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Vol. LXI. No. 144
WEATHER Unsettled.
RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1911.
LAST EDITION
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TRUSTEES ARE
Wlli SHUT0FTORAT0HS DECIDE ISSUES
House Ready to Close Wool
Af LATER DATE
GOIMK
III CITY TODAY
Judge Gary Also Impresses
Committee With His
Frankness
PEN PICTURE OF TWO MEN
Both Men of Brains Gates Made
Hood Copy and Committee unci
Newspaper Men Enjoyed Him
Son Charlie Prompted (Jateo
Cntes Smoothest Article Tluit Him
AK'ar'l Before the Committee
1h Something of a Bandy in An-
pearanee, Fresh anil Nutty look
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Times Bureau,
Congress Hall Hotel,
H. E. C. Bryant.
Washington, June 17 Interesting
men are being brought here to test!
fy before the various '"investigating
committees of the house. .The aver
age congressman is as dull as a trog
pond when compared with a citizen
like John W. Gates, once the wire
king of this country, and Elbert H.
Oary, who draws more salary, than
the nine members of the house that
interrogated him last week. I know
some clever, entertaining statesmen
but they are few in the hill. By
some hook or crook, or cheap dem-
agogery, or a fight with a negro, may
bring some Bap-head to Washington
to represent a congressional district
but unless a man . has gray matter
in his head he cannot run the United
States Steel Corporation or could not
have organized and managed the
American Wire Company In its gol
den days. -
John W. Gates was once a travel
ing man. He drifted into the hard
ware bufinesi, and, .fell headlong1 Into
the manufacture of steel products.
Horses, pretty women, faro and other
games and all sorts of spirited things
appeal to him.
Mr. Gates was the first Important
witness put on the stand by the Stan
ley steel Investigating committee.
He wanted to take a trip to Scotland
and perhaps Monte Carlo, and pre
ferred to testify before Quitting the
country. Chairman Stanley, who is
an accommodating Kentuckian, was
willing.
The former wire-maker is a fine
looking piece of flesh. Clad in a nat
ty grey suit, with yellow shoes and
socks to match, and the best of linen
he appeared as neat and fresh as a
school girl graduate the day he told
what he knew about Andy Carnegie
and .f. P. Morgan. His smooth
cheeks still have the bloom of health
In them and his mustache and hair
are touched with frost, but his eye
is clear and bright and harbors a
faint, mischievous smile, which,
when he talked about Mr. Carnegie,
broadened into a laugh.
1 never listened to a more delight
ful witness. He did not owe Pierpont
Morgan or anybody else a cent that
he could not pay the day he was here.
Rich, Independent, and free from or
dinary cares he does not mind hav
ing a little fun. He threw brickbats
for five hours, and it will take the
officials of the Steel Trust, if there
be such a thing, years to sweep the
dust from their front steps. In the
meantime, John W. Gates, the gay,
(Continued on Page Four.)
BUILDING AND LOAN.
LEAGUE AT NEW BERN
A', splendid program has been ar
ranged for the eighth annual conven
tion of the North Carolina Building
and Loan League, which will be held
at New Bern on Tuesday and Wed
nesday of next ,week, Messrs. J. C.
Allison and Alexander Webb will at
tend the convention from Raleigh.
Several adresses will be made, gen
eral discussion will consume part of
the sessions and a trip down the
Neuse river on a house-boat will be
a feature of the entertainment. Mr.
3. R. Young, Insurance commissioner,
will deliver an address, as will also
Mr. L. T. Hartsell, of Concord; Mr.
Heriot Clarkson, of Charlotte Mr. R.
A. Nunn, of New Bern, nd Mr. John
M. Cooke, of Burlington. A smoker
and automobile ride Wednesday af-.
ternoon will bring tne convention to
a close. .. v . " I
Mrs. William Simon, victim of (he strangling mystery al ... White
Plains, N. V., who was found dead in lied liy neighbors who hud been
called In by her fonr-yeiir-old daughter. 'I lie husband, crack engineer of
the Harlem Ttailrond, is being held by
no tangible clews to the solution of the niysttry. When the body was
found, a towel and pillow ease were 'lightly Imiiitd about the young wo
man's neck, and there wercinarks and bruises. on her chest uiid throat and
some of lier hair was found torn out.
lice declare she put up u tleseriite struggle against her assailant, whoever
he was, hut are unable to venture mure toward .answering the mystery
surrounding the tragedy.
