Weather.
SECOND
EDITION
Washington, June 17 Fore
cast for North Carolina for to
night and Friday: Showers to
night or Friday.
ESTABLISHED 1871.
RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1909.
PRICE 5
CENTS
SECOND ARREST
MADE IN WEST
RALEIGH CRIME
Courtney Jeffreys is Identi
fied as the Guilty
Mao
IDENTIFICATION SURE
Dan Lucas Released Today at Xoon.
Girl Declares He is Not the Man
Identification of the Man in Coun
ty Jail is Complete und Positive
Picks Him Out From a Group of
Bix Jeffreys is a Carpenter and
Lives in Oherlin Was At Work on
House in Wrst Raleigh.
There were many rumors and w ild
reports concerning the attempted
crime in West Raleigh yesterday
morning and only the most meagre
statement of facta was obtainable
yesterday afternoon when this paper
went to press. The officers of the law
displayed their usual reticence,
Which, as every one knows, is oyster
like in its quiet. The tried and train
ed old sleuths, Officers Warren and
Willis, who had been on the chase
from early yesterday morning, didn't
know a thing when seen yesterday
afternoon at 3 o'clock. Officer WilUp
did not even know the name of the
girl assaulted.
The story printed in The Times
yesterday gave the whole horrible oc
currence with substantial accuracy
and it is not necessary here to re
peat It. - -.
Following a clue Officers Warren
ftd Willis left police headquarters
esterday afternoon at "J o'clock and
Ute yesterday afternoon arrested
Dan Lucas, who was at work at the
country club, three miles from Rat
eigh. Lucas was brought to Raleigh
in an automobile and at a point near
St. Mary's, in West Raleigh, the car
was mot by Miss Marie Curtice, the
intended victim, in company with
Esquire O. II. Yearby .'and. Deputy
Sheriff Howard. The negro was made
to stand up and she was asked if he
was the man.
The little girl looked at hiim a mo
ment in perplexity and doubt and
Dually answered:
"1 think it is. It looks like him.''
The negro was "scared to death,'
to use a bystander's expression and
kept protesting: "I didn't do it.
ma'am! Deed I didn't. I can prove
1 went right to my work.
The girl was not certain and said
she wanted her brother, Singer Cur
tice, to see him. The negro was
brought on to town and placed in the
city lbck-up. '.-'.
Mr. Yearby and Constable Byruni
were not satisfied, however, and de
elded to go further Into the easo
. The negro. In their minds, did not
till the bill. The little girl s descrip
tion of the negro did not fit the om
the officers caught. The story she
told was about as follows:
Ih'MTiption of Negro.
She was going through the woods
between Cameron's Held and Oberlin
It was about 6:30 o'clock and she
and her little brother were making
their regular morning trip for milk
and were loitering along looking for
blackberries, when a slender negro
wearing a grey cap, blue shirt and
tan shoes, rushed out of the bushes
and BiAzed her, carrying her into the
bushes. The negro, sho said, was not
black but was dark.
Lncas did not fit this description
He was wearing a white Bhlrt, a hat
and an old ragged pair of shoes. Offi
cer Byrum continued his search, and,
finally, at about 11 o'clock last night,
the Becond arrest was made.
Courtney Jeffifys.
The negro arrested by Constable
Byrum Is Courtney Jeffreys. In
tome way the officer got the tip that
Jeffreys, who Is working on a new
house being constructed at the cor
ner of Hlllsboro street and Park
Avenue, had been seen entering the
woods at about the time the crime
was attempted. Last night he was
arrested at his homo in Oberlin and
was Immediately landed In jail. He
exactly tilled the description given by
the young lady, In every detail. He
wore yesterday a blue shirt, gray cap
and tan shoes, and was on the scene,
according to testimony available,
near the time the crime was com
tnttted. '
This morning Miss Curtice went to
the jail In company with her mother
and In the presence of officers picked
Jeffreys out from a group of six ne
groes. They were lined up in front
of her and ibe was asked to point out
the man. She did not hesitate an In
tant. Mr. Yearby asked her to" put
feer liana on tbe man, and, judder
ing, she went to Jeffreys and touch
ed his sleeve. Mr. Byrum ordered
the negro to speak to Miss Curtice,
and when he did she turned pale and
said: "I know he's1 the man."
