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DOUDLE THE Cir.CULATION IN THE CITYttF ftALEIGH OF ANY OTHER NEWSPAPER. HELiGMNTS ac:gciation ESTABLISHED 1876. RALEIGH, N.C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1909. PBIC3 S CCT3 5':-. t . MRS. MARTIN ARRESTED IN SNEAD CASE More Than 100 "Suicide Let ters" are Found Among Her Effects WOMAN ARRAIGNED Mother of, the Dead Woman Under Arrest Charged Jointly With Her Sister With Having Committed the Murder Was Arrested at . One O'clock This Morning Was in State of Collapse When the Tims Came for Taking Her to the Po lice Station to be Arraigned 8nl- ride Note Were Addressed in Var- ' ions Ways. (By Leased Wire to Tbe Times.) New York, Dec. 16 More than lOii "suicide letters," purporting to have been written By Mrs. Ocey Snead, the East Orange bath tub mystery victim, were found today among the effects of Mrs. Caroline B. Martin, Ocey's mother, who is under arrest .charged jointly with Miss Virginia Wardlaw, her sister, with having killed Mrs. Snead. A great many of the letters were addressed to prominent New York women .among them being Mrs. Rus sell Sage, Mrs. Clarence Burns, a well known club woman, and Mrs. Belle DeRlvelra, also a club woman. Mrs. Martin, who was arrested at 1 'oclock this morning at the Hotel Rgy ard, was taken to the Tombs police court today : for arraignment, after having spent the early morning hours under the care oT the matron at' the' Mercer street' police station. The Aged woman sat in a cell the police Btatlon heavily ' veiled. When it was time to take her to the police court she was in a state of col lapse, and had to be assisted to a ve hicle. A crowd of more than 200 persons stood outside, expecting to get a glimpse at the features of the strange old woman, but they were disappointed, for she still wore her veil. Of the "suicide notes" found among Mrs.' Martin's belongings at the Hotel Bayard, three were almost identical in their wording and ap pearance, with the note found pinned to the clothing of Ocey Snead when her body was discovered in a bath tub in the unfurnished house at East Orange on November 29. The others appeared to be in the same handwriting as the original "suicide notes" but nearly all of thefn were unsigned. Some of them were addressed as follows: "To my kindred : To , chosen friends, to whoever finds this. To any of my relatives. To any of my family." The movements of Mrs. ' Martin since she disappeared just before the body of Mrs. Snead was found, were traced today. On November 29, the day the tragedy was discovered, she registered at the Martha Washington Hotel. : From there she went to the Hotel Aldine, and thence to the Hotel Bayard. New York, Dec. 16 Mrs.' Mary Snead, mother-in-law of the bath tub mystery victim, Mrs. Ocey W M. Snead, was arrested this afternoon on a charge of murder. Shortly be fore the arrest Mrs. Caroline B. Mar tin, mother of Mrs. Ocey W. M. Knead, who was arretted at the Hotel Bayard early this morning, where she had been In hiding since the death of her daughter,, was arraigned before Magistrate Kernochan In the Tombs police court and held without ball until Saturday on an affidavit charging her with being a fugitive from Justice. She was then taken to the Tombs prison. The old woman .was so feeble that she could hardly stand np in court, but despite that tact she had thoroughly baffled the detectives who' put her through the third degree before her arraignment While Mrs. Martin was being ques tioned a search of her-rooms revealed a bottle of poison and one hundred "suicide letters" purporting to have been written by Ocey Snead. The bottle was inside a tin box. The poison was of the deadliest kind. A chemist at Newark Is now mak ing an analysis of certain of the or gans of Mrs. Snead's body for traces of poison. New Factory At Gary.. , (By Leased Wire to The Times.) 4 iary. ma., xjw id , vi.j w,. Gary has been handed a Christmas . fltt In the form of a new 1 4,600,000 J factory to be constructed just as soon as the weather will permit on the property ... reserved by the United States Steer Corporation in this city. The. new plant will be the western branch of the American Sheet & Tin Plate Company and will employ 2,004 skilled laborers. The site comprises 560 acres on the shores of Lake Michigan. , MARRIAGE IS POSTPONED. Daughter of Admiral Swift Was to Have Married An Atlanta Man. , (By Leased Wire to The Times) -.: Boston, Mass., Dec. 16 Deep mystery today surrounds the post ponement of the. marriage of Miss Madeline Gray Swift, daughter of Rear Admiral Swift, and Harry Duer Storer, of Atlanta. Although Miss Swift was in good health