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Vol. LXIX No. 153 PRICE FIVE CENTtf WEATHER Unsettled. RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1911 LAST EDITION Double the Number of Paid Subscribers in R.aleigh of any Other Newspaper HOLDERFIELD GIVEN PARDON Jurors, Trial Judge, Solicitor and Others Sign Petition For Pardon of Raleigh Man : 1 - : . A SENSATIONAL CASE Tim Holderfleld, Karl Cottcn, and Red Hopkins, Convicted of Mur. tier In Second Degree, Kor Killing Dr. E. W. Sniitli, Richmond Travel ing Man Hopkins Has Completed Sentence of Two Years Cotton Still in Penitentiary Reasons As signed by Governor For Releasing Holderfleld. ' Tim Holderfleld, who, with Earl Cotton and Red Hopkins, was con vlctod April 4, 1909, of the murder of Dr. K. W. Smith, a traveling man of Richmond, Va., was today granted a conditional pardon by Governor Kitchin. All three of the men were convlctod ofmurdor in the second degree. Cotton was given 30 years, Holdorfiold 10 years, and Hopkins . two years. The latter has completed his sentence and Is out of the peni : tentlary. In bis reasons fop granting 4 tho pardon Governor Kitchin sets forth the fact that the police justice 1 2 jurors, the trial Judge, the solicitor, and an attorney who aided In the prosecution signed the petition for the pardon. .' Holderfleld was not ro- garded as a vicious man an 4 was, the governor stales, in the employ of '.'thn nrlnrln!.!" nfFnnrtw 3yTM Mining of Dr. Smithwas one oi tna most sensational tha,t ever oc j curred In Raleigh. On November 15, 1908, the body of the Richmond man was found In tfle rock quarry, where it had boon placed after the man was drugged and robbed. At . the March term of court Cotton. Holderfleld, and Hopkins were con victed and sentenced for the crime. The trial was not concluded until April n. . In his reasons for pardon the gov ernor says: "Prisoner, with two others, was convicted of murder in second degrco. The principal offender was sentenced to 30 years. Holderfleld was in his employ and acted under his direc tion. The murder was the result of drugging for robbery. Prisoner got none of the spoils and had nothing to do with the drugging. The police justice who conducted the prelimi nary Investigation, the 12 Jurymen who tried the case, the trial judge, the solicitor, the attorney, who aided the solicitor, and many other repu table citizens recommend pardon. Prisoner was not regarded as a vic ious man. "I pardon prisoner on condition that he remain law-abiding and of good behavior." Oklahoma Prohibition Election. Salt Lake City. Utah, Juno 28 Salt Lake City, Ogden and Park City, went "wet" by a large majority In yester day's local option election. The agri cultural communities generally voted for prohibition. The mining towns re tain saloons. VIRGINIA MILITIA TO SHOOT AT MOREDEAD Adjutant General Lpinster today Informed the military authorities of Virginia that North Carolina would be glad to allow their men to practice on the rifle range at Camp Glenn Morehead City, and as a result sixty members of the Virginia militia will be at Morehead from July IB to 25, for the purpose of shooting. It seems that. Virginia has not the accommo dations for such practice. Applica tion was made ' to North Carolina and the request was willingly grant ed. A part! of the time two of the North Carolina regiments will use the range. . . Seamen's Strike Effective. Liverpool, June 28 Work at the docks li practically at a standstill Four thousand additional dock hands havej olned the strikers, v Cunaril, Canadian Pacific,' Dominion. White . Star. Elltsrman and ' of!(er combined 'jinea ami eamtuj ajreatefc , : Y:-" , " t . Senora Madero; Jr. , i N Latest photograph of Senora Fran cisco I. Madero, Jr., wife of the man who conquered President Diaz of Mexico. Although a frail wninoii in appearance, Senora Madero lias withstood the nervous strain incident to her husband's recent victory .'with' remarkable fortitude. FOR SFRIOUS CHARGE Orange, Va. Men Arrested In Raleigh Today (airenvillo Authorities Want Winston und Morgan , Hill on Charge of lJurjtlr,V !' 