The negro kept his nerve arid
neither affirmed or denied.
Lucas Is RK4ense1.
Miss Curtice later went to the po
lice court and Lucas was released.
She declared in the presence of Judge
Stronach that Lucas was not the man
but that her assailant was locked up
in thi county jail.
Miss Marie Curtice Is the daughter
of Dr. and Mrs. Cooper Curtice, and
they live at 714 West Hargctt street.
Dr. Curtice is in the employ of the
United States Department of Agricul
ture and at present is in Alabama,
engaged in the tick-eradication busi
ness. The family has resided here
for only two years but has made
scores of friends.
TO VNIOX FOIt TRIAL.
From Insane Department of Stale
Prison to Trial For Larceny.
Sheriff John Griffith, of. Union
county, was here today for the pur
pose of carrying back to Union coun
ty for trial Justice King, who has
spent two years In the insane depart
ment of the state prison. King was
chamed with the larceny of some
small article and became Insane be
lore he was tried. He has now recov
ered his mental balance and will be
tried for his crime.
SHOT BY MEXICAN.
M. C. Pennington, of Chicago, Shot
Over Dispute Over Money.
Mexico City. June I M. C. Pen
nlngton, of Chicago, manager of the
Chicago Tropical Plantation ' Compa
ny was shot, and killed by a Mexi
can at a sugar mill at Amealn, Vera
Cruz, according to a dispatch from
Cordova.' The shooting resulted
from a dispute over a debt of Slitm,
which Pennington said the Mexican
owed his company.
fHE RIDLEY 1 HEFT CASE
Conies Up But Continued
Unlll Fall. .
Atlanta Woman Charged With Steal
lug Jewels Has Big Array of Wit
nesses From the South to Testify
in Her Behalf. Rut the Case is
Postponed.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
New -York'. June 1 7, It was au
nouncod. today that: the trial of Mrs.
Frances J. Ridley, of Atlanta, charge
ed with having stolen $2,0(li worth
of jewelry on a train would prob
ably go over tint;! fall. Mis. Ridley
is prominent socially in Atlanta. She
is wealthv and Is a member of an old
family. '
Among those in court when the
case was to have been called, ready
to testify were Congressman William
Richardson, of Huutsville, Ala.;
Lieutenant -'Commander Ridley , Mc
Lean, of the United States battleship
Connecticut;" Edward and A. Frank
Walker, leading citizens of Atlanta.
Among the depositions, which
Ralph K. Lum, counsel for Mis. Rid
ley, was prepared to offer were those
of United States Senator McLaurin,
of Mississippi; John Sharp Williams,
Judge Paul Speak, of Alabama; Cap
tain Edward S. Gay, of Atlantaand
Bishop C. K. Nelson, of .the Episco
pal church of Alabama. '
Indignation was expressed by Mrs.
Ridley and her friends when It was
learned that the trial must he post
poned, there being no judge available.
All the witnesses were bitter In de
nouncing ; the delay. They declared
that Indignation meetings had been
held In the south denouncing Mrs.
Ridley's arrest and characterizing
her detention as an outrage.
Mrs. Ridley was arrested March 19,
while a passenger on-a Pennsylvania
express. On the same train were An
drew Albright, of New York and his
wife.
Mrs. Albright had missed her hand
satchel, containing the $2,000 worth
of Jewelry. The satchel was subser
quently found in possession of Mrs.
Ridley who claimed to have found It
In the ladles' room. She Immediately
returned the bag over to Its owner.
After an examination, of her prop
erty, Mrs. Albright discovered that a
diamond ring, valued at 1,000 was
missing. Mrs. Ridley's arrest, charg
ed with grand larceny, followed. She
was held under $5,000 ball next day
and Was afterward indicted.
