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- V lip ftelfeg Cta Weather. LAST Washington, July 16 Forecast for North Carolina for tonight and Saturday: Local showers tonight or Saturday. ' , - .- EDITION ESTABLISHED 18YL RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1909. PRICE 8 CENTS DIG mi MAY CAUSE TROUBLE STRIKERS AND CAN CONTINUE HARRY WHITNEY HARRYTHA AS GREAT CANADIAN II !l THE CONGRESS 'New Army Cloth Cause of Trouble and the Courts May Be Involved CAUSE OF FIGHT Quartermasters Department . Has Twice Postponed hutting Contracts For New Clothes on Account of tho Cries of Graft and Monopoly From the Mills, Agents, and Contractors. Contracts at Stake Are Among the largest in the History of the War Department Old Khaki Uniform Were Not Satisfactory Because Color Would Not Hold. , IBy Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, July 16 A big row, which may Involve both congress and the courts. Is being raked up over the new army cloth. The quartermasters department has already twice post poned letting the contracts on ac count of the cries of "graft" and "monopoly" from mills, agents, and contractors. The contracts at stake are among the largest in the history of the war department, involving the supplying of more thaii 900,000 yards of cotton duck and 825,000 yards of uniform cloth, both subject to a 50 per cent, increase. The fight is between the Massa chusetts Cotton Mills and the "Held". The concern in Senator Lodge's bailiwick has the inside track up to date. It is the only one which has put in a bid to supply olive drab cotton cloth to match the color of the new winter uniforms for the army. The defense of the war depart ment to the suggestions of unfair ness is to the effect that ever since khaki was introduced in the army at the beginning of the Spanish-Amerl can war, the uniforms furnished "by the contractors have been uncertain In retaining their color. It Is stated that at times the cloth bleached al most white. A company of troops turned out for Inspection would range in color from btown-white to reddish yellow. Many officers bought their uniforms abroad. Finally, after many efforts the war department got a dyeing concern, the Badische Company, of New York, in terested, with the result that it In vented an olive drab dye which successfully-withstood the hardest tests. This concern arranged terms with the Massachusetts Cotton Mills, a New York concern, and clothes dyed with the new color were submitted to the department. Then the howl began. The gov ernment admits It prefers to deal di rect with the mills and eliminate the middlemen" It denies that the new tests applied to the Massachusetts Cotton Mills samples are ridiculously rigid to the extent of eliminating all other samples. Most of the old contractors are working on the new cloth, but are muttering and mad enough for any kind of a. fight. suffragettes arrested. Were -Lying la Walt for Premier As qulth When Police Took Charge of Them. (By Cable to The Times) London, July 1 Two sensational suffragettes waiting before the res idence of Premier Asquith today to converse with him upon his exit, were arrested by the police. The yo- ' men protested loudly but despite tttejr objections were led away. They had previously been ordered to move on but disobeyed the police and con tinued waiting for the premier. The suffragettes are working in relays in their ambuscade work. They hope to .catch the premier, unawares , and close in their gauntlet before he can escape. Then they plan to talk with him on the subject of votes for wo men. ' Baron Rosen to be Transferred. " .(By Cable to The Times) St. Petersburg. July 16 Baron ' Rosen, Russian ambassador te the United; States, who arrived here a few days ago from Washington, is to be ' transferred to Vienna. George Bakhmetteff, lately Russian minister to Japan, is to-be appointed to the Washington post. - $uch Is tbe statement published by th Novoe Vremys with seeming au thority.'; Efforts to confirm it have been fruitless, -1 TROOPERS FIGHT THIS MORNING Scene More Quiet Later in tbe Day and Both Sides Are Resting. A BIG MASS MEETING Bcginnig at Daybreak Both Sides Engaged in Terrific Battle Strik ers Bombard ' Boat Trying to Un load Suplies and Cots For Strike breakers Woman Who Smiled at Trooper Shot Because He Thought She Whs Making Faces at Him B!g Mass-meeting Held by Strikers This Afternoon, But No Definite Action Tuken. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Pittsburg, Pa., July 16 Strikers and troopers renewed their fighting at the plant of the Pressed Steel Car Company 'early this morning. Begin ning at daybreak, both sides for three hours figuratively crouching and ex pectant, sprang at each other and clashed in a brief but terrific battle. Less than an hour later word came that an attempt was being made to land two wagon loads of cots and sup plies inside the company stockade. Hundreds of strikers rushed to the ferry landing, where the steamer Steel Queen was Just coming to an chor. Picking up stones as they ran, the strikers bombarded tWei bout, then turned on a score or more of constables who were guarding the landing. They were Btill fighting when word came from the boat that the crew had refused to unload the beds. The Bteamer left the landing and started for the other side of the river, followed by the triumphant. cheering of the crowd. A temporary truce has followed the exciting events of the forenoon and both sides are resting but watching 'each other narrowly. A great body