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: For Raleigh and Vicinity: Fair tonight fund Sunday. ' For North Carolina: Gener ally fair tonight, and Sunday; moderate variable winds. LAST EDITION 3S ESTABLISHED 1876. - , RALEIGH, N. C.f SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1910. ' PRICE 5 CENTS , Double; the Number of Paid ; Subscribers in the1 Gity of Raleigh of Any Other Newspaper. ma km HAS MiED OLD GUARD GATHER TEN YEARS FOR VESTAL THE INDEPENDENTS MEET ANTQ DRIVERS Sulus Chieftain M Remain In This Country Possibly Five Months NOT SEEKING A WIFE Accompanied by Interpreter, Prlnci pal Attendant and Fur Body Serv. ants Officially Greeted on Behalf of the (lovcninicnt by Mayor Scott Former Governor of Sola Came to America by Way of Europe .Reported He Was Bringing $500, 000 Worth of Pearls With Him Will Visit Taft. " ' (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York,"-Sept. 24 Madpi Mo hammed Jumaltil Kiram, sultan of Sulu, with a rctlnuo of 14 retainer arrived here today on the steanishiii St. Louis, and was officially greeted on behalf of the government by Ma jor Scott, U. S. A., who was formerly governor of Sulu. The Hrtllan will , remain in this country possibly live months and will visit President Taft, who he knows intimately, having gotten acquainted with him in the Philippines. He al ways refers to Mr. Taft as "Govern or". . ' The sultan Is accompanied by Charles Werblc, a former soldier in the United States army and later a school teacher, who acts as inter preter, l)ato Rajo Moda, the princi pal attendant, and four body serv ants. -.- :' . ' .; - 1 Kiram came to America by the way of Europe and leisurely traveled across the continent. It was report ed that he was bringing $500,000 worth of pearls with him, as he used to be Interested In pearl fisheries. It was further reported that he was seeking an American wife. When the nuptial question was put to the potentate through his Inter preter he denied it vigorously. The sultan is 40 years of age, 5 feet, 5 inches tall, well groomed and intelligent, although he doesn't speak English. The sultan proposed to Alice Roos evelt when she passed through Sulu with the then Secretary Taft. Kiram used to have a fabulous Income, but the United States put a crimp in his financial enterprises until now his fortune is reckoned mostly In jewels and a $9,000 a year income. Railway Clerks Threaten Strike. (By Leased Wire' to The Times.) New Orleans, La., Sept. 24 A strike which would affect the whole south is threatened as a result of demands of railway clerks who demand higher wages and a revision nf working rules. The Brotherhood of Railway clerks was given notice of the Queen & Cres cent and New Orleans Terminal Com pany that the strike will be ordered in twenty-four lipurs unless the de mands are met. .Speedy Motor Boat, (By Cable to The Times.) London, Sept. 24 Tlie 26 foot motor launch Miranda IV, built by Thorney crafts, today in an official test made forty-one miles an hour.' INTO FREIGHT RATES (By Lensed Wire to The Times.) Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 24 A thor ough inquiry into freight rates will be demanded by shippers , and cattle raisers of the" middle west, who today started preparations for their proceed ings before the interstate commerce commission. ; The plan Is the outgrowth of the formation of the traffic federation of the middle west, by Governor Stubbs, Thursday. The Investigation likely will be the most thorough so Jar, as the shippers will demand an actual physical valuation of the roads and not a percentage valuation. Miss Cleburne Dead. , Atlanta, Ga.,,Sept. 24 Mrs. Jane E. Cleburne, seventy-two years old, widow of Rear Admiral Clebnrne, U. S. N., is dead at (he residence of her daughter here. The remain will be taken to Washington Sunday for, In termentn in Arlington cemetery. Getting Ready For the Fray at Saratoga Old Guard Leaders Gloomy and Fill ed With Bitter Prophecies Are Making a Last Stand to Control Platform Committee. