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Hie Is Associated Press Service . mum Associated Press Service Vol. LXIX. No. 137. The Weather FAIR. RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1911 LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS Double the Number of Paid Subscribers in Raleigh of any Other Newspaper SCHEDULE IS ARRANGED FOR UISSI How Selection of State Text-Boohs Will Be Governed Schedule Committee of Roth Rook Commissioners Makes Rcconuiicn ilations No Personal Communica tion Between Members and Rcprc sensitives on Subject in Hand Honrs of, Hearing Fixed From 10 l.'iitll 3 Each Day Thirty or More llookinen in City. Representatives of the various text bookpubllshing companies were be fore the text-book commission in the capitol today presenting the merits of tlielr respective books. Drawing was the subject under consideration today There are thirty or more representa tives' here. The sub-committee met today am; organized by ejecting Prof. N. W, Walker chairman and Prof. 25. V. Judd secretary. The schedule committee this af ternoon made the following rccom mendations to the state text-book commission and the sub-commission with reference to a schedule Wo your committee appointed to arrange a schedule, beg leave to re port and to, make the , following ro commenuauons: 1. That the state text-book com mission and the sub-commission sit In joint session from 10 a. in. to 2 p. m cnoh week day, Saturday excepted, to hear the representatives of the pub lishers offering hooka for adoption 2. That the order in which the subjects shall be taken up, beginning at 11a. in, today, June 9, and the maximum time allotted the rcpresen tative of each publisher for present ing each subject be as follows: Drawing, 45 minutes; writing, 20 minutes; primers (not In a series) l.ri minutes; reading, 4 minutes; arithmetic, A 5 minutes; geography, 45 minutes; grammar and language, 45 minutes; history, 45 minutes; physiology apd hygiene, ofl minutes; civil government, 20 minutes; agrl culture, 20 minutes; spelling, 15 minutes. 3. That . llie representatives Ot publishers offering books for adop tion decide by lot the order in which they shall appear before the commis sion.;: ; ' . 4. We further recommend the following rules and regulations: 1. That there shall be no per sonal communications upon the sub ject of text-books between any bid der or his representative or any other person interested In the adoption of any textbook and any member of the text-book commission. or sub-commission. 2. That each bidder shall tile on and before June 15 with the secre tary of state an affidavit setting forth the names of all persons represent ing him or his company, directly or Indirectly, In the state of North Caro lina. (Continued on Page Two.) CONFERENCE Oil Bill OF Li Now Orleans, La., June 9 New Orleans banking interests represen tatives have been invited to the con ference in Now York Junei 19, when the porplcxlng bill of lading proposi tion, precipitated . - by . the . Knight, Yancey ft Company failure, will be discussed. The conference aim will be to arrive at a plan whereby the Integrity of lading bills will be as sured. '.: i - . Fire In Pens Hall.. , , (By Associated press.) .,' '' plitsburn, PaV-June 8 Fir In Penn Hall building at WIlkliiRhurg was de stroyed and on dozen business concerns At a loss Of $150,000. ; . , IfiING MATTER THE NEW RAILROAD. Elkin & Alleghany Will Open Up Sec V lion of Groat Resources. Elkin, ,N. C, June 9 -The citizens of Klkln and those living along the line of the Elkin & Alleghany Rail road, are very much elated at the turn of affairs that has recently taken place In the management of the road. It Is now an assured fact that the road will be built and every energy will be put fonth to have it complet ed and the rolling stock placed there on as soon as possible. Northern capitalists, with all the means need ed at their command, have taken an Interest in the road and the work ing force wif Ibe largely increased in a short time and everything that can be wll lbe done to push the work to completion as early as possible.. This road, when completed, will be one of the best paying lines in the state, and will open up a section of the state which In natural beauty and hidden wealth stands without a