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tpl'R WEATHER f For Raleigh and Vicinity: .Continued warm . and' partly cloudy with -local showers to night or Wednesday. - For North Carolina: Partly cloudy with local showers. LAST EDITION - - ' . . -.- ESTABLISHED 1878. RALEIGH, N. 0.', TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1910. ' PRICE 5 CENTS. ' Double the Number of Paid Subscribers in j the Gity of Raleigh of Any Other Newspaper! in FELL TO GROUND AND VMS KILLED English Aviator Rolls Suffered Fatal Accident at the Aviation Meet 10 DEATH Charles Stewart Kails, the Man Who Flew Across the English Channel Twice Met His Death This Morn. ing at the Aviation Meet at Bourne. mouth Had Ascended to a Height of 125 Feet When His Aeroplane Turned Over and Dashed to the Grouud Rig Crowd Saw Accident (By Cable to The Times) : -Bournemouth, Eng., July 12 Charles Stewart Rolls, the famous English aviator who won the honor of being the only man to make a round trip across the English chan nel from England to France, was kill ed todav in the aviation meet here. While flying in a Wright machine in the alighting competition for a prize of $1,250 his aeroplane turned a somersault, crashed : to the- ground and crushed the aviator to death di dectly opposite the grandstand. The stand was filled with repre sentatives of English society which bad been attracted to the contest by the fact that Rolls was to compete to day. Many of them were personally acquainted with, or friends of the daring aviator. They cheered him as he arose in the air to a height of 100 ' feet and the cheers continued as he iiade a circuit of the 'course. The cheers were silenced suddenly when it was noticed that, he was having trouble. By this time he had ascend ed to a height of 125 feet. Almost Immediately alter the first signs of trouble were noticed, the aeroplane turned a complete somersault and then plunged straight down Rolls tittempted to extricate himself but the drop was too swift The edge of the machine caught him. as the two came to the ground together and fatally crashed him. His limbs were fractur ed and he died within a few moments after the aeroplane was lifted from . liis body. Many of the women in the grand stand shrieked frantically as the aviator was seen to fall. Then sev eral of -them fainted while their men companions rushed on to the field to give aid to the stricken man, They were immediately driven back by the police. The meet which opened so auspic iously yesterday when J. A. Drexel, -the young American aviator, broke oil English records for altitude flights was marked by a serious acci dent immediately upon the resump tion of nights today. M. Audemara, a French aviator, fell in his initial Might and was badly hurt. Rolls saw the accident to Aud emars but alter extending sympathy (Continued on Page Six.) ONE MAN KILLED IN POWDER EXPLOSION (By Leased Wire to The Times) Butler. Pa., July 12-A terrific . . . i n.nA Pahnf Pa., near here, todav. One man wai killed awl 2'i injured.. The explosion occurred In the maga zine of the Standard Plate Glass Com pany which contained .1,000 pounds of dynamite and 5,000 pound of blasting powder: '"' ' ' . - The blast blew the building to bits and shook the country for miles around, causing people to runh from their homes In fear of an earthquake. .Samuel Rossle ; was Instantly killed. Several of the injured are seriously hurt. - , - . ;;;':.""'. Moody Getting Better. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Magnolia, Mass., July 12-If Asso ciate Justice. William H. Moody, of the United 8tates supreme court, con tinues to improve , as he has done Bine arriving at Magnolia, ha will leave Jor Washington In the early fall to resume active duties. - The sea air is greatly benefitting his health. OFF FOR EUROPE v . .. ., . Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Sailed Today y - Children Left Behind With Miss Helen Gould Detectives Hid Watch and Guards the Children lor a Month. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, July 12 Mrs. Ralph Hill Thomas, who was formerly Mrs. Helen Kelly Gould, sailed for Europe with her husband today on the' liner Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. At the same time her two children were lie ing held under guard by their aunt. Miss Helen Miller Gould, to whom they were taken when seized by de tectives late yesterday following the!r mother's marriage. Mrs. Thomas, recently divorced from Frank Gould, and married yes terday to Halph Hill Thomas, was bitterly indignant over the seizure of the children "There was no excuse for all this,'' she said. "I cannot understand the actions the people have been guilty of. They have followed us every where. . "It is all Helen Gould's work. She has been watching me and my chil dren for a