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Washington, . May 4 Forecast
for North Carolina fpr tonight,
and Wednesday: Fair tonight'
and Wednesday! "warmer. ;
EDITION
ESTABLISHED 1871.
RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1909.
PRICE 5 CENTS
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HAINS THE
MOTHER WILL BE
Will Give Her Aid to the
Establishment of the
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Insanity Plea
HER TESTIMONY VITAL
Army Officers Stand ; by Captnin
Mains and Make Determined Fight
to Save Him From the Electric
Chair Many Officers Hold That
he Was 1'rovoked by Annls Beyond
All Endurance Several Have Al
ready Testified and Others Are
Waiting to do so Events In "the
Trial Today.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Flushing, I;. I., May 4. -Announce-.
ment was made today that the friends
In the United States army of Captain
Peter C. Hains, on trial here for the
murder of William E, Annis would
make a determined fight to save him
from the electric chair. He has the
sympathy of practically all the offl
cers, many of whom have declared
their belief that he was provoked by
Annls to an extent beyond human
endurance.
So far a commissioned officer,, a
non-commissioned officer and a pri
vate have given testimony for the de
fense that is regarded as distinctly
favorable to the accused man and
many others are waiting to be culled
as witnesses in Captain Halns' fight
for life.
An indication of the sentiment of
his brother officers in regard to the
trial is given by the following state
ment made by John P.- Mclntyre,
chief counsel for Halns:
"Captnin Halns has the sympathy
of every man in the service. He Is a
man In bitter distress, an officer and
gentleman whose home was utterly
destroyed and his last chance of hap
piness wrecked by a man who posed
as his friend and entered his house
as a friend. Before his trial be was
a fine specimen of the modern fighter
serving his flag. ;
"His brains and his time were giv
en his country. His father and his
brother, the one a general and the
other a major, are serving their coun
try also. It does seem improbable
that any man in the uniform of a
United States soldier would rise up
against Captain Halns because he is
in his present plight."
Wearied with tho strain of the
trials of two sons on murder charges
and feehle with J9 years of life, Mrs,
Peter C. Hains, Sr., was brought to
Flushing today to do her part in sav
ing the life of her son. Captain Peter
C. Halns, -Jr., on trial for the murder
of William E. Annis.
She was brought here to tell of the
hysteria which has characterized her
ancestors and of the failing fits in
her own life which have been care
fully concealed until now. '
Orave doubts were entertained by
the lawyers for the defense of the
ability of the aged mother to with
stand the strain of a long examina
tion in her weak physical condition,
but her testimony is so vital to the
chain of evidence which is relied on
to save her son that it was resolved
to bring her. ,'" -. . ;..
Dr. H. A. Roden, of Bay Ridge, was
the first witness today. The physi
cian testified as to the demeanor and
actions of Captain Hains when he
saw him when called to attend the
Uttle girl of Thornton Hains.
"The captain came In the room as
I was examining the little girl," he
said. "When I told him she showed
much Improvement, he replied that
be had brought this Improvement
about himself. 'I gave her milk and
soft boiled eggs and plenty of water
during the night,' he told me. He
tuild that sick children should always
have' plenty of water, and that he
was a better physician than I was.
His eyes were glaring, his hair dis
hevelled and his feet dragged as he
walked."
"Did he appear to you to be ration
al or irrational?" Mr. Mclntyre asked.
"Irrational," be replied.
There was no cross-examination.
WITNESSFORSON
i Serious Hotel Fire.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Oakland, Cal., May 4 Forty
guests In the Oakland Hotel had a
narrow escape from death early to
day, many of them leaping from the
.upper stories into Are nets below
when Ore broke out. Several were
Injured by Jumping before the nets
' were' spread. , For time the blase
threatened serious consequencs.
THE PEACE CONGRESS
Seven Meetings on the Day's
Program
Busiest and Biggest Day of the En
tire Congress (Business Mfiu. IHs
cuss War. and Peace from the Bus
iness' Standpoint Delegates En
thusiastic: '
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Chicago, May 4 Seven meetings
were on the program when the dele
gates to the second national peace
congress assembled today. In addi
tion to the three meetings in Orches
tra Ha'.I, the headquarters of the as
semblage, meetings of the Women
delegates at the Womans Club and
meetings in Mandel Hall of the Uni
versity of Chicago, and at Music Hull,
were also scheduled. This is the
busiest and biggest day of the entire
congress. ,
The morning meeting at. Orchestra
Hall was a commerce and industry
session, with George E. Roberts,
president of the Commercial National
Bank, presiding. The speakers were
all business men and all discussed
war and peace from the business
mens standpoint, scoring its eco
nomic; waste and advocating stern
measures by financial and commer
cial leaders to prevent war in the fu
ture. .
