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ril vi--ite AND GEAT --STATE FAIR, OCTOB&T 17-i J1 HE WEATHER For Raleigh and vlcJnitjrt Fa!lr tonight ,and Wednesday.' , For North Carolina; Fair tonight and Wednesday; warm er In extreme west portion. LAST EDITION ESTABLISHED 1876. RALEIGH, N. C:, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1910. PRICE 5 CE2TT3 - I . r ,- -.- - .--.v -, ..;.A-:,- -v -..,--;:-..... ..:y -..- .w- . . . - . .. .. ,-.,-. - ? k-- , FRANCE FEARS i fin Imi Meeting of Cabinet field to Deal With tie Henacing CROWDS LEAVING PARIS Fenr That Strike Will Isolate Capital Causes Hxodux of Tourists Strike Leaders Boast That Tney,- Have Secured Promises From the Em ployes of the Stale Railroads to Strike Tonight "Traffic Between Purls aud Calais Stopped Two Trains Sei.ed aiid locomotives Overturned. I By Cable to The Times.) Pails, Oct. 11 Fearing that the strike on the Great Northern Rail road will spread to state railways and completely paralyze traffic all over France, a meeting of the cab' inet was called today to deal with the situation. Strike leaders openly boasted to. day that they had secured promises from the employes of the state rail roads to strike tonight. If this con Humiliation is brought about all moans of passenger and freight rail traffic through all France will be tied Traffic between Paris and Calais was stopped this morning and word. - from the provinces stated that the trouble .was spreading.; In some quarters, .automobiles were pressed Into service. " .Paris is crowded .with foreign . tourists. A great exodus started to day in fear that this city would be isolated for an indefinite' period. With soldiers guarding the depots along the Great Northern Railroad against possible attacks by striking employes the government today-in stituted an automobile express for the carrying of mails. The entire system of train service was paralyz ed. The men preserved the strictest secrecy concerning their plans. ... .' The trainmen declared that they wen Id not be Intimidated by the gov. erninents messages -and it was re ported that emissaries of the Great Northern were working to spread the strike to the state railways. Two thousand of the 45,000 employes of the road were idle at daybreak to. day when it , was said that an order had been Issued setting a definite fu ture time for the remainder of the workmen to quit. At Tergnier strikers seized two trains, overturning the locomotives and completely obstructing traffic. All telephone and telegraph lines have been cut in some quarters so that definite information from those sections Is meagre. At the extraordinary meeting of (Continued On Page Five.) TRIAL OF in (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Favettevllle, W. Va., Oct. 11 Three companies of the national guard with n loaded machine gun, under the com mand of Adjutant General Charles D. KUIott were drawn up around the court house here today before the trial of Thomas Raymond, a negro, charged with criminally attacking and murder In Mrs. John Ailiff. was started. Hundreds of mountaineers and resi dents of the interior part of the coun ts -Infi, tnurn tnrinv. All fire armed and a feeling of bitter enmity . ,,. Ji. MJi. m.nitat o a . r,nr B-flne from nummary execution while being brought, here for trial.- He was guard- ed by soldiers but a mob held up the . i .u,. u .. .j wud mnh niniii nun; niiuin """ " I r were beaten back and the train pro- ,..yA i.i i,o nKsti-nn. i T ... u.. r ' ,.' . XT. v,mxu U1M v" III iirni i. . I I r ijone uonait KOb aion. vomnhis Tunn net 11 A lone hon. lit held hn h saloon hacked out I tvuW f!K then robbed a man with I W th L. SaIT?. who... r ---. escape in lue apace oi mree minutes early today. - . - " , J IB m OUT Ode Thousand People Lose Life In Fire Seven Thousand Square Miles of Ter ritory Burned Over Several Thou sand People. Are Missing. : (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Winnipeg.