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i ?S:- - - T " LAST Washington, July S 8 Forecast for North Carolina for tonight andiFHday: Generally fair. ESTABLISHED 187ft CI Z3pmm?':: : RALEIGH, H. 0, THURSD AY, JULY 29, 1909. PRICE 5 CENT? HARRY PULLIA! ii, BASEBALL MAN, KILLS HIMSELF President National League of E2S2fc2ll Gluts Died From Self-inflicted Wcjnds BEEN IN BAD HEALTH Mr. Pulliam Died at Eight O'clock This Morning, From Wound Jn dieted Early Last Night A Num ber of Baseball Men Were WMl Him When the End Came Had Recently Gone Back to Work, After a Rent Had Been In 111 Health For a Number of Months, and Suicide Is Supposed to Have Been Due to This Fact Heydler Will Act as President. I (By Leased Wire to me Times) New York, July 29 Henry C. Pulliam, president of the National f - League of baseball cluds, died shortly after 8 o'clock this morning at tne New York Athletic Club, from a self inflicted bullet-wound. He shot him self In the head at 9:30 last night, the bullet passing through hia head frotn right to left When Mr. Pulliam was found, shortly tfter the tragedy, he was dying, and the fact that he lived over I 10 hours was due only to his remark- able vitality. . i . . vAs soon as the baseball chief was I discovered the police were notified and Dr.' J. J. Hlgglns was hurriedly 1 gummbned. He found that one eye I hadbeen cut out and that the bullet ' had nerforated the bead., striklns the wall; as it passed but. ' The police Immediately took charge. They refused to give out any iJrtoroifrtlon early In the day and1 it :' was some time after Mr. Pulliam died thai thy made the fact public, I ' When the end came a number or 1 baseball men and Dr. Higglns, the ;lub physician, were at the bedside, t -' Pulliam had been in a state of coma since 4 o'clock in the morning, and he was unable to recognize any of those near him. Mr. Pulliam had but recently taken up the reins of the National League after he had been granted a rest by the- league officials. He had prev iously been in ill health for a num ber of months and hlB suicide is sup posed to have been due to the fact that his mind was unbalanced by his sickness. Secretary-Treasurer Heydler, who was acting president while President Pulliam was ill, was notified at once of his chief's suicide. He has been on his vacation in northern New Ydrk, He started back at once. He probably will handle the woric of t:ie league until Pulllam's successor is chosen. Pulliam had much to worry him in the National League. He is said to have taken the criticisms of hts work very, much to heart and wor ried over them excessively. He had been In a highly nervous state for some time . and his friends declared today that they had feared for some time that his mind would give way. Pulliam is the third official of the National League to pass away within the last few weeks, the other two be ing Israel Durham, of the Philadel phia club, and George Dovey, of the Boston club. , Either Just before or after' shoot ing himself Pulliam took the tele phone receiver oft the hook In his room' and thus sent a signal to .the club offices. . Pulllam's failure to return the re ceiver to the telephone hook led to the discovery of the shooting. The telephone operator, whose desk Is on the ground floor of the club, saw the light flash on the board before him for K Mr. Pulllam's apartment. He answered the call, but got no res ponse. After trying several times. Without success, to get any word . from the Instrument that the board showed was calling him, he notified the olerk and an employe named Thomas Brady was sent up to Mr. Pulllam's apartment with a pass-key. The door was locked. Brady opened the door. The room was lighted. Mr. Pulliam lay on the floor, the blood running from his head. A revolver was on the floor close below his limp band. He was dressed only In hts under clothes, half-hose and garters. Mr. Pulliam was semi-conscious. The Wound which the one bullet had Inflicted was a terrible one. The bul let, tearing though the right tem ple, had fractured the frontal bone and torn out one eye. , Then It had passed on, splintering more bone, in its -course and coping out through the left side of the head. There was one used 'and one tin-used cartridge (ound In the five-chambered revol ver.' Aside from .the telephone call no evidence of preparation for selr destrltctlon could be round in the room; There was no note explaining the act, nor, so far as could be as certained, had Pulliam apprised any of hts friends that be was despondent again about his health. Coroner Shrady gave out this for mal statement early today: "I was notified by the New Yors Athletic Club that a man had shot himself. I get Detective Tobin, of the East FifM-first street station. "We went to the New York Athletic Club and were taken to the third floor, to Mr. i Pulllam's room, and found him lying on a sofa. His body was entirely covered with blood. He was in a very pitiable condition. He was semi-conscious, but Irrational. He could talk just a little. "I asked him 'How were you shot?' " 'What do you mean?' he ans wered. 