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RALEIGH, N. CM THUr' T AY, MARCH 31, ,1910.
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SALIE CLASS
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R0:.!E GETS READY
Rome Excited Over tlie Coming of
Roosevelt He Will Arrive in That
, ... Citf 0undajr and. Will be Welcomed
' In Gala StyleHigh Honor Will
Also be Paid Him in Naples Will
..be Given an Opportunity to Visit
A Mt. Vesuxius If He Wishes to do
go -Naples Already Crowded With
Tourist 00,000 Strangers Are
Expected There.
- (By Cable to The Times.) v
Rome, March 31 Interest In tile
.: threatened .eruption of Mt Vesuvius
.has given way to the excitement over
x the coming ot Tueodore : Roosevelt,
.'and when the - ex-president of the
- United States arrives here Saturday
the city will be en fete, v ,
- High honor will be paid to the re-
turning hunter in Naplesf on his way
; to Rome, when he will meet the King
and Pope. The plans for hU welcome
were rounded Into shape -today In or
der that there might .;' be no bitch
'.Tires here' from Alexandria, '
?, According . to one . plan broached
roaay voionei uooseveii win nave an
opportunity to visit Mount Vesuvius
And 4hfeiuMt thA iiatai If h&w1hAK tA
do so." Although the Roosevelt party
will have little time to spare before
leaving for: Rome, . where they are
expected Sunday, these planning; to
welcome him wouid like to include
a trip to Mt Vesuvius, which, coin
cident with the eruption of Mt Etna
in the last few days-has been emit
ting steam and smoke -In large vol
ume. Solfatara. toe. volcanic peak on
the shore' of the Bay of Naples, ly
ing about as far west of the city as
Vesuvius lies east,' today gave many
signs of activity, the most alarming
being the opening -of a new mouth,
sixteen feet in diameter., Solfatara,
one of the most noted sights in the
tui u: 1 J ,. u i ,fM
last recorded eruption la li 9 8. The
present indications,, therefore are
that Mr. Roosevelt 'will have excep
tional scenic opportunities.
Naples is already crowded with
tourists, and every train today swell
ed the crowds of foreigners. Many
inhabitants, of the surrounding coun
try are expected to come, to the city
to participate in the reception to the
former president, and judging from
the influx, fully 50.000 stranger will
be in Naples to honor him.
v The former chief executive of the
country lo which" thousands have
emigrated from Italy Is a strong
(Continued on Page Five.) '
ERUPTION OF EH1A .
STILL VERY. SEVERE
" - (By Cttbld to The TlMios )
Catania, Sicily, March 81-The author
ities today again ordered the evacuation
'of the outer districts of Belpasso and
Nlcoloal. on whlchjaa streams are ad
vancing rapidly. 'Many ot. the Inhabi
tants refused to leave, despite the fact
that destruction threatened them. ,;.,
.- The eruption of Mt Etna, . although
fluctuating in severity, continued . to
day with 30 pratera active. -
Frank. Perrett, the Brooklyn volcano
loglst, who has proved himself the most
daring of the scientists studying the
eruption, today predicted that It would
probably last for six months and be
the most sorlous In-the history of the
volcano. .: '
There was another heavy rain of
aslirt from the volcano during the
night. ' '
' Deri Bert At Charleston.
(By Leased Wire to Tbe Times.) ;,
' Columbia. 8,' C.March 81 Eight
cases of beri beri, the deadly sub
tropical disease, have been . found
among the negro convicts at Charles
ton by state health officers. They are
the first cfiRos enfit of the Mifwisslppl,
experts say. . . .,.( , , .
Dicccss letters Of Interest
In Woman's Education
Opening Session of Association Held
at Meredith Lass Night Addresses
of, Welcome Made Mrs. W. .N,
Hutt and President Vardell pound
Note of Reform in Their Addresses
Complimentary Concert and Re
ception Tonight. , r
The members of the Association of
Presidents of the Woman's - Colleges
of . North and. South Carolina met in
room. Z of Falrcloth Hall at Meredith
College this morning at 9 a. m. There
are. .present at the meetings 18 of the
26 presidents represented In the asso
ciation, . There has bean outlined for
their consideration and help a program
of interesting addresses on subjects of
vital Interest in their work.'."
The only public meeting of the asso
ciation was held last night In the col.
lege auditorium. The other meetings
are all private and it Jias never been
the custom of the association to have
them, reported as the subjects which
are to be dealt with are of an Intimate
nature concerning college work.
