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E3TABLISHED 1871 KZ RALEIGH, N. C., MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1909. PRICE 6 CENTS AMERICAN CITIZEN IS ftllSTREATED Suffers at Hands of Nicara- guans According to Dispat ches Received today IIAME NOT GIVEN Granting of An Asylum to the For mer . resident ot Nicaragua by Mexico Mora Not in Anyway Change the Plan of the United States in the Cannon-Groce Mat ter His Extradition Will Be De manded If He is Found to be Re 's sponsible for Their Execution- Re quest for Recognition to be Made by Dr. Castrillo. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, Dec. 27 The start ling news that the son of a promt nent American citizen at Granada, Managua, has been beaten and ar rested at Managua, Nicaragua, was received at the state department this morning in a cablegram from United State Vice Consul Caldera. The son was not registered at the consti late at Managua, but this fact does not deprive him of the protection of the American government If an in qulry proves that he has been unjust ly treated. The name of the youth beaten Is not given In the dispatch. , The cablegram adds .that .troops from -Leon -are. be tag sent .-eastward; .and that men from the same city are being placed In no wer &T Granada. Leon Is the home city of President Madrls. , , An official of the state department today gave out an .unofficial state ment concerning the question of Jthe asylum afforded former President Ze laya by Mexico. The statement sets forth that the granting ot an asylum to the .former president of Nicara gua has not In any way changed the plan of the United States in regard to placing the responsibility for the execution of Cannon and Groce upon him. An inquiry is to be conducted. It is asserted, to ascertain the facts in the Cannon-Groce matter. Secre tary of State Knox made it clear in his note to Senor Rodriguez, charge d'affaires df the Nlcaraguan legation, some time ago, that reparat ion would be exacted from those directly re sponsible for the execution of the Americans. If the investigation Inculcates him he will bo extradited, if possible and brought before a competent tribunal for trial. The department is report ed to be relieved that Zelaya has left Nicaragua but feels that Mexico has incurred a heavy responsibility In al lowing him to enter 1U territory, which is taken to mean that Mexico has by no means heard the last of the Zelaya incident, ', which It is thought, may lead to serious conse quences. -. Trapped In Trolley Car. - tBy Leased Wire to The Times) Seymour, Conn., Dec, 27 Wreckr Ing gangs today raised the trolley car in which Motorman Frederick Beard and Conductor Marcus Dono van were trapped when the car plung ed Into the Nadgatuck River during the blizzard. Five passengers escap ed from .the car as it plunged' down a 40 foot embankment. THE WEATHER. Y 1. v Forecast till t v. m. .osdav. For Raleigh and vicinity: Generally fair and continued cold tonight . and Tuesday. " ; - For North Carolina: Generally fair and continued cold tonight and Teus-1 day; light west winds. WEATHER CONDITIONS. The barometrlo pressure continues below normal over the greater part of tne east, and light snow Is reported In the New England States and Lake region. : The pressure Is above normal over the Rocky Mountain regkm , and the Pacific qpast States, where the weather is generally , cloudy ..'The temperatures are below the seasonal average In nearly all parts of the coun tr. Heavf frost - Is reported from northern ' and central Florida and along the east Gulf coast. ,v - From the present Indications we may eyet generally . fair and , continued eohl ; weather, in this Vicinity tonight and Tuesday.. ' . J: ,t i C. H. RICHARDSON, " Acting BacUou Director., 'ADMIRAL 8CHIJEY. I ! Admiral Winfleld Scott Schley, who has come out boldly as a champion of Dr. 'Cook, and a challenger of Com mander Peary to prove tliat he got any nearer the- pole than his rival. Admiral Schley is retired, so that his aspersions on Commander Peary can not be checked by governmental re striction. As it is, however, he has set Washington talking about lUs boldness. YOUNG AERONAUT ACHIEVES TRIUMPH (By Leased Wire to .The Times) Tacoma, Wash., Dec 27-flSxperts say that Reginald Weathersby, 22 years old) .who live at Stornaway Lak& ha thre yeaittc constant experimentation that gives Him high rank as an aero naut and will undoubtedly make him world famous. He has completed and successfully tried out his aluminum aeroplane, circling,' with two other machinists , aboard, tne summit ot Mount Tacoma last Wednesday. The machine promises to revolutionize the entire system of air navigation, as It la an aeroplane with wings. The new feature ot his aeroplane Is a substitution of a system of undulat ing', planes for the ordinary revolving propeller, by which he has demonstrat ed a speed of 120 miles an hour with out vibration or Jar as in case of the revolving propeller types. The machine is made of thin sheets of aluminum, reinforced with steel frame, long and neck-like, acting as a steering point, making resistance light. Aviators sit in the body of the machine, tandem tylc, and along the 'underside of the long body undulating planes, which, working back