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.' ".i.,, 7- VoL LSIX. No. 66. RAIJEIGtt, W. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1911. LAST EDITH & Doible tho Number of Paid Subscribers in R.aleigh of any Other Jflowspagc- i 7 '? 7 ? DIAZ -aw nmnE mop Ccisplete Re-crg2sizatica cf the Diaz Cabinet With a Possible New Prcddcif A PEACE MEASURE Believed That a Complete Change of Administration in the Only Thing That Can Put a Stop to the Insur rection Dissatisfaction With Sev eral of the Present Cabinet More Ammunition for the Troops on the , Border Retirement of Ma Indi cated by Many Things. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Tviexlco City. March 17-A com plete reorganization of the Dla cab inet with the possibility that presi dent Diaz himself will retire, If a strong man can be found to succeed him, is poRsible. As a result of the political chaos In Mexico at this time, it is believed that, only a change of administration can put a stop to tne revolution which is daily growing In strength. Sener Jose Yves Llman tour .Mexican minister of finance, is believed to be hurrying to this city from New York to take part in eon- l'erences which have for their aim a reformation of the Dlaa ministry. f The post of minister of foreign af-. fairs has been offered to Senor LI raantour. This place In the port folio Is now held by Enrique Creel, but on account of the general hostil ity of the poorer classes against Creel his retirement has been officially de cided upon. , , J -Senor Tamon Corral I, vice presi dent Of the republic, will also go to appease public wrath. The resigna tion of General Cosio, the aged min ister of war, was agreed upon some time ago but It c-a-deemed best not to announce it during the course of tbe insurrection because of the en couragement it would give the rebels. With the disposition of these nen and the elevation of Senor Lfman tour .students of Mexican statesman ship see the ultimate election of the present minister of finance to the presidency. The retirement of Diaz is indicat ed by many other developments aside from rumors. The announcement of the resignation of Diaz, who was only Inaugurated into his present term in December, is feared by the United States government. Unless succeeded by a man as powerful as the present Mexican executive the resignation of Diaz would give an imnpttis to the insurrection tar greater than any other it has yet re ceived, The domestic business of the coun try is suffering more greatly than known to the' outside world. Many merchants and others are withdraw ing their money from Mexican banks and sending It to Bankslrf the United States and other countries. . Administrative Reforms. Washington, March 17 According to .information obtained at the slate department today, it is safd that, a program of administrative reforms will be, carried Into effect upon Min FATAL SHOOTi;iG IN STRIKE BATTLE ByvLoasel Wire to Tho Times.) . Lexlnrttota, Ky., March 17 Ojie rail oad: fireman '.is dead, another dying, and' a locomotive guard Is also fatally, wbundod, as. a result of an attack made Uppn tt Queen' & Crescent train by strike sympathizers early today near King's Mountain. The sympathisers of the' strikers, who were. In' ambuBh, fired hundred shots at tho train, . -', Battle Imminent, i (By' leased Wire to Tbe Times.) TLaredO. Tea.,.. March IN-A. . force of Mlonn insurrectoB marched on the Mtxloan town of Baltiilo itoday. Fd eral troops are being 'rushed ; there to reinforce the regulars' defending the ister Limantour's return to Mexico J City. ji senor Limantour is now speeawg through the southwest, and ought to reach Mexico City early Best' week. During ai visit to New York be gathered much: information as to the attitude of the American financiers who have interests In Mexico which will be of value to President Diaz In handling the present situation, Jt 18 expected that the reforms will In clude measures designed to improve the conditions of the peon laboring classes. , ' It Ik likely also that a new system of taxation will be Instituted, Which will compel the large and wealthy land owners to part with some of their holdings, so that the members of the middle clans can acquire land. In recent years large tracts of land havo