VoLLXX. No. 62. Thb Weather FAIR. RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1911. LAST EDITION PEICE FIVE CEKT3, , Dovible the Number of Paid Subscribers in Raleigh of any Other Newspaper DUE THOUSAHD fl MURDERE II Governor Supplements Reward of $75 Offered By Citizens and Town of Hendersonville EXCITMENT CONTINUES JJpy' From Town Where Young Jliss : Hawkins Was Murdered to Effect That People Continue Wrought l' No AriVHtH Made in Cane To day Slier iff or Henderson County Telegraplm Request to Raleigh For Reward Story of Affair. r Col. A. J. Felld, private sec $ rotary to Governor Kitchin, this . afternoon offered reward of J ? $250 for the arrest of the party or parties who murdered Miss N Myrtle Hawkins at Henderson- s ! ville last Thursday. Citizens and the town of Heiidersonville ; S have offered a reward of $750 ?. and this with that, offered through the governor, makes - the total $1,1100. S S S S S $ s $ $ $ Mr. M. L. Shipman, commissioner of labor and printing, made informal application for the reward early this morning, but Col. Felld was unable to issue a reward unless the sheriff of Henderson county asked for it. The sheriff telegraphed this afternoon and Col. Fe(ld at once issued the proclamation. It was not believed here that any new developments had occurred since yesterday; certainly no arrests have been made, or else the request for a reward would not have been made The sheriff probably telegraphed the governor's office after 11 o'clock, lie caiiHe the message, was not received until about 1 o'clock. latest News From Hendersonville. (Special, to The Times.) Asheville, N. C, Sept. 1 3 Popular feeling is at high tension today over the mysterious death of Myrtle Haw kins, of Hendersonville, whose body was found in Lake Osceola. A do tectlve was employed yesterday by the family of the girl, but it is un derstood that he declined to take the case and another was employed, The governor has been asked to offer a reward, one will probably be given by the county and a large private re ward may be given. It is practically certain death did not occur near the lake but. that the body was conveyed there afterwards There is talk of having n new inquest to force further evidence, but that may not be thought necessary by the officers, as the evidence secured can be used at the preliminary hearing if any arrest is made. There Is susplc Ion against two men, one a physl clan and the other a business man of Hendersonville, one or both of whonl may have been Implicated and their movements are being watched Developments are expected hourly. Details of Case. More than one person must have been concerned in this double crime The officers are almost sure that they can locate the principal figure, (Coutlsued on Page Two.) Ill SEND FLEET TO MEDITERRANEAN Washington, Sept. 13. The navy department is considering plans for sending the Atlantic lleec on a medl- terranean cruise during the coming ' fall and winter. . . . . '.v Naval officers favor paying courte sy,, calls to European countries on the1, shores of the Mediterranean. Sailing about October lOtV Tho . fleet ' i will spend several montiw abroad, returning to Cuba for man euvers until March. r ! Revenue Officers to Confer. Detroit, Mich., Sept. 13 Between 200 and 300 internal revenue offtoers of the United Stages will meet In this city next week to diBcuss plana . for the betterment of the service. The conference will be the first of Its kind ever held, with the exception of a preliminary meeting held in Washing ton last year for organization - pur poses. : SHOT IN EYE Another Added to List of Murders and Shooting William Johnson Without Provnrii ent Ion Empties 1'lstnl Into Eyes of Sylvester Kmiett In Serious Con. dition at Hospital Another Es caped Convict Captured Third Men i et Missing. : (Special to The Times.) Wilmington, Sept. 13. --Whin may result In still another murder to add to the long list of 3r;ooliiigs and murders of recent weeks in the city and county, happened at 2:15 p. m yesterday, near