BLIND
TIGERS
IE CAUGHT IN
POLICE D (I AG N EI
M RIl, the King of the
Tijarc, Gets Twelve
Mooths on Roads
ALL CASES APPEALED
Jim MedliB Gets Six Months In Olio
Cane and Another Case Is Discover
ed Against Him at the Hearing A
Fnyetteville Drunk Tells a Story
That Convicts Madge Earle of Re
tailing and Starts Othl? Cases
Against Her Witness Gets Away
in the Jim Hanna Case Other
Cases.
Today was Indeed "blind tiger day" ln
the city police court. The session op
v ened up with the Bud Hall case, Doug
las & Lyon, appearing for Hall, 'rue
evidence agaiiTst Hall was conclusive.
There was evidence that Hall received
a large shipment of whiskey last week,
a part of which was removed to the
country. Officer Defining and Captain
Jack Bensley found 26 bottles of booze
pints and half pints near Hall's
premises. Witnesses testified to buying
booze from Hall and no witnesses were
put on for him. Attorney Douglass
pleaded for the mercy of the court,
begging that Hall be let on easy be
cause he was already In worlds of trou
ble, being under bonds aggregating
nearly $1,000 for the same offense Im
posed by the federal authorities and
magistrate courts. City Attorney
Clark urged a heavy sentence because
of the fact that Hall Is one of the
worst men In the whole city and con
tinued to sell booze, although several
times Jndlcted -ami -under heavy bond.
He persisted In his wrong-doing In de
fiance of the law.
, Judge; Stronach took the city attor
ney's View of It and declared that Hall
had been for several months a- storm
center in the worst section of town.
He has. been the witness In numerous
cases of selling liquor, and there have
been numerous cases against Hall. The
Judge sentenced Hall to twelve months
on the roads. His attorneys gave no
tice of appeal and his bond was fixed
at $250.
Hall is in the city lockup and will
there remain until he can give bond
Mr. Martin, who was on one bond for
Hall, was In the court for the purpose
Of surrendering him to the authorities,
If the bond required by the police jus
tice is given, he will then be surrender
ed to the federal authorities.
The Jim Hannah tiger case was post
poned until Tuesday, July 27. N. V.
Lahgley, witness for the state, unstable
and uncertain as are tiger witnesses,
had skipped and the trial could not be
had. Lnngley was called out and'flned
$10 and costs and a capias issued for
him.
The Jim Medlln case was tried and
Jim was duly convicted. W. H. Mc
,Leod was chief witness for the state,
He is a Harnett county product and
came up to Raleigh on July 15 on an
excursion. He drifted down to a livery
stable east of Fayetteville street and
heard that fie could buy whiskey from
Jim Medlln, and being possessed of a
thirst of prodigious proportions, he
went for It. He found Medlln and he
asked him: "Have you got anything?"
Jim answered: "I have'' "What's the
. price ?"Jasked McLeod. "Fifty cents a
pint," was the answer, and he got his
pint, got drunk and got locked , up.
On this testimony Medlln was convicted
and was sentenced to six months on
the roads. An appeal was taken and
his bond was fixed at 100. He Is In
the lockup awaiting the giving of the
bona. .;.
An Interesting feature of the trial
was the testimony of. -Con Perry,, who
told of buying whiskey twice from
Medlln. This "brought on more talk"
and a second warrant was Issued for
Medlln. He was put under a bond of
$50 for his appearance at court July 27.
'. Judge Stronach In passing sentence,
expressed sympathy for Medlln, but
aid that he had become a frequent
customer of the city court and that it is
not a far cry from drinking whiskey to
selling It. He said there seemed to be a
mania In this city for selling whiskey.
In a mad ruBh for gain, painters, print
ers, and men with trades are buying
cheap whiskey and selling It for high
Drlces. '..;
Another tiger case developed when
John Carnenter. a c'tizen of Fayette
ville,. was found guilty of being drunk
rand disorderly in the house of Madge
Earle. Judge Stronach In passing sen-
tence oh Carpenter, said that the de-
(endant had chosen the shortest route
to the infernal regions when he got
drunk and headed for East Raleigh.
When Carpenter was paying his fine he
eaid.that he ought to have told where
h tot the liquor. Being questioned
he told of th purchase of three half
pints of whiskey from Madge Earle,
and a .warrant was Immediately issued
for the woman. She was brought Into
court and two of her women" cans.
with her, The . women were Beauty
Brown and Ellen Moore, the latterbe
ing ft 17" year old gfrl who has just
ome from Cumberland" county and
who swore that Madge Earle's house is
a bawdy house. Carpenter was visit
Iqg the Moore girl. The girl testified
that Madge Earle did not sell any II
quor, for she was with him from Sun
day till Monday evening and saw him
get no whiskey. Carpenter was very
straightforward In his testimony and
was not shaken ln the least by a cross
examination';
: Judgment was reserved in the case
and both Ellen Moore, and John Car
penter were held as witnesses in a case
against Madge Earle, charging her with
vagrancy under the bawdy house act.
