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THE CITY OF RALEIGH OF ANY OTHER NEWSPAPER. ESTABLISHED 1876. RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1910. PRICE 5 CENTS. DOUBLE THE CIRCULATION IN The Eyening Times' 7 4 - f 4 LAST of rwultt , . ' ..'"'. - . ' J V? ,- , " ' , ' . . "V - MAYOR AD SEIZE THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC i" : - ' i MANAGER PUT The Whole City Police Force Thrown Into Playhouse and Take Possession THE PLAY KEPT OUT "The Girl From Hectors" Not Per mitted to Show and Manager tTp church '. Ejected Two Employees Arrested The Entrance Was Guarded by a Big Bunch of Blue couts, While Two Thousand or More Block the Struct Many Clamor for Admission An Effort Made to Secure Restraining Order. Law Suits Will be Instituted. Two thousand people crowding' Martin and Salisbury streets around the Academy of Music, many of whom had tickets of admission, and a line of blue coats standing in front of the theatre doors, was the unusual spectacle that greeted the citizens of Raleigh last night at eight o'clock when the doors were supposed to have been opened for the presentation of "The Girl From Hectors." This estimate of the crowd is very conservative, too. The battle that started several days ago as to whether this show should be permitted to perform here or not, had been growing hotter , and hotter, and while the city authorities have won a temporary victory, it looks as though thpv will bp nU'Hinnori wfth lnwetttta It Is doubtful if ever such a scene has been-witnessed in Raleigh as that of last night, and likely generations will pass before another one. All yesterday afternoon the question flowed from lip to lip "Will there be a show tonight," but there was no one to answer, and soon after dark a crowd began to collect in front of the Academy, and by eight o'clock it num bered several thousandpeople, many of whom held tickets. But the doors were closed and nearly all of Raleigh's "finest" were on hand to see that no one gained entrance, not even Man ager L'church. ; At The Academy. lief ore the time for opening the floors, Chief Stcll with 'Ids force of blue-con Is marched to the Academy., went inside mid demanded the keys. When Mr. W. H. Brewer refused to deliver the keys, lie was arrested and they were taken from him. A negro employe who had a key was also arrested and made -to deliver up the required article, Thus the police secured control of the build ing, and stationed men at all the entrances, calmly stood and took the hoots and Jeers of the crowd. Martin and McDowell streets near the Academy were packed by this time. There was yelling, jesting, jostling and Hushing, every one wailimr to see what would turn up. When Mr. Upchurch appeared he was greeted with yells such as one hears in a heated political campaign when the popular idol or the party apears. Mr. Upchurch sought admission to his private office, but there was nothing doing, and he (was ROOSEVET HUNTING TRIP ABOUT OVER (By Cable to The Times) Gondokoro, Soudan, Feb 17 Col. Theodore Roosevelt arrived in Gon dokoro today and the African hunt ing trip was at an end. All the mem bers of the party were in good health and declared that the hunting of the last ten days, which took the expedi tion over an exceedingly difficult land, was one of the most enjoyable parts of the entire trip. As he neared Gondokoro today the former president took the last shots on what is probably the greatest ex pedition of its kind ever - attempted. His schedule called for his arrival heTe yesterday, but he was delayed for a side trip, making the time of ms arrival lumgui ui- luiumiun morning. From here he will go down the Bar Jabel and the Nile to Khartoum, where Mrs. Roosevelt will meet him. Then on to Cairo and to Europe is the Itinerary. In the hunting trip the Smithson ian African expedition gathered near ly 10,000 veterbrates. thousands of plants, as many more Invertebrates nnd ninde2,G0Q photographs. Some of the rarest specimens ever shot ap pearing in the list. OUT OF OFFICE forced from the building. Ho stood on the steps and in vigorous language defied the officers to lay hands on him, and was lustily cheered by the crowd. Fire Alarms. The fire alarm was turned in some four or five times (hiring the time, and several times the wagons passed through the crow causing it to break away. The firemen were greeted with yells each time they passed. Some thought that these alarms were turned in for the