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t DOUBLE TH CIRCULATION INTHE CITY OF RALEIGH OF ANY OTHER NEWSPAPER. MEMBER MERCHANTS' ASSOCIATION r ESTABLISHED 1876. RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBEE 31, 1909. PRICE S CENT0 r- r? " ( ... ... I last IWlrS . EDITION 0' i V V If A HEIRESS RAN OFF WITH A HOTEL MAN Sacrificed Her Horn? and $10, 000,000 For Man Who Served Her MAN WAS MARRIED Girl is a Granddaughter of Robert litiist and She Disappeared From Home Several Days Ago Man She Eloped With Was a Spanish Jew, Three Times Her Age, u Slurried Man and u. Wuiter at the Hotel at Whirh She Lived Letters That the .Man Left Have Ilcen Shown to the Police and Through These the Couple Are Ileitis Trarked. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Philadelphia, Pa., Dee. :! I Ro berta It. De.Ianon, I lie 1 "-year-old granddaughter of Robert lluist. sac rificed her home and her inheritance of $10,000,000 when as Is now cer tain, according 10 the police she eloped with Ferdinand Cohen, a Spanish Jew three times her age. The story of the hypnotic thrall In which Cohen held the girl, whom he served as a waiter at the Bellevue Stratford in Philadelphia, was re vealed today in hitters from her which, he left behind when he and little Roberta, both iii disguise, lied last Wednesday. These letters, in th,e opinion of Mrs. Cohen, the wife whom the wait er left, have been shown to (he po lice and u is through them that the missing heiress and her Svengali are being tracked. Robert Btiist, the millionaire seed man, and Roberta's grandfather, to day made it known that he would al ter his will ami cut off the girl with out a cent. On the day before she fled, be renueathed to her $10,000, 000 of his estate. Though almost crazed with sorrow, Ihe old million aire has no forgiveness for ' Roberta. The story of the girl's elopement at first clouded with mystery, has been uncovered, but by bit. Today it. became known that when Miss DeJanon left the Rellevue-Strat-i'ord, her own dark hair was covered with a blond wig. Siie made slight preparation for her flight, apparently, save for packing a small valise! She took with her, however, the fat lit tle, fox terrier to which she was de voted. Cohen, also, was disguised. He wore u false mustache and a soft fell hat that dropped over his eyes and cast a shadow on his features, when he met the girl -'at the Broad street station. This afternoon it was declared that the authorities were close on the trail of the strange couple. Little Ro berta and the man who cast his weird spell over her while he served her as a menial, Have been pursued from the moment their flight was dis covered by all the forces that could be mastered by the millions of her family, and the jealousy of a woman scorned by the deserted wife. The police of half a dozen cities ,, have been set on the qui vive, and it was reported today that Boston, Pittsburg, Buffalo, and other cities in the east were Involved in the search. ANOTHER NEW DISEASE. This Time it is in Rocky Mountain Region Very Deadly. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, Dec. 31 Dr. John F. Anderson, director of the Hygienic Laboratory staff of the public health and marine hospital service, has just announced the discovery and classi fication of a strange and deadly dis ease which is prevalent in the Rocky Mountain region. he moortality of the new disease which has been called "spotted fever" is 70 per cent. Bacteriologists of the hygienic laboratory are now searching for a remedy for the dis ease and physicians In the territory where it prevails are conducting In dependent Investigations to discover a remedy. President Back in Washington. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, Dec. 3 1 President Taft and his party, including Miss ' Helen and Robert Taft, returned shortly after 7:00 o'clock this morn ing from New York, where they at tended the wedding of Miss Louise Taft, daughter of Henry W. Taft, to George H. Snowden, of Seattle, last evening. V. S. Minister M. V. Kgan and his daughter, .Miss been iiiiiiislcr to Denmark lor some time, and it was he who officially helped shower courtesies on Dr. Cook when the latler's discovery of the North Pole was reMrtel. The minister is here for the Christinas holidays. FOREIGN COMMERCE MAKES HIGH RECORD (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, Dec. 3 1 The for eign commerce of the United States in the calendar year lflOH will ex ceed in