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Fur Raleigh nud Vicinity: Kulr tonight und Saturday. For North Carolina: Fair to night a nd gatnrday 5 not much change la temperature; moder ate northeast winds. LACf , : EDITION ESTABLISHED 1876, RALEIGH, N, C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1910. ICE 5 CENTS Double the Number of :Paid Subscribers I in : the Cjty of Raleigh of Any Other Newspaper - GODIIIS VICTORIOUS IN THE SIXTH Defeated 0. L Clark by a Majority of Four Thousand In Yesterday's Primary A LIGHT VOTE CAST Congressman H. L. Godwin Swept tlie '.Sixth IMslrict in , Yesterday's Pri. inury, Decisively Defeating O. L Chuk by About 4 000 Majority- Carried Kvery County Except Blad- en Size of tlie Majority a Surprise to Even the Friends of Godwin' Not Such a Heavy 'Vote Pollel. Yesterday's special primary in tlie sixth congressional district resulted in a victory for Hannibal L. Godwin by a majority' of about 4,000, This decisive victory exceeded the expecta tions of even the most sanguine sup' porters- of Congressman Godwin, though it is believed that he would win out. He carried every county ex cept. Bladen,. Mr. Clark's county, los ing that by only about 200',votes. ' The primary , passed off quietly, though the full vote was not polled. (odwin Carried Robeson. (Special to The Times.) Lumburton, N, C, Sept. 1C In complete returns from seventeen of twenty-three townships in Robeson gives H. L. Godwin a majority of 1,:140 over O. L. Clark In the primary election here today, Godwin receiving T.787 Votes and Claris 447. " Remain ing townships to be heard from are very small and will not change vote materially. The vote polled In Robe - son was considerably smaller than in the previous primary owing to the tact that ninny people were disgusted with the manner of nominating a con gressional candidate, and also that this primary was overshadowed by the fight between Geo. B. McLeod and E, C. McNeil for the office of sheriff. (Continued on Page Seven) ASSAULTED EDITOR, THEN TOOK TO HEELS ' ' (Special to The Times) New Bern, Sept. 16 Considerable excitement was created In this city shortly before 10 o'clock this morn ing when Mr H. I. Crumpler, city editor of the New Bern Daily Jour nal, was assaulted 'by Hugh Lancas ter, n white man who lives at Bridge ton, just across the river from New Bern. Lancaster took offense at an artic le which Mr, Crumpler wrote and which stated that Lancaster 'had been arrested for being drunk and disord erly. Lancaster walked up to Mr. Crumpler and aimed a -blow at his head, which fell short of its mark. Immediately things began to happen. Lancaster was struck a smashing blow in the face which stunned him for a moment. ; Seeing that he had met his -Waterloo' he took to his feet and a long .foot-race in wntch Lan caster led ensued. He finally ran into the protecting arms of an offi cer and was placed under' arrest, charged with an assaault ' on Mr. Crumpler. - v ' . BREAK BETWEEN COUNTRIES. Greece Recalls Her Minister From Turkey Because of Troubles. -(By Cable to The Times) " ' Constantinople, Sept., 16, The re port Jthat Greek Minister Gryparis to Turkey has been recalled .due to fric tion between the two nations over the anti-Greek boycott" in Turkey, was confirmed 'today when official an nouncement of the recall was made herd . -f-;. 4 V The Greek government made an official protest to Turkey against the boycott , whlc'j has not yet been answered. Becoming angered at the slowness of Turkey in replying to its note, Greece recalled' its minister, The diplomatic break will prob ably lead to the recall of the Turkish minister from Athena.. -. - .' BLOW TO CAfJNISM Cannon Wins But Insurgents Make Gains . Illinois Adds Thre Insurgents to the List of the Republican Insurgents. The liorimer Crowd tVietor.'ous tn Chicago. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Chicago, Sept. 16 Illinois added three insurgents . to the list of the republican party and hit Cannonism a staggering blow in the state-wide primaries yesterday. The republican voters also chopped down the majori ties of Representatives Mann and Foss, two staunch machine workers, to mer.e nothings so much so that these two men barely skinned through. The Lorlmer men, despite the' Agar made on them because of the jack pot. revelations, carried the day in Chi cago and other places. ' The democratic harmony slate was victorious in nearly every Instance and acording to the. leaders will carry the November elections ' Representative Boutele was decis ively beaten for renomination in the ninth district. Frederick J. Gansber gen .defeated-him. Colonel Ira Cop ley, Insurgent, defeated Representa tive Snapp and Representative Wil son