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RALEianN. a:, Tuesday, junb 7, 1910. PRICE 5 CENTS. Double the - Number ;6f Raid1 Subscribers in :th.e) Gity of Raleigh of Aiv Other Newspaper. fSIKH'E "ECTAELIZHED 1873. i SPECIAL MESSAGE President Wants Rilroad Bill no SHAKES ItY s Ssclisra Part cf the fenb rs Great Damage ' arJ Icss tf Life ki::5jo: EE RESCUE Worst EaKhqMke Since 1008 Shook " Central and Southern Italy Today ' Oni City of 8,000 Pojrolatlon is In Rain And Grave Fears Felt For . Barl. a City of'' 80,000 Special Emergency--Meeting ;pf the Cabinet Held to ITovide Relief Measnrcn News ' Has Thrown All the Unaf- , jTected Parts of Italy Into a Panic, ReUeved That ; Fatalities 'Will be, v Found' Heavy in the Sparsely Set . tied District ,w J (fey Cable to The Times) :' " Rome, ' June -7 A terrific earth quake, the worst since that of De- , centner; I SOS . which destroyed Reg' v glo and Messina,: today' shook central and southern Italy. - Hundreds are ; believed to be dead, and many towns . destroyed. . Calltrl, an Apullan town ot 8,000 population, Is. In ruins and -.. twenty are known to be dead there alone.. A seismic wave Is reported to have swept' the Quit of Maneredonla , on the Adriatic, and grave fears are felt for Baria city of 80,000. .... Tad first reports received here Bald w that the earthquake was felt through - the provinces ot Basillcata, Campania and Calabria, and In Sicily, as well as , .in Apulia. The destruction of tele graph wires left the fate of scores of towns In doubt. A special emergency : meeting of ' the cabinet was called on receipt of the first information here and relief : plans immediately taken up. .r The news was received almost at the same time at the Vatican. The pope Immediately retired to his pri vate chapel to pray for the people of .the affected district, ' . Special services were ; held in all . the churches of Rome. - :, , , King Victor Emmanuel . directed jhat all information be taken to him immediately on Its receipt Both the king and the queen were greatly af fected by the disaster.: Premier, Luz Mitti summoned, all the resources of the government to ascertain the ex tent of the damage and take meas ures for relief. Slgnor A. Glufelll, ' minister of posts and telegraphs, and Aw Ettore "Secchl,- minister of pub lic works, aided ty the minister of war, General Paolo Spingardi,; were deputed to work every man in their r departments, If' necessary,;' to get ' news from the stricken region. ; The valeyof the oranto, running east through .Apulia, and the moun . tains where it has its source; between Apulia and 'Basillcata, were, accord ing to the first meagre reports, the : chief sufferers. '.' . . - ;; - Sant 'Angelo da Loinbardie, , With 7,000 Inhabltantaj'rand Conta, ten miles to . the southeast, with ; 1,600 people, are reported partially destroy- - ed. The cathedral of Conza, accord-,- ing to one account, Is feared to be in ruins." . Potensa population 17,000, ', which has been frequently shaken In '' the last year; also suffered, according to the advices received here.seml-of-tlcially, as did' j in the same , region Canosa, 26,000; Rlonero J2.000 and ' Trinitapoll 10,000. " . 'It is feared that much of the ter ritory affected by the: great earth quake of 1908." Which killed 200,000 ' persons, has bee affected by the new : riiAftster. latfthe despatches arriving here today, A-lA--. iA; ' The railroad lines have been de stroyed for many miles, and the work vof taking relief to the' victims and of bringing! out injured will be with.no le difficulty than it was In the Mes sina, catastrophe.: v ' ;' : ,Th news threw all tie unaffected parts of Italy' into a " semblance 1 of panic. In Rome half the city filled the streets, glamoring! for In forma: tlon besieging the newspaper offices and thb government buildings. ' v; While the churches were thrown open to the crowds hundreds, frlght- - ened by the news', refused to venture Indoors. In the Ou living sections and , in small towns nearby services , were ' said in. the open tor the benefit of " (Continued on Page Five.) ' Q f t ." - Miss Esther Quinn, who is suing lending member of the faculty of Colmnbiu Cniverslty, for $.10,000 dam- ttt;es for breach of promise. Below in THE OTHER SIDE OF JT Jones and Hinsdale State the Other Side of Lynn Matter Say Ttiat Mr. Thompson Voluntarily Made the Statement Rclutive to Mr. liynn He Agreed to .Allowing