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Weather. SECOND EDITION Washington, June 4 Forecast for North Carolina for tonight and Saturday: Partly cloudy tonight; showers near coast. ESTABLISHED 1871. RALEIGH, N. d, FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1909. PRICE 5 CENTS STREETCAR STRIKE SETTLED BY AGREEMENT Strikers are Granted Nearly Everything They Contended for by the Company. TERMS OF AGREEMENT The Strike of the Employe of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Com. pany Is Practically at an End and the Strikers Wln: Nearly Every thing They Asked For After Con ference With Hoard of Directors of tho Transit Company Mayor Reyburn Advised Them to Grant the Demands of the Strikers and They Consent to l)o So Rioting Last Night and Scores of Persons Injured. (By Leased Wire to The Times Philadelphia, June 4 The strike of the employes of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company was practi cally ended today. It resulted in sweeping victory for the : Strikers. Mayor Reyburn, after a conference with representatives of the Rapid Transit Company and then sent a let 2 o'clock this morning, wrote a for mat letter to President Parsons in which he recommended that practl cally all of the demands of the union be granted. President Parsons conferred with the board of directors of the Rapid Transit Company and then sdna let ter to the mayor stating that his Bug gestions would be carried out. '. As soon as the letter of President Parsons had been made public the ; strike sympathizers ceased their ac tlvlty. This is what the strikers win: A working day of 10 hours, with the shifts arranged so that the em ployes will not have to spend most of their time around the car barns. A flat rate of 22 cents an hour for motormeu and conductors. They asked for 23 cents an hour. They have been getting 21 cents. Reinstatement of all of the strik ers and recognition of Lie union. A provision that the motormcr and conductors may buy their unl forms of any one of Ave reputabl tailors. They have been compelled to patronize one man. The strikers did not consider the terms of Mayor Reyburn and Prcsl dent Parsons until late in the day They then held a special meeting at their headquarters, 12th and Filbert streets. At the conference that was held Just before Mayor Reyburn extended the olive branches to -flTe strikers, in the shape of his letter to President Parsons, B. O. Pratt looked out for the Interests of the union. while the peace-makers were bringing the two sides into a mutual conciliatory attitude last night riot Ing broke out afresh. Starting at Wayne Junction, a mob of more than 1..000 people swept down Germantown avenue as far us Susquehanna avenue and for four hours wrecked trolley cars, stoned and beat motormon and conductors, Injured police and pas seugers, and strewed their path with the debris of their raid. Scores of persons were woundel by bricks and other missiles. Seven cars were utterly demolished. Roofs and sides were stove iriV fenders were broken and Beats were torn from their places. The crews of the cars were scattered in every direction. Several are in hospitals. A meeting of the strikers was called for 11 o'clock at the LIpplncott building. There was not the slight est question that they would ratify the terms. Peace In the strike was brsught about largely through the efforts of Senator McNlcholl, the republican leader of Philadelphia. IndeoJ, his efforts have brought forth a ory of "politics", as he apparently took a stand opposed to that of Mayor Rey burn. Senator McNlcholl began negotia tions with the representatives of the car men and the Rapid Transit Com pany on Tuesday, and , acted as In termediary between the two opposing forces. ; It was practically due to hit labors that tho company consented to give assurances In writing to reinstate - the old men' and to recogtlze the union by taking up all grievances with a committee chosen by the men. This assurance was given tjr Presi dent John 8, rrons( alter Bidntght, THE after a two hours' conference In Di rector of Public Safety Clay's office, In the city hall. Six Hundred Cars Running. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Philadelphia, June 4 Eighteen men one delegate from each of tho car barns met with C. O. Pratt, the strike leader, at union headquarters at noon. Practlcall the only opposi tion to the end of the strike came from Gerinantown delegates, who in sisted on 25 cents an hour instead of 22. At that time 600 cars were run ning. GREAT SCARCITY IN WHEAT. s llelng Shinned Hack Irom Acw Vork to the West. (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, June 4-For what was said on the Produce Exchange to be the first time in history, .wheat has been shipped back from -New York to the west for consumption. Recent inquiries have been received from as far away as Texas for New York red wheat. Already two boat loads are enroute from here to Buffalo, four more are loading and some shipments are being sent by rail. This action has been made possible by the great scorclty of wheat all through the west. No. 2 red sold here yesterday at $1.47 per bushel and $1.50 was sked at the close. DR. CLEMINSON SHAKS tie Pretends to be Deathly Sick. Found Lying on His Cell Floor Groaning d Writhing as if in (reat Pain Police Say He is Shamming, Hut Guard Him to See That He Does Not Harm Himself. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Chicago, June 4 After an Inter view In which the Kolb woman ad mitted having known Dr. Cleminson for a year and a half, but only in a professional way, and acknowledging that she was a patient at , the Chicago Union Hospital during the time the m.vBterlous Miss Berg was a patient thereV the girl was held for further examination later is the day. Miss Kolb said she had given her own name at the hospital, but did not know how: she may have been registered. Miss Kolb insisted that her relations with Dr. Cleminson were merely those of physician and patient and that Bho had not been very friendly with him at any time. She admitted having received (lowers at the hospital, hut declared she did not know from whom they came. She entered a ponltivn denial of any knowledge that might have bearing on Dr. Cleminson's domestic trou bles. Dr. Cleminson was found appar ently unconscious, lying face down ward on the floor of his cell, at an early hour today. A physician was summoned immediately and he de clared that the symptoms exhibited by the prisoner were those of poison ing. Dr. Clemigson was groaning and writhing as If suffering great pain. "My head Is dizzy, I have a pain in my abdomen, and my eyes hurt dreadfully,' 'cried Dr. Cleminson. The alleged wife-polsoncr was laid back upon his cell cot and an extra guard was placed in front of the cell door In order to sec that he did not harm himself. The police say that Dr. Cleminson was shamming sickness anfl that .he was only displaying another side of a remarkable nature which has puzzled the police ever since his arrest. In the meantime the ; clouds are gathering thick and fast around the physician's head nnd a desperate bat tle will be waged between the state and his lawyers When the matter comes up for a preliminary hearing June 9. Tho police are unearthing new phases of the doctor's life every day, and have found that his stories regarding his conquests among wo men have not entirely been mudo much of. Coroner Hoffman said today that the Inquest set for this' morning would have to be postponed, as the chemists had not completed thel analysis. The terrible charge which Dr Cleminson brought against his dead wife In accusing her of having been faithless as a wife and a mother has won him the bitter enmity. of Mrs, ClemlnBon s relatives, who, up to this time, have hesitated In believing the physician guilty, of murder. Tobacco King Injured. (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, June 4 William W McAlpin, one of the "tobacco kings' who lives at 11 East Ninetieth street, next door to Andrew Carnegie, was seriously Injured by falling while try Ing to board a Madison avenue car at Thirty-fourth street last night He Is In the hospital suffering from contusions of the head and body and a possible fracture of the skull, THRILLING MAN HUNT TO CATCH FLEEING TARS Fifteen Naval Apprentices Make a Concerted Dash ....... t for Liberty. OTHERS IN PURSUIT Prospective Jackie While Drilling In Cutter 'Hush Out of the Formation Line and Pull for the Shore As Soon As Iteull.cd That They Were Trying to Kscape the Order Was (liven, to Follow Hut the Deserters Had (iotten Such Lead That They .Made the Shore mid Disappeared A Thrillim Bout Race Rut the De serters Won. (By Leased Wire to The Times) San Francisco, Cal., June 4 A man hunt In which fifteen naval ap prentices of the United States are the. uarry and all the forces of law which the government can bring to bear arc the hunters is today's cul mination of tho most spectacular and thrilling instance of desertion in the annals of the American navy. In the midst of boatswains drill off he Kenney Route pier last night. one ot tnc cutters, containing me regulation crew, fifteen prospective iickles, was seen suddenly to dart roiii the formation of the flotilla and make for the. shore with all the speed with which fifteen powerfully ,mann- d oars could drive it. The