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DOUBLE THE CIRCULATION IN THE CITY OF RALEIGH OF ANY OTHER NEWSPAPER. The Evening Times' supremacy in circulation (its city circnlation being double that of any other paper) makes its "Lost and Found" column the most productive of results. ESTABLISHED 1876. RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1910. PRICE 5 CENTS. LAST EDITION PRESIDENT HASBUSYDAY IN NET YORK Takes Up the Fight In Behalf Of the Republican ' Party Of that State PROGRAM FOR DAY Will Hold (mnfeiwice With Republi can Leaders Intituling (governor Hughes, Trying to Evolve Plans to InSure Republican Success Xe.t Time The Lincoln Buy Banquet ill the Waldorf Tonight One or the Higgest, jiikI Most Significant Af fairs of lis Kind Planned in a Long Time President Guest of His Hi-other. (By Leased Wire lo The Times.) 'New'' York. Vol),' 12 This is the day that President Taft -lakes' up his tight for the republican party in New York. It. In his husy day, too. Every moment from the hour of his arrival is utilized in the program arranged for him, the conference between re publican leaders. Including Governor Hughes, being the principal item. The Lincoln Day banquet of the New York republican club, scheduled for the Waldorf tonight is one of tiie biggest and most significant affairs of its kind planned In a long while. Xhe president will return to Washington Sunday night. While In New York be will be the guest of his brother, Henry W. Taft, The program arranged for him is: 1:45 p. m. Arrives at Jersey City; met by Lloyd C. Criscom, president of the republican county committee, and Otto T. Bannard, republican mayoralty candidate last November. 2:30 p. m.' Reach Mr. Griscom's home and conference of republican leaders begins. Governor Hughes at tending. Senators Root and Depew, Chairman Woodruff of the state com mittee, and others have been invited to participate in the conference over the republican situation in New York. 4:30 p.' m. Reception to the pres ident at Mr. Griscom's, to which Con gressmen, district leaders, assembly men, aldermen and other politicians have been invited. ;.S:30 p. hi. The big republican .banquet at the Waldorf. ('overs will he laid for 1,200 at the banquet and 200 women will dine in an adjoining room and later listen to the speech-making'.. Besides the pres ident, Governor Hughes, Governor Fort, of New Jersey, and the Rev. Michael Chine, of Syracuse, are on the program for addresses, and it was learned today that Speaker Can non may also speak. One of the features of the ban-! quet will be the unveiling of a heroic bronze bust of Abraham Lincoln, the work of Max Bachmann. TWO SCHOONERS ASHORK. Crews Rescued by Life Savers After .-'.-. Desperate Struggle. Sandy Hook, N. J., Feb. 12 Two fishing schooners, the Franklin B. Nelson and the Llbby, both of New York, were driven ashore off Sandy Hook early today. Their crews, 17 in all, were 'reseated by life savers w ith the breeches buoy after a heroic light of several hours. The Nelson was declared a total wreck, but there Was hope of saving the Libby in the event of the winds falling. FIRE DOES DAMAGE IN WILMINGTON (Special to The Times.) Wilmington N. C. Feb. 12 A smould ering fire in the rear of the Wilmington Savings and Trust Company last night caused a damage to the Institution of five hundred dollars, and the dense smoke penetrated the four story struc ture next door occupied by Morris Bear and'Bro., one of the largest wholesale dry goods houses in the state. - The spring stock, valued at $125,000, nad just been received by the firm, and It i estimated that damage to the ex tent of J50.000 was caused to the dry goods and fine linens by smoke. The Joss is fully covered by Insurance. The fire started from tfce bank build ing and. was caused by a defective elec tric wire located in a Inaccessible posi tion. ' The fire department fought the blaze several hours before finally sup pressing it. CHARLES W. FATRRANKS. Former Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks, who has been distinguish ed by Pope Pins K, by the Pontiff re fusing to grant him an audience. Mr. Fairbanks is visiting in Rome and