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Subject, "The Fraternal Insurance
; Situatlcs" Need of Better State
Taws Governing Fraternal Insur
anceBetter Government Proper
Business Methods-Adequate Rates
Needed Over 6,000,000 Carry
! Fraternal Insurance, Representing
Over Seven Billion Hollars Unless
Changes Are Made There Will be
An Upheaval. .
Insurance Commissioner James R
Young delivered an address this
morning before the National Conven
tion of Insurance Commissioners in
Bession at Colorado Springs, Colo
-redo. He spoke in part as follows
Mr. Presfffe'ht and Gentlemen of the
Convention:
To me has been assigned the duty
and privilege of talking to you this
morning on "Fraternal Insurance.'
The honor and responsibility are
great, because of the importance of
the subject, effecting as it does so
many thousands of. our people. Has
"not the time come when something
must be done by a united effort of
the leaders and workers in fraternal
tnstfrance.-or, if not by them, then by
those who are called upon to super
vise them?. ;
r The proper supervision of any class
-of .insurance requires much thought
Aiiil.'tM nn1 Itn narf mnrfl SO than
fraternal -Insurance.
- I have nothing against fraternal
orders, but shall Bpeak. plainly, and
aa far as I can, to the point. , Much
that will be said will be spoken as
against the abuse of the system rath
er than its principles. Fraternal in
su ranee has accomplished much good
and is capable, by wise and economi
cal management, of doing even more
good in the future. No one can
doubt this when he realizes that six
millions of our citizens carry certifi
cates, In fraternal orders, and there
are over seven billions or aouars to
day represented in the protection of
fered these certificate holders and
their beneficiaries. These orders
were first started in this country
nearly forty years ago, and are large
ly.patronlzed by the masses. Their
first object was to assist the poor
man In protecting those dependent
upon him by offering him insurance
for premiums In small payments.
We cannot undertake the super
vision of this class of Insurance with
out the necessary laws. Uniform
legislation is desirable and best in
.. the supervision of fraternal orders,
as well as all other classes of insur
ance. Few states have satisfactory
laws governing fraternal orders;
many have practically no laws at all
governing . this class of insurance,
while others have such laws as are
worse than none at all.
Two years ago I made a special
examination of the fraternal orders
and societies operating In North
Carolina among the negroes, and
found that these societies were col
lectlng and carrying from the state
1100,000 annually without any prop
er return.
Fraternal orders are nothing more
than assessment Insurance . compa
nies, not organized for profit, but
with a fraternal spirit, providing for
a' representative form of goveVn
ment. Even when so conducted the
rates are often too low and a change
Is demanded, though they may claim
to give their members all they have
paid for. When they are not "con
ducted in accordance with this prin
ciple, but are organized and run in
the' Interest of a few officers and
deputies and at a mgn expense rauo,
prompt and decisive action Is called
tor." ';, -..
.vhe- lack of necessary laws and
proper supervision permits many
Irresponsible orders, with deceptive
and " fraudulent methods to operate
in many states. The result is that
our' people are 'deceived and de
frauded in the name of brotherly love
and fraternity, under the guise or
-' That a change la the laws govern
ing fraternal ordera is-needed Is ad
mitted - by all thoughtful leaders in
the; 'work,' and ft- to" best that, these
'improvements ; and .; cbsages -eomo
"throng those who are devoting their
Uvea to a study and working of fra
ternal orders.' But If they will not
take the initiative, then it becomes
HON. JAMES R. 1'OUNG,
InjMirance Commissioner of North
Carolina.
TOWN ALMOST
DESTROYED BY
Communication . Interrupted
and Foil Extent of Damages
Not Yet Known
MANY PERSONS INJURED
Shock Felt 1 Throughout Practically
the Kntire Province of Siena at
1 :29 O'clock This Morning Zone
of Severest Tremor Was Within
Radius of Twenty Miles From
Siena Second Lighter Shock F.
lowed-Bnt Little Damage Was
Done Sienh Thrown Into Typical
Earthquake Panic.
Siena, Italy, Aug. 25 Many pet-
sons were injured, it is believed some
of them fatally, when the town of
San Lorenzo was almost destroyed
today by an earthquake.
The shock . was felt throughout
practically tile entire province of
Siena, Telegraph and telephone com
municatlon was Interrupted and the
full extent of the damages has not yet
been learned. '. .
