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The Only Newspaper , In North Carolina, nav - ,' tag Fall Leased 'Wire ,- Press Service of the f - National News Association ESTABLISHED 1876. RALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1910. PRICE 5 CENTS. Double the Number of Paid Subscribers; in the City of Raleigh of Any Other Newspaper. LINER GOES AGROUND ON THE ROCKS Carried Sixty Passengers, All of Whom Were Trans fered in Safety SAVED BY WIRELESS The Liner Minnehaha Crashed on the Rocks of the Dread Scilly Islands , in Dense Darkness and Fog- Transfer of the Passengers Was Accomplished Successfully, With a Wonderful , Show of Courage Many of the Passengers, However, Were Filled With Terror Call by Wireless For Aid Brought Sev- eral Vessels to The Rescue, (By Cable to The Times) London, April 18 All pf the 61 passengers of the stranded liner Min nehaha, which crashed on the rocks in the dread Scilly Islands shortly af ter midnight were rescued in the darkness and a dense fog this morn ing. Captain Layland, commodore of the fleet of the Atlantic Transport ; Line, and the crew of the wrecked liner remained aboard her after the passengers had leen landed. When dawn came the vessel lay with a slight list to port, 12 feet of water in her hold, near Bishop's Rock, one of the most deadly spots on all the coasts of the North Atlantic. The sea which raged . when the steamer poked her nose aground in a dense fog, had moderated by the time the passengers were' landed and the wind had also gone down. A heavy fog, however, which extends over a large area, was unbroken and rain came down steadily. i ne transfer of the passengers through the treacherous waters where the steamer grounded was ac complished successfully with a won derful show of courage and daring hy the men of the Minnehaha. "Women and children first," was the order and it was enforced to the letter. Details of the accident and the res cue came from-Hugh Town, on the Island of St. Mary's. With the sea rising in great rolls of terrific force, breaking at every point over the tips'1 or the rocks, the small boats were handled with the greatest skill, threading their way from the crip , pled liner to high ground. The fog made each yard of advance perilous and added to the dangerous nature or the water about the coast, reduced many of the passengers,' men as well as women, to terror. , When the liner - shoved her nose hard on the rocks she Was almost riven by the shock, although pro ceeding with extreme caution. (Continued On Page Seven.) GOVERNMENT WINS SUIT OVER CARTER (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington,' April 18 The gov ernment today. won its case in the United States" supreme court against Captain Ober-lin M. Carter, formerly of the United States army, and oth ers, In which nearly $400,000 was .in volved. ,' In. the original suit brought In the United States circuit court for the northern district of Illinois, the gov ernment sought to obtain possession of the cash., real estate and securities amounting to $400,000, claiming that this1 property had been obtained by Carter through fraud practiced by him on the government in the letting and execution' of contracts for the improvement' of the. Savannah river. Savannah harbor, Cumberland Sound and several other waterways in the Vicinity.' , ' Carter claimed that this money be longed to Robert ; M. Wescott, his father-in-law, and. was not part of the profits of 'the contract Benjamin A.; Greene and John S. Ga'ynor, the con tractors In the case, are now serving sentences at the Atlanta penitentiary for. frauds In connection with this case. .. Carter was sentenced to the penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth. Every time i .be humps In sign, Ionian hunts for pleasure n ''Keep off thn gmas" THE GOULD WEDDING Miss Marjorie Gould to Marry Tomorrow Groom Is A. J. Drexel, Jr., of PIiila delphia Great Preparations for the Wedding One American Heir ess Who Chose an American Hus band. (By Leased Wire to The Times) ' New York, April 18.