Madge Earle was held under a $100 cash
bond In the vagrancy case; judgment
was reserved In the retailing case and
both cases will be on the docket to
morrow morning.
Iyey Hunton, colored, was found gull
ty of striking his wife, but under th
circumstances judgment wbs suspend
ed. His wife, according to his test!
mony, Is a "bad egg."
Fab Carton, colored, was found gull'
ty of being drunk on the streets, and
judgment was reserved.
William Davis, wanted for a minor
offense, was called and failed. He was
flnef $10.
ATTACK ON WHEAT
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Washington. July 20 "It Is clear
that the widely published attack on
the estimate of farm reserves of wheat
on March 1 was without basis; that it
was unjustifiable, and that its sole, olv
ject whs to enable the speculators who
made It gain personal profits nt the
expense of the general public," was thf
summing up of Secretary Wilsnn of
the department of agriculture in
statement given out yesterday in an
swer to the criticism from several
quarters that the department's esti
mate on March 8 Inst as to the amount
of wheat on farms in the United States
was entirely too high.
The secretary says that "the esti
mate was challenged as being much
too large, and considerable agitation
was aroused by speculative Interests
desiring to create a public belief In a
serious shortage in wheat supplies'
AID FROM DEMOCRATS
Both Sides lire Ctnntiog on
In President's Fight for Free Raw
Materials Both Sides Are Looking
to the Democrats for Help, That
Side Rvlng About Evenly Divided,
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, July 20 In the pres
ident's fight for free raw materials in
the tariff bill both sides are counting
upon aid from the democrats The
mult of the voting while the bill was
under consideration in the senate)
showed that the minority was about
evenly divided between the follow'
trs of . Senator Bailey, who favor
revenue duty on raw materials, and
those who stand by thiai old demo
cratic doctrine of free raw materials.
If a separate vote is had upon the
matter in dispute in the senate rather
than upon the report of the con'
t frees as a whole, the democrats will
divide. If there is not a separate
vote they will oppose the measure
from a party standpoint and because
of the limited reductions made. .
According to reports today Senator
Crane, of Massachusetts, who is seek
ing to line up the senate forces ln
l'avor of the president's plan fs meet
ing with much difficulty. Even some
of the New England senators who it
was thought would favor free raw
materials for New England factories
are disposed to oppose the plan, con
tending that it is a violation of pro
tection policy, and a breach of faith
with the western republicans who
supported the rates imposed upon
manufactured articles, in the bill.
It is believed both sides will know
tetter, where the other stands after
the dinner at the while house tomor
row, wB the leaders are to have a
heart-to-heart . talk with the presi
dent. i'OUNG WOMAN SHOOTS.
Defends . Her Brother From Assault
In Presence of Bishop and Pastor..'
Alplna, Mich., Jnly 20 In the
presence of Bishop Richter, of the
Grand Rapids diocese, who was here
to administer confirmation to a class
at St. Mary's Polish church, Miss
Mary-Nowaklowskl, sister of the pas
tor. Rev. F. R. Nowaklowskl, shot
two of the parishioners, Philip and
Michael Kamecki, who were assault
ing her brother.
Bo(h of the men phot will recover.
Miss Nawoklowski was arrested, but
has since been released on bail.
North Carolina Postmasters.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, July ?Q North Caro
lina fourth class postmasters were
appointed today as follows: Alta
pass, Waits M. McKinney. ..
HIT
BASIS
STEAKERIMTIIA
STEVENS SUI IN
NEW YORK BAY
to Have Been Drowned
in the Wreck
SEVERAL RESCUED
8tenmer Carried Crew of Sixteen and
Passengers Was Either in Collis
ion or. Sunk by Explosion Steam
er is a Total AVreck, Only Her Su-
. pet-structure Appearing Above the
Water Those Rescued Were Too
Far Gone to Give Any Account of
the Accident Five Persons Were
Rescued by Star n Island Ferry
Boat, Three by the Tug Confidence
mill Others by Another lloat.
I By Leased Wire to The Times)
New York, July 20 The steamer
Martha Stevens, of the New York and
1 -htlndelpliiii cannl line, was sunk in
the upper bay between Robhins Reef
and the Brooklyn shore today, either
n a result of collision or an explos
ion, nnd several persons are reported
1.0 have been drowned.