The program for today was as fol
lows:
THURSDAY. MARCH 31st.
9:00 to 10:50 a. in.
1. Organization.
I. v Stimulating better preparation In
i secondary schools President F.
P. Hobgood.
2. What is involved in the raising
, of standards for entrance re
quirements? Is It amount or
quality of work? President J. O.
. Wilson. -,
3. What weight should bo given
certificates for entrance? Presi
dent James V. Brunei:. ...'
11:00 a. m. lo 12:50 p. m.
11. 1. Should advancement be made In
carrying the course on . to better
: standards for B. A.: degree as re
gards the amount of work cov
ered, or should advancement be
;made by. doing better work and
.. going no further than we donow?
President J. I. Foust. ' i f
2. What weight should be given cer
. t ideates for , advanced standing?
-President D. B. Johnson.
;. 12:50 to 1:00 p. m.
3. Short business meeting. Appolnt
v rncnt of committee on nomina
tions, next meeting, etc.
. 3:50 to 6:30 p. m.
111. 1. Exercise and! recreation for the
boarding student. President Ed
ward P. Childes.
2. . Health (contagion, tuberculosis,
sanitation, etc.). President C. G.
Vardell. - '
3. May the health and. -strength of
a student modify the' require
ments for a degree? President -E.
' C. James.
Thin evening at 8:15 the most in
teresting event of the association will
take place the complimentary concert
by the music faculty of Meredith Col
lege, assisted by the Raleigh Choral
Society. Admission to this concert will
be by card, owing to the limited capa
city of the auditorium and so great
has been the demand for these cards
that they were all given out at an early
hour yesterday.
The Concert will be followed by a re
ception by the Meredith feculty to the
visitors and specially invited guests.
Tomorrow's program is uh follows:
- FRIDAY, APRIL- 1st. '
9:00 to 10:50 a. m.. .
IV. 1. A fair and accurate statement
in catalogues of work actually
done. President H. J. Stockard.
2. Maintaining published rates for
charges. President E. V. Baldy.
; Exchange of Information. ; (See-
1908 program.) President J. R.
Bridges.
U-M a. m. to 1:00 p. m.
V.. J.'. The policy of the colege toward
the Irregular.: student. (Rererred
from'last meeting.) President E.
i Ev McClintock. ' '
3. The advisability of several cour
ses, each, ' leading to a degree.
Pesldent Mary Davis Allen. 1
3. What academic credit should be
given for music or art? President
Lucy H. Robertson, ti. -i
4. What Is the minimum hours-of-work
that should be required of
students, 'and the maximum per-
' mltted? President C. B., King.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
- 3:30 to 5:30 p .m.
VI. 1. ' .What do the colleges have a
right to expect from patrons with
' regard to absences; and with' re
. gard to arriving and . leaving at
. the proper time? Speaker to be
Appointed. '. ' " ..: v' ;. .
3. Statistics,'. ' conducted 'by . the
Chairman. It Is propsed at this
time to ascortain, without dlscas
. sion, by show or hands how many
: already do.vor will agree to do,
certain things.
NIGHT 8ESeiON-:00 P. M.
VII. Business' meeting. ' '.
Impresisons of the, meeting. .
. Discussion of matters left over.
' Question box. ' .
The . college presidents' who are at
tending the Association and the names
of their hostatareas follows: i''
Mrs. Mary Dftvls Alleo. Lonisourg
Female College, at the home of Oar-
land Jones. .e:.f. s if. VfMAf- t
U. C. Boldy, Cokcr Colkg. Harts-'
(Coutlnued on Page Eighty .
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. Ruth Wlicclur, the pretty llffccu -
whose murder, has aroused the city its it has not been aroused: in decades.
Ruth answered an advertisement for employment at the dipeeirion of the
business college where she hud graduated. : Nothing further wis hei'il of
her until her body, wrapped in a coarse sack was discovered In the- yard of:
the house next to the puce where she applied for a position H had been
turated with oil and was partly consumed. Albert Woltev V yonth of ,
nineteen, who sent a postal card to the
and to whose place Ruth went, lias been
her murder, but one of his shirts was
woman, Who posed as Ids wife has made -statements very damaging t
him. . ; .- '..,.
THE WOLTER CASE
Refused to Plead When Ar
raigned In Court
Rejected HJh Lawyer's I'len of Not
Guilty and Refused to Pleud When
Arraigned Before Judge Mul
queen Lawyer Given Time to
Prepare Plea. -
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
New York, March 31 Albert W.