and forth, shoot the machine forward V.m a. rocket, the planes working in four separate pets, so there iB never a period of rest but a continual rush ahead. In ruse of accident or stopping .machinery, the aeroplano sails an hour or more, gradually lowering the all it 'el'-. The Inventor nays the balanced. unhilimiie motion ot the sea gulls on pine- t ... gave him the first idea. W.n't: will offer the invention to the r States government and will !. u. -lenge the Wrights and other a -. to a trial of speed on their own terms, j t ' Carrier's , (By H. H. Brimley.) . There's been news of greatest interest Jn the year that's closing now And we gave if"tp you always fresh and clean; For we tried to hand It out to you red-hot oft the bat, , As we catch 4t, fielding, with anardor keen. Mr. Roosevelt went to Africa we told yoij at the time And we put you next when Cook brought in the Pole; And to Peary w'ell, we told - you all the lively songs he sang When he tried to put poor Cookie In the hole. . As for Taft, we printed all the smooth and .silky things he said ' In his 'Message and In trotting oyer the jand; Though we know you'll never read 'em ail (nobody never does), Any more than had he writ, them in the sand. - 'I.- . .:.:').' 'k- ''. And the Hookworm we, just Corralled him and showed you how he looked ; In our Innards, eating up our Christmas pie; V And Pellagra,. why.. We mad you, wise and told you not to eat hy cornbread with your dinner or you'd die. . '." ' ,":' w-: i i!-VtVs"iri',f-:'l'r W-.,; And we told you of, the weddings and the Booby Prize at Bridge; And Miss Vere de Vere'a blue-green Carnation Tea; To say naught of things politic and turnips at the Fair , "And the Circus and the educated Flea- . We're the Good Old. Times coma back (yoii've heard of them, no doubt, v in our former sweet and soulful Christmas rhymes); And We must repeat the good advice We gave a twelvemonth back,. "If you want to get the News, just take The Times." And we Carriers, who've brought tnUr blessed paper to your doors ' i Through the summer" heats or roaring gale that sting' . Will exchange our hearty blessings for your recognition kind. And we'll add a prayer that, later, MILLIONS OF DAItlAGEDONE BY THE STORM Seventeen Persons Dead In New York Alone by Worst Storm in Years ROADS ALL TIED UP Work Of Repairing the Damage Wrought in the Last Two Days Has Been Taken .Up in Half a Dozen States Millions of Dollars Damage Has Been Done by the IMlzzard and Tidal Wave Along the East and At lantic Coast Worst Storm in New York Since 1888. (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Dec. 27 The work of repairing the damage wrought by the storm of the last two days was taken up today in half a dozen states. Mil lions of dollars damage has been done by the blizzard and tidal wave tbat have 'buffeted the east and the At lantic coast. Seventeen persons to day are known to be dead in New York alone as the result of this, the worst storm of two decades. Thous ands of miles of railroads have been tied up and wire communications throughout the affected region cri pled. Gigantic efforts are being put forth by . every railroad and telegraph com pany to bring .order out of chaos. Conditions are being slowly remedied. It is feared that the death list will mount considerably higher, as the de laiH of fh4 stofcm'ff: fleets arrive. .'F?esh reports of the havoc today show that the storm is tne worst that hag been experienced since the. New York blizzard of 1888. In New York City alone today 7,000 men are 'working with might and main to clear the streets of the banked snow. Many of these have been laboring constantly for 3t hours. Trains, delayed from two to 12 hours, began arriving early today on the various lines entering New York. The Pennsylvania lines, as far as Washington; the New York Cen tral, and the New York, New Heaven and Hartford roads were the princi pal sufferers, and at places traffic on these lines was practically aban doned during the storm, while all en ergy was devoted to clearing the right-of-way. As a result the trains were moving Blowly. Reports received today from New England paint the storm as the worst of many years. Lives are reported lost in the 14-foot tidal wave which did Immense damage. Many Massa chusetts cities were iu darkness last night. In Philadelphia the situation was almost as serious, all surface ttaftic. being blocked and the steam road services demoralized. Five thousand 'persons. spent Saturday night in the Broad street station, and last night the situation was almost as bad. ' 'in Greater New York today doz- Greeting you'll' bare wings, I , The North Pole as Peary Says He Found It rror imr'WMk J' , k$m The north pole, as Commander Peary says he found it. At 4li- summit of a grout mountain of ice the American Hag was planted. Commander Peary will short ly niiikc public every liitlc detail ronnceli-l with liis discovery, and the recent discrediting of Dr. Cook will coinix-I liiin to be doubly cxMioii. lie claims to have the fullest veiillrutiuii. ens of automobiles and taxicabs were claimed by their owners and drivers who had been forced to abandon them in the streets, unable to plough through the snow-drifts. Hundreds of belated passengers today made their way