RALfcIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1910.
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THE AIR. SHIP
OF THE TR1CK
Sixteen Passengers Hsrled
From Height of 60 Feet
To the Groimd
SIX Tfatally hurt
Switchback Car, Carrying Merry-mak
ere at Speed bf Seventy Miles An
.Hour Jump the Track Brakenuui
Lost Control of the Car as it Start
ed Itown From Topmost Incline
. unci It Jumped the Track at the
. First Curve -Ten Passengers Fell
Clear of the Car But Six Were
, Caught Cnder it All Were In
: jured. ' :; '
(By teased Wire to The Times)
Now. York, Juno 22 Carrying
merry-makers at a speed of seventy
miles an hour J. wo cars on the switch'
back railway known as the Rough
Riders ride at Coney Island jumped
the track early today. Sixteen per
sons were hurled to the ground from
a height of sixty feet and six of the
- victims are dying at the Coney Island
Hospital.
5 16 fatally injured:
.. Minnie Cobalt, Tessle Errlcson,
Richard Raddermacher, Rose Wilson,
Manuel De Colo, all of Brooklyn;
. Harry Fletcher, Los Angeles, Cal
' All of the others of the sixteen
were seriously. Injured. The Rough
Riders ride has seven inclines run
ning from tho Bowery to the beach.
' The highest of these is sixty feet and
It was from this that the victims were
hurled.. - '
Owing Id the Intense-heat a large
number. of persons spent the night
on the sands of Coney Island. So at
the time of the accident there was a
large crowd at the resort. Two cars
fastened together, each containing
- eight laughing persons, started from
the first Incline. They were in charge
of Cyrus Pinto of Coney Island. Af
ter leaving the first incline and mak
ing a swlfj; descent' the cars shot;. up
again to'the top of the sixty foot in
cline and began to rush down it. , At
this' point Pinto lost control of the
brakes and could not check the speed.
Oi the first turn the cars swung
partly around the curve when the
first car jumped the track and pulled
the second-with it: v,
Ten of the passengers were hurled
from the cars and plunged ..through
the mass of,; painted scenery and
props about the inclines. .
They landed In the road below In
an unconscious heap. The other six
went down- with the cars and were
Dinned beneath the wreckage. These
were the-fatally injure.
"A moment after the accident t,he
place was surroundd by a screaming,
hysterical mob. " In the excitement
'some one turned off all the lights of
tho place and the amusement ground
was In darkness. ' Policemen near, by
ueariuK luo uraaa bbul lur iuu re
serves from the Coney Island station
and also sent in ambulance calls.
When Captain Michael Galvin reach
' ed the scene of the accldent'he found
the lights still shut off. For a time
bis work of rescue was delayed while
a policeman looked for an electrician.
When the lights flared up again the'
police saw. the mass of wreckage ana
the. unconscious and Injured persons.
The victims were1 hastened, in ambu
lances to the.. hospitals. --.-,.',.''. . ,i
, The police lifted the wrecked cars
out of the way'arfd got to. those pinn
ed beneath tham.7' ' ' '.O -', 1 ... ' . ,
Pinto was taken to the police sta
tion.; He, declared that the accident
was unavoidable. He could not ex
plain how he alone of all those In the
car had been, nnhurt. ' )
Off For Summer Capital.
(By teased 'Wire to The Times) '
wiWlng ton; Jna'e Mrs. raft
left for Beverly, Mass., the summer
capital,' today.. She will spend tae
night ln New York City and tomor
row, on reaching" 'New Haven, will he
Joined by the faft children, who have
been .attending tie Tale commence
ment 'exercises. If ' congress ad
journs next Saturday : It is expected
President Taft will leave Washing
ton for Beverly the middle of nex.t.
week. . " - - .. , ; i
the Pennsylvania Republi
,can State Convention
The Administration and the Payne
. Ahlrich Bill Heartily Endorsed
. ' Says He Has Been Successful fa
Securing the Enactment of Many
' IiAWS.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Harrisburg, Pa., June 2 Prosl
dent Taft's administration ahd '. the
Payne-Aid rich tariff bill, were en
dorsed by the republican convention
today. The platform as adopted de
clares the tariff measures Is "in ac
cord with the last national plat
form". - ,
Governor Stuart and his admlnis
tratton were also, endorsed. ;
It is safe to say that no state con
vent I on will place such a hearty
stamp of approval upon the national
administration as that adopted today,
The national administration is re
ferred to in these words'.