Eleventn and Market streets, when William .Johnson, with apparently no provocation shot Syl vester Ennett, another negro, In the left. eye. Johnson surrendered himself a few minutes later to Deputy Sherilt A. I Kelly. He is now in the county Jail to await the result of EnntfU wound. As soon as L lie shooting oc curred a message was sent, to the po lice station and hall. Officer Joe Lane responded, When lie reach the scene he ascertained that John son had already been 'uken in cus' tody by Deputy Sheriff Kelly. Ot her Lane then went '.o tue house ot a negro woman nearby, where En nett was carried after he was .shot The ; injured negro was conscious but he appeared ' to be in desperate condition.' The bullet passed entire- ly through his left eye and embedded Itself in the interior ol the man' head, tl was stated at the Walker Memorial hospital that tno man was shot through both eyes instead one. j . ' It is feared that he is latally wounded. Ennett stated Co Officer Lane that he approached Johnson on the street He suw that Johnson hud a pistol in his hand and said to him, "Look what a bull dog you've got, but It I only a cap pistol," "it is, la if.'' Ennett says Johnson replied, and then the wounded negro sava tue other man pointed the pistol at hint and fired. The affair adds only another chap ter. to the list of killings and shoot ings which have occurred recently among the nrces- and to which there appears to he no end. Johnson will be held without bull until It is discovered whether or not Ennett will live.. . Joe Martin, the secondmember in Importance of the trio of three con vlcts, who escaped from the camp ;i mile east of the city Monday morn ing, was captured Tuesday afternoon at four o'clock by Deputy Sheriff A Kelly. He was brougiu to the city at 6:45 o'clock and confined In :te county jail. Mart'.i! wa3 taken lh custody by the officer only after he had made a desperata attempt to cut Mr. Kelly with a large case knife It was necessary for the officer to knock the negro to the ground with his pistol in order to -subdue the man. The convict fought madly for the liberty, which proved to he of sucn short duration. Charles Fow ler, the one serving a nine-year son tence for highway, robbery, v, as cau tured Tuesday afternoon as was told of in the afternoon paper yesterday, John Brovn Is the only one of the trio remaining at liberty. Although the search for him was continued late. Tuesday night, no trace was found of the third man. However the apprehension of Fowler and Mar tin has caused officers to feel very Jubilant as these men are desperate characters. Deputy Kelly, as state dabove, re turned to the city before 7 p. m Tuesday afternoon, with Martin. He stated that he caught the negro at Kirkland, a small station on the New Bern division of tho Coast Line, nine miles from the city. Mr. Kelly concealed himself near the railroad tracks as he felt sure that the con vlcts might aval) themselves of this exit from the county. Sure enough, about four o'clock In tho afternoon, the officer stated that he saw a man emerge from the woods and walk toward the tracks. Mr. Kelly was not sure that the person was one of the escaped, convicts, until the man got within fifty yards. Then the of ficer recognized Martin. He Imme diately rose to his feet and ordered the negro to halt. Martin did so, and . Mr. Kelly approached. The officer had a rope with him. As he was tieing the negroe's right hand. the convict suddenly thrust his left hand In his pocket and produced vicious looking knife, with which he made a thrust at tho officer. Mr. Kelly dodged and then struck the (Continue on Page Four.) ' . ' V I ! ''V" fin r Mr?, Inez Hpiuui Htinessi, daugh ter or l-Ji-nicr (lovcinor Sp:ayue, of HIhuIp IsI.iikI, who divorced her I his. baud uii'J In now lieiii' pestered by the unwlconie suits of two titled foreigners, which Ims caused In r to leave I'aris t;r Xew York to (lee from tlicm. Tlu suitors are Mm mils le lllineuve mid Count d'Avene .Mrs. Sfiness, holoiiv li'avni-i; I'iiris di-clnr-ed