- Man., Oct. ll Seven thousand square miles-of territory In northern Minnesota and southern On tarlo were a smoking funeral pyre to day. Through the night the Are raged driven before a relentless wind and to day found the toll of disaster reach Ing up to appalling totals. An area containing more than 15,000 residents had been devastated. More than 1.000 are believed to be dead and from 2,500 to 4.000 others are missing. Twelve towns and villages had been wiped out Eight thousand men, women and chll dren were homeless. The property loss was estimated at over $100,000,000 and there .was no sign of the fire's abate ment. Unendurable suffering befell the people; panic reigned and in the communities of Rainv River and In ternational Falls refugees, rendered desperate by the terrible situation, gave way to violence. On Canadian side the northwestern mounted police patrolled the stricken area with orders to shoot all looters on sight; on the American side a regiment of Minnesota national guard was split up In detachments for police duty. The guardsmen were In structed only to make arrests and as slst in the relief work. The meagre details which came out of the living Inferno brought nothing but stories of death, disaster and suf fering. Stories of human suffering were beyond conception. Men and women refugees who had fled to this city, to Rainy River, to Warroad or Inter national Falls were nearly insane from fears and the ghastly sights they had witnessed. - Dead bodies strew every road and railway line. The creeks and river's are full of floating corpses. Near the site of the burned town of Baudette more than one hundred 'charred and black ened 'bodies, were .laid 6ut in the tern porary morgue today. Settlers .who, escaped passage through the greatest danger. Some had their clothing completely ' burned off. Others were nearly parboiled by standing neck deep In small rivers and creeks. Many who were not killed outright were burned so badly that they will die. Only a good soaking rain can check the wall of fire, It was said today. The treacherous wind was an element which caused much fear. At times the wind blew steadily in - one direction until the flames would surround a com munity; then it would veer off and the fire would leap out in some new direc tion. A mighty curtain of smoke cloak ed the sky. Live embers were carried by the winds and started new fires. . Nearly a dozen commnnitles were menaced early today by the fire which had eaten a new swath throughout the niglit. The communities utterly de stroyed are Beaudette, Spooner, Roose velt, Longworth, Zipple, Soial, Crater Spur. Engle, Gravel Pit. Graceton, Pitt and Swift. Communities menaced: Stratton and Fort Francis. Partly burned: International Falls, Ratportage, Warroad, Plnewood, Sprague and Rainy River. It was feared for a time that the fire would sweep Winnipeg. A wall of flame was borne in this direction by the wind, eating-its way With Incred Ible swiftness across the prnlrie but was checked In time by the wind Governor Eberhardt and , Adjutant Wood of Minnesota have gone Itjto the fire zone of that state 'upon a special train to see what relief measures the state should take. Red Cross nurses have been sent into the stricken terrl tory and temporary "hospitals and morgues have . been erected. 1 nree canoaus oi Lents, luuis nu food have been sent into the fire zone. Another Special train sent out today from St. Paultiaried food and cloth Ing. r Train loads of refugees have been taken to Rainy River, Fort Francis, Warroad and - international . Falls, Practically all were driven from their homes without being able to save a thing. All were content to get off with their lives. Many of them were severe ly burned; others were more than half naked. AH told marvellous stories of death In Its most cruel form of suf. ferlng and miraculous escape. They raid that droves of wild animals were driven from Che forests and sought the settled districts where they mingled with the domestic animals. Lumber men from the north, driven from their camps by ' the encroach of Are, took refuge In th settlements The authorities' said It was mainly these men who had broken Into saloons I n-linn maa at 1 1 u Kalirht anil H ti """; """ r .