Tuesday, illness was given by Admiral Swift as the reason for the postponement of the ceremony, which was set for next Saturday. Six hundred Invita tions had been sent out to the leaders of Boston society, civilian, army and navy, . The bridegroom-to-be learned of the delay by telephone when he call ed up Admiral Swift, who is Com mandant of the Charlestown navy yard from PittBburg, on hiB way to Boston from Atlanta. . Admiral Swift today declared that his daughter's condition had given bim much alarm... "She is Buffering from a nervous disorder." he ..said., "The wedding was put off indefinitely." ANOTHER ARREST RI SUGAR FRAUDS v - i (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York.: Dec. is Bellowing the shake-up in the trust caused bv the exposure of the American Sugar Re fining- Company's customs frauds; an other man. said to be a prominent or flcial of the-sugar trust, was reported to have been arrested today on a fed eral Indictment and released on $10,000 bail. His name was kept secret and special proteetitor Stlmson denied the report. ' ;.; ... ': "J ' ' It -was dilre that tne- arrest rts the result of damaging testimony given by a trust clerk named Thompson, tn which the higher officials of the. trust were implicated in the customs frauds. This move came after the resignation of Parsons. Classon and Mcllvalne as general counsel of the trust and the appointment of James M. Beck, form erly assistant attorney of the United States. The retirement of John E. Parsons, one of s the firm that is now out of the case, was a surprise which it is said is to be followed by others equally startling. Parsons was associated with the Havermeyers before the trust was put together, and has seen one of the most prominent of the lesser figures. FRENCHWOMAN KILLED IN TRAIN (By Cable to The Times.) Paris, Dec. IS Mme. Gouin. widow of the president of the Bank of Prance, was murdered late last nleht in a rail road train from Fontalnebleau. The crime was discovered when the train arrived at the Garre De Lyon. The woman's body, mutilated and showing signs of a terrible struggle, was found near the tracks at Fontalnebleau. The crime, which is one of the most brutal, daring and mysterious that has shocked France in months, threw the police into great, activity. The rail road carriage and the scene where the body was found were carefully search ed by the most astute detectives of the government and the municipality, but few clews were found. When the train arrived at the Paris station, a porter discovered the traces of the crime in the locked compartment which Mme. Gouin entered at Fontalnebleau. The compartment, first class, was In dis order, and there were signs of a terri fic struggle. A handful of thev lctlms hair, to which a portion of the scalp still clug, showing that it had been torn by main force, was found. Bits of cloth ing were scattered about the com partment; a broken comb lay on the floor, and a broken gold lorgnette, in one corner, crumpled and torn, was discovered a ticket from Fontalnebleau to Paris. , Blood was spattered about the cell like compartment, staining the floor and cushions, and there were other in dications which led the police to be lieve that the woman was killed before her body was thrown from the speeding train. -.- Mme. Gouin, after the death of her first husband, the banker, married the manager of a locomotive construc tion concern at Ratiquelles. Mrs. Burbank Dead. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Santa Rosa, Cal., Dec. 16 Mrs. Olive' Burbank, . mother of Luther burbank, the plant ; wizard. Is dead here after an Illness ot a week. Mrs. Burbank was ninety-six years of age and her death was caused by a gen eral breakdown. NICARAGUA APOLOGIZED TO A SAILOR Was Poshed Off Sidewalk by Nicaragcsn Sentry and Reported the Matter REQUESTS EXPRESSED Messenger from the Cruiser Albany Forced Off the Sidewalk by a Nica r&gwm v Sentry Commandant of Post Humbly Apologizes to Com mander Oliver of the Albany Sit uation . Quieter Today Am muni Uon Hoist of the Albany Prepared for Instant Service Albany's Men Have Been Ordered to Keen to Their Quarters at Night. ( By Cable to The Times ) Corlnto, Dec. 16 The Nicaragtian government today apologized to an American bluejacket. It apologized humbly,' and the regrets were accept ed by. Commander Oliver, of the cruiser Albany. While a brawl was on last night, a ship s messenger from the Albany was forced off the , sidewalk by, a Nicaragua!! sentry, at tne point or a bayonet, me messen eer reported the matter, and the in ciaent reacnea tne ears or tne com manaant oi tne port, wno toaay can- ed on Commander Olives and ex