value that of any earlier year with the single exception of 11)07. The imports will be larger than in any previous year, while the exports will lull slightly below those of l'.tOtl and 11)07. That is Ihe estimate of the year's trade based upon oflicial Mguros for 11 months, as presented by. the bureau of statistics of the depart ment of commerce and labor. As suming that the twelfth month. De cember, will show figures of imports mid exports approximately equal to those' of the immediately preceding month, November, the imports will aggregate about $1.47'., 000,000 and the exports about $1,730,000,000, of which approximately $25,0O(l.ii00 consists of foreign merchandise ex ported and the remainder. $1,7.", 000, domestic products. Imports free of duly will be larger than in any earlier year in the his tory of our commerce and will ag gregate approximately $7011. 0.(0, 000 against a little over $.1(10, 000, 000 in 190S and $030,000,000 in ll07, tile high record year prior to l!0!i. Dutiable imports will amount to about $780.0O0,O"0, and will be lar ger than in any preceding year, ex cept possibly in l!tn7. when the total was $787,000,000. MORGAN WILL PLAY TRUST TO BISHOPS (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Cincinnati, O., Pec. 31 J. Pierpont Morgan Is expected to be the prince of hosts when be comes here In March as a delegate to the Episcopal con vention. He will entertain all trie Episcopal bishops at the meeting, it Is s:alil. at the home of Alexander Mc Donald in Clifton, known as Dalvay, which is one of the most hcmittful homes in this section of the country. He has had the catcrcii. Louis Sherry, here from New York. Sherry says the place is Ideal. He will bring with him a number of chefs and servants, and a carload of edibles, which will be served during the two weeks visit of the Episcopalians. Dalvy will be the stopping place of all the bishops and several prominent lavmen fis well as Mr. Morgan. Reception For Retiring Commission- ' ers. 1 (By Leased Wire to The Times) WashiUK'oi, Dec. 31 Henry B. F. MacKailand end Henry L. West, re tiring district commissioners, were given a i nception last evening in the municipal building. Citizens pre sented Mr. Went with a $1,000 silver service and Sir. MacKarland received a $1,00" l iw library. Egan, Denmark Camielitta Ean. , Mr. Egan has KEPT A DIARY OF HIS APPROACHING END (By Leased Wire to The Times) Kalamazoo, Mich., Dec. 31 Attorney William A. Luby. alone In his office, kept an hourly schedule of his approaching- end, while he fought for his HIV dtirins thirteen hours Ills body whs found on Ihe Moor of lii: office with the vest und shirt torn open, and the hands clutching at the heart. On the desk were these three notes: "I ain not feeling well. The doctor has told ine tli il the next attack will linisb me. The attack has liegun. I am taking the medicine, prescribed. H is one o'clock Wednesday afternoon. "I am. taking medicine every two hours. "At 4: 20 my condition does not im prove I am slill taking my medicine. "I must have been asleep the last two hours. I do not remember," wrote l.uby shorLlv after 7 o'clock. At !) o'clock ho wrote': "I am easy." There was no other notation unlit two o'clock in Ihe morning, when he wrote: Void: 1 know my condition is seri ous. It is hard to breathe: 1 am ." Mr. l.uby was widely known as an alloroev and writer. Itl; I I It 10 IN PHILADELPHIA. Loss $1100,00(1 and Entire Business Block Gutted. ( By Leased Wire to The Times) Pittsburg, Dec. 31 Driven by a high wind and fed with inflammable material, fire early today completely gutted the business block at 414-416 Wood street, occupied by the Union Electric Company and Footers Dye ing establishment. The loss is esti mated at $200,000. Among the thrilling incidents was the rescue by the firemen of a num ber of occupants of a Turkish bath establishment on the top floor who were saved with difficulty. THE WEATHER. Forecast till 8 p. m. Saturday. For Raleigh and vicinity: Fair and warmer tonight and Saturday. Km- North Carolina: Fair, warmer tonight, temiierature about freezing; Saturday fair and warmer; Ijght to moderate south winds. , WKATHER CONDITIONS. The main force of the cold wave has been expended and the weuthor Is now moderating rapidly in connection with a large disturbance that is overspread ing the western and central districts. The temperature has risen thirty re srees over the middle Mississippi Valley during the past twenty-four hours. In creasing -cloudiness Is reported over the central-southern and western states. Snow Is falling In Wvr-mlng-and Utah and rain prevails In Nevada and California. The weather will be fair and w mrr in this vicinity tonight and Sal otU.v. The milder period Indicated will prob ably continue several days. i t. A. DFS'iN. Section llr.i'lor. MBMEAD1BAD WRECK MAY NEVER BE LEARNED! Train Wrecked aad Flames De stroy Train and' Incinerate The Victims CAUSE OF WRECK Itefore Xoon Five Bodies Had ISeen Recovered and Three ' Cars Had liccn Consumed How Many There Were in These Cars Who Were In cinerated ft Is Impossible to Suy Four I'nknown Bodies R-covcrcd Are Supposed to be Those of Pas sengers Bodies of Two Women Have Been Taken Prom Burned Sleeiier. I By Leased Wire to The Times) Trenion, Mo.. Dec. 31 It may never be known bow many persons perished in the wreck of die Califor nia special on the Rock Island Rail road at S:40 o'clock this morning, three miles north of Trenton. At 11 n. m. five bodies had been brought into Trenton. Three cars had been consumed by fire and it was then impossible to say whether the fatalities in these cars would increase the death list only by tljjree or four or by a dozen. Seven of the injured bad been brought to town at that time, among them William Flinn, of Kansas City, agent of the Cudahy Company at th.it place, whose left shoulder was broken and his head cut. Of the dead only iFi iman O. P. Llnlnger, of Trenton, has been identi fied. He had been scalded in his cab. The four unknown bodies recov ered are supposed to be those of pas sengers. The bodies of two women have been taken from the burned tourist sleeper. There are other bodies in the sleeper ami estimates now made place the number of dead at twenty. Among the injured brought here, two are supposed to be dying. Among the injured are: Engineer W. I. Millington. of Trenton, badly scalded about the head: will recover. .1. C. Hilders, Anderson, Intl.. bruised and several sprains. C. E. Spence, Dallas, Texas, sprain ed back, serious. Sieve Howard, who said he lives in Alabama but would not give the name of his home city for fear his family would become alarmed, sus tained a fractured left leg J. Zorning. Davenport, la., left leg broken and head cut. While running at an extremely high siieed the locomotive suddenly left Ihe rails and landed over the right of way fence, fifiy feet from the track. All of the cars but one tum bled down the embankment. The two Pullmans that, broke away caught fire, and although the trainmen and passengers who had not been injured strove valiantly, the flames made such progress that it was impossible to ex tricate the occupants. The scene of the wreck is in the country and there is no means of giving material aid to the injured or fighting the fire with any success. Trenton has sent every available physician and nurse and hundreds of citizens went on foot to the scene of the disaster to succor the unfortu nate. 1 Kansas City. Mo., Dec. 31 The Rock Island's Golden Stale l imited eproute to Kansas City, was wrecked just out side of Trenton. Mo., this morning. The engine and all the jcoaches were overturned, two of the coatches catch ing: tire. The fireman was Instantly killed but the engineer escaped. There may be, it Is feared, as many as twenty dead passengers under the wreckage, but at present all efforts of the survivors are turned toward subduing the flames.. The cause of the disaster Is unknown. A wrecking train was sent out at once and surgeons and nurse's were UB9t7lllUICtl ICiltiy IU I Hail III UlC !lJUl In a special train, if It should turn out that anyone was hurt. The Golden State Limited is one of the crack trains of the RocR Island running between Chicago and I.os Angeles. Old Folks' Dinner. The annual Old Polks' dinner witl be given tomorrow at 1 o'clock at the Fayetteville Street Baplietl For more than thirty years Spen churche The Ladies Aid Society of cer Trask had been a prominent fig tbo" Kirst Baptist church will prepare uve In banking circles In New York, the dinner; This annual dinner is He nsiired from active business sev gteatly enjoyed by the old people, J (Continued on Pait Two.) ON NEW YORK CENTRAL RY. Spencer Trask Was Killed and Three Others Thought j To Be Dead I ! CAR WAS TELESCOPED ! Had Wreck On ihe New York Central t in Which Spencer Trask, Hanker I und .Millionaire, Lost His Life ; Three Other Persons Whose Names Are I'nknown Ai Also Helievcd ( j Have llecii Killed Car Was Hear Kml