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The Weather FAIR. ' RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1911. LAST EDITION. PRICE FIVE CENTS Double the Number of Paid Subscribers in the City of Raleigh of Any Other Newspaper, Vol. LXIX. No. 6. LEGISLATURE HOLDS ONLY A BRIEF SESSION Speaker Dowd Will Announce His Committees Monday House After Half Hour's Work Ad Joiuns tiir Monday Spenker Pays High. Compliment to House Mem bership So Many Able Men Will cult to Make Committee Assign . men Is Hill in Interest of T.uIjoi- Oi-gnniznt ions Introduced Judge Ku-iiit- Offers Measure? to Prevent Trafficking 'in Poll Tax Heeelpts. The difficulty Speaker Dowd is en countering making;' committee assign men I a made the session ol t.ie house necessarily brief today. The speaker announced that he would appoint the more important committees Monday, so that the work of the house could go forward more briskly. He paid a high compliment to the members of Lie house, stating that there were so many members Of niore than usual standing and ability that he found it difficult to assign them all to com miltnes worthy of their special. 'tal ents.. The speaker announced that lie would name the complete list of his committees just as soon as pos- sihie. ' ; '.:'; Most of the bills introduced at to day's session were local or of minor importance. - Judge Ewart, of Hen derson, offered a bill to prevent traf- licking in poll tax receipts for the ' purpose -of 'Influencing1 votes; which was referred to the elections commit tee. ' v'-..-:w ' Mr. McPhaul, of Robeson, brought forward the time honored anti-cigar ette bill, making it a misdemeanor to sell cigarettes or the makings. And Mr. Pace, of Wake, offered another measure in the interest of labor, re quiring work shops and factories to keep at hand constantly a chest of medical and surgical appliances, to be used in case of accident to em ployes. .Two other bills of considerable in- terest to labor and labor organiza tions have been introduced in the house, by Mr. Pace. Both bills are ' backed by the labor organizations of the state and are designed to protect employes in their right to collect wages, and also in its right to ami iale with labor organizations if they gee fit. The first bill Is to meet the case where no administration is granted upon the estate of a dead wage earner, and '..' authorizes the pay ment of any wages due the deceased at the time of his death to his widow, his children, his father, mother, brothers or sisters, in the order nam ed, or to the undertaker who buried him, or physician who attended him on his last illness to the extent of their claims upon proper affidavit made to the employer. The bill ap plies to sums due up to $ 250. Tho second bill makes it a misde meanor punishable by a fine of from 2.r.O to Jl.UOO, or a term in jail, for mi employer to enter into an agree- FIRE BURNS HOUSE AND THREE NEGROES (Special to The Times.) ' Kayftteville, N. C, Jan. 7 Fire in lower Fayetteville at 11 o'clock last night burned a tenement house and three little negroes. They were child ren of one Gilmore, working at Gil-more-Rankin Lumber Mills. The mother left the children In charge of a boy and went away at 10 o'clock. He said he left the door unlocked and there was no fire In the house. iThe first parties to reach the burning building said that the door was lock ed whenjhe Are was discovered. The house was In a mass of flames and impossible to rescue the children, Shot by Assassin. Lexington, Ky., Jan. 7 George Bosley, a wealthy farmer, was called to the door of his home and shot to death early, today. A posse is in pursuit of the assassin. :':'' ,3m 7 Mrs. Guernsey ( iirnn i I lie must tangled marital (Viiirs