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.not - PEACE WAS .?'V,; -':" .HM :i. J, i-"-.i- f ; IE IKE Secretary Knox, la Ccmence . fccst Adiress, predictsllni ycrsal Peace For Fctcre IMS SHALL CEASE Mr. Knox' Speech Was a Review of the. Diplomatic History " of the Country and an Outline of the Pol- Jcfes to be Followed in the Fa ture by ihe State Department Says the Future Holds in Store a Time When Wars Shall vCease, When the Nations of the World , - Shall Realize Binding Federa tion, i ( By Leased Wire to The Times. ) ' Philadelphia,' Pa., June 15 Uni versal peace;' toward 'which the United States Is leading through its policy of International arbitration, was predicted today by. Philander C, Knox, secretary of state, in bis ad dress at the commencement exer cises of the University of Pennsyl , vanla."- ' .. , Mr. Knox's speech was a review of the diplomatic - 'history of the United State?' and ah outline of the policies to. be followed In the future ' py the state department. In It the secretary, pledged the .republic .to a continuance of the policy of further arbitration After reviewing -the affairs of na tions IH which the United States has taken - part, Secretary Knox in con clusion, said: - ' " -vi'.'It Is evident that the future balds In store time when wars shall . eease .; when the nations of the world hall realise a federation as real and as vital as that now subsisting be - tweeft the" component parts of a sin gle state; when by deliberate Inter national conjunction the strong shall universally help the weakand when the. . corporate righteousness . of the world shall compel the unrighteous ness to disappear. That day will be the mUlenium, of course, but In some sense and degree It will surely be realised In this dispensation of mor tal time. "It 1ft for this country to maintain 'Its historic policy and attitude, to be true to this greatest duty of a nation, which Is enirely consistent with fall its Internal duties, to advance the time which the whole course of fils . tory and all divine prophecies and revelations alike presage." ' '- Tn htn BflflrARS Mr KnftT rafnrrArt to the Nicaraguan' '' situation onFy casually, saying In discussing Latin American affairs'; - ' . . , "The invariable fervid and Inher ent sentiment for. self-government libs had a large part In this govern ment's sympathy in the recent evic tion by their own long-suffering feK low countrymen, of such tyrants as Castro, whose regime has given way to better 'things,: and Zelaya, whose cruel misgovemment -It Is hoped will, ' (Continued on Page Six.) ;. ' Tf!E STEERAGE " On' board 'the' steamship Kalserln Augmte V4ctorla, June 15.: via the steamship Mauretanla and Cape. Race, N. , by wirlees.r-,Theodore Roosevelt, speeding homeward, has aroused great - enthusiasm' among the second class and the steerage .pasengers. v , f The. former1 president's popularity among the second class passengers was shown Monday at the reception held oh tlie sun deck which was decorated With suntlng, which attracted little at tention among the. first class passen gers. . The : econd class people were admitted first. r - v , ,.'.; The captain -took Mr. Roosevelt on a tour of decks, and the ei-president shook hands right and left. He- was received with; more 'enthusiasm than at the reception, which was over -quickly, apparently to his Surprise. . The dock "was- Illuminated last night for the first cabin dance and the scene was unusually pretty. Mr. Roosevelt remained In hia cabin till the .dance was over. Colonel roosevelt wn down In the stoke-hole today, where he shook hands fwlth each of the grimy shovelers and then picked: up a shovel himself and wnrtte 1 before one of the whlte-Jiot f in. .-'enii-ffs for several minutes, IMI'IjS .03 "Ml . -' n A .'