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THE EVENING TIMES. RALEIGH, N. Q
THE GEORGIA STRIKE
Conferences Looking to Final
Settlement.
Chairman Knapp and Commissioner
Xeill Meet With HcprescntMtives of
Koad and Firemen to Discuss Plan
of Settlement All Trains Running-
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Atlanta, Ga., May SI Cuainnan
Knapp, of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, and Commissioner of
Labor Neill today began the first con
ference looking to the final settle
ment of the trouble between the
Qeorgia Railroad and its white fire
men. The strike was called off Sat
urday afternoon and since then the
train service on the Georgia has been
maintained fully and the congestion
along the line has been materially re
lieved. .
At the conference this morning
Vice President Ball, of the Firemen's
Brotherhood, set before the arbiters
the argument that the Georgia Rail
road had consistently discriminated
in favor of negro firemen over white
men. He showed that rules were en
forced much more strictly against
white firemen than against negroes.
The representatives of the firemen
insisted on the abolition of the negro
as a fireman but it is believed that
they will make some concessions
along this line.
The question of seniority was then
taken up and argued at length.
SIXTV-F1VE CENTS IX BANK.
Bubble Bursts and President Arrest,
ed Four Hunks Cleaned Out.
(Bv Leased Wire to The Times)
Balnbrldge. Ga.. May 31 A. D.
Oliver, president of a bank at Climax.
Ga., is under arrest in connection
with a swindle which cost the people
of southwestern Georgia more than
$250,000.
Oliver came here last .January and
professed to be an eastern capitalist.
He displayed much nionev and said
he had $5,000,000 on deposit in
1 banks in New York and elsewhere.
He announced that he intended to
invest these millions and that this
country suited him. He bought tim
bered lands, saw-nulls, banks, auto
mobiles, etc. It appears that he
would obtain cash through deposits
in his banks, in which institutions the
public had confidence and with par
tial payments of cash, usually small
amounts, he would buv other proper
ties, giving him to outward appear
ance large holdings.
While doing all this he found time
to make love to Miss May English,
and four weeks ago married her. He
gave the bride $5,000 in cash and
diamonds valued at $10,000.
The bubble burst when Oliver was
arrested on a warrant sworn out bv a
Thomasville man, to whom he had
given a New York draft tor $10,000.
The draft came back marked "no
funds". Examiners took charge of
Will Open fdiM&m
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The Grand Opening Ball
The leading social feature of the summer season will take place on Saturday,
June 5th, allowing all who attend an opportunity to spend the week-end at
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the lour -hanks hi1 bought and they
Co mid less Mian $100, all told. In
one hank at I lioniHsville lucre ' was
only t r cents!:' .lust one month ago
Oliver 'bought four automobiles and
presented them to ihe cashiers of hts
four banks. .
Mauietam.i .Makes Record Trip.:
( Iiv Leased Wire to The Times)
Queenstown. M.'iv .' 1 The steam
ship Mani'otunia arrived here today,
having made the passage in four
ilavs. eighteen hours and twenty
eight minutes. She was delayed by
thick weather off the Irish coast, or
she would have established a new
trans-Atlantic record, as her time
troni land to land was the quickest
ever made in an eastern passage.
Traveling Man n Suicide.
(Bv Leased Wire to The limes)
Pittshuri!. Pa., Mav 31- For near
ly twentv-tonr hours . A. Spencer,
aged fortv. a traveling man from Co
lumbus. ()., lav dead in his room in
the Colonial Annex Motel undiscover
ed. He had emptied a carbolic acid
bottle during Saturday with suicidal
intent. No cause is known. The
bodv is at the morgue.
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THE ATLANTIC
Morehead
HAHR1MAN ON BUSINESS
interviewed As to Conditions
in Country
.Mr. llHiTiman, the Great Railway
.Magnate, Discusses Business Con
ditions in a General Way Attri
butes Panic of Two Years Ago to
Court Decisions.
(By "Leased Wire to 1 tie 1 lines)
New York. .May 31 -Edward II.
liarriniau, who sails for Europe with'
Mrs. Harriman on the Kaiser Wil
helm II on .Monday, -'gave' an inter
I'iew today to a 'number of newspaper
men,' at his homo S7S Fifth "'Avenue.
He discussed business conditions in a
wiieral way, ntliibut"d the panic of
.wo years ago .to court de isions, re
ferring to the Standard (Ml fine im
posed by .Indge Landis, and declared
that crops were more important than
Hie tariff. ".'.'.. 1
As to his own future. .Mr. Harri
niaii said that he was ready at any
;inie to step down and withdraw from
active participation in the conduct of
the railroad interests which he di
rects, when the stockholders express (
a wish to have him do so. and that he
would be willing and glad also to give
his successor, whom he designated as
the youngster," the benefit of his ex
perience. "''..", I
Mr. Harriman looked rather sallow
and his voice was noticeably weak.'