week. They have had de tectives follow us : to our home at Sands Point and here. The children were to be turned over to Miss Gould last evening. It is shameful."" Mr. and Mrs. Thomas boarded the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse shortly after 8 o'clock this morning. They were given the suite of Captain Charles Polak, of the liner, which is on the forward deck close to the bridge. , It is the roughest part of the boat. ' . ' The suite consists of a dining and sitting room, and a bed room ' and bath. " " "Mrs; Thomas was dressed entirely in black. As she walked up the gangway of the liner, she lowered a heavy veil. The newly married couple came in from the Gould bungalow at Sands Point in Mr, Thomas' automobile. Three private detectives followed them, one of the detectives being a negro. When they boarded the liner : at Hoboken a number of photographers were on hand to get ' snapshots of them, and Mr, Thomas became great ly wrought up over their presence. "The children and myself have been followed by' detectives for the last month," said Mrs. Thomas. "They have followed us all-over New York and to Sans Point. "At every move we found detect ives at our elbows. I don't know who retained them. Maybe it was Frank Gould and maybe it was Helen Gould. All I know is that I didn't have anything to do with their being around and I didn't want them around. ; ' "Yesterday the detectives followed me from the St. Regis to my home at 540 Park Avenue. I asked Addison Mizner to go along with the children and their poverness to protect them and I also asked him to dodge the detectives.-. "He took the children to the Gotham, where they visited their grandmother and then they were sent to the home of Miss Helen Gould. "Miss Gould is to take care of the children until Mr. Thomas and I re- (Continued On Page Seven.) V ELKS WILL MEET IN ATLANTIC CITY "(By Leased Wire to The Times.) Detroit, Mich., July 12 The grand lodge of Elks opened its convention here today. It is believed that "the grand officers "will be re-elected with out opposition, with the exception of the contest expected for the position ot secretary-treasurer. F. C. Robin son, ; who holds the office now, and George Bostock, Grand Rapids, and David McArron, of Port Huron, Mich., are the candidates. The next con vention will probably go to Atlantic City. . Atlantic City was-selected as the place for the convention in 1911. :..' Herrmann Exalted Ruler. Detroit. Mich.. July 12 Garry Herrmann, of Cincinnati, was today elected grand exalted ruler of the Elks by acclamation. Nearly all your acquaintances are your friends until you are in a posi tion to use them. - , . m r i The Countess Pierrefeu, formerly Flsn'Tudor, the Host on socie'y '. tirl who recently uri'lved in HomIuii fi-um Europe. The Countess has a new euro for seasickness. She was. not sick during the whole trip n fact he as cribes to athletic, dancing which she practiced in the limited quarters of her stateroom. Heretofore the Conn, tess has been a very poor sailor. CLOAK-MAKERS ARE WINNING THE EIGHT (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, July 12--A stampede of manufacturers to sign agreements with , the So, 000 striking garment workers came today and the officials of the union predicted that the strike would be won within three days. Announcement was made at the union's headquarters that 125 of the employers had already signed the agreements, granting the demands of the employes and that 125 more had signified their intention of doing so before the day ends. As soon as the strike committee of the strikers opened sessions at the Victoria Hotel today the manufactur ers began to arrive to meet them and sign agreements. The strike here today caused 1,000 cloak-makers in Newark, N. J., to quit work. They declared that they feared some of the work undone in New York would be sent to Newark shops. They will remain out until the strike has been settled in New York and they will demand the same settlement as Is being secured here. Will Not Surrender Charlton. Washington, July 12 Porter Charlton, who is under arrest at Ho boken, N, J., charged with the mur der of his wife, Mrs. Mary Scott Cas tle Charlton, at Lake Como, Italy, will not be surrendered in response to the request made by the Ita'.ian government for his extradition to Italy for trial. The present intention of the state department is to defcline to surrender him. Italy will not agree to surrender Italians who have escap ed to their own country after commit ting crimes here, therefore a dead lock exists on the question of extra dition. WIN IN THE FIFTEENTH (Special to The Times.) ',. AshevillerN. C, July 12 The llf- teenth judicial . democratic conven tion, embracing the counties of Bun combe, Madison and Transylvania, met in Asheville Monday and renom