'ot A ppcar . to ' ! llad Men Their Sto'ry. Two brothers, Winston and Mor gan Hill, who claim Orange,. Va., as their home, are in the station house facing a ouple of serious charges. that of burglary and jumping taeir board bills. - Today a message was received by Chief of Police Stell from the Chief of Police at Greenville -to'.' hold the two young men until advised. When the Norfolk Southern passenger train arrived Officer Pope placed ' them under arrest and carried them to the station house, where they wero placed behind the bars. A representative of The Times had a talk with the young men in the station house this afternoon. They are nice looking young men and seeni greatly isturbed over- their arrest These .facts .were gathered In talking with them. They went to Greenville last Thursday to work as carpenters :on the new courthouse and. jail. After working about a day one of the young men was taken sick and they tried to got ta a hospital. Preparations wero made but it was found that they did not have money enough. This morning they camo over to Raleigh, but last night a watch was borrowed to See that they would not miss their train and when they did leave, the watch was left on a bureau and it is their opinion that - the party from whom the watch was borrowed thought the watch had been stolen, but they declare they are innocent of that charge. As to Jumping their board bill, they admit, the charge, but are ready and willing to "settle the matter. The authorities at, Green, villo have been communicated with and the young men will probably be carried back there tonight. POLICE WAIT FOR GAME. Hands Poker Played Out While the Partlciwuits Are L'nder Arrest, i Lynn, Mass., June 28,--After be ing surprised by the pones', six poker players halted the raid and requested the officers to .make themselves at home until a pot was decided. The winner then caled a taxi by imotre and all went to the Btatlon. The police were-searching for liquor &t No. 377 Essex street, when they were attracted by the repeated cries of "I'll raise you." "AH right, have a cigar," was the reply, yslt down and amuse your self. You see I' have got to lose 5 anyway, and there's a chance of win ning $50 In the pot." , :v The spokesman called and latd down 'three kings against the "bluff" of three other players.' ' He collected 12 2,5 0 -and-winksi ftt i&9 r&ldef.r GIRL REFUSES BRIBE Secretary Balks Effort to Get Diefenderfer's Papers Miss Lillian liar worth Tells of At. tempt by I nidentillcd Man to Oh. tain Documents Which Pennsyl vania Representative Says Will Cause a National Scandal Asked to ame Price. Washington, Juno 28. That an at tempt as made to bribe Miss Lillian A. Dirworth, secretary- to Repre sentative Robert li. Dlctcnucrler, ot Jcnklniown. Pa., to give up certain documents bearing on t:io shoe con tracts scandal, whkli bus been belore the House committee on the expen ditures in the War Department, be came known last night. Miss Darwortli said that on May l;Uh an unidentified, man entered Mr. Diefenderfer's office In the House oihco building, and told her he would give her any price she might name lor the documents, by which the Pennsylvania representative says he will bring to light a national scandal In connection with ins charges ot favoritism in awarding the govern mcnt shoe contracts. Mr. Diefendorfcr has charged on t:ic floor of tne House that the gov ernment maintains a "blacklist,1 whereby discrimination is practiced against many shoe manufacturers, in eluding Philadelphia firms, and that Kill the large contracts are given io one" Massachusetts Concern. The army and navy departments, in reply to requests from Congress, sent the full list of contracts for ten years, and Representative Gardiner, of Masachuselts, insists that the Diefen defer charges have been exploded Setting forth this fact in a resolu tion, he asked Congress to determine what action should be taken In such a case. Congress appointed a corn- mittee to investigate the matter, and JJicf endorser is a member of that committee, "I have startling facts in my pos session," Mr. Diefenderfer has stated, "and most of these are in the form of documentary evidence. When 1 disclose what 1 have it will show an almost unbelievable situation. The documents to which Mr. Dief enderfer refers are the ones for the surrender of which Miss Darworth says a bribe was offered to her. "'.'