THK BAY LKAF FAK.M.
Children and Workers Brought, to
Italeigli Today .Much Interest is
Shown. .
Today Mr. Hilliary P. Thompson
was in to see Superintendent Judd,
and made report of the Bay Leaf
school farm work. He said that on
last Monday the people turned out to
work the farm. Tiieue were about
twenty people present. Most of these
were children and young girls. .':
The farm, consisting of. two acres,
is planted in cotton. This was chop
ped out and plowed in two and one
half hours. Mr. Thompson said:
"The children worked the smartest
1 ever saw."
Mr. Thompson said that they all
really enjoyed the' work' ami that he
never saw the children fore enthused
over a baseball, game than they were
over their cotton chopping Monday.
After the work was finished Mr.
Thompson and Mr. George B. Nor
wood gave the children a treat to
candy and cold drinks.
Cast year Bay Leaf had the ban
ner school farm of the county. Tlieir
exhibit at the state fair won the
first premium offered by the State
Agricultural Society, also a ton of
fertilizer offered as a first premium
by the Caraleigh Phosphate and Fer
tilizer Works. This company has
given to the Bay Leaf school farm,
in addition to this premium, for this
year a ton of fertilizer, making two
tons in all., The Bay, Leaf people
feel very grateful for the help which
this company has rendered their
farm. ' . '"
Mr. Hilliary Thompson and Mr. Ar
thur Davis, who are the superin
tendents of the Bay Leaf farm this
year, are going to work hard to make
Bay Leaf lead again this year.
MRS. MUCLOW SANK.
Examining Boni'ri Apioiii(ed by Judge
Carter Declares Her in Souir
Mind.
(Special to The Times.)
Ashevllle, N. C, June 17 The report
of the examining board of physicians
appointed by Judge Cater to Investl
gate the sanity mental condition of
Mrs. Alice Muclow, an English lady
who was recently released from Car
roll's sanitarium for the treatment of
nervous ; troubles, by habeas corpus
proceedings, has Just been made pub
lic and it is In favor of-the lady, te
the effect that she is sane.
The lady was recently taken from the
sanitarium on affidavits that she was
being kept there as insane and against
her will; since her release she has been
staying with a friend and it is said
that she shows no sign bf insanity. She
made some rather sensational charges,
to the effect that she had been kept
at the sanitarium for the past three
years, that she was not allowed the
use of her Income and several other
charges.
At the habeas corpus hearing befor
Judge Carter Dr. Carroll replied to thtr
charge by affidavits and by the asser
tion that Mrs. Muclow had been com
mitted to his place by the clerk of
the superior court.
The case has created much Interest
here by reason of the fact that Dr.
Carroll Is rather prominent In his line
of medical work. Other developments
may folow of a legal nature.
the M)li'o, who have as yet. round
and strewn aliout the lied. The o.
OF SUFFRAGETTES
London, June 17 The coronation-pro.
cession of "suffragettes' which traversed
London streets tills -evening,' prior to
the metilng at Albert Hall, was prob
ably the greatest procession of women
in suppott of the suffrage movement
the world has ever seen. FVjrty to
sixty thousand - women,: according to
the varying estimates, marched in a
five mile procession, starting at Vic
toria embankment, which leads east
from. VVestni!hisler , bridge, anil pro
ceeded along the coronation route to
Kensington. Militant and non-militant
suffragettes combined. All combined.
All questions of cast were, put aside.
Every phase of social professional and
Industrial .life- were represented among
the paiaders being women of title,
prominent actresses and collegians.
DIAZ STHIKKS HACK.
Justifies His Administration and Ac
cuses His Countrymen of lngrati
- tilde. '
Corunna, Spain, June 1? Physi
cally enfeebled an'd sick at heart,
General Poifirio Diaz, exile from the
republic of which he was the chief
builder, has at last yielded to the
impulse of self defense. In a for
mal statement be justified his ad
ministration and reproached his
countrymen for ingratitude.
