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i RAtEr(JH,:N. C.,-'rajCJESDAY, MAX 12, 1910. PRICE 5 CENTS. '"" -"l " - ii - 1 -j i ill Ml' i jlfi . Double the. Number of - Paid Subscribers- in the City of RaleigjTyiy Other Newspaper. mm m- . HftHtWkrr. 0 . , ' So Crcit i W Eo&Sa He b i Absa Corned ti$ lib Feet Mr. feoctevelt' Speech on the World . Movement Eagerly Received Thousaflds Seek for Admittance Into the Hall Failing o JHet In Thoy Waft on the OBttride and Mob the Colonel When He Comes Out Had to be Rescued by Officers from the Eager Crowd of Admireri Americans Led the . Rush Hi - Speech on the General Advance. - metal of Civilization. ' . (By Cable to The Times.) Berlin, May 12 Theodore Roose velt today took his place with the savants o Germany, delivering the address at the University of Berlin for which Teutonic scholars -have been looking forward for months. As the former president left the hall he was mobbed by the cheering crowds theft' broke through' the cor dons of police. A Bquad of mounted men, nourishing sabres, rescued Mr, Roosevelt with difficulty and he was whisked, off by automobile to :, the American embassy. The kaiser and the kalserin were among' the foremost In the audience, which included, besides other mem- hers "of .the royaIvtamiiyT "Chancellor Von Bethmannn-Holiweg, and the first men of the nation in official and military life besides a gathering of scientists, historians and other men of scholarship such as has seldom been seen before. y ''.'. . By a coincidence, Mr. Roosevelt spoke in the Aula, or hall, where the kaiser, on October 19, 1906, rose dra matically after an address by Prof. John W. BurgesB of Columbia Univer sity, and cried for three cheers for Theodore Roosevelt. v , ','. 'y. Long before the time set for. the address the university was surround ed by crowds and by the time Mr. Roosevelt arrived, fully 20,000 peo ple were oh hand. In spite of the spirit of mourning pervading the public as well as the court over the death of King Edward the throngs were remarkably demonstrative, ' Nearly every one of the 12,000 students of the university was pres ent, but outside. Scarcely a handful of them got into the hall. For weeks ail Germany has been besieg- ing the authorities' for invitations to the lecture, and but a fraction of tue applicants could be accommodated in the hall, with its seating capacity of but a mere 600. Erich Schmidt, rector of the uni versity, has been laboring since the first announcement of the lecture, with a specific staff of clerks, prepar ing for thS event of today. ' The taBk of Writing refusals of tickets kept several persons .occupied constantly for many weeks.. So few were the available invitations that the staff of the American embassy secured but sixteen all told enough for the members and their families. In the morning Mr-Roosevelt went through a course of preparation for the speech under the direction of Dr. Frankel, the throat specialist, who Is attending him while here", y : ,-r y. When tlift session was over. Dr. Frankel announced that there was a further marked Improvement In Mr. Roosevelt's condition. , The ex-prestdent - rested through out the morning. When- at last he entered an automobile and went from the embassy, where he is staying, to the university, he appeared In excel lent spirits. A crowd had .gathered before the embassy, and. as he appear ed he was cheered. On the streets leading to the hall he was recognis ed and received further salutes. But it was at the university that the en thusiasm passed all precedent. 1 As- Mr. Roosevelt and the kaiser appeared together, the throngs burst but into a deep', full toned roar Which c6uld be heard far. , . Theay into the hall was lined with troopB, keeping back the intrud ers, and s"th - speaker, passed through to the platform he was sa luted. , - ' ( ,. Throughout the speech Mr. Roose velt showed slight hoarseness, but " 1 (Cuutlnuod on Pago Two.)1 :i DURHAM Died laify Tcdajr had .Been In Falling, Health for a Long. Time Funeral Service To morrow Little Girl Gets Carbolic Arid But No Harm Is Done Other News. , ,'. ':'? ', (Special to The .Times.) . ; , Durham, N .Q MAy 12 Mr. C. M, Lewter. a mechanical engineer of this city, died at his home near Lakewood Park this morning at ljl5 after an illness wnicn . assumea - various phases! .""'