purpose of running the wagons through the crowd In an effort to disperse it, while others think thai it 'was done out of pure meanness by the parties who have been giving so much trouble lately. Some Incidents. An amusing Incident was when some man'began walking through the crowd with a lantern, saying he was looking for the mayor. Wherever Mr. Upchurch went he was followed by a crowd, cheering for him. After he was refused entrance to the building and had dared the police to arrest him, he walked out to where the patrol wagon was standing, and . step ping up on the steps said, "So near, yet so far." The sentiment of the majority of the crowd was that the show should have been allowed to be put on, and if any of the alleged objectionable features were produced, pinch the whole busi ness and the methods used were pretty strongly condemned, some of the best citizens of the city expressing disapproval of the stopping of the show without first seeing whether it was in decent.. Crowd Dispersed Late. It was late in the night before the crowd finally went home. After leaving the Academy it came up on Fayette- vllle street, and sang, yelled, beat drums and made itself heard In good fashion. It was not a disorderly crowd, but was simply noisy in giving vent to its disappointment. It was an unfor tunate event for Raleigh, and in a measure should be censured. There are such things as going to far, and many think the officials were hasty. Cases Continued. The cases against Mr. W. H. Brewer and Elbert Anderson, colored, who were arrested for refusing to give up the Academy keys, have been continued until next Tuesday. The charge against them is "disorderly conduct." Ask For Restraining Order. When the mayor issued his order to Chief, Stell to not allow "The tJirl from Hector's to be presented last night. Manager Upchurch, acompanied by his attorney, Wm. B. Jones, secured an automobile and hurried to Lilling ton, where Judge O. H. Allen is hold ing court, where they presented an ap plication for a temporary restraining order and asked that the application be granted. JUr. George C. Hall accom panied them as a representative for The Evening Times. leaving Raleigh at 1L':30 the party reached Lillingtou at 3:4,1. Attorney Jones at once asked for a lieariHg in the matter, which was allowed by Judge Allen, Presenting the applica tion, with newspaper clippings, .-telegrams and statements attached Mr. Jones clearly stated that ho only asked the court to allow this company to pro ceed with the performance and that he, as attorney for Mr. Upchurch. was willing to furnish a bond as high as $40,000 or $50,000 and same to be forfeited should there be any immorality and that the company, manager, actors and actresses be arrested and imprisoned should any complaint be made. Before the arrival of Mr. Upchurch and his attorney Judge Allen had re ceived telegrams from Mayor Wynne asking that he' be heard in this matter and after the argument by Mr. Jones, Judge Allen declined to Issue any such order saying in part that he did not have the sufficient time in the midst of the trial of the docket at Lillington to give so important a matter so hasty consideration and therefore was not willing to act without notice to the mayor and giving it a full hearing and therefore he declined to give a tem porary restraining order. Continuing Judge Allen said "I doubt whether seh an order would be, proper but I will not pass upon that question now." He thought likely if the mayor had exceed ed his power an action for damages would lie, but had not considered that question. It was not alleged that the mayor was insolvent and the city might be liable to certain instances, but these were mere suggestions and he only meant to hold that he would not grant a hasty order of so much im ponuakce without more time and with out giving the question full considera tion. Judge Allen stated that If the action of the mayor was as extraordin ary as was suggested and of which he expressed his opinion it would certainly be extraordinary to so harshly inter fere with his acts, he being an officer elected by the people of Raleigh and presumed to be acting In the interest of the city. After court adjourned the matter was OF MUSIC ViM again argued before Judge Allen in his room at the hotel. After this argument he forwarded the following telegram to Mayor Wynne: J. S. Wynne, Raleigh, N. C "Mutter now before me. Parties pro pose exhibit under supervision of com