while thorn thought to pay his respects -in-the King, the Pope and the : American Methodist Church. The Pope made no demur about, the King hut objected to receiving Mr. Fairbanks if he persisted in currying his intentions of speaking in the Methodist Episcopal Church in Rome, because the Methodists have been do ing a great deal of proselyting among Catholics.' Mr. Fairbanks declared he would not consistently change his plans and spoke in the Methodist Church on toleration. Monslngnor Kennedy, rector of the American Col lege gave a dinner in Mr. Fairbanks' honor. I A NEW BUILDING Electrical and Civil Engineer ing Building for A. & M. Executive Committee Met Here Yes terday and Received Plans For a New $."(. 000 Building For A. & M. Plans Submit d-d by Mr. Frank Simpson Were Accepted. The executive committee of the A. & M. trustees met here yesterday and decided upon plans for the electrical and civil engineering building for A. & M. College. The members pres ent were Messrs. M. B. Stiekloy, of Concord; W. H. Ragnn, High Point: O. L. Clark, Clarkton; N. B. Brough ton and C. W. Gold, 'of Raleigh. Plans were submitted by Hook & Rogers, of Charlotte; P. Thornton Marye, of Atlanta; Frank B. Simp son, J. M. Kennedy, H. S. P. Kellar, and Frank Thompson, of Raleigh. The plans of Mr. Simpson were ac cepted by the committee. The building will cost about $iu, 000, will have a frontage of 170 feet on Hillsboro street and will have a depth of 90 feet, and will be located between the textile and agricultural buildings. .....DEATH OF JAMES WHEXX. Mr. James E. Wrenn Died in a Greensboro Hospital Yesterday. Mr. James E. Wrenn died in a Greensboro hospital yesterday morn ing about J o'clock, aged ' twenty eight years. Hp had been ill only a short time, the cause of his death being pneumonia. The body was brought here this morning and taken to his old home near Mount Zion, about fourteen miles south of Raleigh. The funeral will be conducted this afternoon from the home of his father, Mr. W. (J. Wrenn, by Rev. G. W Starling, and the interment will be in the family burying ground at Mount Zion. Be sides his father, he leaves three brothers, John T. Wrenn, of Wake county; W. T. Wrenn, of Raleigh, and O. H. Wrenn, of Guilford Col lege. - Mr. Wrenn held an Important posi tion with the South Atlantic Lumber Company, of Greensboro, and was generally liked b his associates. ANOTHER CHCRCH. Town of Bailey Rapidly Going For ward in Building Line. Bailey, Feb. 12 Arrangements are being made to build a Baptist church here. This will make the second church for Bailey; also ten stores and a number of new resi dences within the past 12 months. If BaUey only had a school it would be the best town between Raleigh and Wilson, nil rw urn MORE VESSELS SINK Two More Vessels Go Down On French Coast Fifty More Persons Added to the Jeath List Caused by Storm 137 Caniod Down to Death in Sinking of the Steamer General Cluin.y. (By Cable to The Times.) Marseilles, Feb. 12 Within sight of the spot where the wrecked steam er General Chenzy lies on a Majorca reef, where she went to disaster yes terday, sending 156 of the 157 per sons she carried to their deaths, two more vessels, sailers, were wrecked today. Reports' say that every soul on board both of them perished, swelling the death list of the storm that. Is sweeping the Mediferanean by at least fifty. The vessels were the Mathilde and the Martial. The Mathilde is believed to be the French bark of that name, owned and commanded by Gaullier De Ker moel. She was built in 1883, hailed from Granville, and was if "34 tons. The Martial was reported to be a lar ger vessel. Marseilles today is in a panic of grief, Hundreds of relatives of those lost, on the General Chanzy disaster crowded the piers throughout, the nignt, braving the storm and crying frantically for the despatch of suc cor to thorns who are lost beyond nil hope. Along the Cannebiere, the boule vard which leads to the Old Port, a packed mass of mourners today de fied the police. A heavy force was on the spot to prevent an outbreak on the part of tlfe desperate, griev ing crowds. Women, crying pitifully for word of husbands, sons, brothers