-.at tn " rT.n - laserasstltueia HIS FcrCcrpiracy to Defraud Bought Stamps and Resold Them One Witness Prejudiced 'Would Like' to Send Him to Pen." . (Special to The Times.)' Greensboro, June 1? The testl mony of government witnesses in tne conspiracy case against in Glenn Williams and Thomas ftnd Eliza Craft was concluded yesterday and the defense Immediately began introducing witnesses : for tht pur pose of showing antipathy towards N. Glenn Williams on the' part of government witnesses, : especially relative to the evidence given by J J. Klger, a former postmaster, at Williams postofflce. . Klger testified1 that Williams, the defendant, once proposed to buy stamps from htm and then resell them; that the sales of the office might Justify Its continuance. He satd Williams offered to pay him a stipulated salary, which he refused. Asked on cross-examination If he werp ot-an -enemy of N. Glenn-Wli Hams, the witness said: "Mr. Wil Hams baa seemed opposed to me at times." He denied an assertion of counsel to the effect that he had at tempted to prejudice people against Williams. ' - ' A witness for the defense testified that on one occasion,, Klger remark ed, "I'll be d if I don't send him to the penitentiary if I have to swear to a He." He was also quoted as stating on another occasion, " would be willing to go to the' pent tentiary and carry Water to Williams provided I could get him there." The last witness of the :day, Thomas Craft, defendant, d,enied any connection J dr. knowledge of a con gpiracy to defraud the government. He also dented knowledge ot' WIi Hams' stamp transactions in New York. On '' cross-examination, . he said he, sold Williams a number of stamps and that Williams told him he was using them for advertising. District Attorney Holton , asked : Was he advertising after the prohi bition law?" Court, at this cllma- tical stage, adjourned for the day. - EW BERX NEWS. Law Enforcement League Organlst'd Rev. A. C. Schuler Made Prccl dent-To Knforce Prohibition- New Chief of -Police Needed. " VtSpeclal to The Times.) New Bern, N.'C, JUne 15 In the court house yesterday afterpoon a large' representation of cltltens met and' effected a'-temptirary Organ Ra tion of a "CitisenB Law Enforcement League." rRevy A. 'C. Schuler i was elected temporary president and J.-J. Baxter Ueoretary and treasurer. ' All Wore agreed that the law, es pecially the - prohibition -law, hould be -eriforced, and this !is not now be ing dohe. ' JiThe sentiment . of the meeting placed the responsibility on the city officials, ''tiv'tf .' movement .must have a head; a . recognized leaden" said Rev. Schuler, the TabeYnacle pastor, "and. New Bern needs a matt for chief of police who can see and hear and. think, -and at the mention of whose name' whiskey will quake and tremble." 1 - Hev. C. L. Speares, pastor of the First Baptist church, said he had ho money, to pay a detective, but had a vote to help, elect one to office. Many prominent citizens expressed themselves likewise and the Indica tions are that the city officials are going td be called on to give an ac count .of their stewardship.:; .,, CONCORD NEWS. Death. , of Prof.. Lenta of Graded School -Had Been Superintendent for a Number of Years More Rain, Bad on Crops 'Street Railway, . '."'. (Special to The Times.) ; Concord, N. C June 15- Prof.' J; O. Lents, superintendent . of Concord graded schools, died at 7 all hi. Sun day morning and' was laid to rest in Oak wood cemetery yesterday at .6. Prof. Lenli had been' connected with the Concord school for several years, was first prliinlpal of high school Was elected nrinoioil of the xraded schools, this p'o8ttloB he held .with credit to himself and the entire city, succeeding Prof. Walter Thompson to the superlntendency. :. r Prof.. Lents -leaves a young wife and several'- smalt children with hosts of, friends to mourn their lost. The 'rainy season has struck us, the sadeat of the year. Harvest Is on but the harvpHlors hands are tied on account of the rain that has beun "1 V" iS iSf . Mrs; K P Ooyne, tire divorced wife of ludgtf K. V. Coyne, fyiwmi neirt American businesj man. who recently- flgnred in a highly amus ing domestic ' comedy tn London. After several months sent in South America, on extensive business mat ters which netted . him -' millions, Judge " Coyse came to London. Seated in the smOldiiK room of the Hotel Savoy he was accosted by a friend who said that Mrs. Coyne Was in 'the hotel. 