to result In impeachment proceedings have been filed with the Department of Justice. Judge Meeks presides In the United States for the northern district of Texas and the charges grow out of his ruling In a case wherein W. J. Hogue, a railroad promoter, was sent to the ' penitentiary for eighteen months for the alleged misuse of the mails. . The case has been bo strongly pre sented to Attorney General Wicker sham that orders were at once Issued to W. H. Atwell, United States at torney at B-a'.las, Texas, who is ac cused of unfairness in the case, to discontinue proceedings against Hogue until the department can in vestigate. Killed in Boiler Explosion. . Kerrlck, Mich,, April 28 Pour men were killed outright, another is dying, and five others were seriously hurt today when a boiler In the saw mill plant of McGrath ft Hogan ex ploded. ' . I- :r
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