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i '..'...iv-.t" v i v., '4-' .' tNAIIhl l?.TUP IBIJhvAIMIMVlJI''fiPV.'E':vl!JI DOUDUE THE CIRCULATION IN -THE CITY OF RALEIGH OF ANY-OTHER NEWSPAPER - tf - TO.. UNITED . ' is FUCGriCSIVE ESTABLISIIEB 1873. RALEIGH, N. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1909. to-nrrm rrrrrTTft 1 fteiiici Ciines it M iMk: w i I 2 t . if. .V HMGEPB BY ARRIVAL OF SOLDIERS Liters Declare that Sending ; of Troops is an Insult to Urfortcstes GATHER ABOUT PIT UUerry Under Martial law, With State Troops Keeping Me Back From Mine Turbulent Mnltltade y fathered at Mine Before Daybreak uiid Trouble is Feared When First Bodies' Are Brought From Below- Said That No Power on Earth Can Hold Back tlie Straining Mob When r irst iam of Human Dead Brought From the Mine. , (By Leased Wire to The Times.) unerrv. nm..j TJnv tn wki. m.-. under martial law and cordons or state troops keeping- back the grief-stricken rciauves irom me mam snart, . prep- a ration were completed early today to remove the 300 or more bodies from the charnel house in. the St. Paul mine. outbreaks were imminent. iariy morning thermometer- tests saowea that there was an excessive decrease tn heat. The shaft top was lifted, the dirt shoveled off and the steel beams removed. -One hundred and twenty soldiers, members of the Sixth Illinois national gard, were at their posts of duty. Colonel Shannon was In command. A turbulent, moan lng, groaning,- multitude of men, wo men and children gathered1 at the-mine shaft , before, daybreak. They stared With a sort of- angry defiance at thf sentries with muskets in hand. Many elept in the" shelter of the building In ' their desire to be early on the scene.' B, T. Williams of the United States geological survey' and his - . assistant Thomas Hoses, , after : making tests, prepared the oxygen apparatus and the canvas suits for an early descent. Mottling but the word to start was wanted. - It was rumored that a plot of gigan tic dimensions, to destroy the mine and state officials was on foot. This was .doubted by the authorities. The plot, it Is said, had been hatched by grief ' erased miners and friends and the relatives of the men whose, bodies are now In the tunnels Of the St. Paul rnlne. It also is declared that the lives of President Earllng of the C3il cagos Milwaukee & St. Paul and other officials have , been threatened by foreigners, who Jelleve they are re sponsible for the appalling mine dls aster. Fear that the dynamite plot might be carried out in spite of the troops was expressed by all. Sentries ere placed around the cars with loaded rifles, with orders to keep all suspicious characters at a distance. .. Sheriff Skoj Lund personally warned the officials . pf - the . company, aga.lns( being out late at night. He urged all who had pot Imperative business to keep close , to the sleeping, cars..'. Trouble stares . the militia hi, theacg -today. It is. said that no power oo earth will iidld . back the . Straining, eager mpb Vhen th arst J!oad.blt h&nan aeao. is :prougnt o.in:surwce. ,:i:t1; All nirTit lonr.' a-rouos of men jtather. ed . in consultation . on every .-, street corner and when ordered, to disperse cursed the police. The. arrival of the troops seemed to inflame the hen .still further. " The declare that .the. send ing of lloldlwt.liNtixAn::;!! t;llf stafortunt9.pioplr,,wh;ose:..;41efs-:11w hard enbusfhtd bear without tnis au- dltional reproach., . ' " THE; CO'tE.iPT .CASE. Captaiaf SUpp , and jHs ompanions Flha 'Jait .Fi flartl, : (By teased .Wire to The Times),.. Wastj'ingtoli, .NoV, . - J? (?aptain Joseph :.BWp-4t,fy!fi.J:','if. companions,' , who are serving, sent ences at tie district jail . for conr - tempt 6f .tne: supreme, court of tie United States, began to gp jreclat the' inconvenience 01 ja Mu?"M':!v ?t(t. terday. The" novelty ojtthe irjjouiid; ings wore OB under the Influences 61 Btraw beds arid Jaft far?. ; . However, all . the prisoners came througt'tbJeda wttlj spirits rnayed. ; Jeremiah Gibson,' tho, oldest