or sweet hearts, stormed the offices of the Compagnie Generale Trans-Atlanti-que'.. Again and again some of the more desperate attempted to hurl themselves into the sea in a parox ism of tmffwtngv Weejring men be sieged the steamship officials and the authorities. Yet there was not a ray of hope for them. . The crowd was swelled today by panic-stricken inquiries for the safe ty of other ships in the path of the storm . By noon a solid mass of thousands clogged the water front, defying the police and demanding the news that did not come. ": The only word received this morn ing corroborated the stories of the loss of every soul on the General Chanzy except one, an Algarian cus tom official, who clung to a piece of wreckage and was picked up by a fisherman. . From Palma, on the Island of Ma jorca, today came news of the wash ing ashore of bodies. The coast in the vicinity of the reef between Ma jorca and Minorca, where the steam er ripped her bottom out is dotted with corpses, and a patrol was estab lished today for their recovery. Braving the terrible seas and the gale, rescuers today attempted to put to sea to search for possible surviv ors, In the hope that a small boat may have lived when the crash came. Time and again these hardy rescuers were driven back, but a little fleet of small boats and tugs succeeded in putting out. It was definitely asserted today that among those on board the Gen eral Chanzy were three Americans. PROGRESS IN THE SWOPE MURDER CASE (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Kansas, City. Mo., Feb. 12 The im panelling of the special grand Jury ailed to Investigate the death of Col onel Thomas Swope and the charges against Dr. B. Clark Hyde, one of the heirs to his $4,000,000 fortune, accused of giving the millionaire strychnine, was delayed today in the court of criminal Judge Latshaw and was postponed until 3 o'clock this afternoon because of the unavoidable absence of one of the .luroi. If the Judge can be present this after noon the Jury will be sworn in and In structed at that time. The names of the witnesses summoned have been Learefully guarded, the prosecutor com plying with the law which demands secrecy, In every respect so there will be no technical grounds for the supreme court to quash any indictment that may be returned. Attorneys for Dr. Hyde did not take depositions yesterday in the libel suit against John G. Paxton. After prom ising to be present for the afternoon session Mr. Paxton suddenly discover ed that his nose needed an operation and he put himself under a surgeon's care and notified Dr. Hyde's attorneys that it was impossible to be present. The deposition taking was postponed until this morning and deputy sheriffs were started out and searched all night In an effort to attach Dr. Paxton's person to compel him to appear. EX-EMPRESS El'nENIE, FRANCE. The ex-Empress Eugenie of France, w;io threatens to sue a London pub lisher hecause of tne appropriation of autobiographic notes she bad made in contemplation of issuing her memoirs of the tragedy of the Tnird Revolu tion. She declares that 'somebojy en tered her room during iier absence ind lias had felonious access to her notes. Announcement has been made that a volume of her memoirs will be published, and she Is waiting until the miblisher comes out in the open so she can proceed, (nstf Sjinw, The pictures snow ner as sue was -in me full bloom of her beauty and as -.she is now. . The American consul began making inquiries into this report. The com pany's record sbow that three Amer ica vaudevillians from San Francisco Elsie Henry, Louis' Drenda and a Mr. Delymm, had booked passage on the ill-fated steamer. The books also show that the 1."7 aboard were divided as follows: First cabin, 30: second cabin, 57; crew, 70. Many of the passengers were sol dier and civil officials returning to their posts. It was declared today that Greene and Stakely, two singers who are booked as going to Algiers, were Englishmen. The steamers hurried to the scene of the disaster today. A fleet of these was ordered out; from Belearie Island ports and from Spain, but: many were held back by the vigor of the