-Two of tne largest and oldest fortunes in Amer ica will be united on tomorrow when Marjorie Gould, daughter of George J. Gould, and Anthony J. Drexel, Jr., son of the famous financier of that name, - are married in St. Bar tholomew's Church in this city. From the elaborate , preparations that have been made, the affair promises to be the most brilliant wedding ever cele brated in this city, outshining even the famous Vanderbilt-Marlborough nuptials. Contrary to the custom, which has been in vogue of late, the bridegroom' will not be a titled for eigner but a plain American but there will be an abundance of titled guetls. The social prominence of the two families, both here and abroad, has necessitated a wide dis tribution of invitations, and European society will be well represented. Dur ing the past week every boat has brought a fresh supply of notables, while the private yachts of the Goulds and Drexels have carried the relatives and more intimate friends across the Atlantic. The numerous railroad yards are filled to their ca pacity with private cars, that have arrived with guests from all parts of the country. All this expense is being borne by the parents of the of the bride and groom. Decorations and florists have been work for weeks and the interior of he church has been converted into a veritable paradise.. Masses of beau tiful flowers cover the walls, and blossoms Of- every description are in evidence. The Gould home has been fitted up even more sumptuously, and the decorations "surpass anything of the kind ever seen in New York. Scores of dressmakers, both here and abroad, have been busy for weeks preparing the gowns, which will rep resent an investment of many mil lions. Miss Gould's dress has been made by a famous New York modiste, and the material of white satin, spe cially woven-for the occasion. It is trimmed with pearls and covered with a tunic of point and duchesse lace combined-in the most artistic fashion. This lace is more than two centuries old and is worth its weight in dia monds. All the bridesmaids are American girls. They ai'e: Margarite Drexel, sister of the groom; Miss Marjorie Gould, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. H. Holbrook Curtis; Miss Beatrice Cla- fliirr daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Claflln; Miss Hope Hamilton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Hamilton; Miss Elsie Hamilton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Nicoll, and Miss Dorothy Randolph, daughter of Philip Randolph. Miss Vivien Gould, youngest sister of the bride,, will act as maid of honor. Armstrong Drexel, brother of the groom will act as best man, and the Viscount Maidstone, who is to marry Margarite Drexel In June, will be one of the ushers. The others will be: William Stewart, John Fell, Craig Middle, Julius W. Noryes and King- don and Jay Gould. The ceremony will be celebrated at 4 o'clock and will be followed by a reception at the Gould home. Apart from the interest created owing to its social and financial prom inenceMarjorie Gould's wedding will appeal to all true lovers of romance. Probably no heiress in America has been more sought . after by foreign noblemen . than Miss- Gould, and in addition to her titled wooers, she has had scores - of admirers at home. Among the most prominent of her suitors waB .the Grand Duke Alex ander. ' Georgevlth Romanouski, member of the imperial family of Russia. The Duke of Alba, Prince Frany Josef of Braganya, and Lieu tenant A. E. 8. Paget were others. But she turned a deaf ear to all of these and selected the man of her choice a 1 plain American. ' The yong couple first met at Miss Gould's coming out party, which was field at the Plaza Hotel in 909,' and was a case ot iove at urst sigut. At this time the favored suitor ap peared to be Wmlv Rlilnelander Stew art, a brother of Anita Stewart,- who married Prince Migel of Braganya. Mr. Stewart Introduced "Tony" Drex el to Miss Gould, and the two young men then began! a race for her hand. It has been rumored that Drexel be came engaged to her but she. later broke It off. He was persistent, how ever, and in the end this quality had Its reward. - -. ' "' .' -,- . Young Drexel has spent a great deal of his time In England, where his family move In the 'King's set." (Continued on Page Two.) .. ii;":.V..M18S MARJORIE 1. Dorothy Randolph. 5. Beatrice Claflin. 2. THE RED AND YELLOW The Tuberculosis Campaign Is Now in Full Blast Two Sessions "Lessons iu the Care of the Body and Prevention of Tuber culosis Held at Centennial School Tills Morning Meeting at the As sociated Charities Tomorrow Morning..