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For . Raleigh and Vicinity :
Partly cloudy - -to cloudy with
local showers tonight or Thurs
day; cooler tonight. .
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Double the Number of Paid Subscribers, in the City of Raleigh" of Any Otr Newspaper.;
A SLAP AT DUN
BOTH SIDES FIGURING
hie cm
' -.'fii ' r
THE CHAMBER
of conncE
HAS MEETIUG
Interesting Session Last Night
At Which Annual Reports
Are Read
OLD OFFICERS ELECTED
Dr. Hubert A. ' Koyster He-elected
President mid Col. Fred A, Olds
Secretary of the Cluhnber of Com
merre fr the Coming Year Pres.
ident's and Secretary's Reports
Show That Raleigh is Having
Healthy Growth The Work of the
Past Year Reviewed ther Officers
Ejected An Kitort Being Made to
Secure New Members Proceed'
lugs of Last Night's Meeting.
' The annual meeting of the Cham
ber ot Commerce was held last night
. and was well attended. The reports
t. ,:.... f the president and secretary were
listened to withsa great deal of inter
est and were revelations to those who
had not kept up with the city'B great
progress during the past year, nor
had considered the many improve
ments that are in the process of con
struction. "
The Olllcers.
The following ofllcers were elected:
President Hubert A. Royster. .
First Vice President H. H. Carr.
Second , Vice President R. W.
Winston. .-"".- -i ..." - i '
Secretary F. A. Olds.
Treasurer 11. S. Jerman.
The executive committee, consist
ing of twelve members, will be ap
pointed later by the president.
That the efforts of Dr. Royster and
Col. Olds in behalf of the city met
with the'liearty approval of tae mem
bers was shown by their unanimous
re-election as president and secretary
respectively. These gentlemen are
wide-awake and are devoting thir
time to the upbuilding or Raleigh,
and they merited the approval receiv
ed last night. i
Many matters of interest to the
city were discussed by tile meeting,
among them being the Masonic Home
for the Aged and Infirm. A commit
tee consisting of Dr. Charles Lee
Smith, Col. Fred A. Olds and Mr. H.
T. Hicks has been appointed to try
to secure this institution and .will
confer with the Board of Aldermen
about the matter at an early date.
Dr. Royster's ReKrt.
To tho .Members' of the Raleigh
Chamber of Commerce and Indus-
try.
Gentlemen: The rules, of our or
ganization require that the president
at the expiration of his term of office
shall make un annual address, set
ting forth what has been accompllsh
( Continued on Page Two.)
SMALL EXPLOSION
IN COAL MINE
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Linton, Ind., Sept. , 14 The ex
plosion of a pocket of gas in the
Dugger miue about, live miles west of
here, this afternoon, resulted In the
killing of Andrew Baxter, the latal
injury of Bert Reese, and the painful
burning of about ten other miners.
Reese suffered a fractured skull and
is expected to die. .'. ,
The men- were hurled backward
and covered with slate and debris,
Baxter and Reese were foremost
,and received the full force or the ex
plosion, which is believed to have
come from the miner's lamp worn by
Baxter.
" About 400 men are employed in
.. the mine and the explosion and ex
citement led to the report that 200
had been entombed. Only a dozen
men were employed in the entry
where the explosion occurred.
Iife Sentence For Clemenson.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Chicago, Sept. 14 Dr. Haldane
Cleiuenson today was sentenced to
life imprisonment for the murder of
his wire In the spring of 1909 by in
jecting morphine into her arm. 4 r
President Cutting Loose From
Patronage System
The President and His New Advisers
in North Carolina Propose to Take
Patronage Out of the Hands of the
National Committeeman.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Beverly, MasU, Sept. 14 Presi
dent Taft has taken his lirst Import
ant step toward cutting loose from
the republican customs of dispensing
patronage in the southern Btates ac
cording to the recommendations of
referees, who, being given control of
tae patronage generally deliver the
delegates of their Btates to the ad
ministration at the following conven
tion for the nomination of a presi
dent. This is taken to mean the ul
timate disappearance of the negro as
a strong factor in southern republi
canism.