American Victory at Ascot.!
(By Cable to The Times.)
Ascot, Eng., June 17. Harry
Payne Whitney's Hillside the Third
beat Captain Allfrey's Hnllaton In the
all ages stnkes' today.-'.. This Is the
first Amorlcnn victory at ABeot this
year. J. H. Martin bad the mount
on Hillside and in a hard drive ho
got his horse home-ahead ln front of
Hatlaton. The odds were 6 t,o 1
ftUMt HUIbWv.
STOCK EXCHANGE
GETS CLEAN BILL
OF HEALTH TODAY
Committee Appointed to In
vestigate its operations
Says it is Legitimate.
KNOCKS THE "CURB"
Governor Hughes Appointed Jiie Com
mittee to Reconimeni What
Changes If Any Are Advisable lit
Laws Bearing Upon Speculation
Stock Exchange Proper (Jets Clean
Bill, But Mercantile Exchange
Comes in For a Itap as Does the
"Curb" Market Thinks "Curb"
Should Kent a House and (tct Un
der a Roof Difference Between
the Different Class of Speculators.
t By Leased Wire to The Times.)
New York. June 17. Wall street
and the stock exchange has Governor
Hughes' "O. K." on it today. The
committee appointed b the governor
last December to Investigate and re
port on .conditions in the financial
district gives it a ejean bill of health.
The committee was to recommend
"what changes, if any, are advisable
in the laws of the state bearing upon
speculation in securities and com
modities, or relating to the protection
of investors, or with regard to the In
strumentalities and : organizations
used in dealing in securities and com
modities which are subject to specu
lation." The reports bears down hard upon
the mercantile exchange which deals
only In butter and eggs. It also de
clares that the' "curft" is an offshoot
of the stock exchange which Is
fraught with manydangers, and also
that S." per cent, of the business of
that open air market for all sorts of
securities is managed for members
of the stock exchange. The ' chief
recommendation of the committee- for
checking what it calls the evils of the
"curb" Is that this unorganized and
ungoverned institution should rent n
house and transact Its business under
a. roof. ;
Also the committee draws a sharp
distinction between men who should
and who should not speculate. On
this point it says:
"A real distinction exists bet ween
speculation which Is carried on by
persons of means and experience and
based on an Intelligent forecast and
that which is carried on by persons
without these qualifications.' The for
mer is closely connected Willi regular
business. While not unaccompanied
by waste and loss, this speculation
accomplishes an amount of gooci
which offsets much of its cost. The
latter does but a small amount or
uood and an almost incalculable
imoiint of evil,
"Inlts nature it is in the same class
with gambling upon the hue track
or at tho roulette table, but is prac
tised on a vastly larger scale.
"Its ramification extend- to all
'.lurts of the country. H involves a
practical certainty of loss to thoiv?
who engage In It. ; But for a continu
ous Influx of new customers, repine
Ing those whose losses force them
out of the 'street' this rosily mechan
ism of speculation could not be niatn
talncd on anything like its present
scale." .
The metal exchange, too, declare
the governor's Investigators, Is an
evil institution, in that it does not
actually deal In metals of any kind
but merely make bets on their prices
from day to day. They find that at
times that there has been "Inordin
ate speculation In the cotton ex
change," although they would not
abolish that Institution as they would
the other two named.
They would deprive .the.-' produce
exchange of Its present custom of
dealing In metals, but as to Its deal
ings In futures, Bitch as the late Pat
ten deal In whent, the committeemen
see no harm, per se nor have they
any remedy to suggest, even should
It be proved that this sort of thing is
harmful.
The committee finds one monopoly,
and only one, maintained by the
stock exchange. That Is the Amert
Can Bank Note Company. Chairman
Horace White makes a special report
upon this to Governor Hughes.
