1 Weather.
Washington, July 19 Forecast
for North Carolina for tonight
and Tuesday: Fair and cooler
tonight; Tuesday, fair.
ESTABLISHED 1871.
RALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY, JULY 19, 1909.
PBICE 5 CENTS'
Iff DlIllf0 edition: 1
SECOND
INQUIRY
INTO, CAUSE OF
v. J f'
SUTTON'S DEATH
Hearing Began Tbis Morning
With All tbe Principal
' Witnesses Present
OBJECT OF HEARING
Lieutenant James N. Sntton Was
' Shot to Death on the Grounds of
the Marine Barracks October 13,
1907 First Hearing Held That He
Committed Suicide Family Was
Nhvep Satisfied With This Verdict,
Holding That There Were Circum
stances Which Indicated Murder
and it Is at Family's Request as
Well as at Request of Officials That
Hearing is Heid.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Annapolis, Md., July 19 The sec
ond inquiry into the death of Lieu
tenant James N. Sutton of the, marine
corps, who was shot to death on the
grounds of the marine barracks on
October 13, 1907, was commenced to
day. The board of inquiry is com-
posed of Commander John Wood, U
S. N.; Major W. C. Neville, U. S. M
C, Lieutenant H. M. Jensen, U. N. N.
and Major Harry Leonard, U. S. M
C, judge advocate general.
AH the principals and the majority
of the witnesses who will try to throw
additional light upon the mysterious
death of Sutton arrived last night
end today.'
Major Leonard was ready for the
opening session of court at 10 o'clock
when there was a brief me'attng in
star chamber for the purpose of or
ganlzation. He said that the hearing
was three-cornered. It was to get
new facts in the death of-Sutton and
not to fix the guilt upon any individ
ual tor the shooting. The object of
the government, declared Major
Leonard, is to throw additional light
upon the affair, the principals among
the marine officers want their names
cleared of any suspicion, while the
button family appears in the role of
complainants.'
The keenest interest centered in
the administration building, where
the hearing is being held. Lieuten
ants Adams and Osterman, who were
directly involved in the fight which
led to Sutton's death, were early ii
the scene. Lieutenant S. E. Willing
who testified at the previous investi
gation that ho had removed the re
volver from Sutton's hands when his
dead body was found, is quartered at
the Carvel Hall Hotel, where th'ej
members of tbe Sutton family are
staying.
Concurrent with the opening of the
inquisition a story was told by Mrs.
Hose Sutton Parker, a sister of the
dead lieutenant, was warned by bir
brother's spirit that he had-been mur
dered while she was en route east to
attend his funeral twentyo-ne months
ago.
The inquiry will likely extend over
into August although Attorney Hen
ry E. Davis, representing the Sutton
family, said today that the fifteen
vltnesses now on hand could be ex
amined in a week. Two other wit
nesses are hurrying, from European
waters. They are Lieutenant Utley
and Surgeon Cook, both of the cruiser
North Carolina.
Mrs. Sutton and her daughter will
attend every sasslon of the hearing
and the mother may testify. There
is a feeling df curiosity over the part
Miss Mary Stewart, of Pittsburg, who
yas with Sutton shortly before he
met his death, will play: While the
young woman from her Canadian r;
treat has sent word that she knows
nothing of use to the inquiry, it was
reported that counsel for the Suttons
w on Id introduce a deposition from
her later in tne Hearing.
v Attorney Arthur Birney, represent
ing Adams and Osferman, was pre
pared today to use the mosV ",aust-
lve means at his comma' -yrf clear
the names of his clie'fom any
suspicion that might h.y been at
tached to them.
Despite the efforts made to find
him, Lieutenant Roelker, whp was
with the party of marine officers on
I IIW BIUl outiuu uicfc ilia uncivil,
still missing. Roelker was dismissed
from the service for drunkenness
some time after the first investigation
and has hem missing since.
The , board of inquiry began its
work in a room too small to accommodate-
the score of witnesses and
the newspaper reporters who were on
hand. -
Before the proceedings opened Mrs.
