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Unless the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company Recedes
From Its Position
STRIKE ORDER READY
Chairman Smith of the Conductors
Committee Says Strike Will be
Called Within Forty-eight Hours
Unless Road Recedes Rumored
That Strike Will be Called Over
the Entire System Special Orders
to Police Department ' to be in
Readiness for Any Disorder
Strike Order Already Prepared
Pittsburg Situation Better.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Philadelphia, Pa., July 16 "A
strike against the Pennsylvania Rati
road Company will be called within
forty-eight hours, possibly by
this afternoon undess it recedes from
its position," declared Chairman G.
M. Smith of the conductors' commit'
tee and also chairman of the joint
conductors and trainmen committee,
. today. '
President Lee, of the Brotherhood
of Railway Trainmen, and President
Garretson, ot the Order of Railway
Conductors, when told of Smith's de
claration, said: ,
"We" will neither confirm nor de
ny such a statement. It was given
out without our authority."
Later the lepott became current
that a strike over the entire system
, would be called within twenty-four
hours and that the railroad had al
ready ordered the construction of
bunk houses for the use of strike
breakers.
Special orders were said to be is
sued to the police department for
every man to hold himself ready to
report for duty on short notice.
An emergency force of electricians
and linemen was put to work today
installing an emergency telephone
system through the yards and the
Broad street offices of the Pennsyl
vania. At every important point on
the line between Philadelphia and
Erie a similar step was taken.
It was learned this afternoon that
the secret letter sent to all employees
frojn Cleveland instructs them on the
procedure of quitting at the calling
of the strike. '''.' .
Strike Order Ready.
Philadelphia, Pa., July 16 With a
formal order already drawn, calling
the strike of 25,000 conductors and
trainmen on the Pennsylvania Rail
road, the situation in the great dis
pute this morning remained quiet
while the men waited for the filial
word of the company. Union lead
ers declared that only the prospect
of securing concessions from the com
(Cootlnued on Page Six.)
FATALLY HURT
. (By Cable to The Times.)
Bournemouth'. Eng., July 16 The
Hon. Alan Boyle was probably fatal
ly hurt today in the fifth accident
of the Bournemouth aviation meet.
His monoplane plunged 125 feet to a
Held and the aviator sustained' con
cussion of the brain. So terrific was
the force of the fall that the ma
chinery was imbedded in the field. ;.
Robert Lorraine; an actor, well
known in America, went up at 3 p. m.
and set off for The Needles, the west
ern point of the Isle of Wight, twelve
miles across the water. For an hour
and a half no word of his safety was
received, and grave fears were enter
tained. It was then: learned, 'how
ever, that he had descended safely
on the golf links near The Needles. ;
Strike on Illinois Central.'
Louisville, Ky. July 16 More
than 2,000 track laborers on the Illi
nois Central Railroad, between
Louisville and Cairo, struck today
for a pay Increase of 25 cents a day.
They have been getting f 1.26.
Ill WIELD BIG STICK
Indictment by United States
of Madriz Government
American Government is" Preparing
to Issue Statement of Grievances
Against Dr. Madriz Intervention
"Cannot be Put Off Much Longer.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, July 16 The United
States is preparing to issue to the
world the following reasons why it
will wield the "big stick" in Nica
ragua unless conditions there are
speedily bettered, it was semi-official
ly reported today.
The gunboat Venus was released
after being held up in a United States
port on false statements by the Mad
rlz government. :
The bombardment of Prinzapulca
an unfortified town, injured Ameri
can interests and menaced tae lives
of American citizens.
The United States was flouted when
William Pittman, of Boston, Mass ,
was captured with the Estrada forces
at Bluefields, was removed to Ma
nagua and ill treated, in spite ot
Madriz's pledges to the United States.
Madriz has acted as trouble-maker
in stirring up anti-American feeling
in Central and South America.
Dr. C. A. Burgheim, of Texas, has
been detained without cause and
held as a prisoner of war.
Americans in western Nicaragua
have been threatened with death or
ruin. . .
The general opinion here is that
the sending of the gunboat Vicksburg
to Corinto, just announced by Secre
tary Knox is the answer of the United
States to the expected plea for recog
nition for Madriz.
It is believed that the sending ot
marines to Nicaragua cannot be much
longer avoided and that when they go
this time it will be in sufficient force
and under orders to regulate affairs
there with a firm hand.
Intervention by the United States
is the only answer to the vexed Nica
raguan problem, experts on the Cen
tral American situation declare, and
if the United States does not step in
the rapidly growing condition of de
moralization there will compel Ger
many or England to do so in spite ot
the Monroe Doctrine.