"We heartily endorse and com
mend the administration of President
William H. Taft, which less than 18
months old, is unique in its record
of accomplishments. He has In his
own way carried forward and de
veloped the policies of William Mc
Klnley and Theodore Roosevelt,
while enforcing his own and those In
favor of which the party has In na
tional platform declared. With un
wearying patience and gentleness of
manner, but with great, firmness of
purpose and unyielding determina
tion, he will, by the time the gavel
falls at the close of the present ses
sion of congress, have succeeded In
securing the fenactmeac into law of
more important recommendations
than any other president has ever se
cured within so brief a time after his
resignation." '
After giving, a summary of the va
rious bills passed or about to be en
acted into laws during the present
session, the platform continues, as to
President Taft: t
'We also call special attention, to
his nromot and effective Intervention
to prevent the arbitrary increase of
railway rates; his faithful and im
partial enforpement of the' anti-trust
laws. His enforcement of the law
against illegal dealing in stocks
through the instrumentality of what
are commonly termed "Ducket
shops"; the conviction and the in
dictment of those engaged in unlaw
fully cornering the price of cotton.'
Governor Stuart Is praised for se
curing, the conviction of the capitol
grafters and the party is pledged to
push the suits now pending for rest!
tution to the state of the money
stolen. '
The platform favors liberal appro
priations for schools and charitable
institutions, the extension of the
state's .sanitary work, further legisla
tion for the protection or tae public
from impure food, increase of appro
priations for good roads, investiga
tion of the sinking of land above coal
mines, state pension for civil war
soldiers and the building of- a canal
connecting the Great Lakes with the
Ohio" River.,
-The platform also favors legisla
tion for. the arbitration of .labor dis
putes and calls attention to the fact
that the state Is now entirely out of
debt. .
Ticket Nominated.
Harrisburg, Pa., June 22 The fol
lowing ticket was nominated oy tUe
republican state convention today: '
For Governor John K. ., Tener,
Washington county.
For -, Lieutenant-governor Con
gressman John M. Reynolds, Bedford
county." .'"'''.-.' V ' '
.For Secretary' of Internal Affairs-
Henry Houck, Lebanon county."
For.' State Treasurer C. Fred
Wrlghfc of Susquehanna county.
The Penrose' organization has en
tire' control. - -V-' -'
Warm Weather Will Continue.
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(By Leased Wire td The Times) ;
Washington. June 12 The faulted
States weather bureau Issued (he fol
lowing bulletin today:, '; "- -.V1? ..
A forecast in special- bulletin of
thai 9 th instant, a break in the hot
fwava (.hat has prevailed curing the
past week in Montana, North Dakota,
South Dakota. Nebraska and. western
Minnesota is now In progress and the
indications are that there wilt be local
rains and several, days of normal
temperature- In these states. - warm
weather is forecast to continue the
southern plains states, the Mississippi
valley and eastern districts during
th next several days, -i ., yV.'.Vt
Mr. G. B.:' Harrison, auditor of. the
American Tobacco Company at Havana,
Cuba passcdT through' :hei-e yesterday
on his way to Fuquay Springs whore
he will spend a few days. ;
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f I - ',f xS ",le ' tle wealthht men in the lit- .! II 1
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t ;'c ' r?' perlians the only riih in the world in 5' C" ill f
'l&'L jkffUO the oil iiidutryf ivlio turned down h J jJi')1 J
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f; f f fffai "d he absorbcii; ;-nd who was not V t (
, ' i 'W crushed to ruin n-his Imsiness be- AiST.1 fj
W j " JUVV Vausc of his refnsol. Mr. .Muriii Is Y 5?rf t ;'
" i I J 'rfS very projfi-eMsive n'iul expjes.sed him- J, , ll 1
Ill Tr m"' clf -'" dellghte'-with file' evidence ' .' -fj hil
j ' ' - " it f iX. I -' prosi'Wy .he .srtw' In this country, j i t jjll y
' 2nS&J He uud his family are nmteing a pleiiv . 'f1l
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RESULTSOFCENSUSTO
BE MADE PUBLIC SOON
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, June 22 It was said
at the census bureau this morning
that the making public of tiie results
of the census of population of the cit
ies will not commence today owing
,to the necessity for the clearing away
of certain technicalities connected
with the work, but thatit ls possible
the result of the census so far as
Washington, P. C, is concerned may
be announced this morning.
The issuance of statistics of popu
lation of other cities, it was said, will
commence within a few days, but Just
when, it was added, could not be an
nounced today.
SENATE PASSED BILL
FOR PVBLIC BUILDING.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, June 22 The senate
today passed the public, buildings bill
in the same form in which it was re
ported from the committee yestorJay
The item for the public building at
Lorraine,, Ohio, was increased from
$125,000 to $.150,000.
