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4VM ' , For Raleigh- and ' vicinity i Partly cloudy , tonight ' . Ami Tuesday". ' ' ' For North Carolina: Fair tonight and probably Tuesday;' LAST EDITION ESTABLISHED 1876. RALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1910. PRICE 5 CENTS Double the Number of Paid Subscribers in f the City of Raleigh of, Ariher Newspaper. r A aar ft m. v U & h. I aT a V .A &.aa a BaaWaak GREAT LOSS .-. : ' . .' '," ,-. .... i OF LIFE III III Boat Load of Sailors Met Death In New York Harbor THE BARGE FOUNDERED Battleship Disaster When Boat Load ed With Bailors Foundered Per. Imps One Hundred on the Boat- Thirty Six Are Known to be Dead and Fire Are Still Missing Board of Inquiry Will Muke an Iiivesllgii- . tion Barge Was Overloaded. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, Oct. 3 Bodies of 14 of the score or more of the battleship New Hampshire's sailors, who were drowned on Saturday night, were re covered from the North river today after 36 hours of dragging by the police boats at the warship anchor- . age. . These bodies were taken to the hospital ship Solace for Identifies tion. They will bo sent to the homes of their families or buried in the na tional cemetery. . Thirty Probably Deud. New York, Oct. 1-The death list In the battleship New Hampshire dis aster, when a boat load of sailors, re turning to the ship from shore leave foundered Qff.,1 57th street in North 'River Saturday night was swelle'd to day by , a report that seven bod ies had been picked up and taken aboard the United States hospital So lace, making thirty-six known dead and five still missing. All night long and through the morning the fleet and police patrol boats used every method in' the at tempt to locate more dead bodies in the Hudson river. Twenty-nine bod ies were recovered and it was ascer tained by checking off the names of the sailors on the battleship New Hampshire that twelve men were still missings In hope that the twelve had over stayed their shore leave detachments of sailors were sent ashore in the at tempt to round up some of the miss ing men. Early reports were that the search had been futile and the gloom deepened on the great war fleet. The searchlights of the bat tleships In the river flashed through the hours of the night marking the path- for police and battleship pa trols on their quest for the dead. Heavy nets and grappling hooks were used and other boats we're stationed off the Statue of Liberty and, Gover nors Island In case the tide carried the bodies out of the river and into the bay. Friends and relatives .of the dead and missing, whose place of residence was near enough to New York to en ( Continued on Page Four) ' ' MAYOR GAYIIOR SETS BACK TO CITY HALL (By Leased Wire to The Times.) ... New York, Oct. 3 Mayor W. J. Oaynor returned to his duties at the City Hall today for the first time, since he was shot by James Gallagher early in August. The mayor arrived in his automobile with no other attendant than the chaf--feur. As he stepped from the car a newsboy, hugging a bundle' of papers, clapped his hands; and, a crowd of about a hundred people took up the applause and' kept " it up until Mr. Gaynor was well Inside the building...''., The mayor's voice was a little husky bnt not weak; and, hU, general, health, seemed good as he strode up the flight of steps and Into the building. A number of attaches of the city government stopped the - mayor to shake hands with him and congratu late him on, his .recovery from the wound. ; Max Hamburger Bead. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Mobile, Ala, Oct, 3 State Senator Max Hamburger, known over all. the south, newspaper, man- and politician? was found dead In a room at the Caw - thorn- Hotel hero ,last night. The coroner said death was duo to apop lexy. The. body was discovered on the floor! ' , HEW VOI OP OF BIG REWARD r. .. '..: .. For Men Wto Dynamited Times, Ending More Than a Quarter of a Million Dollars Will Be Offered in Ho wards For Capture owrr Being Traced Searching in ltuins For Bodies. ; .v: v.;--; (By Leased Wire to The Times) ; Los Angeles, Oct. 3 More than a quarter of a million dollars in rc wards will be offered for the arrest of the dynamiters of The Times build lng Saturday, when more than a score were killed. Merchants of the cily will post a reward of $250,000, according to plans under way todavt while, $18,500 already has been of fered. ' The police today secured a definite clue which gave them information as to the purchasers of explosives be Heved to have been, used for the ex plosion. ' Arrests are expected. Five bodies have been recovered from, the ruins, one has been identi fled as that of J, ,' Wesley Reaves, stenographer, and the other as that ofJHoward Couraway, a linotype ope rator; the others have not been identified. The date and place of manufacture stamped on the paper wrapping of the explosive used in the infernal ma chine found yesterday under the house of F. J. Zeehandelaar, on Car- land avenue, has furnished a clue which may lead to the arrest and con viction of the perpetrators of The Times explosion. . By a coincidence it has been learned that 500 pounds of 80 per cent, powder was manufac tured at the plant of the Giant Pow der Company, at Giant, Cal., on Sep tember 20. This powder had been ordered by a man who said he want ed it -.for .