North Carolina Newspapers

I . ' ' ' ' Vol. LXX. No. 65. The Weather SHOWERS. RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1911. LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTfl Poxxtsle the Wu e E AT IS III IKE INQUEST Some Danish Testimony at Yester day Aitcrncon'i Instigation by - the Coroner " ARRESTS ARE IDINEN Coroner's Jury Met at lO O'clock ' This Morning Bnt Adjourned l'n til Monday, Witliout Hearing Kvi dcnce Sensational Evidence ly Hob Wadilcll, WIh Lived With One of Uie 'McCall Families Tl'e Mr. Calls and Hrndley Didn't Know Anything But Hnd Artcim! In Ad vancc Not to Tell Anything. Ashevllle. N. C. Sept. 16 The Hawkins' coroners jury met at 10 o'clock this morning and adjourned to meet again Monday. There were no developments over night, or this morning, announced, but it Is still expected that arrests will bo made this afternoon. Testimony Yesterday Afternoon The principal evidence at the hear ing yesterday afternoon was given by Bob Waddell. He lives at the home of Dan McCall, the father of Beat rice McCallj which is situated near Lake Osceola, and about 300 yards distance from the house In which Ab McCall. Mrs. Beatrice McCall and Mr. and MfsU George Bradley live He stated that he had a room In the Dan McCall homo, over the kitchen he said: a "I ,wa at. home Thursday night after 18" ''clocks-r was aroused of ten Wednesday night. I could not bleep Well because the others In the house Could not sloe)) and were not quiet . When I awoke' other people were awake. I heard some one downstairs. Then rolled over and went to sleep. Thursday morning all the family was at, home and Mrs Dan Bradley said she had not slept well and I agreed with her. Dan and I were fading pretty bad. Ab. McCall and George Bradley seemed to feel pretty bad, too. I heard two wagons or a buggy pass the house Wednesday night, driving towards the lake. Dan McCall lives between 400 and 500 yards of the lake. "Thursday night I went to rollg ious meeting. I drove In town by myself. Got home after midnight and everything was perfectly quiet. I came uptown to get a Mrs. Free man and take her to the depot. Mr. Dan McCall had told me to call for her, but she said when I got to the hotel fhat she would not go away that night.. "Friday night the McCalls went to church. Saturday night they insisted that I go to the meeting. I came over to town because (hey made me leave, ore insisted that I leave, When I got back, to the house it was be tween 11 and 12 o'clock. I was tired and went Tight to my' room. Every thing abqut "the 'house was- quiet. Then 'about a minute after I got In bed and was about to go to sleep I heard soft steps on tho bridge Which crosses the branch leading to the lake.- Tftat's all I heard. I went to sleep right away. When I went Into the house I noticed that everybody was snoring and then I heard the noise. ' .''' "The next morning tho body was found In the lake. . I went to see' It and noticed the odor. It was mighty bad.- I' had never smelt anything like' it before.-1 Then I ; Came up to the ' (Continued on Page Five.) MAXES A ' , ' '. FliiE FLIGHT TODAY Susquehanna, Pa.,. Sept. 16. Jas. .T.i Ward, aviator, made a line flight from Calllcoon, N. Y., to this place In'hla attempt to fly"' from the At lantic to the Pacific coast. Ward, flew a distance of fifty-six miles at a speed of nearly a tulle a minute, v Ward found the air cur rent favorable. He will continue his journey this afternoon toward Buf falo. - Aeronaut Dead. " Verdnn, France, Sept. ' 16 Edouard Nleuport, aeronaut, died as the result of .Internal Injuries sus tained when be fell with his machine David Settle Arrested Oi Charge of Shooting Negro Hon . of LnU Jndgo Settle and Brother of Hon. Thomas .Settle in Toils of Law Negro Hoy Killed by Street Sprinkler Gift of fjlSOO to ti. F. C. Dormitory. (Special to The Times.) Greensboro, N. C, Sept. 16 David Settle, o son of tho late Judgo Settle, and n brother of the Hon Thomas Settle, was arrested last night, charged with having shot, and killed a negro near tho Battleground five mlJOB north of the city. .