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. . t RALEIGH ; OF ANY OTHER NEWSPAPER. LAST i , "WMhiuBton ka ,. ir. 11 ; 11:11 y ! ,' 111 11 11 11 rn 11 n u 11 i .;c - J v i i 11 11 n 111 ; ' 11 n nx- ir 11,11 11.11 1 v tur uiui ittrouna ior ur night and Saturday: vFalr tb- night; warmer in west portion. k..;.-ri X ESTABLISHED 1871 EALEIGH, N, C., FRIDAY, NO VEJIBER 12, 1909. PRICE 6 CENTS fSAT CAIRO UNDER , . . . i MARTIAL' LAV mrr TOft 1 ate 'vr ;- a. a - -- --- - - Troops Pouring Into the City Today Bat the Damage Was Dene Last Night . TWO MEN LYNCHED Ten Thoqsand People, Men and Wo. men, Wreak yengeancv on Netrro . and Then Lynch White Man Acona- ed of Murder- Negroes Flee From the City to Escape Fury of the Mbb A Dozen Companies of Ml iiUa in the City Today to PreserVe Order and Protect the Negroes v Who-Remain From the Insane , Fury of the Mob. (By;,Leasd Wire to The 'TUnes.l Cairo Ilia, Nov. 11 Troop began to pour into tola city early today coining by special train and the mob of 10,000 , led by women, which had lynched A negro and a white man. burned homes and defied the county officials, was confronted by glistening bayonets and loaded rifles. Martial law prevailed everywhere. Ten companies had been rushed to the. scene by Governor Deneen upon the appeal of the sheriff over the long distance telephone. - Davis called up . the governor in Chicago, saying: 1 "The streets are filled with people and they are crazy. They are storm ing the Jail now and trying to batter down the doors. I called for volunteers to Suppress' the rioting, but not a soul would help me. vl must 'have the All night long the mob had been fn control of the city. Led by women, - - some of them . the . wives - -of leading cltliens, they hanged, shot and burned William fames, a jiegro, -who confessr ed he ha Wiled Miss Anna Pelley. Theavf mO JaU and I ,.jiTiaoged Henry Salrner, a white man;! 1 who .was accused of killing his wife. James, before he was lynched. Im plicated 'Arthur Alexander, another , negro, in -the. killing of Miss Pelley. ' A part of the mob at once started Jn search of Alexander. The search was -. still going on today. Negroes are fleeing from the city for their llves carrying what property they can with them. The mob applied the torch and flames are seen in several sections of the negro quarters. The mob was started on its source by the capture of Will James, alias "The Frog",-one of the negro Blayers of Miss Pellev. , , After an attempt by Sheriff Frank Davis to free him, James was caught by a mob of Cairo men In the woods nead Belknap, Ills... and brought Into the city on the big four train. He was taken to, the most prominent square in the city and strung up. The rope broke and the. man was riddled with bullets. The body was then dragged by the' rope for a mile, to the scene of the crime and burned in the presence of at least . 10,000 rejoicing - persons. Many women were in the crowd and some fcelped to hang the negro and to drag the body. " . v -. Part of the mob then sought other negroes. Another part, aaer Uattermg down the steel cell in the county jau, took out Jienry Selaner, a white man i charred : with killing his wife, and lynched bim. Chicago, . Nov. " 12 Governor, Deneen, , from the Union League Club in -Chi cago, called out more state troopa for the duty at Cairo today after he had received a call for hedp from Sheriff Davis, Of 'Alexander county. . - Within .thirty minutes after -re-eelvlng word that the mob was beyond the . control of we Cairo autno..ra. the , governor-had . two companies of the rpurth regiment. Company B, of i Curbondftle, and Company G, of Ef- flngham, on the way to the train, aW had thr others in cities in the south- . arn part, of the state in readiness to mova..'v'.;. : , " ' - .--The, governor ' later sent word to Aoting-. Adjutant General Dixon at Springfield -to order out the entire regiment. Fifteen minutes after do ing so he received a message from Decatur that General SV B. Wells, in command .of the second brigade, I. N. G., was on hla way to .the scene of . the rioting. " V; - S A minute , later ' word came that special trains were " waiting In each - city in which a company Is stationed, - that the guardsmen war rapidly a- ' sembllng and wouia be on their way to Cairo within half an hour. - ( - Salmer's body was left lying on the ground until this morning, it was then ' Uken to a 'morgue.'.":.-; .!';. y-; Along the Btreets i.the slgna of the riot werp' still visible. 