'The judge. was sur prised, as he believed her to be in Amerha, but wax further startled by the immediate announcement that she had obtained a. divorce during his absence, f ' This utatement .was followed by the declaration tbat shnwiu .somewhat lonely and would like to have- him take her to dinner Whit'ti. he immediately decided to 4o, saying that she should not be alone In London if lie could help it. falling In torrents for past two days. Much damage to wheat crop and low ground corn in the county. Managers of the street railway say they. "will have, cars running in 30 days. "We will see." ' Conference Report Not Called Today. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, 'June 15 Owing to the absence 4ot Senators Elklns and Aldrlch - from the senate tne' con ference report of the railroad bill will not be called up In the senate today. Senator Glkins Is confined to his home by a, cold and Senator Aldrich has been obliged to hurry to New Yoi'U,' where his son Richard Is in a hospital suffering from ty phoid fever. it is probable that tne report win be taken up tomorrow . if Senator Glkins Is in the senate. Robbed Restaurant Keeper. (By Leased Wire to The Times) ' Jersey City, N. J., June 15 August r Helekel,' a wealthy restau rant proprietor, was held up by a negro '-and negreas-- early today, struck over the head with a ham mer, and ' dragged into , a .hallway. There r $35 -was taken from his pocket and he was left dying. BylieaBfe Wire t The Times) . ; 'Albany, n.".Z June"' is-Qovernor Huakea today ' signed, tha. .three new an'tt-rat'lhg bills recently passed tty the legislature. These bills, probably .mean ttie. end, of 'horse Iraeing in .Tlw Tork state after "th! pespnt seanttff. . ' " The hUla are the 'two! Perkins 'meas ures arid the orta bearing' the name of Senator Agnew, '-.-.;'... .'. .,' "" I ' The .first 'Perkins, bill makes, direct toi ,i( racing . associations, personally llabltf Tor betting" violations that .occur within. the race, track lnclosurs: . The aecond Perkins measure ;is an amendment to. the' penal law relating to betting establishments, so as to In clude pool rooms, . . i: . i t The Agnew, bill 'prohibits booUmaking either oral or written. . . v . , The bitterest opposition to the bills was waged by the race track Interests while- they Were passing the . legisla ture. 'Then Governor Hughes was pe titioned not to sign the measures.- Jos. Jeph Aucbaoh,' representing the Jockey-club declared that the wording of the bills was. ambiguous and that, If tbey .bncrime law, 11 .hotel- propri etors could Ibe held responsible for In dividual , gambling., within I heir hds- KNOCKOUT BLOW : SPE.X!"3 JIT JHIrffl Decocric tcr.didales Greeted by a lirgc Crowd Last Night Seventy-on Voters .Outside of - the Candidates '' Heard Democratic Speechea a Auburn Ijast Night flreat "Ueal not , Kntbnsiasm t)is jilaycd. . , X ' By actual count there were sey-enty-one voters besides the speakers at the meeting held at Auburn last night. . The orwd was almost solid for the regular br old ticket, and from all repertjB that ticket will car ry that place bjf two or three to one. Mr. William' B. Jones, candidate for the senate, -was the first speaker of the evenlngTand his speech arous ed .considerable' enthusiasm. He de voted considerable - time to the charges that .ftave been brought against him by j the reformers, and It Is said that hie speech was most ef fective. He -al80 showed up the po litical record -tit Mr. Bailey. ' Upon the conclusion ml his sledge-hammer blows, he was greeted with great ap plause. ' : Mr. J. W. Hinsdale made a short, but telling speech,' mostly dealing with the attacks that have been made upon the management of the county home. When he referred to the help less, aged and sick people dependent upon the county's bounty, and the duty we owe them, a pin could have been heard fall in the room, and when he finished his speech was roundly applauded. Mr. George Mltchlner, candidate for the house of representatives, an nounced his candidacy in a few words. ' ' " , Mr. W. M. Russ, candidate for clerk of court, made a short talk, dealing with matters relating to t'.ie county officers.