The new arrangement has been
started with. North Carolina, accord
big to information received here to
day
Mr. Taft and ills advisers believe
they have a chance to carry North
Carolina in the coming elections and
they are busy building up a business
men's party. They desire to make
republicanism respectable In North
Craollna and other soutaern states.
By the innovation National Com
mitteeman Duncan loses his old po
sition as the handler of the patronage.
At a recent conference In the state,
with and under the approval of the
president, Representative Morehead
and a largo, committee of prominent
republicans throughout the state took
upon themselves the task of making
recom'endations to Washington in tae
future regarding the men who should
be . put on the federal payrools.
Henceforth, it is said, Duncan, who
has had all the power as referee, will
have but little, if anything, to say in
the matter.
Itcancot be denied that the blow
at the referee system is also the, death
blow of any great Influence on the
part of the negroes in the make up of
delegations to national conventions in
the future. The whole movement for
a "business men's party" and or im
proving republicanism in the south
tends to the selection of white dele
gates ratiier than negroes, -f
North Carolina's committee on pa
tronage will control the federal Jobs
absolutely. If the committee cannot
find good republicans, it will pick out
good democrats, it is said. The in
tent 13 to make an end of the old cry
in the south that the republican par
ty Is dominated by an objectionable
element of the population, whether
that element be black or white.
ANOTHER INSURGENT VICTORY,
Curry the State of Washington Over
the Old Guard.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Seattle. Wash.. Sept. 14 Progres
sives bearig the banners of radical
Isurgency have gone in the state. of
Washington. The direct primary
election for the nominations held
throughout the state today resulted
in an overwhelming victory for Miles
Polndexter, one of the conspicuous
mebers of the original band of Insur
gents, over Judge Thomas Burke, the
regular republican and administra
tion candidate for United States sen
ator from the state of Washington.
William E. Humphrey, congress
man from the first district, was ap
parently defeated for re-nominatioir.
Most likely two and possibly all or
the thfee congressional districts were
carried by the Insurgents. .
Polndexter. the count shows, has
carried every county in tae state and
probably Seattle, which has been the
home of Judge Burke for a third oj
cetnry.
MAN NOT IDENTIFIED. '
Body of Young Man Found Near Fort
.'".;',.,: Myer.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington. Sept, 14 Inspector
Boardman, chief or detectives, said
today regarding the finding or the
body of a young man, presumably
piurdered, at Fort Myer, Va., yester
day, that no clue has been found
which would lead to the Identity of
the dead man, although an investi
gation is being conducted by the po
lice". '
As tC possible means of identifying
the dead man a photograph has been
taken of him and an impression of
the finger tips. ; :
'These will be produced and sent
broadcast throughout the country.
"Only to about $500,000. I think"
Catholic Standard and Times. :
One Maine District Still In
Doubt
Democrats Have. Big Majority, in the
Joint Session of the Legislature
Have Over - Twenty .Majority in
House and Ten In Senate.
(By Leaded Wire to The Times.)
Augusta, Mo., Sept. H The .semi
official announcement was made in
democratic circles today that recounts
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The battleship North Dakota. Captain Albert (.leaves, her conimaiKlei'
and mail showing where an evplosioii of oil luel on the vessel killed three
and injured nine recently. The accident occurred far from any shore and
for several hours tile wildest rumors circulated, tne being that the ship
and also Us companion, the Delaware, had Mown up. 'I he three killed
were all coal-passers. Two wa mint ollicers were nmoiisr the in jured. A
hoard of inquiry will be called to investigate tluv disuster. It- is under
stood that it was not due to remissness of any on-lx iivd. The ml luel was
being used for a test on one boiler.
would be demunded in the first and
piiSHiblv In the fourth congressional
districts. The. latest tabulated returns
of Monday's election give A slier '.
