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limes Associated Press Service Associated Press Service 1 Wat Vol. LXIX. No. 145 WEATHER Unsettled. RALEI&H, N. C, MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1911. ' LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS Dbible the Number of Paid Svibscrili Newspaper CONVICTS NEAR WATERVILLE Collapse of Bull Pen Causes! Death to Four and Injuries to Twelve CAPTAIN J. E HOSKINS IS DUG FROM DEBRIS Well-known Groenslioro Man, Caught in Hull Ten With li-lner, in Carried. Down .Mountains and Nar rowly Kscapes Death All Convicts Wore Negroes, One of the l)'ul Ileing Will (Jiwn, of Raleigh. Story of' Tragedy us Reported From Scene.; Capt. J. J. Laughlnghouse, super intendent of the state prison, was to day awaiting anxiously a report from Clerk T. W. Fenner. who yesterday afternoon left for Watervllle to In vestigate thoroughly the killing of four convicts and the injuring of several more in the slide of a bull pen in which 25 convicts, leased by the state of North Carolina to the Transcontinental Railroad tonjpany, were confined. Until Mr. Fenner reaches Waterville the penitentiary authorities Will have to be content with second-hand information of the tragedy Immediately on receipt of the news yesterday. Captain I.augh- inghouse Instructed those in charge of the prisoners to use every meant possible in giving relief ' to the in jured.: - . : Tlio. prisoners were sent -to the mountains only last Monday by per- mission of the governor and counsel of Btate, who acted on authority of the legislature, which has been en couraging the construction of rail roads by allowing companies to lease convicts. ' . ' '..-.,.. The following details of the trag edy appeared in the Charlotte Ob server of today: Newport, Tenn., June 1 8 Four convicts were killed, 12 seriously in jured, and 14 convicts and three guards slightly injured today , In the collapse of a bull pen near Water vllle, N. C, In the heart of the Smokies, where two railroad compa nles are engaged in a war for the monopoly : of the only remaining mountain pass to the east. The con victs were all negroes, the property of the state of North Carolina, and were being worked in connection with the construction work of -the Transcontinental Railroad. The men killed were Albert Wynn, of Goldsboro, serving a sentence of 10 years for receiving stolen goods; Will Green, of Raleigh, serving sent ence of four years for murder; Henry Paul, of New Bern, serving a sentence of three years for larceny; Clarence Walker, of western North Carolina, serving a sentence of seven years for larceny. All four men had only a few months of their time to serve, one or two being due to leave the camp In August. Major Wynn, of Goldsboro, con victed at the same time as his broth- REPORT AND REVIEW Memphis, Tenn., June 19 The Com mercial Appeal's cotton report review today says: "The-cotton crop has made nearly normal progress since May 25. In the Carolines, Georgia, and Ala bama, there hag been distinct improve, ment owing to timely rains. In the Mississippi valley and western states J Me rainfall has been local. Many localities are suffering from Ave to eight weeks drought. Up to time of these reports, the plant has not suf fered, but correspondents are fearful of another week, dry, hot weather. The fields are universally clean. It has been many years since the entire crop wag in a state of such excellent culti vation. . . i The rainfall lg all that Is needed to make the prospects the' most brilliant within recent years. Owing to drouth, the .plant growth Is not so rapid as usual. In i few instances, the soed 'has Ibetn very glow to germinate, so some cotton Is small. The plant however is healthy. The extreme heat, prevailing In all sec tions, seem to have the boll weevil In check. All correspondents In the? In fested territory note that weevils are not much. in. evidence. ' KILLED er who was killed, and Sylvester Par nam, serving a 30-year sentence for murder, are not expected to live Capt. J. E. Hosklns, of Raleigh who was in charge of tho prisoners went down with the pen and had to be dug from the debris, suffering several painful injuries. Guards .1 E. Nichols and Ed. Mckornev bud narrow escapes from death, but were only slightly injured. Ready With Injunction. Last week the convicts were brought into the mountains and it was announced that they were being worked by the State of North Caro lina as their