it IubliKliel If it It4ciune Neces nary. . . . To the Editor: We read the state. ment in thitf Coming's News and Ob server purporting to come from Mr. A. M; Thompson. This statement, by whoever-madeK is untrue. ; : We went.to Mr-Thompson, he gave the statement vol untai-py, signed the same and we still have It and any one wishing to see it can do so.i'i-,.,-.:.vi We told UUh we would not make it public unless It became necessary to do so, and explained that if it was de nied by Mr. I. H. L;nn that it would be necessary to give our authority.' He ; readily - consented ' , to ; this. Thompson BaiJC tuSthing to; us further than what he signed , : '..';, Before this sttLement; wtts publish ed it was read aejr to Mr.; Thompson In the nresencs of five or sixveentle- men and he was tolt that if it was de nied that it would be necessary to give our authority.. He again agreei to this, stating ' that he knew Lynn would not deny it. ; ' ." ' "' -' -Thompson came in on yesterday and said that he had made a slight mistake In his statement when he said-that Lynn presided oyer the meeting, that on second thought he remembered the meeting had, "not been called to order.;' We corrected his. statement for him ' immediately and had it put in The Times. ! We-. know,; hotUing ' about Mr. Lynn's politics further 'than; .what Mr- Thompson and dthers'have said, W. B. JONES. ;, V J. Wv HINSDALE, MR. v ' Indian Uprising m Mexico. (By Leased Wire to The Times) r Mexico City,- June - 7More than a hundred omciais nave ueen suiea 'by the Insurgent Maya Indians of Yu tatan acordlng to semi-official dis patches received here today and the situation is critical. More- troops have been rushed to Yucatan. It Is now believed that the first reports, telling of the sacking of, Valladolld, Uayama, Tunttas and Tinum. did not give the full extent ot the depreda tions. . . - ' Death Wow to the Scoit Lill. (By Leased Wfre to The Times) 'Washington, June 7 -What is be lieved to be a death blox was gKen the Scott arttl-option bill today when the house rules coiniu't'oe- decide not to report a special rule for its consideration. ' t fit , i t-, -7-- P Professor Harry Thurston Peck, a a picture of Professor . Peck. , -UP IN THE! ViKE CASE (By Leased Wire to The Times) Chicago,. June 7 Judge Scanlon today dented writ of habeas corpus asked for by Browne. Judge Scanlon held that the crim inal court : has jurisdiction. , The sheriff was-directed to take Browne into custody and to Judge McSurleys court at once, where the hearing was set for 10 O'clock. The fcVirt's opinion was lengthy and -analyzed each point. Though Browne declined to maxe any state- merit It was 'Apparent that he was crestfallen at his second failure , to delay further, trial of his case. : The defense; however, ; was not by any nioahs at the end of its string of tech nicalities byi, which it was hoped to free 'the; democratic1 minority leader without a rial. It was reported that application would be made this after noon or tomorrow for a new writ of habeas corpus in the federal courts before .'Judge Otis J. Humphrey, of Springfield, -who gave the "immunity bath" to he packers In the first beet trust cases. . Judge McSurley issued- a new capiaB for the arrest' of Lee , O'Nell Browne immediately after hearing of the decision and after declaring his bondlorfeited. Deputy Sheriff Stem ert.was sent attor the legislator with the capias to arrest him;- This brought the-;cqtH-ts: -of Judge McSurley . and Judge Scanlon- Into an open and di rect elastic fior Browne' was out on bond from toe latter Judge until his motion for an appeal was heard at-2 p. m.- today. ", To add' to-.the amazing complexity of the legal situation it was found 'Browne had no bond in Judge McSurley's court to forfeit, as the bond had .become, a nullity when Browne gave bond before Judge Scan lon. '; judge McSurley ;; kept court open to put Browne on Immediate trial If he were arrested before l:00 o'clock.' .. '' :" ' " '' 's -' ' High Honor to Raleigh Man. v A f the convention of the Grand Coun cil,; 1.;C T. of the Carollnas held last week at Wilmington, signal honor was conferred upon one of our citizens, Mr. R A. Hughes. He was elected Grand Sentinel of Grand Council of the Caro llnas. Raleigh Council number 474 Is a new oooncll. but full of enthusiastic members and, l growing faat. This honor coming to a member, of luch a newly organized council is an honor to the; city; as Well as to the local council and Mr. Hughes. His friends are glad to see him' taking such a high stand among the travelling men of Noi tji and South Carolina. . ' North) Carolina POstttuislers. . Washington" June 7 The follow ing fourth-class post'OMster vas ap pointed today for. North Carolina:'.. Meysswortb, Edgar L. Lewis. , Put 'Jtnz& Wants the Bill' 50' Chniijped That it . Will lUvoine Effective liniiieUiat. ly on- PassaKvMe8Mae Result of Agreement With Railroads. