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DOUBLE THE CIRCULATION IN THE CITY OF RALEIGH OF ANY OTHER NEWSPAPER. ,: ... '. ....... . .... w.V;. -.ill XL ,,. ,, . mr... : . ESTABLISHED 1876. RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1909. PRICE 5 CENTS UNITED : PROGRESSIVE RALEIGH LAST i EDITION -7 CONGRESSMAN JAMES A. D'ARMOND AND HIS GRANDSON DIE IN FIRE Distinguished Congressman From Missouri Met Horri ble Death this Morning LEADER IN LOWER HOUSE One of the Ablest Members of Con gress Loses Life in Fire Which Destroys Home Five Year Old ' Grandson Who Was Sleeping With Him Burned Also But All the 'Best of Household Escape Congress man DeArmond One of the Most Brilliant Congressmen of Past Half Century Held Prominent Place on House Judiciary. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Butler, Mo., Nov. 23 Congress man David A, DeArmond and his flve-year-old grandson, David A. DeAr mond, III, were burned to death this morning in a Are which destroyed the congressman's home in this city. They were sleeping out of doors on a front porch. The fire apparently caught in the house near where the two were sleeping and all that por tion of the building was in flames when neighbors reached the scene. Some charred bones have .been found .believed to be all that remains of the two bodies.' A maid servant who slept in the rear of the house was awakened when the flames burst Into her room. She escaped in her night clothes and ran to the front of the house. Her screams roused the neighborhood but no one could get near the front of the building because of the Intense heat. James A. DeArmond, a son of the congressman and father, of the boy vho was burned, was one of the first to arrive. It was with difficulty that he was restrained from rushing into the flames. The other members of the family escaped. Other occupants of the house at the time of the fire and who escaped were Sirs. DeAr mond, James A. DeArmond, aged 35, a son of the congressman, and a daughter, aged 35. The congressman and his grandson were close companions. Mr. ueAr- mond had been sleeping out of doors ; for two years and had found the , plan very beneficial. He believed it j a great aid to good health and was endeavoring to Inure his graudsou to the open air lu winter. Few men in congresss in the last half century have had more spectacu lar or brilliant career than David Al paugh DeArmond,. of Missouri. He had served as representative from the sixth Missouri district contin uously since 1891, previous to which he had won his political spurs in his home state as a lawyer, presidential elector, state senator, circuit Judge and supreme court commissioner. He was born in Blair county. Pa., March 18. 1844, and went to Mis souri as a young man. In 1907, following a series of bit ter differences with the democratic leader in the house, John Sharp Wil liams, culminating in a personal con flict An the floor, the Missourian con sented to the use of his name for the democratic leadership in the six tieth congress. However, nothing ever came of the movement and Mr. DeArmond kept his place in the floor ranks and continually added to his prestige as one of the quickest, most eloquent ,and when the need arose, biting speakers in either house of congress. His gage of battle was never lightly accepted. One of his most characteristic ef forts, perhaps ,was made on the floor in March, 1908, when he proposed to protectionist republican colleagues a scheme to raise a domestic brand of titled suitors for the hands of Amer ican girls in the Philippines. "It will be cheaper, it will be un der out own contract and I think it would be in harmony with the pro tective policy to which our friends are devoted," he declared. Washington, Nov. 23 The news received here of the burning to death of Representative DeArmond, this morning, at Butler, Mo., has caused sincere regret among the members of congress now assembling here for the next session and among department Officials. The death of Mr. DeAr mond will be a distinct loss to tne house of representatives and a blow to the democratic party! He was a commanding figure ()u tbo demo cratic i'.de o( Hie house was ul- ways put forward as speaker for the minority on constitutional questions. He held a prominent