' Florida About Completed.
Washington. D. C, June 17-
-The
battleship Florida, nearing comple
tion at the New York navy yard, was
rodered placed in 'commission Sep
tember lSfli. Her sister ship, Utah,
will probably be completed August
1st.
TOBACCO TRUST WILL
NOT ASK REHEARING
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Washington, June i7 It is un
derstood ut the department of just
Ice that the American Tobacco Com
pany will not file an application for
a re-hearing In the supreme court as
it has permission to do at any time
before June 29, according to the
court's decree. Delancy Nicoll and
W. W. Fuller, the company's attor
neys, will soon have another Confer
ence with Attorney-general Wlcker
Bham, at which they will probably
submit, some plan for re-organization.
If the att6rney-general can ap
prove the plan it will be recommend
ed to the United States circuit court.
Consul Generaf George A. Bucklln,
Jr., writing from Guatemala city, says
that white American sports have not
developed to the same extent In Guate
mala as In Mexico, there Is a rapidly
growing Interest In baseball, football,
tennis and boxing.
Mass Meeting and Barbecue
Feature Completion of
Highway Survey
PRASE FOR RALEIGH
City's Progressive- Mridcs in Past
I'Vw Months Occasion 1'or pa voc
able Comment in I. very Section ot
Stati' Speakers Tell of Progress
ami Interest ill Highway Project
All Along I. me Itarhceiic is
(iivcii Members ol Party at i' air
(irotimls.
With the meeting m the Wake
county court house tins morning and
i lie barbecue at the lair grounds this
ilternoon. the preliminary lour over
the route ol the cenlral hieluvav, a
stretch ul road 4tiU miles long lrom
t lie coast to the Tennessee line, was
marked (mis and the 'trustees of the
highway left the cilv with the con
sciousness of faithful wonk and Ihn
knowledge of co-openiliou in Wake
county. To Mr. fl 11. Vnrner, chair
man; Mr. ,T. A. Wellons of Smith-
field; Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, and Mr
William Dunn, of New Morn, and the
J. f. Case Threshing- Machine (lorn
pany -to these last iwo in particu
lur the trustees lind the people are
indebted : for tho trip across the
state. The surveying part arrived in
Raleigh last ' high lrom Durham.
Mebane, und Chap, Hill. The road
had then been survived from . Bean
fort harbor to JJMrTer.uessee line.
Mr. Varner i!resi(jJ at the . muss
meeting today, anil-4m. R. H. Lewis,
who is always interested in forward
ing a good inovejnnt, ma.de the hrst
address. He was tollowed hv Dr.
Joseph Hyde Pratt, the engineer,
who has contributed so much to the
success of the scheme. President
Varner and Dr. .1. M. Templetoii.
president 'of the Wake county asso
ciation, and a trustee ol the central
highway, made ringing speeches.
It was the opinion of all speak
ers': that Wakb - county and Raleigh
would do their part towards the
highway, and much praise was given
Raleigh for the lile it had evidenced
in the past few months. From the
mountains to the coast, as Mr. Wel
lons expressed it, the people were
saying that "Old Raleigh lias waked
tip". And Mi Wellons declared that
'Old Raleigh" had.
Dr. Pratt said that with anv en
couragement the highway could be
built so that the road would bo in
first-class condition nearly all the
year round. He and President Var
ner urged the people of Wake county
to vote for the road bonds, explain
ing that taxes would ijot be increased
a cent and that good roads would be
a direct benefit to every person in
the county. As examples of progress
pointed out Guilford, Alamance, Dur
ham, and Iredell counlies, the last of
which has recently voted a bond
issue of $400.0110.
There was much enthusiasm at: the
meeting. ; The following resolutions
were adopted: .
Itesolutious by Trustees.
1. That their thanks and the
thanka of all the people interested
in the construction of the central
highway are ".hereby tendered the
J. I. Case Threshing Machine Com
pany, of Racine, Wis., and to William
Dunn, Esq., of New Bern, for their
generosity and courtesy in tendering
to us, the trustees of the central
highway, the use of their splendid
machines for conveying the party
across the state.