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York. Sent. 24 Alarmed bv the early gathering of the Old (Jiiard at Saratoga, where the state republican convention will open Tuesday, leaders In the Roosevelt wing of the party hurried up-state today to combat any advantage which the Old Guard might nave secured through an early ap pearance upon the field. Today saw the gathering of van guard and from the indications the fighting and the fireworks over the control of the con vention will be In full swing by Mon day. Colonel Roosevelt and the New York leaders in the inner circles of the progressives had planned to leave ot-niorrow;- later Colonel Roosevelt said he would not go until Monday. The Old guard leaders who have assembled in Saratoga are gloomy and filled with hitter prophecies. In equal ratio the progressive leaders are elated and jubilant. Louis F. Payne, a member of the Old Guard, predicted today that if the colonel was successful in con trolling the convention the split in the epubllean party would widen and the result would be the election of a dem ocratic leglslautre. The progressives claimed today that the colonel would have more than 100 votes above the number sufficient .to contron the convention; The Old Guard leaders, notably William Barnes, Jr., have ceased giving figures In 'their predictions but say they still have claims. The most impartial Ica'ders among the progressives, claimed the 'follow ing status today: Total for ' Roosevelt, 85014.' Total for Sherman, 4S414. Number of delegates. 1,015. Doubtful delegates, 10. Necessary to elect, 508. Rehearsals for . the big show were started at Saratoga today. Tamorrow will, see, t.he arrival of a large portion : of the delegate's ''and Monday will see a full dress rehearsal with Colonel Roosevelt and Leader Barnes on the ground. The indica tions today continued to point to tile fact that the Old Guard would make Its greatest fight upon the committee on resolutions which will draw up the platform. Foreseeing defeat in the tern porary chairmanship the Old Guard leaders started In 'today with their backs to the wall, prepared to fight to the death. William Barnes. Jr., lias opened headquarters in the United States Hotel and started In to line up his forces. The state commitee will meet on Monday night. It was reported that Shate Chairman Timothy L. " Woodruff would then be deposed in favor of Lloyd C. Grlscom. Oriscom delcares he Is not a candidate and belief today Is that Superintendent of Prisons Cornelius V. Colins, of Troy, is Roosevelt's choice for the place. Arice President Sherman is expected to arrive in Saratoga with the Oneida delegation on Monday. While no tentative platform will be outlined before the convention, accord ing to Roosevelt, the colonel will go to Saratoga with a perfectly good out line of that Instrument in his mind. Among the planks, according to to day's information will be t,hc follow ing: ' ' Extension of the corrupt practice act. Direct primaries. Adoption of constitutional amend ments to do away with the laws de lay. Removal of judiciary from political influence. Srengthcning of laws pertaining to sanitation and the pollution of streams. New educational projects in rural districts. ' Good roads. " FLEET FINISHES PRACTICE. Will Leave Drill .Grounds Tomorrow' For New York and Norfolk. Washington, Sept. 24 The Atlan tic fleet, which for the past two weeks has been engaged in battle practice on the southern drill grounds, 50 miles off the Virginia capes, will conclude its program of target practice and drills tomorrow, according to the navy department. The fleet, with the' exception of the Georgia, will go to New York, where 15,000 men on the ships will be paid and given shore leave. The Gorgla will go to Norfolk navy yard to re celvo a hew 12-lnch gun to replace that in the forward . turret which burst Thursday. From New York the fleet will dis perse to the different navy yards on the ' coast for repairs: ; Some ships Will go to Boston, some to Norfolk, others to Philadelphia, while one di vision will remain at New York. The fleet will be ready November 1 to start on its cruise, to the Mediterran ean. It will return to Guantanamo, Cuba, for winter practice January IB. Early in April It will come north to drill grounds off the Virginia capes, for target practice, j - '"Ik lames .mcimiwcii, ol Aew ioik, a prospector who has just returned to Ills home a nervous wreck, after "mercifully killing" his wife, who is shown above. McDowell relates a harruwiug story of a fatal exploring trip In British Columbia in which his wife accompanied him