North Carolina Newspapers

1 TO?erito; Cities Weather. SECOND "Washington, June 5 Forecast for North Carolina for tonight and Sun day: Pair tonight and Sunday; light westerly winds. EDITION ESTABLISHED 1871. RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1909. PRICE 5 CENTS ARMEU MEN ARE IN POSSESSION OF JACKSON, KY The Officers are Practically Prisoners and State Troops are Wanted. AN OLD FEUD CLASH Adherents of the Hargls and Cock rill Fact'ons Clash In Kentucky NTown and Whole Town is Paralyzed . With Tenor Ofllcers Are Practl ' rally Prisoners in the Jail and Bloodshed Is Feared at Any Min uteState Troops Expected Today til Pi'fmprvp Orilor. Rut FVilrpri Thnf. V Serious Clash Will Come Before They Arrive Origin of the Trou (By Leased Wire to The Times) Jackson, Ky., June 5. With arm ed men rushing In from the moun tains to reinforce their friends in the feud clash here, . this town is In ter ror today. The law officers are prac tically prisoners in the jail and It Is probable that state troops will be here before night.. That may be too late to prevent bloodshed. This con dition is a result of the latest out break of the Hargls-Cockrlll feud. Albert Sidney Johnson and Jake Noble, recognized leaders of the antl- ' Hargls faction, went on the war path Thursday night: and before the offi cers were able tqplace them under arrest more than one hundred revol vers had been drawn and serious bloodshed was narrowly averted. Johnson and Noble accosted a prom inent democratic lawyer and friend of the Hargls faction and threatened :. him with deuto- If he carried out his determination to run for the demo cratic nomination for circuit judge this summer. This threat greatly angered the bitter partisansof the Harg!s faction and several fc them armed themselves and started iff-pur- , suit of Johnson and Noble. In the meantime, however, the town marshal had been notified of the attitude of Johnson and Noble, and had arrested the latter and started to jail with ' him, when members of the Deaton faction, which Is regarded as the suc cessor of the Cockrill boys since they became extinct, attempted to prevent the arrest. At this instant the Hargls hench men appeared and assisted, the offi cers In landing both Johnson and No ble in jail. Today the town is filled with members of both factions heavi ly armed, and as the town officials are unable to cope with the situation help will be asked for. During a term of court in Jackson, two years ago, presided over by special Judge William Carnes, Johnson threatened the court while he was on the bench and proceedings were suspended un til the governor could send a detail of state troops to guard Judge Carnes. . .-. . , PAKIS .AIEKCHAXT DEAD. Owner of Big Department Stores and Valuable Art Collections. (By Cable to The Times) Paris,1 June' 5 Hlppolythe Fran cois Alfred Chauchard, the multi millionaire owner of the Louvre de partment stores, is dead at the age of eighty-one years. He owned a priceless collection of pictures which, la hoped, he has left to the French nation. ' .;'.-'"- He owned a Gobelin Carpet for which he paid $ 300,000 and on which he allowed nobody to step except himself. ; It is reported that he has be queath 11,000,000 to M. Calmette. editor of the Figaro, as a token of friendship. LONDON MILLIONAIRE. Death of London Merchant Reveals Hfm As Worth $75,000,000. ' (By Cable to The Times) '.t v London, June 5 A million ster ling' was" paid into the British exche quer Thursday In a lump sum by the executors of the estate of the late Charles Morrison, the London mer chant whose death recently revealed him as the possessor of a fortune es timated at from 150,000,000 to $75, 000.000, though he had been pre viously almost unknown. This payment of 15,000,000 was made ou account only, os as to facil itate the probate of the will, and It la expected that an area greater addi tlonal sum will eventually have to be GEORGE ADE GLAD TO GET BACK HOME (By Leased Wire to The Times) Chicago, June 6. George Ade, the humorist, and Orson C. Wells, have returned to their native heath after being absent in other portions of the globe for more than seven months. At the Chicago athletic club they held an Impromptu reception. "I'm mighty glad to get home," said Mr. Ade, "although we certain ly have had some grand times abroad. We hobnobbed with kings and other rulers and after several weeks we felt so swelled -up that'we spurned and snubbed smaller potentates." But give me good , old U. S. A. for the real homesick feeing. There's noth ing like it." . Mr. Ade