place on the house judiciary committee, and was frequently spoken of as a candidate for the speakership. OLD AGE PENSIONS v DISCUSSED TODAY (By Leased Wrle to The Times.) New York, Nov 23 Old age pensions today absorbed the attention of the distinguished delegates who are in New York from all over the country to at tend the annual convention of the Na. tlonal Civic Federation. The systems of pensioning used by many private enterprises and by the British govern meht were reviewed and the matter was regarded from every viewpoint, many of the delegates urging the gen eral adoption of the system. Among those who participated in today's ses sions were George W. Perkins, the financier; George A. Ranny, D. A. Tompkins, director of the National Manufacturers Asoclation of Charlotte, N. C, A. B. Garretson, Captain J. B. Murdock, U. S. N.; J. A. Holmes, labor Commissioner John Williams; Presi dent H. R. Towne, of New York Merchants Association: Haley Flske, of the Metropolitan Insrance Company, and John Hays Hammond, the mining expert At the same time that the main body of the Civic Federation was In session, the woman's department was meeting In exectlve session under the leader ship of Mrs Horace Krock. The progress of the old age pensions movement in America and Europe was gonrt over in detail, the work ot. many large employers, individual and corpor. ation, that have adopted systems for the protection of superannuated em ployes being given especial attention. SOLDIERS GETTIXG READY. To Move on Nicaragua From Panama. Another Battleship on Scene. (By Cable to The Times) , Panama, Npv. 23 It is reported that orders have been received for the concentration at Panama, and Colon of all the land forces in the canal zone, to be ready to leave for Nicaraguan ports should the neces sity arise there for more troops. The marines here would in that case he sent to Atlantic and Pacific ports of Nicaragua to co-operate with the forces on tne yicksburg and the Deg Moine8 lf corinto, on the Pacific . . ,, T,1lieflolH on the Atlantic. are occupied by United States troops. The United States protected cruiser Tucoma has arrived at Colon from Guantanamo. It is believed she is waiting orders to pioceed to Nlcara guan ports. Fire In Mill Town. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Providence, R. I.. Nov.. 23 After a fight of many hours, a fire that threatened to destroy all of Arctic Center, a big mill village near here, was put under control today. The damage done by the blaze will be fully $50,000. EDWATtb S. FOWLER. Colonel Edward S. Fowler,' former collector ttt the port of New York, who is said to have lost his position through bis war oa the Sugar Trot, r i FIRE STILL BURNS IN ST. PAUL MINE Three Miners Have Narrow Escape From Death In Hung Car FIRE IN NEW PLACES Three Miners Who Entered Mine To day Had Harrow Escape) When Their Cage Became Fastened and Held Til em Prisoners for Hours Were Exhausted by Efforts and Had to be Given Medical Atten tionFire Breaks Out With Re newed Vigor in Some Sections of the Mine Men May Still, be Alive in Protected Sections of the Mine. (By Leased Wire to The Times) , Cherry Ills., Nov. 23 Three min-j New York, Nov." 23 While the at ers who volunteered to enter the torneys for the Standard Oil Com- third vein of the burning St. Paul mine, narrowly escaped death early today, when the third vein cage on preme court from, the dissoluted de which they descended became pinned cision of the. United States circuit midway between the second and third court, it became known today that veins, holding its occupants prison-! the trust has a strong card up its ers for three hours, while firemen fought flames in the shaft. The men were Barney James, Frank Rogers and Harry Scotland. Their com- rades on the surface did not know whether they had met death or not. They knew that the cage was pinned by the warped wooden guides of the main shaft somewhere m tne smone- filled shaft. Working furiously, the men at the top, after a battle of four aoure. unea tne cage to we second vein. The three men were exhausted patches received today is understood from their efforts to release the cage t0 haVe been marked by a considera In which they had been prisoned. tlon of thI. nInn BnH th missina. of iney weer given