into New York from hotels and fanh houses in the outlying dis tricts, -where they had been forced to take refuge when the blizzard tied up all traffic. Throughout New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachu setts, rennsyivaiiui, anu jviaryuiim the full extent of the damage was sus tained. From all sources stories of suffering and tremendous loss canto today in a steady stream. In the Hudson river many vessels at anchor have been dragged peri lously near shore. In Long Island Sound the situation is even .worse, a record-breaking tido having added to the storm's effects. Damages to scores of coasting ves sels, big and little, were reported to-' day. The-full force of the blizzard was felt along the coast. Ice caked ships from hundreds of miles to the north of New York to below Baltimore were forced to struggle to keep afloat and today limped Into ports. In the tenement districts of New York suffering was especially in tense. Today every charitable organ ization in New York took up the task of alleviating the suffering of the poor. Facilities for feeding the homeless were arranged as well as the distribution of clothing and other supplies. . Many of the victims of the storm here were wayfarers who were strug gling, to make their way home. Ex hausted, they fell and were over come, to be found hours later, witn life extinct. The New York Central's crack train, the Twentieth Century Limited,' was 40 minutes late today and most of the other fast New York Central trains from the west were an hour or more behind time. The Pennsylvania's fast trains were for the most part delayed from two hours up. The Dead in Boston. (1 (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Boston, Mass., Dec. 27 Thtee persona dead, 31 reported missing and 2500 homeless is todtty's summary of the i havoc wrought by the breaking of a 'dyke in Chelsea by (he tide during yesterday's storm. The property losa la estimated at $200,000, The homeless are being cared for In public buildings and Governor Draper has ordered the state militia to aselst.' , . Cornelius Hawkins aiuK hl. r wife drowned When the tide broke through J (Continued on Page Eight-i- 5 t SHOT OVER BOX OF CIGARETTES (.Special to The Times.) Wilmington, Dec. 'Si As a r suit. ii. Christinas afternoon quarrel over a hnx of cigarettes, Willie Williams. i rP,i years of uge, seriously. T"lp- alily fatally wounded J'"- .Mel 'm niiek. colored. The affair occurred yeslei'd.ij afternoon in Ha: uortlcin section o! (he city. 'I'he affray is :aid I ha-." followed a rectl"sL for a cigarette. The negro vh' vas shot replied lliat la did not have one of Ihe "colliu tai i;s." to use lie phraseology at ( i ilait' .1 to the pally to Hie conversation. The negro with the pistol seemed to doubt Ills opponent's truthfulness and opened file with the pistol. Williams made his escape after shooting MeCorinlek. j The latter was shot twice, once in the shoulder and the second time in the left wrist. The wounded nam was carried to the Walker Memorial hos pital where he was given attention. Miss Azille Hewlett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hewlett and Mr. Harry T. Cooley a well known and popular young couple were married Christmas night at the residence of the bride's parents, in this cltv. The officiating minister was Rev. K. D. Holmes, pastor of Fifth Street Methodist church. The wedding was a quiet home affair and only the immediate friends and rela tives of the contracting couple were Invited to attend. After the ceremony a reception was held at which con gratulations were offered the newly married couple. Mr. and Mrs. Cooley will make their homo for the present with the bride's parents in this city. The groom is engaged in the theatri cal business here . and he is esteemed by the business iublic. ZELAYA IS ON MEXICAN SOIL (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Vera Cms. Mex.. Dec. 27 fcx-Preel-dent Zelaya of Nicaragua today is In Mexican territory. After a record breaking run, the Mexican gunboat Oeneral Guerrero landed him at Sallna Crui last night, a dispatch received here says: "He was not expected until today. . The warship, anchored outside the port, when she arrived from - coiinto." ( r "M" 1 ' """""" I III HIM f TRAINS RUNNING OUT OF WASHINGTON ( By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington. Dee. J".--At 9 o'clock this niorjiiii'; al the union station it was sai'l that trains fur New York had at 7, s.aiel II o'clock. The il o'el'.i I; Iraiu as lo have hail the. I't .-. "!e i!'-. ear Jit tai II' d. f was eol- d. Ti ill out ioiliel li'itih a.-; s aid" d"l iii' t he day. ilua I l a in, (toe , M enf O'lohulliid at Willoitml' I to it. hill. a ins will he freipieiil ly as The I'ennsyl- i, which Avas !'