collected in the hands of indl vidnalfv who have declined to sell them. This condition of affairs haa prevented the devlopment of agricul ture and has 'been a source of dls-; content among the people. It Is probable also tuot among the reforms which will follow Senor LIt mantour's return will be sevtral changes in President Diaz's cabinet. These cabinet changes will, it Is ex pected, consist of the resignation ot officers wno are unpopular, and (heir places will he filled by younger men who have the support of the people of Mexico. .: More Ammunition. San Antonio, Texas, March 17 With a million rounds of ammuni tion stored in tbe magazines - upon the grounds of the great manoeuvre camp at Fort Sam Houston, the army concentrated here today, learned that the government had given orders for the transportation of a vast addi tional .'Quantity' to be shipped here from other 'army arsenals. It was reported that, upon the arrival of the fifth cavaly from Fort Leavenworth, Kas., practically the entire army now (Continued on Page Two.) SEABOARD frEV DEPOT Exxayioa Fcr Tb New A Depot Which Raleiglt Can Peel Proud of Modem Fli'e-proof Construction An Outline of the New Ilnildlng, Which Will be the Finest In the State and Represent and Expenditure of Some 903.000. The excavation for tho new Sea board Air Line freight depot has be gun aud plans are now underway to have the warehouse at the corner of Jones and Salisbury streets removed. When the construction of this hand some depot is finished Raleigh will have a freight station of which they can feel Justly proud, as the build ing is to be of a modern design and construction-throughout and will bo one of the finest. depots in the state. The .building will bo located 125 feet from Halifax streets, with two 50 foot driveways from this Btreot. In the center of the driveways the lawn wlll be turfed and sown in grass giving a park effect on this side of the building. The warehouse Will extend from Jones to Lane streets, with a two-story pressed brick office building at the Jones street end. On the west side of the building, or the Salisbury street side, will be three lays of track. The bulWIng will be constructed of brick and Bteel on a concrete foun dation. Throughout the warehouse steel rplllng doors will be erected, one to every twenty-foot on- the drive- way side and one to every forty f-wt on tlie track side. The floor will be constructed on grillage layed In sand foundation, this construction making It entirely Independent of the walls of the building, thereby forming a floor that cannot he overloaded. - The entire building and warehouse will be divided into . divisions sepa rated by fire walls with automatic fire doors, which will make .the con st ruction fireproof throughout. The building when .finished .will represent an expenditure , of . some 162,000. . x The work, - under the supervision of a corps f clTlV'englneerB, will be pushed rapidly through and when finished will not only mean a great improvement for the Seaboard but also for Raleigh. St. PatHfck'a Day In 'Washington, (By Leased Wire to The Times,) Washington. March . 17- St. Patrick's Day -was 'more generally', observed here today than in j maijy years. It- com mencad with.A solemn hlgU mass at St, Potriek's Church. The anr.lept Order t UihiMniii i BnrnH.rt tn : the ehnrch. rnrifftrtit'WHfcNt'-'ttmi he 'rtinnv enlchra. Hons. ' - , U.,..,..;3gu, 1t-r,J;i--i ' ! s ' l.' S; 1 ' ; WN&5" t. ! Miss Johanna Redmond, the young est daughter of the Irish lender, who turn met with great tniccess an a play wright. The twPiny.one year old dramatist tins been asked to write an lrlh drama by ft leading actor-di-a-maliHr, an a result of the iimrkcd miiv cess of her sketch, "False True," re. cently produced at the Palace The atre in London. This sketch deals with nn incident if the Irish rising of 180.1, and It is understood that her play will have its setting in the same CYclting epoch. Miss Redmond in herits her fathers and her uncle.'s lit erary tastes, and has '..contributed various poems and short stories to the Irish-American and Australian papers, FRIAR LAND SCANDAL f,!iscrity Report of House Investigating Ccmniittee . ' .V.'.' . . ' '"'.'. .'"'.'