-..... came drunk. , ",erap" an 'eP" " fallen and sections of railroads are wiped out. The Canadian, the Canadin' tn tku Mn.th. a I " w" neiil many lenoi iiauiu. . Practically every living animal haBwomen"s societies, and had been hon been killed. The bodies of ,ftttle. r . ' - - 'ln.w..lnn hAraoB nnvw cnta fitin AVPn wild nnl-1 . . ... I uibis liner iuo iruus huu uyou Bijuues where tney naa run tor safety. uc me81'0 animaiB mixea wua me aeni-I n of the forest in their Wild daslil for aafetv. In Snooner a horse hitch- tn .ht ., tn y - o , i (Contloued OB Paye Vlv$.) i 15 i. i 113 Willinni A. Huppinii. of Hudson Falls, N. V., who was recently elected chairman of the New York Demo crutic state committee, to succeed John A. Ilix, nominnted for governor, Huppuch is an up-state business 'man, with nuiny connections in the J lo- awlt Valley, and in the upper tier of counties. - He has been associated with John A. Dix for many years, and for several years was secretary, of the state committee. Important Report by Commis sioner of Labor and Printing A Wholesome Advance in Funning Kvery County in the .State Reports IiKn asdl Cost of liiving liicrensf in Wajjes. ;' The following summary of the por tion of the annual report by t:ie Bu reau of Labor and Printing,, dealing with farms and farm labor, will be read with interest by all: Reports from the Various counties indicate a wholesome advance in farming. Particular attention is be ing paid to seed selection and prepa ration of soil, and the study given these subjects .-'cannot: but result in much benefit. Drainage of heavy and swamp lands, and measures for the preven tion of erosion are also being under taken, The advantages of these have been shown by the work already ac complished, and it is to be hoped that the movement toward these ends will be much forwarded by the results al ready attained. 'The North Carolina geological and economic survey is contributing val uable instruction in the way of proven methods along these lines. With constantly increasing values it beiiooves the land Owners of the state to see to it ..that, no gullies and wnsii- outs are permitted on their proper ties, and (he incentive for reclama tion of swamp lands cannot fail to (Continued On Page Seven.) PROMINENT W OF CHARLOTTE DEAD (Special to The Times.) Charlotte, Oct. 11 Mrs. Harriett Nlsbet Latta,:.. before her marriage Miss Harriett Nisbet, of Macon, -,'Ga., died last night at the home of her husband, Mr. K. -!.'". Latta, president of the Four C's. Company, following a seven weeks Illness , with tyijliold fever'.:: ." .- Mrs. Latta Was born in Macon In 1853, being 57 years of age. She is sur vived by a husband, and three, chil dren, Messrs Nlsbet Latta, of San Francisco, E. D. Latta; Jr., of Char lotte, and Ilss Acton Latta, of Charlotte.,-"; Mrs. Latta was one of the most cut I t nrert nrnmen nf tho Htnto nnri .mi n K."f ; ' ' " - ......v. K...t. ored with offices in these on more than wv-- ; The. funprnl tnlfpa nlnp tninnrrnw .m h .n,,., ,,..m... tin worth. Cliariotte s aristocratic suburb which together w ith Its Streets, was named by Mrs. Latta some IS years ago when her husbantl. Mr. E. D. Lat)a began the development of that MM, with his associates, expending thous lauds of dollars In the undertaking. -COURTHAS A M DOCKET Attorney General Wickersham Asks Reassignment of To bacco and Oil Cases OTHERCASESREASSIGED With Only Seven Justices )n tin : liench, Ilisii Tribunal llcs-ins Its Full Term -Ihickct a Long and Varied Oner-Presence of Justice Hughes Adds to the Interest of the Jhiy's PwreedliiK' : Guvcrniuciit Asks For B(iissii)i)ieiit of Scvei'al v Cases. : .' (By Leased-'Wire to tlie Times.) Washington, Oct. 1 1 Tlie suprem court of the United Kiates met at noon today, having '..adjourned yes terday after being in session just Ion enough far-Associate .Jusike Hughes to take the oath of office and for Acting Chief Justieo-Harhin to pay a tribute to the memory of Hit? late Chief Justice Fuller. With only seven justices on the bench this liigii ...tribunal today com menced in earnest its fall term, the first term of a season, which 'promises to be one of the busiest and mo.s,t Im portant in the