--Mowing up stumps, W Al though told that such a high-grade of powder was not practicable for such a purpose he insisted on his or der being taken. It was finally ac cepted,, the powder manufactured and shipped to the company's plant on San Francisco Bay, 20 miles north of Oakland, and delivered to a man bearing a requisition signed by the purchaser. The powder was loaded in a launch and it is believed by the police subsequently found its way to Los Angeles harbor, was removed to this city and, used in manufacturing the Infernal 'machines which were found at the homes of General Otic, Mr. Zeehandelaar, and, it is believed, caused the destruction of The Times building. The first body recovered from the ruins was that of Wesley Reaves, which was recovered at 9:30 Satur day night. At 9:30 yesterday morn ing workmen below the stairway of the building found the remains of a body supposed to be that of Harry Crane, assistant telegraph editor of The Times. An hour later another ; body was ecover.ed. There was no identifica tion possible In this case, but Its po sition near that of the remains of Crane It is believed to be the body of R. L. Sawyer, the telegraph ope rator, Who was at Crane's side when the' starway collapsed, dropping into the fiery pit beneath. 1 , ;' There were no further discoveries until 7:30, when another body was found In the debris beneath what had Men the composing room. The body, was not identified. At 3:10 yester day afternoon the last body was taken from the ruins. It was also fdu'nd in the debris of the composing room.' Only the torso remianed, so effective had been the cremation, and this Was in such a condition as to be Impossible of identification. A close search, however, about the spot where It was found brought to light a small, wisp of hair of reddish color. How this managed, to escape the white heat of the fire is a mystery, but Its proxiniity to the body left no doubt that It was a portion of the .man's hair. It was Identified by a friend as the body of young Howard Courd away, .who had worked with him In the' composing room of The Times. A touching and, pathetic act oc- Currec, at, the ruins . when firemen scaled ladders placed at the front of the wrecked building and draped the American flag at half mast on the blackened wall. ; From early morning until late last night the police lines were pressed by a tremendous throng of people. It was an orderly throng, no jostling, no trouble of any kind, people gazing In tently atthe' muss of ruins and the throng of men w"orking among them held silent with a feeling of sym pathy, a common bond of sorrow for those who, with toar-dlmmod eyes and drawn faces, watchod and waited (Continued on Page Six.) (. ar it! John A.' Dlx, Democratic nominee for Governor of New York. TO NAWiyN AUDITOR Executive Committee to Meet In This City Thursday Chuii'iiiiin Filer i'lills a Meeting of (he De-nmcratlc State Kxecutlve Comiiiittve to Xanic n Cnndiilnte for Stale Auditor -Many Candi dates in the Held. Chairman A, H.ller has called'; a meeting of the democratic stifte exec utive 'committee to be held in this city Thursday night, October , for the purpose of naming a candidate for state auditor and to transact such other business as may come up. Ever since Dr. Dixon's death, many names have been mentioned for the position of state auditor, and there are nearly a dozen candidates, active and receptive, now in the field. Among those mentioned are: Frank D. Hackett, of Wilkesboro; W, P. Wood, of Randolph; W. T. R. Bell, of Rutherfoidton; E. J. Hale, of Kay etteville; A. VV, Grahiim, of Oxford; H. A. London, of Pittsboro; J. J. Ber nard, of Raleigh; S. A. Ashe, of Ral eigh; A. C. Avery, of Burke, and others. Chairman Kllor's fall is as follows: "The state democratic executive committee, is hereby- called to meet in the semite chnmber -of t iie 'capitol at Raleigh on Thursday, -October t, 1710, 8 o'clock p. 111, . 'The '-purpose for which this meet ing is called is to name a candidate of the democratic party far the office of state auditor to fill tiie unexpired term caused by the death of Hon B. F. Dixon and to transact such other business as, in the.. Judgment of the committee, may be deemed necessary or advisable. 