Hinds (republican) a majority of 34
votes over William ' M.; Pennell "(dem
ocrat) In the first district.
Both. Hides' Rtlll claimed victory in
the1 fourth district today. Republican
leaders said that Prank K. Guernsey
had been elected by 200 pluralitv over
tys democratic opponent, George- M.
Hanson while democrats claim that
Mr. Hanson is the civtor by at least
154 votes.
Although practically all the returns
were in today counter claims were made
in -some Instances both sides give fig
ures to back up these claims.
Formil announcements by demo
crats for the United States senator
ship to succeed United States Senator
Hale were looked tor today. The re
publican leaders predicted that. In
view of the many names mentioned, a
factional fight may prevent harmony
among the democrats when it conies
to selecting a man to take the Hale
toga. ,six names were prominently
mentioned today with Indications hat
others would be forthcoming. The
democrats conspicuously names Charles
P. Johnson, of Watervllle who was
twice the democratic nominee for gov
ernor: William M. Pennell of Bruns
wick, who was defeated for congress
in the first district: ex-State Senator
Oakley Curtis, ol Portland: Judge Wil
liam H. Newell, of Lewiston; James
C. Hamlen. of Portland, a former nom
inee for congress In the first division,
and ex-State Senator Lindley M.
Staples, of Washington.
The legislature which convenes in
January, will have the redisricting of
the congressional, legislative and coun
cillor districts to stand for a decade.
It was made evident bv final re
turns today that the democrats will
control twenty-one out off thirty-one
state senators and eighty-six out of
150 representatives to the state legis
latures.
Returns from less than a score of
towns and cities were still missing
this morning.
MISS MAXNERING ILL.
Operation For Appendicitis Per
formed Condition Serious.
(By Leased Wire to. The Times)
New York, Sept. 14 That Miss
Mary Munnenng, the actress", di
vorced wire or James K. Hacket.t, is
seriously 111 In Roosevelt Hospital,
following an operation for appendi
citis, became known today. At the
hospital this morning it was said
there was no change In Miss Manner
lng's conldtlon since yesterday.
Miss Mannering was at rehearsal
Monday when she suddenly was taken
111. She went to her apartments at
Sixty-fifth street and Central Park,
west, and yesterday she was hurried
to the hospital, where an operation
was . performed Immediately by Dr.
George E. Brewer.
Miss Mannering was preparing, to
play the leading role in "A Man's
World", with the Shuberts managing
the production. ;
Negro Baptist Convention. '
New Orleans, L., Sept. 14 Seven
thousand delegates to the national
oenvention of Negro Baptists were
welcomed to Louisiana and to the
city by Mayor Belirman waen the
conventloned opened this morning.
WILL ENDORSE HODPErIL 1
Tennessee Independents Fol
low Original Program
Patterson Machine Overtures Not
Heeded by the .Independents
Adopt Strong I'latlorm, Denounc
ing; Patterson Methods.
(Bv Leased Wire to The Tunes)
Nashville, Tenn., Sept. .14 The
Tennessee independent democratic
convention met nt noon with every
Indication ot a short and hiirmonlus
session.
Despite the withdrawal of Govern
or Patterson from the race for gov
ernor and the urgent proposal in be
half of harmony in the party submit
ted yesterday bv the Patterson state
committee the original program will
he curried out. B. W. Hooper, repub
lican nominee lor governor, will be
endorsed, mid B. A. Enloe. railroad
commissioner, "Will .lie nominated to
succeed himself. A new state com
mittee will be chosen and a .platform
declaring for the retention of tho pro
hibition laws and the election laws
will be adopted. There has been
some possibility of discord arising
over the question of endorsing a can
didate for stale comptroller.. This
possibility has been removed by the
candidates themselves, none of whom
will ask for endorsement. Senator
Rober,t L. Taylor, who has become a
strong advocate for harmony. Is In
IN CITY PRIMARIES
(Bv Leased Wire to The Times.)