rival . Within the bosom of these mountains through which It wil lpass lie hidden beneath the surface un told millions of dollars' worth of minerals, such as gold, silver, Cop per, iron and coal, an dbesldes this theer are millions ' and millions of feet of the finest timber, which is now going to waste for th ewant of some means of transportation. It is the intention of the promot ers to extend the road beyond the Blue Ridge, through Alleghany and Ashe counties, into Virginia or Ten nessee and connect with some road thus making a through line from north to south and thus open up one of the most beautiful and productive sections of the state. CUTTING SHOW PRICES. Moving Picture Popularity Causes Daniel Proliman to Cut Rates. ' (By Associated Press) . Chicago, June 9 In a war on the moving picture shows, one of Daniel Frohman's : down-town theatres slashed the balcony and gallory prices. The moving picture shows are reducing the attendance at -the regular playhouses;. , . The,- gallery gods no longer gladden the hearts of the star performers. "We need' the gallory gods,' said Frphman. "They form the best ba rometer of public opinion. If they approve the show, they show it. If they disapprove, they show it." Froh man will make the effort at. theatre price-reduction a country-wido move ment. .; . SOUTHERN PUBLISHERS MEET. Plans Being Completed for Enter tainment of Members. (iiy Associated Press.) Louisville, Ky., Juno 9 The plans for the entertainment of the members of the Southern Newspaper Publish es Association in Louisville June 13, 1-i, are being completed. President hnaon has issued a bulletin from Knoxvlllc, urging the members to at icnu me LiOuisviiic meeting and an nouncing that Southern publishers not belonging to the assoeiation be cordially welcomed. - CHOKED HERSELF TO DEATH. Because She Couldn't Have the Man. She Wanted. (By Associated Press.) (ireenport. N. Y., June 9 Beeausa (r parents objected to her marrying younger man Miss lidith Terry, uirty-elght, choked herself to death with a; long lisle stocking. Her flanco was twenty-nine. Woman Gets the Honors. (By Associated Press) Albany, N. Y., June 9 For the first time in the Albany law school's history a woman carried off the high est honors. Hazel M. Cole, of Springfield, Mass., was awarded the prize for excelling in class standing, in a class numbering fifty-four stu dents. . Poisoned By Postage Stamp. (By Associated Press.) ;' Fayette City, Pa., June 9 Licking postage. stamps is the cause of a ser ious -case of blood-poisoning of Miss Grace Hamilton, postoffice clerk here. She has been in the Habit of affixing stamps to letters for patrons. While her lip was blistered, It is said, It be came infected from the colored Ink. Taft Buck in Washington. ' (By Associated Prej.) Washington, D. C, June 9 presi dent Taft arrived home from; New York, where he yesterday reviewed the parade of New'York's school chil dren and rounded out an active pro gram. with address last night before the cotton seed crushers banquet. ..',- For Hero Fund. : - (By Associated Press.) The Hague, June Andrew fcarnegle tins donated 600,000 florins (1205.000) for the establishment of a hero fund in 'Holland, ' II- S-m - rrv,- & 4 ' ' ;. V--.7 '" ' ' (Copywriglu Harper I'enuiiigtnn.) .Irs. Royal Phelps Carroll, of New lork, who has closed her . Newport home and is now on her way to the African jungle for a lion hunting trip. .Mrs. Carroll, who is not onlv n clover shot, but one ol America's lorcmost athletic women, has been anxtmus to test her marksmanship at big game ever since the siicccssliil hunting ex pedition of Paul Raincy. Her hus band anil their daughter will accom pany her. FIRE III IKE OIL Stubborn Blaze In Engine Room Causes . Trouble Damage to Amount ol Probably $100 Done Orlu in I nkiiown I-iiciiicn on Maud With i'lcntv ol Water. Hire. '.originating from an unknown cause, burned ..