tills 7 Guernsey Cumin whs .Miss Marie Haiiuoii. daughter ol l-'raul. Himuon, and h niece of one of the Hnvciucycrs. i siisur lame. mauled In IDOtt nvil has one chilli. tory decree at Piitehngue, L. I. .Mis. Klrise ( im i.iii, wit ol ilie bidtlic:' of the ex-lmsliand of .Mrs. ftiicnisi-y ( imiiiii. obtiinieil bci- divorce im I'niis on Xoveinber 2(. am) is now i-eiioi'ted to be cimuyed t i niari'v s o;i duerii sey CniTau, Iier fnrineir'hiislHiinrs brother. I lie third divorce m i!ie ( i:r rnn and Postley families was obtained in Krance a lew weeks an" ':v Mis.: Clarence S. Postlcy, whose husband is h Igoilicr it Mis. Hons . .inmU'r Curran. Mrs. Postley returned to Xew Yf.ik ii'inul two weeks ni :md. Sir. Postley met her at the pier. Slieluis roiic to ( aMeriiia with her lurle son, who is not well and it is rumored i 'ew . in k that the hoy will be the means of effecting a reconcilia-tion soon. nient with his employes requiring them to Abstain from ;V, In in g or: pa ganizing a labor organization. ' Rev. C. J. Woodson, of Cleveland, took the members to task for their Inaudible manner of speaking. He complained that he could seldom hear what they were saying and gave them an illustration . of how they should make their public utterances distinct. The chair announced that the suggestion was adopted without a vote. The house was called to qrder at 1 1 o'clock by the speaker and Mr. Woodson, of Cleveland, offered prayer. The house men toon up t;ie regular order. . .. .. Petitions. Memorials,. Kte. Quickel, of Lincoln: To repeal of drainage act applying to Gaston and Lincoln counties. Hills Introduced. Taylor, of Hertford: To amend charter Buckhorn Academy, Hertford county. - Prlvott, of Chowan: To amend fishing laws for Albemarle Soiind. Dillard, of Cherokee: To amend law relating to fees of officers and witnesses in Cherokee county, , Kent, of Caldwell: To protect quail in Caldwell county. . Strong, of Gaston: To protect quail in Gaston county. Tomlin, of IredelJ: ; To authorize commissioners to make appropriation for farm demonstration wprk. Taylor, of Brunswick: To amend laws relating to special taxes in Brunswick county. McPhaul, of Robeson: To pro hibit sale of cigarettes, cigarette pa per or substitute l lie re for. Caiidili, of Wilkes: To increase pay of jurors of Wilkes county. Pace, of Wake: Requiring factor ies and work shop to keep "first aid" j appliances ready In case of accident. Markham, of Pasquotank: To pro hibit non-members wearing bjkg badge. Quickell, of Lincoln: Relating to draining lands Indian Creek. Dillard, of Cherokee: To amend law relating to pay of witnesses in Cherokee. Strong, of Gaston: To regulate rate of interest. Norman, of Mitchell: To incor porate Minneapolis In Mitchell iounty. Ewart, of Henderson: To prohibit the paying of poll taxes to influence voters. Ewart, of Henderson: ' To encour age sheep husbandry in Henderson. The house adjourned at 11:30 un til 11 o'clock Monday morning. IX THE SEXATK. The senate transacted very little business today, the session lasting only twenty minutes. The most important bill introduc I' New York, who helices pioiiuiicul ly in one of country h.is nor known. Mis. Dcuhani Si:e was She reco:itl ohtniied Iier inlorloe.i- ed was b.v Senator .McLaug-uhn. of Cumberland, establishing the comity of Hoke out of pori ions ot Cumber land and Robeson. The proposed coiintv designates Raeford as the county , seat and. ''-the advocates will make a strong fight. for its establishment. This is the third time the. proposition has been before the legislature and Senator McLaughlin savs those behind the movement will present some interest ing facts and figures in support of their claims. An interesting report was read from the