and which re suited iu her death.' She fell over a precipice while . riding a short di tnnce' nheiul of liim on n mule. It was so steep, he says ho was nearly a day in climbing down and finding his wife's body. She was still breath ing faintly. He gave her s;ine brandy and she regained consciousness suffi ciently to beg him to kill her and re lieve her sufferings. As the nearest help was 120 miles, or ten days there and back, he concluded to kill her. He placed his revolver against her head and fired. Then he covered her body with rocks and Itoughs to keep off the wolves. Since his return Mc Dowell declares he has been haunted. WRECK SIX DEAD -.', (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Tipton, Ind., Sept. 24 Six persons Were killed and several injured When a Fort Wayne Limited car on the In diana I'nion Traction Lino clashed head-on into a ''southbound freight ear one mile north .of here this afternoon. Those who were killed were in the smoking .compartment.-. The- Fort Wayne Limited ear had loft Tipton and had .reached a point between this city and Jackson station, which' is three miles from 'here. The car was going at a terrific rate of speed when it struck the southbound freight car. The men in the smoker had no chance ot escape. The Limiterd. car Was tel escoped by the heavy freight car and the passengers were thrown into a head In the rear part of the car. The lifit of Injured, it is thought,, will in clude more than a 'score, of passengers, many of whom were going through from Indianapolis to Fort Wayne and many others who were residents of northern towns returning home from Tipton. : . Nothing could be learned of the cause of the wreck, one of the motor men said he had positive orders to take the right of way and that the other must have violated his instructions. ASKS PARDON FOR HAINS. Father of Peter C. Hulns Asks Par don For His Son. , New Yorlv Sept. 24 Governor Hughes today notified District Attor ney Frederick DoWitt, of Queens county, that an application for the pardon - of Captain Peter C. Halns, Jr., the army offieer who shot and killed William E. Annis, at the Bay- side Yacht Cub, in' August, two years ago, had been made by General Peter C. Halns, the prisoner' ; father. Captain Hains, upon his conviction of manslaughter In the first degree, after his trial last fall, was sent to Sing Sing to serve a term of not less than eight years and not more than sixteen. , v . General Hains, iu his application for pardon, reviews the whole his tory .of the Hains tragedy and pleads extenuating circumstances, Dr. Vestal Gets Ten Years ' For His Crime Gets Maximum For the Crime It Was a Compromise' Settlement Two Witnesses Were Examined When u Consultation Resulted in an Agreement us to Manslaughter For Dr. Vestal and Acqnitlal For Mrs. Vestal. : (Special to The Times') Greensboro. Sept. 21 In .superior court yesterday morning tin- trial of Dr. W. L. Vestal and his wife; .Fanny Vestal,, for the murder . of ' Bessie Thompson, as the' outcome, of a rrhu mill operation performed mi her at the Venial home in High . .Point. July first, come to sudden end after testi mony ft! two witnesses, by announce ment of Judge-Bynum,. or. counsel Pot the defendants, after a brief conference with the solicitor and : other..-counsel for the prosecution, that it had been agreed for the jury to 'return a vev- nict oi guilty -of ..manslaughter. . us " to Dr. Vestal, and not guilty -as to Mrs Vestal. Dr. Vestal was ;tlso charged with a ' criminal ' .operation on May Owen, a plea of guilty .war entered and judgment suspended. After appeal had been made for clemency, ('ol..Wes cott Ttoherson and Mr. ''John T. lien- bow, of counsel fur,, defendants. am insistence for a sentence, that would not only punish Dr. Vcst.il. Imt would act as a hindrance to other North Carolina physicians, wlin might' .. be guilty of the same offense. Judge Lyon, after statins that it was the worst ease he had ever' known-of its kind, gave the' defendant ten years at" hard labor in the-State's prison. Sev eral witnesses for the pms-'tM-utlou was sworn after the. jury h nl . been ..asked to try the case-; "it'mnng them being physicians of Greensboro, and--'.High Point. ' Mr. Thompson .testified that lie saw his daughter the last time al his home In State,.sville on Sunday, June 2th. That she was In very, good 'health its far as lie knew. Mrs. Darr stated Levy ..' Mny'naril hired .'her to'Vi to Dr. Ve.