inated Judge J. S. Adams judge of the superior court and R. R. Reynolds of Asheville, as solicitor. BoMi nom inations were made by acclamation. J. R. Swann, of Marshall, was made chairman and Chas. V. Malone sec retary. These were made permanent. Guy V. Roberts, of Marshall, and R. M. Wells, of Asheville, were rp-l-olnted members of the judicial ex ecutive committee. Appointment for Transylvania will be made later. Will Not Exhibit Pictures. London, July 12 The manager of the West End vaudeville theatre, one of the largest places qf Its kind in Lon don, todav announced that . he would not exhibit the Jeffries-Johnson light pictures. . " . OHIO RIOTERS WILL BE i (By Leased Wire to The Times) Columbus, O., July 12 Prosecu tion of the Newark rioters is to be most rigorous. Governor Harmon expects fifteen or more arrests to be made within twenty-four vhours. Detective Hary J. Bradbury',' Of the service company of Cleveland, was called before Attor ney General penman late last night. The conference, was held at that hour that he might.be accompanied by. -de tectives "wh left Cleveland for Co lumbus at 6 pi rn. Their names wer; v ithheld so that they might oscap.; detection at Newark where they went immediately after the conference. Data of what occurred prior to and during the lynching was turned over to Denman by ilradbury. It included the names of several rioters who touk part in battering In tlie jail doors and in the hanging of detective Eth erington. One of Bradbury's detect ives was an eye witness. Governor Harmon's word to Den n an was that the ringleaders of the mob must be landed in the peniten tiary, if not sent to the electric chair. The governor believes a charge of premeditated murder can be sustain ed if the participants in the lynching can be Identified -beyond doubt. Both Harmon and Denman, from what they now know, believe complete Identifi cation can be 'established.;-. Ringleader of Mob Arrested. Newark, O., July 1 2 Elinaliiie VVatha, aged fifty-one, a Spanish ne gro from Hayti, was arrested today as the ringleader of the mob that lynched Detective Etiierington. He was located by a newspaper man, who called the police. He weakly de nied he was in the mob. Weldon Dennis,? Charles Uagley and Edward Williafd were arrested today on information sent from Co lumbus.. ;. . . ;. ,; .. Coloner L. L; Ma'rri6tt;'6t St. Louis ville, arrived here this morning. He will probably take the office of sheriff pending the outcome of the hearing planted Sheriff Linke by the gover nor.':' The police say they hold evidence that Vance Miller, the negro arrested yesterday, wielded the hammer that struck Detective Etherington before the latter was strung tip. Acting Mayor Ankele .''announced that a complete reorganiaztion of the police would soon be forthcoming. FORTY PERSONS Hl'RT. Six fatally v" Suburban Railway Ac cident. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Detroit, Mich,, July 12 Forty per sons were hurt, six fatally today, when a construction car on the De troit United Railway at Ortonville struck a special bearing a large num ber of Orange men on their way to a celebration at Windsor. The con struction car had orders to wait on the sidetrack until the special--.-had passed, but a jumbling of dispatches caused the wreck. THE GREAT 70 WHO WORK FORM THE fJREAT BUYING CLASS. The wage-earner is the real consumer. For ': every dress suit there's a hundred "jeans". The man who supports a fam ily on $75 a month Is the man who keeps the big factory and mill working overtime. The biggest field for advertisers Is the working field the wage earner and farmer. The Evening Times not only reaches the wage-earner and farmer, but it reaches the 30 who are higher up, thus giving the advertiser a total buying and pulling power of 100. Now is the time to plan your campaign for reaching the farming class of people and every day is the time to reach the wage-earner and the man of money. ; The Evening Times is a wel come visitor into six thousand . homes for the supper table. "Is your adv. written there?" Make your contract early for : your fall advertising, because busi ness is going to be good. Advertising Manager. Fx-Judge AVilliain H. Moore, who won forty ribbons, ut the Olynipia Ih.rse Show in London, ami vhr re cently returned tit Xew York. The Judge had dilliculty in recalling the fact that on the opening day of the show while on his mount, Scottish eer, he cleaved the outer harrier to escape u runaway horse which fol lowed the lead, and some of the men Jind animals in the show ring were saved from being trampled. The Judge Was well pleased with the suc cess of Ms horses abroad. T North Truro, Mass., July 12 Divers are at work today on the. keel of the gunboat. Casfine endeavoring I o 'ane.er-t.iin the exUint-of the -damage caused ; when