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, June v7 President TaTt today sent to congress a special message which in substance asks the house and senate to send the railroad rate' bill to conference in order that the bill can be so changed tuat it will be effective immediatelylon its pas sage. - . 'f:';;-;;-".:.. The message waswrttn after the president had a conferenef loduy with Senator Crane, of Massachusetts, and Representative Mann; of Illinois. The message' follows': $ . . "A recent effort by a large number of railroad companies , to increase rates for Interstate 1 transportation of persons and propertyy caused me to direct the. attorney .(.general to bring a suit and 'Secure from tne United States court in Mlssom-i an in junction' restraining the operation of such increased rates during the pen dency of t'.ie proceeding. -Tiiis action led to a conference. with the represen tatives of the railroad companies so enjoined, and the agreement by each of them to withdraw the proposed in creases of- rates effective Jon or after June 1st. and not to file '-any -further attempted increases until after the enactment Into law of the pending bill to amend the interstate com merce act, or the' adjournment of the congress; with the, ' further under standing that upon the enactment ot such law each would submit to the determination of the interstate com merce commission the "question of the reasonableness of alt - Increases that each might thereafter propose. It -is siy hope that all of the oKer railroad companies will take like action.". ' In order, however, that each may have the benefit of a speedy determination of the question whether or hot its proposed increases in rates are justi fiable, provision should be made by congress to vest the Interstate com merce, commission with jurisdiction over such question as soon as pos sibie... ; "In the senate amendment to sec tlon 15 of the act to regulate com merce as contained in H. R.; 17536, the Interstate commerce commission Is empowered, immediately upon the filing of a proposed increase in rates, of its own motion, or upon complaint, to enter upon an Investigation and de termination of the justice and rea sonableness of such Increase, and in case it deems it expedient, to suspend the operation thereof for a period Specified in the section to enable it to complete such Investigation. That bill, however, provides that the act shall take effect and be in force only from and after the expiration of Blxty days after Its passage. "ThlB provision if allowed to re main in the bill would enable car riers, between the time of the enact ment of the bill and the time of its taking effect, to file increases in rates which would become effective at the expiration of thirty days and remain in- effect and be collected from the public during the pendency of pro ceedings to review them, whereas if tjie bill be made to take effect imme diately, such investigation will have to be made before the public is call ed upon to pay the increased rates. "I therefore recommend that this latter provision be modified by pro viding that at least section 9 of the senate amendments to the bill,, wuich Is the section authorizing Uie com mission to suspend the going into ef fect of increases in rates until after due. Investigation shall take effect immediately upon the passage of the act."- ' : .: ;-'-. , . Railroad Bill. , 7 Washington, June 7-5-The railroad bill was called up in the house today by Chairman Mann, ot tae committee on Interstate commerce, wno asKea unanimous consent for a conference with the senate. The senate bill was read in full preparatory to a vote on sending It to conference. . Objection was: made to unanimous consent. . r l .' Killed In Auto Race. 