Button the mother o(tthe dead ma
rine officer, and her daughter, Mrs.
Parker, declared they were confident
of convincing the board that Sutton
was not a suicide. Major Harry Leon
ard, judge advocate, and Captain
Hood and Lieutenant Jensen, his as
sociates, opened the court by outlln
ing the method of procedure under
the government regulations, the 'rel
atives of the dead lieutenant, and
their attorneys have no official ca
pacity at the inquiry. To satisfy the
demands for justice made bv Mrs
Sutton the navy department agreed to
the appearance of the relatives and
iiiuir legal representatives. Tiiat a
severe attack on the character of
Lieutenant Sutton will be made by
the naval officers alleged to have
been implicated in the quarrel that
led to the tragedy is generally ex
pected.
"I have instructed my lawyers to
combat any attack on my son's char
acter," Mrs. Sutton declared. "It is
possible that 1 may be barred from
the inquiry-room because it is so
small, but If I cannot attend the hear
lugs, it is certain nothing will be left
undone to protect poor Jimmy."
Will Owen, the chauffeur who
drove the party of officers from Car
vel Hall to the barracks before the
tragedy, will testisy, it is declared by
the defense, that Sutton was taken
from the automobile for the purpose
of heing hazed. Whether this de
sign on the part of his fellow-officers
grew out or any affair implicating any
of the several young1 women who have
been mentioned has. not developed
Major Leonard aaid that he would
give the attorneys for Mrs. Sutton the
fullest latitude, allowing them,
possible, to establish a motive, if
crime was committed. The family
if they make good their allegations
that -Sutton was killed will in all
probability be called upon to produce
all their evidence in order that the
government may proceed against the
(Continued on page Two,)-
ADVANCE HALTED
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
St. Petersburg, July 19.-i-The advance
of Russian troops upon Persia, which
was said to have been decided upon
in the interests of the deposed sliah,
who sought sanctuary in the Russian
legation -at Teheran when the nation
(list troops carried the capital by as
sault and who petitioned Russia to
restore him to power by force of arms
has been halted, according to advices
received here today.
The order which marked the acclaim
ing of a new twelve-year-old shah and
the businesslike manner in which the
regent and the new national council
have taken hold of affairs, have ap
parently convinced the Russian govern
ment that the present is not an auspi
cious time ror interference. However,
It is said, the order halting the ad
vance of the troops was supplemented
with another commanding that suffi
cient' force be kept under arms to
move into Persian territory at short
notice..
MAGNESS AND WIFE
HAVING GOOD TIME
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, July 19 Charles J.
Magness, whose wife is a daughter
of the late Senator. Arthur Pue Gor
man, of Maryland, and who was re
leased from the United States prison
ship Southerly at Portsmouth, N. H.,
Saturday last, after having served
eight months for desertion from the
navy, is making up for lost time in
the enjoyment of worldly pleasures,
Magness and his wife arrived in
Washington yesterday and went di
rect to the handsome residence, No
161.6 Riggs Place, Northwest, which
Mrs. Magness had rented and fur
nished luxuriously for herself and
husband.
When a reporter for the American
News Service called there this morn
ing for the purpose of interviewing,
he found that the ex-deserter and his
wife had left home early this morn
ing in an expensive touring car
which Mrs. Magness recently purchas
ed. A servant said that Mr. and Mrs.
Magness had gone for a days 'enjoy
ment in the country and would not
return until late tonight or tomor
row. At the home of the Gorman family,
No. 1028 Vermont avenue, North
west, it was declared that Magness
and hie wife 'would be ignored by
members of that family. It Is ex
pected that Magness will enter busi
ness here after the notoriety attend
ing his marriage, imprisonment and
return has -subsided.
Traction Car Kills Two Men.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Plqua, O., July 17 A Western
Ohlojractiou car left the track at
curve at New Bremen today,, ran
into a building and killed the conduc
tor and motorman, fatally Injured
several -and every passenger on tn
car wag hurt. ;: '-. , v " - -.