Princess Deprived of Her Rights
( By Cnble to The Times. )
Cairo. Egypt, June 17. Because
she is studying In Paris to become
an actress, the Khedive has Issued
an edict declaring that Princess Sal
lha shall be deprived of her rights as
a princess, - - ,
RUSSIAN SHIP
ON GUARD SHELLS
A BRITISH BOAT
The British Steamer, When
Fired Upon Turns and Flees
Beyond Range.
ERERT EXCITEMENT
Russian Warship Was Guarding
Vicinity of Bjorkoe, Finland, for
Hie Meeting of the Czar and Kaiser
When, a British Warship Ap
proachedRussian Ship Opened
Fire, Firing Six Shots No Shot
Struck ami British Vessel Fled
Beyond Range Affair Has Creat
ed Great. Excitement, and Muj-
Cause International ( luiiplicalUins
lily Cable to The Times.)
Copenhagen, June 17. A British
steamer approaching too near to tlii
Russian warship guarding the viein
ity of Bjorkoe, r inland, lor the meet
ing of't.he czar and kaiser today, was
helled by the Russian, according to
; ..report received today. The inci
dent ma v-result in "international com-
licai ions. The affair has produced
rent excitement.
Six shots were fired by the czar's'
warship, hilt not one struck the mark.
flic British steamer fled beyond range
and t lie warship (Hd not pursue. The
warship has been patrolling the Fin
ish coast off Bjorkoe keeping strict
watch for suspicious looking vessels.
Pitkipas' Bay on the soul hcoast of
Finland at Bjorkoe does not see niuen
maritime activity and the appearance
of She British vessel iyd the attacR
ofiffe warship recalled vividly today.
the action of the Russian fleet in the
North Sen when It fired upon British
trawlers during the Russian-Japa
nese war. At that time Admiral ito-
jestvensky was -taking: the Russian
Baltic fleet through the North Sea
when a number of trawling boars
containing fishermen were shelled hy
the. warships. An. international in
quiry resulted in a settlement of the
difficulty.' arising from the Russian
act. . .: :' .
Pitkipas Ray will be more or less
of a Russian niartime center - during
the present summer and Russian war-
hips, gunboats and cruisers will he
commonly seen there. This is occa
sioned by the fact that the czar ha
decided to" make it his summer yacht
ing headquarters and well spend
much of his time there. Two impe
rial yachts were in the harbor today
when the warship which patrolled
the bay llred 'upon the -British boat
according to the dispatches rece'.Yed
here and In addition another Impe
rial yacht was under way for the bay
carrying a great number of the Hus
sion nobility high in government, cir
cles. 'The guardian warship appar
ently, aimed 'to. sink the British ship
for the shells which were hied at
long range narrowly missed the. hull
of the steamer. '
When the steamer turned away
the battleship continued its patrol.
Reports received differ as to wheth
er it was a cruiser or a torpedo boat
that fired on the British vessel to
day identified as the Noiiliburg, Cap
tain Robertson, According to one
report a projectile pierced a steam
pipe, and one member of the crew
of the English vessel was wounded.
WOLVES ATTACK
AN AUTO PARTY
' 'Lowell. Mass., June 17 Attacked by
wolves on the. prairie, mole than 2W)
miles from the city of Denver Cidrado,
and forced to fight for their lives during
an entire night their disabled automo
bile was the plight reported here today
of Mr. and Mrs. Ira H. Morse of this
city, who left here several weeks ao
to make a trans-continental automo
bile trip.
While Sir. and Mrs. Morse-and their
mechanic, Omfr Dcsehencaux, also of
Lowell, esaaped unhurt In the fight, Mr.
Morse la tnlsilng and It Is feared that
his abscence Is the result of a later
adventure With the wolves.
NEW COAL MIXES.
Jones and Lnuglilin Steel Company
Makes Big Purchases of Coal
Lands.
Pittsburg;, Pa., June 17. The
Jones & Latighlin Steel Company has
purchased 6.5QQ acres of valuable
coal lands in Washington county at
an approximate price of $4,000,0(10.