'By Cable to The Times.) ? Berlin,- June 7 Two persons were killed and one fatally hurt today, in the 1,200 mile road race for Prince Henry's cud, when big car, going st a mile-a-mlnute, dashed into a tree near Colmar: The car .was overturn ed and ; demolished; pinning -two of the victims under it. ' - SI ' "TJ , . -kit SI $- ti -I Miss Lillian 11. Hyde, who. recently won the title of metropolitan u;olf champion by defeating Miss Julia Mix, the former titled holder and one of the best women golfers in America. Miss Hyile is a resident of Brooklyn. She represented the South Shore Kieltl Club of ISnysltoi-e, h. in the'Ktur niiinent of the title. HAFT IT (By Leased Wire to. The Times) '.'-'.Washington;' ; June ',7-r-President Taft, nt 3 o'clock this afternoon is to confer with President Brown, of the New York Central Railroad; President McRae, of the Pennsyl vania, and other eastern railroad presidents and officials over the ques tions raised by the increases in rates proposed by these roads. President Taft will urge that these roads fol low in the footsteps of the roads In western trunk line committee terri tory and withdraw ; the increased schedules which they have filed with the interstate commerce commission for the purpose of filing them again under. the new law and allowing the commission to determine whether they are reasonable. . It is expected the eastern roads and the' roads in central traffic associa tion territory, . that is, east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio, will agree to withdraw their increases on freight rates. Should they prove obdurate there is not much question the administration will wave over their heads the club Of the Sherman law and threaten them with us ap plication. Whether the eastern roads will be willing to withdraw their in creases in commuters rates is not yet clear. DAY OF AMENDMENTS. Four Amendments uiul One Charter v I'iled Today. The' Jellico Coal Company, of ABheville, was chartered to deal in coal, wood, etc. The authorized capital stock is $20,000 and begins business with $6,000 paid in. The . Durham Notion Company amends its charter by increasing its capital stock from 15,000 to $75, 000. ',.' ,;.".; .;; The Dovo, Keith & ConnellyCom- pany, of Northside, Granville county, changes its name to the Keith and Connelly Company, and decreases its authorized cupital' from $50,000 to $36,000. $5,000 is paid in. The J. S.- Hall Company, of Dur ham, changes its name to the Hall Wynna Company. The Turner ' Mills Company, el East Monbo, Iredell county, increases its- capital stock from $250,000 to $500,000. . , NO DECISION KEACIIKD. The market house committee met last night and discussed the matter of the site for the new market house. Owing to the existence of a lease tue Harden stable property cannot be con sidered nt this time, which leaves only the Prairie building site available. The committee, will .meet . again Tuesday bight, byj which time othor propositions may be ready. ; - STATEMENT FROM LACY Treasure lacy Issues a State ment on the Bond Issue Mr. Lacy .Thinks That There Will lie : Xo Necessity for the Assembling of the Legislature If II Docs the In teres! Will Not be Increased. State Treasurer Lacy issued the following statement today relative to the disposal of the Issue of bonds; ' "As a great many have inquired what I thought the legislature would do if convened, I have concluded to make this public statement: First. Let me say that I do not expect the legislature to come to gether. North Carolinians can al ways be , depended upon in a crisis, and I am satisfied that on June lOtn, when 1 open tiie bids, the bonds will all, be sold. 1 am especially proud of the, fact that people with small means, as well as the wealthy, are bidding. Every person who has a single bond becoming due the first of July should take advantage of this opportunity,': and exchange it for a forty-year non-taxable bond. I can not exchange privately, but bids can be made and the bonds enclosed in lieu of the 2 per cent certified check, and I will accept these bonds as cash. "Now if the legislature should have to come together, It will authorize nie to borrow enough to .pay for what bonds that are not subscribed for, and also nllow me' to sell them privately. There is no probability that the rate of interest will be increased, and those who lose the opportunity to put in a bid on the 10th, will not be able to do so at any future time. In my judgment the man who waits to pur chase a North Carolina 5 per cent bond will never own a bond, although he may live to be as old as Methuse lah, and the