'I don't understand what you mean.' "I could see that he could, hear me, but that he could not compre hend what I said. He" lapsed into unconsciousness. His right eye was out and 1$ was blind in his left eye. The ball went entirely through the skull. It cut the optic nerve and blinded Mm. Had It been a little further back it would have killed him Instantly. "As I understand he has been In a sanitarium recently for about a week. "At times Mr. Pulliam became semi-consci-ms again, but could only say, 'Rub iiy head; my head hurts.' "He left ao letters or word of any kind that I could find." JUSSERAND ON TARIFF French Embassador Criticizes the American Tariff Goes Home;. to Spend His Vacation, . ,But Before Hailing Expresses. His ' Views as (o the American Tariff Doesn't . Believe in High Tariff, ". Win-re It Affects the Nwwwarles of ' Life.' --!f , ;,;,;:,..'. r - (By Leased) Wire to The Times) New York, I July 29 Criticising high tariff, Ambassador Jusserand, of France, sailed today on the French liner Larraine,. to spend his an nual vacation in the country which he represents In Washington. When asked for his views of the failure to have the steel common stock listed on the Paris Bourse, he declared that France was closely watching the financial and tariff situ ation In this country. It is not a question of France fail ing to list the securities because of the tariff, he said. "The United States tariff vitally interests France. Every commodity exported by the United States is imported from France. "I don't believe in high tariff where It affects the necessities of life. The worklngman's daughter has as much right to put a ribbon In her hair as the rich man's child. That ribbon is in a way a necessity. But if you put a high duty on it the rich man's daughter may have It, but tue poor girl is shut oft." The ambassodar gave a similar ex ample, referring to lace curtains. "The United States is the greatest capital producing nation in the world," he went on, "and It needs tne most capital. The great capltat on hand in France makes that nation take a particular interest in the finan cial affairs of America." TAFT'S MISSISSIPPI TRIP. Will Go Down River From St. Louis to New Orleans, (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, July 29 President Taft today completed the . tentative itinerary of the Mississippi river por tlonOfjJihj. western trip. He dis cussed that part of the trip with Rep resentative Bartholdt, of Missouri, this morning and decided to go down the river from St. Louis to New -Or leans and attend the lakes-to-the-gulf deep waterways congress In the lat ter city . instead of cruising up the river from New Orleans to St, Louis, as was hia original Intention. The present itinerary Is that he will arrive at St.' Louis October 25, leave there on the 26th for New Or leans, arriving on the 30th. The cruise down the Mississippi will be a notable event,' a flotilla of steamships, carrying the' vice- president, the speaker of the house, many members of congress, and other notables escorting the president's craft down the river. North Carolina Postmasters. Washington, July 29 Fourth class postmasters for North Carolina, were appointed today as follows: 1 ' - Jonas Rldae. Salem J. Franklin: Point Saswell, Marsden B. Ward, JEROME WILL SEEK TO PROFIT BY THAWS'S WIT Will Try to Turn Ability Dis played by Thaw on Stand Against Him THAW 13 DEFIANT Is Happy Over the Way He Stood Yesterday's Examination at the Hands of Jerome and Confident That He Made a Good Impression on the Mind of Justice Mills, Jlut Jerome's Alienists Say the Wuy He Conducted Himself During the Or deal Shows the Cunning of a Dis eased Mind Suy That a Rational Man Would Not Have Done Half So Well. (By Leased Wire to The Times) White Plains, N. Y., July 29 "Oo ahead" was the challenge of Harry K. Thaw today, issued to District At torney Jerome. Exhuberant over his victory in a six-hour battle of wit with Jerome yesterday, Thaw came into court today facing two days more of grilling cross-examination in his fight to escape from Matteawan insane asylum. The prospect of three days of duelling on the witness stand has not shaken the millionaire who killed Stanford White. Jerome planned to let loose his heavy artillery today In an attempt to trap lhaw. Time and again' he failed In their first jousr, aut New York's prosecutor evidently hoped to wear Thaw down. "I can read victory In the face ot justice Mills," said Thaw. "He has been most considerate and his adv:ce on perplexing matters while on the stand has aided me in presenting my case under the best possible