.. - Mr. Lewter was reared in Orange county about Chapel Hill, and when this county was cleft from Orange, he came here to live. He was one of the oldest native residents : of the city, tie followed his vocation In tue engineering of the American Tobacco Company's plants and generally spent his, winters in Wilson, where he ran an engine. ' July of last year Mr.. Lewter be gan to fail In health, perceptibly and he bad declined slowly since. Not until a few days ago, however, did he yield and hie death has! been but momentary thing. He leaves a brother. Mr. A. S. Lewter, of Aber deen, ahd a sister, Mrs. W. N. Prltch ard, of Chapel Hill, there are two daughters, Mrs. C. E. King and Mrs. Emma Ferrell and several grand children survive him. He Is surviv ed by Mrs. Lewter, who was Miss Tula Cheek, of Chapel Hill. Two sons remain, Messrs. A. A. and J. R. Lewter, both of this city. Mr. Lewter would have been Bixty- nlne years of age In June,, the 16th day of that month. He was a soldier and saw military service'.' ' In relig ion be was a Baptist arid in that ser vice he will be burledtomorrew af ternoon" at 3 o'clock.' " -" Little Helen Alleen Jones, who was thought to have swallowed car bolic acid enough yesterdpy ' after noon to kill, was found by the, physi cians to be substantially out of dan ger yesterday afternoon and but lit tle of the poison touched her. The child did secure the bottle and pour some of the fluid In her moutu but did not swajlow It. She was soon attended by Dr. A. Cheatham and the danger had passed. This occurred about 1:30. Five hours v later she was about the house and playing as though nothing bad happened. The little tot Is the child of Mr. and Mrs J. T. Jones. Mr. Will Duke arid Miss Nellie Booth were married last night at the home ,of Mr. J., C. Gunter. Rev. O. N. Marshall, officiating. They arc residents of the Edgecombe commun ity. The wedding took place in the presence of a few friends. It was an extreihf.y quiet event and but few knew of It until the issuance of the license. Mrs. Morris Very 111. Mrs. Ed. Morris, who lives on Alston avenue, Is very critically HI and is hardly . expected to live through the night. Mrs. Morris de veloped pneumonia several days ago and the sinking since has been very rapid. She is about fifty years of age and has four children. , The four-months-old child of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Willis died yesterday afternoon at the home of Mr. O. T. Carver on Cleveland street. The baby was brought here some days ago on account of the. Illness of Mrs. Wil lis, the mother, Who is in a desperate condition In Greenville, North Caro lina. ,'A series of convulsions carried It away. ,The funeral services will take; place 'this afternoon, from the residence of Mr. Carver. ,; Mr. Willis came in this morning on the early train from' Greenville. " The bUrlal will be In JMaplewood. Miss Marion B. Kirine, teacher of violin, and Mr. Orme . G. Edwards, who graduates at the commencement of the Southern Conservatory of usic, have -planned a series of con certs which will be given immediate ly, after, the close of the year.; Mr. Edwards wilt be accompanist to Miss Klnne. Their first date Will j be in Lumberton. May 24th. When they play that city, From j Lumbei tnn they go to Goldsboro, where they will play that town, being assisted by Miss Elizabeth Smith, who graduates this spring. Miss Smith ; lives in Galdsbofo. ', .: .. ', v They go from Goldsboro to Kin- ston to give their third concert and will return here for Trinity com mencement. Miss Klhne will play thai engagement before returning to her New Jersey home td play, a sum mer engagement It is probable that other concerts may be given but these three are the only ones announced. . JOHN HAYS HAMMOND. ? ' , p tog John Hayes Hammond, the famous mining engineer and man of if- fairh, who is member of the California delegation which, is now, inuiinK the Eatit tn the Interests of the proposed exiMiition In San Francisco to celebrate tlio comlriR opening of the Panama canal. The dek-Katioii re cently visited Washington and calledon President Taft, It ONE BRIBE-TAKER :"-'SAW LARIMER (By Leased Wire to The Times) Chicago, May 12 Confession of inside facts of the legislative bribery scandal by "Representative Michael 8. Link, in which he admits seeing Sen ator Lorimer before $1,000 was paid him for his vote, is expected to re sult In other indictments being re turned by the grand jury which re sumed Its Investigation today. An adverse decision on the motion of the attorney-general to stop the Investigation by the Sangamon coun ty grand' jury was followed today hy State's Attorney Burke directing his subpoena servers here to serve their writs. ' :. About the time? the grand ' jury convened, here this morning State's Attorney Wayman received a notice from M'"' Burke that the latter had no desire to confer with him. SCOTLAND NECK NEWS. Teachers Elected For City-. School. ; Lecture by Dr. McMusler. (Special to The Times) Scotland Neck, May 12 Dr. W. H. McMaster, state, director of the North Carolina Sabbath Observance Association, lectured in the Baptist church last night to a large audi ence.' Dr. McMaster spoke on Sab bath observance, and greatly pleased his hearers. Our' townsman, Mr. G. C. Weeks, received