mittee and stop if required. Is any ob jection to that. Answer quick. ":- O. 11. ALLEN," After some delay Mayor Wynne wired fContinued on Pace Eight.) Chief Boatswain John S. Croghan, who is in Command of the missing naval tug Nina, diagram of the'search being made for her, Joseph Carring- ATTEMPTED ESCAPE Solomon Shepard Made a Dash For Liberty Yesterday Was Just Entering I'pon (lie First Day of a Thirty-Year Sentence for Killing Engineer Holt Was Fired I'pon by the Guards and Slightly Wounded. One of the boldest attempts to es cape ill the history of the penitentiary was made yesterday by .Soloinon'Shcp ard, negro, but the sting of bullets and the promise of death were too much for him and he is now languishing in irons. Shepard was convicted last week of killing Engineer Holt, and sentenced to serve thirty years in the penitentiary. He was brought here Tuesday by the sheriff of Granville county and placed in the penitentiary. Yesterday he was put to work help ing to put in the electric chair in the death cell. While engaged in this, what looked to be an opportunity to escape appeared, and without hesitating one moment he made a break for liberty. Leaving the main building he was making for the stockade when guards Smith and Chadwick opened fire upon him, bringing him to a halt. It was found that two bullets had pierced the clothing, grazing the skin enough to cause a slight flow of blood. Otherwise he was uninjured, but had he continued his flight he would doubtless been killed. The negro was placed in irons where he will remain until ho shows a better disposition. Big Fire at Gloucester. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Gloucester, Mass., Feb. 17 The big coal pockets of the Gloucester Coal Company and ix storage ware house adjoining were destroyed by a fire early today that threatened to sweep the entire water front and cre ated a panic among the inmates of seVeral nearby tenement houses. The loss is estimated at $40,000. The Kaiser Sick. Berlin, Feb. 17 The Kaiser is confined to the palace with influenza today, but his physicians announce that his case is not serious. , II Jtiim- , v i BOATSWAIN J. - ' totrand Ferdinand Drace of the crew, (the former shown next to Croghan) and the missing boat. Tne Nina leit Norfolk for Boston several days aso MYSTERIOUS BOMB THROWING AGAIN (By Leased Wire to Tac Tillies.) Chicago, Feb. 1 7 Bomb number thirty-six in Chicago's -mysterious bomb-throwing early today destroyed the front stairway of u three-story brick building at '''1(17 . north Peoria street. . ' ..'. : ; A portion of the front of the build ing was also caved in. No ono was in the house at te lime, Jt was leased by "Mike The Piu'i)'.' UHUor, Iho principal defender of former years of Police Edward- McCann, convicted of Levedrisy. ' " . The police believe that a levee feud was the incentive for tho out rage.. THREE MEN BURNED TO DEATH IN WRECK (By Leased Wire to The Times.) ; Scranton, Pa., Feb. 17 Three men were burned to death today in a wreck on the Lehigh Valley railroad near Jenkins Junction. The dead: Bowman Shea, cuiuluctor. Mauch Chunk. Edward Bcuncti, brakeman, Fair View. .'. The accident occurred on a cut off, two light trains coming together in a rear end collision. The car's were piled up and the debris caught fire, a caliliose being utterly con sumed. SENATOR TII-LMAX SICK. Had Fainting Spell While Ascending the Steps of tile Capital Yesterday. (By Leased Wire'to The Times) Washington, Feb. 17 Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, who had a fainp'ng spell while ascending the eapitol steps yesterday, and who was taken home in what was thought to be a dangerous condition, today is reported to be resting easily. His son said that while the sena tor is better, he probably will not be able to appear at the 'Senate for sev eral days, S. CROGAN. and has not been heard licmi. believed -that the vessel has down men. with her crew of thirty-two STORMS YET PREVAIL The Situation Is Still Serious In France J lie I liinl I' mod IMS lloni lieil Us ( rcsl ami Relief js in Silit Hut Storms Still Prevail and .Much Dumage is Heing Hone. ( Ily Cable to The Tinics.) : Palis, .Fell.. 17 r'nproredotilod storms' -lashed France today; adding to the havoc '-wrought by: the. teinpesls of the last three days. Landslides and avalanches in the' departments in the Alps endanger towns and tourists resorts'.' Winds of cyclonic force have blown down several houses in Marseilles