..'.. "1 do not care to tell what sum was mentioned to me," said the young woman last night, but will re serve that detail for the congressional committee. First, I was asked do name my own price, and then a big sum of 'money was named to me. I refused it indignantly." V Following is Miss Darwoth's story of the attempted bribe and the man ner In which she says was sfiadowed by the men who wanted to get the shoo contract documents which Mr. Diefenderfer says will produce the "national scandal." "On May 13th, while I was work ing at my typewriter In Mr. Diefen derfer's office, a man entered the room and asked, for my employer. I told him Mr., Diefenderfer was In Philadelphia, and that he would not be back until the following Monday, the day on which the incident oc curred being Saturday. "'Will you make an appointment for me to see him?" the man asked. He ssld it was important, and I said that I would speak to Mr. Diefciidcr (Coiitlnued on Page Two.) FOODSTUFF ON LINER SEIZED BY OFFICIALS Philadelphia, Pa., June 28 Marine hopltal officials boarded the Hamburg American steamer Graf Waldersee from Hamburg, and seized all food stuffs found in the baggage of five hundred passengers. This was done in connection with precautions of the health authorities to prevent cholera being brought to the United States. The food was burned in -the ship's furnace. -' First Negro Pdllcemaii. ' t New' York, June 28. New York City ras Us first negro policeman, Samuel J. Battle, of New York, 28, 6 feet tall, weights 236 pounds. Com missioner Waldo, announcing the ap pointment, said "He was on the civil service list No color or race condi tion could prevent the appointment." Kansas Drouth, Broken,' ' " Topeka, Kan., June. 28 Drouth and heat, causing apprehension in Kansas for thee weeks, was broken by showers,; general throughout the 0U belt, ;';;-' .' i;r:'";7' : S Charged frith Smuggling. S it 4f . Helen Duelle Jeiikms, the beauti ful yonng wt)iiinii of ork, who faces prosecution liy tlwr (ovcrninent for allej-ed smu'.'fjling into the coun-li-y of S;M),l(t) worth ot (cwcls. 'J he sensation resullant li-oin the first dis closures in connection with the case sweeps the entire coimtrj-, emliraciiiK aned millionaire admirers ol the young' woman in the Aest and Soulli and another in ew ork. Indict ments will he returned, it is said, not only nsiainst these men, hut against four rtutfani Inspit'tors at tlic port of Xew V DROP OF FOURTEEN DEGREES IN MIDDAY A- J' :?'' ?' ?' ' y- ? ,; ;,"-'."-;'V . '4' HOW MEIUTJIY CLIMltKI At At At At At At .'At' 8:00 a. !:(( a. 10:00 a. 11:00 a. 12:00 in m. 80 decrees in. Hit degrees in. degreti in. 87 degrees 8! rteurees 1 :)0 p. in 87 degrees 2::?0 p. in. -7r degrees Starting with 80 .'degrees at 8:00 o'clock this morning the mercury ran straight up lo 8!) -degrees by. 12:00 o'clock, and fit 2:;!0 this allernoon hud fallen trom its dizy height to 75. The indications at. ;i:00 o'clock, however, were such as to give little hope of cooler weather, lor at this time it seemed that the sun would break through the clouds. In that case the mercury would again make an ascension, though it was not. ex pected to 'each as much as 89 de grees before (:00 o clock, when I he air is iisuallv expected to begin cool ing off. ; The foregoing table only indicates the temperatures todav, and does not, ot course, .let! anything about the oppressiveness ot the heat. The weather bureau, from which these figures were obtained, has