-The. de fendant will probably plead self-de fense, as the killing was the result of an altercation. Settle is a man of rather dissipated- habits, but conies from a family noted for Its bril llancy. He Is a farmer and lives few miles north of the city, HI case will probably be tried In super ior court next week. William Keck, the fourteon-vcar- old son of Jim Keck, a well known negro of . the city, was killed yester day afternoon by the city's street sprinkler, both wheels of which pass ed over the child's body. The bov had been accuKtomed to running along and catching hold of the w gon, swinging on and riding a short distance. Ho had been warned to btay off. Yesterday afternoon when the water sprinkler was passing the rivo Points store, loaded with wate to the top of tho tank, he caught on it, lost his. hold and fell beneath the wheels. Both the front and rear wheels passed over his bodv. He lived only half an hour after the ac cldent. His body was horribly man gled by- the wheels of the hoavily loaded wagon. Rev. W. M. Curttes. secretary and treasurer- of Greensboro Female' Col lege, announces a'glft of $500 to the new dormitory building fund by Col Asniey Home, of Clayton, '. the wealthy farmer-merchant and for mer candidate for governor. Col Home formerly had a daughter in G. F. College and is naturally inter ested in tho school. Ho is also large stockholder In the Dixie Fire insurance Company, of this cltv necenuy Mr. j. w. Fitzgerald, of Davidson county, a wealthy farmer. gave 110,000 toward the now dorml- tory, which leaves only $15,000 tobe raised In other ways. Half of the remaining $15,000 is now subscrib ed. The proposed new dormitory will have thirty-eight rooms and will p'ro- viao accommodations for seventy-six young women. A t..li yuiiiiR Kictmck, a res dent of White Oak Village, was tried before Justice of the Peace Rogers yester day and convicted of beating his board bill and sentenced to pay a doe ann tne costs, In default of which h wont to jail. He came here some- ime ago and secured work at tho mills and a boarding place. Affpr worKing a rew days he left hurriedlv ana without paying his board hill ne was 'arrested and returned here for trial. lie will probably be sent to the roads. Foreman and Section Hands Strike Scranton, Pa., Sept. 16 Twelvn hundred and fifty foremen and sec tion hands on the Delaware. Lacka wanna and Western Railroad, have been ordered to strike at six o'clock tonight. The strike was authorized bv h Trackmens Union, national officer, a the result of the refusal of the company to arbitrate Its differences with the men. The section men ask ed lor Increased wages. The strike order takes "in the entire Lacka wanna system between Hoboken, N and Buffalo. Deficit in Fight Itecelpts. New York, Sept. 16-The Morris- Fllnn fight In Madison Square Garden last night resulting In the Oklahoma white hope" defeat, proved a dis astrous, venture for the promoters. The -high prices charged for seats, two to twenty dollars, kept the crowd down to three thousand. After paying Morris ten thousand and Flinn seven thousand there was a two thousand dollar deficit. Pick pockets reaped a. harvest in the crowd. ';. More than a thousand dol lars were stolon. "Fourth of July" In Mexico. City of Mexico, Sept. 16 Today, being the 10 1st anniversary of Mex ican Independence, was recognized as a general holiday in all parts of J tne republic. Almost all of the elaborate celebrations customary to the occasion were cancelled, however, owing to the fear of an' uprising 1 " U." .MA . If & V WiwfiiiaiiaowBaag-s- ..." 1 ' J&z. I OPPOSKS KKriPKIH'll Ili'iil'i Boiirassii iia(Mn:ilist leader making an aiblrcss against, recipWH- ity. Ilourassa is one ol (In- most im pin-cable iix-s of the- measure in nil the dominion, ami Ins liny spi-ccbc have been lieard in many ol Hie prill rijiai cities of Canadu. STRIKE ATJOCKY l Four Hundred Men Out at the A." C. L Shops. Men Refuse to Do Piece Work on Caboose Cars at the Saiue Hate us on Box Cars Strike Has Kxtend ed as l''ar as Florence-, .