The successful meetings of ' the
opening day had filled the delegates
with enthusiasm and they united In
declaring that the Chicago meeting
was proving much more' important
and exciting and of greater interest
than the first congress, held in New
York two years ago.
VESSEL'S NARROW ESCAPE.
Almost Had Collision With Icebog in
t Mid-Atlantic.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
New York, May 4 Passengers of
the Anchor Line steamship Califor
nia, from Glasgow, tell of a narrow
escape tbe: vessel had experienced
when a huge Iceberg was passed In
nild-ocean.
On Thursday afternoon, the Cali
fornia was running under reduced
speed on account of the heavy fog.
By the rarest good fortune to those
on board, about 5 p. in. the fog clear
ed sufficiently to allow the lookout to
see objects some distance ahead.
Suddenly he called out to the officer
on the bridge: "Something dead
ahead, Sir." :
As the wheel was shifted the Cal
ifornia slid off to '.ee of a great berg,
not less than COO feet long and at
least 100 feet high at the peak. It
had lain directly In the path of the
vessel, and the passengers regard
their escape as little short of a 'mir
acle,' " :
ROOK OX FAST ENGINE.
Refused to Enter the Cab and
Threatened to Jump Off.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Trenton, N. J., May 4. Thomas
Sheiin, a sailor, rode from New
Brunswick to Trenton hanging on to
the boiler of the engine of a fast
express. ; wnen ordered to get off or
enter the cab,( Sherln refused.
"If you vy to put me off or stop
the train I'll leap to death,", he
shouted when the engineer told him
he intended to stop the locomotive,
The engineer believed he would
make the leap and did not stop the
train until it arrived In this city.
Sherln was arrested. He told the
police he came to this city to see an
old sweetheart. He jumped on the
locomotive just as It was starting
from the New Brunswick station.
FARMERS AND RED BIRDS
WILL PLAY TOMURRUW
The Raleigh Athletic Association
has gone to a great deal of expense
to secure a winning baseball team for
the Raleigh fans this season, and It is
generally believed that a good team
has been the result.
On tomorrow the Red Birds will
play their first practice game on the
local diamond, their opponents being
the A. & M, team. This game prom
ises to be one of the most interesting
of the season, and the fans should
show their appreciation of the asso
ciation's efforts by giving tomorrow's
game a large attendance.
Now is the time that money Is so
essentially necessary. The treasury
is not flushed by any means, and
every man, woman and child that at
tends the game will be contributing
something towards the support of the
Red Birds, Be on hand and, if pos
sible, bring another person, with you.
Dr. J. Y. Joyrier left today for
Greenville to be present at the meet
ing of the Board of Trustees of the
Eastern Carolina Training School.
THE COURT DECISIONS
Senator Borah Finishes His
- Argument.
Senator Bradley of Kentucky Follow
ed Senator Borah, Speaking for
Protection for the Jute and Hemp
Industry-
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(By Leaned Wire to The' Times)
Washington, May 4 The senate
convened at 11 o'clock. Senator
Borah immediately resmued his argu
ment in support of an income tax.
He devoted his remarks to the su
preme court decisions affecting the
subject.
Senator Bradley, of Kentucky, fol
lowed Senator Borah and devoted his
speech, to 'u .plea for protection to the
jute and hemp industry, saying:
"I desire to call attention to the
hemp Industry in which a.most every
state in the union is interested if "a
fair degree of protection is provided.
It has been demonstrated by actual
expedience in the last five years that
hemp may . be successfully grown in
Pennsylvania, Indiana, Wisconsin,
Michigan, Minnesota, Kansas and in
limestone soils anywhere in the, Miss
issippi Valley, as well as at many
points along the Pacific, coast, fact,
in almost every state in the union.,
"The value of jute and jute man
ufactures imported in 1!)04 was $20,
000 in round numbers and in 1908 it
increased to :!4. 000, 000, or at an
alarming rate of 70 per cent. ;
"The flax industry of America
should have more protection and is
now seriously suffering from the im
portation of free jute. In the great
stales of the northwest and west,
ciiiefly the Dakotas, Minnesota, Kan
sas, Wisconsin, ! Montana, Missouri,
Iowa and Nebraska more than 28,-
000. 000 acres of flax are grown.
"With the proper protection the
flax and hemp growers of this county
In connection with the Manila fiber
brought here from our possessions
could furnish all the fiber for Amer
ica and meet the demands of the Testy?
of the globe as well. ':.;: v-
Senator Root said this was a ques
tion of shifting taxation.