of the strikers Is attending the big mass-meeting this afternoon. During the skirmishes of the "forenoon, Mrs. Annie Naudeqk, of 339 Helen street, was shot by a trooper. She smiled as the soldier rode by, and thinking she was "making faces" at him, the man drew his revolver and fired. She fell to the ground with a bullet in her neck. As showing the temper of the crowd a helmet which had bean knocked from the head of a trooper in a skirmish this morning was found by a striker. The helmet was hung on a long pole and one of the strikers holding it high overhead led a pro cession of cheering strikers through the streets while the anthems of many nations were taken up by the crowd and impartially sung. A report . that strike-breakers would be brought in by trolley cars led the crowd to establish a strict patrol on all in-bound street cars and every passenger was compelled to give an account of himself before the cars were allowed to proceed. Sheriff A. C. Gunibert, who has been endeav oring to effect a peaceable settlement ever since the Inception of the inception of, the trouble this after noon, induced Assistant Solicitor F. M. Piekarskl, who is influential among ttoa Polish, element to go to the scene and try to effect some sort of a compromise. ' , Nothing definite was decided at the mass-meeting but many of the strik ers returned to their homes at Its close. ' A committee of four, representing the leading nationalities, has been appointed . by the strikers at the Pressed Steel Car Works to treat with (Continued on Page Five.) GL1DDENITES ARE AL (By Leased Wire to The Times) LaCrosse. Wis., July 16. Hoping that the roads would be better between La Crosse and Minneapolis than they were between Madison and LaCrosse, the GlKtden tourists departed" for the Twin Cities at 7 o'clock this morning, ex pecting to cover the 177 miles in eight hours and forty-five minutes. The tourists welcome the two-day layoff at Mlnenapolls as they have been on the road since Monday and are in need of reot. Before starting out in the path finder this morning. Mr. Lewis ex pressed the opinion that the three days run had been the worst since the Uliu- den tour was established. . CLIPPING ONG WORK V iflTHOuT UN AGREEMENT Steel Officials Will Have No lore to Do With Amal gamated Association OFFICIAL CONFERENCE Ten Thousand Workmen Will be Af fected by Outcome of Conference in Pittsburg Today Steel Company's Plants Have Been Idle Since July 1, When Wuge Scale and Working Agreement With Amalgamated As sociation Expired Compuuy is Anxious to Have all Plants in Op eration and it is "Believed New Scale Will bo Arranged Today, (By Leased Wire to The Times) Pittsburg,. Pa., July 16 Ahout 10,000 workmen will be affected; by the outcome of a joint conference to be held here today by officials of the Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers and the Re public Iron and Steel Company offic ials. The steel company's plants have been idle since July 1, when the wage scale and working agreement with the Amalgamated Asoeiation expired. The company is anxious to have all its plants in operation and it is believed a new scale will be ar ranged today. President Campbell of the Youngs town Sheet and Tube Company, has notified his employes that the com pany will have no more to do with the Amalgamated 'Association, but the men can continue Work without an agreement if they care to. Members of the Tin Plate Wojkejg Association employed in the Amen can Sheet and Tin Plate Company's plants joined the Amalgamated strike ers this morning, involving about 6,000 more workers. At Newcastle the box men, shear men, and asorters have joined the tin plate workers association and joined the strikers today, involving 3,200 more men. President Pargny of the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company gives the following lists of plants running non-union "in whole or in part": Remmler, Monongahela, Hyde Park,. Leechburg, Shanango, and Elwood. He admitted that the Newcastle and Elwood plants, where the chief efforts are being made to break the strike, are not riming full. TRUE TO HER FATHER Goida Saylor Will Aid Prose cution Her Mothkr May be One of the Great- est Sufferers by the Prosecution New and Damaging Evidence Against Mrs. Saylor and Dr. Miller. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Watseka, Ills., July 16 Golda Say lor, the seventeen-year-old daughter of J. B. Saylor, the Crescent City, Ills., banker, slain by Dr. William L. Miller, declares she ill do every thing In her power to avenge her fa ther's death, although her mother, who is in a cell here as an accom plice in the killing, may be one of the greatest sufferers by reason of the prosecution. This Is the first public announce ment Miss Saylor has made, although friends of Mlll'er have declared re peatedly that the girl would aid her mother. When the banker's brothers open ed the' dead man's private drawer in the safe deposit vaults Were yesterday they -were confronted with facts showing that the slain banker knew a crisis in his domestic affairs was coming and evidence said to be dam aging to the case of Dr. Miller an Mrs. Saylor. Added to this was th!e development that Saylor had planned to leave his wlef and live alone. Feeling against Dr. Miller and Mrs. Saylor continues at high pitch. A posse Is continually on guard at the Jail. , President Kills Hippo. Nalvasha, British East AfricaJuly 16 Theodore Roosevelt. , who Is hunting on tbte south shore of Lake Nalvasha from the ranch of CaptalnH