'About the spot ' inder the arch at BSghth and Com- ' mercial streets, . were the negro was - hanged and Where, : faUIng, . he : waa .riddled with ihore than m bullets, the mnrks of ahotf fW . walk. ' v l.S'P'f '': ' tn Biiwher th; hne was " DommlttPd tnd where the negro's bodyi WHS. PANKHFKSTV ' Mrs. Kmeilne Pankhurat. the KW. Ush militant snffi-asette. who Nam t.h iiiurim-m in Amenca is only fad at the present time. She told an andlenco in New York that the movement had not irot beyond the talking stage here yet, but that the opportunities were wonderful. niiivu mo uuuy was cremated was Al.l. . I. . 1 . still visible. And throughout tht citv me traces or a trampling, blood-crazed mob, are still to be seen. in the outlying towns, particularly at Anna, today, excitement is still in tense. The police caught Alexander, and. dressing him In police clothing got him tnrougb "town before the mob's watch' ers, qecectea tne trick and began a after the police and prisoner, Although the horrors of the race war bad not broken out during the Uigfat peaceable oltisene had begun' to fear, a repetition oft the Springfield r(ots of last year when two negroes lynched, four other persons killed and sixty Wounded. - , The ,000 men roaming the streets until daybreak had aecess to many saloons, which remained open all night. Mayor Parsons and the chief of police were shut up in their homes by the mob. Soldiers of the Cairo militia finally went to guard the homes of municipal officers and kept the rioters in restraint. Conspicuous in both , lynchings were many women. In fact, the women cheered the men whei they were hang. tng ana snooting tne negro James, ana they stood by and watched as his body was hurled Into a fire heap. They con tlnued to look on as it shrivelled up and burned. Miss Pelley's brother tied the rope about James' neck, and when the fire was started a young woman, said to be the sister of the girl James murder ed, stepped forward iand lighted it. Then she stood back and looked on while the men hurled the body Into the lase. Hndreds visited the scene of the lynching today. Before the body of the negro was put on the pile of tim ber to be burned, the heart was out out and hacked, into small bits. These were grabbed up avidly by the near est members of the crowd, to be kept as souvenirs. The head was cut off and stuck on a pole. The frenzied men and women were hunting ' for Mayor Parsoiw and the chief -of . police, ;; to wreak their blood lust, on them, .when the soldiers arr ived. Before the troops the mob fled and the leaders I today remained in hiding. .. . A: : , The' homes; of the .mayor and the police chief were surrounded when the boys in blue swung down -the streets from their special trains, ready for ac. tion, - ;i,vV "'.'''' ''.' MOB Di ROUE ARE ATTACKED BY TROOPS (By Cable to The Times).' , - Farts, Nov. 12 A minor news agency dispatch from ,feoma says that a riot In which the Platicl counoll chamber was attacked by a mob today resulted In a pitched battle with troops and that many persona were' killed ' and scores wounded. ' No ; reason for : the mob's attack Is assigned ' ' According to the dispatch a great crowd gathered about ' the council chamber and attempted to force en trance. Admission was refused, where, upon the crowd began tearing up the pavement for missiles o hurl through the windows while others drew knives and. pistols and a cancerted rush on the, building was made . ''.'V', Troops, had been hurried to tne sup-. port of the police and when the mob charged "several -volleys were-pourea into it - Many were killed, including the. women and many more wounded. When ( the troons finally charged the mob broke and scattered, the dispatch adds. . Several soldiers.: were iWounOea the flrht.. v- ;: - .'. GUEST TODAY AT COLLEGE INSTALLATION PfesMent Taft Speaks at In stallation of president of Wesleyan University OVEN A DEGREE President Taft, Vice President Sher man, Senator . Root and Other Dis tinguished Men at Installation of Dr. William Arnold Shanklin as Head of Wesleyan' University President Taft and Senator Root Both Receive Degree of Doctor "of Laws The President Greeted With Cheers When He Arose to Speak Shankin's Speech. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Mlddletown; Conn., Nov. 12 In the presence of President William H Taft, Vice President Sherman, Sena tor Root, of New-York, and a distin guished array of delegates represent ing, various educational institutions throughout the country, Dr, William Arnold Shanklin was formally install ed as head of the Wesleyan Univer sity here today. The Introduction ex ercises were held in the Middlesex theatre, which was filled with, alumni and students. At the close of the in stallation exercises, degrees were conferred on a number of prominent guests,. Among those honored-, beingi President Taft and Senator Root, who both received degree of doctor of laws. , President Taft arrived here on his private car, the Mayflower, accom panied by Vice President Sherman, Attorney General Wickersham, and the president's aide, Captain Butt. The Mayflower was attached to a special train from New Haven. The ceremonies began at 9 o'clock, when members of the alumni and un dergraduate bodies, headed by "the faculty, marched from the college grounds to the theatre. There, ad dresses were made by President A. W. Harris, of Northwestern Univer sity, President M."W. Strycker, of Hamilton, and President Arthur T. Hadley. Senator Root, an alumnus of Ham ilton College, of which President Shanklin is a graduate, was the next speaker. Cheers greeted the name of President Taft, who followed Senator Root; President Shanklin then followed with his inaugural address. He spoke on the essential position of the col lege in present day civilization and touched on " the elective system, now in force at some schools. ' In this: connection he said: 'The necessity is ,tbat the elective system be based upon scientific prin ciples and the scientific study of the individual himself, with special re ference to his character, hia Intel lectual capacity, his special tastes. The college exists for the under graduate and has in mind both the individual welfare of the students and the society which he would serve." In connection with athletics, he said:,.'-- . - ' "On the whole, under-grada:ttee ex hibit and demand today a higher de gree of true sportsmanship than ever before. The contests create and fos ter a healthful college spirit, a need ed esprit du corps. The problem is secure Intercollegiate . rivalry enough to foster the right college spirit, while at the same time exalt ing and holding fast to the-waln ob jects of college me scnoiarearp ana service." FOURTH C0I1FEREKCE AMERICA!! REPUBLICS ; - By Leased Wire to .The Times.) '' Washington, Nov.' 12 The program pf the. fourth international conference of the American republics, to be held at Buenos Ayres, Argentine, July,' , 1810, was made public today. It in cludes the celebration of the Argentine national Centennlary and of the inde pendence of the -American republics, (lie dlncusslon of improvement In. the mail , and steamship service between North and Sonth America, and a formal expression of thank to Andrew Carnegie for ,hla generouj gih which mad possible the erection, of "the hew building of the American republics, in tbl cit Aowneaxlnf .completion,. : I' . 1 'f"n''M... .. . . ' ,. V 1 -'- Lewis Strang Broke the World's Record Yesterday - mA, A. - Lewis Strang, at the whel of his great 200-horse power Fiat, in for driving one mile 'o 87.7 seconds. In making this marvelous tune at the rate of 93 milcs.an hour. NINETY HORSE CAR TURNS Driver Badly Injured When Caught Fire And Was Destroyed The Amateur Races AttracLMost Attention Jn Todays Meet (By Leased Wlre tA The Times.) Atlanta, Ga., JjTij1 . j 12 Ideal weather which jpemised a fast track and "augured livetl for more broken records, coupled with the added at-, traction of the twenty-four mile ama teur race drew another large and tre mendously enthusiastic crowd of spectators to the speedway Friday. The amateur race, in which some of the best known drivers of Atlanta are entered, is the center of attrac tion. ' ' There is also a great deal of inter est in other events, of which there are nine on the program. While' warming up for the fifty mile free for all race at the Speed way shortly after 11 o'clock this morning, the big ninety horse-power A FATAL ACCIDENT Joseph Horton Killed Yester day While Sawing Wood Joseph, 14-year-old Son of Mr. C. T. Horton, Near Wakefield, Killed Yes terdayBecame Entangled With the Belt of a Wood Saw and Re ceived Internal Injuries Which Re sulted in His Death a Few Hours Later Funeral Tills Afternoon. Yesterday morning about 11 o'clock, Joseph, the fourteen-year-old son of Mr. Charles T. Horton, became entangled with the belt of a woodsaw and received injuries from which he died yesterday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. ' , i . Just how young Horton was caught in the belting is not known? but it is supposed that he was adjusting the belt when his foot or leg was caught, throwing him first on the wheel then hurling the body violently backward against a piece of timber, which struck him just under , the shoulder blade., .As soon as possible the en gine was stopped and the boy wa re leased from the belt in