she is disg;tiNed with husbands. "They aie horses. Til much rather huvc. uit aeroplane." E IS STILL GROWING Portland, Maine; Sept. 13-Town clerk's returns from 402 out of 521 cities, towns and plantations, in the state,, give 531 majority against the repeal of the prohibition law. The vote -.stands: " For repeal" 60,097; Against repeal 011,028. Late returns show the "drys" have been making steady gains, after wiping out the ' wela". ..apparent majority yesterday. VTTIV AFI'WII. Walter Jones (Jiveii Fin of S5."i. Wl lle a Fine of .S.'O is " fJlvwi to Holmes Took I'laee Suiiday .Night in llobtowu. -"(Special to 'The Times.) Hickory, N.-C, Sept, 13 A hotly contested legal battle was fought before Recorder Russell yesterday in which Walter Jones, white, and Jonas Knox and Doc Holmes, both coloied, were the defendants. The t-itit grew out of a cutting .affair in Bobtown Sunday night a week ago in which Jones and the negro Knox fv'tj. both seriously cut with a knife There were four lawyers In the case and the trial lasted practically tp.ll day. It developed in evidence that Jones went to the home of Holmes in an intoxicated condition and raisfi'l a ufriculty and a fight enst'ed Leavlnf; the homo of Holmes, Jones ran up with Knox and began cusing Hm and stabbed him with a knife Another fight ensued in which Jones stabbed Knox twice. Knox was re leased and Jones was fined SSu.f'O ftnd half the-cost -and Holmes wii.e fined. ?50. 00 and half the cost. Ap pel ftas taken to the superior court Fire In Itel'iuin. Antworp, Belgium, Sept. 13. - --Fire destroyed tjie wood yards at the rail way station and many houses. The loss Is $2,000,0(10. T New York, Sept. 13. James J. Ward started at nlne-oiglu o'clock this morning from Governors Island In a flight from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast, in an effoit to win the William , R. Hearst fifty thousand dollar prize. Mounted P-oliceinun Killed. Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. IS. Lieut. William Lynch, the blue ribbon hold er of the New York mounted police Bquad,. was- fatally injured at the state fair last night when his horse reared and fell on him. New York, Sept. 13. There was more suffering In New York this summer than last, . ocording to the poor ; association's records. The re port states that only two per cent. of the'-distress cases resulted from Intemperance. ' . ZflGK MARKS sip JI Harnett County Mun Wanted in Florida on Serious Charge Was Not Released. ACQUITTED OF MURDER ll.irnett County Jury I'iiili'd ti Find Him (iuiltv of Killiie; l liiiilie Kl- len .Vine ears :o SherifV I niei Contijiues to Hold Prisoner I litil l'roper Tapers May he .Made OutFour I'l-isonei's, Threi' of Them White, ISrimuht t H ilculi to Serve lOiijj- seiiteiirt-M in Stitt" l'rison. Zack Murks, -acquitted bv -n Jury last night of tho liiurder of. Charlie Ellen; is still beiim held in the Har nett county ; jail ami will ; likely ue carried to Florida to answer a charge of felony In that stale. Marks was charged with having murdered Ellen in Harnett county nine years ago, but evidence to convict was lacking. , He was arrested in Florida some time ago when his wile, after believ ing the man was lt ( liiiithiK to ruin lis step-daughter,, informed the offi cers ol-his ullegetl crime In North Carolina.;. Since the murder charge wan ; lie. greater felon.v. the Florida .authorities, waived: their, rights1 and turned Marks . oyer , to the Harnett county authorities. Sheriff J. I!. Lanier. , of; . Harnett! county, who was in Kuleigh today, said that he had received a telegrani roni Florida .asking that the man be hold until the proper papers ould bo made out .against him. Ite-i (liiisitlon will lilselv he asked and Marks carried back to answer to an other charge -, , Sheriff Lan ler" brought ' four pris oners to the : penltentlarv today, three of those being white- and con victed of forgery. They are, Henry Allred, "five years; Jim Kooli, tour years, and Will Hodges, three years, A negro was sent tothe penitent itiry tor ten years tor stealing Irom a house;'-.:. The. fellow reached through window and took nionev irom a pair of .trousers. FLEMING CASE SE6INS AGAIN AT SMITHFIELD Mrs. Nolle. Claire Fleming, her sister. Miss I'auline Crunch ol Wash ington,' I), C, and Ool. John . Hinsdale, her chief counsel, lelt Una afternon tor SnuthHeld, where tins evening will begin the hearing ol the petition ot Mrs. Fleming lor iiie cus tody of her two sm.ill children. .Mr. IVrcy H. Fleming ami his . attorneys have also gone to Smithliel.1. Judge Peebles will begin tho hearing ol evidence tonight. $.