GUNBOAT TO CORINTO.
To Protect Pittman and American In
terests on the West Coast.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, July 16 For the pur
pose of protecting American inter
ests and ensuring jthe safety of Wil
liam E. Pittman, American engineer
captured and held prisoner by Madriz,
Secretary Knox has ordered the gun
boat Vicksburg to Corinto, near Man
agua, on the western .shore of Nic
aragua,. Heretofore the United States
has not been represented by a gun
boat on the Pacific coast Of NIcara
gua a..d it is deemed necessary to
take this action by reason of ; the
high-handed methods recently em
ployed by Madriz in his treatment of
Pittman and for the purpose of pro
tecting the lives of Americans there.
Pittman was surreptitiously moved
by Madriz after his capture, from
Bluefields to Managua, where, it is
reported; he is being slowly starved
to death in a filthy prison cell.
SUSPICIOUS NEGRO CAUGHT.
William Hendricks Identified as One
of the Negroes Who Badly Beat Up
Mr. and Mrs. Vickers at HUlsboro.
(Special to The Times.)
Durham1, N. C, July 1C William
Hendricks, a negro, was arrested at
Togo, near here as a suspicious char
acter. He was identified as one of
the men who entered the home of Mr.
Vickers at HUlsboro some time ago,
and after robbing the house badly
beat Vickers and his wife. Authori
ties are holding him for further de
velopments. -':
Discriminatory Freight Rates. ':
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, July 16 Complaint
was filed with the interstate com
merce commission today by the
Winte'rfleld "Commercial Club of Win-
terfield. La., declaring freight rate
charges by railroads operating be
tween points In Missouri and that
city to be discriminatory and unjust.
Death at Soldiers' Home. .
J.-M. McNeil died at the Soldiers'
Home this morning, at the age of 75
years. He was a member of Co. F,
15th-regiment. He entered the home
from Harnett . county February 8,
1908. Funeral services will be con
ducted from the home tomorrow af
ternoon by Dr. White. ; -
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Miss Anne Morgan, daughter of J.
Pierponl Morgan, and Dim Juune, the
pretender to the Spanish throne.
Miss Morgan is sending the summer
with friends in Vienna, and it is said
llmt she is frequently seen in the
company of Don Jaime. .', Rumor of
llirir engagement have been denied
by Miss Morgan and tlie Spanish pro
lender as weir. ' ""'
REVOLUTIONARY PLOT
THREATENING SPAIN
(By Cable to The Times.)!
Madrid, July 10 The discovery of
a revolutionary plot affecting every
important city in Spain today startled
the government and a meeting of all
cabinet.oflleers was immediately call
ed by Premier Canalejas for tomor
row. The throne is tottering, and the
government has ordered all troops In
readiness for instant service.
The situation at Bareelonia, chief
anarchist headquarters, is worse, ac
cording to semi-official statements,
than it has been since the height of
the riots following the execution of
Francisco Ferrer;
The discovery of a plot on the life
of King Alfonso yesterday at Vallado
lid, while he was enrouto to Segovia,
is but a part of the general revolu
tionary schemebut it is on that that
the order for the arrest of every an
archist issued today is based.
The guards about the palace had
been doubled, and the king's personal
bodyguard was, today still further in
creased in spite of his protestations.
The government's opposition to the
Catholic church has done little to pla
cate the extreme radicals, particular
ly at Bareelonia, according to cur-
tent reports.
Troops have been ordered to Uijon
in preparation for a general strike
called there and the declaration of
martial law at several places is ex
pected within forty-eight hours.
MRS. EDDY 80 TODAY.
Founder of Christian Science Cele
brates Her 89 Birthday Quietly.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Boston, Mass., .July 16 Mrs.
Mary Baker Q. Eddy, the founder and
head of the Christian Science church,
today celebrated her 89th birthday at
her home at Chestnut Hill. Mrs. Ed
dy spent the day in quiet and study.
Those permitted to see her stated
that she was in good health and very
active for one of her years.
No telegrams or congratulatory
messages reached her today. This
was due to her expressed wish. Ac
cording to Alfred Farlow "tnose who
know. Mrs. Eddy never send messages
of any ind toy- they know Mrs. Eddy
does hot wish to receive them."
No wonder the women dlslik father
Timet"He always tells on (hem.
FIRE
On the New York City River
Front
Metronolltati Kteanitdiiii Pfiiiiiumv
, , j
Quarters I Burned liliize Most
Kpei-taculsjr In Many leai's With
Loss of $OO OUO.