Wolter, suspected, of the murder of
15-year-old Ruth Wheeler, caused
excitement when arraigned In courl
today by rejecting his lawyer's plea
of not guilty and refusing to plead
to the murder Indictment against).
him.
Immediately after his ' refusal to
make a plea his attorney,,. W. D. Scott,
requested ten days in which to pre
pare the plea. Judge Mulqueen per
mitted an extension of 24 hours.
New York, March 31 Before Al
bert Wolter was arraigned today to
plead to the indictment charging him
with the murder-of 15year-old Ruth
Wheeler, It was learned that his coun
sel. Wallace D. Seott, had been en
gaged to defend him by a very weal
thy woman.
When Mr. Scott was asked about
this he replied: "
"That is a personal matter which
I would rather not discuss." -'
A report was current today that
Mrs. John Murray Mitchell, of Tux
edo, wife of the former congressman,
bad furnished the money to retain
Mr. 8cott. : : r.. .." . . '
A police official 'said today:,
"I understand that a very wealthy
woman retained counsel for this lad.
She did it from sheer sympathy, oue
said she could not bear to think that
the mother of Wolter had not the sat
isfaction of knowing that all possible
would be done to prove the Innocence
of her Son. ; She believed that no mat
ter how atrocious the crime of which
Wolter Is accused, his family deserve
all the hid and sympathy that can be
bestowed upon them."-;, '. :
"It would be legal butchery to rail
road this 'case as it is planned,'.' Bald
Lawyer; Scott "It is absolutely un
just to force a man to trial with only
48 hours notice. - Wolter is innocent,
yt - nr - old stenograplior vf At"w ork,
college Hklng for a stenographer
arrested. He denies knowledge of
wrapped about the torso. A young
and if I have only the ordinary length
of time granted an attorney for the
defense I can prove it."
The line of defense was revealed
today. Although the father of Wol
ter would not admit it, the defense it
said to have come upon evidence that
there was another man in Wolter's
room when Ruth Wheeler was killed
and that he has since disappeared.
Wolter was led to the acts which
make him appear to be the murderer,
according to this line of defense, by
fear . of being confounded with the
real murderer.
Hundreds of persons crowded into
the criminal courts building today to
get a glimpse. of Wolter when he was
brought from the Tombs for his ar
raignment. Most of them were dis
appointed, for he was smuggled into
court through a private passageway.
Attorney Scott was on hand when
the case came up, and he announced
that his client desired lo plead "Not
guilty". The case was then placed
upon the preferred calendar and it
will come up before; Judge Warren
W. Foster in the court of general ses
sions some time within the next ten
days.
NORFOLK OFFICER
KILLED BY CRIMINAL
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Portsmouth, Vu., March 31 The
convicts who escaped from the Nor
folk county jail yesterday fought a
battle with the police in Norfolk this
morning in which Deputy Sheriff
Sykes was killed. One convict was
captured, but his companion escaped.
The convict captured was Elijah
Bills, who is under sentence to die
in the electric chair on April 25.
One of the other two who. escaped
with him yesterday, after having cut
through the bars 'of the murderer's
cell In the county jail, led the" battle
with the posse today. He Is Noel,
declared to be one of the most des
perate criminals In the south. It was
he, according to ,word from Norfolk,
who killed Sykes and escaped after
he and' Ellis had been surrounded.
j Advance In Freight Rates.
, Chicago, March 31 An advance
on many of the commodity carload
freight rates between Chicago and
the Missouri river and St. Paul is
contemplated by the western rail
roads as the next move In a general
campaign for Increasing their., reve
nues to offset the advances in wages
to employes and the Increased cost
of operation in all departments.
ft i rr ,
Albert Wolter, the mnetepii year
old youth of New Vork who has leeil
uirested on suspicion In connection
with the murder of the pretty fifteen
year old stenographer;
THE COAIl STRIKE
The 75,000 ' Miners
Quit Today
Will
Work Will Not be. Resumed for Thir
ty Days at (Least as No Peace Ne-
jjotiatloun ..Can be Completed in
' Less T4me,.ThB ThatNine; JHun:
dred Mines Close IHnvn.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Chicago, March '31 :The most ex
tensive con! strike in the history of
Illinois will be on when 75,000 min
ers finish today's work, the last un
der the old contracts. Resumption of
work will not come for at least thirty
days, according to A. J. Moorshead,
president of Lie Illinois Coal Opera
tors' Association, who asserts peace
negotiations could not be brought to
a successful end before that time.
