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:'-, - i i vicinity! t, i -relay, ' r i.onii cro,in: ' -Fair t and Km - S j warmer fine went portion . to il westerly winds,? : 4.-5. ,.4- art-m ViriuT-ijt-49V" MOT 3 .ifei t price 5 cnirrs. ';-;'' k vb:; y--;; - Y -.'v 1 1 IKE FORT i:;;r,YcrksD: Tcizy'fik- Great Reception - 'Y' J.'' I,' ' IJ ''V-VV f' ' ' v Was Only 400 MHe Off From Shore ' Early This MornlBg-There Was Fog aatd CIond on the' Coast, Hw--ever, and It Was Fearea That the Xalserlii Might' Be Held .VpwnBigl v Crowds la the City From all Over ' the pountry Will Be Off Sandy Book at Seven In the Morning if Present Rate of Speed , is Main. Uined. ' i By Leased Wire to The' Times.) -' New Tork. June 17 He's neartng , home. With the news 'hat the ' Kalserln Auguste yjctorla joearing - Theodore Roosevelt, s was. less thaii. . 0f miles east of Ambrose, Channel ' lightship this morning, New . YorK ; settled down, today to the. Anal pre- paratlons for tomorrow's celebration sand to' wishing' for-fair weather. . Clouds and! log today . gave the greatest uneasiness to the reception comnimee and all others Interested Greensboro, was In the city yes'ter ln the welcoming of tlie former day, presumably In the interest of president:" Mist today held up-many his nomination as congressman from ., liners, and it was feared that" the Kalserln rnlghfr .also he delayed, ' either at sea or while entering the V" ' , - ' j r.----! - '-..41.1 , -v harbor. AeeordlnK to hotel meif. the recep tion Of Mr. Roosevelt Is the biggest attraction ,or several years for out of-town people, .save the , Hudson ruuon eeieurauon ..From all over - the country wel coiners have come in delegations of ii bisob irum iwu or uirow lo nuu-i dreds. " , L . . The hotels along Fifth avenue are jammed full of celebrators, attract ed by the route mf the land parade, which will pass up that avenue. The ' demand, for . windows . .overlooking the famous street has proven greater than the 'supply .Many ;af -the smaller organizatlpns .and commit tees not, assigned standing room on the avenue will, cheer the ex - pre8i - wv .uimuri-uw irum mwr oeaaqutt,ri-. era la the hotels. - Thf Of teen months that Mr., Roos even has spent abroad have been virtually a preparation (fori tomor row's celebration.'. His hunting trip in Africa has ' brought not only a number of famous hunters but or ganizations of big game shooters, The three' months whirlwind tour ,' ' (Continued oU Page Six ) IT STILL KEEP, SiLFIT On board, steamship JCftlserln Au- : cnsle "Victoria, by wireless, via Slas consett, Mass.,' June 7 'Theodore Roosevelt Will take no part, in the politics of New Torit state and, wiy do nothing , of ( importance for two months; summering quretly fct Oyster Bay.' v J ' " ' ' After working for two "days, the ex-prestdent today completed a brief . statement of his plans. Again and again lie re-Vrqte It, and,, nntil It Jiad been completed ;tn a form sat- lsfsctory tVhlrn, no lijkling of Its conienis yas aaowea to get one In it he -wished to avoid as far as possible reference to' potiucat topics, yet he felt that he could .not neglect them entirely for fear that his silence Woufd he construed1 otherwise than V would be construed otherwise than he wlshedV ', ' 1 1 , Mr. Roosevelt's, chief desire ia to - devote himself to literary work for v the next .few weeks, accepting no tn : vltatlons if possible, and giving as few interviews as possible ashore.; . There ate undorstdod, to lie many ' . topics, taboo, the principal being ref erence to President Taft. " While Mr. n volt's immediate plans are not f Is understood I! t he from h!s' ( Uof. n pro .'!i'y s ' I dir-; y settled. It ,1 hot deviate i am if no can jo. - ISOUiyiEDS ; Leased Wire to The Times. ). .WashlDgton. Jupe 17 Rallroads-1 operating in the :tej-Htory soutn " of the Potoinae and east ; of , the Mississ ippi river applied to Chairman Knapp of . the Interstate Commerce jCqnim le sion 'today, under the Erdman act, to settle a dlBput with their men over a question of wage's. , Chairman Knapp and Commission er of Labor Nell I held a conference later with B. P. Cuttis, Vice presl- aent or trie urder of Railroad Con ductors and Val Fitspatrickf vice president of the Railway Trainmen. on the subject. It is likely that the matter will be given to a board of arbitration tos seuiemont BURLINGTON JNEWS. Representative-of Sonthern Power Company Trying to tW Franchise to This Place MaJ. adman Otit on Campaiga