history of the court, The docket, which was read after members of the bar. whii aud. made application to practice before the court had been sworn in, was a long and varied one. It. contained fortj two eases, ' thirty-Jive of wiiich the United Stats .'government is either directly or indirectly interested, and in which department of justice'" offi cials. -'will take some part in their argument, . ; ' , . . The presence of Associate Justice Huglies on the bencii added much to the interests of the proceedings today, He has been given the .seat on the extreme left of the bench formerly occupied, by Associate Justice f,ur ton. Following the opening formalities Attorney General Wickersham asked for. the reassignment of the case against the American Tobacco Com pany, known as the Tobacco trust and that of the Standard Oil Com pany, both of which were set for No vember 14. Also for a number o other cases on the docket for today The attorney general explained that various necessities had arisen to cause a request .for-postponement of the hearings, particularly the absence of a full bench. " The three employers' liability cases in which the government is interested were reassigned for hearing in Jan nary.. . 1 he corporation tax cases were also set for hearing in January. The reassignment was also request (Continued From Page, Six.) GREAT STATE FAI and Home Coming Jubilee OCTOBER 17-22, RALEIGH, N.C. will be the greatest crowds in Raleigh's history More people will be here than in Roosevelt year. Thousands of Home-comers from all sec tions of the country. Special rates. Wonderful - attrac tions. Don't miss it. v ? -I Xwi-- iy iciicr:il Wi'Vlcr, "(he biitehcr," the name which he eiiriu il by Ills cruel tics in ( ui)H. who Uma; Alfonso, of tipnlu, depends upon t strangle with his ii! I a ml iiiiv atlenii)! at icvoln. tion in Spain, "(rave fears for n civil outbreak is felt in Spain, not only be ca::so of the successful unrisiiiu in I'lit'tagul but ;; account of the fact that the 1:!tli oi' this month is the an niversary of the execution of Prof. Ferer, who was uiiivcrsally beloved by the people as a icpiiblicaii iiml advocate of civil lil:crty. He kvus executed as ail inciter of anarch v. lollowiii'i (lie l.arcelona riots of a year ago. '-.The putting of General Wcyler in full chaise of military p'rrparutioiis is another firebrand threw n among the people, who regard Weylcr as n merciless tyrant. Ong Looks Upon Rebellion As Immediate Menace I' or tin' Time at Least the Kinu; Has WiilulcuxM l'nm Jwtei'iiiiimtion ta Take the Field in Person. (By Cable to The Times) Madrid, Oct. 11 Spain is an armed ani-ii today. '-In- its northern district round Hareelona anil :" Valencia anil along the Portugal frontier. From the tern measures taken by the govern ment, it 'Is evident that the king Al fonso, anil his tulvi.'eis 'look upon re bellion as an Immediate menace. For the time being at least, tlie king lias withdrawn- from, his- .determination to take the Held In person anil head his army in military operations, Practi cally -entire charge of tin- ilrastic .steps against revolt are in the hands of 3en ernl -'.Wejier, - '"the. butcher of Cuba.'' The strike of the miners is taking on i revolutionary- character. .Thousands of men . swarmed the streets of Bar celona today in open defiance- of tile niuniiipal "uard. Troops ami batteries of, artillery --are now massed In all the strategic points along tile Portuguese frontier, in tile Hasque province in the north and through the populous districts. : In tlie face of all these precautions and the' old -'defiance of the aiftl- mJh arehists the government today main tained an attitude of confidence. Pre mier Canalejas, whose powerful jnllu ence has practically guided the. 