in dicated showers and cooler weather for tonight. PRISONER ROItliEl) IN COl'RT. .Man Ait-used of the Crime is Relieved To Have Swallowed 1(150. Richmond, Va., Juno 28. While in the police court "bull pen," James Gilliam, a negro, arrested hero yes terday, is alleged to have stolon $31.75 .from George Burton, also colored, a lellow-prisoncr who had fallen asleep beside him. When Burton, upon awakening, found himself robbed, ho raised a fearful outcry. A search revealed $l.fo In ' money concealed in Gil liam's sleeve, and It is thought that he' swajlowcd tho remaining $50, which' was in the form of a tele graph check. Olympic Crowded With Passengers. New York, June 28 The largest number of cabin passengers ever leaving this port en a single ship, boarded the White Star liner Olym pic, the largest -steamer .nfloat;, sail ing 'for. England.;.- The Olympic start ed on the second halt of her maiden trip with, 2,205 persous in her three cabnes,,j8lde.s j0.6ia,ld,s and, .vtfejs. 1 irs. irl't ( I X . , i ' s- . FOUR KILLEDJN WRECK Fatal Accident on Lumber Tram Road. Three Italians and a Russian Mead As a Result ot An Accident on (ho Road of Hie Wnrcamaw l,iiuil;er Company Wilmington Man Kills His Wile ami Slioois llimsc-ll. (Special to The Times) ''. Wilmiii;;tfin, June ,2S-.- As t'ie; ; cult of. an accident J his inorniiip. on. Hie Irani road -or Iho V, a -cauiaw l.uiiiber Conircny at .MaUatoka, about 1 S in iles from .'the comimiiv's . iVvint at Bolton, four foreign employes of the ronipnnv were killed and one man seriously, in.iured. Three of the dead meii are Italians and the other is a IluHsian. 'live matter has been reported to the cor oner of Brunswick count v and an in. vestigntion will be held. Wlliiiiiigton Man Kills His lie. Wilmington. . June 2K-F..itlowing a separation f)f three weeks . L.. M"..'-Sahil--lin. wlii. nun) "f :!ii? ( ity. w- ni lo the house ivlp-ro b.is wife was sVayinK lii'-t niulil anil shot in tiu- ln-i'il ilip-i; times, ilea tii. resullinK inst.anrly. .Saml--lin tlien shot himself in Hie lu-a.l. .His wuiinil is not serious. H - Is iiinlor p'Ali'ceV surveillance . at the.'- Ii.osp'.l Siiniliin hiid threatened to kill his wife several times. .She I- f I ;' him three weeliS ago because lio 'Whipmd her.-. He. went to 'her liiiuse late last 'night -'and after, a shoit;' -conversation willi pi oiliu-iHl liis pistol: and slow her., tragedy caused a sensation .here; Ill I I ll' The iiiiple were well kun n. .. A numlii-r of i-liilcli-en ar left. Mis. Sanillin was married twiv-e, her first husband was a first ' cousin- of the one who killed III?!-. IIOWI-A.l II. EAItlXt;. Died l esterdav Morning in Elizabeth City Interment Today. -(Special to The Times.) Kiizaliotll t'ity, June .118 -Howiand li. Ki-u-ii,ir. one .of the most . . prominent ynuiiR ineil in Easl'erh North Carolina, died yesterday morning at six o'clock 'at. -his -home in fchringhaus street at lei an Illness of several m'onths.- .;. The funeral services will be ' con ducted' over the remains .-tills afternoon at 4:30 from the First Methodist .church lv tln pastor. Rev. J. 1 . Untidy and the inter nieiil will follow in II oily wood 'emelery. .. . -Mr.. Fen ring was about 3- years old. lie Is survived bv Ins parents. Mr. and .Mrs. Zenas Kearing. Sr., anil by sev eral . lirot hers, among whoni are. Dr. Isaac Kearing, Dr. Zenas Fearing anil Messis. Jinnes (J. Fearing and Itoliert Fearing of this city. He was reared here anil liver .here all of his life. . .He was prominent in insuraiise . business until . ill . health foreeii him to turn his business over lo lil.s brother. James (!. Fearing and retire. He was well known and was held .in '.'high -esteem. His ; uiiUuu-ly death was universally lamented.. A inariiago of more than usual inter est -will, lake place here tomorrow at 1::1 o'clock. In which Miss Mary J. Klliot will become the brliln o Mr. John MeKiinmey, of Norfolk. The wedding will be celebrated at the home ol the bride's parents in Broad