Richard Tttenborough, has succeeded In Bringing down a hlppotanius esti mated to weigh three tons. ... CAUSES STIR AT FINAL LUNCHEON Criticised Conduct of Ameri can Sportsmen in Hie Olympic Games WAS COLDLY RECEIVED At the Farewell Luncheon Given to tin Meudowbrook Polo Tvam by the Pilgrim Society New York Mil lionaire Causes Sensation by At tack on American Sportsmen Lord Grcrrl's Had Just Closed Speech Felicitating Americans Upon TlioCr Victory Over English TWim When Whitney Arose and Threw Cold Water Over !lamiiet. (By Cable to The Times) London, July 16 Harry Payne Whitney, the New York multi-millionaire sportsman, caused a sensa tion at the farewell luncheon given to the Meudowbrook polo team by ttoa Pilgrim Society at the Hotel Savoy to day when in reply to Lord Grefel's speech felicitating the Americans upon their victory over the English team and their regaining the cham pionship he sharply criticised the con duct of certain American sportsmen in England, winding up with this de claration: "I think the conduct of the Olympic team which my country sent over here to compete with the athletes of the world was a disgrace to Amer ica." An amazed silence of several sec onds duration followed this remark able utterance and then came a per functory measure of applause just wiwngh'to relieve the tension of the" situation and to measure up to the requirements of courtesy. Tb? flobi?- Englishmen present pal pably were more -embarrassed by Mr. Whitney's unexpected utterance than were the Americans. Lord Grefel presided at the lunch eon and had made an exceedingly graceful speech complimenting the American polt) players upon the high quality of the skill and sportsman ship they had displayed in regaining the championship and he had main tained that an English team might go to America next year to endeavor to return the cup to England. When Whitney arose to reply to Lord Grefel s felicitations he began (Continued on Page Five.)' FOUR PERSONS KILLED And Several Seriously in jured in Railroad Wreck St. Louis Flyer, on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Runs Into Open Switch and Collides With North bound Passenger Train- (By Leased Wire to The Times) Royal Isles, 111., July 16 Four persons were killed, several seriously injured and the lives of 40 passen gers Imperilled when the St. Louis Flyer, from Chicago, on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois, southbound, ran into an open switch, opened, accord ing to railroad officials, by train wreckers, and collided with a north bound passenger train near here early today. Aid was rushed to the scene of the accident from nearby towns. The dead: Engineer Barker, train No. 26, crushed. Fireman on train No. 26, crushed and burned. Express Messenger Hollenbeck, of Chicago, on train No. 26, crushed. Brakeman on train No. 26, leg and arm torn off, body crushed. Train No. 25 was side-tracked to now the southbound St. Louis train to pass. -.' It Is said there was no mistake In train orders and train wreckers are blamed, as the switch, according to the engineer of train 25, was closed after he side-tracked. Going at a speed of 55 miles an hour, the southbound train dashed down the track, swerved from the main line and in an instant crashed into the Chicago-bound train. , The engines were completely tele scoped. J i. Passengers were thrown with vio lence into the aisles of the cars and bruisd. NEVERCRAZYHIS WIFE HAS SAID Former Statements Will Be Introduced to Offset Her Testimony of Yesterday THAW NOT WORRIED Harry Thaw Doesn't Attach Much Importance to His Wife's Testi mony Says She Says First One Tiling and Then Another Never Threatened to Kill Her and Evelyn Knows She is Not Telling the Truth in This Instance Witnesses Will Be Produced Who Will Swear That Evelyn Has Often Told Them That Thaw Is Not Crazy. (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, July 16 Hairy Thaw was never crazy, according to state ments alleged to have been made by his wife, Evelyn Thaw. Testimony to this effect is counted upon to se cure Thaw's release from Mattes wan asylum. Charles Morschauser, Thaw's attor ney, in his fight for freedom, de clared today that witnesses to whom Mrs. Thaw had declared her belief hi her husband's sanity would be pro duced at the continuation of the hear ing on July 26. "Witnesses will be produced who will swear that she often told them that her husband was never crazy, as she had known him for seven years, and that surely a wife should know better than any one else the mental condition of her husband," Mr. Morschauser declared. "Young Mrs. Thaw s testimony has not caused us the least concern," ne continued. "In the first place, if Mr. Thaw had threatened her, why would she pay him visits, hours at a time, alone in the Dutchess county jail, where there were razors, paper cut ters, and everything else as in the room of any normal man? The coun ty officials know of these things and will swear to them. "Tlie contents of these letters will prove, without going further, that Mrs. Thaw's testimony is open to se rious question. They are filled with endearing terms, with statements to the effect that she knew he was not insane, that it was a shame to keep him in Matteawan and that she hopel he would soon be out, and that she would do everything she could to get him free. "By these we hope to offset her testimony without going any deeper. We are quite satisfied with the open ing skirmish." Thaw attached little importance to his wife's testimony. "It is very plain to everyone