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THE OFFIGIAL HOME COMING AND GREAT STATE FAIR EDIMOIJ J1 HE W&ATHE& 1 For Raleigh and Vicinity: Increasing cloudiness, probably showers late tonight or Sunday; somewhat cooler Sunday. For North Carolina: Increas ing cloudiness; showers tonight LAST EDITION ESTABLISHED 1876. RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1910. PRICE f CENTS r WALTER WELLmAN BEGINS MOST DARIfJG FLIGHT ACROSS THE Flight Started Early this Mor ning In Presence of Crowd of Awed Spectators SHIP CARRIES CREW OF SIX ON JOURNEY Most Daring Trip . fiver Undertaken Under Way When Wellman and Crew of Six Flew Out Over the Atlantic and Pointed the Prow of the Airship America .Towards Eu rope Start Was Made at Three Minutes Past Fight, While 1,000 People With Bared Heads Looked On Ship . Was' Soon Lost to View in Fog Is Equipped With Wire . less. ;': (By Leased Wire to Tile Times) Atlantic City. N. . I., Oct. 15 Walter Wellman, the American news paper correspondent and aeronaut, and a crew of six men, sailed away from Atlantic City today for Europe in the monster dirigible balloon America, starting on the most dar ing, perilous, and spectacular trip In the. young!, history of aviation. At three n4nu4etter eightlUeJ American sailed but into the fog which hung over the coast and in a brief space had disappeared from view, although the hum of the motors could bo distinctly heard at the inlet hangar, the starting point. One thousand people had gathered about the -shed which housed the big balloon shortly after dawn. Through repeated failure to make a start many thought that Wellman would never undertake the dangerous journey, so that the farewell that was tendered the interpid aeronauts was half hearted. The persons who saw, the America disappear into the dense fog were awed into silence and stood with bare heads as the noise or the motor and whirring propellers died away. - ' "We won't come back until we have had a try at Europe." said Chief Engineer Vaniman grimly, as he crawled Into the cabin of the diri gible. This statement was directed at the report that the trip this morning was to be a trial to test the safety and efficiency of the balloon and Its ma chinery. '. The crew was given to understand that the strip started today was not an experiment but an earnest en deavor to conquer the air route be tween America and Europe. A big Block of provisions and other sup plies were taken on board. This in dicated that the voyage would be a long one unless dangerous winds ab solutely compelled a return to land. The dangers of the Cuban storm which is sweeping northward rrom southern waters was deflec by Well man. When first word of the dan gerous hurricane was received nere a STANLEY KETCHEL SHOT IN QUARREL : (By Leased Wire to The Times) Springfield. - Mo., Oct. 15 Stanley Ketchel, champion middleweight pug ilist of the world, was shot through the right' lung at the ranch of R. P. Dlekerson, five miles from Conway, Mo., early this morning. He is In a dangerous . con dition. ; A special train carrying doctors was sent from here at 9:20 by Dlekerson, with whom Ketchel has been staying. Two bloodhounds were taken to find the trail of a man named Hurd, who Is said to have done the shoot ing. No details could be learned but It appears that Ketchel was shot In a ouarrcl with the man. A messenger was dispatched as soon as possible to Dlekerson. No word of any previous trouble had . been received by Dlekerson, Facts cannot be secured. You couldn't broaden some men s views by running a steam roller over them. , AND PE RILOUS day or so ago the aeronaut postponed his start on the 3,000 miles trip de claring that he would not start out in the path of an approaching tor nado. .-- . AVellman departed in the wake of legal difficulties which threatened him as a result of claims made by Checalier Jean Jacon, chief me chanician and motor expert of the crew, that Wellman owed him $490 back pay. The city was thrown into a state of great excitement following the de parture of Wellman. It was confi dently believed that the . America was really bound for Europe. Resi dents and visitors .by the thousands flocked along the beach boardwalk towards the inlet where the America had been housed. The famous board walk was crowded with persons carrying binoculars who ti led to peer through the fog and get a glimpse of the America. It' was not known defi nitelv what course was tanen by the balloon. The balloon was equipped with wireless and the wireless sta tions along the coast were beseigd during the morning With Inquiries, desiring to know if aught had been heard from the America. According to a prearranged plan Wellman was to flash word by wire less if danger overtook mm, so that a boat could be serg as aid. Plans for