North Carolina Newspapers

.....!. -.,.. Wit .n IgT piE TTEATHEIl j" '.For Raleigh and Vlcinifer: Partly cloudy, with local show ers tonight tr Friday. For North Carolina: Partly cloudy, with local showers to night or Friday. v LAST EDITION ESTABLISHED 1871. ; . ? RALEIGH, N. C. THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1910. PRICE S CENTS. Double the Number of Paid, Subscribers in. the City of Raleigh of Any Other Newspaper. TROUBLE III THE (IIP OF ESPERfTISTS North American Group Dis satisfied Because of Gov ernment of Their Body ONE FAMILY CONTROLS Majority of the Executive Committee of Three Members Composed of General Secretary Reed and His Wife This Committee the Con trolling Power ini the Association and the Minority Member of the Committee is Kept in the Dark May Put Off Figlh For Awhile. . ' ." '..".' .'' - i ': :' .. . T (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, Aug. 18-Whetlier or not there is to bo an Insurgent out break in the ranks of the Esperanto Association of North America which will cast a pall over the success of the international congress, now in session here, will be determined by nightfall. The grievance of the Bsperantists of the United States and Canada is that their organization is practically a family affair. General Secretary Heed, of the North American Asso ciation, who is also secretary of the congress, with his wife, who was Dr. Ivy Kellcrman, of Columbus, O., con stitute the majority of the executive committee, which is the controlling power of the American Esperantlsts. The third .member of the, executive committee is Prof. Splllman, of the department of agriculture. . ' ' ' Espcrantlsts of the United States and Canada are up in arms because they are In the dark as to what is going on in their affairs. They say that they do not know whether or not the Esperantist clans' are increas ing or decreasing nor what disposi tion is made of the revpnueS that go to the executive committee. Prof. Spillman, it is said, is as greatly un informed on this point as are the members and Is lined up with the in surgents. . Circular letters hav6 been sent by those behind' the movement to all members, asking them to state their grievances so a to eliminate the per sonal olement in the North American group. The twelve groups that make up the North American Society today elected councillors. These council lors .are to name the executive com mlttee. Whether or not the insur- . gents will be able to defeat the Reed (Continued on Page Six.) COMPLETE RETURNS ; (By Leased Wire to The Times) San Francisco, Aug. 18 The re- publican insurgents have swept everything before them In the pri maries, according to the almost com plete returns tabulated today. Hi ram Johnson, the victorious Lincoln Roosevelt ' league candidate for the gubernatorial nomination,! has car ried all tf the 52 counties save San Francisco, whore he ran second. In the seventh congressional, Congress man James McLachlan has been de feated by W. B. Stephens. Repre sentative Smith won in the eighth by a narrow margin Representative McKlnley lost in the second toWll llam Kent, a friend of -Gilford Pin chot, i Though the republican nomi " nation usually means victory, the friends of Theodore Bfell, the demo cratic gubernatorial candidate, who 'also ran in 1905; today claimed good 'chances of winning because of splits among the republicans. , , John I). Feeling Well. ' - (By Leased Wire to The Times) Cleveland, O., Aug. 18 "I'm feel ing fit." said John D. Rockefeller to day, when he was asked what foun dation there was for Ne w York ru mors of his fllness. "There is no truth in It," Oie said.. He was found on the golf links, enjoying his game Immensely. . FROM CALIFORNIA THE MAYOR ALL RIGHT 2 " Statement Says Mayor Gaynors Kobert Adumson, Secretary to the Mayor, Issues Statement to Set at Rest Alarming Rumors as 'to Mr. Goyiior's Health. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Hoboken, N. J.,vAug. 18 Robert Adamson, secretary to Mayor Gay nor, Issued an official statement here this afternoon admitting that there was a partial paralysis of the right side of. the mayor's nock.- He, how ever, declared that the optimistic bul letins issued by the physicians had not been overdrawn. Mr. Adamsons statement follows "To set at rest reports ofjthe may or's critical condition this statement of his present condition is made: "I made a special visit to the may or's sick room . today to satisfy my self that the general optimistic tone of the bulletins were well founded. - visitod the mayor and found him eat ing three slices of milk, toast and drinking coffee., He was 'jollying' and chatting with Mrs. Gay nor, Luke Clark, his male nurse, and Sister Rita. When. I came in he turned his head and said: "-'-..' " 'How are you, Bob?' "I told him I wanted to know ex actly how he felt and he renlied: " 'Well, I wish I was up and about, but otherwise Bob," I guess I'm all right.' 