of the prisoners,' &ged 76, was indis posed yestei'da, but; . was pot ill enough to be taken td the hospital. JUDSOSf FOR SCPREME Believed tbe President Has Selected St. Louis Ban For Place. Washington, Nov.; 17 It is believ ed that President Taft has selected Frederick N. Judson, of St. Louis, Mo to nil the Vacancy In the supreme court -beach' caused by the recent death of Justice Peckham. j -". ' Conditions may arise td cause the president to "change his mind, but it is said lift is convinced Mr. ' Judson .would be -the. Ideal man for this Im- PRESIDENT WILL GO TO NORFOLItVA To Attend Second Annual Con vention of Atlantic Deeper Waterway Association BIG OYSTER ROAST President Taft Will Leave Washing ton Tomorrow on Yacht Mayflower, Accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. An drew Carnegie -Strenuous Bay For I President, Who Will Keview Sold iers and Sailors and Address Con-J vention on The Need of Water Im i provements -Will be Given Oyster Roast to Rival' Famous "Possum Feast" of Georgia.' (By Leased Wire to the Times) Norfolk. Vs.. Nov. 17 With Cong ressman J. Hampton Moore in the chair the second annual convention of the Atlantic Deeper Waterway Asso ciation was called to order at . 11 o'clock this morning with 760 dele gates In attendance from every state in the union. The delegates were welcomed to the city by Mayor Jas.J Gv Rlddlck, and responses were made by Congressman William W. Cocks, of New York; Congressman Charles R. Thomas ot North Carolina, and J. Hampton Moore ot Philadelphia, pres ident of the waterway 'association. The afternoon session was presided over by Frank L. Lalanne, of Penn sylvania, president of the national board of trad. V The National . Waterways Move ments was the subject of an address by Joseph E , Ransdell, member . Of congress from Louisiana, and presi dent of the national rivers and har bors congress. "The Relation of At lantic Inland Waterways to Trade With Our Sister Republics" was dis cussed by John Barrett, director of the international bureau of American republics, Washington, D. C. Lewis Nixon, of New York, spoice on "Water Borne Freight in tne For elgnvTrade as Affecting Our National Prosperity ,and : Independence", and Charles Heber Clark of Pennsylvania, had as his theme "Discussion ot At lantic Coast, . Project to be Opened". Ten minute addresses were made by B. H. Warner, on "The Connecti cut River Movement", and the Hon. James L. Wells, on "The Harlem River Ship Canal"; Fred W. Donnel ly,' T.renton, J., chamber of com merce; Dr. David Carroll, Baltimore; William D. Morgan, president cham ber of coirimerc Geortowji, S.; &; fir. George, Wtiles,' on "The Coastal Canal Of Florida", i. , .. ,;,' At tdnight'B session Represpntatiye WiiHani .H.. Wiley, of New, Jersey, yriij-preside. There Will be an in- tiwmal Reception fyi the .Norfolk gen aral committee, and the Introduction ot distinguished visitors for short addresses,' :. ' : . ;;i. Jattterii Blide talk, reproducing plldtpra'pQ. views of inside water S.ytf. atpri the A'tlanUc., coast by Jttr AdlsonSSurke,; sretary-treasurer of the AtUtntlc. Deeper Waterways' As- Uocia(ion;ill conclude the session. Waiington, Nov: 1 7 .The , pres ence of. -f fwefiitt give Im petus fxt 'tfji second aftnuil convefttidn ..the.;tlb.,:De'eB WateriTays SvHSUuiaiion, whicb cquveueq.iotav . ai. for,folk, the ' execu'tlVeT. accompanied b;rtrs(Tjaf Maynower, at..mianignt tomorrow, arriv lng" it Norfolk Friday , mOrnlng. ".A swenuous ... pregrnT .