Half a score were rescued by small
boats, including women a.ia children.
The steamer is a complete wreck,
only her superstructure showing
above the water. Five persons, two
women, two children, and' a man,
nexe rescued from the water by Gap-,
ain Dentz, of the Staten Island ferry
boat Gowanus; two men and a little
girl were picked up by the tug Con
fidence and others were rescued by
another boat and tended tn'BrooklytM
The. steam'elr carried a crew of six
teen men besides passengers, fane
made the trip to Philadelphia
through the Staten Island Kills, the
ttaritan river and canal and the Del
aware river.
Just byfore he put out to the wreck
Captain Dentz heard a big explosion
and saw a cloud of smoke hovering
over the water. When that cleared
pway he saw people struggling and
wreckage floating about.
Small boats were put off to the
wreck from the steamer Monmouth,
of the Sandy Hook line and the po
ce boat patrol, the Immigrant, a
revenue cutter and a Merritt and
Chapman boat joined the tug Confi
dence and other craft in a search of
the waters.
The man rescued by Captain Dantz
was in a dying condition wnen ne
was landed at St. George, S. I., and
the others were too far gone to give
p.ny account of the accident.
The collision was the most excit
ing that has happened in the upper
boy in many years. The steamer
was rammed by the tug Confidence,
of the Morgan Line, and sank after
her boilers had blown up. One man
was drowned and nine persons, in
cluding a woman and her 14-year-old
daughter, were rescued.
For an hour a big fleet of various
craft, including the revenue cutter
Calumet, the municipal ferry boat
Gowanus, of the Staten Island line,
the Atlantic Highlands steamer Mon
mouth, the police boat Patrol, the
Confidence, the immigrant cutter Im
migrant, and a score of lesser craft
were engaged in the work of rescue,
or cruising about the scene of the
wreck, searching for possible victims.
The collision occurred in the old
Greenville channel, between Robbins
Reef light and the Statute of Lib
erty. It was almost directly in the
path of the Staten Island ferry boat
and. other craft. According to report
it was a misunderstanding of signals
that caused the collision.
The Confidence was Inbound, and
the steamer, after both vessels had
exchanged signals, kept on her
course. The tug crashed into the
Stevens on her starboard side stav
ing an enormous hole in her old
wooden hull, from her upper deck to
below the water line. The Stevens
wavered and began to fill. In a few
minutes she went down, just as her
boilers blew up with an explosion
that was heard on Staten Island. The
drowned man was Zachariah Logan,
69 years--old, engineer of the Martha
Stevens.
Presidential Appointments. :
Washington, July 20 The presi
dent today sent the following nomina
tions to the senate: '
- Postmasters: Siegfried Schware
weiss, Waynesboro, Ga. ; W. E. Clars,
Gulfport, Miss.; H. W. Durant, Cof
feeviile, Miss; 0. W. Todd. Galax.
Va,; Robert G. Renfrow, Brownsville,
Ten.; H. Schmidt, Bramond, Tex.;
Alexander McCullough, Sour LakeT
Texasf
AdITsWr
severe cross-
EXAMINATION
Despite Discrepancies in Yes
terdsy's Story tie Did Not
Seem Worried
ANGRY AT REPORTERS
Adams Says Sirs. Rose Sutton Parker
is Plotting to Send Him to the Gal
lows Also Says the Mother
of
Sutton is in the Plot Got Angry
When Reporters Asked Him About
Discrepancies In His Testimony
SaysHe Is Afraid of the Young
Woman and That She Planned as
Far Buck as Hightech Months Agd
to Need Him to the Gullows.
' I ,
(Ily i;iKcd Wire to The Times)
Annapolis, Mil., July 20. The marine
band pliiylng lively music upon tin
parade ground outside the academic
building; :it times today drowned the
voices of Judge Advocate Major Hen
Leonard -and witnesses in the second
government inquiry into the death o;
Lieutenant James N. Sutton, who wai
shot to death on the barrack grounds
nearby on the night of October 12. 190'
Today's session of court opened with
Lieutenant Robert E. Adams, with
whom Sutton fought on the night of
the tragedy. In the witness chair, ready
for the grilling cross examination which
had been prepared for him by attorneys
for the Stilton family.
Women from Annapolis and nearby
points, brilliant In their summer finery
and with fashionable frocks set off by
picture hats, accompanied by naval of
ficers in guy uniforms, listened to the
twtimn, ,or,i strolled chatting -and
laughing about the grounds.