auspices The congratulations ana x;na words of the members of my family and friends have also been porent argu ments in favor of my release. In stead of despondency and depression they are almost ready for exultation." "We haven't got more than half through with Thaw," said District Attorney Jerome, putting significant emphasis on "half '. Upon the showing mace on the stand by Thaw, Jerome hopes to base the opinions of his experts, Doc tors Carlos F. MacDonald and Austin Flint, both of whom have already de clared Thaw to be a hopeless pa noiac. ' According to these alienists the ex hibition giyen by Thaw yesterday was Just what was to be expected under the circumstances. His excellent self-control under the stinging questions of Jerome, his clear reasoning, accurate memory, concise explanations, deportment generally throughout in his exami nation, Bpoke convincingly to the ex perts, according to their statements, of a cunning mind possessed of tne plan to escape further restraint. Jerome expects to show by Drs. MacDonald and Flint that under the coaching of counsel and after having given his whole attention to this plan for over a year It is to be expected that a paranoiac will act just as Thaw acted on the stand. A sane man, the alienists will ar gue, would not show the craftiness and cunning of Thaw. He would not cross rapiers with his inquisitor at every opportunity, nor would he ex hibit the thoughtless desregard of the outcome of the inquiry that is indi cated by the frequent joking of the witness with Jerome. A sane man, they will declare, realizing the full Importance of the inquest, would show greater seriousness. The two experts point to Thaw's obvious efforts to turn a laugh upon his Interrogator as a signal exhibi tion of the exaggerated ego, a sure symptom of paranoia. Clifford W. Hartridge. Thaw's former lawyer, was the first witness today. He was asked to produce the books said by Susie Merrill to have been giv en him for safe keeping.. In them she said were the names of girls to whom she had paid money for Thaw and the amounts paid to each. Hartridge said he could not And the books. On the ground that they . were con fidential communications between cli ent and counsel, Justice Mills over ruled Jerome's attempt to have admit ted as evidence letters written by Thaw no Hartridge, his attorney In the first trial. However, they were finally mark ed for identification. They Inoluded the "sketch letter" sent by Thaw to his wife over which thfere , was , a bitter wrangle yesterday. :, ' '- Hartridge testified that he had had general direction but not from - Mr, . (Continued on Pags Firs,) A MILITARY DICTATORSHIP IS EXPECTED Spain in a State of Civil War With Disorder Everywhere WILL CRUSH REVOLT Will Deal With Revolt With a Strong Hund and General Weyler Will Probably !e Chosen to Crush (lie Revolt A rtilley is Now Being Em ployed lu the Streets of Barcelona to Overcome the Rioters itevolu tionistf Krect Barricades and Fight Troopsi With Desperate Courage. New Disorders Reported From Many Interior Point n Using Kvery Pretext For Disorder. (By Cable to The Times ) Madrid. July 29 A military dicta torship will be'declared In Spam within the next 21 hours. The na tion Is In. a state of civil war. Gen eral "Weyler probably will be chosen to crush the revolt. Three cruisers and three destroy ers are on their way from Ferrol t.o Barcelona to quell the uprising m that city. King Alfonso has de'term ined to crush out the revolutionary movement with" a strong hand. Artillery Is now being employee in the streets of Barcelona to overcome the rioters. The revolutionists today erected more barricades, behind which they tought with cespeiate courage to keep back the troops. The proclamation declaring Spa:n to be under martial law and suspend ing constitutional guarantees created f u r t her fl lnnri er ,f Th e re rql trtldn ists, alarmed by the proclamation ana knowing they would get no mercy moved upon the soldiers witn mani acal courage. The soldiers, mostly mounted artillery, raked their op ponents with a withering fire. New disorders are reported today from interior points, notably Alfoi and Ilioja. The zone of agitation is spreading beyond the turbulent Ca:- alonials and affecting the Valencians. While the minister of the Interior is beseiged with inquiries he will give out no Information. Today marks a black chapter In Spain's history, for there is tragedy both at home and abroad. At Calahorra, a town of 10,000 in habitants, the populace invaded the railroad station, destroyed the tracks and blocked the line, delaying tiie transportation of troops. From probably a hundred towns came word today of disorder. Anions them are Vendrell, Calahorra, Bar celona, Valencia, Culera, Figueras, Alfoi, and Rioja, and many other points. The population of Cerbura, in a frenzy, tore up railroad