-stubbornly lor two hours today in the engine room of the North ('urulma :ott.n i nl Compsnv corner llarilngioii and Davie . streets and did damage, roughly estimated, to the amount of $lm. The wooden Moor in the. ftigute room was tound to be on lire, the hla-,r gattitM'tng netifai the timbers and giving the lireim-u much trouble before a was linallv put out. Oflicws nt the oil company cull as sign no probable origin. Jln-ie had been no lire nr the boilers tor several days, us no oil is being made at tin. tune, and there- was no lire about the building. The ltaleigli lire companies respond ed and dnl good . work. I t was said at the mill that, the efficient work of the firemen and the abundant water supply and stroug pressure wen; largely responsible for checking- llir llames with so little damage. Had the fire spread U oilier pari s of .the niill, where oil and seed are stored, there is little doubt that the damage would have been great. The loss is fully -cov ered by insurance. BANDITS ASK .S75.000 RANSOM. (.crinan Explorer Captive of lurk, implores Friends to Pay. Salonica, ijune 9 A JYij.OOU ransom wag demanded today by the Turkish bandits who last week kidnapped Pro fessor Richter, the German explorer, and are now holding him on Mount Olympus, on, the Thessaly border. With the demand came a letter from Richter In which he implores olther the Turkish government or his friends to meet the bandits' demands. The Turkish troops have advised against paying any ransom. They are trying to force the inhabitants at the foot of Mount Olympus to reveal the hiding place of the bandits, and are subject ing them to the crudest tortures. The professor's - friends huvu begun raising funds for his ransom. He was captured . while detached from his party. .... OBJECT TO NEGRO. Apimiutcd Assistant Superintendent of Indian Schools. By Associated Press. ) Oklahoma City, June 9 Oklaho ma state officials are opposing the appointment of W, T. Vernon, a Kan sas City negro, an assistant superin tendent of Indian schools for the five civilized tribes. State Senator Lan drum, a Cherokee Indian, prepared a protest, 'signed : hy state officials which will be forwarded to Secretary o( the Interior Fisher, E GETS BAIL Young ( Eagle Rock Farmer Returns to Granville Justice of the Peace Scpark Allows Komi In Sum of Sl',000 for Killing of Buck RoIhm'Isoii A l,ong Pie liininary. Henry Ward Montague, the voung farmer of the Kagli- Itook section, was admitted to ball In the sum of SU.OiiO by Justice of the. Peace Separk last night, after a preliminary hearing lasting from 4::o until 10 o'clock, Montague having killed liiiek Itohert son' .'Sunday- night. Hail was furnish ed and the young man left immediately for,, his former home In riranviile county.-'-'-. V .' The story of ; the' shooting is' fresh in the inlnds of neu'Hiiapcr readers. The young man became .'involved, in a dllfieulty, when Ilobenson was shot down and-Montague wris shot through the arm. The defense elalnis self defense; but the state will try to prove manslaughter. Mr. and Mrs. (ieorge Holiertson. parents , of Ttuck rtohert son. and Miss Flossie Hicks, who atr lemiitcrl to prevent the trouble, were present in the courthouse. Miss Hicks, on the stand last -night, broke down several times as she re cited the details of the tragedy." 'She saul that both men had' "their hands cm tlielr rit'ht hip pockets, that fioli crtson shot first, this noi striking Mon tagii(: then Montague fired, the bail sinking Ins antagonist 111 the breast. Another shot bv Itubertson bit Mon tague, in the arm. and Montague shot Itohertson another time, she said. Miss Hicks said Montague shot, throe times. Montague testified that Itobeitson uilled him out and asked about some thing which Robertson-thought' Mon tague had said about sister of de ceased. Defendant ; respected '; young woman and told her. brother so. rtob- crtson called him a liar, and as Miss Hicks came up Robertson fired. The second shot hit (intaguo in the arm. VVIiwn lt(l)ei tsnnininwil . Morrt.Htfuti shoi fwlee, one bell 'hitting ltoiiertsoii in chin and tlie other -in" the Ineast. Ad vised those at. -the scene to send for doctor', and drove off In buggy." '.Stn surrendi'ied. Did not want, any trod l.le. . '-.' Many witnesses-, were sworn, . number came from uranville eoiinly to testify to the good character of de fendant. Citizens. o( Wendell gave Montague good name.. Mr, ('. IS. Ave k of Raleigh and (J P.. S. Rovster. .of Oxford, appeared for defense, and Solicitor Herbert Norri and Mr. R. V Mining represented the state. ; $100,000 TO PROMOTE PEAC (.tveii by Anonymous Donor for Spread ol linloh Lane's Book. Iondon. June !) It is announceil II, a' a London gentleman vlio desb to remain aiiouvmous lias provided i.ie sum of KIIHI.IHK) .to be ilevoted to the distribution in England, (icrmanv I'l'anee ami Italy of u presentation edition ot Norman Aneell s book In lavor of peace. 