storm. The terror of the crowds of rela tives here was increased 'when it be came known that the disaster was forecasted in the vision of a girl, whose fiance was a passenger on the Chanzy. Before any inkling of tin accident had been received, she rush ed to the steamer's pier, crying: "The Chanzy has gone, down! 1 saw it in a vision! " HEAVIESTFEBRUARY SNOW IN YEARS (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Pittsburg. Ph.. Ft-b. 12 The heaviest February snow fall recorded since the weather bureau was established In 1880 prevails in this city this morning and reports from surrounding towns show that three states are snowbound. In Pittsburg, nearly 12 inches fell within ten hours and the weather man predicts that the storm will continue throughout the day. At 7 o'clock this morning all freight traffic on the Erie & Pittsburg divi sions of the Pennsylvania Railroad had been abandoned and Passenger trains are running very late. At Washington. Pa., the snow Is 14 Inches deep on the level. Country roads are impassible and trolley and railroad services are almost at a stand, still. Reports from other western Pennsylvania sections show similar conditions. West Virginia reports say the upper Ohio Valley is covered with a ten inch blanket of snow and telegrams from the northern end of the state line of varying depths of twenty inches at Fairmont to six inches at - other points. Eastern Ohio also suffered severely from the storm. Zaneaville reports eighteen inches: Yaungstown ten in ches; Warren ten inches; with like con ditions prevailing at other places, SEINE FALLING AGAIN River Rose 32 Inches Over Night But Lower Today i"hict nations Predicted to Occur I n til Wednesday When Third Heavy Flood Will Begin Railroads in Grave llniigcr-W rather Condi tions Not Propitious. (Rv Cabin to The Times) Paris. Feb. 12 -Alter a rise ol tlurtv-two inches overnight, mo Seine began to lull again at noon lo dav, the crest, ol the second flood hav ing been readied. The hydrograpluc. office predicts fluctuations until .Wed nesday; .when I he third heavy. flood is due, caused bv the rise in Hie wa ters ol the- Marne and the Haute Seine. Jules (iuerin. laiiinus as the hero of the siei;e of Fort ( nabrol. died to day as the result of a (Mill caught, while assisting flood victims. Hard work is still going on at every threatened point about the city, and the aejivity of the dvke construc tors is as great as at the. tune ol the beginning of the Hood. . Throiigaout Ibi; night as lac river rose rapidly.' patrols 'kept watch on every quay, arid by the light, of bon fires a dozen dams were thrown up al ''critical points.'- Today hundreds of men continued the won;. The rise in the tribiilnrv Yoiiiie Was the cause1 of Hie increase ill tne Seam's hcigal. 'I lie. oilier streams emptying in .the' Seine are still rising and it will be fully a week belore the last vestige of acute danger is passed. In the. outlying' districts today the situation is little better than in the most threatening days oi ine receiu inundation. Tiie new flood has thrown out of employment thousands of workers who were just beginning to return to factories. The railroads are in grave danger and it was declared today that, if the drop in the river did not continue, Paris would again be face to lace wit a famine. The'. Lyons road is In "pnHic'iiAari'y" bad shape and the work of rehabili tating tlie. other lines has - been checked by the new flood. "-. The weather conditions today were not propisious. .. Reports of raiu ahd snow come from the outlying regions, and in the city the weather was un even. The cold spell, which was looked for to stay the thaw in the mountains, is past. The plans lor the rehabilitation of the city are progressing well, accord ing to' government reports made to day. Little actual work has been done , However, compared with the tolal that must be accomplished. The sewer system is rapidly being restored to the normal status, but at heavy cosl. -. STORM BROKEN. Milder Weather Coming From the ("oast and the Storm Over. ( By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, Feb. i2 At the United States Weather Bureau this morning 'it. was