contribution toward the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad. The Tennessee & North Carolina Railroad which is running its trains to within two miles of the scene of today's accident, claims the right-of-way on which the Transcon tinental, road had. started work and were ready with an injunction, so It is stated, to restrain the convicts from further work. The convicts were located In the very heart of the Smokies, where. their camp looked down Into the Pigeon river, 150 feet below. The pen was 30x80 feet, the piles acting as supports being sbojit, six feet m height near the edge of the trail nml 28 feet in height to the rear. The building was constructed of heavv logs and It. was the great weight of the top which caused it to collapse. Slides Sixty-five Feet. This morning, just after the men had gotten up the rear piles began to slip and the heavy building slid for ward, pinning the hien between the giant rafters of the celling and the rasters supporting the'flooring, where the timbers came together the men were terribly mangled and the four met instant death in this wav. Trees prevented a greater fall and the demolished structure came to a standstill about 65 feet down tho side of the bank. Not a man in the building escaped Injury. An old negro preucner serv ing sentence for arson, standing on the bank, gave the alarm, but. It was too late. The building was divided into two pnrts, one for the pen and the other for the kitchen. IOcketl I'p In Pen. i ne convicts, together with one guard, were locked up In the pen. the prisoners all wearing the bull and chain, and another guard sat just Inside the kitchen door, rifle in hand, with his eye glued to a hole which permitted him to see every move ment taking place within the room. At the time of the accident parf of the prisoners were playing cards, the four who were killed, It is snld, be ing engaged In a game at the time. Captain Hosklns was standing in the doorway of the kitchen when the crash came and was carried down with the timbers. J. E. Nichols, the guard locked up with the convicts, crawled the entire length of the building and finally became wedged in between two rafters and it was an hour before he was extricated. '--. Help Arrives on the Scene, Immediately after being free, Cap tain Hosklns sent one of his trusties to Watervllle, two miles away, over the roughest kind of road, and the mountain men came from all direc tions and helped move the debris off the men whowere pinioned beneath them, their escape being made Im possible because of the ball and chain. The Tennessee & North Carolina Railroad offered every assistance, running a special train from Cres mont to Waterville with Dr. J. Wal ter McMahan, one of their surgeons. The Tennessee & North Carolina Railroad also brought Drs. Holland and Blnghall of Newport, and Cates of Hartford, and later J, E. Craddock, superintendent of the Champion Lumber Company mills at Crestmont, which company owns the Tennessee & North Carolina Railroad, Bent food to- the camp for the physicians, pris oners, and helpers, and finally this road ran a special train Into New- Miort for the dead in order that the burial couid .be made before the re mainder of the convicts were car ried over the mountain to the rail road, from which place they were to night started back toward Raleigh. - Unusual Spectacle. The four victims .were interred In a bole 7x10 feet ,just a , few feet above the scene of the accident and the unusual spectacle of white men Continued on Page Two,), sr f d President and Mrs. If 2 '1 ", V' III : v;"i! SrSS".i5SK.r,. s if. " "1 KMVM m g 11 ? I'irsnlciit ami .Mrs. I at ( will llnn l.t lu. rli'n in .tlitlk.t .f ilx.il iivil r- ft, I ia M H "Mil I "J fflvon -in tlu- whne Iioiim. Mhw I WHITE HOUSE President and Mrs. Taft Cele brate Twenty-fifth Anni versary of Wedding AFFAIR ON THE LAWN Celebration IIckihi 'I Ins Moi'iiiii With tho Arrival ol a Dclcgutinu Krom ('iiK'iiuiiiti and Luncheon :K ( hevy linse ( lul Keception 'lo liight on the White House Lawn Presents Iroin Lvei v Seetimi ol the ( on n try (rent Preparation for the Keception. Washington, I). C, Juno 1 !) -.