The shock was felt at 1:29 o'clock
this morning. The zone of the se
verest tremor was within a radius of
twenty miles from Siena. Consider
able damage was done at Buono Con'
vento, where one man was killed and
several houses demolished.
At Monteroqi houses were shaken
down and several persons hurt.
A shock was recorded at Plome-
bino on the coast, about fifty miles
southwest of Siena, almost simultan
eously with the quake in Siena. A
second lighter shock followed but lit
tie damage was done.
In the earthquake zone people
moved from their homes today, fear
ing further quakes. '
The population of the villages of
San Lorenzo, Buono Convento, Mon
teronsa and Piomeblno ranged from
1,000 to 4,000. -
Siena was thrown into a typical
earthquake panic. Half dressed men,
women and children rushed through
the streets carrying articles of house
hold effectB and crying and shouting.
A great number of them fled from the
city in their' night clothing.
ATTEMPTED TO LYNCH
THE SUPERINTENDENT
Carlisle, Inil.. Aug. 25VMrs. Stephen
Hart, wife of the superintendent of the
Carlisle coal 1 mine, was fatally shot
today in a battle which raged about
her home when a number of excited
and angry miners attempted to capture
Hart and lynch him. The miners, on
aceount of Hart's bad treatment, have
been threatening him for weeks. Sheriff
Wimble and six armed deputies are
patrolling the town. ' ; '
HREE HUNDRED MEN
THROWN OUT OF WORK
Ludlngton, Mich., Aug. 25 Three
men were thrown out of work by a
$1,000,000 fire today which, destroyed
the plant of the Butters Salt and lcrm-
ber Company. Sparks from- the fire
set the Paulina Stearns Hospital ablaze
imperilling the lives 6f the patients.
More than tr 000, 000 feet of lumber' was
destroyed. The plait had an output
of l.ooo bsrrels of salt, per day.
ANEARTHQIJAKt
RiftEi&H, n. c.; Wednesday, august 25, 1909.
DAY
OF: FARMERS'
state
Several Hundred Men and
Women Attending the Con
vention at 4. &M. ;
INTERESTING SPEECHES
Best Attendance in the History of tHe
State Farmers' Coiiventlon-t-Mnny
Important Subjects Being- Discuss
ed Proceedings of "Vesterday's
Session Program for Todft$-HRe-
cord Crowd Last Night Mfich In
terest Manifested. '
The second day of the state farmers
opened this morning with a large( at
tendance. From 7:30 until 10 o'clock
the time was occupied with live stock
judging in the following order: Cat
tie, by Prof. John Nichols; horses, by
Dr. W. Q. Chrisman; hogs. Prof. R.
S. Curtis; poultry, Prof. J. S. Jeffery
At 1 0 o'clock Mr. W. A. Slmpklns,
of Wake, an authority on: cdtton
growing, delivered an address ' on
"How to Make Two Bales to the
Acre." This was followed by a gen-
eral discussion.
'Peanuts as a Farm Crop,'' was
the subject of an address by Mr. T, B
Brown, of Hertford, and was follow-
ed by general discussion, led by Mr,
Thomas W. Blount, of Washington,
The convention then took a recess un
til 2:15, when the following program
was taken up:
- - 2 : 1 S-pr-m.-Dcnrlrttng- the C8ft
Yield, Mr. C. R. Hudson, State Dem
onstratlon Agent. '
Discussion by Mr. John F. Latham
Beaufort county. s
Insects Injurious to Corn, Prof. R.
I. Smith, A. and M. College and Ex
periment Station.
Preparation of Land for Corn, Mr.
B. S. Skinner, Superintendent Col
lege Farm.
Discussion by Mr. J. D. Sessoms
Cumberland county.
General discussion by all corn
growers.
8:00 p. m:. The Importance of
Education in Agriculture, Mr. F. S.
White, Commissioner of Agriculture,
Rock Island and Frisco Lines, St.
Louis, Mo.
Farm Methods, Dr. S. A. Knapp,
U. S. Department of Agriculture.
Yesterday Afternoon's Proceedings,
After the welcoming address yes
terday morning President French, of
Rockingham county, delivered his an
nual address on "The Building of
North Carolina Soils." This subject
was ably handled, taking the posi
tion that to get the best results from
the soil, we must have trained far
mers, and to get this trained farmer
the beginning must be made with the
boy. It is only when we have Aie
thinking farmer, one trained in the
business, that the soil will receive the
proper attention. The address was
timely and well received.