New York. Sept: M -Couiily Chair
man' flriseoni of the New York county
republican committee.' will go to the
republican state convention in Sara
toga on the 27th with a solid pro
gressive' delegation and all for Colonel
Hoosevelt. This fact became final to
day with the complete compilation .of
the returns for the New York City's
primary election.
The 'Initial skirmish between the old
guard republican machine and the pro
gressives was a decided victory for
the latter in New York county and
Kings whereby ruptured. 22-' delegates.
The Harm s - Woodruff - Wardsworth
combination secured 141 delegates in
the Long Island and Staten Island
districts. While the factional fight In
the republican ranks took upon Itselt
national issues in some Instances, the
democrats fought out their -differences
over purely local Issues.
Tile chairmanship tilt between Vice
President Sherman and Roosevelt is
not .materially changed today by the
results In Greater New York. Through
out the slate 31 delegntes are pledged
to. Mr. Sherman and 305 elected so
far as progressives. Chairman Grls
eom'B statement yesterday that Colonel
Hoosevelt Would not permit his name
to go before the convention for the
chairmanship is not taken seriously
today.. i .-. . 1 v-.
.(he city, bin v ill nut he given an
opportunity lo make his appeal to
till 6 'convention. 1 Were it made it
would lull on deal oars.
Tlie -trains last ;. night ,' ami . this
morning .have been crowded wita ;:ie
rank and file of the independents.
Thev are determined on the original
program and will hear to nothing in
the wav ol comppnmisiiig with t:ie
Patterson element.. ..The convent Ion
was called to order at noon bv Chair
man W. O. Verlrees, of (lie Inde
pendent state committee and Cn-ptain
G T. Fitzhoiigh, ot .Memphis,--made
temporary chairman.
It. E. L. Aloiinlcaslle, of kiio.-;-vlile,
member of the national demo
cratic executive committee will prob
ably he permanent chairman. 1 ne
platform reported demands law en
forcement, condemns the eftorts of
Governor Patterson to nullifv laws bv
conniving at their violation; de
nuinoes abuse of the pardoning powe,r
and the effort to make the work
house and penitentiary an asset of
machine: approves the four-mile law
and '.amendments, and manufacturers
bill, and denounces Patterson's ef
fort to nullity them: approves the
election laws; approves fair, just, and
equitable re-districting ot the state;
liberal pensions; liberal education
and modification of the fellow serv
ants law.
An unusual sight, was witnessed
here todav when a company ol' Con
federate soldiers, some one-legged
and one-armed, and democrat, salmost
to a man, marched thrmigh the
streets of Nashville on their wav to
the convention hall to assist, in en
dorsing hooper,, the republican can
didate tor governor.
.WHITEWASH OF lULLIXGKR.
Majority of Committee W ill Wait For
Senator Flint to Come Home.
(Bv Leased Wire to The Tunes)
Chicago, Sept. 14 The whitewash
of Secretary Balliiiger bv the Ballin
ger faction of the Ballinger-I'inchot
congressional investigating commit
tee, will be delayed until the return
from 10 u rope ot . Senator Flint, of
California.
This was determined today when
members of the committee prepared
to leave for their homes. The report
has been agreed upon and signed.
1U ILDING FALLS.
Two Persons Killed and a Scone or
" More Injured. ,
(Bv Cablo to The Times)
Brussels', Sept. H-Two persons
were killed and at least a score in
jured, some of them fatally, in-the
collapse of a new building for the
Charlerol exposition . todav. Work
men in the structure were caught un
awares and buried beneath tons of
debris. It is feared that there are
Other botlios ljuueifl.lt the wreckage. .
TRAIN LEAVES TRACK
Crashes Into Station Killing
Four Men
Special Train on the Norfolk & West
ern, Bearing President Johnson
and Other Oflicials, Wrecked En
gineer and Fireman killed Kan
Into Station.
(Bv Leased Wire to The Times.)