. Ilel., is ox- peeled to arrive llli.i I'dl'llooll.' Washington and Hi" south, from a. laiho.ol stnmlpomi. lot v. boon puoli c.i!l cut oil' liom New York and the iioitlieai't tor more t'cin hours. The A rizona-litoi n Mi.z.inl. the tall of which struck Wasliiicton Salutdax, pounced on the Atlantic coast slates with much vim and railroad tratlic was suspended. The Pennsylvania Railroad sent, a train from New York Saturday afternoon which reached Washington last midnight. That was the last train from the northeast and in spile of the work of the railroad otftrials and hundreds of employes, the trucks between New York and Haiti more could not he cleared yesterday. This niorniiiK', however, ii is expected that a partial schedule will be put in to elKCt. At union station las night a dozen or more northbound trains from the south were unaltered in the railroad yards, and will not start until Balti more telegraphs the information that the right of way has been opened. It was useless to run the trains to R'lltimoro, union station officials ' ex plained, as that city could offer no re lief. PRESIDENT WILL NOT MAKE TRIP (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington. Dec. 27 A the white house early this morning it was said that. President Taft 1ms abandoned his projected trio to Ne.v York today, owing to the lack ot train service dun to the storm. The president hud planned to attend the Merchants & Manufacturers dinner there and to ad dress the American Historical Society as the guest of Andrew Carnegie. At the white house later it was said that, the reason for the president s de cision not to start for New York not withstanding that trains are leaving Washington this jnornmg was that jtbe PINCHOT ON POLICPTHE PRF.SinF.NT Gives the Administration Con servation Policy Some Heavy Jolts A BITTER ATTACK Speech is Believed to Mark the Be ginning of the End of Mr. Pin chot's Connection Witli the Taft Administration Chief Forester Does Not Mention Names, But it Is Kasy to See at Whom He Was Hit tiiiK Significant That the Defense of the Conservation Policy and the Assault on the "Land Grabbers" Should be Made Just at This Time. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, Dec, 27 In the opin ion of official Washington the speech of Chief Forester Pinchot, defending the conservation policy of the Roos evelt administration, which was to have been delivered at New Eochelle, N. Y., but was not because of the storm, but still was published, is the beginning 6f the end of Mr. Plnchot'8 connection with the Taft administra tion and the end it is thought, is now not. far off. While the chief forester does not mention names it is easy enough to ead between the lines of his bitter speech just who he was hitting at, and the hints have a decided "big stick" swirl. There is every reason o believe, that th "ultimatum", --as some term the "few plain words" Of the chief forester, will be taken up and echoed and re-echoed by the con gressmen who are known to belong to the 'back from Elba club". It is regarded as significant that the defense of the conservation pol icy and the assault on the "land grabbers" should be made just at the time that Congress has Virtually de clared for an investigation of Secre tary Ballinger and the Glavis-Cun-ningham Alaskan coal scandal. By many who have read the pub lished report of the Pinchot Philippic it is said that it is most difficult to construe it other than an open attack upon President Taft, who from the first has stood by his secretary of th interior. The Pinchot attack, as it la termed is considered as a most ad roit, piece of work, in that it men- 1 1 ions no names, and if Secretary Bal I linger takes exception to It, say Pin. Idiot's friends the Secretary will vir tually admit that the truth has struck home. The speech is also regarded as au answer to Ballinger's statement made iu reply to the published Glavls charges. All efforts to ascertain what Presidenl Taft thinks of the attack Jiave proved futile, but it is safe to assume that he is not at all pleased at the situation as he can not but re gard it as a severe arraignment of iiis administration. The preliminary fight between the partisans of Secretary Ballinger by Chief Forester Pinchot in Congress ana particularly in the Senate will be over the question as to the character of the committee which shall conduct the investigation. Although the ques tion of an investigation so far as the friends of Secretary Ballinger are concerned started in the Senate, the house is anxious to have a hand in the matter, and will request the appoint ment of a joint committee of botht houses. The Pinchot met desire to have the inquiry carried op by one ot the standing committees, either the committee on public lands of which. Senator Nelson of Minnesotta la Chairman, or the committee on forest reservation headed by Senator Brand egee, of Connecticut, preferably the former, as its field is broader. The Ballinger advocates insist upon 'the oppointfuent of a select committee which plan is bitterly opposed by rriends of Pinchot by reason of 'tha fear that Buch a committee would bo "packed" to- whitewash Ballinger. The appointment of a select commit tee will be regaded as first blood for Ballinger. j Iron Magnate Dead. : Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 27 sjames W. Friend, one of the premier iron and steel masters of tho city, is dead. Ho was vice president of tho Pressdd Steel Car Company. white house has been informed th neither the Pennsylvania or Baltimoi & Ohio roads would guarantee aerrlta north of Baltimore. ' It Is understood that the president - ha definitely abandoned the intention of attempting to nmk.9 tho trip today . 7 ft
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