The coal is an extension of the old
t'ouilellsville basis seam and gives
the company a holding of 20, (Mill
acres In all. It will insure a perma
nent supply of coke for the new plant
of the steel company when it is com
pleted arid a battery of NtfS bye-products
coke ovens will be built on the
new tract. Work on l he new tin 'plat
plant is expected to begin very soon.
It will be the largest independent
tin plate plant in tho United Stales.
'-'SMUGGLING CHINAMEN.
Syndicate Brings Them in at, $."t0
a Head.
I Hy Leased Wire to The Times. )
Philadelphia,' Pa., June 17.; Gov
ernment .. officials . declare that they
have Cvidenee that a syndicate with
headquarters in New , York and
branch offices in Philadelphia, Balti
more, Boston anil oilier seaport towns
is.', smuggling Chinamen into the
United Slates at $..00 a headi They
got, their evidence from literature i;i
the quarters of. Lee Chung and All
Gait, two Chinamen who were arrest
ivl at the Spreckels' Sugar Refinery
wharves on board the ship Califor
nia. . . -
PANIC FROM FIRE,
'crsons Hurt, Ninety Others'
Ten
Thrown Into Panic.
( By Leased Wire to The Times. )
Cincinnati, O., June 1 (. Ten per
sons were hurt ' and ninety others
narrowly escaped death today when
one hundred Hungarians living in the
Rookery, a five story tenement on the
river front, were thrown in a 'panic
following a gasolene explosion on the
second floor and fought ' madly' to
escape: through the. choked, halls 'and
stairways while the flames rapidly
spread. Heroic work hy police and
firemen alone prevented a catastro
phe.'-' The building was entirely (to
stroyed. "'...-'..
DEMOCRATS JO CAUCUS
Will Discuss President's In?
come Tax Message
Wilf Hold Caucus to Determine What
Their Attitude Will be on the Pro
nosed Income Tax - Amendment Is
Not Believed That They Will Op
pose it.
(Ry Leased Wire to The Times. )
Washington, June 17 The demo
crats ot the senate will hold, a caucus
this evening to determine what their
attitude as a party shall be with re
spect to the recommendations con
tained in the president's income tax
message. 1 here are thirty-two item
ocrats in the senate, a sufficient num
her. if they stand together, to defeat
i adoption of an amendment by i
two-thirds vole, but as they are com
mltted to the income tax principle
they ar- not likely to oppose the
amendment. The language of the
iinieiidmetit. however, is. likely to
uise dispute. Senator Bailey, It
said, will insist that the amendment
provido specifically for a graduated
income' tax. The president being
favor of such a tux, Senator Bailey
playing into his hand. Six pro-
gr wslve republicans nave . lssueu
statement declaring that the presi
dent's proposed corporation tax does
not go far enough and is capable of
being shitted in increased prices
by
corporations to tile Very people it.
tli signed to benefit by relieving them
from a share of taxation. They fur
thermore declare thai there Is noth
ing Inconsistent in their support of
the Balley-Cumniins income tax
amendment to the tariff bill provid
ing for a 2 per cent flat Income tax
and also voting for the. proposed
amendment to the constitution
There are other progressives, how
ever, who have been won over to the
plan of a constitutional amendment
and therefore will not support the
Bailey-Cummins amendment as they
should have done, except for tin
president's message. This, it is b
lleved, will insure now the defeat of
the income tax amendment to the
tariff bill, and not endnnger the pas
Knee of the amendment to tne const I
t ut ion. The ultra progresslvi like1
Lafollette and Cummins belirve that
Aldrirh is seeking to trick them and
will find a way to avoid even the cor
poration tax proposed. They distrust
his sudden conversion to the proposl
tion for an Income tax amendment to
the constitution.
Abruzzi's Expedition.