other crews for the moment were rendered powerless with sur prise. Then the bosuns roared the order to pursue; and for the next few minutes tho spectators along the wa- er front witnessed the most thrilling boat, race it. lad ever been their lot o see, Tho deserters won. They made shore somewhere in the maze of piers and were swallowed up com pletely by the great city. Not even heir boat was found and it. is believ ed they scuttled it before 'springing ashore. ; Had the pursuing crews been arm. cd the fugitives would have been shot but as is usual in boat drill, there was not a fire-arm in the parly. The 'deserters were all in full uni form and the authorities at the Yerba Rucna Island station are confident they will be captured today. Rewards will be posted. FOREST FIRES (By Leased Wire to The Times) Winnipeg, Man., June 4 Terrible timber fires are raging today in scv oral parts of western Canada. Along the Prince Albert branch of the Ca nadian Northern Railway In the Satchkewan river district the fire ex tends a hundred miles and It is fear ed that many lives may be lost In the farming settlements. A four span bridge was destroyed. A passenger train wut through a furnace of fire and the windows be came so hot they could not be touch ed. A twenty in lie gale is fanning the llanies. Bridges ure burned but hundreds of men are fighting the flames near Duluth to prevent them from reach Ing the settlements. . A dispatch from Fernic tolls o serious floods in that town. Elk river overflowed Its banks In several places. The flood also burst boonis of logs owned by the Elk Lumber Company. The Soo passenger trains wore held here all day on account of tho dam' ago "done to the bridge crossing the river at Elko. AtXoal Creek several children are missing. Want Vernon Removed. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, June 4 A move ment Is afoot to have the president make a change In the office of regis tor of tho treasury. It is said n dole- gatlon of southern republicans' nnd democrats will call upon the presl dent in a few days nnd petition hlnf to name a white man for the position now held by William T. Vefnor, col rode, appointed by President Roose velt, WESTERN CANADA MEHPHIS READY FOR COMING OF THE VETERANS City Expects 100,000 Visitors During Reunion Week and Make Preparations. MEALS SERVED FREt emicssee City Heady For (he Great Annual Reunion of Confederate Veterans, All Preparations For the Entertainment of the Citj's Guests Having Been Made Cotton Ware house Converted Into Mess-hall, Where Meals Will ItoServed Free of Charge Adjutant-General Mickle Expected to Arrive Tomor row Night. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Memphis, Tcnn., June 4 Confl- ent that Memphis will have 100,000 isitors here for the re-union, all preparations lor the entertainment or he confederate veterans, the Sons of Confederate veterans and their friends have been completed. Adjutant-General Mickle, of the staff of Commander-in-Chief Evans, will ar- ive here Saturday night -nnd open lieial headquarters for General Evans at, the Peabody and Monday the first meal, at the monster mess-hall of the reunion committee will be served to veterans not in a position to pay their expenses while here. One.- of the largest, cotton ware- ouses In the city has been converted nto .'n. mess-hall and in addition to egular meals, lunches will be served at a counter and everything will be free.' ' Several hundred entries have been received, for the big floral parade of Tuesday' afternoon, in which society people from'.. Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas will take part with dec orated automobiles and carriages. Special. Interest is attached to the oint meeting of veterans and Sons of Veterans Tuesday night, when Gen C. Irving Walker, commanding the department of the army of northern Virginia, will make a report, on the proposed monuments to be erected in every southern state to the memory of the women of the south.'