'The CJreat. illusion Him book lias already croated great impression among statesmen and is'---, having'.- an ; .increasing . inlluenct crywhei-e . in favor of .international peace.. Its author s real name is Ita-lpli Laiie. He is managing editor of tin Paris': edition -of ' the .Dally Mail. ' SHOT BY CHINAMAN. oung Woman Shot bv Chinese Mil dent Because She Repulsed Hmi. (Bv Associated Press.) Orono, Me., June 9 Ketunnng Irom a dance early this morning Miss Christine Shaw, a school t;vicii or, wa; shot in the head by a revol ver. A mob ran down T. ii Linn, a tliinese government student, cnavg ed with the shooting. -Linn, it is al leged, was infatuated wltn the girl and became despondent over the fail ure of his suit. E H... L. -Brltt. the Raleigh boy arrest ed In - Richmond Wednesday for at tempting to defraud Jewelers, has not been In trouble before, according to hlef of Police Stell of the Raleigh police department. Young Hritt was a resident of Glenwood, and formerly worked for the Seagoard Air Line. So far as could be learned today, ho was not criminally Inclined by any means and the only reason for his attempting to defraud the Riehmand Jewelers was probably given by himself, when he said he was drinking. Brltt, according to. the Times-Dis patch, attempted to and did get credit at-a Jewelry store for $165 by offering a draft on a Raleigh bank, he having a faked .telegram to how that he had on deposit In Raleigh the sum, of Ji.utW. Th Jewelers recovered the ring, and Brltfalmost collapsed when taken In- to. police beadcjuarierg by. 4et8cUves,:raitt-9Iv0ns aefiWtoiJuMWrsSk.ij18 SUUi2rltl28L: Ali t&W'-'i !&H')''''-'' .'Csfet ! f.0s: ; ';'H:.'fC"1 ; i fm" ' : '-r ; --.' lb, I Dr. Pcrrival Lowell, head ol Loir ell ObNcrvatory, who In a recent ad- dress Ik'Ioi-c the Veiv York Electrical Society, said that the planets Mercury ami cniis are already dead ami dried up worlds, that Mars is rapidly ap proaching a state of wrinkled old age, and that the earth Is next in die procession headed toward (lie exlinc. I ion ol all lile. Mars is certainly in habited by some character of organ ized lile. Dr. Lowell said, ami the Martians have tar greater reason to deny that (here is life on the earth than we have (hat they do not cv ist..: ..-'' -.''.- ... . . . FATIGUE NOI FICTION Adjustment of Work Human Effort to No Single I'aclor ( omits for So Much For (food or III as the Length of Regularity ol Working Hours, is the Declaration ol .Miss (.olilinaik (By AsMiciatcil Press.) ; Tioston, June Fatigue in; men and Women 1.- not a philanthropic or semi mental fiction, it is a cliemieal fact according to Miss Josephine (lohl.inai'k publication secretary of the National Coiisiiinei s' l.eagui-. who addressed 111 National Conference of Charities and Correction this morning on "Standard in king 1 lours. ' "in the lives of working people." -aid Miss Coldmark. "no single factor counts as much for good ot ill as tin length ami regularity of their workiiif wages, housing and insurance are sub. ordinate. .No reform,, no. hel termeiit is as important as the adjuslioent of work to human . effort.;- All the possi bilities of life, 'the worker's whole plane of existence, .rises and. falls'. With his scale of time expenditure ' "For the past lialf century scientists have been--studying the Intricate prob lurns .of fatigue and learning its laws in. the seclusion . eif the . lalirator.y During the; same .-period,, working peo ple and their friends have been seek ing against the most powerful oppo sition, .protection from Industrial over fatigue and exhaustion. Between the two groups there h'as been an un bridged abyss, 'those w;lio have sou-ht legislation vear after veiar. so ofien m vain, have not known that there were laws of fatigue, the 'scientific and demonstrable basis for their claims. On the other hand, scientists and physicians have studied inuseli and nerve, frog jerk and pigeon tlight in infinite detail, without as yet npplv ing the law and fact so acquired to the phenomena of fatigue In the larg est classes of our population. the wage