meuicui uneuuuu. The fire, which was believed to have been conquered, broke out with renewed vigor in the second vein to- day. The lives of the nrenten were again ImpTllled in a midnight effort to subdue the flames. - - - Previous to the last and mosv dan- gerous fire outbreak a rescue party explored the gal ery of the third vein to a distance of 120 feet. Everywhere it found that the atmosphere was clear of black damp but no men were . iuuuu iiv.tiB u. uCu. ; Back in the drifts it was discov- . ,i j. t. j j..u . erea mat wuier rtsauueu ucpm ui m. n m n m a lr iSf 1 1 ha lZ" rr. ",i:bsidiary organizations in foreign any m yu,na ui " i eviaeni. Further exploration was for the f n n nM thn man vorp . ", .; . T hrntn i the United States. The stock ot the warned that fire had broken out ! 7 , -VI. . .,, ,A mivht subsidiary oil companies, which the above in the second vein and might I, orms the ma cut off their escape. ,,.,! Hor company to vote or use in any A- rush was made to the surface P thege and Chicago firemen made desperate , " t , efforts to control the new outbreak, my enterprises. " . .. In the Ohio prosecution of the There are fifty Scotch miners m-, 1 . . . ,,. rri, . trust three years ago it was shown Cherry today on rescue work. iney. ' represent "nearly every mine in the hat ne these bUmls controlled surrounding country for twenty Manhattan 0 1 Company the miles, barney McFadden and Tom dlng branch of the trust in Ohio. McDougTll, of the Granville mine. I The holding company was the Gen are among the men whose experience Industrial Development Corn- is depended on. to aid materially inivauj. the rescue work today. worK iuuuj. It was decided that nothing fur- tUAK nmiM ho Hnnp tn resniiG the im prisoned men remaining in the mine until the Are had been once more put under control. CORONER'S VER4XT. jfury Returns Verdict in Southbound Railway Cave-in When Six Men Were Killed. (Special to The Times) Winston-Salem,-Nov -23 Cotoner. , - - . , . W. N. Dalton and his jury met yes- j Tnere ,8 a last move open t0 terday afternoon to try to fix the , trust, however, which would prove blame, lf any, in the killing of the I more effective than any of the oth i mD of ho si0m erenv vi-rtnet 'rs. That is the dissolution of the . . . on uie ooumuuuuu xva.aj, . a, fore!gn corporations. Then they mile from this city, on November 16, could be merged abroad.1 but owing to the absence of the resi- . dent engineer, Mr. Currier, the jury Maidcn8 Want to Marry Coy. adjourned till this morning, when the T . .... . . . . following verdict was rendered : That ; Leased Whe t0 The Tlmes) the men came to their death by snf-j Boston, Nov. 23 Captain Coy, focatlon In a cave-in while in the cm-. whose wonderful kicking was the ploy of H. J. Collier & Co. . jcnief fact0r in the Yale victory over A number Of men employed by the!Harvar(, , most popular . put on the stand and all agreed that " She had been married 13 years and all necessary precautions had been never seen. All during the season he j leaves two children, besides her hus taken. A cable tower upon the "fill" has received offers ot marriage from ) band, who is a brother of the great from which the dirt caved in upon the admiring maidens, in every part of j Breuio Selzer man of. .Baltimore, men who were excavating for one of the country. A Texas woman asked: .The county convict camp 1b now slt the abutments, caused many peoDle "Won't you marry me. ideas: . er nated at Bahama, from, which niam to Believe that this tower caused the , cave-In, but the men testified that there were no cracks or anything else to indicate that tho tower had any- tnint to a sun it, ; STANDARDOIL HASASTRONG CARDTOPLAY May Merge Subsidiary Com panies Abroad in Effort ta Thwart Government SOMEOF THESCHEMES If Decision of the Standard Oil Com pany is Not Favorable to Trust it May . Move Its Head From the United States Snch a Step May lie Taken Without Waiting For the ' Court's Decision Trust Already Has Subsidiary Organizations in Foreign Capitals That Could Take Over the Business Such a Plan Would be Signal For Fight. (By Leased Wire to The Times) pany are preparing the appeal of the corporation of the United States su - sleeve which, if played, would thwart the prosecutors and embarass the the United States government. This js nothing less than putting the dif- ferent oil corporations under the con- : trol of foreign holding companies. j At the same time, it is said that the oil interests may make each of the subsidiary comDanles nominally independent. The meeting of the head8 of of the minor corpo- rauon8 at Pittsburg; acetodlne to dls- secret order& (rom No. 26 Broadway. ; It W!1SJ Kfat.