M -
(By Leasee. Wire to The Times)
New Yoi. July IB Fire that
caused excitement throughout t:ie en
tire down-town district this atleinoon
destroyed the Metropolitan steamship
Company quauters on Pier 14, North
River. Three alarms weie tinned
in and soon dozens ol lite engines
and all available lire boats were on
the scene. A quuutitv ot lnliamniable
material stored on the pier 'rapidly
tpread the Humes.
The steamer Harvard, one of t!ie
finest vessels or the Metropolitan
Line, plying to Boston, was "ini Into
tae river barely in tune to escape
catching fire.
The blaze was the most spectacular
in many years. The loss is probablv
if 000, 000. Seceral Bteainers were
menaced and one tug tied to mid
stream ablaze. Pier 15 soon caught
lie. :
Several men were reported trapped
on Pier 14 but the police declared
they probably jumped into the water.
A number of horses were inciner
ated. .' - : -"
The Lackawanna Railroad com
pany's pier was threatened and alter
the fourth alarm was turned in, ef
lorls were concentrated on saving
that and other nearby property in
cluding Washington mainet.
When the fire 4vas at its height
20,000 person were clogging the
nearby streets. The reserves from
half a dozen stations had their hands
run. : y.': ., ,
The lire started on Pier 14, for
merly used by the Red Star Line.
The first flames seen were in a stack
of wicker chairs, which went up like
matches, spreading the flames with
terrific rapidity,- .
- Pier l&y foifoerly --lsed by--Mie-
American Line, -was soon ablaze, and
by the time the1 shrieking tireboats
began to spout a score of streams
each, the fire was already one of the
worst the water front has seen In
years and it had but begun.
So Intense was the heat that lire
men afloat and on land .were ser
iously hampered, the landsmen being
compelled to turn their streams on
one another frequently. At that,
they could get no closer than a block
to the heart of the blaze. Across
West street, merchants were driven
from their stands in the Washington
market, saving what they could take.
: John Galvin, longshoreman, trapp
ed on the end of Pier 15, saved him
self by diving into the river.
The smoke filled the lower end of
Manhattan, and skyscraper windows
were crowded. The fire delayed traf
fic on the North river for a time,
Two men, named Johnson and
Holmes, trapped on Pier 15, jumped
only after they were terribly burned.
They jumped into the river and were
almost drowned. At the hospital it
was said they would die.:
Brookins to Break Record.
Detroit, Mich., July 16 Walter
Brookins, the aviator," this afternoon
prepared to attempt to shatter the al
titude recorded of 6,178 feet made by
him at; Atlantic City.
TRIED TO RAISE
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Chicago, July 16 Arrested for a
bold attempt to regain his fortune bv
the fraudulent use of $200,000 be
longing to boyhood friends, William
S. Clark, of Newport, Tenn., told the
police he expected to make enouch
by speculation to pay back the total
he tried to take.
Clark was arrested in the Great
Northern Hoi el after attempting to
deposit. $40,000 In fraudulent cash
ier's checks at the Illinois Trust &
Savings Bank. He had worthies:;,
cashier's checks on the Spartanburg
National Hank of Spartanburg, S. C,
to . the amount of 1217,000. The
checks were In the name of A. R.
Swain, a former chum of Clark-.
Clark has other troubles besides
the loss of his fortune and the pros
pect of prison.
"Four months ago,". tie declared,
"my wife left me. I lost my entire
fortune. I Intended to deal In wheat
and recover both, but ray plans mis
carried and I must stand the conse
quence. '
A
MONEY FRAUDULENTLY
W. C. Iti'oun, president of the ;New
York Cent ml ' Railroad system, who
recently returned from a thousand
mile .'automobile, trip through north
ern Iowa and MiniieHOta-aiid declared
in an' Intel view Unit with (lie exeep.
tion of life two Dakotas and Minne-
soIji, the wheat growing, stales of the
country would produce good average
crops. He added that there was no
cause for the gloomy forecasts pub
lished in European papers on the fu
ture oiitloi.k in America. He added
that the adverse effect on railroad of
of the amended Interstate Commerce
law was to have been expected as
capital is exceedingly timid ami sen-
silive. He" iwlieves, however, that
the new law will be. beneficial rather
il'ian liarmf ul in Us results.' "
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STANDARD OIL WILL
(By Cable to Tin; Times. )
London, July 16 Fearing an ad
verse decision in the dissolution suit,
now pending before the -"supreme
court of the 1'nited Slates, t lie Stand
ard Oil Company has-paved tlie wa
for operation under a new name in
the formal ion of a new company
abroad, according to a report .' cur
rent . today In ' the financial district,
following the announcement, by Sam
uel riiteriiieyer ot New ork, ot a
new gigantic deal.