(By Leased Wire to The Times,)
Rome, June 17. The Himalayan
expedition of the Duke of Abruzzl
is making remarkable progress, ac
cording to Information received here
in letters. The duke reached the foot
of Ketwo peak on May 26, one week
before bis expected arrival there,
ZAR AND KAISER
if
MEET AND MAKE
HISTORY TODAY
mportant Conference Be
tween Two of the Greatest
Rulers Held Today.
HE FATE OF
ar Nicholas mill l,iriperor William
Meet Today and Discuss the Fate
of Nations Has the Most. Import
ant Bearing on the Peace of Eu
rope of Any International Meeting
Held in Vein s Istensihly the Meet
ing Has to Deal With tjucstions In
Which Russia and Gcrntiiny Are
Interested, But the Kaiser Expects
to (jet More Than That Out of It
He Wants, if Possible to Align the
Power of Russia With That of Ger
many. (By-' Cable to. The Times.)
Helslngfors, Finland, June 17.
The German- imperial yacht Hohen-
zollein. with the German emperor
aboard,-met the Russian squadron at
4."i o'clock. 'this morning. The czar
immediately boarded the yacht Ho
henzollern and exchanged greetings
ith I he kaiser. The ships were
dressed in high style for the occasion.
I'lie customary salutes were fired.
The Czarina, with her children af
iwa rd received the kaiser aboard
I lie yacht Slalidart.
St. Petersburg, Juno 17 The con-.
ferenee of Czar Nicholas of Russia,
and Emperor William, of Germany,
in Pitkipas Bay, oft the southern
coast of Finland, today, has the most.
important bearing on the peace of
Europe of any international meeting
in years.
Ostensibly the meeting has to deal
with questions in Which Russia aifH
(iermany are interested, hut under
lying ibis is the diplomatic motive of
I lie German' emperor to align, if pos-
ilile, the power of Russia with that
of 'Gernia.iy. The rumored coalition
of France, England and Russia
igainst (iernian military and mari
time supremacy moved Emperor Wil
liam to the greatest exertions to niee
the Russian monarch before he could
nnl'er wilh King Edward of England,
ind President Fallieres of France.
Patrolled by a Russian battleship.
tho . peaceful : little, bay of Pitkipas
today 'sees perhaps the fate of nations
decided. The meetings and festivi
ties attending 'the meeting are held
upon live imperial yachts Standarl
i nd llolienzollern.
Premier Slolypin, Foreign Minis
ter iswoiskv,' Count Von Pourtals,
the German ambassador to Russia.
ind the (iernian military and naval
iltaclies at St. Petersburg take part
in the conlerence, showing the far-
reaching effect it may have upon tne
peace of Europe. The .meeting today
really shows the German emperor in
the initiative.
Diplomatic' agents of . Germany de
clare the .'''meeting a most friendly
one, pointing out that through the
Balkan crisis the two empires suf
fered no friction: They declare, too.
that no regrouping. 'of the powers of
Kurope Is known here. The questions
miller discussion given out from the
same source are the Polish problem
and the ultimate policy of European
nn t ii nis regarding the Balkan states.
The kaiser's political program for
his meeting wit h the czar today was
drastically changed at the last min
ute He first proposed that the prime
ministers of the two empires should
hold a supplementary meeting, but
Slolypin urged the czar to veto rhfs
plan and Von Buelow's name was
dropped from those participating. In
deed, it is well understood that the
Russian premier is not inclined to
relent. In his rigid policy against Ger
many, GUILTV OF SMUGGLING.
Three Plead Guilty of Smuggling and
' ' Are Sentenced.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
New York, June 17. Mrs. Eliza
beth Oilgannon, her husband, and
George M. White, arrested several
weeks ago for smuggling goods Into
the United States from Europe, plead
ed guilty before United States Circuit
Judge Hay today and threw them
selves upon the mercy of the court.
The Kllgannons and Whl'e smug
gled dress-making goods Into this
country with the connlvano of Loren
B. Walker, a customs ln"jp"ctor, who
has pleaded guilty and U now In the
tombs awaiting sentence