RUSSIAN
TROOPS
FIRST SERIOUS
SHOOTING AT THE
DUTLER
WORKS
One Man Fatally Shot and
Four Men nnd One Woman
Injured
CAUSE OF THE BATTLE
Strikers, 500 Strong, Attempted to
Tear Down the Company's High
. Hoard Fence at Bessemer mid Lake
Krie Switch Sheriff Again Had to
Call For Troops Appearance of
Troops Was Received With Yells
of Defiance by 2,000 Strikers and
Their Sympathizers, Gathered Near
thct Works and Rattle Followed
Troopers Rode Their Horses Into
the Mob.
(By Leased Wire (o The Times)
Butler, Pa., July 19. About 100 out
of the 2,400 men employed at the Stan
dard Steel Car company went to work
this morning, but soon deserted the
plant, as it was impossible for such a
small force to. do effective work.
The men who reported were mostly
Americans. The foreigners, acting un
der advice of their leaders, are remain,
ing quietly at home, being assured that
if they do so and abstain from violence
they will surely win. They were also
told that strikers had the works thor
oughly patroled and that there was no
danger from strike-breakers. Pla
card ornamented with a skull, cross
bones and dagger and reading "smoky
hand," "Strike on!" "Keep out," are
posted In conspicuous places ,a bout the
town. Captain Leonard Pitcher and
the members of , Troop T), state con
stabulary, assisted by the coal and
Iron police, are guarding the company's
property. Sheriff Caldwell having with
drawn his deputies. Everything was
quiet up to noon, but eighteen arrests
were made, making a total of 111 now
under arrest. Most of today's arrests
were made at the homes of the men,
who submitted quietly. They were
placed in jail and charges will be pre
ferred against them later.
General Manager Altman announced
that.no attempt will 'be made to opcr
ate the car wheel until more men are
secured.
Butler, Pa., July 19 The first
bloodshed in the strike of the Stand
ard Steel Car Companyiis men result
ed from the fatal shooting of one and
dangerous injuries to four other nun
and one woman. Thirteen arrests
have been made and further disorder
is expected today.
The injured: Andrew Boyas. a
striker, shot through the abdomen:
at the Butler hospital in a critical
condition. William Hess, state troop
er, struck with a plank; severely
bruised and cut. Charles' J. Smith,
state trooper, thrown to curb and
sustained deep cut on knee cap. Mrs.
Esther Paganelli, wife of a store
keeper, severely injured about anus
and body hy broken glass. John Suc
ces, a striker, scalp cut open. John
Ducom, a spectator, struck on the
head with a beer bottle.
Whether the statement given out
Saturday by General Manager Altman
that the .works would close down in
definitely was a ruse or that ho re
ceived different instructions later
from the president Is not known, but
it was announced Saturday night, that
the works would resume if men could
be secured.
The battle between the troopers
and the strikers followed the attempt
of 500 strikers to tear down the com
pany's high board fence at the Bes
semer and Lake Erie Railroad switch.
After cancelling his order for troops,
Sheriff Caldwell had again wired Su
perintendent Groome, at Harrisburg,
for men and a detail was hurried
from Punxsutawny by special train
to the scene of the trouble.
The appearance of the state troops
was received with yells of defiance
by 2,000 strikers and their sympa
thizers gathered near the entrance to
the works. '
Captain Pitcher's command to the
mob to disperse was met by a volley
of shots, beer bottles, stones, pieces
of boards, and any missile that was
handy. When the first shot rang out
the troopers were ordered to charge
and rode their horses right into the
mass of men, some women and child
ren. ' . . , . . '. ..
This terrified the inoh and they
scattered in all directions, throwing
stones as they ran. , .