street. Rev. J. 11. llulfalo will per form tlio ceremony. Mrs. J. N. I'.l liot and Miss Mary Jenkins will re ceive. Miss Camilla Jenkins will sing preceeding the marriage ceremony a solo, entitled. "Sweetheart of Mine.' The bride will be attended by her sister Miss Martha Elliot,, and Noah Meknnmoy a brother of the groom will be the best man. T AT A. AND M. COLLEGE At the meeting of the executive committee of the trustees ot A. and M. College yesterday evening, contracts were awarded for the now dining hall and for the animal hus bandry building. The dining hall will cost $;:i,r0;l, and the animal husbandry building, $19,130. Mr. W. B. Barrow, of Raleigh, se cured the contract for erecting the dining hall and Messrs. J. U. Carr & Company, also of this city, secured the contract for erecting1 tho animal husbandry building. Hunt Brothers, of Greensboro,'"wlU install tho heat ing plants in these buildings. Mr. William Kearney Car, a son of the late Gov. Ellas Carr, donated to the college a fine celestial tele scope. Mr. Carr is a resident ot Washington. He paid -a visit to the college some time ago and this in spired him to make the institution a present. , . ' Irene Osgood T V". I II Irene' Osjvood (Mrs. Robert llnt-boroiigh-Sberard), ti e mnelist, who is a native ol irgima am) whose pioceelliivs lor a legnl sepal atloll Irom her husband held so prominent n place in I Ik? news a month ago, now reported to be dying at her beau til ill heme, (.innlsl.orougli Mall, l,onioii. The strain ol the legal liallle hail a f cveie ellect on ;ilis. Sheranl's nerves and her present precarious condition is ntlrlbiMcd directly (o thai. IS STILL ONJIE STAND President of Ware-Kramer Company Testifying. licders Written- lv Plaiiitit. Road. New York Likes 'Something on (be Side" "Girl in lllue" 1 aken ( are ol. Mr I1' D. Ware,.- president of (lie VVare-Krainor Tobacco Company, was in charge -'of the1 attorneys lor the-defendants today f i the now .fa mous, case of .W are-Kramer Tobacco Company against the American -Tobacco Company,, and olhers. Letters of Mr. Ware to his salesmen were read in court today, some ot these shedding light; on Hie inside of the workings of plaintiff corporation. In one ot' the letters Mr. Wuro savs thai. "New ork is peculiarly m love with something (in tne .side- ", and In another he declared 1 but. if the company- bad to go to giving to the otlice bins and dravmen it would have lo (put. -the inference 1 being that it cost a lot to have Iriends. An other, loiter made the, announcement thai there is greater intelligence in the north llian in the south, the writer jineauing that -northern people prelorred niatter In sulistance as m the case ol While Rolls against other cigarettes wnh coupons. Asked as to Ins announcement Hint new York liked something on the side, Mr. Ware said ho was willing to ex cept Ilia; citv Irom the balance ol the nor! h. '"'Ibe fiirl In blue,' a character em ployed bv Ihe Ware-Kramer Com pany,, was. given a deal of advertis ing last evening. Many letters were written about her, Iho salesmen be ing told 16 tdiovv her iniicli aUehlion. 1 or entertainment, mlil-nighl sup pel's, and champaign suppers were suggested and for raiment, diamond rings, etc. These letters niav be. im portant, as the defense will likelv use t hem In arguing its side. 'MYERS IMHCTMENT Syl'ASIIEl). Roanoke Man, Accused ol Ivxlorliug "Protection" .Money, W ins Point. Roanoke, Va., June L'S. Harry livers, who is alleged to have aided as go-belween in obtaining ' protec tion" lor violators ot the laws Irom public oflicers. scored a point, today when the indictment .charging him with having extorted money irom gamblers by threats of proseciiMon was Bipiashed. It is understood (hat the district attorney will endeavor to obtain n new indictment. Mvers will be tried Thursday on a charge ol rccciviut; money lor cor rupt purposes. Old Indian Chief Read. Darlington, Okla., June 2SI.eft Hand, for years chief of the Alapahnes died today at the