the trip were made sev eral months ago. The balloon has been resting here for nearly three months. ' It has attracted a great ileal of attention among tne stran gers who ' throng: Atlantic City .dur ing the summer and fall months. The America Is nearly as large as Count Zeppelin's biggest dirigible. The hangar which was built to house it is 250 feet long, 80 feet wide and 80 feet high. Elaborate plans were made and much money spent in preparation for the trip. A hydrogen gas apparatus was brought from Paris. Eight tons of sulphuric acid and 60 tons of iron trimmings were secured to furnish the hydrogen. The balloon was equipped with an expert -wireless op erator and a full set of aeronautic and navigation instruments. Some of the latter were especially con structed for this trip. An idea of the carrying capacity of the America Is conveyed by the tact that she could take a crew of seven, enough gasoline for a day's run and 75 passengers. The fuel supply for the trans-Atlantic voyage was stowed in a steel tank with a capacity of 1,600 gallons. - Chief Engineer Vaniman declared that the trip could be successfully made, but his greatest desire, he said, was to demonstrate the practi cal usefulness of the dirigible. The America, which started away from here today, was rebuilt from a smaller balloon. It is a sausage shaped affair of monstrous size. The reconstruction went on in Wellman's workshops in the suburbs of Paris last winter and spring. It is second to the Zeppelin, in point of size, among the airships of the world. Its length is 228 feet, its greatest diameter 62 feet and its volume 345, 000 cubic feet. Its total lifting ca pacity is 24,000 pounds 12 tons. The steel car is 156 feet long and its weight 4,500 pounds. The Balloon part, composed of three thicknesses of cotton and silk and three layers of rubber, weighs 4,600 pounds. The fact that a situation practi cally amounting to mutiny had caused Wellman to make his start de veloped several hours after the diri gible America set sail. The men re sponsible for it were Vaniman and Simmons, respectively chief engineer and navigator. A secret conference was held by the two men shortly af ter dawn. ,-....'.,'' ' '.;' "We will never get anything like as perfect condition for a, flight again," said Vaniman. Simmons, who has been enthusiastic over the pro posed trip and who declared yester day that he would demand flight or leave- the expedition, awoke other members of the erew asleep in their blankets in the hib hangar. Wellman was first summoned by telephone at the Chalfonte and In formed grimly that his crew was ready to take the balloon Into the air. Hardly awaiting his word for forml orders to prepare for the long de ferred flight, Vaniman called Mayor Stoy, Chief of Police Woodruff, .and Chief Black, of the fire department, and asked for the big detail or police (Continued On Page Seven.) iSj n J ' Premier Prlimd, who denounces the i-ailrond strike ii! Paris as "mi in surrection built upun criminal foun dations." The employees of (lie Xoi'tlicin Railway, ii'.inibcring about KO, (,)() iii'eii, went on strike, demand ing u minimum wage of $1.00 a dny and other concessions. The Premier declares that tin- strike was called while iiegofiaf ions were going'- on I In mi,i himself ami the Minister of Public .Works' for an adjustment of grievances, n.!(l threatens its instiga tors nidi criminal prosecution. HILL E Street Paving Dispute Conies To a Head At Extraordinary Session -Aldermen Vote to Proceed - Willi the Work and Fight .Mr. Hill Hill Alleges That City is $180,000 in Debt. . (Special to The Times.) Durham.' Oct. 15 Matters in the' cele brated Seemau street dispute came to :i head vesterdav with" the '-action of ex-alderman J. S. Hill in procuring an order signed by Judge Lyon -enjoining the city from proceeding further with the-. paring of the street. In this mat ter Air. J. S. Hill is supported by his brother, 1. F.: Hill, and their complaint covets many typewritten.' pages, set ting out the various causes, that have made them". take., the - stand they are taking. The action' was;-made; return able, before Judge Lyon this morning, but it has been impossible, however. to work up .-the case for trial today and the matter will probably be post poned a. few- days, to give the board time ot prepare their case.:- i . - . As soon as the action of Mr. Hill was learned yesterday the aldermen met in extraordinary session to lake up the matter. Seven aldermen were present and 'when the matter was put to a final vote-five of these voted tnat the board proceed "'with , the work and fight' -Mr.