Though Mr. I'nlermeyer, one of
America's foremost corporation law
yers, refused to give the details of
the new l-'O.OOO.OOO organization be
fore he left lor Carshad, it is "today
understood to be merely a subterfuge
of the trust. His declaration that it
would not tiglil the Standard, but
would be independent, is looked upon
as partial corroboration of this re
port. . .
Recent governmental action against
the trust such as that by Austria
Hungary, with the crushing of , the
monopoly as its object, is said to be
an important factor in the new or
ganization.
The "powerful group' of interna
tional bankers" mentioned in the lirst
rumors of the deal are understood to
be merely agents for the. - Standard
tnongh the handling oT the $."..000.
000 in cash and $15,000,000 in se
curities involved in the deal will be
such that they will ostensibly appear
independent. ,'
The Standard, it is reported, al
ready controls the supposed indepen
dent oil lands in California and Okla
homa to be operated, and has even
been considering the construction of
the record-breaking Oklahoma pipe
line contemplated by the new corpor
ation. . - '.-.'''"' ; ;
The belief is general here that if
the Standard Oil is the loser in. the
dissolution suit, it will be ' found
ready with a new machinery for its
business needing only expansion.
Suicide At Sen.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
New York, July 16 The suicide of
a woman at sea was revealed when
the French Jiner AaLorraine arrived
today from Havre. 0-n July 14 Miss
Eleanor Koffman, a saloon passenger,
leaped overboard In a dense, fog and
was lost. Sao was fifty-three years
old and liver in New Jersey.
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hiu..7 .
r T7 ,
is
Police Look Everywhere For
the Crippens
Father of the Missing Leeve Girl
' buys She Was I ixler the Hypnotic
Influence: ot Dr. tiippen Crip-
pen's Career.
(By Cable to The Times)
London, July 10 -Kthel Clare Le
N'pve, the beautiful, girl sought with
Dr. Ilawlev llarvev C'rippen, in con
neclioii with the atrocious murder of
Mrs. Crippen. Belle Klmore. was un
der the hypnotic conirol of the Amer
ican doctor, according to a statement
made today by her father, Walter
Neave. Ho also believed that Crip
pen, to further his chances of es
cape, has killed the girl.
The latter belief is 'supported by
the attitude of the police, who de
clare that were the girl with Crippen,
the pair would undoubtedly be cap
tured, so '''complete is the dragnet
that has been cast around the world
Thai a strange thrall drew the
young woman into the most remark
able mystery of a decade is also the
belief of the authorities.
In connection with this develop
ment; of tlie case, every effort is be
ing made to trace the doctor'3 con
nection with various women, some of
whose names are already in the hands
of. the police. From acquaintances of
the fugitive it has been learned that
Crippen frequently' remarked on his
hold on women. Acquaintances re
garded his power as uncanny.
"From the time my daughter first
met Dr. Crippen." said Mr. Neave to
day, "lie seemed to have an extraor
dinary power over her. it worried
me a good deal; in the end I came to
the conclusion that only -.'hypnotism
could account, for it.."
"Though she seemed to secure all
she wished from him, and to superfic
ial observers might have been taken
as a clever woman playing on a dupe,
in reality she was in deadly fear of
him. Again and again her mother
and I begged her to quit his employ.
Once slie-crlftd, 'Qh, if I eouldt titit
he won't let me; he won't let nle
"She was an impressionable girl
when she first came under his influ
ence; it was he who Induced her to
pose as a French girl and to change
the form of her name from Neave to
l.c.Neve.
"I anl certain that he used her In
preparing for his flight, and then,
finding her an 'encumbrance, made
way with her.
"It is my firm belief, also, that
their marriage was a mock ceremony.
This would account for my daughter's
inability to show a legal document to
substantiate her belief in the mar
riage. That she thought herself ler
gaily Mrs. Crippen, however, I am
sure."
Mrs. Neave, the mother of the
missing girl, is prostrated. She. In
sists on her daughter s innocence.
The poljce today are concentrating
their search on London and its su
burbs, and ' the tremendous task of
searching through some 10,00(),000
people for the American and his com
panion is being pushed with all the
resources of the great system. Not
only are the crack men of Scotland
Yard working on the case, but every
one of the 20,000 uniformed police
men in tlie metropolitan district is on
the lookout.