-tal'a house and nurse a girl Who was there sick. She went there on Friday, and wc.s shown up stairs by Mrs, ' Vestal In a room where Bessie Thompson and. May Owen were. Mrs. Vesta pointed out Bessie telling her that Hie was the one 'she' wanted her to nurse. As she grew worse Dr. . Wrlghtsell was sum moned who stated that there' was no hope for the poor girl. She began having convulsions about midnight and died at one o'clock while Dr. Vestal was with her. Compromise Settlement..., Mr. '.Thompson, counsel for the pros ecution, and counsel for defendant held a brief conference and ot the conclusion of the conference Judge Bynum, ad dressing the court, stated that to save further consumption of .time it had been thought best by all for Dr. Vestal to agree that the jury should return a verdict of guilty of manslaughter, as to him and not guilty as to his wife. Judge Bynum in explaining the rea son for taking this course said that if they were acquitted after a long trial of the charge, now at Issue, they were also confronted with another in dictment for producing an abortion on Mary Owen, which was a penittelitutry offense, and there seemed to be ho escape from a conviction in this caSe. The verdict of manslaughter pre cluded the idea of premediation or malice, and the maximum In the sta tute against abortion In case of death of women, was five years. Besides the leniency of the court. Judge Strudwill seasoned that the. law, as laid down. fully justified a moderate sentence. Ituricd I nder Diick Wall. Erie, Pa., Sept. 24 Five men were buried alive here today when a brick wal tumbled upon them while at work at the Buffalo & Lake Erie Traction -Company barns here. All five are believed to be dead. FEELING SO HIGH THAT T (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Louisville, Miss., Sept. 24 With tile court room crowded with men armed with Winchester rifles, and deputy sheriffs with drawn revolvers, the sen sational trial of Swinter Permenter, the young son of a white planter, who is charged with attacking und murder ing pretty 18-year-old Janle Sharp, a white- girl, came to a dramatic pause today. The trial was postponed until October 3 on account of high feeling. A special venire of jury men will be Impanelled. ' ... The court room was crowded with friends of the Sharp family. Relatives of the dead girl carried rifles and open ly boasted that Permenter would never live to sec October 3. They claim that no matter what the court says, Per menter must die. The prisoner, it 'was said, would be taken to a secret jail. A horse' belonging to a "Bangor (Eng.) I butcher has died at, the age of 41. ' U 'II J ' $ 'eW & Sf. l - fw i f ! 1 Ml ifef : ' If 1' ' sii? 'I he Princess de Montphii, wli: I po ured in the lamous ''lived don" law suit, (bio liioo won first honors at one oi the late I lesion dm shows, II was the net ol the Princess, and after the award it was loiiml that Hie hi; hail hrcn dyed. '1 lie indues then re versed then- decision and gave the prize to Mrs. A. (). an lleuseii. I lie Princess then churned muiic one had dyed the (log to (lismialil v if. Airs. an Heiiscn sued her for Sr0. )(!( and then the I rinccss sued lor St 00 ()(. NOT A CANDIDATE (Hy .Leasi.'d' Wire to The Times.) I New, York. Sept.. 'i-l "f am not a candidate nr f be ciibeinatorial nomin- ition; 1 "have authorized no one to present my .iiainc ami 1 n-vcr have been a .candidate," ..declared Mayor Gaynor today at. his country liome at St, James. L. I. The mayor had been asked for a pos itive expression upon his altitude .lo w, '.ids the democrat ii: iiomhnil ion for governor. . EXPELLED..' FROM NK AltAGl A. Two .Madriz anil .claya Patriots Made to (iet Out. (lly Leased WiK io The Times) Washington, Sept. - 24 Rudolfo Espinoza, Xic.at'iisuan minister to Washington --during the Zelaya ad ministration, and Sehaslaian Salinas, who was 'here .recently as a Madriz nevoy, were 'today expelled from Nic aragua by Provisional 'Fresruenf Es trada, according to statt- .department advices. .' . The 'men .wero'-ajrestod yesterday In Managua on the charge of conspir acy to create factional (contention. The .provisional government sent enced them to be expelled from the country for six months.