pressed his regrets. The situation was quieter today The ammunition hoists of the Albany are prepared for Instant service. The Albany s men have been or dered to keep to their quarters at night. w The report t,aat Rma ... had . been captured by the government .troops and General Estrada routed was proven absolutely without foundation today when communication between Managua and Rama was again estab lished. The expected battle had not begun. . The situation in the capital today was critical. The wholesale arrests made by the police which continued today, inflam ed the populace and the spirit of re volt against Zelaya is reported to be gaining ground constantly. One of those arrested was the mayor, who was 'later released. Congress is already riven by the fight, and the partisans of the rebels are reported to be making headway. Several antl-Zelaya addresses have been delivered amid scenes of disor der, and other speakers have urged armed resistance to the United States. THE NICARAGUAN SITUATION. Senate Committee May Ask Secretary Knox to Appear Before it. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, Dec. 16 Unless the Nicaraguan situation becomes more settled within the next few days It is probable that the senate commit tee on foreign relations will ask Sec retary Knox to appear before it and throw further light upon the general conditions. The Rayner resolution authorizing the president to take steps for the punishment of Presi dent Zelaya is still pending before the committee, but before taking ac tion upon It the committee will de sire to hear the secretary of state and learn what he has to recom mend. It was only the fact that Senator Cullom, the chairman of the com mittee ,had a talk with Secretary Knox and reported his statements to the committee that prevented it from asking the secretary to appear when It met yesterday. Secretary Knox believes conditions may adjust them selves soon so that congressional action may' be unnecessary, but in case they do not the senate is anx ious to hear from the state depart ment as to what course may be ad - vlsable to pursue. A sudden serious turn of affairs in Nicaragua would mean that Mr. Knox would imme diately be called before the commit tee. . ' A Remarkable Operation. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, Dee. 16 Dr. E. P. Magruder, superintendent of Emerg ency Hospital, yesterday performed a remarkable operation on the knee of Toward Matthews, of - Prince George county, Md. The man's knee cap was sawed' In naif, and Dr. Ma gruder succeeded in grafting a por tion of the bone to the cap, thus en abllng the patient to enjoy the use of his limb, - The operation Is rare 1 in medical annals. J. CORONER'S REPORT On Causes of Deaths From Southern Railway Wreck Conner's Jury Find That Death Were Caused by Breaking of Defective Roll Immediately Over a Defective Cross-tie Otoe More Dies In Hos pital, Making Twelfth Victim - Thought Thnt All Ilmlles Have Been Recovered. (Special to The Times) Greensboro, Dec. 16 The report J of the coroner's jury filed at noon on the causes of deaths in the Southern Railway wreck at Reedy Fork, near here yesterday, places the cause as "from the breaking of a defective Tail Immediately over a defective cross-tie, the two defects being at the same place," etc.'. All trains resumed regular sched ules last night. A large force Is at work clearing the debris at the scene of the wreck. Chairman Franklin McNeill and other members of tbe state corporation commission have arrived from Raleigh, leaving on a special train for the purpose of in specting the condition of the track. having first obtained a copy of the coroner's jury report. H. L. Stribling, traveling salesman of Atlanta, resident of.necatiir, Ala., who was among the injured taken to the hospital, died this morning, mak ing the twelfth Victim of the wreck. F. Smith, of Spencer, who has a fractured skull, is , thought to be dying. All others among the injured were reported at noon to be doing well. with no prospects ot further fatali ties. Several were sufficiently re covered to leave the hospital this morning, there being only 15 there now. The unidentified man among the dead proved to be Charles T. Broad- field, of Americus, Ga., resident of Richmond, but who was going to Winston to accept a position as rep resentative of the Carolina Chemical Company; ; - ..,..... . No other bodies have been found in the wreck this morning, and the list of killed and wounded is now con sidered complete. MORE OF PHOENIX New York, Dec. 16 Henry Evans, chairman of the executive committee of the Pheonix Life Insurance Com pany in a statement today declared