(1 tnAav hv t,oronna close t0lu;h wUh thc sentiraent of tne ,, , d t, , ,f , , SUpreme 'court is not favorable to the ; company and the fight on tne sher. ! an.tv,it- ;t ?ttVA1n . . -nfn.mnnr. -,,th th. , . f the oil magnateSi the standari wiU simply remove lt8 head from the Un,ted 8 h fc the delay of waiting for the decision Qf the highegt coun jg nQt improb. M according to these same author- ' Hies. For a long time the trust has had bsidiary organizations in foreign capitals notably in Lon pitals notably in London and Paris which could at a moments ; notice take up the gigantic system of j Such a plan adopted generally , , , , , . , , . it " '6""' . 1IJUOI V1U1CU), aiglll jrji tragcu i,u United States against the trust. The .prosecutors might have recourse to an injunction, pronioiung mo voting 01 the foreign held stock or the pay- men t of dividends to the holding com pany abroad. Criminal suits would ntl,V,lir ha aa a(Fattvo nr mflro an thftn tn,g nowever and the circuit court decision opens the way for such prosecutions. More drastic legisla tion than is now on the books might ha nrmAA tinnrairar frtt tfia t Vl 'a t subsidiary companies, and their sale nton with tha ltirllaci vrhrim Yin hoo I anyhow send me two football tick-1 ts?" But tho Talo captain is tkily coy and has not answered any of the ; letters, turning them ovor to bis joiother, - . 1r. r I COTTON MILL WILL COVER FIVE ACRES Tremendous New Mill Which Will Soon be in Operation At West Durham RUN BY ELECTRICITY BiS Cotton Mill at West Durham Be ing Built by Ei'wins Almost Com plete One of the Largest Single roof Mills in the South-V-Soine De tails of This Mammoth Enterprise Death of Mrs. Emerson Colored Physician Goes to New York t. Watch Operations in City Hospital. Growth of Lincoln Hospital Re vival at Christian Church. (Special to The Times) Durham, Nov. 23 Machinery for the new mill at West Durham, Erwin Mill No. 4, has begun to arrive and lwi" be P,u down immediately. The main building of dimensions something like this: 82U feet in length, with widths of 2U0 and 300, is practically complete, and it is a wonder. It stands flat-footed on nearly five acres of land and is one of the largest single-roofed mills in the south. It has but one story and that, with the varying width of the spinning room, makes it necessary to throw Itsejf over a great deal.of real estate. Not only is the mill proper almost complete, but the accessory buildings are going up and work on the boiler- house - is progressing, altogether finely. The power is to be by steam and electricity, big boilers generat ing the steam which in turn converts the mill into an electrical plant by transmission. One of the latest steam turbines, with a capacity of 2,500 horsepower, will be used and the best thing in the mechanical line goes into this new factory. The steam tu?blne" is considered a cbnsei-ver of money ana power, a great improve- ment over the ordinary machinery, while electricity is regarded as a dis tinct advance over steam, even when transmitted from other engines. The progress of the building has been rapid and at all times substan tial. The installment of machinery is of course a tremendous job, but it is believed that everything will be in readiness by July 1, 1010, and the largest of the string of cotton mills will be working at its best. Besides the practical completion of the big mill, there are in course of erection more than 200 houses in all, and perhaps a fifth of the new population of 3,000 that the new Erwin mills will bring here, has al ready come. The projection of West. Durham will bo a larger community than the town as it now stands and there will be easily 5,000 people there next year, independent of the Trinity Park and Trinity College sections. While the mill is the real attrac tion there now, it isn't forgotten that there W1H"B6' art-independent" water supply and