corporation commission to the effect mat its .investigation In direction ot t.ue general .assembly ol 1909 had revealed the fact tiint the freight rates from North Carolina ports to inland points were as low or lower than apply from Virginia ports to inland points in that stale or I mm South Carolina ports to inland cities and towns in that state. . President Newland convened the senate at 1 1 o'clock: Rev. L. K. Jonn- son, of tho Curistian church, offering the invocation. Leaves of absence were granted to Senators Long, ot Iredell, and Brown, of Columbus, until Monday. Resolutions Introduced. Pinmx, of Yadkin: Regarding un furling ot t he I nited States' Hag over the dome of the capitol during the session of the general assembly. Passed. Bassett: Edgecombe-:.'. Providing for the preparation ol a schedule of meetings of the senate committees to (Continued on Page Five.) TENNESSEE EIGHT IS ABOUT SETTLED Nashville, Tehii:. Jan. 7 The faction al fight that bus tlit'cairned to Iciivh Tennessee without a legislature anil with an absolutely empty treasury will probably come to an end -Monday, hc cordluK to developments today. Lead ers of nil factions stated today that compromise measures had been iisrced upon and that indications .were that the state law-making machinery would be working more smoothly than for years past bv the first of the week. The onlv possible tnrtion that can arise mnv come from proposed .elec tion 'and liquor laws. Willi- the sen atorial election will be pplrlted there arc no indications tnat it win ne mann ed by hostility. The charge is made that the leaders and not the rank and flic of the factions have-been' -responsible for the deadlock. The prevailing opinion at present is that O. T. Fitsdiugh, of Memphis, will probably be the senatorial selection of the legislature although he will have keen competition. K OF HIE BIG CAH The Carnegie Trust Company In Unsound Condition, Closed by State Bank Officials 1 OSi 000! 'I he (uincgle I rust 1 (impanv With Deposits of About S.H,OOII,M0 ( los. cd by New Irk Mate superintend col ol lianks Has Paid t p ( npiiai (il K 1 ,5410,000, Stii-plns and I'roiits of About $7:ltt,Oi0 J-.'.T. Howell . Pi'i-suli'iit - ol Ilie ( onipanv la.s Had .Stormy iirccr A i:ine cry Near fi'oiug in 1 i iami.ii Panic ol 111(17 Has t'liaii".--! Heads Sever:: I 1 lines. . .' ' I Jy Leased Wire ..-to i'i'iie Tltn.-s.t New York,! Jan. 7- - I .if CnrKegio rrust. (.ompanv,. wnn . -denoiiiis ol about $8,900,00(1.. aecord.ing . ;o its last statement, was closed by- Sr-iie Superintendent of l!;:n'::-. ('honey lo (iii.v. Stflte.'.batiking' nftjtdnlsr iuir.ie l:::li iy lool: charge "'' tie ilist i.rut U; . The r-oir.naiiy i.vn:i 'ch-trrtered i.i I !W. and bad a paid up cSyiia.l of $ I ,."i"t. I.'IO and sill-plus and jrofitp of 'abort' $7. "Mi, Oil ;-'.: .!. T. liinvr!;' i.-- lii-esiib-iit. of the- c.uii:k'.'.!:. . . Alter closing: the pei'inieadf nl '..Cheney lowing siatcmeilt : . The suporintentle .l,:uik Pia'te. issued t.ie fol- ; of ban taken possession- of the property and lusineiix ot Hie Camerye Trust oni 4 an v.- luocted !t. .1.1 sarfway ; bor- ongit Of Manhattan. "An exaiuiiiation of the aflans of this'companv- has caused the snneiin tende.nt. -to conclude that . it. is in an unsoiiinl condition to transaci r.ess ami that .'it is not siil'e fo continue. "lie examination is no! yei com- idetf and no hirther . statemeur can be luade at the present time. .The Carncitie : Trust ("o!uia:iy. since Its hii'tli h.aiv ;ia J . a .