He insisted, however, that his health'
was good and said that his trip J
abroad would be devoted solely to
recreation. When asked about the
report that he was to retire, he said:
"I am ready to retire when the
stockholders ask me to. They have
not done so yet. When the young
ster comes , forv aid I will be ready
and glad to step down. He has not
lone so yet. When he does I will be -glad
to show hini how to do it. !
"Xo two men do the same thing in
ihe same way. Any big corporation
or business must have an individual
head. I am a great believer in the
doctrine that you must have personal j
equation as well as organization in
i lie operation of any great undertak
ing, just as there roust be an indi
vidual head in the movement and
conduct of a great army."
Mr. Harriman was asked What he
thought about business conditions.
He replied:
"I think wo are now on a very sub
stantial basis. Liberal expenditures
by the farmer in the development, of
more acres w ill mean that a healthier
improvement is bound to follow, If
we have favorable weather and large
crops we will have a correspondingly
happy time We will also probably
have a great burst of speculation and
a rise of price in everything. This
will be graded down as the crops may
be less than hoped for.
''"By' the' way,' speculation did not
lead to the last panic. That was
sentiment. It was worse than a
panic; it was a disaster. The ter
rible times of the fall of 1007 were
directly caused by the extraordinary
' court decisions."
1 Mr. Harrlman had reference to the
Judge Lnndis decision in the Stand
ard Oil case.
"1 know what I am talking about,"
he went on. "I went through with
it all. People were frightened into
withdrawing their money from circu
lation by that decision. No one was
directly responsible for the rehabili
tation. That was due alone to the
emergency and industry of the Amer
ican people. I don't think the out
come of the tariff legislation is of
as much importance as the outcome
of the crops. Good weather will do
more for us than anything else."
MRS. PLANT DEAD.
Widow of the Founder of Great Rail
way System Pled Yesterday.
( tv Leased Wire to The Times)
New York. May. Ill Mrs. Margaret
.1. riant Graves, widow of Henry B.
Plant, the founder of the Plant sys
tem of railroads, steamships and ho
tels in the south, died yesterday
morning at her home. No. 7 West
Fifty-first, street, from arterio-schel-orisis.
She had been suffering from
the malady for more than a year and
was confined to her bed. She was a
native of New York, about 111 years
old and was well known for her char
itable and philantrophic work.
A conservative estimate of Mrs.
Graves' fortune puts the figure at
$S.oo,o0..-; Shortly after Mr.
Plant's death in 1899 a suit to break
his will was started by his widow.
He had left a fortune, which proved
to amount to $26,000,000. By his
will wiiien was nrst probated in Con
necticut, where he died, he left his
widow an annunity of $30,000 and a
similar allowance to his son.
The balance of the estate was so
tied up by the provisions of the will
that it would have gone to the found
ers grea).-grandson, at the end of per
haps So years, when it would amount,
according to lawyers' estimates, to
$ - 1T'. t n , i .
.Mis. Plant attacked the will on
the 'ground that it should have been
probated in this state as MrV Plant,
was 'a .resident of New York. After -a
long drawn-out fight Mrs. Plant was
successful. .
I n I '.iri 1 she was married to .Robert
Graves, a wealthy inventor.
CLASH IX BOSTOX.
Mayor and Negro Military Company
Have Clash About Armory.
I By Leased Wire to The Times)
Host on, May 31 As the result of
a clash between Mayor Hibtnud and
Adjutant-General Brighani, Company
L, of the sixth regiment, the only col
ored organization in the Massachu
setts militia, finds Itself excluded
from every armory in Boston. The
present quarters in Charlestown have
been selected by Mayor Hibbard for
a new city bath house, and the adju-
tnat-general has refused the company
permission to occupy room in any
other armory. Much dissatisfaction
has been aroused among the colored
residents of Boston, and there are
prospects of a mass meeting to raise
funds to provide a building for the
negro company.
SIX LIVES LOST
IN BOSTON STORM
U1
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Boston, May 31 Six lives were
lost in Boston harbor yesterday dur
ing a -lO-mlle wind which swept the
waters and with treacherous currents
caused the capsizing of many boats.