-i: .' Sensational Allegations . Concerning Sales and Leases to United Stntes Government Ofllclnls and Km--ployees - Scathing Denunciation of Alleged .Graft. (By Leased Wire to-. The Times.) WashinKton. March 17 The minority report of the house committee on In sular affairs, relating to the commit tee's investigation of the sale ot friar lands in the Philippines, made pumic today, contains sensational allocations concerning sales and leases to United States government ofllclnls and em ployes. B. L. 'Worcester, neplww.ot wean.' . Worcester, secretary or tne interior of tlio .-Philippine Rovernrnent, me solicitor general of the Philippines, and oilier officials, are, It is plainly stated In tho report, beneficiaries of "deals In the friar lands. The report -administers a scathing demmclutlon of the aliened ."craft" in the ftiar lands on the part of--American onioiaw. The report, which created a sensa tion In official circles Here touay, says In part: Considering tlrese astounding fact! it is difficult to escape the conclusion that the land laws of the Philippines are being violated In the most shame less manner,, even if we can be mis taken in our construction of those laws, 'Section -75 ..of tho congressional act provides thirt It shall be unlawful for any member of a corporation engagea In agriculture or mining, or for any corporation organized for any purpose except for Irrigation, to be In any wise interested In any other corporation en gaged in agriculture or In mining. . 'Thorn was testimony to the efteel that an affidavit had been supplied to (Continued on Page Five,) MANY INDICTMENTS IN COAL LAND CLAMS Washington, March 17 Six hundred and forty local coal locations out of the thousand or more made In Alaska are Involved directly ; or Indirectly In the Indictments so far returned by grand Juries In Spokane, Tacoma, De trolt and Chicago, according to nn announcement made today by the de nartment of the Interior. Tho invest! rations Into these Alaskan mallters were halted during the Ballinger-Pln-chot m atter and the work done prior thereto, was- little use, so tnat over year was lost' to jhe government; the special agents paving to take up the work from ..the" 'beginning and go over tho ground agaVi thoroughly. In,! June, 1910. the wbrk was resumed. and ure. -suits of the-work were, shown In the . first indictment secured at npiiRano tin the-earty part of October, 1910,- ttnd :'liho recent. Indictments la Chicago, LOUIS WEST CONVICTED Of Murder, In First Degree Stetson Second Degree Case Given to Jury at, Twelve-forty, ! "Afler Solicitor Allsbrook Had Con- eluded Judge Adams Announced . No Senlence Today. (Special' to Tim Times.) Wilson, N, ('., March 17 Solicitor Allshrook mntlo Ihn conehnling. -nrgu-mnntu fur tho state In the trim of Louis Wcjit and Stetson Oils inorninK, ! after -Ofieiung of . oiirt, fcl lowed lv A. Lliees, who closed for the, defend- i ants..', .'." ..' . . , j Judec Adams, then-'-delivered the 1 eliarKO'.'tn tin! jury. It requirlnK over, an hour's time. The jury was -Riven, tho case ul twelve forty-live find court adjourned until two-thirty. It is ex- ; peeted that the verdict of whether Stetson will he fotinri guilty of murder of second decree will tie up the jury for a while. West Convicted. Court reconvened a iwo-trlrly. when Judge.- Adams was notified that the ury had agreed. The prisoners were then brought into court, and Verdict. nken.- l.oula West was convicted of murder In first denree and Stetson of murder in second de(?re. No demon- Iratlon; JudRe Adams announced that he would not sentence' ..prisoners oiav. - llnst to Tom Moore. Washinston, March 17 Prepara tions are being made here for the unveiling May 27, of a bronze bust Of Tom Moore, Irish poet, whose memory . for the first time Is to he perpetuated by the Irisn-Amerlcan patriots In Washington. It will bo unveiled in the Corcoran Art Oal lery on the evening of the poet's i:!2nd birthday. CITY0FF1CIALSINV0LVED la failure of the Carnegie Trust Company Robin Telling Grand Jury About the Trust Comminy Failure Says n City Official AVtis involved in its Iliisiness. : t By-. Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, March 17- A city offi cial has become Involved in the fail ure of the CarneSle Trust Company- according to the story which is being told to the grnnd jury by Joseph 0. Hobln, the seir-confessed bank wrecker, 'who played an Indirect part In the failure of the trust com pany and was a business associato with a nnmber of men interested in It. The first installment was told to the grand Jury yesterday, although it did not become public until today. Another will be told by Robin on Monday when the grand jury again meets. Robin's 0W;ii story of how he met this city official and how "big prom ises" were made to him to come to the-aid of the failing institution nnd the further revelation of frenzied financial 'methods' used, by those con trolling tho concern adds n thrilling chapter to the amazing series in the latest financial scandal. According to the story as far as it is erlated up to the present, Robin declares that he met the city ollicial through William J. Cummlnj and Joseph B. Rekthnmnn, the two lead lug spiritis In tho C(imeglt) Trust Company. Tho company at that time was in desperate financial straits and Robin told how, at a night meeting at the home of the city official, at which Cunuulns and Relchmann v.eto present, ho was made promises If ho would come to the aid of tne ton cern. - - - He declared he was omnowered to repeat these promises to . others. Tho city official, upon becoming ac qualnted with Cummins, is alleged to have deposited big sums of ilio city's money In the Trust Company to at tempt to bolster It up, notwithstand' ing the Jact that the concern did not bear -a, strong-name in the financial district. According to Robin, $1,400,000 oS municipal funds was .turned over to the Carneale Trust within a few months. , The most sensational allegation of Robin's was that the city official in question bad promised Robin to de poBit great sums of the city's money in banks in . wTiicn Rabin was inter estedvtbe 'how defunct Washington Savings Daak-aad the Northern Bank Of New'.Vftrk if Robin would help out the Carnegie Trust. II JV-v s mm. ..m 1 .J3 ''".CJ j ly -s l I'he i'asi liialing Iiaroness de i'Ohel, wIiokc pnlnec Is, for the present, a Xcn Vork liifiiiig bouse. "Three weeks ngo 1 sitiiss for tbe dethroned Sultan at the villa where be is held prisoner by n guard of it0 wtldicrs," said tlse ICai'oni'ss. ".My husband, lie Ittiron, having died, I started for America. At (Jciioa I had. n misnd- venfuif regarding money, and not to ove niv ticket had to come away bo- ore f;'ti iiiji It hack. I arrived with $tli and went to the Holl'ninn ilouw. I'bat money didn't last long, nnd nf- tcv ten years' ahseiiee I couldn't at once locate relatives or friends and here. I mil ..waiting to hear from friends whom 1 .have written of ray predicament. THE STRIKE SPREADING eneral Shike Order In Ex press Company Trouble ' """"p ' ';:.-:.;;; j.'""';'"' ": Drivers of Two More ConiNinies Co on Strike in Itcspcmsc to General Order Employees .of Two Other Companies Refuse to Strike. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, March 17 The drivers of the United States and Wells Far go Express Companies went on strike at 6 a. m. today in pursuance of a aeneral strike order issued a tow hours earlier. The men went out in sympathy with employes of the Adams Express Company who are also on strike. The employes of the National and American Express Com panies refused to obey the strike or der, precipltaring a row -which may disrupt, the -international Brother hood of Teamsters, tinder whose aus pices the strike has been ordered. The officials of the companies, af fected declared that, the 'Situation was not serious although General Organizer Ashton, of the Brother hood of Teamsters, says that the strike order extends to fully 22,000 men.-. Although the drivers of the Adams Company have been out a weejj, the officials of the other companies am not believe that a sympathetic strike would be ordered. Arrangements for the policing of wagons, whicn win ne mannea u.v strike-breakers, were rushed all through the early morning. The companies are hiring brawny men nnd each applicant is told that, his task will be a dangerous one. Five thousand policemen in WASHINGTON BALL PARK DESTROYED (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington. March 17 The Wash ingtor American League baseball park enlirelv destroyed bv fire at 11. o'clock today. Flames starting from a plumber's blow pipe spread rapidly over the grandstand and bleachers and practically all of them were burn ed. The damage Is estimated at 30, 000 and the club owners are appalled at the prospect of being compelled to restore the property within the next four weeks in order to start the league season. Two old hospital structures nearby were also burned to the ground. TacOma At Galveston. (By Leased Wire to The' Times.) 