-, (till) in Sheriff's Fees UeC.irned. Clarksburg. W. Va., Sept. !;!.: In acordance with the ruling of the state auditor and the tax commis sion taut several tormnr Harrison county sheriffs had collected lees In excess of those allowed bv law, A. A. Lang, and Fohn G. Lang, execi'tors of the estate ot former Sheriff L .A. Lang, paid in $10,69U and lnrmor Sheriff J. A. Fleming returned ?', 000 in settlement of the claims for two of the terms on which report was made. No charge of dishonesty was involved. Important .Masonic Appointment. Washington, Sept. 13 Charles E. Rosenbaum, of Little Rock Aikansas, sovereign grand inspector- general of the thirty-third degree ancient and accepted Scottish rite masons for the southern jurisdiction of the United States, has been ap pointed grand master - of state, of he supreme council by Sovereign Grand Commander James - D. Rich ardson, to succeed the late Richard J. Kunn, of Georgia. Rosenbaum Is treasurer-general of the supreme council. Millionaire's Wife Han Away. New York, Sept. 13 Frederick Llspenard Suydam, Jr., the million aire, whose young wife, It is reported ran away with Frederick Noble, a plumber's son, says his wife is "very Impulsive and temperamental." and he will not taiake an effort to find her. ' ' 5rs m CarleK M. Sc!inl), kIco! king, who Is iittomptiii!; to circle the.' world in sixty days. Alter le'.ving t'ie sen ineiister (ilvmoic at London, lie will H In l';v!s, tl'-ciice to Moscow, w nere he wil lfi'.t.ch a traiis-silieiltiiiiii - press (or ladivostiili iiiterwartls pro- cei'dinn In reliin. lieturning tbenct le will ci-oss the I'acilic. KIT. ETNA ERUPTION BUI SERIOUS Catania, Sicily, Sejit.. 13 Mt Ktnii's eruption is assiui:u:g disas trous proportions-.-..'--The lava stream is 'approaching - the railroad stations to the.; hortlnvard. . The depots ' .at Meie -and AUiant.ara liiive.beeii a band oned. Etna s ent ire crest appears in a state ol ebullition. There are apparently , more than thirty openings. v f.M LEI) ON l!l'(.'i V I 'OLE. Hoy liicvclist Instantly hilled III Col- lisinn Nein- !tiul iniore, , I'al.tiniore,. :Sept. I ;i, -I iiahUi to a void a. "Jiiigg-y coming' a lo.im' I he road 111 the opposite, direct ion .Jori'is ivek- hart 'Was. carried oii'.'hU bicycle di rectly into the .,i!e :i Ilio tirat. liaiii ed. vehU-U ami instanli.v 'Killed, 'last bight i" the Long Given road, about a iialT;- mile .from tin' Long Green' 'slut-ii'iii-, Tile hoy'ri iieaii had. strr-ck i he pclp sipiaivly, iuni liii" iron : .point was dViyen into his. iirain, . Iiui!iled for a li'.oii'.eiu on the, polo, i he . id ini ol tile -. uccHleiit dropped nack. into l he roadway deiiii: , Kckhart vas a. niillv" wagon driyer. The buggy yas .oecuiiid i y . Eugene W'heaty, his wife and flieir haliy, ,. I)s( liMIN ITION IN It M I'S. . . ; . Asliblirn, till., Charges I'isciiniina t ton ill lavnr ol Noiitli (ieorglu Towns. Washington, Sept. 13- Discrimin ation in all classes and commodity freight rates to and Irom Ashburn, Georgia, m tavor ot ('ordele, Titton, Fitzgerald, Albany and other south Georgia points, was charged In a pe tition presented to the interstate commerce commission by Ashburn's chamber ot commerce, against the Georgia and Florida railway and other carriers. The same rates for Ashburn is urged. STRENUOUS TIE TOR L Washington, Sept. 13. --Admiral Clung Pin Kwang, ol the Chinese navy, had a strenuous day. Ho mado formal calls upon acting secretary ot stales