'His enunciation is not' distinct as yet. His old voice has not returned. but nevertheless he manages to enunciate fairly well. It is true that the swelling in his throat has not dis appeared and he is somewhat both ered with it at times. His. face is flushed with good color; in fact with a much better color than when he left the office last. He is cheerful and determined to get well, and the bullet does not seem to worry him as greatly as reported. The doctors to- aay decided that as he hadgotten so strong in the last 12 hours they would again allow him to sit up, propped by pillows in his bed, tomor row morning, provided he' still re tains his strength. . or course there was and con-. tinues to be a partial paralysis of the right side of the neck. I do not con sider this alarming as from" what the doctors tell me it is a natural result.. The external wound has not,yet been healed up and the physicians have kept it open for treatment. ' , I think that the unfair reports that have been drawn from the bulletins issued by the doctors can probably be blamed on the public themselves. As the mayor has been gaining strength and the doctors have been trying to tell the public in these bulletins just how much strength ; the mayoj has, it seems'to me as if the public has not Interpreted these bulletins the way they should have." CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY (By Cable to The Times.) Vienna, Aug. 1 More than one hun dred royalties, all members of the Im perial Hapsburg family, assembled at Ischl today to hejp Francis Joseph, em peror-king of Austria-Hungary, cele brate his 80th birthday. The town was elaborately decorated with garlands of pine and Juniper and mountain flowers and the populace made a holiday of the occasion. y ; ' . . y , At 3 p. m. dinner was served In tne Kursaal, the emperor's villa being too small. Seventy-six. arch-dukes and arch-duchesses were at the board. The royal children had a table to them selves, presided over'by arch-Duchesge Marie Valerie's eldest boy and girl. The royal children pleased the emperor by reciting congratulatory, verses learned with, much' care. Among the elders were Archduke Rainer, who IS 83; his wife. Arch-duch ess Marie Caroline, 84; Arch-duchess Marie Elizabeth. daUehter of the late cijown prince; Arch-duke Ludwlg Vic tor, the mentally unsound brother of the emperor and the emperor's daugh ters, Archduchesses Qiscla and Marie Valerie. f "''.. . , Scores of congratulatory messages, were received' from all over the world. Plate and furniture worth a fortune was taken from Vienna especially for the occasion. Victim of New Disease. Sioux Falls, S. D., Aug. 18 The two-year-old son of Louis Bosch died here yesterday. He was the first Vic time of' infantile paralysis. He was sick less than a week. Cardinal Merry Del Val, the Pupal Secretary of State, who, according to Madrid reports, is rapidly being inmlc the scapegoat of the I roubles of the Vatican with Spain. Dispatches state that the Cardiiwil is held solely re sponsible for all of the uts of the Holy See in connection with the con troversy. It is reported that the I'a pal Secretary is held by the govern- piciit mid the aiiti-clcricals at the Spanish capital to be the sorce of the nress articles that have from time to time. been publislied to Inflame public opinion against the Canalejas cabi net. The friends of the Cardinal, however, assert that he is merely the mouthpiece of the Pope's council but willingly shares or assumes the entire responsibility. TRAIN DERAILED Washington, Aug. IS The general offices of tin- -Southern -"Railway .today issued, the following .statement 're garding the wreck of the Florida Lim ited train last night near Rockton, s. c.: "The engine remained on the track, but the combination express and bag gage car and two coaches were de railed.'-- Three sleeping ears left the track but remained'- upright. The ac cident 'occurred about 10 o'clock last night. The cause has not yet been as certained as the track is in good con dition a: the point where the train was first derailed. A further investi gation will be rmuie. "tto persons were killed. Twenty seven passengers ;' eight white and nine teen colored, report slight injuries but were all able to proceed on their journey with the exception of j. D Ruden, of Atlanta, Ua., who was in jured about the head and who is un der the care of a physician at t'olum- blaV S. O." ARCTIC VESSEL LOST IN THE FAR NORTH (By Cable to The Times) ' Copenhagen, Aug. IS The Ala bania, the vtssel of the Danish Arotic expedition, sank Jast winter off East ern Greenland. News of the disaster was received here today. Captain Mlkkelson and the other members of the expedition were able to reach Shannon Island, whence they have just been rescued. The party got to Shannon Island after great difficulties, in which they nearly perished. : They ' were hard pressed for food, but were able to subsist until reljef reached them. Had the. wreck occurred earlier in the season, all would have perished. 