'A full attendance is desired." COL. D. F. ; (Special o The Times.) High'. Point,- Oct.. 3 t'ol. D. F. Mad- dox, a well known citizen, accidentally shot and killed himself this morning while cleaning out a pistol on his front porch. He came to High Point from Front Royal, Va., six years ugo and leaves a large family. TODAY'S CHAKTFRS. Fayetteville and Cliariotte Get Two , New Corporations. ' The Crane Plumbing Company, of Fayetteville, ws chartered to carry on a plumbing and sanitary supply business.; The authorized " capital stock is $10,000 and begins business with $3,000 subscribed. Benj. Mc Millan,.. Mary Slocomb McMillan and V. H. Crane are the incorporators. The Southern Construction ; Com pany, of Charlotte, was chartered to carry the business of grading streets, roads,; railroads, etc. The authoriz ed capital stock is $125,000 and com mences business with $!, 200 sub scribed. E. L. - Propst, F. A. Haley and others, Incorporators. A THE CIGARETTE DEALERS Grand Jury Inycstigatnig Sales of Ggarettei to Minors A Number IJoys Cnllctl by the Grand Jury to Tell where TlM'y Purclianod Their Cigarettes One jkiy Reftuta:tO'Girc the Desired Infornuitloti. It was rumored 011 the streets to day that the grand jury was investi gating the selling f cigarettes to minors and that a number of the youthful smokers had been before that body to testify where thev had . v. . - . purchased cigarettes, One fellow re fused to tell ahd was taken in cus tody to be held until ho decided to talk. It could not he learned wheth er he ever gave under 'or not. Since the charge made by Judge Cook last Monday in which lie espec ially referred to violations of the law by dealers In selling cigarettes to boys under 18, It aas been' expected that the grand jury would take some action in the jnatter. When a large number of boys were "summoned be fore the jury, this morning it was found out that the investigation had begun. ..- V - v It was said, that all the boys who had been seen smoking cigarettes re cently were summoned to tell where they got thorny One boy refused to tell and was firm In. his position. He was taken before Judge' Cook and again he responded he couldn't, tell. He was ordered into custody until he made up his mind to confess. Americuu Bankers Meet. (By Leased Wire to Tiie Times) - I. os Angeles Oct. 3 More than 1,300 delegates to .the American Bankers'; Association are in the city to attend the ttlrty-sixth annual eon- yentipn. .pfthtuiii.ody. Most of the day's work was devoted to committee meetings. The real work of tile con vention will begin tomorrow. (allies Will Open in Philadelphia. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Cincinnati, Oct, 3 The world's basebal series will open in Philadel phia. A coin was tossed to decide where the series would start and Ben Shine,, calling "heads" won the toss and secured the opening dates of the series for Philadelphia. The dates will be given .put later. GOVERNOR AND CITY (By Leased Wire to The times) llaltinioie, Oct. "3- There was no attempt made to call out the militia today in an effort to settle the squab ble between ' .Governor Crothers of Maryland and the police commission ers of Baltimore City. The governor gave out a statement shortly before noon today saying-"There will be no developments today." President Whetle, of the police board, is ill with appendicitis. The warlike attitude existing be tween the executive of the state and the police board was brought about by the governor's charges of alleged ncompctency on the part of the board in failing to oust police officials who were suspected of misconduct in of fice. The governor threatened to suspend the present board and ap point succesors. This led to hostil ities. The police board posted armed guards to keep out any invaders that the governor might attempt to send. Then followed the report that the state militia would be called on for duty under orders from the governor to take possession of the board room. It is general belief of the business community that this is 110 time for hysteria and that Governor Crothfcrs is "in the wrong". AT THOMASV1LLE. The Annuul Gathering of Farmers Held Last Saturday. Maj. W. A. Graham, Commissioner of Agriculture, has returned from Thomasville, where he addressed a big crowd of farmers Saturday. This gathering of farmers takes place on the first of October each year and is an important event. This year there was a big parade of floats,, showing industrial conditions. There was also a fine exhibit of farm products, for which many priezs were given. Maj. Graham said the crowd was a-large one and orderly and the day was a most enjoyable one,. m, i 1 11 St II i 1 4kv - , I lios. Coiiway, li'in:i ii:tic nmni nee for l,irut.-(,!n'ii'r el' Xcw Yrk. Mr. Charles U. Harris Declines to Run For State Senator Han Notified the Kxeeutive ('onimit lec of the "Independent Demo crats" .Movement That He Will Not Make the Hacc Declines For Per suiml Keasons. -.'