Death of Four-year- old Hon of J. A. Barnwell. . . r (Special to The Times.) Burlington, N. C, June 17 Mr. Zeb Taylor, representing the South ern Pwer Company, was here, today in consultation with the-city officials relative to a ,frftnchlee -to enter the clty.r. with hei,: company's . electric transmission lines. . . A' survey for the extension :.of ( .the ..line ;.f rqm Greena boro thrOUKh Burllnston rto Durham has been made. It Is understood that the matter Vjll he presented, at the pezi, regular meeting or tne city fa thers, when. It is safe to say, notb lng will be done, that 'will block thi progress of the Southern Power Com pany in their plans of extension -and ( development.. I Major .Charles M, Steadraan, of I the nrth -district. .John.s'the onr-year-old son of Mr. nd Mrs. John"A Barnwell, -died at h.nonMS of nl PTlt lr, Fun- f1 Atvinoa Will 'KA HfttiA llfirarf of hA era! services will be conducted at the home by.Itet. D. Mclver of the Pres byterian church 1 and Interment will be at Pine Hill cemetery, tomorrow: THE MATOR TONES DOWJf. AdmJuo; the Can Stop: the Fight. (By leased Wire to The Times) .- Omaha, Neb., June 1 JMayor P. H. McCarthy; of San Francisco, has learned that -Governor Glllett is In earnest in his protest against the Jef fries-Johnson, fight and Is weakening in his defiance of the state executive today. t The threat of the governor to call out troops has caused . the belligerent mayor to read the hand- rtw nti th- wall nH iio-i. rvin tp tone dowfl his first deflance. , Now instead of declaring that he Is "run ning. San FraijdlBCO" and Glllett will nave to keep hands off, McCarthy is Issuing statements to the effect that if the governor wants to stop the fight lit will be stopped. McCarthy declares that there has been an end' less chain of opposition from .' the churches ahd his chief censure of Governor Glllett Is that he did n6tarmy ealnst ihe provisional capital eall 'off the flght two months ago when rthe people of San FranclBcd would not have been such heavy los- ers. siLisR ciry JTEWS. Dr. W. E. Swain' Preaches Fourth of July Celebration .Planned. : (Special to The Times.) , -' tsiier city, n. v., June 17 To a large, and appreciative congregation, Dr.;. W.' E. Swain, president of the North Carolina M.' P. Conference preached a most able sermon, from the M. Pv Church, last' night.-; Dr, Swain .took.. hi "text from Matthew i'.f and W theme was "Higher Jdeals. whlch,he developed,in a most logical and clever manner.- HI ser m on was tilled with deep, thought and true "rellgloh and was enjoyed'. by all present. , , '. Vnder. the leadership .of . t Messrs, I8c 8. London and"S. i J. ' Marley Slier City is -planning the largest fodrth, of July celebration.' ever lield M . the county, Tbe features of thethe worst.'to be expected is passive day- wlli'be addresses, music and! reslstancevr'Bence there are various L'ous amieuc uints. . ax nignt mere will be a local talent playMn city hallfor benent.of M. E. church. 1. Mr. Gompers Jfees President, (By Leased Wire to The Times.) ,Washington, Jufie : 17 Samuel Gompers", president of the American Federation of Labor,t conferred with President Taft today on labor legis lation. The employers liability act) and the Sulsier. bills creating a depart-: i. nt of ., labor -,wer diocu-.sed -. but -theri Mr, Gompers or t ie , white I'ouse would Ihsuo a Hiaifement as to the result of tbe conference. szr ppr' t r, r:' 1. . - r ! IS-'' 4 4 - ,4l" ' Miff ' EleaijOr Butler Alexander, fiancee Xbeodtw Rootvelf , Jr. The wed dNf-jyill t"ke plat-c on Monday. r-4- tmmm (Bv Leased Wire fb The Times) " Niagara Falls, K. Y., June 17 An unidentified s man 'committed ' suicide today by, leaplpg from Green Island bridge,, Intphe HPUar rapids. -The hA.. .'Jl. --.-.i.,...', . . . body was,''camed:"over'the falls lr) plain sight of an Englisfi tour;st, Ar thur WellB, Shordly .before' the man committed suicide he had been talk ing with Reservation -Qfflcer Ellis -on general topics , arid showed no Indi cation of an Indention to end his life. Cotton .Jlills on Short Time. - (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Plalnfleld, iConn..' June 17 Com mencing today, ?5, OftO' cotton opera tives In - eastern . Connecticut and Rhode Island go on a short time schedule of four days per week, be cause of laclf of orders. Tne Knight- Manufacturing Company, owning mil,ls Jn several . Massachusetts, Rhode -. Island - r and Connecticut towns, also ' put their 7,000 opera tives on short time. Fresh Revolt Against Mndrlz, Colon, June 17 Passengers arriv ing : here.