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r A v -1 uuu ESTABLISHED 1878. 4 STATETtMff OFsrnJAnoN ;Vht The (listed States n Wasts Inlficarzgiia is h ether Canal Rede 'OBJECT OF DISPLAY Important and Sensational Bute ment Made by Hi a Government Official in Regard to the Attitude of the United States Toward Nica- nurna This Country Has An Ere on, the Nicaraguan Canal Route Wants to bead Off Germany or Ja .V pan Prom Acquiring Route Also Panama Canal Mar Prove to be Failure. , (By Leased Wire to. The Times.) Washington, , Dec. 4 Deeply im portant and sensational is the state ment made by a high government offi cial to the American News Service to. day whose identity, for obvious reasons cannot be disclosed. It relates to the present attitude of the United States government toward President Zelaya, of Nicaragua. If the statement is cor. rect, and. there is no reason to doubt its accuracy, this government's move ment In the Nicaraguan situation will prove to be of world-wide Importance and may affect the peace of the world, - "Let no one be deluded with the idea that the dispatch of United States naval" vessels to Nicaraguan waters, the breaking off of diplomatic relations with Nicaragua by this government and. the threat to land United States t orcee on Nicaraguan soil is due simply to ' this government's resentment at the shooting' of two men in Nicaragua by olaiBt Jreidelaya1.U) fact . as to wnexner xnoss men were at tne time; 'bona, ode American cltlsena, and ' so, entitled .to .the protection o? the Uhlted States being still uncertain. "Secretary at State Knox, in his letter to Nicaraguan charge d'affaires Bodrlgaes directly declared that this government nas no lmenuon 01 ae mandln'g monetary indemnity from Nicaragua tor the execution of those men. Then for what reason are a number of warships together with a large force of marines, colliers laden. with coal and ships with other sup plies, sent to Nicaragua? Common sense and a moment's reflection will show that such display of force Is al together and entirely out of proportion to the necessities, of the occasion. If It were the desire of the United States to prevent the escape of Zelaya from Nicaragua a couple, of small warships on the Pacific side would accomplish that without difficulty, for It is im possible for Zelaya to make his way to a port on the Atlantic Bide, that part of the country being occupied by strong forces of the revolutionists. "No, 'deep down in. Its heart,'' as the saying goes, the United States govern ment cares mightly little for Zelaya. while the- shooting of Groce and Cannon is a matter that can easily be adjusted when the new government of Estrada or -' whoever the successor to Zelaya may be, assumes power, for the "fall of the latter Is now practically 'as sured, .f ".''.-. i- .,. "The fact is the United States has its eye on the Nicaraguan canal route,' and for double reason: the first Is, Japan or Germany have a strong1 de sire to acculre possession of thuj route as an offset to the Panama Canal, row owned by the United States, a Nicaraguan Canal to be built by one r the other of these countlreB and thus be available In case of war with the United State at some future time. It will be remembered that ohlvthls Meek a cable dispatch from London was published inf this country), an nouncing the belief there that either Japan or Germany was secretely con spiring, with President Zelaya for the right to build an Isthmian canal In Nicaragua. The Same report was pub llrhed a month ago, on that occasion emanating from Berlin. As was to be expected both reports were dfplo- . matlcally denied and made light of by the German and Japanese gevernmente. "Now what better opportunity could the United 8tates ask to establish It self in Nicaragua, precisely as it did in Columbia for the purpose of ob taining a strip, of territory In which to build a canal . thus heading off Japan or Germany 'and in addition as suring itself a canal' route between the Atlantic .and . the Pacific, In case time should prove that," after all, the construction of the Panama Canal could not be com Dieted because the obstacles of natur can not be overcome by man. "The official announcement Is to-be made next week that the actual cost or the Panama . Canal up , to July 1 ha been IMMHStt. . while it Is astt nutted that ft tremendous total Qt ' JS7fj,)l,M0 will be necessary to com .totr It,; but the : Jecent 'sUde'; - at datum pausing a damage of tens-of thousands of J6llsrs has caused the officials to