"1 submit that it is an erroneous
and, I think, a mischievous view to
present to the country: the impres
sion that property owners do. not bear
a substantial part of the. 'burdens .of
government."
Reply ing to Senator Root, Senator
Bailey said that he did not deny thai
property paid a tax for the support
of state government, but he con
tended that property does not con
tribute even approximately, accord
ing to its value, to the support of the
federal government. He pointed out
that the great cost if the army and
navy for the protection of tile lives
and property of wealthy men at home
and abroad, were borne by a tax on
consumption rather than on property
itself, which; is alone taxed by the
state. He did not believe in a tax on
a man's-right to work, but did believe
in a tax on corporate franchises, now
exercised by the state., Ho thought
also that the right to tax inheritances
should be left to the state. '
MINERS INJURED BY
POWDER EXPLOSION
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Greensburg, Pa., May 4. The ex
plosion with a blinding flash and a
deafening roar of a large can of pow
der 2,000 feet underground, in the
Arona mine of the Keystone Coal
Company at Arona, Westmoreland
county, this morning, badly injdred
seven miners and threw three hun
dred others into a blind panic which
would have been disastrous but for
the coolness of some of the leaders.
The injured men are Irwin Bsnigh
man, 45; John : Yerman, 25; Mike
Kane, 25; Louis Cramer, 45; Fred
Cramer, 20; Jamfes Adams, 30, and
an unidentified foreigner. All the
men were very badly burned, princi
pally about the head and face. They
were taken to the hospital. The
cause of the explosion Is said to have
been the smuggling of black powder
into the mine to be used instead of
fulminate for blasting purposes and
the ignition of a can of the stuff by
an electric spark from the mine trol
ley.; -.;.-'-.;v
Caesar Young's Widow Married.
(By Leased. Wire to The Times)
New Rochelle, N. Y., May 4 Mrs.
Margaret L. Young, widow of Caesar
Young, the bookmaker and race
horse owner, for whose death in a
carriage In New York three years' ago
Nan Patterson was tried for murder,
was married last evening to George1
W. Langdon, of Sheepshead Bay.
Langdon has been looking after
Mrs.' Young's racing stable and other
interests since the death bf her hus
band. v ::";"':' ':
JORDAN FOUND GUILTY
Convicted of Murder in
First Degree
His Crime Was n Most Revolting One.
Killed His Wile ami Placed Her
Body in u Trunk Plead Insanity.
Brothcl'-iii-law of Jesse LivV-i-morc.
Boston, Mass., May 4 Chester S.
Jordan, whose trial for the murder of
lis wife' came to an end late yester
day afternoon when the jury retired
to deliberate over the verdict, today
was found guilty of murder In the
first degree.
The crime was one of the most re
volting known to police annals. Af
ter slapping '-.his -wife, who was a
young and exceedingly attractive wo
man, Jordan decapitated and dismem
bered the body, packing the limbs
and torso in a trunk in the house !n
which he and his wife had been liv
ing in Somervllle, The suspicions of
a cabman,.', in whose vehicle Jordan
moved the trunk containing the re
mains, led to his arrest.
Jordan had been an actor of some
repute and is a brother-in-law of
Jesse Livermore, the millionaire cot
ton operator. Jordan's sister, Mrs.
l.iverniore, is sniil to have contribut
ed the' money to ; defray tho cost, of
his defense, .which was based on an
infinity plea.
T!ii- crime was committed on. Sep
tember i, 1 90S.
RAILWAY REORGANIZE!).
Northampton 'and-Hertford to Re
sume Business Other Charters.
An evidence of reviving prosperity
is found in the renewed activity tn
railway circles. A few days ago the
Piedmont Railway, Company- was re
organized and today a certificate of
reorganization was filed for tlie
Northampton-. and Hertford Railway
Company..- This is a small road nine
miles in length, running from Gum
berry to Jackson.. W. E. Trenchard
is president. The authorized capital
f)ck is $12.",000 with a paid in cap
ital of $45,000. . --v.- ;
Tho Hamlet Athletic Association
was grantod-n charter. The associa
tion will equip a ball park and en
courage athletics. The' paid In capi
tal is $L':.H. W. K. Davis, el al, In
corporators. :
The 'Candor Kales Co., of Candor,
wholesale and r.elail general mer
chandise. The 'paid in capital is $0,-
000. C. ('. Hennell,: et ill., are the
stockholders.
HABEAS CORPUS PROCEEDINGS.
Hearing Before Judge Lyon Thurs
day at Noon.