- nas neen mapiedt out for him .by.'the ciylp vnofijjes ann, ino awaaors of vuw tvb- totwajr ;, comrentlpn delegates, . o; whom . Congressman . J, 'HatDpton Moore, ot 'Philadelphia, is president. He will review i parade; of soldiers an4 sailors, including, marines . and, "jackfes: ;rrp iste. ,wa.rsnips .lying in Hamoton Roads, at 10 o'clock Fri day morjpiy and'THI follow 1$' an address at;. the . Atlantic .deeper waterways convention on "The Je,ed of. Water Improvements". Lewis Nixon. Rear Admiral' Stferry and John' barrett;, ot, Jhe bureau Of ; American republics will alBo speak on different phases of the subject. - The picturesque event of the day will be an oyster roast at Cape Henry in honor of the president; members ot his cabinet,, delegates to the Don-, reunion,' and invited guests at ff: 80 Olclock. It is expected that theex ecutive will make one' of his chiirac- terlBtlc informal ftddreesos 1 at jthu Sveht, which ia put forward as a rival to the , "possum feasts" of the J. F.Bendenagle if James F. Bendenagie, the former superintendent of the Sugar Trust, who has resigned from a position that paid a salary of $20,000 a year, He had been in the employ of the Su gar Trust for thirty-five years and was in 'complete charge of the Wil liainsburg plant. . MINISTRATION :.,., .,.-,,v., AND SUGAR TRUST V v.. ' (By( Leased Wire to The Times) -Washington,' Nov. i"?v-At " the very Beginning or its renewed activity against the sugar trust President Tafts administration now finds itself serious. ly hampered In its efforts to bring the suspected offenders toJustice. Accord ing to information obtained from offi cial sources, the government Is now aware that a successful prosecution of the "men higher up" In the sugar trust will be impossible until the supreme court of .the United States has passed On the decision recently rendered by Judge Holt of the southern district of New York. Should the supreme court uphold Judge Holt's Interpretation of the op eration of the statute of limitations there will be practically no method of brlngipg the "big" men of tho trust to account. It It not expected that the supreme court will render a speedy decision, so that, In any event, the governments hands will be tied for some time to come. As Judge Holt's decision affected only the question of the relation of the statute of limitations to charges of i conspiracy and not to these ot fraud, the little offenders, the employes who. are found guilty of registering false, weiehts and recording under-val- luatlons, can be punished without hin drance. , aut tne trust omcuus wuu are . under . suspicion, according to the most recent Information, are safe un til the supreme court, has handed down a, decision reversing the ruling by Judge Holt. . ' COMES IIP K0NDAY (By Leased Wire to The Times.) ,, Washington, Nov. M-rRalston and Siddons, . attorney for Satduel Gomp ers, .Morrison and Mitchell in the Bucks Stove and Range Company contempt case, .have been in constant telegraphic communication with Mr. Gdpipers since the District of Columbiacourt of ap peals, refused the stay of the mandate committing the labor leaders ro jau.,, Ther -received a telegram from Pres ident Gdmpers this morning' in refer- anrtii in .a innnfnrAnOA Whlnh ' tflA COIl- '.fvicted men , will hold - WIth. "thelr it ' lirvmoVB hurp unci former Judre Alton torneys here and former Judge Alton Bi Parker, probably on Sunday after noonVin this city. s. They are expected to- arrive. here. from: the' Toronto con vention .Sunday morning. ' r Mn' Ralston said this morning: i "We expect .Mr. pompers and the others here Sunday at the latest. A conference, wil j be held.' ' "I am notrsure' that Judge Parker will' be able' to' get here or not, but we expect him. The habeas corpus pro ceedings will be brought up Monday morning before the supreme court of tn'' District of Columbia;-' They wffl nrobablv have to be carried ito:the ftTnlted States supreme court where we nope to win our cas . ; T : , Two Kflled la Collision. ..