doubbt if it la actually "l; v;,: u;.. TOTLVlj tACffiS TODAY- EJjGUNBDAI VICKSBURGIS Cleared Fcr Action Viti Her Gcps. Trained The Palace . at Cbristo v . mitt. Dbmmander ef the Vkksbarg Has i Served Notice on the Provisional I Governor' That' Qe Will Hold Him Personally Responsible For Any ' Harm That Shonld Befall Amerl- f cans Emphasis Given the Notice - by Training Qns on Palace Oer. ', mans Sympathize With Zelaya and None of Them Have Been Mo tested. ' Panama, Dec. 4 Cleared for ac tion and with her guns trained on the palace of the provincial governor, the gunboat Vicksburg lg in com' tnand of the situation . at Corlnto, Nicaragua, according to advices re ceived here. Following the sever ance of diplomatic relations between the United States and Nicaragua, the commander Of the Vicksburg took prompt and energetic steps to pro tect Amerin nd American Inter ests at Coiibto. ' Notice was served on the provln clal governor, the local representa- f President Zelaya that ithe icksburg would hold him personally responsible for any harm that should befall Americana In Corlnto. Added emphasis was given te'thla notice by the further statement that the Vicks burg would traln-her gun oa the gov ernor's palace and shoot it full of heles-tb meinenf the command re ceived new of an attack on an Ameri can. The emphatic stand of the Vickburg'a 'commander had a most salutary effect on the local Nicara guan authorities. . Not the slightest hostile outbreak has occurred. The Americans in Nicaragua are leaving by every available steamer and few of them now remain." It Is currently reported on the isthmus -that President Zelaya of Nic aragua has been receiving secret support from Germany in his hostile attitude toward the United States and everything American. This report Is believed here to be true. In substan tiation of the story it is pointed out that It is a significant fact that not a i Bingle German has been annoyed nor have any German Interests been mo lested in Nicaragua since the revolu tion broke out, while tbe citizens and subjects of -nearly every other na tion have been subjected to all sorts of trouble and annoyance. Zelaya, it Is said, has given power ful influential German capitalists a concession for the construction of an in ter-o6eanlo canal along the route surveyednby the -United States some yearsago. Other valuable conces sions have already been given to Ger mansand German interests In Nica ragua' are quite extensive. Addi tional significance is given to the re porta about Zelaya's secret negotia tions with Germany by the fact that ait oVthe Germans In Nicaragua sym pathise with Zelaya and are aiding hlrnin opposing the revolutionists. THE EARLY LEPER CASE IN COURT Washington, Dec. 4 A queer legal tangle has resulted front the arrest of John Barlyl the alleged leper who was taken into custody Thursday at feronon on a. police court Warrant charging him ..with ' violating the dis trict health regulations in being at large while infected with a contagious disease. '.''.'.' n'. ' -r " Early is still confined in the govern ment equarantlne. station back of the district jail. This case yesterday was set for trial next Tuesday before Judge Mullowny. The defendant is declared by the district health deoartmeht to be leprous, but the United States pension office, which discontinued his pension of $72 a month. soon after he was discharged from the ' Skin A; Cancer Hospital in New pYrk. on the ground that he was In perfect health, asserts that he is hot suffering- from the disease. ' ' -1 .-'"; i When the case comes up next Tues day a big legal battle will probably begin, for Early's, attorney, Egbert C. Everest of PiattsbUrg. W, T., will be on' hand, to defend .him, and Dr. L. Duncan ulkle of the New York Skin and Cancer hospital, will b present to testify that the former ' eoWler never- terEARMEST us m m i - - bad lecjtosgt jlation in the city or RALEIGH, N. Mr. George Watts, Millionaire Philanthrophist Who Donated the Watte Hospital to Durham. This ofpitalCostOverf500,000, and .is One of the Finest in t' t V la the South. Mr. Watts Haq Given Over $00,00 for the- Erection of Hospitals. A STRANGE MURDER The Bath Tub Mystery Grows In Interest Search For the Mother of the Mur dered Woman Continues, But She Has Thus Far Eluded Police Gi gantic Insurance Fraud Plot. (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Dec. 4 An organized search was begun today throughout NOw York and on Long Island for Mrs. Caroline B. Martin, the mother of Mrs. O. W. M. Snead, the