Sharp Fight on Civil Bill.
Washington, June 22 This after
noon telegrams were sent to all al
sent members of the house, demo
cratic and, republican, to return to
Washington and a sharp fight Is ex
pected' over the-argument of t:ie
sundry civil hill, which in effect, ex
empts labor organizations from t'.ie
Sherman, anti-trust law, and the act
to regulate commerce in restraint of
trade. '
This afternoon word was circulated
on the floor of the house to tile effect
that President faft would veto the
bill if the obhdxiouB Item Is retained
In It ' The sentiment in the house Is
very - strongly In favor pf the labor
amendment, while In the senate the
opposition' is equally strong. This
indicates a deadlock that may affect
the program tor, adjournment Satur
day. :.' ;-:. .j-:-"
(Telegrams; from leading manufac
turers of the country , are being re
ceived by members and senators pro
testing against this discriminatory
legislation In favor of labor organiza
tions. .
, ,"Iegree' For Miss Addunjs. '
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
New Haven, 'Conn , June 22-Ya,.
Unlverplty for the first time in its htu
tory today- conferred an honorary de
gree on a, woman. The recipient was
Mists Jna A4danis,- president of tae
National Conference of Charities' and
Corrections ajid ;head of Hull House;
Chicago. She was given the degree of
master of arts. James Jr Hill was
given the degree of doctor or. laws.;
XKWS FROM BMZAJJKTH CITY."
C'onsressimin Small Has No Opposi
tion PolUicui New Track Kami.
'-, ing liss Hele .St;iii Kntet-tulus.
People KilsIi to Itcsorts-lKg Ordi
linnce. (Special to The Times)
Elizabeth City, June 22 So far,
ConKiessmun John H. Small ls tne
only candidate that has announced
himself on the democratic ticket for
congress in this district. Very likely
he will go to tho convention without
opposition.
Attorney j. C. B. Khringhaus is. a
candidate for solicitor in this dis
trict. He has considerable opposi
tion and thcr'o will bo a siron light
In the convention over the nomina
tion. Ehringhaus is considered a
strong man and his friends r.re confi
dent that he will win the nomination
easily.
The potato digging season Is now
about over in this section. There was
a large acreage in Irish potatoes this
year and the yield has been very
large. Potatoes for the most part
sold at low ririces and the truck farm
ers barely got out clear. Some few
shipments are now being made and
these are selling at fairly good prices.-
Miss Helen Stone last night cJiaru
ingly entertained a large number of
friends at her home on Dyer street,
in honor of her guest, Miss Johnson,
More than 50 guests were present.
The warm weather is causing the
people to rush for Nags Head, the
famous resort by the sea. A number
of cottagers have already gone down
to spend the summer and many more
will go in the ne.ft few days. This is
expected to be a big season for Nags
Head.
The ordinance compelling dogs to
wear muzzles goes, into effect on the
25th (nslant. The ordinance re
quires all dogs that appear on the
streets to wear nmzzles and those
that are caught without miiizies will
bempouuded and shot.
Russia Threatened With Cholera.
(By Cable' to The Times.)
Odessa, June . 22 Cholera is
sweeping soutaern Russia and inhab
itants of many of the cities are fleeing
in panic. .
: The dread disease has apparently
doomed the cityof Rostoff. .There
were 219 deaths there yesterday and
790l fresh cases developed. All the
foreign residents have fled, An acci
dent to the water system, cutting off
the city's entire supply has added to
the general terror., , -:
Jeffries-Johnson Fight Licensed",
-Reno, Nevj, June 22--Tex Rtckard
today took, out a HcenBe for the Jeffries-Johnson;
fight on July, 4. He
fewa cheered by n admiring throng
of fiend business men as he paid over
the $1.0.00 fee. . ;. .
; 'Jeffries held a 'conference here with
Ricjiard today. ' Johnson Is now ex
pected to arrive tonight,
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FOUND DEAD IN
CLUMP OF BUSHES
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
, '.'Cumberland, Md.. June 22 The
body of Alice Brown, 17 years old,
was found in a clump of bushes early
this morning in the vicinity of the
Western Maryland Railroad station
in South Cumberland. Her throat
had been cut. ' .
Buck ' Nolan, 'aged 18, who is of
athletic build, weighing about 180
pounds,, was later arrested as a sus
pect, while Lorlng Barringer and Ed
gar Mudge are being detained In the
belief that they have some knowledge
of. the crime. Blood stains, the po
lice say, have been found on No
lan's clothes and the imprint of
teeth on his arm in two places, as if
he had been bitten by some one In a
struggle. Nolan had been paying the
girl attention.