tige of eighty-three, lie Was one of the most famous war riors of the west's earlv days. One of his 'prominent, fights wtfs the massacre of Major Joel Klllott and nineteen-men when General Custer fought the bat- If I 4, NWIIIIIIIIIV Wl K JLI'IUUIII-II W iLUIMUUIM Senate Cancus Committee Agrees to Report Reapportionment Bill Without Amendment TO BE MINORITY REPORT All the .Members of (he Committee Were Opposed to the Hill Rut the Majority of Them Were in Kavor of lel(ing the House Attend to Its Own Affair ll'oIlette, Dupont, and Mdlienti ' Will File Minority ReiMirt Reciprocity "l)raina Now In Senate." Washington. June 1!8 With continu ation of the debate on the Canadian reeiiroeilv "bill, Senator Cummins' speech -was the fixed event in the sen iite. Senator Horab, whose speech was inter upled bv. a storm sweeping over Hie cit v yesterday causing a quick ad louriiinent of the senate, continued later this afternoon, when Cummins yielded. The session figured largely us nnfi-rcciprocitv day from tho re-pulrjicaiis-msurgenjt standpoint. The house was not in session.-. 't he senate census committee has ngi-oed to rt'pnrt the congressional re-., a ppori imiment bill without amendment providing, for 4Xt representatives, not withstanding -practically all the com mittee members were opposed to in creased representation. ihe bill provides -for 42 representa tives over the present number and was framed to prevent a decrease of membership from any state. Three of the ton members present. Senators l.aFollctte, Dupont and McLean, voted in Ihe negative. The other seven de cided to allow the house to have Its way in Uic matter so peculiarly pre scnliiiff U . .-rt- o affair.-. Tim reports, will be withheld for a week to give T.uFollette time to prepare a minority report which will be represented by Senator Haiicy. ltelerring to the consideration of of tlie Canadian reciprocity question as the ''j)ra,m, now In progress In the senate of the Lnited islates." Jsenator Cuiumins. of Iowa, delivered a speech on the 'reciprocity" bill and offered lm 1 1 1 1 r t a n L ntoendmonts to Its agricul tural provisions. ".' - . ' lAt l-R H VTS l-X)R WOMKX. Will Re the Style Next Winter, Mil linery Drummers Say. Indianapolis, June 28. Small hats will be the rule in woinens headgear lor next winter, according to dele gates attending the Millinery Travel ling Men s National Association, waicli opened today. . i Apparently, however, the salesmen don t expect the small hat to remain in vogue loreve, as the v adopted e solutions protesting against the pro posal of railway companies to limit the size of trunks to 4a Inches in height.. WOMAN HI IIXKI) TO (DEATH Iv plosion ot I, amp Sets Fire to Her Dress,- Causing Fatal Injury, t t Mi M on Forge, Va., June 28-A young woman known here as Irene Hobbs. but said to be the wife of a man named Workman, of Gaulev Hrldge, W. Va., died ' here today from burns sulTcred last night, when her clothing was ignited by the 'explosion of an nil lump. . .; .she was l!i ears old and her parents live at I'm tsinouth, Ohio. i EVIDENCE IN THE LUMBER TRUST SUIT Jefferson City, Mo., June 28.- Lawyers lor the lumber companies' opposing the State Ouster suit on the allegations of being a trust, cross examined John It. White, of Kansas Citv. While was president of the Southern Lumber Manufacturers As sociation, which ciianged to The Yel low Pine Manufacturers Association, a delendanl In the .Slate'B suit.- Wv V. Smith, ot St. Louis, secretary of the Yellow Pino Association' ap peared at. the hearing under orders of Special Commissioner Reynodls, with the. records and correspondence by which Assistant Attorney General Atkinson expects to prove the lumber -output was curtailed by a meeting of the manufacturers In 1905: i ; . , Rilled Ry Falling Down -Stair Philadelphia, Pa., June 28. Fall ing down stairs at bis home, John. Dobson, age eighty-four, a widely, known.. 'carpet, manufacturer waa.
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