All is quiet at present and ' the
troopers and deputy sheriffs re pa
trolling around - the works and
through the main streets. ,
LATHAM GOES
i - .,
INTO EN
Started to Fly Across But
Machine Plunged Into
the Water
STARTED OUT WELL
Machine, Watched by Thousands,
Star l Off Well and Went Out of
Sight of Lund But Motor Got Out
of Order and He 'Landed in the Wa
ter Was Picked Up by Warship
and Curried Rack to Calais Show
ed Great Coolness and Was Sitting
on Floating Aeroplane Calmly
Smoking- n Cigarette When Reach
ed by the Warship Greeted ns a
HM'o on his Return.
(By Cable to The Times)
Calais, July 1!). Hubert Latham, the
aeronaut, today attempted to fly across
the channel. When he had covered but
a part of Hie distance his aeroplane be
came unmanageable and plunged into
the sea. Latham was picked up by the
French destroyer Harpon and taken to
Calais. Great crowds welcomed him
and when he' landed he was mobbed by
dooens of girls and young women, who
kissed him and embraced him. He was
wildly cheered and hailed as a hero.
Latham showed great. coolness.
When li! was picked up by the warship
he was sitting on his lloating aero
plane, calmly smoking a cigarette.
"1 will try again," were his first
words when saved. He made the start
from Sangette, near Calais. The aero
plane rose gracefully and made a good
bagihsii rig- f the- perilous Journey. The
flight today was the most thrilling
ever attempted. Latham had planned
it weeks ago fully realizing the dangers
but willin-r to risk them in the inter
ests of science, and for the $",,0110 of
fered by the London Daily Mail.
Crowds gathered to see the daredevil
aviator make his start. Wireless bul
letins wero-flashed every minute from
Sangatte and told of the beginning of
the journey.
Latham started well, swinging his
machine in wide circles on the straight
away course for England. Soon word
came that the machine had vanished
from sight, and those who had gathered
at Dover began to scan the horizon
anxiously for the first glimpse of the
aeroplanist.
Latham said that the accident was
due to the motor slowing down. The
machine is not damaged and will soon
be ready for another attempt.
No exploit in aeronautics since the
early days of the Wright experiments
in France has aroused such universal
interests as the aei oss-channel flight.
Daily hundreds of sicctators gathered
at Sangatee hoping to see the fearless
flyer depart upon his voyage. To many
of those who gathered to view' the
flight it means nothing more than a
dare to death, but to others it meant
the solution of a problem of Interna
tional importance. The possibilities n
a night across the channel meant u new
method of invasion for England
France.
To Latham, as be debonairly set
about to get his machine in action the
dangerous voyage apparently had no
terrors. It was at 6:40 o'clock whim
with a great whirring of the propeller
he rose in the air. It was nearly four
hours later when Latham was again
brought to solid ground on the Harpon
in id in the meanwhile the crowds which
had gathered wore added to by great
numbers.
The French destroyer Harpon had
been loaned by the French government
for the experiments. Even at top speed
the Harpon could not keep pace with
the swiftly flying aeroplane, but was
enabled to keep near enough to render
flieietit aid. When seen today that
perfect weather and favorable median.
1
al conditions would allow the flight
the Harpon cast off while Latham was
soaring in circles and under full steam
started in a straight line towards Do
ver.
The crowds on the heights above
Sangateo gave a mighty cheer as they
saw the aeroplane start in the wake.of
the destroyer, overtuke it and pass it.
M. Levavaseur, the mechanician who
hits been assisting Latham in prepar
ing for the flight, delightedly exclaimed
that this flight would prove the theory
of long flights. '
Levavaseur was not cast down by the
disaster, either, but was sanguine that
the next time Latham would be able
to carry to a successful conclusion his
plans. Upon the theory that safety lay
In high flight the start was made from
the point of a cliff 500 feet above the
level of the channel.
Latham's method In selecting a great
altitude for his starting point is ridi
culed by aeroplanists in general. Tney
declare that, to be practical, the ma
chine must be able to start its flight
from any point. Latham's contention
has been that, in height there is greater
OLISH
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CHANNEL TODAY
safety,-.. , - ,
WHATfTHE CONTESTANT
IlllllWIMSWBWaaEfWH
HAVE DONE THE PAST! WEE!