-ind Will Reach WaycrosHj iia. ( Special to The Times. ) Rocky Mount, X. C, Sept. 16 Four' hundred members of the car workers union employed at the A C. L. shops hqre, the second largest on the system struck at 10 o'clock this morning. They refused to do piece work ori caboose cars at the same rate as on box cars. The strike has extended as far south as Flor ence and will reach Waycross, Ga today say union officials. The Roeky Mount shops are sec ond only to the Waycross shops. They employ In all branches about 1,500 men. If there Is no settlement all of these men will be affected. The men explain they can niako, 27 to 28 cents an hour on box cars, but owing to the more careful work on caboose cars they cannot make more than 15 to 18 cents. According to the agreement, sav the union loaders, the matter was taken up with the superintendent of motive power, It. K. , Smith, several days ago. He notified them that the railroad had no other arrange ment to offer. The strike will mean several thousands of dollars a month to the merchants of this city. Atlanta Business Man Shoots Himself Atlanta, Ga.', Sept. 1G N. O Dougherty, a prominent 'business man, was found dead on the rear porch of his home with a bullet through his heart nad a pistol at his side. : Tho family assert deuth was accidental. WILL MEAN BETTER ENFORCEMENT OF LAW New York, Sept. 16--Real pro gress In getting bettor enforcement of the pure food law will bo the re- ult of Taffs decision upholding Dr. Wiley, in the recent bureau of chem-1 istry controversy', according to Dr. H.' H. Rusby, one of the department's chief experts in New York and one of the central figures in the govern mental row. Rusby says better en forcement will come through co-op eration,' of all interests concerned with the law, government Importers, and manufacturers. : He urges the states to co-operate with the govern ment, In closer Inspection of food Rates Made Lower Since City Is First Class Wilmington Now .Mail,; I'list-Class Insurance Pointy Winch Hediiccs BaK's for Insurance Only )n0 in Stnte Negro 1M' "f Ivuile Wound Sent I p for l,1iliiitf. .--(Special to 'i li! 'I lines.) Wilmington." He;t. !,. - -Fh'p In surance rates, Involving a consider able reduction to c?rt:iin classes ol property and the inauguration ot which makes Wilmington a lirat-class insurance point bee:imo efto' tive yvs - terdav. The reduced .rates v.")v? rui thorized six months ago. Tne time which has elapsed since l lieu I'.iu been utilized in gel tin j; out .ie ncv classifications, etc. The graniins; of these rales by the insurance com panies gives Wilnilmiinu as low lu- suranre rates as any ilnco in tu south, and lower taan any otnr cit in North Carolina. Wlnle the rates iie-aiiie effective yesterday, all insurance hiIicioh is sued up to midnlgtit- I liuivilav are under the former ra'es, jvlncli .pre vailed.' . It Is only wn.ii' the policies issued yesterday and Irom hence- lorlli, that tne rcduc.Ml rates i.re stnrted.. . : .-.''. I lie splendid and modern ninni cipal - waterworks' .vs;ein which tne cii.y has installed (liinn;? t:i vear, is one of the principal lac-tors in the securing of t-io decrvaset rates. The lowered raies will aiiplv principally to the down town bust ness district, where -.larger vater mains have been installed, and to tne sections on the outskirts' of the city Rates in the residential sections will hardly be affected very riuci; as tlie.v have been favorable. It Is usually the custom for the insurance companies to grant a tirst class rate to a city where strct-i improvements' have followed the ex tension of water main.;. Wilr.-in ton 'has'.V-bcen especially la ored in trus respect, rne insurance com panies did not advance any objec tions even wnere certain .streets are unimproved, which may touch .some of the districts penetrated by the extended service of the- walef 'sys tem.'