Mrs. Sutton, the dead lieutenant's
mother, gray haired and prematurely
aged by the great sorrow of her son's
death, had no eyes for the picturesque
scenes about her but' listened wiih
fierce intentness upon every word
which fell from the Hps of the witness,
Attired in deep mourning she turned
during the lulls of the proceedings to
her daughter, Mrs. Hose Sutton Parker,
for comfort.
After the court convened, the formal
reading of the proceedings of the first
session was taken up. This is a regu
lation of the navy department followed
in every iiquiry into naval affairs.
Commander Hood cautioned Lieuten
ant Adams that he was still under
oath when the witness was recalled.
Lawyer Davis then took up the cross
examination where it had been inter
rupted. Hardly had Adams started
his testimony when Judge Advocate
Leonard interrupted him.
"I would like to have the witness sit
in a position where he cannot see my
notes," Major Leonard said. Adams
(lushed and rose from his chair next
to the government's representative and
found a seat opposite Mrs. Sutton.
'I do not mean to intimate that
Lieutenant Adams designed to read my
notes." added Leonard, making the
witness feel more at ease.
Davis tried to learn from the witness
how Sutton was dressed when the par
ty left the automobile.
Annapolis, Md., July 20 Lieuten
ant R)bert E. Adams, while awaiting
re-call to the stand today at the con
tinuation of the inquiry into the
strange death of Lieutenant James N.
Sutton in October, 1907, charged, in
an interview with an American News
Service representative that Mrs. Rose
Sutton Parker, the pretty sister of
the dead man, was plotting to send
him to the gallows.
Adams intimated that Mrs. James
N. Sutton, mother of the lieutenant,
who, according to the testimony of
Adams on the stand committed sui
cide after a fight was also in the plot.
'Why do you cross-examine me?"
the lieutenant exclaimed angrily,
when requested - to explain many
grave contradictions in the stories
he told at the first and second In
quiries. ;
"Isn't it enough to have two wo
men try to slip a noose around my
neck without going any further?"
"The severe attack made upon me
by her attorney is only part of the
effort of Mrs. Parker to fasten sus
picion for her brother's death upon
me.' I feel that she wanted a scape
goat and that I was selected to fill
that role."
Before that Adams had admitted
that he feared the pretty young wo
man whose unceasing efforts to clear
her brother's name from the stigma
of suicide placed upon it after the
first inquiry resulted in a re-opening
of the hearing.
"I was afraid of that young wo
man the day she sent for all the offi
cers who had knowledge of the death
of her Jbrother," he continued. '
'I am of the opinion' that ' she
planned as far back as eighteen
months ago to point suspicion at me.
When I went to her room at Carvel
Hall and saw her alone, I made no
statement that would in any manner
Interfere with the testimony that I
have given.
"The other officers who were ac
quainted with her brother came with
me to the hotel, only to satisfy the
demand of the girl that she be given
all the facts In the case. When I
entered the room another man was
present. At first I was Inclined to
tell all I knew to Mrs. Parker, but
when she asked the other gentleman
to leave I declined to furnish her
with any information other than I
had given to the board that invest 1
gated Sutton's death the day it oc
curred."
Despite the discrepancies in his
testimony on the first day of I he In
quiry Adams did not seem at nil wor
ried as he prepared to take the stand
to be subjected to a gruellinjj cross-
examination,
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Chicago, July 20. Five people are
dead and three are slowly dying at the
Dunning hospital for the insane from
the myrterious and fatal tropical dis
ease known as pellagra.
The malady, which Is said to be due
to eating spoiled corn meal or flour.
first made its appearance last Sep
tember and puzzled physicians. Dr.
A. Lavender, of the Cnited States
marine hospital service, was sent for
nd now, after a thorough investlga
tion, he pronounces the disease to be
pellagra. ,
The disease, though rare, is one of
the worst of the tropics. It first ap
pears in the skin. It gradually eats
the body and finally destroys the brain
Even inr the oriental countries, where
it is best known, no cure has ever
been found. In the tropics it proves
fatal within three months after tne
first symptoms uppear.
TAFT AT THE HEAD
Will Take Head of Conference
Wednesday Night
Plan to Complete the Work of Con
ference Wednesdny Afternoon,
With the Exception of Rates the
President Wishes to Write Con
ferees Will Then Meet at White
House For Dinner.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington,. July 20 It was said
today that if the republican confer
ees reach an agreement by Thursday
the democratic members of the con
ference will be notified and given 24
hours in which to study the report in
order that they may prepare their
views to present them to the house
mil senate when the majority report
is offered.
A member of the conferees ex
pressed the opinion today that if the
agreement is reached Thursday the
debate on the report will not begin
before next Monday. ..It is believed
the final passage of the bill may take
place the following Saturday, July 31.