Wheeling.' W. Va., Sept. 14 -A special
train, hearing President K. I,. John
son, of the Norfolk & Western
Kailoiad. and other high officials,
while swing around a curve at the
forty mile clip on the Norfolk & West
ern lialli'oad at lJelorme lute yester
day lelt tiie rails and crashed Into the
station killing four and fatally
woumllmr three others. The dead are:
Track Foreman. Payette Wool wine.
Engineer Burton. Fireman Don Itoland
Station Agent ( ). P. Hughes.
The dying: Trainmaster Harry Wei-
ler; Brakeman Joe Gilesple. Conductor
R. 1". Grumpier. At least hall" a dozen
others were hurt.
President Johnson. Vice President N.
D. Mailer and General Manager George
Johnson, ol the Norfolk & Western
who were on the train at . the time
were badly shaken and bruised. The
railroad were bound upon a special
errand and the engineer had orders
to make liie best speed he could. Al
though the tracks ot the railroad here
are a series'. of curves, the engine was
kept at top speed.
The curve at Ivlormp is particularly
harp and the station was located at
the point. The engineer blew
blast from- the whistle as the special
took the curve.
No sooner had the whistle sounded
than' the wheels of the locomotive left
the. rails and thi tram wtls borne
straight, into structure.
'I lie fiame building crumpled up un
der the smashing contact. The engine
ploughed clear through- both walls while
the men were hurled from the cab.
'I lie crash sounded lor half a mile.
In tiie private car occupied bv the of
licials the men were hurled to the door
and all were stunned. Every window
Ir the car was broken bv living debris
and the .occupants- were badly cut by
Hying glass.
I lie tlreman and engineer were
crushed to death in the cab. They
didn I have time to jump.
Malum Agent Hughes was standing
in the waiting room when the ava
la nche ol steer and Iron crushed into
tiie building.- Hughes was killed In
slanlly and his body hurled for sev
eral hundred, feet.
The trainmen in charge of the special
were badly hurt and It is feared that
all sullered internal Injuries.
Prcsadent Johnson, Vice President
Malier and General Manager Johnson
were assisted to a nearby residence
where medical aid was summoned.
f ile lore part ot the locomotive was
crumpled up into a tangled heap of
Iron and the escaping steam, slowlv
pcaJded -..Wool wine and Burton to
death. '
An investigation showed that the high
speed of the train caused the rails
to spread.
EARLY .MORNING F1HK.
Gnosis Driven From Hotel Many
Narrow EscaK's.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
New Haven, Conn., Sept. 14 Twenty-
five actresses and .scores ot other
guests were driven from the Hotel
Oneco In their sleeping attire In a .fire
early today and betore the tlames
were checked they had swept to ad
joining buildings and done damage
estimated at nearly half a million dol
lars. No one -was Injured but the
fleeing guests were deluged and other
eifeets. were hurried a wav In taxieabs
tnd closed vehicles.
Tiie damage: Woods Brothers build
ing $110,000: Drugstore $40,000; Regal
Furniture I'onipanv building $ti0.0o0 and
$35.00(1 worth of stock destroyed;'. Max
Kipps' department, store stock $40,000;
Hotel Oneco $25,000; Max Ostcrwelss
cigar factory $1,000.
The tire was discovered in the base
ment of the Max Hipps' department
stole shortly after midnight and before
the firemen arrived the interior bulbi
ng was a seething furnace,
wo swiltly did the dames sweep that
tliev -were soon eating their . way
through the adjoining buildings to the
hotel. The greatest excitement pre
vailed. Women guests in the upper
stories ol the hotel opened the windows
ol their rooms and many were prepar
ing to jump into the streets beiore at
taches of the hotel stopped them. The
hotel building was filled with smoke
find the screams of the frightened
guests who had lost their way in the
smoke filled corridors could be heard.
A general alarm was turned in and
while some of-the firemen turned their
attention to getting the guests out
of the hotel in safety the others
directed their efforts to preventing the
spread of the tlames. For two hours
Ihe firemen worked valiantly driven
back b.v the fire. They made their last
stand 'on the roof ot the hotel from
which vantage point they were able
to conquer the blaze.