ON WATER TRAFFIC
Report by Commissioner of
Corporations, Smith
Been a Marked Decrease In River and
Canal Trafliic Increase in Coast
wise Truffle Increase in Rail Traf
fic: Decrease of Water Traffic "in
Mississippi Valley Serious.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, July 19. Herbert Knox
Smith, commissioner of corporations,
today submitted to the president Part
II of a report on transportation by
water, being the part which deals with
traffic. The report points out the pre
dominance of bulk traffic in water
transportation, and the reasons there
for. It outlines the practical results
from the waterway system and makes
an interesting comparison by divid
ing the entire transportation system of
the country into three great classes
(1) rail, (2) deep water, coastwise and
the Great Lakes, (3) rivers and canals.
There has been an enormous increase
in trail traffic. There hnS also been
a great increase in coastwise and lake
traffic. On the other hand there has
been a marked decrease in the river
and canal traffic.
The great mass of the coast and
Great Lakes traffic is bulk.
The enormous development of the
Great Lakes business is largely due to
the vast ore and grain trade moving!
eastward, and the coal trade moving;
westward. About 45,000,000 tons of ore I
were transported in 1907 eastward and
about 17,000,000 tons of coal were moved
eastward in 1906.
The river and canal system has been
losing steadily. The New York canals
and the Mississippi river system il
lustrate this. Un to 1855 the traffic on
the New York canals was more than
twice that of the railroads crossing
New York state. It is now less than
three per cent, of that total.
The situation on the Mississippi is
illustrated in the traffic history of St.
Louis. River shipments were in 1S90
more than 600.000 tons; in 1906, 89,000
tons. Rail shipments, on the other
hand, increased from 5.0011,000 tons in
1S90 to 17,000,010 tons in 19U6.
The coal traffic down stream from
the vicinity of Pittsburg, over 56 per
cent, of the entire vessel traffic on the
Mississippi system, is the one strik
ing exception to the general decline of
that system.
The situation of water transportation
in the Mississippi valley is significant
and serious. There is no lack of freight
in that valley and there has been at
times extreme traffic congestion there,
and yet the river is getting only an
insignificant and decreasing share of
that traffic.
Traffic in itself is a necessity for the
proper development of a waterway,
says the report. State and Federal
work must be supplemented by private
initiative, especially in
equipment.
BANKING CONDITIONS GOOD.
Reports Sent to tlio Comptroller of
the Currency Show Healthy Condi
tion. ( By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, July 19. A healthy con
dition of the national banking busi
ness is shown in the resume of the re
ports sent to the comptroller of the
currency issued as the result of the last
call. It shows that .Tune 23 there were
the following increases in the principal
items since April 28, the date of the
last preceding reports:
Loans and discounts. $72,772,6-47.
Individual deposits, $72,516,311.
Surplus and other profits, $11,9113,726.
Due. from banks, $14,172,211.
Capital stock, $3,024,133.
Government deposits, $4,082,902.
Total resources, $102,848,820.
The total resources since July 15, a
year ago, have increased $757,66S,2C3.
OFFICIALS SMILE
ABOUT THF REPORT
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, July 19 Washington
is smiling at the ridlculotis report
placed in circulation at the treasury
department a day or two ago to the
effect that Mrs. Hetty Green, Ameri
ca's richest woman, had accepted an
humble position in the department.
Adverse comment was expressed at
Mrs. Green taking such a position,
thereby depriving some poor woman
of an opportunity to make a living.
Investigation proved that Mrs Hetty
Green had certainly been given a
place as an assistant plate printer In
the bureau of engraving and printing
but it was also found that the woman
in question was a negress who had
long been employed there, hut who
had changed her name from - Mrs.
Hetty Ross to Irs. Hetty Green.