2. .To -the' people along the route
of the said highway for their gene
rosity and open-hearted hospitality
shown at each and every place where
we stopped.
3. To the press of the state for the
encouragement it has at all times
and places given to this great enter
prise.
To all of these is largely due the
success of the preliminary work in
selecting and laying out this road.
Without their aid nothing could have
been accomplished; with their aid
much has been accomplished and the
beginning made for the completion
of the road. Mindful of their inval
uable assistance, we tender them, one
and all, our thanks and express to
them our deep appreciation for their
Interest and assistance.
Fortunately 'for us and unfortunately j
for the undertaker, we can die onlv
once.
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Latest photograph of the oldest son
of king (iciirgc . 'I lie young pi-luce
of Wales Is lilisv preparing Ins speecli
uliich lie will deliver tn Welsh, al l i-
Mivesfitiire. I lie cast ol the insignia
fo ht Used .at the invest il are, wfmli
is to lake place af ( ariim nil astle,
Wales, lias been decided opnti iiv the
1 n vest it ore commit lee. As lar as is
possible, the committee is following
the prec'ilei!t ol this invest it are as
Prince ol Wales l Hem v, the son ol
King t liarles II. I he insignia . w ill
consist ol coronet, wand, ring, and
mantle. I lie coronet, wand and
ring will he lasliioneil in gold troiii
Welsh mines by Welsh woi'kinen.
ALL SPEED RECORDS
ARE BROKEN TODAY
Boston, Mass., June lT.n attempt
was m.ole te breali all ri.'rords t'oi- Siecd
t- the iiHss.-riKi-r tfttlrt het'en'.'it,wtoh
ami i 'iiit-iiKo. v.-lieii . ti. sp -cia! (.arryiyg
memh'ers. of... the I'liieago . A'sso'cintllin
of Commerce, pulled our of Jlostini and
Albany ."railioad yard: this, moi'uing.
'!':: ir:iin left, lure at ' a. m. ai:d
reached Albany (:0f. Ad cii-jJ received
,hei'e said the run... from- Ailmny to
Syracuse . 12S nUles and madu it in I'JX
minutes.
SCIIII P .MAV lOPMl ('OI.I,l)(Ji:.
Hanker .Makes Conditional Oiler (o
Ills Itirthplai'e in (.erinaiiv.
. ..Frank fort -on-r the-Ma in, . ( leVuamy;
June . 17 l! is . siiiiud that Jan.!) fl.
Sell Iff,.' tile' .'cv. York liatikcr,. has. an
nounced his readiness i.i give, several
million ni.-nks fur lie f.-mndaiimi' of
uni versify at Kniiikfnrtron-1 he-Ma in
ids liii ihiiai-e, provided . certain con
Itioiis, particularly .coiM-eruiuK reliuion
mil pinfejisors, are tnet, ..
. 'I'ile . lonl mayor is conferring with
Hie Prussia ir, minister of . education.
Heir' von Troll 'ai s!oiy., on its pro
posed gift;' .
Mr. Sciiiff. who , is now at Munich,
was seen today regarding (he univer
sity, foundation, He stated Unit tile
report was .exaggerated. -Put. he was
ni rt readv to diseifss the 'matter ul de
tail.-'
(illtl. WOl 1,1) (il i: TO P(K)K.
Twelve-venr-old Heiress Asks Court
to Divide $(10,001) Income.
Chicago. June 17 Catherine .Darker-,
1:! year old. of Lajiorte, Ind., -'who by
her. father's will, receives annual iiir
come of $rn.eO0 lor her education and
sustenance.: has applied to the .circuit
court for permission to divide' her in
come .. Willi charitable-'': iust i till ions of
Lapo'rte and Mieb'lgair City.- I d.
Miss Harker ri-ceiveil ;i.iioii,iK.I(l as-lie r
share'. of her-' .father's -est ale.; which is
held ill trust.'
RETURN TO LONDON
London, . June. 17 The, coronation
festivities were, fully inaugurated with
the return of the king and (pieen to
Buckingham,', palace, from Windsor.