The afternoon session opened with
an address by Mr. R. W. Scott, of
Alamance county, who spoke on the
subject, "Reclaiming Soil." He ar
gued that thousands of dollars year
ly left the state for meat, corn, wheat
and other things that should be rais
ed at home. The reason our soils
were poor was because we made them
so, and that with the proper care our
land Bhould produce from fifty to 100
bushels of corn per acre. The speaker
made the statement that half the
corn produced in the state did not
pay for its cultivation. . He laid stress
upon the necessity of stock raising.
A general discussion of the ad
dress followed, led by Mr. J. P. Wyatt
of Wake, many farmers participating.
The next address was by Prof. C.
. Newman, on "The Crime of GTC1-
leylng," which attracted close atten
tion. He advocated terracing, deeper
plowing and rotation as some of the
methods for preventing gulleying.
J. G. Burgess, of the Department
of Agriculture, spoke on "Crop Va
rieties and Soil." His discussion had
much to do with the relation of the
varieties of plants to the soil.
The afternoon session was closed
by Mr. E. E. Miller, of the Progres
sive Farmer, who took for his subject
Soil Preservation," aroused a great
deal of interest. The speaker brought
out many facts as to the average
yield per acre of North Carolina
farms, showing that In many cases
the returns did not pay interest on
the la vestment. .'.--":.'-j-ivi
A large audience was present" to
hear two adressea at the nigh se
sion,fMr, FrankliH Sherman, Jr de
livered aa address on improving the
farmers home, which was given lose
SECOND
(Continued on Page Three. I
GOVERNMENT
GOiNGTOTAKE
HAND IN STRIKE
Begin Investigatinnof Charges
of Peonage Brought by
Strikers' Attorneys
MEN IN AN UGLY MOOD
United States District Attorney Says
Tiuit It Would Make No Difference
. In Situation if Not a Vestige of
Peonage Were Found to Exist
Now If It Is Shown That It Ex-
isted at Any Time Since Strike Be
gan Prosecutions Will be Imme
diately Started Serious Conflicts
Narrowly Averted.
Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 25 The
UnTted States government is going to
take a hand in the Pressed Steel Car
Company strike at McKees Rocks.
Agents of the department of justice
and here and will begin today an in
vestigation into the charges of peon
age brought against the corporation
by the strikers' attorneys. The dis
trict attorney for the United States
said that all parties directly inter
ested would be allowed representa
tion including officials of the Austro
Hungarian consulate here and that it
would make no difference in the sit
uation if not a vestige of peonage
were found to exist at the plant now.
If it Is shown that it existed at any
time since the strike began prosecu
tions will be immediately started.
The Pressed Steel Car Company
has autm5rtzed-the lwsnrance form of
C. M. Logue tc Company to increase
the insurance on their plant from
$300,000 to $4,000,000. This will
cover everything except raw material
and will be Jjkely distributed between
about two hundred companies. The
Alleghany county board of underwrit
ers have named a special rate for
this insurance but interested parties
refuse to make it public.
The troopers and strikers in and
around the bloody strike zone are in
an ugly mood. Serious conflicts were
several times during the night nar
rowly averted. 3ome of the foreign
strikers openly declare they will have
revenge for the blood of their dead
comrades.
The report telephoned to the news-
Lpapers at a late hour yesterday after
noon that three decomposed bodies
had been found, one of which was
identified, proved on investigation by
the coroner to be erroneous, although
given general currency through the
town.
All of the dead have been shipped
to their homes and those who were
residents of McKees Rocks will be
buried today.
As an evidence of how strained the
situation is, President Wise, of the
strikers' executive committee, while
talking to several strikers, was or
dered to move on by a trooper and
as he did not at once obey he was
threatened with arrest and a promise
that he would be filled with more
lead than he would be able to carry
unless he complied.
Wise, who served in the Philip
pines with the volunteers, probably
will make charges today against
Trooper Oscar Wolff, who, he alleges,
threatened that he "would get him,'
ana that the other troopers would
'get" the rest of the leaders.