Wilson and acting secretary of the navy. Wilson and Winthrop mado return calls at the Admiral s hotel. Later Winthrop was host at luncheon for the naval hero. The admiral and party plan leaving at. four-thirty this afternoon for Bever ly, Mass.. to- call on President- Taft tomorrow. , Mexican eteians to Disband. Chicago, 111., Sept. 13 Two aged survivors ot the Mexican war, Fran cis Benton and Thomas H. Wood, will disband the Western Association of Mexican War Veterans at its last camp fire and reunion in this city tomorrow. At the same meeting the Western Association jd( California Pioneers will be disbanded. hsr dm S M. fed I -. ':!fc'' ,.'.- , ft'k ill I. .,, ,yrv,;i .... . IE10SE TOJKIDNAPPERS Mounted Police and Posse Hot on Trail ,, : ? Miss Eleanor Gladys ItiKe lvldl. .,, 'I. imI I rom School Where She Wit. T iichjng Olhcers Close Alter Kidnappers oung Woman Jte f ill ttH Home. Snow Klakr. ManatobiV, . Sept. 13 Mounted police .and', a posse of three hundred,', armed men , aided in - the search by .-blood bonds-, closed in upon the kidnappers of Miss Eleanor Gladys . Bi'leo: between here and the international boundary, line. A large posse has lioen. on the trail twenty foar hours. . A kidnapper .was sight ed tell miles south of Snow Flake: at daybreak'; but the fugitive;- said to be Henry- 1?. W'hson. ot - Hnunti. -North Dakota, os'-afied into- the dense woods. Miss lli-ice is n niece of Premier Robin,- Search wiis hegiin yesterday morning when she, failed to appear it .'Riverside. School, where slip, was teaching. There was evidence at the school building of an . attack upon the young woman, evidently com mitted the -.previous night. She last . night unexpectedly re turned home. She was . :. hysterical and bore evidence ol -Inhuman treat ment. .'-.' i:gii:i;i: dead at thuottlI' Wrecked Tram Daslieil by All Signals Itetore Crush Came. Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 1 1!. That death was at the throttle of Erie and Piltsburgir ilassehger train 201, when it crashed into a trelgh at Dock: June- tion last night, is the firm belief of investigation.-today,, and a talk with I'lretnan .lames rirmuii, who is In a hospital fatally, injured. According to the hitter's story Engineer' John S. Jones must have been dead long before the crash, for he ran past all signals lor five miles that were set against him, and con trary to all rules ran past Dock. Junc tion ..with a full head of steam.. The train crashed into tho freight with the th roll le wide open. . , i; vitn ov t o.i i.. ( . ('. and (. Allowed to Change Kiilcs From Certain Points. ' W'a-liins'oii. Sept. l'l -f'ormlssion was granted bv the interstate com merce .commission to the Carolina, CHnrhlicU! and . Ohio Railway to establish, t he . same . r ites, on coal shipments i rom Dorchesier ) unction. Va., lo poinls- in North . Carolina, Spat h Carolina, Georgia, .-Alabama, and Florida," as are concurrently in chert Irom Dante, Hurricane, and C!;nc!:!ii Id, Va,' to chc same points of de.-t-uiiion. To stop Jewel HohlH'ries. Ncwiork. Sept. 13 Representa tives ol eight jewelers' societies of the Tinted States and Canada met In this city today to devise plans for the better protection ot those engaged in selling jewelry and precious stones. The lewelers have been aroused to action bv the unprecedented number ot assaults and robberies reported bv the trade during the past year. It is. expected a large reward will be of tered tor the capture of the murder ers ot Adolph Stern, the clerk who was killed in the daylight raid on a Mxth Avenue jewelry store some months ago. : : . : Held lor .Mui-der. Madison, Wis., Sept, 13 John A. Johnson, was arrested on the charge of murder In the first degree in con nection with the death of Annie Lent berger, whose body was found in lake Monona Saturday. Johnson pleaded not guilty. Bail was fixed at $1(1,000. His preliminary examina tion was fixed for September 25. Johnson looked greatly frightened. Attcr the hearing he was hastened to jail. Colonel Taylor Dead. Norfolk, Va., Sept. 