tracks dynamited buildings and set fire to structures, destroying thousands of dollars worth of property. Maddened by the sight of a train carrying recruits, the inhabitants of Culera on the Port Bou line destroyed the road-bed of the line for seven kil ometres. Spain Is determined to follow out her policy. The war in Morocco will be prosecuted, even at. a cost of in ternal peace, according to late de velopments. Troops are being poured into Morocco for the relief of Melilla as fast as they can be transported. Word came from Gibraltar today that the entire Spanish garrison near there had been ordered to Melilla and immediately embarked on ships. The Spanish citizens are using every excuse as a pretext for disor der. According to Bilbao advices great excitement prevails through the Biscayan mining districts. The so cialists have ordered a strike because of the privy council's action in refus ing to suspend the fetes on July 31. Communication from Barcelona is handicapped today. The Almansa regiment is now on the ground to enforce the civil authorities. c Every bit of news from Morocco telling of further slaughter of the Spanish troops is received with the greatest excitement. The looting continues in a desultory way. The naval infantry was ordered to Barcelona today. The entire mobili zation of the Spanish army has been ordered and all officers away on leave have been recalled. The railroad lines are closely guarded and no one is allowed to enter the country, save on a passport from the military au thorities. The garrison at Burgess. Logrone, Vitorla, and ' other towns are under arms. Telegraph commuit- Icatlon from Bilbao was again cut off today. No extraordinary taxes are contem plated, according to a story today, be cause there is $13,600,000 in gold in the Spanish treasury. It is reported that Premier Maura has tendered his resignation, but that King Alfonso refused to accept it. It is reported that several soldiers have been shot for insubordination. The third and fourth army corps will be sent to Barcelona, together with two brigades of cavalry, one of them under Prince Charles, of Bour bon and the other under Prince Ferd inand of Bavaria. The people of Madrid are In an ugly mood. When King Alfonso ar rived here he was hooted in the streets. . Rntire Anny Mobilized. Madrid, July 29 The entire Span ish army has been ordered mobilized to crush the revolt. STRUCK BY TAXICAB. Two Men Mortally Wounded by Wo. nrn "Joy Riders" Another One Struck. (By Leased Wire t.o The Times) New York, July 29 Two men were perhaps mortally wounded and another bruised when they were struck and sent flying fifteen feet by a red taxicab containing four "joy riding" women at Seventh Avenue and Twenty-sixth, street. The men are George Clarke, of 325 west 21st. street and Frank McCnbe, of east 47th street. A third man on the op posite sldw of the street was struck. The women in the1 car screamed with pleasure when they saw the car strike the men and the chauffeur looked back at the pursuing police men and laughed at them. A gen eral description of the car was sent out today. Ell WALKER CONVICTED Another Tiger Feels the Hand of .the Law Tiger Industry Still Thriving in the " Police C'rturt Fab OWtott a. Wit ness Against Walker Two Other Cases of Considerable Length Were Dismissed. The first case on the docket in the city police court today was the tiger case against Ed. Walker. Fab. Cot ton, a small negro, gingercake color, was the star witness for the state and told of giving Walker money to buy some booze for him. The whis key was said to have been purchased somewnere in the neighborhood of the store of Sherwood Higgs, colored. Walker was at Higgs' store when Cotton asked him to buy the whiskey. The witnesses for the defense were Mr. Leathers, a street car man. Sherwood Higgs. colored, Nenus Gi'it'tis, alius Black Annie and Ed. Walker. Higgs said he had left his store in Kd. Walker s charge and could not say whether Walker went for liquor or not. "Black Annie," whose record of crime is an appalling one, gave evidence ot value to walker if Annie's word was to be believed. Walker denied having anything to do with Fab. Cotton. After the evidence of the defense was completed the state put on Mr. Bryant Smith, for whom Cotton works. Mr. Smith told of Cotton's return home on the Sunday the liquor was bought, and his statement that he bought the liquor from Bd. Walker. Cotton told Mr. Smith that Walker got the liquor from P. J. Jef freys. At the time he gave the In formation to Mr. Smith Cotton was not drunk but was drinking some. Attorney Douglass represented Walker and made an excellent speech. City Attorney Clark made a short speech In . prosecution, outlin ing clearly and convincingly the evi dence against Walker. Judge Stronach adjudged Walker guilty as charged and as Walker was not guilty of