earners. The United States supreme court finally decided that It Is within the prov ince of state legislators to limit the hours of working women. That was In 190S. Within the next two years tlie supreme courts , of Illinois, Michigan and Louisiana folleiwed suit. The ef fect of these decisions has been elec trical. During the first 'three months of J 911, three states California, Wash. lngton and Colorado-passed laws lim. Iting women's work in the Industries to eight hours per day. Two stales Missouri and Utah passed nine hour laws, and Delaware passed a ten hour law which failed to receive the gov ernors signal tire.' None of these laws permit any overtime work, which is one of the most important tests of ef fectiveness of this kind of legislation, for It does not leave a loophoie to de prive women of protection at the very time when most urgently needed." Miss Goldmark made a special plea for more definite laws In the other states and especially laws which will protect workers In' such ossupatlons as laundries, telephone exchanges, can neries,' restaurants, candy tores;' ice '..--. HOUSE I'YIlt TOURISTS. ,og House lieing l.rccted on 'lop of Ml. Mitchell tor Accommodation of 'I oiirists Money in Sight lor W eslciii I-air. ( Special to I ho 1 lines. ) Ashcviile. N. ('.. .luno !) --'I'liere Is hc'ng creeled on the top ol Ml. Mitch ell a log house lor the aceommoda t iiin ot tourists, it is to be large enough for the. accommodation ol nnottt forty guests. It is being built. by the projectors ot the horseback t ail Iroin C.raphiteville to Alt Mitchell., who own about s.onn acres of land m that section. 'I he. pur lose ol the trail is to open flic land lor inspection of probable purclias i its,- but it will ol course be used -bv mountain climbers. (Irupniteville i the nearest point on the Southern Railway to -Jit.. Mitchell. While flu peak is full of' historic interest com- pjiralivelv tew tourists visit the place whore there is a monument over the bones of .Professor Mitchell, on ac count, of the rough trail. . It is cxncctcd flint the house will be finished hy .Inly 1 , which will be in good tune lor the mountain climb ers, who . can? have a ; comlorlalil, (edging place. : Tlie com mil tec in charge, of solici'- iiig subscription to the slock of the Western North Carolina Fair- Asso '-iiition have only been at work a fev I hours, but already it. reports tlia "(...,. ihiiit of the required sum is in signt t'litl it is felt that the fair is assured tor. this season. The lair will not b tiimccl out. on as large a scale as v ns at lirst planned but lor 'I tie sin ceding years it is the intention of the promoters to get every county nest ol (he Blue liulge and perhaps others interested in the movement end to uiiikc.it. a permanent asso cation. Y. . C. A. fONFEICKNCE. -M.iillicrn ( ontci-ciicc Begins in Ashe ville 'loilay Prizes lor Best Road Work Case Against Battery Park Bank. (special to The Tunes.) Wdullle N (' , fune 'I 'I he (In (gates fo the bouihern conleroncc ol tne . V; C, A. are beginning to ar rive in the city for a conference last 1ne Irom .iiinre 0'to Ifith. Quite an I extensive program has been prepared. I'.ach day there is Bible studies. Mission study classes and technical councils which are to be held in the mornings and in the alternoon and evening there will be various exer cises ot study and entertainment. 1 he presiding olhcer is Mrs. 0. K. fcwinhourne; executive of the conic-1-(;i!cc, Miss Marv Louise Allen; as sistant, executive. Miss Anna D. eas ier; hostess ot the conicruncn. Misc. Mildred Itutheforil. The sessions arc held at the Normal and (ollegiatc Institute. ISoloic the conlercnce Is ended it is expected that mores than 100 delegates will have been in ai tendance. -.,.'. At the Inst meeting of the rounly commissioners representatives ot the (mod Roads -Association and tlr: Ashcvilli! Motor Club proposed that their organizations and tlie county provide money to oflcr prizes to ti'C road supervisors who keep- In- the best condition the road tinder their et.re. 