-: The judge was tn good form and his' clear exposition of some hocetoleb mooted questions. Interspersing his" remarks with wit abd humor. ' ' . Upon the conclusion of the candi dates' speeches, Mr. Hamilton, famil iarly known as Sergeant Hamilton, arose and spoke about the duty the young men owed to the tried and true democrats and - urged them to support straight, democrats. The words of this veteran of the war, who bears the marks of many a battle, were listened to with great Interest by the audience. Last night's meeting Is said to have been the largest and most en thusiastic political meeting ever held in : Auburn. The-size of the crowd ' wasjl remarkable Considering the rain and mud; The democracy of Auburn Is in fine shape. 4 FLOOD IN BERLIN. Cloudbnrst Strikes the City and Does One Million Dollars Worth of Dam age. . .'- (By Cable to The Timse.) Berlin, , June 1 5 Investigation of the havoc wrought in Berlin 'by the cloudburst which last night flooded the city today .showed that the dam age Is more than $1,000,000, Sev eral buildings were wrecked by flood and Are-started by lightning. -The twenty persons struck, by bolts were nearly all today declared out of dan ger. , ( 1 All night long Are engines pumped water from the subway and the cel lars of many buildings, but this morning only a beginning had been made. The sewers were choked by the flood and In some streets the wa ter is higher than three feet today. It reached that depth on the princi pal thoroughfares in the cloudburst and In the low lying regions . lakes formed which may take days to drain away through the crippled sewer sys tem., ' ' : The police have had to take charge of the tables and chairs swept from open air restaurants. They are ar rayed in polite stations for 'identi fication. ' The horrors of the floods in the country is growing with each fresh report. The government is making frantic efforts to send out relief. ' , ! The destruction of many miles of railways makes the relief work ex tremely difficult, -and the fact that the floods have swept away telephone and telegraph wires In a wide area makes it difficult to secure details. if Advices- 'received- today 'indicate that the dead are more than 809 at least, and id Is possible that the roll will exceed; 400. j At many points bodies --have been recovered -which have beea swept miles by the flooded screams. , t - , While the government today de clared' that: the floods tn the -vicinity of Oberammergau were subsiding, it Is known that the Rttuntioq there Is si ill sertouss, . j - , Americans. ln Berlin are : making FTT '. f v Ricliai'd Pair, the ofheer of the New York Custom House, who un earthed the KiVuntlc frauds com mitted by the American Sugar Ke nning Company. Mr. Parr's reward for his untiring efforts will result in bis receiving close to f 100,000. Through Parr the government re covered almost $3,000,0OO. The Parr rase bus been hanging fire in Washington for months. Under the law he presented a claim to a moiety of the amonnt recovered through his discoveries. '''"'' desperate attempts to get into com munication with friends at Bavarian village to witness the Paasaion Plffy who were cut off .by the disaster. While the hotels of the little town have been reported safe, grave fears are entertained for the natives' houses in the lower parts of the town. So great is the crush of tourists that every house Is crammed full. Not a bridge is left in the Ahr val ley. The crop damage is Immense and not only is famine imminent In the devastated region but the food sup ply for the next few months is a ser ious problem. Dash for South Pole. (By Cable to The Times. London, June 15 England's dash for the pouth pole Began In earn est today, when the Terra Nova, the ship that is to carry the Scott ex pedition into the antarctic, sailed from Cardiff for New Zealand. Cap tain Scott will leave by liner tomor row to join her there. Avlntor Had ThII. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, , June 15 Captain Thomas S. Baldwin, the aviator, to day fell 75 feet while practicing with his aeroplane at Mmeola, L. I. The machine was badly damaged but the aviator escaped Injury. North Carolina Postmasters. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, June 15 The fol lowing fourth class poslmasters have been appointed for North Carolina: Cedar Falls, Jennie Ferree. western union CUTS OUT BUCKET SHOPS j. ;: t. . ; ;' (By Leased'WIre to The Times) St. Louis, Mo.,' June 15 Apparently the death knell f bucket shops in St. Louis was . sounded . today when the Western . Union Telegraph . jCompany shut off Its quotation service . to all such concerns. At the same time the order - which va enforced , here went into effect ; in other ..leading - cities throughout the country. , . In St. Louis the only concern affected was the Merchants Stock and Oram Company, which anticipated such ac tion and closed down yesterday. ' The Arm is part of the Oila system which has branch offices In 300 .cities and towns scattered throughout the,. coun try. ; Members of this system, who are now under ' indictment are Louts A. Cells, . his brother, Angeld, . and. C A. Tillis. ' Their 'Indictment grew out of their ,i. alleged . connection with the Standard ftock. and. Grata Company with of flees Jn Washington. Philadel phia and St. Louis,'-with headquart ers- in Jersey City. . At-, the lrn-. the Indictments were , issued In Washing ton laid uorsitnnde on ,4'fferent shops in several of the. large-cities through out the country,. ELOOD STAGE REACHED Streams Ail Over the State Swollen by Rain Koanoke, Cae F"araiid Tar Hi vers Reach th Flood Stage -The Rise Continues Flood Warnings Be ing Kent Out Seven Inches of Rain Have Fallen This Month. The local weather bureau station has been sending out flood warnings today, particularly to points along the Cape Pear, Roanoke and Tar rivers. Tue Cape Fear is expected to reach the flood stage of 38 feet to day, and will go to 45 feet by to morrow at Fayetteville.. Tne Roanoxe has passed the S 0-foot mark at Weldon and will go to 40 bv tomorrow. The Tar river has risen 26 feet at Tarboro, which is 6 feet above the flood stage, and is 17 feet high at Greenville, being 2 feet above the flood stage. All these are based upon reports this morning but the continued rain will, of course, Increase' tue height of the water. The above figures were based upon t.ie conditions as would exist if it rained no more, but as it continues, it is bard to tell just how high the waters will go. The more It rains the higher the floods. The deficiency in rainfall for tills year has been wiped out this month, and Is now on the plus side of the column. Over 7 Inches of rain have fallen this month, and It has. rained every day for the past eigat days. RAILROAD OlARTKRKD. Will Run From Rolx-rdell No. 1 In Richmond County to Gibson, a Dis tance of Twenty-four Miles. The Rockingham" Railroad Com pany was chartered today for the pur pose of constructing and operating a railroad from Roberdell No. 1 via Rockingham to Gibson, a distance of twenty-four miles. The authorized capital stock is $150,000 and begins business with $26,S0O subscribed. The directors of the road are: J. P. Leak, W. C. Leak, M. L. Hinson, H. C. Dockery, W. L. Parsons and W. I. Everett. The Farmville Oil and Fertilizer Company was chartered to deal In cotton, cotton seed, cottonseed oil, etc. The authorized capital stock Is $100,000 and commences business with $4,000 paid in. B. M. Lewis, R. L. Davis and others, incorporator. The Dixie Development Company, of Wadcsboro, was chartered to do a general real estate business. The authorized capital -stock Is $100,000 and commences business with $17,- 000 paid in. Jno. W. Gilledge, Jno. W. Odom and others, incorporators. Naval Ofliccr Disappears. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington. June 15 The navy de partment today sent out a general alarm -to .the police of the country asking that they clear up the mysteri ous disappearance of Assistant Naval Constructor John Calvin Sweeney, Jr., U. S. N from the Puget Sound navy yard. The. officer's accounts arc cor rect. He left the navy yard for Seattle Monday one week ago. Con structor Sweeney entered the service n 1901. His family live at Paris, Tenn. Juiii)ed in Front of Train. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, ,. June 15 A man Jumped in front of an elevated train &1 .. Broadway and Gates avenue, Brooklyn, during the rush hour to day and was ground to pieces in full view of men and women Jam ming the platform. A dozen women fainted and one had to be sent to a hospital. Morgan Coming Home. (Bv Cable to The Times. Southampton, Eng.,, June 15 J. P. Morcan sailed . today on the Adriatic for New York. Otner pas sengers were Robert Bacon, Ameri can 'ambassador to France, and the Duke of Sutherland. : Regency Bill. (Bv Cnble to' The Times. London; Juno 15 Premier As qulth 'today Introduced in parlia ment a ' regency bill, nominating Queen Mary as regent in the event of the Duke of Cornwall reaching the throne before his majority. Loriiner a Witness. (By .Leased Wire to The Times.) - Chicago, .. June n 15 -Announcement was made today that Senator Lorlmer would be called s , a wit ness : In the. trial '.of Lee . O'Neil BroWne for bribery. . . ' ' DHUBIESS CAUSES FIRE AIID DEATHS Twelve Hungarians are Lbiqd In Burning of Shack While Eight Escape Inhabitants S-t Fire to Building' by Dropping Ignited Matches on Floor Carnival and Celebration at Niagara Falls the Beginning of the Trouble Members of ' Ontario Power Company Eight Lives Sav ed Suffocated and Charred Bod ics Are Found 'Result of a Night of Carousing. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Niagara Falls, N. Y., June - 15r Twelve Hungarians were 'burned .to death in a shack at Falls View, Oat., early today. Eight others were 'bad- ly burned and are In a Niagara Falls hospital. The origin of the fire its yet unknown, but It is presumed was caused by carelessness following an, all night carousal, following B -car nival and. celebration at Niagara Falls, Ont. - The men were employes of the Ontario Power Company and were sleeping like rats In a poorly constructed tenement. : The foreigners whose lives were snuffed out by Are were members of the day gang of the power company. When the night shift relieved the day gang many of. the latter, journed .to Niagara Falls, Ont., where a carnival was being held. The report is that when they reached 'their tenement at Falls View shortly after midnight, they were in-a bad state of intoxica tion. Some matches were -Ignited and dropped on the floor, setting fire, to the frame partitions in the build ing. Jn a few minutes the flames burst through the roof of the poorly constructed building and trapped the half stupefied foreigners in their small rooms. They were suffocated by the dense smoke and flames and were frightfully charred in the burn ing building. The eight who manag ed to escape before the Are consumed r.e building were fearfully burned and more deaths are likely to result from the fire. : Falls View is a small and inacces sible spot for up on the cliffs of the frontier just behind the Horseshoe Falls. Word of, the catastrophe reached the authorities of Niagara Falls but before help arrived the twelve men had been consumed . in the flames. The attention of the rescuers were turned to caring for those who were suffering from burns. American Horses in the Running. (By Cable to The Times. Asct, Eng., June 15 .American horses were again prominent at the second day's running of the Ascot races .to day. Tlie Visitors' handicap $1,500 was won by Larnach's Cock of the Walk. Walker s Gera was second while . The Valet, owned by Louis Winans, of Bal timore was third. - WEST POINT ACADEMY i (By Leased Wire to The Times)iVs West Point, N. Y., June 15 WlUi 'Im pressive exercises by the battle monu ment, overlooking the Hudson at One of Its most historic spots, 82 young men were graduated from West Point today and became second lieutenants in the United States army. The orator of the day was Secretary of War Dickinson, who in his address, warned the young men against -tha danger to the republic of one man rule and declared that forgetfulness of the constitution marked the. beginning,' of the republic's end. . i. : - Brigadier General Howe, commanding ' the department of the east, also spoke. Cadet Frederick S. - Strong, - who. was appointed to the academy by President Roosevelt, graduated as No. 1, lead ing his class. r H i1- Cadet Allen R. Edwards will receive his diploma on July 1, -.having recently been ordered to remain at: tue academy until then. Though court-martialed ifdr trouble with an Instructor, he suffered no loss of standing, or rank. ' : f. .; - A man can talk ' himself into fee lieving U the things be can't atiy body else) , v-v v ;"" ''."v :.f9t;v:'r Y".;.j-;-.
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