-- Hill, while two of the alder men were of the opinion that the work ought to be abandoned and the con troversy closed. The summons signed by- Judge Lyon, ordering the city to appear before him and show cause why it should not be enjoined from proceeding with the paving of Seeman street, among other things, brings out the statement of Mr. Hill that the city s at present $180,000. in debt covered by notes held by local banks, Interest on which will have to be met ' from time. -to ti mo. The revenues of the city are only sufficient to meet cur rent expenses and these notes will have to be renewed when they fall due. It further brings to light a resolution made by the board of aldermen some (Continued on Page Throe.) T (By Cable to The Times) Paris, Oct. 15 The French rail road strikers today, won their de mands when the companies whose lines run out of Paris agreed to. fix the minimum wages of their em ployes at $1.00 Oper day, This was the chief demand of the strikers. The new scale will go into effect on Jan uary. 1. Gardner Surrenders. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Scranton. Pa.. Oct. J 6 Ex-Senator Frank J. Gardner, of Brooklyn, N. V., today agreed to surrender himself to the New York authorities on the in dictment returned yesterday charg ing him with attempted bribery in connection ,with the ant-race track betting bills. The hearing on his writ of habeas corpus was,: accordingly adjourned until Thursday, E Nearly All the Strikers Have Returned to Work' Government Ht ill IYcm-i-u-s Its Mili tary I'leciititiniis I'leinicr I Irian; and Companies .Negotiating. . (By Cubic lo Tin; Times. I -Paris, Oct. 15- Railroad condi tions in France attained a normal condition today alter the lour day's strike which'-' threatened -to paralyze France and which -virtually ' threw Paris into a state of.-martial law." Practically every striker r'inrhil to work today pending negotiations which; will bo carried on "wifa. the companies through - 'Premier Briand. The men. have heroine Irtt mildly consistent in their -demands'. The French government .--continued mass ing troops in -Paris and tilt! city s environs today to put down Hie. vio lence, which has followed in. the wake of the great strike. More than 10, 1)00. soldiers were distributed over the city and suburbs." 'today whilst o(her battalions were, enroute from tile provincial barracks. -..'..Tomorrow is feared for t i i e mal contents .wao are still . holding out, rrln'torced by radicals, socialists and professed anarchists, .have threaten ed to hold a monster. tiic-eiing oi pro test oi .-.'Sunday, -similar to that in the Unite Mom .Mane Para last night' when soldiers raided the gath ering an'ij drove the communists into the street, wounding half, a dozen men. sour of taein '.seriously;-' . . . 'The- strong military--':' precautions were taken at the direction ol Pre mier Briand, who declared that the strike had taken on a revolutionary character and that the industrial crisis is now nast. The premier says that by Monday railroad conditions will be nornia all .over,France. The police, under the personal su pervision of Prelect Lepine, contin ued, tile dragnet search today for an- rchists. The detective force, under Mons. Hammard, chief of the bureau, was completely baffled today in the search for the perpetrators of the bomb outrage yesterday. It was reported that the police are trying to connect M. Pataud, the no torious strike agitator, with the plac ing of bombs in the Rue De Ben and the Avenue Kleber. The city was - thoroughly searched for Pataud but it was announced today that no trace of him had been found. : It was said in authoritative cir cles that Pataud would be arrested on sight. Carrying out his "iron rule," Premier Briand will, probably urge that a heavy sentence be im posed upon the agitator if he is ar rested. ; - HeportS; of violence were frequent today. 'Attempts were made to wreck the trains, it was said, by tearing up rails' on the Northern Railway. The Lille: express had a narrow escape from destruction. The municipal guard has been in creased from the army lists and pa trolled every section of the city to day. The breaking of the electricians' strike kept Paris well lighted all last night. The St. Lavaire and Invalides ter minals were opened as usual today. The service over the northern Railroad was carried on today under the handicap of several telegraph wires which prevented the dispatch ing of trains in the regular manner, The threat was: made to patrol the (Continued on Page Three.) SPECIAL DAYS. The State Fair Offic ials have designated the following days to be known as "Special" or "Feature" days:; TUESDAY. Opening Day. Grand Parade to Fair Grounds. Address by Governor William W. Kitchin. " WEDNESDAY. Good Roads and Farm ers' Day. THURSDAY. Home-comers and North Carolina Day. FRIDAY. Raleigh Day. v f ,-n-ri. X'i A V.. l iiures. leader of ti e socialists In the Paris t'liamix'r vt Deputies, who answers