that the Erwin mills will run their towns a splendid line of pipe for drinking and fighting fire when it Is necessary. The New Hope stream is to turn as many hundred thousands into the tank at the moun tain several miles in the country as the town of West Durham wants and it will flow Into, the city by gravity. These are the things that cannot be well seen, but should be known in order to appreciate West Durham as ; It Is finally to be. j It .is worth many whiles. tq look. at West Durham grow-. That lifting Itself up by its own embroidered boot straps is really remarkable in Us rapidity and this new town is going to steal into Durham and West Dur ham before the people are really- aware of it. Mrs. J. W. Emerson, a sister of Editor Joseph H. King, of the Morn ing Herald, and who died Sunday night at the Watts Hospital, was bur led yesterday afternoon at Chapel Hill, Rev. E. R. Leyburn, of the Presbyterian, and Rev. M. Braduhaw, of the Methodist churches, officiating. Mrs. Emerson was 4 1 years of age and came to Durham from Klnstdn. the gang under the superintendeney of Mr. Ross will work all direction in the neighborhood. Repair work and putting the Ma- jfiotttijmsd on ac Seiea.2 I.KVI P. MORTOX. Levi P. Morion, former vice presi dent of the United States, who on his return from abroad sahl he looked ror a pol deal upheaval in England that would amount a'most to a revo - lutio,, if the House of Lords rejects the budget. He considered the situa tion one of the utmost concern of Englishmen. HEAVILY FINED FOR GAMBLING (.Special to The Times.) Greensboro, Nov. 23 In municipal court this morning Charles Parker and j (-'larles liobertson, both wi ll known young white men 'received seiiteodts four and three months respectively up on the county roads following a con viction upon a charge of rambling:, while .six cn-dcfemhiiits charged with puiticipatiiiK in llic same game paid lines which uggrcgated $1SU. Parker and Robertson appealed to the next ,.tl'rm of Superior court, the other de- Tenuunis paying their fines paying their fines willinglv. The case came as a result of a raid made Saturday niRht by the police, in which Chan. Parker, Chas. Robertson, Fred Hood. W. W. Smith, K. W. Pierce, W. C. Jefferson. Tom I-Sreedon, Harry Edwards and J. U. Jlorton were caught gambling. At the time the police did not think they had sufficient evidence to convict and all of the defendants were recognized, but when the case was called this morning an unexpected development in tile form of a confession by Morton came up and every one of the defendants were found guilty ex cept Pierce. All of the defendants are of more or less prominence locally, Parker and Jefferson being Southern Railway en gineers, while Hood is a well known merchant. CABINET HOLDS LONG MEETING Hy Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, Nov. 23 The cabinet went into session this morning soon after 10 o'clock, with all the members present.''. The first matter considered was the Nicaraguan situation. The custom house frauds in New York were also discussed. It Is believed here that soon after th1 hin.., ,!,,, i ment will begin against President Zelaya. Washington is expecting to ! hear very soon. that orders have been issued to sieze Nicaraguan custom i houses. That President Taf t intends to en tirely eliminate Zelaya from Central American jiolitics, because he has been for many years disturbing factor in Central America, Is well understood hero now. The administration Is tired of the tontlnual turmoil in Central Ameriert Hue in ihc mni,!iir. mi ux. i tivltles of Zelaya, and the murder of n.-.. ,J i Thfe cabinet was In session nearly four hours, adjourning a little before ! 8 o'clock At the conclusion of the ! meetingXthe members- doclined to ex-! plain what important subjects had oc cupied the attention of the meeting for so long a time Secretary Knox, evi dently anxious to avoid being question, ed, declared that "the Nicaraguan situ, ation was not even considered. This statement may well be accepted with reserve. It is believed that not only was the Nicaraguan crisis discussed in Us various aspects but that the custom house frauds and the- probable re sults of the St Paul decision affecting tho gtuudard Oil Company were gone Jttto. i CONFERENCE MEETS HERE WEDNESDAY ; The Seventy-Third Annual Ses ! sionofthe North Carolina Conference' EIGHTH TIME HERE iilerence Has Met Here on An Av erage of Once in About Eight Years But This is the First Time Since 1807 The ' Senior Bishop Will Preside Many Changes Probable Most Important Confer ence in Four Years Delegates to be Elected to the General Confer ence Which Meets in Ashevllle Xext May. : Th(. 