-Pres ident Tatt and Mrs. I'nlt celebrated their silver wedding today. Twenly flve years tigo W illiam II. I alt mar ried Miss Helen llerron at. her tii thei'S lionie in Cinciiuiiiti. Imc was young luwvcr, Miss Ik-iron a school teacher: .Today... in. the white house, they celebrate a qHiiiler ol a centurv ot married We, during wIncA Mr. Taft became I nitod States judge, commissioner of the PliniiipiiiesjHec retary ot war and prehidcnt. The celebration began -tins morn ing with the arrival of t lie delegation from the Commercial Club, of Cin cinnati,' thirtv-nve strong. The vis itors reached Washington on a spe cial train. Many ot them called at the white house soon alter arriving. Others waited to greet the president at luncheon, arranged in his honor at Chew Chase Club. The reception conies tonight. II the weather is good the reception will bo hold on the grounds at the rear of the white house. If rain interferes the presi dent and Mrs. Taft will receive in the blue room as at winter recep tions. , Both inside and out every prepa ration has been, made for the recep-, tion. Every angle and corner of'ithe white house has been festooned with electric lights, and a. searchlight mounted nearby to play, . upon the fountain, near Which the president and Mrs. Taft will receive. Bix thousand lights were used In prepar- - - .(Continued on Page Tw-J.). RECEPTION rJ St Ad3 hi" 1 Mm L q M .""V,MMur f t -HH;rnU t!ie UV,fc8"ll,'si'V of Jl .i7, .irt,.!..-. V.. ,1... t 'rftjtv hv (ho iiiok) JUKI I Wlf J ' ''' 1 1 IV IIMh1 liun Hirn- IhiHiwiiml 'tiivitatiniiK havo Imm fii Frightful Results of Aero plane Motor Explosion ( ham ol Serious Avinl khi Accidents 'I wo l ivers ISiii ncd in Mid-air WJien I heir .Motors Ivsplnile l liree ( It l-er Machines l ull to the (round. t'liarlcyilli-. Prance',. June 111 A miinn planr. pilulctl hy tine of liicconlt'.stanls In the lOu ri , ii-ii ii circuit raco, fell frnni si griiit. iieigh :. Hying lieltvei'li l.aiif iiit aiiil A'illc Snr-1. nines, this .morn ing. The aviat'irs, aceittnplishing the lirst .stage !' Hi" circuit raei; are vest ing here. T'liimrrow tliivscconil lllghl u ill he alli'ini'tcil. News of the fright ful achiciils jiVncuucd . the nyialnrs here. ,i-'ap;:iin . Prineelcau anil M. Lanclron were liiirncd to death ill nihl uir following the explosion .of their motors. M. I.eMartin was erusheil when his inaehine became unruly after the .slit rt from Taris. M. (lanli.rt ami M. P.ille fell a i id were seriously Injured. M. Loridan. iscar Morrison, and M. Morin dropped to. grounii and were less eriotisly hurt. The Identity of the aviator tailing near CharleviUe was not learneil. TO MEET TOMORROW Tomorrow evening at. S: ill) o'clock the chamber of commerce will hold its regular meeting in its rooms in the llolleman building and will re ceive a report lrom its president, Mr. Henry K. l.itchlord, am trom its 12 directors, who ware a few dins since appointed liy the president, who gave special care to their selection, with a view ot looking after the varied and Important micresfs here. It is hoped that members of the chamber of commerce will be prompt in their attendance tomorrow evening, hs it will be the first regular meeting since the not able re-organization waB effected in the new auditorium. Great Interest and confidence are manifested in the organization, the membership of which is growing daily. It docs seem queer that most peo ple who live on the sunny' sldiv of Kasy slreei are away from home so much. - '-. Taft. -r j r 1 thrir nmrriii hii irclv ni h'inl'i surtnl attair rvi'i I. I H I litl L ' 1 if - ii srnl out E CO. J CITY Capital City to Have New Organization of National Guards SUPPLIES ARE COMING .. ... Oi'giini.'ition Will he Known as Am balance ( onipauv No. I, Will he a Pari ol the Itcgular Milnni nml W ill he Detailed W 'it.lt State Troops Ill's. Itortiiii nml Stevens I ini inissioneil ! list l.ieilleuallls I ( Kiilist 1:5 .Men - ueciiie lor .Meui- Imts ol (iiiiii'd. --..'..Adjutant General IJ. I,, l.einster today announced that tin ambulance company, to he known as Ambulance Company -No. I.. would he organized at. once m Knleigii and would act in conjunction with the North Carolina .National (iuard. An expert nriuv limn will lie sent lo Knleigh to assist in the organization, and the com pany will be lorined so soon as the required' number ot men in this ease lorty-three has been enlisted. Drs. William C. Ilorton and Kalph 8. bt evens,- of Kalcigh, were todav commissioned first lieutenants in the medical corps ot the North Carolina National (Juard, and will receive men lor the ambulance company service. 