13 Colonel Geo. W. Taylor, aged fifty-seven, who commanded the fourth Virginia regiment in the Spanish-American war, died at a hospital here from a stroke of paralysis. He was a brother of Colonel Walter H. Tay lor, adjutant on General Robert E. Lee '8 staff. , In i ted Brethren Meeting. Kokoma, Ind., Sept. 13 Delegates representing a large section of the Indiana assembled .here today.. for the annuad meeting of the St. Joseph conference of the United Brethren Church. The sessions will continue five days, with Bishop Matthews of Chicago presiding. jfyIJ)CF I Raleigh Schools Will Probably HaYD ,'' rge Enrollment Ax Lett Year Spite of Vaccination FOR HEALTHY BODIES llev. Ge. W. Lay ami MlfM Jtvinle I'leinliig Kieak to Children on Jin portance of Strong Ikidles (Jm iiasiuni in High School Building for (ilrls and Playground at Cen tennial School for BoysTo Have FootlNill Team. The Raleigh public schools did their first real work today, when, after short exercises in the various buildings, the children took up toeir regular school duties. At the high school alone were public exercises held. Rev. Geo. W. Lay speaking-to the children on the Importance 6f good physical health as well as men tal. Mr. Lay told the children that a healthy mind was very essential, but that a strong body was just as necessary for success. Miss Jennie Fleming, recently elected as physiclal instructor, out lined her plans tor '.he year and she Is sure to receive hearty support Irom the students. Her work Is planned to make strong bodies and thus to develop strong men and wo men, A gymnasium for the girls will be fitted up in the basement of the higa school building, and Miss Flem ing will have charge of this. Mr. Frank P. Graham will look alter the boys on the playground at the Centennial school. This line lot is being graded and put in condition lor outdoor sports. The high school will have a football team a- itu.-piit years, and Mr, Graham wilt act as coach. It Is planned to give every child the kind of exorcist) that will best develop his muscles. Superintendent Harper said today that the attendance is increasing rapidly.' In a few days the number ol students should oo.ua! the record last year. Many parent i have re tired to have their children vacci nated and have hoped that entrance might be had in spite of any neglect, but this will not be the case. Where children are not physically able to undergo vaccination, Dr. Jordan does not require It, but otherwise no child, is admitted. , , : The attendance la. between -85 uut at) short of what it was last year,., but actual figures cannot be obtained until Friday, when the reportB from all the schools will be received. Discuss Employers' Llnbllity. Spring Lake, N. J., Sept. 13 The entire sessions of this,, the second day of the annual conference of gov ernors, were devoted to the discus sion of .employers' liability and work- ininen's compensation The opening address this morning was delivered by Governor Eugene N. E"oss ot Mas sachusetts. ( Firemen Want More Money. New York, Sept. 13 The Erie railroad's firemen have , made de- hiands for increased wages, mBMiunt- mg to between ten and fifteen per cent. The firemen were granted a ten per cent increase a year ago,- CRISIS 1H HISTORY s Washington, Sept. 18. Students of Oriental affairs believe China is rapidly approaching a citsls in her history. The uprising tu Sze Chuen province is expected to extend ,to otuer neighboring provinces, esieci- ally southward, where the Mongol- Ian element for many years has been oposed to the reigning Manchu dyn asty. It is expected the government will be able to.. suppress the-disturb-; ances. 1 he struggle now going nn is really a gigantic 'est of the rela tive, strength ,of. tha. sefltral and pio- vincial governments. Strengthening Elevators for Taft. St. 'Louis'.. rsepT,"? lVlr-Nesi cables for the . elevators in t.'e city clflb building have been ordered In pre paration for President Taft ten days hence, v The president will lunch at the club. t " DIG