and. more' 'in'. '-the.' vicinity. Snow has derailed Trains. The only relieving note in T lie reports that came into day was the lack of rain in the valley of the Seine, and fall in the river at i'aris. When dawn came, the crest of the third floor of " this the crest of the third Hood this disastrous year was past. The situa tion in the city, nevertheless, was serious. Suburbs that escaped in the second flood were inundated by the third . in the quarters of Crenelle, .laval and Passy streets are yet under water, in some places to a depth of more than a yard. At Ivey and Cor beit vast areas are deserted and there is grave danger of the collapse of houses whose foundations have been sapped again and again by the fluct uating rivers. Chainpiguy, Bry, Va rennes, Nogant. and St. Maur, all su burbs, have been invaded by tho last inundation. The food problem is again paramount.. -As----each house brings fresh news of the devastation wrought along the railroad lines on which the city depends for its sup plies, the seriousness of the predica ment becomes more apparent, j In the refuge camps on the out skirts sueffring is intense, and in the refuges opened within the city con gestion is great. Although tho au thorities by now have the distribut ing system on a well working basis, the menace of lowered supplies today made It apparent that half rations ' (Continued on rage r lve.j gone SEARCH FOR MISSING TUG DISCONTINUED (By Leased Wire to The Times.) 'Washington,': Feb! 17 The navy department announced todqy at noon that further search for the missing naval tug Nina has been discontin ued. The Salem and the Louisiana, whica have been cruising near Hog Island, have been ordered to return. The department has officially notified the next of kin of the crew that it is believed the ship is lost, with all hands. The search for the missing naval tug Nina has not been given up' by tho revenue ..cutter service. The. ves sels will patrol the .Atlantic seaboard from Cape Hatteras to Maine as usual, and keep a close lookout, for the missing craft. EXPLORER LICIT! RE'H'RXS. Went North East July and Ifad Been : (;ivcn I'p As Dead. (T!y Leased Wire to The Times) . Washington, Feb. 1.7 Numbered among countless souls who have gone to a frozen death in Hie barren ice wastes of the far north, mourned by a sorrowing wife who believed she would never again see his face, given hp for dead by relatives, and counted among the lost by a host of friends, Arthur T. Leith, explorer, geologist, and hunter, whose hazardous venture into the land of the Eskimos was watched by all Washington, has re turud unharmed to his home in this city. Leith started for the far north last July with his brother, Dr. C. K. Leith, professor of gtology at the uni versity of Wisconsin, of F. S. Adams, of D il'itli, and Hugh Roberts, geolo gist, of Superior, Wis. The. party reached a point. luO miles north of Great Whale, but met With disaster and only succeeded in regaining civi lization after great hardship. The object of the venture was the inves tigation of reported iron formations on the coast of Labrador. BACK FROM ELBA. Denver Kditor on the Way to Egypt to .Meet Col. Roosevelt. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Chicago, ' Feb; 17 F. G. Bonfits, owner of the Denver Post, is on his way to New York, en route to Khar tum, Egypt, where he will meet Col onel Roosevelt, and, on behalf of the chambers of commerce of the west, invite I lie former president to laud at San Francisco and visit the principal cities of the west On his journey across the continent. . Mr. Bonfits will .said "for Khar tum via Naples, and expects to meet Colonel Roosevelt March 6: Before he returns to Denver he .will have traveled :!'l.HH.l miles. . S FX ATE HALL TEAM. I'nited Slates Senate Will Have a l ine Team This Year. . (By Leased. Wire to The -Times I . . Washington, !' b. 1 7 The railed Slates senate, which will be repre sented hy a. -oal l team this year; yes terday- promised to outdo any other team ever organized at the- capital. Recently Manager Burke issued a call for candidates, and employes, representing IS states, have signified their intention of trying for the team. All of those who have promised to come out for the team are seasoned players, some having played profes sional and college ball. liLACKHAXD BOMB. Exploded in Doorway, Causing Panic in Neiglilauiiood. (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Feb. 17 A blackhand XiOnib was