- Red and yellow, the. colors ,of the tuberculosis exhibition, have first been publicly displayed in the wind ows of the temporary - offices on the second floor of tho Round Steps Banlt building. The double red cross on the yellow background marks the centre of activities in preparation for the exhibition, which will open next week. In the course of a few days these colors and the symbol of the double cross will become thoroughly familiar 1n all parts of the city. . This morning the children of the Centennial school had a special les son in the care of the body and the prevention of tuberculosis. In fact, there were two sessions the first, second and third grades meeting at one time and the upper grades hav ing an entire period in the assembly room of the school. These children particularly enjoyed hearing about the garden to be found in the bodies of people, because they so thoroughly understood Its -meaning from their experience in their own garden. The fact that tuberculosis is not inherited but comes solely from the implanting of. the seed' of the disease was made the more vivid to them because they understood so clearly that the reap Ing the harvesting in their own gar den come" only after the period of preparation and of 'seed sowing. J. Tomorrow Morning. ; The 'superintendent of the associ ated charities calls a meeting of the general committee to be held Tues day morning at the associated chari ties in. connection with , the- initial cWference called to discuss "Making thV City a Better Place In Which to L(ve", -The memWrs of the commit tee are earnestly : requested to be present at this conference. , " , -; v Shot In Strike Riot. Pittsburg, Pa., April 18. In a strike, riot at Schocn vllle the Press ed Steel Car Works one man was shot and severely - wounded - fhlB morning , by a policeman.. Neariy 3,000 men are on strike and recruits are rapidly added to the number. - t 1 GOULD, HEH BRIDESMAIDS, AND Margarita Drexel. . ivirn Gould. O. Hope Hamilton THREE MEN KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK (By Leased Win' to The Times) -Jackson. . Miss April 18 Three men are knowii to have been killed ans sev eral passengers-were injured this morn ing when 'northbound Illinois Central (passenger train Nn. - from. New Oi lcans plunged over a -'fifteen-foot bank, five miles north of lieie Two ot hers are missing and are believed to have been crushed to death beneath 'the engine. Two Pullmans, the baggage car, and the mail and llbiarv cars were pulled over the embankment, only the diner and two" sleepers., remaining on the tracks. - : A", relief ..train''.: ;i rushed from Jackson after wonl was brought here by a passenger, W. V. Crane of New Orleans, Vho ran the distance, five, miles. '., "'".'.' The tln-ee men killed wore in tho mail car, which cmuaine'! three others, two of whom wero Injured. The engineer and fliemnn were reported mlssliiK. ' The' wreck churIi) fire Immediately and -was burning llei'eely within a short time. ''.'.' Colunel William 'ranc, of New Or Itans. who was an officer durins the ncent Shiineis New Orleans drills, was on tho train. He organized a relief crew; taking tho passengers out through windows. Procuring firo extinguishers from the a &2p- f: '' p."' l AXTHOXV I. DREXEL. mail Car, . Crane and . his party then played streams upon the roaring mass ot'wreekage to save the mall clerks. Tin paesengerg wero injured. Names of the t'ead and missing were impossible to soeiije whei news reached Memphis thit morning, i 2 ; Vi ' '.'";' ,:'ik'-: :;-. si.- HER MAIir-OF HONOR. 4. Marjoi-ic Marjorie Curtis. (il)lll(l. KEPT HIM VERY BUSY Another Busy Day For Mr. Roosevelt i I'ive Days Sight-seeini; Compresswl Into One For the Ex-president in Itiula-I'est l.iMicheoii Given hy XrvU Duke Joseph the Event of the Day. . ( By. Cabin to The Times) Buda-I'est, April 1 S Theodore Roosevelt, at the moment the most popular man in Hungary, set out to day to compass five days of sisht-see-ing and entertainment in one. The program mapped out by Karon Hen gelnniller, the Ausiiiau ambassador to the United Slates!, line (in leave of absence and acting as guide to The former president, and Count Von Aehrenthal, the foreign .' minister, kept-Mr. Roosevelt busier today than at any other lime since he 'reached Europe. He started the day b ris ing early in order to have time to write a long letter to Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss Ethel, who last niKht. ar rived in Paris, whoi-e they will re main, the guests of Ambassador and Mrs. Bacon, until Mr. Roosevelt and Kerinlt. reach the French capital Then the actual round of the day set in with a vim. From his hotel, which was surrounded by crowds, Mr. Roosevelt went to