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Vol. LXIX. No. 139 WEATHER-Unsettled. RALEIGH, N. C., MQND AY, JUNE 12, 1911 LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENT8
Double the Number of Paid Subscribers in R,aleigh of any Other Newspaper
A $40,000 FIRE AT
APEX EARLY TODAY
Lack of Fire-Fighting Appa-T
ratus Apparent Raleigh
Company Asked For
CITIZENS WORK HARD
TO SAVE PROPERTY
Crow of Seaboard Freight Twin, See.
lug tli lllnzc, Wukc Inhabitants
With Shrieks of JLocomotive VVIiIk.
tie liusiiicsK Sit t ion f Town Al
most Itiilncil, Hut Owners Will Re
build IJst of Concerns mid
lSiilldlngs Kuriied or Damaged
How the Place IiOoks.
Fire ot unknown origin lit AKX
early toilav destroyed several build
ings and damaged several others
and caused a loss of approximately
Jto, iiuO. The insurance was estimated
today at SMMiO. Lack of flrc-flghting
apparatus was respon.silile for the
great loss, the entire business section
. of the town almost being wiped out.
There are two version of (he origin
of the tiro. One version is that it
originated in the meat market owned
by J. W. Jenks on Salem street, and
the other that It started above the
Iiear-lK-er saloon on the corner of
Salem and Cabarrus street. Iloth these
buildings were of wood and burned
like tiinler, the fire spreading to other
buildings and finally reaching out
' -neross tho street and laying low some
line brick structures.
Th lack of aflre department was
never more keenly felt. The. In
habitants, aroused about 1:30 by the
. crew of a freight train, fought bravely
' In an effort to stop the spread of the
Jinnies, but in vain.
Fire Chief Lnnnie F. Lumsden, of
Haleigh was sommoned, and he had
the Raleigh department made ready
to" respond. It was found, however,
that water could not be secured and
none of the apparatus was taken. Mr.
l.umsden and .throe- firemen- made the
trip in his automobile, but wore un
able to uitcomplish anything.
Mr. John A. Park, secretary and gen
eral manager of the Carolina Garage
and Motor Company, carried Mr.
Krnest Bain, Dr. Hyttl. Mr. J. V.
Slriims and Mr. S. H. Farabee of The
Haleigh Daily Times to Apex this
morning. The trip was made in a
Hudson "33", the splemHd car taking
both bail and vood roads with ease
under Mr. Park's dexterous hand.
Iliiildings and Loss.
'the following is the loss us estimated
this morning:
W. H. llarwurd's department store,
'115,(101): Insurance $7,000.
H. C. Olive Company, general mer
chandise. $6,500; Insurance $4,500,
Merchants and Farmers Dunk, furnl-
wmm x i-1 ! ' -' ! '
m.m tiffin v.
X H ,l ,;i- Vi tL
A recent Bnaiiot of Miss Lillian Oraliant, who took part in tli6
shooting of William Karl Dodge Stokes, owner of the Ansonia Hotel, and
one -of the richest men In New York. Miss Graham and a friend of Ijers,
, Miss Ethel Conrad, seriously wounded Stokes with tliree bullets, during
a visit of theimillionalre'to the girls apartments. The shooting was caus
ed, It is believed, ove Stokes wanting the girls to return certain letters he
had written one of them. He declares when he called for the letters that
923,000 was demanded fsom him at the point of a revolver. The girls as,
oerf that Stokes grabbed Miss Graham b.the throat and tried, to choke
Iter and that tuejr snot m geu-ueien.
tare and fixtures," J:i.omi: insurance
1(2,0111). The vault has not been opened
yet, but it .Is-'thought-that the von tents
are safe. . .
A. V. liuuoom's Pharmacy, $i!."(M;
Insurance. $4. Gun. .
P. J. Olive's law office, $l,r.oO; in
surance $7iio.
Dr. J. L. Mann's office, $4Wi: instir
ance, f-SiO.
Dr. R. W. Johnson s office, $iji0;cov
erod by insurance.
J. It. Norris' insurance ofllee. $l"iO
no Insurance.