that the company was secured against loss through the alleged $50,000 short age In the Atlanta, Ga., office by the transfer of the company of the Atlanta residence and other property of the former manager there, Harry Stock dell, aggregating in value from $30,000 to $60,000. The statement follows, in part: We have known of the Stockweil shortage from the time I came into the situation, and the company has been secured to the extent that seems feasible at this time by Mr. Stock dell's signing over to it his residence and such other property as he has. The value of this property has not yet been determined. , It may be $30,000 and again it may be $60,000, this being the extreme of the estimates we have had. Without any credit for the value of the property turned over to us I still believe that the Pheonix Com pany has, besides its large reserves, for unearned premiums and other li abilities, fully stated, a capital intact of $15,500,000, and a net surplus of $500, 000 and I am willing to buy the stock of the company on that bals." THE WEATHER.' Forecast Till P. M. Friday. For Raleigh and vicinity: Gener ally fair tonight and Friday, warmer Friday. For North Carolina: Generally fatr tonight and Friday, warmer Friday; moderate west winds becoming varl- iaDie, The pressure is low over the New England states, the lake region, and upper Mississippi valley, where the temperatures are below freezing and light snow is falling. . The pressure continues high over the northwest, and the temperature has changed only slightly; light snow is reported from the eastern slope of the Rock- leg. in the south the weather is clear , trysttng place with her admirer, Miss and the temperatures are from five to : Lizzie McLaughlin, a seventeen 15 degrees below the seasonal aver-1 year-old factory girl, was shot by age. y I Mrs. Susan Campbell, owner of the With the easterly movement of the building, John Brown, former secre Mlnnesota depression we may expect tary of the Cotton Lard Mens' Asso generally fair weather tonight and r elation, her companion fled. Friday in this vicinity with rising temperature Friday." C. H. RICHARDSON, Acting Section Director. DEPARTMENT IS MOVING WITH CARE Playing For Time in the Nic aragua Situation is the Order KNOX IS GOING SLOW Administration Is Anxious to Stave Off Taking Drastic Action in Jilen ragtaan Affairs Every Opportun ity Being Given the Revolutionists to Defeat the Zelnyan Government and Thus Avoid the Necessity for the United States Landing Forces and Possibly Marching on Managua Crowds Today Fill the Streets at Managua. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Wshlngton, Doc. 1C "Mark time, Is the order In administration circles for the present, concerning the Nic Araguan situation as day succeeds day without decisive action being taken by the state department in the matter of calling President Zelaya to ac count for the execution of Groce and Cannon and other indignities to which Americans and American interests have been subjected by him. it is plain ly apparent that the administration is anxious to "stave off" drastic ac tion in the case of Nicaragua, action which might have far-reaching and most important results, as long as may be possible. Every opportunity is being given the revolutionists to defeat the Zelayan government completely and In this way avoiding the necessity of the United States landing forces and pos sibly marahlng- on Managua -the cafl-' ttal. It is believed that such action might have the effect of exciting ill feeling towards this government on the part of other Centra! American gov ernments to say nothing of the view which Mexico might take of such a decided step. for without doubt the Zelavans and their friends are not only in Nicaragua, but in other nearby republics would do all in their power to bring about a united feeling against what would be re garded by some of the Central Ameri can governments as a manifest in tention of the United States govern ment to repeat its policy in the case of cUDa and of Columbia. For that reason, if for no other, the administration is "going slow." The cruiser Prairie which is was announced would sail from League Island navy yard last Tuesday, with a large de tachment of marines for Nicaragua or Colon was still at the vard this morn ing. The battleship Missouri, which it was reported Tuesday would leave Hampton Roads for Bluefields Wed nesday had not sailed ud to this morn. Ing, and there is no knowing when she will leave, if at a'-l. n the other hand, today's dispatches from Managua tell of members of congress have openly attacked Zelaya in speeches while crowds are reported to have filled the