.The examination of the viscera of
the body found in the basement of '39
Hilldrop Crescent, North London, will
probably not be finished for several
days, according to Professor Pepper,
the official ..analysis!. Natural de
composition and the action of Cue
quicklime in which the mutilated re
mains were buried make the work of
the analysist extremely difficult, but
it will be determined eventually
whether there is any trace of poison
or not, according to Dr. Popper.
Great crowds today surrounded the
house of tragedy, as the Hilldrop
Crescent place is known to the public.
The neighbors have appealed to the
police to keep the thoroughfare free
from the curious.
A peculiar phase of Crlppen's ope
rations is now under investigation.
Advices received by the police from
America say that win a Crippen left
Salt Lake City after the death of his
first wife, he gave it out that a for
tune was coming to him in England.
That was his excuse for leaving
America.
, It was the same story that he used
18 years later, when, last March, he
explained the death of his second
wife, the murdered woman. He ex
plained her alleged departure for
America on the ground that she had
gone to California to settle an estate
left to him by a relative..
The striking similarity of the two.
stories has led the police to ueiieve
(Continued On Page Fiv.) i
A
flEUDUZ
FACTION IS
VERY STRICT
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Severe Restrictive Measures
Adopted In Western Part
of the Country L 1
PITTMAN RED FOR
I'eople Cannot Leave City Without
Ulissporls and Cannot Leave at
Xight Without Written Permission
From Authorities Friendly Gath
erings Prohibited After Nine
O'clock at Night William Pitt
man, Who is Held a Prisoned by
Mttdiiz, Now Being Well Looked
'. After.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, July 16 Word re
ceived at the state department today
from Managua, Nicaragua,' indicates
that the Madriz faction are prevent
ing Nicaraguans from leaving the
western portion of the country and
enforcing measures suppressing sym
pathetic movements with the Estrada
faction.
Decrees were issued by Leopold
Montenegro, military governor of the
western department, providing that
iH-eoiiditloned Nicaraguans shall not
continue to disturb social order with
out regard to law. People are re
stricted from leaving the city with
out passports and cannot leave at
night unless written permission is
given by the authorities. The dis
charge of rockets and petards are
prohibited, as well as friendly gath
erings in private houses and . public
establishments after 9 o'clock,, With
out permission,,-' under penalty of a
fine of from 50 to 200 pesos. .
A cable was sent to Consul Moffatt
at Bluefields directing him to ascer-
ain whether Dr. Lawrence Burgheim,
an American, is held prisoner by the
Madriz faction. .
A telegram w-as also sent E. F.
Pittman, brother of. William- Pittman,
the American who Is a prisoner in the
Madriz government prison, stating
that Pittman Is being well looked af
ter by Consul Olivares.
Alliance in Bonilla.
New Orleans, July 16 A coalition
with Dominance in Central America
Hid the settlement of the Nicaraguan
situation as its object has been ar-
anged between Provisional Preal-
den Estrada, of Nicaragua, and Presi
dent Bonilla, of Honduras, according
o a persistent rumor in Latin-Amer
ican revolutionary circles here today.
In spite of the release Of the steam
er Utstein, which was investigated by
the government under the belief that
she carried munitions of war. It Is
eported that she is taking ammuni
ion to Honduras revolutionists who
would overthrow Bonilla, '
A successful alliance with Bonilla
and the defeat of Madriz would bring
Estrada recognition from the United
States as president, it is believed, and
lead to speedy restoration of stable
conditions in Nicaragua.
DENTAL SOCIETY
ELECTS OFFICERS
(Special to The Times)
Wrightsville Beach, July It! The
annual meeting of the North Caro-
na Dental Society was concluded to
day. A business meeting was hold
this morning, and reports of comnilt-
eos received and final business mat
ters transacted. Morehead City get
the next meeting.; 1
The new officers are:
President Dr. Arthur H. Flem-
ng, l.ouisbu rg. , ,
First and second vice-presidents
Dr. J. R. Edmonson, Wilson; Dr. R.
3. Ware, Shelby.
Secretary Dr. J. W. Stanley, Wil
mington.
Treasurer Dr. R. M. Narrow, Bur
lington.
Essayist Dr. S. H. Davis. Oxford.
Pittsbuke; Grafters Sentenced.
Pittsburg) Pa., July ,16 The. sec
ond .grafter to be sentenced within A
week is ex-Common Councilman M. L.
Swift, Jr. He was sentenced today;
to tour months in jail and to pay A
fine of $1,000. . .