Mr. ..Charles.' IT.. -Harris, today filed
with Judge Lyon a petition for a
writ of habeas rorpun to free from
III) prison ment. Thomas McKonny, a
negro who shot two hoboes at Wen
dell about a month ago. McKenny
claims that the hoboes assaulted him
and he ran hi into his home, where he
secured a shot-gun and opened fire
with telling effect. 7. The hoboes have
left the county. Judge Lyon has set
Thursday, at. noon, for the hearing.
WIRELESS BETWEEN
NLWYOHKANI) CHICAGO
Nw York, May 4 The wireless
peop'.e are jubilant t$day over the
success of the attempt made by the
New York American to transmit news
from this city to Chicago and receive
news from that city by wireless. The
American sent a wireless expert and
a reporter to the roof of the Waldorf-Astoria
Hotel to test the system
of the I'niled Wireless Telegraph
Company. : Far off In Chicago on the
roof of the Auditorium Annex sat an
other expert and another reporter.
A message was sent and in a few
minutes this reply came:
"To the American, New York.,
"Your message, the first by wire
less ever sent between New York and
Chicago, was received here at 10; ?8
o'clock p. m. . '
"Chicago Examiner." '
ROBERSON TO HANG.
Robert Roberson, the Martin coun
ty negro, who shot and killed, a Mr.
Whichard, of Robersonville, last fall,
will hang on FridayJune llth, 1909.
Gov. Kllchln today fixed the date for
the carrying out of the son fence.
The murder for which Roberson Is
to hung was a ' particularly cold
blooded one. The negro claimed
that Mr. Whichard owed him for
work and shot him without the slight
est provocation. He was tried at the
September term of Martin county
court, 1908, and sentenced to hang
Nov. 1 2th. An appeal was taken and
the Supreme Court, in a lengthy opin
ion written by Justice Brown, affirms
the decree of the lower court,
AS TO CAROLINA
VIRGINIA GAME
For the past two or three days
there has been a great deal of dis
cussion as to whether or not the base
ball teams of the Cniversit ies lof
North Carolina and Virginia would
play off the tie that now exists be
tween 'them.' It has been said that
should the same be played, it would
most probably be played in .Raleigh,
providing the grounds could be se
cured. .
Dame rumor steps in at this .junc
ture and has it going the rounds ol
the city,: and probably the entire
state, that the A. & M. authorities
have refused to allow the above
named teams to use the A. & M. ath
letic field for the proposed game.
Disbelieving this rumor, which was
having its effect upon the citizens ol
Raleigh and was causing them to se
verely censure the A. & M. authori
ties, The Evening Times man com
municated 'with Prof. W. C. Riddiek,
chairman of the A. & M. Faculty Ath
letic Committee, and received an
answer to this effect; That: if either
Dr. Venable, president of the Univer
sity, or Dr. Herty, chairman of the
Faculty Athletic Committee of the
University, would request, the use of
the A. & M. grounds for a game with
Virginia, the- grounds would be fur
nished in good condition, every cour
tesy and accommodation would be ex
tended the visitors and everything
done to make their stay in Ra'.eigh
as pleasant as possible.
This covers the question entirely
and should the teams desire to play
in Raleigh, they may rest assured
that no obstacle whatever will be
placed in the path. Instead they will
be extended a hearty welcome and
everything will be done to make their
visit, to the ''capital city one of great
pleasure and harmony.
BEFORE THE COMMISSION.
Matters of Importance (o be Heard
by the CorKi'ut1ion Commission.
Today, Mr. .Tns. It. Pou, counsel for
the Atlantic Coast Line Railway Com
pany and the Seaboard Air Line Rail
way .''."Company' filed petitions from
both roads asking to be released from
the necessity of equipping certain lo
comotive engines with electric head
lights as required by Mockery's
llead-l.ighl Bill" passed by the last
General Assembly. Under the law
the Corporation Commission is em
powered to exempt certain trains from
the provisions of the act. The com
mission will go into the matter care
fully and determine whether there is
ground for exemption.
Tlie Retail Merchant's Association
and the Hoard of Aldermen, -of Slates-.
ville, today .filed strong petitions
showing the need of a new passenger
station in that, thriving city and asu
ing tlie commission to compel the
Southern Railway to construct a new
one.
Petitions have been filed from San
ford, asking for the erection of a Un
ion passenger station there. The
commission has set Wednesday, May
12th for a hearing on the question at
San ford.
MIL SEAWELL CELEBRATES.
Has "Been in the Service 'of the Su
preme Court 24 Years Today.
Today Mr. Joe Seawell, the popular
and efficient deputy of Col. Thos, S.