In the third, won by a vote of 3 to 1. '.;-',.v- In Danville Speaker Cannon's plu rality was greatly reduced, although he won the nomination by a vote of to 1. Representative Mux'.ey in the sixth, Lunden in the seventh, Foss in the tenth, Fuller in the twelfth, McKln ley In the fourteenth, Prince "in the fifteenth, Graff, sixteenth; Sterling, seventeenth; McKinley, nineteenth; Rosenberg, twenty-second, and Chap manIn the twenty-fourth, were re nominated. All are regulars. James McDermott, the "packing house' congresman, was renominated on the democratic ticket in the fourth district. '. ' In the state primaries Lee O'Neil Browne, recently acquitted of brib ery in connection with the election of Senator Lorlmer, was renominated Edward D. Shurtleff, speaker of the lower house, who also was mixed up in the corruption charges, was re nominated, as were 24 or their fol lowers.' The state primaries were victories for the Lorlmer men, the alleged gangsters and leaders of the republi can party today are charging fraud and accusing the voters of being trai tors to their party in failing to clean out the party. - - The Hearst harmony slate in Cook county was victorious and the fol lowers of these men in other parts of the state nominated their candidates In most instances. These democratic .congresmen were renominated: McDermott, Chicago; Sabbath, Chi cago; Gallagher, Chicago; Rainey, Carrollton: .Graham, .Springfield; Foster, Olney. ' The real fight In the democratic primaries was over control of the ma chine which seems to have been won by Roger '. Sullivan. Sulivan, it is claimed, will control 60 of. the 70 votes in the new county committee and will "have the reins of the mayor alty issue In his hands. Carter "Har rison's followers were completely routed.,. -'; LABOR MEN WANT NDEPENDENT TICKET (By Leased Wire to The Times) , Boston, Sept.' 16. A delegation representing 16 railroad unions to day presented a petition containing 11,000 signature to former President Lucius Tuttle, of the Boston & Maine Railroad, asking him to run for governor in November on an In dependent ticket. Mr. Tuttle told the delegates that ; he would make known his decision later. Labor men say the movement ex tends throughout the state: '; ' Mr. Tuttle retired from the presi dency of the B. & M. last Wednesday and was' succeeded by President Mul len, 6f the New York, New Haven & Hartford. '-.' - Gray For Governor. St: Paul, Minn.,' Sept. 16 The nomination of James Gray to fill the vacancy on the ticket Caused bythe refusal of ex-Governor Lind to run again, wsb made unanimous by the democratic, state central committee. Gray is a newspaper matt of note. 9. .s Oliver E. Pagan, indictment e.vpert of the Department of Justice, who has bad much to do with the framing of tlie text of the Indictriiciit ' found against tlu! big beef packers of the country,, by the federal grand jury re. ce-ntiy. Oiice'or twice before Mr. Pa- gun has drawn-' up or" had charge of the drawing up of ii'ntietiiier.i.s that were found trt be faulty by some teeh- uieality. This faultiness lias only served however, to inuke cleur what must be done to filially secure the proper indictment so that the person instead of the corporation might be legally accused of wrong doing and have the accusation stand. Mr. Pa gan is considered as having the best knowledge of the anti-trust law p;s. sessed by any legal mind of the pres ent day, ... T INCREASE PHILIPPINE TRADE (Hy Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, Sept. 10 Trade- between the tTnited' Slates anil thp ."Philippines Increased SI ' percent during the first year's operation of tlie new tariff law, which -provides for;' three interchange of -'merchandise, between. -those- islands and the. 'United States. Imports', from the. ''islands -doubled dining the period In question and exports thereto In creased about Til percent. The new tariff act went into effect August 6, 1909. The figures of the bureau of statistics of the department of com merce and laboi', stilting the trade with the islands from August 1, 1908 to July 31, 1910, show: total imports from the islands during tlie yearending July 31, 1909, $9,167,523, and during the year ending July 31, 1910, " $18,917,372; total exports to the islands, year ending July 31, 1909, Slo.ir.O.SGH and In the year endue July 31, 1910. $17,i17,073. The articles which show the princi pal increases in Imports are', sugar. Manila hemp, cigars and cigarettes. copra, nores other tnan Manila, ami hats, bonnet's, etc. Sugar 'Increased from a little over one million dollars ip 1909 to five million in 1910; cigars and cigarettes, from $5,374 In 1909 to over 1 to 1910, Manila hemp, from 1-3 million In 1909 to 11.000,000 In 