1 r.nlvejitnii Tex.. March 17 The gun- boat Tacoma arrived here this morn- ing and anchored in the roads. i O renter New York were placed on i reserve duty today, and every captain ( in the city was oiiniinoned to the of fices of Commissioner Cropsey, as the , ! result of the strike. Hundreds of men in Jersey tjliy . also were out. Chief of Police Mon i ahnn, of Jersey City, had every avail? ' able patrolman on strike duty, tne ! biggest details being at the Wells Fariio si 'is, . Klglith nnd Cole i streets. ' V Drivers of v "nilod .States Kx- pressi Company v ho first to re tusf to g.vto work to.-'. A number of them who-reported -l 'vk at the stables In West. 43rd .'? At- -at ,r):;0 o'clock did not know a gen ! oral order lor a walkout had been Is j Riled and so they took out their wa gons as usual. Hcforo they had gone very far they were stopped by union pickets and told of the situation. They promptly returned to the stables nnd quit. work. The men who walked out, did so as the result of an order issued at a meeting held in Jersey City: It was attended by -members of the execu tive committee of the four express lo cals of the teamsters union. The strike was ordered by Dominlck Jen nlnw, president of tun. .Joint council of l canisters. Tho United Slates Exprons Com pany has prepared for a long siege of trouble.'' The Babbitt building, In West street,, below Rector street, has been filled with cots and strike breakers will be hoiiued there. Kym painissers with the strikers today at tacked a non-union man who had been employed In the Adams Express Company's barns at Second avenue nnd Fifty-sixth street, and beat hi m into 'insensibility. Ambassador Bacon Home. (Rv -Leased Wire' to" The Times.) New York. Mit'rch 17 Robert liacon, Arnericnn nmbrissador to Franco,, was a passiT.Kcr up-.m the steamship Tu? ctml arriving here today. FOUR ARE PARDONED Executive Clemency Is Extend ed to Four Prisoners Governor KUchin Issues Pardons to George P. Turner, Charles Haze more, Dock Mendeii, and Joseph Cooper Quartet of Men Kecclve the Governor's Clemency New County of Lee in the List. This morning :. Governor William W. Kitchin extended executive clem ency to; tour, by issuing pardons to George .P.' Turner, of Rowan couiitj ; Charles Bassemoro, of Bertie county; Dock Hendon, of l.ee county, and loseph Cooper, of Craven county. Gcoi'ue IV Turner. George- I1. Turner, of .Rowan con 11 1 y, was convicted at; the Augunt enn, 1909, -of the crime of embez zlement and sentenced to serve three years in the State's Prison, ('he reason for the conditional pardon are: . Prisoner, an express agent, while drunk took a large amount of money When he sobered up and was ques tioned he admitted the facts and re turned all the money except a small part he had spent. In court be plead guilty. The express company writes that owing to the conditions of pri oner's wife and baby clemency Is not resisted. The sheriff and the solid tor, after due consideration, recom mend pardon. Prisoner has served 20 months. While tho sentence was not, severe for the offense, prisoner's penitent and frank conduct after the crime was .commuted; not seeking to escape, and returning 1 lie money, strongly anneal to me, and 1 believe in this ease stern justice can safely be tempered with mercy. I Ihere fore pardon prisoner on condition that he abstain from intoxicating liquors and .dope, and remain lev. abiding and of good behavior. Cbniics . Bnzeuiorc. . . Charles Bazemore, of 'Berth county, was convicted at the Febru ary term, 1905, Bertie superior court of the crime of murder in tho sec ond decree, and was sentenced to serve ten years in State's Pr'srn. The pardon is conditional, and the reasons are: Prisoner has served over six vears, with a good record. A great many of the best citizens of entire country strongly recommend his pardon tho sentiment among the t white people appearing practically unanimous in tavor ot clemency m the township where the homicide oc curred. Sentiment among the no.