the sad intelligence yester day of the death of his niece, Mrs. J. K. Dickens, of Roanoke Rapids. Mrc. Dickens leaves a - husband, besides other relatives. At-a meeting of the board of trus tees of .the. Scotland Neck public schools a few days ago the following teachers were elected for the ensuing term; ' First; grade, Migs Mary Her bert .Smith; second grade; .Miss Elea nor Smithy ; third rade. Miss Pattle Tnorne: rourtn graae, miss iena Leggett; fifth grade, Miss Anna Kltchin; sixth grade. Miss .Annie Dunn; ; seventh grade, Miss , Anna Clark. Teachers for the eighth and ninth:-grades will be elected at, a later. meeting. . Mr A. McDowell re signed ( as , a member of the board, and Mr. C. L. McDowell was elected (nv hia stead. ( The teachers elected weaU.ln, the school this yearex- cept jMIsb Kitchin, who succeeds; Miss Pattle-, Vaughn, who did not apply for the position.- i -i -' North Ouroiina Ptistinasters. (By Leased Wire to The Times) . WasHlrigton,: May, 'il8-ohV.,ii. Priest was today appointed posinms ter tft Inverness, a fourth-class' of fice, v About Hie time a man hns broke on an automnblle he has learned a little a"ufirunntngr,onei - MINE DISASTER IN THE EIJGUSH FE1LD (By Cable to The Times I Whitehaven, Eng., May 1 2 One hundred and thirty-six men were en tombed early todfty by an explosion in the Wellington, cpal mine. After hours of work fbrir men were saved, but the rescuerS'eaid there was no hope of reaching the others for many hours. The men. brought out de clared that their companions were doomed, as the mine was filled with gases. . The four' were themselves overcome by gasi and unconscious when found. i GOLDSBORO HAS ANOTHER BIG DAY (Special to The Times) Goldsboro, May 12 This has been another big day with Goldsboro, "Park Day", and there never has been, nor will there ever be, a more magnificent' or beautiful parade than the one which formed at the court house this afternoon, consisting of decorated vehicles and automobiles, contesting for a. .beautiful loving cup, which the judges will award to the best decorated vehicle at' the close of the celebration this afternoon out at Herman park. Most all of the bus iness houses closed up this after noon and the whole city took a holi day. MISS. M DI.XIIMID. Funeral took place Yesterday After, noon at Liunbrrton. (Special to The Times) Charlotte, May 1 2 The terrible death of Mrs. Virginia McDiarmld, of Lumberton, widow of a business man of that town, whose name was known perhaps throughout the state,- has caused no little grief here, where the deceased had many friends. Mrs. McDiarmld, it is surmised, was seized with an unexpected attack of melan cholia while on (he roof of the Char lotte sanitarium, which is regularly used as a place of rest and recrea tion and sun-baths for patients, and precipitated herself to the ground be low, the building being three stories, striking head first on a hard-paved walk running around the rear of the L-shaped building. ' The funeral took place yesterday afternoon' from the First Presbyter ian church, of Lumberton, of which Ms. McDiarmld wis a devoted mem ber..' ' " ;., V jisk for '"Doctor of Publicity" ; Put generous doses of snap ahd ginger In your announce ments. Tell a clear, terse story. .Describe your goods and give prices. ,. Kacp your ads. fresh. Change them frequently. Ahd ' keep everlastingly at it. "Advertising of that sort, placed in The Evening Times, Raleigh's great Home Paper, simply works wonders. ' : ; ',' ' If your business needs a tonlci call up 178 and a "Doc tor of Publicity" will be with you In a minute. , y GEO. C. HALL Advertising Manager. MISS ELIZABETH FLEMING. mmmmsm Miss - Kli.iil-ctli Fleming, who clnistened the Dreadnought F'oi'ida, the greatest of the American battle ships, at the Brooklyn navy yards to- iny. Her people Dave been promt. mnl in war ami politics, as well as socially, in Florida for four genera, tions. Miss Fleming herself is well known in the younger social set in Washington and the south. . FINAL ARGUMENT IN SWOPE CASE (By 'Leased Wire to The Times) Kansas rity, Mi .May 12 Finul argument by the state and opening argument!! for the defense were begun today in the-trial 'of Dr. B. C. Hyde, accused of the murder of -'Colonel Thomas- H. Swope, millionaire philan thropist. Before arguments were begun Judge Lalsliaw had Instructed the jury that ft: must either return a -verdict of nit guilty or find the defendant guilty in the first degree. The jury, may, in its' discretion,' fix the punishment at hanging or life im prisonment. It is expected the jury will take the case early tomorrow ana return a verdict not later than Saturday morning.