- (fiy Leased Wlr to The Tlmes i .Dayton,' 0-V Nov. 17 Two ttnen wre killed today 14 a head-bn col lision on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & DaVton Railroad, near here. . A pas senger train and a double-header freight came -together., , Tha. victims were aa engineer and prakemaa, - CHIEF FOE TO SUGAR TRUST WAS REMOVED President Roosevelt Removed Hb Because He Made Charges Against Trust A STRANGE ACTION Appraiser Wakeman laid Before Sec retary Gage an ' Account of the Trusts Wrong-doing, as Early as 1899 Collected Evidence and Took it to Washington Was Shortly Afterwards Asked to Re sign Refused and Was Removed by President Roosevelt Story is Shown tdr be True by the Testi mony of Letters and Treasury Of ficials. ;i . (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, Nov. 17 It became known today that the chief foe of the American Sugar Refining Company- the sugar: trust was dismissed from his position as' appraiser in the cus toms service by President Roosevelt after he had laid before Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J. Gage a full account of the trust's frauds. This foe of the sugar trust Is for mer Appraiser Wakaman. He is the man who In 1899 personally went to Secretary Gage and told him of the sugar trust's Use of false weights and classifications ot importations ot su gar. . , :-,.-" , Appraiser Wakeman first went to the then-1 Wist ant secretary ot the tensrawe?randtoaa!r MTyHow- ell corroborated the statements made by Mr. Wakeman. It was Mr. How ell who considered the facts revealed by the appraiser of such importance that the latter was sent to Mr. Gage himself. Gage then made his now famous statement to Wakeman: "Go to toy friend H. O. (Haye meyer) and tell him to stop these practices. , Mr. Wakeman followed these in structions. Three months later ap praiser Wakeman had transferred new men whom he could trust to the sugar piers to act as assistant weigh ers. It is charged that the trust tried to bribe these men.' The men took the money, turned It over to Wakeman, and he went to Washing ton with It and other evidence. No action was taken. Shortly at terward, the resignation of appraiser Wakeman was requested by Secretary Gage: He refused to comply with the request and was remove . by President Roosevelt, in spite of fats proof of good work In ferreting out undervaluations. This 18 tne story aa It is shown in the uncontradicted tea. timony of letters and oy treasury otn cials. . ' -.. .' .. Ex-Secretary Gage a day , or so ago said: ::.::':,..'.-.;' "Whatever Mr. Howell Bay. Is true- I may have forgotten the su gar trust matter." ,- That Congressman Herbert Par sons, son-oi jonn is. f arsons, maict- ed counsel for the late H. O. Have- meyer, used his political influence to secure the appointment of a collector Of customs at the' port 0t New York was the admission ; maoe tooay Dy Harvey T. Andrews, formerly a re publican district leader, Andrews, who is an appraiser in the office ot the state comptroller, to day said: . a-,- "In 1907 Parsons refused to sup port Colonel Edward, 8, Fowler, for Collector, who was backed by Mr. CPrtelyou, then secreUtry . of. . the treasury. - The-, next important jnan Alfred Page, recently elected to the supreme court bench, aided Fowler, however, and senator Piatt went to Bis rescue." ' : -V.. 'v V- Colonel Fowler became collector on December 26, 1907, and on March 9, last,' was removed, his successor be ing the Incumbent, William Loeb, President Roosevelt's former secre tary. - ., ;:,'.;' ' It was asserted tpday that twenty- two assistant weighers in the cus toms service at New York will be in cluded In the indictments expected as a resnjt of the ', exposures; These men were subservient to the trust m its fralds against the government, it is salfl. ' ,.' '. . " Liner Aground. , -'.' (By Cable to The" Times) 7 Newcastle, Eng., w Noylt the liner : Italian Prince is aground bear Pernambuco. accordlnat td dlsbStches received here today ny tne owners. The vessel, on which is a Marge amount of specie, recently sailed from Neff Tork tajBlH Jaaelroj j Attorney Henry L. Stimson I ....... f i ' . nul n-m-n,,,, m.za Henry L. Stimson, former United States Attorney for the district of New York, who is in cliarge of the prosecution of the alleged fruuds of the Sugar Trust. He denies that the customs records show a loss to the government of 830,000,000 in duties and declares that if such were the case, the government would not hare settled for $2,136,000. AUTHORITIES WILL PROBE NEW TRUST Goverment Has Begun an In vestigation of Telephone and Telegraph Merger BASIS OF A