Sleeper of I be K pi-ess and Was Crushed by a I'leihi Kngiiie. Wreck Due to Carelessness of llie I'.riikemaii S ei- Trask. (By Leased Wire to The Times. I New York, Dee. :! I - Silencer Trask, banker and mull i-niilliiiri:iir , was killed today, three oilier per sons are believed lo have lost their lives and four were injured when a freight train crashed 'into Ihe second section of the Montreal Express of the New York Central Itnilroad. af Croton, X. Y. All of the victims wore in the last car at the time. The engine of the freight train telescoped the car. The car. which was a sleeper, was crushed, as l hough it were mi egg shell. The three persons thought lo's" have been killed were imprisoned in the wreckage. No sound could be honrrt frnm lham tiftui. t In-. ..nil i on ........ ....... ....... ...... and it was considered a certainly j that they were killed.. Their nai'iis could not be obtained. ' The porter of Ihe .sleeping ear and j three other persons, all injured, j crawled out of the wreckage. It was with. great difficulty thai the body of Mr. Trask was taken from the debris. It was then convey ed to the morgue at Croton. while a crew of men began working to res cue the oilier bodies. The accident is said to have been duo lo the carelessness of a brake man on Ihe Montreal Express. The train, bound for New York. wa.-. run ning in the middle of three I racks, and when it reached I'pper Crossing at Croton it halted near a signal light which displayed a "stop" signal. The conductor of Ihe train sent die: brakemaii back to signal any other. trains which might come along. It was not then known by the conductor that the freight, train w:is thundering' along on the same track. I The brakeman is said lo have gone only thirty feet behind die Mmiiivar Express with his red signal. In die rear sleeper there were eight per- : sons, seven passengers and the por- j ter. I Mr. Trask was asleep in a berth near the rear door. For several; months he had been ill, and only re cently underwent an operation by ' which he lost the sight of one of his eyes. On this account he had told the porter not to disturb him until the train reached New York. '! !:o freight train bore down upon die ex press at full speed. The brakeman saw it when it was some distance off. and began waving his Hag. Hut Kn gineer Flannigan. of the freight, did not see the signal until ho was loo near the express train to slow up. He then applied the emergency brakes. The freight, consisting of nearly forty cars, did not, seem to slacken its speed. It slid along on the rails and crashed into the roar of the express wilh frightful force. After the first shock of the col lision, the engine of the freight train ploughed through the sleeper. Those in the car had no opportunity to flee. The brakeman who bad been sent back to give a signal disappeared Immediately after the crash and offi cials of the railroad company, arc now searching for him. Mr. Trask boarded the Montreal Express at Saratoga, where he had been living in "Yeddo," his magnifi cent country home. The train had been ae,ayed by recenf snowstorms and by the time It. reached Croton, at 8 o'clock, it was more than an hour behind its schedule. It was due in New York at 7:20 a. m. The rear sleeper was the only one damaged in the crash. Passen gers In all of the other cars were bad ly shakiin up but none of them was iseriouBij injured MISS VIUCIMA WAKDI.Att. 1 feJ Miss Virginia W.iiilla, vtlu is de- clared fo be tin- io.isi important of I 'be three wi'inen suspects, v. ho bine j , '"" indicted lor die imnilcr of Mrs. J Sueail. mIiom' body was round in !a balli lull in ao Kal (i.:iij:e house. ' W'ari'.btw iias .oliniiied dial she ieiii:iine, in the house Ul hours al'ler -be knew lice eject- v.as dead before, mil il't ilm die polit e. MRS. MARY SNEAD COLLAPSED TODAY I By Leased W ire to The Times) New York. lie,.. :: . Mrs. iniii and 11101 liei'-iu-w of i's. Ore; M. Sinad. 1 he East O range. X. .1,. "bath inh mystery" I V 11 ' " rolla psoil ill f he Kssev county j.lil, lit New -f hor lii-.-.t .'.II;..- Vi'i'i, elm rg, .,1 v " man. lo.'ny, its the result ttrv wilh her sister, N i' 1 li !.l m . who is i.' iii'; i lo' .' imn g w ii- dill . Man !. an i ter. I Alrt 1 1 in, nun her o I'. I ill tile iili ! 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'nit. in. he T Iiii tell .'