1 The Alabama, a Danish vessel, sail ed from Copenhagen on June 20, 1909,, for Greenland, with ,the primary-object of finding the bodies. of those who perished in 1907, in the Defimark-Greenland expedition led by Mylius Erichsen. . , They were lost while trying to re turn to the ndrth coast by way of In land ice. ' ' , . Sjmar Mikkelson attained fame as an explorer In-the Anglo-American expedition ,which-he led with Ernest Leffinwell, a Chicago geologist, and George Howe and Ernest Stagahssen of Harvard. Their vessel, the Duchess of Bed ford came to grief. , The , last Mtkkelsen expedition, i (Continued Qti Page Five.) MITCHELL -TO MINERS ' - -. - . Tries to Reconcile the Op posing Factions i . " Spoke-Favorably fo tbc Lcmuiids of tlx- Illinois Miners, But at the Same Time Was Coneilatory'' Con tern in j the JWtiroSltuathm. (By Leased WMre to-The Times) Indianapolis, 'gp, Aug.' -18- John Mitchell tried reconcile opposing factions at tlie tjlriited 'Mine-workers special convention today. He spoke favorably to the- demands of the Illi nois miners, but tit. the same time was conciliatory concerning the entire sit uation. Mit.chell declared the inter nal executive board should be coni- j ' mended for attempting to arrange an agreement between he lUinois min ers and 0)eratorsr-ibut he also said he was opposed to the board making any effort to revise wage scales without an Illinois man on the committee which made' the arrangement. "I don't believe I overstate when I say a crisis ;his ajrived In 'our organi zation," ; saic? . the foi hier president, "which make it necessary for every man of expefl&nce in the affnirs of the union tovasist in arrivim; at a settlement, "I did not Some to this -cbnveni ion to stampede iC'as has been reported," he continued.'. ';-: -.. Mitchell-dfefonded his own attitud? in the Nova-Scotia situation, but de nied any desire to criticise the pres ent administration for the action in Nova Scotia. , , Getting dowrf to the fundamental details under discussion before this special convention, he deilared he did not .intend to'' advise the dele gates to concu't5 in a settlement ac cording to "the ternis of the Illinois compromised' j Ife-. explained tha? be believed th. thet jiuners should noi recede Jrow ih'jtkhd-'titen'd-thfl compromise was not what they want ed. Concerning the action of the inter national executive board, he said: "There should be better reasons than the one given ..by-' the' members of the international executive board for agreeing to a compromise. ' They said they wanted your money to aid other strikers, ;fhey,: no doubt, have other and better reasons. It is the first time in the history of. the or ganization that the internal ional ex ecutive board has ever revised a scale." Mitchell declared his belief that the so-called referendum vote in Illinois should have been counted. He said the compromise agreement was a bet ter agreement than the miners of Illi nois had ever had, but it- wafe not. what they wanted, so they should not be compelled to accept it. He mso X Kiee declared himself against an agree ment by which the men would work pending satisfactory-... negotiations. "The time may come when we may work pending negotiations," he said, "but it has been my experience that when there is a chance for appeal it lengthens the time in which to reach a contract." Mitchell advocated more power for state officers and less power In Hie central government. Harthukr Recorded. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, Aug. 18- -A series of tremors were recorded on the seismo graph at Georgetown University this morning lasting from 9:58 until 10:52 o'clock. The tremors , were so slight as to make the location of tho disturbance indefinite. It Is thought, however .that, the earthquake was south. ; The distance, the George town professors believe, was about 2,000 miles from here.- IN RALEIGH NEARLY EVERYBODY READS THE EVENING TIMES. Lloyd C. ii isciiiii, ciiiiirman of I be Xcw .York republican i-ounty commit tee," who has been in close conference nt Oyster Hay lately with Colonel Roosevelt discussing -the polit ical sit uation i:t Xciv York stale. I'oi tliat matter the coiiCei-ence has a iiiilional sigiiilicnnce, for President Taft has l;een 'awuiting the result, feeling that whatever republican plans for the coming campaign are made in Xew York State that they will have an in fluence on tlie entire country. The resignation of Governor- Hughes : Oc tober .1. to take his place on the I'nited Slates supreme roiirt liench leaves the state In a peculiar political condition, and the. conference be tween the . former president and Chairman Griscom hail much to do with this fact as well as the selection of a nominee of whom Governor Hughes would approve. - SONDER YACHT RACES (Ily Leased Wire to Tiic 'I'iiiies.) Marlilehead, Mass.. Aug. i s A very light blowing In from tin- .south east with a smooth sea promised, ex cellent conditions for the. "American, boats of the Sonder -'class in their second race witli the Spanish -yachts today. The; fog which -hung heavily over the ocean early this morning had about all tilcnvn away laic, in the morning so mi troulilfv was. expected from that (lunrfer: .'