'J ho Raleigh company will be the first, ol its kind In the state and one ot rhe first in the south. If will be assigned with the regiments w hen on encampment .and will he trained for general held work. The company will rent a hall in the city lor the purpose ot taking care of its prop erty. Two ambulance wagons, supplies, etc;, have already been ordered and are on the way to the city. General Leinster stated today that any members of the National Uttard who decided to take the anti-typhoid vaccine should call on Dr. Horton, who will administer the treatment. Re a philosopher, but don't be one of the moony kind who ponder over J iiies mysteries instead ot trying to earn a living. II0-A1R AIUIRII AMP nmuuLmiu n on D TODAY Express Agent and Freight Agent Tesu?" Million Dollar " NEW YORK DEPOSITlOi! A. II. 1 1 1 1 1 i : 1 1 1 . New oi k Jobber, Me. pi:ses as to Ills Itilsiness ami tile I iilliieuci s at W ork in Met inp,lis .Morion and Hardy say Itcpi-cscn-talivcs ol W rlls- Inlelieiid ( out. puny I.Viiiiniied Packages Shipped by Plain! ill'. ' i.. A I'ler a . i;e, e : siin'e J-'i id.-! o'cloeli. I lit- I'nife.) Si.-;,-s . . iMii('eiit-i again rliiv ::ti'.iernooii atid imniedialeiy toore deposiii Witriesves ' -Wt'le heal d ill., ( be I be. . W'ti e- K laaier - Tobacco y iit il-t W; a I. U iins -suit tiopany :i;-:aiiis.(- tin- Al pany and ulhet-i I 'ii til ivces' I'm' ilepte-'i! iiMl W'it.S Hilnian. ii tob'at Tili.:: al'lerilootl tteiv pill on II tiff: '. e'l ica 11 '1'ob.icco I 'olll : for $l.L'(in.iiinf damage! dinner af; 1 :2a only one .heard, that of A. Jl. 10 jobber of .New York, witnesses from Wilson siaiid by the pl.tln- .1 1 lhat lliiinan. in li!s . deposliioii. said he b i d lie'eii -engaged In "'Hie to- .bit'i-.itu'ii".- . for .11 ; year s, -that be- t'oi e lac .orKitnix.iliiin ol' .1 he. Metropoli tan Tuhan.-o V'lniiain' -1 here were . ti.'.O or iiiure iiidV-pHHdi ni ,.jot)l)ers in . tlie eily ol' .Vety York, till! silice the organ-i.iiii-'ii, ill' lliii- coinpany, only two jobbers biu'e bi-eri len, he being among !t.e others' tli'iyen out by the Metro. liiait i 'oitip.uiy. .V'hi-ti this company V a,s . organized, lie .said, the products d" tlie .Ahiorican 'fobai-eo C'ompuny: in i h'e city iif New York amounted to in per ecu t ol' fie tnl al, but since the X'gaiilcation of t hist tHineerfi, the Vmerican 'rnhacco t'omriany sells ill) ii-r ci-tit tif. the products. .Mr. Hilnian said that, lie had ..handled a number of lite products of Independent concerns naming the. It. J. lteynolils Toliaccn npany . lis '-.iii'ic but when he built Ui a gotiil . traile . in these, lite Amerr- i Tobat't'O ronipany Would l)tiy,-;the factories,. It was . impossible, -he bought, for a tobacco Jobber to tin a un -cess ftl I- btt si i less . w it hotit handling -.onie of the. protliit-ts of the 'American I'otjacc.o i 'oinpany. He . had. . been forced out - HI' .' business by the eoii- niratioii nf prodiieis: into the Metro- poiiian . i Dbaccil Company,; iiolwitlt .slauding lite fact that he: had worked harder to maintain his Hade.- un f't'iiss-exanitnation. .Mr. Hilnian rid that ie preferred to handlu goods matiut'ael ui't-d by independent ecriis. lie also said that. the American Tobacco. Company has a suit against him for tin", alleged:-.-. Infringement of a patent.' righi. Me is now: inaiuifacitir Iiig tiibai'i'o. iiail Sim!'!' in New York. . At the' alieinoon session two wit ness,-, from Wilson were idaeed oi lite sl.-nid. I liese Were. .1. Y., Morion and .1. Ii. Hardy. Mr. Morion is tin I'eiglit .agent at ilsoti, and he was p!:'.V.d on the stand to prove that the Vi nii-W'liili'head Tobacco . Company and . Wells-Finger 'I'ob.'iccd . Company factories -were located near the depot and lhat frelghl shipped from the Ware-Kramer Tobacco Company: was plainly Visible to emplnyos of these other concerns as it passed by ami was kept al the depot. He said that rep resentatives' from . Hie Wells-Whilc-he.id Conipaiiy I'xamined packages of freight" shipped by the W'lire-Kramer Company. Hy Mr. Hardy, the express agent,' it was eudeayoi'eil to prove that he turn-. t'il the addresses on express packages so thai they could not: he seen, but lhat :repi'eseiitatlyi's of the . Wells 'htteheail I'limpany. with pad and pencil, enme. to the ofliee. examined Hie shipments and ..secured informa tion,.. He protested ...against this prac tice to V, M.'' Carter, lie said, and Mr. Carter had it stopped. , .Indue I .line Holds Second Week of Court lieheving Judge Webb. , (Special to The Times.) Asheville, X. l'.. June '-lit Solicitor ftohert It. Heynolds has received tlie information from (ioyernor Kiti'liin lo the effect that .Judge .Lane has hern assigned to this district to hold the second week of the SH'Clal two weeks term of" superior court for the trial of criminal cases In Buncombe-, county, which Ms . 