SUIT Investigation Will be Made For tho Purpose of Discovering if Anti Monopoly Laws Have Been Violated and if So to Dissolve the Combina tionNew Merger AVill be Basts For Suit Within a Short Tinier . Also Investigating the Formation of New Copper Trust Mackay In terests Expected to Join the Com bination. (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Nov. 17 The United States government today began an investigation into the. merger be tween the Western Union Telegraph Company' and the American Tele-, phone and Telegraph Company, with a view to dissolving the combination if It is found to violate the antl-mo-nopoly laws. Assistant United States District Attorney Ellis and Special Attorney Harrison have the matter in hand. It was declared here today that the merger, announced yesterday, but ex pected for some time, would be the basis of a suit within a short time. In connection with the telegraph merger Mr. Ellis and Mr. Harrison are also investigating the organiza tion of a new $1,000,000,000 corpo ration to control the output of cop per and the amalgamation of a num ber of the most Influential express companies. The department of jus tlce i8 backing them up In their work. The officers of the department of Justice, according to dispatches from Washington': today, are convinced that the anti-trust law applieB as clearly to telegraph and telephone companies as to .railroad companies. The combination will probably be known as the Billion Dollar Merger. Fully that much capital is affected by the move. Another step Jthat was predicted by the Wall! street wiseacres immedi ately on the admission of the combi nation, was the joining of the Mackay Interests tbe Postal Telegraph Com pany in the united camp. : The be lief that . such a prospect, would be fulfilled although there has been no break of the general official silence regard In a" the probability of it. was stronger today. . F.of, more than a year there has been talK ot a general amalgamation of wire interests, hut agalhnd again tha plan was disclaimed by the In terested parties till, the deal was com pleted ' ' ' THE FAMILY ALL KILLED IN A FIGHT Three Cornered Duel in Which Man, Wife and Child Are Killed CAUSE OF THE DUEL One of the Principals Wus Accused of Making a Slighting Remark About a Young Lady and an Apol ogy Demanded He Refused and j Fight Itesultcd, With Three Deaths and One Wounded Mull- Two Men ' in Custody Woman and Child Rushed Into Line of Fire and Were Killed Accidentally. New Orleans, La., Nov. 17 News reached here today telling of the death of a whole family in a three coniered duel at Pioneer. Clarence Compton, one of the principals and his wife and little daughter were killed. Sylvester Owen was wound ed. He and his brother Clarence, Compton's opponents, are in custody. An alleged slighting remark about the Owens' sister was the cause. The brothers demanded an apology. Compton retaliated by offering to fight both at the same time. Armed with two automotic revolv ers, he took his place against the Owens at a distance of twenty paces, the Owen brothers standing five feet apart. At the given word, ail three opened fire. Sylvester Owen fell first. Raisin ghis weapons, Compton de manded of the other antagonist if he had b,ad enough. "You have two children," Compton declared. Have you had enough of this?" The others refused to allow a ces sation of hostilities. Binding his wound, Sylvester took his place again. As the Owens, in answer to Comp ton's first shots, fired a fusillade the latter's wife and child dashed from their ,home nearby and hurled them selves in the line of the bullets. As they fell, Comptoa toppled over, mor tally hurt. The Owens declare that, the woman and the child threw themselves . in range before they could cease firing. PRIKCE YAMAGATA succeeds rro i Tokio, No.', 17 Prince' Taraagatia to day 'Was named - to succeed the laf PrinCe Ito, assassinated 1 at Harbin, Manchuria, as president of the council of elder .Btatcsman, the confidential ad visers of the mikada Tamagata. was the most powerful of the elder states men fcssidetf Ito, ,wbomth opposed in . many. - Important , matters, -.. . UTARHEELS AL t m rmrn vwn i tJ . Al iHlHLAIJ Many North Carolinians Speak at the Agricultural Workers Meeting i LIVE TOPICS TODAY r . :. i Some of the Foremost Men in the Agricultural Field Address' the Meeting Today Among Speakers Are B. W. Kilgore and G. M. Mao Nider Commissioner . Graham, tJ. B. Williams and Dr. Tait Batter Also on the Program Many Top ics of Vital Interest Not Only la the South But Throughout the Na . tion Were Discussed Today. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Jackson, Miss., Nov. 17 Sou of the foremost men in the country' ag ricultural field led the proceedings ot the 11th annual convention of the Southern States Association of Com-' missioners of Agriculture and other agricultural workers, here today at 'the second session. Many topics of I vital interest, not only in the south, : but throughout the nation, were the . subjects of papers and discussions. Feeds were the foremost of these, among those speaking, being J. O. Reid, ....'of' the American Feed Mann-, facturers' Association; W.-Gt-Crock-'. OF THE TABLE er, representative ot the Millers' Na- -v. ! tional Federation of .Minneapolis; 3. I D. Simonds, a Milwaukee editor; B. j . W. Kilgore and G. M. MacNider, ot tb.e Dcpaxtmentjof AgricmltsJaiofftkii Carolina; A. M. SOule, president Of r t the- College pf Agriculture & Mechan-, ' i ical Arts, Georgia; ft. E. Stalllngs, of " the Department of Agriculture, Geor- gia; Benjamin L. Pursell, of the '-, I same state department, Virginia; and f . J. Allen Smith, ot Knoxvllle, Tenn. p , V The rest of the convention pro . ' f gram includes: h( f.' Livestock addresses by Archibald ; Smith, Agricultural College, MIbsIbs- ' ippi; J. A. Kierman, United States Department of Agriculture; C. A. Carey, Experiment Station, Alabama; B. H. Ra'wl, United States Depart ment of 'Agriculture; Talt Butler, ed itor, Starkville, Miss.; D. T. Gray, ex periment station, Alabama. - " Cotton, addresses by H. F. Dug gar, Experiment Station, Alabama; R. L. Bennett, Paris, Texas; J. N. Harper, Experiment Station, South, Carolina; G. B. Williams, Experiment Station, North Carolina; W. D. Hun ter, United States Department of Ag riculture. . Farmers' institutes extension, work, etc.; Addresses by E. R. Lloyd, Agricultural College, Mississ ippi; S. A. Knapp, United States De partment of Agriculture; W. A. Gra- -ham, Department of Agriculture,; North Carolina; E. R. Kone, Depart- ' ment of Agriculture, Texas; Charles Barrett, secretary of the Board of Agriculture, Oklahoma; W. L. Hutoo- inson. Agricultural College, Misslss- t ippi-; W. R. Dodson, Experiment Sta- , tion, Louisiana; W. M. Bruce, Exper. iment Station, Arkansas; - Gujf ? B T Tucker, Department of Agricultnr. Arkansas; J. A. Wilkinson, Alabama; f John Thompson, Department of Agri- v js culture, Tennessee: R. E. Rose. De partment of Agriculture, Florida.' GENERAL GRANTS HOME BURlii Chicago, Nov. 17 Mrs. FredeHatt Dent Grant, wife of General ,Gfati, ' was carried down a ladder- fropa rhftt burning home, 1604 Dearborn avenue, early today while the genesaLimada his own way out of the names, es- caping In his night clothes. Several servants, were reported, li;1 jured in attempting to escape the flames and they, too, were rescued, bjf firemen.. . ". Mrs. Grant, suffering from shock fcna :. exposure, was taken taken to 'the home-' , of Mrs. PotWr Palmer, nearby. in,--, .The flames, destroyed .all, of .thv,in terior of the . three story brick lioune which formerly was the home ot Dr. . Nicholas Bemv 'fe; 7" 11 ' if- ii "8; .$'&?$f'l king Manuel Guest of liOndort.-.': tondpn, Noy 17 King and ' ? PortjUgal, arrived, in London" at ' .1, today as the .guest of the city Co ai'tpn". 'Tie populace gave hlia.f enthusiastic reception JTrooi t every foot of thsh streets ' passed. ; ; The king drove to V . Hall.'where he was ths 6 k honor at Jufloeou, - ' n ft ''I if V
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