pay an official call on. the premier. Count Vou Heder aiy. and on Arch Duke Joseph. Because of the lack of leisure these calls could be little more than per functory, but Mr. Roosevelt demon strated his knack of injecting a per onal touch in whatever he does, when he wishes to. The same Bplrit marked his call on Francis Kossuth, leader . of the opposition. Kossiith has beon in ill health for some time, but he rose from bis bed to greet the ex-president of i he cotfhtry where, his patriot father found refuge.' Then came a sight-seeing, trip, in which mapy nooks of the picturesque city com monly overlooked by tourists were shown to the former president. One of the day's biggest moments was that when Mr. Roosevelt visited the Diet buildings, where a reception in his honor had been planned by Count Apponyi, who entertained Mr Roos evelt at his country estate on the way from Vienna. A great gathering of officials was on hand to pay respects to the man who has aroused all Hun gary to an almost unprecedented pitch of enthusiasm. Jlaron Hengelmuller was also the ' (Continued on Page Five.) - 6 If r, '.." x f nmnr ILL -;,VB, HUItL Richmond Man Wants to Put Hotel in Durham .Mr. Thomas Miller, of Richmond, Va., Writes That if Locution Can lie Secured He Will Place $250,000 Hotel in Hull City Uiiutt Optical Company Will Operate Plant For Manufacture of Optoniotroscope. (Special to The Times) Dfirham, April 18 Mr. Thomas .1. Miller, a Richmond cit izen, who con ducts resort hotels and writes that he likes Durham, jn a letter yesterday declared that if he could get the right sort of a site he would put 1250,000 in a hotel here. He spoke of recent investments made in the northwest and declares that he likes this community for its health and its good roads. Just at this time there is demand, not to say clamor, for another hotel. L'pon all important occasions the facilities here are utterly inadequate and the recent superintendents' convention, In which less than 100 school teach ers were present, taxed the hotel to its utmost. They complained. Recent additions to the Corcoran Hotel have made it a good stopping place, city guests say, and the desire for more isn't a criticism of the man agement, The point has been often made that this is a bad hotel town, that few people come in and stop owing to schedules of trains. The other view is that it is a bad stop ping place because there is a dearth of places at which to stop. The letter of Mr. Miller is going to be taken up to the merchants' asso ciation to see what they will do with it. The city is hotly in favor of the scheme. At a meeting Saturday evening of the tobacco association it: was agreed that the warehouses should close May 20. This serves notice upon the farm ers, many of whom have not sold their crops yet. It Is especially true of the upper edge oS the county and the lower of Orange. The best crop that will be sold is that yet to come from these sections. . To date-the tobacco has averaged comfortably above 15 cents and the prices have been almost universally better than expected by the growers themselves. ". It started out to be an off-year, but prices will redeem the little shortage in -crop. The Gantt Optical Company has been incorporated here with $25,000 capital. The. company will manufacture an instrument, the invention of Mark Gantt, of Athens, Ga., and will make this place headqqtiarters. It is called the Optometroscope and its uses are the doing away with eye tests in the dark and tiresome experi ments knowii to all who have, had to consult the oculist. It appears to be a wonderful machine. Local dealers ,ln glasses, jewelers and opticians, are In the company. There will be a glass grinding plant also connected with this so that it will he easily possible to fit all kinds of glasses on the shortest no tice. All of that work now done, for Durham people has to come through Richmond and the delays lose a great amount of business. An Afflicted Family. The funeral services over the re mains of Mrs. Lucy Holt, who died Saturday evening, were held yester day afternoon from the home of Dr. K. M. Holt, her father-in-law, and the burial took place from Mount Lebanon church. Mrs. Holt lost her husband, Mr. K. P. Holt, three weeks ago, her daugh ter Nannie, five years old, two weeks ago, and her own death makes tho third in ihree weeks. Thanksgiving of last year her sister, Mrs. Lips combe, committed suicide and ty phoid fever is going through the fam ily with other members very ill. The family is one of the best in Durham county, living at Willariis ville, len miles in the country. MISS. TAIT'S SIX It ETA RV. Miss Lcttcrinun Succeeds Miss Spiers, Who Resigns. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, April IS Miss Mary K. Leltermnn, a clerk in the diplo matic bureau of the state depart ment, has been appointed social sec retary to Mrs. Taft, succeeding Miss Mary Dandridge Spiers, who, it !s said, resigned because of III healta. Miss Letterman, who is a descend ant of the famous Lee and Ctrroll families of Maryland, and who was educated in Paris, entered upon her duties today. The man who claims to be always right - is always slow to acknowledge the rights ot others. : DAUGHTERS IN SESSION AT CAPITAL C i I - President Taft Welcomes the D. A. R. to the Capital MANY ARE PRESENT Meeting in Continental .Memorial Hull -Great Auditorium Gay with . Bunting and Flags Thronged, With Nearly 1,000 Delegates from Every Section of the Country Daughters are Taking Great Inter est in the Meeting and Congress Will be a Notable One The Row Between the President General and Those Who Oppose Their Policies (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, April 18. With a welcome by President Taft this morn ing t.ie nineteenth annual congress of the Daughters of the American Rev olution began in Continental Memo rial Hall. Tne great auditorium of the building, one of the most beauti ful in the United States, was gay with bunting and flags, while around (lie walls were draped tho national flags and the standards of the States. A distinguished company occupied the stage which was decorated witu potted plants and flowers. The audi torium was thronged with 'nearly 1,000 delegates from every section of the country. Never before have the Daughters taken so great an inter est in an annual convention, and. it is expected that a brilliant chapter in tue history of the organization will be written when the convention ends next Saturday. This congress is a notable one, because it marks the completion of continental me-. morial hall, and because of the big row that is impending between the administration of President-General, Mrs. Matthew T. Scott, and jthose who oppose her policies. ' Addresses were delivered this morning by President Taft, John Barrett, Director of the International Bureau ol American Republics, and Judge Morris B. Beardsley, president general of t lie Sons of the American Revolution. President Taft in welcoming the delegates, made it. known tnat he is not. inclined to keep up his contro versy with the suffragists. In introducing the president, Mrs. Matthew T. Scott, .president-general, paid. him a back handed 'compliment by saying t.iat the president was not a suffragist; that he was not one be cause his objection to it. was founded on principle, and that if he wero prompted by selfish' motives he would have- endorsed the propaganda. "I confess," said Lie president, "that when 1 came here 1 did not (Continued on. Pago Six.) TRIAL OF WOLTER CASE HAS BEGUN ( By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, April l- Wonien are the chief uitneses against ' Albert '. W. Wolter. whew trial fur the murder nf Uuth Wheeler began today beforu .JuilKe Ulster, Nearly twenty of them, including Kate Mueller, Waiter's sweetheart,-will be called by the prosecution to give evidence against the youth. All of the women- witnesses were in court when the trial began shortly af ter 10 o"c"oc.k. Among them were Pearl Wheeler, Ruth's sister, who brought about the arrest of Wolter, Adelaide Wheeler, another sister. A crowd of nearly 200 persons stood outride general sessions during th morning and struggled to get Into tho court room. They were held back, by a squad of policemen in charge of Lieutenant Germain, No one without credentials was admitted to the room. Judgo Foster ruled the examination of George B. Sheppard, the first tales man called tha none, of the so-called "knockout" questions' which have So often delayed the trials of criminal cases, will be allowed. Attofiey Scott, for the defense, had asked the tales man whether he entertained "reason able doubt" as to Wolter's guilt , when the court broke in with the ruling. The trial will be rushed. Charles K. Harris, 45 years old, a music publisher and composer of "After the Ball," Was chosen as a Juror. Two were: selected In an. hour and. a bait)
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