the submarine boat Honita crashed into licr w-hiio both boats were engaged in maneuvers in Cape Cod Bay yesterday. The Cas- tine is piled upon the bench . where she was run by. Lieutenant Ralph A. Koch, -"her. -"commander;"; when it was feared that, the gunboat was in 'danr ger of sinking. The Castine was seri ously damaged. Two of .her plates were loosened and she was leaking badly when her nose was pointed to ward the shore. Wrecking apparatus.' from New London arrived today and "the; dam age to the Castine is being temporarily-repaired under the. direction of Constructor oc, of the Charlestown liavy yard, who was hurried to the scene in a fug .immediately after the collision was reported. :, . The gunboat will he patched today and later towed to the Charlestown navy yard,- there to be drydocked. and completely overhauled. Tugs are standing by with hawsers attached to the 'Castine waiting for the word to pull her off the sand. The real facrs surrounding' '.the' accident were kept secret, but an invest i gat ton :a being niaile today by navy officials. ..-" The collision occurred during an attack on the Castine by the submarine,' (Georgia Favors Income Tax. ( By 1 .eased V i re I o The Ti men ) Atlanta, July 12 The Georgia legislature today ratified the income tax. The resolution passed the sen ate yesterday by one majority and passed' the house by a substantial vole, 125 to I I. :'. ;. "KID BURNS" KILLED IN PRIZE FIGHT New York, July 12-Husli Grant," 19 years old, of Tuekahoe. N. Y., known in the prize ring as "Kid Burns," died early today as the result of n terrific beating administered to him bv Tom my Wejch, of . Jersey City, in four rounds' of fighting at the '.'Powhatan. Club here lust iiiKht. llrant. who was untrained and in poor physical condition, collapsed in his room in the Garden City Hotel, where he was employed as a bell boy. after the fisht, and died of heart fail ure. Welch, his opponent, disappear ed and the police are hunting for him. Senator Cummins In llud Health. Montgomery, Mo., July 12 United States Senator Cummins, billed to speak at the Chautauqua here .will be compelled to concel all his speak ing engagements in Missouri on no- count of bad health. It is stated also that, ho will be compelled to give up work on the political and Chautauqua platforms all this summer. The well known insurgent is said to have heart trouble. . ALBICAN MEETING Fourth ConteiJ?S-95 the American Republics Conference Will Probably Continue For Six Weeks Because of Cen tral America Affairs Conference is Expected to be .Most Important Ever Held. (By Leased Wire to The Times.)- Buenos : Ayres. July -12 The fourth international euiiffivne" of .Amniican republics opened li - - today and prob ably will continue for six weeksv. Ke- cause of tile trouble In the -condition in Nicaragua and oilier of the fVutial American slates, I his is: expected to he Hie most impoi'laiit conference yet held. The official opening will conic at., t o'clock this afternooii with an address of welcome hy Dr. V. l)ej,a. I'la.a, the- Argentine .foreign .miniyter.. Hemy White, former merie'an am bassador to France, will respond lor t'le delegates. Other delegates in attendance are Prof. Paul Itelnsch: of the 1-niverdty Of Wisconsin; 'Prof. David Kinley, of the t'ldversily of Illinois; Prof. John Basset t Moore. of ('olunibiu Uni versity; Prof.-' Bernard -Moses, of the I'liiversity of California; K. B. .Moore, United States .-.commissioner of--' pat ents; .J.'- B. Qniiitei's, New - Orleans; Colonel. Knoeh Ciowder, . assistant judge advocate general of the - United Stales army; Lewis Nixon. New Yolk: Pi of. J. B, Sheplierd, Colurnliia Uni versity; Cabot Ward, ex secreta rv of state of Porto Kieo. ' and W. T. S. Doyle, assistant chief or the division of .Latin-American affairs, state de partment. Laliazon, an -influential Mournnl. to day denies reooits that the Argentine Republic, Brazil and Chile are 'plan ning an alliance to offset t he power and influence of the United. Suites in South American affairs. The international scientific congress. held in connection with the confer ence, held its first session at the Colon theatre today. .GRAND LARCKXY CHARGE. In Connection With the Disappear ance of tfi.VMMMH) Worth of Bonds. New York, July 12 Indictments charging grand larceny were returned by the grand jury this afternoon against Charles W. Chainnan, a brok er at 25 broad street; S, "M. Sexton and George H. Proctor in connection with tlie case involving tae, alleged theft of $400,000 worth of railway bonds from the Carnegie Trust Com pany. Charles Wellborn, a promoter, gave evidence upon which the indict ments were voted. Wellborn declares he lost the rail Voad bonds .which he had deposited with tlie Carnegie Trust Company as collateral security for a loan of $25,- ono. :-.' Chapman arranged to have the trust company lend the money to Wellborn. Sexton Was an intermed iary between Chapman and Wellborn, It is not known just how Proctor is alleged to have figured in the affair. Lightning Strikes Colored Man. (Special to The Times) Suiihiield, July 12- Abe Vinson, colored, aged about 50 years, was struck by 'lightning yesterday after noon, about 1:00 o'clock, while chop ping cotton on the farm of Mr. W. Wellons, about one mile south of this city and instantly killed. With him at the time were two or three child ren, these escaping unhurt. Abe was a splendid negro and well thought of by the people of the town. His home was on Main street, this City, where lie body was taken. DEFIANCE OF MONROE TI (By Cable to The Times) Berlin, July 12 Defiance of the Monroe doctrine was sounded; by the German foreign office in the follow ing statement issued this evening: "Germany refuses to recognize any right on the part of the United Stales to supervise her diplomatic relations with other countries, Central and South American countries in general and Nicaragua in particular. Ger many's recognition of President Ma- jdriz is a matter that concerns herself and Nicaragua, but which concerns no third person or power." ASSISTANT VETERINARIAN. Dr. II. li. Plow, of Hickory, Appoint ed by Agricultural Department. Dr.. B. B. Flow, of Hickory, has been appointed assist ant. state veter inarian and will enter upon his du ties August 1. POLITICAL : Discussions HI BEVERLY Sen. Crane of Massachusetts One of the President s ' Callers Today TARIFF WAS DISCUSSED Senator Crane Hud a Long Interview With Secretary Morton, Giving Him a Lesson in Politics so That lie Will lie Able to Tell the Presi dent What to do Loeb's Probable Candidacy for Governor of New York Pinchot, Stimson and Oth ers Among the Anarchists, See Mr. Roosevelt. - (By WILLIAM HOSTER.) Beverly, Mass., July 12 Senator W. Murray Crane, of Massachusetts, held a conference with President Taft today. . - Senator Crane arrived in the early morning and first had a long Inter view with Secretary Morton. The lat ter is taking a systematic course in practical politics. , . Professor Laeb saw him yesterday and laid down a few principles from which the secretary derived great benefit. Past Grand Master Crane today took Norton over a few more hurdles. All of this is intended to shape Norton for the job of politically advising Taft in emergencies . ; The poor president, it is to be un derstood, is not supposed theoretical ly to know anything about the politi cal game. Tariff was one of the chief things discussed by Crane and the president. The lines for tlie congressional cam paign are being laid down and they are to take tlie shape of a general pointing with pride to the fact that at least the republican party has pro vided, through the tariff commis sion, a way to have the tariff revised with satisfaction to everybody. It is just possible, also, that Mr. Crane today had some thoughts about sinews of war for the campaign, (hough there is nothing on record to show that he discussed that matter with the president. Attorney General Wickersham and Secretary of Commerce and Labor Nagel also : arrived today several hours ahead of time. There is a great interest at Bur gess Point over tonight's conference at Oyster Bay between Theodore lioosevelt and Governor Hughes. Saw lioosevelt. New York, July 12 An announce ment from Governor Hughes in re gard to I lie question of the candidacy of William Loeb to be his successor in the gubernatorial chair is expected at the conclusion of the governor's dis cussion of the state political situa tion with Theodore Roosevelt at Oys ter Bay tonight Governor Hughes arrived in New (Continued On Page Seven.) GERMANY WILL NOT " HELP NICARAGUA (By Cable to The Times.) Berlin, July 12 Germany, ; officially or otherwise, will give Madriz no n eouiagenient in the warfare he is wag ing in Nicaragua. Nothing will be done by the emperor or by any of his representatives In any way to em barrass or give offense to the United States. This was semi-offlcially an nounced today, following the unau thorized statements circulated ,! in America yesterday to the effect that Madriz had been assured by Emperor William that he had the moral sup port of Germany in his tight to enforce his authority over Nicaragua, and that the emperor's communication cpn tained thinly veiled intimations that such support might develop Into ma terial aid. ... -, "; It was announced today that the em peror's letter to President Madrii Was a purely uersonai communication ex pressing none but the emperor's per sonal feelings and that the govern ment had not been consulted about It and would not b influenced by U. . V ...V. .,; - i I--.. - ; . .
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