denied that he was engag ed to marry an actress. MAY OPPOSE WATERWAY. Engineers Will Oppose Construction of Deep Waterway on Ground of Cost. ... (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, June 5 From the known attitude of some prominent army ofllcers, the impression has been gained that the-unanimous re port of the army board of engineers on the proposed Mississippi deep wa terway projects from St. Louis to the Gulf of Mexico, which probably will be before congress before the end of next week, takes the general ground that the commercial inetrests of the case do not warrant the expenditure of the vast sums which would be re quired to construct and maintain the proposed waterway. .No intimation, however, of the con clusions of the engineers could be ob tained yesterday. - NORMAL CAR TRAFFIC Resumed in Philadelphia Early Tuday. The Striking Car Men Returned to Work at 4 O'clock This Morning and Street Car Traffic is Normal ' Today.'." (By Leased Wire to The Times) Philadelphia, Pa., June 5 Nor mal street car traffic In this city was resumed at 4 o'clock this morn ing, the the striking car men having returned to work following the sign ing of the peace agreement with the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company. The trolley strike of 1908 lasted just a few hours short of one week. The vote bn the agreement was 3,7002,702 for and 1,097 against, a majority of 1,605-In favor of the terms. , The opposition wag directed against the wage clause, the noes de manding 25 cents an hour. All the men were satisfied with the rest of the agreement.- A slight change was made in the agreement which had been drawn up. it was decided at the last moment that the increase In wages from 21 to 22 cents an hour should go into effect this morning and not as origi nally planned July 1. The basis upon' which any further Increase in wages Is to be determined will be the companies, annua) report, supplemented by the city controller's audit, as provided in the contract be tween the corporation and the mu nicipality. ' Heavy financial losses have result ed from the trolley strike, not only to the company, and to the strikers, but to department stores, theatres, saloon, cafes, hotels and to the city Itself. It Is estimated that the en tire loss to everybody, exclusive of time and inconvenience, was consid erably over two million dollars in cash. 1 Next to the stores the company it self was the heaviest loser. In fares alone it Is figured that $490,700 was lost. This estimate is based on the company's own figures. Tne strikers themselves lost in wages a sum estimated at $88,200. There were probably 6,000 men out on strike for seven days. , Rioting and Disorder. Rioting and serious disorder fol lowed the settlement, of the Phila delphia Transit Company strike here today. Just after the men had re turned to work a report was circu lated that the union had been sold out. It was stated that a man who was a prominent figure In the strike had accepted $50,000 to end It. When this report was circulated scores of the union men quit work, and a delegation called on national organizer C. O. Pratt and demanded an explanation, After conferring wICh him for nearly an hour they de clared they were convinced that the charges had no foundation and all of those who had walked out were or dered to return to work. This they did at 9:30 o'clock and the trouble came to a,n end. OIL PRODUCERS ARE DISSATISFIED (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, June 5 Oil produc ers of Oklahoma appeared at a hear ing today before Secretary of the In terior Ballinger to argue for modifi cations of the existing federal regu lations governing old pipe lines in that state. The oil producers are greatly dissatisfied with some of the regulations and wish that changes be made in them which will be more favorable to the producer. REIDSVILLE NEWS. Court Next Week With Judge Webb Presiding Dinner to Veterans. (Special to The Times) Reldsville. N. C , June 5 The county commissioners will meet in their regular session at Wentworth Monday. Rockingham court convenes at Wentworth Monday for the trial of civil Cases only. Judge J. L. Webb presiding. Rev. Mr. Glenn at Greensboro has been assisting the pastor in a revival at the Methodist church here for the past three weeks. The dinner given the Confederate veterans here Thursday by the Daughters of the Confederacy was not very largely attended owing to the rainy weather. Col. Morehead, of Greensboro, delivered the address. Tne ball game between the Fats an(l