- today f rdm Nicaragua re- port that a fresh revolt against Pres. ldent Madrla hal broken out in the western part of that county., Unsuc. oessful expedition 'of the. president's Blueflelds, was seised by- rebels In the west bs the occasion for an uprising. RUSSIA FEARS A . .; JEOIIBION . : ( By Cable to The Times. ) St. Petersburg, June 17 Many ru- tnors are In circulation respecting the situation in Finland. Everyone In this city IS startled by the hurry with been'.'votpd y the duma to build barracks In-thai country.- It Is qb- wrvd 8iBJthat great naste jgeng Bi,owlnK In makint the Finisn ralu way -system correspond with,;that tr. Russia, which Is. wide guage, so that trains from this". rcountry : can. . gq straight Into Finland without change. fwn it 1. lA thttt M ,a ,i.i. In, ka tirit iW -iniw-.nA h.r conjectures .respecting " the warlike Utn - " s Many are convinced, that Finland is being fortified thus and turned into a military cmp because the govern ment: roar -a- German- invasion. As Russia Is without a fleet,:, say - the alarmists, the nation Is at Germany's mercy, add not' only must fortify the Finnish coast but in the future must h(rve an outlet n the Atlantic ..Germany's alleged. nti-Rtiasian Ita terferenc.es. In Persia are. cited 'as one of the 'reA8na,tof (h VernmenC adopting tho new policy with which It Is credited. . t .-. S' I1" i .i a r-tQtjtZrilEP' IT Y I Wl , ,,. II' I . .v f i ; A , . , j : JEFFRIES-JOHNSON i m vi-a t-r" irtt-. ((Copyright by. Pach Bros., N. T). . , Theodore Roosevelt,, Jr., who will bii tnarrted to AHbs jaeaiior Butler Alexander on next Monday. . CAHDW TONIGHT -' -' -', w"i , 11 1 I;'..' ,!4 Regular Democratic Candidates Will Speak In Court House The So-called "Ring" Candidates W1U Seak in the Curt- House To- Night at 8 O'CTocls Several Others Will Also Discuss the Is sues. There will be a meeting of the demoorats. of Raleigh in ..the .court; house tonight at 8, o'clock , when speeches . will be made by Senator 3'illlam B. Jones and Representative insdale', and other candidates will make-announcements. It Ib; quite likeb' that tnere will be one or more addresses by other speakers who 'are considered among., the best sin, the state. ' 'The indications are thajt there will bej-a :b1g.-.crowd out toivlght s -The "mass mectingers" ; have .! already made' their . appeals to. the -Raleigh voters, and tonight there wrll be an opportunity) to hear the. other .side, 'ft.- IiOft Men Ashore., , ;.- ( By teased Wire to The TlmeH.9 ' -Norfolk, ..Va., June .17 The, bat tleahip. South Carolina,.,, ordered ,to New'ybrk to salute Theodore Roose velt on bis return to America toraor row, is steaming up, the coast today minus three hundred or. her -: crew, She- left hurriedly while ; the' -men Were on shore, sailing With. -a Bke!- ton crew rather than run the risk Of missing" tomorrow's celebration, at New. York.. - Arrangements .to - : send the; men pn are, being completed, f Candidate' for Governor of New l'ork j By, Leased Wire to The Tiroes) , i New York, June 16 The , can didacy of VYiUiam . S. ;Bennett, con gressmin. from Xew ; York,; .,fo.r, the republican irjri)er)ia,torlal nomination was announced today,' ' 1 MONDAY, JUNK 20TH mi: (Oopvilght by . Virginia N. Brail,' 1908). Miis Etjlel Roosevelt, who will act as tirideHinaid at the wedding. FIGHT AT GOLDFIELD (By Leased Wire. to The Tlinen)- : San Francisco, CaL, June 17- Tex Richard this afternoon' .announced that- the Jeffries-Johnson flgat will be- held 1 in GoldfVeM,;.Nev.,- July - 4 0,ne hundred and twenty thousand dollar's Has 6een guaranteed the pro :nbters by-the GoldSeld business men aind Richard says -the fight will go to that -city, unless' some otiier place bids' more, which he does not antici pate: .'' :'' .-'''': ..' (Mdlleld is tbe place where Bat tling Nelson- defeated Joe Gans for the lightweight championship of the world on September ' ; 3, 1906, In forty-two rouids. The fight drew $60,000 house and' thousands of per sons attended it: The Jeffries-Johnson battle will be the third championship fight to be- held ;in:-Nevada, as it was In Carson City that Fitzsimmons de. feated Corbett. fori the heavyweight uiiauiiJiuiisiuii. .... Peary Back Home. New York, June 17 Commander Robert E. Peary, , discoverer of tta North Pole, arrived today on the liner Mauretania Jrom his European tour. He was accompanied by his family and Captain Bartlett, the Eng lishman who accompanied him on the successful polar hunt except for the last stage of the dash. MORE THAN 500 . ..