- groes is apparently divided. Prison er and deceased had bad a previous difficulty in 'hich deceased had run prisoner out of town with brickbats lWhen prisoner returned to town tlo- (Continued on rage Five.) SEIISUI Ill TRIAL OF Ilk. Alfano Makes a the Court ACrci D Issocence THE WITNESSES 'tfLV. ) Alfano's Appeal Wa so- Impassioned That It Almost Broke I'p OOWrt for the Day Fear Has Seal f Lips of One of the Principal rlVl . ncsscs Has I)cen Tlratell I With Deatli Alfano .Object -?- : wspapcr . Pliotograplierl!tflt" neso Will testify Both as Witnet and Defendant. u (By Cable to Tho Time.) V' " Viterbo, March 17 There :,wat ramntlc halt to the great Ca'morrwt; trial of Enrico Alfano, head iOf tna Neopolltan society and his thirty-eight associates today when Alfano., ani( i the steel cage where ho Is eonlinetr fldressed the court. HIS voice. WW , roken bv violent sobbing as he pload'- dVfor the release of his companions.!''! The Camorra chief charged that tn allegations that he and hls felloW dtj i,. fendants were responsible for (he mtlt ; der of Oennarro Cuoccuollo and'SiJfr nora Cuoccuollo were false. '"..' As ho preceded the prisoner drew? handkerchief from his pocket and , held It before his eyes. So impassion ed was the appeal of the .prisoner' that many of the epeetators' and jurors ox gall weeping. As he ended he -aank ! upon the floor his frame ".Shaken by i his sobs which could be plainly heard all over the room. The petition of AI fano, or "Errlcone" as hC is knoWtt almost ended the trial for the day, . great was the excitement In the' i?ourt room.. l 1 " ' That' fear has sealed the lips t' Glovamrt AbatemagglO.--tjH. CAlpor;, whose confession led to Jliti arriwt ot Enrteo Alfano, head of the band ot terrorists; and his thirty-eight asso-; lates on the charge of murdering Geiinaro Cuoccollo and his wife was persistent report circulated cohi urrently with the opening of court today.. From the developments it' Wa . feared that the whole case of the gov ernment for the extinction of i th. Cnmorra will collapse. " i The belief that Abatomaggl would refuse to testify against his asiioclr ates grew out of the contention sot th opposing lawyers over the question whether the betrayer would testify as a "Witness- or a defendant. ,'u.'. It has been understood all along: that immunity had been promised ., Abate-. maggio in consideration of the ,he,lri. he had given the Carabineers ':in-tho investigation of crime now under -"way. However, at the hist minute; "'It ,M said, agenls of the Camorra were, able to get In -communication with A'bate- magglo despite tho heavy guard Of police and -soldiers maintained.. ;." The oommuiilca.tion smuggled into the monnstary prison contained death threat for the betrayer because of the' information lie has already given and the most terrible, tOrturei were promised unless the confession were denounced and lis mnker reflie to go on the stand for the prosecution. and testify, :''!: . Within the past few days a mark ed change in the attitude of the Othf Cummorrlsts toward Abatemaggio ha been noted. Today Cavalicrl BlancbitV president of the Assize court,- land; Vavallerl Santero the procura tore 'del re, sent, a Joint message to Signer Panl, minister of Justice, tolling of the apparent change ot front on the pari of Ahatcmagglo, upon whose testimony tile ease hinges. The members of tho sauad of news ( Continued From Page Two.) THREE CHILDREN LOST lit life in Fir;. ; .-';' --v;;,-:v(Tt,: ' .' vl.-'VA. (By Leased Who to The Tlme. Freeland, Pa., March 17 At rfllde' the home of John Oallas was fou' i ' be on fire at Iloncybrook. The t. mother and three children rttece on upper, floors. Oallas reached 1 street, carrying with him the 10 months old, and his wife. Wht n attempt was made to climb 'to t. attic where three other children i the flames had already made headway the rescuers could not '1 them. 1 The children, hemmed In were . aged 3 years; Frances, aged 4, Oelsa, aged 6. They were ill' roasted alive in sight ot their pa. A girl has such a better temper men, because she can hide it'Wfc Isn't. -e- . ........