. Clius. Weaver, furniture, jr.(l; no In
surance. -
S. V. Hudson, residence, $2,000; $SilO
Insurance. :.
Pate X- Company, damage to slock
of goods $l,T,(l; 'covered by insurance.
Smith's liartier Sliop. fim; no. instil
a i ice.'
: Watklns-Rovmoiir Company; hard
ware store, loss of goods on .lot. $4on
no Insuraiico.
KT. Bennett, -.gents'-- ftirn thiiiga,
damage to stock Jl.Ono; covered by In
surance,
IS. I'l. Pale's biijlding, $7fiU; no in
surance.
M. It. (iiiliter's near beer stand, $1.0u0;
no lusnrti nee.
Pressing Club, $1,000 no m-urn nee.
Alw.iters P.nrhcr shop, JKjO; no In
surance,
. Jonk's meat maiket, ' J.MKi; no iiisur
a lice'.
. Kvan's restaurant, $'M; no insur
ance.
C 1.. Kemp's' iewvlrv store, .$300: no
insurance.
Apex Untiling 'Works, $l,ow); no in
surance. . " . ....
Mason Huilding. $7."0; insurance, $'iiw
It. J. Dolling, groceries, $1,100; in
surance, M0.
Johnson Hrothcrs, undertaking es
tablishment, $.710; no insurance.
Damage .amounting to several hun
dred dollars was- done to other build
ings.
All, the buildings destroyed were
wooden except the two occupied by
Haucom's drugstore nd the Mer
chants and Farmers bank.
Origin Xot Known.
Mr. A., It. Hunter of Apex gave a
Times nmn an account nf the cal-
istrophe. Mr, Hunter first saw tho flre
it 1:20. About the -same tiriib the
crew of a. freight train sounded the.
alarm. The entire town was soon out
SEEKING MYSTERIES
OE THE SUGAR TRUST
"Washington, June 12 Tho house
inquiry into the sugar business of the
country, conducted by special com
mittee, was formally begun this
morning, Managers of the loading
sugar refineries in the east have been
summoned to appear. The commit
tee announced its purpose to make
one of the most thorough investiga
tions ever conducted of a great bus
Iness by congress. Representative
Hardwick, of Georgia, is chairman
of the committee.
,
endeavoring to check the flames. The
file either stinted in J. W. Jenks
meat market or over the near-beei
store where bovs and young men. it
was said today, had gathered to plav
cards and drink. This could not be
verified, most of the people seeming
to think that the origin was In the
Jenks place.
j the buildings burned, four were
on the west side of Salem street and
six were on the east side. Two of
these were two'storv brick buildings
The Merchants and Farmers' Bank
building and the W. H. Harwnrd build
Ing. The bank lost some stationary
and "other paper but not of the valu
ables were damaged. The fire-proof
vault was Intact and there was no fear
for the coin and currency. The bank
Mllci'is secured new iiuai'ters and at
once opened for business.
All Will ltebuil.l.
U was announced immediately after
Ihi' lire that all the property owners
would rebuild. The town has suffered
other calamines, though none as seri
ous as I h Ik. and the -property owners
will at once replace the burned struc-
I ures.
Although handicapped with no ap
paiatus worthy of the name, the ill
xeas of the place exerted .-themselves
I in da Jr .efforts to save property. The
home of Mis. Olive, who lives next to
tiii' . II. c. Olive Company store, was
saved only alter tremendous work. A
wooden building near It went up in
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EXTEND POSTAL BANKS
The New System Is Encour
aging Thrift
Plan Has Proved its Merit and from
Now on Will Kind Easy Sailing
Hankers Kind it to lie Helpful,
Creating Accounts Where There
Wore Xone llefore.
Washington, D. C. June 12 Tin:
trustees of the postal savings system
have come to the conclusion that the
experiment stage in United States
postal savings banks has been passed.
The plun has proved Its merit. From
now on It will be easy sailing.