.Mr. Cliurh- V. liavri-i. who was the nominated for state senator by meeting Juld iu Ute court Jiouse Sat urday, has mitified tite execittive com mittee that he cannot make the race. It was rumored yesterday evening that Mr. Harris had decided not to run.. .' This -morning lie was asked about it . and replied that it was true. After thinking over the matter, he had, for personal reasons, decided to withdraw and had notitied the com mittee of this decision. This news will come as a bomb to the independents, as they were sure Mr. Harris would make the race against' Dr. Sikes and Mr. Snyder. Now they are all at sea Tor a man to head the ticket. The executive com mittee has. the power to fill the va cancy. This committee consists of Percy V. Mitciiiner, J. J. Dunn, W. B. Dunn,' Jr., D. H. Harrison, G. R. Ray and Dr. -N. M. Blalock. i. T. POWKLL CHOSKX. (Jaston T. I'owcll Will Head Inde pendent Democratic Ticket. It was learned this afternoon that Mr. (i;islon 'l Powell, of this city, had been chosen 10 make the race for thi.v senate on tiie independent., dem ocratic nVi.et in 1 .1 0 place of Mr. Oias.' 1'. Harris.' vh has wil iulrawn. County Commissioners. The Hoard of '.Commissioners met in, regular session today, but up until this afternoon only routine business had been transacted.' THE SHARP TRIAL . '(By Leased Wire In The Times ) .: . Louisville, Miss., (-)et. S The trial of Swinton J'armenter. the son of a prom inent planter near here, charged with murdering his IS year old. sweetheart. Miss Janet Sharp, was '- commenced here today amid dramatic surround ings. The trial, which will probably tie the most sensational of Its, kind in the recent annals of . criminal court his tory ,. in Mississippi, haj resulted in transforming this village into a camp of armed men. Two rival 'faction, each armed iwlth Winchester rides, are encamped on two sides of the town wh-ile flic court house . and jail are surrounded by a 'detachment of militia armed land instructed to shoot to kill if violence breaks out. The presiding .bulge of the criminal court received a note signed "avengers" which declared that fifty young white men of the county had taken a solemn oath to take Parmenter from the Jail and lynch him irrespective of the find ing of the court. This led to the doubling of the guards about both Jail and court house today. The shefiff with a posse of deputies, all heavily armed, have been instructed to guard the prisoner day and night. Threats are made and renewed almost, hourly and the whole community Is In a state of intense excitement. N. C. RED CROSS BOARD Gov. Kitchin Is Chairman and J. G. Brown Secy &Treas. Aiiiei'icaii Red (loss Has Koriiied n - North ( iii-olina Board With tinen Alembers to Look After the Inter ests of the Society in This State. , The American Red Cross has form ed a North Carolina State Board consisting of Governor Kitchin as president and Mr. Jos, G. Brown, of Raleigh; Col. Alex J. Feild, of Ral eigh; Mr. Heriot Clavkson, of Char lotte, Mr. Whitehead Kluttz, of Salis bury;. Mr. Jas. P. Sawyer, of Ashe ville, and Bishop Robert Strange, of Wilmington. This board is to serve as a stand ing finance committee for the Amer ican Red Cross in the State of North Carolina: Its function is to become the custodial of contributions given for relief purposes by the people of the' state in response to appeals from the governor or from the Red Cross, in the event of the occurrence of a great disaster. Mr. Brown has been appointed treasurer of the hoard. Re lief contributions sent to any mem ber of the board will be forwarded by that member to the treasurer. Mr. Brown in thru' will forward all contributions to the treasurer of the American Red Cross at Washington, or to the '-properly, authorized Red Cross representative in charge of re lief work at the scene of disaster. Governor Kitchin has very cordially entered into the plan and has accept ed the presidency of the board. It seems peculiarly appropriate that the governor of a state should become the head of the state organization of the Red Cross, since the president of the United States is tue head of the national organization. .The American Red Cross is the only organization of national scope engaged in the work of , emergency relief caused lsreat calamities or epidemics. It has a special charter from congress and is under federal supervision. It is required annually to submit a report of its operations to congress and its financial affairs are required to be audited annually by the War Department. It is gov erned by a central committee (of eigh teen niebers, six of whom re ap pointed by tne president of the United States from the executive de partments of state, war, navy, treas ury and justice. 1 tns governmental supervision assures the safeguarding of all relief funds entrusted to the Red Cross for expenditure,. The or ganization, however, receives no ap- prophiations from congress for its support but is dependent entirely upon private sources for all of its in come. During the last four years the Red Cross has expended almost five million dollars in its relief work. This record far surpasses that of any other similar organization in exist ence. '.'", SKRIOI S FIBK. Many Lives l-hidaiigercd by Falling Building. Leased Win to The Times.). Kenrvs of person New York. Oct. ?, escaped death in a miraculous' 'muniicr., scveral w ere . Injured ami ; it was re ported that at least one fireman ' Was caught in the ruins when tire destroyed a live story building at Pearl and Elm streets todav. It was at first said that from eight to t.