. (Ill i 'Pari I ii: JOINT CONVENTION OFCIVICFEDERATION Washington. Dec. .M - Plans tire being perfected for the joiat conten tion of the .National Civic Federation and the conference, of - governors, which is to he held in Washington on January 17 to -h. Seth Low, president of the federa tion: Alton 11. Parker, chairman of the committee o:i program, and R. M. Kasley. chairman. ex 'cnt.lve council, are co-oi.t-'- 1 1 '.t i Gov ernor Hughes, ol ernor Fort, of Nc ernor Weeks, of . rnngomenls for tit. the two bodies. President Tiif' opening address t;- New York ; Gov Jer ry, and Gov- i' -Lout, on ar ,c - lit sei- ions of v iM deliver the be t'ertemtlon, SENOR CREEL STATEMENT AMBIGUOUS Diplomat are Wondering Just What the Mexican Repre sentative Meant ESTRADA IS MASTER It Mexico Has Officially Recognized Mn.ltiz As President of Nicaragua This (.ovcrniiieut Has Received No Notice of It Situation in Nicara gua is Directly Opposite to What Setnir Creel Said it Was Policy of l be State Department Still Is Simply to Await Events Senor Coiea Will he Received. ( r.y Leased Wire to The Times) Washington. Dec. 31 If Mexico : has officially recognized Medrlz as I presiileni of Nicaragua this govern linenl has no oinclal notice of it. I In the public statement issued by j Senor Creel here yesterday he said I dial "the election of Jose Madrht as , provisional president of Nicaragua , was it happy event, because it pre vented anarchy, a second revolution and further complications with the Tinted States." ytlie state department refuses to -coniiiieni on this ambiguous state ment, and diplomats are wondering just what Senor Creel meant, for the .situation in Nicaragua is directly op posite to the inference In the an nouncement that all Is now happily adjusted in the Central American re public. Estrada is reliably reported io have troops within a few days ( march of Managua, and when they arrive al the capital the Madriz goV t l imn ii t must inevitably fall. It is known here that Madriz cannot get together any troops to oppose the . revolutionary army, and Estrada is evident lj master of the country. It only remains for him to march to ! .Managua. i The slate department is also with ' out oflicial confirmatioon of the re ; port that several of the Central American republics have recognized tlie .MadrU government, and the lo ' gai ions of these governments here are also in the dark concerning this . t'i port . ! 1 1 is known that the policy of the sii lepaiimeiii in regard to the I Xiriii'aguan situation is to simply j await events. The Estrada and Abo hi, laiiions will be left to fight Ml out. though the department would S prefer dial Kstrada become presi dent, in,- at the beginning of the rev lohiiiou it cvt ended moral support to hilll. j The stale department today is iwiihoni any important, advices from ; Nicaragua; -Salvador Caslrillo, the Estradan j envoy ill Washington, has heard noth i ing from die Kstrada government since yesterdiu He said today that j he experh d to receive advices by j Sunday at tiie latest that Estrada's I troops were in Managua. Vice-ionsni Caldera cabled the 'state department, today from Man- agua that military preparations are being continued and that the Madriz gosenimem is attempting to nego jtiale ii loan from Managua merchants i and bankers. i The si -ie department today an ! I'ni.m ed that if Senor Corea, special .'II'' .' of the Madri, government of -mi a i au ita to v tisniiigiuu, who m I l,u'' 1,11 " a.' neie, pit-pctiL ticucu- tia Is to ihe department, he will be received in die same unofficial man ner as Dr. Castrillo, the Estrada en voy. Jose Olivines, Vnited States con sul at Hauagiia. left Washington last mgiit for Salina Cruz, Mex., on his way to Managua. Commander Shipley, of the Des Moines, cabled the state department today from lJluefields, that 1,000 loaves of bread are being cooked daily on the Prairie for the destitute Nicaraguans. and the stores are be ing landed in Hluefields. Law Which ltallinger Violated. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington. Dec. 31 The law which it is charged Secretary Ballin ger violated after his i retirement from the office of the commissioner of general land office was placed on the statue books by congress, June 1. 17S2. The statute makes it unlawful for any officer, clerk, or employe In any government department to act as counsel, attorney, or agent in any claim against the government which, was pending in any of the depart ments while so employed. i "TOT" Iiii.iii.ihu .in i. I, I 1 111111111 I'M Ml "
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