'to' convene i July it. Judge J. t.. .Wehb 'will hold the first week ami would continue to. preside but for the fact that he has to hold the Hay wood county court July 10. Mr. Rey nolds was also Informed that Judga I.ane has been assigned to this dis trict for a period of six months from July 1 to January 1. It Is understood that Judge bane will take a house here for the summer. - Killed in Election Hint. Vienna, June 19 Eight persons Were killed and two others injured wiipii troops nreil tt volley into n crowd of election rioters. The mob stoned the troops and the latter re plied with rifles. REIHA HARRIS JS RELEASED Alleged Swindler Gives $2,- 500 Bond For Apperance Next Friday i CAUGHT IN BALTIMORE Womaii Styling Herself GypHjr. For tune-teller Sh indies Kalcigh AVo; inen Out. of Large Sunw Securl $K)( Pidiu Mrs. Annie (. Katnian and SIMM I Prom iola Watson, a Coloieil Woiiiaii Reiiilsition Pa l'is Forwarded to Marylund Got ernor. Renin Harris, the erstwhile clair vuyaut, who swindled a number of Raleigh women out of 'large sums of money, and who was avrested In Bal timore Saturday, gave bond In that city yesterday in the sum ot $2,600 lor her appearance belore a magis trate on Pridav next. In the mean time reiiiiisllion papers have been loi'WHtiled to the governor of Mary land, and unless the woman does like the proverbial Arabs, she will doubt less be brought back to Raleigh to explain In her accusers the mysteries of her. art.. 'I :,e alleged clairvoyant, was ar rested in lliiltimore on Saturday, this information being received here Sat urday night. She left Raleigh some time in April, after pulling off sev eral huge swindles and causing dis tress in more than one family. The woman lias a number of aliases, some ol her names being Madame Hunter, Mrs. .leflerson. and Mrs. Slayman. In Itnleigh slio was Itenie Harris, the KRvpiian fortune teller,- unit sh op erated in a tent on Payetteville street, near the express office. If was impossible to learn today the number ol her victims, because it is a chaiaclcrisl ic of must persons who are stung to suffer in silence, rather than allow the public to learn how they bad been duped. While this has liocnnnectioirwith the story ot this swindler s. operation, it is a ntul lor worthy .of .comment that per sons sound in niiiid and body will allow themselves to be imposed upon by almost any old thing Who rigs up in variegated garments and tells . them real or Imaginary, things that have. most, likely occurred In the lives ol thousands of people. There were three tortiine-tellers at one time in Raleigh tins spring, and all ol them undoubtedly "made a kill ing'. Whether any other than Reina Harris actually swindled vic tims out ol large sums could not be leu rued I odav. Mrs. Annie O. Katnian,' a widow, who. lives on Nonh ltloodworth street, was victimized out of $800 by this '.woman.-' The alleged gypsy represented' to .Mrs. Katman that her son was in trouble in another city and mi this "representation secured $2iMi at one time mid the other $t!00 at other tunes. Mrs. Katnian was, of course, told that the clairvoyant would have the bov released. As a in a 1 1 er of fact the young man was not in any trouble In another city. Another Mini. Viola W'alson, a colored woman, (Continued on Page Eight.) BANK OF TARBORO SHORTAGE $125,000 Mr. ,1. K. Dotighton, state bank ex aminer, alter spending Sunday In Raleigh,-' lett today for Tarboro to continue his Investigations into the affairs of the Bank of Tarhorn. whose cashier, h. V. Hart, commit ted suicide and whose assistant cash ier, nraxtoii Hussey. Is In iall on thn charge1 ol wrecking that institution. Mr. Dotighton will be I least, a week. Instead of the steal ings of these two men amountlne- rn $100,0IM), as was at first believed, it is now thought the total will amount 1o $125,000. Packers Must Stand Trial.' -r' Chicago, June 19 J udep f!fimAfi ter, in the United -States district court, denied the motion of 3. Qg den Armour and nine other Chicago packers, for a re-hearing of , thqlr motion to quash the Indictments charging violation or the Sherman anti-trust act. This means the pack, ei s must stand trial, .
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