suggestion that the state issue a ,5 per" cent bond is absurd. North Carolina can borrow all the money she needs at less than 5 per cent., but the legislature would have to authorize it. Even if . it was pos sible to have new plates made in time to deliver the bonds on July 1st, it is absurd to think the legislature would issue a .5 per cent bond when the 4 per cent bond wil be above par as soon as the depression in the bond market Is relieved. " "B. R. LACY, "State Treasurer." Off to Reidsville. : Chairman FrankJin McNeill and Commissioner H. C. Brown, and Clerk J, G.' Griffin, of the'' Corporation Commission, left this afternoon to hear the petition, of the R. F. Penn Tobacco Company : in the, matter of additional side tracks to tae com- pany s warehouses, 0 CIVIL Ull'J .-.'" '' ") " Oxford Conferred Degree On the Ex-President Today At Famous University HE DELIVERED LECTURE Mr. Roosevelt, Delivered His Lecture on ItiolOK'icul Analogies In History Today Ix-clure Was U Have Been Delivered on May 18 Rut Was Postponed on Account of the Death of KiiiK Edward Greeting by Big Crowd lit Oxford Met at Station by Lord Curzon Mr. Roosevelt Took Great Interest in the Library and Buildings,- . . - (Ey Cable to The Times) London, June 7 The degree of doctor of Civil Law was today con terred on Theodore Roosevelt by Ox lord University. Following the con tending ot the degree, Colonel Roose velt delivered his Romanes lecture on "Biological Analogies In History." This , was to hove been delivered on May 18, but the death of King Ed ward prevented the program from be ing carried out. Oxford outdid Cam bridge in her reception to the for-" mer president of ; the United States, ho being given an enthusiastic, recep tion upon his arrival by train from this city, which he left at 8: 48. this morning, ''. '.. , ' -- Th town took -precedence overthe g'own in the order of entertaining Mr. Roosevelt. Immediately upon his ar rival he was greeted by the local offi cials,: arid the formality of extending to him the freedom of Oxford follow ed. With a liberal sprinkling of the 4,000 under graduates, a crowd con taining thousands of the 50,000 peo ple of Oxford welcomed the former president. The High Steward the Earl of Jersey and Mayor Salter, had charge of the formalities. Colonel Roosevelt and his party were also met at the station by Lord Curzon, v'ho. married Miss Leiter, of Chicago, now dead. As chancellor of the uni versity, Lord Curzon presided at the ceremonies in the Sheldonian Theatre alter the conferring of the degree on Mr. Roosevelt, who wore the robes of a D. C. L. as he spoke. : Mr. Roosevelt began the day at the university with a tour of the twenty three main colleges and the famous Podelian Library. The ex-president seemed particularly impressed by the three most ancient colleges, "Balliol, Merton and Exeter, founded respect ively in 1262, 1270 and 1314. At luncheon Mr. Roosevelt was en tertained by the American Club, where he was enthusiastically rec eived. After the ceremonies Dr. W. A. Spooner, warden of New College, was the host at tea. Dr. Spooner is pop ularly one of the best known schol ars in England because of a peculiar trick of twisting his words uninten tionally. The results are known throughout England as Spoonerisms, one of the most famous being the doc tor's proposal to a hostess, "Will you take nie?" when he intended to say, "Will you make tea." Mr. Roosevelt's guide through the university was Vice Chancellor T. H. Warren, who Is also president of Magdalen. College, the high steward, the Earl of Halsbury being In the group of escorting officers. In his speech Mr. Roosevelt de manded the maintenance of "tle fighting edge" the constant prepar edness for war and readiness to use "the big stick." i . Reiterating his race-suicide doc trines in his Romanes lecture, whose subject was "Biological Analogies in History," the former president again -tave his views on "the position of the white man in his subject lands iews of especial Interest ; now be cause of the furor created by the Guild Hall speech attacking British rule In Egypt and the aspirations ot the natives there. : L, v - "The Englishman and the Amerl-. can,!' he said, "are brought Into con tact with utterly alien peoples, soma with a civilization snore ancient than theltr own. Others still in or having (Continued On Page Flvo. - DOCTOR
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