Beginning this month the depart
meat will Increase the number of post
al savings depositories throughout the
country at the rate of one hundred a
month. There are ninety-three now
A year from this date there will be
twelve -hundred- or more. .Within a
few years tlie country will be a vast
network of these Institutions, into
which the poorest can put his savings
and sleep on the knowledge that the
wealth of the nation is behind them.
It makes no difference to the depo
sitor whether panic sweeps across the
country and banks topple to de.struc
tlon all around him; the financial re
sources af the nation are committed
I ) the protection of the nest egg which
h. has n the postal savings deposi
to.'v - ' -
Contrary to expectation, the slib
lisnment of postal savings depositories
does not cut Into the business of trust
companies, savings, slate and national
banks, and herein Is one of the signi
ficant features of the system. It does
not mean that depositors do not wel
come the advent of the ipostal savings
depositories and (their guarantee of
protection. In one way it Is a tribute
system to the country, but, above all.
It indicates that national thrift ha
revived an Impetus.
The people of the nation are taking
up the saving habit. Under the rules
uny person ten years old or over may
have an account in his or her name.
A married woman's account Is free
from interference by her husband.
Nearly every account opened In a
ipostal savings depository Is a new
venture, not the transference of a bank
deposit. Consequently the advent of
the postal savings depository has
brought to many persons the benefit
of a savings account and an incentive
to save against the "rainy day."
This statement is made on the au
thority of Theodore L. Weed, chief
clerk of the post office department,
and secretary of the trustees.
"A banker expressed tills idea per
fectly the other day," said Mr. Weed.
He came Into Washington and called
on me and In the course of his visit,
he said:
"'When i the postal savings system
was under consideration I fought It to
the best of my ability. Thousands of
bankers took the same stand. We felt
that It would do Inestimable damage to
our business and would take from us
a large proportion of our small depo
sitors.
" 'As soon as the system was put
Into effect I watched its operation with
anxiety. ; I found that it did the banks
no harm. On the contrary, I learned
that it was Increasing the number of
mtoney savers, creating accounts
where there were none before, and es
tablishing a foundation of ready cash
which cannot help bettering, the Con
dition of the country. I believe that
the bankers who were formerly against
it ' have reversed their attitude'. "
Five Head in Storm.; '.''
New .York, , June 12 Five are
dead,' five persons missing and prop
erty loss of $1,000,000 la the result
of a two-days' storm which raged
over New York and vicinity. " , t
HOT WEATHER RECORD
Temperature Yesterday Went
Up to 100
Hottest Day Since July, 1002, ami the
Hottest June Day (ji Fifteen
ears Hot Wave (eneial
Throughout the Cotton Holt.
All weather records since .1 ill v
1 102,- were smashed yesterday, when
the thermometer registered a temper
ature ot an even 1 llu degrees in Hal
eigh. Not. only is this the hottest
day on record since I!i(i2, but it was
the hottest .Juno dav in tllteen rears.
The high record lor June was 102
in 18S", but yesterday came within
two degrees of equalling this record.
Had it not been lor a little shower
tnat fortunately tell during the late
afternoon Raleigh people would have
suffered much more than they did.
At 8 p: m. the niercurv had dropped
down to 7b degrees and this morning
It stood at 72, while bv 1 1 o'clock It
had climbed back to !M degrees and
will llkelv go several degrees higher
during tne day.
: Tlie hut wave which struck Haleigh
vestordav is general throughout the
cotton belt,- where 'temperatures
ranging from 9S to 100 or mure pre
vailed in the south. In the Wilming
ton section ten slat tons reported a
temperature ranging about 100 de
grees. Tho: hottest dav on record in al
eigh since the local weather bureau
station was established In. 1X!7 was
on July 18, 18X7. when a tempera
ture .of 103 degrees was recorded,
.lulv is usuaHy the month in which
the mercury does its greatest aviat ion
stunts, but starting Its fashionable
aviation ascendencies in June, makes
one wonder what .lulv holds for a
suffering sweltering humanity. The
highest temperature for any June
since 1S87 102 on June 20,
1887; the nearest approach was 101
degrees on June 21, 1888, while on
June 3, 1895, the mercury reached
an even 100 and this record was not
equalled until yesterday, when it
again touched 100.