73ri1 annn!,, aoaK, , Carolina conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South which meets In this city tomorrow morning, comes to Raleigh for the eighth time, hav ing assembled with these people in the years '41, '53, '62, '65, '74, '82, and '07; an average of about once In eight years. At each meeting the Methodists of Kaleigh, who are a loyal set, have taken an abiding Iterest in the gath ering, and housed its members as real friends, and each time received the conference blessing. Raleigh has al ways been an interesting meeting place for the conference, the more especi ally so since the building of the Orphanage here. That Institution is dear to the hearts of every member of the conference, all of whom will; hail with delight an opportunity to come to Raleigh to see with their own eys the work that the coftferaoea is doing for the helpless, it havhwr been twelve long years since the con ference honored Raleigh with this an-' nual meeting Then the conference Is glad for another thing; the coming of the senior Bishop, Alpheus Waters of Baltimore. He has held the conference six times be fore. In 18H4-5 and 6; 1905-6 and 8. He presides with the hand of the ex pert and at the same ' time there Is the love of the work and the men under him tn it all. The present secretary of the con ference, Rev. W. Li. Cunpingglm, has held the place for the past seventeen years, and will have it again if he desires, has made a most efficient and acurate officer. Death has been abroad in the land the past twelve months and has hit the North Carolina conference hard. Yates. Swindell and Rone have all an swered the call, all of them prominent and taking a deep and abiding in terest in the conference sesions. Many Changes Probable. Taking into consideration the death of those named above and the re tirement of Rev, F. M. Shamburger, who had broken down physically, and l he twenty odd expirations by limita tions, it becomes evident that the session will be of more than passing interest, especially (he last day when the appointments are read out. So far as the general public knows there arc no new enterprises to be sprung at this time. Carolina College, Maxton. which was projected a few years ago at Maxton, and on which Rev; Buelid McWhorter has labored so faithfully, and which Is assuming- shape : will , po discused and the work further aug mented. The friends and projectors of this school have great fajth In it, in that it Is a flue section Of the -State and the church needs lust such a school in those parts. All they need 18- more funds with which to carry on the worfe In this connection it. is. '.proper to state that Raleigh- Methoaista.. nave aeltated the matter of a Bfothodlst ?gl lege of high grade here In the caplt'ol city- ad provision ha teenj-madefor such in the land that has bee bought adjoining the Orphanage wtUokc give an elegant site for -the Work,i It ts not known that such a move, win be made at this session, however.. North Carolina. Methodist will come to Raleigh this week fltm.ftH-patBof tho eastern section of the State, know ing1 that they 'can. find en;trte4uaent at the hotels, and homes. Many will take the occasion IOC a visit W tne capitol, as well . as. to vtvtMmg annual session Of their lOVCO- JWt0- dist conference., Hene each "Wf' the conference will be well. Rttenaed, and the interest lightened until the last day. A Fine Social Gathering A.WiuV So many does this amiual gathering bring, and so close is the-pond of love the fellowship, that the lty .vlU he a hive of social gathering aH tnefweek. Nearly every preacher will have special friends here Who.. Kill,, iwant :hlm at their homes,, and thus the game goes on adinnnitiim. " v Most Important In Foam Years. The meeting of this U weflj" meeUngt of all sther .annual confeBWices of the Southern Methodist Chtiroh, Is of unusual Interest thla year, a It is