-' They will be embarked ut Corinlo today on a northbound steamer. Census Figures. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, Reiit. 2 4 The census bureau today made public the follow ing population returns: Massachusetts Springfield. . 88,- 926; last census, ti2,0,"i9; Increase, 43.3.'. Haverhill, 4 4,11. f; last cen sus, .3 i,l 1 5 ; , increase, 18.7, Law rence, 85,892; last census, 62,559; increase, 37.3. Everett, 33,484; last census, 24.3.36;: increase, -37.6. Connecticut Merldien City, 27,- 2(55; last census, 24,296: Increase, 12.2. -Merldien town, 32,066; last census, 2S,t)9D, , A Mass Meeting to be Held Here Next Saturday Kepiesentatives of Various Townships ."Met Here Today About 73 Pres ent Claimed to Ih; 'Straight Dem ocrats" Denounce Sikes, Et Ai mid Favor Anti-Prohibition. : A inc.. ting of the self-styled 'straight democrats ' was held here in the court house todav. anil after hearing re pihts lioni the virions precincts, de cided to issue a call for a mass meet ing to be belli here next Satinilav tor the purpose ol putting a full county ticket, and transacting such other bus iness as mav Come before the meet ing. ' There were different estimates of the number present, running all the way from seventv-flve to one hun dred. The delegates over the eountv. uioit all being from the country, only ti few li'cini Jtali'igh being present. It has been reported for. several weeks that there would be a meeting of this kind, but so little of a definite nature could he learned that nuinv be levcd that it was onlv one of Dame ltumm-K hikes. A few davs ago it was narrated' that there would be a meeting here tmlav. and this morning little knots of men composed of those who have been Identified with the dis satisfied element of the party were seen on the streets, and at 12 o clock thev went to the court room. When asked the purposes of the meeting one of them said, "this Is-a gathering of three or four democrats from each township for the purpose of discussing the political situation In the county. The. meeting will be of a private nature, and the situation will be inlormally discussed.- The meeting will decide whether to issue a call lor a niass nieeting of democrats for the purpose of putting out a straight ticket. I don t. know what will be done, as it vill he left with those who meet here todav. 1 think there are representa tives "from every township, judging from .the number here. 'Squire Pool ( liairinaii: When the meeting wis called to order, squire Needham Poole was chosen chairman of the meeting and .Mr H. Tlobgoocp secretary. The dele satos'were called upon to report con ditions at the various precincts, and a number of short talks were made. Practically all favored putting out a full stratgt democratic ticket, and said they believed' such a ticket could be elected. .---.-"- They attacked the recent pnma'ry and boldly charged that it was unlair and that the successful nominees were chosen by republican votes. The poll ties ol several of the nominees, parti cularly Dr. sikes. was roasted to a tutu. Thev paid thir respects in no tin. certain terms to J. W. Bailey. Joscphus Dantets and tile morning paper, and de nounced them as seeking to ruin the party. Mr. L. A. Emery, of Raleigh, stated that it straight ticket on a strictly anti-prohibition platform would carry the county and nothing else. He said that care should be taken to picvont any prohibitionist getting on the ticket. This statement was round ly applauded, showing conclusively the sentiment of the-'. meeting to be against prohibition.. ' All the speakers referred to the meeting as being one of straight democrats whose purpose was to pro test, against the alleged mixed ticket and the leadership of Bailey and Dan iels. .Alr.f W. (', Brewer, chairman of the board of county commissioners, was a leading spirit in the meeting. The Raleigh' people who took an active part were; L. A. Emery. E. V, Denton, and Prof. M cares. The. 