.. Drawings of the proposed monuments have been prepared and General Walker will Illustrate his report with stereopticon slides made from them. F (By Leased Wire to The Times) Philadelphia, Pa., June 4 A col lision of automobiles today near Egg Harbor City, N. J., about twenty miles from Atlantic City, resulted In the serious Injury of four men, all of Philadelphia. They are: F. B. Llnd say, riot. J. It. Taylor, George .1 fclennii, H. Niles. They occupied an automobile com ing trom the seashore, nines was driving the car. The occupants of the othor automobile, so far as Is known, were not injured seriously, If at all. They disappeared with. -thel ear. The four injured men were taken to a farm house, near Elm wood, N. J. It Is reported thht the two automo biles, while returning from Atlantic City, were racing, and that the car which was wrecked tried to pass the other and skidded Into a creek. DU, WILSON OX SCHOOLS. President of Princeton Says They Must Adapt Themselves to Mod em Conditions. (By Leased Wlro to Tho Times) Concord, N. II., June 4-"SchooIs like this and universities like Prince ton must pass out of existence unless they adapt themselves to modern life" was the declaration of Presl dent Woodrow Wilson, of Princeton In an address at a luncheon, one of tho features of tho closing day of an nlversary week at St. Paul's school President Wilson added: " "I believe in athletics. I believe In all (hose things which relax energy that the faculties may be at their best when tho energies are not relax ed, but only bo far do 1 believe In these diversions. When the' lad leaves school, he should cease to be an athlete, . The modern, world te an OUR INJURED COLLISION exacting one and the things it exacts are mostly intellectual. "A danger surrounding our mod ern education is the danger of wealth. I am sorry for the lad who is going to inherit money. I fear that the kind of men who are to share in shaping the future are not largely exemplified In schools and colleges. "So far as the colleges so, the sideshows have swallowed up the cir cus, and we in the main tent do not know what, is going on. And I don't know that I want to continue under those conditions, as a ring-master. There are more honest occupations tli an teaching if you cannot teach.' MI ST STOP DRIXKIXG. Employes of Steel Company Not Al lowed to Leave Building. Pittsburg, Pa., June 4 The. United Slates Steel Corporation has posted notices at 'all' plants that workmen will not bo permitted to leave the mills from the time they enter until their hours of work are finished, ex cept workmen living near and who have been In the habit of going home for their meah. Aside from bad work by those wno have been in the lii'iit ef leaving work several times' a day to drink, the loss of time has been great. ALDMCH'S y TACTICS Seeking to Prevent Vote on ' Income Tax. Rhode Island Senator is Manipulat ing the Rules of the Senate to Serve the Special Interests Rep resents Wall Street Interests in the Senate and Therefore Opposes Income Tux. (Special to The Times) Washington June 4 Senator Aid ich is demonstrating that the rules of the senate, even as liberally a: they are framed, may be so manipu- ated as to serve the special ltiter- sts with as great a degree of suc cess as are thoso of the house-of rep- esentatives. Senator Aldrich has set out to pre ent a vote being taken on the in come tax amendment. So far he has een successful. Had a vote been taken two weeks ago, it Is conceded by both parties some form' of ah' in-. omo tax provision would have been acked on the tariff bill. Hut Ald- ich prevented the vote. Whether the Rhode Island senator will succeed in sidetracking the in come tax amendment by preventing a vote being taken cannot be known for a cetalnty until after June 10 The crisis will come on that day when the amendment will be up for consideration. Instead of allowing a vote on the amendment, Aldrich, it is believed and he does not deny It, will have the measure referred to the judiciary committee. That would be tlie end o the measure so far as the special ses sion Is concerned. Thetariff bill would be passed without waiting for the in onie tax amendment to reappear rom committee, and the senator would say "good bye" to Washing on until the next regular session. Why Is Boss Aldrich so determined to prevent a vote on the income lax Because the measure is inimical Wall street interests, which tli Rhode Island senator so ably repre sents in the senate. Here Is the milk in the rncoanut : If a vote should be taken On an in come tax now, or had it been taken two weeks iigo, and had the measure passed, It, would have provided for the raising of ',' $S!), 000.000 in reve nue. That sum would come from, the rich, the Bailey, amendment; pro viding.' for a 3 per cent tax on In comes of individuals and corporations in exeene of $5,000 a year. Naturally the rich do not wish to have their Incomes taxed, but that objection to the Income tax is the lesser of two. If $80,000,000 of new revenue should be provided for, the democrats and progressive republi cans would immediately demand that the tariff on certain necessities of life be greatly diminished. Aldrlch's ex cuse for retaining duties on certain necessities, It should be understood, is that It Is necessary to tax such staples to raise revenue to run the government. He Is making the tariff bill on the theory the principal reve nue is to come from Import duties on things the people eat and wear. He is not figuring in raising one cent from the Incomes of the rich. .'