'I he county accepted the prop osition and three urines will he ottered. v In suporior court there is bein;; lu-ard the case of W. H. Wright vs. the Battery Park Bank, i he plain tut contends that he deposited JUL. in the -hunk, tor which he was given a slip; that Hie slip was either lost or stolen on the way to Washington: trat the bank cashed the slip with out the signature ol the plaintiff and that he had notified the bank not to i ay the same. TEACHERS SHOULD FLIRT. etcran In the School Room Says it is a Restful Recreation. (By Associated Press.) Boston, Mass., June 9 -"A little iii.rinless flirting with nice pootuc with whom you are not acquainted will do much to rest a tired mind ut ter the arduous duties of 'ho school room. ' - 'J tilt) is one of the sugges tions to voting women school teachers, mailo by Miss Ann Newell, on relin quishing the position as teacher In the Boston public schools, attor tor-tv-uine years of service. ' Be a live wire every minute and don t eat too much," is another bit of advice. Killed By Roller Coaster. (By' Associated PresB) Chelsea, Mass., June 9 As a re sult ot injuries wren crushed beneath a roller coaster at Revere Beach, Os car F. Young, a resort employe, died. The resort vili probably be closed by DENIAL THAT STEEL TRUST Fi Counselled With Railroads As to the Price of Steel to Prevent Monoply STORY TOLDBY GAYLEY ice President of the Steel Corpora tion Before the Investigating Com iniftce Today Denied the John W. (ales Story Alxiut Carnegie 'lieafv Between Honduras and the I intcd Slates (ids a Favorable Re port , (Bv Associated Press.) Washington. D. C, June 9 Denial that Andrew Carnegie, by threats compelled the formation of the I nited htates Steel Coriwration and acknowledgement that the steel com panies, betorc that organization, counselled with the railroads as to the price of steel, marked the testi mony ot James (iavley, vice presi dent, ol the corporation and- officer of the Carnegie concern many years, bclore the bouse "Steel Trust" In vestigating committee. Oayley said such understanding with railroads was necessary to prevent a monopoly in the steel business and denied Car negie as charged by John W. Gates, held up ' J. I'ierpont Morgan, and m so doing forced the steel manufac turers to combine. 'I he senate foreign relations com mittee lias decided to roport favor ably the treaty between Honduras and the I nited States, providing for, a loan ol ten million dollars from the banking interests of the United Stales, to meet the Honduras dobt. Seven and a half millions will be forthcoming immediately. The Nlc araguan treaty, similar in import, has not yet been acted upon. The debate on the wool tariff re vision bill starter in the house. Rep resentative Hull, of Tennessee, de clared lie-believed the passage of tho measure would ' break the backbone ol the republican protection. He said while he believed in free wool, some duly was necessary to prevent :i treasury dcllcll. FREDERICK KOHL IMPROVING. Shot by French Maid Woman Now in Jail. (Hy Associated Press.) San Francisco., Cal., June 9 The condition of Frederick Kohl, capital ist and clubman, -shot and dangerous ly wounded yesterday by Adele Verge, a ' French maul, was slightly improved.' this morning. Physicians say Kohl may recover. No effort was made to extract the bullet lodged In his breast. Adele Verge spent the night in a prison cell, praying for Kohls recovery. Hysterical and tin-. nerved, she would onlv say, replying to questions, she did not know why she shot Kohl, and did not want him to die. She declared she bought the pistol mauv months ago as a protec tion against a detective, who she says, Kohl hired to watch her. WOMAN BREAKS UP BEER PICNIC PARTY "l By Associated Press.) Atchison. Kansas, June 9 With , the use or a rifle .Mrs. Tlllie . McCowan, a tempera nee advocate, broke up a picnic where beer was being -flerved. She was passing the picnic grounds when one of the party who knew her seolfingly invited her to have a drink. She accepted a glass of beer, Intend ing to use It aS evident against, the merrymakers. One of the men 'said she would have to drink the beer. She answered by picking up a stone and striking htm over the eye. ' The man grappled with her. In the struggle hit face was scratched and clothing tern. She then procured A rifle and. chated .one of the party into the Missouri river, firing ; at him. Finally she, At-. lowed the man to swim ashore1 and v-iofi!?. , Eia sojDDaaians. jiea.jj. ' ra
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