'meeting, decided to issue a call for a mass meeting to be held here next Saturday, The call will be cir culated all over the .country. ', for." the purpose of securing ..the signatures of those who arc in sympathy with the movement. The call contains three sections. The first is for tlie mass '.meeting to put out a straight ticket. The second is an attack on Dr. Sikes political i eeord, and the third denounces J. W. Bailey, Josephus Daniels and the News & Ob server. Cox and Burton At "Out.s," (Ry Leased W ire to The Times. ) Cleveland, O., Sept. 24 The re conciliation between George B. Cox, "boss" of Cincinnati, and United States Senator Theodore Burton was reported off today, following the an nouncement that the senator would take no part in the O.iio campaign. Senator Burton announced today that ho had accepted an invitation to speak before the American Bankers' Association in Los Angeles next mouth. A few days ago Mr. Burton stated that he could not attend the convention on account of political en gagements, j Shot and Killed Brother. Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 24 A special from Cardiff, a station on the Cincinnati Southbound Railroad, 75 miles north Of this city, says that Isaac Pass shot and killed his brother, Samne Pass, as the result of feud. The slayer fled, V LAUGHED AT DEATH AGAIN Contestants For Yacderbilt Cup Race Make Records In Practice Spins COURSE DEEPWITH MUD - " Practice Far More Thrilling Than on Any Previous Day Daredevil ' .Drivers Undeterred by Accident to Kobertson Ihu'k Stretch par ticularly Hazardous Hig Racers Plunge and Skid Through Deep' Pools of Water Hobby Burman Makes New Record No Accidents Many Women Present. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Mineula, L. 1 Sept. 24 Unde terred by the accident to Robertson yesterday, the dare-devil drivers' who . will contest iu the Vanderbllt cup' race, the American blue ribbon event' of the automobile world, laugiited at death again today as they drove their, great cars over the course at terrific speed. ' A new practice record was made by' Bobby 'Burman, of the Marquette Buick team, whepi he reeled off a lap in 10:15, an average of over 74 miles an hour. Over a course deep with mud eigh teen racers tried out their cars over the 12:64 mile course. The practice was far more thrilling than on any previous day; The haefc atretchwaa particularly hazardous as there were deep pools of water and the big auto mobiles plunged and skidded tbrough them,: throwing a shower of spray over the spectators that lined the way and drenching the drivers and their mechanicians. Jack Fleming, of the Pope-Hartford team, was the first to make a record lap. He went around in 11:13, an average . of better than sixty miles an hour. A little later Ralph Mulford, In the Lozier, reeled off a lap in 11:12, clipping a second from Fleming's time. Bobby Bur man then furnished the sensation of the day by setting the new practice record for the course. The National drivers; Johnny Alt ken, Al Livingston and Louis Dis brow were out studying the course, but will not try for a record until next week. Livingston set a mark of 11:25 and Disbrow went around in 12:00 flat. : Aitken, holder of many records, wont over the route slowly. Eddie Hearne and David Bruce Brown were out in their Bunz racers. Hearne'8 best time was 12:30 and Brown's best was 11:43. Joe Matson, in a Corbin did a lap in 12:20 and Maisonville, his team mate, went around in 12; 16. Le land Mitchell in a Simplex clipped off 11:53, Henshoe, In an Apperson, did 17:17.".: Harroun, in a Marmon, did 11:35. Schiefler, in a Jackson, did 11:36 and Beardsley, in the other Simplex, did 12:32. There were no uccidents. Many women were in the grandstand to Watch the practice and the roads were lined with people. JOY RIDE ENDS WITH DISASTER (By Leased Wire to The Times.) , New Orleans, ept. 24 - Six people in an automobile early this morning plunged iiuto the canal. All of the party were drowned, . In the automobile were Thomas But ler, owner of the machine, Joseph Freedmati,, a perfumery salesman,' and an unknown man, ,,!. With the party were three chorus girls from the "Queen of the Moulin Rougue" Company now playing here. The accident occurred shortly after four o'clock. The car, In making a sharp turn at a high rate of speed,, turned over 'a fifteen foot embank ment of the new basin. - None of the "bodies have been recovered. . - Rev. P. 01. Elsom has returned frotti Creedmore where he held a meeting and will preach at Evangel Baptist church tomorrow at both services,
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