1910. On the export side iron and steel manufacturers increased from 2 1-3 million dollars In 1909 to 3 1-2 million dollars; flour, from $325,000 to one mil lion; boots and .shoes." from $230,000 to $531,000; exposives, from $917,000 to over one million. Powers Gets Nomination. (By Leased Wireto The Times.) Louisville, Ky., Sept. 16Returns received up to 10 a. m. today predict ed that Caleb Powers' majority In the congressional election yesterday would exceed 8,610. - Powers will sit in congress from the eleventh dis trict where a bitter fight was made against him. . : .:' Assyrian Scholar Dend. ' (By Cable'to The Times.) Brighton, Eng., Sept. 16 Prof. Hormuzd Rassam, the eminent As syrian scholar and : explorer,' died here uoday, . " - , THIRD STRIKE AND OUT Third Mrt iolf a Ticket Will be Maae Tomorrow ; v ..- Wake County Repuiblicnns Will As scmJffe Toimnrow For the Third TXiH" to Put Out j a Ticket The ,'Vicliins Have Alueady Been Slated For the third time this year the republicans of , th,is county will in convention assemble for the purpos of naming a ticket, and it- is believed that the machine has been thorough! greased since the other two disastrous attempts and all will run smoothly this time. ' -. s The first convention was devoleil u the scrap between Morehead and Duncan, and resulted In a split, each faction holdjng a' convention of it own. i ne county. tiRKet, wnicn was really aii unimportant matter, and was iiostponed untl after tlie big- show at Greensboro 1 Last Saturday one, weeK 'ago, after a deal of caucusing.and a Harangue by Hoi ton, they .once more assemb led." :..;.'":;' 1 This time it was 'jib ought that all was fixed by the last one of the sev eral caucuses, buj' when tlie conven tion ; proper began the delegates be gan to punch holes In he slate, and it soon became apparent lo. the self- conslituted leaders that their caucus ticket was going to be so badly muti lated that its daddies would" not rec ognize it, and after several hours of bedlam, during which . charges and counter-charges were made, epithets hurleu around, and general confus ion a recess was taken until Satin day, September 1 7, which is tomor row. Since that time several confer ences have been held by the leader and it is generally believed that the machine has been put in first-class condition and , everything will run along nicely tomorrow. , Still, you can't always sometimes tell. In this day- and time it is not unusual for -the leaders to propose and the har4heade:lnsiiYgrngti9!e- gates dispose, and ir may be- that some one will put . ti stick in the cogs of the machine that will put it. out of commission. The air is full of rumors of what Is slated for tomorrow, but few Know anything definite. We shall see what we shall see. COXVKXTIOX AT HAYKSVIIXE; 'OFFICERS' ARE ELECTED (Special to The Times.) Hayes ville.'v.X. C, Seiit. 1G Tlie democratic convention of Clay county was held in Hayesville on Monday, September 12. Wm. H. Harrison, .at torney of Hayesville, was nominat ed by acclamation for representa tive; a. H. Hill tor clerk superior court; Jarret Thompson for register of deeds; March McClure for sheriff; Jesse M. Scroggs for treasurer; E. 0. Meaee for county surveyor, and W. B. Martin, Geo. S. McClure and W. A, Cassada for county commission ers. It is expected that a joint canvass of the county will be made; The joint discussion -' between Harrison and R. L. Herbert, candidates for the house, promise to be of unusual in terest,' as the vote in Clay is very close. Both' candidates are good Campaigners and while the contest will be friendly, it will doubtless be warm. There will he something do ing in the "state of Clay" this fall EDITOR JULIAN NOT EXPECTED TO LIVE (Special to The Times) '..''Salisbury, Sept. 16 Editor John A. Julian is in an extremely critical condition. He Is sinking fast and may not survive through the day. All hope is practically abandoned. The patient has been unconscious for sev eral days. Census Figures. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, Sept. 16 The census bureau today made public the follow ing population returns: Pennsylvania: Wilkesbarre, 67, 105; last census, 51,721; increasa, 29.7. Kentucky: Covington, . 53,270; last census, 42,938; Increase, 24.1. Kenton county, 70,355; last census, 83, 691., , Iowa: Waterloo, 26,693; las; cen sus, 12,580; increase, 112.2. Wisconsin: Racine, 38,002; census, 29,102; increase, 30.0. last m J v III Klfl HI ,L;j 4 win. ,..wJ J. Ogdeu Ariiioiir, top: beneath E1 ward I ilcien, on left, and Edward Morns, Louis K Sinll next and hot font, Arthur Meeker, on left, and Chailes II.. Swift all Mentis of the nr-nt ln-ef jmiking ludusn-y of tlie I'nitcd States, who were recently in dieted, by the United Stales grand jury in Judge Lamlis's court charged with having engaged in a combina tion in restraint of interstate trade in fresh meats, ns expressly prohibited by the Shcrnian anti-trust law. EL T MAINTAINS SILENCE (li.v Leased Wire to The Tillies.) Neu- York, Sept. HiColonel Roose velt-'. refuses. .to break the steadfast ilen.ee he has 'maintained in regard to the Taft .administration.