Raleigh was not the only hot
place yesterday. At Washington a
temperature of 102 degrees was re
BIG DAMAGE SUIT
T
The biggest damage suit ever
heard In Wake county will begin in
the United Stales district court to
morrow, when the case of the' Ware-
Kramer Tobacco- Company against
the ""American Tobacco. Company is
called lor trial. Damages in the sum
of $1,200,000 are asked, the plain
tiff alleging that it was crushed by
the defendant
If Judge Connor adheres to the
program outlined today all connect
ed with the case will be fatigued be
fore the trial is concluded. Two
sessions will be held each dav, tlie
first from ii until i, and the second
from 3 until li:30.
TWINS WEDDED TWIN'S..
Couples in Texas Marriages so Alike
Friends Cannot Tell Them Amrt.
Austin: Tex.. June 12 Missouri twins
married Texas twins at ban Marcos,
30 miles south of here yesterday. The
brides were Misses Alma and Alia
Moore and me bridegrooms Lelaitd mid
Loran Tablet-, of Adrian" Mo. The
brides resemble each other so closely
that their most intimate friends can
not tell them apart, and the brothers
also look as much alike as two peas.
The twin brides were dressed alike,
as were the two bridegrooms. To dis
tinguish one from the other, different
eolored flowers were worn.
The young men were Informed about
a year ago of the remankable resem
blance of the two sisters. This led
to correspondence an exchange of
photographs, and. the marriage.
Storm Frightened Woman to Death.
Binghanipton, N. Y., June 12
Frightened during, an electrical
storm caused Mrs. John Aliens
death. The woman was violently 111
following the terrific claps of thun
der, dying before a physician's ar
rival.
Dying From Eating Candy.
New York, June 12 Three young
children of Mrs. Elizabeth Murray
are dying of poisoning, which fol
lowed eating a penny's worth of high
ly colored candles from a-shop near
their Eastside . home.
Tbe affections of .some women
strike a man as being of the cold
storage variety, . (
corded, at Charlotte !)S. Ashevillc !)L',
l Norfolk 08. Chicago 98. In Okla
hoina baiurday the. .mercury reached
104. ' :
The local weather bureau holds
out Mine encouragement, toilav 1 or
cooler weather as it was reported
pome few degrees cooler over I lie cen
tral belt. Local saowers are prom
ised.' STKIKKItS HKTl'ltX TO WOHK.
Attempt to End tin Strike, However,
Only Tartly Siiccessl ul.
Philadelphia. June 12- The at
tempt ol the mnnairenienl ol the
Haldwin Locomotive Winks, where
tho sirike- began last week among
the hoilerniakers, to resume work m
till departments, met with hut par
tial success this morning. Of tlie
10,000 employed, only 2,(ioo .report
ed lor worl;.
Storm lilocks Aviator.
Koine, June 1 2 I'rev. the (ler
iniin aviiilor, mod to start earlv to
day on the final leg of the I'ai'is-ltome-Turin
race. Weather condi
tions were so serious in lacing" of a
rising storm he was obliged to re
turn after n 20-iiule lliglit. Tin' ma
chine was slighllv dammed in the
landing.
CONSERVE FISH SUPPLY
Treaty Commission Introduces
Bill In Congress
Ann to (unserve the 1 isli Mipplv ol
the (.real Lakes Si-ek Interna
tional Itegulation ol I heir Output
of hood I' isltes.
Washington. 1). c. June 12 The fish
ing industry , of the great lakes and
the disciples of l.aak Walton are deep
ly interested In a1 bill pending in both
houses of coitgrc providing a sys
tem ol uniform and common Inten
tional regulations . for the protection
and preservation of the food fishes in
International boundary, waters'' of .the
I nlted States and Canada. A similar
measure will be adopted by the. Cana
dian parliament.
The regulations were drafted by a
commission . created by a treaty in
force between tbe American and Hrit
tsh 'government; and .their., purpose ' is
not only to prevent the .destruction of
lish, but to remove oiie of the Irritating
questions In the relations of this coun
try and its northern neighbor.