-'The -: American boats were top-heavy favorites ti)r day iis a repull. ot yesterday's victory. The Sonder yatclits started at 11 : in with the: Spunisli yacht Pap oose ill I lie lead. '' As the boats m-ared the first niai'k er on a " straight -a way course the Paiioo.se was slightly in the lead. In the rear of l lie Papoose was the Hea ver of the America u competitor-si - . . (Continued on Page Six.) . E T (tiy Leased Wire ot The Times. ) : Washington,: Aug. . IS Tin.- : state nt" Iowa todii.v . tiluit with tlie iiiti'-st;it'-(Kimiiieice .'.. .commission a cojiiphib.iiL against the. Western . 'trunk line railroads,-'wherein it is ...claimed that the advanced .freight' rates are uni-easnii-able and unlawful. It is: ' ctain'n'd thai tliis advance, lends lo operate against the best interests of. the cities in Jewn. and. would injure the business interests of that, state. Attorney- Genera! Buyers 'in prepar ing the coinplaint, contends lli;it the advanced rates are grossly -i-xt.essi-e as compared with. -the rates established and : charged by the defendants .: in favor of cities; located on the Missouri' River and places on, and east of, the Mississippi Kiver. It is further set forth that westbound freight, from places in the interior of low a, to Omaha,-'-Chicago, and other cities further west, are higher than the rates applying : to eastbound freight, and that the westbound rates .are-un reasonable, unduly preferential and un lawful. ' '. The railroads named as defendants are the Chicago, Minneapolis & Omaha; Atchison, Topctca. & Santa Fe; Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy; Chi cago & Northwestern: Chicago & Great Western; Chicago, Wilwaiikee & St. Paul; Chicago, Rock Island & Paci fic; Illinois Central; Iowa Central; Minneapolis & Stv Louis; Union Pacific and the Wabash. , v The attorney general embodies In his petition complaints frTom the state board of railroad commissioners, local trade .bodies and business associa tions against the advanced schedule, mm One of the Keenest Reliabi lity Competitions In Years Third Day of the Ituu Will End With 1 lost on Tonight Two Cars Have Been l'enali.ed Each Day so Far. , (Hy Leased Wire to The Times. ) New London Conn., Aug. IS The Mu'nsey historic run has become one of the 'keenest - automobile reliabil ity competitions in' recent years. Two cars have been penalized on each day's run so fat", the finish and the Inter-Ktate being the ones to suf fer 'on the first day and the Warren Detroit and the Ohio Xo. 21 were the victims yesterday. In spite of their adverse points, the machines finished well within the time limit. An early start was made by the contestants this ..morning, all being anxious to reach Boston and finish the third day's run. Excellent ferry service was found here, the cars be ing run down from the hotel, where the official night stop was made ami ferried across the, fiver without trouble The-' checking-out station was lo cated on the Grot on side of the river and the machines sent away from there on their way to Narragansett. Pier.- A stop of one, hour was made i here and the cars sent on 10 Provi dence, where the noon control was located. "'-Arrangements for the run into Hoston and the schedule com piled provided that the first cars should reach that city about 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Oh arriving in Bos ton the cars will be checked on the outskirts of the city and will be run to the hotel selected as the official headquarters of the run. The score at the end of the second day's run was as. follows: ... , : Perfect -2, Columbia: 5, Washing ton;' C, Washington.: .S, Kord; 9, El more: tl. Cm-bin; 14, Brush.:, lo, Ue-gal-Plugger; 16, Pierce-Racine; IT, linger; IS, Great Western;; 19, Krit; 22. Cino; 2:1.. Staver-Chicago: 24, Stoddii rfl-Da y t on ; 2 5','-. Maxwell : 2 (I , Maxwell:'. 27, Crawford; 2S, Glide; SO,- Ford: -SI, Kline; 32, Moon; ill, Matiieson; :'4, Kord. Penalized 13, Brush, three points; 29; Inter-State,, 49 points;'; Hi' War- ren-Detroit, points. 4 points; 21, '"Ohio, STKIKK OF SAII.OKS. General Strike Of .Marine ..Firemen and Sailors .May lie Ordered. 1 (By Cable to The Times) ; Coenh;igen, Aug. is A general strilie (if all Eufopean inarine fue meii and .'