that her story is not true," he said. "I am not worried at anything Evelyn said. She knows she is not telling the truth. I neVer threatened to kill her. First she says one thing, and" then another.' WILL NAME MR. VREELANI). Chairman of the Committee on Bank ing and Currency Next Fall. Washington, July 16 It has be come known that Speaker Cannon will name Representative Vreeland, of New York, chairman of the com mittee on banking and currency next fall in place of Representative Fow 1'er, of New Jersey. No formal an nouncement has been made to this effect, but Mr. Fowler has long been an insurgent and Mr. Vreeland is re cognized as having done efficient ser vice in straightening out the tangle over the emergency currency bill. THREE HUNDRED ( By Leased Wire to The Times. ) Athens, Greece, July 16. Three hun dred or more were killed by the earth quake which devastated the province of Ellis last night, according to ad vices Just received from Pyrgos, the copital of the province. Thirty bodies have been recovered so far. While the dispatch says that the estimate of the dead .is in the neigh borhood of three hundred, it adds that this IS merely an estimate and that conditions in the stricken district are such that many hours must elapse be fore definite details can be expected. The earthquake was of volcanic ori gin.- KILLED IN QUAKE TRIP EXCITING MUCH ATTENTION Most Expensive Contest Ever Announced to Run So Short a Time WILL ONLY RUN A MONTH "How Can The Times Give Such a Fine Trip to Four People?" A Question That is Puzzling Many. The Answer Given Contest Has Just Opened and Will Run Bat a Little Over a Month, So Contest, nut Hud Better Get to Work Early Trip One of the Most De lightful That It Would be Possible For Anyone to Take The Itinerary "How in the world can The Times give such an excellent trip to four people?" This Is a question that was asked the contest manager yester day by an enthusiastic contestant. That question is easily answered. The Times was the first paper in this state to announce this trip for the Seaboard. When the Seaboard first notified us that they were going to conduct another personally conducted tour, and realizing what a great suc cess the trip of last year was, the paper engaged four berths and trans portation and decided to give the trips to the first four people having the largest number of votes on Aug ust 26tih. This is the most expensive con test ever entered into by any paper to run so short a time. The contest has just been opened and has only a little over a month longer to run. Think what you get if you win one of these trips. Leaving here Septem ber 1st, the party will be on a special Pullman train from here to Norfolk, where they will take the boat up to Washington. After a visit to the national capltol, taking in all the sights of interest, they will again leave on a special Pullman train for Pbiladelphia.thence up through tne Great Lakes and on up to Canada, reaching there in time to visit the Canadian Exposition, which will be in full blast. After the trip up through Canada the party will then come back by way of New York, stopping over in the metropolis for several days, thence back by Philadelphia, Wash ington, and on to Raleigh. Get started In the contest early and It will be an easy matter to win one of these trips. The following rules and Information will cover tho contest: 1. This is only a subscription contest and advertising will not be allowed to count for votes. 2. Anybody can enter for the race, boys, girls, men or women. 3. There are no districts to cut you out. and you can send In your sub scriptions and have an equal chance no matter .where you live. 4. The four people who have the highest number of votes will be award ed the trip. 5. Three judges will be selected on August 26th to count the votes and award the trips, to the four people who hold the hiehest number of votes. 6. Many are asking what will be giv en in the trip, The itinerary publish ed last Saturday of the trip Is what will be given FREE. That outlines the whole trip and tells what will be In cluded free of all cost to the contest ants. We give you everything includ ed by the Seaboard in the trip. 7. Votes will be given when money is paid, and no votes will be issued at a later date for money paid now. Get your votes when you pay. 8. People living in other cities will have the same chance to win as the people in Raleigh, because there will be no districts and the four people hold, ing the highest will get the trips. Each person will have the same opportunity to win. 9. Votes cannot be transferred 'after they have been published in the paper, but until they are published In the pa per the person holding them can do as they please with them and vote them for whom they desire. . 10. No votes will be issued on August 26th, the closing day, but all sub' scrlptions and money will be counted and the votes issued by the Judges. 11. Each week the vote will be pub lished in the paper and the standing of each contestant given up to that time. ; T 12. No coupons will be printed in the paper good for votes,, This will give contestants outside of Raleigh an equal showing In securing votes. 13. The following scheule gives the number of votes Issued for. payments on account and for payments In ad vance. Clubbing offers wilt be - an nounced latefi"' ' ' ' v Schedule of Votes. . ) .45.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4&votes t (Continued on Page Five.), . if
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