an nncon Bolous condition. Medical aid was summoned and all that human aid and Bklll could do was done,, but he never regained consciousness. .The death resulted from internal injuries. Young Horton was a bright and in dustrious boy, always feady and Will ing to do any work that was assigned to him, and at the time of the fatal accident was engaged in Running a wood saw for his father. Much sym pathy is felt for the bereaved parents in' this hour of sorrow. : - " " ' The funeral 'will be conducted from, the home of Mr. Charles Hor ton, near Wakefield, this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, and the . body' will be laldi toreat in the family burying ground,'. POWER SOMERSAULT Big Car Turned OverCar Pope-Tolodo car, entered bv Asa G. Candler, Jr., and driven by John Kil Patrick, burst two cylinders on the lower turn of the track, and atcer turning a complete someisaull, caught fire and was destroyed. Kilpatnck was thrown a distance of twenty yards and was badly bruis ed. He lauded in soft ground out side the course, which prevented ser ious injury. Church, the mcchamcan accompanying Kilpatnck, was also thrown from the car but was not se riously hurt. The injuries of Kil patrlck were given attention at the, temporary hospital inside the pad dock. The car entered by Mr. Candler was known as the "merry widow" and was considered one of the fastest continued on Page Five.) BLACK HAND GANG Captured With the Goods While in Bed Asleep Gang of Eight Captured Xear Wilkes barre, Pa. They Are Charged With Attempted Murder of Raphael De Angelo Owing to Extreme Sec recy Maintained They Were Tuken InauaiTS Quantity of. Dynamite and Weapons Found. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Wilkesbarra, Pa., Nov. 12 Being charged with the attempted murder of Constable Raphael De Angelo in New. York City last week and with numerous other crimes, eight Italians, said to be members of the most dar ing Blackhand gang in this part of the state, were captured in Hazelton and , vicinity between midnight and daylight this morning, and were brought to this city. The capture was made by County Detective E. J. Mackin and a squad of state constab ulary, all being heavily armed. Owing to the great secrecy main tained in the affair most of the ac cused were captured in their beds be fore the alarm spread. A woman, said to be the head and directing brains of the gang, escaped' and is now being sought. , . The accused are Antonio Bruno and his son, Peter Bruno, editors of "The Defender", James Laross, Frank But ton, Steve Romano,' Lrank Rickew, Jedde Crello, and Carmeilo Corollo. They are to be charged with attempt ed murder, several murdonous at tacks, dynamiting ' of houses and sending of threatening letters; de manding tribute under pain of death'. De Angelo, whose life had been fre quently threatened, went te New York last week an business. , He waa. fol lowed and ; attacked and barelA8 eaped. He recognised, he says, some ot the accused among' his assailants, which ho reduced the world's record Atlanta, Gn., Strang traveled at PRESIDENT OF SCHOOL INSTALLED jRobertH. Wright Inaugurated As President of Eastern Caro lina Training School NOTED SPEAKERS Superintendent Ragsdale of s Pitt County Schools .Makes Stirring Ad dress in Which He Suys That School Property Today in Pitt County is Worth $300.000 Super intendent Joyner Pleases Large Au dience and Hon. J. Bryan Grimes Pays Eloquent Tribute to Late Senator James K. Fleming, Wrho Introduced Bill For Establishment of School, and Suggests Tablet to His Memory. (Special to The Times) Greenville, Nov. 12 "Our Green ville, yours if you come" is the slo gan of this city, the city that these folks say is the educational center of the east. Today their hearts and homes have been spent and they have held out the glad hand of welcome. It has been the occasion of the dedi cation ot another institution for the cause of education in North Caro lina, and today Robert H. Wright was formally inaugurated president of the East Carolina Teachers' Train ing School. . There has been a great outpouring of the educational leaders from Pitt county and eastern North Carolina. The institution belong to the peo ple of eastern Carolina and they are proud of it. They worked for it and now they are standing loyally by it and are giving it their cordial sup port. ' It was a glorious sight this morn ing when the board of trustees, led by Superintendent Jayner, accompa nied by others much interested in the school, marched in and took their places on the rostrum in the hand Some auditorium. They were fol lowed by the student