Leans had to be postponed oh aocount of the rain. Mrs. F. P. Saunders will go to Greensboro Saturday to visit her husband, who is in St. Leo's Hospital for treatment. His condition is no better and it- is thought that he will have to have an operation performed. ELECTION OF OFFICERS Merchants Association Met Last Night Two New McnilM'rs Are Received Relegates to State Convention nt Elizabeth City Nmned Fine Work of the Association- The Merchunts' Association held Its regular monthly meeting last night in their rooms in the Holle nian building. A large and enthusi astic crowd was present and many matters of interest to the merchants and business interests of the city was considered. The firms of Ro.vall and Borden anfl Goodwin and Smith were elected members of the association. . The association voted 'unanimously toi Invite the state convention to meet in Raleigh next June. The merchants of Raleigh are very anxious to se cure this convention here next year and if they are successful they will give the convention a royal enter tainment while here. The following delegates were elect ed to represent the Raleigh Associa tion at the state convention which will be held In Elizabeth City on the 15th of June: Messrs. J. B. Pearce, E. E. Brough ton. J. A. Brlggs, E. L. Harris, .1. 0, Ball, J. H. Robblns and M. Rosen thal.' ':::, That the Merchants' Association Is in a flourishing and healthy condi tion was shown by the report of the secretary.: The association has col lected over $5,000 for its ' members during the past year on 'delinquent accounts. The report was Indeed grat ifying to the members. The following officers were elect ed for the coming year: J. B. Pearre. president; W. B. Mann, vice-president; E. E. Broughton, secretary and treasurer; M. Ashby Lambert, attor ney. ' The new rate book of the associa tion will soon be Issued and will con tain about ten thousand names. This will give the merchants of the city full Information about the credit of practically every person In the city. The reports of the different offi cers shows that the Merchants' As sociation has done much for its mem bers during the past year and that through Its efforts and work the bus iness of the city has been greatly Im proved. ;'.- ELECTION OF OFFICERS. Will lie Held at This Afternoon's Meeting. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, June 5. The princi pal report at this morning's session of the twenty-fourth annual confer ence of the state and provincial boards of health of North America was that of the committee on the "revision of the regulations govern ing the transportation of the dead." Officers will be elected at the meet ing this afternoon. . The conference will then adjourn. APPEALWAS NOT: Bum SAYS DOLLIVER Iowa Senator Replies to Aid rich's Speech of Last Night on Cotton Schedule. ' PROTESTS ON ADVANCE Inhibits Voluminous Petition, Signed by New York Di") goods Merchants, Protesting Against An Advance in Cotton Schedule Sprung a Sur prise, When Read the Name of Firm in Which Cornelius N. Bliss Is a Member BIIrs Was Formerly President of American Protective Tariff Leagues-Continues Detailed' Assault on Cotton Schedule. (By Leased 'Wire, to The Times) Washington, June 5 The senate convened at 10:30 this morning. Consideration of the tariff bill was immediately resumed. Senator Dol liver replied to Senator Aldrich's speech of last night on the cotton schedule. He said that Aldrich's ap peal was not based on facts. Reply ing to the statement from Senator Aldrich that no one except importers had protested against the cotton schedule, Senator Dolliver declared that many such protests had come to the senate and had been referred to the finance committee. In evidence of this Dolliver exhib ited a voluminous petition addressed to Senator Root and signed by dry goods merchants of New York City protecting against an advance in the cotton rates. . As Dolliver read the list of names Aldrich declared that many of them were importers huf the Iowa senator was holding a surprise in reservation. He finally reached the name of the firm in which Cornelius N. Bliss is a member and pointedly called atten tion to the fact that Mr. Bliss is a former president of Hie American Protective Tariff League and ex treasurer of the republican national committee. Dolliver said he had been accused of obtaining his information from importers. Refuting' this charge he quoted as his authority for many of the statements he had made the man who led the drygoods division, num bering 19,000 men in the great New York