GREAT DAMAGE BY STORMS.
Cloudbursts Follow in Succession-
Train Goes Down in Bridge Wreck
Damages $:M)0,(MIO and More
Trolley Lines Tied I'p.
, (By Leased Wire to The Times)
Cumberland, Md., June 22 Fully
$200,000 damage has been done by
a storm in western Maryland during
the last twenty-four hours. .
Cloudbursts followed in quick suc
cession last night added to devasta
tion caused by previous storms of cy
clonic fury. The branch of the Penn
sylvania Railroad running into Cum
berland was tied -up by washouts
above Hyndmau, the passenger train
due last night arriving this mqrning,
twelve hours late.
At Hyudman the baseball park was
wiped out, the Lowery building de
stroyed and a water famine is on be
cause of the washing out of the big
main through the bed of WHls Creek,
The Baltimore & Ohio- Railroad
which is putting in a third track a"t
many points will have to do the wprk
all ,over aain. . The " Baltimore &
Ohio bridge at Cox Run, ntear Rock
wood, which Was washed hut Satur
day night and later broken down hy
an .engine striking a wrecking crane
being used to restore the bridge, two
men losing their lives, , went down
again last night as a freight train was
passing over it. The train became
uncoupled and a section remained on
either side.
'The flood damage in Rockwood is
$100,04)0. - - -V ... -
The Pennsylvania and Maryland
trolly line between Meyersdale and
Salisbury Is" tjed up bVjhMdges being
washed out-and hundreds of trees
thrown across the track. ..... ,
Second sight can easily remove the
strongest impression. , '
Recieved Unanimous Endorse
ment of Ohio Democrats
Harmon Nominated for Governor by
i -
Acclamation and Also Endorsed
for the Presidency Every Aention
of the Governor's Name Greeted
With Applause.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Dayton, O., ' June 22 Judson Har
mon was renominated for governor by
acclamation today and his boom
for tm? presidential nomination on the
democratic ticket was formerly launch
led by the state convention of his
party.
Mr Harmon is thus the first man in
the field for candidacy in
it was conspiciously a Harmon con
vention and his personality and influ
ence were shown in everything which
was both said and done ar.ii was ef
fective in pi-eventing a senatorial en
dorsement, j
The platform which was adopted was
one having sanction of the governor
and was submitted to him before being
rend in the convention. Such sugges
tions as he had to make were
incorporated proceedings was greet
ed , with wonderful applause and
especially were the delegates eager
In the" enthusiasm when he ap
peared following his nomination
and when the resolution was adopted
endorsing him for the presidency in
1912. The delegates applaused for sev
eral minutes and refused to be stilled
until physically exhausted. The honor
was paid the governor of nominating
him unanimously by a rising vote.
The resolution on the presidency was
adopted a follows:
"We invite the attention of the na
tion to Judson Harmon and the work
he Is doing for Ohio. Two
years hence it will have been com
pleted. We can then spare him for
larger dutfes. . He believes guilt if
personal, is acting on that belief at
home and would act upon it in wider
fields. A high sense of duty provides
his only motive for official action and
his sense of Justice alone compels
Judgment. Firmness and strength mark
him .the man to supplant vacillation
and' weakness. The nation needs a
real man and the Ohio democracy pre
sents and. endorses for' the presidency
in 1918u'lson Harmon."
Jtebilint tn their victory over the
Bryan wing -of the Ohio democracy on
the Issue involving the endorsement of
a senatorial candidate, the followers
of Governor Judson Harmon got down
to the real work of the convention to
day, that of renominating the governor,
launching his boom for the presidency,
and choosing the rest of the state
ticket.
A resolution declaring that the gov
ernor should be sent to Washington to
continue there the reforms he has be
gun in Ohio was ready for presenta
tion when the convention met. The res
olutions committee finished its labors
early this morning. The proposition
to endorse a senatorial candidate was
voted down 19 to 2, the two votes com
ing from -Cuyahoga county, Tom L.
Johnson's district.
The final draft of the platform con
tains these planks:
Endorsement of the Harmon admin
istration. Declaration for a campaign of state
issues only.
A fixed maximum tax rate of ten
mills.
A constitutional convention In 1912.
Ratification of the federal income tax
amendment.
Direct election of United States sen
ators. Initiative a-nd referendum.
Uniform text book law.
Favoring a business administration
of national and charging the present
republican administration with lax
methods.