The commission made a thorough
study of-the. conditions' in. all 'abound
arv waters ami those contiguous there
to. In some eases it found considerable
divergence among those engaged in
from making certain proposed fishery
regulations rather than to risk im
properly ot unnecessarily restricting
the fishing industries.
The regulations make a" distinction
between lishiug for commercial pur
poses and fishing for sport. For in
stance, It ; Is ordered that no black
bass, brook trout, landlocked salmon
or muskellunge shall be lished for,
ktlcd or captured lor commercial- pur
poses In treaty waters.
But a-.sportsman with rod and line
or hand line, or a trolling line with
spoon hook attached, may enjov him
self to his hearts content ill pining
with on catching this grime. Tlie only
restriction imposed upon 111 in is thtl
there shall not be more than time
hooks upon bis line, that the biook
trout captured shall not be less than
ten Inches, and -the ' muskellunge -not
less than twenty-lour Inches, and fin
ally, that ot more than ten black ba-i
shall be captured in one day nor more
than twenty bv tile occupants of a
single boat.
A closed season for black bass Is
proviued for Lake MciiipliieiiiagoK and
Lake Cham-plain during the winter,
and for other species, including salmon
and yellow pike.
In the great Jakes system no white
fish or lake trout of . less than two
pounds weight, no yellow pike of less
than thirteen Inches, no sauger, calico
bass or white bass of les than ten
Inches, and no lake or channel, cathsli
of less than sixteen inches can be cap
tured. Kvery effort also Is to be. made, to
propogate food fishes. It is proposed
that both the United States and 'Can
ada shall develop to the fullest extent
the work of propogation. Particular
attention is to be directed to the lol
lowing: Lake Superior whitefish, Lake Erie
whlteflsh, sockeye, blueback or red sal
mon, Jumbo herring, lake trout, yel
low pike brook trout or speckled trout,
brown trout, steelhead trout, rainbow
trout and lake herring.
The bills provide that a person
found guilty of breaking a regulation
shall be fined not more t han J1.000 or
Imprisoned not more than one year or
both. To enforce the regulations a
fe'deral patrol will be established along
the boundary line. A Canadian patrol
also will be created. It Is estimated
that the cost of the service- will be
$10,000 annually, but the result will
be advantageous In the quantity of
fish which will be available for food.
In an age where great complaint ex
ists ove- the JxigU cost ot living it is
GRAHAM HERRING
ui'JSHED BY TRAi
Important to
every available
the fisheries of
itnsci ve and ittei
uiii ee . of suppIS ,: and
Hit" gi eat lake.- and
other boundary al
greater- value to 1 1
should have a
people in this
respect than in the vase;
. Uealijsatioii of this, fact is l
ble for thedistribution, of tisli'i
I hroughoui Hie. -'great: lake syst
federal lish commission altoii
year to Michigan ",;.in . p:
fish eggs. L'L'.r.lllU.illl. Ji in. It .
Spoll-1-
id eggs
n.. The
rl la.n
! i'
i,",IH'l.(Jllt
-d sal
..luMl.Omi lake ti out and Ha.iiuo
iiioii; to lilliiois !'i it' It:
pike perch, 7,iioo,o)
50,000. rainbow trout;
20,000 : wliitelish ami
laiell.
riviM-i
AVlilteflsll;
to Wise.
lJ.ii'i;,(ioir
iiisin,
la li e
pike
troui,-- and to i Hiio. 1."s.'
.-
i.O'ill
perch ami .Vi, ."Is.iniii Whitelisli.
It'll reeomnieiidat ion inHdc. hy I lie
Anierieaii-i 'anadian ' Fish Com mission
be carried out . an ,i 1 1 vest 1.14:11 ion of .the
natural history, and habits of eai.-ii .of
the leading species of food lisiies in
the treaty waters will he 1111
a view to tlie 'highest possilil
ale
w nil
de
ami of obtaining satisl'aeiory evi
for the future treatment, of (hi
porlant .subject, especially with
llll-
L-fer-
enee to closed and open seasons.