body, who occu pied seats in the front of the audito rium. It is a fine body of young peo ple who compose this student body, and when they came into the hail they were greeted with applause. Ex ercises were opened by singing the doxology, after which the opening prayer was made by Rev. Mr. Shore, of the Methodist church. The address of welcome for Greenville was made by C. F. Harding, the representative of Mayor H. W. Whedbee. Mr. Hard ing's remarks were-very happy and in closing, he said "Our Greenville' is yours as long? as you stay". Col. F. G. James welcomed the people on behalf of Pitt county. Colonel James paid tribute te . the , people of Pitt county and pledged the loyal and cor dial support of . the people of the county to the school. v;. , Greeting from the faculty were brought by Supt. W. H. Ragsdaler qf Pitt county school and members of . iCptttfjaued'on, Pago.rive.i j. CONVENTION TALKS ABOUT GOMPERSCASE Jail Sentences Against Gca- pers and Others Again up in Federation GOMPERS EXPLAINS In Response to An Inquiry From the Floor Pres.'dont Gompers Gave Am Explanation of the Present Status of the Case Against Himself, Mitchell and Morrison Spoke With Considerable Emphasis About the "Vindictive Course of Justice Wright"-Haa An Abiding Faith in the Justice of His Cause and Hopes the Supreme Court Will Sustain Them. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Toronto, Ont., Nov. 12--Th Jail sentences of President Gompers, Vice President Mitchell and Secretary Morrison again came to the front at the American Federation of Labor convention today. Immediately on the opening of the convention President Gompers, In re sponse to an inquiry from the floor, gave an explanation of the present status of the contempt case against Mitchell, Morrison and himself. Ex plaining the attitude ot the defense in the case, Mr. Compera jta4L; - "There was not a time from the beginning nf this case down to j the present time when we could not hare freed ourselves from the operation ot the writ of Injunction had we been willing to take advantage ot techni calities, we could not, however, in, justice to our movement and in con formity with the desires of the exec utive council, fail to go the full length of testing the constitutionality of the writ of injunction as applied In our rasp " " , President Gomperg j;wt1'&. slderable emphasis of what afrar acterized as "the vindictive courae of Justice Wright in the conduct of this case against us." , As to what will be done by the de fendants in the case, Mr. Gompers said: , .. v ; . "Our attorneys advise us that they apprehend no difficulty in obtaining an extension ot the fifteen days al lowed for filing appeals against - the decision of the court of appeals, SO as to enable them, if possible, to get the case before the supreme ourt of the United States." "As to when we are going to Jail," continued Mr. Gompers, "I cannot ot course say. Friends have said to me, 'you will never go to jail." As to that, all I can say is, I don't know. There were those just as confident that Justice Wright would not find ua guilty, but he did. "I have an abiding faith in the justice of our cause and I can only hope that the high court will take this opportunity to reincarnate the principles of magna charta, the de claration of American independence and the constitution of the United States." Mr. Gompers closed his statement by saying that within a few days af ter the close ot this convention the defendants in the case would hare a' conference with Judge Parker, chief counsel for the defense, to determine upon the course to be pursued, The convention adjourned at 10:40 o'clock until 0 o'clock tomorrw morning to allow time for committees to consider matters upon which the convention will act. '"" -..-.' ' Opposed to Permanent Commission. (By Leased Wire to The Timei) Washington, Nov. - 18 Treasury officials today asserted that President Taft is not in favor pt Senator Cum-.1 niins' proposition to establish a per manent tariff commission. When the president returns from Mlddletown, Conn., the tariff board will hold, a conference with him over the maxi mum and minimum classes in the tar lit law. , All Well With Hooeevejt Partjr A . (By Cable to Th Time! - London. Nov. l---A 41ptb re ceived here today from Nafcuru, Brit ish East. Africa,, wya tbat. eeurier arrived there (rem Theodore Roose velt's party on the Ouasiagltibu rla teau reports all member, of the Xs) evelt party wel. alt bee been -prt tained that; the report ef i m! ' to the former president or his lllne. a u.4 Anot.orif!nta h.ere or at Nu II. f '. ,K Mi v. " f1-", 7