Anton Favltlch Vuk, a Croatan,
who Is the foreign leader of the
strikers, has been arrested by troop
ers and his attorney will today apply
for a writ of habeas corpus. Vuk is
said to be the only"foreigner who can
keep his fellow countrymen In re
straint. He speaks several lan
guages. Forty-four of the men arrested In
connection with Sunday night's riot
were given preliminary hearings be
fore Alderman McDowell. Six were
held for court, nine paid small fines,
eight were discharged- and twenty-
one were jailed for terms running
from five to thirty' days.
A socialist orator from Chicago at
tempted to address the strikers last
night but was quickly hustled to the
box car prison. His name could not
be learned. A meeting Is scheduled
for today at which it b expected Eu
gene V. Debs wll speak, but It is
doubtful if the assemblage . will be
permitted by the authorities.
Civic experts from all sections of
the country, and representing socie
ties and civic organizations of various
kinds are investigating in Schoen
vllle. Temperance Laws Signed.
Montgomery, Ala., Aug-. 25 The
entire code of temperance laws was
signed by the governor today.
GEN. J. S. CARR.
Gen. Carr responded to the Address
of Welcome to the Veterans in Char
lotte this morning.
OPENING OF REUNION
Veterans Iliiviig Big Time
in Queen City
Formal Opening at. Ten O'clock To-
day -ApiH-opriate and Inspiring
Addresses by Chief Justice Clark,
Ex-governor Jiirvis, and Col. Os
borne. (Special to The Times)
Charlotte, Aug. 25 With more
than 2,500 old soldiers and visitors
present, the fourteenth reunion of
the North Carolina Division of Con
federate Veterans assembled here to
day. The formal opening was at. 10
o'clock in the Academy of Music,
when appropriate and inspiring ad
dresses were delivered by Chief Jus
tice Walter A. Clark, of the supreme
court, and ex-Governor Thomas JJ.
Jarvis and Col. E. A. Osborne, and
the response by Gen. Julian S. Carr.
Besides the magnificent addresses
of Justice Clark and Governor Jar
vis, both of whom were greeted al
most wildly by the old warriors, mu
sic was- furnished by a band and little
Misses Ruth Porter, mascot ofMeck
lenburg camp, and Hazel "Brown
treated the boys to a recitation and
solo respectively.
Officers will be elected at this af
ternoon's session of the reunion.
Charlotte is taking care of the vet
erans in fine style, free lunch and
sleeping quarters being furnished to
all who need or desire such accom
modations free, and many automo
biles and vehicles ha v. been put at
the disposal of disabled or feeble vetr
erans by Charlotte veterans and other
citizens and the comfort of all the
visitors is the first thought of the
city.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Charlotte, Aug. 25 Chief Justice
Walter Clark, of the supreme court
of North Carolina, sounded a new
note this morning in addressing the
state reunion of Confederate veter
ans when he declared that as a mat
ter of policy and of right and for gen
eral beneficial results the government
should distribute pension money re
gardless of the color under which the
veterans fought. He said that the
pension money expended represented
one of the greatest war indemnities
ever imposed in modern times, and
that as no state sent men into the
war except as state militia, and as
there were few if any United States
or Confederate regiments, that the
distribution of pension money col
lected from all of these states should
likewise be divided among these
states and the soldiers who fought on
both sides.
STRIKES LEDG
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
New York, Aug. 25 J. P. Morgan's
palatini yacht the Corsair was placed
In dry dock in Hoboken today to re
pair serious damages received in the
wreck which for a time placed her
owner, one of the world's leading
financiers. In peril of his life. Coming
down the sound early yesterday after
noon the Corsair ran into the ledge of
rock off City Island and everybody on
board, Including Mr. Morgan, was
thrown from bis feet.
Undeveloped that four holes had been
stove in the starboard side and bottom
of the Corsair, one of her boilers had
shifted, the Ice box in the pantry, had
been overturned by the shock and con
siderable damage done. Mr. Morgan
behaved with great coolness.
Smallpox On Board.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
New York, Aug. 25 The steamer
Carpathla from Triests is being held
at quarantine with a, case of smallpox
among the , cabin , passengers- The
patient is C- E. Eustiss, a former na
val officer.,, Mr. Eustiss is in th
yalescent stage bf , the ; dise"
Will be transferred with hh
her maid to the 'emergenc
MORGAN S YACHT
PRICE 5 CENTS
T1Y0 DIG TRIPS
TO BE AWARDED
it
Only a Few Hours Lefl lo Se
cure Votes in Ihe Big Cana
dian Trip Contest
RALEIGH IS LEADING
Xo Change in Vote Today, But Each
Contestant Taking a Breath Before
the Home-stretch Tomorrow Con
test Will be Close and No, One Can
Guess Who the Winners Will Be.