Even before the strike is fairly un
der way, arrangements have been
made for the calling of a large con
ference in Chicago Monday between
the scale committees of the operators
and miners. It is expected 400 dele
gates will be in session but operators
today asserted that sixty days might
be required to bring about a solution
of the most baffling problem that ever
confronted them and the employes.
Meantime 900 mines will be closed
down and 323 operating companies
affected.
While the eleventh hour develop
ments made certain' that-the Illinois'
strike was inevitable, word received
from other mining sections summar
ized the situation as follows:
Forty thousand miners in the
Pittsburg district will strike at mid
night pending settlement of wage de
mands. Ohio miners are ordered to strike
tomorrow while a conference to cover
the dispute is held. .
Twelve thousand miners in Kansas
are ordered to strike tomorrow.
Central Pennsylvania miners and
operators conferred today. in an ef
fort to effect immediate settlement.
Michigan miners. 3.400 in number,
join the strike tonight.
President Thomas L. Lewis, of the
Tnited Mine-Workers, will leave In
dianapolis tonight to take charge of
the Illinois strike.
West Virginia operators prevent
strike by granting wage increase.
Iowa miners vote to demand 10
cents a ton increase instead of. 5
cents.
A general strike in the affected
coal districts would mean that ;:00,
000 men would quit work in 2,000
mines. The daily loss in :o:il pro
duction would be more than 1,500.-
000 tons, while the daily Joss in
wages to miners would be Sl,05ti,-
250. Figuring four persons to a
family, more than 1,000.000 persons
would be directly affected by tin
strike. ,
Chicago coal dealers reported to
day that a shortage would be felt in
Chicago by large ' fuel consumers
within a short time because of the
railroads storing a sixty day supply
It was said that railroads, bad agents
in the Illinois field for more than a
month buying up coal wherever pos
sible.
The " cigarette-smoking girl never
shows ud, in a bachelor's pipe dreams.
C. P. Howerton Gets Verdict
of $400. Against Durham
Jury Would Have Liven Him More
But $500 Was All That Wus Asked
New Duke Building Will be Fin
est Editice in Durham When Com
pleted Death of K. H. Holt Cen
sus Enumerators Named.
(Special to The Times.) .
Durham, N. C., March 31 The
city lost last night before the jury, a
case brought against it by C. P. How
erton, suing for $500 damages. This
is aM that was asked and the body
was liberal. The plaintiff declared
that he had been damaged by Lie
city's big sewer laid near his proper
ty and filed bis pleadings in the fall.
The city government did not take t lie
matter seriously. The awarding of
the full amount of complaint is there
fore a rather hard knock. The jury
is said to have been so tnendlv, how
ever, that it would nave given more
had it been asked.
'1 he court also settled the .lordan
Horton matter bv giving the plaintiff
back his land. The action was an un
usual one and the body hung nearly
twenty-four hours upon it. The
trouble lav in the fact that taere was
a suggestion from counsel that. Sher
iff Markham had violated his oath in
not laving off the homestead that Jor
dan was entitled to when his prop
erty was sold for court costs in an
action that he brought against the
Norfolk & Western Railway. This
juror was related to' the sheriff and
could not abide the thought, of ins
kinsman being attacked. The sug
gestion 'of misconduct was thrown
out by the defendant for that pur
pose. .
Death of Mr. Holt.
-A message was received here last
nigiU telling of the death of Mr. E.
P. Holt, of Willardsville. Mr. , Holt
had.'Vsen critically ill, several day
and emce Monday there was ottered
no hope for. him. He began with ty
phoid lever and it developed into
pneumonia. His lather attended hull
throughout the illness and was as
sisted bv phvsicians elsewhere.
Air. Holt was tue son of Dr. K.-M.
Holt, of Willardsville. and leaves
numerous relatives here and else
where. He had visited Durham olten
and was known well to the people of
this and other localities.
Tbe Xen Duke ISiiiliiiuu.
The Duke building, soon to he the
brag block ot the city, is to go up
higner and t.ie litth story is I he last
change lo lie announced. Several
weeks tins has 'been in the minds ot
the architect, the owner and the
builder and it was definitely decided
the latter part ot the week. I ntil
that, time it. was "t nought that 'the
structure would be four stories and
that the present. 'elevation is all that
it will have, (ireat pride is laken m
the incidental tact that it looks over
the. rl rust building and can lick salt
off the lop ol Ms head.