The functions connected -with the, cen
tral event next Thursday will crowd
upon one another until July 1. when
the court again leaves London. Senn-
state marked their majesties arrival
In the metropolis from Paddlngton to
Buckingham consisting ol landaus
drawn bv four bays with postillions
and escorted by the royal horse
guards. Largo crowds everywhere
welcomed their majesties with hearty
cheering. Monday will witness the ar
rival of most of the royal guests.
Cooke fcot Guilty.
Cincinnati, O., June 1" Edgar S.
Cooke was declared not guilty of em
bezzling $24,000 from the Big Four
Railway. The Jury was out two
hours,
Debate
Holding Night Sessions to (.el Hid of
Pent I p Oratory Senate Idle He
cause Senators Have Not Prepared
Their S .
Washington, l.-,.
a view to clearing up-
I
With
0 snliere
ill sjjeei nr-s nil iio ii"i , . .y
. i. i
house resumed general debate: . tho
measure lodav witn Ihe probability
iliai. another nig.it session would be
held. : While tho house faces the.
problem id shutting off eager orators,
the senate '.was forced to remain idle,
because the 'senators', had not '.prepar
ed their speeches on the Canadian re
ciprocity bill. This, 'condition-will' be
remedied bv 'Monday. Hall a do.eyf
speeches, practically all against the
'agreement; ., are being prepared.
There were no coininittees of import
ance ill session today at either end
of the capitol. The'.- house coin m it
lees invesl.iuallng "the two great in
dustries of steel ami sural- have ad
journed unt.il. Monday. ':-.
Represenlalive .Stephens, ol Mis
sissippi, was Ihe first speaker lor. the
wool bill. The vote on the measure,
according to ( lisiiriuun l nderwood.
will probably be -reached Tuesday or
Wednesday, . ' ...." '.' ", .
eoiipsi: rosins to lii i:.
funeral Service Changed to Lively
Meeting.
(Special t. The Times. ). - .
Oxford. ' X: ('., June 17 J. Hubert
Wood, one of .Oxford s best known
undertakers, had a Kirilling. experi
ence yesterday, one that almost made)
Ins liiiir stand tin end, brave man
though lie is. lie was called upon lo
serve in his business cupacity at what
was expected to be a luueral and
everytlnng was moving- along m a
solemn, orderly -aiiuiner, as all ortho
dox funerals should, vh.jn suddenly
tin? supposed 7 corpse began to show
siuns ol lite. ,Mr. V. B.'Blaloek, one
of t;ie active pull hearers, was the
In si to notice t ins and in great, ex
citement called the altentiton of the
inouruliil gathering to what wis
cleiirlv a leeble effort on the part 01
the corpse to get his breath. Soon
there was the most intense excite
ment l hroughout, ihe room and the
attention lo all was turned to tae
bier iust in time to see the eves ol
the friend and relative open and
gaze wearily about the room.'. 'I his
seemed to lie but a momentary re
vival and hack began to sink the lile
again into the ahvss of death. When
A. M. Powell, who always keeps his
wits about htm and can be counted
on to act at the right tune in any sort
of emergency;.' sprang to ' the. ''rescue.
Alter a vigorous application, both ex
ternally and internally of stimulants
lile came back, and wnat was most
surprising, it came in a much more
active si renin than the Iriends ot the
person had ever seen him exhibit he
tore. L. '1 luiinas, one ol Ins most
devoted Iriends and admirers, was so
earned iiwav with joy at this. .unex
pected resurrection that lor some
time he could not utter; a word. :
This dead bodv was the MciVhauls
Association ol Oxloril. and Mr. Wood,
the secretary, had called together the
scattered rem nan Is to disband the or
ganization and bury its name in the
ninstv archives of Oxlord s history or
a remote possibility, reorganize on
a new and broader basis, The un
expected happeia d and now the livesi
ihing in North Curoliitu is tais erst
while hall-dead association.: Short
snappy speeches were madu bv the
difteronl members. und it was decid
ed to begin a campaign al. once lor
one hundred members and convert
the organization Into more ol a boost
ers club for Oxford than an ineffect
ive collection atienev as its principal
purpose had been herelolore. Active
rather than passive, positive rather
taan negative.' will be ihe chlet char
acteristics of the rejuvenated Mer
chants' Association ol Oxlord.