'politi cal policies of . Spain, during an audience grunted newspaper correspondence to if.i v said: The Spanish army is loyal to the king and the monarchy; it is ridiculous-to (Continued From Page Five.) CHARLOTTE HAS 34.014 POPULATION (By Leased Wire to 'Tile Times.) vv asnmgton, Oct.. 11 -The census bureau today made public the follow ing Returns: North Carolina Charlotte 3-1.01 1; last census I S,C!U; increase SS.D. Kentucky Louisville, 223,928; last census 2l.i4.731; increase 9.4. Lexington ,099:. last census 26,369; increase 33.1. Louisiana Shrevenport 2S,015; last census 16.013; Increase 75.0. Duel in Streets, (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Meridian, Miss.,' Oct. 11. Fred Hall was shot dead and Policeman Culpepper was mortally wounded in a pistol duel, fought in tiie street here earfy today. Culpepper fired six shots into the body of his antagonist. The officer was trying to arrest Hall when the shooting started. Service For Children. Mr, Chnrles Butler will conduct a song and praise service for the chil dren of the city of Raleigh tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Chris tum cnurvh. TWO ARE PARDONED Lee Aldwell, of Warren and Robt. Shoffner, of Guilford Two Xejjroes Pardoned Caldwell Hud Served Over Two of a Six-yen Sentence ami Slioilner Ten of Twenty-five 'Year Sentence, Governor Kitchin today pardoned l.ee Caldwell, of Warren county, and Robert Shoffner, of Guilford county l.ee (aldwell was sentenced to serve six years in the penitentiary a the September term of Warren conn ty court, 1 90S,; for the crime or man slaughter. Reasons for pardon: 'Deceased severely beat prisoner's mother and apparently without just provocation. A few days thereafter prisoner asked deceased about it, and said he was going to heat deceased or deceased heat him. Deceased at once struck prisoner with a hoe. Prisoner wrenched hoe from deceas ed and struck him with it. Deceas ed backed and drew his knife and began cutting, cutting prisoner three times, and prisoner ran backwards, until he stumbled and fell iu a ditch. drawing his pistol and shooting de. ceased. . I'lisoner lived tor six years prior to the killing with a furniture house in Manchester, Va., when, according to many prominent citizens. .and of ficials ., he -.maintained an excellent character, being regarded by all as holiest, industrious .temperate and polite. He has served oyer two years with a good prison record. The trial judge and solicitor both recommend pardon . Pardoned on condition that he remain law abiding and of good behavior." Kotiert snotrner was sentenced to serve twenty-five years in the pen! tentiary at the August term of Gull ford court, 1tC)0, for carnally know ing a girl under fourteen years of age. :.-.' ; Reasons for tirdon . "Prisoner has now served over ten years. Both parties were negroes of ill -repute and low character. Pris oner was cnargea witn a more ser ious crime but rather than risk his life, though the evidence was not strong and many people believed him innocent and that the charge was the result of a conspiracy, plead guilty. "The solicitor and judge now think he has been sufficiently punished and recommend pardon. There is no pro test." A gentleman entirely disinter ested thinking the prisoner was suf fering beyond justice, without re ward but. at his own expense, has looked after his application. Par doned on condition that he remain law abiding and of good conduct." CHR1STIAX CHIHCH ItKVIVAL; Itev. M. L. lirvant Pieaebine Charles Itntler and Wife Singing. A large congregation assembled at the Hillsboro Street Christian church last night to hear excellent music and good preaching. Charles Butler and his wife con tinue to capture the hearts of all lovers of music in the city of ..Rat- eign, who hear . then). Tiiey are hard workers, and do not seem at all to grow weary of tue continued service. They keep cheerful, happy and good-natured for their work. The Lord is blessing fheir services in the meeting. .Tney will sing tonight and tomorrow night, and will leave for Wilmington, X. C., Thursday to en gage in union revival services tne.'e'.1 Rev. M. 1. Bryant, of Norfolk, ar rived yesterday afternoon and preached tor die congregation last night. His subject was, "Cross Bear ing Within and Without the .Church."' Rev. Bryan is an enthusiastic, preach er. He believes what he preaches, and labors hard for t.ie conversion of souls. : He has had good success in Greensboro, Norfolk and otiicr towns, and will make