Premier liriaml's charge iltiA the Hii iUe of NO.000 Freiicli rail road nu n is "an insurrcvlioii, built upon criminal -foundations" by. -stating that the niilroads uf the govern ment are respi.iisililc lor iiM'airs. .Many of (he incii -euiployed .by' the railroads of l-'iaitce only.' received 00 ci nls per day ill tutges, .Inures -as. sorts. TO SyCCEEDJIillELO Several Names HaveBeen Men tioned For the Appointment Governor Kilc'iiu Will Have a Xum- a Successor for General Ai'inlicld l-'rom. ' - .. Jhe mem hers uf the state guard are discussing wit ii considerable interest the probable successor to the late General' J, F. , Aniiiield, and several names have been '"prominently men tioned in connection therewith. Gov ernor Kitchin is out of the city and will not return until tomorrow and will not ..take up the mart or' before next free;, if then. The names most frequently mentioned, are .Maj. J. .1. Bernard and Lieutenant "Colonel R. ij. I.einster, of Raleigh, and Col. .1. Craig, of Rcidsville. AH these gentlemen are eminently qualified to discharge the duties of adjutant" gen eral, and stand high in the military life of the state. PKIXCKTO.V AT AM A PA LA. Situation There Quiet Xo Mention of Valladaras. ( By Leased Wire to. The Times.) Washington, Oct. 1 " The navy departmcnt was advised today of the arrival, of the l", S. S. Princeton at Amapala, .Honduras. It was said that the situation there is 'quiet. No mention is made pf General Valla daras. the Ilonduran coinuiandante oi the port -who has shown' open evi dences of hostility towards Ameri cpns, including , the I nited States minister to Honduras, 'and who has threatened- American citizens. He recently ordered his troops to fire on the British consul as he was about to board a vessel in the harbor. DESPERATE FIGHT WITH DESPERADO ( By Leased Wire to The Times) Huntington, W. Va., Oct. 15 In a bloody battle between George, alias "Red" Johnson, a negro desperado, r.nd officers of the law in the moun tains near here, three men were shot to death, two others were fatally wounded, others Were hurt by flying bullets and half u dozen bloodhounds were killed. The battle raged until early today when Johnson was cap tured and hundreds of bullets were fired into his body. Johnson had fatally shot George Lentz, an employe of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad here. When offi cers went to arrest, him he fled into Hie mountains. He was heavily arm ed with u rifie and revolvers. Johnson was surrounded when he hilled Officer Hale at long range and shot one of the bloodhounds. Fif teen minutes later he was again sur- HUNDREDS REPORTED DEAD (AS RESULT OF FURIOUS : WEST INDIAN HURRICANE rounded and snot Hi us through the heart and killed -three more dogs A running duel was then started. JoLnson's marksmanship was uner ring. He shot Lowe and Stuart through the Ijead and escaped again Chief of Police Lingenpeel. led a r.erachment of 'the posse in a long de tour and got in the rear of Johnson. The 'negro was shot through the iu hps but lay mortally wounded calmlv firing at his enemies. Bullets were poured into his bod', and even after death claimed him his body was riddled, being practii ally saot to shreds; Two companies of militia were mobilized and orders had been given to proceed into tne mountains when news' was received that Johnson bad been killed. , SIOAKCHIXG FOB Ml'HHKRKR. Mrs. Strong Found Murdered by Husband When He Returned Home. I By Leased Wire to The Times. ) Haminondton, N. J., Oct. 15 Po lice, are today searching for the mur derers of Mrs. Mary Strong, who was found murdered late yesterday in a stall in the stable on her husband s farm at Nesco, Mullica township, five miles from here. Mystery surround the crime. The woman, who was fifty years old, was lying on her back, her hands folded across her breast. Her head was crushed in, but her body was no! mutilated. A fe feet away .was found a blood-stained noe, evidently the implement with - which Mrs. Strong was slain. The body was dis covered by the woman's husband, W. H. Strong, upon his 'return from a business trip to El wood, a few miles distant. Two men and a boy who live on farms not far from the Strang place are believed possibly know something about the crime and ar being kept under surveilance. Prosecutor Goldberg, of Atlantic county, Coroner Cunningham and William Baitzel, county detective, who made ah investigation last night and who are continuing their efforts' today, declare themselves completely mystified. . "It is evident that the motive was not robbery," said the coroner, "The house had not been ransacked. In a bureau drawer, Where they could easily have been found, I came across a gold watch, rings and $100 in notes, all in a little box. The mys tery seems complete.": FUKXCH