Taft parade during the last campaign. Dolliver said he had re ceived endorsement of his position from nearly every city in the coun try. He then continued his detailed assault upon the cotton schedule. Printed copies of an abstract of the translation of the much-discussed German report showing the rates of wages paid In Germany and the cost of production, as eompured with wages and cost of production In the i'nited States were placed iu the hands of Senators today. The report embraces the statement prepared by various German chambers of com merce, and tends to refute statements made by American manufacturers tn connection with the tariff hearing before -the ways and meaiiH commit tee. It was sent lo the state depart ment by -the. German government at the request of Ambassador Hill, and transmitted to the senate tinder a resolution offered by Senator LaFol lette. It will be used by , "progres sive"; senators as an argument to show that the high rates of duty on certain articles are not warranted by the difference iu the cost of labor and production in Germany and the I'nited States. The report takes up individual ar ticles and '.the .statements - made by American manufacturers- before the ways and means committee, and de clares them In most Instances to be Incorrect. Wages are declared to be higher and the cost of production greater in Germany than is admitted lay -.the American manufacturers. Attention is also 'directed to the fact that the cost of living in the I'nited States is trom 2 to 2 times greater than In Germany. Senator Dolliver ,of Iowa, charged that Senator Aldrich had tried to push the cotton schedule through to a vote, and discuss it afterward, a practice which he Bald would not be come popular in the senate. He then took up Mid ridiculed the arguments of Senator Aldrich and Senator Smoht in defense of the cot ton schedule nrid :;nve his own In terpretation of the effect of the court's and appraiser's decisions. He showed that Importations of the goods effected ; were In many In stances only nominal, and Importa tions in certain lines of cotton goods had gone dowu faster thi n the duty, because the goods could te manufac tured cheaper . here than elsewhere, in one case where Sena-.or Aldrich had made a great deal of argument out of a decision of the board of ap praisers reducing the duty, the total importation amounted only to $5,UUU. Senator Dolliver accused Aldrich of "engaging in heroics," "claptrap and gross exaggeration," referring to Aldrich's statement that the govern ment would be obliged to refund $500,000 by a decision of the su preme court. Dolliver showed that, the total importation of the class of goods affected in the banner year was only $::&U,j(io value, and that as there was a question of more than five per cent involved it would take the importers fifty years before they could recover a claim of $500,000. Instead of the refund -being millions he said it was only $5(1,000. Senator Borah, of Idaho, inter rupted to say that he had been ad vised by the treasury that the amount involved was $400,000. At this point Senator Tillman created a laugh by demanding to know "who is trying to 'bamboozle' the senate Aldrich,' Borah, or Dolli ver?" He was "tired of it" he said and wanted to know the facts. Senator Hughes of Colorado, sup porter of Senator Dolliver's state ment read from the case be for J the supreme court to which Senator Aid rich referred as costing the govern ment $500,000, showing that the to tal amount Involved covering a per ioa of four years; which the govern ment would be obliged to refund was only $200,000 instead of $500,000. PLANS FOR BVILDING. Municipal . Building Commission in ' ' Session. Yesterday afternoon at i o'clock the municipal building committee held a meeting, at which a rough es timate of the cost of the municipal building' was made and decided in a general Way on plans for the build ing. Advertisement will be. made for plans and of those submitted a choice will be made at the meeting of the commission July 15th. ,.. The auditorium must sfeat , 5,000 people, have one gallery not support ed by pillars, the floor .'so. 