-stormy i-a-reer. Tliiring the liivaneial panic of 190 7, it was feared for a- time that it would be ton ed to close its doors, but J. P. Morgan's aid.. enabled it to coiuinuo liusha ss. ' : Ever since".") liat. time the. eyes, of Wall street have been focused on 'tue institution and many who remember ed the exposures before 'the ;,gram! jury last ;.I uly in cohiieclion with loans of tens ol tiioiisands of. dollars on bonds of a paper railroad com pany issued by Charles ;E. "Wellborn, a promoter .with n Criminal -record, were not suriirised at. loiUty s lailure. Standard Oil interests, m n.-cem-ber. 1 909, aided the trust company to its chain of great, down-town banks. The Carnegie Company was taken over in a $42.OO0.tM)0 merger with the Van Norden Trust Com pany and the Nineteenth and Twelfth Ward banks. Joseph U. Iteichniann. who was believed to be identified with Standard Oil interests, wtns elected president to succeed Charles C. Dickinson, ..-organizer of the com pany. 'The-other officers given in t lie. Directory- of Direct ors of 1 9 10 are: Vice Presidents -James Ross Curran, Frederick AV, Parker: secretary and Treasurer Robert L. Smith. Assistant Secretary Robert 15. Moorchead : As sistant Treasurer, Staunton t Dick inson; Trust Otlicer, Lawrence A. Ramage; Assistant Trust Ofhcer. Al bert K. Chandler: . Auditor, Sylvester (5. Ball. - The Carnegie Trust Company is one of the best known banking in stitutions in the country and uus thousands ot wealthy .depositors.- As soon as the news ol the failure was flashed throughout the financial district, hundreds stormed tne doors of the company, but. no one was al lowed admittance. The power ot the Carnegie '1 rust Companv as a financial institution is shown bv the fact that Leslie M. Shaw was at one time president ol the company. In March, 1907, alter he.retired from the cnbinet as seere tary ofJhe treasury, he became head of the company, Dickinson..- having resigned to make way for him. Shaw was subsequently ousted and was succeeded by Dickinson, who re signed again to make way for Reich mann. At the time of his election, BANK W Princess Siidiiii i!, of ( oocb-lielin I', for whose eslablisliineiit ill Loudon M'i h ly r.i idiaiit ii-eiai-atioiis m-e licijfii made bv her Hindu parents. 11 !i.-:':a!-:ii,-i- aim Maltai-.lncc ol ( ncli lieiiar. have made anoth(r move in l.icir deleiiiunecl caiiipaigu to secure u loiuhiig losition in l.omlon's An-ilo-iMilian eolonv. 1 bev b-ive ji':st-ti ken Lord l.ilward Spencer liiu-i'liiU's .spii-iMl.il Iviie-e in (irosveiior sir-'t, v, here a scries ol eiitertaiiinients will be hebl (, l'-i; hiiliancv lor wblicb these in illrcsqiie Indian polentates :,ie alieadv t.-iinoiis. It is well understood that the niaiii obiei't ol the .Ai'i liaince in eciiiiug this LomiIoii estab Iisbincnt Is to give her vouiigest (la ie.dec. lite I'riiii-ess liudliirs. a liltinn niti-oiluct ion into thai society in wind! her elder sisters, Princess I'l etiva, already holds all nek now leilged place. Loth dannbters hare-received the best possible Lnglisb eilucatlon, v.hicb lias also been allordeil tbeiv tour brothers, who have nil been ut rloii. Reich w-HS'-prsAklcn? M tlonal Starch -Company, at ti. No. 2H .ireadway. .The -grand, jury, .--.in July: of last year, began an extended inyi'stiga t.iuii of. tiy iryactions, involving tiie adi.Uifiisi.i at ion ni" the t ri'.st 'conipahy during the j:l-i.sitle'ney of Dickinson, w ith ' '('IVarles V. ("'.inpniiin, a cu;'h liroiier. wlio acted for AVellhorhV - The present oflUcrs and directors, were exonerated. : About, two years ago., il developed. Wellborn eonceiyr-d .1 lie idea of. mak ing, some, fu.or.ey l-y (iiiijnizing .tbe Titiuivillo k ; Xorthei-n RiillroatJ; Anions :lie -first 'steps he .took was to issue . .$.",0.0. min. in .six iVereent . .gold bop lis'.' in. t.ie naine of. iris - bew con ( f iU i . - - ' -': ;' '..."- '..:' sroin; i;(i;i;i:d. Thief ;els Store ot , I II. and (.nils I rom Slantou A: t o. -:,: i Special to -The Times..) . , ; .' rtoldsboro... N'. (.'