I boniasville Wants Public Building.
(Special to 1 lie Tunes.)
Washington, IV ('., June 17 AV.
O. Hurgin. J. S. Armheld, Archibald
Johnston and Hev. .M. I.. Kesler, ol
rhomasvllle, are here to inaugurate a
movement, tor n public building lor
their town. They are conferring
with Mr. Page today.
Strike On essel.
New York June 17 Fitt.v stewards
of the steamship Mourns, plying be
tween Xew York and New Orleans in
Southern Paeiflcs-Marine department
has struck. The men quit without
any disorder. ,
Attorneys Unable tp Agree
As to What to Submit to
Federal Jury
COURT WILL DECIDE ISSUES
But Before Jury Knows What In lie
lore il .More Kvidence Will First
he Introduced .No Interest in Cose
Pro in Spectator's StandKilnt
Some Witnesses e.vt Week But
l ew People Have entured in tlie
oiirt Hoom Probably Three
Weeks Yet.
Judge Henry (i. Connor, presiding
over the l ulled Stales court here,
will have to lorunilale the Issues that
will be presented to the jury which
is hearing the merits of the l,200,-r
null suit of the Ware-Kramer Tobacco
Company malnst the American To
bacco Couipnnv,- et als., the attorneys
lor both plaintiff ymd defendants
having been unable to reach any kind
ol agreement.
Ihe counsel for both sides were
given a hearing yesterday afternoon
and were to have been heard today
bv Judge Connor on the most import
ant matter ol the trial, but these
learned lawyers were unable to come
within anything ot a solution. There
was no hearing today and Judge Con
nor spent the time attending to other
matters in his room in the federal
building. ;
It will be several days yet before
the issues are submitted. Judge Con
nor will wait until more testimony is
introduced before taking action. The
attorneys doubtless know all about
the case, hut they ought to know.
Ihe jtil-nrs- were Uisniissed yestt
dav until Monday at 12:"0 when they
will again take their places prob
ably for three weeks.
There has not been the slightest
interest in the case from the stand
point ot the spectators; or .at leust
not a dozen different persons other
than those connected with the trial
or representing newspapers have ven
tured in the room. A lot of dry de
positions has been all that faced the
jurors until Mr. J. O. Ball was intro
duced yesterday. It is said that a
number of witnesses will be in from
W ilson next week to testify in the
case.
COCNTY ItOABI) OF "HKALTH'
CONSIBFHS PHYSICIAN'.
At a meeting today of the county
board of health a resolution was pass-,
ed thai a . county . health ''Officer be
elected and that his salary be fixed at
!... one-half of .this to be paid by
the 'county ' commissioners and the
oilier half lo be paid by the county
board of education. .Superintendent
Judd voted against tills resolution,
staling thai under the law the county
board had no authority to devote any
money except to school purposes. The
county commissioners sometime ago
at Tempted to fix the unties of the
health .'-officers, contrary to law, and to
lix Ins salary, and Dr. J. J. L. Mo
I'lillers declined to serve. No election
has yet been made.
Condition I iicliangcd.
..The condition of Mr. O nihil m Herring::
was reported unchanged todav.
TRAIN HELD UP AND
MAIL CAR ROBBED
-.Oraiii. lire, June 17 The southbound
limited, on the Moutliern Puclflc,
leaving . Portland . at. six o'clock lat
night, was held up und the mall car
robbed by two highwaymen between
Dunn, and Yoncalla. The robbers en
tered the mail car, held up the clerks
and looted the car. They stopped the
Irani at Yoncalla and escaped. Al
though the bandits brandished their
revolvers no shots were flred. The mall
eleiKs were helpless. It is not known
bow much the desperadoes obtained.
T lie pufseiiiiers and trainmen were
not moletsed.
Lumber Company Increases Capital.
An amendment was tiled with the
secretary of state today Increasing;
the capital stock of the Laurel River
Logging Company of Stackhopsf .
Madison county, from f 150,000 to
$;!(, 000. Anson G.-Betts 1 presi
dent and E. B. Williams U secretary,
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