-sailor's; :: ,n m ii.fiiin in all, was ordered on. July 2(i,. according "to a statement made today by the head of the union here. The decision was kept a secret -and. the strike will not be enforced unless II is ratified by the international convention to meet here shortly. ROOSEVELT AND , i lly' Leased Wire to The Times V oyster J.:av; X. Y..' Aug. 1 -l.l-iyd ' '. Ui-iseiiiii, 'cluiirmu'n of the New.-York county, l epulillcaii committee, tin1 'mini wliii made a tight for-Theodore -Roosevelt when tlie state committee . turned tlie ex-pi esiilent down for temporary eliiili ni-i ii ' uf tlie state convention, was summoned to i lyster Hay by tel.--!ion--. Mr. Itoosevelt talked for seyeial min utes over the wire with .lr. Oriscom, who was at his New York office. Then the la: ti l came here. . Mr. iiisi-om was .vasive win asked if he and Mr. It-iosevelt would tulk oyer tin- coming .state convention, . of wlu'eh Vice President Shernuiil . will be temporary chairman. Some comment was aroused today by the announcement- that Timothy L. Woodruff,, chairman of.tho state com mittee, would leave immediately for the Adirnndacks. ' '.'Vice . President ""Sherman "and . Wood ruff w ill meet at Vtaca to discuss tlie situation. They -probably will get to gether on .Saturday. Immediately, following this interview Woodruff will proceed to his summer camp which for the following two weeks will be .the' hcailquartors of the inti-Roosevelt crowd, of which the styite chairman is the recognized lead er. Prominent republicans in this city today declared that they would urge Colonel Roosevelt not to go to the Saratga convention as a delegate as he has declared be would deliver an ad dress. It is believed lie Is already preparing his speech. IS. SHE TIRED OF LIFE TOOK POJSDN Wife of Seaboard Engineer George W. Steele Ended Her Life Early Today ILL HEALlFniE CAUSE Mrs. (Jeoige ' W. Steele Committed! Suicide Karly This .Morning by Tak iiiS Thirteen Bichloride of Mercury iyil Citric Acid Tablets Told Her Husband She Was Going to Km! Her Life Xo Cause Assigned for Act Inless ill Health Took Poison at 12::t( and IHcd at About Five Body Sent to Old Home in Hoanoke For Burial. "f am going to end my life," said Mrs. George W. Steele this morning about 12::J0 o'clock, and immediate ly, drank the contents of a glass con taining thirteen bichloride of mer cury and citric acid tablets. Home remedies were used to cause vomit ing .and later on a physician was called, but it was too late, death oc curring about o'clock. The Fatal Dose. Mr; and Mrs. George W. Steele and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cole occupy the residence at 305 W. Jones street. Phis morning about 12; 30 o'clock, as Mr. Steele was going from the bath room to the bedroom, when he saw Mrs. Steele standing near the door with a water glass In her hands. Sue remarked: "I am going to end ray life," and placing, the: glass to her mouth, swallowed most of the con tents. The glass fell to the floor, spilling the small portion of the poison that had been left in it. Home Remedies Given. Mr. Steele ga.ve the unfortunate woman salt water, Epsom salts' and other home antidotes, causing vomit ing. Mrs. Steele said she had only taken one-half of a tablet. Mis. Cole was called and rendered such assistance as she could. Alter awhile the patient seemed to be do ing nicely,; and it was thought that the danger was over and Mrs. Cole returned to her room. , Along between 4 and 5 o'clock Mr, Steele called Mrs. Cole and told her that Mrs. Steele was growing weaker. He then went to the 'phone and call ed IH'.. Tucker, this being nearly 5 o'clock. When the physician arrived (Continued on Page Six.) STATUE GIVEN TO FRANCE ; ( lly Calile to The Times) Paris, Aug. I S --The American col ony . ami .tlie tourists here today turned out eninasse in Versailles to witness l In' ini veiling of the statue of George Washington,, .'presented to l-'rniice by Virginia. The statue, Which js a bronze copy of thai ' by .lean Antoltie Hoitdon. at Richmond, - Vs., Stands between the statues of -Lafayette and Admiral Suffern, commander of the French ships that aided the colonies in the Revolution. Virginia was repre sented by Colonel James Mann, -state Senator Don P. Halsey, and State Senator F. W, King, comprising a special commission. The ceremonies in which Ambassador Bacon partici pated, were simple but. impressive. The statue was accepted on tie naif of France by Jules Jusserand, ambas sador to the I'nited States, who '.a here on his vacation. General Brun, minister of war, presided, and among the Americans present was Seuator Nthan B. Scott, of West Virginia. The members of the commission which presented the Rochambeau statue, now In Washington, were also present, as was the Marquis De La fayette, descendant of the great Frenchman. M. Jusserand, who acted in the absence of "Foreign Minister Pic.hon, pointed out In his address the fact Continued On Page Seven.) - -