.. .Ian. 7 Kaily yesterday hinrfi.ing- sonic thief stole several pistols and shot guns-, from the hardware store of T, II. Summon '& Co.. on Walnut street, only a few doors south 'of' the posfolliciv' which was a daring -robbery and an unus ual one of this kind.,.: The stolen ar ticles were in front of the store, on the inside of the large show 'window, It is thought, that t'ue, thief stood some distance rom the store and th row a. large stone or brickbat at the show window and when -satisfied that, tlie noise had- inn attratted at tention, -proceeded to help himself to HAS BEEN LOCATEO (By Leased W'ire to The Times.) . N'eu poi-t. I;. .1.. ,lan. T 'i'h.- bat 1 let-hip lb ,-t di fending I'ncie Sara's. Ailahtie coast, line aKiiin tlie"invadilit;'.' line of battleships. -swooping down en it t'limi Iviii-opean nl'-rs. has won the jirsi point in the war game. . A wireess liie.sage .vt-ceiveil station here from the ilcct' of cruisers under eonnnnnd if Ke: it the serin t r -Ad- niiial Staunton stated that, the location of the "iiivadei-s'' is now definitely knnun. . The . u ttaekiiig" .hatlleship . 'tH-et ." i the AiliiiHic s'lpiadron Whicji lias been visiting iibrnad and is now playing a war game, trying to reach America shores .without being detected by Un American warships guarding .'-across the Coast." The locution of tlie Incoming battleships Was not made 'public. Milk will quench a lire caused by an exploding .lamp,- water only spreading the oil. 4 fy. the above artic-tea, - taKiTig-till - that were vi!h!i hi?, rctivh, the hole nide in the display window ; being only large enough lor a man to gel his arm through...'.' The ; only . articles ;b. !e m issed o n i s of t he pistols. - and pock e t k n. i v es . w h i c h ,e:tc! the hole inade T'eis ; is about,' the above.- store has been gitns.'W-ere' a fe were wiiliiu his show w indow. . iirilitli time tin robbed ill the 'past -two years.. acl DrovMied Herself While Asleep. t Hy i.e: -e:'! W'y.i- :o "'lie Times ) : New Yori-:. Jan, 7-The psychic in-tl-uence of morbid conversation led to the death of ...Sophie S Iniiutz. of Rockuway Beach,; I.. I., early .today. Several days ago tin; girl discussed death by drowning; with a friend. ICver since t iial. 1 tine her nn'nd dwelt upon .t.li'u suliject and . Kin- often ex pressed l lie fear that she would die In drowning ln-tve;'. ; Ki riy today, in her slevji, she walked: into tlie bay at ; . Rockaway Li flo: c-lt and ting in t her he w body iter a was dawn found Wreck on Texas I l ain. . -1 By Leased Wire to The Times) ; '. Waro. Tex.. Jan. 7 - 11. 1). Reyn olds, Pullman . condui for., and Dr. King, . of Dallas,- were killed . this moriiing;: w hen Missouri. Kansas and Texas liver No.. 0 ran into' flyer-Xo. S aj Abbott, i'7 miles norih of here to ibi . Ho: ii trains were going in the same direction. A heavy, fog: o.h sciiivil the lights on No. li. ..The rear sb.H'per of N'i). li was (ele.sco)ied. . The iissenger.s were only slight ly shaken. I'lomiiient P.usiness Man Shot. illy Leased Wire to Tin; Times) ('aiiey, Kans.,. Jiin! ;,7 - .1. ; I!, S. Xcely, presidenl. of the Wichita Nat ural (las Company; who makes his home in Limn, p., was shot-and' killed this -'morning while sitting in the lobby of the. Palace: Hotel reading a letter, by .VI Truleu, a promient citizen. The men had had difficul ties' over a gas well lease and Neelly had the best of the. .argument. ' He had secured an in.iuiiet ion preventing Tniekeit i'l-oni: entering upon the lease. . '..'