-lr. - ! .' - : 1 - - ;!,!. PERISHED IN FLOOD (By Cable to The Times.) Bnda-Pest, June 1,7 Dispatches received today say that more than 500 perished in yesterday's cloud burst, in. Krasso-Szoreny - and it Is probable, that-the death list will be even larger.' when . sections now cut off ha,ve .beeh heard froov Landslides have, added 'to the - horrors of , the floods arid three villages were today wiped out. Thousands of persons in the Transylvania Alps are cut off from, relief, facing death by starva. tlon.. , ' . . ' i The government Is making desper ate efforts to, send relief to the de vastated districts. Storms and land- snaes , oestroyea teiegrann lines as fast as they are restored ' In many districts: " .-' "" , The valleys, of the Alte Begal, the Maros,and ttie Koke.1 fivers are tor rents and a score of towns have been Inundated.- The situation is becom ing' worse, according to dispatches from - southeastern . Hungary, r The Balkans, particularly Roiimanla and Servia, are In as sore straits as the flooded portions of Hungary. Two Deaths From Heat. Chicago, J une l 7 intense , . sum mer heat, which came with a rush t Chicago .to date is "held reanonsihle for two deaths. One prostration from heat was reported.' -.- ' S nilTluOUS GHI7IESE (By "Leased Wire to The Times.) Philadelphia, Pa., June 17 Sev eral Chinese'leaped from the British ship Highland Monarch today in the Schuylkil river. Four were drown ed and the others captured, All were members of the crew. The vessel was bound for Auckland. The men mutinied and when threatened with arrest leaped into the river. . The three men rescued were taken to the police station; the others aboard' were- put in Irons. In the three weeks that the ship lay here, the Chinese of the crew, unable to land because of the United States Immigration laws, became restive. This feeling was increased by the liberty of the white sailors. Late yesterday a Chinaman, asked First . Officer Bowman for shore leave. . Refused, he chased the of ficer about with a knife. He cut himself when tripped by a white sea man. A hand-to-hand battle follow ed, when the Chinese attempted to break for shore. . The trouble broke out again this morning after the vessel weighed anchor. . 1 The Chinese, when in the water, refused to grasp ropes thrown to them. i. DIED OF PTOMAINE POISONING. Ate Canned Sonn and Died from Poisoning. . (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, June 17 C. Strawder Batt, a wealthy young lawyer of the firm of Griggs, Baldwin & Baldwin, died of ptomaine poisoning at tne Astor House, today as a result of eating canned soup on board a train walle returning, from Washington, D. C, last night. Mr, Batt was entrusted with Im portant work by the members df his firm, who Include former Attorney General Griggs!. He weft1 i6 Was! ington to visit the state department in connection with one of" these im portant cases. . On his return from the capital last night, Mr. Batt ate some soup and some clams for his dinner on the train. Shortly afterward he .began to feel acute pain in the stomach. He telegraphed to a friend to meet him at the station, stating in the message that he had eaten of can ned soup and clams and thought this was the cause of his illness. ' :. ; The' friend met Mr. Batt and took him directly' to the Astor House. Mr. Batt began-to feel somewhat bet ter and the friend left him. Shorfly after the friend left, however, Mr, Batt grew worse and the house phy sician was summoned and worked over the sufferer for hours hut could do nothing for him, and he died In acute, agony. Mr. Batt was a graduate of Princeton of the class of '01. BOY KILLED HIMSELF. Despondent Because He Owed a Small Sum of Money. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Baltimore, .Md., June 17 Appar ently despondent because he owed a small sum, less than $25, to fellow employes at the Fidelity & Deposit Company, where he was employed, George Tilcker Lynch, Jr., sixteen years old, sought death beneath the waters of the reservoir at Druid Hill Park either late last night or early this morning. Policemen dragging for his body brought it to the surface of the lake at 10 o'clock this morning. Lying "on the path near the reser voir,. Officer .Van. Horn, at 9 o'clock this morning found the youth's coat, to the lapel of which was pinned a Maryland Institute commencement program, on which was written: "I am drowned In this lake." (Signed) . GEORGE TUCKER LYNCH. JR., "1926 West Mulberry Street. Anniversary of Battle Of Bunker Hill. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Boston, Mass., June 17 Charles- town Is today celebrating the 135th anniversary of the battle of Bunker Hill Thousands of people gathered here from' all parts Of New England, throng the streets. " The public buildings, club houses and residences are decorated profusely with the na tional colors. The governor, members of his council, the .mayor, the entire city government and several congressmen Ve the guests of honor.- A long list of events comprise' tlie . program of the day including, two big parades. ' .Business -was suspended on the Boston exchanges. ' - , - J . lii MILUJlll CRAFT F0O GUILTY T End of Williams Postcf.ce Conspiracy Case a Verdict of Guilty i : ;vt: rvH SENTENCE NOT IMPOSED Jury Holds X. ' Glenn Williams and Thomas Craft Guilty and Mrs. Eliza Graft Not Guilty Punish, nient May be Anything From a Penny and Costs to Two Years In the Penitentiary and 5,000' Fin Story of the Case and the Final Day of the Trial." (Soecial to The Times.) Greensboro, Js". C, June 17 The Jury in the Williams postofflce con spiracy case filed into the court room at 10:30 this morning, the foreman announcing a verdict of guilty as. to N. Glenn Williams and Thomas Craft, and not guilty as to Mrs. Eliza Craft. Judge Boyd stated that he would hold the case 'Open, until this after noon. ,. , , . The maximum penalty for the of fense is two years In the penitentiary and a fine of $5,000. I the discre tion of the court the prisoners could be fined a penny and, costs. . .. . The case was given to tbe Jury at 4:45 o'clock yesterday afternoon and at 9 o'clock last night the Jury re ported that it had been unable to render a verdict- Judge Boyd ordr ed the marshal. to cpnduct them ,10, vneir notei ana . U - a verdict . Was reached to render; It .in open court this morning. Considerable interest t attached to the case Here and when the verdict', was rendered this morn ing the court room was crowded with relatives and friends of N. Glenn Wil liams. Mr. Williams has a number of close relations here and through out the trial they have been In conr stant attendance. The eager manner, in whiclu-Mr. Williams has watched every point of the txjal has. been the subject of much, comment., . ' : The final day of the noted conspir acy case, in which the United States alleged that N. Glenn Williams and Thomas and Eliza Craft conspired to defraud the postofflce aepartrnent through the office at , Williams In Yadkin county, was consumed In ar gument of counsel and the charge pi Judge Boyd. As " on , the preceding days of the trial the court room was crowded and the able efforts of the respective counsel were given the closest attention. : ; . , i Ex-Judge Bynum and Strudwlck, in their argument before the Jury for the defendants, said that the pros- . edition had not produced any evt (Continued on Page Sl.x.) - CHARLTON HELD TO BE GUILTY DF MURDER (By Cwble to The Tlmos. ' Rome, June, 17 Judge Fracassl. the examining magistrate, before whom the Inquiry into the murder of -Mrs. Mary Scott Castle Charlton haB been held at Lake Como, today dcllv-.. ered his official report to the foreign office. In It he places the guilt npon . the missing husband. Porter Chart- '. ton. .-. Nearly every bit of testimony ad- ' duced at the hearing, .. he reports, tends to show that the crime 'was committed by Charlton. Beyond ' this, the judge is convinced that the young American was not himself . murdered and that his body Is not ' at the bottom of Lake Como. - "It la useless to seek him there," : says the document. vY; i As the result of these findings, It ' was declared here that Constantln Is- .' polatoff, the Russian arrested soon after the crime was discovered,, would probably he released by the end of the week. , . , , , : k lit Is understood-that: -there - hafi 'v been friction between Italy and Rub-"" . sia over the failure of the St. Peters- j . burg officials to supply information, Y requested regarding j.lspolatofl. la private. It is said here that the ser vices for which Jspolatott receives a f pension from Russia - are such that " the officials of that country would) ' perforce do their hest to shield blto, t 't 1 1 JAriQ fl n DAY A i
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