exploded in the main ent rance to 170 Prospect street. Jamacia. L. L, throwing the neighborhood into panic early today. The door was torn away, but no one was injured. Oscar Catan Searo, who lives in the 'house, has received several threatening letters. Cargo of Oil Blown I'p. (By Cable to The Times.) Havre, Frame, Feb. 17 The sloop eJanne D. Arches, cargo of oil blew up today while she lay in her dock at Havre, The captain and a sailor was burned io death and several others were injured. The explosion occurr ed when a sailor carried candle into the hold. Twenty Meu Entombed. ( By Leased Wire to The Times) Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 17 A special from Dankiberger, Pa., says an ex plosion of dynamite in the Trevcrton Coal Company's mine today entombed 20 men. It is feared several have been crushed to death. THE SEYLORS ARRESTED IN PETERSBURG Will Be Taken Back to New Jersey to Stand Trial For Alleged Crime THE WIFE'S STORY The Seylor Brothers Arrested in Pe tersburg and Will be Taken Back to Atlantic City to Stand Trial Many Threats Against the Brothers and Much Secrecy Will be Main tained in Taking Them Home Not Yel Known Whether or Not They Will Co Back Without Extradition Pupers Wife of Seylor Stands by Him. By Leased Wire to The Times) Atlantic City, N. J., Feb. 17 Two detectives are in Petersburg to ar range for the extradition of William and Orvis Seylor, the two brothers arrested there in connection with the death of Jane Adams, the million dollar pier mystery Victim in this city on February 4. It is not yet known here whether the men will waive extradition but it is believed that their family will ad vise them 'to do so. The two broth ers will not he brought back here im mediately, however, as there is con siderable feeling against them and the authorities do not wish to cause further excitement at the present time. .' The present grand jiiry will be held in formal session- until the two men are brought back and the evi dence against them will be imme diately presented to the panel. There are rumors" heard on every side against the brothers and the greatest secrecy will be observed in making the plans for their return. Chief of Detectives Whalen Is given all the credit for the capture of the two men. After careful inquiry he decided that they had probably gone either to Delaware or Virginia. They were traced to : Wilmington, Del., and from theer to Petersburg. Chief Whalen said today in reference to the men waiving extradition, "We will bring them back, so they might as well como first as last." When the news of the capture of her husband and his brother had been broken to the wife of William Seylor, she broke down and cried pit eously at first but later became de fiant. "Oh, my poor Will, I wish that 1 could be with you," she sobbed. Then, turning defiantly, she said, "I tell you ho is as innocent as 1 am. T would not believe I hat he had any thing Id dr. with .fane Adams' death unless he' told me so with his own lips..' lie certainly will lie s'olo to. prove I ha! lie had nothing to do with Hie death. I cannot, explain why he ran away unless it was that he had nn steady employment and became disheartened, When I told the police that 1 had not heard from my hus band since he left home I spoke tho truth. If 1 had known I believe that (Continued on Page Two.) GRAFTERS FEAR THE INVESTIGATION! (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Albany, N. Y., Feb. 17 Legisla tors, politicians, financiers and lob byists are in panic today as the re sult of 'Governor. Hughes appointment of a commission to investigate the charges of graft in the purchase and sale of state forest preserves. Some of the best Known men in the state, it was declared today, will be sub poenaed as witnesses by the commis sioners Roger Clark and E. Leroy Austin, when the probing begins. The belief is gl owing constantly that the wholesale investigations planned as a result of the hearing of Senator Conger's charges against Senator Aids will last for several months. Just who has been chiefly concern ed in the rumored sale of Adirondack and other lands for trilling sums, nnd their repurchase by the state at 1m monsely higher rates is a matter of much gossip. It was declared today,' however, that several influential per sons had already met in conference for the purpose of fighting the in vestigation as best they Can, and that the work of the government's com mission will1 bring oa a hot struggle