actual selling whiskey, he was given three months on the roads. Notice of appeal was given and bond fixed at $100. Lee Gillam was tried for criminal assault on Harriet Hall, the aged and notorious mother of the notorious Bud Hall. The evidence of the state's witnesses exonerated Gillam and he was released. "Ike" Liles, colored, was charged with carrying a concealed weapon. Maggie Gill and Mary Gill saw the gun in hts possession and took it out of his pocket. Judge Stronach pro nounced a "Scotch . verdict in the case and Liles was released. John A. Morris Dead. (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, July 29. John A. Morris, said to be a prominent Insurance man of Atlanta, Ga,, dropped dead today tn the Waldorf-Astoria, where he had been stopping for the past few days. Superintendent Marshall, of the Wal dorf, notified the police and the coroner of the death and the latter declared fthn, k V...tl. , ,1 ..... U ..... ...... A that he believed death was due to heart dlssass. DEADLOCK IN THE CONFERENCE ON THE TARIFF Letter From the President Halts Work of the Con ferees Again WANTS FORMER RATES The President Sends a Communica tion to the Republican Conferee, Insisting; on I,ower Duties on (iloves and Hosiery, and a Duty of $1.35 on Lumber This Was the ReuNon For Holding Off the Dem ocrats After They Had Been In vited to Conference Republicans Were Ready to Report and Had In vited in the Democrats, But. Presi dent's Letter Jt'alls Fpr..UCgre Taik". (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, July 29 The repub lican tariff conferees are again in a deadlock, ns. a result of a written communication received from Presi dent Taft insisting on the lowest rutes possible on gloves and hosiery and a rate of $1.25 on Inmner. This was the reason for holding off the democrats today, after they had been called into conference. It had been supposed that the majority report was practically agreed upon. The effect of the letter ts to undo the tentative agreement reached .'by the republican conferees at last even ing's session. . The leaders among the republican members of the tariff con ferees went to the white housje to see the president this morning.. i;r-.i.V " this is the most critical period yet .reached and it is said that' uulss Jit situation changes before eight tne adjournment of congress' without passing the bill may be looked for the first of next week. Short Session of House. ( By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, July 29 There was an air of suppressed excitement on the floor of the house this morning when it met at noon, the members asking each other the significance of the adjournment of tne tariff con ferees. All kinds of sensational reporis were circulated, but none of .them could be traced to a reliable source. One story was that President Taft would send a special message on the lumber and glove schedules, and when the house convened the eyes of the members turned to the north door in expectancy of the president's messenger, but he did not come. Within four minutes after the house met, on motion of Representa tive Mann, of Illinois, the house ad journed until tomorrow. It was reported this afternoon, after the conferees on the tariff bill had taken a recess for luncheon, that the committee Is likely to yield to the pres. Ident's ultimatum although no agree ment had been reached up to one o'clock. The statement was also made that If a report is not submitted by Monday a concurrent resolution will be offered in the house for an adjournment sine die. HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS. Certificates for Three Years Given to Fifty-one. An examination was held last month for state high school certificates and an army of teachers stood It. Certifi cates were granted to 51 full-fledged high school teachers and these certi ficates are good for three years in the public high schools established under the act of the legislature of 1907. Among the teachers of this section who were granted certificates are Miss Julia C. Pasmore. of Cary; J. C. Rich ardson, of Durham, P. McK. Wilson, of Goldsboro, H. C. Barbee and C. K. Proctor, of East Durham, Certificates were given to 12 assistant high school teachers. STATE'S ANSWER COMPLETED. Will File Answer to Complaint of Oil Company This Afternoon. Attorney-General T- W. Blckett and Hon. R. H. Battle today, com pleted the answer of the state to the complaint filed by the independent oil companies in the suit to prevent tue enforcement of the ' oil Inspection law. . The matter will be heard about August 1st, before Judge Henry G. Connor, of the eastern North Carts Una United States district court; . The answer will be filed this after noon and made public. It Is, awaited with some interest. ' ' . I "-ti J'i yrSV;r,w V ' 1 " " I'
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