streets and gathered in front of American legation cheering for the United States and for the Estrada revolutionists. It is regarded as strange that if Zelaya Is the dic tator, the tvrant and murderer that despatches from Nicaragua have re ported him to be, has not used his troops to suppress such open demon strations and take vengeance upon those who are openly defying him, for even the president's enemies do not deny that Zelava is no coward and never hesitates to take drastic action when he believes the situation justi fies his doing so. In other words, the belief is growing here that there is another side to the Nicaraguan situation which has not yet been fully presented to the Ameri can people and that much of the un friendly news which Is sent out from Nicaragua comes from those who are avowed enemies of Zelaya and are only anxious to gain power that they may take advantage of the spoils of office. That the Washington administration is privately fully aware of this, and for this reason. If for no other, is determ ined to move without precipitation is daily growing in public opinion. YOUNG GIRL SHOT. Used Hallways and Vestibules As a Place to Meet Her Lover, v (By Leased Wire to The Times.) , New Orleans, La., Dec. - While using the vestibule of the apartment at 11 z a Annunciation street as a Miss McLaughlin, in a dying state- I ment at the Charity Hospital declare led that she had become acquainted 'with Brown seventeen months ago- and that thev had met almost every morning sim-e in the hallawsys and vestibules of residences along the route the tfirl followed from her home to the Mnsinnis Cotton Mills. The sirl said she always left her home before daylight in order that passers-by would not detect her and Brown in their amours. Mrs. Camp bell was held without bail. She said she had been annoyed by the love makinn of the couple. Brown was arrested later and held as a material witm-ss. His wile vis ited the police slation anil arranered ball. THRKK KINDS OF I, IKS. Oho of Them Being Statistics IMi rnnri to the Supervisors. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Cincinnati. O., Doc. If. "There are three kinds of lies plain lies, damn lies, and statistics," said Cen sus Director E. Dana Durand, ad dressing the census supervisors of! Ohio, Kentucky, and southern Indi ana at the Sinton Hotel today. Now we don't want t he census of 1910 to come in this classification. We want the exact number of people in this country and a few facts about each one. I want you to do your best to get. them, and get them straight. These lies I have spoken of must be dealt with in a peculiar manner. The plain lies can lie seen: the damn lies are a bit harder to fj;'l after, but the statistics oiihl not to have a .single Haw." PRARIE OFF AGAIN FOR NICARAGUA (By Leased Wire to The Times) Philadelphia, Pe.. Dec. 16 The aux iliary cruiser Prairie, carrying 700 marines who expect to see service in Nicaragua, sailed from the League Is land navy yard at 7:12 o'clock this morning. She safely passed the Bulk head Shoals, where she went aground two weeks ago when sailing with the first detachment of marines for the south. The departure from the navy yard .was marked by the enthusiasm of the marines and sign 8f disappointment by I'nele Sam's fighting men left behind. The second draft of 700 marines watched the course of the vessel with anxiety till the Pea Patch, where the Prairie shoved her nose in the Dela ware river mud at her first attempt to get off for Colon, was pased when the Prairie was safely ty the dangerous spot there was a cheer. The Prairie was in readiness, with steam up, all yesterday, but was heid at her dock by orders from Washigton that postponed the time of departure until today. STEAMER ASHORE CREW MAROONED (By Leased Wire to The Times) Little Current, Out., Dec. 16 The Anchor Line is ashore on one o the big steel steamer Wissahicton, of the outer duck islands of Lake Huron. The crew of 34 are marooned on the island and have had no food since Sunday. For three days they have been buffet ed by a terrific storm, cut off from the world and absolutely without sup plies. The steamer was driven ashore Sunday night and the crew reached shore with difficulty, it is reported. The lower decks and the stern of the vessel were submerged today, and she was hanging on to the rocks bv her nose. WANTS AN AEROPLANE. Department Store Will Put One in Use Delivering fjooiis. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Providence, .R. I., Dec. 16 John A. Sheppard, Jr., proprietor of the largest department store in the city, and treasurer of the Sheppnrd-Xor-wcll Company, of Boston, is nego tiating with the Wright brothers for the purchase of an aeroplane. He wants it to cover daily the 12 miles between Chapinville, Conn., and the golf links. On account of the delay in having an aeroplane made for him he of- fered $5,000 cash for the biplane with wincn uruss won me niteruauonai championship at Rheims, France, and which has been on exhibition at the 1915 exposition here. Big Wagon Plant Burned. (By Leased Wire to The Times) finiHnaw Mich TW. mTh Mo- n j. tt j -n, ' Farniers Handy Wagon Company , plant, with the exception of one warehouse, was burned to the ground last night. The loss will L fully $250,000. The factory had only re- cently been Btocked to its capacity. Greater Birmingham a Reality. Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 16 Greater Birmingham became' a real ity today when the supreme court de clared the Greater Birmingham bill constitutional. The new city will have a population of 150,000, IMPORTANT WITNESS HAS: DISAPPEARED One of Mrs. BrokawY Mate rial Witnesses Reported to ; Have Gone to Europe , t- tt - i "-wt EVASIVE 'ANSWERS Walter Byford, Secretary of Wealthy Defendant, Whose Testimony Would be of Great Value to Mrs. Rrokaw Cannot be Found -Re ported That He Has Gone to Eu rope Telegraph Officials Intro duced Attorney for Defendant Attempts to Show That Mrs. Bfo. knv is Evasive In Her Answers When Under Cross-examination. ( By Leased Wire to The Times. ) -New York, Dec. 16-The report that one of the witnesses In the Butt of Mrs. Mary Blair Brokaw against W. Gould Brokaw, the millionaire, for separation, was missing, and thftt sensational developments would fol low, drew an unusually large crowd to the Mineola, L. I., court house to day. It was said that tbe testimony of Walter Byford, secretary to the wealthy defendant, would be of great value to Mrs. Brokaw's case. Byford, however, is said to have gone to Et rope, and the plaintiff wants him to' return. To insure the introduction as evl-' dence of 487 messages that passed between the principals,. Attorney Ar thur BaldwinLfor MrfBrotaiiit sub poenaed of liclaW of" the WeMerB Union Telegraph Company. ByfordV testimony would have made it pos sible for the telegram to be Intro duced without summoning the tele graph officials. In an attempt to show that Mrs. Brokaw, in her testimony, had been evasive, Attorney Edward Weiss, for the defendant, gave out, Just before the opening of the session, this list of her answers on the stand which be thought disingenuous: "I can't remember, 293 times; I can't tell, 118 times; I could not tell you, 137 times; I don't believe, 81 times; I don't know, 184 times; I think so, 125. times; 1 believe, 19S times; 1 thought, 63 times; I won't swear, 49 times. Total, 1,248. lu regard to Mrs. Brokaw having heard her husband speak in an un dertone across a fifteen foot table, Mr. Mclntyre had to ask 69 questions before the witness admitted that she did not hear him clearly. Twelve times he framed questions before Mrs. Brokaw finally admitted that her husband told her It was not refined, genteel, or lady-like to smoke cigarettes. RAY OF HOPE FOR KING LEOPOLD (By Cable to The Times) Brussels, Dec. 16 A ray of hope for the life of King Leopold came today for the first time since he was operated upon. His condition this morning was stated in the doctor's bulletin to be normal, and the pain which for days racked him to the point of desperation was somewhat ameliorated. Neverthe less, the physicians were still pessi mistic. The king's age, his weakened constitution and reported complica tions have from the first been taken as fatal factors. On his sick bed, Leopold, never popu lar with his subjects, has not been spared by the people. There is no note of genuine mourning. All the gossip and scandals of the last thirty 'or more yeara have been revived, and except officially, the aged monarch has not been regarded with veneration. His reported persistent refusals, even in his extremity, to receive the daught ers he has held In disfavor. Princess fctepnamo ana Princess Louise have ' . 1 r cm m '. 11 . 1,"m l" "ty "l ". of this, the presence near his sick bed , ot tne Countesg of VaUKhan wh0 nM been for Bome tlme the ctoMgt friend. had done much to revive the scandals which have been associated with IjMK pold's name. Countess Vaughan.' who will probably be escorted to the Belguim border if roM)e4 , by death of the king's favor' ' has attempted many times dally tai " reach him. She resumed these trials , today, but was refused. Ne one, In deed, has -been allowed in the tic It room exceot tha dnctnra nful hiimm. "v Another conference of physicians wag i held this morning. ' - -.3 .A 1