- Asked today n his office at the (luflook what he bought of the, report that Tart, had radically made up his mind to refuse o allow- his .ftame to be-.offered in 1912 for renomination in or to clear the wav for Roosevelt's return . to the presi dency, he said: I Here have been a great maiiy stories printed .and there will be great many more. I cannot afford to discuss them." This was all he would sav and lie ifl'ered the same, statement in reply to request. -tor comment on President 1'aft's letter to an Iowa iusureent. nadc public yesterday in' which the president declared that no distinction would be -drawn hereafter between in- urgents and regulars in the. distribu- lon of federal patronage.. Colonel .Roosevelt's eai lie.-t visitor, at he Outlook today was Lloyd C. Gris- coni cliairman nr. the Xew York re- ubllcHn county conimitlee with whom he .went over in detail the political situation In New York state. After Mr, Jrlsconi had left, the ex-president in- licated that in spile . of any claims . Woodruff --Bariies faction have ad- aneed, he felt that actual conditions favored the principles ; he advocates nd intimated Ids belief that Ufa end f the party would be in control when he republican state convention met in arntoga on September 27tli. : The colonel devoted some -time to the nishing touches on the speech he will deliver at the Syracuse state fair omorrow. He will leave for Syracuse on the 7:30 a. in. train. Fire In ashville Paper Company. (By Leased Wire to The1 Times. ) Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 16 Fire did approximately $30,000 damage when the stock and building of the Nashville Paper Company were de stroyed last night, and considerable damage was done to the nearby es tablishments of the Riddle Company, the Webb Manufacturing -Company, and the Deeds & Hirsig Manufactur ing Company, y ARE Secretary Olds Expects Thou sands of North Carolinians State Officials Cooperating A Low Kate Has Been Secured on Rail roads From Far Western Points Ohio People Interested. Secretary Fred A. Olds of the joint committee oq Home Coming Week and Jubilee, finds correspondence heavy and interest general. He has a letter from Governor Kitehin, who expresses his appreciation of the work that is being done, saying: "1 trust your letter of invitation, which is being sent to North Carolinians now living in other cities, will be highly effective in getting a visit from thousands of our former citi zens." Major W. A. Graham, commission er of Agriculture, writes to the sec retary, expressing his thanks for a copy of the letter of invitation to the Home Coming, and says: "I hope our anticipations will be more than realized. This department will glad ly aid in any way it can to make It a great success." Secretary Olds has received from General Industrial Agent J, W. White, of the Seaboard Air Line Rail way, a rate sheet applying from western- points, to Raleigh and other places in the south, this being for what' are knowu as Home Seekers' tickets. These-will be sold from Cairo, 111., Cincinnati, O., Evansville, Ind., Henderson, Ky., Louisville Maysville, Owensboro and Paducah Ky,, at very reduced rates, good for twenty-five days; the sale days being I tli and the 18th of October. For example the rate from Cincinnati to Raleigh and return is $16.30; from Cairo, $22.15; Evansville, $21.05; Louisville, $18.50. secretary Olds is distributing at the great Ohio Valley Exposition at Cincinnati invitations, specially pre pared, to the Home Coming, the dis tribution being under the direction of Mr. Hurlbut, of the Southern Railway, who knows this territory well. Of course all the railroads are interested in the matter of inducing former North Carolinians to visit this state during the Home Coming, and also in bringing new people here from the west, and leading railway officials inform Secretary Olds that very keen interest is being shown by Ohio people in North Carolina and this immediate section Of the south, and that every advantage is being taken of this condition. Woman Aviator Falls. Garden City, L. I., Sept. 16 Mrs Raesch, a woman aviator, came to grief today when in attempting to ascend for a long flight. Her biplane struck an obstruction and was de molished. ' Although her craft was only up ten feet when the accident occurred Mrs. Raesch had a narrow escape from serious injury, as she was bur ied in the debris. Steamer Sunk. Dover, Eng., Sept, 16 The steam er Marie , Christiana, from Ostend, was sunk in collision with another vessel in the dense fog off this point today. The crew was saved to a man and landed here. The Marie Chris tine was a freighter. Life boats from the second ship saved the Chrinst i tie's crew. NEW MAN IN THE SUB-TREASURY THEFT (Uy Leased Wire to The Times.) i nicago, ...Kept. 1H Discovery that a warrant was out for the arrest of rthur It.