Votes Will he Placed In Big Locked
Box at The Evening Times Office
and Turned Over to the Judges at
1 O'clock.
Tomorrow at 1 o'clock the contest
for two trips on the Seaboard's Ca
nadian personally conducted tour will
come to a close and two people will
be made happy. This is the finest
trip ever offered by any newspaper,
as it gives the two people holding the
highest, number of votes at the close
the two full trips as shown in the
itinerary furnished by the Seaboard
road. The party will leave Septem
ber 1 from Raleigh, and will be per
sonally conducted by Maj. Chas. H.
Gattis, assisted by Mr. Jas. Ker, Jr,
of Charlotte, and chaperoned by Mrs.
Gattis and Mrs. Ker. It goes .with
out sayin:; that ihe two people who
win these two tickets will have the
time ot their lives. Just think of
getting a grand tour of Canada and
the- ntuth for a few hour's work.
You will have IS days to spend on
the tour.
Those in the lead today are Miss
Dement, of Raleigh; Mrs. McFarland,
of Wilson; Mrs. Amos, of Reidsville,
and Miss Warters, of Raleigh. It is
sure going to be a close race. As it
now stands a few subscriptions would
change it in favor of either one. For
this reason those who are leading
should exert every effort to get in all
the subscriptions posible by tomor
row at 1 o'clock. The out-of-town
subscriptions will come by special
delivery letters tomorrow morning
and will be turned over to the judges
to be counted hy them.
The contestants In Raleigh can
place their votes and subscription in
the big box at The Evening Times of
fice and after the contest closes the
judges will unlock this box and count
the votes and subscriptions and ren
der the verdict for the TWO contest
ants who are entitled to the fine trips.
Tomorrow morning three judges
will be selected and they will count
the vote and render their decision.
Look over the following list and
decide who you think will be the
winners for the two fine trips.
Raleigh, N. O.
Miss Frances Dement 235,535
Miss Annie Clark 42,000
Miss Eva Warters 34,825
Wilson, N. C.
Mrs. R. W; McFarland 219,750
Reidsville. N. O.
Mrs. J. B. Amos 108,000
Goldsboro, N. C.
Miss Dora Powell 47,600
Mrs. C. L. Bass 24,0)0
Lillington, N. C.
Miss Mabel Clifton
Roxboro, N. C.
Miss RoBie Newell .. .. .. ..
Kington, N. C.
Miss Clara Oettlnger .. ..
Rocky Mount, N. C.
Miss Minnie Price, Route No.
Greenville, N. C.
Miss Lillian Carr ,
42,750
41,300
40.5W
36,500
33,400
Washington, N. C.
Miss Carrie Simmons 28,240
Durham, N. C.
Miss Lida Vaughan
Miss Mildred Turner
Henderson, N. O;
Miss Jessie Dunn .. .. ..' u
Miss Mabel Kelly.. ,
Morehead City, N. C.
27,600
2,750
26,925
4,265
Miss Bertha Willis 26.750
Miss Corrinne Bell 22,500
Dunn, N. O.
Miss Isabel Young..
Elizabeth City, N. C.
Miss Inez Brought on.. .. .. . . .
Beaufort, N. O.
7,500
(.150
6.100
4.260
3,250
Miss Reva Morton.. .. .. .. ..
Miss Mamie fnffrey.. .. .. .. .
Hillsboro, N. C.
Mr. Eugene Rimmer.. .. .. .. .
Schedule of Votes.
t .45. j 45 Votes
11.25.. 125 votes
$2.50.. .. .. .. 260 votes
$5.00.. .. , .. kOO Votes
Payments Made In Advance.
t .45.. ,. .. .. ,. vJOO votes
11.25.. .. .. .. .. .. 'soe 'votes
$ 2.60..
$ 6.00..
110.00..
$15.00..
., .., 1,000 vteoe
.. ... 2.500 votes
.. '..J7.&00 yptes
.. ..12,500 votes
J20.M., .. .. ,i ..20,000 votes
as. w.. .. .. .. ,v . xo.owo votes
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