'arranged that chairs can be removed for balls, festivals, etc. The municipal building, which will be In front of the auditorium, will contain the following offices: Mayor's office, police '-. justice, court room, board of aldermen, retiring room, all can be in one: city clerk tax collec tor, sanitary officer, chief of police, board of audit and finance, police commission, city attorney, guard house. CA1T. LEMLY INSANE. Man Who Acted us Judge in the Schley Inquiry in Government Hospitul. '(By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, June 5 Capt. Sam uel C Lemly, of the navy, who acted as judge advocate general in the Schley Inquiry, is in the government hospital for the insane here. Capt. Lenily's mental breakdown is attri buted by physicians and his friends to the intense and continued pain ot sciatica. For a year before he gave up t lie captain tried all the baths iu the country and was in the hands ot physicians, but complained constant ly that he got no relief from his rheu matic -troubles,'- He told friends that he could not sleep and that he feared he would lose his mind. ROOSEVELT OFF FOR IDE SOTIK DISTRICT (By Cable to The Times) Kijahe, British East Africa, .Tune !..---Tlie Roosevelt expedition leaves here this 'afternoon for the Sotik dis trict. It is the most perilous trip the party has yet taken. Between Kl jabe and the objective point, there Is a waterless tract that it will take two days and a half to traverse. Wa ter for the expedition .will, be carried In ox wagons In charge of u Uly'ate settler. The moon at present Is full and the nights are bright; this will en able the party to travel day and night with scarcely a stop until water on the other side Is reached. DEFICIENCY LESS THAN $100,000,000 (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, June 5 According to Information given out at the treas ury department today, the deficiency ut the close of the fiscal year, June 30, will be less thnn $100,000,000 the amount figured on by officials several months ago. This will be due to the revival of business, und also, officials say, to Importers tak ing advantage, of the Dlngley act which ia soon to give way to Payne- Aldrlch tariff bill, MEMPHIS A RIOT OF RED AND WHITE (By Leased Wire to The Times) Memphis, Tenn., June 5. Mem phis' streets were turned into vistas of waving Confederate colors this morning when the re-union decora tion committee completed its work. Down Main street for twenty blocks Is a series of arches of red and white bunting, - built just high enough to permit trolley cars to pass under, and every business house on the street is a muss, of color. At Court Square a monster reviewing stand, a block long, has been completed and con verted into a riot of red and white by thousands of yards of bunting. Re-union preparations are practi cally completed. Headquarters for the accommodation, information and other committees, have been opened at the necessary places and the equip ment department of the United Con federate veterans has taken posses sion of the floor of the Cotton Ex change. Houston, Texas, has inaugurated a whirlwind campaign to land the next., re-union and already has a big start on Mobile, Atlanta and other cities said to aspire to the honor. Headquarters have been opened at four different points by the Houston boomers and they are working deter minedly. Adjutant General Mickle will ar rive tonight from New Orleans and official headquarters will at once be opened .at the Peabody Hotel. BALLOON RACE STARTS Nine Massive Machines Off This Afternoon. Immense Crowds Outlier At Speed way to See the Aeronauts Off Prizes or Time and Distance Each Itnlluon Carries Two Passengers.-. " (By Leased Wire to The Times) Indianapolis, Ind., June 5- With nine massive balloons, each inflated with thousands of cubic, feet of gas and stocked with several days' rat ions and clothing, to meet all pos sible .atmospheric conditions, the fa mous Indianapolis automobile speed way today become the grand rallying place of America's foremost aero nauts. Weather indications early pointed to a strong wind from the west that would carry the contestant directly toward the Atlantic ocean; the sky was remarkably clear of clouds and the temperature that of an ideal June day. '. Immense" crowds began early to assemble, at the speedway to watch the final details of preparations, which have been in progress during the past twenty-four hours. Large delegations are present from the sev eral cities represented by entrants in the contests. St. Louis and the east were particularly well represented. The nine balloons, each of which will carry two passengers, are divid ed Into two classes. Those carrying less than SO.OOt) feet of gas are elig ible to the national championship race, while for those carrying in ex cess of no, ooo feet, a handicap af fair has been arranged and in the latter Pilot .