-Beal, a nephew of Cashier "red ' Russell 'of the United States sub easury in Chicago was a startling development'- today in the case of corse W. Fitzgerald, who is under irrcst charged with the theft of J173,000 rom the sub-treasury. The' announcement came on top of a promise of Fitzgerald to tell Judge andis of the man, who, he said, he believed took the money. Ileal, for whom government detectives are said to be searching, was cur rency clerk in the sub-treasury at the time the money vanished. He had a :ey to the cage in, which the package last was seen. Beat has been Indlct- -d.; . - : v. . Fitzgerald was released yesterday on $50,000 ball. A woman who is said to have met him surreptitiously In a. down town estaurant. Is sought as a witness against him. , CltlPPEU IS CHEERFUL AS TRI Government Having Hard Tune to Establish Identy of Dead Body BIG CROls ATTEND - -. i- t - U"',;:;- I- Crippen Trial Resumed Again Today rCiippen Entered Court Room Apiwuring Cheerful Government Having Trouble in Establishing Itm Case Body Cant be Identified and There is Xo Way of Establishing Claim That Belle Elmore is Dead Another Big Crowd In Court Room. . (By Cable to The Times.) London, Sept. 16 Dr. H. H. Crip pen entered the court room today for me resumption . ot nis trial on tne' charge of murdering his wife, Belle Elmore, buoyed up by the belief that today's proceedings might see the government's case entirely shattered. He nodded cheerfully to several ac quaintances as he came up the aisle of the court room and smiled en couragingly at Ethel Clare LeNeve; the beautiful typist, jointly accused with him in the murder charge. . a it was evident from the Americaa physician's demeanor that he was greatly cheered by the points in his favor brought out at the last session of the trial when the government's expert witnesses testified that it was Impossible to tell the sex of the re- ' mains found -ta..Ui-UailMetMiK -pen's 'resIdenTi'eJ-dy:thk'Uiroir,'f''tt T which death had been inflicted. i -v ; Crippen entered into an animated whispered conversation with his counsel, Arthur Newell as soon as they took their seats. Dr. B, H. Spillsburg, an eminent English pathologist, the first witness, was called to the stand. He testified that he had made a microscopic ex amination of the remains found In the cellar of the Crippen home. He (Continued From Page Five.) JOINTS RAIDED (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Sept 16 Another sen sational and spectacular .' crusade against gambling in New York is un der way today Acting Mayor Mitch ell has obtained the addresses of a large number of rich and fashionable gaming establishments, some of which are frequented by members of America's richest and best known families, and the order : has . gone forth that they must he smashed, even if it takes crow bars and sledges to do the job It Is charged that these places are paying for police pro tection and to date have cn;oyed im munity , Police Commissioner Baker was no tified today to use axes In breaking into the gambling places it entrance was resisted Some of the paces are said to be housed in stately mansions . in the most excusive quarters of the city "' The tenderloin was still talking of the sensational raid of yesterday, when a gambling establishment op--posite the Hotel Astor in West Forty-seventh street was r raided when the fresh developments of to day threw a scare into the patrons of chance and sent the rich owners of the places scurrying to safety There were more than 200 brokers. lawyers, and men about towa in the place when Inspector Schmlttberger broke in by smashing down the front '; door with an axe Five policemen ar rested five men, who were charged with running the establishment. , , .V ' ,1. Grand Jury 'Takes Recess. ' Chicago, Sept. 16 The federal grand jury which has been investi gating the beef trust and which re turned Indictments charging conspir acy in Violation of the Sherman anti trust law against ten individual pack ers, has taken a recess until next week, when the hearings will be re sumed. Several more Indictments are said to be scheduled.. s (
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