East Orange bath-tub victim, iu the hope that this woman, when found, would be able to lift part of the mystery sur rounding the murder of her daugh ter nbwv Involving what is belleved-lo be a vast insurance fraud plot. The most promising clue to the woman's whereabouts led detectives to Brookhaven, L. I. They learned that she had. been visiting friends there, but had left two hours before they rlached the town. . . In the search for Mrs. Martin the detectives discovered that she had once been a teacher of mathematics in .the public school on West 47th street; near Ninth avenue. When she retired she went to Brookhaven, Which had become a kind of settle ment for retired teachers. Some of these old friends of Mrs. Martin still live In. Brookhaven. - Itt some unaccountable way Mrs. Martin learned, the detectives be lieve, that they were on their way to Brookhaven.- They discovered when they arrived in the town that sev eral people knew of their intention to go there. They found that Mrs. Mar tin bad left on a train bound for Long. Island City. Details of the in surance scheme in the case today re vealed the fact that Mrs. Snead's death came by strange coincidence at the very time a carefully reared structure of policy loans, aggregating at least 189,500, hypothecations and lapsed premiums was near collapse. Those who have followed the intri cacies of sllmly capitalized enterprises have never seen anything more adroit ly managed than were the transac tions of the . woman relatives of the "bath, tub victim" ilth several great Insurance companies. . With scarcely any, money they had maintained num erous policies on the life of. Mrs. Sneed ever since she was a girl of 15. ;. There may be other victims of the irange case. No one knows what ceased the death of Mrs. Snead's first i child, who bone are in the Brook lyn qtyTfue, and the whereabb uta ot C, SATUED AY; DECEMBER 4, 1909. r - THIRTY-ONE" KILLED In Battle Between American Soldiers and Filipinos Natives of Minduno Attack Body of v American Troopers and 20 Natives Are Killed American Lose 10 Men Reinforcements Rushed to Scene, Although it is Not Thought There Will Be Any More Fighting. (By Cable to The Times) Manila, Dec. 4 Thirty-one have been killed in a battle between con stabulary and nalive fanatics near Mount Malinding, Mindano. . Six members of the constabulary fell and four porters and a policeman were also killed, 20 of the attacking na tives going down in the struggle. The American forces were under the command of Lieutenant Flarts. The. Americans were victorious af ter a terrific battle, the natives Moros, and Sananos being driven back and scattered. The detachment of constabulary was sent to the region, which has been a center of disorder, by Govern or Pershing, who feared an outbreak. In the vicinity of ths mountain, 400 fanatical natiyes gathered, ready for any move should a leader de velop and incite them. The latest reports from the neigh borhood of the battle say that the decisive defeat of the native attack ers has resulted in wide-spread dejec tion, and the gathering of natives is dispersing. Although the expectation is that there will be no further conflict, the danger of renewed hostilities is not past and reinforcements have been rushed to the detachment that en gaged in the fight. Investigates Fires. Capt. W. A. Scott ,of the insurance commissioner's office, is on a trip to FayetteviUe and Raeford to investi gate several tires that occurred in these places recently. Fletcher W. Snead, the husband, are unknown. The whereabouts of Mrs. Martha EllBa Wardlaw, mother of Miss Vir ginia Wardlaw. the prisoner, during the time passed In the "house of mys tery" in Flatlands has been learned. At that time she was frequently visi ted by her daughter, and a conversa tion overheard between them reveals that a "sick girl", whom Miss Ward law claimed to be nursing1; was not expected to live and that after her death there would be Vplenty of. money," RALEIGH OF ANY: IT JI1M "ANDY" DEAD BROKE Puts Up Mansion as Security For $100 Bail Andrew Carnegie, the Steel King, Hauled l"p hi Poliee Court and Is 1 liable to Give $100 Bail For His Auto Uriver Is Forced to Give 85,000,000 .Mansion As Security. (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Dec. 4 Andrew Carne gie, who lias been shoveling out mil lions for years in the hope that he will not die rich, landed in I he Mor risania police court today prclty near dead broke. The famous "laird of Skibo" looked around helplessly when