It is .not the. purpose of either gov
ernment to '.handicap proper, exploita
tion which shall benefit both those en
gaged in Hie iiidusii-y and. t liet-onsiim
ers. .Illicit is realized that If Hie
great lakes are not to be di pleteil
within a coniparalivcly short time. 01'
valuable food lish effective- -measures'
both to prevent unnecessary slaughter
and to propogate inusCbe taken.
. The -.Importance of tlie matter is ex
pected to cause congress, to aet witli-
u I: delay upon the bills 'recommended
y tile joint commission, and if passed
during the extra session the act will
go into effect on January , next. .
'-WKST POINT UllADl ATMS.
West Point, N. Y.. June 12r
Eighty-three -cadets are. to., be gradu
ated into tull-flcdged lieulenanls at
the t'lnted Stales Military Acitdemv
tomorrow. Secretary. -ot War .Stini
son will deliver the graduating ad
dress-. Maior-general Wood will lire
sent the diplomas. 1 ln class began
with I Iti students. Eighl v-thrce sur
vived the severe lest ol tlie, lour
voars: course.
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(Special '"to: The Times.)
New Hern, .liine IL'-: ,1. .1.: VVillt-y. of
Norfolk, and ,L II. .Morris, of (Iiveris-bo)-o,
were (IiowiiimI at W'ilkeison's
Point, a prorninlory Several miles dovvn
Xeiise Kier 'e.steida" .-iftcrnoon.
Neither In ul y has yi-t. been recovered.
I be Plague Situation. I
Ainoy, ( 'lii 11:1,:. J tin,. VI- 'l":i ,-' Mutch
consul advised his. governim-iii that the
plague situal ion . iliei-e assuioeil leo.
portions, warranting! iiuariiiiliiiiin: i!ie'
Mulcli Indies against Ainov.
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ffiTA . .iXya3t' : : i '
William Earl Dodge Stokes, owner of the Ansimlu Hotel, and one oi
therichest men In New York, who was shot three times and serioosljf
wounded by two young women w hose apartment In I lie fashionable Vo
ruua, he was visiting.
TWas Trying to Board Train
to Go to Fire at
Apex
T UNDER TRAIN'
AND BADLY CRUSHED
doling .Man Was Operator at New
Hill and Al tempted lo Catch Fast
Moving l-rciglif 1 ruin and Was
Knocked I nder it Skull is Crush
ed and Plight Leg Ibidly Mangled
Proiiglit on to ltiilelgh and Op
erated on at Itev Hospital by Dr,
Hogers and Mcto'e Kiglit leg
Aniputalcil Is in Critical Condi
tion. ":-...',.. '
.Mr. (.rahani Herring, the
voung man who was so ter-
rililv injured near New Hill 8
early todav was reported as
resting no easier at- Rex Hos- S
pi Mil nt 3:3d this afternoon. S
'I he young man maV linger 3
several hours, but there is no .
hope ol his recovery.
'
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(.rahiini Herring, a Seaboard oper
ator, wniise homo is at Apex, lies in a
very dangerous- condition at Rex
Hospital as the result of a fall under
11 last moving freight train early this
morning at New Hill.
Herring was doing supply work as
operator at. New Hill, and learning
that his home town was burning, he
attempted to catch No. 18, a- fast
Ircight, as if was passing the station
to come to Apex. '1 he train was mov
ing taster, than he -l nought, and as
he jumped missed ins hold, was
struck hy a brake beam and knocked
under - the train, his skull being
crushed ami right leg badly man
gled - '- .,
I lie conductor saw the affair and
stopped the train. 'I he young man
was taken up, placed in a box car
and brought to Haleigh, arriving
here nt: li: la 0 clock and was quickly
carried to ltex Hospital, where he
was operated on by Drs. Rogers and
Mc(,ee. tlie right leg being amputated
lust uelow (he knee, lie was uncon
scious when In' arrived at the hos- '
pilal. mid he is liurdlv expected to
live: t liroitgh the day. , .
Herring i.s a young man about
Iweiily-six years ol age, and has been
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