. ': ';, - .The importance to Wilmington of the granting of the reduced rates is illustrated by the statement that fire .Insurance' policy holders v ill be saved from $13;00 to 20.00U jier annum. It is also a feather in I lie cap of Wilmington to be tiie .mly first-class insurance town in X li o State of North Carolina. The rates and rules take effect from this date. They are not to ef fect existing contracts of insuia ice taking effect previous to the date v)l these rates, either by the lowerin or raising of rates. Arthur Davis, colored, died last night at. the'. Walker Memorial hos pital as a result of an old kniie wound in the head, the man was carried to. the Institution about thru weeks ago for an operation. A pieco of knife blade about two and'.a'.half Inches long was removed from his head. The man informed I ho si r- geons that lie received the wound about two years ago, but that It had never troubled .'him until recently. After the operation oa went to his home, but was brought back to Ihe hospital a few days later, suffering with convulsions. Wednesday night be became unconscious and con tinned to sing until death en.sied last night. The dead negro told Dr. R. 13 Seem, In charge of the hospital, that he was cut in the head about two years ago by George Newberry color ed. This information waS given the police department yesterday when it was seen that the negro could not possibly survive. Chief of Police J J. Fowler sent to the institution to get a post mortem statement from Davis, but the man was already un conscious, it was round that a charge of murder ' could not be brought against Newbery- ts the death resulted from a wound Inflict ed more than a year, ago. However, a warrant was issued charging New- bery with secret assault Newberry lives at No. 707 South Eighth street, and he was arrested there at one a. m., today by Mounted Officer D. W. Coleman. He denied that he is the man wanted. : . '. Before United States Commission er George Harriss yesterday after noon, W. S. -Mints, a white man ot this city, charged with retailing Whiskey without government. license, waived examination. The case Went over to the next term of the United i j i J 1 I ritixri: autih i: ov coxxai'oht London, l-cpt. 11) A ri'iiort is cur rent .that I'rince Arthur of Con naught, is . riiuued to in.irrv I'rin eess Irene. ' i.!auiruier ol ilie (Irand Duchess Kenia . Al.e.vaucli'ovnM, who is a R,ater'.of..iC!jiperpr'''Ni.,ltols.' of, Ru.K sia: It is said that -formal announce ment ol the betroilial will lie made belore the (.'nuiiuuglits sail lor Can ada. ' . CLERK FORCE CUT OFF Means Delay la Construction of Public Buildings Congress Failed' fi :.i!tik-i!-''.i;iriria lion lor Clerk Hiiv ami .Other ivv peases il' the Supii-i isiii-r An liite t Office is .Seieial Veins Hehinil. (ISy I'AliKKi: ANUlyi'SON ) Wusliingtru,. Ke.it. 1 ii Oil account of ccng'ress relusiiig n iiiae a suf ficient-' appiopriaikm lor clerk Hire anil other expenses, ol' iii'e supervis ing- architect's office; some Vincli-t-.l odd einployes were ilisniis.se.i Irom the service yesterday anil i;s ii re suit the const rncii'iii of several hundred: public l)iiiljiii;.rs, . iipiirppria- tions for which 'iave alrc.iily been made, will be delayed troiii . me to three years,, while a liiiudred or so more will be di'layail indefinitely .''' About three: years a.'o Hie cnmuiit tee on pulilic buildings and uromvls put the (if free of the.. supervising- ar chitect n an -annual appropriation basis,! .estimates 'to lie submitted'-, by the secretary of -;ho tre isarv each year tor tile, suiiport of the oilico. Heretofore part of the' appropria tion -. made., for building lias been taken for clerk hire a mr iiiaiiiti?n mice of I he oflice. I!y an agreement which was --.satisfactory both to the committee -and officiiils of the archi tect's office, it was" agreed thai six per cent, of the exDinilitiirqs made by the office during (he year would bo about right for the architect's office-- For (he pa.H two years about 112,000,000 a year has been 'appro priated for public 