good in Ral eigh. The meetings will continue through the week, if interest demands It Services this evening at 7:30. Chil dren's service tomorrow at 4 p. m. Oscar Straus to Rchign. London, Oct. 11 The report be came current here today that Oscar St rank, American ambassador to Tur key, will tender his resignation with in a few days. According to this re port Mr. Straus believes that devel opments in Turkish dominions are of such a character that he could better serve his country at home . than abroad. Cnpt. Wiley Goodwin and . Dr. C. O. Cpchurch, of Chatham county, are In the city today. Capt. Goodwin re ports crops fairly good In Chatham. ; TEN BODIES,. RECOVEliED FROM HIDE First Recovery of Bodies Era Ill-Fated Mine Was Made This Morning . AFTER DAMP IN HE Afterdamp Still Gives Trouble to Res cuers and Several Of Them Were Overcome Lust Night Hodleg Re covered Were Rec-ogii liable and Must Have Died Instantly Were Turned Over to the Coroner Xot Fvpiteil That Any More Bodies Will he Reached Soon. ( By Leased Wire to The Times.) . Starkville, Col., Oct. 11 Ten bod ies of the fifty or more coal miners who were killed in the .Starkville) mine Saturday night were recovered shortly before 4 o'clock this morning. I'he bodies were found In chambers 30, ;!1, 32, 33, 34 and 35 of entrv The bodies were recognizable and from the position in which they were found it is supposed they died in stantly. The bodies were removed from the chambers In which they were found and taken near the en trance of the new shaft to await the arrival of a deputy coroner, who will take charge of them. Large quantities of the deadly af terdamp are still being encountered by, the reacua gajgand . dpj-ftif -tht night several men were overcome and had to be carried to fresh air. ' The presence of the afterdamp is delaying the rescue work to a very consider able extent. President Welhorn of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company, is skeptical egarding the immediate recovery of more bodies as most of the victims were working on company time doing repair and cleaning up work and were scattered through miles of un derground workings. The condition of the interior of the mine is the worst that could be imagined and It will require months to clean out the workings and repair the damage uised by the explosion. The mine is wrecked to the extent of 75 per cent. ' '.;... DR. CHRKITZIrtRG DRAD. Itcloved Pastor of Central Methodist Church at Monroe Passes Away, (Special to The Times.) . Monroe, N. C, Oct. 11 Rev. Dr. Hilliard F. ' Chreitzbiirg, pastor of Central Methodist Eplscopad church. led early this morning of tvphold fever, after an Illness that began only two weeks ago. The announcement of his death came as a great shock to the community as onlv favorable reports had been received of his con- Ition right up to last night. FARMERS OBJECT TO TUBERCULIN TEST (Hy Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, Oct. 11 Many farmer" f ''Maryland and Virginia will cease Shipping milk to Washington rather than submit their cows to the tuber culin test ordered by the health de partment of the District Of Coluhibltii A pasteurizing plant is already being talked of as a means of '-.'preserving milk for shipment to Pennsylvania, New York and elsewhere. Intervention from the state officials of Maryland and Virginia is expected if the health department attempts to enforce Its order. ' John Thomas, a large -.milk shipper of Ednoi, Md., said: "The health department should In vestigate the outcome of a similar cam. paign in New Hampshire before It tries to enforce this rule In southern states. ' "The health authorities of that state attempted to pass a similar order and the results were so disastrous that the governor of the state ordered It sus pended. The citizens of that state ac tually suffered from a milk famine' and the repeal of the regulation was the only course by which the supply could ne augmented. - i". "If 50 percent of the cows In Mflrv- - land and Virginia are killed you ran '' Imagine what the- result will be to many Maryland.. Virginia and Wash-. lug-ton families." ' ', .