-n firemen were caught under falling walls and had perished but after the blaze1 was under control deputy.. Fire Chief Binns accounted for- all of his men. Hundreds of men and women on their way to work jammed the streets about the lire and resisted the efforts of the police to .move them. The building collapsed with a roar that was heard for blocks. Horses attached to the tenders of engine Nos. 7 and St took fright and dashed into the crowd knocking several persons down. The only persons injured seriously enough to necessitate his being sent to a hispital, was Fireman Alfred Hal Ion, of Engine company No. 12 who was cut by Hying glass. Orphans Coming. Next Monday evening at 8:30 o'clock the chapter of children from the Oxford Orphan Asylum will ap pear here and give the annual con cert. These children, carefully chosen from the 350 in the asylum, always give a performance which is pleasing and full of human interests. The Masons of Raleigh are making the necessary arrangements for the ,,-erformance, which will be given at Metropolitan Hall, the use of which Is most kindly given by the lessee, the Grand Theatre Company. The orphanage Is doing a great work and It has many devoted friends in Ral eigh. . . GREAT WAVE AGAINST RACE Slaughter of Cup Race Causes Wave of Protest Over Country DEATH TOTOF SEl'KI Alarmed by Wave of Protest William K. Vaiidei'bilt, Jr., Donor of Cup, Has Called Meeting of Officials at Which Ways Will Be Devised to, if Possible Stem Tide of Disap proval Many Daring Drivers Say They Will Not Go into Kace Again Under Present Conditions.. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, Oct. 3 Alarmed by the wave of protest against any possible repetition of the slaughter that marked the Vanderbilt cup race last Saturday, William K. Vanderiblt, Jr., the donor of the trophy. It wag learned today, has called a meeting of the officials of the Vanderbilt cup race for this afternoon when an at tempt will be made to devise plans by which the tide of disapproval may be stemmed. The report that the permit for the grand prix automobile race, sched uled October 15, would be revoked by the supervisors of Nassau county has caused consternation in the ranks of the automobile race officials and they wt 11 do f heft niiuout 'to prevent -this action from' being carried' out. Racers Dissatisfied. New York, Oct. 3 -With every prospect given that the death toll In the Vanderbilt cup race would reach seven, it was reported today that the supervisors of Nassau county, Long Island, would put a stop to automo bile racing which would not only pre vent the grand prix race on October 15, but would mean either the dis-, continuance or drastic regulating of, the Vanderbilt cup in the future or the removal of the event to another course.; ' . . A special meeting of the supervis ors was called for today In the Min eola court house to consider the qeus tion. Supervisor C. Chester Painter, of Oyster Bay, a neighbor and friend of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, de clared himself in favor of abolishing permits for automobile races In Nas sau county. His fellow supervisors, however, were not entirely In accord with him. The big race brings many thousands of dollars to Nassau coun ty every year and 'farmers and vil lagers are loath to lose it. Death levied a tribute of three on Saturday and one other person died Saturday night. Early today It was. reported that Thomas Miller, of Col lege Point, 1. J.,' who whs hurt at the course, could not jive. Both of Mil ... (Continued on Page Four.) Y LIVES LOST IN NORTH SEA GALE (By Cable to The Times.) London Oct. 3. Many lives are re ported lost in terrific gales which have- lashed the North Sea hurUug several wrecks on the coast in the past 24 hours. The steamer Welhome foundered in the gale off Cromer and was sunk. The engineers were drowned and sev eral of the stokers were reported miss ing. The others on board were saved after a long fight against the state. Dispatches to mercantile marine agencies today reported that several other vessels, most of them fishing cratt, are Denevea 10. nave Deen iobi. Life saving stations at a number of points along the coast reported sevoral rescues. Disabled ships drifting helpless be fore the gale were also reported.- ; The tempest was one of high wind and driving rain and at points along tlhe coast the beaches were -strtwn with wreckage. ' . '. v Cromer Is known In marine circle as a dangerous place. Treacheroua , tides and currents- run off the prom- on tori es at that point and th gea beats with terrific force against tM great sea wall. ; - :
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