'building:) and with an annual aiiproiirianniv, including sites for building rtinnuij; up to about ?1S, 000, OOO, the architect's oflice received in thy .ivlghborhood of $110,000 a year. Sixty jier cent, if the w)i'l; inMr. Taylor's office Is the taking care and looking after old building. This (Continued on Page Five.) PAYMASTER SHOT DEAD AND ROBBED Pittsburg, Sept. I li. David Steen, paymaster for the ,1'itisburg Coal Company, was held up, shot dead, and robbed this afternoon near. Bresto, twelve miles from hene. County detectives have been dis patched to the scene. Saturday is regular pay day for the company's minee.i. The coal company's offices .'close at noon. None of the officials ha e yet been reach-, ed. It is said Steen carried several hundred thousand' dollars in cash, , Advhte has too much wrapper for .mm. Wi ,' Mother Reaches Raleigh From O M ! .! V, .S.i. i.'iiio Has Keen Jtcni'ivcd . 'y, House .fudge Will Sh;n Oi'dci Tonight Husband Will Vlteiniit To 1'i-ove liisolveiicy. Mrs. Nelle Claire Fleming and sister. Miss Pauline Crouch, returned today lroni Kinlthfleld where they attended the hearing of the-'. appli cation of Mrs. Fleming for the pos session of her two children, (leorge Mortimer and Nelle Rryan. The mat ter of alimony, which it is under stood will be $75. a month, will be decided upon bv Judge Peebles to night. ; The Fleming children are still in the custody of their uncle, Dr. A. H Fleming, at Loulsburg, but if Mrs Nelle Claire Fleming puts up the bond ol $fio(i they may be turned over to her at any time. ( ol. John v . Hinsdale lias re- ti'ined, but Solicitor Herher. J: Norris is vet in SuiitMllcld, and- will return -.tonight. Mr. W (:. Douglass and his . Ioch.1. us sociales have returned to ltaleigli and are apparently waiting for de velopments.. It will be their conten tion that Mr. Percy B. Fleming is insolvent and unable to pay alimony It is doulitlul if a cent of money is paid by Mr. Fleming, lor an appeal has alreadv been taken and this ques tion will be decided by a higher court. When Mrs. Fleming reached her home" this . morning- she tound, she told a Times reporter, that her piano had been tatyn trom the house. That was the only article found missing. The Fleming children will not, it is thought, : be transferred before Monday. IS ALCOHOL IXfo5CATIXG? (,'eorgiii Courts WiM Have to An swer Tills Question. ; 'La Grange, fia., Sept. 16 Is al cohol an intoxicating beverage under the strict meaning of the Georgia statutes? ', The answer to this question: will be sought by means of a test case in the action of Troupe county against William T. Smedley, of Ab- bcttsville, who, in an indictment, is accused of selling intoxicating liquors, and proof that the sales con sisted of only alcohol having been submitted. The statutes, provide that such sales to be indictable offenses must be classed as intoxicating liquors, which are specifically describ ed in the law 'of tho state and do not include alcohol..; Liilesl Kepo't Krom Stolypin. '; St. 'Petersburg, Kept. 10 The lat est medical examination of Premier Slolvpin, shot Thursday iiight at the theatre at Kiev, shows the bullet grazed the liver. Tit; pain of the woiiud bus increased lint bis temper ature remains normal:. Kiev. Russia. Sept. Hi Physicians attending Premier Stolypin, after another examination announced the patient, is making progress towards recovery.: Xcgro to be Host of Whole Town. Massilon, ().. Sept.; 1 (i In cele bration of the 4 Nth anniversary' of his release from slavery, Gilbert Porter, one. of the best known negroes in Start county, has arranged to give a monster barbecue tomorrow and Monday,:.