Revision of the tariff, so that it shall
be on a tariff for revenue only basis.
N'on partisan judiciary ballot.
The endorsement of Harmon for
president and giving his slogan his
finding in the railroad rebate . cases.
"Guilt-is personal."
Kidnapped Child Held For Ransom.
, (By Leased Wire To The Times)
New York, June 22 Dr. Mariano
Scinieca, the father of three-year-old
Michael Scinieca. who was kidnapped
yesterday, announced this afternoon
that he had received a letter from the
kidnappers in which they demanded
$8,000 for the return of the child.
The letter was as follows:
' "We have your baby. He Is safe.
We will deliver him to you when you
pay $8,000."
Sclmeca said he would wait 24
hours and see If the detectives could
not run down the blackmailing band
In that time.
Congressman Bribed.
(By Leased Wire to The Time's)
Lexington, Ky., June 22 An affi
davit filed today in behalf 6f the
mayor of Frankfort, " charges , Con
gressman J. Campbell Cantrill with
selling hi stnfluence for the selection
of a site for a new state capitol five
Jtears ago while a member of the Ken
tucky legislature for $2,500. Cantrill
denies the charge. He will be. a can
didate for re-election at the polls Sat
urday.
GREAT CROUD
The Great Dirigible Sails With
Twenty Passengers For
Long Trips
FIRST AIRSHIP LINE
Ship Started This Morning on 700
Mile Trip From Friedrichshafen to
Dusseldorf Carried Twenty Pas
sengers and Moved on Thirty-three
Mile An Hour Schedule Cabin
Luxurious .Model Carpeted and
Inlaid With Mother of Pearl Res
taurant on Board Fares for Trip
Ranging From $25 to $50 Many
Applications.
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(By Cable to The Times.) ,
Friedrichshafen, Germany, June
22 The first passenger airship, the
great dirigible Deutschland, started
at 8 o'clock this morning on a 700
mile trip to Dusseldorf: Count Zeppe
lin, the inventor, was in charge and
there were twenty passengers on
board.
The ship was brilliantly lighted
throughout her length of 485 feet as
she arose to cheefs and started on
her course, moving swiftly. The.
course lies over Stuttgart, Mannheim
and Cologne. At each of these places
crowds are already gathered to view
the' passage in the air of the first aer
ial liner. The big dirigible Is cap
able of making thirty-five miles an
hour but it was nqt .the Intention of
Count Zeppelin to press her on the
first day.
The passengers are traveling In a
great cabin somewhat resembling a
sleeping car of a luxurious model. It
Is carpeted and inlaid with mother
of pearl. There are large windows,
on both sides and a restaurant sup
plies food and drink. The limit of
the voyage is fixed at 700 miles and
there are three motors, whose total
horse-power is something over 300
The fares. are moderate consider
ing that this is the first trip In the
car for a ship of this kind. They
range from $25 to $50. The ' new
liner could have been filled many
times over from the lists of those who
made applications for reservations.
Thirty-three miles an hour Is the av
erage speed of the new air liner. She
was. built for the Hamburg-American
Steamship Company and the German
Airship Stock Company jointly.
The First Stop.
Dusseldorf, Germany, June 22
The first voyage ever taken by aerial
liner in the passenger service was
successful today. Count Zeppelin's
airsliip, the Deutschland, landed here
after a flight of 280 miles from
Friedrichshafen, which was : accom
plished in ten hours. This was the
conclusion of the first part of the 700
mile jnurned . which the airship has
begun.
The Count was jubilant over his
success and his twenty pssengere
clared they had enjoyed the whole
Journey. .' Weather conditions were
ideal.
WADF.SBOHO XFAVS.
Dixie Development Company Organ
ized Mr. Redfem Ges to Luin
berton as Chief of Police.
(Special to The Times.)
Wadesboro, N. C, June 22 The
Dixie Development Company, with an
authorized capital stock of $100,000
was organized here today for the pur
pose of doing a general business In
real estate and Insurance. The com
pany will hold the general agency for
a number of well known life and fire.
health, accident and bonding insur
ance companies. ..and has secured t'ae
services of Mr. W. C. Long as general
manager. Mr. Long has had consid
erable experience In this line of work
and will no doubt push, the business
of the new organization. . V.
H.'H. Redfern, formerly chief 'of
police here, has been elected to fill
that office at Lumberton and has ac
cepted to begin work July 1. Mr.
Redfern is a fearless officer and his
friends are glad he has secured this
position, which carries with it a good
salary. Mr. Redfern Is now with the .
Seaboard Air Line and will resign his
present place. : . : r