.;; Therefore it is plain that had the income tax bill passed two weeks ago Aldrich would have had to place a couple of necessities on the free list, which would have spoiled the nice monopoly on such products now en joyed by the tariff barons. And this Is the real reason why Aldrich has openly, on the floor of the senate, pledged his honor that -if he tan prevent the income tax amend taent from being adopted, he will leave no stone unturned to accom plish, that end. COTTON GOODS SCHEDULE NOT ON THE LEVEL No Section of the Measure Has Been so Vigorously Attacked as This One. NO QUORUM IN HOUSE Senators Arc Beginning to IlilnK That There is Something Wrong With (lie Cotto'i Sclntlule of the Taritr Bill-. Senators' llollivcr and Lafollette Are; Beginning to Make An Impression Senator Aldrlcli Has Not Been As Successful in Placating the "Progressives" As When He Engineered the Oiiiglcy Bill Twelve Years Ago. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, June 4 There is a growing suspicion in uio minus or some senators who belong to the Ald- ch organization that there is sonie- Ihing wrong with the cotton goods schedule of the tariff bill. No sec tion of tho measure has been so vig orously attacked as this one, and the progressives", who are headed by Senators Dolliver and Lafollette, are beginning" to make an impression, although it is not likely they will be able to obtain any modifications. That the rales have been : materially in creased in the bill, and that even un der the Pingley rates the manufac turers have been able to pay enorm ous dividends is the contention of th Opponents of the schedule. Senator Aldrich has made reply that the rales have not been increased but. -have; simply been readjusted to prevent undervaluations made pos sible bv a "oust ruction of the law by the board of appraisers. He has promised a full explanation, but has not made it. Senator Lodge's defense of the schedule failed to .-explain the ad- vance in rates, but was a plea for protection- to the industry, because protection had always been extended. Anticipating that there will be some opposition to the Porto Rico bill in the senate, the house leaders are anxious to get. the bill passed and over to the senate without further delay. Because of the understanding that the house is to do no business until the tariff bill is returned from the senate the members are leaving the city, hence there is no quorum to transact business should the occasion arise, but as the Porto Rico bill must 1)0 signed by the president by June 30 all absent members were wired today asking them to be hero by Monday next., when an effort will be made to put the Porto Rico bill through the house. If a quorum does not appear leaves of absence will be revoked and the absent members may be discip lined. Senator Aldrich. it was said today, has not been as successful in placat ing the progressives as wnen no nan charge of the Bingley bill twelve years ago. Then he had less than a dozen to "see", while this time, there are some eighteen, republicans inlei ested in "lo al items", and one or two of the prigi'essives are members Of the finance committee, It is because of this condition and the further tact, that Senator 'Aldrich desires the bill to .receive the full republican vote on its -piiRsnge. that he has made haste slowly.. ttwjis intimated today that the night sessions will continue for at least ten days before unanimous con sent can lie obtained to fix a day for a vote tin the bill and amendments. The senate convened at 10:30 this morning. Senator Lafollette resumed his remarks. In opening ho offered an apology to Senator Oallinger. of New Hampshire, for having failed to be courteous to him yesterday. Ho became dramaiic and during his speech wept. Touching upon the Pen rose ine id ent of last night when the Pennsylvania senator said In com menting on Lafollelte's absence that he was only feigning illness, Lafol lette replied that Penrose would be serving the country better by ac counting for his own actions. "No man could undertake," he exclaimed, dramatically, "to account for whereabouts of the Pennsylvania senator without transgressing the rules of the senate." Senator Penrose Interrupted to call attention to a statement made In La follelte's miiKa7.lne that the state of Pennsylvania Is $79,000,000 In debt and should go into the hands of re ceivers. : Penrose showed ' that the man quoted as making thlB state men" r't rnt exist and that Instead (Continued on page Two.)