- ' . . . An arralngment of circumstantial evidence; a charge that "Paid" ad visers suggesters to Mrs. Logan Swope the prosecution of Ir. Hyde; a scoring of the employment of special prosecutors: a criticism of the evidence given by the state's Witnesses and a tribute to Mrs. Florence Swope Hyde, were the main points in the argument or Atorney Frank P. Walsh on behalf of Dr. Hyde. , Mrs. Hyde wept, and her mother, Mrs. Swope, bit her' lips to keep back the tears. Dr. Hyde removed his glasses and peered straight into the eyes of the twelve men in the Jury box. Mr.-Walsh-. was dramatic from hjs opening .-sentence.'" His volte at times was husky, again loud. The doors of the court room were thrown open and and the. room was packed with a per spiring and suffcating crowd of specta tors. In the corridor leading to the room the same condition existed. ' TRAIN HKLD 11V Itandits Hold I p Train and Rifle Pockets of the Passengers. (By Leased Wire to The Times) . Tus'con, Ariz.',' May i Ordered to "shoot on sight" posses from Pinal and Maricopa counties today are giving chase to two daring bandits who last evening in broad daylight held up a Southern Pacific tram, robbed the passengers and escaped with several hundred dollars, accord ing to advices received here. Stop ping the train at Gila river on the run betWeett Maricopa and Phoenix, they fled . westward. Horses were awaiting them on the river banks, and it is believed that tho robbers tnado for the Maricopa divide, hoping to escape from there" by railroad. The hold-up was carried out with the daring of frontier criminals. Seven teen passengers, the conductor and the brakeman were lined np and. their pockets rifled. , v The bandits 'boarded, the train as passenrs at Maricopa and when tMe 30-mile run to fnoemx was wen De- gun, the train being tar out on tne desert, they started systematic rob bery. One passenger was knocked unconscious. The women on the train were thrown into panic. ; v THE FINEST SHIP Of the Navy The Florida, Launched America's New Dreadnought, the Largest Yet Sent Into the Water Hig Crowd o.f Notables Present Governor of Florida, SMinsor and Maids, Guests of Honor. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, May 12 Tiie greatest and finest vessel of the American navy the battleship Florida glided into the water at 11:25 a. m. today, hej-'prow dripping with champagne from the christening bottle crashed against her steel clad side by Miss Elizabeth Legere Fleming, daughter of one of Florida's oldest families, as the new queen of tile i'nited States navy began to slip down the ways at the Brooklyn navy yard. A roar of welcome from the thous ands of spectators boomed across to the Jersey shore when the monster dreadnought met the water for the first time. The impact of her huge bulk stirred up the East river into a miniature tidal wave which tossed like chips the tiny tugs that franti cally steamed up to tue leviathian and attached lines with which to stay her progress. More than 500 of the nation's dig nitaries gathefed for the ceremonies. Although president Taft could not leave Washington there were present today some of tae foremost figures from the capital, including Vice President Sherman, Secretary of the Navy George VonL. Meyer, Admiral George Dewey, Chief Constructor Capps, Assistant Secretary W'inthrop and many gray-haired rear admirals, old sea dogs who have seen the navy grow from the days of wooden fri gates. Rear Admiral Leutze was there, and Seaton Sehroeder, com mander-in-chief of the Atlantic ileet, his chief of staff. Captain Albert L. Key and Rear Admirals Sperry, "Fighting Bob" Evans, Wainwnght and Potter. Each officer had his aides. . . Governor Hughes, of New York, and staff had come from Albany for the occasion, and the state after which the battleship is named was officially represented by Governor Albert VV. Gilchrist and his staff. But with all their gold and pomp, the official guests. could not outshine the bevy of southern beauties coming north to take part in the usually luborate exercises of christening the vessel. '' Besides Miss Elizabeth Fleming, the sponsor, the maids of honor were Miss Alienee Buckman,-' Jacksonville; Miss Lucy Milton, Marianna; Miss Eugenia Carter, Pensacola; Miss Nel lie Fletcher, daughter of United States Senator Fletcher, and Miss Ge nevieve Bisbee, daughter of ex-Congressman Horatio Bisbee. Her home is in New York. The party from Florida left their hotel soon after break fast, and, in a string of automobiles, was whisked to the navy yard across the East river. There thousands of persons were already gathered, stationed a'liout the yard or thronging points of vantage outside, ashore and afloat. Battal ions of marines patrolled the yard and its environs, aided by a detail of several hundred police. The police boats darted up and down the river, keeping the patrol lines clear. In anticipation of a monster wave when the great war