AVIATORS ARRIVK. Count DeLessops and Hubert Latham in Am-rica. (By Leased Wire lo The Times.) New York, Oct. 15 Count Jacques DeLesseps and Hubert Latham, the famous French aviators, arrived on La Lorraine today to take part in the aviation ".meet-which' begins at Bel mont Park on October 22. Latham will try to wrest from Glenn Curtlss, the American flyer, the international speed prize he captured at Rheims two years ago, and DeLesseps will compete for other prizes. The Count was accompanied by his sister, the Countess De La Begas suere, who has made several flights witih her brother. Viscountess Be noist D'Azy, wife of the French naval attache at Washington, was also a passenger. She expects to fly with DeLesseps during the Belmont meet. The foreign flyers were greeted by Cortlandt Field Bishop, president of the Aero Club of America, and Glenn Curtlss. ROOSEVKI.T lXSl'RGKNT. Refused to Make As Many Speeches As They Wanted Him to Next Week. (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Oct, 15 Theodore Roosevelt turned insurgent in earn est today and refused to comply with the demands of the republican state committee as to his speaking program next. week. He declared that his phy sician had told him that his throat was in too bad a condition to under take the hard program laid out for him. He agreed, however, to make the speeches scheduled for him on Mon day at Yonkers, Schenectady, and Troy. Monday night lie will return from Troy and rest until Thursday. TCuba Swept by Fierce Stem and the Entire Island Devastated A CITY OF F Terrific Hurricane Devastates Cuba, Doing Much Damage to Property and Life Several Hundred Prob ably Dead Havana u City of : Wreckage rBiiildlags Blown Down and the Streets Filled With Wreck age Great Portions of the City I'nder Water. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Havana, Cuba, Oct. 15 Hun dreds are reported dead and Injured in the terrific hurricane which swept Cuba, devastating the entire Island and which is still raging off the coast where the wind is sweeping at 90 miles an hour, carrying destruction luto the shipping and perhaps add-' ; 1ng to the appalling death list. The storm still raged in all Its fury today and In its wake came tales of death and' disaster and great suffer ing. Heavy loss of life Is reported from Mataniaa, ' Santav TSara', atld Pinar district, although' communica tion h asbeen mostly but off and " meager news has been brought by re fugees and in other roundabout ways. The coast is strewn with wreckage and the destruction of wireless sta tions has given rise to the fear that vessels are in distress off the coast in West Indian waters with no means of communication with the mainland. In the teeth of the gale men set to work today repairing the wireless depots in order to get news of pos sible disasters at sea. ; Havana was a city of wreckage to day with the streets filled with debris and still the vortex of the tail of the storm. Buildings were blown down, wires and telegraph poles down, trees Uprooted and traffic brought to a standstill. It was said that the death list would go perhaps to 10 in the citiy alone. Five were known to be dead early today . but many others were seriously wounded. Searchers started out to look for bodies in the wreckage. Rain fell continuously and a gale of terrific fury swept outward from the coast. Great portions of the city are under water. The suburbs are inundated. To add to the horror the street, lamps were blown away and the electric light wires were torn down by the wind, leaving the city in darkness through the night. Street cars were unable to run through portions of the city and some of the public buildings were closed. The work of raising the battleship Maine in the harbor . has been set back as the high wind and stormy (Continued On Page Seven.) NEW EVIDENCE IN BEEF INVESTIGATION ( By Leased Wire to The Times. ) Chicago, Oct. 15 New and Important evidence In the beef trust investiga tion has come to light and has caused . a hurried marshalling of tro federal forces here. Further indictments, one of which at least is said to be directed ' at a New York man, will be asked from the federal grand Jury next week. The new search .will be directed ore the acquisition of the New Tprk Re tail Dealers Dressed Beef Company by the alleged trust. The new inquiry 1b ' being carried on with the same secrecy that characterized the former Inquiries. Oliver E. Pagln, indictment expert for -the government, will arrive in Waeh- : Ingtdn today for a conference with A.U tomey General Wlckersham. Palm trees have the largest leaves. The Inaja palm of the Amaaon coun " try has leaves which reach a length) of from' 30 to 50 feet and a brlaato of from 10 to 12 feet. fj
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