-to" which he has invited all the people of Massilon and vicinity. Several oxen, a dozen sheep and pigs and countless chickens will be roast ed to furnish free dinners to the crowd. .:.' L'nid Celebrates Birthday, Enid, Okla., Sept. 16 Today was tho eighteenth anniversary of the opening or tne I'ncrokee strip to set tlement and the birth of tho town of Knid. and Uie occasion has been fit tingly celebrated. The entire week has been a gala one, with a fair and carnival in progress, attended by thousands of visitors from all points within a large -radius. Mother of 12 Children at tt7. Nashua, N. H., Sept. , 16 Tho county commissioners today charge of Mrs. Alfred P. Aquitto, the mother of twelve children, none of them twins, at the ago of 27. Her and father skipiied at the birth of the twelfth. H. C. Hlemp KUIh a Man. peiiington Gap, Va., Sept. 16 In a quarrel last night; H. C. Slemp shot and killed Cleveland Lyon. "Slemp escaped. Slemp Is a cousin of Con mam' FIRST SPEECH Stop of His Thirteen Tftoosand "v Mile Trip Made At Syracuse DIDN'T TALK POLITICS Arrived in the City Karly This Morif Ing and AVus Greeted by Several Hundred People at tlie titaikm--Two Handriil People at Hrewkfast ItcmniiiM in the City Nearly All Day, Y tailing the State Fair Didn't Talk Politics. Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 16 Presi dent Taft arrived early this morning to remain until 3:40 this afternoon. Talt visite.ll the state fair here, his first engagement of his thirteen thousand mile trip to tho west. The president was ; greeted by several hundred people at the station. He was escorted In automobiles to the chamber of commerce, where break fast was served. He was cheered by throngs us he passed along the streets. : i - Two hundred guests were at berak fast. At the conclusion Taft made a brief speech, acknowledging the city's hospitality. The president's "swing around the circle" started from Boston last night, leaving In a downpour of rain. Ram followed the presidential train through the Berkshlrcs. Today the sky cleared and there was brilliant autumn sun. There was no hint of politics connected with the inaug uration of the trip. There is every reason to believe the president will withhold speeches dealing with the more important policies of the ad ministratfon until .he reaches the western border. Today ho confined himself largely to discussing farm ing methods and tho necessity far soi conservation. From Syracuse the president goes to Erie, Pcnn. NO ATTACK OX JCAHEZ. Threatened Attack IMd Not Material ize Dtinecd All Xisht. Klpaso. Texas', Sept. 16. Juarez celebrated Mexican independence by dancing all night and firing Ealute of twenty-one guns this morning. The. city is as quiet as a country vil lage today. The threatened Magon ista attacks on the town failed to materialize. At Banclicr.i thirty men are said to be under arrest. No at tack on Juarez is threatened today. The only disorders feared in the border towns are those usualy at tending celebrations. Counterfeiter Arretted, ' Washington, Sept. 16 Secret ser vice officials believe Rudolph Swan- son,: arrested in Chicago yesterday, charged with passing counterfeit na tional bank notes, belonged to ft gang which has been passing counterfeit money in Pacific Coast states for many months past. . Damage From Floods. - Etna, , Penu., Sept. 16 Floods' damage hero probably will reach two hundred and fifty thousand dol lars. The Allegheny and Ohio -rivers arc at flood height . The, sur rounding country's loss wll, reach a minion dollars. ; Fowler Will Fly Sunjlny,- J Colfax, Cal.. Sept. 1 6-Robert J. Fowler, transcontinental ;- avjator, whose machine fell with hjja, three days ago, declares he probably wi)I resume his flight across the conti nent Sunday. SAlfSWjyiIiGJ, SUIT AGAIfiSI Washington, Septi 16 Repreftent- ative Charles D. Carter, of Oklahom. was named defendant in a ten thous and dollar damage suit filed by Sam uel Gerbar, salesman In, a rnbbar store, because of an illegal assault by Carter in a downtown store where Carter, accompaniod ny his wife and daughter called to make a purcllase. The congressman claims the' sales man used insulting words toward his daughter. The average man expects to make his hay with other people's mowers against the government. proflucs In transit ' iConUimd..ojj page Five.) what's In the package. gressman C, B, Slemp, and rakes.