Magistrate Herrman asked that he furnish $100 bail for his chauffeur who was arrest ed for driving the millionaire's au tomobile at 23 miles an hour. "Oh," the Scotchman exclaimed, "is my day on the golf links to be ruined?" - He ran his hands through his pock- etc and then nervously pawed at his gray beard. "Your honor," he confessed, "I haven't got more than 70 cents on me. What am I to do. What shall I do?" Magistrate Herrman felt sorry for the famous iron master. Moisture appeared in his eyes. "Maybe I can help you out," he whispered, pulling out a roll of bills of aldemanic proportions. But the Scot was as canny as ever and although he fidgeted mightily un der temptation to borrow a hundred and hasten away to his engagement on the links, fie held down the tend ency to yield and thanked the magis trate humbly. Then the laird. In desperation, put up a fight for the chauffeur that was all in vain. He finally scheduled as bail the $5,000,000 mansion which he gave to his daughter Marguerite for a Christmas present several years ago. ' RETAIL MERCHANTS. Retail Merchants' Association Organ i ize at Moncure. Mr. C. T. Lumsden, state organizer for the North Carolina Retail Mer chants' Association, organized a local at Moncure yesterday with the follow ing officers and members: J. L. Womble, president; C. C. Poe, secretary; Lambeth Bros., Womble Bros., Maddox . Bros., Lambeth Crutchfleld Co., Moncure Furniture & Coffin Company, S. W. Womble and c. a ?poi. - " - - OTHER NEWSPAPER TWELVE PAGES TODAY COLLECTOR MUSTGET THE CITY TAXES City Tax Collector Can't Give Bond Until He Gets Re ceipt For All Taxes CAN SEIZE GOODS The Tax Collector Must Kitlier Pre sent tlx- Money For the 1008 Taxes or Show Tfuit the Party Owing the Tav Has Ni.t as Much as $25 Worth of Personal Property If Delin quents Have That Much Property Collector Must Make Affidavit That He Has Seized Knough Property to Satisfy the Tax That is Due Spec ial Meeting Hoard Aldermen. Before he will be allowed to make his bond for the coming year Tax Col lector John S. Jones must either pre sent the money for the 190S taxes or must show that the party owing tax has not as much as $25 worth of household property, and if they have as much as $25 worth of household property he must make an affidavit that he has seized enough of the said household property to satisfy the tax that is due. There wfll be a special meeting of the board of aldermen Tuesday to look over the collector's insolvent list, and all on that list who have household property to the value of $25, the tax will be charged up against Mr. Jones. That is the situation as it now stands. Some time ago when the time came for the renewal of the tax collector's bond the bonding company naturally refjised to-do so untH Mr.' Jones- had been receipted by ho fimtnee commit tee for all the taxei for the year 190& The finance committee refused to receipt Mr. Jones until it had passed upon the insolvent list, and the board of aldermen has called a special meet ing to be held next Tuesday for the purpose of passing on that list. In the meantime Mr. Jones Is working on this list According to the rule, as stated above, any person having household property valued at $25 or more is solvent, in the eyes of the city author ities, and Mr. Jones is neld responsi ble for the uncollected tax of all such people. To save himself he must go to those places and seize their furni ture, or so much of it as will satisfy the tax, and he will have to do this before the city fathers will release him from the 190S taxes. This will work a great hardship on both Mr. Jones and many unfortun ate people of the city, who, while hav ing a little household stuff to the value of $25, have been unable to pay the tax. Tt resolves itself to one of two things: Mr. Jones must pay those taxes himself or take a wagon and go on a regular furniture-seizing expe dition. The collector has been collecting 1909 taxes, but he has no bond to cover It. This bond should have been given a month ago, but under the circumstances he could not, yet he has had to collect taxes just the same. STRIKEU SHOT IN PITCHED BATTLE Wheeling, Pa,,-Dc. 4 Windon Davis, a striker, and a guard whose name could not be learned, were shot during a pitched battle between guards and strikers at the Aetna Standard Mills of the American Sheet & Tin Plate Company at Bridgeport, O., last night, and Sheriff Amrlne took charge today. Davis stepped off a street car near the mill and started toward the plant. A party of men from the headquarters of the strikers Intercepted, him. A deputy sheriff and a Bridgeport offi cer tried to protect the guards, but they were pushed aside. Revolvers were drawn on both sides and a dozen or more shots Were Bred. Issued Many Marriage Licenses. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Chicago, Dec. 4. Morris Salmon son, clerk of the marriage license de partment In the county clerk's office, calculates that he has assisted in making 1,000,000 - hearts beat 'as 500,000 during the twenty-Beven years in which he bag been issuing marriage licenses. ' , . He. is 67 years old. and nis bl&cUli career began, $Wtigter . 1882. . . '?'.--. ' 1-- PRICE 6 CENT3 THE RAILROAD MEN HOLDER CONFERENCE I j - M . ; - .' Representatives of The Reads Meet to Discuss the Strike STRIKE MAY SPREAD Officials Discuss the Situation From All Angles and on Their Decision Largely Rests the Outcome Of the Strike Conference Will Last For Hours and Maybe Days Striker Will Hold Meeting Tonight Deny Statement Made by Railway Offic ials That They Are Beaten and Say . Strike May Become General. Chicago, Dec. 4 Leading repre sentatives of 23 railroads entering Chicago today met in secret session to take action of vital Importance on the threatened railroad trouble. The officials discussed the situation from all angles and on their decision rests largely the outcome of the present demands of switchmen, englnemen and trainmen for Increased wages and changed working conditions, v The meeting marked a crisis in the . industrial situation in the west. It is the most important in tbe history of railroads in Chicago and was held ' behind locked doors in the head quarters of the general managers' as sociation in Chicago in the Harvester building. Hours, maybe days, it was said as the conference began, would be necessary to canvass the situation; ' that may result in a serious conflict t between the railways and organised iabQr.iv, ,;,r'":;;:-e.Hifetr?w Tonight a general meeting of Chi-" cago switchmen will be held to MIH va'ss the situation and. possibly take ; some action. It Is reported that , Frank T. Hawley, general president of the switchmen, will be present. He has been In St. Paul tor three weeks and is leading the strike there. The object of Hawley coming to Chi cago, it was said, was to spread tne strike to all switch centers in the United States and force the twin city roads to give in. Officers of the switchmen's union . in Chicago have had to exert all their energies to prevent members in the local transfer yards from going out in sympathy and Incidentally to en force their own demands for a raise of six cents an hour. Every day 'since the strike began the members of the switchmen's un ion here have demanded to know, with increasing persistency, why they. . were not Included in the negotiation . with the railroad general managers : committee at St. Paul. Should the switchmen decide at their meeting to spread the strike-"; Buffalo will probably be the first city to feel the effects. J The switchmen's union Is stronger there than in any other city. Not Beaten. : . (By Leased Wire to The Times) Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 4 In re ply to the statements issued by J. M. Gi-ueber, general manager Of the Great Northern; Louis W. HiU, pres ident of the Great Northern, and George T. Slade of the Nor thern Pa cific, saying that the BtrlkeYs were-' beaten and that under no clrcom- slances would the roads consent to arbitrate, President Hawley, 'Ot th"e switchmen's union, gaVe out the tot iowing: We are not beaten. We have te- ceived wires from all the prthctpal cities of the United States west ot and including Buffalo, showing the 1 switchmen have , been holding eft- thusiastic meetings. The boys Art anxious to strike. I 'have protested by wire against such actfon, "The prolongation of the Strike will HO , doubt exhaust the patience Of the switchmen ot these great Industrial centers, as they Tnhy nee fit to strike against my objections, Of course I , cannot hold them if the want' to strike. -. ? t!.-' ' "Our switchmen In . tne east lad ' south are becoming angry because they have to 'make ftp 'i&e trains jthat carry the strike-breakers 'to (the twin cities and it's a oestfoft In my nlBd as to how long Hheir patience fill , : stand my "festififylni ot4er.A v (By Leased Wire.te Tlie times) ; , Barabrtdge. Ga. tide. 4. Aftef an ilfness of"th'rie"eeks with ifteu monla, ex-Congressman B. &. ftt-cll ' i ... , . ;1
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