Raymond Von Limburg, clgar-
maker, of South Boston, was
drowned by the overturning of the
sloop Lillian A., off Thompson's
Island, his live companions being res
cued. '
Two unknown men were drowned
in Hull Gut, where their row-boat
overturned, and three other unknown
lost their lives by the capsizing of a
dory off Apple Island, near Shirley
Gut. None of the bodies were recov
ered.
Cyclone in Mexico.
C'axaca, Alex..' May 31 A cyclone
in the San Jose mining district de
molished the railroad station at. Kjut
la, blew down the shaft house of tae
N'agistaad mine, damaging the ma
chinery house of the Corona mine and
did other damage at the Maria mine,
besides Wrecking practically all the
shacks of the native families. Sev
eral persons were injured, none badly.
Dickinson at Gettysburg.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, May 31 Secretary of
War Dickinson left this morning for
Gettysburg, where he will deliver an
address at the memorial, day services
and formally transfer the monument
to be unveiled by Miss Helen Taft to
the Gettysburg National Park Com
mission, in behalf of the . United
States government.
Central Methodist Excursion.
The pic-nic and excursion of Cen
tral Method st Sunday school will
leave at HMO Wednesday morning,
lime 2d, returning leaves Fiiqiiuy
Springs .:;) p. in. Fare for round
trip, :." and (i.t cents. Free mineral
water, free refreshments and free
amusements on the grounds. 2t
Fire In Tenement House,
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
New York, May 3 1 '-Nine persons
were rescued and one policeman was
severely burned today in a fire in the
five story tenement house at 1 0 5 Vis
Lewis street. More than 100 persons
fled panic-stricken from the blazing
building.
Death of Mrs. Emory.
Mis. Salina F.moiy, the wife of Mr.
H. K. Kmory died at her home about
six 'miles, northwest of the city Sun
day -morning at I0:4ii. She was fifty
nine years of age ami death resulted
from pneumonia. She is survived
by her husband and two children, Mr.
Frank Emory and Miss Anna Emory.
The 'funeral' will 'be, held at Pleasant
Grove.' Church this aftcrnon at three
o'clock, conducted by .'Hey Cool ge
Simmons.
The pall bearers are: Messrs. N,
Warren. U. W. Lynn, W. C Massey.
Geo:. Terry... T. K. Lynn and I. H.
Lynn.
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FAIRBANKS IN THE
JAPANESE CAPITAL
Tokio, May 31 Former Vice Pres
ident Fairbanks and Mrs. Fairbanks
were presented to the emperor today
by Ambassador O Brien and later naa
luncheon with the royal family at the
palace.
". The emperor was markedly cordial
in his reception of Mr. Fairbanks and
gave him many messages of friend
ship and good will to carry back to
America. . ...
Mr. Fairbanks tonight will meet
the Elder Statesmen and the cabinet
members at a dinner tendered to the
ex-vice president by General Count
Taro Katsura, the former prime min
ister. .DEATH OF MRS. CUNNINGHAM.
Coroner Snys it Was Suicide, But
Husband Suys it Was Accident.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
New York, May 31 Although the
coroner pronounced the case one of
suicide, George A. Cunningham de
clared today that he was certain the
death of his wife, Edith, was due to
accident. Mrs. Cunningham, a hand
some woman of 37 years, was found
iead yesterday morning by her hus
band in a closet opening into her
room on the second floor of 114 West
Eleventh street. The closet was
filled with gas from two open Jets.
She had been dead for two hours, the
doctor said.
Mr. Cunningham is a civil engi
neer, and for several years was chief
engineer of the Panama Railroad.
He and his wife had traveled all over
the world and arrived home last
Thursday from a four-month's shoot
ing and hunting trip in North Caro
lina. '...:'.
Mrs. Cunningham was the daugh
ter of Mrs. Alice Hosmer, of Chicago.
She married a man named Carter,
from whom she was divorced.
Mr. Cunningham was in charge of
the construction of the New York
Central Railroad's terminal here. He
is. a native of Richmond. Va., the son
of Colonel Cunningham, and is re
lated to the Branch family, of Rich
mond. -v
THE CONTEMPT CASE.
Chattanooga Men Adjudged Guilty of
Contempt Leave For Washington.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Chattanooga, Tenn., May 31 More
than 2,500 of Chattanooga's, citizens
gathered at the central station to see
former Sheriff J. S. Shlpp and five
co-defendants in the contempt case
before the United States supreme
court start for Washington, where
they are to receive sentence for allow
ing a IieKl" in tumuu) me wuiv,
to be lynched. Confederate veter
ans, comrades of Captain Shipp, wept
when he said "good-bye".
Get ready and go to Fuquay
Springs Wcdncsduy morning with the
Centra! Sunday School on their pic
nic, u
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