Kenan, clerk of the Supreme Court
of North Carolina, rounded out. twenty-four
year's service in the clerk's
office. He began as office-boy, twenty-four
years ago today and has been
continuously in the service of the
Supreme Court of the state since that
time.": "
Mr. Seawell is a licensed attorney.
He has taken advantage of the oppor
tunities afforded by his position and
knows more law than the average
practitioner. He probably knows
more lawyers than any other young
man in the state and he is popular
with all of them.
AND STEEL
MEET
Detroit. Mich., May 4 The thirty
fourth annual convention of the Iron
Steel and Tin Workers of the United
States of America, which was railed
to order , here today, is expected to
prove one of the most Important In
the organization's history. The bus
iness of chief importance will be the
matter of the new wage scale and
working agreement. The present
scale expires on Juno 30.: The wage
scale committee has been deliberat
ing since Friday night in the Gris
wuld Hotel, the official headquarters.
RON
WORKERS
BLOODY WORKIN
ARMENIA BY THE
TURKS GOES ON
Alarming Reports From Asia
Minor Say Further Mas
sacres Are in Progress
TROOPS SENT TO SCENE
Lengthy Conference Held by the Sul
Tewfik Piishu, the E-Grund Vizier
Conference Brought About by
the Cabinet Crisis Which Culminat
ed in the Resignation of the Min
istry -Young Turk General Takes
u Hand in the Political Situation
: Declares the Army Does Not Want
Untried Men to Rule the Destinies
of Turkey Troops Sent to Sup
press Uprising.
( By Cable to The Times. )
Constantinople, May 4. A lengthy
(inference was held today by Sultan
MobemiiKd V and Tewfik Pasha, who
was until Monday night, grand vizier
:f the realm. The conference was
brought about by the cabinet crisis
which culminated in the resignation
of the ministry.
General Schefket Pasha, the idol of
he Young Turk army, has taken a
'land -in the political situation with
he expression that a nationalist min
istry shall not bo formed to succeed
he Tewfik Pasha cabinet. The Young
furk general declares that the army
Joes not want untried men to rule the
lestinies of Turkey. Posts of parlia
mentary under-secretarieS may be
rented which will be filled by Young
Turks to take the place of ministers.
Alarming reports are being receiv
id today from Erzerum, in Asia
Minor. It is slated that there has been
i further uprising against the Ar
uentans and that Turkish troops, af
ter murdering their officers, have
ioined in the massacres. '
The Druses, a fanVtical religious
ect, of Syrians, In the Hauran dls
rict, have revolted. Troops have
leen ordered to proceed to the scene
if the disturbance at once.
From Adana comes the news that
.he Jesuit mission there was destroy
ed by fire. ; The missionaries and sls
ers, however, pre said to be safe.
Thousands Massacred.
(By Cable to The Times.)
Tarsus, Asatic Turkey, May 4.
At least 10,000 persons lost their
'Ives during the niassacres in this
irovince, and some estimates place
he total casualty list at 25,000.
The villages of Osmanieh, Bazsche,
Mamadieh, Kara, Kristian, Keoy, and
vozelcok were wiped out. Each had
lopulations of from 50 to 600. Other
owns with a very much larger pop
ilation, in some cases 4,000 or 5,000
leople suffered severely.
In one town of 4,000 people there
ire left less than 100, nearly all wo
men and children. Famine Is feared.
The yard of the American mission
house looks like a prison pen. The
men wander around all night trying
to keep W'arm. The women and chll
iren sleep at night on the floors of
'he school rooms; . Few have beds.
Young Turks around Tarsus are
'rading Armenian girls among each
either for horses and modern repeat
ing rifles, There have been numer
ous instances of the murdering of wo
men and children with deliberation,
and there are other instances where
women were brought out one by one
and shot down, the bystanders clap
ping their hands at each fresh execu
tion. OFF TO NEW BERNE.
Local Red Men on the W'ay to the
Grand l'ow Wow,
Col. Joseph E. Pogue, Great
Sachem of the North Carolina Reserv
ation of the Red Men, in company
with many braves, left today at 12:30
for New Berne to attend the Great
Council of the order which is to hold
Its eleventh annual session there.
Among those accompanying him were
W. W. Willis representative of the
Occoneechee tribe, Raleigh, L. W.
Holleman, of the Mohawk tribe, Hen
derson, W. T. Veltschl, also of Oc
coneechee and several others from
Raleigh and Henderson.
Croker At Liverpool.
Liverpool, Eng., May 4 On ac
count of a great storm the Cunard
liner Lusltanla, which arrived here
today, did toot touch at Queenstowh
last night. Richard Croker was one
of the pansengers aboard,
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