President Taft will take the head
of the tariff conference table at the
session of the conferees, which has
been called at the white house on
Wednesday night. Tfye meeting is
the high point of the road which the
tariff bill has been traveling since it.
went into conference,
It is the plan to complete by Wed
nesday afternoon the work of the
conference, with the exception of the
rates upon certain raw materials,
turned over to the president. The
committee will adjourn to meet at
the white house for dinner. The first
evening session of the conferees will
then be held. When Mr. Taft indi
cates the rates which he has determ
ined to write in for his part of the
tariff bill the conferees will be ready
for the draft of the report.
1 Suffragettes Libt-rated.
(By Cable to The Times)
London, July 20 The suffragettes
xho recently were sent to prison for
taking part in disturbance in Down
ing street, were liberated from Hollo-
way jail today as the result of carry
ing out fi. 'hunger strike." One of
them, Miss Roberts, refused food for
26 hours. She Is now under medi
cal treatment.
Royal Train Kills Man.
(By Cable to The Times)
Pisa, Italy, July 20. The royal train
bearing King Victor Emmanuel to his
summer palace at Racconigl today ran
down and killed a flagman at a crossing
near San. Vinceno. The king ordered
the ,train stopped, and, alighting, or
dered his secretary to see that heed
of the man's family was : attended to.
The king Inquired Into the' accident
with great feeling.
PELLAGRA AMONG
CHICAGO
INANE
GREATCANADIAN
TOUR IS GOAL
Thousands of Votes Being
Issued to Contestants Ail
Over the State
RALEIGH PEOPLE WORK
L'ach Mail Is Bringing In Votes and
Subscriptions and Hundreds of
Men and Women Are Anxious to
Win One of the Royal Canadian
Tours Most Delightful Trip of the
Year to be Given in September
Party AVill Take in Great Canadian
Exposition Fine Pullman Train
Will Carry Happy Party.
Hello! Ts that the contest depart
ment? Well, I want to go on the Ca
nadian trip, and 1 am going to work to
win one of The livening Times' fine
tours. That is what the. contest man
ager gets all day. Prom all over the
state people are writing to get blanks
and information as to how to go to
work. Quietly they are getting out and
securing subscriptions and before long
those who are taking their time are .go
ing to be left behind.
Prom all indications this contest is
going to be the biggest trip contest
ever nut on in this state. The four
grand tours are attracting attention all
over the state and from nearly every
county in the state applications are be
ing received. One man who entered
the contest yesterday said that he
wanted to go on the trip and that he
felt that this was the opportunity of a
lifetime to go as the guest of The
Evening Times.
In a long distance message yesterday
a lady in one of the states largest
towns said she was going to devote her
entire time from now on until August
2!th, and that all her friends were go
ing to help her win.
Raleigh Is In the race, too, and soma
of the Raleigh boys and girls are going
to do wonders by August 26th. A num
ber of ladies have entered the race, and
as the fine trips will be such an at
traction, we are confident they will do
some fine work. Yes, the ladies can
go alone, and everything will be looked
after. Just read what this grand trip
will mean to you and what yau will
get absolutely free, and then read the
following rules, and you will know how'
to go to work for one of the finest tours
ever given by any newspaper. Thous
ands of votes are being issued each day
and the sooner you get in the race the
easier it will be to win.
The following rules and information
will cover the 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.
hoys, girls, men or women.
3. There ore 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 Nwho have the
highest number of votes will be award
ed the trip.
5. Three judges will be selected on
August 2ith to count the votes and
award the trips to the four people
who hold the highest 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
be given FREE. That outlines the
whole trip and tells which will be In
cluded free of all cost to the contest
ants. We givej'ou everything Includ
ed by the Seaboard in the trip.
7. Votes will be given when money
Is paid, and 110 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
s they please with them and vote them
for whom they please.. . ,
10. No votes will be issued on August
26th. the closing day. but all sub
scriptions and money will be counted
and the votes issued by the judge.,,
11. Each week the vote will be pub
lished in the paper and the standing
of each contestant given up to that
time.
12. No coupons Will be printed in the
paper eood for votes. This will give
contestants outside of Raleigh an
equal" showing In securing Votes.
13. The following schedule gives the
number of votes issued for payments
on account and for payments in ad
vance. Clubbing offers will be an
nounced later. , 1 ,
Schedule of Votes,
t .45.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ., 45 votes
$1.25 125 vote .
S1.50 250 votes
$5.00": 600 votes
fU.W ,. . ,. ' vw.vu
Payments Made In AdrancteL
FOR
WORKERS
1,25 .. .. .... 600
.(Continued on Pag I.),