-''.Charles1 A. Coey will handle the "Chicago." . With Indianapolis as the starting point the course of the balloons will depend entirely on the direction of air currents and the finishing point may be anywhere within a radius of i.ttoo miles. The start will be made at 3:45 p. m. and the awards will be for time and distance. ROYAL FAMILY . (By Cable to The Times) The Hague, June f. The entire royal family of Holland was Imper illed today when the carriage con taining Queen Wllhelmlna, the Prince Consort, and the little crown princess Juliana colfided with anoth er carriage almost at the doors of the church to which they were taking the royal infant for her christening. A general cry of alarm went up from the crowds lining the walks when the two vehicles came together but the queen and Prince Henry showed no alarm and It was soou seen that there had been no Injury done other than to. the carriages whose doors swung open and interlocked. COLLISION THE DUf NION CANADA WIL BUILD A FLEET Wants an AnxUIary fle&to IclWliiiKofji i iVii-ii ' .i' 1 !'.' PLANS FOR BUILDING Canada Will Build Fleet of Eight First Class Cruisers; Ten Torpedo Boat Destroyers and Teh Torpedo Boats -Government is prepared to Pay One-fifth the Cost of Fleet Ira- - mediately,: the Other Pour Fifths to Bet Paid Within Five Years All Contracts For Building the Ves sels Will Be Made With British Firms and Arrangements Have Al ready Been Made For Building Several of the Boats. ( By Leased Wire to The Times) Montreal, June 5. The Dominion of Canada has decided to offer to build a navy of her own, to act, should the occasion arise, as an aux iliary force to Great Britain's fleet. Her contribution will consist ot eight first class cruisers, ten torpedo boat destroyers, , and ten ! torpedo boats. The government Is prepared to pay one fifth of the cost for laying down the whole fleet immediately, the other four fifths to be guaranteed paid within the next five years.-: ..' ... All the contracts for building the vessels will be made with., British firms and arrangements have already been made for building several of the torpedo boats and destroyers' with the well known firm of Hawthorn;-Leslie & Coote of New Castle-on-fyhe. Arthur Coote, one of the dlreotors of i he company,- has been in Canada for the past few weeks going? orer specifications for different elasees of vessels with the Hon. L. P. Brodedr, minister of marine and fisheries. The larger vessels will be built- In . Tyne, but for the construction of the smaller boats a shipyard may be opened on the Great Lakes, probably at Collingwood, Ont. The government is prepared "to spend between $3,000,000 and $5, 000,000 a year for five years. : When Mr. Brodeur leaves for Eng land to represent the dominion at the imperial defense conference to be held in London in July, he will be accom panied by Rear Admiral Kingsmlll of the royal navy, at present in coraf mand of Canadian government reve nue, lighthouse, and buoy fleet. They ' will present arguments to show Why Canada should have a navy of her own, and why she should not contrib ute a Dreadnought or the funds for building one, to Britain's navy. It is intended that a Canadian naval reserve, drawn from the fish erman of Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, will be organized who will go aboard these vessels to man them. ' ' Washington, June 5. If Canada builds torpedo boats at some port on the Great Lakes she wilt come Into conflict with the treaty of 18lT, which provides that the naval force to be maintained upon the American Lakes by Great Britain and the Unit ed States shall be confined to one ves sel on Lake Ontario and two each on the upper lakes, with armament of one 18-pound cannon each, together with a like vessel on Lake Champ lain. . PROHIBITION LAW CANNOT TOUCH Hit! Nashville, Tenn., June 5. W. P. Conger, of McMinnville, has found a spot on the top of the Cumberland mountains in Sequatchie- county where the state prohibition law, which becomes effective July 1, can not touch him and he Is now having a saloon erected there. It is eighteen miles trom McMinnville and there is no school house within four miles of the place. It Is reported that Con ger has leased alt the land for four miles around In order to prevent the" erection of a school house. Teh or twelve barrels of whiskey and a lot ot case goods are now at McMinnville awaiting transportation to Congre'a, saloon. Regular pack lines will be. established by the enterprising, sa loonlst to furnish liquor to the neigh boring tow ftg. As the legislature doea not meet until 1911 he; eipectt make a fortune. ' i 1 .-!V