said that the back bone of the storm' which lashed the Atlantic coast and the northern At lantic states late yesterday afternoon and last night had been broken by milder weather sweeping up from the coast. The Maine and Massachusetts coasts today, however, are liable to still suffer from the end of the- bliz zard. TERRIFIC GALE DISASTERS AT SEE (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, Feb. 12 A terrific gale is sweeping, the whole eastern coast and .reports of shipping disasters came frequently today. During the nignt snow fell heavily in this vicin ity, but early in tiie morning this chaugod to rain, this developing later into a miniature thunderstorm, with heavy lightning at times. The heavy blizzard that obscured lights and coast was responsible for most of the disasters at sea. The ! chief sufferers were small flsaing ves sels. .- . All the railroads leading into Now YorK reported trains on scnuuute time and the street railwajj compa nies in Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx reported little delay as a re sult -of the snow, but the snow on the tracks delayed elevated trains. I Many cases ot intense sintering were reported and several required hospital care. Street Cleaning Com missioner Edwards issued a call early today for all the available men to clean the streets. He said it would be a comparatively easy matter to remove the snow; unless there was a much greater downfall. The municipal lodging houses car ed for 290 men, twenty-six women SENATOR CLARK. W-jft .ft "4 '.4 jf f tft 4 T.-riitr-fl Slnt.es senator Clark, the ehainiinn ol Die Senate Commit tee on Judiciary, who .will cuampion -.the federal incorporation full. I he sen ator has been in -lengthy -conferences with President i aft and as far as can be foreseen everv conceivable ad verse argument- has been gone over and a replv lor each prepared. Rep resentative Parker, of New Jersey, will push the bill in the house. and nine 'children last night. The Bowery Mission cared for several hundied. A BIG CELEBRATION Literary Societies of Wake Forest Observe Anniversary (.'ovcrnor liilcbin Was Present and Acted As One of the .fudges De bate Was a Hard l-'ini;bl Contest, Iti'ing Won by the Affirmative ..Side Wake I'oicsi Buckelball ..Team Plays Strong Team From C lllliibllN Ccorgia Tonight. (S:.- :.- : I" 'I'i:.- Times. ) ; Wake l'.i. ! I.. 1:: The !. -brail. a of tin- w-Vi-nty-tiftli anniversary 'if I lie literary sin-iel ies yestcrilu Y was a gTi-at sii'i-cess, A iii 1 1 ii 1 t;r nf .distinguish ed ;i in 1 11 11 1 ii tut fni'iuls nf tlie 'college Were present . . ; ; ; ' -. . A I wn iiYloek :;fhe': ileiiate tmU place nil lie' iiii ry "Ucsolved, That euhgress should enact an ineumv tax law;" 1-2. X: Johnson. 'Chi.-, of'Siuirpson county spoke first.', fl.,1!. .Jones. .En., of '.'..Union county opened the .discussion on the negative. .1. 1'.. Smith.. Ku.,: of Guil ford comity, made second speech for the affirmative. S. f. llillianl, ("Iii.. closed . tlie discussion 1'or the first speceht s. fa rejoinder the. tile order Was reveiM-d. .Ii'hnsoa i losing for the utlirma (ice and .loiii s for 1 he negative. A mote spirit eil anil bard fought con test lias never taken place in tlie cele bration. .J.ihiistm and Jones were col leagues last fall and winners of -the debate with U.'indulph-Ma.con College, The judges! Coy. W. W. : Kiteliin, President llnhgood, of Oxford, and Hon. A. J. Harris, of Heudorsonvillc, rendered . t he decision in favor of the aflirnmtive -by a vote to i to 1.' An idea of. the close contest may' be had from tlie fact, that oiio vote '.Weill, to tile affirmative by tliree-funrths uf one per cent.- In the oventii! oralions were de livered hy W. K. 1 1 HI. Ku . of Ruther ford eoiinlv, on . "The . -Heritage of Honor." and .1. .1. Best, Chi.; of Duplin County, on "Agrieiiltui.-, tile .New Ihnh." Ai'lei' the orations tiie audience re paired to the society balls where the annual reception was held. The niarshalls for the occasion were P. V., Powell and J. B. Vernon, .chiefs; J. ( Woo.laid, George C. Buck,. F. M. Mitchell and W. K. Ellis. The Eugclian orator, V. Ua Hill, was introduced by P. E. Powell: the Chiloniathesian ortuor. J. J.. Best, by J. B. Vernon. !..' Tonight a basketball game will be played .w ith the Columbus, Ga.. Y. M. (.'