ship struck the water, the patrol lines had been placed unusually far back. The men having charge of the last work of sending tile vessel into the water had been rehearsed and were letter perfect this morning. Extraordinary precautions for safety marked every phase of the .launching. Rear Admiral Leutze of the navy yard had issued strict orders regard ing the closing of the river. Long before the time for the launching the Brooklyn and Manhat tan shores and the bridges were crowded with sight-seers. DIED IN CELL. Young Man Iiocked in For Drunken ness Diet in Police Cell in Cliar. lolte. ; (Special to The Times) Charlotte, May 11 Locked in a cell at police headquarters at 6:00 o'clock by an officer who found him seemingly drunk on the streets last night, a neatly dressed young fellow, who was entered as W. Q. Finch, was found dead at 9:09 o'clock tonight in his cell. His identity was at first unknown, but later it was learned that his name was Walter Page. He was' seemingly In a very drunken con dition when apprehended, Art inves tigation will be made. ; BALLINGER DIDN'T GET PAYFOR IT Gave Advice to Cunningham Rut Nn f harorp Was Maifp For Services NOT LEGAL ADVISOR Ballinf-er Denied That He Was Ever the Legal Advisor of Cunningham. Did (jive Him Advice, But Did Not Charge For It In One Instance (iot $2."0 For Drawing An Affida vit, But Regarded That As Simply Traveling Expenses Mr. Hrahdels Itidiculcd the Idea of Giving Free $20,000 Advice to Such Men As Cunningham. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, May 12 When the Ballinger-Pinchot investigating com mittee resumed its hearing this morn ing Secretary of the Treasury tac Veagh and Secretary of War DIcr- Inson were present for the first time is spectators, and occupied seats be sides Mrs. Ballinger and Mrs. Wick ersham. , It is not likely that the committee will get the Lawler memorandum which Attorney Brandels has asked for. This is the paper which coun sel for Glavis contends was prepared by the interior department and suo mitt.ed to the president, and' upon which he acted in vindicating Ballin ger rather than on the mass of docu ments which were, submitted to him. Mr. Lawler has advised Chairman Nelson that the memorandum Is not in his possessieon, but that the presi dent has it. The committee has de cided not to request the president to transmit it, and the only way it can now be produced is for the house to adopt a resolution calling for it. Attorney Brandeis continued 9 his cross-examination of Secretary Bal linger this morning. - A discussion arose between Mr. Brandeis and some of the members of the committee over the rule of the interior department prohibiting former officials and employes from acting as attorneys or agents In cases involving claims against the govern ment where such cases had been pending while they were identified with the department.. Mr. Ballinger offered a document to show that he and his nephew, "Jack" Ballinger had later appeared in the case. Recurring to Secretary Ballinger acting as counsel or the Cunningham claimants Mr. Brandeis asked the witness to reconcile his de nial that, he had been the ''legal rep resentative'' of these claimants with the statement of Miles C. Moore, one of them, in a lotter to Mr. Ballinger that the latter had been their "legal adviser". Mr. Ballinger replied that, he was neither "legal adviser" nor their "legal representative", although ho admitted that he had been consulted by Clarence Cunningham. He did draft the Cunningham affidavit which he later presented to Secretary Gar field. The $250 which he received he regarded as traveling expenses. He had given a great deal of ad vice, he said, without charging for it. Many' attorneys did that. Mr.-'.Brandeis said that might fie done in case of poor clients, but ho insisted upon knowing why he had given advice to men of such wealth and prominence -as some of the Cun ningham, claimants' were. "According to your statement Mr. Roosevelt characterized you as a $20,000 lawyer. Why should a 20, 000 attorney be giving away his serv ices to persons who were able to pay for them?" "About the only advice I gave them was to come in under the law of May 28, 1 908, whieh would per mit them to consolidate their claims." Mr. Ballinger said that Secretary Garfield had held that this was the only way they could get their pat ents. He considered this attitude ot the department as arbitrary. ' Taking up the statement made by Henry M. Hoyt before the committee that he had discussed the matter, of the opinion of Assistant Secretary Pierce on the law of May 28, 1908, at the request of Glavis, Mr. Bran deis asked Mr. Ballinger when he had first heard that Mr. Hoyt had talked of the case with Mr. Wicker--sham. ' 'When I. read the testimony of that v (Continued on Page Five.)