.. Llkins I'linei-al Held. (liy Leased Wire to The 'limes) Llkins. . a., 'Jan. 7 Business in lOlkins was at" a standstill today in memory ot tne lale Senator Stephen B. Elkins, whose body arrived here this morning for bniuil. Mayor J. N. Kochendorfer had issued an edict that all business be susiiended during the day. In consequence stores were closed and all niatiufacturios shut down.; Flags were tit. half mast and many buildings draped in black. I tun UCP PABV nnu iilii unui ASPHYYIATFR Overcome By Gas In Bath Room Late Yesterday Afternoon GAS HEANNED'Oii Were I'robahlv Overcome While Mother Was Trying to Make the (.as Light Smell of (a and Sound ot Running Wafer Attract ed Addition ol Occupants of tlie House Physicians round Until Mother anil Child Past Resuscita tion Short Funeral Service . Held Tli is Morning Body Sent to Rich, nioiiil or fbirla). Overcome, bv escaping gas in the bath room where she lived, ,at the corner of Harrington and Bdenton, streets. Mrs. H. O, Bannister and her seventeen-montlis-old son, Harry O. Bannister, were found dead late yes terday afternoon. Mrs. Bannister was the wife of Mr. H. O. Bannister, local -manager' of- the Western Cnion office. The double tragedy which shocked the entire city, was due to gas escap ing from an instantaneous heater in the bath room, which Mrs. Bannister tried to light tor her bath. The heater, it appears, was not properly arranged for lighting and it is sup posed that Mrs. Bannister wag over come while trying to get the. gas to buriu .. j. . -. . Mrs.. Bannister went to the bath room late in the afternoon with her bahv to take a bath. She had been In the room about half an hour, when Mrs. Mitos Goodwin.1 attracted by the long continued sound of running wa ter and a smell ot gas, sent her col ored maid mi to see what was wrong. the maid soon returned terror- stricken and told Mrs. Goodwin of her ghastly discovery. Mrs. Goodwin immediately summoned several phy sicians, and Dr. John U. Watson was the first to respond.. Soon Mrs. Ban nister s phvsician. Ur. James R. Rog ers and Dr. ,). , Harper amveu- ind all three worked -desperately- over-the bodies ot mother and cnucl until it became apparent that their efforts were vain. Both had been al most instantaneously overcome, it appeared-, and lite was probably ex tinct before their bodies were found. Mrs. Goodwin, who was the first after the colored maid to enter the bath room, found Mrs. Bannister ly ing beside the tub and the baby near her on the floor. The tub was full of cold water, which was still run ning when Mrs. Goodwin entered. The small hath room was full of gas, which was also still escaping from the heater. Mrs. Bannister was readv tor Lie. bath but the baby was still dressed. Examination of the gas heater showed that tnere was a wash pan on toji of it which cut off the draught and made it impossible lor the gas to be lighted from tne pilot. It was obvious thai Mrs. Bannister had 'Continued on Pace RlehtA TROUBLE IN CUBA Havana,; Jan 7 -Santa Clara pnnvincn d terror today with the is in :i reign , bandit -sobs, tlie modern Robin Hood, sough! by an iinnv of Rurales dtid Cuban. - troops. Following an ambus- ide of tlie rurales by. Solid when two ol them were shot to death, h- bri gand has disappeared, and no one knows where he will turn up next. The provincial troops have made a number of arrests ot persons charged wnh sheltering the bandit. SoltUs, who is described as a man of education, polished and who always wears stylish ature, has -many friends among the poor in the province, lor he prevs on the wealthy alone. The rich planters of the province fear that the brigand will kidnap some members of their families and hold them for ransom. A boy, Fernando?!, the nephew a rich plantation owner. Is at present held by Bolls In eomo mountain stronghold while 10,W0 ran som is demanded. Rurales are scour ing the province.