.. A. There is great Interest and all are expecting lo see . the hardest tight of the season: Com hilling Hay of Editorial Association. (By Leased Wire to The Times) New Orleans ' Feb. 12 Tim con cluding day of the convention of the National Editorial Association was marked by a rush of members to fin ish the business of the mpetinc nnd complete arrangements for the cruise to ranama. , Little routine business was done in convention today, . i POLITICAL SITUATION IN BRITAIN Stage Set For Fiercest Parlia mentary Combat Ever Known In That Country PREMIER SEES KING John Hcdnioml, the Irish Leader, Has Arrived in London Final De inands of the Laborites Confer ence Between Premier Asqnith and the King l iiionist Leaders Con fer, Laying Plans for Clash That : Will Come AVhen Parliament As sembles on Feb. 21 'Lnborites Op posed to .Military Program- As qnith Heady to (Jjuit. (By Cable to The Times.) London, Feb. 12 The, stage is set for the .'. fiercest, parliamentary com bat, ever .known in . tlie history ot Great Britain, The aril val of John Redmond, the- Irish leader in Lon don, Hie pi-oiniilgating of the . iinal demands of the Laborites and the conference between Premier Asquitb. and the king at Brigton marked to day as one of the most critical since the fight over the budget first de veloped. The Unionist leaders today con ferred informally, laying their plans for the clash that will come when parliament. assembles on February 21. The liberal policy is in the hands of the premier. John Redmond has arrived here to back up the ultima tum he sent to the cabinet, stating definitely the demands of the Na tiobaals for home rule and a. curb on the lords. With the Labor congress disband ed, the demands of the Laborites are now known to the leaders of both parties;' At the conference of the cabinet Thursday and Friday the proposed changes in its personnel were thor oughly gone over and when the pre mier met. the king today he Was ready to furnish Edward with a complete list of the new ministry. One report circulated today was to the effect that Asquith himself was ready to step down and out, leaving the situation in the hands of the more radical of his colleagues in the ministry Winston Churchill and David Lloyd-George. There was lit tle credence given to this report. Premier Sees King. -Brighton, Eng., Feb. 12 Premier Asquith arrived at Brigton today and immediately went into conference with the king in reference to the po litical, situation. .: Premier Asquith left the king af ter an hour's conference and return ed to London. Lloyd-Oeorgc May Succeed Asquith. London. Feb. '12 David Lloyd George, 'chancellor of the exchequer and father of tne budget, went to Brighton this afternoon to confer with King Edward. He took this step after having' seen Premier As quith. - It was reported that ths move pressaged the retirement of As quith and the assumption of the pre miership by Lloyd-George, who is one of the most radical men in the Lib eral, party; "- Another report was that the king wished to ask a change in the budget. RIVER STEAMBOAT CRASHED INTO BAR (By Leased Wire to The Times) Greenvville, Miss., Feb. 12 In a driving snow storm early this morn ing Hie Morrisey Line steamer. Bella of the bends, crashed into a : bar at Fitler's Landing. The collision drove the. big river steamer half way across the bar, almost splitting the vessel In half. The crash awoke the pasengers and before the crew could lower tha boats panic bad seized them. Of forty passengers aboard, many were women, who had to be forcibly restrained from leaping into the river, on a chance of reaching the shore. The boats were finally lowered and the pas sengers safely removed. Several wo men were hurt in the first rush that folowed tha steamer's crash. 1h Belle of the Bends was on her way to Greenville from Vicksbury and was driven from the channel by th high wind and lost her bearings owing to ihe thickly falling snow. She was the finest steamer operating on t'lfc river below St. Louis. i , '' .-,-' I '.': "