Many Have Been at Work
and Have Gone Forward
With a Bound in the
Race
NOT TOO LATE 10 GET IN
See How Some of the Contestants
Have Been Working and How They
Have Raised Themselves in the
Standing in the Race Never Too
Lute to Begin Work in a Contest of
This Kind Though Delay is Bad,
.Muking the Work Harder on the
Rait of the Contestant; Read the
Itinerary of This Great-Trip and
Then We Know You Will Want to
Win One of These Fin,? Prizes
Ma'. Gattis and Mr. Kerr in Charge
Well, here they are. See for yourself
what the contestants have done in the
past week. Many of them have gone
forward and are at work in earnest.
In this way they have raised their
votes, while others have not as yet
displayed the proper enthusiasm and
they are still at a standstill.
It is never too late to jump into
a contest of this nature, and win a
prize, although delay is very bad and
requires too much work on the part
of the contestant. That is, why it
will be so much easier if you will be-
gin at the beginning and work as
if you are in earnest. Gef out and let
your friends know that vou are in the
contest, and are in to win a trip. If
the are already subscribers to The
livening Times get them to renew their
subscription and give you the votes,
if they are not subscribers get them
to give you their subscription for the
best afternoon paper- in the state.
Have you read the itinerary of this
great trip? If vou have, why, we know
your opinion. We know that you will
be satisfied and that you are anxlouis
to win the trip. Who wouldn't be?
This is one of the grandest trips that
ever left this state. Think of touring
the north on u special train of Pull
man ears. You have nothing to do
but sit back easy, have the very best
of service and everything proviued
for your com for. The whole trip has
been planned and all arrangements
completed so there will not be a hitch
anywhere.
The Seaboard officials could not have
selected two better men than MaJ.
Clias. H. Gattts and Mr. Jas. Kerr, Jr.,
to conduct this trip. Last year Mr.
Gattis took a personaly conducted trip
north, visiting many of the northern
cities in the United States and Canada.
Later in the winter he took a per
sonally conducted tour through Cuba
and now lie has one of the largest par
ties lie has ever taken out, touring the
west. Mr. Kerr has been connected
with the passenger business for a num
ber of years. He is thoroughly famil-
terminnts andii,,,. wifh (his class of work and will
add much to the success of this great
trip. These two gentlemen will take
every resposihility oft your hands and
you have nothing to do but travel in
comfort and take in the sights.
The contest, although young, has only
a short time to run, closing on August
2titii. It will be an easy matter for
you to gel out and get un early start,
and finish s one of the winners.
The management of the contest is
willing to do all in their power to as
sist the candidates. If there is one
thing you do not understand you should
either call or write us and let us take
the matter up and explain it fully.
This contest is not divided up in dis
tricts. It is open to the whole state,
therefore you are not confined in any
certain territory. Write your friends
over, the state and tell them you have,
entered the race and want their sup
port. Let them know that you want
to w in, and they will gladly help you.
There will be no votes printed In
the paper. This will allow the out of
town contestants as fair a show as
those in Raleigh. Nothing will count
but votes given for payments on sub
scriptions or for new subscribers.
See how the contestants are stand
ing: Schedule of Votes.
$ .45 , .. 45 votes
$1.25 .. .. .. . . 125 votca
50 ., .. .. .. .. .. .. 250 votes
00 , 500 votes
Payments Slude in Advamftv
$ .45.. .. .. 200 votes
$ 1.25.. .. .. .. 500 votes
$ 2.50 1,000 vteoa
$ 5.00.. 2,500 Votes
$10.00 7,508 votes
$15.00 t2,50 votes,
$20.00.. ... .. .. .. .. .. ... ..2B3fl votes.
$25.00.. .. .. ..SIMM' vote
SATURDAY EVENING CAPITAL,
Weekly, 25c per year. ,
25c. one year. ..500 votes
50c. 2 years. ............ ...... 1,500 votes
Send all votes and address all com
munications regarding the contest to
THE CONTEST MANAGER, tne
Evening Times, Raleigh, N. C.
Raleigh, K. C.
Miss Frances Dement.. .. .. .. 1,507
Mrs, H. P. S. Keller.. .. .. .. 80f
W. A. Simpklos.. .. .. .. M
C. R. Boone.. .. .. .. t,SU
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