It wasnl." .'meant to 'heat that-big
building when n started out. - I ie
first plan wns .to have a good t wn
sloi'v building ihai would grace ihe
town. Then the material and the
plans were Y'lianged. 'Steel Was put
in and the three stones were an
nounced. That, was to have '"been a
beam v. but w.ien it was told that
four stories would lie ils height, sky
scrapers were talked. Five will look,
high.
But even live slories will not. stop
its flight. Archiiect Hill C. l.inlin-t-
it tit has decided to. make it so ten,
stories will be just as feasible a live
and that is the 'foundation '.that he
has given. It fronts best on I'ai'risii
street and is the only competitor . I. ml
the handsome block of the culmvil.
people has at that ''.junctitre.. It is
figured out that' buildings will change
their clothes every, twenty year.- ami
thai in lhat time the Duke. .Ini-lldiiia
would begin to grow -old .'unless ii-'
stories were adueil.
As the building already:.'!!8 luarkt.-d
for $1011.000 oi" UipreaboHls. H is.
easy lo see that anot her siot.v A.
run it up several more t luiusa nds It s.
natural elevation will ::iw. ji -mi
stadia in hoists- ai.nl in its. stoi ; :ng
feet it will he neary liyi-' a bo r ;. i :f
iriihl building.
! tl-xl Mine I Ipelteil.
The liisl store to be 'I ii 1 1"
new building is Hie. Kohbiu I:.1
goods firm loday. The -coin ;i t; y 'Mil
have its. .millinery -opening, iiiowi;-:
from tile location on Hie cornet ol
Main and Market to the new inti.e
The significance of 'the omi.4ii i
niore bv reason ol Hie tad i'..i
it is the spring opening of the firm,
too. 'I ho representatives oi iiii- lnm
worked nearly all ot the ion-part
the night to get things in rcailim
Census Liiuiiieratoi'K Xanieil.
Census Supervisor 1). H. Ulan, of
(Continued on Pag? Four)
shemwell1
sentenceil:
CUTE
Must Serve Five Days Imprison
ment Pay $500. and AH
Costs
FAMOUS CASE ENDS
(iovcriior Kiubin Late Yesterday Af
ternoon Commuted the Sentence of
Baxter..- fthemweii From Five
Months Imprisonment to Five Days
Imprisonment, a Fine of 85(H) and
All the osts in the Cuse-rJover-noi's
Principal Reason for Commu
tation Was Bused I'pon the Re
ports of Doctors, Who Said That
Imprisonment Would be Dangerous.
Late yesterday afternoon Governor
Kitchm commuted the sentence of
Baxter Sheniwell from Ave months in -jail
to tive days and a fine of 1500
and all the costs in the case.
It has been a long time since an ap
plication for pardon has created such
a stir in this state and the action of ',
the governor was awaited with'grea't ..
interest by the people. The history.
of the case and the reasons lor the "
commutation are fully set forth byv
Governor Kitchin.
Baxter Shemwell was sentenced to
serve five months in jail at the Feb
ruary term of Guiilord court, 1909, .
tor assaulting a railway conductor
with a deadl 'enpon ' '
Reasons For Commutation.
Owing to the general interest In
this case. I deem it proper to give a
summary ol the important facts bear
ing on the assault, alleged.
Prisoner was convicted of a mis
demeanor assaulting a railroad con
ductor on a Pullman car with a pis
tol. There was no denial that pris
oner drew Ins pistol, and there was
no contention that be shot or at
tempted to shoot. Prisoner had a
ticket troni Staunton, Va. to Lexing
ton, and was on board a tram , not
scheduled to stop at Lexington, which
lie had taken at Charlottesville.
When near Higii Point; the conductor
offered the ticket back to Shemwell
with the information that the tram
did not stop at Lexington. Before
the tram lelt High Point t.ie con
ductor, rend a telegram to prisoner
saving Irani could not stop at Lexing
ton.- Prisoner said. " I have got my
ticket lo Lexington and I warn von to
slop this train."
. A short tinie tiiereafier and while -the
train was about til teen miles
from .Lexington, according to Ihe.
conducor. corroborai etl bv ihe only
witness 'who claims to have seen the
beginning of t he assault, Slieinwell
met- him in the aisle in the front of
the car anil said: .''Are you going
to stop this train at Lexington?"
Conductor.'- said "No," -Shemwell .
said-:.." I will blow your brains out."
(Continued on Page '1 wo. )
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