Born January 8, 1814, Miss Mary
Lane Martin, of Quincey, Pa., -Is the
oldest woman In Franklin county. She
Is a habitual smoker, using 10 plpe
fuls of tobacco a day. One sister lived
to bo 94 years old, and she has a
brother In Mont Alto who Is $0. '
Oil
AG1T0DAY
Defense Will Follow Ameri
can Methods In Effort !?
Save Prisoners ,
BIG CROWDS IN COURT
Trial of the Famous Case Resumed
Again Big Crowd, Including
Great Number of Women Present
Report That Mrs. Crlppen Lives
and is in America Expert Wit
nesses for the Defense to Carry the
Case Along American Lines Crip
pen and the Girl Both Show Effects
of Prison Life.
(By Cable to The Times.) ,
London, Sept. 14 In the opinion
of legal experts who attended today's
session of the trial of Dr. H. H. Crlp
pen, charged with murdering his
American wife, and Miss Ethel Le
Neve, his typist, charged with being
an accessory alter the fact, the case
ot the prosecution received a stag
gering blow trom the testimony of
the government's own experts.
The murder charge all but fell
tiirough when Prof. Augustus J. Pep
per, the eminent pathologist of the
University of London, admitted under
cross-examination by Crlppen's coun
sel that it was impossible to say
whether the remains : found in the
cellar ot Crippen's Hilldrop Crescent
residence were those of a male or fe
male. Later Dr. Pepper admitted
that, owing to the condition of the
remains, it was impossible to tell the
cause ol deaUi.
Dr. Marshall, another government
expert, corroborated his colleague in
saying that it was Impossible to Bay
whether the body was that of a man
or woman. In testifying concerning
the scar upon an intact portion of the
abdomen. Dr. Marshall said that In
his opinion, it was from an old wound
and mav have been the cicatrix of an
operation.
As the case stood today at the end
ot today's proceedings, no proof had
been established that Belle Elmore is
dead or that any actual crime has
been committed. "
Dr. Crlppen, who has followed
every phase of his case and been even
quicker than his counsel at times, in
stantly to note points for or against
nni, was plainly jubilant at the end
ot today's session and smiled trium
phantly at Miss LeNeve Just before
they were taken back to their cells.
The Hearing.
London, Sept. 14 The trial of Dr.
H. H. Crlppen, charged with murder
ing his wife, Belle Elmore, and Miss
Ethel LeNeve, charged with being an
accessory after the fact, was resuin-
( Continued on Page Six.)
COUNT ZEPPELIN
LOSES AIRSHIP
(By Cable to The Times.)
Berlin. Sept. 14 A dispatch from
Baden Baden says that Count Zep
pelin's new airship VI was destroyed
by fire there todav.
rhe giant dirigible was destroyed by
the explosion ot the motor in the rear
gondola as she was entering her
hangar. The entire car was soon a
mass of flames. Three members of
the crew were seriously Injured.
Apparently Count Zeppelin's ill luck
continue to follow him, in his con
struction of airships.
The Zeppelin VI was completed sev
eral weeks ago, and was to take the
place of tfhe Deutschland, another of
Count Zeppelin's airships which was
destroyed a few days after he had
opened up a passenger air route be
tween Friedrlchshafen and Duessel-
dorf. The Deutschland, which carried
thirty passengers, was destrowed, when
one of her motors went wrong, and
after being buffetted by the winds fell
and was wrecked at Osnabrueck. None
of the passengers were hurt.
Immediately after the wreck of this
ship Count Zeppelin began construc
tion of the Zeppelin VI, which, ncoord-
ng to reports was burned today. The
Zeppelin "VI was larger than ' the
Deutschland and was fitted more elab
orately. She was to have opened uk
regular passenger air traffic between
Frlederlchshfen and Duesseldorf wtth
tn a few days.
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